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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT , who is Honorary Colonel-in-Chief of the Scots Guards , attended divine service at Holy Trinity Church , Windsor , on Sunday last with the ist battalion of the regiment . THE DUKE or YORK will preside at the festival dinner which will be held on Thursday , the 21 st May , on behalf of the Royal Albert Orphan Asylum , Bagshot , and H . R . H . Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein will be present among the guests .
THE GERMAN EMPEROR is expected to arrive at Naples on Monday , the 23 rd inst ., when he will have an interview with King Humbert . His Imperial Majesty will proceed by sea to Genoa to-day ( Friday ) , accompanied by the Empress and Imperial children . THE ATTENTION of horticulturists and others has been diawn by thc Board of Agiiculture to the Second International Horticultural Exhibition , which will be held in
Dresden , from the and to the ioth May next under the patronage of the King of Saxony . THE ANNUAL DINNER of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion will be held in the Whitehall Rooms of the Hotel Metropole , on Tuesday next , the 17 th inst . H . R . H . the Duke of York has accepted . an invitation to be present as the Society ' s guest .
A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION of Militia officers for commissions in the regular service has been held at the London University during the present week , the number of commissions competed for being 15 in the cavalry , two in the artillery , and 50 in the infantry .
ON THE 23 rd instant , at the regular meetingof the Lodge of Research , No . 2429 , leld at Freemasons' Hall , Leicester , a lecture will be given by Bro . J . T . Thorp , P . M ., on " The Masonic Apron . " The lecture will be illustrated by a large collection of antique and valuable aprons . THE COMPLETION of the decoration of the upper portion of the choir of St . Paul's Cathedral with mosaics will be celebrated at the afternoon service on Easter Eve ( Saturday , April 4 th ) , when a special Te Deum will be sung . Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Corporation of London will attend in state .
IN THE unavoidable absence of Bro . the Earl of Kilmorey , Bro . Sir Arthur Sullivan presided at the first meeting , held on Monday , of the Executive Committee of the Barnby Memorial . Trust Fund . It is understood that a public appeal will shortly be made , and that a grand concert in behalf of the Fund will be held in the Royal Albert Hall after Easter .
A COMIC OPERA , entitled "The Nick of Time , " by Colonel Sir H . Colvile , K . C . M . G ., composed by Mr . E . Jones , will be performed at the Chelsea Barracks on Monday , the 23 rd instant , and five following nights and at a m itiniii on Friday , the 27 th instant , in aid of the Brigade of Guards Charities . The performances will take place under Royal patronage .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , attended by Commander the Hon . Seymour Fortescue , left Marlborough House for Paris en route for Cannes on Saturday morning last . The same day H . R . H . the Princess of Wales , accompanied by the Princess Louise , Duchess of Fife , visited the Queen at Windsor Castle , and having ; lunched with her Majesty returned to town .
THE WILL OF the late Bro . Sir Joseph Barnby , of 9 , St . George ' s-square , Pimlico , composer of music , a native of York , Principal ot the Guildhall School of Music , who died on the 28 th January last , aged 57 years , leaving personal estate of the gross value of £ 4272 17 s . Sd ., and of the net value of £ i ° 3 11 . 6 d ., has been proved by his widow , Dame Edith Barnby .
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK have been making extensive alterations at their Cripplegate Branch , 10 , Fore-street , in order to accommodate a much larger staff , which has been necessitated by the great increase of their business in this district . Mr . Harry Townend , who is so well known in the soft goods trade , is the Branch Manager .
IT is PROPOSED to hold a grand exhibition in Buda-Pesth , from May to October of the present year , with a view to celebrating the 1000 th anniversary of the existence of Hungary as a nation , and the British Committee which has been formed in connection with the project held its first meeting at the Mansion House on Monday , under the presidency of Bro . Lord Major Sir W . Wilkin , for the purpose of making arrangements for British exhibitors and visitors . A SOLID SILVER CENTREPIECE has been presented to the Army Sirvice Corps by past and present officers belonging to the regiment who took part in the Egyptian and South African campaigns . On one side of the piece is represented , in relief , a scene in the Zulu War , and on the other a scene on the Nile . Between the two panels are
trophies of Egyptian and Zulu arms , the bidges of the regiment b-ing on one side of the foot , and the names of the donors engraved on the other . FIFTY YEARS' RAILWAY SERVICE . —During the wait for H . R . H . the Prince of Wales at Chaiing Cross , on Satuiday morning last , Sir George Russell , Chairman of the South-Eastern Railway Company , took occasion to heartily congratulate Bro . George Abbott , Station Superintendent , on the completion of 50 years in the service of the company . It is understood that Sir George and his colleagues of the directorate have also given practical expression to their appreciation of Bro . Abbott ' s long service .
