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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE DUTIES of the Rose Lodge of Instruction , No . 1622 , will be resumed at the Stirling Castle , Church-street , Camberwell , S . E ., on Thursday , the 2 nd prox ., under the esteemed and worthy Preceptor . Bro . David Rose , P . M . 73 . BRO . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF ST . ALBANS , after a stay for some days at Ostend , have left on board their yacht for Norway . We are glad to hear that his grace has almost entirely recovered from his recent severe illness .
THE GALLERIES of Westminster House were , by psrmiss ' on of the Duke of Westm i nster , thrown open on Sunday last to the members of the National Sunday League and their friends , the number of those who were admitted being 1663 . AT THE REGULAR meeting | of the Eldon Lodge , No . 1755 , held at Portishead , on Saturday last , Bro . Thomas Turner , S . W ., was unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year , and the installation takes place on the second Saturday in September .
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to present Madame Albani , who sang twice during the Jubilee festivities , with autograph portraits of herself , one being the latest photograph taken , while the other was done in the year of her Majesty ' s accession .
THE KING OF SIAM spent the afternoon of Saturday last in inspecting the wonders of Madame Tussaud's Exhibition . His Majesty was greatly struck with what he saw , and seemed impressed with the idea of establishing a similar institution in Siam . THE DUCHESS OF ALBANY , with her children , left Esher on Monday evening for Birkhall , Deeside , where their Royal Highnesses are expected to remain for two months . The Duke and Duchess of Teck intend spending several weeks at Belford Hall , Northumberland .
BRO . THE MARQUIS AND MARCHIONESS OF TWEEDDALE have _ been entertaining a large party of guests at Yester , among them being Lord Wimborne and the Hon . E . Guest , the Earl of Kinnoull , the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress , and Mr . and Mrs . Cazalet . THERE WAS an unfortunate error in the concluding paragraph of our report of the recent Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . We said " Benevolent grants during the year amounted to £ 132 ; " we should have said " Benevolent grants during the quarter amounted to £ 132 . "
MADAME NORDICA , who has been dangerously ill , had so far recovered as to be enabled to leave London on Tuesday for Paris , whence she will continue her journey to Kruiznelh . Here , it is hoped , that she will recover her health rapidly , and be able to undertake her projected tour in America under the direction of Bro . Col . Mapleson . THE DEATH-RATE in London has again risen from 25 . 7 to 26 . 2 per 1000 last week , this being 3 . 8 above the mean average in the corresponding period for the last 10 years . This excessive mortality is due in great measure to the increase in the number of deaths among young children due to their eating unripe fruit and the poisonous stuffs sold at street corners .
THE DIRECTORS of Maple and Company , Limited , have declared an interim dividend at the rate ot 10 per cent , per annum , payable ist of September , on the Ordinary Shares for the half-year ending 30 th June , 1 S 97 . The Transfer Books will accordingly be closed for Ordinary Shares from the 20 th to the 31 st instant , both dates , inclusive .
OWING TO THE disquieting news received from the north-west frontier of India , the government has given orders for the concentration of a large force at Rawal Pindi and Peshawur , the number of troops thus massed together being 25 , 000 . Brig .-Gen . Westmacott and Brig .-Gen . Bro . Yeatman-Biggs have been severally appointed to command the two reserve brigades at Rawal Pindi .
THE AUTUMN military manoeuvres in Ireland concluded on Saturday last , when the regiments engaged marched into the Phoenix Park , where they are encamped . Bro . Lord Roberts has expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which they conducted themselves , and has also thanked the commanders of the two forces—Major-Generals Viscount Frankfort and Boyce-Combe—for the able manner in which they carried out the duties entrusted to them .
# HER MAJESTY ' first-class cruiser Galatea , Capt . Count Frederick C . Metaxa , which was under orders to escort the Duke and Duchess of York on their approaching visit to Ireland , met with an accident on Saturday morning last to her air-pump which disabled her starboard engine , and had to return to Sheerness to have it repaired . In the event of the Galatea being unable to leave in time to cirry out the engagement , her place will be taken by the Colossus .
