Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

A Cabinet Council is appointed to be held this day ( Friday ) , at which all the members , including Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., will he present . Bro . Sir E . and Lady Ermyntrude Malet left England on Tuesday for Berlin , where his Excellency will resume his duties as Ambassador to the German Court .

The election of Bro . Egerton Hubbard as member lor North Bucks in the present House of Commons was to be celebrated by a banquet at Olney , on Thursday , the 12 th instant . The King of Portugal , accompanied by H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , arrived at Cowes on Friday , the 6 th inst ., on a visit to her Majesty , and was received by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales .

Bro . C . J . Venables , who has just been elected a representative of the Ward of Queenhithe on the Common Council of the City of London , is a member of the Bank of England Lodge , No . 263 . Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., who has been raised to the peerage , will take the title of Baron Brassey , and Bro . Sir M . A . Bass , Bart ., M . P ., that of Baron Burton , of Burton-on-Trent , in the county of Staffordshire .

The distinction of a Civil Knight Commandership of the most distinguished Order of St . Michael and St . George has been conferred by her Majesty on Bro . F . Beilby Alston , Chief Clerk of the Foreign Office , P . G . Warden of England . Bro . Ex-Sheriff East has very kindly placed his grounds at Woodcote Grove , near Epsom , at the disposal of the members of the Open-Air Mission , who will hold a meeting this day ( Friday ) at Epsom under the auspices of Miss Alexander .

Prince Albert Victor of Wales presented new colours to the 2 nd Battalion of the Buffs , or East Kent Regiment , on Friday , the 6 th inst ., at Dover , his Royal Highness ha' * ing travelled thither for the purpose on the morning of the same day . A number of our Colonial and Indian visitors travelled down to Manchester on Monday , where they were received and entertained as the guests of the Mayor

and Corporation . OnTuesday they inspected several of the cotton works , print works , and warehouses , Bros . Lord Randolph Churchill , Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., VV . T . Marriott , Q . C ., E . Clarke , Q . C ., and Lord Charles Beresford are among the Members of the new Ministry who have been again returned to the House of Commons , no opposition having been offered to their re-election .

Bro . Sir J . McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works , presided at the regular weekly meeting on Friday , the 6 th inst . A report of the Works and General Purposes Committee , in favour of forming a subway at Blackwall , was adopted by a large majority . The famous old tavern known as the Horns ,

Kennington , has been taken down , and a new hostelry erected in its stead . The disappearance of so familiar a landmark will be the subject of regret , especially among Masons , to whom , as a meeting place for lodges , it had long been known . VVe trust the fame of the new building will be as great and as enduring . Bros , the Earl of Lathom ( Lord Chamberlain ) ,

the Earl of Kintore ( Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard ) , and Lord Arthur Hill ( Comptrollerof the Household ) , were present at Windsor towards the end of last week , and were among those officers of the household who received their insignia of office on appointment , their predecessors having previously delivered them to her Majesty .

Writs were issued on Friday , the 6 lh inst ., for the election of members of the House of Commons in place of—among others—Bros . Lord Randolph Churchill , Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., Lord George Hamilton , the Hon . D . R . Plunket , E . Clarke , O . C ., VV . T . Marriott , O . C ., Colonel Walrond , Lord Charles Beresford , and Lord Arthur Hill , who have been severally appointed to offices under the new Government .

The members of Lodge Journeymen , No . S , Edinburgh , headed by their R . W . M ., Bro . Charles Robb , Bro . A . VV . Rennie , P . M ., and other office-bearers , paid their annual visitation to the tombs of deceased members in the different cemeteries of Edinburgh and its suburbs on the 3 rd inst ., the object being to see that the tablets , monuments , and tombs of deceased members , formerly belonging to the lodge , were in good order .

