Masonic And General Tidings.

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .

By command of Bro . the Rig ht Hon . the Karl of Lathom , V . W . D . G . M ., Prov . Grand Master , the annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire xvill be held at Cambridge Hall , Southport , at noon , on Wednesday , the 4 th prox . The business to be transacted includes several items ot considerable interest ,

amongst the most important being tlic revision of the Boole ' of Constitutions . A grand banquet xvill take place in Cambridge Hall at four o ' clock . Notice of any motion intended to be brought before Prov . Grand Lodge must be given in writing to Bro . H . S . Alpass , G . Std . Br ., the Prov . Grand Secretary , ten days before the meeting .

The ceremony of installation of VV . M . xvill be worked in the United Pilgrim ' s Lodge of Instruction , at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell , S . E ., on Friday evening , the 29 th inst ., at 7 . 30 , by Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., P . Z ., Preceptor to the lodge of instruction .

The St . Michael ' s Lodge of Instruction , mi , xvill re-open for the ivinter months , under the Preceptorship of Bro . Geo . King , P . M . Old Concord Lodge , at The Moorgate , Finsbury-pavement , on Thursday evening , the 2 Sth inst .

Bro . C . Dalrymple , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master of Argyle and the Isles , presided at a concert and operatic entertainment , at the Nexv Public Halls , Rothesay , on'Tuesday , tne igth inst ., in aid of the building fund of the new lodge-room of Rothesay St . John's Lodge , No . 292 .

Bro . Sir John Whitaker Ellis , Bart ., the Right Hon . the Lord AJax-or of London , has consented to preside at the anniversary festival banquet of the charitable institution knoxvn " as " Ye Antiente Fraternitie of ye Rahere Almoners , " to be held at the Cannon-street Hotel on the 20 th October . The attendance of the present sheriffs of London , and Bro . Alderman De Keyser ,

sheriff elect , and his colleague is likewise anticipated . Uur readers may remember our notice , last year , of the first , or inauguration festival of this society , and the interest occasioned by the quaintness of its introduction to the public . It is most satisfactory to knoxv that its first year's operations have been eminently successful ; and that , in the xvords of the Lord Mayor , replying to the deputation

inviting him to attend , " It has done good and useful xvork . " A strong committee has been formed to ensure our Junior Grand Warden a fitting reception ; and , judging from the past efforts of the officers of this society , a highly satisfactory entertainment may be anticipated . The Home Office authorities havc caused to be issued a series of rules derived from the " Report of the Lightning-rod Conference , 1 SS 2 , " in xvhich it is

recommended that the material of the rod should be copper , xveighing not less than three ounces per foot run , the conductivity being not less than ninety per cent , of that of pure copper , in the form either of rod , tape , or stout xvire-rope . I £ iron is used it should not weigh less than two and a quarter pounds per foot run . On Friday fortnight , at the Moorgate Tavern ,

Finsbury , a handsome testimonial was presented to Bro . Inspector Foulger , who has recently retired from the City force , after a service of forty years , by the officers and members of the first , or Moor-lane division , Bro . Foulger has during his long service been concerned in many important cases , notably those in connection xvith the Post Office . Mr . Superintendent Foster , Inspector M'Donald ,

Sergeants Roxvan , Davies , Stroud , and about 100 constables xvere present to do honour to the 1 ccasion , as xvell as ^ many of the immediate inhabitants of the district . The above notice , alluded to in a leaderette last xveek , ought to have appeared in the same issue . An interesting ceremony took p lace at a meeting of the Prince of Wales' Lodge , 1035 , on the 14 th inst ., at the Skelmersdale Hall , Kirkdale , the occasion being the

presentation of a verv handsome time-piece , xvith suitable inscription , to the XV ' . M . ( Bro . ] . P . Bryan ) by the officers of the lodge in recognition of his recent marriage . We are asked to announce that the Southgate Lodge of Instruction xvill meet again , after the summer adjournment , on the first Tuesday in October , and every Tuesday evening during the xvinter . Bro . Sadler , P . M ., G . T ., isthe Preceptor .

