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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
BRO . EARL OF W ARWICK left Southampton for Madeira on Saturday , onboard the Scot . B RO T * E RIGHT HON . G . VV . B AIFOUR , M . P ., will address his ronr . titiients at reeds to-day ( Friday ) . THF M ASTER OP THE ROLLS , who has been absentjin consequence of a cold , c nned his seat in the Appeal Court on Tuesday . rC HRO B URDETT-COUTTS , M . P ., has arrived in Rome [ from Fogliano . The hon . nber was received in private audience by the King of Italy on Saturday last .
THE R OYAL LODGE , Windsor Great Park , which the Queen has allotted as a idence to Viscount Bridport , is about to be prepared for his lordship's occupation . rC ii on KDWARD TERRV will re-open his theatre on Saturday , the 20 th inst ., when a new ccnVedy , in three acts , by Mr . Stuart Ogilvie , entitled , " The White Knights , " will ) jC produced . . THE L ADY MAYORESS , who was accompanied by the Lord Mayor , Bro . Colone Davies , M . P ., distributed the prizes won during last season to the London . Rifle Brigade on Saturday evening last .
H R H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , as Hon . Colonel of the Civil Service Rifle Volunteers , will dine with the officers at the Whitehall Rooms of the Hotel Metropole , on Monday , the 14 th inst . THE DUKE OF FIFE , K . T ., has consented to preside at the 140 th anniversary festival in aid of the Orphan Working School , which will be held at the Whitehall Rooms , Hotel Metropole , on Monday , the 16 th May .
THE C OMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will hold their regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , the 9 th inst . at 4 p . m . The business will include the declaration of vacancies and the settlement ' of the lists of candidates for the May election . BRO . PITT L EWIS , Q . C , delivered a highly interesting lecture on " The Temple " befor- the Lord Chief justice and a number of the Benchers and their friends ' , in Middle Temple Hall on Friday last . The lecturers to be printed , and the proceeds of such devoted to the Barristers' Benevolent Association .
THE NORLE HOUSE of Percy has been again thrown into mourning by the death on Monday , at Alnwick Castle , of the Hon . Josceline ^ Percy , second son of Bro . Earl Percy , grandson of the Duke of Northumberland , and the younger brother of Lord VVarkworth , member of Parliament for South Kensington . The lamented gentleman was only 27 years of age .
AMONG the passengers by the P . and O . Steamer , India , which left London for Gibraltar , Egypt , and Bombay , on Friday last , were Lady St . Oswald , Viscountess Chelsea , Bro . the Earl and Countess of Derby , Lady Isold Stanley and the Hon . A . Stanley , Bro . the Earl of Durham , Lady Anne Lambton and the Hon . F . Lambton , and Sir George and Lady Faudel Phillips , and Miss Faudel Phillips .
BRO . J USTICE MATHEW had been announced to sit on Monday in the Queen ' s Bench Division , to take a Special Jury action . Among the leading counsel , who attended ' n considerable numbers , were Bro . Sir Edward Clarke , Q . C ; Mr . Jelf , Q . C . ; Mr . Lawson Walton , Q . C . ; Mr . Joseph Walton , Q . C . ; and Mr . Witt , Q . C . ; but at halfpast 10 the Associate ( Mr . Reed ) announced that the learned Judge was confined to his house by indisposition , and consequently there was no sitting of the Court .
IN ADDITION to the Levee which H . R . H . the Prince of Wales will hold in St . James's Palace on behalf of her Majesty on the 21 st instant , it is now announced that the Duke of Connaught will also hold one in St . James's Palace , on behalf of her Alajesty , on Wednesday , March 2 nd , at two o ' clock . lt is the Queen ' s pleasure that presentations to their Royal Highnesses at the Levees shall be considered as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty .
BRO . THE D UKE OF DEVONSHIRE , as Mayor of Eastbourne , attended Divine service in the Parish Church on Sunday last . His Grace , who wore his chain of orfice , was accompanied by the Duchess as Mayoress in his statecoach , while the members and officials of the corporation were also present , the procession from the Town Hall to the church also including the 2 nd Sussex Artillery Volunteers , the Eastbourne Company of the Sussex Engineers , and the Fastbourne College Cadet Corps , with their respective bands , the lire brigade , and the Borough Police . The Bishop of Chichester , preached the sermen .
THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND and Countess Cadogan have been entertaining this week , at Dublin Castle , the Marchioness of Headfort and Lady Beatrice Tayleur , the Marquis of Londonderry , Lady Helen Stewart , Viscount Castlereagh , the Countess of Coventry and Lady Dorothy Coventry , the Countess of Annesley , the Earl and Countess of Dudley , Lady Mary Currie and Miss Taylor . Bro . Lord and Lady Clonbrock and the Hon . Edith Dillon , Bro . the Right Hon . Walter Long , M . P ., and Lady Doreen Lorg , Mr . Milbank ( ioth Hussars ) , Bro . Hedworth Williamson , Mr . Naper , and Mr . Holden .
THE LORD MAYOR , on the 2 nd prox ., will give tbe customary banquet at the Mansion House to the Masters of the Livery Guilds of _ the City of London , and , on the 23 rd prox ., a dinner to representatives of the shipping and railway interests of the kingdom . On April 20 th the Easter banquet , which the Duke of Cambridge will probably attend , will be held . On Monday , May i ( ith , his lordship will give a luncheon to meet his Royal Highness the Duke of York ( Master ) and the Elder Brethren of the Corporation of the Trinity House . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales will , if his engagements admit , be present .
ACTIVE PREPARATIONS are on foot for the opening of the fourth session of the 14 th Parliament of her Majesty ' s reign on Tuesday , the Sth inst . Several members of Ihe Cabinet are already in town , among them being Bros . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach and Lord George Hamilton . When the Quien does not attend in person the causes for the summoning of Parliament are declared by Commissioners , who on this occasion will
consist of the Lord Chancellor ( Bro . Lord luUbury ) , Viscount Cross ( Lird Privy Seal ) , the Earl of Pembroke ( Lord Steward ) , and two other peers representing Scotian 1 and Ireland . 1 he address will be moved and sec jnded in the . Lords by the Earl of Ifardwick « and the Eail of Albermarle , and by Bros . Col . Lockwood and Viscount Milton in the Commons .
"OLD BLUES" mustered in strong force at a gathering held in the Court Room on Monday , ever which Bro . A'derman Vaughan Morgan presided . According to the Chairman , the meeting was resolved to show that they were not unmindful of the great favours and advantages they had enjoyed in the old school , and the proposal had been made , by way of binding the old to the new , of furnishing and decorating the chapel at Horsham . This intention was embodied in a unanimous resolution , and tie Chairman and ( he Rev . G . C . Belt , Head Master o ( Marlborough , were appointed I reasurers of the " Old Blues' Thankoffering Fund , " the Rev . E . H . Pearce , the vicar
° f _ Christ Church , Newgate-street , consenting to act as honorary secretary . A Committee of 14 members was elected , and Mr . Pearce explained that the architects had furnished him with the estimate of ihe cost of the decoratbn and furnishing of the chapel : Pulpit and lectern , £ 500 ; wall-panelling , £ 1000 ; oak seats and masters ' stalls , i .-coo ; reredes and decoration of the sanctuary , £ 1500 ; and iS stained-glass windows , £ 5000 . The Committee hoped to raise at the present time between £ G JOO and £ 10 , 000 . It was announced that the Treasurer had promised to subscribe 250 guineas and 5 per cent , on all money received , whilst Mr . Septimus Vaughan Morgan also contributed 250 Rumeas .
EVF . MASON should read " Volo , or the Will , " what it is , how to strengthen and how to use it . By Arthur Lovell , author of " Ars Vivendi . " Crown Svo ., cloth , 3 s . Od . net ; by post , 3 s . gd . Many curious and interesting facts are given about ri f ' i " nl 0 < ' errl initiations . Catalogue post free . Nichols and Co ., Publishers , 23 , Oxford-street , VV . . Liiflit , Sept ., 18 97— "The Author ' s theories seem to us reasonable 1 vt'uable * " 7 ,, c Glasgow Herald , Sept ., 1897— "Mr . LOVELL has much that is IAA- ¦ to say on the sub J ° f tne Will . The advices which he gives as to the training and duciplining of the Will and its practical cultivation are excellent , while the central principle of his philosophy is beyond question , " —fAovr . ]
Masonic And General Tidings.
