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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
BRO . THB DUKE OF M ARLBOROUGH has promised to preside at the "Brighton Dames" Annual Primrose League Demonstration on April 21 th . BRO . THE EARI . AND COUNTESS OF ARRAN , vvho vvere among the guests of Earl and Countess Cadogan at Dublin Castle last week , have returned to their residence in Hertford-street . THE DUCHESS OF MONTROSE vvill visit Cheltenham College on Friday , the tst prox ., and unveil a statue of the Queen , vvhich has been presented to the College Chapel by old Cheltonians .
WE ARE GLAD to state that her Highness the Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein has now quite recovered from a slight attack of measles , from which she has been suffering at Cumberland Lodge . FIELD-MARSHAL the Duke of Cambridge vvill preside at the annual general meeting of the Royal School for Daughters of Officers of the Army , to be held at the United Service Institute , on Saturday , the iCth prox ., at 3 p . m .
THE E ARL OF ROSEBERY has sent £ 10 towards the fund for placing a memorial window in Cloughton parish church in memory of the late Bro . Sir Frank Lockwood . There is already in the church a beautiful window erected by Sir Frank in memory of his father and mother .
THE ANNUAL meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Gloucestershire will he held on Tuesday , May 31 st , at Tewkesbury . The proceedings will include a special service in the Abbey , a building with the restoration of which Provincial Grand Lodge generously associated itself a few years ago . THE E ARL AND COUNTESS OF DUDLEY entertained at dinner on-Saturday , at 7 , Carlton Gardens , Count de Several , the Duchess of Manchester , Earl and Countess Cadogan , Bro . Earl and Countess Carrington , Lord Farquhar , the Right Hon George Curzon , Mr . and Hon . Mrs . Farquharson , Mrs . H . Williams , and Mr . C . de Murrieta .
HF . R R OYAL HIGHNESS the Infanta Eulalie , sister of the late King of Spain , arrived in London on Monday afternoon . She was met at Victoria Station by Count Rascon , the Spanish Ambassador ; Count de Casa Valencia , ex-Ambassador ; the Countess Valencia and her daughters , the Embassy staff , the Spanish Consul-General , and a number of Spanish residents in London .
THE D UKE AND DUCHESS OF FIFE have consented to open a bazaar in aid of the Society for Providing Homes for Waifs and Strays , at the Empiess Rooms , R > ya ! Palace Hotel , Kensington , on the 4 th May . The Dukeof Fife , K . T . ( President ) , has given / 100 as a donation to the Hospital for Sick Children , Great Ormond-street , to start the fund for the purchase of the adjoining Hospital of St . John and St . Elizabeth at a cost of £ 30 , 000 .
A COMMITTEE has been been formed , with Bro . the Earl of Derb y as Chairman and Sir Arthur B . Forwood as Vice-Chairman , to promote a memorial to the late Countess of Lathom . It is proposed to found a perpetual endowment for the maintenance of a nurse , who shall vvork primarily in the districts of Lathom and Skelmersdale , and shall be lodged and maintained in the Nurses' Home attached to the Cottage Hospital at Ormskirk , in which Lady Lathom took so active an interest .
IF YOU WANT a high-class cigarette of a really fine quality of Turkish make , vve cannot do better than recommend our smoking friends to try those manufactured by Messrs . Teofani and Co . Both as extensive cultivators and buyers of the best t obacc is grown in Turkey , they make all their cigarettes in London , the quality , freshness , and perfection of vvhich cannot , we believe , be surpassed by anything like them in the trade . They can always be had at the leading hotels , stoies , cafes , and restaurants thro-ghout the United Kingdom , and are invariably sought after by connoisseurs and judges who know how to appreciate a really high-class cigarette .
