Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . JOHN HAVERS , P . G . W . We have expressed elsexvhere , but briefly , of course , the deep regret xvith xvhich xve , and xve xvill confidently add , the xvhole body of the English Craft xvill receive the sad announcement of the death of Bro . John Havers , xvho for many years past has occupied so prominent a position among the chief councillors of the Fraternity . A fuller

expression of our sorroxv xvill be given next xveek , xvhen xve shall be in a better position to do justice to the memory of our deceased brother . _ In the meantime , however , a hurried sketch of his Masonic career xvill doubtless be acceptable to nur readers . Bro . Havers xvas initiated on the Sth March , 1 S 3 S , in the Jordan Lodge , No . 201 , then No . 237 , and exalted to the

Koyal Arch Degree on Sth October , 1 S 39 , in the Jerusalem Chapter , No . 1 S 5 , then No . 21 S . In 1840 he joined thc St . George's Chapter , No . 5 , of xvhich he subsequently became Z ., and in 1 S 43 ne joined the St . George and Cornerstone Lodge , No . 5 , of xvhich likexvise in the ordinary course of things he became the VV . Master . In 1 S 4 S his services to Freemasonry xxrere thought so highly

of by the late Earl of Zetland , thc then M . W . G . Master , that Bro . Havers xvas appointed G . S . Deacon , and it must have been about the same time that he had conferred upon him the Grand Standard-bearership of the Supreme Grand Chapter . During the years 1 S 5 S-60 he held the important and responsible office of President of the Board of General Purposes . In 1 SG 1 he was appointed Grand

Scribe N . in Grand Chapter , and the year folloxving his honours may be said to hax'e culminated in his appointment and inx-estiture as Grand Junior Warden of England . In 1 SG 5 he xvas made Grand J . of Supreme Grand Chapter , but probably his greatest services to the Craft xx-ere

rendered in the capacity of Chairman of the Building Committee , charged xvith the erection of the new premises consecrated on the 14 th of April , 1 S 69 . As regards our Institutions , Bro . Havers had qualified as a Life Governor of all three , and had served the office of Festival Steward txvice for the Benevolent Institution and

once each for the Boys' and Girls' Schools . I hese are the leading facts in a career which had extended over more than six and forty years , and xvhich xve may truthfully describe as having been even more brilliant than it xvas prolonged . But , as xve hinted at the outset . it will be more appropriate that the services of so distinguished a brother should be made the subject of special comment editorially , and for this xveek , at all events , our readers xvill be no doubl content xvith these bare particulars .

FUNERAL OF BRO . E . M . DAVIES . The mortal remains of Bro . E . M . Davies , of the Harmonic Lodge , 216 , xvho xvas very highly respected as a brother , and as a tradesman in Liverpool , xvho carried on business in James-street , in that city , xvere interred on Wednesday , the 13 th inst ., in the Jexvish burying-place , Deane-road . The deceased , xvho xvas only 41 years of

age , Idled at Llandudno on the previous Sunday afternoon . He took a very active part in various schemes of charity in Liverpool , and xvas especially prominent and self-denying in his efforts to relieve the xvants of the numerous poor Jexvish refugees xvho passed through Liverpool on their xvay to Nexv York to escape persecution in Russia . He also held the position of senior warden at the Prince's-road Synagogue , and the gathering at thc

craveside on the 13 th xvas largely representative of the chiefs of the Hebrew persuasion in this city . The service , xvhich xvas of a most impressive character , xvas conducted by the ministers of the congregation xvith xvhich Bro . Davies had been more immediately identified , and amongst the others present xvere Bros . J . Sexvill , Simmons , Cohen , Stern , Hamson , Levy , Abrahams , J . Price , U . Lake , Wilson , Prescott , and A . Bucknall , besides numerous relatives .

BRO . HENRY MILTON , 13 S 2 . By the death of the above brother the Corinthian Lodge , No . 13 S 2 , has lost another valued member , and the Craft a loyal and constant supporter to its charities . Bro . Milton xvas a senior member of the lodge , and had recently recovered , as it xvas hoped , from a long and severe illness . Our late esteemed brother died at Yarmouth , xvhere he xvas on a visit .

The Duke of Westminster has xvithdraxvn his name from the National Thrift Society as a patron and subscriber . Owing- tothe recent death of her father , Madame Trebelli has postponed her return to America till October , 1 SS 5 . During the winter she will remain in England , and xvill sing at concerts in London and the provinces .

