Red Cross Of Constantine.

vious assembly at Maryport having been read and confirmed , Bro . James Quay , of Curwen Lodge , No . 1400 , Harrington , was duly installed , proclaimed , and invested a Knight of the Order . The election of officers for the ensui g twelve months was next proceeded with , when Em . "Sir Knight E . Tyson was unanimously chosen as M . P . S . ; Sir Knight T . Mandle , as V . E . ; and Sir Knight

W . H . Lewthwaite , as Treasurer . Em . Sir Knight Tyson next proposed , Em . Sir Knight Lamonby seconded , and it was carried unanimously , " That the Sir Knights of Dykes Conclave of Knig hts of Rome and the Red Cross of Constantine , No . 3 6 , now assembled , herewith record their deep and sincere appreciation of the great loss to Freemasonry in West Cumberland through the lamented decease of their M . P . Sovereign , the Em . Sir Knight Rev .

W . Beeby , M . A . ; and further , that the same be duly recorded in minutes of the said conclave . " A discussion next arose as to the best means to be adopted to infuse more vitality in the working of the conclave , and it was thought that the annual assembly in August should be a proper time to tnsure a strong muster for once . Dykes Conclave was constituted four years ago , and there are now 49 members on the books .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Worcestershire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF WORCESTERSHIRE .

Tenbury was the place selected by the Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcestershire Freemasons at which to hold their meeting for this year , and on Wednesday the 13 th inst ., the pleasant and picturesque old town on the banks of the Teme received its Masonic visitors . It appeared

to begenerally known that such a gathering was to take p lace and that portion of the proceedings which were of a public character was watched with eager interest by the inhabitants of the town . The Freemasons connected with the Provincial Grand Lodge assembled in good force , and the proceedings were marked by the usual novel—to the uninitiated—and intert sting features . The brethren from Worcester left Shrub-hill Station a few minutes before nine

o ' clock , a saloon carriage being attached to the train for their convenience . Oiher members 1 f the Craft were taken up at intermediate stations , and Tenbury was reached at eleven o'clock , the bells of St . Mary ' s Church ringing a welcome to the brethren as they entered the town . The weather , although not bright , and at times threatening , was not unpleasant , and alter refreshments had

been partaken of at the Swan Hotel , at half-past twelve o ' clock a Craft lodge was opened in the Third Degree by the Worshipful Master of St . Michael ' s Lodge , 1097 . ' Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Uro . V ' Masefield ( the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master , Bro . A . H . Royds , being unable to be present ) , and the Provincial Grand Officers , then entered the lodge , and

having been received with the customary honours , the Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in due form . The minutes of the last Provincial Grand Lodge having been read and confirmed , the muster roll of lodges was called , and the accounts tf the Prownn . il Grand Treasurer ( Bro . C . C . Whitney Griffiths ) having been audited , they were received and adopted . The next business was the election

of Provincial Grand Treasurer , and Wor . Bio . C . C . Whitney Griffiths was again unanimousl y re-elected to that important office . The body of the church was set apart for the use of the Masonic brethren ; nearly the whole of it was occupied by them , and there was a fair attendance ofthe general public . The service , which lasted an hour ( bting a shortened form ) ,

was choral , the prayers being intoned by the Rev . J . Hampton , and the lesson read by the vicar , the Rev . T . Ayscough Smith . The prcces and responses were to a setting used at St . Michael's College , the choir of which was also in attendance . The anthem was well chosen for the occasion , being— " Behold how good , " by Sir F . A . Gore Ouseley . Only one hymn was sung ( one written for

festivals of this kind ) , and that at the end of the service . The preacher was Sir F . A . Gore Ouseley , Past Grand Chaplain of England , and Provincial Grand Chaplain , whu preached a sermon , brief , forcible , and appropriate , from the words— " Two are better than one ; because they have a good reward for their labour . For if they fall , ihe one will lift up his fellow ; but woe to him that is alone when

he falleth , for he hath not another to help him up . " ' ( Ecclesiastes iv . 9 and 10 . ) Having announced that the collection would be in aid of the funds of St . Mary ' s Hospital , the preacher said that in all great undertakings , whether social , political , or reli gious ; in every organization , whether it were a national government or an ecclesiastical order ; and , again , in every family circle , there was one

