Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will hold its next regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , the ioth inst ., at the hour of 4 p . m . ALBION LODGE , No . 9 . —The Albion Lodge ball is arranged to take place on Friday , the 30 th January next . At a meeting of the Royal Savoy Mark Lodge , No . 355 , Bro . G . Mordey , S . W ., was unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year , and Bro . W . M . Stiles , P . M ., Treasurer .

A special Court of the Governors of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution will be held at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , on Friday , the 19 th instant . At the meeting of the Arnold Lodge , held at Walton-onthe-Naze on Tuesday the 25 th ult ., Bro . James M . Scarlett , I . P . M ., was presented with a jewel to mark his successful year of office .

Bro . H . Lovegrove , of Budge-row , was a prize winner at last week ' s poultry show at the Crystal Palace . He exhibited a golden Wyandotte cockerel , of great size and splendid plumage . Bro . Sir H . Drummond-Wolff , her Majesty's Minister at Teheran , whose health is much improved , has reached

Constantinople on his journey home , and may be expected to arrive shortly in England . At the last meeting of the Royal Savoy Lodge , No . 1744 , Bro . C . H . Holland , S . VV ., was unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year , and Bro . J . Willing , jun ., P . M ., Treasurer .

The Marquis of Salisbury has sent £ 50 , and the Dukeof Westminster £ 10 in aid of the funds being raised by a ball to be held next Wednesday at Stratford Town Hall by the West Ham Abbey Lodge , on behalf of the West Ham Hospital .

Bro . Earl Granville and Bro . G . J . Shavv-Lefevre and Lady Constance Shaw Lefevre were among the guests invited by Mr . and Mrs . Stuart-Rendel to meet the Right Hon . W . E . and Mrs . Gladstone at dinner at their residence on Saturday last .

The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland ( Bro . the Earl of Zetland ) and the Countess of Zetland , left the Vice-regal Lodge , Dublin , for Baron's Court , Newtown Stewart , County Tyrone , on Monday , on a visit , to Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn .

No fees of any sort or description will be part of the managerial policy of Mr . Norman Forbes when he assumes the lesseeship of the Globe Theatre . Programmes and cloak-rooms will be free , and the refreshment catering will be in the hands of the Edwarde's Menu Company .

Bro . Lennox Browne has left for Berlin , having in his care a gentleman to be treated by Professor Koch's method . We shall look forward with some interest to our brother ' s return , as he will be quite sure to bring back all that is new in relation to this all-absorbing discovery in medical circles .

The Fifteen Sections will be worked by the brethren of the Ranelagh Lodge of Instruction , No . S 34 , at their lodge house , The Six Bells , Queen-street , Hammersmith , on Friday , the 12 th inst . ; BroTj . Sims , P . M . S 34 , VV . M ., supported by Bros . G . Read , P . M . 1767 ; J . Collings , P . M . 1 S 91 ; J . Davis , P . M ., W . M . 169 , S . VV . ; A . Williams , P . M . 2090 , J . W . ; and D . S . Long , W . M . 1275 , Hon . Secretary .

Bro . F . Seager-Hunt , M . P ., presided at an influential meeting , held on Saturday last , to consider what steps should be taken to frustrate the threatened scheme of the Manchester , Sheffield , and Lancashire Railway Company to construct a line through Hampstead and St . John's Wood , which will pass in an open cutting through Lord ' s Cricket Ground . A public meetinr will be held shortly with the same object .

Michael William de Courcy , of Stockton , Saltash , a J . P . and D . L . of Cornwall , has succeeded to the ancient barony of Kinsale , by the death of John Fitzroy , list baron . The peerage was created in 16 S 1 , and the holder of the title enjoys in conjunction with Lord Forester , the singular privilege of wearing his hat in the presence of the sovereign , a privilege which was granted by King John , on account of

the first peer having been champion of England in some dispute with France . Monday being the 4 6 th anniversary of the birth of the Princess of Wales , was observed at Sandringham and Windsor with the usual manifestations of rejoicing . At Windsor the bells of St . George's Chapel and St . John ' s

Church were rung , and a royal salute was fired in the Long Walk . At Sandringham the children in the Princess ' s schools were entertained at tea in the large room of the Royal Mews , and had the honour of a visit from the Prince and Princess , the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , and the Princesses Victoria and Maud .

