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Masonic And General Tidings.
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .
The Prince of Wales was elected an honorary member of the Royal Cork Yacht Club , on Thursday , the 7 th inst . Bro . F . B . Grotrian , J . P ., of Hull , has become the Conservative candidate for the Eastern Division of
Hull . Bro . Baron Ferdinand De Rothschild will preside at the next house dinner of the City Liberal Club , on Tuesday , the gth proximo . Bro . Sir E . Watkin , Bart ., M . P ., entertained the House of Lords Police at dinner , at the Cannon Street Hotel , on Wednesday , the 6 th inst . Bro . Sir Algernon Borthwick will preside at the
dinner at the Criterion , at which Bro . Edmund Yates will be entertained on Saturday , the 30 th inst . A portrait of the late Lord Mayor , Bro . Alderman Nottage , by Mr . A . Melville , is now on view at W . Dicken's Art Galleries , 157 , New Bond-street . Bro . the Duke of Abercorn , Grand Master of Ireland , and the Duchess of Abercorn , arrived in Town last week from their residence of Baron ' s Court , in Ireland .
Bro . the Earl of Wharnciiffe , after allowing- the rents due on the 2 nd February to stand over till the 7 th inst ., has granted an abatement ranging from 10 to 15 per cent . The Prince and Princess of Wales , with their eldest daughter , paid a visit to the Queen at Windsor , on Saturday afternoon last , returning to Marlborough House
the same evening . Bro . the Lord Mayor , Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead , and Sheriff Phillips will be the guests of the Curriers' Company at a Court dinner , to be held on Tuesday , the 9 th prox . Bros . Sir J . McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P . ( Chairman , Alderman Staples , J . Reddish , and E . D . Rogers , were
present at the weekly meeting , on the Sth inst ., of the Metropolitan Board of Works . Bro . Sir J . Ramsden , P . G . D ., was among the guests at the 42 nd anniversary festival on Thursday , the 7 th inst ., of the Iron , Hardware , and Metal Trades' Pension Society . The subscription exceeded £ 600 . Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Manchester ,
Bro . the Earl of Fife , Lady Charles Beresford , and Bro . Sir Henry Edwards , Bart ., C . B ., were among the guests invited to meet the Duke of Cambridge at dinner , by the Countess of Wilton , on Friday , the Sth inst . The installation meeting of the Prince of Wales Mark Lodge , No . 4 , will be held on Monday next at 4 . 30 , at the Masonic Hall , Red Lion-square . Bro . James
Shilcock will be installed VV . M . by the present VV . M ., Bro . H . Lovegrove , and there are three advancements . VVe learn that Mr . Alfred J . Eyre , the able organist of the Crystal Palace , was initiated into Masonry on Monday last , at the Quadratic Lodge , No . 1691 , at Hampton Court . VVe congiatulate the Quadratic on its accession of so talented a member of the musical world .
The M . W . Grand Master has granted a warrant for a new lodge , to be called The Caterham Lodge , No . 2095 . The consecration will take place at the Drill Hall , Caterham , on Saturday , the 23 rd inst . R . W . Bro . Hugh D . Sandeman , P . D . G . M . Bengal , is the VV . M . designate . Among the guests at . the banquet held in honour
of the opening of the Chancery-lane Safe Deposit Co ., on the 7 th inst ., there were present Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., who presided , and Bros . J . H . Puleston , M . P . ; R . B . Martin , M . P . ; Alderman Savory , Ex-Sheriff Burt , Sir J . B . Monckton , H . H . Crawford , and Lieut .-Col . T . Davies Sewell .
Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., presided at the usual meeting on Thursday , the 7 th inst ., of the Court of Common Council , among the members present being Bros . Aldermen Sir S . B . Phillips , J . Staples , Sir R . Hanson , De Keyser , Whitehead , Savory , and Iivans , and Bros . F . P . Alliston , A . J . Altman , T . Beard , A . Brookman , K . C . Beedel , J . VV . Goodingc , J . Judd , II . B .
Mar-hall , E . D . Rogers , Sic . Bro . the Rev . Dr . William Stern , Ph . D ., Principal of Aria College , St . George's Square , Portsea , has just received a very handsome and massive gold Chaplain' ! , jewel , presented to him by the Lodge of Israel , No . 1502 , 011 his departure from Liverpool . The jewel consists of a circle beariny the name and number of the
lodge in raised letters , and in the centre is a five-pointed star , and on it a minature Holy Bible . It is suspended from a light blue ribbon , upon which are three engraved bars . On the back is the following engraving : " Presented to Bro . Rev . Dr . Stern , by the Lodge of Israel , No . 1502 , in appreciation of his services as Chaplain , and on his departure from Liverpool . February , 1 SS 5 . " The jewel was manufactured by Bro . George Kenning .
