Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

minutes of the last regular meeting were read and confirmed , whereupon the name of Air . Charles Ashurst was submitted for approval , and this , as verified by the W . M ., was unanimously in his favour . Air . Ashurst being in attendance , was duly and solemnly admitted after the manner of a Alason . the ceremony being admirably performed by the W . M .. assisted by Bro . Richardson , P . AI . The rest of the business was of a routine natureand the lodge was

, closed lit { he "sual way . 'I lie brethren then adjourned to refreshment under the presidency of the W . AI . j after which the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given and responded to , and the brethren separated in harmony about half-past ten o ' clock . We should not omit to mention that Bros . Richardson and Jenkins added greatly to the enjoyment of the evening by their vocal efforts .

INSTRUCTION . SOUTHWARD LODGE ( No . S 70 . ) . —On Wedncsday , the 15 th inst ., the ceremonies of consecration and installation were worked in the above lodge bv Bro . James Terry , P . I ' . G . J . W . Herts , P . M . 22 S , 127 S , ij d" . and Secretary ol the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and upwards of 120 brethren assembled to meet the distinguished brother . The lodge was summoned for C . 30 for

7 o clock , ami punctual to tune the worthy brother entered the lodge room , which had been previously arranged , the whole u ! the brethren rising - to receive him and man } ' old acquaintances shaking him warmly by the hand . Bro . Terry then proceeded with the ceremony of consecration , and oj ) cned the' lodge in due form , assisted by Bros . Wise , S . W . : llutchins . | . VV . ; Jackson , S . D . ; Emblcr , J . D . ; Wells , I . G . ; VY . Martin , acting Sec ; W . Beavis , I G .

S 79 , lion . Sec , doing the duties of Master of the Ceremonies . The lodge was opened in the Second and Third Degrees , and the Consecrating Officer addressed the brethren on the nature of the meeting , exhorting the brethren to practise out of lodge the tenets taught within , telling them that Freemasons should never forget being gentlemen , and to show the world by their conduct that they were so , am ! that l'Yeomasonrv was more than a Word .

The Volume of the Sacred Law was always open in their lodges , in combination with emblems of mortality and instruction , so that no l- ' reemason could jjlead ignorance of their duty ( 0 Coil and ( heir fellow creatures . After receiving the Secretary ' s address , & c , the W . M . delivered a beautiful address to Ac . brethren , and then consecrated the lodge according to ancient custom . The W . M . then , in a faultless manner , installed Bros . Wise . I . P . AI ., W . M . ;

Emler , S . W . ; Ilutchins , | . W . ; Kent , Treasurer ; Beaver , Secretary ; Jackson , " S . D . ; VV . Alartin , J . D . ; and Wells , I . G . Bro . Kent proposed , and Bro . Emblcr seconded , thai . 1 vote of ( hanks be recorded on the minutes to the Installing Master , which was carried unanimously . Bro . Terry returned thank's in handsome terms , A vole of thanks was also rerordrd on the minutes to Bro . Beavis , acting Director ot Ceremonies . A large number of ioining

members and visiting brethren swelled the dues collected . A vole of thanks was given to the visitors , to which Bro . Andrews . P . M ., Preceptor of the Star Lodge of Instruction , responded . A vole of thanks was also passed to Bro . Powell , Organist . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned for slight refreshment , and the usual Alasonic toasts u-erc proposed and responded to . The W . M . proposed the toast

of the evening " The i leallh of Bro . Terry , " coupling with it that of Bro . Lcnvis , Hon . Secretary of the lodge of inslruction , and the Masonic Charities . The toast brought down an all round cheer , which lasted some seconds , which was in itself more than words could depict . Bro . Terry returned thanks , slating the pleasure he felt at being present amongst them , and advocating the Alasonic Charities , to which the Southwark Lodge of Instruction had largely

contributed . I lis remarks were highly appreciated by all present , and received a truly Alasonic acknowledgment oil resuming his seat . Bro . Beavis , on rising to respond , received quite an ovation , being evidently held in high esteem by the members of the lodge , and , be it said to his honour , he richly deserved the greeting he received , for during the two years the charitable association has been connected with the lodge thev have sent over 200 guineas to the Charities , and

