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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex will be held on Saturday , June 5 th , at the Town Hall , Twickenham . Bro . Sir Offiey and Lady Wakeman will continue to occupy 5 6 , Eaton-place , until the end of the present month . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., addressed
a large meeting of his constituents in the Co-operative Hall , Rawtenstall , on Easter Monday . We are elad to hear that Bro . Sir Henry Halford , P . D . P . G . M . Le ' cestershire and Rutland , who has been ill for some time past , is recovering his health . It is probable that Prince Albert Victor will take a collar in the Province of Hampshire and Isle of Wight , under the presidency of the R . W . Bro . W . W . B . Beach ,
M . P . Bro . G . J . Shaw-Lefevre was returned on the 2 ist ult . as member for the Central Division of the Borough of Bradford in place of the Right Hon . VV . E . Forster , deceased . The Duke of Connaught has very kindly consented to take the chair at a festival dinner , to be held on Wednesday next , the 5 th inst ., in aid of the funds of the
Work Girls' Protection Society , New Kent-road . Bro . Dr . B . W . Richardson will be among those who are expected to take part in the proceedings of the great Temperance Congress which will be held at the Skating Rink , Croydon , on Tuesday next , the 4 th instant . The Royal Maundy was distributed in Whitehall Chapel on the 22 nd ult ., the Lord High Almoner
officiating in chief , and the recipients being -57 old men and 67 old women , corresponding with the age of her Gracious Majesty . Bro . Francis B . Davidson , D . D . G . M . ( S . C . ) of New South Wales , has been acting as D . G . M . during the absence , on a well-earned holiday , of the D . G . Master , Bro . William Gillett Sedgwick , who started on his trip on
the 25 th February last . The Fifteen Sections will be worked at the Upper Norwood Lodge of Instruction , No . 15 S 6 , by Bro . Walter Martin , VV . M . S 79 , at the White Hart Hotel , Upper Norwood , on Monday evening , 3 rd inst . Lodge will be opened at 7 p . m . According to a telegram from Ottawa , Bro . Sir lohn Macdonald , the Canadian Premier , on visiting the
House of Representatives tor the first time since his recent severe illness was received with loud cheers from all parts of the House , all the members rising to greet him . Sir Patrick Colquhoun , Q . C , LL . D ., Arch Registrar of Convent General ( K . T . ) , presided at the annual meeting , on the 21 st ult ., of the Royal Society of Literature . The usual address recapitulating the events of the pa ; t year was delivered , and nine new Fellows were elected .
The following dinners take place at the Freemasons' Tavern for the week ending Saturday , the ist inst .: —Tuesday—Royal York Chapter ; Lodge of Prudent Brethren ; and Royal Savoy Lodge . Wednesday—Grand Festival ; Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers ; and Jordan Lodge . Friday—Britannic Lodge . Bio . the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress
received the Bluccoat boys at the Mansion House on Tuesday , where , in accordance with ancient custom , the latter were regaled with buns and wine or lemonade , each being presented on filing past his lordship with a new coin or coins of the realm , the Grecians receiving a guinea , probationers half a guinea , monitors half a crown , and the rest a shilling .
Bro . A . C . Cheney has forwarded on behalf of the Garfield National Bank of New York to Bro . Frank R . Lawrence , M . W . G . M . of New York , a bill for 1000 dollars towards the latter's proposed scheme for liquidating the debt on the Masonic Hall in New York . The sum was composed of four different contributions of 250 dollars { £% <>) each from Bros . A . C . Cheney , President of the
Bank , G . H . Robinson , Vice-President , and L . H . Bidgelow , a director , and Mr . Hiram Hitchcock , proprietor of the Fifth Avenue Hotel , who , as our description indicates , is not a member of the Order . It will no doubt be interesting to our readers to know that thc Marquis of Dalhousie Lodge , No . 1159 , of which the two senior Past Masters , Bro . Dorabjee Pestonjee
Cama and Bro . H . Trueman Wood , are among thc Grand Officers for thc ensuing year , was founded in 1 SG 7 by Bros . Sir James Fergusson , Bart ., Lord William Montagu Hay , Lord Erskine , Colonel Burlton , C . B ., P . D . G . M . of Bengal , Dada ' ihai Naorojce , and other brethren , for the purpose of providing a Masonic centre in London , for native Indians
and others connected with our East Indian possessions . The first W . M . was Sir James Fergusson , afterwards Governor of Bombay , followed by Lord VVilliam Hay ( no . v Marquis of Tweeddalc . Since its foundation thc lodge has included among its members many Hindoos , Mussclmans , and Parsces , some of whom have joined , and many of whom have been initiated in the lodge .
