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Provincial Grand Lodge Of Surrey.
or " The other Lodges of the Province , " and after drinking he Tyler ' s toast , the brethren separated . Bros . Chaplin Henry and Montem Smith entertained the brethren with some charming singing during the evening .
Annual Festival Of The Mark Benevolent Fund.
ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF THE MARK BENEVOLENT FUND .
The Mark Master's Benevolent Festival was held at the Alexandra Palace on Wednesday , when Lord Skelmersdale , Deputy Grand Master of Craft Masons , and Grand Mark Master , presided , supported by Bro . Dr . Ace , D . D . ; the Rev . Bro . Hatch , Bros . Dewar , Asst . Grand Mark
Secretary ; Roebuck , Mailer , P . G . W . ; Cubitt , Collins , Verry , Brighten , P . G . S . Middx . ; J . L . Thomas , Asst . G . D . C . ; Levander , Spencer , Goepel , and otheis . A large number of laelies also graced the party . It is needless to say that Bros . Bertram and Roberts did full justice to their reputation as caterers by the dinner which they placed before their patrons , and by the manner in which it was served .
At the conclusion of the dinner the Chairman rose and said : We have not very much time before us , as I am obliged to leave somewhat early , vvhieh I hope you will excuse , I shall , therefore , propose without comment "The Health of Her Majesty the Queen , and Success to Mark Masonry . " A portion of the National Anthem was then sung by
Bro . Matier . The Chairman : Ladies and brethren , the next toast I have to give you this evening is " His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , the Princess of Wales , and the rest of the Royal Family . " I believe 1 am right in saying that His Royal Highness is not a memberof our Order , neither is the Duke of Connaught , but 1 think that Prince Leopold
is , and as so good an example has been set by one member of ihe Royal family , I am in hopes that ehe Gram ! Master of Crr . lt Masonry will become a member eif this Order . I need net alluelc to all the ge > enl that has l-een elmie in Masonry by H . R . H . ; the mere fact of his having taken the Grand Mastership upon him his given a great impetus to the cause , nit in England oi , ly but throughout
the world . I give you " 1 he Prince of Wal-s , the Piincc-iS ef Wales , and the rest of the Hojal Family . " The Rev . Bro . Hatch then sang a tonej of considerable merit , in honour of our Masonic Grand Master , which he had himi-elf written , and which was received with much applause . Bro . Matier : The next toast I may call the toast of the
evening , and I must express the great pleasure it gives me that it has lallen to my lot to p opose ir . It is not the fiist time that 1 have had the honour to propose the lit . alth of our Most Worshipful Giand Mister . I have on many Occasions ha el the honour to propose his health , but never 1 think under such distinguished auspices as lo-day , when I have t >) do so as the Chairman of a Mark Benevolent
Festival , who has just been installed in the chair of the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Mark Masons , and in asking you to drink his health I am sure 1 am asking you to do that which is most pleasant to you all . The Chairman : Ladies and brethren , I thank you all most heartily , and you , Bro . Matier , in particular , for the way in which ye . u have proposed and responded to the
toast of my health . I assure you it gives me great pleasute to be here on this occasion . I hope that the result of the Festival will be much laigcc than the contents of this room . I think that these Festival dinners are rather overdone , and I think it woulel be much belter if we coulelget the fund subscribed to as a rule without them , and then have a Festival biennially or trienni . iUy . I do not
