Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The gold casket to contain the address conveying the freedom of the City of London to Bro . the Marquis of Hartin"ton is being manufactured by Bro . George Kenning , of Little Britain . The next monthly meeting of the General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys' will be held at Freemasons' Hall , on Saturday next , the 3 rd of

March . Bro . the Maharajah ol Kuch Behar arrived at Windsor Castle on Monday evening on a visit to her Maiesty , and had the honour of being included in the Royal dinner party .. Two of her Majesty ' s carriages were dispatched from the Royal Mews at Windsor Castle on Tuesday , for

Florence , where they will be in use during the Queen's sojourn in that City . The Oueen will hold a Dravving-Room at Buckingham Palace to-day ( Friday ) , when the Princess of Wales , who left Sandringham for Marlborough House on Thursday , and other members of the Royal Family , will be

present . Bro . the Earl of Galloway visited Windsor Castle on Tuesday , and having been introduced to her Majesty and received the honour of Knighthood , was formally invested with the insignia of the Order of the

Thistle . Her Majesty and the Court left Windsor Castle for Buckingham Palace on Thursday morning , and propose remaining till to-morrow ( Saturday ) . Shortly after her arrival the Queen drove to St . James's Palace to pay a visit to the Duchess of Cambridge .

A public meeting will be held at the Mansion House in support of the work of Cavendish College , Cambridge , on the 26 th March , at which Bro . the Lord Mayor will preside , and Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., will be present .

The principal guests at the annual livery banquet of the Spectacle Makers' Company , at the Cannon-street Hotel , on the 10 th instant , included Bros . Lord Mayor De Keyser and Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P .

Bro . Vice-Admiral Sir N . Salmon arrived at Singapore on the i 6 : h instant to assume the duties of Commander-in-Chief of the China Station , in succession to Admiral Sir Richard V . Hamilton , whose term of service has exDired .

The latest news as to the condition of the Imperial Crown Prince of Germany is that the illustrious patient is much better , there being no disposition to bronchitis or pneumonia , while the laryngeal obstruction is greatly diminished . This is most satisfactory , and we trust the improvement will be continued .

The City of Westminster Lodge Ball was a great success on Tuesday last . Freemasons' Tavern probably never held a more delighted and joyous assembly—thanks to the admirable arrangements of the Stewards . We shall give a report next week . In connection with this we may mention that the members propose to have a summer Festival during the year .

The Keystone announces the consecration , on Tuesday , the 3 rd January last , of the Cromwell Lodge , No . 572 , Orbisonia , Hutingdon County , Pa . The ceremony was performed by Bro . the Hon . J . Simpson Africa , S . G . W ., as G . Master , assisted by sundry acting Grand Officers and Grand Officersamong the latter being Bros .

, Thomas R . Patton , G . Treas ., and M . Nisbet , G . Sec . Everything passed off successfully . At the 110 th Annual General Court , on Saturday last , of the Highland Society of London , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , in respect of his Dukedom of Rothesav .

was re-elected Chief , and H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught was elected one of the Vice-Presidents . The anniversary festival will be celebrated on the 21 st March , me day on which Sir Ralph Abercrombie achieved his memorable victory over the French at Alexandria in 1 S 01 .

The dinner given b y Bro . Lord Mayor De Keyser H J ^ ° ° * Common Council , which , in consequence of the death of Bro . Alderman Sir John Staples , had been Postponed from the 19 th January , took place at the Mansion n r ° use ? Wednesday evening , the guests , to the number ° nearl y 200 , including Bros . Aldermen Sir H . E . Knight , air Henry Isaacs , Evans , Cowan , Saunders , and Renais ; PGD eS ' P tain Shaw , and J . C . Parkinson ,

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SECRET MONITOR . —The Horatio Shirley Conclave , No . 5 , was consecrated on Wednesday last , at 8 , Red Lion-square . A full report will appear in our next . Prince Albert Victor of Wales , having concluded his visit to the Viscount and Viscountess Galway , at Serlby

Hall , has returned to his quarters at York . A banquet was given b y the American Club in London on Wednesday evening , in honour of Washington ' s birthday , the United States Minister and the Consul General , Bro . Waller , being among the most distinguished .

