Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will hold their regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday next , the 14 th inst ., at 4 p . m . The Hon . Lionel Walter Rothschild has been elected Treasurer of University College , London , in succession to the late Bro . Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P .

The Prince of Wales has prolonged his visit to Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Fife at Mar Lodge , and with his son , Prince George , has been taking part in some grouse drives . Nearly 9 6 , 000 persons visited the Royal N aval Exhibition last week , raising the total from the beginning to upwards

of 2 , o 6 S , ooo . The German Exhibition will close to-morrow ( Saturday ) . The funeral of our late Bro . Lord Methuen took place at Corsham on the ist instant , in the presence of a large concourse of people . Among the wreaths sent to grace the coffin was one from the Oueen .

We are informed that Dr . John Storer ( the composer of " Gretna Green , " & c ) is now engaged on the score of a new comic opera—libretto by Mr . T . Murray Ford—to be produced early next year at a West-end house . A very interesting exhibition of objects of ancient and modern art at Toynbee Hall was closed in the eirly part of the present week . China and Japan were specially well represented , the embroideries and porcelain of the latter country being very conspicuous .

Pheasant shooting , on Thursday , the ist instant , commenced under very unfavourable conditions , as regards the weather in the valley of the Upper Thames . It is reported , however , that game is plentiful in the Windsor covert district , and sport has since become more general .

Bro . Lord Mayor Sir Joseph Savory , Bart ., and the Lady Mayoress went in State to Cricklewood on Saturday last , when her ladyship laid the memorial stone of St . Peter ' s , the new church which has been built to meet the increasing requirements of the new district .

Bro . the Rev . H . M . Maugham , M . A ., vicar of Whitstable , P . M . of the Graystone Lodge , No . 1915 , and Past Provincial Grand Chaplain of Kent , was , on the ist of October , duly installed as VV . M . of the United Industrious Lodge , No . 31 , at Canterbury .

The Duchess of Albany , attended by Bro . Sir Robert and Lady Collins , drove from Claremont to Carshalton on Saturday last for the purpose of laying the foundation-stone of the new chancel of the parish church . The pretty little Surrey town was gail y decorated , and her Royal Highness met with a most cordial reception .

His Royal Highness tVe Commander-in-Chief , having completed his tour of inspection in Ireland , returned to England on the 2 nd instant , guards of honour being stationed at the Westland-row Terminus , Dublin , and the pier at Kingston on his departure ; crowds of people also assembled at both spots , and very cordially cheered his Royal Highness .

The Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse , who arrived in town from Germany early in the week , was met at Victoria Station by General Sir Michael Biddulph , Grooro-in-Waiting to the Queen . His Highness resided at Buckingham Palace tffi Thursday , when he left for Balmoral on a visit to her Majesty .

Bro . Sir Augustus Harris left London towards the close of last week for the purpose of paying a flying visit to Paris , Berlin , and Milan , in order to engage artistes for next year ' s opera season , but he will be back again in time to attend the dinner which is to be given in his honour by the Savage Club , on Saturday , the 17 th inst .

The Princess Beatrice ( Princess Henry of Battenberg ) gave birth to a son on Saturday morning last , this being her Royal Highnesse ' s fourth child , and the 34 th grandchild of her Majesty the Queen . A Royal salute was fired in St . James's Park , on Monday aiternoon , in honour of the event . The Princess and child are declared to be doing well .

The Princess Louise , Marchioness of Lome , arrived in Edinburgh on Monday , and after lunching with Mrs . Erskine-Wemyss , at Balfour House , proceeded to Athollcrescent for the purpose of opening the new School of Cookery and Domestic Economy which has been established in that locality . Her Royal Highness , who was loudly cheered both on her arrival and departure , afterwards presented prizes to 53 students .

