Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Comp . Dr . Chas . Gore Ring was installed ist Principal of the Greta Chapter , 1073 , at Keswick , on Tuesday , the 31 st ult . Comp . J . Hall , H ., and Comp . E . Jackson , J . The chapter put on mourning for the late Comps . Woodford and Rooke . Comp . H . Baldwin , M . E . Z , 7 20 , desires us to notify that the next convocation for annual election of

officers , exaltation of candidates , & c , will take place at the Horns Tavern , Kennington , on Monday , the 13 th inst ., at 5 p . m ., and not in Camberwell as heretofore , where this old and prosperous chapter has been located during the re-building of the above very handsome and spacious hostelry .

The 25 th annual exhibition of canaries and other cage birds vvas opened at the Crystal Palace on Saturday last , the entries being 2113 , or 227 more than last year . The Prince of Wales returned to Marlborough House from Sandringham on Monday afternoon , and to-day ( Friday ) will leave London for a three weeks' sojourn on the Continent .

The Prince of VVales and suite visited the Opera Comique on Wednesday evening , for the purpose of witnessing the first performance of Mrs . Bernard Beere in the new play of "Ariane . " Bro . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) presided atthe House Dinner of the National Conservative Club on

Tuesday , Bro . Gen . Mr F . Fitzwygram , M . P ., and John Aird , M . P ., being among the principal guests . On Monday , the 50 th anniversary of his birthday , Bro . Henry Irving played to the largest audience ever known , at a Boston theatre , the receipts being close on 5000 dollars . The actor ' s reception was most enthusiastic

Bro . The Marquis of Hartington , will shortly receive a deputation from the Barrow Town Council , by whom he will be presented with the certificate of freedom , enclosed in a gold casket , vvhich vvas conferred upon his Lordship at the opening of the new Town Hall in July last . Bros , the Earl of Cork and Orrery , the Earl of Paversham , Sir F Johnstone , Bart ., the Earl of Rosslyn , the Duke of St . Albans , and the Earl of Zetland attended

the meeting of the Jockey ( lub , vvhich was held at the residence of Lord Hastings , 22 , Bruton-street , on Tuesday . Prince Albert Victor of Wales left York for Malton , en route for Settiington on the 2 nd inst ., on a visit to Julia Lady Middleton , and vvas present at some amateur theatricals the same evening at the former town in aid of the Bovver Memorial Schools . The visit terminated on Friday last .

The late Bro . Alderman Sir John Staples has been sue eeded on the Committee of Management of West Ham Park by Deputy Peploe , while Bro . Alderman Saunders , wh > has resigned as representative of the City on the Metropolitan Board of Warks , is succeeded by Bro . George Shaw . Bro . Sir Henry Halford , Bart ., delivered the

first lecture before the new Aldershot Military Society on the 2 nd instant , Lieut .-General Sir Archibald Alison being the president on the occasion , and the subject the new Magazine Rifle vvhich it is believed will be shortly adopted for the Army . A meeting of the Committee , of which Bro . Lord Herschell is the Chairman , to consider the working

of the Trade Marks and Designs portions of the Patents , Designs and Trade Marks Act of 1 SS 3 , vvas held on Monday , for the purpose of determining certain points vvith a view to the preparation of their report . Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks Beach , Bart ., M . P ., was present at the annual dinner at the Royal Hotel , Bristol , on Monday , of the St . Augustine Branch of the Bristol

Working Men ' s Conservative Association , and delivered a long address . Bros . Hugh C E . Childers , M . P ., and Col . King-Harman , M . P ., being also present at , and addressing meetings held in the one case at Bishop Auckland and in the other at Ramsgate . Bros , the Duke of St . Albans , the Earl of

Galloway , the Earl of Arran , Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., Lord Stalbridge , Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart , M . P ., Alderman Sir R . Hanson , Bart , Col . Hozier , and Maj .-Gen . Sir Evelyn Wood vvere among the guests at tlie banquet given by the Fishmonger ' s Company on Monday , to the Chancellor of the Exchequer .

