Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

THE EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT ( under the sanction of the Lodge of Unions ) , No . 256 . — The annual festival of this famous lodge will take place at Freemasons' Hail , on Friday evening , November 24 th , on which occasion Bro . the Rt . Hon . the Earl of

Carnarvon , M . W ., Pro Grand Master , has kindly consented to preside . Bro . John Hervey , Grand Secretary , who has entered on his thirtieth year of office as Treasurer , will take the chair of the lodge , which will be opened in the Grand HaU , at six o ' clock precisely . The following sections will be worked bv Past Grand Officers , * viz .:

FIRST LECTURE . 4 th Section by W . Bro . J . C . Parkinson , P . G . D . Hth „ „ C . A . Murton , P . G . D . 6 th „ „ C . C . Dumas , P . A . G . D . C 7 th „ „ J . A . Rucker , P . G . D .

SECOND LECTURE . 2 nd „ "W . Bro . R . Grey , P . G . D . 3 rd „ „ H . J . P . Dumas , P . G . D . 4 th „ „ Hy de Pullen , P . G . S . B . jth „ „ T . Fenn , P . G . D . Among the many Stewards for the evening , we hear , are the following : —V . W . Bros , the Rig ht Hon . the Earl of

Donoughmore , S . G . W . ; the Hon . Wm . Warren Vernon , J . G . W . ; Sir Albert W . Woods , P . J . G . W . ; J . B . Monckton , President of the'Board of General Purposes ; W . Bros . C . A . Murton , P . G . D . ; H . J . P . Dumas , P . G . D . ; J . A . Rucker , P . G . D . ; 1 . C . Parkinson , P . G . D . ; R . Grey , P . G . D . ; T . Fenn , P . G . D . ; C . C . Dumas , P . A . G . D . C ; Hyde Pullen , P . G . S . B .

The Friends in Council Chapter , No . 13 S 3 , of the Holy Royal Arch , was consecrated on Thursday last by Most Excellent Comp . Lord Skelmersdale , Grand H . oi England . A Second Edition of the " Freemason " will be issued early on Saturday morning , in which a full report of the proceedings , both at the ceremonies of consecration and at the banquet , will appear .

Bro . Ex-Sheriff Sir Fredk . Perkins , M . P ., has been elected Master of the Loriners' Company for thc ensuing year . On Thursday week Mr . Kent , C . C , invited a few friends to an elegant luncheon at the Albion . The immediate object of the gathering was to welcome the Mayor of Hull , on a contemplated visit to London . He was , however , unable to be present , owing to ill-health . There

were a few toasts drunk , and , in proposing one of them , the host explained that the reunion was attributable to a kind reception he had met with in Hull during a recent visit to that town . Mr . Charles E . Lewis , M . P ., replied for the Houses ot Parliament , and Mr . McGeorge , C . C , to thc commerce of the City . Amongst those present was Mr . Gresham , chief clerk at the Mansion Honse justice room , who previously occupied a similar position at Hull . — " City Press . "

Bro . Sir George Elliot , Bart ,, M . P ., has been elected Master of the Needle Makers Company for the

ensuing year . We are pleased to hear that Bro . Wordley , the eminent chronometer maker and jeweller , of 84 , Cannon-street , has just secured a large contract to suppl y the South India Railway with their clocks and watches . The order consists of 112 station clocks and 6 4 watches for thc use of the guards . These are all made to suit the

climate of India , and we believe this is the largest order that has been executed by the trade for some time , and was only secured after very sharp competition with several of the oldest firms in the City . We believe that Bro . Wordley , although but a young Mason , is working hard , hoping soon to take up a prominent position in the Craft .

The Mount Edgcumbe Lodge of Instruction , No . 1446 , was re-opened Jon Wednesday week , andwill meet at 19 , Jermyn-street , St . James ' s , every Wednesday evening at 8 p . m . The Upper Norwood Lodge of Instruction

( previously named the " Sydney" ) meets every Monday evening , during the winter months , at the White Hart Hotel , Church-road , Upper Norwood . Bros . Dr . Ramsey and M . J . Mclntyre , Q . C , have been elected Wardens of the Needle Makers Company for the ensuing year .

Warwick has just expended £ 25 , 003 securing a good water supply , and the works were formally opened on Wednesday by the Mayor . The supply of water , it is stated , will be more than sufficient for the requirements of the town . It has been obtained from a bed of sand , and is supposed to be practically inexhaustible .

Bro . Sir Frederick M . Williams , M . P ., R . W . D . P . G . M . for Cornwall , has subscribed £ 500 to the Cornish Bishopric Fund , This sum , with the £ 2000 which the Episcopate Committee have agreed to transfer to the Cornish Bishopric Fund as announced by the Earl of Devon at Plymouth , will secure Lady Rolle ' s gift of £ 40 , 000 .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , October 20 , 1876 .

The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Cralt Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Preceptories , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place or lime of meeting .

