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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
At the last lodge meeting of the Aldersgate Lodge , No . 1657 , it was unanimously agreed to invite Bro . A . B . Hudson , I . P . M ., to a complimentary banquet . The Committee have arranged for it to be held at the Hotel Metropole , Northumberland-avenue , on Friday , the 12 th prox ., at 6 . 30 for 7 p . m .
Her Majesty has been pleased to contribute a special donation of £ 50 to the funds of the Royal Hospital for Children and Women , Waterloo Bridge-road . Bro . Lord Mayor Savory and the Lady Mayoress entertained a number of leading members of the Society of Friends at dinner at the Mansion House on Tuesday .
Official intimation has been received at Portsmouth to the effect that the naval manoeuvres will commence on the 6 th July , but nothing has been communicated as to the form they will take . . Bro . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor of England ) and Lady Halsbury intended originally to have spent their Whitsun recess in Scotland , but they have been staying at Stanmore instead .
The death is announced , at the age of 70 years , of Bro . Colfavon , a member of the Council of the Grand Orient of France , who in his day rendered important services to the French Craft . Formal notification-has been received by Bro . Lord Mayor Savory from Lord Knutsford , one of her Majesty ' s Principal Secretaries of State , of the birth of an infant princess , daughter of the Duchess of Fife , and great-grand-daughter of the Queen .
The Queen , accompanied by the Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg , and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court , will arrive at Balmoral from Windsor Castle about 10 a . m . this ( Friday ) morning , for a few weeks' sojourn in the Highlands .
The Pavilion at the Paddington Recreation Ground , Portsdown-road , Maida Vale , was broken into in the course of Monday night by thieves , who carried off , among other articles , the VVenham Challenge Shield , of the value of 50 guineas , which is offered for competition by the National Cyclist Union .
We regret to hear that Bro . Sir John E . Gorst , Q . C ., M . P ., is confined to his room with a bad attack of go ' ut at Lawford House , Manningtree . Bro . Sir Algernon Borthwick , M . P ., has sufficiently recovered to be able to go to Scotland for change of air , and will take a fortnight ' s complete rest .
At the Freemasons' Hall , Landport , on Saturday , the Qth inst ., Bro . R . Eve was installed as W . M . of the Hampshire Lodge of Emulation , No . 1990 , in succession to Bro . J . Brickwood . Among the brethren present were Bros . VV . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , J . E . Le Feuvre , Sir W . King , and J . G . Niven . An excellent banquet was subsequently served by Bro . Hinton , the Steward of the club .
The Prince and Princess of Wales visited the Queen at Windsor Castle on Tuesday and stayed to luncheon , after which her Royal Highness left by train to see her daughter the Duchess of Fife , at East Sheen Lodge . The Prince returned to town later on , and in the evening their Royal Highnesses , with their daughters , the Princesses Victoria and Maud , witnessed the performance of " Manon , " at the Royal Italian Opera , Covent Garden .
The East Terrace at WindsorCastle was , byher Majesty ' s command , opened to the public on Sunday afternoon for the last time previous to the departure of the Court for Balmoral , and , in spite of the unfavourable weather , a considerable number of people availed themselves of the opportunity of promenading . The bands of the 2 nd Life Guards and Scots Guards played selections of music between the hours of 4 p . m . and ^ . 30 p . m .
The annual meeting of the brethren of the Royal Connaught Lodge of Mark Master Masons was held at the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , on Tuesday , the 12 th inst . Bro . Alfred King , Mus . Doc , was installed VV . M . for the ensuing year , and appointed his officers . A handsome banner was presented to the lodge by the retiring W . M ., Bro . R . Clowes . A banquet followed .
The loan exhibition of pictures in the Morley Memorial College , Waterloo-road , was opened by the Marquis of Lome on Saturday last , among the works collected and hung on the walls being specimens of Sir John Gilbert , Briton Riviere , T . Danby , Mrs . Louisa Jopling , R . Herkomer , G . Watts , and Burne-Jones . A vote of thanks was passed by acclamation to the noble marquis for attending . The exhibition will remain open for another fortnight , and will be on view on Sunday .
