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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . Jasper More has been ' chosen to contest the Oswestry division of Shropshire in the liberal interest at the next election . Bro . Halsey , M . P ., P . G . M . Hertfordshire , has been selected to contest the Watford division of the county at the next election . Bro . the Lord Ma \ 'or has been invited to attend
the annual meeting of the Brighton Young Men ' s Christian Association on Tuesday , the 2 ist inst . Lady Wolseley left London on Friday evening , the 3 rd inst ., for Cairo , where she will meet Bro . Lord Wolseley on his return from the Soudan . News was received last week of the death by drowning at Karrarami Point , Australia , of Mr . J . E .
Kylands , nephew of . Bro . Peter Rylands , M . P . The equestrian performances at Covent Garden Theatre will come to an end on Saturday , the iSth inst ., with a special performance for Bro . Wm . Holland . Bro . Sir Charles Dilke , Bart ., M . P ., has accepted the invitation of the Committee of the Cobden Club to preside at the Greenwich dinner of the Club this year .
At a meeting of cyclists held early last week , Bro . Dr . B . W . Richardson delivered an interesting address on "Cyclingas a National Development ; or , the Cycle of Cycling . " Bro . the Lord Mayor was to preside at the Mansion House on Thursday , the 9 th inst ., at the thirty-first annual meeting of the Young Men ' s Christian Association ,
Aldersgate-street , The Queen and Princess Beatrice arrived at Aix-Ies-Bains on Wednesday evening , the ist inst ., and have since been taking carriage and walking exercise in the neighbourhood . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , with the Countess of Carnarvon and Lord Porchester , spent Easter at Pixton
Park , Dulyerton , where his lordship entertained a numerous party of visitors . Bro . Earl Granville was on a visit last week to his brother , Bro . the Hon . E . Leveson-Gower , M . P ., at Holmbury , near Dorking . During his stay there his lordship had a slight attack of gout . The Duke of Connaught , P . G . W ., who is at
Rawal Pindi , with the Viceroy of India , visited the Ameer on Wednesday , and has since been presented by his Highness with several gaily-apparalled horses . Bro . Henry Irving took his farewell of the American public at the Star Theatre , on Saturday last , his reception and the plaudits at the close of the performance being of a most enthusiastic character .
Bro . King Oscar and the Queen of Sweden passed through Vienna en route for Bucharest on Saturday last , the object of their journey being to visit their second son , who is lying ill of typhoid at Constantinople . Bro . the Right Hon . G . O . and Mrs . Trevelyan spent the Easter holidays at Welcombe House , near Stratford-on-Avon , the residence of Mr . R . N . Philips , M . P ., father-in-law of the right hon . gentleman .
Bro . Viscount Ranelagh presided last week at the 130 th quarterly meeting of the Conservative Land Society , when the rate of interest was declared to remain at 4 per cent , on shares , and 3 % per cent , on deposits . On Wednesday , the ist inst ., Bro . the Lord Mayor was the recipient of a decoration from the King of Servia , whose minister waited upon his lordship at the Mansion House for the purpose of presenting the gift .
Bro . VV . T . Marriott , Q . C ., M . P ., appeared for the Metropolitan Board of Works in a compensation case between Mr . Phillips , brewer , and the Board , which was submitted for arbitration on Wednesday to Bro . Sir Henrv Hunt , C . B .
_ Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., visited Liverpool on the ist inst ., for the purpose of inspecting several American liners which it is intended to convert into armed cruisers in the event of war breaking out . The inspection gave every satisfaction . Bro . A . J . Altman presided at the Guildhall Tavern on Wednesday , the ist inst ., at the dinner of the
City of London School Committee , Bros . H . B . Marshall , G . Treas ., Sir John Bennett , C E . Soppet , and W . J . Mallett being among the guests . On Saturday evening , Bro . Dr . B . W . Richardson read an important paper at a meeting of the Association of Public Sanitary Inspectors , the subject , which was tit w '" 1 verv capablybeing " The Sanitary Inspection
, ot Homeless and Nomadic Population . Bro . Sir E . Watkin , Bart ., M . P ., formall y opened on Thursday , the 2 nd inst ., the South Eastern Kailway Company's new Winter Gardens , in connection wth the Pavilion Hotel , Folkestone . Lady Watkin , and airo . Lord Hothfield , were among those present to witness "ie ceremony .
