Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . George Lambert will preside at the annual festival of the Brass and Copper Trades' Pension Society on the 29 th inst ., at the Guildhall Coffee House . A Provincial Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Berks and Bucks was held at Windsor on

Thursday , the 16 th inst . We hope to give a report in our next . B y the death of the Earl of Mount Cashel , the title and estates devolve on his eldest son , Bro . Lord Kilworth , who vvas born in 1 S 25 , and for some years has been connected with the Craft in Ireland .

The Annual Festival of the St . Ambrose Lodge of Instruction , No . igSr , will be held at the Baron's Court Hotel , West Kensington , on Monday evening next . The Consecration Ceremony will be worked by Bro . H . E . Frances , P . P . G . S . D . Surrey , the Preceptor of the Lodge .

Two western piers of Peterborough Cathedral are now condemned , in addition to those already demolished , and this will entail on the Dean and Chapter an additional expense of £ 6 ooo . _ The sum required for the complete restoration is over £ 60 , 000 , of which only £ 17 , has so far been collected .

An interesting exhibition of painting on pottery , tapestry , china , terracotta , and silk , vvith specimens of modelling , etc ., by professional and amateur artists , held under the patronage of the Prince and Princess of Wales , Bro . the Duke of Portland , and the principal residents in the county , has been held at Lynn during theiweek . The Perfect Ashlar Lodge , 1178 , held its installation meeting on the 4 th inst ., at the Bridge House Hotel ,

London Bridge . Bro . E . Bridges was installed VV . M ., and afterwards appointed two co-initiates of his as S . VV . and J . W . respectively . These three brethren were all initiated on the same evening by and during the mastership of Bro . J . A . Smith , P . M .. D . C . On Wednesday , at St . Margaret ' s Church ,

Westminster , the Hon . Katharine Cecilia Knatchbull-Hugesson , eldest daughter of Bro . Lord and Lady Brabourne , was married to Major Charles R . Prideaux-Brune , of Prideaux Place , Cornwall . Lt .-Col . F . A . Graves-Sawle , of the Coldstream Guards , being "best man . " The wedding breakfast was held at the residence , Queen-Anne's-Gate , of Bro . Lord Brabourne .

Lady Lucy Vaughan , youngest daughter of Bro . the Earl and Countess of Lisburne , and Mr . Martin A . Silber , were married at St . George ' s , Hanover Square , on Wednesday . After the conclusion of the ceremony , the wedding party drove to Claridge ' s Hotel , when Bro . the Earl and Countess entertained their relatives and guests to the number of about seventy . According to the statement of a contemporary

representing the printing and publishing industries , the Revising Barrister for Westminster vvas repeatedly spoken of in the columns of the Times as the " Rev . Mr . Barr , " some one on that journal having seemingly " corrected " the shorthand writer's contraction in his MS . of " Rev . Barr , " for " Revising Barrister" by inserting the word " Mr' , " thus making an imaginary clergyman to preside in a registration court .

The Prince and Princess of Wales , accompanied by Prince Albert Victor and the Princesses Louise , Victoria , and Maud , arrived at Marlhorough House on Wednesday morning from Denmark . Their Royal Highnesses visited Princess Christian and the Duchess of Cambridge in the afternoon . The Due de Chartres visited the Prince and Princess of Wales on Wednesday , and remained to luncheon . The Duke of Cambridge

likewise visited their Royal Highnesses . The following banquets have been held at the Freemasons' Tavern during the week ending Thursday , 18 th October' . —Friday , 12 th : Britannic Chapter , Eclectic Lodge , Odd Volumes . Saturday , 13 th : Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ( election ) , Duke of Cornwall Lodge . Monday , 15 th : Royal Masonic Institution

for Boys ( election ) , Royal Albert Lodge . Tuesday , 16 th : Enoch Chapter , Industry Chapter , Salisbury Lodge , Messrs . Bickers and Son ' s Trade Sale Dinner . Wednesday , 17 th : Buckingham and Chandos Lodge , New Holborn Quadrilles . Thursday , iSth : Universal Lodge , Great Northern Lodge , Old Acquaintance Musical Society . Under certain circumstances , ice does not behave

as a solid , but as a viscous fluid , like very thick treacle . . . . . Two theories have been put forward to account for the viscosity of ice ; one is that it is a true viscosity , and the other that it it produced by the effect of pressure in lowering the freezing-point of water , so that whenever the ice is subjected to great pressure it melts . The water then yields to the pressure , and instantly refreczes in its new shape . A striking experiment—due , I believe , to Mr .

