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Consecration Of The Evening Star Lodge, No. 1719.
duty which would never be forgotten , the duty of prac-° " Masonic charity . Bro . Binckes concluded by saying '' t gro . | ( , hn Aird , S . W ., had kindly consented to repret the lodge as Steward at the R 6 tli anniversary festival ot " the Boys' School in June , 1878 . Bro . Hervey proposed " The Recommending Lodge , the can 0 nbury Lodge , " coupling with it the name of Bro .
Edward Cox , P . M . 037 . _ Rro . Edward Cox said 111 his assrrciat on with Freeasonry h ; had become conversant with this one fact , hich he hoped was patent to all , that , then : was much more in Holy 'Writ that could be discerned by a studious erson than would appear on the first blush . He remembered reading in the Psalms that which forcibly impressed
on his mind that King David himself must have been a Freerrason . David said that " promotion cometh neither from the east nor from the west , nor from the south . " Why he should have omitted the north he ( Bro . Cox ) could not tell , unless King David was a Freemason . He supplemented that with this remark , that " He setteth up one Ind putteth down another , " clearly exemplifying that the
S I ) , of this year might not be the J . W . of the next , but that the ' - G . of this year might become the S . D . of the next . To go further , he remembered reading that Abraham , in his ° ' d liays > begat children , and they were promised to him . They had that day introduced into the chair an aged brother as the W . M ., and he would introduce children into the Craft and become a father in his
old days . He did not know any brother who was more to be respected as the father of children in the Craft then was Bro . Filer . In associating his ( Bro . Cox ' s ) name with the Canonbury Lodge he could only say that his connection with it and Bro . Filer had been such that he hoped it might last for many years yet to come . Bro . Filer was the father of the
lodge which was consecrated by Bro . Hervey and Sir Daniel Gooch . That lodge reflected honour upon Bro . Hervey as it did upon the Craft . The endeavour of its members was at all times to promote the interests of Freemasonry , and introducing Bro . Filer's name to H . R . H . the Prince of Walt's , as the first Master of the Evening Star Lodge he felt they were not wrong , as by its
association with the Canonbury Lodge they were reflecting honour on those who were brought into the Evening Star Lodge . He could not conclude without complimenting Bro . Hervey on having occupied the position of Consecrating Master . He had frequently seen the ceremony of consecration , but he had never seen it so bcatifully performed as it had been
lhatevening . He did not know whether it was the association of this lodge with the Canonbury that made him think so . Certainly he did feel that what he had heard had taken hold of his mind with a greater tenacity than words of mortal ever did before . He hopeel they would be spread abroad ad infinitum .
Bro . Buss , who was also called on to reply said , the Canonbury Lodge for years past hal sent up stewards to each of the charity festivals , with a list of i " ioo on each occasion . He thought that no lodge in London could boast of greater success . If the Evening Star Lodge did the same , or even surnassed them , the Canonbury would not feel any jealousy . Bro . John Aird , in reply for the officers s ~ . id : that all the
brethren must feel that the Evening Star Lodge had been inaugurated most satisfactorily , and he and his hiother officers would feel that they would be greatly wanting in their duties and in showing their appreciation oi it , if they did not use their best efforts to make the lodge a success . It was his earnest endeavour to do so , and he trusted it would be the earnest endeavour of all . 8 ro . F . A . Greene also replied , and the brethren having drunk the Tyler's toast shortly afterwards separated .
Tin : RIGHTS OV TRAMCARS . —At the close "f a case tried before the Sheffield magistrates on Friday last , in which the Tramways Company were the complainants , Mr , Rodgets , one of the magistrates , remarked that manv of the diivcrs of the cars drove as if they thought the whole world ought to make room for them , but the real fact was that they must make room for all the world .
