Poetry.

Poetry .

TRUST ONE ANOTHER . BY A . J . H . DtroANjfE . Look in your brother's eyes , man ! And bid him read your own : One half the strife of human life , Is born of guile alone !

Deceit creates full half our hates , And half our loves it slays ; Look in each other ' s eyes , men ! And meet each other's gaze ! Pardon your brother's faults , man . ' And ask that he forgive ; Could hnman sin no pardon win

, No mortal soul might live . No need of heaven , were none forgiven , For none would reach its doors ; Pardon your brother ' s faults , man 1 And bid him pardon yours . Feel for your brother ' s grief , man ! No heart is safe from woe ;

Though lips and eye , full oft deny The sorrowing weight below , A gentle wile , a pitying smile , May sweetest balm impart ; Feel for your brother's grief , man ! And you may win his heart . Stand by your brother ' s sideman 1

, And bid him clasp your band : To " iiiin be just , and yield the trust That you from him demand . How simply wise , with soul and eyes , To trust , and still be true—Doing to those we love , man , What we would have them do !

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

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

The sixth meeting of the committee was held on Friday , the 14 th inst ., in the saloon of the Drury Lane Theatre ( kindly lent for the occasion by Bro . F . B . Chatterton ) , and was most numerously attended . Bro . John TJdall was voted to the chair , and a variety of suggestions were offered relating to the forthcoming benefit at Drury Lane Theatre on the 4 th of March .

Several communications were announced , conveying offers of professional services , all of which were accepted with thanks . A letter was read from Miss Amy Sedgwick , regretting that her engagement at Birmingham would necessarily prevent her assisting on the occasion . After sundry matters of detailthe meeting was

, adjourned to Tuesday , the 18 th inst ., at the Freemason ' s Tavern , at four o ' clock . The seventh meeting of the committee was held on Tuesday , the 18 th inst ., at the Freemason ' s Tavern , Bro . Udall , P . G . D ., in the chair . The Hon . Sec , Bro . Beard , read the minutes of the last _ meeting , which were put for confirmation and

carried . It was announced that the benefit , kindly given by the Christy Minstrels at St-James' Hall , on the preceding day , had resulted in the handsome sum of £ 65 towards the May Testimonial Fund . The programme of the day performance to take place

at Drury Lane Theatre on Wednesday , the 4 th of March , was read and approved ; comprising , as it does , the names of nearly all the leading members of the profession at present in London , we feel convinced that so strong a bill of fare ( see advertisement ) cannot fail to commend itself to the attention of those brethren who may feel disposed to combine the two enjoyments of listening to a first-class intellectual treat , ancl participating at the

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

same time in doing honour , and rendering service to a brother who has been the means of effecting so much good to our Masonic charities . The next meeting of the committee will take place on Monday , the 24 th inst ., at the Freemason's Tavern , at four o ' clock ; meanwhile donations continue to be received by Bros . Frederick Ledger , Treasurer , at the Fro , office , Catherine-street , Strand ; Thomas Beard , Hon . Sec , 10 , Basinghall-street ; and by the committee .

Meetings Of The Learned Societies For The Week Ending February 29th, 1868.

MEETINGS OF THE LEARNED SOCIETIES FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 29 TH , 1868 .

MONDAY , 24 th . —Geographical Society , at 8-30 . Paper to be read— " Geographical results of the Abyssinian Expedition to Jan . 22 nd , 1868 , " by C . R . Markham , Esq . TUESDAY , 25 th . —Institution of Civil Engineers , at 8 . WEDNESDAY , 26 th . —Geological Society , at 8 . WEDNESDAY , 26 th . —Society of Arts , at 8 .

Metropolitan Lodge Meetings, Etc., For The Week Ending February 29th , 1868.

METROPOLITAN LODGE MEETINGS , ETC ., FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 29 TH , 1868 .

MONDAY , February 25 th . —Lodges : —Royal Somerset . House and Inverness , 4 , Freemasons' Hall . Castle Lodge of Harmony , 26 , Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s . Old King ' s Arms , 28 , Freemasons' Hall . Pythagorean , 79 , Lecture Hall , Royal , Greenwich . Unity , 183 , London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street . British Oak , 831 , Bank of Friendship Tavern , Bancroft-road , Mile-end . Tower Hamlets

Engineers , 902 , George Hotel , Aldermanbury . De Grey and Ripon , 905 , Angel Hotel , Great Ilford . Joppa Chapter , 188 , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . TUESDAY , February 25 th . —Lodges : —Tuscan , 14 , Freemasons' Hall . Moira , 92 , London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street . Faith , 141 , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . Prudent Brethren , 145 , Freemasons' Hall . Industry ,

186 , Freemasons' Hall . Israel , 205 , Radley's Hotel , Bridge-street , Blaekfriars . Prince of Wales ' s , 259 , Willis's-rooms , St . James ' s . Southern Star , 1 , 158 , Montpelier Tavern , Walworth . Urban , 1 , 196 , Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s Gate , Clerkenwell . Chapters : —Royal York Perseverance , 7 , Freemasons' Hall . St . Alban ' s , 29 , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . St . James ' s Union , 180 , Freemasons' Hall . WEDNESDAY , February 26 th . —Lodges : —Antiquity

, 2 , Freemasons' Hall . Mount Moriah , 34 , Freemasons ' Hall- United Pilgrims , 507 , Horns Tavern , Kennington Park . High Cross , 754 , Railway Hotel , Northumberland Park , Tottenham . Eoyal Oak , 871 , ILoyal Oak Tavern , High-street , Deptford . Temperance " in the East , 898 , Newby-place , Poplar . Union Waterloo Chapter , 13 , Masonic Hall , William-street , Woolwich .

THURSDAY , February 27 th . —General Committee Female School at Freemasons' Hall , at 4 . Lodges : — Neptune , 22 , Radley ' s Hotel , Bridge-street , Blaekfriars . Prosperity , 65 , Masons' Arms Tavern , Masons ' - avenue , Basinghall-street . Grenadiers , 66 , Freemasons ' Hall . Shakespeare , 99 , Albion Tavern , Aldersgatestreet . South Middlesex 858 Beaufort HouseNorth

, , , End , Fulham . Buckingham and Chandos , 1 , 150 , Freemasons' Hall . Chapters : —Canonbury , 657 , George Hotel , Aldermanbury . Lily of Richmond , 820 , Greyhound , Richmond , Surrey . FMDAY , February 28 th . —House Committee Boys School , at 3 . Lodges : —Universal , 181 , Freemasons ' Hall . Jerusalem , 197 , Freemasons' Hall . Fitz-Roy

569 , Head Quarters of the Hon . Artillery Company > London . Finsbury , 861 , Jolly Anglers , Bath-street , St-Luke ' s . Belgrave Chapter , 749 , Anderton ' s Hoteh Fleet-street .

EnEAiun . —Masonic Life-Boat Fund . —Instead of "Bradford " read " Skiddaw Lodge , Cockermouth . "