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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . "VV . Burdett-Coutts was among the successful exhibitors at the Islington Horse Show . Bro . the Duke and the Duchess of Abercorn have taken Grantham House , the Marquis of Ripon's house on Putney Heath , for the summer months . Bro . Alderman Sir J . VV . Ellis , Bart ., contributes an interesting and well written article in the current number of the National Review on the London Government Bill .
One of the first acts of the Prince of Wales after the resumption of his public duties , which have been interrupted by the death of the Duke of Albany , will be the opening of the City of London Technical College at South Kensington . Bro . Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . Grand Master Berks and Bucks , has convened the annual
Provincial Grand Lodge for Monday next , the iCth inst ., the town of High Wycombe being the place of meeting on this occasion . The Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened at 1 . 30 in the Town Hall . At the close of the business a banquet will be served at the Red Lion Hotel . Bro . Howard Vincent , late Director of the Criminal Investigation Department , and Mrs . Vincent ,
leave Liverpool on July 3 rd for New York , by the White Star steamer Germanic , and purpose going through the United States and Canada ; thence by way of San Francisco to Australia and New Zealand ; and then to India , and back to this country . The journey is likely to occupy 12 months . The recent visit of a party of Belgians to London
has been duly chronicled in the Belgian Press , more especially in VExcursion , in which M . Parmentier , the proprietor , gives a glowing account of the trip , and does not forget to offer a very handsome acknowledgment to Bro . Sir John Bennett for his courtesy and assistance at the Guildhall , the Free Library , the Mansion House , and the Crystal Palace .
The following dinners , &* c , have been held at the Freemasons' Tavern during the present week : —Monday , June 9 th — University Chapter . Tuesday , 1 oth—103 rd Regiment ( Royal Bombay Fusiliers ) . Wednesday , nth—United Law Clerks and 91 st Regiment . Thursday , 12 th—Rose of Sharon Chapter , Benevolent Institution for the Relief of Aged and Infirm Journeyman Tailors , and
Caledonian Society . Friday , 13 th—Britannic Chapter Audit , The Buffs , 12 th Suffolk Regiment , and 98 th Regiment . Saturday , 14 th—Pilgrim Lodge . A correspondent to the Manchester Examiner and Times writes , under date June 3 rd : — " 1 notice a paragraph in your paper of Monday , in which it is announced that a new lodge of Freemasons has been
founded at 33 , Golden-square , London , on ' temperance principles , ' and that at its banquets no wines or intoxicants are to be allowed . As an old Freemason allow me to say that all Masonic lodges are strictly 'temperance ' lodges , and I think it is only due to those who have long been members of this ancient and honourable Fraternity to point out that it is quite invidious to designate any ' new '
lodge as a temperance' lodge . Refreshments , after the work of the lodge is done , are generally served , but everyone is left to the freedom of his own will as to whether he takes intoxicants or non-intoxicants—toleration being the rule—everyone being allowed to please himself . ' " On Friday evening , the 6 th inst ., a meeting of the General Committee of the West'Lancashire Masonic
Educational Institution was held in the Masonic Hall , Hope street , Liverpool , under the presidency of Bro . R . Foote-P . G . S ., one of the Vice-Presidents of the Institution . The Committee , during a long sitting , considered no fewer than 20 applications from parents and guardians to have the names of their children placed on the list as candidates tor election . These applications were all approved . The
sum which will be expended on them will amount to about £ 160 annually . The Committee further resolved to recommend three children for election , which will combine education , clothing , and maintenance , under the recently enlarged bye-laws of this Institution . General satisfaction was expressed that these improved bye-laws are now in full operation , and it is expected that the privileges thus offered
will be largely sought after throughout the province . The Grand Master of Nova Scotia , in his annual address , relates his experiences in England . The following is an extract from the address referred to : "In going through some records of the Grand Lodge of England , when in London , I found that two lodges in Cape Breton , known on our register as St . Andrew ' s , No . 7 . and Tvrian
\ outh , No . 45 , appeared as still under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of England . As it would have been a roundabout , although strictly regular , process to write out here to our Grand Secretary to address a letter to the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of England , ! thought it better to communicate directly with him , and he at once obtained instructions to strike them from the roll , explaining
