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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
The installation meeting- of the Selwyn Lodge took place at East Dulwich on Thursday last . We hope to give a report in our next . A Special Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight was held at Southampton on Wednesday last . A report will appear next week .
Bro . Lord Waveney , chairman of the committees of the National Refuge Harbours Society , will move a resolution in the House of Lords , on the reassembling of their lordships , on the subject of harbours of refuge . A petition is in course of signature to establish a Rose Croix Chapter , to be called the Norwood Chapter . Communications to be addressed to Bro . VV . Milligan , 30 ° ,
Oliver-grove , South Norwood . The installation meeting of the Wanderers Lodge , No . 1604 , was held at Freemasons' Hall on Tuesday , the Sth inst ., when Bro . VV . Brindley was duly installed VV . M . We shall give a report in our next . An emergency meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge of Leicestershire and Rutland was held at Leicester
on Wednesday last for the purpose of adopting addresses of sympathy and condolence with the Oueen and Royal Family on thc death of H . R . H . the Duke ' of Albany . A convocation of the Metropolitan College of the Rosicrucian Society will be held at Sa , Red Lion-square , on Tuesday next to elect and install the Alaster , Deputy Master , and other officers , and to elect a Treasurer in p lace
of our esteemed Bro . Buss , who we regret to notice is retiring in consequence of ill-health . The Prosperity Chapter of Instruction , which has hitherto met at the Hercules Tavern , 119 , Leadenhallstreet , is discontinued , and instead thereof the Eastern Star Chapter of Instruction , No . 05 , will meet at thc same place on the second and fourth Fridays in every month , at a
quarter to seven o ' clock p . m . At the Quarterl y Court of thc Boys' School on Monday night the business will consist of the election of a Treasurer for the year , and of the General Committee . There arc several notices of motion to be considered , after which the election of 23 boys out of a list of 52 candidates for admission to the Institution wilt be proceeded with .
VV . Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., P . Z ., has accepted thc invitation of the Fidelity Lodge of Instruction , No . 3 , to deliver his Alasonic lecture , " Knobs and Excrescences , " explanatory of ritual and ceremony of the First Degree , on the occasion of their meeting on the 30 th inst ., at the Alfred Tavern , Roman-road , Barnsbury , when a large gathering of North London brethren may be anticipated .
Thc Old Kent Mark Lodge of Instruction has , we have much pleasure in informing our readers , been resuscitated under most favourable auspices . A room has been engaged at thc Champion Hotel , Aldersgate-street ( a few doors from the General Post Ollice ) , where on Friday evenings , from 7 to 9 o ' clock , Mark Alaster Alasons anxious for instruction in this beautiful degree will find a long felt
want well met . Bro . Alex . Millar is the Hon . Sec . pro tem . The following are the dinners , & c , held at the Freemasons' Tavern during the present week : Tuesday , April 15 th—Cadogan Lodge , Salisbury Lodge , Leigh Lodge , Wanderers'Chapter . Wednesday , 16 th—Buckingham and Chandos Lodge , Grand Stewards' Lodge , Oak Lodge . Thursday , 17 th—Civil Service Vocal Union , Linncan Club ,
Globe Lodge , St . Alary s Lodge , Universal Lodge . Friday , 18 th—Jordan Lodge . Saturday , 19 th—Primrose League . An interesting discovery of Roman remains has been made by thc excavators engaged on thc District Railway Works which pass under the site of the church of St . John the Baptist upon Walbrook , which was destroyed in the great fire of London . A piece of pavement about 5 ft . by 3 ? t . Oin ., and loin , thick , formed of Roman tiles set on
edge , was found about 20 ft . below the surface . It doubtless was part of the floor of a Roman villa situated on thc cast bank of thc watercourse known as Walbook , and in a line with another from whence thc magnificent specimen of Mosaic wotk in the Guildhall Aluseum is now to be seen . Two successive churches , each dedicated to St . John thc Baptist , have thus entombed these relics since Norman , and perhaps Saxon times . Thc Fifteen Sections will be worked in the
Selwyn Lodge of Instruction , No . igoi . at the Fast Dulwich Hotel , East Dulwich ( near Champion-hill Station ) , on Friday evening next , the 25 th inst ., commencingat 7 p . m . Bro . Beavis , S . W . S 79 , VV . M . ; Bro . Martin , J . W . 879 , S . VV . ; and Bro . Andrews , P . AL 871 , J . W . The working is as follows : First Lecture—ist Section , Bro . Wimble , LG . 1901 ; 2 nd , Bro . Thomas , 30 ; 3 rd , Uro . Fagle , J . D . 1901 ; 4 th , Bro .
