Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

THE DURE OF SAXE-COBURG AND GOTHA left Channg-cross on Monday morning for Coburg . THE ELECTROPHONE was used on Sunday for the first time to enable hospital patients to hear sermons by popular preachers . H . R . H . THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE . K . G ., honoured Sir George and Lady Julia Wombwell with his company at dinner on Sunday last . THE DUCHESS OF YORK has consented to open the new Nurses' Home of Queen Charlotte ' s Hospital , in the Marylebone-road , on the 17 th prox .

BRO . ALDERMAN BELL has sent £ 50 to Mrs . Peter Tocher for her stall at the bazaar which is to be held at the Albert Hall on Wednesday and Thursday , the 21 st and 22 nd inst ., in aid of the Charing-cioss Hospital . BLACKPOOL has now two Provincial Grand Officers in Fie : masonry—Bro . T . Loftus ( Town Clerk ) being installed as D . G . Reg . of the Province of West Lancashire , and Bro . W . Longbottom , of the Fidelity Lodge , Poulton , being installed as D . G . S . B .

ROYAL SCHOOL OF ART N EEDLEWORK . —H . R . H . the Prince of Wales will lay the foundation stone of the new buildings of the Royal School of Art Needlework—at the corner ot the Imperial Institute-road , South Kensington—on Friday , the 23 rd inst ., at 4 o ' clock . ABOUT 17 , 000 troops will march past the Queen at the review at Aldershot on the 26 th inst . The time of the review is to be half-past five in the afternoon , her Majesty being timed to arrive at Farnborough half an hour earlier .

TRAVELLING BY special train from Waterloo , the Duke and Duchess of York arrived at Bagshot Park , on Mondiy evening , for Ascot races . The house-party included the Earl and Countess of Pembroke , and Lady Beatrice Herbert , the Marquis and Marquise d'Hautpoul , the Duke of Roxburghe , and others . PRINCESS CHRISTIAN OF S CHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN has signified her intention of being present on the second day ( Thursday , the 22 nd instant ) of the baz aar in aid of the Charing-cross Hospital at the Royal Albert Hall , and has promised to assist at the St . Martin ' s Parochial Stall , representing Switzerland .

BRO . GEORGE POWELL writes that in the biographical sketch of his Masonic career—which appeared in last week ' s issue—we omitted to state that , whilst residing in Sussex , he joined the Howard Lodge of Brotherly Love , No . 5 6 , of which he was W . M , 1897-8 , and installed Bro . C . J . Burchell as his successor . THE B OARD OF MANAGEMENT of the , British Home for Incurables , Streatham , gratefully acknowledge receipt of a donation of £ 2 $ sent by commind of her Majjsty the Queen in answer to an appeal made on behalf of the Completion Fund for end > wing beds in and erecting the new wing , the foundation stone of which was laid by Bro . the Right Hon . the Eail Amherst on the loth ult .

THE RECENT gathering of Freemasons in Durham City with the object of raising the educational fund to a sum of £ " 3000 invested , and the Hudson Benevolent Fund to a like amount , more than effected that result , a surplus of , £ So being in hand after meeting expenses . This it wis decided to add to the educational fund . Altogether more than £ 2000 was raised by the Festival .

AT . A MEETING of the Rural Philanthropic Lodge , No . 291 , held at the headquarters , the Railway Hotel , Highbridge , on Friday evening , the gth instant , Bro . H . Cox , the S . W ., was nnammously elected W . M . for the ensuing year , as successor to Bro . F . W . Bishop , and his installation will take place next month . Bro . T . F . Norris , P . M ., was re-appointed Treasurer , and Bro . Ashwell , Tyler .

ROYAL SEA B ATHING HOSPITAL , MARGATE .-It is proposed to hold a garden party at the hospital on Wednesday next , the 21 st instant , lor the purpose of inspecting the buildings after recent alterations and improvements . A band of the Royal Marine Light Infantry , organ recital , & c , 3 . 30 to 6 30 p . m . No collection ; light refreshments . Special return tickets—12 s . 4 d—can be obtained at 30 , Charing Cross .

THE DIRECTORS OF S PIERS AND POND , LIMITED , notify that the transfer books will be closed from the 20 th instant to the 30 th instant , both inclusive , for the purp ose of preparing the Interest Warrants on the 5 per cent . First Mortgage Debentures , the 5 per cent . " A " Mortgage Debenture Stock , and the 5 per cent . " B " Debenture Stock , and the 4 per cent . " C " Debenture Stock of the company . The Warrants will bc posted on the evening of the 30 th instant .

