Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . Lord Abercorn has been elected a member and bencher of the Society of Gray's Inn . Bro . the Karl and Countess Bathurst arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-gardens from Cirencester House , Gloucester , on Wednesday . Bro . G . Mason vvas installed W . M . of the Ubique Lodge , No . 1789 , 31 the Cafe Royal , Regent-street , on Monday last . A full report will appear in our next .

At the regular meeting of the Arlecdon Lodge , No . 1 G 60 , Frizington , on Wednesday , the 5 th inst ., Bro . Dr . Jas . J . Lace was elected W . M . for the ensuing year . Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks Beach , Bart ., M . P ., was one of the pall-bearers at the funeral of the late Lord Redesdale , who was buried at Batsford on Thursday , the Gth inst .

Bro . Sir P . Cunliffe Owen opened the club for the Commissioners of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in the Old London Street , on behalf of the Prince of Wales , on Monday . Bros . Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., and Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., are among the Stewards for the eighth festival in behalf of the East London Hospital and Disnensary for Women , Shadwell .

Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress attended the first reception given by the Countess of Rosebery , at the Foreign Office , on Saturday evening last , when the Prince and Princess of VVales were present . Bro . the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress vvill entertain the Judges at dinner at the Mansion House on Wednesday , the 9 th June , and the Archbishops and Bishops of the Established Church on Wednesday , the 7 th July . All the Masonic Grand Bodies in the State of

Maine were to hold their annual meetings last week , the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter on Tuesday , and the Grand Council and Grand Commandery on the following day . At the reassembling of the House of Lords after the Easter holidays , on Thursday , the Gth inst ., there were present the Prince of Wales , and Bros . Earl Granville , the Earl of Cork , Lord Wolverton , and the Earl of Carnarvon .

Bro . C . Corby vvas installed as VV . M . of the Leigh Lodge , No . 1354 , on Monday last . There was a good number ^ of brethren of the lodge present , and upwards of 40 visitors to greet him and wish him a happy and prosperous year of office . A recent number of the Philadel phia Keystone contains length y quotations from the address delivered by Bro . J . H . Estill , at the sesqui-centennial celebration of

Solomon s Lodge No . 1 , of Savannah , Georgia , which was chartered by the Grand Lodge of England in 1735 . At the annual meeting of the Ebor Council ( T . I . ) of the Allied Degrees , held in the Masonic Hall , St . Saviourgate , York , on the 29 th ult ., Bro . Bernard Langley Mills , M . D . ( Medical Staff ) , was elected Worshipful Master , and Bro . T . B . Whytehead , P . M ., was re-elected Treasurer .

The Baroness Burdett-Coutts and Bro . W . Burdett-Coutts , M . P ., arrived in London from Italy on the Gth inst ., their return having been hastened by the unexpected death of their Steward , Mr . Weedon , who for upwards of 40 years had held a position of great trust and responsibility in the Baroness's household .

Bro . Henry T . Fryer , twice Chairman and many years Treasurer of the Bromley and District Licensee ! Victuallers and Beersellers' Protection Society , has been installed W . M . of the Excelsior Lodge , No . 1155 , and on the 7 th inst . a banquet was given at the White Swan Hotel , Deptford , in celebration of the event .

The monthly gathering of the Palladian Lodge , No . 120 , Hereford , took place on Tuesday , the 4 th inst ., under the presidency of the VV . M ., Bro . John Barnes , when the business included the initiation of Mr . George Ponsonb y Rogers , of The Field , who was duly elected at the previous meeting , and the passing of Bro . VV . Cecil Gethen .

M . E . Comp . George W . Kendrick , jun ., G . H . P . of Pennsylvania , paid a grand visitation to the Palestine Royal Arch Chapter , No . 240 , in the Masonic Hall , Philadelphia , on Friday , the 9 th ult . Comp . Kendrick , who was accompanied by his Grand Officers , delivered an admirable address , and the chapter having been closed , the companions adjourned to a very pleasant repast .

