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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
The Fermor-Hesketh Lodge , No . 1350 , Liverpool , held its installation meeting on the 10 th inst ., when Bro . Henry B . Brown was installed as VV . M . for the ensuing year . Bro . Henry Peacock , Prov . G . I . of Works Cumberland and Westmorland was installed VV . M . of the Faithfull Mark Lodge , No . 229 , Cockermouth , on the
12 th inst . The Baroness Burdett-Coutts has bought premises at Gorleston , and trawlers , & c , for the purpose of supplying Columbia Market with fish caught by her own boats . On the 7 th inst . a meeting of the New Forest Lodge , No . 319 , was held at Symington , when VV . Bro .
Horton , I . P . M ., was presented with a Past Master ' s jewel , as a mark of the brethren ' s high appreciation of his able services throughout the past year . The Provincial Grand Master of Hants and Isle of Wight , R . W . Bro . VV . VV . Beach , M . P ., will open a new Masonic Hall at Woolston , near Southampton , in November , under the banner of the Clausentum Lodge
No . 1461 . I he occasion will also be the tenth anniversary of the foundation of the lodge . The directors ol the Crystal Palace have completed arrangements for holding an International Exhibition of Arts , Manufactures , Science , and Industry during 1 SS 4 . It is intended that the exhibition should open on April 3 rd and close at the end of Octobi-r . All the arrangements
will be under the control of Mr . G C . Levey . —City Press . Our readers will observe an announcement in another column of a Masonic Festival at Fountains Abbey on the 25 th inrt ., and we desire to draw attention to the fact that the last day for obtaining tickets is Tuesday next . The railway companies will run trips from the North and West Ridintis . & c .
It is announced that a scheme is on foot to build a Masonic Club on the land adjoining the Masonic Hall in Flinder's-stn et , Adelaide , South Australia . The plans , which are elaborate , were recently submitted to the Trustees , and approved , except as to some minor details . If canied out the Club will be a handsome addition to the city .
Bro . A . M . Broadlcy , P . D . D . G . M . Make , P . P . G . M . M . M . Tunis and Malta , & c , & c , who defended Arabi Pasha on his trial at Cairo , has , according to a Reuter ' s telegram fVVednesday last , been appointed , by decree of Piesidtnt Grevy , Avocat Defenseur at the French bar , and was on that day sworn' before the President of the French Tribunals at Tunis .
Bro . Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . Vl . Nonh Wales and Shropshire , arrived at hisseat , Wynnstay , onSnurday last , after a month ' s sojourn on the Continent . I he hon . baronet is now , we are happy to be able to say . in good health , and joined the Wynnstay Hunt at Kytun during the day . VVe regret , however , to be compelled to aid that Lady Williams Wynn is still in ill-health at Llangedwyn Hall , in North Wales .
At a general meeting of the Committee of the Southampton Masonic Benevolent Association , held on the 13 th inst ., the accounts were submitted , and were of a satisfactory character , showing assets of about £ 1200 . Several giants were made and the officers for the year elected , and it was urged by some of the brethren that the aims of'he Association should be brought more generally under the n . tice of the local lodges with the view of increasing their annual subscribers .
A very disgraceful act of vandalism has been perpetrated at Warwick Castle , where a unique and magnificent table set with gems , which far a long time has been < ne of ihe chief sights of the Castle , and was valued at several thousand pounds , has been found to be considerably chipped , and the fragments taken away . The outrage is at'iibited to some foreign excursionists who visited the rattle just before the discovery , and durin . " - the absence of the attendant . °
Bro . Sir Giorge Elliot , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . M . South Wales ( E . Div . ) , on Friday afternoon , the 14 th inst ., performed the inteie-ting ceremony of cutting the first sod in conm-ction with the proposed erection of a handsome new church on the West Cliff at Whitby . The proposal to build a new church on the West Cliff was ori ginally made by Sir George , wno not only offered to present the site , but
generousl y promised in addition to place the sum of jf 2000 to the credit nf the bjilding fund . The proceedings were witnessed by a distinguished company , among whom were the Earl ol Stanhope , one of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners ; Lord anl Lady Frederick Robinson , the Hon . J . ( i 7 , L"wel 1 . American Ambassador ; Mr . George W . Elliot , M . P ., Mrs . Elliot , Mr . Ralph Disraeli , Mrs . Ulsraeh , and others .
