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Masonic Tidings.
Masonic Tidings .
We understand that the Burgoyne Lodge has removed thc lodge of instruction from the Red Cap to the Cock Tavern , Nos . 3 and 4 , St . Martin ' s-court , Ludgatchill , E . G ., and is held on Thursday , at G . 30 p . m . The instruction lodge being now more centrally situate , will , doubtless , be better attended by the ofiicers and brethren of the mother lodge than formerly . The North London Chapter of Improvement ,
No . 1471 , held at the Jolly banners lavern , Southgateroad , lias adjourned its meetings until Thursda ) -, tile ist of September next . Comp . T . C . Edwards is the Preceptor . A Provincial Grand Lodge of Berks and Bucks will be held at Aylesbury on Monday , the 20 th inst ., under the presidency of R . VV . Bro . Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . Grand Master . The banquet which will follow the lodge meeting will be held at thc George Hotel at three o ' clock .
In our report on the 4 . U 1 inst . ofthe laying of the foundation stone of a new Masonic Hall at Mcltliam we omitted to mention the Prince of Wales ' s Lodge , No . 1 G 4 S , as among the lodges represented . Bro . Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott has been p laced on the commission of peace for the county of Cornwall , by tlic Lord Lieutenant , Bro . thc Earl of Mount Edgcumbe .
Bro . Sir l'Ycdcrick and Lady Roberts were among - the visitors present at . the Fourth of June celebration at Eton . Bro . the F . ari of Bandon , G . S . Ireland , Prov . Grand Master of Minister , has been chosen as representative peer of Ireland , in the room of the late Bro . Lord Dunboyne .
A -Masonic star , engraved" Enoch Lodge centenary , 1 S 55 , j . Payne , J . D ., " were amongst the articles seized at the bouse of a prisoner brought up at Bow-street Police Court , on Saturday last . Bro . D . H . W . Hnrlock , 357 , was installed First W . M . of the 'Thames Lodge , at thc consecration meeting held at 1 lenlei' -on-Thames , on 'Thursday , the oth inst .
i he Blackpool 1 -odge , No . 1476 , and ihe bidelity Lodge , No . 12 ^ 6 , the former held nt the Clifton Arms Hotel , Blackpool , and thc latter at Bull Hotel , Poulton-le-Fylde , will adjourn their meetings until the month of October next . We notice in iho Times an announcement of tbe birth of n son to Mr . T , Mountfield Bennett , the only son of Bro . Sir John Bennett , at Nelson , New Zealand .
Bro . J . Al . Clabon , as solicitor for the . \ ltorncy-Gencral , attended at the Town Hall , Holborn , on Saturday , for the purpose of making encpiiry into the Hoxton Estate Charily , which had been left for thc benefit of the liberty of Saffron-hill , lily-rents , and Ilatton-garden . Bro . Clabon heard suggestions of all persons who are parishioners as to bow the charity can , in future , be best cmployed according to the wish of the founders .
The growth of Masonry in the Great West is evidenced by the fact that a little over thirty-five years ago nine brethren united to form the present Grand Lodge of Michigan , which now has a membership in its lodges of tteeutr-six thousand brethren .
Bro . Sheriff Waterlow entertained all the ofiicers and the members of thc Court of Assistants of thc Honourable Artillery Company at dinner at the Gresham Club On Wednesday , June Sth . 'The only toasts were " 'The Queen , " and " 'The Sheriff , " the latter being proposed in very kind terms by Captain Rawlins , of thc Field Battery , of which Bro . Sheriff Waterlow has been a member for fifteen years .
The audit dinner of thc Caveac Lodge was held at the Albion on Saturday last . Bro . the Prince of Wales has sent ^ ' 50 and the Princess £ 25 towards the extension of the building of the Railway Servants' Orphanage . Bro . Thomas Somncr Ainsworth , solicitor , of Blackburn , was found in a dying condition in bed , at his
residence , bhowley Fold , Clayton-le-dale , at half-past eight on Monday . A five-chambered revolver was lying beside the bed with one chamber discharged , nnd from the appearance of Bro . Ainsworth ' s head it is certain that he had shot himself . 'The deceased was the oldest surviving member of a . very old county family . Bro . M . U . I ! the Prince of Wales and the
Princess of Wales on Monday vi .-jted the bazaar in aid of a local church fund , which is being held at the residence of Bro . the Duke , and the Duchess of Connaught , at Bagshot Park . 'There was a distinguished party present , and Bro . ( lie Duke of Albany ( Prince Leopold ) sold some works of art by auction . Bro . Geo . Austin , S . I ") . 1130 , who after more
llian five years' residence is leaving Melton Mowbray for Glasgow , was , on Friday evening last , entertained at dinner and presented with an address expressive of regret at his removal , ami begging his acceptance of a handsome gold watch , subscribed I ' or by the members of the local cricket and dramatic clubs , brethren of the Rutland Lodge and other friends .
