Masonic And General Tidings.

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .

Bro the Marquis of Londonderry , Vice-Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron , is the seconder of Mr . VV S . Gilbert , the well-known burlesque author , as a member of the Club . The Duke of Edinburgh proposes Mr . Gilbert . Bro . Viscount Sherbrooke and Bro . the Earl of Rosebery are nominated on the Select Committee of the

House of Lords on the Stolen Goods Bill . Bro . the Earl of Rosslyn , P . G . M . Scotland , and Bro . the Fail of Mar and Kellie , G . M . Scotland , have arrived in London . Bro . the Earl of Zetland is living at I / ,

Arlington-street , having left Yorkshire . Bro . the Earl of Haddington has left Rome for the north of Italy . Bro . Viscount Powerscourt will preside at a meetin" - at the Westminster Palace Hotel , convened by the Sunday Society to further the Sunday opening of

museums . Bros . Sir F . W . Truscott , Sir Charles Whetham , Frank Green , VV . M . 1 S 27 , V . P ., B . G . P ., Mr . Alderman Nottage , Mr . Alderman Staples , and Mr . Sheriff Hanson were on the Committee of the Epping Forest Royal

Reception . Bro . JLieut .-Gen . Sir Garnet Wolseley , Adjutant-General , was invited by the Queen to dinner at Windsor Castle , on Monday . Bro . the Earl of Aberdeen lias been appointed by the Oueen High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland .

Bros , the Earl of Carnarvon , the Earl of Onslow , and Lord Granville took part in the debate on Tuesday , in the House of Lords , arising from the Bishop of London ' s Bill for the Union of City Benefices . Bros , the Earl of Lathom , Lord Carrington , G . S . W ., Viscount Powerscourt , Lord Ravensworth , the Earl of Rosebery , and the Earl of Derby were present in the House during the debate .

The Prime Minister , accompanied by his son , Mr . VV . IT . Gladstone , M . P ., Earl Powis , Lord Stuart , of Cambridge University , the Countess of Sydney , Lord Penryhn , Bro . Lord Ravensworth , Mr . George Cavendish Bentinck , M . P ., Sir Richard A . Cross , the Lord Bishop of London ( Dean of the Chapels Royal ) , Lord Lamingtnn , the Lord Bostonand Bro . Winn were amongst those

young , present at the afternoon service at the St . James ' s Palace Chapel on Sunday . Mr . VV . E . Gladstone , who was dressed in mourning , owing to the death of Lord Frederick Cavendish , whose wife is a niece of Mrs . Gladstone ' s , looked , we thought , very haggard . The second lesson for the afternoon and the collect were singularly appropriate and comforting to those suffering from the loss of a friend . The

Rev . Canon Knox Little , who preached at the chapel of Wellington Barracks , spoke most warmly of the character of Lord Frederick . Lord Arthur Kerney , Bishop of Bath and Wells , and Miss Caroline Kerney , Bro . Sir Thomas and Lady Brassey , Sir Richard A . and Lady Cross , and the Hon . R . Cavendish

Littelton ( brother of Lady Frederick ) were amongst the congregation at St . Paul ' s Cathedral on Sunday morning . Sir Richard Cross , who was the first to inform us of the horrible assassination of the Chief Secretary and the Under-Secretary for Ireland , seemed much affected . Canon Stubbs , who preached in the afternoon , spoke most touchingly and at some length of the tragedy .

Bro . the Very Rev . the Deanof York , P . G . Chap ., will preach at the six o ' clock service at the Wellington Barracks Chapel , on July iGth , and Bro . the Rev . F . I ? . C . Byng , P . G . Chap ., vicar of St . Peter ' s , Cranley-gardens , Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen , and Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons , will preach at the same service on July 23 rd . The chapel is now of great beauty ,

and the music is led by the cornet . Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Albany on the occasion of their marriage received a large number of presents . Amongst them being a pearl and diamond pin from Bro . the Emperor of Germany ; a silver-gilt tea service from the Prince of Wales , and painted screen from Bro . the Duke of St . Albans ; Bro . the Earl of

Aberdeen presented a Scotch silver honey pail ; Bro . the Earl of Breadalbane a sugar basin ; Bro . Lord Carrington a silver-gilt casket , Bro . the Earl of Dalhousie a peacock fan ; Bro . Lord Granville Sevres vases ; and the Lodge of Antiquity a silver-gilt candle upholder , model of one presented to the Lodge by Bro . Sir Christopher Wren . Bro . John Bevan , District Grand Master of

