Masonic And General Tidings.

Perhaps the most imposing ol the many imposing Belgian National fetes took place in Brussels on Wednesday last . It consisted of a ' grand historical procession , setting forth in picturesque way the past and present of Belgium " . It is described as hi ghly successful . Thousands of spectators witnessed the procession , and among these were the King and Royal Family , as well as the Lord Mayor of London .

THE BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION- . —In connection with the annual session of this association , now being held at Devizes , the inaugural address has been delivered by Ear ! Nelson , who dwelt on the desirableness of paying greater attention to the preservation of ancient monuments and time-honoured relics of bygone ages . A number of places of historical interest in the neighbourhood have already been visited , including the supposed

site of the Battle of Ethandun , with which the movements of King Alfred were so intimately connected , and the Westbury White Horse , a gigantic figure in chalk , on the side of the hill outside the town of Westbury . For the better and more costly kind of Masonic Jewels a great saving can be made by getting them direct from the manufactory . Messrs . J . R . Williams and Son made the most costly badge in the kingdom for the Alayor of

Liverpool , and many others , and many of thc sheriffs ' badges and chains . The firm are now supplying the nobility and gentry ( direct ) at the same p rices as they have for forty years served the best houses in London and the country , and co-operative stores . Alessrs . J . R . Williams and Son have always been celebrated for specially fine diamond work and choice gem rings . The two

advantages thus offered to the public are far superior quality and an immense saving in price . Manufactory and warehouse , 10 S , Hatton-garden , E . C . The usual saving is 20 to Go per cent . Bridesmaids' lockets and all kinds of jewellery for wedding presents . Dealers in diamonds , pearls , and coloured gems , loose or mounted . Elegant designs furnished ( gratis ) for re-mounting diamond work . Catalogues sent post free on application . —FADVT . I

Approaching Royal Visit & Masonic Banquet At The Mansion House.

APPROACHING ROYAL VISIT & MASONIC BANQUET AT THE MANSION HOUSE .

We have much pleasure in stating that the Grand Master , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , has accepted an invitation to a Masonic banquet at the Alansion House in October next . The Lord Alayor , as Junior Grand Warden and Worshipful Master of No . 1 Lodge , will preside , and will be supported by the leading

members of the Craft . The last gathering of the kind was more than thirty years ago . It was in the mayoralty of the late Alderman Farncomb , in 1849 . This gentleman on the occasion entertained nearly 300 brethren in the Egyptian Hall , and amongst those present was the Lord Mayor ' s nephew , Mr . Alderman Stone , who was subsequently made Junior Grand Warden of England by the Prince of Wales on the accession of His Royal Highness to the Grand Mastership .

Once A Mason, Always A Mason.

ONCE A MASON , ALWAYS A MASON .

How often do we hear men who call themselves Alasons speak about the maxim " Once a Mason always a Mason , " and assert that it is " altogether wrong for any body of men , merely because they are chosen to be members of a Grand Lodge , to pass a law which shall upset a doctrine which " they claim "has existed from time immemorial . " The men who talk the loudest about the maxim are generall

y those who do very little for the good of Masonry ' either by paying dues , attending lodge , or performing anv Masonic duty except it be to wear a glaring pin on the lapel of the vest in plain view of everybody , to whom they seem to say : "Look at mc , 1 am a Alason , " and " once a Mason , always a Mason . " But do these persons show to the outside world that they are Masons by practising the exemplary conduct which thev

are taught is the rule and guide of Alasonry ? Do they , when claiming that " once a Alason always a Mason , " show by word , action , deportment , and general conduct that they have ever been Alasons , and are worthy of being called Masons ? It matters not whether they have taken ' a hundred Degrees or only just been initiated into the mysteries , they are not Alasons unless they act up to the Alasonic principles . Consequently if they are not Alasons their own

argument condemns them ; for as " once a Mason always a Mason , " so he that has never been a Alason can not be one now . So many things are done under the cloak of Alasonry that many feel afraid when a stranger approaches them and extends the right hand of friendshi p and brotherly love . Were those who have " 01 . ee been made Alasons" only willing to remain "always Alasons , " thc greeting of thc stranger would he even more welcome than that of one who

is met with every day . A man who proclaims loudl y in a public bar room , while under thc influence of intoxicating beverages , that he is a Alason , is not to be believed , and good Alasons should avoid him as they would a pestilence , no matter how much the intoxicated man may claim that " once a Alason , always a Alason . " If a man

accompanies his claim to Alasonry with a profane oath , lie is not to be believed , as all true Afasons know that he does not walk or act as a Alason should . It is not the knowled ge of the mysteries that makes the Alason , it is the conduct and practice in life ' s duties . The true Alason is always a Alason , but the false one never . —A . Y . Courier .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

For the Week ending Friday , August 27 , 1 SS 0 . 1 he Editor will be glad to receive notice from

secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , & c , of an y change in place , day , or month of meeting .

