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Masonic And General Tidings.
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .
Bro . H . R . H . thc Grand Master held held a levee at St . James's Palace , on behalf of thc Ouecn , on Friday , the ioth inst ., at which were present Bros . H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , the Earl of Brcadalbane , the Marquis of Hamilton , Lord Kensington , M . P ., Col . Stanley , M . P ., and the Marquis of Huntington , M . P . Bro . tbe IOarl of Breadalbane jiresented Lieut . A . Blackburn , Cameron
Highlanders ; Bro . the Duke of Connaught Lieut .-Col . Lorking , on being appointed extra equerry to II . R . IL ; Lieut . St . Clair O'Malley , London Irish Volunteers , was presented by Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , colonel of the regiment ; Bro . the Lord Mayor presented Mr . J . R . S . Vine , clerk of the Lcathersc-Uers' Company . 'The levee was also attended by Bro . the Dukes of Abercorn and
Manchester , the Marquis of Headfort , thc Earls of Hardwicke , Dalhousie , March , and Xorthesk ; Lords Balfour of Burleigh and Suffield , Sir William T . Chorley , 10 . II . Lechmere , Matthew Ridley , and Erasmus Wilson , Baron IT . de Worms , Canon Haynes , Ex-Sheriff Waterlow , l- 'it .- * - herbert Wright , Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chap . ; General Studholme Brownrigg ; and Major 10 . T . Rodney Wilde ,
T ' . H . R . 1 S 27 . I 3 ro . Lord Kensington , M . P ., Comptroller of the Household , was one of the rejiresentativcs , along with the Premier and the Home Secretary , chosen by the House of Commons to present the loyal address to the Ouecn from the lower House of Parliament , on the occasion of the congratulations of Her Majesty ' s escape from the hand of the assassin .
Thc Countess of Stanhope held her reception at the family mansion , Grosvcnor-place , on Saturday evening . Her Masonic guests included Bros . Sir Matthew White Ridley , Bart ., ' M . P . ; Col . Tavlor , M . P . ; Admiral Sir John Dalrymple May , Bart . ; Sir Thomas Erskine May , and Baron de Worms , . VI . P . Hro . Sir ltd ward Watkin . Hail ., M . P .. chairman
of the South-Eastern Railway , placed a special train on Saturday morning at the- disposal of the Premier and a number of friends , who left Charing Cross at S . 30 , to visit the Channel Tunnel works between Dover nnd Folkestone . Bro . Montague Guest , M . P . ; J . F . B . Firth . M . P ., and Stavely Hill , O . C , M . P ., were amongst the party . Bro . Myles Fenton , general manager , accompanied thu party .
Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chap ., preached at the Chapel Royal Savoy on Monday evening last . Hro . Alderman bowler , M . P ., Ph . de Keyser , C . C , and J . Lorkin , attended the anniversary dinner of thc Fishmongers' and Poulterers' Institution , at the Albion , on the 71 I 1 inst . Bro . Aldermnn bowler . M . P ., Mr . R . B . Martin . M . P ., and Sir Charles Mill * -, B . C ., M . P ., are members nf the Select Committee to serve on the Bills of the Exchange Bill .
liro . Horace Jones , 1 H 27 , occupied the chair al the last meeting of the Royal liistilutirof British Architects . The twelfth annual grand ball will take p lace on Wednesday , the 12 th of April next , at the Cannon-street Hotel , under the distinguished patronage nf Hro . the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , the Sheriffs anil L'ndrr-Sheriffs , in aid of tlie funds of the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage .
On Monday , the 27 th inst ., the ceremony of installation will be worked in the Tredegar Lodge oi' Instruction , Royal Hotel , Mile End-road , by Hro . T . J . Barnes , P . M . 554 and 033 , nn which occasion the attendance ol Masters and Past Masters is particularly invited . Wc regret le announce the il . vitb on Wednesday last , at Sunderland , of Hro . VV . II . Crookes , fur twenty years Provincial Grand Secretary for Durham .
Bro . Alderman bowler , M . P ., introduced Colonel Miles , the new member lor Malmesbury , in the House ol Commons on the yth inst It is with p leasure we have learned the opinion of a Bishop of thc Church of England on Freemasonry . A short time since , a London curate wished lobe initiated into the mysteries of the Craft , but finding the lodge he
wished to join met on an evening on whicii be ought to be engaged in clerical duties , he consulted his diocesan as to what he should do . 'The Bi .-lmjiof London told him be admired Freemasonry , and would not put any obstacle in the way of his joining , and though he would have preferred a lodge meeting on another night , as this one would only take him away but seldom , there could be no reason why be
should not become a member . Our friend has acted on his lordship's advice and lately war ; initiated . Bro . II . Do Kevser , C . C ., is lilting up the large new wing recently built to the Royal lintel , at the end of the 'Thames Embankment , with furniture from J . Shoolbred and Co ., Tottenham Court-road . When opened , we
shall hope to give some description of ( his magnificent building . It is ( he largest hotel in the kingdom belonging to a private individual , and it is no mean addition to the buildings on the London Boulevard , or any other part of London . VVe hope Bro . Keyser will have sulVw . ' nrnt tenants to occupy the numerous suites of rooms he is providing .
