Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcester will h « held at Moseley on the 12 th proximo . Bro . George Samuel Elliott , P . M . 749 , 1275 , , 423 , 1623 , M . E . Z . 1275 , P . Z . 749 , 1423 , 1623 , P . G . D . C Middx ., nas been unanimously elected chairman of thc Isling ton Board of Guardians in the place of the late Bro .

Wiltshire . The Provincial Grand Lodge of Somerset will be held at Chard on Wednesday , the 22 nd inst . The lodge will be opened at one o'clock , and the PrOv . Grand Master , Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , is expected lo preside . Many of our readers will be pleased to learn

[ hat Bro . Gottlieb , P . G . S . B ., whose presence has been so familiar in London Masonic circles during the past year or two , has safely reached Port Said pn his way home to Singapore . In a communication just received from him he desires to express his gratitude for all the kindnesses shown . to him by the . Fraternity during his sojourn in England , and especially for their sympathy with him in the sad bereavement he sustained before leaving .

The second garden party given by the members of the Ingoldsby Club will take place on Wednesday , the 22 nd inst ., at the Grove Tavern , Lordship-lane , Dulwich . As before , the members present a capital programme to

their friends . The excellent band of the club will attend , , Md give a various selection of music . Dancing will . take ' p lace on the beautiful lawn by the lake . Mr . J . Irwin will again conduct the band , and Mr . Ernest Neeid and Bro . Fred Williams will act as M . C . ' s .

The Prince and Princess of Wales , with the Princesses Louise , Victoria , and Maud , arrived at the Victoria Station of the London , JBrighton , and South Coast Railway , on Monday afternoon , having left Portsmouth Harbour Station at 11 . 45 a . m .

Bro . Earl Granville left London for Walmer Castle on Monday in order to join the Countess and family , while Bro . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., will leave England for the Continent to-morrow ( Saturday ) . Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., is staying at Nethercliff , Salisbury .

The Princess of Wales has very kindly consented to become Patroness of the Children ' s Country Holidays ' Fund , 10 , Buckingham-street , Strand . Bro . the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon last

week entertained a great number of poor people and children at their Hampshire seat , Highclere Caslle , near Newbury , the guests being received on successive days , and his lordship and the Countess taking the festivities under their personal direction .

ST . MICHAEL ' LODGE , CRIEFF . —The founda' lion-stone of the nevv addition to this lodge vvas laid on Saturday , the nth inst , with Masonic ceremonial , by Bro . Col . Drummond Moray , W . M . of the lod * e . A cake and wine banquet followed ths ceremony , o . er which Bro . Col . Moray presided .

Prince Albert Victor of VVales has consented to act as President of the Great Northern Central Hrspital , the new buildings of vvhich vvere recently opened by the Prince and Princess of Wales . The Marquis of Salisbury visited the Queen at Osborne on Saturday last , for the purpose of introducing

Lount Robilant , the nevv Italian Ambassador , vvho presented his credentials at the interview . Subsequently his Excellency was received by the Prince and Princess of Wales on board the Royal yacht Osborne . Over 400 . 0 Volunteers went down to the Camp at Aldershot on Saturday last , where they have since remained

, rapidly acquiring a knowledge of military duty , the men were detrained on arrival without noise or confusion , and afterwards told off into six battalions , and soon settled to their quarters . In the list of Stewards of the Girls' Festival Bro . I p vt G " Twinn - ' 3 ° - appears _ as W . M . ; it should be

Parliament adjourned on Monday till the 6 th November , when it will reassemble for the purpose of completing the business of the session , and so preventing a : ™ derable part of the vvork done by the Committees from being lost .

\ Bros . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) and the wh of Kintore vvere two of the Royal Commissioners ' ° on Monday , signified the Royal assent to various measures vvhich have recently passed the Houses of

N :. ne business of the annual meeting of the Wn 7 ° « r Art *" ery Association commenced on Monday , South ? ? , etachments from the regiments hailing from the mimh ot , e land went in for the shell competition , the 10 " ' •" , rounds to be fired being four , the time allowed , minutes , and the distance 1900 yards . The competition -in th " 1 Wlth solid - shot at l 6 o ° ^ s and 2000 yards _ « . " e latter MSPR wiltl Tnn . nminH * .,- Armclrnni . rttmc

for th n ' Wednesday , the highest aggregate score beinp-, » " ' P rize . made by an Essex detachment , and -if men arrived in camp on Saturday last , duties ° t % gan i 0 settle themselves down to their taken ( , ' i ' " to-morrow ( Saturday ) their places will be " oy the Northern contingent . on Wpt e citement was occasioned at Nottingham a . ; -.. -L nesday by the vauaries of an infnri-ilp-l hull Th *

