Masonic Tidings.

Masonic Tidings .

Bros . Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott and j . L . Toole are the subjects of biographical notices in the April number of " Celebrities of the Day . " Bro . John E . Walford has been presented with a handsome testimonial for services rendered last year as Chairman of the City of London School Committee .

The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , No . 749 , held at the Harp Tavern , 19 , Jermyn-street , on Friday , the 29 th inst ., at seven o ' clock . Bro . ] . H . Watts , P . AL 1201 , W . AL ; Bro . C . A . Woods , S . " W . 14 = ; , S . W . ; Bro . f . E . Scott , P . M . 759 , J AV .

FIRST LECTURE . ist Section Bro . Levi , 1017 . 2 nd ,, ... ... „ H . Cohen , 1017 . 3 rd „ ,. ] . E . Shand , W . AL 1503 . 4 th „ „ W . Mole , : 6 S 7 . 5 th „ „ C . Smith , 1563 . Gth „ „ J . W . Collens , S . D . 7 GO . 7 th „ „ li . Farwig , P . AI . 1 S 0 .

SECOND LECTURE . ist Section Bro . ] . E . Scott , P . AI . 749 . 2 nd „ ,, J . Paul , 12 S 7 . 3 rd „ ... ... „ j . Hemming , 12 S 7 . 4 th „ „ C . A . Woods , S . VV . 14 s . sth „ „ J . B . Docker , VV . AI . 1 GS 7 .

lHiRD LECTURE . ist Section Bro . W . 1 . Burgess , W . AL 1472 . 2 nd „ , G . P . Festa , S 34 . 3 rd „ „ W . TL Richardson , S . VV . 1 S 4 S . Bro . E . Farwig , P . M . 1 S 0 , Preceptor ; Bro . J . B . Docker , W . M . 16 S 7 , Hon . Sec . H . R . H . Prince Leopold , P . G . W ., will deliver an

address at the annual meeting of the parochial chanties of the City at the Mansion Mouse on Wednesday , thc 4 th proximo . The Lord Alayor will preside . Bro . Thomas Beard has been presented with a handsome coffee service , by the Gas and Water Committee of the City of London , as a token of thc high esteem in which he is held and for the able manner in which he had

discharged the duties of Chairman during the past year . Bro . George Augustus Sala has written a romance of modern society and civilisation , entitled "A Party in the City , " for tbe pages of Pan . Bro . Edward Terry , the celebrated comedian , was on Thursday week elected a member of the Richmond Board of Guardians , to represent the district of Barnes ,

with the Rev . H . R . Wakefield , curate of thc parish , as his colleague . The Rig ht Hon . the Lord Mayor , assisted by Bros . Fowler , ALP ., and Waterlow , Sheriffs of London and Middlesex , will open the second exhibition in connection with the City of London Society of Artists , to be held at the Skinner ' s Hall on Alonday next . The public will be

admitted on Tuesday and following days . Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold , P . G . W ., has fixed Tuesday , Alay 3 rd , as the day on which he will lay the foundation-stone of the City and Guilds of London Technical College at Finsbury . Bro . Henry Irving has received the honorary degree of LL . D . from the 'Trinity College , Dublin .

Bro . Albeit li . Fradellc has just published an excellent carte-de-visile portrait of the late chairman of the London School Board , Sir Charles Reed . This photograph forms one of the large collection of celebrities to be seen in the National Photo-Mezzotint Gallery at 246 , Regent-street . Bro . Fradellc has brought artistic skill to the aid of photography , and the result is that his

portraits present a very high degree of finish , combined with life-like fidelity . He is now engaged in adding a scries of portraits of distinguished Freemasons to his interesting gallery , which already contains over a thousand portraits of men of mark . The Selwyn Eodge , No . 1901 , was consecrated at the East Dulwich Hotel , Dulwich , on Thursday , the 21 st inst . llro . W . II . Hook , P . AL , was installed W . AL , and the

consecration and installation ceremonies were performed by the V . W . Bro . Col . Shadwell IL Gierke , G . Sec . A report will appear in our next . Bro . D . Biddulpli Martin , M . P ., presided on Alonday evening at a meeting of thc Statistical Society , at King's College , Strand , when a paper was read by Air . H . R . Droop or . " The Slethods of Electing Representatives . "