H . R . H . the Duchess of Albany has given a cabinet-sized photograph of H . R . H . the late Duke of Albany in Masonic dress to the Methucn Chapter , No . > 533 > Marlborough , Wilts , through Bro . Sir R . H . Collins , K . C . B ., and thesame has been ordered to beframed and placed in the Masonic Hall by the M . E . Z ., as a pleasing memorial of the late Prince , who , when the
chapter was founded in 1 SS 3 , Surgeon-General Ringer , Rev . J . A . Lloyd , and J . Campbell Maclean being the first three Principals , kindly consented to become an hon . members of the chapter , and to liberally subscribe to the expenses of the regalia necessary for its foundation . The lamented death of the late Duke of Albany has robbed the
Province of Wiltshire of one who , notwithstanding his paramount duties as Prov . G . M . of Oxfordshire , was always ready to evince his regard for the brethren of that province , in which he resided for some years of his life , and to promote that Masonic feeling of friendship and sympathy which renders his memory cherished wherever he [ was known .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Bro . the Earl and the Countess of Donoughmore have arrived in town from Malta . A marble bust , by Bro . Belt , of the late Bro . Michael Bass , M . P . for Derby , has recently been placed in the Liberal Club , Burton-on-Trent . Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs will dine the City of London Gas and Water Committee , at the
Crystal Palace , on Saturday , the 30 th instant . Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., presided at the annual meeting in the Egyptian Hall of the Mansion House on Monday of the Thames Church Mission . The Drawing Room which will be held at Buckingham Palace , on Monday next , will be held by her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales , on behalf of her
Majesty . Bro . the Earl of Dalhousie , K . T ., and Colonel Lord E . Pelham Clinton have succeeded Lord Sandhurst and Capt . Walter . Campbell as Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty . Bro . the Lord Mayor has kindly consented to preside at the fifty-eighth anniversary festival of the Printers' Pension Corporation , which will be held in the
month ot June . Bros , the Duke of Atholl , the Earl of Dalhousie , and the Earl of Hardwicke were amongst those present at the funeral on Tuesday afternoon of the late Earl of Dudley , at Witby Church , Worcestershire . Bro . the Lord Mayor , with the Lad y Mayoress , Bro . Sir J . and Lady McGarel Hogg , and Bro . E . Clarke , Q . C , M . P ., were among those present at the Marchioness of Salisbury's reception on Wednesday , the 6 th inst .
Bros , the Lord Mayor , M . P . ( in the chair ) , and Aldermen Sir B . S . Phillips , Stone , P . G . J . W ., J . Staples , Sir R . Hanson , Gray , and Evans , and Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead were at the meeting of the Court of Aldermen on Tuesday . Bros , the Lord Mayor , M . P ., P . G . W ., the Earl of Onslow , P . G . W . ; Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead ,
Commander Cameron , R . N ., and Alderman Gray were among the guests at the banquet , on the 6 th inst ., of the Clothworkers' Company . . Bro . Sir J . McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., as Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works , performed on Saturday last the ceremony of freeing the East and West Ferry roads , Millwall , the last of the London roads on which tolls has heretofore been levied .
Bros . Ferdinand de Rothschild and Sir Baldwyn Leighton , Bart ., M . P ., attended a crowded meeting , held ou Wednesday , the 6 th inst ., in the Vestry Hall , St . George ' s in the East , for the purpose of promoting facilities for the emigration of the unemployed .
The usual State dinners in honour of her Majesty's birthday , which were dispensed with last year in consequence of the death of the Duke of Albany , P . G . W ., will be held on Saturday , the Gth June , the day appointed for the public celebration of the auspicious event .
The Queen has been pleased to confer the honour of a Companionship of the Bath , Civil Division , on Bro . Sir Henry llalford , Bart ., Lieut .-Col . Commandant and Honorary Colonel of the ist Battalion Leicestershire Volunteers , Past Deputy P . G . Master of Leicestershire and Rutland .
A Levee was held at St . James ' s Palace on Monday , presentations to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , who represented the Queen , being deemed equivalent to presentations to her Majesty . Bros , the Lord Mayor , M . P ., Alderman Staples , E . Hubbard , and Sir T . Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., were among the guests .
