Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . Joseph D . Langton , vvho has been appointed Hon . Sec . of the Provisional Management Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , is J . D . of Grand Masters' Lodge , No . I ; P . M . and Secretary of the Langton Lodge , No . 1673 , and P . M . and Secretary of the George Price Lodge , No . 2097 ; also Z . of the George Price Chapter , and Z . elect of the Asaph Chapter , No . 1319 . Bro . Langton was at the last meeting of Grand

Lodge elected a Member of the Board of General Purposes , and he is P . P . J . G . W . of Surrey , and P . P . G . A . S . of the Provincial Grand Chapter . The Prince of Wales has expressed his intention of being present at the Henley Regatta , on each of the three days on vvhich it will be held , namely , on the 3 rd , 4 th , and 5 th July .

The town of Harrogate will be extensively decorated on the occasion of Prince Albert Victor's visit , on the iSth July , for the purpose of opening the new bath , hospital , and convalescent home . The mayors of the principal Yorkshire towns will be invited to lunch with his Royal Highness . The fashionable event of the week has been the marriage at St . Peter's , Eaton-square , on Tuesday , of

Bro . the Duke of Portland with Miss Dallas-Yorke . The church was filled , but not overcrowded , with the friends of the bride and bridegroom , among those present at the ceremony and the breakfast vvhich followed being the Duchess of St . Albans , the Marchioness of Headfort , Bro . Viscount and Viscountess Bury , Bro . Lord and Lady Wantage , Bro . Lord and Lady Muncaster , Bro . Lord and Lady Harlech , Bro . Lord Charles Beresford , Bro . Sir

Oscar Clayton , Lady Edward Pelham Clinton , and Bro . the Right Hon . George and Mrs . Cavendish Bentinck . After the breakfast the Duke and Duchess started for Welbeck Abbey , where they vvill spend the honeymoon . The Horse Show at the Royal Agricultural Hall , Islington , opened on Saturday last , when there vvas a large attendance , and the work of judging was proceeded with .

I he bad weather had a most disastrous effect on the arrangements made by railway companies and proprietors of popular pleasure resorts for Bank Holiday , the Crystal Palace , however , vvhich celebrated the 35 th anniversary of its opening on the day in question , being one of the few exceptions . Here the visitors mustered

to the number of 61 , 000 , or about 7000 above the average on such occasions . At the Alexandra Palace , Muswellhill , and the Royal Aquarium , Westminster , there was also a . full attendance , but the railway service to the usual pleasure resorts by the sea vvas patronised to a far less extent than usual .

The Cart Horse Parade Society held its fourth Whit-Monday show in the Regent ' s Park , on Monday , the attendance of spectators being very limited on account of the weather . However , the entries , after several ineligible horses had been sent back , numbered 342 , and these in groups of two-wheelers , four-wheelers , singles

doubles , unicorns , and fours-in-hand , filed past the stand in which the judges , Bro . Lord Hothfield , the Hon . Cecil Parker , and Mr .. Jacob . Wilson , were placed . Bro . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., and several other gentlemen , together with a sprinkling of ladies , for whom the rain had no terrors , witnessed the parade .

HUGHAN ' S FACSIMILE OF ENGRAVED LIST OI * LODGES , A . D . 1734 . —Bro . VVm . James Hughan has favoured us with a copy of this , his latest work , published by Bro . George Kenning , and dedicated to Bro . Samuel C . Lawrence , of Massachusetts . The facsimiles are phototypes , and occupy twelve plates . These are explained and commented upon by Bro . Hughan in

thirtyfour pages of text . Few of our readers will appreciate the interest vvhich Masonic students take in these lists , but those who do will covet this volume for their libraries . For instance , the important question of whether Philadelphia was the mother city of Masonry in America may be settled by an engraved list . The lists themselves are very quaint , each lodge showing the sign of the tavern at

which it met , and most of the lodges being named from the tavern , as No . 2 , Bull and Gates ; No . 7 , Rummerthe design being a goblet ; No . 8 , Devil Tavern—the design being a picture of the Devil ; the name of this last , however , was Union Lodge . The earliest American lodge in this list is No . 126 , St . John's Lodge , at Boston . It met at the Bunch of Grapes Tavern at that time , but

the sign is not given . It is on account of this lodge that the work is dedicated to Bro . Lawrence . A few copies of this volume can be had of Bro . Wm . James Hughan , by addressing him at Torquay , England , and enclosing five shillings or 1 dol . 25 cents , and will be sent post paid . We hope they may be secured for American libraries . — Masonic To / ten , Portland , U . S . A .

