Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . Sir James Fergusson , Bart ., P . P . G . M . Ayrshire , has left town for Kilkeran , Maybole , N . B . Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., distributed the prizes to the successful scholars at Christ's Hospital on Wednesday afternoon . Bro . Sir Farrer Herschell , Q . C ., M . P ., has accepted for the first vear the presidency of the Croydon

Liberal Club , Park-street . Bro . the Lord Mayor and Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead attended the opening on Monday , at the Old Bailey , of the July Sessions of the Central Criminal Court . Bros . Lord Charles Beresford and F . Seager Hunt addressed a meeting of the electors of Marylebone in St . George ' s Hall , Langham-place , on Monday evening .

Bro . Lord Carrington , P . G . S . W ., lately Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms , was entertained at a farewell dinner at the Mess , St . James ' s Palace , on Monday . A marriage has been arranged between Lord William Cecil , Grenadier Guards , and Miss Tyssen-Amherst , eldest daughter of Bro . Tyssen-Amherst , M . P . for West Norfolk .

Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Lord Steward , P . G . M . Cornwall , and the Ladies Edgcumbe leave Cadogan at the end of the current week for Mount Edgcumbe , Devonport . It is believed that Bro . General Lord Wolseley will be the guest of Bro . Bass at Tulchan Lodge , Strathspey , during a considerable part of the season , and that he will shoot over the moors in that district .

Bro . I ^ ord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., has consented to attend the Cutlers' annual feast at Sheffield on Thursday , the 5 th September , and will address a public meeting in that town the day following . Bro . George Plucknett , P . G . D ., presided at the 37 th annual meeting , on Thursday , the 23 rd ult ., at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s , of the Builders' Benevolent Institution . Bro . Plucknett was subsequently re-elected Treasurer of the Institution .

Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., and the Misses Fowler were at Wimbledon on Thursday , the 23 rd ult ., when the Public Schools' Match was shot off , his lordship ' s son being one of the Harrow team , and making the second highest score for his school .

Bro . Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., presided at the 47 th Anniversary Festival at the Star and Garter Hotel , Richmond , on Wednesday , the 22 nd ult ., of the Thames Angling Preservation Society , Bros . Alderman Staples , Alderman Evans , and T . Beard were among the guests .

Ihe installation of R . W . Bro . Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., as P . G . M . Durham , in succession to the late Marquis of Londonderry , will take place in the Castle Hall , Durham , on Friday , the 21 st instant . The ceremony will be performed by Bro . the Earl of Lathom , D . G . M . England and Prov . G . M . West Lancashire . The Brixton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1949 ,

will not meet on the Tuesday following Bank Holiday , but on Tuesday evening , the nth inst ., the Preceptor , Bro . E . A . Francis will occupy the chair , when it is anticipated there will be a goodly muster of the brethren . The usual monthly meeting of the Benevolent Association will be held after the labour of the lodge of instruction is completed . Bro . Alderman Cowan presided on Monday at

the annual distribution of prizes to the successful pupils of Aske ' s School for Boys at Hatcham , and the same day Bro . J . Cox , with Mrs . and the Misses Cox and Bro . E . Dresser Rogers , were amongst those present at a similar function by the Marchioness of Salisbury at the Mary Datchelor Girls' School , Grove-lane , Camberwell . Bros , the J-ord Mayor , M . P ., Alderman Sir

H . E . Knight , Alderman Staples , Alderman De Keyser , Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead , Puleston , M . P ., E . Dresser Rogers , T . Beard , J . Cox , and H . B . Marshall , P . G . Treas ., were among the guests at the banquet given at the Guildhall Tavern , on Friday , the 24 th ult ., by the City of London School Committee . Several of these were present at the distribution of prizes to the successful pupils

earlier in the day . Bro . the Earl of Lathom , the Deputy Grand Master of England , has fixed Friday , the 21 st inst ., for the installation of Sir Hedworth Williamson as Provincial Grand Master of the Province of Durham , in the place of the late Marquess of Londonderry . The ceremony will be performed in the Castle Hall , Durham , at 12 o ' clock .

