Masonic And General Tidings.

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .

The Fishmongers' Company have voted 25 guineas , and the Salters' Company 10 guineas , to the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital . The ball which is to be given in aid of the London Flower Girls' Guild will take place on Tuesday , the 12 th prox ., and not on Friday , the 6 th ( Twelfth Night ) . Bro . Sir Algernon Borthwick , M . P ., took the chair at the

meeting which was held in the Great Hall of King ' s College on Tuesdav , and distributed the prizes won by the successful pupils of King ' s College School . Bro . the Earl of Onslow has made remission of 15 per cent , on the last half-year ' s rents to all the old tenants on his Clandon Park Estate , Surrey , and of from 10 to 5 per tent , to those who have recently taken farms .

We regret to hear that Capt . the Hon . Ronald Greville , eldest son of Bro . Lord Greville , is dangerously ill of typhoid fever . The disease , however , is running a normal course , and the patient ' s strength is well maintained . The Registrar-General ' s returns show that in London during last week the death-rate was 19 . 4 per 1000 , but though this is higher than the previous return , the Metropolis is healthy , the deaths being 170 below the average .

The Duke and Duchess of Teck and the Princess Victoria Mary and Prince Adolphus concluded their visit to the Duke and Duchess of Westminster at Eaton Hall on Saturday last , and returned to London by the Irish Mail . The last Cabinet Council before Christmas was held in Downing-strcet on Saturday morning , when amongst the Minsters who attended were Bro . Lord Herschell ( Lord Chancellor ) , Bro . the Right Hon . G . J . Shaw-Lefevre , and Bro . Sir George D . Trevelyan , Bart .

A conference was held under the presidency of the Lord Alayor at the Alansion House , on Saturday last , for the purpose of electing a Committee to organise cycle and athletic sports in behalf of the medical charities which are benefited by the Saturday Hospital Fund .

Thanks to the liberality of the Queen , and Lords Strafford , Brownlow , Bute , Lichfield , Coleridge , the Baroness Burdett-Coutts , and others , there will be a fine collection of Italian , Flemisb , Dutch , and English pictures at the forthcoming winter exhibition of the Royal Academy .

A Committee has been formed for the purpose of affording relief to the only son of the late Michael Balfe , who was recently found in a refuge in a state of the deepest distress . Among those who have already given in their names being Bros . Sir Arthur Sullivan , Sir Augustus Harris , Col . j . H . Alapleson , and G . A . Sala .

Lady Borthwick opened the exhibition and sale of work made by members of " The Children ' s Salon , " for the purpose of endowing cots in children ' s hospitals , at the New Lyiic Club , St . James ' s-street , on Tuesday afternoon , a very attractive programme of vocal and instrumental music be ng provided by Sir Joseph Barnby .

The Queen , with the Princess Henry of Battenberg and her children , and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court , left Windsor for Osborne early on Saturday morning , and , after crossing the Solent in the Royal Yacht Alberta , reached her destination in the afternoon . The Crurt will remain in the Isle of Wight till the middle of February , and then return to Windsor , which she will leave for Florence about the 15 th or 16 th March .

The Prince of Wales presided at the dinner of the Norfolk Aitillery , which was held at the Hotel AIe tropolc on Monday evening . Among the officers present were Bros . Col . Lord Suffield , Lieut .-Lol . Sir F . G . Boileau , and Alajor Sir VV . H . B . ffolkes In the course of the evening the Prince on behalf of himself as Hon . Colonel of the Regiment and the other officers , presented a massive silver vase to Bro . Lord Suffield on his retirement from the command of the corps after 26 years' service .

The Prince of Wales , accompanied by the Duke of York , presided at the final meeting of the Commissioners of the late Royal Naval Exhibition . According to the report , which was read b y Admiral Sir William Dowell , the surplus proceeds , amounting to £ 47 , 000 , had been invested so as to produce a yearly income of £ 1440 . The Prince pointed out that the Committee would only be able , out of so small an

income , to make small monthly grants to the widows and orphans of seamen and marines for a limited period , and gratuities in cases of urgency . A Committee was accordingly formed for distributing the funds next year , and his Royal Highness expressed the hope that now a beginning had been made , the public would come forward and make substantial contributions .

