" Veritas."

Revelation of St . John , but they decline to take such an article at any price , and indeed reject it with indifference . "In 1848 , " he says , "I voyaged some 15 , 000 miles expressly to lay my discoveries before the Earl of Zetland , the then Grand Master of England ; but the Grand

Master and his Grand Secretary treated my introductions , my discoveries , and myself with silent contumely . " In 1866 , eig hteen years afterwards , though the truth had been greatly advanced in the meantime by further developments , further attempts to obtain recognition

were equally unsuccessful , Earl De Grey and Ripon , then Grand Master , deciding that however interesting the discoveries , they were beyond the scope of ordinary Masonry . Mr . Melville then betook himself in despair to the Freemasons' Magazine , in order to excite the

curiosity of the brethren by indirect reference to the mysteries , in the hope of awakening or regenerating the dormant science , but , he adds with the bitterness of unrequited love , not yet grown into self-contained cynicism , "I only aroused a set of Masonic scorpions . "

Rejected of Freemasons , Mr . Melville found consolation in the appreciation of a woman , who , of course , is not a Freemason , or probably she mig ht have been found among the scorpions of which the Craft generally made up . Mrs . Lane , of Franc Fief , J ersey , lent a helping hand to Mr .

Melville ' s enterprise ; but , though she procured an interview with the Duke of Leinster , the Grand Master of Ireland , nothing came of it beyond a nobleman ' s chivalrous courtesy ; and a committee appointed to inquire ended in the well-accustomed blank as before . No other

course remained , therefore , than the publication of the Mysteries , the Veritas of which we have been speaking ; and published they are , dedicated by well-won honour to Mrs . Lane . They are now public pioperty , to be had by anybody ; and if the Freemasons are in any way compromised

thereby , it is apparent that they are rightly served . We have not indicated , however , what the mysteries are ; nor should we feel justified in anticipating the reader by a disclosure , though we had them at the tongue ' s end . But in truth , they are not easy to tell . They require a good

deal of leading up to before they can be appreciated . It depends on the idiosyncrasy . For ourselves , we have little time for the studious investigation of what does not promise us a profitable assimilation . But to those who have time and are inclined to explore mysteries , biblical , historical , and social , revealed by means of the

Median and Persian laws , the book ought to be welcome . As we have said , it is a brightlybound volume ; it has , moreover , many illustrations ; and , whether or not the reader may agree with the author ' s conclusions , he will be conducted through a field of inquiry which seems to us to be both rare and interesting .

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Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , February , 27 , 1 S 74 .

The Editor will be glad to have notice from Secretaries of Lodges and Chapters of any change in place or time of meeting .

Saturday , February 21 . Lodge 715 , Panmure , City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-st . „ 1329 , Sphinx , Bridge House Hotel , Southwark . „ 1364 , Earl of Zetland , Old Town Hall , Hackney . „ 1425 , Hyde Paik , Westbourne 1 lotel , Craven-rd ., W . Manchester Lodge of Instruction ( 179 ) , Yorkshire Grey ,

77 , London-street , Fitzroy-squarc , at 3 ; Bro . H . Ash , Preceptor . Lily Lodge of Instruction ( 820 ) , Greyhound Hotel , Richmond , Surrey . Star Lodge of Instruction ( 127 *;) , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-road , at 7 ; Bro . C . G . Dilley , Preceptor .

Monday , I'ebruary 23 . Lodge 4 , Royal Somerset House and Inverness , Freemasons' Uall . „ 26 , Castle Lodge of 1 Iarmony , Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s , „ 28 , Old King ' s Arms , Freemasons' Hall .

„ 79 , Pythagorean , Ship Hotel , Greenwich . „ 183 , Unity , London Tavern , Bishopsgate-strect . 11 il 831 , British Oak , Bank of Friendship Tavein , * Mile End . >^ , 1 TLS ) Burgoyne , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . _

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Chap . 18 S , Joppa , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-strcet . Prince Leopold Lodge of Instruction ( 144- ;; , Lord Stanley Tavern , Sandringhara-road , Kingsland , at 7 ; Bro . T . Austin , Preceptor . Strong Man Lodge of Instruction ( 45 ) , Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s-gate , Clerkenwell , at 8 ; Bro . Beckett , Preceptor .

Sincerity Lodge of Instruction ( 174 ) , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-street Station , at 7 . Camden Lodge of Instruction ( 704 ) , Adelaide Tavern , Havcrstock-hill , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction ( 95 ) , Royal Hotel , Milcend-road , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . E . Gottheil , Preceptor . British Oak Lodge of Instruction , Bank of Friendship

Tavern , Mile-end , at 7 for 8 . St . James ' s Union Lodge of Instruction fi 8 o ) , Hoise and Groom Tavern , Winsley-street ( opposite the Pantheon ) , Oxford-street , at 8 ; Bro . J . R . Stacey , Preceptor . Wellington Lodge of Instruction , White Swan Tavern , Deptford , at 8 ; Bro . C . G . Dilley , P . M . 1155 ,

Preceptor . St . John of Wapping Lodge of Instruction ( 1 , 306 ) , Gun Tavern , High-street , Wapping , at 8 ; Bro . T . Mortlock , Preceptor . West Kent Lodge of Improvement ( 1197 ) , St . Saviour ' s College , Stanstcd-road , Forest-hill , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . H . W . Lindus , Precentor .

