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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
N OTICE . —The " Cosmopolitan Masonic Diary and Pocket Book " for tSS 2 is preparing for publication on the ist of November . To ensure accuracy a form for filling up has been sent to every lodge , and those Secretaries who have not yet made their returns will greatly oblige the Publisher by doing so at their earliest possible convenience . —The Freemason Office , 16 , Great Queen-street
( opposite Freemasons' Hall ) . Friday , October 7 th , will be a busy da ) ' amongst the Freemasons of the town of Workington . In the first place , the annual communication of the Provincial Grand Lod < re of Cumberland and Westmorland will be held , under the banner of the Sun and Sector Lodge , No . 9 G 2 . when Bro . the Earl of Bective , M . P ., Right Worshipful Prov . Grand
Master , will install as his Deputy Bro . Jonas Lindow Burns-Lindow , P . M . 1267 , P . P . G . S . W ., in succession to the late Bro . Colonel VVhitwell , M . P . On the same day a special communication of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge will be held , when the Provincial Grand Master , Bro . the Earl of Bective , will install Bro . Major Sewell , P . M . 229 , P . G . M . O ., as his Deputy .
Bro . Sir Thomas Brasscy , M . P ., K-C . 13 ., arrived at Kirkwall with Lady Brassey and family , on Tuesday morning , in his yacht , the Sunbeam , from Shetland . They intend spending a few days in Orkney in visiting the different places of interest . Bro . William Thomas Sugg , of Vincent-street , Westminster , has obtained a patent for improvements in gas regulators , and in the application of gas regulators to iraselicrs .
A suggestion having been made to thc Mayor of Brighton , Bro . Alderman David Smith , that the Royal Counties Agricultural Society should be invited to hold their meeting for 1 SS 2 in that town , a preliminary and semi-private gathering of gentlemen interested in the matter was held on Saturday last , at the 'Town-hall . The Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society , Mr . Simmons ,
was in attendance to afford information , and among numerous influential gentlemen present were Mr . Marriott , M . P ., and several members of the corporation . A resolution was unanimously passed requesting the Mayor to call a public meeting of tbe inhabitants with the object of inviting the society to hold their meeting at Brighton next year .
Bro . Richard Bar-ham will be installed W . M . ol the St . Luke ' s Lodge , No . 144 , at Anderton's Hotel , Fleetstreet , on Monday next , October 3 rd , at 5 o'clock . BRO . ALDERMAN * SIR B . S . PHILLITS . —The many friends of Bro . Sir B . S . Phillips in the City of London , and more especially in thc ward of Farringdon Within , of which he has been the respected alderman since 1 S 57 , will
be glad to learn that he hopes to be among them again in the course of a week or two . His illness has been of a serious character , but thanks to tbe great medical and surgical skill which has been brought to bear in his ca 5 e—his advisers , besides his own medical attendant , Dr . Bloxaro , having included Sir VV . Jenner and Sir J . Paget—he has now almost entirely recovered . He is residing at Brighton .
His appearance in the City again will be hailed with great pleasure . —City Press . Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold , accompanied b y Dr . Arnold Royle , drove from Balmoral Castle to Mar Lodge last Tuesday , on a visit to Bro . the Earl of Fife . Shortly after the arrival of Prince Leopold the Prince of Wales also reached Mar Lodge , where he is to remain for a few
days theffuest of Bro . Lord Fife , and is to engage in deer shooting in Mar Forest . St . Helen ' s , Bishopsgate , which has been closed for the last four Sundays for repairs and cleansing , will be reopened on Sunday morning next by the Bro . Rev . Dr . Cox ( vicar in charge ) . Bro . Sir John Bennett will lecture on "The
Watch : Its History , Mechanism , and Mode of Manufacture , " at Whitfield's Tabernacle , Tottenham-court-road , on Monday evening , Bro . Rev . J . J . Wray , M . A ., chairman . Mr . J . Edgar Williams has been commissioned to paint a life-size group picture of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and their young
Princesses for thc board-room of the Royal Alexandra Hospital , recently opened by their Royal Highnesses . Tbe project was conceived by the chairman , Mr . W . P . Boxall , and the Mayor , Bro . Alderman David Smith , J . P ., D . L ., with others interested , and has received the honour of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ' s sanction .
