Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

Bro . Horace 1 ' ,. Marshall , CC , K . R . S . S ., has been placed on the Board of Management of thc Asylum for Fatherless Children , at Keedhnm . Bro . Don Carlosand suitehavearrived in London for the season . Bro . Sir Kvelyn Wood , V . C , is expected to arrive this week in London from Egypt , where he has been

travelling after leaving South Africa . Bro . W . II- Pannell , 1827 , CC , Fellow Chartered Accountants , has been appointed trustee in themattci of Tapp and Melhuish , coal merchants , of Cosford . Bro . the Lord Mayor , supported by Bro .

Alderman and Sheriff Hanson , and Mr . Sheriff Cgg , , will preside at the Albion on April 19 th , at the annual dinner of the London General Porters' Benevolent Association . Bro . R . J . Mills was , on Tuesday , the 241 I 1 ult ., duly installed W . M . of the Sincerity Lodge No . 04 . 5 , Norwich .

Bro . Ks-ShcrilT Hubert Jameson Waterlow , who was sheriff with Bro . Alderman Fowler , M . P ., last year , has been elected a member of the Ex-sheriffs' Club . Bro . Wm . I . augtoii Lyon , CC , took thc chair at the annual dinner of " the South-liast London Swimming Club , at the Bridge House Hotel , last Monday , when the prizes were distributed by Bro . Lyon , the President .

Bro . jSir I- ' rancisTruscott , P . G . J . W ., was the first to introduce the use of electric bells in domestic houses , bavin" - had his house in Park-crcsent fitted up some years

ago . Bro . J . J . Hunt , was on Thursday , the 26 th ult ., duly installed W . M . of Ihe Cabbell Lodge , No . So ; , Norwich . Bros Alderman Fouler , Fdward Clarke , Colonel Maskins , Montague Guest , Baron de Worms , Lord Perry , and Sir James MrCau-1 Hogg were amongst ( he earliest to go down lo the House on the opening of Parliament , on Tuesday , and lake their seat- for the session .

Bro . Henry Wright , J . D- 1827 , ha-, been gazetted a lieutenant in ' the 1 st 'Tower Hamlets Rilles . At the Xation ? l Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Paralysis , Soho-sqii . iiv , the number of patients under treatment for the week ending February the 2 nd was Mil .

liro . Deputy Bra--. CC , has been appointed chairman of the Bridge House Committee , Uro . E . Dresser Rogers , General Purposes Committee , and Bio . T . Pearse Morrison , 1 S 27 , City of London Sellout Comniitlee of the Corporation ot the City of London . During die latter ' s year of office the new school on the Thames Embankment will be opened .

At the marriage of Bro . I l . R . I I . Prince Leopold with Princess I Iclciie of W . ildcek there will be eight brides , maids , of whom two are Lady C Russell ami Lady C , Campbell , daughters of the Djki-sof liedlord and Argyll , also Lad y | . Co . yngham , Lady A . Vane , and Lady A , Anson , daughter of the Earl of l . hhli . ld , and Lady li , Brooke , daughter of the liarl of Warwick .

Bro . the Lord Mayor , Bro . Alderman and Sherill Hanson , and Mr . Sheriff Ogg will support liro . H . K . II . Prince Leopold at the festival of the Royal Caledonian Asylum on Widnesday , the 23 rd inst ., at Freemasons ' Tavern . Bros . Sir Garnet Wolselev , G . G . B ., Sir J . B . Monckton , President Board of General Purposes , Edwin Frcshlicld , F . S . A .. G . C Sims , the Masters of the

Armourers' and lira / icis' and Painter Stainers' Companies , Sir . Seymour Fitzgerald , Admiral Sir W . Hewett , the Hon . R . W . E . Byng , P . G . Chap ., and Canon Grc"ory were- amongst the company invited to the banquet given by the Master of the Clolhworkers' Company at their hall , on the 2 nd inst . Brn . the Duke and the Duchess of Abercorn are shortly expected fmm Biarritz in London for Ihe marriage of their daughter , Lady Georgina Hamilton , with the liarl

of \\ intertoii . We understand that it is intended to hold a Masonic Ball at the Assembly-rooms , at Great Yarmouth , similar to that held la-t year . 'The exact date we believe has not yet been fixed . Bro . the Lord Mayor has been elected a life member of the Royal Agricultural Society of England .

