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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
H . R . H . THK P RINCE OK WALES arrived at Hall Barn on Tuesday evening on a visit to Bro . Sir Edward Lawson . AMONG the Queen ' s guests at Windsor Castle on Tuesday , were the Duke and Duchess of Teck , Bro . the Earl and Countess of Lathom , and the Dean of Windsor . WE REGRET to hear that Bro . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , M . P ., was prevented from paying his contemplated visit to Bristol on Thursday in consequence of the very serious illness of his mother .
THE D UCHESS OF YORK left Sandringham for _ I-ondon on Monday afternoon , while later in the day the Duke travelled by special train to Holkham Hall , on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Leicester . THE LADY M AYORESS ' S J uvenile Fancy Dress Ball at the Mansion House has been fixed for Monday , the iSth January . The ages of the children will be strictly limited to between six and 14 years .
THE OUEEN ' S REIGN . —Dunbar , Dec . Sth . — -At a meeting of the City Corporation to-day a resolution was passed in favour of the erection of a statue to Queen Victoria in commemoration of her Majesty ' s long reign .
THE COURT of the Fanmakers' Company , at the instance of Bro . H . H . Crawford , City Solicitor , have decided to hold a competition Fan Exhibition next summer , and the Drapers' Company have very considerately granted the use of their hall for three weeks for the purpose . WE REGRET that in the concluding paragraph of our description in the Christmas Number of the Freemason of Ihe " Sutton Masonic Hall , " we should have given Bro , " W . Williams , P . M ., P . G . Treasurer Surrey , " as the Chairman of the directors . We should have written "Bro . VV . Pile . "
PRINCE AVD PRINCESS CHARLES OF DENMARK will leave Marlborough House for Copenhagen towards the end of next week , and will make a stay of several months in the Danish capital . A large suite of apartments in the palace of their uncle , the King of the Hellenes , has been furnished and decorated as a residence for them .
His EXCELLENCY MR . T . F . BAYARD , the American Ambassador in London , has written to the Dail y Telegraph resfectfully declining the testimonial which that journal started , and whiJh was intended to serve as a recognition of the services he had rendered in his Ambassadorial capacity to the United Kingdom and the United States .
THE PRINCESS LOUISE , Marchioness of Lome , who was accompanied by the Marquis of Lome , opened the annual sale of work in aid of the Church Army , at the Portman Rooms on Monday . Her Royal Highness was received by the Committee , and at the conclusion of the brief ceremony was cordially thanked for her kindness in attending .
THE LORD MAYOR has received from Bro . A . Akers-Douglas , H . M . 's First Commissioner of Works , the customary warrants for the killing and delivery of four fat does from Bushey Paik . Similar warrants have been issued to the Sheriffs for three , and for one each to the Recorder , Chamberlain , Town Clerk , Common Serjeant , and Remembrancer .
THE " FREEMASON " ccmcs out with a Christmas number and plate , with portraits of the several Provincial Grand Masters of England . The number contains a large amount of interesting information in addition to several capitally written stories and sketches . There are illustrations of some rare certificates , & c , altogether a very interesting number . —Tunbridge Wells Gazette .
BRO . EDWARD TERRY has been writing to the papers contradicting what he calls the " absurd " report that he is about to retire from the stage and give up management . Bro . Terry states that he is going to visit America next spring , and that in the meantime he intends giving performances of " Love in Idleness , " preceded by Mrs . Beringer ' s adaptation of " The Holly Tree Inn , " at a series of matinees , commencing on Monday , the 2 Sth inst .
THE DUCHESS OF ALBANY has promised to attend a meeting which will beheld at the Mansion House , on the 22 nd March , 1 S 97 , under the presidency of the Lord Mayor , in aid of the British and Foreign Sailors' Society , to publicly inaugurate the Ladies' Guild , cf which the Duchess cf York and Duchess of Fife are patronesses , and to transfoim the old Board of Trade offices just secured by the society at the corner of West India Dock-road , into the Albert Victor Sailors' Rest .
