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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
BRO . SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH , Bart ., M . P ., and Lady Lucy and Miss Hicks-Beach have concluded their visit to Sir Francis and Lady Jeune and arrived at Netheravon , near Salisbury . THE LONDON J OINT STOCK BANK ( LIMITED ) , have opened a new branch which will be known as " The Wood-street Branch , " the premises temporarily occupied being at io , Gresham-street , E . C .
MRS . HUMPHREY WARD delivered the inaugural lecture at the Passmore Edwards settlement , Tavistock-place , St . Pancras , on Sunday evening last , the subject she selected being " Social Ideals . " THE REPORT as to the dangerous illness of Bro . Cecil Rhodes turns out to be unfounded . Bro . Rhodes has been ill , but Dr . Jameson reports that he has now completely recovered .
THE DUCHESS OF ALBANY and her children , who with her sister the Princess Elizabeth of Waldeck-Pyrmont , have been staying at Birkhall , Ballater , return to Claremont , Esher , before the end of the present week . THE DUKE OV ROXBURGH , Captain Gordon Wilson , Colonel Saunderson , M . P ., Mr . Joseph Pease , M . P ., and Mr . H . M . Stanley , M . P ., sailed for South Africa on Saturday last on board the Royal Mail Steamer Norman .
A RUMOUR has been in circulation to the effect that Bro . Lord Ludlow—more familiarly known as Lord Justice Lopez—is about to vacate his seat in the Appeal Court ; but we understand there is no truth whatever in the report . THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF RUSSIA visited Wisebaden on Sunday morning last and attended divine service at the Russian Chapel . Their Majesties returned to Darmstadt after lunching with the Grand Duchess Alexandra Josephovna .
THK IST ROYAL DRAGOONS , which are quartered just now at Hounslow , have been ordered to furnish the escort for the incoming Lord Mayor—Bro , Alderman Davies , M . P . —on his way to the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday , the gth prox . " THE BERKSHIRE . Masonic Register and Calendar for 1 S 9 S , " published by Bro . G . J . Ccsburn , of Newbury , will , we hear , be embellished by a portrait of the popular Grand Secretary for that province , Bro . J . W . Martin , of Reading , P . A . G . D . of C . England .
MAJOR TERNAN , the British Commissioner in Uganda , after defeating M'Wanga ' s army at Budu on the 20 th July , pursued the enemy , and coming up with them at Morongoon the 2 . 4 th ot the same month , again put them to the rout , and finally dispatched them .
HERR STENTZEL , chief editor of the Hamburger Echo , was tiied at Hamburg on Monday for libelling the King of the Belgians , and sentenced to eight months' imprisonment , The charge directed against the King was that of favouring gaming saloons for his own profit . HARVEST FESTIVAL at St . Paul ' s Cathedral on Monday evening was attended by an enormous congregation , but owing to the vastness of the building there was no attempt at floral display , there being only two small sheaves of wheat and the usual Mowers on the altar .
A COMMERCIAL reading room has been arranged at the Imperial . Institute for the free use of the general public . It is supplied with the principal British Commercial and Technical publications , and also with a number of similar prominent Indian , Colonial , and Foreign periodicals . THE EARL OF ROSF . RERY was presented with the Freedom of the Royal burgh of Stilling on Saturday last . The ceremony took place at the Town Hall under the presidency of Provost Kinross after his lordship had inspected the Wallace monument and several buildings of historic interest .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES witnessed a performance of " Francillon " at the Duke of York's Theatre on Saturday evening last . On Monday morning his Royal Highness left Marlborough House for Newmarket in order to join the Duke of Cambridge ' s shooting party at Six Mile Bridge . PRINCESS CHRISTIAN OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN ; is taking an active interest in the organisation of a Grand Bazaar , which will be held at the Albert Institute , Windsor , next month , in aid of the building fund , under the patronage of the Queen , T . R . H . the Prince and Princess of Wales , and other members of the Royal Famify .
