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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
Bro . the Earl of Mar and Kcllic has becn appointed to succeed Bro . Sir Michael R . Shaw Stewart , Bart ., as M . W . Grand Master of Scotland . Bro . Sir Archibald Campbell , Bart ., is the Depute Grand Master . Bro . James Crossland was installed \ V , M . of the Rothesay Lodge ; No . 1 GS 7 , at the Inns of Court Hotel , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , on Wednesday last . A full report will appear in our next .
The regular monthly meeting' of the Doric Yarborough Masonic Benevolent Association was held on thc 27 th ult ., at Bro . A . Walter ' s , Green Dragon , Stepney , E . There were present , Bros . Past Masters T . J . Barnes , President ; J . J . Berry , Vice-President ; J . G . Stevens , Sec . ; T . S . Taylor , Treas . ; G . Hollington , Godwin , E . XV . Walter ; also Bros . J . Taylor , W . Cross , W . Hawes , J . R . Shingfield , G . Jones , A . Walter and G . TI . Stephens . After
some routine business had been disposed of , Bro . Secretaryannounced that two Life Governorships would be ballotted for . This was next proceeded with , and resulted in favour of Bro . G . Jones and Bartlett . We are pleased to learn that since the association was formed in May , 1 S 7 S , it has been instrumental in paying to the three Masonic Institutions the handsome sum of over £ 600 , and congratulate those brethren who have brought it to so successful a condition .
1 hc Alexander Chapter , No . 1661 , will be consecrated at the Saving ' s Bank-, Newark , on Thursday , November 17 th . Bro . W . Welbourn was installed W . M . of the Tyrian Lodge , No . 253 , Derby , on Tuesday , thc 27 th ult .
The corner-stone of thc Ridge Avenue Methodist Church , Ridge and Montgomery-avenues , Philadelphia , was laid by the Grand Master of Masons of Pennsylvania , assisted by the officers of the Grand Lodge , on Sunday afternoon the 25 th ult .
The monumental bust , b y Bro . Adams-Acton , has just been completed and erected over Cruikshank's tomb in the crypt of St . Paul's Cathedral . A Provincial Grand Lodge of . Somerset will be held at Bath on the 12 th inst .
Ihe marriage of Mr . T . J . Green , second son of Mr . Samuel Green , of St . Swithin ' s-lane , and Rose Bank , Blackcath , to Miss Matilda Hubbuck , third daughter of thcJat . Mr . W . A . Hubbuck , of Rosenthal , Catford , and niece of Bro . E . M . Hubbuck , of Lime-street ( for several years the respected churchwarden of St . Dionis Backchurch , Fenchurch-street ) , was duly solemnized on Thursday , the 22 nd ult ., at St . Mark's , Lewisham .
The various Commanders of Knights Templar of Virginia and thc District of Columbia are making extensive arrangements for forming a camp at Yorktown , during thc Centennial Celebration at that place next month . The ceremony of installation will be worked in thc Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , No . 1507 , at the Moorgate , 15 , Finsbury-iiavemcnt , on Monday , October
10 th , by Bro . W . Side , W . M . 1507 . Brethren arc cordially invited to attend . No visitor's fee . A Grand Council of the Illustrious Knights K . H ., 30 ° , will be held at the Hall , 33 , Golden-square , at 4 . 45 , on 'Tuesday , the nlh inst . Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , M . P ., Civil Lord of the Admiralty , addressed the members of the Sunderland
Volunteer Life Brigade on Saturday last , after their drill on the North Pier . He said a question was at present under the consideration of a committee as to Government assistance to the Naval Artillciy Volunteer movement in the shape of a capitation grant . He said good men would be cheap to the country at 30 s . a head , but if Government could get them for nothing they would do equally as good service .
Bro . Horace | B . Marshall , C . C ., F . R . G . S ., laid the memorial stone of a new Baptist chapel at Gipsy Hill on 'Tuesday , the 27 th ult ., towards which Mr . Spurgcon gave £ 100 , and Mr . Oilman , M . P ., £ 50 . Air . J . Tritton entertained the choir boys of thc Stockwell Orphanage , who sang djring the proceedings , at his residence .
The Queen has sent a message of condolence lo the mother and to the widow of the late Bro . President Garfield , and Mrs . Garfield , in reply , expresses her grateful acknowledgments of the tender and womanly sympathy displayed by tier Majesty .
