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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . the V . W . Rev . C . J . Marlyn ' s P . G . Chap . England , daughter , Miss Lucy Jane Martyn , was married at the Chapel Royal , Savoy , on the 5 th inst ., to Mr . James Arthur Lees , Barristcr-at-law , of Alrington . Bro . Sir . Michael Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., P . P . G . A 1 . Gloucestershire , is on the Committee of Management of the Royal Agricultural College .
Bro . W . T . Marriott . Q . C ... M . P ., contributed a letterto the Times last week-, occupying nearly two columns , on the subject of the "Cloture , " which our distinguished and learned brother has made his specialite . Bro . W . A . Barrett , Mus . Bac . ( Orpheus Lodge ) , is about publishing a memoir of the late Air . Michael VV . Balfe , the composer , the anniversary of whose death will
be celebrated 011 the 20 th proximo , by the unveiling of a tablet to his memory in Westminster Abbey . Bro . W . Grantham , O . C ., M . P ., Mid-Surrey , was counsel for the plaintiffs , Messrs . Carlisle and Cli-gg , against the . Metropolitan Railway Company , for a compensation claim . The Company has acquired the right ot buying the plaintiffs' warehouse by the I nm-r Circle . Scheme
Ultimately , £ 3 . 750 was agreed to . The case came before the Recorder , Sir Thos . Chambers . Bro . C . S . leyk yll , P . G . O ., presided at the organ at the Crystal Palace on the occasion of the demonstration of the National Temperance League . Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , P . G . Cornwall apologised for not attending the meeting last week .
held at Truro , in connection with the International Fisheries Exhibition 1 SS 3 . Bro . Benjamin Samuelson , M . P ., is on the Executive Committee of the College for Women studying medicine at University College , London . Bro . the Earl of Jersey spoke last week at the Bicester Agricultural Association , and declared his belief
that the harvest is an unfavourable one this year . Bro . VV . Hardman sentenced a man to fourteen years penal servitude for stealing a gentleman's watch at the Crystal Palace , he having been committed before . Bro . CY . Richardson received the delegates from France , Norway and Germany , who attended the National Temperance demonstration at the London Temperance
Hospital , Hampstead-road , founded chiefly by Dr . Richardson and Sir Wilford Lawson , Bart ., M . P . Bro . the Deputy Grand Master and Lad y Lathom , Bro . Colonel and Lady Stanley , and Bro . the Earl and Countess of Derby visited the Royal Lancashire and Cheshire Agricultural Show at Aloor Park , last week . Lady Brassey , wife of our esteemed and
distinguished Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., has been laid up for two weeks with an attack of typhoid fever , but is now convalescent . Lady Brassey has just written another book entitled " Tahiti , " which will he published shortly by Chapman and Hall . Bio . the Earl and the Countess of Galloway are at Cumloden Cottage , Newton Stewart , N . B .
• Bro . Tyssin Amherst , M . P ., gave a p iece of plate at the East England Horse Show at King's Lynn . Bro . Bowes A . Paice ( St . Anderew ' s Lodge ) , F . R . I . R . A ., is the architect of the clergy house of St . Peter , London Docks , the foundation-stone of which was laid on Saturday last by the Earl Nelson , in memory of the late Rev . C . F . Lovvder .
Bro . G . R . Sims ' s play , " The Member for Slocum , " came before Air . Justice Day , sitting as Vacation Judge , to restrain Mr . Shine from performing the play in Newcastle . An agreement was come to between the parties . The Queen , it is stated , has commanded Herr Charlos Sohn , a painter of Dusseldorf , to furnish portraits of the Prince of Wales and his family for King
Cetewayo . Bro . the Earl Percy , M . P ., and Bro . R . Dodd , M . P ., Stockton-on-Tees , took part in the proceedings and subsequent luncheon , at Tynemouth , on VVednesday , in connection with the Royal Architectural Association . Bro . T . F . Halsey , P . G . M . Herts , M . P ., had a son born to him on the 5 th inst ., at Gaddesden .
