Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

THE PRINCE OF WALES was entertained on Saturday evening last at a banquet by the members of the Cercle Nautii-ue , Cannes . THE COMMITTEE OF- MANAGEMENT of tie Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will hold a regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on VVednesday next , the 13 th inst ., at 4 p . m .

THE REV . J TROUTUECK , D . D ., senior Minor Canon of Westminster , has been appointed to the ollice of Precentor of Westminster Abbey rendered vacant by the death of the Rev . Flood Jones . IN THE unavoidable absence through illness of the Marchioness of Salisbury , Lady George Hamilton distributed the prizes to the successful pupils of the Manual

Training Classes in the HaU of the Drapers' Company on Tuesday . WE ARE REQUESTED to announce that the weekly meetings of the Westbourne Lodge of Instruction will be held on Tuesday evenings at eight o'clock , instead of W < dnesdays as hitherto , at Bro . J . J . Hugh's Prince Alfred Hotel , 112 , Queen ' s-road , Bayswater .

THE RIGHT HON . THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON , Bro . Alderman Sir Joseph Renals , will preside at the dinner of the City of London General Pension Society , which will be held at the A'bion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , on Tuesday , the 26 th instant . His lordship will b * s supported by the Sheriffs of London .

WE ARE ASKED TO STATE that the ceremonies of consecration and installation will be rehearsed at the Union Waterloo Lodge of Instruction , No . 13 , at the Freemasons ' Hall , Mount Pleasant , Plumstead . on Thursday , March 2 ist , b y Bro . James Terry , P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . B . I ., & c . Lodge will be opened at seven o ' clock precisely .

THE QUEEN invested the Marquis of Lansdowne with the Orderof the Garter at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday , after which her Majesty , accompanied by the Empress Frederic and the Piincess Beatrice , drove to Paddington Station under an escort of the 2 nd Life Guards , and returned to Windsor Castle .

BROS . SIR J AMES FERGUSON , BART ., Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., the Hon . D . Plunket , Sir W . Hart-Dyke , Bart ., Sir John E . Gorst , O . C , the Right Hon . W . L . Jackson , the Right Hon . ATAkers-Douglas , Sir VV . Walrond , Bart ., Sir E . Clarke , Q . C , and VV . Hume Long were among the guests at the Speaker's second Parliamentary dinner on Wednesday .

BRO . THE EARL OF J ERSEY presided at the 27 th anniversary dinner of the Royal Colonial Institute , which took place at the Hotel Metropole , on Wednesday , when there were present among the guests Bros . Lord Brassey , Lord Kinnaird , Admiral Sir Houston Stewart , Sir G . Baden-Powell , M . P ., Sir Saul Samuel , Sir Ambrose Shea , and Bro . Sir Charles Mills .

A GRAND evening concert will be given by the Strolling Players' Amateur Orchestral Society in Queen ' s Hall , Langham-place , on Wednesday , the 13 th instant , in aid of the Metropolitan Hospital , Kingsland-road . It will take place under the patronage of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and other Royal and distinguished persons . Full particulars can be obtained of the Secretary to the Hospital , Kingsland-road , N . E ., and of Mr . Robert Newman , Queen ' s Hall , Langham-place , W .

THE ANNUAL festival and dinner of the Covent Garden Lodge of Instruction , No . 1614 , will be held at the Criterion , Piccadilly , on Tuesday , the 12 th instant , at 7 30 p . m . Bro . J . VV . Btlsham , P . M ., the W . M . of the mother lodge , and Bio . Foan , P . M ., Pieceplor , will occupy the chair and vice-chair rcspictively . Tickets—price 5 s . —to be had on application to Bro . II . J . Keen , Hon . Secretary , 25 , South Molton-s'reet , W .

MASONIC FESTIVAL ATSTGCKTON . —The annual festival of the Philanthropy Lodge , No . 940 , was celebrated on Thuisday , the 21 st ult ., in the Masonic Hall , Stockton-on-Tees , when Bro . VV . Hodgson , S . VV ., was installed in ihe chair of K . S . by Bro . Josh . Robinson , the retiring VV . M . Afterwards the newly-installed Worshipful Master appointed and invested his oflicers for the ensuing jear . Subsequent to the ceremonial the biethien dined together , anU the customary Masonic toast list was honoured .

