Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

PRINCE AND PRINCESS LOUIS OK BATTH * 1 £ UG have left Frogmore for Filey , Yorkshire . THE SPEAKER of the House of Commons ( Bro . W . C . Gully ) and Mrs . Gully left London on Tuesday night for Inverness . THE DUCHESS OF Y ORK is to visit Eden Hall , Cumberland , as the guest of Sir Richard and Lady Musgrave , towards the end of the month .

BRO . EARL OF LONDESIIOROUGH has been appointed Honorary Colonel of the znd Volunteer Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment , with headquarters at Beverley . THE HON . J . H . CHOATE , with the staff of the American Embassy , paid a visit to the American warship Baltimore , which is at present lying in the Thames , and lunched on board with Admiral Watson .

HAMPTON WICK URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL has resolved to inscribe on the walls of the Council Chamber the names of the 16 natives of the parish who have been sewing with hee Majesty ' s forces in South Africa . Bv ORDER OF Major-General Trotter , the band of the and Life Guards will play selections of music in Green Park on Sunday evening next between six and eight o ' clock , and that ot the Coldstream Guards in Hyde Park from half-past seven till half-past nine o ' clock .

T . R . H . THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES , accompanied by Princess Victoria , left Marlborough House on Wednesday evening for Harwich , where their Royal Highnesses embarked on board the Royal yacht Osborne for the Hook of Holland , en route ior Germany . Miss Knollys , Bro . Major-General Sir Stanley Clarke , and the Hon . Sidney Greville were in attendance .

IN NORCLIFFE CHAPEL , Handforth , near Manchester , was solemnised on Wednesday the marriage of the Hon . Edward Gibson , third son of Bro , Baron Ashbourne , Lord Chancellor ot Ireland , with Miss Mary Philips Greg , daughter of the late Mr . Henry Russell Greg and Mrs . Greg , of Lode Hill . The Rev . Enfield Dowson , of Hyde , officiated , and the Hon . Harry Gibson ( brother of the bridegroom ) acted as best man .

BRO . FIELD-MARSHAL VISCOUNT WOLSELEY arrived at Pirbnght on Wednesday on a visit to Bro . Lord and Lady Pirbright . The Commander-in-Chief was accompanied by Sir Arthur Wheldon , General Turner , and Colonel Davidson . In the evening Bro . Lord and Lady Pirbright gave a dinner in honour of their distinguished guest , to which most ot the officers commanding the various camps in the district , and many others , were invited .

BRO . LORD K INNAIRD ' S TENANTRY on the Rossie Priory estates , in Perthshire , are preparing to celebrate with appropriate festivity the coming-of-age of his lordship ' s eldest son , the Hon . Douglas Arthur Kinnaird , who attains his majority on Monday next , having been born on August 20 th , 1879 . Rossie Priory is one of the most beautiful residences on the fertile Tayside country known as the Carse of Cowrie , and the tenantry are among the most prosperous in the county . .

T . R . H . THB PRINCK AND PRINCESS OF WALES , accompanied by Princess Victoria , arrived at Marlborough House on Tuesday morning from the Royal yacht Osborne , Cowes . Miss Knollys , Bro . Major-General Sir Stanley Clarke , and Bro . Sir F . Knollys were in attendance . Prince Louis of Battenberg lunched with their Royal Highnesses . The Hon . H . Stonor represented the Prince of Wales at the funeral service at the Brompton Oratory of Lord Russell of Killowen ( Lord Chief Justice of England ) .

THE QUEEN has sanctioned the following appointments to the Order of the Hospital of St . John of Jerusalem in England : Chaplain , Uro . Ithe Venerable William Macdonald Sinclair , D . D ., Archdeacon of London ; Knights of Grace , Edwin Hanson Freshficld , Esq . ( from Esquire ) , Lieut .-Colonel Richard Holbeche ( from Esquire ) , the Marquis of Northampton , Lieut .-Col . W . Watts , and Robert John Collie , Esq ., M . D . ( from Honorary Associate ); Lady of Grace , Hilda Burella , Miss Mitchell Campbell of Auchmannoch .

LIEUT .-COLONEL LORD BINNING , Commander of the Royal Horse Guards , met with a somewhat serious accident on Tuesday while out grouse shooting on Heckspath Moors , near Greenlaw , Berwickshire . One of the dogs knocked against his gun , accidentally causing it to explode , and the shot seriously injured Lord Binning ' s leg . His lordship was taken to Mallerstain House , near Kelso , where he received prompt medical attention . Lord Binning , who is the eldest son of Bro . the Earl of Haddington , is in his 44 th year , is married , and has a son and daughter .