suppose you will all agree wilh me , but as I have said before , 1 think that where charities are concerneel it is a mistake for brethren to meet to eat and think . I know it is an English fashion , that nothing can be done without a dinner , but I think the thing could be better done without a elinner , anel then we she uld have the dinner ' s price into the charity . I ha \ c befoic alluded in other places to the
elinnig that goes on amongst brethren , and I believe that many of you alread y know lhat 1 think there is too much of it . But before Lreaking down the dining system , I think we should break clown the talking system . I think we have a great deal too many toasts on thtse occasions . This , however , is not the case among Freemasons only . I remember that on one occasion I
was invited to lunch with a mayor anil corporation . We had a most excellent lui cheon , and then we set to work and got through fourteen toasts . That is a fact , and there were only fourteen of us . However , ladies and gentlemen , I have a list to get through to-night , and 1 have iiow to propose " The Health o [ the Most Worshipful Past Giant ! Mark Masters anel Right Worshipful
Deputy Grand Masters , " and I have great pleasure in this as I understand that all these brethren are alive and well at this moment ami I hope that they my be for many years . I hope it is an omen of the way in which Marie Masonry will flourish in this country . I hope that I may be able to do the duties of the office as well as they . The original Master , Lord Leigh , told me there
was a time when he thought the Mark Degree might be incorporated with Craft Masmry . I think it woulel be for the benefit of both if they could be incorporated . Lord IJjnouglinioie was expected to be present this evening , but he had appointed this day for installing Lord Ellesmere in his own chair , and is therefore unavoidably absent . Lord Henniker promised me to be present , but he
has failed to appear . 1 have no doubt that he has a very good reason for his absence . 1 give you the toast of "The Past Grand Masters and Deputy Grand Master * , " coupled with the name of llro . Roebuck . Bro . Roebuck having said a few words in acknowledgement of the loast , the Chairman again rose anel said Laelies and brethien , Bro . Matin' just now said he pioposed the tnutl of ihc evening . He must allow nic to contradict
Annual Festival Of The Mark Benevolent Fund.
him , as I consider the toast of the evening to be that which I am now about to propose , " Success to the Mark Benevolent Fund . It is only lately that I have taken any interest in Mark Masonry , and I have found that Maik Masonry stands on its own legs , it has its own Benevolent Fund . I have not the slig htest idea what Bro . Binckes has to announce to us , but I hope it is something
good , and that the Mark Benevolent Fund will prosper . I understand this is the tenth anniversary festival , and that it began with a donation of £ 50 . Twenty-eight cases have been relieved in sums varying from £ 1 to £ 30 . There is invested in Canada and New Zealand Bonds a sum of £ Soo , and there is a balance in hand of £ 50 . A balance in hand of £ zo is not a large one , only you see there are
many calls on this fund . There is certainly an invested I sum , but a very small sum annually for interest . However , the cause is prospering step by step , I hope that brethren will show their interest in it by subscribing largely . I know that those who have the arrangement of it take a hearty interest in it , and 1 hope that this Mark Fund will rise to the level of the Boys' School Fund , and that the
Mark Benevolent Fund may take its stand in the Order as one of the best funds of the craft . Bro . Dewar , Assistant Grand Mark Secretary , then read the following Steward's list , showing a total 0 ^ 325 5 s . 6 d ., including a donation of £ 25 from the noble Chairman . Tncre are seven lists jet to cjme in . Rev . W . K . R . Redford , R . W . P . G . M .
