Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The Committee of Management of the Royal . . nlr Benevolent Institution will hold their next monthly melting at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , the 14 th '" final meeting of the Board of Stewards for ,-L ,. »/ -- > nt Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Intne reu-i . ' -- _ . — , ,. ... , take lace at ' Hall this day

ttution vvill p Freemasons S ( Fiiday )* at S P- * Bro . the Earl of Onslow arrived at Windsor rastle on Friday , the 2 nd inst ., and had the honour of dining with the Royal Family . Bro . J- Savage , S . VV ., and VV . M . elect , was

installed VV . M . of the Henley Lodge , No . 1472 , at the Three Crowns Hotel , North Woolwich , on Tuesday , the 6 th inst . A full report vvill appear next week . Friday , the 2 nd inst ., being the birthday of Madame Marie Roze , Bro . the Earl of Lathom presented

her with a diamond tiara as a gift from the people of Liverpool in commemoration of the event . Bro . the Earl and Countess of Wharncliffe , Bro . Lord and Lady Algernon Gordon Lennox , and Bro . Sir F . Leighton dined with the Eail and Countets Stanhope at their residence in Grosvenor-place on Saturday evening

last . Bro . Sir W . Wiiliams-Wynn , Bart ., visited Westminster School on St . David's Day ( ist inst . ) , and asked for a late play , and likewise , in accordance vvith a very ancient usage , distributed the usual bounty among boys of Welsh parentage .

Bro . Howard H . Room , P . M . and Treasurer 20 9 , vvas installed W . M . of the Marquis of Dalhousie Lodge , No . 1159 , on Tuesday evening last . Bro . Room has served the lodge for the past five years in the capacity of Secretary . Bro . Sir W . Hart-Dyke , at the Education

Office , on the ist inst ., received a deputation consisting of representatives of King's , University , and other Colleges , lo inquire as to ( he intentions of the Government in reference to grants in aid of University Colleges . The South-Eastern Railway Company have resolved to guarantee £ 1000 , Messrs . Clowes and Son

( Limited ) , £ 500 , and Bros . Sheriffs Davies and Higgs each £ 250 towards the expenses of the British section of the Paris Exhibition , under the auspices of the Committee presided over by Bro . Lord Mayor de Keyser . Bros , the Earl of Wharncliffe , Sir G . O . Trevelyan , Bart ., M . P ., Sir F . Leighton , P . R . A .,

Cavendish-Bentinck , M . P ., Shaw-Lefevre , M . P ., and others were among the visitors to the British Museum on Saturday alternoon last , when the new White Wing , in vvhich are placed the glass and ceramic collections and the Chinese and Japanese drawings , vvas inspected . Bro . Tames Salmon , C . C , P . G . R . Essex , and

Bio . Thomas Woodrow , P . M . Epping Lodge , Secretary of lhe Parent Institution , went dovv . i to Norwich on Wednesday and assisted in establishing a branch of the Provident Surgical Appliance Society . Many brethren , surgeons , and local notabilities were present , and everything passed off successfully . On the 25 th ult ., the Fj Company of the 21 st

Middlesex R . V . held their annual supper " at the Falstaff Restaurant , Eastcheap , Bro . Capt . C . E . Gwinnell presided , and was supported by Bros . Lieut .-Col . Cuming , Royal Inmskillen Fusiliers , Major F . Foster , the Rev . J . H . Lose , M . A ., Chaplain tothe Regiment ; Lieut . T . C . Walls , Quartermaster Baker , J . Kift , and others . The proceedings were moit harmonious and successful .

I . he Albion Lodge , No . 9 , gave a ball on Tuesday last at the Freemasons' Hall . Great Queen-street , VV . C , to about 100 guests , a dispensation being obtained for the brethren to appear in clothing . This is the first ball given by ( his old and well-known lodge within memory of the present brethren , and to Bro . Hamlyn , S . D ., is due this much

appreciated departure . At all events the ball was a great success , and it is quite probable that there will be one annuall y . The Cavalry band of the Honourable tniery Company played a fine selection of dance music . The consecration of the Argonauts' Lodge , ?•22 43 restricted to members of Rowing Clubswill

, , . , , Pni P c „? 1 the Cromwell Hall , Putney Bridge-road , rutney , S . W ., on Monday , the 12 th inst ., at 4 p . m . Bro . R ™ "f l )? 0 "teuu '* s- P-M ., P . G . S ., is the W . M . designate ; Sn t ^ / dford * P * M * - and J * * Savory , the Wardens i- 'S' rne ceremonies of consecra'ion and instalta-« on will be performed bv Bro . Col . Sha-iwell H . flPrkP . of

vvnrM , on ^* England , assisted by Bros . E . Letch-1 W - r ' «! af * . ? 'W- ; R * H * Thru PP- P-A . G . D . C , as RirW ,, *! W ~ Seldon , G - Chap ., as Chap . ; Frank PG -fcFls * * *> as U * ° C ; and J . H . Matthews , is 'Ji ' - e •>* I , G * Br 0 - Gordon Smith , W . M . 2041 , been-uf ¦ . pr 0 tem * - ' and Bro * Frank Richardson has " asUed to accept the office of Treasurer .