THE SECRETARIES of the several County Cricket Clubs met togetherat Lord ' s on Tuesday and arranged , as far as possible , the principal fixtures for next year . A prominent feature of the 1 S 97 cricket season will be the visit of the Philadelphia team to this country . It will last from the first or second week in June to the end of July , and already arrangements have been made for it to play matches with Lancashire , Cambridge I ' niversity , Sussex , Middlesex , Yorkshire , Hampshire , Gloucestershire , Somersetshire , Kent , and Surrey . There will also be a match with M . C . C . and Ground .
BRO . THE HON . SIR EDMUND MONSON , the newly-appointed British Ambassador to the French Republic , visited M . Felix Faure , President , at the Palace of the Elyse ; , on Tuesday , for the purpose of presenting his credentials . The visit was made with the usual observances , the Ambassador and his staff being in full uniform , and being conveyed to the palace in State carriages furnished by the French Government , and under the usual military escort . The ceremony , though formal , was of a very cordial character , and after his Excellency had returned to the Embassy , our Ambassador called upon the Foreign Minister , M . Hanotaux . The passage of the Ambassador to and from the Elyse ' -e was thronged by a large concourse of spectators .
A GRAND MASONIC SERVICE is to be held in the Parish Church of All Saints , Dalrr , eny-ioad , Tufnell Park , N ., by permission of the vicar , the Rev . Bro . VV . J . Hccking . on Sunday next , the 13 th inst ., at 3 . 30 p . m . Bro . the Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair , D . D ., P . G . C , has kindly consented to preach the sermon . The brethren , of whe m a large number have promised to attend , will appear in Arch and Craft clothing .
ire irusic will be of an exceptional character . During the collection Miss Emily Davies will sing " Let the bright Seraphim . " One of Ihe objectsof the service is to raise a fund fcr the building of a scup kitchen for the 5000 poor of Upper Holloway . Masons and their flier ds desiring to attend the service are requested to apply to Bro . James Terry , P . G . S . B ., 143 , Tufnell Pack-toad , N ., as admission will be by ticket only .
FIRE AT THE MITRE HOTEL , HAMPTON COURT . —Between two and three o'clock cn VVednesday morning smoke and sparks were noticed by a policeman from the Bargewalk issuing fiom that part of the Mitre Hotel which faces towards the river . Within a very lew minutes Superintendent Moorman and eight men of the Palace Fire Brigade weie cn the spot with the hcse cart , and a jet of water was soon playing on the flames . It was found that the fire had broken out in a sitting-room immediately over the suite
uicd for Masonic gatherings , and the cause was a wooden beam under the hearth stone . It evidently had been smouldering for a considerable time and at last burst out into flame . Altogether the damage is estimated at between £ 250 and £ 300 . Mrs . Sadler was naturally much alarmed , but her anxiety was soon allayed , and as few lodges meet at her house in the winter months , there will be no inteference with Masonic gatherings , or any other department of the business .
A FAREWELL DINNER to Bro . S . Punter , late Colour-Sergeant E Company of the 2 nd London Rifles , took place on Saturday last , the 5 th inst ., at the City Restaurant , Sergeant W . J . Busby in the chair . Ihe dinner , which was admirably served , was succeeded by an excellent programme of music , adding largely to the success of the evening . Ihe Chairman in proposing " The Health of our late Colour-Sergeant , " paid a high tribute to the efficient manner in which he had performed his duties during the
many years he had carried the colours . I he presentation was then made by Sergeant J . H . Moiris , of a handsomely fashioned 18 carat gold watch chain , as a souvenir from the membeis of the E Company upon his retirement . Bro . Punter , in replying , stated that it was with very great regret that he found it necessary to sever his connection with the regiment , and whilst thanking them for their kindness he desired to be held in remembrance by the Company , and he signified his intention of offering three prizes , lo be shot for annually by the members of each section .
Masonic And General Tidings.
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT had not sufficiently recovered from his recent bronchial attack to be able to visit head-quarters at Aldershot , while the Duchess , who had also been indisposed , has only just been able to quit her apartments . H . M . THE Q UEEN has sent a donation of £ 10 ios . to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children . This is the tenth donation of the same amount which her Majesty has sent to the society .