Bro . Bruce Findley , thc enterprising ; curator of the Manchester Horticultural and Botanical Society , has again scored a great success with bis annual Whit week exhibition . 'The principal prizes were taken by liro . J . Smith and Sons , of Woree .-ter ( represented by Bro . Petch ) ,
Bro . . 1 . Dickson and Sons , of Chester , and Mr . B . S . Wi / Ji .-inis , of Highgate , as nurserymen , whilst Uro . W . Brockbank , of Didsbury , distanced all competitors as an amateur . 'The show was attended , as usual , by thousands of holiday makers .
__ Bro . il . J . / ..-irdiiei- was installed W . M . of ( lie Fai-ringdon-Wilh . out Lod . ,-, ] , the outgoing Master , Bro . T . C Wells , P . P . G . S . I . ! . Middles .-:, at ' lhc ' UiU meeting oi the lodge . Bro . W . Curtis , P . G . S . B . Nottinghamshire , was
installed W . M . ofthe Ne-. vto .-i Lodge , No . 1601 , at the Savings bank , Newark -on- Trent , on Fiiday , the ioth inst . Bro . John Harper was installed- W . M . of the Walpole Lodge . No . / 500 . . Wtvicli . on Thursday , the 2 nd
Masonic Tidings.
We are informed that the consecration of the . Shadwell Gierke Lodge , No . 1910 , is again unavoidably postponed . Bro . thc Rev . Dr . Cox , P . G . C , vicar of St . Helen , Bishopsgate , preached upon "The Divinity of Christ" last Sunday .
OBTUSE . —The Freemason , of London , does not profess to understand , and is not able to conceive , what a public installation of ofiicers is . For its benefit , wc will say it is simply performing - publicly thc monitorial or printed part of the installation service , and , in no sense , is an exposure of thc secrets of the Oriental Chair . — Voice of Masonrv .
Bro . Earl Percy , M . P ., presided on Tuesday at the annua ! meeting of the National Artillery Association , at which it was announced that the camp would be opened at Shoeburyness on the 30 th July . 'I he . Fifteen Sections will be rehearsed at a mect- >
ing of the Wellington Lodgeof Instruction , to he held at the White Swan Hotel , High-street , Deptford , on Monday , the 20 th inst . Bro . J . G . Milbourn will preside , and the lodge will be opened at seven o'clock p . m . liro .-Major-General Sir . Frederick Roberts is srazctted as a baronet .
Bro . the liar ! of Mar and Kellie , R . W . Deputy Grand Master of Scotland , presided at the half-yearly meeting of the Highland Agricultural Society on Wednesday , when th . e arrangements were reported tor thc annual show ci £ . the Society , which is to be held at Stirling on July 2 Gth and three following days .
Bro . G . R . Sims ' s adaptation , " Olive Yarcoe , " will furnish Mdme . Modjeska with a new part ere long . Bro . George Powell , of 30 , Moorg-atc-street , has been proposed for appointment as one of the trustees of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire . liro . Sir Thomas Brassey is the subject of this week's Punch ' s fancy portraits .
liro . His Koyal Highness thc Duke of Albany , K . G ., who has presided over ( lie Committee for the Spanish and Portguese Loan Exhibition at the South Kensington Museum , inspected the collection on Friday , the ioth inst . It is now opened to the public . Bro . R . P . Spice was amongst those present at Ihe opening of the eightieth annual conference of the
members of thc British Association of Gas Managers , held at the Masonic Hall , Birmingham , on Tuesday , and read a paper on "The 'Treatment of Gas in Condensation by St . John ' s Apparatus . " Bro . Sir James Ramsden presided at a luncheon after the launch of the City of Rome at Barrow-in-Furness on 'Tuesday last . Bro . William W . Wilde was installed W . M . of the Morecambe Lodge , No . 15 G 1 , at the Masonic Hall ,
Morecambe , at Ihe last meeting of the lodge . Bro . Fred Godfrey has been seized wilh a brain disease , and he had on the gth inst . to be placed under confinement in an asylum . As bandmaster of the Coldstream Guards , lie lias long- been celebrated as one of the best known military band and dance conductors of the day . liro . T . I-I . Arden was installed VV . M . of the Neptune Lodge , No . 12 C 4 , at the Masonic Hall , Liverpool , on the Gth inst .