SATURDAY AUGUST 21 . Lo < % e 132 G , Lebanon , Lion Hot ., Hampton . M" , lC ' 4 ' - Crichton , S . Af . H ., Camberwell . "' ark 205 , Beaconsfield , Chequers , Walthamstow .

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LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . . Manchester , 17 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq ., at S . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd ., at 7 . Percy , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at S . Eccleston , King's Head , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico . Sphinx , Stirling Castle , Camberwell . Alexandra Palace , Alasonic Club , Loughborough , at 7 . 3 O , Aletropolitan , White Swan , Coleman-st ., at 7 . 30 .

MONDAY , AUGUST 23 . LODGES OK INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond , at 7 . London Alasonic Club , 101 , Queen Victoria-st ., E . C ., at 6 Wellington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford , S to 10 St . John , Gun Hot ., Wapping , S to 10 . Prince Leopold , MitfordTav ., Sandringham-rd ., Dalston 7 . 30

, Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station , at 7 . Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camden Town , at S . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd ., at S . St . James ' s Lfnion , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at S . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe , at S Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd ., at S . Alarquisof Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney , S

Loughborough , Cambria Tav ., Loughborough June , 317 . 30 Hyde Park , The Westbourne , 1 , Craven-rd ., at S . West Smithfield , NewJAIarket Hot ., West Smithfield . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Royal Hill , Greenwich , at 7 . Doric Chapter , 24 S , Globc-rd ., Mile End-rd ., at S . Royal Commemoration , R . Hot ., High-st ., Putney , S till 10

British Oak Bank of Friendship Tav ., Mile End . Eastern Star , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd ., 7 . 30 . St . Alark's , S . M . H ., Camberwell New-rd . John Hervey , Albion Hall , London Wall , at S . New Finsbury Park , PlimsollArms , St . Thomas-rd ., N ., atS Kilburn , South Alolton Hot ., South Alolton-st ., W ., at 7 . 30 Strong Alan , George Hot ., Australian Avenue , Barbican , S ,

TUESDAY , AUGUST 24 . Lodge 7 SS , Crescent , Island Hot ., Twickenham . Chap . 1275 , Star , Ship Hot ., Greenwich . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Pilgrim , F . AI . H ., ist and last Tues . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 7 . Domatic , Surrey AI . H ., Camberwell New-rd ., at 7 . 30 .

Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st ., S . W ., at P . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood , at 7 . Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st ., at 7 . 30 . Dalhousie , The Sisters'Tav ., Pownall-rd ., Dalston , E ., 7 . 30 . Florence Nightingale , AI . H ., William-st ., Woolwich , 7 . 30 . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globc-rd .

Wandsworth , Star and Garter Hot ., Wandsworth , at 7 . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-rd ., Battersea , at S . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone , at S . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe , at S . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping , at S . Islington , Aloorgate Station Restaurant , at 7 . Leopold , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., Bermondsey , at S . Alount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' s , at S .

Duke of Connaught , Palmerston Arms , Grosvenor Park , S Sir Hugh Myddelton , 1 G 2 , St . John ' s-st .-rd ., at 8 . St . Alarylebone , Eyre Arms , Finchley-rd ., at S . Corinthian , George Hot ., Alillwall Docks , at 7 . Henley , Three Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 . 30 . Royal Naval College , Greenwich Hospital Schools , at S . Eleanor , Angel Hot ., Edmonton . Aletropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhiil . Islington , Aloorgate Station Restaurant , at 7 .

WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 25 . Lodge 754 , High Cross , Seven Sisters' Tav ., Tottenham . „ 77 S , Bard of Avon , Greyhound Hot ., Hampton Ct . „ S 9 S , Temperancc-in-the-East , 6 , Newby-pl ., Poplar . „ 1540 , Chaucer , Bridge House Hot ., London Bridge .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-st ., 7 till 9 . New Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at S . Alt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Newington Causeway , S . Pythagorean , Portland Hot ., Greenwich , at S . Burdett Coutts , Salmon & Ball , Bethnal Grccn-rd ., at S . 30 . La Tolerance , 2 , Aladdox-st ., W . at 7 . 45 .

Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-rd ., Peckham , at S . Finsbury Park , Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-rd ., N . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park , at 8 . Dukeof Connaught , Ryl . Edwd . Hot ., Alare-st ., Hackney , 8 . United Strength , Hope Se Anchor , Crowndalc-rd ., N . W ., S . Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin ' s-court , Ficet-st ., at S . Royal Jubilee , Si , Long Acre , at S .

Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford , at 8 . Temperance in the Kast , Geo . the Fourth , Ida-st ., E ., at Thistle , M . M . M ., The Ham Tav . at S . Eleanor , Trocadero Hot ., Liverpool-st ., Edmonloa . Zetland , King ' s Arms Hot ., High-st ., Kensington , at S . Alerchant Navy , Silver Tav ., Burdett-rd ., Limehouse , 7 . 30 Creaton , Prince Albert Tav ., Portobello-ter ., Notting-hill , 8 . Stockwell , Crown , Albert Embankment , at 7 . Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham , 7 . 30 .

THURSDAY , AUGUST 26 . Gen . Com . Girls' School , at 4 . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Earl of Chatham , Thomas-st ., Woolwich Kent , Duke of York , Borough-rd ., Southwark , 7 . 30 . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st ., 7 . 30 . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . C ., at 8 .

Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' 'lav ., Bath-st ., City-rd . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Millbank , at S . Highgate , Boston Hot ., Junction-rd ., N ., at 8 . The Great City , AI . IL , Alasons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-rd ., Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd ., at 8 . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berncrs-st ., Oxford-st .

Rose , WaJmer Castle Hot ., Peckham-rd ., at S . Crusaders , St . John's Gate , Clerkenwell , at g . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood . United Mariners , Three Cranes Tav ., Alile End-rd ., at 8 . Vitruvian , White Hart , Belvedere-rd ., Lambeth , at S . Royal Oak , Lecture Hall , High-st ., Deptford , at 8 . Capper , Three Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 . Marquisof Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amhurst-rd ., Hackney , 7 . 30 . Royal Albert , White Hart Hot ., Abchurch-lane , at 7 . 30 . Victoria Park , The Two Brewers , Stratford , at S .

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West Middlesex , Feathers Hot ., Ealing , at 7 . 30 . North London Chap ., Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at S . St . Michael's , The Aloorgate , 28 , Finsbury-pavement , at S . Guelph , Oliver Twist , Church-rd ., Leyton . FRIDAY , AUGUST 27 . Chap . 1 G 02 , Sir Hugh Myddelton , Agricultural Hall , N .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at S . Belgrave , Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st ., W ., at S . Unions Emulation ( for . M . M . ' s ) , F . AI . H ., at 7 . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-rd ., Deptford , at S . Aletropolitan ( Victoria ) , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st ., at 7 . St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John's Wood .

Westbourne , Lord's Hot ., St . John's Wood , at 8 . United Pilgrims , S . AI . H ., Camberwell New-rd ., 7 . 30 . St . James ' s , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., S . E ., at 8 . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 . Doric , 79 , Whitechapel-rd ., at S . Burgoyne , The Red Cap , Camden Town , N . W ., at S . St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea , 7 . 30 .

Chigwell , Prince's Hall , Buckhurst-hill , at 8 . Royal Standard , The Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-rd ., N ., at S . Ranelagh , Six Bells , Hammersmith-rd ., at 8 . Finsbury Park , Earl Russell , Isledon-rd ., Holloway , at S . William Preston , Feathers Tav ., Up . George-st ., Edgware-rd . Earl of Carnarvon , Mitre Hot ., Golborne-rd ., Notting-hill .

Pythagorean Chapter . Portland Hot ., London-st ., Greenwich . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Greenwich , at 8 . Royal Alfred , Star and Garter , Kew Bridge , at 7 . 30 . Wandsworth , Star and Garter Hot ., Wandsworth , at 7 . Clapton , White Hart Tav ., Clapton , at 7 . 30 . Stability , Alasons' Hall Tavern , Coleman-st ., E . C .

AIASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE . For the Week ending Saturda 3 ' , August 28 , 1 SS 0 . MONDAY , AUGUST 23 . Lodge G 13 , Unity , AI . R ., Southport . , > U 5 > Stanley , AI . H ., Liverpool . Derby L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

TUESDAY , AUGUST 24 . Lodge 9 SG , Hesketh , Grapes Inn , Croston . „ 1 G 09 , Liverpool Dramatic , AI . H ., Liverpool . ,, 1 C 75 , Antient Britons , AI . H ., Liverpool . Chap . S 23 , Everton , M . H ., Liverpool . Alerchants L . of 1 ., AI . H ., Liverpool . Prince Arthur L . of I ., So , N . Hill-st ., Liverpool .

WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 25 . Lodge 220 , Harmony , Wellington Hot ., Garston . ,, 730 , Ellesmere , Royal Oak , Chorley . „ 10 G 1 , Triumph , M . H ., Lytham . ,, 14 0 ; , W . Lancashire , Commercial Hot ., Ormskirk .

„ i 75 <> , Kirkdale , Skelmersdale H ., Liverpool . Chap . 86 , Lebanon , Crown Hot ., Prescot . ,, G 05 , Dc Tabley , Concert Hall , Liscard . Neptune L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . De Grey and Ripon L . of I ., So , N . Hill-st ., Liverpool .

THURSDAY , AUGUST 2 G . Lodge 594 , Downshire , AI . IL , Liverpool . „ 1313 , Fermor , AI . IL , Southport . ,, 1505 , Emulation , AI . IL , Liverpool . Chap . 21 G , Sacred Delta , AI . IL , Liverpool .

Births, Marriages, And Deaths.

Births , Marriages , and Deaths .

[ The charge is 2 s . Gd . for announcements not exceeding Four Lines under this heading . ]

BIRTHS . BANKS . —On the 15 th inst ., at Clarendon-road , Leeds , the wife of Air . George Banks , of a daughter . DAVIES . —On the iGth inst ., at Stafford House , Duppashill , Croydon , the wife of Air . A . Capcl Davies , of ason .

GALLOWAY . —On the 15 th inst ., at The Rectory , Papworth Everard , Cambs ., the wife of thc Rev . E . Dale Galloway , of a son . J OHNSTON . —On thc 15 th inst ., at 2 , Hazelbury-villas , S . Wimbledon , the wife of Air . E . Freeling Johnston , of a son .

OAKES . —On the 13 th inst ., at Walton-on-Thames , thc wife of Colonel R . F . Oakes , R . E ., of ason . TIIACKER . —On the 17 th inst ., at Lea Hurst , Hadley , the wife of Mr . Thomas William Thacker , of a son . WOOI . F . —On the 14 th : inst ., at Alarlborough Place , the wife of Mr . Edward Woolf , of a daughter .

AIARRIAGES . BENTINCK—LIVINGSTON . —On the 12 th inst ., at Newport , Rhode Island , U . S ., by the Right Rev . the Bishop of Rhode Island , George Cavendish Bentinck , son of the Right Hon . G . A . F . Cavendish Bentinck , M . P ., to Aliss E . Livingston , daughter of Mr . Maturin

Livingston , of Staatsburgh , New York . CADMAN—CORFIELD . —On the 14 th inst ., at St . Margaret's , Westminster , by the Rev . A . Gerald Bowman , John Richard , son of Mr . John Cadman , of Brooklyn , AVoodbury Down , Stoke Newington , to Sophia

Seymour , daughter of Air . Seymour Corfield , of 25 * Abington-street , Westminster . DEWING—EADY . —On the 17 th inst ., at St . Alichacl ' s , Wood-green , hy thc Rev . John Thomas , Vicar , Henry George Dewing , to Fanny , daughter of Mr . Henry Eady , Wood-green .

PENTON—COLLINS . —On the iGth inst ., at Holy Trinity , Clapham , by the Rector , the Rev . F . W . A . Bowyer , Tom Alorton , son of the late Air . Thomas Penton , to Emma Louisa , daughter of Air . James Collins , of Clapham .

ROUTII—ROUTH . —On the 14 th inst ., at the parish church , St . Alarylebone , by the Rev . J . I . Routh , B . A .. brother of the bridegroom , Amand Jules AlcConuel , AI . R . C . S ., L . R . C . P ,, son of Dr . Routh , of Montagu-square , to Blanche Rothwell , daughter of the late Mr . Richard Routh , of Constantinople .