Bros . Alderman Gray , Deputy Saunders , Deputy East , W . Malthouse , A . J . Altman , A . Brookman , F . P . Alliston , Major H . A . Joseph , S . da Costa Andrade , and G . Shaw were among the members present at the usual fortnightly meeting on Tuesday of the City Commissioners of Sewers .
MASONIC REUNION . —At the usual meeting of the House Committee of the Masonie Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , held on Friday , the gth inst ., at that building , under the presidency of Bro . R . Foote , Chairman , it was unanimously resolved that the use of the hall should be granted for a Masonic conversazione at the end of September , in aid of the Hamer Benevolent Fund—an Institution which has for its special obj ect tiie maintenance of distressed F ' reemasons .
The dinner in connection with the twenty-third anniversary festival , on Wednesday next , the 20 th inst ., of the Sons of the Clergy , will be held in Merchant Taylors ' Hall , under the presidency of Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., P . G . W . Among the Stewards are Bros . Lord Egerton of Tatton ; Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . W . ; Alderman Sir R . Hanson , P . G . Stwd . ; Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead , John D . Allcroft , P . G . Treas . ; and Horace B . Marshall , P . G . Treas .
We have much p leasure in noticing the twentieth annual concert , given on Wednesday , the 6 th inst ., by Bro . Louis Honig , 1319 , at the Bow and Bromley Institute There was a very large and enthusiastic audience , and the entire proceedings appeared to afford gratification . The first part consisted of an excellent display by the present pupils of our talented Bro . Honig ' s Academics of Music ,
725 , Commercial-road , E , and Waterford Lodge , Richmond-hill , and included execution of works of Rossini , Mozart , Meyerbeer , Wagner , Mendelssohn , Weber , Bishop , Honig , Sic , b y pupils in a really able and proficient style . The entire proceedings were highly satisfactory , and during the evening Bro . Honig made one of genial speeches for which he is so well-known .
HOLLOWAY ' PILLS . —The Greatest Wonder of Modern Times . —This incomparable medicine increases the appetite , strengthens the stomach , cleanses the liver , corrects biliousness , prevents flatulency , purities the system , invigorates the nerves , and reinstates sound health . The enormous demand for these Pills throughout the globe astonishes evervbody , and a single trial convinces the
most sceptical that no medicine equals Holloway ' s Pills in its ability to remove all complaints incidental to the human race . They are a blessing to the alllictcd , and a boon to all that labour under internal or external disease . The purification of the blood , removal of all restraint from the secretive organs , and gentle aperitive action are the prolific sources of the extensive curative range of Holloway ' s Pills . —Aovr ,
Masonic And General Tidings.
Bro . Sir . Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P addressed a meeting of his Liberal constituents at Hastings ' on Wednesday . *¦ » Bro . Di gby was installed Worshi pful Master of the Richmond Lodge , No . 2032 , on Tuesday , the 5 th inst A report will appear next week . Bros . Stuart-Wortley , Pell , and Holland are among the members of the Select Committee of the House
of Commons on National Provident Assurance . Prince George of Wales having completed his course of torpedo instruction on board the Excellent at Portsmouth , has entered upon his studies of gunnery . Bro . the Lord Mayor was yesterday ( Thursday ) installed as W . M . of the University of London Lodge , No . 2033 , at Freemasons' Hall . A report will appear in outnext .
The Prince and Princess of Wales were present on Saturday evening last , at Drury Lane Theatre , and witnessed a performance by the Carl Rosa Opera Company of "Manon . " J A meeting of the members of the Grand Masters Council , No . 1 , of the Degree of Royal and Select Masters , was held at the Masonic Hall , 8 a , Red Lion-square , on
Thursday ( yesterday ) . Comps . Alderman Staples and George Kenning were unanimously elected , the former as M . E . Z ., and the latter as Treasurer of the Aldersgate Chapter , No . 16 57 , at the meeting on the nth instant . Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., P . G . W ., has ver y kindly promised to preside at the second Annual Festival in
aid of the funds of the London Fever Hospital . The day fixed for the celebration is Tuesday , the 23 rd June . The Hotel Metropole will be opened to the public for business on June 1 st . Visitors to the Grand Military Concert on Monday next will have the opportunity of inspecting the arrangements and appointments of the hotel .