Bro . Lord Mayor de Keyser presided at the 70 th anniversary dinner , at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James's , on Tuesday , of the German Society of Benevolence , the Lady Mayoress also being present , and Bros . Sheriffs Higgs and Davies among the guests . The subscription list , vvhich included subscriptions from the Emperors of Germany and Austria , amounted to about £ 1400 . The

musical arrangements vvere in charge of Bro . W . Ganz , Past Grand Organist . At the close of the usual weekly meeting of the Covent Garden Lodgeof Instruction on the 2 nd inst ., the first meetingof the Second Covent Garden Lodgeof Instruction Charitable Association took place , under the presidency of Bro . A . Clark , Vice-President of the Association , Bros . G . Reynolds , Treas . ; F . M . Noakes , Sec . ; and many other

brethren being present . Bros . E . C Mulvey and G . H . Reynolds having been appointed tellers , ballots then took place for two subscriberships to the Masonic Charities , which vvere declared to be in favour of Bros . E . C . Mulvey and J . Skinner . A vote of thanks to Bro . A . Clark closed the proceedings . We trust this Second Association started by Ihe Covent Garden Lodge of Instruction will prove as

successful as its predecessor . Our Institutions are always in need of funds , and this Association will enable brethren to contribute without causing themselves any serious inconvenience . The lodge meets every Thursday at the Criterion , Piccadilly , at 8 p . m ., vvhen Bro . F . M . Noakes , who is Secretary of the Association , will be very pleased to furnish any information that may de desired .

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . Lord Brassey will preside at the annual Festival of the Royal Blind Pension Society , which will be held at the Hotel Metropole , on the 25 th April next . Bro . the Earl of Lathom ( Lord Chamberlin ) and the Countess of Lathom had the honour of dining with the Queen and Royal Family at Osborne , on the 2 nd instant , and concluded their visit shortly afterwards .

Bro . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) , and Bro . Lord Stanley of Preston , and Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., attended the Cabinet Council held at the Foreign Office , on Monday , the 3 rd instant , Bro . Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ) being the absentee .

The Queen , accompanied by Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg , is expected to leave England for Florence on the 20 th March . Her Majesty will reside at the Villa Palmieri , and will remain away for about three weeks .

Bro . Admiral Sir Henry Keppel , G . C . B ., presided at the banquet held at Willis's Rooms , St . James ' s , on Saturday last , by the members of the Royal Naval Club of 1765 , in celebration of their " Founder's Day . " Bro . Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., and Lady Churchill returned to London on Sunday evening last , after a few week's sojourn on the continent , in the course of which they visited St . Petersburg , Moscow , Berlin , and Paris .

Bro . the Hon . Sir Edmund Monson , K . C . M . G ., C . B ., Her Majesty ' s Minister Plenipotentiary at Copenhagen , has been transferred to the Ministry at Athens , in succession to Sir Horace Rumbold , Bart ., K . C . M . G ., vvho is now Her Majesty's Minister at the Hague . Bro . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor of England ) , Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ) , Lord

Stanley of Preston , and Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., attended the Cabinet Council , held at the Foreign Office , on Wednesday . The visit of the Prince of Wales to her Majesty at Osborne was concluded on the 3 rd instant , when his Royal Highness returned to Marlborough House , reaching the Victoria Station of the London , Brighton , and South

Coast Railway at 1 . 50 p . m . Bro . Lord Brooke , Conservative candidate for the Saffron Walden Division of Essex , who has been laid up vvith illness at Easton Lodge , Dunmow , has now recovered somewhat , and is expected to be quite restored to health shortly . The death is announced of the Countess Olga

Miinster , youngest daughter of Count Miinster , German Ambassador in Paris , and niece of Bro . the Earl of Rosslyn , Past G . Master Mason of Scotland . The sad event occurred on the 3 rd instant , at Cannes , whither the lady had gone for the benefit of her health . Bro . Under-Sheriff Rose-Innes gave a banquet at the Guildhall Tavern on Monday evening , to

commemorate the observance by her Majesty of the custom of presenting venison to the holder of his office . The guests on the occasion included Bros . Bedford , Pannell , Dresser Rogers , and Under-Sheriff Beard . Bro . Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bait ., M . P ., presided at a meeting on Wednesday , of the Aborigines Protection Society , held for the purpose of considering

the questions likely to be raised at the approaching Conference at Madrid in connection vvith the reform of the present system of Consulate Protection as practised in Morocco under existing circumstances . It is announced that the Earl of Dufferin , on on vacating the Governor-Generalship of India , will be succeeded by the Marquis cf Lansdowne , and that the place

