Red Cross Of Rome & Constantine.

Red Cross of Rome & Constantine .

Doyle Conclave , No . 7 . The annual installation meeting of this venerable conclave took place on Thursday , the 17 th ult ., at the Masonic Hall , Court-place , Guernsey . Sir Knight Dr . E . K . Corbin , M . P . S ., having opened the conclave , a Senate of Sovereigns was formed , and Sir Knight J . T . Laine duly enthroned in the chair of Constantine by Sir Knight Corbin , assisted by Sir Knights VV . H . Strickland , Deputy Intendant-General , and Col . H . Wilkins , H . C On the closing of the senate , a college of Viceroys was duly opened ,

and Sir Knight J . B . Nicholls , V . elect , was impressively consecrated hy the I . P . M . P . S ., and regularly installed in the Viceroy ' s chair hy the Dep . Int .-Gen . The newlventhroned M . P . S . nominated and invested the following as his officers : Sir Knights E . C . Ozanne , S . Gen . ; T . Elliott , J . Gen . ; Dr . E . K . Corbin , I . P . M . P . S ., H . C ; Col . H . Wilkin ' s , Recorder j VV . Stranger , Prefect j Dr . H . K . Ramsden , Std . Br . ; Dr . J . D . C . Allen , Herald ; and P . Steins , Sentinel . As a memento of his year of office , and in commemoration of her Majesty ' s record reign , the retiring M . P . S ., Dr . E . K .

Corbin , at the last meeting presented the conclave with a very handsome chalice and paten in case for use in the commandery of the K . H . S ., & c . The useful gift is highly appreciated by the conclave , the efficient and admirable working of which during the past year is largely due to the generous donor , whose zeal for the Order is well known . On the proposition of the Intendant-General , Sir Knight Dr . Balfour Cockburn , supported by an able speech by the Dep . Int .-Gen ., a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Sir Knight Corbin for his present , and unanimously carried by acclimation .

At the banquet which followed the enthronement ceremony , after the usual loyal toasts had been duly honoured , "The Health of the M . P . S . " was heartily responded to on the proposition of the LP . M . P . S ., who afterwards , in felicitous tern's , proposed that of "The Intendant-General , " whose unavoidable absence all present deplored , for it is largely due to his influence and energy that this old conclave , after a cessation of upwards of 14 years , hasagain returned its working . Such success has a'tended its resuscitated career , and so hearty an interest its members individually take in its welfare , that better working or more harmonious gatherings of this chivalric Order are rarely to be found .

A cordial response to the toast of "The LP . M . P . S ., " followed by that of "The Past Sovereigns and Ofiicers of the Conclave , " brought a most successful and enjoyable re-union to a close .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . JAMES ADDINGTON . It is with the deepest regret we record the sudden death of Bro . James Addington , which occurred on Monday , the 21 st ult . By his death the brethren and all with whom he came in contact have lost a genial and faithful friend . We offer our heartfelt sympathy with his surviving wife and family . Our late brother was most philanthropic , . 1 firm supporter and Life Governor of all the Masonic Institutions , the Bakers' Benevolent Institution , thc Peckham and Old Kent Road

Pension Society and others . He was a Past Master of the Stability Lodge , No , 217 ; a P . Z . of the Star Chapter , No . 1275 ; and a member . of the Southwark Mark Lodge . The interment took place at Nunhead Cemetery , S . E ., on Saturday , the 26 th ult ., in the presence of many brethren and friends . Among the brethren present were Bros . Wm . Cowley , P . M . ; J . H . Edwards , P . M . ; P . II . Garner

P . M . ; T . Grummant . P . M . ; Wm . Eckersall , P . M . ; Wright , P . M . •Furnell , Channon , P . M . ; C . H . Stone , P . M . ; Dobing , Sam Fisher , Tennant , Woolmer , P . M . ; Hy . Cornford , G . Benedetti , P . M . ; Isaac Dunn , P . M . ; Dr . Makeham , P . M . ; J . Nixon , P . M . ; G . Say , W . M . ; W . R . Barr , P . M . ; Giraud , R . Fisher , Witty , H . Hardman , P . M . ; Wrattan , R . J . Voisey , P . M . ; Jelferys , and many others .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

