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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Ihe Aldersgate Chapter , No . 1657 , has voted £ -5 5 s . to the Hughan Testimonial . Bro . Alfred A . Clement was installed VV . M . of St . Leonards Lodge , No . 1766 , at the Town Hall , Shoreditch , on Wednesday last . Bro . W . H . Russell , S . W . 40 , was unanimously elected VV . AI . of the Derwent Lodge , on Alonday last , and Bro . F . Rcssiter , P . AL , elected Treasurer .
The speech delivered in Grand Lodge on Wednesday last , respecting the status of Past Masters , was not by Bro . Frank Green , but by Bro . Dr . R . Turtle Pigott , D . C . L ., P . A . G . D . of C At the regular monthly meeting of the Joppa Lodge , No . iSS , held on Alonday , the 5 th inst ., at Freemasons' Tavern , Bro . George Bean , of Clapham , was
unanimously elected VV . AI . for the ensuing year . The installation meeting of the Palatine Lodge , No . 97 , Sunderland , will take place on Thursday evening next , the . 13 th inst ., when the installation of Bro . John C . Moor , W . M . elect , will take place at the Alasonic Hall , Park-terrace . The ceremony is to be performed by the W . M ., Bro . C . McNamara . There is likely to be a
I arge gathering on the occasion . At the dinner of the Gold and Silver VVyre Drawers' Company , on January 9 th , it is intended , as a mark of regard and esteem , to present Air . Wynne E . Baxter with a full-length portrait of himself in his official robes as first Alayor . of Lewes . The portrait has been painted by Air . W . Cave Thomas . Bro . George Kenning is . lilt * Tirpepnlr \ TnsVpr . thp Mi-sfpr-plprl- lipino- Miin .
Joseph , C . C . The following banquets have been held afc the Freemasons' Tavern for the week ending 15 th December , 18 S 3 : —Alonday , ioth—City Ramblers' Cricket Club Ball , St . George ' s and Cornerstone Lodge , Leigh Lodge , University Chapter , Finsbury Conservative Association . Tuesday , nth—Urban Lodge , St . James's Union Lodge ,
Jerusalem Chapter , Prudent Brethren Chapter , Coutt's Cricket Club . VVednesday , 12 th—New Holborn Quadrilles , Amersham , Hall Club , Enoch Lodge , Lodge oT Fidelity . Thursday , 13 th—Old Acquaintance Alusical Society , Polish National Lodge , Caledonian Society , Creation Lodge , Pilgrim Lodge . Friday , 14 th—London Wrayshire Club Balk Bees Cricket Club , Bedford Lodge , Electric Lodge . Saturday , 15 th . —Tottenham House Ball .
At a meeting of the Guelph Lodge of Instruction , No . 1 GS 5 , at the Leyton Town Hall , Leyton , Essex , to be held on the 20 th inst ., an announcement of which will be found in another column , the sections will be worked as follows : —First Lecture—ist Section , Bro . John Dorton , P . M . and Treas . 1076 ; 2 nd , E . Skelt , P . M . 1 GS 5 , and W . M . 1593 ; 3 rd , R . F . E . Hopkins , 749 ; 4 th , T . Clark ,
S . VV . 1178 ; 5 th , AL Christian , J . W . S 60 ; Oth , A . Calver , J . D . 913 ; 7 th , B . Cundick , P . M . 1421 . Second Lectureist Section , Bro . VV . G . Durrant , P . M . 1056 ; and , J . ] . Berry , P . M . 554 ; 3 rd , VV . Alusto , P . M . 1349 ; 4 th , F . Y . Latreille , P . M . 1056 ; 5 th , G . H . Stephens , S . W . 1623 . Third Lecture—ist Section , Bro . W . H . Alyers , P . AI . S 20 and 144 s ; 2 nd , F . King , P . M . 1056 ; 3 rd , G . Ward
Verry , P . AL 554 , VV . AI . 15 S 0 , & c We gather from the Court Circular that when the Prince of Wales was last in Prussia , he visited , with the Crown Prince , his brother-in-law , the military barracks in the Carlstrasse . They were surprised , on entering the first room , to see the Crown Princess Victoria ' s likeness hanging the guard table , ln wandering through the several
quarters they found a similar portrait similarly placed in each room . At last , as they stepped into another room , the Crown Prince remarked to his brother-in-law : " There she is again ! I feel half inclined to be jealous , she seems to be such a favourite here . " But the soldiers , in their desire to create a pleasant surprise , had practised a little piece of
deception a la Potemkin . As the whole regiment possessed only one portrait of the Princess , they contrived to make it do duty in each of the rooms in turn . As soon as the Prince ' s back was turned , while speaking with one of the soldiers , the picture was taken down , carried into the next room , and hung over the table of the corporal .