An application from Mr . VV . O . kennelt , on behalf of the Masonic body over which he presides , for the use of four rooms at the Town Hall , was received by the Managing Committee of the Town Council on Tuesday , and its consideration deferred . VVe entirely sympathise with those who point out that the Corporation ought not to compete with the licensed victuallers in letting their premises . The Town Hall was built by the ratepayers for
specific purposes , and to those purposes it oujjht to be applied . But at the same time it is very poor logic , and worse finance , to refuse £ 20 a year , and let the rooms be idle , because the Masons should not move their lodges . It is just as easv for the Freemasons of Dover to build a Masonic Hall " as it is for those of Folkestone , where the lodge meetings have been held for years in the Town Hall . —Dover Standard .
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Bro . Lord Londesborough has reduced the rents of his co ' . tage-allotments at Market Weighton to the extent of *; o per cent . Bro . the Maharajah Dhutcep Singh , P . G S . W ., on his way out to India , disembarked at Aden and took up his quarters at the British Residency . Bro . Christopher Sykes , M . P . for the Buckrose Division of East Yorkshire , has announced to his
constituents that he has decided not to seek re-election at the next General Election . Bro . Lord Stalbridge , better known as Lord Richard Grosvenor , P . G . S . W . England , was to be presents ! , on ' 1 hursday evening , with an address by his tenants at Stalbridge , Dorsetshire . Bro . the liarl of Kintore will occupy the chair at the next house dinner of the Constitutional Club on
Wednesday , the 12 th inst ., and Bro . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., will be among the guests . The Baroness Burdett-Coutts and Bro . Burdett-Coutts , M . P ., have been paying a short visit to the Italian Lakes , but will return to England in time for the reassembling of Parliament after the Easter holidays . Bro . Major-General Sir Evelyn Wood , commanding the Eastern District , superintended the volunteer
operations which took place on Easter Monday in the neighbourhood of Colchester . About 3 G 00 men were engaged . A Provincial Grand Mark Lodge and General Communication of Mark Masters of the Province of Cornwall was held under the banner of Lebanon Lodge , No . 325 , at the Masonic Hall , Fowey yesterday ( Thursday ) . A report will appear in our next .
On the occasion of the promised visit of the Duke of Cambridge to Cheltenham , on the 20 th inst ., for the purpose of inspecting the Royal Gloucester Hussars , his Royal Highness , it is understood , will be the guest of Bro . Lord Fitz-Hardinge at Berkeley Castle . The Fifteen Sections will be worked at Upper Norwood Lodge , No . 1586 , on Monday , the 3 rd inst ., by Bvo . Walter Mattin , P . M ., W . M . 879 . Lodge will open
at 7 p . m ., and on Monday , the 10 th inst ., the annual supper will be held at the White Hart Hotel , Upper Norwood . Bro . T . H . Thomas was buried with Masonic honours in Tenby Cemetery on Monday , the 19 th ult ., the members of the Tenby Lodge , No . 1177 , being present , and the Masonic part of the service being conducted by Bro . Dr . J . Griffith Lock , one ot the Past Alasters of the
lodge . A concert will be held at the Royal Albert Hall , under the patronage of the members of the Royal Family , on Wednesday , the 19 th inst ., in aid of the funds of the Royal Albert Qrohan Asylum , Bagshot . ^ Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught have expressed their intention of being present . The Yarborough Lodge , No . 551 , Ventnor ,
1 . of W ., give a ball at the Assembly Rooms on Thursday , the Cth inst ., in aid of the Masonic Charities , the P . G . M . bein ^ the Patron , and amongst the Stewards are Bros . J . E . Le Feuvre , D . P . G . M . ; E . Goble , P . G . Sec ; General the Hon . Somerset ) . G . Calthorpe , P . M ., P . G . Warden of England ; and Lord John Taylour , W . M . 6 9 S , P . D . G . S . W . Bro . General Lord Wolseley , Adjutant General of the Forces , inspected three battalions of the Foot Guards
in Hy de Park , on Thursday , the 22 nd ult ., namely , the 3 rd Batt . Grenadiers , the ist Batt . Coldstreams , and the 2 nd Batt . Scots Guards , the whole being under the command of Major-General Gipps , C . B ., of the Home District . Bro . Col . Moray was recently appointed Grand Master of the Provincial Grand Lodgeof Perthshire VVest , in room of the Duke of Atholl resigned . It is expected
