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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
The Grand Festival of the United Grand r . odg e ° f Free anc ' -Accepted Blasons of England will be held at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-st ., on Wednesday , the 25 th inst . For full particulars see advertisement on front page . T HE FORTHCOMING FESTIVAL FOR THE GiRts' I NSTITUTION . —Bvo . J . R . Goepel , P . P . G . D . C . West
Lancashire , has kindly undertaken the duties of Steward in connection with the Soth anniversary festival for the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ; and from the wellknown popularity of our brother in Liverpool and throughout the province , there is every prospect that he will receive a goodly sum with which to appear at the festival , gro . Goepel has already served the office of Steward to
one of our three noble institutions . L IVERPOOL MASONIC HALL . — From the recently published statement of accounts in connection with the old and new Masonic Hall , Liverpool , of which Bro . J . R . Goepel , P . P . G . D . C , is the Honorary Treasurer , it appears that thc rents received from lodges during
187 6 amounted to £ 373 13 s . 4 d . ; from chapters , £ 101 ; from miscellaneous Masonic meetings , £ 43 ; and lodges of instruction , £ 34—the total income amounting to £ 7 6 9 . After all payments there was a balance to the credit of the Treasurer of £$ 4 s . 2 d . Bro . Emra Holmes delivered a lecture on
"The Art of Public Speaking , " on tbe 21 st ult ., in the Lecture Hall of the Mechanics' Institute at Ipswich , in connection with the Working Men ' s College . The lecture was an entertaining one , and there was a good attendance . Bro . Holmes has since lectured on " Tom Hood , " at Saxmundham , to thc members of the Mutual Improvement Society of that town . PRESENTATION TO MR . J GRAHAM
IBVIN . — The managers and staff of thc London and Westminster Supply Association , 10 , 11 , & 12 , New Bridge street , E . G ., presented a very valuable gold chronometer watch on the 28 th ult ., to Mr . John Graham Irvin , the esteemed general manager of the company . The presentation was made in the name of the employes by brethren of Lodges Nos . 11 and 228 ; and also by a New Zealand brother , all of whom hold prominent positions in this very flourishing
company . The Provincial Grand Chapter of "West Lancashire held its annual meeting at the Maso-ic Hall last Wednesday afternoon , the 4 th inst . A report of the proceedings will appear in our next . THE ROY ^ L EOPOLD L ODGE ( No . 166 9 ) . — Thc consecration of this lodge will take plice this (
Saturday ) afternoon , at half-past three o ' clock punctually , at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell New-road . The ceremony of consecration will be performed by the V . W . Bro . John Hervey , P . G . D ., Grand Secretary , and that of installation by V . W . Bro . R . C Else , D . P . G . M . Somerset . The officers designate are Bros . Newington Bridges , P . M . 772 , 1216 , W . M . ; William H . Thomas , S . W . ; and Thos .
Edmondson , J . W . The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Pythagorean Lodge of Instruction , No . 70 , at the Prince of Orange Tavern , Greenwich-road , S . E ., on Wednesday , the : 5 th inst ., by Bro . G . Macdonald , W . M . 1138 , assisted by fifteen members of the Star Lodge of Instruction . Lodge will open at 7 p . m . precisely .
The consecration of the Ancient Briton Lodge , No . 1 C 75 , will take place on Monday , the 16 th inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , where the ordinary meetings will be held . Bro . Dr . J . K . Smith , P . P . G . Reg ., will be the first W . M . ; Bro . Robert Wylie , P . P . G . S . D ., the first S . W . ; and Bro . J . R . Bottomley , the first I . W .
Mr . Edwin Ward , of Wigmore-st , naturalist to the Prince of Wales , has just completed the mounting of the head of a short-homed cow belonging to the Earl of Bective , R . W . Prov . G . M . Cumberland and Westmorland . This short-horned cow , called " X . Duchess of Geneva , " was bought in the American market for the extraordinary price of six thousand guineas . Her head , which is a very
"Re one , may now be seen at 413 , Wigmore-st ., W . BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM . — This is the jubilee year of this institution , and thc jubilee dinner will & ke place at Willis ' s Rooms on Fiiday , April 27 th , under 'he presidency of the Earl of Dartmouth . The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress will be present , and ladies will dine
"ith the gentlemen on this occasion . The monument erected in Kealakekua or Karakakoa Bay , in the island of Owhyhee , to the memory " ' Captain Cook , has been newly enclosed and fenced *> th twelve old 32-pounder guns , which were in store at tsquimalt .
