Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Amongst the Freemasons who attended the funeral of * the late Archbishop of Canterbury , at Addington , were Bros . Sir VVm . Charley , the Lord Alayor , Sheriff De Keyser , the Dukes of Albany and Connaught , the Marquis of Hamilton ( for the M . W . Grand Alaster ) , the Bishop of Peterborough , and the Hon . VV . Egerton , AI . P . The two Royal dukes were married by the deceased Archbishop .

H . R . H . the Prince of Wales visited the ruins of the fires at tbe Alhambra 'Theatre and Wood-street on Saturday , accompanied by Captain Shaw , and afterwards went to Charing Cress Hospital to see the injured fireman , Berg . Bro . H . A . Dubois has been appointed receiver of the estate of Air . G . J . Waller , grocer , Circular-road ,

Borough . Bro . VV . Harris , Superintendent S Division cf Police , was yesterday presented with a very handsome jewel by the brethren of the Domatic Lodge , 177 , as a mark of esteem , and in recognition of his valuable services as Alaster of the lodge during the past year . Bro . the Earl of Dalhousie , thc

Lord-in-Waiting , and Bro . Sir Albert Woods , Garter king-at-Arms , P . G . D ., were present officially at the recent investiture , at Windsor Castle , of the Orders of the Bath and St . Alichael and St . George . Bros . ex-Sheriff Burt and Deputy Brass supported Bro . the Lord Alayor at a meeting of the Clay Cross Colliery Aid Fund , at the Alansion House . Bro . Burt ' s

firm ( Alowlem and Co . ) have given twenty guineas to the fund . Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury appeals for donations towards the Destitute Children ' s Society during the approaching winter . Bros . Lord Balfour , of Denbigh , and Cochran Patrick , ALP ., are founders of the new Scottish National

Church Defence Society . Bros . Montague Guest , M . P ., Lord Carrington , G . S . W ., and Lord Kensington , ALP ., P . G . W ., ' were amongst the congregation atthe Chapel Royal , St . James ' s , on Sunday . The will of Bro . Fawcett , late P . G . M . Durham , has been proved at £ S 8 , ooo . He leaves his property to

nephews and nieces . Bro . the Lord Bishop of Peterborough has presented the Rev . H . L . Roberts to an Honorary Canonry in the Cathedral . Bro . the late John C . Cobbold ' s will has been proved by his son , thc member for Ipswich , at over £ 146 , 000 .

Bros . Capt . Youle , E . J . Barron , F . S . A ., Major Sewell , VV . H . Pannell , C . C ., Sir J . AL Garel Hogg , Aldermen Hanson , Fowler , Whitehead , and Sir Francis Truscott , the Remembrancer , the Comptroller , ex-Sheriff Burt , R . C . Halse , and G . AI . Felton , were among the guests at the Sheriff ' s inaugural banquet . Bro . G . M . Felton presided at the last meeting

of the Commissioners of Sewers , when the question of electric lighting was discussed , and a resolution moved by Bro . Stoneham was carried . H . RH . the Duke of Albany , K . G ., ' P . G . W ., went to Salisbury and presided at a meeting called to found Scholarships for the Koyal College of Music connected with Wiltshire . Bro . Sir J . VV . Ellis , G . J . W ., spoke on the

. Bro . Baron Dimsdale , Bro . T . F . Halsey , P . G . AL , Hertsi , Bro . Abel Smith , AI . P ., and Lieut .-Col . Wilkinson , were among the guests at the Herts Conservative Association banquet held at Hitchin . Bro . the Earl and Countess of Donoughmore have left London for Cannes to spend the winter there .

Bro . Dr . Richardson , president of the Slaughterhouse Reform Society , del ' vered an address at a meeting held at the office of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals , Jermyn-street , on Saturday last , on the method of killing and dressing animals intended for human food . It was resolved that as £ 1000 has been subcribed to at once est iblish a m > del abattoir .