THE DUKE OF YORK was presented by Capt . H . Bate , Aide-de-Camp to Sir Wilfred Laurier , the Canadian Premier , with a bound volume of the Canadian Jubilee Stamp issue . The book is entirely the production of native workmen , and is suitably inscribed with the names of the leading government officials . In the evening , in company with the Duchess , his Royal Highness visited Terry ' s Theatre and witnessed the performance of "The French Maid . "
GREAT REJOICINGS took place at Knebworth , Herts , on Saturday last , in honour of the coming of age of the Earl of Lytton . A short service was held in the church , and then the tenantry and many other guests were entertained at luncheon in the park , the chair being taken by Bro . Gerald Balfour , M . P ., Chief Secretary for Ireland , who is Lord Ljlion ' s brother-in-law . Among the principal guests were Sir Herbert Spencer , Visccunt Cranbourne , the Earl of Clarendon , Bro . Baron D . msdile , Lady BlomSeld , and others . Later in the day the villagers were entertained .
DURING the visit recently made by the Queen to Carisbrooke an amusing incident occurred while her Majesty was driving through Newport . A peripatetic entert linment , which included a stilt-walker , was in progress , and had attracted a large crowd of spectators in the Cattle Market . As the Queen ' s carriage drew near the spectators fell back and waved their hats and handkerchiefs , but the stilt-walker remained on his lofty peich , and leaning against the wall of the Isle of Wight County Club and doffing his cap , joined heartily in the general demonstrations of loyalty .
THE ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS , under their commanding officer , Co ' . onel Reeves , attended divine service on Sunday last at the Mausoleum erected by the Empress Eugenie to her husband and son , the late Napoleon III . and the Prince Imperial , at Farnborough , the Empress , attended by M . Pit-tri , her private secretary , and Madame Le Breton , and accompanied by the Prince and Princess Mural , being likewise present . Her Majesty , on leaving at the conclusion of the service , expressed a wish that Colonel Reeves should be presented to her , and thanked that officer for the attendance of his regiment .
AN INTERESTING I-RESENTATION was recently made to the veteran mmician—Bro . William Maby , of Bristol—who has lately completed his 83 rd birthdiy . The gift coosisted of an enlarged photograph of the 1 S 97 group of old friends who annually meet on the 24 th May , in honour of the veteran ' s birthday . Bro . Maby , the only suvivor of those who joined the Gloucestershire Yeomanry on its formation , was honoured with an introduction to the Prince of Wales when his Royal Highness was recently inspecting the corps at Cheltenham . ¦ Our respected brother , who is connected with Craft Lodges Nos . CS and 1755 , as well as associated with the High Grades , is one of the oldest Freemasons in the West of England .
THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF BRITISH ART , or—as it is more commonly knownthe Tate Gallery , which occupies the structure erected on the site of what used to be Millbank Prison , and was opened by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales some few weeks ago , was for the first time thrown open to the public on Monday . Mr . Tate , in addition to providing the building , made a donation of 65 pictures , which are hung in one room , Iwo tlher 100 ms being set aside for the pictures purchased under the Chantrey bequest .
In sedition , there are 18 specimens from uhe Watt Collection , while cfi ofthe best examples of the British School during the past 40 years have been transferred from the National Gallery . Thus the collection is a fine one , and as soon as the surroundings of the Gallery , which are at present in a chaotic condition , have been put straight , it will prove a great attraction to the general public ,
Masonic And General Tidings.
THE BAND of the Grenadier Guards has been ordered to plav in the Green Park on Sunday evening , and that of the Coldstream Guards in Hyds Park . THE PRINCESS VICTORIA OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN presented the medallions and certificates to the successful Isle of Wight ambulance students at Carisbrooke Castle on the 10 th inst .
THE CHARTER for the constitution of a lodje , to be called St . Rman's , No . 85 * 1 . has been received from the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and it is expected the lodge will be opened next month . THE DUTIES of the Blackheath Lodge of Instruction , No . 1320 , willl be resumed at the Stirling Castle , Church-street . Camberwell , on Monday , the 6 ; h prox ., under the able Preceptorship of Bro . William Dawson , P . M . CSS .
