Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

We desire to call special attention to the athletic sports to take place at Wood Green , on Tuesday next , in connection with the Stewards' visit to the Boys' School . Some good prizes were announced , which can be considerably augmented by further contributions by the brethren . Subscriptions will be received and gratefully acknowledged by the head master , the Rev . Dr . Morris . The State apartments of Windsor Castle are now closed till further notice .

Bro . James Judd , CC , presided on the 14 th inst ., at the weekly meeting of the City of London Trademen ' s Club , held at the Portugal Hotel , Fleet-street . It was unanimousl y decided , at a large meeting at Coventry , to revive the "Lady Godiva" pageant on the August Bank holiday . We are glad to report the convalescence of Bro . Alderman Nottage , who is ' now able to resume his civic and other duties .

The Duchess of Bedford has presented new colours to the Royal Bedfordshire regiment of Militia at Shorncliffe . The Finsbury Park Lodge of Instruction , No . 1288 , held at the Cock Tavern , Highbury , has adjourned to Wednesday , September 5 th . Bro . Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., presided on

the 14 th inst . at a special general meeting of the Great Weftern Railway Company , when several bills now before Parliament were approved . Bro . A . T . Layton ( of the firm of Waterlow Bros , and Layton , of 24 , Birchin-lane ) , was on Saturday last , elected an Alderman of the recently incorporated borough of Croydon .

The name of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales has been entered on the books at Trinity College , Cambridge , where his Royal Highness will commence residence next October . We have been requested to announce that the Marquis of Ripon Lodge of Instruction , No . 1498 , meeting at the Pembury Tavern , Amhurst-road , Hackney , has

adjourned for the summer recess , and will resume its meetings on Monday , Sept . 3 rd next . lt appears the late John Brown died without having made a will . In accordance with the law in cases of intestacy in Scotland , an inventory of his effects are officially recorded , and the total value of his personal estate declared to be £ CS » o . It consists mostly of money

lodged to his credit with his barkers . The list of the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos was read on Satuday morning in the Senate house . The Senior Wrangler is Mr . George Ballard Matthews , of Calabria Lodge , Leominster , and son of the late George Matthews , Richards Castle , Ludlow . He was educated at Ludlow Grammar School .

Mr . Henry Fielding Dickens ( the youngest son of the late eminent novelist Charles Dickens ) has been appointed to the Recordship of Deal , vacant by the recent appointment of Mr . Biron , Q . C , as a metropolitan police magistrate . Mr . Dickens was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1873 . The Duke and Duchess of Connaueht visited

the Royal Military College at Oxford on Saturday last . Her Royal Highness distributed the prizes to the cadets , and the duke delivered an address upon the importance of military schools . The duke also spoke at a luncheon subsequently held . The Duke of Connaught has consented to present certificates to the successful pupils of the ambulance classes

of the City District , in connection with the St . John Ambulance Association ( including members of the City police and fire brigade ) at the Guildhall on the afternoon of Saturday , the 30 th inst . The Lord Mayor will preside . Thc anniversary of the battle of Waterloo was celebrated at Wellington College on Saturday last , when the annual speech day was held . The proceedings took place

in the large school , and there was a very large assemblage of parents and supporters of the college , when amongst the visitors were the Archbishop of Canterbury ( Governor ) and Mrs . Benson , Colonel Talbot ( Governor ) , Bro . Colonel Right Hon . F . A . Stanley , M . P . ( Governor ) and Lady Constance Stanley , the Countess Lathom , and others . Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe entertained Prince George of Wales on Sunday last . The Prince had

previously visited the Commander-in-Chief at Mount Wise . He has now left Plymouth in the Canada for the North American and West Indies station . Prince George has been ordered to do duty in the forward part of the ship , where he will be employed as an ordinary midshipman . He will mess in the gunroom with the other midshipmen , and no distinction will be made in his case and that of any other officer of the ship .

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Masonic And General Tidings

The Archbishop of Canterbury has , it is stated , consented to become an honorary patron of the Shop Hours' Labour League . The inaugural Fine Arts and Industrial Exhibition at Oldham is to be opened by Sir John Lubbock on the 25 th of July . One of the few survivors of the battle of

Waterloo has just died at a village near Newbury at the age of 87 . The veteran , Ambrose Millard , joined the Royal wagon train when 15 years of age . The secretary of the Printers' Corporation has received a donation of 100 guineas from a member of the Court of Common Council , to be included on the subscription list for the Festival of the Corporation .

The annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Hants , and Isle of Wight will be held on Monday , the 2 nd proximo , at the George-street Hall , Sandown , Isle of Wight , at four o ' clock . Her Majesty entered upon the forty-seventh year of her reign on Wednesday , having ascended the throne on the 20 th June , 1 S 37 . Royal salutes were fired during

the day in honour of the occasion . The negociatiojns between the trustees of the Bsitish Museum and the Government for the purchase of the Stowe and appendix sections of the Asburnham manuscripts have broken down . Government offered £ 70 , 000 , but Lord Ashburnham demands £ 90 , 000 . Preparations are being made in Coburg and

Rosenau for the reception of the Duke of Edinburgh and his family . On Monday next the Duke will be invested as a Knight of St . John , Prince Albert of Prussia acting for the first time as Grand Master of that Order on the occasion in question .

_ The date of the Prince and Princess of Wales ' s visit to Eastbourne for the purpose of opening the Princess Alice Memorial Hospital is fixed for Saturday , the 30 th inst . After opening the hospital and inspecting several local improvements their Royal Highnesses will be entertained at luncheon in the Devonshire Park .

On Tuesday evening the Duke of Albany presided at the anniversary dinner of the Printer's Pension Corporation , held at Willis ' s Rooms . His Royal Highness , in tracing the history and enumerating the benefits of the Corporation , made an earnest appeal for continued support , which was responded to by a list of subcriptions amounting to about £ 1200 . Amon g the leadin g personages who have agreed

to take part in the organisation of the Fancy Dress Quadrille at the Royal Caledonian Fancy Dress Ball at Willis ' s Rooms on the 25 th inst ., are the Duchess of Roxburghe , the Countess of Kintore , the Countess of Rosebery , Lady Dora Carnegie , Lady Garvagh , Lady Charles Beresford , Mrs . Arthur Paget , the Earl of Hopetoun , Lord Elcho , M . P ., Lord Clifton , Bro . Lord Charles Beresford , Bro . Lord Henry Vane-Tempest , Lord Lurgan , and others .

Bro . Sir John Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., P . G . W ., is the subject of a lengthy biographical notice in the Citizen of Saturday last . Among the many honours showered on the head of the worthy alderman during his Mayoralty , his appointment by the M . W . G . Master , the Prince of Wales , as Grand Junior Warden was not the least noticeable , and we think it should have found a place in what otherwise appears to be a complete account of his honourable and successful career .

Mr . Mark H . Judge , A . R . I . B . A ., has resigned his position of secretary and curatorof the Parkes Museum . At a special meeting of the Council , Capt . Douglas Gallon , C . B ., in the chair , the following resolution was unanimously passed : "The Council learn with great regret that Mr .

Judge is compelled b y his professional engagements to retire from the position of secretary and curator of the Parkes Museum . In accepting Mr . Judge ' s resignation the Council desire to place on record their high appreciation of the services which he has rendered to the Museum . "

Bro . Sir Edmund A . H . Lechmere , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . M . Worcestershire , the Secretary of the Order of St . John , has received from the Forei gn Office a communication that her Majesty ' s Charge" d'Affaires at Constantinople has reported that the question of the grant of a site for the hospice had been brought to a satisfactory

conclusion , the land apportioned being the same as selected by Sir Edmund Lechmere when at Jerusalem in March last . A concert was held in aid of the funds last week at Grosvenor House , under the patronage of the Prince and Princess of Wales and many other members of the Royal Family .

Mr . Arthur Stirling , the well-known actor husband of Mrs . Stirling ( late Mrs . Charles Vyner ) , professor of elocution at the Royal College of Music , was on Friday the _ 15 th inst ., admitted to the freedom and livery of the Loriners' Company by Bro . the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House . Mr . Stirling was introduced b y Bro . C . VV . Thomson , of Guildhall , who has also during the mastership of the

Lord Mayor introduced Bro . Augustus Harris , the manager of Drury-lane Theatre ; Mr . Wilson Barrett , "The Silver King ; " Mr . Alfred Baker , of Baker and Sons , Queen Victoria-street , and other gentlemen . In 1880 occurred the first of a series of remarkable and important events connected with the history of the Royal Cumberland Lodge , No . 41 , Bath , which was

celebrated at a banquet given by the W . M ., Dr . Henry Hopkins , P . M ., P . P . S . G . W . Warwickshire , to the members and several distinguished visitors . As this year witnesses the termination of these special gatherings , we understand Dr . Hopkins has again invited a number of brethren to another social reunion , the banquet being held

on the 27 th inst ., which appropriately will not only celebrate the 150 th anniversary of the lodge , but also the attainment by the worthy host of his 75 th birthday , a jubilee and a half . We hope to give an account of this , the crowning event of the brilliant series , as we have done of all the others , and onl y wish it had fallen to our happy lot to participate in the unique gathering .

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Lady Monckton gave an evening party on Monday , which was largely and fashionably attended . The Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage ffite will be held at the Crystal Palace on Thursday , July 5 th .