to me , in a very courteous letter ( which I will read ) how the error had not been noticed or corrected . While in England I had the pleasure of attending at the dedication of three new lodges , the ceremony being very impressivelv performed by the Grand Secretary , Col . Shadwell H . Cle " rke , who in each case was assisted by a trained choir ; and the alternations of music added much to the effect . I had the
gratification of attending twice at meetings of the Grand Lodge of England , once at the Quarterly and afterwards at the Annual Communication . H . R . H . the M . W . Grand Master was unfortunately , in both cases , absent from town , and as the Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Carnarvon , was unwell , the R . W . D . G . M ., the Earl of Lathom , presided , and in his firmness and promptitude in the despatch of business proved himself a model Grand Master . "
Lvery Freemason should carry the " Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar and Pocket Book , " which gives full particulars of the English , Scotch , and Irish Constitutions , and every grand Masonic body in the world . Price 2 s ., limp roan . George Kenning , lG and IGA , Great Oueen-. ' -trect , London , W . C—[ ADVT . J
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Lord Brabourne presided on Thursday last week at the Cannon-street Hotel at a meeting of the Railway Shareholders' Association to consider the Railway Regulations Acts'Amcndment Bill . Bros . Alderman Hadley and Sir Edward Watkin were also present . The installation meeting of the Duke of Connaught Chapter , No . 1524 , was held at Anderton ' s Hotel ,
Fleet-street , on Wednesday , when Comp . W . H . Lee , P . Z ., installed thc following officers : Comp . Byng , as Z . ; Clark , as H . ; Levey , as J . ; N . Green , as S . E . ; Paine , as S . N . ; Steel , as Treas . ; and Funston , as P . S . A marble bust of the late Recorder of London ( the Right Hon . Russell Gurney , Q . C , M . P ., ) has recently been placed in the Guildhall . The work is by Bro . Hamilton
MacCarthy , and is a replica of the one , also executed by Bro . MacCarthy , at Fishmongers' Hall . The likeness is considered excellent , and the workmanship a striking example of the sculptor's art . Bro . Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , Bart ., M . P ., returned to Wynnstay , Ruabon , last week after an absence of seven months . The hon . baronet was met at the
railway station by a large number of the inhabitants . He was accompanied by Lady Wynn and Miss Wynn . Sir Watkin had to be carried in a chair from the train to his brougham . He was received at Wynnstay by Dr . Richard Williams . At the annual meeting of thc Provincial Grand Lodge of Gloucestershire last week , the R . VV . Prov . G . M ., Bro . Sir Michal Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., announced that
he had undertaken to preside at the annual Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution in February next . It will be in the recollection of our readers that our R . W . brother presided at the anniversary of the Girls' School three years ago . Bro . Frederick Kent , P . M . 177 , has organised an entertainment to be given to the ladies at the Star and
Garter Hotel , Richmond , on Friday , the 27 th inst ., when Mrs . Georgina Weldon will sing two of her songs , other artistes having been also engaged for the occasion . The dinner will take place at three , and a carpet dance commences at seven . We wish Bro . Kent , every success in his laudable attempt . We understand that the first issue of tickets has already been sold out and a second issue has
become necessary , and as this entertainment is not restricted to the ladies of the Domatic Lodge only , we recommend our readers to make an early application for tickets . Bro . Kent's address is 91 , Queen-street , Cheapside . Bro . Dr . B . VV . Richardson presided at the late distribution of prizes atthe Stepney Jewish Schools . Of his address the Jcuish Chronicle says : " It was an
eminently characteristic address that Dr . Richardson delivered . As usual , he stood forth as an admirer of many Jewish things which Jews are somewhat apt to value too lightly . Thus he began by praising Hebrew , which he called ' a beautiful language in every way . ' He strongly recommended his young hearers to persevere in its study . To show that he practised what he preached , he stated that he
had himself commenced to learn Hebrew the previous day . It would be useful to know the secret of his astonishing progress in the study of that tongue . On Saturday—the better the day the better the deed—he began , and on Sunday he was able to read the first verse of the ff ebrew Bible . Then , again , the Doctor dwelt on the beauty of Jewish names . He rejoiced that his own name was Benjamin .
