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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . Lord Suffiold , who has been for the past month shooting along the coasts of Albania and Greece , is shortly expected home from Athens . Bro . Lord Carnarvon commences a set of papers which hesays have been communicated to him , and which he ca'ls " Le'tf-s hv Ruricola , " in the current number of the " National Review . "
It is announced that his Royal Highness thePrince of Wales will preside at the annual meeting of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution , which will be held at Willis ' s Rooms on the 15 th prox . The Fifteen Sections will be worked by the members of the Hyde Park Lodge of Instruction on Monday next , the iSth inst ., at the Fountains Abbey Hotel , in ,
Praed-strcet , Bro . G . Read , P . M . 511 , in the chair . We regret to hear that Bro . Geo . Everett , P . M . andTreas . 177 , 13 S 1 , VV . M . 2012 , has been suffering from an attack of gout , which necessitated his absence from the meeting of the Chiswick Lodge on the nth inst ., his place
as VV . M . being taken by Bro . Fergusson , P . M . 177 . Bro . J . Freeman has retired from the business which , for many years in partnership with Bro . N . B . Headon , he carried on at 65 , Friday-street , and SS , Miltonstreet . Bro . Headon , having joined with Bro . J . Archer , will continue the business .
The regular meeting of the Queen s VV estmmster Lodge , No . 2021 , will take place at SA , Red Lion-square , W . C , on Monday next , when four gentlemen will be initiated into the Order , and the first five initiates of this new but promising lodge will be passed to the degree of F . C
Wc understand that the petition for a warrant to constitute a lodge which shall meet on Temperance p rinciples has been granted by the M . W . G . M ., that it will rank as No . 2029 on the roll of lodges , and bear the name of King Solomon , and that Golden-squire will in all probability be its headquarters . Bro . Dr . Gavton . 174 . S . D . i 6 o 7 , whofor i" ? years
has been the Medical Superintendent of the llomerton or Eastern District Small Pox Hospital , has been presented b y the staff of that Institution , on his appointment to the North Western District Hospital , with a costly drawing-room clock and appendages , suitably inscribed . His Grace the Duke of Manchester , R . W . Prov . G . M . of Northamptonshire and Hunts , has been elected an
honorary member of the Duke of Manchester Lodge , No . 19 GS , Melbourne . Some time ago the Duke paid a visit to the Australian colonies , and a lodge being named after him he has since accepted the additional compliment of honorary member . Why cannot the mummy of one of the ancient architect Pharoahs be secured for our Philadelphia Masonic
Temple ? We observe that Cornell University has secured the swaddled remains of one of the " ancients " of the twenty-third I'lgyptian dynasty ; and what Cornell can do certainly the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania can do . By all means let our Library Committee secure something of this kind . If we cannot get an Architect Pharoah , wc will be satisfied with the remains of a genuine ancient Master Mason !—Keystone .
The new Masonic Hall for the Grand Lodge of New South Wales , at Sydney , will be consecrated in januaiy next . The event will be celebrated by a dinner in the evening , a grand ball on the following day , and a monster picnic on the day after . The building is a large one , and will contain two halls , one measuring 5 S feet by 50 , and the other 40 feet by 32 . The upper portion will _ be arranged for banqueting rooms . Bro . George Kenning has received instructions to manufacture the furniture ,
appointments , and insignia . Shortly after the intelligence of Baker Pasha ' s rout reached the House of Commons , Ixird Wolseley crossed over to that chamber from the Upper House and disappeared amongst the congeries of private rooms wherein Ministers are wont to discuss acute crises . This incident gave rise to an impression amongst the quidnuncs
that the Adjutant-General had been " sent for " by the Prime Minister with a view to the adoption of measures in the Soudan . We are pleased to have it in our power to allay anxiety by stating that Lord Wolseley had simply crossed from one House to the other in order to hear the debate on Egypt . He had not been " sent for . " —Broad Arrovi .