The Lodges of St . John , No . 32 S , and the Jordan , No . 1402 , have decided jointly to hold a grand Masonic ball under their respective banners in Torquay on the 28 th of January , 1 S 91 , for the benefit of the Devon Masonic Charities . The Committee that has been appointed to carry out the arrangements is under the able and indefatigable

presidency of Bro . John Chapman , P . P . G . D ., Vice-President of the three great Charities , and supported by Bro . R . D . Renvvick , W . M . 32 S , with Bro . George West , I . G . 1402 , as Honorary Secretary . A heavy list of very distinguished Masonic patrons , with other particulars connected with this great Charity ball , will presently be issued .

Bro . Lord Mayor Savory presided at a meeting held in the Mission Hall , Drury Lane , on Monday evening , aftei some 300 discharged prisoners had partaken of a substantial supper , and expressed his pleasure at the beneficial efforts produced by the work of the St . Giles's Christian Mission ,

by whom the supper was given , and suggested that in future the supper should be designated as the " supper for the sorrowful" or "hopeful classes , " instead of for " the criminal classes . " The Lad y Mayoress , Sheriff Farmer , Sir John Bridge , and Bros . Sir W . Charley and Captain Shaw were among those present on the occasion .

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On Monday the Queen sent her congratulations to the Countess of Jersey upon the continued improvement in her health . An excellent portrait of Bro . J . Lewis Thomas , P . P . G . D . of C , appeared in the Illustrated London News of the 22 nd ult .

The annual Exhibition of Fat Cattle by the Smithfield Club will be opened at the Royal Agricultural Hall , Islington , on Monday next , and will remain open , as usual , till Friday . Bros . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) , Lord George Hamilton , and Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., were present

at the Cabinet Council held at the Foreign Office on Tuesday . Bro . Sir Robert Collins left England on Monday for the Hague , when he will represent the Duchess of Albany , who is sister of the Queen Regent of the Netherlands , at the obsequies the late king .

It is definitively arranged that Bro . the Earl of Jersey will leave England for New South Wales this day ( Friday ) , while the Countess will follow her husband as soon as she is strong enough to travel with safety . To-morrow ( Saturday ) the Lady Mayoress will present the prizes to the London Rifle Brigade at the Crystal Palace . Bro . the Lord Mayor , accompanied by Sheriffs Farmer and Bro . Augustus Harris , will be present at the ceremony .

It isgenerally understood that Her Majesty will personally unveil the memorial of the late Emperor Frederick , which she is about to have placed in St . George's Chapel , Windsor . The Court will remain at Windsor Castle till about the iSth inst ., and spend Christmas at Osborne .

The Queen has been unusually successful as an exhibitor at the Birmingham Fat Cattle Show , which was opened in Bingley Hall on Saturday last , having secured the Elkington Challenge Cup , the President ' s prize , and two first prizes in the cattle classes .

Bro . Thomas Bateman Fox , who has been three times Mayor of Dewsbury , was on Tuesday evening , the 2 nd inst ., elected VV . M . of the United Northern Counties Lodge , No . 212 S , in succession to Bro . W . H . Bullock . Bro . VV . F . Smithson , of Leeds , was re-elected Treasurer .

Miss Pedler , an octogenarian lady , who has recently died , and whose father was several times Mayor of Liskeard , has bequeathed a sum of £ 20 , 000 towards the completion of Truro Cathedral , the first stones of which were laid by the Prince of Wales , M . W . Grand Master , in 1 SS 0 .

The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , having concluded their visit to Lord and Lady Hastings , at Melton Constable , returned to Sandringham at the close of last week , and were present at Divine service in Sandringham Church on Sunday last .