Bro . Sir Julius Benedict will write new music for " Romeo and Juliet" at the Lyceum . Bro . the Duke and Duchess of St . Albans , since the conclusion of their sea-fishing cruise off the west coast -of Ireland , have been staying at Newtown Aimer , Tipperary , where tlieir children have joined them , and they do not intend to return to Bestwood till the middle of this month .
The Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of the State of New York met in annual assembly in the "Tuscan Room " ( Masonic Temple ) , on Tuesday , the 20 th ult ., at ten o ' clock a . m . Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey has written to the Tees Conservancy Commissioners , stating that his yacht , the Sunbeam ; would be brought round to the river 'Ices on the occasion of the Middlcsb ' ro' jubilee , and allowing the
Commissioners to make any regulations as to the inspection of the yacht for the benefit of a local charity . A committee was appointed to meet and escort Lad y Brassey in the yacht up the river . Bro . Sir Harcourt V . Benipde-Johnstone , Bart ., who was Grand Junior Warden of l . ngland , 1 S 7 S-9 , has been raised to the Peerage by the style and title of Baron Derwent , of Hacknes :., 111 the North Riding of the County oi York .
Ihe Jititldinir News reports thai Mr . Thomas Holloway , the " Mr . 'Thomas " who recently at Christie ' s gave huge sums for pictures by Landseer and Mr . Millais , has expended in all not less than £ --, 2 , < n , n , in procuring paintings for the decoration of the Hollow-ay College and Sanatorium , \ irginia Water . | . K . SHAM ) re Ct ,., Wine Mcrrlianl :. . Kxpcrts and Valuers * Well fermented Old Wines ; md matured Spirits . 2 ,. Alb .. t M , v . ions , Victoria . Street , I . . niton , S . W .
Masonic And General Tidings.
We see by the papers that our esteemed friend and Sir Knight Theodore S . Parvin has been on a journey of recuperation from a recent illness , down in the Salt Lake country , where , under the fraternal care of Chris Diehl , Grand Secretary , he has becn seeing thc lions . Messrs . Gladwell Brothers will exhibit a collection of water-colour drawings by the late Brothers Joy ,
being an interesting series of portraits of the Wooden Wails of Old England of the first half of the present century , at their gallery , 20 and 21 Gracechurch-street , on Monday , the 10 th inst ., and following days . It has been decided , on the recommendation of Bro . General Sir F . Roberts , Bart , G . C . B ., to grant the bronze star for the march from Cabul lo Candahar to the
troops which formed the garrison of Khelat-i-Ghitzai , and accompanied the General to Candahar . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales has returned to Abergeldie , after honouring R . W . Bro . the Earl of Fife , P . G . M . Banffshire , with a visit at Mar Lodge last week . On Wednesday week last His Royal Highness went out deer stalking , accompanied by the Earl and a full staff of
ghillics and gamekeepers , and succeeded in bringing down three line stags , one with a head of ten points , and weighing seventeen stones , while another exceeded sixteen stones : one wounded animal escaped . 'The day previous there was a grand dinner and ball , at which Prince Leopold , Duke of Alban } -, was ' present . Among the guests being , besides the Duchess of Manchester , the Countess of
Mandcville , and the Countess of Lonsdale , R . W . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . M ., P . G . M . Derbyshire , and Lord Charles Beresford , P . G . W . Devonshire , W . M . Prince Edward of Saxc Wcimer Lodge , No . 1903 , Portsmouth , and Lady C . Beresford . Bro . Richard Barham was installed W . M . of thc St . Luke ' s Lodge , No . 17 G 5 , at Anderton's Hotel ,
rlcet-street , on Monday last . Bro . Sir A . XV . Woods ( Garter King-at-Arms ) , P . G . Warden , G . D . of C England , left London for Madrid in thc train of the Marquis of Northampton , who has been deputed by Her Majesty to invest the Kiny of Spain with the insignia of Ihe Order of the Garter . Attached to the mission are Earl Compton , Viscount Downe , Lord William
Compton , Colonel Alexander Klhot , C . B ., and Mr . George Leveson Gower , with Mr . Philip Currie , C . B ,, as Secretary . Bro . J . Green wil ! be installed W . M . of the \ Vcst Middlesex Lodge , No . ] Gi 2 , at the Institute , Ealing , thisday ( Saturday ) , at five o'clock . The banquet , which is fixed for G . 30 p . m ., will be held at the Lyric Hall , Kalimr .
