Masonic Tidings.

Masonic Tidings .

Bro . John Latta , S . W . of the Merchants Lodge , who is most deservedly respected , has been unanimously elected the W . AI . for the ensuing year , in succession to Bro . T . Sheen , VV . M . The installation will take place on Tuesday next , at the Alasonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool . The annual installation festival of the Devonshire

Lodge , No . 594 , was held at the Masonic Hall , Hope-s treet , Liverpool , last Thursday morning , commencing at S a . m ., and afterwards a picnic was held at Lymm . A report of the proceedings will appear next week . A new Mark lodge will be consecrated at Workington , in the Province of Cumberland and Westmorland , on Tuesday , the 12 th of July . The officers designate are

Bros . T . Dixon , VV . M . ; Rev . E . M . Rice , ALA ., S . VV . ; and J . J . Coverdale , J . W . These brethren are all Past Alasters of Sun and Sector ( Craft ) Lodge , No . 9 G 2 , in Workington . The title of the new lodge is the Derwent , and the number on the warrant is 2 S 2 . As showing the progress of the Alark Degree it may be mentioned that the next youngest lodge in the province , is the Faithfull , No . 229 , consecrated less than three years ago .

Bro . VV . F . Lamonby , P . AL 229 , P . G . Sec , will pcrrorm the ceremony of consecration , by delegation from thc Earl of Bective , ALP ., R . W . Prov . Grand Alaster . On Thursday , the 30 th inst ., at the Cock Tavern , Kennington , Bro . Frances will rehearse thc ceremony of consecration , and from bis well known ability , and also that several musical brethren will attend and sing the music incidental to the ceremony , an interesting evening may be anticipated .

Bro . Rt . Hon . Lord Henniker , M . W . G . M . M . M ., will preside at the dinner of the Benevolent Fund Festival of the Grand Lodge of Alark Alaster Alasons of England , which will be held at thc Crystal Palace on Wednesday , Gth July .

Bros , the Earl of Jersey , P . G . W ., and the Earl of Donoughmore were present at the annual dinner of the Oxford , Canning , and Chatham Clubs on Saturday last , Bro . Alderman Hadley has been elected to represent the Corporation of London on the Aletropolitan Board of Works .

Bros . Rev . R . J . Simpson , Rev . Dr . Cox , Alderman Sir F . W . Truscott , IT . B . Alarshall , and Walter Wellsman are Stewards at thc fifty-fourth anniversary festival of the Infant Orphan Asylum . Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold took thc oath and his seat in the House of Lords on Alonday as Baron Arkloiv , Earl of Clarence , and Duke of Albany , the usual

impressive ceremonies being observed . His Royal Highness assumed the ducal robes in the robing room , and entered the House shortly after four o ' clock in a procession consisting also of the Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge , who introduced the new peer , the Duke of Norfolk ( Earl Alarshal ) , Lord Aveland ( Lord Great Chamberlain ) , Sir VV . Knollys ( Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod ) , and Sir

Albert Woods , Garter King-at-Arms . The jieers wore their robes , and Sir Albert Woods his tabard . Earl Granville and Earl Spencer and about thirty other peers were present . The Princess of Wales , with two of her daughters , and the Duchess of Teck occupied scats in the Peeresses ' Gallery . The terms of the patent werc recited by the Hon . Slingsby Bethell , reading clerk of the House , and Prince

Leopold was conducted by the Garter Iving-at ^ Arms to a richly-covered and ornamented chair , placed beside the seat erected next to the Throne for the late Prince Consort . Thc new peer then bowed thrice to the Lord Chancellor and to his Royal relatives , all of whom returned the greeting , and withdrew , the ceremony having occupied only a few minutes . Bro . the Rev . R . D . Poulett-Harris was installed

R . W . District Grand Alaster of Tasmania at the Alasonic Hall , Hobart Town , on Thursday , thc 5 th of Alay last . Bro . Lieut .-General Sir Donald Stewart is gazetted as a baronet . Bro . B . Sargent was installed W . M . of the Abbey Lodge , Battle , on Thursday , the 16 th inst . Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Fowler , M . P . ( one

of the Vice-Presidents ) , will preside at the fourth annual meeting of the governors and friends of the City Provident Dispensary and Surgical Appliance Association , 1 C 4 , Aldersgate-street , which will be held at the Literary Institution , 184 , Aldersgate-street , on the 28 th July next . Bro . Dr . P . Colmer was unanimously elected VV . AI . of the Lodge of Benevolence , No . 11 GS , for the

