Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

I , c been decided that thc coronet to be worn by thc cs Louise of Wales , after her marriage with Bro . tlie prince ^ ^ - ^ .. ^ j ^ g ^ wom ^ ajj t 0 ya \ princes and ^ R-s Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) , Lord George i iton and Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , Bart ., were pre' i f the Cabinet Council held at the Foreign Office on tent »' , . Saturday last .

; Tl e Coal and Corn and Finance Committee of the Corpot ' nn of London have recommended that a sum of 50 icas ( £ 5 I 0 S * - ' ^ cont : ributcd out of the City ' s Cash tc ^ Children ' s Country Holiday Fund . Rro the Rev . J . Kingston , Chaplain R . N . ( Retired List ) , 0 ct Prov . Grand Chaplain for Dorset , has been appointed - riii" Chap lain of the 3 rd Volunteer ( Railway ) Battalion , / ivuaaiesex /

lie Duke ot Latnoricige s Lwn ( . Regiment . The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hertfordshire will be held at the Freemasons' Hall , Watford under the banner of the Watford Lodge , No . 404 , on AA next , the 22 nd inst , at the hour of 4 . 15 p . m . A

banquet will follow at 6 p . m . We learn from the South African Freemason that the Editor of that journal , Bro . Darley Hartley , P . M ., at the Inne meetingof the Buffalo Lodge , No . 1 S 24 , East London , succeeded in collecting £ 2 7 s . for the Gould Testimonial Fund in shilling and florin subscriptions .

By the kind permission of Bro . George Edwardes , Bro . Gcor ° c Stone will take his first benefit at the Gaiety Theatre on Saturday morning , the 27 th inst ., when in addition to an act from "Faust up to Date " ancl one from " Esmeralda , " most of the prominent artistes on the London stage will

assist . The Princess Mary , Duchess of Teck , accompanied by lier daughter , the Princess Victoria of Teck , drove ovei from Richmond to Epsom on Thursday , the 1 ith inst ., when

her Royal Highness opened the new Cottage Hospital for Epsom and Ewell , which has been erected to commemorate the Queen ' s Jubilee . The town was en fete , and the Royal visitors lunched at Woodcote House . A travelling escort of the Middlesex Yeomanry was in attendance .

Preparations are being rapidly made in the Private Chapel , Buckingham Palace , for the marriage of the Princess Louise of VVales with Bro . the Earl of Fife . The honeymoon of the newly married pair will be passed at East Sheen House , whence they will go to Duff House , Banff . They will subsequently visit Mar Lodge , and attend thc Braemar gathering in September , when her Majesty will meet her granddaughter for tbe first time after her marriage .

An Order in Council has been issued , providing that on and after the 31 st inst . dogs affected with or suspected of rabies , and which have been bitten by dogs so affected or suspected , shall be slaughtered , and that all dogs in public places must be muzzled , packs of hounds , sporting dogs , and dogs used for the destruction of vermin and in charge . of competent persons being excepted . The muzzles , however , must not prevent them breathing freely and lapping water . The annual match between Eton and Harrow at Lord ' s on Friday and Saturday last terminated in a decisive victory liy nine wickets for the latter . Harrow won the toss , and going first to the wickets made a total of 272 , F . S . Jackson ( captain ) , son of Bro . W . Jackson , M . P ., Financial secretary to the Treasury , contributing 6 S ; C . P . Wills ,

50 ; D . R . Napier , 3 S ; and R . B . Hoare , 35 . Eton made . 9 and I 52 > to which Bromley-Davenport ( captain ) contnbuted 31 and 42 , and the Hon . M . G . Tollemache , 27 and *)• 1 his left Harrow 50 to win , a task it accomplished with 'he loss of one wicket—that of A . C . McLaren , who made i'i—C . P . Wells and R . B . Hoare being the not outs , with a and 5 respectively to their credit .