THE Q UEEN went out on Monday morning , attended by the Countess of Antrim . Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland , with their daughter , Princess Marie Louise , and her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Hanover , attended by Baroness Meltzins , Baroness Kimber , and Baron During , visited her Majesty , and remained to luncheon . The Oueen drove in the afternoon , accompanied by their Royal
Highnesses Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Henry of Battenberg . 'Their Imperial Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Oldenburg and Princess William of Baden dined with her Majesty , and the Royal family on Sunday evening . His Excellency Bro . the Right Hon . Sir Edmund Monson , her Majesty ' s Ambassador at Paris , has arrived at Cimiez , and paid a vis ' t to the Excelsior Hotel Regina .
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS the Princess Eulalia , Infanta of Spain , honoured Bro . Lord and Lady Pirbright by her company at dinner on Tuesday evening at their ¦ esidence in Grosvenor-place . There were also present the Brazilian Minister , Lady Conyerp , Lady Blythswood , Bro . Lord Connemua , Sir Francis and Lady Jeune and Miss Stanley , Bro . the Hon . Schombe ; g McDonnell , the Hon . Mary and Hon . Leila Hill Trevor , Admiral Sir Edmund Commerell , Mr . W . VV . Astor , Mr . and Mrs . Walter , M . Johannes Wolff , Mr . and Mrs . Van Raalte , Captain Peel and Mr . Faudel-Pnillips . Lady Piihright afterwards held a small reception , at which M . Johannes Wolff played several pieces on the violin , to the evident enjoyment of the assembled guests .
THE ANNUAL dinner of the London Chamber of Commerce was held on Monday evening at the Hotel Cecil . Sir Albert Rollit , M . P ., presided , and among the company were the Earl of Selborne ( Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies ) , Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal , the Belgian Minister , the Portuguese Minister , the Siamese Minister , the Servian Minister , Count Lewonhaupt ( Minister for Sweden and Norway ) , Bro . Lord Charles Beresford , M . P ., the Chinese Minister , Mr . C . T . Ritchie , M . P . ( President of
the Board of Trade ) , Bro . Sir James Fergusson , Mr . Leonard Courtney , M . P ., Mr . Asquith , M . P ., Bro . Sir Stafford Northcote , M . P ., Sir Clements Markham , Lieut .-Cen . Sir Andrew Clarke , Sir Courlenay Boyle , Sir E . H . Carbutt , Major-General Sir rancis Scott , Sir G . Baden-Powell , M . P ., Mr . Kimber , M . P ., Bro . Lieut .-General Laurie , M . P ., Captain Sir Alfred Jephson , the Hon . R . R . Dobell ( Canada ) , and Mr . H- Willans ( Chairman of the Council ) .
THE AUDITED ACCOUNTS of the Queen ' s Commemoration Fund on behalf of the 'Jueen ' s Jubilee Institute for Nurses snow that the total subscriptions amounted to / elo . jGo 13 s . 5 d ., England and Wales contributing £ 30 , 557 ios ., the Children ' s Inbute , per Mr . J . S . Wood , "Gentlewoman , " £ 516 Ss . iod ., and Scotland sending £ 9286 14 s . yd . ; the gross receipts amounting to £ 41 , 545 us . 5 d . wants were made as follows : St . Katharine ' s ( Oueen ' s Institute ) , £ 4200 ; scoitish
Branch ( Queen ' s Institute ) , £ 300 ; Essex County Cottage Nursing ssociation , £ 500 ; County of Carnarvon return of 70 per cent ., as agreed , £ 1120 ; an if * . if t , 1 tlione * -- ' return of 70 per cent ., as agreed , £ 131 193 . id . ; Manchester Via h Cursing Association , return of 75 per cent , of ctiilJren ' s tribute collected in ' anchester , as agreed , ^ 33 4 s . CJ . There is a balance at bank of £ 33 , 000 on deposit count . In a report published it is explained that this balance-sheet dois not include nrnt- •1 ?"* notab-y the amoun : collected in Ireland ( £ 10 , 738 ) and £ 67 , 403 from the vuviaoai branches .