The following are the dinners , & c , held at the Freemasons' Tavern during the present week : —Monday , February 11 th—London Society Ball , St . George's and Corner Stone Lodge , Leigh Lodge . Tuesday , 12 th—Metropolitan Dairymen ' s Ball , Nobody's Friends , Jerusalem Chapter , Prudent Brethren Chapter , Urban Lodge Installation Banquet . Wednesday , 13 th—British
Orphan Asylum , Lodge of Fidelity , Enoch Lodge , Manchester Lodge Ball , Royal York Chapter Audit . Thursday , 14 th—Danes' Bicycle Club Ball , Caledonian Society , Lodge of Regularity , Polish National Lodge , Pilgrim Lodge . Friday , 15 th—Mizpah Lodge Ball , Jordan Lodge . Saturday , 16 th—Tottenham House Ball . Not a few of the Craft dimit from their lodges
under the p lea that they must economise—must cut down expenses , but not one such divests himself of any habit that costs him ten-fold more than his lodge dues per year , with no corresponding benefit . Others deprive themselves and their families of Masonic literature on the same plea , and yet spend , unnecessarily , every week , if not every day , more than a good Masonic periodical or paper costs for a year . They profess to desire to learn to subdue their passions
( appetites , etc . ) , and toimprove themselves in Freemasonry , and yet are unwilling to deny themselves unessential things in order to pay lodge dues or procure food for the mind and heait . In their haste to pander to the body , they forget that they are solemnly bound to erect the Temple of the Soul , and thus for muckery barter away their dearest interests . Will all such reflect over their error , and again become just and upright?—Voice of Masonry .
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Lord Carrington , P . G . W ., at his rent audit on Monday at Spalding announced through his lordship's agent a permanent reduction of 20 per cent , on all rents received from the land in that district . Bro . Samuel VVhite was installed W . M . of the Aldersgate Lodge , 1 O 57 , at the Castle and Falcon Hotel , Aldersgate-street , on Monday last . Bro . Col . Shadwell II .
Clerke , G . Sec , performed the ceremony . Bro . George Kenning has received instructions from Messrs . Spiers and Pond to supply the furniture and appointments for a Royal Arch chapter for the convenience ot Royal Arch Masons meeting at 'The Criterion , Piccadilly . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon has presented the living of Bingham , Notts , of the value of £ 1500 a year ,
to the Rev . Percy Howard Droosten , vicar of Prittlcwell , in the diocese of St . Albans , in the room of the late Prebendary Miles . Messrs . Fcltham and Co . ( Bro . A . J . Altman , P . M . 1 G 57 , ) , of the City Steam Works , Little Britain , E . C , has gained the highest award at the Calcutta International Exhibition , for his manufactures in cricket and lawn
tennis goods . On Thursday last a colossal bronze statue of Sir Francis Drake , which has been erected on the Hoe at Plymouth , was unveiled by Lady Drake , of Nutwell Court , the naval and military forces of the garrison and port taking a prominent part in the proceedings . Bro . the Duke of Portland was admitted to the
freedom of the City of London as a member of the r ramework Knitters' Company at a meeting of the Court of Aldermen on Tuesday . He will be admitted to the livery of the company on the 22 nd inst . Bro . the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., will take the chair at the festival dinner of the British Home for Incurables , at the Freemasons' Tavern , on
Tuesday , March iSth . 'The first list of stewards includes the names of Bros . Capt . Bedford Pirn , II . Windybank , C . C ., and H . B . Marshall , C . C . This story is told of a reviewer who paid an author back in his own coin . The author , Mr . John Morley , had insisted on printing "God" as " god " throughout one of his books . 'The reviewer was equally
careful in the frequent mention of Mr . Morley s name to have it appear as mr . John morley . At the annual meeting in Glasgow on Tuesday of the Northern Accident Insurance Company the chairman stated that they had abandoned all risks in connection with football and bicycling . The risk was so great that the ordinary premium would not cover it . 'The present policies
of the kind were nearly run out , and they had determined not to renew them . Grand . Master Graham declined are-election . His closing words to his Grand Lodge jjlow with a fervour full of Masonic love and kindness . Tew Grand Lodges have been so long and so highly favoured with a Grand Master so learned and scholarly , and one of such admirable fitness and
ability . He has conducted the important and often complicated affairs of his Grand Lodge , and has upheld its honour and dignity under many circumstances of a trying nature , with a zeal and manly ability seldom met with , and worthy of the highest admiration . —Canadian Craftsman . Messrs . \ V . II . Benyonand Co ., of Cheltenham , have recently produced a life-like and finished portrait of
the Deputy Grand Master the Earl of Lathom . We have been favoured with the view of a copy and have no hesitain saying that it is a work of art of the highest order . Messrs . Bcnyon have achieved a reputation for artistic portraiture and we have seen many meritorious specimens of their work , but this latest effort has to our mind surpassed anything they have previously done . Lord
Lathom is a striking figure in Grand Lodge and all who have met him there will not fail to recognise not only a skilfully drawn picture but a faithful portrait . At the Clcrkenwell Lodge , No . 19 ( 14 , on Saturday last , Bro . Edgar Bowyer , at the request of the VV . M ., occupied the chair for the purpose of installing his eldest son , Capt . Henry Edgar Bowyer , for which a dispensation
had been granted by the Most Worshipful the Grand Master , the candidate being a minor . 'The W . M ., Bro . Hastings Miller , afterwards entertained the brethren to dinner at his house . Among those present were Bros . R , Philbrick , P . G . D . j T . Fenn . P . G . D . j Ralph Gooding , S . G . D . j J . A . Ruckcr , P . G . D . ; Peter De Lande Long , P . G . D . ; H . C . Lcvandcr , P . G . D . ; j . M . Case , P . G . D . j T . Cubitt , P . G . Purst . ; and others .
