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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
The Bank rate has been reduced to 2 j per cent . Bro . Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., has been unanimously elected a Governor and Guardian of . the Foundling Hospital . At the installation meeting of the West Kent Lodge on the 22 nd ult ., at the Crystal Palace , Bro . J . B . Crump , J . W . and VV . M . elect , was installed into the chair of K . S . bv Bro . R . H . Crowden , P . M .
Bro . J . W . Woodall , R . W . Prov . Grand Mark Master North and East Yorkshire , will preside at the annual festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund , which will be held at the Crystal Palace on VVednesday , the 23 rd of July . The Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , hitherto meeting on Friday , at S o ' clock , at the Harp Tavern , Jermyn-street , has now been removed to the Clarence Hotel , Aldersgate-street , where , for the benefit of the City
members , it is proposed to meet in future at 6 . 30 p . m ., on Thursdays . Bro . Charles Belton , W . M . and P . M . of the Royal Alfred Lodge , No . 177 , P . G . D . Surrey , has been elected VV . M . of the Lodge of Honor and Generosity , No . 165 , and on his installation in May next will enter upon his third consecutive year as VV . M . in thc Craft , his second year in the chair of K . S . of Lodge 177 being just about to terminate .
lt is expected that the festivities at Pompeii , to be held at the beginning of May , will bc carried out with great care and magnificence . The proceeds are to be devoted in relieving the sufferers by the earthquake _ in Ischia . The festival committee are awaiting permission from the Government , which it is hoped will grant a subsidy to carry out their plans .
The Right Hon . the Karl of Kintore , the Dep . G . M . M . Mason and Grand Mastcr elect , has named Tuesday , the 29 th inst ., for thc consecration of thc Kintore Lodge of Mark Mastcr Masons , No . 333 , at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell New-road , at which place the meetings of thc lodge will be held—not at thc head-quarters ol thc ist Surrey Rifles as announced in a recent issue . The principal officers designate are Bro . Newington Bridges ,
W . M . j Bro . Thos . Edmondston , S . W . j and Bro . Jas . Hepburn Hastic , J . W . Mr . William Cook Doune , a country gentlemen with a substantial income , living for some years near Ross , has published printed statements and written letters to the Queen , the Prince of VVales , and thc Bishop of Liverpool complaining that the Prince , as Grand Master Mason , had exercised his art with the Duke of Edinburgh to send
mesmeric shocks through Doune's heart . He further threatened to shoot thc Prince , and this led to his arrest , and the police found in his possession two loaded revolvers and a large quantity of ammunition . It was proved that Doune was suffering from a dangerous form of monomania , and Doune ' s answers before a medical commission in lunacy snowing that he still laboured under these delusions , the Master certified that he was a person of unsound mind .
The March issue of thc Voice of Masonry prints the following significant paragraph . Of the truth of the strange assertions therein made wc must leave to our contemporary thc onus of establishing : " In the extraordinary honours paid to thc deceased Emperor Victor Emanuel of Italy , January 15 th last , I have looked in vain to see any part taken by the numerous and influential lodges of that country . Victor Emanuel was an active Mason . In the
Scotch Rite he had been honoured with thc highest grade . To Freemasonry he was very largely indebted in thc great Revolution which gave him thc throne of Italy and for ever displaced the Papacy as a temporal power . I hope the fuller accounts , to come by letters and thc press , will show that * the Free and Accepted ' were admitted to their proper place in thc great festivites of January 15 th . —R . M . " The Masonic Veteran Association of the Pacific
Coast held its sixth annual meeting and election of officers January gth , 1 SS 4 . The address of thc President , James M . McDonald , and thc report of the Secretary , Edwin A . Sherman , were presented . There are 120 Past Masters oi the Pacific Coast and a large number of other eminent Masons borne upon its rolls . Among them are United States Senators , Judges , and others distinguished upon thc bench , at thc bar , and in the councils
of the nation , as well as throughout thc _ various States and Territories whose waters flow into the Pacific . The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : Dr . Washington Ayer , President ; Hon . Leonidas E . Pratt , Vice-President for California , Past Grand Master ; Christopher Taylor , for Oregon ( the first Mason made on the Pacific Coast ); Alex . D . Rock , for Nevada ; Edwin A . Sherman , Sec .: David W . Laird ,