There was a large gathering of members and friends of the charitable institution known as " Ye Antiente Fraternitie of Ye Rahere Almoners ( amongst whom are numbered several well-known Freemasons ) at the first of a series of smoking concerts , held at the Alanchestcr Hotel , E . C , on Monday last . Amongst the general company were Bros . A . C Alorton , C . C , in the chair , J . Stevens ,
Joseph Young , A . E . Emdin , J . Deverall , C . C , and many others . Amongst the vocalists were Bros . Theodore Distin , Chaplin Henry , Wakefield Ree , Seymour Smith , G . S . Graham , Egbert Roberts , and others . The whole of the officers of the Grand Council of the fraternity were present , and their friends completely occupied all the available space , there being nearly 200 persons present . The entertainment was excellent and the result very successful , the
alms' chest being largely contributed to , and a large number of annual subscribers being enrolled . The Chairman , Bro . Stevens , and Air . Sangster , the worthy Recorder ( or Secretary ) , respectively addressed the company during a necessary interval , recounting the past good work , present position , and future expectations of the institution , and their remarks met with much appreciation . We are informed that the second of the series of these concerts will be . given on the 14 th January next , and we hope it may meet with a like success .
HOLLOWAY S PILLS arc strongly recommended to all persons who are much reduced in power and condition , whose stomachs are ucafc , and whose nerves are shattered . The beneficial effects of these Pills will be perceptible after a few days' trial , though a more extended course may be required to re-establish perfect health ,
Holloway ' s medicine act on the organs of digestion , and induces enmplete ' regularity in the stomach , liver , pancreas , and kidneys . This treatment is both safe and certain in result , and is thoroughly consistent witb observation , experience , and common sense . The purification of the blood , the removal of all noxious matter from the seer-lion ** , and the excitement of gentle action iu the bowels , are the sources of the curative powers of Holloway ' s Pills , —[ ADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings
Comp . W . Lake was on Saturday last elected ALE . / ., of the West Kent Chapter , No . 1297 , Anerley . Bro . Lord Charles Beresford and Lady Beresford have joined the party visiting the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh at Eastwell Park . Bro . Lord Waveney , R . W . Prov . G . M , Suffolk , has been appointed Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum
of the county of Antrim , in room of the late Marquis of Donegall , deceased . Bro . Walter Wood , Secretary of tlie Southern Star Lodge of Instruction , has been unanimously elected W . AI . of his mother lodge , Confidence , No . 193 . The installation will take place on January 14 th . Bro . Sir Frederick Leighton , President of the
Royal Academy ( with Air . Fred A . Eaton , the Secretary ) , were honoured with an audience of Her Alajesty , at Windsor , on the 5 th inst . The Fifteen Sections will be worked on Thursday 20 th inst ., at Leyton Town Hall , Leyton , Essex , by Bro . J ., Boulton , P . M . 105 G , Sic Full particulars will be found in our advertisement columns . Brethren are cordially
invited . The ceremony of Installation will be rehearsed by Bro . VV . H . Gulliford , VV . M . if . 14 and P . AL 1017 , at the Covent Garden Lodgeof Instruction , No . 1 G 14 , held at The Cranbourne , 1 , Upper St . Martin ' s-lane , VV . C , ( next door to Aldridge's Horse Repository ) , on Thursday , the Gth prox ., at S p . m .
The Rev . I . I . Kelly , a Mohawk chieftain , in an address he recently gave , said he was of opinion with reference to the origin of the aborigines of the Continent of America , that they were descended from the crcivs of the nine ships which Solomon sent to Ophir after gold , and which never returned ; proof of this he considered was in the fact that Masonry had been known among the Indians
long before the arrival of the whites , and that there were over 700 Hebrew words in the Indian language . At the dedication of the Clausentum Lodge Masonic Hall at Woolston , whicii we reported last week , Bro . Le Feuvre , Prov . G . Secretary , in his address to the Prov . Grand Master , mentioned , as worthy of note , ttvat both the architect ( Bro . VV . Mitchell ) and the builder ( Bro .
VV . H . Chapman , LP . AL ) were initiated in the Clausentum Lodge , and said their knowledge of practical Masonry must have been of the greatest service in carrying out thc work . At the subsequent festivities the health of the VV . AI . Bro . Alethven , was proposed by Bro . Chapman , congratulations being at the same time tendered the W . AI . upon an interesting coincidence whicii had that day occurred in
his social circle in thc birth of a son . Practical steps have at last been taken to remedy the tinsightliness of the bare pedestals at the ends of Blackfriars' Bridge . During the present week there has been placed on the north-west pedestal the plaster cast of the equestrian statue by the French artist AL Clesinger , at the Crystal Palace , taken by permission of the company .