Bro . S . White , of Cannon-street , has been solicited to become a candidate for the representation of Bread-street Ward . According to a contemporary there is little doubt of Bro . White ' s success . Bro . the Most Hon . the Marquis of Hartington , G . M . Derbyshire , arrived from Paris on Tuesday morning , and after transacting some official business at the India

Office , left town for Newmarket . Bro . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , M . P . ' s , installation as R . W . Grand Alaster of Gloucestershiie will take place on Thursday , the 12 th of May . The ceremony will be performed by the Right Hon . thc Earl of Lathom , R . W . Deputy Grand ( Alaster , In thc Shire Hall , Gloucester , the use of which has been kindly granted by Bro . Dorrington ,

Chairman of the County Magistrates . Bro . Henry Irving will preside at the festival in aid of the Royal General Theatrical Fund in July . Bro . Wm . Stephens , P . M ., P . Z ., was on Tuesday last appointed Churchwarden of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St . Barnabas , Homerton . B OOKS . — " The Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar for 18 S 1 " is received with thanks . 'This annual has

been frequently consulted by us , and we have personal reasons , as well as Alasonic ones , for liking it . It was through this book that we were enabled to put ourselves in communication with VV . Bro . T . J . Wilkinson , Past Alaster of Falcon Lodge , at'Thrisk , Yorkshire , England , and learn from him more than we ever knew before about the home of our ancestors , A glance at its contents will satisfy the Ma ' . mic reader of its usefulness to any and every Alason who seeks a knowledge of the Craft .-Liberal Freemason .

Masonic Tidings.

REPRESENTATIVE PEER EOR IRELAND . — -Tuesday night ' s Gazette announced that writs have been issued for the election of a temporal peer of Ireland , to succeed to the vacancy created by the death of Bro . Lord Dunboyne . Bro . His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will we understand inspect the Norfolk Artillery Alilitia at

Great Yarmouth in June . The Duke of Cambridge is also expected to be present . Bro . Major Bond , chief of the force , presided at thc second annual tea and public meeting in connection with the Birmingham Police Total Abstinence Association on Wednesday evening , which was attended by 200 members .

Bro . VV . Ii . franklin , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , has issued a list of views of Scottish scenery , collected by himself . They have been collated into volumes , which he offers to " admirers of Scottish scenery " ata very moderate price . One of the volumes , which contains four hundred choice views , arranged geographically , as the traveller would view them , is described as unique .

A meeting of the Metropolitan Council of the Allied Alasonic Degrees will be held on Saturday , the 23 rd inst ., at the Masonic Rooms , Sa , Red Lion-square . Thc W . AL and Treasurer will be elected on this occasion . Among the many interesting papers which will attract notice in this month ' s Masonic Magazine is one by the editor , on the present position of Alasonic history and

criticism ; and another in which the question is discussed , Was Shakespere a Freemason ? The writer of this article quotes largely , and certainly proves his contention , that Shakespere possessed not only a thorough knowledge of the symbolic teaching conveyed , but an equally thorough appreciation of the lessons taught by Alasonic emblems . — Broad Arrow , iGth April .

H . R . H . the Prince of Wales opened the National Fisheries Exhibition at Norwich on Alonday last . He was accompanied by the Princess of Wales and Prince Leopold . Tlie Prince of Wales has promised to visit Swansea in October , when . the new Docks are to be opened . Lord Hartinglon nas been spending the recess at Nice .

The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon arrived at their Hampshire seat , Highclere Castle , near Newbury , last Wednesday , from Hampton Lodge , Farnham , where they had been on a short visit to Airs . Howard , of Greystoke .

Bto . Edmund Yales announces that thc Cuckoo is not now under his direction . The proceedings of the Quarterly Communication of the District Grand Lodge of Queensland , held at Brisbane on the ist December last , has just been issued . It contains an interesting record of Alasonic work in that faroff colony .

Bros . W . Potter and F . Peel , of Lodge S 13 , on account of the very cordial welcome accorded them , and also for the pleasure of seeing such excellent working ( the initiation being particularly interesting ) , would advise all brethren going to Boulogne to visit the Amit ' 16 Lodge there , held under the presidency of AL Lagache St . Gest , a member of the Council of Grand Orient of France .

