Masonic And General Tidings.

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .

Specimen pictures ( five sizes ) of the Ro } al Masonic picture commemi ra-ive of the installation of H . K . H . the Duke of Connaught and S ' . rathearn , Earl of Sussex , K . G ., & c , & c , as R . W . Provincial Grand Master of Sussex , by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , K . G ., M . W .

Grand Master of England , at the Dome , Brighton , June 22 nd , 1 SS 6 , are now on view at George Kenning ' s Masonic Show Rooms , Little Britain and Aldersgate-street , London . The General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will hold their regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on Thursday next , the 29 th instant .

The General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will hold their next regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on Saturday , the 1 st prox ., at four p . m . Prince Albert Victor has consented to visit Northampton on October iSth , to lay the foundation-stone of extensive enlargements at the Northampton General Infirmary , undertaken by the county as a Jubilee memorial .

Bro . Lord Stanley of Preston left Portlandplace , on Saturday last , for Witherslack Hall , Lancashire ; and the Lord Chancellor ( Bro . Lord Halsbury ) and Lady Halsbury have gone for a few weeks to Pendruccombe , Launrestnn .

Bro . G . VV . Knight , W . M . 1507 , will rehearse the ceremony of installation at the Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , No . 1507 , held at the "Moorgate , " Moorgatestreet , on Monday , the loth prox . Lodge opens at 7 . 30 sharp . Brethren are cordially invited . By command of the R . W . Provincial Grand Master for Cumberland and Westmorland , the annual

Provincial Grand Lodge will be held at Whitehaven under the united banners of Lodges No . 119 and S 72 , on Tuesday , the 4 th October . Owing to the appeal for funds for the relief of the sufferers by the recent calamitous fire at Exeter having been so generously responded to , the Mayor of that city has informed Bro . Lord Mayor Hanson that the necessities

of the case have been met , and , consequently , the Mansion House Fund , which hadbien opened for the same object , has been closed . About 300 members of the Iron and Steel Institute visited Chatsworth , at the invitation of the Duke of Devonshire , on Saturday last , when , in his grace ' s absence , his son , Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P .,

presided at luncheon . Ihe toasts of "The Queen , " "The Duke of Devonshire , " and "Success to the Institute , " were drunk amid loud applause . THE SUPPLY OF HORSES FOR THE ARMY . — Mr . Stanhope , replying to a statement made in Lincolnshire that he had ordered horses from Canada for the army

in preference to English horses , says that on coming into office he found that 300 had been ordered from Canada ; but he had decided that the experiment should not be repeated , and refused further orders . He believed that horses for military purposes in time of peace could be obtained in the United Kingdom , and he had sanctioned a scheme for the appointment of Government buyers .

A NEW P . AND O . STEAMER . — The Oceana , the third of the additions to the Peninsular and Oriental Company's fleet , was launched from Messrs . Hailand and Wolff's yard at Belfast , on Saturday . Her dimensions are —length , 4 S 3 ft . ; breadth , 52 ft . ; and depth , 37 ft . She will register nearly 7000 tons , and her triple-expansion engines are expected to develop 7000 effective horse-power ,

which should drive her 17 knots at full speed . . THE JEWISH NEW YEAR . —During the time that the churches , chape ' s , and meeting houses were filled with Christian workers last Sunday night every synagogue throughout the world was also crowded , for Sunday evening , at 5 . 15 , commenced the year 5 S 4 8 , according to Rabbinical chronology . " Rosh Hashonah " ( the head or

beginning of the year ) , the 1 st day of the month of " Tishri , " was kept by the British Reformed Jews on Monday , and by the orthodox "Sephardim " ( Spanish and Portuguese ) and "Ashkenism" ( German and Polish ) congregations on Monday and Tuesday . According to the Talmudical legends it was on Monday 5 S 4 S years ago that the Almighty created the world out of chaos . The day is

also called " Yom Hadin " ( the Day of Judgment ); for , according to the ancient writings of the Jews , it is on this day that the God of Mercy , surrounded by liis archangels , sits upon His throne , and every man , woman , and child is judged . _ It is then recorded in the heavenly books that he that is wicked and whose evil deeds have outnumbered the good , shall suffer the penalty of death during the year ;

he whose good and evil deeds are equal , and repents , shall have another lease of life ; and he who has acted with virtue , goodness , and mercy shall live in happiness during the year . On such annually recurring days as last Sunday ( Sabbath and festivals commence and end at sunset ) , after having attended synagogue and before supper begins , the Jewish head of the family says a number of prayers , and ,

following an old Jewish observance handed down from time immemorial , takes a sweet pealed apple , cuts it into as many pieces are there are persons at table , and gives each one a piece ; he then , followed by the rest of the company , dips his portion into a cup of new honey and chants a blessing , and before eating each one says in Hebrew— "To a good year and a sweet one . "

