Masonic And General Tidings.

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .

The Royal Yacht Alberta proceeded under orders to Flushing early on Thursday morning for the purpose of conveying Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg to Osborne . Her Majesty ' s ironclad Victoria , flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon , Commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Squadron , svith the Nile , Sanspareil , and Surprise , left Naples on a visit to Sardinian ports on Wednesday .

The ist Battalion of the Scots Guards nosv at Aldershot under Col . B . B . D . Campbell are under orders , and svill shortly embark for Dublin , to relieve the ist Battalion Coldstream Guards , which is returning to London . According to a Reuter ' s telegram , the Archduke Stephen has sailed from Pola in his yacht Chrisla for Genoa , in order to take part in the regatta svhich is being organised by the Italian Yacht Club in connection with the Columbus fetes .

The Oueen has been pleased to approve of the appointment ofLieut .-CoI . and Hon . Col . Bro . Earl Percy to be Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty for the service of the Militia force in England , in place of Lord Winmarleigh , deceased . The Duke of Aosta visited Woolsvich on the 5 th inst ., and after witnessing a reviesv of Artillery on the Common and lunching at the Artillery Mess , ss'as conducted over the Arsenal by Dr . _ Anderson , F . R . S ., Director-General of Ordnance Factories .

Bro . the Duke of Fife was present at the luncheon given in connection with the Keith Cattle Shosv , and expressed his belief that the division of the land into properties of various sizes svould tend to dispel class jealousies and promote the national stability .

The Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cornsvall svas held under the banner of Fortitude Lodge , No . 78 , at the Masonic Hall , Public Rooms , Truro , on Tuesday , the gth inst . After the transaction of the business , a cold collation was provided at the supper-room adjoining the lodge .

The Musical and Dramatic Sick Fund has recently received the balance of the legacy bequeathed it by the late Mr . Edwards , engraver , of Islington , amounting to £ 893 . The invested property of the Fund nosv amounts to £ 3000 , but this is very far frcm being sufficient to meet the claims made upon it for assistance .

After the Council held by the Queen at Osborne on the 5 th instant , Bro . the Earl of Lathom received the honour of knighthood from her Majesty , and was invested with the insignia of the First Class ( Civil Division ) of the Order of the Bath . Subsequently several gentlemen ss'ere introduced and knighted , among them being Mr . Justice Gainsford Bruce , Mr . Joseph Barnby , and Bros . VV . Cusins and VV . Parratt , Past Grand Organists .

The Queen has been p ' eased to confer the dignity of a peerage of the United Kingdom upon the Right Hon . Lord Shand , one of the judges of the Scotch Court of Session , that of a Privy Councellor upon Sir J . Parker Deane , Q . C , Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury , and that of knighthood upon the newly-appointed Common Serjeant of the City of London , svho is now Sir las . Forrest Fulton , Q . C .

The St . Alphega's Lodge , Solihull , on Tuesday , the 26 th ult ., arranged an excursion to Tesvkesbury , and brethren belonging to other lodges in the province , and friends svere guests on the occasion . The party took train to Worcester , and from thence went down the Severn on a steamer to Tewkesbury . The Abbey and other places of interest were visited , and dinner svas partaken of at the Ssvan Hotel .

We should have thought there svas little room left for what is called a society paper , but Mr . Pearson thinks otherwise and has ventured on sending forth another of the famil y into the svorld , but like most parents he thinks his bantling svill be the best of the lot and set a good example to the rest " It is , " he says , "an attempt to provide a penny society paper in which scurrility and indecency find

no place , but svhich is simply smart and readable . " VVe hope he will succeed , but it is rather rough on the others to assume that the converse is true svith regard to them . On Wednesday , at the White Lodge , Richmond Park , the Countess of Aberdeen , representing the " Upsvard and Onsvard" association of working svomen and girls , prelented the Princess May of Teck svith a miniature of the

late Duke of Clarence and Avondale , set in a gold box of beautiful workmanship , svhich originally belonged to Louis XIV . of France . The miniature svas presented by Mr . Edsvard Taylor , from a photograph , and in accepting it , the Princess begged that thc donors might be told hosv greatly she prized it . The second match of the Canterbury sveek—that of Kent v . Notts—svas brought to a conclusion on Saturday

last by a victory for the latter by 56 runs . The scores svere—Notts 226 and 17 S , and Kent 1 G 4 and 1 S 4 . For the former Shrewsbury made 111 ( not out ) and 13 , and for the latter Weigall scored 10 and C 3 . The match at Gloucester between Sussex and Gloucestershire terminated in a draw in favour of the former . Sussix in her one innings compiled a total of 4 S 2 , of svhich Brann made 147 , svhile Gloucestershire scored 200 and 242 for the loss of five wickets , W . G . Grace contributing 24 and 00 .

