Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

We understand that Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Albany , K . G ., the Provincial Gr . ^ nd Master of Oxfordshire , has consented to hold his Provincial Grand Lodge in November next , at Banbury , for the purpose of laying the foundation stone of a Masonic Hall about to be erected there under the auspices of the Cherwell Lodge , No . 599 . The installation meeting of thc Hig h Cross Lodge , No . 754 , takes place on Wednesday , the 23 rd inst ., at four o ' clock .

Bro . John Bevan , D . G . M . of Westland , New Zealand , sailed on Saturday , the 12 th inst ., b y the Orient steamer Cotopaxi , on his journey to the Antipodes . His departure from his native country is regretted by a large circle of friends , by whom he is held in high regard , but his re-appearance on the scene of his duties in Westland will be hailed with delight by those who have long enjoyed the privilege of his acquaintance , and by whom he is so justly esteemed .

At a Conservative delegate meeting , held at Pembroke Dock , on Saturday , Bro . Pearce , the well-known Clyde shipbuilder , was selected to represent the Pembroke Boroughs at the next general election . The brethren of the Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar Lodge , have unanimously resolved to present Lord Charles Beresford , who vvas the first VV . M . of the lodge , with an illuminated address on vellum , as a token of the esteem in which is held by them .

Bro . the Earl and the Countess of Derb y are staying at Fairhill , their residence , near Tunbridge Wells , for the present . On Wednesday the rooms of the City of London Chess Club were crowded , the attraction being an exhibition of chess skill given by Mr . J . H . Blackburne , who had undertaken to play twenty games simultaneously against a team of strong amateurs , and the scene , when the contest was in full operation , was a very interesting one , each

board being most closely watched . Most of the amateurs made a good stand , but at the finish it vvas found that Mr . Blackburne had won eighteen , drawn two , and lost none of his games . Among the chess celebrities present were Captain Mackenzie , Mr . Mason , Mr . Horwitz , Mr . Hoffer , Mr . Maczuski , Mr . Walton , Mr . Cunningham , Mr . Collins , Mr . Banks , Mr . Rushton , Mr . Mumford , and a number of the officials of the cluh .

The Prince and Princess of Wales received Cetewayo and three attendant Zulu chiefs on Wednesday last at Marlborough House . The young princes and princesses and the Duke of Cambridge were present at the reception . The Kingston Institute Rowing Club held their annual regatta on Wednesday last , in the presence of a large number of spectators , who lined the banks of the river for a considerable distance .

The Prince and Princess of Wales , accompanied by their children , left Marlborough House on Thursday afternoon for Germany . A new regulation has been published in Russia by which the punishment for " insult to the Sovereign " will in future be only sixteen months imprisonment , instead of eight years hard labour . Bro . the Earl of Dalhousie left town on Tuesday night for his seat in Scotland . The Countess remains in

town . Margate , it is stated , has not been so full for many years as during the present season . The second Birmingham Musical Festival , and , so far as the choir alone is concerned , the final rehearsal of M . Gounod's " Redemption " took place at the Masonic

Hall , Birmingham , on Wednesday evening last , under the personal direction of the composer . The committee of the Great International Fisheries Exhibition for 1 SS 3 , announce that they are now prepared to issue a first list of special prizes and prizes for essays to be awarded at the exhibition of 1 SS 3 , which includes one of £ 600 for the best lifeboat .

The Masonic demonstration at the forthcoming Guild procession at Preston , in the beginning of September , promises to be the most imposing and influential ever held in the northern part of England . By command of Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , D . G . M ., Prov . G . M . of West Lancashire , Bro . H . S . Alpass , G . Std . Br . of Eng . Prov . G . Sec , has issued a circular to the

Provin-, cial Grand Officers , Present and Past , the Masters , Past Masters , Wardens , and members of lodges in the province , with respect to the Masonic arrangements in connection with the Guild . Bro . Alpass says : " Your attendance is requested at a Provincial Grand Lodge , to be held at the Town Hall , Preston , on Tuesday , September 5 th , on which occasion the foundation-stone of the Harris Free Library

and Museum will be laid , with Masonic ceremonial , by H . R . H . the Duke of Albany , K . G ., & c , Prov . G . M . Oxon . Provincial Grand Officers , Present and Past , only are to assemble at the Town Hall ( ground floor ) , at twelveo ' clock ; the other brethren at Christ Church Schools , Bow-lane , Fishergate-hill , at half-past eleven o ' clock , where the procession will be marshalled . Banners of lodges to be

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Masonic And General Tidings

A special meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire and Isle of Wight will be held at the Masonic Hall , Albion-place , Southampton , on Monday , the 2 Sth inst ., for the purpose of giving a welcome to those brethren who may be visiting the Province on the occasion of the British Association Meeting .

The Crystal Palace directors have had nearly a thousand applications for the vacant post of manager . Major Flood Page will leave on Thursday , September 7 th , for a vogaye to Australia . Lord Rosebery is said to have unsucessfully offered the Duke of Hamilton £ 1 , 000 , 000 for the Isle of A nan . —Citv Press .

