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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
The next Provincial Grand Lodge meeting for Hants and Isle of Wight svill be held at Petersfield . At the Portsmouth House of Commons Bro . A . L . Emanuel ( Member for Greensvich ) has been unanimously elected Chairman of Committees , and Bro . P . H . Emanuel ( South Devon ) has been appointed President of the Local Government Board . The House . meets every
Wednesday night , Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., in his capacity of Secretary of State for War , has consented to become a patron of the Army and Navy Pensioners' Employment Society . H . R . H . the Princess Mary , Duchess of Teck , has signified her intention ot becoming patroness of the
Exhibition of Domestic Sanitary Appliances and Hygienic Dress , svhich svill be held some time hence at Humphrey ' s Hall , Knightsbridge , under the auspices of the National Health Society . Through the intercession of the Prince of Wales with the Emperor William of Germany , the English residents in Hanover have obtained the grant of a piece of ground , free of expense , on svhich to erect a church .
A man named William Hosvard , svith a brace of aliases and describing himself as a clerk , ss'as brought up before Mr . Mansfield on Saturday last on a charge of attempting to obtain money under false pretences from Bro . Montague Guest , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master Dorsetshire , and S . C Allsopp , M . P . Both members were present and gave evidence , and in the result Mr . Mansfield remanded
the prisoner for further inquiries . We learn that the entertainment g iven by Bro . Bowyer last sveek , at Freemasons' Tavern , svas in celebration of his 50 th birthday and not his silver svedding as stated by us . We appear to have anticipated the last event by some five years or so , but it enables us to express the hope that our svorthy brother may be spared till then to pursue his useful and _ prosperous career , and that sve may be alive to chronicle it .
Sanguine hopes are entertained that Bro . Carl Rosa svill be induced to undertake the duties of managing director of the " National English Opera Company , " which is being organised svith a view to completing the Opera House on the Embankment commenced some years
since by Bro . Col . Mapleson . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., Secretary of State for War , has given permission for the forts at the mouth of the Thames and Medsvay to be placed at the disposal of the auxiliary forces at Eastertide .
Bro . Lord Wolseley had undertaken to preside at the centenary festival of the Benevolent Society of St . Patrick at the Freemasons' Tavern on Saturday evening last , but a summons to Windsor prevented him carrying out his intention , and his place was supplied by Bro . the Earl of Donoughmore , P . G . Warden England , Bro . Colonel E .
King-Harman , M . P ., P . G . M . Meath , being among his lordship's principal supporters . Subscriptions svere realised to the amount of £ 700 . Bros . Lord Claud Hamilton and tbe Hon . D . Plunket are among the members svho have been appointed Chairmen of thc Private Bills Committees of the House of Commons .
The annual general meeting of the Masonic and General Life Assurance Company , Limited , svas held on the Sth inst . It is satisfactory to find that the capital of the company is svell invested , and that the funds continue to be largely in excess of the amount of the liability under foi icy contracts shesvn by the last valuation of its business , t is clear that the company is in a thoroughly sound
condition and that its policy-holders are most amply secured . We svish it every success . —Insurance Journal . Sunday last svas the thirty-fifth anniversary of the birth of H . R . H . the Princess Louise , Marchioness of Lome , and the auspicious event svas observed with the usual honours in London and at Windsor , the church bells ringing out merry peals in the early morning . The Royal
salutes , however , svere deferred till Monday . Bro . James Willing ' s sensational drama , " The Ruling Passion , " svhich has been svithdrasvn at the Standard osving to other engagements , svill be produced tomorrow ( Saturday ) evening at Astley's . The Fifteen Sections svill be svorked in the
Union Waterloo Lodge of Instruction , No . 13 , svhich is held at the Earl of Chatham , Thomas-street , Woolwich , on Thursday , the 2 gth inst . Bro . Wm . Akers , S . D . 13 , svill be W . M . ; Bro . Gooding , United Military Lodge , S . W . ; Bro . G . Masters , J . W . 13 , J . W . ; and Bro . G , B . Davies , P . M . and Sec . I 3 , _ Preceptor . Workers are invited ; the lodge will open at eight o'clock p . m .
