Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The monthly meeting of the Council—late General Committee—of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys vvill be held at Freemasons' Hall to-morrow ( Saturday ) , at 3 p . m . We are asked to announce that the Langton Lodge of Instruction , No . 16 73 , has gone into recess for the summer , and vvill resume work on the second Thursday in October .

Bro . the Hon . Chief Justice Way , Past M . W . Grand Master and Pro Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of South Australia , is expected to arrive in London from Adelaide to-day ( Friday ) . Bro . Earl Cowley has returned to Lowndes-square from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Wellington at

Strathfieldsaye , and has been joined by the Countess Cowley from Draycott House , Chippenham . The Earl of Lathom vvill preside at the festival dinner of the Royal Free Hospital , Gray's Inn-road , to be held on Saturday next at the Whitehall Rooms , Hotel Metropole , in aid of the Buildings Completion Fund .

It is the intention of Bro . the Hon , W . T . Orde-Powlett , Provincial Grand Master , to bold the next Provincial Grand Lodge of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire at the Masonic Hall , Beverley , on Wednesday , the 13 th inst . The Royal Naval Exhibition , Chelsea , will be opened by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , on behalf of her Majesty , tomorrow ( Saturday ) . The ceremony will be an imposing one , and vvill no doubt be largely and fashionably attended .

The first meeting of the Royal Commission on Labour , of which Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., is Chairman , vvill be held at Westminster Hall to-day ( Friday ) for the purpose of arranging the order of procedure and the examination of witnesses .

The Prince and Princess of Wales and their daughters , the Princesses Victoria and Maud , the Duke and Duchess of Connaught , and the Marquis of Lome vvere present at the Royal Italian Opera , Covent Garden , on Saturday evening last , and witnessed the performance of "Faust . "

At a regular meeting of the Henry Levander Lodge , No . 2048 , held at the Railway Hotel , Harrow Station , on Saturday , the 25 th ult ., Bro . Arthur Henry Scurrah vvas unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year , and Bro . W . A . Scurrah , P . P . G . Supt . of Wks . Middx ., was re-elected Treasurer .

The Earl of Derby presided at the biennial festival held at the Hotel Metropole on Thursday , the 23 rd ult ., in aid of the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic , Queen-square , Bloomsbury , the subscriptions and donations amounting to £ 1870 . Bro . Lord and Lady Halsbury vvere among the principal guests .

A marriage was solemnised at St . Mark ' s , North Audleystreet , on Saturday last between the Hon . Ronald Greville , 1 st Life Guards , eldest son and heir of Bro . Lord Greville , and Miss Margaret Anderson , step-daughter of Mr . W . M'Evvan , M . P ., among those present at the breakfast which followed being Bro . Lord and Lady Greville , the Lady Doreen Long , Bro . the Earl of Cork , and thc Hon . Helen Henniker .

Bro . Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House on the 23 rd ult . to take farewell of their Royal Highnesses prior to his departure for Mashonaland . In the evening the Prince and the Duke of Clarence and Avondale attended the sitting of the House of Lords for the purpose of hearing the address by Bro . Sir William Whiteway , K . C . M . G ., on the Newfoundland Fisheries question .

A leading Bristol paper recently referred to the probable appointment of Bro . Theo . Carrington as conductor of the Bristol and Clifton Public Band . Then the matter had only been discussed by the Committee , and negotiations had not been entered into vvith our chief local violinist . We are now happy to say that the members of the Committee and Bro . Carrington have had an interview , terms have been arranged , and Bro . Carrington has definitely accepted the appointment . We congratulate this gifted brother on his success .

"The Theatre" for the current month , published by Messrs . Eglington , and carefully edited by Mr . Capes and Mr . Eglinton , keeps up that character vvhich we have from time to time had the pleasure to comment upon . This month Miss Katie Seymour , who has made the great hit as a dancer in " Joan of Arc , " appears as one of the portraits , the other being a group consisting of Bros . Harry

Monkhouse , Harry Parker , and John Le Hay in " Maid Marian . " The reading is all sound and up to date . The delightfully graphic notices of the various plays produced during the last month are faithfully written by that veteran critic , Mr . Cecil Howard , and should be stored up in one ' s library wherewith to refresh one ' s memory in times to come and for reference . We gladly welcome this neatly got-up monthly periodical .

