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marks only the resting-place of his wife . Truly " To live in hearts we leave behind Is not to die , " and one who , while living , so endeared himself to all those who were broug ht into contact with

him , needs no monument to perpetuate his memory ; but , Sir , what has become ' of the money subscribed to the " Thomas Memorial Fund ? " ' , Yours fraternally , A SUBSCRIBER TO THE FUND .

THE HIGH DEGREES . To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — In the Book of Constitutions I find the following preamble to the Regulations for the government of the Craft at page 16 : — " By the solemn Act of Union between the

two Grand Lodges of Freemasons of England , in December , 1813 , it was declared that pure ancient Freemasonry consists of three degrees and no more , viz .: those of the Entered Apprentice , the Fellow Craft , and the Master Mason , including the Supreme Order of the Holy Royal

Arch . " The Constitutions further recite , in three different places , that no jewel , medal , or device , belonging to any order or degree not recognised by the Grand Lodge of England as part of pure Ancient Masonry , may be worn either in Grand

Lodge or in any private lodge . And I believe I am correct in saying , that not very long ago a Provincial Grand Master was deprived of his command for an infringement of this law . It is not probably known to very many that the second paragraph of the Act of Union above

quoted runs as follows : — " It is declared and pronounced , that pure Antient Masonry consists of three degrees and no more , viz .: those of the Entered Apprentice , the Fellow Craft , and the Master Mason , including the Supreme Order of the Holy Royal Arch .

But this Article is not intended to prevent any lodge or chapter from holding a meeting in any of the degrees of the Orders of Chivalry , according to the Constitutions of the said Orders . " I would like to ask , through the medium of your valuable journal , how in the history of

modern Freemasonry the latter portion of this article was omitted , and how the present ruling crept in ; and why the Grand Lodge of England should not recognise such branches of Freemasonry as ,- for instance , the Ancient and Accepted

Rite , and the Order of the Temple , which not only acknowledge its position and authority , but decline to receive any brethren who do not possess certain qualifications as Blue Masons . I am , yours fraternally , BUSY BEE .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , l ' receptories , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place or time of meeting . For the Week ending Friday , November 13 , 1874 ,

Saturday , November 7 . General Committee Boys' School at 4 . Lodge 142 , St . Thomas's , City Terminus Hotel , Cannonstreet . Manchester Lodgeof Instruction ( 179 ) , Yorkshire Grey ,

11 , London-street , Fitzroy-square , at 8 ; Bro . II . Ash , Preceptor . Lily Lodge of Instruction ( 820 ) , Greyhound Hotel , Richmond , Surrey . Stat Lodge o ! Instruction ( 1275 ) , Marquess of Granby , New Cross-road , at 7 ; Bro . C . G . Dilley , Preceptor .

Monday , November 9 . Lodge 59 , Royal Naval , Freemasons' Hall . „ 136 , Good Report , City Terminus Hotel , Cannonstreet . 11 ! 93 i Confidence , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . „ 222 , St . Andrew ' s , London Tavern , Bishopsgatestrect .

„ 1366 , Highgate , Gatehouse Hotel , Highgate . Chap . 22 , Mount Sion , Guilhall Tavern , Gresham-strect . „ 720 , Panmure , Horns Tavern , Kcnnington . Red Cross Conclave , 2 , Plantagenet , Caledonian Hotel , Robert-street , Adelphi . Prince Leopold Lodge of Instruction ( 1445 ) 1 Lord Stanley Tavern , Sandringham-road , Kingsland , at 7 ; Bro . T . Austin , Preceptor . Strong Man Lodge of Instruction ( 45 ) , Crown Tavern ,

Clerkenwell green , at 8 ; Bro . Beckett , Preceptor . Sincerity Lodge of Instruction ( 174 ) , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-street Station , at 7 . Camden Lodge of Instruction ( 704 ) , Adelaide Tavern , Haverstock-hill , at 8 ; Bro , T , A , Adams , Preceptor .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction ( 95 ) , Royal Hotel , Mileend-road , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . E . Gottheil , Preceptor . British Oak Lodge of Instruction ( 813 ) , Bank of Friendship Tavern , Mile-end , at 7 for 8 . St . James ' s Union Lodge of Instruction ( 180 ) , Ho .-se and Groom Tavern , Winsley-street ( opposite the Pantheon ) , Oxford-street , at 8 : Bro . J . R . Stacey , Preceptor .

Wellington Lodge of Instruction , White Swan Tavern , Deptford , sf . 8 ; Bro . C . G . Dilley , P . M . 1155 , Preceptor . West Kent Lodge of Improvement ( 1297 ) , St . Saviour ' s College , Stansted-road , Forest-hill , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . H . W . Lindus , Preceptor . Metropolitan Mark Lodge of Instruction , Coach and Horses Hotel , * a 3 i Strand , at 8 .

