Masonic And General Tidings

Masonic and GENERAL TIDINGS

It is with very great regret we have to announce the death of Bro . Samuel George Homfray , Deputy Prov . Grand Master of Monmouthshire . VVe shall give a full sketch of his Masonic career next week ; but , in the meantime , we beg to express our sympathy , in the time of their bereavement , with the family of our deceased brother .

At a meeting of the Henry Muggeridge Lodge . No . 1 G 79 ( Bro . VV . F . Darnell , VV . M . ) , a handsome Treasurer's jewel was presented to Bro . J . Bagot Scriven , P . M ., Treas ., as a token of regard , and in appreciation of that brother ' s eminent services to the lodge .

Thc audit supper of thc Dalhousie Lodge of Instruction , No . SGo , will be held on Friday next , the Sth prox ., at Bro . Smyth ' s , Sisters' Tavern , Pownall-road , Dalston , when a large attendance is expected , and some business of importance will be transacted .

At a Court of Assistants ol the Shipwrights ' Company , held on Wednesday the 22 nd ult ., Colonel and Alderman Bio . Sir Reginald Hanson , M . A ., F . S . A ., was unanimously elected master for the ensuing year . The Mizpah Lodge ball will take place at

Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen-street , on Friday , January 26 th , 1 SS 3 . Bro . G . M . Tweddell , of Stokesley , whose literary contributions to Freemasonry have been so long and favourably known , is publishing a volume of a hundred Masonic sonnets , illustrative of the principles of thc Craft .

We regret to announce the death , on the 28 th ult ., of Bro . George Ralph Shergili , P . M . Our deceased brother was well-known in the Craft and much respected . The funeral will take place this day ( Saturday ) at Woking Cemetery , and we have no doubt many brethren will pay the last tribute of fraternal regard by attending . The train starts from Westminster Bridge-road at 11 . 45 a . m .

To-day ( Friday ) is the anniversary of the Princess of Wales's " birthday , H . R . H . having been bom ist December , 1 S 44 . A dance will be held at Sandringham in honour of the event . The officers , non-commission officers , and men of the Indian Contingent lately sf rving in Egypt , terminated

their visit to this country on VVednesday , when they embarked on board the P . and O . Company ' s steamer , Ganges , for India . Bro . Broadley was informed on Tuesday b y thc Cairo Prosecution Committee , that the trial of Arab ! and his associates has been definitively arranged to commence on Thursday next , the 7 th inst .

On Wednesday Her Majesty , accompanied b y thc Princess Beatrice , the Duke of Connaught , and the Duke of Albany , visited Netley Hospital , where lie many of the sick and wounded who served during the compaign in Egypt . Her proposed visit to Haslar Hospital has been abandoned , as all the wounded patients have recovered , with the exception of Lieutenant Purvis , of the Penelope , who is almost convalescent .

Bro . Lord and Lady Lilford have just sustained a great bereavement by the death , on Saturday last , in the twenty-second year of his age , of their eldest son , the Hon . Thomas Atherton Powys . It is announced that the Empress of Austria will again visit Cheshire during the hunting season , and will , as at previous visits , . take up her residence at Combermere

Abbey , the seat of Bro . Viscount Combermere . Her Majesty is expected to arrive early in January . The annual ball of the Finsbury Cricket Club passed off successfully , on Friday last , at Bro . Bond's , S 13 , the Manor Rooms , Hackney , N . Bro . J . Speaight supplied a capital programme of dance music , himself acting

as leader . An excellent supper was served by Bro . Bond , and dancing was resumed until three o'clock . _ The arrangements reflected great credit upon the Committee , including Bro . R . j . Tucker , P . M ., Treasurer ; Mr . J . Denton , Secretary ; and Messrs . G . P . Mawditt and J . Bastow , M . C . ' s , & c , and resulted in the thorough enjoyment of many brethren and their fair partners in the mazy dance .

The festivities in connection with the coming of age of Lord Dungarvon , eldest son of Bro . the Earl of Cork and Orrery , have been continued on to the present . The Elcho Challenge Shield , having been won this year at Wimbledon by the English team , will be handed over to the custody of Bro . the . Lord Mayor on Saturday next , the gth inst .