Treas . ; Charles H . Haile , Marshal ; Rev . David McCIure , Chap . At the close of the meeting the Association , as the guest of Captain James M . McDonald , the retiring Presient , proceeded to thc Olympic Club rooms , where a fine collation awaited them . Speeches and toasts were the order of the evening , and when concluded the members retired in good order with Cremony's benediction , " May the Lord love us all and not call for us too soon . "
ANOTHER CURE or BRONCHITIS ( COUOH Axn C OLD ) by DR . Lo . COCK ' PULMONIC WAFERS—MRS . D . M . SHEPHERD , 19 , South Saint David Street , Edinburgh , writes : — " March 15 th , 1884 . I have great pleasure in recommending DR . I . OCOCK ' PULMONIC WAFERS , Earing used them years ago with best results while suffering from Bronchitis . " They instantly relieve , rapidly cure Asthma , Consumption , Bronchitis , Coughs , Colds , Shortness of Breath , Phlegm , Pains in the Chest , Rheumatism—and taste pleasantly . Sold at
is . if d . and as . gd . per box , of all druggists . —[ ADVT . J HOLLOWAY ' S OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Safclyand Securely . —When the seyerities of winter have yielded to thc genial spring , invalids should make a determined effort to regain their lost health ; when through confinement indoors , want of appetite , and disturbed sleep , the entire system has been weakened , and thc spirits have
been broken down , Holloway ' s remedies arc equal to thc occasion . The Ointment rubbed over thc regions of the stomach and liver , aided by thc internal administration of his Pills , will rectify the digestion , regulate the bile , and purify the blood—three sanatory actions which will speedily confer renewed vigour , brace up the failing nerves , confirm the ilaccid muscles , and restore to the ailing cheerfulness , that great charm of existence . —[ ADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Westall , P . M . 177 , has been re-elected to the office of Treasurer in that lodge , a position he has already held for a quarter of a century . Bro . C . J . Rich was installed W . M . of the Prosperity Lodge , No . 65 , on Thursday , the 27 th ult . A Past Master ' s jewel and a pianoforte were presented to Bro . Schadler , the retiring W . M .
Mr . James Wallenger Goodinge , CC , has been initiated into Freemasonry in the Clapham Lodge , No . 1 S 1 S , by his brother , Bro . George Thorp Goodinge , VV . M . of that lodge . An entertainment by the Pickwick Histrionic Club will be given on Monday evening next , at the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys at Wood Green . Bro . G . S .
Graham will take part in thc musical programme , and the pieces to be performed by the Club are Craven ' s "Chimney Corner" and Hazlewoodand Williams ' s " Leave it to me . " We are asked to announce that the Fidelity Lodgeof Instruction , No . 3 , now meets at the Alfred Hotel , Roman-road , Barnsbury , on Wednesday evening , at eight o'clock . Bro . Gabriel Treadwell , 1076 , has been appointed
Secretary , in place of Bro . F . Sillis , who , to the regret of thc members , has been compelled to relinquish the office owing to pressure of other duties . At a meeting held at 25 , Manchester-square , on Monday week , Bro . Dr . B . VV . Richardson , F . R . S ., in the chair , on the motion of Canon Duckworth , seconded by Mr . Joseph Peters , a committee was formed to raise a
testimonial to Mr . Weston to reimburse him for his heavy pecuniary losses during his late plucky and extraordinary walk . It is proposed to raise at least £ 1000 . BRO . GOULD ' HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY . — Many correspondents in all countries have written in disappointed terms to ask why our publisher could not
supply the needed volumes . Owing to some private arrangements of the publisher of the History this has been rendered impossible , and in notifying the fact to our friends we desire that they should understand that it is from no fault of our own or disinclination to execute their valued orders that we do not do so .
1 he following arc thc dinners , & c , held at the Freemasons' Tavern during the present week : Monday , March 3 ist—Eclectic Chapter . ' 1 uesday , April ist—Royal York Lodgeof Perseverance . Thursday , 3 rd—Caledonian Society , Linnean Club , St . James ' s Chapter , Westminster
and Keystone Lodge , Universal Chapter , and Victoria Rifles liodge . Friday , 4 th—Britannic Chapter , New Holborn Quadrille Ball , Royal Kensington Lodge , and Thistle Lodge of Mark Masons . Saturday , 5 th—St . James ' s Soiree .
