Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

The lodge of instruction in connection with the Finsbury Park Lodge , No . 1288 , meets every Wednesday evening , at eight o ' clock , at Bro . T . Meekham ' s , Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-road , Canonbury . We learn from the Dail y News that a movement is on foot for a presentation to Mr . George Grove on the occasion of his retirement from the Board of the

Crystal Palace Company . The value of the services which he has rendered to music and musical literature during his long connection with the Saturday Winter Concerts is well known . At the next meeting of the Duke of Cornwall Lodge , No . 1839 , on tne 2 5 ' > nst > > tne Grand Sec , Bro . Lieut ^ -Col . Shadwell Clerke , will deliver the lecture on the

Second Tracing Board . The lodge meets at Freemasons ' Hall , W . C , and will be opened at six o ' clock p . m . Brethren are invited to attend . Bro . the Rev . H . A . Pickard , P . G . C ., brother of the late Colonel A . F . Pickard , C . B ., V . C ., R . A ., had the honour of an interview with Her Majesty on Monday last .

We regret to hear that Bro . G . R . Sims , the well-known journalist , son of Bro . G . Sims , CC . 1657 , is in ill-health . The Brewers' Company have made a grant of twenty guineas towards the purchase of books for the St . Fancras Free Library .

Bro . Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott ( Lord Mayor of London ) has , we learn from the City Press , consented to stand for Gravesend at the general election . Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , accompanied by the Duchess , visited the Graphic Gallery of " Beauty , " at 14 , Graf ton-street , on Wednesday last .

Bro . W . F . Vernon , P . M ., continues in the March number of the " Masonic Magazine " a paper on " TheRecords of an Antient Lodge . " Bro . W . J . Hughan , a well-known writer , supplies a further instalment of an article on " The Old Charges of the British Freemasons . " H . C . Appleby contributes a story entitled ' ¦ The Mystic Chord , " and Bro . T . B . Trowsdale a short essay on

" Church Bells and their Associations . " The rest of the literary matter is of average interest . —Sunday Times . "We are asked to state that the meetings of the Islington Lodge of Instruction , hitherto held at 66 , Gresham-strcet , will in future take place at thc Moorgate Station Restaurant every Tuesday evening , at seven o'clock . The North London Chapter of Improvement ,

No . 1471 , hold its meetings at the J olly Farmers . Southgate-ioad , N ., every Thursday evening , at eight o ' clock . The Earl of Derby presided on Wednesday , the I ith inst ., at the annual meeting of the Royal Literary Fund , when the report read showed that in 1879 £ 47 ° , had been disbursed , and a balance of £ 944 carried forward . Of the grants made £ 465 had been given to

authors classed under the heading " History and Biography ; " £ 305 to devotees of science and art ; and £ S $ to poets ; and a like sum to writers on Biblical subjects . There were thirty-six recipients of the bounty of the fund , of whom twenty-six were men , and ten women . The Lord Chancellor and the Earl of Dufferin were elected Vice-Presidents , and a vote of thanks was passed to Earl Derb y

for his services as President . A new Press Club to be primarily confined to " working journalists , " and which will be supported by the editors of the principal daily papers , is about to be started in the neighbourhood of Covent Garden . —City Press . The " Art Journal " has the following notice

of a statue of Archdeacon Musgrave , the work of Mr . Day Keyworth , son of our much respecteed Bro . Keyworth of Leeds . Of the late venerable Archdeacon Musgrave , D . D ., the same artist has just finished in statuary marble , a recumbent statue , to be placed in the parish church , Halifax . The subscribers to this memorial have reason to be pleased with their choice of an aitist ; for , whether we

regard the happy way in which he has caught the benign expression of the reverend doctor ' s face , thc repose of the figure , or the treatment of the drapery , we cannot help regarding this as Mr . Day Keyworth ' s most successful effort in monumental statuary , and we say this with the full recollection of the recumbent figure of another eminent divine , which we noticed in laudatory terms last year . —

Art Journal , November , 1879 . Bro . Captain Webb has accomplished his arduous task of swimming continuousl y for a period of sixty hours . The Sheffield Telegraph , says that Sir H . Edwards , Provincial Grand Master , West Yorkshire , has offered to the Rev . Canon Blakeney the office of Provincial

Grand Chaplin of that province . Dr . Blakeney will no doubt accept the honour . The second edition of thc Cosmopolitan Masonic Pocket Book , containing lists of lodges , chapters , and every information relating to Freemasonry of every Degree , is now ready , price , post free , 2 s . id . Office , 198 , Fleet-street , London . —ADVT .