H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge presided on Wednesday evening at the annual dinner of the Royal Hospital for Women and Children . Bro . Admiral Sir Henry Keppel was one of the guests , and returned thanks for " The Navy . " Bro . Col . King-Harman was among the guests at the 70 th Anniversary Festival of the Artists' General
Benevolent Institution . The meeting , was held in Prince ' s Hall , Piccadilly , on Wednesday , and the total ot the subscriptions announced was £ 1956 . Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., presided at a banquet given on Wednesday evening , by the City Carlton Club Habitation of the Primrose League , Bros . D . Plunket , M . P ., Sir A . Borthwick , and ' VV . T . Marriott , Q . C , M . P ., being among the guests .
The Prince of Wales presided on Wednesday at the festival in aid of the funds of the North London or University College Hospital , among the principal guests being Bros , the Earl of Kimberley and the Marquis of Hamilton . The subscriptions amounted to £ 5000 . VVe have been requested to supply a little omission as to the Masonic services of our distinguished Bro .
the Marquis of Hertford , G . S . W . He was , it appears , VV . M . of the Apollo Lodge , Alcester , 301 , for 1 SS 2 and 1 SS 3 , having joined in 1 SS 0 , is an admirable working Mason , and is also P . G . S . W . of Warwickshire , in which province he had also served the office of P . G . S . D . Bro . the Duke and the Duchess of Manchester , Bro . Colonel Stanley , M . P ., P . G . W ., and Lady Constance
Stanley , and Bro . Sir A . C Campbell , Bart ., of Blytheswood , G . Master of Scotland , and Lady Archibald Campbell , were guests at a dinner party given by the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury , at Arlington House , on Wednesday . The following dinners took place at Freemasons ' Tavern during the week ending Saturday , the 16 th inst .:
Monday—Leigh Lodge ; St . George ' s and Cornerstone Lodge . Tuesday — Italian Ball . Wednesday—Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ; New England Company ; Lodge of Fidelity . Thursday—Lodge of Regularity ; University of London Lodge . Friday—University Lodge . The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Emblematic Lodge of Instruction , No . 1321—of which Bro .
Smith , J . W . 1503 , is the Preceptor ; Uro . Kirkaldy , S . VV . 1 3 21 , Treasurer ; and Bro . Swan , P . M . and Sec . 1321 , Secretary — at the Red Lion Tavern , York-street , St . James ' s-square , on Tuesday next , at seven o'clock , p . m . Un this occasion Bro . ] . Hemming , J . D . 12 S 7 , will be the W . M . ; Bro . J . C . Smith , J . W . 1744 , S . W . ; and Bro . J . Thorn , 957 , J . W . The Oueen held a Drawing Room at Buckingham
Palace on Wednesday . Ihe Gentlemcn-at-Arms were on duty under the command of Bro . Capt . Lord Carrington , P . G . W ., and the Yeoman of the Guard under Bro . Capt . Lord Monson . In the Royal circle were the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz , the Prince and Princess of Wales , the Dukes of Edinburgh and Cambridge , Prince and Princess Christian , and Princess Louise . The diplomatic and general circles were numerously attended , and a considerable number of presentations was made .
The King of the Belgians lias conferred the Royal Order of Leopold on the members of the deputation of the Corporation of London who recently visited Brussels and presented his Majesty with an address of congratulation in connection with the Congo Free State . The Lord Mayor ( Bro . Alderman Fowler , M . P . ) is designated a Knight Commander of the Order , Alderman Sir Thomas
Dakin , the Recorder ( Sir . Thomas Chambers , Q . C , M . P . ) , Bro . Alderman De Keyser , Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead , Mr . Sheriff G . Faudel Phillips , and Bro . Sir John B . Monckton ( the Town Clerk ) , are nominated as officers , and Mr . Deputy Bedford and Bro . E . Dresser Rogers , C . C , as chevaliers . The Belgian Minister ( Baron Solvyns ) called at the Mansion House on Saturday last , and , in the absence of the Lord Mayor , delivered the
diplomas and decorations to Mr . Soulsby , the Lord Mayor s private secretary . 3 , 000 , 000 tins of CHAMPION'S MUSTARD was sold in London alone during the past year . Why was this so ? Because tlie public , having satisfied themselves it was the best and cheapest , gave it a preference over all others . —Aovr . £ 20 . —Tobacconists commencing . —A pamphlet ( 80 pages ) How to open respectably from jtfzo ; three stamps . H . Myers & Lo ., Cigar and Tobacco Merchants , Euston-rd ., London , Telephone No . 5 < 4 i . [ ADVT . ]
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Masonic And General Tidings.
