Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The Most Worship ful the Grand Master , has consented to lay the foundation stone of the new institute at York with Masonic honours . The ceremony will take place during the Royal Show week in July next . Bro . S . W . Shaw will be installed VV . M . of

the Eastes Lodge , No . 1965 , at Bromley , Kent , on Saturday , the 2 Cth inst . Bro . P . A . Philbrick , Q . C , was on Wednesday 3 astinstalled Prov . Grand Supt ., of the new Prov . Grand Chapter of Essex , constituted at Chelmsford on that day . VVe hope to give a report of the proceedings in our

mext . Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., P . Z ., will continue his lecture explanatory of the rituals and ceremonies of the First Degree , in the Loughborough Lodge of Instruction , at the Cambria Arms Tavern , Cambria-road , Loughborough Junction , S . E ., on Monday next , the 21 st inst .

The Metropolitan Chapter of Improvement will hold its last meeting for the present session on Tuesday , the 29 th inst ., upon which occasion the ceremony of installation of Principals will be worked by the Preceptor , Comp . Brown , at half-past five o'clock , after which the usual ceremony of exaltation will be rehearsed at half-past six o'clock .

The Prince of Wales ' s Pavilhon at the Fisheries Exhibition has been fitted up by Messrs . Gillow and Bro . Dick Radcly ffe . The conservatory shows special features , viz ., how electricity may be utilised in connection with natural plants for the decoration of conservatories , corridors , Sic . In the aquarium is a sea-pool , which is also lighted by electric light .

On Tuesday a quarterly convocation of the United Strength Chapter was convened at the Guildhall Tavern , under the presidency of Comp . H . Halford , M . E . Z ., who was supported by many of the officers and visitors . The principals and officers for the ensuing year were elected , and after the transaction of some other businessthe companions dined together . Mr . A . W . Tuerand Mr . J . Cleminson have

conjointly invented a new system of railway signalling , with a view to obviating the many railway accidents caused through " Daltonism , " or inability on the part of drivers to distinguish a white from a red light . It consists mainly in continuing at night the use of the ordinary day semaphore signal , * the arms or pointers being boxed and Illuminated internally , so as to form a broad and continuous band of white light , the position , as by day , determining whether the road is clear or blocked .

In the parish of St . Luke the Funds arising from various charities have increased so much that it was recently proposed by the Gifts Estate Committee to increase the £ 12 gifts of Palmer ' s Gift of £ 10 respectively to £ 1 $ each , but the proposal was negativKi . On Tuesday , at thc meeting of the vestry , the Rev . Dr . Cave moved that Palmer ' s Gift be increased lo £ 12 per annum , and an additional recipient of the gift be appointed , and that twelve additional

gifts of £ 12 be appointed , the recipients to be elected by the vestry , which was agreed to . The third annual exhibition of printing , stationary , paper-makinc , and kindred trades , is to be opened at ¦ the Agricultural Hall , Islineton , on Monday , July 30 th . A special feature of the exhibition is the holding of trade competitions , for which money prizes are offered . Mr . Robert Dale , at the hall , is thc secretary and manager .

A new Provincial Grand Mark Lodge , formed of the counties of Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex and Cambridge , is to be constituted at Gorleston , near Yarmouth , on Monday next . It is to be named the Province of East Anijlia . At the same time the Youell Lodge , No . 317 ,

named after its first VV . M ., Bro . Edward Pitt Vouell , will be consecrated and the VVorshipful Master installed bv Bro . Frederick Binckes , Grand Mark Sec . The G . M . M . M ., Lord Henniker , will be installed as Provincial Grand Master by M . W . Bro . VV . B . B . Beach , M . P ., Past Grand Mark Master .