In placing this model on the bridge , the Bridge House Committee wish it clearly to be understood that it is not intended to execute the work for * the purpose of being permanently placed on the bridge , neither is it intended to be any indication of the proposed treatment of any subj ect for a statue , but only to give some idea of the size and general dimensions of the statuary hereafter to be placed on the four pedestals of the bridge .
A largely attended meeting of the General Committee charged with the preliminary arrangements for the Annual Masonic Ball at the Town Hall , Liverpool , on the fifth proximo , in aid of the funds of the West Lancashire Alasonic Educational Institution , was held at head-quarters in Hope-st ., on Friday evening , the 7 th inst . The chair was occupied by Bro . Thomas Whitehead , P . M ., 241 . It
was unanimously resolved that a vote of thanks should be given to Bros T . Sheen , C . C , P . M ., 241 , and G . Peet , C . C , P . AL , 241 , for the manner in which they successfuly advocated the claims of the Masonic body to the use of the Town-hall in connection with the ball . A letter from Bro .
Councillor J . Poole , P . G . S . W ., was read by the Secretary ( Bro . J . C Robinson ) , promising to give his most cordial support to the festive gathering . The committee fixed the price of tickets at 15 s ., and Bro . H . AL Molyneux was again chosen master of ceremonies , an office which he has held with much success and acceptance for many years .
London and North Western Railway and Christmas . —It is a matter of course that , as one season succeeds another , our railway companies should make a point of offering every kind of facility within their power for the traveller , be he merely an occasional holiday maker or one who has made up his mind to spend a month or two in visiting our most attractive pleasure resorts . The London
and North Western Railway Company , which is always to the fore in its consideration of the public convenience , has lost no time in issuing its programme for the approaching Christmas holidays , and we say , unhesitatingly , that it would be difficult to make better arrangements . All next week , and up to Alonday , the 24 th inst ., inclusive , the ticket offices will be open throughout the day , so that at the
Euston , Broad-street , Kensington , and Willesden Junction stations , intending travellers will have every opportunity for procuring their tickets before the day on whicii they purpose travelling , so that they will be able to avoid the terrible crush which invariably takes place at principal termini on high days and holidays . Tickets may also be obtained at the principal receiving offices of the company
in the City and the West End . Special Trains will be run on Saturday night and the day before Christmas , and similarly convenient arrangements will be made during the whole of what are known as the Christmas holidays . Everything has also been done in order to secure the quick
transit and prompt delivery of Christmas parcels , while great stress is laid on the service of family omnibuses , whicii convey passengers and their luggage between the principal stations of the Company and their destination . In short , as at other seasons , so now , the programme of this Company is in all respects satisfactory .
' I am subject to inflammation of the throat and sutler greatlvin cold weather front a CO-ABU , l ) tt . UKX-CK ' H Pm . M » sic WAVERS ' relieve the cough , allavthe inllammation , and give me ease at once . " ( Signed ) J . Heron , High-street , Uelfast . Asthma , Consumption , Bronchitis , Colds , Coughs , Shortness of Breath , Phlegm , Pains in the Chest , and Rheumatism are instantly relieved aud rapidiv cured by the Wafers , which taste pleasantl y . Sold at is . lM . / is , 91 I , js . Od ,, and ns , per box by all Druggists , —[ ADVT . ]
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The Nciv York Commercial Advertiser says a gentleman in Philadelphia has offered his large mansion and lot of ground , 100 by 175 feet , for a home for indigent Alasons , their widows and orphans , of Pennsylvania , and to endow it with his whole estate after his death .
rrom the same source we learn thai Monseigneur Henri Smuclders , Councillor of the Sacred Colleg ' e , has been appointed by the Pope Apostolic Delegate to Canada to inquire relative to the prevalence of Freemasonry among the professors and students in Lavatcr University .
Ihe Installation Meeting of the Invicta Lodge , No . 709 , took place on the 7 th inst . at Ashford , Kent , when Bro . H . Green was installed into thc chair of K . S ., in the presence of VV . Bro . Jas . S . Eastes , Dep . Prov , G . M ., and a number of Prov . Grand officers . We shall give a full report next week .
Afc the usual meeting of the De Grev and Ripon Chapter , No . 1356 , at the Masonic HaU , " Liverpool , on Wednesday evening , the 5 th inst ., Comps . C . Arden was elected / .. ; W . VV . Sandbrook , II . ; and T . O . Dutton , J . Bros . T . Burnside and ] . Casey , were also exalted to the Royal Arch Degree at this meeting .
Ihe Filteen Sections will be worked in the 1 ' ores-Lodge ' of Instruction , No . 10 S , at the Jelly Farmers , Tavern , Southgate-road , N ., on Saturdas ' , 15 th inst ., Bros . D . Aloss , S . VV . 1275 , W . AL ; T . Cull , P . M . 1441 ' . , S . W . ; H . G . Gush , VV . AI . 1541 , J . W . ; R . Pearcy , P . M . 22 S , LP . AL Lodge will open punctually at 7 p . m .
