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Masonic And General Tiding
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Bros , the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs attended in State a concert given by the Guildhall School of Music at the People's Palace , Mile End , on Saturday afternoon last . The Queen has signified her intention of patronising the grand bazaar and military fete at the Royal
Military Asylum , known also as the Duke of York ' s School , which will be opened on Tuesday next , the 24 th inst . It has been arranged that the annual dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund shall be held at the Hotel Metropole , and Bro . Sir Edward Clarke , Q . C ., H . M . 's Solicitor-General , has kindly consented to preside on the
. Bro . the Right Hon . G . J . Shaw-Lefevre , M . P ., addressed a political meeting at the Drill Hall , West Ham , on Wednesday evening , and the same evening Bro . Sir G . O . Trevelyan , Bart ., M . P ., addressed his constituents of the Bridgeton division of Glasgow . The season at the Lyceum Theatre was opened
on Saturday evening last by Bro . Henry Irving and his company . " Faust" was chosen for the occasion , and both Bro . Irving and Miss Ellen Terry experienced a most enthusiastic reception on tluir first appearance after their tour in America . Bros . Earl Amherst , and Sir A . Borthwick , M . P . ; Bro . and Mrs . Dixon Hartland , Bro . and Mrs .
Agg-Gardner , Bro . Viscount and Viscountess Bury , Bro . and Mrs . Seager-Hunt , and Bro . Akers-Douglas M . P ., were present with many others at a political banquet held at the Criterion , Piccadilly , on Wednesday . Bro . the Lord Mayor has already forwarded to Berlin a sum of £ 2000 on account of the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the inundations in Germany , and the receipt has been gratefully acknowledged by Bro , Sir E .
B . Malct , H . M . ' s Ambassador at Berlin . The Salter reports thatupwardsof ico . ooo persons have been rendered homeless by the calamity . A Court of Adlenneii was held at the Guildhall , on Tuesday , at which Bro . the Lord Mayor presided , and at which his Lordship , on behalf of his successor Bro . Alderman Whitehead , requested that Bro . A . J . Newton , citizen and Fan Maker , might be put in nomination for the office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex for the
ensuing year . Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Lord Chamberlain , presided at the 43 rd anniversary dinner of the Royal General Theatrical Fund , on Wednesday , the guests who were present to the number of about 200 , including Bros . Alderman Sir H . Isaacs , Alderman Waterlow , S . B . Bancroft ; J . C . Parkinson , P . G . D . ; E . Terry , P . G . Stwd . ;
T . Thorne , and Lionel Brough . The subscriptions amounted to about £ Soo . Bro . the Lord Mayor entertained the members of the Savage Club and other guests , to the number of about 250 , at a banquet in the Egyptian Hall , Mansion
House , on Saturday evening last , this being the second occasion on which such an entertainment has taken place , the first having been in 1 SS 0 , during the Mayoralty of Bro . Sir F . W . Truscott , P . G . W ., who was a guest on this occasion , together with Bro . Sir . ] . R . Somers Vine , VV . M . of the Savage Club L } dge , and others .
PRESENTATION TO BRO . T . CUBITT , P . G . P ., P . P . G . D . MIDDLESEX . —At a meeting of the Campbell Lodge , No . 1415 , held at the Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court , on the 14 th inst ., under the able presidency of the W . M ., Bro . J . W . J . Oswald , M . D ., a handsome Treasurer ' s jewel was presented to our worthy Bro . Thomas Cubitt , P . G . P ., as a mark of the esteem in which he is held by
the brethren , and of their appreciation of his very valuable services as Treasurer to the lodge for a period of 15 years . We call our readers attention to Bro . J . F . Haskins' , Organist of Lodges 22 , 194 , 212 , 1364 , and 2 i 6 S , Benefit Concert , which takes place at the Shoreditch Town Hall , on Thursday evening next , the 26 th instant . Amongst
a galaxy of talent , the following well-known nimes aopear Madame Edith Winn , Misses Ethel Winn , Minnie Kirton , Lavinia Walker , Messrs . Arthur Thomas , Prenton , Aiderton , Dawson , Weston , Clive , Kift , and Pritchard . The celebrated actor , Mr . Herman Vezin , will give a recital , and his pupil , Miss Lilian Deane , seven years old , will also contribute a dramatic piece . Miss Clara Titterton is solo
violinist . Pupils of Bro . Haskins will perform Herold ' s overture , "Zampa , " upon two grand pianofortes and Harmonium . With such a brilliant array of artistes , & c , we are sure Bro . Haskins will have a big show and a remunerative one into the bargain . We have been favoured with a copy of the new Illustrated Catalogue and Price List issued by Messrs .