Bro . Malthouse has been most successfull y photographed in his Mazarine gown as Common Councilman by the London School of Photography , and the picture is now on view at their studio in Newgate-street . The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Percy
Lodge of Instruction , No . 19 S , on Saturday , the 29 th inst ., at the Jolly Farmers , Southgate-road , Islington , N . Bro . Lord and Lad y Carnarvon left Grcystokc Castle , Cumberland , on 'Thursday last for Keel Hall , Staffordshire , lo attend the wedding of Lady Carnarvon ' s brother with Miss Sneyd .
The first ordinary meeting of thc Montague Guest Lodge , No . 1900 , will he held on Wednesday , the 12 th inst ., at the Inns of Court Hotel , Lincoln ' s-Inn-Fields .
Bro . Sir John Bennett lectured to a large and appreciative audience on the " Watch , " at Whitfield 1 al . ernacle , Tottenham Court-road , on Monday evening last , under the presidency of Bro . the Rev . J . Jackson Wray , the worthy Knight being the guest of Bro . E . F . Storr , Mayday Villa , Kentish Town . At the National Hospital ( or the Diseases of the
Heart and Paralysis , Soho-square , the number of patients under treatment for the week ending October the 1 st was 9-2 . The Speaker of thc Canadian Senate , the I Ion . D . Macpherson , has arrived in London , and is now honouring Bio . Charles Mercier with sittings for the portrait which
has been voted by the Canadian Parliament , and which is to hang in the Senate House . Bro . H . J . Atkins , P . P . G . D ., will instal Bro . Henry Brown as W . M . of the Eleanor Cross Lodge , 1704 , at the Masonic llall , Abington-street , Northampton , on 'Tuesday , the iSth inst .
Thc annual festival of the Langton Lodge of Instruction will be held at thc Mansion House Restaurant on Thursday , the 3 rd November . Bro . Bancroft ( who has at length succeeded , after considerable difficulty , in obtaining legal possession of thc Haymarket 'Theatre again , 'since his recent return from Switzerland with Mrs . Bancroft ) started on Wednesday morning , the 2 , Sth ult ., in company with Bro . J . C
Parkinson , the well-known litterateur , from Southampton , in the Pacific and Oriental steamer Deccan , for Gibraltar and Malta . He proposes to be absent from his country during the entire month of October , and to visit Athens and Constantinople . 'The Haymarket will be re-opened under the Bancroft management about the end of November with " Plot and Passion , " and the postponed version of " Lolotte , " under the title of " Lesson . "
Bro . Yea ! was present at the Fire Brigade inspection at Colnbrook on Monday last , as Captain of the Great Stanmore Brigade . Bro . A . J . Altman , has been elected on the Court of Assistants of the Makers of Playing Card's
Company , and was duly admitted on Saturday last . Bro . C . li . Soppc-tt has joined the Makers of Playing Caid ' s Company . Bro . George Lambert , F . S . A ., has been elected a Director of the French Hospital , Yietoiia Park-road .
The Supreme Council of the Thirty-third Degree al the Ancient and Arreplc-d Kite will hold meetings on Tuesday and Saturday next at tlieir hall , at 33 , Gohlensquare . Comp . S . Tanner , was installed M . E . Z . ot the South Saxon Chapter , No . 311 , . at the Freemasons'llall , I . ewes , on Wednesday , the 2 Kth nil ,
Masonic And General Tidings.
The Directors of the Bank of England met on Thursday and advanced the Bank rate from 4 to 5 per cent . A Provincial Grand Lodge of Jersey will beheld on Wednesday , thc 12 th inst . Bro . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand
Secretary , assisted by Bros . Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , P . G . C ; Capt . N . G . Philips , P . G . D . ; TI . G . Buss , Asst . G . Sec ; Jas . Terry , Sec . Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ; and John Mason , P . P . G . D . Middlesex , consecrated the Earl of Lathom Lodge , 1 9 , at the Greyhound Hotel , Streatham Common , on Thursday , the 29 th ult .
Bro . Lieut .-Col . James Moffatt , M . W . Grand Master of Canada , was present at the last regular meeting of the St . George Lodge , 333 , Glasgow , on Thursday , the 29 th ult . Bro . John Atkinson was installed W . M . of the
Dramatic Lodge , No . ¦ 1 G 09 , Liverpool , on Tuesday , the 27 th ult . Bro . the Earl of Breadalbane , Provincial Grand Master of Perthshire East , consecrated the new Hall of the St . Andrew Lodge , No . 74 , at Perth , on thc 2 SU 1 ult .
