Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the week ending Saturday , March 7 th , 1 SS 5 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Rose Croix Chapters , Preceptories , Conclaves , 8 cc , of any change in place , day , or month of meeting .

MONDAY , MARCH 2 . Lodge 12 , Fortitude and Old Cumberland , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-street . „ 16 , Royal Alpha , Willis ' s Rooms , St . James's . „ 25 , Robert Burns , Freemasons' Hall . „ 72 , Royal Jubilee , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-st . „ 144 , St . Luke ' s , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-st .

„ iSS , Joppa , r reemasons Hall . „ 256 , Unions , Freemasons' Hall . ,, 1319 , Asaph , Freemasons' Hall . „ iG 6 g , Royal Leopold , Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell New-road . „ 1731 , Cholomeley , 8 , Air-st ., Regent-st . „ 1924 , Wickham , St . Peter ' s Hall , Wickham Park ,

Brockley . Chap . 91 , Regularity , Freemasons' Hall . „ 1056 , Victoria , M . H ., Masons' Avenue , Basinghall-st . „ 1615 , Bayard , 33 , Golden-sq ., VV . ,, 1704 , Cable , Cannon-st . Hot . Mark 13 a , Panmure , Sa , Red Lion-sq . Premier Conclave Red Cross .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Loughborough , Cambria Tav ., Cambria-rd ., S . E . Strong Man , Excise Tav ., Old Broad-st ., at 7 . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st ., at 7 . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 . Euphrates , Mother Red Cap , High-st ., Camden Town , 8 . Wellington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ,, Deptford , 8 to 10 .

St . Mark ' s , Surrey M . H ., eamberwell New-rd . Doric Chapter , Duke ' s Head , 79 , Whitechapel-rd ., at 6 . Perfect Ashlar , Jamaica Tav ., Southwark Park-rd ., at 8 . John Hervey , Albion Hall , London Wall , at 8 . Hyde Park , Fountains Abbey Hot ., in , Praed-st ., Paddington , at S . Prince Leopold , Printing Works , 202 , Whitechapel-road , 7 .

Marquess of Ripen , Queen ' s Hot ., Victoria-park-rd ., E . Metropolitan , Moorgate Tav ., 15 , Finsbury Pavement , 7 . 30 . United Military , Earl of Chatham , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Royal Commemoration , Railway Hot ., Putney , 8 tiU 10 . West Smithfield , City Boundary Tav ,, 109 Aldersgate-st ., at 7 .

Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd .. at 8 . Kingsland , Cock Tav ., Highbury , N ., at 8 . 30 . Coborn , Eagle Hot ., Snaresbrook , at 8 . St ' . Ambrose , Baron ' s Court Hot ., W . Kensington , at 8 . Honor Oak , Moore Park Hot ., Honor Oak , at 8 . Premier Conclave Red Cross .

TUESDAY , MARCH 3 . Colonial Board , at 4 . Lodge 7 , Royal York , Freemasons' Hall . „ 9 , Albion , Freemasons' Hall . „ JS , Old Dundee , Cannon-st . Hot . ,, 101 , Temple , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 1 G 6 , Union , The Criterion , Piccadilly , W .

„ 172 , Old Concord , Freemasons Hall . ( . „ 17 6 , Caveac , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 217 , Stability , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . n 255 , Harmony , Greyhound , Richmond , Surrey . „ 7 6 5 , St . James's , Bridge House Hot ., London Bdg . „ 1257 , Grosvenor , Freemasons' Hall . „ 1259 , Duke of Edinburgh , Cape of Good Hope Tav .,

Commercial-road , E . „ 1261 , Golden Rule , S , Air-st ., Regent-st ., VV . „ 129 S , Royal Standard , Wellington Club , Upper-st ., Islington . » > 3 S 3 , Friends-in-Council , 33 , Golden-sq .

» ' 397 > Anerley , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . „ 1472 , Henley , Three Crowns Hot ,, North Woolwich . j > ' 59 i > Studholme , 33 , Golden-sq ., VV . JJ l 6 93 i Kingsland , Railway Hot ., Highbury , N . Chap . 255 , Iris , Greyhound , Richmond , Surrey . Mark 315 , Henniker , 8 a , Red Lion-sq .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . St . George ' s , Public Hall , New Cross , at 8 . Faith , Queen Anne ' s Restaurant , Queen Anne ' s-gate , at 8 . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-rd ., at 7 . 30 . Joppa , Champion Hot ., Aldersgate-st ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe-rd .

Pilgrim ( German language ) , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st ., E . C , ist and 3 rd Tues . Varborough , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 8 . Florence Nightingale , M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich , 7 . 30 . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Eagle Tav ., Clifton-rd ., Maida-hill , 8 . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond , at 8 . South Middlesex , Beaufort House , Walham Green , i . w .