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .
The Prince of Wales was elected an honorary member of the Royal Cork Yacht Club , on Thursday , the 7 th inst . Bro . F . B . Grotrian , J . P ., of Hull , has become the Conservative candidate for the Eastern Division of
Hull . Bro . Baron Ferdinand De Rothschild will preside at the next house dinner of the City Liberal Club , on Tuesday , the gth proximo . Bro . Sir E . Watkin , Bart ., M . P ., entertained the House of Lords Police at dinner , at the Cannon Street Hotel , on Wednesday , the 6 th inst . Bro . Sir Algernon Borthwick will preside at the
dinner at the Criterion , at which Bro . Edmund Yates will be entertained on Saturday , the 30 th inst . A portrait of the late Lord Mayor , Bro . Alderman Nottage , by Mr . A . Melville , is now on view at W . Dicken's Art Galleries , 157 , New Bond-street . Bro . the Duke of Abercorn , Grand Master of Ireland , and the Duchess of Abercorn , arrived in Town last week from their residence of Baron ' s Court , in Ireland .
Bro . the Earl of Wharnciiffe , after allowing- the rents due on the 2 nd February to stand over till the 7 th inst ., has granted an abatement ranging from 10 to 15 per cent . The Prince and Princess of Wales , with their eldest daughter , paid a visit to the Queen at Windsor , on Saturday afternoon last , returning to Marlborough House
the same evening . Bro . the Lord Mayor , Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead , and Sheriff Phillips will be the guests of the Curriers' Company at a Court dinner , to be held on Tuesday , the 9 th prox . Bros . Sir J . McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P . ( Chairman , Alderman Staples , J . Reddish , and E . D . Rogers , were
present at the weekly meeting , on the Sth inst ., of the Metropolitan Board of Works . Bro . Sir J . Ramsden , P . G . D ., was among the guests at the 42 nd anniversary festival on Thursday , the 7 th inst ., of the Iron , Hardware , and Metal Trades' Pension Society . The subscription exceeded £ 600 . Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Manchester ,
Bro . the Earl of Fife , Lady Charles Beresford , and Bro . Sir Henry Edwards , Bart ., C . B ., were among the guests invited to meet the Duke of Cambridge at dinner , by the Countess of Wilton , on Friday , the Sth inst . The installation meeting of the Prince of Wales Mark Lodge , No . 4 , will be held on Monday next at 4 . 30 , at the Masonic Hall , Red Lion-square . Bro . James
Shilcock will be installed VV . M . by the present VV . M ., Bro . H . Lovegrove , and there are three advancements . VVe learn that Mr . Alfred J . Eyre , the able organist of the Crystal Palace , was initiated into Masonry on Monday last , at the Quadratic Lodge , No . 1691 , at Hampton Court . VVe congiatulate the Quadratic on its accession of so talented a member of the musical world .
The M . W . Grand Master has granted a warrant for a new lodge , to be called The Caterham Lodge , No . 2095 . The consecration will take place at the Drill Hall , Caterham , on Saturday , the 23 rd inst . R . W . Bro . Hugh D . Sandeman , P . D . G . M . Bengal , is the VV . M . designate . Among the guests at . the banquet held in honour
of the opening of the Chancery-lane Safe Deposit Co ., on the 7 th inst ., there were present Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., who presided , and Bros . J . H . Puleston , M . P . ; R . B . Martin , M . P . ; Alderman Savory , Ex-Sheriff Burt , Sir J . B . Monckton , H . H . Crawford , and Lieut .-Col . T . Davies Sewell .
Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., presided at the usual meeting on Thursday , the 7 th inst ., of the Court of Common Council , among the members present being Bros . Aldermen Sir S . B . Phillips , J . Staples , Sir R . Hanson , De Keyser , Whitehead , Savory , and Iivans , and Bros . F . P . Alliston , A . J . Altman , T . Beard , A . Brookman , K . C . Beedel , J . VV . Goodingc , J . Judd , II . B .
Mar-hall , E . D . Rogers , Sic . Bro . the Rev . Dr . William Stern , Ph . D ., Principal of Aria College , St . George's Square , Portsea , has just received a very handsome and massive gold Chaplain' ! , jewel , presented to him by the Lodge of Israel , No . 1502 , 011 his departure from Liverpool . The jewel consists of a circle beariny the name and number of the
lodge in raised letters , and in the centre is a five-pointed star , and on it a minature Holy Bible . It is suspended from a light blue ribbon , upon which are three engraved bars . On the back is the following engraving : " Presented to Bro . Rev . Dr . Stern , by the Lodge of Israel , No . 1502 , in appreciation of his services as Chaplain , and on his departure from Liverpool . February , 1 SS 5 . " The jewel was manufactured by Bro . George Kenning .