1 he reading-room of the British Museum will be open till seven o'clock , and lighted by Siemens' electric light , early in October . The room will be illuminated , as heretofore , by four arc lights , each of about 4000 candlepower . A new feature will be the introduction into thc cloak-rooms and lavatories of several of Swan's patent incandescent lights , of about 20 candle-power . Readers will
thus be able to witness thc introduction of the electric light into ordinary sized rooms . The whole of the machines for the electric lighting of the museum are driven by two engines , each of eight horse-power . A Lodge of Instruction called the Selwyn Lodge of Instruction will be held under the sanction of the warrant of the Selwyn Lodge , No . 1901 , at the East Dulwich Hotel , East Dulwich , every Thursday ( except the third ) during
the months of September to April , and first Thursday other months of the year . The Metropolitan Chapter of Instruction will resume its meetings for the season on Tuesday , October 4 th , at the Jamaica Coffee House , St . Michael ' s Alley , Cornhill . The officers are Comps . Tayler , Z . ; A . Payne , " •; Chicken , J ., and F . Brown , Acting S . E . and Preceptor .
Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Fowler , M . P ., entertained the Common Councilmen of tbe Ward of Cornhill at dinner at the Ship and 'Turtle on Wednesday , me 21 st ult ., and was honoured by the presence of the Lord Mayor , M . P . 'There were present among others to "jet the Lord Mayor , Bros . Alderman Elfis , Sheriff Waterlow , Under-Sheriff Hanbury , Under-Sheriff Layton , ar m Thomas Beard .
Masonic And General Tidings.
The annual communication of the Provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Yorkshire will take place on Wednesday next , at Hull , under the banner of the Kingston Lodge . 'The proceedings will include a procession to Hofy 'Trinity Church , with a sermon by thc Dean of York , and a subsequent banquet . We observe from the agenda paper that there are notices of important
resolutions by Bros . R . VV . Holhn , J . S . Cumberland , J . W . Woodall , and T , B . Whytehead , so that we imagine thc proceedings of the Provincial Grand Lodge" wdl be somewhat lengthy . The number of notices of motion is at all events a healthy sign , and shows that Masonry in its ancient English birthplace is still full of vitality . Bro . H . J . Lardner , W . M . Farringdon Without
Lodge , No . 1745 , worked the ceremony of Installation at the meeting of the Great City Lodge of Instruction , Masons ' Hall Tavern , Masons' Avenue , on Thursday . Bros . H . B . Marshall and William Sugg- have been appointed Wardens of the Glass-Sellers' Company . Bro . the Rev . Dr . Cox , Vicar of St . Helen ' s , Bishopsgate , has been appointed to the evening
lectureship of Christ Church , Spitalfields , by the Weavers Company . Bro . E . Clarke , Q . C ., M . P ., is the subject of a cartoon portrait in the current number of the Western Figaro .
Bro . Alderman Fowler , M . P ., intends paying a visit to the South African Colonies on being released from the duties of the Shrievalty . Bro . SITeriff Waterlow recently entertained the Lord Mayor , M . P ., and a number of friends , at No . 1 , 'The Avenue , Brondesbury .
Thc new Sheriffs , Bros . Alderman Hanson and W . A . 'Ogg , entered upon their duties last Wednesday , with , like their predecessors , tbe best wishes of their fellowcitizens . Both are gentlemen of high character , considerable wealth , and sterling reputation , and they will , no doubt , fulfil their important functions in a satisfactory manner .
Bro . the Right Hon . tnc Earl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Master , R . W . Prov Grand Master of Somerset , assisted by the officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge , will dedicate the Masonic Hall of the St . Kaw Lodge , 1222 , at Weston-super-Mare , on Wednesday next , tbe 5 th inst .,
at two o ' clock p . m . The banquet will be held at the Railway Hotel at four o ' clock . Bro . Lewis Lewis was installed W . M . of the Yarborough Lodge , Si 1 , Brighton , at the last meeting of that lodge .
