Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The Tredegar I ^ odge of Instruction , No . 1625 , meeting at the Royal Hotel , Mile End-road , has adjourned till Monday , the 3 rd September next . Lord Thurlow presided at the 74 th anniversary of the Artists' Benevolent Fund , held on Wednesday evening at the Freemasons' Tavern . Over £ 500 was announced in subscriptions in the course of the evening .

Bro . the Earl and the Countess of Jersey gave a dinner party on Wednesday evening at their house in Great Stanhope-street , among the guests being Bro . the Earl and the Countess of Kintore . Bro . General Brownrigg presided at the meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Surrey at Walton-on Thames , on the 2 Sth ult ., the Deputy Grand Master , the

Rev . C . W . Arnold , P . G . C , being also present . Bro . Lord Egerton of Tatton , Prov . G . M . M . M . Cheshire , was entertained at a grand banquet on Wednesday , at the Knutsford Town Hall , in recognition of his services as a parliamentary representative of Mid-Cheshire during a period of 25 years . The funeral of the late Mr . Spottiswoode

took place in Westminster Abbey on Thursday at noon . A guard of 100 men was furnished by the 2 nd London Volunteers , in which corps Mr . Spottiswoode was formerly a captain . A dinner was given at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James's , on Wednesday evening , in aid of the funds of the Princess Mary Village Homes . The Duke of

Cambridge presided , and among the principal guests were Bros . Lord Brooke , * M . P ., P . G . AJ . Esses ; Baron H . dc Worms , ALP . ; Sir T . Brassey , M . P . ; Sir A . M . Bass , M . P . ; Alderman Fowler , Al . P . ; and Gardner , M . P . In the first number of the new volume of the Pictorial World , published July 7 th , a story by D . Christie Murray is commenced . It is entitled " The way of the

World , and promises to be as interesting as " Hearts , " "Joseph's Coat , " "Coals of Fire , " " Life's Atonement , " and " Val Strange , " by the same author . The new story is illustrated by Mr , Hal Ludlow . A conversazione was held on Wednesday evening in connection with the International Fisheries Exhibition in the courts and galleries of the South Kensington Museum .

Bro . Sir P . Cunliffe and Lady Owen received the visitors in the early part of the evening , and later , as the arrivals increased , the Chairman of the Committee , Air . Birkbeck , Al . P ., and Bro . the Alarquis of Hamilton , P . G . S . Warden , took up their position in the first series of concerts . We have great pleasure in announcing that , in addition to the sum of £ 73 17 s . announced at the Boys '

School Festival as having been contributed on behalf of Oxfordshire by three of its lodges , namely , No . 340 , 357 , and 47 S , all of Oxford city , a further sum of £ 11 5 s . has been handed in , by the hands of Bro . R . T . Hodge , W . M . and Steward , from the Thames Lodge , No . 1 S 95 , Henley-on-Thames . This lodge was consecrated less than two years since , and it is , therefore , the more gratifying to find it even

at this early date taking part as a contributing lodge atone of these anniversary gatherings . We regret to announce the death of Bro . the Duke of Marlborough , who expired very suddenly on Thursday , of cardiac syncope , at his residence , 29 Berkeleysquare . His grace was born in iS 22 and will be best remembered in publiclife as having been Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland

in succession to the Duke of Abercorn , Grand Alaster of Ireland , during the closing years of the late Earl of Beaconsfield ' s administration . 'The Duke—then Marquis of Blandford—was initiated into Freemasonry in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , in 1843 , but had never taken an active part in the proceedings of the Craft . As will be seen by a notice elsewhere a specia ' Grand Lodge is to be held at York next Wednesday week ,

when the Princeof Wales will lay the foundation-stone of the new Institutefor Art , Science , and Literature . The brethren are to appear in black coats , trousers , and ties , and in full Masonic clothing . The Grand Lodge will be opened at a quarter-past ten in the morning . It is particularly requested that all Grand Officers who intend to be present will signify such intention to the Grand Secretary on or before 'Thursday next . The Grand Lodge will be opened at the Guildhall .

A very largely attended meeting ot the members of the Liverpool Masonic Hall Committee , under the presidency of Bro . J . Pemberton , chairman , was held on Friday , the 29 th ult ., at the building in Hope-street , Liverpool . The chief business was the election of House Steward , and Bro . James Casey , of the Walton Lodge , No . 10 SG , was elected to that position out of 25 candidates

who had sent in applications . It was unanimously resolved that a subscription portrait in oil of Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Deputy Grand Alaster of England , Provincial Grand Alaster of West Lancashire , should be obtained for the purpose of being hung up in the lodge room of the Masonic Hall , which has recently been decorated with great taste , making it one of the most artistic lodge rooms in the provinces . The proposition was received with

acclamation , and it seems certain that a sufficient sum will be raised amongst the brethren in Liverpool and throughout the province to secure a portrait which will at once do honour to one of the most popular amongst provincial grand masters , and a credit to the Craft in a division which is numerically the strongest under the control of the Grand Lodge . Bro . H . A . Tobias , the treasurer of the fund , received a considerable amount in subscriptions before 'he brethren separated .

