Jottings From Masonic Journals.

Jottings from Masonic Journals .

ITALY . —We learn from the Gartcnlaitbc "that soon after Easter an event occurred in Rome which throw ? an interesting light on the state of things in the Eternal City , and of the views of the Pope regarding his own person and office . The scene is at Monte Mario , in the neighbourhood of Villa Melini . Leaning heavily on the

arm of an attendant , the Pope climbed the steep ascent , the impersonation of corporeal weakness and decrepitude . Among a troop of mendicants there was one lame of both feet , who seemed to have a particular claim on the compassion of the benevolent . As his Holiness drew near , the withered countenance of the beggar brightened up ; he raised his hands , and every feature seemed to say ,

' Master , have pity on me ! ' Pope Pius went up to him , and when we recollect his very decided penchant for miracles , and his firm conviction that he himself is a wonderful instrument of Divine Providence , we can easily comprehend the sequel . Profoundly agitated , he raised his hand , and said to the infirm mendicant , 'Arise , take up thy bed , and walk ! ' It is hardly possible to form an

idea of the effect produced on the poor sufferer by these words issuing from the mouth of infallibility . He stood a moment as if electrified , and then , with sparkling eyes , sprang up , and advanced two or three paces . The countenance of the Pope beamed with rapture , but in a few seconds the seemingly-healed beggar fell heavily to the ground . Like a soldier pressing for ward with desperate

energy to the attack of an inexpungable fortress , the Pontiff cried a second time , ' Arise and walk ! ' but when the patient sprang up again only to fall down anew , the hands of the Pope trembled , his voice became hoarse , and he repeated the command a third time stammering . Yet another convulsive effort , and the eyes

of the half savage and filthy Lazarus revealed all his sufferings and his disappointment . The face of Pope Pius became deadly pale , and he was borne , half fainting , to his carriage . In another moment the vehicle was rolling away at a furious pace , while the unfortunate mendicant lay writhing on the street and groaning . "

RHODE ISLAND . —On July ist the Grand Lodge of Rhode Islnnd laid the corner-stone of the Soldiers and Sailors' Monument in Providence , with all the ceremonies of the Fraternity . Royal Arch Masons joined in the procession , which was escorted by a large company of Knights Templar . General Charles C . Van Zandt delivered an eloquent and appropriate address . On the stone was a

copper-plate , bearing the following inscription : — " This foundation-stone of a monument to the memory of the soldiers and sailors of Rhode Island , who died in the service of the United Slates in the late war , was laid in ample and ancient form , according to the usages of the Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , on Friday , June

24 th , A . L . 5 S 70 , A . D . IS 7 O , by the Most Worshipful and Honourable Thomas Arthur Doyle , Grand Master of Masons in Rhode Island , and Mayor of the city of Providence , assisted by the M . \ V . Grand Lodge and all the subordinate lodges of the jurisdiction . "—The Freemason , St . Louis , Mo .

WE take the following from The Freemason , St Louis , Mo .:

—COUNCIL DEGREES . The following communication comes to hand from a distinguished Companion in the far East , and who has devoted a great deal of time and labour on Cryptic History . It will be noticed that it is called forth by the article of Comp . J . P . Little , G . H . P . of Virginia , in our

last number . We think the discussion will eventually evolve the best Cryptic History we have yet had in the United States . We know Comp . Little will be glad to get all the light he can ou the subject . Comp . Gouley , —Comp . Little in his article upon the Council Degrees , in your August number , has fallen into

several errors . I . He says the only Mason who possessed them in this country was a distinguished chief of our Order in Maryland . When thi > was asserted by Maryland in 1824 , a report was made in the Grand Chapter of South Carolina , showing that they were conferred in Charleston in 17 S 3 , before Eckel is claimed to have received them , and

Companions were living when lhe report was made who received the degrees in 1 7 S 3 in Charleston . The fact is , the degrees were introduced into this country by three parties before besides Eckel . 'Tlie asstimptiou ' that Eckel was the sole original authority , has led our Maryland and Virginia Companions into a serious error .

2 . Cross introduced lhe degrees into Virginia in 1 S 19 ( not 1 S 22 ) , aud the Grand Council was formed in 1 S 20 ( not 1824 . ) 3 . It is denied by many , that Cross was ever suspended b y the Grand Chapter of Maryland ; so far as I can ascertain , the published proceedings show no such action .