The funeral of the late Bro . President Garfield took place on Monday amid marks of universal sympathy . The funeral ceremony was simple and impressive , consisting of prayer , singing , and benediction . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington has promised to preside at tbe annual dinner of thc Yeovil Agricultural Society , on Friday , November 4 th . Thc third annual dinner of the officers who took
part in the relief of Lucknoiv was held on Saturday evening , thc 24 th ult ., at the Albion 'Tavern , Aldersgate-street , under the presidency of Lord Napier of Magdala . Each officer wore the colours of the ribbon belonging to the Indian Mutiny medal . Bro . the Marquis of J ^ ondonderry has taken St . John's Wharf , Millbank-street , Westminster , in order that the public may receive supplies of household coal direct from his collieries .
The Upper Norwood Lodge of Instruction , 15 S 6 , will in future meet on Tuesday , instead of Wednesday , at eight o ' clock , at the White Hart Hotel , Upper Norwood . Bro . IT . E . Frances is the Preceptor . Wc beg to call attention to the advertisement , which appears in another part of the paper , of C . C . B . Jones , who is a candidate at the next election of the Boys ' School . A more distressing case never came under our notice .
Bro . the Far ! and Countess of Bective have left Underley Castle , Kirkby Lonsdale , for Hopetoun House , as the guests of the Earl of Hopetoun during the festivities of bis coming of age . Bro . Baron S . B . de Worms has given £ 5 s ; s . to
the Institution for Relieving the Indigent Blind of the Jewish Persuasion . The National Lifeboat Institution have formed a new station at St . Anne's-on-Sea , and on Saturday , the 24 th ult ., the lifeboat , which was built by Messrs . VVoolfc and Son , of Shadwell , was launched with considerable
ceremony . A portrait of the Lord Mayor , b y Mr . W . B . C . Fyfe , is at present hanging on an easel in the saloon of the Mansion House . The fifty-eighth anniversary of the Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution will take place in December , under the presidency of the Earl of Lytton , when the Countess of Lytton will distribute the prizes to successful students .
A meeting o : thc United Pilgrims Lodge , 507 , was held on VVednesday last at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell New-road . Bro . VV . H . Beckley , W . M ., presided . The Prince and Princess of Wales and their daughters are expected to leave Abergeldie for Marlborough House towards the close of the week .
The Duchess of Edinburgh , the Duchess of Montrose , the Marchioness of Tweeddale , and the Countesses of Lonsdale and Clanwilliam , have intimated their intention of becoming patronesses of the Association for the Encouragement of British Woollen Manufactures . ST . PAUL ' CATHEDRAL . —Thc Harvest Thanksgiving Service will be held on Monday next , at seven p . m .,
when the sermon will be preached by the Rev . Rhodes Bristow , of Lewisham . A Court of Aldermen was held on Tuesday last at tbe Guildhall , the Lord Mayor in the chair . The acting Remembrancer reported that henceforth tbe swearing-in of tbe Lord Mayor will take place in the Court of Queen's Bench instead of the Court of Exchequer , as heretofore .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Bro . King Kalakaua left New York en Tuesday last for Philadelphia . Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold , P . G . W ., will visit Salisbury on November 15 th , the occasion of the Wilts County Ball , and will be the guest of Mr . Coleridge J . Kennard , of West Park , Damerham , near Salisbury . At the meeting of the Court of [ udsres , St . Giles
Cnpplegate , Bro . James Harvey , C . C . and P . M ., President , proposed , Bro . U . Knell seconded , and it was carried unanimously , that a resolution expressive of their deep regret and sympathy be sent to the American Legation , in respect of the death of President Garfield . On Monday , the 17 th inst ., at eight o ' clock , Mr . VV . C . Pearson , numismatist , will give a first reading on
the coinage of England . Bro . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales intends visiting Longleat House , Wilts , on the 6 th of December , upon which occasion the Warminster Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry will form a guard of honouratthe Railway Station . The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire , will be held at the Winter
Gardens , Blackpool , on Wednesday , the 12 th October . - Bro . Flavius Josephus Phillips , Past Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Ohio , recently died at Moscow , in that State , aged sixty-four years . The corner-stone of the Presbyterian Church , in Bel-Air , Maryland , was laid with Masonic ceremonies , on the 7 th ult .
