Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

BRO . SIR GEORGE MARTIN , the organist of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , is preparing special music for the forthcoming Peace Thanksgiving . BRO . T . W . R . WHITE , a member of the Sherborne District Council , and Governor of Forster's Grammar School , died at Sherborne , Dorset , on the 12 th inst ., aged 55 years . THE PROV . GRAND LODGE OF C AMBRIDGESHIRE will be held at Cambridge on Friday , the 7 th prox . Possibly the Prov . Grand Chapter may be held there on the same day .

A MEETING of the supporters of Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall in his candidature for the Grand Treasurership will be held at Mark Masons' Hall , on Thursday , the 22 nd inst ., when the Earl of Halsbury will take the chair at 5 . 30 p . m . THE MARRIAGE of Bro . Herbert J . Ailcroft , J . P ., of Stokesey Court , Shropshire , and Miss Margaret J . ( Cissy ) Russell , the only daughter of the late Lieut .-General Sir William Russell , Bart , C . B ., will take place at St . Stephen ' s , Rochester-row , Westminster , on Saturday , the 15 th prox .

THE MAYORALTY OF M AIDSTONE . —Bro . F . J . Oliver has accepted the invitation to occupy the civic chair of Maidstone for the ensuing year . He is the son of Alder man Dr . J . Oliver . He is a lance-sergeant in the Maidstone troop of the West Kent Yeomanry , and the W . M . of the Belvedere Lodge , No . 503 . AT A MEETING of Rothesay St . John ' s Lodge , held on the 5 th inst ., the accoun ts of the recent bazaar were submitted , and showed a surplus of £ 655 4 s . 8 d ., which was considered by the brethren to be very satisfactory , and they recorded their warmest thanks to all who had assisted by donations and otherwise to bring the bazaar to a successful conclusion .

THE MARQUIS OF S ALISBURY has forwarded to Bro . Sir Alfred Newton , the late Lord Mayor , the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Medjidieh , which his Highness the Khedive has conferred upon him as a souvenir of his visit to the City , and has informed Sir Alfred that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to give him permission to accept and wear the decoration .

THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Prov . Grand Chapter of Durham will be held at the Masonic Hall , Durham , on Saturday , the 1 st prox ., instead of on Saturday , the 24 th inst ., as previously arranged . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales having appointed Comp . the Rev . Canon Tristram , D . D ., to be the Grand Superintendent of the province , the installation of the reverend Canon will take place at the meeting on the 1 st prox .

IT IS proposed to perpetuate in some useful and practical manner the name of the late Mr . Sims Reeves . Bro . W . H . Cummings , Mus . Doc , F . S . A ., Mr . George Fox , Bro . Sir Henry Irving , Mr . August Manns , Sir Herbert Oakeley , Mr . Charles Santley , and Bro . Sir Arthur Sullivan have consented to act on the committee to cany out this object . The London and County Bank will receive subscriptions at any of their branches

MASONIC "AT HOME . "—The first "At Home" of the season , arranged by the directors will be held at the Freemasons' Club , Commercial-road , Portsmouth , on Tuesday evening next , commencing at 8 . 30 . There are 10 dances on the programme , and during the intervals songs will be given by Miss E . Sawyer , Miss Walters , and Messrs . E . Cook , R . B . Fabian , and W . Bate , Mr . G . Washington Allen being down for a recitation .

THE EARLSWOOD ASYLUM . —The board of management of this charity have issued an appeal to a number of the City companies for special grants towards the heavy expenditure about to be incurred at the Asylum in carrying out sanitary , heating , and ventilating improvements . The signatories include : Lord Rothschild , Alderman Sir George Faudef Phillips , Bart ., Bro . Alderman Sir Joseph Dimsdale , M . P ., Alderman Sir Marcus Samuel , and Mr . A . L . Cohen , the vice-presidents j together with several members of the board of management .

Miss KATHLEEN HAYDN GREEN , who will act as Lady Mayoress for her father during the next 12 months , is a writer of graceful and pleasing verse . The Sphere prints a short poem , from which we quote : In the night on the restless town Those eyes ot God , the stars , look down With thousand pitying beams divine Tireless those tender star-orbs shine , And whisper : " Sleep , world-children , sleep j God on His throne doth vigil keep *"

PREACHING at St . Paul ' s Cathedral on Sunday afternoon , Bro . Archdeacon Sinclair said all knew how admirably the City had been governed for many a century . They rejoiced in the impartial justice , its freedom from corruption , and its unrivalled generosity . It was a glorious thing for the outgoing Lord Mayor to take home with him the recollection that he had been the means ot collecting £ 1 , 600 , 000 for the great war and the great famine . For the new Chief Magistrate the best wish was that he might rival the greatest of his predecessors in justice , uprightness , and integrity ; and that he might do his utmost to drive out of the City the spirit of reckless speculation and the lust for undue profits .

