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Masonic And General Tidings.
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .
Lithographic portraits of Bros . Judd , C . C , and Beard , C . C , have just been produced . Bro . J . VVhichcord is the architect of the new banking premises about to be erected in Abchurch-lane for Messrs ? Brown , Jameson , and Co .
Bro . Horace Jones , the City Architect , has been instructed to prepare plans for an obelisk out of the materials of old Temple Bar , to be erected in lipping Forest . The precise locality has not yet been fixed upon , but it will probably be the spot which will be made most memorable by the visit of Her Majesty to the forest next month .
Bro . George Bnnsley , in response to a numerously signed requisition , has come forward again as a candidate for the Ward of Farringdon Within as a Common Councilman for the City of London . A comp limentary dinner to Messrs . H . J . and VV . I . Roberts was given at their West-end establishment , St . ' James ' s Hall , on Monday evening last . Mr . Lear J . Drew in t ' re chair . About ioo gentlemen assembled on the
occasion . The Chairman , in a genial speech , referred to the successful efforts of Messrs . Roberts to cater for the public at the hall , and at the Bridge House Hotel and Rosherviile , and wished them continued success . The toast was drunk with great heartiness , and was responded to by one of the firm , who acknowledged the kindness of the Chairman and the cordiality with which the toast had
been received . Mr . VV . Hudson , C . C , proposed " The Health oi the Chairman , Mr . Drew , " speaking of the esteem in which that gentlemen is held . A very pleasant evening was spent by the guests . Bro . J . Gale , a former member of the Corporation , and " who is now one of the guardians of the City Unionis a candidate for thc vacant office of inspector of
, gas meters for the City . Bro . E . Clarke , Q . C , M . P ., is refraining from work outside of his professional engagements , by medical advice , having been unwell for some time . Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , K . G ., will preside as colonel of the regiment , at the annual dinner
of the Rtf . e Brigade , on the 2 Gth May . Bro . the M . W . Grand Master , Colonel of the 10 th Husstrs , will take the chair at the regimental dinner of the corps on the 25 th May . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Master , with the Countess , has left Claridge's Hotel for Highclere Castle , their seat , near Newbury .
Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Albany , K . G ., is making good progress now towards recovery , though still confined to the house . Bro . the Lord Mayor and Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Hanson dined at the Albion 011 Monday with the Clockmakers' Company . Bro . VV . H . Pannell , Worshipful Master elect of the Pattenmakers' Company , has been appointed trustee to the estate of Mr . Lee , of Dartmouth Park , Highgate .
The library of manuscripts and printed books of the late Mr . Frederick Ouvry , F . S . A ., is now being dispersed in a five days' sale at Sotheby ' s , lt contains no less than 177 letters written Dy Charles Dickens , and 149 letters written tc him b y eminent literary contemporaries . The manuscripts relating to the dramatic and musical professions are important and voluminous ; the Pulteney
Correspondence , of great historical interest , is arranged in thirty-three morocco volumes and fourteen cases ; the collection of old ballads is of great rarity ; the old political broadsides and early poen . s are , in many cases , unique ; and the Shakespearian collection and fac-similies of first editions are of hig h interest and value . The books in the general library are all in choice condition . —Society .
The word ale is peculiar to the English language , and has long been erroneously supposed to have originated in the Saxon aelan , to kindle , to inflame , because of the intoxicating qualities of the liquor so-called . But ale has not that quality in excess of other liquors , and in its origm simply meant drink , from the Celtic ol , drink , or to drink , and olaidh , the act of drinking ; olar , drunken , addicted
to drink ; and olarachd , habitual drunkenness . Draper , as used in the passage in " Kind Hart ' s Dream , " is the Celtic druapair , one who pours out , or retails liquor in small quantities ; also a tippler ; whence ale-draper would signify one who retailed drink , whether wine , beer , ale ot spirits . —Antiquarian Magasine and Bibliographer . The Rev . VV . A . Ptirey Cust , eldest son of Bro ,
the Very Rev . the Dean of York , Grand Chaplain , and Ladv Emma Purey Cust , was married on the 4 th February , at St . Peter ' s Cathedral , Adelaide , by the Rev . Canon Dendy , assisted by the Dean of Adelaide and Archdeacon Marryat , ' : o Lucy Caroline , second daughter of Major-General Sir William Jervais , G . C . M . G ., C . B ., R . E ., Governor cf South Australia .