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales svas present at the special general meeting of the trustees of the British Museum on Saturday last , svhen it svas unanimously resolved to recommend the Government to purchase the Ashburnham MSS ., subject to the deduction of from 160 to 170 of the Libri and Barrois MSS ., whicii it can be shown were svrongfully taken from those libraries , and for svhich the
French agents are prepared to recommend their Government to pay £ 24 , 000 . Hosvever , the bulk of the Libri and Barrois sections , svhich are of great value from the Dantes , Romances , Sic , they include , svill remain , as svell as the Stosve MSS . and appendix . HOLLOWAV ' OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Diseases of Advanced Years . —The grand climacteric being passed , mankind passes to old age . Then thc digestion becomes Impaired , tlie nervous svstem
grows feeble , and the physical powers become enervated . Now arise congestion of the liver , lungs , or head , followed by dropsy , asthma , or apoplexy , which frequently afflict and often destroy the aged . _ As the liver usually becomes torpid , its activity may speedily be revived by rubbing Holloway ' s Ointment thoroughly over the pit ? vn stom : ' ch and right side , at least twice a day , arid taking the 1 ills at the same time . This treatment also disperses all oilier congestions by varying thc parts rubbed according to the situations of the mischief , —[ Aim . ]
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Bro . Henry Gloster , P . G . Stesvard Middlesex , P . M . 1531 , VV . M . 1326 , died at his residence , 114 , Douglasstreet , Deptford , on Saturday , the 17 th inst . Memoii * svill appear next sveek . The Fifteen Sections svill be svorked at the Eccleston Lodge of Instruction , No . 1 G 24 , King's Head , Ebury-bridge , Pimlico , S . W ., on Saturday , the 31 st inst ., at seven p . m ., by the members of the St . James ' s Union
Lodge of Instruction , No . 1 S 0 . Messrs . R . Spencer-Stanhope , E . Abbey , and Walter have been elected members of the Institute of Painters in Water Colours . Admiral Lord Alcester , G . C . B ., Major-General William Fielding , Bro . Colonel G . King-Harman , M . P ., P . G . M . Meath , Bro . the Rt . Hon . Sir W . Seymour-Fitzgerald , G . C . S . I ., and Mr . E . Sandys-Dasves , J . P ., have been elected members of the Empire Club .
Bro . the Earl of Zetland , Prov . Grand Master of North and East Yorkshire , has given £ 500 to thc Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women , for tbe purpose of founding a bursary . The Alhenccum . announces that the local committee which undertook to raise the sum of £ 350 for the purpose of purchasing IMr . McKie's collection of relics and
editions of the late Bro . Burns ' s svorks has been successful in its object . Bro . Baron de Worms , M . P ., was we regret to say prevented from attending in his place in the House of Commons during the latter part of last and the beginning of this week through indisposition . However he is now much better in health .
H . R . H . the Duke of Albany , according to the Court Circular , of Friday last , was confined to his room from the effects of a sprain . The Duchess of Albany and thc infant princess are both going on most favourably . On Thursday evening , the 15 th inst ., the Prince and Princess of Wales and suite visited the Savoy Theatre , and for the second time svitnesscd the' performance of " Iolanthe . "
T he Lord Mayor of York received a letter from Sir George Wombwell of New Park on Thursday last , in which the latter informed his lordship that the Prince of VVales has consented to lay the foundation stone of the York Fine Art Institute in July next .
On Saturday last the Mayor of Leeds received a communication from the Prince of VVales , expressive of his Royal Highness's regret that he should be unable , osving to his numerous engagements to accept the invitation to open the nesv Corporation Offices in July next .
Bros , the Marquis of Hartington , and Sir J . McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., svere among the guests at Sir Arthur and Lady Hayter ' s dinner on Saturday evening last , at their residence in Grosvenor-square . The Prince of Wales presided at the banquet given on Saturday , last , by the United Service Club , in
honour of Admiral Lord Alcester , G . C . B ., on his return from commanding our fleet in the Miditerranean . The Dukes of Edinburgh and Cambridge svere also present , and among the other guests , svho numbered about 150 , svere Bros . Admiral of thc Fleet , Sir H . Keppel , General Lord Wolseley , the Earl of Kimberley , and Major Lord Harlech .
Among those present in the Chapel Royal , St . James's , on Sunday last , to hear the lirst sermon preached by the new Archbishop of Canterbury since his induction into the primacy , were Bros , the Earl of Ravenssvorth , the Earl of Cork , Lord Carrington , G . Warden ( Lady Carrington ) , Christopher Sykes , M . P ., and C . Cotes , M . P .