The ceremony of installation will be fully rehearsed at the " Panmure Lodge of Instruction , 720 , xvhich meets at the Balham Hotel , Balham , S . VV ., by Bro . Thos . Poore , P . M ., P . '/ .., & c , on Wednesday , the 27 th inst ., at seven o ' clock p . m . Brethren are invited to attend . Bro . the Rev . E . Rawson , vicar of Marston ,

Cheshire , and formerl y curate of Nexvport Pagnell , was recently installed as Grand Chaplain of the Province of Cheshire . Last week , the foundation-stone of a nexv Free Library for Leek , Staffordshire , xvas laid by Mrs . Nicholson , whose husband , Mr . Joshua Nicholson , has undertaken the cost of erection and endowment , estimated together at some

, £ 20 , 000 . The Chief Rabbi has directed that on Thursday next , the aSth inst ., being the first day of the Festival of Tabernacles and a Feast of Thanksgiving , a special service of prayer and praise to Almighty God for the signal success vouchsafed to our army in Egypt shall be held in all the synagogues of the United Hebrcxv congregations of the

kingdom . HOLLOXVAY ' S P 11 . 1 . S ANlt OINTMENT . —Rheumatism and Gout . — These piiri'Yin . e and -sorjthixi . ir remedies deserve the earnestattcntion of all persons liable to t-out , sciatica , or other painful allections ot the muscles , nerves , or joints . The Ointment should be applied after thu affected parts have lieen patiently fomented with warm water , when the unguent should lie diligently rubbed upon the

adjacent skin , unless Ihe friction causes pain . Holloway ' s Pills should be simultaneously taken to diiHnish pain , reduce intlammation , and purify the blood . This treatment abates the violence , and lessens the frequency of gout , rheumatism , and ail spasmodic diseases xvhich spring from hereditary predisp -sition , or from any accidental xx-eakness of constitntion . The Ointment checks the local maladv , xvhile the Pills restore vita ! power , —lAuvr , ]

Masonic And General Tidings.

H . R . H . the Duke of Albany , has kindly consented to accept the presidency of the Parkes Museum , which will shortly be re-opened to the public ia Margaretstreet , Cavendish-square . The return home of Bro . Captain Lord Charles Beresford , R . N ., xvas expected to take place either yesterday or to-day ( Saturday ) . His lordship on arrival at Marseilles xvas detained on quarantine .

A proposal has been started xvith a viexv to raising a subscription to present a sxvord of honour to Bro . Sir Garnet Wolseley , in testimony of his recent services in command of the British forces in Egypt . In the first instance the idea xvas to limit it to Monkstown , near Dublin , xvhere the gallant officer passed his youth and xvas educated , but since then the scope has been enlarged , and the fund xvill be a general one .

The lund for the relief oi sufferers by the famine in Iceland has increased within the last few days to about £ 3300 . It xvill be remembered that Bro . the Lord Mayor is chairman of the committee , and that the fund is under the patronage of H . R . H . the Princess of VVales . The Royal yacht Osborne has been placed at the disposal of H . R . H . tbe Duchess of Connaught , xvho ,

at an early date , will proceed to the Mediterranean , in order to join the Duke , lt is considered not improbable that Her Royal Highness may be accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh . It has been decided to entertain the Australian Cricket Eleven at a banquet next Thursday evening at the Criterion . A large number of gentlemen interested in

the colonic .- ; ix'ill be present , and we believe tickets are to be obtained at the London offices of the National Bank of Australasia , Leadenhall-street , City . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales left Abergeldie for England yesterday for the purpose of attending to-day ( Satxxvday ) the funeral of the late Dean of Windsor on behalf of the Oueen . His Royal Highness xvill return to Abergeldie immediately afterxvards , and is expected to

be the guest of the Earl of Fife , at Mar Lodge , next xveek Oxving to unavoidable delay in the completion of the workshops and the laboratory fittings , the opening of the College of the City and Guilds of London Institute for the Advancement of Technical Education , Finsbury , is postponed until January . Arrangements , hoxvever , have been made for carrying on the xvork of the college during the winter term in all its departments in the temporary class rooms of the institute , Coivper-strcet , Finsbury .

