Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

THE SHRIEVALTY . —Bro . Thomas Clarke ( candidate for the office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex on Midsummer Day next ) has been for many years in the Craft , and is now in nomination as a joining member of the Alliance ( Guildhall ) Lodge . Bro . Clarke is a native of Lincolnshire ; he came to London some 20 years ago , since which time he has , by industry and perseverance , amassed

a considerable fortune , and , although he now desires to become useful to his fellow-men , both in Municipal life , as also in Parliament , Bro . Clarke has , with true Masonic feeling , not forgotten the poor of his native town , and intends at once to erect almhouses on an estate which he has

recently purchased for £ 12 , 000 , so that those who have seen better days , but are now in decay , may pass the remainder of their life without anxiety or sorrow . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Master , whose health has much improved of late , left Highclere Castle for his residence in Portman-square , on Tuesday .

Bro . Alderman Sir J . W . Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., is one of the Vice-Presidents of the newly formed Wimbledon and Merton Branch of the Early Closing Association . Bro . Justice Field has been prevented by indisposition from attending his judicial duties for some time

past , but his lordship was able to resume his attendance in Court on Monday . Bro . Sir Farrer Herschell , Q . C ., M . P ., H . M . ' s Solicitor-General , laid the foundation stone of a new Congregational Church in the city of Durham , on Wednesday , the 3 rd inst .

The Prince of Wales has fixed on July 4 th for the opening of the Albany Memorial and other buildings of the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic , Queen-square , Bloomsbury . The Baroness and Bro . W . A . Burdett-Coutts left town for Sheffield in the course of last week , and on Thursday , the 4 th inst ., opened a bazaar in Cutler ' s Hall

in aid of the funds of the Jessop's Hospital for Women . Application was made on Tuesday b y the Prince of Wales to the Court of Aldermen that his Royal Highness might be " recorded " in the Fishmongers' Company , ami the application was at once acceded to . Bro . the Lord Mayor presided on Wednesday afternoon at a meeting at the Mansion House on behalf of

the Mary Wardell Convalescent Home for Scarlet Fever , of which H . R . H . the Princess of Wales is patroness . The Countess of Carnarvon has consented to open the new Grammar School Buildings at Newbury on the ist July next . A public luncheon will follow , at which Bro . the Karl of Carnarvon , who is President of the Board of Governors , will deliver an address .

Prince Albert Victor of Wales , K . G ., was called to the Bench of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple on Wednesday last , the 10 th inst ., in the presence of the Prince of Wales , his father , who is likewise a Bencher , and a numerous and distinguished company . A banquet followed in the Society ' s Hall at 7 p . m . Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., will open a bazaar

at New Barnet on Wednesday next , the 17 th inst ., with the object of reducing a debt on the Congregational Church from £ 5200 to £ 2000 , when a sum of ^ 500 , conditionally promised by Mr . S . Morley , M . P ., will become available . Bro . Sir Charles Dilke , Bart ., M . P ., has consented to lay the foundation-stone of the Industrial Dwellings , Chatham-gardens . The event is fixed for

Friday , the 26 th inst ., and the estimated cost of the erection is about £ 60 , 000 . Bros , the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres , Lord Harlech , Sir Charles Mills , Bart ., M . P ., Sir W . Hart Dyke , Bart ., M . P ., and Sir H . Drummond Wolff , K . C . B ., M . P ., were among those present in Charing Cross Station on Saturday evening last to welcome Sir Peter Lumsden on

his return home from Afghanistan . Bro . Alderman Sir Reginald Hanson , P . G . Std ., has undertaken to preside at the 47 th anniversary festival of the Benevolent Institution for the Relief of Aged and Infirm Journeyman Tailors , the place and date arranged for the celebration being Freemasons' Tavern and Thursday , the 2 nd July proximo .

The Prince of Wales , and the Duke of Edinburgh were present with the Duke of Cambridge at the ceremony of Trooping the Colours in honour of the Queen ' s birthday , which took place on the Horse Guards Parade , on Saturday last , notwithstanding the heavy rain which fell almost uninterruptedly during the morning . The Princess of Wales with Prince George and the Princess

Louise , Victoria , and Maud viewed the proceedings from the Horse Guards . Bro . Dr . Whalley . the well-known Dramatic Reader and Shakesperian Exponent of West Yorkshire , was amongst the few who enjoyed the friendship of the late Duke ol Albany , and as some remembrance of that acquaintance he was favoured last week with the portrait

of her Royal Hi g hness the Duchess and the infant Duke and Princess Victoria of Albany , beautifully painted in water colours . This will be honoured and preserved by him , as a souvenir of the family of one whose friendship he valued so well . Bros . Lord Wolverton and Sir Charles Du Cane dined with Bro . the Right Hon . Hugh C . E . Childers ,