The instructions and conditions of the proposed competnion of architects for the new Admiralty and War JJnue have been issued . There are to be two competitions , ¦ ™ hrst to cnsist only of sketch designs , which will be rnnL ... '' judges to whom these sketches will be . onndentiall y sul ) milted will select ten of them , or such will J , "'" as , h ,-y may think fit > the authors of which "i be invited to compete in the second or final comnetion .
ma 1 , ctl ,, n " f tne architect to carry out the work will be ieri ? 1 m lhe conlPetitors in the second competition , subtle 1 a > 'vr » vdl of Parliament . The remuneration of desW ct L w ' ! ' £ 5 . °°° for 'he entire work . The nom ? \ 1 thK hrst '"'" petition are to be sent in before ditinn !! -, " >' , March next . The instructions and consite , ' Wlth * » edule of accommodation and plan of the P ' ace ' SSUed from the OIfice of Works , 12 ,
Whitehallfrin ^ l-. u . jTVIi" ' " NS' ESIMBITIOM . —Portrait Models of Cha . nbo 1 , '' . .: * e-VVcimar , theComte de Paris , latcComtc de Rfst Paris ' , 1 ' *''"« toii . Costly Court dresses , from the trait mo , l ' f"i " ' , P ' Webb ( taken from life ; . Also porr °° ms AJ „ J , C , < rey , the Informer . —Admission , is .: extra ¦ 0 J - Open from 10 till 10 . — [ ADVT J
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . R . H . Dickenson , the S . W . and W . M . elect of the D'Ogle Lodge , No . 636 , Morpeth , was on the 13 th inst . installed- into the chair of the lodge by the retiring W . M ., Bro . John C . Wilson . Bro . the Duke of Portland , Lieut .-Colonel of the Hon . Artillery Company , chartered a special train for the conveyance of his friends from Worksop to witness the St .
Leger race . At the annual meeting of the Palatine Lodge of Instruction , to be held at Sunderland on Wednesday evening next , Bro . J . C . Moore , S . W ., acting VV . M ., will open and close in the three degrees and rehearse the second . A very enjoyable evening is promised . The installation meeting , and the first meeting
after the recess , of the Lodge of Loyalty , No . 1 G 07 , was held at the London Tavern , Fenchurch-street , on the 10 th inst ., when Bro . F . Carr , S . W ., was inducted into the chair of K . S . for the coming year . Bro . the Duke of Albany , P . G . W ., and the Duchess of Albany will pay a visit to Otley next month , on one of the days of the Leeds Musical Festival , which
their Royal Highnesses have already arranged to attend . We also learn that their Royal Highnesses have accepted an invitation to open the grounds of Pontcfract Castle during the second week in November . The Grand Council of Royal and Select and
Super-Excellent Masters of England and Wales , & c , M . 111 . Comp . the Rev . Canon Portal , M . A ., Grand Master , will meet at SA , Red Lion-square , London , on the 27 th inst ., at 7 o'clock p . m ., when a report as to the progress of the Degrees will be presented , and the appointment and investiture of Grand Officers will take place .
At the monthly meeting of the Star in the East Lodge , No . 650 , on the nth inst ., Bro . Harry G . Everard , S . VV ., was elected VV . M . for the ensuing year . A cordial vote of thanks was passed to VV . Bro . Richard Clowes , Prov . G . S . W ., for his able and genial presidency over the lodge affairs during the past year , and it was unanimously agreed to present him with a Past Master ' s jewel at the installation festival next month .
Cortachy Castle , the seat of the Eatl of Airlie , in Forfarshire , was almost totally destroyed by a fire which broke out on Friday last week , and was only subdued on Saturday . The most ancient part of the building was fortunately saved , the portion destroyed being comparatively new . The total loss is estimated at ^' 25 , 000 . Holyrood Palace also had a narrow escape on Saturday , a fire having been discovered in the basement , but was extinguished before it had gained much hold .
A munificent offer in the interests of art in Aberdeen was made on Saturday last , when Mr . John Gray , a partner of a local firm of ironworkers and a member of the Town Council , intimated his desire to erect and present to the city a building to be used as a School of Art , at a cost of £ 5000 . The building will be contiguous to the Art Gallery now being erected on the grounds of Gordon College , and the plans have been arranged to harmonise with the design of the building .