The 31 st Annual Exhibition of the National Dog Show , was opened at Curvon Hall , Birmingham , on Saturday last , and remained open till Thursday evening . There was a falling off in the number of entries as compared with last year , but the quality of the exhibits was of a very high standard .

The Common Council of London have voted £ 3000 for the purpose of completing the purchase of over 30 acres of land , comprising some fine timber and an ornamental lake , at Higham Park . This will greatly improve Epping Forest at its narrowest part , and conduce greatly to the enjoyment of the public .

The Duke and Duchess of Connaught , accompanied by their children , and attended by Colonel Egerton , arrived at Windsor Castle on Monday , on a visit to her Majesty . They wt re met on arrival at the station by the Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg , with whom they drove to the castle .

The Hon . Dudley Leigh , eldest surviving son and heir of Bro . Lord Leigh , Prov . G . Master of Warwickshire , was married to Miss Helene Forbes Beckwith , of New York , in St . George's Hanover-square , on Saturday last . The bridegroom was attended by Hro . Lord Dungarvan as best man . In the course of the afternoon the newly-married pair left for Fonthill Abbey , near Salisbury , the residence of the bridegroom ' s uncle and aunt , Bro . Sir Michael and Lady Octayia Shaw-Stewart .

On Tuesday and Thursday next , at a performance of "The Tempest" in St . George's Hall by the Irving Amateur Dramatic Club , additional interest is attached to the performance from the fact that Bro . Sir Arthur Sullivan ' s music will be performed for , it is believed , the first time in London in connection with the play . The band and chorus will be composed chiefly of pupils of the Royal Academy of Music , the part of Ariel being assigned to Miss Kate Johnstone , a student of the same institution .

An earnest appeal to the public for support is being made b y the Chairman and Board of Management of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum , in Asylum-road , Old Kentroad . The building comprises 170 houses , besides a chapel and court and board room . The expenditure , which is

raised almost entirely by voluntary contribution , amounts to about £ 9000 a year . 'The number of residents maintained is 220 , and the benefits of the Charity have recently been extended by the grant of weekly allowances of five shillings each to 50 out of the 90 candidates for admission .

The promoters of the South-West London Polytechnic Institute are pressing forward with their scheme . Already £ 32 , 000 out of the £ 50 , 000 required to meet the same amount promised by the Charity Commissioners has been raised , and it is expected that the balance of £ 18 , 000 will

be obtained without much difficulty at an early date . Plans for the construction of the building in the Manresa-road , Chel-ea , are being prepared in competition by eight architects , and other steps are being taken to ensure the success of the project .

Her Majesty and the members of the Royal Family are taking a deep interest in the forthcoming Royal Naval Exhibition , and will assist materially in promoting its success , lt is understood that the Queen will lend a numerous collection of pictures , relics , and other interesting articles

from the galleries of Windsor Castle . The Prince of Wales has promised to send all his naval curiosities , while the Duke of Edinburgh will exhibit his series of models in silver of ships of war from the earliest date to the present time . .

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Bro . W . J . Spratling , B . Sc , Head Master of the Haberdashers' Hatcham School , will , after Christmas , open St , Peters' College for Boys , Wickham Park , Brockley . Bro . Deputy White , the brother and executor , has obtained probate for the will of the late Rev . Henry White , M . A ., Chaplain of the Savoy . The personalty has been sworn at £ 456 .

Bro . the Duke of Fife presented on Friday evening , the 28 th ult ., the prizes awarded by the Science and Art Department , South Kensington , to the Metropolitan Drawing Classes . The ceremony took place in Carpenters' Hall . The Petit Journal has paid M . Richeburg , a French novelist who writes frankly for the masses , So . ooo francs for the right to publish "La Dame en Noir" in its feuilleton , and the publication has increased the daily sales of the paper by 30 , 000 .

The poor of Vienna have just come in for a windfall . Count George Waldstein , who died within three months of the death of his young wife , Countess Pasqualine Metternich , has left his whole fortune , which amounts to about half a million florins , to them . A home is to be founded with the money . The young couple were married five years , but left no children .

