Consecration Of A New Lodge At Swansea.

CONSECRATION OF A NEW LODGE AT SWANSEA .

The ceremony of consecration of the Caradoc Lodge , No . ' 573 ' t 0 ° k plaee on Thursday , the 17 th ult ., at the Masonic Hall , Swansea . There was an unusually large thering 0 f brethren , every lodge in the province being represented , together with a good muster of visitors from the sister division , and from neighbouring and distant

. The lodge was opened at two o ' clock by Bro . G . Bradford , P . Prov . G . Supt . Wks ., P . M . 237 , assisted by the P . M . ' s and officers of the same lodge , after which the R . W . P ! G . Master , Bro . T . M . Talbct , the W . the D . P . G . Master , Bro . E . J . Morris , and the officers of P . G . Lodge , entered the lodge in procession ,-marshalled by the Prov . G . Dir . of

Cers ., Bro . E . I homas , W . M . 679 , the following officers being in attendance : —Bros . W . Whittington , Prov . S . G W . ; J . G . Hall , P . Prov . S . G . W . ; M . Tennant , P . pl 0 v . S . G . W . ; G . B . Brock , P . Prov . S . G . W . ; R . Thomas , P Prov . J . G . W . ; G . Allen , P . Prov . J . G . W . ; T . D . Daniel , P . Prov . J . G . W . ; Rev . J . J . S . Moore , L . L . D ., Prov . G . Chap . ; J . Jones , P . G . Treas . ; J . Goodall , Prov .

^ . Reg . ; L . Tulloch , P . Prov . G . Reg . ; S . B . Power , - > . Prov . G . Reg . ; C . Taylor , Prov . G . D . ; S . Werchert , P . Prov . G . D . ; J . Harman , P . Prov . G . D . ; W H . Tucker , P . Prov . G . D . ; W . H . Davies , P . Prov . G . D . ; E . Daniel , P . Prov . G . D . ; W . A . Davies , P . Prov . G . Supt . Wks . ; G . Bradford , P . Prov . G . Supt . Wks . ; E . Thomas , Prov . G . D . C ; W . S . R . Jackson , Prov . G . D . C

T . Powell , P . Prov . . G . D . C . ; J . J . Hewson , P . Prov . G . D . C . ; E . F . Daniel , Prov . G . S . B . ; J . Rogers , P . Prov . G . S . B . ; A . L . Struve ' , P . G . Org . ; H . W . Williams , P . Prov . C . Purst . ; j T . G . Glass , P . Prov . G . Purst . ; T . Thomas , W . Little , G . II . White , T . McKinn , D . R . David , P . G . Stwds . ; G . Bullcrwell , Prov . G . Tyler ; also Bros . W . J . Morgan , P . Prov . J . G . W ., Western Division

Rev . A . H . P . Trewman , P . Prov . G . Chap . Somerset ; | . T . B . Hall , P . G . D . C Leicester ; W . Harris , P . Prov . G . D . W . D . ; C . V . Harding , Prov . G . Org . W . D . ; E . H . Fenton , Hereford ; f . E . Price , W . P . Garrett , E . S . Hartiand , W . A . Essery , J . C . Sladen , J . L . White , W . Michell , J . R . Davies , H . B . Latimer , H . Kcnnard Bill , G . J , Alexander , M . Wagnc Morgan , and many others .

The chair having been taken by the R . W . Prov . G . M ., the P . G . Reg ., Bro . J . Goodall , read the petition and warrant of constitution , after which the ceremony of consecration was performed by the R . W . the Prov . G . M . in his wonted admirable style , assisted by the W . the D . P . G . M ., and by Bros . M . Tennant , P . Prov . S . G . W ., and P . M . 8 ^ ; R . Thomas , P . Prov . J . G . W ., and P . M . 364 ; and " s .