'he 57 th section of the Act enacted that notwithstanding anything there mi ght be in the Tramways Act , the company should not acquire any right other than that of using 'he road . Therefore if they hail no right beyond the use of the road , their right stood like the right of all the rest of [ he public to the use of the road , and they bad 110 priority . " y the 62 nd section of the Act it was also provided that
" (¦ thing in the Company's Act , or in any bye-law , should abridge the rights of the public . He did not at all admit that tlic slow traffic was to cross the road to allow the cars 10 pass when the other side was full of business , as the practice was a dangerous one , though it might be adopted "hen convenient . The rights of ihe public had first to ™ considered , not the rights of the company . The Town ouncil
J- could pass bjc-laws , but no bye-law could abridge ( ne rights of the public , and when it did that it was void . n the metropolis the feud is as bitter as ever against the rarncars companies , who have disregarded the memorial severa l thousand inhabitants respecting the bell nui-^ "ce . Proceedings in Parliament are to be taken to rnpel the company to abate or discontinue the nuisance ; tantthile
' tervvns which are threatened with the intro-, " ° " . 'f ''' e tramway systim should exercise jealous sur v "" ° ' r the b 'Hs introduced during the next and ^ acceding session s of Parliament . In London the tram-Sailor i ' ' 1 " 1 "" 8 ° Ut t 0 be , lle old man in " sinbad thc to n r ' 'l '" , ar 8 e and influential omnibus company run them iff the road is not improbable . — Colliery '" "' '''"" ' August 24 , , 877 . J
lion 11 me " > -s of St . Lnke ' s Lodge of Jnstruclie WM ! U reassemble on Friday , September 7 th , at P . m . Hart Tavern , King's-road , Chelsea , at 7 . 30
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE CONSECRATION OP THE EVENING STAR LODGE . —The consecration of the Evening Star Lodge as will be seen by our report elsewhere took place on Tuesday , at Freemasons' Hall , under brilliant auspices , and before a goodly gathering we shall call attention to their interesting report of the consecration of this premising new lodge next week .
We have much p leasure in drawing the attention of our numerous readers to a proposed Masonic Tour , starting from London on Monday week the 10 th inst . It is organized by Bros . Gaze the well known Tourist directors and hotel contractors , of 142 , Strand , and will be personally conducted by Bro . Oscar Dietrich . The persons forming the party will we are informed
be strictly limited to Master Masons . Arrangements are in progress for the fitting reception of the party by brethren of the various lodges in Paris , Geneva , and Berne and for fraternal intercourse at Geneva . To those brethren who have not already partaken of their summer Tour , we would commend the inspection of the detailed
programme , which we have perused with care and interest and must acknowledge it forms a tour of a most tovel and attractive character . These features in addition to the grand national scenery to be visited , we are confident will attract many to join the party . Full particulars arj given in the detailed programme which may be obtained direct from Bros . Gaze and Son , 142 , Strand , London .
CRICKET . —An interesting cricket match will be played in the Alexandra Palace ground , on Saturday , the 15 th inst ., between the boys of the Royal Masonic Institution at Wood Green , and the boys of the Grocers ' Company ' s School . Bro . John Aird , S . W . , of the Evening Star Lodge , No . 1719 , consecrated on Tuesday last , has promised to represent the lodge as Steward at the 88 th
Anniversary Festival of the R . M . I , for Boys , which will take place in June , 1878 . The East Anglian Daily Times announces the death on Sunday morning , at h'S London residence , of Mr . Edward Wilson , the eminent civil engineer . Mr . Wilson was consulting engineer to the Great Eastern Railway Company , and acting engineer to some of the largest undertakings in the United Kingdom . Death arose from a carbuncle upon the head .
INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDERS—On and after the first of this month international money orders will be issued and paid at all post offices in France and Algeria , instead of at the limited number of offices hitherto authorised to transact international money-order business . A complete list of post-offices in France and Algeria will be kept at every money-order office in the
United Kingdom . The amount received by the executive of Dulwich College for the last year from rents , tolls , and capitation fees , & c , was £ 32 , 000 , the whole of which was expended upon the purposes of Alleyne ' s Charity . OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATIONS . — The Division lists for the present year were issued on ' " aturday ,
and comprise a total of 1402 who were successful out of 2304 candidates , being an excess of 214 on last year ' s numbers . Of the 1402 , 61 , 1 , —viz ., 320 , boys and 304 girls—were senior candidates , and of these 211 boys and 201 girls will receive the University distinction of Associate of Arts . Of the 1671 junior candidates examined 1341 were boys and 330 girls , and of these 823 boys and 167
girls will receive certificates of having passed the junior examination . The first division of seniors in the Order of Merit contains but 21 names , of which Mr . H . T . Lilley , of St . Olave ' s Grammar School , Southwark , Rev . A . Johnson , Principal , stands first . Mr . Johnson , besides supplying the first name in the list , also sends the fourth in order of merit , Mr . W . J . Ashley , and the fifth , Mr . R . W . Cousens . Mr . F . Hughes , of the Liverpool Institute , is second in
order in merit . FLEET STREET . — The Citt / Press acknowledges the receipt of complaints from several correspondents as to the loss occasioned by the dilatory way in which the work of repaving Fleet-street is being carried on . This most important thoroughfare is stated to have been closed for eight weeks . Considering the amount of traffic which has to be diverted , the inhabitants think that the work should be pushed on to the uttermost .
CAUTION TO BATHERS . — -With the view of diminishing the loss of life which annually occurs from drowning , arid which , according to recent returns of the Registrar-General , has increased between 30 and 40 per cent , during the past year as compared with corresponding periods of the previous year , the Royal Humane Society has issued the following important advice to bathers : —
" Avoid bathing within two hours after a meal , or when exhausted by fatigue or from any other cause , or when the body is cooling after perspiration , and avoid bathing altogether in the open air if , after being a short time in the water , there is a sense of chilliness with ' numbness of the hands and feet , but bathe when the body is warm , provided no time is lost in getting into the water . Avoid
chilling the body by sitting or standing undressed on the banks or in boats after having been in the water , or remaining too long in the water , but leave ihe water immediately there is the sli ghtest feeling of chilliness . The vigorous and strong may bathe early in the morning on an empty stomach , but the young and those who are weak
had better bathe two or three hours after a meal ; the best time for such is from two or three hours after breakfast . Those who are subject to attacks of giddiness or fairjtness , or who suffer from palpitation and other sense of discomfort at the heart , should not bathe withput first consulting their medical advt 5 er . "^ - ( 7 iVy Pres ?
Masonic And General Tidings.
STABILITY LODGE OF INSTRWCTION . —The session of this popular lodge will commence on Friday neat the 7 th inst ., at 6 p . m . and will meet regularly every every Friday evening from 6 till 8 p . m . until April , 1878 . The place of meeting is the Guildhall Tavern , Greshamstreet .
The appeal of the Lord Mayor to the clergy and ministers of religion throughout the country to assist him in raising a fund worthy of England , to relieve the sufferers by the famine in Southern India , has been so far well responded to , but not to anything like the extent which is still anticipated . The efforts of the Indian Government to mitigate the disaster need , it is said on
high authority , to be largely supplemented by private munificence . The Lord Mayor earnestly commends the matter to the sympathy of the clergy , and , through them , to the compassionate liberality of their respective congregations , feeling assured that their attention has only to be drawn to the great need that exists for help to ensure at their hands a generous response .
Amongst the objects in the Caxton Exhibition , is a copy of the " Freemasons' Magazine" of March 1796 , containing a portrait memoir of Miss Elizabeth Caslon , the wife of the founder of the eminent firm of type founders represented by H . W . Caslon & Co .