Dows , Clark , and Co ., the well-Known furnishers of bar fittings and utensils , of 46 and 47 , Frith-street , Soho , W . It is decidedly the best of its kind we have yet seen , and will serve to convey some idea of the many tasteful designs for all descriptions of goods of this character which have been invented and applied since the issue of the previous catalogue . As to the quality of the fittings and utensils manufactured by this firm , we have said before , and need
only repeat now , that better cannot be produced by any other firm in the country , while a glance at the prices will show that they are strictly moderate , having due regard to their excellence . However , intending customers will learn far more than we can tell them b y personally visiting the premises and inspecting the goods . They will be received with courtsey , and we feel sure they will be delighted with what they see .
Read the following , received this day from Mr . ] . H . Pearson Chemist , Peterbro ' : — " I have sold Dr . Locock ' s Pulmonic Wafers for more than 20 years , and every one who buy them speak highly of their curative properties . " In Asthma , Consumption , Bronchitis , Coughs , Colds , Rheumatism , and all Hysterical and Nervous Complaints , instant relief and a rapid cure is given by the Wafers , which taste pleasantly . Sold by all Druggists at is , i ^ d ., 2 S , od „ 4 s , 6 d „ and ns , per box , —ADVT !
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Bro . the Lord Mayor will preside at the opening meeting at the Mansion House on Tuesday next at a conference convened by the National Association of Certified Reformatory and Industrial Schools . The Prince and Princess of Wales , with the Princesses Louise , Victoria , and Maud , will arrive at
Marlborough House from Sandringham on Monday next , the 23 rd inst ., for the season . Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Lord Steward , and Bro . Lord and Lady Egerton of Tatton have arrived in town for the season , while Bro . Lord and Lady Algernon Gordon - Lennox have left London for Vienna .
The Dukeof Cambridge will open the Paddington Recreation Ground of about 20 acres on Saturday next , the 2 Sth inst ., and Bros . Lord Randolph Churchill and John Aird , the members of the two divisions of Paddingion , will take part in the proceedings .
Bro . Tyssen-Amhurst , M . P ., and Mrs . Tyssen-Amhurst , and Bro . and Mrs . Hamar Bass have arrived in London for the season , and Bro . the Earl and Countess oi Egmont are expected to return to St . James's Palace from a yachting cruise in the Mediterranean about Monday next
the 23 rd inst . The 2 ist annual competition for the Public Schools Racquets Challenge Cup was brought to a close at the Queen ' s Club , West Kensington , on Saturday last , the schools left in for the final being Charterhouse and Harrow . The former won after a well fought contest by four games to two .
The Hon . Mabelle Brassey , daughter of Bro . Lord Brassey , was married to Mr . C . A . Egerton , at the Church of St . Laurence , Catsfield , Sussex , on Tuesday afternoon , the bride being given away by her father , while Mr . E . Egerton , first Secretary of the British Embassy in Paris , was best man , Bro . Henry and Mrs . Henry Brassey and other members of the family were present .
Bro . C . J . Wilkinson-Pimbury was at the last meeting unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing twelve months of the John Carpenter Lodge , 1997 , comprising " old boys" of the City of London School , which was consecrated five years ago , when Bro . Alderman Sir H . E . Knight was the first Master . Bro . ex-Sheriff Hutton , P . G . D ., was again elected Treasurer , a position he has occupied from the commencement .
The gravest anxiety has prevailed during the week as to the health of the Emperor Frederick , and , though the more accute symptoms have somewhat subsided , the members of the Imperial Family are all in attendance at Cliarlottenburg , During the last day or two there has been some improvement in the condition of the illustrious patient , and , though the peril is still great , there is some hope of his recovery .
Bro . Lord Brooke , R . W . P . G . M . Essex , and his lovely consort , Lady Brooke , visited Colchester on Wednesday for the purpose of opening- a Loan Exhibition in connection with the local School of Art . The distinguished visitors were entertained by the Mayor ( Mr . Paxman ) to
luncheon , after which they proceeded to the benool of Art , accompanied by the Corporation " in State , " when Lady Brooke declared the exhibition open in the presence of a large and distinguished company . Lord and Lady Brooke returned to town by an afternoon train .