A piece of wood has been picked up near Whitcnore Coastguard Station , about five miles from Weymouth , which is conjectured to be a portion of the balloon "Saladin , " which was lost with Mr . Walter Powell , M . P ., over the cliffs at Bridport , on the toth ot December , iSSz . It is a piece of mahogany about twenty-six inches wide .
forming three parts of a circle , a part having been broken off . Round the edges are notches , in which arc sprints for ropes . It is believed to be the portion of the balloon through which the various ropes communicating with the valves passed to the occupants of the car . It appears to have been in the water a considerable time .
The first election by ballot of candidates on the Mark Educational Fund will take place at the offices of the Mark Grand Lodge , 8 A , Red Lion-square , W . C , on Wednesday , the 27 th inst ., by which day all balloting papers must be returned . There are four approved candidatestwo girls and two boys—of whom two will be elected , and as there are already twelve children on the Fund—nine boys
and three girls—the number will thus be raised to fourteen . The average cost per child , for education only , is about ten guineas , so that considering how short a time the fund has been established , our Mark brethren are to be congratulated on both the nature and extent of the good work they arc doing . HOLLOIVAY ' PILLS . — Sudden changes , frequent fogs , anil
prevailine ; dampness sorely impede the vital functions , and conduce to ill-health . Ihe remedy for such disorders lies in some puritting medicine , like these Pills , which is competent to grapple successfully with the mischief at its source , and stamp it out without fretting the nerves , or weakening the system . I lolloway ' s Pills extract from
the blood all noxious matter , regulate the action of every disordered org in , stimulate the liver and kidneys , and relax the bowels . In curing chest complaints these Pills arc remarkably ell ' ective , especially when aided by a free local application of the Ointment . This double treatment will ensure a certain , steady , and beneficent progress , and sound health will soon be re-established : —[ AnvT . l
Masonic And General Tidings
The City of London Lodge , No . 901 , has removed its place of meeting to Ye Old ' Bell , Addle Hill . 'The Lord Mayor will preside at the Anniversary Festival of the City Orthopiedic Hospital on June 26 th , at the Holborn Restaurant .
Bro . John Murch was installed W . M . of the Egyptian Lodge , No . 27 , on Thursday , the 7 th inst . During the evening a Past Master ' s jewel was presented to Bro . G . A . Grammer , the retiring Master . The Gallery Lodge , No . 1928 , is about lo start a lodge of instruction . The first meeting will be held tomorrow ( Saturday ) evening at the Surrey County Cricket Club Hotel , Kennington Oval .
Hie estimated yield of the Victorian wheat harvest is 14 , 998 , 250 bushels , the average being 147 S 3 bushels per acre . The surplus for export is estimated at s , 3 s 9 > -5 ° bushels , or 224 , 90 s tons . The anniversary festival of the British Oqihan Asylum was held on Wednesday evening in the TVecmasons '
Tavern , under the presidency of the Duke of Buckingham . Subscriptions amounting to £ 2190 were announced . General his Serene Highness Bro . Prince Edward of Saxc-Weimar , K . C . B ., has consented to become a Trustee of the Army and Navy Pensioners' Employment Society , in place of General the Marquis of Hertford , G . C . B ., deceased .