WE HAVE RECEIVED notice from the Directors of Spiers and Pond Limited that a third instalment of 4 s . per share , less Income Tax , on account of dividend , will be posted to the shareholders of the Company on the third proximo , and that the share transfer books will be closed from the loth to the 31 st instant inclusive , for the purpose of preparirg the warrants . This payment , with the two instalments paid on the ist of Octoberand the ist of January last respectively , makes 12 s . per share on account of the year ending 31 st March , 1896 , the full dividend for which will be declared in July next .
EARL AND COUNTESS STANHOPE gave a dinner party at their residence In Grosvenor-place on Saturday evering last , at which there were present , among others , Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., and Lady Lucy Hicks-Beach , Bro . the Right Hon . Charles and Mrs . Stuart-Wortley , and the Hon . Lady Northcote . At the reception by Countess Stanhope which followed , the Lord Chancellor ( Bro . Lord Halsbury ) and Lady Halsbury , the French Ambassador and Mdlles . de Courccl , Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Viscount and Viscountess Galway , Bro . Lord Ampthill , Bro . Lord Glenesk , Lord and Lady Morris , Bro . Sir John Mowbray , Bart ., M . P ., and Sir John and Lady Lubbock were among those present .
BRO . ALDIRMAN SIR HENRY KNIGHT , in the unavoidable absence of Bro . Lord Major Sir Walter Wilkin , piesidtd at a meeting of Juvenile Collectors , which was held Lt Ihe Guildhall , en Saturday aftcrnccn lest , in celebialion of the 92 nd anniversary of the ftur . datic . 11 of ihe Bn ' tish and Foreign Bible Society . When the society came into existence in 1804 , there were only 5 , 000 , 000 copies of the Bible in existence , printed in 35 different languages . There are now 147 , 000 , 000 printed , in 330 dialects , and it is hoped that before the present year is ended ihe translation of the Sacred Book into 100
additicnal languages will be completed , and that a short time hence there will not be a nation or tribe in the whole world which has not the Bible rendered in its own language . BRO . SIRM . WHITE RIDLEY , Bart ., M . P ., and the Hon . Lady Ridley entertained at dinner at their residence in Carlton House-terrace , on Saturday evening last , a considerable numberof guests , among whom were Bro . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) and Lady Halsbury , the Right Hon . the Speaker and Mrs . Gully , and Bro . the Earl and
Countess of Wharncliffe . At Lady Ridley ' s reception afterwards those present included the French Ambassador and Mdlles deCourcel , the Netherlands Minister , Bro . Viscount and Viscountess Valentia , Bro . Lord and Lady George Hamilton , Bro . Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Bro . Sir James Fergusson , Bart ., M . P ., Bro . the Right Hon . A . Akers-Douglas , M . P ., Bro . Col . the Hon . H . Byng , and Bro . the Hon . ' 1 homas Cochrane , M P ., and Lady Gerlrude Cochrane .
A GO-AS . VOC-PI . EASE TOURNAMENT for a distance of live or six hundred miles would , no doubt , attract great attention amongst pedestrians . Keats of endurance whicli call forth worthy emulation have the ellect of improving the physical standard of our young men . They learn that Ihe training requisite demands cleanliness , sobriety , and regular living , as the first essentials of success . This , of course , teaches the lesson that Holloway ' s Pills and Ointment are rapid aids for bringing a man into the pink of condition . They strengthen the constitution , purify the blood , promote digestion , and cleanse the stomach . The Ointment disperses stillness of the joints , and makes the muscles like steel in their strength and flexibility .
Masonic And General Tidings.