, ' THOMAS DE QUINCEY : His Life and Writes , with Unpublished Correspondence , by H . A . Page . " " -this is the title of a work in two volumes now in the Press ; it will contain about a hundred of Mr . De Quincey ' s * l'ws , and letters to him from Professor Wilson , Mr . nomas Carlyle , and others , placed at Mr . Page ' s disposal y Mr . De Quincey ' s family Thc work will be issued
. tartl y by John Hogg & Co ., Paternoster-row . Mr . James "Sgr sen ., who was intimately associated with Mr . De fc uinccy during the last ten years of his life , will contri-11 ,, pme reminiscences , and the appendix will contain the "ledical Asoect of Mr . De Qrrrncev ' s Case . " thrnwrncr
r « h li ght on the opium eating , by Dr . Eatwell , formerly mncipal of the Medical College , Bengal . th r 22 3 * anniversary festival of the Sons of Q ! „ er £ y will be celebrated under the dome of St . Paul ' s wi , * ' Wednesday , May 16 th . The annual dinner j , ,. place on the same day > n Merchant Taylors' Hall , 'he Ri ght Hon . the Lord Mayor presiding .
Masonic And General Tidings.
An evening' concert in aid of the Benevolent Fund of the Upper Norwood Lodge , No . 1586 , will be given in the Opera Theatre , Crystal Palace , on Monday , the 23 rd inst ., at S o ' clock . Many eminent vocalists have promised their services . The programme will be divided into two parts—1 , classical ; 2 , popular ; and in
addition to favourite vocal solos , duets , part songs , & c , will comprise concerted pieces ( for wind instruments , with and without piano ) rarely heard in England . A new Stock Exchange for Glasgow , erected at a cost of £ 52 , 000 , was opened on Tuesday . ROYAL GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND . —The
annual meeting of the members of this fund was held in the Lyceum Theatre on Wednesday , Mr John Hollingshead in the chair . Mr . Edgar read the financial statement , which showed that the receipts of the year ended 31 st March amounted to £ 2412 os . 8 d ., and the expenditure to £ 2238 4 s . id ., leaving a balance to be carried to capital of 3 C 173 l 6 s - 7 -
SOUTHERN STAR LODGE OF INSTRUCTION ( No . 1158 ) . —The ceremony of Installation will be worked in this lodge on Tuesday , April 26 th , by Bro . Govan Macdonald , W . M . 1158 . Lodge will be opened at 8 p . m . precisely .
The anniversary festival of the Wellington Lodge of Instruction , No . 548 , will take place at the White Swan Hotel , High-street , Deptford , on Monday , the 23 rd April . The lodge will be opened at 7 p . m . ; banquet at 7 . 30 . Bro . Jv F . Chittenden , M . D ., I . P . M . 548 , will preside .
Bro . Sir Albert Woods , Garter King-of . Arms , went to Windsor on Wednesday , and removed the banner , arms , and regalia of the late Sultan of Turkey from the choir of St . George's Chapel . The Queen has sent a donation of £ 50 to the Princess Mary Village Homes . OUR MEAT SUPPLY . —A correspondent living
at Ottawa , who is a large meat and poultry salesman , writes to claim credit for Canada , and not the United States , being the first country which sent a supply of fresh meat and poultry to England . He says that the Canadians will endeavour to compete with the Americans in keeping the markets in this country well provided with cheap and good food .
The Craft in Scotland , we are glad to learn , are once more to have a Masonic newspaper organ , Bro . Kenning having commenced the fortnigntlv publication of the Scottish Frceirason , in Glasgow . We wish it the success that has deservedly greeted all of Bto . Kenning ' s literary labours in behalf of the Craft . —Keystone . MORE CLANDESTINES . —Some years ago a
number of persons , probably French political refugees , being in London , established a lodge , calling it " Les Philadelphts . " For this they had 110 warrant whatever , even from the facile Grand Orient . Recently they have resolved themselves into a so-called Grand Lodge , and now
they will doubtless seek to enlist sympathisers , and grant warrants wherever they can find dupes . In this we see history repeating itself , for their course is but another phase of that pursued by Hamburg , France , and others , with a longing eye to catch thc Yankees . —New York Courier .
