Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Longfellow is said to have left a fortune of £ So , ooo . Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson , P . G . D ., laid the foundation-stone of St . Saviour's Church , Westgate-on-Sea , on Tuesday . Bro . the Duke of Manchester has left tosvn for

Kimbolton Castle , St . Neots . The Duchess is staying at Homburg . On Wednesday next , at the Cock Tavern , Highbury , the Finsbury Park Lodge of Instruction , No . 1695 , will resume svork , after its vacation . The time of meeting is half-past eight . We are pleased to learn that Bro . James Curtis ,

of Brighton , P . M . 315 and 1797 , and Prov . G . S . B . of Sussex , has been selected out of 25 candidates for the post of Editor of the Odd Fellows' Magazine of the Manchester Unity . At the installation meeting of the Jordan Lodge , No . 1402 , Torquay , on the 22 nd ult ., Bro . G . J . Pepprell , S . VV ., svas installed into the Master ' s chair of that lodge for

the ensuing year , in the presence of a strong board of Installed Masters , amongst svhom svere many Present and Past Grand Officers of Devon and other provinces . The sveekly meetings of the Stocksvell Lodge of Instruction , No . 1339 , held every Thursday at the Cock Tavern , 340 , Kennington-road , from 7 . 30 to 9 . 30 p . m ., and of which Bro . Frances , P . M ., P . P . G . S . D . Surrey , is

Preceptor , svill be resumed on Thursday , the 13 th inst ., svhen the ceremony of installation svill be rehearsed by Bro . Ayling , W . M . 975 . Bro . Sir Albert Woods , Garter Principal King at Arms , G . D . of C , visited Windsor Castle on Monday last sveek , and placed the banner and insignia of the Duke of Grafton , a recently created Knight of the

Most Noble Order of the Garter , HI St . George s Chapel . The banner and insignia of Bro . the late Duke of Marlborough and the Earl of Harrosvby , deceased knights , svere removed . The Duke and Duchess of Connaught svere present at the tournament at Bagshot Park held on Wednesday in aid of the building fund of Bagshot Church , the

foundation - stone of svhich svas laid svith full Masonic honours by his Royal Highness in April last , and the sports svere svitnessed by a considerable number of spectators . The prizes svere presented by the Duchess of Cambridge . In consequence of an alarming outbreak of •grouse disease on his extensive moors , Tintsvistle and

Wbodhead , Bro . Lord Tollemache has definitely decided not to shoot over them this season . Tord Tollemache postponed breaking in upon the moors Srom the 13 th until last Tuesday , but the ravages of the disease have so terribly thinned the birds that only sufficient are left for breeding purposes . The Prov . Grand Mark Lodge of Cornsvalf met

in the Freemasons , Hall , Hayle , on 'Thursday . R . W . Bro . Sir Charles Brune Graves-Sawle , Bart ., Prov . G . M . M . M ., presided . The VV . M . of the Cornubian Mark Lodge , No . 7 S , Hayle ( Bro . N . J . West , C . E ., Provincial G . S . W . ) , opened the lodge and received the Provincial Grand Lodge at 1 . 30 , after having svorked the Mark Degree in the presence of the Provincial Grand Master . 1 he business

was of the ordinary routine character , and a very large attendance of brethren svas made . The Provincial Grand Secretary is Bro . J . W . Johns , of Truro , to svhom all communications may be made , or to Bro . J . P . Smith , of Hayle . The De Grey and Ripon Lodge , No . 837 , Ripon , Yorkshire , have arranged to hold a grand Masonic festival at Fountains Abbey , in aid of the charity knosvn as