WE ARE GLAD to hear that Bro . Lord Henniker , who has been for a long time absent from his post through illness , has so far recovered as to be able to return to the the Isle of Man and resume his duties as Lieutenant-Governor .
AN EXTRAORDINARY general meeting of the Gigantic Wheel and Recreation Towers Company , Limited , was held at Winchester House on the 19 th instant . The gross receipts up to date were £ 10 , 960 , and the expenditure £ 5242 . A dividend of 7 ^ per cent , was d clared . THE KING OF " , accompanied by his sons and nephews and attended by his suite , travelled from Taplow to Paddington on Thursday afternoon , and drove thence to the Siamese Legation , South Kensington , where he stays till to-morrow ( Saturday ) , when he will leave Charing Cross for Germany .
THE WEEKLY convocations of the Star Chapter of Instruction , will be resumed on Friday , the 3 rd prox ., at the Stirling Castle , Church-street , Camberwell , S . E . R . A . companions will be most cordially welcomed and ably assisted by the esteemed Preceptor Comp . Thos . Grummant , P . Z . and S . E . 1275 . SIR J MOWBRAY , M . P ., and Lady Mowbray celebrated on the 19 th instant their golden wedding . This is the third golden wedding in succession which has been celebrated in Mr John's family during three generations . His two predecessors extended in one case over 59 years and the other overs ? years .
THE ILLNESS from which Mr . George Palmer , J . P ., head of the famous biscuit firm of Huntley and Palmer , had been suffering for some time past has had a fatal ending . The sufferer passed away on the 19 th inst ., and his death leaves a gap in the social and political life of the town of Reading , with which his name has been for so many years associated .
VISCOUNTESS RAINCLIFFE , accompanied by her two little children , opened a bazaar last week , at Scarborough , in aid of the fund which is being raised for the restoration of the parish church of Thwing , which is on the Yorkshire estates of Bro . the Earl of Londesborough . Bro . Viscount Raincliffe , in a brief speech , expressed a hope that funds enough might be raised to restore the church property .
NEXT WEEK Bro . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach Bart ., M . P . ( Chancellor of the Exchequer ) , and Lady and Miss Hicks-Beach will be the guests of the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry , at Seabrow Hall , and the Right Hon . Baronet is expected to attend the North East Durham Agricultural Society ' s Show , which will be held in Lord Londonderry's grounds , on Wednesday , the 25 th inst .
THE FURNESS ABBEY HOTEL , which stands within the shadow of the ruins , and is in the heart of the lake distric t , has just been taken over by Messrs . Spiers and Pond , The hotel has been re-decorated and re-furnished , and more nearly resembles a private mansion than the ordinary hotel . All the rooms have been booked for the annual Lancashire Agricultural Show , commencing on the 19 th inst ., and several balls , arranged by residents in the neighbourhood , will take place in the winter .
BRO . J . J . BRAZIER has received the following letter from Sir Francis Knollys private secretary to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M .: " Royal Yacht Osborne , Cowes , 5 th August , iSg 7 . _ Sir , —I have submitted your letter to the Prince of Wales , and I am desired by his Royal Highness to thank you in reply for the copy of an address on * Freemasonry during the Queen ' s reign , ' which vou hive been so good as to transmit for his acceptance . —Your obedient servant , Francis Knollys . "
THE R . W . BRO . SIR G . B . WOLSELEY , District G . M . of the Punjab , having intimated his intention of inspecting Stewait Lodge , No . i 960 , on the sSth Aujust , at the Osiris Hall , Muree , India , and , doubtless , all the members will d > their utm 1 st to be present on that day . The lodge is in a very flourishing condition , financially , numerically , and Masonically j possibly never more so than now ; so that the District Grand Master ( who is one of its three honorary members ) , is sure to have the pleasure of commending the zeal and efficiency of the lodge , as his predecessors have done .