It is expected that Bro . T . Brassey , M . P ., will arrive home from his trip round the world in the course of next month . At the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire , held at Leamington on Tuesday , the 3 rd inst ., Lord Leigh , P . G . M ., in the chair . Bro . Ifaac Silv ' erstone , W . M . of the Lodge of Israel , Birmingham , presented the
petition on behalf of the exclusion of Hebrews from certain German lodges . Lord Leigh , P . G . M ., promised every support in Grand Lodge . The Taller states the true story of the birth and parentage of the Marchioness de Caux is that she was born neither in Spain , nor in the United States , nor in Whitechapel . Her real name was neither Patey nor
Isaacs . Her real name was Patti—Adelina Patti . Her father and mother were Spaniards ; she was born in Turin , and was taken to America in her infancy . Spain , therefore , claims the honour of her ancestry , Italy of her birth , and the United States of her earliest education . I know that this account is not piquant enough for gossip , but it has the merit of being true .
The Good Service Pension of £ 150 a year for Marine officers , vacant by the death of Colonel Di gby , has been conferred on Colonel Boyle . The Emperor William of Germany has appointed Professor Droysen , of Berlin , to be " Historigrahcr of Bradenburg History . " We regret to record thc death of Mr . W .
Baeehot , the editor of the Economist , which took place on Saturday week . Mr . Bagehot was in the 52 nd year of his age . We are informed that the committee of the London Masonic Club have issued invitations to a banquet on Thursday next , "to meet Bros , the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs . "
News from Tangier says the French Minister-Plenipotentiary proceeding to the Court of Morocco was camped in the interior , unable to proceed owing to the swollen state of the river . Mr . Frank Topham , one of the oldest members
of the Watercolour Society , died suddenly at Cordova on the 31 st ult . He kit England for Spain with a party of friends less than a fortnight ago . Mr . Topham was about seventy years of age , but was so hale and active that his departure on a long and fatiguing journey was not regarded by his friends as anything extraordinary .
Masonic And General Tidings.
A Quarterl y General Court of the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will be held at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , London , on Saturday next , the 14 th day of April , 1877 , at Twelve o ' clock precisely , on the general business of the institution , to consider notices of motion , and to elect thirteen girls into the
school by ballot from a list of fifty-four candidates . The election will commence at one o ' clock ( or after the usual business is over ) , and close at three o ' clock precisely . Spring has set in at St . Petersburg . A change in the weather suddenly occurred last Friday week , when . a thaw began . It has been the longest-and severest winter known in Russia for years .
Captain Burton has left Suez on a special mission from the Khedive . The object is unknown , but the destination is believed to be Moriah , a seaport on the Arabian coast of the Red Sea , near the entrance of the Gulf of Akabah . Captain Burton left in an Egyptian war vessel . The Duke of Connaught Lodge of Mark
Master Masons will be consecrated on Friday , the 27 th inst ., at the Havelock Hotel , Albion-road , Dalston . Bro ! Frederick Binckes , V . W . Grand Secretary Mark Degree , will woik the ceremonies of consecration , and will also instal Bro . J . B . Shackleton as W . M . Tbe consecration of the Phoenix Royal Arch Chapter , No . 173 , takes place this ( Saturday ) afternoon ,
at Freemasons' Hall , at 4 o ' clock . The Principals designate are Comps . John Daniel Massey , M . E . Z . ; George Wilson , H . ; and George Robert Green , J . The ceremonies will be performed by Comp . James Terry , Comp . Theodore Distin presiding at the harmonium . A full report of the proceedings will be given in our next . The Whitehall Review understands that the
Queen and the Prince of Wales have recently had submitted to them by Bro . Wills , the florist , and Mr . Bedborough , the architect , the drawings of a very novel structure which it is proposed to erect as a covering to the Prince Consort Memorial in Kensington-gardens . The proposal is to construct a large building of iron , copper , and glass , octagonal in form , 200 feet in diameter , with
projections on four alternate faces of the octagon , 80 feet by 27 feet . Thc figure of the Prince Consort would stand under a domed roof 340 feet high . East and west of the central structure , and connected with it by corridors , it is proposed to construct gardens containing trees and plants representing the vegetable kingdom of the world . The main entrance would be from Kensington-gore . Could the
proposal be cairicd out in its integrity , London would boast a resort absolutely free to all comers such as no other capital in Europe possesses . Whether or no the Queen expressed any opinion of the design v » e , however , cannot say , but the Prince of Wales" % said to be much pleased with the plans , and to have accepted a photograph
of the design . The German excavators at Olympia report fresh valuable acquisitions . They have discovered a colossal torso of a statue of Jupiter and several heads from the gable-piece of Pajonios ; also some bases of statues bearing inscriptions .