Dalhousie , I he Sisters'Tav ., Pownall-rd ., Dalston , E „ at 8 . Wandsworth , East Hill Hot ., Alma-rd ., S . W ., at 8 . Capper , Railway Tav ., Angel-lane , Stratford , at 8 . Excelsior , CommerciaI Dock Tav ., Plough-rd ., Rotherhithe , 8 . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone , at 8 . Emblematic , Red Lion , York-st ., Jermyn-st ., W ., at 8 . Friars , Liverpool Arms , Canning Town , at 7 . 30 .

Kenmngton , Horns Tav ., Kennington , 7 . 30 . Corinthian , George Hot ., Cubitt Town , Poplar , at 7 . Mount Edgcumbe , Three Stags , Kennington-rd ., at 8 . Islington , Champion Hot ., Aldersgate-st ., E . C , at 7 . Henley , Three Crowns , Noith Woolwich , at 7 . 30 . Chaucer , The Old White Hart , High-st ., Borough , at 8 . Duke of Connaught , Palmerston Arms , Grosvenor Park 8 .

, New Cross , Chester Arms , Albany-st ., N . W ., at 8 . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd ., at 8 . Royal Naval College , Greenwich Hospital Schools , at 8 . Ravensbourne , George Inn , Rushey Green , Lewisham , 7 . 30 . West Middlesex , The Institute , Ealing , at 7 . 30 . New Finsbury Park , Hornsey WoodT ., Finsbury Park , at 8 .

Enfield , Rose and Crown , Church-st ,, Edmonton , at 8 . Brixton , Prince Regent , Dulwich-rd ., East Brixton , at 8 . Duke of Albany , Park Tav ., Battersea-park-rd ., at 8 . Camden Chapter , The Moorgate , Moorgate-street , at 8 . Earl of Carnarvon Chapter , Ladbroke Hall , Ladbroke Grove-road , Notting-hill , at 8 . Metropolitan Chapter , White Hart , Cannon street , 6 . 30 .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

WEDNESDAY , MARCH 4 . GRAND LODGE , at 7 . Lodge 10 , Westminster and Keystone , F . M . H , „ 511 , Zetland , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 1491 , Athenasum , Athenaeum , Camden-rd ., Islington

» * 5 § 5 > Royal Commemoration , Fox & Hounds , Putney „ 16 S 7 , Rothesay , Inns of Court Hot ., Lincoln ' s Inn , „ 1707 , Eleanor , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 176 G , St . Leonard , Town Hall , Shoreditch . „ 1 S 27 , Alliance , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . Charity Com . Berks and Bucks .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Fidelity , Alfred Hot ., Roman-rd ., Barnsbury , at 8 . Kent , King and Queen , Norton Folgate , Bishopsgate-st ., S United Mariners , Lugard Hot ., Lugard-rd ., Peckham . Mt . Lebanon , Windsor Castle , Southwark-bridge-road , 8 Pythagorean , Portland Hot ., Greenwich , at 8 . Confidence , Hercules Tavern , Leadenhall-st ., 7 till 9 .

United Strength , HopeTav ., Stanhope-st ., Regent s-pk ., atS La Tolerance , Portland Arms , Gt . Portland-st ., W ., at 8 . Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham , 7 . Merchant Navy , Silver Tav ., Burdett-rd ., Limehouse , 7 . 30 New Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at 8 . Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin ' s-court , Fleet-st ., at 8 . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park , at S .

Temperance in the East , Geo . the Fourth , Ida-st ., E ., at 7 . 30 Burgoyne , Victoria Hotel , Charterhouse-st ., at 7 . Finsbury Park , Cock Tav ., Highbury , at S . 30 . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford , at 8 . Peckham , Lord Wellington Hot ., 516 , Old Kent-rd ., at 8 .

Dukeof Connaught , Ryl . Edwd . Hot ., Mare-st ., Hackney , 8 Wanderers , Victoria Mansions Restaurant , Victoria-st . S . W . Londesborough , Berkeley Arms , John-st ., Mayfair , at 8 . Eleanor , Tcocadero Hot ., Liverpool-st ., E . C . Creaton , Prince Albert Tav ., Portobello-ter ., Notting-hill , 8 Earl of Lathom , Station Hot ., Camberwell New-rd ., at 8 .

THURSDAY , MARCH 5 . Lodge 27 , Egyptian , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 45 , Strong Man , Masonic Hall Tav ., Basinghall-st ,, 192 , Lion and Lamb , Cannon-st . Hot . 227 . Innic . ShiD R Turtle . Leadenhall-st .