Are there Jews that find the idea mirth-provoking ? If so , it can only be because , unlike the stranger , they are ignorant of the meaning of Jewish names and dead to their eloquence and pathos . Altogether the address was a most suggestive one . " On Sunday last , by direction of -the Roman Catholic Bishop of Liverpool , Dr . O'Reilly , the encyclical 1 n , fn ^ « ff r VIM nn nVAnn . ni . n ...... ..... < . ... ^ In nil fUa iciifci yjyyj vi i ^ iiiaauui ^ > vus ... an ¦„ ai . 11
y , y ..-.,,.. . . v ; ... churches and chapels in the diocese of Liverpool . At St . Peter ' s , Scel-street , Father Anderson , O . S . B ., before readin g the letter remarked that it was only fair to the Freemasons in England that it should be made known that they had protested at a meeting of their Grand Lodge against the serious indictment of his Holiness . At that meeting a resolution was passed to the effect " that they
had seen with great regret the recent encyclical letter , in which charges of atheism , sedition , and vice were made against Masonry in general , without discrimination . " He ( Father Anderson ) would remind the members of that society that so long as they continued in the bonds of fellowship with Masons throughout the world , and encouraged and supported the different lodges by subscriptions ,
they could not consider themselves altogether irresponsible for thc principles and acts of their foreign brothers . To free themselves from all blame they must repudiate publicly false teaching and break off all fraternal connection with those brethren . As for Catholics , they listened with respect and veneration to the words of the holy father , as the authorised teacher of faith and morals .
At the meeting last week of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution , the Duke of Northumberland , President of the Institution , in the chair , supported among others by Bro . Earl Percy , M . P ., Mr . Edward Birkbeck , M . P ., Admiral Phillimore , Admiral Corbett , Mr . C . G . Prideaux Brune , Admiral Ward , Mr . Charles Dibdin , Secretary , and Captain the Hon . II . W . Chetwynd , Chief
Inspector of Lifeboats , it was announced that rewards amounting to £ 94 had been granted to lifeboat men for services rendered during the past month and to the crews of shoreboats for saving life from wrecks on our coasts . During the present year lhe institution has contributed , by its lifeboats and by other means , for which it has granted rewards , to the saving of 457 lives , besides assisting to
rescue nine vessels from destruction . A letter was read from the Secretary of the International Fisheries Exhibition , stating that the prize of £ * Goo and gold medal offered by the Executive Council of the Exhibition for the best lifeboat had been awarded to the boat exhibited by the Institution . New lifeboats had been sent during the past month to Hythe , Walmer , Newport , Pembrokeshire , and Port Eynon ; and it was decided to replace the present
lifeboat at Cullercoats , Northumberland , by a new onc as early as practicable . After some formal business thc proceedings terminated . It ought to be generall y known that Rose ' s Lime Juice Cordial supplies a delicious cooling drink in watereffervescing in all mineral waters—wholesome and refreshing in summer . Purchasers should order Rose's Cordial . Wholesale Stores , n , Curtain-road , London , and Leith , N . B .-rADVT . ]
The Theatres.
THE THEATRES .
We differ from many of our contemporaries in doubting the wisdom of Messrs . Clayton and Cecil in bringout " Play " at the Court Theatre . VVe agree with the critics that " Play " is the weakest and most insipid of Robertson ' s comedies , but it contains merit , though in a less pronounced form than in "Caste , " "Ours , " " School , " & c . "Play" has not been seen since 1 S 6 S—the year of its production—and it ought to be remembered , though it is a fact which few
theatrical managers keep before them , that in iG years a new generation of playgoers has sprung up which know not the old plays . 11 is on these grounds mainly we hail with satisfaction the revival of " Play . " In the hands of Messrs . Clayton and Cecil ' s most efficient and charming cast , Robertson ' s poorest of his many interesting comedies shines and affords a pleasant couple of hours' amusement . The love making of the unsophisticated Miss Farquehere
( Miss Lottie Venne ) and Mr . Frank Price ( Mr . H . B . Conway ) , the good natured snarling of the dyspeptic Mr . Bodmin Todder ( Mr . Arthur Cecil ) and Mrs . Kinspeck ( Miss Victor ) , the airy confidence of Mr . John Clayton as the Chevalier Browne , and the wife's devoted love of the ill-used Mrs . Browne ( Miss Amy Roselle ) , are all of a nature that arouses one ' s interest . There is no getting over the fact that the devices used in this piece to bring out
rivalry and jealously are not such as would be sufficient in every day life , even amongst the most hot tempered persons ; but if we go to the Court expecting to see and acknowledging the most unsatisfactory of Robertson's plays , then we shall leave it pleased on account of the fun with which the ladies and gentlemen we have mentioned put into it and make it sparkle . The second act we must again refer to . Of the many love scenes one witnesses on
the stage one cannot see another more tender , simple , honest , graceful , and true than that written by this master of sentimental conversation and acted by Mr . Conway and Miss Venne so admirably that one almost thinks it real , and this in an age of unromance and utilitarianism . " The Milliners' Bill , " written for and acted by Mrs . John Wood and Mr . Arthur Cecil , still is the afterpiece , and never were they seen to better advantage . The audience rise from their seats delighted with her song " His heart was true to Poll . "
The Pattenmakers' Company.
