Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . the Hon . H . S . Northcote , M . P ., attended and spoke at a political meeting at Swindon on Saturday last . Bro . Sir John Mowbray , Bart ., M . P ., has been elected Chairman of the Standing Orders Committee of the House of Commons . Bros . Henry Irving , J . L . Toole , and Santley

have , among many other gentlemen , joined the Committee of the Maas Memorial Fund . Bro . Earl Granville presided on Monday at the first of a series of lectures on " International Law " to be delivered by Professor Leone Levi at King's College . Bro . F . H . Wark is the newly-elected M . VV . G . M . of the Grand Lodge in Indian Territory , U . S . A .,

Bro . J . S . Mason having been re-elected Grand Secretary . The Prince of Wales has kindly consented to open the National Art Treasures Exhibition at Folkestone , the Guarantee Fund , for which , has reached the total of £ 50 , 000 . Bro . Sir J . E . Gorst , Q . C , M . P ., and VV , Pearce , M . P ., were among those present at the meeting , on Friday , the 29 th ult ., of the Royal Commission on Loss of Life al Sea .

Prince Albert Victor of Wales left Marlborough House on Monday in order to resume duty with his regiment the ioth ( Prince of Wales ' s own Royal ) Hussars at Aldershot . The Queen through Sir Henry Ponsonby has expressed her intention of extending her patronage to the Peoples' Palace in London , and will contribute £ 200 to the fund that is being raised to carry out the scheme .

Bro . the Duke of Abercorn will preside this day ( Friday ) at a meeting at Hull of the Irish loyal and Patriotic Union , the principal speakers being Bro . Lord Ernest Hamilton , M . P ., and VV . E . Macartney , M . P . Bro . Philbrick , Q . C , G . Registrar , was one of the guests at the annual dinner at the Falstaff Restaurant , Eastcheap , on Saturday last , of the E . Company of the 21 st ( Finsbury ) Rifles , and replied for the toast of " The Visitors . "

Bro . Earl Granville , owing to the pressure of official duties , has found himself under the necessity of resigning the Mastership of the VVest Street Harriers . His lordship , however , has promised to continue his support to the Hunt . Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., P . G . M . Hertfordshire , with a view to fixing the rentals of his tenants as nearly as in euuioriinw wiiu tne

I JUSSIUIC picbenc prices or agricultural products , has Issued instructions for a re-valuation of his estate . ^ r The Prince of Wales will , by command of the Queen , hold a Levee at St . James ' s Palace on Tuesday next , the 9 th inst ., presentations to his Royal Highness being , by Her Majesty's command , equivalent to presentations to ihe Queen .

The Prince and Princess of Wales were present at the marriage at St . Margaret's , Westminster , on Tuesday , of Miss Mary Gladstone , daughter of the Right Hon . W . E . Gladstone , M . P ., and afterwards at the wedding breakfast at 21 , Carlton House-terrace .

Thc eighth annual reception of the Palestine Commandery , No . iS , New York , at the Metropolitan Opera House , on Thursday , the 14 th ult ., is reported to have been the most successful it has yet held . In the course of the proceedings . the members were reviewed by Sir Knight P . Forrester , G . C . of the Grand Commandery of New York .

The St . Omer Commandery , K . T ., of Boston , Mass ., visited the Portland Commandery , of Portland-on-Maine , on the Gth ult . The day passed off satisfactorily , and the former having presented an elegant testimonial to the Portland Sir Kni g hts , in recognition of the courtesies they had received on their recent journey through Portland , en route toe St . John , returned to their own quarters in due course .

Bro . Sir E . Watkin , Bart ., M . P ., presided at the 99 th half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the South Eastern Railway , and moved the adoption of the report submitted by the Directors . Bro . Lord Brabourne seconded the motion , and after some discussion , it was agreed to . Special meetings were subsequently held to consider Parliametary Bills affecting the Company .

