Masonic And General Tidings.

Bro . Dr . Herbert Alder Smith delivered a lecture at the Young Men ' s Christian Association , in Aldersgatc-strect , recently on "Medical Emergencies . " The lecturer explained various maladies , and the best remedies to be adopted until the arrival of a doctor . Amongst

others he mentioned fits , insensibility due to apoplexy , opium poisoning , epilepsy , injuries to the brain , and blood poisoning . The lecturer urged that all persons in a comatose state should be seen by a doctor before being taken to the station as intoxicated .

The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , meeting at The Moorgate , 15 , Finsbury-pavement , E . C ., on Monday next , at seven o'clock . Bro . George Davis , W . M . 167 , W . M . ; Bro . Hemming , 12 S 7 , S . W . ; and Bro . Side , W . M . 1507 ,

FIRST LECTURE . ist Section Bro . A . Hubbard , 1732 . 2 nd „ „ W . M . Stiles , S . W . 1507 . 3 rd „ „ C . Taylor , S . W . 142 C .

4 th „ „ W . Side , W . M . 1507 . 5 th „ „ J . C . Smith , 1744 . 6 th ,, ... ... „ Hemming , 12 S 7 . 7 th „ „ Gush , S . D . 1541 .

SECOND LECTURE . ist Section ... ... Bro . T . C . Edmonds , 1507 . 2 nd „ „ H . Dc Hane , S . W . 1543 . 3 rd „ „ Pclikan , W . S . 1602 . 4 th „ „ Larchin , S . W . 1 * 541 . 5 th „ „ E . A . Dutton , S . W . 1 C 7 .

THIRD LECTURE . ist Section Bro . E . F . Pierdon , 94 S . 2 nd „ „ F . W . Sillis , Org . 1744 . 3 rd „ „ Edwin Storr , I . G . 1 C 7 . Bro . W . M . Stiles , P . M . 1732 , S . W . 1507 , Sec . 1 744 , Pre ceptor .

A meeting of the Creaton Lodge , No . 1791 , will be held on Thursday next at Freemasons' Hall , when the election of W . M . and Treasurer for the ensuing year will take place . Bro . F . K . R . Hariord , M . A ., Minor Canon of Westminster , has just completed for Dean Stanley an illuminated pedigree of the house of Stanley from the Saxon times , showing its intermixture with the blood royal of France and England .

The meetings of the New Finsbury Park Lodge of Instruction , No . 1 C 95 , will in ^ future be held at the Hornsey Wood Tavern , Finsbury Park , on Monday evenings at S o'clock . Bro . W . J . Murlis was presented with a testimonial by the members of the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge ,

No . 1642 , on 'Thursday last , when he celebrated his silver wedding , as a token of the regard and esteem in which he is held b y the brethren , anil as a mark of the cordial appreciation of his services as Founder and Secretary of the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge . A full account of the intercsting- ' proceedings will appear in ourncxt .

The Children ' s " Pinafore " is still pursuing its prosperous career in the provinces . At Bri ghton they have been enthusiastically received , and we are glad to see the efforts of the conductor , Bro . Jenkinson , so much appreciated by the public and the press .

Bro . the Baron de Ferrieres , Til . P ., will be installed W . M . of the Foundation Lodge , No . R 2 , at Freemasons' Hall , Portland-street , Cheltenham , on Wednesday , the 22 nd inst . Bro . the Ri ght Hon . Lord Hennikcr , P . G . W . of England , was , at the meeting of Grand Mark Lodge , held on Tuesday last , elected M . W . Grand Master of Mark-Master Masons of England and Wales for the ensuing year .

A desperate affray with poachers is reported lo have occurred on the estate of Bro . Sir Harcourt Johnstone , Bart ., near Scarborough , on Tuesday night . Two or three game watchers met with a gang of live poachers , and a terrible struggle ensued , in course of which one of the keepers had his arm broken , and another was very severely injured .

The birdiday of H . R . H . the Princess of Wales was celebrated at Sandringham on Wednesday by the usual festivities . The following resolution , which was proposed m Grand Lodge on Wednesday by Bro . the Rev . C . W . Spencer Stanhope , Grand Chaplain , and seconded by Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . C , Deputy Grand Master of

Suffolk , was unanimously carried amidst great applause : ' That the very best wishes of this Grand Lodge be conveyed to her Royal Highness on this her thirty-sixth birthday , and that it may please the Great Architect of the Universe , in his great mercy , to grant her many happy returns of the day is the prayer of the Freemasons of England gathered together in Grand Lodge this evening . "

PRIZE ESSAYS . —The title of the essay to which the " Howard Medal" of the Statistical Society will be awarded in November , 1 SS 1 , is "On the Jail Fever , from the earliest Black Assize to the last recorded outbreaks in recent limes . " The essays should be sent in on or before

June 30 , 1 SS 1 . The National 'Thrift Building Society also have offered prizes of £ 20 , £ 10 , and £ 5 ., ' for the three Pest essays on "National 'Thrift , " by voung persons under twent y years of age . The papers must be sent in by February 13 , 1 SS 1 .