THE PATTENMAKERS' COMPANY .
Bro . Captain George Lambert , Kb . A * , Master ot the Pattenmakers' Company , entertained a company numbering 130 at a court dinner in the Venetian Saloon at the Holborn Restaurant on Monday evening . The list of guests included Bros . H . D . Sandeman , Captain Nathaniel George Philips , J . Glaisher , F . S . A . ; Ex-Sheriff Burt , J . P . ; George Kenning , Immediate Past Master of the Gold and Silver
Wyre Drawers' Company ; C . W . Thompson , Past Master of the Pattenmakers' Company ; G . Shaw , C . C , Controller Samuel Graham Bake , E . Baxter , C . Lambert , W . M . Bywater , Lieut . H . C . Lambert , W . H . Pannell , C . C , Barrow Emanuel , A . F . Godson , Dr . Mickley , Warden Clout , H . F . Youle , ( Clerk ) , & c , & c . The dinner was served in sumptuous style , and at its conclusion the usual loyal toasts were given from the chair , the Master
coupling together " The Church and the Queen . "—Colonel Wynn Finch responded for the Navy and Army , and Colonel Bushby for the Reserve Forces , the latter observing that he commanded the regiment of which Capt . Lambert was a distinguished officer . Having so often heard his voice , he was sure the Master would not wish to hear it on that occasion . —The Master in proposing the toast of "The Lord Mayor , Sheriffs , and Corporation , " said if the
present Lord Mayor should be the last of his race , as has been said , he would say that a more genial and able Lord Mayor had never occupied the civic chair . He could not bring , himself to believe that an institution of so great an antiquity as the Corporation of London would be done away with by the stroke of a pen . Referring to the City companies , lie said no reproach could be brought against them by any sane man . They had
present members of the Common Council who had done much to make the Health Exhibition a success . _ Bro . Shaw , C . C , in responding described the Corporation as a sort of central republic surrounded by the smaller republics called City companies . Thc Health Exhibition had been alluded to , and he remarked that it was the Corporation which had taken the initiative in this matter , and given a character to the Exhibition , helping them to realise
some of the characteristics of old London . —The Master next proposed " The Learned Societies of England . " No city in the world numbered so many learned societies and clubs as the City of London . Referring to the work of the British Arch .-eological Society , he adverted to the prolonged labours of Mr . Collingwood Bruce in connection with the Roman wall . The museum of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society at the Guildhall ought
to be visited by everybody , where they would see the great pavement brought to light in Watling-street by Mr . Ex-Sheriff Burt . —Bro . Glaisher , in responding , referred to his recent balloon experiments , and acknowledged the encouragement and help which the learned societies had received from the City guilds . —Mr . C . S . Percival responded on behalf of the Society of Antiquaries . —The Deputy Master of thc Mint gave the toast of " The Pattenmakers '
Company , " coupled with the name of the Master . They owed a great deal to the Pattenmakers' Company , and to their excellent and worshipful Master . —The Master briefly acknowledged the toast , observing that having once put his hand to the plough he would not turn back . In proposing " The Health of the Past Masters and Wardens , " he said the company was at one time fast dying out ; and they owed it to the past Masters , and to Bro . C . W .
Thompson and Bro . Barrow Emanuel in particular , that they were in the present satisfactory condition . —Bro . Past Master Thompson proposed "The Visitors , " and lhe Master proposed "Thc Health of the Cleik" in eulogistic terms , observing that he was faithful , zealous , and true in the position to which he was elected . —Bro . H . F . Youle
responded , the remaining toast being that of " The Ladies , to whom the Master said they were indebted for their existence as a company . —An admirable programme of music was performed by Miss Mary Belval , Miss Jessie Royd , Miss Marian Weaver , Mr . Gabriel Thorp , and Mr . A . Thomas . Mr . Hooper was toastmaster .