ensuing year at the last meeting of thc lodge . A new Masonic lodge , with thc title of " Wayfarers , " membership of which will be restricted to commissioned , warrant , and non-commissioned officers of the Army , was consecrated at Valetta , Alalta , on the 27 th Alay . The ceremony of installation was performed by the R . W . District Grand Alaster , VV . Kingston , in the presence

of a large assembly , composing nearly the whole of the Alasonic fraternity in the island , the greatest possible interest being evinced in the proceedings , the new lodge being considered likely to fill up a long-felt want and prove a great success . Sergeant-AIajor G . D . Roe , R . E ., was installed as Alaster , District Schoolmaster J . S . Abbott , R . A ., was invested as Senior Warden ; and Sergeant-AIajor

D . C . Wilson , R . A ., as Junior Warden . A full report will appear in our next . Bro . Warner Sleigh , barrister , expired on the 19 th ult ., on board the steamer " Victoria , " of the Anchor Line , by which he was travelling to New York for the benefit of his health , and was buried at sea at six o ' clock on the night of the same day . Bro . J . D . Allcroft , one of the Vice-Presidents

of the Society , has consented to take the chair at the annual meeting of the subscribers and friends of the Fox and Knot School and Alission , which will take place on Wednesday , July Gth . We are requested to announce that thc ceremony of installation will be worked at the Finsbury Lodge of Instruction , No . 12 SS , held at the Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-road , Canonbury , on Wednesday next , the 29 th inst ., by Bro . R . Fearcy , P . AL , the Preceptor ofjthe lodge . The chair will be taken at 8 . 30 p . m . precisely .

Masonic Tidings.

The St . John ' s Lodge of Instruction , No . 167 , has removed to the Mother Red Cap , Camden Town , and meets every Friday at S p . m . Bro . W . Stoddart was installed W . M . of the Lodge of Perseverance , No . 371 , Alaryport , at thc last meeting of that lodge . Bro . J . T . Evans , Mayor of Stafford , was raised

to the Third Degree at the last meeting of the Staffordshire Knot Lodge . Bro . the Rt . Rev . Dr . James Smith , of Cathcart , and Moderator of the General Assembly , was presented with an address by the members of the Sir George Cathcart Lodge , on the occasion of the attainment of his jubilee as a " member of the Craft .

Bro . Alderman Sir B . S . Phillips , who has been for some time indisposed , is making such progress as to give his friends good reason for hoping that in a short time lie will be able to resume his ordinary avocations . Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold , Dukeof Albany , after attending the ball at Christ Church , Oxford , on Monday night , left the city on Tuesday at noon . The

commemoration festivities were continued by a flower show at St . John ' s , a concert at New College , and the Alasonic ball in the Corn Exchange . Bro . James Terry , Sec . Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , has been appointed Prov . G . S . W . for the Province of Northamptonshire and Huntingtonshire . Bro . Sir John Bennett attended thc unveiling

of Sir-Rowland Hill s statue , at Kidderminster , on Wednesday , on behalf of the Lord Mayor and the London Alemorial Committee . Bro . Edward Clarke , Q . C , M . P ., distributed the prizes on Friday evening , the 17 th inst ., to the students of the evening classes of King ' s College . In the course of his address he congratulated the principal , Canon Barry , on

the decision of the council to extend the benefits of the college to women . He also expressed the hope that the forthcoming jubilee celebration of the college would be well supported by those interested in the occasion . At Bro . Ganz ' s orchestral concert this ( Saturday ) afternoon Aldme . Sophie Alenter will again be the

pianist , and Aldme . Marie Roze will sing . Bro . the Duke of Albany will formally open the new University College , Nottingham , on Thursday , the 30 th inst . Amongst those who have accepted invitations to be present are Bros , the Duke of St Albans , P . G . AI . Nottinghamshire , and the Earl of Tife , P . G . AI . Banffshire .

