Masonic And General Tidings.

Protests are again being made in a dail y newspaper against the terrible annoyance caused by porters and others slamming the doors of railway carriages uncecessarily . The writers appear to be somewhat at variance as to which line of railway the nuisance is most rife upon . If any of thc slammers are more vigorous than those on the

North London they must be vigorous indeed ! The carriages are made fairly to tremble—to say nothing of the passengers . Traffic managers really ought to see to it , if only in order to keep the " rolling stock " together longer . —The City Press . Bro . the Earl of Jersey has remitted fifty per cent of thc rents to his tenants on thc Briton Ferry Estate .

Bro . H . J . Adams , has been admitted a member of the Court of Assistants of thc Ciockmakers' Company . The expenses of Bro . Edward Ledger ' s defence in the case of the recent prosecution in regard to the alleged libel in the Em amount to nearly £ 500 . Bro .

Ledger having declined tn allow any subscription to be opened with a view to reimburse him for his loss , a committee has been formed for the purpose of presenting him with a piece of plate in commemoration of his services . The committee consist of Brcs . Bancroft , Byron , Henry Irving , David James , Kendal , Neville , Edward Terry ,

Thorne , and J . L . Toole . Thc Secretary is Bro . Charles Harcourt , of 39 , Strand . The '' Warehouseman and Drapers' Trade Journal , " thc organ of the drapers and textile fabric manufacturers , has been purchased by Alessrs . V .. H . and L . Collingridge , and will in future be published at their offices , 128 and 129 , Aldersgate-street . —Athena'iim

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

For the Week ending Friday , January 30 , 18 S 0 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place , day , or month of meeting .

SATURDAY , JANUARY 24 . Adjourned Quarterly General Court Girls' School , at 12 . Audit Com ., Boys' School . Lodge 1293 , Burdett , Alitre Hot ., Hampton Court . „ 1 297 , West Kent , Crystal Palace , Sydenham . „ 1423 , Era , Albany Hot ., Twickenham ( Emergency ) „ 1679 , Henry Aluggeridge , Prince George , Dalston . Red Cross Con . 6 , Roman Eagle , Anderton's Hot ., Flcet-st .

LODGES ot INSTIIUCTION . Manchester , 17 , London-st „ Fitzroy-sq ., at 8 . Star , Alarquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Percy , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at 8 . Eccleston , King's Head , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico . Sphinx , Stirling Castle , Camberwell .

MONDAY , JANUARY 26 . Lodge 4 , R . Somerset Ho . and Inverness , F . AI . H . „ 2 f > , Castle Lodge of Harmony , Willis ' s Rooms . „ 28 , Old King ' s Arms , F . M . H . „ 79 , Pythagorean , Ship Hot ., Greenwich .

„ 183 Unity , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 902 , Burgoyne , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . ,, 90 ; , De Grey and Ripon , F . M . H . „ i 6 o _ , Kilburn , Queen's Arms Hot ., Kilburn Gate . „ 1615 , Bayard , 33 , Golden-square , W .

„ 1-32 , Stuart , Suirey AI . H ., Camberwell . „ 174 j , Farringdon Without , Viaduct Hot ., Holborn . ,, 1818 : Clapham , Gresham Hot ., Victoria-st . S . W . „ 1828 J Shepherd's Bush , Richmond Hot ., Shepherd ' s Bush-road .

Chap . 25 , Robert Burns , F . AI . H . „ 188 , Joppa , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 1201 , Eclectic , F . AI . H . „ 1537 , St . Peter , Westminster , F . AI . H . Mark Lodge , 5 , Alallet and Chisel , Bridge House Hot .

LODGES OF INST „_ CTIO _ . Neptune , Warrior Hot ., Brixton , at 7 . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond , at 7 . London Masonic Club , IOI , Queen Victoria-st ., E . G ., at 6 . Wcl'ington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford , 8 lo 10 . St . John , Gun Hot ., Wapping , 8 till 10 . Prince Leopold . Alitford Tav ., Sandringham-st ., Dalston , 7 . 30

Strong Man , Old Rodney ' s Head , Old-st ., E . C . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st , Station , at 7 . Camden , 1 74 , High-st ., Camden Town , at 8 . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Milc-end-rd ., at 8 . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 . PerfectAshlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe , at 8 . UpperNorwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd ., at 8 .

Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney , 8 . Loughborough , CambriaTav ., Loughborough June , at 7 . 30 Hyde Park , The Westbourne , 1 , Craven-rd ., at 8 . West Smithfield , New Alarket Hot ., West Smithfield . West Kent , Forest-hill Hot ., Forest-hill , at 7 . 30 . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Royal Hill , Greenwich , at 7 .