Westland , New Zealand , had a large and enthusiastic audience when he delivered his oration on Charles Dickens , on the 4 th inst ., at St . Mark ' s College , on the invitation of Canon Cromwell . The life of the great novelist was rapidly traced , his early struggles and sorrows tenderly touched upon , and his triumphs in the field of literature most powerfully described . His many claims to our

admiration , as being a teacher of good , were manfully and eloquently insisted on , and the eulogium upon his writings was a masterpiece of oratorical skill . T he lecture was illustrated by quotations from Dickens ' s works , and many of his more popular characters , including the immortal " Pickwick , " the two " Wellers , " and even " Mrs . Gamp " herself , were presented to the audience almost in the flesh

tinder the charm of Bro . Bevan ' s novel mode of interpretation . The two hours' discourse never once flagged , and was delivered with most rapid utterance , without a note of any kind . It was given in the sacred cause of Charity , and was an oration , a play , and a sermon all in one . Nn Toilet Soan ever introduced to the public has

met with such deserved success as " WRIGHT'S COAL TAR SOAP . " Itcleanes the skin , frees it from impurities , promotes its healthy action , and ensures immunity from infectious disease , andlast , and notleast , washing with it is a luxury . Purchasers , to avoid disappointment , should refuse all imitations , which are not only useless , but are positively dangerous . —FAUVT . ]

Masonic And General Tidings.

i Bro . Canon Tristram , D . C . L ., is the subject of an excellent photograph in the April number of " Men of Mark . " Bro . Edward Clarke and Bro . Baron de Ferrieres took part in the debate on the Wigan election in the House of Commons . Bro . J . Firth presented a petition from Manchester in favour of the total abolition of vivisection .

Bro . the Marquis of Bath has arrived in Berkeley-square from his seat , Longleat , Wiltshire . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales and H . R . H . Prince Leopold , Duke of Albany , will very likely take part in the opening of the new City of London Schools , on the Embankment , adjoining Bro . Alderman De Keyser's hotel . The ceremony will take place in October . We ventured

some time since to stat ,, that Royalty would be asked to open the schools . Although not yet settled , we believe Bro . Morrison , the chairman of the committee , will be honoured by entertaining some member of the Royal Familj ' . Bro . the Earl of Dalhousie spoke on Tuesday at a meeting at Church End , Finchley , and alluded feelingly to the death of Lord Frederick Cavendish .

Bro . E . J . Barron , E . R . I . B . A ., P . M . Lodge of Antiquity , has just been elected Master Warden ot the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Braziers . Bro , Barron has already served the office of Master most efficiently . Bro . the Earl of Dalhousie , on Thursday , brought in a Bill in the House of Lords to'legalise marriage with a

deceased wife ' s sister which was read lor first time . Bro . Wilbraham Egerton , P . G . M . Cheshire , lias presented a petition to tne House of Commons praying for the closing ot Public Houses on Sundays . Bros , the Earl of Dalhousie and Sir Michael Hicks Beach , ALP ., G . M . Gloucestershire , attended the meeting of the Royal Commission on Reformatory and

Industrial Schools , on Friday . The Prince of Wales , Bro . Lord Balfour of Burleigh , and Bro . the Earl of Jersey were present in the Peers gallery of the House ot Commons on Thursday , when tiie Right Hon . VV . E . Foster made his statement respecting his resignation of Secretary for Ireland . Bro . Dr . Stainer conducted the orchestra and

choir on the occasion of the 22 Sth Anniversary Festival of Corporation of the sons of the Clergy , in St . Paul ' s Cathedral , on Wednesday . Mendelssohn ' s "Athalie" preceded the service . "When Herod came out of Egypt " and the " Hallelujah Chorus " were the anthems . The Bishop of Truro preached the sermon . Our Bro . A . M . Broadley , who is as good and active in the literary walks of life as he is in Alasonry , is

at present in lunis preparing a " History of the Fourth Punic War , " which , we understand , will shortly be published by Messrs . Blackwood . We have no doubt that the work will be replete with interest , as Bro . Broadley is intimately acquainted not only with Tunis and its inhabitants , but had opportunities of watching the entire course of the French occupation , which will be described in his book .

The following regimental banquets will lake place during the next few weeks at Limmer ' s Hotel : 15 th Hussars , iyth Hussars , 14 th Hussars , iSth Hussars , 4 th Hussars , 7 th Hussars , 12 th Lancers , 56 th Regiment , 51 st Regiment , 5 th Fusilers , 36 th Regiment , and 69 th . Regiment .