Bros , the Earl of Lathom , the Earl of Jersey , and Jvf H ; f vensw ' " 1 were amon ti 'hose presentat the meeting « n Wednesday , the 1 st inst ., of the Council of the Royal "gncultural Society of England . A number of candidates were proposed for election , including 6 9 by Bro . the Earl ° t fathom , and 84 by Bro . Lord Egerton of Tatton . ., It was announced at the meeting on WpHnpsrlna .
Cnrn ' a ?' ' ? . Genera' Purposes Committee of the wni , M - - i a ° L ? ndon > tha ' » nce Albert Victor of Wales would visit the City early in the month of June to receive in a iS ™ ' 'i ' " * ' , 11 be Presented to his Royal Highness occas ;^ a caske a •? )? Peclal ' y manufactured for the ""rasion at a cost of £ 250 . Lo fi °° , ° >" . CHAMPION'S MUSTARD was sold in t h «' PubIIeT , t , rIns .- ^ J . 1 ? t yT' Why was this so ? Because ezyZTi' ? Sl inss * Usrie W T Q , ms l * the best a "J cheapest , "a preference overall others . —ADVT .
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Bro . Lord E . Pelham-Clinton , Colonel of the London Rifle Brigade , has been elected a member of the Volunteer Service Club . Bro . Sir Edward and Lady Ermyntrude Malet left London for Berlin , where his Excellency will resume his duties as ambassador at the German Court . It was reported on Tuesday last that a slight improvement had taken place in the condition of R . W . Bro .
Sir W . Watkins Wynn , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . North Wales and Salop . Prince George of Wales joins the Excellent gunnery ship , at Portsmouth , on the nth inst ., for the purpose of going through a series of training in torpedo , gunnery , and pilotage . The installation meeting of the Langlon Lodge ,
No . 1673 , will take place at the Holborn Viaduct Hotel on Wednesday , the 15 th inst ., when Bro . J . Turquand Fillan , W . M . elect , will be installed . Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury , K . G ., has so far recovered from his recent illness that he hopes to be able to take the chair at a lecture on Cremation at the Parkes Museum , on Thursday , the 23 rd inst .
Bro . Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . W ., will preside at the Holborn Restaurant on Tuesday , the 2 Sth inst ., at the second annual dinner of the City of London College Parliament . A grand bazaar will be held next month in aid of the Female School of Art , Queen-street , Bloomsbury ,
under the patronage of the Lady Mayoress , the Baroness Burdett-Coutts , and other ladies . Bro . Alderman Fowler , M . P ., G . J . W ., attended the 22 nd annual meeting on Wednesday , the ist inst ., of the London and Lancashire Life Assurance Company , and moved the re-election of the retiring directors .
The Countess of Crawford and Balcarres , and the Countess of Lathom , have joined the Ladies' Committee of Major Gildea's fund for the relief of the wives and families of men of all branches of the land and sea forces of the United Kingdom . Bro . E . Dresser Rogers , Chairman of the City Lands Committee , has issued invitations for a banquet at
the Guildhall Tavern , on Tuesday , the 5 th of May , when Bros , the Lord Mayor , Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead , and Sheriff Phillips will be the guests of the Committee . Bros . Earl Granville , the Marquis of Hartington , the Right Hon . G . O . Trevelyan , and the Right Hon . J . G . Shaw-Lefevre attended the Cabinet Council held in Downing-street , on Saturday afternoon last ; Bro . Earl
Granville returning to his brother s residence at Holmbury , when the Council ended . The 7 Sth Annual Festival of the City of London Truss Society is fixed for Tuesday , the 21 st inst ., at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . Bro . the Lord Mayor will take the chair , and among the guests who will support his lordship , there will be Bros . Alderman and Sheriff
Whitehead , Alderman Stone , P . G . W . ; and Alderman Sir F . W . Truscott , P . G . W . Bro . the Duke of Leinster , K . P ., presided at a meeting held . in the theatre of the Royal Society of Dublin , on Thursday , the 2 nd inst , of the fellows and members of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland , when an address of welcome to the Prince and
Princess of Wales , on the occasion of their visit to Ireland was submitted and approved . The next meeting of the Shadwell Clerke Preceptory , K . T ., will be held on Monday , the 4 th May , at 33 , Golden-square , when several members will join and candidates will be installed . A Priory of Malta will be afterwards held for the admission of candidates and the installation of Priors . The E . P . ( H . Lovegrove , 26 ,
Budgerow ., E . C ) , will answer any questions . The Royal Maundy was distributed in the Royal Chapel , Whitehall , during divine service on Thursday , the 2 nd inst ., the recipients being 66 men and 66 women , the number corresponding with the age of Her Majesty . The distribution was made by the Dean of Worcester , Lord High Almoner to the Queen , assisted by the Sub-Almoner and other officials . Bro . C . S . Jekyll , P . G . Org ., presided at the organ .