THE FIRST of the 42 nd series of concerts at the Crystal Palace was held at the Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon last , under the direction of the veteran Herr August Manns , and , to judge from the success achieved on this occasion , there is every promise that the new series then begun will prove an attraction . MR . BI . ACKBURNE , the great chess player , who had but just returned from the International Chess Tournament at Berlin , gave an exhibition of his rare skill as a blindfold player at the City of London Chess Club on Saturday evening last , when he played simultaneously eight games without sight of board or men . The play lasted about five hours , and at the end Mr . Blackburne had won five and drew the rem lining three .
A THIRD instalment of the reproductions of the most interesting autographs in the British Museum has just been published by order of the Trustees . It comprises 30 plates , and raises the number published to 90 , Among those whose autographs are reproduced in facsimile are Edward IV ., Henry VII . and his Queen Elizabeth of York , Henry VIII . and his first wife Katherine of Aragon , Lady Jane Grey as Queen , Sir Walter Raleigh , and Archbishop Laud ,
THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON , having satisfied himself that the case is one of the most urgent need , has opened a Mansion House Fund for the relief of the sufferers through thc present epidemic of typhoid fever at Maidstone . Donations are invited to be sent to the Secretary , Mansion House , or to the bankers Mess s . Glyn , Mills , and Co ., Lombard-street . In the meantime , it is satisfactory to know that the lacal Relief Fu nd , according to the reports made early in the week , amounted to fully £ Ci joo .
THE CIIY of Brussels held a grand reception on Saturday evening last in honour of the members of the workmen's societies and syndicates , and the band of the ist Northumberland Volunteer Artillery , which had been specially invited to be present on the occasion , played a full programme of music , which was most enthusiastically applauded . At the close of the performance , the conductor was presented with a medal , bearing the inscription— " Souvenir of the City of Brussels to the English Military Hand . "
THE BRETHREN of Victoria have erected two cottages in the grounds of the Charitable Institution of South Yarra , as a memorial to their late Grand Master , Bro . Sir William Clarke . The cottages were formally presented to Lady Clarke by Bro . 1-ord Brassey , the Grand Master , many other distinguished Masons taking part in the ceremony . An address was tendered to Lady Clarke , setting forth that the cottages were erected by the Masons of Victoria as a lasting memo rial of the love , respect , and esteem in which the late Bro . Sir William Clarke was held by them .
BRO . COSBURN ' S "Illustrated Directory for Newbury and One Hundred other Places in South Berks , North Hants , & c , for iSyS , " which will be the 25 th year of its issue , will contain , as a frontispiece , a life-like cabinet photograph of Bro . C . E . Kejser , M . A ., F . S . A ., J . P ., P . G . D . England , together with a view of his charming residence , Aldermaston Court , near Reading . The portrait will be accompanied by a biographical sketch of Bro . Keyser , who is not only a liberal and enthusiastic Mason , but also an accomplished antiquarian , as well as an active country squire .
THE REMAINS of the late Sir John Gilbert , R . A ., were interred in Lewisham Cemetery on Saturday last . The service was performed by the Rev . F . G . Hamilton , and among those present in addition to the relatives of the deceased were Mr . F . Poynter , representing the President of the Academy , Mr . Sant , R . A ., Mr . Alfred Gilbert , R . A ., Mr . A . G . Temple , the Director ot the Guildhall Art Gallery , who attended on behalf of the Corporation of London , to whose exhibitions the deceased had presented a number of paintings and drawings , the President of the Royal Society of British Artists , very many members of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours , of which Sir John Gilbert was President , and Mr . John Lea of the Walker Gallery , Liverpool .
Masonic And General Tidings.
A GRAND CONCERT will be held in the Guildhall , Plymouth , on Wednesday , the 17 th November , in aid of the Devon Masonic Educational Fund . It will be given under the distinguished patronage of the Prov . Grand Master ( Bro . the Hon . Sir H . Stafford Northcote , Bart ., M . P . ) , and the Prov . Grand Officers and Worshipful Masters and officers of the lodges in the province . A dispensation has been granted for the brethren
to appear in Masonic Craft clothing , and the Royal Naval String Band will , by permission , attend , and give their services . Tickets—reserved , 3 s . ; unreserved , 25 . j arcade ? , is . —may be had from Messrs . Turner and Phillips , and from the Worshipful Masters and officers of all the lodges in the Three Towns . The artistes will include Mrs . Penn , Mrs . Oxburgh , Bros . C . F . Hocking and R . E . White , R . N ., and the St . Andrew's Quartette .
