Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

A Special Court of Governors and subscribers cf the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will be held at Freemasons' Hall , to-morrow ( Saturday ) afternoon , at 5 p . m ., when the business to be discussed will relate to the case of the boy William Gideon Motion . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., addressed a large political gathering at the Drill Hall , Carlisle , on Wednesday evening .

The Court of Common Council have made a donation of 25 guineas to the Parkes Museum , Margaretstreet , to assist in its work of practical teaching and demonstrating sanitary science . Bro . Lord Herschell presided on Wednesday at a meeting of the Finance Committee of the Imperial Institute . Bro . Sir F . Abel , C . B ., Secretary , and Bro . Sir J . R . Somers Vine , Assistant Secretary , were in attendance .

Bro . R . J . Voisey , P . M ., P . Z ., Sec . 1963 , & c , will work the Sixth Section ( First Lecture ) , when the 15 Sections are rehearsed , ai the Rose Lodge of Instruction , at the Stirling Castle , Camberwell , on the 29 th inst . Bros . Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Hugh C . E . Childers , M . P ., and F . W . McLean , M . P ., were among the members who attended the meeting of the Royal Commission on Market Rights and Tolls on the 15 th instant .

The Blackburn Town Council met on Wednesday , and voted the sum of £ 3000 towards the reception of the Piince and Princess of Wales on the 9 th May on the occasion of their visit to lay the foundation stone of a new Technical School .

The 18 th annual grand ball in aid of the funds of the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage , of which her Majesty the Queen is Patron , will take place at the Cannon-street Hotel , on the 19 th April next , under the distinguished patronage of Bro . the Lord Mayor , the Lady Mayoress , Bros . Sheriffs Davies and Higgs , and Brcs . Under-Shcriffs Rose-Innes and Beard .

Bros . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) . Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ) , Lord George Hamilton , and Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., attended the Cabinet Council at the Foreign Office on the 15 th inst . When the Council was over , Bro . Lord Ashbourne transacted business at ! he Irish Office and then left for Dublin by the mail train from Euston terminus .

Col . Aldworth , a descendant of the Hon . Mrs . Aldworth , of the county of Cork , the only lady Freemason ever enrolled , has had , with his wife , Lady Mary Aldworth , sister of the Earl of Bandon , an audience at Stockholm with the King ot Sweden , who is himself a Freemason . The King was presented with a memoir of Mrs . Aldworth .

Bro . Lord Stanley of Preston , the newly-appointed Governor-General of Canada , was the principal guest at the annual banquet at Willis ' s Rooms , on Wednesday , of the Imperial Federation League , Bros . Sir Charles Mills , Sir Charles Warren , Sir Henry Doulton , Story-Maskelyne , M . P ., and ethers being among the principal guests .

Bros , the Earl of Milltown , the Earl of Onslow , Lord Balfour of Builcigh , and the Earl of Hopetoun are zmorg the membtis of the House of Lords who have been rcminaled lo serve on the Select Committee to enquire into the powers possessed by Pcor Law Guardians , and their adequacy to cope with distress in London and other populous places .

The Subscribers' List ? cf the Girls' and Boys ' S . hco's for the current year have been issued . They appear to contain the usual necessary information about votes , and the pait culars have evidently been compiled with great care . The Girls' School List is embellished with two illustrations of the School at St . John's Hill , and the building erected in 1795 in St . George ' s Fields by the Institution .

The brethren of Sf . Kew Lodge , at Weston . super-Mare , as a suitable memorial to their late Chaplain , Bro . the Rev . R . Duckworth , have resolved to endow that office with a vtte for the Royal Masonic Insliturion for Boys , considering it appropriate to the memory of one who had devoted his life to education . Such endowment has now been duly recorded , and the vote is registered as "St . Kew , 1222 , in memoriam , Rev . R . Duckworth , Chaplrin , i 8 S 4 and 1885 . "

An artisticall y designed and magnificentl y illuminated address has been prepared for the Worshi pful Masters , officers , and brethren of the Scarborough and Filey Lodges fur presentation to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales , congratulating them

upon the event of their Silver Wedding . The address is signed by the following Worshipful Matters .- Bros . J . S . Kitching , Old Globe Ledge ; J . Raven , Denison Lodge ; J . Bowes , Leopold Lodge ; and E . Harland , cf the Royal Lodge , Filey .

