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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
Bro . Ex-Shenff Woolloton has received from the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce of France a medal and diploma in recognition of the services rendered by him as Vice-President of the Jury Class 69 , "Cereals and their Products , " in the great International Exhibition held in 1 S 7 S in Paris . Bro . Woolloton served as juror in Paris in 1 S 6 7 in the same class , and also at the International Exhibition of London of 1 S 67 in Class 3 , "Articles used for Food . "
H . R . H . Prince William Frederick Charles has , we are informed , in the capacity of M . W . National Grand Master , sent , by desire of the general body of the Craft in the Netherlands , a petition to the Queen of England on behalf of the Boers of the Transvaal .
The consent of the Royal Sussex Lodge , No . 402 , was given at its last meeting to the petition for the formation of a new chapter to be called the Royal Sussex , and to be in connection with the lodge . A portrait of Bro . R . F . Bower , iM . E . G . H . P of the General Grand R . A . Chapter of the United States , appears in the January number of the Chicago " Voice of Masonry . "
Bro . Sir John B . ' Monckton , F . S . A . ( Town Clerk of London ) , has given notice that the next election of the City of London Freemen's Orphan School will take place next month . Bro . T . Beard , C . C , has been appointed Chairman of the Coal , Coin , and Finance Committee for the ensuing year .
At a general meeting of the vestry of the parish of St . Botolph , held on Friday week , it was agreed that a testimonial , of the value of £ 20 , be presented to Bro . A , J . Altman , late Churchwarden . A new Mark lodge , to be called the St . Austell , is to be consecrated at St . Austell , Cornwall , on the 17 th inst ., by Bro . T . Chirgwin , D . P . G . M ., assisted by Bros . \\ T 1 u i , «„ 13 .. * . r-nn . i \ ir ~ .. j— . \\ T T T .. l . «^ IJ — iiuiiaii iat tLiueii
,, , y . j . ^ , L < . VJIUIIU » v , » v . j . juini » , uuv . G . Sec ; and N . J . West , P . Prov . G . Warden . The first Annual Ball in connection with the Sir Hugh Myddelton and New Finsbury Park Lodges , Nos . 1602 and 16 . 15 , takes place at the Cannon-st . Hotel , on Monday next . As announced in the Freemason last week , the whole of the spacious and elegant suite of rooms have been engaged and will be strictly at the disposal of the
visitors . A dispensation has been obtained enabling the brethren to wear Masonic clothing and jewels . The musical arrangements will be under the direction of Bro . R . G . Thomas , and Bro . J . Jarvis will officiate as M . C . Bro . Ole Bull , by his last will , bequeathed to the Museum of Bergen , Norway , a number of his jewels , medals , and decorations , given him in the course of his
long professional career by Kings , Emperors , and other titled personages . Included in the bequest is the golden crown , set with diamonds and pearls , presented to him about ten years ago by the citizens of San Francisco . The Freemason , of London , issued a handsome and very entertaining Christinas number . It contains a summary of Masonic events in 1 SS 0 , in England ; the usual variety of Masonic matter , and a large number of
stories and poems . — Voice of Masonry . Bro . Montagu Davis has been installed W . M . of the St . Paul's Lodge , No . 43 , which is held at the Masonic Hall , New-street , Birmingham . Bro . George Britton was on Thursday week , the 27 th ult ., installed W . M . of the Neptune Lodge , No . 22 . Mr . J . E . Walford ' s son , S y dney , was initiated in the Fitzroy Lodge , No . 569 , on Friday evening week .
I HE CHANNEL TUNNEL . —On Saturday last the Chairman and Directors of the South-Eastern Railway and other gentlemen inspected the important works now being carried on at Abbotscliff , near Folkestone , in connection with the proposed Channel tunnel . MM . Leon Say , Raoul Duval , and other distinguished French gentlemen were expected , but were prevented from coming by unfavourable
weather . So far the boring is a complete success . The Times is requested to say that the statement which has appeared in several papers that Bro . Thomas Brassey , M . P ., Civil Lord of the Admiralty , has gone for a cruise in the Mediterranean is incorrect . Bro .
Brassey was obliged to leave England on urgent private business , but is expected to return to London by the end of the week . Her Majesty will hold a Drawing Room the second week in March , in addition to that announced in the Gazette for the 25 th inst .
