Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

The Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , Most Worship fnl I ' m Granl Mister , has most kindly consented to preside at the 90 th Anniversary Festival ofthe Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , which will take place on Friday , the 10 th of May . The date has been altered from

the Sth to suit his lordship . The R . W . Bro . Capt . Hunter , F . II . S . E . and P . P . G . M . Aberdeenshire East , has been appointed at Grand Lodge of Scotland representative from the West India Islands . II- has also received from the 33 ° Supreme Council of Scotland the 3 2 ° , for which he was elected last

year . The Fifteen Sections will be worked in tlie Wellington Lodge of Instruction , 54 8 , at the White Swan Hotel , High-street , Deptford , by Bro . C . Nash , P . M . 79 , on Monday next . The loelge will be opened at 7 . 30 precisely . Tlie well-known hippopotamus at the

Zoological Gardens died on Monday night . He was caug ht while ijuite a baby , in 1 S 49 , on ihe island of Obiysch on the White Nile , anil created an immense public excitement on his arrival at the "Zoo "in 1850 , when the number of visitors rose from 168 , 8 95 '" ' preceding year to 3 ( 10 , 402 . Down to the lime of his death he continued to be a prime favourite with the public , the arrival of his more juvenile male " Adheli , " in 18 53 ,

having in no degree lessened his attractiveness . Her Majesty the Queen has forwarded through General Sir Thomas Bielelulph her annual subscription of £ 50 to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution . The Gazelle states that Her Majesty ' s birth day will be kept on Saturday , May 25 . Baron Pollock has presented to Charing Cross Hospital £ , being part of his share oi the proceeds of the sale of Seri '_ aiits ' -iin .

Mr . S . Morley , M . P ., addressed a meeting at Nottingham on Tuesday in advocacy of the claims of the recently-established Cavendish College at Cambridge , which , he explained , it was intended to make self-supporting . Mr . Morley said everything taught by the ordinary colleges of Cambridge and Oxford nould be secured by the new college , of the complete success of which he had no

doubt . What the country required was a higher and better cducati . n , and parents must not be content with taking their sons away from school at the age nf fifteen or sixteen . Higher intellectual culture must be aimed at . In consequence of the Prince of Wales ' s visit to Liverpool , which will take place about the 29 th inst ., a portion of the quarterly wool sales will he held this week , in order that the rales may be concluded before His Royal

Highness s annul . Bro , Captain Boyton has left Lisbon for Gibraltar . I le will cr . ss the Straits from Tangier to Gibraltar . This is consie ' ered a most dangerous undertaking , it being the season when sharks frequent the water . The Obstetrical Museum belonging to the late Dr . Blundell has been purchased for the London School of Medicine for Women . It is estimated that there are two thousand

four hundred disorders to which the human frame is liable . When a man is laid up with rheumatism , he is apt to think that the entire number has struck him in concert . —( "Hi / Pies ' . The Queen has been pleased to appoint E . Y . W . Henderson , Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Polic , Companion of the Order of the Bath , to be a Knight Commander of that Order .

The next meeting of The Sir Hugh Myddelte , n Lodge , No . 1 ( 102 , wlil he held on Friday next at the Agiicultur . il Hall , Islington , N ., on which occasion the election of W . M . and Treasurer for the ensuing year will take place . Both the night and place of meeti . ig of the instruction lodge hive been altered . It met for the last time on Friday at the King Edward the VI ., King Edward Street ,

Live ! pool Road . The meetings for the future will be held on Tuesday evenings at 8 o ' clock , at the Crown and Woolpack , St . John Street Road . Bro . J . lt . Pearcy ) J . W ., United Strength ) , Preceptor . Bro . J . $ •' . Broivn ( 862 ) will work the Fifteen Sections at the Constitutional Lodge of Instruction on Tuesday , April 23 . A greal treat is expected owing

to the well known abilities of our esteemed brother . A complimentary dinner was given to Bro . F . B . Chatterton , the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre , at Willis ' s Rooms , on Monday evening , Lord W . Lennox presiding . The dinner was given to maik the sense of the members of the theatrical profession at the manner in which Bro . Chatterton has managed the theatre during the term which

is now approaching its close . THE HORSK GUARDS AND TUB VOLUNTEERS . —With reference to the recent attempt to induce the volunteers to assemble in Hyde Park to p . iss a resolution on the Kastein Question , the following district order lias been issued fr > m the Horse Guards : — The Major-general

( commanding home ih .-t . icl ) desires that commanding oiiceis of volunteer regiments will explain clearly to their men that voluntccrs . rqu illy with her Majesty's other troops are forbidelen to tale part in any meetings , demonstrations or processions for pirty or political purposes . —By order ( Signed ) H . Blundell , Lieutenant-Colonel , Assistant Adjutant-General . "

The Right Hon . the EarPof Carnarvon , M . W . p rov . G . M ., has been elected a Vice-President of the Royal Lteary Fund . The following stand over : Letters from Arthur Taylor , " P . G . Steward , " " A Freemason , " " P . M . " reports of Lodges 1088 , 153 C . e

Masonic And General Tidings.

