Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

BRO . L ORD HOTHFIELD has returned to Chesterfield-gardens from Cairo , where his lordship has been spending the winter . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF FIFE have come to town for a few days , and will return to Brighton during the week . THE HON . ROBERT WARD , M . P ., arrived at Liverpool on Saturday from Bulawayo , where the hon . member has been on a visit for several months .

LORD J AMES OF HEREFORD , who is acting as Minister in attendance on ihe Oueen , is confined to his room at Cimiez , suffering from an attack of gout . BRO . EARL AND COUNTESS OF J ERSEY and the Ladies Villiers are staying at the Hotel Quirinal in Rome , and are not expected back in England till after Easter . P RINCESS HENRY OF BATTENBERG , attended by Miss M . Cochrane , visited her

Imperial Majesty the Empress Eugenie on Saturday afternoon at the Villa Cyrnos , Cap Martin . BRO . LORD CHANCELLOR will be installed by the Earl of Euston as Prov . Grand Master of Mark Masons ot Cornwall , at Truro , on the 13 th inst ., in succession to Bro . Sir Charles Graves-Sawle , resigned .

THE MARQUIS OF DUFFERIN , who , whilst staying at Southsea , was confined to his room for a few days by a severe cold , was able to leave for London on Saturday last . His Lordship was accompanied by Lady Dufferin . THE M ITRE HOTEL , HAMPTON COURT . —This noted and favourite place of

resort during the summer months is still in the hands of the family of the late Bro . C Sadler , whose connection with it had reached to nearly half a centuryat the time of his death . Mrs . Sadler has purchased the freehold of the extensive premises , and , with the aid of her sons , Messrs . W . A . and T . P . Sadler , will carry on the business exactly as before .

THE WHOLE EDITION of Bro . David Willox ' s " Poems and Sketches , dedicated to Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . S . G . D . of England , has been subscribed for , consisting of loco copies . A 2 nd edition has now been printed , and is dedicated to Bro . D . Murray Lyon , G . Sec . of Scotland , and may be had from Bro . George Kenning , at 25 . Cd . or 3 s . Gd . each ( net ) according to binding . The publishers are Alex . Malcolm and Co ., Ann-street , Glasgow .

Miss J ULIE PETERSEN , the Danish concert flute soloist , gave her first concert at Steinway Hall on Tuesday evening , the 29 th ult . She has had the honour of appearing at Marlborough House by command of H . R . H . the Princess of Wales , having already achieved great success both in New York and Copenhagen . The fair debutante appears to have the thorough mastery of her instrument , and plays with great taste and feeling , and her execution is clear and brilliant . She was ably assisted by Miss Mildred VVrighton , Mr . Lawrence Kellie , and Mr . A . E . Webb ( vocalists ) , Mr . Bernhard Carrodus ( violin ) , and Miss Catherine Low ( pianoforte ) .

THK DUKE OF CONNAUGHT and the oflicers engaged returned to Aldershot on Saturday last , at the conclusion of the Staff tour . Despite the inclemency of the weather operations were carried out each day . The Duke of Connaught directed the work , the main idea of which was to exeicise commanders in manu-uvre work . His Royal Highness , accompanied by Colonel Talbot Coke , D . A . G ., and Capt . M . McNeil , A . D . C , inspected on Cove Common the detachment of Oxlord University Volunteers , who have been undergoing a week's training at Aldershot .

H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES presented , at Cannes , on Saturday last , the prizes won at the GoH Tournament recently held there . The Town Cup and the Grand Duke Michael's Prize were both carried off by Mr . Hillyard , who also , with Mrs . Schenley as his partner , won the Prince of Wales ' s Prize . After the awards had been

distributed , the whole party sat down to luncheon , during which the ban ! of the 112 th Kegiment of the line played . Among the guests were thi Grand Duke . Michael , the Grand Duke Sergius , the Duke of Cumberland , Lord Rendel , and Bro . Lord Glenesk . The Prince of Wales , in a short speech , spoke in high terms of the town of Cannes , and proposed a toast to the prosperity of the Golf Club .

