Diary For The Week.

862 Whittington , Red Lion , Fleet Street , 8 972 St . Augustine , Masonic Hall , Canterbury , 8 * 30 ' 1037 Portland , Portland Hull . Portland 1269 Stanhope . Fox and Hounds , Putnov 1356 Toxteth , 110 North Hill Street , Liverpool , 7 ' 30 1475 Peckham , 516 Old Kent Road , 8 1511 Alexandra , Hornsea , Hnll

1601 Ravensbourne , Rising Sun , Rusby Green , Catford . 8 1604 Wanderers , Victoria "Mansions Restaurant , S . AV ., 7 * 30 1062 Beaconstield , Chequers , Walthamstow , 7 ' 30 1681 Londesborough , Berkeley Arms , May Fair , 8 1692 Hervey , White Hart Hotel , Bromley , Kent . 8 ' 30 1791 Creaton , AVheatsheaf . Shepherd's Bush , 8

1922 Earl of Lathom , Station Hotel , Camborwe . l Now Road , 8 1903 Duko of Albany , 153 Battersea Park Road , 7 ' 30 2206 Hendon , Welsh Harp , Hondon , 8 R . A . 177 Domatic , St .. James ' s Restaurant , VV .. 3 U . A . 720 Panmuro , Goose and Gridiron , E . G ., 7 R . A . 933 Doric , 202 AVhitechapel Road , K ., 730 M . M . Grand Masters . Murk Masons' Hall . W . C

Thursday , 6 th July . HI St . Lnkn , White Hart , Chelsea , 7-30 147 Justice , Brown Bear , Deptford . 8 263 Clarence , 8 Tottenham Conrt Road , W . C 749 Belgrave , Alb on Tavern . Russell St ., W . C , 8 754 High Cross , Coach and Horses , Tottenham , 8 879 Southwark , Sir Garnet AVolseley , Rotherhithe

New Road 890 Hornsey , Masonic Room , Lewisham , nt 8 902 Burgoyne . King ' s Arras , John Street , Bedford Row , AV . C , 8 1017 Montefiore , St . James ' s Restaurant , W ., 1158 Southern Star , Sir Syd . Smith , Kennington , 3 1178 Perfect Ashlar , Bridge Houso Hotol , S . C 7

1182 Duke of Edinburgh , M . H ., Liverpool , 7 ' 30 1259 Diiko of Edinburgh , Eastern Hotel , Commercial Road , Limehouso , E ., 7 ' 30 1278 Bnvdett Coutts , Swan , Bethnal Green R > ml . 8 130 * 4 St . John , Three Crowns , Mile End Road , 8 1360 Royal Arthur , Prince of Wales , Wimbled > n , 7 ' 30 1426 The Great City , Masons * Hall Avenue , *;• ,. '

1558 D . Connaught , Pahnerston Arms . Cmnbo w . 11 , 8 1571 Leopold , City Arms Tavern , E . C , 7 1580 Cranboume , Red Lion , Hatfield , 8 1602 Sir Hugh Myddelton , 4 *> Upper Street , N ., 9 1612 AVest Middlesex , Bell , Ealing Dean , 7 * 15 1614 Covent Garden , Criterion , VV ., 8 1622 Rose , Stirling Castlo , Camberwell , 8

1825 Tredegar , Wellington , Bow , E ., 7 - JO 1673 Langton , White Hart , Abchureh Lane , 5 ' 30 1744 Royal Savoy , Blue Posts , Charlotte Street , 8 1950 Southgate , Railway Hot , New Southgate , 7-30 1677 Crusaders , Old Jerusalem , St . John's Road ,

Clerkenwell , 9 1996 Priory , Constitutional Club , Acton R . A . 753 Prince Frederick AVilliam , Lord ' s Hotel , St . John ' s AVood . 8 R . A . 1471 North London , Northampton House , Canonbury , 8

Friday , 7 th July . Emulation , Freemasons' Hall , 6 General Lodge . Masonic Hall , Birmingham , 8 167 St . John ' s , York and Albany , Regent ' s Park , 507 United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H .. Camberwell , 7 - 30 765 St . James , Princess Victoria , Rotherhithe , 8 780 Royal Alfred , Star and Garter , Kew Bridge , 8

831 Kanelagh , Six Bells , Hammersmith 1056 Metropolitan , Portugal Hotel , Fleet Street , 7 1185 Lewis , Fishmongers' Arms , Wood Green , 7 * 30 1228 Beacontree , Green Man , Leytonstone , 8 1298 Royal Standard , Castle , 81 Holloway Rd ., N ., 8 13 C 5 Clapton , G . E . Hotel , Liverpool Street , 7