The Royal Caledonian Hunt Ball and the Stirling County Ball were held last week , the former at Musselburgh , to which the Duke and Duchess of Montrose , Bro . the Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddale , the Earl and Countess of Glasgow , and the Earl and Countess of Rosslyn brought large parties ; while among the guests at the latter were the Duke and Duchess of Montrose , Bro . Lord and Lady Balfour , Bro . Lord Frederick Hamilton , Bro . Sir A . Edmonstone , the Countess of Sefton , and others .

The Common Council of the City of London held their first Court after the holidays at the Guildhall last week under the presidency of Bro . Lord Mayor Sir Joseph Savory , Bart ., when a graceful letter of thanks was read from Admiral Gervais to his lordshi p on the subject

of the welcome recently given to the French Fleet under his command . On the motion of Bro . Alderman Sir P . De Keyser , the sum of 200 guineas was voted towards the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the inundations in Spain .

"A Royal Divorce" has caught on at The People ' s Theatre ( New Olympic ) , and packed houses nightly , and at the matinees ( every Monday and Wednesday ) , attest the popularity of Mr . VV . G . Wills' romantic drama , and Mr . W . W . Kelly ' s wisdom in giving a poetic play

magnificently staged at the popular prices of is . pit and 6 d . gallery . Miss Grace Hawthcrne , as the Empress Josephine , commands the sympath y of the crowded houses , and has increased her reputation as a painstaking and highly < rifted artiste . °

Masonic And General Tidings

The Queen , accompanied by Princess Christian , and attended by Lady Ampthill , visited the Duke and Duchess of Connaught at Abergeldie , on Monday . Bro . Charles G . L . Kipling , P . M . 10 S 1 , who served under Captain Shaw for 16 years , sailed on the 2 nd instant to take

charge of the Fire Brigade at Yokohama , Japan . The Duke Of Connaught has been pleased to accord his patronage to the fete which will be held at the Royal Aquarium , Westminster , on Tuesday , the 3 rd prox ., in aid of the Gordon Boys' Home .

Bro . Lieutenant Dan Godfrey , bandmaster of the Grenadier Guards , who has attained the age of 60 years , will not relinquish his post , but will retain his connection with the regiment for a further period of five years . Bro . Lord George Hamilton , who has been eng-aged at the Admiralty in the transaction of official business during the past week , has left Whitehall for Scotland , where he intends making a somewhat prolonged stay .

We are glad to hear that Bro . Lord Leigh , Prov . Grand Master for Warwickshire , who has been suffering from a chill recently contracted , is in a fair way towards recovery , but the greatest care is still necessary in order to prevent a relapse .

The Labour Commission will resume its sittings on Tuesday , the 27 th inst ., in the reception room of St . Stephen ' s Hall , when arrangements will be made for taking further evidence . The question of railway labour will shortly be taken in hand .

At the quarterly convocation of the Elkington Chapter , No . 1016 , held at the Masonic Hall , New-street , Birmingham , on Thursday , the ist inst ., Comp . W . F . Tolladay was elected Z ., Comp . E . P . Cole H ., and Comp . George Shread I .

The Empress of Russia returned to the Castle of Fredensborg early in the present week and will shortly be rejoined by the Emperor . On the 2 Sth inst . their Imperial Majesties will celebrate their silver wedding at the Castle of Fredensborg .

Bro . the Right Hon . Hugh C . E . Childers , M . P ., has announced his final determination to retire from the representation of the Southern Division of Edinburgh at the next General Election , failing health being , unhappily , the cause which has led him to adopt this course .

1 he various medical schools m London , as well as the Royal Veterinary College , entered on the winter session on the ist instant , and it was announced at the Veterinary meeting that the Prince of Wales had graciously promised to attend the approaching celebration of the Centenary of the College .

Sir John Lubbock , Bart ., opened the winter session ol the Working Men's College on Saturday evening last , and in the course of his address spoke very highly of the work which had already been accomplished and the prospects of the College in the future . The number of students last

year was . The late Earl of Portsmouth , whose death occurred suddenly from the rupture of a vessel on the brain on Sunday last , and who is succeeded in the title and estates by Bro . Viscount Lymington , M . P . for North Devon , was a brother-in-law of the late Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , having , in 1 S 55 , married the Lady Eveline Herbert , who survives him .

