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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE G M EDAL OF THE BARD or AVON jt may not be known to the brethren that the « d of Avon Lodge gives a gold medal ( value five neas ) to be contended for annually at the Collegiate fhool Stratford-on-Avon—Warden , Bro . Dr . Collis , sat of Stratford-on-Avon—the subject , English Litera-V 1 C comprising Shakespeare , History , English Essay , to all the schoolIt has bsen this
_ ' it is open . won r by John Percy Simpson , aged sixteen , son of Bro . rTv B- J- Sirn l jSOn > ^ Grand Chaplain . Dr . Collis re' ar ' ked in presenting it that twenty-five years ago he preted a prize on a similar occasion to his father . S ° Mr . E- w ' - ALLEN , Ave Maria Lane , E . C ., has inst issued a book which cannot fail to interest not
nlv Old Blues , but the public generally . It is written by " well-known author of the day , himself an Old Blue , and the book is brimful of fun and anecdote . It is called ¦ 'Blue Coat . Boys ; or , School Life in Christ ' s Hospital , with short History of the Foundation . " The directors of the Floating Swimming B aths Company have made arrangements for giving instruction
i » ratts during the remainder of the present season , in their Northumberland-avenue Floating Bath , between the hours of n . o a . ra . and 2 . 0 p . m . Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , M . W . Pro C . M ., left town on Saturday to stay a few days with the Earl and Countess of Portsmouth at Hurstbournc Park , Hants /
We are informed that H . R . H . Prince Leopold , R . W . j . G . W ., has forwarded to the Secretary of the British Orphan Asylum , Slough , Bucks , a donation of 20 guineas in aid of the funds of the institution . Mr . W . H . Smith , the Financial Secretary to the Treasury , has accepted the office of First Lord of the Admiralty , rendered vacant by the death of Bro .
George Ward Hunt . S UNSHINE . —The Astronomer Royal reports that the duration of registered sunshine ir . the week ending on Saturday , was 4 ( 1 . ( 1 hours , the sun being above the horizon 107 . 4 hours . THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT . — The Government are , we understand , about to make a .
change in the postal telegraph department . 1 he staff of telegraphists ( at least , in the south of England ) , is about to be reduced , and the vacancies are to be filled by sappers from the Royal Engineers . Four members of the telegraph staff will shcrtly leave Portsmouth , eight will go from
Southampton , and ten from Brighton , and they arc to be employed in London . The Rig ht Hon . Robert Lowe , M . P ., has declined to be put in nomination in the Liberal interest for the Lord Rectorship of the University , which becomes ucant at the end of the current academical year . —Scots
man . HOSPITAL SUNDAY . —The Metropolitan Hospital Sunday Fund available for distribution amounts to £ 24 , 91 ) 0 , a slight falling off when compared with last year's total . THE HEALTH OI > PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR .
—We are glad to be able to report that tne Prince is now convalescent , the fever having run its course and the temperature subsided . The interest of the case , from a medical point of view , has been the abnormal relation between the respiration and circulation , but these functions are now becoming healthy . The drainage of Marlborough House is to be entirely reorganised , but we are
glad to hear that negotiations are in progress for securing an excellent mansion , with a line park , in the north of London , which will be used as a kind of nursery for the Royal children in the London season . —Medical Examiner . The Craft in general will learn with great interest that the Royal National Life boat Institution has accepted a tender for £ 520 for the erection of a very
handsome boathouse at Clacton-on-sea , wdiere the first of the lifeboats presented by the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of England , in honour of the safe return trom India , of H . R . H tne Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M . of the United Kingdom , and a fine tower will be erected above it at the request of 'he donor of the site . The boat is built , and will be placed on the station before the wreck season , and a crew is being formed of men well acquainted with Maplin and
Gunfieet Sands . Bro . General J . Meredith Reed , Minister of 'he United States to the Court of Greece , and a son of the ate Past Grand Master of Pennsylvania , Bro . Judge John M . Head , says that the arms lately found , alleged to belong ™ the famous statue " Venus de Milo , " are genuine ; that "leu workmanshi p is perfect , and their artistic value very
the decease is announced of Bro . Lord de Uifford , which took place at Kirkby , Mallery , Leicesters ™ e , on the Gth inst . A telegram to the Russian Agency in Pat is 'es that at Samara a great fire has destroyed two th ' S overn ° r ' s residence , the police-station , and ^ office of the State Bank . The money " and papers we saved , as well as iso houses , most of which were insured . °
. Admiral the Hon . Sir Henry Keppel , G . C . B ., 0 be the new Admiral of the Fleet , in the place of the ' 'e S . r Henry Ccidvington . Son SoN ° s . —A selection of Masonic M , g 3 ^ ' W Pt'pular airs , written by Bro . R . Philpots , V"him « , ' : ' ' 3 £ low ready , forming a handsome fctVfiV ? , !" ** " * < "I * gilt tclsen , M , Sent piKl ! w ^ H ££ ?*! v , iM ,, u w « w «•»¦» *»••« > ' «««* •¦« * "H « \ % \<\\ J ( . jiJ . 5 i . e . * . BVl . ' l
Masonic And General Tidings.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . —A Special General Court of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution , will be held at Freemasons ' Hall , Great Queen-street , on Monday week , the 30 th inst , when the following recommendation of the General
Committee will be moved : That the report of the House Committee on extension of accommodation , as submitted to the General Committee be approved , and confirmed ; and that in accordance therewith , the building at Wood Green be enlarged for the reception of 32 additional Boys , at an estimated expenditure of £ 3000 .
CLEOPATRA ' NEEDLE . —Late on Wednesday evening , a skeleton model of this celebrated obelisk was completed in New Palace-gardens , Westminster . The site chosen , or suggested , in this locality , is in the middle passage of the west garden plot , with the statue of Lord Derby on one hand and that of Lord Palmecstort on . the other , the statue of Canning being in the rear . The model
has first a step 2 feet 2 inches deep , with a tread 19 inches wide ; the second step is 1 foot g \ inches high , with a tread 1 foot 7 inches wide , and the third step is 1 foot 8 inches , with an 18 inch tread . Then follows a block 9 feet in dimension horizontally , and six feet high . From the block the obelisk proper springs , with a base of 7 feet 4 * inches . The Luxoe obelisk at Paris is 76 feet high and 8 feet
square at the base . The Cleopatra Needle is , as regards the monolith , 63 feet high . Another skeleton model , it is said , is to be put up on the Thames Embankment . THE SEA SERPENT MYSTERY . —A remarkable fish has been washed ashore at Thurso , a model of which has been jnade by Mr . F . Buckland , and has just been added to the piscatorial exhibition at the Royal Aquarium
Westminster . The fish in question was alive when it came ashore , but was in a dying state . It measures 12 ft . 4 m . in length , and is much in the shape of an enormous sword , gradually tapering off at the tail . It is undoubtedly a fine specimen of the " Gymnetrus Arcticus , " otherwise " Regalacus Banksii . The back is studded with sharp webbed spines forming a continuous back fin , and the belly
is covered with little ivory studs . The account of this fish at the present time is of great interest , because it affords us some clue to the monsters seen by the officers of the Royal yacht Osborne at sea off Cape Vito , on the cost of Sicily . This monster was observed to rear its head and body several feel out of the sea ( after the manner of the so-called
sea-serpent ) , and , judging from this fact and other particulars , there is every reason to believe that the creature seen was no other than a vcrylarge specimen of Gymnetrus . We may say that a similar fish was caught off the Tyne in 1849 , but it was at least 4 Jft . shorter . Let us hope that we have at last solved the mystery surrounding the so-called sea serpent . —Fishing Gazelle .