card ?? l M ry choice and artistic novelties in show been ml -If T distribution by manufacturers have lately U > L Tu tled t 0 » s by Bro . Harper , of the Kingsland colour ^ i y are , P r'nted in best gold leaf , on various somera « w " boards w ! th £ bevelled edges , and in ablv tn fl ? ° g * Pl-s are introduced , which add considersome of nf"' attractiveness . We are pleased to see that

a sameanP c j' America , have adopted these cards little snaA . adv . . rtl 3 in * "f their goods , as they take up but Another nn u quirmg no Naming , and vvill not tarnish . in gold nn * V - We notice is a patent trade card printed b « akable , - ? u , ' whlch is cashable , untearable , and unback . This # •almanack and memorandum tablet at Stable - ' 7 j ? ° ' . ^ e consider a very good advertisement , trade - As B H n by a " firms vvho do a high-class We should OJ- ' P employes no travellers or agents , rJhe add ' essTn " ends to apply early for samples . lshn 8 ton , London N P 6 r ' a" 23 ' Church-street >

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . Barclay will give a dramatic performance at the Lyric Hall , Ealing , on the 14 th inst ., in aid of the West London Hospital . Bro . Lord George Hamilton presided on Saturday last at the 57 th anniversary meeting of the Royal "United Service Institution .

Bro . Lord Stanley , of Preston , the new Governor-General of Canada , will be the guest of the members of the Imperial Federation League at their annual banquet at Willis ' s Rooms on the 21 st inst .

Bro . Burdett-Coutts , M . P ., was an exhibitor and prize winner at the fourth annual show of the Hackney Horse Society and Hunters' Improvement Society , which has been held at the Royal Agricultural Hall , Islington , this week .

A lodge of instruction in connection with the Camden Lodge , No . 704 . is held every Tuesday evening at the Lord Northbrook Hotel , Burnt Ash , Lee . Bro . J . Andrews , 19 S 6 , has undertaken the duties of Preceptor . Prince George of Wales disembarked at Plymouth from the Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s Steamer , Sutleg , on Tuesday morning , and travelled thence by the 8 . 35 a . m . train to London .

Bro . Lord Stanley of Preston , as Governor-General of Canada , has appointed Captain Colville , of the Grenadier Guards , to be his military secretary , and Lieut . MacMahon and the Hon . E . Stanley , his son , of the same regiment , to be his aides-de-camp . Bro . Lord Herschell has consented to act as

Chairman of the Royal Commission to inquire into the allegations against the Metropolitan Board of Works , it having been decided that the Commission shall be of a judicial character . The Emperor of Austria has bestowed the honorary colonelcy of the 12 th Austrian Hussars on the Prince of Wales . The last British colonels of Austrian

regiments were George IV . and the great Duke of Wellington . Bro . Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., presided at a conference of the Executive Committee for the administration of the fund for the Unemployed in Paddington , held at the residence of Bro . John Aird , M . P ., 14 , Hyde Park-terrace , on Saturday evening last , when the report was adopted unanimously .

Comp . Brown will rehearse the ceremony of installation of Principals , at the Metropolitan ^ Chapter of Improvement , on Tuesday next , the 13 th inst ., at the White Hart , corner of Abchurch-lane and Cannon-street , commencing at 5 . 30 . The exaltation ceremony vvill be afterwards rehearsed at the regular hour , 6 . 30 .

On Tuesday , Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., introduced an influential deputation from the ports of the United Kingdom to the First Lord of the Treasury on the subject of the loss sustained by the ports owing to the Government claiming exemption from dues for goods and materials shipped for the purpose of railways in India .

Bro . T . C . Edmonds , W . M . of the Metropolitan Lodge , No . 1507 , and Scribe N . of the Metropolitan Chapter , vvas installed into the W . C . N . Chair , by Bro . Vincent , in the Prince of Wales Ark Mariners Lodge , on Monday , the 27 th ult ., when he elevated six brethren into this Degree .

Messrs . Coombe and Co ., Messrs . Watney and Co ., and Messrs . Whitbread and Co . have each given 50 guineas , and the City of London Brewery Company , 30 guineas to the Islington Jubilee Fund in aid of the Great Northern Central Hospital . The fund now amounts to over £ 5000 .

