Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

] 3 ,-o . the Rig ht Hon . Lord Suffield , K . C . 13 ., p G AI of Norfolk , has , wc understand , appointed Fri-Hv the 21 st inst ., at 12 . 30 , at the Alasonic Club , No . 23 , rile ' s-street , Norwich , to hold the Provincial Grand Lodge lectin " , and that he intends honouring the brethren I v his " presence . Masonry in Norfolk being in high reoute , and owing to the indefatigable exertions of Bro . H . most

r Barwell , P . M . 52 , r . r . S . U . u ., I ' . u . sec , a sucrAsM meeting is anticipated . Wc congratulate his lordship and the officers of Provincial Grand Lodge upon the success of their province . Comp . John Dennis was installed M . E . Z . of the All Saints' Chapter , 1716 , at the Vestry Hall , Bow , on Thursday , the 13 th inst . The banquet was held at the Greenwich

Trafalgar Hotel , . Bro . the Rig ht Hon . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , P . G . M . Cornwall , presided over a meeting of the Truro Cathedral Committee on Saturday last , to decide the vexed question of what stone shall be used for the new cathedral . The architect , Air . Pearson , proposed to use nr-arlv all Bath stone , but that raised such a controversy in

favour of Cornish stone , that the Committee had now decided to use it principally with Bath stone dressings . Bro . Alderman Sir Francis W . Truscott and Lady Truscott are staying at the Royal Pavilion Hotel , Folkestone . Bro . J . D . Allcroft , the Treasurer of Christ ' s Hospital , has heard nothing more about the valuable

picture which was cut out of the frame during the recent lire at his private residence . Although the matter is still in the hands of his solicitor , and is being followed up by the police , it seems likelyafter this lapse of time that thc fate of Bro . Allcroft ' s picture will remain a mystery . The Fifteen Sections were successfully worked

for the first time in Natal by the United Lodge of Instruction , meeting under the warrant of the Prince Alfred Lodge , No . 95 G , at the Alasonic Temple , Pietermaritzburg on the 27 th ult ., under the Preceptorship of Bro . Deeves , P . M ., of the United Military Lodge , No . 153 G , Plumstead . Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., has suggested the formation at Dover and Folkestone of a Naval Volunteer

Corps . Bro . Charles Taylor was installed W . M . of the Great City Lodge at the Cannon-street Hotel , on Saturday last . Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold has consented to preside at thc annual festival of the Scottish Corporation , to be held on St . Andrew ' s Day , November 30 .

Bro . J . \ V . Waldron was installed M . W . S . of ( lie Bayard Rose Croix Chapter at the annual installation meeting on the nth inst ., at 33 , Golden-square . At the last meeting of thc Court of Aldermen a communication was read from Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Hanson , placing at the disposal of the Court a sum ot £ 100 towards the founding of prizes for meritorious

scholars of the Freemen ' s Orphan School at Brixton . Bro . Hanson , afeiv years back , was nominated as Sheriff , but he declined to become a candidate , and was fined £ 200 , one-half of which went to the Sheriffs who actually served , and the other half to the Freemen ' s Orphan School . On Bro . Hanson ' s recent election to the Shrievalty , the Court determined to return him the latter amount , and , as will be

observed , he now p laced it at the disposal of the School Committee for prizes . The Sheriff ' s kindly offer was accepted with many expressions of acknowledgment . Bro . Alderman Sir B . S . Phillips has purchased the freehold of 12 , Oueen ' s-gardens , Brighton , and fitted the ' mansion up for his residence . Bro . Sir John Bennett , C . C , has for a fourth

time given a watch as a prize at the annual competition of tlie ist Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers . The Lord Mayor elect , Bro . Alderman Ellis , has appointed the Rev . John Henry Coward , ALA ., Rector 0 ! St . Peter-le-Poer , Old Broad-street , and Alinor Canon of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , to be his Chaplain , and Air . W . J . Soulsby to be his Private Secretary , during his year of office .

The annual festival of the Langton Lodge of Instruction will be held on Thursday , November the 3 rd , at the Bridge House Hotel , London-bridge , and not at At . Mansion House restaurant as stated in our last . ja' " & ; H . J . Byron is announced to give a lecture j 'rae time - Juring the coming winter at the London Institu-^§ 2 ™ " " i'he Border Line between Farce and Comedy . " btone on

uro ^ eioerrnan was married Saturday lust , at Hr % Trinity Church , Lambeth , to Aliss Kate Wil-«* cl * s , eldest daughter of Air . John Wilcocks , of Eliot Bank , Sydenham . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon and Countesss of t-arnarvon have left their seat , Highclere Castle , near Acwbury , for the Coppice , Henley-on-Thames , on a visit 10 air Robert and Lady Phillimore .

