Masonic And General Tidings.

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .

Bro . E . Clarke , Q . C ., M . P ., completed his 44 th year on Sunday last . Bro . Alderman and Mrs . De Keyser left London for Brussels on Saturday last , and are expected to return home after about a week's absence .

Bro . Sir C . H . Mills , Bart ., M . P ., has been elected a vice-president of the Canterbury Diocesan Education Society for the ensuing year . We are glad to hear that Bro . Sir F . W . Truscott , P . G . J . W ., is recovering from his indisposition , and hopes shortly to resume his various duties .

Bro . Captain George Lambert , P . G . S . B ., has very kindly offered his services to the Mayor of Pembroke with a view to restoring the official maces , & c , of that town . Bro . F . P . Alliston has been re-elected chairman of the Markets Committee of the Corporation of London ,

and Bro . Alderman De Keyser added to the Special Committee . Bro . A . J . Altman , C . C , presided , on Wednesday , the nth inst ., at a concert given in the hall of the City of London School by . the pupils of the Guildhall School of Music .

Bro . Sir D . Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . Berks and Bucks , presided at Paddington Station on Thursday , the 12 th inst ., at the half-yearly meeting of the Great Western Railway Company . The Weavers' Company gave a dinner on VVednesday , the nth inst ., when among the guests were present Bros . H . W . Eaton , M . P ., P . G . J . W ., Ex-Sheriff Clarence Smith , Major H . A . Joseph , C . C , and Ex-Sheriff Hutton .

We regret to announce the death of Bro . Emanuel , Secretary of the London University Lodge , No . 2033 , which occurred at the end of last month in the Engardine , whither he had gone a few weeks before for the benefit of his health . Sir Sidney H . Waterlow , Bart ., M . P ., presided on Friday , the 13 th inst ., at a meeting at the Mansion House of the Improved Industrial Dwellings

Company , Limited . Bros . Alderman Stone , P . G . J . W ., and H . B . Marshall , G . Treasurer , have been re-elected directors . The death is announced from Strasburg , at the age of 46 , of M . Edmond Weber , the well-known pianist and composer . He was a pupil of his father , Johannes Weber , and was the composer of an opera , " Rosita , " and

of a large quantity of piano and chamber music . M . Edmond Weber took a great part in the establishment of choral societies in Alsace , where he has resided for many years past . Prince Edward of Wales , the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh , the Princess Louise , Marchioness and the Marquis of Lome , the Duke of Cambridge , Bros , the

Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., P . G . M . Derbyshire , the Lord Mayor , Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead , and Sheriff Phillips , have received invitations to be present at the Hon . Artillery Company ' s Regimental Ball on Wednesday , the 4 th March . Among the guests at the dinner given by the

Lonners' Company at the Guildhall Tavern on Friday , the 13 th inst ., were Bros , the Lord Mayor , Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead , Alderman Sir H . E . Knight , Sir W . T . Charley , Q . C . ( Common Serjeant ) , Alderman Isaacs , Alderman Gray , H . Dwarber , Major H . A . Joseph , Capt . George Lambert , P . G . S . B ., Deputy Saunders , Sir J . Bennett , and Lieut .-Col . T . Davies Sewell .

The following dinners took place at the Freemasons' Tavern during the week ending February 21 , 1 SS 5 : Monday—Grand Masters' Lodge j Warre Presentation ; British Lodge . Tuesday—Mr . Solomon ' s Wedding ; Cadogan Lodge ; Enoch Chapter ; Salisbury Lodge ; Industry Chapter . Wednesday—Buckingham and Chandos Lodge ; Novie Magians ; Oak Lodge .

Thursdayuniversal Lodge ; St . Mary s Lodge ; Great Northern Lodge ; United Pilgrims' Chapter ; Globe Lodge . Friday —Jordan Lodge . The vestry of Lambeth and the District Board ol Works for Westminster have respectively notified to Lord Brabazon , as chairman of the Metropolitan Public Gardens . & c . Association , their acceotance of the offer

made by the association of £ 100 towards the cost of planting trees in the public thoroughfares , and the gift of four ornamental seats , to be placed , for the public use , in 'he passage which crosses the disused burial ground of Christ Church , Westminster . The money has been presented to the association by one of its members , who does not wish his name to be made public .