To brethren who may be on the look out for a school where their sons can be prepared thoroughly for the Army , the Universities , and our Public Schools , we can strongly recommend the Grosvenor Schools , Twickenham , of which the Rev . L . Murray D'Orsey , M . A ., Cambridge , is proprietor . It is admirably situated for purposes of
health , and easy access to and from London , and Mr . D'Orsey has gathered about him an efficient and highly qualified staff of assistants , while the successes achieved at Woolwich , Sandhurst , and elsewhere are convincing testimony of the thoroughness and efficacy of his system of instruction .
An album , diamond pendant , a diamond ring , and a costly pear-shaped pearl were presented to H . R . H . the Princess Christian by the inhabitants of Windsor on Saturday last , in commemoration of the coming of age of her eldest son , Prince Christian Victor . The presentation was made at the Albert Institute , and the Princess was accompanied by Prince Christian , Prince Christian Victor , and the Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein .
The Mayor headed the deputation which presented the gifts , and the Princess kindly acknowledged them . Prince Christian was afterwards presented at the Guildhall with the honorary freedom oE the borough , contained in a casket of oak from Winjsor Forest . In the evening a concert was held in a building at the Prince Consort ' s workshops in the Great Park , Bro . Walter Parratt , organic of St . George ' s Chapel , P . G . OrganLt , being the conductor .
A very successful performance , consisting of a series of gymnastic exercises and an assault-at-arms , took place at the Athenaeum , Gjldhawk-road , Shepherd ' s Bush , on Saturday evening last , in aid of the funds of the West London Hospital . The programme included a dumb-bell performance by a team of boys from the St . Stephen ' s School , under the direction of the Rev . A . K . Ramsay , a
performance by a team from the same school on the parallel bars , the leader being Cecil Freeman ; a varied and admirable display of skill in boxing , wrestling , fencing , with the Indian Clubs , and on the parallel and horizontal bars by several of the ablest members of the German Gymnastic
Society and others . Ihe evening concluded with a display of _ cock-fighting by the St . Stephen ' s boys , the final bout being between Cecil Abbott and Norman Abbott , in which the former , after a tough struggle , proved the victor . The hall was crowded and we doubt not the hospital will benefit considerably by the entertainment .
HOLLOWAY ' OIN ' IMENT A . VD PILLS . —As spring approaches a most favourable opportunity offers for rectifying irregularities , removing impurities , add erasing blemishes which have arisen from the presence of matters forbad by winter from being transpired through the pores . This searching Ointment , well rubbed upon the skin , penetrates to the deeply-seated organs , upon which it exerts a
most wholesome and benehcial influence . Well nigh all the indigestions give way to this simple treatment , aided by purifying and aperitive doses of Holioway's Pills , round each box of which plain "instructions" are folded . Bilious disorders , loss of appetite , fulness after eating , lassitude , gout , and rheumatism may be effectively checked in their painful progress , and the seeds of lone suffering eradicated by these remedies . —ADVT .
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In consequence of the pressure on our column we are compelled to omit several reports of more thin ordinary importance—amongst them is the Ang lo-America Lodge , at which meeting , on Tuesday last , the recentin " of Bro . General Graves , D . G . Master New York , " prominent feature . We shall give a full report of thh and other meetings next week .
Bro . W . F . Mimms was installed W . M . of the Wanderers Lodge , No . 1604 , at Freemasons' Hall , on the io ' . h inst . We shall give a full report in our next . The King of Sweden , while in Florence , paid a visit to the Queen at the Villa Palmieri , and on Tueid ,,, his Majesty left for Rome . a *
Bro . Lord Robartes has kindly undertaken to preside at the Anniversary Festival of the North London Consumption Hospital to be held at the Hotel Metropofe on Wednesday , the 25 th instant . Bro . the Lord Mayor presided on Tuesday at the biennial festival of the Royal Medical Benevolent College , H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge , Bros .
Sheriff-Higgs and Davis , and others being present to support his lordship . The subscriptions amounted to between / 2 ; j and £ 2600 . A turther sum of £ 1500 from the Mansion Hou se Fund for the relief of the sufferers by the German inundn . tions was remitted on Monday by Bro . Lord Mayor De Keys ; r to Bro . Sir E . 13 . Malet , her Majesty ' s Ambassador at Berlin .