Bro . Ex-Sheriff Burt is announced to take the j ™' . 'at the annual dinner of the Builders' Benevolent . ¦"" "fution ( of which he is the president ) on Thursdav , Member 3 rd . ,, r r o-J . Gait Fisher will be installed W . M . ol ttfii / - c , eslon Lodge , No . 1 G 24 , at the Criterion Piccadilly , "" 5 nesdaythe 19 th inst . at four o ' clock . Jt

, , rj 'J' - -r sta * ° * Alderman Sir B . S . Phillips , who is now im - j ' * 3 at Princes-gardens , Brighton , although much mi ? . '" health , will not resume active magisterial 01 'cipal duties for some time to come . Amb ^' arc u s Northampton , her Majesty ' s LnP j « S ? Extraordinary , attended by Lord Compton , I ,. ™ Wll mm (" V ™ . ^ Urn Q . ' ,- AlKnrl- M / sin / le C .-y rf nr

, Procel ^ > and the other members of the Embassy , Royal pi ' o ' c'ock on Tuesday , the nth inst ., to the Alnl , a ' > to perform the ceremony of investing King Hnonso with the 0 rder oi the Carter . vj , r ? , ' ^ --Sheriff Burt was present on Thursday formi ' - 'Bhthouse at Anvil , St . Duvleston Head , was BoarS % SP ene < 1 by Mr . Chamberlain , President of the u ° ' Irade .

Masonic And General Tidings.

ST . HELEN , BISHOPSGATE . — -This church was reopened on Sunday last , when thc vicar , Bro . the Rev . Dr . Cox officiated , and delivered an eloquent discourse from Mark viii . 35 , 3 G , 37 , and 3 S . Bro . Col . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., Prov . G .

Alaster of Aliddlescx , is thc Chairman of the Ramsgate and Alargate Tramways Company . _ SUDDEN TRANSFORMATION * . — Alderman Ellis , since he became Lord Alayor Elect , is quite another man , in fact he ' s "Somebody Ellis . " —Punch .

'lhe Queen has consented to become onc of the patrons of the International Fisheries Exhibition , which is to be held in 1 SS 3 . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales is also a patron . Bro . Defries and Co ., of 147 , Houndsditch , who

have contributed to the Jewish wards of the Aletropolitan Free Hospital , have made an appeal to their co-religionists on behalf of the fund which is being raised for building a new hospital . The site is frcehold ' and already paid for , but a sum of £ 30 , 000 will be required for the building and furnishing .

Bro . the Earl Percy , M . P ., P . G . M . Northumberland , presided on Tuesday , at Newcastle , over the fourteenth annual conference of delegates from associations and clubs throughout the country affiliated with the National Union of Conservative and National Associations .

Bro . Henry Irving has promised to give the inaugural address of the new session of the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution . A Provincial Grand Chapter of West Yorkshire will be held in the Alasonic Hall , South-parade , Huddersfield , on Wednesday . November 2 nd , at 4 p . m .

Mr . Edwin Olver , the Civil Service publisher of the Pendennis works , St . Dunstan's-hill , London , is about to publish a new volume of Bro . Emra Holmes's Tales and Poems . The book is to be called " The Kiss of Death "—the title of the leading poem .

Bro . Justice Cave has fixed the following dates for holding the autumn assizes on the North-Eastern Circuit , viz ., Newcastle , Alonday , October 24 th ; Durham , Thursday , October 27 th , * York , Wednesday , November 2 nd . Prisoners only will be tried .

Bro . Benjamin Scott ( the Chamberlain ) states that there is at Fulham , in the library of the See of London , a manuscript work in the handwriting of an expatriated English gentleman , known and venerated in America as Governor Bradford , one ol the Pilgrim Fathers , which gives in minute detail a diary of the proceedings of the pilgrims , and contains the compact or constitution out of

which arose eventually the federation now termed the United States . Air . Scott suggests that this document should be formally given over to the United States in token of our deep sympathy with America jn herjnational sorrow , and our desire to forget the conflict of the two nations exactly a century ago . —City Press . Bro . J . Green was installed W . M . of the West

Aliddlesex Lodge , No . 1 G 12 , at the Institute , Ealing , on Saturday last , the Sth inst . An emergency meeting of the Royal Sussex Alark Lodge , No . 75 , will be ' held at the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , on Alonday next , the 17 th inst ., at six o ' clock , p . m . A splendid " goose" will be prepared at the Unicorn , about 7 . 30 p . m .