THE MERCHANT TAYLORS' COMPANY has granted to guineas to the Ham-yard Soup Kitchen and Hospice , Great Windmill-street , W . BRO . THE LORD MAYOR has promised to preside at the annual meeting of the Factory Girls' Country Holiday Fund , to be held at the Mansion House on April 22 nd . IT IS OFFICIALLY stated that Tuesday is the day fixed for the Queen's visit to the wounded troops at Netley Hospital . Her Majesty is expected to " travel viti Southampton , and the visit will be private .
THE I . ATF . BRO . SIR FRANK LOCKWOOD ' S charming residence near Scarborough , called Cober Hill , has been placed by the trustees of his will into the hands of the Messrs . Lumleys , of St . James ' s House , for sale by auction . . Ar A TOWN ' meeting at Portsmouth to make arrangements for the show to be held there in June of the Royal Counties Agricultural Society , the Mayor announced that the Queen had subscribed £ 25 towards the necessary fund .
THE RIGHT RHV . THE LORD BISHOP OF LONDON has consented to preside at the 77 th Annual Court of Governors of the Seamen ' s Hospital Society , to be held at the Royal United Service Institution , Whitehall , on Friday , the 25 th inst . H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES is expected to return to Sandringham for Sunday , and to be back again in town for the opening of Parliament . His Royal Highness will probably go down to Sandringham for his shire horse sale on the 1 ith inst .
THE CARPENTERS' COMPANY hold three courses of lectures in their hall in London Wall during the year , and are issuing the programme of that course which appeals to a larger and more general audience than the highly technical courses given in the earlv summer and autumn . These lectures begin on the 21 st inst . THE SANITARY INSTITUTE will , on the 21 st inst ., open a course of lectures at the Parkes Museum on thefollowing subjects : Sanitary . Law , Supervision of Food Supply , Trade Nuisances , Infectious Diseases , Water Supply , Ventilation , Building Construction , House Drainage , Sanitary Appliances , Scavenging , and Disposal of House Refuse and Sewerage .
A GREAT NUMBER of the late Bro . Sir Frank Lockwood ' s sketches and drawing ; have already reached Mr . Macrory , the Hon . Secretary of the Barristers' Benevolent Association , for the exhibition which is to be opened at the St . James ' s Gallery about the middle of the month . Contributions should be sent to 7 , Figtree-court , Temple , by Wednesday at the latest .
THE BISHOP OF SOUTHAMPTON who has been Suffragan Bishop in the Diocese of Winchester for two years , has announced his intention of resigning , in consequence of continued ill-health of a member of his family , which calls him away from the diocese frequently . Dr . Fisher has received an invitation to take up episcopal work in the Diocese of Norwich , and hopes to be able to do so shortly .
A GENEROUS GIFT . —The late Mr . Thomas Porter , yarn agent of Manchester , has left £ 70 , 000 , the income from which is to be devoted to the benefit of orphan children leaving orphanages and orphan schools to enable them to begin life more comfortably than they otherwise might . During his lifetime , Mr . Porter gave . £ 50 , 000 to the Crossley Porter Orphanage at Halifax . The trustees of the bequest have appointed a Board of Governors and the new charity is to commence forthwith .
A PRIVY COUNCIL , to obtain -the Royal Assent to the form of the Queen ' s Speech , was held by her Majesty at Osborne early in the afternoon . There were present Bro . the Dukeof Devonshire , K . G ., Lord President ; the Right Hon . Lord Arthur Hill , M . P ., Comptroller of the Household ; and Bro . the Right Hon . A . Akers-Douglas , M . P ., First Commissioner of Works . Sir Charles Lennox Peel , K . C . B ., was in attendance as Clerk of the Council . Subsequently the Duke of Devonshire had an audience of her Majesty .
_ . THE POULTERERS' COMPANY have decided to grant an additional sum of money annually for silver medals to be presented at county poultry exhibitions for the best class of table fowls . This step has been taken on account of the improvement in live and dead poultry at the Smithfield shows which followed similar encouragement . Of course , a good deal of care and attention must be given to young chickens if they are to become fine table fowl , and farmers are beginning to learn that poultry-rearing may be made very profitable .