An officer of great experience with the Eastern races makes the following striking suggestion : — " Why not raise a Chinese contingent for kpypt ? General Gordon won forty general actions with Chinamen again t Chinamen ( Taepincs ) . There are plenty of officers in
England and India who have been in China , and could take command of them . Again , they are the best agriculturists in the world , and would grow more corn in Egypt than the gentlemen did when Joseph acted thc part of Sir Evelyn Baring in thc days of Pharoah . " — -Broad Arrow .
A splendid portrait of H . R . H . the late Duke of Albany is published by Messrs . S . B , Angle and Co ., of 11 , High-street , Colchester , which does great credit to the photographic artist . His Roval Highness is one of a group consisting of the Right Hon . Lord and Lady Brooke , etc ., the picture having been taken immediately after the installation ceremony of Lord Brooke , M . P ., as R . W .
Provincial Grand Master for Essex by the late Duke of Albany . The figures are full length , presenting his Royal Highness in very p leasing position , The photograph is published in both cabinet and panel portrait size , and at a very moderate price . I believe in holidays . Not in . 1 frantic rushing about from place to place , glancing at everything and
observing nothing ; flying from town to town , from hotel to hotel , eager to " do " and to see a country , in order that when they get home they may say that they have done it , and seen it . Only to say;—as for any real vision of eye , heart , and brain , they might as well go through the world blindfold . It is not the things we see , but thc mind we see them with , which makes the real interest of travelling .
" Eyes and no Eyes , "—an old-fashioned story about two little children taking a walk ; one seeing everything , and enjoying everything , thc other seeing nothing , and thinking the expedition thc dullest imaginable . This simple talc , which the present generation has probably never read , contains the essence of all rational travelling . —The Author of " John Halifax , Gentleman . " Ye Antiente Fraternitic of ve Rahere Almoners
gave a smoking concert on Monday last , at the Manchester Hotel , E . G ., Bro . C . Morton , Grand Prior , presiding . The entertainment was as excellent as those which had preceded it , and as productive of assistance by donations and memberships . Bro . James Stevens , thc originator of this society , undertook the management of thc concert , and was supported by a large number of friends connected with
the Craft . Bros . Sinclair Dunn , G . J . Graham , Cox , and Poole , assisted by Misses Susetta Fenn and Amy Graham , furnished a programme of national ballads , humorous songs , and recitations which kept a large audience fully interested for nearl y three hours . The concert room was decorated with English and American flags , the former unfortunately draped with black crape , and several American
brethren attended and expressed their great pleasure in joining in the proceedings of thc evening . Bro . Dunn introduced a new song , " Ye Prior Rahere , " of his own composition , and thc concert terminated with the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" and the National Anthem . "Ye Rahere Almoners " deserve well of all friends of charity for the admirable manner in which their public
entertainments are carried out , as well as for their careful disposition of the funds with which they are entrusted . "RUPTURES . " —WHITE ' MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS is the most effective invention for the treatment of Hernia . Thc use of a steel spring , so hurtful in Its effects . Is avoided , a soft bandage
being worn round the body , while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever , fitting with so much ease and closeness that It cannot bc detected . Send for descriptive circular , with testimonials and prices , to J . White and Co . ( Limited ) i } % , 1 'iccadiily , London . Do not buy of Chemists , who often sell an IMITATION of our Moc-Main . J . White and Co bare not any agents . —[ ADVTJ
The Theatres.
THE THEATRES .
Miss Kate Santley will reopen her theatre—the-Royalty—at Easter with a new comic opera , " La Cosaque , " the libretto being by Mr . Sidney Grundy , the music by Mons . Heroe . Bro . H . Ashley will leave the Comedy toappear in the cast .
• » A Mr . J . R . Taylor has taken Her Majesty ' s , and at Easter purposes reopening it with a romantic drama and popular prices . With the exception of a few stalls—necessary for reserved rights—the whole of the floor of the house will be devoted to the pitjat a charge of IS . Cd . The stalls are to be also only 5 s .