The Birming ham Cattle Show opened at Bingley Hall on Saturday last , among the exhibitors being the Oueen and the Prince of Wales . Her Majesty has been awarded thc first prize of £ 50 for the best shorthorn in the show , while His Royal Highness secured second prize in the steers and heifers , Devon classes . On Saturday , on the occasion of his return to

Bagshot Park , H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , received a most cordial welcome from thc inhabitants , to whom he expressed thanks for their reception of him on his return from Egypt . The Prince and Princess of Wales have returned to Sandringham Hall , after their visit to Lord and Lady Walsingham at Merton . TKIISSESELASTIC BAN-DACES , ETC . —SHELBY ' HARD RUIUIER

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Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . Alderman and Sheriff De Keyser , and Mr . Sheriff Savory , will give the Sheriff's Inaugural Banquet in the Goldsmith ' s Company ' s Hall , by permission of the Court of the company , of which the Junior Sheriff is a member . Bro . J ustice Cave , P . G . J . W ., VV . Bro . W . M'Cullough-Torrens , M . P ., Bro . Lord Claud Hamilton , M . P ., Bro . Sir James Mc Garel Hogg , M . P ., have all

accepted invitations . Bro . Alderman Stone , P . G . J . W ., has been elected a trustee of the Sons of the Clergy Corporation , in the place of Alderman l'innis , who has retired , from infirmity of age . Bros . Colonel Dundas , Major T . D . Sewell , ancl

Sir Reginald Hanson , the honorary Colonel , attended the annual dinner of present and past oflicers of the Fourth Battalion City of London Regiment . Bro . T . \ Y . Boord , M . P ., has been presented by the Committee of thc Licensed . Victuallers' School with an illuminated vote of thanks for taking the chair at thc last festival in the summer .

Bro . Justice Cave , P . G . J . W ., Bro . Sir Gabriel Goldney , Bart ., M . P ., and Bro . the Speaker , were amongst the guests at the dinner of the Middle Temple on Grand Dav . The benchers included Bro . A . Mclntyre , Grand Registrar , Bro . Filbrick , Q . C , D . P . G . M . Essex .

Bro . Wilbraham Egerton , M . P ., and Bro . the Rt . Hon . H . Cecil Raikes attended the meeting of the Central Council of Diocesan Conferences , held at the National Society ' s rooms . Lad } ' Edwards , mother of the wife of the Prov . G . Master of Durham , Colonel the Marquis of Londonderry , K . G ., died , on the 22 nd ult ., at Plus Machynlleth , North Wales , after a lengthened illness , aged eighty-one .

The M . W . Grand Master has contributed £ 50 , the R . VV . the Duke of Albany , P . G . M . Oxford , £ 20 , and Bro . Sir Moses Montefiore , £ 100 , to the Egyptian War Fund , raised by Lady Taylor . R . W . Bro . J . A . Shaw-Stewart , P . G . M . Scotland , has given H . 230 to the Pusey Memorial Fund , and Bro . Dr . Alfred Meadows , P . G . D ., ten guineas .

H . R . H . the Prince of Wales is the chairman of the committee to raise a memorial to the late Dean of Windsor , the Hon . Dr . Wellesley . Bros , the Earl of Maraud Kellie , Lord Balfour of Burleigh , the Earl of Kintore , G . W . Scotland , D . G . M . M . M . England , 33 , the Earl of Rosslyn , P . G . M . Scotland , R . Cochranc-Patrick , M . P ., and Sir Archibald Campbell .

