Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . the Duke and the Duchess of Fife are expected for the hunting season at The Hall , Castle Rising , Norfolk , which his Grace rents from the trustees of the late Hon . G . J . Howard . It seems that Bro . F . B . Firth , M . P ., Vice-Chairman of the London County Council , whose death occurred so suddenly on the 3 rd inst ., had been a member of the Ionic Lodge , No . 227 , for several years .

The Prince of Wales has returned in greatly-improved health from his trip to Homburg , and has since gone north on a visit to Mr . M'Kenzie of Glenmuick , with whom Prince George of Wales is also staying . Owing to an unfortunate mistake in the official document announcing the appointment of Bro . the Earl of Zetland as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , in succession to the Marquis of Londonderry , resigned , his lordship will not enter upon his office until next month .

Bro . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., was to attend the banquet of the Associated Chambers of Commerce at Hull on Thursday , the 19 th inst ., and will be a guest at the annual dinner of the Bristol Working Men ' s Conservative Association on the 22 nd October . On Saturday last , the Lancashire and Yorkshire express dashed into the terminal at York Station , the engine smashing the buffers and leaping on to the platform , where it did some damage to the stonework . The passengers were much ¦ shaken , but were able to proceed to their destinations .

Bro . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , accompanied by several officials of the Trinity House , is on board the Trinity yacht Galatea , making a tour of inspection of the lighthouses on the Scotch coasts . He has inspected the southern and western coasts of England , and is gone to the Western Highlands .

By the kind permission of the Duke of Wellington , a large party of the members of the National Sunday League visited Apsley House on Sunday last , and inspected the works of art and other objects of interest in the museum , the Waterloo Gallery , and other rooms . A similar privilege will be extended to a second party of members of the same league on Sunday next , the 15 th inst .

Bro . Captain Shaw left London for Paris towards the close of last week ; " and will return in about another week to resume his duties . In accordance with his usual custom , he rowed up the Seine to the French Capital . Owing to the strike , however , he was unable to have his own boat transported across channel , and accomplished his journey in one lent him by a friend .

The closing days of last week were marked by two serious catastrophes . In one case , an explosion of dynamite occurred at Antwerp , by which some 150 lives or more have been lost , while over So persons were more or less seriously injured . . In the other case , the Maurice-Wood Pit , at Penicuik , caught fire , on Thursday , the 5 th inst ., with the result that about 60 miners are estimated to have

perished . No less than 27 bodies had been recovered up to Monday . Promptness in opening Masonic Lodges in conformity to the by-laws is the best method of securing a prompt attendance of the members . It sometimes happens that there is

a lack of punctuality on the part of presiding officers , and they often delay the opening , thus making it necessary to hold the meetings at a much later hour . Promptness should be impressed on presiding officers , and when adhered to , will insure prompt and willing attendance on the part of the members . —Canadian Craftsman .

There was a race for the Aquatic Championship of the World , on Monday , rowed over the usual course , from Putney to the Ship at Mortlake , the competitors being William O'Connor , of Ontario , Champion of America , and Henry E . Searle , of Clarence River , New South Wales , and the stakes being /' 500 a-side , with the Sportsman cup and medal added . The day was fine , and the banks of the

river were lined with crowds of spectators anxious to see the race . O'Connor took the lead at starting , but he was soon passed by Searle , who , rowing well within himself the whole distance , passed the post the easiest of winners , having covered the course in 22 min . 42 sees . The match between North and South , with which the Cricket Week at Scarborough was brought to . a close on

Saturday last , terminated in a draw . On the opening day of the match the Northerners kept their opponents in the field during the whole of the play , their innings closing for 360 , of which Hall and Flowers each contributed 75 , Barnes , 79 , Ulyett ( not out ) and Lord Hawke each 39 , Chatterton , 29 , and Gunn , 17 . The following day , the South had their turn , but were able to compile a total of 197 only , Mr . A . E .

Stoddart taking the lead with 77 , while Abel made 35 , and Mr . E . M . Hadow , 31 . Being thus 163 to the bad , South had to follow on , and then the aspect of the game was entirely changed , thanks to the splendid performance of Dr . W . G . Grace and Abel , the former of whom scored 154 , while the latter put together 105 . When stumps were drawn , the South had made 27 S for the loss of only three wickets , and thus were 115 to the ii'ood , with seven wickets to fall .

