Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

Bro . Kuhe s grand annual irorning concert is announced to take place on Monday , June 3 . As usual , Bro . Kuhe will have all the resources of Mr . Gye ' s establishment , and , no doubt , there will be the usual crowded and fashionable attendance . The day of meeting ofthe "Lewis " Royal Arch Chapter , No . 1185 , has been altered from the first to

the second Saturday . On Thursday week , the 23 rd ult ., the Freemasons' lifeboat , thc Albert Edward , belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution , p rformed nobly her first service in saving life from shipwreck . A vessel , the Garland , from Tyne to London , with coals , was observed during stormy

weather , ashore on the Gunflect Sands . From her perilous position she was likely to become a total wreck , and accordingly the Albert Edward lifeboat was launched with all possible expedition . She soon reached the wreck , whose crew , consisting of nine persons , she afterwards brought safely to shore . Some full and interesting particulars will be found in another column .

At the meeting of the Grand Lodge on Wednesday next , the Most Worshipful Grand Master will move : — " That this Grand Lodge agree in a vote of congratulation to His Imperial Majesty thc Emperor of Germany , Grand Protector of Prussian Freemasons , on his happy and providential escape from the recent attack on his life .

Our readers will learn with pleasure of the appointment by the M . W . G . M . of Bro . Wm . Henry Smyth , of fclkington Hall , Louth , M . A ., Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace of the N . Riding of Yorks , High Steward of the Borough of Louth , tec , as R . W . Provincial Grand Master cf Lincolnshire , in the room of His Grace the Duke of S \ Albans , who has resigned tbe office for

that of Nottinghamshire . MASONIC SONGS . —A selection of Masonic Songs set to popular airs , written by Bro . E . P . Philpots , M . D ., F . R . G . S ., is now ready , forming a handsome volume , bound in cloth , with gilt edges , 3 s . Sent post free from the office of this paper , on receipt of stamps or post-office order value 3 s . 2 d . — ADVT .

A new Mark Lodge , to be designated the " . Excelsior , " and to be held at thc Masonic Hall , Plumstead , will be consecrated on Tuesday week . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., has been pleased to appoint the Duke of St . Albans R . W . Prov . Grand Master for Nottinghamshire . His Grace recently resigned the office of Prov . Grand Mastership of Lincolnshire , which position he held for upwards of sixteen

years . The testimonial voted by the Committee of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution to Dr . H . J . Strong , of Croydon , in recognition ' of the care and attention bestowed by him , as honorary Surgeon to the Institution for the last seventeen ) cars , on the aged inmates of the Asylum , was presented yesterday evening . A report of the

proceedings will appear in our next issue . The Installation meeting of the Lodge of Amity , No . 171 , lakes place at the Ship Hotel , Greenwich , on Tuesday next , at half-past 2 . Lord Carnarvon , M . W . Pro G . M ., presided on Wednesday night at the twenty-third annual festival , held at Willis ' s Rooms , of the St . John ' s Foundation

School , Leatherhead , an institution established for the education of the sons of poor clergymen of the Church of England . The icsult of the noble Earl ' s advocacy was an announcement of subscriptions amounting to £ 1156 . Twenty-six members of the Four-in-hand Club assembled on Wednesday afternoon in Hyde Park , and with the [ Maiquis of Worcester leading drove from a

large and dutinguished gathering of spectators on the banks of the Serpentine to the Alexandra Palace . On Friday last Mr . Poland , on behalf of the Treasury , attended the Epping Petty Sessions to prosecute Henry George King , chemist , of 14 , Albeit-street , Kingsland-green , on charges of manslaughter and also of misdemeanour in having sold violet powder containing arsenic

in such quantities as to cause injury or death to several children in Loughton . An epidemic had been prevailing among children in the Loughton district for a long time , and from inquiries set on foot by the medical officer , the inspector of nuisances , and other officeis of the Local Government Board , it appears that powders sold by the defendant to Mr . Nottage and Miss Grout , of Loughton ,

and retailed by them broadcast in the neighbourhood , contained as much as 48 and 49 per cent , of white arsenic , and that the children of several persons who had used some of the powders had eithir been killed or made ill . The symptoms exhibited were such as would be produced by the application of arsenic . The Treasury had communicated with the defendant , who had replied that he made up the powders of ingredients which he had

purchased of wholesale grocers , and had no knowledge that they contained arsenic . The case was adjourned . A Portrait of the late Earl Russell is issued ' s Whitehall Review . The Polytechnic Institution was on Wednesday honoured by a visit of the yout g Prince and Princesses , the children ot tne Crown Prince of Germany , and also by Prince Christian .

IN KENNING s " MASONIC CYCLOPAEDIA ( Kenning , Fleet Street ) will be found much valuable and interesting information respecting the terms of the "Craft , " Eminent Freemasons , the Literature of Freemasonry , and many other matteis which may be lawfully spoken of in public . All Freemasons who wish to be posted up in thp history of their brotherhood ought to possess the work . — Maufair .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place or day of meeting . For the Week ending Friday , June 7 , 1878 .

SATURDAY , JUNE 1 . Gen Com . Boys' School , at 4 . Lodge 142 , St . Thomas ' s , Cannon-st . Hot . Chap . 973 , Rose ot Denmark , Star and Garter , Kew .

LODGES OP INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , Grosvenor Club , Ebury-square , S . W . Percy , 113 , Southgate-road , N .

MONDAY , JUNE 3 . Lodge 16 , Royal Alpha , Willis ' s Rooms , St . James's . „ 188 , Joppa , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 1319 , Asaph , F . M . H . „ 1610 , Northern Bar , F . M . H . „ 1633 , Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd . Chap . 1036 , Victoria , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . Red Cross Con . Premier , Regent M . H ., Regent-st .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Old Rodney ' s Head , Old-st ., E . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camden , Stanhope Arms , Up . James-st ., Camden Town . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st .

Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney , Loughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . St . George's , Globe Tav ., Greenwich . London Masonic Club , at 101 , Queen Victoria-st . E . C , 2 nd and 4 th Monday every month , at 6 o ' clock .

TUESDAY , JUNE 4 . Colonial Board . Lodge 171 , Amity , Ship Hot ., Greenwich . „ 763 , St . James's , Old White Hart , High-st ., Boro . i > ' 3 83 , Friends in Council , 33 , Golden-sq . Chap . 1269 , Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Grand Lodge M . M . M . ' s , F . M . T . ( See Advt . )

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonville-rd . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord's Hot ., St . John ' s Wood . Dalhousie , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney .

Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Florence Nightingale , F . M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-road , Battersea . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone .

Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping . Islington , 23 , Gresham-st . Leopold , Woolpack Tavern , Bermondsey-st . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James's .

WEDNESDAY , JUNE s . Quarterly Grand Lodge , at 6 for 7 p . m . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tav ., Railway-place , Fenchurch-st . Burdett Coutts , Salmon and Ball , Bethnal Green-road . Jordan , Devonshire Arms , Devonshirc-st ., W ., at 8 . Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Stones-End , E .

Pythagorean , Portland Hotel , London-st ., Greenwich . New Concorel , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . La Tolerance , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxfrrd-st . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham . Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., Seven Sisters ' -rd . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park .

Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston , E . United Strength , Grafton Arms , Kentish-town . Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin ' s-court , Fleet-st ., at 8 . Lewis , King ' s Arms Hot ., Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford . Temperance in theEast . George the 4 th , Ida-st ., Poplar , 7 . 30 .

THURSDAY , JUNE 6 . Lodge 10 , Westminster and Keystone , F . M . H . „ 742 , Crystal Palace , Star and Garter , Kew Bridge . „ 1155 , Excelsior , Sydney Arms , Lewisham-rd . „ 1178 , Perfect Ashlar , Bridge House Hot ., London B . Chap . 1339 , Stockwell , Tulse Hill Hot . Mark Lodge 197 , Studholme , 33 , Golden Square .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Onion Waterloo , Chatham Arms , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . Fii . sbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-road . I ' . bury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Milbank . Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town .

The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st ., Oxford-st . Rose , Walmer Castle Hot ., Peckham-road , at 8 . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

FRIDAY , JUNE 7 . Lodge 706 , Florence Nightingale , M . H ., Woolwich . „ 1275 , Star , Ship Hot ., Greenwich . „ 1489 , Marquess of Ripon , 90 , Balls Pond-rd ., N . „ 1716 , All Saints , Town Hall Poplar , E . Chap . 10 , Westminster and Keystone , F . M . H . „ 259 , Prince of Wales , Willis ' s Rooms , St . James's . K . T . 134 , Blonde ] , Cannon-row , Westminster .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st ., W . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . ' s ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-road , Deptford . Clapton , White Hart , Clapton . Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st , at 7 .

St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood . Westbourne , Lord ' s Hotel , St . John ' s Wood . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . St . James ' s , New Tanners'Arms , Grange-rd ., Bermondsey . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar . Doric , 79 , Whitechapel-road , at 8 . Burgoyne , The Red Cap , Camden Town , N . W .

St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Prince ' s Hall , Buckhurst-hill . Royal Standard , The Alwyne Castle , St . Paul's-rd ., N . Ranelagh , Bell and Anchor , Hammersmith-rd . William Preston , Feathers Tav ., Up . George-st ., Edgware-rd Hervey , 99 , Fleet-street , at 8 . Earl of Carnarvon , Mitre Hot ., Gouborne-rd ., Notting-hill . Pythagorean Chapter , Portland Hot . London-st ., Greenwich .

Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .

For the Week ending Saturday , June 8 , 1878 . MONDAY , JUNE 3 . Lodge 113 , Unanimity , Bull Hotel , Preston .

„ 1045 , Stamford , T . H ., Altrincham . „ 10 5 , Rowley , M . R ., Lancaster . „ 1264 , Neptune , M . H ., Liverpool . ,, 1380 . Skelmersdale , Queen ' s Hot ., Waterloo . Skelmersdale Red Cross Conclave , M . H ., Liverpool . Everton L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

TUESDAY , JUNE 4 . Lodge 673 , St . John ' s M . H ., Liverpool . M 99 Si Furness , M . T ., Ulverston . „ 1476 , Blackpool , Clifton Arms , Blackpool .

Chap . 203 , St . John of Jerusalem , M . H . Liverpool . ,, 11 , Joppa , M . R ., Birkenhead . Mark 16 , Walton , A . R ., St . Anne-st ., Liverpool . Bootle L . of I ., 146 , Berry-st ., Bootle . Merchants L . nf I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

WEDNESDAY , JUNE 5 . Lodge 1013 , Royal Victoria , M . H ., Liverpool . » 1335 , Lindsay , M . H ., Wigan . „ 1354 , Marquis of Lome , M . R ., Leigh . „ 1620 , Marlborough , Derby Hall , Liverpool . Downshire L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . De Grey and Ripon L . of I ., M . R ., N . Hill-st ., Liverpool .

THURSDAY , JUNE 6 . Lodge 249 , Mariner ' s , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 75 8 , Bridgewater , M . H ., Runcorn . St . John ' s L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . Duke of Edinburgh L . of 1 ., Liverpool .

FRIDAY , JUNE 7 . Lodge 1375 , Architect , Didsbury Hot ., Didsbury . Hamer L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . For Masonic Meetings throughout Scotland see Scottish Freemason , which can be obtained at the Office of this paper , 198 , Fleet-street , London .

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