Bro . Alderman Hadley presided on Wednesday at a meeting , at the Lambeth Baths , to call upon the Government to support the Bill of the Right Hon . J . Stansfield , M . P ., for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts . The Birming ham Reference Library , established to supply the want of a Central Free Library , whicli was burnt down three years ago , will be opened by Mr . Bright
on the ist of May . Some presents of books are coming from Germany . HOLLOWAY ' PII . I . V—Though good [ health is preferable lo high honour , how regardless people often arc of the former—how covetmis of the latter ! Many Miller their strength to drain away ere maturity is reached , through igii"rance of the facility afforded by thc-c incomparable Pills of checking Ihe lirst untoward symptoms
of derangement , ami rciii 3 tatin _ order without interfering in the least with their pleasures or pursuits . To Ihe young especially it is important to maintain ilie highest digestive clhcicncy , without which the growth is stunted , th- muscles become , lax , the frame feeble , and the mind slothful . The removal of indigestion by these Pills is so easy thlt none save tlie most thoughtless would permit il t ? sap thc springs of life . —[ Ai . vr . ]
Masonic And General Tidings.
Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury , K . G ., will preside at the annual meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association . Pro . the Lord Mayor laid the foundation stone , on Friday , 31 st ult ., of the City of London College , _ where are held evening classes for young men . Bro . Edward Clarke , O . C , M . P ., one of its old students , proposed the
first resolution . Bros . Alderman and Sheriff Hanson , Hyde , Clarke , and Sir John Bennett , was amongst those present . Bro . George Lambert , Grand Sword Bearer , F . S . A ., has been elected Upper Warden of the Pattenmaker ' s Company . Bro . the Rev . Dr . Morris , M . A ., LL . D ., Head Master of the Boys' School , has joined the livery of the
Makers of Playing Cards Company . It is a curious fact that at the Glasgow Post Office , if a person wishes to post a letter on Sunday , he can only do so provided he purchases a shillingsworth of stamps . No doubt by such a regulation the equality between classes in the bitter observance of the Sabbath is duly brought home to the industrial population . But what does Mr . Fawcett say to such a Post Office regulation . — The Echo .
Over 9000 p ictures have been sent to thc Royal Academy this year . Of this number Sooo must be rejected , as the galleries will only hang about 1000 pictures . The task of selection is almost complete . A monster diamond , weighing 217 carats , has been found in possession of a man at the diamond fields at Kimberley . It is supposed that the stone was stolen from
the works . Bros . Aldman , Capt . Boplil , Henry Clarke , P . De Keyzcr , Sir John Bennett , T . Beard , H . Squire , Deputy Saunders , Deputy Crispe , \ V . H . Fennell , F . C . Ace , Pearce , Morrison , Deputy Brass , and G . N . Johnson , P . G . Steward , were amongst the Common Councilmen at the last Court held under Bro . the Lord Mayor .
Bro . XV . H . Pannell has been elected Worshipful Master ofthe Pattern Makers Company for the ensuing year . Bros . Earl Percy , M . P ., the Lord Mayor , Karl Derby , K . G ., Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , M . P ., Colonel Stanley , M . P ., the Right Hon . J . Shaw Lefevre , M . P ., Sir Matthew White Ridley , M . P ., Col . Sir James McGarel
Hogg , M . P ., and Chas . Hutton Gregory , C . M . G ., were present at Willis's Rooms on Saturday at the annual dinner of the Institute of Civil Engineers . Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson , President of the Royal College of Surgeons , has promised to preside on the iSth inst ., at the dinnerof the Royal Medical Benevolent Society , at the Langham Hotel , Portland-place .
On thc occasion of Bro . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales visit to the Globe Theatre , on Monday last , to witness the performance of " Mankind , " one of the horses of the carriage slipped in the Strand , and His Royal Highness handed the Princess into the equerry ' s carriage during the reharnessing of the horse . A large crowd assembled when it was known whose carriage it was .