BRO . THE REV . CANON T RISTRAM , D . D ., who has been appointed G . Superintendent of Durham , is one of the best known and most accomplished naturalists in Europe , his famous collection of birds , which found a resting-place some years ago in the museum at Liverpool , being probably unsurpassed . In the course of his travels in foreign lands the Canon has had adventures which would have unnerved many a man

who Ts far less used than he to the " creeping things of the earth . " On one occasion , for instance , he espied something in the sand which he believed to be a lizard , but which to his horror turned out to be a viper of a deadly kind . His Greek boatman simply shivered with fright and , of course , did nothing ; but quick as thought the doctor seized an empty soda-water bottle which happened to be at hand , and , forcing the reptile ' s head into the neck , thus uncoiled it from the deadly grip of his hand .

H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , Captain-General and Colonel of the Honourable Artillery Company , presided on the gth instant at a regimental banquet given at the headquarters , Finsbury , to those members of the regiment who served with the City Imperial Volunteers in South Africa . In proposing the toast of the evening , "Our Returned Comrades , " the Prince said it was especially gratifying to find that they were able to send to South Africa a larger number of trained men than any other Volunteer corps . When the City Imperial Volunteer battalion was formed 126 were

selected from those who volunteered from the Honourable Artillery Company , and there were 83 of the regiment among those who constituted the admirable battery which did such excellent service under Major McMicking . His Royal Highness proceeded to speak in terms of warm recognition of the manner in which the officers and men of the reeiment had acquitted themselves during the campaign . Major McMicking responded to the toast , and "The Health of the Prince of Wales" was afterwards proposed by Colonel Mackinnon .

Masonic And General Tidings.

BRO . W . H . LOVELL was installed as W . M . of the Chicheley Lodge , No . 607 , at the White Hart Hotel , Thrapston , on the 12 th instant . After the ceremony a banquet was partaken of . There was a large gathering of the Craft . THE LORD MAYOR ' S BANQUET . —On the 10 th instant the chairman and members of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs Committee met at Guildhall and distributed among some 150 poor and deserving persons the fragments of the previous day ' s festivities , for which the recipients expressed much gratitude .

MOST APPROPRIATE . —The late Lord Mayor , Bro . Sir A , Newton , has been deco " rated bythe Shah with the highest Persian Order , the Lion and the Sun , doubtless in recognition of Sir Alfred's British-leonine capability , and of—well , his son ' s prowess in Southwark during the election . —Punch . BRO . THE REV . STEPHEN BARRASS , rector of St . Lawrence Jewry , and chaplain to the regiment , preached at the church parade held by the 4 th Volunteer Battalion of the Essex Regiment at the Hackney Parish Church on tie 4 th instant . The service was attended by the contingent supplied to the Lord Mayor ' s Own by the regiment .

THE Freemason may be obtained from any newsagent or bookseller . Where any difficulty is found , copies will be posted regularly direct from the Publishers , 16 and I 6 A , Great Queen-street , London , W . C , on the following terms : Twelve months ( home ) , 13 s . 6 d . ; six months , 6 s . 9 d . ; and for abroad , twelve months , 15 s . 6 d . ; six months , 7 s . od ., post free .

WE UNDERSTAND that at the last meeting of the Ferrers and Ivanhoe Lodge , at Ashby , of which Bro . Canon Denton is the senior Past Master , a presentation of a very handsome and costly gold Masonic decoration , beautifully enamelled , was presented to B _ ro Canon Denton in recognition of his long services to the Ashby Lodge , and of the distinguished position he holds in Masonry in the Province of Leicester and Rutland .

DINNER TO BRO . SIR J OSEPH DIMSDALE . —The inhabitants of Cornhill Ward , were largely and infiuentially represented on Monday at the dinner given at the Albion Tavern in celebration of the election of Bro . Alderman Sir Joseph C . Dimsdile , M . P ., as one of the members of Parliament for the City . The chair was occupied by Sir Henry Seymour King , K . C . I . E ., M . P .