COMPETITIVE LIFE-BOAT TRIALS . —We understand that the Committee of the Royal National Life-boat Institution have decided to carry out at Lowestoft next autumn a series of competitive trials and tests with sailing life-boats , and that they cordially invite inventors and others to enter
boats for the competitions under certain prescribed conditions and regulations , which can be obtained from the Secretary of the Institution at 14 , John-street , Adelphi , London . All persons proposing to enter boats must give notice in writing of their intention to do so on or before the 30 th June next and sign the required undertaking .
The fratres of the Rosicrucian College of the West of Scotland met in St . John ' s Hall recently . Present : Fratres . J . Dalrymple Duncan , of Meiklewood , Junior Sub-Magus for Scotland ; R . S . Brown , Secretary-General ; Dr . Dickson , Grand Treasurer , Edinburgh ; E . Macbean , Major F . W . Allan , W . S . Hunter , J . VV . Ruddock , E . Berger , J . Oliphant , and others . The newly-elected Master of the
Temple , D . R . Clark , M . A ., was duly advanced to the necessary grades , and was installed in the chair . Thereafter , Charles Baxter , W . S ., Edinburgh ; Dr . Foulds , and W . M . Denholm , Glasgow , were received into the Order . The interesting and impressive ceremonial of this ancient fraternity was performed with due solemnity , and the effect was enhanced by the choral service .
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Bro . Capt . G . P . Airey calls our attention to an error in our report of the Girls' School Festival , where our brother was described as a Steward Unattached . It should have been stated that he was a Steward for the Alfred Lodge , No . 340 . The Duke of Connaught has consented to preside at the annual general meeting of the Gordon Boys' Home , to be held at the Levee Room , Horse Guards , at noon to-morrow ( Saturday ) .
On Wednesday night , the ceremony of presenting the keys of the City of Edinburgh to the Lord High Commissioner of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland took place in the Throne Room of Holyrood . The Prince of Wales will visit the Trinity College ( Cambridge ) Mission at Camberwell some time early in
June for the purpose of opening a new mission hall , which will be in charge of the Rev . J . T . Rowe , M . A ., of Trinity . The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths have voted £ 50 , and the Worshipful Company of Skinners have also sent a donation of £ \ o 10 s . in aid of the funds of the Crippled Boys' Home , Kensington .
The Duchess of Albany on Wednesday opened a new recreation ground at Surbiton , which the Improvement Commissioners have acquired for the use of residents . The day was regarded as a general holiday , and there was a very large attendance .
Princess Christian with her two daughters and Prince Henry of Battenberg and Prince Francis of Battenberg witnessed the performance of " Les Huguenots" at the Royal Italian Opera House , Covent Garden , on Wednesday evening .
Mr . Staples , Chief Clerk at the Metropolitan Police Office , died on Tuesday of bronchitis and inflammation of the lungs , following an attack of influenza . Mr . Staples was much liked and respected , and his loss will be very keenly felt at Scotland-yard .
Her Majesty ' s Judges will attend Divine service at St . Paul ' s Cathedral on the afternoon of Sunday , the 31 st inst . The Lord Mayor and the Corporation will also be present . The Judges' dinner at the Mansion House is fixed for Wednesday , J une 3 rd .
The German Emperor s yacht The Victoria , accompanied by the Irene , with Prince Henry of Prussia and Prince Maximilian of Baden on board , have left Oban and gone through the Caledonian Canal to Inverness and thence to Aberdeen , where Prince Henry will leave it in order to visit the Oueen at Balmoral .
Bro . James J . Woolley was at the last meeting of the Anglo-American Lodge , No . 2191 , unanimously elected Worshipful Master for the ensuing year . Bro . Woolley has done much to promote the interests of this successful lodge , and as he brings to the chair his former knowledge and experience as a Past Master in the Kent Lodge , No . 15 , we anticipate a successful year of office .
Owing to the lamented death of Bro . Henry Brassey , the Amateur Art Exhibition , which was to have been held at Bath House on the 26 th , 27 th , and 2 Sth instant , will take place at Lowther Lodge , Kensington Gore , instead . Exhibits should be sent to the latter house on Monday next between the hours of 10 a . m . and 1 p . m .
The Duke and Duchess of Connaught and their childten and the Princess Louise ( Marchioness of Lome ) and the Marquis of Lorne arrived at Windsor Castle on Saturday last on a visit to the Queen . The Hereditary Princess Leopold of Anhalt also arrived the same day at the Castle as one of her Majesty's guests . The Royal dinner party in the evening included the Duke and Duchess of Connaught , the Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne , the Princess Beatrice , and others .