Princess Mary Adelaide , Duchess of Teck , has consented to distribute Lady Peek's prizes to old scholars at the annual gathering of the National Orphan Home , Ham-common , on Tuesday , September 12 th . Bros , the Ri g ht Hon . the Lord Mayor and Alderman Sheriff Sir Reginald Hanson have given five guineas each to the " Adder " Fund .

Bro . Sir John B . Monckton ( Town Clerk ) , President Board of General Purposes , is spending his vacation in Switzerland . The London Swimming Club ( Golden-lane ) will hold their annual display of swimming , & c , in the Serpentine , Hyde Park , on Monday morning-, the 21 st . inst ., from eight to ten . The club purpose making a show of life-saving apparatus , as well as the usual competitive races for prizes .,

Commodore White , senior officer of the Admiralty at Jamaica , died last week at Port Royal . The Postmaster General notifies that owing to changes in the train service of Spain and Portugal , there will in future be an advantage in sending supplementary mails to Brazil , Uruguay , Chili , Bolivia , and Peru , via Lisbon , by British packets .

The Cabdnvers Benevolent Association had an excursion to Brighton and Shoreham on Thursday last , when 1000 cabmen and their wives were present . Bro . Baron H . de Worms , M . P ., is among the subscribers to a fund which is being raised for the widow of the late Mr . Levene .

The members of the Whitefriars Club celebrated their summer outing on Saturday last in Epping Forest . The members of the club were conducted through the drives and walks of the forest by Bro . A . Gordon , and , after passing an enjoyable afternoon , partook of an excellent dinner at the Royal Forest Hotel , Chingford .

Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson is rapidly regaining health at his Westgate bungalow , says the World , the ozone of this quiet Kentish watering place doing as much for him as he has done for the poor invalids at . Margate Infirmary , on the additional wing of which Sir Erasmus is said to have expended more than £ 30 , 000 .

We understand that our Bro . Capt . Hunter , R . W . Prov . _ Grand Mark Master of North Wales , has taken up residence at Plfls Coch , Anglesey , Mrs . Bulkeley Hughes having given over by deed her life interest in the mansion house and demense lands to her daughter , Mrs . Hunter .

The Guildhall Bicycle Club held their second annual race meeting at the Alexandra Palace on Tuesday last . R . W . Bro . Sir W . Burrell , P . G . M . Sussex , recently invited the Masters and Wardens of the province , vvith their wives , to a garden party at his residence , and informed them that he intends repeating this in future years .

Bro . Alderman Fowler , M . P . L ., has called upon the ex-King of the Zulus , and expressed his sympathy vvith him , as he also did last year at the Cape . Cetewayo has given Bro . Bassano , of the Robert Burns Lodge , No . 25 , sittings for his photographs , though declining this generally . Bro . Bassano has recently brought out a new likenesses of Her Majesty the Queen , the Duchess of Connaught , the Duke and Duchess of Albany , and Mrs . Langtry .

Mr . Rowland Winn , M . P ., of Nostell Priory , Wakefield , has remitted 25 per cent , of the last half-year ' s rents to the tennants on his Yorkshire estates . The oldest English Bishop is Dr . Ollivant , Bishop of Llandaff . He attained his eighty-fourth birthday on Wednesday last . In accordance with a very ancient custom , Bro .

the Lord Mayor has received from the Crown a present of four bucks from Windsor Great Park , the Sheriffs three , and the Recorder , Chamberlain , Town Clerk , and Common Serjeant , and Remembrancer , one buck each . Similar gifts of does are made in December of each year . Freemasonrv is dearer to me than anv other

thing I know of , because , in my conception of it , it comprises all true religion and morality ; all family , social , and national duties ; all genuine philanthropy , literature , science , and art ; in brief , all that can endear man to man , and make us more like the Grand Geometrician of the Universe , in whose service alone is felicity for the human race . —ISro . George Markham Tiiieddell .

Bros . Bedford Lemere , and Co ., ( Architectural Photographers to the Queen ) , 147 , Strand , London , attend Masonic Gatherings , Wedding Parties and Social Reunions , and execute every description of Out-door Photograph y with promptitude , in first style and at moderate cost . A large collection of photographs on view and sale . Catalogues and printed terms free by post . —[ ADVT . ] WAR might with advantage be declared against

scarlet fever , measles , and small-pox , and an attempt made to prevent further havoc amongst children and adults . Let everyone co-operate , and , in doing so , use WRIGHT'S COAL TAR SOAP as a preventive measure . It can be bought everywhere . See the wcrds " Sapo Carbonis Detergens" ( as doctors prescribe ) impressed on each tablet and wrapper , without which none is genuine . — ADVT .

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . Sir Edmund A . H . Lechmere , Bart , M . P . for West Worcestershire , P . G . M . Worcestershire , addressed his constituents on Wednesday evening last . The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have left Grosvenor-place for Kielder Castle , Northumberland .

The Prov . G . M . of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , R . W . Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., has invited the members of the British Association to visit him during his sojourn at Southampton next month . Sir John Lubbock resigns the Presidency to Dr . W . C . Siemens , the eminent telegraph engineer . Canon Basil Wilberforce will give a garden party at the Deanery to the Association .

