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Gratifyin Testimonial To A Liverpool Freemason.
GRATIFYIN TESTIMONIAL TO A LIVERPOOL FREEMASON .
Bro . J . B . AlacKenzie , the W . AI . of the Liverpool Dramatic Lodge ( No . 1609 ) , has just been the recipient of an honour which will be highly appreciated by members of the Craft in the important Province of West Lancashne . Only _ - short time ago the Freemason , contained a full report of the installation meeting of the Dramatic Lodge
—one of the most prosperous lodges in the province of which the " first seaport in the world " may be said to be the focus—and amp le testimony was then borne to the hig h esteem in which Bro . MacKenzie is held in Masonic circles . Indeed , both as a Freemason and as a journalist he is very widely known and deservedly respected .
Recently Bro . MacKenzie was appointed to the responsible position of chief of the reporting staff of the Liverpool Mercury— undoubtedly one of the leading journal ., in the provinces—and on Saturday evening last his collaborators in the literary department of the newspaper entertained him at a dinner at the Bee H itel , Liverpool , in honour of
his promotion . The chair was occupied by Air . Thomas Baker—a gentleman who has becn fifty-eight years conncctei with the Liverpool Mercnnj , and who is one of the oldest reporters in the United Kingdom—md the company included all the members of the reporting and sub-edi ' . oiial staffs , besides the hailing representatives ot other departments of
the paper . During the evening a beautifully-illuminated address , bearing an excellent portrait of Bro . MacKenzie , was presented to him . The term > of the address were as follow -. " To Mr . J . B . MacKenzie . " Dear Sir , — ' We , your colleagues , congratulate you on your
accession to the important office of chief of the reporting staff of the Liverpool Mercury , and to convey to you our hig h appreciation of your professional ability and personal character . " The address was signed by the members of the reporting staff , nam . ly—Messrs . Thomas Baker , Gio . Wright , E . H . Edwards , Jas . Allan , Robt . Swan , J . W . R . Brown ,
John Thomson , J . N . Petrie , and J . S . Hayes . " 'The Health of Bro . AI _ cl _ . n 7 . i _ " was cordially toasted , and gentlemen representing every department of the journal ( including Mr . Harrison , manager , and Air . G . Wynne , chief sub-editor ) tesUfiea to the general approbation with which his promotion was regarded and to the affectionate estt em in which he was held by his colleagues .
Bro . AlacKenzie , in responding , remarked that in assuming his responsible position hc was very greatly encouraged by the knowledge that he enjoyed the confidence and regard of every one of his confreres . Several musical members of the company contributed to the enjoyment of the evening , and the proceedings were altogether of a highly agreeable character .
Reviews.
Reviews .
THE AIARVELLOUS LITTLE HOUSEKEEPERS . By JOAN JOCEI . VNE . Kerby and Endean . By one of those little mistakes which will occur , how sometimes we hardly know , we printed in our last Freemason a review on the " Industrious Little Builders , " which was intended for the charming little book which heads
these lines . All that we said last week we repeat to-day , and , indeed , a good deal more , as we can most sincerely recommend the work to the notice of our younger and our elder readers , and feel sure that it will be both popular and useful . Indeed , we who know well the intense difficulty of finding suitable books for the young , can
conscientiously assert we have seldom met with any which has commanded itself more to our approval , and will , we are tqually convinced , subserve thc end it evidently has in v jew—tin ; amusement , and yet improvement and elevation of the mind of the young . We are very sorry for the little mistake which we made , but , perhaps , iu this
waythe little book receives a double notice , by no means too much for it merits , which arc very great . DER LONG ISLAENDER . Brooklyn , N . York , U . S . This is a German paper published in America , which contains an account , on a Alasonic page , of the doings
of the German-American Alasons . We are struck , as all must be , with the strength and importance of this German Masonic movement , and of the reality of this " outcome " of the " Allgemeine ' s Vaterland" in the midst of American Freemasonry . The paper is able and interesting .
COSAIOPOLTTAN CALENDAR . Second Edition . We are struck , as all must be , with the additions and alter - lions of this second edition . It is a great pity that . Secretaries and Grand Secretaries , "Et hoc genus omiie , " will not send their communications in time , as " machinery , " like the railway , waits for no one . We hear that the fust edition having " moved off , " the second is " moving " as rapidly , ar . d we are very glad to hear it .
