Masonic And General Tidings.

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .

The ofiice of Deputy Grand Master for the Province of North VVales and Shrops . is vacant by the death of Bro . VV . Bulkeley Hughes , ALP ., which sad event took place on Wednesday last . Bro . Morrison , 1 S 27 , C . C , entertained the

members of the City of I ^ indon School Committee at dinner last Wednesday , being the chairman . VVe congratulate Bro . Alorrison on the large step he has just taken by being elected the chairmanship of this committee , which is the blue ribbon of this year , lt is likely our brother xvill entertain Royalty at the opening of the nexv school .

The oi-o- .--n in the hall ol " Christ ' s Hospital has been recently thoroughly repaired and renovated . The school museum has been removed to the day-room . lVos . Alderman Fowler , M . P .. and Alderman and Sheriff Hanson are among those xvho have consented to join a Committee for the protection of the Loivcr Thames from sexx-age .

Bro . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , President of the City and Guilds of London Institute , xvill take the chair at the annual meeting of Governors to be held on Monday next , at half-past three , at Mercers' I lall , xvhen the report for the year 1 SS 1 and the balance-sheet xvill he presented . The boys of Christ ' s I lospital have forwarded a subscription to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution t ' irough the Bead Master , Hro . the Rev . R . Lee , ALA .

The propensity ol sonic people to name their children after the hero or heroine of the time has frequently been commented upon . By the usual public announcements it appears that a g " cntlem . in of Dalston has named his neivlv-born son and heir bimbo . " —Citv

Press . During the nasi week Bro . His Roxal Highness Prince Leopold , K . G ., and the Princess Helen of VValdcrk honoured Air . Bas-ano , of Old Bond-street , xvith sittings for their photographs .

Bro . Sims , ( . (' ., was amongst the supporters of the National Dental Hospital pre-ent at the annual meeting held on the ist inst . Bro . the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor attended a meeting on 'Thursday last in connection with the F ' ree Library and Working Men ' s Club ., Kennington-lane . We regret lo announce the death of the youngest son of Bro . VV . S . Chapman ( of Lodge 1 ( 137 ) , off .-, Aldersgate-street .

Mr . J ohn Lobb , F . R . S ., editor ofthe Christian Ae-e , delivered a lecture on " The Fortv- 'Txvo Vears' Slave Life of ] osiah Benson ( Uncle 'Tom ) , " on the ist inst ,, in the Mem 01 i . 1 l llall , Bethnal Green . The Rev . \ V . Tylei urooosed a vote of thanks to Sir T . F . Buxton , Hart ., ' for

the loan of . 1 bust of t ' ncle Tom for exhibition at the lecture . Bro . J . Al . Klenck , of Bishopsgate-street Without , presided , and paid a high compliment to the Gurneys , Clarksons , Buxtons , Slurges , and to Lord Shaftesbury for the noble efforts thev have made on behall of the slaves .

Bro . the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor xvill give a dinner at the Alansion House this day ( Saturday ) , in connection xvith the Smoke Abatement lixhibition . Among the more elegant dresses worn at the Drawing-room on Wednesday xvasth . it of the wife of Hro . Alderman Staples , being composed of a Court train of Vandyke broivn satin , ornamented xvith trimmings of marabout

feathers , petticoat of rich amber satin merveilleux and brocade trimmed point de venise , wreath of velvet leaves , and white peony lloxvers . I lead-dress of plumes , lappets , tulle veil ; ornaments parure of diamonds . Before Mr . Justice- Hawkins on Wednesday last , James Harris and David Adkins werehrought up to receive sentence for stealing and receiving the picture known as

