Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

We understand that Bro . G . M . Tweddell is preparing for publication tales , poems , and Masonic papers , by Bro . Emra Holmes , yvith a memoir of the author . As Bro . Holmes kindly proposes to present any pecuniary profit that may be derived from the publication of the volume to a brother Mason yvho has been unexpectedly plunged in poverty in the declining * years of his life , and as the price

is only 2 s . 6 d ., we can safely recommend it to the notice of our readers . The yvork yvill be put to press as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers are obtained , for yvhich purpose names yvill be thankfully received by Tweddell & Sons , publishers , Stokeslcy , Yorkshire . The first performance of " Rheingold " has just passed off with brilliant success , in presence of the

German Emperor , the Emperor of Brazil , and other illustrious personages . The theatre was crowded , and the performance more than realized thc expectations that had been formed . At the end of thc opera thc applause was uproarious , and the calls for Wagner yvere unanimous and prolonged . The composer hoyvever , did not come fonvard to resoond to the enthusiasm of his admirers .

An important discovery has just been made at Pompeii . It consists ofa number of objects of gold and silver , and close to them the carbonized skeletons of tyvo men , yvho yvould seem to have been borne doyvn in the storm of ashes while endeavouring to escape yvith their valuables or plunder . Among the things found are eight rings , six pieces of money , tyvo pairs of earrings , one

single earring , two large armlets , each ornamented yvith thirteen pairs of half globes , yvith little shells upon them , held together by chaimvork , all of gold ; a silver ring , 332 pieces of silver money , a casserole of the same material , broken in pieces , and three large bronze coins . According to the "Political Correspondence" of Vienna , His Royal Hig hness thc Duke of Connaught will he nrewnf nt- lhe militarv manoeuvres to be held at

Zisterdorf ( Lower Austria ) toyvards the end ofthe present month . A reward of i ^ a so has been offered by the Government for information leading to thc conviction of thc murderer or murderers of Mr . Bravo ; and an offer ol pardon is held out to any accomplice , not being thc person yvho actually committed the murder , yvho shall give evidence leading to the same result . N EW W ORK OF T RAVEL AND D ISCOVERY .

Dr . Robert Broyvn , the popular author of " 1 he Races of Mankind , " & c , has for some time past been engaged upon a new and comprehensive work , yvhich yvill be published by Messrs . Cassell , Petter , & Galpin , in sevenpenny monthly paits , under the title of" The Countries of the World , " and will embrace graphic sketches of travel over land and sea ,

according to the latest discoveries . The Provincial Grand Master of Devon has decided to hold his next lodge at South Molton on Thursday , the 31 st elay of this month . It is noyv forty years since a Provincial Grand Lodge yvas held in this toyvn . South Molton can boast of one of the prettiest and best furnished lodges in Devon .

Mr . F . CaviU attempted on Tuesday the feat of syvimming across the Channel , but yvhen yvithin a few miles of the French coast he was obliged to relinquish his task . He took thc water at forty-two minutes past one a . m ., and left it after syvimming for nearly 12 hours . He was much exhausted . Bro . the Right Hon . George Ward Hunt , the

Fust Lord of the Admiralty , has left for his seat near Oundle , Noithampton . We understand that with Friday ' s ( the nth inst . ) issue the publication of thc " Hour " newspaper yvas discontinued . The " Hour'' yvas established in March , 1 S 73 , and has been from that time conducted with much energy and ability by Captain Hamber , formerly editor of

the " Standard . " The postage on letters addressed to Newoundland has been reduced to 2 * . d . per half ounce , if prepaid . We learn the talented artiste , Bro . Edgar Anderson , is meeting with very fair success at thc assembly rooms , Great Yarmouth , and St . Andrew ' s Hall . Gorleston .

Assisted by his drawing-room staff , the most prominent of yvhom is G . S . Graham , the celebrated organophonist , the amusements offered being most interesting . Bro . Anderson is a capital Shakesperian reciter . THE LIVINGSTONE STATUE . —Yesterday the statue of the late Dr . Livingstone , erected in East Princc ' sstreet Gardens , Edinburgh , was unveiled in presence ofthe

members of the Corporation , and a large assemblage of the general public . Among those present yvere Mrs . Alexander L . Bruce and Miss Anne Mary Livingstone , the Rev . Dr . Moffatt , father-in-law , and Miss Moffat , Mrs . Charles Livingstone , sister-in-layv of Dr . Livingstone , and her son , Mr . Charles Livingstone , and two daughters , thc Misses Livingstone , sisters of Dr . Livingstone , two

grandsons of Dr . Moffat , and Mr . A . L . Bruce , son-in-layv of Dr . Livingstone . The Lord Provost presided on thc occasion . Addresses were delivered by Josiah Livingstone , Dr . Moffat , and Mr . Duncan M'Laren , M . P . ( yvho formally hanled over the statue to the city ) . The Lord Provost then unveiled the statue amid loud cheers , and intimated the acceptance of it by the corporation . Mis . Bruce and Miss

Livingstone , daughters of Dr . Livingstone , placed two floral wreaths on thc pedestal yvhich yvas also festooned with evergreens by a number of young ladies . The figure of Livingstone , which yvas designed by Mrs . D . O . Hill , of Edinburgh , is in bronze . He is represented in travelling costume , his lig ht hand holding out a Bible and his left resting on the handle of an axe .