The brethren will attend divine service in the Cathedral at one o ' clock , and the luncheon will be held in the Castle Hall at half-past three o'clock . In our report of the Mark Benevolent Festival last week we omitted to notice an important and agreeable feature of the proceedings , viz ., the musical entertainment

at the banquet . Under the able leadership of Bro . Professor E . M . Lott , P . G . Org ., a small but select party , consisting of the Misses Sargent and Kerton , and Bros . Franklin Clive , and Arthur Thompson , rendered the songs , & c . allotted to them in the programme in a manner which called forth repeated manifestations of pleasure and more than usual attention from the brethren and ladies

present . Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., and the Lady Mayoress , Bro . J . H ., Mrs . and the Misses Puleston , Bro . Alderman Sir H . E . and Lady Knight , Bro . Alderman Staples , Bro . Alderman and Mrs . De Keyser , Bro . Alderman and Sheriff and Mrs . Whitehead , Bro . Alderman

Savory , Bro . Alderman and Mrs . Cowan , Bro . Sheriff elect Clarke and Mrs . Clarke , Bro . and the Misses Dresser Rogers , Bro . Major and Mrs . Joseph , Bro . Lieut .-Col . T . Davies Sewell , Bro . G . and Mrs . Rose-Innes were among the numerous guests present at the garden party given on Saturday last , at Ewell Grove , by Bro . Alderman and Mrs . Evans .

Masonic And General Tidings

Among the numerous articles and items of interest which wo have been compelled to hold over is the report of the Provincial Grand Lodjre of Hertfordshire , held at Barnet on Friday , the 24 th ultimo . Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Leinster , and

the Ladies Fitzgerald , have left town for Carton House , Maynooth . Bro . the I ^ ord Mayor , M . P ., attended divine service on Sunday last , at the French Protestant Church , St . Martin's-le-Grand .

The Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire and Isle of Wight will be held at Newport , Isle ol Wight , on the 17 th instant . It is slated that the departure of Bro . Lord Carrington , P . G . S . W ., for New South Wales will take place in the third week of October .

Bro . the I _ . ord Mayor , M . P ., and the I ^ ady Mayoress dined with the Chevalier and Mrs . De Bausen on Thursday , the 23 rd ult . Bro . the Duke of Abercorn , Grand Master of Ireland , and the Duchess of Abercorn , have returned to Hampden House after a few weeks sojourn at Hamburg . Bros . W . C . Borlase , M . P ., and Alderman and

Sheriff Whitehead were present at the election dinner of the Tallowchandlers' Company , on Thursday , the 23 rd ult . Bros , the Hon . E . F . Leveson-Gower , M . P ., and Baron H De Worms , M . P ., were present at the meeting on Saturday last , of the Commissioners of the Royal Patriotic Fund . Bro . Sir Edward ] . Reed , K . C . B ., M . P .,

presided at the meetings held on the 23 rd and 24 th ult ., of the Load Line Committee , Bro . T . Sutherland , M . P ., who is a member , being also present . Bro . Lieut .-Colonel Lord E . Pelham-Clinton , attended the meeting at the Mansion House on Friday , the 24 th ult ., on behalf of the Naval and Military Officers ' Association , founded in January last .

Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., was present at the breakfast given at the Westminster Palace Hotel on Saturday last , under the auspices of the South African Committee and the Aborigines Protection Society . Bro . Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., Secretary of State for India , will visit Sir George VVombwell , at Newburgh Priory , in the course of next month , and is

expected during his visit to address a public meeting at York . Among the numerous wedding presents to H . R . H . the Princess Beatrice , was a massive silver tea and coffee service , the monogram " H . B . " engraved on each article , from the late venerable Bro . Sir Moses Montefiore , Bart . By the kind permission of Bro . the Lord Mayor ,

M . P ., who is a Past Master of the company , the next Livery dinner of the Spectacle Makers' Company will be held at the Mansion House , on Wednesday , the 14 th October . The Baroness and Bro . Burdett-Coutts , and Bro . Coleridge Kennard , M . P ., were among those present at the distribution of prizes on Saturday afternoon last , by

the Duke of Edinburgh , to the successful pupils of the Royal Naval School , Greenwich . About 200 guineas have already been subscribed towards the testimonial which the tenants and friends of Bro . Sheriff-elect Clarke have it in contemplation to present to him on the occasion of his being elected one of the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex .

Bro . Major-General Sir Redvers-Buller , just returned from the Soudan , accompanied by Lady Buller , arrived at Crediton , on Thursday , the 23 rd ult ., and experienced a hearty welcome home from the local authorities , the townspeople , and his tenantry . R . W . Bro . T . W . Tew , P . G . M . West Yorkshire , will to-morrow ( Saturday ) lay the N . E . cornerstone of the

New National Schools , Castleford . The arrangements will be carried out under the banners of St . Oswald Lodge , No . 910 , and Legiolium Lodge , No . 1542 , and Bro . the Very Rev . A . P . Purey-Cust , Dean of York , Past Grand Chaplain of England , will deliver an address suitable to the occasion . The court of assistants of the Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers' Company resolved at their meeting on the

22 nd ult ., Bro . Major J . A . Joseph , Master , in the chair , to offer their congratulations to Bros . Alderman Evans and Thomas Clarke , who are both members of the company , on their election as Sheriffs of London and Middlesex , and also to take part in the Sheriffs' inaugural ceremony , on the 2 Sth of September , if desired . Bros . General Lord Wolseley and Captain Lord Charles Beresford , R . N ., were among the guests at the

banquet given on Wednesday , the 29 th ult ., to Her Majesty ' s Ministers , the former replying for the toast of the Army , and the latter for that of the Navy . Bro . Sir VV . Hart-Dyke , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . S . W . Kent ; D . Plunket , M . P ., P . G . S . D . Ireland ; W . T . Marriott , Q . C ., M . P ., P . G . Stwd . ; Akers-Douglas , M . P . ; the Earl of Dunraven , H . S . Northcote , M . P . ; Baron H . De Worms , M . P . ; and Lord Eustace Cecil , M . P . ; were also present .

The testimonial which we stated a short time since was being raised for the purpose of doing honour to a most distinguished Mason , Bro . G . Parker Brockbank , G . Std . Br ., of Bolton , Lancashire , was presented to that worthy brother at Masons' Hall , Cooper-street , Manchester , on Friday , the 24 th ult . A pleasant and influential company was gathered together for the occasion , and as is

customary and wise on these occasions , a dinner formed part of the proceedings . Everything passed off most successfully . A report will be found in another page . 3 , 000 , 000 tins of CHAMPION'S MUSTARD were sold In London alone during the past year . Why was this so ? Becaus the public , having satisfied themselves it was the best and cheapest gave it a preference over all others , —ADVT .

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Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . Alderman Sir B . S . Philli ps has left Grosvenor-street for his residence , t 2 , Oueen's-gardens Brighton . Bro . the Marquis and Marchioness of Watertord have resumed their visit to the Granville Hotel , St . Lawrence-on-Sea .

Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., completed his 52 nd year on Thursday , the 23 rd ult ., having been born on the 23 rd of July , 1 S 33 . Bro . Sir Thomas and Lady Brassey gave a garden party at Normanhurst Court , Battle , on Saturday last , Bro . H . A . Brassey being among those present . At the Court of Aldermen on Thursday , the

23 rd ult ., the Sheriffs-elect , Bros . Alderman Evans and T . Clarke attended and entered into the usual bond for the discharge of their duties . Bro . Sir Edward Watkin , Bart ., M . P ., has issued an address to the electors of Hythe announcing that

it is again his intention to solicit their suffrages at the next Parliamentary election . The Prince and Princess of Wales left Marlborough House for Goodwood on Monday on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Gordon , this being the Goodwood race week .

