Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

The M . W . Grand Master , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , has been pleased to appoint R . W . Bro . Lord Tentcrden , K . G . B ., to be Provincial Grand Master of the Province cf Essex , vacant by the death of Bro . Rout . Bagshaw , in August last . The regular meeting of the Israel Lodge , No . 205 , will be held on Tuesday next , at the Cannon-street Hotel , at five o'clock , p . m . Bro . W . Bassingtim is W . M . There are four candidates for initiation anil three for

passing at this meeting . The half-yearly meeting of the Provincial Grand ( Crait ) Loe ' ge of Cumberland and Westmoreland was held in the County Hall , Carlisle , on Wednesday , the 16 th inst ., under the banner of the B-ctive Lodge No . 1532 , the Earl of Beclive , M . P ., R . W . P . G . M ., presiding . The installation of Bro . Richard Washington

as the W . M . of the Temp ' e Lodge , No . 1094 , took place on Wednesday afternoon last , the 9 th inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool . A report of the interesting proceedings will be given next week . POLICEMEN ' NUMBERS . — A correspondent writes : — " My wife was recently witness ol gross misbehaviour by a policeman on the road to one of the suburbs

and would have felt it her duty to report it , but a bushy beard effectually hid the number on the collar . Either the beard or the number is surely in the wrong place . " The regular convocation of St . Thomas ' s Royal Arch Chapter , No . 142 , will be held at the Cannonstreet Hotel this afternoon , at 4 . 30 . Comp . II . C . Levander is M . E . Z . ; Comp . G . A . Rooks , II . ; and Comp . J . W .

Lambert , J . There arc three candidatis for exaltation at the meeting , after the performance tf which ceremony the companions will proceeel to the tl-. ction of Principals am ] officers for the ensuing year . Leo XIII ., multt pro / nin , has appointed Baron Cesch ) , the late Lieutenant or D .-puly Giand Master ot ih'j Order of St . John of Jerusalem , or Knights of Malta , to be

Grand Master or Sovereign of the Older . For the last 70 years or upwards there has been no Grand Master , the functions of that officii ! being entrusted to a Lieutenant . The Grand Master of I be Order of Malta t ikes the rank of a Sovereign or quasi-Sovinign in Roman CatholicCoutls . The closing meeting of the present session of

the Upper Norwood Lodge of Instruction , No . 15 8 ( 1 , will be held at the White Hart Hotel on Monday evening , the 28 th inst . In addition totheusuil business ihe lectures on the Tracing Boards in the Three Decrees will be given , the ist and 3 rd by Bro . Francis P . M ., P . P . G . S . D ., the Hon . Preceptor ; and the 2 nd by Uro . Sudlolv , the lion . Scr . The lodge will be opened at 6 . 30 punctually .

BRIGHTON . — I he installation meeting of the flourishing lodge Horn Keclcsia , No . 14 ( 1 ( 1 , will beheld at the Old Ship I Intel , on Wednesday next , April 23 rd . Upon this occasion the Provincial Grand Master , Sir Walter Wyiulham Uurrcll , Bart ., M . P ., will visit the lodge , with his Provincial Grand Officers . The lodge will be opened at -5 . 50 p . m ., when there will be two

candidates for the degree of Fellow Craft , after which the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Uro . J . 11 . Scott , will proceed to instal Bro . C . J . Smith , P . M ., in the chair of K . S . for the second time . THE MKTROVOLITAX HOTKL . —Monday , the 27 th , under the Chaiimansbip of Sir F . ihvard Watkin , M . P ., this new hole ) , in South-street , Finsbury , which is

intended to supply accommodation for passengers by the Great Eastern Railway to Liverpool-street , the Great Northern and other lines te > Moorgatc-street , and the Broad-street Station eif the London and North-Western , was opened in the presence of a JVirge company , among whom were Lord Alfred Churchill , Mr . Mylcs Fenton , Mr . I . Bell , Mr . William Hudson , and other gentlemen

representing the various interests of me tropin tan tralhc . This hotel , which provides more than fifty beds , is fitted with all modern improvements and appliances , and contains public and private dining-rooms , billiard room , and ladies' dining-room , all of which are decorated with excellent taste ; and the manager , Mr . James Adams , has made a selection of wines which , together with a

wellarranged cuisine , will doubtless prove an attraction to dir . ers in the City , the hotel being only five minutes' vvalk from tire Bank . The hotel has been furnished , in a very substantial manner , by the well-known firm of upholsterers , Messrs . Brew and Claris , Finsbury-placc North . It is understood that the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall will assemble at Vowey on Tuesday ]

the ioth June , under the wing of Fowey Lodge , No . 977 , held in that town . The lodge was warranted in 1863 , and has proved a worthy successor of a lodge originally chartered in 17 61 , but , as 84 , erased in 1828 . The membership of Fowey ranks about the tenth in the province , being at the present time about 60 . Its senior Past Master is Colonel J . W . Peard ( the Senior Grand Warden of