Stone , 1 C 41 ; 5 th , Bro . Miiburn , J . D . 13 ; 6 th , Bro . Alartin , J . VV . 879 ; 7 th , Bro . Andrews , P . M . 871 . Second Lecture —ist Section , Bro . Rotheroe , 30 ; 2 nd , Bro . Wise , P . M . 1158 ; 3 rd , Bro Waterman , P . AL 147 ; 4 th , Bro . Beavis , S . W . 879 ; 5 th , Bro . Andrews , P . M . S 71 . Thiid Lectureist Section , Bro . Powell , S . W . 1185 ; 2 nd , Bro . Bellis , W . M . 1901 ; 3 rd , Bro . Emblin , I . G . 147 .
Bro . Marychurch , who hiss acted for several years as Secretary to thc Royal Berkshire Lodgeof Hope , No . 574 , Newbury , was on Friday evening , the 4 th inst ., presented with a purse containing 33 sovereigns as a small mark of the appreciation in which he was held by his brother members of the lodge . The presentation was made by the VV . M ., Bro . Plenty , in graceful and well-expressed terms ; and his
testimony to the assiduity and great attention to the work of his office as shown by Bro . Marychurch , was further spoken to by Bro . R . Johnstone , Alayor of Newbury . Bro . Marychurch , who had returned from Oxford to receive the handsome present , acknowledged the same in feeling terms , and spoke of the pleasure it had always been to serve the
lodge in the way he had done , and made mention of the extreme kindness which had invariably been shown towards him during his residence in Newbury by the whole of the Craft , a circumstance hc would remember as one of the happiest incidents of the happy years he had spent in Newbury .
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Alderman Sir John Whitaker Ellis , Bart ., will shortly remove his offices to 29 , Fleet-street . We have been asked to intimate to our readers that the Coborn Lodge of Instruction , No . 1 S 04 , meets every Monday evening , at eight o'clock , at the Eagle Hotel , Snaresbrook . The address delivered by Bro . T . W . Tew , J . P .,
S . G . D . England , D . P . G . M . VV . Yorks , at the dedication of the Aire and Calder Lodge , No . 458 , Goole , is being issued in pamphlet form . Bro . Sir William Hart Dyke , M . P ., was installed VV . M . of the Lullingstone Lodge , No . 1837 , at Dartford , on Alonday last , the ceremony being ably performed by Bro . the Rev . Hayman Cummings , P . P . G . Chap . Cornwall . We shall report the proceedings in our next .
Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons will hold a Lodge of Emergency on the 25 th inst ., at the Hall , Red Lion-square , at one in the afternoon , to prepare an address of condolence to her Majesty the Queen and the Dnchess of Albany on thc death of H . R . HT the Duke of Albany , Past Grand Master . The Stott eras governor has been awarded the
silver medal by the jurors of the Crystal Palace International Electric and Gas Exhibition of 1 SS 2-3 . The tests were made at the South Metropolitan Gas Works by experts , who went most exhaustively into the matter , and gave the Stott governor the only award . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon presided on Wednesday last week at the Town Hall , Newbury , at an influential
and largely attended meeting called to promote the erection and endowment of a hospital for the town and neighbourhood . A representative body of gentlemen was nominated as a committee , his lordship accepting the office of president . In a paragraph in our issue of the 5 th inst . in reference to Bro . Chas . Belton ' s election as W . AL of thc Lodge of Honor and Generosity , No . 1 C 5 , the
number of the Royal Alfred Lodge , was erroneously given as 177 . It should have been 777 . The same error also appeared in another paragraph in the same issue announcing thc reelection of Bro . VVestall as Treasurer of No . 165 . Our esteemed Bro . Geo . Everett is Treasurer and P . AL of No . 177 ( the Domatic Lodge ) . At the Quarterly Court of the Royal M asonic Institution for Girls to-morrow ( Saturday ) after the election
of Treasurer and General Committc for the year , and the transaction of the general business , 23 girls will have to be elected out of an approved list of 35 candidates . There is a motion upon the paper that , in consideration ot the valuable services rendered to the Institution by Bro . Chas . Hammerton , honorary rank , with thc privileges attach ! npthereto , be conferred upon Airs . Hammerton . The festival of the Institution , at which Lord Brooke , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master for Essex , will preside , will be held on the 2 ist of next month .
