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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE DUCHESS OF ALBANV has consented to' distribute the prizes at the fifth annual festival of the London Diocesan Church of England Temperance Society , in the Crystal Palace , on May 21 st next . THE ANNUAL London dinner of the Old Blundellian Club ( Blundell's School , Tiverton ) will take place at the Hotel Cecil , on Thursday , the 13 th inst ., at seven p . m . The Archbishop of Canterbury has signified his intention to be present .
H . R . H . THE PRINCESS OF WALES has consented to become a Patroness of the Depot for Greek Industries recently opened in London , the other Patronesses being her Majesty the Queen of the Hellenes and the Crown Princess of Greece . H . R . H . THE PRINCESS L OUISE will be present at the reading-, "A Christmas Carol , " by Bro . Sir Squire Bancroft , on behalf of the East London District Soldiers ' and Sailors' Families Association , at St . James ' s Theatre , on the 31 st inst . of
THE SUM of £ t 4 iS i ^ s . has been awarded Council H . R . H . Prince of Wales ' s Hospital Fund for London to the Seaman ' s Hospital Society ( Dreadnought ) , jfoiS 15 s . of which is a special donation in honour of her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee . UPWARDS ol £ 50 has been subscribed towards a fund to endow a bed in the Himpton Court and Molesey Cottage Hospital , primarily for the use of waterman and others connected with the Thames , as a memorial of the late Tom Tagg , Queen ' s waterman .
BRO . THE DUKF . OF WESTMINSTER is confined to his room at Eaton Hall with a bronchial cold . A house party , which was to have assembled this week , has been temporarily postponed . His Grace ' s condition does not give rise to any fear oi complications . THE PRESENT disposition of the British Squadron in North China waters , according to ' . latest { advices received at the Admiralty , is as follows : At Chemulpo—Centurion ( flagship ) , Undaunted , Narcissus , Pique , Rainbow , Daphne , and Algerine ; and at Port Arthur—Immortalite and Iphigenia .
OUR READERS will be pleased to hear that there is a mirked improvement in the health of Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Lord Chamberlain , whose condition had of lateness caused considerable anxiety to the members of his family . His lordship is expected to go for a sea voyage shortly , and it is confidently hoped that the change will complete his recovery .
BRO . SIR J . BLUNDELL MAPLE , Bart ., M . P ., following his usual custom at this season of the year , has distributed among the poor in the neighbourhood of Childwickbury , his country seat near St . Albans , between 4000 and 5000 pounds of beef and mutton . An enormous number of rabbits also have heen distributed to the poor widows and families in the St . Pancras district .
CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO CRIPPLED C HILDREN . —Through the exertions of the Ragged School Union and the Shaftesbury Society , aided by Bro . Alderman Treloir , jome 4000 boxes of tood were made ready for distribution to the crippled children on the register of the body in question . Each box contained a pork pie , cake , plum pudding , tea , and sweets .
THE "FREEMASONS' CALENDAR AND POCKET BOOK" for the year 1 S 9 S contains , besides the matter usual in similar books , a complete list of all the regular lodges and Royal Arch chapters , with their places and times of meeting . This book is published for the benefit of the Charity Fund under the authority of the United Grand Lodge of England . It is splendidly bound , and is altogether a very handy little book . — Newcastle Dailv Journal .
BRO . SIR HENRY IRVING having read "Becket in Canterbury Cathedral , it has been arranged to give four performances of the "Conversion of England" in the Great Hall of the Church House on Saturday , the 15 th inst ., at 2 . 30 p . m ., and on the following Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday , at S p . m . Considerable interest was excited some time ago by this religious play at Canterbury , and there is every reason to believe that its repetition in London will prove attractive .
BRO . IMRI . D-MARSHAL LORD ROISERTS , V . C ., who is already the Honorary Colonel of two militia battalions , has again evidenced his interest in that branch of the service by accepting the Honorary Colonelcy of the 3 rd Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment . The battalion , formerly comprised in the old 3 rd Lancashire Militia , is commanded by Colonel Leith Bonhutc . In the county the appointment is very popular , and is expected to have a good effect on recruiting prospects .