Bros , thc Lord Mayor and Alderman and SheiilT Hanson and Mr . Sheriff Ogg will attend St . Margaret ' s , Lothbury , to-morroiv ( Sunday ) , when a sermon will be preached by the rector , Rev . Harvey Brooks , on behalf of the Bishop of London's Fund . It was in ( his church Canon Melville delivered his famous golden lectures .
Lady Brand held a reception , * u the Speaker ' s House after the full-dress lever dinner of the Sth inst ., the following guests being amongst those comprised in her ladyship's company : Bros , the Earl of Onslow , the Earl of Galloway , the Lord Mayor , Sir Hartle Frere , Col . Sir
James McGarel Hogg , M . P . ; Sir Thos . Erskine May , II . Brassey , M . P . ; Mr . Staveley Hill , O . C , ALP . ; and Bro . Baron de Worms , M . P . Bro . the Karl of Dalhousie has taken charge of the Deceased Wife Sister's Hill in the House of Lords for this session .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Lady Beclive , wife of Bro . the Earl of Bective , M . P ., appeared at the recent drawing room in a dress ol black nun ' s clotli . A thick quadruple rue . ' ie of lace edged the skirt below the fiounces . A tiara of diamond and large pearls . A train of black satin and lined with black nun ' s cloth . The train hung from the waist . It will be recollected the Countess of Bective has taken a deep interest in
the manufacture of English goods , and wishes to set the fashion of wearing national materials in jivefevence to foreign articles . Wethink this will interest our lady readers , for wiicse sjiecial benefit we give it . Bro . Lieut .-Gen . Sir Garnet vVolsclc } -, G . C . B ., G . C . M . G ., has been appointed by thc Ouecn Adjutant-General of the forces , to date from April 1 st .
Bro . Sir Michael Costa continues to improve in health , and took a drive at the beginning of this week . Thc members of thc Junior Garrick Club entertained Hro . the Lord . Mayor recently at dinner at their house in Adclphi-lcrracc . Wc announced in these columns that such a dinner would take jilace . Bro . C . VV . T
homiison , the portly and genial Past Master of the Pattenmakers'Company , presided , and was sujijinrtcd by Bros . -Sir Frederick Perkins , Alderman Sir Francis VV . Tru-cott . Colonel Shadwell II . Clerke , Charles Warner , J . L . Toole , Arthur Swanborough ( S . Asaph ) , T " . Thorne , T . Beard , C . C . Barrow Emanuel , 1 X 27 , P . M . uf the Patternmakers ' Company , also Edgar Bruce and C . Ledger .
In celebration of the anniversary of the wedding day of Bro . II . R . IL the Prince and Princess of Wales , whicii occurred nn the loth inst ., their Royal Highnesses gave a ball at Marlborough Mouse . This year it was given to children . In most case- the jiarents of the children were invited also . 'The three Pri : cesses of Wales and the three Princes and Princesses , children of the Duke and Duchess nf Teck , werc amongst the large company , as
were also the children nf the follnwing brethren of the Craft : Bros , the Marquis uf Bath , Earl Granville , tin Earl of Lathom , Pro Grand Master , Ihe Fail of l . ytton , the Earl of March , the IOarl of Rosslyn , P . G . M . Seoil . ind , the Marquis of Twecddalo , Lord Suffield , Earl Hardwicke , Lord Wimborne , Colonel Stanley , . VI . P . Bro . Montagu Guest , M . P ., was included in the guests . Bro . the Marquis nf Hamilton was in attendance nil tlie Prince n [
Wales . Coote and T inney ' s band , under the directum nf Hro . Cnote , performed the selection of music . A Citv contemporary announced on Saturday last that the Lord Mayor would dine at Freemasons ' Mall on Wednesday , the 15 th iust ., with II . R . IL the Prince of Wales , aud afterwards with the Hankers aud Merchants at the Mansion Mouse . Now , is not this rather hard on the Luril Mayor ! A worthy Alderman recently in
a speech at a civic banquet pleaded pathetically oil behalf nf the Lord Mayor ' s digestion , and not without reason if he has lo undertake two banquets nn the same evening . We are happy , however , in being able to assure the many friends nf our distinguished brother that they need not l . e under any apprehension ; the first engagement was simply a meeting of Grand Lodge , presided over the M . W . ihe
Grand Master , tn express ihe loyal feelings of the Craft al the late distantly attempt on Her Majesty ' s life , and we trust our Bro . the Lord Mayor enjoyed his banquet with the Hankers and Merchants all ihe inure * -after those laudable proceedings . Bro . Ihe Lord Mayor attended public supping at Christ ' s I lospital 011 Thursday .
