Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

thank God , was not more serious than it was , he neverthei ss had this Institution ' s welfare so much at heart that , ^ ould not allow the remaining effects of that accident tc tcep him away from this Quarterly Court . The Chairman , when this motion had been seconded — parried , thanked the brethren for their kindness , and

said his interest in the prosperity of the Girls' School was t 00 well-known to need remarking upon . He was thankful that his accident was not serious , and though he still suffered considerable pain , it was not sufficient to prevent his coming among the brethren when his services were required for the Institutions . The Court then broke up .

Prince Leopold And The Wiltshire Freemasons.

PRINCE LEOPOLD AND THE WILTSHIRE FREEMASONS .

There was a very large and influential gathering of Freemasons at Warminster on Wednesday , in consequence 0 [ Prince Leopold , K . G ., P . G . M . for Oxfordshire , having expressed his intention of visiting the annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Wiltshire , held in the Warminster Town Hall . The officers of the Longleat Ledge opened the

lodge at half-past twelve o ' clock , and shortly afterwards received the Provincial Grand Lodge , the long procession including the Provincial Grand Master , Lord Methuen , accompanied by Prince Leopold ; Bro . Gabriel Goldney , M . P ., Deputy Grand Master ; Lore Henry Thynne , M . P ., Past Grand Warden of England ; Sir Watkin Wynn , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master for Wales and

Shropshire ; Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., Provincial Grand Master for Berks and Bucks ; Bro . V . F . Benett Stanford , M . P ., General Doherty , the Revs . C . R . Davey , and T . y . Ravenshaw , Past Grand Chaplains ; Rev . G . O . E . Gardiner , Provincial Grand Chaplain ; Bro . Tombs , Provincial Grand Secretary ; Bro . Biggs , Provincial Grand Secretary Beiks and Bucks ; and a number of other Prov . G .

Officers of the Craft in Wilts , Dorset , Somerset , and other provinces . The customary honours having been accorded to Prince Leopold and the other distinguished visitors , reports were represented showing that the province was in a very satisfactory state , upon which Lord Methuen congratulated thc brethren generally . Bro . Goldney , the Deputy Grand Master , in the name of Provincial

Grand Lodge , presented to Lord Methuen a handsome banner , emblazoned with his lordship ' s arms , and an inscription giving thc date of Lord Methuen's installation ( 1835 ) , and also that of the presentation . Bro . Goldney delivered a brief address , asking Lord Methuen ' s

acceptance of the banner as a token of the gratitude which the Masons of Wiltshire felt towards him for the ability with which he had for so many years presided over the Province of Wiltshire . Lord Methuen , in thanking the brethren for the expression of their kindnessand good will , said that whenever his connection with the Province of

Wilts ceased he should look back upon it with feelings of pleasure and satisfaction . - Tne Provincial Grand Master presented the thanks of the brethren to Prince Leopold for having honoured them with his presence , and said he hoped His Royal Highness would never feel regret , but rather pride , that he was a member of a Wiltshire lodge . At thc conclusion of the business thc company adjourned

to a banquet , when the usual . Masonic toasts were honoured . Lord Methuen presided , and the company , which numbered upwards of 100 , included Prince Leopold , Lord H . Thynne , M . P ., the High Sheriff of Wilts ( Bro . W . H . Poyndcr ) , Sir Watkin Wynn , M . P ., Sir Daniel Gooch , M . P ., Bro . Arthur Guest , Past Grand Senior Warden Dorset ; Colonel the Hon . Percy Fielding ( Coldstream