that the installation will take place shortly . Colonel Moray is R . W . M . ofthe Crieff Lodge , and his appointment to the Grand Mastership of the Provincial Grand Lodge has g iven great satisfaction in Masonic circles . On the occasion of the Oueen opening the Indian and Colonial Exhibition , South Kensington , on Tuesday next , the 4 th instant , her Majesty will be received officially at the grand entrance by the Prince of Wales , as
president of the executive . Ihe formal ceremony will take place in the Royai Albert Hall , when an ode specially composed by Lord Tennyson , the Poet Laureate , vvill be sung to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan . Bro . the Earl and Countess Coivper have been spending the Easter holidays at Panshnnger , and Bro . the liarl and Countess of Lathom with the Ladies Wilbraham at Lathom House , Ormskirk , Lord Lathom ' s recess having
been broken by his visit tu London to attend Giand Lodge and preside at the Grand Festival on Wednesday . Bro . Col . Sir F . Stanley , G . C . B ., M . P ., and Lady Constance Stanley spent Easter at VVitherslack Hall , Lancashire . PRINCE ALJSERT VICTOR ' S VISIT TO EnixnURGll . —Prince Albeit Victor , in reply to a communication
Irom Sir Archibald Campbell , M . P ., Grand Master Mason of Scotland , has expressed regret that , as his time in Edinburgh in May in connection with the opening of the International Industrial Exhibition will be so brief , hc is unable to accept the invitation to be present at the quarterly meeting of the Grand Lodge , for the purpose of receiving the honorary membership .
TOBACCONISTS COMME > XIN (* . —An Illustrated Guide of 110 pages " How to open respectably from ^* 2 o to jfc-. ouo ; " three stamps . H . Myers & Co ., 109 , Kuston-ri ! ., London . Telephone No , 7541 , —( Auvi . J Mo-ur . M *!*** . —Messrs . J AMES are in a position to Supply Money to ANY EXTENT ou the following Securities : —Landed Kstates , Houses , Shops , and Olfice- ; , Warehouses and Wharves , Life Interests , & c , Kevcrsions , Borough Kates , & c , at the lowest current
rates of interest . Prompt Settlement . n , Staple Inn , London , W . C .-CAovrJ HOI . LOW . IV ' S OINTMENT txn I ' ILLS . —Coughs , Influenza . —The properties of these medicaments render them well worthy of trial in all diseases of the luii ^ s . In common colds and influenza the Pills taken internally and the Ointment rubbed externally are e \ . ccediuuly ellicacious . When influenza is epidemic this treatment
is easiest , safest , and surest . Holioway ' s Pills and Ointment purify lhe blood , remove all obstructions to its free circulation through the lun *; s , relieve the over-jiorged air tubes , and rentier respiration free without reducing the strength , irritating the nerves , or depressing the spirits . Such are lhe ready means of saving sutl ' ering when HLiicted with colds , coughs , bronchitis , and other complaints hy which so many are seriously and permanently aftiicted in most countries , —IAI > VTJ
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In our report of the Consecration of the Prince Leopold Ark Mariners' Lodge at Anderton ' s Hotel , on Wednesday , the 24 th ult ., it was stated erroneously towards the close ot the account that the brethren banqueted at the Holboin Restaurant . We regret very much the statement should have appeared in our columns . Every one who has attended a lod . e or chapter meeting at Anderton's knows well how excellently the manager of that famous hostelry
provides for the creature comforts of the brethren , and that any body of Masons once gathered together under that hospitable roof would about as soon think of adjourning to St . Paul ' s Cathedral as of going anywhere else than to the banquet room set apart for them by Bro . Clemow . In fact , the statement is so obviously incorrect that it could not possibly mislead any onc , unless , indeed , he were an entire stranger to the habits of our Metropolitan lodges , and especially of those who frequent Anderton ' s .
Bro . R . Richardson-Gardner , M . P ., has been re-elected President of the Windsor Phcenix Athletic Club . Bio . Alderman Sir F . W . Truscott , P . G . J . W ., has given his name as one of the Stewards at the approaching anniversary festival in aid of the funds of the British Orphan Asylum , Mackenzie Park , Slough .
It is understood lhat the Queen ' s birthday will * be celebrated publicly on Saturday , the 29 th inst ., the day on which it properly falls being Alonday , the 24 th inst ., when her Majesty will complete her 67 th year . The 51 st annual general meeting of the Fishmongers' and Poulterers' Institution , of which the Prince of Wales is Patron , and Bro . Alderman Sir K . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., President , was held at the Albion , Aldersgatestreet , on Thursday , the 22 nd ult .