. DURHAM MASONIC CHARITIES . —On Tuesday , the 9 th nf H n " 16 lia % early meeting of the Charities Committee ° | we Province of Durham was held at the Masonic Hall , iJurliam Bro . C S . Lane , P . P . J . G . D ., presided . The "icers of the Committee were re-elected as follows : Bros , h * * * >• Cane . Chairman T Ri-. nrllov PPSfVW

SPrU * Corbitt , P . P . S . G . D ., Treas . ; C . S . Lane , M . Corbitt . S'inllT' c ' Cou , son * D * P * Huntley , T . Bradley , and R . the 1 1 ' " ^ -Committee . Some applications in regard to s _(]„ , " scbools and two county applications were conin at * f latter tlle Comm i ttee were unable to deal with to ' . Isfac ' ° ry manner ; the former were deferred owing prior claims . The Durham Masonic Education Fund

reported to be progressing satisfactorily . LodV M - > the Sth inst ., the brethren of Semper Fidelis ¦¦ . •*¦ H ; S 4 . bad their annual outing . Notwithstanding " ? . 0 urable weather of the morning , the afternoon w ... ° . ' . ' ,. ' a'riy propitious , and an eniovable holidav was

„ a sal ' Party started by the 2 . 20 train for Exmouth in Starcro ¦ ^ T' *^ ' * on arr ' ' S ° k a tr 'P ' boats to nf ni s t s " . Ike brethren were favoured with the presence "ro V n » ant ^ visiting brethren , among whom were 'Win \ y eedh : lm ( Australia ) and Bro . P . Giles ( St . to tbe I ' boating excursion , the party adjourned W Al „?? P Hote *> where , under the presidency of the \ vas prov' 1 . 1 *? e ( Bro * G * W * Clifford ) , a capital repast s ' > ' an ' l 1 1 I ' ^ ' usua * loval and Masonic toasts were ivcm n . _ . . J bonoured . Singing , music , and danc ' intr

I'he , Q ' "bulged in until the departure of the 9 . 20 train , convey ti " carr , a g'e was again brought into requisition to s ' t comni * part y to Exeter , and on the journey several s i ° « to a 1 mentary speeches brought the successful excurm his cffo f t enc , in S ' - T ! le W . M . was most assiduous s * iiM Iw ! . ^ company to enjoy the outing , and Sc ' tvc gratulated on >" success . ( Rc b * istcr ( . i ' f ;\ nRnlx *'* Rv ) . —TERREY ' S " HOUSEHOLU PURIFIER " , S Pleasa ,. n- " , versal Purposes . —Acts like magic . A strong "ismf „ .. ! ant Pisinfectino * Fl „ i , i t ™ « ,, „> ,.... 1 A -r-MA

? ? * T ha , un trcn Kt 1 , * o £ Carbolic . A new and valuable Dis-° SC no Sell „ .. 1 in tlle manufacture of this Fluid , there ^ arance wH Dissolves at once in Water , making a Milky AA ' P- Sold K I ? lis is " sed a 11 Infectious Diseases are kept « ls * hottl « Y V ilcm » sts , Stores , Grocers , Oilmen , & c ., in 6 d . S fa- 'umito .-f ., F allons *» * - delivered free . is . charged for A " . -ADVT ' ' . —IERREY BROS ., 55 , Chester-street , Kenning-

Masonic And General Tidings

For the purpose of establishing a new lifeboat to be called after her , the late Mrs . Catherine Swift , of Essex Villas , Kensington , has bequeathed to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution the sum of £ 700 . Bros . Sir W . Marriott , Q . C , Lord Elcho , and Sir John VV . Ellis , Bart ., are among thc members of the Special Committee of the House of Commons appointed to investigate the circumstances under which the Irish Society and City Companies hold their estates in Ulster .