R . W . Bro . the Marquis of Londonderry , Prov . G . M . Durham , and R . W . Bro . Sir VV . VV . Wynn , Prov . G . M . Denbighshire , have subscribed to the building of a church at Townby , consecrated this week by the Lord Bishop of Bangor . H . R . H . the Duke of Albany passed Whitb y in the yacht Lively , belonging to his brother , Rear-Admiral the
Duke of Edinburgh . The yacht came close to the shore and Was duly saluted in a royal manner by the Coast Guardsmen . The Lively put into Long ' s Bay on Tuesday , and the Duchess of Albany landed on Scotch soil for the first time . Bro . the Earl of Jersey has promised to contribute £ 1000 towards the fund which is being raised with
the object of having the proposed college for South Wales located at Swansea . Air . John Crowe Richardson has also confirmed his offer of jfiooo , which was made some months ago . Bro . the Earl of Bective , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Cumberland and Westmoreland , vvas present at the meeting , at Grayrigg , on Thursday week , of the Westmoreland
Mountain District Agricultural Society , and returned thanks for the toast of "The County [ Members . " HOLLOVVAY ' PILLS . —Weary of Life . —Derangement of the liver is one of the most cfiicicnt cau * cs of dangerous dise-ses , and the most prolific j-ource of those melancholy forebodings which are worse than death itself . A few doses of these Pills act magically
in dispelling low spirits , and repelling the covert attacks made on the nerves by excessive heat , impure atmosphere , over indulgence , or exhausting excitement . The most shattered constitution may derive benefit from Hollowa ) 's . Pills , which will regulate disordered action , brace the nerves , increase the energy of the intellectual faculties , and revive the failing memory . —[ ADVT . 1
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Bro . W . Downey ' s firm—W . and D . Downeyhave published new photographs—excellent likenesses—of Bro . Sir Charles Beresford , l . P . M . Saxe-Weimar Lodge , after his recent gallant exploits at Alexandria . The public , and especially the Masonic public , vvill be glad to place in their albums one of these photos of our distinguished brother , in his full naval costume . A friend of ours ,
serving on board the Condor with him , writes home to us , and speaks in the most affectionate terms of Lord Charles and of his daring pluck on the memorable 12 th July , Bro . Downey has been honoured with sittings from every member of our Royal Family and many of the European potentates . The / inn have taken more of our noble families than any other photographers . We should mention that
Bro . Lord Charles Beresford must not be confounded with Lord William Beresford , his brother , in the Army , and who won the Victoria Cross , and otherwise distinguished himself in Zululand and Afghanistan . Bro . James Cutbush , P . P . G . P . Herts , P . M . Gladsmuir , has been with his family staying at Eastbourne . Bro . the R . W . the Earl of Suffield , P . G . M .
Suflield , took a prize on Saturday at the Crystal Palace Fruit tihovv for black and white grapes , grown at his seat , Ganton Hall , Suffolk . Bro . ex-Sheriff Burt , P . G . D ., and Bro . Major T . Davies Sewell , P . G . S ., took part in the proceedings in connection with the North East Coast Exhibition ol Naval Architecture at Tynemouth . Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , a
member of the Court of the Shipwrights' Company , had intended also being present , but was engaged with the other Lords of the Admiralty in making their annual inspection . Bro . the . EaiT of Onslow has presented the Rev . G . F . Dalton , to the Rectory of West Clandon . Bro . Sir Edmund A . H . Lechmere , Bart ., M . P .,
addressed his constituents at Malvern Link , last week , Earl Beauchamp occupying the chair on the occasion . Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury and Bro . Dr . B . W . Richardson are on the Executive Committee of the Dalrymple Home for Inebriates , now being formed . In our last issue , we stated that the Prov . Grand Mark Lodge of Berks and Oxon would be opened at
Alaidenhead , on October 2 nd , at two o clock—it should have been 12 . 45 , and the Deputy Grand Master vvill install Bro . W . Alorris as VV . M . of the Jersey Lodge at twelve o ' clock , on the same day . Bro . R . Challoner , S . W ., v vas duly elected Worshipful Master of the Perfect Ashlar Lodge , No . 117 S . The installation will take place the first Thursday
in October , at the Bridge House Hotel , Southwark . Bro . the Duke of Manchester , Prov . G . M . Norths , and Hunts , and the Lady Alice Montagu , are paying a series of visits in Scotland . H . R . H . the Duke of Albany was to have opened the Royal School of Art Needlework in Glasgow on the oth inst ., but on account of the illness of His Royal
Highness , the formal opening has been postponed till October , when it is hoped that the Duke vvill be able to visit Glasgow . Bro . the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres , Prov . G . M . West Aberdeenshire , and the Countess of Crawford and Balcarres , last week entertained the Prince and Princess Teano and a large party of guests at Haig Hall ,
near Wigan . Bro . the Lord Mayor of London , G . J . Warden , and Sheriff Sir VV . A . Ogg , were guests of the Alaster Cutler of Sheffield , on the occasion of the Cutlers' Feast , on Thursday evening week . Brj . the Duke of Abercorn , Grand Master of Ireland , and the Duchess of Abercorn , are paying a short
visit to Tunbridge Wells . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Master of England , and his Countess are staying at Greystoke Park , Cumberland , for which they left Highclere Castle on Friday last . On Friday last , Bro . Earl Percy , M . P ., Prov .
