Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will hold its next regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday next at 4 p . m . The regular monthly meeting of the Council of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will be held at Freemasons ' Hall to-morrow ( Saturday ) at 3 p . m .

Bro . Dr . Ralph Gooding , P . G . D ., has been elected a member of the Court of the Worshipful Company of Poulters . The 19 th anniversary festival in aid of the Surgical Appliance Society was held at the Hotel Metropole on the evening of the 25 th ult ., the amount of subscriptions

announced by the Secretary being £ 755 . The Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace was brought toaconclusionon Friday , the 26 th ult ., with a performance of " Israel in Egypt . " There was a crowded audience and the enthusiasm with which the efforts of the soloists and chorus were greeted was very great .

By command of the Queen a levee was held by the Prince of Wales at St . James ' s Palace on Saturday last . The Dukes of Edinburgh and Cambridge , Prince Christian , and Prince Henry of Battenberg were present , while the diplomatic and general circles were numerously attended .

The Grand Duke of Hesse , Prince Louis of Battenberg , and Princess Alice of Hesse took leave of her Majesty on Saturday last , and left Windsor Castle for Darmstadt , being accompanied by the Princess Henry of Battenberg as far as Paddington , while Prince Henry of Battenberg took leave of the visitors at Charing Cross .

A _ festival was given by the executive of the German Exhibition on Saturday last in aid of the German Hospital at Dalston and the German Society of Benevolence . The fete took place under Royal patronage , and among the distinguished persons present were the German Ambassador and Prince Pless . The programme was an admirable one and well carried out , and the attendance very large .

The presentation of the gift from the pupils of the Princess Helena College , Ealing , to Princess Christian took place in Buckingham Palace on the 25 th ult . The gift consisted of a large silver centre bowl and four smaller ones for horns , and the presentation was made by the Lady Principal and six of the scholars , to whom her Royal Highness expressed her most cordial thanks for the present .

VVe are desired to state that on and after the 7 th inst . the meetings of the Brixton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1 949 , will be held at the Prince Regent , Dulwich-road , Heme Hill , S . F .. On the above-mentioned date Bro . E . A . Francis , P . M ., Preceptor , will rehearse the ceremony of installation in its entirety , when it is anticipated he will be supported by a goodly number of brethren .

A State concert was given by command of the Queen at Buckingham Palace on Thursday , the 25 th ult ., at which there were present the Prince and Princess of VVales , with the Princesses Victoria and Maud , the Grand Duke of Hesse and his daughter , the Princess Alice , the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh , the Duke and Duchess of Connaught , Prince and Princess Christian , and other members of the Royal Family .

A medal commemorative of the Royal Naval Exhibition has just been issued by the authorities . It is made of white metal , and on the face has a representation of the Eddystone Lighthouse , flanked by effigies of the Camperdown , 1 S 91 , and the Victory , 1 S 05 , while on the reverse is inscribed " In commemoration of the Royal Naval Exhibition . Patron , the Queen . 1 S 91 . "

the Prince and Princess of Wales and their daughters , the Princesses Victoria and Maud , accompanied by Earl Fitzwilliam and a number of distinguished personages visited Rotherham on the 25 th ult . for the purpose of opening a public park which has recently been purchased for 5 ^ 22 , 000 . The Royal visitors , who met with a most enthusiastic reception , returned to Marlborough House the same day .

The Prince and Princess of VVales , accompanied by the Princesses Victoria and Maud , visited Aldershot on Friday , the 26 th ult ., for the purpose of inspecting the 19 th Hussars , who are under orders for India . The Royal party on arriving at the Camp were received by Bro . Lieut .-General Sir Evelyn Wood , V . C , and his Staff . At the close of the proceedings the Prince expressed himself as being well satisfied withthe appearance and discipline of the regiment and the steadiness and precision of its movements .

The Old Etonian dinner in commemoration of the 450 th anniversary of the foundation of Eton College was held at the Hotel Metropole on Saturday last , under the presidency of the Duke of Westminster , among those present being Bros . Lord Carrington , the Earl of Kilmorey , the Earl oi Bandon , the Hon . J . S . Gathorne-Hardy , Sir R . E . Welby the Hon . A . N . Hood , Sir Redvers Buller , V . C , Sir John D . Astley , Bart ., and Sir Francis B . Alston .

