Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Tin-: INSTALLATION' MKHTiNc of the Warwick Lodge was held at the Roebuck 1 lotel , Buckhurst Hill , on Wednesday evening , the ioth instant , when Bro . Col . Lockwood , M . P ., was installed into the chair as W . M . for the ensuing year .

LADY WHICHCOTE opened a bazaar at Billingborough , Lincolnshire , on Tuesday , in aid of a fund for placing a new stained glass window in the parish church . The window it is estimated will cost £ 250 , and will be placed as a memorial to the late Duke of Clarence and Avondale .

AT A MEETING of the George Price Lodge , at the Public Hall , Croydon , on Saturday , the 6 th inst ., Bro . J . Wayte , M . D ., one of the honorary surgeons of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution was elected Master for the ensuing year . The installation will take place on June Sth .

PRINCE AND PRINCESS CHRISTIAN gave a dinner party at Cumberland Lodge , Windsor , on ' Saturday last , among the guests being Colonel Gascoigne . Colonel the Earl of Albemarle , Bro . Colonel Howard Vincent , M . P ., and several other officers of the South London Volunteer Brigade .

THE 13 th annual dinner of the Press Club will be held at Freemasons' Tavern on Saturday , the 27 th instant , among those who have accepted invitations to be present being Lord Harris and Bros , the Hon . D . R . Plunket , M . Pi , Lord Charles Beresford , Sir Evelyn Wood , Sir Augustus Harris , and Sir Arthur Sullivan .

AT A REGULAR meeting of the Lodge of Sympathy , No . S 55 , Wootton-under-Edge , held on Tuesday , the 9 th inst ., Bro . VV . T . Adams , S . W ., was unanimously elected VV . M , for the ensuing year . The installation festival will be held at the Town Hall on Tuesday , the 17 th prox . The banquet will take place afterwards , at the Town Hall .

THE NORTH OK ITALY has been recently visited by a number of earthquake shocks , with the result that a great deal of property and several lives have been lost . Venic : was among the places affected , but the centre of the disturbance has been Larbach , where several slight shocks were felt on VVednesday . Trieste has also suffered , but it is generally felt that the worst is over .

THOUGH INFLUENZA has not altogether disappeared from our midst , the number of deaths resulting from it fell last week to 4 6 , or about one-fifth of what it was three weeks previously , while the rate of mortality from all causes in London is 19 . 3 per 1000 , or the same as the week previous . In Brighton the rate is returned as 22 . 7 , and in Croydon as 14 . 6 . ON WEDNESDAY morning a Spanish steerage passenger

on board the VVhite Star liner Teutonic plunged into the sea . He was quickly followed by Mr . Robinson , third officer , and the steamer having been stopped , a boat was lowered , and after gallant efforts by Mr . Robinson , the body was hauled into it . Unfortunately , life was found to be extinct . The body has since been landed at Liverpool . Those who witnessed the scene were loud in their commendations of the officer ' s heroism .

THE FUNERAL of the late Bro . John Walker , of the "Criterion , " Retford , took place on Tuesday aflemoon , the 2 nd inst ., at the Retford Cemetery . The deceased was a P . M . of the Vernon Lodge , No . 1 S 02 , Past Principal of R . A . Chapter , No . 1 S 02 , and a Past Provincial Ollicer of Nottinghamshire . A large number of the brethren attended

the funeral and all the principal shops of the town were closed . The first portion of the service was held in the Parish Church , the Rev . Canon Ebsworth being the officiating clergyman . At the graveside , after the chief mourners had retired , the brethren passed by the head ol the grave and cast sprigs of acacia on the coffin . There were numerous beautiful wreaths and Masonic device ; .

ON SATURDAY LAST a portion of the Second Brigade of the forces now engaged under Sir R . Low in the expedition to Chitral met with a slight check . The corps ot gaides under Lieut .-Col . Battye , which had been dispatched across a river to reconnoitre and destroy some villages , when two strong bodies of the enemy were signalled as advancing , and receiving orders to retire , did so with great deliberation and with trilling loss , but unfortunately just at the last

moment Lieut .-Col . Battye was shot dead at the close of the skirmish . Lieut . Hdwardts , one of the two officers treacherously captured by the enemy , has been released and reached headquarters , but Lieut . Fowler , who is reported to be in good health , is still retained , it is supposed as a hostage . Lieut .-Col . Battye had seen a great deal of service in the North-West territories and in the Afghan War of 1 S 7 S .