J epson ' s Hospital , Ripon , on Wednesday , Octobersrd next . The Prov . Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire being held at Ripon on the above date , the Marquess of Ripon , K . G ., has with his usual liberality throsvn open the grounds of Studley and the far famed ruins of Fountains Abbey for the benefit of the charitable institution sve have mentioned . A banquet will be held in tbe cloisters , and sis order to

render the gathering still more attractive , ladies are invited " to add a charm and grace the festival by their presence . " Other particulars svill be | found in the official announcement in another portion of this issue . Bro . King , P . G . M . of Maine , U . S . A ., in his retiring address as Grand Master , says : "Shall lodges be encouraged to hold ' gift enterprises , ' 'fairs , ' or other public

entertainments , to replenish the treasury or furnish halls ? The first is an invasion , if not a violation of our civil lasv : 'Conform svith cheerfulness to the government of the country in svhich you Vive . ' A lodge is constituted by Masons , of Masons , and for Masons : it should never seek the assistance of the profane , for , by availing itself of

their generosity or charity and denying them fraternity it svould discredit its profession to act honourably by all men . Have such entertainments as you please among yourselves and families , either for instruction or amusement : ' Let every brother give according to his ability , not grudgingly nor in hope of resvard , but for the glory of God and love of the brotherhood . '"

The Great Northern Railsvay Company have recently perfected some admirable arrangements for reducing the time hitherto taken up on the journey betsveen London and Manchester . The run , svhich previously has occupied five hours , and entailed stoppages at Retford , Peterborough , Grantham , and Sheffield , is now performed under 4 J- hours , the only stoppages being at Grantham

( three minutes ) and Sheffield ( tsvo minutes ) . At present there are but tsvo of these special express trains , but sve are given to understand that the service svill be increased as soon as it is knosvn how far the public are prepared to take advantage of this undeniably very greatjimprovement . To travel from London to Grantham ( 105 miles ) in less than 2 \ hours , and svith a scarcely perceptible feeling that the train is moving so very rapidly , is a desideratum we think the public svill not be slow to appreciate and avail themselves of .

Masonic And General Tidings

Thc Tredegar Lodge of Instruction , No . 1265 , resumes its sveekly meetings on Monday next , at the Royal Hotel , Mile End-road , at S p . m . Lady Carrington has gone to Melton Constable , to pass a fesv weeks with Lord and Lady Hastings before leaving to join Bro . Lord Carrington , P . G . W ., in America . Comp . J . H . Sillitoe , P . G . J . East Lancashire , at the installation meeting of the Unanimity Chapter , No .

42 , Bury , on the 23 rd ult ., installed theThree Principals for the ensuing year as follosvs : M . E . Comp . S . Baily , Z . 3 E . Comp . A . Hopkinson , H . ; and W . Barrett , J . On Tuesday next the Kennington Lodge of Instruction , No . 1381 , svill meet at the Horns Tavern , Kennington Park , at 7 . 30 for 7 . 45 p . m ., svhen the ceremony of installation svill be rehearsed by Bro . E . Ayling , W . M ., of the Rose of Denmark Lodge , No . 975 .

In a paragraph in our last issue , referring to the annual meeting of "Ye Antiente Fraternite of ye Rahere Almoners , " sve mentioned Bro . James Stevens as the Secretary . This is an error , as Mr . Thomas Sangster holds theofficeof Grand Recorderof theabovecharitableinstitution , svhich is equivalent to that of Secretary . Bro . Stevens is the founder .

Bro . Lord Waveney , Prov . G . M . Warsvickshire , on Tuesday opened , amidst much rejoicing , a handsome nesv public hall , piesented by Mr . D . Gurteen , J . P ., at Haverhill , near Cambridge , a distinguished company being present . The building contains a noble hall , svith gallery and orchestra , and suite of reading rooms , library , billiard rooms , & c , and has cost about £ 4000 .

We are asked to announce that the Justice Lodge of Instruction , No . 147 , formerly held at the Royal Abert Inn , Nesv Cross-road , has removed to the . Brown Bear , High-street , Deptford , svhere its meetings are held on Thursday evenings , from S till 10 o ' clock . Bro . J . J . Hutchings , P . M . 147 , is the able Preceptor , svith Bros . S . R . Speight , P . M . 147 , and B . R . Banks , S . W . 147 , as

