Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

THE SOCIETY OF ARTS has erected a terra-cotta tablet on Bolton House , Windmill Hill , Hampstead , bearing the following inscription : "Joanna Baillie , poet and dramatist , born 1762 , died 1 S 51 , lived in this house for nearly 50 years . " THE BLACKHEATH LODGE OF INSTRUCTION , NO . 1 3 20 , will resume its weekly meltings at the Stifling Castle , Church-street , Camberwell , on Monday , the 3 rd prox ., at S p . m , under the Preceptorship of Bro . Wm . Dawson , P . M ., P . Z ., & c , & c .

THE WEEKLY DUTIES of the Rose Lodge of Instruction , No . 1622 , will be resumed on Thursday , the 6 th September , at the Stirling Castle , Church-street , Camberwell , S . E ., at eight p . m . Bro . David Rose , P . M ., is the able Preceptor .

THE WEEKLY CONVOCATIONS of the Star Chapter of Improvement No . 1275 , will be resumed ' on Friday , the 7 th prox .. at the Stirling Castle , Church-street , Camberwell , S . E ., under the very capable Preceptorship of Comp . Thos . Grummant , P . Z ., P . Prov . Soj . Essex . THE FORTNIGHTLY CONVOCATIONS of the Selwyn Chapter of Improvement , 1901 , are held at the Montpelier Hotel , Choumert-road , Peckham , S . E ., on the first and third Mondays in the month , commencing at S p . m . Comp . Thos . Grummant , P . Z ., & c , Preceptor .

BROS . GEORGE KENNING AND SON have been entrusted with an order for 19 iS-carat gold jewels by the Britannia Lodge , No . 139 , for presentation to such of their Past Masters as are still members from 1 S 35 to the present date , and have them in course of work at their manufactory , Little Britain , E . C .

MESSRS . J . C . AND J . FIELD , LTD ., the well-known candle and soap ma- » ufacfacturers , who have been established on the same spot in Upper Marsh , Lambeth , for upwards of 260 years , have secured the highest possible award , " The Grand Prix , " at the Paris Exhibition , for their display of candles , soap , and toilet specialities . THE KINTORE MARK LODGE OF INSTRUCTION holds its meetings at the Montpelier Hotel , Choumert-road , Peckham , S . E ., on the first and fourth Thursdays in each month ( except July and August ) , commencing September ( ith , at S . 30 p . m . Preceptor , Bro . Wm . Dawson , W . M . 534 . P . M . 322 , P- Prov . J . G . W . ( Kent ) .

THE MASONIC VISIT TO A LDERNEY . —The treasurer of the Victoria Cottage Hospital acknowledges with many thanks the recept of Ls 5 s . British , Irom Bro . J . 1 " . Laine , Treasurer , being the collection for the Provincial Grand Lodge of Guernsey and Alderney , at the Masonic service and banquet held at St . Anne's , Alderney , on Tuesday , the 14 th inst .

WE ARE GLAD to hear that the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland is progressing favourably towards recovery from his recent severe illness . The Hon . W . Cadogan , ioth Hussars ( fourth son of his Excellency ) , who was invalided home from the Cape suffering from an attack of enteric fever , has now quite recovered and left Ireland on Wednesday in order to reioin his regiment in South Africa .

DOVER IS anxious to get the wireless tehgraphy installation that connected the East Goodwin lightship and the shore reinstated , as it proved on several occasion s of such practical value in cases of collision . Th ; loctl Chamojr of Commerce will bring the question forward at the autumnal meeting of the Association of Chambers of Commerce to be held at Paris next month , and have teceived promises of influential

support . HOMELAND H ANDROOKS . — " Farnham and its Surroundings . "—The district dealt with is the wildest and most romantic in Surrey ; many miles of the heather and fir-clad country having a strong resemblance to a Scotch moor . Everything in connection with the ancient castle ( the seat of the Bishops of Winchester ) is fully described and

illustrated , and an index , a very clear map , and a plan of the town is given . The book is written and illustrated by Mr . Gordon Home , and there is an introduction , specially written , by Miss Edna Lyall . Thc ordinary edition of the book is published at Gd . nett ; library edition at is . 61 . nett ; postage 2 d . May be had of the St . Bride ' s Press , Limited , 24 , Bride-lane , E . C .

MEDALS for young heroes have been granted by the Royal Humane Society as follow : William H . Bligh , 13 , schoolboy , Canterbury , for plunging into 10 ft . of water in Ihe Slcur ard tescuing a boy who had accidentally fallen in ; Charles E . Fawcett , 14 , apprentice , whitesmith , fcr bravely rescuing Willie Turner from drowning in the Avon ; Albert E . H . Robertson , 14 , Greenwich , schoolboy , for saving the life of a young

comiade ; Htnty Andrews , Paradise-street , Rotherhithe , for jumping into the Thames at Hcrseljdown Staiis , and rescuing James Glynn , who , although unable to swim , got into lcift . of water while bathing ; Miss Alice M . Wilson , 14 , daughter of the vicar of Chtist Church , Paignton , for her courageous rescue of a girl named Green , at Goodrington .