Grand Alaster of Northumberland , on the occasion of his opening a bazaar at Berwick-on-Tweed , in aid of the Coffee Tavern , movement , very sensibly remarked that , in order to ensure success , they must be able to compete with the ordinary tavern and that their establishments must be brighter , more comfortable and attractive , and more economical .
Among the company present at the Merionethshire Agricultural Show , held at T ' owyn , on Wednesday last , were Bros . Viscount Combermere and Lord Harlech , Prov . Grand Master North Connaught . Lord Harlech took the prize for the best black bull bred in North Wales . The interest in the proceedings of Wednesday , the 6 th inst ., in connection with the Preston Guild , was
evidenced by the presence of over 170 , 000 people , it being the day fixed for the most important processions , those of the textile industries and the amalgamated trades . The former took p lace at nine and the latter at two o ' clock , and both were witnessed by the Duke of Cambridge , the Earl of Sefton , and Bro . the Earl of Lathom . In the afternoon the Countess of Lathom distributed the prizes at the Preston
Floral and Horticultural Society ' s show , immediately after which there vvas a miscellaneous concert at the new hall in the Corn Exchange . 'The town was illuminated in the evening . On Thursday took place the procession of the various Roman Catholic Guilds , each Guild wearing a distinctive uniform , and the number taking part in it being some Gooo . On Friday , the Friendly Societies had their
field day . On Saturday , the Guild was formally closed and adjourned till the year 1902 , the closing event being a grand torchlight procession in the evening , which was witnessed by thousands of people . It goes without saying that a cordial vote of thanks was passed to the Guild Mayor , Mr . Addison , Q . C ., who is recorder of Preston , for his kindness and hospitality throughout .
DOCTORS' PRESCRIPTIONS . —The advance of medical science has necessitated great variations in most modern prescriptions . Some remedies , notably those for the various phases of skin disease , are prescribed as they were a quarter of a century ago , the favourite remedy being still SAPO CARBONIS DETERGENS , WRIGHT'S . These words should appear on every tablet and wrapper of Wright ' s Coal Tar Soap purchased or prescribed .
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Bro . the Earl of Zetland will visit . India during the winter . Bro . the Lord Mayor opened the September sessions of the Central Criminal Court at the Old Bailey on Monday . There were also present Bros . Alderman Sir Chas . VVhetham , Alderman and Sheriff elect De Keyser , the Common Serjeant , Sir Thos . Charley , and Alderman and Sheriff Sir Reginald Hanson , this being his last time of office at the Court as Sheriff .
Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . Grand Alaster Hants and Isle of Wi ght , presided at the meeting at Basingstoke ol the Royal Counties Agricultural Society on VVednesday last , when it was decided to accept the invitation of Winchester to hold next year's meeting in that venerable city . The Prince and Princess of Wales , with their
family , reached London on Wednesday . On their journey homewards , they visited the Grand Duke of Hesse at Darmstadt . At Flushing they embarked on board the Royal yacht , Osborne , and having landed at the newly-established Port Victoria , travelled by the Hundred of Hoo Railway , which on Saturday was opened to the public , by special train to Charing Cross .
