Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

A rumour is in circulation in military circles that the new Field Marshalship about to be created will be conferred upon Bro . Lord Wolseley . Bro . John Noyes , Prov . G . Asst . Purst . Herts , W . M . King Harold Lodge , No . 1327 , Waltham Nevy Town , on the 16 th inst . installed Bro . John Robinson into the chair of K . S . in that lodge for the ensuing year .

The infant daughter of Bro . Lord Carrington , P . G . W ., and Lady Carrington was baptised in the Chapel Royal , Whiteha ! , on Satu > day last . Lady Suffield , Lady Hastings , and the Hon . Rupert Carrington were sponsors . Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , R . W . Prov . Grand Master of Cornwall , has summoned thc annual meeting of that Provincial Grand Lodge for the 4 th prox .,

at thc Market Hall , St . Austell . Bro . Deputy McKinlay , a well-known and most successful grower of potatoes , is organising the International Potatoc Exhibition , which is to be held at the Crystal Palace on September 13 th and 14 th . In other portions of our impression will be found articles on the Victorian Grand Lodge question , together

with thc allocution of the Great Prior of Canada , and an article from the Canadian Craftsman on the Grand Priory cf Canada and separate jurisdiction . Bro . E . T . Bu < d . n , I . P . G S . VV . Dorset , presented at the m . eting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Dorset , held at Wimborne on thc gth inst ., the report of the Charity Committee of that province , which we print in

another portion of our present issue . The Masonic Hall at Milford Haven recently consecrated , as reported in our last issue , vvas completed more than a year since from plans prepared by Hro . H . Lovegrove , P . M ., P . Z ., P . Prov . G . S . ot VV . Middlesex , Budge-row . London .

The Free Library movement is making- great progress in London Wandsworth has just appointed a Board of Commission to carry out the acts ; Battersea is on the point of coming to a decision ; and in Lambeth there is a movement on foot to reopen a question which was disposed of a few years since in a rather unsatisfactory

manner . At the annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Ledge of Northumberland , held at Berwick on thesist ult ., the Prov . G . M ., Earl Percy , appoinied and invested Bro . Solomon M . Harris , I . P . M . 406 , as Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies . We are informed this in the first occasion that a coreligionist has received provincial honours

in this province . —Jewish Chronicle . We understand that the Court of Aldermen will press Bro . Sir Sydney Waterlow , M . P ., to reconsider his decision to resign his aldermanic gown . On a previous occasion , before his mayoralty , Sir Sydney sent a letter of resignation , but was induced to withdraw it . In the event of a vacancy Bro . Sheriff Savory will present himself as a candidate for the office .

Inspector Denning , the officer in charge of the police arrangements at 'he House of Commons , has been presented with a pair of album- and a handsome writingcase by the representatives of the press connected with the House , in recognition ol his unvarying courtesy and attention during the 30 years he has held his present position . The albums are fill , d with the photographs of every

member of this , the tenth Pailiamentof Her Majesty the CJueen , who has also bcen pleased to forward her own portrait and autograph . Thc anti-Masons of Vermont , U . S . A ., have been holding a public meeting at . Vluntpelicr to keep tlieir spirits up . One account says " There was not a ripple of disturbancehowever . Only a poor , deluded June bug ,

, attracted by the gaslight , and the gas thrown out of the mouth of the speaker , came in to see what was going on , ar . d had the audacity tn light on the bald head of an Anti , n-. uch to the discomfiture of both the bug and the Anti , particularly the bug , nlio saw himself in bad company . Kumour states chat there were nearly a dozen persons present . The show soon closed , and stands closed . "

An instance of gratitude too seldom met with for services rendered by the lifeboat scrvi . e , was commemorated or . Thursday last week , at Padatow , when thc lifeboat Arab was launched at that place . She was presented by Mr . R . A . B . Preston , of London , as a memorial of his gratefulness to the Ramsi _ ate lifeboat for having saved him

v-lien his yacht was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands in Oct . ber last . As miy be imagined , the boat is of the very ' -test and most approved cla-s . She was accepted on behalf of the National Lifeboat Institution by Captain Lcprimandaye , who handed her over to Mr . Prideaux and Ihe local committee . Miss Preston christened the boat .