H . R . H . the Duchess of Albany has given a cabinet-sized photograph of H . R . H . the late Duke of Albany in Masonic dress to the Methucn Chapter , No . > 533 > Marlborough , Wilts , through Bro . Sir R . H . Collins , K . C . B ., and thesame has been ordered to beframed and placed in the Masonic Hall by the M . E . Z ., as a pleasing memorial of the late Prince , who , when the
chapter was founded in 1 SS 3 , Surgeon-General Ringer , Rev . J . A . Lloyd , and J . Campbell Maclean being the first three Principals , kindly consented to become an hon . members of the chapter , and to liberally subscribe to the expenses of the regalia necessary for its foundation . The lamented death of the late Duke of Albany has robbed the
Province of Wiltshire of one who , notwithstanding his paramount duties as Prov . G . M . of Oxfordshire , was always ready to evince his regard for the brethren of that province , in which he resided for some years of his life , and to promote that Masonic feeling of friendship and sympathy which renders his memory cherished wherever he [ was known .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Bro . the Earl and the Countess of Donoughmore have arrived in town from Malta . A marble bust , by Bro . Belt , of the late Bro . Michael Bass , M . P . for Derby , has recently been placed in the Liberal Club , Burton-on-Trent . Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs will dine the City of London Gas and Water Committee , at the
Crystal Palace , on Saturday , the 30 th instant . Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., presided at the annual meeting in the Egyptian Hall of the Mansion House on Monday of the Thames Church Mission . The Drawing Room which will be held at Buckingham Palace , on Monday next , will be held by her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales , on behalf of her
Majesty . Bro . the Earl of Dalhousie , K . T ., and Colonel Lord E . Pelham Clinton have succeeded Lord Sandhurst and Capt . Walter . Campbell as Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty . Bro . the Lord Mayor has kindly consented to preside at the fifty-eighth anniversary festival of the Printers' Pension Corporation , which will be held in the
month ot June . Bros , the Duke of Atholl , the Earl of Dalhousie , and the Earl of Hardwicke were amongst those present at the funeral on Tuesday afternoon of the late Earl of Dudley , at Witby Church , Worcestershire . Bro . the Lord Mayor , with the Lad y Mayoress , Bro . Sir J . and Lady McGarel Hogg , and Bro . E . Clarke , Q . C , M . P ., were among those present at the Marchioness of Salisbury's reception on Wednesday , the 6 th inst .
Bros , the Lord Mayor , M . P . ( in the chair ) , and Aldermen Sir B . S . Phillips , Stone , P . G . J . W ., J . Staples , Sir R . Hanson , Gray , and Evans , and Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead were at the meeting of the Court of Aldermen on Tuesday . Bros , the Lord Mayor , M . P ., P . G . W ., the Earl of Onslow , P . G . W . ; Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead ,
Commander Cameron , R . N ., and Alderman Gray were among the guests at the banquet , on the 6 th inst ., of the Clothworkers' Company . . Bro . Sir J . McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., as Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works , performed on Saturday last the ceremony of freeing the East and West Ferry roads , Millwall , the last of the London roads on which tolls has heretofore been levied .
Bros . Ferdinand de Rothschild and Sir Baldwyn Leighton , Bart ., M . P ., attended a crowded meeting , held ou Wednesday , the 6 th inst ., in the Vestry Hall , St . George ' s in the East , for the purpose of promoting facilities for the emigration of the unemployed .
The usual State dinners in honour of her Majesty's birthday , which were dispensed with last year in consequence of the death of the Duke of Albany , P . G . W ., will be held on Saturday , the Gth June , the day appointed for the public celebration of the auspicious event .
The Queen has been pleased to confer the honour of a Companionship of the Bath , Civil Division , on Bro . Sir Henry llalford , Bart ., Lieut .-Col . Commandant and Honorary Colonel of the ist Battalion Leicestershire Volunteers , Past Deputy P . G . Master of Leicestershire and Rutland .
A Levee was held at St . James ' s Palace on Monday , presentations to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , who represented the Queen , being deemed equivalent to presentations to her Majesty . Bros , the Lord Mayor , M . P ., Alderman Staples , E . Hubbard , and Sir T . Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., were among the guests .