Bottomley—illustrates this . A block 01 ice being laid across the backs of two chairs , a fine iron wire is put over it , to which is hung a heavy vyeight . In a short time , the wire passes completely through the ice , and allows the weight to fall , while the ice is not broken , nor is any mark visible where the wire has passed through . The explanation of this is that the pressure of the wire melts the ice

immediately below it . ' Ihe water is displaced by the wire and fiJJs thc space above it , where , the pressure being removed , it instantly refreezes . The viscosity of ice can be shown b y cutting a long , thin slab of ice , and supporting it on two chairs , when it will , even in a temperature below freezing , gradually bend with its own weight . —From Science for All for October ( Cassell and Co . )

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Masonic And General Tidings

The Master , Wardens , and Court of Assistants of the Loriners Company have been invited to dine with the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House on the ist November . Bro . George Sims , 1657 , has been solicited by a large number of the inhabitants of the Ward of Aldersgate

to consent to be put in nomination for the vacancy in the Court of Common Council . The Prince of Wales has fixed the 31-st of October for the closing of the International Fisheries Exhibition . His Royal Highness will preside , and it is hoped that the Duke of Edinburgh will also take part in the

ceremony . The installation meeting of the Great City Lodge , 1426 , was held on the 13 th inst ., at the Cannon-street Hotel . Bro . Keeble , the S . W . and W . M . elect , was installed into the Master's chair by Bro . Kibble , the retiring W . M .

Mr . John Naylor , Mus . Doc , Oxon-, organist of All Saint ' s , Scarborough , has been appointed to that post in York Minster , vice Dr . Monk , resigned . The position is worth £ 700 per annum , but out of this Dr . Monk has a life pension of £ 300 . In announcing , in our last issue , the removal of the Faith Lodge of Instruction , No . 140 , to new quarters

at Queen Anne ' s Restaurant , Queen Anne ' s Gate , S . W ., we gave Wednesday as the night of meeting . It should have been Tuesday , the lodge having changed only its place , not its date of meeting . Wednesday being the 30 th anniversary of the birth of her Imperial Highness the Duchess of Edinburgh , the usual ceremonies were observed in London . Monday .

the 15 th , was the anniversary of the birth of Prince Alfred Albert , the eldest son of the Duke and Duchess , he having been born on October 15 , 18 74 , and thus attained his ninth birthday . At a meeting of the various Lodges of Freemasons in Kent recently letters of condolence were directed

to be sent to Viscount Holmesdale , Provincial Grand Master , on the death of Vicountess Holmesdale . During the past few days replies have been received by the Worshipful Masters of the lodges from Viscount Holmesdale , thanking the brethren tor their sympathy . —Court Cirrular .

The annual festival of the St . Ambrose Lodge of Instruction will be held on Monday evening , 29 th inst ., at seven o'clock precisely , at the Baron's Court Hotel , West Kensington , on which occasion the ceremony of consecration will be worked by Bro . Francis P . P . G . S . D . Surrey , the Preceptor ; the musical portion by Bro . J . Mallet Jones , Organist . Bro . the Rev . Ambrose W . Hall , P . G . C , has consented to take the chair at the banquet which will follow .

The Calcutta Exhibition promises to be an unqualified success . The display of Indian jewellery , precious stones , & c , by native pinces and others will " be unprecedented in magnitude and value . The total area of the Exhibition will exceed 400 , 000 square feet , of which Great Britain has 100 , 000 , the Australian colonies 23 , 000 , and India 70 , 000 . Already over 7 , 000 passages have been

taken from Australian ports , and 500 Americans have chartered a large steamer for passage , and to remain as a floating hotel in the river Hooghly during the Exhibition . According to the City Press , the unkindest cut at Mr . Homersham Cox , who recently made a sweeping statement about Welsh veracity , has been given by Bro . Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , Bart . Prov . G . M . North

