Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The marriage of the Hon . James McGarel Hogg , eldest son of Bro . Lord Magheramorne , with the Lady Evelyn Ashley will take place on Wednesday next , the 23 rd inst . Bro . Henry Lovcgrove , author of " Practical Architecture , " has been engaged to edit a price book on a new system , for the use of architects and surveyors- The work will at first appear in the "Architects' Compendium . "

Bro . Alderman Sir H . E . Knight , who sustained severe injuries on board the Umbria prior to landing at Liverpool some days since , is pronounced by his medical advisers to be progressing favourably towards recovery . The consecration of the Albert Victor Lodg e , No . 232 S , at York , will probably take place towards the end of November . The Dean of York is the first Master , Bro . T . B . Whytehead , P . M ., is the first S . W ., and Bro . H . L . Swift is the first J . W .

It has been arranged that Bro . Sir Archibald C . Campbell , of Blythswood , Bart ., M . P ., the G . M . of Scotland , will visit the Lodge Canongate Kilwinning , Edinburgh , No . 2 , on the evening of Thursday , November 7 th . The Grand Master will be accompanied by a deputation from Grand Lodge .

The clauses of the lecture in the R . A . Degree will be worked at the Hornsey Chapter of Improvement , held at the Porchester Hotel , Leinster-place , Cleveland Gardens , Paddington , VV ., on the next two following Friday evenings , by Comp . Dehane , assisted by Comps . Cruttenden and Davies .

THE LORD MAYOR AND FRUIT CULTURE . —In recognition of the interest he is taking in the fruit culture scheme initiated by the Fruiterers' Company , the Lord Mayor was on Tuesday elected on the livery and court of the guild . His lordship has contributed to the fund being raised by the company a donation of 50 guineas .

Early in his year of office Bro . Alderman Sir H . A . Isaacs , who is interested in several mining enterprises , has promised to preside at a h-. ture by Bro . Pearse Morrison , C . C ., on the Transvaal . The lecture will be illustrated with pannings out on the stage , miniature batteries at work , and photographic views of the principal mining districts .

On Thursday , the ioth inst ., the Mayor ( Bro . E . H . Cookson ) gave a banquet at the Town Hall , Liverpool , to the brethren of the St . George's Lodge of Harmony , No . 32 , of which he is the Worshipful Master . There was a large gathering , the company also including several Provincial Grand Officers , among them being Bro . Col . Starkic , Prov . Grand Master for East Lancashire .

Bro . Lord Mayor Whitehead and the Lady Mayoress formally opened the International Exhibition of Fine Art Printing in Stationers' Hall , on Monday , when his lordship , in a brief address , pointed out that this country was considerably behind Germany , Austria , and the United States in the encouragement given to typography . The exhibition will remain open till to-morrow ( Saturday ) .

THE LATE BRO . M'INTYRE . —Probate of the will , dated 19 th August last , of his Honour the late Bro . / Eneas John M'Intyre , Q . C , of the Middle Temple , and of the Hagg , Mirfield , Yorks , who died on the 19 th ult ., aged CS years , was formerly M . P . for Worcester , and was appointed at the end of last year County Court Judge of Circuit No . 12 , has been granted to the executors , his wife , Mrs . Eleanor M'Intyre , and his son , Mr . George Milward M'Intyre , barrister-at-law . The personalty is sworn at £ 44 , 785 .

A sculling match over the championship course from Putney to the Ship at Mortlake was rowed on Monday , the competitors being - George Bubear , of Hammersmith " , and T . N . Matterson , " of Clarence River , Sydney , N . S . VV . An even start was effected , but in a few strokes the Australian obtained the lead , and , retaining it to the end , passed the winning-post , an easy winner , in the unprecedented time of 22 mins . 2 sees ., Bubear , who ceased rowing and allowed his boat to drift past the post , covering the distance in 22 mins . 21 RPCS .

A meeting of the supporters of Bro . William Ferguson , candidate for the office of Grand Cashier , was held on the nth inst . in one of the lesser halls of the Waterloo Rooms , Glasgow . Bro . D . Fortune , Chairman of Committee , introduced the business . Remarks were invited from brethren present , and there responded Bros . A . M'Connochie ,

Sec ; George Fisher , J . Barclay , W . Thorn , J . M'N . Campbell , T . Bennet , and others , all the remarks pointing to the same end—namely , suggestive of the best means to assist Bro . Ferguson in his canvass . A Sub-Committee of 15 was afterwards appointed to give personal assistance to Bro . Ferguson .