CORNISH ' S AMERICAN ORGANS . —In connection with an . advertisement that appears in our columns under the above heading , it will be only necessary for us to inform our readers that Bro . Johnston Cornish is a prominent Mason , and a member of the De Molay Commandery of Knights

Templar , to assure them that the advertisement is thoroughly bona-fide . Any personal application to Bro . Johnston Cornish by a brother Mason will receive immediate attention . Messrs . Cornish are noted for their chapel and lodge organs , and special terms can always be arranged .

SCIKNCE ( EXTRAORDINARY ) . —TERREY ' S " HOUSEHOLD PURIFIER " ( Registered ) for Universal Purposes . —Acts like magic . A strong and pleasant Disinfecting Fluid for Sanitary Use . Treble the Disinfecting Strength of Carbolic . A new and valuable Discovery has been made in the manufacture of this Fluid , there

being no Sediment . Dissolves at once in Water , making a Milky appearance . Where this is used all Infectious Diseases are kept away . Sold by Chemists , Stores , Grocers . Oilmen , & c ., in f > d . and is . bottles , or in gallons , s ., delivered free . is . charged for cans ( returnable ) . —TERREV BROS ., Jj , Chester-street , Kennington . —ADVT .

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . Franklin Clive is engaged to appear at the Promenade Concerts at Her Majesty's Theatre . A warrant has just been granted for a new lodge to meet in Freemasons' Hall , St . Saviourgate , York , and to be called the Albert Victor , No . 232 S . " The date of the consecration has not yet been fixed .

The October volume of the Camclot Series will be " Shakesperc ' s England , from William Harrison ' s . Contemporary Account "—a favourite book with Shakespere students . It will contain an introduction by Dr . F . J . Furnivall .

Mr . Justice Denman will relieve Mr . Baron Pollock as Long Vacation Judge after this week , and his lordship will be in attendance at Queen's Bench Judge ' s Chambers on Tuesday next . The weekly sittings in open court will be continued every Wednesday as usual .

On Sunday , the ist inst ., Bro . the Rev . Robert MTellan , of the Inchinnan Parish Church , preached a very impressive sermon to Freemasons in St . James Parish Church , Clydebank . A deputation of the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 426 , Renfrew , was present at the service .

The installation meeting of the Eldon Lodge , No . 1755 , will be held at the Royal Hotel , Portishead , Somerset , tomorrow ( Saturday ) afternoon . After disposing of some formal business , there will take place the installation of the W . M . elect , Bro . W . Glasspole , S . W ., by the D . P . G . M ., Bro . R . C . Else , P . G . D . of England .

We notice that Bro . R . I . Finnemore , District Grand Master of Natal , was presented at a dinner given to Sir Frederick Young , K . C . M . G ., at the Durban Club , on the 13 th ult ., by the resident fellows of the Royal Colonial Institute , and proposed the toast of "The Institute , " to which Sir Frederick Young responded .

Mr . and Mrs . Gladstone , Bro . Sir Edward Watkin , Bart ., M . P ., and party have returned to England from their week's visit to Paris to see the International Exhibition . The right honourable gentleman was most cordially received everywhere during his stay in the French capital , and must have thoroughly enjoyed his sojourn there .

Bro . the Duke of Portland's Donovan won the St . Leger on Wednesday , the second and third places being occupied by Mr . J . Gretton's Miguel and Lord Bradford ' s Davenport respectively . There were 12 starters . Of the other events at Doncaster , Mr . Blundell Maple's Narrator carried off the Tattersall Sale Stakes , Mr . VV . M . Redfern's Polynesia the Cleveland Handicap , Mr . W . 1 'Anson ' s jack o' Lantern the Milton Stakes , and Sir C . Hartopp ' s Lai Brough the Rufford Abbey Stakes . .

REGULAR MOUNTED INFANTRY CORPS . —On Wednesday , it was stated at Aldershot , the headquarters of the Mounted Infantry of the ist Army Corps , that arrangements are being made for the formation of a second regiment from selected men of infantry battalions at home ,

and that two companies are to be mobilised for training at the Curragh during the winter . Lieutenant-Colonel Hutton , of the King's RiHes , who commands the ist Regiment , has been nominated for the command of the 2 nd also , with Captain Alderson , of the Royal West Kent , as adjutant .