A SEVERE thunderstorm broke over Cimiez on Saturday night last , and on Sunday morning the weather was overcast , with drizzling rain . At 11 o ' clock service was held in the Queen's private chapel , the Bishop of Ripon officiating . The congregation included her Majesty , Princess Christian , and Princess Henry of Battenberg , the Royal household , the Crown Princess of Roumania , the Princess of Oldenburg , the Countess

of Eibach , and Bro . Sir E . Monson , British Ambassador at Paris , ln thc afternoon the weather cleared , and the Queen , attended by the Countess of Antrim and the Countess of Erbach , drove to Gairaut , via Rimiez , and thence to St . Barthclemy , returning to the hotel at half-past five , when rain had begun to fall . Bro . Sir E . Monson took leave of her Majesty and departed for Paris . Col . Davidson leaves to-day ( Friday ) , and Lieut . Ponsonby will take his place .

MIDLAND RAILWAY . —Easter Holiday Arrangements . —On Tuesday , April 5 th , to Londonderry viii Morecambe , by direct Steamer , returning within if > days as per Sailing , r y Wednesday , April Gth , to Dublin , Cork , Killarney , Sic , via Morecambe ; also to LorU , Killarney , Limerick , Gal way , Sic , via Liverpool , returning within iG days as per sailing bill ; and on Thursday , April 7 th , to Dublin , via Liverpool , returning any week-day within iG days . On Wednesdav . Anril Gth . to Giant's Causewav . Arm . ™! .

, iundoran , Enniskillen , Downpatrick , Sic . j and on Thursday , April 7 th , to Belfast , Londonderry , Portrush , & c , via Barrow and via Liverpool , available for returning any week-day within 16 days . On Thursday , April 7 th , Cheap Excursion Trains will be run rem London ( St . Pancras ) to Leicester , Nottingham , Newark , Lincoln , Birmingham , Uu ' {!' Ue'ty , Manchester , Blackburn , Bolton , Blackpool , Rochdale , Oldham , Liverpool , bhelheld , Leeds , Bradford , Scarborough , Newcastle-on-Tyne , the Furness District . arusie

v- , aie , Sic , returning the following Monday or Tuesday ; and from London ( St . ¦ ancras ) to Edinburgh , Glasgow , Greenock , Perth , Stirling , Aberdeen , Inverness , ¦ vTX l % ' ?> j * ater , & c , returning Monday , April nth , or Friday , April 15 th . fiir fh J 1 f - ° be , ssued by the Scotch ' - " ^ rsion at a s ' nk'leOrdinary Tnird Class fare ' lne uouole journev . available for returning on anv dav within ifi il iu = Um , Iat _ . r _ f

ii "; On Saturday Night , April gth , a cheap two days excursion will be run from St . \ I , nrf 3 ¦ r stations t 0 Normanton , Leeds , Shipley , and Bradford . On Easter 1 utn r £ " 1 Mth ' Chta P Excurs'on 'rains will be run to St . Albin ? , Harpenden , and Anrii ,. ! . V _ _ teap "Week-end tickets ivill bs issued on Thursday , F . iiay and Siturdiy , rXZil ' , ' 'J- > from London ( St . Pancras ) to the principal holiday and pleasure Kastrn " . j tl e Pcak District of D"kyshire , Morecambe , Yorkshire , the North < lav Anr-i a , u ° pa , ts * available for return ° " any d ly up to and including Tues--i .. v . " " ' 2 th , except day of issue . Cheao Week-end and IJ AV F . xrursinn li _ -l _ - » .= . uill end on