WE ARE REQUESTED to announce that the Fifteen Sections will be worked at 11 , Prosperity Lodge of Instruction , No . 65 , Weaver ' s Arms , 17 , London Wall , by R E . C . Talbot , P . M . 65 and 1310 ( Past Preceptor of the lodge ) , assisted by Bro . p ] S ' Milbourn and several other prominent brethren , and all who wish to partici pate in Masonic treat ( in more than the ordinary sense of the word ) are cordiall y invited t * attend . The lodge will be opened punctually at 7 p . m . °
MESSRS . M . B . FOSTER AND SONS , LIMITED , have this week paid a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent , per annum upon their preference shares for the year 1 S 95 . THE DUKK AND DUCHESS OF YORK visited Guy's Hospital on Tuesday afte noon , and were conducted round the Wards hy the Treasurer , Matron , and member ! ni the staff . 01
BRO . W . G . FENELEY has been appointed manager of the Cannon-street Hotel Bro . Feneley has had considerable experience of hotel and tavern management in trip Metropolis . THEIR ROYAI . HIGHNESSES the Prince and Princess of Wales have fixed the date of the 30 th annual meeting of Dr . Barnado ' s Homes , in the Albert Hall , for Midsummer Day , 24 th June , at 5 p . m .
THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL of the Royal Blind . Pension Society will be held at the Hotel Metropole on Monday , the nth May , and H . R . H . the Duke of Cambrid ge has very kindly consented to preside as Chairman on the occasion . BRO . F . J . HORNINAN , M . P ., will preside on Monday , at the meeting of the Dul . wich Scientific and Literary Association , at the Public Hall , Wood Vale , Lordshi p-lan _ " Mr . Richard Quick , M . J . S . ( curator of the Horniman Museum ) , will give an address on " Bells . "
A PORTRAIT of the late Bro . John Symonds , who was the senior partner of the firm of Messrs . Richard Symonds and Son , 7 and 8 , Idol-lane , and at one time represented Langbourn Ward in the Court of Common Council , appears in the Wine and Spirit Trade Record . THE BELLS of Windsor were rung on . Tuesday , and a Royal salute was fired in the Long Walk , in celebration of the 33 rd anniversary of the marriage of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales , whese wedding took place in St . George ' s Chapel on March 10 th , 18 ( 13 .
A MEETING of the Royal Colonial Institute was held in the Whitehall Rooms of the Colonial Institute , on Tuesday , at which Sir G . Baden-Powell , M . P ., read a paper on ' * The Development of Tropical Africa . " Sir Francis Scott , who commanded the recent expedition to Ashantee , was present , and made several important obiervations on the subject of the paper .
THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS ALBRECHT OF PRUSSIA , who are on a visit to this country , visited Westminster Abbey during the morning of Tuesday , and the Tower and Tower Bridge in the afternoon . Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Lord Chamberlain , and Sir John McNeill , one of the Queen ' s Equerries , have called upon their Royal Highnesses on behalf of her Majesty .
BRO . THE LORD MAYOR has given permission for the annual meeting of the Factory Girls' Country Holiday Fund to be held at the Mansion House on Tuesday , the 28 th prox ., at 3 o ' clock . The speakers will be Mrs . Fawcett , Lady Jeune , Mr . Asquith , Q . C , M . P ., Colonel Barrington-Foote , the Rev . Dr . Welldon . and others . The Fund is under the direct patronage of the Duchess of Teck .
THE Q UEEN , accompanied by Piincess Christian and Princess Victoria of Schleswi g-Holstein , and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of her Court , left Windsor Castle for the Continent on Monday . Reaching Portsmouth Dockyard shortly after 12 o ' clock , the Royal Party at once embarked in the Victoria and Albert , and crossed the Channel under escort . On Tuesday the journey to the Riviera was renewed , and completed on Wednesday .
THE ANNUAL BALL of the warrant and non-commissioned officers of the nt Lite Guards was held in the Portman Rooms , on Tuesday . Upwards of 400 guests were present , and the scene was exceptionally brilliant , owing in part to the variety of uniforms and partly to the prettiness of the ladies' costumes . Colonel Sir Simon Lockhart and most of the officers of the regiment were present , as well as a number of distinguished visitors .