Bro . the Rt . Hon . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , P . G . M . Cornwall , assisted by several of the Prov . Grand Officers , dedicated the new hall of the Boscawen Lodge , No . 699 , Chacewater , on Monday last , the 26 th September . The inaugural festival of the St Ambrose Lod ge of Instruction will be held on Monday evening , the 3 rd inst ., at seven o ' clock precisely , at the Baron's . Court Hotel ,
West Kensington , on which occasion the ceremony of consecration wiil be worked by Bro . Frances , P . P . G . D . Surrey , the Preceptor , and Bro . Ambrose VV . Hall , G . C ., Chaplain . After the ceremony there will be a banquet . DUXEDIN MASONIC HALL . —We are pleased
to find that the alterations and additions to tbe synagogue have been completed , and that a few decorations are only required to make the new hall fit for use . The furniture arrived in Melbourne per s . s . Orient , on tbe 23 rd July , and was expected to reach Duncdin on August 2 nd . —A cw Zealand Freemason .
Yoniig-England , which during the last two years has been issued weekly at one penny , and in monthly -parts at sixpence , will in future be published monthly only , at fourpence per month . The Supreme Council , 33 ° , Northern Jurisdiction , U . S ., assembled on Tuesday , the 20 th September , at ten o'clock a . m ., at the Masonic Temple , and held its
annual session during the Week . Bro . Philip II . Emerson , Grand Master Mason of Utah , has been re-appointed to the Supreme Bench of the Territory of Utah , and that the same has been confirmed by the Senate . Bro . Emerson is an able lawyer , and has made a most excellent judge , and his re-appointment will be received with great satisfaction by thc lawabiding citizens of tbe territory .
1 he exchange of money orders with Japan , which was formerly carried on by means of the British Post Office Agency at Yokohama , but was suspended on the abolition of that agency in 1879 , will be resumed on the 1 st of October next , under a direct arrangement with the Japanese Post Office . The only office on which orders can be drawn
will be Yokohama , as formerly ; but the arrangements with the Japanese Post Office will admit of payment being made at any place in Japan where there is a Money Order Office . The rates of commission will be—For sums not exceeding £ 2 , gd . ; above £ 2 and not exceeding £ 3 , is . Gd . ; above 5 and not exceeding £ 7 , 2 s . 3 d . ; above £ 7 and not exceeding £ \ o , 3 s . No money order can be drawn for a sum exceeding A 10 .
Bro . G . R . Sims ' s new comedy , " The Halfway House , " will be performed on Saturday next , the occasion being the reopening ; of the Vaudeville Theatre . Bro . J . L . Toole will not return to the Foll y Theatre until Christmas .
Bro . Sir Michael Costa will , we understand , again conduct the performances of the Sacred Harmonic Society , which will commence shortly , with Bro . VVilling presiding at the organ . Mr . IT . D'O yley Carle opens his new theatre , the " Savoy , " on Monday next , when Mr . Arthur Sullivan is to preside in the orchestra .
Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Fowler , M . P ., left London on Thursday for the Cape , and expects to return in time for the election on St . Thomas ' s Day . Mr . John Morley ' s long-expected " Life of Richard Cobden " will be in the hands of the public in the last weeks of October , it consists of two volumes , with a portrait . A correspondent informs thc Atlienaitm that the
children of 'Thomas Miller are in destitution . Miller was known as the Basket-maker Poet , but his principle work was his "History of the Anglo-Saxons , " in continuation of Sharon 'Turner ' s book . The poet Rogers , and afterwards Lord Beaconsfield , were admirers and patrons of Miller . The Liverpool Albion will receive subscriptions . A primer of " Legible Shorthand " has been prepared for the use of schools by Mr . E . Pocknell , the author of the system , and will be published in a few days .
The Rev . Isaac Taylor ' s work on the " Alphabet" is among the forthcoming works announced by Messrs . Kegan , Paul , and Co . The mother of Alexander Smith has recently died at Kilmarnock , at the age of seventy-five years . She was described in her son ' s novel of "Alfred Hagart's
Household , " and appears to have been of an exemplary and stongly-marked character . It is stated that Mr . Synros , a Merchant at Athens , has given a sum of 100 , 000 francs to the Greek Government for the purpose of founding a museum at Olympia .