The Provincial Grand Lodge of Devonshire will assemble at Seaton , on Wednesday , November 6 th , at half-past two , Lord Ebrington , M . P ., presiding . The Committee of Petitions will meet at noon at the Masonic Hall of the De La Pole Lodge , No . 11 S 1 , warranted in 1 S 6 7 , and now numbering about 50 members . The London and Southwestern and Great Western Railway Companies ha \ e agreed to issue 1 st and 2 nd class return tickets at a fare

and a quarter , available from the day befc : ? to the day after the meeting , but the old plan of single fares for the double journey would prove much more efficacious in securing a good attendance at all such gatherings . The numerical position of the 52 lodges in the county shows an advance of 97 since the last return , making a total of 2 S 41 subscribing members . _ Financially , the province is equally satisfactory , and a fair amount of prosperity is the experience of the Devonshire Craft at the present time .

Among the latest houses supplied with Austin ' s Sanitary Cylinders are those of Peers , Judges , Doctors , & c . They are used in Hospitals , Clubs , Hotels . Names will be given on application and Testimonials sent . They are odourless , non-poisonous , and cheap ( a Cylinder lasts a year ) . Used for all household disinfecting purposes , waterclosets ( being automatic in action no attention required ) , for ozonizing baths , & c Prices : is ., 2 s . 6 d ., 5 s ., 9 s ., and iSs . A . S . Cylinder Company , 1 S 1 , Queen Victoria-street , E . C . Can be obtained of all Chemists .

Masonic And General Tidings

Major General Sir Francis Grenfcll , K . C . B ., Sirdar of the Egyptian army , has accepted the post of Honorary Colonel of the 1 st Surrey Rifle Volunteers . A vote of condolence with the family of the late Bro . J . F . B . Firth has been passed unanimously by the Executive Committee of the London Liberal and Radical Union .

Bro . Lord and Lady Claude Hamilton are about to make a long - tour in India during the coming winter , and will leave England for the purpose to-morrow ( Saturday ) . Bro . Richard Clowes will be installed VV . M . of the Earl of Sussex Lodge , 2201 , on Saturday , the 26 th inst ., at the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , in succession to Bro . the Right Hon . SirVV . T . Marriott , O . C , M . P ., Past G . Stwd .

Bro . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) has appointed Thursday next , the 24 th inst ., at 11 . 30 a . m ., at the House of Lords , for the presentation of Bro . Alderman Sir H . Isaacs , Lord Mayor elect . At the meeting - of the Caveac Lodge , on Saturday last , a vote sympathising with the family of the late Bro . C . T . Dorey , the Secretary , who died a short while ago , was proposed by the VV . M . As a mark of respect to the deceased , the brethren adjourned at the termination of business .

The remains of the late Bro . Sir Benjamin Phillips , a former Lord Mayor of London , were consigned to their last resting place in the Jewish cemetery at West Ham , on Sunday morning last , the funeral , in accordance with the wish of the deceased , being of the simplest character .

Lord Rothschild , Messrs . Henry Gibbs , Hambro , and Junius Morgan have made over absolutely as a free gift to the National Pension Fund for Nurses the sum of £ 20 , 000 , which they originally lent as a deposit . Mr . Junius Morgan has also made a further donation of £ 5000 . The Princess of Wales is President of the Fund , and the Duchess of Beaufort , and Ladies Rosebery , Stafford , and Rothschild are Patronesses .

Bros , the Right Hon . Hugh C . E . Childers , M . P ., Sir E . J . Reed , M . P ., Sir Charles Mills , T . Sutherland , M . P ., and Howard Vincent , M . P ., were among the principal guests present at the banquet given to Bro . the Earl of Hopetoun , at the St . George ' s Club , Hanover-square , on Tuesday evening , previous to his departure for Melbourne as the new Governor of Victoria .

Bro . Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade , held a sitting - in the Westminster Town Hall , on Tuesday , when Bro . Samuel Pope , Q . C , Bro . R . Littler , Q . C , and others , acting - as counsel for various interests , submitted a number of suggestions to his lordship , who announced the course he proposed to follow , and that it was his intention to sit on Tuesdays , Wednesdays , and Thursdays , from 10 . 30 a . m . to 4 p . m .