The Secretary of State for War and Mrs . Stanhope received a large and distinguished company in the banqueting room , Whitehall , on Saturday last . The Prince of Wales , the Duke of Cambridge , the Princess Louise ( Marchioness of Lome ) and the Marquis of Lome , the Duke

and Duchess of Teck , with the Princess Victoria and Prince Francis of Teck , Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar , Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Athole , Bro . the Earl and Countess of Lathom , Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Bro . the Earl and Countess of Yarborough , and others were present .

lt has been arranged that the guard of honour at Guildhall on the occasion of the visit of the Emperor and Empress of Germany to the City next week shall be composed of regular troops . The presentation of the Corporation address will take place in the library , and the luncheon in

the Guildhall . On Saturday next , the nth instant , the Emperor will review a force of volunteers on Wimbledon Common , and afterwards with the Empress will visit the Crystal Palace . On the following day his Majesty will dine , with the Prime Minister and the Marchioness of Salisbury at Hatfield .

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . the Lord Mayor will attend the Royal marriage at St . George's Chapel , Windsor , on Monday next . The date of the meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Suffolk , which was provisionally fixed for the 31 st of July , has been altered to Friday , August 7 th . The gathering is at Thornham Hall , the seat of the Provincial Grand Master , Lord Henniker .

The directors of the Empire Palace , Limited , have declared the second interim dividend for the present year at the following rates : is . Sd . on each share of £ 1 on which ios . has been paid , and 2 S . 6 d . on eachshare of £ 1 on which 15 s . has been paid , the said interim dividend to be payable on the 7 th inst .

On the occasion of the Volunteer review on Wimbledon Common on Saturday , the nth instant , the Duke of Cambridge will take command of the troops , who will be formed in two divisions , the first being under the command of Bro . Lieut .-Gen . Sir Evelyn VVood , and the second under the Duke of Connaught .

The new Exmoor Lodge at Minehead is making an uncommonly good start . At the monthly meeting recently 12 new members were elected , four of them being initiates , and the P . G . M ., Lord Dungarvan , and the Dep . P . G . M ., Bro . Else , were also elected honorary members . A number of proposals were submitted For consideration at the next meeting , and Bro . Haddon was appointed the delegate on the Charity Organisation Committee of the province .

The invitations issued by the Corporation of London to the dejeuner which will follow the presentation of _ the address of welcome to the Emperor of Germany on Friday next , the ioth instant , have been so generally accepted that it has been found necessary to erect a temporary gallery at the east end of the Guildhall in order to accommodate them all . At the same time , though many notable people have not been asked , the list of invitations has been closed .

Bro . Arthur B . Hudson , CC , President , in the chair , the members of the Aldersgate Past Officers' Club held their annual summer dinner on Tuesday last at the Grand Hotel , Littlestone-on-Sea . Those present included Mr . Deputy George Pepler , Mr . Churchwarden C . S . Houlder , CC , Rev . T . Selby Henry , Mr . Tubbs , and Bros . T . M . Janes , ( Hon . Sec ) , Churchwarden George Kenning , R . F . Fell , G . M . Taylor , J . Rowley , W . H . Jackson , and Thomas Roderick , Secondary City of London .

The Lord Mayor has granted the use of the Egyptian Hall for a meeting to be held on Monday , the 13 th inst ., in connection with the Fruiterers' Company , of which Alderman Sir James Whitehead , Bart ., is Master , for the purpose of considering what further steps shall be taken in the promotion of fruit culture in homesteads and cottage gardens . The medals and certificates awarded at the great exhibition of fruit in the Guildhall last year will be presented at the meeting , and the Lord Mayor will preside .

An evening entertainment in aid of St . Elizabeth ' s Hospital for incurables and children was , by the kind permission of Lady Alexander Gordon-Lennox , held at 25 , Pont-street , on Saturday last . Those present included the Duke and Duchess of Teck and their daughter , Princess Mary of Teck , the Duke of Richmond and Gordon and Lady Florence Gordon-Lennox , Bro . SirBaldwyn Leighton ,

the Countess of Sefton , the Dowager Countess of Sefton , the Lady Alice Portal , and others . The second meet of the season of the Four-in-HandClub took place on the Horse Guards' Parade on Thursday , the 2 , th ult . Among the spectat TS were the Duchess of

Edinburgh , Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg , the Grand Duke of Hesse and his daughter , the Princess Alice , and the Duke and Duchess of Teck , with the Princess Victoria and Prince Alexander of Teck . Among the members of the Club who put in an appearance were Bros . Lord Cheylesmore , the Earl of Londesborough , and Lord Mothfield .