The Grand Master has no more rig ht to pass the ' jled door of a lodge without permission than has a superior officer to pass the guard without giving the password . Weread recently , in a biographical sketch of the great Russian general Skobel -fl , this anecdote . He and a distinguished Englishmin were riding about the camp , when he came to a sentinel who had a bright and we l-kept gun ,

wliich thc commander-in-chief commanded him to reach to him for inspection . " No , sir , " was the emphatic answer w the sentinel , and though the demand was thrice made , 'he sentinel as often refused the demand of the commander-in-chief , when that distinguished officer saluted 'he soldier and rude on . The Englishman asl < ed " What would you have done had the soldier comulied with your

demand ? " " 1 would have shot him in his tracks with his ov . n gun for disobedience of orders and neglect of duty . " -et all future Grand Ma ters learn from this incident a ^ sson , and never attempt to impose upon . 1 faithful Tyler . bro . Parvin , G . See . Grand Lodge Iowa .

M . _>_ , METuss , _ un \ s ExHouriov . —On view . Portrait Models of ( d ''" -Hugo , President GttS v , ihelate M . Leon Gan . liett .-i , Prince '' ortschakoff , Lord K . Cavendish anil Mr . Burke , al-o ihe Fgyptlan t ; !' - ' . ' ary ai ., 1 Naval War Group . A portrait modclof James Carey , n-J 11 * " - " ' is al 3 ° " view . Admission , is ., exira rooms , 6 d . - ' ?«« from 10 till IO .- [ ADVI . ]

Masonic And General Tidings

H . R . H . the Princess Louise will , as at present arranged , leave Ouebec for England early in September , and the Marquis of Lome will follow as soon as possible . Bro . Alderman Sir J . VV . Ellis . Bart .. P . G . W ., gave the use of his grounds at Petersham-place for the annual show of the Byfleet Horticultural Society , and the prizes were subsequently distributed hy Lady Hlis . Bro . Ex-Sheriff Sir Moses Montefiore lias sent

to each of the 15 Jews accused in the Nyiregyhaza case a letter , exhorting them to remain faithful . objects of their country . Each letter contained a £ 10 note . Bro . B . S . Marks presided in the Art section of the meeting of the Cymmrodion held in connection with the National Eisteddfod Society of Wales . Bro . Marks delivered a very interesting presidential address on Art . Dual membership , which is allowed by the

English Constitution , is not usually allowed by the Grand Lodges of the United States , one out of the very few exceptions being the Grand Lodge of Virginia . It has bcen suggested to the council of the Royal Horticultural Society that they hold a large fruit show at South ' . Kensington in the course of the month of October next . The installation meeting of the Aldershot Armv

and Navy Lodge , No . 197 s , was held on the i 6 tb instant , when Bro . Or . Grier was installed as VV . M . for the year ensuing by Bro . Capt . Croisdale , P . M ., P . P . G . Swd . Br . Hants and Isle of Wight . Bro . Alfred Best , late proprietor of the Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen-street , Ltncoln's-inn-ficlds , adjoining the Freemasons Hall , has purchased the interest ot Air . Ex-Sheriff East in the Queen's Hotel , St . Martin ' sle-Grand , and has taken possession .

A chapter general of the Ancient Fraternit y of the Habere Almoners , of which Bio . J _ mes Stevens is the Secrrtary , was held on Thursday . The council again commem iratcd the anniversary of the resuscitation of the fraternity by a supper at the Barley Mow , Long-lane , the same evening .

At the ordinary meeting of the Abbey Lodge , No . 11 S 4 , Battle , on the iCith inst ., the W . M ., Bro . Womersley . moved a resolution conveying sympathy with the R . W . G . M . of the province , Bro . Sir Walter VV . Burrell , Bart ., M . P ., on the death of his son , Bro . H . Burrell , who , our readers will rem mlier , expired frcm injuries received in a bicvele accident some short time

since . Bro . the Earl of Jersey , P . G . W ., R . W " . Prov . G . M . M . M . Berks and Oxon , has sold Rochester Castle and its grounds to the Corporation of that city tor £ Soao . Our noble brother stipulates that the grounds shall tie kept as a public garden , as hithetto , and the castle be preserved as a ruin . The latter is one of the finest relics of the Norman rule still existing in this country .