A HALL in aid of the funds of the Home for Deserted Mothers and Children , Carltonvale , Kilburn , of which Lady Jeune is the Hon . Secretary , will be held by permission of the Benchers , in Lincoln ' s Inn Hall , on Wednesday , the * -rd February next .
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK are expected to arrive at Welbeck on Monday next , on a visit to Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Portland , who will entertain a distinguished house party on the occasion . The festivities will include a grand ball , to which about Soo guests have been invited . THERE WERE present amongst other ministers at the Cabinet Council held at the Foreign Office , on Monday , Bros . A . Akers-Douglas , Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ) , Sir M . Hicks-Beach , Bart . ( Chancellor of the Exchequer ) , the Duke of Devonshire , Lord George Hamilton , W . H . Long , and Sir M . White Ridley , Bart .
THE REGISTRAR GENERAL ' RETURNS for last week show that the mortality rate in London still compares favourably with that of the 33 large towns , being 1 S . 9 per 1000 for the former and 19 . 4 for the latter . Influenza is making a steady but sure inroad on the health of the Metropolis , the fatal cases last week being 19 , or nearly double the number registered a month ago .
Bro . SIR J B . MONCKTON presided as Returning Officer at a statutory meeting held at Guildhall on Monday , when Messrs . G . B . Lardner ( River Pilot ) , G . T . Ovenden ( Cinque Ports Pilot ) , and T . IT . Lygo ( Channel Pilot ) , were elected the first members of the newly-created Pilotage Committee , Mr . G . Elliott Bromage , Deputy Chairman of the Shipowners' Society , having been previously elected as the Shipowners ' representation on the Committee .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES will open on the afternoon of Tuesday , the 22 nd inst ., the _ Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory of the Royal Institution , founded by Dr . Ludwi g Mond , F . R . S ., as a memorial of Davy and Faraday . The ceremony will take place in the theatre of the Royal Institution , where by de ire of his Royal Highness Professor Dewar will , after the opening ceremony , show experiments illustrative of the use of liquid air in scientific research .
SIR CHARLES TUPPER , formerly High Commissioner for Canada in this country and lately Premier of the Dominion , was entertained at luncheon by the United Empire Trade League at the Westminster Palace Hotel on Tuesday , the chair being occupied by the Right Hon . James Lowther , M . P ., while among the guests were Bro . the Earl ot Kilmorey , Lord Masham , Sir David Tennant , Agent General for the Cape of Good Hope , and Bro . Sir H . Vincent , M . P .
PRINCESS CHRISTIAN OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN , attended by Baroness von Egloffstain and Col . the Hon . Charles Elliot , visited on Tuesday morning the winter sale of the Working Ladies' Guild , for which Bro . Lord Brassey had lent the Indian Museum in his house in Park Lane , Her Royal Highness was recei ved by the Marchioness of Headfort , the Countess of Lytton , Lady Alice Leslie , Lady Cunningham , and other ladies , and went straight to the stalls and made several purchases .
THE EARL OF ROSEBERY presided at a meeting held under the auspices of the London Reform Union , in Queen ' s HaU , Langham Place , on Monday , when Bro . Sir Walter Besant delivered afTextremely interesting lecture on " London ; its History and Greatness . " Among those present were Bro . the Earl of Carrington , Sir Arthur and Lady Arnold , and several members of the London County Council , together with General Sir Andrew Clarke , Baron Halkett , Bro . and Mrs . Passmore Edwards , and others .
ON THE SQUARE . —The Christmas number of the Freemason , containing So pages of most valuable contributions by the leading literati of the Craft , is a budget that ought to be possessed by every member . It is , moreover , profusely illustrated , and is accompanied by a presentation plate of life-like portraits of the Provincial Grand Misters of England . This plate alone is worth the cost of the number . It is bound to have an immense sale , and will doubtless soon run out of print . Therefore "to order , brethren . " —Clarke ' s Guernsey News .