HOT AIR VERSUS HOT WATER BATHS FOR THE WORKING CL . SSES . By RICHARD METCALFE , 337 , Strand , W . C . This is a tract which deserves consideration , though we are not quite prepared to admit or believe that its views are ever likely to be very popular . A good deal , on the
writer ' s groundsjno doubt maybe said for the . hot air bath , but on the whole we prefer , wc confess , the hot water bath , or cold water bath , as the case may be . We always remember the good old Saxon proverb , " Cleanliness is next t _ godliness , or goodliness . " We are greatly in want of good public baths . WORDSWORTH ' " COCA PILLS" the successful remedy io sleeplessness , neuralgia , and Hay fever , is . per box . Homo ' pathic Chemist , 0 , Sloane-street , London . —[ A DVT . ]
Reviews.
THE JEWELLER AND AIETALWORKER ALAIANACK , DIARY , AND DIRECTORY FOR 1 S . 0 . London : Wm . Allen , 109 , Barnsbury-road , N . This is a very compact and useful diary for the trade
and appears to contain every thing of interest to jewellers and kindred trades . The recipes alone are worth the cost even to outsiders . The classified directory , although it mig ht be more amplified , is useful , but this appears to us the least satisfactory portion ot the work .
AIASONIC ADVOCATE . This well known Alasonic paper pursues the " even tenour " ol its able way , and is always worth reading .
THE NORWOOD REVIEW AND CRYSTAL PALACE REPORTER . Weekly . This is a new candidate for local favour , and it speaks well for the enterprise of its promoters that they have been able to produce an eight page paper of such excellence ,
almost wholly devoted to matters of local interest . We have no doubt that , notwithstindin * the district is pretty well occupied , there is plenty of room for a paper to represent the views of a large section of the inhabitants of this populous and n iw influential district .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
With reeard t . Stone ' s MS . I thought I had made it plain that Inigo Jones ' s A'IS ., cannot be that so called MS . The portion relative to Alban in Inigo Jones ' s A . S ., runs thus . Anno Christi . C . C . C ., in marginal note . And in Saint Albanes lime the King of England , that was a Pagan , did wall ye town that was called Verulam . St . Alnan was a worthy knight , and S eivard of the King ' s
Household , and had got the government of ye realm , and also the town walls , and loved Masons well and cherished them much , and made their pay right good , standing as the realm then did , for he gave them two shillings per week , and three pence to their ch : ar . For before that time through all the land , a Alason had but a penny a day and
his meat , until Saint Ali , an mended it . And he got them a charter of ye King for to hold a council yearly , and gave it the name of an Assembly , and was thereat himself , and helped to make Alason ( sic ) , and gave them charges as ye shall have afterwards . " There is of course a general similarity in the tradition , but the so called Stone ALS . is clearly not Inigo Jones ' s AIS . A . F . A VV .
RECORDS OF NO . 277 , OLDHAAI . We hail with pleasure the advent of another student of our Masonic literature , in Bro . the Rev . J . Harrison , S . W . 277 , who has commenced an interesting account of the Lodge of Friendship , Oldham , in the " Masonic Magazine" for January . Our brother asks several questions as to old lodges , whicb , in the following , we will do our best
to answer . The lodge in question was warranted in 178 9 as No . 554 , becoming 463 after 1792 . At the " Union" it was altered to 519 , then to 344 in 1832 , and finally 277 from - 863 . The Lodge of Relief , Bury , alluded to , was No . 40 from 1781 , having been 31 before , and became 37 in 1792 . It is now 42 , and held in thc same town . The lodge held at The Fleece , Manchester , and which Bro .
Harrison states is described as 393 in the " Records , was in 1789 known as No , 305 , the other number being the numeration of 1770—80 . The lodge 534 appears also to have been held at Manchester , though Ashton-under-Lyne is recorded as its home . Its name was the Lodge of Union ,. and there was another called Unity , No . 533 , held in the same city . There was a lodge at
Ashton-under-Lyne after 1794—as 53 6 . The Lodge of Fortitude , represented at the meeting of February 16 th , 1791 , belonged to the Grand Lodge of All England , held at York , and was warranted by its Grand Alaster , Bro . T . Kilby , in 1790 . We gave a transcript of the charter in Second Part ol our " Alasonic Sketches and Reprints , " page 41 . The visitor who attended the assembly of thc 12 th Aug .,
1805 , was from the lodge held at Werneth , near Oldham , warranted in 1731 , and was then No . 32 , its name being the Unity . The two Royal Arch chapters recorded on the 20 th July , 1796 , were the Trinity , No . 63 , Alanchester , and the Philanthropy , No . 82 , Werneth , both under the Grand Chapter worked by the " Alodcrn" Masons . These particulars have been obtained by reference to Bro . Gould ' s " Four Old Lodges , " our " Alasonic Register , " and certain old lists . W . J . HUGHAN .
