Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . F . Sutherland , M . P ., will preside at the next house dinner of the City Liberal Club , which will take p lace on'Tuesday , the 27 th inst . At a recent meeting of the Atholl Lodge , No . 74 , at Birmingham , a very gratifying presentation was made to Bro . Moffatt , in recognition of his valuable services

to the Masonic Charities , in the form of a breast and a collar jewel of Past Grand Registrar . Bro . Moffatt has done excellent service in connection with recent Festivals , and it will be remembered that much of the success of the Province of Warwickshire at the Centenary of the Girls ' School was due to arrangements made by Bro . Moffatt . To-morrow ( Saturday ) the Royal Yacht Victoria

and Albert will leave Portsmouth for Flushing , at which port she will on Monday next embark the Empress Frederick of Germany , who will land at Port Victoria . Bro . Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., will address his constituents of the Southern Division of Paddington , at the Metropolitan Music Hall , Edgware-road , on Saturday next , the 17 th inst .

We are glad to hear that Bro . the Earl of Rosslyn , Past G . Master of Scotland , who was slowly getting the better of his serious illness , has rallied from the relapse which occurred on the 2 nd instant , and that his medical advisers are not without hopes of his ultimate

recovery . Bro . Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., who is staying at Byfleet , will preside at the annual dinner , on Friday next , the 16 th inst ., of the Richmond Philanthropic Society . A deputation from the Ward of Farringdon

Without , with which Bro . Alderman Sir P . De Keyser , the retiring Lord Mayor , has been so long connected , attended at the Mansion House , on Monday , and presented Lady De Keyser with a full length portrait in oils of her husband painted by the Hon . John Collier . The first monthly meeting of the Farmers '

CInb , after the usual recess , was held at the Salisbury Hotel , Fleet-street , on Monday evening , Bro . Albert Pell being in the chair . Bro . James Lewis Thomas , F . S . A ., F . R . G . S ., Chief Surveyor of the War Department , who was appointed Deputy Surveyor in 1877 , and nas been connected

with the War Office for more than 40 years , completed his 62 nd year on the 6 th inst ., having been born on November 6 th , 1 S 26 . He is a fellow of several learned societies , also a distinguished Freemason , being Past G . D . of C . of the Grand Lodge of England . The memorial to the late Bro . Brook Smith , of

Cheltenham College , as Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Gloucestershire , will take the form of a stained glass window in the parish church of St . Mary ' s , Cheltenham . The large south transept window is selected , and the order has been given to Messrs . Lavers , Westlake , and Co ., of London , to execute the work . The window

selected requiring a larger outlay than at first contemplated , Bros . Agg-Gardiner , M . P ., and the Baron de Ferrieres have each contributed £ 25 towards the additional sum required . The Victory , Nelson ' s flagship at the battle of Trafalgarleft the ship basin in Portsmouth Dockyard on

, Monday , and took up her moorings in the harbour between the flagship Duke of Wellington and the St . Vincent training ship . The old war craft has been thoroughly repaired at a cost of over £ 10 , 000 , and there is every probability of her lasting another century . In future , salutes will be fired from her , and courts-martial will sit in the cabin

adjoining the one formerly occupied by Lord Nelson . Among those present at the wedding festivities at the Mansion of Lord and Lady Aveland , in Belgravesquare , on the occasion of the marriage of their eldest daughter with Major-General Sir H . Ewart , K . C . B ., Equerry to the Queen , were the Princess Marv , Duchess

w Teck , the Duke of Teck , and the Princess Victoria of feck . Bro . Lord Alcester , Julia , Countess of Jersey , and others . _ The wedding presents included a marble bust of her Majesty , presented by the Queen , and a silver-gilt mounted cut glass claret jug , preTented by the Prince of Wales .

