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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
BRO . H . LOVEGROVE who ran as an independent candidate for a seat on the Council of the Society of Architects , was placed within six of tbe tcp of the poll . AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE POULTRY SHOW , some Italian Leghorns , the property of Bro . H . Lovegrove , were placed second , third , and fourth by the judges .
MR . EDWIN FOX ( of the firm of Messrs . Edwin Fox 3 nd Bousfield ) , has been elected a director of the Accident Insurance Company , Limited , St . Swithin ' s House , St . Swithin ' s-lane . THE INSTALLATION of the W . M . of the Albert Victor Lodge , No . 232 S , will take place at Freemasons' Hall , St . Saviourgate , York , on the 27 th inst . The W . M . elect is
Bro . Fred . Shann , M . R . C . S ., and thc Installing Master , health permitting , will be Bro . T . B . Whytehead , P . M . BRO . ROBERT C . DRIVER , P . G . D ., has written to Bro . II . Times , the VV . M . of Honour and Generosity Lodge , No . 165 , resigning the Secretaryship of that lodge , a post he has filled for the last 3 S years to the greatest advantage to the lodge . We regret to learn that ill-health is the cause
of his being compelled to resign . Bro . Driver is in his 78 th year . THE V . E . PROV . PRIOR OF DEVON ( Rev . Dr . Lemon , K . C . T . ) purposes holding at Plymouth , to-day ( Friday ) , a Provincial Priory of the Order of Knights Hospitaller of St . John of Jerusalem , Palestine , Rhodes , and Malta , at the Freemasons' Hall , Plymouth . A large attendance of the knights is expected .
AT A MEETING on Friday , the 16 th inst ., of the Eastern Star Lodge , Aberdeen Chapter , No . 1 , the following officebearers were appointed for the ensuing year : Matron , Sister Brewster ; Associate , Sister M'Robbie ; Secretary , Sister Binner ; Treasurer , Sister Will ; Conductress , Sister Merchant ; Associate , Sister Baxter ; Warder , Sister Senior ; Adale , Sister Gibson ; Ruth , Sister Milne ; Esther , Sister Martin ; Martha , Sister Lang ; Electa , Sister Masson ; and Patron , Bro . A . A . Smith .
PEOPLE WHO GRUMBLE at railway unpunctuality should take to heart the remarks made by Air . Lambert , the energetic manager of the Great VVestern Railway , an interestirg interview with whom , showing how he has risen from a comparatively humble position to his present post , appears in the current number of "St . Paul's . " "Those , "
he points out , " who will persist in arriving at a station with huge quantities of luggage just as the train is about to start are the perverse people to whom the inconvenience must be chiefly attributed . " A minute or two lost in tbis way at every station soon makes up the quarterof-an-hour late which causes indignant travellers to write tothe Times .
INEFFICIENT OFFICERS . —Officers of a lodge ( elected or appointed ) who are frequently absent , often late and always unable to properly perform their work , not for want of time or lack of ability , but because of indifference and lack of interest , should not be advanced , nor should the members of a lodge have any compunctions of conscience in refusing to advance Ihem , nor should the Worshipful
Master have any compunctions of conscience in removing them , for incalculably more is due to the interests of the lodge in particular and the Craft in general than the wounding of the feelings of voluntarily inefficient officers . While there are a few inefficient officers , we are glad they are but few , and hope their number will grow beautifully less . —Keystone .