The Second Edition of the " Cosmopolitan Masonic Pocket Book" is now ready . Copies may be obtained of any bookseller , or direct from the office ( 19 S , F'leetstrect , London ) for 2 s . —[ ADVT . ] New discoveries continue to be made at Pompeii . The latest is the excavation of a house which differs essentially in its internal arrangements from all those hitherto
brought to light . In another house a mirror of black glass has been found fastened to the wall by three nails . When moistened it reflects the objects placed before it . In a third house four fresco paintings of Andromeda , the wooden horse , and other mythological subjects , have been found . A French paper , entitled Pompeii , has been started with the object of systematically recording the results of the
excavations now going on . Sir Bartle Frerc , in the midst of his many occupations , found time to persuade the Cape Parliament to endow a colonial philologist , and requested Professor Max Miillcr and Professor Sayce to select a scholar to hold both appointments . -To judge from testimonials , there was a unanimous verdict in favour of Dr . Theophilus Halin . He
was born and educated in Africa , and speaks several of the South African dialects fluently , both with and without clicks . He received a philological education in several German Universities , and Professor Pott , in particular , spoke ot him as one of his best pupils . He then returned to Africa , travelling for years through many unexplored places , and making himself thoroughly acquainted with the languages , the customs , traditions , and religions of the natives ,
Masonic And General Tidings.
PILGRIM LODGE , No . 238 . —The next meeting of this lodge , which is-worked in the German language , will be held at Freemasons' Hall on Thursday next . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , accompanied b y the Princess and family , arrived at Marlborough House from Sandringham on Monday . Bro . Tames Terry announced at the Fitzroy
Lodge on Friday week that for the next election of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , which takes place in May , there were already ninety-nine candidates , and only twenty vacancies . Mr . A . H . Henderson has made arrangements
to secure the right of producing all the operas brought out in Paris during the next five years . A life-like portrait of Bro . John W . Simons , P . G . M ., New York , appears in the annual report of the proceedings of the Grand Commander } 'of KnightsT ' emplat of the State of New York .
Bro . J . D . Barnett , P . M . and Sec , informs us that the Samson Lodge , No . lGSS , has removed from Freemasons' Hall to the Regent Masonic Hall ( Cafe Royal ) , Air-street , Regent-street , VV ., and that the meetings in future will be held on the second Tuesday in the months of January , February , March , May , October , November , and December .
The Queen has signified her intention of conferrjrig the honour of knighthood upon Mr . James Risdon Bennett , M . D ., President of the Royal College of Physicians ; and upon Lieut .-Colonel A . Need , Lieutenant of the Yeomen of the Guard . Captain J . R . Slade , Royal Horse Artillery , lately returned from Afghanistan , arrived at Osborne on
Monday , and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family . The names of the following gentlemen are already mentioned as candidates for the office of City Remembrancer , which will probably become vacant shortly : Sir T . J . Nelson ( City Solicitor ) , the Right Hon . R . Bourke , M . P ., Mr . VV . Hardman ( barrister at-law ) , Mr . H . J . Bushby ( metropolitan magistrate ) , Mr . Worthington
Evans ( solicitor ) , Mr . E . Andrew ( solicitor ) , Bro . F . G . Faithful ! ( clerk of the Merchant Taylors' Company ) , and Mr . Marwood Tucker ( barrister ) . Bro . W . W . Snelling , at the annual banquet of the Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , No . 105 G , on Friday last , announced that he had received upwards of £ 100 c guineas from the members , since the establishment of the benevolent fund attached to the lodge , in aid of the three Masonic Charities .