PRESENTATION OV AN ORGAN TO THE LIVERPOOL MASONIC HALL . —At the quarterly meeting of the Liverpool Masonic Hall Committee , held on Friday , 26 th ult ., at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Bro . Robert Foote in the chair , the principal item of interest was an announcement of a most pleasing character , namely , the offer by

Major J . B . Morgan , C . C ., to present a very valuable chamber organ , to be fixed in the old lodge room , for the " se of the brethren . The fact that the Major is not a "lason gives to the present a peculiarly pleasing character , ° Vd in the letter he sent offering itto theCommitteethrough "is musical friends , Messrs . Kirkham and Edwards , he am that a circumstance some time ago bad made such an

"npression upon him that he felt that he would like in some ™ ay to acknowledge his appreciation of the charitable and jioole way in which the members of the Craft had provided ° r the wants of the widow and children of a deceased / other Mason with whom the Major , in his capacity as a usical

m enthusiast , had been for a long time associated . ro - H- H . Smith , the Chairman of the House Committee , ^ omised that he would undertake , on behalf of Bro . 'oyd and himself , that it should be fixed in position and ,, AL . order free or expense . The offers were accepted w "h sincere thanks .

The Electric Light in its vast superiority to gas "a all other forms of artificial light , is an apt illustration of ' =. Position which "Grant ' s Morella Cherry Brandy " Perf " t ' in com P ' W'th all other Liqueurs , in its Weatt , " ° f rich fruity navour - Comforting in cold , p "tther . Sold everywhere . Be sure and ask for Grant's . alrni" }? ancl Sons > Ma'dstone . Makers also of the non-MZ ° , , wine "Morella , " and of the delicious "Morella Marmalade . " Sold by Grocers .

Masonic And General Tidings

The annual banquet of the Faith Lodge of Instruction , No . 141 , will take place at the Restaurant , 1 , Victoria Mansions , Victoria-street , S . W ., on Wednesday , the 2 Sth instant ; Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , P . M ., P . G . P ., in the chair .

Bro . Sir E . B . Malet returned to town from Woburn Abbey with the Lady Ermyntrude Malet , on Saturday last , and left England the following day for Berlin , in order to resume his duties as H . M . ' s Ambassador to Germany . At the weekly meeting of the Council of the Balloon Society at St . James's Hall on Saturday last , it was

stated by the Chairman that the subscriptions to the aeronautical fund amounted to upwards of £ 3 000 . The Mansion House Committee , which has been formed in connection with the Metropolitan Exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society , in Windsor Great Park , in 1 SS 9 , held a meeting in the saloon of the Mansion House on Monday , Bro . Alderman Whitehead , Lord

Mayor elect , being in the chair , and a number of influential personages present to support him . It was announced that £ 5200 , out of the £ 20 , 000 required , had already been raised , in addition to £ 2000 collected at Windsor , and the hope was expressed that the appeal which had been made to the great City Companies to support the Exhibition would bear good fruit .

To-day ( Friday ) the usual procession through the City in connection with the inauguration of the new Lord Mayor , Bro . Alderman Whitehead , will take place , and in the evening his lordship will preside at the customary banquet in the Guildhall , when several of her Majesty ' s Ministers will be present . MASONIC BALL AT LIVERPOOL . —An influential

and numerously attended meeting of Freemasons was held recently in the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , in accordance with the following resolution , passed at the last Court of Governors of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution : " That the annual festival and ball , in aid of the funds of the Institution , be held in Liverpool in January , iSSg , and that the W . M . 's of lodges , First

Principals of chapters , E . C . ' s of K . T . encampments , the W . M . ' s of lodges of Mark Masons , Sovereigns of the Red Cross of Constantine , and Rose Croix meeting in the Province of West Lancashire , with the members of the General Committee , constitute the Ball Committee , with power to add to their number . " Bro . Edward Segar , P . M . 32 , P . J . G . W ., presided . It was decided to hold the

annual festival and ball on the third Tuesday in January , and the following brethren were appointed to act as officers : Bros . T . M . Shuttleworth , P . M . 314 , P . S . G . W ., Chairman ; J . H . Tyson , P . M . 1182 , Vice-Chairman ; R . H . Leake , J . D . 1547 , Treasurer ; H . M . Molyneux , P . M . 155 , P . P . G . D . C , Director of Ceremonies ; T . A . Withey , P . M . 1299 , Secretary . Bro . Robt . Martin , P . P . G .