The eleventh annual chess match betsveen the representatives of Oxford and Cambridge svas played at the St . George's . Chess Club , Albemarle-strcet , on Saturday last , the result being a tie , as each side svon four games , while the remaining three were drawn . There svere seven players on each side . Mr . Zukertort officiated as umpire .
The will of Bro . William Beattie , late of 100 , Fentiman-road , Clapham-park , associate member of the Institution of Civil Engineers , svho died on December 19 th last , svas proved on the ioth ult ., by Mr . C . G . Watt , one of the executors , the value of thc personal estate amounting to over £ 25 , 000 . The testator bequeaths 52 guineas to the Institution of Civil Engineers , an annuity to his
mother , and legacies to his brothers and others . The residue of his real and personal estate is to be held upon trust for his sister ( Mrs . Gruner ) for life , and then for her children in equal shares . Bro . Sir J . M'Garel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., presided at the ordinary meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works on Friday last , svhen it svas unanimously agreed
that the Works and General Purposes Committee should be charged svith the dut y of preparing and bringing up a Bill to be laid before Parliament with a view tolhaving repealed the clauses in the Metropolitan District Railsvay Company ' s Act of 1 SS 1 , which enable the company to construct openings or shafts for ventilating the railsvay . The chairman , by a further resolution , svas authorised to affix the board ' s
seal to any petition to the House of Commons to obtain the waiving of the standing orders , so as to allosv of the introduction of a bill on the subject . How TO SECURE GOOD HEALTH . — MARTIN ' S CURATIVE MAGNETISM . —Health secured , Health restored , and Health promoted by the use of this Natural Agent , nosv so extensively used . See Press
opinions , testimonials , and fullest particulars in 48 page pamphlet , svhich is sent gratis to all by John Hugh Martin , Inventor and Maker of the Improved Appliances , 272 , Regent-circus , London , W . —[ ADVT . ] MONEY LENT . Advances on Property . Loans , Negotiated . — £ 5 to £ 1000 , svith and svithout securities , at moderate Interest upon Promissory Notes , repayable at a
fixed period , or by instalments ; also upon Deeds , Life Policies , Furniture , Jesvellery , Shares , Warrants , Stocks , & c Prompt attention , svith secrecy . Trade bills discounted . Deposits received . THE LONDON BANK , 71 , Fleet-street , E . C ; SS , High-street , Islington , N . ; and 113 , Church-street , Edgsvare-road , W . Open daily Forms gratis . Established 183 S . E , J . READ , Secretary . — f ADVT . ]
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Bro . Dr . Wynn Westcott , M . B ., P . M . S 14 , P . P . G . D . C . Somerset , has been appointed Deputy Coroner for Central Middlesex . Bro . R . Grey , P . G . D ., has been elected Treasurer of the Grand Officers' mess , in place of Bro . Clabon , svho has resigned . The installation meeting of the Corinthian Lodge ,
No . 13 S 2 , was held at the George Hotel , Cubitt Tosvn , on Wednesday last . Bro . G . B . Smith was installed in the chair . A report svill appear in our next . A catalogue of svorks in all departments of literature , published in and relating to Africa , America , Australia ,
China , India , Japan , the West Indies , & c , on sale by Mr . George Rivers , of Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster-rosv , has been handed to us , and any of our friends svho have a hobby for collecting standard svorks svould do svell to consult this little catalogue , svhich svill , no doubt , be forwarded on application .
1 he Master of the Rolls , Sir George Jessel , died on Wednesday last . The Court of Appeal svill sustain a very heavy loss by his comparatively early death . The United Clerks' Journal is the title of a nesv ss-eekly paper , svhich , judging from the number before us , bids fair to become the representative organ of that numerous body of svorkers svho come under the designation of clerks . The articles are well svritten and the news carefully arranged and comprehensive .
Sir William Jcnner , K . C . B ., M . D ., has been unanimously re-elected President of the Royal College of Physcians , London . 'I he City Commission of Seivers have resolved to continue the contract svith the Brush Electric Lighting Company for another year , subject to ninety days' notice . Having regard to the increased cost , they did not advise the adoption or either of the systems of improved gas-lighting now being tried in Fleet-street and Holborn .
We understand that a nesv sveekly journal , devoted to the popular exposition of Sanitary Matters and to the education of the people in the lasvs of health , will be shortly issued by Messrs . Wyman and Sons , London . The nesv journal svill be entitled Health . Its programme includes original articles , essays on personal health , and
departments in svhich the interests of the family circle , of recreation , and of correspondence on health topics , & c , svill be duly considered . There appears to be a wide field for such an enterprise , and the aims of Health seem thoroughly consistent svith the spirit and policy of the education of our day .