Mr . Thomas Carlyle is , our readers will have learnt with regret , lying dangerously ill at his house in Cheync-walk , Chelsea . He is now in his eighty-sixth year . Bro . R . Condor ' s tender for £ iS , gS 5 has been accepted for rebuilding Messrs . Greene and Son ' s premises in Cannon-street . Me-. srs . Taylor and Locke , ot
Basinghall-street , are the architects . The Royalty 'Theatre is , we learn , to be enlarged and improved in the course of the summer , and reopened in the autumn under the management of Miss Lydia Thompson . IMPROVEMENTS AT LEWJSHAM . —Bro . George Vickery , architect , has received the following tenders for
rebuilding premises at Lewisham : Mr . Conder , £ S , S 79 ; Mr . Brass , £ S , 4 So ; Mr . Colls , £ 8 , 340 ; Mr . Ashby , £ 8 , 246 ; Mr . Patrick , £ S , ISI ; Mr . Lawrence , £ 7 , 981 ; Mr . Nightingale , £ 7 , 532 ; and Mr , Jerrard , £ 7 , 474 . Pan last week , in an illustrated article , says of Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Fowler , M . P ., that he " has a neat talent for debate , and his aldcrmanic girth is
surmounted by a fine philosophic head . " Bro . Baron Henry de Worms , M . P ., will preside at the annual dinner of the London Orphan Asylum , Watford , to be held at Willis ' s Rooms , on March the yth . Bro . Dr . W . Marston presided , the vice chair being occupied by Bro . R . P . Spice , at the " Boar's Head Feast of the Urbans , " at the Holborn Restaurant last week .
Bro . Bancroft announces " Masks and Faces " for this ( Saturday ) evening at the Haymarket Theatre . Mrs . Bancroft will appear as "Peg Woffington , " and Bro . Bancroft and Mr . Arthur Cecil will appear alternately as "Triplet" and " Collcy Cibber . "
1 he assault-at-arms in the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday was a grand success . For once the big building was full , and the hel p accruing to the Afghan Relief Fund must have been considerable . Further help is , however , urgently needed , as it seems from papers circulated in the
Hall , that only £ 2000 has yet been subscribed by the public . Almost the whole of the Royal Family were present , and Sir F . Roberts was naturally the observed of all . Nearly £ 400 was realised for the fund . Bro . H . A . Isaacs has been appointed Chairman of the Markets Committee .
THE KIDDERMINSTER MASONIC HALL AND CLUU COMPANY , LIMITED . —The first annual general meeting of the shareholders of this Club is announced to be held on Monday , the 7 th inst . By the statement of accounts just issued , we see that satisfactory progress has been made , the balance sheet showing a profit in the year's working of £ 244 2 s . 3 d .
' l ysis . —Not a little interest has been excited in this country , andaprofound sensation has been occasioned amidst the European colonists at Tunis , by the French Consul General summarily and forcibly ejecting a British subject from an enormous estate called the Fufida , which he had acquired by pre-emption , andj this in violation both of international treaty and local law . The decision of the
government as to the action to be taken is anxiously awaited . Bro . Broadley , barrister-at-law , P . D . D . G . M . Malta , represents Mr . Levy , the injured party in England . The matter was brought before the' House of Commons on Monday last , by Mr . Montague Guest , M . P .. R . W . G . P . M . for Dorsetshire , and the facts of the case appear at length in the Times of the 29 th , and in the Morula 1 ; Post of the 31 st ult . :
Masonic And General Tidings.
The Fitzroy Lodge , No . 569 , at its last meeting , voted the sum of twenty guineas to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . It is with much regret we announce that Mrs . S . C . Hall , who has been associated with her husband , Bro . S . C . Hall , in literary work for more than half a century , died on Sunday evening at Devon Lodge , East Molesey , at the age of 74 .
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales will attend the marriage of Prince William of Prussia as representative of the Queen . His Royal Highness , according to present arrangements , is expected to leave for Berlin on Thursday evening , the 24 th inst . Bro . Ernest Smith will be installed W . M . of the New Cross Lodge this ( Saturday ) afternoon , at the Ship Hotel , Greenwich . A report of the meeting will appear in our next .
The mail carts were run at Newbury , on Tuesday , for the first time since the great snowstorm . His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , at the church parade of the 1 st Life Guards on the 23 rd ult ., presented , at the Spital Cavalry Barracks , a medal for good conduct and long service to Musician J . Wight , a similar distinction being conferred upon Corporal-Major Wyatt ,
who was in hospital . Captain the Honourable O . S- F . Cuffe , 2 nd Battalion Rifle Brigade , who has been temporarily holding the appointment of aide-de-camp to H . R . H . the Duke of Connauglit , K . G ., commanding the 3 rd Infantry Brigade at Aldershot , has had his appointment confirmed . Mr . Gill , in the House of Commons on Tuesday
night remarked , much to the amusement of the rest of the members , that Sir Henry Tyler , Bart ., kept his eye on the lips of the Home Rulers as closely and well as the " Tyler " at the door of a Masonic lodge . It is announced that the Queen has been pleased to appoint Clement Courtenay Knollys , Esq ., Auditor-General of Barbadoes , to be a member of the Executive Council of that island .
