Poetry.

And her kind heart was glad , as she saw she had saved The life ofthe sweetest of flowers . The young rose revived , and in gratitude smiled ; But the breeze hurried quickly away—Her love-task accomplished , she went on her course Refreshing the still summer ' s day . But soon she perceived a delicious per f ume

Had been poured on her wings by the rose , And she felt the delight which a generous heart In performing a kind action knows . ##### Thus Charity , e ' en whilst we dwell upon earth Unconsciously wins a reward—AVe feel—as we strive in each labour of love

, 'Tis a eluty we owe to the Lord . Like the fragrant perfume of the delicate rose Each gift the benevolent have given , AVill bring them the joy of a conscience at rest , And call dowu the blessing of Heaven . A . C . S .

List Of Lodge Meetings &C., For Week Ending December 23nd , 1870.

LIST OF LODGE MEETINGS & c ., FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 23 ND , 1870 .

METROPOLITAN LODGES AND CHAPTERS . Monday , December 19 th-LODGES . —Grand Masters' Loelge , Freemasons' Hall ; British , Freemasons' Hall ; Emulation , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate , Street ; Felicity , London Tavern , Bishopsgate Street ; Traneraility , Radley ' s Hotel , Bridge Street , Blackfriars ; Panmure ,

Balham Hotel , Balham ; Whittington , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet Street ; Royal Albert , Freemasons' Hall ; Eclectic , Freemasons' Hall . Tuesday , December 20 th . Board of General Purposes at 3 . LODGES . —Mount Lebanon , Bridge House Hotel , Southwark ; Eastern Star , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall Street ; Cadogan ,

Freemasons' Hall . CHAPTERS . —Enoch , Freemasons' Hall , Mount Sinai , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet Street ; Industry , Freemasons' Hall . Wednesday , December 21 st . Lodge of Benevolence at 7 precisely . LODGES . —United Mariners ' , George Hotel , Alderuianbury ; St . George's , Trafalgar Hotel , Greenwich ; Sincerity , Guildhall

Tavern , Gresham Street ; Nelson , Masonic Hall , William Street , Woolwich ; Maybnry , Freemasons' Hall . Thursday , December 22 nd . House Committee Girl ' s School at 4 . LODGES . —Mount Moriah , Freemasons' Hall ; Prosperity , Guildhall Coffee House , Gresham Street . Friday , December 23 rd . House Committee Boy's School .

Metropolitan Lodges And Chapters Of Instruction.

METROPOLITAN LODGES AND CHAPTERS OF INSTRUCTION .

2 fonday , December 19 lh . LODGES . — Temple , Old George , St . Mary Axe . E . C ; Justice , Royal Albert , New Cross-id , Deptford ; St . James ' s Union , Swan Tav . Mount-st ., Grosvennr-sq . ; Industry , Dick ' s Coffee House , Fleet-st . ; Crystal Palace , City Arms Tav ., AVest-sep , Southwark ; High Cross , AVhite Hart Ho ., Tottenham ; Eastern Star , Royal Ho . Burdett-rd . Mile-end-rd . CamdenAdelaide Tav

, , ; , ., Haverstock Hill ; Tower Hamlets' Eugiueers , Duke of Clarence , Commercial Road , E . ; Union Waterloo , King ' s Arms , AVoolwich ; Old Concord , Turk ' s Head , Montcombe Street , Belgrave Square ; Sincerity , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch Street .

Metropolitan Lodges And Chapters Of Instruction.

Tuesday , December 20 th . LODGES- —Faith , Fisher's Restaurant , Metrop . Dist . Rail ., Victoria Station ; Domatic , Palmerston Arms , Grosvenor-park , Camberwell ; Jordan , Alwyne Castle , Canonbury ; Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney ; Prince Frederick WiUiam , Knights of ; St . John ' s Tav ., St . John ' s-wood ; Dalhousie , Royal Edward , Triangle , Hackney ; Royal AlbertWhite Hart ,

Abchurch-# , Iane ; Pythagorean , Prince ot Orange , Greenwich ; City of London , Shepherd and Flock Tav ., Bell-alley , Moorgate-st . ; New Wandsworth , Freemasons' Ho ., New AA andsworth ; British Oak , Silver Lion Tavern , Pennyfield , Poplar . CHAPTER . —Metropolitan , Price ' s Portugal Ho ., Fleet-st . Mount Sion , AVhite Hart , Bishopsgate-st , ; Robert Burns Sussex Stores , Upper St . Martin's Lane .