Her Majesty held a Council at Balmoral , on Tuesday , when Mr . Henry Chaplin was sworn in as the President of the new Board of Agriculture , and kissed hands on appointment to that office . Parliament was further prorogued from the iGth November to the 1 st February , when the Houses will meet for the dispatch of business . Bro . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) officiated as Lord President in place of Viscount Cranbrook , absent through indisposition .

We have much pleasure 111 calling attention to the 25 th , or silver , concert , which is given annually by our worthy brother professionally known as " Mr . G . S . Graham . " Our experience of his past concerts is that they have already deserved and met with success , and , to judge from the brief

particulars we have seen of this , we anticipate it will surpass all that have preceded it . The locality chosen is the Parochial Hall , Oldridge-road , Balliam Hill , and the day appointed is Thursday next , the 24 th inst . We trust our talented brother will have a bumper on the occasion .

On Saturday morning last , the Duke and Duchess of Fife left Mar Lodge , Braemar , for Duff House , posting to Ballater , and proceeding thence by special train to Banff , where they arrived about four o ' clock . Here they were met by the sheriffs and provosts of the counties of Banff and Elgin , a guard of honour , under the command of Colonel Mardcn Campbell , being furnished by the Banffshire

Artillery Brigade , of which the Duke is honorary colonel . Despite the unfavourable weather , both the towns of Banff and Macduff , the principal buildings of which were gracefully decked with wreaths , buntings , and evergreens , presented an unusually festive appearance . In various prominent places were to be seen appropriate mottoes , but the bridge crossing the

Deveron on the route to Duff House furnished , perhaps , the principal object in the matter of ornamentation ; three handsome arches , Hanked by Venetian masts and surmounted by the words , " Welcome , " " Devoted hearts welcome you , " spanning the roadway . The pillars of the gates leading into the avenue of Duff House were draped with the Duff and Victorian tartan , while a scroll bearing

the words , "A hearty welcome home , " stretched above the carriage . In front of the ancestral home of the Fifes—the approaches to which were kept by tenants , Freemasons , and members of Benefit Societies—numbers of beautiful arches had been erected , while an array of gay flags and banners floated from the roof of the building . As the carriage drove up to the door a Royal salute was fired from a battery of

cannon on the bank . In the evening the home-coming was celebrated by the lighting of a number of bonfires . THE UNEMPLOYED IN EAST LONDON . —At a time when much thought is being given to this matter , a practical suggestion may be of service . Last year more than £ 300 , 000 worth of foreign matches were purchased by

inconsiderate consumers in this country , to the great injury ot our own working people , so true is it that " evil is wrought by want of thought , as well as want of heart . " If all consumers would purchase Bryant and Alay ' s Matches , that firm would be enabled to pay £ 1000 a week more in wages . —ADVT .

HOLLOWAY ' PILLS AND OINTMENT . —Rheumatism and Gout . — These purifying and soothing remedies deserve the earnest attention of al ! persons liable to gout , sciatica , or other painful affections of the muscles , nerves , or joints . The Ointment should be applied after the allcctcd parts have been patiently fomented with warm water , when the Ointment should be diligently rubbed upon the adjacent skin , unless the friction

causes pain . Holloway ' s Fills should be simultaneously taken to diminish pain , reduce inflammation , and purify the blood . This treatment abates the violence , and lessens the frequency of gout , rheumatism , and all spasmodic diseases which spring from hereditary predisposition , or from any accidental weakness of constitution . The Ointment checks the local malady , while the Pills restore vital power .

Masonic And General Tidings

The Horatio Shirley Conclave , No . 5 ( Order of the Secret Monitor ) , Bro . George Kenning , S . R ., Grand B . B ., will meet at the Holborn Restaurant on the 30 th instant instead of the 23 rd . The Athenmim , of the 5 th inst ., contains a somewhat lengthy and highly appreciative notice of Quatuor Coronatorum : Autographic Masonic Reprints of the Lodge Quatuor Coronati , No . 2076 .

The Fifteen Sections will be worked at the Covent Garden Lodge of Instruction , held at the Criterion , Piccadilly , on Thursday , the 31 st inst . Bro . J oseph Greemvay , W . M . j Bro . J . Hemming , S . W . ; Bro . Dr . J . Powdrell , J . W . ; and Bro . George Reynolds , W . M . of the mother lodge , Sec

There has been such a large increase in the flocks of New South Wales this year that the question is what is to be done with the surplus mutton . There must be _ 50 , 000 , 000 sheep in the colony , which is the utmost for which grass is available even in so unusually favourable a season as the present .