The Labour Association for promoting Co-operative Production , based on the co-partnership of the svorkers , svill again organise an Exhibition of Co-operative Proeluctions at the Crystal Palace , in conjunction with the National Co-operative Festival . The exhibition svill be opened on the 20 th instant , and promises to be of a large and more representative character than any that have been held . Among the towns sending exhibits are Alcester , Bradford ,

Burnley , Hebden Bridge , Huddersfield , Kettering , Keighley , Leicester , London , Paisley , Sheffield , Walsall , representing the follosving industries : Cotton , Woollen , Tweed , Worsted , Fustian , Hosiery , Boot and Shoe , Tinplate , Cutlery , Needle , Padlock , Wringing and Washing Machine , Bookbinding , Cocoa , Confectionery , Shirtmaking , and others . Particulars of the exhibition svill be forsvarded on application to the Secretary , 9 , John-street , Adelphi , London , W . C .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Her Majesty ' s new battleship , the Barfluer , svas successfully launched at Chatham on Wednesday , the ceremony of christening being performed by Lady Hoskins . The total cost of . the ship is estimated at close on £ 000 , 000 . The Duke and Duchessof Edinburgh , svith their daughter the Princess Marie , svill arrive in tosvn from Devonport tomorrosv ( Saturday ) , and on Sunday the Duchess and

Princess Marie svill leave for Coburg , the Duke starting for Missengen on Tuesday next . The visit of the British Association to Edinburgh svas brought to a conclusion on Wednesday , svhen a general meeting svas held in the University Library and votes of thanks to the Lord Provost and all concerned injtheir reception svere unanimously passed .

Bro . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) and Lady Halsbury will start for their seat in Cornsvall on Monday next , and svill make a sojourn there of about tsvo months . Bro . Lord and Lady Henniker arrived in tosvn from Thornham Hall , Eye , Suffolk , early during the present week .

Her Majesty ' s dinner party on Saturday last at Osborne included the Emperor of Germany , the Duke of Connaught , Prince and Princess Christian and Princess Victoria of Schlessvig-Holstein , Bro . the Duke of Abercorn , Bro . the Earl of Lathom ( Lord Chamberlain ) , and Bro . Admiral of the Fleet Sir E . Commerell , V . C , G . C . B .

Mrs . Rix , the venerable negress from Liberia , svho has been on a visit to this country and has had more than the usual oppqrtunities svhich fall to the lot of strangers of lionising and being lionised , has at length set out on her return home , highly gratified svith svhat she has seen and the kindness and courtesy svith which she has been treated . The Princess of Wales and her daughters , the Princesses

Victoria and Maud , left Sandringham on Monday for Osborne on a visit to the Queen . On reaching Portsmouth their Royal Highnesses , accompanied by the Dukes of Edinburgh and Connaught , crossed to Cosves in the Royal yacht Alberta . The Northern Division svent into camp at Shoeburyness

on Saturday , and commenced their part in the competition for the Queen ' s and other prizes shot for annually at the meeting " of the National Artillery Association . The meeting svill be brought to a conclusion this sveek , svhen it svill be knosvn svhether the Oueen ' s Prize has been secured by a Northern or Southern detachment .

A Venetian fete svas given at Kneller Hall , the School for Military Music , by'the Commandant , Bro . Col . Shasv-Hellier , on Wednesday evening , and proved a great success . The usual afternoon concert svas given in the grounds in the evening , and consisted of both vocal and instrumental music , svhile the grounds svere beautifully illuminated .

Anne Hathasvay ' s cottage at Sholtcry , Stratford-on-Avon , is nosv national property , the trustees of Shakespeare's birthplace having recently entered into possession . Some 50 years ago the property was sold to the father of the present tenant , who is a lineal descendant of the Hathasvay family , for £ 345 , the sum paid by Shakespeare ' s Trustees is £ 3000 .