HOLLOWAV s OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Coughs , Influenza . —The soothing properties of these medicaments render them well worthv of trial in all diseases of the lungs . Incommoi colds and influenza the Pills taken internally and the Ointment rubbed externally are exceedingly efficacious . When influenza is epidemic this treatment is easiest , safest , and surest , llolloway ' s Pills ami Ointment

purify the blood , remove all obstructions to its free circulation through the lungs , relieve the overgorged air tubes , and render respiration free without reducing the strength , irritating the nerves or depressing the spirits . Such are the ready means of saving suffering when afflicted with colds , coughs , bronchitis , and other complaints by which so many are seriously and permanently afflicted in most countries , —ADVT ,

Masonic And General Tidings.

Bro . Alderman De Keyser has had his residence in Clapham Park placed in telephonic communication with the City . Bro . Sheriff-elect Higgs and Mrs . Higgs will return on Saturday from Eastbourne to Willenham Park , Barnet .

Bro . Sir John Bennett has given a silver watch as a prize to be competed for by the boys attending the Becmondsey swimming classes at Spa-road . Bro . the Earl of Airlie arrived , last week , at Cortachy Castle from Italy , where he had been to witness

the autumn manoeuvres of the Italian army . Bro . General Lord Wolseley , who had been on leave of absence for about a month , has resumed his duties at the War Office as Quartermaster-General of the Forces .

Bro . Lord Carrington opened the session of the New South Wales Parliament on Tuesday , when his lordship said that the prospects of the colony were full of hope and encouragement . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , who was to have reached London on his return from Denmark on Thursday , is announced to leave for Scotland , where he will visit the

Queen and Bro . the Earl of Fife , to-day ( Friday ) . Bro . Lord Randolph Churchill will visit Newcastle-on-Tyne , on the 22 nd prox ., for the purpose of distributing the prizes to the students of the Science and Art Classes . It is not improbable that his lordship may take the opportunity of delivering a political address .

MUSICAL EDUCATION IN AMERICA . —On Saturday Mr . J . S . Curwen , President of the Tonic Sol-fa College , accompanied by Mrs . Curwen , left Liverpool in the Umbria for a visit to the United States and Canada . Mr . Curwen proposes to study the condition of musical education in the States and the Dominion . He will also deliver a few addresses .

Bro . Henry Irving was entertained at a banquet given in the Fine Art Gallery by the Glasgow Pen and Pencil Club on the 15 th instant . In the course of his speech , in acknowledgment of his health , Bro . living referred to the destruction of the Exeter theatre , and expressed his belief that he cjuld prepare a design for building a theatre which would make it , humanly speaking , absolutely free from risk .

The English church at Copenhagen , to which the Prince of Wales has generously presented a peal of three bells , was consecrated on Saturday last , among the distinguished personages present at the ceremony being the Prince and Princess ot Wales , the Czar and Czarina of Russia , the King and Queen of Denmark , the King and Queen of Greece , the Crown Prince and Princess of

Denmark , Prince Albert Victor and the Princesses Victoria and Maud of Wales , and other members of the Royal and Imperial families of Russia , Denmark , and Greece . After the event , the Prince and Princess of Wales entertained the numerous and illustrious party at luncheon on board the Royal yacht Osborne . The Sheriffs elect are not going West for all

their adornments , as some of those preceding them have done . Of course I presume chariots must come from Coachland , and therefore Messrs . Offard send both Sheriffs ' conveyances . Major Davis very properly orders his liveries from Mr . S . Parnwell , of Queen-street ; his State harness from White and Coleman , of Bishopsgate-street ; his official chain of Mr . Wagstaff , of Bishopsgate-street :

and his official badge of Messrs . Edward , of Cheapside . Mr . Higgs has ordered his liveries from Messrs . Creasy , of London-wall ; his chain and badge of Bro . George Kenning , of Aldersgate-street ; and his State harness from McDougall ' s , of Finsbury Pavement . This is as it should be . All City men and true , and the proceeding shows that the coming Sheriffs will make their first

consideration the welfare of Ihe citizens of the City of London . —The Metropolitan . A Quarterly Communication of the District Grand Lodge of Canterbury , N . Z ., was held at the St . Augustine Masonic Hall , Christchurch , on the 21 st July last . R . W . Bro . H . Thompson , D . G . M ., occupied the chair , and was supported by Bros . W . Deamer , M . D ., P . A . G . D . C .