WE HAVE very much pleasure in announcing that the sum of £ 21 has been received by the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , being the share assigned it ot the proceeds of the offertory at the recent Masonic service at Hatcham in behalf of the Masonic Charities . We have also to announce—and with eejual pleasure—that the sum of £ 6 5 s . 4 d . has been received by the same Institution , being its share of the proceeds of the offertory at a Masonic service held at Middleton , Lancashire , in behalf of the same Charities , under the aujpices of the Imperial George Lodge , No . 7 S , which meets in that town .
ST . COLUMBA ' S COLLEGE , Rathfarnham , one of the most important educational institutions in Ireland , was almost entirely destroyed by fire early on Monday . One of the masters was roused from sleep by the smell of smoke , and at once woke the other masters and the students . It was soon discovered that they were all in deadly peril , as the whole of the lower portion of the building was on fire and the flames were rapidly
rising . Bed clothing was accordingly thrown out of the windows upon the pavement below , and then masters and students jumped from the windows , ail escaping * injury but one pupil , who slightly sprained one of his limbs . The new portion of the College , which was only opened by the late Archbishop of Canterbury during the visit he paid to Dublin shortly before his death , was destroyed , and , unfortunately , was not insured , but the loss caused by the destruction of the older portion was covered in this respect .
A MOST INTERESTING musical service in connection with the Strangeways Lodge , No . 1219 , took place at All Saints' Church , Oxford-street , Manchester , on the afternoon of Sunday , the 29 th ult . The brethren assembled in the Board Room of the Chorlton Dispensary , opposite the church , at 2 . 30 p . m . Upwards of So brethren , representing over 30 lodges and chapters attended . A procession was formed and proceeded to the chrch
u , entering by the principal gateway in Oxford-street , and thence by the main entrance to the church . The service was sung by the Rev . D . Ellison , rector , and the lesson was read by Bro . B . Whitwam / W . M . The sermon was preached by Bro . the Rev . J . W . Challenor , A . K . C , P . G . Chaplain , rector of Christ Church , Moss Side . A collection was made on behalf of Masonic Charities . There was a fairly good congregation .
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS . —The Great Western Railway issue tickets at their City and West-end offices , and this arrangement cannot fail to be a boon to those travellers who desire to avoid the trouble of obtaining tickets at a crowded railway station , particulaily at holiday times , and the booking office at Paddington Station will be open all day fortheissueof tickets on December iSth , ioth , 21 st , 22 nd , 23 rcl , and 74 th . Ordinary tickets obtained
in London between December iSth and 24 th will be available for me on any day between and including those days—see Advt . In order to meet the extraordinary demands upon the company's resources occasioned by the enormous parcel traffic despatched both from and to London at Christmas lime , special fast trains carrying parcels only , and calling at the principal intermediate stations , will run between London and Plymouth , Birkenhead , Worcester , and New Miiford .
' * t DREAMT THAT I DWELT IN MARBLE HALLS " will be the pleasing fancy to every one who lirst crosses the threshold of the gorgeous Trocadero Restaurant , which now holds such a proud and enviable position in the " New London " starting into life round and about Piccadilly Circus . But instead of the " vassals and serfs " of the old song we shall lind a warm and hospitable welcome from the courteous and spirited proprietors , Messrs . J . Lyons and Co ., Limited , and the proverbial attention and personal comfort ever extended to the public by these well-known caterers and
restaurateurs . The basement lloor isf devoted to the grill room , with the buffet , smoking , reading , and billiard rorm-i . The entrance floor is occupied by the grand restaurant , with its golden minstrel and great gallery in the style of Louis Quatocze , and attached to the gold hall and gallery is a splendid adjacent saloon in the style of Louis Quinze . Small but deliciously cosy dining rooms surround these splendid public rooms . The lirst lloor of the new Trocadero is another welcome surprise , consisting as it does of a
ball room , a banqueting hall in the Empire period—a most admirable reproduction—and an ante-room in the style of Louis Treize . On the gallery level , at the top of the grand staircase , will be found a reception room , again in the style of Louis Treize ; a magnificent Masonic lodge in the period of Francois Premier , with , of course , the necessary ante-rooms for the comfort and convenience of the brethren of the Craft . Full particulars can be had on application at the Trocadero , Piccadilly Circus .