In the City Press of the 17 th inst ., we noticed that Bro . Capt . T . C . Walte , presided at the 152 nd winter dinner of the Tradesmen ' s Club , which was held at the Holborn Restaurant on the 15 th inst . There was a large attendance of distinguished Corporators and others . Amongst the members and guests were Bros . A . C Morton , C . C , ALP ., P . M . ( Vice-President ); Alderman W . P . Trcloar . Denutv

G . Alanners , F . S . A .. C . C , P . M . ; II . B . Marshall , C . C , J . P ., P . G . Treas . ; T . Wildash , C . C . ; T . A . Woodbridge , C . C , P . M ., P . P . G . R . ; IS . Turner , C . C , P . M .-, John Lobb . CC , A 1 . L . S . B . ; S . Weingott , C . C ; W . Wellsitian , C . C , P . M . ; T . Anstey , T . Simpson , P . AI . ; H . J . I . ardner , P . AL , P . P . G . D . C ; H . Bennett , E . S . I . ardner , P . AL ; W . J . Gaze , P . AL ; J . Fortescue , S . AMertonH .

Eskell-, Paget , W . Pitman . H . Webber , and others . Air . Deputy J . T . Bedford (** Robert" ) , was also present . The musical arrangements were in the able hands of Bro . Egbert Roberts , P . M . This club , one of the oldest in London , has numbered and still possesses amongst its members manv citizens distinguished in law , medicine , science , and literature .

A GOOD PLAN . —The Eleventh Annual Edition ol Explanatory Book , sent free , gives valuable and reliable information how to operate successfully in Stocks and Shares and obtain handsome profits . —Address , Geo . Evans and Co ., Stockbrokers , 11 , Poultry , London , E , C

Masonic And General Tidings.

Messrs . Lindsay , Greenfield , and Masons , solicitors , announce their removal from S 4 , Basinghall-street , to 6 , Old Jewry , a few doors from Cheapside . In accordance with a request which has been found among his papers , the remains of Sir Richard Owen will be

interred beside those of his wife , in Ham Churchyard , the funeral taking place this ( Friday ) afternoon , at 3 p . m . On learning the death of the great anatomist , Sir Richard Owen , the Queen , the Prince of Wales , and the Princess Mary Duchess of Teck forwarded telegrams of sympathy to the family of the deceased , who was in his Sgth year .

In addition to the list of special missioners at the _ forthcoming Manchester and Salford General Church Mission , announced some time ag'o , Bro . the Rev . R . W . P . Circuitt , Rector of St . Luke ' s , Heywood , will conduct the mission at St . Gabriel ' s , Hulme .

The New Year ' s entertainment to the 2000 children attending the Ward Schools of FarringdonWithoutwill , by permission of the Corporation , take place in the Guildhall , on Tuesday , the icth prox ., and the Lord Alayor has accepted an invitation to be present .

By her Majesty ' s command , 500 copies of "The Queen s Letter to the Nation " have been forwarded to the Alayor of Portsmouth , who has distributed them among the patients in the Royal Portsmouth Hospital , and other similar institutions in the town .

The Lord Mayor distributed the prizes awarded by the London Chamber of Commerce to the successful students at the recent examination , and in doing so , expressed the hope that he should soon find City counting-houses once again , as of old , filled by English clerks .

The list of Vice-Patrons of the Civil Service Benevolent Fund , which was established about seven years ago in order to render aid to the widows and orphans of deceased Civil Servants , under the patronage of the Queen , has recently been strengthened by the addition of Air . Gladstone and Bro . Sir George Trevelyan , Bart ., who have each of them contributed donations to the Fund .

There are now 106 annuitants on the roll of the annuity branch of the Fund of Scottish Alasonic Benevolence receiving annually £ 1115 . The free income of the Grand Lodge for the past year was £ 13 S 0 , and one-half of this—£ 6 go—will be placed at the disposal of the Annuity Board . A similar sum falls to be capitalised . During last year JCIOS was paid in annuities .

The sale of the Duke of Alarlborough's collection of orchids at Blenheim commenced on Monday , and was continued during the three following days . The Earls of Wilton and Pembroke , and Bros . Lord Wantage and the Earl of Cork were among those who sent representatives , and the trade was also represented . Good prices generally were realised , and the proceeds of the first day ' s sale amounted to about JCIOOO .

The Duke of Connaught visited Bournemouth on Monday and having formally opened the Cornelia wing of the Royal Victoria Hospital , which was founded as a memorial of the Queen s Jubilee , and visited the Cairns Memorial Home , he distributed the prizes in the Royal Theatre to the Volunteers . Subsequently his Royal Highness inaugurated the Royal Boscombe Arcade , the town being gaily decorated , and the pleasure grounds brilliantly illuminated in honour of the occasion .

