Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS . —George Kenning and Son ' s Manufactory and Show Rooms , i , 2 , 3 , 31 , 3 b , 4 , Little Britain , 195 , 10 / 5 , and 197 , Aldersgate-street , E C , will be closed on Monday and Tuesday , the 26 th and 27 th inst ., and reopsn on Wednesday , the 2 SU 1 inst . WITH REGRET we learn of the indisposition of Bro . R . D . M . Littler , O . C ., C . B ., P . Dep . G . Registrar . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF FIFE left town on Saturday for Brighton , whence they proceeded on Wednesday to Sandringham for Christmas .

THE CONVALESCENT HOME erected at Heme Bay for the members of fuendly societies will be opened by the donor , Bro . J . Passmore Edwards , in May . LORD AND LADY FARQUHAR have returned to the Metropolis from Knowsley , where they have been amongst the guests of Bro . the Eirl and Countess of Djrby . BRO . VISCOUNT WOLSELEY , the Commander-in-Chief , made his usual half-yearly inspection of the cadets at the Royal Military College , Sandhurst , on Wednesday .

THE GERMAN EMPEROR has , through the German Embassy , sent a donation of 300 marks ( £ , 15 ) to the president of the German Trades Club , East-road , City-road , E . C . HER GRACE THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH distributed prizes to the pupils attendin ? the Oxford High Schools for Girls in the hall of Balliol College before a large and infi lential attendance .

THE WEST INDIAN FAMINE FUND . —The Mansion House Fund for the relief of the sufferers by the great hurricane in the West Indies amounts to , ( , 44 , 900 . This fund is practically closed . H . R . H . THE PRINCESS OF WALES , accompanied by Princess Victoria , left Marlborough House on Monday evening for Sandringham . Miss Knotlys and General Sir Dighton Probyn were in attendance .

A SUM OF £ 100 was realised for the Royal Hospital for Incurables as the result of the reading of Dickens ' s " Christmas Carol" by Bro . Sir Squire Bancroft , at the Town Hall , Wandsworth , a few days ago . THE ROYAL FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM . —Bro . Sir John B . Monckton ( the Town Clerk ) presided on Monday of last week at the Cannon-street Hotel over the annual court of guardians of the Royal Female Orphan Asylum , situate at Beddington .

A LOT of choice polled Scots bullocks , bred by her Mijjsty the Queen on the Home Farm , Abergeldie Mains , near Balmoral , were exhibited at Harrod's Stores ( Limited ) last Monday . This is the first consignment ever sent t j London for sale by her Majesty . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK left York House on Monday afternoon , and proceeded by the Great Northern Railway to Hatfield , whence they drove to Brocket Hall , on a visit to Lord Mount Stephen . Th : ir Royal Highnesses will go to Sandringham for Christmas .

SIR W . B . RICHMOND says that all the workmen engaged on the mosaics at St . Paul ' s are Englishmen , with one exception , and he is a naturalised British subject . In reference to their work , he says that Italy at her best cinnot show finer mosaics thai there are in St . Paul's . THE QUEEN went out on Monday morning , atten led b y the Hon . Bertha Lambart , while " her Majesty the Empress Fredjric , accompinied by her Royal Highness Princess Henry of Battenberg , went to Carisbrooke Castle and inspected the collection of work made by the ladies of the Isle of Wight Guild , of which the Princess is president .

KING OSCAR OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY has been a Freemason for 50 years , and he has just celebrated that jubilee . Soms time a ? o at a big gathering of brethren at the Albert Hall the King was present , and the H . R . H . Prince of Wales told the assembled company how , through the example of his Majesty , he had himself become one of the Brotherhood . King Oscar is njt quite 70 years ot ag :, so he became a Mason at a very early age .