" 'The Monarch of the Meadows , " belonging to Bro . J . D . Allcroft , from the house of that gentleman in Lancastergate . I lis lordship sentenced I lan is , against whom several previous convictions were recorded , to . seven years penal servitude . With regard to Adkins , his lorcLlnp said that he did not propose to pass a severe sentence , but xvas inclined to look upon him ns one xvho had been an unwilling

accomplice in the robbery , and xvho had afterxvards gix-en every assistance to the police , lie therefore ordered that Adkins should be bound over in his oxvn recognisances to come up for judgment if called upon . Wanted , two thousand pounds ! Strangel y enough this is not for Jumbo , and curiously enough , too , one-fourth of the amount will suffice—at least , for the

present . 'The fact is , that unless funds are forthcoming the pitiful crew of starving , ragged , and shoeless urchins of Eastern London , xvho hitherto have looked forxvard to their Wednesday " Irish stew dinner , " xvill croxvd round the London Cottage Alission doors next xveek in vain . 'There is yet time to avert this terrible misfortune , for such indeed it xvould be ; and some timely succour , ia the shape of

subscriptions or donations , xvould again provide a meal for these " hungry hundreds . " 'There is . howex-er , no time to spare , and all contributions should be forxvarded at once either to tbe Lady Superintendent , Aliss < •' . Napton , 304 , Burdett-road , Limehouse , li ., or to Air . Walter Austin , 44 , Finsbury-pavement , li . C , who xvill most gladly receive and acknoxvledge them .

Those xvho are enduring the agony of gout , or the lesser torture of rheumatism , xvill hail w-ith a feeling of joy any remedy which promises to afford even the slightest relief . We gladly , therefore , give prominence to the GOL'T AND RlIliUAIATIC PILL , introduced to suffering humanity by Air . I ' . ade , the weil-knoxvn Chemist , and

prepared from the formula of one of the most eminent physicians of the day . It is claimed that no alteration of diet is required , nor is confinement to the house by any means necessary . It xvould appear , then , that a medicine so easily taken , and so efficacious , requires only to be widely knoxvn to meet xvith that recognition it deserves . —Civil Service Gazette .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Uro . I'AShcnff IWt lias becxi elected Treasurer of the Central Association of Alaster Builders of London . Bro . Sir John Bennett has been engaged by the Cih * of London College to give his lecture on " lilectric Iixhibitions at Home and Abroad . " Bro . Alderman Fowler , M . P ., xvas one of those xvho attended the deputation to Lord Granville on the Suez

Canal on the 27 th ult . Mrs . Grossmith , mother of Bro . George Grossmith , died on the 27 th ult . The Hon . Henry Parkes , K . C . M . G ., Premier of Nexv South VVales , who is expected to arrive about the middle of this month , xvill be the guest of Bro . Sheriff Ogg , at oS . Lancaster-gate , during his visit in England .

Bro . the Rig ht Hon . thc Lord Mayor presided on Alonday last at the lirst annual meeting of the subscribers and friends of the liast London Nursing Society , at the Alansion House . The Lodge of Truth , Xo . 521 , Freemasons ' Ball , l- 'itzxvilliam-street , I Iuddcrsfield , xvill hold the second social gathering of the season on the 24 th inst ., xvhich is

expected to be a great success . Bro . William Vincent , who al thc recent Benevolent Institution F ' cstival took up a list of £ 110 17 s ., represented the Villiers Lodge , No . 1 io . | , not , as xve staled , No . 1 iS _) . It is proposed to build . 1 new church on the West Cliff , Whitby . The site has been given by Bro . Sir George

Elliot , Bart ., ALP ., Prov . G . AL S . Wales ( li . Division ) , xvho , in addition , has promised to contribute £ 201 x 1 to the building fund . Among the other donations are Airs . Cholmlev , Abbey House , £ 1000 ; and Airs . Chrstopher Richardson , j ( o "" There are twelve other donations of j ( . ' ioo each , so lhat the sum actually subscribed and promised is j ( , \ . 700 , in addition to the site , xvhich is a valuable one . The cost of the new church xvill be betxveen / . ' 10 , 000 and £ 13 , 000 .

