Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . Lord De Tabley , R . W . P . G . M . Cheshire purposes consecrating the Grove Lodge , No . ig 57 > at the National School , Hazel Grove , near Stockport , on Alonday , the 22 nd inst ., at 2 . 30 p . m . The W . AI . designate is Bro . J . P . Bardsley , P . AL 322 . Bro . H . Bulley , P . AL 321 and 537 , P . G . S . B . England and P . P . G . J . W . Cheshire , will officiate as Installing Alaster .

We have been requested to slate that the United Pilgrims Lodge of Instruction will be in the Second Degree on the second Friday in this month ( the I 2 th inst . ) , when the Preceptor , Bro . Stevens , will prenote during " question time " his forthcoming lecture on the ritual and ceremonial of that Degree . At a reeular meeting of the City of Westminster

Lodge 0 . 1 'Thursday , it was moved by the W . M . BTO . Waugh , ^ nd seconded by Bro . J . E . Shand , P . M ., Treas ., ar . d unanimously resolved , " That this lodge desires most respectfully to tender to his Royal Highness Prince Leopold , K . G ., Duke of Albany , Past Grand Warden of England , R . W . Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire ,

and to Her Serene Highness the Princess Helen of Waldeck-Pyrmont , their fraternal congratulations and hearty good wishes for their future health and happiness on their marriage this day . " This was telegraphed to Claremont , and the resolution will be inscribed and illuminated upon vellum and forwarded to H . R . H . Prince Leopold .

The eig hteenth installation meeting of the Panmure Royal Arch Chapter , No . 720 , will be held at the Horns Tavern , Kennington , S . E ., on Alonday next , the Sth inst . Ex . Comps . Samuel Poynter , B . R . Bryant , and John S . Terry are to be installed into the respective chairs

of Z ., H , and J . There are several candidates for exaltation also , and the summons announces plenty of work . Exaltations at 3 . 30 p . m . ; installations at 5 . Ex . Comp . James Stevens , P . Z . and Scribe E . of the chapter , will officiate ns Installing Principal . The Grand Chapter is likely to fce well represented at this meeting .

Bro . the Rev . H . R . Hosken , Chap . 1 S 20 , was present at the first annual meeting of the Church of England Home for Waifs and Strays . Aluch of the success of the movement is due to our reverend brother , who has ivorked Ji £ . rd at it from the beginning . Bro . the Earl of Dalhousie , Bro . Earl Percy , Bro . the Lord Alayor , and Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury

sent letters of apology for non-attendance at the meeting of the Aletropolitan and National Nursing Association , held on Friday at Grosvenor House ; the Duke of Westminster in the chair . The meeting was very crowded . Bro . Sit Thomas Brassey proposed a resolution . His Grace has all along taken a great interest in this movement . His Rcyal Highness the Prince of Wales , Most

Worshipful Grand Alaster , and Her Royal Highness the Princess ,-f Wales , gave a party at Alarlbnrough House in honour of the King and Queen of the Netherlands , when there were present Bros , the Duke of Connaught , the Duke of Marlborough , Sir Frederick Leighton , Sir Garnet Wolseley , the Earl of Breadalbane , Lord Cork , the Earl of Rosebery , Lord Tenterden , Lord Kensington

M . P ., and the Lord Alayor . Bro . Sir Henry Edwardes is staying at Thomas ' Hotel , Cavendish-square . Bro . the liarl of Shaftesbury is a patron , and Bro . Dr . B . VV . Richardson a member , of the Committee of the Society for providing Sanitary and Humane Alethods of Killing Ar . ir . ials for Food . It is proposed to erect a " model

slaughterhouse by way of example . Bro . the Earl of Haddington and famil y are spending the summer in the north of Italy , having lately left Rome . The New Town Hall and Public Buildings , Reading , will be opened by Mr , John Walter , M . P ., on the 31 st ir . st . Bro . the Marquis of Headfort has come to Belgrave-square , from Ireland , for the remainder of the season .

Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson , F . R . S ., President Royal College of Surgeons , Bro . the Lord Arayor , Bro . the Earl of Rosebery , Bro . Sheriff Hanson , and Bro . Horace B . Alarshall , C . C ., candidate for the Aldermanic gown , arc Stewards for the . festival of the Sons of the Clergy Cc . poration , on 10 th Alay . The dinner takes place at Alerchant Taylors' Hall , after a service in St . Paul ' s Cathedral .