Bro . Henry Irving during his stay atthe Norfolk Hotel , Brighton , was entertained at dinner by Bro . Edmund and Mrs . Vates , at their residence . Eastern Terrace , Bro . J . C . Parkinson and others being of the patty . The installation meeting of the Shadwell Clerke Preceptory of Knights Templar will be held at 33 , Goldensquare , on Monday next . Sir Knight Neal York will Deinstalled in succeision to Sir Knt . H . Lovegrove as E . P . A banquet at the Criterion will follow .
The installation meeting of the Quadratic Chapter , No . 1 Go , 1 , was held at the Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court , on the 19 th ult . Comp . J . Ferguson was installed M . E . Z . by Comp . J . F . H . Woodward , Prov . G . S . E ., and Comp-Fooks was installed H . by Comp . Thrupp , Prov . G . H ., assisted by Comps . Escott , P . Z ., and H . Lovegrove , P . Z .
Bros , the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs were the chief guests at the . annual presentation of the General Purposes Committee of the Corporation on the 21 st ult ., the chair being occupied by Bro . J . VV . Goodinge , and Bros . Alderman Cowan , A . J . Altman , and A . Tisley were among the others present . Bro . Tisley replied for " The Visitors . "
Bros . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., the Lord Mayor , F . T . Isitt , and others , are among the patrons of a bazaar , which will be held in the groundsof the Woodlands , Haverstock-hill , and in the Vestry Hall , on thc 20 th , 21 st , and 22 nd inst . respectively , in aid of the Church of the Good Shepherd , Mansiield-road , N . W .
Bro . Alderman De keyser is one of the Stewards of the Festival dinner which will be held under the presidency of H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , at the Hotel Metropole , on Wednesday next , the 5 th inst ., in aid of the Work Girls' Protection Society .
Bro . the Lord Mayor , who will be accompanied by the Lady Mayoress , Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Evans , and Bro . Sheriff Clarke , will on Friday , the 14 th inst ., unveil the window which has been presented to the Church of St . James , Curtain-road , as a memorial of Shakespeare , the church standing close to the site of the old Curtain 'Theatre .
Bros , the Lord Mayor , Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., J . Judd , T . Loveridge , M . H . Pannell , E . Dresser Rogers , Alderman Sir F . W . Truscott , and G . Shaw are among the gentlemen who have severally received , by the medium of the Town Clerk , Bro . Sir J . B . Monckton , illuminated votes of thanks presented by the Executive of the International Health Exhibition , London , 1 SS 4 , in
recognition of the services they rendered , either as members of the Corporation or Masters of Livery Companies . Amongst the principal trades of our great city may be reckoned the manufacture of travelling bags , which , indeed , in late yeais has been remarkabl y developed . The ingenuity of contrivance to make dressing bags complete enough to meet the most fastidious requirements , and yet
to pack their contents away into a remarkably small space , whilst retaining the desideratum of capacity with lightness , has been achieved with remarkable success by Alessrs . As prey , of 166 , Bond-street , whose establishment we lately visited , and ivere amazed to see a selection of an
extiaordinary character , both as regards quantity and quality—some so cheap and good as to be astonishing , others so costly as tu cause us to ask if it were possible to lind buyers for them . Messrs . Asprey ' s show rooms are truly worth a visit , and their effect , when dark days require their electric light to be used , well repays the trouble of a
visit . INTERESTING PRESENTATION * . —An unusual incident has recently occurred in connection with Freemasonry in Lewes—the Master of the South Saxon Lodge , No . 311 , having had born unto him a son and heir during his period of ollice . There is also the extraordinary circumstance that there are residing in Lewes four (
fenerations of the same family , all bearing the name of John Every . The brethren of the lodge resolved to mark the occasion by presenting the VV . M . with a token of their fraternal regard , An embossed stiver tankard was chosen as a suitable emblem , and an appropriate inscription was engraved thereon . The Mayor of Lewes ( Alderman Farncombe ) , a Past Master of the South Saxon Lodge , and one ot the Provincial Grand Officers of Sussex , was
selected by the subscribers to make the presentation . This was done at a meeting of the lodge held on Wednesday evening , and tbe compliment was suitably acknowledged by the VV . AL , Bro . J . H . Every . The value of the gift was increased by the fact that its cost was contributed in small sums given by all the members who attend the lodge regularly , thus tendering it a gratifying memento o £ a most interesting occasion .