" Glimpses of our Ancestors in Sussex , " a xvork by Mr . Charles Fleet , has been so xvell received by the public , that the author has in preparation a second volume . This xvill be published shortly , uniform xvith the second edition of the first volume recently published by Messrs . Farncombe and Co ., of Lewes . It will contain chapters on Royal Visits to Sussex , the Sussex Martyrs , I * JobIe

Sussex Families , Knight Templars in Sussex , the Quakers in Sussex , Hermits in Sussex , Sussex Cricket . Sussex Lore , and many others . Also a series of interesting rambles in both divisions of the county . It is proposed to illustrate some of the chapters , should the number of subscribers warrant the outlay , including Colvin's celebrated picture of "Burning the Martyrs at Lewes , " reduced to octavo

size . Bro . W . H . Panncll , C . C , and Bro . George Lambert , P . G . S . B ., F . S . A , have issued invitations to meet the Lord Mayor and sheriffs at the inaugural banquet of the Master of the Pattenmakers' Company . Bro . Joseph Dodds M . P ., \ vas a gucstaVthe luncheon last xveek , on the occasion of the opening of the

West Lancashire Railway . The Guion steamer Alaska has just completed an extraordinary voyage from Nexv York . On the 12 th inst . she started on her voyage at seven o ' clock evening . New York time , or 11 . 30 Greenwich . On the 19 th she passed Broxvhead signal station ( Ireland ) at ten minutes past txvo o'clock , and crossed the bar of the Mersey at txvo

o ' clock the folloxving morning at Hood tide . It will thus be seen that the problem of a seven days' trip from Nexv York to Liverpool has almost heen solved , for the actual time occupied on the trip of this thitherto unrivalled steamer , on her voyage from Nexv York to the Irish coast , was six days fourteen hours and forty-eight minutes , and to Liverpool , seven days txvo hours .

Bro . Lord Sherborne , P . P . G . M . Gloucestershire , has left Pulteney's Hotel . The last time xve met the noble lord was at the re-opening of Texvkesbury Abbey , when the Masonic body had a function of their oxvn , having restored one of the chapels . Lord Sherborne presided at a banquet on the occasion , and xve could not help noting the respect he met xvith from all .

Bro . David James xvill join the Haymarket Company , xvhich re-opens next month xvith "The Overland Route . " We do not knoxv xvho is to take the part assigned to Mrs . Langtry in this comedy , she having been let off her engagement . The theatre has been re-decorated . Bro . Dr . Trollope , P . P . G . D . Sussex , is amongst the subscribers to the Restoration Fund for the organ of

St . Paul's , St . Leonards-on-Sea . Bro . W . H . Pannel ) , C . C , audited the accounts of the Ladies Dress Association Limited , for the annual meeting . At the National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Paralysis , Soho-square , the number of patients under treatment for the xveek ending September iGth , was

990 . Bro . William Dawes , Wellington Lodge , No . 341 , Rye , has been presented by Mr . lnderxvick , M . P ., xvith a beautiful and complete set of articles for the dinner table , cruet stand , salad bowl , salt cellars , and claret jug , in recognition of services rendered to Mr . lnderxvick at the election of 1 S 80 .

DOCTORS' PRESCRIPTIONS . —The advance of medical science has necessitated great variations in most modern prescriptions . Some remedies , notably those for the various phases of skin disease , are prescribed as they were a quarter of a century ago , the favourite remedy being still SAPO CARBONIS UETERGENS , WRIGHT'S . These words should appear on every tablet and wrapper of Wright ' s Coal Tar Soap purchased or prescribed .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Ihe first meeting of the Clerkenwell Lodge , No . 196 4 , xvill be held at the Holborn Viaduct Hotel , on Satur- . day , the 14 th prox ., xvhen Bro . Edgar Boxvyer , the VV . M ., xvill preside . The Lord Mayor , Grand Junior Warden , has promised to attend . Bro . the Dukeof Marlborough and Lady Spencer Churchill have left Blenheim Palace on a visit to Lord Tweedmouth .

Bro . Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart has had a large quantity of xvines stolen from his mansion , at Ardgoxvaus near Inverkip , Renfrexvshire . Three journeymen mason , have been apprehended on the charge . For some time past the mansion has been in the hands of tradesmen , the drains receiving particular attention . Accused were employed by the contractor , and it is allegedxvhile xvorking

, in the lower parts of the house , they removed a number of stones from one of the side ventilators of the xvine cellar , and thereby gained admission to the apartment . Each night the stones xvere temporaril y replaced , so that from day to day the men enjoyed their luxurious refreshment undiscovered . After consuming the generous liquor , the accused , it is alleged , built tlie empty bottles into the

drains at xvhich they xvere xvorking . On the cellar being subsequently entered b y the butler , a large number of bottles of wine were found missing from thc bins , and on inquiry being instituted and the premises carefully examined , the ventilator xvas discovered to have been tampered with , and recently built up , xvhereupon the men xvere apprehended . After being examined before the Sheriffat Greenockthe

, , accused have been committed for trial , bail being accepted . The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of the Province of Leicestershire , Northampton , and Derbyshire xvill be held at the Freemasons' Hall , Leicester , on Thursday next , under the banner of the Faxvkc Lodge , No . 19 .

i he Comus , xvith the Marquis of Lome and the Princess Louise on board , has arrived at Victoria , Vancouver ^ Island , in safety . Great preparations xvere made for their reception . The road from Esquimault to Victoria xvas spanned at frequent intervals xvith triumphal arches bearing appropriate legends . There were 10 , 000 visitors in the toxvn .

