Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

A convocation of the Supreme Council , 33 ° , will be held at 33 , Golden-square , on Wednesday . An unusually full agenda paper has been issued , over 30 candidates being proposed for the several Degrees of 30 , 31 , and 32 . The regular monthly meeting of the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will

be held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday next , the 13 th instant , at 4 p . m . Bros . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) , Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ) , and Lord George Hamilton attended the Cabinet Council held at the Foreign Office on Saturday last .

The East Terrace at Windsor Castle was , by her Majesty s command , opened to the public for about two hours on Sunday afternoon last , when a large number of people availed themselves of the promenade . The Goldsmiths' Company have voted £ 20 , and the Merchant Taylors' Company £ 10 ios ., for the painting , furnishing , and completing of the Helen Duchess of Albany Ward of St . Peter ' s Hospital , Henrietta-street , Covent Garden .

The Duke of Clarence and Avondale visited Wakefield on the 30 th ult . for the purpose of opening a technical and art school . His Royal Highness also planted a tree as a memorial of his visit in the proposed park at Thornes . The day was observed as a general holiday in honour of the event .

Bro . William Heathcote was installed W . M . of the Stirling Lodge , No . 19 S 9 , Cleator Moor , on Wednesday , the 29 th ult ., in the presence of over 20 Past . Masters . There was also a large muster of visitors from the lodges in the district , and the usual banquet was held after at the Queen ' s Hotel .

¦ The Duchess of Connaught and her children , Prince Arthur and the Princesses Margaret and Victoria , reached Windsor Castle about 7 p . m . on Thursday , the 30 th ult ., on a visit to her Majesty . The Duchess dined with the Queen , and remained at the Castle with the Duke and their children .

The Princess of Wales and her daughter , the Princess Maud , visited the Royal Academy on the 30 th ult ., and were receivedattheentranceby Bro . Sir Frederick Leighton , the President . Prince Christian and his daughters , the Princesses Louise and Victoria , also visited Burlington House the same day .

Thursday , the 30 th ult ., was the second anniversary of the death of the lamented Bro . Carl Rosa , and his grave in Highgate Cemetery was visited by a large number of his relatives , friends , and admirers , as well as by the members of the various troupes under the management of the company which bears his name .

Bro . Lord Brassey presided at the 25 th anniversary festival , held at the Hotel Metropole , on Friday , the ist inst ., in aid of the Victoria Hospital for Sick Children , Chelsea , the subscriptions amounting to £ 1820 . Bros . Lord A . Gordon-Lennox and Sir George hlliot , Bart ., M . P ., were among the principal guests .

Among those present at the private view of the Royal Academy Exhibition on Friday , the ist inst ., were Bro . the Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddale , the Turkish Ambassador , Bro . the Earl and Countess of Albermarle , Bro . Ferdinand de Rothschild , Bro . and Mrs . Henry Brassey , and Bro . Viscount and Viscountess Sherhrooke .

Friday , the ist instant , was the 41 st anniversary of the Duke of Connaught ' s birthday , his Royal Highness having been born on the tst May , 1850 . The event was celebrated in the usual manner at Windsor , while the officers of the Scots Guards arrived at the Castle in the morning and presented their congratulations to the Duke on the occasion .

At the half-yearly meeting of the Clock and Watch Makers' Pension Society , held at the Horological Institute , Northampton-square , last week , Bro . T . Baxter , of Goswellroad ( who has been five years Treasurerof the society ) , was presented with a handsomely-engrossed and framed vellum m recognition of his services . The meeting also elected as Vice-Presidents Major Lambert , Captain Penton , M . P ., and Earl Compton , M . P .

The anniversary dinner in aid of the Railway Officers ' and Servants' Association was held at the Hotel Metropole on Thursday , the 30 th ult ., when subscriptions amounting to £ 3130 were announced . In the course of the evening certain statistics relating to railway travelling were quoted , from which it appears that in 1 SS 9 upwards of 915 million journeys were made in the United Kingdom , with the result that in less than every 10 millions one passenger was killed , and in less than 900 , 000 one was injured .

