Masonic And General Tidings.

Bro . Ganz gave thc first of his orchestral concerts for the present season on Saturday afternoon last . The Prince of Wales has fixed Tuesday , June 10 th , at Willis ' s Rooms , for the festival of the Society of Friends ot Foreigners in Distress , at which His Royal Highness will preside . The Oueen has been pleased to constitute and

appoint the Right Hon . Francis Robert , Earl of Rosslyn , to be Her Majesty ' s High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland . Bro . Baron George de Worms , J . P ., F . S . A ., M . P ., has , on the nomination of Bro . Alderman Sir B . S . Phillips , the Master , joined the Spectaclemakers'Company . The world-renowned shorthorn cow , the first Duchess of Oneida , by the tenth Duke of Thorndale ,

belonging to Lord bkelmersdale , Lathom House , has died from liver congestion and inflammation brought on by cold . The famous animal was bought by his lordship in 1 S 73 for 30 , 600 dollas . Its offspring are Duchess of Ormskirk , purchased by Mr . R . Sode ' r , M . P ., Wittlebury ; Duke of Ormskirk , sold to Mr . J . P . Foster , Kellow , Cumberland , and four in Lord Skelmersdale ' s celebrated herd . Death was not anticipated , as she was in perfect condition .

The sum of £ 38 3 s ., the proceeds of the amateur concert given by Bro . Kuhe , P . G . O ., at Brighton , has been forwarded to the Sussex County Hospital . We understand that Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Skelmersdale , Dep . G . Master , will be created Earl of Lathom . Lord Henniker and Admiral Lord Frederic

Kerr have succeeded Lord de Rose and Captain Edwards , R . E ., as Lord and Groom in Waiting , Bro . Edward Clarke , Q . C , late M . P . for Southwark , was entertained at the Dover Castle , Deptford , a few days since , and presented by his late constituents

with a handsome candelabra . It is understood at Portsmouth that the Prince of Wales contemplates paying a visit to Australia in the course of the autumn , and that the troopship Serapis , in which he went to India , will be employed for the service .

The Prince of Wales will open the new railway station and docks at Holyhead , no * y in the course of erection , and fast approaching completion , on thc ist of June . In view of this the regatta committee have postponed their regatta , which has previously been held on Whit Monday , till that date . It is suggested that thc occasion would be an apprnpiate one for requesting the Prince of Wales to

attend thc Annual National Eisteddfod , to be held at Carnarvon this year . Carnarvon , it is observed , should have a strong claim upon his sympathy , as the locality of the grand old edifice which has for Goo years been intimately associated with the history of the Princes of Wales . The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United

Kingdom , ordaining and declaring that the borough of Liverpool , in the county of Lancaster , shall be a city , and shall be called and styled "The City of Liverpool , in the county of Lancaster . Bro . E Dresser Rogers , C . C , has been reelected a guardian for thc parish of Camberwell . Detective-sergeant Haydon , who for upwards of

forty years has been one of the best-known members of the City detective force , died a few daj-s ago . He was employed by the Bank of England authorities in all Important criminal cases , and had charge of the investigations in the case of the American Bidwcll , and was engaged with Sergeant Brett in the case of the great robbery of gold between London and Paris , when £ 14 000 worth of bullion

, was stolen when in transit by the South Eastern Railway , and of the robbery of £ Sooo or £ 9000 worth of gold dust on the South Western Line . Sergeants Haydon and Brett are prominent figures in Mr . Frith ' spicture , "The Railway Station . " Haydon retired upon a pension about twelve months ago .

The marriage of Lord Hastings with the Hon . Elizabeth Evelyn Harbord , third daughter of Lord and Lady Suffield , was solemnised on Saturday last at the Chapel Royal , Whitehall . The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Teck were present at the ceremony .

The marriage of Princess Frcdcrica of Hanover , according to the latest arrangements will , it is understood , take place at Her Majesty ' s private chapel , Windsor Castle , on Saturday next , in the presence of the Queen , Royal Family , and Court . At the palace preparations are being made for the approaching nuptials in the apartments •which will be used at the festivities . In the private chapel

adjoining St . George ' s Hall the black drapery placed there after thc lamented decease of the late Princess Alice has been removed , and crimson substituted in readiness for the marriage ceremonial , the choral parts of which will be sung by the lay clerks and choristers of St . George's Chapel and the gentlemen of Her Majesty ' s Chanel Royal . It is believed , as the marriage is to be solemnised in the private chapel , that only a limited number of invitations to the

Royal wedding will be issued , the principal guests comprising the members of Her Majesty ' s family and the friends of Princess Frcdcrica of Havover . The Fifteen Sections will be worked by the members ofthe Whittington Lodgeof Instruction , No . S 62 , at the Red Lion Hotel , Poppin ' s-court , Fleet-street , on Wednesday , the 28 th inst ., commencing at seven o'clock . Bro . Fox , J . D . 201 , W . M . ; Tate , S . W . S 62 , S . W . ; Brown , J . W . 3 62 , J . W .