P . G . M . Renfrewshire East , supported the Marquis of Salisbury on the occasion ot the banquet in his honour , held in the Corn Exchange , in Edinburgh , last week . Bro . Lord and Lady Wolseley were present at thc fourth of the series ol" five ballad concerts at the Royal Victoria Coffee Music Hall , Bro . Sir Reginald Hanson was returned top of the

poll for the School Board , City Division , with 6792 votes , and Mr . H . C . Richards , who is nominated for initiation into Freemasonry , came next with 6372 , these are both newmembers and likely to do much good on the Board from their past experience as citizens and men of business . Bro . the Hon . Charles Darb y failed to be returned for Chelsea . Bro . Deputy I . E . Saunders , P . G . D , was returned second on the

poll for Greenwich . Bro . the Rig ht Hon . Shaw Lefevre , M . P ., presided at the recent winding-up meeting of the Married Women ' s Property Committee , at Willis's . During the last session of Parliament a Bill has been passed giving married women complete control over their property , and so liable also for their own debts . The object having been

obtained the Committee has dissolved . Messrs . Gladwell Bros ., announce the opening on Monday next of a Winter Exhibition of Water Colour Drawings and Etchings at their City of London Fine Art Gallery , 20 , Gracechurch-street . The exhibition will include many important examples of our British artists , and a choice collection of modern etchings . CITY OV L OXDON BONDS . —The Corporation

of London , through their Chamberlain , advertise the discharge of certain bonds issued for public works and improvements , amounting to £ 182 , 600 ; also the renewal of bonds for £ 305 , 600 , option of renewal to be exercised within a specified period . At the important Wine Exhibition recently held at Bordeaux , we notice that Messrs . Perinet ct Fils have been awarded a silver medal for their Champagnes .

The Herschel Lodge , No . 1894 , at Slou gh , has recently been presented with a portrait of the illustrious astronomer , Sir William Herschel , from whom the lodge takes its name . Thc picture , which is an oil painting handsomely framed , is the gift of Sir William Herschel , thc grandson of the astronomer , and has been received by the lodge with gratitude and satisfaction . Undoubtedly thc

people of Slough and its neighbourhood are ever ready to take pride in the fact that so renowned and famous an astronomer once dwelt in their town , and there followed his favourite pursuit , and that discoveries invaluable to the scientific world , and of great interest to all posterity , were made by him whilst living at the well-known house on the Windsor-road , which also hears his name . This has been acknowledged by the brethren on the founding of a lodge

in the town , and they have chosen for the distinguishing name of . the lodge that ol the great astronomer . They , therefore , fully appreciate the great compliment received at the hands of Sir William Herschel , by the presentation of this portrait , which will be placed in the lodge room . The picture , at the request of the present baronet , bears the inscription : "Wilhelm Herschel , ob . 25 th August , 1 S 22 , presented by his grandson . "

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Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . thc Rev . II . G . Bonavia-Hunt , W . M . Trinity College Lodge , preached , on Sunday evening last , at St . Phillips ' s Church , Regent-street . Bro . the Emperor of Germany called in person at the Palace of Potsdam , on Thursday week last , to offer his congratulations to the Crown Princess on her attaining her forty-second birthday . Bro . the Crown Prince entertained his father at luncheon .

Wc are requested to state that the annual festival of the Langton Lodge of Instruction , will be held on the 13 th inst ., at six o'clock , at the Bridge House Hotel , London Bridge . Tickets may be obtained of the Secretary , Bro . J . D . Langton , Lancaster House , Savoy , W . C . The Countess of Dalkeith , daughter of Bro . the Duke of Abercorn , received a portrait of her husband , presented by his friends and old constituents of Midlothian .

last week . Lady Dalkeith , in thanking the gentlemen , spoke of the twenty-three years' happiness she had had since she became a member of the Duke of Buccleuch ' s family . Bro . the Crown Prince and Princess of Germany will celebrate their silver wedding in January . It is probable that their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Duke of Connaught will go over to Berlin for the

occasion . Bro . the Karl of Breadalbane is entertaining a large party for shooting at Taymouth Castle . Bro . the Karl ol * March , P . G . S . W ., with the Countess , have been paying a visit to Miss Featherstonhaugh , at Up Park . Bro . B . Samuelson , M . P ., and the other Royal Commissioners on Technical Instruction , are now engaged

in a thorough inspection of the system of technical education in Belgium . Bros , the Rev . J . H . Smith , W . Squire , C . C , Captain Voull , Alderman Fowler , M . P ., Henry Clarke , C . C , and Bro . Major T . I ) . Sewell were amongst the livery and gursts invited to the banquet of the Spectacle Makers ' Company , of which liro . the Lord Mayor is a member .