The will and two codicils of the late Marquis of Londonderry , K . P ., who died 5 th November , 1 S 84 , has just been proved by the executors , the gross personalty being sworn at about £ 382 , 950 . We regret to find that by an oversight we omitted from the list of those present at the Festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund last week the names of Bro . C . H , and Mrs . Driver and Bro . R . Berridge .

Bro . Sir J . and Lady McGarel Hogg and Bro . Baron H . de Worms , M . P ., were present at the reception held on Wednesday , the 22 nd inst ., by the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador and the Countess Karolyi . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , on Monday last , received an address from the Standing committee of the Church of Ireland , Bro . Lord

Plunket , Archbishop of Dublin , being head of the deputation which presented it . Bros . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., Chancellor of the Exchequer , and Col . Stanley , Secretary of State for the Colonies , were among the members of the Ministry present at the Ministerial banquet given by Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., on Wednesday , the 22 nd ultimo .

Bro . I ^ ord Carrington , P . G . S . W ., was entertained at dinner at Limmer ' s Hotel on Saturday evening last , previous to his departure for New South Wales , by the ollicers , present and past , of the Royal Horse Guards . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales and Lord Methuen were

present . Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., presided at a meeting held in the Egyptian Hall of the Mansion House , on Wednesday , the 22 nd ult ., of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society , the Baroness and Bro . Burdett-Coutts , and Bro . Commander Cameron , R . N ., C . B ., being among those present .

The Prince and Princess of Wales , accompanied by their sons and daughters , Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn , and others , visited the Duchess of Cambridge , at St . James ' s Palace , on Sunday last , in order to congratulate Her Royal Highness on having that day attained

her SSth birthday . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., P . G . M . Derbyshire , arrived at Eastbourne on Sunday morning last , and proceeded to Lady Fanny Howard ' s residence , Compton-place , where the Duke of Devonshire and other members of the family are staying . The marquis and duke have since returned to London .

Bro . Bancroft presided at the annual dinner at Freemasons' Tavern , on Wednesday , the 22 nd ult ., of the Royal General Theatrical Fund , Bro . Major Joseph , Master of the Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers' Company , being among the guests , and Mrs . Bancroft replying very eloquently to the toast of "The Ladies . "

Bros , the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., ( in the chair ) , G . O . Trevelyan , M . P ., Lord R . Grosvenor , M . P ., Viscount Sherbrooke , and Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., were present at the banquet given at the Westminster Palace Hotel , on Friday , the 24 th ult ., to Earl Spencer , lately Lord Lieutenant of Ireland .

The Queen ' s dinner party on Thursday , the 23 rd ult ., included the Prince and Princess of Wales , Prince Albert Victor of Wales , and other members of the Royal Family , with Bros , the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Lord Steward , the Earl of Lathom , Lord Chamberlain , Earl Granville , and General Lord Wolseley , G . C . B .

The Prince and Princess of Wales , with their sons and daughters , left Osborne for London on Friday , the 24 th instant . En route their Royal Highnesses inspected in Portsmouth Dockyard the Light Camel Corps , just returned from the Soudan . In the evening there was a ball at Marlborough House in honour of the Princess Beatrice ' s wedding .

Bro . W . A . Scurrah was installed W . M . of the Henry Levander Lodge on Saturday last by Bro . H . Lovegrove . A very handsome specially designed jewel ( manufactured by Bro . George Kenning ) was presented to Bro . Lovegrove , and unusually tasteful menu cards were used on the occasion . We hope to give a report of the proceedings next week .

Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., will preside at the distribution , by H . R . H . Princess Christian , of medallions and certificates to the successful members of the City and Port of London District of the St . John Ambulance Association . Bro . the Duke of Connaught is President of the District , and the ceremony is fixed for Saturday , the 15 th inst ., in the Guildhall .

The Court of the Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers' Company intend entertaining at dinner at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , on Wednesday , the 12 th inst ., the Sheriffs-elect , Bros . Alderman Evans and T . Clarke , who are both members of the Court of Assistants . The dinner will be given by members , personally , and not out of the funds of the Company .