MR . LOWE AND MR . RUSKIN . —The letter which we quoted from the current number of Mr . Ruskin ' s Fors Clavigera as having been addressed by some distinguished lriend to Mr . Ruskin was not , as we were led by the context to infer , . from the pen of Mr . Robert Lowe .
CITY PROPERTY . —Many instances have been given from time to time of improvement in the value of City properties , but one of the most remarkable is that of a house in Lombard-street , the property of the Drapers ' Company , which in 1668 was let for £ 25 a year . In 1877 the site lets for £ 2600 a year ground rent , and the lessee
having expended . £ " 10 , 000 on the building covering it , gets a return of ^ 7000 a yea r rent . —City Press . Mr . G . B . Newton , for many years secretary of the North London Railway , has been appointed the general manager of the same line jointly vrith his post as secretary , which he still retains .
Owing to the rough weather both Folkestone and Ryde Regattas have been postponed . The former which was to have taken place on Tuesday last has been put off for some days . The latter which was promised for Monday and Tuesday the 37 th and z 8 th ult ,
will no-iv take place on the nth and 12 th of September . ROYAL STANDARD LODGE OF INSTRUCTION , No . 1298 . —This lodge will re-open for the season , on Friday next , the 7 th inst , and will meet every Fridayevening at 8 o ' clock , at the Castle Tavern , Holloway-road , Bro . Cull , Preceptor .
The Manchester Guardian understands that the Manchester Aquarium was sold on Wednesday , by private contract , for the sum of £ 6 , 950 . The purchaser is Bishop Vaughan , of Salford , who , it is stated , proposes to carry oh the institution as an aquarium and museum .
Constitutions of the Ancient Fraternity of Free anil Accepted Masons , containing the Charges Regulations , E . A . SOIIVT , & c . A copy should be in the possession of every brother . It may be obtained for 2 S . at the office of the Freemason , or will be sent post free to any part of the United Kingdom on receipt of twenty-five penny stamps . Address , Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London . —ADVT .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
The General Committee meeting of the Royal Masonic Institution for G . irls was held on Thursday afternoon in the Board Room , Freemasons' Hall , Bro . John Boyd in the chair . There were also present Bros . Griffiths Smith , Joshua
Nunn , H . Browse , H . P .. Webster , Jesse Turner , Major Finney , Thomas W . White , H . Massey , ( Freemason ) ; H . Potter , C . F . Maticr , F . J . Baker , F . W . Hedges , and R . W . Little , Secretary . Bro . C . F . Matier gave notice of motion for the next Quarterly Court that the rank of Vice-Patron be conferred on Bro . John Constable , in consideration of his services
to Ihe Institution . A lady having , by her will , left a legacy of £ 50 to the Institution , on condition that her daughter be made a life . governess , notice of motion was given by Bro . H . Browse that that rank be granted to thc testator's daughter . The Committee then adjourned .
Bro . E . West , M . A ., M . C ., 1 st Class , Lodge 12 7 , successfully prepares for all competitive examinations . Boys especially trained for Naval Cadetships , & c . The sons ef Merchants receive a thorough and practical education . Terms moderate . —Address , Bro . O . Pland ' s , Spring Grove , Middlesex , W . —[ ADVT . 1
Hor . urvv . w ' s Puts . —Weary of Life . —Derangement of the liver is one rf the most efficient cause's of dangerous diseases , and the most prolific fource of those melancholy forebodings vvhirh are worse than death itself . A few elosvs oi' l » tse noted Pills act magically iu dispelling low spirits , and repelling the revert attacks made on the nerves fry excessive heat , impure aimosphercs ,
ovcrindurgcr . ee , or exhausting excitement . The most shatfred constitution niny derive benefit from Hollowav ' s Pills , which will ; regulate disordered action , brace the nerves , increase the energy olj the intellectual faculties and revive the failing memory . By attentively studying the instructions for taking these Pills aiiet explicitly putting them in practice , the most desponding will 600 •< -, feel confident of a perfect recovery . —AD ' . •" -
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Consecration Of The Evening Star Lodge, No. 1719.
duty which would never be forgotten , the duty of prac-° " Masonic charity . Bro . Binckes concluded by saying '' t gro . | ( , hn Aird , S . W ., had kindly consented to repret the lodge as Steward at the R 6 tli anniversary festival ot " the Boys' School in June , 1878 . Bro . Hervey proposed " The Recommending Lodge , the can 0 nbury Lodge , " coupling with it the name of Bro .