A marriage has been arranged between Mr , Gilbert Greenall , only son of Bro . Sir Gilbert Greenall ' Bart ., M . P ., Past S . G . W ., of Walton Hall , Cheshire ' and the second daughter of Mr . E . Brooke Cunliffe ' of iS , Ennismore-gardens . '
Bro . Sir John E . Gorst , Q . C , M . P ., Under-Se . retary of State for India , was the guest at the dinner given at Willis ' s Rooms , on Tuesday by the Royal Naval Club , to commemorate the victory gained by Lord Rodney over the French fleet on the 12 th May , 17 S 2 .
Bro . Alderman Farncombe , Mayor of Lewes , attended at Glynde Place officiall y on Monday in order tc present Viscount and Viscountess Hampden with the reso , lution of congratulations on their Golden Wedding day , which was passed at a special meeting of theTown Council on Saturday last .
Bro . Sir John W . Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., presided at the the annual festival held at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , on Friday , the 13 th instant , in aid of the Earlswood Asylum , Redhill , subscriptions to the amount ol about £ 1800 being announced in the course of the evening ,
VVe learn from the Voice of Masonry that a Grand Commandery of Knights Templar has been established in Wyoming Territory , U . S . A ., Sir Knight T , B . Hicks being the Grand Commander , and Sir Knight J , K . Jeffrey , Grand Recorder .
1 he Clothworkers' Company have contributed £ 250 , and the Merchant Taylors' Company £ 50 to the Islington Jubilee Fund , which will be closed to-day ( Friday ) and which amounts to close on £ 5530 . The fund will be devoted to providing a special Ward in the new hospital in the Ho . llolvay-road .
It appears that the number of newspapers and class journals published in the British Isles is 2 J 5 S , oi which 6 44 are issued within a radius of six miles from Charing Cross . There are also 1123 periodicals , and 5 S 2 annuals , giving a total of 426 3 publications of these various classes in the United Kingdom .
Bros . Earl Bathurst , Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Lord Monk-Bretton , Lord Stalbridge , Lord Kensington , and Sir John Mowbray , M . P ., are amongst the members of a joint Committee of Lords and Commoners appointed to examine into the present system of private biltleg'slation .
It is reported that her Majesty has invited the King and Queen of Italy to visit her at Windsor Castle at an early date and that their Majesties have accepted the invitation conditionally on the state of the political world being such as to allow of their leaving Italy .
A preliminary meeting of the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to consider and repoit upon the present system of granting supplies to the Crown was held on the 12 th instant , when the Marqu is of Hartington was elected Chairman .
Bro . John Aird , M . P ., presided at the i < 5 th anniversary festival of the Provident Surgical App liance Society at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s , on the evening of Friday , the 13 th instant , Bros . Seager Hunt , M . P ., Sheriff Davies , and Augustus Harris being among the principal guests . Subscriptions were announced amounting to upwards tf £ 1000 .
A deputation waited upon Bro . the Lord Mayo / at the Mansion ^ House for the purpose of requesting nis lordship ' s permission to hold a public meeting there in connection with the proposed ter-centenary celebration of the destruction of the Spanish Armada . Bros . Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., and Sir John Puleston , M . P ., «' 'j among the members of the deputation , which was formally
introduced by the latter , and Sir John having exp lainer the objects of the proposed celebration and that it would be conducted without the slightest feeling of religi ° j intolerance , his lordship expressed his readiness to grant the request and to assist ihe project by every means in n ' power . The deputation , having thanked his lordship , » v ' " drew .
We are very grieved to announce the decease 0 the distinguished brother , Judga Gardiner , P . G . M- ° ! Massachusetts . The lamented event occurred on ihe 4 ' inst ., and he will be regretted by a very wide circle " brethren in America , and wherever his name is known an respected . TheG . M ., Bro . Henry Endicotfc , and the u .