In consequence of going to press , owing to the holidays , before the Bazaar Ballot of the Masonic Pupils ' Assistance Fund was taken , the advertisement announced to appear in the Freemason of April 1 Gth was too late for insertion , lt will be found in this week ' s issue . A new three-act comedy , entitled " Mother-in-I . aw , " by Bro . G . R . Sims , will be produced at the Prince of Wales ' s Theatre , Liverpool , this ( Saturday ) evening .

An cxcelient lithographed portrait of Bro . Magnus Ohren , Asst . G . D . of C , has just been executed by Mr . George Pickworth , of 6 , Queen Anne ' s Gate , Westminster . Bro . Ohren is a wel \ known figure in London Alasonic life , and as he is equally well known among the associates of the Institute of Civil Engineers , we have no doubt that both Alasons and Scientists will be pleased to

possess a copy . Iiro . Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott , Junior Grand Warden , with Lady Truscott have been for some little time past in Rome . VVe regret to learn that Sir l ' rancis has again been troubled with the gout .

Bro . A . Rosenthal ! was on Wednesday evening last installed as Worshipful Alaster of the Loughton Lodge , No . 1 ( 173 , at the Holborn Viaduct Hotel . There was a numerous attendance of members and visitors . A report of the proceedings will appear in our next .

THE LAST CHIEF J USTICE OV THE IONIAN ISLANDS . —Bro . Sir Patrick de Colt | uhoun , Q . C , LL . D ., of the Parliamentary Bar , attained his 66 th year on the 13 th inst ., havingbeen Lorn on April 13 th , 1 S 15 . Heisthesonof the late Chevalier lames dc Colquhoun , LL . D ., Agent and Consul-General of the Hanse Towns , & c . ( who died in 1 S 55 ) , and grandson of Dr . Patrick Colquhoun , of Kelvin Grove , Lanarkshire , who was sometime Lord Provost of

Glasgow , and a well-known writer on statistics , police , & c . Sir Patrick de Colquhoun , who was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1 S 3 S , was Chief Justice of thc Ionian Islands from 1 S 61 till the cession of those islands to the Crown of Greece in 1 S 64 , after which he returned to London and resumed his practice at the Parliamentary Bar . He is the author of " Colquhoun ' s Summary of the Roman Civil Law . "

The anniversary festival dinner of thc Lambeth Pension Society will be held on Alonday , Alay 9 th , at the Guildhall Tavern . Thc Right Hon . the Lord Alayor , ALP ., has consented to preside , and Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Fowler , ALP ., and Bro . Sheriff Waterlow are

expected to be present . Air . S . Hayman ,, of 45 , Hollandroad , Brixton , is the Secretary . The Rig ht Hon . the Lord Mayor will preside at the annual meeting of the Open Air Mission to be held on Tuesday next in Sum College , London-wall Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Fowler , ALP ., Mr . John Alacgregor , ( "Rob Roy" ) , the Rev . Canon Richardson , and others , are expected to attend and address the meeting .

General Tidings.

General Tidings .

Dr . Richardson delivered an address on Wednesday evening week at a meeting of the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain on the subject of the best mode of dealing with small-pox and other infectious diseases . He condemned the existing large fever hospitals . So successful are the ministrations of the Rev . Dr . AIcAuslane ( late of Finsbury Chapel ) at

Approachroad Congregational Church , that it has been determined to enlarge the worshipping accommodation by throwing open to the body of the church the entrance lobby , thus gaining fifty-two additional seats . A humorously applicable menu was provided b y a Transatlantic host at a recent business dinner party . Each guest , the Parisian tells us , was provided with a bill

of fare expressly prepared for his individual use , on which was painted a small oil sketch of his particular calling . Thus the President of a sewing machine firm found an old lady closely scrutinising one of his machines ; while thc principal of a telephone company recognised himself receiving a message in a grotesque position , with his successful subscription-book under his arm . A railroad official

could hardly deny the impeachment that he was a " ladies ' man" when brought face to face with a bewitching damsel ; and the physician , who beheld the suffering patient with the legend proceeding from her mouth , "Go away from me , doctor , doctor , and I shall get well , " felt for an instant that he would like to number the author of the design among his transient clients .

