Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . Sir Charles and Lady Graves-Sawle and family and Bro . Sir J . R . and Lady Bailey and family are among the more recent arrivals in town . A conlerence of the friends and supporters of Bro . Lieut .-Col . Kirby in his candidature for the shrievalty , will be held at his house on Monday . _ Over a thousand liverymen have consented to act on his divisional committee .

The Prince and Princess of Wales have announced their intention of visiting Mile End on Monday , the 2 Sth June next , for the purpose of laying the first stone of the People's Palace . We are p leased to learn that Bro . G . Reynolds , Secretary to the Covent Garden Lodge of Instruction , No . 1614 , is improving in health after his illness . His stay at Ramsgate seems to be doing him much good .

It is announced that H . R . H . the M . W . G . M . of England has just appointed the Right Hon . Lord Henniker Grand Master of the Province of Suffolk , in the room of the late Lord Waveney . Prince George of Wales arrived at Gibraltar on Monday on his way to Lisbon , where he is to represent the Queen at the marriage of the Duke of Braganza with the Princess Marie Amelie of Orleans .

Bro . the Lord Mayor has been officially notified that the Prince of Wales , as representing her Majesty the Queen , will perform the ceremony of driving the first pile of the Tower Bridge . His Royal Highness has fixed on Monday , the 21 st June , for the ceremony .

Bro . H . B . Marshall , Past G . Treasurer , was among the chief supporters of the chair at the 128 th anniversary festival , in Willis's Rooms . on Tuesday evening , of the Orphan Working School and Alexandra Orphanage , Haverstock-hill , and gave 100 guineas towards the funds of the Institution .

Bro . Sir J . McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., presided at the usual weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works on Friday , the 14 th inst ., and at the opening of the proceedings announced that the Prince and Princess of Wales had very kindly consented ^ to open New Putney Bridge on Saturday next , the 20 th inst .

The installation meeting of the Prince of Wales Mark Lodge , No . 4 , will be held at 8 a , Red Lion-square , on Monday next , at 4 o ' clock p . m . There are nine names of candidates for advancement , two notices of motion by Bro . H . Lovegrove , P . M ., & c , after which Bro . James Shilcock will instal Bro . George Edwards as W . M . for the ensuing year .

The Liverpool Weekl y Mercury , in its notice of the Liverpool Exhibition , says : " Mr . Kenning , of Liverpool and London , whose hand has adorned with jewelled insignia nearly all the Freemasons of England , and in his time clothed thousands of soldiers and sailors—puts before us a group of Masonic emblems and the ornamental accessories of military and naval uniforms . "

The Princess Christian has very kindly consented to open a bazaar in aid of the funds of the Great 'Northern Central Hospital at the Riding School , Knightsbridge Barracks , on Monday , the 31 st inst ., the bazaar remaining open the two following days . Among the ladies who have undertaken to preside at stalls are the Countess Cowper , the Baroness Burdett-Coutts , and Ladies Herschell and George Hamilton .

H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught . after having inspected the militia battalions of the East and West Kent regiments at Shorncliffe Camp on Monday , proceeded the day following to Folkestone and visited the National Art Treasures Exhibition . His Royal Highness promised at the moment of his departure to pay another visit to the town during the summer , when he would be accompanied by the

Duchess of Connaught and other members of the Royal Family . Bros , the Earl of Limerick , Viscount Bury , Lord Brabourne , Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., D . Smith , M . P ., Sir J , Fetgcsson , Bart ., M . P ., F . Seager Hunt , M . P ., VV . Tyssen-Amherst , M . P ., W . Burdett-Coutts , M . P ., A . Akers-Douglas , M . P ., and H . Vincent , M . P .,

were present at the meeting in St . James ' s Hall , on Saturday last , of the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations . The annual conference of the Associations at the Westminster Palace Hotel preceded it , when Bros . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., Lord Brabourne , Lord Ashbourne , and A . Akers-Douglas , M . P ., took part in the proceedings .

THE SHRIEVALTY . —There are alread y four candidates before the Livery of London for the offices of Sheriffs of London and Middlesex in the ensuing civic year , and the election will take place on Midsummer Day next . Bro . Alderman Isaacs , who has been a member of the Corporation since 1862 , and Mr . Alderman Gray have

both intimated their intention of coming forward , and the other candidates are Bro . Lieut .-Colonel Alfred Kirby , of the firm of Messrs . Holland and Co ., distillers , and Mr . Edward Brooke , J . P ., a member of the firm of Messrs . Brooke , Simpson , and Spiller , analine dye manufacturers , in the City . It is stated that a poll is inevitable .