Thc Queen has approved of Major-General H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , K . G ., being appointed to command a Division of the Army in Bengal , in succession to Lieutcnant-General Sir R . O . Bright , K . C . B ., to date from the 22 nd October next . His Koyal Highness will inspect both battalions of the legiment in the course of a few days , previous to his departure for India . —Court Circular .

. By the time this issue reaches our readers , the Templars of Philadelpia , with their ladies , will have commenced their pilgrimage , which has been looked forward to for the last three years with many anticipations of pleasure . This pilgrimage will comprise one of the grandest trips in this hemisphere , crossing the entire continent , over the broad prairies , the rugged Rocks , and passing through scenery without a parallel in the world ,

ending upon the golden shoies of the Pacific ocean . We wish them every pleasure , and we are assured that our Iratres of California will be indefatigable in their efforts to mase thc pilgrimage for ever memorable to tliem . —Key stone , August 4 th . The Duke and Duchess of Connaught visited Norwich on Monday , and took part in the opening ceremony of the New Hospital buildings , the foundation-stone

of which was laid by the Prince and Princess of Wales . Amongst those present was Prince Albert Victor of Wales . The royal party afterwaids visited a bazaar held in aid of the building hind , at which many of the articles for sale had been graciously supplied by the Prince and Princess of VVales . On Tuesday the Duke and Duchess ot Connaught again visited Norwich , for the purpose uf inspecting thc

Cathedral , over which they were shown by the Rev . Canon Hcavisidc . Their Royal Highnesses injected with great interest the bible on wliich the Queen was sworn at her coronation , and which was presented to the town by Bishop Stanley . The Royal party was alterwr . ids entertained at luncheon by the canon . The United States Government have issued a

series of memoranda on the subject of the scheme of international simultaneous observation of magnetic and meteorological phenomena whicli , originating m the suggestions of Lieutenant Weyprecht , the well-known Arctic cxpl irer , eight years ago , was brought to a definite shape at the International Polar Congresses held in Hamburg and Berne in 1879 and 1 SS 0 . Eleven European countries are already enlisted in the work , besides the United States and

the Argentine Republic . In connection with this new experiment in scientific research , increasing anxiety is felt in Holland regarding the fate of the Varna , "he vessel commissioned , with thc sanction of the Government ot the Netherlands , to take partin the establishment of international meteorological observatories in the Polar regions , and at a meeting recently held in Amsterdam it was resolved to despatch a vessel from Hammerpest in search of the Varna , whose destination was Port Dickson .

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be commanded most unreservedly as u \ e very be . t tamiiy medicine in existence . Though so powerfully cl _ cacidii 3 they arc singularly mild in tlieir operation , and may be given with perfect confidence to delicate women and young children . They contain 110 mercury , or any other noxious substances , and cannot do harm . Delicate females and all persons of sed .-tary habit , will ( ind thtse Pills a blessing . —[ Anvr . ]

Masonic And General Tidings

The Percy Lodgeof Instruction No . ujS , resumes its meetings on Saturday next , the first prox ., at the | nlly Farmers' Tavern , Southgate-road , N . The lodge meets at 8 o'clock . The first annual manufacturers' medi . eval high art and ecclesiastical furniture ami decorative exhibition

will be held in Humphreys' Hall . AI- _ .- _ - _ . ate , from Saturday , 25 th inst ., to S aturday , Sept mber Sth . Oaken p iles , said to he the original timbers of the bridge which Julius C .-esar rontru . ted . havi- just been taken out of the Rhine at Mayence , and sold to a Berlin ' firm .

The next meeting of the Yorkshire College of the Rosicrucian Society , which is now a most poweifui and active body , will -alee place at SrarUiniug h to morrow , ( baturday ) , the 35 th inst ., at thro- o ' clock p . m . The Grand Secretary of Virginir _ says that there is not an incorporated lodge in Virginia , and the Grand Master would arrest the chai ter of any lodge which should apply for incorporation .

A marble monument lias been erected over the grave of the late Bro . Ch _ rles S . St ration ( General Tom Ihumb ) , 32 ° , at Bridgeport , Connecticut , U . S . A . The monument is 20 feet high . The Craft , Knights Templar , and Rose Cruix Degte s were icpre-ented at the ceremony .