,, 231 , St . Andrew's , Freemasons' Hall . „ 53 S , La Tolerance , Freemasons' Hall . , 1 554 > Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . „ S 22 , Victoria Rifles , Freemasons' Hall . » 9 ' 3 > Pattison , Assembly Room , High School for

Boys , Brook Hill , Plumstead . > , H 5 S > Excelsior , Sidney Arms , Lewisham-road . „ 12 SS , Finsbury Park , Cock Tav ., Highbury , N . „ 1351 , St . Clement ' s Danes , The Palsgrave , 225 , Strand . „ 1425 , Hyde Park , The Westbourne , 1 , Craven-road .

,, 1445 , Prince Leopold , Three Nuns Tav ., Aldgate . » ' 539 > Surrey Masonic Hall , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell ,, 1672 , Mornington , Imperial Hot ., Holborn Viaduct . „ 1765 , Trinity College , 13 , Mandeville-place , W . „ 1950 , Southgate , Railway Hot ., New Southgate . Chap . 2 , St . James ' s , Freemasons' Hall . „ 174 , Sincerity , London Tav ., Fenchurch-st .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Earl of Chatham , Thomas-st ., Woolwich Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st ., 7 . 30 . Vitruvian , Bridge House Hot ., London-bridge , at 8 . Justice , Brown Bear , High-st ., Deptford , 8 to 10 . St . Michael's , Moorgate Tav ., Finsbury Pavement , at 8 . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 .

Camden , Lincoln ' s Inn Restaurant , 305 , High Holborn , at 7 Belgrave , Clarence Hot ., Aldersgate-st ., 6 . 30 . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-rd ., Tottenham , at 8 . Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-rd . City of London , Tiptree Tavern , 6 , Leadenhall-st . 6 . 30 . Royal Albert , White Hart Hot ., Abchurch-lane , at 7 . 30 . Southern Star , The Pheasant , Stangate , S . W ., at 8 .

Duke of Edinburgh , Bricklayers' Arms , Narrow-st ., Limehouse , at 7 . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st ., Oxford-st . Stockwell , Cock Tav ., Kennington-rd ., at 7 . 30 . Eburv , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Millbank , at 8 . Royal Arthur , Prince of Wales Hot . ( opposite Wimbledon Railway Station ) , at 7 . 30 . Hiehgate , Boston Hot ., Junction-rd ., N ., at 8 .

The Great City , M . H ., Masons ' -avenue , 6 . 30 . Leopold , Old White Hart , Borough High-st ., at 7 . 30 . Sir Hugh Myddelton . White Horse Tav ., Liverpool-rd ., at 8 Covent Garden , Bedford Head Hot ., Maiden-Jane , Covent Garden , W . C , S . Crusaders , Old Jerusalem Tav ., St . John's-gate , Clerkenwell , at o . Guelph , Blackbirds Inn , High-st ., Leyton . UUCIJJU , ui * M . ni . »»« -. ...... .. ' & .- •<*« , — WJ . w ...

Royal Savoy , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., Tottenham-ct . road , at 8 . Victoria Park , Yorkshire Grey , High-st ., Stratford , at 8 . Burdett Coutts , Swan Tav ., New Bethnal Green-road , at 8 , Prince Fisderick William Chapter , Eagle Tav ., Clifton-rd ., Maida-vale , 7 . 30 . North London Chapter , Alwyne Castle Tav ., St . Paul ' s-rd ., Canonbury , at 8 .

FRIDAY , MARCH G . Lodge 706 , Florence Nightingale , William-st ., Woolwich S 90 , Hornsey , Freemasons' Hall . 1159 , Marquis of Dalhousie , 33 , Golden-sq . Hall

1627 , Royal Kensington , Freemasons' . „ 1 S 15 , Penge , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Chap . 3 , Fidelity , Freemasons' Tav . 8 , British , Freemasons' Hall . g 5 , Eastern Star , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Robert Burns , North Pole , 387 . Oxford-st , W ., at 8 . Pythagorean Chapter , PortlandHot ., London-st ., Greenwich St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Greenwich , at 8 . St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea , 7 . 30 . St . John ' s , Mother Red Cap , Camden Town , N . W ., at 8 . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victona-rd ., Deptford , at 8 .

Stability , M . H ., Masons' Avenue , at G . Unions Emulation ( for M . Ms . ) , F . M . H ., at 7 . Chigwell , Loughton Public Hall , at 7 . 30 . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-rd ., 7 . 30 Westbourne , Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood , at 8 . St . James ' s , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., S . E ., at 8 . Wm . Preston , St . Andrew ' s Tav ., George-st ., Baker-st ., W Royal Alfred , Star and Garter , Kew Bridge , at 8 . Ranelagh , Six Bells , Queen-st ., Hammersmith , W ., at 8 ,

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Doric , Duke ' s Head , 79 , Whitechapel-rd ,, at 8 . Metropolitan ( Victoria ) , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st ., at 7 . Royal Standard , The Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-rd ., N . St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St , John ' s Wood . Clapton , Lord Stanley , Sandringham-rd ., Hackney , S . Earl of Carnarvon , Ladbroke Hall , Notting-hill , at 8 . All Saints , Town Hall , Poplar , at 7 . 30 . Ubique , 7 g , Ebury-st ., Pimlico , S . W ., at 7 . 30 .