The second smoking concert of the sixth season of the Westminster Orchestral Society ( Patron—his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh ) took place in the Council Chamber of the Westminster Town Hall on Saturday evening last , the chair being occupied by Bro . General Charles A . Sim ( Chairman of the Council ) , and the vice-chair by Bro . W . A . Baskcomb ( Associate ) . During the evening

Mrs . Charles Sim gave a recitation in excellent style , and songs and instrumental solos and recitations vvere contributed by Bro . Professor Elwin and others , including Mr . Fleming Norton , Messrs . C . S . and H . E . Macpherson , Mr . J . D . Fitzgerald , Mr . Henry Ward , Mr . George Schneider , and Mr . H . L . Balfour . Mr . St . John Shadwell Clerke , who was introduced by the gallant Chairman as a son of the Grand Secretary , played two banjo solos (

accompanied by Mrs . Baskcomb ) in first rate style . The Vice-Chairman sang "Jarge ' s Jubilee , " by Corney Grain , and as an encore recited his well-known " Story of a Mob Cap , " and in Part II . " A Traveller ' s Tale , " by G . R . Sims . The accompanists were Mr . Rayment Kirby , F . C . O ., B . A . ( member of Council ) , Mr . F . D . Smithers , and Mr . Twyford Taylor , and the iron grand pianoforte used vvas by Messrs . John Broadwood and Son .

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . Lord Mayor Savory has promised to preside at the festival vvhich vvill be held at the Holborn Restaurant on Friday , the Sth inst ., in aid of the Teachers' Benevolent and Orphan Homes . The 7 6 th anniversary festival of the Royal Caledonian Asylum , Holloway , vvill be held at Freemasons' Tavern on Monday , the ist June , when the chair vvill be occupied by Bro . Lord Kinnaird .

Bras . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) , Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ) , Lord George Hamilton , and Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., attended the Cabinet Council held at the Foreign Office on Saturday last . The Prince ancl Princess of Wales , the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , and the Princesses Victoria and Maud vvere present at the Royal Italian Opera , Covent Garden , on the 23 rd ult ., and witnessed a performance of " Lohengrin . "

We regret to hear that Bro . Lieut .-Gen . the Hon . Somerset Gough Calthorpe was prevented by illness from attending the marriage of his neice , Miss Blanche Fielden , vvith Mr . J . Robin Gray at St . George ' s , Hanover-square , on the 23 rd ult .

The festival dinner in aid of the North London , or University College , Hospital vvas held at the Hotel Metropole , on Tuesday , under the presidency of Lord Reay , when subscriptions and donations amounting to close on £ 2000 vvere announced .

Bvo . the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn , Bro . Admiral Sir E . A . Inglefield , Bro . Lieut .-Gen . Feilden , M . P ., and the Italian Ambassador and the Countess Tornielli attended the reception given by the Grosvenor Club on the 23 rd ult . on the occasion of the opening of their new rooms .

The House of Commons Committee appointed to consider the several bills dealing with the Metropolitan Water Supply met on Tuesday under the presidency of Bro . Sir Matthew White Ridley , Bart ., among the other members present being Bros . Sir Algernon Borthwick , and T . H . Bolton .

The Victoria Steamboat Association has purchased the favourite paddlewheel steamer The Lord of the Isles to ply between London and Harwich . The steamer will make his first journey on Saturday , the 16 th instant , from the Old Swan Pier , London Bridge , calling en route at Greenwich , Blackwall , Woolwich , Tilbury , Southend , and Clacton .

The Princess Louise , Marchioness of Lome , was unable to arrive from Grasse in time to open the sale of work at Devonshire House in aid of the Distressed Irish Ladies ' Fund on Tuesday , and her Royal Highness ' s place therefore vvas taken by the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough . Most of the work exhibited had been done by the lady pensioners , of whom there are now about 120 .

¦ At an emergency meeting of the William Shurmur Lodge , No . 2374 , held at the Royal Forest Hotel , Chingford , on the 16 th ult ., there vvere iS candidates—four for initiation , five for passing , and nine for raising . Also iooguineas vvas unanimously voted to the Royal Masonic Boys' School . Numerous propositions for initiation and joining were received .