A MASONIC FESTIVAL will be helJon Sundiy evening , Januiryl 2 gth next , in the Kingsland Congregational Church , High-street , KinjslanJ , N . ( thre j minutes from Dalston Junction ) . A special dispensation his been granted by the M . W . G . M . for brethren to wear Masonic clothing , anl the service will be held uni : r the bannsr of the Clissold Lodge ( Bro . A . F . Cooper , W . M . );

THE DUCHHSS OF SUTHERLAND presided at Stafford House on Saturday afternoon last over a large meeting of ladies for the purpose of formulating a scheme on behalf of the special appeal of the Charing-crpss HispiUl fir a greit biz ar next June , which it is hoped to make one of the events of the season . Among those present were Countess Hatzfeldt . Countess Carrington , the Countess of Chesterfield , Julia M wcnioness oiTweeddale , Lady Hillin ^ don , Lady de Lisle , Lady Cunard . Mrs . Rmaids , Mrs . Hiifa . Williams , Mrs . Elphinston Maitland , Mrs . Arthur Pag-it , Mrs . Labouchere , and Mrs . Clement Scott .

H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES presided at a meeting at Marlboroujh H J ise on Tuesday morning to promote the objects of the National Association for the Prevention cf Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis . His Royal Highness afterwards took the chair at a meeting of the General Council of the Prince of Wales ' s Hospital Fund for London , while in the afternoon he attended in Curzon Chapel , May fair , the funeral service for Bro . Christopher Sykes . Commander the Hon . Seymour Fortescue and Bro . Sir F . Knollys were in attendance .

THE CHRISTMAS "FREEMASON . " —Mr . George Kenning , tfie proprietor of the Freemason , has published an excellent Christmas special number of the Freemason . The frontispiece is typical of the loyalty of the Craft to the Crown—Britannia in the act of placing the laurel wreath upon th » crowned head of her Majesty the Queen . There is > n interesting summary of Freemasonry in 18 9 8 , in the course of which reference is made in the Craft portion to the opening and dedication of the new Masonic Hall at Blyth . Reference is made to the new lodges and the new chapter consecrated in

Northumberland ; the Benevolent Funds of the Province of Durham . Portraits of the M . W . G . M . of Ireland , the M . W . G . M . and Grand Secretary of Scotland , illustrated account of a three-century old Scottish Masonic document by D . Murray Ljon , Grand Secretary Scotland ; and other Masonic lore , are of particular interest to Masons , as well as the diiry tf lhe year's Mssonic events . "The Legend of Dead Man's Wocd , " by T . C . Wills ; "The Four Heniies , " by Prof . F . W . Driver ; an article upon the English Masonic Rite , by W . J . Hughan , P . G . D ., and other literary contents make up a very good Christmas number . —Newcastle Dail y Journal .

Masonic And General Tidings.

BRO . THE EARL OK ONSLOW left town for Paris on Wednesdiy . BRO . THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF WARWICK will join the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland ' s party at Trentham for Christmas . THE DUKE OF RICHMOND AND GORDON arranged to leave London on Thursday for Goodwood , Ch ichester , where he will spend Chiistmas . THE ARTICLE CLUI > . — The next dinner of the Article Club will be held on the 4 th prox ., when Lord Suffield , the club ' s president for iSgg , will occupy the chair .

PRINCESS LOUISE MARCHIONESS OF LORNE and the Marquis of Lome , M . P ., will proceed to Osborne to-diy ( Friday ) to spend Christmas and the New Year with the Queen . BRO . SIR MATTHEW AND THE HON . LADY WHITE RIDLEY have arranged to spend Christmas at Cassiobury Park , Watford , and afterwards proceed to Blagdon , Northumberland .

THE DUCHESS OF YORK has forwarded to the Norwich Jenny Lind Infirmary for Sick Children a quantity of toys sent through her Royal Highness by a number of Keiv children and other friends . BRO . LORD BURTON returned to town on Wednesday from Brighton , where he has been spending a few days . In the afternoon he lift London for Rangemore Hall , Burton-upon-Trent .

HIS MAJESTY KING OSCAR OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY has conferred upon Mr . Frederick G . Jackson , the Arctic explorer , the decoration of Knighthood of the First Class of the Royal Order of St . Olaf . THE CHURCH CONGRESS . —The Corporation of London have decided to give a conversazione in Guildhall on the occasion of the meeting of the Church Congress in London next year . About 3100 guests will be invited .