A CURIOUS INCIDENT . —A Berlin paper reports the following curious incident , which happened on the Potsdam line of railway on Sunday afternoon -. —The driver of the engine , upon the train nearing the station of Steglitz , was surprised to observe three ladies standing upon the rails , gesticulating vehemently , for the purpose , it seems , of causing him to stop the train . The driver
made good use of the engine-whistle , to induce the ladies to step off the rails But all in vain ; the ladies remained immovable upon the line of the approaching engine , and thus left the driver no alternative but to run over them or to signal for the train to stop , though there was nothing upon the line to justify such a signal . The ladies , as soon as the train had come to a full stop , ran hurriedly towards
a carriage , out of which a gentleman was looking with surprise marked in his face , called him papa , and requested him to alight from the carriage ( the train having stopped exactly opposite the residence of the ladies ) , so as not to be compelled to finish the journey to the station of Steglitz and travel back unnecessarily . The officers in charge of the train , surprised by such impudence , though different , however , and not only would not allow the gentleman
to leave the train , but compelled the Jadies to enter a carriage and in company with their papa took them to the station of Stegliu , antl probably to pay a heavy fine for tlclaying the train and infringing their bye-laws . —Daily Express . The Local Board of Worthing have accepted , with cordial thanks , Mr . Robert Loder ' s ( of Beach House ) offer of £ 500 towards acquiring a central cricket-ground for this town .
The late Southwark Conference created a demand for Compressed Tea beyond all expectations . Eminent Analysts declare it is only when tea is in its pure and native state that it will yield to pressure under hyelraulic power . The London and Provincial Press unhesitatingly assert that if you want a cup of tea in perfection it must be brewed from tea that has been
compressed . Economists advocate the use of Compressed lea , ami say if you want to get double the value out of your tea use it Compressed . Testimonials in thousands speak highly of the increased value and advantages in using the finely selected teas of the Compressed Tea Company ( Limited ) . Families are making constant applications for the smallest wholesale quantity supplied , and say , " We
are compelled to send to the warehouse for Compressed Tea ; because the tradesmen in our locality appear to know nothing of it ; and as one pound weight of Compressed Tea goes as far as two pounds weight of loose tea , we hope you will supply us . " Sold in handsome cabinets—lib . 2 s . 6 d „ 2 lbs . 5 s ., 4 lbs . 10 s . —got up specially for the Easter trade as samples , carriage free to any
parof the kingdom . Works and Warehouse , 36 , Southwarkstreet , London . Arrangements have been completed whereby Tea Dealers can have their own blended and selected teas Compressed at a nominal cost per pound for compressing . All applications for Agencies for the sale ? f Cempreiwt ! l > u , ' . 'if frr-m li ' adcl's dcslrrjus cf cpculpj ? 1111 mlnjl . iin *!* 'infol ? £ ' ;! -til ? .. tifcl * 'if Cw . JlItesSS'A T «» i , Uj .. 'ii , | ,. /» (|» i V i »; j litfK * eW . •(» Mii * itf . * M ?? ' . ';* f'fl ' r-W ,
Masonic And General Tidings.
At the Committee Meeting of the Royal Masonic Bensvolent Institution on Wednesday last , Bro . James Terry , the energetic Secretary of this Institution , reported that of the five outstanding lists of the Stewards of the late Festival , three had been received , making the total sum realized £ 13 , 5 . 56 16 s . We offer Bro . Terry our heartiest congratulations . The Masonic Relief Associations of the United
States met in Convention in Albany , New York , on May 29 th . Twenty associations ( by no means all ) were represented . Bro . Alexander Gardner , of Washington City , presided . There were many new and valuable points brought out at the Convention . The general interchange of views will no doubt result beneficially to these associations . Each delegate seemed willing to give all the information he could , and present his experience in the working of his own association .