HER M AJESTY THE EMPRESS E UGENIE , attended by Madame De Arcos , visited the Oueen , at Osborne , on thc 20 th instant , and remained to luncheon . In the afternooiTthe Oueen conferred the decoration of the Victoria Cross , for conspicuous bravery in South " Africa , on Sergeant-Major ( now Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant ) William Robertson , the Gordon Hignlanders ; and Captain Conwyn Mansel-Jones , the

West Yorkshire Regiment . Her Majesty afterwards conferred the Distinguished Service Order upon Captain and Brevet-Major Herbert Henry Austin . Royal Engineers , fur services in the East British Africa Protectorate , 1807-98 . Their Royal Highnesses Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Henry of Battenberg were present with the Queen .

ENGLAND ' BENEFICENCE . —City War Fund , £ 1 , 000 , 000 . —A record in Mansion House Funds has been achieved in connection with the Transvaal War Fund , which noiv 1 s- deds the sum of 1 , 000 , 000 sterlintr . This is quite apart from the Daily Telegraph ai d other lunds ot a like nature . There have bcen many successful appeals from tne seat of civic government in London , but all fall far short of the South African War Fund . During the mayoralty of Alderman Sir George Faudel Phillips in 1 S 97 £ 55 V co was taised on behalf of the starving inhabitants of India . In 1878 , a similar

appeal btought to'the coders of the Mansion House £ 515 , 200 . The Indian Famine Fund , which is now open , is well on the way towards £ 400 , 000 , and this in suite of the demands which have been made upon all classes since the war in South Africa began . The exact amount of the Mansion House Fund down to the 21 st inst . was £ 1 , 001 , 000 . The fund was opened on October 21 st by the then Lord Mayor , "Sir John Voce Moore , at whose close of office , a fortnight later , about £ 150 , 000 had bjen subscribed , and continued bv his successor , Sir Alfred Newton . The lirst £ 100 , 000 was raised by

November jid ; £ 250 , 000 by November 21 st ; £ 500 . 000 by January b : h ; and £ 75 O , OJO by March 12 . Large contributions have been received from the Colonies and many province ! cities and towns have swelled the total . Altogether the present Lord Mayo .-has teceived over a million and a half at the Mansion Hmie for ciaritable purposes . Of the War Fund the allocation has been as follows : Widows and orphans , £ 4 : 0 , 000 ; sick and wounded at the front , £ 05 , 000 ; disabled soldiers and sailors , £ tofj , ooo ; soldiers ' 1 nd sailors' families , £ 186 , 000 ; and the Lord Mayor's discretionary aceoun : ( to be a ; plitd to the above or cognate purposes ) , £ iSG , ooo .

Masonic And General Tidings.

DOWN lo the 23 rd instant the Indian Famine Fund amounted to £ 358 . 500 . HOSPITAL SATURDAY . —The council of the Hospital Saturday Fund have decided to hold their " special " workshop collection ( in lieu of the abandoned street collection ) on Saturday , October 13 th . As THE RESULT of the Marylebone Carnival , of which Bro . T . H . Brooke Hitching , C . C , J . P .. was the chairman , a sum of £ 2 , 000 has been forwarded as a first instalment to the Daily Telegraph Fund .

THE PRINTING of companies' prospectuses , plans , illustrations of industrial works Masonic work of all description , & c , produced with raoidity . Fast machinery and e * ery modern appliancejfor the production of large quantities at short notice . Freemason Printing Works , 16 and 16 a , Great Oueen-street , Lindon , W . C .

A LARGE FLAGSTAFF has been placed over the south porch at the Guildhall , it being intended to hoist a ( lag there on all ceremonial occasions in the future . The Guildhall is almost the only public building of importance in the City which has , hitherto , possessed no means of displaying bunting on the occasion of national celebrations .

IT IS MORE THAN PROBABLE that when the Court of Common Council reassembles at the close of the recess a proposition to honour those who have been chiefly responsible for the relief of the Legations at Pekin will be brought forward by an old member of the Court . That the project will meet with unanimous favour if introduced there cannot be a shadow of a doubt .

WEEK-ENDS IN HOPLAND ( A Bijou Handbook for the ! Cyclist and Rambler , No . 1 . )—This series of handbooks has been prepared in the interests of the many dwellers in cities whose custom it is to spend their week ' s ends where for smoke and din and grime are substituted pure and invigorating air . the hum of bees and birds , and the peace that reigneth over sleepy hamlets and heath-covered hills . The descriptive matter in these little books is accurate without being tedious in detail .