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
H . R . H . THK P RINCE OK WALES arrived at Hall Barn on Tuesday evening on a visit to Bro . Sir Edward Lawson . AMONG the Queen ' s guests at Windsor Castle on Tuesday , were the Duke and Duchess of Teck , Bro . the Earl and Countess of Lathom , and the Dean of Windsor . WE REGRET to hear that Bro . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , M . P ., was prevented from paying his contemplated visit to Bristol on Thursday in consequence of the very serious illness of his mother .
THE D UCHESS OF YORK left Sandringham for _ I-ondon on Monday afternoon , while later in the day the Duke travelled by special train to Holkham Hall , on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Leicester . THE LADY M AYORESS ' S J uvenile Fancy Dress Ball at the Mansion House has been fixed for Monday , the iSth January . The ages of the children will be strictly limited to between six and 14 years .
THE OUEEN ' S REIGN . —Dunbar , Dec . Sth . — -At a meeting of the City Corporation to-day a resolution was passed in favour of the erection of a statue to Queen Victoria in commemoration of her Majesty ' s long reign .
THE COURT of the Fanmakers' Company , at the instance of Bro . H . H . Crawford , City Solicitor , have decided to hold a competition Fan Exhibition next summer , and the Drapers' Company have very considerately granted the use of their hall for three weeks for the purpose . WE REGRET that in the concluding paragraph of our description in the Christmas Number of the Freemason of Ihe " Sutton Masonic Hall , " we should have given Bro , " W . Williams , P . M ., P . G . Treasurer Surrey , " as the Chairman of the directors . We should have written "Bro . VV . Pile . "
PRINCE AVD PRINCESS CHARLES OF DENMARK will leave Marlborough House for Copenhagen towards the end of next week , and will make a stay of several months in the Danish capital . A large suite of apartments in the palace of their uncle , the King of the Hellenes , has been furnished and decorated as a residence for them .
His EXCELLENCY MR . T . F . BAYARD , the American Ambassador in London , has written to the Dail y Telegraph resfectfully declining the testimonial which that journal started , and whiJh was intended to serve as a recognition of the services he had rendered in his Ambassadorial capacity to the United Kingdom and the United States .
THE PRINCESS LOUISE , Marchioness of Lome , who was accompanied by the Marquis of Lome , opened the annual sale of work in aid of the Church Army , at the Portman Rooms on Monday . Her Royal Highness was received by the Committee , and at the conclusion of the brief ceremony was cordially thanked for her kindness in attending .
THE LORD MAYOR has received from Bro . A . Akers-Douglas , H . M . 's First Commissioner of Works , the customary warrants for the killing and delivery of four fat does from Bushey Paik . Similar warrants have been issued to the Sheriffs for three , and for one each to the Recorder , Chamberlain , Town Clerk , Common Serjeant , and Remembrancer .
THE " FREEMASON " ccmcs out with a Christmas number and plate , with portraits of the several Provincial Grand Masters of England . The number contains a large amount of interesting information in addition to several capitally written stories and sketches . There are illustrations of some rare certificates , & c , altogether a very interesting number . —Tunbridge Wells Gazette .
BRO . EDWARD TERRY has been writing to the papers contradicting what he calls the " absurd " report that he is about to retire from the stage and give up management . Bro . Terry states that he is going to visit America next spring , and that in the meantime he intends giving performances of " Love in Idleness , " preceded by Mrs . Beringer ' s adaptation of " The Holly Tree Inn , " at a series of matinees , commencing on Monday , the 2 Sth inst .
THE DUCHESS OF ALBANY has promised to attend a meeting which will beheld at the Mansion House , on the 22 nd March , 1 S 97 , under the presidency of the Lord Mayor , in aid of the British and Foreign Sailors' Society , to publicly inaugurate the Ladies' Guild , cf which the Duchess cf York and Duchess of Fife are patronesses , and to transfoim the old Board of Trade offices just secured by the society at the corner of West India Dock-road , into the Albert Victor Sailors' Rest .