Bro . Ji . H . Cushtng delivered an original , able and very entertaining address before Holland and Gray Lodges , Houston , Texas , on June 25 th . T HE E DUCATIONAL VALUE OF F LOWER Snows . —The value of the poor man ' s flower show is to himself great , but to his children greater . The educational system that prevails is altogether too subjective ,
and there is but little attempted in the way of teaching the young to observe and season on their observations . The three R ' s are of primary importance , but they require to be supplemented by systematic teaching in the open air on open-air subjects , and we look forward hopefully to a recognition of the necessity by school boards , not only in towns where the field of observation is contracted , but in
the country , where it is practically unlimited . We are advised by the powers that be to prepare the children everywhere for catching and killing the Colorado beetle , but their imperfect training in the faculty of observing compels us to fear that in their zeal to exterminate the doryphora they may wage war with coccinella , that is to say , the potato beetle being
much talked of , but as yet unseen , the lads of the village may find consolation in the wholesale destruction of the ladybirds , which are among the very best fiiends of man in the kingdom of insects . The window flower show may be made immensely useful as an aid in the education of the young , and we once more remind the guardians of the youthful poor that a
habit of observing and a taste for a knowledge of nature ' s ways and means are of immense importance in the development of manliness , and independence , and . intelligence , anel morality , and usefulness . The book of nature is worthier to be read than a majority of the books in
common use , and it is one of our duties to encourage the young , whether of rich or poor , in learning to read it with a view to the acquisition of useful knowledge , and the cherishing of sentiments of reverence and love for the beneficence that warms the world , and renders capable of happiness every living creature . —Gardener ' s Magazine
The Midland Railway Company intend , we arc . informed , to introduce a dining-saloon carriage into some of their trains . In this carriage hot dinners may be cooked and served the same as in a hotel or restaurant .
A notice has been placed on the doors of St . Dunstan ' s West , Fleet-Street , to the effect that a faculty has been asked for permission to make a road through the . disused parochial cemetery , so as to connect Chancerylane and Fetter-lane .
TRAFFIC IN ITALIAN CHILDREN . —On Wednesday the Lord Mayor received the following communica tion from the Home Secretary;— "Whitehall , 6 th August , 1877 , —My Lord , —The attention of the Secretary of State has been called to the practice under which children bought or stolen from their parents in Italy or elsewhere , are imported into this country by persons known by the name of
" Padroni , " who send them out into the streets to earn money by playing musical instruments , selling images , begging , or otherwise . It is most important to suppress this traffic by every available means , and Mr . Cross relies on the vigilant co-operation of the police for this purpose . In many cases the employer will be found to have committed an offence against the vagrant Act 5 Geo . IV .,
c 83 , by procuring the child to beg . ( See the case of Iteg . v . Viasani , reported in Justice of the Peace , Dec . 1 , 1866 , p . 75 6 . ) If so , he should be forthwith prosecuted and the result of such prosecution should be made the subject of a special report to the Secretary of State . The child will probably come within the provisions of the 14 th section of the Industrial Schools Act , iSGu ( 29 and 30
Vict ., c . 1 ( 8 ) , either under the first class as a child begging alms , t > r under the second class as a child found wandering and without proper guardianship . An application should therefore be made to the justices for the child to be tent to a certified industrial school . Further application should be made under section 19 for the temporary detention of the child in a workhouse until the industiial school has been selected , information being at