Bro . J . E . Usher , M . D ., L . R . C . P . London , who has lately been travelling , was very generously tendered a dinner by several of our leading brethren in New York , for the kindness and attention shown to Bro . Capt . Albert J . Kruger , of the Nevada , and his ofiicers and crew , on the occasion of rescuing them after a terrific hurricane in the Atlantic , in February last , when the Nevada became a total
wreck . Bro . Dr . Usher also received a very cordial letter of thanks from our Bro . Pert R . Hincken , VV . M ., on behalf of the members of the Montank Lodge , No . _ SG , of Brooklyn , New York , for the kindness displayed towards their fellow member , Bro . Kruger . The Fifteen Sections will be worked b y the members of the Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , No .
1050 , at the Portugal Hotel , h lee . street , on the 2 SU 1 inst ., at six o ' clock . The Sections will be worked as under : — First Lecture—First Section , Bro . Jones , 1541 ; Second , Bro . Appleton , J . VV . 13 S 1 ; Third , Bro . Minstrell , J . W . 1928 ; l'ourth , Bro . Snelling , 1541 ; Fifth , Bro . Larchin , VV . M . 1541 ; Sixth , Bro . Squirrel ) , P . M . 20 G ; and Seventh
Bro . Gush , J . W . 1541 . Second Lecture—First Section , Bro . Webb , VV . M . 13 S 1 ; Second , Bro . Abell , P . M . 1599 ; Third , Bro . Tate , P . M . SG 2 ; Fourth , Bro . Johnson , 1541 ; and Fifth , Bro . Bolton , S . W . 105 G . Third Lecture—First Section , Bro . Denison , S . VV . 1541 ; Second , Bro . Berry , P . M . 554 ; and Third , Bro . Caton , S . D . 7 G 5 .
I have heard some queer stories of the old Courts of Landdrost and Heemraden , which some of the people would like to see revived . Some live or six years ago , in one of our border towns , the district surgeon sued the guarantors for a year ' s salary , whicli , by reason of a short temporary absence of the doctor , they refused to pay . Dr . in his plea declared himself to be a member of a
Scotch College of Surgeons , which I believe lie was . The attorney for the defendants seeing a chance , demanded the qualification of the plaintiff , in other words , the production of the diploma . This having been left in the Old Colony put the plaintiff ' s attorney in a fix ; but being a man not
easily beaten , he procured a Masonic certificate of some high degree , and gravely laid it before the Court . The document was passed from hand to hand , and the Latin and Greek in it carefully examined ; and then , after a short consultation , a verdict was returned for the plaintiff . — Transvaal Advertiser .
The late Mr . J . B . Warwick has left to the town of Southwell the munilicent bequest of . ( , ' 15 , 000 , free of legacy duty , for the foundation of a free public library and penny bank . Mr . Warwick ' s very valuable collection of minerals , fossils , and geological specimens , are also willed to his native town , besides many volumes of books as a nucleus of the free library , and a number of choice pictures for the adornment of its walls . —Society .
PRESKRVATIOX EXTRAORDINARY . — livery one knows that for softening and preserving the skin , cleansing it from impurity , and thereby ensuring its healthy action , there is nothing equal to Wright ' s Coa ' l Tar Soap . Use it constantly , and you will have neither an irritable skin or a disfigurement of the face from pimples and blotches . Refuse all other Coal Tar Soaps , which are but worthless imitations . —I ADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings.
Bro . Alderman Staples , F . S . A ., Bro . A . J . Altman , C . C , Bro . A . Brookman , C . C , Bro . J . Larkin , and the Aldersgate Lodge have subscribed to the fund for the relief of the family of the late Bro . J . G . Hutchinson , Churchwarden of St . Botolph , Aldersgate .
Bros , the Earl of Shaftesbury , K . G ., the Lord Mayor , Mr . Alderman and Sheriff Hanson , M . A ., and Earl Granville are Stewards for the Charing Cross Hospital Festival , to be held at Willis ' s Rooms , on the 19 th inst ., under the presidency of the Duke of Edinburgh .
Bro . Lord and Lady 1 enterden have left town for the Italian lakes for the Easter vacation . Bro . Lord Granville has gone to Walmer Castle , near Dover , for Easter . The balance-sheet of the Second Tottenham , Enfield , and Edmonton Masonic Charitable Association has been issued , showing that during the past yeat £ 203 15 s . Gd . has been subscribed , and twenty-four ap . propriations made to tlie three Charities .