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
N OTICE . —The " Cosmopolitan Masonic Diary and Pocket Book " for tSS 2 is preparing for publication on the ist of November . To ensure accuracy a form for filling up has been sent to every lodge , and those Secretaries who have not yet made their returns will greatly oblige the Publisher by doing so at their earliest possible convenience . —The Freemason Office , 16 , Great Queen-street
( opposite Freemasons' Hall ) . Friday , October 7 th , will be a busy da ) ' amongst the Freemasons of the town of Workington . In the first place , the annual communication of the Provincial Grand Lod < re of Cumberland and Westmorland will be held , under the banner of the Sun and Sector Lodge , No . 9 G 2 . when Bro . the Earl of Bective , M . P ., Right Worshipful Prov . Grand
Master , will install as his Deputy Bro . Jonas Lindow Burns-Lindow , P . M . 1267 , P . P . G . S . W ., in succession to the late Bro . Colonel VVhitwell , M . P . On the same day a special communication of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge will be held , when the Provincial Grand Master , Bro . the Earl of Bective , will install Bro . Major Sewell , P . M . 229 , P . G . M . O ., as his Deputy .
Bro . Sir Thomas Brasscy , M . P ., K-C . 13 ., arrived at Kirkwall with Lady Brassey and family , on Tuesday morning , in his yacht , the Sunbeam , from Shetland . They intend spending a few days in Orkney in visiting the different places of interest . Bro . William Thomas Sugg , of Vincent-street , Westminster , has obtained a patent for improvements in gas regulators , and in the application of gas regulators to iraselicrs .
A suggestion having been made to thc Mayor of Brighton , Bro . Alderman David Smith , that the Royal Counties Agricultural Society should be invited to hold their meeting for 1 SS 2 in that town , a preliminary and semi-private gathering of gentlemen interested in the matter was held on Saturday last , at the 'Town-hall . The Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society , Mr . Simmons ,
was in attendance to afford information , and among numerous influential gentlemen present were Mr . Marriott , M . P ., and several members of the corporation . A resolution was unanimously passed requesting the Mayor to call a public meeting of tbe inhabitants with the object of inviting the society to hold their meeting at Brighton next year .
Bro . Richard Bar-ham will be installed W . M . ol the St . Luke ' s Lodge , No . 144 , at Anderton's Hotel , Fleetstreet , on Monday next , October 3 rd , at 5 o'clock . BRO . ALDERMAN * SIR B . S . PHILLITS . —The many friends of Bro . Sir B . S . Phillips in the City of London , and more especially in thc ward of Farringdon Within , of which he has been the respected alderman since 1 S 57 , will
be glad to learn that he hopes to be among them again in the course of a week or two . His illness has been of a serious character , but thanks to tbe great medical and surgical skill which has been brought to bear in his ca 5 e—his advisers , besides his own medical attendant , Dr . Bloxaro , having included Sir VV . Jenner and Sir J . Paget—he has now almost entirely recovered . He is residing at Brighton .
His appearance in the City again will be hailed with great pleasure . —City Press . Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold , accompanied b y Dr . Arnold Royle , drove from Balmoral Castle to Mar Lodge last Tuesday , on a visit to Bro . the Earl of Fife . Shortly after the arrival of Prince Leopold the Prince of Wales also reached Mar Lodge , where he is to remain for a few
days theffuest of Bro . Lord Fife , and is to engage in deer shooting in Mar Forest . St . Helen ' s , Bishopsgate , which has been closed for the last four Sundays for repairs and cleansing , will be reopened on Sunday morning next by the Bro . Rev . Dr . Cox ( vicar in charge ) . Bro . Sir John Bennett will lecture on "The
Watch : Its History , Mechanism , and Mode of Manufacture , " at Whitfield's Tabernacle , Tottenham-court-road , on Monday evening , Bro . Rev . J . J . Wray , M . A ., chairman . Mr . J . Edgar Williams has been commissioned to paint a life-size group picture of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and their young
Princesses for thc board-room of the Royal Alexandra Hospital , recently opened by their Royal Highnesses . Tbe project was conceived by the chairman , Mr . W . P . Boxall , and the Mayor , Bro . Alderman David Smith , J . P ., D . L ., with others interested , and has received the honour of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ' s sanction .