BRO . ALDERMAN SIR J . WHITTAKER ELLIS , Bart ., has been appointed the consulting surveyor to the London and South-Western Railway Company . THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS of the Khedive of Egypt have decided that the Wady-Halfa Railway shall be extended from Abu Hamed to Berber at an estimated cost of £ 300 , 000 . The construction of the line will be commenced forthwith . A MEETING WAS held at the Mansion House on Monday in support of the British and American Mission Homes and Christian Associations in Paris . The Lord Mayor presided and apologies for non-attendance were received from Princess Christian , Lady Jeune , and Lady Battersea .
THE LATF . MR . W . T . BEST . —The musical library of the late Mr . W . T . Best , the organist , will be offered for sale by auction at Liverpool , on the 3 rd prox . Many of the works have been specially arranged by Mr . Best , in manuscript , for the organ , and there are also some original compositions .
THE CLAPTON CHAPTER OF IMPROVEMENT resumed its labours , under the Preceptorship of Comp . G . VV . Knight , P . Z ., & c , at the Amherst Club House , on Wednesday , the 13 th inst ., and the meetings will be continued weekly , every Wednesday evening , at S p . m ., till the end of May , 1 S 98 . THE MAROUIS OF SALISBURY came to town from Hatfield on Wednesday , and in the afternoon was visited , at the Foreign Ofiice , by Mr . Chamberlain , who had a long consultation with his lordship . Lord Salisbury also received the Italian , Turkish , Russian , Spanish , and German Ambassadors .
PRINCE CHRISTIAN , who has been on a visit to Balmoral since his return from the celebration of King Oscar's jubilee , will arrive in town on Sa ' urday morning . Princess Christian , accompanied by Princess Victoria and suite , witnessed the performance of " The Liars " at the Criterion Theatre on Wednesday evening . A MASONIC CHURCH SERVICE will be held in St . Andrew ' s Church , Holborn Viaduct , on Sunday afternoon , the 31 st inst ., at 3 . 30 p . m ., conducted by Bro . the Ven . Archdeacon Sinclair ; the collection will be devoted to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , Bro . lames Terry , the Secretary , acting as Director of Ceremonies .
FINSBURY PARK LODGE OF INSTRUCTION . —Biethren are invited to attend this lodge of instruction on Saturday , the 30 th inst ., at S o'clock , at the Station Hotel , Highbury , when the ceremonies will be carried out with full musical accompaniment under the direction of Bros . Hill , P . M ., Preceptor , and Pocklir . gton , P . M ., Musical Director . BRO . F . ] . THAYRE , who was for many years at the Savoy Hotel , has lately acquired the Ship Hotel , Halliford-on-Thames , Shepperton . We have paid a visit to the hotel , which is everything that could be desired for Masonic and other gatherings . Bro . Thayre is well known to us , and we wish him every success in his new undertaking .
BRO . THE MARQUIS AND MARCHIONESS of ZETLAND have returned from Aske Hall , Richmond , Yorks , from Kinrara , Inverness-shire . His lordship and his son , Lord Ronaldshay , have had capital sport on the Kinrara Moors and in the Glenmore Deer Forest , both shootings being rented on lease from the Duke of Richmond during the last two months .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALKS will , on Monday next , the iSth inst ., become the guest of the Earl and Countess of Albemarle at Quidenham , Norfolk , among the guests invited to meet his Royal Highness being the Portuguese and Brazilian Minister , Viscount Coke , Bro . Earl Egerton of Tatton , Lord Valletort , Lord de Ramsey , Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest , and the Hon . George Keppel .
ALREADY A SUM of £ 661 , 000 has been raised during the current year in Mansion House Funds for the relief of distress and charitable objects generally . Of this the Indian Famine Relief Fund absorbed £ 550 , 000 ; the Hospital Sunday Fund . £ 40 , 000 ; the Piincess of Wales' Jubilee Fund , £ 30 , 000 ; the Relief of Agricultural Distress in Essex , £ 30 , 000 ; the Lady Mayoress's Branch of the Prince of Wales ' s Hospital Fund £ io , coo , and the Montserrat Relief Fund , £ 1503 .