Bros . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor of England ) , Lord George Hamilton , and Sir M . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., attended the Cabinet Council at the Foreign Office on Saturday last . Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ,, visited the Board of Trade on the 16 th inst . and took over his new duties as President . The right honourable baronet has

been re-elected without opposition for West Bristol . The Fishmongers' Company have voted a donation of 100 guineas towards the fund now being raised as a reward for the City and Metropolitan Police . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., will be presented with the freedom of the City of London on the 18 th April next , and after the presentation Bro . the Lord

Mayor will give a grand banquet at the Mansion House in honour of the newly-admitted citizen of London . The Queen , accompanied by the Prince and Princess Henry of Battenburg , attended by the usual suite , arrived at Windsor Castle , from Osborne , on Friday , the 17 th inst . On Saturday last the Queen of Sweden

visited Her Majesty at the Castle and stayed to luncheon . On Monday the Prince of Wales visited the Crown Prince of Germany at San Remo , being met on the way by the Grand Duke of Hesse , Prince Henry of Prussia , and the Princess Irene of Hesse . On Tuesday the Crown Princess of Germany opened a bazaar at San Remo in aid of the German church there .

Bro . Sir Algernon Borthwick presided at a meeting of Metropolitan Members held in one of the Committee Rooms of the House of Commons on Tuesday , about 30 of the M . P . ' s being present . Bro . Lord Randolph Churchill was among the speakers who addressed the meeting .

Bro . Linney , of Mansfield , sends us a very chaste and pretty toast list and menu produced by him for the installation meeting of the Forest Lodge , No . 1852 . It is in the best possible taste , and reflects great credit on the printer .

The exhibition of photographic pictures and apparatus , now open at the Crystal Palace , has proved a great success , some beautiful specimens of photographic portraiture and scenery being among the exhibits . There is also an entertainment daily with the photographic lantern , by means of which natural scenes are thrown upon the screen . The exhibition will remain open for another week , and probably longer .

SALE OF CHOICE WINES . —A sale by auction of choice old wines belonging to the Drapers' Company was held on Thursday , the 16 th inst ., by Messrs . VV . and T . Restell , at the Commercial Sale Rooms , Mincing-lane . The sale room was crowded with buyers , and some high prices were ( obtained as follows : Crofts' 1 S 34 port , 320 s . to 330 s . per dozen ; Domecq's sherry , bottled in 1849 , 120 s . to 125 s . ; Mouton Rothschild , 1875 claret , 125 s . to 135 s . ; and Perrier Jouet ' s , 1 S 74 champagne , 220 s .

Bros . Lord Wantage and the Lord Mayor took part in the proceedings of the Committee meeting at Apsley House on Tuesday for the purpose of erecting a memorial in the New Brussels Cemetery to the British officers and men who fell during the Waterloo campaign and were buried in Belgium . Bro . the Lord Mayor undertook to call a meeting at the Mansion House on Thursday , the

22 nd March , with a view to obtaining the necessary funds , the sum required being only about £ 3000 . In consequence of the elevation to the peerage of Sir Henry Holland , Bart ., Secretary of State for the Colonies , Bro . Baron Henry De Worms , M . P ., ivho returned from the Continent on Sunday evening last , has been appointed Under Secretary for the Colonies , and Bro . the

Earl ot Onslow takes the Secretaryship of the Board of Trade . Bro . H . De Worms , however , will retain his presidency of the Sugar Bounties Conference , while Bro . Lord Stanley of Preston will answer all questions in the House of Lords relating to Board of Trade matters . At the Court of Common Council held on the 16 th inst ., when Bro . Lord Mayor De Keyser presided , a

communication from the Mayor and Corporation of Windsor was read , asking for a grant towards the guarantee fund now being raised in connection with the proposed holding this summer at Windsor of the annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society . On the motion of Bro . Deputy Bedford , a grant of 200 guineas was voted . Bro . Lord Charles Beresford was the guest of