Seventy-five thousand four hundred and ten persons visited the Alexandra Palace on Easter Alonday . Mr . Millais is said to have commission s for portraits of which the money value is £ 40 , 000 . Madame Menter , thc well-known Viennese pianist , has accepted a few engagements , and she will be heard for thc first time to-day ( Saturday ) at thc Crystal Palace .

A marble bust of the Duke of Sussex lias been executed by Air . Theed , 12 a , Henrietta-street , Cavendishsquare , W ., for the corridor at Windsor Castle , but thc dimensions were found too large for the situation . Her Alajesty commanded another bust to be made of smaller

size , which has been executed . The large-sized bust is , therefore , now to be disposed of , and can be seen at Air . Thced's studio . The , vork , but for the size , has met with the approval of Her Alajesty and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales .

The first annual International Temperance Exhibition is to bc held at tfic Agricultural Hall , London , from the 22 nd August to the 3 rd September next . The Earl of Rosebcry has intimated a subscription of £ " 500 for thc purpose of the Scottish Alu .-. ical Society .

At the Crystal Palace on Easter Monday the total number of visitors was 47 , 295 . We regret lo announce the death of Miss Henrietta Johnson Sewell , which occurred on Thursday week , at Hillesden-villas , St . Leonards , after a lingering

and painful illness extending over a period of two years . The deceased lady was sister to Bro . " Major T . D . Sewell , with whom sincere sympathy is felt in the City , this being the third severe domestic bereavement he has sustained since December of last year . At the Zoological Gardens [ on Faster Moiu ! a \ 33 , 614 passed thc turnstiles .

Amusements.

Amusements .

AIADAAIETUSSAUD AND SONS . —Aladame Tussaud and Sons , as usual keeping pace with the times , opportunely offer this Easier to their numerous visitors a most correct and impressive representation of the late Emperor of Russia lying in state . On entering thc "Hall of Kings " there stands to view some thirty feet , a massive canopy of gold , lined through with ermine , and surmounted with a handsome baldachin . The catafalque , elevated on four

steps covered with crimson cloth , and over which the canopy stretches in bold outline , is most artistically adorned with ermine , silver cloth , wreaths , choice ( lowers . Sec , and on it rests in solemn dignify lhe modelled resemblance of the late Czar , clothed in the uniform of the Preobrajenski Guard Regiment , the lower part of the body being covered with a rich cloak of gold and ermine , and at his side is placed his sword . Around the body stand life-like :

figures of tbe present Czar , the Duchess of Edinburgh , the Grand Duke Michael , and other personages of note . The steps on either side of the catafalque are decorated with tall , elegant palms , g iving an effective relief to the large mass of gold and silver hangings , ornaments , Sec . The undertaking has , doubtless , been most carefully and perfectly carried out , evidently without regard for expenditure , and , indeed , reflects great credit upon the members of

the firm . Amongst many other recent additions , there may , without hesitation , be recognised , on entering the large room , thc features of the Baroness Burdett-Coutts , Mr . Ashmead Bartlett , and Sir Francis Burdett , a most life-like and picturesque group . 'The baroness , a sitting figure , is attired in a handsomely brocaded silk dress , Air .

Bartlett standing in a natural position behind her chair , while Sir Francis , dressed in the costume of hisage , reminding one of thc illustration of the "fine old English gentleman , stands to the front of the group , as if addressing his relatives , creating in all a pleasing effect and leaving nothing to be desired .

HOLLOWAY ' OINTMENT ANII PILLS . —Counsel for lhe delicate . — 'Those to whom the changeable temperature isa protracted periool trial should seek the earliest opportunity of removing aU ob stacles to f ^ ooil health . This cooling Ointment , perseverini > l \ rubbed upon Ihe skin , is the most reliable reined ) ' for ovcrcom'm _ : all diseases of the throat aud chest . Diphtheria , ' relax'cd tonsils ,

sore throat , swollen glands , ordinary catarrh , and bronchitis , usually prevailing at this , season , may be arrested as soon as discovered , and every symptom banished by Holloway ' s simple aud eltectivo I real men I . ' ^ J'his Ointment and Pills are highly coiiimended for Ihe facility wilh which Ihey successfully contend wilh inlhienz . i ; they allay in *' an incrediblv * short time the distressim ' fever and tcasiiie couBh .- * - [ Ai > VT . l