A deputation from the newly-formed Association of Proprietors of Entertainments had an interview in the Conference Room of the House of Commons on Monday evening with a number of Metropolitan Members with reference to the proposed bill of the London Count y Council for the

regulation of theatres , music halls , and other places of entertainment . Among the M . P . ' s present were Bros . Sir Algernon Borthwick ( in the chair ) , Kimber , Darling , Maple , Aird , F . Seager Hunt , Sir G . Hunter , Lafone , and W . Isaacson .

The Royal Naval Exhibition , Chelsea , was opened by the Prince of Wales on Saturday last . Notwithstanding the very unpropitious weather , there was a large and fashionable attendance , among those present being the Princess ol Wales , the Princess Maud of Wales , the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , the Duke of Cambridge , the Duke of Teck and the Princes Francis and Alexander of Teck , the

Princess Louise , the Marquis of Lome , the Duchess of Albany , the Duchess of Fife , Prince and Princess Christian , Bro . Sir Redvers Buller , the Archbishop of Canterbury , Bro . Lord Mayor Savory and the Lady Mayoress , Sheriff Farmer , Bro . Sheriff Augustus Harris , the Dukes of Edinburgh and Connaught , Bro . Lord George Hamilton , Bro . Lord Brassey , Bros . Admirals Sir H . Keppel and Sir George Willis , and Bro , Sir P , Cunliffe-Ovven .

Masonic And General Tidings

The Duke and Duchess of Connaught embarked on Monday evening on board the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert at Portsmouth , and started at daybreak the following morning on a 10 days' cruise in the Channel . Bro . Lord Mayor Savory and Sheriff Farmer and Bro . Sheriff Augustus Harris were entertained at dinner at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , on Monday evening , by

the Library Committee of the Corporation of London . The Provincial Grand ; Lodge of Middlesex will be held this year at the Town Hall , Hounslow , on Saturday , the 27 th June , under the presidency of the Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Col . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart . The Secretary to the Warehousemen , Clerks ' , and Drapers' Schools has been informed that Mr . David

Price , deceased , of 4 , Queen Ann-street , Cavendish-square , has bequeathed the sum of £ 1000 to the above institution . The Lord President of the Council has filled up the vacancy in the number of representative governors of the Royal Holloway College , Egham , caused by the death of Bro . Earl Granville by the appointment of Bro . Sir W . Hart-Dyke , M . P .

The Princess Christian , accompanied by Lady Jeune , and attended by Colonel Gordon , visited Brighton on Monday for the purpose of opening the new Home of Rest fur Nurses in Sussex-square . The Home having been opened , a vote of thanks was voted by acclamation to her Royal Highness .

Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn and Bro . the Earl of Lathom were among the guests at the dinner party given by the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador and the Countess Deym at the Embassy in Belgrave-square on Monday evening .

The Duke of Connaught has kindly consented to preside at the dinner in aid of the funds of the North-Eastern Hospital for Children , Hackney-road , which will take place at the Royal Venetian Chamber , Holborn Restaurant , on Friday , the 15 th inst ., at 7 o'clock , to which ladies are also invited .

The Duke of Clarence and Avondale presided at the festival dinner , held at the Hotel Metropole , on Monday , in aid of the Royal Hospital for Children and Women . The subscriptions ^ which included £$ 0 from the Queen , in addition to her annual subscription of £ 21 , and 25 guineas from the Chairman , amounted to £ 1165 .

The renowned Russian Troupe of Singers and Dancers , in their national costumes , who created such enthusiasm during their recent four and a-half months' engagement in Paris , and whose opening performance was honoured by the entire Russian Embassy , will appear at the Empire Theatre on Monday next .

Bro . the Duke of Fife presided at the 73 rd annual meeting of the British and Foreign Sailors' Society , which , by the permission of the company , was held in Fishmongers ' Hall on Monday . The several resolutions in behalf ot the Society were unanimously adopted , and votes of thanks were passed to his Grace for presiding and to the company for the use of its hall .