THE RECENT RAINFALL . —Mr . J . H . Steward , of 40 G , Strand , writes as follows : — "When it is ' water , water everywhere , ' it may not be uninteresting to your readers to know something about the rainfall for the past six weeks . I see by reference to the chart kept here that the rain has been registered on 13 out of the 16 days this month , amounting in all to nearly three inches ( 2 . 92 inches ) , and this after a fall of nearly 5 " inches in October
( 5 . 41 inches in actual figures ) . This gives a total of Si inches , with a daily average of nearly two-tenths of an inch since the 5 th October , which is almost unprecedented , at any rate , nearly double that of the same period for last and the preceding year , the total for 1 S 93 being 4-83 inches and 1 S 92 4 * 72 inches . The amount of water represented by the 8 inches of rain is about 174 , 240 gallons , or S 00 tons , per acre . "
FEMALE SCHOOL INSPECTORS . —Bro . George Markham Tweddell , the Cleveland Author , is proposing the appointment of female inspectors for girls' and infants' schools . Bro . Tweddell says : " In our days , when women are competing favourably with men in every sort of learning , surely it is high time that properly educated females were appointed as inspectors of girls' and infants' schools . That
they are at least equall y as able to judge of the moral and mental training uf their own sex , and of infants of both , as males , few will be bold enough to deny ; and they must be better fitted to examine the work of girls in knitting , crocheting , darning , hemming , patching , backstitching , and every variety of needlework , than most men can possibly be . 1 trust that this letter will move some one of more influence than myself to take up the subject , though , as
Elihu , the son of Barachel , lhe Buzite , said over thirty-four cenluiies ago— ' Harken to me ; I alio will show mine opinion , ' —ar . d I will be glad to see others do the same . We have lately , very properly , had some female inspectors of factories appointed . Why not carry the reform into schools and workhouses ? Women are , I sinceiely hope , fast emerging from tbe Oriental degradation to which they have been unjustly subjected in the blundering past , amV are about to become the pioneers of purity and progress in the brighter future . "
ANOTHER BKI . ACH or I ' KOMISI ; CASK .- 1 'lns IS a familiar line in the newspaper * , anil one whirl ) always allract - . the eye . Ami yet , when we conic to read the report , ' how oflen do wc- lind that the case is not very amusing after all . Indeed , considered rk'btJy , Ihe hraikhifr ' nf a promise i . s a very serious matti-r . A
man who is once liuilty ol such an act is never trusted a ^ ain . When we are sull ' c-ring from indigestion , sick headache , or lrom any disorder ot Ihe stomach , why do we Inrn to Holloway ' s I'ilis r Because they promise relief in such cases , and have never yet broken their promise during a trial in all parts of lhe world for nearly sixty years ,
Masonic And General Tidings
THE W ORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF MERCERS have made a second grant of 250 guineas to the building fund of the Church House . THE COMMITTEE of the St . Bride's Youths' Institute , Shoe Lane , has received a donation of £ 25 from Mr . H , Lawson , M . P .
THE RECEIPT has been acknowledged , at Marlboroughstreet , of the sum of £ 20 for the poor-box , under the will of the late Lydia Branch . THE REV . A . P . SIIIRREFF , late Principal at St . John's Divinity School , Lahore , has been appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Rectory of St . Dunstan ' s-inthe . East , and he will reside in the parish .
BRO . J . PASSMORE EDWARDS will preside , and Bro . Archdearon Sinclair , the Rev . E . A . B . Sanders , M . A . ( rector of Whitechapel ) , and the Rev . VV . Hardy Harwood will be the principal speakers at the meeting to be held at the Royal Albert Hall to-morrow ( Saturday ) , in the interests of the Homes for Little Boys , Farningham and Swanley .
ACTORS' BENEVOLENT FUND . —Mr . H . Beerbohm Tree will take the chair at the annual dinner of this fund , to be IHd at the Hotel Metropole , on Wednesday , the 12 th prox . The committee state that the demands upon the fund during the current year have been very heavy , a large number of -aged actresses and actors depending entirely upon the help of the fund for their means of existence .
WE REGRET to note the untimely death of Bro . Walter James Walker , Strand Lodge , No . 19 S 7 , at the early age of 30 years . The deceased was a son of Bro . John Walker , of Southend , True Friendship Lodge , No . 160 , for manv years associated with the Fast of London in trade as a builder and contractor , to which business Bro . Walter
Walker succeeded . He was fortunately unmarried , but deep sympathy is due to his parents , in their sorrow . Bro . W . Walker was widely known , and his genial presence and genuine good qualities had endeared him to a large circle nf friends . He was interred on Thursday , the 15 th inst ., at the East London Cemetery .
OVER 700 telegraph messengers were inspected by the Postmaster-General at the Tower of London on Thursday . The boys , in their winter uniform , with great coats and gaiters , began to muster under command of Lieut .-Col . J . P . MacGregor soon after S . 30 a . m ., and on the bugle sounding the whole battalion was extended for physical drill .
and performed the first four practices in excellent time to the music of the massed bands of the Central Telegraph Office and the various districts . There was also the usual salute in line and a march past in column and quarter column . Mr . Arnold Morley , M . P ., congratulated the boys on their improvement .