After providing for the amortization of leases , depreciation of plant , sinking fund for the redemption of Debentures , and the payment of Income Tax and'Debenture Interest , the rep"rt of Spiers ^ and Pond , Limited , recommends the payment of a dividend of 10 per cent , free of

Income Tax , for the year ending the 31 st March , 1891 , leaving ^ . ' 5002 gs . 3 d . to be carried forward to next year . The warrants will be pasted after the shareholders ' meeting , to be held on the 13 th inst . The share transfer books are closed from the 30 th ult . to the 13 th inst ., both inclusive .

Bro . Harry Foster , the newly-elected Sheriff of the City of London , is the subject of a biographical notice in the City Press this week . His career has been a busy and useful one in connection with the City and its philanthropic and educational institutions . The notice concludes as follows : " He is a prominent Freemason , being a member of the Alliance Lodge and of the Royal Arch Bayard Chapter .

The kindly feelings he entertains for the City Guilds are evidenced by the fact that he is a member of no fewer than 13 companies , viz .: — Wheelwrights , Fruiterers , Homers , Loriners , Clockmakers , Turners , Framework Knitters , Shipwrights , Spectaclemakers , Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers , Makers of Playing-cards , Fanmakers ,

Pattenmakers , Innholders , and Glaziers . He is also a member of the City Carlton , Scottish Conservative , and Constitutional Union Clubs . His private residence is Walton Grove , Walton-on Thames . " Bro . Foster ' s Under-Sheriff will be Bro . Clarence Halse , and his chaplain the Rev . Edgar Sheppard , sub-dean of the Chapels Royal .

The late Bro . Sir Robert Fowler was the Treasurer of the Howard Association , 5 , Bishopsgate-street Without , and the Committee of that body , at their meeting on Thursday , the 25 th ult . ( being their first meeting since his decease ) , unanimously adopted the following resolution , which was moved by Mr . Henry Gurney , and seconded by Mr . E . Clarke : "Thc Committee of the Howard Association desire

to place on record their sense of the great loss which they have sustained by the death of Sir Robert Nicholas Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., who for many years was their Treasurer and colleague . He was also especially helpful to the Committee by his frequent and cheerfully rendered services to them , in bringing before the attention of Parliament and of the

Government , subjects connected with the work of this Association . The unexpected decease , in the prime and vigour of life , of one so gifted and so genial as Sir Robert Fowler was , is sorrowfully felt by the Committee ; and they would offer to the family of their late honoured friend this expression of their profound sympathy . "

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . H . B . Marshall , jun ., has taken the degree of M A at Dublin University . ' Bro . Geo . Brinsley , CC , president , in the chai the members of the United Wards Club held the annual summer dinner on Thursday , at the Railway Hote _ Caterham .

The Princess of Wales , accompanied by the Princesse and attended by the Hon . Mrs . Dalrymple , visited th ' Japanese Gallery , 2 S , New Bond-street , on VVednesday t inspect the second series of the " Land of the Rising Sun ° by John Varley , and pictures by other artists , includino-1 idealistic portrait of her Royal Highness by Henry CampSt ™

The Holiday Fashion Number of the Gentlewoman is a evidence of the spirited ^ management of that journal anl should largely help to still further establish it as the leadin lady's paper . It contains a complete set of fashions fo " costumes for every purpose required during the holiday / There is also a story by Walter Besant , and one bv Nathalie , ex-Queen of Servia . '

Bro . Lord Carrington on VVednesday last distributed th medals , prizes , and certificates to the students at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School awarded during the summer session , 1 S 90 , and the winter session , 1 S 90-1 . Mr , ()_ p Johnston was awarded the Llewellyn Scholarship ( certificate and £ 2 $ ); Mr . W . J . Robertson , the Golding Scholar , ship ; Mr . A . VV . W . Hoffman , the Governors' Clinical Gold Medal ; and Mr . H . D . Senior , the Pereira Prize The year had been very active and satisfactory , as was shown by the fact that the average daily attendance was 220

The pretty theatre of the Lyric Club is to be the scene on the afternoon of VVednesday next , of an entertainment to be given in aid of the fund for building a children ' s convalescent home at Glynde , Lewes . A feature of this enter , tainment will be the representation , for the first time , nf .

new duologue by Mr . W . R . Walkes , entitled " A Short Engagement . " This will be rendered by Mrs . Copleston and Mrs . Charles Sim . Lady Augusta Fane , Mr . Arthur Bourchier , and Mr . H . A . Newton will appear , the same afternoon , in Sir Charles Young ' s " That Dreadful Doctor , " and Mr . Hermann Vezin and Miss Laura Johnson will be seen in selections from " Macbeth . "

