Masonic And General Tidings.

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THE CHAPLAIN ofthe Savoy has appointed the Rev . G . Napier Whittingham , M . A ., vicar of Evesham , to be . one of the Assistant Chaplains of the Chapel Royal , Savoy . ' - H . R . H . THE PRINCE OK "WALES , having concluded his visit to Lord and Lady William Beresford at Deepdene , Dorking , returned to Marlborough House on Monday , and the following day left again for Newmarket .

HRO . THE REV . FREDERICK J FOAKES -J ACKSON , M . A ., has been appointed Dean of Jesus College , Cambridge , vice the late Rev . E . H . Morgan , and Bro . Arthur Griy , M . A ., to be one of lhe Tutors of that College . BRO . W . KUHE has announced that to-morrow ( Saturday ) M . Paderewski will give a pianoforte recital in the Dome cf the Roval Pavilion , Brighton , this being the artiste's

only appearance prior to his departure on a long American tour . THE CAMI'RIDOK ATHLETES were entertained at West Point on Monday , and attended a reception at the Harvard Club , New York , on the following evening , leaving at midnight by train for Cambridge , Mass ., amid the cheers of those who ni ' . nessed their departure .

THE DUCHESS OK ALIIANY , accompanied by her sister , the Princess Elizabeth of VValdeck Pyrmont , and attended by Miss Maxwell and Bro . Sir Robert Collins visited Croydon on Monday , for the purpose of opening a bazaar at the Public Hall in aid of the St . Andrew ' s National Schools .

His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OE WALES will preside at the banquet which will be given by the United Service Cl lb to the Duke of Camb-idge on the occasion of his Royal Highness relinquishing the chief command of the British Army . The i ith November has been fixed as the date of the proposed banquet . MR . J CALVER and Miss Maude Adeane , daughter of the Lady Elizabeth Biddulph and the late Mr . Henry J . Adeane , of Babraham , Cambridge , were married in All Saints' Church , Fnnismore Gardens , on Monday , the ceremony being performed by Bro . the Rev . Canon Wilberforce , assisted by Bro . the Rev . Lord Victor Seymour .

THE MARQUIS OK LANSDOWNE , Secretary of Stale for War , will preside at the dinner at which the civil and military officials at the War Ollice who have served with the Duke of Cambridge purpose to entertain his Royal Highness on his retirement from the post of Commander-in-Chief . It is intended that the dinner shall be held on Tuesday , the sth November .

ADA CAVENDISH , the popular actress , and widow of Mr . Frank Marshall , dramatist and Shakespearian critic , died on Saturday morning last after a long and painful illness . She made her name as the heioine in the dramatised versions of sundry of Wilkie Collins ' s works , the ctaracter with which she will be mostly associated being that of Mercy Merrick in the " New Maudalen . "

THERE ARE NOW ON VIEW at the Empire of India Exhibition , Earl ' s Court , a choice collection of relics associated with the old East India Company , to whose courage and enterprise we are indebted for the establishment of our Empire in India . The relics are various and most interesting and include charters , swords of honour , shields , swords , & c , with portiaits of distinguished Anglo-Indians .

AT A MEETING of the Court of Assistants of the Loriners' Company of London on Monday , Bro . Sir Augustus Harris was elected Master of the Guild for the ensuing year , in succession to Sir John Voce Moore . The Guild is the largest of the City Companies , having some 450 members on its roll . Sir John Moore remarked that it had produced more Lord Mayors and Sheriffs than any one of the other So City Companies .

THE CoNskcRATioN OK THE EARL OF LATHOM LODGE , NO . 25 G 0 , will take place on Friday , the iSth inst ., by the Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie , assisted ^ by the Prov . Grand Ollicers : Bros . Thos . Mellor , M . D ., P . M . 12 S , 191 , VV . M . designate ; Thomas James Hutchinson , S . VV . 1392 , S . W . designate ; and James Bailey , Sec . 934 , J . W . designate . It is expected a large number of brethren will be present .