The ceremony of installation will be rehearsed at the Wanderers Lodgeof Instruction , at the Black Morse , Vnrk-slreet , West :... lister , at 7 . 30 . p . m ., nil Wednesday , the 2 yth inst ., by the Prccejitor , Bro . T . I *' . Wray , P . M . 16114 , and S . D . 1257 . Brethren interested in the ceremony , and others , are sun- uf a welcome . Bros . Ci . A . S da and Kdward Vales are on the
committee of the Tal-talf Club , which was opened on Ihe 1 Jib inst . Sir lOdward Reed , K . C . B ., F . R . S ., M . P ., is the chairman . 'The Maharajah Diilccp Sing , tlie IOarl uf Dunraven , anil Hro , the IOarl nf Westmoreland , are also on the committee . Tin ; Club is formed , as its name indicates , fur social amusement of the members . It is intended to give concerts and dramatical performances .
Bro . W . G . HoTiicastle , as Organist , rendered most valuable services at the concert given by Ihe London Sunday . School Choir at the Albert Mall on the ' ¦ Sth inst . There was a large attendance , and sonic ifmo elder scholars and teachers formed a choir , and wilh the organ accompaniment , sang so effectively as to elieit repeated encores .
Thc organization originated amongst the teachers in Poplar , where Hro . J . VV . Rundell has greatly interested himself , and now it has the co-operation of all parts nf London . Hro . Sir A . Lusk , Hart ., . VI . P ., is its President , and it may be icinarked that it tends not only lo cultivate a taste for sacred singing , but to promote unity amongst tiie various secis so much desired .
Bro . Richard Brown , P . G . I reasurcr , having resigned the ollicc of Hon . Secretary of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution , a position he has held fur about ten years with a zeal , tact , and ability which have largely contributed 10 the success of the charity , it has been thought desirable that some suitable recognition of his invaluable services should be made on tlie occasion of his retirement . A committee has been formed for the j . urporc
of carrying out this object , and subscriptions ( limited to one guinea ) will be received and acknowledged by Bros . J . B . Mackenzie , P . M . 'Treas . Hioy , Chairman ; J . Kellett S nilh , P . Prov . G . R ., Treasurer ; Menry A . 'Tobias , Prov . G . Sup . of Wks ., Secretary . It is proposed in the first instance lo present Bro . Brown with a Vice-Presidency nf the Institution with whicii his name has been so closely identified , but it will doubtless be felt that , as
some recognition of his eminent services , the testimonial should take a wider scope . |[ ui . r . ov ,-A \' s I ' u . l . s . —The r ;* -e : rtvst W ' nmtiT of modern times , — This inconip . 'u-. able medicine iicrerises tlie . ijipelite , strciTrthvirs thc stomach , cleanses lire liver , corrects biliousness , par en ' s il . itulc-nc \ , purities Un ; system , invigorates Ihe nerves , ami e-- ! ahhs ] , es sound health . The errernions ileiiiaml ( nr llu . se Pills throui-liout th-.- rrlnlv
astonishes everybody , and , 't single' trial will convince the most secplu'at thai no medicine espial- 1 lo ! lo ' . v . 'iy * s Pill , in its nbiiily to remove' all i-nniplnints inciile'iilril to the human race ' . They are a hlcssiriLttotlie . alllieled , and a boon to ali lhat labour under . htcrnnl nr external disease . I ' nriliealiori of the blood , removal of all restraint from Ihe secretive or-inns , ami gentle aperitive action , are the sources of * the extensile curative range * of Holloway's Pills . — [ Aim-. ]
Masonic And General Tidings.
Bro . the Lord Mayor on Tuesday attended b y invitation with the Lady Mayoress the ojiening of the Falstaff Club , after being present at the assault of arms of the London Rille Brigade , at Cannon-street Motel . Bro . II . R . IL the Dukeof Connaught dined on Thursday wee !; , after the levee , with Lord Carrington , the captain , and lire other officers of the corjis of Gentlemen-at-Arms at their mess at St . James ' s Palace .