LIEUT . FOWLER , who was treacherously made prisoner at the tame time as Lieut . Edwards , has since been released , ar . d was entrusted by Umra Khan with a request for a cessation of hostilities in order that terms of peace may be arranged .

IT RARELY HAPPENS that a general holiday passes without one or more accidents of a serious character , and the recent Easter holidays have proved no exception . On Thursday , the nth instant , a party consisting of four of the Marquis cf Londonderry ' s servants , the liarl of l- ' . nniskillen ' s valet , and Lady Kathleen Coles ' s maid went for a boat excursion on Strangford Lough , and there is no doubt

whatever that they have all perished . On Saturday last a Mr . A . Trcdwin , member of the Stock Exchange , with Mrs . Barton , the two Misses Barton , and Dr . Gatley , of Surbiton , started from Otilton Broad to sail for Yarmouth on board Mr . Tiedwin's yacht . Unfortunately when pulling about near Haddescoe , the yacht capsized and sank and Mr . Trcdwin ; with one of the Misses Barton were drowned in f-piteof the gallant efforts made by a boatman

to save them . On the evening of the same day a train containing excursionitts from London was travelling at a fair speed between Duublebois anil Bodmin between ( , and 7 p . m ., when the foremost engine left the rails and toppled over an embankment and the seven next carriages followed suit , the second engine , however , falling in the opposite direction . As soon as assistance arrived it was found lhat some 30 passengers were more or less severely injured .

Masonic And General Tidings

A GRAND HALL has been arranged to be held on the 24 th June in behalf of the Austro-Hungarian Aid Society and the London Hungarian Association of Benevolence . WE ARE I . LAD to hear that Bro . Sir VVilliam Whiteway , Premier of Newfoundland , who has been somewhat seriously ill , has so far recovered as to be able to drive out . He is still , however , in a very weak state .

nil-: SECOND annual meeting of the Royal Naval I'und will be held at the Royal United Service Institution on Friday next , the 26 th inst ., when the President of the fund , H . R . I I . the Prince of VVales , will take the chair . IT IS EXPECTED that the Oueen , with the Princess Beatrice at Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein , will return to Windsor Castle on the 30 th April , and remain in residence there until the 21 st May , when the Court will proceed to Balmoral .

A SOMEWHAT serious accident occurred to a Bournemouth char-a-banc on Monday evening , between Corfe Castle and Poole . When near the latter town one of the wheels came off , and the whole of the 22 passengers were thrown out , all being shaken , while one had his shoulderbone fractured .

THE BARONPSS BURDETT-COUTTS , who has been confined to the house through illness for the last two months , is , we are glad to hear , so much improved in health as to be able to take a little carriage exercise daily . Bro . VV . Burdett-Coutts , M . P ., has been spending the Easter vacation in Paris with her ladyship .

THE RIGHT HON . G . J . GOSCHEN , M . P ., accompanied by Bro . Sir Edward Clarke , M . P ., and Miss Goschen , reached Devonport on Tuesday afternoon . On their arrival the party were met by the Hon . Chas . Edgcumbe , with whom they drove to the seat of Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , whose guests they have since remained .

THE CONCERT which will take place at the Queen ' s Hall to-morrow ( Saturday ) evening will be the first that Madame Albani has ever given , and it is accordingly being looked forward to with a considerable degree of interest . Madame Albani will have the assistance of Miss Clara Butt , Mr . Edward Lloyd , Mr . George Aspinall , Mr . Andrew Black , and other eminent artists , while the selection will he taken from the works of Wagner , Herold , and Leoncavallo .

MORE FIGHTING has taken place along the line by which Sir R . Low ' s force is advancing upon Chitral . Colonel Kelly , who has been sent ahead with 390 pioneers , two guns , and other small details , on the 13 th instant engaged and put to the rout about 1 joo of the enemy , who had posted themselves in the line of advance . The action lasted some two hours , when the enemy , having been taken in Hank , fled precipitately , leaving 50 of their number dead on the field , but taking their wounded with them . The loss on the British side was six killed and 15 wounded .