THE STEAMSHIP Gerona , belonging to the firm of Messrs . W . Thomson and Sons , of Dundee , bound from Portland to London with 400 horses and a general cargo , struck Seal Island iS miles off Cape Sable , the southern extremity of Nova Scotia , at four o ' clock on Saturday morning last . The weather at the time was thick . The ship Heated almost immediately , but when the pumps were sounded it was reported that
there were 1 , 5 ft of water in the hold . The captain refused to abandon his vessel , but the second otlicer and 24 of the crew took to the boats , and reached Wood Harbour , Nova Scotia , on Sunday , at noon . The captain and the remainder of the crew stuck to their ship , which was , with splendid seamanship , steered to Seal Island , and theie anchored . The sea , however , was so rough that it was impossible to communicate from the island to the ship .
Two HUNDRED MEN of the Warwickshire Regiment started for Wady Haifa on Sunday last by post-boat . The remainder of the regiment , together with the Lincolnshire Regiment , will probably start for Wady Haifa on the i ) th , as the extension of the Lower Nile Railway will be open to Assouan on the 10 th in ^ t . Both regiments will l > 3 at the disposal of Bro . General Sir Herbert Kitchener , the Sirdar , who is still at Wady
Haifa , and it is probable they will both go on immediately by the desert railway to Abj Hamed . The despatch of these troops has been occasioned by the receipt of trustworthy news from Omdurman , stating that the Dervishes show every sign of commencing an advance northward . No actual northward movement has , however , yet been made . The 1 st Battalion of the Cameron Highlanders has also loen ordered to be held in readiness to start up the Nile in a fortnight ' s time .
HER MAJESTY ' S annual gifts to the poor of New Windsor , Holy Trinity , and Clewer , were presented on Saturday morning last . The Royal bounty consists ol meat and coals . The distribution of the beef , which is the most interesting feature of the alms-giving , took place in the riding school at Windsor Castle , in the presence of the Dean of Windsor , Domestic Chaplain to her Majesty ; Mr . E . I . awlev , Clerk cf the Queen's Kitchen ; Lieut . Mickey , Superintendent of the Royal Mews ; Mr . T . Clarke , Mayor tf the Borough ; the Rev . j . II . J . Ellison , Vicar of Windsor ; Councillor
Webber , the Rev . Arthur Robins , the Rev . D . G . Nicholas , the Rev . G . K . King , and others . Arrangements for the presentation were completed at an early hour by the Palace officials and her Majesty's purveyor . The interior of the spaciius building was decorated with the Royal Standard , the Prince Consort ' s Binner , and several Union Jacks , and the meat , temptingly garnished with red-berried holly , was displayed upon tables covered with white cloths from the Lord Steward ' s department . I'he portions distributed varied from three to seven pounds each , the total weight of the beef being
3 GS 5 pounds , or considerably over a ton and a half . There were 937 recipients of the Royal bounty . Many of the men , women , and children assembled outside the St , Alban's-street gates long before the hour of the ceremony . They were gradually admitted to the riding school whence , after receiving their gifts , they passed out by the east entrance , under the Queen ' s Room , and down the Castle Hill into the town . The
Parish Church bells were cheerily rung while the distribution proceeded . Her Majesty likewise gave away 1359 hundredweights , or nearly ( is tons , of coals . The fuel , in quantities weighing from one to three hundredweights , was conveyed to the homes ot the poor . The total value of the Queen ' s bounty was about £ mo , and her Majesty , in addition to this seasonable benevolence , contributed £ 100 to the Royal clothing club in Windsor .
EVERY MASON should read " Yolo , or the Will , " what it is , how to strengthen and how to use it . By Arthur Lovell , author of " Ars Vivendi . " Crown Svo ., cloth , 3 s . ( id . net ; by post , 3 s . < jd . Many curious and interesting facts are given about ancient and modern initiations . Catalogue post free . Nichols and Co ., Publishers , 23 , Oxford-street , W . Light , Sept ., 1 . S . J 7— "The Author ' s theories seem to us reasonable and valuable . " Tin- Glasgow Herald , Sept ., 1 S 97— ' * Mr . LOVELL has much that is valuable to say on the subject of the Will . The advices which he gives as to the training and disciplining of the Will and its practical cultivation are excellent , while the central principle of his philosophy is beyond question . "—! ADVT . 1
Masonic And General Tidings.
