Civil And Mechanical Engineerssociety.

CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERSSOCIETY .

VISIT TO THE S OUTH METROPOLITAN GAS WORKS . The interest attached to this visit was enhanced by thc fact that this is the first Gas Company that has paid 11 per cent , on its capital , which dividend was declared at the half-yearly meeting held on the 2 nd October . The

members assembled at the Gas Works Old Kent-road , and were courteously met by Mr . G . Livesey , the engineer to the company , and his brother , Mr . Frank Livesey , both gentlemen kindly showing them through the works , and explaining the apparatus and processes carried out on the estab'ishment . The works , like many others of the kind , were started in a small way , on a narrow strip of land

adjoining the canal , whereas the company have now an area ' of about thirty-fire acres . Some idea of its importance may be gathered from the fact , that the district supplied with gas covers thirteen square miles , and requires 180 miles of street mains . Much interest was manifested in the gasholders and tanks—the largest holder , 180 feet diameter , with a capacity of

2 , 200 , 000 cubic feet—being constructed without any internal bracing or trussing , the cover or crown when empty being supported on a timber stageing erected in the tank ; but the most remarkable feature , and one showing the boldness and sound judgment of the engineer , was the tank 184 feet diameter and 47 feet deep , constructed entirely of concrete , without either

bri : k lining or puddle-backing . This tank is , in all probability , destined to be the pioneer of many similiar constructions ; and has given the directors so much satisfaction , on account of the great saving due to this novel mode of constructing gas-holder tanks , that they unanimously voted the engineer , Mr . G . Livesey , a very handsome bonus , in addition to his salary . One of the

chimney shafts at these works , constructed on a somewhat novel plan , was much admired by the visiting party . It is built with a five feet square and parallel flue from bottom to top , the shaft itself being of 14 m . brickwork with No . 8 buttresses ift . lojin . thick , projecting at ground line 2 ft . 4 in ., and tapering up the shaft until they disappear into the 14 m . work within a

few feet from the summit . The quantity of bricks used in tbe construction is about 80 , 000—the total height from ground line 108 ft ., and its cost £ 530 . It is gratifying to note that these visits are so much appreciated by the members and their friends . They form one of the most useful and instinctive portions of the society ' s programme , and this association was the first to introduce these social

and practical visits , which might with profit be followed by many provincial technical societies . The party , consisting of the president , Bro . R . M . Bancroft j hon . treasurer , W . C . Street ; members of the council , Messrs . Burrell , Ellis , Hill , and Payne ; also Messrs . Finlayson , Feeney , and upwards of two dozen members and friends , who unanimously passed a vote of thanks to the engineer

and his brother , Mr . Frank Livesey , for thc great trouble they were put to in explaining all the " modus operandi " of gas manufacture . The session of the institute for the reading and discussion of engineering and scientific papers commenced on the 20 th of December j and , at the conclusion of each meeting , new members are proposed and balloted for admission .

The authorities of the Bethnal-green Museum have announced that the museum will be open free during the Christmas holydays , from Wednesday , December 26 , to January 1 inclusive , Sunday excepted , from 10 a . m . until 10 p . m . The unique collection of curiosities Drought from India by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales

which proved very attractive while on view at the Eastend Museum , is , wc are informed , shortly to be removed to make way for an exhibition of an interesting industrial character , intended to include as specialties specimens of horological work from Clerkenwell and workmanship in furniture from Shoreditch . Colonel Lane-Fox ' s extensive

collection of anthropological curiosities is still on view at the museum . The Inventor ot Ink has been deified by the Chinese , ani is believed by the Celestials to keep a record of all the evil ends to which that useful fluid is adapted . Whenever a bad sentence , word , or joke is written , a black mark is scored against the author in the deity's books .

The competition for the Novello Scholarship was held at the National Training School for Music on Wednesday week last . The examiners were Mr . Joseph Barnby , Dr . Arthur Sullivan , principal of the school , Dr . Stabler , and Mr . Alberto Visetti . There were seven candidates . The Scholarship was awarded to James Farquharson Walen . At the same time Miss Charlotte E .

Cobb was elected out of seven candidates to the vacant Scholarship of the Clothworkers' Company . Mr , G . W . Martin is about to organize a Choral Society for the City of London . The members will consist mainly of those employed in the Great City houses . No way of indulging in the practice of really good music exists in the city . Excellent as the existing societies

arenotably the City Glee Club—they are necessarily exclusive . The new society will , it is expected , begin with about 500 members . There will bean elementary class for the study of sight singing , and for those who have already acquired that art the usual opportunity will be given for practice of choral music of the highest class and in due time a series

of concerts will be given in aid of City charities . The sketches and drawings of the late M . Gustave Brion , the French artist , were to be sold in Paris this week . The only finished picture of any importance among the collection in his Alsatian painting , " Le Reveil . " which was exhibited at this year's Salon . k - ,

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings,

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS ,

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 or day of meeting . For the Week ending Friday , January , 4 , 1878 .

SATURDAY , DECEMBER 29 . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , ' 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , Grosvenor Club , Ebury-square , S . W . Percy , 113 , Southgate-road , N .

MONDAY , DECEMBER 31 . Lodge 79 , Pythagorean , Ship Hot ., Greervwich .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Old Rodney ' s Head , Old-st ., E . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camden , Stanhope Arms , Up . James-st ., Camden Town . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James's Union , Union Tav ., Air-st . Wellington , White Swan , Deptford .

Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney . Loughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . Leopold , Woolpack Tavern , Bermondsey-st , St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Greenwich . London Masonic Club , at 101 , Queen Victoria-st . E . G ., 2 nd and 4 th Monday every month , at 6 o ' clock .

TUESDAY , JANUARY 1 . Colonial Board at 3 . Lodge 9 , Albion , F . M . H . „ 101 . Temple , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 172 , Old Concoid , F . M . H . „ 765 , St . James's , Bridge House Hot .

„ 1298 , R . Standard , Wellington Club , Upper-st ., N . „ 1381 , Kennington , Surrey Tav ., Kennington Oval . „ 1472 , Henley , Three Crowns Hot ., Woolwich . „ 1668 , Samson , F . M . H . „ . 1693 , Kingsland , Jolly Farmers , Sou ' . hgate-rd ., N . Mark Lodge 1 , St . Mark ' s , M . R ., 1 , 2 , and 3 , Little Britain .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonville-rd . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord's Hot ., St . John ' s Wood . Dalhousie , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney .

Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Florence Nightingale , F . M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs . at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince's Head , York-road , Battersea .

Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping . Islington , 23 , Gresham-st . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' s .

WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 2 . Lodge 1585 , Royal Commemoration , Putney . Chap . 55 , Constitutional , Private Rooms , Leytonstone . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tav ., Railway-place , Fenchurch-st . Mt . Lebanon , Windsor Castle Tav ., South wark-bdg .-rd . Pythagorean , Portland Hotel , London-street , Greenwich .

New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . La Tolerance , 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 . Whittington , Black Bull Tav ., Holborn , at 8 . Lewis , King's Arms Hot ., Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre . Langthorne , Swan Hot .. Stratford . THURSDAY , JANUARY 3 . Lodge 45 , Strong Man , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . „ 192 , Lion and Lamb , Cannon-st . Hot .

,, 227 , Ionic , Ship and Tuitle , Leadenhall-st . „ 231 , St . Andrew ' s , F . M . H . ,, 538 , La Tolerance , F .. M . H . „ 554 , Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . ,, 1360 , Royal Arthur , Club , L . H . Wimbledon . „ 1445 , Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., E . Mark 100 , Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Queen-rd ., E .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Chatham Arms , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . 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 , ( 'bury , 12 , Ponsonhy-st ., Milbank .

Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town . The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st „ Oxford-st . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John's Wood .

FRIDAY , JANUARY 4 . Lodge 890 , Hornsey , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . Chap . 3 , Fidelity , ( place of meeting not known . ) LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Stability , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings,

Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Constitution , Bedford-st ., Covent Garden . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . 's ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-road , Deptford . Clapton , White Hart , Clapton . Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st , at 7 . St . Marylcbone , British Stores Tav ., St . John's Wood .

Westbourne , Lord ' s Hotel , St . John ' s Wood . . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . St . James's , New Tanners' Arms , Grano ; e-rd ., Bermondsey . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar . Doric , Earl Grey Tav ., Mile-end-road . Burgoyne , Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales's-road , N . W . St . Luke's , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Prince's Hall , Buckhurst-hill .

Burdett Coutts , Approach Tav ., Victoria Park . Royal Standard , The Castle , Holloway-rd . Ranelagh , Bell and Anchor , Hammersmith-rd . William Preston , Feathers Tav ., Up . George-st ., Edgware-rd . Hervey , 99 , Fleet-street , at 8 . Earl of Carnarvon , Mitre Ho ., Goulborne-rd ., Notting-hill Pythagorean Chapter , Portland Ho ., London-st ., Greenwich Sir Hugh Myddelton , 25 , King Edward-st ., Liverpool-rd ., N

Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .

For the Week ending Saturday , January 5 , 1858 . MONDAY , DECEMBER 3 t . Lodge 148 , Lights , M . R ., Warrington . TUESDAY , JANUARY , 1 . Lodge 673 , St . John's , M . H ., Liverpool .

» 99 S > Furness , M . T ., Ulverson . „ 1476 , Blackpool , Clifton Arms , Blackpool . Chap . 203 , St . John of Jerusalem , M . H ., Liverpool . Bootle L . of I ., 146 , Berry-st . Bootle . Merchants L . of 1 ., M . H ., Liverpool . WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 2 . Lodge 1013 , Royal Victoria , M . H ., Liverpool .

» ' 335 > Lindsay , 20 , King-st ., Wigan . „ 1354 , Marquis of Lome , M . R ., Lei gh . „ 1620 , Mailborough , Derby H ., Liverpocl . Mark Lodge 6 5 , W . Lancashire , M . R ., N . Hill-st ., Liverpl . Downshire L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . De Grey and Ripon , do ., M . H ., Liverpool .

THURSDAY , JANUARY , 3 . Lodge 249 , Mariners , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1473 , Bootle , A . R ., Bootle . Chap . 758 , Bridgwater , M . H ., Runcorn . Harmonic L . of I ., Adelphi Hot ., Liverpool . Duke of Edinburgh , do ., M . H ., Liverpool . Alpass Encampment , M . H ., Liverpool .

FRIDAY , JANUARY 4 . Lodge 680 , Sefton , Adelphi Hot ., Liverpool . » 1375 , Architect , Didsbury Hot ., Didsbury . . 1 " 337 , Chorlton , M . R ., Chorlton-com-Hardy . Hamer L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

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