Stafford and Warwick ... ... ... £ 14 10 o John Wordsworth , R . W . P . G . M . W . Yorks . 10 10 o James Gardner , Whitvvell Lodge ... ... 17 5 o James L . Thomas , Thistle Lodge ... ... 17 18 o Wm . Nicholl , St . Andrews 10 10 o Alfred Scargill , Britannia ... ... ... 5 5 ° Jno . Fawceti , Britannia ... 5 5 o
Francis Trickctt , Britannia ... ... 5 5 ° E . G . Tattcrshall , Hiiam ... 21 to 6 Capt . J . liitclii :-, Excelsior ... ... ... 1800 W . G . " Brighten ( P . G . S . ) , Grosvenor ... 2513 o H . T . Bagot , Funics ? ... ... ... 10 10 o Uichaid Eve-, Aldershot ... ... ... 2100 C . Hardin- ' , Carnarvon ... ... ... 10 10 o
J . K . Gi epel . West Lancashire ... ... 70 5 o A . Gorton , Dover and Cinque Porn H . Uagut , Lincolnshire ... ... . . 20 o o A , T . Perkins , Keystone T . Cubitt , St . Mark ' s , to 10 o J . C . Mason , Southwark , ... ... ... 12 12 o
Rev . ) . Hatch , Southwark Col . j . Whif . vell , D . P . G . M . Cumberland J . D . Siigdcn , D . P . G . M . West Voiks . Kev . David Ace , D . D ., Itemigius ... ... 5 15 o J . Barker , Fcarnley G . W . Verry , Macdonald 12 12 o J . T . Robinson , Plumber
£ 325 5 » Bro . Binckes returned thanks fur this toast , in doing which , he referred to the remarks made by the Chairman on the subject of the amount expended by Freemasons in making these charity festivals occasions for dining ; and he saiil it was the experience of the Masonic Charities that the Instiiutions suffered by any attempt to introduce
Ihe reforms advocated by Lorel Skelmersdale . He reminded his lordship that compared with the immense sums which were annually collccteel for the charities , the amount spent on the dinners provided on Ihese occasions was infinitesimal . He added also that he had been asked over and over again to compare the amounts contributed by those lodges which do not with those that do spend large sums in social enjoyment , anel as a rule he found that the
latter are the larger cimtnbutors to the chanties , contributing nearly double the amount given by the others . As regards the Mark Benevolent Fund he took a cheerful view of their position . He remembered the time when the Stewards of the Buys' School Festival numbered onl y thirty or thirty-five when they thought £ 600 collected an enormous success . Therefore , why should they elepair ? This evening ' s result would enable them to raise their fund
to £ 1000 . Chairman . The next toast I have to propose is " The Health of the Stewards . '' You have just heard read the list of Steward's amounts handed in to night . That the stewards have nobly anel well performed the duties they have undertaken , there can be no doubt . With the toast I beg to couple the name of Bro . Goepel , and I am sure
that in naming him I am naming a very worthy brother . Bro . Goepel : Ladies anel brethren , on behalf of the Board of Stewards , allow me to thank you for the very kind manner in which you honoureel us . Allow me to assure you that upon all occasions when we undertake that duty we shall think that we are in duty bound to make the risuit of the year more successful than the last ; to
outstrip all former years , and hope that next year will be beaten only by its successor . It gives me great pleasure to have brought up the largest amount this evening , especially as it comes from that loelge in which our noble Chairman was advauceil . I assure you that there is no trouble I can take , anil no distance that I would not travel in acknowledgement of the kindness that I have always
received at his lordship's hands . In Lancashire we think very highly of our noble Chairman , and consider that our lives have fallen in pleasant places . Bro . J . L . Thomas : Worshipful Sir , and brethren , there has been this evening rather a contention which was the toast of the evening . Bro . Maiier thought his was ; our
noble Chairman thought it was Ihe Mark Benevolent Fund . Now 1 decidedly think that ihe toast of the evening is that which has been entrusted to me . Our meeting is , in a certain measure , dwindled away to a small number , but we have still some ladies among us , and their health I propose . Their presence has enhanced very much the
Annual Festival Of The Mark Benevolent Fund.
pleasure this evening and given the meeting its most graceful charm . I propose their health , and I wish that in all our meetings , not within lodge , we might have the pleasure of greeting them . Bro . Brighten returned thanks for the ladies in a very
humourous speech , and the Chairman proposed " The Press coupled with the name of Bro . Massey ( Freemason ) , " who returned thanks for the kind manner in which the benefits conferred on Freemasonry by the Press had been referred to by the Chairman .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
We are requested to announce that Bro . Col . Francis Burdett , R . W . Grand Master of the province of Middlesex , will be away from home some little time . Due notice will be given of his return . A Reuter " s telegram from New York states that extraordinary heat prevails at present in the Western States ; 150 cases of sunstroke occurred on Monday at Saint
Louis , 50 of which proved fatal . Her Majesty the Queen has contributed £ 100 to the fund in aid of the sufferers by the Haydock Colliery explosion . Bro . the Earlof Hardwicke . R . W . G . M . Camb ., laid the chief stone cf a new district church in the Fens , near Littleport , on Tuesday last .