A FULL SIZE portrait of the W . M . G . M . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , was presented to the Southgate Lodge , No . 1950 , on Thursday last , at Beale ' s Restaurant . THE COMMITTEE of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will hold their regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , the 12 th instant , at 4 P . m .
MR . VINCENT LEE and "The Committee of the Old Masonians Association will be "At Home , " at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , E . C , on Friday , the 14 th inst ., at S o'clock . H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES ' S HOSPITAL FUND . —Bro . l J . Lewis Thomas , F . S . A ., P . A . G . D . C , has become an annual subscriber of five guineas to this noble scheme of our M . W . G . Master .
BRO . F . J . W . CROWE , of Torquay , P . P . G . Org . Devon , was unanimously elected the W . M . of " the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 32 S , for the ensuing year , at the meeting held last Monday . THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE , who is expected at Cannes to-morrow ( Saturday ) has consented to give his patronage to the fund for adding a new wing to the English Hospital at Nice .
THE CANADIAN Pacific Land Department sales for iSg 7 show the largest increase on record , 200 , 000 acres having been sold for 650 , 000 dols ., while in 1 S 96 only S 3 , ooo acres were disposed of foe 307 , 000 dols . BRO . J BYFORD , JUN ., P . M . and Treas . S 9 S , P . M . 350 and 2442 , P . Z . 2374 , M . E . Z . 554 , P . P . G . Soj , Essex , was unaninously elected W . M . of the popular West-Ham Abbey Lodge , No . 2291 , on Thursday , last .
PRINCESS CHRISTIAN attended the Albert Institute , at Windsor , on Thursday , where , before a large gathering , Bro . Sir Squire Bancroft gave a reading of the " Christmas Carol , " in aid of the District Nurses' Home . MRS . GLADSTONE celebrated her SCth birthday on the Gth inst . The latest information received at Hawarden from Cannes is to the effect that she is enjoying much better health than when she left England for the South .
THE PROV . GRAND CHAPTER of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will meet on Friday , the 2 Sth instant , at the Masonic Hall , Southampton , when the officers for the ensuing year will be appointed by the G . Supt ., Comp . W . W . B . Beach , M . P . UP TO THE present £ 400 out of £ 1050 has been ' received towards the fund for the endowment of a bed in the Victoria Mary Ward of the ' , Great Northern Central Hospital as a memorial to her Royal Highness Princess Mary Adelaide , Duchess of Teck .
BRO . MAJOR J . WOODAI . I . WOODAI . L , M . A ., J . P ., D . L . ( Grand Treasurer in 1 SS 5 ) , has , on the nomination of Sir W . H . White , K . C . B ., Master , seconded by Bro . Lieutenant-Colonel A . B . Cook , P . A . G . D . C , become a member of the Shipwrights ' Company . THERE WILL be no lack of candidates for the office of Grand Treasurer of England next year . We hear that the Province of Norths and Hunts intend nominating their representative on the Board of Management Boys'School—Bro . Harry Manfield—as Grand Treasurer for 1 S 99 .
BRO . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF FIFE arrived on Monday in London from Sandringham , where they have been spending Christmas and the New Year with T . R . H . the Prince and Princess of Wales . In the evening the Duke and Duchess visited the Princess ' s Theatre , and witnessed the performance of " 1 low London Lives . "
ON MONDAY Princess Christian , who is President of the Infant Nursery at Windsor , distributed parcels of clothing from a grant by the Berks and Bucks Needlework Guild —of which Princess Henry of Battenberg is President—to the mothers of children taken charge of in the nursery during daily work . Her Royal Highness also piesented the matron of the institution with a handsomely-bound Bible . The Dean of Windsor and a number of ladies were present .
THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL of the Brixton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1949 , will take place at the Holborn Restaurant on Tuesday , the 25 th instant , when Bro . George R , Langley , P . P . G . D . Middx ., will preside , and a presentation will be mide to Bro . H . Hooper , Prov . G . Treas . Middx ., in recognition of eminent services rendered to the Masonic Charities in connection wtih the Brixton Benevolent Association since its foundation .
