Masonic And General Tidings.

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .

On Saturday , the 8 thinstant , Bro . C . E . Ferry , P . M . and P . Z ., deliverer ! a lecture at the Lodge of Perseverance , No . 1743 , upon " What is Freemasonry ? " Bro . Col . G . Noel Money , C . B ., Prov . Grand Master of Surrey , has appointed Bro . J . D . Langton , P . M . and Sec . 16 73 and 2096 , P . P . J . G . W . Surrey , as Prov . Charity Secretary of Surrey .

The Masonic Home for the Sick and Aged was dedicated at Utica , U . S . A ., on the 6 th inst ., with imposing ceremonies . Twenty-five thousand members " of the Order attended the exercises celebrating the completion of a work begun 40 years ago .

At the regular meeting of the Newall Lodge , No . 1134 , at Adelphi House , Salford , on Tuesday last , Bro . E . Webb , S . W ., was unanimously elected the W . M . for the ensuing year , and Bro . John Holroyd , P . P . S . G . W ., was elected Treasurer .

The Duke of Edinburgh quitted Devonport on leave of absence , on Wednesday , and arrived at Clarence House in the evening . After a brief stay in town , his Royal Highness will proceed to join the Duchess on the Continent . Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein are at present on a visit to the Prince and Princess Anhalt , at Worlitz , near Dessan , and are expected to return to Cumberland Lodge some time in the course of next week .

The King of Italy has written to his Prime Minister with reference to the proposed gift in commemoration of his silver wedding , to siv that he and the Queen have resolved on declining any such presentation , but that they will be delighted if the money is used in acts of benevolence and charity .

The 17 th Lancers has been ordered to provide the usual escort for the incoming Lord Mavor ( Alderman Knill ) on his lord hip ' s induction into office on the 9 th November . The binds of the Household Cavalry , the 17 th Lancers , and the Royal Artillery have also been ordered to take part n the procession .

Monday , the 24 th instant , has been fixed by the Lord Chancellor ( Bro . Lord Herschell ) for the reception at the House of Lords of the Lord Mayor elect , for the purpose of conveying to him her Majesty ' s pleasure in respect of his election as Chief Magistrate of the City of London during the ensuing year .

Earl Spencer and the other Lords of the Admiralty paid their first official visit to Chatham on Tuesday , -Allien they inspected the various establishments in the dockyard , the Royal Marines , the Melville Hospital , and the ships building and fitting out . At the close of their inspection they went on board the yacht Enchantress , where they entertained the principal officers of the port and garrison .

__ Mr . Charles Eliot , Second Secretary of the British Embassy at St . Petersburg , who was recently in the Pamir district , has arrived in London from Russia , and was engaged at the Foreign Office on Tuesday . Mr . Eliot is about to leave shortly for Morocco , where he will act as British Legation at Tangier during the absence on leave of Col . Sir C . Euan-Smith .

Harvest Festival services at St . John ' s Church , Claphamrise , will be held on Sunday next . The vicar , Bro . the Rev . Dr . Coryndon Baker , will preach at 11 ; the Rev . Brooke Lambert , M . A ., D . C . L . ( vicarof Greenwich ) , at , 1 . 30 ; and the Rev . F . f . Matwin , B . A ., at 7 . The collections will be in aid of the Restoration Fund , and Bro . T . W . Ockenden , P . M . ( one of the churchwardens ) appeals for help .

At the monthly meeting of the Hadrian Lodge , No . 1970 , held on the 4 th instant in the Freemasons' Hall , Inghamitreet , South Shields . Bro . George Harland , W . M ., presiding , Bro . John Watt Henderson , S . W ., was elected W . M . for the ensuing year ; Bro . Wm . Davidson , P . M ., P . P . G . S . B ., was elected Treasurer ; Bro . T . Potter , P . M ., P . P . G . T ., was re-appointed Tjler ; and Bros . J . R . Mabane and C . P . Bell were e ' ected Auditors .

The 17 th show of the British Dairy Farmers' Association was opened at the Royal Agricultural Hall , Islington , on Tuerday , and will be closed this ( Friday ) evening . The cattle exhibits , though fewer in number than in 1 S 90 , numbered 215 , and included representatives of the Shorthorn , Jersey , Guernsey , and other breeds . I here was also

a very notable display of dairy produce , of utensils for converting ' milk into butter and cheese , and of vessels for conveying milk from the farm to the retailer . Among the exhibitors were Bros , the Earl of Fgmont and the Earl of Radnor , and the Baroness Burdett-Coutts and the Lady Mayoress will distribute the prizes in the butter-making contests this ( Friday ) afternoon .

