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die party repaired , nnder the guidance of Messrs . Kinsman and Wilkinson , to " Wild Dundagel by the Cornish sea . " —where the remains of the fortress were explored by the more adventurous of the number , including the rained keep and fortifications , part natural and part artificial , which , if the local tradition be true , were the scene of the birth , childhood , and manhood of King Arthur , the noble

and heroic Prince of the West , who for so many years withstood the progress of the Saxon arms within the Cornish peninsula . There was here also , as in the church , a strong difference of opinion as to whether the walls on the double headland are those of one or of two separate castles . A few weeks ago some excavations were made by permission of the authorities nf the Duchy of Cornwall in order to settle this question , but they were subsequently obliged to be abandoned owing to difficulties in

situ . Carriages were in waiting to take the party to Camelford , where tlv . y were to be received by the Mayor and Corporation , and where we knew that refreshments awaited us . This quaint little town , or rather village , for it is scarcely more , though it returned two members to Parliament until plac .-d in Schedule A by the first

Reform Act , has a charter dating from the days of Richard , King of the Romans , and a silver mace and punch-bowl dating from the reign of Charles II . One of the aldermen having addressed to the company a few wcrds of greeting , and having recounted some of the old recollections of a borough which has been represented in Parliament by a Pitt , by Henry Brougham , and by " Ossian " Macpherson ,

they remounted the cairiages , and all returned to Bodmin in time to be ptesent at the evening silting at the Guildhall , when pipers were read by the Rev . Dr . Margolioulh , " On the etymology of certain words in the now obsolete language of Cornwall , " and by Mr . T . Kerslake , of Bristol upon "The Early Saints of Cornwall . " The chair , in the absence of Lord Mount Edgcumbe , was occupied by Mr . George Godwin , F . S . A .

The meeting of the Royal Archaeological Institute at Colchester has just closed . The attendance of members was not equal to that of the Canterbury meeting last year , as was only to bc expected ; but the antiquarian work done seems to have been fully up to the mark , especially in drawing out the local authorities , among whom we find many new names . Colchester itself , both in its history

and in the architectural remains with which it is plentifully supplied , offered a subject of wide interest , and papers were read by Mr . Freeman on the history ; by Mr . Lodge on Eudo Dapifer , the founder of St . John's Abbey ; and by Mr . Acland on the Royal Grammar School ; while the objects of interest in the neighbourhood were represented by Mr . Tucker ' s notes on Ihe arms of the Pttre family , by

Mr . Ilayward ' s paper on the Nunnery of Layer Mainey ; and by Mr . Chancellor on the Chapter of St . Peter at Bradwell . Castle Hedinghani , the ancient seat of the Veres , and one of the finest Norman keeps in England , svas visittd on Wednesday , when Mr . Majendic , M . P ., the present owner , himself described it to the members of the institute , and subsequently entertained them at luncheon in the

great h . ll . On Thursday Colchester was perambulated , the Roman walls , with the successive reparations in the wars of the Middle Ages and of the Stuarts , forming the chief subject of interest . On Friday Layer Marney , with its beautiful brick manor house , and Maldon , with its triangular church tower , were the objects of an excursion . On Saturday Wivcnho : and St . Osyth were visited .

Colchester stands alone among English towns > f we identify it with the Roman Camalodunum . Its walls are older than those of London , or at least they bound an older site , for both London and Colchester still stand where the Romans placed them , and in ibis respect are peculiar among our modern cities . But while London has far

overflowed the Roman boundaries , Colchester has shrunk , and the walls fit but loosely to the attenuated streets and diminutive churches . Mr . Frienian is reported to have said that these walls existed in the time of Boadicea , and that , unlike York , Lincoln , and Chester , they slill surround the inhabited town .

MUSICAL FESTIVALS . —The Birmingham Triennial Musical Festival will be held on Tuesday , the 29 th inst ., and the three following days . A new cantata , by Mr . F . H , Cowen , entitled " The Corsair , " will be performed on the opening day ; a new oratorio , by Professor Macfarrcn , entitled " The Resurrection , " on Wednesday morning ; and a new sacred cantata , by Gade , entitled " Zion , " on

Wednesday evening -, all the above having been composed expressly for this Festival . Tlie programme also includes "The Holy Supper" ( Friday ) , Wagner , the first time of performance in England ; " Elijah ; " Hummel ' s " Alma Virgo ; " Mendelssohn ' s " Hear my Prayer-, " Gade's cantata , " The Crusaders ; " Spohr ' s "The Last Judgment-, " Beethoven ' s " Mass , No . 1 ( in C ) ; " and "St . Paul ; "

becides various miscellaneous selections , including a "Symphony , " by Mozart , the Overture to " William Tell , " Sec The Marquis of Hertford is the President , and Bro . Sir Michael Costa will conduct . The principal vocalists will be Mdlle . Titicns , Madame Lemmcns-Sherrington , Mdlle . Albani , Madame Patey , and Madame Trebelli-Bcttini -, Mr . Vernon Rigby , Signor Foli , Mr . Edward Lloyd , Mr . Santlcy , and