England , Dep . D . G . M . ; S . Berbidge , D . S . G . W . ; M . Sandstein , D . J . G . W . ; F . J . Smith , D . G . Reg . ; VV . R . Mitchell , D . G . Sec . ; H . Sawbell , D . S . G . D . ; W . T . C . Mills , D . G . D . C ; VV . M . Lyttelton , D . G . S . of W . ; W . B . AlUvright , acting D . G . S . B . ; J . G . S . Scott . D . G . P . ; E . U . Just , D . A . G . D . C ; T . Burns , T , L . Smith , Fred . Rockett , and VV . Walter , D . G . Stwds . ; and R . Stevens ,

D . G . Tyler ; as well as by the representatives of about half the lodges on the roll . Amongst the documents and reports submitted was a subscription list to the Memorial Home , showing contributions amounting to £ " 54 5 s . from nine of the lodges , and a statement from the D . G . Treas . showing the balance in hand to be close on £ 542 . ' The D . G . M . in the few remarks he addressed to District Grand

Lodge drew the attention of the D . G . Officers to their neglect in answering circular letters of invitation , and also impressed upon them the necessity for being more punctual in their attendance , so that the proceedings might commence at the lime appointed . Bro . Hulbeit ' s motion to contribute £ 25 from the funds of the District Grand Lodge towards the Memorial Home—a non-Masonic Charitable

Institution about to be established in the Colony— . was negatived by a considerable majority . The D . G . Secretary was instructed to reply to Victory Lodge , Nelson , on the subject of its proposal to establish a Scholarship for the children of Masons in commemoration of the Queen ' s J ubilee , to the effect that Masonic Scholarships had been established

in the district a few years , but that they had fallen through in consequence of some of the lodges refusing to subscribe , and that , as the scheme for such an establishment would prove unworkable , the District Grand Lodge could not accede to the request of the lodge . The District Grand Lodge was closed with the usual formalities .

FIRE ESCAPE . —A great improvement has been made in window fire escapes by Mr . J . H . Heathman , of 2 , Endell-street , Bloomsbury , who has devised a simple brake on a very light rope , capable of being quickly attached to any bed itead , to lower a whole family withoutloss of valuable time in the hasty moments when the staircase is impassable , through either smoke or flames . Coming so soon after the Exeter calamity , we feel sure our numerous readers will take interest in the invention .

Masonic And General Tidings.

The usual weekly meetings of the Royal Jubilee Lodge of Instruction , No . 72 , will be resumed on Wednesday , the 2 Sth inst ., at the Mitre , Chancery-lane , at eight o ' clock . A fete was given at the Crystal Palace on Saturday in honour of the hundredth anniversary of the adoption nf the American Constitution .

Bro . the Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford have arrived at their residence in Charles-street , St . James ' s , after several weeks' cruise in their yacht . The Marquis of Hartington is entertaining company at Hardwicke Hall , near Chesterfield . The guests are expected to separate to-morrow ( Saturday ) . On Wednesday , being St . Matthew ' s Day , Bro .

the Right Hon the Lord Mayor , accompanied by the Sheriffs and various other civic functionaries , attended divine service at Christ Church , Newgate-street . Bro . Sir E . Baldwin Malet , G . C . B ., H . B . M . ' s Ambassador at Berlin , was to have left that city on a short visit to England on Wednesday , and will afterwards return to his post accompanied by Lady Ermyntrude Malet .

The autumn season of Trinity College , London , will commence on Monday next , when new students will be admitted , and on the following day the inaugural address will be delivered by the Warden , Bro . the Rev . H . G . Bonavia Hunt , Mus . Doc , F . R . S .

Bro . Lord Randolp h Churchill , M . P ., who has been the guest of Bro . Sir G . O . Wombwell , Bart ., at Newburgh Priory during the current week , was present at the Easingwold Agricultural Show on Wednesday , and , at the luncheon , returned thanks for the toast of "The House of Commons . "

The Council of the Society of Arts , in order to encourage art workmanship , have adopted the plan of offering substantial prizes to workmen . The objects may be copies of existing works , modifications , or original works , and the judges will take into account originality or

beauty of design , fitness of treatment , and excellence of workmanship . For the present year substantial prizes are offered in eight classes—painted glass , glass blowing in the Venetian style , enamelled jeweller's work , inlays in wood , lacquer , decorative painting , boakbinding , and renousse and chased work in metal .