A meeting of the Mansion House Committee of the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the impending famine io Iceland was held in the Long Parlour of the Mansion House , on Monday , tiro , the Lord Mayor , Grand Junior Warden presided , and the Danish Minister was present . The fund is stated to have reached X ' 2200 , towards which H . R . H . the Princess
of Wales has subscribed , £ 25 . A vote of thanks to Her Royal Highness was passed unanimously . Measures having been arranged for the purchase and distribution of provisions and forage among the suffering Icelanders , the Committee adjourned , after voting the customary compliment to the Lord Alayor for presiding .
On their way to join the Queen at Balmoral , the Duke and Duchess of Albany were , for two days , the guests of Air . VV . Wemyss , at Wemyss Castle , Dysart , Fifeshire . Now that their Royal Highnesses have reached the Queen's Highland residence , we trust our Royal brother ' s health will be completely restored .
Within the last fortnight , the Devon and Somerset Staghounds , under their master , Bro . Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., P . G . M . Devon , have had a splendid run . The meet vvas in Yard Down , when the field mustered some two hundred , and two stags having been found , the party separated , and both animals were killed—one near Umberleigh House .
Bro . the Duke of Buccleuch opened the new works for the water supply of Hawick , on Friday week . A procession vvas formed of the trades , Freemasons , & e , which marched to the music of four instrumental bands with pipers to the new reservoir , about three miles distant . On arriving at the waterworks the Duke of Buccleuch was presented with an address from the Corporation of Hawick , and after turning on the water supply , made a few remarks suitable to the occasion .
Mr . Taylor , of Berners-street , London , has just completed a richly-painted window , which has been presented to the church , at Omagh , county Tyrone , in memory of Bro . Francis John West , M . D ., by the brethren of Lodge 332 . The appropriate subject of "The Good Samaritan " occupies the centre of the window , and above and below it are the Masonic emblems with rich surroundings on a golden background .
Bro . J . Terry , P . P . G . J . W . Herts , will preside at the Hyde Park Lodge of Instruction , held at The Westbourne , Craven-road , Paddington , W ., on the iSth inst ., when the ceremony of Consecration and Installation will be rehearsed . Lodge will be opened at 7 p . m . Lanhydrock House , the seat of Bro . Lord Robartes , is rapidly approaching completion . The old
building , it will be remembered , vvas nearly destroyed by fire last April twelvemonths , and the restoration now proceeding is entirely on the lines of the ancient mansion . Every precaution which skill and science can devise is introduced into the new edifice to guard against destruction b y fire . It is expected- the mansion will be completed in about a year .
The directors of the Bank of England , after a prolonged sitting on Thursday , advanced the minimum rate of discount from 4 per cent ., at which it was fixed on August 17 th , to 5 per cent . Bro . Thomas Jones , was , on Saturday last , installed W . M . of the Lodge of Loyalty , No . 1607 , at the London Tavern , Fenchurch-street .