Bro . the Earl of March has issued an address to his constituents of the South-West or Chichester Division of Sussex , announcing the resignation of his seat , as he is unable to give that attention to his Parliamentary duties which they have a right to expect . Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox , a younger brother of the Earl , will offer himself as a candidate for the vacancy in the House of Commons thus

caused . Bro . J . Clifton Thompson asks us to correct a statement contained in the report of the last meeting of the Sun , Square , and Compass Lodge , No . 110 , which

appeared in the Freemason of the 18 th , in reference to the deputation from the Sun and Sector Lodge . Bro . Thompson states that no deputation was either authorised or sent by that lodge , and that such deputation vvas , to say the least of it , unconstitutional .

The year 1880 closed with a more serious event in the world of literature , the death ( on the 22 nd of December ) of George Eliot , whose novels were ever a perennial source of pure enjoyment to the Queen . George Eliot was , at her death , the first of living novelists , and the womanhood of England in the Victorian period produced

no genius that in culture , strength , tenderness , spiritual insight , and humour , could be compared vvith hers . The sombre fatalism of the Greek tragedians overshadows her "Mill on the Floss . " The humour of Shakespeare ripples through the taproom scenes in "Silas Marner . " In " Romola , " were it not overweighted with psychological

analysis , she vvould have defeated Scott in the glowing field of historical romance . and did defeat the author of " Esmond " in an arena in which he was supposed to be peerless among his contemporaries . In "Adam Bede , " vvhich has probably been read more widely than any other story of our time by the English-speaking race , she revealed all the grace ,

sweetness , delicacy of feeling , nobility of intellect , and purity of heart , that formed her fascinating and sympathetic personality . —From " The Life and Times of Queen Victoria " for March . HOLLOWAY ' OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Counsel for the Delicate . —Those to whom the changeable temperature is a protracted period

of trial should seek the earliest opportunity of removing all obstacles to good health . I'his cooling Ointment , perseveringly rubbed upon the skin , is the most reliable rimedy for overcoming all diseases of the throat and chest . Quinsey , relaxed tonsils , sore throat , swollen glands , ordinary catarrh , and bronchitis usually

prevailing at this season , may be arrested as soon as discovered , and every symptom banished by Holioway ' s simple and effective treatment . This Ointment and Pills are highly commended for the facility with which they successfully contend with influenza ; they allay in an incredibly short time the distressing fever and teasing cough , —ADVT ,

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . A . M . Broadley gave a dinner on Wednesday evening at Brown's Hotel , Dover-street , to the following gentlemen and brethren : Gen . Sir E . Hamley , M . P ., Lord Cardross , Earl of Coventry , Mr . EJivard Lawson , Mr . Sutherland Sutton , Mr . Wemyss Reid , Sir F . Young , K . C . M . G ., Lord Truro , Mr . Henry Marks , Mr . Frank Holl , R . A ., Bros . G . Taubman ( Speaker of the House of

Keys ) , Admiral Sir E . Inglelield , K . C . B ., Albert Levy , J . C . Parkinson , Rev . Prebendary Rogers , Edmund Yates , Earl of Durham , Earl Di la Warr , Earl of Coventry , Earl of Onslow , Sir John Gorst , Q . C , M . P ., Blundell Maple , M . P ., John Aird , M . P ., Major Arthur Griffiths , Whitley , Augustus Harris , G . A . Sala , Sir R . Temple , G . C . S . I ., M . P ., Marriott , Q . C , M . P ., Sir G . T .

Goldie , K . C . M . G ., Dr . Robson Roose , and Col . Curzon . A very choice menu was provided at this well-known house , and after , dinner an entertainment , conducted by Bro . A . J . Caldicott , took place , at which several well-known artists assisted , including Bros . VV . Terriss , C Bertram , Lonnen , Harry Nicholls , Herbert Campbell , Victor Stevens , and Messrs . Otto Fischer , Herbert Defty , Alec Marsh ,

Joseph Tapley , and Mr . Charles Coborn . Bro . the Rig ht Hon . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., S . W . of the Chiswick Lodge , No . 2012 , was present at Grand Lodge on Wednesday evening . Bro . Lord Herschell has kindly consented to preside at the festival dinner , which will be held at the Hotel

Metropole , on the 19 th June next , in aid of the funds 01 the North London , or University College , Hospital . The Prince of Wales presided at a meeting at Marlborough House on Wednesday of the Governors of VVellington College , Bros . Viscount Wolseley and Lord Stanley of Preston being among those present on the

. Bros , the Earl of Cavan and the Right Hon . Hugh C . E . Childers were among those present at the second Parliamentary full dress dinner given by the Speaker at the House of Commons on Wednesday . Bro . H . M . Barker , M . 3 ., VV . M . 1869 , presided

at the annual meeting of the Sandown Lodge of Odd Fellows on Wednesday , the 29 th ult . Bro . P . Blashki , 120 , Bourke-street , East Melbourne , has been appointed agent for the " Freemason and Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar" for Melbourne and District .