The Duchess of Fife gave birth to a daughter at East Sheen Lodge at five a . m . on Sunday morning , and the medical bulletins since issued report her Royai Highness and infant as going on very satisfactorily . The Princess of Wales was with her daughter at the time . Telegrams of
inquiry and congratulation have since been received by Bro . the Duke of Fife from the Queen , the Emperor and Empress of Russia , the Emperor of Germany , the King and Queen of Denmark , the King of Greece , the King of Portugal , the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh , the Duke and Duchess of Connaught , and irnumerable others .
To elevate a man to the first place in a Masonic lodge for no other reason than because he has memorised the work and can go through with the Master ' s part in the conferring of Degrees , seems a great mistake . Ability to rehearse the ritual and follow the several steps of the ceremony counts for something among the required qualifications of one who is to occupy the chair in the East , but much more is
demanded of an efficient and well equipped presiding officer . He must have general knowledge respecting the Institution and its movements , be informed as to its history , landmarks , and the special features of its government , besides having executive and administrative abilities . It will be well also if he has the gifts of leadership , that he may draw the lodge after him in all well considered enterprises and good
work . That he should be a gentleman and of irreproachable character goes without saying . —Freemasons' Repository . Those members of the Ministry who have been suffering from the prevailing epidemic are reported to have been making satisfactory progress towards convalescence , but the return of cold winds has had the effect of retarding their
recovery somewhat . Lord Knutsford , who took fresh cold in consequence of going out too early , is much better , while Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., is able to transact official business at the Board of Trade . Bios . Lord George Hamilton and Sir James Fergusson , Bart ., are confined to their rooms—the one at the Admiralty and the other at the Foreign Office—and Bro . Jackson , Secretary of the
Treasury , who has gone to Folkestone , and Bro . Akers-Douglas , who is at Torquay , are both progressing favourably . Mr . Gladstone , too , has been seen from time to time by Sir Andrew Clark , who reports well of his condition , but the cold has put a stop to the right hon . gentleman's intended visit to Hawarden . Unfortunately , Bro . Lord Edward
Cavendish , M . P ., the younger brother of Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , and third and youngest son of the venerable Duke of Devonshire , has succumbed to the disease , and Bro . Lord Hartington left Devonshire House early on Monday afternoon in order to communicate the mournful intelligence to his father at Holker Hall .
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MARK MASONRY . —Bro . R . Vassar-Smith , P . G . M . O ' has been appointed by the M . W . G . M ., Provincial Grand Master of the Province of Gloucestershire and Hereford shire in succession to Bro . Baron de Ferrieres , whose three years' term of office expires in July next . Upon taking office the present P . G . M . intimated that he should at the end of bis term resign the honour , and at the mpo ( - ; n ~ . — —
o J - L * 1 'KOr Provincial Grand Lodge last year the name of Bro . V Vassar-Smith was submitted _ to the M . W . G . M . as that of the Baron ' s successor . The installation will take place on June 26 th , at Cheltenham , the ceremony being performed by the Most Hon . the Marquess of Hertford , D . G . M assisted by the Baron de Ferrieres and other Grand LodVe Officers . *¦
The Prince and Princess of Wales , the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , and the Princess Victoria of Wales visited the Royal Italian Opera , Covent Garden , on Saturday evening last , and witnessed a performance of " Faust . " Of the 221 , 048 Volunteers on the rolls at the last
enumeration , 6 S 75 had served more than twenty years , 7632 between fifteen and twenty , 13 , 632 between ten and fifteen 40 , 989 between five and ten , 37 , 742 between three and five ' 31 , 039 between two and three , 3 6 , 839 between one and two ' and 4 6 , 240 were men under one year's service .
Many of our readers will regret to learn that the influenza has laid hold of the household of Bro . Rev . Professor Shuttleworth , one or . two members of which have been seriously ill , but are now out of danger . The strain on his nervous system has brought on the rector an attack of gout which necessitated his sitting during service on Sunday . VVe are sure his friends , especially Cornish brethren , will be sorry to read this .
Sir Henry Ponsonby has intimated to the Duchess of Abercorn that her Majesty will have much pleasure in becoming Patron of the bazaar fixed to take place in May , 1 S 92 , in celebration of the Centenary of the Female Masonic Orphan School of Ireland . There is a hope that the fete
may be honoured by the presence of the Prince and Princess of Wales , and already the activity displayed by the Organising Committee gives promise that the affair will be as brilliant , if not more so , than a former undertaking for the same object , when over £ 5000 was cleared .