see snerftfl IMI ? . " ^ '" durin e Easter holidays , for particulars of which fhe tmj s ' 1 . lckets for joining the train at St . Pancras Station can be obtained on Chean | 7 . . ^"" i *? the running of the trains at the offi : es of the Company . London , ( 17 " 7 f , f , r , ° r six days wi " ° = run on Thursday , April 1 nh , to Holton {{ £ ?! Car'sle , Bradford , Leeds , Sheffield , Liverpool , Manchester , Blackburn , tampion VU . 1 ! £ rest ° , x' L ' ncoln . Newark , Sic , and from Birmingham , Wolver-HlacC ' n n H * t ° ' , , ° d Fr" ^ April Sth , from Bradford , Leeds , Shellield , ^ d from K , ,, V "} -, . " * P °° l , . Preston , Oldham , Manche ter , & c , for two or four days , live daw ii ' by ' Nottingham , Birmingham , Leicester , & c , for one , four / or other South r „ , \ c ? . - " , ° ked by these trains at cheap fares to Brighton , and P'ivileee of r ? ,. ? . lons * . to the Continent ; those for the Continent having the uiii . i . . . returning by anv ordinary train luithln ifi . !_¦« = rh _ . _ . „ fh ,,. _ . _ . i ,.. __ . _ .: _ . _ . ¦•¦ ii ai ! — % j ^^ it n

. n DP run . _ . I j .- . J . ......... . . _ .... . nwu .....,-u _ . v __« I __ IJ _ , Black pool IWn r ? T , ! A ^ , 2 ht - A P ril Sth - from Colne > Wackburn , Bolton , ro ° l . Manche ,,, \ Ro ^ , l ' ° ldham > & = . and on Saturday , April yth , from Liverim port , & e n „ t ? '; aster Monday , single day trips will be run f . om Manchester , bt - Albans & r I 1 ' - ) e , by ' Nottingham , Leicester , Northampton , Bedford , Luton , ' j'strict . ' T ^ ' ' a ? ne or two days'trip from Birmingham and the South Stafford ? "d Moorgate S ( rpLcf' ? . conve ? , , ? ceandcrowdin ff' tho booking Ollices at St . Pancras 1 hursday , and s ,., M tatl 0 r V ' ' 0 Pe " for the issue of tickets all day on Wednesday , " j MidlandI RaMwkv „ ' n' ^ i' - ' , > and ljth > and tickets to a " P rinc 'P al stations on attained at these ofL « . * ? 1 ' - ? L d . « forehand at any of their offices . The tickets the same fares « ' , ,. be available from St - Pancras Sta '' ° n . and »¦» te issued at Passengers . cna'ged at that station , and dated to suit thc convenience of

Masonic And General Tidings.

THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN ( Bro . the Earl of Lathom ) is authorised to state that Drawing Rooms will be held , under the usual regulations , at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday , May ioth next , and on a further day to be hereafter announced . The names of ladies to be presented at these Drawing Rooms cannot be received at the Lord Chamberlain ' s Ollice until Thursday , the 14 th inst .

AT A MEETING , on Monday , of the Moderate members of the London County Council , it was announced that Bro . Lord Onslow , owing to his many engagements , was unable to continue his position as leader of the party . A hearty vote of thanks was passed to his lordship for his great services during the past three years , and it wis resolved not to elect a chairman of the party until Lord Onslow ' s return from ths Continent , when it was hoped he might reconsider his decision .

BRO . J ROHERTS , of Maenheere , the Lizard , and 44 , Gutter-lane , London , has recently been the recipient of a high Masonic appointment ( Past Prov . S . G . W . ) in commemoration of her Majesty ' s Jubilee , which honour was conveyed to him by the Prov . Grand Master , Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , the authority having been granted by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., on the recommendation of the Grand Lodge of England . To mark the event , and as an expression of esteem , the

brethren of Prosperity Lodge , No . 65 , of which Bro . Roberts has been for many years Treasurer , have presented him with a set of provincial clothing and a jewel of oflice , whilst Bro . Prof . Shuttleworth , representing the Cornish Lodge , No . 2369 , presented him with a collar jewel appropriately inscribed . Bro . John Roberts was a founder of the Cornish Lodge , and has been for a great many years a generous supporter of the Masonic Charities .