As THE RESULT of the appeal sent out by the Augustus Harris Memorial Committee , of which the Prince of Wales is a patron , a sum of £ 2300 has been received . Of this sum £ cooo has been voted to Charing Cross Hospital for the purpose of founding an Augustus Harris bed for members of the dramatic and musical professions requiring medical assistance . A further amount of £ 1000 had been devoted to the erection of a drinking fountain which is now being put up in Catherine-street at the north corner of Drury Lane Theatre . When completed it will be about 30 feet in height , and in an arched recess will be a bust of the late Bro . Sir A . Harris by Mr . T . Brock , R . A . It is expected that the ceremony of unveiling the fountain will take place early next month .
THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES the Duke and Duchess of York opened the Textile Exhibition of Irish Manufactures at the Royal University Buildings , Dublin , on Thursday . They were received by their Excellencies the Lord Lieutenant , the Countess Cadogan , the Recorder of Dublin , and a distinguished gathering of citizens . An address of welcome was read by the Recorder , to which the Duke felicitously responded .
Subsequently the Royal Party visited the summer exhibition of the Royal Horticultural Society . Throughout the day and wherever they appeared their Royal Highnesses were most warmly received , and in some instances enthusiastically cheered . After the arrival on Wednesday evening at the Viceregal Lodge the Duchess of York spent upwards of an hour in cycling in Pace lix Park .
OWING TO THE great success of the specially selected company engaged to play in America the musical comedy " In Town , " and which Mr . Brickwell had engaged to give 12 special performances at the Garrick Theatre , com nencing on Monday evening , the gth instant , it was found necessary , owing to the heavy advance bookings , to try and extend the run , and , thanks to certain cablegrams to and from Mew York , the engagement has now been extended until Friday evening , the 27 . h instant , when the farewell
performance will take plac . Immediately after its withdrawal , Offenbach ' s " La Perichole" will be produced on a scale of great splendoar . Rehears 1 I 3 are now in full progress , and among the company already engaged may be mentioned Messrs . John Le Hay , Fred Kaye , Richard Clarke , Wilfred Howard , T . Riley , H . Paulton , M esdames Emma Owen , Jose Shalders , P . Fraser , Maud Boyd , Edith Johnston , and Florence St . John , who vill be assisted by a powerful orchestra and chorus .
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OK YORK , attended by Lady Eva Dugdale , Sir Nigel Kingscote , Captain Fielden , and the Hon . Derek Keppel , left Holyhead for Ireland on Tuesday night , arriving at about 9 a . m . the following morning , after a quiet passage of about five hours . The scene in Dublin on their arrival was brilliant , but the Royal visitors did not land till noon , when they were received by the Chairman and directors of the Dublin , Wicklow , and Wrexford Railway , by whom they were conducted to the train in waiting for them . On reaching the station in Westland-row ,
Dublin , they were met by Field-Marshal Bro . Lord Roberts , Commanding the Forces , and his staff , a guard of honour being furnished by the West Yorkshire Regiment . A procession was then formed , and , traversing sundry of the principal thoroughfares , of the Irish citadel , wended its way to the Castle , where the Lord Lieutenant and the Countess Cadogan , attended by the members and officers of the Viceregal were in waiting to receive them . After an interval of some 45 minutes , the Duke and Duchess left for the Viceregal Lodge , whither they had been preceded by the Lord Lieutenant and Countess Cadogan . Among the guests invited to meet their Royal Highnesses were
Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar , Princess Henry of Pless , the Portuguese Minister , Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn , Marquis and Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava , the Earl of Coventry , Bro . th * Earl and Countess of Arran , the Earl of Enniskillen , tlie Earl of Kilmorey , Bro . Gerald Balfour , M . P ., Mr . Henry Chaplin , M . P ., and Colonel Saunderson , M . P . The reception which their Royal Highnesses met with was most enthusiastic , while Dublin , with its flags and banners and devices of welcome , put on quite a gala appearance . The sun shone brightly during the procession from , the station to the Castle , but at other times some very heavy rain fell ,
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE DUTIES of the Rose Lodge of Instruction , No . 1622 , will be resumed at the Stirling Castle , Church-street , Camberwell , S . E ., on Thursday , the 2 nd prox ., under the esteemed and worthy Preceptor . Bro . David Rose , P . M . 73 . BRO . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF ST . ALBANS , after a stay for some days at Ostend , have left on board their yacht for Norway . We are glad to hear that his grace has almost entirely recovered from his recent severe illness .
