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deed it is almost impossible to overrate the services performed by Colonel Festing and his Marines , Captain Grubbe with his blue-jackets ,

and Captain Glover with his native levies . All have combined to bring the war to a successful conclusion , and we hope to teach a lasting lesson to lightly-clad Ashantees and King Coffee Kalkalli .

The Late Bro. Horace Lloyd.

THE LATE BRO . HORACE LLOYD .

We have to announce with deep regret the decease of our much respected Bro . Horace Lloyd , Q . C , Presidenv of the Board of General Purposes .

His hig h character and great legal attainments rendered him a most fitting person to fill that high and very important post in our Masonic officially .

His loss will be alike deplored by the honourable profession to which he belonged , and the Order he has so long adorned , and his personal

merits and Masonic qualifications will long be affectionately remembered by his brethren and Grand Lodge .

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Her Majesty is at Osborne , having left Windsor Castle at 10 a . m . on Wednesday , April 2 . Her Majesty entertained at a State dinner a large number of the officers recently arrived from the •Gold Coast , on the evening of the , 30 th .

As it may interest some of our fair sisters , we g ive the following extracts relative to the Drawing Room on the 25 th ult . Her Majesty wore a black watered silk dress , with a train trimmed with crape , embroidered in black silk and jet . Her Majesty also wore a ruby and diamond diadem over a long white tulle

veil , and a diamond and ruby necklace and brooch . With the Riband and Star of the Order of the Garter , her Majesty likewise wore the Victoria and Albert Order , the Orders of Louise of Prussia , St . Catherine of Russia , Marie Louise of Spain , St . Isabelle of Portugal , and the Saxe-•Coburg and Gotha Family Order . The Princess of Wales wore a dress of white

satin , with pleatings of satin and ostrich feather trimming ; the train of white satin , also with pleating of satin and ostrich feather trimming . Head-dress—a tiara of diamonds , feathers and veil . Ornaments—corsage , necklace , & c , of pearls and diamonds . Orders—Victoria and

Albert , Catherine of Russia , and the Danish Family Order . Princess Beatrice wore a train and petticoat of pink silk , trimmed with Honiton lace and white daisies . Ornaments—Pearls and diamonds . Order—Victoria and Albert . The Duchess of Edinburgh wore a petticoat of ¦ white tulle over white silk , spangled with silver ,

and striped with wreaths of roses ; a train ofthe same material , trimmed with a wreath of roses and plait of silver , striped with bands of silver and roses . Head dress—Coronet of diamonds and rubies , white feathers and veil . Ornaments —Necklace and brooch of diamonds and rubies . Orders- —Victoria and Albert , and the Russian Order of St . Catherine .

The Prince and Princess of Wales have gone to Sandringham for Easter , and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh are at Buckingham Talace . The evening of Wednesday , the 29 th of April , has been appointed for the ball to be given by

the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress to their Royal Highness the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh at the Mansion-house . It is needless to r'ate ' . ' rut ^ - " . ' ' •- -Vd company will be invited tc meet their 1 '" ., Highnesses , and that the

occasion will be . in all respects worthy the illustrious gue .= As and the traditions of the Mayoralty •of the "" City of London . "General Sir Richard Airey , G . C . B ., will shortly assume command of the troops in Ire-

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land , in succession to General the Right Hon . Lord Sandhurst , G . C . B ., G . S . C . I . It is expected that Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Ellice , K . C . B ., will succeed Sir Richard Airey as Adjutant-General to the Forces . Major-General Sir Alfred Horsford , K . C . B ., commanding the

South-Eastern District , is spoken of as Sir Charles Ellice " s successor . Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Hastings Doyle , G . C . M . G ., has been appointed to the command of the Southampton District , vice Lord Templefown . He has

appointed Lord Burghley , Grenadier Guards , and Mr . Doyle , 2 nd Dragoon Guards , his aidesde-camp . The Observer understands that , during the stay of the Court at Osborne , the Queen will visit the naval invalids from the Ashantee War

now in Haslar Hospital . The review of the Naval Brigade will probably beheld on Southsea Common . Captain Glover , ? xcompanied by Mr . Goldworthy and Capt . Sartorius have reached Liverpool . We trust that befitting rewards await him ,

and his subordinate officers . The Victoria Nyanza , a large Indiaman . has been wrecked not far from Boulogne . The second mate , and five sailors , who remained with the ship , all lost but one ; the rest of crew were saved .

Captain Tyler ' s general report on the railways of the United Kingdom for the year 1872 shows that a total snm of £ 5 6 9 , 047 , 34 6 had been expended on 15 , 814 miles of railway , or at the rate of nearly £ 36 , 000 a mile . By the running of trains for 190 , 720 , 719 miles , £ 51 , 304 , 114

was received during the year , of which £ 25 , 652 , 383 was expended in working and maintenance , and £ 25 , 651 , 731 remained as net profit . There were 422 , 874 , 822 passenger journeys , besides 272 , 342 season ticket holders ; and 179 , 302 , 121 tons of goods and minerals

were conveyed . The average rate of dividend on ordinary capital was 5 . 14 per cent ., and upon the total capital 4 . 76 per cent ., including £ 32 , 901 , 49 6 of ordinary capital , part of £ 42 , 5 82 , 631 of total capital , which received no interest or dividend . The results of working in

1873 present somewhat similar results of further increased receipts and further increased expenses , but it is hardly probable that either the one or the other will continue to increase in 1874 in the same ratio . The traffic of the country must be considered to have been for the last two years

in an inflated condition , and the price of wages , fuel , and materials to have attained a point considerably above the average . There will , no doubt , be fluctuations in these respects in the future , as there have been in the past . But , upon the whole , and comparing longer than

annual periods , the progress of the country , as shown by its railway traffic , has been marvellous . The gross receipts of the railways have increased from £ 23 , 956 , 749 in 18 58 to £ 51 , 304 , 114 in 1872 ; or have been more than doubled in fourteen years .