At the Bands of Hope fete at the Crystal Palace on Tuesday , 60 , 540 persons were present . Excursion trains ran from all the great towns . Ten thousand singers , of whom 1100 were life abstainers , gave two concerts . During the day meetings were held , at which Members of Parliament and others delivered addresses . The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the
West Smithfield Lodge of Instruction , No . 1623 , held at the New Market Hotel , West Smithfield , on Monday next , at 7 o ' clock precisely . The members of the Mariners' Lodge ( No . 249 ) left Lime-street Station Liverpool by special train for Overton Hills , Frodsham , on Thursday week and atcr dinner contested for various prizes . A number of ladies
accompanied the party . The pic-nic was a most enjoyable one , the arrangements being admirably carried out under the direction of Bros . Barnctt , W . M . ; Whalley , and Corbett . The prizes ( all of which were given by Bro . John Pye ) were distributed to the successful competitors by Bro . Barnett , W . M . A large party of American Knights Templar
belonging to the Allegheny Commandery , and headed by Sir Lees Smith , are doing the sights of Dublin to-aay ( Wednesday ) . Having arrived yesterday evening , they visited Lodge 35 of the Masonic Order last night ; tonight they are received by the Grand Lodge , and tomorrow they proceed to Enuiskillen on a northern tour . They will be followed in a few days by another party . — Daily Chronicle .
THE GROSVENOR GALLERY . —Sir . Charles Hill , Secretary of the Working Men's Lord's Day Rest Association , has written as follows to Sir Coutts Lindsay , under date July nth , to the Times : — " Will you allow me respectfully to suggest that the Grosvenor Gallery should be opened free on the Saturday afternoon instead of on the Sunday ? The Saturday half-holiday has been given to
millions for the express purpose of affording time for recreation without trespassing on the day of holy rest . The opening of the gallery on Sunday is calculated to injure the religious character of the day and to impair it as a day of national rest from labour , and to teach the people that the Sunday is a day for mere sightseeing and amusement instead of a Jay for rest and religious exercises . The
Sunday opening of the gallery must involve a certain amount of additional labour on the part of attendants , and increase the work of publichouses and refreshmnit-housc kcepeis , who will be required to supply persons vv .. o come from a distance with liquors . It will also be a direct violation of the religious sentiments of the country , and of that command , icad from 10 , 000 pulpits every Sunday , ' Remember the Sabbath elay , to keep it holy . ' Mr .
Glaelstone once remarked that ' the religious observance of Sunday is a main prop of the religious character of the country . ' The opening of the Grosvenor Gallery on the Sunday is intended by those who have asked for it as a demonstration against the religious observance of the day , and as such can only do injury to a noble institution . " On the whole , we feel bound to say , lhat in the interest of the working classes , thousands will agree with Mr .
Hill . The following contributions have been made by some of the City Guilds to the fund now being collected by the Society of Arts for the purpose of sending artisan reporters to the Paris Exhibition : —The Clothworkers ' Company , £ 100 ; the Drapers' Company , 50 guineas ; the Mercers' Company , 50 guineas ; the Fishmongers'
Company . 25 guineas ; the Cordwamers' Company , 25 guineas ; the Salters' Company , 10 guineas ; the Carpenters' Company , 10 guineas . CLEOPATRA ' NEEDLE . —The Egyptian obelisk has at length reached its final resting place , and now lies stretched across the base on which it is to be erected . The process of raising it is steaelily proceeding by means of
powerful hydraulic presses placed under each end of the great monolith , and as these are worked every increase in the elevation is secured by wedges of timber driven in , and afterwards by building up blocks of timber , so as to maintain the height gained . It is now several inches above the pedestal , and when elevated to about 30 feet above it the machinery for suspending the obelisk by the centre will be brought into requisition .