hi the course of Ins speech at the overseer ' s dinner , at the Town I bill , 1 lackney , on Friday evening , the ioth inst ., the chairman , Hro . II . S . Goodall , P . M ., in proposing ' 'The Health of the Ouecn and the Royal Family , " alluded to that evening being the anniversary •¦!' the wedding of ihe Prince and Princess of Wales , ask ! : ; ---that Ihe toast should be drunk with all possible enthusiasm " . Alter being received with great acclamation by the
company , the chairman had . 1 telegraph sent to F . Knollys . Esq ., informing their Royal Highnesses that the company ' iiresent had just most heartily ilrunk their healths , and , " through tlieir chairman , begged to offer their sincere congratulation :- , to whicii the following rcjily was received ; ' " Have submitted your telegram lo Prince and Princess of Wales , and am desired to thank you for \ ouv kind congratulations . "
The following acknowledgment of ihe address from the Etonian Lodge of St . John , No . 2 , o , Windsor , to Her Majesty the tjucen ( which uv published last week ) has been received : Windsor Castle , March ioth , i . \'' i . Sir ,--I am commanded by the IJireeu tn request that you will convey to the brethren who signed lire address liar , milled by ' you tier Majesty ' s thanks for Ihi ir kind and Im - ¦' congratulations . -I ; ., „ , * ., * , your obedient ¦ ervant , HciW y I . J'onsuuby .-John Carter , Esq . " '
Bin . Henry VV right took pari in a debate on Monday , held in Ihe I lead Master ' s study at Christ ' s Hospital , n ' t the Grecians' Debating Society , when a motion was _ brought forward coirdemiialoiy ol the City Companies . Mr . Harris , Mr . Meek , and oilier Grecians
spoke , the former , with Bro . Wright , upholding their usefulness , and cli .-ilh-ngii'g any enquiry into their management , although neither held ihe right of any public body to institute such enquiry . The iiintmr * was li .-. i by a large majority .
Bro . Lord Brabourne will pre-ide at the Keslival Dinner , at Willis ' s Rooms , on May nth , uf ihe Ncusvendur ' s Benevolent and Pi .. vide . it Institution . Bro . Staveley Hill , O . C ., M . P ., gave a lecture at Birmingham on ThursOay on " Land , " in which he advocated a reform oi the law uf entail .
Bio . C . VV . Peters will be installed VV . M . of the I ' nited Pilgrims Lodge , No . 517 , at the Bridge Mouse Hotel , London Bridge , on VVciincsday next , Bro . Alderman howler , . VI . I ' ., ha * , consented to lake the chair at the East India Association ' s meeting , when a paper will be read on "By whom is India Governed , " by Mr . DaCo-ta .
Bro . ihe Lord Mayor was a visitor at the gardens of the Zoological Society on Monday . About .. uuo jiersons that day had an audience of Juinbo . Bro . Deputy Bra -s presided at a dinner of tlie Bridge Mouse Estates Committee on Friday . Bros . Alderman Fowler , M . P ., A . J . Alliii .-in , ( . ' . ( , ' ., and W . Lyon were aiiiun-st the diner-..
Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey . K . C . B ., M . P ., has accoj . U .-d the mastership of the ' East Surrey Foxhounds- ) which hunt twice , * i week . We regret lo announce the death of Lad y Roberts , mother nf Hro . Sir Frideiiek Roberts , and widow
uf the late gallant Sir Abraham Roberts , himself a distinguished Alglian hero . Lady Unbelts , alter being in town lor Ihe day , went to h . r apartments in Hampton Court Palace , where she was attacked by npiiplcw , became unconscious , and remained so until her death on the 7 th inst .
Bin . VV . lunst . ili ( l . uke , P . Prov . G . Sec , \ v , n cm Tuesday last installed as W . M . of the Royal Sussex Lodge uf Mark Alasters , at Brighton . Bro . the Lord Mayor will lay the foundation stone of the new City i , ( Ijiyul m College im a site close to the Aloorgate-stieet Statii 11 , on Friday , the list inst . 'This
institution lias been ol gleat veiviee dining Hit- thiity-fhrec years it lias been in existence , devtloj . iiig the abilities and stimulating ihe encrgi , ; ¦ of . pi . oeo young men employed in the metropolis . T he cost of ihe building will be £ 15 , 0110 , towards which £ 7000 has been suhsi iil , cd , und the Lord . Mayor has issued au appeal fur contributions . Bro . W . II . Saunders is the financial secretary to the Building Fund .
At thc recent annual stall ' dinner ot tbe School Board , for London it was a matter of regret that illness prevented the chief , Mr . G . 11 . Crimd , ll . A ., from presiding . His jilace , however , was very efficiently taken , at short notice , by Bro . 10 . II . Bramley , head of the minuting department . Ihe proceedings were uf the usual kind , i . ut there was a very pleasant interpolation which will interest
members uf the Crall . At a brief interval , the Chairman read a list uf names uf gentleineo with whom he desired to take wine , explaining lhat those invited would understand why they v . eve called upon , and those who were not would doubtless accept his assurance that there was sufficient reason for his conduct . We need hardly say here that file names—ranging from inspectors down lo a veil' humble
individual in the Board ' s service—were those ol brethren in the * Crafl , and illustrated the eleclicisni of Freemasonry in a most marked manner . Bin . Bramley ' s genialityalways conspicuous— -was never better exemplified than when amongst his friends he honoured Masonry with the toasl , "North , South , East , and West "—you know the rest .