THE GALLERIES of Westminster House were , by psrmiss ' on of the Duke of Westm i nster , thrown open on Sunday last to the members of the National Sunday League and their friends , the number of those who were admitted being 1663 . AT THE REGULAR meeting | of the Eldon Lodge , No . 1755 , held at Portishead , on Saturday last , Bro . Thomas Turner , S . W ., was unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year , and the installation takes place on the second Saturday in September .
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to present Madame Albani , who sang twice during the Jubilee festivities , with autograph portraits of herself , one being the latest photograph taken , while the other was done in the year of her Majesty ' s accession .
THE KING OF SIAM spent the afternoon of Saturday last in inspecting the wonders of Madame Tussaud's Exhibition . His Majesty was greatly struck with what he saw , and seemed impressed with the idea of establishing a similar institution in Siam . THE DUCHESS OF ALBANY , with her children , left Esher on Monday evening for Birkhall , Deeside , where their Royal Highnesses are expected to remain for two months . The Duke and Duchess of Teck intend spending several weeks at Belford Hall , Northumberland .
BRO . THE MARQUIS AND MARCHIONESS OF TWEEDDALE have _ been entertaining a large party of guests at Yester , among them being Lord Wimborne and the Hon . E . Guest , the Earl of Kinnoull , the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress , and Mr . and Mrs . Cazalet . THERE WAS an unfortunate error in the concluding paragraph of our report of the recent Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . We said " Benevolent grants during the year amounted to £ 132 ; " we should have said " Benevolent grants during the quarter amounted to £ 132 . "
MADAME NORDICA , who has been dangerously ill , had so far recovered as to be enabled to leave London on Tuesday for Paris , whence she will continue her journey to Kruiznelh . Here , it is hoped , that she will recover her health rapidly , and be able to undertake her projected tour in America under the direction of Bro . Col . Mapleson . THE DEATH-RATE in London has again risen from 25 . 7 to 26 . 2 per 1000 last week , this being 3 . 8 above the mean average in the corresponding period for the last 10 years . This excessive mortality is due in great measure to the increase in the number of deaths among young children due to their eating unripe fruit and the poisonous stuffs sold at street corners .
THE DIRECTORS of Maple and Company , Limited , have declared an interim dividend at the rate ot 10 per cent , per annum , payable ist of September , on the Ordinary Shares for the half-year ending 30 th June , 1 S 97 . The Transfer Books will accordingly be closed for Ordinary Shares from the 20 th to the 31 st instant , both dates , inclusive .
OWING TO THE disquieting news received from the north-west frontier of India , the government has given orders for the concentration of a large force at Rawal Pindi and Peshawur , the number of troops thus massed together being 25 , 000 . Brig .-Gen . Westmacott and Brig .-Gen . Bro . Yeatman-Biggs have been severally appointed to command the two reserve brigades at Rawal Pindi .
THE AUTUMN military manoeuvres in Ireland concluded on Saturday last , when the regiments engaged marched into the Phoenix Park , where they are encamped . Bro . Lord Roberts has expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which they conducted themselves , and has also thanked the commanders of the two forces—Major-Generals Viscount Frankfort and Boyce-Combe—for the able manner in which they carried out the duties entrusted to them .
# HER MAJESTY ' first-class cruiser Galatea , Capt . Count Frederick C . Metaxa , which was under orders to escort the Duke and Duchess of York on their approaching visit to Ireland , met with an accident on Saturday morning last to her air-pump which disabled her starboard engine , and had to return to Sheerness to have it repaired . In the event of the Galatea being unable to leave in time to cirry out the engagement , her place will be taken by the Colossus .