A LIFE OF THE late Bro . Sir Frank Lockwood was , of course , expected , the only question being who should undertake it . General satisfaction will be felt at the announcement that the work will be written by Mr . Augu-, tine Birrell , Q . C , M . P ., who is admirably fitted for the task both as a particularly able and pleasitit writer , and as an intimate friend of the late Solicitor-General . The biography will , it is hardly necessary to add , be copiously illustrated from Bro . Sir Frank Lockwood ' s own sketches . Messrs . Smith , Elder expect to publish it in the autumn .
BRO . THE EARL OF J ERSEY , with Cojonet Boughey and Mr . Fitzgerald , Board of Trade Commissioners , held an inquiry on Thursday afternoon respecting the proposed light railway from Sail diet to Grimsby . Mr . Godden , engineer to the promoters , said the estimated cost would be £ 55 , 212 , including the cost of a bridge over the Louth Navigation Canal , while the engines would weigh only 20 tons . Bro . the Eirl of Jersey said the Commissioners had decided to recommend the order being made , subject tothe consideration of various private rights .
THE QUEEN will return from Osborne on Wednesday , the ( 6 th inst ., to Windsor Castle , upon the conclusion of her visit to the Isle of Wight . The State apartments at the latter palace , which have been open to the public during her Majesty ' s absence , will shortly be closed . A telegram from Nice officially announces that the Queen will start for the South of France on March gth , passing the night at Cherbourg , and reaching her destination on the afternoon of the nth . All the arrangements for her Majesty's arrival , including details of guards of honour , escorts , and the reception of officials , will be similar to those of last year .
INTEREST IS growing in the proposed national commemoration , in 1901 , of the 1000 th Anniversary of the death of King Alfred the Great . The project wilt be fully considered next month at a public meeting , over which the Lord Mayor will preside at the Mansion House . The date fixed is Friday , March "iS . Among a great number of distinguished men who are lending hearty support to the movement are the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Duke of Westminster , the Bishop of London , Cardinal Vaughan , the Lord Chief Justice , Lord Tennyson , Sir E . J . Poynter , P . R . A . ; Sir E . Burne-Jones , the Bishop of Winchester , the Poet Laureate , and Sir Wilter Besant .
THE METROPOLITAN EAR , NOSE , AND THROAT HOSPITAL . —A most successful ball was given at the Portland Rooms , Baker-street , W ., on Tuesday evening , the ist inst ., in aid of the funds of this deserving institution , which is sadly in need of pecuniary assistance in consequence of two new wards for in-patients hiving recently been opened . Dancing commenced at nine o ' clock , to the strains of the Royal Horse Guards ( Blues ) String Band , conducted by Mr . Charles Godfrey , and was kept up in the most spirited manner until three o ' clock . Among those present were Bros . Pickett , P . M . ; Imroy , Dr . George Brown , P . M . ; Dr . Frederick Spicer ; Dr . Hemington Pegler , and other distinguished members of the Craft .
PREPARATIONS AT THE Alexandra Palace are going on apice . Spices for Industrial Exhibits are nearly all let . The necessary repairs are well aheil . Arringem : nts have been completed to run an electric tramway from the Wood Green entran : e up to the top of the hill for the benefit of residents in the Wood Green locality . So great has been the demand for membership of the choral sociefy under the direction of Mr . Henry J . Baker , that hundreds of applicants having lirst- ' cliss voices have had to be refused pending vacancies . The first rehearsal took place last Saturday , at which a few
pressmen and others were present . Over 1000 members of the society attended and it was universally acknowledged that the quality of tone was remarkably fine , and the balance of the parts perfect . There is no doubt that this fine body of vocalists will be a very great attraction . Daily variety and promenade concerts , organ recitals , aerial exhibitions in the Central Hall , & c , will be a feature of the season , and Free Seats will be
provided for all entertainments except the dramatic performances . Outside will be military and other tournaments , parachute descents , bi-weekly firework displays on an enormous scale , alfresco concerts , open air plays , fair , & c . Special features will be made of the Japanese tea garden and the realistic pyrotechnical spectacle . The catering is in the hands of Messrs . Letheby and Christopher , and first-class refreshments only will be supplied at prices considerably lower than those ruling at any other place of amusement in or around London .