We regret that the tour through the United States which Bro . H . Hemmens , Churchwarden of it . Paul ' s Bedminster , Bristol , took last summer , has not had such a permanent effect on his health as could be desired , and acting on medical advice he has this week been ordered away , this time a little nearer home . We trust our brother ' s sojourn at Weston-super-Mare will build him up substantially , and that he will shortly bz able to return to his church and business duties .

The Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths' Company ( Mr . J . Wigan ( presided on Friday last at the 58 th anniversary festival in aid of the funds of this Institution , held at the Holborn Restaurant . Those present included the President , Mr . F . B . Thomasj the Treasurer , Major Geo . Lambert

I ' . S . A . j Mr . J . M . Garrad and Major H . C Lambert , Trustees ,- and Mr . W . J . Hutchinson , Chairman of Committee . Subscriptions were announced amounting to £ 350 15 s ., including a donation of £ 35 ios . from the Chairman , and 100 guineas from Major George Lambert .

Bro . Dr . HasUins gave his annual concert at the Shoreditch Town Hall on Thursday evening , the 23 rd ult . The Hall was crowded with a select and appreciative audience , who expressed their approval of the splendid programme provided for their approbation by repeated encores , which were in most cases acceded to . Of the artistes we must

mention the celebrated Cardiff National Welsh Choir , to whom the highest praise is due for the excellent manner in which they acquitted themselves in several part songs , quartettes , and solos , and Bros . George Pritchard and William Davey , who fully maintained the reputation they have so justly earned .

The Queen left Cherbourg on board the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert on her return from her sojourn at Grasse , on the morning of the 30 th ult ., and on arriving off Spithead was received with salutes from the Russian frigate Minim and the battleship Thunderer . In the harbour the ships were dressed and the yards manned , while a salute was fired from the flagship , the Duke of Wellington .

On landing her Majesty was received by the Duke of Connaught and Bro . Admiral Sir E . Commerell . After a brief delay the special train containing her Majesty , the Duke of Connaught and the Princess Beatrice , started on its journey , and Windsor was reached about 6 p . m . The Queen appears to have greatly benefited by her visit to Grasse .

CARSON ' S PAINT . —It is of public interest to note that the important business of Messrs . Walter Carson and Sons , the well-known manufacturers of paints , colours , oils , varnishes , & c , has been removed from the old premises in La Belle Sauvage Yard , Ludgate Hill , to more roomy quarters at Battersea . The firm has taken the Grove Works , and fitted up the buildings with every kind of

appliance required for the manufacture of paints and colours of the finest quality . It is hardly necessary to remind readers of the leading position which this firm holds in the trade . Among many other excellent manufactures their anti-corrosion paint , which has stood the test of practice for

very many years , is still in universal request as the most serviceable paint which can be used for all outdoor purposes . Messrs . Carson and Son ' s new catalogues will be found to furnish very full information , and to be well worth the attention of all who have occasion for the use of such materials ,

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The East Surrey Lodge of Concord Lodge of Instruction No . 4 63 , concluded its session on Wednesday last . ' Bro . F . J . Horniman , under instructions from his phv . sicians , has relinquished his candidature for Shrewsbury , During last week Bro . James Judd , C . C ., J . P ., addressed a series of meetings at Lowestoft , the constituency f 0 r which he is the accepted candidate . His reception on L occasion has been of the most flattering description .

The Queen has been pleased to approve of the appoint , ment ofthe Earl of Derby , K . G ., to be Chancellor of the " University of London in place of Bro . Earl Granville , K . G , deceased . ' ' We regret to announce the death , on Sunday last , from acute bronchitis , of Bro . Wm . Smith , _ W . M . of the Doric Lodge , No . 933 . Bro . Smith was a Vice-President of the Benevolent Institution , and a Life Governor ot the Boys ' School .

Our readers will be glad to know that Bro . James Gibson P . M ., Treas ., No . 2030 , has now quite recovered from the accident that befell him in February last , which , providen . tially , did not prove fatal . We congratulate him on his miraculous escape .