The Pa-t Masters' Centenary Club attached to the Royal Athelstan Lodge , No . 10 , held their thirteenth anniversary at the Three . Nun-s Hotel , Aldgate , on the 27 th ult . ; Bro . lolin C . Goldsmith , P . VI ., in the chair , supported by Bros . Ernest VV . Collard , W . AL ; VV . AI . Bywater , P . AL ; C . I- Fache ; George Campion , P . AL ; VV . Pound , P . AL ; VV . Nicholson , P . AL ; T . II . Potter ,

P . M . ; R . S . Archbold , P . AL ; 11 . C Jepps , P . AL ; and Edward H . Grabham , P . AL and Sec . Hro . II . C Jepps , P . AL , having completed his year of ofiice as VV . M ., xvas formally introduced as a member of the Club , and invited bv the Chairman to partake of the loving cup . Bro . li . B . Grabham , P . AL , xvas unanimously elected as Chairman ot tbe Club for the year 1 SS 3 .

The Fifteen Sections xvill be worked oil Monday next at the Aletropolitan Lodgeof Instruction , No . 1507 , the Moorgate , is , Finsbury-pavement , li . C ., at seven o ' clock . Hro . } . ~ C . Smith , W . S . 17 . 11 , W . AL , * Uro . Jas . Hemming , 12 S 7 , S . VV . ; and Bro . Ii . F . Pierdon , ( j -j S . J . W . The working xvill be as folloxvs : —F ' irst Lecture : First Section , Bro . G . VV . Knight , D . C . isO ?; Second , Bro . li . li . Barratt-Kiddcr , W . AL 12 ; Third , Hro . J . VV . Smith ,

I . G . 17 .. 4 ; Fourth , Bro . T . C Edmonds , W . S . 1507 ; Fifth , Bro . F . VV . Sillis , D . C . 174 .. ; Sixth , Bro . J . Hemming , 12 S 7 ; Seventh , Bro . J . Paul , 12 S 7 . Second Lecture : First Section , Bro . R . VV . F ' rastr , 1507 ; Second , Hro . VV . J . Burgess , LP . M . 1472 * Third , Hro . VV . Martin , J . D . S 7 . 1 ; Fourth , Hro . li . AL Money , iSS ; Fifth , Hro . G . Alordey , 1744 . Third Lecture : First Section , Bn > . li . F . Pierdon , ( , 14 s ; Second , Bro . lidxvin Storr , J . D . 167 ; Third Bro , Geo . iimblin , 147 .

One of our literary contemporaries announces the forthcoming publication by Air . William Andrews , F . R . H . S ., of Hull , of a xvork on " Typographical Curiosities . " It is surprising that such a book should not have been prepared before . VVe may hope , however , that Air . Andrexvs xvill deal mercifully xvith the nexvspaptr press in the matter of typographical errors . In spile of all care

that is taken noxv-a-days to ensure literal accuracy in printing , errors will happen , especially in thc case of daily journals . No doubt a very amusing chajiter might be devoted to these errors—some of xvhich , hoxvever , havt been of a very serious dcscrijition . From the first introduction of printing doxvn to the present hour , jirinters havt

made mistakes , and their readers have been jiuzzled , amused , or amazed by them , according to the nature ol each particular case . It is to be feared that so long as human nature falls short of perfection these blunders will continue to be made , no matter xvhat care may be exercised in the endeavour to avoid them . -Leeds Men ury .