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
BRO . EARL OF W ARWICK left Southampton for Madeira on Saturday , onboard the Scot . B RO T * E RIGHT HON . G . VV . B AIFOUR , M . P ., will address his ronr . titiients at reeds to-day ( Friday ) . THF M ASTER OP THE ROLLS , who has been absentjin consequence of a cold , c nned his seat in the Appeal Court on Tuesday . rC HRO B URDETT-COUTTS , M . P ., has arrived in Rome [ from Fogliano . The hon . nber was received in private audience by the King of Italy on Saturday last .
THE R OYAL LODGE , Windsor Great Park , which the Queen has allotted as a idence to Viscount Bridport , is about to be prepared for his lordship's occupation . rC ii on KDWARD TERRV will re-open his theatre on Saturday , the 20 th inst ., when a new ccnVedy , in three acts , by Mr . Stuart Ogilvie , entitled , " The White Knights , " will ) jC produced . . THE L ADY MAYORESS , who was accompanied by the Lord Mayor , Bro . Colone Davies , M . P ., distributed the prizes won during last season to the London . Rifle Brigade on Saturday evening last .
H R H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , as Hon . Colonel of the Civil Service Rifle Volunteers , will dine with the officers at the Whitehall Rooms of the Hotel Metropole , on Monday , the 14 th inst . THE DUKE OF FIFE , K . T ., has consented to preside at the 140 th anniversary festival in aid of the Orphan Working School , which will be held at the Whitehall Rooms , Hotel Metropole , on Monday , the 16 th May .
THE C OMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will hold their regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , the 9 th inst . at 4 p . m . The business will include the declaration of vacancies and the settlement ' of the lists of candidates for the May election . BRO . PITT L EWIS , Q . C , delivered a highly interesting lecture on " The Temple " befor- the Lord Chief justice and a number of the Benchers and their friends ' , in Middle Temple Hall on Friday last . The lecturers to be printed , and the proceeds of such devoted to the Barristers' Benevolent Association .
THE NORLE HOUSE of Percy has been again thrown into mourning by the death on Monday , at Alnwick Castle , of the Hon . Josceline ^ Percy , second son of Bro . Earl Percy , grandson of the Duke of Northumberland , and the younger brother of Lord VVarkworth , member of Parliament for South Kensington . The lamented gentleman was only 27 years of age .
AMONG the passengers by the P . and O . Steamer , India , which left London for Gibraltar , Egypt , and Bombay , on Friday last , were Lady St . Oswald , Viscountess Chelsea , Bro . the Earl and Countess of Derby , Lady Isold Stanley and the Hon . A . Stanley , Bro . the Earl of Durham , Lady Anne Lambton and the Hon . F . Lambton , and Sir George and Lady Faudel Phillips , and Miss Faudel Phillips .
BRO . J USTICE MATHEW had been announced to sit on Monday in the Queen ' s Bench Division , to take a Special Jury action . Among the leading counsel , who attended ' n considerable numbers , were Bro . Sir Edward Clarke , Q . C ; Mr . Jelf , Q . C . ; Mr . Lawson Walton , Q . C . ; Mr . Joseph Walton , Q . C . ; and Mr . Witt , Q . C . ; but at halfpast 10 the Associate ( Mr . Reed ) announced that the learned Judge was confined to his house by indisposition , and consequently there was no sitting of the Court .
IN ADDITION to the Levee which H . R . H . the Prince of Wales will hold in St . James's Palace on behalf of her Majesty on the 21 st instant , it is now announced that the Duke of Connaught will also hold one in St . James's Palace , on behalf of her Alajesty , on Wednesday , March 2 nd , at two o ' clock . lt is the Queen ' s pleasure that presentations to their Royal Highnesses at the Levees shall be considered as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty .
BRO . THE D UKE OF DEVONSHIRE , as Mayor of Eastbourne , attended Divine service in the Parish Church on Sunday last . His Grace , who wore his chain of orfice , was accompanied by the Duchess as Mayoress in his statecoach , while the members and officials of the corporation were also present , the procession from the Town Hall to the church also including the 2 nd Sussex Artillery Volunteers , the Eastbourne Company of the Sussex Engineers , and the Fastbourne College Cadet Corps , with their respective bands , the lire brigade , and the Borough Police . The Bishop of Chichester , preached the sermen .
THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND and Countess Cadogan have been entertaining this week , at Dublin Castle , the Marchioness of Headfort and Lady Beatrice Tayleur , the Marquis of Londonderry , Lady Helen Stewart , Viscount Castlereagh , the Countess of Coventry and Lady Dorothy Coventry , the Countess of Annesley , the Earl and Countess of Dudley , Lady Mary Currie and Miss Taylor . Bro . Lord and Lady Clonbrock and the Hon . Edith Dillon , Bro . the Right Hon . Walter Long , M . P ., and Lady Doreen Lorg , Mr . Milbank ( ioth Hussars ) , Bro . Hedworth Williamson , Mr . Naper , and Mr . Holden .
THE LORD MAYOR , on the 2 nd prox ., will give tbe customary banquet at the Mansion House to the Masters of the Livery Guilds of _ the City of London , and , on the 23 rd prox ., a dinner to representatives of the shipping and railway interests of the kingdom . On April 20 th the Easter banquet , which the Duke of Cambridge will probably attend , will be held . On Monday , May i ( ith , his lordship will give a luncheon to meet his Royal Highness the Duke of York ( Master ) and the Elder Brethren of the Corporation of the Trinity House . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales will , if his engagements admit , be present .
ACTIVE PREPARATIONS are on foot for the opening of the fourth session of the 14 th Parliament of her Majesty ' s reign on Tuesday , the Sth inst . Several members of Ihe Cabinet are already in town , among them being Bros . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach and Lord George Hamilton . When the Quien does not attend in person the causes for the summoning of Parliament are declared by Commissioners , who on this occasion will
consist of the Lord Chancellor ( Bro . Lord luUbury ) , Viscount Cross ( Lird Privy Seal ) , the Earl of Pembroke ( Lord Steward ) , and two other peers representing Scotian 1 and Ireland . 1 he address will be moved and sec jnded in the . Lords by the Earl of Ifardwick « and the Eail of Albermarle , and by Bros . Col . Lockwood and Viscount Milton in the Commons .
"OLD BLUES" mustered in strong force at a gathering held in the Court Room on Monday , ever which Bro . A'derman Vaughan Morgan presided . According to the Chairman , the meeting was resolved to show that they were not unmindful of the great favours and advantages they had enjoyed in the old school , and the proposal had been made , by way of binding the old to the new , of furnishing and decorating the chapel at Horsham . This intention was embodied in a unanimous resolution , and tie Chairman and ( he Rev . G . C . Belt , Head Master o ( Marlborough , were appointed I reasurers of the " Old Blues' Thankoffering Fund , " the Rev . E . H . Pearce , the vicar
° f _ Christ Church , Newgate-street , consenting to act as honorary secretary . A Committee of 14 members was elected , and Mr . Pearce explained that the architects had furnished him with the estimate of ihe cost of the decoratbn and furnishing of the chapel : Pulpit and lectern , £ 500 ; wall-panelling , £ 1000 ; oak seats and masters ' stalls , i .-coo ; reredes and decoration of the sanctuary , £ 1500 ; and iS stained-glass windows , £ 5000 . The Committee hoped to raise at the present time between £ G JOO and £ 10 , 000 . It was announced that the Treasurer had promised to subscribe 250 guineas and 5 per cent , on all money received , whilst Mr . Septimus Vaughan Morgan also contributed 250 Rumeas .
EVF . MASON should read " Volo , or the Will , " what it is , how to strengthen and how to use it . By Arthur Lovell , author of " Ars Vivendi . " Crown Svo ., cloth , 3 s . Od . net ; by post , 3 s . gd . Many curious and interesting facts are given about ri f ' i " nl 0 < ' errl initiations . Catalogue post free . Nichols and Co ., Publishers , 23 , Oxford-street , VV . . Liiflit , Sept ., 18 97— "The Author ' s theories seem to us reasonable 1 vt'uable * " 7 ,, c Glasgow Herald , Sept ., 1897— "Mr . LOVELL has much that is IAA- ¦ to say on the sub J ° f tne Will . The advices which he gives as to the training and duciplining of the Will and its practical cultivation are excellent , while the central principle of his philosophy is beyond question , " —fAovr . ]
Masonic And General Tidings.