THE ANNUAL DANCE of members of the Lodge of United Brethren , No . 346 , of which Bro . John Parkinson is the W . M ., was held in the Exchange Assembly Rooms , Blackburn , on Thursday , the 15 th inst ., and was in every respect a great success . The attendance was large , and
the arragements made for the comfort and convenience of those present were admirable . A programme of 21 dances was gone through , the dancers footing it merrily to the strains ot Mr . Abbott ' s capable orchestra . Bro . William Lamb , P . M ., D C , P . P . G . P ., fulfilled the duties of Master of Ceremonies with more than ordinary care and attention ,
J AMES ANDERSON ROSE . —Marcus Ward and Co ., Limited , announce the early publication , in two volumes , of a further selection of engraved portraits from the collection exhibited by the late James Anderson Rjseattheooening of the New Library and Museum of the Corporation of theCity of London , November , 1872 . Thisselectioncjnsistsof over 100 portraits of celebrated histotical characters ; royalty ,
statesmen , reformers , generals , anists , litterateurs are all represented , and accompanying these portraits are attractively-written biographies , edited by Mr . Gordon Goodwin , who has also furnUhed by way of prefice a very interesting memoir of Mr . Rose . A portrait of Mr . Rose appears as a frontispiece . The first selection appeared in one volume in 1 S 74 , published at nine guineas , but these have long since been sold .
ANTIQUITY . —We are sure we do not despise or underrate antiquity , and so we like to climb mountain heights , though they are cold and barren and often hid in clouds , but we prefer to live in the sunny and fruitful valleys . We think more of Masonry for what it is and is doing to-day , than for what it ever has been or has done in ages pist . Tfere are enough practical , matter-of-fact fellows that will in ist on looking at the date on the half-do'Iar , but we are
reluctant to distmb the illusions that aff jrd so much delight to those who indulge in th ; m , so long as they do not seriously interfere with good work , growth and progress , but when so-called landmarks are set up in the path of reason and justice and sound sense we feel like asserting our minhood and examining these obstructions to see if they are not rejected rubbish from the Temple . —Voice of Masonry .
TRADES TRAINING SCHOOL . —Technical education , the importance of which it would be difficult to overestimate , is at length really making headway in the Metropolis . On Thursday night Sir Henry Roscoe , at the invitation of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters , inspected the Trades Training College , in Great Titchfield-street , and delivered a brief address . The institution in question , which is
assisted by several of the City Guilds , provides practical instruction classes for apprentices and workmen engaged in the London building trades , including such cralts as masonry , carpentry , joinery , wood carving , painting , and so forth , lt was stated by Colonel Bannister Fletcher that there were 1 O 1 pupils , and that the average weekly attendance was avec 200 . Sic Hetwy Ruscoe . said that it was
extremely creditable to the City companies to have devoted so much money towards technical education . 'There was no question of the great need and value of just such instruction now-a-days . It would tend to increase and maintain the high standard of British workmanship . Subsequently , in making the round of the class-rooms , the
visitors expressed much satisfaction at tbe thoroughness of the training being imparted to the students . The drawings in nearly all ot the departments were cleverly executed , and in the carving , bricklayers ' , and decorative painting school-rooms the work was of great excellence , many of the young apprentices showing most marked talent .
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THE PLUCKNETT LODGE , No . 170 S , has rem-wed from The Bald Faced Stag , East Finchley , to Woodside Hail , North Finchley . A MASONIC SERVICE will be held , on Sunday next , a ( St . James ' s Church , East Dulwich Green , at six o ' clock , of which the Rev . P . H . Aitkin , M . A ., is vicar .
BRO . SHERIFF HAND distributed the prizes last week at the close of the annual show of the Stoke Newington Chrysanthemum Society . SEVERAL pieces of needlework by tbe Lady Mayoress are included amongst the 50 , 000 garments included in the exhibition the London Needlework Guild , whose hon . secretary is Mrs . Basil Ellis , is holding at the Imperial Institute , South Kensington .
THE PRIZE GIVEN by the Prince of Wales for competition by members of the Honourable Artillery Company ( of which his Royal Highness is Captain-General ) has been won by Corporal Healy , of No . 6 Company , with 11275 ; 93 points in shooting at Queen ' s ranges , and 2075 allowed for drill .
BRO . F . W . DRIVER , M . A ., P . M ., P . Z ., Stc , author of "The Noble Soul , " "The Submerged City , " "Toujours Perdrix "( fpoems ) , "A Novel Vengeance , " and "TheFour Henries " ( prose ) , recites his original productions at musical entertainments , smoking concerts , & c . For terms , address G 2 , Lancaster-road , Notting Hill , W .