Considerable additions have been recently made to the fund now being raised by Bro . Lord Mayor Whitehead and the Fruiterers' Company for the encouragement of fruit culture in this country , among the contributors being the Duke of Westminster , the Earl of Dartmouth , the Baroness Burdett-Coutts , Mr . VV . H . Smith , First Lord of the Treasury , and the Duchess of Grafton .

In the year 1 S 39 there were about 90 , 000 acres of fruit trees growing in this country ; now—the Farmers' Magazine informs us—there are 214 , 000 acres . Still , the mere fact that we last year imported 3 , Soo , ooo bushels of apples alone , at a cost of £ S . 0 , 000 , shows there is plenty to do yet to provide for home consumption only .

Twelve competitive designs have been sent in for the statue oE Burns , proposed to be erected at Ayr , at a cost of about £ 1000 . These have been examined by Mr . Hamo Thorneycroft , who has recommended for acceptance by the Committee that of Mr . George A . Lawson , of London . The Committee have agreed to accept the design . That by Mr . John Mossman , Glasgow , was placed second in order of merit .

The Saint Anne's Lodge , No . 970 , Looe , has received from the Prov . J . G . W . uf Devon , Bro . Rev . T . W . Lemon , M . A ., a framed photo-lithographic portrait of the late Sir Charles Lemon , Bart ., Prov . G . M . of Cornwall . The presentation was made on Bro . Lemon's behalf b y Bro . J . G . Henwood , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C , at a meeting on Wednesday , the 9 th inst .

Lord Zetland , on Tuesday , received at his Yorkshire seat , Aske , near Richmond , a number of addresses from various political bodies congratulating him upon his appointment to the Irish Viceroyalty . His lordship , in reply , said when he went to Dublin he would endeavour to perform the duties of his post in a manner which he trusted would be conducive to the welfare and prosperity of Ireland .

The funeral of the late Bro . Sir Daniel Gooch will take place at noon to-morrow ( Saturday ) at Clewer Churchyard , near Windsor . No invitations will be issued . 'The deceased will be followed to the grave by his relatives , and probably by many of the officers of the Great Western and other railways , and a number of the Freemasons of the Province of Berks and Bucks , of which he was Provincial Grand Master . The remains will be deposited near those of his first wife , who was interred in the family vault 21 years ago .

Sheriff Gillespie decided a case in Dunfermline Sheriff Court on the nth inst ., in which the management of the St . John Lodge , No . 540 , Crossgates , Dunfermline , sued a number of the members of the lodge for delivery of a chest , containing the working tools and paraphernalia of the Iodge , which it was alleged had been unlawfully removed in

May last . It appears that the members of the lodge are located in two different villages , and a dispute had arisen over the question as to where the tools and paraphernalia should be kept . The Sheriff issued an interlocutor ordaining defenders to deliver up the chest and its contents within ix days , and awarding pursuers expenses .

The Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire will be held to-day ( Friday ) in the Freemasons' Hall , Fitzwilliamstreet , Hudderslield , under the presidency of Bro . Thomas William Tew , J . P ., P . G . D . of England , Prov . G . Master . The programme includes the calling over of the roll of lodges and of Present and Past Provincial Grand Officers . After the minutes of the Provincial Grand Lodge , held at Leeds ,

on April ioth last , have been read and confirmed , the Prov . Grand Master will deliver an address . As Chairman of the Charity Committee , Bro . W . F . Smithson will present a report . Bro . A . VV . Stanfield , P . M ., P . P . G . R ., will move the following motion : "That this Provincial Grand Lodge receive and adopt the report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the management of the Royal Masonic

Institution for Boys , and it trusts that steps will be taken to carry out the recommendations of the Committee , as stated on pages 4 6 and 47 of the report , in order that no recurrence of the very serious abuses of the Charity which have existed may be possible in the future . " Bro . W . Harrop , P . S . G . W ., will propose " That the best thanks of Provincial G . Lodge are due and be given to Bro . John C . Malcolm , P . P . G . R .,

for his valuable services as a member of the Investigation Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , so efficiently performed at serious inconvenience and cost to himself , and that if Provincial Grand Lodge consider it desirable he be reimbursed his expenses out of pocket . Petitions for relief will be considered and dealt with , and the place for the annual meeting in April will also be decided upon . There is sure to be a large and influential attendance .

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