Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

THE EXHIBITION AT SHANKLIN . —We are asked to announce that no more exhibits can be received for this Exhibition . The response to Bro . Greenham's appeal has far exceeded all expectation , and it is now found necessary

to complete the numbering and classification , so that the catalogue may be issued in good time . Bro . H . B . Marshall , C . C ., Past G . Treasurer , has been placed on the Commission of Peace for the County of Kent .

Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Manchester left England at the end of last week for the purpose of passing a few weeks on the Continent . Bro . Sir Edward Clarke , Q . C ., M . P ., H . M . ' s Solicitor-General , addressed a political meeting at

Burtonon-Trent on Tuesday . Bro . Earl Granville returned to his residence in Carlton House-terrace , from Walmer Castle , on Tuesday , in order to be present in his place at the opening of Parliament .

Bro . Earl Cowper , K . G ., has returned to St . James ' s-square from Homburg , and has been joined by the Countess , who has returned from her visit to Cowes , Isle of Wight . Festivities on a large scale were held last week at Londesborough Park , Yorkshire , in celebration of the

coming of age of the Hon . Francis Denison , eldest son of Bro . Lord Londesborough . The will of the late R . W . Bro . Lord Waveney , Prov . G . Master of Suffolk , was recently proved by his brother , Sir H . E . Adair , Bart ., the personalty being sworn at over £ 10 , 000 .

The Prince and Princess of Wales , who left England on the 12 th inst . on a visit to Germany , reached Schlangenbad the following day , and having paid a visit to the Empress of Germany , continued their journey to Homburg .

The address in the House of Commons in reply to the Queen ' s speech , delivered by commission at trie opening of Parliament on Thursday , was to be moved by Bro . Col . King-Harman , M . P . for the Isle of Thanet division of Kent .

Bro . Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., presided at the ordinary half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Great Western Railway Company held at the Paddington Terminus , on the 12 th instant . The directors' report was was submitted and adopted .

Bro . Charles Warner , in the absence through illness of Bro . Edmund Yates , presided at the farewell dinner to Bro . Wilson Barrett , at the Criterion , Piccadilly , on the 12 th inst ., Bros . Augustus Harris , T . Thorne , E . Ledger , Walter Gooch , Carl Rosa , Lennox Browne , and others being among the guests .

On Thursday , the 12 th inst ., Bro . General Lord Wolseley presented the prizes to the winning detachments at the recentannual meeting at Shoeburyness of the National Artillery Association , an expression of thanks to his lordship for attending atgreat personal inconvenience being tendered by Bro . the Earl of Limerick , President of the Association .

THE SHRIEVALTY . —Lieut .-Col . Kirby ( Sheriff-Elect ) has given the order for his chain and badge to Mr . George Kenning , of Little Britain and Aldersgate-street . The badge depicts the Sheriff-Elect ' s arms in the centre , surrounded by the arms of the City of London and the Fanmakers , Distillers , Loriners , Spectaclemakers , and Shipwrights' Companies , to all of which Colonel Kirby belongs . —City Press .

Among those who are recruiting their strength after the labours of the past season , we find that Bro Alderman Sir H . E . and Lady Knight are at Matlock Bath , Bro . Major George Lambert , P . G . S . B ., is at Chester , and Bro . Sheriff-elect Lieut .-Col . Kirby is at Great Marlow , while Bro . Justice Field sailed on Saturday last for Teneriffe , and will proceed afterwards to Oratara and the Morocean Coast .

A lodge of emergency will be held at the Foresters' Hall , Whitstable , by the Graystone Lodge , No . 1915 , at seven p . m ., on Wednesday next , the 25 th inst ., when Bros . James Terry , P . Prov . G . S . W . Norths and Hunts , and Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , has very kindly consented to rehearse the ceremonies of consecration and installation . We have no

doubt there will be a considerable attendance on the occasion , both on the part of the officers and members of the lodge , and by visitors from neighbouring lodges . In his recent annual address , Bro . Peabody , M . W . G . M . of Colorado , expressed himself as strongly opposed to the public installation of officers of Masonic lodges . He considers the obiect of these ceremonials is

" for mere show and display , to attract the attention of the profane , and should be classed as innovations . " He is also of opinion that " a Masonic lodge cannot be regularly convened as a lodge where the world at large are invited to seats , and is in direct and positive antagonism to sound conservative teachings , and opens the door to other dangerous novelties . "

According to some particulars which recently appeared in the Masonic columns of the New York Dispatch , the strongest subordinate Knight Templar Commandery in the United States is the Apollo , No . 1 , Chicago , 111 ., which last year numbered 651 members , Boston , No . 2 , of Boston , Mass ., ranking second with 604 members , St . John , No . 4 , Philadelphia , third with 510 members , and

Mary Commandery , No . 36 , also of Philadelphia , fourth with 485 members . The four next in order of numerical strength are the St . Bernard , No . 35 , Chicago , 408 members , the Chicago , No . 19 , same city , 393 members , the Springfield , No . G , Springfield , Mass ., 3 S 9 members , and the Munroe , No . 12 , Rochester , New York , 384 members . It is added that each of these commandcries has received a large accession of strength since the last statistics were compiled .