Guards ) , Colonel Crawley , Colonel Everett , Col . Magrath , Bro . R . H . Collins , and others holding high office in the Masonic Craft . " The Health of the Right Worshipful Bro . His Royal Highness Prince Leopold , Prov . Grand Master of Oxfordshire , " was proposed by Lord Methuen , and received with great enthusiasm . His Royal Highness , in responding , said : Right Worshipful Sir and Brethren , —1

nse to return my most sincere thanks for the cordial terms in which the Provincial Grand Master has proposed my health , and also to return thanks to all the brethren for the kind reception they have given to this toast . ( Cheer ? . ) although I have spent little more than a few weeks in Wiltshire this is already the second occasion on which I have received a hearty reception from the brethren of this

province ( cheers ) . I can assure you that this fact in no small degree increases my appreciation of this county and of this neighbourhood in particular ( loud cheers ) . It seems to me that wherever a Mason may take up his residence , however much he may previously have been a stranger in the county , he is sure to find there a nucleus of

'eady made friends ( loud cheers ) . And this , brethren , is a « advantage which I am sure you will agree cannot be valued too highly ( loud cheers ) . I must add that it is a special pleasure to me to make the acquaintance of my Mother Masons in Wiltshire , and to find my highly valued AU L ° Mctnuen ' » argc of the province ( cheers ) , althou gh there are probably many present who have

enjoyed the Provincial Grand Master's friendship a greater number of years than I have , I can at least say I have j nown nitn as long almost as I have known any one , and ,, " . , add that to know him is to appreciate a manly , iraightforward , and thoroughly English character ( loud enccrs . ) In inviting tu drink " The Health of

you your ^ rovincial Grand Master , " I congratulate you upon having . genial and cheery a chief , and I ask you to join me praying that he may be spared for many , many years res ' ' ? ovcr lms province ( cheers . )—Lord Methuen , Ponded , and the toast list was then gone through . — Standard . "

of th n ° ^ a series lectures on the History str-11 i- ' ' 8 iven in th < : Confidence Lodge of In-Hall T ° n WeclneS ( lay next , at 8 o ' clock , at theMasons ' 'avern , Masons' Avenue , Basinghall-street .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

The Pro Grand Master has given notice that he will call a Special Grand Lodge to receive the report of the Special Committee on Bro . Simpson's notice of motion for commemorating the return of the Prince of Wales from India .

Bro . F . Binckes has given notice of motion for next Grand Lodge that £ 6000 be given by Grand Lodge to the three Masonic Charities in commemoration of the return of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., from India . The Powerscourt , ( County Tyrone ) estates have iust been disposed of to an English purchaser for . £ 200 . 000 .

Lord Powerscourt will , it is understood , devote his time and attention more to the Wicklow property than heretofore . It has been much improved of late . His Grace The Duke of Abercorn , M . W . G . M . of Ireland , will leave Kingston by special steamer on resigning the Lord Lieutenancy on the 6 th December . His Grace will hold his final reception on the 3 th .

The Studholme Mark Lodge will be consecrated at the Masonic Hall , Golden-square , on the 7 th of Dec . Her Majesty the Queen and H . R . H . Princess Louis of Hesse ( Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland ) have been graciously , pleased to accept copies of the secT 5 nd edition of the late Bro . Henry Melville ' s Work " Veritas , Revelation of Mysteries ; Biblical ,

Historical , and Social , " recently published by the Charing Cross Publishing Company , Limited . Bro . J . Weaver , P . M . 862 , has been presented with a handsome silver tea service , to mark the appreciation by the brethren of that lodge of thc ability and firmness he displayed in the conduct of the affairs of the ledge under most difficult and trying circumstances .

H . R . H . Prince Leopold , Prov . G . M . for Oxford , will preside at the next festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , on the 14 th Februaiy , 1877 . King John of Abyssinia has appointed Major Barlow to be generalissimo of all his forces , with suitable rank . Tlie new commander will start at once for the " seat of war , " but will , we understand , endeavour to

obtain an interview with the Khedive , at Cairo , en route . Colonel Gardiner Montgomery has , we are informed , been offered the appointment of Chief oi the Staff under the first European who has ever commanded a native force of Abyssinians . — " Whitehall Review . " A new weekly periodical to be called "Truth "

is announced to appear in the new year . It will be produced under the auspices of Mr . Labouchere , late of the " World . " The Queen , it is "announced , has conferred the vacant ribbon of the Thistle upon Sir William Stirling Maxwell , M . P . for Perthshire .