WE HAVE THE PLEASURE to announce that the consecration of the Lewisham Lodge , No . 2579 , will take place on Monday , the 2 Sth inst ., at 4 30 o'clock , in the Parish Hall , Ladjwell , when the ceremony will be performed by Bro . E . Letchworth , F . S . A ., Grand Secretary , and Bro . Christopher Sims , P . M . 120 S and SG :, W . M . designate , installed into the chair . lt is anticipated that there will be a goodly assemblage ot brethren upon the occasion .

ADMIRAL THE HON , SIR J AMES R . DRUMMOND , G . C . B ., second son of . the eighth Viscount Strathallan and Gentleman-Usher of the Black Rod , died at the Hook , Fareham , Hants , on Monday morning at the ripe age of S 3 . The deceased was in command of the Retribution at thc bombardment of Odessa and Sebastapol , and had seen a good deal of public service . In 1 SS 3 he was appointed Gentleman Usher , with a residence in Royal Court , Palace of Westminster .

J HE DAIRY SHOW at the Royal Agricultural Hall , Islington , has been open during the present week , and has attracted a very large number of visitors . The Cattle Classes , which form the basis of the Show , were not up to the high standard of quality which has characterised these exhibitions in previous years , but cneese was in great force , all the exhibits being of this year ' s make , except in the Cheddar classes . The show of

bacon wqs poor , but the butter classes were well filled and of excellent quality . There were also classes set apart for medels , plans , and designs for dairies , and a fairly good display of dead poultry . A meeting ef the Council of the British Dairy Farmers ' Asscciation was held at the Hall , under the presidency of Bro . the Earl of Derby , when a resolution of regret at the great loss to lhe scientific world by the death of M . Pasteur was adopted unanimouslv .

THE ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY . —A New Departure—An important new departure , in the form of a comprehensive policy providing for compensation in the event of accident cr disease , is now being made by tne Accident Insurance Company , St . Swithin ' s-lane , London , E . C . It is believed that many who have not seen the wisdom of taking out policies covering accident alone vvill avail themselves of the increased

advantages now offered , and will insure themselves against the risks to which all , ir ! whatever rank , profession , or occupation are liable . I ' he company , it may be noted , continues lhe business founded in 1 S 49 . I ' he ollice instituted the system of general accident insurance , under which nearly ^ , i , ooo , oco has been paid in compensations , giving relief in thousands of cases of death or disablement , and providing help when most needed by the insured or their families .

TI > K OLD "Goose and Gridiron , " Sir Christopher Wren ' s house in St . Paul ' s Churchyard , juf-t destroyed for improvements , claims to be thc lirst " music-house " licensed in lhe City of London . The Corporation have always retained their licensing power within the City limits , and have conferred musical privileges on laveuis , botn " within " and' * without , " very sparingly . Theatres they have always set then faces against , even in the days when the City cmld have supported a theatre , and . Shake speaie and his paitners were kept cutside lhe walls in Playhouse- } aid , when they Slatted their drama-shop at Blackfriars . The two theatres that were built nearest to

the City boundary were * ' 1 he City of London ' at Norton I'olgate ( now occupied by the Young Men's Chrislian Association ) , and the Holborn Theatre , -vhiun has been absorbed by the First Avenue Hotel . The City of London Theatre his a history , and gut stais like Macready and Elton to appear on its ooaicls . The only music hall property socalled that had a tolerably long existence within the City precincts was the * ' Doctor Johnson Tavern " in Fleet-street , and this place was finally closed more than 4 ) yeais ago , after being conducted on tbe lines of old "Evans ' s" and the "Cyder Cellars . " The few licence's now granled by the Corperation am chiefly confined to banqueting houses like the Albion in Aldersgate-street .

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Masonic And General Tidings.

BRO . THE REV . J . STEPHEN BAKRASS will commence a series of Church History Lectures on Monday evening next , at St . Lawrence , Jewry . A MEETING of the New York Yacht Club has been summoned for Monday , the 14 th inst , to take into consideration the formal challenge of Mr . C . D . Rose to sail for the America Cup next year . ACCORDING to a New York telegram , the marriage of the Duke of Marlborough with Miss Vandcrbilt has been fixed for the 14 th November , and will take place in St . Thomas's Church , New York .