VERY SUCCESSFUL was the cinderella given last week at the Town Hall , Westminster , in aid of the funds of the London Skin Hospital . The Hospital , which was founded in 1 SS 7 by Mr . James Startin , has made rapid progress during its seven years' existence , as indeed is shown by the fact that , whereas during the first year only 725 patients were treated , this number was increased in 1 S 93 to 1400 . During the past 11 mon'hs , 1450 out-patients and 40 inpatients have been treated .
THERE WAS a large gathering in the King ' s Hall at the Holborn Restaurant on Thursday to celebrate the jubilee of the I heulogicalCiillegebelnngingtothe Presbyb-ri ^ nChurch of England , the invitations bring issued by the Social Union connected with ths same religious body in London . Mr . H . M . Matheson traced the history of the college since its foundation , and dwelt with especial satisfaction on the
marvellous growth of the church , possessing as it now does in the southern portion of this country no fewer than 114 congregations , with 4100 , 000 of revenue . Nearly half the pulpits are filled by ministers trained in the college . Similarly have the foreign missions expanded , there being 30 male and 20 female missionaries , most of them engaged
in China . The prospects of the college were declared by the Rev . Oswald Dykes , principal , to be never more hopeful than at present . An agreeable feature of the evening was the presentation of a portrait to Professor Gibb by old students , in recognition of a quarter of a century ' s work , the Rev . Donald Matheson acting as the mouthpiece of the subscribers .
AN AUSTRALIAN PAPER asks and answers several questions affecting the Craft . Is Freemasonry , it asks , an eleemosynary organisation , or a religious sect ? Was it established , and is it supported for the purpose of giving alms , or spreading a religious doctrine ? Certainly , neither the one nor the other . What , then , is it ? It is a social brotherhood , having a social and religious aspect . It is
meant , by bringing the best man of the community together in social intercourse , to elevate their minds , and improve their manners . By bringing all classes of the community together on a basis of social equality it tends to level upwards . It gives men of ordinary calibre and position an opportunity of mixing with the most refined , intelligent , and illustrious in the community . It teaches men that they can have social enjoyment and relaxation without excess . There
is no association in the world which devo-. es so much of its funds to relieving the poor as Freemasonry . Is not that enough for the most fa tidiuus , without railing at those who spend a portion of their time and money in social intercourse ! Once reduce Freemasonry to a soup kitchen alms giving organisation and its doom is sealed . There are many noble institutions which give no alms at all , and yet benefit the human race .
FRUIT GROWING IN AUSTRALIA . —The large hall of the Horticultural College at Swanley ( Swanley Junction ) was well filled on Tuesday evening , the 20 th instant , by a fairly representative audience drawn from the fruit-gro ring community of the district , for the purpose of hearing an illustrated lecture by Bro . James Stevens , representative of the Australian Irrigation Coloniesunder the above title .
, By permission of the governing body of the college , the general public were enabled to share with the students the advantages to be derived from an extremely lucid exposition of the details of the creation and progress of the two large s ; ttlement- ia Victoria and South Australia , known as Mildura and Renmark respectively , now attracting considerable interest in the horticultural world .
The lecturer was intioduced to his audience by Thomis Russell , Esq ., of Stone , who said thatin consequence of the good report which had reached the college as to the series of lectures in the course of delivery at the Crystal Pa ! a <* and elsewhere , it had been thought desriable to aff jrd thi students at Swanley and others interested in fruit culture , an opportunity of learning the nature and characteristics of
the newly-formed Settlements in Australia , and the methods of irrigation pursued ; and to see , through the medium ol the views to be represented , the indisputable results of six years progress , both in regard to the bearing capacity ° ' the trees planted during that period over a most extensive area , and of the towns which had grown up and were nrospering as a result ofthe imoorlant [ enterprise . I '
lelt certain that an attentive consideration would be give " to the lecturer ' s address , and that the lime-light ph "' ° ' views for which he no _ iced , liberal preparation had bten made , vfuuM give liis heaters much satisfaction-Bro . Stevens , who was most cordially received , gave a most interesting account ot the extensive Irnga ion Settlements , which was listened to with the utmost inierest- - occupying more than an hour and a half of quic *
passing time . The lecture was illustrated with a l * ' 6 number of magnificent lantern slides . At the conclusW > the chairman having proposed a vote of thanks to tr lecturer in terms of gteat appreciation , and which »• principal of the college , Mr . Colville Brown , M . K . A . L . ) & c , sior . ded in like manner , a must pkasant and 'n s'ri | . ' live evening terminated amidst many expressions of sal- " faction .