Lodge were to attend the funeral at Grace Church , NewW j on the 7 th inst . A very touching circular has been issu by Bro . S . D . Nickerson , Grand Secretary ( and httoe'V G . M . ) , in which mention is made of the decease ot ' "honoured Past Grand Master and dearly-beloved btotne The strong man is laid low . The weary pilgrim is at re For him at length all is peace . Only for us are doubt a fear . We cry : A good man has fallen ! who shall ta the vacant place ? "
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Masonic And General Tiding
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDING
Bros , the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs attended in State a concert given by the Guildhall School of Music at the People's Palace , Mile End , on Saturday afternoon last . The Queen has signified her intention of patronising the grand bazaar and military fete at the Royal
Military Asylum , known also as the Duke of York ' s School , which will be opened on Tuesday next , the 24 th inst . It has been arranged that the annual dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund shall be held at the Hotel Metropole , and Bro . Sir Edward Clarke , Q . C ., H . M . 's Solicitor-General , has kindly consented to preside on the
. Bro . the Right Hon . G . J . Shaw-Lefevre , M . P ., addressed a political meeting at the Drill Hall , West Ham , on Wednesday evening , and the same evening Bro . Sir G . O . Trevelyan , Bart ., M . P ., addressed his constituents of the Bridgeton division of Glasgow . The season at the Lyceum Theatre was opened
on Saturday evening last by Bro . Henry Irving and his company . " Faust" was chosen for the occasion , and both Bro . Irving and Miss Ellen Terry experienced a most enthusiastic reception on tluir first appearance after their tour in America . Bros . Earl Amherst , and Sir A . Borthwick , M . P . ; Bro . and Mrs . Dixon Hartland , Bro . and Mrs .
Agg-Gardner , Bro . Viscount and Viscountess Bury , Bro . and Mrs . Seager-Hunt , and Bro . Akers-Douglas M . P ., were present with many others at a political banquet held at the Criterion , Piccadilly , on Wednesday . Bro . the Lord Mayor has already forwarded to Berlin a sum of £ 2000 on account of the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the inundations in Germany , and the receipt has been gratefully acknowledged by Bro , Sir E .
B . Malct , H . M . ' s Ambassador at Berlin . The Salter reports thatupwardsof ico . ooo persons have been rendered homeless by the calamity . A Court of Adlenneii was held at the Guildhall , on Tuesday , at which Bro . the Lord Mayor presided , and at which his Lordship , on behalf of his successor Bro . Alderman Whitehead , requested that Bro . A . J . Newton , citizen and Fan Maker , might be put in nomination for the office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex for the
ensuing year . Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Lord Chamberlain , presided at the 43 rd anniversary dinner of the Royal General Theatrical Fund , on Wednesday , the guests who were present to the number of about 200 , including Bros . Alderman Sir H . Isaacs , Alderman Waterlow , S . B . Bancroft ; J . C . Parkinson , P . G . D . ; E . Terry , P . G . Stwd . ;
T . Thorne , and Lionel Brough . The subscriptions amounted to about £ Soo . Bro . the Lord Mayor entertained the members of the Savage Club and other guests , to the number of about 250 , at a banquet in the Egyptian Hall , Mansion
House , on Saturday evening last , this being the second occasion on which such an entertainment has taken place , the first having been in 1 SS 0 , during the Mayoralty of Bro . Sir F . W . Truscott , P . G . W ., who was a guest on this occasion , together with Bro . Sir . ] . R . Somers Vine , VV . M . of the Savage Club L } dge , and others .
PRESENTATION TO BRO . T . CUBITT , P . G . P ., P . P . G . D . MIDDLESEX . —At a meeting of the Campbell Lodge , No . 1415 , held at the Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court , on the 14 th inst ., under the able presidency of the W . M ., Bro . J . W . J . Oswald , M . D ., a handsome Treasurer ' s jewel was presented to our worthy Bro . Thomas Cubitt , P . G . P ., as a mark of the esteem in which he is held by
the brethren , and of their appreciation of his very valuable services as Treasurer to the lodge for a period of 15 years . We call our readers attention to Bro . J . F . Haskins' , Organist of Lodges 22 , 194 , 212 , 1364 , and 2 i 6 S , Benefit Concert , which takes place at the Shoreditch Town Hall , on Thursday evening next , the 26 th instant . Amongst
a galaxy of talent , the following well-known nimes aopear Madame Edith Winn , Misses Ethel Winn , Minnie Kirton , Lavinia Walker , Messrs . Arthur Thomas , Prenton , Aiderton , Dawson , Weston , Clive , Kift , and Pritchard . The celebrated actor , Mr . Herman Vezin , will give a recital , and his pupil , Miss Lilian Deane , seven years old , will also contribute a dramatic piece . Miss Clara Titterton is solo
violinist . Pupils of Bro . Haskins will perform Herold ' s overture , "Zampa , " upon two grand pianofortes and Harmonium . With such a brilliant array of artistes , & c , we are sure Bro . Haskins will have a big show and a remunerative one into the bargain . We have been favoured with a copy of the new Illustrated Catalogue and Price List issued by Messrs .