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Provincial Grand Lodge Of Surrey.
or " The other Lodges of the Province , " and after drinking he Tyler ' s toast , the brethren separated . Bros . Chaplin Henry and Montem Smith entertained the brethren with some charming singing during the evening .
Annual Festival Of The Mark Benevolent Fund.
ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF THE MARK BENEVOLENT FUND .
The Mark Master's Benevolent Festival was held at the Alexandra Palace on Wednesday , when Lord Skelmersdale , Deputy Grand Master of Craft Masons , and Grand Mark Master , presided , supported by Bro . Dr . Ace , D . D . ; the Rev . Bro . Hatch , Bros . Dewar , Asst . Grand Mark
Secretary ; Roebuck , Mailer , P . G . W . ; Cubitt , Collins , Verry , Brighten , P . G . S . Middx . ; J . L . Thomas , Asst . G . D . C . ; Levander , Spencer , Goepel , and otheis . A large number of laelies also graced the party . It is needless to say that Bros . Bertram and Roberts did full justice to their reputation as caterers by the dinner which they placed before their patrons , and by the manner in which it was served .
At the conclusion of the dinner the Chairman rose and said : We have not very much time before us , as I am obliged to leave somewhat early , vvhieh I hope you will excuse , I shall , therefore , propose without comment "The Health of Her Majesty the Queen , and Success to Mark Masonry . " A portion of the National Anthem was then sung by
Bro . Matier . The Chairman : Ladies and brethren , the next toast I have to give you this evening is " His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , the Princess of Wales , and the rest of the Royal Family . " I believe 1 am right in saying that His Royal Highness is not a memberof our Order , neither is the Duke of Connaught , but 1 think that Prince Leopold
is , and as so good an example has been set by one member of ihe Royal family , I am in hopes that ehe Gram ! Master of Crr . lt Masonry will become a member eif this Order . I need net alluelc to all the ge > enl that has l-een elmie in Masonry by H . R . H . ; the mere fact of his having taken the Grand Mastership upon him his given a great impetus to the cause , nit in England oi , ly but throughout
the world . I give you " 1 he Prince of Wal-s , the Piincc-iS ef Wales , and the rest of the Hojal Family . " The Rev . Bro . Hatch then sang a tonej of considerable merit , in honour of our Masonic Grand Master , which he had himi-elf written , and which was received with much applause . Bro . Matier : The next toast I may call the toast of the
evening , and I must express the great pleasure it gives me that it has lallen to my lot to p opose ir . It is not the fiist time that 1 have had the honour to propose the lit . alth of our Most Worshipful Giand Mister . I have on many Occasions ha el the honour to propose his health , but never 1 think under such distinguished auspices as lo-day , when I have t >) do so as the Chairman of a Mark Benevolent
Festival , who has just been installed in the chair of the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Mark Masons , and in asking you to drink his health I am sure 1 am asking you to do that which is most pleasant to you all . The Chairman : Ladies and brethren , I thank you all most heartily , and you , Bro . Matier , in particular , for the way in which ye . u have proposed and responded to the
toast of my health . I assure you it gives me great pleasute to be here on this occasion . I hope that the result of the Festival will be much laigcc than the contents of this room . I think that these Festival dinners are rather overdone , and I think it woulel be much belter if we coulelget the fund subscribed to as a rule without them , and then have a Festival biennially or trienni . iUy . I do not
