Memorial To Stephenson.

. jn o- been deposited in the cavity , the noble lord duly laiel the stone . Lore ! Hartington , in his capacity of Provincial Grand Master , then , accoreling to ancient Masonic custom , adu-csscd the spectators as follows : —Men , women , and child-..,, " here assembled to-day to behold this ceremony , know _ i [ of you that we be lawful Masons , true and faithful to

the laws of our country , and established of old in peace anil honour in most countries to do gooel to our brethren , to erect magnificent structures , and to fear God , the great Architect of the Universe . We have among us , concealed from the eyes of all men , secrets which cannot be divulged ; but these secrets arc lawful and honourable , and not repugnant to the laws of God or man . They were intrusted

in peace ant ! honour to the Masons of ancient times , and have been faithfully transmitted to us . lt is our duty to convey them unimpaired to the latest posterity . Unless our Craft were good and our calling honourable , we should not have lasted for so many centuries , nor shoulel we have been honoured with the patronage of so many illustrious men in ah ages , who have ever shown themselves ready to

promote our interest and to defend us against all adversaries . We are assembled here to-day in picsence of you all to assist in laying in ancient form the foundation-stone of this Stephenson Memorial Hall , which we pray God to prosper for the promotion of godliness , harmony and brotherly love till time shall be no more . To this all the brethren replied , " So mote it be . " After

sorae further Masonic formalities , Lord Hartington continued , —Mr . Mayor , thc ceremony of lay ing this stone being now finished , I wish before we conclude the proceedings of this forenoon by the singing of thc National Anlhem , to say just a very few words on behalf of the Masonic body of this Province , expressive on their part and on my own , as' their representative , of the

p leasure we have fell in assisting in the work which we have here been performing . I hope that the building of vvhich wc have laid the first stone to-day , and which , despite the many difficulties which have arisen , has at last made a prosperous beginning , vvill notonl y be an ornament to this town of Chesterfield , bnt vvill prove also a gicat and material advantage : lo the town and neighbourhood .

By means of this building an institute which has been at work among you for so many years , and has promoted the progress of those industries vvhich in your district have found so wide a field , will be able to carry out its mission unimpeded by those obstacles vvhich it has hitherto encountered . From that circumstance the community of this neighbourhood vvill derive very considerable and

manifest advantages . In this building theie will also be the means of extending to all of you and your children who may be desirous of availing yourselves of them the benefits nf a higher education than has been hitherto afforded to you . You are aware under what disadvantages , and yet with what success , the work to vvhich I have alluded has been done , but I trust it vvill be carried on with greater

• itlvrinUgcs and with still greater success in lhc building vvtr have this day inaugurated ( cheers ) . It will be no unworthy memorial of thc great man after whom this edifice is to be named , who lived among you during thc latter period ot his life , and whose bones now lie in thc churchyard of your town . I believe this building is rightly to be called after one who did so much , not only for Chesterfield and its neighbourhood , but for this nation and thc

world at large ( cheers ) . It would be useless , especially as 1 have to address many of you later in the evening , for mc now to detain you longer . I shall , therefore , only express on the part of the Masonic body of this county , of whom 1 have the honour to be the head , their good wishes for the prosperity of the institution for whose benefit the pro-( loseti building fs designed . The ceremony concluded by the singing of a Masonic version of the National Anthem .

Sketches Of Masonic Character No. Ix.

SKETCHES OF MASONIC CHARACTER No . IX .

BRO . KIMPTON ON THE RM 1 GL Bro . Kimpton is a fixed light in his famous lotlge , thc "Zodiac , " but of which the cabalistic , or rather the astronomical characters he represents , is not quite certain . He is e »> th a learned Mason and a true-hearted man , and is always le'ntl y to impart his store of knowledge to his brethren , to

diffuse information , ami encourage the cultivation of Masonic intellectuality . He is liberal ami kindly communicative , and tolerant , and we have often listened to his " Lectures " « ' the lodge with edification , and hope to do so often again , as Padd y says , " Plaze the Pigs . " Bro . Kimpton is emphaticall y a student of polite literature , as well as an intelli gent Mason , and he is not a little scientific in all that

lonccrns the outer worlel of literature and knowledge . No bonder , then , that he is much looked up to . _ . « e lias just returned from the Rhi gi Kaltbad , and Kires a most amusing account of his experiences anil his expedition .

He went from Paris to Geneva , and from Geneva tc ™ me , and from Berne to the Rhigi . He saw a very auT ' i ? country' -in < l'Iclighted alike in the Lake Leman "i Lake Lucerne . He was able to loiter at Vevay , to <* in at Chillon , to breathe fresh air at Chexbres , and to ' ke a peep at Montreux .