Bros . Alderman Gray , Deputy Saunders , Deputy East , W . Malthouse , A . J . Altman , A . Brookman , F . P . Alliston , Major H . A . Joseph , S . da Costa Andrade , and G . Shaw were among the members present at the usual fortnightly meeting on Tuesday of the City Commissioners of Sewers .
MASONIC REUNION . —At the usual meeting of the House Committee of the Masonie Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , held on Friday , the gth inst ., at that building , under the presidency of Bro . R . Foote , Chairman , it was unanimously resolved that the use of the hall should be granted for a Masonic conversazione at the end of September , in aid of the Hamer Benevolent Fund—an Institution which has for its special obj ect tiie maintenance of distressed F ' reemasons .
The dinner in connection with the twenty-third anniversary festival , on Wednesday next , the 20 th inst ., of the Sons of the Clergy , will be held in Merchant Taylors ' Hall , under the presidency of Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., P . G . W . Among the Stewards are Bros . Lord Egerton of Tatton ; Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . W . ; Alderman Sir R . Hanson , P . G . Stwd . ; Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead , John D . Allcroft , P . G . Treas . ; and Horace B . Marshall , P . G . Treas .
We have much p leasure in noticing the twentieth annual concert , given on Wednesday , the 6 th inst ., by Bro . Louis Honig , 1319 , at the Bow and Bromley Institute There was a very large and enthusiastic audience , and the entire proceedings appeared to afford gratification . The first part consisted of an excellent display by the present pupils of our talented Bro . Honig ' s Academics of Music ,
725 , Commercial-road , E , and Waterford Lodge , Richmond-hill , and included execution of works of Rossini , Mozart , Meyerbeer , Wagner , Mendelssohn , Weber , Bishop , Honig , Sic , b y pupils in a really able and proficient style . The entire proceedings were highly satisfactory , and during the evening Bro . Honig made one of genial speeches for which he is so well-known .
HOLLOWAY ' PILLS . —The Greatest Wonder of Modern Times . —This incomparable medicine increases the appetite , strengthens the stomach , cleanses the liver , corrects biliousness , prevents flatulency , purities the system , invigorates the nerves , and reinstates sound health . The enormous demand for these Pills throughout the globe astonishes evervbody , and a single trial convinces the
most sceptical that no medicine equals Holloway ' s Pills in its ability to remove all complaints incidental to the human race . They are a blessing to the alllictcd , and a boon to all that labour under internal or external disease . The purification of the blood , removal of all restraint from the secretive organs , and gentle aperitive action are the prolific sources of the extensive curative range of Holloway ' s Pills . —Aovr ,
Masonic And General Tidings.
Bro . Sir . Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P addressed a meeting of his Liberal constituents at Hastings ' on Wednesday . *¦ » Bro . Di gby was installed Worshi pful Master of the Richmond Lodge , No . 2032 , on Tuesday , the 5 th inst A report will appear next week . Bros . Stuart-Wortley , Pell , and Holland are among the members of the Select Committee of the House
of Commons on National Provident Assurance . Prince George of Wales having completed his course of torpedo instruction on board the Excellent at Portsmouth , has entered upon his studies of gunnery . Bro . the Lord Mayor was yesterday ( Thursday ) installed as W . M . of the University of London Lodge , No . 2033 , at Freemasons' Hall . A report will appear in outnext .
The Prince and Princess of Wales were present on Saturday evening last , at Drury Lane Theatre , and witnessed a performance by the Carl Rosa Opera Company of "Manon . " J A meeting of the members of the Grand Masters Council , No . 1 , of the Degree of Royal and Select Masters , was held at the Masonic Hall , 8 a , Red Lion-square , on
Thursday ( yesterday ) . Comps . Alderman Staples and George Kenning were unanimously elected , the former as M . E . Z ., and the latter as Treasurer of the Aldersgate Chapter , No . 16 57 , at the meeting on the nth instant . Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., P . G . W ., has ver y kindly promised to preside at the second Annual Festival in
aid of the funds of the London Fever Hospital . The day fixed for the celebration is Tuesday , the 23 rd June . The Hotel Metropole will be opened to the public for business on June 1 st . Visitors to the Grand Military Concert on Monday next will have the opportunity of inspecting the arrangements and appointments of the hotel .
