Scotland.

land , of which he was a Grand Deacon , and in subordinate Lodges , Chapters , and Encampments . He was an earnest promoter of all the Masonic charities of England , of one of which , the " Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons , " he was the founder . In 1834 , he

established the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , and continued to edit it for six years , during which period he contributed many valuable articles to its pages . In 184 c , through the machinations of his enemies , ( for he was too great a man not to have

had some ) , he incurred the displeasure of the ruling powers ; and on charges which , undoubtedly , were not sustained by sufficient evidence , he was suspended by the Grand Lodge for six months , and retired from active Masonic life . But he never lost the respect of the Craft ,

nor the affection of the leading Masons who were his contemporaries . On his restoration , he asrain besran to labour in behalf of the Institution , and spent his last days in advancing its interests . To his character , his long-tried friend , the venerable Oliver , pays this tribute : — " Dr .

Crucefix did not pretend to infallibility , and like all other public men , he might be sometimes wrong ; ' but his errors were not from the heart , and always leaned to the side of virtue and beneficence . He toiled incessantly for the benefit of his brethren , and was anxious that all inestimable blessings should be conveyed by

Masonry . on mankind . In sickness or in health he was ever found at his post , and his sympathy was the most active in behalf of the destitute brother , the widow , and the orphan . His perseverance never flagged for a moment ; and he acted as though he had made up his mind to live and die in obedience to the calls of duty . "

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Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Querics .

DR . DESAGUILIERS IN HIS OLD AGE . In the " Encyclopedia Britannica " ( 8 th ed ., ( 857 ) , we are told that Jean Theophile Desaguiliers , D . D ., was born at Rochelle , March nth , 1683 , and he died in 1749 , aged 66 . After giving a short sketch of his career it goes on to say , " ¦ The following lines , of the poet Camthorn ,

depict the indigence and neglect into which he fell in his old age . " How poor , neglected , Desaguiliers fell ! How he who taught two gracious kings to view All Boyle ennobled , and all Bacon knew , Died in a cell , without a friend to save , Without a guinea , and without a grave . "

Now in reference to the above , I would respectfully ask , if any reader of The Freemason can tell us under what circumstances Desaguiliers was so left in his old age ? This is of all the more interest to us , as Freemasons , seeing the active and prominent part he took in the formation of the Grand Lodge of England . W . P . BUCHAN .

AN ANCIENT CHARGE . The following charge was dictated b y a very old Freemason , since deceased , to Bro . James Fredk . Spurr , F . R . Hist . Sec , P . Z ., 18 , who has sent it to us for publication : —

" Brother—You stand before me a representative of the second birth . Remember from henceforth thyself , and all the twice born , shall live to the newness of life ; from henceforth earnest piety and strict moral virtue must be thy end and aim , and of all the twice born , for singly

is each man born , singly he dies , singlv receives the reward of his good deeds , and singly the reward of his evil ones , therefore be earnestly pious , strictly virtuous , for in thy passage from this life to the next neither father nor mother

, wife nor child , kinsman nor friend , can bear thee company , thy piety and virtue alone , if sincere will remain with thee , with piety and virtue to accompany thee thou wilt traverse a gloom how hard to be traversed . "

CURIOUS REMINISCENCE OF SCOTTISH FREEMASONRY . A curious document has just come to li ght , tending to prove that Freemasons and the Roman Catholic Church were not always at such open enmity , as one would believe from the fierce anathemas hurledj against its members by the

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Sovereign Pontiff" and his followers . It is a list of the b . ethren composing the original Scotch Lodge of John of Scotland , holding its warrant and constitution from the Orient of Paris , in 1778 . Amongst the officers and members of the lodge , who belonged to all classes of society , may be seen that of the Abbe Bartolio , Worshipful

Master , and a Rosicrucian ; Abbe Robinson , Rosicrucian ; Abbe Durand , prior of Entraignes ; Master Don Chabriet , Benedictine Friar attached to the Monastery of Cluny , Rosicrucian ; and many others . It may also be remembered that his Holiness the Pope , and many of his cardinals , notably Antonelli , are not only Masons , but have worked their way up to the degree of Rosicrucians .

Masonic Tidings.

Masonic Tidings .

At a special court of the governors of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution , held at the Masonic Hall , Liverpool , Bro .

Richard Brown , J . W ., ofthe Merchants' Lodge ( 241 ) was elected hon . secretary of the institution , to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Bro . Captain Mott .

Owing to the proprietors of " The London Warehousemen ' s Association " having been compelled somewhat suddenly to relinquish their

occupation of ^ j , Gutter-lane , the meetings of the Great City Lodge of Instruction will be dis continued until some other meeting place can be found .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , May 29 , 1874 .

The . Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Preceptories , Conclaves , ice , of any change in place or time of meeting .

Saturday , May 23 . Manchester Lodgeof Instruction ( 179 ) , Yorkshire Grey , 77 , London-street , Fitzroy-square , at 8 ; Bro . I ) . Ash , Preceptor . Lily Lodge of Instruction ( 8 -o ) , Greyhound Hotel , Richmond , Surrey . Star Lodge of Instruction ( 1275 ) , Marquis of Granby New Cross-road , at 7 ; Bro . C . G . Dilley , Preceptor .

Monday , May 25 . Lodge 4 , Royal Somerset Uouse and Inverness , Freemasons' Hall . „ 26 , Castle and Harmony , Freemasons' Hall . ,, 183 , Unity . London Tavern , Bishopsgate-st .