The Marquess of Hamilton ( one of the vicepresidents ) , Mr . Birbcck , M . P . ( chairman ) , Mr . J . H . Fordham ( Prime Warden of the Fishmongers' Company ) , Mr . A . Jardine , and Mr . J . L . Sayers ( members of the Executive Committee of the International Fisheries Exhibition ) , received a large number of members of the London Fish Trade at the Exhibition
Buildings on Tuesday afternoon last . The object of the visit svas to see the model fish market that is being erected near the entrance in Exhibition-road , and the numerous party svere conducted over the svhole of the buildings and received full explanations from the Marquess of Hamilton and Mr . Birkbeck , and other members of the committee .
An anonymous donation of £ 1 , 000 lias been forsvarded to the committee of the Birmingham and Midland Hospital for Women . It is to go tosvards the cost of maintaining a convalescent home for sick nurses and the patients . The sale of the ' Sunderland Library svas continued on Tuesday by Messrs . Puttick and Simpson . The
following svere the most important lots disposed of : — Vocabularium Latino Tcutonicum , dictum ex quo , per Nicolaum Bechtermuntzc , in Eltirl , 1469 , small quarto black letter , _ in old calf , with Sunderland arms on sides , £ 200 ( Quaritch ) ,- Nicole Volkyr de Serouville , l'Histoire et Recueil de la triunaphante et glorieuse victoire obtenne centre les reduvctz et abusez Lutheriens , & c , Paris , 1526 ,
small folio black letter , with svoodcuts , £ 36 ( Quaritch ); Les Giuvres de Virgile translaties de Latin en Francoys par Mich , de Tours et act de St . Gelais , Paris , Jac le Messier , i 532 » £ 34 i ° s . ( Rimell ); Vitrurius de Architecture per Jocundum Solito Castigatior Venet , J . de Tridius , 1571 , small folio , the first illustrated edition , £ 20 ( Asher ) . The day's sale realised £ 657 .
We take the follosving from the Norwich Argus : "The Masonic Benevolent Festival just held produced for the charities £ 13 , 140 in round numbers . Suffolk contributed £ 166 12 s . 6 d ., and Essex £ 235 4 s . ; but sve do not observe svhat amount svas furnished by Norfolk . Hosv is this ? Was the sum collected too small for acknowledgment in any prominent manner ? There are plenty of Masons in the province , and some of them are good ones , but it seems as
though the infusion of a little life into the general body svould prove advantageous . Meanness should not be regarded as a Masonic virtue . The Freemason—the efficientlyconducted organ of the Craft—observes svith respect to this subject : "Much has been done , but yet how true and clear it is that much remains to be done . We must keep asking ourselves the question , svhile so many lodges do so very
svell , hosv many also do nothing at all ? ' Can any of our local brethren furnish the desired reply ?" Itis certain the Queen ' s Physician , Dr . Fairbank , has svritten strongly recommending LENT 1 LLA , orTON 1 C DAILY FOOD . It cures Indigestion , Heartburn , Constipation , Liver and Stomach Complaints , & c , besides having such svondrous nourishing properties . Makes Soups ,
Porridge , Custards , Puddings , Biscuits , & c . Tins , lib . is . 6 d . j Jib ., iod . Barrels , 2 , Slb ., 30 s . ; 141 b ., 16 s . Of all Chemists . —Proprietor , H . J . Deacon , Beckenham , Kent . —[ ADVT . TRUSSES , ELASTIC BANIJAOES , ETC . —SEELEV ' HARO RUBBER TRUSSES . —The world ' s recognition of unequalled excellence . Receiving thc only award of merit granted for trusses at the late international Medical Exhibition , 1881 . Made in every desirable and latest improved pattern , line steel springs , neatly covered with
highly-polished hard robber , light , cool , cleanly ; unaffected by time , use , or climate . I ' ree from all sour , rusty , dialing , or strap , ping unpleasantness . Used in bathing . Always reliable . The correct . and skilful mechanical treatment of hernia or rupture a specialty . Under patronage of the world ' s most distinguished surgeons . Choice assortment of elastic surgical hosiery . Uclts , improved suspensory bandages , shoulder braces . Establishments —74 , Fleet-street , London , E , C , and 1347 , Chestnut-street , Philadelphia , U . S . A .-fADvr . l
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
The next Provincial Grand Lodge meeting for Hants and Isle of Wight svill be held at Petersfield . At the Portsmouth House of Commons Bro . A . L . Emanuel ( Member for Greensvich ) has been unanimously elected Chairman of Committees , and Bro . P . H . Emanuel ( South Devon ) has been appointed President of the Local Government Board . The House . meets every
Wednesday night , Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., in his capacity of Secretary of State for War , has consented to become a patron of the Army and Navy Pensioners' Employment Society . H . R . H . the Princess Mary , Duchess of Teck , has signified her intention ot becoming patroness of the
Exhibition of Domestic Sanitary Appliances and Hygienic Dress , svhich svill be held some time hence at Humphrey ' s Hall , Knightsbridge , under the auspices of the National Health Society . Through the intercession of the Prince of Wales with the Emperor William of Germany , the English residents in Hanover have obtained the grant of a piece of ground , free of expense , on svhich to erect a church .