The Free Libraries Commissioners have decided to build a central library in the Walworth-road , on a site adjoining ; the Vestry Hall . At a meeting of the Newington Vestry on Wednesday Canon Palmer , Rector , who presided , moved " That this Vestry hereby sanction the borrowing , at interest , on security of the general rates , of the sum of
£ 4750 by the Library Commissioners , repayable by 50 equal annual instalments , to enable the Commissioners to purchase the premises Nos . 153 and 155 , Walworth-road , as a site for the erection of a Public Library for the parish . " Mr . Churchwarden Brydge seconded the motion , which was adopted with one dissentient .
The City lost an interesting personage last week in the death of Charlotte Hart . At one time " Hart and her cats" were well known to visitors to St . Bartholomew ' s Church , where for 50 years she occupied the distinguished position of " sextoness ! " and where her feline pets roamed at will . Her neighbours in Cloth-fair never imagined that
she was worth as much even as 300 pence , but it appears that during the course of her long life she succeeded in accumulating no less than £ 3000 . It is gratifying to find that Charlotte has left £ 600 to the old church where she worked so many years , merely suggesting that a pulpit would be a suitable investment for her legacy . —Echo .
The Governor oi Victoria , the Earl of Hopetoun , early m last month laid the foundation-stone of a new College of Agriculture at Mildura , on the River Murray , one of the two Australian irrigation colonies , founded three or four years ago by the well-known firm of Chaffey Bros ., under special Acts of the Colonial Legislatures . A full report of 6 th
the ceremony appears in the Melbourne Argus of April . Mr . G . Chaffey , in presenting the trowel to his lordship , stated that the value of the college lands exceeded that of any similarly endowed educational institution in Australia . These lands comprised 16 , 666 acres with water easements , valued ( at the initial price of X 20 per acre ) at ^ 333 ) 3 2 ? -
A large portion of the property had , however , doubled in value , and it was quite within the bounds of probability that the endowment would be worth more than a million sterling before 20 years . Lord Hopetoun ( in laying the stone ) remarked that he had no doubt irrigation would play a
most important part in the future of Victoria , and the Chaffey College in affording facilities for imparting the necessary instruction in irrigation and its dependent industries would be of immense advantage to the whole or Australia .
The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , who succeeds the Earl of Lathom as Deputy Grand Master of English Freemasons , is a most popular man both in London and in the Wes Country , where he possesses estates in Devonshire an Cornwall . Mount Edgcumbe , the old family seat of tne Edgcumbe family , is , perhaps the loveliest in all tn lovely West Country . With its fine Elizabethan 1
mansion and splendid gardens and park , it occup the whole of the peninsula between Hamoaze an Plymouth Sound , and covers an extent of groundI mor than three miles in circumference . The gardens and pa ^ are almost unrivalled , and the manner in which they im P , a stranger cannot be better described than in the quaint an almost iorgotten lines penned by David Garrick atter a vi
there"This mount all the mounts of Great Britain surpass ^ > 'Tis the haunt of the muses , the mount of Parnassus Fame lies , tis not Stratford—this , this is the spot Where Genius on Nature our Shakespeare begot . This only the birthplace of Shakespeare could Ms , Whose wonders can e ' en make a poet of me . -Illustrated London AW
HOLI . OWAY ' S PILLS A . VD OINTMENT . —Glad Tidings . — S ° ^ ° l | t stitutions have a tendency to rheumatism , and are , tn ^ suC | , the year , borne down by its protracted tortures . aftc-rsull ' erers bathe the alTected par . s with warm brine , . ^ ' | )( . wards rub in this soothing Ointment . They will hn"i | | oway ' s means of lessening their agony , and , assisted by " . nted Pills , the surest way of overcoming their d ' seas f e - .. - safean ^ not be said than to request a few days'trial or tl ? i | v be coif- ' soothing treatment , by which the disease Will ultimately j , ier pletely swept away . Pains that wuuld make a gia jne xpeiiare assuaged without difficulty by Holloway ' s easy an vesse | s sive remedies , which comfort by moderating the throuu- s and calming the excited nerves . —Arm ' .