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
BRO . H . LOVEGROVE who ran as an independent candidate for a seat on the Council of the Society of Architects , was placed within six of tbe tcp of the poll . AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE POULTRY SHOW , some Italian Leghorns , the property of Bro . H . Lovegrove , were placed second , third , and fourth by the judges .
MR . EDWIN FOX ( of the firm of Messrs . Edwin Fox 3 nd Bousfield ) , has been elected a director of the Accident Insurance Company , Limited , St . Swithin ' s House , St . Swithin ' s-lane . THE INSTALLATION of the W . M . of the Albert Victor Lodge , No . 232 S , will take place at Freemasons' Hall , St . Saviourgate , York , on the 27 th inst . The W . M . elect is
Bro . Fred . Shann , M . R . C . S ., and thc Installing Master , health permitting , will be Bro . T . B . Whytehead , P . M . BRO . ROBERT C . DRIVER , P . G . D ., has written to Bro . II . Times , the VV . M . of Honour and Generosity Lodge , No . 165 , resigning the Secretaryship of that lodge , a post he has filled for the last 3 S years to the greatest advantage to the lodge . We regret to learn that ill-health is the cause
of his being compelled to resign . Bro . Driver is in his 78 th year . THE V . E . PROV . PRIOR OF DEVON ( Rev . Dr . Lemon , K . C . T . ) purposes holding at Plymouth , to-day ( Friday ) , a Provincial Priory of the Order of Knights Hospitaller of St . John of Jerusalem , Palestine , Rhodes , and Malta , at the Freemasons' Hall , Plymouth . A large attendance of the knights is expected .
AT A MEETING on Friday , the 16 th inst ., of the Eastern Star Lodge , Aberdeen Chapter , No . 1 , the following officebearers were appointed for the ensuing year : Matron , Sister Brewster ; Associate , Sister M'Robbie ; Secretary , Sister Binner ; Treasurer , Sister Will ; Conductress , Sister Merchant ; Associate , Sister Baxter ; Warder , Sister Senior ; Adale , Sister Gibson ; Ruth , Sister Milne ; Esther , Sister Martin ; Martha , Sister Lang ; Electa , Sister Masson ; and Patron , Bro . A . A . Smith .
PEOPLE WHO GRUMBLE at railway unpunctuality should take to heart the remarks made by Air . Lambert , the energetic manager of the Great VVestern Railway , an interestirg interview with whom , showing how he has risen from a comparatively humble position to his present post , appears in the current number of "St . Paul's . " "Those , "
he points out , " who will persist in arriving at a station with huge quantities of luggage just as the train is about to start are the perverse people to whom the inconvenience must be chiefly attributed . " A minute or two lost in tbis way at every station soon makes up the quarterof-an-hour late which causes indignant travellers to write tothe Times .
INEFFICIENT OFFICERS . —Officers of a lodge ( elected or appointed ) who are frequently absent , often late and always unable to properly perform their work , not for want of time or lack of ability , but because of indifference and lack of interest , should not be advanced , nor should the members of a lodge have any compunctions of conscience in refusing to advance Ihem , nor should the Worshipful
Master have any compunctions of conscience in removing them , for incalculably more is due to the interests of the lodge in particular and the Craft in general than the wounding of the feelings of voluntarily inefficient officers . While there are a few inefficient officers , we are glad they are but few , and hope their number will grow beautifully less . —Keystone .
