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Masonic Meetings (Metropolitan)

MASONIC MEETINGS ( METROPOLITAN )

For the week ending Saturday , December jo , 1809 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries for Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Rose Croix Chapters , Preceptories , Conclaves , Sec ., of any change in place , day , or month of meeting .

MONDAY , DECEMBER 25 . CrurT LODOB . 706 , Florence Nightingale , Royal Mortar Hotel , Woolwich . MARK LODGE . 226 , Excelsior , Masonic Hall , Plnmstead . L 0 D 31 B AND CBAPTIR 5 OI INSTRUCTION . Blackheath , Stirling Castle , Church-street , Camberwell , at 8 Bromlesbury , Karl Derby Hotel , High-road , Kilburn . Commemoration , Star and Garter , Arbour-square , Commercial

road , E ., at 8 . Dalhousie , Town Hall Tavem , High-street , Kensington , at 8 . Duke of Cornwall , Whittington Hotel , Moor-lane , Fore-st ., at ; . Eleanor , Red I . ion , High Rond , Tottenham , at 8 . Friars , The White Horse , 94 , White Horse-lane , Mile End-rd ., B . at 8 . Hyde Park , Prince of Wales Hotel , Eastbourne-terr ., Bishop ' s-rd ,, Paddington , at 8 .

Italia , Fumagalli ' s Restaurant , 13 , Wilton . road , Victoria , 9 to n . 30 . Kingsland , Cock Tavern , Highbury , N ., at 8 . 30 . Marquess of Rinon , Weaver ' s Arms , London Wall , E . C , at 6 . 45 , Metropolitan , Moorgate Tavern , 15 , Finsbury . pavement , at 7 . 30 . Neptune , Gauden Hotel , Clapham , S . W ., at 7 . 30 . North London Chapter , Cock Hotel , Highbury , at 8 . Perseverance , Ridler's Hotel , Holborn , E . C , at 7 .

Queen ' s Westminster , Criterion , Piccadilly , at 8 . Regent ' s Park , Frascati Restaurant , 31 , Oxford-street , at 8 . Royal Arthur , Prince of Wales Hotel ( opposite Wimbledon Rail . way Station ) , at 8 . Royal Commemoration , Railway Hotel , Putney , at 8 . Royal Savoy , Earl Russell , 2 Pancras-road , King ' s Cross , at ( 8 . Scots , Holborn Restaurant , Holborn , at 7 . 30 . St . JamcB ' s Union , St . James ' s Restaurant ( Piccadilly entrance ] St . Mark's , Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell New-road ,

St . Michael ' s , Richmond llotel , Shepherd's Hush Road , \ V „ 8 . Sincerity , Blackwall Railway Hotel , Fenchurch-street , at 7 . South Norwood , Goat House llridge Hotel , Penge-rd ., at 8 . Stockwell , White Hart , Abchurch-lane , E . C , at fi . Tyssen Amherst , Amherst CiuU , Arnherat-rd ., Rectory-rd ., N ., 7 . 30 United Military , Earl of Chatham , Thomas-at ., Woolwich , aO . 30

Upton , Great Eastern Hotel , Bishopsgate-street , at 8 . Walthamstow , Lord Brooke , Shernliall-st ., WalthamBtow , at 8 . Wellington , New Cross House , New Cross , at 8 . Woodrow , Stone's , 34 , Panton-street , Haymarket , S . W ., at 3 . Zetland , "The Falkland , " Falkland-road , N . W ., at 8 . Doric Chapter , Duke ' s Head , 79 , Whitechaoel-road , at 6 . Lewis Chapter , Fishmongers' Arms Hotel , VVood Green , N ., at 8

TUESDAY , DECEMBER 28 . No Meetings . Looms AND CBAPT ' or INSTRUCTION . Alfred Newton , Royal I ' alicc llotel , Kensington , at 8 . Buxton , Prince Regent , Dulwich-road , Heme Hill , S . E ,, at 8 . Capper , City Arms , St . Mary Axe , at 6 . Clarence and Avondale , Green Man Hotel , Leytonstone , E ., at 8 Constitutional , "Apple Tree and Mitre , " 30 , Cursitor-street . Chancery-lane , W . C , at 7 . Chaucer , Grapes Tavern ( Slee & Pike's ) , 131 , Borough High street , at 8 ,

Corinthian , Geoige Hotel , Cubitt Town , Poplar , at 8 . Croydon Lodge of Concord , King's Arms , Katherine-street , Croydon , at f . Dalhousie , Lord Truro , Dalston-lane , at 8 . Egyptian , Salut lion , Newgate-street , at 7 . Emblematic , St . ames's Restaurant , Piccadilly , at 8 . Enfield , Rose ant Crown , Church-street , Edmonton , at 8 , Excelsior , Funririilli ' s Restaurant , 12 and 13 , Wilton-road , Victoria-Btation , S . W ., at 8 .