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . "VV . Burdett-Coutts was among the successful exhibitors at the Islington Horse Show . Bro . the Duke and the Duchess of Abercorn have taken Grantham House , the Marquis of Ripon's house on Putney Heath , for the summer months . Bro . Alderman Sir J . VV . Ellis , Bart ., contributes an interesting and well written article in the current number of the National Review on the London Government Bill .
One of the first acts of the Prince of Wales after the resumption of his public duties , which have been interrupted by the death of the Duke of Albany , will be the opening of the City of London Technical College at South Kensington . Bro . Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . Grand Master Berks and Bucks , has convened the annual
Provincial Grand Lodge for Monday next , the iCth inst ., the town of High Wycombe being the place of meeting on this occasion . The Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened at 1 . 30 in the Town Hall . At the close of the business a banquet will be served at the Red Lion Hotel . Bro . Howard Vincent , late Director of the Criminal Investigation Department , and Mrs . Vincent ,
leave Liverpool on July 3 rd for New York , by the White Star steamer Germanic , and purpose going through the United States and Canada ; thence by way of San Francisco to Australia and New Zealand ; and then to India , and back to this country . The journey is likely to occupy 12 months . The recent visit of a party of Belgians to London
has been duly chronicled in the Belgian Press , more especially in VExcursion , in which M . Parmentier , the proprietor , gives a glowing account of the trip , and does not forget to offer a very handsome acknowledgment to Bro . Sir John Bennett for his courtesy and assistance at the Guildhall , the Free Library , the Mansion House , and the Crystal Palace .
The following dinners , &* c , have been held at the Freemasons' Tavern during the present week : —Monday , June 9 th — University Chapter . Tuesday , 1 oth—103 rd Regiment ( Royal Bombay Fusiliers ) . Wednesday , nth—United Law Clerks and 91 st Regiment . Thursday , 12 th—Rose of Sharon Chapter , Benevolent Institution for the Relief of Aged and Infirm Journeyman Tailors , and
Caledonian Society . Friday , 13 th—Britannic Chapter Audit , The Buffs , 12 th Suffolk Regiment , and 98 th Regiment . Saturday , 14 th—Pilgrim Lodge . A correspondent to the Manchester Examiner and Times writes , under date June 3 rd : — " 1 notice a paragraph in your paper of Monday , in which it is announced that a new lodge of Freemasons has been
founded at 33 , Golden-square , London , on ' temperance principles , ' and that at its banquets no wines or intoxicants are to be allowed . As an old Freemason allow me to say that all Masonic lodges are strictly 'temperance ' lodges , and I think it is only due to those who have long been members of this ancient and honourable Fraternity to point out that it is quite invidious to designate any ' new '
lodge as a temperance' lodge . Refreshments , after the work of the lodge is done , are generally served , but everyone is left to the freedom of his own will as to whether he takes intoxicants or non-intoxicants—toleration being the rule—everyone being allowed to please himself . ' " On Friday evening , the 6 th inst ., a meeting of the General Committee of the West'Lancashire Masonic
Educational Institution was held in the Masonic Hall , Hope street , Liverpool , under the presidency of Bro . R . Foote-P . G . S ., one of the Vice-Presidents of the Institution . The Committee , during a long sitting , considered no fewer than 20 applications from parents and guardians to have the names of their children placed on the list as candidates tor election . These applications were all approved . The
sum which will be expended on them will amount to about £ 160 annually . The Committee further resolved to recommend three children for election , which will combine education , clothing , and maintenance , under the recently enlarged bye-laws of this Institution . General satisfaction was expressed that these improved bye-laws are now in full operation , and it is expected that the privileges thus offered
will be largely sought after throughout the province . The Grand Master of Nova Scotia , in his annual address , relates his experiences in England . The following is an extract from the address referred to : "In going through some records of the Grand Lodge of England , when in London , I found that two lodges in Cape Breton , known on our register as St . Andrew ' s , No . 7 . and Tvrian
\ outh , No . 45 , appeared as still under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of England . As it would have been a roundabout , although strictly regular , process to write out here to our Grand Secretary to address a letter to the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of England , ! thought it better to communicate directly with him , and he at once obtained instructions to strike them from the roll , explaining