Bro . Sir James McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., has been re-elected Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works . Lord Napier and Ettrick , father of Bro . the Hon Mark Napier , one of Arahi ' s counsel , has taken a house at Bournemouth for the season . Bro . Lord Richard Grosvenor has taken Knowle Lodge , and has left the Royal

Bath Hotel . Bro . Anthony Trollope , we are glad to say , is better , but his condition still causes the greatest anxiety . R . W . Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn will remain at Baron ' s Court for the winter . The Duchess goes to Biarritz in the spring . Mr . F . Gooch , brother of Bro . Sir Daniel

Gooch , P . G . M . Berks , died this week at Gateshead . He was an eminent engineer , and began his career in Sir George Stephenson ' s works at Newcastle-on-Tyne . Bro . J . T . Bedford , C . C , is an auditior of the House Property and Investment Company , and Bro . W . S . Gover , late member of the School Board , one of its directors .

Bro . Omey Wakeman has been appointed honorary correspondent for the diocese of Hereford , for the Dr . Pusey Memorial Fund . R . W . Bro . Sir E . A . H . Lechmere , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . Worcestershire , addressed a meeting at Richmond ( Surrey ) , in connection with the St . John of Jerusalem Order , of which our brother is the Secretary .

t he Duke and Duchess of 1 eck were amongst thc company . Bro . R . C . Halse . C . C , has been appointed auditor of the Ward of Cheap Club . At its last meeting the new Alderman , Bro . Whitehead presided , and received a hearty welcome . Bro . Alderman Fowler , M . P ., Bro . Sheriff De Keyser , Col . GritTin , General Sir Henry NormanBro .

, Lieut . Henry Wright , Prebendary Whittington and Sir George Bowyer , were amongst the guests of the Court of the Tallow Chandlers' Company on Thursday week , to meet Bro . the Lord Mayor . The Right . Hon . the Lord Mayor , Bro . Alderman Knight , has given ten guineas , and Bros . Alderman Sheriff De Keyser and Sir Reginald Hanson each five guineas

. to the Clay Cross Colliery Disaster Fund , the first charitable fund opened at the Mansion House under the new Lord Mayor . Bro . H yde Clarke addressed the meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute , held on Tuesday , at the Grosvenor Gallery . The President , Bro . the Duke of Manchester , occupied the chair .

Bro . the Marquis of Hamilton , Lord of the Bed Chamber to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , was amongst the guests staying at Lord Walsingham's seat , Newton Hall , last week , on the occasion of the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales .

Bro . Alderman Fowler , M . P ., b y the death of his aunt , Miss Rachel Fowler , of Melksham , Wilts , is the recipient of £ 10 , 000 . Bro . Lord and Lady Wolseley have been staying with the Earl of Northbrook , First Lord of the Admiralty , and Lady Emma Baring , at Stratton Park , Winchester , since their visit to Eastwell Park , the Duke of Edinburgh ' s seat .

Bro . Lord de Tabley , P . G . M . Cheshire , and if "" J X J ? ley and * suite * * Sil" George Elliott , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . and Bro . Baron dc Worms , are amongst the latest fashionable arrivals at Brighton . HOLI . OW . IV ' S Pius . —This medicine has resisted cverv test which time , prejudice , and vested interest could impose upon ' it , and it at length stands forth triumphant as the most reliahl .. r , * m ,., lv f-

„ those derangements of the system so common at the change of seasons . When the air grows colder , ami the functions of the skin are relaided , an occasional dose of HoIIoway's l'iils will call on the liver and kidneys for greater activity , and compensate for the diminished cutaneous action . As alteratives , aperients , and tonics these pais have no equal . To every aged and delicate person whose appetite is defective , digestion inlirm , ami tone of health low this medicine will be a precious boon , conferring both case and strength .