At the National Hospital for diseases olthe Heart and Paralysis , Soho-square , the number of patients under treatment for the week ending Sept . 9 th was 99 6 . The council of the Parke ' s Museum have just acquired new premises in Margaret-street , Cavendishsquare , to which the museum is to be removed from University College , as soon as the alterations and additions
which are now being made under the direction of Mr-Mark H . Judge , A . R . I . B . A ., are completed . The neiv museum vvill consist of a central hall , suilable for meetings and lectures , a library and corridors , all lighted from the top , and well suited for exhibition purposes . The meetings and lectures on sanitary and other matters connected with the health of the people , which were onlv occasional while
the museum was at University College , will form a permanent feature of the institution when it is re-opened in Matgaret-street . It is expected that the museum will be re-opened before Christmas ; in the meantime communications may be addressed to the secretary and curator , Air-Mark H . Judge , atS , Park-place-villas , Paddington , VV . TKUSSLS , ELASTIC BAXDAOES , ETC . —SEELEY ' S HARD I * L'B ! , * THOSKF . S . —The world's recognition nf iinrntialled excellence . Kc *
coving the only award o £ merit granted for trusses at the lat international Medical Exhibition , 1 S 81 . Made in every dcsirarwand latest improved pattern , fine steel springs , neatly covered wii highly-polished hard rubber , light , cool , cleanly ; unaffected u > time , ' use , or climate . Free from all sour , rusty , ' chafing , or s rap ping unpleasantness . Used in bathing . Always reliable . * correct and skilful mechanical treatment of hernia or " * £ ,, „ ,. specialty . Under patronage of the world ' s most distinguish ' ' !» geons . Choice ai-sortment of clastic surgical hosier *' - » improved suspensory bandages , shoulder braces . EstabHsnrn —74 , Fleet-street , London , E . C , and 1347 , Chestnut-street , 1 < " ' delphia , U . S . A . —lAovrJ
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MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . the V . W . Rev . C . J . Marlyn ' s P . G . Chap . England , daughter , Miss Lucy Jane Martyn , was married at the Chapel Royal , Savoy , on the 5 th inst ., to Mr . James Arthur Lees , Barristcr-at-law , of Alrington . Bro . Sir . Michael Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., P . P . G . A 1 . Gloucestershire , is on the Committee of Management of the Royal Agricultural College .
Bro . W . T . Marriott . Q . C ... M . P ., contributed a letterto the Times last week-, occupying nearly two columns , on the subject of the "Cloture , " which our distinguished and learned brother has made his specialite . Bro . W . A . Barrett , Mus . Bac . ( Orpheus Lodge ) , is about publishing a memoir of the late Air . Michael VV . Balfe , the composer , the anniversary of whose death will
be celebrated 011 the 20 th proximo , by the unveiling of a tablet to his memory in Westminster Abbey . Bro . W . Grantham , O . C ., M . P ., Mid-Surrey , was counsel for the plaintiffs , Messrs . Carlisle and Cli-gg , against the . Metropolitan Railway Company , for a compensation claim . The Company has acquired the right ot buying the plaintiffs' warehouse by the I nm-r Circle . Scheme
Ultimately , £ 3 . 750 was agreed to . The case came before the Recorder , Sir Thos . Chambers . Bro . C . S . leyk yll , P . G . O ., presided at the organ at the Crystal Palace on the occasion of the demonstration of the National Temperance League . Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , P . G . Cornwall apologised for not attending the meeting last week .
held at Truro , in connection with the International Fisheries Exhibition 1 SS 3 . Bro . Benjamin Samuelson , M . P ., is on the Executive Committee of the College for Women studying medicine at University College , London . Bro . the Earl of Jersey spoke last week at the Bicester Agricultural Association , and declared his belief
that the harvest is an unfavourable one this year . Bro . VV . Hardman sentenced a man to fourteen years penal servitude for stealing a gentleman's watch at the Crystal Palace , he having been committed before . Bro . CY . Richardson received the delegates from France , Norway and Germany , who attended the National Temperance demonstration at the London Temperance
Hospital , Hampstead-road , founded chiefly by Dr . Richardson and Sir Wilford Lawson , Bart ., M . P . Bro . the Deputy Grand Master and Lad y Lathom , Bro . Colonel and Lady Stanley , and Bro . the Earl and Countess of Derby visited the Royal Lancashire and Cheshire Agricultural Show at Aloor Park , last week . Lady Brassey , wife of our esteemed and
distinguished Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., has been laid up for two weeks with an attack of typhoid fever , but is now convalescent . Lady Brassey has just written another book entitled " Tahiti , " which will he published shortly by Chapman and Hall . Bio . the Earl and the Countess of Galloway are at Cumloden Cottage , Newton Stewart , N . B .
• Bro . Tyssin Amherst , M . P ., gave a p iece of plate at the East England Horse Show at King's Lynn . Bro . Bowes A . Paice ( St . Anderew ' s Lodge ) , F . R . I . R . A ., is the architect of the clergy house of St . Peter , London Docks , the foundation-stone of which was laid on Saturday last by the Earl Nelson , in memory of the late Rev . C . F . Lovvder .
