Jubilee Celebration Of The Hertford Lodge, No. 403.

heartily for their attention during the year now closing . In connection with the toast he also wished to couple the nane of Bro . Warrener , the newly-elected Worshipful Master . The Hon . Baron Dimsdale , J . W ., in replying , said he was only speaking the sentiments of all his brother officers

when he returned his most hearty thanks for the way in which the toast had been received . He must say that in all the arguments against Masonry he had heard there was nothing substantial , but they were indebted to the Senior Warden for the able manner in which he had shown how their Institutions had removed the stigma—if it was a stigma—from them as Masons that their time was spent

principally in eating and drinking . He was inelebted to the Chairman , however , for another illustration of the usefulness of their lodge , for , alluding to a period of fifty years ago , he had told them that such a feeling of animosity then existed in the town , politically and religiously , that the people were at " elaggers drawn . " The great corrective of this objectionable state of things , however ,

was the foundation of a Masonic lodge , and therefore those who had seen and rejoiced at the entire decay of that feeling were indebted to those men who founded it and kept it going , and to none were they more indebted that ! to the Worshipful Master who now presided over tl . em . ( Loud applause . ) It must also be satisfactory to those present that the first Masonic lodge in the county

was founeled on the eastern siele of it , and that an example was thus set to their friends on the other side , which , however , they were not long in fallowing . ( Applause . ) He wished to say on behalf of all the officers of the Hertford Lodge that they were anxious to promote the interests of Masonry to its utmost extent , remembering at the same time that it was their duty to do all in their power to

promote that charitable and kinelly feeling towords all men which , was the best and surest foundation for the prosperity of States . ( Applause . ) Bro . Dr . Warrener ( W . M . elect ) also returned thanks , and expressed the great pleasure he experienced at being present at the celebratie : n of the jubilee of the Hertford Lodge . He was very much pleased to see Bro . Austin in

the chair , and he sincerely hoped that he would long continue to be amongst them . When as years rolled on , however , and the time came for him to bid farewell to the lodge below , might he indeed become a joining member of the Grand Lodge above , there to live and reign for ever . ( Loud applause . ) The Tyler's toast was then given , and the company

shortly afterwards separated . The members of the Committee appointed by the lodge to carry out the jubilee arrangements are to be congratulated upon the success that attended their labours . To Bro . R . T . Andrews , the Secretary , great praise is due for the excellent manner in which he performed his onerous duties , and conducted the mass of correspondence which the festival involved .

Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

The General Committee of this Institution assembled on Thursday afternoon , at Freemasons' Hall . Col Creaton , Grand Treasurer , presided . There were also present Bros . Herbert Dickctts , Frederick Adlard , Colonel

James Peters , Arthur E . Gladwell , A . H . Tattershall , Henry Venn , Charles G . Rushworth , James F . Corben , E . Letch worth , H . Potter , H . A . Dubois , W . C . F . Moutrie , E . Spooncr , F . R . W . Hedges , Secretary , and H . Massey ( Freemason ) . On the recommendation of the House Committee , the sum of fifteen guineas was voted for the purpose of

apprenticing one girl to a business in Hickncy . On the motion of Col . Creaton , in accordance with the recommendation of the House Committee , the salary of Bro . Weaver , the senior clerk in the Secretary ' s office , who has given the greatest satisfaction in the discharge of his duties , was raised £ 20 a year . Two children were placed on the list for election in

April , 1880 . On the motion of Bro . H . A . Dubois , the letter ol Bro . Dick Radclyffc , with regard to his Pupils' Assistance Fund , was ordered to lie on the table . The Chairman , however , informed the Committee that any member was at liberty to read it . The usual compliment to the Chairman concluded the prcccedfngs .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

The installation meeting of the Brixton Mark Lodge will be held at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell , on Saturday , the 8 th inst ., at live o ' clock . Bro . C . P . McKay is the W . M . elect , anil the Installing Master , will be Bro . Thomas Poore , P . G . I . G ., P . M ., & c , who , as W . M . of the lodge , will previously perform the ceremony of advancement . Further particulars may be obtained of

Bro . Baldwin , Secretary , 47 , Flaxman-road , Brixton , or Bro . H . Lovegrove ( Prov . G . S . of W . ) , Treasurer , 30 , Budge-row , Cannon-street . The Scottish Corporation will hold its 215 th anniversary festival on Monday , December 1 st , for St .

Andrew ' s Day , when the Earl of Rosebery , one of the vice-presidents of the Corporation , will occupy the chair . We understand that the Duke and Duchess of Connaught have consented to preside on November 1 eejth at the distribution of prizes to the successful students of the Cit y of London College .