DALHOUSIE LODGE OF INSTRUCTION . — Circumstances having arisen that necessitated the removal of this lodge of instruction from its present meeting place , it has been decided to hold its future meetings on Tujsiiys at tni L > rJ Truro , Oils : inline , N . E . ( close to Hackney Downs Station , G . E . Ry . ) , and about 10 minutes' walk from Hackney and Dalston Junction Stations on the N nth Lon Jon Railway . The lirst meeting will take place at the Lord Truro 0 , 1 Fu ; sdiy , the 17 th inst ., at 8 p . m .
LORD WINDSOR , Mayor of Cardiff , stated at a council meeting , on Monday , that he had leceived a letter from Sir Francis Knollys stating that H . K . H . the Prince of Wales would be happy to return to London from Aberystwith ( on the occasion of his visit there in connection with the University of Wales ) through Cardiff , and to delay his journey there two or three hours . A committee was appointed to mike the necessary arrangements for the suitable reception of the Prince .
THE ROYAL VISIT TO CROYDON . —On Monday last at the usual meeting of the Croydon County Council , the Mayor , Mr . Alderman F . T . Edridge , J . P ., said that for some time past he had been in correspondence with the Earl of Pembroke and the Right Hon . C . T . Ritchie on the subject of the opening of the new municipal buildings . He had now received from the Earl of Pembroke a letter stating that H . R . H . the Prince of Wales had fixed the ceremony to take place on Friday , May 15 th .
THE CAMBRIDGE CREW arrived at Putney on Monday and had their first spin about noon . Paddling up to Chiswick Eyot they turned , and after rowing back to Hammersmith and having removed their guernseys , did a sharp piece of work from Gwynne ' s Factory to the London Rowing Club , at the rate of 31 strokes per minute , tne boat travelling at a good pace . The crew is a heavy one and incluies live old Blues . The Oxford Crew is expected to an ire at the end of the present week .
A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT , by which two persons were killed and six baJI ] injured , occurred to the 5 . 30 p . m . express train from Leeds to London on Saturday evening last . The train had reached Little Bytham , near Peterborough , and was travelling at a fair rate of speed , when two of the rear carriages jumped the metals , and went over the embankment . The cause of the accident is not known , but it is onjictured that the recent rains had loosened the permanent way . With a few exceptions , all the passengers by the damaged train were able to continue their journey , and on reaching the Great Northern Terminus at King's Cross went at once to their respective homes .
TUB EXECUTIVE of the East London Trades , Industries , and Arts Exhibition have received an intimation from Bro . Sir Francis Knollys that H . R . H . the Prince of Wales will be pleased to preside at the opening ceremony on the Gth J iine . The Exhibitijn , of which his Royal Highness is Hon . President , will be held in the People's Palace . It will be arranged in six sections , No . 1 bein' for Exhibits by Manufacturing and
Trading Firms ; No . 2 for Work of Individual Craftsmen : No . 3 for Exhibits by Individual Students and Apprentices ; No . 4 f jr Studsnts cjlleccively and by Institutions ; No . 5 for Women's Work ; and No . 6 for Loan Exhibits of Works of Art . Each of the lirst five sections will be broken up into divisions , and prizes of greater or less value will be awarded in each division . A Urge Guarantee Fund is in course of being formed . The address of the Hon . Secretaries ii 64 , Cannon-s'reet , E . C .
FOR SOME TIME PAST the question of taking some step with the view of arresting the continued decrease in the second-class traffic which for some years has been a prominent feature in Railway Accounts , has been engaging the careful attention of the principal Railway Companies , and we are authorised to state that the directors ot tn Great Western and London and South Western Railway Companies have just deciaeu to reduce the second-class fares generally over their respective systems , to a sum e < Ju "' " lent to about lid . per mile , in the hope that this substantial reduction may induce many
who would otherwise travel third-class to avail themselves of the second-class carnage . VVe are also informed that with a view to securing as tar as practicable uniformity the mode of calculating the first-class fares , the directors of the abjve companies na row determined to reduce the first-class fares to about 2 d . per mile in all cases in wn they are at present in excess of that amount . The exact date on which these altera ^ ti are to take effect has not yet been finally decided , as it will take some time to arrange necessary details for giving effect to such important changes over the extensive system the two companies referred to .