Euphrates , Ye Old Greyhound , Balaam-street , Plaistow , E „ at 7 . 30 . Faith , Fumagalli ' s Restaurant , 13 , Wilton-road , Victoria-station , S . W . Finsbury , The Bell Hotel , Old Bailey , at 7 . Florence Nightingale , M . H ., William-street , Woolwich , and and 4 th Tues ., at 7 . 30 . Hendon , Railway Hotel , West Hampstead , N . W ., at 8 . Islington , Cock Tavern , Highbury , at 7 . 30 .

loppa , "The Moorgate , " 15 , Finsbury Pavement , E . C , at 7 . 30 . Kensington , Town Hall Tavern , High-street , Kensington , at 8 , Kirby , Midland Grand Hotel , St . Pancras Station , at 7 . 30 , Langton , The Eastcheap , Eastcheap , E . C , at 5 . 30 , Mount Edgcumbe , Rockingham Arms , Newington Causeway S . E ., at 7 . 3 o . Nelson , Star and Garter , Powis-street , Woolwich , at 8 .

New Cross , Ki-mbles Head , Long Acre , W . C , at 8 . New F ' nsbury Park , Hornsey Wood Tav ., Finsbury Park , at 8 . Pythagorean , Portland Hotel , Greenwich , at 8 . Richmond , Station Hotel , Richmond , at 8 . 30 . Robert Burns , Frascati Restaurant , Oxford-street , W . Rose of Denmark , Brunswick House , Wandsworth-road , at 8 . South Middlesex , Beaufort House , Walham Green , S . W . i at 7 . 30 St . Kew , Masonic Hall , Weston-super-Mare , at 8 ,

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St . Leonard's , Bedford Hotel , Victoria Park-road , South Hackney , at 8 . Victoria Park , George Hotel , Stratford , E ., at 7 . 30 . Industry Chapter , Prince Regent , Dulwich-road , Heme Hill , at 8 . Southwark , White Hart Hotel , New Cross Gate , at 8 . Wandsworth , St . Mark's School-room , Battersea Rise , S . W . at Westbourne , Oliver Arms , Westbourne-terrace North , Harrowroad , at 8 . Varborough , Mitre Tavern , Fish-street-hill , E . C , at 7 . 30 . Metropolitan Chapter , Eastcheap Restaurant . lEastcheap , at 6 . 30 ,

WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER 27 . No Meetings . LOOQIS AND CHAPTERS OI INSTRUCTION . Beach , London and South Western Railway Institute , Brunswick House , Wandsworth-road , at 8 . Bromley St . Leonard , Bromley Vestry Hall , Bow-road , at 8 City of Westminster , Cafe Royal , "B" Room , at 8 . Claremont , Newland's Hotel , Peckham Rye , at 8 . Confidence , Bunch of Grapes , 14 , Lime-street , E . C , at 7 . Creaton , Bush Hotel , Shepherd's Bush , W „ at 8 .

Crusaders , The St . John ' s Gate Tavern , St . John-square , derkenweil , at 8 . 30 . Derby Allcroft , Midland Grand Hotel , at 8 . Doric , Moorgate Tavern , Moorgate-street , at 8 . Duke of Connaught , Royal Edward Hotel , Triangle , Hackney , 8 Earl of Lathom , Station Tavern , Camberwell New-road , S . E ., 8 Eyre , Eyre Arms Hotel , St . John ' s Wood , at 8 . Fidelity , Castle Hotel , 81 , Holloway-ioad , N ., at 8 . Gallery , Press Club , Wine Office-court , Fleet-street , at jr . Guelph , Plough and Harrow , Leytonstone-road , E ., at 8 . Lancrthorne . Ancel'Hotel . Ilford . at 8 .

La Tolerance , Frascati Restaurant 33 , Oxford-street , at 8 . Londesborough , Criterion , Piccadilly , at 8 . London Scottish Rifles , Albert Hotel , Victoria-street , S . W ., 8 , 30 Merchant Navy , Town Hall , Limehouse , at 7 . 30 . Mitcham , Vestry Hall , Mitcham , at 8 . Mount Lebanon , Foresters'Arms , 394 , Boro' High-street , at 8 New Concord , Farleigh Hotel , Amherst-road , NT , at 8 . Pinmure , Balham Hotel , Balham , at 7 . 30 . Plucknett , Railway Hotel , Finchley , at 7 . 45 . Prosperity , The Whittington , 5 & 7 Moor-lane , Fore-st ., at 7 . Royal Jubilee , the Crown , Lambeth-road , S . E ., at 8 . Royal Oak , Lord Clyde , Wotton-road , Deptford , at 8 .

THURSDAY , DECEMBER 28 . General Committee Girls * School , at Freemasons' Hall , at 5 ,

FRIDAY , DECEMBER 29 . Council Boys' School , at Freemasons' Hall , at 4 . No Meetings .

SATURDAY , DECEMBER 30 . ( No Meetings . )

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TO THE DEAF . Da . Nicnoi . sOK ' s Patented Artificial Ear Drama havo Btood tho test of 20 years , curing 1 , 000 , 000 persons , and are still acknowledged to lie tho only real euro for Deafness , Noises in tho Head , and other Aural Troubles . Doctors say tbeso Eur Drams hayo done more for humanity than any other medical invention . A Descriptive Book in any langungo sent free by J . H , Nicholson , 17 , 13 ury Street , London , W , C ,