Admiral Corbett has been appointed Commander-in-Chief on the East India station , in the place of Admiral Macdonald , promoted . The eighty-ninth anniversary festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will take place at the Freemasons' Tavern , on May oth , 18 77 , on which
occasion the Right Hon . the Lord Suffield , K . C . B ., R . W . Prov . Grand Master for Norfolk , has kindly consented to preside . Active preparations are going on for the immediate commencement of the long-projected work of draining the Zuyder Zee . AN ACTOR IN HANDCUFFS . —The Bath and
Cheltenham Gazette reports that an amusing circumstance occurred in connection with the termination of the first piece at the theatre on Monday night . Mr . Cumberland , the popular stage manager , enacted the character of Captain Levison , the " villain " of the piece , and , as every one knows who has seen " East Lynne , " is handcuffed , preparatory to going to gaol for murder . AU went off
successfully till after the " curtain , " when the actor applied to the proper person to take the " darbies " off , but the key being worn out would not unlock them . Search was next made in the theatre auditorium for some " active and intelligent officer" who would have in his possession a key to unlock the manacles . No time was to be lost , as Air . Cumberland had soon to appear in the second piece ; but unfortunately no " blue bottle " could be
discovered . What was to be done ? The actor could not certainly " go on " as Jacob Eaiwig in handcuffs , and , furthermore , could not take off his coat to dress for the part . As a last resource the erstwhile Captain Levison , growing desperate , rushed from the building , and at last , near a house of entertainment , espied a helmeted guardian of the peace , who , on being assured that it was " all right , " released the ( stage ) murderer .
During the month of March 150 ships passed through the Suez Canal . The receipts of the Company amounted to 3 , or ) Q . ooof .
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Holloway ' s Pills wonderfully improve a weak drgestion by augmenting the gastric secretion and moderately rousing the functions of the liver , hence their well-known power of removing tainted breathy and rcmedyinir every other dyspeptic unpleasantness . They entirely overcome the lethargic symptoms attending bad digestion , and have for years been esteemed the best and safest family aperient . They are particularly suitable for young females and children , — ADVT .
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
The Grand Festival of the United Grand r . odg e ° f Free anc ' -Accepted Blasons of England will be held at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-st ., on Wednesday , the 25 th inst . For full particulars see advertisement on front page . T HE FORTHCOMING FESTIVAL FOR THE GiRts' I NSTITUTION . —Bvo . J . R . Goepel , P . P . G . D . C . West
Lancashire , has kindly undertaken the duties of Steward in connection with the Soth anniversary festival for the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ; and from the wellknown popularity of our brother in Liverpool and throughout the province , there is every prospect that he will receive a goodly sum with which to appear at the festival , gro . Goepel has already served the office of Steward to
one of our three noble institutions . L IVERPOOL MASONIC HALL . — From the recently published statement of accounts in connection with the old and new Masonic Hall , Liverpool , of which Bro . J . R . Goepel , P . P . G . D . C , is the Honorary Treasurer , it appears that thc rents received from lodges during
187 6 amounted to £ 373 13 s . 4 d . ; from chapters , £ 101 ; from miscellaneous Masonic meetings , £ 43 ; and lodges of instruction , £ 34—the total income amounting to £ 7 6 9 . After all payments there was a balance to the credit of the Treasurer of £$ 4 s . 2 d . Bro . Emra Holmes delivered a lecture on
"The Art of Public Speaking , " on tbe 21 st ult ., in the Lecture Hall of the Mechanics' Institute at Ipswich , in connection with the Working Men ' s College . The lecture was an entertaining one , and there was a good attendance . Bro . Holmes has since lectured on " Tom Hood , " at Saxmundham , to thc members of the Mutual Improvement Society of that town . PRESENTATION TO MR . J GRAHAM
IBVIN . — The managers and staff of thc London and Westminster Supply Association , 10 , 11 , & 12 , New Bridge street , E . G ., presented a very valuable gold chronometer watch on the 28 th ult ., to Mr . John Graham Irvin , the esteemed general manager of the company . The presentation was made in the name of the employes by brethren of Lodges Nos . 11 and 228 ; and also by a New Zealand brother , all of whom hold prominent positions in this very flourishing
company . The Provincial Grand Chapter of "West Lancashire held its annual meeting at the Maso-ic Hall last Wednesday afternoon , the 4 th inst . A report of the proceedings will appear in our next . THE ROY ^ L EOPOLD L ODGE ( No . 166 9 ) . — Thc consecration of this lodge will take plice this (
Saturday ) afternoon , at half-past three o ' clock punctually , at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell New-road . The ceremony of consecration will be performed by the V . W . Bro . John Hervey , P . G . D ., Grand Secretary , and that of installation by V . W . Bro . R . C Else , D . P . G . M . Somerset . The officers designate are Bros . Newington Bridges , P . M . 772 , 1216 , W . M . ; William H . Thomas , S . W . ; and Thos .