, Market l ] ' ed down and injured several persons in the R ° yalbvtt ' after -vards rushed into the theatre ai «» ng st H ? Stage door ' wnere ! t •- *¦ -- considerable damage Sce nerv iv scen ,: r y . Several property deer used in forest s ^ aselv YYY , cons Picuously exposed , and these the bull th sta »« cked and destroyed . The animal charged at h ° rns vi „ Al penter * but he slipped aside , and the bull ' s ar 'ven int „ thro , K » a side wing . Eventually the bull was Mat tini " He a cul " . | e-sac - despatched by a bullet from a

Masonic And General Tidings

Peckham isto have a new lodge , and Bros . J . W . Dewsnap , Dr . Cock , and Frederick Dunn , all P . M . 's in the Craft , are the three principal officers designate . With such a start the lodge should go on swimmingly . It is to be called the Rye Lodge , and its meetings will be held in a suite of rooms at the Peckham Public Hall : The consecration ceremony is expected to take place in October .

Professor Piazzi Smith , Professor of Astronomy , Edinburgh University , and Astronomer Royal for Scotland , has resigned both posts , on the ground of ill-health . The posts are in the gift of the Crown . The corner-stone of St . Mark's Guild House , Pittsburg , vvas laid vvith Masonic ceremonial on the 26 th Julyby Bro . Joseph Eichbaum , M . W . G . M . of

Penn-, sylvania , vvho vvas assisted in his duties by Bros . G . C . Shidle , D . D . G . M ., as D . G . M . ; Matthew M . Telker , as S . G . W . j J . Kerr , jun ., as J . G . W . ; H . Junker , as G . Treas . ; A . B . Stephenson , as G . Sec . ; Rev . J . J . Mcllyar , G . Chap . ; and other brethren .

The Prince and Princess of Wales , with their daughters , have left England for a few weeks' sojourn on the Continent , the Prince having arrived at Homburg on Wednesday , and the Princess and the young Princesses the same day at Wiesbaden , where they vvere met on arrival by the King of Denmark and his son Prince John .

The annual meeting of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons , Canada , vvas held on the 20 th July in Toronto , Comp . Thos . Sargant , as G . Z ., presiding , and the attendance being large . _ In the course of the proceedings , a testimonial , accompanied by an address , vvas presented to Comp . Sargant in recognition of his services , after which the Grand Officers for the year were elected , Comps . R . B .

Hungerford , J . J . Mason , and J . E . Harding being Z ., H ., and J . respectively for the current year . The rank of Past G . Z . vvas conferred on Comp . H . Robertson . ¦ Bro . Lord Halsbury , Lord Chancellor of England , vvith Lady Halsbury and the members of their family , arrived on Wednesday at llfracombe , where they will spend a portion of the recess .

On the 20 th June last , Bro . Brown , M . W . G . M . of Minnesota , laid the foundation-stone of tire new Court House , Winona , Minn ., vvith Masonic ceremonial . Sundry " forty-year old " Masons—that is , men who have belonged to the fraternity for 40 years and upwards—to the number of 11 , were recently entertained at

a banquet by Nova Cresarea Lodge , No . 2 , Cincinnati , the senior of the band being Bro . Samuel Boggs , who was initiated 7 th October , 1835 , and is 80 years of age , and the next oldest , Bro . Theodore S . Parvin , G . Sec . Iowa , vvho was received into the Order 14 th March , 1838 . Bro . John D . Caldwell , G . Secretary Ohio , vvho joined in 1846 , vvas also one of the eleven .