Masonic And General Tidings

H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught will resume his command in India next month , and will be accompanied on his return to that country by the Duchess . Bro . the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon , who have been staying for some time past at Highclere Castle , will proceed thence to their Nottingham estate at an early date .

Bro . Admiral Sir W . Hewett , in command of the Evolutionary Squadron , has been conducting a series of operations and torpedo experiments in the neighbourhood of Milford Haven . Bros . Lord A . Hill , the Hon . D . Phinket , and Lord George Hamilton ' are among the members of the new Ministry who have just been re-elected to the House of Commons without opposition .

Prince Albert Victor of Wales , after his visit to the Marquis of Abergavenny at Eridge Castle , Sussex , returned to Aldershot on Saturday last and resumed duty with his regiment ( the 10 th Hussars ) . On Tuesday , the Canadian Artillery Volunteers visited the Mansion House , over which , in the absence of Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress , they were conducted by Alderman Sir Andrew Lusk , Bart .

Bros . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) , Lord Randolph Churchill , Lord George Hamilton , Sir F . Stanley , and Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach were among the Ministers present at the Cabinet Councils held at the Foreign Office on Friday , the 15 th inst ' ., and on Tuesday . Bro . the Earl of Onslow was to move the address in reply to the Queen ' s Speech in the House of Lords

on Thursday evening , and it was expected that in the debate that followed the Prime Minister , Bro . Earl Granville , and other peers would take part . In our congratulatory remarks on Bro . Sir Horace Jones having recently been knighted by the Queen , the date of his appointment as Grand Superintendent of Works was left partially blank . The year should have

been given in full as 1 SS 2 . Among the principal witnesses examined before the Royal Commission Merchant Shipping , whose evidence is contained in their first report , were Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., now Lord Brassey , of Bulkeley , and Bro . C . M . Norwood , formerly M . P . for Hull . At this week ' s usual monthly meeting of the New Forest Lodge , Bro . G . J . Gould was unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year , and a P . M . ' s jewel

was voted to the retiring W . M ., Bro . J . C . Burbage for the assistance he had rendered the lodge during his year of office . The 24 th annual exhibition of the Tunbridge Wells and South-Eastern Counties' Agricultural Society , which was opened at Tunbridge Wells on the 12 th inst ., was visited in the course of the same afternoon by Prince Albert Victor of Wales .

The will of the late Earl Amherst , of 43 , Grosvenor-square and Montreal , Sevenoaks , Kent , has been proved by his son and successor , R . W . Bro . Earl Amherst , Prov . G . Master of Kent , the personalty being sworn at , f 109 , 000 . After due provision for his wife , and an annuity to his butler , the testator bequeaths all his real estate and the residue of his personalty to the present

earl . Bro . Dr . B . W . Richardson , while riding on his tricycle one day last week , and in the act of turning the corner of George and Baker-streets , was driven into by a cabman , the machine being wedged against the pavement . Our worthy brother , fortunately , escaped with a few bruises , with subsequent stiffness of the muscles , caused by the shaking .

Tuesday , the 17 th inst ., being the hundredth anniversary of the death of Frederick the Great of Prussia , who was initiated into Freemasonry during the lifetime of his father , Bro . the Emperor William of Germany , his descendant and successor on the Throne of Prussia , attended a solemn commemoration service in the Garrison Church at Potsdam , and afterwards attended a church parade of the troops in the Lustgarden .

The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania is on the eve of celebrating the centenary of its independence , and arrangements are being made which will enable each subordinate lodge to commemorate the event in its own locality , the stated meeting following the 25 th September next , or a

special meeting to be held for the purpose being recommended to be set apart for any appropriate action which may commend itself to the lodge . By this means it is hoped that the bulk of the brethren in the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania will be enabled to participate in the celebration .

The Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Dakota held its annual convocation in the city of Bismarck on the 7 th June last . 'There was a full attendance of Grand Officers , and 25 chapters were represented . Comp . William Blatt , G . H . P ., presided , and in the course of his address

congratulated those present on the flourishing state of capitular Masonry in the jurisdiction . The reports of the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary were of a satisfactory nature . Comps . Peter Picton and Thomas J . Wilder are the G . H . P . and Grand Secretary , respectively , for the current year .

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Bro . Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., has left London for the purpose of taking a six months ' holiday . The Grand Lodge of Mississippi has just presented to the Natchez Orphan Asylum a donation of 500 dollars ( £ 100 ) . The Grand Commandery of Pennsylvania will

hold its next Annual Conclave in the Masonic Hall , Philadelphia , on Tuesday , the 24 th May , 1 SS 7 . The Hon . R . Bourke , who has just been appointed Governor of Madras , is a younger brother of the late Bro . the Earl of Mayo , who was assassinated when Viceroy of India . The Chiswick Lodge of Instruction will re-open

on Saturday , the 2 Sth inst ., and the installation ceremony be rehearsed by Bro . E . Ayling , P . M ., Preceptor . Lodge opened at 7 . 30 . The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Massachusetts was constituted in Boston , on the 13 th March , 1798 . The Grand Chapter of Michigan has no subordinate chapters on its roll .

