Foreign Masonic Intelligence.

Foreign Masonic Intelligence .

^ CONSTANTINOPLE . . INSTALLATION AND BANQUET OF LODGE . " CALEDONIAN , " . 4 S 9 .

The Installation of the Office-Bearers of the Lodge "Caledonian , " No . 489 , took place on the 4 th inst ., within their Lodge-room , Mechanics ' Institute , Harkein , Constantinople .

The following brethren having been duly elected were installed into their respective offices , viz . : — Bros . William S . Henderson , R . W . M . ; William Walker , D . M . ; James Melrose , S . M . ; William Henderson , S . W . ; James Anderson , J . W . ; Daniel Fraser , Secretary ; Henry Benwell , Treasurer ; John

Beven , S . D . ; James Spence , J . D . ; Alexander Scott , Inner Guard . The Master having added another stone to the building , called the lodge from labour to refreshment , when the brethren sat down to an excellent banquet , provided by Bro . Ferguson , the viands

being of the most choice description , to which the brethren did ample justice . On the cloth being removed , the R . W . M . proposed the first toast , viz ., "Queen and the Craft , " remarking that although in a ~ strange country and far from their native land , they did not forget

the respect due as loyal subjects to their sovereign lady . ( Received with applause ) . The next toasts were " His Majesty the Sultan , " " Grand Lodge of Scotland , " and "Earl of Dalhousie , M . W . G . M . ;" replied to by Bros . Fraser , Lodge •' Oriental ;" Hopper , W . M ., Lodge " Deustcher Bund ; " Rippon ,

P . M ., Lodge " Leinster ; " Niven , R . W . M .. Lodge "Caledonian ; " and W . S . Henderson , R . W . M ., who thanked the brethren in a neat speech , for the honour they had conferred on him ; and also the visiting brethren , for their attendance in gracing this the second banquet of the Lodge . Then

followed "The Past Master , Bro . W . Stocks , " and " Bro . John Moffatt , " a much-respected Past Master in Constantinople . The R . W . M . in proposing the last toast , reminded the lodge of the many valuable services that had been rendered to the " Caledonian , " and he was certain that all would join heartily in

responding to the health of " Bro . Thomas M . Campbell , of Glasgow , " their respected Prov . Master , and Honorary Member of this Lodge . The evening's amusements were enlivened by Bro . Gcntard , the Great Chinese Magician , who is

at present on a visit to Constantinople , and after spending a happy evening , the toast of " Happy to meet and sorry to part , " was given , when the gavel was resumed in the West , and the lodge was closed in ancient form .

HOLLAND . The chapters in connection with the lodges Goede Hoop and Goede Trotiw , working under the constitution of Holland , held their annual festival ( the Feast of St . Andrew ) on Tuesday , 30 th November . The lodges were opened and closed in the degree of Elu , after which the chapter was closed , and the

Sir Knights adjourned to the banquet , and a most agreeable evening was spent . The following are the officers for the ensuing year : — Goede Hoop . —President , F . Waldek ; Vice-President , P . G . Van dcr Byl ; S . W ., R . le Sueur ; J . W .,

S . B . Wentzel ; Treasurer , J . IL Redilinghuvs ; Orator , A . Van der Byl ; M . of Cers ., P . G . Van Breda ; Preparator , J . C . Wesscls ; Chancellor , J . H . Hofmeyr ; Organist , Geo . lirittain . Goede Troino . —President , Van der Somdt de

Villicrs ; Vice-President , J . Yallop ; S . W ., I- ' . Berghuis ; J . W ., O . Hickfang ; Treasurer , L . tie Roos ; Orator , N . Mclntyre ; M . of Cers ., J . Shipper ; Preparator , L . Lopes ; Chancellor , C . II . Marting ; Organist , W . Brandt .

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . — William W . B . Beach , Esq ., M . l ' ., Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , has consented to preside at the anniversary festival of this institution on the nth May next .

BRO . P . L . SIMMONDS , P . M . 141 , 554 , who is as well known in Masonry as for his numerous scientific works , has brought out with the new year , a monthly newspaper , under the title of " The journal of Applied Science , " which promises to be exceedingly useful to commercial men .

IT is stated that the Papal authorities , doubting their ability to suppress obnoxious operas , have now resolved to try if they can alter them so as to make them harmonize wilh Romish ideas . Raoul .

in the " Huguenots , " is to be made of the correct Ultramontane pattern , and will be killed off by wicked Protestant heretics . Faust is to be a chemist , and Mephistophclcs a doctor . —Musical Standard .

Poetry.

Poetry .

LINES ON THE DEAD YEAR . BY BRO . WILLIAM SAWYER .

The ivy over-shines the wall , Her purple poison berries shed ; Ash-clusters blacken to their fall : The year is dead .

A fleck of amber in the cloud That swathes the east is dawn and light , And day , that gloom and mist enshroud , Makes welcome night . As one who , seeing life depart , Ponders the wonder of our lives , So , at the dead year ' s feet , my heart

Strange thought revives . I think of one , a blossom set Shining amid the snows of years ; Sweet in remembrance , in regret , Even in tears .

I see the bright rose of her lace Flushed with the tender flush of youth , And murmur , amorous of its grace , " Blue eyes for truth . " Blue eyes—the summer sky less

blue—They were my rapture , my despair ; 1 knew them bright , and felt them true , Blue eyes that were . Again I watch the cloud that lends The future all its rainbow dyes ;

Again its veil the Phantom rends And rapture flies . The anguish of each winter day Comes back into my heart anew ; The charms death could not steal away Once more I view .

And in the wailing of the winds , The moan of branches swaying bare , Again my soul re-echoed finds Its own despair . The ivy over-shines the wall , The berries of the ash are shed ; Under the holly ' s coronal The year lies dead . —Darlimrton Gazette .