The centenary of Dr . Johnson ' s death takes place next year , and a suggestion has been made that the opportunity should be taken to raise some memorial to that eminent scholar , who expired in his house in Gough-square , Fleet-street , London , on Dec . 13 th , 17 S 4 , at the age of
seventy-five . For Staffordshire , his native country , it has been suggested that a fitting memorial of the great lexicographer would be the establishment of a number of scholarships in connection with the Oxford University , to be named after him , and to be available for students horn or educated in Staffordshire .
Bro . Sir Esramus Wilson , P . G . D ., has just published a very interesting popular lecture on the ancient Egyptian people , which hedeliveredat Margate , concerning which , a contemporary , whose opinion we most cordially endorse , says : "Sir Esramus has the art—and it is a rare one—of makingadry subject attractive toa general audience .
He easily establishes a feeling of sympathy between himself and his hearers , for he commands that touch of nature which makes all men kin , and possesses a native grace of speech that springs from a generous heart . We must always listen with pleasure to the voice of one who is the author of so many noble deeds . "
The Aire and Calder Lodge , No . 458 , Goole , has removed from its old lodge room at 4 , Ouse-street , to more commodious and suitable premises built fdr them by the Market Hall Company . The last meeting in " the old home" took place on the 14 th inst ., and at the close of the ordinary business of the lodge , the W . M ., Bro . Ezra Gooderidge , delivered a very able and interesting address ,
giving a short history of the lodge , more especially relerring to their connection with the spot they were then leaving . The address will be found in another part of our impression . It is not often that railway companies receive thanks from their customers , and , therefore , we have much pleasure in making public the following ,
which has been received by Bro . J . Shaw , chief superintendent of the Northern Division of that stupendous system the London and North Western Railway Company : —*' Eccleston Park , Prescot , September Sth , 1 SS 3 . —J . Shaw , Esq ., London and North Western Railway Company , Lime-street . Masonic Pic-nic , 86 . —Dear sir , 1 am directed by all who joined the picnic to Beeston Castle on Wednesday last to express to you their sincere thanks
for the perfect train arrangements and excellent saloon accommodation which the London and North Western Railway Company , through you , provided . I am also to state that the kindness and courtesy of the railway officials at Chester and Beeston Castle , tne only stopping places , did not escape the notice of the party ; and they are hopeful that next year your kind assistance will again be the means of conducing to the spending of a happy and enjoyable day . —I am , dear sir , your truly , VV . NEWSOME . "
" R UPTURES , "—WHITE ' MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS is the most effective invention for the treatment of Hernia . The use of a steel spring , so hurtful in its effects , is avoided , a soft bandage being worn round the body , while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent I-erer , lilting with so much ease and closeness that it cdnnot be detected . Send for descriptive circular , with testimonials and prices , to J . White and Co . ( Limited ) 228 , Piccadilly , London . Do not buy of Chemists , who often sell an IMITATION of our Moc-Main . J . White and Co have not any agents . —[ ADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings
By command of the Ri ght Hon . the Earl of Bective , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Cumberland and Westmorland , a Provincial Grand Lodge will be held on Friday , the 28 th inst ., under the banner of Kenlis Lodge , No . 12 G 7 , Egremont . The Masonic Hall at Bangor is likely to be used by the North Wales College as their temporary quarters
pending the selection of a site and the erection of suitable buildings for the college . The Gardener ' s Magazine states that the proposed International Horticultural Exhibition at South Kensington is postponed to the year 1 SS 5 , to afford cultivators time to prepare for it .
Bro . Alderman Whitehead has been unanimously elected President of the A ppleby and Kirkby Stephen Agricultural Society for the ensuing year , and will take the chair at the annual dinner to be held at Appleby on Friday , the 28 th inst .
After the luncheon at the Potato Exhibition at the Crystal Palace last week Bro . Alderman and Sheriff De Keyser having left the chair , and the toast list being concluded , Bro . Alderman Hadley , at an informal meeting , took the vacant seat , and gave the company a long aiid interesting account of his visit to America .
The annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Masters of Berks and Oxon will be held at Reading , under the banner of the Leopold Lodge , No . 235 , on the gth prox ., by command of the R . W . Prov . Grand Master , Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Jersey .
The ceremony of installation of W . M . will be rehearsed by Bro . James Stevens , P . MJ of Tlje Great City Lodge , in the United Pilgrims Lodge of Instruction , No . 507 , at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell , S . E ., on Friday , the 28 th inst ., at 7 . 30 . The members of the Lodge of Instruction will be pleased to welcome visitors on this occasion .