mainly due to his exertion . s The worthy brother was very much affected by the reception accorded to him , and having offered a few modest words , he resumed his seat amidst further marks of approbation . A few other toasts were proposed and responded to , and the brethren separated after a most enjoyable evening . The lodge conferred honorary membership on Bro . Terry , Installing and Consecrating Officer , and Bro . Powell , Organist .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . JAMES GOODWIN . The brethren of the Lodge of Unity , No . 267 , Alacclesfield , Cheshire , have lost one of their oldest and most expert brethren in the death of Bro . James Goodwin , a Mason of more than thirty years' standing , and during nearly the whole time a zealous and active brother , one who was perfectly skilled in the mysteries of the Craft , and whose

general conduct both in and out of the lodge indicated his consistent and practical appreciation of the principles on which Freemasonry is founded . Bro , Goodwin had twice occupied the W . M . ' s chair , and he had been instrumental in initiating many of the brethren who now mourn his loss . His services were always at the disposal of the lodge , and as a guide and adviser to young Alasons he was

much sought after , while his quiet and unostentatious disposition added to the value of his research and experience . Deaceased had also been a distinguished member of the Royal Arch chapter , and he had frequently represented the lodge at the provincial meetings , being also a representative of the lodge to the Grand Lodge on the installation of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as Grand Master of the

Order . This was an event in his Alasonic history to which he never ceased to refer with lively feelings of admiration and pleasure . His death took place on Friday , the 70 th inst ., after a short illness , in his seventy-first year . On the following Wednesday his remains were followed to the

grave by many of the brethren of both lodges , and also by alarge number of general inhabitants and friends , by whom deceased was greatly respected as an old tradesman , and as a public-spirited inhabitant . At the monthly meetingof deceased ' s lodge on Thursday evening , the brethren appeared in Masonic mourning , and after the bereavement which the lodge had sustained had been feelingly alluded to

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by the W . M ., b y Bro . Williams , P . M . ; Bro . Bates , P . M . ; and other old friends , a vote of condolence with his widow and family was unanimously passed .

BRO . SERJEANT SARGOOD . The death of Bro . Serjeant Sargood , a well-known Mason and Alember of the English Bar , is announced . Bro . Sargood was called to the Bar in the year 1 S 46 , and very soon after gained a prominent position at the Courts of Bankruptcy and Insolvency . His great mastery of figures and general clearness of perception insured for him ranid

success m that particular branch of the daw . In the year 1 SG 6 he joined the Parliamentary Bar , although at that time holding the leading position in bankruptcy cases , and great success attended him in the Committee Rooms ; but illhealth led to his retirement some few years back . For the last four years he had been compelled to reside almost entirely on the Continent , and it was on his return journey

from Hamburg to Florence ( his winter residence ) , accompanied b } ' his wife , that he was attacked , at Frankfort , and after an hour's severe suffering , died of apoplexy of the heart , at the age of sixty-five . He was interred on the 17 th inst . at Frankfort . Bro . Sargood was a P . M . of Aloira Lodge , No . 92 , and a Alember of the Board of General Purposes in 1 SG 1-2 .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

CURIOUS OLD BOOKS . Another curious old hermetic work is "The Divine Pymander of Hermes Trismegesus , in xvii . books . " It is said to have been translated formerly out of the Arabick into Greek , and then into Latin and Dutch , and now out of the original into English by that learned divine , Dr . Evcrard . Printed at London , 16 50 , by Robert White , Bro .

Brewster and Greg Moulc , at the ' 1 hrce Bibles in the Poultry , under Mildred ' s Church . It is purely alchemical and does not refer to the Rosicrucians . There is also a curious book , published at Amsterdam in 10 SS , by Pierre Savouret , called " La . Morale de Confucius , Philosophic de la Chine . " Bound up with it arc two uninteresting panqdilets relating to that still more uninteresting person "Christina of Sweden , " The main work , "The Morality of

Confucius , " is based on the researches of two learned Jesuits , Fathers Incorsetta and Couplet , who originally translated this and other works from Chinese into Latin . It appears that Confucius had a secret and mystical philosophy and disciples , and divided them into a sort of four degrees , or orders . I lis maxims are certainly very Alasonic , and we believe that other evidence , as at Goldensquare , is available of his knowledge of and connection with Freemasons and Freemasonry .