A MASONIC S ERVICE , under the sanction of the Alexandra Palace Lodge , No . 1541 , and by kind permission of the Rector , the Rev . J . Jeakes , M . A ., will be held at the Parish Church , Hornsey , on Sunday , the 25 th inst ., at 3 30 p . m ., in aid of the Church Tower Building Fund . A dispensation has been obtained from the M . W . G . M . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , for the brethren to apneir in Craft or Royal Arch clothing . Morning dress will be worn . Bro . the Ven . Wm . Sinclair , D . D ., Past Grand Chaplain ( the Archdeacon of London ) , will deliver an address .

DEATH OF A MACCLESFIELD M AGISTRATE . —On Friday night last , Bro . Thomas Brough , J . P ., one time Mayor of Macclesfield , died very suddenly at his residence . Clifton Villas , Ryle ' s-park , Macclesfield . The deceased brother wis a successful silk merchant and a prominent Freemason . A Liberal in politics , he was for a great number of years connected with the municipal life of the town , holding prominent Eositions on the governing bodies of the local institutions . He was a man of extensive nowledge , having travelled a great deal abroad . His death has come as a great shock to the people of Macclesfield .

C OMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOL * . —Midsummer Examination , 1 S 99 . —The annual speech day and distribution of prizes will take place at Pinner , on Saturday , the 24 th inst ., at ane o ' clock . Sir George Wi . liams will preside , and Lady Williams has kindly consented to distribute the prizes . A special train will leave Euston Station at 12 . 30 p . m . precisely , calling at Loudoun-road and Willesden Junction . Admission by tickets only , price 2 S . Gd . each ( including luncheon and tea ) , which may be obtained on application to the Secretary , at the offices , 37 , Milk-street , Cheapside , E . C , previous to the day of examination . THE SOCIETY OF ARTS CONVERSAZIONE will take place at the Natural History

Museum , Cornwall-road , S . W . ^ b y permission of the Trustees of the British Museum ) , on Tuesday evening , the 20 th instant , from 9 to 12 p . m . The reception will be held by Sir John Wolfe Barry , K . C . B ., F . R . S ., Chairman , and the other members of the Council , from 9 to 10 p . m . The following portions of the Museum will be opened : On the ground floor—the Central Hall , British Saloon , and Bird Gallery ; on the first floor —the East and West Corridors . A selection of music will be performed by the string band cf the Royal Artillery in the Central Hall , and by the Red Hungarian Band in the Bird Gallery , commencing at 9 o ' clock .

Masonic And General Tidings.

BRO . SIR HENRY HARBEN has been elected a Governor of Guy's Hospital . THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON on Thursday enjoyed a trip from Tilbury to Margate and back on board the New Palace steamer Royal Sovereign , which carried some additional Goo passengers on the outward and return journey . ON THE OCCASION of his appearance at Balmoral on Saturday last , her Majesty presented to M . yan Dyck a souvenir gold cigarette case , and to Mr . Carl Ambruster , who accompanied on the piano , a diamond breastpin with the Royal monogram .

AMONGST THE latest contributions to the Prince of Wales ' s Hospital Fund for London are the following donations : The Hon . Seymour B . Portman , £ 100 ; Mrs . Ogden Goelet , £ 50 ; Messrs . Howard Bros . £ 5 5 s . ; Messrs . A . Runge and Co . £ 5 5 s .

MESSRS . H . S . PSRSSE , LTD ., distillers , have secured under competition the sole supply of Irish whisky at all the bars and refreshment rooms of the Royal Agricultural Show , Maidstone , which opens on the 17 th inst . ; they have also secured the sole supply of Irish at all the bars and refreshment rooms of the Crystal Palace . THE BISHOP OF LONDON has invited the decanal and parochial secretaries of the Church Committee for Church Defence , together with many other residents in the diocese , to a garden party at Fulham Palace , on Saturday , the 24 th instant , to meet Lord Raglan and the executive of the London Diocesan Branch of the Church Committee .

H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , attended by Bro . Captain Holford , returned to Marlborough House on Monday from Hatfield . His Royal Highness , after visiting the Galleries of the Fine Arts Society , in New Bond-street , left town in the afternoon , accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge , for Ascot Heath House , which he has taken for the Ascot races . THE DESIRE OF the late Mr . Lawson Tait to be interred in the Gogarth cave in the garden of his Llandudno residence is to be carried into effect .. The Home Secretary on Thursday evening telegraphed the necessary permission , and the body will to-day be sent to Liverpool for cremation . The ashes will then be placed in an urn and returned to Llandudno for interment .

THE OFFICE of Principal of Ridley Hall , Cambridge , vacant by the preferment of the Rev . Handley C . G . Moule , D . D ., to the Norrisian Professorship of Divinity in the University of Cambridge , has been offered to and accepted by the Rev . Thomas Wortley Drury , M . A ., of Christ ' s College , Cambridge , who has for the past 17 years been Principal ot the Church Missionary College , Islington . Mr . Drury will succeed Dr . Moule after the summer term .