IN RECOGNITION ot the services rendered to the civic pirty on the occasion of their visit to Belgium , Bro . Sir Robert Hargreaves Rogers , who , in his cipicity of Sheriff of London , accompanied the Lord Mayor of London to Brussels , gave a complimentary banquet to Mr . Louis Felbermann at the Tr . icadero Restaurant on Wednesday last . Amongst those present were Alderman Sir James Ritchie , Emin Effendi , Imperial Otloman Consul-Genera ! ;' CoI . Ronald Taylor , Dr . Krasznay , Mr . Charles Perkins , Mr . T . Kaufmann , and many others .
THE DUKE OF YORK , having been asked to accept the office of Patron of the Boys' Brigade , has caused the following reply to be sent to Mr . J . Carfrae Alston , the Brigade President , at the head-quarters in Glasgow : "York House , St . James ' s Palace , S . W ., Oct . 11 , 1 S 97 . —Sir—In reply to your letter of Oct . 6 , I am desired by H . R . H . thc Duke of York to inform you that it will afford his Royal Highness great pleasure to accede to the request of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts and yourself to become Patron of the Boys' Brigade , which he wishes a long career of prosperity and usefulness . —Faithfully yours , F . de Winton , Major-General , Comptroller . "
BRO . EDWIN M . LOTT , Mus . Doc , F . R . C . O ., entertained at dinner on Monday last , at the Holborn Restaurant , a party of friends on the occasion of the completion of an organ for use in the lodge room , which has been designed and erected under the direction of Bro . Dr . Lott . Electricity is the motive power which inflates the bellows , the old system of reservoirs being done away with and the bellows filled and maintained in blowing order automatically . Bro . Lott gave great pleasure to the party by playing the following organ solos : " Improvisation ; " " Adante from Quartette " ( Mozart ); " March of the Israelites " ( Costa ); "Spring song" ( Mendelssohn ); " Placido i il
mar" ( Mozart ) j and "Gavotte ' ( Bach ) . Mr . T . W . Iurner sang "Mvhopeisin the everlasting" ( Stainer ) , and Bro . Stanley Smith " King Henry the VIII . ' s song " ( Sullivan ) . Among those present were Bros . E . Letchworth , G . Sec . ; Captain N . G . Philips , I . Lewis Thoma ' s , W . Thomas , Stanley Smith , H . J . Lardner , George Kenning , Henry Evill , N . P . Lardner , and Loxton Hunter ; Edwin Ashdown , Esq . ; W . Negus , Esq . ; D . Norman , Esq . ; W . O . Welsford , Esq . ; E . Branscombe , Esq . ; W . Witt , Esq . ; T . VV . Turner , Esq . ; and Dr . W . A . Philpott , Esq . Bro . Dr . W . H . Kempster was unable to be present .
THE RIGHT HON . LORD ESHF . R , Master of the Rolls , has tendered his resignation to the Queen , through the Marquis of Salisbury . Up to Wednesday evening the resignation had not been officially accepted . Lord Esher , who recently celebrated his 82 nd birthday , having been born in Kent , on August 13 , 1 S 15 , is the oldest judge on the Bench . Called to the Bar at Lincoln ' s Inn over 51 years ago , he has held judicial ofiice for 2 < j years , having been appointed a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in August , ibfjS . In November , 1 S 75 , he was made Lord Justice of Appeal , and in April ,
1883 , he was raised to his present position as Master of the Rolls , on the recommendation ot Mr . Gladstone , in succession to the late Sir George Jessel . Notwithstanding his advancing years , the Master of the Rolls , who seemed to take great personal interest in his work in the Court of Appeal , retained wonderful legal acumen , keen sense of humour , and rare power of reading into abstruse enactments that common-sense by which alone they can be satisfactorily in ' erpreted . His retirement has been anticipated for some time . At a recent civic banquet Lord Esher said that it might be the last
occasion of the kind upon which he would appear in his official capacity , and this was regarded as an intimation that his lordship ' s retirement from the Bench was not remote . EVERY MASON should read " Yolo , or the Will , " what it is , how to strengthen , and how to use it . By Arthur Lovell , author of " Ars Vivendi . " Crown 8 vo ., cloth , 3 s . Od . net ; by post , 3 s . gd . 41 any curious and interesting facts are given about ancient and modern initiations . Catalogue post free . Nichols and Co ., Publishers , zji Oxford-street , W . —f ADVT . j
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
BRO . SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH , Bart ., M . P ., and Lady Lucy and Miss Hicks-Beach have concluded their visit to Sir Francis and Lady Jeune and arrived at Netheravon , near Salisbury . THE LONDON J OINT STOCK BANK ( LIMITED ) , have opened a new branch which will be known as " The Wood-street Branch , " the premises temporarily occupied being at io , Gresham-street , E . C .