T he annual ball of the Lodge Kelso , No . 58 , took place on Wednesday evening , the 27 th ult ., in the Foresters' Hall , Kelso , Scotland , when there was a large turn out of brethren and their fiiends , upwards of fifty couples taking part in the opening Masonic March and Triumph , which was led off by the R . W . M ., Bro . James McDougall and Miss Steel , the other brethren following

according to their Masonic rank . Dancing began at halfpast nine , and was kept up with great spirit till four a . m . to the inspiring strains of Bro . Rees ;\ Beckett Evans ' quadrille band . During the interval which occurred in the middle of the programme , Bro . James Steel , P . M ., the enthusiastic father of thc lodge , organised what he termed a "bull reel , " or a reel in which none but males were to

take part , and soon he had sixteen couples of brethren dancing and "haughin" with celerity and vigour , himself one of the liveliest . There were present , deputations from Coldstream , 2 S 0 j Galashiels , 262 j Langholm , 107 j and Selkirk , 22 j and everyone expressed his pleasure at being present . The hall vvas beautifully decorated with Masonic emblems , flags , floral devices , and mottoes , under the

superintendence of Bro . R . B . Hogarth , architect to the lodge . Bro . VV . R . Plummer , J . VV ., ably officiated as M . C ., and the purveying of Bro . Knight , Steward , gave every satisfaction . Not a little of the success of this assembly , the best ever held under the auspices ol No . 58 , is due to the unwearied and ungrudging labours and exertions of Bro . John Robertson , the indefatigable Secretary of the lodge .

Masonic And General Tidings

H . R . H . the Duchess of Albany , attended by the Hon . Mrs . Moreton and Bro . Sir R . Collins , K . C . 8 ., visited the Royal Hospital for Women and Children , Waterloobridge-road , on Thursday , the 2 Sth ult . Bro . S . G . Hunt , P . M . of the Loyal Berkshire Lodge of Hope , No . 574 , Newbury , and P . P . G . D . of C . Berks and Bucks , was interred in Newbury Cemetery on Friday , the 20 th ult ., with Masonic ceremonies .

Bros . E . Clarke , Q . C , M . P ., Sir Charles Dilke , Bart ., M . P ., and T . VV ? ' Boord , M . P ., addressed political meetings , held at Haverslock Hill , Kensal New Town , and Greenwich , respectively , on Friday , the 29 th ult . Bro . James W . Husted , P . G . M . of the Grand Lodge of New York , has been elected Speaker of the New York Assembly for the fourth time . Bro . Husted is 53 years of age , and was born intWest Chester Co ., N . Y .

The Prince of Wales and Bros , the Earl of Carnarvon , the Earl of Lathom , Viscount Bury , the Earl of Bradford , the Earl of Dunraven , and Lord Tweedmouth were present at the brief sitting of the House of Lords on Monday . Bros . Stanley Leighton , M . P ., and Lord Harlech were present and among the chief speakers at a dinner ,

held at Oswestry on Saturday last , to celebrate Bro . Leighton ' s election as M . P . for the Western Division of Shiopshire , Bro . the Lord Mayor presided at a meeting in Drapers' Hall , Throgmorton-street , on the 29 th ult ., when the Bishop of London distributed the prizes won during the past year by the pupils of the Drapers' College High School for Girls , Tottenham .

Bro . the Lord Mayor has invited Bro . the Earl of Cowper , K . G ., and Viscount Folkestone , among others , to be present at the Trinity House Dinner , to meet the Duke of Edinburgh , which will take place at the Mansion House on Saturday , the 13 th inst .

The lodge in Georgetown , Massachusetts , has had all its furniture and other effects , to the value of some 3000 dollars ( jfGoo ) , destroyed by the fire which took place in that town on the 20 th December last , the whole damage done being estimated at 150 , 000 dollars ( 30 , 000 ) .

Bro . J . H . Puleston presided at a mass meeting , held at the Westminster Palace Hotel on Monday evening , of the Civil Service Writers , among those present in sup * port being Bros , the Duke of Abercotn , G . M . of Ireland ; Baron Dimsdale , M . P . j Vanderbyl , M . P . j and VV . Burdett-Coutts , M . P .