Dows , Clark , and Co ., the well-Known furnishers of bar fittings and utensils , of 46 and 47 , Frith-street , Soho , W . It is decidedly the best of its kind we have yet seen , and will serve to convey some idea of the many tasteful designs for all descriptions of goods of this character which have been invented and applied since the issue of the previous catalogue . As to the quality of the fittings and utensils manufactured by this firm , we have said before , and need
only repeat now , that better cannot be produced by any other firm in the country , while a glance at the prices will show that they are strictly moderate , having due regard to their excellence . However , intending customers will learn far more than we can tell them b y personally visiting the premises and inspecting the goods . They will be received with courtsey , and we feel sure they will be delighted with what they see .
Read the following , received this day from Mr . ] . H . Pearson Chemist , Peterbro ' : — " I have sold Dr . Locock ' s Pulmonic Wafers for more than 20 years , and every one who buy them speak highly of their curative properties . " In Asthma , Consumption , Bronchitis , Coughs , Colds , Rheumatism , and all Hysterical and Nervous Complaints , instant relief and a rapid cure is given by the Wafers , which taste pleasantly . Sold by all Druggists at is , i ^ d ., 2 S , od „ 4 s , 6 d „ and ns , per box , —ADVT !
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Bro . the Lord Mayor will preside at the opening meeting at the Mansion House on Tuesday next at a conference convened by the National Association of Certified Reformatory and Industrial Schools . The Prince and Princess of Wales , with the Princesses Louise , Victoria , and Maud , will arrive at
Marlborough House from Sandringham on Monday next , the 23 rd inst ., for the season . Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Lord Steward , and Bro . Lord and Lady Egerton of Tatton have arrived in town for the season , while Bro . Lord and Lady Algernon Gordon - Lennox have left London for Vienna .
The Dukeof Cambridge will open the Paddington Recreation Ground of about 20 acres on Saturday next , the 2 Sth inst ., and Bros . Lord Randolph Churchill and John Aird , the members of the two divisions of Paddingion , will take part in the proceedings .
Bro . Tyssen-Amhurst , M . P ., and Mrs . Tyssen-Amhurst , and Bro . and Mrs . Hamar Bass have arrived in London for the season , and Bro . the Earl and Countess oi Egmont are expected to return to St . James's Palace from a yachting cruise in the Mediterranean about Monday next
the 23 rd inst . The 2 ist annual competition for the Public Schools Racquets Challenge Cup was brought to a close at the Queen ' s Club , West Kensington , on Saturday last , the schools left in for the final being Charterhouse and Harrow . The former won after a well fought contest by four games to two .
The Hon . Mabelle Brassey , daughter of Bro . Lord Brassey , was married to Mr . C . A . Egerton , at the Church of St . Laurence , Catsfield , Sussex , on Tuesday afternoon , the bride being given away by her father , while Mr . E . Egerton , first Secretary of the British Embassy in Paris , was best man , Bro . Henry and Mrs . Henry Brassey and other members of the family were present .
Bro . C . J . Wilkinson-Pimbury was at the last meeting unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing twelve months of the John Carpenter Lodge , 1997 , comprising " old boys" of the City of London School , which was consecrated five years ago , when Bro . Alderman Sir H . E . Knight was the first Master . Bro . ex-Sheriff Hutton , P . G . D ., was again elected Treasurer , a position he has occupied from the commencement .
The gravest anxiety has prevailed during the week as to the health of the Emperor Frederick , and , though the more accute symptoms have somewhat subsided , the members of the Imperial Family are all in attendance at Cliarlottenburg , During the last day or two there has been some improvement in the condition of the illustrious patient , and , though the peril is still great , there is some hope of his recovery .
Bro . Lord Brooke , R . W . P . G . M . Essex , and his lovely consort , Lady Brooke , visited Colchester on Wednesday for the purpose of opening- a Loan Exhibition in connection with the local School of Art . The distinguished visitors were entertained by the Mayor ( Mr . Paxman ) to
luncheon , after which they proceeded to the benool of Art , accompanied by the Corporation " in State , " when Lady Brooke declared the exhibition open in the presence of a large and distinguished company . Lord and Lady Brooke returned to town by an afternoon train .