... ' . Ea > 's > ( for he is a genuine Briton ) , "Sir , I breathed ai > , i " ° , 1 , bcrt >' ' ¦ ' ""' thought of William Tell and the Tell ' T < i ° ' t bc , icvc '" ihcsc 'loubts about William "I ) ,. ' . ¥ arc throwing eloubts on everything just now . A ' arc s ° mi : fellows who believe nothing , and 1 have Sir M 1 ; cacllc '( l that state of botheration and bosh I No , a ' believe and always shall , more majorum . " And K'mpto SC ' 1 Slbll ; fcllow wc vc » ttire to think , is Bro . sceutr ^ a g °° d t ! lln ! t wo ul < 1 be if so me of our d'Hetante diftcuiY % » h ° a '' fond of talkinS of thdr " mental ' « es and boring the sensibilities of the strong , and

Sketches Of Masonic Character No. Ix.

shaking the faith of the weak , woulel throw their doubts , ( not their physic ) , "to the dogs , "ant ! become rational and believing as of yore . We are siCr , positively sick of the " yearnings for seilution of difficulties " which are not difficulties at all , which appear amongst our young men just

now , who have , however , not the slightest scruple of scepticism in the world , in respect to " chain , "a " smoke , " a " nip , " a " chew , " ami who have entire faith in billiards and bitters , in Newmarket and B . and S . What can be done with them or for them ?

Bro . Kimpton says that much as he likes Switzerland ant ! the Swiss , ils glorious scenery , ant ! its wondrous hills , he thinks . that he was dissappointed at thc Rhigi . It was sultry by day and sultrier by night . The mountain air was somewhat warm in August , ami it was very hot for walking , and he has a distinct recollection of a good deal of perspiration , ant ! glare , and a wonderful Babel of tongues

and nationalities . However , it did him good , at least , so he says . Thc variation from a busy life , " On Change , " was a very pleasant one , amid Swiss hills and Swiss lakes , and he has returned , much , to the delight of his friends , with a large collection of Swiss knick-nacks , and a wonderful assortment of sticks and walking poles . " And then , " as he says , " travelling , Bro . Toulmin , enlarges the mind .

If a man is always living in one spot , he becomes narrow , anel prejudiced in his views and sympathies . But travelling expands his horizon and his mental grasp , he returns home , if g ladly , sensible of the prevailing excellency of Old England , yet with a kindly recollection of the distant spots he has visited , and the different people he n " as seen in other days . He is fond of saying : —

" Oh I it was in such a year , I went up the Rhi gi with old Jones and venerable Trolter , and a very pleasant time we hat ! of it . We saw the sua rise , and we enjoyed the early hours , and wc found ourselves among a friendly people , ant ! we were quite sorry when we had to return home . As Freemasons we should always seek to be large-hearted , anel tolerant anel to emancipate ourselves from absurel

antipathies and childish prejudices . Let us all remember that " A man ' s a man for all that , " as Bro . Burns saitl so well of old , ant ! a "brother , " in Masonry points to something more than a mere profession . The word has a real meaning , and is neither a vapid formulary , nor an insular claim , but is truly a very real thing and a Cosmopolitan obligation .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , October 20 , 1877 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , etc ., of any change in place or day of meeting-.

SATURDAY , OCTOBER 20 . Audit Committee , Boys' School , at 4 .. Lodge 118 5 , Lewis , King ' s Arms , Wood Green , N . „ 1364 , Earl of Zetland , Old Town Hall , Hackney . „ 16 41 , Crichton , S . M . H . Chap . 1194 , Royal Middlesex , Mitre Hot ., Hampton Ct .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , Grosvenor Club , Ebury-square , S . W . Percy , 11 3 , Southgate-road , N .

MONDAY , OCTOBER 22 . Lodge 4 , Royal Somerset Ho . ant ! Inverness , F . M . H . „ 28 , Old King ' s Arms , F . M . H . » 79 > Pythagorean , Shi p Ho ., Greenwich . „ 183 , Unity , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st .

„ 902 , Burgoyne , Anderton ' s Ho ., Fleet-st . „ 1608 , Kilburn , Queen's Arms Ho . ( Installation . ) „ 1615 , Bayard , 33 , Golden-sq . ,, 1632 , Stuart , Surrey M . H . Chap . 2-r , Robert Burns , F . M . H .

LODGKS OF INSTRUCTION . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Jerusalem Tav ., St . John ' s Gate . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camden , Stanhope Arms , Up . James-st ., Camden Town . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road .

st . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st . Wellington , White Swan , Deptford . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney .

Loughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . Leopold , Woolpack Tavern , Bermondsey-st . London Masonic Club , at 101 , Queen Victoria-st . E . C , 2 nd and 4 th Monday every month , at 6 o ' clock .

TUESDAY , OCTOBER 23 . Audit Committee , Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge 14 , Tuscan , F . M . H . „ 92 , Moira , Criterion , Piccadilly . „ 145 , Prudent Brethren , F . M . H .