Bro . W . B . Dodd , P . M . and Secretary , installed Bro . Thos . Cross as W . AI . of the Villiers , Lodge , No . 1194 , at the Albany Hotel , Twickenham , on the ist inst . The Senators of Aberdeen University have resolved to confer the Degree of LL . D . upon Bro . the Earl of Rosebery , the retiring Lord Rector , and to recommend the University Court to fix November 12 th as the date for the rectorial election .

FOREST HOTEL , CHIN'GFORI *) . — Bro . Alex . Gordon has established a table d'hote dinner at two p . m . at this popular hotel on Sundays only . Messrs . l ' " our .-icre and Watson have written to the Treffry Alemorial Committee to say the whole of the nine clerestory windows will be ready to place in St . Fimbarras Church on or about the 24 th of this month . As ,

however , the vicar will be absent at that time , it is proposed to delay the ceremony of unveiling until his return . It is hoped that the Lord Bishop of Truro will himself perform the ceremony , and a proposal is made that the whole of the Alasonic bodies with which thc late Bro . Dr . Treffry was connected should attend on the occasion in full regalia . The Fowey Lodge has decided to be present provided the

Provincial Grand Alaster sanctions their doing so . The Royal Arch Chapter and Knight Templar Preceptory at Tywardreath are also to be invited to be present . The bishop will be asked to name St . Andrew ' s Day . The collection will be in aid of the Cathedral Fund . A public luncheon , at which Dr . Davis , of the Treffry Committee , will preside , is also suggested .

On Thursday next , thc 20 th inst ., Bro . T . C . Walls , P . AI . 13 S 1 , P . G . S . B . Aliddx ., will be installed W . AI . of the Hemming Lodge , No . 1512 , by Bro . T . W . Ockenden , P . G . Steward Aliddx ., the retiring Alaster . Bro . Edmund A . Dutton was installed W . M . of the St . John's Lodge , No . 16 7 , on Tuesday , nth inst ., at the Holly Bush Tavern , Hampstead .

1 hc following was suggested b y our distinguished Bro . Benjamin Franklin , for his own epitaph , and is an excellent specimen of one kind of that class of inscription : " The body of Benjamin Franklin , Printer , like the cover of an old book , its contents torn out and stripped of its lettering and gilding , lies heie , food for worms ; but the work shall not be wholly lost—for it will , as he believed , appear once more in a new and more perfect edition ,

corrected and amended by the author . He was born January G , 170 G : died— , 17— . " However , a brother printer , thinking some of the type of his own craft would more expressively and concisely honour so worthy a type of man , suggested the following inscription in lieu of the above " Benjamin Franklin , thc * of his profession , the type of honesty , the ' . of all ; and although the tlPtTof death has put a . to his existence , each <* of his life has been without a II . "

Masonic And General Tidings.

. » . : Bro . the Bishop of Peterborough presided at th ? Northampton Diocesan Conference , on Tuesday , the nth inst . J Bro . the Rev . J . S y dney Boucher , P . P . G . C , installed Bro . R . J . Davids as W . AL of the Segontium Lodge , No . GoG , Carnarvon , at the last meetin--- of that lodge .

1 he Installation ceremony was performed in the Selwyn Lodge of Instruction on 'Thursday , Gth inst ., by P ' ° * , -U ' y * - ? ?? ' , * - * l 8 - " > 9 * The lodge meets at the East Dulwich Hotel , East Dulwich , every Thursday except the third . '

Bro . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , M . P ., was present at the Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Conference on Ihursday . Bro . J . Glaskin was installed W . M . of the ^ A ? 0 TP'P ? " ^ ff < y . No * ' 4 9 ' ° y . '" " ¦<¦ ' out-going W . AL , Bro . T . Hastings Miller , P . P . G . Org . Aliddleslx , at the Aletropolitan Societies' Asylum , Ball ' s-pond-road , N ., on Friday , the 7 th inst .

