The Madras District.

THE MADRAS DISTRICT .

( Communique . ) Some natural irritation has been felt by many of the brethren in Southern India , in consequence of the part played by District Grand Lodge , or at least by some of the officials of that body since the demise of the late D . G . M . , V . W . Bro . John Miller . It would appear that soon after the

rhair of D . G . M . became vacant , an influential body of Masons , supported by the whole strength of the Bangalore Lodge , which is , undoubtebly , far away ' . he largest and most flourishing lodge of the district , if not of the whole of India itself , submitted toH . R . H . the Most Worshipful Grand Master , the name of a very distinguished brother whose lengthened service in the Craft , great experience and

universal popularity , rendered him peculiarly fitted to assume the reins of Masonic government in Southern India . This memorial met the approval of the lodges at Bellary , Trichinopoly , Wellington , Mysore , Pallamattah , and the Mount Lodge , Madras , & c , & c . These proceedings seem to have been viewed with a very jealous eye by the D G . L ., and an attempt was made to shew that the proceedings of

the Bangalore Committee , as it was called , were illegal and utterly unmasonic . Early in May , at the very hottest season of the year , when a railway journey was positively dangerous to life , a meeting of D . G . L . at Madras was summoned , and the name of another brother , very intimately connected with District Grand Lodge , was brought forward , and a

resolution passed that this brother's name should be submitted to I-I . R . H . the Most Worshipful Grand Master , as the nominee of D . G . L . At this meeting of D . G . L . not a single Mason from the country was present , save two or three brethren from Bangalore . To the proceedings of this meeting a protest was recorded by the Bangalore Committee , and within a fortnight or so , the same was foiwarded to

London . Much about this time , or very soon after , a letter dated 4 th May , 1878 , was received by the D . G . Secretary from the Grand Secretary . Upwards of two months and a half were allowed to pass , when , suddenly , in the middle of August , a circular letter was forwarded to all the lodges of the district , signed by the D . G . Secretary . This letter

specially pleaded for the support of the W . Ms ., P . Ms ., and Wardens of the lodges , in favour of the District Grand Lodge nominee , and added that this was done in compliance with a letter from G . L ., a copy of which appeared in another page . The G . Secretary ' s letter was dated 4 th May , and after acknowledging receipt of information of the death of the

late D . G . M ., desired that the sentiments of the various lodges should be taken as to the nomination of a brother , to enable the M . W . the Grand Master to arrive at a just conclusion in the election of a successor to the late D . G . M . Naturallyfeverybody asked—why was the Grand Secretary ' s letter kept so long pigeon-holed . ' Why were the orders of H . R . H . the Most Worshipful the Grand Master treated

with such utter indifference and want of respect ? It certainly doesseem clear that if the orders from Grand Lodge had met with a ready compliance H . R . H . the Most Worshipful Grand Master would long ere this have been in a position to exercise his prerogative with that care and judgment which has ever characterised his choice for these appointments , and a considerable amount of local un .

pleasantness would have been spared . We do not wish to pass any harsh or hasty opinion on this matter ; no doubt some explanation may be forthcoming , but we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that District Grand Lodges , more especially . in distant countries , are liable to get into a groove out of which it is difficult to move them . They are , we think , too prone to think too much of their own immediate interests , to the detriment of the

welfare and interests of the various subordinate lodges , and if , as in the case in point , the appointment of D . G . M . has always been looked upon as a vested right of the presiding town , we shall not be sorry if the M . W . the Grand Master thinks it desirable to change the current of the stream , and infuse new blood and more widely extended experience into the Government of so important a district as that of Southern India .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , October 25 , 1878 . SATURDAY , OCTOBER 19 . Lodge 1185 , Lewis , King ' s Arms , Wood Green , N . „ 1364 , Earl cf Zetland , Old Town Hall , Hackney . „ 1641 , Crichton , S . M . H ., Camberwell . Chap . 1194 , Royal Middlesex , Mitre Hot ., Hampton Ct .

LODGES or INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , St . George ' s Club , Victoria Station . Percy , 113 , Southgate-road , N .

MONDAY , OCTOBER 21 . Lodge 21 , Emulation , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 58 , Felicity , 101 , Queen Victoria-st . i , 720 , Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham . ,, 862 , Whittington , F . M . H . i , 901 , City of London , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st „ 907 , Royal Alfred , F . M . H . Chap . 1319 , Asaph , F . M . H .