4 > He says : " It will be found lhat none of them ( the Councils ) arc older than 1 S 22 , and all of them derived their power , either directly from Jeremy L . Cross or from some Council which he had founded . " This is all error , A large majority of the Councils now existing do not derive their authority , directly or indirectly , from Jeremy L . Cross . One Council was formed iu "\' ew Hampshire

in 1815 ( seven years before 1822 ) , ami one year before Cross received the dejrees . In fact , nearly fifty Councils were established before even , four years before the decrees ¦ M-e placed in charge oj , and accepted by , the Grand Chapter " J Maryland , according to Comp . Little . „ DELTA .

THE jurisdiction of a Grand Lodge extends over every lod ge working within its territorial limits , and over all places not already occupied by a Grand Lodge .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

For the Week ending October 15 , 1870 . MONDAY , OCT . 10 . Lodge 59 , Royal Naval , Freemasons' Hall . i > T 93 . Confidence , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . „ 879 , Peckham , Maismore Arms , Peckham . ,, 957 Leigh , Freemasons' Hall .

, Chap . 22 , Mount Sion , Radley ' s Hotel , Blackfriars . Mark Lodge , St . Mark's , Masons'Tav ., Mason ' s Avenue , Basinghall-street . Mark Lodge , Mallet and Chisel , Horns Tavern , Kennington . K . T . Encampment , Mount Calvary , 14 , Bedford-row .

Sincerity Lodge of Instruction ( 174 ) , Railway Tavern Fenchurch-street Station , at 7 . Wellington Lodge of Instruction , White Swan Tavern Deptford , at S . Camden Lodge of Instruction ( 704 ) , Adelaide Tavern-Havcrstock-hill , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction ( 95 ) , Royal Hotel , Mile ,

end-road , at 7 . 30 , Bro . E . Gottheil , Preceptor . British Oak Lodge of Instruction , Bank of Friendship Tavern , Mile End , at 7 for 8 .

TUESDAY , OCT . II . Lodge 1 S 0 , St . James's Union , Freemasons' Hall . ,, 19 S , Percy , Ship and Turtle Tav ., Leadenhall-st . ,, 211 , St . Michael's , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-sl . ,, 22 S , United Strength , St . John ' sGate , Clerkenwell .

,, 548 , Wellington , White Swan , Deptford . ,, S 34 , Ranelagh , Windsor Castle , Hammersmith . ,, 917 , Cosmopolitan , Terminus Hotel , Cannon-st . . > 933 > Doric , Anderton's Hotel , Fleet-street . ,, 126 9 , Stanhope , Thicket Hotel , Anerley . Chap . 1 S 5 , Jerusalem , Freemasons' Hall . Metropolitan Chapter of Instruction , Portugal Hotel ,

Fleet-street , at 7 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . DomaticLodgcof Instruction , PalmerstonTav ., Grosvenorpark , Camberwell , at 7 . 30 . Royal Union Lodge of Instruction ( 3 S 2 ) , Hotel de Cologne , 60 and 61 , Haymarket , at S ; Bro . T . AAd . ims , Preceptor . Faith Lodge of Instruction , Metropolitan Railway , Victoria

Station , at 8 ; Bro . C . A . Coltebrune , Preceptor . Yarborough Lodge of Instruction , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 8 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , ' Preceptor . Prince Frcdk . William Lodge of Instruction ( 753 ) Knights of St . John ' s Tavern , St . John's-wood : Bro . F . G .

Baker , Preceptor . Prestonian Club of Instruction ( for M . M . 's only ) , Lyceum Tavern , Strand . Sydney Lodge of Instruction ( S 29 ) , Cambridge Hotel , Upper Norwood , at 7 . 30 .

WEDNESDAY , OCT . 12 . Committee R . M . Benevolent Institution , at 3 . Lodge 3 , Fidelity , Freemasons' Hall . ,, 13 , Union Waterloo , Masonic Hall , Woolwich . ,, 15 , Kent , Guildhall Coffee House , Gresham-st . ,, 8 7 , Vitruvian , White Hart Hotel , College-street , Lambeth .

,, T 47 , Justice , White Swan , Deptford . ,, 212 , Euphrates , George Hotel , Aldernianbury . ,, 23 S , Pilgrim , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-slrcet . ,, 749 , lielgrave , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . ,, 7 S 1 , Merchant Navy , Silver Tavern , Btirdclt-ro . id , Limehouse . ,, 1017 , Montefiore , Freemasons' Hall . ,, 1216 , Macdonald , Head Quarters 1 st Surrey Rifles ,

Brunswick-road , Camberwell . ,, 122 S , IScacontrec , private rooms , Leytonstone . ,, 1260 , Hervey , George Hotel , Walham Green . Pythagorean Lodge of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich , at S ; J . Robt . Nash , Preceptor . United Strength Lodge of Instruction ( 22 S ) , Bull & Gate , Kentish Town-road , atS ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor .

Israel Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sun lavern , Globeroad , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . Strong Man Lodge of Instruction , The Grapes Tavern . Duke-street , Manchester-square , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , P . G . P ., Preceptor .

New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Iloxton , at S . Peckham Lodge of Instruction , Maismore Arms , Parkroad , Peckham ; Bro . David Hose , Preceptor . Temperance in the East Lodge of Instruction , George the Fourth , Catherine-street , Poplar .

THURSDAY , OCT . 13 . Quarterly General Court , Girls' School , Freemasons' Hall , at 12 . Lodge 19 , Royal Athelslan , Terminus Hotel , Cannon-st . ,, 206 , Friendship , Ship & Turtle , Lendenhall-strecl . ,, S 60 , Dalhousie , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . 1076 , Capper , Marine Hotel , Victoria Docks , West

Ham . Chap . 73 , Mount Lebanon , Bridge House Hotel , Southwark . ,, 206 , Friendship , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . Fidelity Lodge of Instruction ( 3 ) , Goat and Compasses , Euslon-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Finsburv Club of Instruction , Jolly Anglers' Tavern , 42 ,

Balh-street , City-road . United Mariners' Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes , Mile-end-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . St . George ' s Lodge of Instruction " ( 140 ) , Globe Tavern , Royal Hill , Greenwich , at 8 . Burdctt Coutts Lodge of Instruction ( 127 S ) , Approach Tavern , Approach-road , Victoria-park , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Tolin Saunders , Preceptor .

FRIDAY , OCT . 14 . Lodge 177 , Doinatic , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . Chap . 33 , Britannic , Freemasons' Hall .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

Robert Burns Lodge of Instruction , Union Tavern , Airstreet , Regent-street , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . W . Watson , Preceptor . Stability Lodge of Instruction , Guildhall Tavern , 33 , Gresham-st ., at 6 ; Bro . Henry Muggeridge , Preceptor . St . Luke ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 144 ) , Pier Htl ., Chelsea . Unions Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . 's ,

Freemasons Hall , at 7 . Domatic Chapter of Instruction , Metropolitan Railway , Victoria Station , at 8 ; Comp . Cottebrune , Preceptor . Pythagorean Chapter of Instruction ( No . 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-road , at S ; Comp . W . West Smith , Preceptor . Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , Portugal Htl ..

Fleetstreet , at 7 ; Bro . Brett , Preceptor . United Pilgrims' Lodge of Instruction , Duke of Edinburgh , Shepherd ' s-lane , Brixton . Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , Duke of Wellington Htl ., Spring-gardens , Charing-cross ; Br . Pulsford , Preceptor Doric Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern , Mile end-road , at S ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor .

Duke of Edinburgh Lodge of Instruction , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 ; Br . D . S . Potts , Preceptor . Temperance Lodge of Instruction , Victoria Tav ., Victoriaroad , Deptford , at 8 . Charterhouse Club of Instruction , Hat and Feathers Tavern , 25 , Goswell-road , at 8 ; Bro . J . Mather , P . M . 65 , Preceptor .

SATURDAY , OCT . 15 . Audit Committee Boys' School . Star Lodge of Instruction ( 1275 ) , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-road , at 7 .

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^ oticrttsciiKitts . HTHE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR AID TO 1 THE SICK AND WOUNDED IN WAR . Patron—tier Majesty the QUEEN . President— H . R . H . the PRINCE oi- WALES , K . G ., & c . Chairman of Central Committee—Licnt .-Colonel LOYD-LINDSAY , V . C ., M . P . The Committee cannot receive contributions sent for the wounded of one belligerent , army , or for individuals of cither army , but will expend everything as impartially as possible . Linen in rags , or dirty , and for these reasons unfit for the use of the wounded , should not be sent to the Society . C . J . UURGESS , Secretary , ' 2 , St . Martin ' s-placc , Charing-cross , October 1 , 1870 .

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SCHOOL , CHURCHES , PUBLIC INSTI-^ TUTIONS , and CONSERVATORIES heated on the most Approved . . Principles . Estimates given for every description of Hot Water Work . Prospectuses free . J . H . RIDDELL , 755 , CH 1 CAP 31 DE , E . C .

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TO ARCHITECTS , Engineers , and Gentlemen about to Build . —A Urother Mason having been out of employ six months , and got to the end of his tow , would he glad to meet witli an appointment as Clerk of Works . Superintendent of works on an estate—seventeen years' experience : fair draughtsman—well up in measuring up work , quantities , etc . Age 44 ; copies of testimonials on application . —Address . 1 . 2 . 3 , George Heath , Kintbury , Hungerford , Ucrks .

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