Reviews.

A diary of lodge meetings , with blank page for memoranda against each month precedes the information referred to above- The compiler states that it is intended to continue this calendar annually . The profits will be devoted to the Masonic institutions-We heartily wish it success .

Meetings Of The Learned Societies For The Week Ending March 21st, 1868.

MEETINGS OF THE LEARNED SOCIETIES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 21 ST , 1868 .

TUESDAY , 17 th . —Institution of Civil Engineers , at 8 . WEDNESDAY , 18 th . —Society of Arts , afc 8 .

METROPOLITAN LODGE MEETINGS , ETC ., FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 21 ST , 1868 . MONDAY , March 16 fch . —Lodges : —Grand Masters , 1 , Freemasons' Hall . British , 8 , Freemasons' Hall .

Emulation , 21 , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . Felicity , 58 , London Tavern . Bishopsgate-street . Tranquility , 185 , Radley ' s Hotel , Bridge-street , Blackfriars . Panmure , 720 , Balham Hotel , Balham . Whittington , 862 , 14 , Bedford row . Chapter : —Prudence , 12 , Ship and Turtle Tavern , Leadenhall-streefc . TUESDAY , March 17 th . —Board of General Purposes at

3 . Lodges : —Mount Lebanon , 73 , Bridge House Hotel , Southwark . Eastern Star , 95 , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-streefc . Cadogan , 162 , Freemasons' Hall . Salisbury , 435 , 7 , Dean-street , Soho . Camden , 704 , Lamb Hotel , Metropolitan Cattle Market . St . Mark ' s , 857 , Horns ' Tavern , Kennington . Chapter : —Mount Sinai , 19 , Anderton ' s Hotel ,

Fleet-street-WEDNESDAY , March 28 fch . —Lodge of Benevolence at 7 . Lodges : —Royal York Lodge of Perseverance , 7 , Freemasons' Hall . United Mariners , 30 , George Hotel , Aldermanbury . Sfc . George ' s , 140 , Trafalgar Hotel , Greenwich . Sincerity , 174 , Cheshire Cheese Tavern , Crutched Friars . Oak , 190 , Radley ' s Hotel , Bridgestreet , Blackfriars . Nelson , 700 , Masonic

Hall"William-, street , Woolwich . Maybury , 969 , Freemasons' Hall . Marquis of Dalhousie , 1 , 159 , Freemasons' Hall . Chapter : —Westminster and Keystone , 10 , Freemasons' Hall . THURSDAY , March 19 th . —House Com . Female School at 4 . Lodges : —Globe , 23 , Freemasons' Hall . Constitutional , 55 Ship and Turtle TavernLeadenhall-sfcreet .

, , St . Mary ' s , 63 , Freemasons' Hall . Temperance , White Swan Tavern , High-street , Deptford . Manchester , 179 , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . South Norwood , 1 , 139 , Goat-house Hotel , South Norwood . FRIDAY , March 20 th . —Lodges : —Friendship , 6 , Willis ' s Rooms , King-street , St . James ' s . Middlesex , 143 Albion

, Tavern , Aldersgate-street . Jordan , 201 , Freemasons ' Hall . New Concord , 813 , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Hoxton . Chapters : —St . George ' s , 5 , Freemasons' Hall . Caveac , 176 , Radley ' s Hotel , Bridge-street , Blackfriars . SATURDAY , March 21 st . —Lodge : —Panmure , 715 , George Hotel , Aldermanbury .

Her Majesty's Theatre And Bro. S. May.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE AND BRO . S . MAY .

On reference to our advertising columns it will be seen that the next meeting of the committee of fche " May Testimonial Fund" will be held at Bro . Todd ' s , the George Hotel , Aldermanbury , on Monday next , afc four o ' clock . Donations continue to be received by the Treasurer , Bro- Ledger , at the Era office ; Bro . Beard , Hon . Sec , 10 , Basinghall-street ; and by the committee .

Masonic Lifeboat Fund.

MASONIC LIFEBOAT FUND .

The following contributions have been promised : — Bro . Edwin Vaughan Morgan , of Unity Lodge , No . 69 , £ 1 Is . ; Bro . F . A . Rochussen , of Britannic Lodge , No . 33 , £ 1 Is .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

*«* All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbury-street , " Strand , London , W . C . MIKES . —Tho P . E . Lodge ought to make good to you , now that you have obtained an English certificate , the position assigned to you in 1 S 59 , upon the payment ot your subscription for the intervening years , ancl make a return of your name to Grand Lodge . This seems to be the most ecpiitable way of dealing

with the question afc issue . As to the other question we do not understand to what you refer , when yon state that a fresh warrant has been issued . Re-state the matter . D . C-L . —You are evidently wrong upon you own showing . Your have no right or privileges . The W . il . has the sole power , authority , and control .

X . Y . Z . —The W . M . may , pursuant to the provisions contained in the "Book of Constitutions , " remove the lodge from the present place of meeting to some other , without the consent or authority of tbe Prov . G . Lodge or tbe Prov . G . M . being first had or obtained . You are advised to read the " Book of Constitutions" on this subject . P . —The lodge in question is not a provincial lodgenor is it to

, be found amongst the Metropolitan or London lodges given in the Official Calendar for 1 S 68 , published by authority of Grand Lodge . It , and some other lodges , are in that respect like Mahomet ' s coffin , neither Metropolitan or Provincial , but suspended betwixt the two , without possessing the rights and privileges of either , and the members of those lodges rarely , if ever , received in Masonic preferment in Grand

Lodge . K . T . — 'We entirely agree with you as to the necessity for uniformity in the practice for mounting mourning in Masonic lodges . It certainly is the practice—and the practice has been sanctioned—for a member of a lodge to put on mourning -, and it is most generally worn over tbe rosette , or level on the apron , and over the jewels and bullion of other parts of the Masonic attire .

L . L . D . —We are much obliged for your offer to bring the Masonic Lifeboat Fund before the lodges in your province . We believe that in Yorkshire West and Lancashire East , as also in one of the west of England provinces a similar movement is to be made . ' We agree with you thafc it is not creditable to English Freemasons that so deserving a movement should so long hang fire .

P ., J . L ., R . S . —We shall be obliged to you for the promised information at your earliest convenience . Z ., C . —There were several Masonic lodges under the English Constitution , formerly working on the Island of Sicily , and some years ago we saw some of the furniture of a Masonic lodge in Messina , and were then told , not further back than the year 1 S 30 , at least two lodges were working in Sicily ;

one in Messina , the other probably in Palermo or Catania . R . Y . —It seems to be a hopeless effort to obtain replies to letters addressed to the Masonic body referred to by you . No doubt such conduct is discreditable , and likely to bring the heads of the existing body into disrepute , and so damage the Order . T . J . S . ( Croydon ) . —Many thanks for your contributions . They

shall not be overlooked . ERRATA . —In last No . —St . John ' s Lodge ( No . 279 ) , page 185 , 2 nd col ., 11 th line from bottom—for " Goodwin" read " Godwin . " A . W . ( Carlisle ) . —Your correspondence will be inserted in our next . T . M . C . —Your communication shall receive an early insertion ,