Metropolitan Mark Lodge of Instruction , Coach and Horses Hotel , - !¦¦ " - , Strand , at 8 .

Tuesday , February 24 . Lodge 14 , Tuscan , Freemasons Hall . „ 92 , Moira , London Tavern , Bishopsgate-strect . „ 141 , Faith , Anderton's Hotel , Fleet-street . „ 145 , Prudent Brethren , Freemason ' s Hall . „ 186 , Industry , Masons' Hall , Masons ' -avenue .

„ 205 , Israel , City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-street . » i ' 59 i Prince of Wales , Willis ' s Rooms , King-street , St . James ' s . „ 1196 , Urban , O J erusalem Tavern , St . John ' s Gate , Clerkenwell . „ 1348 , Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-strect , Millbank . Chap . 7 , Royal York of Perseverance , Freemasons '

Hall . „ 29 , St . Alban ' s , Albion Tavern , Aldcrsgate-st . „ 180 , St . James ' s Union , Freemasons' Hall . Yarborough Lodge of Instruction , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 8 ; Bro . Barnes , P . M ., Preceptor . Domatic Lodge of Instruction , Palmcrston Tavern , Grosve «* . or-park , Camberwell , at 8 .

Faith Lodge of Instruction , Refreshment Rooms , Victoria-st . ( opposite Westminster Palace Hotel ) , at 8 ; Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , Preceptor . Prince Fredk . William Lodge of Instruction ( 753 ; , Lord ' s Hotel , Lord ' s Cricket Ground , St . John ' s-wood , at 8 ; Bro . F . G . Baker . Preceptor . Dalhousie Lodge of Instruction , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Crawley , Preceptor .

Prosperity Lodge of Instruction , Gladstone Tavern , Bishopsgate-st ., Within , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Bolton , W . M . 1227 , Preceptor . St . Marylebone Lodgeof Instruction ( 1305 ) , British Stores Tavern , New-street , St . John ' s Wool , at 8 j Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Constitutional Lodge of Instruction ( 55 ) , Wheatsheaf Hotel , Hand-court , Holborn , at 7 ; Bro . J . R . Stacey ( P . M . 180 ) , Preceptor

Wednesday , 1-ebruary 25 . Lodge 2 , Antiquity , Freemasons' Hal ! . ,, 212 , Euphrates , Masons' Hall , Masons ' -avenue . „ 507 , United Pilgrims , Horns' Tavern , Kennington-park .

n 754 , High Cross , Seven Sisters' lavcm , Pagegreen , Tottenham . „ 8 9 8 , Temperance in thc East , 6 , Newby-strcct , Poplar . Chap . 13 , Union Waterloo , Masonic Mall , William-st ., Woolwich .

11 435 , Mount Lebanon , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-stree t . „ 820 , Lily of Richmond , Greyhound , Richmond . Pythagorean Lodge of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange Greenwich , at 8 j Bro . J . Robt . Nash , Preceptor . United Strength Lodge of Instruction ( 228 ) , the Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales ' s-road , Kentish-town , at 8 ;

Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor . Israel Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sun Tavern , Globe-road , al 7 . 30 . New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Hoxton , at 8 . Confidence Lodgeof Instruction , Railway Ta \ ern , Londonstreet , City , at 7 . "jo .

Royal Union Lodge of Instruction , Horse and Groom Tavern , Winsley-street , Oxford-street , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Peckham Lodge of Instruction , Maismore Aims , Park-road , Peckham , at 8 ; Iiro . David Rose , Preceptor . Temperance in the East Lodge of Instruction , George the Fourth , Catherine-street , Poplar .

Stanhope Lodge of Instruction , Thicket Hotel , Anerley , at 7 . 30 p . m . ; Bro . I-I . W . Lindus , Preceptor . Fidelity Lodge of Instruction ( 3 ) , Yorkshire Grey , Londonst ., Tottenham Court-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Finsbury Park Lodge of Instruction ( 1288 ) , Finsbury Park Tavern , Seven Sisters ' -road , N ., at 8 . ; Bro . P . Dickinson , Acting Preceptor .

Thursday , February 26 . General Committee , Girls' School . Lodge 34 , Mount Moria , Freemasons' Hall . n 65 , Prosperity , Guildhall Tavern , Gresham-street ,

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Lodge 66 , Grenadiers , Freemasons' Hall . „ 99 , Shakespeare , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-st . „ 858 , South Middlesex , Beaufort House , North End , Fulham . „ 871 , Royal Oak , White Swan Tavern , High-Street ?