" Sweet Lavender " will reach its 500 th performance on Friday , August 2 nd , when thc following ladies and gentlemen will appear in it : Messrs . Edward Terry , Alfred Bishop , Brandon Thomas , H . Dana , H . R . Smith , Sant Matthews , P . Miller , Mcsdames M . A . Victor , Blanche Horlock , Annie Irish , and Carlotta Addison .

Bros , the Marquis of Bath , the Ear ! of Air / ie , the Earl of Cork , and the Earl of Kilmorey were present at a meeting of officers commanding regiments of Yeomanry , held on the 1 ith inst ., for the purpose of preparing for submission to thc Secretary of State for War a number of resolutions as to the allowances to thc Yeomanry .

A portrait of Sir Sydney Waterlow , Bart ., accompanied by an apppreciative biographical sketch , is published in the current issue of Our Celebrities . The sketch , which is written by Mr . Lionel Monckton , who is related to the Town Clerk , refers in especially eulogistic terms to the public services Sir Sydney has rendered in connection with the provision of housing accommodation for the working and artisan classes .

His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs . Benson gave a garden party on Saturday , the Gth inst ., at Lambeth Palace . The band of the Boys' Industrial School played on the lawn , where the Primate received his guests . The Lollard Tower , library , private chapel , drawing rooms , portrait g'alleries , and Mrs . Benson's boudoir wero thrown open to the numerous company ; refreshments being served

in the Guard Room . Miss Ethel Mary Conder , eldest daughter of the Rev . Dr . Conder , of Leeds , has just been appointed Principal of Milton Mount College . She is a graduate of Girton , and for the last seven years has been Classical Mistress at the Leeds High School . Mr . Edward Walford , the well-known author of so many popular books upon archaeology and historical personages ,

is sixty years of age , and lives in a flat in Hyde-park Mansions . He was Chancellor ' s Prizeman at Oxford fortyfour years ago , and was a fellow student with the Lord Chief Justice . For five-and-twenty years he has been editor of " Lodge's Peerage , " but in consequence of misunderstandings he is leaving that , and proposes next year to bring out a new aristocratic directory , under the title of " Tiie Windsor Peerage , " one feature of which is to be that the dates of ladies' births will not be given .

The chief honours at the Botanic Society's Floral Fete were carried off by ladies connected with the stage—to wit , by Mrs . Edward Ledger , wife of the proprietor of tbe Era , and by Mrs . Fred Horner , wife of the dramatic author and theatrical critic . The two-horsed victoria paraded by Mrs . Ledger was brilliantly decorated , with much ingenuity and elaboration , and on that account , we take it , secured the gold medal and the Princess of Wales's prize . Mrs .

Horner ' s victoria—also two-horsed—had , however , the distinction of being most artistically treated , the scheme being as simple and chaste as it was effective . The combination of deep-red roses and asparagus-green back-ground was acknowledged to be a very happy one , happily carried out . Mrs . Ledger and Mrs . Horner both occupied their own carriage , with whose decorations their own attire very gracefully harmonised . —Globe .

'The Nest Zealand Herald of May 4 th says a cablegram intimates that the Royal Arch Chapter of England has cancelled the charters of nine lodges in New South VVales which had entered the Grand Lodge of that Colony . At first sight it would appear that this action showed hostility on the part of the Grand Lodge of England , but the contrary is the fact . They have simply received and cancelled

the charters returned to them , and they fully recognise the authority of the Grand Lodge of New South Wales . The establishment of a Grand Lodge for New Zealand is still receiving earnest attention from the lodges working here under the various Constitutions , and the matter is being discussed in the various sister lodges . At a meeting of Lodge St . Andrew , held on the 26 th April , at the Freemasons '

Hall , this , the oldest lodge of the Scottish Constitution in the North Island , passed the following resolution unanimously : " That this lodge heartily approves of the proposal to establish a Grand Lodge of New Zealand , with the consent of the majority of the lodges working under the three Constitutions . " The Lodge of Whangarei , E . G ., at their last meeting also passed a similar resolution .