M . P ., on the Oueen's birthday , and Bros , the Right Hon . G . O . Trevelyan , M . P ., Sir Charles Dilke , Bart ., M . P ., the Lord Mayor , M . P ., P . G . W ., Justice Cave , P . G . W ., the Hon . Sir A . O . F . Liddell , K . C . B ., Sir James McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., and Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead At Karl Sydney ' s state dinner , the guests

included Bros , the Earl of Breadalbane , Lord Edward Pelham Clinton , Lord Sufh ' eld , K . C . B ., Lord Kensington , M . P ., and Lord Hothfield , and at that of the Attorney General , among those present were Bros , the Earl of Milltown , Sir K . Herschell , Q . C , M . P ., Digby Seymour , Q . C ., and F . A . Philbrick , O . C ., Grand Registrar .

Masonic And General Tidings

Col . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., has appointed Sir Knight C . F . Hogard Grand Recorder of the Red Cross of Rome and Constantine , in succession to Sir Knight Dr . Woodman , who has been elected Grand Treasurer of the Order .

Bro . General Lord Wolseley has had conferred upon him by her Majesty the ribbon of a Knight of the Order of St . Patrick , in place of the late Lord O'Hagan . The Duke and Duchess of Abercorn have returned to Hampden House from Shillinghe Park , the residence of the Earl and Countess of Winterton .

Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury has lately issued his annual appeal for funds to enable the Committee of the Ragged School Uuion to give the children of many of their schools a day's trip into the country . Bro . Thomas Clarke , candidate for the office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex , was awarded third prize for Hacks in class 6 at the Horse Show , Royal Agricultural

Hall , Islington . A portrait , by Mr . Frank Holl , R . A ., of Bro . Horace Jones , G . Supt . ot Works , City architect , was presented to the Institute of British Architects at a meeting held at their offices , 9 , Conduit-street , on Monday evening . Bros . VV . Kuhe and W . Ganz , P . G . Organists , and Carl Rosa were among those present at the funeral in

Kensal Green Cemetery , on Tuesday last , of Sir Julius Benedict . Bro . A . J . Altman , as Chairman of the School Committee of the City of London , presided at the annual distribution of the Mortimer and Beaufoy prizes , in the Great Hall of ' the City of London School . Bros , the Lord Mayor , M . P ., Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead , and Mr . Sheiiff Phillips , accompanied

Her Majesty's Judges , when in accordance with annual custom they attended divine service in St . Paul ' s Cathedral , on Sunday last . The Prince of Wales has notified his intention of being present at the meeting , to be held at the Mansion House on Tuesday , the 23 rd inst ., in connection with the Beaumont Trust scheme lor the technical education and recreation of the inhabitants of East London .

The Prince of Wales has notified his intention of opening on Monday next , the 15 th inst ., the establishment at St . Ann ' s Heath , Virginia VVater , for the cure and treatment of mentally afflicted persons of the middle classes .

The following dinners took p lace at Freemasons Tavern during the week ending Saturday , June 13 th : — Monday—60 th Rifles ; 51 I 1 Dragoon Guards . Tuesday—Royal Engineers . Wednesday—1 S 1 I 1 Royal Irish ; 7 th Royal Fusiliers ; United Lodge . Thursday—Coffee and Eating House Keepers ; 90 th Regiment ; Sth Hussars .

By command of the Queen a Levee was held at St . James ' s Palace , on Tue : ! day , by the Prince of Wales , presentation to his Royal Highness having the same force as presentations to her Majesty . The Dukes of Edinburgh and Cambridge were present , and the Prince was attended by the Great Officers of State . Bro . F . I . Isitt presided at the 53 rd half-yearly

meeting at the Guildhall Tavern , on Wednesday , the 3 rd inst ., of the London General Porters' Benevolent Association . The following evening , under the same chairmanship , seven candidates for the benefits of the Association were elected from an approved list of eighteen . The Oueen has been pleased to confer the

distinction of a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St . Michael and St . George on Bro . Lord Carrington , the newly-appointed Governor of New South Wales , and that of a Civil Companionship of the Bath on Bro . the Marquis of Hamilton , P . G . W ., for his services in connection with the International Exhibitions of 1884 and the present year .