WORDSWORTH ' S "COCA PILLS" the successfu remedy lor B-tl , . S , ness > neuralgia , and Hay fever . a « . per box . iHomee Pattuc Chemist , 6 , Sloane-strcet , London .

Masonic And General Tidings.

A report of thi ? election meeting of the Royal Savoy Lodge , No . 1744 , which wis held on Tuesday last , unavoidably stands over . The future meetings of the Duke of Connaught Lodge of Instruction , No . 1524 , will be held at the Royal Edward Hotel , Mare-street , Hackney , where the ceremony of installation will be worked on Wednesday

next by Bro . W . H . Lee , P . M . 975 and 1524 . Bro . the Ri g ht Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , M . W . Pro . G . M ., distributed the prizes to the students at the Art School of Winchester on Tuesday . He tra .-ed some of the effects and tendencies of modern art culture , among which he prominently remarked that manual workers were forsaking the country for the towns in the search for

hig her avocitions . The noble Lord regretted that while our national taste had improved with marked rapidity , the quality which partially compensated for our former deficiency in this respect seemed to be declining , for the charges that the soundness of our workmanship was departing were frequent and loud .

The Panmure Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners will be consecrated on Monday , the 3 rd inst ., at the Balham Hotel , Balham . The officers designate are Bros . C . Pulman . JP . G . Stwd ., W . C . N . ; Gibson , P . P . G . S . ofW ., J . ; and Bro . Mitchell , S . The Panmure Mark Lodge will be opened at five o'clock .

Mrs . JJwanborough , of the Theatre Royal Strand , has presented the Asaph Lodge , No . 1319 . with an entire set of clothing on the occasion of her youngest son's tBro . Edward Swanborough ) installation as Worshipful Master of the lodge .

A supplement to the London Gazette , published on Wednesday night , contains a Royal Proclamation further proroguing Parliament until the 19 th of December . The Convocations of the Provinces of Canterbury and York are also prorogued until December 20 th .

Mr . George Rignold , the eminent tragedian , who commences his season at Drury-lanc this ( Saturday ) evening , has secured a good company for the production of " Henry V ., " the list including such names as Mr . Ryder , Mr . Charles Harcourt , Mr . Odell , Mr . Stephenson , Mr . Calhacm , and Miss Henderson . It has been said that the man who causes two

blades of grass to grow where one had grown before is a public benefactor—this , from a political economist ' s point of view—but many of us are more concerned just now about domestic economy , and the man who can double the utility of an article in common use deserves the thanks of the community . It seems the designer of a

new necktie , which has just been submitted to us , is not content with simply doubling its usefulness , he has produced the patent rotary scarf , wliich can , by a very simple arrangement , be used in four different positions , without altering its appearance in . any way when in use . The arrangement is very simple , but ingenious , and we have no doubt there will be a large demand for it .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

For the Week ending Friday , November 7 , 1879 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place or day of m eeting .

SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 1 . Gen . Com ., Boys' School , at 4 . Lodge 142 , St . Thomas's , Cannon St .. Hot . „ 1559 , New Cross , New Cross Hall , Lewisham-rd . „ 1572 , Carnarvon , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 1622 , Rose , S . M . H ., CamberwelI . Chap . 17 ^ , Phrenix , F . M . H .

LODGES O ? INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 17 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , King ' s Head , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico . Hyde Park , The Westbourne , Craven-rd ., at 8 .

MONDAY , NOVEMBER 3 . Lodge 12 , Fortitude & Old Cumberland , Leadenhall-st . „ 25 , Robert Burns , F . M . H . „ Og , Unity , Inns of Court Hot . „ 72 , Royal Jubilee , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 144 , St . Luke ' s , 2 , Westminster Chambers , S . W .

,, 188 , Joppa , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 256 , Unions , F . M . H . „ 1319 , Asaph , F . M . H . ,, 166 9 , Royal Leopold , S . M . H ., Camberwell . ,, 1670 , Adelphi , 4 , Adelphi Terrace , Strand . Mark Lodge 139 , Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Wellington . White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford . St . John , Gun Hot ., Wapping , 8 till 10 . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Old Rodney ' s Head , Old-st ., E . C . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station .

Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camden Teewn , at 8 . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-rd . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd ., at 8 . Marquis of Ripon . Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd .. Hacknev .

Loughborough , Cambria Tav ., nr . Loughborough June , L . C . and D . R ., at 7 . 30 . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Greenwich . Doric Chapter , 248 , Globe-rd ., Mile End-rd .. at 8 . Royal Commemoration , R . Hot ., High-st ., Putney , 8 till 10 .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 4 . Colonial Board , at 4 . Lodge 7 , Royal York of Perseverance , F . M . H . „ 9 , Albion , F . M . H . ,, 18 , Old Dundee , Cannon-st . Hot . ,, 101 , Temple , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st .