BAZAAR AT MONTROSE . —On Saturday , 18 th inst ., a grand bazaar was opened in the Guildhall , Montrose , in aid of the new hall proposed to be erected by the Ancient Kilwinning , No . 13 , Lodge of Freemasons . The proceedings were opened by Bro . Colonel Guthrie , P . G . M . Killogie , delivering an interesting address on the advantages and benefits of Masonry .

The brethren expect to realise about £ 300 . The third recital on the " Estey " Organs took place on Thursday , the 23 rd inst ., at Hodge and Essex Organ Rooms , Argvll-street , Regent-street . Bro . The Right Hon . G . Ward Hunt , as first Lord of the Admiralty , gave a banquet on Wednesday evening , at his official residence , Whitehall , to the officers

of her Majesty ' s ships Aleit and Discovery , and to the chief officers of the Arctic vessel Pandora . The brethren of the " Mystic Tie " who are seeking election on the London School Board , besides Bros . Sir John Bennett and Sutton Govcr , both members

of No . 1 , are Bros . Heller and White , in the Lambeth division , and Bro . the Rev . C . Darby Reade , in Chelsea . A Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons will be held on Wednesday next , under the auspices of thc John O'Gaunt Lodge , No . 172 , in the Old Hall , Gainsborough . Lodge will be opened at 1 . 13 p . m .

THE THICIIOSOI ' . —Whatever may be said against or in favour of the smoking of tobacco , it is certain that the more fragrant our weed thc less harm is likely to come of it . Cigars have become so dear that any means of obtaining a clear smoke must be looked upon as a boon to lovers of Sir Walter Raleigh ' s favourite weed . As a good cigar cannot harm a smoker so may we say of a

good pipe . But the fragrance of tobacco is nearly always taken away by a foul pipe , and how to keep one clean is a matter which has puzzled the most ingenious . But after all , the simplest mode is always the best , and that which , when seen , appears so simple is often made the subject of a patent . This is clearly the case in a new oatent nine called the " Trichonooolv " broueht out bv

Adolph Frankau , & Co ., and its name was taken after the straw in the Trichonopoly Cheroots . Shaped in the ordinary way , thc inside of the stem is movable with the mouthpiece , and by substituting a new straw in the centre of the stem and then replacing it and fastening it by aid of the cork at mouthpiece , a new centre is placed in the niDe . which smokes better than a new one bv the

seasoning thc bowl may have had . A bundle of straws which costs id ., is sold with each pipe , which vary in price from 2 s ., so that the interior of stem may be changed to new at any time . Those who have been unable to enjoy the " pipe of peace " may now do so with certainty . We trust that the introducers of the Trichonopoly Pipe will soon see the desirability of applying their patent to meerschaums also .

Masonic And General Tidings.

The visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Lord Suffield , R . W . P . G . M . Norwich , terminated rather abruptly , by reason of thc death of a brother of Lady Suffield . Their Royal Highnesses and suite left Gunton Station at 2 . 20 by special train in charge of Mr . Stevenson , district Superintendent , and reached Norwich at 3 . 10 . Their Royal Highnesses then proceeded in the Royal

saloon carriage attached to thc ordinary Lynn train en route for Sandtingham . The Princess Alice visited the Victoria Hospital for Sick Children on Wednesday , the 13 th inst ., and intimated her willingness that one of the wards should be called after her name . A similar favour was lately conferred on this hospital by the Princess Louise .

Lord Templetown has been transferred from the colonelcy of the 60 th Rifles to that of the 2 nd Life Guards , in succession to the late Marquis of Tweeddale . Lord Templeton served in the Crimean War , and was present at Alma , Inkerman , and the seige of Sebastopool .

He entered the army in April , 1823 . The appointment of the Earl of Haddington to the Lord-Lieutenancy of that county , in the room of the Marquis of Tweeddale , is gazetted . Mr . Justice Hawkins has been removed to the Exchequer Division of the High Court of Justice .