Bro . Donald . I . Dewar , Asst . Grand Secretary of the Mark 1 legree , assisted by Bro . Henry George , installed Bro . William Newton as W . M . of the Fleming Lodge , No . 2 G 5 , of Mark Master Masons , on the 30 th ult ., at Ncwark-on-Trcnt . A Provincial Grand Lodge for the Western Division of Lancashire will beheld at thc Winter Gardens , Blackpool , on Wednesday next at twelve o'clock .
The Rt . Hon . the Loid Mayor , M . P ., Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Fowler , M . P ., Alderman Sir Robert W . Garden , M . P ., the Lord Mayor Elect ( Bro . Alderman Ellis ) , Bro . SirT . J . Nelson ( City solicitor ) , and Sir Henry Peek , Bart ., M . P ., were present at the annual "Vension Dinner , " given by the Mayor of Kingston-on-Thames , in the Drill llall of the town , at which allusion was made to
Bro . Alderman Ellis , in the toast of "The Coming Lord Mayor . " E . Sir George XX . Kcndrick , jun ., R . E . Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Pennsylvania , assisted b y the Grand Ofiicers , on Wednesday , the 28 th ult ., constituted at Bradford , McKean county , Pa ., a new commandery , to be known as Trinity Commandery , 5 . S ,
stationed at Bradford . It is understood that preliminary steps arc being taken for the formation at Dover and Folkestone of a naval volunteer corps , at the suggestion , if not under the' auspices , of Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., who has manifested a great deal of interest in the formation of similar corps elsewhere .
Brc . Lord and Lady Tenterden have returned lo to their residence in Portland-place . Bro . thc Duke and Duchess of Richmond have been entertaining a party at Gordon Castle , including Prince and Princess Edward of Saxc-Weimar , Colonel and ! Lady Gwendoline Chaplin , Colonel and Lady Cecilia Hardy , and several members of the family . Bro . the Crown Prince of Denmark , M . W .
CM . of the Grand Lodgeof Denmark , and his wife , the Crown Princess , who are said to have come into an enormous fortune , about £ 3 , , 000 , by the death of Bro . Prince Frederick of the Netherlands , are staying at Gmunden on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland , who will return with them to Copenhagen , and who may possibly come to England for a short visit to thc Prince and Princess of Wales .
Bro . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales has sent thc baby of Bro . Sir Julius Benedict a splendid vermeil cup , richly-gilt knife , fork , and spoon , with the following inscription : "To Albert Edward Julius Wilbraham Scott Benedict , born May 12 th , 1 SS 1 . From his godfather , Albert Edward , Prince of Wales . "
Bro . C . Smith , Caxlon , 1 S 53 , P . M . Ivy , 1441-, & c , has , it is stated , resigned his appointment as Alasonic Editor of the Sunday Times . It affords us great p leasure to say that our Grand High Priest , ' Bro . Wm . T . Woodruff , was present at the quarterly meeting of the Grand Chapter of Pennsylvaniaand that he was received and entertained with alt
, the honour and hospitality for which the Keystone State is renowned . Wc cannot give the text of the speeches made on the occasion , but we can say that the companions of New York fully appreciate the kindness shown to their executive , and will remember with grateful affection the generous service of Charles E . Meyer and Hibbert P . John , G . II . P ., in entertaining our Chief . A great many things
might be said , but what is the use ? Pennsylvania is always the Keystone State , and New York will never forget it . — New York Dispatch . Bto . the Earl of Egmonl is a fortunate landlord . At the annual audit dinner given the other day at Midhurst , to the tenants on the Cowdry estate , it was stated that the average amount of rent had been taken , and there was not a vacant farm on the property .
Bro Major-General Sir Frederick Roberts and other officers of the Royal Artillery were present at a military balloon ascent in the Royal Arsenal , on the 29 th ult . The aeronaut , Captain Templer , with one companion , ascended from the balloon-ground about one
o'clock , prepared for a long voyage , and provided with instruments for taking observations . The balloon rose to a great height , and went away in a northerly direction . The visitors also witnessed some practice with heavy guns at the proof butts , and torpedo experiments in the arsenal canal .