AN INTERESTING HISTORICAL RELIC associated with the occupation of Bloemfontein has reached London . It is 'he official " arms" of the late Orange Free State , taken down from the Volksraad after the entry of the British troops , and consists of a huge highly-coloured cast-iron device , in which the Dutch ( lags are prominently displayed on either side of the Republican emblem . This trophy has been added to the magnificent collection of South African war relics which may be seen in the museum of the Royal United Service Institution in Whitehall , its presence there , it is understood ,

being due to Major-ueneral Fretyman , uie uovernor ot nioemtontein . A roMPLETE set of Mafeking siege stamps sold at Stevens ' , King-street , Covent Garden , for the solid sum of £ 3 6 , and two sets of Mafeking paper money for 20 guineas . In the same sale a Court sword in repousse silver scabbard , pearl grip , with gold insignia , nresented bv the Great Napoleon to the Sultan of Turkey , who in turn gave it to an

English Ambassador , went for 20 guineas ; a walking-stick , njade of oak taken from the Victoiy , Nelson ' s flagship , for five guineas ; a table napkin ot Charles II . for 10 guineas ; and a Kruger sovereign for 25 s . A number of carved human skulls from the Gulf of Papua , of remarkable shapes , sold at two guineas to £ 5 10 s . per lot of four ; and carved wooden "bull-roarers" from New Guinea , at trom £ 2 to £ 3 psr lot of three .

PRINCESS HENRY OK B ATTENBERG visited on Tuesday mornin g the annual flower show , held in the grounds of YVhippingham Rectory , near Osborne . The exhibitors were mostly resident on the Queen ' s estate . Her Royal Highness sent an assortment of beautiful peaches and other fruits , not for competition . In the afternoon , the Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein , who was accompanied by her daughter , Princess Victoria , and Princess Henry of Battenberg , visited Netley Hospital , where they were received by Colonel Creagh and Lieut .-Colonel Webb . At the Queen ' s Miss Noimanthe awaited the

entrance to the hospital , , lady superintendent , Royal visitors who were attended by Sub-Lieutenant Sartorius , R . N . After a brief conversation with Miss Norman , the Princesses visited the wards , where they personally ha nded tothe many sick and wounded soldier , invalid-d horn : trom Smth Africi lovely Hovers gathered from the Osborne conservatories . These , it were explained , were gifts sent by special desire of the Queen . The visit lasted some time , and was of a strictly private nature .

Masonic And General Tidings.

THE FISHMONGERS' COMPANY have sent a donation of five guineas to the Children's Country Holidays Fund , 10 , Buckingham-street , Strand . BRO . J . C . REMINGTON , General Manager of the Mutual Life Association of Australasia , has been re-elected , without opposition , Grand Master of New South Wales .

THK TOTAL OF THE Daily Telegraph Widows and Orphans Fund is now 4 , 231 , 847 shillings , the amount received ' since the last list was published being 371 S shillings . SEAMEN and Royal Marines have a genuine friend in Miss Agnes E . Weston , who , writing from the Royal Sailors' Rest , Portsmouth , proffers assistance to men invalided ' out of the service and in distress of whose circumstances she is apprised .

UPON HIS retirement from the post of manager of the Manchester Hotel , Alders , gate-street , Bro . F . G . Newell has been the recipient of an illuminated address and a purse from the visitors and the staff as a mark of esteem . The presentation took place on Friday last . KILLED BY THE SUN . —The coachman of Bro . P . Saillard was driving to Ruchan Hill , Crawley , when he is supposed to have had a sunstroke . At any rate , the horses arrived home without the coachman , who was afterwards found in the drive dead . The whip was firmly clenched in his hand .

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

its operations , the Distressed Gentlefolks' Aid Association issues , through its Chairman ( Col . W . W . Knollys ") an urgent appeal for assistance . At the present moment 45 families are receiving weekly grants , and occasional grants are made in special cases . Contributions may be sent to Miss Finn , 75 , Brook Green , or to Messrs . Cox and Co ., bankers , 16 , Charing Cross , S . W .

DURING RECENT GALES the only stained-glass window left > n the ancient tower of the Temple Church was loosened , with the unfortunate result that the upper oart of the glass fell out on Thursday and was destroyed . The window represented the Saviour glorified , and it is understood that its restoration will be carried out so as to render it as much like the original as possible . The tower where the breakage occurred is upwards of Soo years old .