THE DUKE OF YORK was presented by Capt . H . Bate , Aide-de-Camp to Sir Wilfred Laurier , the Canadian Premier , with a bound volume of the Canadian Jubilee Stamp issue . The book is entirely the production of native workmen , and is suitably inscribed with the names of the leading government officials . In the evening , in company with the Duchess , his Royal Highness visited Terry ' s Theatre and witnessed the performance of "The French Maid . "
GREAT REJOICINGS took place at Knebworth , Herts , on Saturday last , in honour of the coming of age of the Earl of Lytton . A short service was held in the church , and then the tenantry and many other guests were entertained at luncheon in the park , the chair being taken by Bro . Gerald Balfour , M . P ., Chief Secretary for Ireland , who is Lord Ljlion ' s brother-in-law . Among the principal guests were Sir Herbert Spencer , Visccunt Cranbourne , the Earl of Clarendon , Bro . Baron D . msdile , Lady BlomSeld , and others . Later in the day the villagers were entertained .
DURING the visit recently made by the Queen to Carisbrooke an amusing incident occurred while her Majesty was driving through Newport . A peripatetic entert linment , which included a stilt-walker , was in progress , and had attracted a large crowd of spectators in the Cattle Market . As the Queen ' s carriage drew near the spectators fell back and waved their hats and handkerchiefs , but the stilt-walker remained on his lofty peich , and leaning against the wall of the Isle of Wight County Club and doffing his cap , joined heartily in the general demonstrations of loyalty .
THE ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS , under their commanding officer , Co ' . onel Reeves , attended divine service on Sunday last at the Mausoleum erected by the Empress Eugenie to her husband and son , the late Napoleon III . and the Prince Imperial , at Farnborough , the Empress , attended by M . Pit-tri , her private secretary , and Madame Le Breton , and accompanied by the Prince and Princess Mural , being likewise present . Her Majesty , on leaving at the conclusion of the service , expressed a wish that Colonel Reeves should be presented to her , and thanked that officer for the attendance of his regiment .
AN INTERESTING I-RESENTATION was recently made to the veteran mmician—Bro . William Maby , of Bristol—who has lately completed his 83 rd birthdiy . The gift coosisted of an enlarged photograph of the 1 S 97 group of old friends who annually meet on the 24 th May , in honour of the veteran ' s birthday . Bro . Maby , the only suvivor of those who joined the Gloucestershire Yeomanry on its formation , was honoured with an introduction to the Prince of Wales when his Royal Highness was recently inspecting the corps at Cheltenham . ¦ Our respected brother , who is connected with Craft Lodges Nos . CS and 1755 , as well as associated with the High Grades , is one of the oldest Freemasons in the West of England .
THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF BRITISH ART , or—as it is more commonly knownthe Tate Gallery , which occupies the structure erected on the site of what used to be Millbank Prison , and was opened by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales some few weeks ago , was for the first time thrown open to the public on Monday . Mr . Tate , in addition to providing the building , made a donation of 65 pictures , which are hung in one room , Iwo tlher 100 ms being set aside for the pictures purchased under the Chantrey bequest .
In sedition , there are 18 specimens from uhe Watt Collection , while cfi ofthe best examples of the British School during the past 40 years have been transferred from the National Gallery . Thus the collection is a fine one , and as soon as the surroundings of the Gallery , which are at present in a chaotic condition , have been put straight , it will prove a great attraction to the general public ,
Masonic And General Tidings.
THE BAND of the Grenadier Guards has been ordered to plav in the Green Park on Sunday evening , and that of the Coldstream Guards in Hyds Park . THE PRINCESS VICTORIA OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN presented the medallions and certificates to the successful Isle of Wight ambulance students at Carisbrooke Castle on the 10 th inst .
THE CHARTER for the constitution of a lodje , to be called St . Rman's , No . 85 * 1 . has been received from the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and it is expected the lodge will be opened next month . THE DUTIES of the Blackheath Lodge of Instruction , No . 1320 , willl be resumed at the Stirling Castle , Church-street . Camberwell , on Monday , the 6 ; h prox ., under the able Preceptorship of Bro . William Dawson , P . M . CSS .