THE SUNDAY PHILHARMONIC UNION inaupurab d a series of concerts at thu Princes' Hall on Sunday , the 3 rd inslant . The prrgiamme inclidid seliclions both vocal ar . d ir . stiumcntal lrom thevwoiks of Chopin , Schumann , Mendelssohn , Handel , Wagner , Giunod , Cowen , and

1 ther -well-known masters , among the vocalists being Mr . J ' ttf Claus , Miss Agnes Janson , Miss Esther Palliser , and Mr . Jack Kobt-itson , and amorg the instrumentalists Miss Agnes Hirschfield ( piano ) , ard Mons . Johannes Wolff ( violin ) . There was a capital attendance , and the e ( Torts of the titistes were greatly appreciated .

LORD HARRIS , lately Governor of Bombay , accompanied by his niece , crossed the channel from Calias to Dover on Wednesday , and on disembarking at the Admirally was received by a guard of honour of the 1 st V . B . East Kent Regiment , cf which his lordship is honorary

colcnel , and heanily cheered by a large ar . d enthusiastic crowd . On arriving at I'aversham , near to which town his loidsl . ip resides , he was still more enthusiastically cheered , ar . d was presented by the Mayor and Corporation with an address of welcome , which he briefly but gracefully acknowledged .

THE LATE BRO . J . IL P . LEier . sciiE .-On thc 5 th inst ., being the anniversary of tlie death of Bro . John Henry Prcctor Leresche , J . P ., P . l ' . G . Reg . East Lancashiie , stiper . d ' aiy magistrate of the Manchester Division of the Ccunty of Lancashire , a brass tablet erected to his memory was unveiled in the Manchester Cathedral .

Ihe tablet , which is ( . laced on the south wall of the Cathedral , between thc memorial windows of Lord Mamford and Dean Oakley , bears the following inscription : "This tablet was erected by his brother magistrates as a token ot their esteem and regaid , and in remembrance of his kindly and genial courtesy . "

Masonic And General Tidings

THE PRINCE OF WALES has consented to preside at the forthcoming anniversary festival of the Printers' Pension Corporation . BRO . LORD BR \ SSEY , when he leaves England for Australia to take up his duties as . Governor of Victoria , will be accompanied by the Earl of Shaflesburv , Lord Settington—son of Bro . the Earl of March—Mr . F . Freeman Thomas , his son-in-law , and Lord Richard Nevill .

Ar A MEETING ot the beneficed clergy of the Archdeaconry of Lancaster in the Diocese of Manchester , held in the Town Hall , Lancaster , on Friday , the ist instant , Bro . the Rev . T . Barton Spencer , M . A ., P . G . Chaplain England , vicar of St . James , Preston , was elected one of the Assessors for the Archdeaconry under the Clergy Descipline Act 1 S 92 . CURIOUS FACT . —During tbe recent inclement weather

in the grounds of a gentleman residing at Wem , Shropshirea peacock was missing for 48 hours , when a search was made for it . After some length of time attention was drawn to a mound of snow by the scratching of some pea hens . On removing three feet of snow , the peacock was discovered with its tail frozen to the ground . The bird was released and conveyed to the house and placed near the kitchen fire , which it seemed greatly to enjoy , and when thawed appeared none the worse for its cold entombment .

DEATH OF BRO . CARL GOTZ . —VVe regret to announce tHe death of Bro . Carl Jotann Wilhelm Gotz , which took place on the 20 th ult ., after a long illness , at his residence , Erlington House , Seymour Grove , Old Trafford , in the 54 th year of his age . He had been for a long time the prominent member of the firm of John M . Sumner and Co . Bro . Gotz was a well-respected member of the Manchester Conservative Club , the Arts Club , and was held in high esteem amongst the Freemasons of the district .

A MtETiNG of the Gallery Lodge , No . icjsS , was held on Saturday , the 2 nd inst ., at Anderton's Hotel , Bro . Charles Lock , W . M ., presiding . —At the banquet which followed the following artistes and brethren contributed to a most enjoyable evening : —Bro . F . Stephens , W . M ., 134 S ; the Venetian Part Singers ( Messrs . W . VV . Richardson , alto ; VV . T . Knight , tenor ; I . Batchelor , baritone ; and A . J . Maple , bass ); Mr . Nurse ( West Indian tenor ) ,

accompanied by Mr . Langton ; Mr . Maurice Muscovilz ; Bros . P . Husk , S . VV . ; H . E . Peacock , Org . ; J . D . hvine , Stwd . ; A . E . Baines , J . E . C Lane , and B . Sykes . THE INTERNATIONAL review of yachts , in connection with the regatta at Cannes , took place on Tuesday . There were 20 steam and 40 sailing yachts , including all the British yachts now eff the coast , and as they passed in lines before the French cruiser Condor . with Rear-Admiral Baron

Lage in command , they presented a very pretty sight . Baron Rothschild's Eros headed the steam yachts and the Prince of Wales's Britannia , with his Royal Highness on board the sailing vessels . In the evening there was a grand banquet at the Cercle Nautique , at which the health of the Queen was proposed by Baron Lage , and that of the President of the French Republic by the Piince of Wales .