The Plncknett Lodge of Instruction meets at the Bald-Faced Stag , East End , Finchley , every 'Tuesday , at S o'clock . Bro . R . J . Cook was unanimously elected W . M . of the Pattison Lodge , No . 913 , Plumstead , at the last monthly meeting . Bro . Councillor J . Ball was unanimously chosen
W . M . of _ tlic St . John ' s Lodge , No . G 73 , Liverpool , at the last meeting of that lodge , on Tuesday , the 7 th inst . Bro . Karl Percy has resigned the presidency of the council of the National Artillery Association . Bros . Alderman Kilis , Alderman and Sheriff Fowler , M . P ., and G . A . Sala , will be present at the anniversary dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund , this day
( Saturday ) . Bro . Major General Sir Frederick Roberts was presented with a diploma of honorary fellowship of the Royal Historical Society , at a special meeting held at the Society of Arts , John-street Adelphi , on Wednesday night . Pro . Fx-ShenTf Woollolon , Bro . Sheriff
Waterlow , and Sir Edward Watkin , Bart ., M . P . ( chairman of thc SouHi-Eastcrn Railway Company ) , are mentioned in connection wilh the vacancy in thc ward of Qticenliitlic , caused by the death of Bro . Alderman Sir \ V . ~ V . Rose . Bros . Defries and Sons , of lloundsditch , were entrusted with the carrying out of the principal decorations at the Stephenson Centenary , Newcaslle-on-Tyne .
Bro . Henry Wright , Hon . Secretary of the City nnd Churchyard Protection Society , has issued the following notice : 'The Lord Mayor , the President , Vice-Presidents , and Council of the " City Church and Churchyard Protection Society request the pleasure of your company ( and friends ) at the second annual meeting of the Society to be held ( by kind permission of the Lord Mayor ) at the
. Mansion House ( entrance in Walbrook ) on Thm-iday , June 23 , if-Sr , when the report will be presented . 'The chair will be taken by the Rt . Hon . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., at 4 . 30 p . m . Amongst those expected to take part in the proceedings will be Ihe Ear ] of Devon , the Lord Forbes , the Lord Talbot de Malalude , F . S . A ., F . R . GS . ; Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Fowler , M . P . ; Bro . Montague GuestM . P . ; Sir Robert
, J . Phillimore ; Edwin Freshlield , Esq ., F . S . A . ; the Rev . H . C . Slnilf . ' eworth , Minor Canon of St . Paul's ; ) . A . Kimrdop , Esq . ; li . C . Richards , Esq ., Barrister-at-Law ; J . W . Gnotlinge , Esq ., C . C ; and Bro . Henry Wright , Honorary Secn-l .-ny . Inccc of your acccp . - ance or nonacceptance of this invitation , a reply at an early date ,
addressed to Henry Wright , Esq ., City Club , Ludgate Circus , li . C , will be er . Uemcd a favour , from whom forms of membership , report of Mansion House meeting , iSSo , and other papers of the Society , may be obtained on application ( in writing ) . It is hoped that those interested in the City churches will become members . No subscription is demanded ,
General Tidings.
General Tidings .
The majority in favour of Sir Wilfred Lawson ' s motion on the liquor traffic was greater by sixteen than last year , though it was taken in a much smaller House . Tbe figures last year showed 245 for the resolution and 219 against , a majority of 26 . On Tuesday night the figures were 19 G for the motion and 154 against , a " majority of 42 . Thc motion was , in the main , on party lines .
Ihe Inman steamer City of Rome , 8 S 26 tons burthen , was successfully launched on Tuesday from the yard of the Barrow Shipbuilding Company , in the presence of from 50 , 000 to 60 , 000 persons . Lady Constance Stanley named the vessel . An accident occurred which completely marred the proceedings of the day . A donkey engine on the deck of the ship exploded a few minutes before she was launched , killing three men and injuring ten others , some being very seriously hurt .
