Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

THE COMMITTEE of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will hold their regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , the nth inst ., at 4 p . m . BRO . THF . DUKE OF ABERCORN has left Hampden House for Ireland . BRO . THE MARQUIS and Marchioness of Hertford have returned to town from Ceylon . THE DUKE and Duchess of Connaught left Windsor Castle on Monday upon the conclusion of their visit to the Queen .

THF , DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND has left Stafford House , to join the Duke of Sutherland in Italy till the end of the month . THE DUCHKSS OF ROXBURGHE and Ihe Ladies Innes-Ker have arrived at 9 , Portman-fquare for the season , from Floors Castle , Kelso . BRO . SHERIFF DHVVAR has presented a challenge trophy in the form of a missive silver bowl , to the National Artillery Association For competition at Shoeburyness , in the month of August next .

H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES and the Duke of York have each contributed 10 guineas to the Bro . Sir Frank Lockwood Memorial Fund , of which Mr . Charles Mathews is the Hon . Treasurer . PRINCE AND PRINCESS CHRISTIAN returned to Cumberland Lodge , Windsor Park , on Saturday afternoon last . Their Royal Highnesses were accompanied from town by Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein .

THE BELLS of St . George ' s Chape ! and Windsor Parish Church were rung on Sunday last in celebration of the Duke of Connaught ' s 4 Sc . l 1 birthday . The firing of the customary salute was deferred till Monday . THE DUCHESS OF ALBANY will at ' end a fute , to be held in the grounds of Camden House , Chislehursr , on Wednesday afternoon , June 29 th , in aid of the charitable work of the Depttord Fund , of which her Royal Highness is President .

THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE arrived at Eaton Hall on Monday evening on a visit to the Duke of Westminster for Chester races . His Royal Highness was met at Chester stationery the Duke of Westminster and Major-General Swaine . THE QUFEN and Court arrived at Windsor from the Continent shortly after 7 o ' clock on Sunday evening last . Her Majesty and Princess Henry of Battenberg have derived much benefit in health from their sojourn in the South of France .

THE STROLLING PLAYERS , whose president is his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge , K . G ., have arranged to give a perform ince of " The Cabinet Minister " in aid of the Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease , on Friday next , the 13 th inst ., in St . George ' s Hall , Langham-place , at S p . m . THE NEW PALACE steamers commence their regular sailings on Saturday , the sSth instant . The Royal Sovereign will run daily to Margate and Ramsga e and back , calling at Southend on Tuesdays and Fridays ; and the Koh . i-noor daily to Southend and Margate and back , Tuesdays and Fridays excepted .

PRINCESS VICTORIA OF WALES concluded a month ' s stay at Cromer on Monday , and returned to Sandringham . Sir Richard and Lady Musgrave . . Lady-in-Waiting , left tor town in the afternoon , and the party looked extremely well after their sojourn , ltis stated that Felbrigee Hall is to be purchased for a Royal residence .

H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES was present on Sunday morning last at a special meeting of a Standing Committee of the Trustees of the British Museum . His Riyal Highness , attended by Maj .-Gen . Sir Arthur Ellis , dined in the evening with Sir Kdward Poynter , the President , and the Council of the Royal Academy of Arts , at Burlington House .

A VERY successful Bohemian concert was held at Fret-masons' Hall on the aSth ult ., under the auspices of the St . James ' s Union Lodge , for the benefit of the R . M . B . I . Several ladies and brethren gave their services , which were highly appreciated by a large and enthusiastic audience , and the energetic Bro . John Porter , who carried out the concert , is to be congratulated on the success of the entertainment .

BRO . SIR HENRY IRVING will take the chair at the annual dinner of the members of Ihe Newspaper Press Fund , on Saturday , the 21 st inst . The United Stites and Italian Ministers , the Lord Mayor of London ( Bro . Alderman Davies ) , Bro . Karl I ' . gerton of Tation , Ihe Bishop of Ripon , the Lord Chief Justice , Bro . Sir Kdward Lawson , Sir John Willcox , and Bro . Yerburgh , M . P ., are amongst the stewards .

THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND spent his SSth birthday on the 1 st instant , at Alnwick Castle . His Grace is one of the few persons still living who sat in the Unreformed Parliament , having been elected for the ancient borough of BeeraUton , Devonshire ( previously represented by his father ) , in June , 1 S . 11 . Bro . the Earl of Minefield , now in his 92 nd year , was returned at the General Election of 1 S 32 as member for Aldborough , Yorkshire .

AMONG IHE principal guests at the Royal Academy banquet at Burlington House , on Saturday last , in addition to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , the Dukes of York and Cambridge , and Prince Christian , there were Bros . Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Sir Squire Banuuft , Sir M . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., Sir Redvers Buller , the Earl of Hilsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) , the Duke of Devonshire , the Lord Mayor ( Alderman Col . Divies , M . P . ) , Lord Wolseley , and Sir M . White Ridley , Bart .

H . R . H . THE PRINCE OK WALES , attended by Major-Gcneral Sir A . Kllis , visited the Scuth Kensington Museum on Monday morning , to inspect the site and the plans for the completion of the buildings . His Royal Highness was received by Bro . the Duke of Devonshire ( Lord President of the Courcil ) , Major-General Sir John Donnelly ( Secretary of Ihe Science and Art Department ) , Majcr-Gereral Festing ( Director of the Science Museum ) , and Mr . C . Purdon Clarke ( Director of the Art Museum ) . Bro . Captain Holford has succeeded Major-General Sir A . Ellis as Equerry-in-Waiting to the Prince of Wales .

AT A MEETING of the Biitish and Foreign Sailor ' s Society , held on Monday afternoon at Ihe Mansion House , the Lord Mayor , Bro . Alderman Davies , in thi chatr , Bro . Archdeacon Sinclair , on behalf of the Institution , handed the Lady Mayoress a beautifully-bound volume , containing a record of their beneficent work , with an inscription in the handwriting of the Patroness , Princess Louise , Djchessof Fife . Darmg the past year the total receipts were £ 28 , 000 , while the expenditure amounted to £ 26 y ; j . r . The Lord Mayor spoke highly of the work , and appealed to the public for furtier funds , SJ that new homes might be opened and fresh pjr s visiteJ .

THE MAROUIS OF SALISHURY , accompanied by his daughter-in-law , Viscountess Cranborne , and her children , left Nice on Saturday afternoon last . I lis lordship travelled direct to Calais , and cros-ed to Dover on Sunday by the afternoon boat . He at once proceeded by train to London , where he arrived in the evening . Upon the platform to welcome him were the Karl and Countess of Selborne . with their t * o sons , Viscount Wolmer and the Hon . R . Palmer , and Bro . the Hon . Schamberg K . McDonnell , the Prime Minister ' s private secretary . After greeting his relatives and private secretary , the Premier entered his brougham with Viscountess Cranborne , and drove to Arlington-street .

A COMPLIMENTARY DINNER . —At the Inns of Court Hotel , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , on Saturday last , there was given by the Infirmary Medical Superintendents'Society a dinner in honour of Bro . Dr . D . M . Forbes , who has retired from the service , and is leaving Shoreditch Infirmary after more than 30 years' tenure of office . Bro . Bemey , theChaiiinan , proposed "The Health of the Guest" in suitable terms , and he and Bro . Hopkins , Bro . Lunn , Mr . Gordon , and Dr . Toogood paid a high tribute to the good

work achieved by Bro . Dr . Forbes in the interests of the sick poor , and pointed out that not only was he the pioneer in the establishment cf the separate infirmaries under medical control , but also , as Mr . Hopkins explained , one of the first to draw attention to the fearful mortality amongst London lead-workers , and to recommend preventive measures , Ihe advocacy of which very materially led to the passing of the Lead Workers ' Act , which has been the means of saving many hundreds of lives . Bro . Dr . Forbes returned thanks in an appropriate speech .

Masonic And General Tidings.

BRO . THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF ONSLOW have relumed from the Continent and are at Clandon Park , Guildford . J ULIA MARCHIONESS OF TWEEDDALE has let her house , 24 , Cadogan Gardens , to Colonel the Hon . W . and Mrs . Carrington , and has gone to Arlington Manor , near Newbury , fcr the rest of the season . THE 1 I 5 TH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of the Goldsmiths' Benevolent Institution will take place at the Grand Hotel , Notthumterland-avenue , on Friday the 13 th inst ., under the presidency of Henry HanUey Dobree , Esq ., Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths' Company .