MRS . HUMPHREY WARD delivered the inaugural lecture at the Passmore Edwards settlement , Tavistock-place , St . Pancras , on Sunday evening last , the subject she selected being " Social Ideals . " THE REPORT as to the dangerous illness of Bro . Cecil Rhodes turns out to be unfounded . Bro . Rhodes has been ill , but Dr . Jameson reports that he has now completely recovered .
THE DUCHESS OF ALBANY and her children , who with her sister the Princess Elizabeth of Waldeck-Pyrmont , have been staying at Birkhall , Ballater , return to Claremont , Esher , before the end of the present week . THE DUKE OV ROXBURGH , Captain Gordon Wilson , Colonel Saunderson , M . P ., Mr . Joseph Pease , M . P ., and Mr . H . M . Stanley , M . P ., sailed for South Africa on Saturday last on board the Royal Mail Steamer Norman .
A RUMOUR has been in circulation to the effect that Bro . Lord Ludlow—more familiarly known as Lord Justice Lopez—is about to vacate his seat in the Appeal Court ; but we understand there is no truth whatever in the report . THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF RUSSIA visited Wisebaden on Sunday morning last and attended divine service at the Russian Chapel . Their Majesties returned to Darmstadt after lunching with the Grand Duchess Alexandra Josephovna .
THK IST ROYAL DRAGOONS , which are quartered just now at Hounslow , have been ordered to furnish the escort for the incoming Lord Mayor—Bro , Alderman Davies , M . P . —on his way to the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday , the gth prox . " THE BERKSHIRE . Masonic Register and Calendar for 1 S 9 S , " published by Bro . G . J . Ccsburn , of Newbury , will , we hear , be embellished by a portrait of the popular Grand Secretary for that province , Bro . J . W . Martin , of Reading , P . A . G . D . of C . England .
MAJOR TERNAN , the British Commissioner in Uganda , after defeating M'Wanga ' s army at Budu on the 20 th July , pursued the enemy , and coming up with them at Morongoon the 2 . 4 th ot the same month , again put them to the rout , and finally dispatched them .
HERR STENTZEL , chief editor of the Hamburger Echo , was tiied at Hamburg on Monday for libelling the King of the Belgians , and sentenced to eight months' imprisonment , The charge directed against the King was that of favouring gaming saloons for his own profit . HARVEST FESTIVAL at St . Paul ' s Cathedral on Monday evening was attended by an enormous congregation , but owing to the vastness of the building there was no attempt at floral display , there being only two small sheaves of wheat and the usual Mowers on the altar .
A COMMERCIAL reading room has been arranged at the Imperial . Institute for the free use of the general public . It is supplied with the principal British Commercial and Technical publications , and also with a number of similar prominent Indian , Colonial , and Foreign periodicals . THE EARL OF ROSF . RERY was presented with the Freedom of the Royal burgh of Stilling on Saturday last . The ceremony took place at the Town Hall under the presidency of Provost Kinross after his lordship had inspected the Wallace monument and several buildings of historic interest .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES witnessed a performance of " Francillon " at the Duke of York's Theatre on Saturday evening last . On Monday morning his Royal Highness left Marlborough House for Newmarket in order to join the Duke of Cambridge ' s shooting party at Six Mile Bridge . PRINCESS CHRISTIAN OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN ; is taking an active interest in the organisation of a Grand Bazaar , which will be held at the Albert Institute , Windsor , next month , in aid of the building fund , under the patronage of the Queen , T . R . H . the Prince and Princess of Wales , and other members of the Royal Famify .