H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge presided on Wednesday evening at the annual dinner of the Royal Hospital for Women and Children . Bro . Admiral Sir Henry Keppel was one of the guests , and returned thanks for " The Navy . " Bro . Col . King-Harman was among the guests at the 70 th Anniversary Festival of the Artists' General
Benevolent Institution . The meeting , was held in Prince ' s Hall , Piccadilly , on Wednesday , and the total ot the subscriptions announced was £ 1956 . Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., presided at a banquet given on Wednesday evening , by the City Carlton Club Habitation of the Primrose League , Bros . D . Plunket , M . P ., Sir A . Borthwick , and ' VV . T . Marriott , Q . C , M . P ., being among the guests .
The Prince of Wales presided on Wednesday at the festival in aid of the funds of the North London or University College Hospital , among the principal guests being Bros , the Earl of Kimberley and the Marquis of Hamilton . The subscriptions amounted to £ 5000 . VVe have been requested to supply a little omission as to the Masonic services of our distinguished Bro .
the Marquis of Hertford , G . S . W . He was , it appears , VV . M . of the Apollo Lodge , Alcester , 301 , for 1 SS 2 and 1 SS 3 , having joined in 1 SS 0 , is an admirable working Mason , and is also P . G . S . W . of Warwickshire , in which province he had also served the office of P . G . S . D . Bro . the Duke and the Duchess of Manchester , Bro . Colonel Stanley , M . P ., P . G . W ., and Lady Constance
Stanley , and Bro . Sir A . C Campbell , Bart ., of Blytheswood , G . Master of Scotland , and Lady Archibald Campbell , were guests at a dinner party given by the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury , at Arlington House , on Wednesday . The following dinners took place at Freemasons ' Tavern during the week ending Saturday , the 16 th inst .:
Monday—Leigh Lodge ; St . George ' s and Cornerstone Lodge . Tuesday — Italian Ball . Wednesday—Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ; New England Company ; Lodge of Fidelity . Thursday—Lodge of Regularity ; University of London Lodge . Friday—University Lodge . The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Emblematic Lodge of Instruction , No . 1321—of which Bro .
Smith , J . W . 1503 , is the Preceptor ; Uro . Kirkaldy , S . VV . 1 3 21 , Treasurer ; and Bro . Swan , P . M . and Sec . 1321 , Secretary — at the Red Lion Tavern , York-street , St . James ' s-square , on Tuesday next , at seven o'clock , p . m . Un this occasion Bro . ] . Hemming , J . D . 12 S 7 , will be the W . M . ; Bro . J . C . Smith , J . W . 1744 , S . W . ; and Bro . J . Thorn , 957 , J . W . The Oueen held a Drawing Room at Buckingham
Palace on Wednesday . Ihe Gentlemcn-at-Arms were on duty under the command of Bro . Capt . Lord Carrington , P . G . W ., and the Yeoman of the Guard under Bro . Capt . Lord Monson . In the Royal circle were the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz , the Prince and Princess of Wales , the Dukes of Edinburgh and Cambridge , Prince and Princess Christian , and Princess Louise . The diplomatic and general circles were numerously attended , and a considerable number of presentations was made .
The King of the Belgians lias conferred the Royal Order of Leopold on the members of the deputation of the Corporation of London who recently visited Brussels and presented his Majesty with an address of congratulation in connection with the Congo Free State . The Lord Mayor ( Bro . Alderman Fowler , M . P . ) is designated a Knight Commander of the Order , Alderman Sir Thomas
Dakin , the Recorder ( Sir . Thomas Chambers , Q . C , M . P . ) , Bro . Alderman De Keyser , Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead , Mr . Sheriff G . Faudel Phillips , and Bro . Sir John B . Monckton ( the Town Clerk ) , are nominated as officers , and Mr . Deputy Bedford and Bro . E . Dresser Rogers , C . C , as chevaliers . The Belgian Minister ( Baron Solvyns ) called at the Mansion House on Saturday last , and , in the absence of the Lord Mayor , delivered the
diplomas and decorations to Mr . Soulsby , the Lord Mayor s private secretary . 3 , 000 , 000 tins of CHAMPION'S MUSTARD was sold in London alone during the past year . Why was this so ? Because tlie public , having satisfied themselves it was the best and cheapest , gave it a preference over all others . —Aovr . £ 20 . —Tobacconists commencing . —A pamphlet ( 80 pages ) How to open respectably from jtfzo ; three stamps . H . Myers & Lo ., Cigar and Tobacco Merchants , Euston-rd ., London , Telephone No . 5 < 4 i . [ ADVT . ]