The Prince and Princess of Wales , accompanied by the Princes Albert Victor and George , and the Princesses Louise , Victoria , and Maud , left London by special train for Dover en route to Paris , where their Royal Highnesses have been spending the week at the Hotel Bristol , their object being to see the Paris International Exhibition .

The Kennel Club ' s Summer Dog Show will be held this year at Olympia , Kensington , on the gth July and three following days , this being the 33 rd Show held under the _ auspices of the Club . The entries vvill be arranged in some 245 classes , and the prizes awarded will amount in value to about £ 2500 .

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 great

injury of 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

The Warner Lodge of Instruction has adjourned until the first Monday in October . Anew feature in Masonic entertainments comes under , our notice from South Africa . The brethren of one of their lodges recently held a Children ' s Evening . About 150 children with their parents attended at the Addington

Masonic Hall , Durban , and divided the time between refreshments , the time-honoured Punch and Judy show , the excitement of a Christmas tree , and the attractions of a magic lantern . Happy thought ! Here is an ingenious means of appealing to the best sympathies of materfamilias , and completely revolutionising her views about " those horrid Masons . "—New York Dispatch .

The Cecil Royal Arch Chapter , No . 449 , for vvhich a warrant has been recently granted , and which will be attached to the Cecil Lodge , No . 449 , Hitchin , vvill be consecrated by Comp . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., Grand Superintendent of Hertfordshire , on Thursday next , the 20 th inst ., at the Sun Hotel , Hitchin . The annual festival supper of the Ravensboume

Lodgeof Instruction was held at the George Inn , Catford , on the 29 th ult ., and was well attended , the W . M . of the mother lodge , Bro . J . Ingoldby , occupying the position of president , and Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., that of vicepresident . The evening vvas devoted to social enjoy , ment , and what few toasts were given vvere introduced and responded to with commendable brevity .

Dr . Hochegger , an official of the University Library of Innsbruck is said to have discovered a copy of the original ' edition of Donatus . Great importance is attached by German scholars to this find , which will probably be made use of in the controversy between Germany and Holland regarding the priority of the invention of the art of printing . The Royal Military Tournament in aid of the

various military charities will be held at the Royal Agricultural Hall , Islington , the opening day being fixed for the 20 th instant . The programme will be of a similar character to those of former years . The annual regimental dinner of the 2 nd Life Guards vvas held at 34 , Dover-street , Piccadilly , on the 7 th instant , the Prince of Wales as CoIonel-in-Chief of the Regiment , and Bros . Sir M . Shaw-Stewart , Bait ., and Sir George Prescott , Bart ., being among tbe guests .

Messrs . W . and A . Gilbey have contributed £ 500 to the Volunteer Patriotic Fund at the Mansion House , Bro . Augustus Harris £ 100 , Bro . Sir Morell Mackenzie £ 21 , and Bro . Alderman Sir J . W . Ellis , Bart ., M . P .,. £ 21 . Bro . Rev . T . Barton Spencer , M . A ., Vicar ol St . James ' s , Preston , Grand Chaplain England , has been

appointed acting Chaplain to the ist Volunteer Battalion Loyal Horth Lancashire Regiment . At a dinner given on Friday to Mr . D . Christie Murray on his departure for Australia , Bro . Edmund Yates presided and delivered one of those post prandial orations for which he is so famous . Bro . Parkinson vvas also there and proposed "The Houses of Parliament , " to which Bro .

Sir George Elliot , M . P ., responded . Probate ot the will , dated June 15 , 1888 , of the late Bro . Carl Rosa , of 17 , Westbourne-street , Hyde-park , who died on the 30 th April last , at the Grand Hotel , Paris , has been granted to the acting executors , Mr . Henry Alex .

Bruce , of the Court Theatre , Liverpool , theatrical manager , and Mr . Charles Edward Horte , of Northbourne , Lower Common , Putney , secretary , probate having been renounced by Mr . John Hayward Evans , solicitor , also named as an executor in the will . The value of the personal estate has been sworn at £ 78 , 758 12 s . 4 d .