Red Cross Of Constantine.
Red Cross of Constantine .
YORK . —Eboracum Conclave ( No . 137 ) . — The regular meeting of this body was held on Thursday , the 15 th inst ., at the Alasonic Rooms , Queen ' s Hotel . In the absence of the M . P . S ., the Earl of Zetland , the chair was occupied by E . Comp . T . B . Whytehead , P . S ., Int . Genl . Unattd ., and he was supported by E . Comp . J . S . Cumberland , V . E . ; T . Humphries , as S . G . ; G . Simpson ,
I . G . ; A . T . B . Turner , Recorder ; AI . Millington , Prefect ; S . F . Bousfield , as Herald ; Rev . W . Valentine , Prelate , Sic . Bro . W . B . Dyson , of the Eboracum Lodge , 1611 , was balloted for and installed a member of the Order . Ballots were then taken for Sovereign , Viceroy , and Treasurer , resulting in the unanimous election to those respective offices of Bros . J . S . Cumberland , C . G . Padel , and
G . Simpson , iiro . H . Jackson was re-elected Sentinel . Two Auditors were appointed , and the conclave was closed . The St . Peter ' s Sanctuary and Commandery of St . John was afterwards opened , and E . Comp . Cumberland was elected Commander . Several opinions were expressed regretting the absence of regular communications of the ruling body , and hoping that steps would betaken to place the Order in a more vigorous condition .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
The Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , adjourned from Saturday , the 10 th inst ., meets this ( Saturday ) afternoon , at Freemasons Hall , Qeeen-street , W . C , at 12 o ' clock noon precisely . A well attended meeting of the Metropolitan Lodge , No . 1507 , was held on Wednesday last . A report
is in type and will appear in our next . Their Royal Hi ghnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales , the Duke of Edinburgh , and the Princess Louise and the Duke and Duchess of Connaught were present at the performance at the Court Theatre on Wednesday evening .
The North Metropolitan Tramway Company have discontinued running their cars from Aldersgate to the Weavers' Arms , Stamford-hill , on Sundays , and on that day run them only as far as Dalston Junction , in order to give more rest to the men in their employ and to their horses .
The Duke and Duchess of Connaught will visit Ireland this year at a much earlier period than was expected . They will arrive in Dublin on the first or second week of February "The Christmas number of the London
Freemason is a splendid production . We congratulate the publisher , Br <> . George Kenning , and the editor , Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , P . G . C , upon having been able to aggregate so many articles of superior merit . " We thank our contemporary , 77 ic Keystone , for these kind remarks , and for the information of our readers , beg to inform them that there are still a few copies on sale at
the office , 198 , Fleet-street , London . Bro . J . E . Walford , Master of the Worshipful Company of Loriners . prcsided at the inaugural court dinner , given at the Albion Hotel , Aldersgate-street , on Wednesday last . Ths company , which numbered about 120 , included Bro . Sir Francis Truscott , Lord Mayor , and the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex .
i'he Right Hon . the Jlarl of Carnarvon , M . W . Pro . G . AI ., has been nominated an additional Governor of Derby School . Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , has been presented with an address of congratulation upon his recent appointment , by the Province of Monmouthshire . The presentation was made b y Bro . Wm . Watkins , of Newport , Alon ., who was deputed by the
brethren of tbe province to perform the duty . The Directors of the Bank of England met on Thursday last , but made no alteration in the rate of discount , which remains at 3 per cent . The Installation Meeting of the Duke of Connaught Lodge , No . 1524 , takes place on Thursday next at the Moorgate-street Restaurant . Bro . Wm . Henry Brand is the W . AI . elect .