THE RECENT RAINFALL . —Mr . J . H . Steward , of 40 G , Strand , writes as follows : — "When it is ' water , water everywhere , ' it may not be uninteresting to your readers to know something about the rainfall for the past six weeks . I see by reference to the chart kept here that the rain has been registered on 13 out of the 16 days this month , amounting in all to nearly three inches ( 2 . 92 inches ) , and this after a fall of nearly 5 " inches in October
( 5 . 41 inches in actual figures ) . This gives a total of Si inches , with a daily average of nearly two-tenths of an inch since the 5 th October , which is almost unprecedented , at any rate , nearly double that of the same period for last and the preceding year , the total for 1 S 93 being 4-83 inches and 1 S 92 4 * 72 inches . The amount of water represented by the 8 inches of rain is about 174 , 240 gallons , or S 00 tons , per acre . "
FEMALE SCHOOL INSPECTORS . —Bro . George Markham Tweddell , the Cleveland Author , is proposing the appointment of female inspectors for girls' and infants' schools . Bro . Tweddell says : " In our days , when women are competing favourably with men in every sort of learning , surely it is high time that properly educated females were appointed as inspectors of girls' and infants' schools . That
they are at least equall y as able to judge of the moral and mental training uf their own sex , and of infants of both , as males , few will be bold enough to deny ; and they must be better fitted to examine the work of girls in knitting , crocheting , darning , hemming , patching , backstitching , and every variety of needlework , than most men can possibly be . 1 trust that this letter will move some one of more influence than myself to take up the subject , though , as
Elihu , the son of Barachel , lhe Buzite , said over thirty-four cenluiies ago— ' Harken to me ; I alio will show mine opinion , ' —ar . d I will be glad to see others do the same . We have lately , very properly , had some female inspectors of factories appointed . Why not carry the reform into schools and workhouses ? Women are , I sinceiely hope , fast emerging from tbe Oriental degradation to which they have been unjustly subjected in the blundering past , amV are about to become the pioneers of purity and progress in the brighter future . "
ANOTHER BKI . ACH or I ' KOMISI ; CASK .- 1 'lns IS a familiar line in the newspaper * , anil one whirl ) always allract - . the eye . Ami yet , when we conic to read the report , ' how oflen do wc- lind that the case is not very amusing after all . Indeed , considered rk'btJy , Ihe hraikhifr ' nf a promise i . s a very serious matti-r . A
man who is once liuilty ol such an act is never trusted a ^ ain . When we are sull ' c-ring from indigestion , sick headache , or lrom any disorder ot Ihe stomach , why do we Inrn to Holloway ' s I'ilis r Because they promise relief in such cases , and have never yet broken their promise during a trial in all parts of lhe world for nearly sixty years ,
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THE W ORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF MERCERS have made a second grant of 250 guineas to the building fund of the Church House . THE COMMITTEE of the St . Bride's Youths' Institute , Shoe Lane , has received a donation of £ 25 from Mr . H , Lawson , M . P .
THE RECEIPT has been acknowledged , at Marlboroughstreet , of the sum of £ 20 for the poor-box , under the will of the late Lydia Branch . THE REV . A . P . SIIIRREFF , late Principal at St . John's Divinity School , Lahore , has been appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Rectory of St . Dunstan ' s-inthe . East , and he will reside in the parish .
BRO . J . PASSMORE EDWARDS will preside , and Bro . Archdearon Sinclair , the Rev . E . A . B . Sanders , M . A . ( rector of Whitechapel ) , and the Rev . VV . Hardy Harwood will be the principal speakers at the meeting to be held at the Royal Albert Hall to-morrow ( Saturday ) , in the interests of the Homes for Little Boys , Farningham and Swanley .
ACTORS' BENEVOLENT FUND . —Mr . H . Beerbohm Tree will take the chair at the annual dinner of this fund , to be IHd at the Hotel Metropole , on Wednesday , the 12 th prox . The committee state that the demands upon the fund during the current year have been very heavy , a large number of -aged actresses and actors depending entirely upon the help of the fund for their means of existence .
WE REGRET to note the untimely death of Bro . Walter James Walker , Strand Lodge , No . 19 S 7 , at the early age of 30 years . The deceased was a son of Bro . John Walker , of Southend , True Friendship Lodge , No . 160 , for manv years associated with the Fast of London in trade as a builder and contractor , to which business Bro . Walter
Walker succeeded . He was fortunately unmarried , but deep sympathy is due to his parents , in their sorrow . Bro . W . Walker was widely known , and his genial presence and genuine good qualities had endeared him to a large circle nf friends . He was interred on Thursday , the 15 th inst ., at the East London Cemetery .
OVER 700 telegraph messengers were inspected by the Postmaster-General at the Tower of London on Thursday . The boys , in their winter uniform , with great coats and gaiters , began to muster under command of Lieut .-Col . J . P . MacGregor soon after S . 30 a . m ., and on the bugle sounding the whole battalion was extended for physical drill .
and performed the first four practices in excellent time to the music of the massed bands of the Central Telegraph Office and the various districts . There was also the usual salute in line and a march past in column and quarter column . Mr . Arnold Morley , M . P ., congratulated the boys on their improvement .