THE SECRETARIES of the several County Cricket Clubs met togetherat Lord ' s on Tuesday and arranged , as far as possible , the principal fixtures for next year . A prominent feature of the 1 S 97 cricket season will be the visit of the Philadelphia team to this country . It will last from the first or second week in June to the end of July , and already arrangements have been made for it to play matches with Lancashire , Cambridge I ' niversity , Sussex , Middlesex , Yorkshire , Hampshire , Gloucestershire , Somersetshire , Kent , and Surrey . There will also be a match with M . C . C . and Ground .
BRO . THE HON . SIR EDMUND MONSON , the newly-appointed British Ambassador to the French Republic , visited M . Felix Faure , President , at the Palace of the Elyse ; , on Tuesday , for the purpose of presenting his credentials . The visit was made with the usual observances , the Ambassador and his staff being in full uniform , and being conveyed to the palace in State carriages furnished by the French Government , and under the usual military escort . The ceremony , though formal , was of a very cordial character , and after his Excellency had returned to the Embassy , our Ambassador called upon the Foreign Minister , M . Hanotaux . The passage of the Ambassador to and from the Elyse ' -e was thronged by a large concourse of spectators .
A GRAND MASONIC SERVICE is to be held in the Parish Church of All Saints , Dalrr , eny-ioad , Tufnell Park , N ., by permission of the vicar , the Rev . Bro . VV . J . Hccking . on Sunday next , the 13 th inst ., at 3 . 30 p . m . Bro . the Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair , D . D ., P . G . C , has kindly consented to preach the sermon . The brethren , of whe m a large number have promised to attend , will appear in Arch and Craft clothing .
ire irusic will be of an exceptional character . During the collection Miss Emily Davies will sing " Let the bright Seraphim . " One of Ihe objectsof the service is to raise a fund fcr the building of a scup kitchen for the 5000 poor of Upper Holloway . Masons and their flier ds desiring to attend the service are requested to apply to Bro . James Terry , P . G . S . B ., 143 , Tufnell Pack-toad , N ., as admission will be by ticket only .
FIRE AT THE MITRE HOTEL , HAMPTON COURT . —Between two and three o'clock cn VVednesday morning smoke and sparks were noticed by a policeman from the Bargewalk issuing fiom that part of the Mitre Hotel which faces towards the river . Within a very lew minutes Superintendent Moorman and eight men of the Palace Fire Brigade weie cn the spot with the hcse cart , and a jet of water was soon playing on the flames . It was found that the fire had broken out in a sitting-room immediately over the suite
uicd for Masonic gatherings , and the cause was a wooden beam under the hearth stone . It evidently had been smouldering for a considerable time and at last burst out into flame . Altogether the damage is estimated at between £ 250 and £ 300 . Mrs . Sadler was naturally much alarmed , but her anxiety was soon allayed , and as few lodges meet at her house in the winter months , there will be no inteference with Masonic gatherings , or any other department of the business .
A FAREWELL DINNER to Bro . S . Punter , late Colour-Sergeant E Company of the 2 nd London Rifles , took place on Saturday last , the 5 th inst ., at the City Restaurant , Sergeant W . J . Busby in the chair . Ihe dinner , which was admirably served , was succeeded by an excellent programme of music , adding largely to the success of the evening . Ihe Chairman in proposing " The Health of our late Colour-Sergeant , " paid a high tribute to the efficient manner in which he had performed his duties during the
many years he had carried the colours . I he presentation was then made by Sergeant J . H . Moiris , of a handsomely fashioned 18 carat gold watch chain , as a souvenir from the membeis of the E Company upon his retirement . Bro . Punter , in replying , stated that it was with very great regret that he found it necessary to sever his connection with the regiment , and whilst thanking them for their kindness he desired to be held in remembrance by the Company , and he signified his intention of offering three prizes , lo be shot for annually by the members of each section .
Masonic And General Tidings.
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT had not sufficiently recovered from his recent bronchial attack to be able to visit head-quarters at Aldershot , while the Duchess , who had also been indisposed , has only just been able to quit her apartments . H . M . THE Q UEEN has sent a donation of £ 10 ios . to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children . This is the tenth donation of the same amount which her Majesty has sent to the society .