The W . Bro . the Rev . T . Cartwright Smyth , D . D ., LL . D ., delivered an address to the members of the Lodge of Prudence , No . 206 9 , Leeds , on Saturday afternoon . Dr . Smyth is the Master of this new and flourishing lodge , and has recently been appointed to the office of

Provincial Grand Chaplain of VVest Yorkshire . He was for some time Deputy District Grand Master of the Eastern Archipelago , and served the Craft most faithfully in India for many years , so that the rev . brother is well qualified to speak on "Incidents and Reminiscences experienced during his Masonic career in India and elsewhere . "

In addition to the noblemen and members of Parliament already announced , the undermentioned members of the Corporation will support Mr . Horace B . Marshall , C . C , at the annual festival of the Newsvendors' Benevolent and Provident Institution , to be held at Cannon-street Hotel , on the 25 th inst ., viz .: Alderman Sir John Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., Mr . Aldorman Stone , Mr . Alderman De Keyser , Mr . Alderman and

Sheriff Evans , Mr . Alderman Savory , Mr . Ex-Sheriff Smith , J . P ., Mr . VV . Basingham , C . C , Mr . D . Colegrave , CC , Mr . H . Dickenson , C . C , Mr . Banister Fletcher , C . C , Mr . Henry Green , C . C , Mr . Frank Green , C . C , Mr . William London , C . C , Mr . Graham King , C . C , Mr . George Manners , C . C , Mr . C . T . Mathew , C . C , Mr . John Pound , C . C , Mr . T . Wildash , C . C , and Mr . W . P . freloar , C . C .

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . the Earl and Countess of Lathom and the Ladies Wilbraham have returned to town to their residence in Portland-place , from Lathom House , Ormskirk . It seems that , according to the latest returns , there are 354 lodges holding under the Grand Lodge of Michigan , with an aggregate membership of 27 , 045 . Miss Lingard , whose impersonation of ' * Sister

Mary is creating such world-wide sensation , has given permission to Bro . C . E . Towell , of Manchester , to dedicate to her a newly-invented ladies' collar . Bro . Hyde Clarke was present at the anniversary festival , at the Holborn Restaurant , on Wednesday , of the

Metropolitan Free Hospital , Kingsland-road . The subscriptions amounted to £ 2168 . Bros . Alderman Sir VV . Ellis , Bart ., T . F . Halsey , F . Seager Hunt , C . B . McLaren , and P . McLagan , were among the guests at the Speaker's sixth full dress Parliamentary dinner on Wednesday evening .

The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Imperial Crown Princess of Germany visited the Lyceum Theatre on Monday evening , and witnessed the performance of "Faust . " Bro . Lord and Lady Wolseley and Bro . Sir P . and Lady Cunliffe Owen were among the guests present to meet the Imperial Crown Princess of Germany at dinner at the German Embassy , Carlton House-terrace , on the Gth

inst . M . E . Comp . Alfred F . Chapman paid a grand visitation to the ; Cambridge Royal Arch Chapter , Cambridge , on the 12 th March , the business of the evening , which was carried out by E . Comp . L . H . Averell , H . P ., being the exhaltation of three candidates . Bro . Sir M . W . Ridley , Bart ., was one of the principal guests at the 28 th anniversary festival , held at the

Freemasons' Tavern , on Wednesday , in aid of the Railway Benevolent Institution . The subscriptions announced in the course of the evening amounted to £ 8256 . Bro . the Lord Mayor has addressed a letter to the daily press , in which he states that , with a view to offering facilities to the public to respond to the recent appeal ol the Prince of Wales for further funds in aid of the Gordon Boys' Home , he has consented to receive donations at the Mansion House .

Bro . Lord Halsbury has consented to take the chair at a dinner , to be held at the Albion , Aldersgatestreet , on Wednesday , the 19 th inst ., in aid of the funds of the Public Dispensary , in Clare Market . Bro . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , G . Reg ., and J . W . Goodinge are among the Stewards . A short operatic season at Drury Lane Theatre

will be opened on Monday , the 3 ist inst ,, under the auspices of the opera company of which Bro . Carl Rosa is the chief . It is expected the season will last four weeks , Mozart ' s " Marriage of Figaro " having been selected for the opening performance . According to the Freemason ' s Journal of New York , the proceedsof the grand performance by the American Opera Company on the 12 th ult ., of Wagner's "