Wales and Shropshire . The "Prince in Wales , " as our contemporary calls our right worshipful brother , told the company at a luncheon at Festiniog that on the occasion of the discussion in the House of Commons on Mr . Cox ' s appointment it vvas on his lips to say that though his ( Mr . Cox's ) predecessor was no lawyer he was a good Welshman . " Unfortunately , " added Sir Watkin , " Mr . Homersham Cox is neither one nor the other . "

We are pleased to notice that Art Trimmings made in Little Britain will be represented at the Calcutta Exhibition , Bro . Holliday having had the honour of supplying some very choice and unique specimens of upholstery goods for that purpose . This enterprising firm , although only very recently removed here , are successful in sending out some of the richest goods in art designs we have ever

seen , thus keeping up the character and reputation so long enjoyed by Little Britain as a manufacturing place for firstclass trimmings . We wish him every success , and feel sure that , with his hard work and close application , that has been his character for upwards of thirty years , he will meet with good support in the future . A stained glass window of very handsome

proportions , after the rich thirteenth century style , has just been erected in the church of Holy Trinity , Ulverston , to the memory of the late Bro . Myles Kennedy , P . M . and P . Z . 995 , P . P . G . S . W . Lancashire . The two principal subjects of artistic illustration are the judgment of Solomon in the disputed claim of maternity of the living child , and Solomon building the Temple , each being

differently treated alter standard art examples . Beneath the first is the legend text : " The Lord gave Solomon wisdom ; " and beneath the second , " So Solomon built the House . " Above each is an enriched canopy , vvith a light grisaille back-ground ; and above all is the glorified "all-seeing eye . " The well known emblem of Tri-unity , and the Royal Arch Degree , the duplex interlaced

triangles , is a prominent and repetitive feature , in the bordures ornamentation . In the space between the subjects and the inscript are two trophies of Masonic emblems , each within a quatrefoil , the respective emblems being the square and compass ; plumb-rule ; level ; 24-in . guage ; maul or mallet ; and chisel . Mr . J . W . Grundy , of Ulverston , was the superintending architect , the window itself

being from the studio of Messrs . Powell Bros ., of Leeds . The inscription is as follows : " Erected in memory of Myles Kennedy , P . M . and P . Z . 995 , and P . G . S . W . West Lancashire , by his brother Freemasons , A . D . 1 SS 3 . " " RUPTURES , "—WHITE ' S MOC -MAIN LEVER TRUSS is the most effective invention for thc treatment of Hernia . The use of a

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Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . J . H . Sillitoe , P . P . G . D . C . E . Lane , installed Bro . Daniel Dempsey into the Master's chair , of the Prince Alfred Ledge , 121 S , Mossley , on the 10 th inst . Mrs . Horace B . Marshall , wife of Bro . H . B . Marshall , C . C , on Wednesday last laid a memorial stone of a new Mission Hall at Stamshaw , Portsmouth .

The Prince of Wales is expected at Abergeldie during the next few days . His Royal Highness has accepted an invitation from the Earl of Fife to visit Duff House , where a distinguished party will be invited to meet him . A proposal is under consideration for connecting Portsmouth with the Isle of Wight by means of a tunnel under the Solent . The cutting will be chiefly through blue clay , and the distance three miles and a half .

Bro . Alderman Savory presided at a conversazione on Tuesday evening in St . Mark's Schools , Groveroad , Holloway , in connection with St . Mark's Branch of the Church of England Young Men ' s Society . Some handsome easy chairs have iust been designed and manufactured ? or the Exhibition at Calcutta in December next , by Messrs . Finch and Co ., the trimmings by Messrs . J . Holliday and Son , of 71 , Little Britain .

Bro . Alderman Stone and Bro . Alderman Staples have been appointed to form part of the Court of General Assessment Sessions to hear appeals under Sec . 23 of the 32 and 33 Vic , cap 67 , Valuation of Property ( Metropolis ) Act .

Bro . Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , P . G . W ., who was appointed Governor of the Irish Society on the 20 th ult ., in succession to Bro . Sir Sydney Waterlovv , M . P ., is visiting the Corporation estates in Ulster . He is accompanied by Lady Ellis .

The marriage of the Lady Alice Thynne , eldest daughter of the Marquis of Bath , with Mr . Shaw Stewart eldest son of Bro . Sir Michael and Lady Octavva Shaw Stewart , and which we referred to last week , is fixed to take place in London about the middle of November .