Bro . Henry Windybank , of the Burgoyne Lodge , No . 902 , and West Kent Chapter , has been entertained at a banquet given in his honour , when a testimonial was presented to him . The testimonial , which was a handsome silver and glass centrepiece for the dining-room , bore the following inscription : "Presented to Henry Windybank , Esq ., by the Law and City Courts Committee of the City of Londonin token of their esteem

, and thanks for the manner in which he conducted the duties as their chairman during the year 1885 . " On either side of the inscription was engraved the City arms and the City shield , and on the reverse side the arms , crest , and motto of the late chairman . The Lord Mayor and several of the hi gh officers of the corporation were amongst the guests present at the banquet .

Masonic And General Tidings

The Q ueen ' s visit to Scotland has been postponed , and it is expected that her Majesty will not leave Windsor till next week . Bro . the Earl of Donoughmore presided at the house dinner of the City Carlton Club on Friday , the 14 th instant . The Prince of Wales honoured Mr . Leonard C . Wynn with a final sitting on Monday for his portrait for the medal which is being executed for the Royal Commission by the Colonial and Indian Exhibition .

Telegraphic addresses ( Inland ) for the Freemason Printing and Publishing Works— " Freemason , London . " For Jewels , Clothing , Furniture , Banners , & c , & c . — " Kenning , London . " The principal members of the Ministry will , as usual , give grand banquets on Saturday next , the 29 th inst ., being the day selected for the public celebration of her

Majesty's birthday . There will also be the usual military function on the Horse Guards Parade in the morning . An emergency preceptory will be held , on or about the 14 th June , of the Shadwell Clerke Preceptory of Knights Templar , after which a Priory of Malta will be held . Any Knight Templar wishing to take the Malta Degree should communicate ( before the ist June ) with the Prior , H . Lovegrove , 26 , Budge-row , Cannon-street , E . C .

We are informed officially that H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , K . G ., will not be installed as the M . W . Grand Master of Mark Master Masons at the next halfyearly communication on ist June , but at a special Grand Lodge on some later day to be fixed by himself . Bro . the Lord Mayor will open the Art Treasures Exhibition at Folkestone to-morrow ( Saturday ) . His Lordship will be accompanied by the Lady Mayoress and Bro .

Alderman and Sheriff Evans and Sheriff Clarke , and Bro . Earl and Countess Granville will be present . The Fifteen Sections will be worked on Monday , June 7 th , at 7 p . m . sharp , at the Chiswick Lodge of Instruction , No . 2012 , held at the Windsor Castle Hotel , King-street , Hammersmith . Brethren are earnestly invited to be present . Bro . William Johnson , P . M .,

Secretary . Bro . Henry Irving will , at the invitation of the Vice-Chancellor , deliver a series of four lectures at Oxford during the week preceding Commemoration , the following being the subjects selected , namely : ( 1 ) "The Age of Shakespeare ; " ( 2 ) " The Restoration and Betterton ; " ( 3 ) "Garrick and his Contemporaries ; " ( 4 ) " Kean and the Kembles . "

Bro . Lord Charles Beresford , M . P ., who was accompanied by the Prince of Wales , headed the parade of the Coaching Club , on the occasion of their opening meeting for the season b y the Magazine in Hyde Park on Saturday last . The Princess of Wales and her daughters and the Duchess oE Connaught and two of her children were present to witness the start . Bro . the Lord Mayor presided at the annual meeting , held at the Mansion House on Monday afternoon , 1

of the London Society for the Prevention of Crueltyto Animals . Bro . the Duke of Abercorn took part in the proceedings , while the Baroness Burdett-Coutts , who takes a deep interest in all that relates to animals , was summoned away from the meeting by the sad intelligence of the death of her sister , Mrs . Trevanion . The following dinners take p lace at the Freemasons' Tavern for the week ending Saturday , 22 nd . —