Selwyn , East Dulwich Hot ., East Dulwich , at S . Henry Muggeridge , Masons' Hall , Masons'Avenue , 6 till 9 . Eastern Star Chapter , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st ., 2 nd and 4 th , at 6 . 45 . Strawberry Hill Chapter , Greyhound Hotel , Richmond . Panmure Chapter , Stirling Castle , Church-st ., Camberwell , at 7 . 30 . Old Kent Mark , Champion Hot ., Aldersgate-st ., 7 to g . Kintore Mark , Stirling Castle , Church-st ., Camberwell , 9 .

SATURDAY , MARCH 7 . General Committee Boys' School , at 4 . Lodge 142 , St . Thomas's , Cannon-st . Hot . „ 1572 , Carnarvon , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 1622 , Rose , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell . Chap . 975 , Rose of Denmark , Star and Garter , Kew Bridge .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Manchester , 17 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq ., at 8 . Percy , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at S . Star , Five Bells , New Cross-rd ., S . E ., at 7 . King Harold , Four Swans , Waltham Cross , at 7 . Alexandra Palace , Station Ho ., Camberwell New-rd ., at 7 . 30 . Eccleston , Crown and Anchor 79 , Ebury-street , Pimlico , at 7 . Chiswick , Hampshire Hog , King-st . W ., Hammersmith , at 7 . 30 .

Sewer Gas In The System.

SEWER GAS IN THE SYSTEM .

For several years the public press has been filled with articles relative to the deleterious effects of sewer gas . Sanitary engineers have racked their brains to devise means for preventing its entry into our houses , so as to avoid the many fatal diseases which are traced directly to its poisonous influences upon the human system . While we have been diligent and watchful in preventing sewer gas from entering

our houses , we have been neglectful and allowed its formation within our own bodies . Sewer gas is as fatal in its effects upon the system whether formed inside our bodies or without . The food taken into the stomach , if not properly digested , ferments , decays , and becomes putrid . The effect of this putrefaction is the production of a gas precisely like sewer gas , and just as poisonous . This poisonous substance enters the circulation , and pervades the

whole system , and then people wonder they feel tired and languid , with a swimming , dizzy head—wonder why the appetite has failed , and that they feel weak and feeblethey wonder why the breath has become offensive , and that they have pain and distress . But when this matter is fully understood there is no cause to wonder , for this foul gas has poisoned the whole system . The food we eat should be digested , or it does us injury . The familiar saying that

" it is not what we eat that makes us strong , but what we digest , " is a truthful saying , and we cannot be too particular about the digestion of our tood . More than nine-tenths of all our diseases arise from imperfect digestion . When we know that imperfect digestion is followed by the production of this foul gas within the body , and that it is absorbed into the svstem as fast it is formed , is it a

wonder that we are ill ? The wonder is that vie are alive . How important it is , then , that the digestive organs should be made to perform their functions by the timely use of Seigel's Curative Syrup , which has proved an unfailing remedy in such cases . Its reputation is based upon a trial that has extended over a period of many years . It seldom fails .

A RICH BANKER IN THE CITY Said to us a few days ago , " Do you know , I always keep Seigel's in my house ; it prevents those awful sick turns of headache I used to have . " We remarked , "We knew that the Syrup possessed wonderful curative properties , but we did not know that the keeping it in the house would prevent disease . " " I don't mean that , " said he . " Two

years ago I had dreadful attacks of headache every week . The veins of my head became swollen , and my eyes bloodshot . I was obliged to go home and go to bed . Well , Seigel's Syrup cured me . Now , when I have eaten a little too much I take a small dose of the Syrup , and it prevents headache . I have not had an attack for two years . One of our clerks was afflicted in the same way , and it has cured him also . "

1 HAVE NOT HEARD A SINGLE COMPLAINT . " Baldock , Herts , January 4 th , 1 SS 3 . " Gentlemen , —Perhaps it would be appropriate to state that it gives me great pleasure to push and advance the sales of your medicines , on account of their worth . I have not had or heard a single complaint about your medicines since I sold them ; but , on the other hand , unbounded testimony as to their worth ; therefore , I can with confidence bring them to the public notice . —Faithfully yours , " H . J . IZZARD , Pat . Med . Vendor

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