once communicated to the Secretary of State in order that if requisite he may render assistance in making the necessary arrangements . The final result of each case should also be reported to the Secretary of State . Mr . Cross requests that your lordship will be so good as to cause instructions to be issued to the police of the City of London in conformity with these suggestions . —I have the honour to be , my lord , your lordship's obedient servant , A . F . O . LioDKi . i .. "
Constitutions of the Ancient Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , containing the charges , regulations , E . A . Song , & c . A copy should be in the possession of every brother . It may be obtained for is . at the ofiicc of the AVtW-ttswi , or will be sent post free to any [ Mil of tl' - Unkr . 't rV . l » friiytn « . > r \ Vcc ' l't , -f < . r ? cl ! ryr . n * Vfruity "' Rl ' H'f ^ 'V ^/ . ttseu ' ' I ' . ll ' . isli'is" "Ji * . ; ft «« MH »* ' t 1 ¦ ' ¦¦ 2-MZfM Tr- " - - " ?*** <« . »»<
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE G M EDAL OF THE BARD or AVON jt may not be known to the brethren that the « d of Avon Lodge gives a gold medal ( value five neas ) to be contended for annually at the Collegiate fhool Stratford-on-Avon—Warden , Bro . Dr . Collis , sat of Stratford-on-Avon—the subject , English Litera-V 1 C comprising Shakespeare , History , English Essay , to all the schoolIt has bsen this
_ ' it is open . won r by John Percy Simpson , aged sixteen , son of Bro . rTv B- J- Sirn l jSOn > ^ Grand Chaplain . Dr . Collis re' ar ' ked in presenting it that twenty-five years ago he preted a prize on a similar occasion to his father . S ° Mr . E- w ' - ALLEN , Ave Maria Lane , E . C ., has inst issued a book which cannot fail to interest not
nlv Old Blues , but the public generally . It is written by " well-known author of the day , himself an Old Blue , and the book is brimful of fun and anecdote . It is called ¦ 'Blue Coat . Boys ; or , School Life in Christ ' s Hospital , with short History of the Foundation . " The directors of the Floating Swimming B aths Company have made arrangements for giving instruction
i » ratts during the remainder of the present season , in their Northumberland-avenue Floating Bath , between the hours of n . o a . ra . and 2 . 0 p . m . Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , M . W . Pro C . M ., left town on Saturday to stay a few days with the Earl and Countess of Portsmouth at Hurstbournc Park , Hants /
We are informed that H . R . H . Prince Leopold , R . W . j . G . W ., has forwarded to the Secretary of the British Orphan Asylum , Slough , Bucks , a donation of 20 guineas in aid of the funds of the institution . Mr . W . H . Smith , the Financial Secretary to the Treasury , has accepted the office of First Lord of the Admiralty , rendered vacant by the death of Bro .
George Ward Hunt . S UNSHINE . —The Astronomer Royal reports that the duration of registered sunshine ir . the week ending on Saturday , was 4 ( 1 . ( 1 hours , the sun being above the horizon 107 . 4 hours . THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT . — The Government are , we understand , about to make a .
change in the postal telegraph department . 1 he staff of telegraphists ( at least , in the south of England ) , is about to be reduced , and the vacancies are to be filled by sappers from the Royal Engineers . Four members of the telegraph staff will shcrtly leave Portsmouth , eight will go from
Southampton , and ten from Brighton , and they arc to be employed in London . The Rig ht Hon . Robert Lowe , M . P ., has declined to be put in nomination in the Liberal interest for the Lord Rectorship of the University , which becomes ucant at the end of the current academical year . —Scots
man . HOSPITAL SUNDAY . —The Metropolitan Hospital Sunday Fund available for distribution amounts to £ 24 , 91 ) 0 , a slight falling off when compared with last year's total . THE HEALTH OI > PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR .
—We are glad to be able to report that tne Prince is now convalescent , the fever having run its course and the temperature subsided . The interest of the case , from a medical point of view , has been the abnormal relation between the respiration and circulation , but these functions are now becoming healthy . The drainage of Marlborough House is to be entirely reorganised , but we are
glad to hear that negotiations are in progress for securing an excellent mansion , with a line park , in the north of London , which will be used as a kind of nursery for the Royal children in the London season . —Medical Examiner . The Craft in general will learn with great interest that the Royal National Life boat Institution has accepted a tender for £ 520 for the erection of a very
handsome boathouse at Clacton-on-sea , wdiere the first of the lifeboats presented by the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of England , in honour of the safe return trom India , of H . R . H tne Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M . of the United Kingdom , and a fine tower will be erected above it at the request of 'he donor of the site . The boat is built , and will be placed on the station before the wreck season , and a crew is being formed of men well acquainted with Maplin and
Gunfieet Sands . Bro . General J . Meredith Reed , Minister of 'he United States to the Court of Greece , and a son of the ate Past Grand Master of Pennsylvania , Bro . Judge John M . Head , says that the arms lately found , alleged to belong ™ the famous statue " Venus de Milo , " are genuine ; that "leu workmanshi p is perfect , and their artistic value very
the decease is announced of Bro . Lord de Uifford , which took place at Kirkby , Mallery , Leicesters ™ e , on the Gth inst . A telegram to the Russian Agency in Pat is 'es that at Samara a great fire has destroyed two th ' S overn ° r ' s residence , the police-station , and ^ office of the State Bank . The money " and papers we saved , as well as iso houses , most of which were insured . °
. Admiral the Hon . Sir Henry Keppel , G . C . B ., 0 be the new Admiral of the Fleet , in the place of the ' 'e S . r Henry Ccidvington . Son SoN ° s . —A selection of Masonic M , g 3 ^ ' W Pt'pular airs , written by Bro . R . Philpots , V"him « , ' : ' ' 3 £ low ready , forming a handsome fctVfiV ? , !" ** " * < "I * gilt tclsen , M , Sent piKl ! w ^ H ££ ?*! v , iM ,, u w « w «•»¦» *»••« > ' «««* •¦« * "H « \ % \<\\ J ( . jiJ . 5 i . e . * . BVl . ' l
Masonic And General Tidings.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . —A Special General Court of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution , will be held at Freemasons ' Hall , Great Queen-street , on Monday week , the 30 th inst , when the following recommendation of the General
Committee will be moved : That the report of the House Committee on extension of accommodation , as submitted to the General Committee be approved , and confirmed ; and that in accordance therewith , the building at Wood Green be enlarged for the reception of 32 additional Boys , at an estimated expenditure of £ 3000 .
CLEOPATRA ' NEEDLE . —Late on Wednesday evening , a skeleton model of this celebrated obelisk was completed in New Palace-gardens , Westminster . The site chosen , or suggested , in this locality , is in the middle passage of the west garden plot , with the statue of Lord Derby on one hand and that of Lord Palmecstort on . the other , the statue of Canning being in the rear . The model
has first a step 2 feet 2 inches deep , with a tread 19 inches wide ; the second step is 1 foot g \ inches high , with a tread 1 foot 7 inches wide , and the third step is 1 foot 8 inches , with an 18 inch tread . Then follows a block 9 feet in dimension horizontally , and six feet high . From the block the obelisk proper springs , with a base of 7 feet 4 * inches . The Luxoe obelisk at Paris is 76 feet high and 8 feet
square at the base . The Cleopatra Needle is , as regards the monolith , 63 feet high . Another skeleton model , it is said , is to be put up on the Thames Embankment . THE SEA SERPENT MYSTERY . —A remarkable fish has been washed ashore at Thurso , a model of which has been jnade by Mr . F . Buckland , and has just been added to the piscatorial exhibition at the Royal Aquarium
Westminster . The fish in question was alive when it came ashore , but was in a dying state . It measures 12 ft . 4 m . in length , and is much in the shape of an enormous sword , gradually tapering off at the tail . It is undoubtedly a fine specimen of the " Gymnetrus Arcticus , " otherwise " Regalacus Banksii . The back is studded with sharp webbed spines forming a continuous back fin , and the belly
is covered with little ivory studs . The account of this fish at the present time is of great interest , because it affords us some clue to the monsters seen by the officers of the Royal yacht Osborne at sea off Cape Vito , on the cost of Sicily . This monster was observed to rear its head and body several feel out of the sea ( after the manner of the so-called
sea-serpent ) , and , judging from this fact and other particulars , there is every reason to believe that the creature seen was no other than a vcrylarge specimen of Gymnetrus . We may say that a similar fish was caught off the Tyne in 1849 , but it was at least 4 Jft . shorter . Let us hope that we have at last solved the mystery surrounding the so-called sea serpent . —Fishing Gazelle .