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
At the last lodge meeting of the Aldersgate Lodge , No . 1657 , it was unanimously agreed to invite Bro . A . B . Hudson , I . P . M ., to a complimentary banquet . The Committee have arranged for it to be held at the Hotel Metropole , Northumberland-avenue , on Friday , the 12 th prox ., at 6 . 30 for 7 p . m .
Her Majesty has been pleased to contribute a special donation of £ 50 to the funds of the Royal Hospital for Children and Women , Waterloo Bridge-road . Bro . Lord Mayor Savory and the Lady Mayoress entertained a number of leading members of the Society of Friends at dinner at the Mansion House on Tuesday .
Official intimation has been received at Portsmouth to the effect that the naval manoeuvres will commence on the 6 th July , but nothing has been communicated as to the form they will take . . Bro . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor of England ) and Lady Halsbury intended originally to have spent their Whitsun recess in Scotland , but they have been staying at Stanmore instead .
The death is announced , at the age of 70 years , of Bro . Colfavon , a member of the Council of the Grand Orient of France , who in his day rendered important services to the French Craft . Formal notification-has been received by Bro . Lord Mayor Savory from Lord Knutsford , one of her Majesty ' s Principal Secretaries of State , of the birth of an infant princess , daughter of the Duchess of Fife , and great-grand-daughter of the Queen .
The Queen , accompanied by the Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg , and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court , will arrive at Balmoral from Windsor Castle about 10 a . m . this ( Friday ) morning , for a few weeks' sojourn in the Highlands .
The Pavilion at the Paddington Recreation Ground , Portsdown-road , Maida Vale , was broken into in the course of Monday night by thieves , who carried off , among other articles , the VVenham Challenge Shield , of the value of 50 guineas , which is offered for competition by the National Cyclist Union .
We regret to hear that Bro . Sir John E . Gorst , Q . C ., M . P ., is confined to his room with a bad attack of go ' ut at Lawford House , Manningtree . Bro . Sir Algernon Borthwick , M . P ., has sufficiently recovered to be able to go to Scotland for change of air , and will take a fortnight ' s complete rest .
At the Freemasons' Hall , Landport , on Saturday , the Qth inst ., Bro . R . Eve was installed as W . M . of the Hampshire Lodge of Emulation , No . 1990 , in succession to Bro . J . Brickwood . Among the brethren present were Bros . VV . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , J . E . Le Feuvre , Sir W . King , and J . G . Niven . An excellent banquet was subsequently served by Bro . Hinton , the Steward of the club .
The Prince and Princess of Wales visited the Queen at Windsor Castle on Tuesday and stayed to luncheon , after which her Royal Highness left by train to see her daughter the Duchess of Fife , at East Sheen Lodge . The Prince returned to town later on , and in the evening their Royal Highnesses , with their daughters , the Princesses Victoria and Maud , witnessed the performance of " Manon , " at the Royal Italian Opera , Covent Garden .
The East Terrace at WindsorCastle was , byher Majesty ' s command , opened to the public on Sunday afternoon for the last time previous to the departure of the Court for Balmoral , and , in spite of the unfavourable weather , a considerable number of people availed themselves of the opportunity of promenading . The bands of the 2 nd Life Guards and Scots Guards played selections of music between the hours of 4 p . m . and ^ . 30 p . m .
The annual meeting of the brethren of the Royal Connaught Lodge of Mark Master Masons was held at the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , on Tuesday , the 12 th inst . Bro . Alfred King , Mus . Doc , was installed VV . M . for the ensuing year , and appointed his officers . A handsome banner was presented to the lodge by the retiring W . M ., Bro . R . Clowes . A banquet followed .
The loan exhibition of pictures in the Morley Memorial College , Waterloo-road , was opened by the Marquis of Lome on Saturday last , among the works collected and hung on the walls being specimens of Sir John Gilbert , Briton Riviere , T . Danby , Mrs . Louisa Jopling , R . Herkomer , G . Watts , and Burne-Jones . A vote of thanks was passed by acclamation to the noble marquis for attending . The exhibition will remain open for another fortnight , and will be on view on Sunday .