Edward Cox , P . M . 037 . _ Rro . Edward Cox said 111 his assrrciat on with Freeasonry h ; had become conversant with this one fact , hich he hoped was patent to all , that , then : was much more in Holy 'Writ that could be discerned by a studious erson than would appear on the first blush . He remembered reading in the Psalms that which forcibly impressed
on his mind that King David himself must have been a Freerrason . David said that " promotion cometh neither from the east nor from the west , nor from the south . " Why he should have omitted the north he ( Bro . Cox ) could not tell , unless King David was a Freemason . He supplemented that with this remark , that " He setteth up one Ind putteth down another , " clearly exemplifying that the
S I ) , of this year might not be the J . W . of the next , but that the ' - G . of this year might become the S . D . of the next . To go further , he remembered reading that Abraham , in his ° ' d liays > begat children , and they were promised to him . They had that day introduced into the chair an aged brother as the W . M ., and he would introduce children into the Craft and become a father in his
old days . He did not know any brother who was more to be respected as the father of children in the Craft then was Bro . Filer . In associating his ( Bro . Cox ' s ) name with the Canonbury Lodge he could only say that his connection with it and Bro . Filer had been such that he hoped it might last for many years yet to come . Bro . Filer was the father of the
lodge which was consecrated by Bro . Hervey and Sir Daniel Gooch . That lodge reflected honour upon Bro . Hervey as it did upon the Craft . The endeavour of its members was at all times to promote the interests of Freemasonry , and introducing Bro . Filer's name to H . R . H . the Prince of Walt's , as the first Master of the Evening Star Lodge he felt they were not wrong , as by its
association with the Canonbury Lodge they were reflecting honour on those who were brought into the Evening Star Lodge . He could not conclude without complimenting Bro . Hervey on having occupied the position of Consecrating Master . He had frequently seen the ceremony of consecration , but he had never seen it so bcatifully performed as it had been
lhatevening . He did not know whether it was the association of this lodge with the Canonbury that made him think so . Certainly he did feel that what he had heard had taken hold of his mind with a greater tenacity than words of mortal ever did before . He hopeel they would be spread abroad ad infinitum .
Bro . Buss , who was also called on to reply said , the Canonbury Lodge for years past hal sent up stewards to each of the charity festivals , with a list of i " ioo on each occasion . He thought that no lodge in London could boast of greater success . If the Evening Star Lodge did the same , or even surnassed them , the Canonbury would not feel any jealousy . Bro . John Aird , in reply for the officers s ~ . id : that all the
brethren must feel that the Evening Star Lodge had been inaugurated most satisfactorily , and he and his hiother officers would feel that they would be greatly wanting in their duties and in showing their appreciation oi it , if they did not use their best efforts to make the lodge a success . It was his earnest endeavour to do so , and he trusted it would be the earnest endeavour of all . 8 ro . F . A . Greene also replied , and the brethren having drunk the Tyler's toast shortly afterwards separated .
Tin : RIGHTS OV TRAMCARS . —At the close "f a case tried before the Sheffield magistrates on Friday last , in which the Tramways Company were the complainants , Mr , Rodgets , one of the magistrates , remarked that manv of the diivcrs of the cars drove as if they thought the whole world ought to make room for them , but the real fact was that they must make room for all the world .