The Duke of Connaught has accepted the invitation of the Treasurer and benchers of Gray ' s Inn to dine with them to-day—their Grand Day . The London Stereoscopic Company have published a portrait of the late Bro . Alderman Sir VV . A . Rose . Bro . Deputy Saundeft distributed the prizes on

Thursday evening . to the teachers of the Sunday School Union who gained prizes at the teachers' local examinations , in March . Bro . Henry A . Isaacs , Chairman of thc Market Committee , will lay thc foundation-stone of thc New Leadenhall Alarkct on Tuesday next . The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the

West Smithfield Lodge of Instruction by Ihe members of the Percy Lodge of Instruction , at thc Cathedral Hotel , St . Paul ' s Churchyard , on Alonday , the 27 th inst . Bro . S . E . Aloss , P . M . 1 S 4 , VV . AI . ; Bro . R . Pearcy , P . AI . 22 S , S . VV . ; Bro . A . VV . Fenner , W . M . 1227 , JAV . ; and Pennefather , VV . AI . 1623 , Preceptor . Thc Sections will be worked as below : —

FIRST LECTURE . ist Section Bro . A . Tuck , 1531 . 2 nd „ „ J . Gibbs , 15 S 0 . 3 rd „ „ C . Patrick , D . C 1227 . 4 th „ „ J . P . Cohen , P . AL 205 . 5 th , „ C . Lorkin , J . W . 1524 . Gth „ „ H . J . Lardner , W . AL 1745 . 7 th „ „ T . Cull , W . AL 1446 .

SECOND LECTURE . ist Section Bro . A . R . Green , J . D . SGi . 2 nd „ „ D . Aloss , I . G . 1275 . 3 rd „ „ C Weeden , S 13 . 4 th „ „ H . P . Isaac , P . AL 16 93 . 5 th „ „ J . King , 1623 .

THIRD LECTURE . ist Section Bro . J . Lorkin , 192 . 2 nd „ „ A . VV . Fenner , VV . AI . 1227 . 3 rd „ ' „ R . Pearcy , P . AL 22 S . We regret to announce the death of Bro Henry VV . Vallance , which took place at the Hotel Alirabeau , Paris , on the 17 th inst . Bro . Vallance lived at Hanover-square ,

Regent's Park , and practised as a solicitor at Aloorgate House , Aloorgate-strcet . He had been out of health a considerable time , but had so far recovered as to be able to attend to his professional avocations . Bro . Vallance was for some years a distinguished member of the Court of Common Council , where he sat for the ward of Colemanstreet , and his death will be deeply regretted by a large circle of friends .

Bro . Sir John Bennett proposes , at the next meeting of the Court of Common Council , to invite the Council to mark its sense of Mr . W . E . Barker ' s intellectual achievements by a special vote . Mr . Barker , at the age of eleven and a-half , won the first Board scholarship . Entering the City of London Schools , he gained a Carpenter scholarship ; in 1877 he took five prizes , in 1879 nine more ,

and the same year two Cambridge scholarships . He has since taken the first place in the Classical Tripos . At the Bristol Police-court , 'John Spencer was charged on remand with obtaining , £ 4 iGs . by false pretences , from John Curtis Alartin , under a promise that he would . makelnmamemberof the Orderof Freemasons . The

prisoner had represented to prosecutor that he had got him proposed at the Roya ! Lotlge of Faith and Friendship , No . 270 , at Berkeley , and had paid five guineas for him . The Secretary of the lodge proved that there was no truth i . ' iatever in these representations , and the prisoner was commilled for trial .

Masonic Tidings.

Bro . D . Reece was installed W . M . of the Sun and Sector Lodge , No . 9 62 , Workington , on Wednesday , the 15 th inst . the installation ceremony being performed , for the seventeenth time , by the senior P . M . of the lodge , Bro . VV . B . Gibson , P . AL 119 , P . G . Sec . Bro . Samuel B . Dick , Grand Master of

Pennsylvania , assisted by his officers , laid the corner-stone of Christ Church , Danville , Pa ., with appropriate Masonic ceremonies , on June 24 th . Bro . G . Vickery supplied the designs for the superstructure of offices and shops in Gray ' s Inn-road , recently tendered for .

The M . W . the Grand Master has been pleased to approve of the appointments of Bro . Brackstone Baker as representative near the Grand Lod ge of England of the several Grand Lodges of the States of , first Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , U . S . of America ; second , Arkansas , U . S . of America , and the Diplomas of these two appointments have been forwarded to him by our own

Grand Secretary . Bro . James Pilling was installed W . M . of the Hamer Lodge , No . 1393 , Liverpool , at the last meeting of that lodge . Bro . Thomas Fenn was on Wednesday last installed as W . AL of the Bard of Avon Lodge , 77 S , meeting at Hampton Court , in the presence of a large number of