The Keystone , Philadelphia , has just published Bro . Emra Holmes' story " The Worshipful Master , " which first saw the light in the " Masonic Magazine . " It has since been published by permission of the author in the Sydney Freemason , the Canadian Craftsman , the Fife Free Press , South Durham Mail and Herald , the Comishman , and Guernsey Advertiser , and is about to appear in the Victoria Freemason , and other papers .
At the usual spring dinner of the Leathersellers ' Company on Wednesday , the ist inst ., there were present among the guests Bros , the Hon . Justice Cave , P . G . W . ; Alderman Fowler , M . P ., G . J . W . ; R . B . Martin , M . P . ; Alderman Staples , H . H . Crawford ( City Solicitor ) , Cant .
George Lambert , P . G . S . K . ( Master of the Pattenmakers ' Company ) ; Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P . ( Master of the Merchant Taylors' Company ) , Alderman Evans , and others . _ The musical arrangements were in charge of Bro . Chaplin Henry .
Bro . W . E . B . Kendall will give his successful concert-lecture at several fashionable centres during the coming season , and will practically explain the use and abuse of the voice , by the aid of anatomical diagrams and auto-laryngoscope , in the manner that has made his lecture ,
" The Voice in Speaking and Singing , " so popular in the United States and Canada , and recently at the Crystal Palace . Bro . Kendall will be assisted by well-known artistes , and the interesting nature of the entertainment will ensure it the success it deserves .
HOLLOWAY ' OINTMENT AND PILLS .- —As spring approaches a most favourable opportunity offers for rectifying irregularities , removing impurities , and erasing blemishes wliich have arisen from the presence of matters forbad by winter from being transpired through the pores . Thisscarching ' Ointment , wellrubbed upon the skin , penetrates to the decph ' -seated organs , upon which it exerts a
most wholesome and beneficial influence . Well nigh all the indigestions give way to this simple treatment , aided by purifying and aperitive doses of Holloway ' s Pills , round each box of which plain " instructions " are folded . Bilious disorders , loss of appetite , fulness after eating , lassitude , gout , and rheumatism may be ellec . tively checked in their painful progress , and the seeds of long suffering eradicated by these remedies , —ADVT .
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Bros , the Right Hon . G . J . Shaw-Lefevre , M . P ., and Sir Charles Dilke , Bart ., M . P ., are members of the Committee of the Fawcett Memorial Fund . The future meetings of the Faith Lodge of Instruction , No . 141 , will be held at the Victoria Chambers Restaurant , Victoria-street , after the 14 th inst .
1 he Prince of Wales has graciously consented to preside at a dinner in aid of the funds of the North London or University College Hospital , Gower-street , on Wednesday , the 13 th of May . A farewell banquet was given at Delmonico ' s restaurant , New York , on Monday last , to Bro . Henry Irving , over 200 distinguished Americans from different
cities of the Union being present . Bros . Sir Charles Dilke , Bart ., M . P . ( Chairman ) , and Lord Carrington were present at the 64 th meeting at Edingburgh , on " the 4 th inst ., of the Royal Commission on the Housing of the Working Classes . The Osterley Park sale of books , which are to be disposed of by order of Bro . the Earl of JerseyP . G . W .
, , will take place from Cth to 14 th May , Messrs . Sotherby , Wilkinson , and Hodge being the auctioneers . We regret to hear that Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., was prevented by severe indisposition from attending a meeting at Barrington Park , on Monday
last , which it was his intention to have addressed . ; Bro . Sir Edward and Lad y Ermyntrude Malet broke their journey from London to Berlin at Paris , where they stayed as guests of Lord Lyons , our ambassador , by whom a dinner was given in their honour on Thursday last .
Bros . W . T . Marriott , Q . C ., M . P ., and Baron de Worms are among the contributors to the fund for providing compensation for damages caused on the occasion of the Volunteer Review at Brighton , and for defraying other expenses incident to the same event .