'he 57 th section of the Act enacted that notwithstanding anything there mi ght be in the Tramways Act , the company should not acquire any right other than that of using 'he road . Therefore if they hail no right beyond the use of the road , their right stood like the right of all the rest of [ he public to the use of the road , and they bad 110 priority . " y the 62 nd section of the Act it was also provided that
" (¦ thing in the Company's Act , or in any bye-law , should abridge the rights of the public . He did not at all admit that tlic slow traffic was to cross the road to allow the cars 10 pass when the other side was full of business , as the practice was a dangerous one , though it might be adopted "hen convenient . The rights of ihe public had first to ™ considered , not the rights of the company . The Town ouncil
J- could pass bjc-laws , but no bye-law could abridge ( ne rights of the public , and when it did that it was void . n the metropolis the feud is as bitter as ever against the rarncars companies , who have disregarded the memorial severa l thousand inhabitants respecting the bell nui-^ "ce . Proceedings in Parliament are to be taken to rnpel the company to abate or discontinue the nuisance ; tantthile
' tervvns which are threatened with the intro-, " ° " . 'f ''' e tramway systim should exercise jealous sur v "" ° ' r the b 'Hs introduced during the next and ^ acceding session s of Parliament . In London the tram-Sailor i ' ' 1 " 1 "" 8 ° Ut t 0 be , lle old man in " sinbad thc to n r ' 'l '" , ar 8 e and influential omnibus company run them iff the road is not improbable . — Colliery '" "' '''"" ' August 24 , , 877 . J
lion 11 me " > -s of St . Lnke ' s Lodge of Jnstruclie WM ! U reassemble on Friday , September 7 th , at P . m . Hart Tavern , King's-road , Chelsea , at 7 . 30
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE CONSECRATION OP THE EVENING STAR LODGE . —The consecration of the Evening Star Lodge as will be seen by our report elsewhere took place on Tuesday , at Freemasons' Hall , under brilliant auspices , and before a goodly gathering we shall call attention to their interesting report of the consecration of this premising new lodge next week .
We have much p leasure in drawing the attention of our numerous readers to a proposed Masonic Tour , starting from London on Monday week the 10 th inst . It is organized by Bros . Gaze the well known Tourist directors and hotel contractors , of 142 , Strand , and will be personally conducted by Bro . Oscar Dietrich . The persons forming the party will we are informed
be strictly limited to Master Masons . Arrangements are in progress for the fitting reception of the party by brethren of the various lodges in Paris , Geneva , and Berne and for fraternal intercourse at Geneva . To those brethren who have not already partaken of their summer Tour , we would commend the inspection of the detailed
programme , which we have perused with care and interest and must acknowledge it forms a tour of a most tovel and attractive character . These features in addition to the grand national scenery to be visited , we are confident will attract many to join the party . Full particulars arj given in the detailed programme which may be obtained direct from Bros . Gaze and Son , 142 , Strand , London .
CRICKET . —An interesting cricket match will be played in the Alexandra Palace ground , on Saturday , the 15 th inst ., between the boys of the Royal Masonic Institution at Wood Green , and the boys of the Grocers ' Company ' s School . Bro . John Aird , S . W . , of the Evening Star Lodge , No . 1719 , consecrated on Tuesday last , has promised to represent the lodge as Steward at the 88 th
Anniversary Festival of the R . M . I , for Boys , which will take place in June , 1878 . The East Anglian Daily Times announces the death on Sunday morning , at h'S London residence , of Mr . Edward Wilson , the eminent civil engineer . Mr . Wilson was consulting engineer to the Great Eastern Railway Company , and acting engineer to some of the largest undertakings in the United Kingdom . Death arose from a carbuncle upon the head .
INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDERS—On and after the first of this month international money orders will be issued and paid at all post offices in France and Algeria , instead of at the limited number of offices hitherto authorised to transact international money-order business . A complete list of post-offices in France and Algeria will be kept at every money-order office in the
United Kingdom . The amount received by the executive of Dulwich College for the last year from rents , tolls , and capitation fees , & c , was £ 32 , 000 , the whole of which was expended upon the purposes of Alleyne ' s Charity . OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATIONS . — The Division lists for the present year were issued on ' " aturday ,
and comprise a total of 1402 who were successful out of 2304 candidates , being an excess of 214 on last year ' s numbers . Of the 1402 , 61 , 1 , —viz ., 320 , boys and 304 girls—were senior candidates , and of these 211 boys and 201 girls will receive the University distinction of Associate of Arts . Of the 1671 junior candidates examined 1341 were boys and 330 girls , and of these 823 boys and 167
girls will receive certificates of having passed the junior examination . The first division of seniors in the Order of Merit contains but 21 names , of which Mr . H . T . Lilley , of St . Olave ' s Grammar School , Southwark , Rev . A . Johnson , Principal , stands first . Mr . Johnson , besides supplying the first name in the list , also sends the fourth in order of merit , Mr . W . J . Ashley , and the fifth , Mr . R . W . Cousens . Mr . F . Hughes , of the Liverpool Institute , is second in
order in merit . FLEET STREET . — The Citt / Press acknowledges the receipt of complaints from several correspondents as to the loss occasioned by the dilatory way in which the work of repaving Fleet-street is being carried on . This most important thoroughfare is stated to have been closed for eight weeks . Considering the amount of traffic which has to be diverted , the inhabitants think that the work should be pushed on to the uttermost .
CAUTION TO BATHERS . — -With the view of diminishing the loss of life which annually occurs from drowning , arid which , according to recent returns of the Registrar-General , has increased between 30 and 40 per cent , during the past year as compared with corresponding periods of the previous year , the Royal Humane Society has issued the following important advice to bathers : —
" Avoid bathing within two hours after a meal , or when exhausted by fatigue or from any other cause , or when the body is cooling after perspiration , and avoid bathing altogether in the open air if , after being a short time in the water , there is a sense of chilliness with ' numbness of the hands and feet , but bathe when the body is warm , provided no time is lost in getting into the water . Avoid
chilling the body by sitting or standing undressed on the banks or in boats after having been in the water , or remaining too long in the water , but leave ihe water immediately there is the sli ghtest feeling of chilliness . The vigorous and strong may bathe early in the morning on an empty stomach , but the young and those who are weak
had better bathe two or three hours after a meal ; the best time for such is from two or three hours after breakfast . Those who are subject to attacks of giddiness or fairjtness , or who suffer from palpitation and other sense of discomfort at the heart , should not bathe withput first consulting their medical advt 5 er . "^ - ( 7 iVy Pres ?
Masonic And General Tidings.
STABILITY LODGE OF INSTRWCTION . —The session of this popular lodge will commence on Friday neat the 7 th inst ., at 6 p . m . and will meet regularly every every Friday evening from 6 till 8 p . m . until April , 1878 . The place of meeting is the Guildhall Tavern , Greshamstreet .
The appeal of the Lord Mayor to the clergy and ministers of religion throughout the country to assist him in raising a fund worthy of England , to relieve the sufferers by the famine in Southern India , has been so far well responded to , but not to anything like the extent which is still anticipated . The efforts of the Indian Government to mitigate the disaster need , it is said on
high authority , to be largely supplemented by private munificence . The Lord Mayor earnestly commends the matter to the sympathy of the clergy , and , through them , to the compassionate liberality of their respective congregations , feeling assured that their attention has only to be drawn to the great need that exists for help to ensure at their hands a generous response .
Amongst the objects in the Caxton Exhibition , is a copy of the " Freemasons' Magazine" of March 1796 , containing a portrait memoir of Miss Elizabeth Caslon , the wife of the founder of the eminent firm of type founders represented by H . W . Caslon & Co .