On the evening of the ifith instant , at a meeting at Greenock of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 175 , Bro . Dugald Al'lnnes , P . M ., was presented by the brethren with his portrait in oil ( to be hung in the lodge ) , as a recognition of his valuable services during a period of five years in the chair . The presentation was made by Bro . James Ried , P . D . AL , of Monlode . Air . Young , of Edinburgh , was the

artist , and he has succeeded in painting a very life-like portrait . Alessrs . Partridge and Cooper , "The Stationers , " igi and 192 , Fleet-street , and 1 ami 2 , Chancery-lane , must be congratulated upon the very effective show they have made in Christmas presents and New Year ' s gifts , which is one of the best in Fleet-street , deserving really more than

passing remark . The innumerable , tasty , and really useful articles arc far too numerous to individualise ; but we might call special attention to their large selection of purses , writing-cases , gold and silver pencil cases , Japanese and Chinese goods , & c , & c . Their diaries for 1 S 93 , of which they have by far the largest selection of every size , style , and binding , must be seen to form any idea of the

variety they publish . Having been established upwards of 50 years , the quality of the stationery supplied by this firm , together with their moderate prices , must be known to all . OHSTRIXTINC FREEMASONS' HALL . —William Hughes and Company ( Limited ) , 37 , Drury-lane ; Henry Hanson , New-yard , Great Queen-street ; and L . Spackman , of the same address , appeared at Bow-street , on Monday last ,

charged with causing an obstruction . Mr . Jones appealed on behalf of the St . Giles ' s Board of Works , and Air . Moore defended . It was alleged that the defendants , who kept horses and carts , had turned their coach-houses into stables , and allowed their carts , of which they had many , to stand in New-yard , Great Queen-street . The offices of the Grand Lodge abut on New-yard , and it was contended that

the defendants caused serious obstruction by placing their carts in close proximity to the office door , thus blocking up a special means of exit from the Grand Hall in case of fire . Bro . Henry Sadler , Grand Tyler , and other witnesses gave evidence showing that a great deal of obstruction was caused by defendants' vans . Bro . Peter de Lande Long , solicitor to

the Grand Lodge , stated that in consequence of defendants ' actions the fire exits from the Freemasons' Hall were perfectly useless . Mr . Vaughan , after hearing further evidence , said it was quite evident that the yard was a public place , and obstruc ions of this kind could not be tolerated . He adjourned the case until Wednesday to enable the parties to come to an arrangement .

HOLLOWAY ' S PILLS AMI OINTMINT . —Dyspepsia , Jaundice . — These complaints are the rcMHts ol' a disordered liver , which secretes bile , in < in ; ility nr ( pianl ' ity incapable of diu'eslin ^ food . Digestion requires a free flow of healthy bile , to ensure which Hollnway ' s I'ilU and Uhnment have tontf been famous , far eclipsing every other medicine . food , irregularity of living ,

climates , and other caus > cs are constantly throwing lhe liver into disorder , lint that important ore , au can , under all circumstance * , soon he regulated and healthily adjusted by llolluway s fills and Ointment , which act directly upon its vital secretion . The Ointment , rubbed on the skin , penetrates immediately to the liver , whose blood and nerves it rectifies . One trial is all that is needed ; a cure will soon follow , —ADVT ,

Masonic And General Tidings.

A handsome solid silver two-candle reading lamp is to be presented to her Royal Highness Princess Marie of Edinburgh by the Plymouth Division of the Royal Marine Light Infantry on the occasion of her marriage . Among the Marquis and Marchioness oE Londonderry ' s house party at Wynyard Park during the present week was Bro . the Earl of Alarch and the Ladies Lennox , Bros , the Earl of Dunraven , and Viscount Helmsley .

Professor Shuttleworth was the chairman on Tuesday afternoon at a meeting that the members of the Church and Stage Guild held at the Rectory , Lambeth-hill . Canon Benham was numbered amongst the company . The Duchess of Connaught has graciously consented to become a patroness of the concert which will be given at the Westminster Town Hall , on the 6 th February , iSg-i in aid of the Grosvenor Hospital for Women and Children '

We have been asked to state that the historical sketch of Lodge Unanimity , No . 2 S 7 , which was lately reviewed in our columns , can be obtained from Bro . James Cookson Field House , Stockport , at 2 s . for paper-bound copies , and 2 s . fid . in cloth .

The members of the Coleridge Lodge , No . 1750 , have unanimously elected Bro . A . B . Wickenden , S . W ., as W . M . for the ensuing year . The installation ceremony will take place on the 16 th prox . Bro . T . Barnes has been unanimously re-elected Treasurer .

ROSICRUCIAN SOCIETY . —Bro . T . C . Walls , P . AI . of the Aletropolitan College , has received the Honorary IX . grade from the A 1 . W . Supreme Alagus , in recognition of his long and valuable services to the Society . Bro . Walls nas earned the reputation of havingintroduced more nsw members than any other frater in the Society .

Statements that were made on Wednesday at the distribution of prizes by the Duke of Fife show that about 7000 students attended the Polytechnic , Regent-street , every week , while the nightly attendance is about 3000 . There are in all 500 classes a-week in So different subjects , including 20 different trades . In the various day schools there are Son students , while there are nearly 40 sections connected with the social part of the institute .