A HALL in aid of the funds of the Home for Deserted Mothers and Children , Carltonvale , Kilburn , of which Lady Jeune is the Hon . Secretary , will be held by permission of the Benchers , in Lincoln ' s Inn Hall , on Wednesday , the * -rd February next .
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK are expected to arrive at Welbeck on Monday next , on a visit to Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Portland , who will entertain a distinguished house party on the occasion . The festivities will include a grand ball , to which about Soo guests have been invited . THERE WERE present amongst other ministers at the Cabinet Council held at the Foreign Office , on Monday , Bros . A . Akers-Douglas , Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ) , Sir M . Hicks-Beach , Bart . ( Chancellor of the Exchequer ) , the Duke of Devonshire , Lord George Hamilton , W . H . Long , and Sir M . White Ridley , Bart .
THE REGISTRAR GENERAL ' RETURNS for last week show that the mortality rate in London still compares favourably with that of the 33 large towns , being 1 S . 9 per 1000 for the former and 19 . 4 for the latter . Influenza is making a steady but sure inroad on the health of the Metropolis , the fatal cases last week being 19 , or nearly double the number registered a month ago .
Bro . SIR J B . MONCKTON presided as Returning Officer at a statutory meeting held at Guildhall on Monday , when Messrs . G . B . Lardner ( River Pilot ) , G . T . Ovenden ( Cinque Ports Pilot ) , and T . IT . Lygo ( Channel Pilot ) , were elected the first members of the newly-created Pilotage Committee , Mr . G . Elliott Bromage , Deputy Chairman of the Shipowners' Society , having been previously elected as the Shipowners ' representation on the Committee .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES will open on the afternoon of Tuesday , the 22 nd inst ., the _ Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory of the Royal Institution , founded by Dr . Ludwi g Mond , F . R . S ., as a memorial of Davy and Faraday . The ceremony will take place in the theatre of the Royal Institution , where by de ire of his Royal Highness Professor Dewar will , after the opening ceremony , show experiments illustrative of the use of liquid air in scientific research .
SIR CHARLES TUPPER , formerly High Commissioner for Canada in this country and lately Premier of the Dominion , was entertained at luncheon by the United Empire Trade League at the Westminster Palace Hotel on Tuesday , the chair being occupied by the Right Hon . James Lowther , M . P ., while among the guests were Bro . the Earl ot Kilmorey , Lord Masham , Sir David Tennant , Agent General for the Cape of Good Hope , and Bro . Sir H . Vincent , M . P .
PRINCESS CHRISTIAN OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN , attended by Baroness von Egloffstain and Col . the Hon . Charles Elliot , visited on Tuesday morning the winter sale of the Working Ladies' Guild , for which Bro . Lord Brassey had lent the Indian Museum in his house in Park Lane , Her Royal Highness was recei ved by the Marchioness of Headfort , the Countess of Lytton , Lady Alice Leslie , Lady Cunningham , and other ladies , and went straight to the stalls and made several purchases .
THE EARL OF ROSEBERY presided at a meeting held under the auspices of the London Reform Union , in Queen ' s HaU , Langham Place , on Monday , when Bro . Sir Walter Besant delivered afTextremely interesting lecture on " London ; its History and Greatness . " Among those present were Bro . the Earl of Carrington , Sir Arthur and Lady Arnold , and several members of the London County Council , together with General Sir Andrew Clarke , Baron Halkett , Bro . and Mrs . Passmore Edwards , and others .
ON THE SQUARE . —The Christmas number of the Freemason , containing So pages of most valuable contributions by the leading literati of the Craft , is a budget that ought to be possessed by every member . It is , moreover , profusely illustrated , and is accompanied by a presentation plate of life-like portraits of the Provincial Grand Misters of England . This plate alone is worth the cost of the number . It is bound to have an immense sale , and will doubtless soon run out of print . Therefore "to order , brethren . " —Clarke ' s Guernsey News .
