Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

p leasant recollection that he had passed a mosl enjoyable evening . ' rluu'Tox—Lebanon Lodfc ( No . i , ; - * . )) . — -On Y / ednesday , iSth inst ., this flourishing lodge met nt the Red Lion Hotel , Liou Square , Bro . F . Wallers , i ' . M ., Sec , opened the lodge at one

o ' olock . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and unanimously confirmed . Ballots , taken separately , were unanimous in favour ofthe admission of Bros . II . Toz . er and J . Hopkins as joining members , and Messrs . H . Jones , J . Deekes , T . Archer , J . Thompson , M . Mildred ,

j . Newton , and B . Hall . Messrs . IS . Hall , H . [ ones , J . Deekes , T . Archer , were initiated , Bros . A . W . Dray , T . Walkley , J . R . Moore , C . Heitzmann , H . ' Thomas , and H . Goodwin were passed to the second degree . Bro . J . W . Richardson , was raised to the third degree , Bro .

J . T . Moss , P . G . S . D . Middlesex , W . M ., initiated Mr . ] . Thompson . The vork was well done These gentlemen who attended for initiation viz : Messrs . M . Mildred , J . Newton antl Partridge had to be deferred until another meeting , in consequence of the legal number , five , having been

initiated . A large number of propositions for initiation and some joining members were proposed . All business being ended , the lodge was closed . Banquet and dessert followed . There were present besides those named Bros . H . A . Dubois , J . W . ; W . Hammond , P . M ., S . D . ; K .

Gilbert , I . G . ; H . Potter , P . M ., W . S . ; J . Hammond , P . M . : E . Hopwood , P . M .: R . Lawrence , J . ]•' . Woodley . II . Gloster . J . W . Baldwin , E . H . 'I hieallv , W . J . Cnx , J . Symes , and others . Visitors : —Bro . W . J . Laing , and J . Hopkins . O . MiiKRi . * * .: * . !) . — Uftilwell LnttOe (\ o . 1390 ) .

—This lodge held its usual monthly communication , on Thursday , the 1 / th . The Chair of K . S . was occupied by the W . M ., Bro . Roger Dodgson , P . G . S . B . ; supported b y the whole of the ollicers . The lodge was opened at seven o ' clock bv the W . M ., the minutes of last

retrular lodge , were read and confirmed . The ballot was then taken for Mr . William Bell , which proved to be unanimous in his favour . Mr . Bell being in attendance was initiated into the mysteries ofthe Order by the W . M ., the working tools being presented by the J . W ., Bro .

Mills , P . G . Steward . At the request of the W . M ., Bro . T . Dodgson , S . W ., P . M ., assumed the Chair , and opened the Lodge in the second degree , when Bros . Meakin , and Waiting , being in attendance , answered tlie usual questions , and werc then entrusted and retired . The lodge was

then opened in the thud degree , and Uro . Meakin being admitted , was raised to the Sublime degree of M . M . He retired and the W . M . again resumed his place , and raised Bro . Waiting , who retired , and being re-admitted , the W . M . gave the historical lecture to both the candidates . 'The lodge was then closed in the third and

second degrees , when the W . M . read a letter he had received from Bro . Lord Muncaster , P . G . Reg ., expressing regret that he was unable to be present , on account of being in London . One candidate was proposed for initiation , and the lodge was finally closed at 10 . 30 p . m . with solemn prayer .

Reports ol Meetings aiul ' uiited in F . itat Sheet . Bro . Hyde Pullen , -j ; - " , a member of the Secretary ' s staff of the Supreme Council of England , has engrossed in chaste and beautiful style , a patent creating 111 . Bro . Sickels an honorary member of that bod y . We do not recall an

instance where good taste in the arrangement and display of the text of such a document form so great a part and where a simplicity has properly taken the place of ^ elaborate adornment . Our English cousins well understand how to make a compliment truly valuable . —New York Dispatch .

HOLLOWAV ** PILLS . —Blind In lhe Head , with Symptom * nl' Apoplexy . ^ — Holioway ' s Pills are undeniably the finest medicine in the world for biliousness antl indigcntion . In all cases of deranged stomach , determination of blood to the bead , biliousness , sick headache , liver complaints , which frequently end fatally by producing

apoplexy or paralysis , there is 110 medicine known that will give such immediate relief as these renowned Pills . Voung and old , rich and poor , patronise them , and so many cures are effected by their use that their praise is sounded from the torrid to the frigid zone . In truth ,

perfsiir . s who travel consider them a necessary icc | uisitc . Frequently the blood becomes ovei heated , the livet torpid , Ihe skin irritated by prickly heat , and tlie whole system languid and exhausted . Nothing so soon gives relief as Holioway ' s Pills .