A number of the representatives from the Colonies and India , now in England , visited Dover on Saturday last , at the invitation of Bro . Sir E . Watkin , Bart ., M . P ., and inspected the works of the proposed Channel Tunnel . Luncheon , at which Bro . Sir K . Watkin took the chair , was afterwards served at the Lord Warden Hotel . The party returned to town late in the evening , after paying a subsidiary visit to Folkestone , in order to see its Art Treasures Exhibition .

Bro . Sir James McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., and Sir Algernon Borthwick have paired for the whole of the present session of Parliament , the former with Mr . S . Rendel , M . P ., and the latter with the Right Hon . H . Campbell Bannerman , M . P . Bro . Sir A . Borthwick , acting under medical advice , has left town for Marienbad , where he will make a long stay , with a view to recruiting his health .

Bro . the Marquis of Harlinglon , M . P ., presided at a meeting held at Devonshire House , on the 6 th inst ., for the purpose of determining on the course to be pursued by the party of which he is the leader during the present Parliament . Bros . R . J . More , G . Pitt-Lewis , Q . C ., Baron F . de Rothschild , P . Rylands , Sir J . St . Aubyn , H . M . Story-Maskelyne , T . Sutherland , and Sir E . Watkin , Bart ., were among the members present .

Masonic And General Tidings

It is understood that Bro . Col . Sir Frederick Stanley , who has just been raised to the Peerage , will assume the family title of Baron Stanley . Bro . E . Clarke , Q . C ., was sworn in H . M ' s . Solicitor-General in the Lord Chancellor's private room in

the House of Lords on Friday , the 6 th instant . The Prince and Princess of Wales were to leave Charing Cross for Dover on Thursday evening , a special steamer being in readiness to convey them to Calais en route for Homburg .

Bro . Edmund Yates was prevented by illness from presiding , as arranged , at the farewell dinner which was to be given to Bro . Wilson Barrett on Thursday , on his departure for America . The Provincial Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Dorsetshire held their annual convocation at Beaminster , on Tuesday , the loth inst . Everything passed off satisfactorily . VVe shall give a full report next week .

The Prince and Princess of Wales and their daughters returned to Marlborough House from Cowes on Wednesday , Bro . Sir F . Knollys being one of the suite in attendance . Their Royal Highnesses visited the Queen at Osborne previous to their departure . The Queen has been pleased to accept a copy of the "Memoir of Twenty-one Years' Work , " which has

been recently issued by the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund , and has sent Bro . James Glaisher , P . G . D ., the Chairman , a cheque for £ 25 . An interesting ceremony took place in Edinburgh on Wednesday afternoon in connection with a Royal proclamation to appointment of Navy prize money . A procession , led by Midlothian officials , accompanied by

pursuivants and heralds , attired in brilliant costumes , and guarded by a contingent of Highlanders , walked from the County-buildings to the old Mercat Cross , where the proclamation was read to a large crowd of people . Bros . Lord Mayor Staples and Alderman and Sheriff Evans paid a semi-State visit , on the 5 th inst ., to Derby , where they were most hospitably entertained by

the Mayor and Corporation , a banquet being given by the former in the evening at the Midland Hotel , at which some 150 guests were present . The following day his lordship visited the Midland Railway Works , where upwards of 6000 persons are employed . The Craft generally will sympathise with Bro . T . J . Shryock , " M . W . G . M . of Maryland , in the recent severe bereavement he has sustained through the death of

his wife , a most gifted and generous lady , who had endeared herself by her great charm of manner and intellectual power to a large circle of friends and acquaintances . The lady , who died of consumption , the symptoms of which first manifested themselves about a year since , was thirty-five years of age , and leaves behind her four children , who with Bro . Shryock are well nigh inconsolable for their loss .