„ 172 , Old Concord , F . M . H . „ 217 , Stability , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 765 , St . James's , Old White Hart , High-st ., Boro . ,, 1298 , Royal Standard , Wellington CIub , Upper-st . N . „ j 381 , Kennington , Surrey Club H ., Kengtn . Oval . ,, 1397 , Anerley , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . „ 1472 , Henley , Three Crowns Hot ., Henley . „ 1668 , Samson , F . M . H .

„ 1693 , Kingsland , 113 , Southgate-road , N . Mark Lodge 1 , St . Mark's , Freemasons' Tav . Rose Croix 72 , Canterbury , 33 , Golden-sq ., W .

LOBGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , Moorgate-st . Restaurant . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood . Prosperity , Hercules' l ' av ., Leadenhall-st .

Dalhousie , The Sisters' Tav ., Pownall-rd ., Dalston , E . Florence Nightingale , F . M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe-road . Wandsworth , Spread Eagle Hot ., Wandsworth . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-road , Battersea . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe . .

St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping . Islington , Three Bucks , 23 , Gresham-st ., at 7 p . m . Leopold , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., Bermondsey . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' s . Duke of Connaught , 1558 , Palmerston Arms , Grosvenor Park , S . E ., at 8 . Sir Hugh Myddelton , 162 , St . John ' s-st .-rd . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., CorDhi ' . l . Clapton Chapter , White Hart Tav ., Upper Clapton .

WEDNESDAY , NOVEMBER 5 . Grand Chapter , at 6 for 7 . Lodge 511 , Zetland , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 1687 , Rothsay , Inns of Court Hot . „ 1728 , Temple Bar , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 1766 , St . Leonard , Town Hall , Shoreditch .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-st ., at 7 till 9 . Urban , 23 , Gresham-street , City , E . C , at 6 . 30 . New Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N . Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Stones-End , E . Pythagorean , Portland Hot ., London-st ., Greenwich . La Tolerance , 2 , Maddox-st ., W ., at 7 . 43 . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-rd ., Peckham .

Finsbury Park , Earl Russell , Isledon-rd ., Holloway , at 8 . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park . Duke of Connaught , Royal Edward Hot ., Mare-st ., Hackney . United Strength , Hope and Anchor , Crowndale-rd ., N . W . Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin's-court , Fleet-st ., at 8 . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford . Temperance in theEast . George the 4 th , Ida-st ., Poplar , 7 . 30 . Thistle , M . M . M ., The Harp Tav ., at 8 .

THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 6 . Ledge 27 , Egyptian , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . ,, 45 , Strong Man , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . „ 192 , Lion and Lamb , Cannon-st . Hot . ,, 227 , Ionic , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 2 ? 1 , St . Andrew's , F . M . H .

„ 53 8 , La Tolerance , F . M . H . „ 822 , Victoria Rifles , F . M . H . „ 1288 , Finsbury Park , Cock Tav ., Highbury . 1 , I 3 Si , St . Clement Danes , 265 , Strand . „ 13 C 0 , Royal Arthur , Wimbledon Village Club . „ 1539 , Surrey M . H ., S . M . H ., Camberwell . ,, 1 O 81 , Londesborough , Regent M . H .

„ 176 31 Trinity College , 64 , Weymouth-st ., W . Chap . 1507 , Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonville-rd ., N . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Chatham Arms , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . Fir . sbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-rd .

Ebury , 12 , Ponsonhy-st ., Millbank . Highgate , Bull anil Gate , Kentish-town . The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-rd ., Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st .

Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfnars-rd . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st „ Oxford-st . Rose , Walmer Castle Hot ., Peckham-rd ., at 8 . Covent Garden , Ashley ' s Hot ., Covent Garden , at 8 . Crusaders , St . John ' s Gate , Cletkenwell , at 9 . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood .

FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 7 . Lodge 706 , Orpheus , F . M . H . „ 890 , Horntey , F . M . H . ,, 1627 , Royal Kensington , F . M . H . Chap . 1489 , Ezra , 90 , Balls Pond-rd „ N . Mark 223 , W . Smithfield , New Market Hot ., Smithfield .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . London Masonic Club , 101 , Queen Victoria-st ., E . C . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st ,, W . Unions Emulation ( for 'M . M . ' s ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-rd ., Deptford .

Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st ., at 7 . St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John's Wood . Westbourae , Lord ' s Hotel , St . John ' s Wood . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-rd . St . James's , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., S . E . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar .