Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

THS LORD CHAN ' . LOR OF ENGLAND ( Bro . the Earl of Halsbury ) and the Countess of Halsbury arrived at Kingstown on Tuesday from England . BRO . LORD CHARLES BERESFORD , M . P ., and Lady Charles Beresford have been staying at their Surrey residence , Park Gate House , Ham Common , for some days . COUNT H . HATZFELDT arrived at Dover from the Continent on Monday morning > and proceeded to London . Sir Henry and Lady Hawkins crossed from Dover to Calais .

BRO . HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF B EDFORD has kindly accepted the post of _ Vice-President , and her Grace the Duchess that of Patroness to the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association . THR HAMPSTEAD Heath Extension Committee have now completed the purchase of the Golder ' s Hill Estate , having paid the £ . 38 , 5 °° purchase money to the trustees of the late Sir T . Spencer Wells , the former owner of the property .

IT IS proposed to form a new lodge at the city of Ely , to be called Saint Audrey Lodge . An application to this effect was presented to the Scientific Lodge , No . SS , Cambridge , on the 12 th instant , and the necessary consent was unanimously granted . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF C ONNAUGHT , who are goinff to Scotland in October , will , for a few days , be the guests of Bro . the Marquis and Marchioness of Tweedale . at Yester House , Haddingtonshire . They will arrive at Yester on October Sth .

BRO . THE RIGHT HON . C . T . RITCHIE , President of the Board of Trade , who has been staying at Harrogate , has now joined the Trinity yacht Irene for a cruise of inspection of the Scottish lights . He is being accompanied for this purpose by some of the Northern Lights Commissioners . MR . II . T . BRICKWBLL , who has just returned from an inspection of the Continental theatres , has decided to produce Mr . George Pleydell Bancroft's play— " Teresa , " at the Garrick Theatre , on Thursday , the Sth prox ., with Mr . Arthur Bojrchier and Miss Violet Vanbrugh in the cast , and has arranged with Mr . Albert Meyer to produce the play .

ALTHOUGH the Empiess Eueenie has much improved in health , her Imperial Majesty , who is at Farnborough Hill , was not sufficiently convalescent to be present at the special service held at the Imperial Mausoleum on Monday , in celebration of the anniveisary of the Fete Napoleon , being the birthday of the first Emperor of the Hjuse of Bonaparte .

BRO . BUKDP . TT-COUTTS , M . P ., presided on Tuesday at a luncheon preceding the sale of Bro . the Earl of Londesborough ' s hackney horses at Market Weighton . Bro . Viscount Raincliffe , responding to the toast of the noble Kiel's health , said his father could not attend because of a chill . The sale realised about 6000 guineas , an average of 14 a guineas per animal .

SOME IDEA of the amount of work performed hy Mr . David Moss and his assistants in the Kitchen and Refreshment Department of the House of Commons may be gathered from the fact that during the session just ended no fewer than 19 , 209 luncheons , 21 , 730 dinners , 31 , 705 teas , and 330 suppers were served , making a grand total of 72 , 974 meals , 'lhe majority of the teas were partaken of on the Terrace , which has attained remarkable popularity under the new regime .

THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL MAYOR OF POOLE ( Bro . J . H . Whadcoat , J . P . ) visited the new Masonic Mall , Crumlin-road , Belfast , the other evening , and was shown through by Bro . R . B . Andrews . He expressed himself well pleased with the design and finish ot the hall , and extended his patronage to the forthcoming bazaar in aid of its funds , and alfo has promised a handsome subscription . He was afterwards entertained b y Ledge XXI . Bro . the Hon . C . E . Davies , Grand Master of Tasmania , who is en a visit to Belfast , has also extended his patronage .