* « The re-acting of Mr . W . S . Gilbert ' s drama ,., " Dan'l Druce , " at the Court , is chiefl y interesting because it has brought before the public Miss Fortescue , the young lady who was affianced to the heir of a celebrated earldom . The part of Dorothy is one in which possibly Miss Fortescue has the best chance of coming out as an actress , for up to this
date the young lady was known only in the theatrical world as a fairy who looked extremely pretty but spoke only some half-dozen lines . The puritanical character of the Quakeress Dorothy suits Miss Fortescue ' s face and voice " very well . Her manner has to be so quiet and cold that there is scarcely opportunity to come to any conclusion as to whether this charmingly pretty voung ladv is also an
actress of merit . She evidently has been well trained in her part though a little too mechanical in all she says and does . Still there is something which at once strikes the sympathetic organs and draws one to the actress , and it is impossible to leave the theatre without having been impressed with the touching voice , the elegance of manner , the pleasing refinement in speech , and the intelligent an *
winning face , and we see no reason why Miss Fortescue , though no doubt elevated to this place by a peculiar circumstance , should not with study make her mark on the stage which wc believe she is fond of . It is about eight years since this play was acted . The cast is entirely changed , with the exception of the chief actor , Mr . Hermann Vezin , who still is Dan'l Druce , and were it not
for his splendid rendering of this part the drama would fall flat . VVe have never heard any one explain how it is that Mr . Vezin , a master of elocution , is not always in an engagement . His pathos is perfect , and when he speaks silence reigns with the audience ; the effect is irresistible when he displays his powers of emotion . To hear his 'Touch not , it is the Lord ' s gift , " is worth going to hear . VVe suppose there is no one at the present day in the
profession who understands the art of acting and has mastered elocution better than Mr . Vezin . Messrs . Clayton and Cecil we would say have done a good stoke of business in bringing out this drama , for the house , from more reasons than one , is nightly full . As there is no part in the play for Mrs . Wood and Mr . Cecil , Mr . Godfrey has written a duologue for them , called "My Milliner's Bill , " which as long as it lasts keeps the audience in convulsions of laughter , and is a good antidote to the pathetic piece preceding it .
• • » The Novelty has had nothing but success , and we gladly record the fact , since Miss Nellie Harris took the management . A little time ago a new farcical comedy was given Tiere at a morning performance , and met with such a reception that it was resolved to at once put it in the evening programme . It will be remembered that " Confusion "
was brought out at the Vaudeville in a similar way , and then played in the evening , and has now passed its 290 th performance . There is another similarity betwixt " Confusion " and " Nita ' s First "—for that is the name of the Novelty comedy—in that they both have for their groundwork a babyto cause all the mischief . But there thelikencss ends . We cannot see that Mr . Warren , the author of the last-named ,.
has improved on Mr . Derrick ' s work . It may be thought that the ground is a little delicate to tread upon ; but such is the genuine fun derived , that no one after seeing " Nita ' s First" can say there is anything coarse in it . fi appears that Nita has married secretly , and whilst on a six months ' vist to her friends her baby is born . Her friends are going to Australia , and she must go home to her parents , but
she dare not let them know that she is married , so she sends thc baby to her brother ' s house and posts a letter advising him of what she has done . But , unfortunately , the baby arrives before the letter . Fred Frizzleton is alarmed , and fearing this unwelcome visitor will bring about domestic trouble , and not knowing whose it is , he immediately takes it out of the house and deposits it in the
house of a middle-aged spinster . Fred ' s wife has heard the crying of a child and asks for an explanation . Of course it is difficult to give one . The spinster being horrified sends the baby to the police station . Fred now receives his sister ' s letter and goes on a hunt after his little nephew , who has undergone by this time several adventures . From the police-station it was put in a cab to
go to a railway station to be sent to Edinburgh , and is ultimately deposited in the workhouse , whence it is rescued and brought to its mother , who has owned to her secret marriage and been forgiven by her parents , lt is just the sort of play which spoils by being full y described . We can promise all who go to see it that they will enjoy a hearty good humoured laugh . When " Nita's First" is not the
topic of conversation her irascible old father keeps the audience _ in _ roars with his cantankerous conduct towards his wife and everyone about him . Every character is thoroughly well sustained . This comedy is not adapted from the French , but is purely original . We shall not be surprised if "Nita ' s First" has a long run ; itissoamusing and clever that it will bear seeing more than once . The chief part is played by the author , Mr . T . G . Warren .