Bro . Sir H . Drummond Wolff left Victoria Station on Tuesday evening for Constantipople , en route for Teheran , where he will represent her Majesty at the Court of the Shah of Persia . Bro . Lord Henniker presided at a meeting at the Westminster Palace Hotel , on the 2 nd inst ., of the Railway Rates Committee , Bro . the Eirl of Jersey being among those present .

The Goldsmiths Company have given . 650 , the Clothworkers' Company , £ 21 ,. the Merchant Taylors' Company , £ 10 ios ., and the Grocers' Company , £ 20 , to the Kent Penitentiary at Stone , near Dartford . A petition has been sent in for a new lodge , to be called The Chough , in connection vvith the successful musical society of that name , the founders being all members of the Committee .

The ceremonies of consecration and installation will be rehearsed by Bro . James Terry , P . G . S . B ., at the Covent Garden Lodge of Instruction , No . 1614 , at the Criterion , Piccadilly , on Thursday , the 19 th April . Bro . Earl and the Countess Granville and family returned to Walmer Castle from London on Tuesday , his lordship's eldest son , Lord Levison , still suffering serious inconvenience from the half-crown vvhich he swallowed , and

whTch has not yet been removed . We must all sympathise most deeply with Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec , vvho has just lost his eldest daughter . The deceased had been a great invalid for years , but a loss is none the less poignantly felt because its occurrence may have been regarded as inevitable , and the Grand Secretary so interests himself in all that concerns Freemasonry , that we feel sure all are only too ready to rejoice with him in his joys and grieve with him in his

sorrows . The Fifteen Sections will be worked by the Rose Lodge of Instruction at the Stirling Castle Hotel , Camberwell , on Thursday , the 29 th inst ., commencing at 7 p . m . First Lecture—ist Section , Bro . Currey ; 2 nd , Bro . Davis ; 3 rd , Bro . Dunn ; 4 th , Bro . Grummant , P . M . ; 5 th , Bro . Channon ; 6 th , Bro . Hilton , P . M . ; and 7 th , Bro . Murche ,

P . M . Second Lecture—ist Section , Bro . Eckersall ; 2 nd , Bro . Stone ; 3 rd , Bro . Briant ; 4 th , Bro . Elgar ; and 5 th , Bro . Kettle White . Third Lecture—ist Section , Bro . H . Martin ; 2 nd , Bro . R . J . Vincent , P . M . ; and 3 rd , Bro . Loader , P . M . Bro . Rose , P . M ., and Bro . Hilton , P . M ., will occupy the W . M . ' s and S . W . ' s chairs respectively . Bros . Charles Du Val and Frederick Carter left

England on the 24 th u ! t ., by the Union steamship Moor , for the Cape on their tour round the world . Bro . Charles Du Val intends visiting and performing in the principal towns , mining camps , & c , oi South Africa , Australia , New Zealand , India , Japan , & c , and will probably take the United States and Canada on the way home . Before leaving they were entertained at a farewell dinner at the

Holborn Restaurant by their friends , Bro . the Hon . F . M . Waller , U . S . Consul - General , occupying the chair . Amongst those present were Bros . Wellcome , Burnside , J . Langton , J . D . Langton , Gjrdon Smith , and others . Mr . David Anderson proposed "The Health of Bro . C Du Val , " vvho responded in an interesting and humorous speech . " The Health of Bro . F . Carter " was proposed

by Bro . Gordon Smith , Bro . Carter causing much laughter in his reply . Before separating a hearty vote of thanks was passed to Bro . J . D . Langton , Secretary and organiser of the gathering . Among those vvho journeyed down from town to see them off from Southampton and wish them Godspeed and a safe return to their native shore were Bros . J . L ) . Langton , C . E . Fenner , and Gordon Smith . Weare

glad to hear that the Moor has passed Lisbon , all well . . SUFFERERS from INDIGESTION should never be without DR . LOCOCK ' PULMONIC WAFERS . Take one after dinner and you never need fear an attack—they are a marvellous remedy , and act like a charm . They instantly relieve and rapidly cure Asthma , Consumption , Coughs , Colds , Bronchitis , Gout , Rheumatism , and all Nervous Complaints . They taste pleasantly . Sold by all druggists at is , i ^ d , and 2 s , gd , per box , —ADVT ,