Thv loss incurred by the Post Oflice through the parcels post is considerable . It is said the Chancellor of the Exchequer , in his Budget , will have to announce a deficit of over £ 100 , 000 . It is proposed to make certain changes in the tariff for the conveyance of parcels , and one of these alterations will probably be a reduction of the charges for delivery within short distances '
" Dome Burners . "—The N . V . Masonic Chronicle refers to the new Order of the Mystic Shrine as the " Dome Burners . " We do not know whether this is by authority , or not . If they succeed in authenticating their title to the name , wc trust they will communicate ollicial information of the fact to their landlords of the New York Masonic 'Temple . —Keystone .
1 he annual festival dinner of the Royal Asylum of St . Anne's Society was held on Wednesday evening last at the City Terminus Hotel . Bro . the Lord Mayor , who presided , informed the company that the Prince and Princess of Wales had consented to lay the foundationstone of the buildings to be erected at Redhill in the summer . Subscriptions to the amount of 2000 guineas were announced .
The Sheflield Town Council on Wednesday formally accepted the gift of the late Mr . J . Newton Mappin of a collection of pictures valued at £$ 0 , 000 , and appointed a committee to confer with the trustees as to the best mode of complying with the conditions attached to the gift . It is suggested that the collection should be located in a building adjoining that to be erected for the purposes of the Ruskin Museum .
The project of M . Achard , Deputy for Bordeaux , for constructing an open-air railway across the English Channel was considered in Paris on Wednesday last by the Parliamentary Committee of Initiative . The Minister of Marine opposed the scheme , and said that such a railway would be very dangerous to the shipping of all nations in stormy or fuggy weather . He also reminded the
committee that it would be necessary to obtain England's consent before the project could be carried out . Notice is given at Oxford of n statute to be promulgated on the 2 Gth inst ., by which the University examinations are to be partially thrown open to women . 'Those which are to be open to them are the honours Examination at Moderations , and those in Mathematics , Modern History .
and Natural Science . A class list is to be issued , the standard of which is to correspond with that for men , and the candidates placed are to be awarded certificates of their position in the class list , The first meeting of the members of the Liverpool Masonic House Committee , appointed at the general meeting of the Hall Committee on the previous Friday ,
was held on Today , the Sth inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street . Bro . Henry A . 'Tobias , P . P . G . S . of VV ., Treasurer , presided at the commencement of the proceedings , and there was a full attendance of members . Bro . T . Salter , P . P . G . J . D .. was elected Chairman of Committee for the year , and VV . Cottor , P . M . 12 G 4 , Vice-Chairman . Wc had always thought that wherevercommercial
transactions were carried on to any appreciable extent there also would be found the—we were about to say " ubiquitous " —Jew . 'That this is not so , however we now learn for the first time , for one of our exchanges , who should be an authority on the matter—the Jewish Chronicle—says : "Zanzibar is an African island " which , although it carries on a considerable trade , appears to offer few attractions to
the European Jew ; for there resides in the country but one person coming under this category . This gentleman is Dr . Isaac Gregory , who fills the honouiablc position of physician to the Sultan , an enlightened potentate , favourably known b y his repression of the slave trade . In a letter to the Archives Israelites , Dr . Gregory explains the absence of Jews on the following grounds . Zanzibar has been in turn
ruled by two nations who were equally hostile to the Jews . At first , under the domination of Portugal , any Jewish congregation which then existed would have been plundered and maltreated , and otherwise have met with the same fate as did the large Jewish population in Cochin , who had prospered so well under the protection of the native Rajahs . Later on , when Zanzibar was wrested from the Portuguese
by the Arabs , the situation was equally unfavourable to any settlement of Jews , for the Arabs had always preserved an implacable hatred against their former Jewish masters . A small number of Beni Israel from India , who are described as being industrious and respectable men , and only distinguishable in their outward appearance from the natives by the fact of their wearing the Arbnng Kanfoth—tesu \ e in Zanzibar , but they are insullieient to form a minyan . "
U . VKAII . IMI RtMtCIlV rOK VVlXTKR CoUriUK AND Ill'OXCHlTIS . —> " My elderly customers lind no better medicine for their Winter Coughs , and each year I get renewed testimony to the value and good cll ' ccts that D 11 . I . oc ' ucK ' s PULMONIC W . U ' KKS never tail to produce in the mostjjiious ruj « , as well as in slight bronchial attacks . " —( Signed ) VV . H . TUHXEH , M . P . S ., Totterdown , llristol . January 271 I 1 , 1883 . They instantly relieve , rapidly cure , and taste pleasantly , Sold at is , ijd . and as . od , per box , of all druggists . — [ ADVT . ]
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . Lord Suffiold , who has been for the past month shooting along the coasts of Albania and Greece , is shortly expected home from Athens . Bro . Lord Carnarvon commences a set of papers which hesays have been communicated to him , and which he ca'ls " Le'tf-s hv Ruricola , " in the current number of the " National Review . "
It is announced that his Royal Highness thePrince of Wales will preside at the annual meeting of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution , which will be held at Willis ' s Rooms on the 15 th prox . The Fifteen Sections will be worked by the members of the Hyde Park Lodge of Instruction on Monday next , the iSth inst ., at the Fountains Abbey Hotel , in ,
Praed-strcet , Bro . G . Read , P . M . 511 , in the chair . We regret to hear that Bro . Geo . Everett , P . M . andTreas . 177 , 13 S 1 , VV . M . 2012 , has been suffering from an attack of gout , which necessitated his absence from the meeting of the Chiswick Lodge on the nth inst ., his place
as VV . M . being taken by Bro . Fergusson , P . M . 177 . Bro . J . Freeman has retired from the business which , for many years in partnership with Bro . N . B . Headon , he carried on at 65 , Friday-street , and SS , Miltonstreet . Bro . Headon , having joined with Bro . J . Archer , will continue the business .