Bro . Alderman Sir J . W . Ellis , Bart ., P . G . W ., was present at the lev ^ e held by the Prince of Wales , on behalf of the Queen , at St . James's Palace on Monday . The British Museum was , according to the annual report just issued , last year visited by 767 , 402

persons . Bro . J . D . Allcroft , Grand Treasurer , has purchased the picture " Sheikh Said in Cairo , " by Carl Haag , now being exhibited , for 1000 guineas . Dr , Colenso , Bishop of Natal , died on Tuesday last , after an illness which commenced only on the previous Sunday .

Bro . the Rev . J . S . Studholme Brownrigg , P . G . C , is appointed travelling secretary of the National Society . The William Hickman Mark Lodge ( Sandown , Isle of Wight ) , will be constituted on the 2 nd proximo , at three o ' clock , prior to the provincial meeting of Mark Master Masons .

The anniversary festival of the Licensed Victuallers' School is to be celebrated at the Crystal Palace on Tuesday next , under the presidency of Captain Henry Townshend , who will be supported by the Earl of Wemyss , Bros , the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs , and several members of Parliament .

Bros , the Duke of Portland , Capt . Lord Charles Beresford , R . N ., and Henry Irving have signified their willingness to become stewards of the festival dinner of the Cabdrivers' Benevolent Association to be held at Willis ' s Rooms to-day ( Friday ) , when General Lord Wolseley will take the chair .

The following is a list of banquets held at the Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen-street , during the week ending 23 rd inst .: Mondayr iSth : United Law Clerks ' Annual Festival ; Asaph Chapter . Tuesday , 19 th : Industry Chapter . Wednesday , 20 th : Borough Jewish Schools . Thursday , 2 ist : Staff College Dinner ; Linnean Club . Saturday , 23 rd : Royal Dublin Fusiliers ( late 103 rd ) .

With regard to the employment of men of the Army Reserve and pensioners from the army for duty in the service of the parcels post , the War Office authorities have accorded their entire co-operation with Mr . Fawcett ' s suggestion , and the invitation to men of both classes will

at once be issued by the distribution of posters to all postoffices in the United Kingdom and recruiting head-quarters . The rate of pay proposed will be at the rate of from 16 to 18 shillings per week , in addition to their pension or reserved pay . The usual restrictions will be observed as to character .

On Thursday evening , the 14 th inst ., 'Bro . Captain Bedford Pirn , R . N ., delivered a lecture on the "Union Jack " at the Trafalgar Hotel , Leman-street , to a crowded meeting of sailors and others . After the lecture Captain Pirn was presented with a magnificent gold-mounted malacca cane bearing his crest and inscription , in the name of

the " Amalgamated British Seamen ' s Protection Society , " as a small token of the esteem in which he is held by the British sailor for honorary services in connection with the said society . Captain Pirn , who was much pleased and deeply moved by thc unexpected gift , thanked the society in a few appropriate words , and the proceedings terminated .

The Prince of Wales has given Mr . Frank Holl a commission for his portrait . Mr . Holl is now the fashionable portrait-painter , running even Mr . Millais close . He is quite a young man , and may look to live to do memorable work . Mr . Millais still keeps the lead , his fame being of older growth and wider spread . He mentioned the other night at a friend ' s dinner-table that he has undertaken

commissions which will take him three years to execute . This he considers sufficient for the day , and has temporarily closed his books . An American lady now in town offered him a blank cheque signed to undertake her portrait forthwith , so that she might carry it back to the States in the fall . But Mr . Millais declined this tempting offer , steadily going through his commissions in order of date .

A bazaar was opened at the Bridge House Hotel on Wednesday week last , by Bro . Sir George Elliott in aid of the debt of the venerable Southwark Chapel , which was built in 1 S 08 to supersede John Wesley's Snow's-fields Chapel , which still stands in Crosby-row , Long-lane , and is used by the Welsh Presbyterian body at the present time . For many years the chapel had been burdened by a debt of

£ 2 , 650 ; but since the appointment of the Rev . Forster Crozier as pastor very strenuous exertions have been made to reduce this amount , until only about £ 650 remained to be cleared off . This it is hoped to do by the bazaar , which was opened under very happy auspices . The stalls were elaborately fitted up , and after the formal opening some good business was done . The visitors included Alderman Sir W . McArthur , K . C . M . G ., M . P ., and Mrs . A . McArthur .

The annual picnic in connection with the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 1035 , was held on Wednesday last , at Ellesmere , Salop . Permission was granted by Major Cust ( agent to Earl Brownlow ) to erect a marquee in Cremorne Gardens , on the borders of the lake , where thc company dined and had tea . The privilege was also extended to the party of visiting Oakley Park and gardens , and

the celebrated Ellesmere bowling-green ( from the summit of which can be seen extensive and delightful views of the scenery of several counties ) was likewise placed at the command of the " outers . " A quadrille band was in attendance on the green in Cremorne Gardens . In the immediate neighbourhood of Ellesmere are to be found some of the most lovely walks and drives in England , and these were much patronised and greatly enjoyed .

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