Bro . C . T . Harris ( the Chairman ) presided at the Guildhall Tavern , on Friday last , at the dinner of the Officers and Clerks' Committee of the Corporation of London , Bros , ihe Lord Mayor , Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead , Alderman Gray , Alderman Cowan , Major Joseph , Sir J . B . Monckton , P . G . W ., H . H . Crawford , and T . Beard being among the principal guests .

Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., accompanied by the Sheriffs and principal officials of the Corporation of London formally opened the Albert Palace , Battersea , on Saturday last . The principal personages present included Bros . W . T . Marriott , O . C ., M . P . ; Richardson-Gardner , M . P ., and Lord SulneldrP . G . M . Norfolk .

The Prince of Wales , and Prince Albert Victor of Wales were the guests of Mr . Gladstone , at the fulldress dinner , on Saturday last , in honour of the Queen's birthday , among those present being Bros , the Duke of Leinster , the Marquis of Ailesbury , the Earl of Fife , the Earl of Arran , Viscount Powerscourt , Viscount Sherbrooke , and Lord Monk Breton .

Bro . E , Palmer , S . W . of Pattison Lodge , No . 913 , held at the High School for Boys , Plumstead , Kent , was on Thursday , the 14 th inst ., unanimously elected W . M . for the enduing twelve months . Bro . Coupland , P . M ., was re-elected Treasurer , and Bro . W . Larder , Ty ler . A committee was formed to take into consideration the advisability of building a Masonic Temple in connection with the lodge .

LODGE OF ANTI » UITY , NO . 2 . —We unintentionally in our report last week , did a little injustice to a worthy member , Bro . Amts , jun ., who by his special service admirably ai ranged and rendered by himself , in the absence of Bro . Jekyll , P . G . O ., greaily aided the effect of the ceremonial and added to the harmony and gratification ot the brethren . Bro . Ames is well known as a talented composer and proficient in musical circles .

HoLuiWAv ' sOiN-iMEXT AND P ' . — -Kvcr Useful . —The afflicted by illness should look their di-eases fully in the face , and at once seek a remedy for them . A short search will convince the most sceptical that these noble medicaments have afforded case , comfort , and oftentimes complete recovery , ! , the most tortured sufferers . The Ointment will core all < ie .-crii > ti » ns of sores , wounds ,

bad k' ( 4 S , sprains , eruptions , erysipelas , rheumatism , gout , and skin affections . The Pills na-ver fa I in correcting atul stretie , lhemil |; the stomach , and in rcstnriiif'a de-range . 1 liver to a wholesome condition , in rousing torpid kidnevs to increase th . 'ir scoetion , and in reestablishing the naturalValthy activity of the bowels . Holloway's are the remedies for complaints of all classes of society . —[ ADVT . ]

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . T . Clarke , a candidate for the London Shrievalty , has consented to stand in the Conservative interest for the Spalding Division of Lincolnshire . Bro . T . VV . Boord , M . P ., presided at a meeting at Greenwich , on Tuesday evening , for the purpose of

establishing a provident dispensary . Bro . W . Ganz , P . G . Organist , gave his annual concert at his residence in Harley-street , Cavendish-square on Tuesday evening last , when there avas an admirable programme , and a numerous and fashionable audience present .

Bro . Alderman Sir F . W . Truscott has declined the invitation to be nominated as a candidate at the approaching General Election for the St . Austell division of Cornwall . Bros . M . C . Buszard , Q . C , M . P ., Captain George Lambert , P . G . S . B ., Lieut .-General Randolph , and Sir Patrick Colquhoun were among the guests at the dinner given on Tuesday evening by the Curriers' Company .

Bros . Alderman Staples , Major Joseph , and Captain George Lambert were present at the meeting , at Tallow Chandlers' Hall on Tuesday afternoon , of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society . We regret to hear that Bro . Horace Jones , City Architect , G . S . of Works , has latterly been in somewhat indifferent health , though this has not prevented him from attending to his official duties .

Sir H . W . Williams-Wynn , Bart ., M . P ., has expressed his intention of erecting a cottage hospital at Ruabon as a memorial to his late uncle , R . W . Bro . Sir W Williams-Wynn , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . North Wales and Salop .

Prince Albert Victor of Wales , K . G ., will preside at the anniversary and inspection of the Warspite Training Ship , on Thursday , the 25 th inst ., the prizes being distributed by her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge , Duchess of Teck .