THE FIRE AT FREEMASONS HALL . —A correspondent has furnished us with a very precise and detailed account of the fire and the damage resulting therefrom , which we regret we have not space to print in full , but from the facts therein stated there can be no doubt that the prompt and efficient manner in which the fire hydrants , recently furnished to the tavern by Messrs . Merryweather

and Son , were brought into use prevented the lire extending to the other portions of the building and the Tavern adjoining-, which would probably have resulted in the destruction of the whole building . We have it on good authority that the Government have made offers to the directors of the Alhambra to

purchase the site for a new West-end Post Office , and that the plans have been submitted . Bro . Holland , the manager , is advertising the re-opening in October and inviting professionals to offertheir services , yet the re-buildingis not going on . Possibly , should the site be given up , the Pandora would be taken by the Alhambra Company .

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Masonic And General Tidings

The dignity of a baronetcy has been conferred upon Dr . VV . Chambers , the publisher of "Chambers ' s Journal , " who was born in the year 1 S 00 . The Prince and Princess of Wales , and the Princes Albert Victor and George witnessed the performance of "The Danischeffs" at the Court Theatre on Wednesday evening . At Bow-street on Wednesday , Mr . Vaughan

sentenced a drunken and disorderly carman named Lambert , to a fine of 40 s . or a month's imprisonment for annoying the Prince of Wales and his family when leaving the Gaiety Theatre the previous afternoon . A bazaar in aid of the new Town Hall , Coreham , was held on Wednesday , at Coreham Court , the family mansion of Bro . Lord Methuen , P . G . M ., Wiltshire . The new hall will be opened by his lordship .

Dr . Andrew Wilson , F . R . S . K ., & c , Scientist and Editor of Health , writes thus of the Loisettian System of Memory in that Journal , April 27 th , i « S 3 , p . 34 . " His Method is Phisiological and Scientific in the Highest Degree . " Bro . Alderman Hadley is Chairman of Directors of Du Barry & Co ., ( limited ) , a company formed to take over the well-known business of the Revalenta Arabica Food .

lhe Marquis o : Lansdowne has consented to take the chair at the seventh annual dinner in aid of the East London Hospital for Children , at Willis's Rooms , on Thursday , June 7 th . Bro . Alderman Fowler , M . P ., and Bro . Alderman and Sheriff De Keyser are amongst the stewards .

The Lulhngstone Chapter , No . 1 S 37 , in connection with the Lullingstone Lodge at Wilmington , near Dartford , will be consecrated on Monday , 2 Sth May next , Bro . the Rev . H . Cummings , is to be the first M . E . Z . Rev . Robert Jamblin , H ., and Comp . H . Tuff , J . The ceremony is to be performed by Comp . the Rev . Thomas Robinson , P . G . A . S .

On Sunday next special sermons will be preached in St . Giles , Cripplegate , ir . the morning , at 11 , by the Rev . P . P . Gilbert , M . A ., the vicar ; and in the evening by the Rev . C . H . Griffith , the lecturer , on behalf of the Friend of the Clergy Corporation , the St . John ' s Foundation School , and the Clergy Orphan Schools . The Lord Mayor , Bro . Alderman and Sheriff De Kevser , Bro . Sheriff Savory ,

the under sheriffs , and the deputies and common councilmen of the ward will attend the morning service . In the annual report of the North-West London Hospital the committee acknowledge contributions from the Lady Mayoress , Alderman Sir R . W . Garden , M . P ., the Mercers' Company , the Goldsmiths' Company , the Girdlers' Company , the Haberdashers' Company , the

Skinners' Company , the Vintners' Company , the Coopers ' Company , and the Merchant Taylors' Company . Princess Christian has consented to open the new wing of the hospital some time in June . The public dinner which is to be given to Bro . Henry Irving , prior to his departure for the United States on a professional tour , will take place at St . James ' s Hall on