H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., Vice-Patron of University College Hospital , will , on Tuesday , the 21 st prox ., lay the foundation-stone of the ne-v building now in course of construction through the generosity of Bro . Sir J . Blundell Maple , Bart ., M . P .

ON SUNDAY NENT , at 11 . 30 a . m ., a Te Deum will be sung in the Greek Church , Moscow-road , Bayswater , on the occasion of the anniversary of the name-day ot his Majesty the King of the Hellenes—S :. George ' s Day , according to the Eastern calendar . BRO . THE KARL OF DUNRAVEN left town on Tuesday to join his yacht Cariad , in which he will proceed to Lisbon , in order to be present at the celebrations in honour of the navigator Vasco da Gama , at which he has been deputed to act as representative of the Royal Geographical Society .

H . R . H . THE PRINCESS OF WALES , accompanied by Princess Victoria and Princess Charles of Denmark , arrived at Marlborough House , on Tuesday , from Sandringham . Miss Knollys and General Sir Dighton Probyn were in attendance . The Duke and Duchess of York visited T . R . H . the Prince and Princess cf Wales in the course of the day .

KILLED IIY A GARDEN ROLLER . —While about a dozen boys were engaged rolling a cricket pitch at the Royal Masonic Institution for Roys , Lordship-lane , Wood-Green , en Monday , one of their number , named Clement Cracknell , aged 13 , slipped and fell under the roller . The roller , which weighed upwards of a ton , passed over his body , killing him instantaneously .

THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT yesterday presided at the annual council meeting of the Aldershot Military Society , at the Prince Consort's Lihrary . The honorary treasurer and secretary , Lieut .-Col . E . A . H . Alderscn , D . A . A . G ., presented a report of the past year ' s work and a balance-sheet , which showed that the society was in a flourishing condition . Among the donors of books and magazines to the library during the pist year was her Majesty the Oueen .

A CABINET COUNCIL was held on Tuesday at the Foreign Office . Among Ministers present were Bros , the Right H in . Akers-D m ^ Ias , Lord Balfour of Burleigh , the Lord Chancellor ( Bro . Karl Halsbury ) , the Lord Chancellor of Ireland , ( Bro . Lord Ashbourne ) , the Chancellor of the Exchequer ( Bro . Sir M . Hicks-Beach ) , the Duke of Devonshire , Lord George Hamilton , the Right lion . W . H . Long , Sir M . White Ridley , and the Right Hon . C . T . Ritchie .

A CHARACTERISTICALLY kind action of the Oueen has just been recorded . Her Majesty has forwarded a beautifully-framed portrait of herself to Mr . Robert Taylor , Postmaster , Scarva , County Down , aged 114 years , bearing the following inscription : — "This piclure is ptesenled by Oueen Victoria to Mr . Robert Taylor , Postmaster of Scaiva , on his having attained anlilmost unprecedented age , April , 1 S 9 S . " Her Majesty has also honoured Mr . Taylor by asking him for his photograph in return .

THE OUEEN and Court leave Windsor Castle at nine on Monday morning for th ? Metropolis . Her Majesty and suite travel " iy special Great Western train , and on arriving at Paddington shortly after noon drive under an escort of the Household Cavalry to Buckingham Palace . The Queen holds a Drawing Room on Tuesday , and returns on the following day to Windsor Castle . Her Majesty , according to present arrangements , is expected to leave Windsor for Scotland on the 20 th inst .

THE 40 T 11 ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of the Orphan Working School , Maitland Park , N . VV . —with which the Alexandra Orphanage for Infants was amalgamated in 1 S 77—will be held in the Whitehall Rooms , Hotel Metropole , on Monday , the iGth inst ., when his Grace the Duke of Fife has very kindly consented to preside . There are two Schools , a senior and a junior—which together maintain and educate 500 children . The annual inccme is only about £ Ccoo , but the expenditure reaches fully j ( , 13 , 000 . It is a most deserving Institution and well merits the support of the brethren .