Mr . Alfred Berlyn , the author of "Coming Home , " which has so often been recited by Mr . Willard , and , which , by the way , is dedicated to him , has completed the version of " Le Luthier de Cremone , " upon which he has been engaged ior some time past with a view to Mr . Willard ' s

appearance in the principal part . The recent production of another version by Mr . J . K . Jerome has hitherto prevented "Fillippo "—as Mr . Berlyn ' s adaptation is named—from seeing the light , but it is intended that it shall be submitted to audiences at the Shaftesbury Theatre before long .

Iced beer has made a victim of Ira Payne , the celebrated American marksman , who died in Paris in a very sudden manner . After having performed at the Folies Bergere , he went to the bar of the establishment and drank two "lasses of iced beer . Shortly afterwards he complained of

a suffocating feeling and a heavy oppression on the chest . He went home , took to bed , and , despite the efforts of the doctors , he died on Wednesday morning in great agony . Mr . Payne was a robust man , 53 years old . His remains will be sent to America for burial .

On Saturday afternoon , the 7 th inst ., the funeral took place at the Scarborough Cemetery of Bro . Adalbert Frikell , the German prestidigitateur , who died suddenly at his apartments in Sandringham-street on the previous Monday evening . Owing to deceased ' s impecunious condition , the funeral arrangements were undertaken by the Freemasons ,

of which body deceased was a member . None of the relations were present , the deceased's remains being followed to the grave by Bros . William Morgan ( of the Aquarium ) , Levy , W . B . Richardson , and other brethren . The service was conducted by the Rev . S . Fletcher Williams . The coffin bore the following inscription : "Adalbert Frikell , died August 26 th , 1 SS 9 , aged 4 O years . "

In the fine art gallery of Messrs . J . B . Bennett and Son , Glasgow , there is at present on view a unique picture of great interest to Freemasons , which has been presented by Mr . George Lcvack , of Glasgow , to the the Trafalgar Lodge of Leith , No . 223 , of which he is First Steward . It is a steel engraving , containing many Masonic symbols and illustrations of events in the history of the world , and was

printed in Amsterdam a century ago . I he well-known lines from St . John's Gospel— " The light shineth in darkness , and the darkness comprehended it not "—are printed in the centre in English , French , and German . The Dutch engraver has rendered the English thus— "The light enlightens the obscuritj , but the obscuritj does not

comprehend it ; which seems to show that , at least , he was not very familiar with the letter " y . " Mr . Levack ' s family have had the engraving in their possession for half a century , and it has now been cleaned and placed in a neat oak frame , previous to being handed over to the Leith Ledge .

THE UNEMPLOYED IN EAST LONDON . —At a time when much thought is being given to this matter , a practical suggestion may be of service . Last year more than £ 300 , 000 worth of foreign matches were purchased by inconsiderate consumers in this country , to the sreat injury

ot our own working people , so true is it that " evil is wrought by want of thought , as well as want of heart . " If all consumers would purchase Bryant and May's Matches , that firm would be enabled to pay £ ' 1000 a week more in wages . —ADVT .

Masonic And General Tidings

Miss Agnes Huntintgon resumed her role in " Paul Jones" on Thursday evening . During her absence it had been successfully played by Mr . Templer Saxe . " Paul Jones" reaches its 250 th performance on Friday , the 20 th instant .

Dr . Talmage writes of journalists : " I have been betrayed by about every class of men in the world , but never by a newspaper man ; and I believe there is a spirit of fairness abroad'in the newspapers that is hardly to be fo und any where else .

Sir Edmund Hay Currie has been assisting at the birth of another of his favourite institutions . This is a Technical College . Its locality is Folkestone , and it is intended fur the training of sons of the upper and middle classes .

It may be said that no person now living will again date a document without using a " 9 . " It now stands on the extreme right—iSSg . Next year it will take second place —1 S 90 , where it will remain 10 years . It will then move into third place—iSgo , and there will rest a century .

This is the testimony from one genius to another : " Ton Eiffel Tower , September 10 th , 1 SS 9 . To M . Eiffel , the engineer , the brave builder of so gigantic and original a specimen of modern engineering , from one who has the greatest respect and admiration for all engineers , including the Great Engineer , the Bon Dieu . —THOMAS A . EDISON . "

Messrs . Macmillan are about to publish a three-and-six . penny edition of the works of Mr . Thomas Hughes , file author of " Tom Brown ' s School Days ; " also a three-andsixpenny edition of the works of Mr . F . Marion Crawford . The English Illustrated Magazine is to be greatly im . proved , and the type will henceforth run across the page in sinsrle columns .