Ernest Edward Blake , Esq ., of the Colonial Office , has been appointed Crown Agent for the Colonies , in conjunction with William Charles Sargcaunt Esq ., C . M . G ., avid Montague Frederick Ommanney , Esq . BRO . MAJOR-GENERAL BURNABY , M . P . —In consequence of the sudden death of Mrs . Burnaby , which
sad event took place on the previous evening ( Friday ) , Bro . Major-General Burnaby was unable to be present at the meeting of the Leicestershire Chamber of Agriculture on Saturday last . Sir Garnet Wolseley distributed the prizes to the 1 st Derhyshiry Rifle Volunteers at the Derby Drill-hal on Wednesday last .
Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Connauglit , P . G . W ., has consented to preside at the 143 rd anniversary festival of the Royal Society of Musicians , which will he held this yearat St . James's Hall . H . R . H . Prince Leopold , P . G . W ., has also signified his intention to be present . Mr . Spurgeon has received from an anonymous
friend the gilt of £ 1000 , for the purpose of extending his new Girls' Orphanage building . Their Royal Hi ghness the Prince of Wales , the Duke of Connauglit , and Prince Leopold were present yesterday evening at the Earl of Dunmore ' s sclectorchestral party , which was Jield in the rooms of the Dilettante Circle , 7 , Argyll-street , VV .
TEMPLE BAR LODGE , NO . 1728 . —In our report of the installation meeting of this lodge , we omitted to mention that a handsome Past Master ' s jewel was presented to the outgoing Master , Bro . Chas . Butcher who in parts of the report was erroneously called Bullock , and that letters of regret for their inability to attend were received from Bros . Col . Shadiveli H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , the
Rev . R . J . Simpson , Past Grand Chaplain , and many others . The extremel y severe weather that has characterised the opening of the year 1 SS 1 will long be remembered . The severity has , however , been mitigated to a great extent by the abundance of cheap food that has bet n placed in the hands of the people . Thanks to free trade , a severe winter no longer nuans high-priced bread or
bread impossible to be eaten , as it was in the years following 1 S 15 . How much longer a long-suffering people like the English will tolerate the loaf at 7 ' cl ., when it might be supplied—according to the prices of flour—at a very much less rate , is a matter upon which we may not speculate ; butone thing is certain , that bread , food , and cereals of every description are cheaper , because supplied in overwhelming
abundance from our own colonies and the United States of America , and there is no reason why some attention might not be properly directed to the prices at which-the staples of life are supplied to families . The remedy for very much overcharge is , however , in the hands of heads of families , as flour , oatmeal , and other preparations of wheat can be supplied direct from the millers at prices which will
warrant the trouble and give the additional advantage of purity in the preparation . Messrs . James Limmcr and Son , whose announcement appears in our current issue , enjoy an excellent reputation for the various productions of the flour mill , whether made from wheat , peas , or oats . It would appear that when the miller has clone his best to produce a good article , very much , of his efforts may be
spoilt by the way in which bread , pastry , cakes , & c , are made by cooks of different degreesof intelligence . Messrs . Limmer and Son seem to have made failure in the preparation of fancy bread , cakes , and superior pastry impossible , by producing a flour of their own preparation , known as " Limmcr ' s Self-Raising Flour , " which requires neither baking powder , yeast , nor any other similar ingredients .
I he Hour is specially recommended by the medical profession for the use of young children and sick persons , and _ should indeed form part of the store of every pantry . The preparations of Messrs . Limmer and Sim are supplied in bags of various weights , which can be
obtained from grocers , corn dealers , & c , on enquiry , throughout the United Kingdom , or direct from the manufacturers . A glance at Messrs . Limmer and Son ' s announcement will show that corn-flour , Scotch oatmeal , baking powder , pure digestive wheat meal , and pea-llnur for soups , can be supplied in the same degrees of purity and convenience .