WE LEARN WITH PLEASURE that his Grace the Duke of Devonshire , K . (_;_ R . W . Prov . G . M . of Derbyshire , has most kindly consented to preside at the ijSth Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , due to . be held on the 24 th June , iSijfi . THE FOREIGN SECRETARY , Baron von Marschall , and the Baroness von Marschall entertained Bro . Sir E . and Lady Ermyntrude Malet at a farewell dinner at Berlin on Wednesday evening , while on Monday next the Imperial Geiman Chancellor Prince Hohenlohe , will give a farewell banquet to his Excellency .

THE CESAREWITCH was run for at Newmarket on Wednesday , and , after a very keen contest , was won by half a length by Mr . C . J . Blake's Rockdove , Mr . A . Taylor's Bard of Avon being second , C"l . J . Lloyd's Count Schomberg , a length and a half behind the Bard , being th ' rd , and H . R . H . the Prince of Wales ' s Fioriz ;! II . fourth , AT A QUARTERLY COURT of the Loriners' Company , held last Monday , Bro . George Kenning was chosen one of the Auditors . Bro . Kenning has bsen conn cted with this Guild for 45 years . At the same Court Bro . Sir Augustus Harris was elected Master for the year ensuing . The inauguration and subsequent banquet does not take place till January next .

A SERIOUS ACCIDENT [ occurred on Wednesday atthe new Bjard Schools nnw in course of erection at Forest Gite . An iron girder , weighing close on six tons , was being hoisted to the top storey , when ju = t as it had reached its destination the tackle gave way , and the girder fell , bringing with ita large portion of the scaffolding . Four persons sustained serious injuries .

THE OKKICERS AND MEN of the Brigade of Guards celebrated their harvest festival at the beautiful chapel at Wellington Barracks on Sunday , the chapel being rendered still more beautiful by its decorations . The prayers were intoned by the Rev . Reginald Moseley , Chaplain to the Guards , while the sermon was preached by the Rev . F . St . John Coibett , of St . Michael ' s , Chester-square .

ON THEIR WAY south from Dunrobin Castle , where they had been visiting the Duke and Duchess ot Suthetlind , the Duke and Duchess of York were met at Inverness Railway Station by the Provost , Magistrates , and Town Council , and presented with an address on the occasion of their first visit to the north of Scotland . In reply , his Royal Highness expressed thanks for the Duchess of York and himsilf for the very cordial welcome they had received .

A STAFI- * OF SURVEYORS arrived at Dover on Tuesday for the purpose of commencing the work of surveying the area for the National Harbour at that port . A vote on account was passed by Parliament during the present year , and all the plans are to Ije completed by March next , when tenders will be invited and the work pushed forward to completion as rapidly as possible . A large torpedo station will be about the earliest of the works to be proceeded with .

IHB DEATH IS announced of Mr . Andrew Fountayne Wilson Montagu of Igmanthorpe Hall , Wether , Yorkshire . The deceased was So years of age , and on the recent marriage of Mr . G , Denison Faber with Miss Hildi Graham , presented the bridegroom vvith a cheque for £ io , coo . On his country seat was the famous Cowthorpe Oak , which is reputed to be 1600 years old , is 36 feet in circumference five feet from the ground , and is estimated to contain 73 tons of timber .

A CORRESPONDENT WRITES : The question discussed at the week's reunion of the Piscatorial Society at Holborn Restaurant as to whether luminousjfloats were well adapted fur night-fishing , reminds me of a recent case which came beneath my personal nofce , in which a brutal , but ingenious , poacher used the electric light in bottom-fishing , and as the fish , with eager curiosity , were swimming around thc light ( olaced just above a Might of 10 or 12 hooks ) he suddenly " snatched" at them , and foul hooked any number . *

1 HE MARRIAGE of Mr . George Denison Faber with Miss Hilda Georgiana , youngest daughter of the late Bro . Sir Frederick Graham , Bart ., of Netherby , and Lady Hermione Graham , was solemnised in Holy Trinity Church , Sloane-street , on Monday . 'There was a large concourse of the friends of the two families , both in the church and at the reception which followed . In the afternoon the newly-wedded pair left for Gorhambury , near St . Albans , one of the Earl of Verulam ' s seats , to spend the honeymoon .