Bro . G . R . Sims ' s play , " The Member for Slocum , " came before Air . Justice Day , sitting as Vacation Judge , to restrain Mr . Shine from performing the play in Newcastle . An agreement was come to between the parties . The Queen , it is stated , has commanded Herr Charlos Sohn , a painter of Dusseldorf , to furnish portraits of the Prince of Wales and his family for King
Cetewayo . Bro . the Earl Percy , M . P ., and Bro . R . Dodd , M . P ., Stockton-on-Tees , took part in the proceedings and subsequent luncheon , at Tynemouth , on VVednesday , in connection with the Royal Architectural Association . Bro . T . F . Halsey , P . G . M . Herts , M . P ., had a son born to him on the 5 th inst ., at Gaddesden .
R . W . Bro . the Marquis of Londonderry , Prov . G . M . Durham , and R . W . Bro . Sir VV . VV . Wynn , Prov . G . M . Denbighshire , have subscribed to the building of a church at Townby , consecrated this week by the Lord Bishop of Bangor . H . R . H . the Duke of Albany passed Whitb y in the yacht Lively , belonging to his brother , Rear-Admiral the
Duke of Edinburgh . The yacht came close to the shore and Was duly saluted in a royal manner by the Coast Guardsmen . The Lively put into Long ' s Bay on Tuesday , and the Duchess of Albany landed on Scotch soil for the first time . Bro . the Earl of Jersey has promised to contribute £ 1000 towards the fund which is being raised with
the object of having the proposed college for South Wales located at Swansea . Air . John Crowe Richardson has also confirmed his offer of jfiooo , which was made some months ago . Bro . the Earl of Bective , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Cumberland and Westmoreland , vvas present at the meeting , at Grayrigg , on Thursday week , of the Westmoreland
Mountain District Agricultural Society , and returned thanks for the toast of "The County [ Members . " HOLLOVVAY ' PILLS . —Weary of Life . —Derangement of the liver is one of the most cfiicicnt cau * cs of dangerous dise-ses , and the most prolific j-ource of those melancholy forebodings which are worse than death itself . A few doses of these Pills act magically
in dispelling low spirits , and repelling the covert attacks made on the nerves by excessive heat , impure atmosphere , over indulgence , or exhausting excitement . The most shattered constitution may derive benefit from Hollowa ) 's . Pills , which will regulate disordered action , brace the nerves , increase the energy of the intellectual faculties , and revive the failing memory . —[ ADVT . 1
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Bro . W . Downey ' s firm—W . and D . Downeyhave published new photographs—excellent likenesses—of Bro . Sir Charles Beresford , l . P . M . Saxe-Weimar Lodge , after his recent gallant exploits at Alexandria . The public , and especially the Masonic public , vvill be glad to place in their albums one of these photos of our distinguished brother , in his full naval costume . A friend of ours ,
serving on board the Condor with him , writes home to us , and speaks in the most affectionate terms of Lord Charles and of his daring pluck on the memorable 12 th July , Bro . Downey has been honoured with sittings from every member of our Royal Family and many of the European potentates . The / inn have taken more of our noble families than any other photographers . We should mention that
Bro . Lord Charles Beresford must not be confounded with Lord William Beresford , his brother , in the Army , and who won the Victoria Cross , and otherwise distinguished himself in Zululand and Afghanistan . Bro . James Cutbush , P . P . G . P . Herts , P . M . Gladsmuir , has been with his family staying at Eastbourne . Bro . the R . W . the Earl of Suffield , P . G . M .