We are sorry to hear that Bro . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach continues to suffer much inionvenience from his eyes . He is unable to sustain the fclare of the House of Commons when the gas is lit , and it is now a common thing to see the right hon . gentleman sitting in the shadow

of Ihe reporters ' gallery behind the Speaker's chair . We mention this distressing subject in conjunction with an impression that is gaining in force daily , that Sir Michael may have to exchange the Boaid of Trade for some less exacting department .

The Prince of Wales , Prince Albert Victor of Wales , and the Ciown Prince of Denmark airived at Marlborough House fiom Berlin on Tuesday morning , having teen delaytd on their journey by the weathe ' r . Subsequently tie Prince and Princess of Wales , accompanied by ( heir sons and daughters and the Crown Prince and Prir . cess of Denmark , visited the Empress of Austria at Claridge ' s Hotel . Later in the day the Prince visited the Queen at Windsor .

Masonic And General Tidings

The festival dinner of the Royal Blind Pension Society has been postponed till the 14 th May next , when the chair will be taken by Bro . Lord Brassey . The Empress of Austria , accompanied by her daughter , the Archduchess Marie Valdrie , arrived at

Claridge's Hotel on Saturday last , attended by a numerous suite . Since the departure of the Court , workmen have been employed in erecting the platform in the Prince Consort's " Memorial Chapel , Windsor Castle , which will be opened to the public on Monday next .

The Queen held a Council at Windsor Castle on Saturday last , Bro . the Eail of Lathom ( Lord Chamberlain ) being present . Bro . the Earl of Limerick was the Lord-in-Waiting in attendance . On Tuesday afternoon the Princess of Wales , accompanied by the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Denmarkvisited the Scandinavian Sailors' Home , vvhich

, was recently opened by Prince 0 ; . car of Sweden and Norway . A special meeting- of the Newspaper Press Fund was held at the rooms of the Society of Arts on Saturday evening last . Bro . Sir A . Borthwick , M . P ., occupied the chair , and certain alterations in the by-laws were passed .

Bros . Lord George Hamilton , Lord Charles Beresford , T , Sutheiland , and Sir E . Reed have been appointed to serve on the Sele . t Committee of the Housa of Commons on the Navy Estimates . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington presided at a meeting of Lis political supporters at Devonshire House on Friday , the 16 th inst ., among those present being Bros .

M . H . Story-Maskelyne , Sir VV . Crossman , Viscount Ebrington , and R . Jasper More . Bro . Sir H . Drummond Wolff , our new Minister to the Shah of Persia , has already arrived a : Constantinople , and expects to arrive at Teheran on the 12 th April . His excellency is accompanied by Colonel

Stewart , who has been appointed H . M . Consul at Resht . Bro . Lord and Lady Charles Beresford and Bro . Sir Michael and Lady Lucy Hicks-Beach dined with the Earl and Countess of Cadogan on Saturday last , when the French Ambassador and Madame VVaddington and the Prime Minuter and the Lady Gwendolen Cecil were also present as guests .

The Queen and Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg attended a special service in the private chapel at Windsor Castle on the iGth inst ., in memory of the late Emperor William of Germany . There was also a special service of a funeral character the same . day and for the same purpose in Westminster Abbe } ' .

The annual festival of the Benevolent Society of St . Patrick was celebrated at the First Avenue Hotel , on Saturday evening last , under the presidency of Lord Macnaghten , the subscriptions and donations , which included £ 100 from her Majesty , £ 50 from the Lord Lieutenant , and £ io from the Irish Secretary , amounting to about X 700 .

The Prince of Wales left Marlborough House yesterday ( Thursday ) , and travelled by the two o'clock train from Euston to Cioxteth Park , Liverpool , where a distinguished paity has been invited to meet his Royal Highness , who will remain the guest of the Earl of Sefton until Saturday . The Prince of Wales will be present at the race for the Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree .

Bros , the Marquis of Carmarthen , Sir B . Samuelson , Sir A . Orr - Ewing , Baron Dimsdale , T . Sutherland , Agg-Gardner , Slaveley Hill , and Firth were included ameng the guests at the Speaker ' s fourth full dress Parliamentary dinner on vVednesday . A Levee , which was largely attended , followed the banquet . Bro . the Earl of Wharnchffe presided at a

complimentary dinner given to Sir Coutts Lindsay by the Committee of the Grosvenor Gallery on VVednesday evening , Bros , the Eail of Crawford and Balcarres , Viscount Bury , Lord Wantage , S . B . Bancroft , Augustus Harris , E . Lawson , J . C . Parkinson , and Edmund Yates being among the guests . Sunday last was the 4 . 0 th anniversary of the

birth of H . R . H . the Princess Louise , Marchioness of Loin ? , who was born on the iSth March , 1 S 4 8 , and married the Marquis of Lome on 21 st March , 1871 . The bells of St . George ' s Chapel and Windsor Parish Church rang out merrily in honour of the occasion , but it being Sunday , the usual salute was postponed till the following day .

The marriage of Prince Oscar of Sweden and Norway and Mdlle . Ebba Munck wis celebrated in St . Stephen's Church , Bournemouth , on Friday , the i 6 . h inst ., in the presence of the Queen of Sweden and Norway , the Duchess of Albany , and the Crown Princess of Denmark , the service being conducted in Swedish according to the rites of the Church of that country . In the

afternoon the Prince and Lis bride lefc for Bonchurch , Isle of Wight , to spend the honeymoon . Four folio editions of Shakespeare were among the books put up to auction on the 15 th inst . at the sale of the Aylesford Library , and realLeJ high prices . The first b y Isaac Jaggaid and Edward Blount , 1623 , realised £ 200 , and the second , printed by T . Cotes for R . Allot ,

1632 , was knecked down to Mr . Natlah for Bro . Henry Irving for £ 140 . This latter had been in the possession of Lewis Theobald , editor of Shakespeare , and at his death passed into the hands of Osborne , the bookseller , who presented it to Dr . Samuel Johnson . The third copy , of 1664 , was secured by Mr . Quaritch for £ 93 , and the " fourth , by Drceshont , 16 S 5 , by Mr . Bain for £ 20 . The second folio

contained many MS . notes by Theobald and Dr . Johnson . HOLLOWAV ' Pius . —The Greatest Wonder of Modern Times . — They correct biliousness , prevent flatulency , cleanse the liver , purity the system , renovate debilitated functions , strengthen the stomach , increase the appetite , im-igorate the neri-es , promote health , and reinstate the weak in an ardour and vivacity never before

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The Goldsmiths' Company have voted a grant ° f £ 5 ° towards the funds of " the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital . The Committee of the National Industrial Home for Crippled Boys , Kensington , have received a bequest „ i

£ 300 ( less legacy duty ) from the executor of the late fVIr Henry Ouinn . Bro . the Marquis of Waterford , who has been seriously indisposed for the last two years , was able to attend the House ol Lords on Tuesday , and took the oaths and his seat accordingly .

The brethren ranging under the Hundred of Elloe Lodge , No . 469 , Spalding , have passed a congratulatory resolution to the M . W . G . M ., on his Royal Highness ' s Silver Wedding . The Duke and Duchess of Connaught were represented at the funeral of his late Majesty the Emperor

of Germany at Berlin on the 16 th instant by Col . Eger ' . on who has since returned to England . ' Prince George of Wales was presented on Tuesday afternoon with the freedom of the Mercers ' Company , and afterwards lunched in Mercers' Hall with the Master and Wardens of the Company ,

Bro . F . Binckes , P . G . Swd . Br ., rehearsed the consecration and installation ceremonies at the Duke of Cornwall Lodge of Instruction , No . 1 S 39 , at the Queen ' s Arms , Queen-stieet , Cheapside , on Tuesday last . ~ The marriage of Mr . E . C . Macnaghten with the Honourable Gwen E . V . Abbott , youngest daughter of the late R . W . Bro . Lord Tenterden , P . G . M . Essex , was celebrated at St . George ' s , Hanover square , on Tuesday .

The Queen , accompanied b y the Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg , left Windsor Castle on Wednesday afternoon for Portsmouth , where her Majesty embarked on the Royal yacht , the Victoria and Albert , for Cherbourg , en route for Florence .