On Thursday evening week Bro . W . Colbeck Parker , who is about to leave England and take up his abode in Canada , was entertained by the brethren of his lodge , the Trafalgar , No . 971 , Batley , previous to his departure . 'There was a large company present , including Bro . Geo . Truswell , W . AL , who in proposing " lhe Health of the Guest of the evening " spoke in high terms of the
interest he had at all times manifested in rrecmasonry , and of his services as a working member of the lodge . Bro . Parker acknowledged in suitable terms thc kindly sentiments expressed towards him , and the brethren afterwards spent a pleasant social evening . A magnificent mast from the woods of Cadore has been sent from Verona to the Agricultural Department
of thc Turin Exhibition . VVhen the lower branches had been cut off , this fine tree-trunk was divided into two pieces , the bottom part measuring more than 120 ft ., and the top part , still adorned with its green branches , 18 ft ., its weight after being thus prepared being 41 cwt . It is slender in comparison to its height , being 65 centimeters at thc base and 15 at the summit , the stem preserving an equal width up to the
height of about 90 ft , after which it diminishes rapidly . On examining the base it was found that that part was 105 years old ; while the summit was only 63 years old . Including the expenses of transit , a matter of some difficulty , the mast will cost more than fifty pounds sterling . The economic condition of Canada has been of late the subject of much discussion in the press of the
United Kingdom , but it is a relief to be able to fall back upon some authentic source of information which the Parliamentary reports for 1883 of the Dominion House of Commons , in session since January last , afford . To judge from the state of the national finances , Canada appears to be in an enviable position . The revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30 th , 1 S 83 , was 35 , 794 . C 49 dols ., as against
33 , 3 s 3 , ooo dols . for the previous year , and the expenditure 28 , 730 , 157 dols ., thus leaving a surplus of 7 , 064 , 492 dols . The excess of revenue over expenditure during the tenure of office of the present Government , i . e ., since 1879 , amounts to no less than 30 , 000 , 000 dols . The aggregate trade of thc Colony is placed at 230 , 000 , 000 dols ., an increase of io , ooo , ooodols . over that of 1882 . Thc imports were
valued at 132 , 254 , 022 dols ., towards which Great Britain contributed 52 , 052 , 465 dols . The exports equalled 98 , 085 , 804 dols . On the 4 th of Marcha complimentary dinner was tendered to Bro . Major S . Trythall at the New Treasury Hotel , Spring-street , Melbourne , Victoria , on the occasion of his taking a trip to the old country , after a residenceof 3 S vears in the colony . Bro . Dr . I . I . E . Willmott occupied
the chair , and there were over 50 gentlemen present . In reply to the toast of the evening , Major Trythall mentioned some very interesting incidents in connection with his early experiences as a colonist . When hc landed in the then township of Melbourne the steamer was made fast to a gum tree , and the future city consisted principally of wooden buildings and wide thoroughfares of sand . Later , as a schoolmaster , he adduced the reminiscence of an official
visit from an inspector of schools , who dined with him off " chops and damper " at Kilmore , and that gentleman was no other than the present Chancellor of the Exchequer of England , and in a former Administration First Lord of the Admiralty , VIE ., the Right Hon . H . C . E . Childers . A number of other complimentary toasts were proposed , amongst them "The Local Forces , " by an English volunteer ( Bro . W . F . Lamonby ) , and coupled with the names of Col . Templeton , Major Parnell , and others , who returned thanks .
East Lancashire Systematic Educational Masonic Institution.
EAST LANCASHIRE SYSTEMATIC EDUCATIONAL MASONIC INSTITUTION .
On Saturday afternoon last a very clever performance was given by a local amateur troupe , calling themselves the Alinnehaha Minstrels , in aid of the funds of the above Institution . The idea of benefiting the Institution by such means was , we believe , first conceived by our well-known
Prov . Grand Secretary for East Lancashire , Bro . John Chadwick , and a party of prominent brethren in the province , who formed themselves into a committee for the purpose . It might to many minds appear strange that mirth and glee should be prevailing amongst a number of prominent members of the Craft in this district at a time when one of
its brightest stars was being placed in his last mortal resting place ; but when it is explained that arrangements for the performance were made long before such a calamitous and unthought of event as the death of our much lamented and highly esteemed brother , H . R . H . the Duke of Albany occurred , it will be easily understood that existing arrangements meant either holding the performance on the day fixed or abandoning : it
altogther ; indeed , we are perfectly sure that strenuous efforts were made by the Committee to postpone it , though unsuccessfully . The use of the theatre was granted free of cost by the popular lessee , Capt . R . B . Bainbridge , and the warmest thanks of the Committee are undoubtedly due to this gentleman ( who is not a member of the Craft ) for his great kindness , and also to thc various gentlemen ( members of the troupe ) who so generously gave their services on this