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Masonic And General Tidings

T he rumour is again current that Bro . Henry Irving is about to be knighted . I 3 ro . Sir Erasmus Wilson has contributed ^ 500 to the Egyptian Exploration Fund , of which he is president .

The installation of Bro . Dr . Samuel Braithwaite as W . AI . of the Kenlis Lodge , No . 1267 , at Egremont , took place on the 2 Gth ult . For the second consecutive time , Bro . F . A . White was installed into the Master ' s chair of the Liberty of Havering Lodge , No . 1437 , on the 2 Sth ult . At the National Hospital for Diseases of the

Heart and Paralysis , Soho-square , the number of patients under treatment for the week ending June the 23 rd , was SS 4 . A Postage and Inland Revenue Stamp of the value of 2 S . 6 d ., available for postage , telegraph , and Inland Revenue purposes , is now being issued , and will shortly be obtainable from all postmasters , & c . Bro . Lord Wolseley was entertained at dinner

on Saturday evening in Dublin , and was presented with a service of plate and an address . The Lord-Lieutenant , Chief Justice Alorris , Air . Gibson , ALP ., and Air . Plunket , M . P ., were amongst the speakers . Prospects of the grouse season in Cumberland are reported to be exceptionally satisfactory . The numbers of young birds on Skiddaw and Caldbeck Fells are much above the average , and scarcely any disease has been noticed . Ground game is also plentiful in the county .

Ihe Rule Committee of Judges have completed the revision of the Rules of the Supreme Court , which will be signed in the course of a few days , and immediately afterwards laid on the table of each House of Parliament . They will not take effect before October 24 th . Mr . Bright has consented to deliver the annual address and present the prizes at the annual prize festival of the Royal Normal College and Academy of . Music for

the Blind on Wednesday , the iSth inst . 'The chair will be taken by the Duke of Westminster . The address which is being signed by Alembers of Parliament and others , and which will be handed to the Malagasy Envoys previous to their return home , is not addressed to themselves , but to the Queen of Aladagascar . It is entirely non-political in character , and avoids any reference to controversial matters .

A conference on hospital administration which has been organised by a special committee of the Social Science Association , was held on Tuesday and Wednesday , at the house of the Society of Arts , and was attended by representatives from all parts of the king , dom , the attendance of governors of all hospitals having been specially invited .

'I he annual meeting of the members of the Anglo-Jewish Association took place on Alonday , at 117 , Gower-street , Bro . Baron Henry de Worms presiding . The institution is in connection with the Society Israelite Universelle , and one chief feature of the report is the statement that the foremost result of their labours during the past year is the fact that the persecution of the jews

had undergone a marked diminution . Bro . Sir Frederick Fowke , Bart ., who has been chairman and vice-chairman of the County Quarter Sessions , Leicester , resigned on Alonday last , the reason he assigned being that he thought the office should be filled by a younger man . The resignation was accepted with much regret , and a complimentary resolution was passed by the

Court . Sir Henry Halford was elected to the vacancy , Mojor Mowbray being appointed senior and Mr . Hussey Packc junior vice-chairman . It will be learned with very general pleasure that Captain Shaw has completely recovered from the effects of the accident which befell him at the fire on Saturday last .

On Wednesday he was able to visit Air . Port , in King's College Hospital . Sir Henry Ponsonby telegraphed on Monday evening from Windsor , expressing her Alajesty's regret at the news of Captain Shaw ' s fall , and her desire to be informed how he was going on . A satisfactory reply was immediately and gratefully returned .

We hear Messrs . Spiers and Pond have not only purchased the proposed building lease of the old Cock Tavern proper , in Fleet-street , lately sold by auction , but have taken on an So years' building lease the vacant land between their first purchase and Mr . Attenborough ' s new

buildings , upon a portion of which the publishing and printing offices of the Freemason until recently stood , having an area of about 2100 square feet . We believe it is the intention of Messrs . Spiers and Pond to erect a very handsome restaurant on the entire site , and that Air . Verity will be employed as their architect .

The Daily News says : Private ' advices by cable received within the last few days state that crop prospects throughout Alanitoba and the Canadian Northwest are of the most satisfactory character . The area under cultivation is much larger than in any previous year ,

and the yield promises to be exceptionally good . In Ontario the agricultural outlook has slightly improved , but the damage done to the autumn wheat has proved irremedi able . In this province , however , as well as in Quebec , thc hay and fruit crops bid fair to be excellent ; there will also be a large output of dairy produce .

Bro . Lord Shaftesbury was a few days ago presented at the annual meeting of the Watercress and Flower Girls' Mission with a timepiece purchased by subscriptions raised by the flower women in front of the Royal Exchange in recognition of the benefits that had been derived since he established the Emily Loan Fund . Sir Edmund

Henderson was also the recipient of an illuminated address from the flower sellers of Islington , as a recognition of the concessions he made in their favour on the occasion of the late police prosecutions in their district . Bro . Alderman Sir J . VV . Ellis , P . G . W ., Alderman Sir R . Carden , Al . P ., and the Bishop of Bedford took part in the proceedings .