The * nexv council chamber at the Guildhall is rapidly approaching completion , and xvill be formally opened by Bro . the Lord Mayor prior to the next meeting of the Common Council . The cost of the chamber , including furniture and fittings , xvill be about £ 42 , 000 . At a meeting : of the Governors of the

Consumption Hospital , Brompton , it was reported that the Committee , oxving to the expenses having been augmented to the extent of £ 24 , 000 per annum by tbe opening of the extension building , are very anxious relative to the funds , and trust not to be compelled to make a further sale of stock .

IMPROVED AMBULANCE VANS . —With the x'ie \ v of avoiding risk of contagion in the conveyance of patients suffering from small-pox or contagious fevers to hospitals , Dr . Gayton , senior medical officer of the Metropolitan Asylums Board , has constructed an ambulance van of nexv and improved form . Instead of having open glass and xvooden louvre shutters , its apertures consist of a double

layer of perforated metal , enclosing an absorbent material saturated xvith an acknoxvledged germicide or destroyer of the minute microscopical particles xvhich tend to propagate disease . Fresh air is admitted through modified and improved " Tobin" ventilators of a horn shape , with the larger end opening externally , xvhilst inside the van thc

smaller extremity of this air-tube is provided xvith a disinfecting air-chamber , constructed like those attached to thc othr-r apertures or xvindows . The Metropolitan Asylums Board use these ambulances for conveying smallpox convalescents from Hampstead to their river xvliarf , en route to the hospital ships off Purflcet .

Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

In recording- the announcement of the lamented death of Bro . John Havers , P . G . W ., elsexvhere , xve have reason to knoxv that no later than Saturday last he entertained some Masonic friends at Whitehill , and that his interest in our Order continued unabated , rather , most active , to the last .

Bro . H . Lovegrove has received information through a private source of the death of R . VV . Bro . Wm . Donald , M . D ., District Grand Master of Canterbury , N . Z ., after a long illness . Bro . Donald xvas greatlyrespected in Canterbury , both by the Craft and the general public .

The remains of the late Duke of Wellington xvere deposited in the family vault in Strathfieldsaye Church on Tuesday afternoon . There xvas a large attendance , and representatives xvere present of the Oueen , the Prince of VVales , and the Croxvn Prince of Germany . A xvreath had been sent by the King of the Belgians . Grand Mark Lodge , at its half-yearly

communication in June decided to make an alteration in the collar to be xvorn by Past Grand Officers . The pattern has noxv been submitted to the Grand Lodge by Bro . George Kenning , of 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , Little Britain , 195 , 19 G , and 197 , Aldersgate-street , and has been approved and sealed by Grand Lodge as the regulation pattern . A Joint Committee of the Hon . Artillery

Company and the Balloon Society have made arrangements to celebrate , on Monday , thc 15 th September , the centenary of the first aerial voyage in England . The first ascent xx-as made by Vincent Lunardi , the then Secretary to the Neapolitan Embassy , from Finsbury Fields , in the presence of King George III . and his son the Prince of VVales .

The Belfast Journal says that on thc farm of John Snow , of Sedgxvick , Me ., are txvo rocks , one bearing the cross of the Knights of ( Jerusalem , and the other the cross of St . Andrew , both of xvhich were engraved prior to 1761 , xvhen the farm was taken up by Mr . Snoxv ' s father . The place appears to have been a resort for early voyagers , as is proved by frequently finding tools of solt iron .

The installation meeting of the Beadon Lodge , No . 619 , xvas held on Wednesday evening at the Greyhound Hotel , Dulxvich , quarters xvhich it has occupied noxv , xvith satisfaction to all the members and visitors , for more than twenty years . Bro . C Norrington , of Wood-street , City , xvas installed as Master of the lodge , and a Past Master ' s jexvel xvas presented to thc outgoing Master , Bro .

R . P . Forge . The scheme forthe electric li ghting of a number of streets in South Kensington , in the neighbourhood of Cromivell-road , has collapsed , the Board of Trade having , through Mr . II . 'I ' . Calcraft , the Assistant Secretary , given notice that they have revoked the South Kensington Electric Lighting Order , 1 SS 3 . The revocation

of the order has been a source of much regret to many of the inhabitants of the South Kensington district . W . Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., P . Z ., has accepted an invitation to deliver his lecture , entitled " Knobs and Excrescences , " and explanatory of thc ritual and ceremonial of the First Degree , at Kidderminster , on

Saturday evening , the 30 th inst ., under the auspices of Lodges 377 , 3 60 , and 1 S 74 , and in connection xvith the Masonic Soiree and Exhibition at Worcester during the week . A large attendance of provincial brethren may be expected to avail themselves of the opportunity for hearing Bro . Stevens' viexvs on perfect ritual .