Edmondson , J . W . The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Pythagorean Lodge of Instruction , No . 70 , at the Prince of Orange Tavern , Greenwich-road , S . E ., on Wednesday , the : 5 th inst ., by Bro . G . Macdonald , W . M . 1138 , assisted by fifteen members of the Star Lodge of Instruction . Lodge will open at 7 p . m . precisely .
The consecration of the Ancient Briton Lodge , No . 1 C 75 , will take place on Monday , the 16 th inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , where the ordinary meetings will be held . Bro . Dr . J . K . Smith , P . P . G . Reg ., will be the first W . M . ; Bro . Robert Wylie , P . P . G . S . D ., the first S . W . ; and Bro . J . R . Bottomley , the first I . W .
Mr . Edwin Ward , of Wigmore-st , naturalist to the Prince of Wales , has just completed the mounting of the head of a short-homed cow belonging to the Earl of Bective , R . W . Prov . G . M . Cumberland and Westmorland . This short-horned cow , called " X . Duchess of Geneva , " was bought in the American market for the extraordinary price of six thousand guineas . Her head , which is a very
"Re one , may now be seen at 413 , Wigmore-st ., W . BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM . — This is the jubilee year of this institution , and thc jubilee dinner will & ke place at Willis ' s Rooms on Fiiday , April 27 th , under 'he presidency of the Earl of Dartmouth . The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress will be present , and ladies will dine
"ith the gentlemen on this occasion . The monument erected in Kealakekua or Karakakoa Bay , in the island of Owhyhee , to the memory " ' Captain Cook , has been newly enclosed and fenced *> th twelve old 32-pounder guns , which were in store at tsquimalt .
, ' THOMAS DE QUINCEY : His Life and Writes , with Unpublished Correspondence , by H . A . Page . " " -this is the title of a work in two volumes now in the Press ; it will contain about a hundred of Mr . De Quincey ' s * l'ws , and letters to him from Professor Wilson , Mr . nomas Carlyle , and others , placed at Mr . Page ' s disposal y Mr . De Quincey ' s family Thc work will be issued
. tartl y by John Hogg & Co ., Paternoster-row . Mr . James "Sgr sen ., who was intimately associated with Mr . De fc uinccy during the last ten years of his life , will contri-11 ,, pme reminiscences , and the appendix will contain the "ledical Asoect of Mr . De Qrrrncev ' s Case . " thrnwrncr
r « h li ght on the opium eating , by Dr . Eatwell , formerly mncipal of the Medical College , Bengal . th r 22 3 * anniversary festival of the Sons of Q ! „ er £ y will be celebrated under the dome of St . Paul ' s wi , * ' Wednesday , May 16 th . The annual dinner j , ,. place on the same day > n Merchant Taylors' Hall , 'he Ri ght Hon . the Lord Mayor presiding .
Masonic And General Tidings.
An evening' concert in aid of the Benevolent Fund of the Upper Norwood Lodge , No . 1586 , will be given in the Opera Theatre , Crystal Palace , on Monday , the 23 rd inst ., at S o ' clock . Many eminent vocalists have promised their services . The programme will be divided into two parts—1 , classical ; 2 , popular ; and in
addition to favourite vocal solos , duets , part songs , & c , will comprise concerted pieces ( for wind instruments , with and without piano ) rarely heard in England . A new Stock Exchange for Glasgow , erected at a cost of £ 52 , 000 , was opened on Tuesday . ROYAL GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND . —The
annual meeting of the members of this fund was held in the Lyceum Theatre on Wednesday , Mr John Hollingshead in the chair . Mr . Edgar read the financial statement , which showed that the receipts of the year ended 31 st March amounted to £ 2412 os . 8 d ., and the expenditure to £ 2238 4 s . id ., leaving a balance to be carried to capital of 3 C 173 l 6 s - 7 -
SOUTHERN STAR LODGE OF INSTRUCTION ( No . 1158 ) . —The ceremony of Installation will be worked in this lodge on Tuesday , April 26 th , by Bro . Govan Macdonald , W . M . 1158 . Lodge will be opened at 8 p . m . precisely .