A man named William Hosvard , svith a brace of aliases and describing himself as a clerk , ss'as brought up before Mr . Mansfield on Saturday last on a charge of attempting to obtain money under false pretences from Bro . Montague Guest , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master Dorsetshire , and S . C Allsopp , M . P . Both members were present and gave evidence , and in the result Mr . Mansfield remanded
the prisoner for further inquiries . We learn that the entertainment g iven by Bro . Bowyer last sveek , at Freemasons' Tavern , svas in celebration of his 50 th birthday and not his silver svedding as stated by us . We appear to have anticipated the last event by some five years or so , but it enables us to express the hope that our svorthy brother may be spared till then to pursue his useful and _ prosperous career , and that sve may be alive to chronicle it .
Sanguine hopes are entertained that Bro . Carl Rosa svill be induced to undertake the duties of managing director of the " National English Opera Company , " which is being organised svith a view to completing the Opera House on the Embankment commenced some years
since by Bro . Col . Mapleson . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., Secretary of State for War , has given permission for the forts at the mouth of the Thames and Medsvay to be placed at the disposal of the auxiliary forces at Eastertide .
Bro . Lord Wolseley had undertaken to preside at the centenary festival of the Benevolent Society of St . Patrick at the Freemasons' Tavern on Saturday evening last , but a summons to Windsor prevented him carrying out his intention , and his place was supplied by Bro . the Earl of Donoughmore , P . G . Warden England , Bro . Colonel E .
King-Harman , M . P ., P . G . M . Meath , being among his lordship's principal supporters . Subscriptions svere realised to the amount of £ 700 . Bros . Lord Claud Hamilton and tbe Hon . D . Plunket are among the members svho have been appointed Chairmen of thc Private Bills Committees of the House of Commons .
The annual general meeting of the Masonic and General Life Assurance Company , Limited , svas held on the Sth inst . It is satisfactory to find that the capital of the company is svell invested , and that the funds continue to be largely in excess of the amount of the liability under foi icy contracts shesvn by the last valuation of its business , t is clear that the company is in a thoroughly sound
condition and that its policy-holders are most amply secured . We svish it every success . —Insurance Journal . Sunday last svas the thirty-fifth anniversary of the birth of H . R . H . the Princess Louise , Marchioness of Lome , and the auspicious event svas observed with the usual honours in London and at Windsor , the church bells ringing out merry peals in the early morning . The Royal
salutes , however , svere deferred till Monday . Bro . James Willing ' s sensational drama , " The Ruling Passion , " svhich has been svithdrasvn at the Standard osving to other engagements , svill be produced tomorrow ( Saturday ) evening at Astley's . The Fifteen Sections svill be svorked in the
Union Waterloo Lodge of Instruction , No . 13 , svhich is held at the Earl of Chatham , Thomas-street , Woolwich , on Thursday , the 2 gth inst . Bro . Wm . Akers , S . D . 13 , svill be W . M . ; Bro . Gooding , United Military Lodge , S . W . ; Bro . G . Masters , J . W . 13 , J . W . ; and Bro . G , B . Davies , P . M . and Sec . I 3 , _ Preceptor . Workers are invited ; the lodge will open at eight o'clock p . m .