Bros , the Earl of Lytton and Marquis of Bath are amongst the numerous persons who have signed the petition published in this month ' s " Nineteenth Century , " against the Channel Tunnel scheme . Bro . G . de Keyser , C . C , has qualified himself as a Governor of St . Bartholomew Hospital .
Bro . Edwin rreshheld , F . S . A ., was examine d yesterday week before the Select Committee appointed on the City Parochial Charities Bills . Bro . Sir Edward Watkin has bcen stayin g at the Royal Pavilion Hotel , Folkestone .
Bro . Lord Tenterden ' s eldest daughter , the Hon . Audrey Mary Florence Abbott , was married , on the 30 th ult ., at St . Marylebone Church , by the Rev . VV . Page-Roberts , to Captain Robert Gordon Hancock , Bengal Staff Corps .
The Directors of the Nineteenth-Century Buildin _ Society met on Saturday , and declared a dividend of live per cent , per annum . The g reat sculling match between Hanlan and Boyd for the championship of the world came off at Newcastle-on-Tyne , on Monday last , resulting in an easy victory for Hanlan . Bro . Dr . Luke Armstrong was the Umpire .
Bro . Arthur Wood was installed W . M . of thc Caxton Lodge , No . 1 S 53 , at Freemasons' Hall , on Monday last . Bro . W . Small peice is a candidate for the office of Surveyor to the Westminster District Board of Works . A good slory is going about the City . It is lo the effect that the proprietor of a well-known restaurant
allowed a little band of his daily customers to have half-adozen bottles of wine on the score of a wager which could not be then settled , payment to be dependent upon the ultimate result of the bet . Not being able to get the money he pressed for it , when he was told that the wager was still
open . He asked what it was , and was told that one party held that if the Monument fell down it would fall Fislistreet-hill way , whilst the other maintained that it would lie in the direction of the Thames . The structure still stands , 1 ^ am not aware if the " sell" is an old one revived . — Society .
Bro . Edward I cr ry has been re-elected on the Board of Guardians of Richmond , for the parish of Barnes . At the ball following the three da ys exhibition of the East End Horticultural Society , at the Bow and Bromley Institute , Bow , on the 24 th . ult ., the company included a very large proportion of brethren . Bro . R . Croger supplied a capital quadrille band , to the strains of whose
music dancing went on most enjoyably . Bro . J . VV . Tait , the Secretary , ably fulfilled the duties connected with Ms department , whilst Bro . R . Hirst and a staff of fair assistants supplied the lighter refreshments at a well served buffet , and nothing seemed to be left undone by the Committee to ensure the comfort of their patrons and friends . Dancing was continued after supper until four in the morning .
We are glad lo call attention to the " Masonic Magazine" lor April , whicli contains articles worthy of the special attention of the Masonic student and archicologist . A NEW MASONIC ROOM FOR THE CITY . —Bro . Porter deserves the thanks of citizens andCity brethren for his enterprise in providing a new and spacious lodge-room in the heart of the City . The Old Half Moon Tavern had
in the changes of time to give way to enable the recent improvements in Leadenhall Market to be effected , l'he old inn had a Masonic history . In 1764 the Caledonian Lodge was held there . In this lodge William Preston was interested , and the connection of the ancient lodge with the old inn seems to have been in force in 1792 . The new Half Moon is most favourably situated
at the corner of the Grand Avenue from Gracechurch-strcet to Leadenhall Market . It is a handsome structure , built at a great expense , in accordance with the designs of the Corporation ' s architect , and is an ornament to the important thoroughfare in which it is situated . There is in furniture , fittings , and general conveniences a happy combination of the styles peculiar to the houses of the reitrns of Oueen
Anne and Queen Victoria , with all the additional advantages of recent sanitary and domestic improvements to secure light , drainage , and a wholesome temperature . Bro . Porter deserves the hearty thanks of the Craft for thoughtfully providing a handsomlodge room , substantially furnished and fitted with beautiful stained-glass windows from the studio of
Bro . Ramsey , of Farringdon-street . The contrast of a bright handsome lodge to the generally unsalubrious , dull , and musty rooms sometimes honoured by 'l ' Craft will prove very advantageous to any City lodg 6 requiring a new home . It is possible that a new lodge connected with the important Ward of Cornhill may follow the association of Masonry with the Half Moon . VVe heartily wish Bro . Porter thc success his enterprise deserves .