. Respecting the performance itself we can only speak in termsof the highest praise , and unhesitatingly state that no existing company of professionals could have entertained an audience better . where all acquit themselves with such evident ability it is invidious to select any for special mention , but we feel we should not be doing justice did we
not make a passing remark as to thc pleasure derived from thc performances of Master Beardsall , Bro . Alartin Thomas , Mr . E . C . Hamson , Air . J . Allen , and Air . W . F . Thomas . The choruses were rendered in perfect harmony and with taste and judgment , Bro . Oliver Gaggs being responsible for the orchestral arrangements of same . Taken throughout the concert was most enjoyable , and
although the audience was fairl y a good one , the house was by no means full ; at the same time we should imagine that a great many brethren and ladies bought tickets who were not present . In a future number we hope to be in a position to state the amount of money resulting from the performance , which will be handed over to the Institution . Alost of the brethren present wore either Craft or Royal Arch insi to
gnia , a dispensation wear the same having been granted by thc R . W . P . G . M ., Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie . Amongst those present were Bros . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie , R . W . P . G . AL ; George Mellor , V . W . Dep . G . AL ; John Chadwick , P . G . Sec . ; John Roberts , P . G . D . C . ; 1 . A . Foyster , P . G . Reg . ; J . F . Hoffgaard , P . P . G . D . ; S . Statham . P . P . G . Treas .- J . H . Sillitoe , P . P . G . D . C . ; H . L . Rocca , P . G . D . ; John Halliwell , DDT . C .... 1 D- . I--. IS I u s- A f \ r * . ur t ui jamea rieisnaw \ t \\
.. . « . U . TU . . , , r . j .. u . * . ; vvm . laffrey , P . G . D . ; I . J . Meakin , P . P . G . D . ; Hy . Thomas , P . P . G . D . ; Ellis Jones , P . P . G . Treas . ; W . H . Hopkins , P . P . G . D . C . ; Henry Paulden , S . W . 204 ; VV . Hardcastle , P . M . 1773 ; Arthur H . Jefferis , S . VV . 1161 ; Thomas Fallowes , P . M . 105 a ; A . Pemberton , W . M . 1030 ; Jas . Burgess , P . M . 1161 ; A . D . Calden , P . P . G . S . D . Derbyshire ; W . B . Outram , 1161 ; Chas . Heywood , P . G . S . XV . ; R . R . Lisenden , J . W . 317 ( Freemason ); and others .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . E . P . ALBERT , P . G . Purst . VVe regret to announce thc death on Saturday last at his residence , Kilburn , of Bro . E . P . Albert , P . G . Purst . Bro . Albert was an active Freemason , having for the last 30 years being Secretary of the Joppa Lodge , a position which he resigned only on the 7 th inst . Hc was also Secretary of the Alontcfiore Lodge . At the installation of
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as Grand Alaster at the Albert Hall in 1875 , Bro . Albert was appointed Asst . Grand Purst ., and in thc following year Grand Purst . As Secretary of the lodge mentioned , and in other Masonic ofiices , our deceased brother was distinguished for the energy with which he carried out his duties , and hc was highly esteemed by a large circle of friends , both in Alasonry and the Hebrew body , of which he was a member .
BRO . ARDESIR CURSETJEE RAJCOTEVVALLAH . We gather the following particulars of thc career of this brother from the Sind Times of January 22 nd last : " We sincerely regret to announce thc death ( from brain fever ) of Mr . Ardesir Cursetjee Rajcotcwallah , a resident of this station for a number of years and a prominent member of the Paisee community , at the comparatively earlv acre of
38 , at which age his respected father also died in 1857 . The deceased was of a kindly and social nature , and it may be truly said of him that his left hand knew not what his right hand gave away . The indigent and thc needy never appealed to him in vain , and we sincerely trust , now that he has gone over to the majority , that the charity for which he was so conspicuous will cover any shortcomings and failings
he may have been guilty of in this world . The defunct gentleman was personally known both in Karachi and upcountryto a number of the European and native gentry , and his genial character and sprightly conversation threw over not a few a strange spell which could not be denied , and which gathered around him _ many admirers . As a member of the Masonic Fraternity he gained eminence in the
Craft for his devotedness to its interest and welfare , many Masonic institutions in Sind haying his name enrolled in their books . The numbers of his own community who followed his remains to the Tower of Silence on Friday morning , the 1 Sth ult ., and the many expressions of grief and regret at his untimely death by members of all classes and creeds , testified to the great esteem hc was held in by thc
public of Karachi , and will no doubt be re-echoed by his numerous friends and admirers throughout Sind . The bereaved family of the departed , consisting of a widow , five daughters and one son , have the strongest claims upon the sympathy of the Parsee community in general and his many wealthy relatives in particular ; for we hear they have not been well provided for , and who doubtless . keenly feel the void made by his loss .