HOLLOWAY ' S OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Sudden changes of temperature sorely try all persons pione to rheumatism , sciatica , tic dolorenx . and many maladies scarcely les « painful though of longer duration . On the lirst attack of stillness or suffering in any muscle , joint , or nerve , recourse should immediately be bad to fomcnlinn the seat of disease with hot brine and rubbing in this

remarkable Ointment , which will assuage the uneasiness of the part , subdue inflammation , and reduce the swelling . The Pills simultaneously taken will rectify constitutional disturbances , and renew Ihe strength . No remedy heretofore discovered has proved so effective as thc Ointment and Pills for removing gouty , rheumatic , and scrofulous attacks , which afflict all ag « , and are commonly hereditary . [ ADVT . ]

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

For the Week ending Friday , March 19 , 1880 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place , day , or month of meeting .

SATURDAY , MARCH 13 . Lodge 108 , London , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 1 73 , Phoenix , F . M . H . „ 176 , Caveac , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 1328 , Granite , F . M . H . „ 1426 , Thc Great City , Cannon-st . Hot . ,, 1671 , Mizpah , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 174 ? , Perseverar . ee , Imperial H ., Holborn Viaduct .

LODGES OE INSTRUCTION . Manchester , 17 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq ., at 8 . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd ., at 7 . Percy , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N . ( at 8 . Eccleston , King ' s Head , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico . Sphinx , Stirling Castle , Camberwell .

MONDAY , MARCH 15 . Lodge 1 , Grand Masters , F . M . Tav . „ 8 , British , F . M . H . „ a 1 , Emulation , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st .

„ 185 , Tranquillity , Guildhall Tav . „ 7 20 , Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham . „ 862 , Whittington , F . M . H . „ 901 , City of London , Guildhall Tar . „ 1159 , Marquis of Dalhousie , F . M . H .

11 I 5 _ 7 i St - Peter , Westminster , Regent M . H ., W . Chap . 12 , Prudence , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . K . T . 127 , Bard of Avon , 33 , Golden-sq ., W .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Neptune , Warrior Hot ., Brixton , at 7 . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond , at 7 . London Masonic Club , 101 , Queen Victoria-st ., E . C , at 6 . Wcl'ington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford , 8 to 10 . St . John , Gun Hot ., Wapping , 8 till 10 . Prince Leopold . Mitford Tav ., Sandringham-rd , Dalston , 7 . 30

Strong Man , Old Rodney ' s Head , Old-st ., E . C . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station , at 7 . Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camden Town , at 8 . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-rd ., at 8 . St . James's Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithr , at 8 . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd ., at 8 .

Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney , 8 . Loughborough , CambriaTav ., Loughborough June , at 7 . 30 Hyde Park , The Westbourne , 1 , Craven-rd ., at 8 . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . West Kent , Forest-hill Hot ., Forest-hill , at 7 . 30 . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Royal Hill , Greenwich , at 7 . Doric Chapter , 248 , Globe-rd ., Mile End-rd ., at 8 .

Royal Commemoration , R . Hot ., High-st ., Putney , 8 till 10 . British Oak , Bank of Friendship Tav ., Mile End . Eastern Star , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd ., 7 . 30 . High Cross , Coach and Horses , Lower Tottenham , at 8 . St . Mark's , S . M . H ., Camberwell New-rd . John Hervey , Albion Hall , London Wall , at 8 . New Finsbury Park , P „ msoll Arms . St . Thomas-rd ., N ., at 8 .

TUESDAY , MARCH 16 . Board of General Purposes , at 4 . Lodge 30 , United Mariners , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . „ 73 , Mount Lebanon , Bridge House Hot . „ 95 , Eastern Star , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 162 , Cadogan , F . M . H . „ 194 , St . Paul ' s , Cannon-st . Hot . 11 43 Si Salisbury , F . M . H .