Bro . Sir George Elliott , Bart ., M . P ., P . P . G . M . South Wales , is staying at Brighton for a short time . Bro . Lord Fitzgerald has subscribed to the Dublin testimonial to Bro . Lord Wolseley . Bros . Wilbraham Egerton , M . P ., and G . J . Palmer , have each given £ 10 , and Bro the very Reverend the Dean of York , P . G . Chap ., ^ 5 , to the Dr . Pusey

Memorial Fund . Bro . B . Samuelson , M . P ., distributed the prizes "ained by the successful candidates at the science and art classes at Oxford on Friday last . Bro . Dr . B . W . Richardson , late member of the London School Board , has decided to contest the borough of Finsbury at the next general election for members of

Parliament . Bro . Dr . Richardson will stand as an advanced politician , and , of course , a teetotaler . On Tuesday the embassy from the Queen of Madagascar , the members of which are blessed with names which may be justly described as sesquipedal , was presented to the Oueen at Windsor Castle , on Tuesday . The Alarquis of fiartington , M . P ., P . G . AI . for Derbyshire ,

was present as Secretary of State . HOLLOWAY ' PILLS . —All onr families . —Almost all disorders ot the human body are distinctly to be traced to impure blood . The purilication ot that fluid is the lirst step towards health . Holioway ' s Pills recommend themselves to the attention of all sufferers ; no injurious consequences can result from the r use , noinistakc can administration confirmed d

llemade in their . In indigestion , yspepsia , and chronic constipation the most beneficial effects have been , and always must be , obtained from the wholesome power exerted by these purifying Pills over the digestion . Persons whose lives have been restored to ease and strcngtn by Holioway's Pills , after fruitless trial of the whole pharmacopx-ia of physic , attest this fact . —[ A DVT , ]

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . Lord Londesborough and Bro . Sir Thos . Brassey , K . C . B ., are patrons of the performance that will be given to-night at Sir Percy Shelley ' s theatre , Chelsea , in aid of the Dramatic School of Art . Bro . the Duke of St . Albans distributed the prizes to the successful scholars at the Nottingham High School . His Grace made a most practical and useful

speech , and concluded by saying , "tram yourselves to act honourably , to speak truthfully * , to love God , and to do your duty towards your neighbour . " A banquet in commemoration of the opening of the Kent Lodge of Instruction , No . 15 , took place at the King and Queen , Norton Kolgate , on Thursday , the 14 th inst . Bro . A . Clarke , LP . AL 1227 , presided , and the

viccchair was occupied by Bro . J . Andrews , P . M . 1227 . At the meeting- of the Londesborough Lodge , No . 734 , at Bridlington , last week , Bro . Creaser , P . AL , was presented with a handsome Past Alaster ' s jewel , as a mark of appreciation of his valuable services in the working of the lodge . The friends of Bro . William Walford have issued

a sheet containing a number of good reasons wh y electors of the Ward of Aldersgate should give one vote in favour of the worthy doctor . We venture to add another , he is not only a good man but a good Alason . The Martyn Lodge , No . 198 . 3 , is to be consecrated on Alonday next , at thc Town HaU , Southwold , Suffolk , by the Right VVorshipful the Prov . Crand Alaster , Lord Waveney . Bro . John M . Canova , I . P . M . of 3 SS , is

to be the first Alaster ; A . E . Smith , P . AI . and Sec . 3 SS , S . VV . ; and Robert Baker , P . AL 3 SS , J . VV . ; and the installation ceremony will be performed by the V . W . Bro . the Rev . C . J . Alartvn , P . G . Chap ., Deputy Prov . Grand Alaster , Suffolk . " Lord Suffield , P . G . M . Norfolk , was in attendance on the Prince and Princess of Wales on the occasion of their opening the new City of London Schools on the Thames Embankment .

We are asked b y Bro . Rucker , P . G . D ., to correct our report of what he said last week at the meeting of Grand Lodge in moving the adoption of the reporr of the Colonial Board . What our brother really did say was " In moving the adoption of the report of the Colonial Board , I may mention for the information of Grand Lodge , that there are at the present moment eight lodges in

Egypt on the registry of this Grand Lodge , viz .: live in Cairo , two in Alexandria , and one in Ramlah . It is now proposed to erase two lodges in Cairo , onc in Alexandria , and one iu Ramlah ; leaving on the registry three lodges in Cairo , and one in Alexandria . The reasons for this erasure are so , & c , & c , & c . We often call attention to the remarkable

progress made by the Alark Degree . As an evidence of this ( he agenda paper of the Britannia Lodge of Alark Alaster Alasons , No . 53 , meeting at Sheffield , contained a list of thirty candidates , all of whom were unanimously elected . Bro . John Unwin , junr ., is the VV . AI . Sixteen of the candidates were proposed by him . Bro . G . Kirb y will be installed VV . M . of York Lodge , No . 23 C , on Alonday next . The installing master

is to be Bro . | . Todd , P . AL , P . P . G . Reg ., who with Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Sec , and R . F . Gould , P . G . D ., are proposed as honorary members . Among those present at the complimentary dinner given at the Star and Garter Hotel , Richmond , on Tuesday evening , tothe Duke of Teck , were H . R . H . the Duke of Albany , P . G . J . W ., Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., P . G . AI . Aliddx . ; Sir J . Whittaker Ellis Bart ., G . J . W . ; and Bro . Sir E . Du Cane .