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
The installation meeting- of the Selwyn Lodge took place at East Dulwich on Thursday last . We hope to give a report in our next . A Special Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight was held at Southampton on Wednesday last . A report will appear next week .
Bro . Lord Waveney , chairman of the committees of the National Refuge Harbours Society , will move a resolution in the House of Lords , on the reassembling of their lordships , on the subject of harbours of refuge . A petition is in course of signature to establish a Rose Croix Chapter , to be called the Norwood Chapter . Communications to be addressed to Bro . VV . Milligan , 30 ° ,
Oliver-grove , South Norwood . The installation meeting of the Wanderers Lodge , No . 1604 , was held at Freemasons' Hall on Tuesday , the Sth inst ., when Bro . VV . Brindley was duly installed VV . M . We shall give a report in our next . An emergency meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge of Leicestershire and Rutland was held at Leicester
on Wednesday last for the purpose of adopting addresses of sympathy and condolence with the Oueen and Royal Family on thc death of H . R . H . the Duke ' of Albany . A convocation of the Metropolitan College of the Rosicrucian Society will be held at Sa , Red Lion-square , on Tuesday next to elect and install the Alaster , Deputy Master , and other officers , and to elect a Treasurer in p lace
of our esteemed Bro . Buss , who we regret to notice is retiring in consequence of ill-health . The Prosperity Chapter of Instruction , which has hitherto met at the Hercules Tavern , 119 , Leadenhallstreet , is discontinued , and instead thereof the Eastern Star Chapter of Instruction , No . 05 , will meet at thc same place on the second and fourth Fridays in every month , at a
quarter to seven o ' clock p . m . At the Quarterl y Court of thc Boys' School on Monday night the business will consist of the election of a Treasurer for the year , and of the General Committee . There arc several notices of motion to be considered , after which the election of 23 boys out of a list of 52 candidates for admission to the Institution wilt be proceeded with .
VV . Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., P . Z ., has accepted thc invitation of the Fidelity Lodge of Instruction , No . 3 , to deliver his Alasonic lecture , " Knobs and Excrescences , " explanatory of ritual and ceremony of the First Degree , on the occasion of their meeting on the 30 th inst ., at the Alfred Tavern , Roman-road , Barnsbury , when a large gathering of North London brethren may be anticipated .
Thc Old Kent Mark Lodge of Instruction has , we have much pleasure in informing our readers , been resuscitated under most favourable auspices . A room has been engaged at thc Champion Hotel , Aldersgate-street ( a few doors from the General Post Ollice ) , where on Friday evenings , from 7 to 9 o ' clock , Mark Alaster Alasons anxious for instruction in this beautiful degree will find a long felt
want well met . Bro . Alex . Millar is the Hon . Sec . pro tem . The following are the dinners , & c , held at the Freemasons' Tavern during the present week : Tuesday , April 15 th—Cadogan Lodge , Salisbury Lodge , Leigh Lodge , Wanderers'Chapter . Wednesday , 16 th—Buckingham and Chandos Lodge , Grand Stewards' Lodge , Oak Lodge . Thursday , 17 th—Civil Service Vocal Union , Linncan Club ,
Globe Lodge , St . Alary s Lodge , Universal Lodge . Friday , 18 th—Jordan Lodge . Saturday , 19 th—Primrose League . An interesting discovery of Roman remains has been made by thc excavators engaged on thc District Railway Works which pass under the site of the church of St . John the Baptist upon Walbrook , which was destroyed in the great fire of London . A piece of pavement about 5 ft . by 3 ? t . Oin ., and loin , thick , formed of Roman tiles set on
edge , was found about 20 ft . below the surface . It doubtless was part of the floor of a Roman villa situated on thc cast bank of thc watercourse known as Walbook , and in a line with another from whence thc magnificent specimen of Mosaic wotk in the Guildhall Aluseum is now to be seen . Two successive churches , each dedicated to St . John thc Baptist , have thus entombed these relics since Norman , and perhaps Saxon times . Thc Fifteen Sections will be worked in the
Selwyn Lodge of Instruction , No . igoi . at the Fast Dulwich Hotel , East Dulwich ( near Champion-hill Station ) , on Friday evening next , the 25 th inst ., commencingat 7 p . m . Bro . Beavis , S . W . S 79 , VV . M . ; Bro . Martin , J . W . 879 , S . VV . ; and Bro . Andrews , P . AL 871 , J . W . The working is as follows : First Lecture—ist Section , Bro . Wimble , LG . 1901 ; 2 nd , Bro . Thomas , 30 ; 3 rd , Uro . Fagle , J . D . 1901 ; 4 th , Bro .