A Masonic Ball will be hold at the Masonic Club , No . 2 . ; , St . Giles Street , Norwich , on 'Thursday the loth inst ., in connection with the Perseverance , No . 213 , and Cabbell , No . S 07 , Lodges , which promis . es to be a great

success . A fund is being raised in thc Province of Oxfordshire to present the '" Prov . G . Master , I I . K . I I . the Duke of Albany , with a wedding present . Suhscrijitinns are limited to £ \ is ., and about / . . ' loo has been already raised , but furltier subscriptions from any former members ol the province will be gladly received at the Old Bank , Oxford .

On Tuesday evening last , the sixth annual ball of the New Concord Lodge was held at the Freemasons ' 'Tavern amidst much eclat . I ' pwards of seventy couples were present to enjoy the festivities , , which included a supper of a very recherche character . 'The Tcrpsichorean exercises were carried on with much zest to ( he s ( rains of Bro . II . I . Dean ' s siring band , Bro ,

R . Johnson efficiently acting as M . C . 'The toasts after the supper included "The Oueen and Roy a ! Family ; " folloivcd by " 'The President , " appropriately responded to by Bro . ' Pierpoint ; " Tin : Ladies , " acknowledged by liro . I '" . Perl ; and " 'The Stewards , " for whom Bro ' . Haslip , S . W ., replied . 'The arrangements were

admirably carried out by a competent staff of Stewards , consisting of Bros . Pierpoinl , I laslip , Tiddcman , George , Harper , Stead , Bartlett , Ciisworth , A . and W . Potter , llarnett , Mnsroe , Stilwell , Boulton , Sinclair , Tedman , and F . and A . Perl . 'The festivities were kept up until after four o'clock in the morning .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Bro . Chas . Fendick was on Tuesday , thc 17 th ult ., duly installed W . M . of the Perseverance Lodge , No . 213 , Norwich . Bro . Jonas Ducketl , P . M . and Secretary , I ' nitcd Pilgrims , 507 , is a candidate for thc office of churchwarden for Camberwell parish .

The annual installation meeting in connection with the Skelmersdale . Lodge , No . 13 SJ 0 , took place at Waterloo , near Liverpool , on Monday afternoon , when Bro . F . W . Barnes was placed in the chair . The United Pilgrims' Lodge , No . 507 , which is one of the oldest and most impor ( an ( in ( he south of London , will in future meet at the Bridge House Hotel , London Bridge . This change of place of meeting is

owing to the rapid increase of the number of members , and to meet the convenience of ( he brethren who reside in all parts of London . 'Tlie joining and initiation fees have been more than doubled , a lart which maybe accepted as proof that this lodge has reached that stale when it can be the means , in conjunction wi ( h prudence exercised by the members , of makinga choice of candidates who will be a strength and credit to Freemasonry .

Bro . lLR . H . thc Duke of Connaught has consented to preside at the annual festival in aid of tlie Hospital for Sick Children , which will be held at Willis ' s Rooms , on Wednesday , March Sth . Bro . Sir John Bennett will lecture on " Our Next Reform Hill " lo the Wallingford Liberal Association in the Town Hall on Monday evening .

Bro . H . J . Waterlow , who served the ollice of one of the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex last year , has been unanimously elected a member of the Ex-Sheriffs ' Club . We have very much pleasure in recording the progress which the Lodgeof Integrity , No . 1 ( 13 , . Manchester , has made , in the cause of rha . itv . For the Boys '

School the lodge receives seventy-eight votes j for the Girls ' School thirty-seven ; for the Aged Freemason ; and Widows o Freemasons ( Male Fund ) , seventy-six , ( female Fund ) , seventy-four ; for tlie East Lancashire Systematic Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution , 141 votes ; and for the Manchester Warehousemen and Clerks' Orphan Institution , eleven votes . The foregoing particulars show thai the lodee has contributed £ \ 10 : lo the Masonic Charitable

Institutions , for which it receives 31 , 0 votes in perpetuity , and add to this sixteen votes for annual subscriptions , makes a grand total of 40 ' ) votes . 'Truly this is a noble example to follow . Bro . the Rev . J . li . Cox , D . D ., vicar of St . Helen ' s , Bishopsgate , has contributed a paper entitled "Shakespeare in the City , " to the last number of "The Plnv . "

Bro . G . A . Sala is to preside at the distribution of prize " , to the students of the West Lotidun School of Art on Saturday , tlie 2 . 5 th . inst . A grand concert in aid of the Leeds Masonic Educational and Benevolent Fund will be given at the Victoria Hill , Leeds , on Wednesday next .