„ 902 , Burgoyne , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-st . „ 905 , De Grey and Kipon , Angel Hotel . Great Ilford . Chap . 15 , Robert Burns , Freemasons' HaU . „ 188 , Joppa , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-st .

Prince Leopold Lodge of Instruction ( 1445 ) , Lord Stanley Tavern , Sandringham-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 , Haverstock-hill , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction ( 95 ) , Royal Hotel , Mileend-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 Lodgeof Instruction TiSo ) , Horse 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 ( 1306 ) , Gun Tavern , High-street , Wapping , at 8 ; Bro . T * . Mortlock , Preceptor .

West Kent Lodge of Improvement ( 1297 ) , St . Saviour ' s College , Stansted-road , Forest-hill , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . H . W . Lindus , Preceptor . Metropolitan Mark Lodge of Instruction , Coach and Horses Hotel , 313 , Strand , at 8 .

Tuesday , May 26 . Lodge 14 , Tuscan , Freemasons' Hall . „ 92 , Moria , London Tavern , Bishopsgate-st . „ 259 , Prince of Wales ' s , Willis's Rooms , St . James ' s .

„ 1158 , Southern Star , Montpellier Tavern , Walworth . Chap . 28 , Cyrus , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 16 7 , Old Union , City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-st . „ 180 , St . James ' s Union , Freemasons' Hall . Palestine Rose Croix Chapter , 33 , Golden-square .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Yarborough Lodge of Instruction , Green Dragon Stepney , nt 8 ; Bro . Barnes , P . M ., Preceptor . Domatic Lodge of Instruction , Palmerston Tavern , Gros vennr-park , Camberwell , at 8 . Faith Lodgeof 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 Hotol , 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 122 7 , Preceptor .

St . Marylebone Lodgeof Instruction ( 130- ;) , British Stores Tavern , New-street , St . John ' s Wood , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Constitutional Lodge of Instruction ( 55 ) , Wheattheaf Hotel , Hand-court , Holborn , at 7 ; Bro . J . R . Sta « ty (" P . M . 180 ) , Preceptor . Union Club of Instruction ( day meetings ) , Windsor Castle , Victoria Station , Pimlico , from 2 till 4 p . m .

Wednesday , May 27 . Lodge 2 , Antiquity , Freemasons' Hall . „ 212 , Euphrates , Masons' Hall , Masons ' -avenue . „ 507 , United Pilgrims , Horns Tavern , Kenningtonpark .

„ 753 , Prince Frederick William , Knights of St . John Hotel , St . lohn ' s-wood . 1 , 754- > H > S Cross , Seven Sisters Tavern , Page-green , Tottenham . „ 8 9 8 , Temperance in the F . ast , 6 , Newby-place , Poplar .

Southwark Lodgeof Instruction , ( S 79 ) , Southw-irk Park Tavern , Southwark Park , at 8 ; Bro . Charles William Kent , Preceptor . Pythagorean Lodge of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich , at 8 ; 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 , at 7 . 30 . New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Hoxton , at 8 . Royal Union Lodge of Instruction , Horse and Groom Tavern , Winsley-street , Oxford-street , at 8 ; Bro . T . A .

Adams , Preceptor . Confidence Lodgeof Instruction , White Hart Tavern , Ab . church-lane , at 7 . 30 . Peckham . Lodge of Instruction , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham , at 8 ; Bro . David Rose , Preceptor . Temperance in the East Lodge of Instruction , George e

Fourth , Catherine-street , Poplar . Stanhope Lodge of Instruction , Thicket Hotel , Anerley , at 7 . 30 p . m . ; Bro . H . W . Lindus , Preceptor . Finsbury Park Lodge of Instruction ( 1288 ) , Finsbury Park Tavern , Seven Sisters ' -road , N ., at 8 . Bro . P . Dickinson , Acting Preceptor .

Thursday , May 28 . General Committee , Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge 22 , Neptune , Guildhall Tavern , Gresham-st .

„ 34 , Mount Moriah , Freemasons' Hall . „ 99 , Shakespeare , Albion Tavein , Aldersgate-st . Chap . - ; , St George ' s , Freemasons' Hall . „ 46 , Old Union , City Terminus Hotel , Cannonstreet „ 6 57 , Canonbury , Masons' Hall , Masons ' -avenue . Hammersmith

,, 834 , Andrew , Royal Sussex Hotel , . Fidelity Lodge of Instructioa ( 3 ) , Yorkshire Grey , London-St ., Tottenham Court-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Finsbury Lodge of Instruction , Jolly Angle , ¦ ' Tavern , Bath-street , City-road ; Bro . Stean , Preceproi 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 ; Bro . Lew ' s Alexander . P . M . 188 , Preceptor . Doric Chapter of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern ,

Mileend-road , at 8 ; Comp . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . Ebury Lodgeof Instruction , Bro . Palmer ' s ,-12 , Ponsonbyst ., Millbank . Highgate Lodge of Instruction ( 1366 ) , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor . 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 . Panmure Lodge of Instruction ( 720 ) , Balham Hotel , Balham , at 7 . 30 .

Qnions Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . ' s Freemasons' Hall , a 7 . T emperance 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 .

Friday , May 29 . Chap . 134 , Caledonian , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . Knight Templar Preceptory 74 , Harcourt , Greyhound Inn Richmond .