Public Amusements.

Bro . G . F . Turpin , the box-keeper , took his benefit on Wednesday , the 10 th inst . The house was crowded in every part to show their respect for that worthy brother . ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION . Mr . and Mrs . German Reed have closed their gallery

until Easter Monday , in order to prepare an entirely new entertainment , in which will be produced two noveltiesone from the pen of AV . S . Gilbert , entitled " No Cards ;" rnd the other a new triumviretta , a musical adaptation , entitled " Cox and Box , or the Long Lost Brothers , " by F . C . Buruand and Arthur Sullivan . AVe understand that Mr . German Reed has concluded an engagement with Mr .

Arthur Cecil , a gentleman whose abilities both as r « vocalist and a performer are of a very high order , and who must be a valuable acquisition to this popular nlace of amusement .

Meetings Of The Learned Societies.

MEETINGS OF THE LEARNED SOCIETIES .

MOKDAY , 22 nd March . —Royal Geographical Society , at 8 . Papers to be read : —1 . "The Swedish North Polar expedition of 1867 , and other Arctic projects ; " 2 . "Ningpo to Hangchow , " by C . T . Gardner . TUESDAY , 23 rd March . —Masonic Archajological Institute , at 7 ' 30 . Paper to be read : — " The recent discoveries in connection with the Palestine Exploration Fund . " Institution of Civil Engineers , at S . WEDNESDAY , 2-ith March . —Geological Society of London , at 8 .

LIST OF LODGE , & c , MEETINGS FOR WEEK ENDING 27 TH MARCH , 1869 . ( Abbreviations . —E . M . H ., Freemasons' Hall ; M . H ., Masonic Hall ; Tav ., Tavern ; Ho ., Hotel ; It ., Rooms ; L ., Lodge ; St ., Street ; Sep , Square . ) METBOPOLITAN .

Sunday , March 11 th . LODGE OP INSTRUCTION . —Joppa , Hose and Crown , Fort-st ., Uuion-st ., Bishopsgate . Monday , March 22 nd . LODGES . —Royal Somerset House and Inverness , F . M . H . ; Castle Lodge of Harmony , Willis ' s Rooms , St . James's ; Old King ' sArmsF . M . H . ; Unit London Tav .

Bisbopsgate-, y , , st . ; Tower Hamlets Engineers , George Ho ., Aldermanbury . LODGES OF tN'STKTJCTiON . — "Union AVaterloo ( for M . M . ) , ; King ' s Arms , Woolwich ; Prosperity , White Hart , Bisbopsgate-st ; Temple , Old George , St . Mary Axe ; Justice , Royal Albert , New Cross-road , Deptford ; Old Concord , Turk ' s Head , Motcombe-st ., Belgrave-sq . ; Sincerity , Cheshire Cheese , Crutched Friars ; St . James ' s Union , Swan

Tav ., Mount-st ., Grosvenor-sq . ; Industry , Dick ' s Coffee House , Fleet-st . ; Salisbury , 71 , Dean-st ., Sobo ; Camden , Adelaide Tav ., Haverstock Hill ; AA estbourne , Running- Horse , Dullest ., Grosvcuor-sq . ; Crystal Palace , City Arms Tav ., West-sq ., Southwark ; High Cross , AAliite Hart Ho ., Tottenham ; Tower Hamlet Engineers , Duke of Clarence , Cominereialroad , East . CHAP-EIC—Robert Burns , Xo . 25 , F . M . H .

Tuesday , March 23 ra . LODGES—Tuscan , F . M . H . ; Moira , London Tav ., Bisbopsgatest . ; Prudent Brethren , F . M . H . ; Industry , F . M . H . ; Israel , Endley's Ho ., Bridge-st ., Blaekfriars ; Prince of Wales's , AAlllis's Rooms , St . James's : Southern Star , Moiitpelier Tav ., AValworth ; Urban , Old Jerusalem Tav ., St . Johu's-gate , Clerkenwell . LODGES OF IXSTKTJCTIOX . — Strong Man , AVhite Horse , Little Britain ; Pythagorean , Prince of Orange ,

Greenwich ; Faith , Albert Amis , Victoria- * .., Westminster ; Domatic , Palmerston Arms , Grosvenor-park , Camherwell ; Jordan , Alwyne Castle , Cauonbury ; Euphrates , AVhite Hart Tav ., Bishopsgate-st . ; Yin-borough , Green Dragon , Stepney ; British Oak , Silver Lion Tav ., Pennylield , Poplar ; Dalbousie , Eoyal Edward , Triangle , Hackney ; City of London , Shepherd and Flock Tav ., Bell Alley , Moor ' gats-st ; Royal Albert , White Hart Tav ., Abchm-ch-hme ; New Wandsworth , F . M . Ho ., New AVandsworth . CHAPTER . —Cyrus , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . CHAPTEBS OF IxsTitucilox . — Robert Burns .

Meetings Of The Learned Societies.