Monday—Grand Masters Lodge ; British Lodge . Wednesday—Noviomagus ; Dinner to Sir F . Bramwell ; Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ( Festival . ) Thursday—Royal Caledonian Asylum ; United Pilgrim Chapter . Friday—University Lodge . W . Bro . James Terry , P . P . G . J . W . Norths and Hunts , P . M . 228 , 1278 , 1366 , and Secretary R . M . B . I ., worked the ceremony of consecration and installation at

the Covent Garden Lodge of Instruction , No . 1614 , held at the Criterion , Piccadilly , W ., on Thursday evening , the 13 th inst ., when there were upwards of 116 brethren present . He was assisted by Bros . G . Coleman , P . M . 1614 , as S . W . ; John Jacobs , P . M . 1614 , J . W . ; A . A . Clark , P . M . 1897 , Director of Ceremonies ; F . F . C . Keeble , P . M . and Secretary 1426 , I . G . ; and G . Reynolds ,

S . D . 1614 , acting as Secretary . The musical arrangements were under the direction of Bro . S . Lane , 16 : 4 , and gave great satisfaction . The brethren expressed themselves as bein £ highly delighted with Bro . James Terry's beautiful working . A supper afterwards took place , Bro . G . Coleman , P . M . 1614 , in the chair , at which 6 9 brethren sat down .

Bro . Sir James McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., as Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works , presided at the annual banquet given by that body at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s , on Saturday evening last . The principal guests included Bros , the Duke of Abercorn , the Earl of Jersey , the Earl of Galloway , the Earl of Longford , the Lord Mayor , Lord Kensington , G . J .

Shaw-Lefevre , M . P ., Lord Harlech , Lord Egerton , Lord Eustace Cecil , M . P ., the Hon . H . S . Northcote , M . P ., Puleston , M . P ., Dixon-Hartland , M . P ., Sir R . Lethbridge , M . P ., T . W . Boord , M . P ., Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., Sir F . Fitzwygram , P . Rylands , M . P ., Sir R . E . Welby , T . Agg-Gardner , and Sir George Willis .

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HOLLOWAY ' S PILLS . —Changes of temperature and weather frequently upset persons who are most careful of their health , and particular in their diet . These corrective , purifying , and gentle aperient Pills are the best remedy for all defective action of the digestive organs . They augment the appetite , strengthen the stomach , correct biliousness , and carry off all that is noxious from

the system . Holfoway ' s Pills are composed of rare balsams , unmixed with baser matter , and on that account are peculiarly well adapted for the young , delicate , and aged . As this peerless medicine has gained fame in the past , so will it preserve it in the future bv its renovating and invigorating qualities , and the impossibility of its doing harm . —[ ADVT . ]

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On Friday , the 14 th inst ., Bro . the Lord Mayor visited St . James ' s Church , Curtain-road , for the purpose of unveiling a memorial window to Shakespeare . Bro Sir T . Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., presided at the meeting on the 14 th instant of the Committee appointed

to consider the Employers Liability Act Amendment Bill . The death is announced , at Chester-square , on Monday , of Mrs . Trevanion , second daughter of the late Sir Francis Burdett , and sister to the Baroness Burdett-Coutts .

The gentleman who was drowned in the late boating fatality near Maidenhead was , we are sorry to learn , the only son now in England of Bro . Wm . Nicholas , so widely known as the Secretary of the Earlswood Asylum . The Prince and Princess of Wales , with their daughters , the Princesses Louise , Victoria , and Maud ,

honoured the Gaiety Theatre with their presence on Tuesday evening . The Duke and Duchess of Connaught , with their children and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Oldenburg , arrived at Windsor Castle , on Saturday last , on a visit to the Queen . Bros . Lord Leigh , Lord Monk-Bretton , and the

Bishop of Peterborough are to be among the members of the Committee of the House of Lords on the Archbishop of Canterbury ' s Church Patronage Bill . The Prince of Wales has suggested that on the occasion of the annual exhibition at Norwich of the Royal Agricultural Society on the 16 th July , the day should be observed in that East Anglian city as a general holiday .