The regular meeting of the Queen s VV estmmster Lodge , No . 2021 , will take place at SA , Red Lion-square , W . C , on Monday next , when four gentlemen will be initiated into the Order , and the first five initiates of this new but promising lodge will be passed to the degree of F . C
Wc understand that the petition for a warrant to constitute a lodge which shall meet on Temperance p rinciples has been granted by the M . W . G . M ., that it will rank as No . 2029 on the roll of lodges , and bear the name of King Solomon , and that Golden-squire will in all probability be its headquarters . Bro . Dr . Gavton . 174 . S . D . i 6 o 7 , whofor i" ? years
has been the Medical Superintendent of the llomerton or Eastern District Small Pox Hospital , has been presented b y the staff of that Institution , on his appointment to the North Western District Hospital , with a costly drawing-room clock and appendages , suitably inscribed . His Grace the Duke of Manchester , R . W . Prov . G . M . of Northamptonshire and Hunts , has been elected an
honorary member of the Duke of Manchester Lodge , No . 19 GS , Melbourne . Some time ago the Duke paid a visit to the Australian colonies , and a lodge being named after him he has since accepted the additional compliment of honorary member . Why cannot the mummy of one of the ancient architect Pharoahs be secured for our Philadelphia Masonic
Temple ? We observe that Cornell University has secured the swaddled remains of one of the " ancients " of the twenty-third I'lgyptian dynasty ; and what Cornell can do certainly the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania can do . By all means let our Library Committee secure something of this kind . If we cannot get an Architect Pharoah , wc will be satisfied with the remains of a genuine ancient Master Mason !—Keystone .
The new Masonic Hall for the Grand Lodge of New South Wales , at Sydney , will be consecrated in januaiy next . The event will be celebrated by a dinner in the evening , a grand ball on the following day , and a monster picnic on the day after . The building is a large one , and will contain two halls , one measuring 5 S feet by 50 , and the other 40 feet by 32 . The upper portion will _ be arranged for banqueting rooms . Bro . George Kenning has received instructions to manufacture the furniture ,
appointments , and insignia . Shortly after the intelligence of Baker Pasha ' s rout reached the House of Commons , Ixird Wolseley crossed over to that chamber from the Upper House and disappeared amongst the congeries of private rooms wherein Ministers are wont to discuss acute crises . This incident gave rise to an impression amongst the quidnuncs
that the Adjutant-General had been " sent for " by the Prime Minister with a view to the adoption of measures in the Soudan . We are pleased to have it in our power to allay anxiety by stating that Lord Wolseley had simply crossed from one House to the other in order to hear the debate on Egypt . He had not been " sent for . " —Broad Arrovi .