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Masonic And General Tidings.
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .
Bro . H . R . H . thc Grand Master held held a levee at St . James's Palace , on behalf of thc Ouecn , on Friday , the ioth inst ., at which were present Bros . H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , the Earl of Brcadalbane , the Marquis of Hamilton , Lord Kensington , M . P ., Col . Stanley , M . P ., and the Marquis of Huntington , M . P . Bro . tbe IOarl of Breadalbane jiresented Lieut . A . Blackburn , Cameron
Highlanders ; Bro . the Duke of Connaught Lieut .-Col . Lorking , on being appointed extra equerry to II . R . IL ; Lieut . St . Clair O'Malley , London Irish Volunteers , was presented by Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , colonel of the regiment ; Bro . the Lord Mayor presented Mr . J . R . S . Vine , clerk of the Lcathersc-Uers' Company . 'The levee was also attended by Bro . the Dukes of Abercorn and
Manchester , the Marquis of Headfort , thc Earls of Hardwicke , Dalhousie , March , and Xorthesk ; Lords Balfour of Burleigh and Suffield , Sir William T . Chorley , 10 . II . Lechmere , Matthew Ridley , and Erasmus Wilson , Baron IT . de Worms , Canon Haynes , Ex-Sheriff Waterlow , l- 'it .- * - herbert Wright , Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chap . ; General Studholme Brownrigg ; and Major 10 . T . Rodney Wilde ,
T ' . H . R . 1 S 27 . I 3 ro . Lord Kensington , M . P ., Comptroller of the Household , was one of the rejiresentativcs , along with the Premier and the Home Secretary , chosen by the House of Commons to present the loyal address to the Ouecn from the lower House of Parliament , on the occasion of the congratulations of Her Majesty ' s escape from the hand of the assassin .
Thc Countess of Stanhope held her reception at the family mansion , Grosvcnor-place , on Saturday evening . Her Masonic guests included Bros . Sir Matthew White Ridley , Bart ., ' M . P . ; Col . Tavlor , M . P . ; Admiral Sir John Dalrymple May , Bart . ; Sir Thomas Erskine May , and Baron de Worms , . VI . P . Hro . Sir ltd ward Watkin . Hail ., M . P .. chairman
of the South-Eastern Railway , placed a special train on Saturday morning at the- disposal of the Premier and a number of friends , who left Charing Cross at S . 30 , to visit the Channel Tunnel works between Dover nnd Folkestone . Bro . Montague Guest , M . P . ; J . F . B . Firth . M . P ., and Stavely Hill , O . C , M . P ., were amongst the party . Bro . Myles Fenton , general manager , accompanied thu party .
Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chap ., preached at the Chapel Royal Savoy on Monday evening last . Hro . Alderman bowler , M . P ., Ph . de Keyser , C . C , and J . Lorkin , attended the anniversary dinner of thc Fishmongers' and Poulterers' Institution , at the Albion , on the 71 I 1 inst . Bro . Aldermnn bowler . M . P ., Mr . R . B . Martin . M . P ., and Sir Charles Mill * -, B . C ., M . P ., are members nf the Select Committee to serve on the Bills of the Exchange Bill .
liro . Horace Jones , 1 H 27 , occupied the chair al the last meeting of the Royal liistilutirof British Architects . The twelfth annual grand ball will take p lace on Wednesday , the 12 th of April next , at the Cannon-street Hotel , under the distinguished patronage nf Hro . the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , the Sheriffs anil L'ndrr-Sheriffs , in aid of tlie funds of the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage .
On Monday , the 27 th inst ., the ceremony of installation will be worked in the Tredegar Lodge oi' Instruction , Royal Hotel , Mile End-road , by Hro . T . J . Barnes , P . M . 554 and 033 , nn which occasion the attendance ol Masters and Past Masters is particularly invited . Wc regret le announce the il . vitb on Wednesday last , at Sunderland , of Hro . VV . II . Crookes , fur twenty years Provincial Grand Secretary for Durham .
Bro . Alderman bowler , M . P ., introduced Colonel Miles , the new member lor Malmesbury , in the House ol Commons on the yth inst It is with p leasure we have learned the opinion of a Bishop of thc Church of England on Freemasonry . A short time since , a London curate wished lobe initiated into the mysteries of the Craft , but finding the lodge he
wished to join met on an evening on whicii be ought to be engaged in clerical duties , he consulted his diocesan as to what he should do . 'The Bi .-lmjiof London told him be admired Freemasonry , and would not put any obstacle in the way of his joining , and though he would have preferred a lodge meeting on another night , as this one would only take him away but seldom , there could be no reason why be
should not become a member . Our friend has acted on his lordship's advice and lately war ; initiated . Bro . II . Do Kevser , C . C ., is lilting up the large new wing recently built to the Royal lintel , at the end of the 'Thames Embankment , with furniture from J . Shoolbred and Co ., Tottenham Court-road . When opened , we
shall hope to give some description of ( his magnificent building . It is ( he largest hotel in the kingdom belonging to a private individual , and it is no mean addition to the buildings on the London Boulevard , or any other part of London . VVe hope Bro . Keyser will have sulVw . ' nrnt tenants to occupy the numerous suites of rooms he is providing .