Masonic And General Tidings.

CITY CHURCHES . — Another City church is about to be pulled doyvn—that of All Halloyvs , Breadstreet . It was built b y Wren in 1680 , on the site of one destroyed during the Great Fire , at a cost of £ 3348 , and has a tower 86 ft . high . Of this church Strype says , * ' On the south side of the chancel , in a little part of this church , called the Salters' Chanel , is a very fair window , with the

portraiture or figure of him that gave it , very curiously wrought upon it . This church , ruined in the Great Fire , is built up again yvithout any pillars , but very decent , and is a lightsome ' ehurch . . . . In thc 22 nd year of Henry VIII ., the 17 th of August , tyvo priests of this church fell at variance , that the one dreyv blood of the other , yvherefore the same church yvas susoended . and no service

si-moor said therein for the space of one month after ; the priests yvere committed to prison , and the 15 th of October , being enjoined penance , they went at the head of a general procession , barefooted and barelegged , before the children , yvith beads and books in their hands , from Paul ' s , through Cheap , Cornhill , Src . " Among the epitaphs the folloyving , given by Stow , is quaint : — " To the sacred memory of

that yvorthy and faithful minister of Christ , Master Richard Stocke , yvho , after 32 yeeres spent in the ministry , wherein by his learned labours , joined with wiscdome , and a most holy life , God ' s glory yvas much advanced , his Church edified , piety increased , and the true honour of the pastor ' s life maintained , deceased April 20 , 1626 . Some of his loving parishioners have consecrated this

monument of their never-dying love , January 28 , 1628 . " Milton , whose father yvas a scrivener in Bread-street , yvhere the poet was born on the yth of December , 1608 , was baptized in the church of All Halloyvs . The materials and site of the church are to be sold , and part of the proceeds is to be devoted to building a neyv church on a site yvithin the limits of thc metropolis , to be approved by the Bishop of

London . The neyv church is to be called All Halloyvs , and to be endoyved yvith £ noa year for the incumbent . The remains of the dead under the church are to be removed to the City of London Cemetery at Little Ilford . A suitable monument is to be erected over them by thc Commissioners of Sewer- ; , yvho have thc option of taking a portion of the site for the purpose of widening

Watlingstreet . The Admiralty have issued notices inviting tenders for the purchase of the ironclad shi p Vanguard , yvhich yvas sunk in the Irish Channel . The yvhole of the property found in the vessel is to belong to the purchaser yvith the exception of the anchors and cables . The Admiral . y yvill purchase any of the guns recovered .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , August 25 , 1876 .

Thc Editor yvill be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Preceptories , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place or time of meeting .

SATURDAY , AUGUST 19 . Lodge 1326 , Lebanon , Lion Hot ., Lion-sq ., Hampton . „ 1364 , Earl of Zetland , Old Town Hall , Hackney . LOOGF . S OF INSTHUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., I'itzroy-square . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd .

MONDAY , AUGUST 21 . LODGES OF INSTHUCTION . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Jerusalem Tav ., St . John ' s Gate . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station , Camden , Stanhope Arms , Up . James-st ., Camden To .

Eastern , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Wellington , White Swan , Deptford . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Loyver-rd ., Rotherhithe . Sydney , White Hart Ho ., Church-rel ., Upper Norwood . TUESDAY , AUGUST 22 .

LODGES OF INSTHUCTION . Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonville-rd . Yarborough , Green Diagon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ,, Camberwell New-toad . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victo-ia-st . Prince Fredk . Win ., Lorel ' s I lot ., St . John ' s Wood . Dalhousie , King Edyvard , Triangle , Hackney .

Prosperity , 1 , Camomilc-st ., Bishopsgatc . St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood . Constitutional , Wheatsheaf I lot ., Hand-court , Holborn . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-road , Battersea . Beacontrec , Red Lion , Leytonstone . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe .

WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 23 . Lodge 754 , High Cross , Seven Sisters Tav ., Tottenham . „ 77 , Bard of Avon , Greyhound , Hampton Court . „ 1540 , Chaucer , Bridge House Hot ., London Bridge . Chan . 11 . Union of Waterloo . F . M . H .. WooUvich .

LODGES OF INSTHUCTION , Confidence , M . H ., Basinghall-st . Mt . Lebanon , Windsor Castle Tav ., Southwark-bdg .-rd . Pythagorean , Prince ol Orange , Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . Royal Union , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham .

Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., Seven Sisters ' -rd . Southyvark , Southyvark Park Tav ., Southyvark Park . Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston , E . United Strength , Grafton Arms , Kentish-town . Islington , Croyvn and Cushion , London Wall . .. -. 11 . 11

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Whittington , Black Bull Tav ., Holborn . Lewis , King's Arms Hot ., Wood Green . THURSDAY , AUGUST 24 . House Com . Girls' School , at 4 . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st .. W . Finsburv . Tollv Antrlers' Tav .. Rath-sla . Cirv . rnad .

Temperance in the East , Catherine-st ., Poplar . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonhy-st ., Milbank . Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town . The Great City , 111 , Cheapside . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Marquis of Ripon , Albion Tav ., Albany-rd ., Dalston . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd .

FRIDAY , AUGUST 25 . Chap . 134 , Caledonian , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Lyceum Tav ., 354 , Strand . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . 's * ) . F . M . H .

Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-road , Deptford . Clapton , White Hart , Clapton . Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st . Westbourne , Horse & Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . St . James ' s , Neyv Tanners'Arms , Grangc-rd ., Bermondsey . Duke of Edinburgh . Silver Lion . Pennv-fields . Ponlar .

Doric , Earl Grey Tav ., Mile-end-road . Burgoyne , Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales ' s-road , N . W . St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea . Chigyvell , Bald-faced Stag Hot ., Buckhurst-hill . Burdett Coutts , Approach Tav ., Victoria Park . Royal Standard , Finsbury Park Tav ., Holloway . Ranelagh , Clarendon Hot ., Hammersmith . Pythagorean Chapter , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-rd .

Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .

For the Week ending Saturaay August 26 , 1876 .

MONDAY , AUGUST 21 . Lodge 721 , Independence , M . R ., Chester . „ 1502 , Israel , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 1051 , Rowley , M . R ., Lancaster . Everton L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

TUESDAY , AUGUST 22 . Lodge 1393 , Hamer , 22 , Everton-rd ., Liverpool . „ 1609 , Dramatic , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 823 , Everton , M . H ., Liverpool . Merchants' L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 23 . Lodge 220 , Harmony , Garston Hot ., Garston . „ 724 , Derby , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 1052 , Callender , P . H ., Rusholme . „ 1356 , De Grey and Ripon , M . H ., Liverpool . Neptune L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

THURSDAY , AUGUST 24 . Lodge 594 , Downshire , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 216 , Sacred Delta , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1086 , Walton , St . Layvrence ' s School , Liverpool . FRIDAY , AUGUST 25 . Chap . 680 , Sefton , M . H ., Liverpool . SATURDAY , AUGUST 26 . Chap . 178 , Harmony , Royal Hot ., Wigan .

Masonic Meetings In Glasgow And West Of Scotland.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN GLASGOW AND WEST OF SCOTLAND .

For the Week ending Saturday , August 26 , 1876 . All the Meetings take place at Eight o ' clock .

MONDAY , AUGUST 21 . Lodge 381 , Plantation , Craigiehall-st ., Glasgow . Encampment St . Mungo , 213 , Buchanan-st ., Glasgow .

TUESDAY , AUGUST 22 . Lodge 556 , Clydesdale , 106 , Rose-st ., S . S ., Glasgow . „ 579 , St . Bryde , M . H ., Uddingstone . Chap . 6 7 , Cathedral , 22 , Stiuthers-st ., Glasgoyv . WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 23 . Lodge 505 , Burns St . Mary , Commercial Inn , Hurlford . „ 510 , Maryhill , M . H ., Main-st .

THURSDAY , AUGUST 24 . Lodge 18 7 , John , Black Bull Inn , Carluke . FRIDAY , AUGUST 25 . Lodge 125 , St . James , Masons' Arms , Newton Ayr . n 1 S 3 , Royal Arch , Cogan-st ., Pollokshaws .

„ 195 , St . John R . A ., Lennox Arms , LennoxTowti . „ 199 , St . Andrew , M . H ., Cumbernauld . „ 244 , Union , Black Bull Inn , Stonehouse . „ 347 , St . John Operative , M . H ., Rutherglen . Chap . 79 , Commercial , 30 , Hope-st ., Glasgow . SATURDAY , AUGUST 26 . Lodge 28 , St . John , Black Bull Inn , Kirkintilloch .

Masonic Meetings In Edinburgh And Vicinity.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN EDINBURGH AND VICINITY .

For the Week ending Saturday , August 1 ( 1 , 1876 .

MONDAY , AUGUST 21 . Lodge 44 , St . Luke , F . M . H ., George-st . TUESDAY , AUGUST 22 . Lodge 151 , Defensive Band , Alexandra H ., Cockburn-st . Chap . 40 , Naval and Militarv , F . M . H ., 98 , George-st . WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 23 . Lodge 112 , St . John , Royal Hot ., Musselburgh .

THURSDAY , AUl-USl 24 . Lodge 392 , Caledonian , F . M . H ., 98 , George-st . FRIDAY , AUGUST 25 . Lodge 223 , Trafalgar , 54- Bernard-st ., Leith .