Sussex Stores , Upper St . Martin ' s-lane ; Mount Sion , AVhite Hart Tav ., Bishopsgate-st ; Metropolitan , George Ho ., Aldermanbury . Wednesday , March ' 2 ith . Lodge of Benevolence , at 7 precisely . LODGES . —Antiquity , F 3 I . H . ; Mount Moriah , F . M . H . ; United Pilgrims , Horns Tav . Kciinington-park : Prince Frederick AVilliamKnights

, , of St . John ' s Hotel , St . John ' s-wooii ; High Cross , AVhite Hurt Hotel , Tottenham-station . LODGES OF Il * STRUCTro _ r . —Eastern Star , Royal Ho ., Burdctt-street , Mile Endrd . ; Conlidence , Sugar Loaf ! , Great St . Helens ; United Strength , Bull and Gate , Kentish Town ; Prince Frederick AVilliam , Knights of St . John ' s Tav ., St . John ' s AVood ; New Concord , Roscmat-y Branch Tav ., Hoxton ; St . Mark ' s , Mawby

Arms , Mawby-st ., S . Lambeth ; Peckham , Edinboro' Castle Tav ., Peckham Rye -, Temperance in tbe East , George tbe Fourth , Catherine-sf ., Poplar . Thursday , March 2-3 / 7 ' . . Gen . Com . Fern . Sch ., at F . M . H . at -1 . LODGES . —Neptune , Hartley's Ho ., Bridge-st ., Blaekfriars ; Peace and Harmony , London Tav . Bishopsgate-st . ProsperityGuildhall Coffee

, ; , Ho ., Gvesbam-st . ; Grenadiers , F . M . H . ; Shakespeare , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-sti-eet ; A ictoria , George Hotel , Aldermanbury . LODGES OF INSM'TCIIO * . —Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-street , Fitzroy-square ; Kent , Duke of York , Borough-rd ., Southwaik : Globe , No . 10 , Old Bondst ., VV . ; United Mariners , Three Cranes , Mile-end-rd . ; A itruvian , White Hart , Collegc-st ., Lambeth ; St . George ' s ( for

M . M . ) , Globe Tav ., Royal-hill , Greenwich ; St . John ' s , Hollybush Tav ., Hampstead ; Manchester , Berkeley Arms , Johnst ., Berkeley-sq . ; Tranquillity , Sugar Loaf Tav ., Gfc . St . Helen ' s , St . Mary Axe ; Merchant Navy , Jamaica Tav ., AVest India Dock-rd ., Poplar : Wbitlington , Thatched House Tav ., 9 , Bed Lion-st . ; RoyalOak , Royal Oak Tav ., Deptford ; City of London , Shepherd and Flock Tav ., Bell-alley , 3 Ioorgate-st . CHAPTER . —Domatic . Andortons' Hotel , Fleet-st .

CHAPTEBS OF INSTRUCTION' . —Domatic , City Arms , West-sq . ; Joppa , Prospect of Whitby Tav ., Wapping-wall . Friday , March 27 // t . LODGES . —Universal , F . M . H . ; Jerusalem , F . M . H . ; Fitz Roy , Hd . Qrs . of the Hon . Artil . Co ., London ; Royal Alfred , Star and Garter , Kew Bridge ; Finsbury , Jolly Anglers , Bathst . St . Lukes ' . LODGES OF IKSTKUCTCOK " . —Robert Burns

, , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . ; St . Lukc ' s , Pier Ho ., Chelsea ; Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victovia-vcl ,, Deptford ; Stability , Guildhall Tav ., 33 , Grosliam-st . ; Union ' s ( Emulation Lo . of Improvement for M . M . I , F . M . H . ; United Pilgrims , Horn ' s Tav ., Kennington ; AVellington , Lord Duncan Tav ., Broadway , Deptford ; Belgrave , Hand and Racquet , Wbitcomb-st ., Leieester-sq . ; St . James ' s , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-row ,

Bermondsey ; Lily , Greyhound Ho ., Richmond ; Rmclagh , AVindsor Castle , King-st ., Hammersmith : Doric , Three Cranes , Mile End-rd . ; Rose of Denmark , White Hart , Barnes , Surrey ; Metropolitan Lo . of Instruction , George Ho ., Aldermanbury .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

WE cannot engage to insert any communication which is not legibly written , and 011 one side of the paper . Numerous complaints have been made with regard to the spelling of names in lodge reports ; but for such errors we are not to blame . We do everything in our power to prevent any inaccuracy , and , we think , if a brother considers his communication worthy of being put iu print , it is , we consider , at the same time worthy of being plainly written . As brevity

is the soul of wit , the same proverb applies to the press . AVe have already stated our final intention with regard to anonymous communications . No notice will be taken of them . T . B . II . ( G . Sec . Canada ) . —P . O . O . received with thanks . T . S . P . ( (} . Sec . Iowa ) . —We have forwarded the numbers you requested per Smithsonian Institute . You can remit us per P . O . O ., £ 2 , 16 s . 6 d . the amount for two years

subscription . A . C . ( Antigua ) . —AVe think that where there is a District , without a ' Provincial Grand Master , there can be little doubt that all processions must first receive the sanction of the M . W . Grand Master , otherwise there would be an infraction of the laws . Perhaps , however , an application to Bro . Hervey tbe Grand Secretary , would set you right in your peculiar case .