Deptford . „ 1 4 21 , Langthorne , Swan Hotel , Stratford . Chap . 6 57 , Canonbury , Masons' Hall , Masons ' -avenue . Finsbury Lodge of Instruction , Jolly Anglers' Tavern , Bath-street , City-road ; Bro . Stean , Preceptor . United Mariners' Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes ,

Mile-end-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . Whittington Lodge of Instruction ( 862 ) , Crown Tavern , Holborn , at 8 j Bro . Lewis Alexander , P . M . 188 , Preceptor . Doric Chapter of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern ,

Milcend-road , at 8 ; Comp . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . Ebury Lodge of Instruction , Bro . Palmer ' s , 12 , Ponsonbyst ., Millbank . Highgate Lodge of Instruction ( 1366 ) , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor .

Friday , February 27 . Lodge 19 7 , Jerusalem , Freemasons' Hall . „ 5 69 , Fitzroy , Head Quarters , Hon . Artillery Co ., Cit j -road . „ 8 C 1 , Finsbury , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Hoxton . Chap . 749 , Belgrave , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-street . Emulation Lodge of Improvement , Freemasons' Hal ! , at 7 .

Union Club of Instruction , Windsor Castle , Victoria Station , at 8 p . m . ; H . Ash , P . M ., Instructor . St . George ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 140 ) , Globe Tavern , Royal-hill , Greenwich . Robert Burns Lodge of Instruction , Union Tavern , Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 . Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , ( 749 ) , Coach and Horses

Strand , at 8 ; Bro . Pulsford , Preceptor . Stability Lodge of Instruction ( 217 ) , Guildhall Tavern Gresham-st ., at 6 p . m ; Bro . H . Muggeridge , Preceptor . Panmure Lodge of Instruction ( 720 ) , Balham Hotel , Balham , at 7 . 30 . Unions Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . ' s , Freemasons' Hall , at 7 . Temperance Lodge of Instruction , Victoria Tavern

Victoria-road , Deptford , at 8 . Burdett Coutts Lodge of Instruction ( 1278 ) , Approach Tavern , Approach-road , Victoria-park , at 8 ; Bro . Geo . W . Verry , Preceptor . Clapton Lodge of Instruction , White Hart , Clapton , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . James Brett , P . G . P ., & c ., Preceptor . Royal Standard Lodge of Instruction ( 1298 ) , the Castle Tavern , Holloway , at 8 ; Bro . W . F . Rogers ,

Preceptor . Pythagorean Chapter of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-road , at 8 j Comp . VV . West Smith , Preceptor . Westbourne Lodgeof Instruction ( 733 ' , Horse and Groom , Winsley-street , Oxford-street , at 8 . Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , Portugal Hotel ,

Fleetstreet , at 7 ; Bro . Stacey , P . M . 180 , Preceptor . United Pilgrims Lodge of Instruction , Antelope Tavern , Lorn-road , Brixton , at 7 . St . James ' s Lodge of lustruction , New Tanners' Arms , Grange-road , Bermondsey , at 8 ; Bro . Howes , P . M ., Preceptor .

Duke of Edinburgh Lodge of Instruction , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 ; Bro . D . S . Potts , Preceptor . Doric Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern , Mileend-road , at 8 . Burgoyne Lodge of Instruction , Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales ' s-road , N . W ., at 8 ; Bro . P . M . Wuest ,

Preceptor . St . Luke ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 144 I , Rose- Tavern , Fulham-road , S . W . Chigwell Lodge of Instruction , Bald-faced Stag Hotel , Buckhurst-hill , at 8 . Hig h Cross Lodge of Instruction ( 754 ) , Coach and Horses Tavern , High Road , Tottenham , at 8 .

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE , For the Week ending Saturday , February 28 , 1874 . Monday , February 23 . Lodge 148 , Lights , Masonic Rooms , Warrington , at 6 . 30 . Chap . 241 , Friendship , Masonic Temple , Liverpool , at 5 . 30 .

Tuesday , February 24 . Lodge 1393 , Hamer , 2 a , Windermere-street , Breck-road , Liverpool , at 6 . Merchants' Lodge of Instruction ( 241 ) , Masonic Temple , Liverpool , at 6 . Downshire Lodge of Instruction ( 594 ) , 90 , Duke-street , Liverpool , at 7 .

Wednesday , February 25 . Lodge 32 , St . George ' s , Adelphi Hotel , Liverpool , at 4 . „ 86 , Loyalty , Assembly Rooms , Prescot , at 6 . „ 220 , Harmony , Garston Hotel , Garston , near Liverpool , at 4 . 30 . „ 484 , Faith , Gerard ' s Arms Inn , Ashton-le-Willows . „ 580 , I Iarmony , Wheatsheaf Inn , Ormskirk , at 5 .

„ 724 , Derby , Masonic Temple , Liverpool , at 6 . „ 75 8 , Ellesmere , Masonic Hall , Runcorn , at 6 . Chap . 1052 , Callender , Public Hall , Rusholme . Neptune Lodge of Instruction ( 1264 ) , Masonic Temple , Liverpool , at 7 .

De Grey and Ripon Lodge of Instruction ( 1356 ) , 140 , North II ill-street , Toxteth-park , Liverpool , at 7 . 30 . St . John ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 673 ) , 90 , Duke-street , Liverpool . Alpass Encampment of Knights Templar , Masonia ^ Temp le , Liverpool , at 6 . , 3 .-:. ^ ,.- ~ ^ ,. .., _