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Masonic And General Tidings.
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .
Lithographic portraits of Bros . Judd , C . C , and Beard , C . C , have just been produced . Bro . J . VVhichcord is the architect of the new banking premises about to be erected in Abchurch-lane for Messrs ? Brown , Jameson , and Co .
Bro . Horace Jones , the City Architect , has been instructed to prepare plans for an obelisk out of the materials of old Temple Bar , to be erected in lipping Forest . The precise locality has not yet been fixed upon , but it will probably be the spot which will be made most memorable by the visit of Her Majesty to the forest next month .
Bro . George Bnnsley , in response to a numerously signed requisition , has come forward again as a candidate for the Ward of Farringdon Within as a Common Councilman for the City of London . A comp limentary dinner to Messrs . H . J . and VV . I . Roberts was given at their West-end establishment , St . ' James ' s Hall , on Monday evening last . Mr . Lear J . Drew in t ' re chair . About ioo gentlemen assembled on the
occasion . The Chairman , in a genial speech , referred to the successful efforts of Messrs . Roberts to cater for the public at the hall , and at the Bridge House Hotel and Rosherviile , and wished them continued success . The toast was drunk with great heartiness , and was responded to by one of the firm , who acknowledged the kindness of the Chairman and the cordiality with which the toast had
been received . Mr . VV . Hudson , C . C , proposed " The Health oi the Chairman , Mr . Drew , " speaking of the esteem in which that gentlemen is held . A very pleasant evening was spent by the guests . Bro . J . Gale , a former member of the Corporation , and " who is now one of the guardians of the City Unionis a candidate for thc vacant office of inspector of
, gas meters for the City . Bro . E . Clarke , Q . C , M . P ., is refraining from work outside of his professional engagements , by medical advice , having been unwell for some time . Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , K . G ., will preside as colonel of the regiment , at the annual dinner
of the Rtf . e Brigade , on the 2 Gth May . Bro . the M . W . Grand Master , Colonel of the 10 th Husstrs , will take the chair at the regimental dinner of the corps on the 25 th May . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Master , with the Countess , has left Claridge's Hotel for Highclere Castle , their seat , near Newbury .
Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Albany , K . G ., is making good progress now towards recovery , though still confined to the house . Bro . the Lord Mayor and Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Hanson dined at the Albion 011 Monday with the Clockmakers' Company . Bro . VV . H . Pannell , Worshipful Master elect of the Pattenmakers' Company , has been appointed trustee to the estate of Mr . Lee , of Dartmouth Park , Highgate .
The library of manuscripts and printed books of the late Mr . Frederick Ouvry , F . S . A ., is now being dispersed in a five days' sale at Sotheby ' s , lt contains no less than 177 letters written Dy Charles Dickens , and 149 letters written tc him b y eminent literary contemporaries . The manuscripts relating to the dramatic and musical professions are important and voluminous ; the Pulteney
Correspondence , of great historical interest , is arranged in thirty-three morocco volumes and fourteen cases ; the collection of old ballads is of great rarity ; the old political broadsides and early poen . s are , in many cases , unique ; and the Shakespearian collection and fac-similies of first editions are of hig h interest and value . The books in the general library are all in choice condition . —Society .
The word ale is peculiar to the English language , and has long been erroneously supposed to have originated in the Saxon aelan , to kindle , to inflame , because of the intoxicating qualities of the liquor so-called . But ale has not that quality in excess of other liquors , and in its origm simply meant drink , from the Celtic ol , drink , or to drink , and olaidh , the act of drinking ; olar , drunken , addicted
to drink ; and olarachd , habitual drunkenness . Draper , as used in the passage in " Kind Hart ' s Dream , " is the Celtic druapair , one who pours out , or retails liquor in small quantities ; also a tippler ; whence ale-draper would signify one who retailed drink , whether wine , beer , ale ot spirits . —Antiquarian Magasine and Bibliographer . The Rev . VV . A . Ptirey Cust , eldest son of Bro ,
the Very Rev . the Dean of York , Grand Chaplain , and Ladv Emma Purey Cust , was married on the 4 th February , at St . Peter ' s Cathedral , Adelaide , by the Rev . Canon Dendy , assisted by the Dean of Adelaide and Archdeacon Marryat , ' : o Lucy Caroline , second daughter of Major-General Sir William Jervais , G . C . M . G ., C . B ., R . E ., Governor cf South Australia .