Tuesday being the anniversary of the birthday of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Albany , P . G . W ., the Duchess of Albany visited the Royal Vault at St . George ' s Chapel , Windsor , where her late husband ' s remains are interred , and placed several wreaths near his tomb .
Bros . Baron H . de Worms , M . P ., Sir J . McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., Sir E . W . Watkin , Bart ., M . P ., Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart , M . P ., P . G . W .,-Sir E . J . Reed , K . C . B ., M . P ., and Alderman Fowler , M . P ., G . J . W ., are among the Patrons of the International Exhibition , which was opened on Tuesday , the 31 st ult ., at the Alexandra Palace , Muswell Hill .
By command of the Right Hon . the Earl of Bective , M . P ., the annual Provincial Grand Chapter of the Province of Cumberland and Westmorland will be held in the County Hall , Carlisle , on Friday , the 17 th inst . Also , the half-yearly meeting of the Provincial Grand Craft Lodge will be held under the banner of the Bective Lodge , No . 1552 , at the same place and date .
The ceremonies of consecration and installation will be performed at the Wanderers Lodge of Instruction , 1604 , at Victoria Mansions Restaurant , Victoria-street , S . W ., by Bro . Jas . Terry , P . P . G . S . W . Norths and Hunts , P . M ., P . Z ., & c , Sec . R . M . B . I ., on Wednesday , the 22 nd inst ., at 6 p . m . precisely , to be followed by a banquet , at which the W . M . of the mother lodge will preside . Bro . the Earl Dunraven will be Chairman at the
dinner to be given at the Criterion on Wednesday , the 29 th inst ., to Bro . Henry Irving , and among the members of the Dinner Committee will be found Bros , the Earl of Fife , the Earl of Onslow , P . G . S . W . ; Lord Londesborough , P . G . S . W . ; Sir Algernon Borthwick , Sir John Monckton , P . G . J . W . ; J . C . Parkinson , P . G . D . ; and J . L . Toole . Bro . J . L . Toole , the popular comedian , returned on Saturday evening last to the theatre which bears his
name , and experienced a very hearty welcome . Bro . Toole has been absent in the provinces during a period of about seven months . The other members of his company were also well received , and at the close of the performance , which , it is needless to say , went admirably , Bro . Toole delivered a brief characteristic address , which was frequently interrupted with bursts of laughter and applause .
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales , and Prince Albert Victor of Wales , left the Euston Terminus for Dublin , on Tuesday , the 7 th inst , shortly after 6 p . m ., among the suite in attendance on their Royal Highnesses being Bros . Lord Suffieldand F . Knollys ,
C . B . Bro . Lord Richard Grosvenor , M . P ., also attended in his capacity of a director of the London and North Western Railway Company , and travelled with the Royal Party to Holyhead , which was reached soon after midnight . Their Royal Highnesses immediately went on board the Royal Yacht Osborne , which left for Kingstown at sunrise on Wednesday morning .
_ the boys of Christ s Hospital paid their annual visit to the Mansion House on Easter Tuesday , when they were regaled with buns and wine , or lemonade , and were presented by the Lad y Mayoress with sundry new coins of the realm , the Grecians receiving a guinea each , probationers half a guinea each , the monitors half a crown each , and the rank and file each a shilling . The civic
authorities afterwards attended divine service at Christ Church , Newgate-street , where the Spital sermon was preached by the Bishop of Lichfield . As Bro . the Lord Mayor was suffering from pleurisy , his lordship was represented by Alderman Sir T , S . Owden . A meeting of the Montague Guest Lodge took place on Wednesday evening last at the Inns of Court
Hotel . The W . M ., Bro . Dr . Capon , occupied the chair . Dr . E . C . Fenoulhet , of Heme Bay , was initiated , and Bros . Emmett , Fenn , and Prestige were raised to the degree of M . M . The S . W ., Bro . Slyman , was elected W . M . for the ensuing year , and Bro . G . P . Festa , P . M ., re-elected as Treasurer . Ten guineas were voted to the
Royal Masonic Institution for Girls on the list of the W . M ., who will represent the lodge at the next Festival . A jewel , of the value of ten guineas , together with a . collar and jewel , were voted to the retiring W . M . £ 20 . —Tobacconists commencing . —A pamphlet ( 80 pages ) How to open respectably from ^ 30 ; three 6 tamps . H . Myers & Co ., Cigar and Tobacco Merchants , Euston-rd ,, London , Telephoi e No . J < 4 i . — [ ADVT . ]
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . Jasper More has been ' chosen to contest the Oswestry division of Shropshire in the liberal interest at the next election . Bro . Halsey , M . P ., P . G . M . Hertfordshire , has been selected to contest the Watford division of the county at the next election . Bro . the Lord Ma \ 'or has been invited to attend
the annual meeting of the Brighton Young Men ' s Christian Association on Tuesday , the 2 ist inst . Lady Wolseley left London on Friday evening , the 3 rd inst ., for Cairo , where she will meet Bro . Lord Wolseley on his return from the Soudan . News was received last week of the death by drowning at Karrarami Point , Australia , of Mr . J . E .