The following have been the engagements for the two weeks ending December 24 th at the Great Eastern Hotel , Liverpool-street , E . C .: December 13 th , Clapton Mark Lodge , No . 1315 , meeting and dinner , Hamilton Room ; 14 th , St . Leonard's Lodge , No . 1766 , installation meeting and banquet , Hamilton Room ; Mr . Kaufman ' s Party ,

Pompean Room ; and Mr . Arthur Ransom ' s Christmas Party , Netherfield Room ; 15 th , Forest Ramblers' Soiree ; and Clapton Lodge , emergency meeting and banquet . 1 fith , Clapton Lodge of I nstruction and GreshamlChora ! Union , Bohemian Concert ; 20 th , High Cross Alark Lodge , No . 2 S 4 , installation meeting and banquet ; and 23 rd , Clapton Lodge of Instruction .

For the ifith time the pupils of the Datchelor Collegiate School for Girls called around them their circle of friends and relatives for the Christmas entertainment . From the ranks of her 400 girls Aliss Rigg , the principal , made a selection of performers to sustain the reputation of the school in a programme consisting of part-songs by a choir nnmbering 70 members , pianoforte solos and concertos ,

and scenes from classic drama . Alisses Lea and Watson's Rondo for two pianos and the part-song " 1 omt , sisters , come" ( . Mackenzie ; were well received ; but the most popular sections of the entertainment were the aptlyselected dramatic episodes . The novel information derived from the class of girls under examination in Act II . of " School " immensely pleased the hearers .

Bro . Chas . F . Passmore , Prov . G . Org ., has issued the following circular to the Mark Masons of Surrey : " Dear Sir and brother , —It is proposed to form a lodge of instruction for the Alark Degree , at the Alasonic Hall , Woking , the meetings to be held on the second and third Tuesday in each month , except June , July , and August , at 7 p . m . The R . W . Prov . Grand Master , Col . Noel Money , has

expressed his most hearty approval and co-operation , and the Prov . Grand Sec , Bro . A . H . Bowles , has kindly consented to act as Preceptor . The Annual Subscription will not exceed 5 s ., with 2 s . Cd . Entrance Fee . I leel sure that the proposition will meet with your approval , and shall be obliged if you will sign the accompanying form and return it to me . "

Of those upon whom her Majesty has bee . i graciously pleased to confer the Volunteer Ollicers' Decoration , there are 11 present and past ollicers of the 1 st Surrey Rifles . Considering that this regiment has an establishment of only six companies , this appears a very large proportion . Of the 11 officers decorated , no less than nine are members ol our ancient Fratern ty , viz .: Bros . Col . A . L . Irvine , P . M .

171 , 1216 , & c ; Lieut .-Col . C H . Nevill , P . AL 121 O ; Lieut .-Col . T . B . Wire , P . M . 171 ; Major G . H . N . Bridges , P . M . 772 , 121 ' i , and 166 9 ; Alajor J . P . Probert , P . M . Grand Stewards' Lodge , and No . . S ; Alajor T . F . Easterbrook , S . D . 1216 ; Major A . S . Fletcher , i 2 ifi ; Captain P . Clay , 1216 ; and burgeon-Captain C Swabey-Smith , P . M ., & c . We doubt wnether any regiment can show a better record for the Queen and for the Craft .

The following is the Christmas programme at the Empire Theatre of Varieties : Aliss Lucy Clarke , ballad vocalist ; Brothers Webb , musical clowns and eccentrics ; Carl Hertz , with a new illusion ; Derouvillc and Nancy , from the frolics Bergere ; Brothers Avone , eccentric bar act ; R , G . Knowles , the very peculiar American comedian ; Bessie Bonehill , serio-comic ; Montrose Troupe , acrobats ;

Brooks and Duncan , negro comedians ; Peggy Pryde , serio-comic ; Selbini Troupe , bicyclists ; Semmel ' s Hungarian Sextette of singers and dancers . Also , the two celebrated ballets , " Versailles" and " Round the Town , with tne following world-famed dancers : Signorina Luigia Cerale , Mdlle . Emma Palladino , Signor Elia , bignor Vincenti , Mr . Willie Warde , Mdlle . Bettina de Sortis , and Signorina Alalvina Cavallazzi , Young lady artist , daughter of Exhibitor at the Royal 2

Academy , artistically colours photographs : Cartes , is ., s ., cabinets , 2 s ., 3 s . od . Photographs enlarged up to life-size , and finisned in oils , water colour , or monochrome . Ivory miniatures faithtully reproduced from photographs , and most delicately painted . Special care taken with the colouring of regalia . Highest testimonials from nobility , & c—Mabel Vernon , Craven House , lieaconsfield-road , New Southgate , N ,