On Ihe nth inst ., at Winchester , Bro . J . T . Burchett , for many years a member of the Lodge of Economy , No . 7 6 , was installed W . AL of the William of Wykeham Lodge , No . 1 SS 3 , by P . M ., Bro . VV . Gamon , I . P . AI . The R . W . Prov . Grand Alaster , Bro . VV . VV . B . Beach , M . P . ; the VV . Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Bro . J . Hickman ; and several P . G . Officers and visiting brethren from other lodges attended .
VV ' e notice that H . R . H . thc Duke of Albany , K . G ., Grand Superintendent of Oxfordshire , has honoured the newly constituted Mcthucn Chapter , No . 1533 , Marlborough , Wilts , by becoming an honorary member , a circumstance which must be not only gratifying to the companions of the chapter in question , but which shows H . R . H ' s . continued fraternal regard for the Alasons of Wilts , amongst whom he for sometime resided .
The Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar , Diary , and Pocket Book . —This handy and compact little annual once more makes its appearance in anticipation of the ist January next , this being the fourteenth year of its publication . For its size it contains an immense amount of information on Masonic matters , and gives a list of all the lodges and chapters in England , Scotland , and Ireland ,
together with lull particulars ot every Grand Alasonic body throughout the world . Not only is the date of foundation of all the lodges in Great Britain and Ireland given , but the days on whicii they hold their ordinary regular meetings are to be found within the pages of this wonderful lillle book , whilst a complete list of the chief rulers of the Craft all over the Universe is given . No Alason , in fact , should be without the calendar . —Liverpool Daily Post .
A meeting ot the committee entrusted with the arrangements for a memorial to the late Bro . William Simpson , an esteemed member of the Everton Lodge , No . S 23 , was held on Thursday evening , the Gth inst ., " at Davidson's Hotel , Liverpool . The Rev . T . Mayor Lester occupied the chair . Several desi gns of ornamental drinkingfountains were laid before the committee for consideration
, and it was finally decided to adopt one supplied by Mr . Thomas Cox , of Cook-street . The design is in thc Gothic style of architecture , and is of chaste and unpretentious proportions . It is intended to place it atthe Pier-head , Liverpool , in some suitable spot , whicii no doubt the City Council will generously grant for the purpose ; and the idea sought to be carried out is that it shall serve the
threefold object of a useful drinking-fountain , an ornament to the Pier-head , and a grateful memorial to a man so full of kindliness and good works as was the late Bro . Wm . Simpson . Sketches of the design are to be prepared , so that thc public may see what it is proposed to erect , when it is hoped that those who have held back their subscriptions till this was decided upon will at once send in their contributions .
Illegality of the Ouebec Lodges . — -In April and July last we had occasion to call attention to the existence of a number of so-called Freemason lodges in this province , whose primary object was to further the interests of Orangeism and not to advance those of Freemasonry as recognised by our law . We showed plainly at the time that these institutions were illegal . Of course
our exposition of the illegality of these Quebec lodges did not please the " men who never break the law " (?); and efforts were made by certain of our contemporaries to contradict our statements . A certain member of parliament who is also the editor of a Montreal newspaper , especially endeavoured to make out a case for the illegal lodges at a Masonic gathering beld at Highgate Springs , last did the
July . He on platform in the backwoods what he apparently was afraid to touch upon in the columns of his paper . Ihe contentions which we made at the beginning of the discussion are now more than fully justified by the fact that we have it stated from the lips of the Cd . Sec of the the G . L . of Quebec , that the Hon . J . J , C Abbott hai been instructed to prepare a bill for the next session of
Parment for the purpose of legalising the Freemasons ( so-callcd ) of the Grand Lodge of Quebec in this province . And the better to secure the influence and support of the members of the maritime provinces it is intended to add one of their Grand Lodges to the proposed bill . The Quebec Grand Secretary made a further admission , in facrboasted that Sir I lector Langcvin had promised his assistance to push
thc bill through . It will be patent from these confessions , that in their own opinions , the Ouebec lodges were and are still illegal . There is no necessity to introduce a bill to legalise any lodge of Freemasons in thc maritime provinces , as they are already all recognised by law . 'This tactic is only another proof that the Quebec Lodge is afraid to stand its merits
on own , and we believe it will have co nsiderable difficulty in proving itself to be in any wise a " benevolent institution . " Unless it can disprove all association with Orangeism , the duty of Parliament will he to reject the proposed bill and to refuse to legalise an institution which serves as a cloak for an illegal one Montreal Post . *
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Ihe Aldersgate Chapter , No . 1657 , has voted £ -5 5 s . to the Hughan Testimonial . Bro . Alfred A . Clement was installed VV . M . of St . Leonards Lodge , No . 1766 , at the Town Hall , Shoreditch , on Wednesday last . Bro . W . H . Russell , S . W . 40 , was unanimously elected VV . AI . of the Derwent Lodge , on Alonday last , and Bro . F . Rcssiter , P . AL , elected Treasurer .