Owing to the slight numerical changes which have taken place recently in the number of vacancies to be filled , and the candidates who will take part in the election in May next of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , it will be as well to state that in respect of the Male Fund there are now 14 vacancies to be filled immediately and three deferred vacancies , while the Committee of

Management have resolved on increasing the number of annuitants by three . Thus the number to be elected in May will be ? . ° — ' 7 immediate and three deferred—from an approved hst of 42 candidates . As regards the Female Fund , two deaths have occurred since the appearance of our last report , and the Committee have resolved on creating 10 resh annuities , so that the number to be elected will be hfteen

—12 immediate and three deferred—from an approved list of 77 candidates instead of Si , two candidates having died , and two withdrawn their applications . Hut even this improvement , great as it undoubtedly is , [ eaves far too ample room for regret , and unless the celebration of Wednesday proves successful beyond the most sanguine expectations which have as yet been formed , "lere will still remain unprovided for 22 old brethren and ° 3 widows of brethren .

Masonic And General Tidings.

A Special Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicestershire and Rutland was held at Freemasons' Hall , Leicestershire , on Monday , the 16 th inst ., when the Lodge of the Golden Fleece , No . 20 S 1 , was duly consecrated in ancient form ; the W . M . designate being subsequently installed in the chair and appointing his officers for the year . We hope to give a detailed account of the

proceedings next week . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales dined on Wednesday , the nth inst ., with the King of Wurtemburg at Cannes , and afterwards attended a concert at Monte Carlo . Bro . Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., was present at a most successful dinner given at the Station

Hotel , Richmond , on Wednesday , the nth inst ., by the Richmond Piscatorial Society . The many friends of Bro . W . Stephens , G , Purst ., will be pleased to learn that he arrived safely at Auckland on Dec . 27 , 1 SS 4 , better in health , and hopes to return about June . The Baroness Burdett-Coutts , Bro . Sir Moses

Montefiore , and Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury are among the recent subscribers to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals . Bro . Edwin VV . Slreeter , F . R . G . S ., so well known as a jeweller in Bond-street for many years , has retired from the retail business , and is now established at 34 , Holborn Viaduct , as a pearl merchant .

Bro . the Earl of Dalhousie has consented to preside at the Sixty-fourth Annual Court of the Governors of the Seamen ' s Hospital Society . The meeting will be held at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James's , on Wednesday , the 4 th March . The fourteenth annual ball of the A Company ( Aldgate and Cheap ) ofthe London Rifle Brigade will take

place at the Cannon-street Hotel , to-day ( Friday ) , under the patronage of Bro . Lord and Lady E . Pelham Clinton . The musical arrangements in connection with the Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution have been placed in charge of Bro . E . M . Lott , Grand Organist , who will , no doubt , repeat the success he achieved last year at the same gathering .

Mr . Thomas Brock , A . R . A ., has just completed the marble bust of the late Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson , P . G . D ., for which he received commission from Lady Wilson . He has also made considerable progress with another statue of our late distinguished brother , which will be placed outside the Sea Bathing Infirmary at Margate . Bro . F . Laing announces his seventh annual

private fancy dress ball to take place on Thursday next , the 26 th inst ., at Holloway Hall , Holloway-road . Among the numerous stewards we note the names of many wellknown brethren , whose co-operation ensures the same excellency of all the arrangements that has characterised the occasion in previous years . We are already in a position to announce that

the Seventeenth Anniversary Festival in aid of the Mark Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund will take place on the 25 th July , and that the chair will be filled by R . W . Bro . Lord Egerton of Tatton , D . G . M . M . M ., and Prov . G . M . M . M . of Cheshire . At no distant date we shall have a few remarks to offer on the progress of this fund . We have been requested to state that the

Fifteen Sections will be worked at the King Harold Lodge , No . 1327 , Waltham Cross , at the Four Swans Hotel , Waltham Cross , on Saturday , the 7 th March prox . Bros . J . Robinson , T . Reilly , and W . Lewis will occupy the Master ' s and Wardens' chairs respectively , and we have no doubt there will be a good attendance on the occasion , especially as there are some capital workers among the brethren who will take part in the business .