THE TOWN OF DERRY was eufe / eon Wednesday , on the occasion of the visit of the Princess Mary Adelaide , Duchess of Teck , for the purpose of opening a bazaar in aid of the furnishing fund of the Royal Infirmary . Her Royal Highness was received at the Midland Railway Station by the Mayor and Corporation , and was presented with an address of welcome , to which she replied mest graciously , expressing the satisfaction it gave her to visit the town and

help forward an institution in which the Oueen and the Prince and Princess of VVales took a deep interest , and of which her Majesty laid the fitindation-stone four years ago . After taking luncheon with Mr . Percival Heywood , President of the Infirmary , the Duchess drove to the Drill Hall , where , after receiving another address , she declared the bazaar open . THE FITZWILLIAM MARK LODGE , NO . 277 , celebrated

their annual festival on I uesday evening , the yth inst ., at Freemasons' Hall , Malton , when Bro . E . K . Spiegelhalter , P . J . G . D ., was installed as W . M . for the ensuing year , the ceremony being well performed by Bro . S . Chadwick , P . M ., P . P . G . W . The VV . M . afterwards appointed and invested his officers for the year as follows : Bros . VV . J .

Marshall , P . G . Treas ., I . P . M . ; S . Wallgate , P . P . G . I . G ., S . VV . ; S . Ridge , P . A . G . S ., J . VV . ; John Potter , M . O . ; James Buckle , P . M ., P . P . G . Reg . of Mks ., S . O . ; Wm . Hornsey , J . O . ; Rev . E . A . B . Pitman , P . G . C , Chap . ; A . VV . Walter , P . M ., P . G . Sec , Treas . ; ] . T . R . Miller , Sec , A . J . Taylor , P . M ., P . P . S . G . D ., Reg . of Marks ; M . F . W . Williamson , P . P . G . Std . Br ., S . D . ; John

Hudson , P . M ., P . P . G . Std . Br ., J . D . ; F . VV . VV . Tunstall , P . P . G . D . C , D . C ; J . W " . Marshall , P . M ., P . P . S . G . D ., Org . ; R . J . Smithson , P . M ., P . P . G . S . O ., LC ; VV . Stockdaie , P . G . T ., Stwd . and Tyler . The brethren afterwards dined together at the George Hotel , the W . M . presiding .

A MOVEMENT has been begun in England against Masonic vagrancy , a subject , which , as stated in The Freemason is notoriously one of the most difficult to cope with , for , like the poor in the Scrip ' ures , the vagrant is always with us , and will be to the end of the chapter . Measures , it is stated , more or less skilfully arranged , have again and again been taken with a view to ridding themselves of his vagal ) md importunities , but wi ' . h no enduring

success . A good deal of proof has been got together to show the impostures which are practised on the charitablyinclined brother and lodge—and which of these are not so It shows that there are many individuals with numbers of aliases and mother lodges of various ages , who go perambulating tbe country and live upon what they manage to extract out of the different Benevolent Funds . A meeting was held in Maidstone , Ktnt , at which there were present

a large number of Lodge Almoners in the Province of Kent and other brethren , and a committee was formed to inquire as to the course pm sued by the different Lodge Almoners throughout the country , and inviting suggestions to be laid before a meeting at an early date . Of course , one cannot expect them to put down the evil altogether , but it may be considerably mitigated . — "The Trowel , " Echo—Glasgow . Shortness of llrealli . CiiiiKhs , : inil Culils . Thousands oi

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Masonic And General Tidings

BRO . COL . T . DAVIES and Miss Sewell have been spending the Easter Recess at Hunstanton and its vicinity . IT IS ANNOUNCED that her Majesty the Oueen will hold a Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday ) the Sth May , at three o ' clock . THE ANNUAL dinner ot the Booksellers' Trade Society wil ! be held at the Holborn Restaurant on Saturday , the 27 th inst ., under the presidency of Mr . H . H . Longman , with Mr . VV . Hciienannin the vxe-chair .

PRINCESS CHRISTIAN visited the little hamlet of Iver in Buckinghamshire , on Wednesday , and opened an Art and Needlework Exhibition in the Village Hall in aid of the local Cottage Hospital . THE DUKE OE CAMBRIDGE , in his capacity of President , will take the chair at the 50 th anniversary festival which will be held at the Hotel Metropole on Friday , the 2 ( ith instant , on behalf of the German Hospital .

THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OE C ONNAUGHT , accompanied by their children , arrived at Windsor Castle on Tuesday afternoon , and after being conducted through St . George ' s and the Albert Chapels , partook of tea and then returned to Bagshot .

THE MARRIAGE between the Duchess of Marlborough and Lord William Beresford will be solemnised at St . George's Church , Hanover-square , on Tuesday the 30 th instant . The ceremony , however , will be conducted very quietly .

THE ANNUAL general meeting of the Jockey Club was held at Newmarket , on VVednesday evening , when Bro . the Earl of March , the retiring Steward , nominated Viscount Downe to fill the vacancy thus created . The noble viscount , who was prevented being present by an attack of gout , was unanimously elected .