Kylands , nephew of . Bro . Peter Rylands , M . P . The equestrian performances at Covent Garden Theatre will come to an end on Saturday , the iSth inst ., with a special performance for Bro . Wm . Holland . Bro . Sir Charles Dilke , Bart ., M . P ., has accepted the invitation of the Committee of the Cobden Club to preside at the Greenwich dinner of the Club this year .
At a meeting of cyclists held early last week , Bro . Dr . B . W . Richardson delivered an interesting address on "Cyclingas a National Development ; or , the Cycle of Cycling . " Bro . the Lord Mayor was to preside at the Mansion House on Thursday , the 9 th inst ., at the thirty-first annual meeting of the Young Men ' s Christian Association ,
Aldersgate-street , The Queen and Princess Beatrice arrived at Aix-Ies-Bains on Wednesday evening , the ist inst ., and have since been taking carriage and walking exercise in the neighbourhood . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , with the Countess of Carnarvon and Lord Porchester , spent Easter at Pixton
Park , Dulyerton , where his lordship entertained a numerous party of visitors . Bro . Earl Granville was on a visit last week to his brother , Bro . the Hon . E . Leveson-Gower , M . P ., at Holmbury , near Dorking . During his stay there his lordship had a slight attack of gout . The Duke of Connaught , P . G . W ., who is at
Rawal Pindi , with the Viceroy of India , visited the Ameer on Wednesday , and has since been presented by his Highness with several gaily-apparalled horses . Bro . Henry Irving took his farewell of the American public at the Star Theatre , on Saturday last , his reception and the plaudits at the close of the performance being of a most enthusiastic character .
Bro . King Oscar and the Queen of Sweden passed through Vienna en route for Bucharest on Saturday last , the object of their journey being to visit their second son , who is lying ill of typhoid at Constantinople . Bro . the Right Hon . G . O . and Mrs . Trevelyan spent the Easter holidays at Welcombe House , near Stratford-on-Avon , the residence of Mr . R . N . Philips , M . P ., father-in-law of the right hon . gentleman .
Bro . Viscount Ranelagh presided last week at the 130 th quarterly meeting of the Conservative Land Society , when the rate of interest was declared to remain at 4 per cent , on shares , and 3 % per cent , on deposits . On Wednesday , the ist inst ., Bro . the Lord Mayor was the recipient of a decoration from the King of Servia , whose minister waited upon his lordship at the Mansion House for the purpose of presenting the gift .
Bro . VV . T . Marriott , Q . C ., M . P ., appeared for the Metropolitan Board of Works in a compensation case between Mr . Phillips , brewer , and the Board , which was submitted for arbitration on Wednesday to Bro . Sir Henrv Hunt , C . B .
_ Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., visited Liverpool on the ist inst ., for the purpose of inspecting several American liners which it is intended to convert into armed cruisers in the event of war breaking out . The inspection gave every satisfaction . Bro . A . J . Altman presided at the Guildhall Tavern on Wednesday , the ist inst ., at the dinner of the
City of London School Committee , Bros . H . B . Marshall , G . Treas ., Sir John Bennett , C E . Soppet , and W . J . Mallett being among the guests . On Saturday evening , Bro . Dr . B . W . Richardson read an important paper at a meeting of the Association of Public Sanitary Inspectors , the subject , which was tit w '" 1 verv capablybeing " The Sanitary Inspection
, ot Homeless and Nomadic Population . Bro . Sir E . Watkin , Bart ., M . P ., formall y opened on Thursday , the 2 nd inst ., the South Eastern Kailway Company's new Winter Gardens , in connection wth the Pavilion Hotel , Folkestone . Lady Watkin , and airo . Lord Hothfield , were among those present to witness "ie ceremony .