Bro . William Pearce , Grand Master Glasgow , and head of the eminent firm of John Elder and Co ., shipbuilders , on the Clyde , was admitted to the freedom of the Shipwrights' Company , at a Special Court held at Fishmongers' Hall , on Tuesday last . Bro . Major T . Davies Sewell is the Secretary of the Company . The Prince of Wales visited the Globe Theatre , to see " Far from the Madding Crowd , " last week .

Bro . the Crown Prince of Denmark and his sister , the Princess of Wales , went to the St . James ' s Theatre to see " The Squire , " last Wednesday week . The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Connaught were present on Monday , the 1 st inst ., at the Haymarket 'Theatre , to see the play of " Odette . "

Bro . Jordan Ashworth was elected VV . M . of the Arlecdon Lodge , No . 16 G 0 , on the 3 rd inst . . The second meeting of the Board of Stewards for the forthcoming Boys' School Festival will be held at Freemasons' Hall , on Monday next , at five o ' clock . At the annual meeting of the Hospital for Sick Children , Great Ormond-street , held on Wednesday , the

report stated that during the past year 1050 patients had been admitted , i 3 , iSo out-pacients having received advice and medicine during the same period . Since the hospital was opened in 1 S 52 , 326 , 324 patients had been treated . 'The Convalescent Hospital at Highgate in connection with the institution had received 355 children during the year . A number of the friends of the late Mr . William

Newmarch , F . K . S ., the eminent statistician , being desirous to commemorate in a lasting manner the talents and services of that gentleman , have formed an influential Committee to raise a memorial fund , the proceeds of which arc to be applied to the establishment at London University or elsewhere of scholarships bearing his name , for proficiency in economic science as illustrated bv statistics .

All information may be obtained from and subscriptions forwarded to Mr . A . S . Harvey , B . A ., F . S . S ., the successor of Mr . Newmarch , who has consented to act as Treasurer , at the banking-house of Messrs . Glyn , Mills , Currie , and Co ., Lombard-street . HOI . UJWAY ' OINTMENT ANU PILLS . —A frequent cause of gout and rheumatism is the inflammatory stale ot the blood , attended with bad digestion and general debility . A few doses of these

Pills taken in time are an etlectnal preventive against gout and rheumatism . Anyone who has an attack of either should use Holloway ' s Ointment also . the powerful action of which , comuined with the ' operation of the Pills , must infallibly ctYcct a cure . These Pills act directly on the blood , which they purify and improve . Having once subdued the severity of these diseases , perseverance with the Ointment , after fomenting the aiilcted joints with warm brine , will speedirs relax all stillness and prevent any permanent contraction . —[ An vr . l

Masonic And General Tidings.

Bro . Hiram Henton asks us to state that , in consequence of increasing professional engagements , he has been compelled to decline the Conductorship of the National Sunday League ' s Band . The band of the " Park Band Society , " promoted by Lady Fanny Majorbanks , Lord Cork , Mr . A . Grey , M . P ., and others ) will commence the season on the 27 th

inst ., playing daily in Hyde-park , on Tuesdays and Thursdays irom twelve till two , and every other day from five till eight . On Tuesdays and Thursdays the band will perform in Rcgent's-park from five till eight as heretofore . Mddle . Julie dc Rothschild , eldest daughter of Baron Gustave de Rothschild , is shortly to be married to M . Lambert , the Brussels representative of- Messrs

Rothschild . It will be news for anglers that trout fishing has commenced at Newbury ( Berkshire ) with an encouraging amount of sport , taking the state of the weather and water , through the floods , into account . Bro . Viscount Holmesdale , G . M . of the Province of Kent , will con-cerate the Eastes Lodire . named after

Bro . hastes , D . P . G . M . Kent , at Bickley , on Wednesday next . bro . Sudlow , Preceptor of the Langton Lodge of Instruction is to be the first W . M . Bros . Buejohnston , Dawson , Wickes , Pocock , ianqueray , and H . Wright are amongst the joining members . To iiro . Shaw is due the credit of founding the lodge . A Provincial Grand Chapter of Surrey will be

l \ , " ? ay ( Saturday ) at the Greyhound Hotel , Croydon . VVe shall give a report of the proceedings in our next . Bro . ex-inspector Foulgar is to be presented with a testimonial on his retirement from the force , after thirtynine year ' s service , by the inhabitants of the Wards of Cnpplegate , Coleman-street , and Bassishaw . Bro . Deputy Saunders , P . G . U ., is chairman of the cemmittee , and Bro . 1 . Heard , C . C , one of the lion , secretaries .