Brighter Days In Store.

BRIGHTER DAYS IN STORE .

HY BRO . A . C . SWAIN . Faith and Hope are ever strong Within the Mason's breast , In all life's trials he seldom fails

On Providence to rest . His sufferings may be severe , He may be very poor , Yel cheering thoughts sustain him still Of brighter days in store .

lie feels that one above sees all , Each trial he undergoes A pitying Father witnesses , Ami all his anguish knows . That Father ' s kind though unseen hand , Hath guided him before , And thus he rests upon the hope Of brighter davs in store .

A pleasure that he would not lose , Is trusting faith in God , Which renders him resign'd to bear Afflictions chast ' ning rod . Patient and calm in every grief , He hopes yet more anil more , Still solaced by the blessed thought Of brighter days in store .

A SOMEWHAT acrimonious correspondence between Bro . Mackersey , G . S . E . of Scotland , and Bro . Binckes , G . Secretary of the Mark G . L . of England , with reference to the position of the Mark degree in England , has been published in the

columns of a contemporary . The stupid expression of" spurious" is applied to English Mark Masonry , which is older , and quite as respectable as the degree practised in Scotland . Our views on the subject will be found in our article in this impression .

MR . PALMER , the celebrated Arabic scholar , travelling Fellowof the University of Cambridge , has arrived in Arabia , where he and a friend will spend some months among the Arabs of the unknown district bordering upon Sinai . The object of Mr .

Palmer is to learn and record the legends believed to be still existing there , as to the passage of the Israclitesandtheir sojourning in the neighbourhood . Mr . Palmer has undertaken this difficult task for the Palestine Exploration Society .

Earl De Grey And Ripon At Rotherham.

EARL DE GREY AND RIPON AT ROTHERHAM .

The foundation stone of a new hospital and infirmary , at Rotherham , was laid with Masonic honours , on Wednesday , by the Right Hon . Earl de Grey and Ripon , K . G ., Lord President of the Council , Deputy Grand Master of England , and Provincial Grand Master of the West Riding .

The noble Earl referred to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales having consented to take the chair at the approaching Festival of the Masonic Institution for Boys , and expressed the pleasure

he felt in announcing this first public Masonic act on the part of His Royal Highness , who would , doubtless , receive the hearty support of the Craft upon the occasion .

Lodge Of Benevolence.

LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE .

The usual monthly meeting of the Lodge of Benevolence was held at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , on the 19 th instant . Bro . T . Fenn , P . A . G . D . C , presided , and there were

also present : Bros . J . Hervey , G . S . ; J . Savage , J . Udall , P . G . D . ' s : H . Empson , P . G . S . B . ; J . Nunn , G . S . B . ; J . Smith , P . G . P . ; J . Brett , A . G . P . ; and a number of W . M . ' s and P . M . ' s .

Eighteen cases were relieved , including recommendations for grants , to the extent of ^ 3 i 5-

SHEERNESS . —It will be in the recollection of our readers that two ofthe trial crew of H . M . gunvessel Thistle at the time of the explosion , which occasioned such melancholy results , viz . : —Joseph Lawrence , stoker ; and John Dacr , fitter ; were Freemasons . The brethren of the two lodges in

Sheerness , "Adam's" and " De Shurland , " in the exercise of that Christian charity and brotherly affection , for which Freemasonry is so eminently distinguished , attended their remains to their final resting-place . Not content with this public token of regard for the deceased brethren , it is now intended to place at the head of the graves in which

they lie side by side , a memorial stone , suitably inscribed . To do this , a subscription is being made among the brethren of the lodges above-named , Bro . J . T . Nixon , of "Adam ' s" being Treasurer . We mention the fact now in order that those brethren who might be disposed , but who have not hitherto contributed , may have the opportunity of doing so on or before the first Tuesday in February next .

THE MANUFACTURE OF NOVELS . — Novel writing is becoming a regular branch of manufacture . You catch a literary man who has failed in making either a reputation or a fortune in writing stories . He must , however , have some literary skill , and the sort of invention which in one chapter blows up all

the characters in a steamboat , and in the next brings them down miraculously escaped . He must be facile in French , and have a good acquaintance with novels in that language . To these novels , guided by his own fancy , if he happen to have any , he goes for ideas , situations , plots complete ; and

then , at hack-pay , sketches out his work , and fills it in to the best of his ability . The work is now ready for an " eminent hand . " A touch here Uy the eminent hand , a touch there , a chapter re-written , an incident subordinated , a scene heightenedbehold your new novel , turned out with the rapidity

of machine work , and with about as much pretension to be " English literature . " " Favourable notices " can always be got from journals of the starved apothecary stamp , and the trade pays . Of course we know what the observation upon that will be : Michael Angclo painted pictures upon a similar plan , and Alexandre Dumas is said to have

fabrihis romances in like manner . But there is a distinction between a combination of various kinds and degrees of skill , and a conspiracy to blend into a new shape selected plunder from the produce of other people's skill ; and this distinction is one which cannot be bridged by the most good-natured criticism in the world . —Pall Mall Gazette .

11 OI . LOWAY ' S PI LLS AND O INT . M ENT . —D EKANGED STOMACH , SICK HEADACHE . — -Our comfort , happiness , and security depend on the knowledge that most diseases originate by apparently a trilling beginning , and the large proportion of them spring from inattention to the . stomach . Professor Ilolloway has turned this knowledge to useful account by discovering medicine which rectify the error as

soon as u is seen , aiul save lhe system from loss of appetite , strength , and energy , which are without exception the attendants on disordered digestion . They ward off , likewise , the torturing sick headache . The Ointment should be well rubbed twice daily over the stomach , liver , and bowels ; to them it penetrates , and upon them it immediately exerts its renovating influence ,