COMPETITIVE LIFE-BOAT TRIALS . —We understand that the Committee of the Royal National Life-boat Institution have decided to carry out at Lowestoft next autumn a series of competitive trials and tests with sailing life-boats , and that they cordially invite inventors and others to enter
boats for the competitions under certain prescribed conditions and regulations , which can be obtained from the Secretary of the Institution at 14 , John-street , Adelphi , London . All persons proposing to enter boats must give notice in writing of their intention to do so on or before the 30 th June next and sign the required undertaking .
The fratres of the Rosicrucian College of the West of Scotland met in St . John ' s Hall recently . Present : Fratres . J . Dalrymple Duncan , of Meiklewood , Junior Sub-Magus for Scotland ; R . S . Brown , Secretary-General ; Dr . Dickson , Grand Treasurer , Edinburgh ; E . Macbean , Major F . W . Allan , W . S . Hunter , J . VV . Ruddock , E . Berger , J . Oliphant , and others . The newly-elected Master of the
Temple , D . R . Clark , M . A ., was duly advanced to the necessary grades , and was installed in the chair . Thereafter , Charles Baxter , W . S ., Edinburgh ; Dr . Foulds , and W . M . Denholm , Glasgow , were received into the Order . The interesting and impressive ceremonial of this ancient fraternity was performed with due solemnity , and the effect was enhanced by the choral service .
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Bro . Capt . G . P . Airey calls our attention to an error in our report of the Girls' School Festival , where our brother was described as a Steward Unattached . It should have been stated that he was a Steward for the Alfred Lodge , No . 340 . The Duke of Connaught has consented to preside at the annual general meeting of the Gordon Boys' Home , to be held at the Levee Room , Horse Guards , at noon to-morrow ( Saturday ) .
On Wednesday night , the ceremony of presenting the keys of the City of Edinburgh to the Lord High Commissioner of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland took place in the Throne Room of Holyrood . The Prince of Wales will visit the Trinity College ( Cambridge ) Mission at Camberwell some time early in
June for the purpose of opening a new mission hall , which will be in charge of the Rev . J . T . Rowe , M . A ., of Trinity . The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths have voted £ 50 , and the Worshipful Company of Skinners have also sent a donation of £ \ o 10 s . in aid of the funds of the Crippled Boys' Home , Kensington .
The Duchess of Albany on Wednesday opened a new recreation ground at Surbiton , which the Improvement Commissioners have acquired for the use of residents . The day was regarded as a general holiday , and there was a very large attendance .
Princess Christian with her two daughters and Prince Henry of Battenberg and Prince Francis of Battenberg witnessed the performance of " Les Huguenots" at the Royal Italian Opera House , Covent Garden , on Wednesday evening .
Mr . Staples , Chief Clerk at the Metropolitan Police Office , died on Tuesday of bronchitis and inflammation of the lungs , following an attack of influenza . Mr . Staples was much liked and respected , and his loss will be very keenly felt at Scotland-yard .
Her Majesty ' s Judges will attend Divine service at St . Paul ' s Cathedral on the afternoon of Sunday , the 31 st inst . The Lord Mayor and the Corporation will also be present . The Judges' dinner at the Mansion House is fixed for Wednesday , J une 3 rd .
The German Emperor s yacht The Victoria , accompanied by the Irene , with Prince Henry of Prussia and Prince Maximilian of Baden on board , have left Oban and gone through the Caledonian Canal to Inverness and thence to Aberdeen , where Prince Henry will leave it in order to visit the Oueen at Balmoral .
Bro . James J . Woolley was at the last meeting of the Anglo-American Lodge , No . 2191 , unanimously elected Worshipful Master for the ensuing year . Bro . Woolley has done much to promote the interests of this successful lodge , and as he brings to the chair his former knowledge and experience as a Past Master in the Kent Lodge , No . 15 , we anticipate a successful year of office .
Owing to the lamented death of Bro . Henry Brassey , the Amateur Art Exhibition , which was to have been held at Bath House on the 26 th , 27 th , and 2 Sth instant , will take place at Lowther Lodge , Kensington Gore , instead . Exhibits should be sent to the latter house on Monday next between the hours of 10 a . m . and 1 p . m .
The Duke and Duchess of Connaught and their childten and the Princess Louise ( Marchioness of Lome ) and the Marquis of Lorne arrived at Windsor Castle on Saturday last on a visit to the Queen . The Hereditary Princess Leopold of Anhalt also arrived the same day at the Castle as one of her Majesty's guests . The Royal dinner party in the evening included the Duke and Duchess of Connaught , the Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne , the Princess Beatrice , and others .