Among those present at the funeral in Teddington Cemetry on Friday , the 13 th inst ., of the late Sir T . J . Nelson , City Solicitor , were Bros . Alderman Sir R . Hanson , G . Std ., Dresser Rogers ( Chairman of the City Lands Committee ) , F . P . Alliston ( Chairman of the Markets Committee ) , Alfred Brookman ( Chairman of the Orphan School Committee ) , G . C Boor ,- Sir J . B . Monckton ( Town

Clerk ) , P . G . J . W ., G . P . Goldney ( Remembrancer ) , Under-Sheriff Crawford , and others .

Bro . the Lord Mayor presided at the Mansion House on the 12 th inst ., at the 49 th annual meeting of the Governors of the St . Mark's Hospital , and on the 13 th inst . his lordship occupied the chair at a meeting of the members of the Parkes Museum of Hygiene , when there were present , in addition to H . R . H . the Duke of

Cambridge , Bros . Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead . G . Shaw , Mark H . Judge , and Earl Fortescue . Among those who sent letters of apology for non-attendance were Bros . Earl Percy , M . P ., P . G . M . Northumberland , Earl of Dalhousie , Sir J . M'Garel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., G . Shaw-Lefevre , M . P ., J . F . B . Firth , M . P ., and Sir P . Cunliffe Owen .

We have much pleasure in announcing that the meeting of the Provincial Grand Royal Arch Chapter for the Province of Norfolk will be held under the presidency of the M . E . Provincial Grand Superintendent , Comp . the Rt . Hon . Lord Suffield , K . C . B ., on Monday , the 23 rd inst ., in the chapter room of the Cabbell Chapter , No . 807 , at the Masonic Club , 47 St . Giles ' -street , Norwich , at half-past

, four o'clock in the afternoon , at which all companions are invited to be present . A banquet will be held at the same address at half-past six o ' clock j tickets , 7 s . 6 d . each , to be obtained of the P . G . S . E ., Comp . E . Baldwin , Herghamroad , Norwich , and of the Stewards at the Masonic Rooms . Comp . Lord Suffield has signified his intention of being present at the banquet .

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Masonic And General Tidings.

The first annual supper of the Chiswick Lodge of Instruction , No . 2012 , will take place at the Bolton Hotel , Duke-road , Chiswick , on Saturday , the 28 th inst . Bro . Alderman Staples is one of four gentlemen who have promised to present each a stained-glass window to the Church of St . Botolph , Aldersgate .

Bro . Alderman De Keyser has been elected a member of the Committee of Management of the Farringdon , General Dispensary . Her Majesty has contributed ^ 200 , and the Prince of Wales , President of the Society , £ 105 , to the Royal Fund for the Relief of the Orphans of Sea

Fishermen . Bro . Baron H . de Worms , M . P ., has promised to preside at the annual dinner of the South London Rifle Club , of which Bro . Sir C . H . Mills , M . P ., and Bro . Sir J . VV . Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., are Vice-Presidents . Bro . the Lord Mayor will preside this day at the

( Saturday ) distribution of prizes and certificates to the pupils of | the Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution , Chancery-lane . We regret to announce that Bro . John Armstrong , of the Mariners Lodge , No . iCS , Guernsey , died on Thursday last , the 19 th inst ., at the advanced age of 95 years .

Bro . General Sir George Willis , Governor of Portsmouth , was present at the consecration of the Portsmouth Temperance Lodge on Monday last , and was proposed as a joining member . Bros . Alderman Staples and Gray , and Bros .

Deputy Saunders , Deputy East , A . J . Altman , A . Brookman , F . P . Alliston , Sir John Bennett , and G . Shaw , were among those present at the fortnightly meeting on Tuesday , the 17 th inst ., of the City Commissioners of Sewers .

In our report last week of theinstallation meeting of the Oakwood Lodge , No . 1126 , Romilly , it was stated that the VV . M ., Bro . R . G . Walker , had , during his connection with the Lodge , proposed nine candidates . Bro . Walker desires us to correct this statement , and substitute five for nine . The Second Grand Musical Demonstration in

favour of the Early Closing Association will take place at St . James ' s Hall on Saturday next , the 28 th inst . An excellent programme of vocal and instrumental music will be given by employes in various wholesale and retail houses of business , representatives of which will have charge of the general arrangements , Mr . Barnby acting as conductor . The annual supper of the Covent Garden Lodge