Among the important provincial centres which have been honoured with a visit from the Shah of Persia during the present week , or rather since his stay at Birmingham , are Sheffield , Liverpool , and Manchester , at each of which he was right royally entertained , besides being afforded the opportunity of inspecting some of the factories in full swing , for which these cities are celebrated . At Sheffield he

inspected the cutlery and armour plate works , and at Liverpool he was taken down the Mersey in order to inspect the Cunard steamer Umbria . On this occasion the fates were not quite so propitious as they have been during his stay in England , ancl many of his Majesty's suite were seriously discomforted by the "lumpy" state of the river . On leaving Manchester the Shah was rapidly whirled away en route for Glasgow , lunching by the way at the ancient city

of Carlisle . In the commercial metropolis of Scotland he will have an opportunity of learning something of the Clyde shipbuilding , while at Edinburgh he will be able to see Holyrood and the other lions of the Scottish capital . Next week his Majesty will be returning southward , and will be present at a review of the troops at Aldershot . The date of his departure for Paris has been altered from Saturday , the 27 th , to Monday , the 29 th instant .

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 ^ 310 , 000 worth of foreign matches were purchased by inconsiderate consumers in this country , to the great injury

of 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 May's Matches , that firm would be enabled to pay £ 1000 a week more in wages . —ADVT .

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The annual Provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Yorkshire will be held at the Public Rooms , Hull , on Wednesday next . The Provincial Grand Lodge of Somerset will bc held at Weston-super-Mare on Friday , the 2 nd prox .

Bro . the Earl and Countess of Lathom have lately sustained a severe bereavement by the death , at the Chateau de Resenlieu , in Normandy , on the nth inst ., of their third son , thc Hon . Randfe A . Bootle-Wilbraham , a lieutenant in the Royal Navy .

Lady Monckton , Mr . and Mrs . H . H . Marks , Bro . and Mrs . J . C . Parkinson , and Bros . Frank Harris , and Augustus Harris were guests on Tuesday at thc dinner " to meet General Boulanger "—that was given by Bro . Dr . and Mrs . Robson Roose in Hill-street .

The members of the Past Officers' Club , consisting' of gentlemen who havc served parochial offices in connection with St . Botolph , Aldersgate , held their summer outing on Wednesday last . Bro . Alderman Renals was one of the party . The members drove to Henley , where lunch was served . They then drove on to Kew Bridge , sitting' down to dinner at the Star and Garter .

Mr . E . Gilbert Highton , M . A ., Secretary to and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature , is about to bring out a "Treatise upon the Scope and Intent of Shakespeare ' s 'Macbeth . '" It will be accompanied by some critical remarks upon the recent representation at the Lyceum , not ,

if report speaks truly , of a character very flattering to Mr . Irving's conception of the part , as well as some notice of the general interpretation of Shakespearian drama . Mr . P . N . Newman has designed a very elaborate frontispiece for the work . —Echo .

The success of the work which Sir Edmund Hay Currie has seen among the poorer classes from the institution of Technical Schools at the People ' s Palace , has induced him to try the experiment of opening a similar school at Folkestone for the sons of gentlemen . It will be a residential establishment , presided over by htmself and Lady Currie ,

and it is to be conducted upon much the same lines as the existing public schools , with the addition of scientific and technical training for such careers , for instance , as that of a civil , electrical , or mechanical engineer . One course will be specially devised for lads who intend going into business in the Colonies . It certainly looks like a useful and promising scheme .