To brethren who may be on the look out for a school where their sons can be prepared thoroughly for the Army , the Universities , and our Public Schools , we can strongly recommend the Grosvenor Schools , Twickenham , of which the Rev . L . Murray D'Orsey , M . A ., Cambridge , is proprietor . It is admirably situated for purposes of
health , and easy access to and from London , and Mr . D'Orsey has gathered about him an efficient and highly qualified staff of assistants , while the successes achieved at Woolwich , Sandhurst , and elsewhere are convincing testimony of the thoroughness and efficacy of his system of instruction .
An album , diamond pendant , a diamond ring , and a costly pear-shaped pearl were presented to H . R . H . the Princess Christian by the inhabitants of Windsor on Saturday last , in commemoration of the coming of age of her eldest son , Prince Christian Victor . The presentation was made at the Albert Institute , and the Princess was accompanied by Prince Christian , Prince Christian Victor , and the Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein .
The Mayor headed the deputation which presented the gifts , and the Princess kindly acknowledged them . Prince Christian was afterwards presented at the Guildhall with the honorary freedom oE the borough , contained in a casket of oak from Winjsor Forest . In the evening a concert was held in a building at the Prince Consort ' s workshops in the Great Park , Bro . Walter Parratt , organic of St . George ' s Chapel , P . G . OrganLt , being the conductor .
A very successful performance , consisting of a series of gymnastic exercises and an assault-at-arms , took place at the Athenaeum , Gjldhawk-road , Shepherd ' s Bush , on Saturday evening last , in aid of the funds of the West London Hospital . The programme included a dumb-bell performance by a team of boys from the St . Stephen ' s School , under the direction of the Rev . A . K . Ramsay , a
performance by a team from the same school on the parallel bars , the leader being Cecil Freeman ; a varied and admirable display of skill in boxing , wrestling , fencing , with the Indian Clubs , and on the parallel and horizontal bars by several of the ablest members of the German Gymnastic
Society and others . Ihe evening concluded with a display of _ cock-fighting by the St . Stephen ' s boys , the final bout being between Cecil Abbott and Norman Abbott , in which the former , after a tough struggle , proved the victor . The hall was crowded and we doubt not the hospital will benefit considerably by the entertainment .
HOLLOWAY ' OIN ' IMENT A . VD PILLS . —As spring approaches a most favourable opportunity offers for rectifying irregularities , removing impurities , add erasing blemishes which have arisen from the presence of matters forbad by winter from being transpired through the pores . This searching Ointment , well rubbed upon the skin , penetrates to the deeply-seated organs , upon which it exerts a
most wholesome and benehcial influence . Well nigh all the indigestions give way to this simple treatment , aided by purifying and aperitive doses of Holioway's Pills , round each box of which plain "instructions" are folded . Bilious disorders , loss of appetite , fulness after eating , lassitude , gout , and rheumatism may be effectively checked in their painful progress , and the seeds of lone suffering eradicated by these remedies . —ADVT .
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In consequence of the pressure on our column we are compelled to omit several reports of more thin ordinary importance—amongst them is the Ang lo-America Lodge , at which meeting , on Tuesday last , the recentin " of Bro . General Graves , D . G . Master New York , " prominent feature . We shall give a full report of thh and other meetings next week .
Bro . W . F . Mimms was installed W . M . of the Wanderers Lodge , No . 1604 , at Freemasons' Hall , on the io ' . h inst . We shall give a full report in our next . The King of Sweden , while in Florence , paid a visit to the Queen at the Villa Palmieri , and on Tueid ,,, his Majesty left for Rome . a *
Bro . Lord Robartes has kindly undertaken to preside at the Anniversary Festival of the North London Consumption Hospital to be held at the Hotel Metropofe on Wednesday , the 25 th instant . Bro . the Lord Mayor presided on Tuesday at the biennial festival of the Royal Medical Benevolent College , H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge , Bros .
Sheriff-Higgs and Davis , and others being present to support his lordship . The subscriptions amounted to between / 2 ; j and £ 2600 . A turther sum of £ 1500 from the Mansion Hou se Fund for the relief of the sufferers by the German inundn . tions was remitted on Monday by Bro . Lord Mayor De Keys ; r to Bro . Sir E . 13 . Malet , her Majesty ' s Ambassador at Berlin .