Bro . Alderman Hadley presided on Wednesday at a meeting , at the Lambeth Baths , to call upon the Government to support the Bill of the Right Hon . J . Stansfield , M . P ., for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts . The Birming ham Reference Library , established to supply the want of a Central Free Library , whicli was burnt down three years ago , will be opened by Mr . Bright
on the ist of May . Some presents of books are coming from Germany . HOLLOWAY ' PII . I . V—Though good [ health is preferable lo high honour , how regardless people often arc of the former—how covetmis of the latter ! Many Miller their strength to drain away ere maturity is reached , through igii"rance of the facility afforded by thc-c incomparable Pills of checking Ihe lirst untoward symptoms
of derangement , ami rciii 3 tatin _ order without interfering in the least with their pleasures or pursuits . To Ihe young especially it is important to maintain ilie highest digestive clhcicncy , without which the growth is stunted , th- muscles become , lax , the frame feeble , and the mind slothful . The removal of indigestion by these Pills is so easy thlt none save tlie most thoughtless would permit il t ? sap thc springs of life . —[ Ai . vr . ]
Masonic And General Tidings.
Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury , K . G ., will preside at the annual meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association . Pro . the Lord Mayor laid the foundation stone , on Friday , 31 st ult ., of the City of London College , _ where are held evening classes for young men . Bro . Edward Clarke , O . C , M . P ., one of its old students , proposed the
first resolution . Bros . Alderman and Sheriff Hanson , Hyde , Clarke , and Sir John Bennett , was amongst those present . Bro . George Lambert , Grand Sword Bearer , F . S . A ., has been elected Upper Warden of the Pattenmaker ' s Company . Bro . the Rev . Dr . Morris , M . A ., LL . D ., Head Master of the Boys' School , has joined the livery of the
Makers of Playing Cards Company . It is a curious fact that at the Glasgow Post Office , if a person wishes to post a letter on Sunday , he can only do so provided he purchases a shillingsworth of stamps . No doubt by such a regulation the equality between classes in the bitter observance of the Sabbath is duly brought home to the industrial population . But what does Mr . Fawcett say to such a Post Office regulation . — The Echo .
Over 9000 p ictures have been sent to thc Royal Academy this year . Of this number Sooo must be rejected , as the galleries will only hang about 1000 pictures . The task of selection is almost complete . A monster diamond , weighing 217 carats , has been found in possession of a man at the diamond fields at Kimberley . It is supposed that the stone was stolen from
the works . Bros . Aldman , Capt . Boplil , Henry Clarke , P . De Keyzcr , Sir John Bennett , T . Beard , H . Squire , Deputy Saunders , Deputy Crispe , \ V . H . Fennell , F . C . Ace , Pearce , Morrison , Deputy Brass , and G . N . Johnson , P . G . Steward , were amongst the Common Councilmen at the last Court held under Bro . the Lord Mayor .
Bro . XV . H . Pannell has been elected Worshipful Master ofthe Pattern Makers Company for the ensuing year . Bros . Earl Percy , M . P ., the Lord Mayor , Karl Derby , K . G ., Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , M . P ., Colonel Stanley , M . P ., the Right Hon . J . Shaw Lefevre , M . P ., Sir Matthew White Ridley , M . P ., Col . Sir James McGarel
Hogg , M . P ., and Chas . Hutton Gregory , C . M . G ., were present at Willis's Rooms on Saturday at the annual dinner of the Institute of Civil Engineers . Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson , President of the Royal College of Surgeons , has promised to preside on the iSth inst ., at the dinnerof the Royal Medical Benevolent Society , at the Langham Hotel , Portland-place .
On thc occasion of Bro . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales visit to the Globe Theatre , on Monday last , to witness the performance of " Mankind , " one of the horses of the carriage slipped in the Strand , and His Royal Highness handed the Princess into the equerry ' s carriage during the reharnessing of the horse . A large crowd assembled when it was known whose carriage it was .