Weichart , P . Prov . S . G . D ., and W . M . 36 ; Bro . E . Thomas , Prov . G . D . C , and W . M . 679 , ably assisting in his official capacity . The oration was delivered and the customary prayers offered by the P . G . Chap ., Bro . the Rev . J . J . S . Moore , L . L . D ., and Bro . A . L . Struve presided with great ability on the organ . At the conclusion of the ceremony of consecration the

W . M . designate of the Caradoc Lodge , Bro . J . Rogers , P . Prov . G . S . B ., was presented to the R . W . the Prov . G . M . by the XV . the Dep . Prov . G . M ., who referred in terms of high commendation to the zeal , ability , and Masonicknowledge of this worthy and distinguished brother , who was accordingly installed as first W . M . in accordance with ancient custom , the ceremony throughout being conducted by the R . W . the Prov . G . M .

The following brethren were then appointed and invested as officers for the year : —Bros . | . Livingston , S . W . ; Rev . J . J . S . Moore , J . W . ; W . Michell , Treas . ; J . L . White , Sec . ; J . C . Sladen , S . D . ; W . Dobbs , S . D . ; W . A . Essery , D . C . ; D . C . Jones , I . G . ; W . Watkins and Dr . Rosser ,

Stwds ; and G . Bullcrwell , P . G . Tyler . Votes of thanks to the P . G . M . and D . P . G . M . having been proposed , agreed to , and acknowledged , several candidates were proposed for initiation , and the lodge was closed in peace and harmony . The brethren dined afterwards at the Mack worth Hotel .

Ihe W . M ., Bro . Rogers , presided , supported by the R . W . Prov . G . M ., the W . the D . Prov . G . M ., and an excellent attendance of Prov . Grand Officers and other brethren . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given from the chair with marked ability . Bro . Videon Harding , of Carmarthen , presided at the pianoforte with great skill and effect , and favoured the brethren with some of his choicest

songs . The harmony of the evening was further contributed to by Bros . H . W . Williams , J . Hewson , and others , and a most agreeable evening was spent . The Caradoc Lodge thus takes its place amongst the established lodges of the province . It starts on its career with the heartiest good wishes of the brotherhood , and that career may be predicted to be one of usefulness to the

Craft , and honour to the province . The lodge will be presided over by one who has proved himself to be one of the most qualified Masons in the district , who has won for himself " golden opinions " for his accurate working , his skill in our noble science , and for his courtesy and kindness of disposition , and , aided as he will be by a competent staff of officers , no other prediction can be made than that of success .

Ivearl y 1000 Liverpool ladies have signed a memorial to the drapers in that town , requesting that seats should be provided for the female assistants when not engaged . The Grocers' Company have contributed £ 350 for a bell for St , Paul's , and a gentleman has promised to provide the chimes .

HEALTH , comfort , and economy promoted . Gas superseded in day time , and daylight reflected in dark rooms by adopting Chappuis' Patent Daylight Reflectors . Manufactory , 60 , Fleet-street , London .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to approve of the appointment of Bro . Charles Mutton Gregory , C . E ., as a Companion of the Order of St . Michael and St . George . Bre . Sir Frederick Perkins , M . P ., has presented to the town of Southampton a life-size statue of the late Prince Consort , by Mr . Thced .

At the annual meeting of the Newspaper Press Fund , last ] Satorday , Bro . Hyde Clarke was unanimously reelected Treasurer , with a cordial vote of thanks for his past services . Bro . Middlemass , 957 and 1329 , was elected to fill a vacant seat in the committee , and Bro . W . , C . Hall , 1351 , was appointed as the successor of Bro . Middlemass as Auditor .

The " Pictorial World " of last week contains a portrait of Bro . Sir Michael Costa . H . R . H . Prince Leopold has appointed Mr . Arnold Royle , M . R . C . S ., to be Surgeon in Ordinary to

H . R . H . Under the patronage of the Earl of Hardwicke , P . G . M . of Cambridgeshire , and Lord Lurgan , the General Meat Co-operative Supply Association ( Limited ) is announced . The essential features are cheap meat , and of the best quality . Considering the present high prices the Association cannot but commend itself to our readers .

One of the four monks who are the sole possessors of the secret c . f making the famous Chartreuse li queur , has commenced legal proceedings against a firm in London , with a view to restrain it from selling as

Chartreuse any commodity not manufactured in their monastery . Mr . Edward Payson Weston will commence his great international 500 mile walk in six days on Monday next .