A COUNTY HALL successfully inaugurated the series of similar annual social gatherings at Salisbury on Tuesday . Among the guests who asssmbled at the County Hall , which was brilliantly decorated , were the Earl and Countess of Pembroke , Lord Herbert and Lady Beatrix Herbert , the Countess of Dunmore and the Ladies Victoria and Mildred Murray , Lord Hyde , Lady Edith Villiers , Bro . Sir Michael and Lady Lucy
Hicks-Beach , the Hon . G . Cnchton , the Hon . F . Githorne Hardy , the Hon . A . Anson , Lady C . Osborne , the Hon . Percy Wyndham , Bro . Bromley Davenport , M . P ., and Bro . Allhusen , M . P ., and Mrs . Allhusen . The Stewards included the Marquis of Lansdowne , the Earl of Pembroke , Bro . the Earl of Radnor , the Earl of Normanton , Bro . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , Bro . Allhusen , M . P ., and Mr . E . H . Ilulse . Mr . George H . Gordon again performed the secretarial duties .
THE CHRISTMAS NUMIIEI ; of the Freemasoi ^ is an excellent production , and should be read by all interested in Freemasonry . The publication contains over 60 pages of reading matter , exceptionally well written , and it cannot fail to be appreciated . Through the medium of Bro . Robert Hudson , of Tynemouth , the original minutes of an old lodge that assembled in London early last century have been lent for perusal and reproduction by the kindness of the "Freemason ' s Hall Co ., " Stockton-on-Teesin
, whose possession the important volume is . It is the oldest minute book of any regular lodge known , and has been quite overlooked until recently . The extracts are well worthy of careful perusal . There are several excellent illustrations in the Christina ? number—one showing the west front of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , while the other three of the interior of the Cathedral show the reredos , the Nelson Monument , and the Wellington Monument . —Newcastle Dailv Journal .
LADY ALICE HAVEI . OCK-AI . I . AN has received the following letter from Bro . Lord Wolseley , dated from the War Ollice , Jan . 1 : "Madam—It is with profound regret that 1 have received the intimation of the death , on the 30 th ult ., of your husband , Lieut .-General Sir Henry Havelock-Allan , Bart ., G . C . B ., Colonel Royal Irish Regiment . 1 may , perhaps , be allowed to intrude upon your sorrow to convey to you the expression
ef my own deep sympathy with you in this sad event , and also to offer you that of the whofe Army , by whom he was widely and universally respected . Sir Henry was a good and gallant otlicer , very distinguished himself , and the son of one of the nation ' s highlyprized soldiers . His death is a loss to the country . —I remain , Midim , your very obedient servant ( signed ) Wolseley . "
ONE OK THE OLDEST veterans of the British Navy has weighed anchor for the stormless port , and our lleet has lost a gallint comrade by the death of Commander Henry James , who " went out with the tide" at Brighton—his birthplace—llmost on the threshold of his hundredth year . II ; was born in 1799 , and as a child was a spectator of Nelson ' s funeral . He then declared that " he would be a sailor too , " becams a naval cadet in July , 1 S 12 , and very soon had his baptism of lire , for in the same year
his ship , the Pompeii , 74 guns , was engaged in an action with the French off Toulon . Commander James thu > had the sprcial distinction , besides his advanced age , of being the last man in the British Navy who hid fought against the French . In after years h ; was engaged in the West Indies and on the coast of Peru , as well as in the Straits of Malacca , taking part in the operations for the suppression of piracy . The gallant sailor left the service a few years after Queen Victoria ' s accession .
MEETING IN THEIR old-fashioned hall in Noble-street , under the chairmanship of Bro . Justice Gainsford Bruce , the Master , the Court of the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach llirncss Makers conferred the | honorary Freedom and Livery on the late Lord Mayor , Sir George Faudel Phillips , G . C . I . E . The last occasion upon which a similar privilege was granted was in 1804 , when the Baroness Burdett-Coutts received it in recognition of her valuable work in connection with technical education . It is interesting to rellect that the Coachmakers' Company was the first of the City
Guilds to identify itself with instruction of a technical character . In the present instance the privilege was given in recognition of Sir G ; orge Faudel-Phillips ' s distinguished services in the civic chair during the year of J ubile 2 . The Mister expressed his appreciation of the late Lord Mayor's civic and municipal labours in a graceful speech , and the compliment was acknowledged hy Sir George with equal happiness . At the same Court the Company admitted to its own ranks an old liveryman , in the person of Mr . Albert Chancellor , Mayor of Richmond .