LODGES or INSTRUCTION . Wellington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Old Rodney's Head , Old-st ., E . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station .

Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camden Town , at 8 . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . u Pper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney . Loughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Greenwich .

TUESDAY , OCTOBER 23 . Lodge 14 , Tuscan , F . M . H . „ 92 , Moira , Criterion , Piccadilly . „ 145 , Prudent Brethren , F . M . H . „ 186 , Industry , Masons' Hall , Masons' Avenue . „ 205 , Israel , Cannon-st . Hot .

„ 1158 , Southern Star , Montpelier Tav ., Walworth . ,, 1196 , Urban , Old Jerusilem Tav ., Clerkenwell . „ 1348 , Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Millbank . „ 1766 , St . Leonard , Town Hall , Shoreditch . Consetn . Chap . 7 , Royal York of Perseverance , F . M . H . Mark Lodge 3 , Keystone , Ship & Turtle , Leadenhall-st . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION .

Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonville-m . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st . Prince Frcdk . Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood . Dalhousie , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney . Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st .

Florence Nightingale , F . M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince's Head , York-road , Battersea . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe .

St . John of Wappmg , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping . Three Bucks , Islington , 23 , Gresham-st ., at 7 p . m . Leopold , Woolpack Tavern , Bermondsey-st . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' s . Sir Hugh Myddelton , 162 , St . John's-st .-rd .

WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 23 . Lodge of Benevolence . „ 212 , Euphrates , Masons' Hall , Masons' Avenue . „ 507 , United Pilgrims , S . M . H ., Camber well . ,, 754 , High Cross , Seven Sisters'Tav ., Tottenham .

„ 1017 , Montefiore , 68 , Regent-st ., W . „ 1056 , Victoria , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 1540 , Chaucer , Bridge House Hot ., Southwark . Chap . 13 , Union Waterloo , M . H ., Wm .-st ., Woolwich . » 753 , Prince Frederick William , St . John ' s Wood .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Urban , 23 , Gresbam-street , City , E . C , at 6 . 30 . New Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N . Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Stones-End , E . Pythagorean , Portland Hot , London-st ., Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . La Tolerance , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st .

Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham . Stanhope , Thicket Hot , Anerley . Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., Seven Sisters ' -rd . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park . Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston , E . United Strength , Hope and Anchor , Crowndale-rd , N . W . Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin ' s-court , Fleet-st , at 8 .

Lewis , King ' s Arms Hot , Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford . Temperance in theEast , George the 4 th , Ida-st ., Poplar , J . 3 o . THURSDAY , OCTOBER 24 . House Com . Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge 34 , Mount Moriah , F . M . H .

„ 65 , Prosperity , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . „ 66 , Grenadiers ' , F . M . H . „ 871 , Royal Oak , White Swan , High -st ., Deptford „ 1421 , Langthorne , Swan Hot , Stratford . „ 16 58 , Skelmersdalc , S . M . H ., Camberwell . Chap . 177 , Domatic , Anderton ' s Hot , Flett-st . n 534 i Polish National , F . M . H .

„ 766 , Wm . Preston , Cannon-st . Hot . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Chatham Arms , Thomas-st , Woolwich Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st , W . Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st , City-road . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st , Milbank . Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town .

The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach & Horses , Hi gh-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st , Regent-st . Southern Star , Crown Hot , Blackfriars-rd . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st , Oxford-st . Rose , Walmer Castle Hot , Pcckham-road , at 8 . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John's Wood . Crusaders , St . John ' s Gate , Clerkenwell , at o .

FRIDAY , OCTOBER 25 . Lodge 5 G 9 , FitzRoy , Hd .-qtrs . Hon . Art . Com ., City-rd . i , 861 , Finsbury , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Stability , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st , 6 to 8 p . m . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st , Regent-st Belgrave , Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st , W

Unions Emulation ( for M . M . s ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-ioad , Deptford . Clapton , White Hart , Clapton . Metropolitan , Portugal Hot , Fleet-st , at 7 . St . Maryleborne , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood . Wcstbourne , Lord ' s Hotel , St . John's Wood . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road .