Prince Leopold visited Wellington College on Monday , and was conducted through the college by the Rev . E . C . Wickham , the head master . Bro . His Royal Highness Prince Leopold , Prov . G . M . Oxfordshire , left Windsor Castle at 3 . 55 p . m . on Wednesday for London and the Continent , attendeil by

Bro . Collins and Major A . F . Pickard , R . A . A correspondent telegraphs that I lis Royal Highness and suite arrived in Dover on Thursday morning by the nine o ' clock train of the South Eastern Railway . He was received on the pier by the Mayor , General Parke , C . B ., Commanding South Eastern District , and Staff , and left

for Calais by the special steamer Samphire , commanded by Captain Goldsack . Captain Morgan , R . N ., was also on board . The reception was private , and no salute was fired . THE ORIGINAL OK PREMIER RED CROSS CONCLAVE or ENGLAND . —A mecliiitr ot this conclave will

take place on Wednesday next , at the City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-street , at 4 o ' clock . The Right Hon . Lord Skelmersdale , P . G . V ., will be present as the guest of the conclave , ami will be received under the Arch of Steel at 3 o ' clock , all knights should therefore be in their places before that time . Banquet at O . 30 . punctually . At a meeting of the Webb Testimonial Fund ,

at Trowbridge , a letter was read from Bro . Captain Webb , expressing his desire that the sum collected might be paid over to his father for his own benefit , as no possible application of the money in question could be so acceptable to him as that would be . It has been resolved that the fund—amounting to , £ ' 521—should be disposed of according to Bro . Webb ' s wishes .

A Home has been opened at 21 , Grevillestreet , Holborn , for the reception of young women who are engaged in business during the day , and who from the want of a comfortable home are exposed to many temptations .

The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers have voted a donation of £ 25 to the National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Paralysis . The Corpoiation of the City of London have declined to take immediate steps to give the Prince of Wales a hearty welcome to the City on his return from India .

1 HE LATE DR . GAUNTLETT . —A committee has now been formed with the object of raising a fund for the widow and family of this eminent musician , who died suddenly from heart disease on February 21 st . The committee much regret to state that a special effort is needed to mitigate , in some degree , the circumstances of

this distressing case . Bro . the Rev . Sir r . Gore Ouscley , Rev . T . S . Polehamptcn , Rev . W . J . Blew , Rev . Howard-Rice , Rev . E . C . Smith , Rev . G . Venablcs , Messrs . Novello , Ewer , and Co ., Chappell and Co ., Stanley , Lucas , Weber and Co ., R . Mills and Sons , J . Pittman , Erard , John Thomas , George Grove , 11 . Littleton , ] . Dobson , B . M . Moore , William Chappell , T . XV . Walker , J . S . Storr , A .

J . Puttick , G . Bruzaud , J . Green . Roger Hawkcs , and F . W . Mount have already joined the committee . C . L . Gruneisen , Esq ., of the Junior Carlton Club , is the Hon . Treasurer ; W . C A . Blew , Esq ., of 16 , Warwick-street , Pall Mall East , is the Hon . Secretary . Donations maybe sent to either of these gentlemen , or the London and Westminster Bank , St . James ' s-squarc , to the account of "The Gauntlett Fund . "

Bro . Captain Matthew Webb received his 3 rd degree on Thursday , the 2 . 1 th ult ., in the Neptune , Lodge , No . 22 . A full report of the proceedings will appear in our next . )

Masonic And General Tidings.

His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireand has issued invitations for a fancy dress ball at Dublin Castle on the 13 th of March . The Portsmouth Town Council yesterday resolved to [ present an address to the , Prince of Wales on his return from India .

On Monday last His Grace the Duke of Abcrcorn , M . W . G . M . ( Ireland ) , distributed the prizes to the successful students in the Royal Dublin Society School of Art . The Duke of Leinster was also present . The Masons' Hall Tavern has been sold by Messrs . Cronin to Mr . W . R . Bell ( late of Long-acre ) .