THE MERCHANT TAYLORS' COMPANY has granted to guineas to the Ham-yard Soup Kitchen and Hospice , Great Windmill-street , W . BRO . THE LORD MAYOR has promised to preside at the annual meeting of the Factory Girls' Country Holiday Fund , to be held at the Mansion House on April 22 nd . IT IS OFFICIALLY stated that Tuesday is the day fixed for the Queen's visit to the wounded troops at Netley Hospital . Her Majesty is expected to " travel viti Southampton , and the visit will be private .
THE I . ATF . BRO . SIR FRANK LOCKWOOD ' S charming residence near Scarborough , called Cober Hill , has been placed by the trustees of his will into the hands of the Messrs . Lumleys , of St . James ' s House , for sale by auction . . Ar A TOWN ' meeting at Portsmouth to make arrangements for the show to be held there in June of the Royal Counties Agricultural Society , the Mayor announced that the Queen had subscribed £ 25 towards the necessary fund .
THE RIGHT RHV . THE LORD BISHOP OF LONDON has consented to preside at the 77 th Annual Court of Governors of the Seamen ' s Hospital Society , to be held at the Royal United Service Institution , Whitehall , on Friday , the 25 th inst . H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES is expected to return to Sandringham for Sunday , and to be back again in town for the opening of Parliament . His Royal Highness will probably go down to Sandringham for his shire horse sale on the 1 ith inst .
THE CARPENTERS' COMPANY hold three courses of lectures in their hall in London Wall during the year , and are issuing the programme of that course which appeals to a larger and more general audience than the highly technical courses given in the earlv summer and autumn . These lectures begin on the 21 st inst . THE SANITARY INSTITUTE will , on the 21 st inst ., open a course of lectures at the Parkes Museum on thefollowing subjects : Sanitary . Law , Supervision of Food Supply , Trade Nuisances , Infectious Diseases , Water Supply , Ventilation , Building Construction , House Drainage , Sanitary Appliances , Scavenging , and Disposal of House Refuse and Sewerage .
A GREAT NUMBER of the late Bro . Sir Frank Lockwood ' s sketches and drawing ; have already reached Mr . Macrory , the Hon . Secretary of the Barristers' Benevolent Association , for the exhibition which is to be opened at the St . James ' s Gallery about the middle of the month . Contributions should be sent to 7 , Figtree-court , Temple , by Wednesday at the latest .
THE BISHOP OF SOUTHAMPTON who has been Suffragan Bishop in the Diocese of Winchester for two years , has announced his intention of resigning , in consequence of continued ill-health of a member of his family , which calls him away from the diocese frequently . Dr . Fisher has received an invitation to take up episcopal work in the Diocese of Norwich , and hopes to be able to do so shortly .
A GENEROUS GIFT . —The late Mr . Thomas Porter , yarn agent of Manchester , has left £ 70 , 000 , the income from which is to be devoted to the benefit of orphan children leaving orphanages and orphan schools to enable them to begin life more comfortably than they otherwise might . During his lifetime , Mr . Porter gave . £ 50 , 000 to the Crossley Porter Orphanage at Halifax . The trustees of the bequest have appointed a Board of Governors and the new charity is to commence forthwith .
A PRIVY COUNCIL , to obtain -the Royal Assent to the form of the Queen ' s Speech , was held by her Majesty at Osborne early in the afternoon . There were present Bro . the Dukeof Devonshire , K . G ., Lord President ; the Right Hon . Lord Arthur Hill , M . P ., Comptroller of the Household ; and Bro . the Right Hon . A . Akers-Douglas , M . P ., First Commissioner of Works . Sir Charles Lennox Peel , K . C . B ., was in attendance as Clerk of the Council . Subsequently the Duke of Devonshire had an audience of her Majesty .
_ . THE POULTERERS' COMPANY have decided to grant an additional sum of money annually for silver medals to be presented at county poultry exhibitions for the best class of table fowls . This step has been taken on account of the improvement in live and dead poultry at the Smithfield shows which followed similar encouragement . Of course , a good deal of care and attention must be given to young chickens if they are to become fine table fowl , and farmers are beginning to learn that poultry-rearing may be made very profitable .