A meeting of the Grand Master ' s Council , No . I , of Royal and Select Masters of England , & c ( Bro . Thos . Charles Walls , R . P . G . III . M ., Thrice III . M . ) , will be held at the Masonic Hall , 8 A , Red Lion-square , on Thursday next , at 5 . 30 p . m . The names of a large number of brethren appear on the agenda as candidates for admission into the rite . The installation meeting of the Liverpool
Dramatic Lodge , No . 1 G 09 , invariably one of the leading events of the Masonic season in Liverpool , takes place on Tuesday next at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , at 11 . 30 a . m . The banquet is fixed for three o'clock , and all visitors ' tickets this year are procurable only on payment of twelve shillings and sixpence for each . The Parish Church of Uangain has been further beautified , painted tiles having been introduced in the
chancel . The subjectsare taken from the Apostle ' s Creed , and are richly painted in colours upon an elaborate ornamental background of subdued tints , producing a very pleasing effect . The whole has been designed and executed by Bro . Charles Evans , of Warwick-street , Regent-street , under the superintendence of Mr . R . J . Withers , architect . A brother speaking in the Grand Lodge of England at the Special Communication of August Sth
said : " In the United States Past Masters have ho seats in Grand Lodge at all . " This is a mistake . Usually Past Masters are members of Grand Lodge , the exception being the other way , as in New York . The time must come , however , that Grand Bodies will be so numerous in membership , under the old custom , that membership will be confined to officers of lodges and possibly to district representatives . —Keystone ,
I he Queen s Printers , Messrs . Eyre and Spottiswoode , of East Harding-street , Fetter-lane , writing as to the date of the publication of the Statutes , say that it is important to distinguish the official copies of the Statutes from continuous editions , such as that published with the " Law Reports . " In the official issue , every Act of Parliamant is a separate unit , and is published with the utmost dispatch . The " Law Reports " edition cf the Statutes is published complete with the number of the " Law Reports " for the month next following the close of the Session .
• Active preparations are being made for the enlargement of the London Central Telegraph Ofiice , in view of the increased work that is expected to result from the adoption of the proposed sixpenny telegraphic rate next year . Not only is a new floor of large dimensions now being added , but the Post Office authorities have acquired the comparatively new block of buildings behind them in Bath-street , formerly occupied by the Warehousemen and Clerks Supply Stores , which will be connected with the main building by a bridge thrown across the street .
The . Eolus Patent S pecial Downblow Chimney Cowl is another of the verjr serviceable inventions of the . liolus Waterspray and General Ventilating Company ( Limited ) , of 235 , High Holborn , which deserves a few words of commendation . Most of us at some time or other have had experience of the unpleasantness caused by a smoky chimney . It matters not how the smokiness may originate , whether from the chimney being sluggish or
because there is a considerable downblow , caused by a compression of the air or by the rebound of the air from a higher building , the nuisance is equally intolerable , and this patent Downblow Chimney Cowl will be found to answer the twofold purpose of an accelerator of a sluggish chimney , and a sure preventive of the objectionable downblow , while it has this further advantage , that it can be easily swept , and does not get blocked up . It is made
Willi an expanded base and flange , and stands 4 ft . G in . high . The price ranges from £ 1 15 s . to £ 2 5 s ., or , if made fireproof and rivetted through , there is in each case an additional charge of 7 s . VVe advise any of our readers who may be troubled with smoky chimneys to call at the company ' s show rooms as stated above . I'hey will be able to see and judge for themselves of the efficiency of this patent cowl .
IIOLLOWAV ' S PILLS A . vii Oi . vTMExT . —During excessive variations of temperature everyone is more or less liable to internal congestions and inllammations . Throat , chest , liver , bowels , kidneys , and skin all suii ' cr in some degree , and may be relieved by rubbing in this Ointment , aided by proper doses of the l'ills , lor administering
which full directions accompany each box ; in truth , any one who thoroughly masters Holloway ' s instructions will , in remedying disease , « . change the labour of an hour for the prolit of a lifetime . All bronchial , pulmonary , and throat disorders require that ihe Ointment should lie thoroughly well rubbed upon the skin twice a day with great regularity , considerable briskness , and much persistence . — [ ADVT . ]
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
The Fermor-Hesketh Lodge , No . 1350 , Liverpool , held its installation meeting on the 10 th inst ., when Bro . Henry B . Brown was installed as VV . M . for the ensuing year . Bro . Henry Peacock , Prov . G . I . of Works Cumberland and Westmorland was installed VV . M . of the Faithfull Mark Lodge , No . 229 , Cockermouth , on the
12 th inst . The Baroness Burdett-Coutts has bought premises at Gorleston , and trawlers , & c , for the purpose of supplying Columbia Market with fish caught by her own boats . On the 7 th inst . a meeting of the New Forest Lodge , No . 319 , was held at Symington , when VV . Bro .