The report and roll of lodges issued by the General Board of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales for the year to the end of June last , contains full particulars of the leading events in Mark Masonry during the period dealt vvith , and vvould seem to have been compiled vvith the utmost care . MASONIC ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY . —On

the occasion of her Majesty s approaching visit to Scotland , it is the intention of Grand Lodge to present her vvith a congratulatory address , in view mainly of the fact that she is to be the guest of Sir Archibald Campbell , of Blythswood , G . M . M . of Scotland . Her Majesty has consented to receive the address , the presentation of vvhich will form a part of the ceremonial at the Glasgow

Exhibition . She will receive it from the hands of Sir Archibald Campbell , vvho will be supported by a deputation of the chief office-bearers of Grand Lodge . A fund is being raised for the literary veteran , Dr . Charles Mackay—known wherever the English tongue is spoken or English songs are sung—who is now in his 73 rd year , in reduced circumstances , and broken in health ,

but bright , cheery , and industrious as ever . Subscriptions will be received by the following bankers : The Bank of Scotland , Lothbury , E . C . ; Messrs . Robarts , Lubbock and Co ., Lombard-street , E . C ; Messrs . Drummond , Charing Cross , W . C ; or by the Honorary Secretary , L . C . Alexander , LL . D ., Putney , S . W . OFF TO THE GOLD FIELDS . —On Wednesday

last , the 15 th inst ., the steamship Norham Castle—Donald Currie Line , under command of Bro . Captain Winchester , wilh 200 passengers on board , the greater part of whom are bound for the African Gold Fields—left the East India Docks tor the Cape Colony . On Tuesday evening , a banquet vvas given on board , vvhen , alter the toast to her Majesty , addresses vvere given by those vvho had been and

vvere going now vvith sanguine expectations of success at the fields . The Norham Castle has been recently fitted with electric lights , pneumatic bells , and all modern improvement , and Bro . Winchester , of 50 years at sea , is highly respected . The Inspector-General of the Royal Irish Constabulary has received a letter from the Queen's private

secretary , in which it is announced that her Majesty has been pleased to present a donation of £ 50 towards the fund now being raised for the purpose of conferring rewards on members vvho have distinguished themselves . The death of a very remarkable man is announced . Mr . Charles Crocker , the American , who expired on Wednesday in Nevv York , vvas the man who , with Mr . Leland Stanford , projected and carried out the first railway

that ever ran through from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean . At the time when these men began that gigantic vvork they were worth only a few thousand dollars each , and had all the financial world jn America against them . But they finally conquered in spite of every difficulty , became millionaires , and the controllers of the Great Southern and Ctntral Pacific Railroads . Mr . Crocker vvas the backbone of the whole transaction .

HOLLOWAY s OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Coughs , Influenza . —The soothing properties of these medicaments render them well worthy of trial in all diseases of the respiratory organs . In common colds and influenza the Pills , taken internally , and lhe Ointment rubbed over the chest and throat , are exceedingly efficacious . When inffuena is epidemic , this treatment is the easiest , safest , and surest .

Hoiloway ' s Pills purify the blood , remove all obstacles to its free circulation through the lungs , relieve the over-gorged air tubes , and render respiration free , without reducing the strength , irritating the nerves , or depressing the spirits ; which are the ready means of saving suffering when anyone is afflicted with colds , coughs , bronchitis , and other chest complaints , by which so many persons are seriously and permanently afflicted in most countries . —ADVT .

Masonic And General Tidings

The "Flying Scotchman" from King ' s-cross arrived at Edinburgh on Wednesday evening one minute before time , having performed the journey from London in 7 hours 44 minutes . The train kept two minutes before time until Newcastle was reached , but no special efforts were made to make up time . The North Western expressdrevv up at the Caledonian station from Euston four minutes

before time . The Longshawe moors , near Sheffield , belonging to the Duke of Rutland , vvere on Tuesday , for the first time in living memory , shot over by others than members of the ducal family . Grouse vvere plentiful , and 87 $ brace were killed . At Netherby , Gen . Mostyn and Col . Chalmers bagged 28 brace . The moors stretching away from the

Valley of Clwyd , North Wales , vvere generally shot over on Wednesday . Fairly good bags were made . The Queen has commanded Sir Henry Ponsonby to thank Mr . Framjee Bhumgara for a copy of a " Life of Her Majesty " in the Gujratee dialect , vvhich was recently presented byhim . The Gujratee speaking classes in Ind ' a

have long prided themselves on their loyalty to the Crown , and during the progress of the Jubilee celebrations last year the Rostgafter , the organ or that community , issued gratuitously a large number of copies of the above-named work . Mr . Bhumgara , vvho made the presentation , vvas brought to her Majesty ' s notice in connection with the Indian and Colonial Exhibition .