Bro . Lord Mayor Whitehead has issued a special appeal to the Shck Exchange , the Baltic , the Corn Exchange , and other Exchanges in London , as well as to the leading bankers to make special collections for the hospitals and dispensaries of London through the agency of the Hospital Sunday Fund , the _ collections for vvhich will take place on Sunday , the 23 rd instant .

We are pleased to notice that the movement to establish a United Grand Lodge of New Zealand is taking definite shape . Branches of the Masonic Union are being formed in the different provinces , and meetings held in the principal cities to discuss the quebtion , and the proposal has met with a very fair share of favour and support . We

are informed that it is intended to nominate Bro . Lord Onslow , P . G . W . E . C , the Governor-elect , as the first Grand Master of that colony . Queensland is also moving in the same direction , and taking the initiatory steps to follow suit , and declare herself sovereign and independent . VVe shall welcome her most cordially among the Australasian United Grand Lodges . —New Zealand Mail .

Nearly one hundred years have elapsed since the business of Messrs . Hepburn and Cocks , of 93 , Chancery-lane , London , was founded , the books and papers of the firm relate business transactions as occurring in theyeari 790 , so that the foundation of their house is famous for antiquity , ln their line of deed , ballot , cash , dispatch box , judicature form case , and "Rob Roy "

cuisine manufacturers , they are doing a large trade all over the country . They have large premises situated as above named , for the purposes of their extended trade . These consist of extensive basement and ground floor measuring some 100 feet by 20 feet . This firm is very widely known for the manufacture of their boxes and other metal enclosures for protection against theft or fire .

They also carry on a large trade as wrought iron door makers , bell-hangers , gastitters , locksmiths , & c . They have at all times a very large stock in their show rooms very skilfully arranged . Messrs . Hepburn are thorough men of business , punctual in all their appointments , and are most particular as to the style , quality , and durability of any work or manufacture turned Out of their premises .

HOLLOWAV ' S PILLS . —Health or Wealth . —No sane person vvould hesitate an instant in the choice between these two conditions . Now is the season to secure the former , either by restoring or confirming it . These Pills expel all impurities from the system which fogs , foul vapours , and variable temperatures engender during

winter ; this medicine also acts most wholesomely upon the skin by disgorging the liver of its accumulated bile , and by exciting the kidneys to more energetic action ; it increases the appetite for food and strengthens the digestive process . The stomach and liver , vvith which most disorders originate , are fully under the control of these regenerative Pills , vvhich act very kindly yet more efficiently on the tenderest bowels , —ADVT ,

Masonic And General Tidings

At a meeting of Lodge Sincerity No . 18 9 , h el-j ( by dispensation of the D . P . G . M . ) at the Sincerity Masonic Temple , Stonehouse , on Monday evening , the W . IVt Bro . Frank R . Thomas presiding , Bro . J . B . Moulcer , S . ty ' was elected W . M . for the year ensuing , and Bro ' George Hawken , P . M ., Treasurer . The Prince and Princess of Wales since their

arrival in Pans , have been busily engaged in visiting the various sections of the International Exhibition , the Fiq e Arts Department having received a large share of their attention and also the British section . Their Royal Highnesses are constantly on the move , dining at various restaurants , visiting theatres , and seeing whatever of interest is to be seen in the French capital .

In our few remarks last week on the Lennox Browne Lodge , vvhich is about to be added to the roll 0 [ lodges in the Province of Essex , we stated that the number of lodges vvould be thereby increased to 28 , whereas we should have stated it as 29 , Essex being already in a position to boast of the former number .

THE FORTHCOMING MASONIC BAZAAR « , EDINBURGH . —In connection vvith the bazaar organised by the Grand Lodge of Freemasons in Scotland , with a view to providing funds for their new endowment scheme , Bro . \ V , A . Davis , accountant , Edinburgh , has been appointed secre ! tary . Bro . Davis is well known in Masonic circles , and is one of the original founders ot the new Dramatic and Arts

Lodge of Edinburgh , which is rapidly assuming the position of one of the principal lodges in Scotland . He is also secretary to the Albert Hall Company , and secretary to the company for the projected Southside theatre , so that his appointment cannot but be regarded as a fit compliment , at the hands of the Grand Lodge , to all who are interested in art and the drama .