of the latter , as Governor-General of Canada , will be occupied by Bro . Lord Stanley , of Preston , at present a member of Lord Salisbury ' s Cabin : t . If this should happen , then it is believed that Bro . Baron de Worms , M . P ., will succeeed Bro . Lord Stanley as President of the Board of Trade , with a seat in the Cabinet . We have much pleasure in announcing that Miss Lilian Buckley will give her first grand evening

concert at the Brixton Hall , Acre-lane ( within two minutes ' walk of Brixton Station ) , on Tuesday next , the 14 th inst . The list of artists , both vocal and instrumental , is a strong one , Bro . Maybnck being among the former , while Bro . Turle Lee will conduct . The concert will commence at 7 . 45 p . m ., and we trust Miss Buckley's efforts to please the public will meet vvith their reward in the form of a delighted and overflowing audience in all parts of the hall .

The Ingoldsby Club held its usual monthl y smoking concert at the Stirling Castle , Camberwell Green , vvhen there was a large muster of members , a good sprinkling of the dramatic world , also several members of the Craft . The chair was very ably occupied by

Bro . Fred Williams . The company present expressed their great pleasure at the capital programme given them by their Chairman , and broke up at 11 . 30 , having thoroughly enjoyed themselves . The arrangements for the comfort of the guests were capitally carried , out by the host , Bro . Woodwell , and Mr . Ernest Neeld , the Hon . Sec . of the club .

Bro . Sir Morell Mackenzie has returned from Barcelona to San Remo , and has again visited the Imperial Crown Prince of Germa ' ny , in attendance on whom there is reason to believe he will remain in a few days . Sir M . Mackenzie has been in consultation with the Prince ' s other physicians , owing to his Imperial Highness's difficulty in breathing having greatly increased . A further

consultation was to be held on Thursday , and there is the possibility that the experts may find it neccessary to have recourse to tracheotomy in order to assist the Prince ' s breathing . This news has necessarily caused aconsiderable amount of gloom in Germany and England . HOLLOWAV ' S PILLS . —Merit Rewarded . —This famous family medicine has withstood the test of time and the most unrelenting opposition . These Pills are a direct purifer ot the blood and ail

the oiher fluids of the human body . During the winter and earl y spring no house or home should be without the means ot arresting disease at its onset ; such rr . eans are safely and surely presented in these excellent Pills , vvhen they are taken according to their accompanying directions . Holloway ' s medicine removes dyspepsia , promotes digestion , and acts as a mild and effective aperient . These Pills are strongly recommended to those persons vvho are constitutionally weak , and whose nervous systems have been shattered by illness ; on such they will confer indescribable comfort . —ADVT ,

Masonic And General Tidings

The Stability Lodge of Instruction , 217 , now meets from 7 to 9 o ' clock , on every Friday evening , at Masons' Hall Tavern , Coleman-street , instead of from 6 to 8 as heretofore . Miss Emily Foxcroft , daughter of Bro . W . M . Foxcroft , P . M . 177 , W . M . 2063 , P . A . G . D . C . Essex , sang at the Armourers' Company ' s dinner on Thursday last , eliciting high eulogiums for her splendid contralto voice and careful execution .

We observe that the Emulation Lodge of Improvement now meets at 6 o ' clock on Friday evenings instead of seven as heretofore—an alteration that will be convenient to many . Bro . Baron H . de Worms , M . P ., left Brussels for Berlin on the 2 nd instant , and after concluding his

mission in connection with the Sugar Bounties Question will return to England . The Prince of Wales returned to Sandringham House on Saturday last , and rejoined the Princess and their daughters , who have remained in residence at their Norfolk seat during the Prince ' s visit to the Oueen .

The third Session of the twelfth Parliament during the Queen ' s reign vvas opened by commission on Thursday the gth instant , the usual speech being read by Bro . Lord Halsbury ( the Lord Chancellor ) . Bro . Lord Mayor De Keyser occupied the chair at a large gathering at the City of London College on Monday , when the prizes to the successful students were

distributed by the Lord Chancellor of England , Bro . Lord Halsbury . There vvas a very numerous attendance at the Lyric Hall , Ealing , on Friday , the 3 rd inst ., when Bro . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., First Lord of the Admiralty , addressed his constituents on matters relating to the department over vvhich he presides . The gallery was filled vvith ladies .