The remains of the late Henry Cairnes Westenra , Baron Rossmore , whose lamented death on the 28 th ult ., in the Cavalry Barracks , Windsor , is fresh in the memory of our readers , were conveyed from thence to his country seat in Ireland , for interment in the family vault in the

town of Monaghan . On Tuesday last , at halfpast two , the hearse containing tlie body proceeded to the church , followed by thousands of friends and tenants . The chief mourners were his Lordship ' s three brothers , the Hons . Derrick , Richard , and Peter Westenra , his stepfather ,

Colonel Stacpoole , and his brothers-in-law , Captains Candy and Stirling . On reaching the church the coffin was covered with wreaths and crosses of white flowers , sent b y many of his friends unable to attend . Among them were offerings from the Countess of Bective , Viscount

Helmsley , M . P ., the Hon . Mrs . Candy , the Hon , Mrs . Stirling , Mr . Horace Farquhar , and several others . A wreath was sent by the soldiers of the deceased ' s regiment , and his corporal-major came over in person to deposit it upon his tomb .

The pall-bearers were Captain the Hon . Charles Byng , Sir Simon Lockhart , Captain Fellowes , Captain Duncombe , Captain the Hon . R . Talbot , Captain Dunbar , Captain Thorold ( all his brother officers ) , and Lord Arthur Somerset , of

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the Royal Horse Guards . Among the friends and relations present in the church were the Earl of Dartrey , Lord Cremome , Lord Charles Beresford , M . P ., Viscount Hastings , Colonel the Hon . John Westenra , Mr . Leslie , M . P ., Colonel Lloyd , Captain Wauchope , Mr . Madden , and others .

T . he Standard of Friday describes the distnqution of the famous Tichborne Dole , which was established by a pious lady , Mabel , the wife of a Sir Roger Tichborne , in the time of Henry IL , and which forms thesubjectof a picture at the Hall , painted just two centuries ago . The "dole "

is distributed to all applicants residing in the parishes of Tichborne and Cheriton , and consists of one gallon of best wheaten flour to each adult , and half a gallon to each child , ft had been intended that the distribution this year should be made on the lawn in front of the house , but the

infant baronet . Sir Henry Allred Joseph Doughty Tichborne , a fine little fellow in his eighth year , was unfortunately unable to be present , as he is just recovering from an attack of the measles . The programme was therefore altered , and the lady members of the family

were not present at the ceremony , which took place at the rear of the house . All being in readiness , a couple of stalwart miller ' s men emptied several of the sacks of flour into an immense tub . Then the resident priest of the quiet little domestic chapel which forms part of

the mr . nsion , the Rev . Thomas Quinn , offered up a short prayer , and , after invoking the blessing of Heaven on the gift , sprinkled the flour with holy water from a chalice borne b y an acolyte . John Etheridge , the blacksmith , who proved such a characteristic witness for the

prosecution in the Court of Queen s Ilench , was one of the recipients . The old man did not personally appear , , but a substitute conveyed his share to him . Kennett , coachman to the Dowager Lady Tichborne until her death—a hale old man of seventy , spare and upright , with

grisly locks , who now lives in a small freehold cottage at Cheriton , of which he is owner , having retired from woik on a small competency—also came forward and received three gallons of flour . Each recipient , with a curtsey or a pull at

the forelock , was served in alphabetical succession , and the work extended over a period of about two hours , until nine sacks , each containing fifty gallons of flour , had been distributed . The total number of the reci pients was upwards of 600 .

There has been a very successful Easter Monday Review of the Volunteers , at Wimbledon , under Major-General Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar . The foreign news is very unimportant . Marshal Serrano has so far not succeeded—in his attack

on the Carhst position , or in his attempt to relieve Bilbao . What success or defeat the future may bring to the combatants time only can disclose . Prince Bismarck is happily getting better from his recent serious attack . There seems to be a little cloud risinsr in the East , but we must

hope , that the great struggls impending may at any rate be postponed . We have to announce the deaths of the Marquis of Downshire , General Sir W . H . Elliott , G . C . B ., Major - General Charles Gostling , R . A ., of Colonel Arthur Wyndham ,

Madras Staff Corps , Lieutenant-Colonel Fredk . Miller . C . B ., of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Gaote , late 35 th Regiment , of Lieutenant-Colonel Wm . Lambert , of Major Edward Stephenson , late Rifle Brigade , of Surgeon-Major Wyatt , Coldstream Guards , of Captain Gibson

C . B ., of Captain Carleton , R . N ., of Sir Edward H . P . Turner , of Sir William Bodkin , of Herr Krause , Councillor to the German Embassy , and of Mr . Albert Way , F . S . A . We have also specially to deplore the loss of our distinguished Bro . Horace Lloyd , Q . C , President of the Board of General Purposes .

LONDON AND HOME NEWS . A marriage is arranged between Lad y Anne Spencer Churchill , fourth daughter ofthe Duke of Marlborough , and the Marquis of Bowmont .

We congratulate the Directors ofthe Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on being the initiators of a reform which has long been demanded in connexion with the sale of railway tickets . On and after to-day ( Wednesday ) the offices at the