A meeting of the Frank Buckland Memorial Fund , at which H . R . H . Prince Christian presided , was held on Saturday last , at No . 34 , Portland-place , when , one of the honorary Secretaries having read a report , His Royal Highness proceeded to fulfil so much of the Committee ' s proposal to honour the memory of the late distinand

guished genial naturalist as concerned the handing over to Bro . Sir P . Cunliffe Owen , as representing the Committee of Council on Education , the bust of Bro . Buckland , so that it may be placed in the Fish Museum , South Kensington , founded by the deceased , and by him bequeathed to the British nation . The bust is a faithful and hnely-executed portrait by Mr . I . Warrington Wood .

At the meeting of the Claremont Lodge , No . 1 S 61 , held at lusher , on the Sth inst ., it was by unanimous vote agreed that a message of congratulation be forwarded to H . K . IT . the Duke ot Albany on his marriage . Bro . Garrod is to be presented with a testimonial in recognition of his services in connection with the second 'Tottenham and Edmonton Masonic Charitable Association , at a dinner , which will take place at Bro . Oddy's , Seven Sisters' Hotel , Page-green , Tottenham .

Bro . G . M . Eelton , at the Court of Common Council on Thursday , proposed the following resolution : That the Court do take such measures as may be thought necessary to remedy the present pollution of the Thames . The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Burdett Coutts Lodge of Instruction , at the Lamb Tavern , opposite Bethnal Green Junction . G . K . R .. on Sarnnfe ..

the 20 th inst . Bro . D . Moss will preside , and be supported by the following well-known workers : Bros . T . J . Barnes , P-M . 554 , S ; W . ; G . H . Stephens , S . D . 1 G 23 , J . W . ; and VV . Musto , P . M ., Preceptor , l . P . M . The Sections will be worked as follows : First Lecture . —First Section , Bro . Hammond , 127 S ; Second , Bro . Brittain , 127 S ; Third , Bro . T . Loane , M . C . 1421 ; T . Clark , S . D . 1178 ; Fifth , Bro . G . IT . Stephens , S . D . 1623 ; Sixth , Bro . VV .

McDonald , J . VV . 1445 ; and Seventh , Bro . B . Stewart , 127 S . Second Lecture . —First Section , Bro . VV . J . Musto , 13-19 ; Second , Bro . C . Eschwege , M . C ' . 1 349 ; Third , Bro . J . T . K . Job , W . M . 1076 ; Fourth , Bro . W . Musto , P . M . 1349 ; and Fifth , Bro . A . Hand , 1278 . Third Lect „ - ' T , ' o' Section » Bro - J- - Cohen , P . M . 205 ; Second , Bro . R . Sturtevant , W . M . 127 S ; and Third , Bro . W . Richardson , 174 . Lodge will be opened at seven o'clock precisely , and brethren are cordially invited to attend .

Bro . Polydore De Keyser , the newly-elected Alderman of the Ward of Farringdon Without , in succession to Mr . J . Figgins , was born on December 13 th 1832 , at Fermonde , in Belgium . His father was Mr . C . De Keyser , the founder of the Royal Hotel . He has for fifteen years been a member of the Court of Common Council , is a Governor of Bridewell and Bethlehem Hospital and of St . Batholomew ' s Hospital , and a member ot the

Society of Arts and the Royal Geographical Society . Bro . De Keyser was educated in England , under the personal care of the later Mr . J . Roach , of the Rectory House , Parson's-grcen , Fulham , and late at Brussels and in Germany . I he new Alderman has taken a great interest in the Craft and in the Volunteer service , and his undoubted ability and g-enial courtesy will ensure for him a hearty welcome in the higher sphere of civic life to which he has been called .

We are pleased to note that Comp . Brown , the able and zealous Preceptor of the Metropolitan Chapter of Improvement , held at the Jamaica Coffee House , Cornhill , is to be presented with a testimonial by the members and visitors . The estimation in which Comp . Brown is held cannot be better described than in thewordsof the resolution passed at a regular meeting of the chapter : " That the best thanks of this chapter are due , and are hereby given , to tor

Lomp . orown ms great zeal and energy in promoting the interests of this chapter , and for the able and courteous manner in which he has discharged the duties of Preceptor for a period of nearly four years , and that the companions further desire thai , as a mark of their appreciation of his valuable services , he be presented with a testimonial , and that such testimonial be raisr-a U \ , ,-ni „„ t , „ . c ,, K „ rtr , f ; nn "

the following companions were appointed as a Committee to carry the above resolution into effect : H . I . Lardner , 907 , 1 G 23 ; R . IT . Crowden , M . E . Z ., 1297 ; S . Pownceby M . H . Z ., . 57 ; C . HWebb , , ,, 49 ; ] . % , Fraser , 214 , W . Fraser , 214 ; and G . P . Gillard , in .