THE ANNUAL DANCE of members of the Lodge of United Brethren , No . 346 , of which Bro . John Parkinson is the W . M ., was held in the Exchange Assembly Rooms , Blackburn , on Thursday , the 15 th inst ., and was in every respect a great success . The attendance was large , and
the arragements made for the comfort and convenience of those present were admirable . A programme of 21 dances was gone through , the dancers footing it merrily to the strains ot Mr . Abbott ' s capable orchestra . Bro . William Lamb , P . M ., D C , P . P . G . P ., fulfilled the duties of Master of Ceremonies with more than ordinary care and attention ,
J AMES ANDERSON ROSE . —Marcus Ward and Co ., Limited , announce the early publication , in two volumes , of a further selection of engraved portraits from the collection exhibited by the late James Anderson Rjseattheooening of the New Library and Museum of the Corporation of theCity of London , November , 1872 . Thisselectioncjnsistsof over 100 portraits of celebrated histotical characters ; royalty ,
statesmen , reformers , generals , anists , litterateurs are all represented , and accompanying these portraits are attractively-written biographies , edited by Mr . Gordon Goodwin , who has also furnUhed by way of prefice a very interesting memoir of Mr . Rose . A portrait of Mr . Rose appears as a frontispiece . The first selection appeared in one volume in 1 S 74 , published at nine guineas , but these have long since been sold .
ANTIQUITY . —We are sure we do not despise or underrate antiquity , and so we like to climb mountain heights , though they are cold and barren and often hid in clouds , but we prefer to live in the sunny and fruitful valleys . We think more of Masonry for what it is and is doing to-day , than for what it ever has been or has done in ages pist . Tfere are enough practical , matter-of-fact fellows that will in ist on looking at the date on the half-do'Iar , but we are
reluctant to distmb the illusions that aff jrd so much delight to those who indulge in th ; m , so long as they do not seriously interfere with good work , growth and progress , but when so-called landmarks are set up in the path of reason and justice and sound sense we feel like asserting our minhood and examining these obstructions to see if they are not rejected rubbish from the Temple . —Voice of Masonry .
TRADES TRAINING SCHOOL . —Technical education , the importance of which it would be difficult to overestimate , is at length really making headway in the Metropolis . On Thursday night Sir Henry Roscoe , at the invitation of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters , inspected the Trades Training College , in Great Titchfield-street , and delivered a brief address . The institution in question , which is
assisted by several of the City Guilds , provides practical instruction classes for apprentices and workmen engaged in the London building trades , including such cralts as masonry , carpentry , joinery , wood carving , painting , and so forth , lt was stated by Colonel Bannister Fletcher that there were 1 O 1 pupils , and that the average weekly attendance was avec 200 . Sic Hetwy Ruscoe . said that it was
extremely creditable to the City companies to have devoted so much money towards technical education . 'There was no question of the great need and value of just such instruction now-a-days . It would tend to increase and maintain the high standard of British workmanship . Subsequently , in making the round of the class-rooms , the
visitors expressed much satisfaction at tbe thoroughness of the training being imparted to the students . The drawings in nearly all ot the departments were cleverly executed , and in the carving , bricklayers ' , and decorative painting school-rooms the work was of great excellence , many of the young apprentices showing most marked talent .
Masonic And General Tidings
THE PLUCKNETT LODGE , No . 170 S , has rem-wed from The Bald Faced Stag , East Finchley , to Woodside Hail , North Finchley . A MASONIC SERVICE will be held , on Sunday next , a ( St . James ' s Church , East Dulwich Green , at six o ' clock , of which the Rev . P . H . Aitkin , M . A ., is vicar .
BRO . SHERIFF HAND distributed the prizes last week at the close of the annual show of the Stoke Newington Chrysanthemum Society . SEVERAL pieces of needlework by tbe Lady Mayoress are included amongst the 50 , 000 garments included in the exhibition the London Needlework Guild , whose hon . secretary is Mrs . Basil Ellis , is holding at the Imperial Institute , South Kensington .
THE PRIZE GIVEN by the Prince of Wales for competition by members of the Honourable Artillery Company ( of which his Royal Highness is Captain-General ) has been won by Corporal Healy , of No . 6 Company , with 11275 ; 93 points in shooting at Queen ' s ranges , and 2075 allowed for drill .
BRO . F . W . DRIVER , M . A ., P . M ., P . Z ., Stc , author of "The Noble Soul , " "The Submerged City , " "Toujours Perdrix "( fpoems ) , "A Novel Vengeance , " and "TheFour Henries " ( prose ) , recites his original productions at musical entertainments , smoking concerts , & c . For terms , address G 2 , Lancaster-road , Notting Hill , W .