Lohengrin , " exceeded 5000 dollars , which sum was placed in the hands of Grand Master Lawrence , towards the fund for liquidating the debt on the Masonic Hall , New York . Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress will preside at the ceremony of unveiling a Shakespeare memorial window at St . James's Church , Curtain-road , at 3 p . m ., this ( Friday ) afternoon , and will afterwards be

present at the opening of the new Institute in connection with the Young Women ' s Christian Association , Finsburysquare . We are pleased to hear that the M . W . Bro . Daniel Spry , who has had such a splendid term as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada , has been presented with ahandsomeset of regalia , acompliment well deserved ,

for few , if any , have done more of late years for the Canadian Craft than that indefatigable brother . In Knight Templary he has also " won his spurs" as Grand Chancellor of Canada , and his devotion to the Order has been lately especially recognised by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , Grand Master of the Temple , who has conferred on Bro . Spry the distinction of " Grand Cross of the Temple , "

notwithstanding the fact that the recipient of the decoration has been a determined advocate of the separation of the " Great Priory " of Canada from the " Convent General , " of which our Royal brother is the distinguished Chief . At the Criterion Theatre on Wednesday evening the two-act comedy , " Court Favour , " by the late J . R . Planchu , was introduced as the first piece . The principal

character—Lucy , the Ward—was skilfully portrayed by Miss Rose Saker , who carried on State intrigues in favour of her faithful swain in a charming manner , that kept the audience in a merry mood until the denouement at the end of the second act . Mr . George Giddens caused considerable amusement as the lover , David Brown , while Mr . Harry St . Maur was very successful as thefsscinating but designing Duke of Albemarle . A change of programme

will be made next week , when the mirth-provoking threeact farce , "The Man with Three Wives , " will be withdrawn for a time . This farce has had a short but successful run , the complications and cleverly devised situations causing a continual round of laughter until thc fall of the curtain . Bro . Chas . Wyndham returns next week with his company , when he will appear in the part of Schamyl , in a new fantastic drama , entitled "The Circassian . "

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Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . Deputy Controller Bake was on Tuesday last installed W . M , of the Henniker Lodgeof Mark Master Masons , in succession to Bro . James Terry . A report is in type , but crowded out , and it will appear next week . Bro . J . W . Figg , whose death occurred quite

recently , and whose funeral took place on Thursday afternoon , was a Mason of several years' standing , having been a member of the Lodge of Unions , 250 . He was also a Life-Governor of , and had acted as Steward for , all our Institutions .

Bro . Sheriff Clarke has been invited to stand as a candidate in the Conservative interest for one of the divisions of Lincolnshire at the next General Election . Lady Borthwick has consented to open a fancy fair in Kensington Town Hall on Monday next , in aid of the Charities connected with St . George ' s Church , Camden Hill .

The Prince and Princess of Wales will be present to-morrow ( Saturday ) at the performance , in Prince's Hall , of Professor Warr's classical drama , "The Story of Orestes . " Bro . the Lord Mayor has received an intimation that the Prince of VVales will , on some day which has not yet been fixed , lay the foundation-stone of the proposed Tower Bridge .

Bro . Earl and Countess Granville , Bro . Lord Kensington , and Bro . Sir P . Cunliffe Owen had the honour of joining the Royal dinner party at Windsor on Saturday evening last . The new theatre which is about to be erected in the Strand , on the site of the Occidental Tavern , will be called Terry ' s Theatre , Bro . Edward Terry having secured a lease of it for twenty-one years .

Bro . the Earl of Kintore presided at the house dinner of the Constitutional Club on Wednesday evening , Bro . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., being one of the principal guests and speakers . In the unavoidable absence of the Prince of Wales , the Marquis of Ormonde , who is Vice-Commodore , presided at the annual meeting , held at Willis's Rooms ,

St . James ' s , on Saturday last , of the members of the Royal Yacht Squadron . Bros . Earl Granville and the Right Hon . G . J . Shaw-Lefevre , M . P ., attended and spoke at a political meeting at the Free Trade Hall , Manchester , on the 7 th inst . Bro . G . O . Trevelyan , M . P ., being present , and speaking at a meeting of his constituents at Galashiels , the same

day . Bros . Dixon-Hartland , M . P ., and J , D . Allcroft . P . G . Treas ., were present at the annual festival , held at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , on Friday , the 7 th inst ., of the Royal Hospital for Incurables . The subscriptions amounted to £ 3700 . A new Preceptory of Knights Templar , named the Malta , was recently opened at Truro , Nova Scotia , the