suppose you will all agree wilh me , but as I have said before , 1 think that where charities are concerneel it is a mistake for brethren to meet to eat and think . I know it is an English fashion , that nothing can be done without a dinner , but I think the thing could be better done without a elinner , anel then we she uld have the dinner ' s price into the charity . I ha \ c befoic alluded in other places to the
elinnig that goes on amongst brethren , and I believe that many of you alread y know lhat 1 think there is too much of it . But before Lreaking down the dining system , I think we should break clown the talking system . I think we have a great deal too many toasts on thtse occasions . This , however , is not the case among Freemasons only . I remember that on one occasion I
was invited to lunch with a mayor anil corporation . We had a most excellent lui cheon , and then we set to work and got through fourteen toasts . That is a fact , and there were only fourteen of us . However , ladies and gentlemen , I have a list to get through to-night , and 1 have iiow to propose " The Health o [ the Most Worshipful Past Giant ! Mark Masters anel Right Worshipful
Deputy Grand Masters , " and I have great pleasure in this as I understand that all these brethren are alive and well at this moment ami I hope that they my be for many years . I hope it is an omen of the way in which Marie Masonry will flourish in this country . I hope that I may be able to do the duties of the office as well as they . The original Master , Lord Leigh , told me there
was a time when he thought the Mark Degree might be incorporated with Craft Masmry . I think it woulel be for the benefit of both if they could be incorporated . Lord IJjnouglinioie was expected to be present this evening , but he had appointed this day for installing Lord Ellesmere in his own chair , and is therefore unavoidably absent . Lord Henniker promised me to be present , but he
has failed to appear . 1 have no doubt that he has a very good reason for his absence . 1 give you the toast of "The Past Grand Masters and Deputy Grand Master * , " coupled with the name of llro . Roebuck . Bro . Roebuck having said a few words in acknowledgement of the loast , the Chairman again rose anel said Laelies and brethien , Bro . Matin' just now said he pioposed the tnutl of ihc evening . He must allow nic to contradict
Annual Festival Of The Mark Benevolent Fund.
him , as I consider the toast of the evening to be that which I am now about to propose , " Success to the Mark Benevolent Fund . It is only lately that I have taken any interest in Mark Masonry , and I have found that Maik Masonry stands on its own legs , it has its own Benevolent Fund . I have not the slig htest idea what Bro . Binckes has to announce to us , but I hope it is something
good , and that the Mark Benevolent Fund will prosper . I understand this is the tenth anniversary festival , and that it began with a donation of £ 50 . Twenty-eight cases have been relieved in sums varying from £ 1 to £ 30 . There is invested in Canada and New Zealand Bonds a sum of £ Soo , and there is a balance in hand of £ 50 . A balance in hand of £ zo is not a large one , only you see there are
many calls on this fund . There is certainly an invested I sum , but a very small sum annually for interest . However , the cause is prospering step by step , I hope that brethren will show their interest in it by subscribing largely . I know that those who have the arrangement of it take a hearty interest in it , and 1 hope that this Mark Fund will rise to the level of the Boys' School Fund , and that the
Mark Benevolent Fund may take its stand in the Order as one of the best funds of the craft . Bro . Dewar , Assistant Grand Mark Secretary , then read the following Steward's list , showing a total 0 ^ 325 5 s . 6 d ., including a donation of £ 25 from the noble Chairman . Tncre are seven lists jet to cjme in . Rev . W . K . R . Redford , R . W . P . G . M .