Stone , 1 C 41 ; 5 th , Bro . Miiburn , J . D . 13 ; 6 th , Bro . Alartin , J . VV . 879 ; 7 th , Bro . Andrews , P . M . 871 . Second Lecture —ist Section , Bro . Rotheroe , 30 ; 2 nd , Bro . Wise , P . M . 1158 ; 3 rd , Bro Waterman , P . AL 147 ; 4 th , Bro . Beavis , S . W . 879 ; 5 th , Bro . Andrews , P . M . S 71 . Thiid Lectureist Section , Bro . Powell , S . W . 1185 ; 2 nd , Bro . Bellis , W . M . 1901 ; 3 rd , Bro . Emblin , I . G . 147 .
Bro . Marychurch , who hiss acted for several years as Secretary to thc Royal Berkshire Lodgeof Hope , No . 574 , Newbury , was on Friday evening , the 4 th inst ., presented with a purse containing 33 sovereigns as a small mark of the appreciation in which he was held by his brother members of the lodge . The presentation was made by the VV . M ., Bro . Plenty , in graceful and well-expressed terms ; and his
testimony to the assiduity and great attention to the work of his office as shown by Bro . Marychurch , was further spoken to by Bro . R . Johnstone , Alayor of Newbury . Bro . Marychurch , who had returned from Oxford to receive the handsome present , acknowledged the same in feeling terms , and spoke of the pleasure it had always been to serve the
lodge in the way he had done , and made mention of the extreme kindness which had invariably been shown towards him during his residence in Newbury by the whole of the Craft , a circumstance hc would remember as one of the happiest incidents of the happy years he had spent in Newbury .
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Alderman Sir John Whitaker Ellis , Bart ., will shortly remove his offices to 29 , Fleet-street . We have been asked to intimate to our readers that the Coborn Lodge of Instruction , No . 1 S 04 , meets every Monday evening , at eight o'clock , at the Eagle Hotel , Snaresbrook . The address delivered by Bro . T . W . Tew , J . P .,
S . G . D . England , D . P . G . M . VV . Yorks , at the dedication of the Aire and Calder Lodge , No . 458 , Goole , is being issued in pamphlet form . Bro . Sir William Hart Dyke , M . P ., was installed VV . M . of the Lullingstone Lodge , No . 1837 , at Dartford , on Alonday last , the ceremony being ably performed by Bro . the Rev . Hayman Cummings , P . P . G . Chap . Cornwall . We shall report the proceedings in our next .
Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons will hold a Lodge of Emergency on the 25 th inst ., at the Hall , Red Lion-square , at one in the afternoon , to prepare an address of condolence to her Majesty the Queen and the Dnchess of Albany on thc death of H . R . HT the Duke of Albany , Past Grand Master . The Stott eras governor has been awarded the
silver medal by the jurors of the Crystal Palace International Electric and Gas Exhibition of 1 SS 2-3 . The tests were made at the South Metropolitan Gas Works by experts , who went most exhaustively into the matter , and gave the Stott governor the only award . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon presided on Wednesday last week at the Town Hall , Newbury , at an influential
and largely attended meeting called to promote the erection and endowment of a hospital for the town and neighbourhood . A representative body of gentlemen was nominated as a committee , his lordship accepting the office of president . In a paragraph in our issue of the 5 th inst . in reference to Bro . Chas . Belton ' s election as W . AL of thc Lodge of Honor and Generosity , No . 1 C 5 , the
number of the Royal Alfred Lodge , was erroneously given as 177 . It should have been 777 . The same error also appeared in another paragraph in the same issue announcing thc reelection of Bro . VVestall as Treasurer of No . 165 . Our esteemed Bro . Geo . Everett is Treasurer and P . AL of No . 177 ( the Domatic Lodge ) . At the Quarterly Court of the Royal M asonic Institution for Girls to-morrow ( Saturday ) after the election
of Treasurer and General Committc for the year , and the transaction of the general business , 23 girls will have to be elected out of an approved list of 35 candidates . There is a motion upon the paper that , in consideration ot the valuable services rendered to the Institution by Bro . Chas . Hammerton , honorary rank , with thc privileges attach ! npthereto , be conferred upon Airs . Hammerton . The festival of the Institution , at which Lord Brooke , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master for Essex , will preside , will be held on the 2 ist of next month .