We may add that the ladies will bc delighted at seeing a fine real bab y brought on the stage as the curtain falls . A very pretty little piece , "The Bonny Fishwife , " precedes the farce , in which Miss Minnie Bell appears to much advantage . On the 12 th inst ., besides" Nita ' s First , " a new extravaganza will be produced , in which Miss Kate Vaughan , Mr . W . Farren , sen ., and Mr . Sugden wil appear . A good prospect seems at last before this theatre
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
The Bank rate has been reduced to 2 j per cent . Bro . Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., has been unanimously elected a Governor and Guardian of . the Foundling Hospital . At the installation meeting of the West Kent Lodge on the 22 nd ult ., at the Crystal Palace , Bro . J . B . Crump , J . W . and VV . M . elect , was installed into the chair of K . S . bv Bro . R . H . Crowden , P . M .
Bro . J . W . Woodall , R . W . Prov . Grand Mark Master North and East Yorkshire , will preside at the annual festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund , which will be held at the Crystal Palace on VVednesday , the 23 rd of July . The Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , hitherto meeting on Friday , at S o ' clock , at the Harp Tavern , Jermyn-street , has now been removed to the Clarence Hotel , Aldersgate-street , where , for the benefit of the City
members , it is proposed to meet in future at 6 . 30 p . m ., on Thursdays . Bro . Charles Belton , W . M . and P . M . of the Royal Alfred Lodge , No . 177 , P . G . D . Surrey , has been elected VV . M . of the Lodge of Honor and Generosity , No . 165 , and on his installation in May next will enter upon his third consecutive year as VV . M . in thc Craft , his second year in the chair of K . S . of Lodge 177 being just about to terminate .
lt is expected that the festivities at Pompeii , to be held at the beginning of May , will bc carried out with great care and magnificence . The proceeds are to be devoted in relieving the sufferers by the earthquake _ in Ischia . The festival committee are awaiting permission from the Government , which it is hoped will grant a subsidy to carry out their plans .
The Right Hon . the Karl of Kintore , the Dep . G . M . M . Mason and Grand Mastcr elect , has named Tuesday , the 29 th inst ., for thc consecration of thc Kintore Lodge of Mark Mastcr Masons , No . 333 , at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell New-road , at which place the meetings of thc lodge will be held—not at thc head-quarters ol thc ist Surrey Rifles as announced in a recent issue . The principal officers designate are Bro . Newington Bridges ,
W . M . j Bro . Thos . Edmondston , S . W . j and Bro . Jas . Hepburn Hastic , J . W . Mr . William Cook Doune , a country gentlemen with a substantial income , living for some years near Ross , has published printed statements and written letters to the Queen , the Prince of VVales , and thc Bishop of Liverpool complaining that the Prince , as Grand Master Mason , had exercised his art with the Duke of Edinburgh to send
mesmeric shocks through Doune's heart . He further threatened to shoot thc Prince , and this led to his arrest , and the police found in his possession two loaded revolvers and a large quantity of ammunition . It was proved that Doune was suffering from a dangerous form of monomania , and Doune ' s answers before a medical commission in lunacy snowing that he still laboured under these delusions , the Master certified that he was a person of unsound mind .
The March issue of thc Voice of Masonry prints the following significant paragraph . Of the truth of the strange assertions therein made wc must leave to our contemporary thc onus of establishing : " In the extraordinary honours paid to thc deceased Emperor Victor Emanuel of Italy , January 15 th last , I have looked in vain to see any part taken by the numerous and influential lodges of that country . Victor Emanuel was an active Mason . In the
Scotch Rite he had been honoured with thc highest grade . To Freemasonry he was very largely indebted in thc great Revolution which gave him thc throne of Italy and for ever displaced the Papacy as a temporal power . I hope the fuller accounts , to come by letters and thc press , will show that * the Free and Accepted ' were admitted to their proper place in thc great festivites of January 15 th . —R . M . " The Masonic Veteran Association of the Pacific
Coast held its sixth annual meeting and election of officers January gth , 1 SS 4 . The address of thc President , James M . McDonald , and thc report of the Secretary , Edwin A . Sherman , were presented . There are 120 Past Masters oi the Pacific Coast and a large number of other eminent Masons borne upon its rolls . Among them are United States Senators , Judges , and others distinguished upon thc bench , at thc bar , and in the councils