H . R . H . THE PRINCR OF WALES watched the animated scene off the Green at Cowes from the bridge of the Royal yacht Osborne , when the annual regatta took place on Saturday last . Some of the rowing boats were sent round his Royal Highness ' s vessel , and an exciting race was witnessed between the barges from the Royal yachts . Princess Henry of Batttenberg , Princes- Ena , and Princess Alexander of Battenberg ,

Prince Arthur , and Princesses Margaret and Victoria Patricia of Connaught were in one of the steam pinnaces , and stayed a long time watching the various events . The Duke of Connaught and Prince Nicholas of Greece walked down from Osborne in the evening , and went to pay a visit to the Prince of Wales , who still continues to make good progress , lt is hoped that in three weeks' time his Royal Highness will be able to take slight walking exercise .

NEW CORNISH LINE OI'E NBD . —The extension of the London and South-Western Railway from Holsworlhy to Bude was foimally opened on the ioth inst . The new line is a continuation of the branch railway from Okeliampton to Holsworthy , the distance from Holsworthy to Bude being 10 miles , three furlongs . Immediately after leaving Holsworthy the line crosses the Deer Valley , over which it is carried by a lofty viaduct of nine arches , each of . so fett span , the height from the permanent way to the valley being 90 feet . There being no suitable material in the district , it was decided to

construct the viaduct wholly of concrete , and this has been done with conspicuous success , the result being a handsome structure , which is absolutel y the first of its kind in the country . There is only one intermediate station , and this is placed at Whitstoae , about midway between Holsworthy and Bude . An excellent position has been chosen for the site of the terminus in Bude , namely , quite close to the junction of the Bude and Stratton main roads , half a mile from the centre of the former town . The station is a handsome structure of red brick . Here , as also at Holswoithy and Whitstone , ample

platform accommodation has been provided , and in addition to cloak and retiring rooms , there is to be at Bude an excellent refreshment buffet . It will be acknowledged that the company are wise in making ample provision for traffic , inasmuch as the opening of the new line is sure to be followed by a large increase to the number of visitors to Ilude , which , besides being one of the most bracing places on the coast of North Cornwall ,

possesses a combination of natural attractions such as are given to very few English watering-places . A branch line for the purpose of goods traffic has been laid to the basin of the Bude Canal , and another branch may eventually be carried to Marhamchurch , within easy reach of the magnificent Widemouth Bay , which would convert it into a fashionable bathing place , the stretch of sand on the shore being one of the finest in North Cornwall . ( See Advt ., page 3 SS ) .

Masonic And General Tidings.

BRO . THE EARL OF LATHOM arrived at Antwerp in his steam yacht Morven from Rotterdam and Amsterdam in the early part of the week . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK , who were expected to arrive at York House , St . James's Palace , on Monday , have decided not to return to town till the end of the present week . THE WEEKLY MEETINGS of the Great City Lodge of Instruction ( Bro . J . K . Gwynn , P . AL , Sec . No . 1426 , Preceptor ) , held at the Red Cross Hotel , Paterncstersquare , E . C , will be resumed on Thursday , the ist prox ., at 7 p . m . precisely .

BRO . LORD AND LADY LEIGH ' S golden wedding is to be celebrated by a series of festivities at Stoneleigh Abbey , the family seat in Warwickshire , which will begin to-day ( Saturday ) and extend over a week . The tenantry have arrange ! for several presentations . MAI ' LE AND CO ., LIMITED , of Tottenham Court-road , have given notice that the transfer books for Ordinary Shares will be closed from the 19 th to 31 st inst ., both inclusive , to allow of the preparation of an interim dividend which will be posted to ordinary shareholders on Wednesday , the 31 st .

OWING TO THE illness of the Lady Mayoress , Bro . the Lord Mayor of London has been obliged to poslpone ,. and may possibly have to abandon , his proposed visit to the United States . The Lady Mayoress , who is staying at Tenby , was taken ill on Friday , the 12 th inst . Her condition on Monday showed some improvement , and we are glad to say that improvement has since been continued .

THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WESTMINSTER drove from Eaton Hall to Halkin , Flintshire , on Saturday last , where lhe Duchess opened a public hall and library , erected by the parish council at a cost of over igco . A loan was obtained from the Flintshire County Council , and supplemented by local subscriptions , which included £ 200 from the Duke of Westminster , who a ' so gave the site .

THE HOUSE OF LORDS POLICE on Saturday last went for a trip to Dover , the necessary funds for the outing having been handed to Inspector Kendrick by Lord James of Hereford , on behalf of a small body of Peers . This was a separate recognition of the satisfactory discharge of sessional dulies , and was quite unconnected with the gratuity fund , which is subscribed to by members generally .

THE MARQUIS AND MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY have been entertaining a paity for Stockton Races , at Wynyard Park , including Bro . the Eail of Durham , the Earl of Crewe , Visccuntess Helmsley , Lady Sarah Wilson , Lady Isobel Stanley , Lord and Lady Lurgan , Lord Alwyne Compton , M . P ., Lord Athlumney , Lady Gerard , Sir Samuel and Lady Sophie Scott , Bro . Sir Charles Halt , M . P ., Bro . and the Hon . Mrs . Maguire , Captain and Mrs . Greer , and Viscount Castlereagh and Lady Helen Stewart .

A COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION of metal work is to be held in Ironmongers' Hall , on October 26 th and 27 th , under the auspices of the Worshipful Company of Founders . The competitions will be restricted to British subjects wha are founders , designers , craftsmen , or apprentices engaged in foundry business within the City of London and the area of the Metropolitan Police . Prizes to the aggregate value of upwards of £ 100 will be offered for various subjects , and in addition to the money awards all the successful competitors will be presented with the freedom of the Founders' Company .

IN CONNECTION with the approaching marriage of the second daughter of Bro . Alderman Davies , M . P ., Lord Mayor of London , it may be ot interest to state that only on two cccasions during the last 25 years has there been a wedding from the Mansion House . In 1 S 77 Aliss White , the Lady Mayoress , was married at St . Paul ' s Cathedral to Mr . Cecil H . T . Price , in the Mayoralty of Alderman Sir Thomas White , her father . In 1 SS 3 the marriage of Miss Ada Knight , third daughter ef the then Lord Mayor—Bro . Alderman Sir Henry Knight—to Mr . Albert Aitkens was also solemnised in St . Paul ' s .

BRO . GKN . THE RIGHT HON . SIR REDVERS HENRY BULLER , G . C . B ., V . C ., who has been chosen to succeed the Duke of Connaught in command of the troops in the Aldershot Division , will take up his duties on October gth , upon which date his Royal Highness will have completed his term . Few oflicers in the British Army possess a more distinguished rtccrd of active service than Sir Redvers Buller . He commenced his military career as an ensign in the Goth Rilles in 1 S 5 S , receiving his first step in promotion in 1 SG 0 , and being advanced to his pres-nt rank in ISJ *> . He took aw in the

Chinese War of 1 SG 0 , and two years later in the Red River Kspedition . In 1 S 73 he underwent the hardships of the Ashantee War , and was present in the battles of Amoaful , Ordahsu , and the capture of Coomassie , for which he was honoured with a C . B ., received medal with clasp , and was promoted Brevet-Major . During the Kaflir War of 1878-9 he again saw a considerable amount of hard lighting , and also in the Zulu War , which immediately followed , when he was awarded the V . C . for several acts

of gallantry during the campaign . When the Egyptian Expedition was formed , in 1 S 82 , he was appointed to the 1 ntellisrence Depattmt-nt , and was present in the battles of Kassassin and Tel-el-Kebir . He was next employed in the ( Cistern Soud in , with Sir Gerald Graham , and , finally , with Viscount Wolseley in the G-rdon Relief Expedition . From 1 SS 7 to lSyo Sir Redvers Buller was Qinrtsriinster-G-neral of the Army , ail in October of the latter year became Adjutant-General .

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