Meteopolitah.

I whose health having been proposed as Editor of the Freemasons' Magazine and -Masonic Mirror , ttfe most cordial congratulations were given upon the union of the two periodicals , and upon the impartiality with which they vindicated the rights of the brethren . Lodge of Unit y ( No . 82 ) . —The Brethren of this distinguished Lodge met on Monday Dec . 3 rd , for the purpose of electing a W . M . for the year ensuing ,

passing two Brethren , transacting the usual business of the Lodge , and last , not least , to enjoy not only the feast of reason and the flow of soul , but also those excellent preparations of Bro . Bathe , in the way of banquet , without which the aforesaid feast and flow become materially restricted . The Brethren present were , Bro . J . E . Cox , Grand Chaplain ; Bros . Sternes , Masterman , Sleigt ^ Winsdale , Watts , Pitman , Slight , J . Robins , T . Robins , Dunsford , Anderson , Cheeswright , Ruston , Bridge , Goren , Smith , and John Mott Thearle . The Visitors were Bro . Heullant ,

Deputy Grand Master of France , Bros . Duliel , Herbert Lloyd , and Henry George Warren . Bros . Dunsford and Smith were passed to the Second Degree ; the Lodge duties , in the absence of Bro . A . L . Bellinger , being performed with great ability by Bro . Joseph Sternes , P . M . On the election of W . M-., the choice of the Brethren was declared to have fallen on Bro . Sleigh , upon which we may take this occasion of congratulating the Lodge , for he is a most industrious Mason , and we must confess our penchant for a Master who can do the work over

one who cannot ; and we regret to believe that many Brethren are elected to preside over Lodges whose ability for labour is to be taken in an inverse ratio as regards their ability for refreshment . On the adjournment to the banquet the Brethren found provided all the luxuries of the season , and all those aids to gastronomic efforts for which the London Tavern is famous . Bro . Funge , who represented Bro . Bathe , was indefatigable in his attentions , and ubiquitous also—for almost at the moment he was asking us whether we liked the soup , and running

over the names of more soups than we had ever heard of before—we saw him on the opposite side doing the same with our vis-a-vis ; and when we look towards the W . M . to note whether he observed this rapidity of action , we observed Bro . Funge suggesting ( we should judge by the bewildered look of the Master ) that he should taste all those soups he had before suggested to us ; but as no one seemed surprised , we , as in courtesy bound , ceased to be so , although the possibility of one person being in three or four places at the same time had hitherto been

unbelieved by us , especially before dessert . On the removal of the cloth , Bro . James Robins , P . M ., with the eloquence and ability , which , like the mantle of Caesar , he inherits by descent , proposed the usual toasts of the evening . To "the health of the P . Ms , of the Unity , " Bro . John Mott Thearle replied ; and expressed his regret that the duty had not fallen into other hands , as Bro . Sternes , whose ability in any active service had been so exemplified not only by his active working this evening , but by like social qualities that had adorned the banquet so many years ,

as one of the line of Unity P . Ms ., long as Banquo ' s shadows , and he was happy to say much more substantial ; he received the toast with pleasure . Looking at the Lodge of Unity not only as a Masonic meeting but also as a gathering of private friends , it had been the endeavour of succeeding Masters to illustrate their banquets with pleasures that adorned their gatherings , with joys that pleased like gifts on a Christmas Tree . They were about to receive in their venerable embrace another P . M ., viz ., Bro . A . L . Bellinger , whose munificence as a Master stood only

next to his merits as a man and a Mason , and the pleasure they had in receiving him was a material guarantee of their appreciation of all that could benefit the Lodge ; in the name , then , of those vestiges of the creation of the Unity , he , as the youngest patriarch , thanked them , and begged leave to drink all their healths and prosperity , both in the time present and in the future . Bro , Robins then

proposed , " Our distinguished guests Bros . Heullant and Duliel ; we have in their presence here , " said the W . M ., " a materia , ! guarantee of that Brotherhood which distinguishes Masonry , and which unites the extremes of the earth , and brethren of all creeds and colour . Here we have an instance of the philanthropy that distinguishes and benefits our Society . Bros . Heullant and Duliel have left homes , dearly beloved—associations of great moment and importance to themselves —have