Treasurer , stated that Bro . Wm . Matthews had generously offered to provide the printing required gratuitously . The offer was thankfully accepted . On Saturday last , Bro . Lord Arthur Hill , M . P ., was presented at Olympia with an address and service of plate by the exhibitors at the Irish Exhibition , in recognition of his services , which has so largely contributed to the success of the Exhibition .

To-day ( Friday ) is the 47 th anniversary of the birth of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , and the auspicious event will be celebrated in the usual manner , in London , and Windsor , and at Sandringham , where the Prince and his family are residing . There will also be the usual illuminations by the Royal tradesmen at the West-end of London .

Owing to the unusually heavy scenic arrangements incidental to the production of Bro . Henry Pettitt ' s new drama , entitled "Hands Across the Sea , " it has been found necessary to postpone the first performance of the play until to-morrow evening ( Saturday . ) The death , at the advanced age of 92 , is announced of Mr . John Griffith , of 6 , Hanover-terrace ,

Regent's Park . The deceased gentleman , who had practised in the City as an architect for upwards of half a century , was , the City Press says , very active in philanthropic work , the Charities he assisted during his lifetime being left in his will legacies to the amount of £ 20 , 100 . The greater proportion of this amount is bequeathed to various metropolitan hospitals . Probate has been obtained

for the will , the personal estate being of the value of £ 170 , 000 . The Prince of Wales has graciously consented , on the occasion of his visit to Derby , to open on the afternoon of Wednesday next the . 14 th instant , the buildings at Derby School , which have been erected to commemorate

the distribution of prizes by his Royal Highness and the Princess of Wales on a former annual speech-day . At the meeting of the Royal Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 1555 , at Penang , Straits Settlements , on the ist of September , the eldest son of Bro . Eckersall , S . W . 21 7 , was initiated .

The Keystone , received this week , contains the announcement of the death of Bro . John W . Simons , Past Grand Master of New York . The loss will be very keenly felt throughout the State and the country generally , as he wielded an immense influence as the Editor of the

Masonic department of the Nevi York Despatch . The American edition of Bro . Hughan's " Masonic Sketches and Reprints , " 1 S 71 , was dedicated to this distinguished Craftsman , and many have been the deserved compliments he has received at the hands of the Craft he loved so long and so well .

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Masonic And General Tidings

Our readers will deeply regret to hear that Bro . J . L . Toole ' s daughter , and only surviving child , died of typhoid fever in Edinburgh on Monday . Prince Arthur and Princess Margaret of Connaught left Buckingham Palace for India in order to join

their parents , after a prolonged visit to the Queen . Bro . Farncombe , Provincial Grand Warden of Sussex , has been presented with an illuminated address of thanks by the Town Council of Lewes on his retirement from the office of Mayor , a post which he has held three years in succession .

We are informed that an original operetta , the libretto written by Messrs . E . Humphrey and J . Addison , the music by Bro . James Weaver , will be produced at the Garrison Theatre , Woolwich , on Saturday , November 17 th , for copyright purposes . Bro . Robert Gresley Hall is a candidate for the County Council of the St . George's and Wapping division of London . Bro . Hall has served in many public

offices in the City , and is at present a member of the Common Council . We understand that Mr . Mark H . Judge is likely to be associated with . Dr . Parker-Young of 30 , Westbourne-square , as candidate for the London County Council for North Paddington . Bro . Earl Granville was the principal guest at a political dinner given by Bro . Sir U . K . Shuttlewort h , Bart ., at the Reform Club , Manchester , on Friday , the and inst .

Bro . Lord Magheramorne presided at the usual weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works , at their offices , Spring Gardens , on Friday , the 2 nd inst . On Saturday last the Lady Mayoress ( Lady De Keyser ) was presented with a handsome diamond bracelet and earrings by the members of the Court of Common Council , in grateful recognition of her kindness and courtesy at the Mansion House during her husband's Mayoralty .

Bro . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor of England ) , Bro . Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ) , and Bros . Lord George Hamilton and Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , were among the Ministers who attended the Cabinet Council held at the Foreign Office on Monday .