THE ANNUAL meeting of the Marylebone Cricket Club will be held early next month , when the Earls of Ancaster and Lichfield and Messrs . A . J . VVebbe and C . K . Francis will retire from the Committee , and the Earl of Jersey , Lord Hawke , Mr . G . L . Bateman , and Bro . Walter II . Long , M . P ., will be proposed as their successors .

A TREMENDOUS CONFLAGKATION broke outon Tuesdaj in the Queen's Island shipbuilding yard , Belfast , by which upwards of £ 25 , 000 worth of partially-insured timber has been destroyed . The fire lasted for some iS hours , when the efforts of the firemen were at length successful in bringing it under control , and preventing its spread to the immense engine and other works close by .

MR . H . H . SHARLAND , of Thavies Inn , who recently died , leaving personalty sworn at £ 71 , 900 , has bequeathed £ 1000 to St . Thomas's Hospital , £ 1000 to Guy ' s Hospital , £ 1000 to the Royal Free Hospital , £ 1000 to St . Luke ' s Hospital , £ 1000 to the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children , £ iooo to the Royal Albert Orphan Asylum , £ 1000 to the Refuge for Homeless Boys , and £ 1000 to the City Mission .

IT HAS UEEN officially announced that the Treaty of Peace between China and Japan was signed on Tuesday , the iCth inst . The provisions of the Treaty include the payment by China of a war indemnity of 200 million taels ( about £ 40 , 000 , 000 ); the cession to Japan of Liao-tong Peninsula to the 40 th degree of latitude , and of the island of Formosa ; the opening to commerce of five new ports , and the concession to the Japanese of power to open cotton factories , and engage in other industries .

THE PRACTICE with the heavy ordnance in Garrison Point Fort , Sheerness , during Eastertide by the City of London Artillery Volunteers , has resulted in the destruction of a large number of panes of glass in Admiralty Douse , the official residence of the Commander-in-Chief at the

Nore , two or three window sashes beirg also blown out and a wall in one of the offices damaged . The guns used were the 25-ton rilled muzzle-loaders , and every precaution had been taken to prevent damage , a large sheet of canvas having been placed so as to deaden the concussion .

IN ACCORDANCE with ancient custom the boys of Christ ' s Hospital marched in procession to the Mansion House , where they were regaled with wine or lemonade , and presented with coins of the realm according to their rank in the school . They then returned and afterwards attended

divine service in Christ Church , Newgate-street , the civic authorities being present in Slate and the governors of the Hospital being also present . The Spital Sermon was preached on the occasion , while thc usual Easter banquet will be given at the Mansion House on Monday evening next , the 22 nd inst .

Tin-: CRICKET SEASON may be slid to have been inaugurated this week with the Gloucestershire Colts' Match , at Bristol , and the Nottinghamshire Colts' Match , at Trent Bridge . In the former Dr . VV . G . Grace had the satisfaction of compiling a score of 101 , his batting being as free from fault as ever and occasionally vigorous . 'The match

ended in a draw , one of the young players named 1 homas contributing 6 7 not out , while Mr . VV . G . Grace , jun ., took six wickets in the Colts' second innings for 40 runs . In the Notts Match Gunn put together 7 S , while Handford did great execulion with the ball , capturing no less than 24 Colts' wickets at the small cost of 60 runs .

A PUGNACIOUS CRAFTSMAN is at the best an unfortunate exponent of Freemasonry . His quarrelsomeness of disposition crops out on every occasion , and seemingly he is never so thoroughly satisfied with himself as when he is lighting something or somebody . He is always aggressive , ready to ride rough shod ever the opinions o : otler peoplf , a destructive critic , a rude iconoclast , a brother who may

be feared because of his strength of attack , who may perhaps be respected for some positive qualities that stand to his credit , but who can never be greatly loved . If the pugnacious brother wields the pen of a reviewer he is caustc and severe , seemingly caring for n ithing if he can strike out freely and hit somebody in the opposition-Masonic teachings can do but little in softening and

moulding the hard character of such an one . —Freemasons Repository . BRO . F . W . DRIVER M . A ., P . M ., P . Z ., & c , author of "The Noble Soul , " "The Submerged City , " " Toujours Perdrix" ( poems ) , "A Novel Vengeance , " and " The Four Henries" ( prose ) , recites his original productions at musical entertainments , smoking concerts , Sic . rot terms , address 62 , Lancaster-road , Notting Hill , W .