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
Bro . the Earl of Mar and Kcllic has becn appointed to succeed Bro . Sir Michael R . Shaw Stewart , Bart ., as M . W . Grand Master of Scotland . Bro . Sir Archibald Campbell , Bart ., is the Depute Grand Master . Bro . James Crossland was installed \ V , M . of the Rothesay Lodge ; No . 1 GS 7 , at the Inns of Court Hotel , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , on Wednesday last . A full report will appear in our next .
The regular monthly meeting' of the Doric Yarborough Masonic Benevolent Association was held on thc 27 th ult ., at Bro . A . Walter ' s , Green Dragon , Stepney , E . There were present , Bros . Past Masters T . J . Barnes , President ; J . J . Berry , Vice-President ; J . G . Stevens , Sec . ; T . S . Taylor , Treas . ; G . Hollington , Godwin , E . XV . Walter ; also Bros . J . Taylor , W . Cross , W . Hawes , J . R . Shingfield , G . Jones , A . Walter and G . TI . Stephens . After
some routine business had been disposed of , Bro . Secretaryannounced that two Life Governorships would be ballotted for . This was next proceeded with , and resulted in favour of Bro . G . Jones and Bartlett . We are pleased to learn that since the association was formed in May , 1 S 7 S , it has been instrumental in paying to the three Masonic Institutions the handsome sum of over £ 600 , and congratulate those brethren who have brought it to so successful a condition .
1 hc Alexander Chapter , No . 1661 , will be consecrated at the Saving ' s Bank-, Newark , on Thursday , November 17 th . Bro . W . Welbourn was installed W . M . of the Tyrian Lodge , No . 253 , Derby , on Tuesday , thc 27 th ult .
The corner-stone of thc Ridge Avenue Methodist Church , Ridge and Montgomery-avenues , Philadelphia , was laid by the Grand Master of Masons of Pennsylvania , assisted by the officers of the Grand Lodge , on Sunday afternoon the 25 th ult .
The monumental bust , b y Bro . Adams-Acton , has just been completed and erected over Cruikshank's tomb in the crypt of St . Paul's Cathedral . A Provincial Grand Lodge of . Somerset will be held at Bath on the 12 th inst .
Ihe marriage of Mr . T . J . Green , second son of Mr . Samuel Green , of St . Swithin ' s-lane , and Rose Bank , Blackcath , to Miss Matilda Hubbuck , third daughter of thcJat . Mr . W . A . Hubbuck , of Rosenthal , Catford , and niece of Bro . E . M . Hubbuck , of Lime-street ( for several years the respected churchwarden of St . Dionis Backchurch , Fenchurch-street ) , was duly solemnized on Thursday , the 22 nd ult ., at St . Mark's , Lewisham .
The various Commanders of Knights Templar of Virginia and thc District of Columbia are making extensive arrangements for forming a camp at Yorktown , during thc Centennial Celebration at that place next month . The ceremony of installation will be worked in thc Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , No . 1507 , at the Moorgate , 15 , Finsbury-iiavemcnt , on Monday , October
10 th , by Bro . W . Side , W . M . 1507 . Brethren arc cordially invited to attend . No visitor's fee . A Grand Council of the Illustrious Knights K . H ., 30 ° , will be held at the Hall , 33 , Golden-square , at 4 . 45 , on 'Tuesday , the nlh inst . Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , M . P ., Civil Lord of the Admiralty , addressed the members of the Sunderland
Volunteer Life Brigade on Saturday last , after their drill on the North Pier . He said a question was at present under the consideration of a committee as to Government assistance to the Naval Artillciy Volunteer movement in the shape of a capitation grant . He said good men would be cheap to the country at 30 s . a head , but if Government could get them for nothing they would do equally as good service .
Bro . Horace | B . Marshall , C . C ., F . R . G . S ., laid the memorial stone of a new Baptist chapel at Gipsy Hill on 'Tuesday , the 27 th ult ., towards which Mr . Spurgcon gave £ 100 , and Mr . Oilman , M . P ., £ 50 . Air . J . Tritton entertained the choir boys of thc Stockwell Orphanage , who sang djring the proceedings , at his residence .
The Queen has sent a message of condolence lo the mother and to the widow of the late Bro . President Garfield , and Mrs . Garfield , in reply , expresses her grateful acknowledgments of the tender and womanly sympathy displayed by tier Majesty .
