King Pepin.

Not one stepp'd forth to do the deed , For certain death they dread ; King Pepin leapt into the lists , And clove the tiger dead . Then turning to his warriors , he Rebuked them for their scorn : — "A man have a craven soul

may , And yet bo bravely born ! Man is not measured by his bulk , Nor yet by strength of bone : His greatness is a noble soul , And noble actions done . "

The times are changed , but not the men ; The cause , hut not the curse : Scorn still scowls hateful from men ' s eyes ; Are Pepin ' s lordlings worse Than those who , big with worldly wealth , Or fashionable fame , Look down ivith scorn on men of worth , Who boast no sounding name ?

AA'hat fiercer ring of strife than this Contending round of earth ? AA'ho are the men that grace its lists ? The men of bumble birth . The tiger " Evil" holds mankind AVith deadly grip of bate ; Whence comes the great Deliverer ? Comes he with swelling state ?

Behold the King , with Right Divme Come forth from Syrian stable ! All other claims , though back'd by steel , Are miserable fable . The golden crowns and coronets Are mockeries of the bays , Which , though they wither on the brows , Crown everlasting days .

You cannot make the bay-wreath live By changing it to gold ; You cannot part it from the brows That won the wreath of old . The true-born king is still the man That proves his kingly breed ; And the noblest proof of a kingly soul Is the " Can do " stamp'd iu " Deed . " ANGUS MACPHERSOK- .

List Of Lodge, Meetings, &C., For Week Ending 21st October, 1870.

LIST OF LODGE , MEETINGS , & c ., FOR WEEK ENDING 21 ST OCTOBER , 1870 .

METKOI > OLITA > - LODGES AND CHAPTERS . Monday , October 2 'lth . LODGES . —Old King's Arms , Freemasons' Hall ; Unity , London Tavern , Bishop-gate Street ; De Grey and Ripon , Angol Hotel , Great Ilfoid . CHAPTER . —Robert Burns , Freemasons' Hall ; Joppa , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate Street . Tuesday , October 2 oth .

LODGES . —Tuscan , Freemasons' Hall ; Moira , London Tavern , Bishopsgate Street ; Faith , Anderton's Hotel , Fleet Street ; Prudent Brethren , Freemasons' Hall ; Industry , Freemasons ' Hall ; Israel , Radley ' s Hotel , Bridge Street , Blackfriars ; Southern Star , Montpclier Tav , Walworth ; Urban , Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John's Gate , Clcrkemvell . CHAPTER . —Royal York ol Perseverance , Freemasons'Hall ; St . Alhan's ,

Albion Tavern , Aldersgate Street . Wednesday , October 25 th . LODGES . —United Pilgrims ' , Horns Tavern , Kennington ; High Cross , AVhite Hart Hotel , Tottenham Station ; Royal Oak , Royal Oak Tavern , High Street , Deptford ; Temperance in the East , Private Assembly Booms , G , Newby Place , Popular . ——C HAPTERS—Union WaterlooPreemasons ' sllallAVilliam

. , , Street , AA'oolwieh ; Prince Frederick William , the Knight's of St . John Hotel , St . John ' s AVood . Thursday , October 27 th . General Committee , Girl ' s School , at Freemasons' Hall at 4 . LODGES . —Neptune , Kadley ' s Hotel , Bridge Street , Blackfriars ; Peace and Harmony , London Tavern , Bishopsgate Street ;

List Of Lodge, Meetings, &C., For Week Ending 21st October, 1870.

Prosperity , Guildhall Coffee House , Gresham Street ; Grenadiers , Freemasons' Hall ; Victoria , George Hotel , Aldermanbury ; CHAPTERS . —Domatic , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet Street ; Polish National , Freemasons' Hall . Friday , October 28 th . LODGES . —Fitz Roy . Ild . Qurs . of the Hon . Artil . Co ., London ; Finsbury , Jolly Anglers , Bath Street , St . Lukes .

Metropolitan Lodges And Chapters Of Instruction.

METROPOLITAN LODGES AND CHAPTERS OF INSTRUCTION .