REHEARSALS AT DRURY LANE of Mr . Cecil Raleigh ' s new drama , "The Price of Peace , " have already commenced under the direction of the author and Mr . Arthur Collins . One of the scenes of wbat is said to be a strikingly original play introduces the Ursuline Convent School , which occupied Harley House , at the corner of Maryle . bone-road . For many years prior to its occupation by the nuns it was the residence of the late Queen of Oude , mother of the late Maharajah Duleep Singh .

THE NEW ROYAL YACHT . —On the 16 th instant the new Royal yacht left Portsmouth for another 4 S hours' steam trial . She was in charge of Captain Parr and a navigating party from the Steam Reserve . The weather was fine , but there was a rough sea in the Channel , It is intended to do the 4 S hours' run at 7 . 600 indicated horsepower , and the vessel is due back at Portsmouth to-morrow ( Saturday ) at noon . She leaves again on Monday for a trial at 9000 horse-power , and will then b : tried at h ** r full steaming strength of 11 , 000 horse-power .

ON MONDAY NEXT King Christian and the Danish Court will remove to Castle Fredensborg , which was the favourite residence of King Alexander III . There will lie a gathering of all the Royal Family at Fredensborg , and they will stay there for six weeks . The Dowager-Empress of Russia , the Tsarevitch , and the Grand Duchess Olga will arrive on Monday on the Imperial yacht Pole Star . H . R . H . the Princess of Wales is expected in the beginning of the week . The King of Greece , the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland and their children , and Prince George , Governor of Crete , will also be of the party .

" THE LAMENTABLE DEATH of the late Lord Chief Justice ( Lord Russell of Killowen ) ( writes Mr . H . F . Neale , solicitor , Liverpool ) , calls attention to the fact that the Northern Circuit has eminently distinguished itself as a Judge-maker during the last 35 years . It has rent from the Bar to the bench a Lord Chancellor , a Master of the Rolls , a Lord Chief J ustice , two Lords Justice of Appeal , a Speaker of the House of Commons , eight Judges , and two chairmen of London Sessions—in addition to which many members of that circuit held Recorderships and other influential and important judicial ofiices .

IN THE ANNUAL REPORT of the National Refuges for Homeless and Destitute Children a remarkable instance of continued anonymous generosity is disclosed , and the name of the donor at last made public . It appears that the late Mr . Alfred Fennings , whose gifts to the charity had always been acknowledged under the anonymous title "Alf , " gave £ GiSS Ss . to the institution last year , and that from the year 1870 until the time of his death his total contributions to it amounted to the munificent sum of JCS <> , 377 ' . os . Mr . Fennings also made provision under his will whereby funds will be forthcoming to enable the committee to continue receiving a good many homeless boys .

SUMMER VACATION at the Royal Military College , Sandhurst , terminated on Wednesday , when cadets left over from last term rejoined , and the new educational division of gentleman cadets entered . Among thc latter is Prince Arthur of Connaught , for whom a military career has been selected . The Prince was accompanied from town by Bro . Colonel Alfred Egerton , Comptroller of the Household of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught . Although Bagshot Park is within three miles of Sandhurst , Prince Arthur will reside at the Collece in the same way as the ordinary students . VVith the juniors who joined on Wednesday and the cadets left over from last term the strength of the College is about 320 , or 40 below the usual strength .

THE LIVERYMEN of the various Guilds of the City of London will assemble in Guildhall on Saturday , September 29 th , to elect the Lord Mayor for next year , in succession to Sir Alfred Newton , whose term of office will expire on November 9 th . The Aldermen eligible for election are Bro . Alderman Frank Green , Bro . Sir Joseph Dimsdale , Sir Marcus Samuel , Sir James Ritchie , Mr . Alderman Pound , Bro . Sir Joseph Treloar , and Bro . Alderman Alliston . In the ordinary course , the election will fall on Bro . Alderman Frank Green , who has been a member of the Corporation since 1878 and an Alderman from 1 S 91 . He served the Shrievalty in Bro . Sir Horatio Davies's Mayoralty in 1 S 97-S . By trade he is a paper maker , in Upper Thames-street .

Death.

DEATH .

FKRGUSON— On the 14 th instant , Bro . W . J . Ferguson , P . M . Domatic Lodge , No . 177 , Treasurer Viator Lodge , No . 2308 , at his residence , SS , Chicheleroad , Cricklewood , N . W ., in his 71 st year . Funeral Saturday , the iSth instant , at Highgate Cemetery , at 11 . 30 .

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