A LIFE OF THE late Bro . Sir Frank Lockwood was , of course , expected , the only question being who should undertake it . General satisfaction will be felt at the announcement that the work will be written by Mr . Augu-, tine Birrell , Q . C , M . P ., who is admirably fitted for the task both as a particularly able and pleasitit writer , and as an intimate friend of the late Solicitor-General . The biography will , it is hardly necessary to add , be copiously illustrated from Bro . Sir Frank Lockwood ' s own sketches . Messrs . Smith , Elder expect to publish it in the autumn .
BRO . THE EARL OF J ERSEY , with Cojonet Boughey and Mr . Fitzgerald , Board of Trade Commissioners , held an inquiry on Thursday afternoon respecting the proposed light railway from Sail diet to Grimsby . Mr . Godden , engineer to the promoters , said the estimated cost would be £ 55 , 212 , including the cost of a bridge over the Louth Navigation Canal , while the engines would weigh only 20 tons . Bro . the Eirl of Jersey said the Commissioners had decided to recommend the order being made , subject tothe consideration of various private rights .
THE QUEEN will return from Osborne on Wednesday , the ( 6 th inst ., to Windsor Castle , upon the conclusion of her visit to the Isle of Wight . The State apartments at the latter palace , which have been open to the public during her Majesty ' s absence , will shortly be closed . A telegram from Nice officially announces that the Queen will start for the South of France on March gth , passing the night at Cherbourg , and reaching her destination on the afternoon of the nth . All the arrangements for her Majesty's arrival , including details of guards of honour , escorts , and the reception of officials , will be similar to those of last year .
INTEREST IS growing in the proposed national commemoration , in 1901 , of the 1000 th Anniversary of the death of King Alfred the Great . The project wilt be fully considered next month at a public meeting , over which the Lord Mayor will preside at the Mansion House . The date fixed is Friday , March "iS . Among a great number of distinguished men who are lending hearty support to the movement are the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Duke of Westminster , the Bishop of London , Cardinal Vaughan , the Lord Chief Justice , Lord Tennyson , Sir E . J . Poynter , P . R . A . ; Sir E . Burne-Jones , the Bishop of Winchester , the Poet Laureate , and Sir Wilter Besant .
THE METROPOLITAN EAR , NOSE , AND THROAT HOSPITAL . —A most successful ball was given at the Portland Rooms , Baker-street , W ., on Tuesday evening , the ist inst ., in aid of the funds of this deserving institution , which is sadly in need of pecuniary assistance in consequence of two new wards for in-patients hiving recently been opened . Dancing commenced at nine o ' clock , to the strains of the Royal Horse Guards ( Blues ) String Band , conducted by Mr . Charles Godfrey , and was kept up in the most spirited manner until three o ' clock . Among those present were Bros . Pickett , P . M . ; Imroy , Dr . George Brown , P . M . ; Dr . Frederick Spicer ; Dr . Hemington Pegler , and other distinguished members of the Craft .
PREPARATIONS AT THE Alexandra Palace are going on apice . Spices for Industrial Exhibits are nearly all let . The necessary repairs are well aheil . Arringem : nts have been completed to run an electric tramway from the Wood Green entran : e up to the top of the hill for the benefit of residents in the Wood Green locality . So great has been the demand for membership of the choral sociefy under the direction of Mr . Henry J . Baker , that hundreds of applicants having lirst- ' cliss voices have had to be refused pending vacancies . The first rehearsal took place last Saturday , at which a few
pressmen and others were present . Over 1000 members of the society attended and it was universally acknowledged that the quality of tone was remarkably fine , and the balance of the parts perfect . There is no doubt that this fine body of vocalists will be a very great attraction . Daily variety and promenade concerts , organ recitals , aerial exhibitions in the Central Hall , & c , will be a feature of the season , and Free Seats will be
provided for all entertainments except the dramatic performances . Outside will be military and other tournaments , parachute descents , bi-weekly firework displays on an enormous scale , alfresco concerts , open air plays , fair , & c . Special features will be made of the Japanese tea garden and the realistic pyrotechnical spectacle . The catering is in the hands of Messrs . Letheby and Christopher , and first-class refreshments only will be supplied at prices considerably lower than those ruling at any other place of amusement in or around London .