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Contents . —— IA < HS . FEBEMASOKS' MAGAZINE : — A Musical Lodge 401 Notes on American Freemasonry 404 Masonic Jottings—No . 45 406 Masonic Notes and Queries 407

Correspondence 407 Masonic Sayings and Doings Abroad 408 MASOHIC MIKBOK .-. — Masonic Mems 409 CRAET LODGE M EETINGS : — Metropolitan 410 Consecration of Emblematic Lodge ( No 1321 ) 412

. , Provincial 413 New Brunswick 415 Royal Arch 416 Mark Masonry 417 Grand Masonic Rite 418 Obituary .... 419 List of Lodge , & c , Meetings for ensuing week 420

A Musical Lodge.

A MUSICAL LODGE .

DON-DOS ' , SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 19 , 1870 ,

We are pleased to learn that , following up the example of tbe Mozart Lodge at Philadelphia , and other lodges in America and India , the new lodge recently consecrated tinder the name of Asaph Lodge ( No . 1319 ) will be a "Musical

Lodge . " The meetings of this lodge are fixed at a time which will suit the convenience of those brethren connected with the musical , theatrical and other kindred professions ^ whose accommodation is the

mainspring and chief object of its establishment , the avocations of these gentlemen being such as to almost interdict their presence at the meetings of the greater number of our lodges . The Lodge , however , as we are informed , will

not be exclusively confined to professional brethren , such exclusiveness , indeed being contrary to the landmarks of the order , but otherwise duly qualified gentlemen of other professions will be hailed with fraternal reception .

The great success with Avhich the new lodge commences its career augurs well for its eventual prosperity . Of those who partook in the consecration ceremonies , we have only to mention the names of Bros . Coward , Grand Organist , Chas .

Ooote , G-. W . Martin , J . W . Chamberlain , Buckland , G " . T . Carter , Dawson , Jekyll , and Thaddeus "Wells , to assure our readers that the proceedings will be conducted with an esprit seldom before witnessed . To further show the high appreciation of the movement , no less than eighteen

A Musical Lodge.

brethren candidates for joining , and six gentlemen will offer themselves to the ordeal of the ballot for initiation at the next meeting of the lodge . Messrs . Broadwood , and Ghapell have , respectively , kindly placed at the disposal of the

brethren , a magnificent pianoforte and harmonium . Several of the brethren gave a foretaste of what might be expected in the display of their skill . The lodge will have but one banquet a year ,

This economy will be practised with the avowee ! intention , of increasing the ability of the lodge to contribute to the support of the i ' asonic charities . The remarks of the W . M . in explanation of the objects of the promoters Avere very appropriate .

He said , inter alia , that " music as well as rhetoric , could recite deeds of heroism to inspire Avith ardour , and by its soft influence fcranquilize , calm , and soothe the . human passions , where the : i could such an art be better exercised than iti a .

Freemasons' Lodge , in which the brethren meet iu virtue , and are united in the bonds of love and harmonv ? "

Where indeed ? we repeat , and we hail with the greatest satisfaction the appearance of this new star in the Masonic firmament , as the first realisation of one of our fondest dreams wish the fervent hope that it may ere long become the fixed star of a brilliant constellation .

Freemasonry In South Wales. By Bro. J. C. Manning.

FREEMASONRY IN SOUTH WALES . BY BRO . J . C . MANNING .

Nearly a century ago , the first and only Freemason ' s Lodge in Swansea was consecrated . In the course of a week or two from the present date , the second Freemason's Lodge in Swansea will receive consecration at the hands of those whose

duty and whose pleasure it is to do bhoso things . Freemasonry is a plant of slow growth . I once saw a cactus that bloomed but once in a Jifefcirae , , and that one bloom I beheld in all its glory of " colour and perfume . Masonic Lodges in . Swansea

remind me of this slow-flowering obui-neteriatic ; they bloom but once in a hundred years . And it is of this centenarian Masonic blossom , juat now opening on the banks of the Tawe , that i -wish to speak . Don't shrug your shoulders , my brother , nor point so suggestively to your under lip . I am not