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales svas present at the special general meeting of the trustees of the British Museum on Saturday last , svhen it svas unanimously resolved to recommend the Government to purchase the Ashburnham MSS ., subject to the deduction of from 160 to 170 of the Libri and Barrois MSS ., whicii it can be shown were svrongfully taken from those libraries , and for svhich the
French agents are prepared to recommend their Government to pay £ 24 , 000 . Hosvever , the bulk of the Libri and Barrois sections , svhich are of great value from the Dantes , Romances , Sic , they include , svill remain , as svell as the Stosve MSS . and appendix . HOLLOWAV ' OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Diseases of Advanced Years . —The grand climacteric being passed , mankind passes to old age . Then thc digestion becomes Impaired , tlie nervous svstem
grows feeble , and the physical powers become enervated . Now arise congestion of the liver , lungs , or head , followed by dropsy , asthma , or apoplexy , which frequently afflict and often destroy the aged . _ As the liver usually becomes torpid , its activity may speedily be revived by rubbing Holloway ' s Ointment thoroughly over the pit ? vn stom : ' ch and right side , at least twice a day , arid taking the 1 ills at the same time . This treatment also disperses all oilier congestions by varying thc parts rubbed according to the situations of the mischief , —[ Aim . ]
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Bro . Henry Gloster , P . G . Stesvard Middlesex , P . M . 1531 , VV . M . 1326 , died at his residence , 114 , Douglasstreet , Deptford , on Saturday , the 17 th inst . Memoii * svill appear next sveek . The Fifteen Sections svill be svorked at the Eccleston Lodge of Instruction , No . 1 G 24 , King's Head , Ebury-bridge , Pimlico , S . W ., on Saturday , the 31 st inst ., at seven p . m ., by the members of the St . James ' s Union
Lodge of Instruction , No . 1 S 0 . Messrs . R . Spencer-Stanhope , E . Abbey , and Walter have been elected members of the Institute of Painters in Water Colours . Admiral Lord Alcester , G . C . B ., Major-General William Fielding , Bro . Colonel G . King-Harman , M . P ., P . G . M . Meath , Bro . the Rt . Hon . Sir W . Seymour-Fitzgerald , G . C . S . I ., and Mr . E . Sandys-Dasves , J . P ., have been elected members of the Empire Club .
Bro . the Earl of Zetland , Prov . Grand Master of North and East Yorkshire , has given £ 500 to thc Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women , for tbe purpose of founding a bursary . The Alhenccum . announces that the local committee which undertook to raise the sum of £ 350 for the purpose of purchasing IMr . McKie's collection of relics and
editions of the late Bro . Burns ' s svorks has been successful in its object . Bro . Baron de Worms , M . P ., was we regret to say prevented from attending in his place in the House of Commons during the latter part of last and the beginning of this week through indisposition . However he is now much better in health .
H . R . H . the Duke of Albany , according to the Court Circular , of Friday last , was confined to his room from the effects of a sprain . The Duchess of Albany and thc infant princess are both going on most favourably . On Thursday evening , the 15 th inst ., the Prince and Princess of Wales and suite visited the Savoy Theatre , and for the second time svitnesscd the' performance of " Iolanthe . "
T he Lord Mayor of York received a letter from Sir George Wombwell of New Park on Thursday last , in which the latter informed his lordship that the Prince of VVales has consented to lay the foundation stone of the York Fine Art Institute in July next .
On Saturday last the Mayor of Leeds received a communication from the Prince of VVales , expressive of his Royal Highness's regret that he should be unable , osving to his numerous engagements to accept the invitation to open the nesv Corporation Offices in July next .
Bros , the Marquis of Hartington , and Sir J . McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., svere among the guests at Sir Arthur and Lady Hayter ' s dinner on Saturday evening last , at their residence in Grosvenor-square . The Prince of Wales presided at the banquet given on Saturday , last , by the United Service Club , in
honour of Admiral Lord Alcester , G . C . B ., on his return from commanding our fleet in the Miditerranean . The Dukes of Edinburgh and Cambridge svere also present , and among the other guests , svho numbered about 150 , svere Bros . Admiral of thc Fleet , Sir H . Keppel , General Lord Wolseley , the Earl of Kimberley , and Major Lord Harlech .
Among those present in the Chapel Royal , St . James's , on Sunday last , to hear the lirst sermon preached by the new Archbishop of Canterbury since his induction into the primacy , were Bros , the Earl of Ravenssvorth , the Earl of Cork , Lord Carrington , G . Warden ( Lady Carrington ) , Christopher Sykes , M . P ., and C . Cotes , M . P .