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE DUCHESS OF ALBANV has consented to' distribute the prizes at the fifth annual festival of the London Diocesan Church of England Temperance Society , in the Crystal Palace , on May 21 st next . THE ANNUAL London dinner of the Old Blundellian Club ( Blundell's School , Tiverton ) will take place at the Hotel Cecil , on Thursday , the 13 th inst ., at seven p . m . The Archbishop of Canterbury has signified his intention to be present .
H . R . H . THE PRINCESS OF WALES has consented to become a Patroness of the Depot for Greek Industries recently opened in London , the other Patronesses being her Majesty the Queen of the Hellenes and the Crown Princess of Greece . H . R . H . THE PRINCESS L OUISE will be present at the reading-, "A Christmas Carol , " by Bro . Sir Squire Bancroft , on behalf of the East London District Soldiers ' and Sailors' Families Association , at St . James ' s Theatre , on the 31 st inst . of
THE SUM of £ t 4 iS i ^ s . has been awarded Council H . R . H . Prince of Wales ' s Hospital Fund for London to the Seaman ' s Hospital Society ( Dreadnought ) , jfoiS 15 s . of which is a special donation in honour of her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee . UPWARDS ol £ 50 has been subscribed towards a fund to endow a bed in the Himpton Court and Molesey Cottage Hospital , primarily for the use of waterman and others connected with the Thames , as a memorial of the late Tom Tagg , Queen ' s waterman .
BRO . THE DUKF . OF WESTMINSTER is confined to his room at Eaton Hall with a bronchial cold . A house party , which was to have assembled this week , has been temporarily postponed . His Grace ' s condition does not give rise to any fear oi complications . THE PRESENT disposition of the British Squadron in North China waters , according to ' . latest { advices received at the Admiralty , is as follows : At Chemulpo—Centurion ( flagship ) , Undaunted , Narcissus , Pique , Rainbow , Daphne , and Algerine ; and at Port Arthur—Immortalite and Iphigenia .
OUR READERS will be pleased to hear that there is a mirked improvement in the health of Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Lord Chamberlain , whose condition had of lateness caused considerable anxiety to the members of his family . His lordship is expected to go for a sea voyage shortly , and it is confidently hoped that the change will complete his recovery .
BRO . SIR J . BLUNDELL MAPLE , Bart ., M . P ., following his usual custom at this season of the year , has distributed among the poor in the neighbourhood of Childwickbury , his country seat near St . Albans , between 4000 and 5000 pounds of beef and mutton . An enormous number of rabbits also have heen distributed to the poor widows and families in the St . Pancras district .
CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO CRIPPLED C HILDREN . —Through the exertions of the Ragged School Union and the Shaftesbury Society , aided by Bro . Alderman Treloir , jome 4000 boxes of tood were made ready for distribution to the crippled children on the register of the body in question . Each box contained a pork pie , cake , plum pudding , tea , and sweets .
THE "FREEMASONS' CALENDAR AND POCKET BOOK" for the year 1 S 9 S contains , besides the matter usual in similar books , a complete list of all the regular lodges and Royal Arch chapters , with their places and times of meeting . This book is published for the benefit of the Charity Fund under the authority of the United Grand Lodge of England . It is splendidly bound , and is altogether a very handy little book . — Newcastle Dailv Journal .
BRO . SIR HENRY IRVING having read "Becket in Canterbury Cathedral , it has been arranged to give four performances of the "Conversion of England" in the Great Hall of the Church House on Saturday , the 15 th inst ., at 2 . 30 p . m ., and on the following Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday , at S p . m . Considerable interest was excited some time ago by this religious play at Canterbury , and there is every reason to believe that its repetition in London will prove attractive .
BRO . IMRI . D-MARSHAL LORD ROISERTS , V . C ., who is already the Honorary Colonel of two militia battalions , has again evidenced his interest in that branch of the service by accepting the Honorary Colonelcy of the 3 rd Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment . The battalion , formerly comprised in the old 3 rd Lancashire Militia , is commanded by Colonel Leith Bonhutc . In the county the appointment is very popular , and is expected to have a good effect on recruiting prospects .