THE FIRST of the 42 nd series of concerts at the Crystal Palace was held at the Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon last , under the direction of the veteran Herr August Manns , and , to judge from the success achieved on this occasion , there is every promise that the new series then begun will prove an attraction . MR . BI . ACKBURNE , the great chess player , who had but just returned from the International Chess Tournament at Berlin , gave an exhibition of his rare skill as a blindfold player at the City of London Chess Club on Saturday evening last , when he played simultaneously eight games without sight of board or men . The play lasted about five hours , and at the end Mr . Blackburne had won five and drew the rem lining three .
A THIRD instalment of the reproductions of the most interesting autographs in the British Museum has just been published by order of the Trustees . It comprises 30 plates , and raises the number published to 90 , Among those whose autographs are reproduced in facsimile are Edward IV ., Henry VII . and his Queen Elizabeth of York , Henry VIII . and his first wife Katherine of Aragon , Lady Jane Grey as Queen , Sir Walter Raleigh , and Archbishop Laud ,
THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON , having satisfied himself that the case is one of the most urgent need , has opened a Mansion House Fund for the relief of the sufferers through thc present epidemic of typhoid fever at Maidstone . Donations are invited to be sent to the Secretary , Mansion House , or to the bankers Mess s . Glyn , Mills , and Co ., Lombard-street . In the meantime , it is satisfactory to know that the lacal Relief Fu nd , according to the reports made early in the week , amounted to fully £ Ci joo .
THE CIIY of Brussels held a grand reception on Saturday evening last in honour of the members of the workmen's societies and syndicates , and the band of the ist Northumberland Volunteer Artillery , which had been specially invited to be present on the occasion , played a full programme of music , which was most enthusiastically applauded . At the close of the performance , the conductor was presented with a medal , bearing the inscription— " Souvenir of the City of Brussels to the English Military Hand . "
THE BRETHREN of Victoria have erected two cottages in the grounds of the Charitable Institution of South Yarra , as a memorial to their late Grand Master , Bro . Sir William Clarke . The cottages were formally presented to Lady Clarke by Bro . 1-ord Brassey , the Grand Master , many other distinguished Masons taking part in the ceremony . An address was tendered to Lady Clarke , setting forth that the cottages were erected by the Masons of Victoria as a lasting memo rial of the love , respect , and esteem in which the late Bro . Sir William Clarke was held by them .
BRO . COSBURN ' S "Illustrated Directory for Newbury and One Hundred other Places in South Berks , North Hants , & c , for iSyS , " which will be the 25 th year of its issue , will contain , as a frontispiece , a life-like cabinet photograph of Bro . C . E . Kejser , M . A ., F . S . A ., J . P ., P . G . D . England , together with a view of his charming residence , Aldermaston Court , near Reading . The portrait will be accompanied by a biographical sketch of Bro . Keyser , who is not only a liberal and enthusiastic Mason , but also an accomplished antiquarian , as well as an active country squire .
THE REMAINS of the late Sir John Gilbert , R . A ., were interred in Lewisham Cemetery on Saturday last . The service was performed by the Rev . F . G . Hamilton , and among those present in addition to the relatives of the deceased were Mr . F . Poynter , representing the President of the Academy , Mr . Sant , R . A ., Mr . Alfred Gilbert , R . A ., Mr . A . G . Temple , the Director ot the Guildhall Art Gallery , who attended on behalf of the Corporation of London , to whose exhibitions the deceased had presented a number of paintings and drawings , the President of the Royal Society of British Artists , very many members of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours , of which Sir John Gilbert was President , and Mr . John Lea of the Walker Gallery , Liverpool .
Masonic And General Tidings.
A GRAND CONCERT will be held in the Guildhall , Plymouth , on Wednesday , the 17 th November , in aid of the Devon Masonic Educational Fund . It will be given under the distinguished patronage of the Prov . Grand Master ( Bro . the Hon . Sir H . Stafford Northcote , Bart ., M . P . ) , and the Prov . Grand Officers and Worshipful Masters and officers of the lodges in the province . A dispensation has been granted for the brethren
to appear in Masonic Craft clothing , and the Royal Naval String Band will , by permission , attend , and give their services . Tickets—reserved , 3 s . ; unreserved , 25 . j arcade ? , is . —may be had from Messrs . Turner and Phillips , and from the Worshipful Masters and officers of all the lodges in the Three Towns . The artistes will include Mrs . Penn , Mrs . Oxburgh , Bros . C . F . Hocking and R . E . White , R . N ., and the St . Andrew's Quartette .