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
Bro . Ex-Shenff Woolloton has received from the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce of France a medal and diploma in recognition of the services rendered by him as Vice-President of the Jury Class 69 , "Cereals and their Products , " in the great International Exhibition held in 1 S 7 S in Paris . Bro . Woolloton served as juror in Paris in 1 S 6 7 in the same class , and also at the International Exhibition of London of 1 S 67 in Class 3 , "Articles used for Food . "
H . R . H . Prince William Frederick Charles has , we are informed , in the capacity of M . W . National Grand Master , sent , by desire of the general body of the Craft in the Netherlands , a petition to the Queen of England on behalf of the Boers of the Transvaal .
The consent of the Royal Sussex Lodge , No . 402 , was given at its last meeting to the petition for the formation of a new chapter to be called the Royal Sussex , and to be in connection with the lodge . A portrait of Bro . R . F . Bower , iM . E . G . H . P of the General Grand R . A . Chapter of the United States , appears in the January number of the Chicago " Voice of Masonry . "
Bro . Sir John B . ' Monckton , F . S . A . ( Town Clerk of London ) , has given notice that the next election of the City of London Freemen's Orphan School will take place next month . Bro . T . Beard , C . C , has been appointed Chairman of the Coal , Coin , and Finance Committee for the ensuing year .
At a general meeting of the vestry of the parish of St . Botolph , held on Friday week , it was agreed that a testimonial , of the value of £ 20 , be presented to Bro . A , J . Altman , late Churchwarden . A new Mark lodge , to be called the St . Austell , is to be consecrated at St . Austell , Cornwall , on the 17 th inst ., by Bro . T . Chirgwin , D . P . G . M ., assisted by Bros . \\ T 1 u i , «„ 13 .. * . r-nn . i \ ir ~ .. j— . \\ T T T .. l . «^ IJ — iiuiiaii iat tLiueii
,, , y . j . ^ , L < . VJIUIIU » v , » v . j . juini » , uuv . G . Sec ; and N . J . West , P . Prov . G . Warden . The first Annual Ball in connection with the Sir Hugh Myddelton and New Finsbury Park Lodges , Nos . 1602 and 16 . 15 , takes place at the Cannon-st . Hotel , on Monday next . As announced in the Freemason last week , the whole of the spacious and elegant suite of rooms have been engaged and will be strictly at the disposal of the
visitors . A dispensation has been obtained enabling the brethren to wear Masonic clothing and jewels . The musical arrangements will be under the direction of Bro . R . G . Thomas , and Bro . J . Jarvis will officiate as M . C . Bro . Ole Bull , by his last will , bequeathed to the Museum of Bergen , Norway , a number of his jewels , medals , and decorations , given him in the course of his
long professional career by Kings , Emperors , and other titled personages . Included in the bequest is the golden crown , set with diamonds and pearls , presented to him about ten years ago by the citizens of San Francisco . The Freemason , of London , issued a handsome and very entertaining Christinas number . It contains a summary of Masonic events in 1 SS 0 , in England ; the usual variety of Masonic matter , and a large number of
stories and poems . — Voice of Masonry . Bro . Montagu Davis has been installed W . M . of the St . Paul's Lodge , No . 43 , which is held at the Masonic Hall , New-street , Birmingham . Bro . George Britton was on Thursday week , the 27 th ult ., installed W . M . of the Neptune Lodge , No . 22 . Mr . J . E . Walford ' s son , S y dney , was initiated in the Fitzroy Lodge , No . 569 , on Friday evening week .
I HE CHANNEL TUNNEL . —On Saturday last the Chairman and Directors of the South-Eastern Railway and other gentlemen inspected the important works now being carried on at Abbotscliff , near Folkestone , in connection with the proposed Channel tunnel . MM . Leon Say , Raoul Duval , and other distinguished French gentlemen were expected , but were prevented from coming by unfavourable
weather . So far the boring is a complete success . The Times is requested to say that the statement which has appeared in several papers that Bro . Thomas Brassey , M . P ., Civil Lord of the Admiralty , has gone for a cruise in the Mediterranean is incorrect . Bro .
Brassey was obliged to leave England on urgent private business , but is expected to return to London by the end of the week . Her Majesty will hold a Drawing Room the second week in March , in addition to that announced in the Gazette for the 25 th inst .