„ 186 , Industry , Masons' Hall , Masons' Avenue . „ 20 . - ; , Israel , Cannon-st . Ho . „ 1158 , Southern Star , Montpelier Tav ., Walworth . ,, 1348 , Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Millbank . Chap . 7 , Royal York of Perseverance , F . M . H . Mark Lodge 3 , Keystone , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st .

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

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Constitutional , Bedford Ho ., Shampton Bdgs . 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 Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping . Islingttm , 23 , Gresham-street . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill .

WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 24 . Lodge of Benevolence . „ 212 , Euphrates , Masons' Hall , Masons' Avenue . „ 507 , United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H . 11 754-. High Cross , Seven Sisters' Tav ., Tottenham .

„ 1017 , Montefiore , 68 , Regent-st . „ 1056 , Victoria , Anelerton's Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 1340 , Chaucer , Bridge House Hot ., Southwark . Chap . 13 , Union Waterloo , M . H ., Wm .-st ., Woolwich . 11 753 i Prince Frederick William .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Greyhound Tav ., Milton-street , Cripplegate . Mt . Lebanon , Windsor Castle Tav ., Southwark-bdg .-rd . Pythagorean , Portlanel Hotel , London-street , Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . La Tolerance , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James's .

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 , Grafton Arms , Kentish-town . Whittington , Black Bull Tav ., Holborn .

Lewis , King ' s Arms Hot ., Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre . Langthorne , Swan I lot ., Stratfortl . THURSDAY , OCTOBER 25 . House Com . Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge 34 , Mount Moriah , F . M . H . „ O 5 , Prosperity , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st .

„ 00 , Grenadiers ' , F . M . H . „ 871 , Royal Oak , White Swan , High-sl ., Deptford . „ 1 4 , Langthome , Swan Hot ., Stratford . „ 16 5 8 , Skelmersdale , S . M . H . Chap . 177 , Domatic , Anderton's Hot ., Flcet-st . „ 534 , Polish National , F . M . H . „ 76 O , Wm . Preston , Cannon . si . Hot .

LODGES OF INSTIIUCTION . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . Fii . sbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-road . Temperance in the East , Cathcrinc-st ., Poplar , libury , 12 , Poiisonby-ft ., Milbank .

Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town . The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach te Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd . Gfreat Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st ., Oxford-st . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John's Wood .

i FRIDAY , OCTOBER 26 . Lodge . 1569 , FiuRoy , Hd .-ejtrs . Hon . Art . Com ., City-re ! . „ 801 , Finsbury , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Stability , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . Union Waterloo , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Constitution , Bedford-st ., Covent Gartlen . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . 's ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-road , Deptford .

Clapton , White Hart , Clapton . Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st . ' St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John's Wood . Westbourne , Lord ' s Hotel , St . John ' s Wood . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . St . James ' s , NewTanners'Arms , Grange-rd ., Bermondsey . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver LionPenny-fieldsPoplar .

, , Doric , Earl Grey Tav ., Mile-end-road . Burgoyne , Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales ' s-road , N . W . St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Prince's Hall , Ruckhurst-hill . Burdett Coutts , Approach Tav ., Victoria Park .

Royal Standard , The Castle , Holloway-rd . Ranelagh . Bell and Anchor , Hammersmith-rd . St . George's , Globe Tav ., Greenwich . William Preston , Feathers Tav ., Up . George-st ., Edgware-rd . Hervey , 99 , Fleet-street , at 8 . Pythagorean Chapter , Portland Ho ., London-st ., Greenwich .

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE . Forthe Week ending Saturday , October 27 , 1877 .

MONDAY , OCTOBER 22 .. Lodge 613 , Unity , Palatine B ., Southport . „ 703 , Clifton , Clifton Arms , Blackpool . Chap . 241 , Friendship , M . H ,, Liverpool . Derby L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

TUESDAY , OCTOBER 23 . Lodge 178 , Antiquity , Royal Hot ., Wigan . 11 ' 384 , Equity , Commercial Hot ., Widnes . „ 1 O 09 , Dramatic , M . IL , Liverpool ( Installation ) . „ if > 75 , Ancient Briton , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 82 . 5 , Everton , M . H ., Liverpool .

Merchants L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . Prince Arthur L . of I ., M . R ., N . Mill-street , Liverpool . WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 24 . Lodge 32 , R . George ' s , Adel phi Hot ., Liverpool . „ 220 , Harmony , Wellington Hot ., Garston .

„ 724 , Derby , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 732 , Ellesmere , Royal Oak , Chorley . „ 1061 , Triumph , M . H .. Lytham . „ 1403 , W . Lancashire , Commerical Hot ., Ormskirk . Chap . 86 , Lebanon , M . H ., Prescot .