A marriage has been arranged between Mr , Gilbert Greenall , only son of Bro . Sir Gilbert Greenall ' Bart ., M . P ., Past S . G . W ., of Walton Hall , Cheshire ' and the second daughter of Mr . E . Brooke Cunliffe ' of iS , Ennismore-gardens . '
Bro . Sir John E . Gorst , Q . C , M . P ., Under-Se . retary of State for India , was the guest at the dinner given at Willis ' s Rooms , on Tuesday by the Royal Naval Club , to commemorate the victory gained by Lord Rodney over the French fleet on the 12 th May , 17 S 2 .
Bro . Alderman Farncombe , Mayor of Lewes , attended at Glynde Place officiall y on Monday in order tc present Viscount and Viscountess Hampden with the reso , lution of congratulations on their Golden Wedding day , which was passed at a special meeting of theTown Council on Saturday last .
Bro . Sir John W . Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., presided at the the annual festival held at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , on Friday , the 13 th instant , in aid of the Earlswood Asylum , Redhill , subscriptions to the amount ol about £ 1800 being announced in the course of the evening ,
VVe learn from the Voice of Masonry that a Grand Commandery of Knights Templar has been established in Wyoming Territory , U . S . A ., Sir Knight T , B . Hicks being the Grand Commander , and Sir Knight J , K . Jeffrey , Grand Recorder .
1 he Clothworkers' Company have contributed £ 250 , and the Merchant Taylors' Company £ 50 to the Islington Jubilee Fund , which will be closed to-day ( Friday ) and which amounts to close on £ 5530 . The fund will be devoted to providing a special Ward in the new hospital in the Ho . llolvay-road .
It appears that the number of newspapers and class journals published in the British Isles is 2 J 5 S , oi which 6 44 are issued within a radius of six miles from Charing Cross . There are also 1123 periodicals , and 5 S 2 annuals , giving a total of 426 3 publications of these various classes in the United Kingdom .
Bros . Earl Bathurst , Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Lord Monk-Bretton , Lord Stalbridge , Lord Kensington , and Sir John Mowbray , M . P ., are amongst the members of a joint Committee of Lords and Commoners appointed to examine into the present system of private biltleg'slation .
It is reported that her Majesty has invited the King and Queen of Italy to visit her at Windsor Castle at an early date and that their Majesties have accepted the invitation conditionally on the state of the political world being such as to allow of their leaving Italy .
A preliminary meeting of the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to consider and repoit upon the present system of granting supplies to the Crown was held on the 12 th instant , when the Marqu is of Hartington was elected Chairman .
Bro . John Aird , M . P ., presided at the i < 5 th anniversary festival of the Provident Surgical App liance Society at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s , on the evening of Friday , the 13 th instant , Bros . Seager Hunt , M . P ., Sheriff Davies , and Augustus Harris being among the principal guests . Subscriptions were announced amounting to upwards tf £ 1000 .
A deputation waited upon Bro . the Lord Mayo / at the Mansion ^ House for the purpose of requesting nis lordship ' s permission to hold a public meeting there in connection with the proposed ter-centenary celebration of the destruction of the Spanish Armada . Bros . Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., and Sir John Puleston , M . P ., «' 'j among the members of the deputation , which was formally
introduced by the latter , and Sir John having exp lainer the objects of the proposed celebration and that it would be conducted without the slightest feeling of religi ° j intolerance , his lordship expressed his readiness to grant the request and to assist ihe project by every means in n ' power . The deputation , having thanked his lordship , » v ' " drew .
We are very grieved to announce the decease 0 the distinguished brother , Judga Gardiner , P . G . M- ° ! Massachusetts . The lamented event occurred on ihe 4 ' inst ., and he will be regretted by a very wide circle " brethren in America , and wherever his name is known an respected . TheG . M ., Bro . Henry Endicotfc , and the u .
Lodge were to attend the funeral at Grace Church , NewW j on the 7 th inst . A very touching circular has been issu by Bro . S . D . Nickerson , Grand Secretary ( and httoe'V G . M . ) , in which mention is made of the decease ot ' "honoured Past Grand Master and dearly-beloved btotne The strong man is laid low . The weary pilgrim is at re For him at length all is peace . Only for us are doubt a fear . We cry : A good man has fallen ! who shall ta the vacant place ? "