Masonic And General Tidings.

Bro . Charles E . Keyscr , Hon . Sec . of the St . Alban ' s Cathedral Masonic Restoration Fund , announces a Committee meeting for Monday next , at the Board Room , Freemasons' Hall , at four o ' clock . THE DEruTY GRAND M ASTER ON PAUPERISM . —Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , D . G . M ., P . G . M . West Lancashirewas present at the Christmas tree

, entertainment given to the inmates of the Ormskirk Workhouse . In the course of a short address , his lordship said no doubt many of the aged people before him would feci deeply the fact of being in that house , but he assured them that he considered them fortunate in having such an asylum and such a home found for them in their old age . It was no disgrace to them that they were there ; it was had

their right , for no doubt when they were young they paid for the assistance of others in the shape of rates . It was no disgrace to them ; he knew such a feeling was abroad in the country , but he wished it were not so . He wanted them to understand that , if by any untoward circumstances they were compelled to come into the workhouse , it was only their right , for they had paid for it in their younger days .

The Directors of the Bank of England met on Thursday last and advanced the rate of discount to 3 J per cent . Bro . Bedford Lemere ' s installation as W . M . of the Confidence Lodge , No . 193 , took place on Monday last , at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . A full report of the

proceedings will appear in our next . Bro . W . Kuhe , P . G . O ., we learn , has decided to give only one week ' s festival in Brighton this year . Bro . the Right Hon . Lord De Tabley , R . W . G . M . Cheshire , and Lady De Tabley have left Tabley House for Algiers , Knutsford , where they are expected to remain about three months .

H . R . H . Prince Leopold , P . G . W ., has promised to be present at the festival of the Royal Musicians , to be held under the presidentship of H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , P . G . W ., on February roth , at St . James ' s Hall . The fifth annual select private Masonic ball of the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1 G 42 , will be held at the Town Hall , Kensington ( opposite Kensington High-street

Railway Station ) , on Ihursday , the 17 th prox ., the whole of the proceds accruing therefrom to be devoted to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . The string band of the Royal Horse Guards will attend , by permission of Col . Cecil Ives , and perform under the direction of Mr . Charles Godfrey . The next meeting of the Crusaders' Lodge , No . 1677 . takes place on Wednesday next , at the Imperial

Hotel , Holborn Viaduct . A report of the proceedings will duly appear . Bro . Alderman Nottage has been elected Chairman of the Visiting Committee of Her Majesty ' s Prison at Holloway . A report of the meeting of the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1642 , which was held on Thursday last , at the Ladbroke Hall , Ladbroke Grove-road , will appear in our next .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

For the Weekending Friday , January 21 , 1 SS 1 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place , dav , or month of meeting .

SATURDAY , JANUARY 15 . Lodge 715 , Panmure , Cannon-st ., Hot . ,, 1329 , Sphinx , S . M . H ., Cambenvell . „ 1364 , Earl of Zetland , Old T . H ., Hackney . » 1732 , King's Cro » s , Andertop ' s Hot .

„ 1767 , Kensington , Courtfield House , Earl's Court Station , S . W . Chap . 142 , St . Thomas ' s , Cannon-st . Hot . Mark 205 , Beaconsfield , Chequers , Walthamstow . „ 211 , Hammersmith , Windsor Castle Hot ., West Hammersmith . Metropolitan Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Manchester , 17 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq ., at S . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd ., at 7 . Percy , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at S . Eccleston , King ' s Head , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico . Sphinx , Stirling Castle , Cambenvell . Alexandra Palace , Masonic Uub , Loughborough , at 7 . 30 . King Harold , Britannia Hot ., Waltham New Town , at 7

MONDAY , JANUARY 17 . St . Alban ' s Cathedral Restoration Fund , at 4 . Lod * e 1 , Grand Master ' s , F . M . Tavern . „ 21 , Emulation , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 1 S 5 , Tranquillity , Guildhall Tav . „ 720 , Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham .

„ S 62 , Whittington , F . M . H . „ 901 , City of London , Guildhall Tav . „ 907 , Royal Albert , F . M . H . „ " 59 > Marquis of Dalhousie , F . M . H . » J 537 > St . Peter ' s , Westminster , Criterion , Piccadilly Chap . 12 , Prudence , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st .

LODGES OK INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond , at 7 . Prince Leopold , Milford Tav ., Sandringham-rd , Dalston , S London Masonic Club . Wellington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford , 8 to 10 St . John , Gun Hot ., Wapping , 8 to 10 . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., henchurch-st . Station , at 7 .

Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camden Town , at S . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd ., at S . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe , at 8 Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd ., at 8 . Marnuisof Ripon , PcmburyTav ., Amhcrst-rd ., Hackney , S

Loughborough , Cambria Tav ., Loughborough June , at 7 . 30 Hyde Park , The Westbourne , 1 , Craven-rd ., at S . West Smithfield , Cathedral Hot ., St . Paul's Church-yard St . George's , Globe Tav ., Royal Hill , Greenwich , at 7 . Doric Chapter , 248 , Globe-rd ., Mile End-rd ., at 8 . Royal Ccmmcmoration , R . Hot ., High-st ., Putney , 8 til ! 10 , British Oak , Bank of Friendship Tav ., Mile End Eastern Star , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd ., 7 . 30 .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

St . Mark ' s , S . M . H ., Cambenvell Ncw-rd . John Hervey , Albion Hall , London Wall , at S . New Finsbury Park , Hornsey WoodT ., Finsbury Park , at S . Metropolitan , "The Moorgate , " Finsbury Pavement , 7 . 30 . Strong Man , George Mot ., Australian Av ., Barbican , ai S .

TUESDAY , JANUARY iS . Board of Gen . Purposes , at 4 . Lodge 30 , United Mariners , Guildhall Tav . >> 73 > Mount Lebanon , Bridge House Hot . ,, 95 , Eastern Star , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . ,, 1 G 2 , Cadogan , F . M . Hall . ,, 194 , St . Paul's , Cannon-st . Hot .

» 435 . Salisbury , KM . H . ,, 704 , Camden , Guildhall Tav . S 57 , St . Mark's , S . M . H ., Cambenvell . „ 1420 , Earl Spencer , Swan Hot ., Battersea . Chap . 46 , Old Union , Albion Tav . ,, S 90 , Hornsey , Anderton's Hot . „ 1 C 04 , Wanderers , F . M . H . Mark 23 S , Prince Leopold , Anderton ' s Hot . „ 244 , Trinity College , 61 , Weymouth-st ., W .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . South Middlesex , Beaufort House , Walham Green , 7 . 30 . Pilgrim , F . M . H ., 1 st and last Tues . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 7 . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Cambenvell New-rd ., at 7 . 30 . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st ., S . W ., at F . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood , at 7 . Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st ., at 7 . 30 .

Dalhousie , The Sisters'Tav ., Pownal ! -rd ., Dalston , E ., 7 . 30 . Florence Nightingale , M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich , 7 . 30 Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe-rd . Royal Arthur , Duke of Cambridge , 216 , Bridge-rd ., Battersea Park , at S . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone , at S . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe , at S .

St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping , at S . Islington , Moorgate Tav ., 15 , Finsbury Pavement . Leopold , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., Bermondsey , at S . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James's , at S . Duke of Connaught , Palmcrston Arms , Grosvenor Park , 8 Sir Hugh Myddelton , 162 , St . John ' s-st .-rd ., at S .

St . Marylcbone , Eyre Arms , Finchley-rd ., at S . Corinthian , George Hot .. Millwall Docks , at 7 . Henley , Three Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 . 30 . Royal Naval College , Greenwich Hospital Schools , at S . Eleanor , Angel Hot ., Edmonton . Metropolitan Chapter of Improvement , Jamaica Coffee House , St . Michacl's-alley , Cornhill .

WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 19 . Gen . Com . G . Chapter , at 3 . Lodge of Benevolence , at 6 . Lodge Grand Stewards , F . M . H . „ 140 , St . George's Trafalgar Hot ., Greenwich . „ 174 , Sincerity , GuildhalfTav . „ 190 , Oak , F . M . H . ,, ( iig , Beadon , Greyhound Tav ., Dulwich .

„ 700 , Nelson , M . H ., Woolwich . „ 9 C 9 , Maybury , Inns of' Court Hot . „ 104 . 1 , Wandsworth , Lcc . Hall , New Wandsworth . „ 1349 , Friars , Cheshire Cheese , Crutched Friars . „ 13 S 2 , Corinthian , George Hot ., Cubitt Town . is 1507 , Metropolitan , Anderton's Hot .

„ 1624 , Eccleston , Grosvenor Hall , Ebury-sq . » 1 ^ 73 ) Langton , 102 , Holborn Viaduct Hot . Chap . 141 , Faith , Anderton's Hot . „ 192 , Lion and Lamb , Cannon-st . Hot . Mark 144 , Grosvenor , Regent . M . H ., Air-st ., W . K . T . Precep . 135 , Bosbury , 33 , Golden-sq ., W .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-st ., 7 till g . New Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgatc-rd ., N ., at S . Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Newington Causeway , 8 . Pythagorean , Portland Hot ., Greenwich , at S . Burdctt Coutts , Lamb Tav ., Bethnal Green Railway Stn . La Tolerance , 2 , Maddox-st ., W ., at 7 . 45 . Peckham , Lord Wellington Hot ., 516 " , Old Kcnt-rd ., at 8 .