The anniversary festival of the Wellington Lodge of Instruction , No . 548 , will take place at the White Swan Hotel , High-street , Deptford , on Monday , the 23 rd April . The lodge will be opened at 7 p . m . ; banquet at 7 . 30 . Bro . Jv F . Chittenden , M . D ., I . P . M . 548 , will preside .
Bro . Sir Albert Woods , Garter King-of . Arms , went to Windsor on Wednesday , and removed the banner , arms , and regalia of the late Sultan of Turkey from the choir of St . George's Chapel . The Queen has sent a donation of £ 50 to the Princess Mary Village Homes . OUR MEAT SUPPLY . —A correspondent living
at Ottawa , who is a large meat and poultry salesman , writes to claim credit for Canada , and not the United States , being the first country which sent a supply of fresh meat and poultry to England . He says that the Canadians will endeavour to compete with the Americans in keeping the markets in this country well provided with cheap and good food .
The Craft in Scotland , we are glad to learn , are once more to have a Masonic newspaper organ , Bro . Kenning having commenced the fortnigntlv publication of the Scottish Frceirason , in Glasgow . We wish it the success that has deservedly greeted all of Bto . Kenning ' s literary labours in behalf of the Craft . —Keystone . MORE CLANDESTINES . —Some years ago a
number of persons , probably French political refugees , being in London , established a lodge , calling it " Les Philadelphts . " For this they had 110 warrant whatever , even from the facile Grand Orient . Recently they have resolved themselves into a so-called Grand Lodge , and now
they will doubtless seek to enlist sympathisers , and grant warrants wherever they can find dupes . In this we see history repeating itself , for their course is but another phase of that pursued by Hamburg , France , and others , with a longing eye to catch thc Yankees . —New York Courier .
It is expected that Bro . T . Brassey , M . P ., will arrive home from his trip round the world in the course of next month . At the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire , held at Leamington on Tuesday , the 3 rd inst ., Lord Leigh , P . G . M ., in the chair . Bro . Ifaac Silv ' erstone , W . M . of the Lodge of Israel , Birmingham , presented the
petition on behalf of the exclusion of Hebrews from certain German lodges . Lord Leigh , P . G . M ., promised every support in Grand Lodge . The Taller states the true story of the birth and parentage of the Marchioness de Caux is that she was born neither in Spain , nor in the United States , nor in Whitechapel . Her real name was neither Patey nor
Isaacs . Her real name was Patti—Adelina Patti . Her father and mother were Spaniards ; she was born in Turin , and was taken to America in her infancy . Spain , therefore , claims the honour of her ancestry , Italy of her birth , and the United States of her earliest education . I know that this account is not piquant enough for gossip , but it has the merit of being true .
The Good Service Pension of £ 150 a year for Marine officers , vacant by the death of Colonel Di gby , has been conferred on Colonel Boyle . The Emperor William of Germany has appointed Professor Droysen , of Berlin , to be " Historigrahcr of Bradenburg History . " We regret to record thc death of Mr . W .
Baeehot , the editor of the Economist , which took place on Saturday week . Mr . Bagehot was in the 52 nd year of his age . We are informed that the committee of the London Masonic Club have issued invitations to a banquet on Thursday next , "to meet Bros , the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs . "
News from Tangier says the French Minister-Plenipotentiary proceeding to the Court of Morocco was camped in the interior , unable to proceed owing to the swollen state of the river . Mr . Frank Topham , one of the oldest members
of the Watercolour Society , died suddenly at Cordova on the 31 st ult . He kit England for Spain with a party of friends less than a fortnight ago . Mr . Topham was about seventy years of age , but was so hale and active that his departure on a long and fatiguing journey was not regarded by his friends as anything extraordinary .
Masonic And General Tidings.