THE QUEEN ' VISIT TO GERMANY . —Accoiding to the latest announcement , Her Majesty is expected to leave England for the Continent on the 25 th of March . The Queen will proceed direct to Baden-Baden , and after her visit to Germany will return to Windsor to meet the

Prince of Wales . The forthcoming season is likely to be maiked by a number of courtly festivities incidental to the return of His Royal Highness from his Indian tour , and which are expected to be held soon after the conclusion of the Queen's visit to Germany .

Bro . J . . Allcroft presided at the Anniversary Festival of the London Orphan Asylum , on Monday last , at the Albion Tavern . During the dinner somewhat of a novelty was noticed in the introduction of instrumeni tal music by the girls of the school . The effect was not only pleasant in itself , but had the result of directing the

attention of the guests to the excellent education afforded to the pupils . The boys sang grace and part songs , which seemed to be equally well appreciated as the performance of the girls . In proposing the toast of the evening , " The Prosperity of the London Orphan Asylum , " the Chairman made a strong appeal on behalf of the charity ,

the object of which was to clothe , maintain , and educate respectable fatherless children of either sex left without adequate means of support and wherever resident . Children wcre eligible between the ages of 7 and n , and were usually retained till the completion of their 15 th year . Since its commencement 3 , 955 orphans had been benefited ,

and there were at present 209 girls and 353 boys on the establishment , which , as was generally known , occupied a fine position at Watford . The cost of each child in maintenance , [ clothing , and education was not above' ^ 32 . The subscriptions , which included a donation of £ 100 from the Chairman , and X ' 20 from Mrs . Allcroft , amounted on the

whole to £ 3 , 213 . Bro . Sir G . Greenall , M . P ., was entertained on Tuesday night at a banquet , and presented with an address by the Corporation of Warrington , on his elevation to a baronetcy . The Mayor in proposing " The Health of Sir Gilbert , " said Warringtou generally rejoiced at the

honour which had been shown to a fellow townsman , who , in his public capacity , had known no party and who had so well supported the local institutions of the town . Sir Gilbert Greenall , in returning thanks , said , while appreciating highly the distinction Her Most Gracious Majesty had

conferred upon him , % valued above everything the goodwill of his fellow townsmen , which he rejoiced to know hpossessed . He would ever remember with kindness the ade dress which had been presented to him . " The Health of Lady Greenall" and other toasts followed .

riie well-known medical maxim that food for children and invalids should be administered in accordance with the laconic direction , " little and often , " though undoubtedly sound in itself , has the disadvantage of adding considerably to the labour of parents and nurses , and in the old days of rush-lights it is small wonder if the helpless ones often had to take their nocturnal nourishment as cold as

ice , greatly to the detriment of their digestive organs . Modern ingenuity has , however , got rid of most of the dificultics formed ) existing on this score , though it must be admitted that many of the new nursery arrangements have drawbacks of their own , especially in the dangerof file , arising from the use of spirit lamps , even by the most careful of persons , and by the flickering of ordinary night

lights in the hands of the careless . Mr . Samuel Clarke , of 110 , Albany-street , the patentee of the well-known Pyramid Night Lisrhts , lights and food warmers , has , however , entirely overcome this danger , as the glass shades , which arc an important feature , and addition to the lights , not only ensures a steady flame and good light , but renders all contact with bedjturtains or other external objects

absolutely impossible , while at the same time , when the light is applied to the food warmer , the food in the porcelain panakin is kept always properly heated and ready for use . The many excellences of these inversions have been full y recognised by the jurors of the International Exhibitions of London , Paris , and Moscow , at all of which places they received first prize medals , while among those who

have practically tested and approved of them may be mentioned the Queen and the Empress of Russia . These li ghts , like most really good things , are made in the simplest manner , having a stone base of their own , down to which they burn when in use for nine hours , and are sold all over the country at the rate of one penny each , in boxes of eight , and as so much depends upon their being

used within a reasonable time after being made , the patentee ^ invariably desires that the trade may regulate their stocks from time to time . This is certainly a very considerate feature in the manner of business adopted by Mr . Clarke , and though it may have given him additional

labour , we can but think that in the long run it has materially affected and increased his business ; so much so , that we bear he is unable to keep pace with the demand at the factory in Albany-street , and has , accordingly , gone to the working district of Benrtondsey and established a factory there , | J