Bros , thc Lord Mayor and Alderman and SheiilT Hanson and Mr . Sheriff Ogg will attend St . Margaret ' s , Lothbury , to-morroiv ( Sunday ) , when a sermon will be preached by the rector , Rev . Harvey Brooks , on behalf of the Bishop of London's Fund . It was in ( his church Canon Melville delivered his famous golden lectures .
Lady Brand held a reception , * u the Speaker ' s House after the full-dress lever dinner of the Sth inst ., the following guests being amongst those comprised in her ladyship's company : Bros , the Earl of Onslow , the Earl of Galloway , the Lord Mayor , Sir Hartle Frere , Col . Sir
James McGarel Hogg , M . P . ; Sir Thos . Erskine May , II . Brassey , M . P . ; Mr . Staveley Hill , O . C , ALP . ; and Bro . Baron de Worms , M . P . Bro . the Karl of Dalhousie has taken charge of the Deceased Wife Sister's Hill in the House of Lords for this session .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Lady Beclive , wife of Bro . the Earl of Bective , M . P ., appeared at the recent drawing room in a dress ol black nun ' s clotli . A thick quadruple rue . ' ie of lace edged the skirt below the fiounces . A tiara of diamond and large pearls . A train of black satin and lined with black nun ' s cloth . The train hung from the waist . It will be recollected the Countess of Bective has taken a deep interest in
the manufacture of English goods , and wishes to set the fashion of wearing national materials in jivefevence to foreign articles . Wethink this will interest our lady readers , for wiicse sjiecial benefit we give it . Bro . Lieut .-Gen . Sir Garnet vVolsclc } -, G . C . B ., G . C . M . G ., has been appointed by thc Ouecn Adjutant-General of the forces , to date from April 1 st .
Bro . Sir Michael Costa continues to improve in health , and took a drive at the beginning of this week . Thc members of thc Junior Garrick Club entertained Hro . the Lord . Mayor recently at dinner at their house in Adclphi-lcrracc . Wc announced in these columns that such a dinner would take jilace . Bro . C . VV . T
homiison , the portly and genial Past Master of the Pattenmakers'Company , presided , and was sujijinrtcd by Bros . -Sir Frederick Perkins , Alderman Sir Francis VV . Tru-cott . Colonel Shadwell II . Clerke , Charles Warner , J . L . Toole , Arthur Swanborough ( S . Asaph ) , T " . Thorne , T . Beard , C . C . Barrow Emanuel , 1 X 27 , P . M . uf the Patternmakers ' Company , also Edgar Bruce and C . Ledger .
In celebration of the anniversary of the wedding day of Bro . II . R . IL the Prince and Princess of Wales , whicii occurred nn the loth inst ., their Royal Highnesses gave a ball at Marlborough Mouse . This year it was given to children . In most case- the jiarents of the children were invited also . 'The three Pri : cesses of Wales and the three Princes and Princesses , children of the Duke and Duchess nf Teck , werc amongst the large company , as
were also the children nf the follnwing brethren of the Craft : Bros , the Marquis uf Bath , Earl Granville , tin Earl of Lathom , Pro Grand Master , Ihe Fail of l . ytton , the Earl of March , the IOarl of Rosslyn , P . G . M . Seoil . ind , the Marquis of Twecddalo , Lord Suffield , Earl Hardwicke , Lord Wimborne , Colonel Stanley , . VI . P . Bro . Montagu Guest , M . P ., was included in the guests . Bro . the Marquis nf Hamilton was in attendance nil tlie Prince n [
Wales . Coote and T inney ' s band , under the directum nf Hro . Cnote , performed the selection of music . A Citv contemporary announced on Saturday last that the Lord Mayor would dine at Freemasons ' Mall on Wednesday , the 15 th iust ., with II . R . IL the Prince of Wales , aud afterwards with the Hankers aud Merchants at the Mansion Mouse . Now , is not this rather hard on the Luril Mayor ! A worthy Alderman recently in
a speech at a civic banquet pleaded pathetically oil behalf nf the Lord Mayor ' s digestion , and not without reason if he has lo undertake two banquets nn the same evening . We are happy , however , in being able to assure the many friends nf our distinguished brother that they need not l . e under any apprehension ; the first engagement was simply a meeting of Grand Lodge , presided over the M . W . ihe
Grand Master , tn express ihe loyal feelings of the Craft al the late distantly attempt on Her Majesty ' s life , and we trust our Bro . the Lord Mayor enjoyed his banquet with the Hankers and Merchants all ihe inure * -after those laudable proceedings . Bro . Ihe Lord Mayor attended public supping at Christ ' s I lospital 011 Thursday .