principle absolutely necessary to the well-being of either , and that was the great principle cf united action . The great Church , Sir Frederick Ouseley went on to point out , was framed on that ideal . Dwelling on the same thought he said , take away the principle cf united action , and substitute selfish interests , and the society ' or association , body politic , or benevolent association , whatever it mi ght be ,

would totter and fall . That principle of unselfish , mutual aid was well set forth in the text . Having spoken of the principle of unitedness in relation to history , and to religious and secular life and in a social sense , and having insisted upon its being absolutely essential to well-being in each case , the preacher said , in conclusion , that undoubtedly those were the best Christians and the best citizens who had acquired the rare habit of thinking and working

for tbe general good rather than for their own selfish ends . If such a spirit of disinterestedness and self-abnegation universally prevailed , this jarring , discordant , and struggling world would be convened into an earthly paradisepeace and contentment would prevail . Accordingly , every scheme which had for its object the jiromotion of the principle of mutual help and unitedness was worthy of most cordial support . That such principles were professed

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by his hearers that day was a very pleasing thought ; he hoped such profession was not profession only , but something more real . He hoped they were all so deeply impressed with the fundamental principle of unitedness that it permeated their whole lives , influencing every thought , word , and action , and thus rendering them more powerful instruments for working good to their fellow-men , their

country , and their religion . The preacher drew attention to the prayer written for the anniversary of her Majesty's accession , with the reading of which he brought his sermon to a close . The collection amounted ( with subsequent donations ) to about £ 23 . The brethren then re-formed in procession , and returned to the Swan Hotel , were a banquet was served shortly after

four o ' olock . The list of toasts was as follows : — " The Queen and the Craft , " " H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , Most Worshipful Grand Master of England , " " The Earl of Carnarvon , Most Worshipful Pro . Grand Master of England ; the Earl of Skelmersdale , Rig ht Worshipful Deputy Grand Master of England ; and the Officers of Grand Lodge , present and past , " " Bro . Albert Hudson

Roytls , Right Worship ful Provincial Grand Master for Worcestershire , " " Bro . William Masefield , Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master for Worcestershire , and the other Officers of Provincial Grand Lodge , present and past , " "The W . M . of St . Michael's Lodge , 1097 , and

the Worshipful Masters of the other Lodges in the Province . " " The Visitors , " "The Provincial Grand Stewards , " and "The Tyler ' s Toast . " A special train left Tenbury at 7 . 20 for the convenience of the brethren , and Worcester was reached shortly after half-past nine o'clock . —Worcester Journal .

Obituary.

Obituary .

SUDDEN DEATH OF A BROTHER IN LIVERPOOL . Many brethren in Liverpool and other places will regret to hear of the decease of Bro . George Adams Bond , master of the Prince ' s and Waterloo Docks , who died at his residence , Waterloo Dock House , Liverpool , on Sunday evening , the 19 th inst ., after a brief illness , in the

33 rd year of his age . It would appear that late on the previous Friday evening , Bro . Bond was siding chatting cheerily with some friends , apparently in the most robust health , when he was taken suddenly ill , and almost immediate !) became unconscious . Dr . Cross , of Islington , was immediately summoned , and he then discovered that one of the vessels of the brain had been ruptured , and that

Paralyses of the whole ot the right side had supervened . Bro . Bond remained in an unconscious state till Sunday evening , when he died at half-past eleven o ' clock . The deceased , who was born in Livcrpoool , on the 20 th February , 1 S 23 , was the son of a pilot , and devoted his early life to seafaring pursuits ; lie was connected with the pilot service of the port until May , 1804 , when lie was

appointed master of the Canning Dock . In May of the following year he was removed to the George ' s Dock , on the retirement of Mr . Purmll , and on the ifith Ja-iuary , 1861 , lie was appointed master of the Prince's Dock . This post he continued to hold till the 7 th February , 1872 , when on a re-arrangement of the dock system he ecame the master of the Prince's and half-tide dock , the East and