the evening at the Smoking Concert of the Midland Conservative Club , Birmingham , on Tuesday , the 21 st inst ., and received a perfect ovation on entering the room , for which he most cordially returned thanks . There was a most enjoyable selection of performances , vocal , instrumental , and oratorical , by the members of the club , and amongst the other guests who assisted in the evening ' s

entertainments were Bro . George Thorne , who sang "Let me dance the Polka " with great effect ; Bro . Major C . A . Cooper , who gave an amusing recitation ; Mr . Storey ( from the Prince of Wales Theatre , Broad-street ) ; and Mons . Guibal—whose sleight of hand is wonderful in dexterity and neatness—demonstrated how , even with keen judges of artistic merit pressing round , the closest observer was baffled and deceived .

HOLLOWAY ' PILLS AND OINTMENT . —Rheumatism and Gout . — These purifying and soothing remedies deserve the earnest attention of all persons liable to gour , sciatica , or other painful affections of the muscles , nerves , or joints . The Ointment should be applied after the affected parts have been patiently fomented with warm water , when the Ointment should be diligently rubbed upon the

adjacent skin , unless the friction causes pain , Holloway ' s Pills should be simultaneously taken to diminish pain , reduce intlamma-Hon , and purify the blood . This treatment abates the violence and lessens the frequency of gout , rheumatism , and all spasmodic diseases which spring from hereditary predisposition , or from any accidental weakness of constitution . The Ointment checks the local malady , while the Pills restore vital power , —ADVT ,

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Acting on the advice of his medical attendants , Bro . Pitt-Lewis , Q . C , M . P ., has left town for St . Leonards , near Hastings , lor change of air . A conversazione was held in the Stepney Meeting Hall on Tuesday by the British and Foreign Sailors' Society for the purpose of welcoming back to England their President , Bro . Lord Brassey .

Bro . the Lord Mayor will give a banquet at the Mansion House on Wednesday , April iS , in honour of the admission of the Marquis of Hartington to the freedom of the City of London . The ceremony of presentation will be held the same day . According to Grand Master Lawrence , the debt on the Hall and Asylum Fund of the Grand Lodge of New

York was on the ist January reduced to 130 , 000 dollars , and that distinguished brother has expressed his belief that the whole of this balance can be paid off before the close of the current year . Bro . W . Dunham is President , and Bro . R . D . Swartout Vice-President , of the Michigan Masonic Home ,

which is in a flourishing condition , and will be commenced this spring with every prospect of success . A brother , by name Christian Gast , of Lodge No . 43 , Lancaster , Pennsylvania , celebrated the 50 th anniversary of his initiation into Freemasonry on the 10 th January , and was presented b y his lodge with a silver medal commemorative of the occasion .

It is said that the present which the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms intend presenting to the Prince of Wales on the occasion of his Silver Wedding will be a statuette on . silver of one of themselves in full uniform .

The Fifteen Sections will be worked by the menbers of the Percy Lodge of Instruction , No . 198 , by special invite at the Upton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1227 , at the Three Nuns Hotel , Aldgste , on Monday , February 27 th , at 7 o'clock . We are glad to hear that Bro . Eve , G . Treasurer , was able to leave his room at his club for the first time on

Monday , that he attended the meeting of the Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , the same day , and afterwards left for Aldershot . We are glad also to hear that he had the tedium of his detention indoors relieved by the visits of many friends . We had much pleasure in seeing Bro . J . Lewis Thomas , F . S . A ., P . A . G . D . C , present at the meeting and

banquet of Drury Lane Lodge , although his name was inadvertently omitted in the list we gave last week . Bro . Thomas was amongst the first members who joined this distinguished lodge . The banquet given by the Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers'Company on the occasion of the installation of their new Master for the year , Bro . Horace Frederick

Stewart , will take place at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgatestreet , on the 23 rd March , on which occasion Bros , the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs have accepted invitations to be present as the guests of the company . Bro . W . Pritchard Morgan , Loriner , Spectaclemaker , Shipwright , and Fan Maker , who was a candidate for the Shrievalty of London and Middlesex for the year

i 838-g , has withdrawn , the reason he assigns being the unusual number of Aldermen who are available to serve , and the desirability that one of them should be elected . Bro . Morgan trusts , however , that he will not in consequence ot his withdrawal , be deemed less worthy of support by the livery should he on some future occasion again offer himself as a candidate .