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex will be held on Saturday , June 5 th , at the Town Hall , Twickenham . Bro . Sir Offiey and Lady Wakeman will continue to occupy 5 6 , Eaton-place , until the end of the present month . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., addressed
a large meeting of his constituents in the Co-operative Hall , Rawtenstall , on Easter Monday . We are elad to hear that Bro . Sir Henry Halford , P . D . P . G . M . Le ' cestershire and Rutland , who has been ill for some time past , is recovering his health . It is probable that Prince Albert Victor will take a collar in the Province of Hampshire and Isle of Wight , under the presidency of the R . W . Bro . W . W . B . Beach ,
M . P . Bro . G . J . Shaw-Lefevre was returned on the 2 ist ult . as member for the Central Division of the Borough of Bradford in place of the Right Hon . VV . E . Forster , deceased . The Duke of Connaught has very kindly consented to take the chair at a festival dinner , to be held on Wednesday next , the 5 th inst ., in aid of the funds of the
Work Girls' Protection Society , New Kent-road . Bro . Dr . B . W . Richardson will be among those who are expected to take part in the proceedings of the great Temperance Congress which will be held at the Skating Rink , Croydon , on Tuesday next , the 4 th instant . The Royal Maundy was distributed in Whitehall Chapel on the 22 nd ult ., the Lord High Almoner
officiating in chief , and the recipients being -57 old men and 67 old women , corresponding with the age of her Gracious Majesty . Bro . Francis B . Davidson , D . D . G . M . ( S . C . ) of New South Wales , has been acting as D . G . M . during the absence , on a well-earned holiday , of the D . G . Master , Bro . William Gillett Sedgwick , who started on his trip on
the 25 th February last . The Fifteen Sections will be worked at the Upper Norwood Lodge of Instruction , No . 15 S 6 , by Bro . Walter Martin , VV . M . S 79 , at the White Hart Hotel , Upper Norwood , on Monday evening , 3 rd inst . Lodge will be opened at 7 p . m . According to a telegram from Ottawa , Bro . Sir lohn Macdonald , the Canadian Premier , on visiting the
House of Representatives tor the first time since his recent severe illness was received with loud cheers from all parts of the House , all the members rising to greet him . Sir Patrick Colquhoun , Q . C , LL . D ., Arch Registrar of Convent General ( K . T . ) , presided at the annual meeting , on the 21 st ult ., of the Royal Society of Literature . The usual address recapitulating the events of the pa ; t year was delivered , and nine new Fellows were elected .
The following dinners take place at the Freemasons' Tavern for the week ending Saturday , the ist inst .: —Tuesday—Royal York Chapter ; Lodge of Prudent Brethren ; and Royal Savoy Lodge . Wednesday—Grand Festival ; Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers ; and Jordan Lodge . Friday—Britannic Lodge . Bio . the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress
received the Bluccoat boys at the Mansion House on Tuesday , where , in accordance with ancient custom , the latter were regaled with buns and wine or lemonade , each being presented on filing past his lordship with a new coin or coins of the realm , the Grecians receiving a guinea , probationers half a guinea , monitors half a crown , and the rest a shilling .
Bro . A . C . Cheney has forwarded on behalf of the Garfield National Bank of New York to Bro . Frank R . Lawrence , M . W . G . M . of New York , a bill for 1000 dollars towards the latter's proposed scheme for liquidating the debt on the Masonic Hall in New York . The sum was composed of four different contributions of 250 dollars { £% <>) each from Bros . A . C . Cheney , President of the
Bank , G . H . Robinson , Vice-President , and L . H . Bidgelow , a director , and Mr . Hiram Hitchcock , proprietor of the Fifth Avenue Hotel , who , as our description indicates , is not a member of the Order . It will no doubt be interesting to our readers to know that thc Marquis of Dalhousie Lodge , No . 1159 , of which the two senior Past Masters , Bro . Dorabjee Pestonjee
Cama and Bro . H . Trueman Wood , are among thc Grand Officers for thc ensuing year , was founded in 1 SG 7 by Bros . Sir James Fergusson , Bart ., Lord William Montagu Hay , Lord Erskine , Colonel Burlton , C . B ., P . D . G . M . of Bengal , Dada ' ihai Naorojce , and other brethren , for the purpose of providing a Masonic centre in London , for native Indians
and others connected with our East Indian possessions . The first W . M . was Sir James Fergusson , afterwards Governor of Bombay , followed by Lord VVilliam Hay ( no . v Marquis of Tweeddalc . Since its foundation thc lodge has included among its members many Hindoos , Mussclmans , and Parsces , some of whom have joined , and many of whom have been initiated in the lodge .
