Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The next meeting of the St . Ambrose Lodge of Instruction , No 1 S 91 , will take place on Monday , the 29 th instant , at the Baron ' s Court Hotel , VVest Kensington , at 8 o ' clock . There will be no meeting on Easter Monday . At the monthly meeting of the United Lodge , No . 697 , on Wednesday evening , the ioth inst ., Bro . John G . Renshaw , S . W ., was elected W . M . for the ensuing year .

Bro . J . T . Bailey , P . M ., P . P . G . P ., was elected Treasurer , and Bros . Munson and Wright were re-elected Tylers . The Corporation of London intend placing a sum of money , out of the City cash , at the disposal of the Council of the National Rifle Association , to be devoted to a special prize to be shot for by the Colonial and Indian Volunteers who will be present at the meeting at Wimbledon this summer .

Bro . Col . and Ex-Sheriff Sir Alfred Kirb y is at present on a visit to the continent on matters of business . We very much regret to hear that Bro . Paget , theVestry Clerk of Clerkenweli , is confined to his house by indisposition . He has our good wishes for his speedy restoration to health .

The next meeting of the Andrew Chapter of Instruction , No 834 , will take place on Wednesday next , the 24 th inst , at the Windsor Castle Hotel , King-street , Hammersmith , at 8 o ' clock . The Court of the Worshi pful Company of Homers dined together enfamille at the Guildhall Tavern on Thursday , the nth inst ., under the presidency of the

Master , Bro . Major Cockle . Bro . J . Derby Allcroft , ' F . R . A . S ., Past G . Treasurer , presided at the annual festival dinner , held at "Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s , on Wednesday , the 10 th inst ., in aid of the North London Hospital for Consumption . The Institution was founded in i 860 , and since then 210 , 000 out-patients have been relieved , the number last

year at the Tottenham Court-road branch being 3100 , while the in . patients at Hampstead were 345 . Among the principal guests present to support Bro . Allcroft on this occasion were Bros . Sir E . A . H . Lechmere , Bart ., M . P ., and F . Dixon Hartland , M . P . The subscriptions amounted to nearly £ 200 , and included 150 guineas ( £ 157 ios . ) from Bro . and Mrs . Allcroft .

VVe are informed that Bro . H . B . Marshall , jun ., will lay the memorial stone of the new Baptist Chapel , Wynne-road , Brixton , on Tuesday , the 23 rd instant . Bro . James Judd , C . C , J . P ., presided on Wednesday , the ioth inst ., at the annual meeting at the New Park Hall , Upper Norwood , of the athletic club of the Young Men ' s Christian Association . There was a

large gathering of spectators to witness the sports , and , after a very successful programme , the prizes were distributed by Mrs . Williams , the wife of the Treasurer . The Freemasons of Trowbridge have decided to present Bro . W . R . Brown , J . P ., C . C , with his bust in marble , to be placed in the jubi ' ee Town Hall . Mr . E . Sheppard is the sculptor .

It is announced that the New York Yacht Club have decided to accept Bro . the Earl of Dunraven ' s challenge to compete with the Americans for the possession of the America Cup . The annual dinner of the Institution of Civil Engineers was held in Middle Temple Hall , which had been lent for the occasion by the Treasurer and Benchers ,

on Thursday , the nth instant , among the guests present being Bros . Lord Ashbourne , Sir Frederick Abel , Sir P . Cunliffe Owen , Sir P . Colquhoun , Sir Redvers Buller , and Lord Mayor Whitehead . Bro . the Earl of Kintore has arrived at Adelaide , South Australia , and has been sworn in as Governor of the colony .