Bros , the Deputy Grand Master , Sir Tames Al'Garel Hogg , ALP ., Sir AL White Ridley , and Viscount Ebrington were at the Countess of Jersey's reception in Groat Stanhope-street , on Wednesday . Major Wallace ' s patent entrenching spade has

received the approval of the Duke of Cambridge and of the Secretary of State for War . An order has been given for the immediate issue of 5000 of these tools . Bro . Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdale arrived c . Tuesday at 9 , Hereford-gardens , from Linton Park , for the season .

Bro . F . Anstey Davis , J . W . Burlington Lodge , has been gazetted to a lieutenancy in the Tower Hamlets Rifle Brigade . 'The two majors of the regiment arc also Masons , as well as several of the company officers . Bros . Sir Frederick Leighton , P . R . A . ; H . R . H .

the Prince of Wales , Edwin Freshlield , F . S . A . ; the Pro Grand Alaster , the Lord Alayor , G . J . W . ; Earl Powis , Henry Wright , and the Dean of York , P . G . Chap ., are on the Committee to raise a memorial to the late Air . George Edmund Street , R . A .

I'KiAiui says : — I lie Patentees ( it these Pens are the Guardian Angels of Ihe Noble Army of Martyrs who live liy the Pen . " Just out—The " IIi < i W . U-SKI . KV " and the " Bin J " PEX . " They come as a boon and a blessing to men , The Pickwick , the Owl , and the Waverlcy Pen . " Sample Hox , with all the kinds , by post , is . id . Patentees—MACXIVEN and CAMBIIO . V , * tM' 33 , HLAIR STREET , Edinburgh . ( Estd . 1770 . } t & eware of the party offering imitations .

Masonic And General Tidings

The Duke of Albany Lodge , No . i 9 60 , was consecrated on Thursday , at the Shaftesbury Hall , Shaftesbury F ' ark Estate , Battersea , byCol . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , assisted by the Rev . C . W . Arnold , P-G-C , D . Prov . G . M . for Surrey ; Hugh D . Sandeman , P . D . G . AI . of Bengal , and others . The first Alaster of the Lodge is to be Bro . Voysey , a P . AL of the Sphinx Lodge , Camberwell .

Bro . the Earl of Cork was with the Lord Chancellor and Lord Alarch , a Royal Commissioner for giving the Royal Assent to a batch of Bills in Parliament last week . Bro . the Earl of Galloway proposed Bro . Lord Kintore , G . S . W . Scotland , in the Select Committee on Claims of Peerage , in the room of Bro . the Duke of

Abercorn , CAT . Ireland , resigned . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon presided at the last meeting of the Royal Commission on the Defences of British " Possessions and Commerce Abroad . Bro . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , P . G . M . Gloucestershire , attended a meeting of the Reformatory and Industrial Schools Commission in Palace Yard on Friday .

Bros , the Earl of Breadalbane , the Earl of Cork , Lord Carrington , G . S . W ., Lord Kensington , ALP ., the Earl Granville , the Alarquis of Hartington , M . P ., Lord Suffield , the Earl of Dalhousie , Colonel Stanley Clarke , and Lieut .-General Sir Garnet Wolseley received invitations to the banquet on the occasion of the marriage of Bro . the Duke of Albany , Prince Leopold .

Bro . the Duke of Manchester , Grand Prior , and his son , Viscount Mandeville , have gone to New York on their way to Canada , and have gone to select the lands which the Land Corporation of Canada , and whose Chairman is Bro . the Duke of Manchester , have purchased from the Canadian Government . Bro . Lord Wolverton , P . C ., has arrived at

Constantinople in his yacht from Naples . Bro . Lord Tenterden has left the Italian Lakes , and is now at Portland-place , and attending to his duties at the Foreign Office . Bro . Colonel Stanley , M . P ., and the Earl of Bective , ALP ., have presented petitions to the House of Commons in favour of the abolition of Sunday opening of

public houses . Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe has arrived in London with his family . Bro . the Earl of Derby has left Fairhill , his seat near Tunbridge Wells , for St James ' s-square . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon on Monday called the attention of the House of Lords to the provision made

for religious teaching and worship in the statutes laid on the table of the House by the Oxford and Cambridge Universities Commissioners . Bro . the Lord Mayor , with his Sheriffs , Bro . Sir John Monckton , Town Clerk , Bro . Alderman Staples , Bro . Alderman Whetham , Bro . Alderman Knight , Bro . Sir Thos . Charley , and Bro . Campbell , City Alarshal , and Bros , the Sword and Alace Bearers , presented on address

of welcome to the King of the Netherlands at Buckingham Palace on Monday , in the place of the freedom of the City which it was hoped the King would have taken up at the Guildhall , but was prevented by the death of his sister-inlaw on Sunday . Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury , who is in his Sand year , presided on Tuesday at the anniversary of the Ragged School Union .