THE FOLLOWING SHOWS will take place at the Crystal palace duiing the present- year : Exhibition of plants , ( lowers , & c , Saturday , March , iG ; the National Rose Scciely's exhibition of roses , and the London Pansy and Violet Society ' s show , Saturday , July 6 ; the National Carnation ar . d Picotee Society ' s show , VVednesday , July

24 ; the National Co-operative ( lower , fiuit , and vegetable show , August 17 to 24 ; the National Dahlia Society's show , Friday ar . d Saturday , September 6 ad 7 ; the Royal Iloiticullural Society ' s exhibition of British-grown fiuit , September 26 , 27 , and 28 ; and the Chrysanthemum exhibition , Friday and Saturday , November 1 and 2 .

THE QUEEN held the second Drawing Room of the season , at Buckingham Palace , on Tuesday , having left Windsor Caslle for London for the purpose the day previous . In the Royal Circle were the Duke and Duchess ol Connaught , Prince and Piincess Henry of Battenberg , the Duke and Ducnessof York , the Duchess of Albany , and Prince Christian . The Gentlemen-at-Armswere on duty in the State Saloons , and the Yeoman of the Guard , under ths

command of their Captain , Bro . Lord Kensington , in the interior of the Palace . The Diplomatic and General Circles were largely attended , and there was a good number oi presentations , though , owing to the prevalence of inlluer . za , sevei al ladies who were to be presented were obliged to be absent . In the evening her Majesty's dinner party included the Empress Frederic of Germany , the Duke and Duchess of York , Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar , the

Dowager Duchess of Roxburghe , the Duke and Duchess of Rutland , and the Lord Chamberlain ( Bro . Lord Carrington ) . ON THE 4 th instant a number cf biethren assembled at Mai k Masons' Hall , among whom weie Bres . Sir George llanis , Sir Joseph C Dimsdale , Sir John Monckton , T . Charters White , Hugh Hobbs , J . D . Langton , Frederick Mead , VV . Vaughan Morgan , T . Dale Hart , C . E . Birch ,

T . 11 . Gardiner , 11 . H . Leigh , E . E . Cooper , G . Cook , H . Piitchard , E . VV . Stillwell , and others . At the instance of those present , Bro . Sir John Monckton , addressing Bro . Sir Joseph Dimsdale , congratulated him upon his pleasant year of oflice as Grand Treasurer , and especially at the success he had achieved in an election , the result of which they had but just now learr . t ; and begged him , in the names both of those present and many fraternal sympathiser , to accept the clothing of Past G . Treasurer

as a small mark of the esteem in which he was held by them all . Bro . Sir Joseph Dimsdale responded in feeling terms , and said that the fraternal spontaneity of the gift * and the manner of the giving invested it with peculiar value in his eyes , and adoxd , if it were passible , very considerably to the appreciation with which he had regarded his election by his brethren of Grand Lodge to the ollice of Grand Treasurer . A vote of thanks to Bro . Sir John Monckton concluded the pleasant proceedings .

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Masonic And General Tidings

AT THR monthly meeting of the Crook Lodge Bro VV . T . Wanless , of Witton-le-Wear , was unanimous ! , * elected to the office of Worshipful Master for the ensuing year . BRO . COL . T . DAVIES S EWELL has been confined to his residence , at Westminster , with influenza , but since Saturday last his been approaching conva ! es : ence , and is now on a fair road to complete recovery .

MRS . A . T . HAM , in memory of her late husband Major Clurles Hall , of the ist L ' le Guards , contributed the sum of ^ , 1000 towards the special fund which is being raised to enable St . Thomas ' s Hospital to open the ward ] which have been so long closed .

BRETHREN are invited to send for the list of Masinic Books published at ihe office of the Freemason . * ua ' works of interest both to the Masonic student and general reader have recently been added , and the publisher will gladly forward a copy to any address on receipt ol a postcard .

A MOVEMENT is being made to form a Royal Atlt Mariners Lodge in connection witH the Boscawen Matk Lodge , No . 101 , Chacewater , meeting every alternate month at St . Day . The lodge is in flourishing condition , and several members of the Royal Ark Mariners Degree have intimated their willingness to become members .