I he China Cup which was won this year at Bisley by a team of the London Rille Brigade , was ( conveyed with due pomp and ceremony to the Guildhall on Saturday and handed over to the custody of the Lord Mayor , Bro . Sir David Evans . The trophy was mounted on a gun carriage and escorted by detachmentsof the London Rille Brigade , the City of London Engineers , the City of London Artillery , and

the 2 nd and 3 rd London Volunteer Brigades . In the Guildhall itself a large company had assembled , among whom were the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress , Bros . Sheriffs Renals [ and Wilkin , Bro . Sir Reginald Hanson , Bart ., M . P ., General Sir Francis Grenfell , General Sir G . Higginson , President of the City Rifle Association . A dinner at the Mansion House in honour of the event brought the proceedings to a close .

HOLLOWAY ' S PILLS . —In geierai itamlity , mental depression , and nervous irritability there is no medicine which operates so like a i-harm as th sc fanrms Pills . They purify tie blood , soothe and strengthen the nerves and system , give tone to the stomach , elevate the spirits , anc . in fact , make the patient sensible of a total and must delightful revolution in his whole system . They may be commended most unreservedly ns tiie

very best family medicine in existence . Ilitiu ^ li so powerfully ellicacious they are singularly mild in their operation , and might begiven witli perfect conlidence to delicate women and young children . They contain not a grain of mercury , or any other noxious substance , and cannot d j harm . Delicate females and all persons of s ; dentarv habits will lind Ihcsc fills a blessing . - Anvr ,

Masonic And General Tidings.

The Duchess of Teck has consented to open a new wing of the Field-lane Boys' Industrial School , Hillfield-road , West Hampstead , on the 25 th of next month . Her Majesty's ironclad Victoria , flagship of Admiral Sir George Tryon , commanding-in-chief the British Mediterranean Squadron , left Malta on Monday for Nauplia and

Pirreus , accompanied by the Nile , Sans Pareil , Dreadnought , Camperdown , and Surprise . The Grand Duke of Hesse and his sister , Princess Alice , arrived at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday morning , after visiting the Queen at Balmoral . In the evening they visited Olympia , and on Thursday they left London for Ostend on their return home .

Bro . James Stevens will deliver his popular lecture on Masonic symbolism , ritual , and ceremonial , under the auspices of the Hundred of Elloe Lodge , No . 469 , at the Masonic Hall , Spalding , Lincolnshire , on Thursday , the 3 rd prox .

Nelson ' s flagship , the Foudroyant , has already been repurchased from the German who bought her of the Admiralty , and though the demolition of the ship had already been begun , there will be no difficulty in restoring her , and she will soon be on exhibition in the Thames .

In consequence of the Mansion House banquet to the Trinity House having , at the instance of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh , been fixed for the 24 th inst ., the Lord Mayor elect has found it necessary to postpone his Presentation Dinner at Goldsmiths' Hall from that evening to the 25 th . MAYORAL MASOXIC BANQUET . —Bro . I . de Bels Adam

( Mayor of Liverpool ) , P . P . S . G . W ., will entertain Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , K . C . B ., Pro Grand Master of England , Prov . G . M . of West Lancashire , and a large number of Grand and Provincial Grand Officers at a banquet at the Town Hall on the 19 th inst . At the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Delegates of the Saturday Hospital Fund , the Secretary had the

satisfaction of reporting that to the 3 rd of September the returns amounted to £ 11 , 349 , as compared with £ io , 4 Si for the corresponding period of 1 S 91 , while the street collection in July yielded . £ 5482 , being an increase of £ 730 upon the effort of last year . A meeting was held at ( Manchester on Monday for the purpose of further promoting the establishment of a College of Music for that city . Among the speakers was Sir Charles HalltS , who strongly advocated the institution of such a

college . The Secretary reported promises of £ 998 a year for five years , and donations to the incidental fund amount infer to £ 901 . The total income of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge shows a very considerable amount of prosperity , having been £ 44 . 304 13 s . 6 d ., as compared with £ 40 , 702 2 s . 1 id . the preceding year . On the other hand , however , the Society has been voting larger sums of late , its gross total of expenditure having amounted to £ 4 <> . ' 7 i 13 s . 2 d .

The German officers who took part in the long distance ride from Berlin to Vienna were entertained at dinner in the Sacher Gardens in the Prates by their Austrian comrades-in-arms on Tuesday evening . The general commanding the Vienna garrison occupied the chair , and the number ot guests was 160 . The proceedings throughout were of the most enthusiastic character .