to me , in a very courteous letter ( which I will read ) how the error had not been noticed or corrected . While in England I had the pleasure of attending at the dedication of three new lodges , the ceremony being very impressivelv performed by the Grand Secretary , Col . Shadwell H . Cle " rke , who in each case was assisted by a trained choir ; and the alternations of music added much to the effect . I had the
gratification of attending twice at meetings of the Grand Lodge of England , once at the Quarterly and afterwards at the Annual Communication . H . R . H . the M . W . Grand Master was unfortunately , in both cases , absent from town , and as the Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Carnarvon , was unwell , the R . W . D . G . M ., the Earl of Lathom , presided , and in his firmness and promptitude in the despatch of business proved himself a model Grand Master . "
Lvery Freemason should carry the " Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar and Pocket Book , " which gives full particulars of the English , Scotch , and Irish Constitutions , and every grand Masonic body in the world . Price 2 s ., limp roan . George Kenning , lG and IGA , Great Oueen-. ' -trect , London , W . C—[ ADVT . J
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Lord Brabourne presided on Thursday last week at the Cannon-street Hotel at a meeting of the Railway Shareholders' Association to consider the Railway Regulations Acts'Amcndment Bill . Bros . Alderman Hadley and Sir Edward Watkin were also present . The installation meeting of the Duke of Connaught Chapter , No . 1524 , was held at Anderton ' s Hotel ,
Fleet-street , on Wednesday , when Comp . W . H . Lee , P . Z ., installed thc following officers : Comp . Byng , as Z . ; Clark , as H . ; Levey , as J . ; N . Green , as S . E . ; Paine , as S . N . ; Steel , as Treas . ; and Funston , as P . S . A marble bust of the late Recorder of London ( the Right Hon . Russell Gurney , Q . C , M . P ., ) has recently been placed in the Guildhall . The work is by Bro . Hamilton
MacCarthy , and is a replica of the one , also executed by Bro . MacCarthy , at Fishmongers' Hall . The likeness is considered excellent , and the workmanship a striking example of the sculptor's art . Bro . Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , Bart ., M . P ., returned to Wynnstay , Ruabon , last week after an absence of seven months . The hon . baronet was met at the
railway station by a large number of the inhabitants . He was accompanied by Lady Wynn and Miss Wynn . Sir Watkin had to be carried in a chair from the train to his brougham . He was received at Wynnstay by Dr . Richard Williams . At the annual meeting of thc Provincial Grand Lodge of Gloucestershire last week , the R . VV . Prov . G . M ., Bro . Sir Michal Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., announced that
he had undertaken to preside at the annual Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution in February next . It will be in the recollection of our readers that our R . W . brother presided at the anniversary of the Girls' School three years ago . Bro . Frederick Kent , P . M . 177 , has organised an entertainment to be given to the ladies at the Star and
Garter Hotel , Richmond , on Friday , the 27 th inst ., when Mrs . Georgina Weldon will sing two of her songs , other artistes having been also engaged for the occasion . The dinner will take place at three , and a carpet dance commences at seven . We wish Bro . Kent , every success in his laudable attempt . We understand that the first issue of tickets has already been sold out and a second issue has
become necessary , and as this entertainment is not restricted to the ladies of the Domatic Lodge only , we recommend our readers to make an early application for tickets . Bro . Kent's address is 91 , Queen-street , Cheapside . Bro . Dr . B . VV . Richardson presided at the late distribution of prizes atthe Stepney Jewish Schools . Of his address the Jcuish Chronicle says : " It was an
eminently characteristic address that Dr . Richardson delivered . As usual , he stood forth as an admirer of many Jewish things which Jews are somewhat apt to value too lightly . Thus he began by praising Hebrew , which he called ' a beautiful language in every way . ' He strongly recommended his young hearers to persevere in its study . To show that he practised what he preached , he stated that he
had himself commenced to learn Hebrew the previous day . It would be useful to know the secret of his astonishing progress in the study of that tongue . On Saturday—the better the day the better the deed—he began , and on Sunday he was able to read the first verse of the ff ebrew Bible . Then , again , the Doctor dwelt on the beauty of Jewish names . He rejoiced that his own name was Benjamin .