BRO . ALDERMAN SIR J . WHITTAKER ELLIS , Bart ., has been appointed the consulting surveyor to the London and South-Western Railway Company . THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS of the Khedive of Egypt have decided that the Wady-Halfa Railway shall be extended from Abu Hamed to Berber at an estimated cost of £ 300 , 000 . The construction of the line will be commenced forthwith . A MEETING WAS held at the Mansion House on Monday in support of the British and American Mission Homes and Christian Associations in Paris . The Lord Mayor presided and apologies for non-attendance were received from Princess Christian , Lady Jeune , and Lady Battersea .
THE LATF . MR . W . T . BEST . —The musical library of the late Mr . W . T . Best , the organist , will be offered for sale by auction at Liverpool , on the 3 rd prox . Many of the works have been specially arranged by Mr . Best , in manuscript , for the organ , and there are also some original compositions .
THE CLAPTON CHAPTER OF IMPROVEMENT resumed its labours , under the Preceptorship of Comp . G . VV . Knight , P . Z ., & c , at the Amherst Club House , on Wednesday , the 13 th inst ., and the meetings will be continued weekly , every Wednesday evening , at S p . m ., till the end of May , 1 S 98 . THE MAROUIS OF SALISBURY came to town from Hatfield on Wednesday , and in the afternoon was visited , at the Foreign Ofiice , by Mr . Chamberlain , who had a long consultation with his lordship . Lord Salisbury also received the Italian , Turkish , Russian , Spanish , and German Ambassadors .
PRINCE CHRISTIAN , who has been on a visit to Balmoral since his return from the celebration of King Oscar's jubilee , will arrive in town on Sa ' urday morning . Princess Christian , accompanied by Princess Victoria and suite , witnessed the performance of " The Liars " at the Criterion Theatre on Wednesday evening . A MASONIC CHURCH SERVICE will be held in St . Andrew ' s Church , Holborn Viaduct , on Sunday afternoon , the 31 st inst ., at 3 . 30 p . m ., conducted by Bro . the Ven . Archdeacon Sinclair ; the collection will be devoted to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , Bro . lames Terry , the Secretary , acting as Director of Ceremonies .
FINSBURY PARK LODGE OF INSTRUCTION . —Biethren are invited to attend this lodge of instruction on Saturday , the 30 th inst ., at S o'clock , at the Station Hotel , Highbury , when the ceremonies will be carried out with full musical accompaniment under the direction of Bros . Hill , P . M ., Preceptor , and Pocklir . gton , P . M ., Musical Director . BRO . F . ] . THAYRE , who was for many years at the Savoy Hotel , has lately acquired the Ship Hotel , Halliford-on-Thames , Shepperton . We have paid a visit to the hotel , which is everything that could be desired for Masonic and other gatherings . Bro . Thayre is well known to us , and we wish him every success in his new undertaking .
BRO . THE MARQUIS AND MARCHIONESS of ZETLAND have returned from Aske Hall , Richmond , Yorks , from Kinrara , Inverness-shire . His lordship and his son , Lord Ronaldshay , have had capital sport on the Kinrara Moors and in the Glenmore Deer Forest , both shootings being rented on lease from the Duke of Richmond during the last two months .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALKS will , on Monday next , the iSth inst ., become the guest of the Earl and Countess of Albemarle at Quidenham , Norfolk , among the guests invited to meet his Royal Highness being the Portuguese and Brazilian Minister , Viscount Coke , Bro . Earl Egerton of Tatton , Lord Valletort , Lord de Ramsey , Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest , and the Hon . George Keppel .