Doric Chapter , 248 , Globe-rd ., Mile End-rd ., at 8 . Royal Commemoration , R . Hot ., High-st ., Putney , 8 till 10 . Biitish Oak , Bank of Friendship Tav ., Alile End . Eastern Star , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd ., 7 . 30 . High Cross , Coach and Horses , Lower Tottenham , at 8 . St . Alark's , S . M . H ., Camberwell New-rd . John Hervey , Albion Hall , London Wall , at 8 .

TUESDAY , JANUARY 27 . Audit Com . Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge 14 , Tuscan , F . M . H . „ 92 , Aloira , Thc Criterion , Piccadilly .

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Lodge 141 , Faith , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 145 , Prudent Brethren , F . M . H . „ 165 , Honour and Generosity , Inns of Court Hot . „ ] 86 , Industry , F . M . H . „ 205 , Israel , Cannon-st . Hot . ,, 259 , Prince of Wales , Willis Rooms , St . James ' s . „ 1158 , Southern Star , Bridge House Hot .

„ 1348 , Ebury , Regent Alasonic Hall , Regent-st . „ 1441 , Ivy , S . AI . H ., Camberwell . „ 1 744 , Royal Savoy , Ashley's Hot ., Covent Garden . Chap . 21 , Cyrus , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 228 , United Strength , Guildhall Tav . „ 1275 , Star , Ship Hot ., Greenwich . 11 1339 , Stockwell , Crystal Palace . „ 136 5 , Clapton , White Hart Tav ., Clapton .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Pilgrim , F . AI . H ,, 1 st and last Tues . Metropolitan , Aloorgate-st . Restaurant , at 7 . 30 . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 7 . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road , at 7 . 30 . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st ., S . W ., at 8 . Prince Fredk-Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wooo , 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 ., Globe-road . Wandsworth , Star and Garter Hot ., Wandsworth , at 7 . Royal Arthur , Prince's Head , York-road , Battersea , at 8 .

Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone , at 8 . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe , at 8 . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping , at 8 . Islington , Three Bucks , 66 , Gresham-st ., 7 to 9 . Leopold , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., Bermondsey , at 8 . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' s , at S . Duke of Connaught , Palmerston Arms , Grosvenor Park , 8 .

Sir Hugh Myddelton , 162 , St . John ' s-st .-rd ., at 8 . St . Alarylebone , Eyre Arms , Finchley-rd ., at 8 Corinthian , George Hot ., Alillwall Docks , at 7 . Henley , Three Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 . 30 . Royal Naval College , Greenwich Hospital Schools , at 8 . Eleanor , Angel Hot ., Edmonton . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Ccffce Ho ., Cornhill .

WEDNESDAY . JANUARY 28 . Lodge 2 , Antiquity , F . AI . H . „ 212 , Euphrates , AI . H ., Alasons' Avenue . 238 , Pilgrim , F . AI . H . „ 507 , United Pilgrims , S . M . H ., Camberwell . „ 754 , High Cross , Seven Sisters Tav ., Tottenham . ,, 8 9 8 , Temperance-ii .-the-East , 6 , Newby-pl ., Poplar . „ 1017 , Alonteliore , Regent AI . H ., Regent-st .

„ 1768 , Progress , E . AI . H . „ 1820 , Sir Thomas White , 101 , Queen Victoria-st . Chap . 435 , Alount Lebanon , Shi p & Turtle , Leadenhall-st . 11 753 , Prince Frederick William , Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood . „ 1589 , St . Dunstan ' s , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . Rose Croix , 67 , Studholme , 33 , Golden-sq ., W . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION .

Confidence , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-st ., 7 till o . New Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at 8 . Ml . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Newington Causeway , 8 . Pythagorean , Portland Hot ., Greenwich , at 8 . Burdett Coutts , Salmon and Ball , Bethnal Green-rd ., at 8 . 30 . La Tolerance , 2 , Aladdox-st ., W ., at 7 . 45 . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-rd ., Peckham , at 8 .

Finsbury Park , Earl Russell , Isledon-rd ., Holloway , at 8 . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park , at 8 . Duke of Connaught . Ryl . Edward Hot ., AIare-st ., Hackney , 8 . United Strength , Hope 1- Anchor , Crowndale-rd ., N . W ., 8 Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin's-court , Fleet-st ., at 8 . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre , at 8 .

Langthornc , Swan Hot ., Stratford , at 8 . Temperance in theEast , George the 4 th , Ida-st ., Poplar , 7 . 3 o . Thistle , M . M . M ., The Harp Tav ., at 8 . Eleanor , Trocadero Hot ., Liverpool-st ., Edmonton . Zetland , Kings' Arms Hot ., High-st ., Kensington , at 8 . Aferchant Navy , Silver Tav ., Burdett-rd ., Limehouse , 7 . 30 .