Bro . Lord Wolseley was entertained at a banquet at the Buckingham Palace Hotel on Tuesday evening , by the Cosmopolitan Club , this being only the second occasion on which it has thus honoured one of its own members , the . first being when Lord Clyde returned to England after the suppression of the Indian Mutiny . Bro . the Earl and the Countess of Derb y , accompanied by the Lady Alary Cecil , have arrived at Knowsley , where they will remain till after Christmas ..

The Grand Lodge Royal York of Friendship of Berlin is about to inaugurate next month a new hall , in which it will hold its meetings . It isa magnificent building , especially erected for that lodge , which is the mother of forty-nine daughter lodges in other parts of Germany . Bros . Swanborongh are going to give a special performance at the Strand , probably on Wednesday next ,

in aid of the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Alhambra fire . Not only will the theatre be given , but the whole company , carpenters , scene shifters , and gas men , will give their services . The dramatic profession has ever borne a close affinity to the Alasonic Craft—in which many of its members are—for deeds of charity and self-denial . We know of no class or profession , outside our own Craft ,

who stick closer together and are ever ready to help a needy and deserving brother or sister than the dramatic profession . VVe hope that , with the proceeds of the special performance at the Savoy on Wednesday last , the Court , to-night , and the collection at S . Botolph , Bishopsgate , to-morrow , when Bro . the Lord Alayor attends in State that these thrown out of employment , will , one and all , be

kept above want . Wc may add , as it is specially appropriate , that the new Strand Theatre is built in exact accordance with the requirements of the Lord Chamberlain and the Aletropolitan Board of Works , and as far as can be , fire is prevented . The ill-fated Alhambra was about undergoing similar alterations in conformity with the Board ' s demands .

Ill the report of ( . rrand Lodge in the Freemason last week , the Grand Secretary is made to report twenty five lodges as votiny against Bro . Clabon ' s motion reincrease ot quarterages ; the number given by the Grand Secretary was thirty-live , not twenty-five .

It is certain the Queen s Physician , Dr . Fairbank , has written strongly recommending LENTILLA , or TONIC DAILY FOOD . It cures Indigestion , Heartburn , Constipation , Liver and Stomach Complaints , & c , besides having such wondrous nourishing properties . Makes Soups , Porridge , Custards , Puddings , Biscuits , &* c . Tins , lib . is . Gd . ; Jib ., iod . Barrels , 2 Slb ., 30 s . ; 14 ID ., iOs . Of all Chemists . —Proprietor , IL J . Deacon , Beckenham , Kent . —[ ADVT .

Masonic And General Tidings

On Wednesday last Bro . Alderman and Sheriff De Keyser commenced to give away soup to the poor of the ward . 'The alderman has done this for many years . I he tickets are given into the hands of responsible persons for disposal . Lord Sandhurst has succeeded Bro . the Earl of Dalhousie as Lord-in-waiting on Her Alajesty .

It as well in these days , when there is a tendency to reform , not always for the better , every institution that can lay claim to respectable antiquity , to note what the oft-threatened ancient corporation of the City of London has done of late years in promoting the cause of education . Since 1 S 37 it has contributed £ 208 , 462 towards

thc City of London Schools , of which only £ 40 , 500 has come out of charitable trusts ; £ 124 , 097 to the Freemasons' Orphan School , only £ 15 , 772 being from charitable funds ; £ 7832 to middle class education ; and £ 4000 to technical education ; making a total of £ 435 , 391 , of which £ 379 , , or all but £ 56 , 272 , has been provided out of thc Corporation funds .

Wc regret to hear that Bro . T . C . Cobbold , P . M . 114 , and ALP . for Ipswich , has been somewhat seriously ill during the past few days . Lord Houghton is suffering from a severe attack of bronchitis . The noble lord is in his 74 th year . Lad ) ' Brassey has forwarded a pack of foxhounds io Gibraltar as a present to the garrison .