Alpha And Omega.

ALPHA AND OMEGA .

For us , ii'lio are : all '\ alure is a Law . Our first and last undeviating Teacher , Ever in Time ' s predestinative maw Digesting , reproducing every feature

Sooner or later . VVe live within it ' s circles , and obey The force centrifugal that all impels , Atoms of radii , we bear His sway To whose rapt Harmony the great whole swells , Nature ' s Creator !

Rejoice v ith me ! to know that all Creation When ripened to its prime , must all decay . Mourn not at all for buried Civilisation ; * From Night infallibly will issue- —Day In contrast splendid .

We die—to enter into Life again , To hig her ends our elements combine ; No atom ever lived and died in vain , For we the heirs , in an unbroken line With it are blended .

Though forms are changing , Mailer is the same In quantity and indestructibility . Since with the primal generative flame TIME set to work to mould perfectibility Of the Grand Scheme .

Our Earth with all it comprehends to day , Is still the self-same elements evolving Which the first Adam , by the Solar ray Perceived around . And periods revolving Pass like a dream .

The Solar rays impinge upon the Earth , Responsive gases work throughout the orb . Its latent powers are quickened into birth For ever to emit and re-absorb In known mutation .

Precipitated waters , to and fro liy a diurnal and resistless spell Are driven , vivifying as they go ; The atmospheric zones close up or swell With like sensation .

The currents ofthe wind fill up contractions Where Solar influence displaces Air , And violently lash up passive fractions Till ocean-surfaces are shattered then : In waves and surges .

Plants throughout Earth and Sea develope still , With animated shapes in sequence certain , Obedient to th'incxorable Will That aye through Space , through whatsoever curtain .

On all converges , Whence r From the Sun ' s inspiring Light and Heat , Which liberate all elements , which enter Into the plant and animal , and beat ,

The lulls and waves from surface into centre And glorify . For this did erst , the ancient Magians bend

In adoration to that disc of Day On which all our existences depend , Which on to Matter sheds its glowin *** - rav T * T lo vivily .

Behold ! That Sun , a unit is , of millions , Of which each rules its planets in their station Our vision fails before those massed quadrillions . And yet—that infinite illumination Law weighs and measures

Chaldtra and Egypt knew the mystic bond Our Newtons and our Kepiers rediscover ; And the recondite Arcanum beyond Their Sages' minds could unlock and pore over , Spending its treasures .

Were the keys lost } Why did the human Mind Hailing the seven lesser Glories , view them As Deities , and fondl y deem Mankind Might claim their influence , and Priests endue them

With fancies flighty ? The ancient symbols seem but Myth and Fable Hid in the darkened intervening Ages . But now ! We , who the time old Keys enable , Unveil , the MACROCOSM OF THE SAGES . — INFINITUDE'S ALMIGHTY !•! !

By Him alone , all Nature is alive * * . He bade the new developements arise , 'I'he debris recreate , the ashes thrive ¦ He makes each Sun to rule its vaulted skies By Law ' s high Mystery . Through him , we Men perpetuate , obeying ,

Alpha And Omega.

Our attributes transmitted , are tht * same 5 Each atom reproducing and decaying In ceaseless course , bequeaths to us His name ; And that is History !

Progressive culture speeds around the World , Germs in the van and Wonders in the rear . Where brightest human records are unfurled . Time circles o ' er , —and Marvels disappear

Jn deserts hoary . Wonders arise in other lands and seas , In turn to the same barren deserts tending ; From East lo J Vest the transformation flees In time—Eternal .. * in Place—Ever-ending . An Arc of Glory .

Reviews.

Reviews .