The speech delivered in Grand Lodge on Wednesday last , respecting the status of Past Masters , was not by Bro . Frank Green , but by Bro . Dr . R . Turtle Pigott , D . C . L ., P . A . G . D . of C At the regular monthly meeting of the Joppa Lodge , No . iSS , held on Alonday , the 5 th inst ., at Freemasons' Tavern , Bro . George Bean , of Clapham , was
unanimously elected VV . AI . for the ensuing year . The installation meeting of the Palatine Lodge , No . 97 , Sunderland , will take place on Thursday evening next , the . 13 th inst ., when the installation of Bro . John C . Moor , W . M . elect , will take place at the Alasonic Hall , Park-terrace . The ceremony is to be performed by the W . M ., Bro . C . McNamara . There is likely to be a
I arge gathering on the occasion . At the dinner of the Gold and Silver VVyre Drawers' Company , on January 9 th , it is intended , as a mark of regard and esteem , to present Air . Wynne E . Baxter with a full-length portrait of himself in his official robes as first Alayor . of Lewes . The portrait has been painted by Air . W . Cave Thomas . Bro . George Kenning is . lilt * Tirpepnlr \ TnsVpr . thp Mi-sfpr-plprl- lipino- Miin .
Joseph , C . C . The following banquets have been held afc the Freemasons' Tavern for the week ending 15 th December , 18 S 3 : —Alonday , ioth—City Ramblers' Cricket Club Ball , St . George ' s and Cornerstone Lodge , Leigh Lodge , University Chapter , Finsbury Conservative Association . Tuesday , nth—Urban Lodge , St . James's Union Lodge ,
Jerusalem Chapter , Prudent Brethren Chapter , Coutt's Cricket Club . VVednesday , 12 th—New Holborn Quadrilles , Amersham , Hall Club , Enoch Lodge , Lodge oT Fidelity . Thursday , 13 th—Old Acquaintance Alusical Society , Polish National Lodge , Caledonian Society , Creation Lodge , Pilgrim Lodge . Friday , 14 th—London Wrayshire Club Balk Bees Cricket Club , Bedford Lodge , Electric Lodge . Saturday , 15 th . —Tottenham House Ball .
At a meeting of the Guelph Lodge of Instruction , No . 1 GS 5 , at the Leyton Town Hall , Leyton , Essex , to be held on the 20 th inst ., an announcement of which will be found in another column , the sections will be worked as follows : —First Lecture—ist Section , Bro . John Dorton , P . M . and Treas . 1076 ; 2 nd , E . Skelt , P . M . 1 GS 5 , and W . M . 1593 ; 3 rd , R . F . E . Hopkins , 749 ; 4 th , T . Clark ,
S . VV . 1178 ; 5 th , AL Christian , J . W . S 60 ; Oth , A . Calver , J . D . 913 ; 7 th , B . Cundick , P . M . 1421 . Second Lectureist Section , Bro . VV . G . Durrant , P . M . 1056 ; and , J . ] . Berry , P . M . 554 ; 3 rd , VV . Alusto , P . M . 1349 ; 4 th , F . Y . Latreille , P . M . 1056 ; 5 th , G . H . Stephens , S . W . 1623 . Third Lecture—ist Section , Bro . W . H . Alyers , P . AI . S 20 and 144 s ; 2 nd , F . King , P . M . 1056 ; 3 rd , G . Ward
Verry , P . AL 554 , VV . AI . 15 S 0 , & c We gather from the Court Circular that when the Prince of Wales was last in Prussia , he visited , with the Crown Prince , his brother-in-law , the military barracks in the Carlstrasse . They were surprised , on entering the first room , to see the Crown Princess Victoria ' s likeness hanging the guard table , ln wandering through the several
quarters they found a similar portrait similarly placed in each room . At last , as they stepped into another room , the Crown Prince remarked to his brother-in-law : " There she is again ! I feel half inclined to be jealous , she seems to be such a favourite here . " But the soldiers , in their desire to create a pleasant surprise , had practised a little piece of
deception a la Potemkin . As the whole regiment possessed only one portrait of the Princess , they contrived to make it do duty in each of the rooms in turn . As soon as the Prince ' s back was turned , while speaking with one of the soldiers , the picture was taken down , carried into the next room , and hung over the table of the corporal .