BRO . THE DUKK OF ATHOI . I . has arrived in town from Scotland . THE QUEEN will hold a Council at Windsor on Monday , the 7 th inst . WK REGRET to hear of the serious illness , owing to blood poisoning , of Bro . Major C . W . Carrell , G . D . C in the Mark Degree . BRO . THK EARL OF WARWICK , the Earl of Chesterfield , and Lord Heibert Vane Tempest , have gone to Ireland for a month's fishing in the Blackwater .

LADY L UCV HICKS-BHACII will have evening parties at 11 , Downing-stieet , the official residence 0 f the Chancellor of the Exchequer , on Wednesdays , the 23 rd and 30 th inst . THE COMMITTER , MANAGEMENT of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will hold their regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on VVednesday , the 9 th instant , at 4 p . m .

BRO . LORD HBNRV C AVENDISH-BENTINCK , M . P ., has just returned to England from the Cape , where he had been to visit his brother , who is quartered with his regiment , the 9 th Lancers , at Natal .

THE M AROUIS AND MARCHIONESS OK LONDONDERRY and Lady Helen Stewart left on Saturday last in the Castle Line steamer Pembroke Castle for Teneriffe , for the benefit of Lady Londonderry ' s health , and hope to return to London in about three weeks . WE REGRET THAT in the hurry of writing our Analysis of the Returns at the recent Benevolent Festival we should have omitted the list of Bro . T . J . Bolton , representing the Rothesay Lodge , No . 1 & S 7 , for £ 115 105 ., and stated the amount of Bro . Bodeker ' s list for the Royal Albert Lodge , No . 907 , as £ ioo iGs . instead of—as it should have been— £ \ oG is . The corrections will be made in the reprint .

BRO . BENJAMIN * CHARLES FRITH , of the firm of I-rith Bros ., Turks' Island , West I ndies , is in London for a short period on business , staying at the Manchester Hotel , Aldeiig ate-sttteV . He has found time to renew many old Masonic acquaintances . He was present at the Emulation Festival on Friday , the 25 th ult ., and expressed himself as greatly delighted and impressed with the accuracy of the work and the dignity of the whole function . Bro . Frith was initiated in the Wolsey Lodge , No . 1 G 5 G , Hampton Court , in 1 SS 7 , and is still a subscribing member . He has also taken the Royal Arch and Mark Degrees .

The QUEEN received Viscount Fincastle , Lieutenant 16 th Lincers , at Windsor Castle , on ~" Monday afternoon , and conferred on him the decoration of the Victoria Cross for bravery during the lighting at Nawa Kili , in Upper Swat , on August 17 , 1 S . J 7 . On thatnecasion Lieut .-Col . R . B . Adams proceeded , with Lieutenants 11 . L . S . Maclean and Viscount Fincastle , and live men of the Guide , under a heavy and close fire , to the rescue of Lieut . R . T . Greaves , Lancashire Fusiliers , who was lying disabled by a bullet wound and surrounded by the enemy's swordsmen . While they were bringing the

wounded man under rover he was struck by a bullet and killed . Lieut . Maclean was also mortally wounded , whilst the horses of Lieut .-Col . Adams and Lieut . Viscount Fincastle were shot , as well as two troop horses . Princess Henry of Battenberg was present with the Queen . Bro . the Earl of Kintore , Col . Donald Browne , and Bro . Col . the Hon . Sir Henry Bjng were in attendance . Her Majesty also received a deputation from the Working Ladies'Guild , consisting of Lady Knightly , on behalf of the managing

committee ; the Marchiness of Headfort , representing the Art Needlework Department ( in place of Lady Eden , unavoidably prevented from attending ); and the Hon . Mrs . Reginald Talbot , representing the Decorative Art Department . The deputation presented an address of congratulation and a screen as a Diamond Jubilee offering , which were graciously accepted by her Majesty . The Duchess of Roxburghe ( Lady-in-Waiting ) , was in attendance .