The Prince and Princess of Wales and their children visited Newcastle-upon-Tyne on Wednesday , and xvent through along programme . They opened an addition to the public park , xvhere the Princess planted a tree , and opened a Natural History Museum and a Free Library .

The city xx-as gaily decorated , and great croxvds in the streets gave the Royal visitors a hearty xvelcome . At one point on the route a restive horse caused its rider ' s sxvord to swing near the Prince ' s head ; but the Prince saxv and avoided the bloxv . In the evening Nexvcastle xvas illuminated , and there xvere displays of firexvorks .

The Grand Lodge of Canada held its twentyninth Annual Communication on Jul y 9 th ult ., at Toronto , Grand Master Spry presiding . During the past year the Grand Lodge had expended 9 S 25 dols . in charity . Bro . Theo . S . Parvin , P . G . M . of Ioxva , xvas present , introduced to

the Grand Lodge , and delivered a spirited address . Bro . Hugh Murray xvas elected Grand Master , and Bro . J . J . Mason , of Hamilton , Grand Sec . A grand evening reception xvas given to the officers of the Grand Lodge by the Toronto brethren in the Horticultural Gardens .

Preparations have been commenced for the rebuilding of Garden-court , in the Temple , the old buildings in xvhich xvere demolished a fexv months since . Workmen are at present engaged in excavating the ground , and making it ready for the foundations to be got in . The

erection of the superstructure xvill be proceeded xvith in about a month . The nexv buildings xvill be classic in architectural design , partaking to some extentof a mixed Gothic character . The plans and designs have been prepared by Mr . St . Aubyn , architect to the Middle Temple Authorities . Messrs . Patman and Fotheringham are the contractors .

£ 00 to £ 500 . —Tobacconists commcnciui ; . —A pamphlet , Hoxv to open a shop respectably for . 4 'jo ; post free . II . Myers & Co ., 109 , luiston-rd ., London . Wholesale oniy . —[ Anvr . HOLLOWAY ' OisrMi : \ -r AN-H PILLS . —Notable Facts . —Summer heats am ; ment the annoyances of skin disease , nnd encourage the dvelopment of febrile disorders , wherefore they shonld , as they may , be remoix-d by these determent nnd piirifyini ; preparations . In stomach complaints , lirer affections , pains , anil spasms of the

bowels , Ilolloway ' s Ointment xvell rubbed over the allected part immediately f-ixes the greatest ca ^ e , prevents congestion and inllriinination , checks the threatening diirrlut-a , and a-oerts incipient chnlern . ' ihe poorer inhabitants of lare , e cities xvill lind these remedies to be their best friend xvjien : my pestilence ra ^ es , or when , from unknown causes , eruptions , boils , abscesses , or ulcerations betoken the presence of taints or impurities within the system , and call for instant and clVective curative medicines . —[ ADV-KI

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., is giving Mr . Sheldon sittings for a bust . The Clothworkers' Company have x-oted £ 500 to the experimental Aquarium of the Marine Biological Association to be erected at Plymouth .

1 Ihe Prince of VVales has consented to become patron of the congress of the British Arch .-eological Association , to be held at Tenby on September 2 . The Duke of Rutland on Wednesday opened a piece of ground of 20 acres xvhich has been devoted for

purposes of recreation to the people of Bakexvell . In our report of the Moveable Grand Mark Lodge at Exeter on the 6 th inst ., xve omitted to give the name of Bro . G . P . Festa , xvho acted as Senior Grand Deacon .

The Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-street , is to be rebuilt from desi gns prepared by Mr . Sparkes . Tae tenders for the reconstruction range from £ 21 , 260 to £ iS . ooo . Bro . Charles Henry Hart , of Philadel p hia , U . S ., has xvritten an article on " Philadelphia , " for the

forthcoming ei g hteenth volume of the nexv edition of the " Encyclopaedia Britannica . " Bro . SirT . Brassey ' s yacht , Sunbeam , arrived in Ramsey Bay , Isle of Man , on Tuesday morning , and landed Sir W . Harcourt , xvho proceeded by rail to visit the Lieutenant Governor at Government House .

A patent has just been issued to R . W . Bro . Sir Pryse Pryse , Bart ., as P . G . M . M . M . for South Wales , for a further term of three years . Sir Pryse Pryse xvas originally appointed to this high office in July 1 SS 1 . Mr . Wilson Barrett has resolved , in consequence of so many inquiries for " Chatterton " having been addressed to him , to include it in the evening

programme at the Princess ' s Theatre for a few xveeks only . Lord Dalhousie , Chairman of the Traxvling-Commission , and Professor M'lntoslx , the naturalist , attached to the Commission , are now at St . Andrew ' s for the purpose of making a series of experiments as to inshore traxvling . They have tbe use of the Medusa , steam yacht , xvhich has been lent to the Commissioners .

A x'lolent tempest broke over the region extending from Leghorn to Rome , including both cities , on 'Tuesday night . Rain and hail fell heavily , and the ( lashes of lightning , folloxved by deafening peals of thunder , xvere incessant . At Leghorn the cathedral xvas struck and set on fire , but the flames xx-ere quickly got under . Our German brethren of the various Grand and

Subordinate Lodges of Germany have undertaken to establish a " Home for Sisters " —Sch-westernhaus—ior the relief Of the xvidoxvs and orphan daughters of Freemasons from all parts of Germany . Our Brother the Croxvn Prince of Germany has approved the movement , and suggested that the institution be called the Victoria Institute , in honour of the Crown Princess . The fund for its erection noxv amounts to about 50 , 000 marks .

The Lyceum season , previous to the departure of Bro . Henry Irving , Miss Ellen Terry , and the Lyceum company for America , xvill close on Thursday evening Aug . 28 th , on which occasion Uro . Irving will play Richelieu . On Saturday and Monday next "The Bells" xvill be performed , and on Tuesday and Wednesday " L > uis XI . " Miss Ellen

'Terry has not yet sufficiently recovered the use of her hand to be able to act , and Mr . Jonathan Hutchinson advises further rest . But , although unable to appear in character , Miss Terry xvill , as an expression of gratitude for the sympathy xvhich has been so ividely manifested , on the last night of the season boxv her acknoivledgments to the audience .

A conx'ocation of thc North London Chapter of Improvement xvas held at the Alxvyn Castle Tavern , St . Paul ' s-road , Canonbury , on Thursday , 14 th inst . Comp . Dean occupied the chair of 7 .. ; Comp . Gregory , H . ; Comp . G . VV . Knight , J . ; Comp . F . Shaxv , S . N . ; and Comp . Dehane , P . S . There xvas a good muster of the companions notix'ithstanding the close atmosphere . All

Royal Arch Masons are kindly invited , and xvill receive a hearty xvelcome at this chapter of improvement . On Thursday , the 7 th inst .. Comp . A . Nicols delivered a lecture on " Moses' Rod " in a most able and masterly manner , and all present on this occasion xvere deeply interested and edified . We trust this xvill only prove the beginning of these instructive lectures .

ROYAL ARCH IN * CANADA AND THE UNITED - STATUS . —We have been asked xvhether the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England has violated the terms of recognition , granted in 1 S 77 by the General G . Chapter of the U . S ., xvhereby it xvas bound not to establish Mark lodges xvhere Grand Bodies claimed jurisdiction over that degree . VVe briefly ansxver , "No ; " and presume our

correspondent has mixed up the course of the Grand Lodge of M . M . of England toxvards Canada ; for particular information on this point , hoxvever , it xvould be xvell to see Comp . Robinson ' s letter to Lord Henniker , published about a month ago . 'The United States has not been invaded or interfered xvith either in the Grand or in the General Grand Body . The quarrel betxveen England and Canada is a

different one from xvhat it xvould be by an invasion of our Royal Arch Jurisdiction . —Ilcbreio Leader . In the last days of August there will be celebrated in the old capital of Flanders an historical pageant of no ordinary interest . In honour of her patron and former Sovereign , Bruges xvill place before the xvorld , in the form of a medi ; eval procession , the chief incident ' s in the

life of St . Charles the Good . Many ladies xvill take part in the procession , and , xvearing the costume of their ancestresses , xvill assume their parts as ladies in attendance on the court of their ancient Count . The medi . eval streets of Bruges lend themselves admirably to such a representation , and the spectator * . x-ill see pass before his eyes a series of tableaux , unique of their kind , xvhich xvill exactly reproduce

one of the grand pageants of the middle ages . The procession xvill pass through the principal streets of the toxvn on the 24 th , 2 GH 1 , and 28 th August . It xvill consist of a succession of groups , among the chief of xvhich xvill be the marriage of St . Canuteof Denmark xvith Edeleof Flanders , the parents of Charles , celebrated xvith all the pomp then customary ; xvith heralds , floiver-girls , incense , and a grand retinue of courtiers and pages .