SATURDAY , OCTOBER 14 . Quart . Gen . Court Girls' School , at 12 . Lodge 176 , Caveac , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 1361 , United Service , Greyhound Hot ., Richmond „ 1423 , Era , King's Arms Hot ., Hampton-ct . „ 1426 , The Great City , Caunon-st . Hot . „ 1612 , West Middlesex , The Institute , Ealing ,

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-square . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . MONDAY , OCTOBER 16 . Quarterly Gen . Court Boys' School , at 12 . —See Advt .

Lodge 21 , Emulation , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 58 , Felicity , „ 7 20 , Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham . „ 862 , Whittington , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 901 , City of London , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . „ 907 , Royal Alfred , F . M . H . „ 1201 , Eclectic , F . M . H .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Prince "Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Jerusalem Tav ., St . John's Gate . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camden , Stanhope Arms , Up . James-st , Camden To . Eastern , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . J ames ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st .

Wellington , White Swan , Deptford . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . Upper Norwood . White Hart Ho ., Church-rd ., Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney . TUESDAY , OCTOBER 17 . Board of Gen . Purposes , at 3 .

Lodge 30 , United Mariners , Guildhall Tav ., City . „ 73 , Mount Lebanon , Bridge House Hot . » 733 i Westbourne , Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood . Chap . 11 , Enoch , F . M . H . „ 19 , Mount Sinai , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 186 , Industry , F . M . H .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonville-rd . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatie , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , ; Victoria-st . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood . Dalhousie , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney , Prosperity , 1 , Camomile-st ., Bishopsgate .

St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood . Constitutional , Wheatsheaf Hot ., Hand-court , Holborn . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince's Head , York-road , Battersea . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping .

WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 18 . Gen . Com . Grand Chapter , at 3 . Lodge of Benevolence , at 6 . „ 140 , St . George's , Trafalgar Hot ., Greenwich . „ 619 , Beadon , Greyhound Tav ., Dulwich .

„ -700 , Nelson , M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich . „ 1044 , Wandsworth , Spread Eagle , Wandsworth . „ 1349 , Friars , Cheshire Cheese , Crutched Friars . „ 1382 , Corinthian , George , Glengall-rd ., Millwall . Chap . 192 , Lion and Lamb , Terminus Hot ., Cannon-st . „ 857 , St . Mark ' s , Surrey Masonic Hall .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Confidence , M . H ., Basinghall -st . Mt . Lebanon , Windsor Castle Tav ., Southwark-bdg .-rd . Pythagorean , Prince of Orange , Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . Royal Union , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' s . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham .

Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., Seven Sisters ' -rd . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park . Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston , E . United Strength , Grafton Arms , Kentish-town . Islington , Crown and Cushion , London Wall . Whittington , Black Bull Tav ., Holborn . Lewis , King's Arms Hot ., Wood Green .

THURSDAY , OCTOBER 19 . House Com . Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge 49 , Gihon , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . „ 55 , Constitutional , Inns of Court Hot . „ 16 9 , Temperance , White Swan , High . st ,, Deptford . „ 174 , Sincerity , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st .

„ 179 , Manchester , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 181 , Universal , F . M . H . ., 813 , New Concord , Rosemary Branch , Hoxton . „ 1139 , South Norwood , Public Hall , South Norwood . „ 1287 , Great Northern , F . M . H . „ H 39 , Stockwell , Tulse Hill Hot ., Tulse Hill .

„ 142 . I , Hyde Park , 1 , Craven-rd ., W . „ 1475 , Peckham , Surrey M . H . „ iJ 07 > Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonville-rd . „ J 512 , Hemming , Lion Hot ., Hampton . Chap . 79 , Pythagorean , Ship Hot ., Greenwich . Mark Lodge , Bon Accord , 2 , Red Lion-sq .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-road . Temperance in the Kast , Catherine-st ., Poplar . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Milbank .

Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town . The Great City , lit , Cheapside . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Prince Frederick "William Chapter , St . John's Wood . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd .

FRIDAY , OCTOBER 20 . House Com . Boys' School , at 4 . Lodge 1589 , St . Dunstan ' s , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st , Rose Croix , Invicta , 33 , Golden-sq . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Constitution , Bedford St ., Covent Gard

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Unions Emulation ( for M . M . ' s ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-road , Deptford . Clapton , White Hart , Clapton . Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st . Westbourne , Horse & Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxfoid-st . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . St . James's , NewTanners'Arms , Grange-rd ., Bermondsey .

Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar . Doric , Earl Grey Tav ., Mile-end-road . Burgoyne , Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales's-road , N . W , St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Bald-faced Stag Hot ., Buckhurst-hill .

Burdett Coutts , Approach Tav ., Victoria Park . Royal Standard , Finsbury Park Tav ., Holloway . Ranelagh , Clarendon Hot ., Hammersmith . Pythagorean Chapter , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-rd . Stability , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Greenwich .

Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .

For the Week ending Saturday , October 21 , 1876 . MONDAY , OCTOBER 16 . Lodge 721 , Independence , M . R ., Chester . „ 1502 , Israel , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 32 , Jerusalem , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 995 , Furness , M . H ., Ulverston . Everton L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

TUESDAY , OCTOBER 17 . Lodge 667 , Alliance , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1225 , Hindpool , Hartington Hot ., Barrow . „ 1276 , Warren , Stanley Arms Hot ., Seacombe . » > 3 2 5 > Stanley , M . H ., Kirkdale , Liverpool . „ 1570 , Prince Arthur , 80 , N . Hill-st ., Liverpool . Chap . 605 , De Tabley , Seacombe Hot ., Seacombe . Lortcrft nt T .. 5 JI . M . H- T . ivprnnol .

WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 18 . Lodge g 3 f , Zetland , M . C , Birkenhead . „ 823 , Everton , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1086 , Walton , St . Lawrence ' s School , Liverpool , i ) 1345 , Victoria , Cross Keys Hot ., Eccles .

11 1353 ) Duke of Lancaster , Athenaeum , Lancaster . Mark Lodge 31 , Fidelity , Norfolk Arms Hot ., Hyde . De Grey and Ripon L . of I ., 80 , N . Hill-st ., Liverpool . Harmonic L . of I ., Mona Hct ., Jamcs-st ., Liverpool , Downshire L . of L , M . H ., Liverpool .

' THURSDAY , OCTOBER 19 . Lodge 203 , Ancient Union , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 343 , Concord , Militia Mess R ., Preston . „ 425 , Cestrian , M . H ., Chester . „ 6 o-J , Combermere , Seacombe Hot ., Seacombe . „ 1299 , Pembroke , Rawlinson ' s Hot ., West Derby . St . John ' s L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . FRIDAY , OCTOBER 20 . Duke of Edinburgh L . ' " . ' . ' ., M . H ., Liverpool .

Masonic Meetings In Glasgow And West Of Scotland.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN GLASGOW AND WEST OF SCOTLAND .

For the Week ending Saturday , October 21 , 1876 .

All the Meetings take place at Eight o ' clock . MONDAY , OCTOBER 16 . Lodge 129 , St . Mirren , 5 , Moss-st ., Paisley . » 33 *> Union , 213 , Buchanan-st ., Glasgow . 1 , 581 , Plantation , Craigiehall-st .,- S . 3 * ., Glasgow , Encampment St . Mungo , 213 , Buchanan-st ., Glasgow .

TUESDAY , OCTOBER 17 . Lodge 3 J , St . ] ohn , 213 , Buchanan-st ., Glasgow . » 73 , ThistleandRose , 2 i 3 , Buchanan-st ., Glasgow . „ 87 , Thistle , 30 , Cathcdral-sr ., Glasgow . „ 437 , Govandale , Portland Buildings , Govan . „ 556 , Clydesdale , 106 , Rose-st ,, S . S ., Glasgow . WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 18 .

Lodge 117 , St . Mary , M . H ., Douglas-st ., Partick . „ 354 , Caledonian Railway , 30 , Hope-st ., Glasgow . „ 57 1 , Dramatic , 213 , Buchanan-st ., Glasgow . Chap . 150 , Shettleston , M . H ., Shettleston . THURSDAY , OCTOBER 19 . Lodge 27 , St . Mungo , 213 , Buchanan-st ., Glasgow , ¦ wo . Renfrew . 8 . Hitrh-st .. Paislcv .

„ 465 , St . Andrew , 69 , Garngad-rd ., Glasgow , n 54 ? i Stewart , M . H ., Kilsyth . FRIDAY , OCTOBER 20 . Lodge 31 , St . Mary Coltness , Com . Hot ., Wishaw . „ 30 G , St . Thomas , 90 , Wcllgate-st ., Larkhall . „ 321 , St . Andrew , R . A ., Public Hall , Alexandria .

„ 360 , Commercial , 30 , Hope-street , Glasgow . „ 408 , Clyde , 213 , Buchanan-st ., Glasgow . „ 47 1 , St . John , Stane Inn , Shotts . „ 496 , St . Munn , Ardnadam , Kilmun . „ £ 51 , Clydesdale , Royal Hot ., Larkhall . SATURDAY , OCTOBER 21 . Lodge S 12 , Thorntree , School House , Thornliebank . „ 524 , St . Andrew , M . H ., East Kilbride . „ 544 , St . Andrew , M . H ., Coatbridge .

Masonic Meetings In Edinburgh And Vicinity.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN EDINBURGH AND VICINITY .

For the Week ending Saturday , October 21 , 187 6 . MONDAY , OCTOBER 16 . Lodge 44 , St . Luke , F . M . H ., 98 , George-st . TUESDAY , OCTOBER 17 . Lodge 36 , St . David , Ship Hot ., East Register-st . „ 405 , Rifle , F . M . H ., 98 , George-st .

WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 18 . Lodge 160 , Roman Eagle , Iona Hot ., 62 , Nicholson- ** THURSDAY , OCTOBER 19 . Lodge 48 , St . Andrew , F . M . H ., 9 8 , George-st . „ 226 , Portobello , Town Hall , Portobello . Chap . 152 , Perseverance , 86 , Constitution-st ., Leith . FRIDAY , OCTOBER 20 . Chap . 83 , St . Andrew , F . M . H ., 98 , George-st .