Horton , I . P . M ., was presented with a Past Master ' s jewel , as a mark of the brethren ' s high appreciation of his able services throughout the past year . The Provincial Grand Master of Hants and Isle of Wight , R . W . Bro . VV . VV . Beach , M . P ., will open a new Masonic Hall at Woolston , near Southampton , in November , under the banner of the Clausentum Lodge
No . 1461 . I he occasion will also be the tenth anniversary of the foundation of the lodge . The directors ol the Crystal Palace have completed arrangements for holding an International Exhibition of Arts , Manufactures , Science , and Industry during 1 SS 4 . It is intended that the exhibition should open on April 3 rd and close at the end of Octobi-r . All the arrangements
will be under the control of Mr . G C . Levey . —City Press . Our readers will observe an announcement in another column of a Masonic Festival at Fountains Abbey on the 25 th inrt ., and we desire to draw attention to the fact that the last day for obtaining tickets is Tuesday next . The railway companies will run trips from the North and West Ridintis . & c .
It is announced that a scheme is on foot to build a Masonic Club on the land adjoining the Masonic Hall in Flinder's-stn et , Adelaide , South Australia . The plans , which are elaborate , were recently submitted to the Trustees , and approved , except as to some minor details . If canied out the Club will be a handsome addition to the city .
Bro . A . M . Broadlcy , P . D . D . G . M . Make , P . P . G . M . M . M . Tunis and Malta , & c , & c , who defended Arabi Pasha on his trial at Cairo , has , according to a Reuter ' s telegram fVVednesday last , been appointed , by decree of Piesidtnt Grevy , Avocat Defenseur at the French bar , and was on that day sworn' before the President of the French Tribunals at Tunis .
Bro . Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . Vl . Nonh Wales and Shropshire , arrived at hisseat , Wynnstay , onSnurday last , after a month ' s sojourn on the Continent . I he hon . baronet is now , we are happy to be able to say . in good health , and joined the Wynnstay Hunt at Kytun during the day . VVe regret , however , to be compelled to aid that Lady Williams Wynn is still in ill-health at Llangedwyn Hall , in North Wales .
At a general meeting of the Committee of the Southampton Masonic Benevolent Association , held on the 13 th inst ., the accounts were submitted , and were of a satisfactory character , showing assets of about £ 1200 . Several giants were made and the officers for the year elected , and it was urged by some of the brethren that the aims of'he Association should be brought more generally under the n . tice of the local lodges with the view of increasing their annual subscribers .
A very disgraceful act of vandalism has been perpetrated at Warwick Castle , where a unique and magnificent table set with gems , which far a long time has been < ne of ihe chief sights of the Castle , and was valued at several thousand pounds , has been found to be considerably chipped , and the fragments taken away . The outrage is at'iibited to some foreign excursionists who visited the rattle just before the discovery , and durin . " - the absence of the attendant . °
Bro . Sir Giorge Elliot , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . M . South Wales ( E . Div . ) , on Friday afternoon , the 14 th inst ., performed the inteie-ting ceremony of cutting the first sod in conm-ction with the proposed erection of a handsome new church on the West Cliff at Whitby . The proposal to build a new church on the West Cliff was ori ginally made by Sir George , wno not only offered to present the site , but
generousl y promised in addition to place the sum of jf 2000 to the credit nf the bjilding fund . The proceedings were witnessed by a distinguished company , among whom were the Earl ol Stanhope , one of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners ; Lord anl Lady Frederick Robinson , the Hon . J . ( i 7 , L"wel 1 . American Ambassador ; Mr . George W . Elliot , M . P ., Mrs . Elliot , Mr . Ralph Disraeli , Mrs . Ulsraeh , and others .