The Tosvn Cup svas sailed for at Ryde on Thursday , in a light breeze , and svas won by Queen Mab . Meteor took second prize , but the wind svas too light for her to save her time . ln the 10-rating match Dis took first prize , and Dacia second . Mr . A . D . Clarke's Cup for 2 j-raters was svon by Faugh-a-Ballagh ; Wee Winn taking the first prize for l-raters .

The Emperor William of Germany and his brother Prince Henry of Prussia arrived at Wilhelmshavcn on their return from England on Monday afternoon . The Imperial yacht , the Kaiser Adler , was hove to off the island of Norderney in order that the Emperor ' s three eldest sons , svho are staying there for sea bathing , might have the opportunity of visiting his Majesty , which they did in a torpedo boat dispatched for the purpose .

The sveek ' s campaign for the volunteers at Aldershot was brought to a conclusion on Saturday last , and the svhole of the volunteer brigades had left the camp by Sunday afternoon . The men , though they had p lenty of hard svork , appear to have appreciated their visit , and there is good reason to believe that next year the number svho svill avail themselves of the opportunity of gaining practical experience in the military art will be considerably greater than it was on this occasion .

The Mansion House Fund for the relief of the sufferers by the fire at St . John's , Nesvfoundland , amounted to about £ 20 , 000 at the beginning of the present sveek , among the more recent contributors being the Drapers ' Company £ 250 , the Sailers' Company £ 105 , the Leathersellers' Company £ 52 ios ., Bro . Lord Brassey £ 20 , the Armourers' and Uraziers' Company , £ 211 5 s ., and the

Dyers' Company £ 25 . The business of ssvearing in the members of the nesv House of Commons having advanced sufficiently , the first session of the 13 th Parliament of the present reign svas formally opened on Monday by the Lords Commissioners , the Queen ' s Speech being read by thc Lord Chancellor , Bro . Lord Halsbury . In the evening there was a full

attendance of members in both Houses , but especially in the Commons , to hear the debate on the Address in reply to the Speech . According to the returns made to Saturday last to the Metropolitan Asylums Board , the number of cases in the hospitals , amounting to 3245 , is higher than at any

previous time since the Board was instituted . The patients are from almost every part of London , svhile the number of cases suffering from scarlet fever is 2 S 00 , and from diphtheria 297 , the remainder being from enteric fever and other diseases . Yet in spite of this the death-rate in London for several sveeks past has been very losv , and according to the latest return svas only 17 . 5 per IOOO .

HOLLOSVAY ' S OI . VT . SUNT AMI PILLS . — . More precious than Gold . —Uiarrhei .-a , dysentery , and cholera arc , through ( he Glimmer ' s heal , carr , ing oil' the young :, as Die sviliter ' s cold destroys the aged . In the most acute cases , svhere internal medicines cannot be retained , the greatest relict svill immediately result from rubbing Holloss * ay ' s soothing Ointment over ( lie abdomen . The

friction should be frequent and brisk , to insure the penetration of a large portion of Vlie unguent . This Ointment cilms the excited peristaltic action and soothes the pain . Hoth vomiting ana griping yield to it , svhere Inuts or vegetables have originated the malady , it is proper to remove all indigested matter from the bosvels by " a moderate dose of Ilolloss-ay ' s I'ills before using the Ointment .

Masonic And General Tidings.

The Prince of Wales , attended by Captain Holford arrived at Marlborough House on Thursday afternoon from Cosves . " Locust Masons " is the latest designation for that class of non-affiliates svho never shosv up at a lodge except svhen there is something to be devoured . —Keystone .

Princess Christian s prizes at the annual exhibition of the Artists' Guild this year svill be given for embroidery in linen and silk , and her Royal Highness , who is an authority on art-embroider }' , will sign the prize certificates , The Duke of Connaught visited Winchester and laid

the foundation-stone of the nesv head-quarters of the ist Volunteer Battalion Hants Regiment . The Earl of Northbrook svas present as High Chief Steward of the Borough and the Mayor and members of the Corporation attended in state .

The Marquis of Lome and Princess Louise have this week been entertaining at their summer residence , Farnham Place , near Farnham , Sir Evelyn Wood and other officers engaged in military operations in the neighbourhood . The Princess is expected to leave Farnham Place to-day ( Friday ) on a visit to the Oueen at Osborne .