„ 704 , Camden , Bull and Gate , Kentish Town . „ 8 57 , St . Mark ' s , S . M . H . „ 1420 , Earl Spencer , Swan Hot ., Battersea O . Bdge . 11 16331 Canterbury , 33 , Golden-sq . Chap . 46 , Old Union , Albion , Aldersgate-st . 11 933 i Doric , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . Mark 238 , Prince Leopold , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . Rose Croix 72 , Canterbury , 33 , Colden-sq .

LODOES or INSTRUCTION . Pilgrim , F . M . H ., 1 st and last Tues . Metropolitan , Moorgate-st . Station Restaurant , at 7 . 30 . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 7 . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road , at 7 . 30 . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st ., S . W ., at 8 . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood , at 7 .

Prosperity , Hercule . x ' av ., Leadenhall-st , at j . 30 . Dalhousie , The Sisters' Tav ., Pownall-rd ., Dalston , E ., 7 . 30 Florence Nightingale , M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich , 7 . 30 . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe-road . Wandsworth , Star and Garter Hot ., Wandsworth , at 7 . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-road , Battersea , at 8 .

Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone , at 8 . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe , at 8 . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping , at 8 . Islington , Moorgate Station Restaurant , at 7 . Leopold , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., Bermondsey , at 8 . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' ., at 8 . Duke of Connaught , Palmerston Arms , Grosvenor Park , 8 .

Sir Hugh Myddelton , 162 , St . John's-st .-rd ,, at 8 . St . Marylebone , Eyre Arms , Finchley-rd ., at 8 Corinthian , George Hot ., Millwall Docks , at 7 . Henley , Three Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 . 30 . Royal Naval College , Greenwich Hospital Schools , at 8 . Eleanor , Angel Hot ., Edmonton . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill .

WEDNESDAY , MARCH 17 . Lodge of Grand Stewards . „ 140 , St . George's , Trafalgar Hot ., Greenwich . „ 174 , Sincerity , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . „ 190 , Oak , F . M . H . „ 700 , Nelson , M . H ., William-St ., Woolwich ,

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

Lodge 9 69 , Maybury , Inns of Court Hot ,, Lincoln's Inn . „ 1044 , Wandsworth , Lecture Hall , NewWandswort _ „ 1150 , Buckingham and Chandos , F . M . H . „ 1349 . Friars , Cheshire Cheese Crutchedfriars . „ 1382 , Corinthian , George Hot ., Cubitt Town .

„ 1 ,. 07 , Metropolitan , Anderton's Hot ., Fieet-st . ,, 1624 , Eccleston , Grosvenor Hall , Pimlico . „ 1629 , United , F . M . H . „ 1673 , Langton , 101 , O-ueen Victoria-st . Mark 144 , Grosvenor , 68 , Regent-st ., W .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-st ., 7 till 9 . New Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at 8 . Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Newington Causeway , 8 . Pythagorean , Portland Hot ., Greenwich , at 8 . Burdett Coutts , Salmon and Ball , Bethnal Green-rd ., at 8 . 30 . La Tolerance , 2 , Maddox-st ., W ., at 7 . 45 .

Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-rd ., Peckham , at 8 . Finsbury Park , Aiwyne Castle , St . Paul's-road , N . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park , at 8 . Dukeof Connaught , Ryl . Edward Hot ., Mare-st ., Hackney , 8 . United Strength , Hope & Anchor , Crcwndale-rd ,, N . W ., 8 . Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin ' s-court , Fleet-st ., at 8 .

Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre , at 8 . Langthome , Swan Hot ., Stratford , at 8 . Temperance in tbeEast . George the 4 th , Ida-st ., Poplar , 7 . 30 . Thistle , M . M . M ., The Harp Tav ., at 8 . ¦ Eleanor , Troradero Hot ., Liverpool-st ., Edmonton . Zetland , Kings' Arms Hot ., High-st ., Kensington , at 8 Merchant Navy , Silver Tav ., Burdett-rd ., Limehouse , 7 . 30 .

THURSDAY , MA . RCH 18 . House Com . Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge 23 , Globe , F . M . H . ,, 49 , Gihon , Guildhall Tar ., Gresham-st . ,, 55 , Constitutional , Inns of Court Hot . „ 63 , St . Mary ' s , F . M . H .