Bro . J . E . Usher , M . D ., L . R . C . P . London , who has lately been travelling , was very generously tendered a dinner by several of our leading brethren in New York , for the kindness and attention shown to Bro . Capt . Albert J . Kruger , of the Nevada , and his ofiicers and crew , on the occasion of rescuing them after a terrific hurricane in the Atlantic , in February last , when the Nevada became a total
wreck . Bro . Dr . Usher also received a very cordial letter of thanks from our Bro . Pert R . Hincken , VV . M ., on behalf of the members of the Montank Lodge , No . _ SG , of Brooklyn , New York , for the kindness displayed towards their fellow member , Bro . Kruger . The Fifteen Sections will be worked b y the members of the Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , No .
1050 , at the Portugal Hotel , h lee . street , on the 2 SU 1 inst ., at six o ' clock . The Sections will be worked as under : — First Lecture—First Section , Bro . Jones , 1541 ; Second , Bro . Appleton , J . VV . 13 S 1 ; Third , Bro . Minstrell , J . W . 1928 ; l'ourth , Bro . Snelling , 1541 ; Fifth , Bro . Larchin , VV . M . 1541 ; Sixth , Bro . Squirrel ) , P . M . 20 G ; and Seventh
Bro . Gush , J . W . 1541 . Second Lecture—First Section , Bro . Webb , VV . M . 13 S 1 ; Second , Bro . Abell , P . M . 1599 ; Third , Bro . Tate , P . M . SG 2 ; Fourth , Bro . Johnson , 1541 ; and Fifth , Bro . Bolton , S . W . 105 G . Third Lecture—First Section , Bro . Denison , S . VV . 1541 ; Second , Bro . Berry , P . M . 554 ; and Third , Bro . Caton , S . D . 7 G 5 .
I have heard some queer stories of the old Courts of Landdrost and Heemraden , which some of the people would like to see revived . Some live or six years ago , in one of our border towns , the district surgeon sued the guarantors for a year ' s salary , whicli , by reason of a short temporary absence of the doctor , they refused to pay . Dr . in his plea declared himself to be a member of a
Scotch College of Surgeons , which I believe lie was . The attorney for the defendants seeing a chance , demanded the qualification of the plaintiff , in other words , the production of the diploma . This having been left in the Old Colony put the plaintiff ' s attorney in a fix ; but being a man not
easily beaten , he procured a Masonic certificate of some high degree , and gravely laid it before the Court . The document was passed from hand to hand , and the Latin and Greek in it carefully examined ; and then , after a short consultation , a verdict was returned for the plaintiff . — Transvaal Advertiser .
The late Mr . J . B . Warwick has left to the town of Southwell the munilicent bequest of . ( , ' 15 , 000 , free of legacy duty , for the foundation of a free public library and penny bank . Mr . Warwick ' s very valuable collection of minerals , fossils , and geological specimens , are also willed to his native town , besides many volumes of books as a nucleus of the free library , and a number of choice pictures for the adornment of its walls . —Society .
PRESKRVATIOX EXTRAORDINARY . — livery one knows that for softening and preserving the skin , cleansing it from impurity , and thereby ensuring its healthy action , there is nothing equal to Wright ' s Coa ' l Tar Soap . Use it constantly , and you will have neither an irritable skin or a disfigurement of the face from pimples and blotches . Refuse all other Coal Tar Soaps , which are but worthless imitations . —I ADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings.
Bro . Alderman Staples , F . S . A ., Bro . A . J . Altman , C . C , Bro . A . Brookman , C . C , Bro . J . Larkin , and the Aldersgate Lodge have subscribed to the fund for the relief of the family of the late Bro . J . G . Hutchinson , Churchwarden of St . Botolph , Aldersgate .
Bros , the Earl of Shaftesbury , K . G ., the Lord Mayor , Mr . Alderman and Sheriff Hanson , M . A ., and Earl Granville are Stewards for the Charing Cross Hospital Festival , to be held at Willis ' s Rooms , on the 19 th inst ., under the presidency of the Duke of Edinburgh .
Bro . Lord and Lady 1 enterden have left town for the Italian lakes for the Easter vacation . Bro . Lord Granville has gone to Walmer Castle , near Dover , for Easter . The balance-sheet of the Second Tottenham , Enfield , and Edmonton Masonic Charitable Association has been issued , showing that during the past yeat £ 203 15 s . Gd . has been subscribed , and twenty-four ap . propriations made to tlie three Charities .