The Earl of Kintore , M . W . G . M . of the Mark Grar . d Lodge , has been pleased to confer the rank of a Past G . Deacon of G . Alark Lodge on Bros . Surgeon-Major Alex . Scott , B . S . C , and Prosonno Coomer Dutt , in recognition of the great services they have rendered to the Mark Degree in India . Bro . the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon took

their state departure from Dublin on Thursday , the 28 th ult . The streets of the Irish capital were crowded with people , who lustily cheered their excellencies as they drove by in an open carriage . On the pier , at Kingstown , the reception was equally cordial . The Prince oi Wales , accompanied by his sons ,

the Princes Albert Victor and George , went out shooting with the Duke of Cambridge in Richmond Park on Saturday last . In the evening their Royal Highnesses , with the Princess of Wales , and the Princesses Louise , Victoria , and Maud , witnessed the performance of "Aladdin , " at the Drury Lane Theatre .

To-morrow ( Saturday ) , the stained glass window which Bro . the Duke of Connaught has had placed in Bagshot Church , to the memory of Bro . the late Duke of Albany , will be unveiled by his Royal Highness , in the presence , as is expected , of several members of the Royal Family . The ceremony has been arranged to take place at 3 , 30 p . m ., and and address will be delivered by the Very Rev . the Dean of Windsor .

Bro . the Ri g ht Hon . Hugh C . E . Guilders , the newly-elected member for South Edinburgh , took the oath and his seat in thc House of Commons on Monday , being introduced by Bro . Right Hon . G . O . Trevelyan and Mr . Levi Preston Bruce . The House , on the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., was adjourned till Thursday .

The installation banquet of the Montefiore Lodge , No . 1017 , was given to Bro . D , M . Davis , at the Cafe Royal , Regent-street , on Wednesday , the 27 th ult . After the general business of the lodge , an attractive programme of music was given under the direction of Bro . Lindsay-Sloper , in which the following took part-. Miss Nettie Wood , Miss Cranford , Miss Annie Freeman , Miss

Rosina Stanford , and Messrs . Lionel Davis , S . Forman , and Bro . Koopman ( violin ) . Wc have received two musical compositions which deserve more than a passing notice , mainly from their being of great merit intrinsically , but incidentally , from the fact of these being the work of a very young composer , Mr . Ferdinand L . Dunkley , son of Bro . VV . S .

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Masonic And General Tidings

The installation of Bro . VV- Peach , S . VV ., as VV . M . of the Royal Cumberland Lodge , No . 41 , Bath , was arranged to take place at the Masonic Hall , Balh , on Thursday , the 4 U 1 inst . The Prince of Wales Royal Ark Mariner Lodge , to be attached to the Prince ot Wales Mark Lodge , No . 4 , will be consecrated atSa , Red Lion-sq ., on Monday , the 22 nd inst . The ceremony will be performed by Bro . C . F . Matier , P . G . W .

W . Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., P . Z ., announces a new Masonic Lecture— " The Ritual and Ceremonial of the Symbolic Degrees of Fieemasonry , 1 S 13-1 SSG" —as ready for delivery in lodges or lodges of instruction opened in the M . M . Degree .

Bros . Sir E . J . Reed , K . C . B ., M . P ., Colonel Waring , M . P ., P . McLagan , M . P ., and Firth were present at the breakfast , held at the Westminster Palace Hotel , on the 2 Sth ult ., under the auspices of the Executive Council of the United Kingdom Alliance .

It is gratifying to learn that Miss Goodrich , one of the music teachers at the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , who successfully passed the recent examination in the Metropolis ot the Royal Academy of Music for teachers and performers , becomes thus entitled to the diploma of the R . A . M .

A meeting of the General Committee of the W , Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution will be held today ( Friday ) , at the MasonicHall , Liverpool , forthe purpose of considering applications to be placed on the list for election at the March Court of Governors , for examining the annual report , and for other business .

A smoking concert will take place at the Horns , Kennington , on Thursday , the iSth inst ., for the benefit of Bro . G . F . Swan , a P . M . and for many years Secretary of the Emblematic Lodge , No . 1321 . Bro . Swan has been in adverse circumstances for some time , and we trust that many among our readers will take the opportunity of doing him a good turn . The concert is not restricted to the Craft . Tickets , price 2 s . each .

The sixty-seventh anniversary festival of the Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , will be held on Tuesday next . A large and influential gathering is expected to witness the installation of Bro . R . E . tiaynes , P . M . of the Churchill Lodge , and Junior Censor of Christ Church . Bro . H . Oflluy Wakeman , also P . M . of the Churchill Lodge , andBussarof Keble College , is mentioned

as likely to be S . W . Before the installation eight gentlemen are to balloted for , and , if elected , initiated . 1 his will form a worthy conclusion to the prosperous year of the deservedly popular VV . M ., Bro . W . L . Morgan , M . A ., of Exeter College , during whose term of oilice more than 40 brethren will have been initiated into the mysteries of ancient Freemasonry .