Bro . the Most Reverend the Lord Bishop of Merth , P . G . Chap ., Ireland , Lord Plunket and Lady Plunket have arrived in Dublin . Bro . Edward Clarke , Q . C ., M . P ., was married on Saturday to Miss Kathleen , daughter of Mr . Augustus Bryant , at St . Giles ' s Church , Camberwell .

The number of patients under treatment at the National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Paralysis , Soho-square , for the week ending August the 12 th vvas 9 60 . The meetings of the Somerset Archaeological Society terminated on Thursday last . Mr . E . A . Freeman

vvas among those who read papers before the Society . Thc installation ceremony of the Baldwin Lod ge , No . 139 S , took place on Wednesday , the gth inst ., at Dalton-in-Furness , when Bro . C . Godby was installed as W . M . for the ensuing year .

The installation meeting of the St . John and St . Paul Lodge , No . 615 , took place on Wednesday , the gth inst ., at the Avenue Hall , Erith , when Bro . John Hutton was installed as W . M . for the year ensuing . The Queen will visit the Duke of Buccleuch at Drumlanrig next week .

The Directors of the Bank of England met on Thursday last , and advanced the rate of discount to 4 per cent . The departure of the Maori Chiefs for New Zealand is fixed for September 7 th .

Bro . the Marquis of Hartingon , Provincial Grand Master for Derbyshire , will leave town in a few days for Bolton Abbey , Yorkshire . Bro . Thomas Okell Dutton was installed Worshipful Master of the Duke of Edinburgh Lodge , No . 1182 , at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , on the 10 th inst .

The Prince and Princess of Wales , Prince Albert Victor , and Prince George of Wales , attended by the Hon . Tyrvvhitt Wilson , visited the Savoy Theatre on Wednesday evening last . Bro . the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor- is announced as chairman of a Committee , which is now in

course of formation for relieving the distress in Ireland . The rents on the extensive Forfarshire estates of Bro . the Earl of Dalhousie were collected in Brechin on Tuesday last , when an abatement of 15 per cent , vvas allowed oh the crop for ISSI . The rents on Lord Northesk ' s estates were also collected on the same day , when an abatement of 10 per cent , was allowed .

In the past half-year the London and Northwestern Railway paid £ 34 > oS 6 for compensation for personal injury and loss of and damage to goods ; the Midland Company paid £ 26 , 494 ; the North-Eastern , jb iO , S < 53 ; and the Great Western , £ 21 , 607 .

The Presse of Vienna states that the Coronation of the Czar will take place at Moscow on Suuday , October the ist . It adds that the customary State procession of the Emperor and Empress through the city will be suppressed , and that the Coronation festivities will be confined within the narrowest possible limits .

i he Plymouth swimming matches and the Royal Western Horticultural Society ' s Exhibition on Wednesday drew to Plymouth , from all parts of Devon and Cornwall , not less than 20 , 000 people . The principal event vvas the 1000 yards all comers match , which was won easily by Willie Beckvvith , of London ; Robinson , of Leeds , being second ; and Hicks , of Penzance third .

The Somersetshire Archaeological Society , on Wednesday labt , closed a three days' meeting " in the neighbourhood of Chard , Their rambles , which began on Tuesday , have been marred by rain . Yesterday , the Roman villa at Walford , Whitestaunton Church , camp , and manor house were prominent in the nroirramme . The

society contemplates the publication of a " Biblotheca Somersetensis "—the MS . of which has already been prepared by the lion , secretary , who has been engaged twenty years on it , and the . Dean of Wells ( Dr . Plumptre ) , who has taken part in the proceedings , said he looked forward with great pleasure to the appearance of this work .

The Melbourne Argus of July 3 rd states that the defences of the colony are to be pushed forward as rapidly as possible . Two gun boats and two torpedo boats are to be ordered from England at once . A permanent artillery corps is to be enrolled , and Parliament will be invited to sanction the establishment of a volunteer militia . The Assembly has voted £ 100 . 000 for defsnrp niirnnse

generally . In consideration of obtaining a site and building at Dawes Point for naval purposes , the Imperial Government has agreed to give to the colony of New South Wales all the ground upon which it has any claim , the value of which is estimated at £ 1 , 500 , 000 . HOLLOWAV ' S PILLS A . VII OINT . VIE . VT . —Glad Tidings—Some constitutions hare a tendency to rheumatism , and are throughout the year borne down by its protracted tortures . Let such sufferers bathe the affected

parts vvith warm brine , and afterwards rub in this soothing Ointment . They will lind it the best means of lessening their agony , and , assisted by Holloway ' s Pills , thc surest way o £ overcoming their disease . More need not be said than to request . 1 few days' trial of this safe ami soothing treatment , by which the disease will ultimatel y be completely swept away . Pains that would make a giant shudder are assuaged without difficulty by Holoways easy and inexpensive remedies , which comfort by moderating the throbbing vessels and calming the excited nerves . [ ADVT . ]