Bro . Sir Julius Benedict will write new music for " Romeo and Juliet" at the Lyceum . Bro . the Duke and Duchess of St . Albans , since the conclusion of their sea-fishing cruise off the west coast -of Ireland , have been staying at Newtown Aimer , Tipperary , where tlieir children have joined them , and they do not intend to return to Bestwood till the middle of this month .
The Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of the State of New York met in annual assembly in the "Tuscan Room " ( Masonic Temple ) , on Tuesday , the 20 th ult ., at ten o ' clock a . m . Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey has written to the Tees Conservancy Commissioners , stating that his yacht , the Sunbeam ; would be brought round to the river 'Ices on the occasion of the Middlcsb ' ro' jubilee , and allowing the
Commissioners to make any regulations as to the inspection of the yacht for the benefit of a local charity . A committee was appointed to meet and escort Lad y Brassey in the yacht up the river . Bro . Sir Harcourt V . Benipde-Johnstone , Bart ., who was Grand Junior Warden of l . ngland , 1 S 7 S-9 , has been raised to the Peerage by the style and title of Baron Derwent , of Hacknes :., 111 the North Riding of the County oi York .
Ihe Jititldinir News reports thai Mr . Thomas Holloway , the " Mr . 'Thomas " who recently at Christie ' s gave huge sums for pictures by Landseer and Mr . Millais , has expended in all not less than £ --, 2 , < n , n , in procuring paintings for the decoration of the Hollow-ay College and Sanatorium , \ irginia Water . | . K . SHAM ) re Ct ,., Wine Mcrrlianl :. . Kxpcrts and Valuers * Well fermented Old Wines ; md matured Spirits . 2 ,. Alb .. t M , v . ions , Victoria . Street , I . . niton , S . W .
Masonic And General Tidings.
We see by the papers that our esteemed friend and Sir Knight Theodore S . Parvin has been on a journey of recuperation from a recent illness , down in the Salt Lake country , where , under the fraternal care of Chris Diehl , Grand Secretary , he has becn seeing thc lions . Messrs . Gladwell Brothers will exhibit a collection of water-colour drawings by the late Brothers Joy ,
being an interesting series of portraits of the Wooden Wails of Old England of the first half of the present century , at their gallery , 20 and 21 Gracechurch-street , on Monday , the 10 th inst ., and following days . It has been decided , on the recommendation of Bro . General Sir F . Roberts , Bart , G . C . B ., to grant the bronze star for the march from Cabul lo Candahar to the
troops which formed the garrison of Khelat-i-Ghitzai , and accompanied the General to Candahar . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales has returned to Abergeldie , after honouring R . W . Bro . the Earl of Fife , P . G . M . Banffshire , with a visit at Mar Lodge last week . On Wednesday week last His Royal Highness went out deer stalking , accompanied by the Earl and a full staff of
ghillics and gamekeepers , and succeeded in bringing down three line stags , one with a head of ten points , and weighing seventeen stones , while another exceeded sixteen stones : one wounded animal escaped . 'The day previous there was a grand dinner and ball , at which Prince Leopold , Duke of Alban } -, was ' present . Among the guests being , besides the Duchess of Manchester , the Countess of
Mandcville , and the Countess of Lonsdale , R . W . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . M ., P . G . M . Derbyshire , and Lord Charles Beresford , P . G . W . Devonshire , W . M . Prince Edward of Saxc Wcimer Lodge , No . 1903 , Portsmouth , and Lady C . Beresford . Bro . Richard Barham was installed W . M . of thc St . Luke ' s Lodge , No . 17 G 5 , at Anderton's Hotel ,
rlcet-street , on Monday last . Bro . Sir A . XV . Woods ( Garter King-at-Arms ) , P . G . Warden , G . D . of C England , left London for Madrid in thc train of the Marquis of Northampton , who has been deputed by Her Majesty to invest the Kiny of Spain with the insignia of Ihe Order of the Garter . Attached to the mission are Earl Compton , Viscount Downe , Lord William
Compton , Colonel Alexander Klhot , C . B ., and Mr . George Leveson Gower , with Mr . Philip Currie , C . B ,, as Secretary . Bro . J . Green wil ! be installed W . M . of the \ Vcst Middlesex Lodge , No . ] Gi 2 , at the Institute , Ealing , thisday ( Saturday ) , at five o'clock . The banquet , which is fixed for G . 30 p . m ., will be held at the Lyric Hall , Kalimr .