Her Majesty the Queen has conveyed , through SirH . Ponsonby , intimation to Mr . S . C . Hall that she has much pleasure in g iving her approval to his dedicating his work-, " Rhymes in Council , " to Her Majesty ' s grandchildren .
1 he Library Committee of the Corporation are engaged in a scheme for bringing to light and making more accessible the literary treasures under their control , a work in which antiquarians and literary men will wish them all success .
The trustees of thc Burns Monument at A yr have , the Scotch papers say , completed the purchase of the cottage and four acres of land feued by the poet ' s father in the year 175 G . The cottage , which will no longer be used as a public-house , will , in future , be open to visitors for a small charge . 'The purchase money paid for the whole
property was ^ 4000 . On Sunday next , being Hospital Sunday , the LordMayor and the Sheriffs will attend in State at the morning service in Westminster Abbey , and at the afternoon service at St . Paul ' s Cathedral . Her Majesty ' s Judges will be present at the latter service , and the sermon will be preached by Bishop Claughton .
The Marquis and Marchioness Tseng and suite , attended by Dr . Macartney , visited Madame Tussaud ' s Exhibition on Wednesday . An hotel is to be built close tathe Observatory on Mount Vesuvius , furnished with every comfort and affording the means of breathing cool and pure mountain
air to persons tired and weak with the summer beat of tbe city . The proprietor of the Grand Hotel desEtrangers , Signor Caprani , has conceived and means to carry into execution this excellent idea , which deserves great success . The purchase of the site was inaugurated on Whit-Sunday by a little dinner at the old Hermitage . The hotel will prove to be a great benefit both to Neapolitans and tourists .
The Right Hon . the Earl of Dun raven , K . P ., will distribute the prizes to the successful students of the St . Thomas ' s Hospital Medical and Surgical College , on Tuesday next . The Court of the Stationers' Company have presented a three-light stained-glass window to Little Bradley Church , West Suffolk , in memory of John Daye , the printer of " Foxe's Book of Martyrs , " and Master of
their Company 15 S 0 , who lies buried there . The subjects are St . Andrew ; , St . Stephen , and St . Paul , and the work has been carried out by Messrs . Heaton , Butler , and Bayne , of Garrick-street , who also supplied the seven other stained-glass windows in the church . Mr . Solomon Hart , R . A ., died on Saturday morning , at his residence , Fitzroy-square . Mr . Hart was in his seventy-fifth year , and had enjoyed the honours and privileges of thc Royal Academy for forty years .
Thc Great Northern Railway Company have adopted the electric light at their station at King's-cross . The Charing Cross Publishing Company , of 5 , Friar-street , Broadway , have issued a novel by " G . N . Ii . AL , " entitled " Forest Glades , " among the characters of which are Amice and Mabel , the former described as ' . ' a
graceful reality , " and the latter as " an idea , a thought , a sunbeam , a vision ! " Sir W . V . Harcourt has consented to present the prizes awarded at the Midsummer examination of the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage , at Strawberryhill , 'Twickenham , on Saturday , the 25 th inst ., at four o ' clock .
Messrs . Marion and Co . have issued some " panel portraits " of the Princess of Wales , in full dress for the Drawing-room on May 5 th . The photographs were taken by M . Bassano in ihe conservatory of Marlborough House . Sir Robert Garden , M . P ., has quite recovered from the severe shaking he received by being thrown out of a Hansom cab on Tuesday night .
The Cit y Press stales lhat Sir \ V . T . Charley , the Common Serjeant , is making satisfactory progress , although it will probably be at least several weeks before be will be able to resume his duties .
the Karl of Northbrook , I'irst Lord of the Admiralty , will preside at the annual inspection of the Warspite , training ship , at Woolwich , on Wednesday next . Lady limiua Baring , CL , will present the prizes to the boys . Sir John A . Macdonald , thc Premier of Canada , had an interview with Cardinal Manning on Wednesday respecting emigration matters and ( he question of educational facilities in the Dominion .
WHAT SHALL WE DRINK ?—No summer beverage so refreshing , so wholesome , none so delicious and grateful to the taste , when hot , tired , and thirsty , as a glass of Grant ' s Morella Cherry Brandy taken with aerated waters or lemonade . Ask pointedly for it by name , as
substitutes and mixtures abound , report adulterations to thc manufacturer , Thomas Grant , Distiller , Maidstone . Sold at the Crystal Palace , and by Bertram and Robertseverywhere , also at the clubs , the hotels , and all poted places of refreshment .