1 he reading-room of the British Museum will be open till seven o'clock , and lighted by Siemens' electric light , early in October . The room will be illuminated , as heretofore , by four arc lights , each of about 4000 candlepower . A new feature will be the introduction into thc cloak-rooms and lavatories of several of Swan's patent incandescent lights , of about 20 candle-power . Readers will
thus be able to witness thc introduction of the electric light into ordinary sized rooms . The whole of the machines for the electric lighting of the museum are driven by two engines , each of eight horse-power . A Lodge of Instruction called the Selwyn Lodge of Instruction will be held under the sanction of the warrant of the Selwyn Lodge , No . 1901 , at the East Dulwich Hotel , East Dulwich , every Thursday ( except the third ) during
the months of September to April , and first Thursday other months of the year . The Metropolitan Chapter of Instruction will resume its meetings for the season on Tuesday , October 4 th , at the Jamaica Coffee House , St . Michael ' s Alley , Cornhill . The officers are Comps . Tayler , Z . ; A . Payne , " •; Chicken , J ., and F . Brown , Acting S . E . and Preceptor .
Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Fowler , M . P ., entertained the Common Councilmen of tbe Ward of Cornhill at dinner at the Ship and 'Turtle on Wednesday , me 21 st ult ., and was honoured by the presence of the Lord Mayor , M . P . 'There were present among others to "jet the Lord Mayor , Bros . Alderman Elfis , Sheriff Waterlow , Under-Sheriff Hanbury , Under-Sheriff Layton , ar m Thomas Beard .
Masonic And General Tidings.
The annual communication of the Provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Yorkshire will take place on Wednesday next , at Hull , under the banner of the Kingston Lodge . 'The proceedings will include a procession to Hofy 'Trinity Church , with a sermon by thc Dean of York , and a subsequent banquet . We observe from the agenda paper that there are notices of important
resolutions by Bros . R . VV . Holhn , J . S . Cumberland , J . W . Woodall , and T , B . Whytehead , so that we imagine thc proceedings of the Provincial Grand Lodge" wdl be somewhat lengthy . The number of notices of motion is at all events a healthy sign , and shows that Masonry in its ancient English birthplace is still full of vitality . Bro . H . J . Lardner , W . M . Farringdon Without
Lodge , No . 1745 , worked the ceremony of Installation at the meeting of the Great City Lodge of Instruction , Masons ' Hall Tavern , Masons' Avenue , on Thursday . Bros . H . B . Marshall and William Sugg- have been appointed Wardens of the Glass-Sellers' Company . Bro . the Rev . Dr . Cox , Vicar of St . Helen ' s , Bishopsgate , has been appointed to the evening
lectureship of Christ Church , Spitalfields , by the Weavers Company . Bro . E . Clarke , Q . C ., M . P ., is the subject of a cartoon portrait in the current number of the Western Figaro .
Bro . Alderman Fowler , M . P ., intends paying a visit to the South African Colonies on being released from the duties of the Shrievalty . Bro . SITeriff Waterlow recently entertained the Lord Mayor , M . P ., and a number of friends , at No . 1 , 'The Avenue , Brondesbury .
Thc new Sheriffs , Bros . Alderman Hanson and W . A . 'Ogg , entered upon their duties last Wednesday , with , like their predecessors , tbe best wishes of their fellowcitizens . Both are gentlemen of high character , considerable wealth , and sterling reputation , and they will , no doubt , fulfil their important functions in a satisfactory manner .
Bro . the Right Hon . tnc Earl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Master , R . W . Prov Grand Master of Somerset , assisted by the officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge , will dedicate the Masonic Hall of the St . Kaw Lodge , 1222 , at Weston-super-Mare , on Wednesday next , tbe 5 th inst .,
at two o ' clock p . m . The banquet will be held at the Railway Hotel at four o ' clock . Bro . Lewis Lewis was installed W . M . of the Yarborough Lodge , Si 1 , Brighton , at the last meeting of that lodge .