Bro . Malthouse has been most successfull y photographed in his Mazarine gown as Common Councilman by the London School of Photography , and the picture is now on view at their studio in Newgate-street . The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Percy
Lodge of Instruction , No . 19 S , on Saturday , the 29 th inst ., at the Jolly Farmers , Southgate-road , Islington , N . Bro . Lord and Lad y Carnarvon left Grcystokc Castle , Cumberland , on 'Thursday last for Keel Hall , Staffordshire , lo attend the wedding of Lady Carnarvon ' s brother with Miss Sneyd .
The first ordinary meeting of thc Montague Guest Lodge , No . 1900 , will he held on Wednesday , the 12 th inst ., at the Inns of Court Hotel , Lincoln ' s-Inn-Fields .
Bro . Sir John Bennett lectured to a large and appreciative audience on the " Watch , " at Whitfield 1 al . ernacle , Tottenham Court-road , on Monday evening last , under the presidency of Bro . the Rev . J . Jackson Wray , the worthy Knight being the guest of Bro . E . F . Storr , Mayday Villa , Kentish Town . At the National Hospital ( or the Diseases of the
Heart and Paralysis , Soho-square , the number of patients under treatment for the week ending October the 1 st was 9-2 . The Speaker of thc Canadian Senate , the I Ion . D . Macpherson , has arrived in London , and is now honouring Bio . Charles Mercier with sittings for the portrait which
has been voted by the Canadian Parliament , and which is to hang in the Senate House . Bro . H . J . Atkins , P . P . G . D ., will instal Bro . Henry Brown as W . M . of the Eleanor Cross Lodge , 1704 , at the Masonic llall , Abington-street , Northampton , on 'Tuesday , the iSth inst .
Thc annual festival of the Langton Lodge of Instruction will be held at thc Mansion House Restaurant on Thursday , the 3 rd November . Bro . Bancroft ( who has at length succeeded , after considerable difficulty , in obtaining legal possession of thc Haymarket 'Theatre again , 'since his recent return from Switzerland with Mrs . Bancroft ) started on Wednesday morning , the 2 , Sth ult ., in company with Bro . J . C
Parkinson , the well-known litterateur , from Southampton , in the Pacific and Oriental steamer Deccan , for Gibraltar and Malta . He proposes to be absent from his country during the entire month of October , and to visit Athens and Constantinople . 'The Haymarket will be re-opened under the Bancroft management about the end of November with " Plot and Passion , " and the postponed version of " Lolotte , " under the title of " Lesson . "
Bro . Yea ! was present at the Fire Brigade inspection at Colnbrook on Monday last , as Captain of the Great Stanmore Brigade . Bro . A . J . Altman , has been elected on the Court of Assistants of the Makers of Playing Card's
Company , and was duly admitted on Saturday last . Bro . C . li . Soppc-tt has joined the Makers of Playing Caid ' s Company . Bro . George Lambert , F . S . A ., has been elected a Director of the French Hospital , Yietoiia Park-road .
The Supreme Council of the Thirty-third Degree al the Ancient and Arreplc-d Kite will hold meetings on Tuesday and Saturday next at tlieir hall , at 33 , Gohlensquare . Comp . S . Tanner , was installed M . E . Z . ot the South Saxon Chapter , No . 311 , . at the Freemasons'llall , I . ewes , on Wednesday , the 2 Kth nil ,
Masonic And General Tidings.
The Directors of the Bank of England met on Thursday and advanced the Bank rate from 4 to 5 per cent . A Provincial Grand Lodge of Jersey will beheld on Wednesday , thc 12 th inst . Bro . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand
Secretary , assisted by Bros . Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , P . G . C ; Capt . N . G . Philips , P . G . D . ; TI . G . Buss , Asst . G . Sec ; Jas . Terry , Sec . Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ; and John Mason , P . P . G . D . Middlesex , consecrated the Earl of Lathom Lodge , 1 9 , at the Greyhound Hotel , Streatham Common , on Thursday , the 29 th ult .
Bro . Lieut .-Col . James Moffatt , M . W . Grand Master of Canada , was present at the last regular meeting of the St . George Lodge , 333 , Glasgow , on Thursday , the 29 th ult . Bro . John Atkinson was installed W . M . of the
Dramatic Lodge , No . ¦ 1 G 09 , Liverpool , on Tuesday , the 27 th ult . Bro . the Earl of Breadalbane , Provincial Grand Master of Perthshire East , consecrated the new Hall of the St . Andrew Lodge , No . 74 , at Perth , on thc 2 SU 1 ult .