On Thursday week n meeting of thc Royal National Lifeboat Institution xvas held at its house , Johnstreet , Adelphi , Air . Thomas Chajnnan in the chair . Rewards amounting to , £ 13 ° were granted to the crexvs of different lifeboats of the institution for services rendered during the past month . Payments amounting to £ 1100 xvere made on some of the 270 lifeboat establishments ol the

institution . A lady had forwarded a contribution of , { , 400 toxvards the renewal or endowment of the lifeboat she had presented to the institution a short time since ; £ 100 bad also been received from Mr . Philemon Land , and a contribution from the school boys of Christ ' s Hospital , jier the head master , Bro . thc Rev . R . Lee . the late . Airs . Luckombc , of Brighton , had left the institution a legacy of

£ 1300 ; Air . Osgood iorkington , of Clapham , £ 1000 ; Air . William Slocombe , of Holloway , £ < joo ; Air . Horace Watson , of Wimbledon , £ 200 ; Air . J . A . Baker , of Birmingham , £ 200 ; and Aliss li . VV . Daniel , of Weston-super-Mare , £ 100 . Hro . the Lord Alayor of London has consented to preside over the forthcoming annual meeting of the institution , which xvill beheld at the Alansion House on Thursday ,

the 23 rd inst . Hoi . i . ow . xv ' s ()] . \ -TMK . \ -I - XNII I'll . ! .-. -Diseases ami casualties inc-iileiitnl lo youth may be * safely trc-.-ilc . il liy Ihe use ol these excellent inc'lic-i ' iini-Mits ai-rnnlin ^ In the printed directions folded round each ]> ot ancl box . Nor is Ibis ( lintmeht ; dnue applicable tn external ailments ; conjointly xxilb tbe I'ills it exercises lire most salutary inlluence : ill cbeikinc . sublle diseases situated in the

interior ol' the b-dy ; when rubbed upon the back and chest it t ; ixcs I be niosl sensible relief inastlitn . ' i . bi'ondiilis , pleurisy , and threatenin ,- ; consumption . I l < i ) lmvax ' s remedies arc e-. | . ccia ! lv sc-rxiceable in I ver and stomach complaint .--. J- ' or the cure of bad iei . s ,: i | i sous of wounds , sores , sernfuluus ulcerations , and scorbutic alicctions , this ( Hutment produces a co'dini ; and soothing c ! b : ct , inexpressibly irratt-ful lo the feelings . —I Ann . ]

Masonic And General Tidings.

liro . Sir Daniel Gooch , Hart ., M . P ., . P . G . M . Berks and Bucks , presided at a meeting of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company , held on the 2 Sth ult ., at > S , Old Broad-street , and Bro . Sir George Elliot Bart ., M . P ., P . G . AI . S . Wales , Ii . Divisionalso took part

, in the proceedings . _ In the report of thc meeting of the Phili p Rose Croix Chapter , at Lancaster , in our last issue xve stated one of the candidates for perfection was B . Bevan , VV . AI . 314 . It should have been Bro . the Rev . A . B . Heaven , ALA ., W . AL 314 .

hro . Sir John Bennett xx-as present at the last meeting of the Tonbridge Lodge , and in speaking at the banquet , gave a very succinct account of the progress of FVcemasonry , remarking that dynasties had fallen but Freemasonry still held on its course . VVe understand that the name of the Tonbridge Lodge , No . 167 S , is to be changed to the Aledway Lodge .

The testimonial to Hro . Carlyon , P . Prov . G . Sec . Cornxvall , amounts lo nearly £ 100 , and xve learn that the Committee will expend £$ 0 in a silver salver , and the remainder in a jewel , and perhaps an illuminated address . Hro . James Giashicr is the retiring auditor ol the Crystal Palace Gas Company at the next half-yearly meeting , but offers himself for re-election .

I' -. ater Thomas Douglas Harrington , Past G . Sub .-Prior of Canada , died at La Prarie , " Ouebec , on the 13 th January last . The Grand Prior hasissued an interesting address , giving an account of the deceased brother ' s Alasonic career , xvhich xve hope to reproduce in a future issue .

' 1 he London Stereoscopic Company has issued a cabinet pertrait of Roderick Maclean , taken specially , subsequently to the attempt on Her . Majesty ' s life . The local Military and Volunteer review , xvhich xxas to have taken place at Dover on Easter Alonday , has been postponed .