There was a large gathering of members and friends of the charitable institution known as " Ye Antiente Fraternitie of Ye Rahere Almoners ( amongst whom are numbered several well-known Freemasons ) at the first of a series of smoking concerts , held at the Alanchestcr Hotel , E . C , on Monday last . Amongst the general company were Bros . A . C Alorton , C . C , in the chair , J . Stevens ,
Joseph Young , A . E . Emdin , J . Deverall , C . C , and many others . Amongst the vocalists were Bros . Theodore Distin , Chaplin Henry , Wakefield Ree , Seymour Smith , G . S . Graham , Egbert Roberts , and others . The whole of the officers of the Grand Council of the fraternity were present , and their friends completely occupied all the available space , there being nearly 200 persons present . The entertainment was excellent and the result very successful , the
alms' chest being largely contributed to , and a large number of annual subscribers being enrolled . The Chairman , Bro . Stevens , and Air . Sangster , the worthy Recorder ( or Secretary ) , respectively addressed the company during a necessary interval , recounting the past good work , present position , and future expectations of the institution , and their remarks met with much appreciation . We are informed that the second of the series of these concerts will be . given on the 14 th January next , and we hope it may meet with a like success .
HOLLOWAY S PILLS arc strongly recommended to all persons who are much reduced in power and condition , whose stomachs are ucafc , and whose nerves are shattered . The beneficial effects of these Pills will be perceptible after a few days' trial , though a more extended course may be required to re-establish perfect health ,
Holloway ' s medicine act on the organs of digestion , and induces enmplete ' regularity in the stomach , liver , pancreas , and kidneys . This treatment is both safe and certain in result , and is thoroughly consistent witb observation , experience , and common sense . The purification of the blood , the removal of all noxious matter from the seer-lion ** , and the excitement of gentle action iu the bowels , are the sources of the curative powers of Holloway ' s Pills , —[ ADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings
Comp . W . Lake was on Saturday last elected ALE . / ., of the West Kent Chapter , No . 1297 , Anerley . Bro . Lord Charles Beresford and Lady Beresford have joined the party visiting the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh at Eastwell Park . Bro . Lord Waveney , R . W . Prov . G . M , Suffolk , has been appointed Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum
of the county of Antrim , in room of the late Marquis of Donegall , deceased . Bro . Walter Wood , Secretary of tlie Southern Star Lodge of Instruction , has been unanimously elected W . AI . of his mother lodge , Confidence , No . 193 . The installation will take place on January 14 th . Bro . Sir Frederick Leighton , President of the
Royal Academy ( with Air . Fred A . Eaton , the Secretary ) , were honoured with an audience of Her Alajesty , at Windsor , on the 5 th inst . The Fifteen Sections will be worked on Thursday 20 th inst ., at Leyton Town Hall , Leyton , Essex , by Bro . J ., Boulton , P . M . 105 G , Sic Full particulars will be found in our advertisement columns . Brethren are cordially
invited . The ceremony of Installation will be rehearsed by Bro . VV . H . Gulliford , VV . M . if . 14 and P . AL 1017 , at the Covent Garden Lodgeof Instruction , No . 1 G 14 , held at The Cranbourne , 1 , Upper St . Martin ' s-lane , VV . C , ( next door to Aldridge's Horse Repository ) , on Thursday , the Gth prox ., at S p . m .
The Rev . I . I . Kelly , a Mohawk chieftain , in an address he recently gave , said he was of opinion with reference to the origin of the aborigines of the Continent of America , that they were descended from the crcivs of the nine ships which Solomon sent to Ophir after gold , and which never returned ; proof of this he considered was in the fact that Masonry had been known among the Indians
long before the arrival of the whites , and that there were over 700 Hebrew words in the Indian language . At the dedication of the Clausentum Lodge Masonic Hall at Woolston , whicii we reported last week , Bro . Le Feuvre , Prov . G . Secretary , in his address to the Prov . Grand Master , mentioned , as worthy of note , ttvat both the architect ( Bro . VV . Mitchell ) and the builder ( Bro .
VV . H . Chapman , LP . AL ) were initiated in the Clausentum Lodge , and said their knowledge of practical Masonry must have been of the greatest service in carrying out thc work . At the subsequent festivities the health of the VV . AI . Bro . Alethven , was proposed by Bro . Chapman , congratulations being at the same time tendered the W . AI . upon an interesting coincidence whicii had that day occurred in
his social circle in thc birth of a son . Practical steps have at last been taken to remedy the tinsightliness of the bare pedestals at the ends of Blackfriars' Bridge . During the present week there has been placed on the north-west pedestal the plaster cast of the equestrian statue by the French artist AL Clesinger , at the Crystal Palace , taken by permission of the company .