On Thursday evening week Bro . W . Colbeck Parker , who is about to leave England and take up his abode in Canada , was entertained by the brethren of his lodge , the Trafalgar , No . 971 , Batley , previous to his departure . 'There was a large company present , including Bro . Geo . Truswell , W . AL , who in proposing " lhe Health of the Guest of the evening " spoke in high terms of the
interest he had at all times manifested in rrecmasonry , and of his services as a working member of the lodge . Bro . Parker acknowledged in suitable terms thc kindly sentiments expressed towards him , and the brethren afterwards spent a pleasant social evening . A magnificent mast from the woods of Cadore has been sent from Verona to the Agricultural Department
of thc Turin Exhibition . VVhen the lower branches had been cut off , this fine tree-trunk was divided into two pieces , the bottom part measuring more than 120 ft ., and the top part , still adorned with its green branches , 18 ft ., its weight after being thus prepared being 41 cwt . It is slender in comparison to its height , being 65 centimeters at thc base and 15 at the summit , the stem preserving an equal width up to the
height of about 90 ft , after which it diminishes rapidly . On examining the base it was found that that part was 105 years old ; while the summit was only 63 years old . Including the expenses of transit , a matter of some difficulty , the mast will cost more than fifty pounds sterling . The economic condition of Canada has been of late the subject of much discussion in the press of the
United Kingdom , but it is a relief to be able to fall back upon some authentic source of information which the Parliamentary reports for 1883 of the Dominion House of Commons , in session since January last , afford . To judge from the state of the national finances , Canada appears to be in an enviable position . The revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30 th , 1 S 83 , was 35 , 794 . C 49 dols ., as against
33 , 3 s 3 , ooo dols . for the previous year , and the expenditure 28 , 730 , 157 dols ., thus leaving a surplus of 7 , 064 , 492 dols . The excess of revenue over expenditure during the tenure of office of the present Government , i . e ., since 1879 , amounts to no less than 30 , 000 , 000 dols . The aggregate trade of thc Colony is placed at 230 , 000 , 000 dols ., an increase of io , ooo , ooodols . over that of 1882 . Thc imports were
valued at 132 , 254 , 022 dols ., towards which Great Britain contributed 52 , 052 , 465 dols . The exports equalled 98 , 085 , 804 dols . On the 4 th of Marcha complimentary dinner was tendered to Bro . Major S . Trythall at the New Treasury Hotel , Spring-street , Melbourne , Victoria , on the occasion of his taking a trip to the old country , after a residenceof 3 S vears in the colony . Bro . Dr . I . I . E . Willmott occupied
the chair , and there were over 50 gentlemen present . In reply to the toast of the evening , Major Trythall mentioned some very interesting incidents in connection with his early experiences as a colonist . When hc landed in the then township of Melbourne the steamer was made fast to a gum tree , and the future city consisted principally of wooden buildings and wide thoroughfares of sand . Later , as a schoolmaster , he adduced the reminiscence of an official
visit from an inspector of schools , who dined with him off " chops and damper " at Kilmore , and that gentleman was no other than the present Chancellor of the Exchequer of England , and in a former Administration First Lord of the Admiralty , VIE ., the Right Hon . H . C . E . Childers . A number of other complimentary toasts were proposed , amongst them "The Local Forces , " by an English volunteer ( Bro . W . F . Lamonby ) , and coupled with the names of Col . Templeton , Major Parnell , and others , who returned thanks .
East Lancashire Systematic Educational Masonic Institution.
EAST LANCASHIRE SYSTEMATIC EDUCATIONAL MASONIC INSTITUTION .
On Saturday afternoon last a very clever performance was given by a local amateur troupe , calling themselves the Alinnehaha Minstrels , in aid of the funds of the above Institution . The idea of benefiting the Institution by such means was , we believe , first conceived by our well-known
Prov . Grand Secretary for East Lancashire , Bro . John Chadwick , and a party of prominent brethren in the province , who formed themselves into a committee for the purpose . It might to many minds appear strange that mirth and glee should be prevailing amongst a number of prominent members of the Craft in this district at a time when one of
its brightest stars was being placed in his last mortal resting place ; but when it is explained that arrangements for the performance were made long before such a calamitous and unthought of event as the death of our much lamented and highly esteemed brother , H . R . H . the Duke of Albany occurred , it will be easily understood that existing arrangements meant either holding the performance on the day fixed or abandoning : it
altogther ; indeed , we are perfectly sure that strenuous efforts were made by the Committee to postpone it , though unsuccessfully . The use of the theatre was granted free of cost by the popular lessee , Capt . R . B . Bainbridge , and the warmest thanks of the Committee are undoubtedly due to this gentleman ( who is not a member of the Craft ) for his great kindness , and also to thc various gentlemen ( members of the troupe ) who so generously gave their services on this