AT THEIR LAST MEETING the court of the Grocers' Company , on the proposition of Mr . Thompson , seconded by Mr . Miller , passed unanimously and with heartiness the following resolution : " The master , wardens , and Court of Assistants of the Grocers ' Company offer their hearty congratulations to their colleague , Bro . Alderman Sir Joseph Dimsdale , upon his election to represent the City of London in Parliament . "

THE PRINTING of companies' prospectuses , plans , illustrations of industrial works , Masonic work of all description , & c , produced with rapidity . Fast machinery and every modern appliance for the production of large quantities at short notice . Freemason Printing Works , 16 and 16 a , Great Queen-street , London , W . C . Instruction

GOLDSMITHS AND J EWELLERS' ANNUITY AND ASYLUM INSTITUTION . — . President , Bro . Lieut .-Colonel George Lambert , V . D ., F . S . A . —The 32 nd annual dinner in aid of the funds of the above institution , will take place in the Crown Room at the Hoiborn Restaurant , Holborn , W . C . / on Wednesday , the 28 th inst ., when Bro . the Hon . W . F . B . Massey-Mainwaring , LL . B ., M . P ., will preside . Tickets , 10 s . 6 d . Dinner at 6 . 30 for 7 o ' clock precisely .

LORD MAYOR AT PLAY . —The new Lord Mayor devotes [ all his spare time to Freemasonry . Few men in England are such ardent Masons , and his memory for Masonic ritual excites general admiration in his lodge . ' He cares , says " M . A . P ., " for neither shooting nor pictures . His sole thought , apart from his business as a great stationer , is for Freemasonry . His charity is enormous , but most unostentatious , being usually quite anonymous . —Daily Express .

THE SOCIETY OF YORKSHIREMEN IN LONDON . —Bro . Sir Walter Peace , K . C . M . G ., Agent-General for Natal , presided at a concert held under the auspices of the above society at the Holborn Restaurant last week . Addressing the gathering before the commencement of the musical programme , the Chairman extended a hearty welcome to the visitors . The company having joined in the National Anthem , the concert was proceeded with . The artistes i ncluded Mr . Eben-Powell , R . A . M ., who rendered a song "Our Gallent Men , " specially composed by Mr . Thwaites , F . R . S . On the president vacating the chair Mr . Stephen Miall , LL . D ., presided .

SCOTTISH MASONIC BENEVOLENCE . —The Grand Secretary of Scottish Freemasonry has issued a circular reminding lodges that at their meetings on St . John ' s Day they must , in terms of a resolution of Grand Lodge , make a collection on behalf of the Annuity Fund . He mentions that ] the Giandl Master trusts that in its consideration the Craft will be favourably influenced by the knowledge of the great good that since its

establishment in 1889 the Annuity Fund has done to many deserving brethren , their widows , and orphans . There are at present on the roll of annuitants 61 members of lodges , 4 S widows , and 32 orphans , involving an annual expenditure of £ 1305 . In annuities Grand Lodge has spent upwards of £ 12 , 000 . The collections of last year realised ^ 445 , and for the years 1899 and 1900 the subscriptions have amounted to ^ ost .

Knights Templar.

Knights Templar .

Gwent Preceptory , No . 115 . The election meeting of the above preceptory was held on the 31 st ult ., date altered by dispensation , at the Masonic Hall , Newport . There was a goodly number of members present . The sir knights having formed the arch of steel , Sir Knight E . C . Newby , E . P ., entered , and took his seat . He was accompanied by the I . P . E . P ., Sir Knight Captain W . H . Williams , Sir Knights S . G . Homfray , P . E . P . ; J . H . Taylor , P . E . T . ; A . E . Fuller , P . E . P ., Prov . Reg . ; and Alfred Taylor , P . E . P . The officers present were

Sit Knights R . A . Forsyth , 1 st Cons . ; E . J . Whitley , 2 nd Cons , j ' Sam Dean , Prelate and Treas . ; T . P . Garrett , Reg . ; F . J . Roberts , Marshal ; Dr . De Vere Hunt , 1 st Std . Br . ; F . Martin , 2 nd Std . Br . ; and C . Carlsen , Capt . of Guard . Apologies were sent from the candidates for non-attendance . The next business was the election of the E . P . for the ensuing year , and Sir Knight R . A . Forsyth was unanimously elected . Sir Knight Sam Dean having proved himself such an invaluable Treasurer ,

was again elected to that important office . The bye-laws were , with some slight alterations , adopted , having been revised and brought up to date since the last meeting . The alms having been collected , the priory closed . Then a priory of the Knights of Malta was held , and four sir knights were inaugurated into that Sublime Degree , after which the knights adjourned to the supperroom , where light refreshments were partaken of , the usual toasts being duly honoured .

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