The Prince will himself visit the show on that day . Bros , the Earl of Stair , V . A . Williamson , Sir H . Williamson , Bart ., Sir J . St . Aubyn , Bart ., M . P ., G . O . Trevelyan , M . P ., Sir F . G . M . Boileau , Bart ., and Viscount Powerscourt were present at the third meeting this season at Brooks ' s , on Saturday last , of the Fox Club . A Committee has been formed for the purpose

of recognising the efficient manner in which Bro . Alderman Evans has carried out the duties as Sheriff . It is intended to present the Alderman with his portrait in oil , at a banquet , the date of which has not yet been definitely fixed . The Prime Warden for the ensuing , i . e ., after Saturday , the 29 th inst ., of the Goldsmiths' Company , will be Mr . VV . Trotter , 5 , Throgmorton-street ; and the

Wardens will be Bro . Major G . Lambert , 12 , Coventrystreet ; Mr . C . T . Lucas , 9 , Belgrave-square ; and Mr . C . Hoare , 37 , Fleet-street . The Builder contains some illustrations of the interior of Buchan Hill , a fine mansion near Crawley , which has been in course of erection tor the last three

years for Bro . P . Saillard , of Aldersgate-street ( W . M . of St . Botolph's Lodge , No . 2020 ) . The illustrations show the two ends of the great hall , one of the fireplace end , and the other of the gallery across the hall and opposite the fire . This gallery is of oak , and very beautifully carved . The grand staircase is also shown .

Bro . W . Holland has added a new attraction , in the shape of a most wonderful juggler to the already exceedingly liberal programme at the Albert Palace . Katsnoschin Awata is a Japanese , and performs the most marvellous feats in plate spinning and sleight of hand

tricks with complete sang froid , and with great celerity and neatness . The great Cinquevalli , Mr . Holland's importation at Covent Garden Theatre , is by no means his superior , and , judging from his first performance on Monday , his variety of tricks is equally great .

FUNERAL OP THE LATE BRO . FOULGER . —On Thursday , the 13 th inst ., the funeral of the late Bro . J . R . Foulger took place at the llford Cemetery . The first portion of the Burial Service was read in the parish church of St . Giles , Cripplegate , and also the latter portion at the grave , by the Rev . G . B . M . Arnold , M . A . The Cripplegate Lodge was represented by Bros . J . Gibbs ,

W . M ., F . King , J . Westerby , B . Groner , W . Medwin , C . Benson , and about thirty other members , including Bro . Headon , P . M . of the Great City Lodge . About six hundred persons were present in the church , including Mr . Churchwarden Felton , Mr . Deputy Harvey , Mr . W . C . Pearson , C . C ., Mr . C . Spurgeon , C . C ., Mr . J . C . Leefe , C . C ., Mr . S . da Costa Andrade , C . C .,

Dr . Simpson , Dr . Fendick , Mr . J . Lake , Mr . Ii . S . Weedon , Mr . R . E . Scmpill , Mr . I . Dawson , Mr . J . Mardorf , Mr . Freshwater , Mr . F . Herold , Mr . Walker , Mr . Owen , and many other inhabitants ; also Mr . Superintendent Faster , and Mr . Chief Inspector Tillcock . At the time of his

death the deceased brother held the offices of vestryman and sidesman . The coffin was covered with several handsome wreaths sent b y the members of the Cripplegate Lodge , No . 1613 , the City police , and personal friends . The funeral cortege was escorted through the City by Mr . J . VV . King ( parish beadle ) and several of the City police .

A GRACEFUL PASTIME . Asa natural result of the increased interest taken in lawntennis , there is much activity among the makers of the articles used by the players . Amongst the best of the novelties lately introduced is a waterproof seamless ball , manufactured by Messrs . E . Nusser and Co ., of 41 , Gerrard-street , Soho , to which they have given the name of the " Perfect . " The size and weight of this ball are in

accordance with the existing regulations , and its chief merit consists in its power to resist wear and tear . When wet it will hold much less water than other balls , and altogether it is not undeserving of the title its inventors have bestowed upon it . For ourselves we should pronounce it the perfection of a tennis ball . The following unsolicited testimonial is from Andrew W . Tuer , Esq ., the owner of the private asphalte tennis court in Church-walk , Kensington : —

" September 10 th , 1885 . " Messrs . E . Nusser and Co ., 41 , Gerrard-street , Soho , W . " Gentlemen , —Your new bright-orange seamless tennis balls , the colour of which I notice is quite fast , answer most admirably . In dull weather the ordinary grey ball approximates much too closely in appearance to the asphalte to

allow of good play ; but by using the orange coloured balls the return , by reason of their distinctness , is easier and more certain , and when the light begins to fail , the game can be carried on , at least , half an hour later than when balls of the usual colour are used . —Yours faithfully , " ANDKEW W . TUER . "