BALA LODGE ( NO . 1369 ) . —A Masonic ball was held at the County Hall , Bala , on Thursday the 16 th inst ., under the distinguished patronage and support of Bros . Lord Harlech , R . W . P . G . M . ; Col . Piatt , D . P . G . M ., P . G . D . ; Sir Watkin Wynn , Bart ., P . M . ; S . Pope , P . M ., P . P . J . G . W ., P . G . D . ; Rt . Hon . Cecil Raikes , P . M . ; and the elite of the neighbourhood . The room was beautifully

decorated for the occasion , and a thoroughly enjoyable evening was spent , dancing being kept up with great spirit until four a . m . Nearly 100 tickets were disposed of , and about go ladies and gentlemen were present . The proceeds will be devoted in aid of the Masonic Charities . The ball will probably be annual . The Fifteen Sections will be worked at the

Eclectic Lodge of Instruction , No . 1201 , held at the Berkeley Arms , John-street , May Fair , VV ., on Sunday , the 26 th inst ., commencing at 6 p . m ., Bro . Charles Corby , P . M . 957 , W . M . ; Ernest Farwig , P . M . 1 S 0 , S . W . ; and William Brindley , P . M . 1604 , J . W . First Lecture—ist Section—Bro . Ham , S 58 ; 2 nd—Bro . Larkin , 742 ; 3 rd—Bro . Harnell , l . G . 511 ; 4 th—Bro . Harnell , A . S . VV . 2021 ; 5 th—Bro . Kirk , 168 : ; 6 th—Bro . Reed , P . M . 511 ; 7

th—Bro . Farwig , P . M . 1 S 0 . Second Lecture—ist Section—Bro . Grist , J . D . 1 G 24 ; 2 nd—Bro . Brindley , P . M . 1604 ; 3 rd—Bro . Hardy , P . M . 201 ; 4 th—Bro . Smith , P . M . 1563 ; 5 th—Bro . Coope , P . M . 141 . Third Lecture—ist Section —Bro . Dusterwauld , 1586 ; 2 nd—Bro . Curzon , l . G . 141 ; 3 rd-Bro . Cobham , P . M . 382 . Bro . VV . C . Smith , P . M . 1563 , Preceptor ; Bro . Watts , P . M . 1201 , Treasurer ; and Bro . Sedgwick , P . M . 180 , Secretary .

1 he value of the personal estate of the late Bro . Sir John Staples , K . C . M . G ., F . S . A ., ( Lord Mayor of London , 1 SS 5-18 S 6 ) , who died at his house , 87 , Avenue , road , Regent's Park , on the 18 th ult ., aged 73 years , has been declared at £ 103 , 630 3 s , Cd . By his will , dated 16 th August , 1 S 7 CJ , with codicils made in 1881 and 1882 , he bequeaths to his younger son , Sydney Francis , the gold watch

given to the testator by King Victor Emmanuel ; to his elder son and executor , Henry John , the diamond pin given to him by the Emperor Napoleon , the collection of medals presented to him by the City Corporation , and all other articles of presentation ; to his brother-in-law , Thomas Pernor Swayne , £ 500 ; tohissister , Lady llllis , and his niece , Louisa Jickman , each £ 100 ; to his nephew and executor , John James Staples , £ 200 ; and to his wife , Lady Staples

jijoo , his furnitureand household effects , pictures , plate , horses and carriages , ( excepting the furniture and effects on his business premises in Argyll-place ) , the income of £ 15 , 000 , and his house in Avenue-road for her life . The testator ieaves his share and interest in the Sun , freehold , at Southampton , to his brother and executor , Thomas Henry Staples , and devises and bequeaths the residue of his estate in trust for all his children , in equal shares .