The following are the dinners , & c , held at the Freemasons' Tavern during the present week : —Monday , February 11 th—London Society Ball , St . George's and Corner Stone Lodge , Leigh Lodge . Tuesday , 12 th—Metropolitan Dairymen ' s Ball , Nobody's Friends , Jerusalem Chapter , Prudent Brethren Chapter , Urban Lodge Installation Banquet . Wednesday , 13 th—British
Orphan Asylum , Lodge of Fidelity , Enoch Lodge , Manchester Lodge Ball , Royal York Chapter Audit . Thursday , 14 th—Danes' Bicycle Club Ball , Caledonian Society , Lodge of Regularity , Polish National Lodge , Pilgrim Lodge . Friday , 15 th—Mizpah Lodge Ball , Jordan Lodge . Saturday , 16 th—Tottenham House Ball . Not a few of the Craft dimit from their lodges
under the p lea that they must economise—must cut down expenses , but not one such divests himself of any habit that costs him ten-fold more than his lodge dues per year , with no corresponding benefit . Others deprive themselves and their families of Masonic literature on the same plea , and yet spend , unnecessarily , every week , if not every day , more than a good Masonic periodical or paper costs for a year . They profess to desire to learn to subdue their passions
( appetites , etc . ) , and toimprove themselves in Freemasonry , and yet are unwilling to deny themselves unessential things in order to pay lodge dues or procure food for the mind and heait . In their haste to pander to the body , they forget that they are solemnly bound to erect the Temple of the Soul , and thus for muckery barter away their dearest interests . Will all such reflect over their error , and again become just and upright?—Voice of Masonry .
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Lord Carrington , P . G . W ., at his rent audit on Monday at Spalding announced through his lordship's agent a permanent reduction of 20 per cent , on all rents received from the land in that district . Bro . Samuel VVhite was installed W . M . of the Aldersgate Lodge , 1 O 57 , at the Castle and Falcon Hotel , Aldersgate-street , on Monday last . Bro . Col . Shadwell II .
Clerke , G . Sec , performed the ceremony . Bro . George Kenning has received instructions from Messrs . Spiers and Pond to supply the furniture and appointments for a Royal Arch chapter for the convenience ot Royal Arch Masons meeting at 'The Criterion , Piccadilly . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon has presented the living of Bingham , Notts , of the value of £ 1500 a year ,
to the Rev . Percy Howard Droosten , vicar of Prittlcwell , in the diocese of St . Albans , in the room of the late Prebendary Miles . Messrs . Fcltham and Co . ( Bro . A . J . Altman , P . M . 1 G 57 , ) , of the City Steam Works , Little Britain , E . C , has gained the highest award at the Calcutta International Exhibition , for his manufactures in cricket and lawn
tennis goods . On Thursday last a colossal bronze statue of Sir Francis Drake , which has been erected on the Hoe at Plymouth , was unveiled by Lady Drake , of Nutwell Court , the naval and military forces of the garrison and port taking a prominent part in the proceedings . Bro . the Duke of Portland was admitted to the
freedom of the City of London as a member of the r ramework Knitters' Company at a meeting of the Court of Aldermen on Tuesday . He will be admitted to the livery of the company on the 22 nd inst . Bro . the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., will take the chair at the festival dinner of the British Home for Incurables , at the Freemasons' Tavern , on
Tuesday , March iSth . 'The first list of stewards includes the names of Bros . Capt . Bedford Pirn , II . Windybank , C . C ., and H . B . Marshall , C . C . This story is told of a reviewer who paid an author back in his own coin . The author , Mr . John Morley , had insisted on printing "God" as " god " throughout one of his books . 'The reviewer was equally
careful in the frequent mention of Mr . Morley s name to have it appear as mr . John morley . At the annual meeting in Glasgow on Tuesday of the Northern Accident Insurance Company the chairman stated that they had abandoned all risks in connection with football and bicycling . The risk was so great that the ordinary premium would not cover it . 'The present policies
of the kind were nearly run out , and they had determined not to renew them . Grand . Master Graham declined are-election . His closing words to his Grand Lodge jjlow with a fervour full of Masonic love and kindness . Tew Grand Lodges have been so long and so highly favoured with a Grand Master so learned and scholarly , and one of such admirable fitness and
ability . He has conducted the important and often complicated affairs of his Grand Lodge , and has upheld its honour and dignity under many circumstances of a trying nature , with a zeal and manly ability seldom met with , and worthy of the highest admiration . —Canadian Craftsman . Messrs . \ V . II . Benyonand Co ., of Cheltenham , have recently produced a life-like and finished portrait of
the Deputy Grand Master the Earl of Lathom . We have been favoured with the view of a copy and have no hesitain saying that it is a work of art of the highest order . Messrs . Bcnyon have achieved a reputation for artistic portraiture and we have seen many meritorious specimens of their work , but this latest effort has to our mind surpassed anything they have previously done . Lord
Lathom is a striking figure in Grand Lodge and all who have met him there will not fail to recognise not only a skilfully drawn picture but a faithful portrait . At the Clcrkenwell Lodge , No . 19 ( 14 , on Saturday last , Bro . Edgar Bowyer , at the request of the VV . M ., occupied the chair for the purpose of installing his eldest son , Capt . Henry Edgar Bowyer , for which a dispensation
had been granted by the Most Worshipful the Grand Master , the candidate being a minor . 'The W . M ., Bro . Hastings Miller , afterwards entertained the brethren to dinner at his house . Among those present were Bros . R , Philbrick , P . G . D . j T . Fenn . P . G . D . j Ralph Gooding , S . G . D . j J . A . Ruckcr , P . G . D . ; Peter De Lande Long , P . G . D . ; H . C . Lcvandcr , P . G . D . ; j . M . Case , P . G . D . j T . Cubitt , P . G . Purst . ; and others .