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Masonic Tidings.
Masonic Tidings .
We understand that the Burgoyne Lodge has removed thc lodge of instruction from the Red Cap to the Cock Tavern , Nos . 3 and 4 , St . Martin ' s-court , Ludgatchill , E . G ., and is held on Thursday , at G . 30 p . m . The instruction lodge being now more centrally situate , will , doubtless , be better attended by the ofiicers and brethren of the mother lodge than formerly . The North London Chapter of Improvement ,
No . 1471 , held at the Jolly banners lavern , Southgateroad , lias adjourned its meetings until Thursda ) -, tile ist of September next . Comp . T . C . Edwards is the Preceptor . A Provincial Grand Lodge of Berks and Bucks will be held at Aylesbury on Monday , the 20 th inst ., under the presidency of R . VV . Bro . Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . Grand Master . The banquet which will follow the lodge meeting will be held at thc George Hotel at three o ' clock .
In our report on the 4 . U 1 inst . ofthe laying of the foundation stone of a new Masonic Hall at Mcltliam we omitted to mention the Prince of Wales ' s Lodge , No . 1 G 4 S , as among the lodges represented . Bro . Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott has been p laced on the commission of peace for the county of Cornwall , by tlic Lord Lieutenant , Bro . thc Earl of Mount Edgcumbe .
Bro . Sir l'Ycdcrick and Lady Roberts were among - the visitors present at . the Fourth of June celebration at Eton . Bro . the F . ari of Bandon , G . S . Ireland , Prov . Grand Master of Minister , has been chosen as representative peer of Ireland , in the room of the late Bro . Lord Dunboyne .
A -Masonic star , engraved" Enoch Lodge centenary , 1 S 55 , j . Payne , J . D ., " were amongst the articles seized at the bouse of a prisoner brought up at Bow-street Police Court , on Saturday last . Bro . D . H . W . Hnrlock , 357 , was installed First W . M . of the 'Thames Lodge , at thc consecration meeting held at 1 lenlei' -on-Thames , on 'Thursday , the oth inst .
i he Blackpool 1 -odge , No . 1476 , and ihe bidelity Lodge , No . 12 ^ 6 , the former held nt the Clifton Arms Hotel , Blackpool , and thc latter at Bull Hotel , Poulton-le-Fylde , will adjourn their meetings until the month of October next . We notice in iho Times an announcement of tbe birth of n son to Mr . T , Mountfield Bennett , the only son of Bro . Sir John Bennett , at Nelson , New Zealand .
Bro . J . Al . Clabon , as solicitor for the . \ ltorncy-Gencral , attended at the Town Hall , Holborn , on Saturday , for the purpose of making encpiiry into the Hoxton Estate Charily , which had been left for thc benefit of the liberty of Saffron-hill , lily-rents , and Ilatton-garden . Bro . Clabon heard suggestions of all persons who are parishioners as to bow the charity can , in future , be best cmployed according to the wish of the founders .
The growth of Masonry in the Great West is evidenced by the fact that a little over thirty-five years ago nine brethren united to form the present Grand Lodge of Michigan , which now has a membership in its lodges of tteeutr-six thousand brethren .
Bro . Sheriff Waterlow entertained all the ofiicers and the members of thc Court of Assistants of thc Honourable Artillery Company at dinner at the Gresham Club On Wednesday , June Sth . 'The only toasts were " 'The Queen , " and " 'The Sheriff , " the latter being proposed in very kind terms by Captain Rawlins , of thc Field Battery , of which Bro . Sheriff Waterlow has been a member for fifteen years .
The audit dinner of thc Caveac Lodge was held at the Albion on Saturday last . Bro . the Prince of Wales has sent ^ ' 50 and the Princess £ 25 towards the extension of the building of the Railway Servants' Orphanage . Bro . Thomas Somncr Ainsworth , solicitor , of Blackburn , was found in a dying condition in bed , at his
residence , bhowley Fold , Clayton-le-dale , at half-past eight on Monday . A five-chambered revolver was lying beside the bed with one chamber discharged , nnd from the appearance of Bro . Ainsworth ' s head it is certain that he had shot himself . 'The deceased was the oldest surviving member of a . very old county family . Bro . M . U . I ! the Prince of Wales and the
Princess of Wales on Monday vi .-jted the bazaar in aid of a local church fund , which is being held at the residence of Bro . the Duke , and the Duchess of Connaught , at Bagshot Park . 'There was a distinguished party present , and Bro . ( lie Duke of Albany ( Prince Leopold ) sold some works of art by auction . Bro . Geo . Austin , S . I ") . 1130 , who after more
llian five years' residence is leaving Melton Mowbray for Glasgow , was , on Friday evening last , entertained at dinner and presented with an address expressive of regret at his removal , ami begging his acceptance of a handsome gold watch , subscribed I ' or by the members of the local cricket and dramatic clubs , brethren of the Rutland Lodge and other friends .