Treasurer and Secretary respectively . Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall , C . C , president of the society , assisted by Mrs . Marshall , presented the prizes , and gave a sovereign each to eight scholars who had chosen bibles as their resvards , besides presenting S 7 consolation prizes to the unsuccessful exhibitors , at a rlosver shosv held on Saturday evening last in connection svith

the Gresham Sunday School Floral Society , Brixton . In the Constitution of many Grand Lodges it is provided that all past elective Grand Officers shall become permanent members of their respective Grand Lodges . It has been found necessary in some localities to add another clause declaring that such permanent membership is dissolved by non-affiliation . A Mason svho does not care to

retain his connection with a Subordinate Lodge can hardly expect to hold on to the rights and privileges of membership in the Grand Body . —Freemasons' Repository . Our osvn Postmaster-General's system of postal notes , as distinguished from Post-office orders , after being adopted in France , has nosv been brought into use by the United States Post-office . In form , the nesv American

notes , hosvever , are slightly different from those issued here . They arc bound in books of 500 each , each one being perforated , and , instead of the value being printed on each one , as in our case , the postmaster has at the time of purchase to Ull up each one , with its counterpart , for any required amount not exceeding five dollars . The system appears to us to be not so handy as our osvn , and to leave

open greater facilities for fraud . Bro . Sir J . Devereux , of Windsor , on svhom the Queen recently conferred the honour of Knighthood , is not only a leading member of the Windsor municipality , but likesvise a distinguished Berks Mason , having been VV . M . of the Windsor Castle Lodge , No . 771 , in 1 S 60 , and Prov . Grand Secretary of Berks and Bucks for several years , and

having further taken a leading part in founding the Masonic Hall , Windsor , in the consecration of svhich on the 24 th November , 1864 , he svas one of the most prominent personages . We congratulate our respected brother on the honours he has received and -which have been so svell deserved . At the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall at

St . Austell on Tuesday there svill be considerable business to transact , in addition to that which usually falls to be considered at such times , there being a candidate seeking election as an annuitant for the " Cornwall Masonic Annuity and Benevolent Fund , " and several petitioners for relief from the funds . It is likely that the several changes made in thc Book of Constitutions svill be duly noted , and in

other svays the assembly svill be one of more than ordinary interest . It is confidently expected that Bro . the Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe , the Provincial Grand Master , svill also preside at the banquet , so that arrangements are being made on a scale suitable to the occasion by the zealous St . Austell brethren . The last meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge in that tosvn svas held on July gth , 1872 , when

there were 24 lodges and about 1100 members ; now there are 29 lodges and some 1500 subscribing brethren in the provinces . Speaking of the funeral of thc late Bro . Capt . Webb , the Buffalo Express , after describing the burial place , says * . "No one svas present to do his memory honour . There svere no tears shed by loving friends , no regrets by friendly neighbours , as the remains svere lowered

into tlieir resting-place . It was a sad picture , doubly pathetic when the life and deeds of daring of this champion are considered—a man for whom half of England and more than that of the United States is mourning . There was no shroud , no clothing to hide his bloated form . In the same rough pine-box in svhich the body was shipped from Lewiston to the Falls , the greatest swimmer in the svorld svas

buried in the same condition as svhen found floating in the quiet waters of the Niagara below Lewiston , except that the scarletbreech-clout svith which he entered the treacherous waters had been torn asvay . Looked at as the people at the Falls looked at this interment , it was pathetic and pitiful I " " RUPTURES , "—WHITE ' MOCMAIN LEVER TRUSS is the most effective invention for the treatment of Hernia . The use of a

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Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . J . Judd , C . C , F . R . H . S ., presided at the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Financial Press Society , Limited , at Jerusalem Chambers , on the 23 rd ult . The ceremony of installation svill be rehearsed by Bro . James Smith , W . M . Confidence Lodge , 193 , at the Confidence Lodge of Instruction , 193 , at Bro . Maidwell ' s , Hercules Tavern , Leadenhall-street , on Wednesday next , at seven o ' clock . Brethren are earnestly invited .

The United States Government has just purchased the property of Wakefield , Westmorland County , Virginia , svhere George Washington was born . It is about 86 miles from Washington city , is 20 acres in extent , and is a portion of the property osvned by Washington's grandfather . Congress has , moreover , voted 33 , 000 dollars to erect a monument upon the spot svhere the " Father of his Country " svas born .

Bro . Sir P . Dyke Ackland , Bart ., svho has represented North Devon continuously since 1865 , and , svho on Thursday last svas ssvorn a member of the Privy Council , svas initiated in Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , then No . 711 , Oxford , in 1 S 30 , the Duke , then Marquis , of Abercorn , Grand Master of Ireland , and Lord de Tabley , Prov . G . Master of Cheshire , having been initiated in the same lodge in thc course of the same year .