What many brethren in the north call a " Kettle , " but which is , we believe , a social gathering' , took place on Wednesday , when the brethren of St . David's Lodge , No . 393 , Berwick-on-Tweed , and 114 gentlemen , including a large contingent of brethren from Newcastle and brethren and guests from as far as Burmah and South Africa , met at South Bells , and in the splendid marquee ample justice was

done to the Tweed salmon and other good things provided . The weather was delightful . Neither wonder then that the toast list and speeches were kept short . The VV . M . gave the usual loyal and patriotic toasts , which were received with musical honours , after which other toasts followed . Bro . Holmes , in returning thanks for the Provincial Grand Master and Provincial Officers , stated that the Prov . G . M .,

Bro . Sir M . W . Ridley , M . P ., regretted his inability to be present , but he sent them his best wishes for a pleasant outing ' . Bro . Thompson , in proposing prosperity to St . David's Lodge , complimented the brethren on the fact that last year they had been able to clear off the debt upon their handsome hall . He had been asked by the Mayor if he had ever been at a kettle before , and he replied he had 42 years ago . He did not think there was any one alive in

Berwick , or in the Province of Northumberland , who was present at that kettle , but he remembered it well . At 75 he felt still vigorous , and he hoped he would be present at many more of the pleasant gatherings of St . David's Lodge . On the greensward kit-cat and quoits were indulged in on a wholesale scale , and every one appeared to enjoy the dayoff very immensely . When the company returned to the marquee , tea was served , and afterwards a pleasant evening was spent .

The Lord Bishop of London gave a party at Fulham Palace , on Saturday , the 6 th inst . Refreshments , which were unalcoholic , were served on the lawn and in the Bishop Porteous Library . The guests were much interested in examining the portraits of every Bishop of London for centuries past , down to the present occupant , which are hung about the Palace . Amongst those who attended the " At Homes "

were Viscount Middleton , Rev . Teignmouth Shore ( much sought after by the ladies to get his opinion about the Princess Louise of VVales , whose spiritual education he has conducted ) , the Lord Chancellor of Ireland and Lady Ashbourne , Rev . Canon and Mrs . Cadman , the Bishops of Gibraltar , Exeter , and Newcastle , Archdeacon Hessey ( who was much congratulated upon his recovery from his

longsevere illness ) , the young Archdeacon of London ( Sinclair ) , Bro . Rev . Canon Benham , Chaplain of St . Mark's College Lodge , the author of " Catherine and Crawford Tait ;" Bro . Dr . R . Turtle Pigott , P . A . G D . C , arranging with his lordship of Exeter and Bro . Canon Benham for the sermon the next day on behalf of the Clergy Corporation ; Lord Crewewith the inevitable orchid in his button-hole ; Bro .

, Rev . Dr . Finch , Mr G . VV . G Russell , e . v .-M . P ., a scion of the Bedford family ; as keen a churchman as Gladstonian , Bro . Henry VVright , fraternising now with the Archdeacon of Bishop Auckland ( Dr . Watkins ) , and now with Bro . W . M . Tori-ens , another ex .-M . P ., and longing to get _ the autographs of the famous people there for his collection ; Lord Stanley of Alderley , who has been Protestant , Roman

Catholic , and now is a Mahommedan , but still enjoys episcopal hospitalities ; the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol , with Mrs . Ellicott and their musical daughter ; Bro . Studholme Brownrigg , P . G . Chap . ; Bro . the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress , who were congratulated on the Shah's visit to the City ; the portrait of the P . G . M . of Cornwall , Bro . the Iiarl of Mount Edgcumbe , being in the Archbishop ' s

own room . HOLLOWAV ' OINTMENT A . VU P ILLS . —Counsel forthe Delicate . — Those to whom seasons of changeable temperatures are protracted periods of trial should seek the earliest epportunity of removing all obstacles to good health . This cooling Ointment , perseveringly rubbed upon the skin , is the most reliable remedy for overcoming all diseases of the throat and chest . Quinsey , relaxed

tonsils , sore thrj . it , swo . Ien glands , ordinary catarrh , and bronchitis , usually prevailing , may be arrested as soon as discovered , and every symptom banished by Holloway ' s simple and elfective treatment . This Ointment and Pills are highly commended for the facility wilh which they successfully conquer inlluctr / . a ; they allay in an incredibly short time the distressing fever and teasing cough , — ADVT .