Bro . ( . h . Soppet , of 4 S , Newgate-street , public accountant , has been appointed official li quidator of tlie Texas Freehold Farm and Emigration I ' nion ( Limited ) . A neiv attempt is being made in . London to organise popular concerts for the people at low prices , without the usual music hall accompaniments of alcohol and tobacco . The entertainments are to be of a high class , all coarseness and vulgarity being

prohibited . Ihe absence of intoxicating drinks and of smoking will be a great boon to the working classes . The promoters hope to succeed in attracting many of the hahitues of ginshu | is from their wonted haunts , and at the same time to raise the musical taste of the people . On the executive , which is called "The Popular Ballad Concert Committee , " . ire two abstainers and prohihilionisls —Dr . Norman Kerr and Mr . R . li . Farrnnt . The lion . Secretary is Mrs . Ernest Hart , . jS , Wimpole-strect , W .

Bro . C W . Thompson , of the Vacant Lands Office , Guildhall , who has been for the last twelve yea : s an Associate of the Institution of Surveyors , has on his own application , been transferred by the Council to the Class of Fellows ( if this institution , which has received the

grant of a Royal Charter , liro . Thompson ' s application was endorsed by many gentlemen of eminence in bis profession . Notice is given that thc Stale apartments of Windsor Castle will be closed on and after this day ( Saturday ) , until further orders . —Gazelle

Bro . ( 1 . 1 ut : ll presided at a complimentar y dinner given to Mr . J . T . Redder , at Anderton ' s Hotel , in recognition of his services to the parish of St . Luke ' s . The Council of the City Church and Churchyard Protection Society recently held a special meeting , Uro . Ii . Frcshfield , M . A ., F . S . A ., in the chair , when the Council took into consideration the case of St . James ' sGarlickhithe .

, The rector , the patrons ( the Dean and Chapter of St . Paul's ) , and the parishioners arc adverse to the demolition of the building , and the Council unanimousl y decided to oppose the London and South-Western Railway Bill , so far as scheduling ( he church in ( he line of demarkation is concerned . Uro . Henry Wright ( the Secretary ) stated that the Painters' Company , whose hall is situated in the parish .

and close to the church , is opposing another Bill which purposes to take their hall . Bro . Frcshfield suggested it would be advisable to learn what steps the Vinters' Company is going to take , their hall being in the line of deviation of the railway . It was resolved that the solicitor take the necessary steps lo oppose on the standing orders , and a sub-committee , amongst whom were Bros . Edwin Freshficld , F . S . A ., and Henry Wright , was appointed to lake thc necessary

steps , tiro . I ' . dwin Frcshfield informed the Council that he had brought before a meeting of the churchwardens and vestries of the City parishes the subject of the proposed legislation for destroying- churches of the City of London , and the meeting unanimously agreed to oppose any scheme by which the proceeds of the sale of any churcli ' or churchyard went for application into the hands of persons over whom the parishioners had no control , and a committee was formed to watch any proposed legislation .

Masonic And General Tidings.

The installation meeting of the Creaton Lod ge , No . 1791 , was held on Thursday last , a large number of brethren being present . A full report of the proceedings will appear in our next . In our report of the consecration of thc Universal Chapter last week , we ought to have mentioned ( hat ( he success was largely due to the exertions of Uro . Howard , who from ( he lirst has been active in promotingthe interests of the chapter .

Bro . the Rev . Jackson Wray will deliver a lecture on " Hugh Latimer , " at the Lecture Hall , St . Aubyn ' sroad , Upper Norwood , on Monday , the " 13 th inst . "On , Tin : Soxi ; OF TUB WOODEN- Si'oox !" —Cantab-ile ballad , written for the Last of the Wranglers , on the occasion of the disappearance of the gallant Senior Wrangler-ship in the waters of Oblivion . —Punch .

Brn . Dr . B . W . Richardson presided on Saturday week at a preliminary public meeting , held at the rooms < jf the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals , to consider a reform of the methods of slaughtering animals required for food . It was resolved that a society should be formed to secure , amongst other objects , public slaughter-houses and efficient daily inspection .

Justice Kay thc other day described as - " a shocking state of things " the swallowing up of an estate in costs . An action was instituted in a case of Meyrick v James , in 1 S 74 , for the administration of the estate of a person who died in 1 S 46 . There was a sum of £ 701 ; in Consols , another sum of £ 136 on deposit , and another sum of £ S . 1 he only debt against the esrate was a sum of £ 41 ) .

