Ancient And Accepted Rite.

Leeson , called on the brethren to assist in paying due honour to those members of the Supreme Council then present , especially the second in command , Colonel Bowyer , who was indefatigable in his exertions to advance the hi gher degrees of Masonry , in fact , each member of the Supreme Council unless prevented by matters beyond their own control , endeavoured to be be present at the meetings of the chapter . Bro . Bowyerin acknowleding the toastreferred to the

dis-, g , tance from London of their respective residencies , but said they did not allow that preventing their attendance , as they were always ready to go wherever their duty called to assist in their -ceremonies . Bro . Pullen next referred to the support they received from the other Supreme Councils throughout the world , ¦ and with the toast connected the name of the 111 . Bro . Perrier , Avho acknowledged the compliment . Col . Bowyer then roseand

, after alluding to the labours of those who had gone before him , ^ aid no meed of praise could be bestowed that was too great for the services of their present W . M . Sov ., and , looking at the duties ¦ of life which demanded Bro . Pullen ' s constant attention , he ¦ deserved their wannest thanks for his diligent application to the office he filled . His energies never flagged ; to him they Avere indebted for the very excellent meeting that dayand it

, Avas with great pleasure he ( Col . Bowyer ) proposed the health , of the W . M . Sov ., in which he was sure all would join most heartily . Bro . Pullen , in acknowledging the compliment , said he was pleased to find his labours so well spoken of by the 111 . Lieut .-G . Com ., and proposed the members of the 32 nd , including in

the toast their valued Treasurer , Dr . Goolden . The 111 . W . Sov ., in introducing the name of Bro . Gibbs said he was satisfied that in the new Secretary he had appointed , the members of the chapter would find that their interests and comforts would he as well attended to as they had been by his lamented Bro . Jones . The banquet was enlivened by a choice selection of music by the vocalists named above . WOOLWICH . —Kemys Tynte Encampment—A meeting of this

encampment took place on Friday , the 14 th inst ., at the Freemasons' Hall AVilliam-street , AVoolwicb , under the presidency of the E . C . Capt . Boyle . The Sir Knights present were—Col . Clarke , Prelate ; Hewitt , 1 st Capt . ; Eraser , 2 nd Cap . ; Figg , P . E . C ; Thomson , Expert ; Laird , Registrar ; Matthew Cooke , Org . ; Lyons , Cap . of Lines . Companion Dallin having been ballotted for and unanimously electedwas introduced and

in-, stalled as a Knight Templar . The E . C . then , under a dispensation from the M . E . S . G . M ., resolved the meeting into a Priory of Knights Hospitallers of St . John of Jerusalem , Rhodes , and Malta , and as eminent prior conferred tbe degree of Knight of Malta , & c , on all the above named Sir Knights . The ceremonybeing concluded , the fraters adjourned to Bi-o . De Grey's to dinnerafter which business in connection with the AVoolwicb

, brethren , generally , ivas entered upon , discussed , and accounts brought forward and settled . The evening was devoted to that purpose , and was conclusive to those present that every branch of Masonry in AA ooIwich is in the most prosperous state , and likely long to continue so .

NORTHUMBERLAND . NEWCASTLE . —Royal Chapter of Rose Croix . —This chapter was convoked to meet on the 4 th of July , to install Bro . AVm . Hearne , who is about to leave for tlie Cape of Good Hope , and was openad by P . M . AV . Sov ., C J . Banister , 30 ° , assisted by P . M . AA . Sovs ., Punchon , Hotham , Berkley , and Sovereign Princes Ludwig , Shotten , & c Bro . Hume ' s petition being favourably receivedhe was admitted and presented to the acting

, M . W . S ., who installed him into this beautiful degree , and being proclaimed took his seat in this princely chapter . Business over the chapter was closed . At refreshment the brethren of this supreme degree spent a happy evening in social fellowship , pledging to each other fraternal regards , Avbilst not forgetting the poor aud distressed .

Mark Masonry.

MARK MASONRY .

CAEMSLE . —Cumberland Lod-je . —Tins flourishing lodge of Mark Masters ( E . C . ) was opened at the Masonic Rooms on July 13 , by Bro . C . I . Banister , W . M . assisted by the officers of the lodge . Bros . Capt . Dixon , AVheatley , and Fleming were severally advanced to the order by the W . M ., who oxplained the working tools and delivered the lecture . Tho next meeting will be held on the 4 th of August ,

Mark Masonry.

NEWCASTLE . — -Newcastle and Derwiclc-on-Tweed Lodge . —An emergency meeting of this lodge was called on July 3 rd , at the Freemasons' Hall , Newgate-street , to ballot for and advance Bro . W . Hume , of the Cape Town Lodge . In the unavoidable absence of the AV . M ., Bro . A . Gellespie , the lodge was opened by Bro . C . J . Banister , S . W ., and AV . M . of the Cumberland Lodge of Mark Masons , No . 60 on the . register of the Grand Mark Lodge of England , and G . S . O . of that Grand Mark

Lodge , assisted by P . M . Bro . II . Hotham , as S . AV . ; Bro . H . Janeter , J . AV . ; and the rest of the officers of the lodge . Bro . Hume , being unanimously elected , was properly prepared and presented to the acting W . M ., who performed the ceremony with his usual earnestness , Bro . Toades acting as S . D ., and Bro . AVm . Punchon , P . G . D . of England , ' and one of the oldest and best Mark Masons of the North , acting as G . Chap . Business over , tbe lodge Avas closed in due form and with prayer .

Poetry.

Poetry .

THE ORIGIN OF THE CORINTHIAN PILLAR . An old Athenian woman , bent with years , Collecting flowers near where Corinth stands , Her furrow'd cheek bespoke her many cares—A strange employment for such Avither'd hands . They were not flow'rs to strew the bridal train ;

They were not flow ' rs to welcome heroes home ; But meant to scatter sweets ivhere death had lain A hapless victim in an early tomb . She Avas a young Corinthian lady cast All innocence in beauty ' s mould ' ring stone ; A fragile flow'r that could not bear the blast

AVhich chilly winter had too roughly blown . In vain the ancient Grecian matron strove To fill the simple basket at her side—The bloomless garden and the leafless grove , The boist'rous wind had scatter'd far and wide . One lonely lily of the field remain'd

Like to some fading image lingering still ; She snapt the stem ; but , ere the prize was gain'd , The snowy honours of the flow'ret fell . It happen'd that the basket had been placed AAliere an acanthus root , conceal'd , had grown , And in the slielt'ring turf lay warmly cas'd

, Till wintry hurricanes were overthrown . Each parterre , blossom'd bank , and painted mead , Spread a fair carpet for the weary feet : The bursting bulbus and tbe flow'ring seed , Like long lost friends , spread forth their arms to meet

The empty off ' ring soon , too richly fill'd AVith od'raus bloom , luxuriant stretching wide , Reaching the tile , which steadily had held , Twin'd from its course , fell curling down the side . The greatest sculptor Grecian pride could boast , In architect'ral thought was wand'ring near ;

AAlien all the visions art had fram'd were lost , For that which nature simply pointed here . For he beheld simplicity and grace , And richness also blended all in all , Like innocence and beauty iu one face—That sweet expression loveliness we call .

The basket form'd the capital , and thus The soft leaves falling by the volute scroll ; The friendly tile be made the Abacus—Thus did the pow'r gf Nature frame tbe whole .