BRO . VAUGHAN MORGAN , whose portrait is to be placed in the court-room of Christ ' s Hcspital , is the treasurer of that institution . He received his education there , and began life as a clerk in the National Provincial Bank of England , retiring 11 years later , when chief cashier at Manchester . He , with his brothers , founded the Morgan Crucible Company and the firm of Morgan Brothers . He is an alderman and one of the Sheriffs-elect of the City , and has been for many years an ardent Freemason .

HER MAJESTY , who is a patron of the Royal South Bucks Agricultural Association , the headquarters of which are at Slough , has given a twenty-guinea silver cup for competition in connection with the annual ploughing match and exhibition at Colnbrook , in October next . It is for "The tenant farmer , renting not less than fifty acres of arable land , who shall show the best-cultivated root crops generally . " The Queen , in addition to this handsome trophy , gives a prize of five guineas for the best ploughman in the field .

A SLIGHT ALTERATION is being made in the wording of the inscription which is being cut in the stone pavement in front of St . Paul ' s to record the fact that her Majesty attended the Diamond Jubilee thanksgiving service held at the Cathedral . At first it was intended to inscribe the memorial as follows : " Here Queen Victoria wturned thanks to Almighty God for the 60 th anniversary of her reign , June 22 , 1 S 97 . " For " reign" the word " accession " is now substituted , in order to convey a more accurate statement of fact .

QUEEN ELIZABETH ' S LODGE , that little old specimen of an Elizabethan huntingbox which stands on the bcrders of Epping Forest , has been restored to some purpose by the City Corporation . One ot the many curious facts in the history ot this picturesque lodge ( which is now used as a museum ) is that when it passed into the hands of the Corporation it had as occupiers a keeper and his family , whose ancestors had dwelt within its walls for a century and a half , and were actually using some of the ( tapestry which formerly adorned the walls for the purposes of lloor covering .

THE DRAPERS' COMPANY , in forwarding their annual subscription of £ 1000 to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales ' s Hospital Fund , state that they "learnt with much satisfaction from the last report that the committee have appointed visiting sub-committees , consisting of persons practically acquainted with hospital management , with the object of obtaining information as to the merits and needs of the various institutions . The company regard this as a most important step towards promoting the well-being of mettopolitan medical charities , and strengthening their claims on public benevolence . "

THERE IS SUCH AN ABUNDANCE OF FRUIT in Lincolnshire this year that growers are experiencing the greatest dilficulty in getting rid of their supplies . Gooseberries have been selling as low as 3 d . per stone , and apples are now beginning to glut the markets . In many cases the sales have not realised sufficient to pay the cost of carriage , and tons of fruit have been returned as unsaleable . Some growers are said to have given unsold lots away rather than be saddled with the exoense of carriage home . Plums are a record crop this year , and when ripe it is feared that—from a marketing point of view—they will be almost worthless .

_ THE DUCHESS OF YORK left London on the 21 st instant for Raby Castle on a visit to Rro . Lord and Lady Barnard . Her Royal Highness was met at York by Sir Joseph Pease , M . P ., chairman of the N ' orth-Kastern Riilviv C 1 m 11 / , wvi trivellel with the train to Winston , where the Duchess was received by her hosts . Raby Castle is one of the most renowned , as well as one of the most beautiful of the stately holies of England , and it can boast , as the Duchess of Cleveland remarks in an interesting sketch she once wrote of its history , " of having had a hca'th-fire always alight since the days of Edward the Confessor . " It is thus older than William the Norman .

BRO . THE LORD MAYOR IN SCOTLAND . —Bro . the Lord Mayor , the Lady Mayoiess , and the members of the civic party took their departure from Scarborough on the iSth instant , and received a very hearty send-off . Proceeding by train to Edinourgh , the Chief Magistrate and his suite made the Royal Hotel their headquarters . A visit to Mr . Lawson Johnston , at Ioverary Castle , the seat of-the Duke of Argyle , was arranged for Monday , but owing to a slight attack of gout his Lordship was unable to travel that day . The party proceeded to Invcrary Castle on the 21 st instant , and will join Mr . Lawson Johnston on an excursion round the coasts of Scotland in his yacht , which , it may be mentioned , was once owned by Mrs . Langtry .

MIDLANIO RAILWAY . —It is generally allowed that none of our great railway companies lays itself out to better purpose in meeting the needs of the travelling public than the Midland Railway Company . Its service is always excellent , and carried out most punctually . Its charges , too , are very moderate , and as it will be seen from the particulars in our advertisement columns , those who may be desirous of spending a fortnight in Ireland or Scotland , a week in the Isle of Man , or Lake or other popular District , or even making still shorter excursions to our chief provincial towns and seaside resorts , will find it in every way to their advantage to avail themselves of the facilities provided for them by the management of the Midland Company .

Wills And Bequests.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS .

The estate of Bro . Edmond Frank Brewster Fnller , of Messrs . Fuller and Fuller , of 70 , Oueen-street , Cheapside , has been valued at £ 26 , 577 7 s . 1 id ,

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