Bro . Bruce Findley , thc enterprising ; curator of the Manchester Horticultural and Botanical Society , has again scored a great success with bis annual Whit week exhibition . 'The principal prizes were taken by liro . J . Smith and Sons , of Woree .-ter ( represented by Bro . Petch ) ,
Bro . . 1 . Dickson and Sons , of Chester , and Mr . B . S . Wi / Ji .-inis , of Highgate , as nurserymen , whilst Uro . W . Brockbank , of Didsbury , distanced all competitors as an amateur . 'The show was attended , as usual , by thousands of holiday makers .
__ Bro . il . J . / ..-irdiiei- was installed W . M . of ( lie Fai-ringdon-Wilh . out Lod . ,-, ] , the outgoing Master , Bro . T . C Wells , P . P . G . S . I . ! . Middles .-:, at ' lhc ' UiU meeting oi the lodge . Bro . W . Curtis , P . G . S . B . Nottinghamshire , was
installed W . M . ofthe Ne-. vto .-i Lodge , No . 1601 , at the Savings bank , Newark -on- Trent , on Fiiday , the ioth inst . Bro . John Harper was installed- W . M . of the Walpole Lodge . No . / 500 . . Wtvicli . on Thursday , the 2 nd
Masonic Tidings.
We are informed that the consecration of the . Shadwell Gierke Lodge , No . 1910 , is again unavoidably postponed . Bro . thc Rev . Dr . Cox , P . G . C , vicar of St . Helen , Bishopsgate , preached upon "The Divinity of Christ" last Sunday .
OBTUSE . —The Freemason , of London , does not profess to understand , and is not able to conceive , what a public installation of ofiicers is . For its benefit , wc will say it is simply performing - publicly thc monitorial or printed part of the installation service , and , in no sense , is an exposure of thc secrets of the Oriental Chair . — Voice of Masonrv .
Bro . Earl Percy , M . P ., presided on Tuesday at the annua ! meeting of the National Artillery Association , at which it was announced that the camp would be opened at Shoeburyness on the 30 th July . 'I he . Fifteen Sections will be rehearsed at a mect- >
ing of the Wellington Lodgeof Instruction , to he held at the White Swan Hotel , High-street , Deptford , on Monday , the 20 th inst . Bro . J . G . Milbourn will preside , and the lodge will be opened at seven o'clock p . m . liro .-Major-General Sir . Frederick Roberts is srazctted as a baronet .
Bro . the liar ! of Mar and Kellie , R . W . Deputy Grand Master of Scotland , presided at the half-yearly meeting of the Highland Agricultural Society on Wednesday , when th . e arrangements were reported tor thc annual show ci £ . the Society , which is to be held at Stirling on July 2 Gth and three following days .
Bro . G . R . Sims ' s adaptation , " Olive Yarcoe , " will furnish Mdme . Modjeska with a new part ere long . Bro . George Powell , of 30 , Moorg-atc-street , has been proposed for appointment as one of the trustees of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire . liro . Sir Thomas Brassey is the subject of this week's Punch ' s fancy portraits .
liro . His Koyal Highness thc Duke of Albany , K . G ., who has presided over ( lie Committee for the Spanish and Portguese Loan Exhibition at the South Kensington Museum , inspected the collection on Friday , the ioth inst . It is now opened to the public . Bro . R . P . Spice was amongst those present at Ihe opening of the eightieth annual conference of the
members of thc British Association of Gas Managers , held at the Masonic Hall , Birmingham , on Tuesday , and read a paper on "The 'Treatment of Gas in Condensation by St . John ' s Apparatus . " Bro . Sir James Ramsden presided at a luncheon after the launch of the City of Rome at Barrow-in-Furness on 'Tuesday last . Bro . William W . Wilde was installed W . M . of the Morecambe Lodge , No . 15 G 1 , at the Masonic Hall ,
Morecambe , at Ihe last meeting of the lodge . Bro . Fred Godfrey has been seized wilh a brain disease , and he had on the gth inst . to be placed under confinement in an asylum . As bandmaster of the Coldstream Guards , lie lias long- been celebrated as one of the best known military band and dance conductors of the day . liro . T . I-I . Arden was installed VV . M . of the Neptune Lodge , No . 12 C 4 , at the Masonic Hall , Liverpool , on the Gth inst .