The funeral of the late Bro . President Garfield took place on Monday amid marks of universal sympathy . The funeral ceremony was simple and impressive , consisting of prayer , singing , and benediction . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington has promised to preside at tbe annual dinner of thc Yeovil Agricultural Society , on Friday , November 4 th . Thc third annual dinner of the officers who took
part in the relief of Lucknoiv was held on Saturday evening , thc 24 th ult ., at the Albion 'Tavern , Aldersgate-street , under the presidency of Lord Napier of Magdala . Each officer wore the colours of the ribbon belonging to the Indian Mutiny medal . Bro . the Marquis of J ^ ondonderry has taken St . John's Wharf , Millbank-street , Westminster , in order that the public may receive supplies of household coal direct from his collieries .
The Upper Norwood Lodge of Instruction , 15 S 6 , will in future meet on Tuesday , instead of Wednesday , at eight o ' clock , at the White Hart Hotel , Upper Norwood . Bro . IT . E . Frances is the Preceptor . Wc beg to call attention to the advertisement , which appears in another part of the paper , of C . C . B . Jones , who is a candidate at the next election of the Boys ' School . A more distressing case never came under our notice .
Bro . the Far ! and Countess of Bective have left Underley Castle , Kirkby Lonsdale , for Hopetoun House , as the guests of the Earl of Hopetoun during the festivities of bis coming of age . Bro . Baron S . B . de Worms has given £ 5 s ; s . to
the Institution for Relieving the Indigent Blind of the Jewish Persuasion . The National Lifeboat Institution have formed a new station at St . Anne's-on-Sea , and on Saturday , the 24 th ult ., the lifeboat , which was built by Messrs . VVoolfc and Son , of Shadwell , was launched with considerable
ceremony . A portrait of the Lord Mayor , b y Mr . W . B . C . Fyfe , is at present hanging on an easel in the saloon of the Mansion House . The fifty-eighth anniversary of the Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution will take place in December , under the presidency of the Earl of Lytton , when the Countess of Lytton will distribute the prizes to successful students .
A meeting o : thc United Pilgrims Lodge , 507 , was held on VVednesday last at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell New-road . Bro . VV . H . Beckley , W . M ., presided . The Prince and Princess of Wales and their daughters are expected to leave Abergeldie for Marlborough House towards the close of the week .
The Duchess of Edinburgh , the Duchess of Montrose , the Marchioness of Tweeddale , and the Countesses of Lonsdale and Clanwilliam , have intimated their intention of becoming patronesses of the Association for the Encouragement of British Woollen Manufactures . ST . PAUL ' CATHEDRAL . —Thc Harvest Thanksgiving Service will be held on Monday next , at seven p . m .,
when the sermon will be preached by the Rev . Rhodes Bristow , of Lewisham . A Court of Aldermen was held on Tuesday last at tbe Guildhall , the Lord Mayor in the chair . The acting Remembrancer reported that henceforth tbe swearing-in of tbe Lord Mayor will take place in the Court of Queen's Bench instead of the Court of Exchequer , as heretofore .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Bro . King Kalakaua left New York en Tuesday last for Philadelphia . Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold , P . G . W ., will visit Salisbury on November 15 th , the occasion of the Wilts County Ball , and will be the guest of Mr . Coleridge J . Kennard , of West Park , Damerham , near Salisbury . At the meeting of the Court of [ udsres , St . Giles
Cnpplegate , Bro . James Harvey , C . C . and P . M ., President , proposed , Bro . U . Knell seconded , and it was carried unanimously , that a resolution expressive of their deep regret and sympathy be sent to the American Legation , in respect of the death of President Garfield . On Monday , the 17 th inst ., at eight o ' clock , Mr . VV . C . Pearson , numismatist , will give a first reading on
the coinage of England . Bro . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales intends visiting Longleat House , Wilts , on the 6 th of December , upon which occasion the Warminster Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry will form a guard of honouratthe Railway Station . The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire , will be held at the Winter
Gardens , Blackpool , on Wednesday , the 12 th October . - Bro . Flavius Josephus Phillips , Past Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Ohio , recently died at Moscow , in that State , aged sixty-four years . The corner-stone of the Presbyterian Church , in Bel-Air , Maryland , was laid with Masonic ceremonies , on the 7 th ult .