The eleventh annual chess match betsveen the representatives of Oxford and Cambridge svas played at the St . George's . Chess Club , Albemarle-strcet , on Saturday last , the result being a tie , as each side svon four games , while the remaining three were drawn . There svere seven players on each side . Mr . Zukertort officiated as umpire .
The will of Bro . William Beattie , late of 100 , Fentiman-road , Clapham-park , associate member of the Institution of Civil Engineers , svho died on December 19 th last , svas proved on the ioth ult ., by Mr . C . G . Watt , one of the executors , the value of thc personal estate amounting to over £ 25 , 000 . The testator bequeaths 52 guineas to the Institution of Civil Engineers , an annuity to his
mother , and legacies to his brothers and others . The residue of his real and personal estate is to be held upon trust for his sister ( Mrs . Gruner ) for life , and then for her children in equal shares . Bro . Sir J . M'Garel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., presided at the ordinary meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works on Friday last , svhen it svas unanimously agreed
that the Works and General Purposes Committee should be charged svith the dut y of preparing and bringing up a Bill to be laid before Parliament with a view tolhaving repealed the clauses in the Metropolitan District Railsvay Company ' s Act of 1 SS 1 , which enable the company to construct openings or shafts for ventilating the railsvay . The chairman , by a further resolution , svas authorised to affix the board ' s
seal to any petition to the House of Commons to obtain the waiving of the standing orders , so as to allosv of the introduction of a bill on the subject . How TO SECURE GOOD HEALTH . — MARTIN ' S CURATIVE MAGNETISM . —Health secured , Health restored , and Health promoted by the use of this Natural Agent , nosv so extensively used . See Press
opinions , testimonials , and fullest particulars in 48 page pamphlet , svhich is sent gratis to all by John Hugh Martin , Inventor and Maker of the Improved Appliances , 272 , Regent-circus , London , W . —[ ADVT . ] MONEY LENT . Advances on Property . Loans , Negotiated . — £ 5 to £ 1000 , svith and svithout securities , at moderate Interest upon Promissory Notes , repayable at a
fixed period , or by instalments ; also upon Deeds , Life Policies , Furniture , Jesvellery , Shares , Warrants , Stocks , & c Prompt attention , svith secrecy . Trade bills discounted . Deposits received . THE LONDON BANK , 71 , Fleet-street , E . C ; SS , High-street , Islington , N . ; and 113 , Church-street , Edgsvare-road , W . Open daily Forms gratis . Established 183 S . E , J . READ , Secretary . — f ADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Dr . Wynn Westcott , M . B ., P . M . S 14 , P . P . G . D . C . Somerset , has been appointed Deputy Coroner for Central Middlesex . Bro . R . Grey , P . G . D ., has been elected Treasurer of the Grand Officers' mess , in place of Bro . Clabon , svho has resigned . The installation meeting of the Corinthian Lodge ,
No . 13 S 2 , was held at the George Hotel , Cubitt Tosvn , on Wednesday last . Bro . G . B . Smith was installed in the chair . A report svill appear in our next . A catalogue of svorks in all departments of literature , published in and relating to Africa , America , Australia ,
China , India , Japan , the West Indies , & c , on sale by Mr . George Rivers , of Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster-rosv , has been handed to us , and any of our friends svho have a hobby for collecting standard svorks svould do svell to consult this little catalogue , svhich svill , no doubt , be forwarded on application .
1 he Master of the Rolls , Sir George Jessel , died on Wednesday last . The Court of Appeal svill sustain a very heavy loss by his comparatively early death . The United Clerks' Journal is the title of a nesv ss-eekly paper , svhich , judging from the number before us , bids fair to become the representative organ of that numerous body of svorkers svho come under the designation of clerks . The articles are well svritten and the news carefully arranged and comprehensive .
Sir William Jcnner , K . C . B ., M . D ., has been unanimously re-elected President of the Royal College of Physcians , London . 'I he City Commission of Seivers have resolved to continue the contract svith the Brush Electric Lighting Company for another year , subject to ninety days' notice . Having regard to the increased cost , they did not advise the adoption or either of the systems of improved gas-lighting now being tried in Fleet-street and Holborn .
We understand that a nesv sveekly journal , devoted to the popular exposition of Sanitary Matters and to the education of the people in the lasvs of health , will be shortly issued by Messrs . Wyman and Sons , London . The nesv journal svill be entitled Health . Its programme includes original articles , essays on personal health , and
departments in svhich the interests of the family circle , of recreation , and of correspondence on health topics , & c , svill be duly considered . There appears to be a wide field for such an enterprise , and the aims of Health seem thoroughly consistent svith the spirit and policy of the education of our day .