A CURIOUS INCIDENT . —A Berlin paper reports the following curious incident , which happened on the Potsdam line of railway on Sunday afternoon -. —The driver of the engine , upon the train nearing the station of Steglitz , was surprised to observe three ladies standing upon the rails , gesticulating vehemently , for the purpose , it seems , of causing him to stop the train . The driver
made good use of the engine-whistle , to induce the ladies to step off the rails But all in vain ; the ladies remained immovable upon the line of the approaching engine , and thus left the driver no alternative but to run over them or to signal for the train to stop , though there was nothing upon the line to justify such a signal . The ladies , as soon as the train had come to a full stop , ran hurriedly towards
a carriage , out of which a gentleman was looking with surprise marked in his face , called him papa , and requested him to alight from the carriage ( the train having stopped exactly opposite the residence of the ladies ) , so as not to be compelled to finish the journey to the station of Steglitz and travel back unnecessarily . The officers in charge of the train , surprised by such impudence , though different , however , and not only would not allow the gentleman
to leave the train , but compelled the Jadies to enter a carriage and in company with their papa took them to the station of Stegliu , antl probably to pay a heavy fine for tlclaying the train and infringing their bye-laws . —Daily Express . The Local Board of Worthing have accepted , with cordial thanks , Mr . Robert Loder ' s ( of Beach House ) offer of £ 500 towards acquiring a central cricket-ground for this town .
The late Southwark Conference created a demand for Compressed Tea beyond all expectations . Eminent Analysts declare it is only when tea is in its pure and native state that it will yield to pressure under hyelraulic power . The London and Provincial Press unhesitatingly assert that if you want a cup of tea in perfection it must be brewed from tea that has been
compressed . Economists advocate the use of Compressed lea , ami say if you want to get double the value out of your tea use it Compressed . Testimonials in thousands speak highly of the increased value and advantages in using the finely selected teas of the Compressed Tea Company ( Limited ) . Families are making constant applications for the smallest wholesale quantity supplied , and say , " We
are compelled to send to the warehouse for Compressed Tea ; because the tradesmen in our locality appear to know nothing of it ; and as one pound weight of Compressed Tea goes as far as two pounds weight of loose tea , we hope you will supply us . " Sold in handsome cabinets—lib . 2 s . 6 d „ 2 lbs . 5 s ., 4 lbs . 10 s . —got up specially for the Easter trade as samples , carriage free to any
parof the kingdom . Works and Warehouse , 36 , Southwarkstreet , London . Arrangements have been completed whereby Tea Dealers can have their own blended and selected teas Compressed at a nominal cost per pound for compressing . All applications for Agencies for the sale ? f Cempreiwt ! l > u , ' . 'if frr-m li ' adcl's dcslrrjus cf cpculpj ? 1111 mlnjl . iin *!* 'infol ? £ ' ;! -til ? .. tifcl * 'if Cw . JlItesSS'A T «» i , Uj .. 'ii , | ,. /» (|» i V i »; j litfK * eW . •(» Mii * itf . * M ?? ' . ';* f'fl ' r-W ,
Masonic And General Tidings.
At the Committee Meeting of the Royal Masonic Bensvolent Institution on Wednesday last , Bro . James Terry , the energetic Secretary of this Institution , reported that of the five outstanding lists of the Stewards of the late Festival , three had been received , making the total sum realized £ 13 , 5 . 56 16 s . We offer Bro . Terry our heartiest congratulations . The Masonic Relief Associations of the United
States met in Convention in Albany , New York , on May 29 th . Twenty associations ( by no means all ) were represented . Bro . Alexander Gardner , of Washington City , presided . There were many new and valuable points brought out at the Convention . The general interchange of views will no doubt result beneficially to these associations . Each delegate seemed willing to give all the information he could , and present his experience in the working of his own association .