A piece of wood has been picked up near Whitcnore Coastguard Station , about five miles from Weymouth , which is conjectured to be a portion of the balloon "Saladin , " which was lost with Mr . Walter Powell , M . P ., over the cliffs at Bridport , on the toth ot December , iSSz . It is a piece of mahogany about twenty-six inches wide .
forming three parts of a circle , a part having been broken off . Round the edges are notches , in which arc sprints for ropes . It is believed to be the portion of the balloon through which the various ropes communicating with the valves passed to the occupants of the car . It appears to have been in the water a considerable time .
The first election by ballot of candidates on the Mark Educational Fund will take place at the offices of the Mark Grand Lodge , 8 A , Red Lion-square , W . C , on Wednesday , the 27 th inst ., by which day all balloting papers must be returned . There are four approved candidatestwo girls and two boys—of whom two will be elected , and as there are already twelve children on the Fund—nine boys
and three girls—the number will thus be raised to fourteen . The average cost per child , for education only , is about ten guineas , so that considering how short a time the fund has been established , our Mark brethren are to be congratulated on both the nature and extent of the good work they arc doing . HOLLOIVAY ' PILLS . — Sudden changes , frequent fogs , anil
prevailine ; dampness sorely impede the vital functions , and conduce to ill-health . Ihe remedy for such disorders lies in some puritting medicine , like these Pills , which is competent to grapple successfully with the mischief at its source , and stamp it out without fretting the nerves , or weakening the system . I lolloway ' s Pills extract from
the blood all noxious matter , regulate the action of every disordered org in , stimulate the liver and kidneys , and relax the bowels . In curing chest complaints these Pills arc remarkably ell ' ective , especially when aided by a free local application of the Ointment . This double treatment will ensure a certain , steady , and beneficent progress , and sound health will soon be re-established : —[ AnvT . l
Masonic And General Tidings
The City of London Lodge , No . 901 , has removed its place of meeting to Ye Old ' Bell , Addle Hill . 'The Lord Mayor will preside at the Anniversary Festival of the City Orthopiedic Hospital on June 26 th , at the Holborn Restaurant .
Bro . John Murch was installed W . M . of the Egyptian Lodge , No . 27 , on Thursday , the 7 th inst . During the evening a Past Master ' s jewel was presented to Bro . G . A . Grammer , the retiring Master . The Gallery Lodge , No . 1928 , is about lo start a lodge of instruction . The first meeting will be held tomorrow ( Saturday ) evening at the Surrey County Cricket Club Hotel , Kennington Oval .
Hie estimated yield of the Victorian wheat harvest is 14 , 998 , 250 bushels , the average being 147 S 3 bushels per acre . The surplus for export is estimated at s , 3 s 9 > -5 ° bushels , or 224 , 90 s tons . The anniversary festival of the British Oqihan Asylum was held on Wednesday evening in the TVecmasons '
Tavern , under the presidency of the Duke of Buckingham . Subscriptions amounting to £ 2190 were announced . General his Serene Highness Bro . Prince Edward of Saxc-Weimar , K . C . B ., has consented to become a Trustee of the Army and Navy Pensioners' Employment Society , in place of General the Marquis of Hertford , G . C . B ., deceased .