Bro . Sheriff Newton presided at the seventh annual meeting , at 11 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-slreet , on Thursday , the nth inst ., of the friends and supporters of St . Bride ' s Youths' Institute . Our worthy brother was accompanied by Mrs . Newton , and among these present were Bros . H . B . Marshall , jun ., and J . Judd , C . C , J . P . The 44 th anniversary festival of the

Stationers-Mutual Benefit Society was held at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , on Wednesday , the ioth inst ., Mr . T . A . Hodgkinson being the Chairman , and the guests assembled being numerous . The subscriptions in the course of the evening amounted to about £ 220 . KISSINGEN , BAVARIA , —We have received the following subscription towards the lodge building fund referred to in our correspondence columns on the 30 th ult .:

—J . M . S ., the writer of the appeal , £ 1 . Bro . Alfred Norris was on the 12 th inst . unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year of the John Carpenter Lodge , No . 1997 , comprised of "old boys" of the City of London School , which meets at the Albion , Aldersgate-street . At the same meeting a P . M . jewel was voted to Bro . C .. / . Wilkinson-Pimbury for his services in the chair during the past year .

The new war-ship Barrosa , 1580 tons , was floated out of No . 4 Dock at Portsmouth on Tuesday , in the presence of Bro . Admiral Sir E . Commerell , V . C , G . C . B ., the Commander-in-Chief , the ceremony of christening the vessel being performed by Bro . Sir John E . Gorst , Q . C , M . P ., Under-Secretary of State for India .

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 , 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 May ' s Matches , that firm would be enabled to pay £ 1000 a week more in wages , and large numbers of the unemployed of East London would thus be provided with work , instead of swelling the ranks of pauperism . —ADVT .

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie , Prov . G . Master of East Lancashire , has been elected to fill the vacancy in the Supreme Council 33 " * , A . and A . Rite , caused by the lamented death of Bro . General Brownrigg ,

C . B . The Earl of Carnarvon Lodge of Instruction , No . 1642 , now meets at the Earl of Lonsdale Hotel , Archerstreet , Bayswater , W . ROYAL P RINCESS ' S THEATRE . — " The Silver King " was revived at this theatre on Monday last , the 15 th inst ., for a fortnight , with all the original scenery and effects .

Mr . Wilson Barrett is supported by a very powerful cast . It is intended to revive " Claudian " also for a fortnight , commencing on Monday , the 29 th inst . These will be positively the last performances in London previous to Mr . Barrett ' s departure for America . Miss Grace Hawthorne will produce Mr . Byatt's play "True Heart" in May next , and will herself appear in the leading role .

In the London Gazette of the 12 th instant we noticed that our well-known brother Lieut . T . C . Walls had been gazetted to a Captaincy in the 7 th V . B . King ' s Royal Rifles . He has been connected with the Auxiliary Forces , we believe , for more than a quarter of a century , and we heartily congratulate him on his well earned promotion . The Prince and Princess of Wales , with Prince

Albeit Victor of Wales and his three sisters , the Crown Prince of Denmark , and Prince Christian of Denmark , left Marlborough House on Saturday last for Sandringham , where they will remain during the Easter holidays . Bros . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) , Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ) , Sir M . E . Hicks Beach , Bart ., and Lord George Hamilton attended the Cabinet Council held on Saturday last at the Foreign Office .

Bro . the Earl of Airlie has consented to act as one of the Stewards at the Bal Poudre , which will be held at the Hotel Metropole on the 28 th May , in aid of the Home of Rest for Horses . Bro . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., First Lord of the Admiralty , left London on Tuesday for Coates , Pulborough , Sussex , on a visit to his mother , the Dowager

Duchessof Abercorn . The freedom of Cardiff , enclosed in a gold casket , will shortly be presented to the Right Hon . W . E . Gladstone , the presentation being made at the London residence of Bro . Sir E . J . Reed , K . C . B ., M . P . Arrangements were definitively made at the last meeting of the Committee of the Savage Club for the

removal of the club to fresh premises on Adelphi-terrace , two houses having been taken there on lease , which will be converted forthwith into one building . Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., P . Z ., delivered his popular lecture , entitled , " Knobs and Excrescences , " in

the Clapton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1365 , held at the Lord Stanley , Sandringham-road , Hackney , on Friday , the 12 th instant . There was a full attendance of brethren , who all paid maiked attention to his exposition , and at the close a vote of thanks was passed to Bro . Stevens , and he was elected an honorary member of the lodge .