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Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . A . G . Western was installed W . M . of the Portland Lodge , No . 1037 , on the 21 st ult . The Excelsior Mark Lodge , No . 226 , Woolwich , held its installation meeting on the igth ult ., when Bro . H . Shaw , P . P . G . D . C . Kent , was inducted into the chair of A . The . Queen and Princess Beatrice are expected to remain at Windsor Castle till about the 17 th inst ., when

the Court will probably remove to Osborne . The betrothal of the IVincess Victoria , the eldest daughter of the Grand Duke of Hesse , to Prince Louis of Battenburg , is officially announced . The Lyceum Theatre Company have arranged to sail for New York in the Anchor Line steamer City of Rome , leaving Liverpool on thc 10 th of October .

Bro . George Washington Moore has returned from America , and made his appearance at St . James's Hall on Alonday last . The TVovincial Grand Mark I ^ odge of Cumberland and Westmorland is announced to be held on Wednesday , the 1 Sth inst ., under the banner of Whitwell Lodge , No . 151 , Maryport .

A special rnatinec will be given at the Adel phi Theatre for the benefit of the Royal College of Music on the 21 st inst . A " grand concert " and *¦ a new three-act play " are the substantial items of the bill . By command of the Queen the Institute of Painters in Water-Colours is permitted to assume the title of " Royal , " and is now to be styled the " Royal Institute of Painters in Water-Colours . "

The Prince and Princess of Wales have fixed Friday afternoon , the 20 th inst ., for the ceremony of opening the new orphan homes at Swanley in connection with the Homes for Little Boys . We are informed that in consequence of Bro . Major Campbell , the City Marshal for London , having been injured by a fall on the evening of Saturday last , he is prevented from attending to his duties at the Mansion House .

Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson occupied the chair at a general meeting of the Egypt Exploration Fund held on Tuesday afternoon , at the Royal Institution , Albemarlestreet . 'The object of the gathering was to hear Al . Naville ' s discourse on his excavations at Pithom-Succoth . Bro . Sir John Bennett has communicated to the Right Hon . J . G . Goschen the result of his motion for a

grant of £ , 1000 in aid of the Society of University Teaching , and has mentioned that he will renew his motion for £ 1000 a year for five years . In the examination just held by the Civil Service Commissioners for student interpreterships at Constantinople , the pupils of Dr . J . Klein , the Director of the Civil Service Institute , no , Cannon-street , gained all the vacant posts except one . —Broad Arrow .

On Wednesday night , a banquet in honour of Bro . Henry Irving , in view of his approaching visit to America , was given in St . James ' s Hall . Lord Chief Justice Coleridge presided , and after the loyal toasts gave " The President of the United States , " Wednesday being Independence Day . In proposing the toast of the

evening , Lord Coleridge not only congratulated their guest on having done so much for the elevation of the English stage , but referred to Miss Terry as having contributed to some of Bro . Irving ' s brightest triumphs . The other speakers were Lord " Houghton , Mr . J . Russell Lowell , Professor Tyndall , Air . Alma-Tadema , R . A ., and Bro . J . L . Toole .

On Tuesday morning some commotion was caused at Old Swan Pier , London-bridge , by the arrival of a small open boat of foreign build , which evidently from its seau-orn condition , had made a long sea voyage . The boat in question was the Neptune , belongiag to Norway , 24 feet long , 5 . } feet beam , and 2 feet deep , and in this small cockle-boat the captain and sole occupant , William Johnson , a native of Christiansand , and 4 G years of age .

had made an ocean voyage of about 1 , 000 miles . 1 he Neptune left Drontheim , in Norway , on the ist June , and coasted along the land for about 400 miles to Stavanger , where she took in water , & c , and after one day's stay , to enable her master to take a rest , she left on the 17 th June . With a fair wind and smooth sea she could manage to log seven knots an hour . She made the English coast on the 25 th June , a seven days' passage from Stavanger , her first land fall being Flamborough Head .

The brethren of the lod ge of Fortitude , No . 2 S 1 , Lancaster , relebrated the anniversary of St . John the Baptist , on the 27 th ult ., by dining together at the pleasant watering place of Grange , on the northern shore of Morecombe Bay . Unfortunately the afternoon turned out very wet , which militated against a large gathering ; but about 25 brethren assembled at five o ' clock at the Grange Hotel , and sat down to a first-rate spread under the chairmanship

of the respected W . AI . of the lodge , Bro . B , Gregson Bros . Bayley , S . VV ., and R . Stanton , J . W ., occupying the vice-chairs . On the removal of the cloth and dessert having been placed on the table , the usual loyal and Alasonie toasts were honoured . The post prandial proceedings were brought to a close about eight o'clock , when the brethren separated to enjoy themselves after their several inclinations till half-past nine , at which hour the train for the return journey was due .

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