,, 169 , Temperance , White Swan , High-st ., Deptford . „ 179 , Manchester , Auderton's Hot ., Flcet-st . „ 181 , Universal , F . M . H . * > ' . 33 i Westbourne , Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood . „ 813 , New Concord , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st .

,, 1139 , South Norwood , Singnapore P . H ., S . Norwood . „ 1278 , Burdett Coutts , Approach Tav ., Approach-rd . „ 1287 , Great Northern , F . M . H . ,, 1365 , Clapton , White Hart Tav ., Clapton . „ 1475 , Peckham , S . M . H ., Camberwell . ,, ist 2 , Hemming , Lion Hot ., Hampton .

„ 1613 , Cripplegate , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . ,, 1623 , W . Smithfield . New Market Ho _ , W . Smit _ ficld . „ 1728 , Temple Bar , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . Chap . 217 , Stability , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Earl of Chatham , Thomas-St ., Woolwich . Kent , Duke of York , Borougb-rd ., Southwark , 7 . 30 . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st ., 7 . 30 . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . C , at 8 . Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-rd . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Millbank , at 8 .

Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town , at 8 . The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue , 6 . 30 . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-rd ., Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd ., at 8 . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-St ., Oxford-st . Rose , Walmer Castle Hot ,, Peckham-rd ., at 8 .

Covent Garden , Nag ' s Head , James St ., W ., at 7 . 45 . Crusaders , St . John's Gate , Clerkenweat , at 9 . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood . United Mariners , Three Cranes Tar ., Mile End-rd ., at 8 . Vitruvian , White Hart , Belvedere-rd ., Lambeth , at 8 . Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham , 7 . 30 .

Royal Oak , Lecture Hall , High-st ., Deptford , at 8 . Capper , Three Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 . Marquis of Ripon , PembutyTav ., Amhurst-rd ., Hackney , 7 . 3 _ . Royal Albeit , White Hart Hot ., Abchurch-lane , at 7 . 30 . Victoria Park , The Two Brewers , Stratford , at 8 . West Middlesex , Feathers Hot ., Ealing , at 7 . 30 . North London Chap ., Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at 8 .

FRIDAY , MARCH 19 . House Com . Boys' School , at 4 . Lodge 6 , Friendship , Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s . „ 143 , Middlesex , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 201 , Jordan , F . M . H . „ 1704 , Anchor , Holborn Viaduct Hot . K . T . 6 , St . George ' s , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 48 , Kemeys Tynte , 33 , Golden-sq . „ 74 , Harcourt , Greyhound , Richmond .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 . Belgrave , Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st ., W ., at 8 . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . ' s ) , F . M . H ., at 7 . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victor ia-rd ., Deptford , at 8 . Metropolitan ( Victoria ) , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st ., at 7 . St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John's Wood .

Westbourne , Lord's Hotel , St . John's Wood , at 8 . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-rd ., 7 . 30 . St . James ' s , Gregorian Arms , J amaica-rd ., S . E ., at 8 . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 . Doric , 79 , Whitechapel-rd ., at 8 . Burgoyne , The Red Cap , Camden Town , N . W ., at 8 . St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King's-rd ., Chelsea , 7 . 30 .

Chigwell , Prince's Hall , Buckhurst-hill , at 8 . Royal Standard , The Alwyne Castle . St . Paul ' s-rd ., N ., at 8 . Ranelagh , Six Bells , Hammersmith-rd ., at 8 . Finsbury Park , Earl Russell , Isledon-rd ., Holloway , at 8 William Preston , FeathersTav ., Up . George-st ., Edgware-rd Earl of Carnarvon , Mitre Hot ., Golborne-rd ., Notting-Hill .

Stability , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st ., at 6 . Pythagorean Chapter , Portland Hot ., London-st ., Greenwich St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Greenwich , at 8 . Royal Alfred , Star and Garter , Kew Bridge , at 7 . 30 a Wandsworth , Star and Garter Hot ,, Wandsworth , at 7 . Clapton , White Hart Tav ., Clapton , at 7 . 30 .