FIRST AMONG the various charities of the metropolis to hold its Christmas entertainment has been the Stainer Home for Deaf and Dumb Children , which had a tea and treat on Saturday night last at St . Michael ' s Schools , Star-street . THE CHIEF RABBI consecrated , on the iSth instant , the Clara Baroness de Hirsch Home , Tudor House , Hampstead , the freehold of which has been purchased for £ 16 , 000 by the Baroness , who is the president of the institution , and has also fully endowed it .

THE LORD MAYOR ( Bro . Sir ] . V . Moore ) has received £ 19 , 700 in aid of the Sirdar ' s Fund forthe foundation and endowment of theGirdon Memorial College at Khartoum . This i < in addition to the large sums remitted to Lord Kitchener himself at Messrs . Glyn ' s Bank , where the bulk of the fund has been raised . THE DUCHESS OF WESTMINSTER on Tuesday evenin ? distributed the prizes gained by the successful students at Chester Science and Art and Technical School .

Her Grace was accompanied by the Duke of Westminster and Princess Adolphus of Teck , and the attendince also included the Earl of Crewe and Mr . Samuel Moss , M . P . AMONGST THOSE PRESENT at the funeral of the late Lord Vernon at Sudbury , on Tuesday , were the three children , Hon . Frances Vernon , Hon . George Vernon ( who succeeds to the title ) , and Hon . Francis Vernon , with other members of the family ; Bro . Sir Thomas Roe , Bro . Gretton , M . P . ; Lord Waterpark , Bro . H . C . Okeover , and many others .

PREVIOUS TO HIS DEPARTURE for the Continent , the Lord Chief Justice entertained at dinner , at the Reform Club , a number of the Judges , including the Lord Chancellor ( Bro . the Earl of Halsbury ) and the Master of the Rolls , a number of the members of the Bar , including the Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General , and also the Hon . Bourke Cockran , of the New York Bar .

H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES honoured Thomas McLean ' s Galleries , in the Haymarket , with a visit on Wednesday , to view the picture "The Charge of the 21 st Lancers at Omdurman , '" by R . Caton Woodville . Subsequently , the Prince of Wales received his Exctllency Monsieur Cambon on his appointment as Ambassador to the Court of St . James from the French Republic .

THEIR MAJESTIBS the Queen and Empress Frederic , accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Henry of Battenberg , with their Highnesses Princess Victoria Eugenie and the three young Princes of Battenberg , and the Ladies and Gentlemen in attendance , arrived at Osborne on the iGth inst ., shortly after two o ' clock , crossing over from G -sport on board her Majesty ' s yacht Alberta , Rear-Admiral Fullerton , A . D . C .

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Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . J . S . JARVIS . It is with regret that we announce the death of Bro . John Stephen Jarvis , formerly of the well-known firm of Dent , Allcroft , and Co ., who is said to have been chiefly instrumental in introducing the modern tie as an improvement upon the stock which was in vogue till about 30 years ago . Bro . Jarvis , who had

attained the ripe age of 77 yetrs , was initiated on the 9 th March , 1855 , and was a member of the Aldersgate Lodge , No . 1657 . We tender our sympathy with the members of his family . The funeral of Bro . J . S . Jarvis took place on Wednesdayat Norwood Cemetery . Mr . A . Powell , one of the partners of the firm , was present , and the wreaths placed on the coffin included a magnificent floral tribute from the deceased's late colleagues .

BRO . T . HAYTER LEWIS , P . M . Bro . T . Hayter Lewis , F . S . A ., R . I . B . A ., who died at his residence , 12 , Kensington-gardens-square , on Saturday , the 10 th instant , was born 9 th July , 1818 , and was , therefore , in his 81 st year . In 1837 he became a student of the Royal Academy , and two years later was awarded the silver medal for architectural

drawing . In 1865 he was appointed Professor of Architecture of University College , and on resigning in 1881 was appointed Emeritus Professor . On the 3 rd June , 1886 , he joined from the Jerusalem Lodge , No . 197 , the Quatuor Cormati Lodge , No . 2076 , of which he was a P . M . Bro . Lewis was a supporter 0 all our three Institutions .

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