Stafford and Warwick ... ... ... £ 14 10 o John Wordsworth , R . W . P . G . M . W . Yorks . 10 10 o James Gardner , Whitvvell Lodge ... ... 17 5 o James L . Thomas , Thistle Lodge ... ... 17 18 o Wm . Nicholl , St . Andrews 10 10 o Alfred Scargill , Britannia ... ... ... 5 5 ° Jno . Fawceti , Britannia ... 5 5 o
Francis Trickctt , Britannia ... ... 5 5 ° E . G . Tattcrshall , Hiiam ... 21 to 6 Capt . J . liitclii :-, Excelsior ... ... ... 1800 W . G . " Brighten ( P . G . S . ) , Grosvenor ... 2513 o H . T . Bagot , Funics ? ... ... ... 10 10 o Uichaid Eve-, Aldershot ... ... ... 2100 C . Hardin- ' , Carnarvon ... ... ... 10 10 o
J . K . Gi epel . West Lancashire ... ... 70 5 o A . Gorton , Dover and Cinque Porn H . Uagut , Lincolnshire ... ... . . 20 o o A , T . Perkins , Keystone T . Cubitt , St . Mark ' s , to 10 o J . C . Mason , Southwark , ... ... ... 12 12 o
Rev . ) . Hatch , Southwark Col . j . Whif . vell , D . P . G . M . Cumberland J . D . Siigdcn , D . P . G . M . West Voiks . Kev . David Ace , D . D ., Itemigius ... ... 5 15 o J . Barker , Fcarnley G . W . Verry , Macdonald 12 12 o J . T . Robinson , Plumber
£ 325 5 » Bro . Binckes returned thanks fur this toast , in doing which , he referred to the remarks made by the Chairman on the subject of the amount expended by Freemasons in making these charity festivals occasions for dining ; and he saiil it was the experience of the Masonic Charities that the Instiiutions suffered by any attempt to introduce
Ihe reforms advocated by Lorel Skelmersdale . He reminded his lordship that compared with the immense sums which were annually collccteel for the charities , the amount spent on the dinners provided on Ihese occasions was infinitesimal . He added also that he had been asked over and over again to compare the amounts contributed by those lodges which do not with those that do spend large sums in social enjoyment , anel as a rule he found that the
latter are the larger cimtnbutors to the chanties , contributing nearly double the amount given by the others . As regards the Mark Benevolent Fund he took a cheerful view of their position . He remembered the time when the Stewards of the Buys' School Festival numbered onl y thirty or thirty-five when they thought £ 600 collected an enormous success . Therefore , why should they elepair ? This evening ' s result would enable them to raise their fund
to £ 1000 . Chairman . The next toast I have to propose is " The Health of the Stewards . '' You have just heard read the list of Steward's amounts handed in to night . That the stewards have nobly anel well performed the duties they have undertaken , there can be no doubt . With the toast I beg to couple the name of Bro . Goepel , and I am sure
that in naming him I am naming a very worthy brother . Bro . Goepel : Ladies anel brethren , on behalf of the Board of Stewards , allow me to thank you for the very kind manner in which you honoureel us . Allow me to assure you that upon all occasions when we undertake that duty we shall think that we are in duty bound to make the risuit of the year more successful than the last ; to
outstrip all former years , and hope that next year will be beaten only by its successor . It gives me great pleasure to have brought up the largest amount this evening , especially as it comes from that loelge in which our noble Chairman was advauceil . I assure you that there is no trouble I can take , anil no distance that I would not travel in acknowledgement of the kindness that I have always
received at his lordship's hands . In Lancashire we think very highly of our noble Chairman , and consider that our lives have fallen in pleasant places . Bro . J . L . Thomas : Worshipful Sir , and brethren , there has been this evening rather a contention which was the toast of the evening . Bro . Maiier thought his was ; our
noble Chairman thought it was Ihe Mark Benevolent Fund . Now 1 decidedly think that ihe toast of the evening is that which has been entrusted to me . Our meeting is , in a certain measure , dwindled away to a small number , but we have still some ladies among us , and their health I propose . Their presence has enhanced very much the
Annual Festival Of The Mark Benevolent Fund.
pleasure this evening and given the meeting its most graceful charm . I propose their health , and I wish that in all our meetings , not within lodge , we might have the pleasure of greeting them . Bro . Brighten returned thanks for the ladies in a very
humourous speech , and the Chairman proposed " The Press coupled with the name of Bro . Massey ( Freemason ) , " who returned thanks for the kind manner in which the benefits conferred on Freemasonry by the Press had been referred to by the Chairman .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
We are requested to announce that Bro . Col . Francis Burdett , R . W . Grand Master of the province of Middlesex , will be away from home some little time . Due notice will be given of his return . A Reuter " s telegram from New York states that extraordinary heat prevails at present in the Western States ; 150 cases of sunstroke occurred on Monday at Saint
Louis , 50 of which proved fatal . Her Majesty the Queen has contributed £ 100 to the fund in aid of the sufferers by the Haydock Colliery explosion . Bro . the Earlof Hardwicke . R . W . G . M . Camb ., laid the chief stone cf a new district church in the Fens , near Littleport , on Tuesday last .