On Monday Princess Louise , Marchioness of Lome , who was accompanied by the Marquis of Lome , Bro . the Earl and Countess Perry , Bro . the Earl and Countess of Ravensworth , and others , opened a wing of the new College of Science which has been erected at Newcastle-on-Tyne at a cost of £ 23 , 000 . The second exhibition of poultry , pigeons , cats ,

rabbits , and guinea pigs at the People s Palace , Mile Endroad , was opened on Friday , the 2 nd inst ., the entries , which were nearly a thousand , included some of the finest specimens ever exhibited . It is with deep regret we hear of the death of Bro . Philip D . Rees , of the William Preston and

Anglo-American Lodges , and also a founder of the Anglo-American Conclave ( Order of the Secret Monitor ) , No . 6 . He died on the 31 st ult ., after a very short illness . The brethren of the Anglo-American Lodge will miss his pleasant face and cheerful company very much . He had been a great traveller , and was a most amusing and interesting

companion . The World says " Bro , V . P . Freeman has for many years been a leading spirit amongst the Freemasons cf Sussex . His admirable arrangements for the installation of the Duke of Connaught led to his promotion to Grand

Office , and his friends will be glad to hear that his daughter is likely to win fame as a singer . Her performance at the Mayor ' s banquet , and as the "Carmen " of the Brighton and Hove Operatic Society , have been attended with considerable success . "

The remains of Bro . W . R . Hardcastle , postmaster of the Skipton district , were interred in Waltonwray's Cemetery on Sunday , 28 th ult . As the deceased brother was a member of the Craven Lodge , No . 810 , a late churchwarden of Skipton Christ Church , and a member

of other societies in the town , there was a very large public funeral . A large number of tradesmen headed the procession to the cemetery , these being followed by the brethren , among whom were Bros . Major Robinson , George Kendall , and Bro . J . R . Wilkinson , the three oldest members .

Bro . G . S . Graham announces his 24 th annual concert for Monday next , at the Parochial Hall , Oldridgeroad , Balham . The programme shows no falling off from the previous standard of merit , and that is saying a good deal . We notice amongst the artistes some familiar names and some that are new , but we know enough of Bro . Graham ' s ability and experience to be sure that an

evening's entertainment will be provided that will repay a visit to Balham on Monday . NORTH-WEST LONDON DENTAL INSTITUTE . — Extract from Kentish Town Magazine , for April , 1886 . — "The above-named Institute , under the special patronage of the Clergy , Medical Men , Gentlemen and Ladies of the N . and N . W . districts , affords in its daily and extensive practice , wondrous exempli .

lication of the great progress that has been made in the science of dentistry during quite modern days , and also proves indisputably the great boon which the above-named Institute confers daily upon numerous sufferers . Defective teeth and gums are well known to be the foundation of the most painful complaints that afflict mankind , and that the several ailments of the mouth need the skilled attention of eminent scientists , if they are to be

cured , or even alleviated , and in order that such skilled attention might be within the reach of all grades , the NOBIII-WEST LONDON DENTAL INSTITUTE was established . Situated at 80 , Fortess-road , Junction-road , Kentish Town , under the superintendence of Mr . A . W . FURUER , L . D . S ., Royal College of Surgeons of England , assisted hy a stall of skilled and qualilied gentlemen , this Institute supplied artificia . teeth ; latest scientiHc improvements ; extracts

teeth , and perforrrsall other necessary operations painlessly , and bestows benefits that cannot be over-estimated upon this portion of our largely-populateu suburbs that would not seek the aid of Hospitals and Charities in the Metropolis . We may add that Mr ' A . W . FURIIER , L . D . S ., R . C . S . E ., has had 20 years' experience in hospitals and private practice , is of a very kindly disposition , and

eminently fitted for the position that he holds , where he has earned the golden opinions of all who have consulted him . Mr . FUHBER is also a well-known benefactor , having devoted ten years ot his early practice to serve the poor , during which period his well-tutored and able hand relieved [ free of cost" ! no less a number than 20 , 000 suffering patients . " —Fees at this Institute are moderate , and Free to " the Unemployed . "