Bro . Geo . Lambert , F . S . A ., Member of the Court of Assistants of the Goldsmiths Company , P . G . Swd . Br ., read a very erudite and exceedingly interesting paper on St . Dunstan , the patron saint of the above Company , before the meeting of the British Archasological Society at Dover , on the 23 rd ult . Osving to pressure on our space sve are unable now to print the address . On the occasion of the visit of the society to Canterbury on

the same day , Bro . Lambert , at the Guildhall , gave a short description of thc regalia of the borough . An illiterate man having been convicted at the United States District Court in Missouri of a minor offence , he svas ordered by the judge to be detained in goal until he should be able to read and svrite ; and another offender , less ignorant , svas sentenced to be similarly imprisoned until he should have instructed the former in those valuable arts .

It is stated that in three sveeks the man reappeared able to svrite fairly well from dictation , and both pupil and master were discharged . A correspondent writes : " I notice in your impression of the iSth August , under heading 'Masonic and General Tidings , ' an extract taken from the Keystone , as follosvs : ' Bro . Sir Archibald Allison , svho is an enthusiastic Mason , and has held the office of Provincial Grand Master

of the Province of Glasgosv , ' & c . As this is apt to mislead those not svell versed in the history of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgosv , I beg to inform you that the present Sir Archibald never svas Provincial Grand Master of this province , but his father , the late Sheriff Allison , the author of ' Allison ' s History of Europe , ' svas the occupant of that office for some years . " Full - sized figures in Carrara marble of the

Queen and the Prince of Wales , and an allegorical representation of , Nesv South VVales , are being prepared by Signor Fontana , and are intended to grace the halls of the Government offices at Sydney . The principal statue in order of precedence is that of her Majesty , svearing her crosvn and the royal and imperial robes of State . The Prince of Wales is represented in the uniform of a field marshal , his left hand resting on the hilt of his ssvord .

his right holding the marshal ' s baton . In the third statue the sculptor presents us svith a female figure in the full bloom of youthful maturity , classically dressed , and crowned svith a garland of the Australian flora . On the plinth at her feet lies recumbent a young ram in all thc native glory of a curly fleece of wool , and on the opposite side the mineral svealth of Australia is typified by a large nugget . The statues are each 6 ft . 6 in . in height , and have been

skillfully finished . The follosving story serves to illustrate the influence of certain Army Regulations upon the humorous fancy . An officer submitted a claim for reimbursement of travelling expenses , under the very ordinary head of " porter . " The item svas disallosvcd , and he svas referred to the Regulation whicii prohibits any claim being preferred under like circumstances for refreshments . He explained that the porter

was not a fluid , but a man ; but was again referred to the Regulations , svhere he ultimately discovered that the proper term for animal porter was " porterage . " He mentally registered the information , but to keep himself right for the future , and to avoid the laborious investigation which he had been compelled to make , begged to be informed svhether the Regulation term for cab svas " cabbage . " The story ceases here ; "but , " says the Broad to svhom indebted for the if the

Arrow , sve are story , " dread authority of the Secretary of State svas invoked against the facetious culprit , we can onl y say sve have no small share of sympathy for thc sinner . " The follosving illustration of American Masonic amenities svill be read svith a melancholy interest by all brethren . We take it from the New York Dispatch— " Loving Sympathy . —We hear svith infinite sorrosv tbat there has come to the family of our esteemed

Grand Commander , John S . Bartlett , the unsvelcome dispensation of the loss by death of his only son , Lloyd G . Bartlett , a bright little fellow about three years of age , and undoubtedly looked to as the representative of the family in years to come . But the Lord has otherwise ordered , and we must bosv to the direction sve cannot resist . The remains were buried at Etmira , where Sir fohn svas so long a

resident , and Sir John D . Williams and other resident bit Knights gave their sympathy to the distressed parents-. Such is the common fate , and svhile sve knosv that the young and the old must alike die , let us remember that only those are called svho are svanted in the better life , and that this boy svill be on the hither shore to welcome those svhose tears are shed for him nosv . "

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