1381 Kennington , The Horns , Kennington , 8 1457 Bagshaw , Public Hall , Loughton , Essex , 7 ' 30 1642 E . Carnarvon , Ladbroko Hall , Notting Hill , 8 1677 " Crusaders , Northampton Arms , Goswell Road 1901 Selwyn , Montpolier . Choumont Rd ., Peckham , 8 2021 Queen ' s ( Westminster ) and Marylebone , The

Criterion . AV .. 8 R . A . 95 Eastern Star , Hercules Tavern , E . C . R . A . 820 Lily of Richmond , Greyhound , Richmond , 8 U . A . 890 Hornsey , Prince of Wales ' s Hotel , cornerof Eastbourne . Terrace , aud Bishop ' s Road , AV . 8 B . A . 1276 Star , Stirling Castlo , Church Street , Camberwell , 7

Saturday , Sth July . 87 Vitruvian , Duko of Albany , St . Catherine ' s Park , near Nunhead Junction , 7 * 30 179 Manchester , 8 Tottenham Court Road , AV . C , 198 Percy , Jolly Farmers ' , Southgate Road , N ., 8 1275 Star , Dover Castle , Deptford Causeway , S . K .,

1288 Finsbury Park , Cock Tavern , Highbury , 8 1364 Earl of Zetland , Royal Kdward , Hackney . 7 1624 Duko of Connaught , Lord Stanley , Hackney , 1624 Eccleston , 13 Cambridge Street , Pimlico , 7 2012 Chiswick , Windsor Castle , Hammersmith , VV . U . A . Sinai , Red Lion , King Street , Regent St ., VV .

The Prince of Waioi litis appointed the Right Hon . W . L . Jackson , M . P .,

Provincial Grand Master for West Yorkshire , in place of Bro . Thomas W . Tew , of Wakefield , who has resigned on account of failing health .

The Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent was held at the Bull Hotel , Dartford , yesterday ( Friday ) , and waa largel y attended by the Provincial Grand Officer .- , and the Masters ,

Officers and Brethren from the various Lodges of tho Province under the presidency of . the Right Worshipful tiarl AniherstProviiifiifil Grand Master . A detailed account will appear in our next issue ,

Diary For The Week.

Chiswick Lodge of Instruction , No . 2012 . —A meeting was hold on Saturday , th" * 2-kh nit ., at the Windsor Hotel , King Sir-rot , Hammersmith Preaent : — Bros * . A . Williams P . M . Preceptor , J . dimming P . M . W . M ., Powell S . W ., Fox J . AV ., G . Gardner P . M . Treasurer , M . Spiegel P . M .

Secretary , W . Hillier S . D ., Whiteley T . D ., F . Craggs P . M , I . G ., U . IT . Williams P . M . P . P . G . J . D ., Hide , Reid . The Lodge was opened in dne form , and the minntes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . The ceremony of initiation was rehearsed . Brother Hide being the candidate . Bro . B . H . Williams , being a candidate for passing , was examined and entrusted ; the Lodge waa then

opened in tho second degree , and the ceremony of passing was rehearsed , Brother Powell was elected W . M . for next Saturday . Bro . G . Gardner proposed and Brother A . Williams seconded , that this Ledge express

their deep pympathy on the great calamity whioh has befallen this country by the loss of H . M . S . ^ ho "Victoria , " expressing their ardent hope that every individual member of the Craft will contribute their mite for the . unfortunate survivors . This was carried

unanimously . After the closing of the Lodge the brethren began to make collections amongst themselves , and will continue to collect for the next few weeks , to be sent to tha Mansion Honse Relief Fnnd .

The drought in East Kent is unabated , and seventy water-carts from tbe surrounding districts visit , Cinterbnry daily for supplies . In some of the villages drinking water is selling at a penny a gallon .

Mr . Leopold do Rothschild , who has for some timo pa- * t remitted 30 per cent , of their rent to his tennnts , has for tho half-year ended Lady Day last now returned 41 per Cfnt . on the half-year to tin ( onants on his Buckinghamshire estates .

The Shaftesbury memorial is now completed . A handsome bronze fountain in Piccadilly Circns was not necessary perhaps to keep

green in the minds of the people the active i life and useful work of the deceased Earl ; but it does tho public who put it thero somo measure of credit as a tribute to moral worth .

Tbo annual inspection of the Gordon Boys Home Institution by Field-Marshall Sir Lintorn Simmons , chairman , and the members r > f tbo Executive Committee , will bo held on

Monday , 3 rd Jnly , when prizes for good conduct will be presented . Athletic sport * will take place after the inspection . Grunod ' s "Romeo and Jnliet" is tbe opera fixed npon for the State performance of the Royal Opera at Covent Garden on Tuesday next , not on Thursday as was

announced . Many illustrious personages will bo present , including the Prince and Princess of Wales , the King and Queen of Denmark , the Czarevvitch , and Prince Henry of Prussia . The alteration in the date of the performance will enable the Duke of York and Princess May to bo present .