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT , who is Honorary Colonel-in-Chief of the Scots Guards , attended divine service at Holy Trinity Church , Windsor , on Sunday last with the ist battalion of the regiment . THE DUKE or YORK will preside at the festival dinner which will be held on Thursday , the 21 st May , on behalf of the Royal Albert Orphan Asylum , Bagshot , and H . R . H . Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein will be present among the guests .
THE GERMAN EMPEROR is expected to arrive at Naples on Monday , the 23 rd inst ., when he will have an interview with King Humbert . His Imperial Majesty will proceed by sea to Genoa to-day ( Friday ) , accompanied by the Empress and Imperial children . THE ATTENTION of horticulturists and others has been diawn by thc Board of Agiiculture to the Second International Horticultural Exhibition , which will be held in
Dresden , from the and to the ioth May next under the patronage of the King of Saxony . THE ANNUAL DINNER of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion will be held in the Whitehall Rooms of the Hotel Metropole , on Tuesday next , the 17 th inst . H . R . H . the Duke of York has accepted . an invitation to be present as the Society ' s guest .
A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION of Militia officers for commissions in the regular service has been held at the London University during the present week , the number of commissions competed for being 15 in the cavalry , two in the artillery , and 50 in the infantry .
ON THE 23 rd instant , at the regular meetingof the Lodge of Research , No . 2429 , leld at Freemasons' Hall , Leicester , a lecture will be given by Bro . J . T . Thorp , P . M ., on " The Masonic Apron . " The lecture will be illustrated by a large collection of antique and valuable aprons . THE COMPLETION of the decoration of the upper portion of the choir of St . Paul's Cathedral with mosaics will be celebrated at the afternoon service on Easter Eve ( Saturday , April 4 th ) , when a special Te Deum will be sung . Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Corporation of London will attend in state .
IN THE unavoidable absence of Bro . the Earl of Kilmorey , Bro . Sir Arthur Sullivan presided at the first meeting , held on Monday , of the Executive Committee of the Barnby Memorial . Trust Fund . It is understood that a public appeal will shortly be made , and that a grand concert in behalf of the Fund will be held in the Royal Albert Hall after Easter .
A COMIC OPERA , entitled "The Nick of Time , " by Colonel Sir H . Colvile , K . C . M . G ., composed by Mr . E . Jones , will be performed at the Chelsea Barracks on Monday , the 23 rd instant , and five following nights and at a m itiniii on Friday , the 27 th instant , in aid of the Brigade of Guards Charities . The performances will take place under Royal patronage .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , attended by Commander the Hon . Seymour Fortescue , left Marlborough House for Paris en route for Cannes on Saturday morning last . The same day H . R . H . the Princess of Wales , accompanied by the Princess Louise , Duchess of Fife , visited the Queen at Windsor Castle , and having ; lunched with her Majesty returned to town .
THE WILL OF the late Bro . Sir Joseph Barnby , of 9 , St . George ' s-square , Pimlico , composer of music , a native of York , Principal ot the Guildhall School of Music , who died on the 28 th January last , aged 57 years , leaving personal estate of the gross value of £ 4272 17 s . Sd ., and of the net value of £ i ° 3 11 . 6 d ., has been proved by his widow , Dame Edith Barnby .
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK have been making extensive alterations at their Cripplegate Branch , 10 , Fore-street , in order to accommodate a much larger staff , which has been necessitated by the great increase of their business in this district . Mr . Harry Townend , who is so well known in the soft goods trade , is the Branch Manager .
IT is PROPOSED to hold a grand exhibition in Buda-Pesth , from May to October of the present year , with a view to celebrating the 1000 th anniversary of the existence of Hungary as a nation , and the British Committee which has been formed in connection with the project held its first meeting at the Mansion House on Monday , under the presidency of Bro . Lord Major Sir W . Wilkin , for the purpose of making arrangements for British exhibitors and visitors . A SOLID SILVER CENTREPIECE has been presented to the Army Sirvice Corps by past and present officers belonging to the regiment who took part in the Egyptian and South African campaigns . On one side of the piece is represented , in relief , a scene in the Zulu War , and on the other a scene on the Nile . Between the two panels are
trophies of Egyptian and Zulu arms , the bidges of the regiment b-ing on one side of the foot , and the names of the donors engraved on the other . FIFTY YEARS' RAILWAY SERVICE . —During the wait for H . R . H . the Prince of Wales at Chaiing Cross , on Satuiday morning last , Sir George Russell , Chairman of the South-Eastern Railway Company , took occasion to heartily congratulate Bro . George Abbott , Station Superintendent , on the completion of 50 years in the service of the company . It is understood that Sir George and his colleagues of the directorate have also given practical expression to their appreciation of Bro . Abbott ' s long service .