Lord and Lady Ebury have celebrated this summer the 5 Sth anniversary of their marriage , so that their golden wedding has been for nearly a decade a matter of history . Lord Ebury , though not the oldest peer in point of years , is the oldest British senator , as he has held a seat in one or other of the two Houses of the Legislature ever since he came of age in 1 S 22 .

" King John " is to be produced at the Crystal Palace next Thursday . The cast will include Messrs . Beerbolun Tree , James Fernandez , H . Kemble , C . Brookfield . Fred . Terry , E . Gurney , E . Maurice , Bassett Roe , Royce Carlton , C . Allan , F . Harrison , Forbes Dawson , Fuller Mcllisli , Stewart Dawson , R . Harwood , and F . H . Macklin . and the Misses Norreys , Lindley , Aubrey , Morland , Aylward , and Miss Amy Roselle .

CONCESSIONS TO PROVICIAL LIBRARIES . —Lord hidesleigh promised the librarians of England that he would try to secure for them the distribution of duplicate papers in the British Museum . At last something is being done , and

a considerable number of Indian official papers have been sent to the Free Library at Manchester , and Leeds has secured 400 volumes of Parliamentary papers , from the reign of Orange William to that of our Sailor King-William IV . Edinburgh has been off ered a further selection ,

A fresh working party of 1600 men of the Aldershot troops was on Wednesday marched to Bisley Common to resume work , under the National Rifle Association , upon the new Wimbledon site , where every effort is now being made to complete the spade work before the colder weather prevents troops being kept at Bisley under canvas .

It is said that a syndicate proposes to construct a canal between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde , capable of admitting merchant and war ships of the heaviest class passing through it . The estimated cost is £ 7 , , 000 , and that the saving of sailing between Leith and Glasgow will be about 500 miles , Leith and Liverpool upwards of 420 miles , Leith and New York about 429 miles , Glasgow and London about 300 miles , and Glasgow and Rotterdam 300 miles . A very valuable collection of gifts has been made to the Shakespeare Memorial Gallery at Stratford-on-Avon hy Mr . Elliot Galer , of Leicester , including five casts of statuary , with suitable pedestals , one being a copy of the famous statue-memorial of Shakespeare in Westminster Abbey ,

and three interesting pictures of great artistic and historic value , " Macbeth and the Witches , " by Ziiccarelli ; " ' ^ Portrait of Mrs . Siddons , " by Sir Thomas Lawrence , P . R . A . ; and "A Scene from the dramatic version 01 Dickens ' s ' Cricket on the Hearth , ' " in which figure Bro . J . L . Toole and the late Mr . VV . H . Stephens .

Members of the Craft should learn and practice the lessons of forbearance . Allowance should be mack and individual pecularities considered in judging the character or conduct of another No rigid and exacting rule of determination should be allowed to bar out the exercise of Chanty

in the relations and dealings of the Masonic Brotherhood Who does not need to be excused and pardoned for , M"l faults committed ? Who does not show idiosyncrasies ana defects of character not altogether pleasant to his associate * but for which he would not wish to be too severely criticise and judged ? Let us exercise towards others the wbearance we would have shown to ourselves . The programme of the Promenade Concerts a ' . ! , ; Majesty ' s Theatre , on Wednesday , included a brill 13 " ; nuptial march by Signor Bevignani ; a melodious " suite' ballet " by Messrs . ri . J . Leslie and Ivan Caryll ; orchcstra , " morceaux" by Beethoven , Wagner , and Verdi ; sevc < humouristic numbers ; songs by Miss Annie Mai ' 1 " ' ' Miss Grace Damianand MrLaurence Keltic wins '"! ° lllOO WlOll 1 / UUIlllll iui

, . ; . -. lyUIIHUII , RLIU ..... ... , ^ v , * , y . solos by Mrs . Shaw ; piano solos by Signor Mattei ; a " ,, ; repetition of the highly popular " Her Majesty ' s Lancer * ) by Mr . Edward Solomon . There was a large audiej » ^ : whom the enjoyable entertainment was received with g ' . favour . Mr . Edward Lloyd will sing at Her Majesty s night ( Friday . ) . ( i HOLLOWAY ' S PILLS are the medicine most in repute for c '" ... J MOLLOWAY s riLLs are me medicine most in repmi : " - "^ h

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