The annual official inspection of the London Rifle Brigade took place on the Guards' Ground , Hyde Park , on Saturday last , the inspecting officers being Colonel Clive of the Grenadier Guards , and the officers in command of the Brigade , Bro . Lieut .-Col . Lord E . Pelham-Clinton .

Bro . the Lord Mayor opened on Thursday , the 4 th inst . at Waltham Abbey , the annual show of the Essex Agricultural Society , Bro . the Duke of Connaught , who had been announcer ! to be present , being still on his way home from India . His lordship , who was accompanied by the Lady Mayoress , experienced a very cordial reception .

Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead ( Master ) presided at a Court of the Fanmakers' Company on Monday evening , when a vote of condolence was passed with the widow and family of the late Bro . C . W . Thompson , and a sum of £ 100 voted towards the fund now being raised on their behalf .

The second meeting of the ladies patronesses of the Royal Caledonian Ball was held at Willis ' s Rooms , on Monday last , there being present , among others , the Duchess of Atholl . the Countess of Mar and Kellie , the Countess of Lindsay , and the Countess of Northesk , together with R . W . Bro . the Duke of Atholl , president and treasurer of the ball .

Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead will act as interim Chairman , and Bro . H . H . Crawford ( City solicitor ) as one of the honorary Secretaries of the fund proposed to be raised for the widow and family of the late Bro . C . W . Thompson , whose early death and generous kindness to others had prevented him making suitable provision for their requirements .

At the dinner at the Lion Hotel , Farningham , on the sth inst ., of the Billingsgate Market Committee , Bro . J . Judd , CC , past Chairman , and lately member of the Committee , was presented with a handsome silver tea and coffee service and salver , as a testimonial of the respect in which his services were held and the courtesy he had uniformly shown to the members . The salver had on it a suitable inscription expressive of their feelings .

Bro . W . H . Sharp , who has recentl y become " mine host" of the Griffin Hotel , Kingston-on-Thames , is giving great satisfaction to the brethren who assemble under his roof . The Dobic Lodge and Chapter and the Mozait Lodge and Chapter find there a comfortable and convenient habitat , and some few alterations now in progress will provide still more accommodation . The banqueting 100 m is a handsome and commodious apartment .

Bro . Buszard , of Oxford-street , whose reputation as a confectioner stands deservedly high , is the maker of the wedding cake which will be presented to Princess Beatrice by the Ladies of Kent . The cake , which is really several cakes in one , is a most elaborate structure , a marvel of the confectioner's art , and is very handsomely embellished with shields bearing the atmorial devices of the Princess and her future husband , Prince Henry of Battenberg .

Among the principal guests at the banquet given by Bro . the Lord Mayor at the Mansion Hou ^> e , on Wednesday , the 3 rd inst ., to Her Majesty ' s Judges were Bro . Justice Cave , P . G . YV ., and Lady Cave ; Bro . Alderman Stone , P . G . W ., and Mrs . Stone ; Bro . Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P , P . G . W ., and Lady Ellis ; Bro . Alderman Sir H . E . and Lady Knight ; Bro . Alderman

and Mrs . Staples ; Bro . Alderman Sir R . Hanson , P . G . Stwd ., and Lady Hanson ; Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead and Mrs . Whitehead ; Bro . Alderman Savory , Bro . and Mrs . Headon , Bro . Beard , Bro . and Mis . Altman , Bro . and Mrs . Andrade , Bro . and Mrs . Goodinge , Bro . Mclntyre , Q . C , M . P ., P . G . W ., and Mrs . Mclntyre ; Bro . Stuart Wortley , M . P ., Bro . H . H . Crawford , City Solicitor , and Mrs . Crawfotd , Bro . Goldney , Remembrancer of

London , Bro . Philbrick , Q . C , Grand Registrar , Bro . Alderman and Mrs . Cowan , Bro . Sir J . B . Monckton , P . G . W ., and Lady Monckton , and others . 3 , 000 , 000 tins of CHAMPION'S MUSTARD was sold in London alone during Ihe just > ear . Why was this so f Because the public , havingsatislieil themselves it w . s the best and cheapest , gave it a preference overall others . —AnvT . £ 20 . —Tobacconists commencing .- A pamphlet ( So pages ) How to open respectably from M * o ; three stamps . H . M ) ers' & a , o .. Cigar and I ' ohac . o Merchants , liuston-rd ., London . Telep hone No . JS 41 . —[ Aim . ] .