THE STEAMSHIP Gerona , belonging to the firm of Messrs . W . Thomson and Sons , of Dundee , bound from Portland to London with 400 horses and a general cargo , struck Seal Island iS miles off Cape Sable , the southern extremity of Nova Scotia , at four o ' clock on Saturday morning last . The weather at the time was thick . The ship Heated almost immediately , but when the pumps were sounded it was reported that
there were 1 , 5 ft of water in the hold . The captain refused to abandon his vessel , but the second otlicer and 24 of the crew took to the boats , and reached Wood Harbour , Nova Scotia , on Sunday , at noon . The captain and the remainder of the crew stuck to their ship , which was , with splendid seamanship , steered to Seal Island , and theie anchored . The sea , however , was so rough that it was impossible to communicate from the island to the ship .
Two HUNDRED MEN of the Warwickshire Regiment started for Wady Haifa on Sunday last by post-boat . The remainder of the regiment , together with the Lincolnshire Regiment , will probably start for Wady Haifa on the i ) th , as the extension of the Lower Nile Railway will be open to Assouan on the 10 th in ^ t . Both regiments will l > 3 at the disposal of Bro . General Sir Herbert Kitchener , the Sirdar , who is still at Wady
Haifa , and it is probable they will both go on immediately by the desert railway to Abj Hamed . The despatch of these troops has been occasioned by the receipt of trustworthy news from Omdurman , stating that the Dervishes show every sign of commencing an advance northward . No actual northward movement has , however , yet been made . The 1 st Battalion of the Cameron Highlanders has also loen ordered to be held in readiness to start up the Nile in a fortnight ' s time .
HER MAJESTY ' S annual gifts to the poor of New Windsor , Holy Trinity , and Clewer , were presented on Saturday morning last . The Royal bounty consists ol meat and coals . The distribution of the beef , which is the most interesting feature of the alms-giving , took place in the riding school at Windsor Castle , in the presence of the Dean of Windsor , Domestic Chaplain to her Majesty ; Mr . E . I . awlev , Clerk cf the Queen's Kitchen ; Lieut . Mickey , Superintendent of the Royal Mews ; Mr . T . Clarke , Mayor tf the Borough ; the Rev . j . II . J . Ellison , Vicar of Windsor ; Councillor
Webber , the Rev . Arthur Robins , the Rev . D . G . Nicholas , the Rev . G . K . King , and others . Arrangements for the presentation were completed at an early hour by the Palace officials and her Majesty's purveyor . The interior of the spaciius building was decorated with the Royal Standard , the Prince Consort ' s Binner , and several Union Jacks , and the meat , temptingly garnished with red-berried holly , was displayed upon tables covered with white cloths from the Lord Steward ' s department . I'he portions distributed varied from three to seven pounds each , the total weight of the beef being
3 GS 5 pounds , or considerably over a ton and a half . There were 937 recipients of the Royal bounty . Many of the men , women , and children assembled outside the St , Alban's-street gates long before the hour of the ceremony . They were gradually admitted to the riding school whence , after receiving their gifts , they passed out by the east entrance , under the Queen ' s Room , and down the Castle Hill into the town . The
Parish Church bells were cheerily rung while the distribution proceeded . Her Majesty likewise gave away 1359 hundredweights , or nearly ( is tons , of coals . The fuel , in quantities weighing from one to three hundredweights , was conveyed to the homes ot the poor . The total value of the Queen ' s bounty was about £ mo , and her Majesty , in addition to this seasonable benevolence , contributed £ 100 to the Royal clothing club in Windsor .
EVERY MASON should read " Yolo , or the Will , " what it is , how to strengthen and how to use it . By Arthur Lovell , author of " Ars Vivendi . " Crown Svo ., cloth , 3 s . ( id . net ; by post , 3 s . < jd . Many curious and interesting facts are given about ancient and modern initiations . Catalogue post free . Nichols and Co ., Publishers , 23 , Oxford-street , W . Light , Sept ., 1 . S . J 7— "The Author ' s theories seem to us reasonable and valuable . " Tin- Glasgow Herald , Sept ., 1 S 97— ' * Mr . LOVELL has much that is valuable to say on the subject of the Will . The advices which he gives as to the training and disciplining of the Will and its practical cultivation are excellent , while the central principle of his philosophy is beyond question . "—! ADVT . 1
Masonic And General Tidings.