FIRST LECTURE . ist Section ... Bro . Brocklehurst , S 62 . 2 nd „ ... „ Collinson , R 62 . 3 rd „ „ Gates , S . D . 1599 . 4 th „ „ Abell , P . M . 1599 . 5 th ,, „ Larchin , S . W . 1541 . 6 th „ „ Gush , I . G . 1541 . 7 th „ „ Brown , J . W . SG 2 .

SECONH LECTURE . ist Section ... Bro . Drury , J . W . 85 . 2 nd „ ... „ Hallam , W . M . 1349 . 3 rd „ „ Tate , S . W . 862 . 4 th „ „ Marston , W . M . 55 , P . M . 1 599 . 5 th ,. .. Pate , J . D . 1599 .

THIRD LECTUKE . ist Section ... Bro . Alexander , P . M . iSS . 2 nd „ ,, Lardner , S . W . 1 745 . 3 rd „ „ Long , P . M . 435-Bro . W . Long , P . M . 435 , Preceptor and Hon . Sec .

Masonic And General Tidings.

The annual concert in aid of thc Covent Garden Lifeboat Fund , ahvaysa pleasant and well-managed gathering , takes place at St . James ' s Hall on Thursday , the 29 th inst . Mrs . Osgood , Mr . Edward Lloyd , Mr . Santley , and Mr . Maybrick are among the singers . The Ravensbourne Chapter , No . 1601 , was consecrated at Catford Bridge on Thursday . The ceremony was performed bv the Grand Scribe E ., the M . E . Comp ,

Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , assisted by the E . Comps . Capt . N . G . Philips as H ., Rev . A . F . A . Woodford as J ., and R . W . H . Giddy , D . C . We shall give a report of the proceedings in our next . Under the management of Mr . Dale a Printing and Stationery Exhibition is announced to take place at the Agricultural Hall in July next , an exhibition and market of machinery , implements , and materials used or sold by

printers , stationers , paper makers , & c . This exhibition will have the patronage of the Lord Mayors of London and Dublin , the Lord Provosts of Edinburgh and Glasgow , Dr . C . Cameron , President of the Company of Stationers of Glasgow , Mr . Walter , M . P ., Mr . J . XV . Ingram , M . P ., Mr . Edward Lloyd , Messrs . Waterlow and Sons , Messrs . Spottiswoode and Co ., Messrs . Eyre and Co ., Messrs . Layton and Co ., and others . The net profits from general

admissions and other sources are to be paid over to the funds of the Printers' Pension , Almshouses , and Orphan Asylum Corporation . Amongst one of its novel and most interesting features will be the exhibition of a copy of every newspaper published in the United Kingdom . The programme of the Crystal Palace for the season of 1 SS 0 , which has recently been published , is sufficiently varied and extensive to promise another successful

year for the company . The Handel Festival , under the joint conduct of the directors and the Sacred Harmonic Society , is announced to commence on June iSth , thc conductor being Sir M . Costa . Tbe great rehearsal will take place on the first day , thc other days of the festival being devoted to thc performance of thc Messiah , Israel in Egypt , and a selection of sacred music . The Italian Opera season will commence in May , the directors having

arranged with Mr . Gye , of thc Royal Italian Opera , to give a series of operas at the Crystal Palace . A large number of the artistes of the Royal Italian Opera , Covent Garden , will take part in these operas , for which an unqualified success may be confidently predicted . The season at the Crystal Palace will commence on May lst , when a grand concert will be given , Mdme . Marie Rozc , Mdme . Trebclli , Mdme . Patey , Mr . E . Lloyd , and Signor Foli being

announced as the vocalists . Upon May ist will also take place the first display of thc great fountains and the first Venetian Fete of the season . The Great May Flower Show will be held on May 29 th , thc Saturday of the Derby week , and the Rose Show on July 3 rd . The firework displays , which have been so popular for many years , are announced to take place on every Thursday in June , and other occasions during the season . Thc first will be held on May