Truth is glad to hear that the health of Bro . Sir Watkin Williams Wynn ( R . W . P . G . M . N . Wales and Shtops . ) , the state of which has occasioned much anxiety to his family and numerous friends during the last few years , is now most satisfactory . Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught will
preside at the sixty-sixth anniversary dinner of the Royal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest , City-road , to be held in April in Willis ' s Rooms . The Caxton Lodge , No . 18 53 , established for the convenience of gentlemen engaged on the press , was consecrated on Saturday last at Freemasons' Hall . A report of the proceedings appears in another column .
A grand orchestral and vocal concert will be given at St . James ' s Hall , this ( Saturday ) evening , in commemoration of the birthday of Robert Burns . The principal item in the programme will be Howard Glover ' s setting of " Tarn o' Shanter , " which will be performed by the Scottish Choral Society , with a full orchestra , under the direction of Bro . H . Wei . t Hill , the solos being allotted
to Mr . Sims Reeves . An illustration of the New Fruit and Vegetable Market , as designed by Bro . Horace Jones , the City architect , appeared in last week ' s Builder . Among the journals that have already got the Telephone fitted up in the Houses of Parliament are the Times , Daily Telegraph , and Daily News . The repotting
will of course be done as before , but the latter part of the proceedings at night will be sent through by telephone instead of by messenger . Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold will president the annual festival dinner in aid of the funds of University College or North London Hospital at Willis ' s Rooms on Afarch nth .
We learn from the Morning Post that her Alajesty the Queen has graciously signified her intention of opening Parliament in person . Bro . Sir Francis Truscott ( Lord Mayor ) will preside at the anniversary dinner of the Stationers and Paper Alanufacturers' Provident Society , on 'Tuesday , the 17 th proximo . We are asked to state that the me-tings of the
Ranelagh Lodge of Instruction , No . 834 , are how held at the Six Bells Tavern , Hammersmith-road . A report of the last meeting will appear in our next . Bro . Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott , Lord Mayor of London , was on Monday last installed Worshipful Alaster of thc Grand Alasters Lodge , No . 1 . Bro . . Eneas John Mclntyre , Q . C , Grand Registrar , will , we understand , contest Alid-Chcshire at the next election .
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Gratifyin Testimonial To A Liverpool Freemason.
GRATIFYIN TESTIMONIAL TO A LIVERPOOL FREEMASON .
Bro . J . B . AlacKenzie , the W . AI . of the Liverpool Dramatic Lodge ( No . 1609 ) , has just been the recipient of an honour which will be highly appreciated by members of the Craft in the important Province of West Lancashne . Only _ - short time ago the Freemason , contained a full report of the installation meeting of the Dramatic Lodge
—one of the most prosperous lodges in the province of which the " first seaport in the world " may be said to be the focus—and amp le testimony was then borne to the hig h esteem in which Bro . MacKenzie is held in Masonic circles . Indeed , both as a Freemason and as a journalist he is very widely known and deservedly respected .
Recently Bro . MacKenzie was appointed to the responsible position of chief of the reporting staff of the Liverpool Mercury— undoubtedly one of the leading journal ., in the provinces—and on Saturday evening last his collaborators in the literary department of the newspaper entertained him at a dinner at the Bee H itel , Liverpool , in honour of
his promotion . The chair was occupied by Air . Thomas Baker—a gentleman who has becn fifty-eight years conncctei with the Liverpool Mercnnj , and who is one of the oldest reporters in the United Kingdom—md the company included all the members of the reporting and sub-edi ' . oiial staffs , besides the hailing representatives ot other departments of
the paper . During the evening a beautifully-illuminated address , bearing an excellent portrait of Bro . MacKenzie , was presented to him . The term > of the address were as follow -. " To Mr . J . B . MacKenzie . " Dear Sir , — ' We , your colleagues , congratulate you on your
accession to the important office of chief of the reporting staff of the Liverpool Mercury , and to convey to you our hig h appreciation of your professional ability and personal character . " The address was signed by the members of the reporting staff , nam . ly—Messrs . Thomas Baker , Gio . Wright , E . H . Edwards , Jas . Allan , Robt . Swan , J . W . R . Brown ,
John Thomson , J . N . Petrie , and J . S . Hayes . " 'The Health of Bro . AI _ cl _ . n 7 . i _ " was cordially toasted , and gentlemen representing every department of the journal ( including Mr . Harrison , manager , and Air . G . Wynne , chief sub-editor ) tesUfiea to the general approbation with which his promotion was regarded and to the affectionate estt em in which he was held by his colleagues .