The Duchess of Fife gave birth to a daughter at East Sheen Lodge at five a . m . on Sunday morning , and the medical bulletins since issued report her Royai Highness and infant as going on very satisfactorily . The Princess of Wales was with her daughter at the time . Telegrams of
inquiry and congratulation have since been received by Bro . the Duke of Fife from the Queen , the Emperor and Empress of Russia , the Emperor of Germany , the King and Queen of Denmark , the King of Greece , the King of Portugal , the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh , the Duke and Duchess of Connaught , and irnumerable others .
To elevate a man to the first place in a Masonic lodge for no other reason than because he has memorised the work and can go through with the Master ' s part in the conferring of Degrees , seems a great mistake . Ability to rehearse the ritual and follow the several steps of the ceremony counts for something among the required qualifications of one who is to occupy the chair in the East , but much more is
demanded of an efficient and well equipped presiding officer . He must have general knowledge respecting the Institution and its movements , be informed as to its history , landmarks , and the special features of its government , besides having executive and administrative abilities . It will be well also if he has the gifts of leadership , that he may draw the lodge after him in all well considered enterprises and good
work . That he should be a gentleman and of irreproachable character goes without saying . —Freemasons' Repository . Those members of the Ministry who have been suffering from the prevailing epidemic are reported to have been making satisfactory progress towards convalescence , but the return of cold winds has had the effect of retarding their
recovery somewhat . Lord Knutsford , who took fresh cold in consequence of going out too early , is much better , while Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., is able to transact official business at the Board of Trade . Bios . Lord George Hamilton and Sir James Fergusson , Bart ., are confined to their rooms—the one at the Admiralty and the other at the Foreign Office—and Bro . Jackson , Secretary of the
Treasury , who has gone to Folkestone , and Bro . Akers-Douglas , who is at Torquay , are both progressing favourably . Mr . Gladstone , too , has been seen from time to time by Sir Andrew Clark , who reports well of his condition , but the cold has put a stop to the right hon . gentleman's intended visit to Hawarden . Unfortunately , Bro . Lord Edward
Cavendish , M . P ., the younger brother of Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , and third and youngest son of the venerable Duke of Devonshire , has succumbed to the disease , and Bro . Lord Hartington left Devonshire House early on Monday afternoon in order to communicate the mournful intelligence to his father at Holker Hall .
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MARK MASONRY . —Bro . R . Vassar-Smith , P . G . M . O ' has been appointed by the M . W . G . M ., Provincial Grand Master of the Province of Gloucestershire and Hereford shire in succession to Bro . Baron de Ferrieres , whose three years' term of office expires in July next . Upon taking office the present P . G . M . intimated that he should at the end of bis term resign the honour , and at the mpo ( - ; n ~ . — —
o J - L * 1 'KOr Provincial Grand Lodge last year the name of Bro . V Vassar-Smith was submitted _ to the M . W . G . M . as that of the Baron ' s successor . The installation will take place on June 26 th , at Cheltenham , the ceremony being performed by the Most Hon . the Marquess of Hertford , D . G . M assisted by the Baron de Ferrieres and other Grand LodVe Officers . *¦
The Prince and Princess of Wales , the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , and the Princess Victoria of Wales visited the Royal Italian Opera , Covent Garden , on Saturday evening last , and witnessed a performance of " Faust . " Of the 221 , 048 Volunteers on the rolls at the last
enumeration , 6 S 75 had served more than twenty years , 7632 between fifteen and twenty , 13 , 632 between ten and fifteen 40 , 989 between five and ten , 37 , 742 between three and five ' 31 , 039 between two and three , 3 6 , 839 between one and two ' and 4 6 , 240 were men under one year's service .
Many of our readers will regret to learn that the influenza has laid hold of the household of Bro . Rev . Professor Shuttleworth , one or . two members of which have been seriously ill , but are now out of danger . The strain on his nervous system has brought on the rector an attack of gout which necessitated his sitting during service on Sunday . VVe are sure his friends , especially Cornish brethren , will be sorry to read this .
Sir Henry Ponsonby has intimated to the Duchess of Abercorn that her Majesty will have much pleasure in becoming Patron of the bazaar fixed to take place in May , 1 S 92 , in celebration of the Centenary of the Female Masonic Orphan School of Ireland . There is a hope that the fete
may be honoured by the presence of the Prince and Princess of Wales , and already the activity displayed by the Organising Committee gives promise that the affair will be as brilliant , if not more so , than a former undertaking for the same object , when over £ 5000 was cleared .