27 th , the day after the Derby . Thc Dog Show will be held on June 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd , and 4 th , the Archery Fete on July ist and 3 rd , many other fetes and festivalsbeing announced for June and July . The programme of the Education and Literary Department and of the School of Practical Engineering are also published , the former including the announcement of the University Local Examinations that

will be held in thc Crystal Palace during the year . MASO . VIC SONGS . —A selection of Masonic Songs , set to popular airs , written by Bro . E . P . Philpots , M . D ., F . R . G . S ., is now read y , forming a handsome volume bound in cloth , with gilt edges , 3 s . Sent post free from the office of this paper on receipt of stamps or P . O . O . value 3 s . 2 d . —[ ADVT . J

Literary And Antiquarian Notes.

Literary and Antiquarian Notes .

In thc next issue 0 ? thc Masonic Mogazine an important paper will appear , entitled " The Rod in and out of School , " by Mr . J . H . Leggott . The article contains some amusing stories and most curious historical information . The paper was read at a recent meeting of the Hull Literary Club . Mr . Leggott is contributing to the Hull Miscellany a series of pleasant papers on "The Months . " Buxton Advertiser , April 17 th , 1 SS 0 .

Thc postage stamps of the world , issued since their first introduction , are estimated at some 6000 . The different kinds bear the heads of five emperors , eighteen kings , three queens , one grand duke , six princes , one princess , and a number of presidents , while some bear coats of arms and other emblems , such as the papal keys , & c . There is an admirable collection of stamps m the Berlin Post

Office Museum , which last July contained 4 , 498 specimens —2 , 462 belonging to Europe , 441 to Asia , 251 to Africa , 201 to Australia , and 1 , 143 t ° America . In recognition of his genius as a poet and of his services to historical literature , Professor Henry W . Longfellow was lately elected an honorary member of the Royal Historical Society . In acknowledging the receipt of thc

Society ' s diploma , Professor Longfollow has written to the Secretary , Dr . Charles Rogers , in the following terms : " Cambridge , March Sth , 1 SS 0 . —Sir , —I have had thc pleasure of receiving your letter and the diploma of the Royal Historical Society , and hasten to acknowledge their safe arrival . 1 beg leave to thank you personally , and , through you , the other members of thc Society for this

mark of their consideration , and to assure you how highly I value the honour that has been conferred upon me . — I am , Sir , with great regard , faithfully yours , HE . VRV XV LONGFELLOW . " " The ( Derbyshire Gatherer of Archaeological , Historical , and Biographical Facts , Folk-lore , & c , & c , is announced by Mr . J . B . Bates , of the Advertiser offices , Buxton . This volume , which extends to more than 300

pages , and contains contributions from the well-known pens of William Andrews , F . R . H . S . ; W . G . Fretton , F . S . A . ; Thomas B . Trowsdale ; Sir John Maclean , F . S . A . ; Dr . Spencer Hall ; Henry Calvert Appleby ; W . E . A . Axon , F . R . S . L . ; | . Potter Briscoe , F . R . H . S . ; Llewellyn

Jewitt , F . S . A . , * "L'Allegro ; " Edward Walford , M . A . ; and many other authors of high repute ; is ably edited by Mr . William Andrews , Secretary of the Hull Literary Club . The work isbrimful of pleasant and interesting information . A noticeable feature is the elaborate index , prepared by Mr . Trowsdale , which adds much to the value of the volume as a work of reference .

Literary And Antiquarian Notes.

Dr . Schlicmann has at last finished his excavations at Troy , and reports that remnants of several cities are clearl y discernable beneath the . remains of the Troy immortalised in the | " Iliad . " Messrs . Bagster have published a ncw edition of the Scptiiagint Version , together with the Apocrypha , exhibiting the Greek and English text in parellel columns .

The Apocrypha includes the Third and Fourth Books of Maccabees , which are not ordinarily found in English Bibles , and a short introduction to the Apocryphal Books is prefixed to this portion of the volume . The whole makes a very handsome and handy book , the Greek text being well and clearly printed . " The Race for Wealth , " a series of five pictures

by W . P . Frith , R . A ., now at the Gallery , 10 , King-street , St . James's , well deserves a visit . Thc present pictures , though more elaborate than the artists ' s former series , "The Road to Ruin , " go less into painful detail . In the first two works a speculator is seen in his pride , first in his office , with a crowd about him waiting for his favours ; and later , at home , showing the art treasures upon the walls of

his drawing-room to a chosen portion of his assembled guests . The scene of the third picture is a country rectory , where the quiet happiness of the family breakfast-table is destroyed by the tidings that the post has brought of the collapse of the speculative bubble on which much has been allowed to depend . The leading actor appears again , in the dock and on his trial , in the fourth picture , for which

careful studies have been made at the Old Bailey , the Judge , counsel , and others present being portraits . Finally lie is seen as one of thc single line of men inarching , under the supervision of warders , round an exercising yard of Millbank Prison . The figures in the five pictures amount to about 120 . Visitors to the Gallery will find for their guidance descriptive notes and reflections from the fertile pen of Mr . Tom Taylor . —Guardian .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