Finsbury Park , Alwyne Castle , St . Paul's-rd ., N . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park , at S . Dukeof Connaught , Ryl . Edwd . Hot ., Mare-st ., Hackney , S . United Strength , Hope & Anchor , Crowndale-rd ., N . W ., S . Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin ' s-court , Ffeet-st ,, at S . Royal Jubilee , Si , Long Acre , at S . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford , at S .

Temperance in the East , Geo . the Fourth , Ida-st ., E ., at 7 . 30 . Thistle , M . M . M ., The Harp Tav .. at S . Eleanor , Trocadero Hot ., Liverpool-st ., Edmontoa . Ranelagh , Six Bells , Hammersmith-rd ., at S . Zetland , King ' s Arms Hot ., High-st ., Kensington , at S . Merchant Navy , Silver Tav ., Burdett-rd ., Limehouse , 7 . 30 Creaton , Prince Albert Tav ., Portobe ]) o-ter ., Notting hill . S . Panmure , Balham Hot .. Balham , 7 .

THURSDAY , JANUARY 20 . House Com . Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge 23 , Globe , F . M . H . » 55 > Constitutional , Inns of Court Hot . 63 , St . Mary's , F . M . H . „ 1 O 9 , Temperance , White Swan Hot ., Deptford . » ' 79 > Manchester , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 1 S 1 , Universal , F . M . H .

„ S 13 , New Concord , Guildhall Tav . „ 1139 , South Norwood , P . H ., S . Norwood . > , 127 S , Burdett-Coutts , Approach Tav ., Victoria-pk . „ 12 S 7 , Great Northern , KM . H . » i 3 ° 5 > Clapton , White Hart Tav ., Clapton . » 1512 , Hemming , Lion Hot ., Hampton .

•, 1623 , West Smithfield , F . M . H . » 172 S , Temple Bar , Anderton's Hot . Chap . 217 , Stability , Anderton ' s Hot . > , S 34 , Andrew , Bell and Anchor , Hammersmith . > , 1216 , Macdonald , Head Quarters , 1 st Surrey Rifles , Cambenvell .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Earl of Chatham , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Kent , Duke of York , Borough-rd ., Southwark , 7 . 30 . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st ., 7 . 30 . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . C ., at S . The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue , 6 . 30 .

Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-rd . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Millbank , at S . Highgate , Boston Hot ., Junction-rd ., N ., at 8 . Wandsworth , East Hill Hot ., Alma-rd ., S . W ., at 8 . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-rd ., Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd ., at 8 .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st ., Oxford-st . Rose , Walmer Castle Hot ., Pcckham-rd ., at S . Crusaders , St . Tohn's Gate , Clerkenwell , at g . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood . United Mariners , Three Cranes Tav ., Mile End-rd ., at 8 . Vitruvian , White Hart , Belvedere-rd ., Lambeth , at 8 . Royal Oak , Lecture Hall , High-st ., Deptford , at S .

Capper , Three Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 . MarquisofRipon , PemburyTav ., Amhurst-rd ., Hackney , 7 . 3 C . Royal Albert , White Hart Hot ., Abchurch-lane , at 7 . 30 . Victoria Park , The Two Brewers , Stratford , at S . West Middlesex , Feathers Hot ., Ealing , at 7 . 30 . St . Michael ' s , The Moorgate , 2 S , Fins ' bury-pavement , at 8 . Guclph , Oliver Twist , Church-rd ., Leyton . Stockwell , Crown , Albert Embankment , at 7 .

FRIDAY , JANUARY 21 . House Com . Boys' School , at 4 . Lodge 6 , Friendship , Willis's Rooms , St . James ' s . » 143 ) Middlesex , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 201 , Jordan , F . M . H . „ 1704 , Anchor , Cannon-st . Hot . Chap . 1328 , Granite , F . M . H . Mark 176 , Era , Bridge House Hot ., London Bridge . K . T . Precep . 4 S , Kemeys Tynte , 33 Golden-sq ., W .

, LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at S . Belgrave , Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st ., W ., at S . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . ' s ) , F . M . H ., at 7 . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-rd ., Deptford , at 8 . Metropolitan ( Victoria ) , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st ., at 7 . St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood .

Westbourne , Lord ' s Hot ., St . John's Wood , at 8 . United Pilgrims , S . M . H ., Cambenvell New-rd ., 7 . 30 . St . James ' s , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., S . E ., at 8 . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 . Doric , 79 , Whitechapel-rd ., at S . Burgoyne , The Red Cap , Camden Town , N . W ., at 8 . St . Luke's , White Hart , King's-rd ., Chelsea , 7 . 30 . Chigwell , Prince's Hall , Buckhurst-hill , at 8 .

Royal Standard , The Alwyne Castle , St . Paul's-rd ., N ., at 8 . William Preston , FeathersTav ., Up . George-st ., Edgware-rd . Earl of Carnarvon , Mitre Hot ., Golborne-rd ., Notting-hill . Pythagorean Chapter , Portland Hot ., London-st ., Greenwich . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Greenwich , at S . Royal Alfred , Star and Garter , Kew Bridge , at 7 . 30 . Clapton , White Hart Tav ., Clapton , at 7 . 30 . Stability , Masons' Hall Tav ., Masons' Avenue , at 6 .

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE . For the Week ending Saturday , January 22 , 1 SS 1 . MONDAY , JANUARY 17 . Lodge 1502 , Israel , M . H ., Liverpool . ( Installation ) . Chap . 32 , Jerusalem , M . H ., Liverpool . < „ 905 . Furness , M . T ., Ulverston . j Everton L . of 1 ., M . H ., Liverpool .

TUESDAY , JANUARY iS . 1 Lodge G 67 , Alliance , M . H ., Liverpool . ] ,, 1225 , Hindpool , Hartington Hot ., Barrow . „ 1276 , Warren , Concert H ., Liscard . i „ 1570 , Prince Arthur , M . R ., 80 , N . Hill-st ., L ' pool . ] Merchant ' s L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . j WEDNESDAY , JANUARY ig .

Lodge i ? S , Antiquity , M . H ., Wigan „ 42 S , Sincerity , Angel Hot ., Northwich . ' » 537 ) Zetland , M . R ., Birkenhead . ,, 823 , Everton , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1061 , Triumph , M . H ., Lytham . „ 10 S 6 , Walton , Skelmersdale H ., Liverpool .

)> ! 345 > Victoria , Cross Keys , Eccles . )) ' 353 , Duke of Lancaster , Athenaeum , Lancaster . „ 1403 , W . Lancashire , Commercial Hot ., Ormskirk . » ] 73 ° > Urmston , Lord Nelson , N . Urmston . Chap . 220 , Harmony , Wellington Hot ., Garston . De Grey and Ripon , M . R ., N . Hill-st ., Liverpool . Downshire L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

THURSDAY , JANUARY 20 . Lodge 203 , Ancient Union , M . H ., Liverpool . » 343 J Concord , M . R ., Preston . „ 425 , Cestrian , M . R ., Chester . „ C 05 , Combermere , Seacombe Hot ., Seacombe .

„ i 2 gg , Pembroke , Rawlinson's Hot ., W . Derby . » 1393 ) Haraer , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 249 , Mariners , M . H ., Liverpool . St . John's L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . Duke of Edinburgh L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . Harmonic L . of 1 ., Adelphi Hot ., Liverpool .

FRIDAY , JANUARY 21 . Hamer L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . Jacques do Molay Encampment , M . H ., Liverpool .

Births, Marriages, And Deaths.

Births , Marriages , and Deaths .

[ The charge is 2 s . 6 d . for announcements not exceeding Four Lines under this heading . ] BIRTHS . GIBBS . —On the 9 th inst ., at Arrandale , Mount Ephraimroad , Streatham , S . W ., the wife of Mr . H . I . Gibbs , of a daughter . SEYMOUR . —On the 10 th inst ., the wife of Mr . Horace Seymour , 49 , St . George ' s-square , of a daughter .

MARRIAGES . CHANNER—CRAMP . —On the 5 th inst , at St . Bartholomews Church , Sydenham , by the Rev . Huyche Yeatman , assisted by the Rev . T . L , Phillips , Captain Bernard Channer , Bengal Staff Corps , to Alice Bovill ,

daughter of the late Mr . Francis Cramp , of Oakwood , Beckenham , Kent . FENN—TOWNSF . ND— On the Cth inst ., Thomas Edward , son of Bro . Thomas Fenn , P . G . D ., of Bedford-square and the Stock Exchange , to Jane , daughter of R . Towhsend , of Pollokshields , Glasgow .

DEATHS . HYDE . —On the gth inst ., at Argy / e Lodge , TuIse-hiK , S . W ., Mr . John Hyde , in his 75 th year . TAYLOR . —On the 5 th inst ., at 78 , Bishopsgate-street Without , Mr . George Taylor , aged 87 .