On Saturday last the new Swedish and Danish Envoys to her Majesty's Court , and the Haytian Minister resident in London , arrived at Windsor Castle , and were severally presented to the Queen by Bro . the Right Hon . Sir James Fergusson , Bart ., M . P ., Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs .

We offer to our old and much esteemed Bro . Muggeridge , our sincerest sympathy in the bereavement he has just sustained in the loss of his wife . Both have had years allotted to them much beyond the usual span , but the parting when it comes is not the less painful . Mrs . Muggeridge , who died on the 28 th ult ., had attained the advanced age of 82 years .

Midwinter , the well-known Gloucester cricketer , lies dead at Melbourne . Poor fellow , he was only in his 39 th year , and early in June he became hopelessly insane . Midwinter achieved many commendable feats . With Barnes ( the Notts professional ) he assisted to make a record for the longest partnership during a match at Lord ' s as oh June 1 , 1 SS 2 , playing for M . C . C . and Ground against Leicestershire , the pair put on 454 .

Bro . J . D . Allcroft ( Treas . ) , presided at the annual meeting of the Royal Hospital for Incurables on the 28 th ult . The receipts for the year were £ 51 , 590 , the principal items of revenue being—annual subscriptions , £ 7472 ; life subscriptions , £ 5175 ; donations , £ 1941 ; bequests , £ 26 , 210 ;

and dividends on invested funds , £ 2657 . The debit side of the account showed that , exclusive of £ 9000 on deposit and £ Sooo invested , there remained in hand at the close of September a balance of £ 5708 , of which £ 3322 was required for the purpose of paying accounts and pensions .

The installation banquet of the Albert Edward Lodge , No . 1714 , at Camberley , Surrey , on the 26 th ult ., came to a painful termination . Bro . E . Nichols , P . M ., had proposed the health of the visitors , when he suddenly became faint , and retired to an adjoining room , where he received

medical attendance , but died shortly afterwards from heart disease . The deceased had for many years been manager at the Farnborough depot of Messrs . Simonds and Co ., brewers , of Reading . He was 45 years of age , widely known , and much esteemed .

On Monday , the 24 th ult ., the remains of Bro . W . Lean , the much respected Tyler of the Boscawen Lodge , who died on the Friday night previous , after only a few days ' illness , were consigned to their last resting place in Chacevvater churchyard . Although the weather was very stormy , and during the ceremony rain and hail fell in torrents , there

was a large attendance of brethren and others . His sword and collar of office and his Provincial apron rested on the coffin . He was a Past Prov . Grand Tyler . On the completion of the service by Bro . the Rev . R . F . Fraser-Frizell , the vicar , the brethren walked past , and each dropped a sprig of acacia into the grave .

A meeting of the Committee entrusted with the arrangements in connection with the annual Masonic ball in aid of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institute , at the Town Hall , on the 13 th January , was held last evening at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , under the presidency of Bro . Dr . Clarke , P . P . G . R ., the Vice-Chairman of the

committee . Bro . Latham , the Hon . Sec , read the minutes of the last meeting , and reported favourably as to the prospects of the annual social Masonic gathering . A large number of additional Stewards was proposed and elected , and several details with regard to the arrangements for the ball for the purpose of securing the comfort and enjoyment of visitors were discussed .

t he Sheffield Telegraph says -. " The Masonic brethren are popular on and off the stage . Their private dances at their hall are always successful ; their dinners are the merriest of meetings ; and their dramatic doings bring together as fashionable and pleasant a gathering as She £ field can show . The Amateur Dramatic Society be ^ an their season on the 3 rd of December , with Tom Taylor ' s comedietta , ' Nine Points of the Law , ' and Sir Arthur

Sullivan ' s operetta of ' Cox and Box , ' based on the wellknown farce of ' Box and Cox . ' On December 5 will be presented Byron ' s comedy , ' Partners for Life , ' and Coyne's farce , ' A Terrible Secret . ' 'The demand for Masonic dramatic tickets this season has been brisker than ever , the seats being practically all taken . The list for new members has been closed , although a lew tickets have been reserved for former members who tarry in their applications . "

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