The Second Edition of the " Cosmopolitan Masonic Pocket Book" is now ready . Copies may be obtained of any bookseller , or direct from the office ( 19 S , F'leetstrect , London ) for 2 s . —[ ADVT . ] New discoveries continue to be made at Pompeii . The latest is the excavation of a house which differs essentially in its internal arrangements from all those hitherto
brought to light . In another house a mirror of black glass has been found fastened to the wall by three nails . When moistened it reflects the objects placed before it . In a third house four fresco paintings of Andromeda , the wooden horse , and other mythological subjects , have been found . A French paper , entitled Pompeii , has been started with the object of systematically recording the results of the
excavations now going on . Sir Bartle Frerc , in the midst of his many occupations , found time to persuade the Cape Parliament to endow a colonial philologist , and requested Professor Max Miillcr and Professor Sayce to select a scholar to hold both appointments . -To judge from testimonials , there was a unanimous verdict in favour of Dr . Theophilus Halin . He
was born and educated in Africa , and speaks several of the South African dialects fluently , both with and without clicks . He received a philological education in several German Universities , and Professor Pott , in particular , spoke ot him as one of his best pupils . He then returned to Africa , travelling for years through many unexplored places , and making himself thoroughly acquainted with the languages , the customs , traditions , and religions of the natives ,
Masonic And General Tidings.
PILGRIM LODGE , No . 238 . —The next meeting of this lodge , which is-worked in the German language , will be held at Freemasons' Hall on Thursday next . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , accompanied b y the Princess and family , arrived at Marlborough House from Sandringham on Monday . Bro . Tames Terry announced at the Fitzroy
Lodge on Friday week that for the next election of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , which takes place in May , there were already ninety-nine candidates , and only twenty vacancies . Mr . A . H . Henderson has made arrangements
to secure the right of producing all the operas brought out in Paris during the next five years . A life-like portrait of Bro . John W . Simons , P . G . M ., New York , appears in the annual report of the proceedings of the Grand Commander } 'of KnightsT ' emplat of the State of New York .
Bro . J . D . Barnett , P . M . and Sec , informs us that the Samson Lodge , No . lGSS , has removed from Freemasons' Hall to the Regent Masonic Hall ( Cafe Royal ) , Air-street , Regent-street , VV ., and that the meetings in future will be held on the second Tuesday in the months of January , February , March , May , October , November , and December .
The Queen has signified her intention of conferrjrig the honour of knighthood upon Mr . James Risdon Bennett , M . D ., President of the Royal College of Physicians ; and upon Lieut .-Colonel A . Need , Lieutenant of the Yeomen of the Guard . Captain J . R . Slade , Royal Horse Artillery , lately returned from Afghanistan , arrived at Osborne on
Monday , and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family . The names of the following gentlemen are already mentioned as candidates for the office of City Remembrancer , which will probably become vacant shortly : Sir T . J . Nelson ( City Solicitor ) , the Right Hon . R . Bourke , M . P ., Mr . VV . Hardman ( barrister at-law ) , Mr . H . J . Bushby ( metropolitan magistrate ) , Mr . Worthington
Evans ( solicitor ) , Mr . E . Andrew ( solicitor ) , Bro . F . G . Faithful ! ( clerk of the Merchant Taylors' Company ) , and Mr . Marwood Tucker ( barrister ) . Bro . W . W . Snelling , at the annual banquet of the Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , No . 105 G , on Friday last , announced that he had received upwards of £ 100 c guineas from the members , since the establishment of the benevolent fund attached to the lodge , in aid of the three Masonic Charities .