The instructions and conditions of the proposed competnion of architects for the new Admiralty and War JJnue have been issued . There are to be two competitions , ¦ ™ hrst to cnsist only of sketch designs , which will be rnnL ... '' judges to whom these sketches will be . onndentiall y sul ) milted will select ten of them , or such will J , "'" as , h ,-y may think fit > the authors of which "i be invited to compete in the second or final comnetion .
ma 1 , ctl ,, n " f tne architect to carry out the work will be ieri ? 1 m lhe conlPetitors in the second competition , subtle 1 a > 'vr » vdl of Parliament . The remuneration of desW ct L w ' ! ' £ 5 . °°° for 'he entire work . The nom ? \ 1 thK hrst '"'" petition are to be sent in before ditinn !! -, " >' , March next . The instructions and consite , ' Wlth * » edule of accommodation and plan of the P ' ace ' SSUed from the OIfice of Works , 12 ,
Whitehallfrin ^ l-. u . jTVIi" ' " NS' ESIMBITIOM . —Portrait Models of Cha . nbo 1 , '' . .: * e-VVcimar , theComte de Paris , latcComtc de Rfst Paris ' , 1 ' *''"« toii . Costly Court dresses , from the trait mo , l ' f"i " ' , P ' Webb ( taken from life ; . Also porr °° ms AJ „ J , C , < rey , the Informer . —Admission , is .: extra ¦ 0 J - Open from 10 till 10 . — [ ADVT J
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . R . H . Dickenson , the S . W . and W . M . elect of the D'Ogle Lodge , No . 636 , Morpeth , was on the 13 th inst . installed- into the chair of the lodge by the retiring W . M ., Bro . John C . Wilson . Bro . the Duke of Portland , Lieut .-Colonel of the Hon . Artillery Company , chartered a special train for the conveyance of his friends from Worksop to witness the St .
Leger race . At the annual meeting of the Palatine Lodge of Instruction , to be held at Sunderland on Wednesday evening next , Bro . J . C . Moore , S . W ., acting VV . M ., will open and close in the three degrees and rehearse the second . A very enjoyable evening is promised . The installation meeting , and the first meeting
after the recess , of the Lodge of Loyalty , No . 1 G 07 , was held at the London Tavern , Fenchurch-street , on the 10 th inst ., when Bro . F . Carr , S . W ., was inducted into the chair of K . S . for the coming year . Bro . the Duke of Albany , P . G . W ., and the Duchess of Albany will pay a visit to Otley next month , on one of the days of the Leeds Musical Festival , which
their Royal Highnesses have already arranged to attend . We also learn that their Royal Highnesses have accepted an invitation to open the grounds of Pontcfract Castle during the second week in November . The Grand Council of Royal and Select and
Super-Excellent Masters of England and Wales , & c , M . 111 . Comp . the Rev . Canon Portal , M . A ., Grand Master , will meet at SA , Red Lion-square , London , on the 27 th inst ., at 7 o'clock p . m ., when a report as to the progress of the Degrees will be presented , and the appointment and investiture of Grand Officers will take place .
At the monthly meeting of the Star in the East Lodge , No . 650 , on the nth inst ., Bro . Harry G . Everard , S . VV ., was elected VV . M . for the ensuing year . A cordial vote of thanks was passed to VV . Bro . Richard Clowes , Prov . G . S . W ., for his able and genial presidency over the lodge affairs during the past year , and it was unanimously agreed to present him with a Past Master ' s jewel at the installation festival next month .
Cortachy Castle , the seat of the Eatl of Airlie , in Forfarshire , was almost totally destroyed by a fire which broke out on Friday last week , and was only subdued on Saturday . The most ancient part of the building was fortunately saved , the portion destroyed being comparatively new . The total loss is estimated at ^' 25 , 000 . Holyrood Palace also had a narrow escape on Saturday , a fire having been discovered in the basement , but was extinguished before it had gained much hold .
A munificent offer in the interests of art in Aberdeen was made on Saturday last , when Mr . John Gray , a partner of a local firm of ironworkers and a member of the Town Council , intimated his desire to erect and present to the city a building to be used as a School of Art , at a cost of £ 5000 . The building will be contiguous to the Art Gallery now being erected on the grounds of Gordon College , and the plans have been arranged to harmonise with the design of the building .