Bro . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales on Wednesday opened a new parade at Hythe , and laid the first concrete block of the harbour extensions at Folkestone , by which traffic may be conducted at all states of the tide . Both the towns and Sandgate , which lies between them were en fete lor the occasion , and as the weather on the whole was fine the proceedings were successfully carried out .

Dr . Bradley will be "inducted " into the deanery of Westminster on the 26 th inst .. The Masonic Hall , Murton-road , Middlesborough , was the sutject of one of fhe sketches in the Illustrated London News of last week , in connection with the Aliddlesborough and Cleveland Iron Trade Jubilee . A Masonic Bazaar and Fancy Fair will be held

in the Exhibition Palace , Dublin , in Easter week , 1 SS 2 , in aid of the funds for the completion of the New Alasonic Orphan School , Mertion-road , Dublin , of which the buildings are now far advanced , having been erected at a cost of nearly £ 12 , 000 , which amount has been contributed mainly by the Freemasons of Ireland during the last three years . A further sum of £ 2000 will be required to defray the incidental

expenses , the cost of furnishing the school , providing a library and appliances for teaching and recreation , laying out the gardens and grounds , and completing the undertaking . 'The proceeds of the bazaar will be applied to these purposes in the hope of enabling the Governors to open their school free ot debt , in Alay next , as a suitable home and place of education for seventy orphan girls , for whom it will afford accommodation .

We have much pleasure in calling attention to thc announcement of Bro . Seymour Smith ' s annual benefit concert , which is to take place at the City of London College . Leadenhall-street , on Saturday , the 22 nd inst . Bro . Smith will be supported by many well-known vocal and instrumental artistes , and , from a careful study of the

extensive programme , we can confidently predict a rare musical treat for those who can be present . As an evidence of the esteem in which Bro . Smith is held , and the appreciation of his musical service , the names of upwards of thirty influential gentlemen , among whom are many well known Alasons , are down as Stewards on the occasion .

Bro . the Right Hon . Sir Michael Hicks Beach , Bart ., as Prov . Grand Afaster of Gloucestershire , has signified his intention of visiting the St . ' George ' s Lodge , at Tewkesbury , on Monday next . Bro . Dr . E . I . Gregory of Cheltenham . is the W . AL Our _ brethren of Fowey , who have long been dissatisfied with the accommodation provided in the present Alasonic rooms , are determined to have a hall more fittin « -

the reception of the Fraternity . Mr . Charles Treffry , of PlAce , has offered , on reasonable terms , to erect a suitable building , and the plans having been drawn by Air . A . S . Clunes and approved , Bro . Smith ' s , of Austell , contract has been accepted , and the work is to be proceeded with at once . The site is a very good one , about half way down the hill leading into the town , and adjoining the premises now occupied by thc South Cornwall Bank .

Bro . J . Hollingshead and Mr . R . Barker will open the Opera Comique Theatre to-night ( Saturday ) with an original comic opera in three acts , ' the words by Air . \ V . S . Gilbert , the music by Air . Fred . Clay . The fund for a memorial to Professor Rolleston ;

which now amounts to £ 530 , is expected to reach £ 1000 . the subscribers are to meet shortly to settle what form thc memorial shall take . There is a feeling in some quarters in favour of a special annual prize in biology , tp be competed for by students in the Universities of Great Britain .

Comp . W . R . Wood was unanimousl y elected Al . E . Z . of the Yarborough Chapter , Sn , Brighton , on Saturday , the Sth inst . Bro . David Smith was installed W . M . of the Portland Lodge , G 37 , on the Gth inst ., at tbe Town Hall , Stokc-upon-Trent .

I ' INDING AN EARTHQUAKE . —The Superintendent of one of the metropolitan divisions of Police on Wednesday , received from an intelligent constable on duty during the previous ni g ht , a report to the following effect : — "At 1 . 45 a . m . this morning found an earthquake opposite No . 207 , " naming the thoroughfare . The earthquake was the subsidence of a portion of a roadway over the coal cellar , the brickwork of whicli had given way .

It is rumoured in well-informed circles that the Earl of Aberdeen or the Earl of Rosebery will have the Green Riband of the Order of the Thistle , vacant by the death of the Earl of Airlie . A ncw Mark lodge , the Drifelt , will be consecrated on Tuesday , the iSth inst ., at Driffield , Yorkshire .

' I he ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new buildings of the Princess Helena College , at F ' aling , by the Duke of Albany , accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Christian , has been unavoidably postponed for the present .

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