The Abbey Lodge ( Westminster ) , No . 2030 , will hold its seventh installation meeting on Monday next . Bro . C , Christmas Piper will be installed W . M ., and a large and influential gathering is expected . Bro . Burdett-Coutts , M . P ., the first W . M ., will be present , also Bro . F . Seager Hunt , M . P . Arrangements have been made with Bro . Arthur Weston , of Newgate-street , to take a photographic group of the members .

We are glad to notice that Bro . John Lane , P . P . G . Reg . Devon , P . S . G . W . Iowa , & c , has so far recovered from his recent illness as to consent to deliver a lecture in the Masonic Hall , Torquay , on Tuesday next . It will be under the auspices of the Jordan Lodge , No . 1402 , of which Bro . John Taylor is the W . M ., and the subject will be "Some Aspects of Early English Freemasonry" ( Esoteric ) .

The Gentlewoman is evidently one of the comparativel y new serials that have come to stay . Its stage of probation has long since passed , and it is evident that the enterpris . ing projectors are not content with the high state of excellence to which it has attained , but are seeking fresh fields and pastures new .- A new departure was made last week

in the shape of a Spring special double number , issued at the ordinary price of 6 d ., which contains several pages of coloured lithographic work applied to the ordinary pages of the paper . It was a success artistically , and we have little doubt that , notwithstanding the extraordinary number of pages and the high quality of the illustrations , it will prove a commercial success as well .

THE ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL . —A vigorous attempt is being made to raise a special fund of £ 20 , 000 for the purpose of rebuilding the front of the Royal Free Hospital in Gray ' s Inn-road , the first institution in London which admitted the sick and suffering poor to the free enjoyment of its benefits , and dispensed with letters of recommendation from subscribers and others . The hospital was founded as

early as 1828 , and removed to its present site in 1842 . Three of its four sides have since been rebuilt , and it is now proposed to complete the renovation of the building by replacing the front , which was originally designed as a barracks for the Light Horse Volunteers , with a structure which shall better accord with the approved principles of hospital construction and the rules of modern sanitary

science . In this older part of the building is situated the casualty room . This has long ceased to be adequate to its needs , and greater facilities are urgently needed for dealing with cases in which a few moments are sometimes of the utmost value . The dispensary and the rooms occupied by the resident medical officers and servants are also situated in this portion of the building , and are all of them

described as extremely inconvenient and ill-adapted to present requirements . A design for the proposed new front has been prepared by Mr . W . Harvey , the architect of the hospital , and the sum of £ 20 , 000 which the committee are now endeavouring to raise includes not only the cost of rebuilding , but also that of reconstructing the drainage , erecting lifts , and carrying out other necessary works . In

turtherance of the committee's appeal for funds a festival dinner—the first that has taken place in connection with the hospital for over six years—was held on Saturday evening at the Hotel Metropole , Bro . the Earl of Lathom presiding . The Chairman , in giving the toast of the evening , entered into some interesting particulars with respect to the i nstitution , dwelling strongly on the free and unrestricted admission

of patients without letters of recommendation , which was a principle unknown until this hospital was established . It now contains 160 beds , and he stated that last year alone 2 iy > in-patients , 17 , 26 3 out-patients , and 10 , 804 , accident cases had been treated , making a total of 30 , 205 . He trusted there would be a most generous response to the appeal made by the Committee . The noble Chairman concluded by

remarking his brethren , the hreemasons , had liberally assisteu u « hospital . He did not know whether they could be induceo to come forward again on the present occasion , but he wa sure that if they only knew what the Charity was , and what it did , they would come to the conclusion that it was one deserving of all aid . Mr . VV . T . Pritchard , Chairman 01 the Committee , briefly responded . "The Memory ot tne Founder of the Royal Free Hospital" was proposed ny

Mr . Edward Masterman , and responded to by Dr . '" a /" ,. " the founder ' s son . Mr . E . F . North gave "The iVIeclicai and Surgical Staff , " and the toast was acknowledged uy Dr . West and Mr . Albert B . Barrow . "The Health 01 the Chairman and the Freemasons of England " , . ^| r . posed by Lord Saye and Sele , and replied to by the en man . In the course of the proceedings the Secretary nounced donations amounting to £ Sogo , including a leD of £ 3000 , specially bequeathed to the building

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