An application from Mr . VV . O . kennelt , on behalf of the Masonic body over which he presides , for the use of four rooms at the Town Hall , was received by the Managing Committee of the Town Council on Tuesday , and its consideration deferred . VVe entirely sympathise with those who point out that the Corporation ought not to compete with the licensed victuallers in letting their premises . The Town Hall was built by the ratepayers for
specific purposes , and to those purposes it oujjht to be applied . But at the same time it is very poor logic , and worse finance , to refuse £ 20 a year , and let the rooms be idle , because the Masons should not move their lodges . It is just as easv for the Freemasons of Dover to build a Masonic Hall " as it is for those of Folkestone , where the lodge meetings have been held for years in the Town Hall . —Dover Standard .
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Bro . Lord Londesborough has reduced the rents of his co ' . tage-allotments at Market Weighton to the extent of *; o per cent . Bro . the Maharajah Dhutcep Singh , P . G S . W ., on his way out to India , disembarked at Aden and took up his quarters at the British Residency . Bro . Christopher Sykes , M . P . for the Buckrose Division of East Yorkshire , has announced to his
constituents that he has decided not to seek re-election at the next General Election . Bro . Lord Stalbridge , better known as Lord Richard Grosvenor , P . G . S . W . England , was to be presents ! , on ' 1 hursday evening , with an address by his tenants at Stalbridge , Dorsetshire . Bro . the liarl of Kintore will occupy the chair at the next house dinner of the Constitutional Club on
Wednesday , the 12 th inst ., and Bro . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., will be among the guests . The Baroness Burdett-Coutts and Bro . Burdett-Coutts , M . P ., have been paying a short visit to the Italian Lakes , but will return to England in time for the reassembling of Parliament after the Easter holidays . Bro . Major-General Sir Evelyn Wood , commanding the Eastern District , superintended the volunteer
operations which took place on Easter Monday in the neighbourhood of Colchester . About 3 G 00 men were engaged . A Provincial Grand Mark Lodge and General Communication of Mark Masters of the Province of Cornwall was held under the banner of Lebanon Lodge , No . 325 , at the Masonic Hall , Fowey yesterday ( Thursday ) . A report will appear in our next .
On the occasion of the promised visit of the Duke of Cambridge to Cheltenham , on the 20 th inst ., for the purpose of inspecting the Royal Gloucester Hussars , his Royal Highness , it is understood , will be the guest of Bro . Lord Fitz-Hardinge at Berkeley Castle . The Fifteen Sections will be worked at Upper Norwood Lodge , No . 1586 , on Monday , the 3 rd inst ., by Bvo . Walter Mattin , P . M ., W . M . 879 . Lodge will open
at 7 p . m ., and on Monday , the 10 th inst ., the annual supper will be held at the White Hart Hotel , Upper Norwood . Bro . T . H . Thomas was buried with Masonic honours in Tenby Cemetery on Monday , the 19 th ult ., the members of the Tenby Lodge , No . 1177 , being present , and the Masonic part of the service being conducted by Bro . Dr . J . Griffith Lock , one ot the Past Alasters of the
lodge . A concert will be held at the Royal Albert Hall , under the patronage of the members of the Royal Family , on Wednesday , the 19 th inst ., in aid of the funds of the Royal Albert Qrohan Asylum , Bagshot . ^ Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught have expressed their intention of being present . The Yarborough Lodge , No . 551 , Ventnor ,
1 . of W ., give a ball at the Assembly Rooms on Thursday , the Cth inst ., in aid of the Masonic Charities , the P . G . M . bein ^ the Patron , and amongst the Stewards are Bros . J . E . Le Feuvre , D . P . G . M . ; E . Goble , P . G . Sec ; General the Hon . Somerset ) . G . Calthorpe , P . M ., P . G . Warden of England ; and Lord John Taylour , W . M . 6 9 S , P . D . G . S . W . Bro . General Lord Wolseley , Adjutant General of the Forces , inspected three battalions of the Foot Guards
in Hy de Park , on Thursday , the 22 nd ult ., namely , the 3 rd Batt . Grenadiers , the ist Batt . Coldstreams , and the 2 nd Batt . Scots Guards , the whole being under the command of Major-General Gipps , C . B ., of the Home District . Bro . Col . Moray was recently appointed Grand Master of the Provincial Grand Lodgeof Perthshire VVest , in room of the Duke of Atholl resigned . It is expected