Bro . the Rt . Hon . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , P . G . M . Cornwall , assisted by several of the Prov . Grand Officers , dedicated the new hall of the Boscawen Lodge , No . 699 , Chacewater , on Monday last , the 26 th September . The inaugural festival of the St Ambrose Lod ge of Instruction will be held on Monday evening , the 3 rd inst ., at seven o ' clock precisely , at the Baron's . Court Hotel ,
West Kensington , on which occasion the ceremony of consecration wiil be worked by Bro . Frances , P . P . G . D . Surrey , the Preceptor , and Bro . Ambrose VV . Hall , G . C ., Chaplain . After the ceremony there will be a banquet . DUXEDIN MASONIC HALL . —We are pleased
to find that the alterations and additions to tbe synagogue have been completed , and that a few decorations are only required to make the new hall fit for use . The furniture arrived in Melbourne per s . s . Orient , on tbe 23 rd July , and was expected to reach Duncdin on August 2 nd . —A cw Zealand Freemason .
Yoniig-England , which during the last two years has been issued weekly at one penny , and in monthly -parts at sixpence , will in future be published monthly only , at fourpence per month . The Supreme Council , 33 ° , Northern Jurisdiction , U . S ., assembled on Tuesday , the 20 th September , at ten o'clock a . m ., at the Masonic Temple , and held its
annual session during the Week . Bro . Philip II . Emerson , Grand Master Mason of Utah , has been re-appointed to the Supreme Bench of the Territory of Utah , and that the same has been confirmed by the Senate . Bro . Emerson is an able lawyer , and has made a most excellent judge , and his re-appointment will be received with great satisfaction by thc lawabiding citizens of tbe territory .
1 he exchange of money orders with Japan , which was formerly carried on by means of the British Post Office Agency at Yokohama , but was suspended on the abolition of that agency in 1879 , will be resumed on the 1 st of October next , under a direct arrangement with the Japanese Post Office . The only office on which orders can be drawn
will be Yokohama , as formerly ; but the arrangements with the Japanese Post Office will admit of payment being made at any place in Japan where there is a Money Order Office . The rates of commission will be—For sums not exceeding £ 2 , gd . ; above £ 2 and not exceeding £ 3 , is . Gd . ; above 5 and not exceeding £ 7 , 2 s . 3 d . ; above £ 7 and not exceeding £ \ o , 3 s . No money order can be drawn for a sum exceeding A 10 .
Bro . G . R . Sims ' s new comedy , " The Halfway House , " will be performed on Saturday next , the occasion being the reopening ; of the Vaudeville Theatre . Bro . J . L . Toole will not return to the Foll y Theatre until Christmas .
Bro . Sir Michael Costa will , we understand , again conduct the performances of the Sacred Harmonic Society , which will commence shortly , with Bro . VVilling presiding at the organ . Mr . IT . D'O yley Carle opens his new theatre , the " Savoy , " on Monday next , when Mr . Arthur Sullivan is to preside in the orchestra .
Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Fowler , M . P ., left London on Thursday for the Cape , and expects to return in time for the election on St . Thomas ' s Day . Mr . John Morley ' s long-expected " Life of Richard Cobden " will be in the hands of the public in the last weeks of October , it consists of two volumes , with a portrait . A correspondent informs thc Atlienaitm that the
children of 'Thomas Miller are in destitution . Miller was known as the Basket-maker Poet , but his principle work was his "History of the Anglo-Saxons , " in continuation of Sharon 'Turner ' s book . The poet Rogers , and afterwards Lord Beaconsfield , were admirers and patrons of Miller . The Liverpool Albion will receive subscriptions . A primer of " Legible Shorthand " has been prepared for the use of schools by Mr . E . Pocknell , the author of the system , and will be published in a few days .
The Rev . Isaac Taylor ' s work on the " Alphabet" is among the forthcoming works announced by Messrs . Kegan , Paul , and Co . The mother of Alexander Smith has recently died at Kilmarnock , at the age of seventy-five years . She was described in her son ' s novel of "Alfred Hagart's
Household , " and appears to have been of an exemplary and stongly-marked character . It is stated that Mr . Synros , a Merchant at Athens , has given a sum of 100 , 000 francs to the Greek Government for the purpose of founding a museum at Olympia .