VERY SUCCESSFUL was the cinderella given last week at the Town Hall , Westminster , in aid of the funds of the London Skin Hospital . The Hospital , which was founded in 1 SS 7 by Mr . James Startin , has made rapid progress during its seven years' existence , as indeed is shown by the fact that , whereas during the first year only 725 patients were treated , this number was increased in 1 S 93 to 1400 . During the past 11 mon'hs , 1450 out-patients and 40 inpatients have been treated .
THERE WAS a large gathering in the King ' s Hall at the Holborn Restaurant on Thursday to celebrate the jubilee of the I heulogicalCiillegebelnngingtothe Presbyb-ri ^ nChurch of England , the invitations bring issued by the Social Union connected with ths same religious body in London . Mr . H . M . Matheson traced the history of the college since its foundation , and dwelt with especial satisfaction on the
marvellous growth of the church , possessing as it now does in the southern portion of this country no fewer than 114 congregations , with 4100 , 000 of revenue . Nearly half the pulpits are filled by ministers trained in the college . Similarly have the foreign missions expanded , there being 30 male and 20 female missionaries , most of them engaged
in China . The prospects of the college were declared by the Rev . Oswald Dykes , principal , to be never more hopeful than at present . An agreeable feature of the evening was the presentation of a portrait to Professor Gibb by old students , in recognition of a quarter of a century ' s work , the Rev . Donald Matheson acting as the mouthpiece of the subscribers .
AN AUSTRALIAN PAPER asks and answers several questions affecting the Craft . Is Freemasonry , it asks , an eleemosynary organisation , or a religious sect ? Was it established , and is it supported for the purpose of giving alms , or spreading a religious doctrine ? Certainly , neither the one nor the other . What , then , is it ? It is a social brotherhood , having a social and religious aspect . It is
meant , by bringing the best man of the community together in social intercourse , to elevate their minds , and improve their manners . By bringing all classes of the community together on a basis of social equality it tends to level upwards . It gives men of ordinary calibre and position an opportunity of mixing with the most refined , intelligent , and illustrious in the community . It teaches men that they can have social enjoyment and relaxation without excess . There
is no association in the world which devo-. es so much of its funds to relieving the poor as Freemasonry . Is not that enough for the most fa tidiuus , without railing at those who spend a portion of their time and money in social intercourse ! Once reduce Freemasonry to a soup kitchen alms giving organisation and its doom is sealed . There are many noble institutions which give no alms at all , and yet benefit the human race .
FRUIT GROWING IN AUSTRALIA . —The large hall of the Horticultural College at Swanley ( Swanley Junction ) was well filled on Tuesday evening , the 20 th instant , by a fairly representative audience drawn from the fruit-gro ring community of the district , for the purpose of hearing an illustrated lecture by Bro . James Stevens , representative of the Australian Irrigation Coloniesunder the above title .
, By permission of the governing body of the college , the general public were enabled to share with the students the advantages to be derived from an extremely lucid exposition of the details of the creation and progress of the two large s ; ttlement- ia Victoria and South Australia , known as Mildura and Renmark respectively , now attracting considerable interest in the horticultural world .
The lecturer was intioduced to his audience by Thomis Russell , Esq ., of Stone , who said thatin consequence of the good report which had reached the college as to the series of lectures in the course of delivery at the Crystal Pa ! a <* and elsewhere , it had been thought desriable to aff jrd thi students at Swanley and others interested in fruit culture , an opportunity of learning the nature and characteristics of
the newly-formed Settlements in Australia , and the methods of irrigation pursued ; and to see , through the medium ol the views to be represented , the indisputable results of six years progress , both in regard to the bearing capacity ° ' the trees planted during that period over a most extensive area , and of the towns which had grown up and were nrospering as a result ofthe imoorlant [ enterprise . I '
lelt certain that an attentive consideration would be give " to the lecturer ' s address , and that the lime-light ph "' ° ' views for which he no _ iced , liberal preparation had bten made , vfuuM give liis heaters much satisfaction-Bro . Stevens , who was most cordially received , gave a most interesting account ot the extensive Irnga ion Settlements , which was listened to with the utmost inierest- - occupying more than an hour and a half of quic *
passing time . The lecture was illustrated with a l * ' 6 number of magnificent lantern slides . At the conclusW > the chairman having proposed a vote of thanks to tr lecturer in terms of gteat appreciation , and which »• principal of the college , Mr . Colville Brown , M . K . A . L . ) & c , sior . ded in like manner , a must pkasant and 'n s'ri | . ' live evening terminated amidst many expressions of sal- " faction .