of Instruction , No . 1614 , will be held at the Criterion , Piccadilly , on Thursday , the 5 th of March , at 7 . 30 p . m . Bro . John Jacobs , W . M . 1614 , will occupy the chair , while the vice-chairman will be Bro . G . Coleman , P . M . 1614 . A very pleasant evening may be anticipated . At the annual dinner given to the Lord Mayor

and Sheriffs by the Vintners' Company , which took place ' on Thursday , the 12 th inst ., the guests including in addition to Bro . Lord Mayor Nottage and Sheriff Phillips , Bros . Alderman Sir W . Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . J . W ., Alderman Sir H . E . Knight , Alderman Staples , Alderman De Keyser , Alderman Waterlow , Sir W . Charley , Q . C , and Under-Sheriff Crawford . ~"

The installation meeting of the Gladsmuir Chapter , No . 13 S 5 , Barnet , Herts , was fixed for Thursday , the 19 th inst ., at the Red Lion Hotel , Herts , at the hour of 3 p . m . The following were to be installed in the respective Principals' chairs , namely , Comps . J . Parrott , M . E . Z . j J . Cutbush , H . j and F . Venables , J . The business was likewise to include the presentation of a

testimonial to Comp . T . S . Carter , P . P . G . H ., P . Z ., and Scribe E . of the chapter . Our worthy Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . S . D ., will give a lecture on Thursday next , the 26 th inst ., at the Huyshe Masonic Temple , Plymouth , uhder the auspices

of the St . John's Lodge , No . 70 , on the subject of the "Old Devonshire Lodges . " At the close of the proceedings , which will be held in aid of the Devon Masonic Educational Fund , a collection will take place on behalf of that fund , and the amount so received will be presented to the Institution without any deduction whatever for

expenses . The Fifteen Sections will be worked on the 22 nd inst . in the Israel Lodge of Instruction , No . 205 , held at the Rising Sun Tavern , Globe-road , Mile End . Bro . John Lee Dale , VV . M . 393 , will preside and be supported as follows : —Bros . VV . Musto , P . M . 1349 , S . W . ; W . H . Myers , P . M . 1445 , J . W . ; B . Cundick , P . M . 1421 , I . P . M .

First Lecture—ist section , Bro . A . W . Price , 1623 ; 2 nd , Bro . L . Da Costa , 1345 ; 3 rd > Bro * T - Loane , J . W . 1421 ; 4 th , Bro . J . De Casseris , 1349 ; 5 th , Bro . G . H . Stephens , W . M . 1623 ; 6 th , Bro . VV . Richardson , 174 ; 7 th , Bro . B . Cundick , P . M . 1421 . Second Lecture—ist section , Bro . W . Musto , S . W . 1349 ; 2 nd , Bro . J . Smith , 933 ; 3 rd , Bro . J . T . K . Job , P . M . 1076 ; 4 th , Bro . W . Musto , P . M .

i 349 » 5 th , Bro . B . Stewart , S . D . 1278 . Third Lectureist section , Bro . J . Taylor , W . M . 554 ; 2 nd , Bro . D . Moss , S . W . 1275 ; 3 rd , Bro . W . H . Myers , P . M . 1445 . In our account last week of the installation on the Sth inst . of Bro . H . Baldwin , P . G . S . B . Middx ., as W . M . of the Brixton Lodge , No . 1949 , we omitted one or two features which are worth recording . For instancethe

cere-, mony of installation was rendered more impressive by the introduction of appropriate music , Bro . H . Monier Williams , W . M . elect of the Honor Oak Lodge , No . 1986 , assisted by Bros . A . Pitman and W . H . Simons , of the same lodge , rendering most effective service in this part of the proceedings , and being afterwards complimented for what they had done with a cordial vote of thnnks by the

lodge . Then the speeches were interspersed with songs and recitations , to which the brethren just named , as well as Bros . Lee , Reece , and others , very kindly contributed . The speeches were of the usual character , but among them must be mentioned a most eloquent appeal on behalf of

our Charitable Institutions by Bro . John Mason , P . P . G . D . Middx ., one of the officials of the Benevolent Fund . The menu card , supplied by Bro . George Kenning , was embellished with appropriate and witty quotations from the works of the late Charles Dickens . And . last , but not least , the banquet , which was admirably served , did great credit to the caterer , Mr . Leighton , of Brixton .