Monday , October 10 th . LODGES . — Temple , Old George , St . Mary Axe . E . C ; Justice , Royal Albert , New Cross-id , Deptford ; St . James's Union , Swan Tav . Mount-st ., Grosveinr-sq . ; Industry , Dick ' s Coffee House , Fleet-st . ; Crystal Palace , City Arms Tav ., AVest-scp , Southwark ; High Cross , AA'hite Hart Ho ., Tottenham ; Eastern Star , Royal Ho ., Burdett-rd ., Mile-end-rd . ; Camden , Adelaide Tav ., Haverstock Hill ; British Oak , Bank of Friendship Tav ., Mile End .

Tuesday , October llth . LODGES- —Faith , Fisher ' s Restaurant , Metrop . Dist . Rail ., Victoria Station ; Domatic , Palmerston Arms , Grosvenor-park , Camberwell ; Jordan , Alwyne Castle , Canonbury ; Yarborongh , Green Dragon , Stepney ; Prince Frederick William , Knights of St . John ' s Tav ., St . John's-wood ; Dalhousie , Royal Edward , TriangleHackney ; Royal AlbertAVhite

HartAbchurch-, , , lane ; Pythagorean , Prince of Orange , Greenwich ; City of London , Shepherd and Flock Tav ., Bell-alley , Moorgate-st . ; New AA'andswortb , Freemasons' Ho ., New AVandsworth . ——CHAPTER . —Metropolitan , Price ' s Portugal Ho ., F ! cet-st . ; Royal Union , Dubby's Hotel , Winsey-st ., Oxford-st . ; Mount Sion , AVhite Hart , Bishopsgate-st ,

Wednesday , October 12 th . LODGES . —Confidence , Railway Tav ., London-st ; United Strength Bull and Gate , Kentish Town ; New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton ; St . Mark's , Mawby Arms , Mawby-st ., S . Lam ; both ; Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckhara-Rye , Temperance in the East , George the Fourth , Catherine-st ., Poplar ; Prosperity , Gladstone Tav ., Bishopsgate-street . CHAPTER . —St . James's Union , Swan Tav ., Mount-street , Grosvenor-square .

Thursday , October \ Wi . LODGES . —fidelity , Goat and Compasses , Euston-road ; Kent , DukeoI York , Borough-rd ., Southwark ; United Mariners , Three Cranes , Mile-end-rd . ; A'itruvian , AVhite Hart , College-st ., Lambeth ; St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Royal Hill , Greenwich ; Manchester , Berkeley Arms , John-st ., Berkeley-square ; TranquillitSngarLoaffavGreat StHelen ton

y , ., . 's , E . G . ; AVhitting , Crown " Hotel , 11 , High Holborn ; Royal Oak , Royal ' Oak Tavern , Deptford ; Burdett Coutts , Approach Tav ., Victoriapark , at 7 . CHAPTER . —Joppa , Prospect of AA'hitby Tav ., 57 , Wr apping-wall .

Friday , October Uth . LODGES . —St . Luke's , Pier Hotel , Cheyno-walk , Chelsea : Temperance , AHctoria Tavern , A ictoria-road , Deptford ; Unions ( Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . ) , F . M . H . ; United Pilgrims , Horns' Tavern , Kennington ; AA'esthourue , the Grapes , Duke-st ., Manchester ; square ; AA'ellington , Lord Duncan Tavern , Broadway , Deptford ; Florence NihtingaleFreemasons' TavAVoolwich

g , ., ; Ranelagh , AA'imlsor Castle Hotel , King-st .. Hammersmith ; Belgrave , Duke of AA'ellington , Spring-gardens , Chariug-cross ; St . James ' s , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-row , Bermondsey ; Doric , Three Cranes , Mile End-rd . ; A 1 "tora , Andertons' llo ., Fleet-st . ; Hervey , Britannia , AA ' alhani-groen ; Metropolitan , Price ' s Portugal Ho ., Fleet-st . ; Charter House , Hat and Feathers Tavern 27 Goswell-rd . ; Robert BurnsUnion Tav . ;

, , , Air-street Ileg . 'iu-st . CHAPTERS . —Domatic , Fisher ' s Restaurant , A'ictoria Station ; Robert Burns , Knights of St . John ' s Hotel , St . John's Wood . Saturday , October 15 th . CHAPTERS .- —Mount Sinia . Union Tavern , Air-street , Regentstreet ; Domatic , Horns , Kensington .

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