Masonic And General Tidings.

I __H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , attended by Bro . Msjor-General Sir *> . Claike , visited on Monday afternoon the exhibition of sketches by the late Bro . Sir Frank Lockwood , Q . C , M . P ., at the St . James ' s Galleries , King-street , St . James ' s , and afterwards the exhibition of " Artistic Bookbinding by Women , " at 61 , Charing Cross road .

THE CRNTENARY of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Rhode Island is to be celebrated on Saturday , the 12 th inst ., in the city of Providence . The G . H . P . is M . E . Comp . Jobn F . Oldham , of Pawtricket , R . I ., and the centennial address is to be delivered by the Rev . Dr . Rugg , so that the occasion will be a memorable one in many respects .

THE PUBLIC SUITINGS at Christ ' s Hospital will commence on Thursday , the 10 th instant , when Bro . the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs will attend in State . The subsequent suppers will take place on the 17 th . 24 th , and 31 st instant , and it is hoped that the Duke of Cambridge , the President of Christ ' s Hospital , will be back from the Continent in time to preside at one of them .

THE LORD -LIEUTENANT and Countess Cadogan have returned to the Castle , Dublin , and have been entertaining a party this week , including Bro . the Earl and Countess , of Kilmorey , Earl and Countess Annesley , Bro . the Earl of Arran , Viscountess Duncannon and the Hon . Olwen and Hon . Irene Ponsonby , Bro . Viscou nt Chelsea , M . P ., Viscount Castlerosse , and others .

BRO . THE LORD MAYOR , who was accompanied by the Lady Mayoress and Miss Davis , presided on Monday at the annual general meeting of the Royal Hospital for Children and Women , which was held in the Saloon of the Mansion House , and was well attended . Ever since its foundation in Doctors' Common in 1 S 16 , this useful institution has had for its President the Lord Mayor for the time being , and has never appealed to civic liberality in vain . This year its expenses have been particularly heavy on account of an outbreak of diphtheria , while for three months the wards were entirely closed . For this reason the need of funds is urgent , and the Lord Mayor , in moving the adoption of the report , warmly commended its claims to London citizens .

ON SATURDAY LAST the Council of the Society of Arts attended at Marlborough House , when H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , President of the Society , presented the Albert Medal to George James Symons , F . R . S ., " for the services he has rendered to the United Kingdom by affording to engineers engaged in the water supply and the sewage of towns a trustworthy basis for their work . " Among the members present

were Major-General Sir Owen Tudor Burne ( Chairman ) . Bro . Sir Frederick Abel , Sir George Birdwood , Sir Edward Birkbeck , Sir Frederick Bramwell , Hon . Sir Charles W . Fremantle , Sir Douglas Gallon , Roberts-Austen , and Mr . Alexander Siemens , with Bro . Sir Henry Trueman Wood ( Secretary ) , and Mr . Henry B . Wheatley ( assistant Secretary ) .

A MEETING of the Mansion House Committee of the Fund for providing a memorial to the late Princess Mary Adelaide , Duchess of Teck , in the form of a Home of Rest for Poor Women from London , was held in the Venetian Parlour , under the presidency of Bro . the Lord Mavor , M . P ., and there were present Lord Rookwood , the Bishop of Stepney , Sir Henry Peek , Bro . Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart .. Sir Edward Carbutt , the Dean of Westminster , Bro . the Dean of Rochester , Sir John Hansard , Mr . E . J . Halsey ¦ Chairman of the Surrey County Council ) , the Mavor of Richmond , Mrs . Arthur