The Earl of Carnarvon , Pro . G . M ., and the Countessol Carnarvon arrived at their residence in Portmansquare on Wednesday , from visiting Mr . Howard , at Greystone , Cumberland , after their return from Canada . They have since gone to Highclere Castle . At a Court of Assistants of the Broderers' Company , it has been resolved : "That this Court desires to

express its sympathy with their Master , Mr . Alderman Hadley , and its grave disappointment and surprise at the decision of the Court of Aldermen passing over , without any reason assigned , the name of Mr . Alderman Hadley as Lord Mayor for the ensuing year , in disregard of timehonoured custom and of the almost unanimous nomination of the Livery in Common Hall . " Bro ; J . T . Dunsford , manager of the Bridgwater

Mercury , whose premises were recently destroyed by fire at night , and who had the lamentable misfortune to lose his wife and three children by the dreadful occurrence ( he and one other child and servant being rescued from the burning premises with great difficulty ) , has had forwarded to him by the Mayor a cheque for £ 447 , subscribed by the inhabitants of Bridgwater and its neighbourhood , as a mark of sincere sympathy with him in his sore bereavement .

The gold medals for the Fisheries Exhibition awards have been struck . The obverse is a finely modelled portrait of the Queen , by Wyon , with the back portion of the head covered by a thick veil . The latter , copied , we believe , from a Roman medal , was first used in the Ashanti military medal . This face of the medal has a large amount of plain space , and is handsome and bold to the eye . Only

the vvords Victoria Regina are put upon it . The reverse is full of minute and excellent detail , consisting of fish , Crustacea , and nets , well arranged and admirably designed and executed . The design is by Mr . Lewis F . Day , and the dies are the work of Mr . Pinches . The inscription is " International Fisheries Exhibition , 1883 , " the first and last words being in curves above and below the word

Fisheries , which passes from side to side . The rim is left plain for the engraving of the recipient ' s name and qualification for the prize . MADAME WORRELL ' S ANNUAL CONCERT . — That popular artiste , Madame Worrell . vvife of our esteemed Brother William Worrell , scored a well-deserved success at Brixton Hallon Thursday evening , the nth inst ., the

, occasion of her annual concert . Every seat was occupied while many visitors were compelled to stand . The company was select and fashionable , as well as numerous , and gave Madame Worrell a very hearty reception . The programme opened with " The Lass of Richmond Hill " ( part song ) Miss M . Roby , Miss A . Butterworth , Bro . F H . Cozpns , and Mr . Budd . "Very nearly" ( Lohr ) , by

Miss Maud Cameron , followed . "Gold" was given in very good style by Bro . Frederick Bevan , . who vvas also very successful in his second contribution , " Trafalgar . " Madame Worrell was in excellent voice , and sang with her usual ability . Her songs were " O that we two were maying" ( Gounod ); "Meanwhile" ( A . H . Behrend ) , a composition which deserves to become popular ( accompanied

by the composer ); and " I did not know " ( Frank L . Moir ) . She also took the soprano part in the duet , " Qui est Homo , " with Madame Osborne Williams , which was very successful . Madame Worrell was in each instance recalled , and by force of applause induced to sing again-Madame Osborne Williams gave in good voice " Fanciulle che l > t rn » " fninnraM snrl " Darlilv " bv Behrend .

"Viochc sapeta" ( Figaro ) , was given with much g ^ ce and feeling b y Miss Matilda Roby , who also sang"J as well , " for which she had a spirited encore . Bro . Henrjj Guy gave with his wonted charm " O 'tis a glorious sig ht ( Weber ) , also " Days gone by . " Two songs were pleasingly rendered by Miss Annie Butterworth , " Gentle Faces' and " A sontr and a rose . " Mr . Budd was hiirhlv successful in

the new song " Allegiance , " a very taking musical com H sition of Distin ' s with words b y Oxenford , brisk and lu » of ring . Violoncello solos , including Caprice de Cancer and Nocturne ( Piatti ) , were also skilfully performed uy Mons . Albert ; and Bro . Cozens gave some admirable comic songs , which were received with immense appla" ^' The pieces were accompanied throughout by Bro . ' ¦ "' Lee vvith his usual care and ability . Indeed the c ° n < was an entire success , and Madame Worrell , together wit her friends , cannot fail to be satisfied with thc result .