The Queen ' s birthday will be publicly celebrated on Saturday , the 25 th May . Her Majesty was born on the 24 th May , 1819 , and will , therefore , complete her 70 th year on the Friday preceding the public anniversary . The Royal Maundy will be distributed this ( Thursday ) afternoon during Divine service in the Chapel Royal , Whitehall , to 6 9 old men and 6 9 old women , being the number corresponding with her Majesty ' s age .

Quite lately " The Armada " was produced at the Grand . Mr . Harris , who pays able stage managers to do his work , might well have been expected to leave the matter in their hands . Not at all . He turned up at rehearsal , and insisted on the whole of the scenery being moved , in his presence , across the stage . He , Julius Creiar , and Miles Standish opine or opined that it you

want a thing done well you must do it yourself . He has the essentially English bump of organisation enormously developed . That is the secret of his success . He would make a better First Lord or Secretary for War than any politician in the House . And woe be to the Army that opposed a force of which Mr . Harris controlled the

Commissariat Department . —l'he Echo . The installation of Bro . Col . Foster Gough , as Prov . G . M . of Staffordshire , is announced to take place at the annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge at the Shire Hall , Stafford , on Tuesday , the 30 th inst . The ceremony will be performed by Bro . Col . G . S . Tudor , Past Grand Master of the Province .

The gift from the Colony of South Australia to the Prince and Princess of Wales , consisting of a casket in beautifully embossed silver , on the occasion of the silver wedding of their Royal Highnesses , has been received by the Agent-General in London , but the presentation has been delayed in consequence of the death of the Duchess of Cambridge .

The funeral of the Duchess of Cambridge took place at Kew on Saturday last in accordance with the arrangements which had been previously announced . The Queen , the Prince and Princess of Wales , Prince Albert Victor of Wales , the Dukeof Cambridge as chief mourner , the Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenbiirg-Strelitz , the Duke and Duchess of Teck , and other members of

the Royal Family were present , as also were the high officers of State , including Bro . the Earl of Lathom ( Lord Chamberlain ) and the representatives of foreign States , and the principal and subordinate members ot the late Duchess ' s household . The two battalions of the Coldstream Guards , of which the late Duke of Cambridge was

colonel , with detachments of the other Guards' regiments , and some of the Household Cavalry , constituted the military part of the pageant . The funeral cortege , on its way from St . James's Palace to Kew , attracted crowds of spectators along the line of route , and Kew was thronged with people during the whole of the morning , and for a considerable portion of the afternoon .

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Masonic And General Tidings

We have been officially informed that his Grace the Duke of St . Albans , Provincial Grand Master of Nottinghamshire , has appointed Bro . Rev . Frederick Vernon Bussell , M . A ., a Past Grand Chaplain of England , as his Deputy Provincial Grand Master . Bro . Bussell ' s high personal character and long and active services to the Craft fully qualify him for this honour , and his

appointment is likely to prove very advantageous to the fraternity in the province . At a meeting of the Stability Lodge of Instruction , No . 217 , held on Friday evening , at Masons' Hall Tavern , Masons' -avenue , Coleman-street , avery interesting ceremony took place , in the nature of a presentation to Bro . Eustace Anderson , jun ., of 17 , Ironmonger-lane , by

the members of the lodge of instruction , of a large and handsomely-chased two-handled silver cup , with cover , which bore the following inscription : " Presented to Bro . Eustace Anderson , jun ., by the brethren of the Stability Lodge of Instruction , as a mark of respect and esteem , and in recognition of his services as Secretary and Preceptor . March , 1 SS 9 . "