Bros , the Earl of Lytton and Marquis of Bath are amongst the numerous persons who have signed the petition published in this month ' s " Nineteenth Century , " against the Channel Tunnel scheme . Bro . G . de Keyser , C . C , has qualified himself as a Governor of St . Bartholomew Hospital .
Bro . Edwin rreshheld , F . S . A ., was examine d yesterday week before the Select Committee appointed on the City Parochial Charities Bills . Bro . Sir Edward Watkin has bcen stayin g at the Royal Pavilion Hotel , Folkestone .
Bro . Lord Tenterden ' s eldest daughter , the Hon . Audrey Mary Florence Abbott , was married , on the 30 th ult ., at St . Marylebone Church , by the Rev . VV . Page-Roberts , to Captain Robert Gordon Hancock , Bengal Staff Corps .
The Directors of the Nineteenth-Century Buildin _ Society met on Saturday , and declared a dividend of live per cent , per annum . The g reat sculling match between Hanlan and Boyd for the championship of the world came off at Newcastle-on-Tyne , on Monday last , resulting in an easy victory for Hanlan . Bro . Dr . Luke Armstrong was the Umpire .
Bro . Arthur Wood was installed W . M . of thc Caxton Lodge , No . 1 S 53 , at Freemasons' Hall , on Monday last . Bro . W . Small peice is a candidate for the office of Surveyor to the Westminster District Board of Works . A good slory is going about the City . It is lo the effect that the proprietor of a well-known restaurant
allowed a little band of his daily customers to have half-adozen bottles of wine on the score of a wager which could not be then settled , payment to be dependent upon the ultimate result of the bet . Not being able to get the money he pressed for it , when he was told that the wager was still
open . He asked what it was , and was told that one party held that if the Monument fell down it would fall Fislistreet-hill way , whilst the other maintained that it would lie in the direction of the Thames . The structure still stands , 1 ^ am not aware if the " sell" is an old one revived . — Society .
Bro . Edward I cr ry has been re-elected on the Board of Guardians of Richmond , for the parish of Barnes . At the ball following the three da ys exhibition of the East End Horticultural Society , at the Bow and Bromley Institute , Bow , on the 24 th . ult ., the company included a very large proportion of brethren . Bro . R . Croger supplied a capital quadrille band , to the strains of whose
music dancing went on most enjoyably . Bro . J . VV . Tait , the Secretary , ably fulfilled the duties connected with Ms department , whilst Bro . R . Hirst and a staff of fair assistants supplied the lighter refreshments at a well served buffet , and nothing seemed to be left undone by the Committee to ensure the comfort of their patrons and friends . Dancing was continued after supper until four in the morning .
We are glad lo call attention to the " Masonic Magazine" lor April , whicli contains articles worthy of the special attention of the Masonic student and archicologist . A NEW MASONIC ROOM FOR THE CITY . —Bro . Porter deserves the thanks of citizens andCity brethren for his enterprise in providing a new and spacious lodge-room in the heart of the City . The Old Half Moon Tavern had
in the changes of time to give way to enable the recent improvements in Leadenhall Market to be effected , l'he old inn had a Masonic history . In 1764 the Caledonian Lodge was held there . In this lodge William Preston was interested , and the connection of the ancient lodge with the old inn seems to have been in force in 1792 . The new Half Moon is most favourably situated
at the corner of the Grand Avenue from Gracechurch-strcet to Leadenhall Market . It is a handsome structure , built at a great expense , in accordance with the designs of the Corporation ' s architect , and is an ornament to the important thoroughfare in which it is situated . There is in furniture , fittings , and general conveniences a happy combination of the styles peculiar to the houses of the reitrns of Oueen
Anne and Queen Victoria , with all the additional advantages of recent sanitary and domestic improvements to secure light , drainage , and a wholesome temperature . Bro . Porter deserves the hearty thanks of the Craft for thoughtfully providing a handsomlodge room , substantially furnished and fitted with beautiful stained-glass windows from the studio of
Bro . Ramsey , of Farringdon-street . The contrast of a bright handsome lodge to the generally unsalubrious , dull , and musty rooms sometimes honoured by 'l ' Craft will prove very advantageous to any City lodg 6 requiring a new home . It is possible that a new lodge connected with the important Ward of Cornhill may follow the association of Masonry with the Half Moon . VVe heartily wish Bro . Porter thc success his enterprise deserves .