The All Saints Lodge of Instruction , No . 1716 , meets every Thursday evening , at half-past seven o ' clock , at the Eagle Tavern , East India Dock-road , Poplar . Messsrs . John Brinsmeadand Sons , of London , have specially manufactured for the Palace of the King of Portugal , in accordance with His Alajesty ' s commands , an oblique pianoforte , in a handsome dull black case , decorated

with cupids and garlands of flowers in the Adams' style . The dedication of a New Alasonic Hal / at Aylesbury , took place on Wednesday , the 3 rd inst . We hope to give a report of the proceedings in our next . At a meeting held at Twickenham on Wednesday last it was resolved that steps should be taken towards

giving the Prince and Princess of Wales a loyal and hearty reception on the occasion of their approaching visit to the Police Orphanage , and a committee was appointed to carry out the necessary arrangements . A banquet is to be given in Paris next Wednesday to celebrate the nomination of AL Grisel , an engine driver , to the Legion of Honour .

SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A LIVERPOOL BROTHER . —A short time ago , Bro . Lewis Peake , of the Stanley Park Hotel , Walton-lane , Liverpool , who is well-known and highly respected in Alasonic circles in that city , was thrown out of a vehicle in South John-street and seriously injured . It appears that one of the reins broke , and the horse taking frigiit came into collision with a lorry . 'The trap was

broken and Bro . Peake was thrown out , alighting upon his head . His injuries are of a serious character , and he was attended at the Northern Hospital by Dr . Hamilton and Dr . Orr . He suffered from concussion of the brain and from contusion upon several parts of the body , but fortunately there was no fracture of the skull . A great number of gentlemen made inquiries at the hospital as to his

condition , some of them coming from Alanchester , to which city the news of the accident had been sent to his friends by telegraph . For some years past Bro . Peake has taken a deep interest in the Athletic Festival and Annual Picnic of the Dock Board employes to Krowsley Park , on the bank holiday in August , officiating as Honorary Secretary to the Committee of Alanagement , by whom his services were always highly esteemed . Bro . Peake is now progressing

avourably . No Toilet Soap ever introduced to the public has met with such deserved success as "WRIGHT'S COAL TAR SOAP . " Itcleanes the skin , frees it from impurities , promotes its healthy action , and ensures immunity from infectious disease , and last , and notleast , washingwitli it is a luxury . Purchasers , to avoid disappointment , should refuse all imitations , which are not onl y useless , but are positively dangerous . —[ ADVT . 1

Masonic And General Tidings

A solemn convocation of the Supreme Council , 33 , for England , Wales , and the Dependencies of the British Crown , will be held at the Grand East , 33 , Goldensquare , on Tuesday next , the rjth inst ., at 4 . 45 p . m . punctually . The Prince of Wales was present on Wednesday last at a meeting of the Council of the Royal Agricultural

Society , held at their rooms in Hanover-square . Fiftyseven new members were elected . Comp . Samuel Poynter will be installed AI . E . Z . of the Panmure Chapter , No . 720 , on Monday next , at the Horns' Tavern , Kennington . Bro . John Bevan , Dist . G . M . Westland , New Zealand , delivered his popular serio-comic oration on the life

and writings of the late Charles Dickens , on lhursday evening last , at St . Alark's College , Chelsea , on behalf of a case very deserving of charity . Bro . the Duke of Manchester , P . G . M . Norths and Hunts , has gone to Alanitoba to inspect lands for a London company , with a view , if the terms be favourable , of buying a large tract for re-sale to small holders on easy terms as to payment .