of the nation , as well as throughout thc _ various States and Territories whose waters flow into the Pacific . The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : Dr . Washington Ayer , President ; Hon . Leonidas E . Pratt , Vice-President for California , Past Grand Master ; Christopher Taylor , for Oregon ( the first Mason made on the Pacific Coast ); Alex . D . Rock , for Nevada ; Edwin A . Sherman , Sec .: David W . Laird ,
Treas . ; Charles H . Haile , Marshal ; Rev . David McCIure , Chap . At the close of the meeting the Association , as the guest of Captain James M . McDonald , the retiring Presient , proceeded to thc Olympic Club rooms , where a fine collation awaited them . Speeches and toasts were the order of the evening , and when concluded the members retired in good order with Cremony's benediction , " May the Lord love us all and not call for us too soon . "
ANOTHER CURE or BRONCHITIS ( COUOH Axn C OLD ) by DR . Lo . COCK ' PULMONIC WAFERS—MRS . D . M . SHEPHERD , 19 , South Saint David Street , Edinburgh , writes : — " March 15 th , 1884 . I have great pleasure in recommending DR . I . OCOCK ' PULMONIC WAFERS , Earing used them years ago with best results while suffering from Bronchitis . " They instantly relieve , rapidly cure Asthma , Consumption , Bronchitis , Coughs , Colds , Shortness of Breath , Phlegm , Pains in the Chest , Rheumatism—and taste pleasantly . Sold at
is . if d . and as . gd . per box , of all druggists . —[ ADVT . J HOLLOWAY ' S OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Safclyand Securely . —When the seyerities of winter have yielded to thc genial spring , invalids should make a determined effort to regain their lost health ; when through confinement indoors , want of appetite , and disturbed sleep , the entire system has been weakened , and thc spirits have
been broken down , Holloway ' s remedies arc equal to thc occasion . The Ointment rubbed over thc regions of the stomach and liver , aided by thc internal administration of his Pills , will rectify the digestion , regulate the bile , and purify the blood—three sanatory actions which will speedily confer renewed vigour , brace up the failing nerves , confirm the ilaccid muscles , and restore to the ailing cheerfulness , that great charm of existence . —[ ADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Westall , P . M . 177 , has been re-elected to the office of Treasurer in that lodge , a position he has already held for a quarter of a century . Bro . C . J . Rich was installed W . M . of the Prosperity Lodge , No . 65 , on Thursday , the 27 th ult . A Past Master ' s jewel and a pianoforte were presented to Bro . Schadler , the retiring W . M .
Mr . James Wallenger Goodinge , CC , has been initiated into Freemasonry in the Clapham Lodge , No . 1 S 1 S , by his brother , Bro . George Thorp Goodinge , VV . M . of that lodge . An entertainment by the Pickwick Histrionic Club will be given on Monday evening next , at the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys at Wood Green . Bro . G . S .
Graham will take part in thc musical programme , and the pieces to be performed by the Club are Craven ' s "Chimney Corner" and Hazlewoodand Williams ' s " Leave it to me . " We are asked to announce that the Fidelity Lodgeof Instruction , No . 3 , now meets at the Alfred Hotel , Roman-road , Barnsbury , on Wednesday evening , at eight o'clock . Bro . Gabriel Treadwell , 1076 , has been appointed
Secretary , in place of Bro . F . Sillis , who , to the regret of thc members , has been compelled to relinquish the office owing to pressure of other duties . At a meeting held at 25 , Manchester-square , on Monday week , Bro . Dr . B . VV . Richardson , F . R . S ., in the chair , on the motion of Canon Duckworth , seconded by Mr . Joseph Peters , a committee was formed to raise a
testimonial to Mr . Weston to reimburse him for his heavy pecuniary losses during his late plucky and extraordinary walk . It is proposed to raise at least £ 1000 . BRO . GOULD ' HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY . — Many correspondents in all countries have written in disappointed terms to ask why our publisher could not
supply the needed volumes . Owing to some private arrangements of the publisher of the History this has been rendered impossible , and in notifying the fact to our friends we desire that they should understand that it is from no fault of our own or disinclination to execute their valued orders that we do not do so .
1 he following arc thc dinners , & c , held at the Freemasons' Tavern during the present week : Monday , March 3 ist—Eclectic Chapter . ' 1 uesday , April ist—Royal York Lodgeof Perseverance . Thursday , 3 rd—Caledonian Society , Linnean Club , St . James ' s Chapter , Westminster
and Keystone Lodge , Universal Chapter , and Victoria Rifles liodge . Friday , 4 th—Britannic Chapter , New Holborn Quadrille Ball , Royal Kensington Lodge , and Thistle Lodge of Mark Masons . Saturday , 5 th—St . James ' s Soiree .