The M . W . G . M ., H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , has granted a warrant for the formation of the Cordwainer Ward Lodge , No . 2241 , the principal officers designate being Bro , Frank Tayler , C . C , W . M . ; Bro . Alderman and Lieut .-Colonel P . Cowan , S . W . ; and Bro . W . T . Buck , J . W . ; amongst the other founders being some of the Common Council and principal inhabitants of the Ward .

Bro . Lord Mayor De Keyser presided at the annual distribution of prizes at the Guildhall on Saturday evening last , to the 24 th Middlesex or Post Office Rifle Volunteers . The prizes were given away by Princess Mary , Duchess of Teck , and among those present to witness the interesting ceremony vvere the Duke of Teck , the Princess Victoria of Teck , the Lady Mayoress , Bro . Sheriff and

Mrs . Davies , and Bro . Sheriff and Mrs . Higgs . Bro . Augustus Harris vvas on Saturday last installed as W . M . of the Stewart Council of the Allied Degrees . The very impressive and ornate ceremony vvas admirably performed by Bro . C . F . Matier , and Bro . C H . Driver efficiently occupied the chair and conferred the Degrees of St . Lawrence the Martyr and Knight of

Constantinople on the candidates present . We hope to give a full report in our next . Bros . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Hi gh Chancellor of England ) , Lord Mayor De Keyser , Sir ] ames Fergusson , Bart ., M . P ., Col . Duncan , M . P ., Sheriff Davies , C Hall , Q . C , M . P ., and Sir A . Sullivan , G . Org ., vvere amongst tne principal guests at the dinner given at the Hotel

Metropole on the 3 rd inst . by the Master , Wardens , and Court of the Coopers' to Sir Henry James , Q . C , M P ., in honour of his presentation with the freedom of the Company . VVe read in the Masonic Chronicle oi Columbus , Ohio , that the ladies and gentlemen vvho attended the public installation of the W . M . ' s of the lodges of Galena ,

vvhen prepaung to return home by train on the 27 th of December , found the blizzard had effectually blocked the line , and had to spend the night in the hall . However , they got away by another train shortly before noon the following day , and we presume vvere little the worse for their detention .

The 7 th International Sportsmans' Exhibition and the Kennel Club ' s 30 th Show- of Sporting and other Dogs vvas opened at the Royal Agricultural Hall , Islington , on Thursday , and will remain open till Saturday next , the 18 th inst . There is , as usual , an admirable display of

everything connected with sports , and it is needless to say that the exhibits at the Kennel ( lub Show are quite up to the mark cf past years , both as regards quality and number . Bro . H . Etheiington is the Manager and Secretary , by whom those vvho need any information will be most courteously received .

Visitors to the Sportsmans' Exhibition , now open at the Royal Agricultural Hall , Islington , will , no doubt , have their attention attracted to a very ingenious and useful navelty in the shape of anew kind of "Honeycomb " Wine Bin , vvhich has been invented and patented by Messrs , King and Smith , of the Stowe Works , Weedon . The exhibit is at Stand No . 47 facing the Upper-street entrance ,

, and a very slight glance at its construction will show that , it possesses the qualities of simplicity , and cheapness vvhich are claimed for it by its inventors . It vvas favourably spoken of at the Brewers' Exhibition last year , and the more it is seen and understood , the more highly will it be appreciated . We commend it to the attention of our readers who may visit the Exhibition .

The London Correspondent of the Western Morning News says : "Many are the vicissitudes of wellknown buildings . The home of the old Whittington Club , next to the Illustrated London News office in Norfolkstreet , Strand , has seen many changes since its ballroom was so famous among the men about town . For the time it was known as the Temple Club . It is now to become a

newspaper office . The floor upon which the lights of the ballroom once twinkled will now be occupied by compositors cases . It is being turned into the office of the Conservative journal , The People . The People was started at the very beginning of the Conservative reaction in London . It has

been in existence for only six years , and has now a circulation of a quarter of a million . The company which started it is in liquidation , not because the journal has failed , but because it has been such a success . It is , I believe , the first Conservative weekly paper that has ever really paid at the price of a penny . "