The money in Court , the above sum of £ 853 , was not sullito pay the costs of the proceedings , which " have been going on since 1 S 74 . His lordship directed that there should be a very carelul taxation of costs , and refused to give liberty to apply in Chambers , but ordered that any application should be made in Court , as he wished thc Court to keep its hands over the . money until he saw what the costs were .

Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Albany , K . G ., has graciously consented to preside at a festival dinner , in aid of the Chanty Hospital lor the Paralysed and Epileptic , at the Freemasons' Tavern , on 'Tuesday , the 14 th March next .

A few minutes before the commencement of the afternoon service on Sunday , the one-and-a-half ton weight of the new chimes at ( he St . Albans Abbey fell a distance of twenty-four feet on to the tower ceiling . The ceiling was not peirced by the weight , but one of the painted panels was splintered , and several pieces of wood

fell into the body of the church . One person received an injury to his skull , and another injury to an arm . In consequence of the accident neither the afternoon nor the evening service was held . Ihe new chimes were erected only last summer . 'The wire attached to the weight gave way on Sunday , hence the fall .

Bro . I' . Saillard s premises , S 7 , Alderrratc-strcct , were the scene of a lire , on 'Tuesday evening last , which , however , was chiell y confined to the third tloor . H . R . H . l ' rincess Christian , of Schelswijr Ilolstcin , will ( D . V . ) this day ( Saturday ) , lay the foundation stone of the parish church of St . James , Paddington , on which occasion a handsome silver and

ivory trowel , together with a silver triangle , richly engraved with rose , shamrock and thistle border , and suitable inscription in centre , will be presented to I Ier Royal Highness , the same having been specially designed and executed at Kenning ' s manufactory , Little Britain , London , E . C . Bro . Sir Watkin Wynn ' s hounds have afforded the Empress of Austria some excellent sport , the meet , the

other day being tlie largest ever known . Her Majesty , who was dressed in an elegant riding costume , was mounted on . 1 bay man-, 'Pegasus . 'The scent for the lirst fox turned out bad , and Reynard was lost . Afterwards , however , there was a fair run of nearly an hour and ahalf , when a kill was effected at Uronghall . 'The Empress was well to the fore all the lime .

Bro . Lord llartino / ton , M . I \ , will preside at the annual dinner of the friends and supporters of the Warehousemen and Clerks' Schools for Orphans and Necessitous Children , at the Cannon-street Hotel , on Wednesday , thc 1 ith inst . J

Bro . Sir George Klliott , M . l '„ not having yet returned from Egypt , will not take his seat in the Tlouse of Commons for a short time , and has for the present paired with Mr . Vilhers Stuart , M . P . for county Waterford . Thcmembersof the liarl of Carnarvon Lodge , No . io ' 42 , gave their sixthannual ball at the Town Hall , High-st ., Kensington , on Ihursday , the 2 nd inst ., the greatest success it here

attending . I was a very large attendance , upwards ot 400 being present , among whom was Bro . the Rev . Charles Darby Reade , M . A ., the W . M . of the lodge ; Bros . G . Penn , Treas . j W . J . Murlis , Sec ; S . H . Parkhouse , li . M . Lander , S . Smout , Past Masters ; S . Smout , jun ., S . W ., most of the minor officers , and a large proportion of the members . Bro . Charles Godfrey conducted the orchestra , which was composed of members of the

string band of the Royal Horse Guards ( by permission of ( . ol . Frederick Hurnauy ) , and most efficiently he discharged his duties . Dancing was kept up with great spirit until four o clock , all present seeming to thoroughly enjoy the entertainment provided . We can but express a hope that the financial result of this ball may be as satisfactory as those which have preceded it , and that the institution which may be fortunate enough to come in for the surplus may have a large amount to receive .

Bro . Sir Michael Costa , about whom the Oueen and liro H . R . H . the Prince of Wales make daily inrTuiries , still makes slow progress towards recovery . 1 ' TJUTV AMI LUXURY . —A quarter of a century s experience has taught the public that there is but one _ loilct Soap possessed of these merits comb ' ned .

Eminent dermatologists testif y that there is but one Soap winch so cleanses the skin that its natural and consequently healthy action is ensured . Medical Ollicers of Health every . iheie recognize but one Soap as a preventive of infectious disease . I louse-holders who seek a luxurious bath sec- that no other Soap enters their bathroom . It can be bought everywhere . Ask for WRIGI IT'S COAL TAR SOAl , and refuse worthless imitations , —fAuvT . ]