The Plncknett Lodge of Instruction meets at the Bald-Faced Stag , East End , Finchley , every 'Tuesday , at S o'clock . Bro . R . J . Cook was unanimously elected W . M . of the Pattison Lodge , No . 913 , Plumstead , at the last monthly meeting . Bro . Councillor J . Ball was unanimously chosen
W . M . of _ tlic St . John ' s Lodge , No . G 73 , Liverpool , at the last meeting of that lodge , on Tuesday , the 7 th inst . Bro . Karl Percy has resigned the presidency of the council of the National Artillery Association . Bros . Alderman Kilis , Alderman and Sheriff Fowler , M . P ., and G . A . Sala , will be present at the anniversary dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund , this day
( Saturday ) . Bro . Major General Sir Frederick Roberts was presented with a diploma of honorary fellowship of the Royal Historical Society , at a special meeting held at the Society of Arts , John-street Adelphi , on Wednesday night . Pro . Fx-ShenTf Woollolon , Bro . Sheriff
Waterlow , and Sir Edward Watkin , Bart ., M . P . ( chairman of thc SouHi-Eastcrn Railway Company ) , are mentioned in connection wilh the vacancy in thc ward of Qticenliitlic , caused by the death of Bro . Alderman Sir \ V . ~ V . Rose . Bros . Defries and Sons , of lloundsditch , were entrusted with the carrying out of the principal decorations at the Stephenson Centenary , Newcaslle-on-Tyne .
Bro . Henry Wright , Hon . Secretary of the City nnd Churchyard Protection Society , has issued the following notice : 'The Lord Mayor , the President , Vice-Presidents , and Council of the " City Church and Churchyard Protection Society request the pleasure of your company ( and friends ) at the second annual meeting of the Society to be held ( by kind permission of the Lord Mayor ) at the
. Mansion House ( entrance in Walbrook ) on Thm-iday , June 23 , if-Sr , when the report will be presented . 'The chair will be taken by the Rt . Hon . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., at 4 . 30 p . m . Amongst those expected to take part in the proceedings will be Ihe Ear ] of Devon , the Lord Forbes , the Lord Talbot de Malalude , F . S . A ., F . R . GS . ; Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Fowler , M . P . ; Bro . Montague GuestM . P . ; Sir Robert
, J . Phillimore ; Edwin Freshlield , Esq ., F . S . A . ; the Rev . H . C . Slnilf . ' eworth , Minor Canon of St . Paul's ; ) . A . Kimrdop , Esq . ; li . C . Richards , Esq ., Barrister-at-Law ; J . W . Gnotlinge , Esq ., C . C ; and Bro . Henry Wright , Honorary Secn-l .-ny . Inccc of your acccp . - ance or nonacceptance of this invitation , a reply at an early date ,
addressed to Henry Wright , Esq ., City Club , Ludgate Circus , li . C , will be er . Uemcd a favour , from whom forms of membership , report of Mansion House meeting , iSSo , and other papers of the Society , may be obtained on application ( in writing ) . It is hoped that those interested in the City churches will become members . No subscription is demanded ,
General Tidings.
General Tidings .
The majority in favour of Sir Wilfred Lawson ' s motion on the liquor traffic was greater by sixteen than last year , though it was taken in a much smaller House . Tbe figures last year showed 245 for the resolution and 219 against , a majority of 26 . On Tuesday night the figures were 19 G for the motion and 154 against , a " majority of 42 . Thc motion was , in the main , on party lines .
Ihe Inman steamer City of Rome , 8 S 26 tons burthen , was successfully launched on Tuesday from the yard of the Barrow Shipbuilding Company , in the presence of from 50 , 000 to 60 , 000 persons . Lady Constance Stanley named the vessel . An accident occurred which completely marred the proceedings of the day . A donkey engine on the deck of the ship exploded a few minutes before she was launched , killing three men and injuring ten others , some being very seriously hurt .