Haiskinning llou-re , the Ayrshire residence ol Sir William Miller , Bart ., xvas totally destroyed b y ( ire on Wednesday last . Family muniments , old furniture , and silver plate inilargc quantities xvere destroyed . It isa matter for congratulation that a portrait of the celebrated Lord Glenlee was saxed . 'The lire originated in the butler ' s pantry .

As showing lhc mildness of ihe season , it is mentioned that butterflies xvere seen the other day in a wood near Tunbridge Wells .

Hro . I I . R . II . the Duke of Connaug ht presided on Wednesday last at the thirtieth annua ") dinner of the Children's Hospital , Great Ormond-street . Contributions to the amount of £ U > oo xvere announced . The Directors of the Hank of lingland met on 'Thursday last , and lowered their rate ot discount from 3 to 4 ocr cent .

It is announced that a course of lectures , on subjects bearing strictly on the domestic economy of the household , xvill inaugurate the Dairy , Poultry , and . Minor Food Products lixhibition to be held shortl y at the Royal Horticultural Society ' s Gardens , South Kensington . The personalty under the will of the late Mr . Alfred Kitching , J . P ., has been | irovcd in the Durham Probate Court to be under ^ . ' 3 . 14 , 000 .

'I hen- Roval Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales were present on Wednesday last at the performance of " Romeo and Juliet " al the Lyceum Theatre . Hro . Lord and Lad y Balfour of Burleigh have arrived at fii , Oucen ' s-gatc , S . W ., for the season . The * . subscription list for an American memorial xvindoxv in Westminster Abbey to Dean Stanley has been tilled , and the fund—over 3000 dollars—will be transmitted tothe Westminster Committee .

1 lie hail ol Derb y presided on Wednesday last at the annual general meeting of the Royal Literary Fund , when it was slated that by next year an amalgamation xvith the Literary and Art Club xvould jirobably be effected . A loyal and congratulatory address to the Oueen .

expressing abhorrence at the recent treasonable attempt upon the lite of Her Majesty , xvas moved by Sir 'Theodore Alartin , seconded by Dr . W . Smith , and unanimously adopted . 1 he Marquis of Salisbury is to preside at the annual dinner on Alay 3 rd .

Bros . Sir George lilliott , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . S . Wales ( E . Division . ; Baron II . De Worms , M . P ., and Alderman Hadley were jiresent at the annual festival of the Railway Ollicers and Servants' Association , held on Wednesday last , at Cannon-street Hotel . The Marquess

ol Salisbury , K . G ., presided . I he Secretary read a list of subscriptions at the dinner amounting to £ 300 , and a further list of subscriptions obtained by railway officials , amounting to i . i . ii 5- The band of the Hon . Artillerv Company jdayed during dinner . Hro , Harker was toastmaster .

Jumbo has been in Chancery and out of Chancery in double quick time . But it is easier to get him in and out of Chancery than in and out the box destined for his transportation , if he ever gets into it . If many people exhibited a similar disinclination to get into Chancery as Jumbo exhibits in getting into the suspicious-looking box , the lawyers xvould have less to do , and many people xvould have less anxiety . —Echo .

Bio . the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor presided at a public meeting held at the Alansion House , on Friday last , on behalf of the South London Free Library , the only public collection of book and pictures in all South London , which has a population of above a million , mostly of the artisan class . The institution is entirely dependent on voluntary help .

A Suviruir _ 1 I * ST . - I ' nder the guidance of the medical profession during the past quarter of a century , the public have patronized WRIGHT'S COAL TAR SOAP . They continue to use it because experience has taught that to have it in the bedroom , bathroom , and throughout every household is a sure jireventive of infectious disease . It can be bought everywhere . Fraudulent imitations , however , are to be met with . Purchase no other Coal Tar Soap but WRIGHT ' S . — I Anvr . I