Suflield , took a prize on Saturday at the Crystal Palace Fruit tihovv for black and white grapes , grown at his seat , Ganton Hall , Suffolk . Bro . ex-Sheriff Burt , P . G . D ., and Bro . Major T . Davies Sewell , P . G . S ., took part in the proceedings in connection with the North East Coast Exhibition ol Naval Architecture at Tynemouth . Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , a
member of the Court of the Shipwrights' Company , had intended also being present , but was engaged with the other Lords of the Admiralty in making their annual inspection . Bro . the . EaiT of Onslow has presented the Rev . G . F . Dalton , to the Rectory of West Clandon . Bro . Sir Edmund A . H . Lechmere , Bart ., M . P .,
addressed his constituents at Malvern Link , last week , Earl Beauchamp occupying the chair on the occasion . Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury and Bro . Dr . B . W . Richardson are on the Executive Committee of the Dalrymple Home for Inebriates , now being formed . In our last issue , we stated that the Prov . Grand Mark Lodge of Berks and Oxon would be opened at
Alaidenhead , on October 2 nd , at two o clock—it should have been 12 . 45 , and the Deputy Grand Master vvill install Bro . W . Alorris as VV . M . of the Jersey Lodge at twelve o ' clock , on the same day . Bro . R . Challoner , S . W ., v vas duly elected Worshipful Master of the Perfect Ashlar Lodge , No . 117 S . The installation will take place the first Thursday
in October , at the Bridge House Hotel , Southwark . Bro . the Duke of Manchester , Prov . G . M . Norths , and Hunts , and the Lady Alice Montagu , are paying a series of visits in Scotland . H . R . H . the Duke of Albany was to have opened the Royal School of Art Needlework in Glasgow on the oth inst ., but on account of the illness of His Royal
Highness , the formal opening has been postponed till October , when it is hoped that the Duke vvill be able to visit Glasgow . Bro . the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres , Prov . G . M . West Aberdeenshire , and the Countess of Crawford and Balcarres , last week entertained the Prince and Princess Teano and a large party of guests at Haig Hall ,
near Wigan . Bro . the Lord Mayor of London , G . J . Warden , and Sheriff Sir VV . A . Ogg , were guests of the Alaster Cutler of Sheffield , on the occasion of the Cutlers' Feast , on Thursday evening week . Brj . the Duke of Abercorn , Grand Master of Ireland , and the Duchess of Abercorn , are paying a short
visit to Tunbridge Wells . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Master of England , and his Countess are staying at Greystoke Park , Cumberland , for which they left Highclere Castle on Friday last . On Friday last , Bro . Earl Percy , M . P ., Prov .
Grand Alaster of Northumberland , on the occasion of his opening a bazaar at Berwick-on-Tweed , in aid of the Coffee Tavern , movement , very sensibly remarked that , in order to ensure success , they must be able to compete with the ordinary tavern and that their establishments must be brighter , more comfortable and attractive , and more economical .
Among the company present at the Merionethshire Agricultural Show , held at T ' owyn , on Wednesday last , were Bros . Viscount Combermere and Lord Harlech , Prov . Grand Master North Connaught . Lord Harlech took the prize for the best black bull bred in North Wales . The interest in the proceedings of Wednesday , the 6 th inst ., in connection with the Preston Guild , was
evidenced by the presence of over 170 , 000 people , it being the day fixed for the most important processions , those of the textile industries and the amalgamated trades . The former took p lace at nine and the latter at two o ' clock , and both were witnessed by the Duke of Cambridge , the Earl of Sefton , and Bro . the Earl of Lathom . In the afternoon the Countess of Lathom distributed the prizes at the Preston
Floral and Horticultural Society ' s show , immediately after which there vvas a miscellaneous concert at the new hall in the Corn Exchange . 'The town was illuminated in the evening . On Thursday took place the procession of the various Roman Catholic Guilds , each Guild wearing a distinctive uniform , and the number taking part in it being some Gooo . On Friday , the Friendly Societies had their
field day . On Saturday , the Guild was formally closed and adjourned till the year 1902 , the closing event being a grand torchlight procession in the evening , which was witnessed by thousands of people . It goes without saying that a cordial vote of thanks was passed to the Guild Mayor , Mr . Addison , Q . C ., who is recorder of Preston , for his kindness and hospitality throughout .
DOCTORS' PRESCRIPTIONS . —The advance of medical science has necessitated great variations in most modern prescriptions . Some remedies , notably those for the various phases of skin disease , are prescribed as they were a quarter of a century ago , the favourite remedy being still SAPO CARBONIS DETERGENS , WRIGHT'S . These words should appear on every tablet and wrapper of Wright ' s Coal Tar Soap purchased or prescribed .