WE ARE GLAD to hear that Bro . Lord Henniker , who has been for a long time absent from his post through illness , has so far recovered as to be able to return to the the Isle of Man and resume his duties as Lieutenant-Governor .
AN EXTRAORDINARY general meeting of the Gigantic Wheel and Recreation Towers Company , Limited , was held at Winchester House on the 19 th instant . The gross receipts up to date were £ 10 , 960 , and the expenditure £ 5242 . A dividend of 7 ^ per cent , was d clared . THE KING OF " , accompanied by his sons and nephews and attended by his suite , travelled from Taplow to Paddington on Thursday afternoon , and drove thence to the Siamese Legation , South Kensington , where he stays till to-morrow ( Saturday ) , when he will leave Charing Cross for Germany .
THE WEEKLY convocations of the Star Chapter of Instruction , will be resumed on Friday , the 3 rd prox ., at the Stirling Castle , Church-street , Camberwell , S . E . R . A . companions will be most cordially welcomed and ably assisted by the esteemed Preceptor Comp . Thos . Grummant , P . Z . and S . E . 1275 . SIR J MOWBRAY , M . P ., and Lady Mowbray celebrated on the 19 th instant their golden wedding . This is the third golden wedding in succession which has been celebrated in Mr John's family during three generations . His two predecessors extended in one case over 59 years and the other overs ? years .
THE ILLNESS from which Mr . George Palmer , J . P ., head of the famous biscuit firm of Huntley and Palmer , had been suffering for some time past has had a fatal ending . The sufferer passed away on the 19 th inst ., and his death leaves a gap in the social and political life of the town of Reading , with which his name has been for so many years associated .
VISCOUNTESS RAINCLIFFE , accompanied by her two little children , opened a bazaar last week , at Scarborough , in aid of the fund which is being raised for the restoration of the parish church of Thwing , which is on the Yorkshire estates of Bro . the Earl of Londesborough . Bro . Viscount Raincliffe , in a brief speech , expressed a hope that funds enough might be raised to restore the church property .
NEXT WEEK Bro . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach Bart ., M . P . ( Chancellor of the Exchequer ) , and Lady and Miss Hicks-Beach will be the guests of the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry , at Seabrow Hall , and the Right Hon . Baronet is expected to attend the North East Durham Agricultural Society ' s Show , which will be held in Lord Londonderry's grounds , on Wednesday , the 25 th inst .
THE FURNESS ABBEY HOTEL , which stands within the shadow of the ruins , and is in the heart of the lake distric t , has just been taken over by Messrs . Spiers and Pond , The hotel has been re-decorated and re-furnished , and more nearly resembles a private mansion than the ordinary hotel . All the rooms have been booked for the annual Lancashire Agricultural Show , commencing on the 19 th inst ., and several balls , arranged by residents in the neighbourhood , will take place in the winter .
BRO . J . J . BRAZIER has received the following letter from Sir Francis Knollys private secretary to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M .: " Royal Yacht Osborne , Cowes , 5 th August , iSg 7 . _ Sir , —I have submitted your letter to the Prince of Wales , and I am desired by his Royal Highness to thank you in reply for the copy of an address on * Freemasonry during the Queen ' s reign , ' which vou hive been so good as to transmit for his acceptance . —Your obedient servant , Francis Knollys . "
THE R . W . BRO . SIR G . B . WOLSELEY , District G . M . of the Punjab , having intimated his intention of inspecting Stewait Lodge , No . i 960 , on the sSth Aujust , at the Osiris Hall , Muree , India , and , doubtless , all the members will d > their utm 1 st to be present on that day . The lodge is in a very flourishing condition , financially , numerically , and Masonically j possibly never more so than now ; so that the District Grand Master ( who is one of its three honorary members ) , is sure to have the pleasure of commending the zeal and efficiency of the lodge , as his predecessors have done .