Bros , the Earl of Lathom , the Earl of Jersey , and Jvf H ; f vensw ' " 1 were amon ti 'hose presentat the meeting « n Wednesday , the 1 st inst ., of the Council of the Royal "gncultural Society of England . A number of candidates were proposed for election , including 6 9 by Bro . the Earl ° t fathom , and 84 by Bro . Lord Egerton of Tatton . ., It was announced at the meeting on WpHnpsrlna .
Cnrn ' a ?' ' ? . Genera' Purposes Committee of the wni , M - - i a ° L ? ndon > tha ' » nce Albert Victor of Wales would visit the City early in the month of June to receive in a iS ™ ' 'i ' " * ' , 11 be Presented to his Royal Highness occas ;^ a caske a •? )? Peclal ' y manufactured for the ""rasion at a cost of £ 250 . Lo fi °° , ° >" . CHAMPION'S MUSTARD was sold in t h «' PubIIeT , t , rIns .- ^ J . 1 ? t yT' Why was this so ? Because ezyZTi' ? Sl inss * Usrie W T Q , ms l * the best a "J cheapest , "a preference overall others . —ADVT .
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Bro . Lord E . Pelham-Clinton , Colonel of the London Rifle Brigade , has been elected a member of the Volunteer Service Club . Bro . Sir Edward and Lady Ermyntrude Malet left London for Berlin , where his Excellency will resume his duties as ambassador at the German Court . It was reported on Tuesday last that a slight improvement had taken place in the condition of R . W . Bro .
Sir W . Watkins Wynn , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . North Wales and Salop . Prince George of Wales joins the Excellent gunnery ship , at Portsmouth , on the nth inst ., for the purpose of going through a series of training in torpedo , gunnery , and pilotage . The installation meeting of the Langlon Lodge ,
No . 1673 , will take place at the Holborn Viaduct Hotel on Wednesday , the 15 th inst ., when Bro . J . Turquand Fillan , W . M . elect , will be installed . Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury , K . G ., has so far recovered from his recent illness that he hopes to be able to take the chair at a lecture on Cremation at the Parkes Museum , on Thursday , the 23 rd inst .
Bro . Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . W ., will preside at the Holborn Restaurant on Tuesday , the 2 Sth inst ., at the second annual dinner of the City of London College Parliament . A grand bazaar will be held next month in aid of the Female School of Art , Queen-street , Bloomsbury ,
under the patronage of the Lady Mayoress , the Baroness Burdett-Coutts , and other ladies . Bro . Alderman Fowler , M . P ., G . J . W ., attended the 22 nd annual meeting on Wednesday , the ist inst ., of the London and Lancashire Life Assurance Company , and moved the re-election of the retiring directors .
The Countess of Crawford and Balcarres , and the Countess of Lathom , have joined the Ladies' Committee of Major Gildea's fund for the relief of the wives and families of men of all branches of the land and sea forces of the United Kingdom . Bro . E . Dresser Rogers , Chairman of the City Lands Committee , has issued invitations for a banquet at
the Guildhall Tavern , on Tuesday , the 5 th of May , when Bros , the Lord Mayor , Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead , and Sheriff Phillips will be the guests of the Committee . Bros . Earl Granville , the Marquis of Hartington , the Right Hon . G . O . Trevelyan , and the Right Hon . J . G . Shaw-Lefevre attended the Cabinet Council held in Downing-street , on Saturday afternoon last ; Bro . Earl
Granville returning to his brother s residence at Holmbury , when the Council ended . The 7 Sth Annual Festival of the City of London Truss Society is fixed for Tuesday , the 21 st inst ., at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . Bro . the Lord Mayor will take the chair , and among the guests who will support his lordship , there will be Bros . Alderman and Sheriff
Whitehead , Alderman Stone , P . G . W . ; and Alderman Sir F . W . Truscott , P . G . W . Bro . the Duke of Leinster , K . P ., presided at a meeting held . in the theatre of the Royal Society of Dublin , on Thursday , the 2 nd inst , of the fellows and members of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland , when an address of welcome to the Prince and
Princess of Wales , on the occasion of their visit to Ireland was submitted and approved . The next meeting of the Shadwell Clerke Preceptory , K . T ., will be held on Monday , the 4 th May , at 33 , Golden-square , when several members will join and candidates will be installed . A Priory of Malta will be afterwards held for the admission of candidates and the installation of Priors . The E . P . ( H . Lovegrove , 26 ,
Budgerow ., E . C ) , will answer any questions . The Royal Maundy was distributed in the Royal Chapel , Whitehall , during divine service on Thursday , the 2 nd inst ., the recipients being 66 men and 66 women , the number corresponding with the age of Her Majesty . The distribution was made by the Dean of Worcester , Lord High Almoner to the Queen , assisted by the Sub-Almoner and other officials . Bro . C . S . Jekyll , P . G . Org ., presided at the organ .