necessary dispensation having been forwarded by Sir Knt . Daniel Spry , Grand Chancellor of the Order in the Dominion . Sir Knt . L . B . Archibald , of the Inter-Colonial Railway , is the E . Preceptor . Bro . the Right Hon . G . J . Shaw-Lefevre , M . P ., presided , and Bros . Lord North , Storey-Maskelyne , M . P ., and Cavendish-Bentinck , M . P ., were among those present

at a meeting held at the Society of Arts on the Gth inst ., to protest against the contemplated mutilation of the London Charterhouse . Bro . Sir Algernon Borthwick , M . P ., presided at a meeting held in the Kensington Town Hall on the Gth inst ., of the National Health Society , when H . R . H . the Princess Christian distributed certificates to a number of students who had successfully passed an examination on Dr . Schofield ' s lecture on Sanitation .

R . W . Bro . the Marquis of Hertford , G . S . W . of the Mark Grand Lodge , will be installed Prov . G . M . M . of Warwickshire , in succession to R . W . Bro , Lord Brooke , M . P ., at the Great Western Hotel , Birmingham , on Wednesday next , the 19 th inst . The ceremony will be performed by M . W . Bro . the Earl of Kintore , Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and VVales , & c .

Bro . Augustus Harris having issued an invitation to thc Colonial and Indian Commissioners to a reception at Drury Lane Theatre , after the performance of " Human Nature , " on Thursday evening , a large company assembled on the stage of the Theatre , amongst the distinguished guests present being the Duke of Teck , the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn , the Turkish Ambassador and

Suite , Lord and Lady Napier of Magdala , Prince Malcolm Khan , Sir Philip Cunliffe and Lady Cunliffe-Owen , Sir C . Tupper ( Canada ) , Hon . Capt . Loftus and Mrs . Loftus ( New South Wales ) , Sir A . Blyth and Lady Blyth ( South Australia ) , Hon . J . E . Mason ( Fiji ) , Sir C Mills ( Cape of Good Hope ) , Sir W . C . Sergeaunt and Lady Sergeaunt ( Natal ) , Colonel Palmer ( St . Helena ) , Mr . A . N . Birch ( Ceylon ) ,

Mr . Swettenham ( Straits Settlement ) , Mr . Despeissis ( Mauritius ) , Mr . Hawtayne ( British Guiana ) , Mr . Adderley ( West Indies ) , Sir James Marshall and Lady Marshall ( West Africa ) , Sir Victor and Lady Houlton ( Malta ) , General Sir Peter Lumsden , G . CB ., and Lady Lumsden , the Thakur Sahib of Gondal , Sir Owen Burne , Sir George Birdwood , C . S . I ., Earl of Wharncliffe , Sir William Clarke ,

Sir Richard Pollock , Sir James Fergusson , Sir George Wombwell , Sir Francis and Lady Bolton , Mr . Henry Oppenheim , Mr . Edmund Yates , Mr . R . Sassoon , General Sir H . Lumsden , Sir F . Abel , General J . H . Burne , Mr . H . Lucy , Mr . Bancroft , Mr . Seager Hunt , M . P ., Sir John Gorst , Q . C , M . P ., and Lady Gorst , Sir Geoige Bowen , Mr . T . H . Bolton , M . P ., Major Dickson , M . P ., Mr . Wm .

Ingram , M . P ., Colonel Hugnes-Hallett , M . P ., Mr . W . Woodall , M . P ., Mr . VV . Pearce , M . P ., Mr . Dixon Hartland , M . P ., Admiral Sir K . Inglefield , Hon . Malcolm Fraser and Mrs . Fraser ( Western Australia ) , Mr . Purdon Clarke , CLE ., Mr . A . J . Trendall , Mr . and Mrs . Truman Wood , Mr . Alderman Isaacs , Mr . Bosisto and Mrs . Thomson

( Victoria ) , Mr . Horace Voules , Mr . and MissBhownuggree , Mr . Phipps , F . S . A ., Mr . Dicey , C . B ., Mr . Sutherland Edwards and Lady White , Dr . George Watt and Mrs . Watt , Mr . and Miss Seymour Vesey Fitz-Gerald , Dr . and Mrs . Morrell - Mackenzie , Mr . Dadabhai Naroji , and others .