MR . LOWE AND MR . RUSKIN . —The letter which we quoted from the current number of Mr . Ruskin ' s Fors Clavigera as having been addressed by some distinguished lriend to Mr . Ruskin was not , as we were led by the context to infer , . from the pen of Mr . Robert Lowe .
CITY PROPERTY . —Many instances have been given from time to time of improvement in the value of City properties , but one of the most remarkable is that of a house in Lombard-street , the property of the Drapers ' Company , which in 1668 was let for £ 25 a year . In 1877 the site lets for £ 2600 a year ground rent , and the lessee
having expended . £ " 10 , 000 on the building covering it , gets a return of ^ 7000 a yea r rent . —City Press . Mr . G . B . Newton , for many years secretary of the North London Railway , has been appointed the general manager of the same line jointly vrith his post as secretary , which he still retains .
Owing to the rough weather both Folkestone and Ryde Regattas have been postponed . The former which was to have taken place on Tuesday last has been put off for some days . The latter which was promised for Monday and Tuesday the 37 th and z 8 th ult ,
will no-iv take place on the nth and 12 th of September . ROYAL STANDARD LODGE OF INSTRUCTION , No . 1298 . —This lodge will re-open for the season , on Friday next , the 7 th inst , and will meet every Fridayevening at 8 o ' clock , at the Castle Tavern , Holloway-road , Bro . Cull , Preceptor .
The Manchester Guardian understands that the Manchester Aquarium was sold on Wednesday , by private contract , for the sum of £ 6 , 950 . The purchaser is Bishop Vaughan , of Salford , who , it is stated , proposes to carry oh the institution as an aquarium and museum .
Constitutions of the Ancient Fraternity of Free anil Accepted Masons , containing the Charges Regulations , E . A . SOIIVT , & c . A copy should be in the possession of every brother . It may be obtained for 2 S . at the office of the Freemason , or will be sent post free to any part of the United Kingdom on receipt of twenty-five penny stamps . Address , Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London . —ADVT .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
The General Committee meeting of the Royal Masonic Institution for G . irls was held on Thursday afternoon in the Board Room , Freemasons' Hall , Bro . John Boyd in the chair . There were also present Bros . Griffiths Smith , Joshua
Nunn , H . Browse , H . P .. Webster , Jesse Turner , Major Finney , Thomas W . White , H . Massey , ( Freemason ) ; H . Potter , C . F . Maticr , F . J . Baker , F . W . Hedges , and R . W . Little , Secretary . Bro . C . F . Matier gave notice of motion for the next Quarterly Court that the rank of Vice-Patron be conferred on Bro . John Constable , in consideration of his services
to Ihe Institution . A lady having , by her will , left a legacy of £ 50 to the Institution , on condition that her daughter be made a life . governess , notice of motion was given by Bro . H . Browse that that rank be granted to thc testator's daughter . The Committee then adjourned .
Bro . E . West , M . A ., M . C ., 1 st Class , Lodge 12 7 , successfully prepares for all competitive examinations . Boys especially trained for Naval Cadetships , & c . The sons ef Merchants receive a thorough and practical education . Terms moderate . —Address , Bro . O . Pland ' s , Spring Grove , Middlesex , W . —[ ADVT . 1
Hor . urvv . w ' s Puts . —Weary of Life . —Derangement of the liver is one rf the most efficient cause's of dangerous diseases , and the most prolific fource of those melancholy forebodings vvhirh are worse than death itself . A few elosvs oi' l » tse noted Pills act magically iu dispelling low spirits , and repelling the revert attacks made on the nerves fry excessive heat , impure aimosphercs ,
ovcrindurgcr . ee , or exhausting excitement . The most shatfred constitution niny derive benefit from Hollowav ' s Pills , which will ; regulate disordered action , brace the nerves , increase the energy olj the intellectual faculties and revive the failing memory . By attentively studying the instructions for taking these Pills aiiet explicitly putting them in practice , the most desponding will 600 •< -, feel confident of a perfect recovery . —AD ' . •" -