The Free Libraries Commissioners have decided to build a central library in the Walworth-road , on a site adjoining ; the Vestry Hall . At a meeting of the Newington Vestry on Wednesday Canon Palmer , Rector , who presided , moved " That this Vestry hereby sanction the borrowing , at interest , on security of the general rates , of the sum of
£ 4750 by the Library Commissioners , repayable by 50 equal annual instalments , to enable the Commissioners to purchase the premises Nos . 153 and 155 , Walworth-road , as a site for the erection of a Public Library for the parish . " Mr . Churchwarden Brydge seconded the motion , which was adopted with one dissentient .
The City lost an interesting personage last week in the death of Charlotte Hart . At one time " Hart and her cats" were well known to visitors to St . Bartholomew ' s Church , where for 50 years she occupied the distinguished position of " sextoness ! " and where her feline pets roamed at will . Her neighbours in Cloth-fair never imagined that
she was worth as much even as 300 pence , but it appears that during the course of her long life she succeeded in accumulating no less than £ 3000 . It is gratifying to find that Charlotte has left £ 600 to the old church where she worked so many years , merely suggesting that a pulpit would be a suitable investment for her legacy . —Echo .
The Governor oi Victoria , the Earl of Hopetoun , early m last month laid the foundation-stone of a new College of Agriculture at Mildura , on the River Murray , one of the two Australian irrigation colonies , founded three or four years ago by the well-known firm of Chaffey Bros ., under special Acts of the Colonial Legislatures . A full report of 6 th
the ceremony appears in the Melbourne Argus of April . Mr . G . Chaffey , in presenting the trowel to his lordship , stated that the value of the college lands exceeded that of any similarly endowed educational institution in Australia . These lands comprised 16 , 666 acres with water easements , valued ( at the initial price of X 20 per acre ) at ^ 333 ) 3 2 ? -
A large portion of the property had , however , doubled in value , and it was quite within the bounds of probability that the endowment would be worth more than a million sterling before 20 years . Lord Hopetoun ( in laying the stone ) remarked that he had no doubt irrigation would play a
most important part in the future of Victoria , and the Chaffey College in affording facilities for imparting the necessary instruction in irrigation and its dependent industries would be of immense advantage to the whole or Australia .
The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , who succeeds the Earl of Lathom as Deputy Grand Master of English Freemasons , is a most popular man both in London and in the Wes Country , where he possesses estates in Devonshire an Cornwall . Mount Edgcumbe , the old family seat of tne Edgcumbe family , is , perhaps the loveliest in all tn lovely West Country . With its fine Elizabethan 1
mansion and splendid gardens and park , it occup the whole of the peninsula between Hamoaze an Plymouth Sound , and covers an extent of groundI mor than three miles in circumference . The gardens and pa ^ are almost unrivalled , and the manner in which they im P , a stranger cannot be better described than in the quaint an almost iorgotten lines penned by David Garrick atter a vi
there"This mount all the mounts of Great Britain surpass ^ > 'Tis the haunt of the muses , the mount of Parnassus Fame lies , tis not Stratford—this , this is the spot Where Genius on Nature our Shakespeare begot . This only the birthplace of Shakespeare could Ms , Whose wonders can e ' en make a poet of me . -Illustrated London AW
HOLI . OWAY ' S PILLS A . VD OINTMENT . —Glad Tidings . — S ° ^ ° l | t stitutions have a tendency to rheumatism , and are , tn ^ suC | , the year , borne down by its protracted tortures . aftc-rsull ' erers bathe the alTected par . s with warm brine , . ^ ' | )( . wards rub in this soothing Ointment . They will hn"i | | oway ' s means of lessening their agony , and , assisted by " . nted Pills , the surest way of overcoming their d ' seas f e - .. - safean ^ not be said than to request a few days'trial or tl ? i | v be coif- ' soothing treatment , by which the disease Will ultimately j , ier pletely swept away . Pains that wuuld make a gia jne xpeiiare assuaged without difficulty by Holloway ' s easy an vesse | s sive remedies , which comfort by moderating the throuu- s and calming the excited nerves . —Arm ' .