An officer of great experience with the Eastern races makes the following striking suggestion : — " Why not raise a Chinese contingent for kpypt ? General Gordon won forty general actions with Chinamen again t Chinamen ( Taepincs ) . There are plenty of officers in
England and India who have been in China , and could take command of them . Again , they are the best agriculturists in the world , and would grow more corn in Egypt than the gentlemen did when Joseph acted thc part of Sir Evelyn Baring in thc days of Pharoah . " — -Broad Arrow .
A splendid portrait of H . R . H . the late Duke of Albany is published by Messrs . S . B , Angle and Co ., of 11 , High-street , Colchester , which does great credit to the photographic artist . His Roval Highness is one of a group consisting of the Right Hon . Lord and Lady Brooke , etc ., the picture having been taken immediately after the installation ceremony of Lord Brooke , M . P ., as R . W .
Provincial Grand Master for Essex by the late Duke of Albany . The figures are full length , presenting his Royal Highness in very p leasing position , The photograph is published in both cabinet and panel portrait size , and at a very moderate price . I believe in holidays . Not in . 1 frantic rushing about from place to place , glancing at everything and
observing nothing ; flying from town to town , from hotel to hotel , eager to " do " and to see a country , in order that when they get home they may say that they have done it , and seen it . Only to say;—as for any real vision of eye , heart , and brain , they might as well go through the world blindfold . It is not the things we see , but thc mind we see them with , which makes the real interest of travelling .
" Eyes and no Eyes , "—an old-fashioned story about two little children taking a walk ; one seeing everything , and enjoying everything , thc other seeing nothing , and thinking the expedition thc dullest imaginable . This simple talc , which the present generation has probably never read , contains the essence of all rational travelling . —The Author of " John Halifax , Gentleman . " Ye Antiente Fraternitic of ve Rahere Almoners
gave a smoking concert on Monday last , at the Manchester Hotel , E . G ., Bro . C . Morton , Grand Prior , presiding . The entertainment was as excellent as those which had preceded it , and as productive of assistance by donations and memberships . Bro . James Stevens , thc originator of this society , undertook the management of thc concert , and was supported by a large number of friends connected with
the Craft . Bros . Sinclair Dunn , G . J . Graham , Cox , and Poole , assisted by Misses Susetta Fenn and Amy Graham , furnished a programme of national ballads , humorous songs , and recitations which kept a large audience fully interested for nearl y three hours . The concert room was decorated with English and American flags , the former unfortunately draped with black crape , and several American
brethren attended and expressed their great pleasure in joining in the proceedings of thc evening . Bro . Dunn introduced a new song , " Ye Prior Rahere , " of his own composition , and thc concert terminated with the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" and the National Anthem . "Ye Rahere Almoners " deserve well of all friends of charity for the admirable manner in which their public
entertainments are carried out , as well as for their careful disposition of the funds with which they are entrusted . "RUPTURES . " —WHITE ' MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS is the most effective invention for the treatment of Hernia . Thc use of a steel spring , so hurtful in Its effects . Is avoided , a soft bandage
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The Theatres.
THE THEATRES .
Miss Kate Santley will reopen her theatre—the-Royalty—at Easter with a new comic opera , " La Cosaque , " the libretto being by Mr . Sidney Grundy , the music by Mons . Heroe . Bro . H . Ashley will leave the Comedy toappear in the cast .
• » A Mr . J . R . Taylor has taken Her Majesty ' s , and at Easter purposes reopening it with a romantic drama and popular prices . With the exception of a few stalls—necessary for reserved rights—the whole of the floor of the house will be devoted to the pitjat a charge of IS . Cd . The stalls are to be also only 5 s .