Tuesday , November 10 . Lodge 4 6 , Old Union , City Terminus Hotel , Cannonstreet . „ 166 , Union , London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street . ,, 180 , St . James ' s Union , Freemasons' Hall . „ 198 , Percy , Ship and Turtle Tavern , Leadenhallstreet . „ 2 ii , St . Michael ' s , Albion Tavern ,

Aldersgatc-. ,, 22 S , United Strength , Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s-gate , Clerkenwell . „ 2 3 ^ , Nine Muses , Queen ' s Hotel , Cork-street , Bondstreet . 11 54 S 1 Wellington , White Swan Tavern , Deptford . „ 917 , Cosmopolitan , City Terminus Hotel , Cannonstreet .

„ 933 , Doric , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . Mark Lodge , 22 , Southwark , Bridge House Hotel , Southwark . Yarborough Lodge of Instruction ( 55 4 ) , Green Dragon Stepney , at 8 ; Bro . Barnes , P . M ., Preceptor . Domatic Lodge of Instruction , Palmerston Tavern ,

Grosvenor-park , Camberwell , at 8 ; Bro . Larlham , Preceptor . Faith Lodgeof Instruction ( 141 ) , Refreshment Rooms , Victoria-St ., ( opposite Westminster Palace Hotel ) , at 8 ; Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , Preceptor . Prince Fredk . William Lodge of Instruction ( 753 ) , Lord's Hotel , Lord ' s Cricket Ground , St . John ' s-wood , at 8 ;

Bro . F . G . Baker , Preceptor . Dalhousie Lodge of Instruction ( 860 ) , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Crawley , Preceptor . Prosperity Lodge of Instruction ( 65 ) , Gladstone Tavern , Bishopssrate-st ., Within , at 7 . 30 j Bro . Bolton , W . M . 1227 , Picceptor . St . Marylebone Lodge of Instruction ( 1 303 ) , British Stores

Tavern , New-street , St . John ' s Wood , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Constitutional Ledge of Instruction ( 55 ) , Wheatsheaf Hotel , Hand-court , Holborn , at 7 ; Bro . J . R . Stacey , P . M . 180 , Preceptor . Percy Lodge of Instruction , Grapes Tavern , Little Windmill-street , W . Pythagorean Lodge of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange ,

Greenwich , at 8 ; Bro . J . Robt . Nash , Preceptor . Israel Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sun Tavern , Globe-road , at 7 . 30 . Metropolitan Chapter of Improvemrnt ( 975 ) , Jamaica Coffee House , St . Michael's Alley , Cornhill , at C . 30 ; Comp . Jas . Brett , Preceptor .

Wednesday , November 11 . General Committee Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution at 3 . Lodge 3 , Fidelity , Freemasons' Hall . „ 11 , Enoch , Freemasons' Hall . „ 13 , Union Waterloo , Masonic Hall , William-st .,

Woolwich . ,, 87 , Vitruvian , White Hart , College-street , Lambeth . „ 147 , Justice , White Swan , High-street , Deptford . „ 238 , Pilgrim , Ship and Tuvtle Tavern , Leadev * - hall-street .

„ 749 , Belgrave , Andeiton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . „ 781 , Merchant Navy , Silver Tavern , Burdett-road , Limehouse . „ 823 , Liberty L . of Richmond , ' Greyhound , Richmond , Surrey . „ 1017 , Monteliore , Freemasons' Hall .

„ 1306 , St . John of Wapping , Gun Hotel , High-st ., Wapping . Chap . 1260 , Hervey , Freemasons' Hall . New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Hoxton , at 8 . Royal Union Lodge of Instruction , Horse and Groom Tavern , Winsley-street , Oxford-street , at 8 ; Bro . T . A .

Adams , Preceptor . Confidence Lodgeof Instiuction , White Hart Tavern , < Vbchurch-lar . e , at 7 . 30 . Peckham Lodge of Instruction , Maismore Arms , Patk-road , Peckham , at 8 ; Bro . David Rose , Preceptor . Temperance in the East Lodge of Instruction , George the Fourth , Catherine-street , Poplar .

Stanhope Lodge of Instruction , Thicket Hotel , Anerley , at 7 . 30 p . m . j Bro . H . W . Lindus , Preceptor . Finsbury Park Lodge of Instruction ( 1288 ) , Finsbury Park Tavern , Seven Sisters ' -road , N ., at 8 . Bro . P . Dickinson . Acting Preceptor . United Strength Lodge of Instruction ( 228 ) , the Grafton

Arms , Prince of Wales ' s-road , Kentish-town , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor . Southwark Lodge of Instruction , ( 8 79 ) , Southwark Park Tavern , Southwark Park , at S ; Bro . Charles William Kent , Preceptor . Dalston Lodge of Instruction ( 975 ) , Havelock Tavern , Albion-road , Dalston , at 8 .

Thursday , November 12 . Lodge 19 , Royal Athelstan , City Terminus Hotel , Can . : non-street .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Lodge 91 , Regularity , Freemasons' Hall . „ 206 , Friendship . Ship and Turtle Tavern , L ; aden hall-street . ., 263 , Bank of England , Albion Tavern , Aldersgatestreet . „ 534 , Polish National , Freemasons' Hall .