Her Majesty the Queen has conveyed , through SirH . Ponsonby , intimation to Mr . S . C . Hall that she has much pleasure in g iving her approval to his dedicating his work-, " Rhymes in Council , " to Her Majesty ' s grandchildren .
1 he Library Committee of the Corporation are engaged in a scheme for bringing to light and making more accessible the literary treasures under their control , a work in which antiquarians and literary men will wish them all success .
The trustees of thc Burns Monument at A yr have , the Scotch papers say , completed the purchase of the cottage and four acres of land feued by the poet ' s father in the year 175 G . The cottage , which will no longer be used as a public-house , will , in future , be open to visitors for a small charge . 'The purchase money paid for the whole
property was ^ 4000 . On Sunday next , being Hospital Sunday , the LordMayor and the Sheriffs will attend in State at the morning service in Westminster Abbey , and at the afternoon service at St . Paul ' s Cathedral . Her Majesty ' s Judges will be present at the latter service , and the sermon will be preached by Bishop Claughton .
The Marquis and Marchioness Tseng and suite , attended by Dr . Macartney , visited Madame Tussaud ' s Exhibition on Wednesday . An hotel is to be built close tathe Observatory on Mount Vesuvius , furnished with every comfort and affording the means of breathing cool and pure mountain
air to persons tired and weak with the summer beat of tbe city . The proprietor of the Grand Hotel desEtrangers , Signor Caprani , has conceived and means to carry into execution this excellent idea , which deserves great success . The purchase of the site was inaugurated on Whit-Sunday by a little dinner at the old Hermitage . The hotel will prove to be a great benefit both to Neapolitans and tourists .
The Right Hon . the Earl of Dun raven , K . P ., will distribute the prizes to the successful students of the St . Thomas ' s Hospital Medical and Surgical College , on Tuesday next . The Court of the Stationers' Company have presented a three-light stained-glass window to Little Bradley Church , West Suffolk , in memory of John Daye , the printer of " Foxe's Book of Martyrs , " and Master of
their Company 15 S 0 , who lies buried there . The subjects are St . Andrew ; , St . Stephen , and St . Paul , and the work has been carried out by Messrs . Heaton , Butler , and Bayne , of Garrick-street , who also supplied the seven other stained-glass windows in the church . Mr . Solomon Hart , R . A ., died on Saturday morning , at his residence , Fitzroy-square . Mr . Hart was in his seventy-fifth year , and had enjoyed the honours and privileges of thc Royal Academy for forty years .
Thc Great Northern Railway Company have adopted the electric light at their station at King's-cross . The Charing Cross Publishing Company , of 5 , Friar-street , Broadway , have issued a novel by " G . N . Ii . AL , " entitled " Forest Glades , " among the characters of which are Amice and Mabel , the former described as ' . ' a
graceful reality , " and the latter as " an idea , a thought , a sunbeam , a vision ! " Sir W . V . Harcourt has consented to present the prizes awarded at the Midsummer examination of the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage , at Strawberryhill , 'Twickenham , on Saturday , the 25 th inst ., at four o ' clock .
Messrs . Marion and Co . have issued some " panel portraits " of the Princess of Wales , in full dress for the Drawing-room on May 5 th . The photographs were taken by M . Bassano in ihe conservatory of Marlborough House . Sir Robert Garden , M . P ., has quite recovered from the severe shaking he received by being thrown out of a Hansom cab on Tuesday night .
The Cit y Press stales lhat Sir \ V . T . Charley , the Common Serjeant , is making satisfactory progress , although it will probably be at least several weeks before be will be able to resume his duties .
the Karl of Northbrook , I'irst Lord of the Admiralty , will preside at the annual inspection of the Warspite , training ship , at Woolwich , on Wednesday next . Lady limiua Baring , CL , will present the prizes to the boys . Sir John A . Macdonald , thc Premier of Canada , had an interview with Cardinal Manning on Wednesday respecting emigration matters and ( he question of educational facilities in the Dominion .
WHAT SHALL WE DRINK ?—No summer beverage so refreshing , so wholesome , none so delicious and grateful to the taste , when hot , tired , and thirsty , as a glass of Grant ' s Morella Cherry Brandy taken with aerated waters or lemonade . Ask pointedly for it by name , as
substitutes and mixtures abound , report adulterations to thc manufacturer , Thomas Grant , Distiller , Maidstone . Sold at the Crystal Palace , and by Bertram and Robertseverywhere , also at the clubs , the hotels , and all poted places of refreshment .