Bro . James Middleton , M . D ., was installed Prov . G . M . of Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire , on Friday , the 6 th inst ., the ceremony being performed by Bro . Sir Archibald Campbell , Bart ., M . P ., G . M . M . of Scotland , assisted by a deputation of Grand Officers , among whom were Bros . D . Murray Lyon , G . Sec , and David Kinnear , Grand Cashier . A banquet followed , under the presidency

of the newly-installed P . G . M ., at which " The Healths of Bros . Sir A . Campbell , G . M ., and Dr . Middleton , P . G . M ., " were drunk with great enthusiasm . Lodge St . Vincent , No . 553 , Scotland , made a very pleasant excursion , which it is intended to repeat annually , to the Falls of the Clyde , the party being under

the charge of Bro . W . Barclay , R . W . M ., with many of his office-bearers . The journey was made from Glasgow to Lanark in two brakes , and lunch having been disposed of , the Falls were visited and the company photographed . The party then returned to dinner at the Victoria Hotel and thence home , after an acceptable repast and the usual toasts .

The first summer outing of the Covent Garden Lodge of Instruction , No . 1614 , took place on Wednesday last , under most favourable circumstances , all the arrangements being carried out well , and the weather all that one could desire . The brethren , ladies , and friends , enjoyed themselves much on board Bro . T . G . Tagg ' s steam launch

" Serapis , " and admired the scenery of the 1 hames from Windsor to Bourne End and back , especially between Maidenhead and Cookham , arriving back in Windsor at 6 p . m ., where the company sat down to an excellent banquet , provided for them by Bro . McClookie , of the Star and Garter , Preascod-street .

The new Masonic Hall at Dover has been completed , and the first meeting was held there on Wednesday evening , the 4 th inst . The premises were formerly occupied as the London and County Bank . The public office of the bank has been transformed into a very spacious hall , and neatly decorated and furnished , and has convenient

anti-rooms and offices . The inaugural night was a meeting of the Royal Arch Chapter Peace and Harmony , No . 190 . There are also a Mark lodge and two Craft lodges at Dover , so that the new hall will be pretty regularly used , and being situated midway between the two former meeting places , the Royal Oak , Cannon-street , and the Royal Hotel at the Pier , it will be found convenient .

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Masonic And General Tidings

The annual summer banquet of the King s Cross Lodge of Instruction , will take place on Thursday next , at the Red Lion Hotel , High Barnet . Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress leave town to-day ( Friday ) for the holidays , and it is expected they will return about the middle of next month , Alderman Sir Andrew Lusk taking his lordship ' s magisterial

duties during his absence . The Grand Lodge of California recently appro , priated the sum of 1200 dols ., to be paid in monthly instalments of 100 dols ., to one of its Past Grand Masters , who , in his old age , has been overtaken by misfortune . The marriage of Bro . Lord Algernon Gordon-Lennox , of the Grenadier Guards , second son of the

Duke of Richmond and Gordon , with Miss Maynard , stepdaughter of Bro . the Earl of Rosslyn and sister-in-law of Bro . Lord Brooke , will take place at Easton Lodge , Lady Brooke ' s seat , near Dunmow , Essex , on the 31 st instant . Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress enteitained the Members of the new Ministry at dinner at the Mansion House on Wednesday . Bros . Lord Halsbury

( Lord High Chancellor ) , Lord GeoTge Hamilton , M . P ., Viscount Bury , Lord Henniker , W . T . Marriott , QC , M . P ., Lord Claud Hamilton , M . P ., Lord Charles Beresford , M . P ., Lord Robert Cecil , E . Clarke , Q . C ., M . P ., Baron H . de Worms , M . P ., the Hon . H . S . Northcote , M . P ., W , H . Long , M . P ., Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., T . H . Puleston , M . P ., Alderman Sir J . VV . Ellis , Bart .,