In placing this model on the bridge , the Bridge House Committee wish it clearly to be understood that it is not intended to execute the work for * the purpose of being permanently placed on the bridge , neither is it intended to be any indication of the proposed treatment of any subj ect for a statue , but only to give some idea of the size and general dimensions of the statuary hereafter to be placed on the four pedestals of the bridge .
A largely attended meeting of the General Committee charged with the preliminary arrangements for the Annual Masonic Ball at the Town Hall , Liverpool , on the fifth proximo , in aid of the funds of the West Lancashire Alasonic Educational Institution , was held at head-quarters in Hope-st ., on Friday evening , the 7 th inst . The chair was occupied by Bro . Thomas Whitehead , P . M ., 241 . It
was unanimously resolved that a vote of thanks should be given to Bros T . Sheen , C . C , P . M ., 241 , and G . Peet , C . C , P . AL , 241 , for the manner in which they successfuly advocated the claims of the Masonic body to the use of the Town-hall in connection with the ball . A letter from Bro .
Councillor J . Poole , P . G . S . W ., was read by the Secretary ( Bro . J . C Robinson ) , promising to give his most cordial support to the festive gathering . The committee fixed the price of tickets at 15 s ., and Bro . H . AL Molyneux was again chosen master of ceremonies , an office which he has held with much success and acceptance for many years .
London and North Western Railway and Christmas . —It is a matter of course that , as one season succeeds another , our railway companies should make a point of offering every kind of facility within their power for the traveller , be he merely an occasional holiday maker or one who has made up his mind to spend a month or two in visiting our most attractive pleasure resorts . The London
and North Western Railway Company , which is always to the fore in its consideration of the public convenience , has lost no time in issuing its programme for the approaching Christmas holidays , and we say , unhesitatingly , that it would be difficult to make better arrangements . All next week , and up to Alonday , the 24 th inst ., inclusive , the ticket offices will be open throughout the day , so that at the
Euston , Broad-street , Kensington , and Willesden Junction stations , intending travellers will have every opportunity for procuring their tickets before the day on whicii they purpose travelling , so that they will be able to avoid the terrible crush which invariably takes place at principal termini on high days and holidays . Tickets may also be obtained at the principal receiving offices of the company
in the City and the West End . Special Trains will be run on Saturday night and the day before Christmas , and similarly convenient arrangements will be made during the whole of what are known as the Christmas holidays . Everything has also been done in order to secure the quick
transit and prompt delivery of Christmas parcels , while great stress is laid on the service of family omnibuses , whicii convey passengers and their luggage between the principal stations of the Company and their destination . In short , as at other seasons , so now , the programme of this Company is in all respects satisfactory .
' I am subject to inflammation of the throat and sutler greatlvin cold weather front a CO-ABU , l ) tt . UKX-CK ' H Pm . M » sic WAVERS ' relieve the cough , allavthe inllammation , and give me ease at once . " ( Signed ) J . Heron , High-street , Uelfast . Asthma , Consumption , Bronchitis , Colds , Coughs , Shortness of Breath , Phlegm , Pains in the Chest , and Rheumatism are instantly relieved aud rapidiv cured by the Wafers , which taste pleasantl y . Sold at is . lM . / is , 91 I , js . Od ,, and ns , per box by all Druggists , —[ ADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings
The Nciv York Commercial Advertiser says a gentleman in Philadelphia has offered his large mansion and lot of ground , 100 by 175 feet , for a home for indigent Alasons , their widows and orphans , of Pennsylvania , and to endow it with his whole estate after his death .
rrom the same source we learn thai Monseigneur Henri Smuclders , Councillor of the Sacred Colleg ' e , has been appointed by the Pope Apostolic Delegate to Canada to inquire relative to the prevalence of Freemasonry among the professors and students in Lavatcr University .
Ihe Installation Meeting of the Invicta Lodge , No . 709 , took place on the 7 th inst . at Ashford , Kent , when Bro . H . Green was installed into thc chair of K . S ., in the presence of VV . Bro . Jas . S . Eastes , Dep . Prov , G . M ., and a number of Prov . Grand officers . We shall give a full report next week .
Afc the usual meeting of the De Grev and Ripon Chapter , No . 1356 , at the Masonic HaU , " Liverpool , on Wednesday evening , the 5 th inst ., Comps . C . Arden was elected / .. ; W . VV . Sandbrook , II . ; and T . O . Dutton , J . Bros . T . Burnside and ] . Casey , were also exalted to the Royal Arch Degree at this meeting .
Ihe Filteen Sections will be worked in the 1 ' ores-Lodge ' of Instruction , No . 10 S , at the Jelly Farmers , Tavern , Southgate-road , N ., on Saturdas ' , 15 th inst ., Bros . D . Aloss , S . VV . 1275 , W . AL ; T . Cull , P . M . 1441 ' . , S . W . ; H . G . Gush , VV . AI . 1541 , J . W . ; R . Pearcy , P . M . 22 S , LP . AL Lodge will open punctually at 7 p . m .