The Keystone , Philadelphia , has just published Bro . Emra Holmes' story " The Worshipful Master , " which first saw the light in the " Masonic Magazine . " It has since been published by permission of the author in the Sydney Freemason , the Canadian Craftsman , the Fife Free Press , South Durham Mail and Herald , the Comishman , and Guernsey Advertiser , and is about to appear in the Victoria Freemason , and other papers .
At the usual spring dinner of the Leathersellers ' Company on Wednesday , the ist inst ., there were present among the guests Bros , the Hon . Justice Cave , P . G . W . ; Alderman Fowler , M . P ., G . J . W . ; R . B . Martin , M . P . ; Alderman Staples , H . H . Crawford ( City Solicitor ) , Cant .
George Lambert , P . G . S . K . ( Master of the Pattenmakers ' Company ) ; Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P . ( Master of the Merchant Taylors' Company ) , Alderman Evans , and others . _ The musical arrangements were in charge of Bro . Chaplin Henry .
Bro . W . E . B . Kendall will give his successful concert-lecture at several fashionable centres during the coming season , and will practically explain the use and abuse of the voice , by the aid of anatomical diagrams and auto-laryngoscope , in the manner that has made his lecture ,
" The Voice in Speaking and Singing , " so popular in the United States and Canada , and recently at the Crystal Palace . Bro . Kendall will be assisted by well-known artistes , and the interesting nature of the entertainment will ensure it the success it deserves .
HOLLOWAY ' OINTMENT AND PILLS .- —As spring approaches a most favourable opportunity offers for rectifying irregularities , removing impurities , and erasing blemishes wliich have arisen from the presence of matters forbad by winter from being transpired through the pores . Thisscarching ' Ointment , wellrubbed upon the skin , penetrates to the decph ' -seated organs , upon which it exerts a
most wholesome and beneficial influence . Well nigh all the indigestions give way to this simple treatment , aided by purifying and aperitive doses of Holloway ' s Pills , round each box of which plain " instructions " are folded . Bilious disorders , loss of appetite , fulness after eating , lassitude , gout , and rheumatism may be ellec . tively checked in their painful progress , and the seeds of long suffering eradicated by these remedies , —ADVT .
Masonic And General Tidings
Bros , the Right Hon . G . J . Shaw-Lefevre , M . P ., and Sir Charles Dilke , Bart ., M . P ., are members of the Committee of the Fawcett Memorial Fund . The future meetings of the Faith Lodge of Instruction , No . 141 , will be held at the Victoria Chambers Restaurant , Victoria-street , after the 14 th inst .
1 he Prince of Wales has graciously consented to preside at a dinner in aid of the funds of the North London or University College Hospital , Gower-street , on Wednesday , the 13 th of May . A farewell banquet was given at Delmonico ' s restaurant , New York , on Monday last , to Bro . Henry Irving , over 200 distinguished Americans from different
cities of the Union being present . Bros . Sir Charles Dilke , Bart ., M . P . ( Chairman ) , and Lord Carrington were present at the 64 th meeting at Edingburgh , on " the 4 th inst ., of the Royal Commission on the Housing of the Working Classes . The Osterley Park sale of books , which are to be disposed of by order of Bro . the Earl of JerseyP . G . W .
, , will take place from Cth to 14 th May , Messrs . Sotherby , Wilkinson , and Hodge being the auctioneers . We regret to hear that Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., was prevented by severe indisposition from attending a meeting at Barrington Park , on Monday
last , which it was his intention to have addressed . ; Bro . Sir Edward and Lad y Ermyntrude Malet broke their journey from London to Berlin at Paris , where they stayed as guests of Lord Lyons , our ambassador , by whom a dinner was given in their honour on Thursday last .
Bros . W . T . Marriott , Q . C ., M . P ., and Baron de Worms are among the contributors to the fund for providing compensation for damages caused on the occasion of the Volunteer Review at Brighton , and for defraying other expenses incident to the same event .