WE HAVE RECEIVED notice from the Directors of Spiers and Pond Limited that a third instalment of 4 s . per share , less Income Tax , on account of dividend , will be posted to the shareholders of the Company on the third proximo , and that the share transfer books will be closed from the loth to the 31 st instant inclusive , for the purpose of preparirg the warrants . This payment , with the two instalments paid on the ist of Octoberand the ist of January last respectively , makes 12 s . per share on account of the year ending 31 st March , 1896 , the full dividend for which will be declared in July next .
EARL AND COUNTESS STANHOPE gave a dinner party at their residence In Grosvenor-place on Saturday evering last , at which there were present , among others , Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., and Lady Lucy Hicks-Beach , Bro . the Right Hon . Charles and Mrs . Stuart-Wortley , and the Hon . Lady Northcote . At the reception by Countess Stanhope which followed , the Lord Chancellor ( Bro . Lord Halsbury ) and Lady Halsbury , the French Ambassador and Mdlles . de Courccl , Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Viscount and Viscountess Galway , Bro . Lord Ampthill , Bro . Lord Glenesk , Lord and Lady Morris , Bro . Sir John Mowbray , Bart ., M . P ., and Sir John and Lady Lubbock were among those present .
BRO . ALDIRMAN SIR HENRY KNIGHT , in the unavoidable absence of Bro . Lord Major Sir Walter Wilkin , piesidtd at a meeting of Juvenile Collectors , which was held Lt Ihe Guildhall , en Saturday aftcrnccn lest , in celebialion of the 92 nd anniversary of the ftur . datic . 11 of ihe Bn ' tish and Foreign Bible Society . When the society came into existence in 1804 , there were only 5 , 000 , 000 copies of the Bible in existence , printed in 35 different languages . There are now 147 , 000 , 000 printed , in 330 dialects , and it is hoped that before the present year is ended ihe translation of the Sacred Book into 100
additicnal languages will be completed , and that a short time hence there will not be a nation or tribe in the whole world which has not the Bible rendered in its own language . BRO . SIRM . WHITE RIDLEY , Bart ., M . P ., and the Hon . Lady Ridley entertained at dinner at their residence in Carlton House-terrace , on Saturday evening last , a considerable numberof guests , among whom were Bro . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) and Lady Halsbury , the Right Hon . the Speaker and Mrs . Gully , and Bro . the Earl and
Countess of Wharncliffe . At Lady Ridley ' s reception afterwards those present included the French Ambassador and Mdlles deCourcel , the Netherlands Minister , Bro . Viscount and Viscountess Valentia , Bro . Lord and Lady George Hamilton , Bro . Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Bro . Sir James Fergusson , Bart ., M . P ., Bro . the Right Hon . A . Akers-Douglas , M . P ., Bro . Col . the Hon . H . Byng , and Bro . the Hon . ' 1 homas Cochrane , M P ., and Lady Gerlrude Cochrane .
A GO-AS . VOC-PI . EASE TOURNAMENT for a distance of live or six hundred miles would , no doubt , attract great attention amongst pedestrians . Keats of endurance whicli call forth worthy emulation have the ellect of improving the physical standard of our young men . They learn that Ihe training requisite demands cleanliness , sobriety , and regular living , as the first essentials of success . This , of course , teaches the lesson that Holloway ' s Pills and Ointment are rapid aids for bringing a man into the pink of condition . They strengthen the constitution , purify the blood , promote digestion , and cleanse the stomach . The Ointment disperses stillness of the joints , and makes the muscles like steel in their strength and flexibility .
Masonic And General Tidings.