A FULL SIZE portrait of the W . M . G . M . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , was presented to the Southgate Lodge , No . 1950 , on Thursday last , at Beale ' s Restaurant . THE COMMITTEE of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will hold their regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , the 12 th instant , at 4 P . m .
MR . VINCENT LEE and "The Committee of the Old Masonians Association will be "At Home , " at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , E . C , on Friday , the 14 th inst ., at S o'clock . H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES ' S HOSPITAL FUND . —Bro . l J . Lewis Thomas , F . S . A ., P . A . G . D . C , has become an annual subscriber of five guineas to this noble scheme of our M . W . G . Master .
BRO . F . J . W . CROWE , of Torquay , P . P . G . Org . Devon , was unanimously elected the W . M . of " the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 32 S , for the ensuing year , at the meeting held last Monday . THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE , who is expected at Cannes to-morrow ( Saturday ) has consented to give his patronage to the fund for adding a new wing to the English Hospital at Nice .
THE CANADIAN Pacific Land Department sales for iSg 7 show the largest increase on record , 200 , 000 acres having been sold for 650 , 000 dols ., while in 1 S 96 only S 3 , ooo acres were disposed of foe 307 , 000 dols . BRO . J BYFORD , JUN ., P . M . and Treas . S 9 S , P . M . 350 and 2442 , P . Z . 2374 , M . E . Z . 554 , P . P . G . Soj , Essex , was unaninously elected W . M . of the popular West-Ham Abbey Lodge , No . 2291 , on Thursday , last .
PRINCESS CHRISTIAN attended the Albert Institute , at Windsor , on Thursday , where , before a large gathering , Bro . Sir Squire Bancroft gave a reading of the " Christmas Carol , " in aid of the District Nurses' Home . MRS . GLADSTONE celebrated her SCth birthday on the Gth inst . The latest information received at Hawarden from Cannes is to the effect that she is enjoying much better health than when she left England for the South .
THE PROV . GRAND CHAPTER of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will meet on Friday , the 2 Sth instant , at the Masonic Hall , Southampton , when the officers for the ensuing year will be appointed by the G . Supt ., Comp . W . W . B . Beach , M . P . UP TO THE present £ 400 out of £ 1050 has been ' received towards the fund for the endowment of a bed in the Victoria Mary Ward of the ' , Great Northern Central Hospital as a memorial to her Royal Highness Princess Mary Adelaide , Duchess of Teck .
BRO . MAJOR J . WOODAI . I . WOODAI . L , M . A ., J . P ., D . L . ( Grand Treasurer in 1 SS 5 ) , has , on the nomination of Sir W . H . White , K . C . B ., Master , seconded by Bro . Lieutenant-Colonel A . B . Cook , P . A . G . D . C , become a member of the Shipwrights ' Company . THERE WILL be no lack of candidates for the office of Grand Treasurer of England next year . We hear that the Province of Norths and Hunts intend nominating their representative on the Board of Management Boys'School—Bro . Harry Manfield—as Grand Treasurer for 1 S 99 .
BRO . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF FIFE arrived on Monday in London from Sandringham , where they have been spending Christmas and the New Year with T . R . H . the Prince and Princess of Wales . In the evening the Duke and Duchess visited the Princess ' s Theatre , and witnessed the performance of " 1 low London Lives . "
ON MONDAY Princess Christian , who is President of the Infant Nursery at Windsor , distributed parcels of clothing from a grant by the Berks and Bucks Needlework Guild —of which Princess Henry of Battenberg is President—to the mothers of children taken charge of in the nursery during daily work . Her Royal Highness also piesented the matron of the institution with a handsomely-bound Bible . The Dean of Windsor and a number of ladies were present .
THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL of the Brixton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1949 , will take place at the Holborn Restaurant on Tuesday , the 25 th instant , when Bro . George R , Langley , P . P . G . D . Middx ., will preside , and a presentation will be mide to Bro . H . Hooper , Prov . G . Treas . Middx ., in recognition of eminent services rendered to the Masonic Charities in connection wtih the Brixton Benevolent Association since its foundation .