The Vestry of St . Pancras has given £ 100 to the Building Fund of the new Hospital for Women , out of a sum they have at their disposal for charitable purposes ; £ 13 , 600 has now been paid or promised towards the £ 20 , 000 required . This leaves a balance of £ . 6400 , towards which Mr . Henry Tate has generously offered £ . IOOD , providing the remainder is obtained within the next four

months . A most successful Smoking Concert was recently held at Freemasons' Hall , Mount Pleasant , Plumstead , under the auspices of the Masonic Buildings Corporation . The Deputy Chairman , Bro . C . H . Lawson , very genially and ably presided , and an excellent programme was gone through to the satisfaction of the numerous audience . We

hope to be able to find space next week for a fuller report . Mr . Augustus Harris is in appearance a younger and darker Prince of VVales . He runs Drury Lane and Newcastle-on-Tyne Theatres ; he superintends Italian opera at Covent Garden during the season ; is a director of the Empire ; * made an offer to the Westminster

Aquariam shareholders , the other day , to make their concern remunerative ; and is said to have acquired an interest in a Regent-street Cafe . He occasionally writes for the Nineteenth Century , and other magazines , and likes to see his name on play-bills as co-author of new melodramas . As a relaxation he has become a member of the London County Council . —The Echo . Bro . Lord Mayor Whitehead has ordered that

the boys of Christ ' s Hospital , at their annual visit to the Mansion House on Easter Tuesday , shall be presented with an additional silver coin instead of a glass of sherry . Probably the boys will prefer the cash . The anniversary dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund will be held at the Hotel Metropole on the ist June next , when the chair will be taken by the Chancellor of the Exchequer .

The members of the Doric Lodge of Instruction have resolved , with the consent of the Worshipful Master , to change its place of meeting from the Duke's Head , Whitechapel-road , to Bro . Musto ' s , the White Horse Tavern , VVhite-Horse-lane , Mile End-road . The first meeting will take place on Monday , the 29 th instant . On Wednesday , the ioth inst .. the members of

the Derby Lodge , No 724 , attended in exceptionally great numbers to pay their last respects to two highly esteemed membeis of the lodge—namely , Bros Quayle , late J . W ., and Clayton , Secretary . The circumstances were particulary sad from the fact that these two olficers died on

the same day . The remains of Bro . Clayton were taken to his family vault at Much Wenlock , Shropshire , a number of officers and members attending at the railway to witness the departure . In the midst of a large concourse of brethren and friends the body of Bro . Quayle was interred at Anfield Cemetery .

The Crystal Palace Company ' s School of Art , Science , and Literature continues to flourish . The Junior Section is designed to afford , by tutorial instruction , a sound elementary education of the best class for g irls up to the age of 16 . The curriculum includes a large variety of subjects , and . the fee charged is inclusive of all . Bro . Toole ' s welcome at Nottingham on Monday

was very hearty . Bro . John Maclean made his first semi-public appearance on Tuesday night since his return from the break-up of Miss Mary Anderson ' s Company . He presided over the Wigwam Club Dinner at Anderton ' s Hotel . The Wigwam is a side-shoot of the Savage . Monthly dinners are its only function .

The funeral of Bro . D . D . Sutherland , P . M . 710 , and P . P . G . Std . Br ., who died at Totnes on Friday , the 5 th inst ., aged 45 years , took place on Thursday , the nth inst ., at the Totnes Cemetery , and was largely attended . Brethren met at the lodge , having obtained a dispensation to attend the funeral in Masonic clothing . The lodge having been opened , the Rev . I . Powning , P . P-

G . C , repeated the burial service , and then the brethren in procession walked to the residence of the deceased , a large number of the members of the lodge and visitors attending . The service was read by the Rev . B . Mills , vicar of Totnes , and , at the conclusion , the Chap lain of deceased ' s lodge offered a prayer . After the interment the brethren marched in reversed order back to the residence ,

and thence to the lodge , which was then closed . The ceremony was impressively conducted by Bro . Drennan . Mr . H . Worth , organist , played " Oh , rest in the Lord on the procession entering the church , and the Dead March in " Saul " on leaving . Nearly all shops were closed , and the blinds of private houses were drawn during the funeral .

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