Tuesday being the anniversary of the birthday of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Albany , P . G . W ., the Duchess of Albany visited the Royal Vault at St . George ' s Chapel , Windsor , where her late husband ' s remains are interred , and placed several wreaths near his tomb .
Bros . Baron H . de Worms , M . P ., Sir J . McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., Sir E . W . Watkin , Bart ., M . P ., Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart , M . P ., P . G . W .,-Sir E . J . Reed , K . C . B ., M . P ., and Alderman Fowler , M . P ., G . J . W ., are among the Patrons of the International Exhibition , which was opened on Tuesday , the 31 st ult ., at the Alexandra Palace , Muswell Hill .
By command of the Right Hon . the Earl of Bective , M . P ., the annual Provincial Grand Chapter of the Province of Cumberland and Westmorland will be held in the County Hall , Carlisle , on Friday , the 17 th inst . Also , the half-yearly meeting of the Provincial Grand Craft Lodge will be held under the banner of the Bective Lodge , No . 1552 , at the same place and date .
The ceremonies of consecration and installation will be performed at the Wanderers Lodge of Instruction , 1604 , at Victoria Mansions Restaurant , Victoria-street , S . W ., by Bro . Jas . Terry , P . P . G . S . W . Norths and Hunts , P . M ., P . Z ., & c , Sec . R . M . B . I ., on Wednesday , the 22 nd inst ., at 6 p . m . precisely , to be followed by a banquet , at which the W . M . of the mother lodge will preside . Bro . the Earl Dunraven will be Chairman at the
dinner to be given at the Criterion on Wednesday , the 29 th inst ., to Bro . Henry Irving , and among the members of the Dinner Committee will be found Bros , the Earl of Fife , the Earl of Onslow , P . G . S . W . ; Lord Londesborough , P . G . S . W . ; Sir Algernon Borthwick , Sir John Monckton , P . G . J . W . ; J . C . Parkinson , P . G . D . ; and J . L . Toole . Bro . J . L . Toole , the popular comedian , returned on Saturday evening last to the theatre which bears his
name , and experienced a very hearty welcome . Bro . Toole has been absent in the provinces during a period of about seven months . The other members of his company were also well received , and at the close of the performance , which , it is needless to say , went admirably , Bro . Toole delivered a brief characteristic address , which was frequently interrupted with bursts of laughter and applause .
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales , and Prince Albert Victor of Wales , left the Euston Terminus for Dublin , on Tuesday , the 7 th inst , shortly after 6 p . m ., among the suite in attendance on their Royal Highnesses being Bros . Lord Suffieldand F . Knollys ,
C . B . Bro . Lord Richard Grosvenor , M . P ., also attended in his capacity of a director of the London and North Western Railway Company , and travelled with the Royal Party to Holyhead , which was reached soon after midnight . Their Royal Highnesses immediately went on board the Royal Yacht Osborne , which left for Kingstown at sunrise on Wednesday morning .
_ the boys of Christ s Hospital paid their annual visit to the Mansion House on Easter Tuesday , when they were regaled with buns and wine , or lemonade , and were presented by the Lad y Mayoress with sundry new coins of the realm , the Grecians receiving a guinea each , probationers half a guinea each , the monitors half a crown each , and the rank and file each a shilling . The civic
authorities afterwards attended divine service at Christ Church , Newgate-street , where the Spital sermon was preached by the Bishop of Lichfield . As Bro . the Lord Mayor was suffering from pleurisy , his lordship was represented by Alderman Sir T , S . Owden . A meeting of the Montague Guest Lodge took place on Wednesday evening last at the Inns of Court
Hotel . The W . M ., Bro . Dr . Capon , occupied the chair . Dr . E . C . Fenoulhet , of Heme Bay , was initiated , and Bros . Emmett , Fenn , and Prestige were raised to the degree of M . M . The S . W ., Bro . Slyman , was elected W . M . for the ensuing year , and Bro . G . P . Festa , P . M ., re-elected as Treasurer . Ten guineas were voted to the
Royal Masonic Institution for Girls on the list of the W . M ., who will represent the lodge at the next Festival . A jewel , of the value of ten guineas , together with a . collar and jewel , were voted to the retiring W . M . £ 20 . —Tobacconists commencing . —A pamphlet ( 80 pages ) How to open respectably from ^ 30 ; three 6 tamps . H . Myers & Co ., Cigar and Tobacco Merchants , Euston-rd ,, London , Telephoi e No . J < 4 i . — [ ADVT . ]