Bro . J . Lobb , of thc School Board for London , occupied the _ pulpit at the Victoria-park Tabernacle on Sunday evening . Thursday Inst being thc double anniversary of the death of the late Prince Consort and Princess Alice , the occasion was observed by the Oueen and Royal family

with the usual solemnities . In the morning a memorial service was held within the Mausoleum of Prince Albert , at Frogmore , and was attended hy Her Alajesty , the Prince and Princess of Wales , thc Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh , the Duke and Duchess of Connaught , the Duke and Duchess of Albany , and Prince and Princess Christian , and the ladies and gentlemen ol" the Court .

'Flic Prince of Wales , accompanied by the Princess of Wales , on Wednesday afternoon last , formally opened the new City of London Schools on the Victoria Embankment , in the presence of the Lord Alayor and other civic dignitaries , anil a large assembly . The Lord Alayor gave a history of the work done by t ' le corporation with regard to the school , on which they have altogthcr

expended 4217 , 000 . Among those present were : Bros . Lord SuHield , K . C . B ., P . G . M .. Norfolk ; Sir J . B . Alonckton , F . S . A ., President , Board of General Purposes ; Alderman Sir F . VV . Truscott , P . G . W . ; Alderman Staples , Alderman and Sheriff De Keyser , Alderman Stone , Alderman Sir j . VV . Ellis , Bart ., P . G . W . ; Alderman Hadley , Alajor Campbell ( the City Alarshal ) , Sir John

Bennell , Baron Henry H . de Worms , ALP . ; J . L . Toole , C . VV . Thompson , A . J . Altman , J . E . Walford , Alajor Sewell , A . Brookman , C . R . Rivington , S . East , junr ., Frank Green , G . Dresser Rogers , VV . Alalthouse , Horace Brooks Alarshall , G . II . Alason , J . G . Sims . In the evening the committee were entertained by the chairman , Sir Pearce Morrison .

The Cripplegato Pension Society ' s Ball this season is expected to be unusally succcessful . Bro . the Right Hon . the Lord Alayor as alderman of the ward , has extended his patronage to the ball and promised to attend , with Bro . Alderman and Sheriff De Keyser and Air . Sheriff Savory . Bro . the Ri ght Hon . the Lord Mayor , Bro .

Alderman and Sheriff De Keyser , Air . Sheriff Savory , and the Under-Sheriffs , have consented to attend in State at St . Alary Aldermary , on Sunday morning , April 22 nd , when a sermon will be preached by the Rev . Gordon Calthrop , ALA ., on behalf of the Finsbury Dispensary . The Rev . Dr . White ( rector ) will preach in the evening .

Bro . John Derb y Allcroft , P . M . 1657 , was present at a meeting held in connection with the Hospital Sunday Fund , on Wednesday afternoon last , at the Alansion House , and moved the adoption of the council ' s report for the year 1 SS 2 . The Rev . Dr . Rigg seconded th * motion .

Next Monday evening the pupils at the Royal National Institution for Girls , at Battersea-rise , will be treated , prior to their going home for the Christmas holidays , by Bro . Alichael Alullen , of Bradford , elocutionist vocalist , and humorist , with his entertainment called" Mirth , Alusic and Alimicry . " He will be accompanied

by Miss Alalora I * . Goodridge , pianist . Bro . the Marquis of Hamilton , P . G . M . Londonderry and Donegal , has joined the family circle staying with Bro . the Duke of Abercorn , P . G . AI . Ireland , and the Duchess , at Baron ' s-court .

Bro . H . Ii . b . Bussey was , on Saturday last , installed the second W . AL of The Gallery Lodge , No . 192 S , at the Brixton Hall , Acre-lane , Brixton . The Duke of Edinburgh received a deputation of the Shipwrights' Company , headed by Lord John Alanners , the Alaster , at Clarence House 0 : 1 Wednesday , upon the occasion of His Royal Highness accepting a casket of heart of oak , containing a certificate of his admission as one of t he free shipwrights .

Sapo Carbonis Detergens" is a physician ' s name for a remedy prescribed for the past quarter-century for every variety of skin disease . The public have also adopted the same as a preventive of smallpox , scarlet fever , and measles . Purchasers should see that the Latin £ rand is on every tablet , and WRIGHT'S COAL TAR SOAP on each wrapper , without which none are genuine .

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