At a meeting on Thursday in connection with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution it was announced that amongst the contributions recently received were £ 700 from members of the Hearts of Oak Benefit Society , tor the purpose of buildingand equippinga lifeboat , to be named the " Hearts of Oak . " New lifeboats have recently been sent to the Drogeda Gourdon , Moray Firth , and Morthoe stations .

The well-known dramatic critic , Mr . Clement Scott ( says the Glasgow Herald of Monday last ) , has resolved to take a year ' s holiday , and will three weeks hence start on a tour round the world , finishing up at the Chicago Exhibition . His duties as critic of the Daily Telegraph will , we believe , in the meantime be undertaken by Mr . Lionel Monckton , son the Town Clerk of London , and } f Lady Monckton , the well-known actress .

The marriage of Captain the Hon . Rowland Winn , M . P ., of the Coldstream Guards , eldest son of Lord St . Oswald , with Miss Mabel Forbes , youngest daughter of the late Sir Charles Forbes , Bart ., was solemnised in St . George ' s , Hanover-square , on Monday . The guests at the

reception which followed at 42 , Grosvenor-square , included Lord St . Oswald and the Hon . Miss Winn , the Earl and Couniess of Dudley , the Earls of Chesterfield , Lonsdale , and Essex , Lady Randolph Churchill , Lady Wilmington , the Hon . A . Winn , the Hon . Humphrey Sturt , M . P ., and others .

A notable vacancy is created in the ranks of the City Corporation by the somewhat sudden death , after but a short illness , ot its " Father , " Mr . Deputy Gsorge Walter , who has sat continuously since 1846 as one of the annuallyelected members of the Ward of Farringdon Without , and

since iSOS as Alderman ' s Deputy . Mr . Walter , who was a wine and spirit merchant in Fleet-street , and for many years connected with the well-known " Cogers' Hall , " was a consistent and attentive corporator , and highly esteemed by his colleagues . He had attained the great age of NS years , and was active to the last .

On Thursday Princess Beatrice , accompanied by Princess Louise , Marchioness of I orne , opened at Aberdeen an exhibition promoted by the Scottish Home Industries Association . Ihe mute along which the Royal pirty pissed from the station to the exhibition hall wa , decorated , and

many th usands of persons lined the streets . The Earl and Countess of Aberdeen received their Royal Highnesses at the exhibition , and after the opening ceremony the Lord Provost entertained them at luncheon . After visiting the School of Domestic Economy the Princesses lelt for Balmoral .

Young lady artist , daughter of Exhibitor at the Royal Academy , artistically colours photographs * . Cartes , is ., 2 s . ; cabinets , 2 s ., 3 s . Gd . Pho'ographs enlarged up to life-size , and finished in oils , water colour , or mon .-chro . ne . Ivory miniatures faithfully reproduced from photographs , and most delicately painted . Special care taken with the colouring of regalia . Highest testimonials from nobility , & c— . Mabel Vernon , Craven House , Beaconsfield-road , New Southgate , N .

Masonic And General Tidings.

We are asked to state that the meetings of the < s > George ' s Lodge of Instruction are now held at the N Cross Hall , on Tuesday evenings at S o ' clock . ew At a Quarterly Court of the Gold and Silver Wv Drawers' Company , held on the 10 th instant , an illuminated address was presented to Bro . Gabriel Lindo , C . C . ; recognition of his services as Master for three years . " ' "

The V . E . Provincial Prior of Devonshire , the Rev . Dr Lemon , purposes holding the annual Provincial Priory of Knights Templar , on the 20 th inst ., at Plymouth , under the banner of the Royal Veterans Preceptory . The Gaekwar of Baroda , who arrived in London from the Continent on Wednesday night , is at present staving at Richmond . It is understood that his Highness will visit the Queen at Balmoral before the Court is moved to Windsor

The commanding officers of volunteer corps throughout the country have been directed to send in at once any applications thev may wish to make as to increasing the establishment of their regiments in the volunteer year which begins on the 1 st proximo .

Hundreds of people visited the grave of Tennyson in the Abbey , on Thursday , which has now been fitted up and railed off to protect the many wreaths and emblems which lie around it . The beautiful pall worked at Keswick has been laid over the stone , and at the head of the tomb a magnificent cross has been placed , some 4 feet high , composed of white flowers , surmounted on one arm by a white dove .

The living of St . Michael and All Angels , Portsmouth , is placed at the disposal of the Bishop of Winchester by the demise of the Pev . N . Shutte , who was found dead in his study . Mr . Shutte , who was upwards of sixty years of age , started the fund for the erection of a church , which was built on a site given by the War Department , and of which the foundation-stone was laid by the Duke of Cambridge .