Old coins for new ones has been the refrain at Messrs . Sotheby ' s during the disposal of the Komau and Byzantine collections of Dr . Hermann Webber nnd nucther gentleman . For an aureus of Philippus Senior , encircled by au ancient mount of pierced gold , £ 30 10 s |

was paid , 10 guineas for n modalli . in of Claudius , £ 10 f . > r a large biass coin of Vitellins from the Tysckiewicz collection , £ 20 10 s for a rare medallion of Alexander Severn ? , with figure of the Emperor crowned by Victory , £ 14 5 s forun aureus of Ti-ehoriiumis Gullus , £ 10 for an aureus of Liciniu- ) S-tiior , and

£ 15 5 s for a solidus of Michael Iff . Thicla , ancl Theodorn . Tho highes-t prices w < re givrn for a couple of medallions of Comtnodu- * . Th ' first , with Jup'ter holding spear and fulmor , sentsd on a throne , fttched £ 35 , and the ether , which represented Commodus pouring a libatory offering on a tripod altar before a seated figure of Foitina , £ 31 10 ? . Messrs . |

Pnttick and Simpson obtiincl some ntt > - worty prices nt the sale of violins , violas , and violoncellos , t ^ e property o ! the Ihte Sir Peter Benson Maxwell , and of J . Williams , Esq ., Walsall : Violin by Antuiins Stradivarins

( light ) , £ 500 ; violin by Carlo Bergonzi , £ 350 ; violin by Lupot , £ 87 ; violoncello by Test-ire , £ 50 ; and a violin by Ton <* ni , £ 28 . The total of the sale wns £ 2 , 400 . |

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The Princess May has appointed as her Lady-iu . Waiting tho Lady Eva Sarah Louisa Greville . She is a daughter of the fourth Earl of Warwick , and a sister of Lord Brooke . The Royal wedding will be celebrated at the Crystal Palace on Thursday next by a

special evening fo-e , the principal feature of which will be a display of fireworks on , it ia said , the same collossal scale as the display at the Palace in 1887 , on the occasion of the Jubilee celebration" . Many effective fire pictures may be 1 c aked forward to , including portraits of tho Royal bride and bridegroom .

A cuetom prevails in the Metropolitan Fire Brigade of giving a bronze medal to every officer and fireman who has served 15 years with zeal and fidelity , and against whom no offence has been proved . Engineers A . M . Stutter , W . E . Tozer , and G . Howell , and first-class fireman F . J . F . Allshorn are

n turned by Captain Simonds as entitled to this decoration , which will ba presented ou the occasion of the annual review of the Brigade this month . Moray Lodge , on Campden Hill , one of the few oases of flowers and trees in the

countless rows of streets , which now make up inhabited London , will next Wednesday come nnder tho hammer of Mont-re . Osborn ancl Mercer , in Tokonhonao Yard . It formi almost the last bit of the country remaining in Kensington , for in the grounds are a grass

paddock with a model cow-house . Around the mansion are about four and a half acres of land , containing magnificent trees , fountains and all that makes life pleasant . It * attractions os a residence give rise to the hope that the enterprising builder will on this occasion be outbid .

After providing for the amortization of leases , depreciation of plant , sinking fund for tbe redemption of Debentures , tho payment

of Debenture interest , and placing £ 10 , 000 to General Reserve Fund , the report of Spiers and Pond , Limited , recommends the payment of a dividend of 10 pore int ., less income tax , for tho year ending tho 31 st March 1893 .

leaving £ 7 , 202 lis 3 d to bo cirried forward to next year . The warrants will be posted after the shareholders' meeting , to be held on the 10 th July . The share transfer books , are closed from tho 26 th June to the 10 th July , both inclusive .

A WIDOW S INVESTMENTS . —At tbe Worcesfershire Assizes , Mrs . Ann Adams , a widow , soughs to recover from Chas . Sydney Howitr , of Sheffield , the sum of £ 7 , 367 . It was alleged that the defendant was tho

promotor of the Silver Bell Mining and Smeltta " Company , and tho owner of property in Aziona , and that he induced the plaintiff to invest the money by stating that ho hart £ 25 , 000 in the company . The defence was

a denial of any false representation , and that the plaintiff wished to invest her money , after seeing tbe reports from tho mine . The jury found for the plaintiff for tho amount claimed , and tho judge declined to stay execution .

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