The centenary of Dr . Johnson ' s death takes place next year , and a suggestion has been made that the opportunity should be taken to raise some memorial to that eminent scholar , who expired in his house in Gough-square , Fleet-street , London , on Dec . 13 th , 17 S 4 , at the age of
seventy-five . For Staffordshire , his native country , it has been suggested that a fitting memorial of the great lexicographer would be the establishment of a number of scholarships in connection with the Oxford University , to be named after him , and to be available for students horn or educated in Staffordshire .
Bro . Sir Esramus Wilson , P . G . D ., has just published a very interesting popular lecture on the ancient Egyptian people , which hedeliveredat Margate , concerning which , a contemporary , whose opinion we most cordially endorse , says : "Sir Esramus has the art—and it is a rare one—of makingadry subject attractive toa general audience .
He easily establishes a feeling of sympathy between himself and his hearers , for he commands that touch of nature which makes all men kin , and possesses a native grace of speech that springs from a generous heart . We must always listen with pleasure to the voice of one who is the author of so many noble deeds . "
The Aire and Calder Lodge , No . 458 , Goole , has removed from its old lodge room at 4 , Ouse-street , to more commodious and suitable premises built fdr them by the Market Hall Company . The last meeting in " the old home" took place on the 14 th inst ., and at the close of the ordinary business of the lodge , the W . M ., Bro . Ezra Gooderidge , delivered a very able and interesting address ,
giving a short history of the lodge , more especially relerring to their connection with the spot they were then leaving . The address will be found in another part of our impression . It is not often that railway companies receive thanks from their customers , and , therefore , we have much pleasure in making public the following ,
which has been received by Bro . J . Shaw , chief superintendent of the Northern Division of that stupendous system the London and North Western Railway Company : —*' Eccleston Park , Prescot , September Sth , 1 SS 3 . —J . Shaw , Esq ., London and North Western Railway Company , Lime-street . Masonic Pic-nic , 86 . —Dear sir , 1 am directed by all who joined the picnic to Beeston Castle on Wednesday last to express to you their sincere thanks
for the perfect train arrangements and excellent saloon accommodation which the London and North Western Railway Company , through you , provided . I am also to state that the kindness and courtesy of the railway officials at Chester and Beeston Castle , tne only stopping places , did not escape the notice of the party ; and they are hopeful that next year your kind assistance will again be the means of conducing to the spending of a happy and enjoyable day . —I am , dear sir , your truly , VV . NEWSOME . "
" R UPTURES , "—WHITE ' MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS is the most effective invention for the treatment of Hernia . The use of a steel spring , so hurtful in its effects , is avoided , a soft bandage being worn round the body , while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent I-erer , lilting with so much ease and closeness that it cdnnot be detected . Send for descriptive circular , with testimonials and prices , to J . White and Co . ( Limited ) 228 , Piccadilly , London . Do not buy of Chemists , who often sell an IMITATION of our Moc-Main . J . White and Co have not any agents . —[ ADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings
By command of the Ri ght Hon . the Earl of Bective , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Cumberland and Westmorland , a Provincial Grand Lodge will be held on Friday , the 28 th inst ., under the banner of Kenlis Lodge , No . 12 G 7 , Egremont . The Masonic Hall at Bangor is likely to be used by the North Wales College as their temporary quarters
pending the selection of a site and the erection of suitable buildings for the college . The Gardener ' s Magazine states that the proposed International Horticultural Exhibition at South Kensington is postponed to the year 1 SS 5 , to afford cultivators time to prepare for it .
Bro . Alderman Whitehead has been unanimously elected President of the A ppleby and Kirkby Stephen Agricultural Society for the ensuing year , and will take the chair at the annual dinner to be held at Appleby on Friday , the 28 th inst .
After the luncheon at the Potato Exhibition at the Crystal Palace last week Bro . Alderman and Sheriff De Keyser having left the chair , and the toast list being concluded , Bro . Alderman Hadley , at an informal meeting , took the vacant seat , and gave the company a long aiid interesting account of his visit to America .
The annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Masters of Berks and Oxon will be held at Reading , under the banner of the Leopold Lodge , No . 235 , on the gth prox ., by command of the R . W . Prov . Grand Master , Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Jersey .
The ceremony of installation of W . M . will be rehearsed by Bro . James Stevens , P . MJ of Tlje Great City Lodge , in the United Pilgrims Lodge of Instruction , No . 507 , at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell , S . E ., on Friday , the 28 th inst ., at 7 . 30 . The members of the Lodge of Instruction will be pleased to welcome visitors on this occasion .