that the installation will take place shortly . Colonel Moray is R . W . M . ofthe Crieff Lodge , and his appointment to the Grand Mastership of the Provincial Grand Lodge has g iven great satisfaction in Masonic circles . On the occasion of the Oueen opening the Indian and Colonial Exhibition , South Kensington , on Tuesday next , the 4 th instant , her Majesty will be received officially at the grand entrance by the Prince of Wales , as
president of the executive . Ihe formal ceremony will take place in the Royai Albert Hall , when an ode specially composed by Lord Tennyson , the Poet Laureate , vvill be sung to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan . Bro . the Earl and Countess Coivper have been spending the Easter holidays at Panshnnger , and Bro . the liarl and Countess of Lathom with the Ladies Wilbraham at Lathom House , Ormskirk , Lord Lathom ' s recess having
been broken by his visit tu London to attend Giand Lodge and preside at the Grand Festival on Wednesday . Bro . Col . Sir F . Stanley , G . C . B ., M . P ., and Lady Constance Stanley spent Easter at VVitherslack Hall , Lancashire . PRINCE ALJSERT VICTOR ' S VISIT TO EnixnURGll . —Prince Albeit Victor , in reply to a communication
Irom Sir Archibald Campbell , M . P ., Grand Master Mason of Scotland , has expressed regret that , as his time in Edinburgh in May in connection with the opening of the International Industrial Exhibition will be so brief , hc is unable to accept the invitation to be present at the quarterly meeting of the Grand Lodge , for the purpose of receiving the honorary membership .
TOBACCONISTS COMME > XIN (* . —An Illustrated Guide of 110 pages " How to open respectably from ^* 2 o to jfc-. ouo ; " three stamps . H . Myers & Co ., 109 , Kuston-ri ! ., London . Telephone No , 7541 , —( Auvi . J Mo-ur . M *!*** . —Messrs . J AMES are in a position to Supply Money to ANY EXTENT ou the following Securities : —Landed Kstates , Houses , Shops , and Olfice- ; , Warehouses and Wharves , Life Interests , & c , Kevcrsions , Borough Kates , & c , at the lowest current
rates of interest . Prompt Settlement . n , Staple Inn , London , W . C .-CAovrJ HOI . LOW . IV ' S OINTMENT txn I ' ILLS . —Coughs , Influenza . —The properties of these medicaments render them well worthy of trial in all diseases of the luii ^ s . In common colds and influenza the Pills taken internally and the Ointment rubbed externally are e \ . ccediuuly ellicacious . When influenza is epidemic this treatment
is easiest , safest , and surest . Holioway ' s Pills and Ointment purify lhe blood , remove all obstructions to its free circulation through the lun *; s , relieve the over-jiorged air tubes , and rentier respiration free without reducing the strength , irritating the nerves , or depressing the spirits . Such are lhe ready means of saving sutl ' ering when HLiicted with colds , coughs , bronchitis , and other complaints hy which so many are seriously and permanently aftiicted in most countries , —IAI > VTJ
Masonic And General Tidings
In our report of the Consecration of the Prince Leopold Ark Mariners' Lodge at Anderton ' s Hotel , on Wednesday , the 24 th ult ., it was stated erroneously towards the close ot the account that the brethren banqueted at the Holboin Restaurant . We regret very much the statement should have appeared in our columns . Every one who has attended a lod . e or chapter meeting at Anderton's knows well how excellently the manager of that famous hostelry
provides for the creature comforts of the brethren , and that any body of Masons once gathered together under that hospitable roof would about as soon think of adjourning to St . Paul ' s Cathedral as of going anywhere else than to the banquet room set apart for them by Bro . Clemow . In fact , the statement is so obviously incorrect that it could not possibly mislead any onc , unless , indeed , he were an entire stranger to the habits of our Metropolitan lodges , and especially of those who frequent Anderton ' s .
Bro . R . Richardson-Gardner , M . P ., has been re-elected President of the Windsor Phcenix Athletic Club . Bio . Alderman Sir F . W . Truscott , P . G . J . W ., has given his name as one of the Stewards at the approaching anniversary festival in aid of the funds of the British Orphan Asylum , Mackenzie Park , Slough .
It is understood lhat the Queen ' s birthday will * be celebrated publicly on Saturday , the 29 th inst ., the day on which it properly falls being Alonday , the 24 th inst ., when her Majesty will complete her 67 th year . The 51 st annual general meeting of the Fishmongers' and Poulterers' Institution , of which the Prince of Wales is Patron , and Bro . Alderman Sir K . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., President , was held at the Albion , Aldersgatestreet , on Thursday , the 22 nd ult .