By command of the Queen , the magnificent silver-gilt Trafalgar vase presented by the Patriotic Fund to the svidosv of Lord Nelson svas brought over from Portsmouth on Wednesday afternoon and exhibited to her Majesty , Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein , Princess Victoria , and members of the household , by the owner , Mr . E . Emanuel . The vase svas greatly admired by her Majesty and the members of the Royal Family .

We are asked by Bro . J . P . Allen , P . M . 1056 and 206 3 , to make knosvn to those svho svere present at the last meeting of Grand Lodge in June , that he has become possessed of an apron svhich does not belong to him in place of the one he took with him to the meeting . The apron bears the

mark of J . R . and is a Warden's , svhile his osvn apron has the levels , which are engraved svith sun , & c . If this meets the eye of the brother who has it , perhaps he will kindl y send it to the office of the Freemason in exchange for his own .

Hoary antiquity lent special interest to the ceremony which the Bishop of Dover performed in re-opening the little restored parish church of St . Augustine of East Langdon . The oldest part of the venerable fabric dates back , it is believed , as far as 703 A . D ., of svhich date there

are two Saxon svindosvs . A leper svindow svas also found with painting on the inner stones , there being , it is said , only one other windosv of the kind in Kent , 'the Norman part , which for years had lain buried in the churchyard , has been restored , and a tosver erected in the place of the old bell-cot .

An unsuccessful attempt has been made by the Chicago Musical Union to secure the arrest of the band of the 13 th Canadian Militia Battalion of Hamilton , Ontario , svhile passing through Chicago en route to Denver , on the allegation that they entered the United States in violation of the alien labour lasv , being under contract to play for the St . Bernard Lodge of Freemasons , of Chicago . On

behalf of the band it was stated that they were under no contract with any lodge in the United States , but svere merely in attendance on the Hamilton Lodge . The United States Commissioner declined to issue warrants on this ground . The Queen has lately had sent to Osborne House a large collection of Dutch dolls , svhich she had dressed herself

svhen she was a little girl , in the costumes of all the nationalities of the world . 1 'hey svere accidentally found by Sir Henry Ponsonby at Buckingham Palace , and on his communicating the tact to her Majesty she at once commanded that they should be sent to Osborne . Since the arrival ol the puppets they have been photographed , seated on chairs and solas , in a specially-arranged room . An illustrated

article , with letterpress descriptive of them and revised by an illustrious personage , will appear in the coming number of one of the magazines . The Queen ' s acquaintance svith thc various costumes exemplified svill make the record most interesting . The Crystal Palace Saturday Concerts svill begin on October 15 th , and in accordance svith custom half the full

series of 20 concerts svill take place before the Christmas recess . Ihe prospectus is at present under discussion , and Mr . Manns svill no doubt succeed—as indeed he never fails to do—in compiling a document full of interest to the amateurs who support the Sydenham concerts . Meanwhile , sve learn that the novelties will include an orchestral ballad by Mr . C A . Lidgey ( one or two of svhose compositions

have already been received there svith favour ) , and a selection of instrumental pieces from Moszkowski ' s nesv opera , " Boabdif , " quite recently published in Germany . Moreover , Mr . Frederic Cliffe ' s second symphony , expressly composed for the coming Leeds Festival , svill be brought forward at an early concert ; while , if possiole , one of the Gloucester choral novelties svill be introduced at the Crystal Palace some time before Christmas .

" Mallett , " in the Glasgow Evening Naos , says that there is a general leeling of satislaction throughout the provinces that Grand Lodge has decided to raise the minimum fee chargeable on the admission of members to the daughter lodges . There svas no real objection raised against the proposal at the meeting of Grand Lodge last 1 hursday , and the motion , svhich was put in the form of an

amendment to remit the matter back to Grand Committee , svas not made svith the object of defeating the motion lor advancing the fees , but svitn the object , if possible , of getting a proportion of the advance devoted to the benevolent Funds of Grand Lodge . It is a matter for regret , therefore , that any exception svas taken to the recommendation of Grand Committee , and that the motion was not alloweel

to pass unopposed . It svas , however , practically a ujian IImous finding , as no voice svas raised against the advisability of making tne fees higher , and we may look forsvard to 'M time , and at no distant date , svhen the minimum lee will ne still further advanced . Bro . Hume struck the true enow on the subject svhen he said that , while there -nig "' , , uu 1 , 1 ,- auuj ^ LL w 1 u . 11 nc aaiu euai , winic uieii . ••¦•»- , j

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