West Waterloo docks , the Victoria dock , and the Prince ' s graving dock . By his decease the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board have lost the services of a most scrupulous and attentive employe to whose cafe was entrusted property of enormous value , and who never failed to discharge his arduous duties in the most conscientious and painstaking manner . In token of lespcct lor the memory

of the deceased , the flags on the offices cf the Prince's Dock , and also on most of the vessels in the several decks under his control , were raised half-mast high . Owing to pressure of business , having charge of the largest and most important docks at Liverpool , Bro . Bond has of late years taken little or no active part in Freemasonry , but his heart was always in the Craft

and lushand ever tipen and ready to help a brother in distress . It was his intention to resume active connection with Masonry in a few weeks , as an intimate friend had agreed to propose him as a joining member of one of the Liverpool lodges . Man , however , may propose , but God disposes ; and our esteemed brother has suddenly been called to the Grand

Lodge above , where T . G . A . O . T . U . rules and reigns for ever . Bro . Bond , it may be interesting to know , was the " first child" of St . John ' s Lodge , ^ . " 971 ( now No . 6 73 ) , after its conseciation in 185 ( 1 , and he remained a subscribing member of his mother lodge for several years , esteemed as an honest , true-hearled , and enthusiastic Mason .

T he morlal remains of our esteemed brother were interred in Southdown-lane Cemetery , on Wee'iusday afternoon , the 13 th inst . The respect for the name and memory of the deceased was clearly shown by an attendance of nearly 200 persons , including a number of Masons , nearly all the dock masters at the port , a large representation of captains , private friends , iic

BRO . ROGER DODGSON . It is with sincere regret wc announce the death of Br ? . Roger Dodgson , of Theatre-street , Ulvcrston , which sad event occurred on Sunday last , the 171 I 1 inst . The burial took place on Tuesday .

Above 6 t ? i j , ooo has been received at the Mansion House on account of the Metropolitan Hospital Sunday Fund . Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Brazil have signified their intention to bc present at the Caledonian Ball , at Willis ' s Rooms , on Monday next .

Lodge Of Benevolence.

LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE .

The monthly meeting of the Lodge of Benevolence w-i held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall , ! 3 r ' , J . M . Clabon in the Presidents' chair , Bro . Joshua Nunn i ' the Senior Vice-President ' s , and Bro . James Brett in u , J unior Vice-President ' s . The other brethren present \ ver > Bros . H . Bartlett , P . M . 167 ; C . A . Cottebrune , P . G . D ^

Griffiths Smith , P . M . 21 ; Charles Atkins , P . M . » g Rawson , P . D . G . M . ' China ; I ) . Murray , P . D . G . M . China ' E . P . Albert , P . G . P . ; W . Mann , P . M . 18 C j W . StevcrV P . M . 1331 ; S . G . Foxall , P . G . P . ; J . Shackell , P . M . i 0 ,. ' W . H . Perryman . W . M . 3 ; Thos . J . Cusworth , W \\ 81 ? ; John Dyte , P . M . 25 ; John Constable , P . M . 18-. ' W . H . Myer ? , P . M . 1443 ; C . P . Cobham . P . M . 937 ; cfp

Matier , P . M . O 45 ; Percival A . Nairne , P . M . 17 ( 1 ; ] . u , Stacey , P . M . 180 ; J . W . Robinson , W . M . 1383 ; C . \\ Boddy , P . M . 1044 ; C . Hosgood , P . M . 192 ; T . H . Mere ' dith , P . M ., W . M . 1237 ; James W . Lambert , W . M . i , ! M . D . Locwcr . stark , W . M . 1 ( 188 * , Samuel Pardee , V . i \] 511 ; J . J . S . Lewis , P . M . 239 ; Geo . E . Corner , \ V . * \*[ 11 ; 9 ; and H . Massey , P . M . 619 ( Freemason ); Bro . John Hervey , Grand Secretary ; Bro . H . G . Buss , Assistant

Grand Secretary , and Bro . A . A . Pendlebury also attended . The lodge first confirmed grants to the amount of £ 130 made at last lodge meeting . The brethren then proceeded with the new cases , of which there were seven , teen . One grant was made of £ 103 , two were made oi £ 50 each , two of £ 20 each , two of £ < $ each , three of , ( , ' 10 each , and one of £ 3 ; making in all £ 302 . Six cases were deferred . Lodge was then closed .