1 he first introduction of the electric li ght for the streets of Berlin xvas made on Wednesday in one of the chief thoroughfares , the Leipziger Strasse . The process adopted xvas that of the Siemens - Halske differential lamps .

Mr . Stanley , the African traveller , about xvhom very little has been heard for some time , has , it is stated , arrived at Lisbon . He will , it is added , at once proceed to Brussels to see the King of the Belgians . The nexv Lancashire County Hall at Preston was formally opened , on the 14 th inst ., by Bro . the Earl of Derby . In the course of his remarks , his lordshin said

that though it was possible for architectural works to be too magnificent for the object for which they xvere erected . he thought Lancashire xvas rich enough to indulge in something beyond mere necessaries . Northern towns required , and could afford to pay for ornament . The taste for handsomely-decorated buildings xvas increasing rather than diminishing , the idea being that the adininstration of

affairs should be carried on amid surroundings calculated to instil respect . As regards size , they must bear in mind that changes in the manner of conducting local government xvere not only probable , but certain . Bro . the Duke and the Duchess of Albany have

consented to open the nexv rooms of the Royal School of Art Needlework , at Glasgow , on the 14 th October . The proceedings will take place in St . Andrew's Hall , which is the largest in the city . The Duke and Duchess are to be the guests of Sir Archibald and the Hon . Lady Campbell , of Blytheswood .

A vote is to be proposed xvhen the French Chambers meet for 19 , 000 , 000 francs , to be applied in taking the levels of each of the Departments , for the use of the Ministries of Public Works and of War . These are to be folloxved by elaborate plans for nexv reads , railxvays , canals , and xvater distribution , xvhich are likely to be most helpful in the developement of agriculture and commerce , and for the purpose of national defence .

We are glad to note that at a special meeting on Tuesday , of the Town Council of Yarmouth , it xvas resolved that the Polhouse Hall , to the contemplated sale and destruction of xvhich xve referred a short time back , should remain as it is for a time , and that its restoration and

appropriation as a museum , or for some other public purpose , shall be the subject of further consideration . The Hall , as xve have said before , is over six centuries old , and is a rare specimen of earl y English . Its . preservation , therefore , is the more desirable .

Dramatic critics and the public seem to be unanimously of opinion that Mrs . Langtry has xvonderfully improved during her provincial tour , and that her performance of Ilrstcr Grasebrook in "An Unequal Match , " at the Imperial this week , is almost perfect , though she would still do xvell at times to adopt a plaintive tone of voice .

Mr . J ' . dgar Bruce xvill not rebuild the Prince of Wales ' s , but is about erecting a nexv theatre in its place , at the corner of Coventry-street . Thus the site of the Prince of Wales's , so long associated xvith the stage , xvill revert to its original uses . During the building of the new house Mr . Bruce xvill probably occupy the Globe . The Provincial Grand Lodge of the Eastern

Division of South VVales xvill be held at the Toxvn Hall , Cardiff , on Thursday next , under the Grand Mastership of Sir George Elliot , Bart ., M . P . Grand Lodge xvill be opened at half-past one p . m ., and the banquet xvill commence at half-past three , under the banner of the Glamorgan Lodge , No . 36 . Giit . vr J KXVEI . KUIMRISS . —The public are becoming so

accustoriKU to reading reports of jexvel robberies that numbers of the nobility are taking steps 10 secure their valuables from the attack of the modem burglar , and the demand for Milners ' Jewellery Sales ia largely on the increase . These arc made to lit iu cabinets tu suit any kind of wood , and are the best and

cheapest safeguard again .-. ! lire anil thieves . Milner ' s Safe Company ( Lim > tid ) , 28 , l- 'insbury Pavement , li . C , hax-e some hundreds of testimonials from gentlemen xvho have Milner's Jewellers Safes in their 'possession , and in no instance have burglars succeeded iu opeuin _ . them . Safes are madsspccially for Masonic Jexvellery , Kx . cords , & c .