IN HIS APRIL is ; ue of " Night and Day , " Dr . Barnardo has the same story to tell that so many public charities have lately been telling , viz ., that receipts have been seriously diminished , and that there is urgent need of immediate help to maintain the efficiency of the institutions . '! Through the cages of the magazine there run tales of child destitution , neglect , and pitiable usage , which show that the homes have still an unexhausted mandate , and that a great task yet lies to their hands to be done . Their records , as set forth in " Personal Notes , " are full of interest in their narratives of how the rescued Waifs and Strays are suppoited .

WE HAVE much pleasure in announcing that the Brondesbury Lodge , No . 2 ( 193 , which was consecrated as recently as the 1 ith M trch , has sanctioned t ' ae formation of a lodge of instruction bearing its name , to meet at the Karl of Derby Hotel , High-road , Kilburn . A meeting will be held at the Earl of Derby on Monday , the end prox ., for the purpose of appointing a Preceptor , Treasurer , and Secretary , framing by-laws , and Bro . James Terry , P . G . S . B ., Secretary of the R . M . B . I ., has very kindly consented to inaugurate the lodge on Thursday , the ijth June , by rehearsing the ceremonies of con ) secration and installation .

CRYSTAL PALACE FIREWORKS . —Messrs . C . T . Brock and Co . have been gathering minute details of the war now in progress in order to construct the battle-piece which they intend making the leading feature of the firework displays in the coming firework season at the Crystal Palace , which will commence on Thursday , the 19 th instant . The modern appliances of war , which now form part of a naval engagement , will be introduced , even to the blowing up and sinking of an enormous battleship . Messrs . Brock have also in preparation novelties in living fireworks , mechanical moving devices , and aerial displays .

1 N CONNECTION with the Centenary of the Royal Masonic Institution fcr Boys , the W . M . of St . Martin's Lodge , No . 2455 , and Bro . the Rev . J . F . Kitto , M . A ., Chaplain to the lodge , and vicar of St . Martin ' s Church , Chaiing Cross , W . C , have arranged for a Masonic service to be held in the above church on Sunday , the 15 th inst ., at 3 . 30 p . m . The sermon will be preached by Bro . the Ven . Archdeacon of London , P . G . C . The

collection will be devoted to the Centenary Festival of the R . M . I . B . The floor of the church will be reserved for brethren and the gallery for their ladies and friends . Accommodation for brethren to clothe will be provided in the crypt of the church , which will be opened for brethren at 3 p . m . Tickets not required . It is hoped that a Urge number of brethren will attend to support our V . W . Bro . the Ven . Archdeaco 1 in his endeavours to assist this Institution .

THOMAS GRANT AND SONS , Ihe well-known wine merchants and distillers of Maidstone , whose Morella Cherry Brandy is so generally and deservedly appreciated , has established a further claim upon public favour by producing a new wine , to which they have assigned the name of " Oncmosto . " It is manufactured from grape ju'ce imported in the form of syrup ( mosto ) from abroad , French experts in the manufacture being

employed in the process . It possesses mary excellent qualities , not the least important of which are absolute purity and health-restoring properties . It has already become popular , not only owing to its intrinsic excellence , but also on account of the moderate price at which it is sold—24 s . per dozen bottles , or 2 Ss . per two dozen half bottles . " will be found a most delightful beverage for consumption at garden parties , water picnics , dancing parties , as well as for general use .

TUB MASONIC CHARITIES . —A banquet was held at the Royal Mortar Hole Woolwich , on the 27 th ult ., to celebrate the completion of a four-years' Charity scheme carried out under the auspices of the Nelson Lodge . Four years ago some members of the Nelson Lodge formed a club for the purpose of helping the Benevolent Institutions . Altogether there were more than 100 subscribers . The total amount 01

subscriptions received and allotted was ^ tofio 10 s ., and when every subscriber had been satisfied , and all expenses paid , there was a little balance of , ( , 15 15 s ., which was I ' ma ly spent in three more £ ^ 5 s . subscriberships , and conferred upon three lucky members by ballot . The Masonic Charities have thus been benefited by more than £ 1000 , and a great accumulation of voting power will be given to the Woolwich brethren at all elections of candidates for the three great Charities .