THE ANNUAL banquet of the London County C ycling Club was held at the Hotel Metropole , on Saturday evening , under the presidency of Bro . Sir William Marriott , O . C . Among the principal guests being Bro . Lord Berth ' , wick , Captain Shute , and Bro . J . C . Parkinson . l n the course of the evening a handsome cup and shield were presented to Mr . F . VV . Shorland and Mr . A . E . Walters respectively . The former having won the cup three times successively , retains it as his own property .

AT A MEETING of membeisof the Craft on Friday , the 22 nd ult ., a petition was signed to Grand Mark Lod ge for a warrant establishing the Eastbourne Mark Lod ge . Meetings ar : proposed to be held at the Oueen ' s Hotel on the first Thursdays in February , April , October , and December . Bro . W . E . Morrison , Past Grand Deacon ,

was chosen the first Master ; Bro . Joseph Farncoube , Prov . G . Treas ., as S . VV . ; and his Worship the Mayor of Eastbourne ( Bro . J . A . Skinner ) , J . W . Bro . J . H . Wright is acting as Secretary bro fen :., till the consecration of the lodge , which ceremony will take place as soon as the preliminaries can be arranged .

WE REGRET exceedingly that , owing to the very heavy demands upon our space , vve should have omitted to notice the very admirable concert with which the recent Festival in behalf of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution was followed in the Great Hall of Freemasons' Hall . The concert was given under the direction of Bro . Charles E , Tinney , P . M . 1719 . The artistes comprised Madame

Clara Leighton , the Misses M . Chamberlain and L . Seymour , Bro . Davies , Mr . Fred . Frampton , Miss Nettie Atkinson ( violinist ) , and the Dilettante Quartette , Bros . J . A . Brown , E . Dalzell , F . Bevan , and R . Hilton , while Bros . W . Davies and C . E . ' 1 inney himself presided at the pianoforte . There was a well-cnosen programme , and the various numbers were heartily and deservedly applauded .

MARLIIOROUGH MASONIC BALL . —A grand ball , in connection with the Marlborough Lodge , No . 1620 , was held at Deiby Hall , Tue Brook , on Wednesday evening , the 20 th ult :, under the distinguished patronage of the Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , G . C . B ., Prov . G . M . ; the Right Hon . the Earl of Derby , G . C . B ., P . D . P . G . M . ; Bros . K . Wylie P . D . G . M . ; K . II . Cookson , P . P . S . G . W . ;

W . Simpson , P . P . S . G . W . ; Dr . Crawfoid , P . G . T . ; Capt . Murray , P . G . T * . ; W . Gvodacre , P . G . S . B ., P . G . S . ; ad Col . T . Sandys , M . P ., in aid of the lodge Benevolenl Fund . There was a splendid attendance , including Bros . F . T . Parry , W .. YL : K . Parrj , S . VV . ; J . Griffiths , J . W . ; and others . All seemed to have thoroughly

enjoyed themselves to the excellent music supplied by Hro . J . Busfield . The supper ar . d refreshments were provided by Bro . Casey , and gave entire satisfaction .. Bros . W . E . Marshall and James Cooper officiated as M . Cs . ; and the most successful ball ever held in connection with the Mailborough was biought to a close about 2 a . m .

MASONIC CHARITY BALL AT CARNARVON . — This annual event—the proceeds of which are devoted to the funds of the Masonic Charities in Carnai vonshire—came iff on Thursday , the 21 st ult , at the Royal Sportsman Hotel , Carnaivon . The President was the Loid-Lieutenant of the county , Bro . J . E . Greaves . P . P . S . G . W ., and the li > t uf patrons included Bro . Loid HarlechP . G . M . and other

, , names well known in Masonic circles . A large and brilliant company assembled in the spacious ball-room , which had been artistically decorated , and the staircase laid with red baiz ; . Prior to the dancing , which commenced at nine o ' ekek , there was a prncess ' un of brethren in Craft clothing . Bios . R . J . Davids and R . W . Newton acted a * Director and Assistant Director of Ceremonies respectively !

while the duties of Stewards were discharged by Bros . < - Davies , R . G . Thomas , J . VVilliams , Caradog Rowland , Dr . Langford Jones ( Mayor of Bangor ) , Captain VI . y Whiskin , G . Farren , F . Barlow , Glyme Griffith , Doug las Jones , and J . G . Jones . The music was supplied by Brof . O . Morgan's band , the leader being Bro . Clay ton ( Liverpool ) . The Rev . J . Fairchild , W . M . ( Bangor ) and Capt . J . H . Rees , S . D . ( Carnaivon ) were the Hon .

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