THURSDAY , JANUARY 29 . Gen . Com . Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge 22 , Neptune , Guildhall Tav . „ 1524 , Duke of Connaught , Aioorga . e-st . Restaurant . ,, i .. 6 . * t , Cityof Westminster , RegentM . H ., Uegent-st . „ 18 39 , Duke of Cornwall , F . AI . H .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Eail 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' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-rd . Ebury , u , Ponsonhy-st ., Millbank , at 8 .

Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town , at 8 . The Great City , AI . H ., Alasons' Avenue , 6 . 30 . 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 , Berners-st ., Oxford-st . Rose , Walmer Castle Hot ., Pcckham-rd ., at 8 .

Covent Garden , Ashley's Hot ., Covent Garden , at 8 . Crusaders , St . John ' s Gate , Clerkenwell , at 9 . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood . United Alariners , Three Cranes Tav ., Alile End-rd ., at 8 . Vitruvian , White Hart , Belvederc-rd ., Lambeth , at 8 . Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham , 7 . 30 .

Royal Oak , Lecture Hall , High-st ., Deptford , at 8 . Capper , Three Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 . Alarquis of Ripon , Pembury'Tav ., Amhurst-rd ., Hackney , 7 . 3 o Royal Albeit , White Hart Hot ., Abchurch-Iane , at 7 . 30 . Victoria Park , The Two Brewers , Stratford , at 8 . West Middlesex , Feathers Hot ., Ealing , at 7 . 30 .

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FRIDAY , JANUARY 30 . Grand Alasters' Council , No . 1 , Royal and Select Master 2 , Red Lion-sq ., Holborn , W . C , at 3 . K . T . 26 , Faith and Fidelity , Cannon-st . Hot . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . at 8

, . Belgrave , Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st ., W ., at 8 . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . ' s ) , F . AI . H ., at 7 . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-rd ., Deptford , at 8 . Aletropolitan ( Victoria ) , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st ., at 7 . St . Marylcbone , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood . Westbourne , Lord ' s Hotel , St . John ' s Wood , at 8 .

United Pilgrims , Surrey M . 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 8 . Burgoyne , The Red Cap , Camden Town , N . W ., at 8 . St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea , 7 . 150 . Chi

gwell , Prince's Hall , Buckhurst-hUl , at 8 . " Royal Standard , The Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-rd ., N ., at 8 . Ranelagh , Six Bells , Hammersmith-rd ., at 8 . Finsbury Park , Earl Russell , Isledon-rd ., Holloway , at 8 . William Preston , FeathersTav ., U p . George-st ., Edgware-rd . Earl of Carnarvon , Alitre Hot ., Golborncrd ., Notting-HilI .

Stability , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st ., at 6 . Pythagorean Chapter , Portland Hot ., London-st ., Greenwich St . George's Globe , Tav ., Greenwich , at 8 . Royal Alfred , Star and Garter , Kew Bridge , at 7 . ^ 0 . Wandsworth , Star and Garter Hot ., Wandsworth , " at 7 . Clapton , White Hart Tav ., Clapton , at 7 . 30 .

AIASONIC AIEETINGS IN WEST LAN CASHIRE AND CHESHIRE . For the Week ending Saturday , January 31 , 1880 .

MONDAY , JANUARY 26 . Lodge 148 , Lights , AI . R ., Warrington . „ 613 , Unity , Palatine B ., Southport . „ 703 , Clifton , Clifton Arms , Blackpool . „ 1325 , Stanley , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 241 , Friendship , AI . H ., Liverpool . Derby L . of L . M . H ., Liverpool .

TUESDAY , JANUARY 27 . Lodge 897 , Loyalty , Fleece Inn , St . Helen's . „ 98 G , Hesketh , Grapes Inn , Croxton . „ 1609 , Liverpool Dramatic , AI . H ., Liverpool .

„ 16 7 s . Antient Briton , AI . H ., Liverpool . Ch _)> . 721 , Grosvenor , M . R ., Chester . „ 1094 , Temple , AI . H ., Liverpool . Alerchants L . of I ., AI . H ., Liverpool . Prince Arthur L . of L , 80 , N . Hill-st ., Liverpool .

WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 28 . Lodge 32 , St . George ' s , Adelphi Hot ., Liverpool . „ 220 , Harmony , Wellington Hot ., Gaiston . „ 724 , Derpy , AI . H ., Liverpool .

,, 1756 , Kirkdale , Skelmersdale H , Liverpool . Chap . 605 , De Tabley , Seacombe Hot ., Seacombe . ,, 1032 , Calendar , Public H ., Rusholme . De Grey and Ripon , L . of 1 ., 80 , N . Hill-st . Liverpool . Neptune L . of L , AI . H ., Liverpool .

'THURSDAY , JANUARY 29 . Lodge 1313 , Fermor , AI . H ., Southport . Mariners L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . For Alasonic Alectings throughout Scotland see Scottish Freemason , which can be obtained at the Office of this paper , 198 , Fleet-street , London , E . C .

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