H . R . H . the Prince of Wales presided at the festival dinner held at the Hotel Metropole on Friday , the 24 th ult ., in aid of the Eastern Counties' Asylum for Idiots . Among the principal guests were Bros . Lord Egerton of Tatton , Lord Henniker , Sir Charles Hall , M . P ., Sheriff Farmer , Bro . Sheriff Augustus Harris , Bro . W . Tyssen-Amherst , M . P ., Bro . Lennox Browne , and Bro . R . P . Clowes . The donations and subscriptions , includingjfio . 5 from the Prince of Wales , amounted to X ' 5020 .

The centenary festival of the Royal Sea-Bathing Infirmary , Margate , for scrofulous subjects , of which the late Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson was so great a benefactor , will be celebrated at Freemasons' Tavern on Monday , the 1 ith inst ., under the presidency of the Maniuis of Lome .

Since its establishment in 1791 no less than 50 , 0 JO in-patients have been treated , and during the last few years the proportion of those treated successfully has very greatly increased . It is , indeed , an institution which well deserves the support of the benevolent .

The Eton College Loan Collection , formed to celebrate the ninth jubilee of the foundation of the school , will , as at present arranged , be opened in the Upper School on 20 th June and be continued till the Gth July . The Committee includes amongst its members Bros , the Duke of Fife , the Earl of Lathom , J . G . Shaw-Lefevre , M . P ., Sir Redvers Buller , V . C , and Lord Kinnaird . Contributions in the shape of relics and pictures are earnestly requested to be sent .

In the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice on Saturday there was a petition in the list of Mr . Justice Chitty to restore the name of the Newcastle-upon-T yne Masonic Hall Company , which had been erased , to the Register of Joint Stock Companies . Mr . Ingle Joyce ,

who appeared for the company , said there was something in the petition vvhich required looking into , and he suggested that it should be allowed to stand over for a week , vvith liberty to amend the petition . Mr . Greenwood , who represented some of the parties interested , offered no opposition . The petition was ordered to stand over for a week .

The Oueen has issued a warrant affirming the constitution of the Imperial Institute and naming the Prince of VVales as its first President . The warrant further provides that the governing body shall comprise iS nominated Governors—12 by the Queen and six by the President—and certa ' n ex-officio governors , namely , the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Lord Chancellor , the Speaker of the House

of Commons , the Chairman of the London County Council , the Lord Mayors of London and Dublin , and the Lord Provost of Edinburgh , and the Governor of the IBank of England . There will also be a contingent of appointed Governors , the Dominion of Canada being represented by 11 , the Australian Colonies by nine , India by 15 , and other colonies and dependencies proportionately .

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Masonic And General Tidings

There will be a matinee of "The Bookmaker" i ,, Globe Theatre to-morrow ( Saturday ) , at 2 . 30 . h ( i Bro . John Barnett , jun ., G . M . O . Middx . and Surrev * to be installed W . M . of the Henniker Mark Lod ge at Ala I Masons' Hall , on Tuesday next . r |< "Masonic Musicians" is the subject of a paper to ) read to-day ( Friday ) at the meeting of Lodge Ouah , Coronati , London , by Bro . W . A . Barrett , P . G . O . ~ 0 r

The " Rocket " vvhich ascends from the roof of Terry ' Theatre at five minutes to nine each evening denotes thai the curtain is about to rise on A . W . Pinero ' s amusim ! three-act farce of that name . » The Duchess of Connaught and Princess Leopold visite 1 the Royal Italian Opera on Wednesday evening . In t u afternoon the Duchess and her children visited Madame Tussaud and Son ' s Exhibition .

The annual meeting of the City and Guilds of London Institute vvas held on Wednesday in the Mercers' Hall . The report , vvhich vvas adopted , showed that the Institute had made enormous progress during the year .

The Duchess of Albany and her children and Princess Louise arrived at Victoria Station on Wednesday evenin ? from the Continent . The Duchess of Albany left for Usher The Princess Louise , who vvas met at the station hy the Marquis of Lome , drove to Kensington Palace .

Bro . Horniman having retired from the contest for the Shrievalty , the field is clear for Bro . H . Seymour Foster to be elected vvith Mr . Alderman Tyler in June to serve the citizens of London as the two Sheriffs . VVe doubt whether any one vvill care to come forward at this late hour to oppose Bro . Foster , whose supporters are so numerous and stroiw .