A meeting of the Grand Master ' s Council , No . I , of Royal and Select Masters of England , & c ( Bro . Thos . Charles Walls , R . P . G . III . M ., Thrice III . M . ) , will be held at the Masonic Hall , 8 A , Red Lion-square , on Thursday next , at 5 . 30 p . m . The names of a large number of brethren appear on the agenda as candidates for admission into the rite . The installation meeting of the Liverpool
Dramatic Lodge , No . 1 G 09 , invariably one of the leading events of the Masonic season in Liverpool , takes place on Tuesday next at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , at 11 . 30 a . m . The banquet is fixed for three o'clock , and all visitors ' tickets this year are procurable only on payment of twelve shillings and sixpence for each . The Parish Church of Uangain has been further beautified , painted tiles having been introduced in the
chancel . The subjectsare taken from the Apostle ' s Creed , and are richly painted in colours upon an elaborate ornamental background of subdued tints , producing a very pleasing effect . The whole has been designed and executed by Bro . Charles Evans , of Warwick-street , Regent-street , under the superintendence of Mr . R . J . Withers , architect . A brother speaking in the Grand Lodge of England at the Special Communication of August Sth
said : " In the United States Past Masters have ho seats in Grand Lodge at all . " This is a mistake . Usually Past Masters are members of Grand Lodge , the exception being the other way , as in New York . The time must come , however , that Grand Bodies will be so numerous in membership , under the old custom , that membership will be confined to officers of lodges and possibly to district representatives . —Keystone ,
I he Queen s Printers , Messrs . Eyre and Spottiswoode , of East Harding-street , Fetter-lane , writing as to the date of the publication of the Statutes , say that it is important to distinguish the official copies of the Statutes from continuous editions , such as that published with the " Law Reports . " In the official issue , every Act of Parliamant is a separate unit , and is published with the utmost dispatch . The " Law Reports " edition cf the Statutes is published complete with the number of the " Law Reports " for the month next following the close of the Session .
• Active preparations are being made for the enlargement of the London Central Telegraph Ofiice , in view of the increased work that is expected to result from the adoption of the proposed sixpenny telegraphic rate next year . Not only is a new floor of large dimensions now being added , but the Post Office authorities have acquired the comparatively new block of buildings behind them in Bath-street , formerly occupied by the Warehousemen and Clerks Supply Stores , which will be connected with the main building by a bridge thrown across the street .
The . Eolus Patent S pecial Downblow Chimney Cowl is another of the verjr serviceable inventions of the . liolus Waterspray and General Ventilating Company ( Limited ) , of 235 , High Holborn , which deserves a few words of commendation . Most of us at some time or other have had experience of the unpleasantness caused by a smoky chimney . It matters not how the smokiness may originate , whether from the chimney being sluggish or
because there is a considerable downblow , caused by a compression of the air or by the rebound of the air from a higher building , the nuisance is equally intolerable , and this patent Downblow Chimney Cowl will be found to answer the twofold purpose of an accelerator of a sluggish chimney , and a sure preventive of the objectionable downblow , while it has this further advantage , that it can be easily swept , and does not get blocked up . It is made
Willi an expanded base and flange , and stands 4 ft . G in . high . The price ranges from £ 1 15 s . to £ 2 5 s ., or , if made fireproof and rivetted through , there is in each case an additional charge of 7 s . VVe advise any of our readers who may be troubled with smoky chimneys to call at the company ' s show rooms as stated above . I'hey will be able to see and judge for themselves of the efficiency of this patent cowl .
IIOLLOWAV ' S PILLS A . vii Oi . vTMExT . —During excessive variations of temperature everyone is more or less liable to internal congestions and inllammations . Throat , chest , liver , bowels , kidneys , and skin all suii ' cr in some degree , and may be relieved by rubbing in this Ointment , aided by proper doses of the l'ills , lor administering
which full directions accompany each box ; in truth , any one who thoroughly masters Holloway ' s instructions will , in remedying disease , « . change the labour of an hour for the prolit of a lifetime . All bronchial , pulmonary , and throat disorders require that ihe Ointment should lie thoroughly well rubbed upon the skin twice a day with great regularity , considerable briskness , and much persistence . — [ ADVT . ]