The Consecration of the Gordon Lodge , No . 1726 , took place on Wednesday afternoon . Bro . J . H . Scott , D . G . M . for Sussex , was the consecrating officer . A report of the proceedings will appear in our next . Special services during Lent are held at the church of St . Anr . e , Westminster , every Friday evening at eight o'clock , when Bach's Passion St . John is sung with

full orchestral accompaniment , under the direction of Mr . Barnby . Admission can be obtained only by tickets , to be had ( free ) of the churchwardens , Bro . S . Webb , 432 , Oxford-street , VV ., and Bro . J . E . Shand , 2 , Albert Mansions , Vie .-oria-street , S . W . A return as to penny banks established in the schools of the London School Board for the year ended

31 st December last , shows that banks were established in connection with 40 schools ; that the number of depositors was 9 611 ; and that the deposits in the course of the year amounted to £ 3007 is . iod ., the amount of withihawals being £ 2527 13 s . 41 L With a view of promoting the holding of a

gieat agricultural exln iition next year , uneler the direction of the Royal Agricultural Society , a public meeting was held at the- Mansion House , the Lord Mayor presiding , The Duke of Richmond and Gordon , the Duke of Bedford . Lord Skelmersdale . the Hon . G . Waldegrave Leslie ' , Sir Thomas Dakin , Sir C . Whttham . and Air . John Holms , M . P ., were amongst the speakers .

The Prince of Wales presided on Wednesday evening at a elimier at Willis's Rooms , given in aid of the funds olr-the National Orphan Home lor Girls . Lord Suffield , Lieuteuant-Geiiiral Sir Dighton Probyn , and Major Russell wire in attendance on his Royal Highness . The Berlin correspondent of the Morning Post stiles that the Shah will start for Europe on the sth of

Apnl . Tl'e Wanderers ' Chapter , No . 1604 , will be consecrated on Tueselay next , at Freemasons' Hall , hy Lieiit .-Gen . J . S . Brownrigir , C . B ., G . Sup . Surrey , assisted by the Rev . H . J . Simpson , P . As't . Soj . The Principals Designate are Comp . T . H . Meredith , M . E . Z . ;

Comp . VV . J . Parish , II . ; and Comp . T . R . Mclllwham , J . A full report will appear in our next . The Conncil of the lloyal institute of British Architects recoinmend-d that , subject to her Majesty's sanction , the Royal Gold Medal for 1877-78 shall be awarded to Mr . Alfred Waterhouse , A . R . A .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

F -r the Week ending Friday , March 22 , 187 S .

. The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , & c ., of any change in place or day of meeting .

SATURDAY , MARCH ifi . Loilgi 715 , Panmure , Cannon-st . Hot . „ 1329 , Sphinx , Bridge House Hot ., London Bridge . „ 13 6 4 , Earl of ZetUiid , Old Town Hall , Hackney . „ 1597 , Musgrave , Angel and Crown Hot ., Staines .

LoneiES or INSTHUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , Lonelon-st ., Fitzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rel . Eccleston , Grosvenor Club , Ebury-square , S . W . Percy , 113 , Southgate-road , N .

MONDAY , MARCH 18 . Loelge 1 , Granel Masters , F . M . Tav . „ 8 , British , F . M . H . „ 21 , Emulation , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ ^ 8 , Felicity , 101 , Queen Victoria-st .

,, 185 , Tranquillity , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 720 , Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham . „ 862 , Whittington , F . M . H . „ 901 , City of London , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . „ 1139 , Marquis of Dalhousie ' , F . M . H .

Loiioiis OF INSTRUCTION . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Old Rodney ' s Head , Old-st ., E . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camden , Stanhope Arms , Up . James-st ., Camden Town . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile-cnd-road .

St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st . Wellington , White Swan , Deptford . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney .

Loughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . St . George's , Globe Tav ., Greenwich . London Masonic Club , at 101 , Queen Victoria-st . E . C , 2 nd and 4 th Monday every month , at 6 o ' clock .

TUESDAY , MARCH 19 . Beard of General Purposes ! , at 3 . Lodge 30 , United Mariners ' , Guildhall Tav . „ 73 , Mount Lebanon , Bridge House Hot . ,, 93 , Eastern Star , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 162 , Cadogan , F . M . H .