Bro . Henry Irving during his stay atthe Norfolk Hotel , Brighton , was entertained at dinner by Bro . Edmund and Mrs . Vates , at their residence . Eastern Terrace , Bro . J . C . Parkinson and others being of the patty . The installation meeting of the Shadwell Clerke Preceptory of Knights Templar will be held at 33 , Goldensquare , on Monday next . Sir Knight Neal York will Deinstalled in succeision to Sir Knt . H . Lovegrove as E . P . A banquet at the Criterion will follow .
The installation meeting of the Quadratic Chapter , No . 1 Go , 1 , was held at the Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court , on the 19 th ult . Comp . J . Ferguson was installed M . E . Z . by Comp . J . F . H . Woodward , Prov . G . S . E ., and Comp-Fooks was installed H . by Comp . Thrupp , Prov . G . H ., assisted by Comps . Escott , P . Z ., and H . Lovegrove , P . Z .
Bros , the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs were the chief guests at the . annual presentation of the General Purposes Committee of the Corporation on the 21 st ult ., the chair being occupied by Bro . J . VV . Goodinge , and Bros . Alderman Cowan , A . J . Altman , and A . Tisley were among the others present . Bro . Tisley replied for " The Visitors . "
Bros . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., the Lord Mayor , F . T . Isitt , and others , are among the patrons of a bazaar , which will be held in the groundsof the Woodlands , Haverstock-hill , and in the Vestry Hall , on thc 20 th , 21 st , and 22 nd inst . respectively , in aid of the Church of the Good Shepherd , Mansiield-road , N . W .
Bro . Alderman De keyser is one of the Stewards of the Festival dinner which will be held under the presidency of H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , at the Hotel Metropole , on Wednesday next , the 5 th inst ., in aid of the Work Girls' Protection Society .
Bro . the Lord Mayor , who will be accompanied by the Lady Mayoress , Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Evans , and Bro . Sheriff Clarke , will on Friday , the 14 th inst ., unveil the window which has been presented to the Church of St . James , Curtain-road , as a memorial of Shakespeare , the church standing close to the site of the old Curtain 'Theatre .
Bros , the Lord Mayor , Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., J . Judd , T . Loveridge , M . H . Pannell , E . Dresser Rogers , Alderman Sir F . W . Truscott , and G . Shaw are among the gentlemen who have severally received , by the medium of the Town Clerk , Bro . Sir J . B . Monckton , illuminated votes of thanks presented by the Executive of the International Health Exhibition , London , 1 SS 4 , in
recognition of the services they rendered , either as members of the Corporation or Masters of Livery Companies . Amongst the principal trades of our great city may be reckoned the manufacture of travelling bags , which , indeed , in late yeais has been remarkabl y developed . The ingenuity of contrivance to make dressing bags complete enough to meet the most fastidious requirements , and yet
to pack their contents away into a remarkably small space , whilst retaining the desideratum of capacity with lightness , has been achieved with remarkable success by Alessrs . As prey , of 166 , Bond-street , whose establishment we lately visited , and ivere amazed to see a selection of an
extiaordinary character , both as regards quantity and quality—some so cheap and good as to be astonishing , others so costly as tu cause us to ask if it were possible to lind buyers for them . Messrs . Asprey ' s show rooms are truly worth a visit , and their effect , when dark days require their electric light to be used , well repays the trouble of a
visit . INTERESTING PRESENTATION * . —An unusual incident has recently occurred in connection with Freemasonry in Lewes—the Master of the South Saxon Lodge , No . 311 , having had born unto him a son and heir during his period of ollice . There is also the extraordinary circumstance that there are residing in Lewes four (
fenerations of the same family , all bearing the name of John Every . The brethren of the lodge resolved to mark the occasion by presenting the VV . M . with a token of their fraternal regard , An embossed stiver tankard was chosen as a suitable emblem , and an appropriate inscription was engraved thereon . The Mayor of Lewes ( Alderman Farncombe ) , a Past Master of the South Saxon Lodge , and one ot the Provincial Grand Officers of Sussex , was
selected by the subscribers to make the presentation . This was done at a meeting of the lodge held on Wednesday evening , and tbe compliment was suitably acknowledged by the VV . AL , Bro . J . H . Every . The value of the gift was increased by the fact that its cost was contributed in small sums given by all the members who attend the lodge regularly , thus tendering it a gratifying memento o £ a most interesting occasion .