Bro . Ji . H . Cushtng delivered an original , able and very entertaining address before Holland and Gray Lodges , Houston , Texas , on June 25 th . T HE E DUCATIONAL VALUE OF F LOWER Snows . —The value of the poor man ' s flower show is to himself great , but to his children greater . The educational system that prevails is altogether too subjective ,
and there is but little attempted in the way of teaching the young to observe and season on their observations . The three R ' s are of primary importance , but they require to be supplemented by systematic teaching in the open air on open-air subjects , and we look forward hopefully to a recognition of the necessity by school boards , not only in towns where the field of observation is contracted , but in
the country , where it is practically unlimited . We are advised by the powers that be to prepare the children everywhere for catching and killing the Colorado beetle , but their imperfect training in the faculty of observing compels us to fear that in their zeal to exterminate the doryphora they may wage war with coccinella , that is to say , the potato beetle being
much talked of , but as yet unseen , the lads of the village may find consolation in the wholesale destruction of the ladybirds , which are among the very best fiiends of man in the kingdom of insects . The window flower show may be made immensely useful as an aid in the education of the young , and we once more remind the guardians of the youthful poor that a
habit of observing and a taste for a knowledge of nature ' s ways and means are of immense importance in the development of manliness , and independence , and . intelligence , anel morality , and usefulness . The book of nature is worthier to be read than a majority of the books in
common use , and it is one of our duties to encourage the young , whether of rich or poor , in learning to read it with a view to the acquisition of useful knowledge , and the cherishing of sentiments of reverence and love for the beneficence that warms the world , and renders capable of happiness every living creature . —Gardener ' s Magazine
The Midland Railway Company intend , we arc . informed , to introduce a dining-saloon carriage into some of their trains . In this carriage hot dinners may be cooked and served the same as in a hotel or restaurant .
A notice has been placed on the doors of St . Dunstan ' s West , Fleet-Street , to the effect that a faculty has been asked for permission to make a road through the . disused parochial cemetery , so as to connect Chancerylane and Fetter-lane .
TRAFFIC IN ITALIAN CHILDREN . —On Wednesday the Lord Mayor received the following communica tion from the Home Secretary;— "Whitehall , 6 th August , 1877 , —My Lord , —The attention of the Secretary of State has been called to the practice under which children bought or stolen from their parents in Italy or elsewhere , are imported into this country by persons known by the name of
" Padroni , " who send them out into the streets to earn money by playing musical instruments , selling images , begging , or otherwise . It is most important to suppress this traffic by every available means , and Mr . Cross relies on the vigilant co-operation of the police for this purpose . In many cases the employer will be found to have committed an offence against the vagrant Act 5 Geo . IV .,
c 83 , by procuring the child to beg . ( See the case of Iteg . v . Viasani , reported in Justice of the Peace , Dec . 1 , 1866 , p . 75 6 . ) If so , he should be forthwith prosecuted and the result of such prosecution should be made the subject of a special report to the Secretary of State . The child will probably come within the provisions of the 14 th section of the Industrial Schools Act , iSGu ( 29 and 30
Vict ., c . 1 ( 8 ) , either under the first class as a child begging alms , t > r under the second class as a child found wandering and without proper guardianship . An application should therefore be made to the justices for the child to be tent to a certified industrial school . Further application should be made under section 19 for the temporary detention of the child in a workhouse until the industiial school has been selected , information being at
once communicated to the Secretary of State in order that if requisite he may render assistance in making the necessary arrangements . The final result of each case should also be reported to the Secretary of State . Mr . Cross requests that your lordship will be so good as to cause instructions to be issued to the police of the City of London in conformity with these suggestions . —I have the honour to be , my lord , your lordship's obedient servant , A . F . O . LioDKi . i .. "
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