Are there Jews that find the idea mirth-provoking ? If so , it can only be because , unlike the stranger , they are ignorant of the meaning of Jewish names and dead to their eloquence and pathos . Altogether the address was a most suggestive one . " On Sunday last , by direction of -the Roman Catholic Bishop of Liverpool , Dr . O'Reilly , the encyclical 1 n , fn ^ « ff r VIM nn nVAnn . ni . n ...... ..... < . ... ^ In nil fUa iciifci yjyyj vi i ^ iiiaauui ^ > vus ... an ¦„ ai . 11
y , y ..-.,,.. . . v ; ... churches and chapels in the diocese of Liverpool . At St . Peter ' s , Scel-street , Father Anderson , O . S . B ., before readin g the letter remarked that it was only fair to the Freemasons in England that it should be made known that they had protested at a meeting of their Grand Lodge against the serious indictment of his Holiness . At that meeting a resolution was passed to the effect " that they
had seen with great regret the recent encyclical letter , in which charges of atheism , sedition , and vice were made against Masonry in general , without discrimination . " He ( Father Anderson ) would remind the members of that society that so long as they continued in the bonds of fellowship with Masons throughout the world , and encouraged and supported the different lodges by subscriptions ,
they could not consider themselves altogether irresponsible for thc principles and acts of their foreign brothers . To free themselves from all blame they must repudiate publicly false teaching and break off all fraternal connection with those brethren . As for Catholics , they listened with respect and veneration to the words of the holy father , as the authorised teacher of faith and morals .
At the meeting last week of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution , the Duke of Northumberland , President of the Institution , in the chair , supported among others by Bro . Earl Percy , M . P ., Mr . Edward Birkbeck , M . P ., Admiral Phillimore , Admiral Corbett , Mr . C . G . Prideaux Brune , Admiral Ward , Mr . Charles Dibdin , Secretary , and Captain the Hon . II . W . Chetwynd , Chief
Inspector of Lifeboats , it was announced that rewards amounting to £ 94 had been granted to lifeboat men for services rendered during the past month and to the crews of shoreboats for saving life from wrecks on our coasts . During the present year lhe institution has contributed , by its lifeboats and by other means , for which it has granted rewards , to the saving of 457 lives , besides assisting to
rescue nine vessels from destruction . A letter was read from the Secretary of the International Fisheries Exhibition , stating that the prize of £ * Goo and gold medal offered by the Executive Council of the Exhibition for the best lifeboat had been awarded to the boat exhibited by the Institution . New lifeboats had been sent during the past month to Hythe , Walmer , Newport , Pembrokeshire , and Port Eynon ; and it was decided to replace the present
lifeboat at Cullercoats , Northumberland , by a new onc as early as practicable . After some formal business thc proceedings terminated . It ought to be generall y known that Rose ' s Lime Juice Cordial supplies a delicious cooling drink in watereffervescing in all mineral waters—wholesome and refreshing in summer . Purchasers should order Rose's Cordial . Wholesale Stores , n , Curtain-road , London , and Leith , N . B .-rADVT . ]
The Theatres.
THE THEATRES .
We differ from many of our contemporaries in doubting the wisdom of Messrs . Clayton and Cecil in bringout " Play " at the Court Theatre . VVe agree with the critics that " Play " is the weakest and most insipid of Robertson ' s comedies , but it contains merit , though in a less pronounced form than in "Caste , " "Ours , " " School , " & c . "Play" has not been seen since 1 S 6 S—the year of its production—and it ought to be remembered , though it is a fact which few
theatrical managers keep before them , that in iG years a new generation of playgoers has sprung up which know not the old plays . 11 is on these grounds mainly we hail with satisfaction the revival of " Play . " In the hands of Messrs . Clayton and Cecil ' s most efficient and charming cast , Robertson ' s poorest of his many interesting comedies shines and affords a pleasant couple of hours' amusement . The love making of the unsophisticated Miss Farquehere
( Miss Lottie Venne ) and Mr . Frank Price ( Mr . H . B . Conway ) , the good natured snarling of the dyspeptic Mr . Bodmin Todder ( Mr . Arthur Cecil ) and Mrs . Kinspeck ( Miss Victor ) , the airy confidence of Mr . John Clayton as the Chevalier Browne , and the wife's devoted love of the ill-used Mrs . Browne ( Miss Amy Roselle ) , are all of a nature that arouses one ' s interest . There is no getting over the fact that the devices used in this piece to bring out
rivalry and jealously are not such as would be sufficient in every day life , even amongst the most hot tempered persons ; but if we go to the Court expecting to see and acknowledging the most unsatisfactory of Robertson's plays , then we shall leave it pleased on account of the fun with which the ladies and gentlemen we have mentioned put into it and make it sparkle . The second act we must again refer to . Of the many love scenes one witnesses on
the stage one cannot see another more tender , simple , honest , graceful , and true than that written by this master of sentimental conversation and acted by Mr . Conway and Miss Venne so admirably that one almost thinks it real , and this in an age of unromance and utilitarianism . " The Milliners' Bill , " written for and acted by Mrs . John Wood and Mr . Arthur Cecil , still is the afterpiece , and never were they seen to better advantage . The audience rise from their seats delighted with her song " His heart was true to Poll . "
The Pattenmakers' Company.