By command of the Queen , the Prince of Wales held a Levee at St . James ' s Palace on Wednesday—postponed from Saturday last—on behalf of her Majesty , when a large number of presentations were made . The Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales , the Crown Prince of Denmark , the Duke of Cambridge , and the Duke of Teclt were included in the Royal circle .

We beg to announce that Liptcn ' s Great Butter and Ham Market , at 68 , Westbourne-grove , W ., will be opened to the public this day ( Friday ) , on which occasion , what is claimed to be the largest cheese in the world , weighing 5284 lbs , and made from the milk of 4100 cows , will be exhibited in the windo v .

An inquiry will shortly be instituted by a Joint Committee of the two Houses of Parliament into the present system of Private Bill Legislation , and the House of Lords will be represented by Bros . Earl Bathurst , Lord Balfour of Burleigh , and Lord Monk-Bretton , Lord Co ' - ville of Culross , and Bros . Lord Stalbridge and Lord Kensington .

The Goethe Society of New York gave a brilliant reception to Bro . Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry at the Madison-square Theatre , on Friday , the 16 th inst ., those present including representatives of the best sjcial and intellectual circles in New York . The President of the Society delivered an address , tj which Bro . Henry Irving replied , the enthusiasm during the wholeof the proceedings being very great .

The Councils of Royal and Select Masters appear to be numerous in the United States , and the member ship very considerable . In Indiana there are 41 councils , with a membership of 1765 ; in Maine there are 13 councils and 1031 members ; in Michigan , 44 councils and 2143 members ; in Minnesota , 6 councils and 444 members j

in Missouri , 9 councils and 345 members ; in New Hampshire , 10 councils and 955 members ; in New Jersey , 7 councils and 3 S 2 members ; and in Vermont , iS councils , S 55 members . We regret to announce the death on the 14 'h inst . of Mr . James Hogg , at his residence , Crescenr-roid , St . John ' s , Kent , aged 82 years . The deceised was fur

a long period a printer and publisher of some celebrity , the Instructor , a journal which was continued in three series for 15 years , and which received the patronage of the Queen , having been started by him , while oilier wurltf which appeared under his wing were " London Society , " "Men who have Risen" ( for young people ; , & c . * lr . James Hogg was the father of Bro . John ' Hogg , ' 13 . Paternoster-row , publisher .

We learn that the new novel , " Mr . Barnes of New York , " will be given away—as extra gratis supp lements—with Nos . 235 and 236 of Cassell ' s Saturday Journal , published on March 27 and April 4 respectively . In No . 235 ( which will foim the first number of a neiv volume ) two new serial stories will be commenced , viz .,

"Lady Biddy Fane , " a tale of adventure , by Frank Barrett , illustiated by J . Finnemore , and "An American Penman" ( from the Diary of Inspector Byrnes , Chief of the New York Detective Force ) , by Julian Hawthorne . The remains of Bro . William Thomas Clarkson , P . M . of the Lion Lodge , No . 312 , and a Past M . E . Z . or the chapter , were on the 13 th inst . interred in Whitby

, Cemetery with Masonic honours , the W . M . and many 0 ' the P . M . ' s attending to pay a last tribute of respect to a very accomplished Craftsman . The bearers were eight Past Master . The officiating clergyman was the Rev , Wm . Andrew ; M . A ., canon of Peterborough . Thedeceased was also an official of Whitby Court Leet , which was represented on this melancholy occasion .

Information has been received at Thirsk of the reception which the late vicar ( now Bishop Camidge ) has met at the hands of the Freemasjns-of Australia . ] brethren of the Phoenix Lodge , No . 1 S 46 , ( E . C ) , and ti the Caledonia Lodge , when it became known that the new bishop was an enthusiastic Mason , met in the OddfeJJowo Hall

, in the city of Bathurst , and presented Bishop Camidge , as P . P . G . Chap . Yorks , with an address oj welcome , in which they trusted that he might find a = warm a fraternal friendship existing there as in his t « away Yoi kshire home . The address was beautifully ilium' " nated and framed , and in his acceptance of the address Bishop . Camidge suitably responded .