At the Bands of Hope fete at the Crystal Palace on Tuesday , 60 , 540 persons were present . Excursion trains ran from all the great towns . Ten thousand singers , of whom 1100 were life abstainers , gave two concerts . During the day meetings were held , at which Members of Parliament and others delivered addresses . The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the
West Smithfield Lodge of Instruction , No . 1623 , held at the New Market Hotel , West Smithfield , on Monday next , at 7 o ' clock precisely . The members of the Mariners' Lodge ( No . 249 ) left Lime-street Station Liverpool by special train for Overton Hills , Frodsham , on Thursday week and atcr dinner contested for various prizes . A number of ladies
accompanied the party . The pic-nic was a most enjoyable one , the arrangements being admirably carried out under the direction of Bros . Barnctt , W . M . ; Whalley , and Corbett . The prizes ( all of which were given by Bro . John Pye ) were distributed to the successful competitors by Bro . Barnett , W . M . A large party of American Knights Templar
belonging to the Allegheny Commandery , and headed by Sir Lees Smith , are doing the sights of Dublin to-aay ( Wednesday ) . Having arrived yesterday evening , they visited Lodge 35 of the Masonic Order last night ; tonight they are received by the Grand Lodge , and tomorrow they proceed to Enuiskillen on a northern tour . They will be followed in a few days by another party . — Daily Chronicle .
THE GROSVENOR GALLERY . —Sir . Charles Hill , Secretary of the Working Men's Lord's Day Rest Association , has written as follows to Sir Coutts Lindsay , under date July nth , to the Times : — " Will you allow me respectfully to suggest that the Grosvenor Gallery should be opened free on the Saturday afternoon instead of on the Sunday ? The Saturday half-holiday has been given to
millions for the express purpose of affording time for recreation without trespassing on the day of holy rest . The opening of the gallery on Sunday is calculated to injure the religious character of the day and to impair it as a day of national rest from labour , and to teach the people that the Sunday is a day for mere sightseeing and amusement instead of a Jay for rest and religious exercises . The
Sunday opening of the gallery must involve a certain amount of additional labour on the part of attendants , and increase the work of publichouses and refreshmnit-housc kcepeis , who will be required to supply persons vv .. o come from a distance with liquors . It will also be a direct violation of the religious sentiments of the country , and of that command , icad from 10 , 000 pulpits every Sunday , ' Remember the Sabbath elay , to keep it holy . ' Mr .
Glaelstone once remarked that ' the religious observance of Sunday is a main prop of the religious character of the country . ' The opening of the Grosvenor Gallery on the Sunday is intended by those who have asked for it as a demonstration against the religious observance of the day , and as such can only do injury to a noble institution . " On the whole , we feel bound to say , lhat in the interest of the working classes , thousands will agree with Mr .
Hill . The following contributions have been made by some of the City Guilds to the fund now being collected by the Society of Arts for the purpose of sending artisan reporters to the Paris Exhibition : —The Clothworkers ' Company , £ 100 ; the Drapers' Company , 50 guineas ; the Mercers' Company , 50 guineas ; the Fishmongers'
Company . 25 guineas ; the Cordwamers' Company , 25 guineas ; the Salters' Company , 10 guineas ; the Carpenters' Company , 10 guineas . CLEOPATRA ' NEEDLE . —The Egyptian obelisk has at length reached its final resting place , and now lies stretched across the base on which it is to be erected . The process of raising it is steaelily proceeding by means of
powerful hydraulic presses placed under each end of the great monolith , and as these are worked every increase in the elevation is secured by wedges of timber driven in , and afterwards by building up blocks of timber , so as to maintain the height gained . It is now several inches above the pedestal , and when elevated to about 30 feet above it the machinery for suspending the obelisk by the centre will be brought into requisition .