CRYSTAL PALACE . —It is customary to give , in the years intervening between the Triennial Handel Festivals , a grand performance of some great choral work by other eminent composers . An exception was , it is true , made last year in consequence of the engagement of Madame Adelina Patti for a special miscellaneous concert , but the directors have this year decided to revert to the old custom , and to give on the 24 th inst . —in conjunction with the Royal Society of Musicians—a grand performance of Mendelssohn ' s " Elijah . "

THE DUCHESS OF A LBANY , with Sir Robert and Lady Collins in attendance , visited Lewisham , and took part in two important undertakings , on the 14 th inst . At a private " At Home , '' at Oakfield , the house of Mrs . A . G . Stanton , her Royal Highness fulfilled the requisi te formalities of establishing a branch of the Middlesex Needlework Guild , driving afterwards to Morden Hill to lay , in the presence of a very large assemblage , the foundation stone of the new wing of the hospital under the care of the Nursing Sisters of St . John the Divine .

UNDER THE patronage of the Queen , T . R . H . the Prince and Princess of Wales , and the Duke and Duchess of York , H . R . H . the Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn will give a garden fete and fancy fair in Bagshot Park on Tuesday , the iSth , and Wednesday , the 19 th prox ., in aid of the fund for the restoration of the parish church of St . Anne ' f , Bagshot , and for a new organ . Stalls will be held by the Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn , Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein , Princess Louise Marchioness of Lome , Princess Henry of Battenberg , Lady Pirbright , Lady Cathcart , Lady Elphinstone , Mrs . Soames , and others ,

FOUNDED 100 YEARS AGO , the School for the Indigent Blind , St . George ' s-circus , Southwark , is now extending its benefits to over 200 afflicted people . Most of them are pupils who are admitted for a period of tix years , during which time they are offered the training of a trade fiee of cost , the ultimate object being to render them self-reliant . Over the last ico years some 3500 blii . d people have received the benefits of the

Institution . If any additional proof were needed of its usefulness it was afforded on Wednesday last , when , under agreeable conditions , a concert and garden party were given in the institution , and attended by a large number of its friends . Some excellent selections were sung hy the blind performers , and ussful specimens of their work displayed ln the grounds .

ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS for the monster oazaarto be held at the Albert Hall , on the 2 ist and 22 nd of the month , in aid of the Charing-cross Hospital , are now complete , and the function promises to be one of the most attractive of the season . The charity will be benefited by gifts from many of the crowned heads of Europe . Thus the German Emperor sends a valuable present to the stall presided over by Princess Pless :

King Leopold has forwarded pictures and lace to the Belgian department ; while the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , President of Charing-cross Hospital , who has taken a great interest in the bazaar and the arrangements in connection with it , has persuaded his clever daughters to prepare many artistic contributions for sale at the "hospital stall . " The direction of the entertainments is in very capable hands .

IN THREE DAYS the sale of the Wright Library , at Sotheby ' s , produced £ 8685 16 s ., many exceptional prices being realised , the general character of Wednesday's sale being distinctly theatrical . The " Life of Mrs . Jordan , " extra il'ust rated , sold for £ 190 ; the " Life of Edmund Kean , " from published and original sources , by F . W . Hawkins , extra illustrated , and extended to eight vols ., £ 299 5 s . ; Barry Cornwall's Life of Edmund

" Kean , " extended to four vols ., £ 130 ; James Boaden ' s " Memoirs of J . P . Kemble , " extra illustrated , and extended to eight vols ., £ 170 ; Charles Lever's works , all first editions , £ So ; * ' Macready's Reminiscences , " edited by Sir F . Pollock , £ , 7 ; the "Memoirs of Mrs . Siddons , " by J . Hoaden , extended to six vols ., £ 126 ; lhackeray's"The Gownsman , " otherwise "The Snob , " fetched £ 29 , and the first edition of "Vanity Fair , " in theoriginil parts , as published , £ 38 103 .

WESTRALIA WINS . —The recent sensational advances which have taken place in the values of some of the companies working in the centre of the Kalgoorlie field is directing attention to some of the less well-known but promising properties in the same district , such as Hannan ' s Belle View , which has an issued capital of £ 82 , 000 in £ 1 fully-paid shares , at present quoted at over 25 per cent , discount . Seven companies

working in the same vicinity are . at present market prices , valued at over eight millions sterling , whilst Hannan ' s Belle View , it should be noted , is selling at less than £ 60 , 000 . Brownhill Extended was , less than a month since , selling at £ 25 , 000 , whereas to-day ' s market value is over £ 400 , 000 . The same good fortune may await Hannan's Belle View shareholders .

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