M . P ., Alderman Sir R . Hanson , and others , being among the guests . The installation meeting of the Acacia Lodge , No . 1314 , was held at the Bell Hotel , Bromley , Kent , on the 13 th ult ., when Bro . George Bolton was installed VV . M . for the ensuing year , the ceremony being most impressively performed by Bro . Daniel L . Keyse , I . P . M . The following

brethren were appointed and invested : Bros . 1 . Finch , S . W . ; H . Gross , J . W . ; John Wyre , Treas . ; E . Caste , Sec ; E . Elverston , J . D . ; H . Kremarc , I . G . ; H . Sanders , Stwd . ; J . Kift , Org . ; VV . Seaman , D . of C . ; Whiting , Tyler . The usual loyal and complimentary toasts were proposed and responded to . On Thursday , the 5 th inst ., Mr . H . B . Marshall ,

jun ., son of Bro . H . B . Marshall , C . C ., J . P ., Past Grand Treasurer , attained his majority , and the opportunity was taken by the employes of the firm to present him with an address of congratulation on the auspicious event , signed by the heads of the different departments on behalf of themselves and their fellow-workers . Mr . H . B . Marshall , jun ., in a short but appropriate reply , gracefully

acknowledged the compliment , and expressed the hope that the kindly feeling which had always existed between his father and them might be continued and strengthened between them and him . Bro . H . B . Marshall , P . G . Treas ., was present on the interesting occasion , and must have greatly appreciated the kindness shown towards his son . The Streatham School , Surrey , of which Bro .

R . C . Lewis , M . A ., late Scholar of Jesus College , Oxford , and graduate in honours of that University , is head master , has many features to recommend it to the favourable notice of paterfamilias . In the first place , it is healthily situated , with an open common of 70 acres in extent facing it , and has ample covered and open space—tennis and five courts , & c , & c . —for the accommodation of the boys during

play hours . The comfort and health of the youngsters are studied in all respects , and the courseof education , under the principal , assisted by thoroughly competent masters , most of whom are University graduates , is of a sound character , and suitable for pupils who intend entering at our public schools , or require to be speciall y trained for the Army , Navy , or Civil Service Examinations , or for the different professions . The success of this training is shown by the

distinctions gained by pupils during a long term of years , among the latest instances being an open Scholarship at Haileybury College at Easter of last year , with a commission in the Royal Marines , and two places in the London Universities Matriculation Examinations at last Christmas . The School is an old established one , having been in existence since 17 S 5 , and has acquitted itself throughout its whole career most satisfactorily .

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN TOURIST ARRANGEMENTS . The arrangements made by the London and Southwestern Railway Company cannot be otherwise than most acceptable to the general public . The tourist tickets are issued under very favourable conditions as to price for two calendar months , and may be extended by those holding

them in accordance with certain general provisions at very moderate terms . There is a frequent and admirable train service . Coach and steam packet tickets are issued by the company , which will enable their passengers to avail themselves of those means of conveyance , and through tickets , which will convey them to places off the company's lines , may also be had ; but in both these cases the company

materially declines all responsibility for damages or delays which occur beyond its own control . In fact , the London and South-Western , like our other great railway lines which communicate with or traverse important or attractive districts of country , lays itself out always , but especially at this season , to attract the support of the public , and in this it is invariably successful . Nor is this to be wondered at ,

seeing that the company not only does its work well , punctually , and cheaply , but is also in communication , more or less direct , with some of the finest health and pleasure resorts in England , and with some , of the most attractive parts of the country . Among these may be mentioned the chief places in Devonshire and Cornwall , in Dorsetshire , Hants and the Isle of Wight , the Channel Islands , and

France ( Havre , Honfleur , Paris , & c . ) Besides these tourist tickets which are issued , as we have said , for two months after the 30 th October , and may be extended to the close of the year , there are short and cheap excursion tickets from Saturday to Monday , for a week or fortnight , & c , which will meet the requirements of those who cannot spare time and money for longer holidays . As to these ,

and indeed all the arrangements of the London and South-Western Railway Company , we cannot do better than refer our readers to the company ' s programmes and bills , or , if they need still further information , tothe managerial offices at Waterloo Terminus , and the principal stations on the Metropolitan and District lines , or to the booking offices located in different parts of London . At any of them they will obtain the fullest possible information ,