Mr . Thomas Carlyle is , our readers will have learnt with regret , lying dangerously ill at his house in Cheync-walk , Chelsea . He is now in his eighty-sixth year . Bro . R . Condor ' s tender for £ iS , gS 5 has been accepted for rebuilding Messrs . Greene and Son ' s premises in Cannon-street . Me-. srs . Taylor and Locke , ot
Basinghall-street , are the architects . The Royalty 'Theatre is , we learn , to be enlarged and improved in the course of the summer , and reopened in the autumn under the management of Miss Lydia Thompson . IMPROVEMENTS AT LEWJSHAM . —Bro . George Vickery , architect , has received the following tenders for
rebuilding premises at Lewisham : Mr . Conder , £ S , S 79 ; Mr . Brass , £ S , 4 So ; Mr . Colls , £ 8 , 340 ; Mr . Ashby , £ 8 , 246 ; Mr . Patrick , £ S , ISI ; Mr . Lawrence , £ 7 , 981 ; Mr . Nightingale , £ 7 , 532 ; and Mr , Jerrard , £ 7 , 474 . Pan last week , in an illustrated article , says of Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Fowler , M . P ., that he " has a neat talent for debate , and his aldcrmanic girth is
surmounted by a fine philosophic head . " Bro . Baron Henry de Worms , M . P ., will preside at the annual dinner of the London Orphan Asylum , Watford , to be held at Willis ' s Rooms , on March the yth . Bro . Dr . W . Marston presided , the vice chair being occupied by Bro . R . P . Spice , at the " Boar's Head Feast of the Urbans , " at the Holborn Restaurant last week .
Bro . Bancroft announces " Masks and Faces " for this ( Saturday ) evening at the Haymarket Theatre . Mrs . Bancroft will appear as "Peg Woffington , " and Bro . Bancroft and Mr . Arthur Cecil will appear alternately as "Triplet" and " Collcy Cibber . "
1 he assault-at-arms in the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday was a grand success . For once the big building was full , and the hel p accruing to the Afghan Relief Fund must have been considerable . Further help is , however , urgently needed , as it seems from papers circulated in the
Hall , that only £ 2000 has yet been subscribed by the public . Almost the whole of the Royal Family were present , and Sir F . Roberts was naturally the observed of all . Nearly £ 400 was realised for the fund . Bro . H . A . Isaacs has been appointed Chairman of the Markets Committee .
THE KIDDERMINSTER MASONIC HALL AND CLUU COMPANY , LIMITED . —The first annual general meeting of the shareholders of this Club is announced to be held on Monday , the 7 th inst . By the statement of accounts just issued , we see that satisfactory progress has been made , the balance sheet showing a profit in the year's working of £ 244 2 s . 3 d .
' l ysis . —Not a little interest has been excited in this country , andaprofound sensation has been occasioned amidst the European colonists at Tunis , by the French Consul General summarily and forcibly ejecting a British subject from an enormous estate called the Fufida , which he had acquired by pre-emption , andj this in violation both of international treaty and local law . The decision of the
government as to the action to be taken is anxiously awaited . Bro . Broadley , barrister-at-law , P . D . D . G . M . Malta , represents Mr . Levy , the injured party in England . The matter was brought before the' House of Commons on Monday last , by Mr . Montague Guest , M . P .. R . W . G . P . M . for Dorsetshire , and the facts of the case appear at length in the Times of the 29 th , and in the Morula 1 ; Post of the 31 st ult . :
Masonic And General Tidings.
The Fitzroy Lodge , No . 569 , at its last meeting , voted the sum of twenty guineas to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . It is with much regret we announce that Mrs . S . C . Hall , who has been associated with her husband , Bro . S . C . Hall , in literary work for more than half a century , died on Sunday evening at Devon Lodge , East Molesey , at the age of 74 .
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales will attend the marriage of Prince William of Prussia as representative of the Queen . His Royal Highness , according to present arrangements , is expected to leave for Berlin on Thursday evening , the 24 th inst . Bro . Ernest Smith will be installed W . M . of the New Cross Lodge this ( Saturday ) afternoon , at the Ship Hotel , Greenwich . A report of the meeting will appear in our next .
The mail carts were run at Newbury , on Tuesday , for the first time since the great snowstorm . His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , at the church parade of the 1 st Life Guards on the 23 rd ult ., presented , at the Spital Cavalry Barracks , a medal for good conduct and long service to Musician J . Wight , a similar distinction being conferred upon Corporal-Major Wyatt ,
who was in hospital . Captain the Honourable O . S- F . Cuffe , 2 nd Battalion Rifle Brigade , who has been temporarily holding the appointment of aide-de-camp to H . R . H . the Duke of Connauglit , K . G ., commanding the 3 rd Infantry Brigade at Aldershot , has had his appointment confirmed . Mr . Gill , in the House of Commons on Tuesday
night remarked , much to the amusement of the rest of the members , that Sir Henry Tyler , Bart ., kept his eye on the lips of the Home Rulers as closely and well as the " Tyler " at the door of a Masonic lodge . It is announced that the Queen has been pleased to appoint Clement Courtenay Knollys , Esq ., Auditor-General of Barbadoes , to be a member of the Executive Council of that island .