THE ROSICRUCIANS . Some of our readers may remember that Thory , in his "Acta Latomorum , " declares that in the archives of the " Merc Loge " of the " Kite F ' . cossais Philosophique , " at Paris , existed certain AISS . and booksof a " secret society , "

which was at the 11 ague in 1622 , under the name of " Frcrcs de la Rose Croix . " Can any one tell us what has become of those " archives ? " and do they still exist in the archive of the Grand Orient , or the Ancientand Accepted Scoltis Kite at Paris ? AIASOX 1 C STUDENT .

Some of us who have ever read " The Tale of a I uh ' will remember that Dean Swift mentions the " Rosicrucians " and a " brother of the Rosy Cross" as of actual personages existing in his time , and known to "facts " and not " myths . " The date of the edition of "The Tale of the Tub " which we have is 1727 .

^ ED . F . AI . GOSS'S RITE . I do not see that Bro . Yarkor has thrown much light upon this "query , " except to tell us distinctly that there was such a person as " Goss . " Do I understand your

correspondent rightly when he seems to say , ( though I perhaps misunderstand his words ) , that Dr . Goss was one of the founders of the Antient and Accepted Rite in England Surely there is some mistake here . What after all is Goss ' s Rite : CLER 1 CUS .

GOKTIIE , J OIIAXN WOLFGANG vox . — A famous German poet and writer of the last century , and also a zealous Freemason . He was , as is well known , born at Frankfort-on-the-AIaine in 1749 , and died at Wcimcr 1 S 22 . We need not , as we cannot here , dilate ujion his fame and excellency as a poet and writer , lie was , at the time of his death , the "first of living writers , " and succeeding

years have not lessened his fame , nor decreased the circle of admiring readers , as well abroad as in Germany . On the 23 rd , of June , 17 S 0 , Goethe was received into Freemasonry in the well-known Amalia Lodge at Weimar , Geheimrath von lritsch being the Worshipful Master . He was crafted June 23 rd , 17 S 1 , and received as Master March 2 nd , 17 S 2 . lie does not seem to have taken office in the

lodge , but when it became dormant he aided to revive it , and not only was always zealous for it and Freemasonry , but has shown his love for the" Order in many friendly words , alike in addresses and poetry , and references to it as in " Wilhelm Meister . " We give two specimens of his Masonic poetry , for which we are indebted to the " Handbuch " : — Heil' uns , wir verbund ' ne Briider

Wissen doch was Keiner weiss ; Ja sogarbekannte Leider Hiillen sich in unserm Kreis . Nicmand soil und wird es schauen Waseinanderwir vertraut , Denn auf Schweigen und Vertrauen Istder Tempel aufgebaut . And so again , as a proof of his unchanged fidelity to his

brotherhood and lodge , is his St . John ' s Day " Paian , " written in 1 S 30 , two years before his death : — Ftinfzig Jahre sind voriiber Wie gemischte Tage fioh ' n ; Fiinfzig Jahre sind hiniiber In das ernstvergang ' neschon . Doch Iebendig stets auf Neue Thut sich edles Wirken kund , Freundesliebe , Miinnertreue ,

Und ein ewig sich ' rer Bund . Kloss mentions also a George Wolfgang von Goethe , but he has given a wrong reference , and we can find nothing about him . —Kenning's Masonic Cyclopadia .

Reviews.

Reviews .

DICK RADCLYFFE and Co . ' s Complete Catalogue , Bulbs , etc ., 129 , High Holborn . LUCOMBE , PINCE , and Co . 's Descriptive Catalogue of Hyacinths , and other Bulbs and Roots . Exeter Nursery , Exeter . Signs of the advent of winter are about in the shape of Bulb and Spring Flowering Plant Catalogues from the florist firms above named . The immense variety now

offered of these favourite plants is at the first glance almost bewildering to the amateur , but the description is so plain , and the illustrations are so well done , that there is little difficulty in making a large or small selection . Coming as they do at a time when any brightening up of the dull outlook of a winter garden is doubly welcome we do not wonder at the growing taste for this description of flowers .

Literary Art, And Antiquarian Notes.

Literary Art , and Antiquarian Notes .

Miss Bradc' . on ' s new novel will be out shortly . It is entitled "Just as I am . " M . Jules Dukas has made a bibliographical study of the " Salyricon " of John Barclay , a work of great rarity .