The Keystone , of Philadelphia , offers its fraternal sympathies to Bro . the Hon . Richard Vaux , P . G . M . of Pennsylvania , on the recent death of his mother at the advanced age of 94 years . Telegraphic addresses ( Inland ) for the Freemason Printing and Publishing Works — " Freemason ,

London . " For Jewels , Clothing , Furniture , Banners , & c , & c . — " Kenning , London . " Bro . Henry Irving who , with Miss Terry , Bro . J . C . Parkinson , & c , is on a visit to America , entertained at dinner at Delmonico's , New York , on the nth inst ., a numerous party of his friends on that side of the Atlantic .

About 200 members of the Open-Air Mission availed themselves of the opportunity afforded them by Bro . Ex-Sheriff East , of spending their annual summer outing in the grounds of Woodcock Grove , Epsom , the result being a most enjoyable day ' s excursion .

Bro . Ira Berry , the respected Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Maine , U . S . A ., who is in the Ssth year of his age , is gradually recovering from an attack of paralysis , which for a time rendered him speechless . We trust that our worthy brother , notwithstanding his advanced age , may still have many years of usefulness before him .

According to the Keystone , the oldest member of the Grand Lodge of Pensylvania is Bro . Judge Donaldson , of Pottsville , who was born on the aSth July , 1799 , and has consequently just entered on his SSth year . We join heartily in the wish expressed by our contemporary that Bro . Donaldson may live to see many happy returns of his birthday .

Bro . Earl Percy presided at the silting on Thursday , the 12 th inst ., at Chester , of the Archaeological Institute . The architectural section afterwards met , and did some business . The Institute will hold its next annual meeting at Salisbury , and Norwich was named , but not decided upon , for that of iSSS .

Bro . General W . P . Innes is Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of Michigan , and Grand Recorder of its Grand Commandery . On him also devolves the onerous duty of arranging the Foreign Correspondence of the three Grand Bodies , so that our worthy brother must have his time pretty closely occupied .

Bro . Benjamin Flagler , Past Grand Master of New York , has lately had the good fortune to recover the warrant issued in 1822 to Old Niagra Lodge , No . 345 , Niagra Falls , N . Y ., which was lost during the time of the Morgan Excitement , and has presented it to Niagra Frontier Lodge , No . 132 , which possesses all the books , papers , and other records of its predecessor .

MASONIC C HARITY IN WEST LANCASHIRE . — A meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge Charity Committee of the Fund of Benevolence , was held on Tuesday , the 10 th inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , under the presidency of Bro . R . Wylie , P . G . W ., the vicechair being occupied by Bro . H . W . Johnson , P . G . D . The sum of £ 8 * was granted from the fund on behalf of three

widows of deceased Freemasons and two distressed brethren in the province . Her Majesty held a Council at Osborne on Monday , at which Bro . Lord George Hamilton was introduced , and kissed hands en appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty . Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe also attended , and kissed hands as Lord Steward , and Bro . the

Earl of Kintore was sworn in a member of the Privy Council . Previous to the Council , Bro . E . Clarke , Q . C ., M . P ., H . M ' s . Solicitor-General , was introduced , and received the honour of knighthood . A meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Perthshire was held in the Masonic Hall , Parliament-place , Perth , on Saturday last , to appoint office-bearers to fill

several vacancies which had occurred since last meeting , M . E . Comp . the Marquis of Breadalbane , Prov . G . Surjt ., presided , and there was a good attendance . Comp . Col Campbell , was appointed I ? . G . H . ; Comp . John Mackenzie , P . G . S . E . ; Comp . Pollock , P . G . 2 nd A . S . ;

Comp . Duncan , P . G . S . N . j and Comp . Rae , Janitor . It was intimated that early visitations would be made to the different chapters in the province by the Provincial Grand Chapter . An adjournment was made to the Salutation Hotel , where refreshments were served , and a most enjoyable afternoon was spent .

According to a statement in a recent issue of the Philadelphia Keystone , but quoted from the Freemasons ' Repository , Matthew Thornton , of New Hampshire , who was one of the signers of the Declaration of American independence , must have been a Freemason . It is so considered at least from the fact that a silver badge which belonged to him , and has his name inscribed upon it , has recently been discovered . This badge , which is oval in

shape , and about two by two and a half inches in size , has carved on one side the principal emblems of the Craft lodge , and on the other those of the Koyal Arch and other Degrees . The badge is in the possession of Bro . Aaron King , of Nashua , who is making strenuous efforts to trace out the Masonic career of 'Judge Thornton . Several others who signed the famous Declaration were members of the Fraternity .