The ceremony of installation will be rehearsed at the Wanderers Lodgeof Instruction , at the Black Morse , Vnrk-slreet , West :... lister , at 7 . 30 . p . m ., nil Wednesday , the 2 yth inst ., by the Prccejitor , Bro . T . I *' . Wray , P . M . 16114 , and S . D . 1257 . Brethren interested in the ceremony , and others , are sun- uf a welcome . Bros . Ci . A . S da and Kdward Vales are on the
committee of the Tal-talf Club , which was opened on Ihe 1 Jib inst . Sir lOdward Reed , K . C . B ., F . R . S ., M . P ., is the chairman . 'The Maharajah Diilccp Sing , tlie IOarl uf Dunraven , anil Hro , the IOarl nf Westmoreland , are also on the committee . Tin ; Club is formed , as its name indicates , fur social amusement of the members . It is intended to give concerts and dramatical performances .
Bro . W . G . HoTiicastle , as Organist , rendered most valuable services at the concert given by Ihe London Sunday . School Choir at the Albert Mall on the ' ¦ Sth inst . There was a large attendance , and sonic ifmo elder scholars and teachers formed a choir , and wilh the organ accompaniment , sang so effectively as to elieit repeated encores .
Thc organization originated amongst the teachers in Poplar , where Hro . J . VV . Rundell has greatly interested himself , and now it has the co-operation of all parts nf London . Hro . Sir A . Lusk , Hart ., . VI . P ., is its President , and it may be icinarked that it tends not only lo cultivate a taste for sacred singing , but to promote unity amongst tiie various secis so much desired .
Bro . Richard Brown , P . G . I reasurcr , having resigned the ollicc of Hon . Secretary of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution , a position he has held fur about ten years with a zeal , tact , and ability which have largely contributed 10 the success of the charity , it has been thought desirable that some suitable recognition of his invaluable services should be made on tlie occasion of his retirement . A committee has been formed for the j . urporc
of carrying out this object , and subscriptions ( limited to one guinea ) will be received and acknowledged by Bros . J . B . Mackenzie , P . M . 'Treas . Hioy , Chairman ; J . Kellett S nilh , P . Prov . G . R ., Treasurer ; Menry A . 'Tobias , Prov . G . Sup . of Wks ., Secretary . It is proposed in the first instance lo present Bro . Brown with a Vice-Presidency nf the Institution with whicii his name has been so closely identified , but it will doubtless be felt that , as
some recognition of his eminent services , the testimonial should take a wider scope . |[ ui . r . ov ,-A \' s I ' u . l . s . —The r ;* -e : rtvst W ' nmtiT of modern times , — This inconip . 'u-. able medicine iicrerises tlie . ijipelite , strciTrthvirs thc stomach , cleanses lire liver , corrects biliousness , par en ' s il . itulc-nc \ , purities Un ; system , invigorates Ihe nerves , ami e-- ! ahhs ] , es sound health . The errernions ileiiiaml ( nr llu . se Pills throui-liout th-.- rrlnlv
astonishes everybody , and , 't single' trial will convince the most secplu'at thai no medicine espial- 1 lo ! lo ' . v . 'iy * s Pill , in its nbiiily to remove' all i-nniplnints inciile'iilril to the human race ' . They are a hlcssiriLttotlie . alllieled , and a boon to ali lhat labour under . htcrnnl nr external disease . I ' nriliealiori of the blood , removal of all restraint from Ihe secretive or-inns , ami gentle aperitive action , are the sources of * the extensile curative range * of Holloway's Pills . — [ Aim-. ]
Masonic And General Tidings.
Bro . the Lord Mayor on Tuesday attended b y invitation with the Lady Mayoress the ojiening of the Falstaff Club , after being present at the assault of arms of the London Rille Brigade , at Cannon-street Motel . Bro . II . R . IL the Dukeof Connaught dined on Thursday wee !; , after the levee , with Lord Carrington , the captain , and lire other officers of the corjis of Gentlemen-at-Arms at their mess at St . James ' s Palace .