A Quarterl y General Court of the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will be held at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , London , on Saturday next , the 14 th day of April , 1877 , at Twelve o ' clock precisely , on the general business of the institution , to consider notices of motion , and to elect thirteen girls into the
school by ballot from a list of fifty-four candidates . The election will commence at one o ' clock ( or after the usual business is over ) , and close at three o ' clock precisely . Spring has set in at St . Petersburg . A change in the weather suddenly occurred last Friday week , when . a thaw began . It has been the longest-and severest winter known in Russia for years .
Captain Burton has left Suez on a special mission from the Khedive . The object is unknown , but the destination is believed to be Moriah , a seaport on the Arabian coast of the Red Sea , near the entrance of the Gulf of Akabah . Captain Burton left in an Egyptian war vessel . The Duke of Connaught Lodge of Mark
Master Masons will be consecrated on Friday , the 27 th inst ., at the Havelock Hotel , Albion-road , Dalston . Bro ! Frederick Binckes , V . W . Grand Secretary Mark Degree , will woik the ceremonies of consecration , and will also instal Bro . J . B . Shackleton as W . M . Tbe consecration of the Phoenix Royal Arch Chapter , No . 173 , takes place this ( Saturday ) afternoon ,
at Freemasons' Hall , at 4 o ' clock . The Principals designate are Comps . John Daniel Massey , M . E . Z . ; George Wilson , H . ; and George Robert Green , J . The ceremonies will be performed by Comp . James Terry , Comp . Theodore Distin presiding at the harmonium . A full report of the proceedings will be given in our next . The Whitehall Review understands that the
Queen and the Prince of Wales have recently had submitted to them by Bro . Wills , the florist , and Mr . Bedborough , the architect , the drawings of a very novel structure which it is proposed to erect as a covering to the Prince Consort Memorial in Kensington-gardens . The proposal is to construct a large building of iron , copper , and glass , octagonal in form , 200 feet in diameter , with
projections on four alternate faces of the octagon , 80 feet by 27 feet . Thc figure of the Prince Consort would stand under a domed roof 340 feet high . East and west of the central structure , and connected with it by corridors , it is proposed to construct gardens containing trees and plants representing the vegetable kingdom of the world . The main entrance would be from Kensington-gore . Could the
proposal be cairicd out in its integrity , London would boast a resort absolutely free to all comers such as no other capital in Europe possesses . Whether or no the Queen expressed any opinion of the design v » e , however , cannot say , but the Prince of Wales" % said to be much pleased with the plans , and to have accepted a photograph
of the design . The German excavators at Olympia report fresh valuable acquisitions . They have discovered a colossal torso of a statue of Jupiter and several heads from the gable-piece of Pajonios ; also some bases of statues bearing inscriptions .
Admiral Corbett has been appointed Commander-in-Chief on the East India station , in the place of Admiral Macdonald , promoted . The eighty-ninth anniversary festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will take place at the Freemasons' Tavern , on May oth , 18 77 , on which
occasion the Right Hon . the Lord Suffield , K . C . B ., R . W . Prov . Grand Master for Norfolk , has kindly consented to preside . Active preparations are going on for the immediate commencement of the long-projected work of draining the Zuyder Zee . AN ACTOR IN HANDCUFFS . —The Bath and
Cheltenham Gazette reports that an amusing circumstance occurred in connection with the termination of the first piece at the theatre on Monday night . Mr . Cumberland , the popular stage manager , enacted the character of Captain Levison , the " villain " of the piece , and , as every one knows who has seen " East Lynne , " is handcuffed , preparatory to going to gaol for murder . AU went off
successfully till after the " curtain , " when the actor applied to the proper person to take the " darbies " off , but the key being worn out would not unlock them . Search was next made in the theatre auditorium for some " active and intelligent officer" who would have in his possession a key to unlock the manacles . No time was to be lost , as Air . Cumberland had soon to appear in the second piece ; but unfortunately no " blue bottle " could be
discovered . What was to be done ? The actor could not certainly " go on " as Jacob Eaiwig in handcuffs , and , furthermore , could not take off his coat to dress for the part . As a last resource the erstwhile Captain Levison , growing desperate , rushed from the building , and at last , near a house of entertainment , espied a helmeted guardian of the peace , who , on being assured that it was " all right , " released the ( stage ) murderer .
During the month of March 150 ships passed through the Suez Canal . The receipts of the Company amounted to 3 , or ) Q . ooof .
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