* « The re-acting of Mr . W . S . Gilbert ' s drama ,., " Dan'l Druce , " at the Court , is chiefl y interesting because it has brought before the public Miss Fortescue , the young lady who was affianced to the heir of a celebrated earldom . The part of Dorothy is one in which possibly Miss Fortescue has the best chance of coming out as an actress , for up to this
date the young lady was known only in the theatrical world as a fairy who looked extremely pretty but spoke only some half-dozen lines . The puritanical character of the Quakeress Dorothy suits Miss Fortescue ' s face and voice " very well . Her manner has to be so quiet and cold that there is scarcely opportunity to come to any conclusion as to whether this charmingly pretty voung ladv is also an
actress of merit . She evidently has been well trained in her part though a little too mechanical in all she says and does . Still there is something which at once strikes the sympathetic organs and draws one to the actress , and it is impossible to leave the theatre without having been impressed with the touching voice , the elegance of manner , the pleasing refinement in speech , and the intelligent an *
winning face , and we see no reason why Miss Fortescue , though no doubt elevated to this place by a peculiar circumstance , should not with study make her mark on the stage which wc believe she is fond of . It is about eight years since this play was acted . The cast is entirely changed , with the exception of the chief actor , Mr . Hermann Vezin , who still is Dan'l Druce , and were it not
for his splendid rendering of this part the drama would fall flat . VVe have never heard any one explain how it is that Mr . Vezin , a master of elocution , is not always in an engagement . His pathos is perfect , and when he speaks silence reigns with the audience ; the effect is irresistible when he displays his powers of emotion . To hear his 'Touch not , it is the Lord ' s gift , " is worth going to hear . VVe suppose there is no one at the present day in the
profession who understands the art of acting and has mastered elocution better than Mr . Vezin . Messrs . Clayton and Cecil we would say have done a good stoke of business in bringing out this drama , for the house , from more reasons than one , is nightly full . As there is no part in the play for Mrs . Wood and Mr . Cecil , Mr . Godfrey has written a duologue for them , called "My Milliner's Bill , " which as long as it lasts keeps the audience in convulsions of laughter , and is a good antidote to the pathetic piece preceding it .
• • » The Novelty has had nothing but success , and we gladly record the fact , since Miss Nellie Harris took the management . A little time ago a new farcical comedy was given Tiere at a morning performance , and met with such a reception that it was resolved to at once put it in the evening programme . It will be remembered that " Confusion "
was brought out at the Vaudeville in a similar way , and then played in the evening , and has now passed its 290 th performance . There is another similarity betwixt " Confusion " and " Nita ' s First "—for that is the name of the Novelty comedy—in that they both have for their groundwork a babyto cause all the mischief . But there thelikencss ends . We cannot see that Mr . Warren , the author of the last-named ,.
has improved on Mr . Derrick ' s work . It may be thought that the ground is a little delicate to tread upon ; but such is the genuine fun derived , that no one after seeing " Nita ' s First" can say there is anything coarse in it . fi appears that Nita has married secretly , and whilst on a six months ' vist to her friends her baby is born . Her friends are going to Australia , and she must go home to her parents , but
she dare not let them know that she is married , so she sends thc baby to her brother ' s house and posts a letter advising him of what she has done . But , unfortunately , the baby arrives before the letter . Fred Frizzleton is alarmed , and fearing this unwelcome visitor will bring about domestic trouble , and not knowing whose it is , he immediately takes it out of the house and deposits it in the
house of a middle-aged spinster . Fred ' s wife has heard the crying of a child and asks for an explanation . Of course it is difficult to give one . The spinster being horrified sends the baby to the police station . Fred now receives his sister ' s letter and goes on a hunt after his little nephew , who has undergone by this time several adventures . From the police-station it was put in a cab to
go to a railway station to be sent to Edinburgh , and is ultimately deposited in the workhouse , whence it is rescued and brought to its mother , who has owned to her secret marriage and been forgiven by her parents , lt is just the sort of play which spoils by being full y described . We can promise all who go to see it that they will enjoy a hearty good humoured laugh . When " Nita's First" is not the
topic of conversation her irascible old father keeps the audience _ in _ roars with his cantankerous conduct towards his wife and everyone about him . Every character is thoroughly well sustained . This comedy is not adapted from the French , but is purely original . We shall not be surprised if "Nita ' s First" has a long run ; itissoamusing and clever that it will bear seeing more than once . The chief part is played by the author , Mr . T . G . Warren .
We may add that the ladies will bc delighted at seeing a fine real bab y brought on the stage as the curtain falls . A very pretty little piece , "The Bonny Fishwife , " precedes the farce , in which Miss Minnie Bell appears to much advantage . On the 12 th inst ., besides" Nita ' s First , " a new extravaganza will be produced , in which Miss Kate Vaughan , Mr . W . Farren , sen ., and Mr . Sugden wil appear . A good prospect seems at last before this theatre