A COUNTY HALL successfully inaugurated the series of similar annual social gatherings at Salisbury on Tuesday . Among the guests who asssmbled at the County Hall , which was brilliantly decorated , were the Earl and Countess of Pembroke , Lord Herbert and Lady Beatrix Herbert , the Countess of Dunmore and the Ladies Victoria and Mildred Murray , Lord Hyde , Lady Edith Villiers , Bro . Sir Michael and Lady Lucy
Hicks-Beach , the Hon . G . Cnchton , the Hon . F . Githorne Hardy , the Hon . A . Anson , Lady C . Osborne , the Hon . Percy Wyndham , Bro . Bromley Davenport , M . P ., and Bro . Allhusen , M . P ., and Mrs . Allhusen . The Stewards included the Marquis of Lansdowne , the Earl of Pembroke , Bro . the Earl of Radnor , the Earl of Normanton , Bro . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , Bro . Allhusen , M . P ., and Mr . E . H . Ilulse . Mr . George H . Gordon again performed the secretarial duties .
THE CHRISTMAS NUMIIEI ; of the Freemasoi ^ is an excellent production , and should be read by all interested in Freemasonry . The publication contains over 60 pages of reading matter , exceptionally well written , and it cannot fail to be appreciated . Through the medium of Bro . Robert Hudson , of Tynemouth , the original minutes of an old lodge that assembled in London early last century have been lent for perusal and reproduction by the kindness of the "Freemason ' s Hall Co ., " Stockton-on-Teesin
, whose possession the important volume is . It is the oldest minute book of any regular lodge known , and has been quite overlooked until recently . The extracts are well worthy of careful perusal . There are several excellent illustrations in the Christina ? number—one showing the west front of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , while the other three of the interior of the Cathedral show the reredos , the Nelson Monument , and the Wellington Monument . —Newcastle Dailv Journal .
LADY ALICE HAVEI . OCK-AI . I . AN has received the following letter from Bro . Lord Wolseley , dated from the War Ollice , Jan . 1 : "Madam—It is with profound regret that 1 have received the intimation of the death , on the 30 th ult ., of your husband , Lieut .-General Sir Henry Havelock-Allan , Bart ., G . C . B ., Colonel Royal Irish Regiment . 1 may , perhaps , be allowed to intrude upon your sorrow to convey to you the expression
ef my own deep sympathy with you in this sad event , and also to offer you that of the whofe Army , by whom he was widely and universally respected . Sir Henry was a good and gallant otlicer , very distinguished himself , and the son of one of the nation ' s highlyprized soldiers . His death is a loss to the country . —I remain , Midim , your very obedient servant ( signed ) Wolseley . "
ONE OK THE OLDEST veterans of the British Navy has weighed anchor for the stormless port , and our lleet has lost a gallint comrade by the death of Commander Henry James , who " went out with the tide" at Brighton—his birthplace—llmost on the threshold of his hundredth year . II ; was born in 1799 , and as a child was a spectator of Nelson ' s funeral . He then declared that " he would be a sailor too , " becams a naval cadet in July , 1 S 12 , and very soon had his baptism of lire , for in the same year
his ship , the Pompeii , 74 guns , was engaged in an action with the French off Toulon . Commander James thu > had the sprcial distinction , besides his advanced age , of being the last man in the British Navy who hid fought against the French . In after years h ; was engaged in the West Indies and on the coast of Peru , as well as in the Straits of Malacca , taking part in the operations for the suppression of piracy . The gallant sailor left the service a few years after Queen Victoria ' s accession .
MEETING IN THEIR old-fashioned hall in Noble-street , under the chairmanship of Bro . Justice Gainsford Bruce , the Master , the Court of the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach llirncss Makers conferred the | honorary Freedom and Livery on the late Lord Mayor , Sir George Faudel Phillips , G . C . I . E . The last occasion upon which a similar privilege was granted was in 1804 , when the Baroness Burdett-Coutts received it in recognition of her valuable work in connection with technical education . It is interesting to rellect that the Coachmakers' Company was the first of the City
Guilds to identify itself with instruction of a technical character . In the present instance the privilege was given in recognition of Sir G ; orge Faudel-Phillips ' s distinguished services in the civic chair during the year of J ubile 2 . The Mister expressed his appreciation of the late Lord Mayor's civic and municipal labours in a graceful speech , and the compliment was acknowledged hy Sir George with equal happiness . At the same Court the Company admitted to its own ranks an old liveryman , in the person of Mr . Albert Chancellor , Mayor of Richmond .