WE HAVE very much pleasure in announcing that the sum of £ 21 has been received by the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , being the share assigned it ot the proceeds of the offertory at the recent Masonic service at Hatcham in behalf of the Masonic Charities . We have also to announce—and with eejual pleasure—that the sum of £ 6 5 s . 4 d . has been received by the same Institution , being its share of the proceeds of the offertory at a Masonic service held at Middleton , Lancashire , in behalf of the same Charities , under the aujpices of the Imperial George Lodge , No . 7 S , which meets in that town .
ST . COLUMBA ' S COLLEGE , Rathfarnham , one of the most important educational institutions in Ireland , was almost entirely destroyed by fire early on Monday . One of the masters was roused from sleep by the smell of smoke , and at once woke the other masters and the students . It was soon discovered that they were all in deadly peril , as the whole of the lower portion of the building was on fire and the flames were rapidly
rising . Bed clothing was accordingly thrown out of the windows upon the pavement below , and then masters and students jumped from the windows , ail escaping * injury but one pupil , who slightly sprained one of his limbs . The new portion of the College , which was only opened by the late Archbishop of Canterbury during the visit he paid to Dublin shortly before his death , was destroyed , and , unfortunately , was not insured , but the loss caused by the destruction of the older portion was covered in this respect .
A MOST INTERESTING musical service in connection with the Strangeways Lodge , No . 1219 , took place at All Saints' Church , Oxford-street , Manchester , on the afternoon of Sunday , the 29 th ult . The brethren assembled in the Board Room of the Chorlton Dispensary , opposite the church , at 2 . 30 p . m . Upwards of So brethren , representing over 30 lodges and chapters attended . A procession was formed and proceeded to the chrch
u , entering by the principal gateway in Oxford-street , and thence by the main entrance to the church . The service was sung by the Rev . D . Ellison , rector , and the lesson was read by Bro . B . Whitwam / W . M . The sermon was preached by Bro . the Rev . J . W . Challenor , A . K . C , P . G . Chaplain , rector of Christ Church , Moss Side . A collection was made on behalf of Masonic Charities . There was a fairly good congregation .
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS . —The Great Western Railway issue tickets at their City and West-end offices , and this arrangement cannot fail to be a boon to those travellers who desire to avoid the trouble of obtaining tickets at a crowded railway station , particulaily at holiday times , and the booking office at Paddington Station will be open all day fortheissueof tickets on December iSth , ioth , 21 st , 22 nd , 23 rcl , and 74 th . Ordinary tickets obtained
in London between December iSth and 24 th will be available for me on any day between and including those days—see Advt . In order to meet the extraordinary demands upon the company's resources occasioned by the enormous parcel traffic despatched both from and to London at Christmas lime , special fast trains carrying parcels only , and calling at the principal intermediate stations , will run between London and Plymouth , Birkenhead , Worcester , and New Miiford .
' * t DREAMT THAT I DWELT IN MARBLE HALLS " will be the pleasing fancy to every one who lirst crosses the threshold of the gorgeous Trocadero Restaurant , which now holds such a proud and enviable position in the " New London " starting into life round and about Piccadilly Circus . But instead of the " vassals and serfs " of the old song we shall lind a warm and hospitable welcome from the courteous and spirited proprietors , Messrs . J . Lyons and Co ., Limited , and the proverbial attention and personal comfort ever extended to the public by these well-known caterers and
restaurateurs . The basement lloor isf devoted to the grill room , with the buffet , smoking , reading , and billiard rorm-i . The entrance floor is occupied by the grand restaurant , with its golden minstrel and great gallery in the style of Louis Quatocze , and attached to the gold hall and gallery is a splendid adjacent saloon in the style of Louis Quinze . Small but deliciously cosy dining rooms surround these splendid public rooms . The lirst lloor of the new Trocadero is another welcome surprise , consisting as it does of a
ball room , a banqueting hall in the Empire period—a most admirable reproduction—and an ante-room in the style of Louis Treize . On the gallery level , at the top of the grand staircase , will be found a reception room , again in the style of Louis Treize ; a magnificent Masonic lodge in the period of Francois Premier , with , of course , the necessary ante-rooms for the comfort and convenience of the brethren of the Craft . Full particulars can be had on application at the Trocadero , Piccadilly Circus .