Mr . Cecil Tovey . Mr . Stimpson will preside at the organ . VVe may add that the net proceeds ol the Festival will be added to the lunds of the Birmingham General Hospital . The Hereford Musical Festival will be held at the Cathedral and Shire-hall on the 12 th , 13 th , 14 th , and 15 th of

September . The following artistes have already been engaged : —Mdlle . Titiens , Madame Edith Wynne , Madame Trebelli-Bettini , Miss Enriquez , and Miss Bertha Griffiths ; Mr . Sims Reeves , Mr . VV . H . Cummings , Mr . Lewis Thomas , and Mr . Maybrick . The conductor will be Mr . Townshend Smith .

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WASTE AND WANT . —Francatelli used to say that he could feed a thousand families on the waste of London ; and doubtless he was no way beyond the mark , especially if we regard the wicked , wanton destruction of ' ood in our markets for lack of some means of rapid distribution . We were remarking last week on the aims and powers of the City Guilds , and here would certainlv be a solendid

onenmg for one or two of the great companies which are associated with the provisioning of London . Recently the Duke of Edinburgh was eulogizing the Fishmongers ' Company for weekly destroying tons and tons of fish which are said to be unfit for food . How far more excellent would be the praise which could point out how a "jreat City Guild had , by wholesome regulations and an

effective organization , preserved and distributed to the people , who are in greatest need , tons of wholesome and delicious provision which would but for this timely interposition have been lost altogether ? Not a week , not a day passes that we do not hear of quantities of fish , meat and vegetables , fruit and pastry . wasted , and only utilized for makine manure : and theorisrinal waste and

destruction at the markets are followed by almost equally wanton extravagance at hotels , clubs , and private houses . There is a soup kitchen not far from Leicester-square where the clean sacks full of broken bread which come from two West-end clubs are eagerly received and appreciated by the hungry applicants , who sniff from afar the odour of that great cauldron of stock made from the bones and ends of joints—the unconsidered trifles of the larder and

the kitchen . In the matter of some of ' the cheaper kinds of vegetables and of fruit the costermongets continue to carry them through those poor outlying neighbourhoods where they find ready customers , but there is little chance of meat , fish , or poultry being distributed in a similar way . Even if they could be , there are people all round London who seld mi know what it is to have a full meal , and there are scores of children who scarcely know the taste of wholesome meat at all . — " City Press . "

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , September 1 , 1876 .

The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secre , taries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges Prceeptories , Conclaves , Sec , of any change in place or time of meeting .

SATURDAY , AUGUST 26 . Lodge 1541 , Alexandra Palace , Alexandra Palace , N . LODOES OF INSTHUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., 1 'itzroy-square . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd .

MONDAY , AUGUST 28 . LOUGES or INSTRUCTION . Prime Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strung Man , Jerusalem Tav ., St . John ' s Gate . Sincerity , Itailsvay Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station .

Camden , Stanhope Arms , Up . James-st ., Camden To . Eastern , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Wellington , White Swan , Deptford . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . Sydney , White Hart Ho ., Church-rd ., Upper Norwood .

TUESDAY , AUGUST 29 . LODGES OF INSTHUCTION . Metropolitan , 269 , Pcntonville-rd . Yarbi . rough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . I J ., Camberwell New-road . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victo : ia-st . Prince Fredk . Win ., Lord's Hor ., St . John ' s Wood . Dalhousie , Kine Edward , Tiianele . Hackney .

Prosperity , 1 , Camomile-st ., Bishopsgate . St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood . Constitutional , Wheatsheaf Hot ., Hand-court , Holborn . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-road , Battersea . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhiil . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe .

WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 30 . Lodge 898 , Temperance-in-the-East , Newby-pl ., Poplar Looous OF INSTHUCTION . Confidence , M . H ., Basinghall-st . Mt . Lebanon , Windsor Castle Tav ., Southwark-bdg .-rd . Pythagorean , Prince of Orange , Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . Roval Union , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st .. Oxford-st .

Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham . Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., Seven Sisters' -rd . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park . Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston , E . United Strength , Grafton Arms , Kentish-town . Islington , Crown and Cushion , London Wall . Whittington , Black Bull Tav ., Holborn . Lewis , King ' s Arms Hot ., Wood Green .

THURSDAY . AUGUST 31 . Gen . Com . Girls' School , at 4 , LODGES OF INSTRUCTION- . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-road . Temperance in the East , Catherine-st ., Poplar .

Ebury , 12 , Ponsonhy-st ., Milbank . Highgate , Bml and Gate , Kentish-town . The Great City , 111 , Cheapside . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Marquis of Ripon , Albion Tav ., Albany-rd ., Dalston . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd .

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FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 1 . Lodge 1275 , Star , Ship Hot ., Greenwich . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Lyceum Tav ., 354 , Strand . Unions Emulation ffor M . M . ' s ) . F . M . H .

Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-road , Deptford . Clapton , White Hart , Clapton . Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st . Westbourne , Horse & Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st . Ur . ited Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . St . James ' s , New Tanners'Arms , Grange-rd ., Bermondsey Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar . Doric . Earl Grev Tav .. Mile-end-road .

Burgoyne , Grafton Aims , Prince of Wales's-road , N . W St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King's-rd ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Bald-faced Stag Hor ., Buckhurst-hill . Hurdett Coutts , Approach Tav ., Victoria Park . Royal Standard , Finsbury Park Tav ., Holloway . Ranelagh , Clarendon Hot ., Hammersmith . Pythagorean Chapter , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-rd . Stability , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st .

Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .

For the Week ending Saturday September 2 , 1876 .

MONDAY , AUGUST 28 . Lodge 148 , Lights , M . Rooms , Warrington . „ 613 , Unity , Palatine Buildings , Southport „ 703 , Clifton , Clifton Hot ., Blackpool . TUESDAY , AUGUST 29 Lodge 897 , Loyalty , Fleece Inn , St . Helen ' s . „ 986 , Hesketh , Grapes Inn , Croston . Chap . 721 , Grosvenor , M . R ., Chester . Merchants' L . of I .. M . H .. Liverpool .

WEDNESDAY ,. AUGUST 30 . Lodge 86 , Loyalty , M . H ., Prescot . „ 484 , Faith , Gerard ' s Arms , Ashton-in-Makerfirl , | , „ 5 80 , Harmony , Wheatsheaf , Ormskirk . JUS . Ellesmere . M . H .. Runcorn .

THURSDAY , AUGUST 31 . Lodge 950 , Hesketh , Royal Hot ., Fleetwood . „ 10 3 2 , Townley Parker . Howard ' s A ., VVhtle-le- \ Vils „ 10 7 , Starkie , Black Horse Hot ., Kirkham . 1 * 13 Fermor . M . H .. Southport .

FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER t . Lodge 680 , Sefton , Adelphi Hot ., Liverpool . » 1 . 375 . Architect , Didsbury Hot ., Didsbury . » •387 , Chorlton , M . R ., Chorlton-cum-Hardy . „ 1505 , Emulation , M . H ., Liverpool . Duke of Edinburgh L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

Masonic Meetings In Glasgow And West Of Scotland.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN GLASGOW AND WEST OF SCOTLAND .

For the Week ending Saturday , September 2 , 1876 .

All the Meetings take place at Eight o ' clock . MONDAY , AUGUST 28 . Lodge 103 , Union & Crown , 30 , Hope-st ., Glasgow . „ 292 , St . John , Bishop-st ., Rothesay . Chap . 122 , Thetis , 35 , St . James-st ., S . S ., Glasgow .

WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 30 . Chap . 73 , Caledonian of Unity , 21 ^ , Buchanan-st . THURSDAY , AUGUST 31 . Lodge 167 , Free Operative , M . H ., Bigg ' ar . „ 570 , Kenmuir , Balgray Hall , Springburn . Chap . 117 , Govan , Portland Buildings , Govan .

FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 1 . Lodge 7 , Hamilton Kilwinning , M . H ., Hamilton . „ 114 , Royal Arch , M . H ., Cambuslang . „ 116 , Royal Arch , Council Hall , Rutherglen . „ 135 , St . James , Crown Inn , Tarbolton . » 175 , St . John , St , John ' s Hall , Greenock .

„ 217 , Cumberland , Kilwinning , Port Glasgow . „ 242 , Houston , Cross Keys Hot ., Johnstone . „ 275 , Shamrock & Thistle , 22 , Struthers-st ., Glsgw . 11 33 S > Argyle , Drill Hall , Dunoon . sfio . Cflmmcrrial . 30 . Hnne- « lrepf . fllnco-niv .

„ 408 , Clyde , 213 , Buchanan-st ., Glasgow . „ 459 , Kelburne , Cumbrae Hot ., Millport . „ 512 , Thorntree , School House , Thornliebank . „ 551 , Clydesdale , lloyal Hot ., Lanark . Chap . 112 , Paisley , St . Mirren ' s hall , Paisley .

SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 2 . Lodge 458 , St . John , Wilson ' s Hall , Busby . „ 544 , St . Andrew , M . H ., Coatbridge .

Masonic Meetings In Edinburgh And Vicinity.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN EDINBURGH AND VICINITY .

For the Week ending Saturday , September 2 , io ? , MONDAY , AUGUST 28 . Lodge 349 , St . Clair , F . M . H ., 98 , George-st . FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER r . Lodge 291 , Celtic , Ship Hot ., E . Register-st .

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