The following dinners took place at the Freemasons' Tavern for the week ending Saturday , the Oth inst . Alonday—Caxton Lodge ; Urban Chapter ; Lodge of Unions ; Zephr Ball ; Albion Lodge . Tuesday—Roval York Lodge ; 3 rd London R . V . Ball ; Wednesday—City of London Lodge Ball ; Grand Chapter Club .

Thursday—St . Andrew ' s Lodge ; St . James's Chapter ; Victoria Rifles Lodge ; Westminter and Keystone Lodge . Friday—2 nd City of London Volunteer Ball ; Royal Kensington Lodge ; Odd Volumes ; Thistle Lodge . Saturday—City and West End Soiree ; London Wheelers Cinderella ; Phcenix Chapter .

Among the brethren present at the funer al on on Friday , the 29 th ult , of the late Bro . Sir \ V . VV . Burrell , Bart ., P . G . M . Sussex , were Bros . J . H . Scott , P . G . D ., D . P . G . M . Sussex ; Lieut .-Gen . Randolph , P . G , S . W . ; V . Freeman , P . G . Secretary ;¦•Major Rasch , Alderman Hallett , P . M . ; Alderman Abbey , P . M . ; Alderman Jos . Farncombe ( Mayor of Lewes ); L . B . Henderson ( Deputy Chief Constable , VVest Sussex ) , W . M . elect of

the Mid-Sussex Lodge , No . 1141 , Horsham ; C . Tom kinson , P . P . G . S . W . ; J . S . Davies , Prov . G . Reg ., and P . P . G . S . W . ; VV . Charrington ; VV . Marchant , P . M . ; A . King , P . M ., and P . G . Organist , and others . I'he chief mourner was Bro . R . C . Burrell , the eldest son , and now Sir R . C . Burrell , while among the mass of wreaths in which the coffin was embedded was one composed of Alasonic emblems arranged of acacia blooms .

Bro . T . Hastings Miller entertained at dinner , in the Queen's Rooms , Holborn Restaurant , on Friday , the 29 th ., the members of the Board of General Purposes , the House Committee of the Boys' School , the Secretaries of the three Masonic Charitable Institutions , together with other Masonic friends . There were present Bros . T . Fenn , Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , F . A . Philbrick

, Capt . George Lambert , T . C . Walls , E . F . Storr , C . F . Hogard , J . L . Mather , VV . A . Dawson , R . Roumieu , E . Bowyer , H . VV . Hunt , J . Moon , D . Rolls , VV . Roebuck , J . J . Murray , VV . H . Sanders , C . E . Soppet , T . Grilliths , li . VV . Stewart , J . A . Farnfield ,, F . Binckes , J . Terry , F . R . VV . Hedges , Capt . Bowyer , J . Terry , jun ., Rev . Dr . Morris , George Kenning , and others . The menu was

a choice one , and the pleasure of the company was much enhanced by the performance of an excellent selection of vocal music , under the direction of Bro . Chaplin Henry , After the usual loyal toasts , Bro . Philbrick proposed "The Health of the Host , " of whom he said many complimentary things , but the reception of

his remarks by the company present showed that he expressed the feeling of all Uro . Miller ' s friends . Bro . Miller responded , and Bro . Raynham \ V . Stewart next proposed "The Health of Mrs . 1 * . H . Miller , " wife of the host . Altogether a very pleasant evening was spent , and we congratulate Bro . Miller on the success of the entertainment .

BRO . TAUTE'S "BIBLIOGRAPHY . " Subscribers to Bro . Taute ' s " Bibliography " will be glad to hear that the concluding part is progressing rapidly , and that Bro . J . G . Findel , of Leipzig , the publisher , anticipates its being ready for delivery about the middle of this

month . Although this work will contain a large number of English Masonic books , a complete bibliography , supplemental to Kioss , 1 S 44 , is much wanted ; but as it would involve so much labour and expense , we fear that we shall have to wait a long time for its advent .