It has been announced in the daily papers that a Brixton shoeblack has recently died leaving behind him the sum of ^ 700 . The deceased was an old and miserable-looking man , had a perch outside Brixton Station , and always appeared to be in the last stage of destitution . He is said to have left one solitary relative , who is or was in the workhouse .

King Charles of Roumania concluded his visit to the King and Queen of Italy at their Castle of Monza , on the 2 nd inst ., and returned to Pallanza , taking with him a magnificent bouquet of lloweis and a most affectionate letter from the Queen to his invalid consort Elizabeth , who is now in far better health . His Majesty was accompanied to the station by King Humbert and the Italian Prime Minister .

The worthy people of Bexhill last week celebrated the home-coming of Viscount Cantelupe , eldest son of Bro . the Earl of Dela Warr and Viscountess Cantelupe , the occasion being kept as a general holiday . The route from the railway station was gaily decorated , and in the road leading to Sackville House was an immense triumphal arch bearing the inscription , " Welcome and happiness . "

On the 2 nd inst . Bro . Lord Herschell formally opened a new home which has been added to Orphan Homes at Swanley by the generosity of Mrs . Thomas Morrison , and took occasion , firstly , to congratulate the Committee on the prominence they gave to technical education and physical training in their curriculum , and , secondly , to make an earnest appeal for the £ 5000 and upwards which is needed in order to clear off all liabilities .

The annual conversazione of the Architectural Association was held in Westminster Town Hall on Friday evening , the 2 nd inst ., and proved a highly successful gathering . Examples of the excellent work which is being done by the Association were forthcoming in the shape of drawings by the youthful architects of the coming age , and there were also many specimens of the work done by their preceptors and those who have already made a name in the profession .

The directors of the Empire Palace , Limited , have declared the third interim dividend for the present year at the following rates , viz .: is . Sd . on each share of £ 1 on which ios . has been paid ; 2 s . 6 d . on each share of £ 1 on which 15 s . has been paid . The said interim dividend to be payable on the 12 th day of October next . The transfer books of the Company will be closed from the 5 th October to the 13 th October , both days inclusive .

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Masonic And General Tidings

The annual meeting of the Hampshire and Isle of Wi ght Educational and Benevolent Institution will be held early in December at Portsmouth . The Folk-Lore Congress held its farewell banquet at the Criterion Restaurant on Tuesday evening under the genj a presidency of Mr . Andrew Lang . The appointment of Bro . Chas . Lane as S . G . Warden of

the Province of Durham is not only a well-deserved compli . ment to a brother who has , for a number of years , been an active and useful member of the Craft , and who has borne his full share in all the Masonic work of the province , but a well-deserved recognition of Bro . Lane ' s special services in connection with the Charities . Bro . Lane was also

appointed Grand H . at the meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter in July last . We are asked to state that the Brownlow Lodge , No , 21 3 1 , will in future meet on the fourth Thursday in January ' February , March , April , September , October , November ' and December .

The Harvest Festival at St . Paul ' s Cathedral will be held on Monday next , when the customary musical service will be given with the assistance of orchestra and augmented choir . Sir William Pink , Mayor of Portsmouth , has received from the French Government the decoration of the Legion of Honour in recognition of his courteous reception of the French officers .

Bro . the Earl of Dunraven is about to take a cruise in his yacht L'Esperance among the deep-sea fishing fleets for the purpose of making himself better acquainted with the conditions under which the industry is carried on . The tenantry of Mount Edgcumbe manors in Devon and Cornwall have presented to Lady Albertha Edgcumbe a

necklace of diamonds as a token of esteem on her approaching marriage with Mr . Lopes . On Wednesday the Bishop of Lincoln , Warden of the Society of the Holy and Undivided Trinity , laid the foundation-stone of a new chapel in connection with the Society ' s Convent at Oxford , which is being erected at a cost of £ 6000 .