Kennard , and Bro . VV . J . Soulsby , C . B . The Lord Mayor said the fund amounted to ^ 4500 , which was gratifying , as the result of only 10 days' appeal . It was estimated that about £ 25 , 000 would be required . Mr . Halsey said it was not proposed to start any fresh organisation , hut to affiliate the home to some existing institution , such as the Victoria Convalescent Home at Bognor , of which the Duchess of Vork was to be the President . It was decided to invite the co-operation of the clergy and ministers of religion in the collection of small sums in their districts , and to form a ladies ' Committee , headed by the Lady Mayoress and Lady Ellis .

THE ALHAMBRA THEATRE . —The principal feature of attraction is the grand pantomimic ballet scene— " Beauty and the Beast , " in which is presented a version of one of the Fairy stories of childhood , brought under our eyes in a most charmingly harmonious blending of colour and grouping , for which the Alhambra has been so long famous . It is , indeed , a vision of beauty , wedded to most delightful music . The

varieties include the two Franks , clever bar performers , one of whom has but a leg wherewith to stand on , yet shows great atheletic ability ; the well-trained cats are a marvel ; the cinematograph ( Australian cricket match ) , in a series of moving pictures , enlist the sympathy of all English people . A pleasant evening , where nothing can shock thc most fastidious , may be spent at the Alhambra .

ROBBERY OF MASONIC J EWELS . —Robberies from City warehouses are becoming uncomfortably frequent . The latest victims are Messrs . Carless , Whitaker , and Bignold , of Addle-street , whose premises were entered on Saturday afternoon , property being removed to the extent of £ 200 . The thieves , who were apparently not strangers to the locality , gained admittance to some premises in Aldermanbury , which were secured by

a lock only . The housebreakers then proceeded over the roofs of some adjoining property and entered the premises of Messrs . Carless , Whitaker , and Bignold by means of a skylight in the roof . An attempt was made to open the safe with skeleton keys , but as this was found to be impossible the visitors ransacked so ne drawers and abstracted therefrom several Masonic jewels valued at £$ o , the property of Mr . J . A . Bignold , the senior partner in the firm , while they also took with them silk goods worth £ 150 .

ONE OF TUB many interesting features included in the round of entertainments and shows at the Alexandra Palace this season will be Louis Tussaud ' s Waxwork Exhibition , produced under Mr . Tussaud ' s personal direction . Special arrangements have been made for suitable accommodation for this line collection , and many new groups and figures will be added . These will include models of the late Sir Havelock Allen and

Mr . William Terriss . There will also be a series of scenes connected with the Dreylus case , oneol which will represent Captain Dreyfus on the Iledu Diable . In others will be included Mons . Zola and the principal people who have figured in this cause celebre . The management have under consideration a scheme for fitting up a part ofthe grounds as an Oriental City , probably Cairo , as in view of the developments shortly to be expected in Egypt , a representation of this town will prove of special interest .

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . —The complete results of the Cambridge Local Examinations held December last are now to hand , and show that our hoys have scored well as follows : Seniors —( Age 16 to 19)—One boy gained a Second Class , one a ' 1 hird Class , and seven others passed ; average age , lC years four months ; juniors —( age , up to 16)—one bay gained a Second Class , four a Third Class , and 16 others passed ; average age , 14 years two months ; preliminary —( age , up to 14)—two

boi / s gained a Second Class , one a Third Class , and 30 others passed . There were four ¦* ' Distinctions " ior French , English , and History ; average age , 13 years three months . Total—103 certificates , 10 Honours and four "Distinctions" ( 1 S 97 ) 71 certificates , nine Honours and seven " Distinctions . '' N . B . —During the eight years of present management , 35 candidates have passed the "Senior , " and 1 S 7 the "Junior , " and 99 the " Preliminary" Cambridge Local Examinations . Of this total of 321 , 5 S nave gained " Honours" and there have been 23 " Distinctions . "

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