Grand Officers and other brethren . We hope to give a report in our next . Bro . W . P . Collins was on Saturday last installed as W . AL of the Alacdonald Lodge of Alark Master Alasons , at thc Guildhall Tavern . We hope to give a report in our next . The June Voice calls the London Freemason

obtuse , because it does not understand , and is not able to conceive , what a public installation of lodge officers is . We think , on the contrary , that the Freemason deserves credit tor its unacquaintance with this public show in Alasonry . The Voice adds : " For its benefit we will say , it is simply performing publicly the monitorial or printed part of the installation service , and in no sense is an exposure of the secrets of the Oriental Chair . " Ouery :

—If this so-called " Alonitorial " part of Alasonry may be publicly performed , and it is advisable to publicly perform it , why it alone , and not other or all of the " Alonitorial " parts of Masonry ? Will the Voice tell us why ? if a part of " Alonitorial" Alasonry is for the public , why not all of it ? Wh y not give the " Alonitorial" part of the initiation ceremonies in public ? True , such rehearsals might serve admirable advertising purposes ; but does Alasonry advertise ?—Keystone .

The arrangements for the consecration of the Alontague Guest Lodge , No . 1900 , at the Inns of Court Hotel , Lincoln ' s Inn-Fields , on theGth July , are completed , and the programme contains the following particulars : Bro . W . H . Dean , P . M ., P . P . G . S . B . Dorset , Worshipful Alaster Designate ; Bro . G . P . Festa , S . W . Designate ; Bro . F . R . VV . Hedges , Sec . R . M . I . G ., T . W ., Designate .

The ceremonies of installation and consecration by the V . W . Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary of lsngland , assisted by V . W . Bro . the Rev . C . W . Arnold , ALA ., P . AL , P . G . C . of England , as Consecrating Chaplain ; R . W . Bro . Montague Guest , Prov . Grand Alaster of Dorset , as S . VV . ; VV . Bro . John Alontagu Pulteney Montagu , P . G . Deacon , as J . W . ; VV . Bro . Frank Richardson , P . AL , S . G . D . of England , Director of Ceremonies .

General Tidings.

General Tidings .

HOSPITAL SUNDAY . — Down to Wednesday night about £ 14 , 000 had been received b y the Lord Mayor as the result of the collections at the various churches and chapels on Hospital Sunday . SUNDAY CLOSING IN LIVKRPOOL . —An

influential deputation waited upon the Alayor of Liverpool ( Mr . VVilliam B . Forwood ) on Wednesday to present a requisition in favour of the closing of public-houses in the city on Sundays , and praying that a town's meeting should be held on the subject at an early date . Thc Venerable Archdeacon Bardsley , in presenting the requisition , said it was signed by the Bishop , forty of the clergy of the diocese ,

fifty ministers of other denominations , ten magistrates , twelve city councillors , and from 400 to 500 tradesmen . There were over 700 signatures in all . His worship said he had very great pleasure in complying with the request of the deputation , and he would fix Saturday , July 2 nd , for the town ' s meeting . ONE DAY IN THE COUNTRY . —How the

coming summer stirs us all ! The faint traces of greenery we catch a glimpse of here and there in our town lives but sharpen our desire to breathe the fresh , free air of breezy downs or inhale with delight that indiscribable perfumevery aroma of freedom—that comes wafted to us only from over the waves of old ocean ! And many , very many of us , happily—can look forward to a week or two of freedom

from troubles—business or professional—in the woody country or by the sea-beat shore with something as near certainty as things mundane can be ; but there are , alas . ' many , many more who have no such prospect . In the denseley populated East End , amid its narrow courts and fetid alleys—there are thousands of children—the children whom the London Cottage Alission has been feeding

throuhout the past bitter winter—who never . saw green leaves save on the smoke-dried shrubs in some of the disconsolate looking squares here and there to be met with in that dreary district . On behalf of these little waifs and strays of humanity we now appeal . To give some hundreds of these one day of their lives in the country—for one day to enable them to exchange the gutter and bricks and mortar

for grass and green leaves , would not cost very much ; but , crippled as the resources of the London Cottage Mission are , owing to the unsually heavy demands of a winter both long and severe , the " Day in the Country " of which little ones have heard can only happen if funds for the purpose be collected . Let all them who read—in thankful anticipation

of their own coming holiday—send their subscriptions , no matter how small—little sums soon tell up—either to Miss Napton , the Lady Superintendent , 304 , Burdett-road , Limehouse , E . ; or to Air . Walter Austin , 44 , Finsburypavement , E . C , who will arrange , if all goes as well as it ought , to give these East End children their one " Day in the Country . "