We cut the following Iniiri the New York Dispatch , but do not hold ou-s . Ives responsible for the truth of it : — "The Prinre ol Wdles is an 1 xpert player on the banjo . No wonder all Europe fears the Queen ' s death . "

The employe , of the late Mr . Spoil is . vonde , P . R . S ., have subscribed for the purpose of prectmg a statuary monument to his memory . Mr . Richard Belt has been entrusted with the commission toexeru'ethe nv tn . rial , and it will be placed in front of Her Majesty's Printing Oflice .

Sir William Siemens has addressed a letter to the Electrical Society in London , informing it that the importance of the Vienna Exhibiiion has been undeirated in England , and that exhibits should ' e sent 1 ven now , as they might be of gnat use . On Saturday Sir William will deliver a lecture .

The Canadian Cra ft sman says of our esteemed Bro . Whytehead : Bro . T ft . Whytehead , of York , England , carried away most of the prizes at the recent exhibition of "The Ancient Societv of York Florists" o £ that city . We should not want to compete where Bro . Whytehead has the cnti . e . lie is evidently the " flower of the Hock "in York .

The Queen leave - Osborne this ( Friday ) evening for Scotland . Iter Majesty will cross tn the Clarcnce-yaid , Gosport , and proceed shortly alter seven o ' rlock by special train to Banbury . where tea will lie served about ten o ' clock . From Banbury the royal train travels to Ptrth , which will be reached on Satuitfay morning , and whence after breakfast the journey will be conlinu . d to Ballaler , » beie the Queen arrives early in the afternoon . Her Majesty on

quitting the train will drive to Balmoral . There is said to be a woman living in the village of Auberire-en-Royans , in the department ofthe Isere , who was born on March 16 th , 1761 , _ nd is consequently in her 123 rd year . Her name is Mane Durand ; she was born at St . Just-de-Claire ; was mairied on December 30 th , 17 S 3 , to Claude Girard , who was born in 174-. ; and she has been a widow for 96 years .

Bro . Alderman Sir Sydney H . Waterlow , Bart ., M . P ., who , with Lady Wateiliv . v , left Liverpool on Saturday last in the Cunaid steam hip Gal'ia for New York , will in the course of his journey lound the world visit Chicago , San Francisco , T 0 U 10 , Yokohama , Nagasaki , Shanghai , Hong Kong , Canion . Ce ) lon , < a ' cmta , Lucknow , Delhi , Cawnpore , and Bombay , returning home by way of the Suez Canal . —City Press .

Bro . Dunslord , of the Bridgwater Mercury , was a few days since slid ph . sically unable to acknowledge any of the numerous h tiers < f condol . nee he continues to receive in reference _ to the loss of his wife and thiee children in connection witn the no nt disastrous fire . Meanwhile , a generous lesp mse is being made to the appeal of

contributions by a c iinmit'ee , of which the Mayor ( Mr . VV . 1 . Holland ) is the hoinuary treason r , and the Town Clerk ( Mr . James C 00 U ) the honorary secntaty , tor the purpose of defraying the pecuniary loss sustained and as a mark of sincere sympathy witu Bro . Dunsford in his great trouble .

African exploraiion is about lo receive a newimpetus . Mr . li . G . Verey , of the vleicanti ' c Marine , has becn appointed by ill- Assuciariori lntci- _ ation _ lec _ u Haut Congo to take charge of an exp < li-j .. n to convey a steamer to Stanley Pool , Central Airica . and in thesprn ^ of next ) ear to accompany Mr . Stanley upon a Im ^; exp--di'ion into hitherto unexplored regions in thai comment . Mr . Verey will leave

England next week inor . ler to make himsell acquainted with the soundings ol thei ongo lorn con-ideraliledi-tance from the mouth of the river , pievious to Ihe arrival of thc steamer , whicli will have to be tak .-n to pieces and carried 500 miles through the fou-sis . The first of a series of meelings , most influentially and numerously attend d , wns held last Friday

evening at the Mas mic I lall , Hap . —tteet , Liverpool , under the presidency of Bro H . A . Tobias , cha'rman , tor the purpose of making airangement * in cunnt-iti . n with the conversazione prop ised io lie held as a celebration of the completion of the decorations of tin- building . It was resolved that the soiree should take place oil I uesday evening , 30 th Octobei ; ant the omni lid- further arranged

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