THE PATTENMAKERS' COMPANY .
Bro . Captain George Lambert , Kb . A * , Master ot the Pattenmakers' Company , entertained a company numbering 130 at a court dinner in the Venetian Saloon at the Holborn Restaurant on Monday evening . The list of guests included Bros . H . D . Sandeman , Captain Nathaniel George Philips , J . Glaisher , F . S . A . ; Ex-Sheriff Burt , J . P . ; George Kenning , Immediate Past Master of the Gold and Silver
Wyre Drawers' Company ; C . W . Thompson , Past Master of the Pattenmakers' Company ; G . Shaw , C . C , Controller Samuel Graham Bake , E . Baxter , C . Lambert , W . M . Bywater , Lieut . H . C . Lambert , W . H . Pannell , C . C , Barrow Emanuel , A . F . Godson , Dr . Mickley , Warden Clout , H . F . Youle , ( Clerk ) , & c , & c . The dinner was served in sumptuous style , and at its conclusion the usual loyal toasts were given from the chair , the Master
coupling together " The Church and the Queen . "—Colonel Wynn Finch responded for the Navy and Army , and Colonel Bushby for the Reserve Forces , the latter observing that he commanded the regiment of which Capt . Lambert was a distinguished officer . Having so often heard his voice , he was sure the Master would not wish to hear it on that occasion . —The Master in proposing the toast of "The Lord Mayor , Sheriffs , and Corporation , " said if the
present Lord Mayor should be the last of his race , as has been said , he would say that a more genial and able Lord Mayor had never occupied the civic chair . He could not bring , himself to believe that an institution of so great an antiquity as the Corporation of London would be done away with by the stroke of a pen . Referring to the City companies , lie said no reproach could be brought against them by any sane man . They had
present members of the Common Council who had done much to make the Health Exhibition a success . _ Bro . Shaw , C . C , in responding described the Corporation as a sort of central republic surrounded by the smaller republics called City companies . Thc Health Exhibition had been alluded to , and he remarked that it was the Corporation which had taken the initiative in this matter , and given a character to the Exhibition , helping them to realise
some of the characteristics of old London . —The Master next proposed " The Learned Societies of England . " No city in the world numbered so many learned societies and clubs as the City of London . Referring to the work of the British Arch .-eological Society , he adverted to the prolonged labours of Mr . Collingwood Bruce in connection with the Roman wall . The museum of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society at the Guildhall ought
to be visited by everybody , where they would see the great pavement brought to light in Watling-street by Mr . Ex-Sheriff Burt . —Bro . Glaisher , in responding , referred to his recent balloon experiments , and acknowledged the encouragement and help which the learned societies had received from the City guilds . —Mr . C . S . Percival responded on behalf of the Society of Antiquaries . —The Deputy Master of thc Mint gave the toast of " The Pattenmakers '
Company , " coupled with the name of the Master . They owed a great deal to the Pattenmakers' Company , and to their excellent and worshipful Master . —The Master briefly acknowledged the toast , observing that having once put his hand to the plough he would not turn back . In proposing " The Health of the Past Masters and Wardens , " he said the company was at one time fast dying out ; and they owed it to the past Masters , and to Bro . C . W .
Thompson and Bro . Barrow Emanuel in particular , that they were in the present satisfactory condition . —Bro . Past Master Thompson proposed "The Visitors , " and lhe Master proposed "Thc Health of the Cleik" in eulogistic terms , observing that he was faithful , zealous , and true in the position to which he was elected . —Bro . H . F . Youle
responded , the remaining toast being that of " The Ladies , to whom the Master said they were indebted for their existence as a company . —An admirable programme of music was performed by Miss Mary Belval , Miss Jessie Royd , Miss Marian Weaver , Mr . Gabriel Thorp , and Mr . A . Thomas . Mr . Hooper was toastmaster .