Wednesday , July 4 th . T he committee formed for the purpose of carrying out the arrangements consists of the following gentlemen , viz .: Lord Coleridge ( president ) , the Earl of Fife , Sir F . Pollock , Bart ., Sir F . Leighton , P . R . A ., Sir J . B . Monckton , Mr . VV . L . A . Burdett-Coutts , Mr . E . Clarke , Q . C , M . P ., Mr . VV . Spottiswoode , Mr . J . L . Toole , and Mr . T " . Pinches ( hon . secretary ) . The Prime Minister

Lord Granville , and many other distinguished personages have received invitations , and a large and brilliant gathering is expected on the occasion . On Saturday evening last the Prince of Wales was entertained at a grand banquet given in their magnificent hall by the Fishmongers' Company in honour of the opening of the Fisheries Exhibition . The chair was

occupied by the Prime Warden of the company . Amongst the distinguished guests present were the Duke of Edinburgh , the Dukes of Connaught and Albany , the Duke of Cambridge , Prince Edward of Saxe-vVeimar , the Dukeof Teck , the German Ambassador , the Netherlands , Spanish and American Ministers , Bro . the Marquis of Hamilton , P . G . S . Warden , the Earl of Cork , Viscount Powerscourt ,

the Lord Mayor , Alderman and Sheriff De keyser , and Sir P . Cunliffe Owen , K . C . M . G ., & c PRESENTATION TO THE GRAND MASTER OF NOVA SCOTIA . —A numerous company assembled on Thursday afternoon , at the hall of the Saddlers' Company , in Cheapside , for the purpose of presenting a sword of honour and large peice of silver plate to Major-General

Laurie , late Adjutant-General of the Forces , and Grand Master of Nova Scotia , which had been subscribed by the officers and men of his late command . Mr . Hayter Reed , Prime Warden of the company , presided , Bro . the Right Hon . H . E . Knight , the Lord Mayor , and Bro . General Laurie occupying seats on his right . Among those present we observed Sir Henry Barkly , General Sir

Geo . Balfour , M . P ., Bro . Capt . Nathaniel Philips , P . G . D ., and others . The presentation was made by Sir W . Gait , who spoke in high terms of the services of Major-General Laurie in connection with the Volunteer Militia in Nova Scotia , and handed him a handsome sword and a massive piece of silver plate , at the same time reading an address which he stated had been signed by nearly 4000 officers

non-commissioned ollicers , and men of the active Volunteer Militia of the province of Nova Scotia , and congratulated him upon having acquired the rank of Major-General in the Imperial Army . General Laurie , in returning thanks , referred to the readiness with which the volunteer forces of

Nova Scotia answered the summons when called out to repel the Fenian aggresion , when 14 , 000 came to the front in answer to a call for 10 , 000 . Gen . Laurie said that the Canadian Volunteers saved the mother country the service of 10 , 000 regular troops . A vote of thanks to the Saddlers' Company for the use of their hall terminated the proceedings .

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The Prince and Princess of Wales have si g nified their intention of being present at the review of the boys and girls drilled under the London School Board , which will be held at Kni ghton , near Woodford , on 23 rd June , next .

Thc Duke of Abercorn , Grand Master of Ireland , left Hampden House for Dublin on Tuesday evening , en route to his seat at Baron's Court . It is understood that their Royal Hi ghnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught will be present at the Oxford Commemoration from 12 th to 14 th June , as guests of the I lean of Christ Church .

Bro . the Earl of Granville will give a banquet at the Foreign Office , to the Ambassadors on Saturday the 2 Cth inst ., in honour of the Queen ' s birthday , after which the Countess Granville will have a grand reception-We understand that it is not at all probable that the recent destruction of the "Temple" in Great Queen-street will lead to a removal of the Grand Lodge

head-quarters to the Embankment or any other site but the present one . Space sufficient to meet all the requirements of the Craft as far as the hall is concerned is available on both sides of the present building , and there will be no difficulty in sufficiently enlarging and improving it . Bro . General Lord VVolseley has written a letter to Bro . Augustus Harris highly complimenting the latter

upon the efficiency and precision with which the military movements in " Youth " are accomplished , the result of much careful training . As a spectacle theie is nothing to surpass it in London . The National Theatre is doing well under its present regime . On Saturday last the Princess of Wales , with the Princes Albert Victor and George of

Wales and the Duchess of Edinburgh , witnessed the performance . For the most part the cast is thc same as before , but Miss Litton is not there . Mrs . Maddick is of the new company , The theatre was crowded on Saturday last with soldiers in scarlet who had taken part in the Egyptian War .