The Marquess of Hamilton ( one of the vicepresidents ) , Mr . Birbcck , M . P . ( chairman ) , Mr . J . H . Fordham ( Prime Warden of the Fishmongers' Company ) , Mr . A . Jardine , and Mr . J . L . Sayers ( members of the Executive Committee of the International Fisheries Exhibition ) , received a large number of members of the London Fish Trade at the Exhibition
Buildings on Tuesday afternoon last . The object of the visit svas to see the model fish market that is being erected near the entrance in Exhibition-road , and the numerous party svere conducted over the svhole of the buildings and received full explanations from the Marquess of Hamilton and Mr . Birkbeck , and other members of the committee .
An anonymous donation of £ 1 , 000 lias been forsvarded to the committee of the Birmingham and Midland Hospital for Women . It is to go tosvards the cost of maintaining a convalescent home for sick nurses and the patients . The sale of the ' Sunderland Library svas continued on Tuesday by Messrs . Puttick and Simpson . The
following svere the most important lots disposed of : — Vocabularium Latino Tcutonicum , dictum ex quo , per Nicolaum Bechtermuntzc , in Eltirl , 1469 , small quarto black letter , _ in old calf , with Sunderland arms on sides , £ 200 ( Quaritch ) ,- Nicole Volkyr de Serouville , l'Histoire et Recueil de la triunaphante et glorieuse victoire obtenne centre les reduvctz et abusez Lutheriens , & c , Paris , 1526 ,
small folio black letter , with svoodcuts , £ 36 ( Quaritch ); Les Giuvres de Virgile translaties de Latin en Francoys par Mich , de Tours et act de St . Gelais , Paris , Jac le Messier , i 532 » £ 34 i ° s . ( Rimell ); Vitrurius de Architecture per Jocundum Solito Castigatior Venet , J . de Tridius , 1571 , small folio , the first illustrated edition , £ 20 ( Asher ) . The day's sale realised £ 657 .
We take the follosving from the Norwich Argus : "The Masonic Benevolent Festival just held produced for the charities £ 13 , 140 in round numbers . Suffolk contributed £ 166 12 s . 6 d ., and Essex £ 235 4 s . ; but sve do not observe svhat amount svas furnished by Norfolk . Hosv is this ? Was the sum collected too small for acknowledgment in any prominent manner ? There are plenty of Masons in the province , and some of them are good ones , but it seems as
though the infusion of a little life into the general body svould prove advantageous . Meanness should not be regarded as a Masonic virtue . The Freemason—the efficientlyconducted organ of the Craft—observes svith respect to this subject : "Much has been done , but yet how true and clear it is that much remains to be done . We must keep asking ourselves the question , svhile so many lodges do so very
svell , hosv many also do nothing at all ? ' Can any of our local brethren furnish the desired reply ?" Itis certain the Queen ' s Physician , Dr . Fairbank , has svritten strongly recommending LENT 1 LLA , orTON 1 C DAILY FOOD . It cures Indigestion , Heartburn , Constipation , Liver and Stomach Complaints , & c , besides having such svondrous nourishing properties . Makes Soups ,
Porridge , Custards , Puddings , Biscuits , & c . Tins , lib . is . 6 d . j Jib ., iod . Barrels , 2 , Slb ., 30 s . ; 141 b ., 16 s . Of all Chemists . —Proprietor , H . J . Deacon , Beckenham , Kent . —[ ADVT . TRUSSES , ELASTIC BANIJAOES , ETC . —SEELEV ' HARO RUBBER TRUSSES . —The world ' s recognition of unequalled excellence . Receiving thc only award of merit granted for trusses at the late international Medical Exhibition , 1881 . Made in every desirable and latest improved pattern , line steel springs , neatly covered with
highly-polished hard robber , light , cool , cleanly ; unaffected by time , use , or climate . I ' ree from all sour , rusty , dialing , or strap , ping unpleasantness . Used in bathing . Always reliable . The correct . and skilful mechanical treatment of hernia or rupture a specialty . Under patronage of the world ' s most distinguished surgeons . Choice assortment of elastic surgical hosiery . Uclts , improved suspensory bandages , shoulder braces . Establishments —74 , Fleet-street , London , E , C , and 1347 , Chestnut-street , Philadelphia , U . S . A .-fADvr . l