As THE RESULT of the appeal sent out by the Augustus Harris Memorial Committee , of which the Prince of Wales is a patron , a sum of £ 2300 has been received . Of this sum £ cooo has been voted to Charing Cross Hospital for the purpose of founding an Augustus Harris bed for members of the dramatic and musical professions requiring medical assistance . A further amount of £ 1000 had been devoted to the erection of a drinking fountain which is now being put up in Catherine-street at the north corner of Drury Lane Theatre . When completed it will be about 30 feet in height , and in an arched recess will be a bust of the late Bro . Sir A . Harris by Mr . T . Brock , R . A . It is expected that the ceremony of unveiling the fountain will take place early next month .
THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES the Duke and Duchess of York opened the Textile Exhibition of Irish Manufactures at the Royal University Buildings , Dublin , on Thursday . They were received by their Excellencies the Lord Lieutenant , the Countess Cadogan , the Recorder of Dublin , and a distinguished gathering of citizens . An address of welcome was read by the Recorder , to which the Duke felicitously responded .
Subsequently the Royal Party visited the summer exhibition of the Royal Horticultural Society . Throughout the day and wherever they appeared their Royal Highnesses were most warmly received , and in some instances enthusiastically cheered . After the arrival on Wednesday evening at the Viceregal Lodge the Duchess of York spent upwards of an hour in cycling in Pace lix Park .
OWING TO THE great success of the specially selected company engaged to play in America the musical comedy " In Town , " and which Mr . Brickwell had engaged to give 12 special performances at the Garrick Theatre , com nencing on Monday evening , the gth instant , it was found necessary , owing to the heavy advance bookings , to try and extend the run , and , thanks to certain cablegrams to and from Mew York , the engagement has now been extended until Friday evening , the 27 . h instant , when the farewell
performance will take plac . Immediately after its withdrawal , Offenbach ' s " La Perichole" will be produced on a scale of great splendoar . Rehears 1 I 3 are now in full progress , and among the company already engaged may be mentioned Messrs . John Le Hay , Fred Kaye , Richard Clarke , Wilfred Howard , T . Riley , H . Paulton , M esdames Emma Owen , Jose Shalders , P . Fraser , Maud Boyd , Edith Johnston , and Florence St . John , who vill be assisted by a powerful orchestra and chorus .
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OK YORK , attended by Lady Eva Dugdale , Sir Nigel Kingscote , Captain Fielden , and the Hon . Derek Keppel , left Holyhead for Ireland on Tuesday night , arriving at about 9 a . m . the following morning , after a quiet passage of about five hours . The scene in Dublin on their arrival was brilliant , but the Royal visitors did not land till noon , when they were received by the Chairman and directors of the Dublin , Wicklow , and Wrexford Railway , by whom they were conducted to the train in waiting for them . On reaching the station in Westland-row ,
Dublin , they were met by Field-Marshal Bro . Lord Roberts , Commanding the Forces , and his staff , a guard of honour being furnished by the West Yorkshire Regiment . A procession was then formed , and , traversing sundry of the principal thoroughfares , of the Irish citadel , wended its way to the Castle , where the Lord Lieutenant and the Countess Cadogan , attended by the members and officers of the Viceregal were in waiting to receive them . After an interval of some 45 minutes , the Duke and Duchess left for the Viceregal Lodge , whither they had been preceded by the Lord Lieutenant and Countess Cadogan . Among the guests invited to meet their Royal Highnesses were
Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar , Princess Henry of Pless , the Portuguese Minister , Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn , Marquis and Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava , the Earl of Coventry , Bro . th * Earl and Countess of Arran , the Earl of Enniskillen , tlie Earl of Kilmorey , Bro . Gerald Balfour , M . P ., Mr . Henry Chaplin , M . P ., and Colonel Saunderson , M . P . The reception which their Royal Highnesses met with was most enthusiastic , while Dublin , with its flags and banners and devices of welcome , put on quite a gala appearance . The sun shone brightly during the procession from , the station to the Castle , but at other times some very heavy rain fell ,