ALREADY A SUM of £ 661 , 000 has been raised during the current year in Mansion House Funds for the relief of distress and charitable objects generally . Of this the Indian Famine Relief Fund absorbed £ 550 , 000 ; the Hospital Sunday Fund . £ 40 , 000 ; the Piincess of Wales' Jubilee Fund , £ 30 , 000 ; the Relief of Agricultural Distress in Essex , £ 30 , 000 ; the Lady Mayoress's Branch of the Prince of Wales ' s Hospital Fund £ io , coo , and the Montserrat Relief Fund , £ 1503 .
IN RECOGNITION ot the services rendered to the civic pirty on the occasion of their visit to Belgium , Bro . Sir Robert Hargreaves Rogers , who , in his cipicity of Sheriff of London , accompanied the Lord Mayor of London to Brussels , gave a complimentary banquet to Mr . Louis Felbermann at the Tr . icadero Restaurant on Wednesday last . Amongst those present were Alderman Sir James Ritchie , Emin Effendi , Imperial Otloman Consul-Genera ! ;' CoI . Ronald Taylor , Dr . Krasznay , Mr . Charles Perkins , Mr . T . Kaufmann , and many others .
THE DUKE OF YORK , having been asked to accept the office of Patron of the Boys' Brigade , has caused the following reply to be sent to Mr . J . Carfrae Alston , the Brigade President , at the head-quarters in Glasgow : "York House , St . James ' s Palace , S . W ., Oct . 11 , 1 S 97 . —Sir—In reply to your letter of Oct . 6 , I am desired by H . R . H . thc Duke of York to inform you that it will afford his Royal Highness great pleasure to accede to the request of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts and yourself to become Patron of the Boys' Brigade , which he wishes a long career of prosperity and usefulness . —Faithfully yours , F . de Winton , Major-General , Comptroller . "
BRO . EDWIN M . LOTT , Mus . Doc , F . R . C . O ., entertained at dinner on Monday last , at the Holborn Restaurant , a party of friends on the occasion of the completion of an organ for use in the lodge room , which has been designed and erected under the direction of Bro . Dr . Lott . Electricity is the motive power which inflates the bellows , the old system of reservoirs being done away with and the bellows filled and maintained in blowing order automatically . Bro . Lott gave great pleasure to the party by playing the following organ solos : " Improvisation ; " " Adante from Quartette " ( Mozart ); " March of the Israelites " ( Costa ); "Spring song" ( Mendelssohn ); " Placido i il
mar" ( Mozart ) j and "Gavotte ' ( Bach ) . Mr . T . W . Iurner sang "Mvhopeisin the everlasting" ( Stainer ) , and Bro . Stanley Smith " King Henry the VIII . ' s song " ( Sullivan ) . Among those present were Bros . E . Letchworth , G . Sec . ; Captain N . G . Philips , I . Lewis Thoma ' s , W . Thomas , Stanley Smith , H . J . Lardner , George Kenning , Henry Evill , N . P . Lardner , and Loxton Hunter ; Edwin Ashdown , Esq . ; W . Negus , Esq . ; D . Norman , Esq . ; W . O . Welsford , Esq . ; E . Branscombe , Esq . ; W . Witt , Esq . ; T . VV . Turner , Esq . ; and Dr . W . A . Philpott , Esq . Bro . Dr . W . H . Kempster was unable to be present .
THE RIGHT HON . LORD ESHF . R , Master of the Rolls , has tendered his resignation to the Queen , through the Marquis of Salisbury . Up to Wednesday evening the resignation had not been officially accepted . Lord Esher , who recently celebrated his 82 nd birthday , having been born in Kent , on August 13 , 1 S 15 , is the oldest judge on the Bench . Called to the Bar at Lincoln ' s Inn over 51 years ago , he has held judicial ofiice for 2 < j years , having been appointed a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in August , ibfjS . In November , 1 S 75 , he was made Lord Justice of Appeal , and in April ,
1883 , he was raised to his present position as Master of the Rolls , on the recommendation ot Mr . Gladstone , in succession to the late Sir George Jessel . Notwithstanding his advancing years , the Master of the Rolls , who seemed to take great personal interest in his work in the Court of Appeal , retained wonderful legal acumen , keen sense of humour , and rare power of reading into abstruse enactments that common-sense by which alone they can be satisfactorily in ' erpreted . His retirement has been anticipated for some time . At a recent civic banquet Lord Esher said that it might be the last
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