„ 194 , St . Paul's , Cannon-st . Hot . ,, 433 , Salisbury , F . M . H . „ 704 , Camden , Bull and Gate , Kentish Town . „ 857 , St . Mark ' s , S . M . H . „ 16 35 . Canterbury , 33 , Golden-sq . Chap . 46 , Old Union , Albion , Aldersgate-st . I 933 > Doric , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonville-rd . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victo-ia-st . Prince Fred !; . Win ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John's Wood , Dalhousie , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney .

Prosperity . Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Florence Ni ghtingale , F . M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Heael , York- road , Battersea . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone .

Excelsior , Commercial Deick Tav ., Reitherhithe . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping . Islington , 23 , Gresham-st . Leopold , Woolpack Tavern , Bermondsey-st . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho „ Cornhi ' . l . Mount Eel-rcumbe , 10 , Jermyn-st ., St . James's .

WEDNESDAY , MARCH 20 . Lodge of Benevolence . ,, Grand Stewards ,, 140 , St . George ' s , Trafalgar Hot ., Greenwich . ,, 174 , Sincerity , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . „ 190 , O . ile , F . M . H . „ 700 , Nelson , M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich .

,, 9 " 9 i Maybury , Inns of Court Hot ., Lincoln ' s Inn . ,, 1044 , Wandsworth , Spread Eagle Hot . ,, 11 jo , Buckingham and Chandos , F . M . H . ,, 1 349 , Friars , Cheshire Cheese , Crutchedfriars . „ 1382 , Corinthian , George Hot ., Glengall-rd ., E . „ 1507 , Metropolitan , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st .

„ 1 ( 12 4 , Eccleston , Grosvenor Hall , Ebury-st ., S . W . „ 1629 , United , F . M . H . „ i (> 73 , Langton , 101 , Queen Vieti'ria-st . Mark 144 , Grosvenor , 68 , Regent-st ., W . „ 181 , Francis Burdett , Albany Hot ., Twickenham . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION .

Confidence , Railway lav ., Railway-place , Fenchurch-st . rturdett Coutts , Salmon and Ball , Bethnal Green-road . Jordan , Devonshire Arms , Devonshire-st ., W ., at 8 . Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Stones-End , E Pythagorean , Portland Hotel , London-street , Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . La Tolerance , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxffd-st . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road . Peckham .

Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., Seven Sisters' -rd . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park . Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston , E . United Strength , Grafton Arms , Kentish-town . Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin's-court , Fleet-st ., at 8 . Lewis , King ' s Arms Hot ., Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford .

THURSDAY , MARCH 21 . House Com . Girls' School , at 4 , Lodge 23 , Globe- , F . M . H . ,, 49 , Gihon , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . ,, 35 , Constitutional , Inns of Court Hot . 03 , St . Mary's , F . M . H . „ 169 , Temperance , White Swan , High-st , Deptford .

„ 179 , Manchester , Anderton s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 181 , Universal , F . M . H . 11 133 < Westbourne , Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood . „ 813 , New Concord , Rosemary Branch , Hoxton . „ 11 39 , South Noiwood , Public Hall , South Norwood „ 1278 , Burelctt Coutts , Approach Tav ., Approach-rd „ 1287 , Great Northern , F . M . H .

„ 1363 , Clapton , White Hart Tav ., Clapton . „ 1475 , Peckham , S . M . H . „ 1312 , Hemming , Lion Hot ., Hampton . „ 1 ( 123 , West Smithfield , New Maiket Hot ., Kings-Encamp . E ., Obscryance , 14 , Bedford-row . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Onion Waterloo , Chatham Arms , Thomas-st ., Woolwich .

Egyptian , Heicules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . S'ii . sbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-road . Temperance in the East , Catherine-st ., Poplar . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Milbank . Higheafc , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town .

The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-nl . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st ., Oxford-st . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood .

FRIDAY , MARCH 22 . House Com . Boys' School , at 4 . Lodge 197 , Jerusalem , F . M . H . „ 5 69 , Fitz-Roy , Ild .-qrts . Hon . Art . Co ., City-rd . „ 861 , Finsbury , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . ,, 1602 , Sir Hugh Myddelton , Agricultural Hall , N . Chap . 862 , Whittington , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-sr .

IXHXJES OF INSTRUCTION . Stability , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st ., at 6 p . m . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st ., W . Unions Emulation ( for M . ! i 5 . ' s ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-road , Deptford . Clapton , White Hart , Clapton . Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st , at 7 .

St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood . Westbourne , Lord's Hotel , St . John ' s Wood . Uriited Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Cambefwell New-road . St . James ' s , NcwTanncrs'Arms , Grange-rd ., Bermondsey Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar . Doric , 79 , Whitechupel-road , at 8 . Burgoyne , Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales's-road , N . W . St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Prince ' s Hall , Buckhurst-hill .