Wednesday , December 21 st . LODGES . —Confidence , Railway Tav ., London-st ; United Strength Bull anel Gate , Kentish Town ; Hew Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton ; St . Mark ' s , Mawby Arms , Mawby-st ., S . Lambeth ; Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham-Rye , Temperance in the East , George the Fourth , Catherine-si , Poplar ; Prosperity , Gladstone Tav ., Bishopsgate-street ; Royal Uniou , Bro . Buddy's , AVinsiey-st ., Oxford-street . CHAPTER . —St . James ' s Union , Swan Tav ., Mount-street , Grosvenor-square ; Prudent Brethren , Freemasons'Hall .

Thursday , December 22 nd . LODGES . —Fidelity , Goat and Compasses , Eustou-road ; Kent , Dnkeol Yovk , Borough-rd ., Southwark ; United Mariners , Three Cranes , Mile-end-rd . ; Altruvian , White Hart , College-st ., Lambeth ; St . George's , Globe Tav ., Royal Hill , Greenwich ; Manchester , Berkeley Arms , John-st ., Berkeley-square ; TranquillitSugarLoaf Tav . Great St . Helen ' sE . C . ; Whittington

y , , , , Crown Hotel , 4-1 , High Holborn ; Royal Oak , Royal Oak-Tavern , Deptford ; Burdett Coutts , Approach Tav ,, A ictoriapark , at 7 ; City of London , Shephard and Flock Tav ., Bell Alley ; St . John's , Hollybush Tav ., Hampstead ; Merchant Navy , Jamaica Tav ., AV . India Dock Road , Poplar . CHAPTER . —Joppa , Prospect of Whitby Tav ., 57 , AVnppingwall .

Friday , December 23 rd . LODGES—St . Luke ' s , Pier Hotel , Cheyue-walk , Chelsea Temperance , Aletoria Tavern , Alctoria-roael , Deptford , Unions ( Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . ); F . M . H . ; United Pilgrims , Horns' Tavern , Kennington ; AA csthoume , the Grapes , Duke-st ., Manchestersquare ; AA ellington , Lord Duncan Tavern , Broadway ,

Deptford ; Florence Nightingale , Freemasons' Tav ., Woolwich ,-Ranelagh , Royal Sussex Hotel , Broadway , Hammersmith" Belgrave , Duke of AVellington , Spring-gardens , Charing-cross . St . James's , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-row , Bermondsey ' Doric , Three Cranes , . Mile End-rd . ; Victoria , A ndertons' Ho . Fleet-st . ; Hervey , Britannia , Walhaui-green : Metropolitan , Price ' s Portugal Ho ., Fleet-st . ; Charter House , Hat and Feathers Tavern 27 Goswell-rd . : Robert RumsUnion Tav . ;

, , , Air-street , Regent-st . ; Rose oi Denmark , White Hart , Barnes ; Lily , Greyhound , Ho ., Richmond ; Stability , Guildhall Tav ., 33 , Gresham Street . CHAPTERS . —Domatic , Fisher's Restaurant , Victoria Station . Saturday , December 2 Uh . CHAPTERS . —Mount Sinai , Union Tavern , Air-street , Regentstreet ; Domatic , Horns , Kennington .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

* ,- ( , * All Communications to be addressed to 10 , Salisburdstreet , Strand , W . C . ERRATCM .. —In the report of the Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge , the name of Bro . P . H . Gottlieb , P . M . 508 and 1152 , S . G . W . Eastern Archipelago , was erroneously spelt . AVE shall be glad to receive from brethren any proceedings of

Masonic meetings , which shall be duly inserted . Communications shoulel be forwarded so as to reach us as early in the week as convenient—not later tnan AA'ednesday if possible . AVe have to request our correspondents to be particular in writing names distinctly .