A - * Pnnnnl-iiirv . AlMon Tnvr-rn . Aldersrrate-street . „ btf , Canonbury , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . „ 860 , Dalhousie , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . ,, S 79 , Southwark , Southwark-pavk Tavern , Southwark-pavk . „ 107 C , Capper , Marine Hotel , jVictoria Docks , West Ham .

„ 1288 , Finsbury-park , Finsbury-park Tavern , Seven Sisters ' -road , Holloway . „ 1321 , Emblematic , Tulse-hill Hotel , Tulse-hill . Chap . 73 , Mount Lebanon , Bridge House Hotel , Londonbridge . „ 140 , St . George ' s , Globe Tavern , Royal Hill , Greenwich .

» S 38 . Vane , Freemasons' Hall . „ 554 , Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . K . T . Preceptory , 43 , Temple Crossing , Bridge House Hotel , London-bridge . „ 117 , New Temple , The Inner Temple .

Fidelity Lodge of Instruction ( 3 ) , Yorkshire Grey , Londonst ., Tottenham Court-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Finsbury Lodge of Instruction , Jolly Anglers' Tavern , Bath-street , City-road ; Bro . Stean , Preceptor . United Mariners' Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes ,

Mile-end-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . Whittington Lodge of Instruction ( 862 ) , Crown Tavern , Holborn , at 8 ; Bro . Lewis Alexander , P . M . 188 , Preceptor . Doric Chapter of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern ,

Mileend-road , at 8 5 Comp . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . Ebury Lodge of Instruction , Bro . Palmer ' s , 12 , Ponsonbyst ., Millbank . Highgate Lodge of Instruction ( 1366 ) , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor . The Great City Lodge of Instruction ( 1426 ) , lu , Cheip-! side , at 6 . 30 . High Cross Ledge of Instruction ( 754 ) , Coach & Horses High-road , Tottenham .

Friday , November 13 . Lodge 33 , Britannic , Freemasons' Hall . » ' 34 > Caledonian , Ship and Turtle , Lcadenhallstreet .

„ 157 , Bedford , Freemasons' Hall . „ 177 , Domatic , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . „ 1420 , Earl Spencer , Northcote Hotel , New Wandsworth . Rose Croix Chap . Mount Calvary , 33 , Golden-square .

St . George ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 140 ) , Mobe Tavern , Royal-hilJ , Greenwich . Robert Burns Lodge of Instruction , Union Tavern , Air-st ., Regent-sf ., at 8 . Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , ( 749 ) , Lyceum Tavern , 354 , Strand , at 8 ; Bro . Pulsford , Preceptor ,

Panmure Lodge of Instruction ( 720 ) , Balham Hotel , Balham , at 7 . 30 . Unions Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . ' s , Freemasons' Hall , a 7 . Temperance Lodge of Instruction , Victoria Tavern , Victoria-road , Deptford , at 8 . Clapton Lodge of Instruction ( 13 & 5 ) , White Hart , Clapton ,

at 7 . 30 ; Bro . James Brett , P . G . P ., & c , Picceptor . Royal Standard Lodge of Instruction ( 129 S ) , the Castle Tavern , Holloway , at 8 j Bro . W . F . Rogers , Preceptor . Py thagorean Chapter of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-road , at 8 ; Comp . \ V . West Smith , Preceptor , Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , Portugal Hotel ,

Fleetstreet , at 7 ; Bro . Stacey , P . M . 180 , Preceptor . Westbourne Lodgeof Instruction ( 733 ) , Horse and Groom , Winsley-street , Oxford-street , at 8 . United Pilgrims Lodge of Instruction , Antelcpe Tavern , Lomc-road , Brixton , at 7 . St . James ' s Lodge of Instruction , New Tanners' Arms , Grange-road , Bermondsey , at 8 ; Bro . Howes , P . M .,

Preceptor . Duke of Edinburgh Lodge of Instruction , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 ; Bro . D . S . Potts , Preceptor . Doric Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern , Mileend-road , at 8 . Burgoyne Lodge of Instruction , Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales ' s-road , N . W ., at 8 ; Bro . P . M . Wucst , Preceptor .

St . Luke ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 144 I , Roso Tavern , Fulham-road , S . W . Chigwell Lodge of Instruction , Bald-faced Stag Hotel , Ruckhurst-hill , at 8 . Burdett Coutts Lodge of Instruction ( 1278 ) , Approach Tavern , Approach-road , Victoria-park , at 8 ; Bro . Geo . W . Verry , Preceptor . Stability Lodge of Instruction ( 217 ) , Guildhall Tavern , Gresham-strect ; Bro . II . Muggeridge , P . M ., Prccep .

tor . MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE , For the Weekending Saturday , November 14 , 1874 . Monday , November 9 . Lodge 314 ; Peace and Unity , Militia Mess Rooms ,

Preston . „ 477 , Mersey , 55 , Argyle-street , Birkenhead , at 6 . „ 721 , Independence , Masonic Rooms , Kastgatc-nnv , North Chester , at 5 . ,, 1021 , Harrington , Masonic Hall ,

Barrow-in-Furness . „ 1398 , Baldwin Castle , Dalton-iti-Furncss . Chap . 148 , Elias Ashmole , Chapter Rooms , Warrington , at C . 30 .