Bro . AlacKenzie , in responding , remarked that in assuming his responsible position hc was very greatly encouraged by the knowledge that he enjoyed the confidence and regard of every one of his confreres . Several musical members of the company contributed to the enjoyment of the evening , and the proceedings were altogether of a highly agreeable character .
Reviews.
Reviews .
THE AIARVELLOUS LITTLE HOUSEKEEPERS . By JOAN JOCEI . VNE . Kerby and Endean . By one of those little mistakes which will occur , how sometimes we hardly know , we printed in our last Freemason a review on the " Industrious Little Builders , " which was intended for the charming little book which heads
these lines . All that we said last week we repeat to-day , and , indeed , a good deal more , as we can most sincerely recommend the work to the notice of our younger and our elder readers , and feel sure that it will be both popular and useful . Indeed , we who know well the intense difficulty of finding suitable books for the young , can
conscientiously assert we have seldom met with any which has commanded itself more to our approval , and will , we are tqually convinced , subserve thc end it evidently has in v jew—tin ; amusement , and yet improvement and elevation of the mind of the young . We are very sorry for the little mistake which we made , but , perhaps , iu this
waythe little book receives a double notice , by no means too much for it merits , which arc very great . DER LONG ISLAENDER . Brooklyn , N . York , U . S . This is a German paper published in America , which contains an account , on a Alasonic page , of the doings
of the German-American Alasons . We are struck , as all must be , with the strength and importance of this German Masonic movement , and of the reality of this " outcome " of the " Allgemeine ' s Vaterland" in the midst of American Freemasonry . The paper is able and interesting .
COSAIOPOLTTAN CALENDAR . Second Edition . We are struck , as all must be , with the additions and alter - lions of this second edition . It is a great pity that . Secretaries and Grand Secretaries , "Et hoc genus omiie , " will not send their communications in time , as " machinery , " like the railway , waits for no one . We hear that the fust edition having " moved off , " the second is " moving " as rapidly , ar . d we are very glad to hear it .
HOT AIR VERSUS HOT WATER BATHS FOR THE WORKING CL . SSES . By RICHARD METCALFE , 337 , Strand , W . C . This is a tract which deserves consideration , though we are not quite prepared to admit or believe that its views are ever likely to be very popular . A good deal , on the
writer ' s groundsjno doubt maybe said for the . hot air bath , but on the whole we prefer , wc confess , the hot water bath , or cold water bath , as the case may be . We always remember the good old Saxon proverb , " Cleanliness is next t _ godliness , or goodliness . " We are greatly in want of good public baths . WORDSWORTH ' " COCA PILLS" the successful remedy io sleeplessness , neuralgia , and Hay fever , is . per box . Homo ' pathic Chemist , 0 , Sloane-street , London . —[ A DVT . ]
Reviews.
THE JEWELLER AND AIETALWORKER ALAIANACK , DIARY , AND DIRECTORY FOR 1 S . 0 . London : Wm . Allen , 109 , Barnsbury-road , N . This is a very compact and useful diary for the trade
and appears to contain every thing of interest to jewellers and kindred trades . The recipes alone are worth the cost even to outsiders . The classified directory , although it mig ht be more amplified , is useful , but this appears to us the least satisfactory portion ot the work .
AIASONIC ADVOCATE . This well known Alasonic paper pursues the " even tenour " ol its able way , and is always worth reading .