The remains of the late Bro . Lord Cheylesmore were removed from Berlin on Wednesday night , accompanied b y General Du Plat , C . B ., and Colonel the Hon . J . H . Eaton , second son of the deceased . The funeral will take place at Highgate Cemetery on Saturday at about one o ' clock .

The Queen has , on the recommendation of the Duke of Cambridge , Commander-in-Chief , just conferred a . commission on Sergeant-Major Joseph Cowen , of the ^ Lincolnshire regiment , who is now promoted to the rank of quartermaster with the honorary rank of lieutenant .

We are requested to state that the Lodge of ^ Freedom , No . 77 , will be opened at the New Falcon Hotel , Gravesend , on Monday , the 19 th inst ., at 5 . 45 p . m ., and not at 6 . 30 as previously announced . Bro . James Stevens has arranged to commence his lecture on ritual at six o'clock precisely .

At the meeting of the Grand Committee of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , held in Edinburgh , on Thursday , the ist inst ., Bro . the Earl of Haddington was unanimously nominated as Grand Master , Bro . Sir A . Campbell , Bart ., M . P ., having declined to be re-elected for a further term of service .

The Yarborough Lodge of Instruction , No . 551 , Ventnor , will resume its meetings on Monday evening next , at S p . m ., and will continue them every Monday until May next . All information can be had from the Precep tor , Bro . F . P . Ansle , 69 , High-street , Ventnor , Isle of Wight .

H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught has arranged to visit Salisbury on Saturday , the 31 st inst , for the purpose of installing Bro . the Earl of Radnor as Prov . Grand Master of Wiltshire in succession to the late Bro . Lord Methuen , who resigned office after a tenure of 38 years some few months prior to his death .

The Clarence Lodge of Instruction , No . 263 , has changed its quarters from Tupp ' s Restaurant , Tottenham Courtroad , to No . IA , Fitzroy-square , and met for the first time at the latter premises on Thursday , the Sth inst . All necessary information can be had of Bro . VV . Baker , the Honorary Secretary , at his address , 11 , Cantlowes-roacl , Camden-square , N . W .

On Tuesday , the Princess Louise , Marchioness of jLorne , who is President of the Scottish Branch of the Queen Victoria Jubilee Institute for Nurses , occupied the chair at a meeting of the Council , when a gift of _ £ s °° wa 5 announced , to form the nucleus of a fund for invalid and aged nurses , and it was resolved to ask her Majesty s sanction for such a fund .

Messrs . Webster and Cable , of 59 and 60 , Chancery-lane , W . C , will publish at an early date what is certain to prove a work of the greatest value—namely , "The Mirror 01 the House of Commons ; with Portraits and Biograp hies of its Members , Past and Present , " from July , 1 SS 6 . Hie work will be issued in four volumes , and in solid morocco and gilt , and will be offered at 12 guineas nett . The work tne

has been compiled with the utmost care , and without slightest inclination towards any set or class of political opinions . Every effort has also been made in order to ensure that the portraits of members are life-like , so that in this important respect , as well as on the score of the valuable biographical information it contains , " The Mirror ot the House of Commons" will at once occupy a foremost

place among our most important works of reference . Strangers visiting our lodges are by far too fortunate 1 as many as two or three members enter into conversatw with them , and they are apt to go away disappointed , teeing that the members are cold and inhospitable ; that has not met with any expression ot that warm brother y love he had aright to expect . Oursuggestion is , that n matter who the stranger may be , for if he is fit to pass y of

Tyler and stand before your altar , he is the peer any brother in the room when the Master has extended to m the usual and formal welcome , if the lodge is at labour t it be called off for a few moments , and the Master , plac '" = himself beside the visiting brother , introduce him to eve : y one in the room , and do this so heartily and in so kindiy manner as to convince him that he has indeed found a h ° ^ among brethren , although he may be a stranger ana strange land . In other words , make your visitors \ velco by social and fraternal intercourse . —American Ty ler .