Ernest Edward Blake , Esq ., of the Colonial Office , has been appointed Crown Agent for the Colonies , in conjunction with William Charles Sargcaunt Esq ., C . M . G ., avid Montague Frederick Ommanney , Esq . BRO . MAJOR-GENERAL BURNABY , M . P . —In consequence of the sudden death of Mrs . Burnaby , which
sad event took place on the previous evening ( Friday ) , Bro . Major-General Burnaby was unable to be present at the meeting of the Leicestershire Chamber of Agriculture on Saturday last . Sir Garnet Wolseley distributed the prizes to the 1 st Derhyshiry Rifle Volunteers at the Derby Drill-hal on Wednesday last .
Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Connauglit , P . G . W ., has consented to preside at the 143 rd anniversary festival of the Royal Society of Musicians , which will he held this yearat St . James's Hall . H . R . H . Prince Leopold , P . G . W ., has also signified his intention to be present . Mr . Spurgeon has received from an anonymous
friend the gilt of £ 1000 , for the purpose of extending his new Girls' Orphanage building . Their Royal Hi ghness the Prince of Wales , the Duke of Connauglit , and Prince Leopold were present yesterday evening at the Earl of Dunmore ' s sclectorchestral party , which was Jield in the rooms of the Dilettante Circle , 7 , Argyll-street , VV .
TEMPLE BAR LODGE , NO . 1728 . —In our report of the installation meeting of this lodge , we omitted to mention that a handsome Past Master ' s jewel was presented to the outgoing Master , Bro . Chas . Butcher who in parts of the report was erroneously called Bullock , and that letters of regret for their inability to attend were received from Bros . Col . Shadiveli H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , the
Rev . R . J . Simpson , Past Grand Chaplain , and many others . The extremel y severe weather that has characterised the opening of the year 1 SS 1 will long be remembered . The severity has , however , been mitigated to a great extent by the abundance of cheap food that has bet n placed in the hands of the people . Thanks to free trade , a severe winter no longer nuans high-priced bread or
bread impossible to be eaten , as it was in the years following 1 S 15 . How much longer a long-suffering people like the English will tolerate the loaf at 7 ' cl ., when it might be supplied—according to the prices of flour—at a very much less rate , is a matter upon which we may not speculate ; butone thing is certain , that bread , food , and cereals of every description are cheaper , because supplied in overwhelming
abundance from our own colonies and the United States of America , and there is no reason why some attention might not be properly directed to the prices at which-the staples of life are supplied to families . The remedy for very much overcharge is , however , in the hands of heads of families , as flour , oatmeal , and other preparations of wheat can be supplied direct from the millers at prices which will
warrant the trouble and give the additional advantage of purity in the preparation . Messrs . James Limmcr and Son , whose announcement appears in our current issue , enjoy an excellent reputation for the various productions of the flour mill , whether made from wheat , peas , or oats . It would appear that when the miller has clone his best to produce a good article , very much , of his efforts may be
spoilt by the way in which bread , pastry , cakes , & c , are made by cooks of different degreesof intelligence . Messrs . Limmer and Son seem to have made failure in the preparation of fancy bread , cakes , and superior pastry impossible , by producing a flour of their own preparation , known as " Limmcr ' s Self-Raising Flour , " which requires neither baking powder , yeast , nor any other similar ingredients .
I he Hour is specially recommended by the medical profession for the use of young children and sick persons , and _ should indeed form part of the store of every pantry . The preparations of Messrs . Limmer and Sim are supplied in bags of various weights , which can be
obtained from grocers , corn dealers , & c , on enquiry , throughout the United Kingdom , or direct from the manufacturers . A glance at Messrs . Limmer and Son ' s announcement will show that corn-flour , Scotch oatmeal , baking powder , pure digestive wheat meal , and pea-llnur for soups , can be supplied in the same degrees of purity and convenience .