About 27 , 000 Germans emigrated to the United States in April last . Bro . Sir J . R . Bailey , Bart ., ALP ., and P . G . M . Herefordshire , and Lady Bailey and family , have arrived at 9 , St . James's-square , from Glanusk Park , for the season . Six steamers landed six thousand emigrants at

New York on Tuesday . Among them were some brewers from Preston , who intend to start a brewery of English ale in Philadelphia . Ill honour of the visit of Her Majesty the Queen to Epping Forest , on Saturday , Alay Oth , Bro . Alex . Gordon and Co ., the proprietors of the Royal Forest Hotel , Chinsrford , have arranged with Alessrs . C T . Brock and

Co ., of the Crystal Palace , for one of their fine displays of fireworks , and for a grand illumination of the forest and hotel . Bro . Earl of Suffield , P . G . AI . Suffolk , and the Alarquis of Hamilton paid visits on Saturday to the Prince and Princess Philip of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , at Claridge ' s Hotel .

Bro . Lord Brabourne has addressed a letter to the Times on the Lord ' s Committee on the Irish Land Bill . The Goldsmiths' Benevolent Institution will receive £ 500 under the will of the late Air . VV . H . Ryder , of 17 , New Bond-street . Rev . Dr . Bevan , of New York , before returning

to London to become pastor of the church in Highburyquadrant , received a purse of over £ 1200 as a farewell gift . Mr . Bright , of the British lilectric Light Company , has announced that a project is in course of organisation for constructing an electric railway , thirty-six miles in length , the power for which will be derived from streams and mills in the district .

The current number of the Printers' Register contains the first of a series of papers on the " The Printers ' London , " pointing out the many journalists that are to be met with in Fleet-street , and also msntioning many literary men who in past years frequented that thoroughfare , and who are now " gone over to the majority . " Evidently that article is from the pen of one who is' well ac quainted with

" Brain-street . "—City Press . Among the patrons at the forthcoming Printers ' Festival in aid or the Building Fund , which is announced to take place on Saturday , June 24 th , at the Alexandra Palace , are Bros , the Rt . Hon . the Lord Alayor , Alderman Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott , Baron H . de Worms , M . P ., Alderman Fowler , ALP ., and G . H . Alason .

The St . John and St . Paul Conclave , No . 122 , of the Red Cross of Rome and Constantine , now meets at the Prince of Wales Hotel , Erith , Kent , on the second Tuesday in February , Alay , August , and November . AIASOKIC FUNERAL .. — The funeral of Bro . J . Dimmock , the senior member of the Scientific Lodge , No . SS , Cambridge , took place on Alay 2 nd , at the cemetery ,

Hill's-road . 'Though not a Alasonic funeral , many of the brethren attended to show their respect to departed merit . Among others we observed Bro . Deighton , D . P . G . AI . for Cambridgeshire ; Edward Hills , W . AL ; and Past Masters Yorke , Ling , Davidson , Chennel , Bays , Aloyes , and other brethren of No . SS j Past Alasters Haggis and Wilderspin ,

with — Denberry , VV . M . 441 , and several others . Our late brother was initiated in 1 S 41 , became W . AL in 1 S 4 S , was exalted in 1 S 43 , installed Z . in 1 S 52 , and appointed Scribe E . in 1 S 63 , which he remained until the end of his life . No brother had Masonry more at heart , and he fulfilled his various duties with punctuality and ability .

The Separate Dwellings Company held their first general meeting on the 2 Sth ult ., at the offices , 4 , Adelaide-place , Dr . Danford Thomas , Coroner , presiding . The Directors reported that they were negociating for the purchase of land at Millwall , which offered exceptional advantages for the erection of artizans' dwellings , being in the centre of a district where

improved dwellings were much required by the workmen employed in the docks and factories around , and where small separate and distinct dn-ellings lor one family in the E lans of the company will be occupied as fast as they can e built . Dr . Thomas , in moving the adoption of the report , said that capital only was required to enable the company to commence building operations at once .

Air-Edward B . Bennett , of the South Hornsey Local Board seconded the adoption of the report , which was carried unanimously . HOLIOWAV ' S 1 ' n . i . s . —Wrongs made Right . —livery day that any bodily suffering is permitted to continue renders it more certain to become chronic or dangerous . Holloway ' s purifying , cooling , -llld strengthening Pills are well adapted for anv irrenularitv of tlie

human body , and should be taken when the stomach is disordered , the liver deranged , the kidneys inactive , the bowels torp id , or the brain muddled . With this medicine every invalid can cure himself , and those who are weak and inlirm through imperfect digestion may make themselves strong and stout by Holloway ' s excellent Pills . A few doses of them usually mitigate the most pain " ' symptoms caused by undigested food , from which they thoroug hly free the alimentary canal , and completely restore its natural power and action . —[ Auir . l