A very remarkable archaeological discovery has been made in the German Altenburg , a small town between Vienna and Presburg , on the Danube . Professor Hauser , under whose direction the Carnuntum excavations are carried on , ever on the alert , had for a month past observed the colour of an extensive cornfield , vvhich varied in every part . He found an elevated post of observation , and ,

after a week ' s close attention , declared it to be his opinion that the cornfield vvas growing over the site of an ancient amphitheatre . His drawings showed that the oblong centre-piece vvas somewhat concave , and the corn vvas quite ripe in that part , because there was much soil between the surface and the bottom of the theatre . Elliptical lines of green , growing paler the higher they rose , showed the

seats , and lines forming a radius from the centre showed the walls supporting the elliptical rows of seats . The professor waited impatiently for the corn to ripen , and the moment it vvas cut the excavations began . They have shown that the almost incredible suggestion was perfectly correct . Six inches below the soil the top of the outer

wall was- 'found , and from there the soil gradually grev / thicker , until the bottom of the arena vvas reached , the pavement of vvhich is in perfect condition . From the theatre a paved road road leads to the Camp of Carnuntum . As soon as the theatre has been entirely freed of the soil covering it all the measurements will be taken , and it will be ascertained what arena it is .

The members of the Journeymen Lodge , No . S ( S . C ) , made their annual visitation of tombs on Saturday , the nth inst ., and proceeded to the West Church , Grange , Calton , and Restalrig burying grounds . The W . M ., Bro . G . C . Douglas , vvas accompanied by Bros . Charles Robb , P . M . ; A . M'Kechnie , S . W . ; J . Scott , I . W . j and I . W . Blake , J . D .

We are g lad to hear such flourishing accounts of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement of Calcutta , which was established in the early spring of 1882 by Bro . Jones , Past District D . G . M . of Bengal , in imitation of our Emulation Lodge of Improvement at Freemasons ' Hall . It has met regularly every month since it was started , and it is agreed on all hands that the Craft is mainly

indebted for the great improvement which has admittedly taken place in lodge working during the past few years to the instruction it furnishes . We have been favoured with copy of an address delivered by Bro . Jones , vvho has been Preceptor from the very outset , at the 41 st meeting of the said lodge on the 29 th August , 1 S 85 , and vve have no doubt

that the effects of having established such a lodge , devoted entirely to purposes of instruction , are such as he has described them . Bro . Jones is still Preceptor after the lapse of six years , and vve hope he may long continue in that capacity to give our Calcutta brethren , especially the junior members , the benefit of his extensive knowledge and experience .

The Trustees of the British Museum have just issued a small octavo catalogue of the engraved gems in that institution . The vvork has been compiled by Mr . A . H . Smith , in the department of Greek and Roman antiquities , forming altogether a detailed account of over 2000 pieces . The bulk of the collection , formerly the property of the Due de Blacas , and of Signor AlessandroCastellani ,

is now exhibited in the so-called Gem Room , adjoining the department of Coins and Medals . The Duke purchased the whole of the Strozzi collection from Rome . His taste as a collector appears to have run chiefly upon gems , though he possessed a very important series of Greek and Etruscan vases , besides early personal ornaments of gold . VVe are told that the habit of collecting engraved gems for

the sake of their beauty is known to have been occasionally indulged in by private individuals in ancient Greece , but that no public collection of them appears to have been formed in that country vvith the view of educating the general taste . But , indeed , vve know nothing of the first beginnings of the art of engraving upon precious stones . It appears , however , to have come form the East .

Pliny mentions an edict of Alexander the Great , forbidding the engraving of his portrait by any other artist except Pyrgoteles . Weseem , therefore , justified in supposing that in the age of Alexander the art of engraving on gems was extensively practised in Greece . Among the Romans in the last century B . C . gem collecting became a passion , the impulse towards it having been given by the Cabinet of

Mithridates , which Pompey carried off to Rome , and placed among the treasures in the Capitol . With the Renaissance the passion for collecting ancient gems revived , and has remained in force ever since . The stones necessary for the cameos are sard , onyx , agate , jasper , and ruby . The finest specimen in the collection is a head of Augustus , a sardonyx five inches and a quarter in length , by three

inches and [ . three-quarters in breadth . The ground or layer of the stone out of vvhich the head rises is of a fine russet colour . The head of Medusa forms the centre of the shield vvhich covers the breast . The Emperor has a band or fillet round his head , on vvhich are various precious stones . This gem , a beautiful photograph of vvhich forms the frontispiece to the work , is considered almost unique .