. Respecting the performance itself we can only speak in termsof the highest praise , and unhesitatingly state that no existing company of professionals could have entertained an audience better . where all acquit themselves with such evident ability it is invidious to select any for special mention , but we feel we should not be doing justice did we
not make a passing remark as to thc pleasure derived from thc performances of Master Beardsall , Bro . Alartin Thomas , Mr . E . C . Hamson , Air . J . Allen , and Air . W . F . Thomas . The choruses were rendered in perfect harmony and with taste and judgment , Bro . Oliver Gaggs being responsible for the orchestral arrangements of same . Taken throughout the concert was most enjoyable , and
although the audience was fairl y a good one , the house was by no means full ; at the same time we should imagine that a great many brethren and ladies bought tickets who were not present . In a future number we hope to be in a position to state the amount of money resulting from the performance , which will be handed over to the Institution . Alost of the brethren present wore either Craft or Royal Arch insi to
gnia , a dispensation wear the same having been granted by thc R . W . P . G . M ., Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie . Amongst those present were Bros . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie , R . W . P . G . AL ; George Mellor , V . W . Dep . G . AL ; John Chadwick , P . G . Sec . ; John Roberts , P . G . D . C . ; 1 . A . Foyster , P . G . Reg . ; J . F . Hoffgaard , P . P . G . D . ; S . Statham . P . P . G . Treas .- J . H . Sillitoe , P . P . G . D . C . ; H . L . Rocca , P . G . D . ; John Halliwell , DDT . C .... 1 D- . I--. IS I u s- A f \ r * . ur t ui jamea rieisnaw \ t \\
.. . « . U . TU . . , , r . j .. u . * . ; vvm . laffrey , P . G . D . ; I . J . Meakin , P . P . G . D . ; Hy . Thomas , P . P . G . D . ; Ellis Jones , P . P . G . Treas . ; W . H . Hopkins , P . P . G . D . C . ; Henry Paulden , S . W . 204 ; VV . Hardcastle , P . M . 1773 ; Arthur H . Jefferis , S . VV . 1161 ; Thomas Fallowes , P . M . 105 a ; A . Pemberton , W . M . 1030 ; Jas . Burgess , P . M . 1161 ; A . D . Calden , P . P . G . S . D . Derbyshire ; W . B . Outram , 1161 ; Chas . Heywood , P . G . S . XV . ; R . R . Lisenden , J . W . 317 ( Freemason ); and others .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . E . P . ALBERT , P . G . Purst . VVe regret to announce thc death on Saturday last at his residence , Kilburn , of Bro . E . P . Albert , P . G . Purst . Bro . Albert was an active Freemason , having for the last 30 years being Secretary of the Joppa Lodge , a position which he resigned only on the 7 th inst . Hc was also Secretary of the Alontcfiore Lodge . At the installation of
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as Grand Alaster at the Albert Hall in 1875 , Bro . Albert was appointed Asst . Grand Purst ., and in thc following year Grand Purst . As Secretary of the lodge mentioned , and in other Masonic ofiices , our deceased brother was distinguished for the energy with which he carried out his duties , and hc was highly esteemed by a large circle of friends , both in Alasonry and the Hebrew body , of which he was a member .
BRO . ARDESIR CURSETJEE RAJCOTEVVALLAH . We gather the following particulars of thc career of this brother from the Sind Times of January 22 nd last : " We sincerely regret to announce thc death ( from brain fever ) of Mr . Ardesir Cursetjee Rajcotcwallah , a resident of this station for a number of years and a prominent member of the Paisee community , at the comparatively earlv acre of
38 , at which age his respected father also died in 1857 . The deceased was of a kindly and social nature , and it may be truly said of him that his left hand knew not what his right hand gave away . The indigent and thc needy never appealed to him in vain , and we sincerely trust , now that he has gone over to the majority , that the charity for which he was so conspicuous will cover any shortcomings and failings
he may have been guilty of in this world . The defunct gentleman was personally known both in Karachi and upcountryto a number of the European and native gentry , and his genial character and sprightly conversation threw over not a few a strange spell which could not be denied , and which gathered around him _ many admirers . As a member of the Masonic Fraternity he gained eminence in the
Craft for his devotedness to its interest and welfare , many Masonic institutions in Sind haying his name enrolled in their books . The numbers of his own community who followed his remains to the Tower of Silence on Friday morning , the 1 Sth ult ., and the many expressions of grief and regret at his untimely death by members of all classes and creeds , testified to the great esteem hc was held in by thc
public of Karachi , and will no doubt be re-echoed by his numerous friends and admirers throughout Sind . The bereaved family of the departed , consisting of a widow , five daughters and one son , have the strongest claims upon the sympathy of the Parsee community in general and his many wealthy relatives in particular ; for we hear they have not been well provided for , and who doubtless . keenly feel the void made by his loss .