St . James ' s , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-road , S . E . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar . Doric , 79 , Whitechapel-road , at 8 . Burgoync , The Red Cap , Camden Town , N . W . St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Prince ' s Hall , Buckhurst-hill . Royal Standard , The Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-rd ., N . Ranelagh , Bell and Anchor , Hammersmith-rd .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

William Preston , FeathersTav . , Up . George-st , Edgware-rd , Hervey , 99 , Fleet-street , at 8 . Earl of Carnarvon , Mitre Hot ., Goulbourne-rd ., Notting-hill Pythagorean Chapter , Portland Hot . London-st , Greenwich

Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .

For the Week ending Saturday , October 26 , 1878 . MONDAY , OCTOBER 21 . Lodge 1502 , Israel , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 32 , Jerusalem , M . H ., Liverpool . „ Q 95 , Furness , M . H ., Ulverston . Bverton L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

TUESDAY , OCTOBER 22 . Lodge 1609 , Dramatic , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1675 , Antient Briton , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 823 , Everton , M . H ., Liverpool . Merchants L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . Prince Arthur L . of I ., 80 , N . Hill-st , Liverpool .

WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 23 . Lodge 32 , St . George ' s , Adelphi Hot , Liverpool . „ 220 , Harmony , Wellington Hot , Garston . „ 724 , Derby , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 605 , De Tabley , Seacombe Hot , Seacombe . „ ioe 2 , Callender , Public Hot , Rusholmc .

Neptune L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . THURSDAY , OCTOBER 24 . Lodge 594 , Downshire , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1505 , Emulation , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 216 , Sacred Delta , M . H ., Liverpool . Stanley L . of I ., 214 , Gt Homer-st , Liverpool .

FRIDAY , OCTOBER 25 . Lodge 1393 , Hamer , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 680 , Sefton , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1086 , Walton . Skelmersdale Hot , Liverpool .

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ABBEY LODGE , No . 225 , OF MARK MASTER MASONS . THE CEREMONIES OF CONSECRATION AND INSTALLATION OP W . M ., Will take place at the Abbey Council Chamber , ABINGDON , ON Wednesday , 30 ^/ 1 day of October , 1878 . BY THE V . W . BRO . REV . P . M . HOLDEN . Past Grand Chaplain G . L . M . M . M . Banquet at Five o'clock . Tickets 7 s . ( exclusive of Wine ) , which may be obtained on application to Bro . E . L SHEPHERD . Albert Park , Abingdon , Hon . Sec , pro tern . Up Train leaves Abingdon for London , & c , at 8 . 30 . Down Train for Bristol ato . ro . and for Oxford at loo ' rlra-lc

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ANCIENT AND PRIMITIVE RITE OF MASONRY . MEMPHIS AND MIZRAIM . Brethren are requested to Address all Communications to III . Bro . B . Bowman Labrey , 33 , 95 , Grand Chancellor General , 16 , Bull ' s Head Chambers , Manchester . Books of Ritual can now be supplied . Constitutions 5 s . 6 d ., History Is . By Order of the S . G . M ., S . P . Leather , 33 ° , 95 ° , Grand Treasurer General , Burnley .

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LONDON MASONIC ~ CHA . RITY ASSOCIATION . CHAIRMAN . BRO . LA > L . CREATON . VlCB-CllAIRHEN . Bno . ERASMUS WILSON , F . R . S . BRO . REV . P . H . ERNEST BRETTE . TREASURER . BRO . C . J . PERCEVAL . SECRETARIES . BRO . REV . A . F . A . WOODFORD , P . G . C . BRO . A . TISLEY . This Association being now formed to aid the London Candidates for the Masonic Charities , any Subscribers to the Charities desirous of being proposed as Members should apply to Bro . A . Tisley , 1 , Clifford ' s Inn , Fleet Street , London , E . C . Entrance and Subscription to May , i 8 ; g , 10 s .

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT , The Publisher and Proprietor of the " Mas""i . - Magazine" has great pleasure in informing the Cm . -, and the Trade thata Christmas Number of the " Masonic M irizine " will be published in December , with an llluminatr- Cover , and Increased to Ninety-eight Pages . It will Contain an Original Tale by Anthony Trollope , and several very Interesting Contributions from Brethren of Eminence and Ability . It will also Contain A Portrait of Lord Skelmersdale , Pro . G . M . OFFICE : —198 , FLEET-STRET , LONDON .