WE ARE REQUESTED to announce that the Fifteen Sections will be worked at 11 , Prosperity Lodge of Instruction , No . 65 , Weaver ' s Arms , 17 , London Wall , by R E . C . Talbot , P . M . 65 and 1310 ( Past Preceptor of the lodge ) , assisted by Bro . p ] S ' Milbourn and several other prominent brethren , and all who wish to partici pate in Masonic treat ( in more than the ordinary sense of the word ) are cordiall y invited t * attend . The lodge will be opened punctually at 7 p . m . °
MESSRS . M . B . FOSTER AND SONS , LIMITED , have this week paid a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent , per annum upon their preference shares for the year 1 S 95 . THE DUKK AND DUCHESS OF YORK visited Guy's Hospital on Tuesday afte noon , and were conducted round the Wards hy the Treasurer , Matron , and member ! ni the staff . 01
BRO . W . G . FENELEY has been appointed manager of the Cannon-street Hotel Bro . Feneley has had considerable experience of hotel and tavern management in trip Metropolis . THEIR ROYAI . HIGHNESSES the Prince and Princess of Wales have fixed the date of the 30 th annual meeting of Dr . Barnado ' s Homes , in the Albert Hall , for Midsummer Day , 24 th June , at 5 p . m .
THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL of the Royal Blind . Pension Society will be held at the Hotel Metropole on Monday , the nth May , and H . R . H . the Duke of Cambrid ge has very kindly consented to preside as Chairman on the occasion . BRO . F . J . HORNINAN , M . P ., will preside on Monday , at the meeting of the Dul . wich Scientific and Literary Association , at the Public Hall , Wood Vale , Lordshi p-lan _ " Mr . Richard Quick , M . J . S . ( curator of the Horniman Museum ) , will give an address on " Bells . "
A PORTRAIT of the late Bro . John Symonds , who was the senior partner of the firm of Messrs . Richard Symonds and Son , 7 and 8 , Idol-lane , and at one time represented Langbourn Ward in the Court of Common Council , appears in the Wine and Spirit Trade Record . THE BELLS of Windsor were rung on . Tuesday , and a Royal salute was fired in the Long Walk , in celebration of the 33 rd anniversary of the marriage of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales , whese wedding took place in St . George ' s Chapel on March 10 th , 18 ( 13 .
A MEETING of the Royal Colonial Institute was held in the Whitehall Rooms of the Colonial Institute , on Tuesday , at which Sir G . Baden-Powell , M . P ., read a paper on ' * The Development of Tropical Africa . " Sir Francis Scott , who commanded the recent expedition to Ashantee , was present , and made several important obiervations on the subject of the paper .
THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS ALBRECHT OF PRUSSIA , who are on a visit to this country , visited Westminster Abbey during the morning of Tuesday , and the Tower and Tower Bridge in the afternoon . Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Lord Chamberlain , and Sir John McNeill , one of the Queen ' s Equerries , have called upon their Royal Highnesses on behalf of her Majesty .
BRO . THE LORD MAYOR has given permission for the annual meeting of the Factory Girls' Country Holiday Fund to be held at the Mansion House on Tuesday , the 28 th prox ., at 3 o ' clock . The speakers will be Mrs . Fawcett , Lady Jeune , Mr . Asquith , Q . C , M . P ., Colonel Barrington-Foote , the Rev . Dr . Welldon . and others . The Fund is under the direct patronage of the Duchess of Teck .
THE Q UEEN , accompanied by Piincess Christian and Princess Victoria of Schleswi g-Holstein , and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of her Court , left Windsor Castle for the Continent on Monday . Reaching Portsmouth Dockyard shortly after 12 o ' clock , the Royal Party at once embarked in the Victoria and Albert , and crossed the Channel under escort . On Tuesday the journey to the Riviera was renewed , and completed on Wednesday .
THE ANNUAL BALL of the warrant and non-commissioned officers of the nt Lite Guards was held in the Portman Rooms , on Tuesday . Upwards of 400 guests were present , and the scene was exceptionally brilliant , owing in part to the variety of uniforms and partly to the prettiness of the ladies' costumes . Colonel Sir Simon Lockhart and most of the officers of the regiment were present , as well as a number of distinguished visitors .