On Ihe nth inst ., at Winchester , Bro . J . T . Burchett , for many years a member of the Lodge of Economy , No . 7 6 , was installed W . AL of the William of Wykeham Lodge , No . 1 SS 3 , by P . M ., Bro . VV . Gamon , I . P . AI . The R . W . Prov . Grand Alaster , Bro . VV . VV . B . Beach , M . P . ; the VV . Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Bro . J . Hickman ; and several P . G . Officers and visiting brethren from other lodges attended .
VV ' e notice that H . R . H . thc Duke of Albany , K . G ., Grand Superintendent of Oxfordshire , has honoured the newly constituted Mcthucn Chapter , No . 1533 , Marlborough , Wilts , by becoming an honorary member , a circumstance which must be not only gratifying to the companions of the chapter in question , but which shows H . R . H ' s . continued fraternal regard for the Alasons of Wilts , amongst whom he for sometime resided .
The Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar , Diary , and Pocket Book . —This handy and compact little annual once more makes its appearance in anticipation of the ist January next , this being the fourteenth year of its publication . For its size it contains an immense amount of information on Masonic matters , and gives a list of all the lodges and chapters in England , Scotland , and Ireland ,
together with lull particulars ot every Grand Alasonic body throughout the world . Not only is the date of foundation of all the lodges in Great Britain and Ireland given , but the days on whicii they hold their ordinary regular meetings are to be found within the pages of this wonderful lillle book , whilst a complete list of the chief rulers of the Craft all over the Universe is given . No Alason , in fact , should be without the calendar . —Liverpool Daily Post .
A meeting ot the committee entrusted with the arrangements for a memorial to the late Bro . William Simpson , an esteemed member of the Everton Lodge , No . S 23 , was held on Thursday evening , the Gth inst ., " at Davidson's Hotel , Liverpool . The Rev . T . Mayor Lester occupied the chair . Several desi gns of ornamental drinkingfountains were laid before the committee for consideration
, and it was finally decided to adopt one supplied by Mr . Thomas Cox , of Cook-street . The design is in thc Gothic style of architecture , and is of chaste and unpretentious proportions . It is intended to place it atthe Pier-head , Liverpool , in some suitable spot , whicii no doubt the City Council will generously grant for the purpose ; and the idea sought to be carried out is that it shall serve the
threefold object of a useful drinking-fountain , an ornament to the Pier-head , and a grateful memorial to a man so full of kindliness and good works as was the late Bro . Wm . Simpson . Sketches of the design are to be prepared , so that thc public may see what it is proposed to erect , when it is hoped that those who have held back their subscriptions till this was decided upon will at once send in their contributions .
Illegality of the Ouebec Lodges . — -In April and July last we had occasion to call attention to the existence of a number of so-called Freemason lodges in this province , whose primary object was to further the interests of Orangeism and not to advance those of Freemasonry as recognised by our law . We showed plainly at the time that these institutions were illegal . Of course
our exposition of the illegality of these Quebec lodges did not please the " men who never break the law " (?); and efforts were made by certain of our contemporaries to contradict our statements . A certain member of parliament who is also the editor of a Montreal newspaper , especially endeavoured to make out a case for the illegal lodges at a Masonic gathering beld at Highgate Springs , last did the
July . He on platform in the backwoods what he apparently was afraid to touch upon in the columns of his paper . Ihe contentions which we made at the beginning of the discussion are now more than fully justified by the fact that we have it stated from the lips of the Cd . Sec of the the G . L . of Quebec , that the Hon . J . J , C Abbott hai been instructed to prepare a bill for the next session of
Parment for the purpose of legalising the Freemasons ( so-callcd ) of the Grand Lodge of Quebec in this province . And the better to secure the influence and support of the members of the maritime provinces it is intended to add one of their Grand Lodges to the proposed bill . The Quebec Grand Secretary made a further admission , in facrboasted that Sir I lector Langcvin had promised his assistance to push
thc bill through . It will be patent from these confessions , that in their own opinions , the Ouebec lodges were and are still illegal . There is no necessity to introduce a bill to legalise any lodge of Freemasons in thc maritime provinces , as they are already all recognised by law . 'This tactic is only another proof that the Quebec Lodge is afraid to stand its merits
on own , and we believe it will have co nsiderable difficulty in proving itself to be in any wise a " benevolent institution . " Unless it can disprove all association with Orangeism , the duty of Parliament will he to reject the proposed bill and to refuse to legalise an institution which serves as a cloak for an illegal one Montreal Post . *