hi the course of Ins speech at the overseer ' s dinner , at the Town I bill , 1 lackney , on Friday evening , the ioth inst ., the chairman , Hro . II . S . Goodall , P . M ., in proposing ' 'The Health of the Ouecn and the Royal Family , " alluded to that evening being the anniversary •¦!' the wedding of ihe Prince and Princess of Wales , ask ! : ; ---that Ihe toast should be drunk with all possible enthusiasm " . Alter being received with great acclamation by the
company , the chairman had . 1 telegraph sent to F . Knollys . Esq ., informing their Royal Highnesses that the company ' iiresent had just most heartily ilrunk their healths , and , " through tlieir chairman , begged to offer their sincere congratulation :- , to whicii the following rcjily was received ; ' " Have submitted your telegram lo Prince and Princess of Wales , and am desired to thank you for \ ouv kind congratulations . "
The following acknowledgment of ihe address from the Etonian Lodge of St . John , No . 2 , o , Windsor , to Her Majesty the tjucen ( which uv published last week ) has been received : Windsor Castle , March ioth , i . \'' i . Sir ,--I am commanded by the IJireeu tn request that you will convey to the brethren who signed lire address liar , milled by ' you tier Majesty ' s thanks for Ihi ir kind and Im - ¦' congratulations . -I ; ., „ , * ., * , your obedient ¦ ervant , HciW y I . J'onsuuby .-John Carter , Esq . " '
Bin . Henry VV right took pari in a debate on Monday , held in Ihe I lead Master ' s study at Christ ' s Hospital , n ' t the Grecians' Debating Society , when a motion was _ brought forward coirdemiialoiy ol the City Companies . Mr . Harris , Mr . Meek , and oilier Grecians
spoke , the former , with Bro . Wright , upholding their usefulness , and cli .-ilh-ngii'g any enquiry into their management , although neither held ihe right of any public body to institute such enquiry . The iiintmr * was li .-. i by a large majority .
Bro . Lord Brabourne will pre-ide at the Keslival Dinner , at Willis ' s Rooms , on May nth , uf ihe Ncusvendur ' s Benevolent and Pi .. vide . it Institution . Bro . Staveley Hill , O . C ., M . P ., gave a lecture at Birmingham on ThursOay on " Land , " in which he advocated a reform oi the law uf entail .
Bio . C . VV . Peters will be installed VV . M . of the I ' nited Pilgrims Lodge , No . 517 , at the Bridge Mouse Hotel , London Bridge , on VVciincsday next , Bro . Alderman howler , . VI . I ' ., ha * , consented to lake the chair at the East India Association ' s meeting , when a paper will be read on "By whom is India Governed , " by Mr . DaCo-ta .
Bro . ihe Lord Mayor was a visitor at the gardens of the Zoological Society on Monday . About .. uuo jiersons that day had an audience of Juinbo . Bro . Deputy Bra -s presided at a dinner of tlie Bridge Mouse Estates Committee on Friday . Bros . Alderman Fowler , M . P ., A . J . Alliii .-in , ( . ' . ( , ' ., and W . Lyon were aiiiun-st the diner-..
Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey . K . C . B ., M . P ., has accoj . U .-d the mastership of the ' East Surrey Foxhounds- ) which hunt twice , * i week . We regret lo announce the death of Lad y Roberts , mother nf Hro . Sir Frideiiek Roberts , and widow
uf the late gallant Sir Abraham Roberts , himself a distinguished Alglian hero . Lady Unbelts , alter being in town lor Ihe day , went to h . r apartments in Hampton Court Palace , where she was attacked by npiiplcw , became unconscious , and remained so until her death on the 7 th inst .
Bin . VV . lunst . ili ( l . uke , P . Prov . G . Sec , \ v , n cm Tuesday last installed as W . M . of the Royal Sussex Lodge uf Mark Alasters , at Brighton . Bro . the Lord Mayor will lay the foundation stone of the new City i , ( Ijiyul m College im a site close to the Aloorgate-stieet Statii 11 , on Friday , the list inst . 'This
institution lias been ol gleat veiviee dining Hit- thiity-fhrec years it lias been in existence , devtloj . iiig the abilities and stimulating ihe encrgi , ; ¦ of . pi . oeo young men employed in the metropolis . T he cost of ihe building will be £ 15 , 0110 , towards which £ 7000 has been suhsi iil , cd , und the Lord . Mayor has issued au appeal fur contributions . Bro . W . II . Saunders is the financial secretary to the Building Fund .
At thc recent annual stall ' dinner ot tbe School Board , for London it was a matter of regret that illness prevented the chief , Mr . G . 11 . Crimd , ll . A ., from presiding . His jilace , however , was very efficiently taken , at short notice , by Bro . 10 . II . Bramley , head of the minuting department . Ihe proceedings were uf the usual kind , i . ut there was a very pleasant interpolation which will interest
members uf the Crall . At a brief interval , the Chairman read a list uf names uf gentleineo with whom he desired to take wine , explaining lhat those invited would understand why they v . eve called upon , and those who were not would doubtless accept his assurance that there was sufficient reason for his conduct . We need hardly say here that file names—ranging from inspectors down lo a veil' humble
individual in the Board ' s service—were those ol brethren in the * Crafl , and illustrated the eleclicisni of Freemasonry in a most marked manner . Bin . Bramley ' s genialityalways conspicuous— -was never better exemplified than when amongst his friends he honoured Masonry with the toasl , "North , South , East , and West "—you know the rest .
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