Cornwall in i 8 (> 6 ) , and the next is Bro . the Rev . Dr . E . T . Trtffry , Prov . Grand Chaplain in 1 S 68 . In point of age it is the eighteenth on the list in the province , having nine juniors , making a total of twenty-seven ledges under the rule of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Prov . G . M . The membership of the province has nearly trebled since 18 ( 13 , and is now about 1 ( 100 . The choice of a meeting

place lay between St . Matthew ' s , No . 859 , Lostvvithicl , and the Fowey Lodge . A large gathering of brethren is expected , especially if liberal arrangements arc made by the railway company . We are asked to state that the next meeting of the Evening Star Lodge will lie held em Tuesel iy next , at Freemasons' Hall , when the desirability of altering the elay of meeting will be considered .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

For the Week ending Friday , April 25 , 1879 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place , day , or month of meeting .

SATURDAY , APRIL 19 . Lodge 715 , Panmure , Cinnon-st . Hot . ,, 1364 , Earl of Zetland , Old Town Hall , Hackney . „ 1641 , Crichton , Surrey M . H . Chap . 142 , St . Thomas ' s , Cannon-st . Hot .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , King ' s Head , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico . '" etcy , 11 . 1 , Southgatc-rd ., N .

MONDAY , APRIL 21 . Lodge 1 , Grand Masters , F . M . Tav . „ 8 , British , F . M . H . ,, 21 , Emulation , Albion Tav ., Alelcrsgatc-st . ,, 5 8 , Felicity , 101 , Queen Victoria-st . ,, 185 , Tranquillity , Guildhall Tav . „ 907 , Royal Ubert , F . M . H .

,, 1139 , Marquis Dalhousie , r . M . H . „ 1261 , Golden Rule , Regent M . H . ,, 1306 , White Horse of Kent , Holborn Viaduct Hot . Chap . 12 , Prudence , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . K . T . ill , Holy Sanctuary , 33 , Golden-square .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Wcl'ington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford . St . John , Gun Hot ., Wapping , S till 10 . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Old Rodney ' s Head , Old-st ., E . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camden 'Amir , at S . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile-cnd-rd .

M . James s Union , Union 1 av ., Air-st . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd . Marquis of Ripon , Pcmbury Tav ., Anihcrst-rd ., Hackn ; y . Loughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . St . George's , Globe Tav ., Greenwich . Doric Chapter , 248 , Gleibe-rd ., Mile Einl-n ! ., at 8 . John Her . ey , Albion Hill , London Wall , at 7 . 30 .

TUESDAY , APRIL 22 . Audit Com . Girls' at 4 . Lodge 14 , Tuscan , F . M . 11 . ,, 92 , Moira . Mansion House Restaurant . ,, 145 , I ' liideiit Brethren , F . M . H . ,, 1 ( 1 3 , Honour ami Generosity , Inns uf Couil Hot . „ 186 , Industry , F . M . H .

., 203 , li-rail , Cannon-st . Hut . ,, 1348 , Ebury , 12 , I ' onsonby-st ., Millbank . „ 1719 , Evening Star , F . M . H . Chap . 7 , Royal York of Perseverance , F . M . H . ,, 1 269 , Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Mark 3 , Keystone , Ship and Turtle , Leaeknhall-st . Reise Croix , 68 , Studholme , zz , Golden-sq ., W .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 269 , Pcntonville-rrt . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John's Wood . Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st .

Dalhousie , The Sisters' Tav ., Pownall-rd ., Dilston , E . Florence Nightingale , F . M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Wandsworth , Spread Eagle Hot ., Wandsworth . Royal Arthur , Prince's Head , York-road , Battersea . Beacantree , Red Lion , Leytonstone .

Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping . Islington , Three Bucks , 23 , Gresham-st ., at 7 p . m . Leopold , Gregorian Arms , jamaica-rd ., Bermondsey . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' s . Sir Hugh Myddelton , 162 , St . John ' s-st .-rd . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill .

WEDNESDAY , APRIL 23 . Lodge of Benevolence , at 6 . ,, 507 , United Pilgrims , S . M . H ., Camberwell . „ 1017 , Montefiore , 68 , Regent-st ., W . „ 1056 , Victoria , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . „ 1540 , Chaucer , Bridge House Hot ., London Bridge , Chap . 13 , Union Waterloo , M . H ., Woolwich . Rose Croix , 39 , St . George , 33 , Golelen-sq .

LODGES OK INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-st ., at 7 till 9 . Urban , 23 , Gresham-street , City , E . C , at 6 . 30 . New Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N . Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Stones-End , E . Pythagorean , Portland Hot ., London-st ., Greenwich . La Tolerance , 2 , Maddox-st ., VV ., at 7 . 45 . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-rd , Peckham .

Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Finsbury l'avk , Earl Russell , Isledon-nl , Holloway , at 8 . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park . IJuke of Connaught , Haveiock Tav ., Dalston , E , at 8 . Duke of Connaught , Faunce Arms , South-pl ., Kenngtn . at 8 United Strength , Hope and Anchor , Crcwndale-rd , N . W . Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin's-court , Fleet-st ., at 8 . Lewis , King's Arms Hot ., Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford . Temperance in theEast . Georgc the 4 th , Ida-st ., Poplar , J . 30 . Thistle . M . M . M ., TheHarp tavern , at 8 .

THURSDAY , APRIL 24 . Gen . Com . Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge 66 , Grenadiers ' , F . M . H . ,, 99 , Shakespeare , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . 11 15 23 , St . Mary Magdalene , Ship Hot ., Greenwich . ,, 13 ( 13 , City of Westminster , M . H ., 68 , Regent-st . ,, 1731 , Cholmeley , Alexandra Palace . Chap . 2711 Stibility , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st . ,, 53 J , Polish National , F . M . H .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Chatham Arms , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . yirisbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-rd . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonhy-st ., Millbank . Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town . The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue .

High Cross , Coach ti Horses , High-rd ., Tottenham . Salisbury , Union -Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd . Great Northern , Berwick Aims , Bcrners-st ., Oxford-st . Rose , Walmcr Castle Hot ., Peckham-rd ., at 8 . Covent Garden , Ashley ' s Hot ., Covent Garden , at 8 . Crusaders , St . John's Gate , Clcikenwell , at 9 . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood .

FRIDAY , APRIL 25 . Lodge 197 , Jerusalem , F . M . H . ,, 1601 , l ! avensbourne , Di < . B . of Wks ., Catford Brielgc .

LODGES OF INSTHUCTION . London Masonic Club , 101 , Queen Victoria-st ., E . C . Stability , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st ., 6 to 8 p . m . Reibett Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., ' Regcnt-st . Belgrave , Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st ., W . Unions Emulation ( for 'M . M . 's ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-rd ., Deptford .

Metropolitan , Portugal Heit ., Heet-st ., at 7 . St . Maryle-bonc , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood . Westbourne , Lord ' s Hotel , St . John's Wood . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-rd . St . James ' s , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., S . E . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver L'on , Penny-fields , poplar . Doric , 79 , Whitcchap-.-J-ril ., at S . Burgoyne , The Red Cap , Camden Town , N . W .

St . Luke's , White Hart , King ' s-id ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Prince's Hall , Buekhurst-hill . Royal Standard , The Alvvyne Castle , St . Paul's-rd ., N . Ranelagh , Bell and Anchor , Hammersmith-rd . Finsbury Park , lvirl Russell , Isledon-rd ., Holloway , at 8 . William Preston , FeathersTav ., Up . Gcorgc-st ., Edgvvarc-rd . Earl of Carnarvon , Mitre I lot ., Goulbourne-ril ., Notting-hill . Pythagorean Chapter , Portland Hot . London-st .. Greenwich

Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .

For the Week ending Saturday , April 26 , 1879 . MONDAY , APRIL 21 . Lodge 1502 , Israel , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 32 , Jerusalem , M . H ., Liverpool . Everton L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool ,

TUESDAY , APRIL 22 . Lodge 1 ( 109 , Dramatic , M . H ., Liverpool . ,, 16 75 , Antient Briton , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 823 , Everton , M . H ., Liverpool . Merchants L . if L , M . IL , Liverpool . Prince Arthur L . of I ., 80 , N . Hill-st ., Liverpool .

WEDNESDAY , APRIL 23 . Lodge 32 , St . George's , Adelphi Hot ., Liverpool . „ 220 , Harmony , Wellington Hot ., Liverpool . ,, 724 , Derby , M . H .. Liverpool . ,, 175 6 , Kirkdale , Skelmersdale Hall , Liverpool . Chap . 1052 , Callender , Public Hot ., Rusholme . Neptune L . of 1 ., M . H ., Liverpool .

THURSDAY , APRIL 24 . Lodge 594 , Downshire , M . H ., Liverpool . J , 1 313 , Fermor , M . H ., Southport . ,, 1505 , Emulation , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 216 , Sacred Delta , M . H ., Liverpool . Stanley L . uf I ., 214 , Gt . Homer-st ., Liverpool .

FRIDAY , APRIL 23 . Lodge 1393 , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 680 , Sefton , M . H ., Liverpool . ., 1086 , Walton , Skelmersdale , Liverpool . For Masonic Meetings throughout Scotland see Scottish Freemason , which can be obtained at the Office of this paper , iq 8 , Fleet-street , London .

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