SEVERAL highly-placed dignitaries of the Craft of Freemasonry are to take part in the annual festival of the Alpass Benevolent Institution at Southport on Wednesday next , and the well-grounded expectation of the active promoters of the gathering is that it will be singularly successful . Freemasonry in England is noted for its charitable anil educational guardianship , and lhe Alpass Institution is one of the organisations which best conduce to the efficacy of that philanthropic purpose . Mr . Philip Armstrong , ol Liverpool , is thc honorary secretary of the festival . —Liverpool Mercury .

THE WORKS which have been erected by the Corporation of Tunbridge Wells lor supplying the town with the electric light were formally inaugurated on Wednesday . I he Mayor and Mayoress took the leading part in the procession which was organised for the occasion , and which included the members of the Corporation , the local troop of Yeomanry , the lire brigade , the cycling and other athletic clubs , & c , & c . At theTovn Hall an exhibition was on view of all kinds of electrical apparatus , wh ' ch will remain open till to-morrow ( Saturday ) . The event was celebrated with great rejoicings .

A SERIES OK SUNDAY EVENINGS KOR THE PEOPLE was inaugurated by the National Sunday League at the Queen's Hall , Langham-place , on Sunday last with a performance of Handel's " Messiah . " The musicians who took part in it were mostly members of the League ' s Musical Society , of which Bro . Sir Arthur Sullivan is President and Bro . Sir Joseph Barnby Vice-President . Bro . Alderman Treloar , who is President of the League , in the course of his remarks , announced that Bro . the Hon . Massey Mainwaring , M . P ., intended to introduce the subject of opening the National Gallery anl British Museum on Sundays to the House of Commons next session .

ROYAL ARCH MASONRY IN OXFORDSHIRE . —H . R . H . the Prince of Wales ln « received , with regret , the resignation of Comp . the Rev . H . A . Pickard of the oflice of Grand Superintendent for Oxf -rdshire , to which Comp . Pickard was appointed in succession to H . R . H . Piince Leopold , Duke of Albany , and which he now vacates , carrying with hi ™ the gratitude and good wishes of every companion of the Order in the province , 'lhe Prince of Wales is pleased tocomplimentComp . Pjckard on having so well filled the office thc

for 10 years . The Royal Arch Masons of the province are to be congratulated on choice which his Royal Highness has made of a successor to Comp . Pickard , in the person of the Right Honourable the Viscount Valentia , M . P ., who is already D . P . G . M . of the province . His lordship is to be installed on the 12 th of November , when a large and influential gathering is expected ; the G . S . E ., Comp . Edward Letchworth , and Compthe Rev . C . J . Martyn , Grand Superintendent for Suffolk , having already intimated their intention of honouring the Province with their presence on this auspicious occasion .

THE REPRESENTATIVES of Cambridge University in their contest with the athJeies of Yale University fared better than the London Athletic Club did against their New York opponents . In the latter contest New Yoik scored a victory in everyone of the _ i . events , but on Saturday last on the Manhattan field , New York , Cambridge were victorious in the halt mile , mile , and quarter mile , Horan securing the first , with the greatest ease , in 2 minutes 2-5 lh seconds , Ihe Yale representative covering the distance in 2 minutes 11 3 . 5 th seconds . Lutyens won the mile with equal ease , but in the qua " ' fast tu

the Cambridge man—Lewin—only won on the tape hy a couple of feet in the " of 49 2-jth seconds . The other eight events fell to Yale , which won the 100 yards , l > oj the huiuie races—one on the cinder track and the other on grass—the running nil . jump , and the long jump , putting the shot , throwing the hammer , and the 300 var s ' _ these were easy wins for thc Americans , with the exception of the hurdles on S riSS A „ the 3 C 0 yards , in which the Englishmen were only defeated at the finish after an esc 10 b struggle . In the evening the teams were entertained at dinner by the Yale Alh » Association .