Thv loss incurred by the Post Oflice through the parcels post is considerable . It is said the Chancellor of the Exchequer , in his Budget , will have to announce a deficit of over £ 100 , 000 . It is proposed to make certain changes in the tariff for the conveyance of parcels , and one of these alterations will probably be a reduction of the charges for delivery within short distances '
" Dome Burners . "—The N . V . Masonic Chronicle refers to the new Order of the Mystic Shrine as the " Dome Burners . " We do not know whether this is by authority , or not . If they succeed in authenticating their title to the name , wc trust they will communicate ollicial information of the fact to their landlords of the New York Masonic 'Temple . —Keystone .
1 he annual festival dinner of the Royal Asylum of St . Anne's Society was held on Wednesday evening last at the City Terminus Hotel . Bro . the Lord Mayor , who presided , informed the company that the Prince and Princess of Wales had consented to lay the foundationstone of the buildings to be erected at Redhill in the summer . Subscriptions to the amount of 2000 guineas were announced .
The Sheflield Town Council on Wednesday formally accepted the gift of the late Mr . J . Newton Mappin of a collection of pictures valued at £$ 0 , 000 , and appointed a committee to confer with the trustees as to the best mode of complying with the conditions attached to the gift . It is suggested that the collection should be located in a building adjoining that to be erected for the purposes of the Ruskin Museum .
The project of M . Achard , Deputy for Bordeaux , for constructing an open-air railway across the English Channel was considered in Paris on Wednesday last by the Parliamentary Committee of Initiative . The Minister of Marine opposed the scheme , and said that such a railway would be very dangerous to the shipping of all nations in stormy or fuggy weather . He also reminded the
committee that it would be necessary to obtain England's consent before the project could be carried out . Notice is given at Oxford of n statute to be promulgated on the 2 Gth inst ., by which the University examinations are to be partially thrown open to women . 'Those which are to be open to them are the honours Examination at Moderations , and those in Mathematics , Modern History .
and Natural Science . A class list is to be issued , the standard of which is to correspond with that for men , and the candidates placed are to be awarded certificates of their position in the class list , The first meeting of the members of the Liverpool Masonic House Committee , appointed at the general meeting of the Hall Committee on the previous Friday ,
was held on Today , the Sth inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street . Bro . Henry A . 'Tobias , P . P . G . S . of VV ., Treasurer , presided at the commencement of the proceedings , and there was a full attendance of members . Bro . T . Salter , P . P . G . J . D .. was elected Chairman of Committee for the year , and VV . Cottor , P . M . 12 G 4 , Vice-Chairman . Wc had always thought that wherevercommercial
transactions were carried on to any appreciable extent there also would be found the—we were about to say " ubiquitous " —Jew . 'That this is not so , however we now learn for the first time , for one of our exchanges , who should be an authority on the matter—the Jewish Chronicle—says : "Zanzibar is an African island " which , although it carries on a considerable trade , appears to offer few attractions to
the European Jew ; for there resides in the country but one person coming under this category . This gentleman is Dr . Isaac Gregory , who fills the honouiablc position of physician to the Sultan , an enlightened potentate , favourably known b y his repression of the slave trade . In a letter to the Archives Israelites , Dr . Gregory explains the absence of Jews on the following grounds . Zanzibar has been in turn
ruled by two nations who were equally hostile to the Jews . At first , under the domination of Portugal , any Jewish congregation which then existed would have been plundered and maltreated , and otherwise have met with the same fate as did the large Jewish population in Cochin , who had prospered so well under the protection of the native Rajahs . Later on , when Zanzibar was wrested from the Portuguese
by the Arabs , the situation was equally unfavourable to any settlement of Jews , for the Arabs had always preserved an implacable hatred against their former Jewish masters . A small number of Beni Israel from India , who are described as being industrious and respectable men , and only distinguishable in their outward appearance from the natives by the fact of their wearing the Arbnng Kanfoth—tesu \ e in Zanzibar , but they are insullieient to form a minyan . "
U . VKAII . IMI RtMtCIlV rOK VVlXTKR CoUriUK AND Ill'OXCHlTIS . —> " My elderly customers lind no better medicine for their Winter Coughs , and each year I get renewed testimony to the value and good cll ' ccts that D 11 . I . oc ' ucK ' s PULMONIC W . U ' KKS never tail to produce in the mostjjiious ruj « , as well as in slight bronchial attacks . " —( Signed ) VV . H . TUHXEH , M . P . S ., Totterdown , llristol . January 271 I 1 , 1883 . They instantly relieve , rapidly cure , and taste pleasantly , Sold at is , ijd . and as . od , per box , of all druggists . — [ ADVT . ]