DALHOUSIE LODGE OF INSTRUCTION . — Circumstances having arisen that necessitated the removal of this lodge of instruction from its present meeting place , it has been decided to hold its future meetings on Tujsiiys at tni L > rJ Truro , Oils : inline , N . E . ( close to Hackney Downs Station , G . E . Ry . ) , and about 10 minutes' walk from Hackney and Dalston Junction Stations on the N nth Lon Jon Railway . The lirst meeting will take place at the Lord Truro 0 , 1 Fu ; sdiy , the 17 th inst ., at 8 p . m .
LORD WINDSOR , Mayor of Cardiff , stated at a council meeting , on Monday , that he had leceived a letter from Sir Francis Knollys stating that H . K . H . the Prince of Wales would be happy to return to London from Aberystwith ( on the occasion of his visit there in connection with the University of Wales ) through Cardiff , and to delay his journey there two or three hours . A committee was appointed to mike the necessary arrangements for the suitable reception of the Prince .
THE ROYAL VISIT TO CROYDON . —On Monday last at the usual meeting of the Croydon County Council , the Mayor , Mr . Alderman F . T . Edridge , J . P ., said that for some time past he had been in correspondence with the Earl of Pembroke and the Right Hon . C . T . Ritchie on the subject of the opening of the new municipal buildings . He had now received from the Earl of Pembroke a letter stating that H . R . H . the Prince of Wales had fixed the ceremony to take place on Friday , May 15 th .
THE CAMBRIDGE CREW arrived at Putney on Monday and had their first spin about noon . Paddling up to Chiswick Eyot they turned , and after rowing back to Hammersmith and having removed their guernseys , did a sharp piece of work from Gwynne ' s Factory to the London Rowing Club , at the rate of 31 strokes per minute , tne boat travelling at a good pace . The crew is a heavy one and incluies live old Blues . The Oxford Crew is expected to an ire at the end of the present week .
A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT , by which two persons were killed and six baJI ] injured , occurred to the 5 . 30 p . m . express train from Leeds to London on Saturday evening last . The train had reached Little Bytham , near Peterborough , and was travelling at a fair rate of speed , when two of the rear carriages jumped the metals , and went over the embankment . The cause of the accident is not known , but it is onjictured that the recent rains had loosened the permanent way . With a few exceptions , all the passengers by the damaged train were able to continue their journey , and on reaching the Great Northern Terminus at King's Cross went at once to their respective homes .
TUB EXECUTIVE of the East London Trades , Industries , and Arts Exhibition have received an intimation from Bro . Sir Francis Knollys that H . R . H . the Prince of Wales will be pleased to preside at the opening ceremony on the Gth J iine . The Exhibitijn , of which his Royal Highness is Hon . President , will be held in the People's Palace . It will be arranged in six sections , No . 1 bein' for Exhibits by Manufacturing and
Trading Firms ; No . 2 for Work of Individual Craftsmen : No . 3 for Exhibits by Individual Students and Apprentices ; No . 4 f jr Studsnts cjlleccively and by Institutions ; No . 5 for Women's Work ; and No . 6 for Loan Exhibits of Works of Art . Each of the lirst five sections will be broken up into divisions , and prizes of greater or less value will be awarded in each division . A Urge Guarantee Fund is in course of being formed . The address of the Hon . Secretaries ii 64 , Cannon-s'reet , E . C .
FOR SOME TIME PAST the question of taking some step with the view of arresting the continued decrease in the second-class traffic which for some years has been a prominent feature in Railway Accounts , has been engaging the careful attention of the principal Railway Companies , and we are authorised to state that the directors ot tn Great Western and London and South Western Railway Companies have just deciaeu to reduce the second-class fares generally over their respective systems , to a sum e < Ju "' " lent to about lid . per mile , in the hope that this substantial reduction may induce many
who would otherwise travel third-class to avail themselves of the second-class carnage . VVe are also informed that with a view to securing as tar as practicable uniformity the mode of calculating the first-class fares , the directors of the abjve companies na row determined to reduce the first-class fares to about 2 d . per mile in all cases in wn they are at present in excess of that amount . The exact date on which these altera ^ ti are to take effect has not yet been finally decided , as it will take some time to arrange necessary details for giving effect to such important changes over the extensive system the two companies referred to .