AMONGST H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES ' S future engagements is a visit to Reading on Saturday , June nth , when he will open the new buildings of the University Extension College in that town . The Prince , who will be accompanied by the Duke of York , will be entertained at luncheon by Bro . Lord Wantage in the Town Hall , and , after the function , will proceed to Lockinge House—celebrated for its beautiful gardenswhere he will be the guest of his lordship and Lady Wantage until the following Monday . The last visit of the Prince of Wales to Lockinge took place in 1 S 77 , when he unveiled the statue of King Alfred at Wantage , and , accompanied by the Princess , stayed

from Saturday till Monday with Hro . Lord Wantage , who was for some time Equerry to his Royal Highness . This will be the fourth visit paid by the Prince of Wales to Reading , the last occasion being in December , 1 S 90 , when he installed the late Duke of Clarence as Provincial Grand Master of the Berkshire Freemasons . The Prince will probably go to Newmarket for the Craven week , and come to Marlborough House for the season on the 1 Sth inst . During the third week in May , he will be the guest of Lord and Lady Gerard at Garswood Park , and during his visit he will inspect at Southport the Lancashire Hussars , of which Lord Gerard is colonel . On May 20 th , he will inspect the Royal Bucks Hussars in Grove Park , Buckinghamshire .

THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY announce that on Thursday night , April 7 th ( for five , nine , and 16 days ) , che ? p excursions will leave London ( Woolwich Arsenal and Dockyard ) , Greenwich ( S . E . ) , Victoria ( L . C . & D . ) , Ludgate-hill , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , King's Cross ( G . N . ) , Finsbury-park , & c , for Northallerton , Darlington , Richmond , Durham , Newcastle , Berwick , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Helensburgh , Dumbarton , Stirling , Perth , Dundee , Dalmally , Oban , Fort William , Montrose , Aberdeen , Inverness , and other stations in Scotland . Passengers holding

five days tickets return on Monday , nth April ; those holding nine day tickets on Friday , 15 th April ; and those holding iG days tickets on any day up to , and including Friday , 22 nd April . On Thursday , April 7 th , cheap fast excursions for five and six days will also leave London ( Woolwich ( Arsenal and Dockyard ) , Greenwich ( S . E . ) , Victoria ( L . C . St D . ) , Ludgate-hill , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , King's Cross , & c ) , for Cambridge , Ramsey , Huntingdon , Peterborough , Lynn , Norwich , Cromer , Yarmiuth , Leicester , Spalding , Boston , Grimsby , Lincoln , Nottingham , Derby , Burton ,

Burslem , Tutbury , Stoke , Newark , Chesterfield , Edwinstowe , Retford , Sheffield , 'Barnsley , Rotherham , Huddersfield , Manchester , Liverpool , Doncaster , York , Hull , Harrogate , Bridlington , Malton , Scaiborough , Whitby , Stockton , Richmond , Darlington , Hartlepool , Durham , Newcastle-on-Tyne , Shields , Sunderland , Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , Halifax , Keighley , Accrington , B'ackburn , Bolton , Burnley , Bury , Rochdale , and olher principal stations in the Lincolnshire , Derbyshire , Nottinghamshire , Staffordshire , Lancashire , Yorkshire , and North Eastern districts . Good Friday , the trains will

run as on Sundays , except that the 5 . 15 a . m . express from King ' s Cross will be run , at ordinaiy fares , to Peterborough , Bourne , Stamford , Grantham , Lincoln , Nottingham , Doncaster , Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , and Halifax , stopping at the intermediate stations at which it ordinarilyfcalls , and will be continued to York , Newcastle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Perth , AbertRtn , Sic Easter Monday , April 1 ith , for one day to St . Albans , Hertford , Wheathampstead , Harpenden , Luton , Dunstable , Hitchin , Royston ,

Cambridge , Biggleswade , Sandy , Tempsford , St . Neots , Huntingdon , Peterborough , Skegness , Sutton-on-Sea , and Mablethorpe , from Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , & c , Sic To prevent inconvenience from crowding at the Company ' s principal terminal station , King's Cross , tickets dated in advance , will be issued at King ' s Cross ( G . N . R . ) , Victoria ( L . C . & D . ) , Ludgate-hill , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , Holloway , Finsbury-park , and suburban stations , also at the Company ' s ticket ollices .

THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY issue ordinary as well a excursion tickets at their City and West End offices . The Booking Office at Paddington Station will be open for the issue of tickets the whole day on the Monday , Tuesday , VVednesday , and Thursday , before Easter . Cheap tickets at special low fares and available on the forward journey on April 7 th , Sth , gth , ioth , or nth , will be issued from London to Bath , Bristol , Minehead , Ilfracombe , Exeter , Plymouth , Falmouth , Penzance , Yeovil , Dorchester , Weymouth , and certain

other stations in the south and West of England . Tickets at 24 s . Gd . return , available for 14 days , will also bc issued for use on April 7 th , o ' . h , or nth , to Guernsey and Jersey . On Wednesday , April fith , excursions , allowing a fortnight in Ireland , will be run to Waterford , Limerick , Killarney , Armagh , Giant's Causeway , & c . On Tuesday , April 7 th , an excursion to Weston-super-Mare , Taunton , Minehead , Ilfracombe , Exeter , Plymouth , Bodmin , Penzance , & c , reaching Exeter in 5 i hours , and Plymouth in 7 } hours , will leave Paddington at 7 . 55 a . m . Excursions will also be run on the same day

to Bristol , Yeovil , Weymouth , Oxtord , I ' . vesham , Worcester , Malvern , Birmingham , Shrewsbury , Aberystwyth , Barmouth , Llandudno , Carnarvon , Chester , Manchester , Liverpool , Belfast , Cirencester , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , Carmarthen , New Milford , Cork , Killarney , Belfast , Sic . On Good Friday cheap trains will run to Reading , Oxford , and other riverside . On Saturday , April 9 th , excursions will run to Gloucester , Cheltenham , Cardiff , Swansea , Bath , Bristol , Weston-super-Mare , & c , and on Easter Monday to Reading , Pangbourne , Goring , Bath , Bristol ,

Westonsuper-Mare , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c . On Tuesday , April , 12 th , a cheap halt-day excursion will leave Paddington at 12 . 2 noon for Oxford , Leamington , and Stratford-on- Avon . In addition to these excursions , cheap trains will be run to London from most of the provincial towns , and between the principal centres of population . On the Thursday before Easter most of the long distance trains will be duplicated ; the first portion as a general rule will take passengers for thc longer distances and the second those for less distant places . On Good Friday , the trains will run ason Sundays , with the addition

ofthe 5 . 30 . a . m newspaper train which will run as far as Oxford , Plymouth , and Swansea , calling at the usual intermediate stations , and connecting at Oxford with trains to Worcester , Birmingham , and Wolverhampton districts ; at Chippenham with a special train for the Weymouth line ; and at Plymouth with the 2 . 25 p . m ., thence to Penzance . Cheap third-class excursion tickets will be issued on Good Friday , Saturday , April 9 th , Easter Sunday and Monday , by specified trains from Paddington , Kensington ( Addisonroad ) , Hammersmith , and certain stations on the Metropolitan , Metropolitan District and

North London Railways , to Staines , Windsor , Iaplow , Maidenhead , Henley , and other popular riverside resorts . Cheap week-end trains will be issued on Thursday , April 7 th , Good Friday , and Saturday , April yth , to Winchester , Southampton , Bridport , Abbotsbury , Dorchester , Weymouth , Clevedon , Weston-super-Mare , Dawlish , Teignmouth , Torquay , Dartmouth , Malvern , Church Stretton , Abingdon , Oxford , Leamington , Warwick , and Stratford-on-Avon . These tickets are issued on Fridays and Saturdays throughout the year .

Death.

DEATH .

MEAD . —On the 1 st ult ., at Ascent Villa , Red Hill , John Alexandiy- Richmond Mead late Colonel R . A . Aged 72 . S