Thursday , the 30 th ult ., being Ascension Day , the Rose Croix and Knights Templar bestowed their usual alms at All Soul ' s Lodge , the recipients being ten males and ten females , all of whom were over 60 years of age . Tea was also given to the aged people , Mrs . Allan McLean presiding at the table . Bros . H . T . Gsorge , Pelly Hooper , Z . Milledge , and Dr . McLean were present , as were also the Rev . J . L . G . Hadow and the Rev . R . E . Tanner , both of whom gave some sound counsel to the guests .

The Academy says that Baron Nordenskiold has now passed through the Press the great work upon which he has been engaged for some time—a Facsimile Atlas to the Oldest History of Cartography . It is a folio volume containing reproductions of fifty-one maps , printed before 1600 , with descriptive letterpress and other illustrations , There is also included the MS . map of Northern Europe

( circa 1467 ) , recently discovered by the Baron in the library of Count Zamoiski , at Warsaw . " Two Friends " on Wednesday made the London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews the munificent gift of £ 1000 . Bro . the Duke of Portland has forwarded £ 20 as a wedding gift to the Epsom Cottage Hospital , vvhich is to be opened next month by the Duchess of Teck .

It is stated that the Empress Frederick and her daughters will visit Potsdam to-morrow ( Saturday ) , which is the first anniversary of the Emperor Frederick ' s death . The Worshipful Company of Salters has kindly given a donation of ten guineas to the Church Society for Homes for Waifs and Strays .

The " Joseph Maas Memorial Prize has this year been awarded to Mr . Frank L . Ohare . The competition took place at the Birmingham and Midland Institute , and the examiners were Ur . Swinnerton Heap , Dr . R . Winn , and Mr . W . C . Stockley .

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE of SCOTLAND—Bro , Sir Michael R . Shaw Stewart , 5 iBart ., Provincial Grand Master of Renfrewshire , has appointed Bro . James Reid ] Greenock , to be Deputy Provincial Grand Master , in room of Bro . M . Hugh Shaw Stewart of Carnock , who resigned

that office on his election as Provincial Grand Master of Stirlingshire . Bro . David J . Dunlop , Port-Glasgow , has been appointed Sub-Provincial G . Master ; Bro . Provost Binnie , Goorock , Provincial Senior Grand Warden ; an'd Bro . Rev . John Frew , Greenock , one of the Provincial Grand Chaplains .

PRESENTATIONS TO BRO . GEORGE RALLING .-A few days since , the past and present members of Shorthand Classes in connection with the Reigate Youths Institute , presented their teacher , Bro . George Rallingi of Angel Lodge , No . 51 , Colchester , and brother of the P . G . Sec . of Essex , formerly of the Essex Standard , with a travelling writing case as a parting gift , Bro . " ¦

Ralling having accepted the sub-editorship of the Capi Argus , the leading paper of Cape Colony . The managers of the Reigate Institute also passed a special vote o > thanks to Bro . Railing for his services to the Institute . I'he composing staff of the Surrey Mirror , of which Ik 0 , Ralling was editor , have presented him vvith a handsome dressing case and an address , and the machine-room n" "

also made him a presentation . He was also the recip ' " of a cheque from the inhabitants of the district , of J " classes , and his brother journalists from all parts of W " county met at Redhill , to make him a handsome presen ' ' tion , and to wish him bon -voyage . Bro . Railing sailed t "' the Cape on the 5 th inst . A most appalling railway accident occurred

near Armagh , on Wednesday morning , by which about p persons are reported to have been killed and as ma"J more injured to a greater or lesser degree . A train to which the accident occurred was crowded w '' ^ children and their teachers and attendants , the day ha "' '? been chosen for the annual excursion of Dr . Lynn ' s Me " " ' dist Sunday School to Warren Point , a pretty wa ' ? £ place on the shores of Carlingford Lough . How tn £ / . u \ . w w .. ..... -i .. v \ . v ... .. ainugiuiu UUUglli - ** . . [ . a

accident happened is not yet known , but a portion 01 ' train freighted with these young holiday makers heca " detached , and dashed down a steep incline into an ° going train ; several of th ; carriages being mushed atoms and the occupants killed . The deaths have occ " *„ tf mostly among the adults , the children , it is said , b ^ s mostly in the fore part of the train , while every assist *¦ ' that could possibly be given was rendered bj \ medical men and others in the neighbourhood . An ml was opened almost immediately .