Bro . Donald . I . Dewar , Asst . Grand Secretary of the Mark 1 legree , assisted by Bro . Henry George , installed Bro . William Newton as W . M . of the Fleming Lodge , No . 2 G 5 , of Mark Master Masons , on the 30 th ult ., at Ncwark-on-Trcnt . A Provincial Grand Lodge for the Western Division of Lancashire will beheld at thc Winter Gardens , Blackpool , on Wednesday next at twelve o'clock .
The Rt . Hon . the Loid Mayor , M . P ., Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Fowler , M . P ., Alderman Sir Robert W . Garden , M . P ., the Lord Mayor Elect ( Bro . Alderman Ellis ) , Bro . SirT . J . Nelson ( City solicitor ) , and Sir Henry Peek , Bart ., M . P ., were present at the annual "Vension Dinner , " given by the Mayor of Kingston-on-Thames , in the Drill llall of the town , at which allusion was made to
Bro . Alderman Ellis , in the toast of "The Coming Lord Mayor . " E . Sir George XX . Kcndrick , jun ., R . E . Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Pennsylvania , assisted b y the Grand Ofiicers , on Wednesday , the 28 th ult ., constituted at Bradford , McKean county , Pa ., a new commandery , to be known as Trinity Commandery , 5 . S ,
stationed at Bradford . It is understood that preliminary steps arc being taken for the formation at Dover and Folkestone of a naval volunteer corps , at the suggestion , if not under the' auspices , of Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., who has manifested a great deal of interest in the formation of similar corps elsewhere .
Brc . Lord and Lady Tenterden have returned lo to their residence in Portland-place . Bro . thc Duke and Duchess of Richmond have been entertaining a party at Gordon Castle , including Prince and Princess Edward of Saxc-Weimar , Colonel and ! Lady Gwendoline Chaplin , Colonel and Lady Cecilia Hardy , and several members of the family . Bro . the Crown Prince of Denmark , M . W .
CM . of the Grand Lodgeof Denmark , and his wife , the Crown Princess , who are said to have come into an enormous fortune , about £ 3 , , 000 , by the death of Bro . Prince Frederick of the Netherlands , are staying at Gmunden on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland , who will return with them to Copenhagen , and who may possibly come to England for a short visit to thc Prince and Princess of Wales .
Bro . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales has sent thc baby of Bro . Sir Julius Benedict a splendid vermeil cup , richly-gilt knife , fork , and spoon , with the following inscription : "To Albert Edward Julius Wilbraham Scott Benedict , born May 12 th , 1 SS 1 . From his godfather , Albert Edward , Prince of Wales . "
Bro . C . Smith , Caxlon , 1 S 53 , P . M . Ivy , 1441-, & c , has , it is stated , resigned his appointment as Alasonic Editor of the Sunday Times . It affords us great p leasure to say that our Grand High Priest , ' Bro . Wm . T . Woodruff , was present at the quarterly meeting of the Grand Chapter of Pennsylvaniaand that he was received and entertained with alt
, the honour and hospitality for which the Keystone State is renowned . Wc cannot give the text of the speeches made on the occasion , but we can say that the companions of New York fully appreciate the kindness shown to their executive , and will remember with grateful affection the generous service of Charles E . Meyer and Hibbert P . John , G . II . P ., in entertaining our Chief . A great many things
might be said , but what is the use ? Pennsylvania is always the Keystone State , and New York will never forget it . — New York Dispatch . Bto . the Earl of Egmonl is a fortunate landlord . At the annual audit dinner given the other day at Midhurst , to the tenants on the Cowdry estate , it was stated that the average amount of rent had been taken , and there was not a vacant farm on the property .
Bro Major-General Sir Frederick Roberts and other officers of the Royal Artillery were present at a military balloon ascent in the Royal Arsenal , on the 29 th ult . The aeronaut , Captain Templer , with one companion , ascended from the balloon-ground about one
o'clock , prepared for a long voyage , and provided with instruments for taking observations . The balloon rose to a great height , and went away in a northerly direction . The visitors also witnessed some practice with heavy guns at the proof butts , and torpedo experiments in the arsenal canal .
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