The United Service Gazelle says - . "In the form ot a diary and a pocket-book ( he Cosmopolitan Masonic J-aicndar is a most comprehensive book of reference , conjaining all information required by members of the Craft , centn - lod ScVvith datcs . chapters , Knight Templar

pre-Sen f' ° nc , a Y < l < colleges , and grand councils are & Aether with the names of officers at home and ;„ ? ' IhKis the eleventh year of the 'Cosmo , ' and and ehant Cnt , S £ UC thc act , ual da >' meetings of lodges n _ rm _ fS ? f M , > TeSen , ? ' lnstcad of ' formerly , the normal day of the monthly meeting . " Price , post free , 2 S . u'hce 10 S , Meet-street London . —ADVT . «^ nta ( l _ p _ X 21 f V , I " '» ts -J- E- SIM * , ft Co ., Wine tteet , London P SW , , ^ " '' ' A ! ,, " Mansions , Victoria-• 'won , fe-. w . Price lists 011 application . —[ AUVT . ]

Masonic And General Tidings.

His Grace the Duke of Bedford was on Tuesday last , introduced to the presence of Her Majesty the Queen by Bro . Lord Methucn , P . G . M . Wiltshire , Lord-in-Waiting , attended by Bro . Sir Albert Woods , Garter King of Arms , bearing the insignia of a Knight of the Most Noble Order

of thc Garter , and received the honour of Knighthood , and was invested with thc ribbon and badge of the Order . The City Press states that the first stone of thc Old-street obelisk has been laid with parochial and Masonic honours .

Bro . Sir Patrick Colquhoun , Q . C ., LL . D ., is the subject of thc anecdotal photograph in this week ' s Truth . Bro . the Earl of Fife presided at the annual dinner of the Scottish Corporation at Freemasons' Tavern , on Tuesday evening .

Bro . John Derb y AHcroft , F . R . A . S ., p resided at the Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting of thc Board of Managers and Subscribers of thc Royal Hospital for Incurables on Friday , the 2 Cth ult ., at Cannon-street Hotel . Bro . E . M . Lolt , I . P . M . 1765 , gave an organ recital at St . Ethelburga , Bishopsgate , on Thursday , the 25 th ult ., in aid of the church expenses .

Bro . Alderman Knight will be presented shortl y with a piece of plate on the occasion of his marriage , which took plaTe recently , by the members of the Court of Common Council for thc Wards of Cripplegate Without and Within , ' as a token of their regard and esteem .

Bro . the Rcr . Arthur H . P . Irewman s memory has been perpetuated by thc insertion of a painted window in All Saints' Church , Llanelly , of which our late brother was curate . Thc window was presented by the brethren of the Prince of Wales ' s Lodge , No . C 71 .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , December 10 , 1 SS 0 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place , day , or month of meeting .

SATURDAY , DF . CEMBER 4 . Gen . Com . Boys' School , at 4 . Lodge 142 , St . Thomas ' s , Cannon-street Hot . „ I 55 y , New Cross , New Cross I Fall , Lewisham-rd . „ 1572 , Carnarvon , Albion 'Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 1022 , Rose , S . M . I I ., Cainbefivell , Chap . 075 , Rose of Denmark , Star and Garter , Kcvv Bdgc

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Manchcstcr , _ i 7 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq ., at 8 . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd ., at 7 . Percy , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at 8 . Eccleston , King' Head , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico . Sphinx , Stirling Castle , Camber-well . Alexandra Palace , Masonic Club , Loughborough , at 7 . 30 . King Harold , Britannia Hot ., Waltham New Town , at 7

MONDAY , DF . CEMBER 0 . Lodge 12 , Fortitude & Old Cumberland , 125 , Lcadenliall street . „ 25 , Robert Burns , F . M . H . „ 72 , Royal Jubilee , Anderton's Hot . „ S 3 , United Lodge of Prudence , Albion , Aldcrsgate street . „ 144 , St . Fluke ' s , Anderton ' s Hot .

„ iSS , Joppa , Albion lav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 25 C , Unions , F . M . H . „ 1319 , Asaph , F . M . H . „ 1625 , Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd . „ 1 GG 9 , RoyalLeopoId , S . M . IF ., Cambenvell . „ 1 ( 1 70 , Adelphi , 4 , Adelphi Terrace , Strand . Chap . 91 , Regularity , F . M . H . „ lOjG , Victoria , Masons' I Ia . II . Masons' Avenue

LODGES 01 ' INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond , at 7 . London Masonic Club , 101 , Queen Victoria-st ., E . C , at ( i Wellington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford , S to 10 St . John , Gun Hot ., Wapping , S to 10 . Prince Leopold , Mi tfordTav ., Sandringhain-rd ., Dalston , 7 . 30 Sincerity , Railway 'Tav ., Fcnchiirch-st . Station , at 7 .

Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camden Town , at S . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile End-id ., at S . St . James ' s union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lovver-rd ., Rotherhithe , at S Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Chiirch-rd ., at S . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury'Tav ., Ainherst-rd ., Hackney , S Loughborough , Cambria Tav ., Loughborough Juneat 7 . 30

, Hy de Park , The Westbourne , 1 , Craven-rd ., at S . "West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . St . George ' s , Globe 'Tav ., Royal Hill , Greenwich , at 7 . Doric Chapter , 24 S , Globe-rd ., Mile End-rd ., at S . Royal Commemoration , R . Hot ., High-st ., Putney , S till 10 British Oak , Bank of i- ' ricmlsliip 7 ' av ., Mile End .

Eastern Star , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd ., 7 . 30 . St . Mark's , S . M . I I ., Camberwell New-rd . John Hervey , Albion Hall , London Wall , at S . New Finsbury Park , PlimsolIAnns , St . Thumas-rd ., N ., atR Kilburn , South Molton Hot ., South Molton-st ., W ., at 7 . 30 Strong Alan , George I lot ., Australian Avenue , Barbican , 8 MctropoTitan , "Th _ Moorgate , " Finsburv Pavement , at 7 . 30

TUESDAY , DECEMBER 7 . Colonial Board , at 4 . Lodge 7 , Royal York of Perseverance , F . M . II . „ 9 , Albion , F . M . H . „ iS , Old Dundee , Cannon-st . Hot . „ 92 , Moira , Criterion , Piccadilly . „ 101 , 'Temple , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st

„ lfifi , Union , Criterion , Piccadilly . „ 172 , Old Concord , F . M . H . „ 217 , Stability , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 7 G 5 , St . James , White Hart Hot ., High-st ., Boro ' „ 1257 , Grosvenor , F . M . 11 . „ 1259 , Duke of Edinburgh , Cape of Good Hope T ., E „ 13 O 1 , Golden Rule , Regent M . H .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

„ 120 . S , Royal Standard , Wellington C , Upper-st ., N „ 13 S 1 , Kennington , Surrey Club H ., Kennington Oval ., 1397 , Anerley , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . _;'„ 14 / 2 , Henley , 'Three Crowns Hot ., Woolwich . „ 1662 , Beaconsfield , The Chequers , Walthamstow . ,, 1 C 6 S , Samson , F . M . H . „ 1 G 03 , Kingsland , Jolly Farmers , Southgatc-rd ., N . Chap . 169 , 'Temperance , White Swan Tav ., Deptford . Mark 236 , Clapton , White Hart Hot , Lower Clapton .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . South Middlesex , Beaufort House , Walham Green , 7 . 30 . Pilgrim , F . M . H ., ist and last Tucs . Yarborougb , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 7 . Domatic , Surrey M . If ., Camberwell New-rd ., at 7 . 30 . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st ., S . W ., at 8 . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord's Hot ., St . John's Wood , at 7 . Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st ., at 7 . 30 .

Dalhousie , Ihe Sisters ' 'Tav ., Pownall-rd ., Dalston , E ., 7 . 30 . Florence Nightingale , M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich , 7 . 30 Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun 'I ' av ., Globe-rd . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-rd ., Battersea , at S . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone , at S . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe , at S . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st , Wapping , at 8 .

Fshngton , Moorgate Tav ., 15 , Finsbury Pavement . Leopold , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., Bermondsey , at 8 . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' s , at 8 . Duke of Connaught , Paimerston Arms , Grosvenor Parle , S . Sir Hugh Myddelton , 1 G 2 , St . John ' s-st .-rd ., at S . St . Marylebone , Eyre Arms , Finchley-rd ., at S .

Corinthian , George Hot ., Millvvall Docks , at 7 . Henley , Three Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 . 30 . Ivoyal Naval College , Greenwich Hospital Schools , at S . Eleanor , Angel Hot ., Edmonton . Islington , Moorgate Tavern , 15 , Finsbury Pavement , at 7 . Metropolitan Chapter of Improvement , Jamaica Coffee House , St . Michael ' s-alley , Cornhill .

WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER S . Gen . Com . R . M . B . I ., at 3 . Lodge 3 , Fidelity , F . M . H . „ 11 , Enoch , F . M . H . „ 13 , Union Waterloo , M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich . 15 , Kent , F . M . H . „ S 7 , Vitruvian , South London M . H ., Lambeth . „ 147 , Justice , White Swan , High-st ., Deptford . „ 7 S 1 , Merchant Navy , Silver Tav ., Burdett-rd .,

Liinehousc . „ 1260 , John Hervey , F . M . H . „ 1305 , St . Marylebone , Eyre Arms II ., St . John ' s Wd . „ 1306 , St . John of Wapping , Moorgate-st . Hot . „ 1503 , Francis Burdett , Albany Hot ., Twickenham . „ 1 G 77 , Crusaders , New Alarkct U ., West Smithfield . „ i ( ~ « j 4 , Imperial , Cadogan Hot ., Sloane-st ., S . W . „ 1 S 05 , Bromley St . Leonard , 14 S , Bovv-rd ,, E . Rose Croix 1 , Grand Metropolitan , 33 , Golden-sq ., W .

I-ODGES OF FN'STRUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-st ., 7 till 9 . New Concord , ) olly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at S . Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe'Tav ., Newington Causeway , 8 . Pythagorean , Portland Hot ., Greenwich , at S . Burdett Coutts , Salmon & Ball , Bethnal Grecn-rd ., at 8 . 30 . La Tolerance , 2 , Maddox-st ., W ., at 7 . 45 . Peckham , Lord Wellington Hot ., 51 G , Old Kcnt-rd ., at S .

iMnsbury Park , Alwyne Castle , St . PauTs-rd ., N . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park , at S . Dukeof Connaught , Ryl . Edwd . Hot ., Mare-st ., Hackncy , 8 . United Strength , Hope & Anchor , Crowndale-rd ., N . W ., S . Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin ' s-court , Flcet-st ., at S . Royal Jubilee , Si , Long Acre , at S . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford , at S .

1 empcrance in the East , Geo . the Fourth , lda-st ., E ., at 7 . 30 . Thistle , M . M . M ., The Haro Tav .. at S . Eleanor , Trocadero Hot ., Liverpool-st ., Edmonton . Zetland , King ' s Arms Hot ., High-st ., Kensington , at S . Merchant Navy , Silver Fay ., Burdctt-rd ., Limchouse , 7 . 30 , Creaton , Prince Albert'Tav ., PortobelIo-ter ., Notting hlll , 8 . Stockwell , Crown , Albert Embankment , at 7 . Panmurc , Balham Hot ., Balham . 7 .

THURSDAY DECEMBER , 9 . F ^ odge 19 , Royal Athelstan , Cannon-st . Hot . ,, 206 , Friendship , Ship and 'Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 2 G 3 , Bank of England , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . ,, 534 , Polish National , F . M . H . „ G 57 , Canonbury , Albion Tav . ,, SGo , Dalhousie , Anderton ' s Mot ., Fleet-st .

„ S 79 , Southwark , Southwark Park lav . ,, 1076 , Capper , Guildhall Tav ., Greshan' -st . ,, 121 G , Macdonald , IleadQrts . ist Surrey Rifles , S . E . ,, I 55- '' , Dukeof Connaught , Surrey * -Masonic Hall . „ 1791 , Creaton , F . M . H . Chap . 72 , Royal Jubilee , Horns Tav ., Kennington . Mark SG , Samson & Lion , Masons' Hall , Basinghall-st . K . T . Precept . 117 , New 'Temple , Inner Temple , E . C .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Earl of Chatham , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Kent , Duke of York , Borough-rd ., Southwark , 7 . 30 . Egyptian , Hercules'Tav ., Leadenhall-st ., 7 . 30 . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . C ., at S . Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' 'Tav ., Bath-st ., City-rd . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Mil / bank , at fl . IFighgate , Boston Hot , lunction-rd ., N ., at S .

Wandsworth , East Hill Hot ., Alma-rd ., S . W ., at S . The Great City , M . I I ., Masons' Avenue , G . 30 . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-rd ., Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at S . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd ., at S . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Bemers-st ., Oxford- _ t . Rose , Walnier Castle Hot ., Peckham-rd ., at S . Crusaders , St . John ' s Gate , Clerkenwell , at 9 .

Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood . United Mariners , 'Three Cranes Tav ., Mile I ^ nd-rd ., at S . Vitruvian , White Hart , Belvcdere-rd ., Lambeth , at S . Royal Oak , Lecture Hall , High-st ., Deptford , at S . Capper , 'Three Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury 'Tav ., Amhurst-rd ., Hackney , 7 . 30 .

Royal Albert , While Hart Hot ., Abchurch-lane , at 7 . 30 . Victoria Park ' , 'The 'Two Brewers , Stratford , at S . West Middlesex , Feathers Hot ., Ealing , at 7 . 30 . North London Chap ., Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at 8 . St . Michael's , The Moorgate , 2 S , Finsbury-pavement , at 8 . Guelph , Oliver 'Twist , Church-rd ., Leyton . Crusaders , St . John ' s Gate , Clerkenwell , at 9 .