Up to the present time the Lord Mayor ' s Fund at the Mansion House for the relief of the sufferers by the recent colliery accident near Bridgend , in Wales , amounts in all to about £ 4 , 400 . This is in addition to the sums collected by the local committee at Bridgend and bv the Welsh mayors ; but the whole result of this appeal falls far short

of the sum required—about £ 20 , 000—to provide 5 s . a week to every widow as long as she remains unmarried , and 2 s . Gd . a week to every child up to the age of 13 . It will be remembered that 113 lives were lost in the disaster , and 58 wives , 152 children , and 12 aged relatives became dependent upon charity .

The approaching visit of the Prime Minister to Oxford to deliver the first Romanes Lecture is being looked forward to with much interest . , Mr . and Mrs . Gladstone will arrive in Oxford on Saturday week , and will be the guests of the Dean of Christchurch and Mrs . Paget . The trust , which has been founded by Professor Romanes , provides for the

delivery of a lecture once a year by a gentleman nominated by the Vice-Chancellor , on a subject approved by him in literature , science , or art . The subject Mr . Gladstone has selected is " Mediaeval Universities , with special reference to the University of Oxford . " The lecture will be delivered in the Sheldonian Theatre .

ASGEL LODGE , No . 51 . —A special meeting of thislodge was held at Colchester on Tuesday , the 4 th inst ., for the purpose of raising Bro . Captain Naylor Leyland , M . P ., to what is well understood by the Craft as the Third Degree . Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather , there was a good attendance . The W . M . of the lodge , Bro . F . C . H . Jones , performed the difficult and solemn ceremony in a

very able manner , and received the congratulations of all present on the ability he had displayed . Later in the evening Bro . Capt . Naylor Leyland , M . P ., made an interesting spe ch , in the course of which he expressed the pleasure he felt at having taken this further step in Freemasonry , and said he hoped , now that he was a full-fledged Mason , to attend many meetings of the lodge .

In the person of Mr . E . W . Thomas , a Liverpool violinist of high standing , death has removed another of the artists who assisted at the production of Webers' " Oberon " at Covent Garden Theatre in 1 S 2 C . As far as we are aware , not a single member of the orchestra engaged on tint occasion now remains , while of the solo singers one alone is with us . Miss Paton , Madame Vestris , Braham , Fawcett ,

and Bland long ago quitted the stage of life , and Miss Cawes , who played Puck , much to Weber's satisfaction , died some two or three years since at a good old age . Ihe survivor , Mrs . Keely ( Miss Goward ) remembers with accuracy , and can vivaciously relate , the incidents of the musical event in which she took part 6 G years ago . Miss Goward played the Mermaid , and at the rehearsal of her

one song a hitch occurred . " Cut that out ! " exclaimed Fawcett . " Cut it out' . " shouted Weber , " I'll , soon show you how it will go . " Taking the baton himself , he made the song proceed smoothly , and saved the vocalist from the loss of a proud recollection . In the graveyard of the quaint old parish church 01 Hendon there were laid to rest the remains of Mr . Thomas

Woolner , R . A ., whose death , under painfully sudden circumstances , occurred last week in London . The clue ' mourners ( in addition to Mrs . Woolner , her four daug hters , and Mr . Hugh Woolner , the son ) were Mr . and Mrs . Key , Dr . Bird , Mr . G . Brown-Morrison , Mr . Saintsbury , and Mrs . Henry Woolner , the late artist ' s sister-in-law . y procession , headed by an open hearse , reached Hendon tne

Church from Welbeck-street shortly after one , and as coffin , which was of polished oak with brass fittings , was borne up the aisle , " Oh , rest in the Lord " was p layed on the organ . At the foot of the coffin were two p lates--tn one bearing the inscription , " Thomas Woolner , corn D < j * 17 , 1825 , died Oct . 7 , 1892 , " and the other the words , " Love is strong as death . " The service was conducted « y Canon Bell , while the Rvv . Newton Mant , the vicar , reao the I « . ssnn < :. Manv beautiful wreaths and floral emblem '

were sent , among others by Sir Saul and Lady Samuel , J . Crichton-Browne ( who was present ) , Mr . Baddeley 3 n the members of the Savage Club , Sir Charles Hartley , * Coventry Patmore , Captain Henry Woolner , Mr . Onsi Ford , A . R . A ., and Mr . J . Wolfe Barry . A GOOD PLAN .-The' Eleventh Annual Edition ° Explanatory Book , sent free , gives valuable and fe " * , j information how to operate successfully in Stocks Shares and obtain handsome profits . —Address , Geo . & " * and Co ., Stockbrokers , 11 , Poultry , London , E . C .