THE NORWOOD REVIEW AND CRYSTAL PALACE REPORTER . Weekly . This is a new candidate for local favour , and it speaks well for the enterprise of its promoters that they have been able to produce an eight page paper of such excellence ,
almost wholly devoted to matters of local interest . We have no doubt that , notwithstindin * the district is pretty well occupied , there is plenty of room for a paper to represent the views of a large section of the inhabitants of this populous and n iw influential district .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
With reeard t . Stone ' s MS . I thought I had made it plain that Inigo Jones ' s A'IS ., cannot be that so called MS . The portion relative to Alban in Inigo Jones ' s A . S ., runs thus . Anno Christi . C . C . C ., in marginal note . And in Saint Albanes lime the King of England , that was a Pagan , did wall ye town that was called Verulam . St . Alnan was a worthy knight , and S eivard of the King ' s
Household , and had got the government of ye realm , and also the town walls , and loved Masons well and cherished them much , and made their pay right good , standing as the realm then did , for he gave them two shillings per week , and three pence to their ch : ar . For before that time through all the land , a Alason had but a penny a day and
his meat , until Saint Ali , an mended it . And he got them a charter of ye King for to hold a council yearly , and gave it the name of an Assembly , and was thereat himself , and helped to make Alason ( sic ) , and gave them charges as ye shall have afterwards . " There is of course a general similarity in the tradition , but the so called Stone ALS . is clearly not Inigo Jones ' s AIS . A . F . A VV .
RECORDS OF NO . 277 , OLDHAAI . We hail with pleasure the advent of another student of our Masonic literature , in Bro . the Rev . J . Harrison , S . W . 277 , who has commenced an interesting account of the Lodge of Friendship , Oldham , in the " Masonic Magazine" for January . Our brother asks several questions as to old lodges , whicb , in the following , we will do our best
to answer . The lodge in question was warranted in 178 9 as No . 554 , becoming 463 after 1792 . At the " Union" it was altered to 519 , then to 344 in 1832 , and finally 277 from - 863 . The Lodge of Relief , Bury , alluded to , was No . 40 from 1781 , having been 31 before , and became 37 in 1792 . It is now 42 , and held in thc same town . The lodge held at The Fleece , Manchester , and which Bro .
Harrison states is described as 393 in the " Records , was in 1789 known as No , 305 , the other number being the numeration of 1770—80 . The lodge 534 appears also to have been held at Manchester , though Ashton-under-Lyne is recorded as its home . Its name was the Lodge of Union ,. and there was another called Unity , No . 533 , held in the same city . There was a lodge at
Ashton-under-Lyne after 1794—as 53 6 . The Lodge of Fortitude , represented at the meeting of February 16 th , 1791 , belonged to the Grand Lodge of All England , held at York , and was warranted by its Grand Alaster , Bro . T . Kilby , in 1790 . We gave a transcript of the charter in Second Part ol our " Alasonic Sketches and Reprints , " page 41 . The visitor who attended the assembly of thc 12 th Aug .,
1805 , was from the lodge held at Werneth , near Oldham , warranted in 1731 , and was then No . 32 , its name being the Unity . The two Royal Arch chapters recorded on the 20 th July , 1796 , were the Trinity , No . 63 , Alanchester , and the Philanthropy , No . 82 , Werneth , both under the Grand Chapter worked by the " Alodcrn" Masons . These particulars have been obtained by reference to Bro . Gould ' s " Four Old Lodges , " our " Alasonic Register , " and certain old lists . W . J . HUGHAN .
Red Cross Of Constantine.
Red Cross of Constantine .
YORK . —Eboracum Conclave ( No . 137 ) . — The regular meeting of this body was held on Thursday , the 15 th inst ., at the Alasonic Rooms , Queen ' s Hotel . In the absence of the M . P . S ., the Earl of Zetland , the chair was occupied by E . Comp . T . B . Whytehead , P . S ., Int . Genl . Unattd ., and he was supported by E . Comp . J . S . Cumberland , V . E . ; T . Humphries , as S . G . ; G . Simpson ,
I . G . ; A . T . B . Turner , Recorder ; AI . Millington , Prefect ; S . F . Bousfield , as Herald ; Rev . W . Valentine , Prelate , Sic . Bro . W . B . Dyson , of the Eboracum Lodge , 1611 , was balloted for and installed a member of the Order . Ballots were then taken for Sovereign , Viceroy , and Treasurer , resulting in the unanimous election to those respective offices of Bros . J . S . Cumberland , C . G . Padel , and
G . Simpson , iiro . H . Jackson was re-elected Sentinel . Two Auditors were appointed , and the conclave was closed . The St . Peter ' s Sanctuary and Commandery of St . John was afterwards opened , and E . Comp . Cumberland was elected Commander . Several opinions were expressed regretting the absence of regular communications of the ruling body , and hoping that steps would betaken to place the Order in a more vigorous condition .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
The Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , adjourned from Saturday , the 10 th inst ., meets this ( Saturday ) afternoon , at Freemasons Hall , Qeeen-street , W . C , at 12 o ' clock noon precisely . A well attended meeting of the Metropolitan Lodge , No . 1507 , was held on Wednesday last . A report
is in type and will appear in our next . Their Royal Hi ghnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales , the Duke of Edinburgh , and the Princess Louise and the Duke and Duchess of Connaught were present at the performance at the Court Theatre on Wednesday evening .