His Grace the Duke of Marlborough , Viceroy of Ireland , accompanied by her Grace the Duchess of Marlborough , the Lady Georgiana E . Churchill , Lord Randolph H . Churchill , M . P ., and a select party , took their departure from the Pulteney Hotel , AlbtT'iiarle-street , on Wednesday morning , on a yachting excursion in the Mediterranean Sea . His Excellency , it is understood , wi ] be absent three or four weeks ' on his pleasure cruise

Rarel y if ever has there been in London a virulent outbreak of Cholera or Typhus which could not he directly traced to the drinking of impure water . Yet though the Registrar General persistently warns us , month after month , that our water supply shows no signs of improvement , there are probably more houses in London without a filter than with one . It is hardly too much lo

say that a law compelling landlords or ground leaseholders to place in every cistern one of the London and Gonial Water Purifying Company ' s patent cistern filters would reduce the Metropolitan death rate by thirty per cent . As ho-vcver there is small chance of so beneficial a piece of legislation , it becomes the duty of the householder to act for himself . The filters in question aie preferable to all

others for several reasons . In the first place the water passes through animal charcoal , the only efficient material , secondly , it filters upwards , so that all sediment is avoided . ' Thirdly , the filter requires no filling or other attention from servants . Although the first cost of these filters , in consequence of the cxpensiveness of the animal charcoal , is more than of some others , this outlay is more than compensated for by their greater durability and the othir

advantages enumerated . It therefore seems almost incredible that any man would rather tun the risk of an outbreak if Typhus or some other malignant disease in his household than incur this first trifling outlay , which would probably be more than saved in the first year ' s doctor's bills . We arc glad to be able to state that the filters supplied to our Boys' School at Wood Green , and to the Girls' School at Battersea Rise by the above Company have all along g iven every satisfaction and little trouble .

The late Southwark Conference created a demand for Compressed Tea beyond all expectations . Eminent Analysts declare it is only when tea is in its pure and native state that it will yield to pressure under hydraulic power . The London and Provincial Press unhesitatingly assert that if you want a cup of tea in perfection it must be browed from tea that has been

Compressed . Economists advocate the use of Compressed I ea , and say if you want to get double the value out of your tea use it Compressed . Testimonials in thousands speak highly of the increased value and advantage-sin using the finely selected teas of the Compressed Tea Company ( Limited ) . Families arc ma king constant applications for the smallest wholesale quantity supplied , and say , " W

are compelled to send to the warehouse for Compress ™ Tea ; because the tradesmen in our locality api > car to know nothing of it ; anil as one pound weight of Compressed Tea goes as far as two pounds weight of loose tea , wc hope you will supply us . " Sold in handsome cabinets— lib . 2 s . fid ., 2 lbs . ts ., 4 lbs . 10 s . —got up specially for the Easter trade as samples , carriage free to any par '

of the kingdom . Works and Warehouse , 3 6 , Southwarkstrect , London . Arrangements have been completcj whereby Tea dealers can have there own blended a "'' selected teas Compressed at a nominal cost per pound ' ° compressing . All applications for Agencies tor the sale of Compressed Tea , or from traders desirous of open " ? up wholesale depots for the sale cf Compressed I - ' Ihroughoutthekingdom , must be addressed to theSecrctai )'•

HOLLOWAY ' S OINTJIKXT AXD 1 ' ILLS . —Sudden changesoflcml'' * lure sorely try all persons prone to rheumatism , sciatic- * , ^ . doloreux , and many maladies scarcely less painful , 'l ' r ., jn shorter duration . ( In Ihe lirst attack eif stillness or > 11 " | r "' j :, a any mostly , joint , or Nerve , recourse should immediately l' * - ' ^ -. ^ to " fomenting the seal of disease with hot brine and riiW '" ^ | | e this remarkable Ointment , which will . issuage the uneasiness r > ii-ivl villi , In ,, i nllam n > -i i . m ii . il ivilnr' tlic « w , 'Hinrr . 1 lie ,

, simultaneously laken , will rectify con . stili . liot . nl disturhanccs ¦ j ( renew the slrcni'lh . No remedy heretofore discovered has |> i - so eil ' ective as the Ointment aid Tills for removing g < j ¦ rheumatic , and scrofulous attacks , which afflict all ages , an commonly called hereditary , —ADVT ,