During the past few days further interesting relics of Roman London have been discovered by the workmen engaged upon the excavations which are now in progress on the site of Dimsdale's old banking house , Cornhiil . The wall which has been discovered , almost 12 feet in thickness , was probably one of the boundary walls of the old town

of Londiniensis , a stone slab of 12 inches to iS inches in thickness , and of great length , being probably the corner stone of some important building . Many human bones have been found , as well as pieces—broken , of course—of armour . Last week , at a depth of nearly 30 feet , a skull was found embedded in a layer of white clay , and later , portions of leg and arm bones were picked up .

The Queen left Windsor Castle for London on Monday morning for the purpose of standing sponsor to her granddaughter , the infant daughter of Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Hfe . lhe ceremony took place in the Chapel Royal , St . James's Palace , the rite of baptism being performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury . Among those present were the

Prince and Princess of Wales , the Duke and Duchess of Fife , the Princesses Victoria and Maud of Wales , the Duchess of Edinburgh and her three daughters , the Princess Louise , Marchioness of Lome , the Duchess of Albany , the Duke of Cambridge , the Princess Mary , Duchess and the Duke of Teck , the Princess Victoria of Teck , and Prince

and Princess Henry of Battenberg . The infant was christened Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina Louise , the water with which the child was sprinkled being brought from the Jordan by Prince George of Wales . The other sponsors besides the Queen were the Queen of Denmark , the Prince and Princess of Wales , the Duke of Clarence

and Avondale , and the Princess Victoria of Wales . After the ceremony her Majesty returned to Windsor , while most of the other members of the Royal Family lunched with the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlboroug h House . In the evening the Prince and Princess and the Princesses Victoria and Maud dined with Bro . the Duke and Duchess

of Abercorn at Hampden House . PRESENTATION TO BRO . J AMES H . F ORSHAW AT ABERDEEN . —An interesting ceremony took place in the Imperial Hotel on Saturday , the 27 th ult ., when Bro . jas . H . Forshaw was presented with his portrait and entertained at a cake and wine banquet by his friends of the St . Nicholas Lodge , in recognition of his services to the lodge 01

and to Freemasonry during the period he held the oltice Right Worshipful Master of the lodge . Bro . Bartlet , R . VV . M ., occupied the chair , and there was a good attendance . The Chairman stated the object of the meeting , ami called on Bro . Alexander Wilson to make the presentation , which he prefaced by an excellent speech , calling attention tn t-hnsp . sfirvirft ; and excellencies of character which nau 0

called forth that expression of regard from the members the lodge . The gift , which was a portrait of Bro . V ° f *™ , ' the unveiling of which , in the course of Bro . Wi " speech , was greeted with loud applause , is by Mr- J Shirreffs . It is half length , and represents Bro . I'orsiw ^ comfortably seated in an arm-chair . He has reading a book , but having been interrupted by a vi- 1 has laid down the volume on his left knee , Witn u

of the hands resting on the open pages . » Vit ^ other hand he is holding his pince-nez , . r jn . is turned a little to the right as if to converse witn j trader . A favourite fox terrrier—Nellie—is repres ^ with its head on its master ' s right knee , its head ^ ' , > peering anxiously into his face . From Bro . J ' ° ' are neck hangs the 33 ° jewel , while from the left br * £ . dependant the jewel given him by St . Nicholas '" ' = ; a . the occasion of the jubilee concert , and the cor ^ The likeness is excellent , and the whole work rene highest credit on the artist .

HOLLOWAY ' S PILLS—The ills of life are increased te js t |] js the mode of life so manv have to lead ; most ¦*»]_*<¦ '" J ^ shops the rase amongst the toiLrs in our factories and huge ne jm . of the manufacturing districts , whose digestions con lin < . ~ paireu and nervous sv » tems deoilitated by the P ' j " , c xerrise . ment and enforced deprivation of heathy out- t-a ° " ot - their The factory workers may almost be said to have ilise * ll 0 V ! e & to own , readily amenable , however , to treatment it noi e , fectual proceed unchecked . Holloway ' s fills are the m " oniaCii cornremedy ever discovered for the cure of liver ana se cretio " plaints , as they act surely but gently , reK llIatl . " st L daily wo * , without weakening the nerves or interfering witnurc