The North Metropolitan Tramway Company have discontinued running their cars from Aldersgate to the Weavers' Arms , Stamford-hill , on Sundays , and on that day run them only as far as Dalston Junction , in order to give more rest to the men in their employ and to their horses .
The Duke and Duchess of Connaught will visit Ireland this year at a much earlier period than was expected . They will arrive in Dublin on the first or second week of February "The Christmas number of the London
Freemason is a splendid production . We congratulate the publisher , Br <> . George Kenning , and the editor , Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , P . G . C , upon having been able to aggregate so many articles of superior merit . " We thank our contemporary , 77 ic Keystone , for these kind remarks , and for the information of our readers , beg to inform them that there are still a few copies on sale at
the office , 198 , Fleet-street , London . Bro . J . E . Walford , Master of the Worshipful Company of Loriners . prcsided at the inaugural court dinner , given at the Albion Hotel , Aldersgate-street , on Wednesday last . Ths company , which numbered about 120 , included Bro . Sir Francis Truscott , Lord Mayor , and the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex .
i'he Right Hon . the Jlarl of Carnarvon , M . W . Pro . G . AI ., has been nominated an additional Governor of Derby School . Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , has been presented with an address of congratulation upon his recent appointment , by the Province of Monmouthshire . The presentation was made b y Bro . Wm . Watkins , of Newport , Alon ., who was deputed by the
brethren of tbe province to perform the duty . The Directors of the Bank of England met on Thursday last , but made no alteration in the rate of discount , which remains at 3 per cent . The Installation Meeting of the Duke of Connaught Lodge , No . 1524 , takes place on Thursday next at the Moorgate-street Restaurant . Bro . Wm . Henry Brand is the W . AI . elect .
Truth is glad to hear that the health of Bro . Sir Watkin Williams Wynn ( R . W . P . G . M . N . Wales and Shtops . ) , the state of which has occasioned much anxiety to his family and numerous friends during the last few years , is now most satisfactory . Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught will
preside at the sixty-sixth anniversary dinner of the Royal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest , City-road , to be held in April in Willis ' s Rooms . The Caxton Lodge , No . 18 53 , established for the convenience of gentlemen engaged on the press , was consecrated on Saturday last at Freemasons' Hall . A report of the proceedings appears in another column .
A grand orchestral and vocal concert will be given at St . James ' s Hall , this ( Saturday ) evening , in commemoration of the birthday of Robert Burns . The principal item in the programme will be Howard Glover ' s setting of " Tarn o' Shanter , " which will be performed by the Scottish Choral Society , with a full orchestra , under the direction of Bro . H . Wei . t Hill , the solos being allotted
to Mr . Sims Reeves . An illustration of the New Fruit and Vegetable Market , as designed by Bro . Horace Jones , the City architect , appeared in last week ' s Builder . Among the journals that have already got the Telephone fitted up in the Houses of Parliament are the Times , Daily Telegraph , and Daily News . The repotting
will of course be done as before , but the latter part of the proceedings at night will be sent through by telephone instead of by messenger . Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold will president the annual festival dinner in aid of the funds of University College or North London Hospital at Willis ' s Rooms on Afarch nth .
We learn from the Morning Post that her Alajesty the Queen has graciously signified her intention of opening Parliament in person . Bro . Sir Francis Truscott ( Lord Mayor ) will preside at the anniversary dinner of the Stationers and Paper Alanufacturers' Provident Society , on 'Tuesday , the 17 th proximo . We are asked to state that the me-tings of the
Ranelagh Lodge of Instruction , No . 834 , are how held at the Six Bells Tavern , Hammersmith-road . A report of the last meeting will appear in our next . Bro . Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott , Lord Mayor of London , was on Monday last installed Worshipful Alaster of thc Grand Alasters Lodge , No . 1 . Bro . . Eneas John Mclntyre , Q . C , Grand Registrar , will , we understand , contest Alid-Chcshire at the next election .