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Bro . the Earl of Zetland will visit . India during the winter . Bro . the Lord Mayor opened the September sessions of the Central Criminal Court at the Old Bailey on Monday . There were also present Bros . Alderman Sir Chas . VVhetham , Alderman and Sheriff elect De Keyser , the Common Serjeant , Sir Thos . Charley , and Alderman and Sheriff Sir Reginald Hanson , this being his last time of office at the Court as Sheriff .
Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . Grand Alaster Hants and Isle of Wi ght , presided at the meeting at Basingstoke ol the Royal Counties Agricultural Society on VVednesday last , when it was decided to accept the invitation of Winchester to hold next year's meeting in that venerable city . The Prince and Princess of Wales , with their
family , reached London on Wednesday . On their journey homewards , they visited the Grand Duke of Hesse at Darmstadt . At Flushing they embarked on board the Royal yacht , Osborne , and having landed at the newly-established Port Victoria , travelled by the Hundred of Hoo Railway , which on Saturday was opened to the public , by special train to Charing Cross .
A meeting of the Mansion House Committee of the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the impending famine io Iceland was held in the Long Parlour of the Mansion House , on Monday , tiro , the Lord Mayor , Grand Junior Warden presided , and the Danish Minister was present . The fund is stated to have reached X ' 2200 , towards which H . R . H . the Princess
of Wales has subscribed , £ 25 . A vote of thanks to Her Royal Highness was passed unanimously . Measures having been arranged for the purchase and distribution of provisions and forage among the suffering Icelanders , the Committee adjourned , after voting the customary compliment to the Lord Alayor for presiding .
On their way to join the Queen at Balmoral , the Duke and Duchess of Albany were , for two days , the guests of Air . VV . Wemyss , at Wemyss Castle , Dysart , Fifeshire . Now that their Royal Highnesses have reached the Queen's Highland residence , we trust our Royal brother ' s health will be completely restored .
Within the last fortnight , the Devon and Somerset Staghounds , under their master , Bro . Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., P . G . M . Devon , have had a splendid run . The meet vvas in Yard Down , when the field mustered some two hundred , and two stags having been found , the party separated , and both animals were killed—one near Umberleigh House .
Bro . the Duke of Buccleuch opened the new works for the water supply of Hawick , on Friday week . A procession vvas formed of the trades , Freemasons , & e , which marched to the music of four instrumental bands with pipers to the new reservoir , about three miles distant . On arriving at the waterworks the Duke of Buccleuch was presented with an address from the Corporation of Hawick , and after turning on the water supply , made a few remarks suitable to the occasion .
Mr . Taylor , of Berners-street , London , has just completed a richly-painted window , which has been presented to the church , at Omagh , county Tyrone , in memory of Bro . Francis John West , M . D ., by the brethren of Lodge 332 . The appropriate subject of "The Good Samaritan " occupies the centre of the window , and above and below it are the Masonic emblems with rich surroundings on a golden background .
Bro . J . Terry , P . P . G . J . W . Herts , will preside at the Hyde Park Lodge of Instruction , held at The Westbourne , Craven-road , Paddington , W ., on the iSth inst ., when the ceremony of Consecration and Installation will be rehearsed . Lodge will be opened at 7 p . m . Lanhydrock House , the seat of Bro . Lord Robartes , is rapidly approaching completion . The old
building , it will be remembered , vvas nearly destroyed by fire last April twelvemonths , and the restoration now proceeding is entirely on the lines of the ancient mansion . Every precaution which skill and science can devise is introduced into the new edifice to guard against destruction b y fire . It is expected- the mansion will be completed in about a year .
The directors of the Bank of England , after a prolonged sitting on Thursday , advanced the minimum rate of discount from 4 per cent ., at which it was fixed on August 17 th , to 5 per cent . Bro . Thomas Jones , was , on Saturday last , installed W . M . of the Lodge of Loyalty , No . 1607 , at the London Tavern , Fenchurch-street .
At the National Hospital for diseases olthe Heart and Paralysis , Soho-square , the number of patients under treatment for the week ending Sept . 9 th was 99 6 . The council of the Parke ' s Museum have just acquired new premises in Margaret-street , Cavendishsquare , to which the museum is to be removed from University College , as soon as the alterations and additions
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