Before Mr . Justice Pearson on Friday the case of Spiers and Pond ( Limited ) v . Chubb and Son's Safe Company ( Limited ) was again mentioned . It was—as previously stated—a motion for an injunction to restrain the defendant company from continuing to publish a letter signed by the plaintiffs' manager at the Freemasons ' Tavern , setting forth that certain iron doors supplied by

the defendant company were the means of saving the banquetting hall from destruction upon thc occasion of a recent fire at the adjoining premises , which letter the plaintiffs allege was written without their authority , and is calculated to mislead . The motion was ordered to stand over till next Monday , the defendants giving an interim undertaking to refrain from further publishing- the letter , and to withdraw

all the existing announcements thereof . On Wednesday the Prince and Princess of Wales and their sons received at Marlborough House the fishermen and fisherwomen from different parts of the United Kingdom , who , to the number of about 400 , attended the opening of the Fisheries' Exhibition . After an address of welcome from the Prince who was lustily

cheered , the party sat down to a cold collation in the garden . The Royal party then left for Windsor , and were followed by the fisher party , who had been invited by her Majesty to seethe Castle , over which they were conducted b y the Inspector of Palaces . The procession along the East Terrace was witnessed by the Queen and Royal Family , and the party having subsequently dined , returned

to town about seven o ' clock . One old fisherman , aged ninety-seven , ascended to the battlements of the Round Tower , while the Newhaven fisherwomen went into the palace and sang ballads to the Princess Beatrice . The International Fisheries Exhibition , South Kensington , was opened with great pomp and circumstance on Saturday last by his Royal Highness the Prince of

Wales . The Queen had graciously undertaken to perform this function , but in consequence of the accident she sustained some time since , it was deemed advisable that her Majesty should entrust the duty to the Prince of Wales . The Royal party , including the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh and " Prince Alfred of Edinburgh , the Duke and Duchess of Connaught , the Duke and Duchess of

Albany , Princess Christian , the Duke of Cambridge , the Princess Mary , Duke and Duchess of Teck , and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar , were all assembled previous to the arrival of his Royal Highness who was accompanied by the Princess and their sons the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales , and attended by their usual suite as well as by the great Officers of State , with an escort of the

Household Cavalry . The Prince wore a Field-Marshal ' s uniform , and the young Princes those of Midshipmen in the Royal Navy . On their arrival a procession was marshalled in the vestibule and advanced to the familiar strains of the National Anthem and amid great cheering to the dais , on which were a throne and several chairs of state . The Duke of Richmond and Gordon , as president of the general

Committee , then read the address which , had the Sovereign been present , would have been read to h er Majesty by the Prince of Wales as president of the Exhibition . This having been graciously acknowledged , the Archbishop of Canterbury invoked the Divine Blessing on the undertaking , and the choir having sung two verses of the Old Hundredth , His Royal Highness in a loud and distinct voice , in the

Queen's name , declared the Exhibition open . This was forthwith heralded throughout the building by a grand flourish of the state trumpets and proclaimed abroad by a Royal Salute , fired by a battery of Royal Artillery in Hyde Park . The " Marche Cortige " from Gounod ' s " Runi de

Saba" and Mendelssohn ' s "Hymn of Praise" being rendered by the choir , the procession was reformed , and the Prince and Princess returned to Marlborough House . The Hon . Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms were on duty near the dais and the Yeoman of the Guard in the building . Her Majesty ' s Watermen were stationed along the line of the procession .

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