Almanack and . Diart / for 16 * 73 , issued by E . Moses and Son , of Minories , & c , & c , at the low price of one penny , is a handy little book for the pocket , full of information , and witb plenty of space for memoranda . Music in the ll ' eslcru Church , by WILLIAM

A . LLONARU , Bristol ( London : F . Pitman , Paternoster-row ) , traces the history of music from the earliest time . This is an interesting little volume , and will doubtlessly prove acceptable to the very manv who take an interest in psalmody .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

for the Week ending * Friday , January 3 , 187 . 5 . The Editor will be glad to have notice from Secretaries of Lodge .- , and Chapters of any change in place or time of Dueling .

RATCIIOAY , Dec . 28 . Star Lodge ol Instiuction ( 1275 ) , Mari-uis of Gian ' -y , New Cross-road , at 7 ; tiro . C . G . Dilley , Preceptor . Mount Sinai Chapter of Instruction , Union Tavern , Airstreet , at 8 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . Manchester Lodge of Instruction , Yorkshire Grey , Lonrionstieet , Fit / roy-square , at 8 ; Bro . Ash , P . M .,

Preceptor . Sphinx Lodge of Instruction ( i ,- ) 2 y ) , Castle Tavern , Camherwell-road , at 7 ; Bros . John Thomas and K . Worthington , Preceptors . MONDAY , Dec . 30 . I . odge 71 ) , Pythagorian , Ship Hotel , Greenwich . ,, 831 , British Oak , Bank of Fiicnd-. hip Tavern ,

Baucrolt-place , Mile-end . Strong Man Lodge of Instruction ( 4 . *;) , Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John's-gate , Clerkenwell , at 8 ; Bro . Beckett , Preceptor . Sincerity Lodge of fnstruction ( 174 ) , Hallway Tavern . Fenchurch-street Station , at 7 . Camden Lodge of Instruction ( 704 ) , Adelaide Tavern ,

Uaverstock-hill , at 8 j Bro . 1 . A . Adams , Preceptor . Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction ( 95 ) , Hoyal I lotel , Mileend-road , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . F . Gottheil , Preceptor . Biitish Oak Lodge of Instruction , Bank of Fiiendsliip Tavern , Mile-end , at 7 for 8 . St . James ' s Union Lodgeof Instruction ( 180 ) , Horse and Groom Tavern , Winsley-street ( opposite the Pantheon ) ,

Oxford-street , at 8 ; Bro . J . ii . Stacey , Pieceptor . Wellington Lodge of fnstruction , White Swan Tavern , Deptford , at 8 ; Bro . C . G . Dilley , P . M . 1155 , Preceptor . St . John of Wapping Lodge of Instruction ( j . -joli ) , Gun

Tavern , High-street , Wapping , at 8 ; Bro . 'J * . Mortlock . Preceptor . West Kent Lodgeof Improvement ( 1297 ) , St . Saviour ' s College , Stansted-ioad , Forest-hill , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Ii . W . f . indus , Preceptor .

I CESDAY , Dec . 31 . Sydney I . odge of Instruction , Cambiidge Hotel , Upper Norwood . Aletropolitan Chapter of fnstruction , Portugal Hotel , Fleet-street , al 7 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . Domatic I . odge of Instruction , Palmerston Tav ., Grosvenorpark , Camberwell , at 8 ; Bro . John Thomas * , Preceptor .

raith Lodgeof fnstruction , Refreshment lioonis , Victoria-st . ( opposite Westminster Palace 1 lotel ) , at 8 . Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , Preceptor . Yarborougl' Lodge of fnstruction , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 8 ; Bro . T . J . Barnes , P . M ., Preceptor . Prince Fredk . William Lodge of Instruction ( 753 J , Knights of St . John Tavern , St . John's-wood Bro . /•' . ( , ' . Baker , Preceptor , Dalhousie I . odge of Instruction , King Edward , Triangle ,

Hackney , it 7 . 30 ; Bro . J . Saunders , Preceptor . Florence Nightingale Lodgeof Instiuction , Masonic Half , William-street , Woolwich , at 7 . 30 . Prosperity Lodge of fnstruction , Gladstone ¦ Tavern , Bishopsgate-st . Within , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Bolton ( W . M . 1227 ) , Preceptor .

St . Muiyiebune I . odge of Instruction ( 1305 ) , British Stores Tavern , New-street , St . John ' s wood , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Constitutional Lodge of Instruction , ( 55 ) , Wheatsheaf Hotel , Hand-court , Holbotn , at 7 ; Bro . J . K . Stacey , P . M . 180 , Preceptor .