John Barker , described as an elderly man of respectable appearance , having no settled residence , was charged at Manchester with obtaining food and lodgings by false pretences . The landlady , having her suspicions , asked the prisoner for some money , but he replied that he

would pay her for the week on the following day , and becoming indignant , he produced a Mason ' c Certificate and asked her was not that sufficient evidence of his respectability . This was certainly very flattering to the Masonic body , but it did not help John Barker out of his difficulty , and he was committed to the Sessions for trial .

The Fifteen Sections will be worked at the Loughborough Lodge of Instruction , Gauden Hotel , Clapham-road Railway Station , on Monday , 24 th prox ., the following being the order of the proceedings , viz . First Lecture—First Section , Bro . Partridge , P . M . 16 S 6 ; Second , Bro . Beavan , J . D . 1963 ; Third , Bro . Esling , J . W . 1321 ; Fourth , Bro . Grover , I . G . 1 S 6 ; Fifth , Bro .

Andrews , Stwd . 19 S 6 ; Sixth , Bro . Walker , P . M . 72 ; and Seventh , Bro . Westley , S . W . 1 S 6 . Second Lecture—First Section , Bro . Folkard , 1963 ; Second , Bro . Coe , P . M . 1339 ; Third , Bro . Johnson , P . M . 1320 ; and Fourth , Bro . Bate , P . M . 72 . Third Lecture—First Section , Bro . Lissimore , 177 ; Second , Bro . Boulton , W . M . 357 ; and Third , Bro . Dawson , P . M . Caxton Lodge .

PRESENTATION . —At a meeting of the South Saxon Lodge , No . 311 , held at the Freemasons' Hall , Lewes , on Wednesday evening , the 21 st instant , his Worship the Mayor of Leves , Bro . Farncombe , P . P . G . S . B ., presented the Master , Bro . George Holman , with a beautiful silver medal , in commemoration of the Queen ' s Jubilee occurring during his year of office , and took

occasion to compliment Bro . Holman on the excellent manner in which he performed the duties of his office . He also expressed a wish to give a similar medal to the lodge , in addition to the many interesting relics already possessed by the lodge , which we need hardly say was accepted by the brethren with every expression of satisfaction , and a

cordial vote of thanks accorded his Worship for the gift . The lodge possesses a very curious old organ , said to have once belonged to Queen Elizabeth , and on Wednesday the musical portion of the service was revived , and given during an initiation with excellent effect . CHAMPAGNES . —We have often wondered what

must be the feelings of a connoisseur in wines when he is told that his favourite vintage , be it of port , of claret , or of champagne , is exhausted , and that no amount of money can procure for him henceforth even a taste of that fine old brand which years long by he had had laid down in his cellars so reverently and tf which he had ever since imbibed so generously and lovingly . Such an announcement to a

patron so noble and so exquisitely discriminating must be indeed terrible , and yet , as a rule , we believe , the connoisseur survives what no doubt he considers at the time a deathblow to his future happiness , and finds in other brands of scarcely inferior merit—if in truth they are inferiorthat ample solace which he so richly merits . There are many old wines that were once celebrated of which nothing

survives but the memory , and this if not the case with one description of wine only , but with all that are calculated to win fame , and then retain it when won . We know it is so with champagnes , and of which we meet with some of rare quality at long intervals , which at once establish themselves in favour with connoisseurs , and which only lose that favour when the supply is exhausted . Such champagnes ,

however , are to be met with , as we have hinted , but rarely , anu in the cellars of the best wine merchants , such as is the house of " Ruisseau Freres , Reims , " whose sole agents in London are Messrs . Brook and Saunders , 2 , Fen-courr , Fenchurch-street . Here are to be had champagnes that will satisfy the most critical taste , and will be found worthy

rivals of the most noted brands of former days , there being , in our humble judgment , nothing more exquisitely flavoure in the way of champagne than iheir " B ; At " and " E Sec" of 1 SS 0 Vintage . We trust the fact will beC f " every day more and more widely known , and that the hr » of which Bro . Col . A . W . O . Saunders , Past U- * " * Madras , is a member , will secure Ihe amount of patronag which they so well deserve ,