Mrs . Kendal Grimslon , wife of our Bro . \ Y . Kendal Grimston , is delighting Manchester audiences with the St . James ' s Company . There has recently appeared a small volume of poems to which the veteran Longfellow has given the somewhat pathetic title of " Ultima Thule . "

Some irccditcd works of the grand patriarch Photius are on the eve of publication by AI . Rokos , who has edited them fiom AISS . found in the convent of Alont Athos .

Professor Sp iridion l . ambros is prosecuting his task of cataloguing for the Greek Government the AISS . contained in the archives and libraries of the monasteries of Alont Athos . \ UNIVERSITY COLI . KCK . —It is proposed tocelcbnvte

the opening of the new wing of I " niversity College , London , by a dinner , to be given by the Council , Senate , and Professors to persons eminent in various branches of academic work . The dale suggested at present is in the last week of November . —AauU'mv .

A RMY C OFIKH T AVKRXS . —TheBaronessBurdctt-Coutts and Sir Richard Wallace , ALP ., have given generous support to this movement , and from I ho Commander-in-Chief to theyoungestsubaltern subscriptions have been cheerfully given . Ali' . Childers , Lord Alorle . y , Air . Haliburton , and others connected with the War Office have also given contributions , and exprcssedtheir approval of the scheme .

Fixr . ARTS IX SOUTH LONDON . —The second annual free exhibition of pictures , drawings , sculptures , etc ., in connection with the South London Working Alen's College , in Ujipcr Kennington-lane , has recently closed , after being visited by over 3000 persons . The expenses of the exhibition have reached £ 50 , but the receipts have not been more than £ 2 .

The Aihcmvum slates that Dr . Charles Mackay is about to issue a work on "Obscure Words and Phrases in Shakspeare and the Elizabethan Dramatists , " which he undertakes to explain for the first time from the Celtic sources of the English language and the vernacular idioms of the English in the sixteenth and seventeenth

centuries . Convinced that there exists " a Saxon prejudicc against the Celtic languages ami their dialects , ' the author has resolved , in this instance , to be his own publisher , and "to issue his work direrlly to the admirers of the poet and to such students of p hilology as are ready to receive the truth whencesoever it may come , and however much it may run counter to preconceived opinions . '

American advices stale that Professor Lcll , inventor of the telephone , has read a paper before the American Association for the Advancement of Science , detailing experiments he has made whereby he has demonstrated ' that , without a conducting wire as in electricity , sound can be conveyed from station to station by means of

a beam of light . The" receiver" in this case is silenium , and by controlling the form or character of the light vibrations on this body the quantity of the sound can be controlled and all varieties of human speech obtained . The Professor has spoken in this manner with another person at a distance of Soo feet .

DRUIIHCAL R KSKARCIIES IX TUB S OUTH _ OIFRANCE . —A correspondent from Arudy ( Basses-Pyrenees ) informs Galiifiinui that some interesting antiquities have been discovered in that neighbourhood . Owing to the rai .-way extension from Pau to Oleron and Laruns , the dolmen of Le Buzy or Teberne , near Arudy , is being removed . "The general of the relics" he continues .

appearance , " is well known . They have usually been found covered up with earth , in order , no doubt , to protect them from the action of the elements , and perhaps , too , from human hands . They arc sepulchral chambers formed by oblong stones supporting another and larger one in a horizontal position , each structure inclosing the dust of several persons , orobablv members of the same family . 'Ihe dolmen at

Teberne is regularly constructed , forming a parallelopipedon by means of eight upright stones , six of which are on eacn side and two at the extreme ends . 1 he length ot tne monument is Cm . Goc , and its width between the lateral supports im . 30 c The height of the supports is 2 m . 7 °£ > and the length of the upper table , which is elliptical in torm , is rather more than three metres . Traces of pottery , in tnc form of fragments of an urn , havebeen found on one ot tnc wer

inner sides of the dolmen , furnishing additional proof , any needed , that the ceramic art was not unknown to in people of prehistoric times . Stones rollers , evidently use " in grinding corn , have also been brought to light , an , lower down , the explorers have found several pieces 011 flints . These include a stiletto , ten knives , three scrajf ™ three arrow-heads , and four rough and unfinished pi »• of stone . Among these articles was also a [ a men " i to granite , with a groove in the centre , probably useu sharpen instruments .