An imposing ceremonial took place at the South Shore Hydropathic Establishment on Monday afternoon on the occasion of the installation of his Worshi p the Mayor ( Alderman Bickerstaffe ) as W . M . of the West Lancashire Century Lodge , No . 2349 , in succession to Bro . the Rev . S . Y . B . Bradshaw . A report of the proceedings vvill be given in our next issue .

Sir Evelyn Wood inspected the whole of the infantry of the Aldershot division , on the Queen ' s parade on Wednesday , and this being the strongest muster of troops so far this season , a large number of spectators , including many ladies , vvere present . The troops , who vvere in the newlytermed " Royal inspection order , " vvere formed up facin " Government House .

Bro . Edward Terry ' s series of matinees commence on Thursday next , May 7 th , vvith a new three-act farce by Harry Greenbank , entitled "The Director , " in which the following well known artistes will appear : Messrs . Edward Terry , Henry V . Esmond , E . M . Robson , R . Ganthony , Philip Cunningham , A . Kendrick , Mesdames C . Calvert , Alice Maitland , Rose Dearing , Gordon-Ascher , Mary Marden , Jessie Danvers , and Sophie Larkin .

Every available room in Windsor Palace will , it is understood , be required for the reception of her Majesty ' sguests on the occasion of the approaching Royal wedding . The Duke and Duchess ot Anhalt and Prince Aribert ( the bridegroom ) will be among the first arrivals , and are expected

to reach Windsor on July 2 nd . The German Emperor , who will be attended by a numerous retinue , arrives at the Castle on Saturday , July 4 th , by vvhich day most of her Majesty ' s guests vvill have assembled . The wedding takes place on the following Monday , July 6 th , in St . George ' s Chapel .

It has been definitely arrranged that the Prince of Wales , and probably the Princess also , vvill visit Yarmouth at the end of May , and during his stay in the old town his Koyal Highness vvill inspect his own special militia regiment . The Prince is extremely popular in Yarmouth , and arrangements are already being made on an extensive scale to g ive hi in as loyal a welcome as he received some years ago , when , ii his capacity as Grand Master , he laid the foundation-stone of the new hospital at Dene Side , Yarmouth .

A ladies' banquet and dance , in connection with the Temple Lodge , No . 101 , vvill take place at the Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-street , on Tuesday , the 5 th inst ., for which the entire suite of rooms have been placed at the disposal of the lodge . The reception will commence at sis o ' clock and the banquet at 6 . 30 . The dancing vvill begin at nine o ' clock and terminate at one . As gentlemen who are not Masons will be present , a dispensation has been obtained from Grand Lodge to sanction Masonic clothing being worn by the brethren .

Mr . _ Charles Wyndham has granted the use of the Criterion Theatre for a matinee to be given on the iatn inst . in . aid of mission work and schools at Clevver . f ! entertainment , which vvill be under Royal and aristocratic patronage , will include an operetta by Messrs . Colnagl " and Ponsonby , and vvill be provided by , among others , Mr-Wyndham and Miss Mary Moore , Mr . Hermann Vezin , Miss Marion Lea , Miss Laura Johnson , Mr . Barrington Foote , and Mr . P . C Shortis .

The final scene of the funeral of the late Count \ or > Moltke took place at Kreisan on Wednesday afternoon . The coffin was conveyed from the station to the mausoleuii by 12 non-commissioned officers of the great Elector turn

Cuirassier Kegiment , who vvere relieved in "j officers of the 38 th infantry of the line . The remains wea followed to the grave by numerous deputations and . a co ¦ siderable crowd , including the inhabitants of ^ } : A Pastor Schrio-Grueditz delivered a funeral oration at grave , and the ceremony commenced and concluded « the singing of an anthem .

On Wednesday Miss Shaw , accompanied by her fath > Captain Eyre M . Shaw , attended at the Whitechapel M * ^ quarters of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade , in the 1-mercial-road East , and in the presence of a large nf ^ of officers and men of the brigade and of the inhabitani . ^ the East-End presented ex-Superintendent Camp bell vv . picture of his officers in the C district . The ceremony place in the engine-house , and Captain Shaw , in the c , of a speech , referred to the many services render t tne

London and to the brigade by Mr . Camp bell , . ture fireman in London . " Miss Shaw then presented the p ^ amid loud cheers , and Mr . Campbell suitably res 0 . „ Captain Shaw then inspected a testimonial which na ^^ previously handed to Mr . Campbell by the men district .