For the Week ending Friday , April 30 , 1 SS 0 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Marie Judges , Encampments , Conclaves , & rc , of anj' change in place , day , or month of meeting .

SATURDAY , APRIL 24 . Audit Com . Boys' School . Lodge 1293 , Burdett , Mitre Hot ., Hampton Court . ,, 16 S 6 , Paxton , Crystal Palace . „ 1706 , Orpheus , KM . II . >> 1 793 > Sir Chas . Bright , Assembly Rooms , Teddington . Red Cross of Constantine 6 , Roman Eagle , Anderton's Hot .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Manchester , 17 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq ., at 8 . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd ., at 7 . Percy , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at 8 . Eccleston , King ' s Head , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico . Sphinx , Stirling Castle , Camberwell . Alexandra Palace , Masonic Club , Loughborough , at 7 . 30 .

MONDAY , APRIL 26 . Lodge 4 , Royal Somerset House and Inverness , F . M . H . „ 26 , Castle of Harmony , Willis ' s Rooms . „ 28 , Old Kings' Arms , F . M . H . „ 1 G 15 , Bayard , 33 , Golden-sq ., XV . „ 1 S 1 S , Clapham , Grosvenor Hot ., Victoria Station .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Neptune , Warrior Hot ., Brixton , at 7 . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond , at 7 . London Masonic Club , 101 , Oueen Victoria-st ., E . C , at 6 . Wellington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford , S to 10 . St . John , Gun Hot ., Wapping , S to 10 . PrinceLeopold . Mitford Tav ., Sandringham-rd ., Dalston , 7 . 30 .

Strong Man , Old Rodney ' s Head , Old-st ., E . C . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station , at 7 . Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camden Town , at S . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd ., at 8 . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at S . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe , at S . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd ., at S .

Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney , 8 . Loughborough , Cambria Tav ., Loughborough June , at 7 . 30 . Hyde Park , The Westbourne , 1 , Cravcn-rd ., at S . West Smithfield , Ncw Market Hot ., West Smithfield . West Kent , Forest-hill Hot ., Forest-hill , at 7 . 30 . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Royal Hill , Greenwich , at 7 . Doric Chapter , 24 S , Globe-rd ., Mile End-rd ., at 8 . Roval Commemoration , R . Hot ., High-st ., Putney , S till 10 .

British Oak , Bank of Friendship Tav ., Mile lind . Eastern Star , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd ., 7 . 30 . High Cross , Coach and Horses , Lower Tottenham , at S . St . Mark ' s , S . M . H ., Camberwell New-rd . John Hervey , Albion Hall , London Wall , at 8 . New Finsbury Park , Plimsoll Arms , St . Thomas-rd ., N ., at S . Kilburn , South Molton Hot ., South Molton-st ., W ., at 7 . 30 . Strong Man , George Hot ., Australian Avenue , Barbican , 8 .

TUESDAY , APRIL 27 . Audit Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge 14 , Tuscan , F . M . H . „ 92 , Moira , Criterion , Piccadilly . ,, 141 , Truth , Anderton ' s Hot ., Flcct-st . „ 145 Prudent Brethren , F . M . H .

, ,, 165 , Honour and Generosity , Inns of Court Hot . 1 S 6 , Industry , F . M . H . „ 205 , Israel , Cannon-st . Hot . „ 259 , Prince of Wales , Willis ' s Rooms . ,, 134 S , Ebury , Regent Masonic Hall . „ 1719 , Evening Star , F . M . H .

Chap . 7 , Royal York of Perseverance , F . M . H . „ 54 S , Wellington , White Swan Hot ., Deptford . „ 1269 , Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . „ 1365 , Clapton , White Hart Tav ., Clapton . Mark 3 , Keystone , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . Rose Croix , 67 , Studholme , 33 , Golden-sq ., W .