Mr . Charles Grevile Prideaux , Q . C , of the Western Circuit , has been appointed to the Recordership of Exeter , rendered vacant by the elevation of Mr . Lopes to thc Bench . Mr . Prideaux was called to the Bar in 18 36 , and has for several years held the post of Recorder of Helstone , which latter appointment has been conferred on Mr . Gabriel Prior Goldney , of the Western Circuit , son of Mr . G . Goldney , M . P . for Chippenham .

The death of a distinguished Mason is announced , His Excellency Marshal the Duke of Saldanha , Portugese Ambassador , and member of the 33 rd Degree in Portugal . An Obituary will appear in our issue of the 2 nd prox . Tlie Installation meeting of the York Lodge of Mark Master Masons will take place at the Masonic

Hall , Duncombe Place , York , on Tuesday next , at which the R . W . Bro . F . Binckes , Grand Secretary , has kindly consented to officiate . Bro . G . Bamford is the W . M . elect . The Prince of Wales , who had accepted an invitation to shoot with the Due de la Rochefoucauld-Bisaccia on November 27 th , has telegraphed that , owing to imperative circumstances , his visit is postponed . PEI . U \ M Snunnv . —This wine was specially imported by

Messrs . Fryer and Parker in 1871 . Since that time , the late Earl of Yarborough selected it from a large number of samples , and it was then shipped for him under the brand of " Pelham , " which title has since been registered . It is a wine of genuine good value , soft and mel low on the palate , full of flavour and character , and cf great bouquet . It is worthy the notice of our readers , that this firm having less expenses than a London house , are in a position to offer their wines at a much lower price .

Consecration Of The Crichton Lodge, No. 1646.

CONSECRATION OF THE CRICHTON LODGE , No . 1646 .

On Saturday , the 1 ith inst ., an additional link was added to the great chain of Freemasonry by the consecration of the Crichton Lodge , No . 16 4 6 , which took place at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell New-road , in the presence of some of the most distinguished members of the

Craft . The ceremonies of consecration and installation were performed b y Bro . John Hervey , Grand Secretary ; assisted by Bros , the Rev . R . J . Simpson , P . G . Chaplain ; H . G . Buss , P . M . 37 and P . J . G . W . Middlesex ; H . A ; Dubois , P . M . 1423 , and P . G . S . D . Middlesex ;

and the following brethren : —H ; Bungary , 1622 ; J . H . Hastie , P . M . 1216 ; George BarsdorfF , 1329 ; S . J . Davis , 1208 ; H . Hammond , S . W . 1216 ; R . Scott , 155 $ ) W . E . Bott , 1558 ; T . Ickstein , 1196 ; J . T . Bickerton , 1329 ; S . J . Harvey , J . D . 72 ; T .

Hines , S . W . 72 ; W . May , 256 ; G . Hyde , 141 ; H . Thompson ( " Freemason " ) , 1426 , and P . M . 176 and 11 , 58 } E . Clarke , P . M . 134 ; R - R- Davis , P . M . 256 ; J . Dixon , 1558 ; Dawn , P . M . 72 ; W . Semple , P . M . 194 ; J . Oliver , P . M . Granite ; Payne , P . M .

27 ; H . Martin , J . W . 1329 ; W . L . Cackett , W . M . 1558 ; W . H . Fairer , 1429 ; J . H . Asman , 1329 5 J . Sugden , W . M . 1529 ; T . L . Heller , 1329 ; C . Browne , P . M . 1715 ; A . Stubling , 1329 ; H . C . Reeves , J . W . 1381 ; and others .

Soon after three o ' clock a procession was formed , and the . brethren , entered the lodge-room in the assigned order , the junior members being first , and the others according to their re spective ranks . All having taken their assigned places , Bro . J . Hervey occupied the chair , and the lodge was opened in the three degrees . The consecrating vessels from the Grand