his e » t . ' RBDI" 1 * ICK j . HORNIMAN , M . P ., is about to present absolutely to the public in vvWrn |' iH e collec , lon of artistic and natural objects , together with a suitable building into ana L he - . can be permanently housed , and some 15 acres of land to be converted each ii , r li recreatlon ground . The new building will consist ot two lofty galleries , : wh ; ,- ! , .:: ¦ . ? ' ¦ on > f > and ° i a lecture hall capable of seating too people . Its elevation ,
" mnoii-Tni •„ ° i , e - -d character , will be carried out entirely in stone , and its ¦ wo Balir- , further emphasised by a clock tower over 100 feet in height . The 1 '' epartm . nl re ' , to wil 1 be divided into courts , in which will be housed the various lr , dian annfi ° u S devoted to pre-historic objects , another to Japanese , another , to and entonmi •1 t 8 VPtlatl > and so forth . Special space vvill be devoted to zoological 1 he site nurrh -i 1 & ' the latter of which is exceptionally large and inteiesting . within a u „ •e ? , y Br 0 , Horniman for the building and its surrounding park are ' of arapidirr nU i" walk of' - "" Iship-lane and Forest Hid Stations , and in the centre the property th ? e suburban neighbourhood . Of the villas at present constituting - mands an Pvt . •&?> nanied Surrey Mount , which from its very b . ty elevation , comi frce club hoJLT 'V' """ be leit sending , and will be fitted up as a free library and Va "ous sci . ntifi- - P . r . 00 ms " - " - 'iff devoted to meetings and other purposes of the --cientific clubs in the neighbourhood .
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TUB Q UEEN has forwarded her annual subscription of £ 50 to the Royal National .. Lifeboat Institution , of vvhich her Majesty is the Patron . '•\ " | ^/' i *^ ' | ^ V ^ Vif BRO . LORD HERSCHELL has returned to Pau , vvhere he joins Lady Herschell for a month's holiday . Deal Castle is during their absence to be thoroughly overhauled . BRO , THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE has left town on a visit toLBro . Lord Stanley ,
M . P ., at Knowsley , in the absence of Bro . the Earl and Countess of Derby ,, ¦^ ho .. ara m E Ko P - . •¦ :.... ; .. "' . ! . - ' ' Y ; . tY : Y- ' el-V-Vie •«•! THE DUKE OF ALBANY , attended by his tutor , will leave Charing ¦ ( j ! ross , to-mo , rrp \ v .. > morning , to spend the Easter holidays at the Villa Nevada , Cannes , where . th . e * f ) uchess . 5 i of Albany has been staying for some weeks . .. . ' .-: . ¦•. . •i , * , ' . ' ,. . ? . < J > ; . iii > v-T . ( i . Sl ¦¦> :
BRO . THE EARL OF EUSTON , Pro G . M ., on behalf oi H ^ R .-H . ' -the ^ Pririci-jof Wales , vvill install Bro . the Earl of Halsbury as -Provincial Grand /; Matk MastePoF - ' Cornwall , vice Bro . Sir Charles Graves-Sawle , resigned , at Trurby WtHe ' r 3 th'p ^ l L ' 1 il ' !* ¦ ' •-. ' - - ' ^ ' - ^ . tri' ^ A-. e- \ . e jte .- " [< , i THE NEXT PERFORMANCE of the Elizabethan . Stage Societ y wiirt . ake * pf-Ke , ^ it , $ fr , ; George ' s Hall , on Tuesday evening , the 5 th prox ., when Middleton- ^ pdL ^ wleyJg ^ j romantic comedy , "The Spanish Gipsy , " will be be revived after'the " manherof ; , rtie , ;;; iCth century . The music will be under the direction o { Mr . Arnold ' Dolnjeb-ch . *' , L " : 1 <' , r « -, A
THE 29 TH ANNUAL concert in aid of the Metropolitan and City PoliotOrjohahagej ¦' / of vvhich Institution her Majesty the Queen is Patron , was given by " -the -police of"theft ;**' , B , and C , Divisions at St . James's Hall , on Wednesday evening . Evefy - portion -of *¦ ' ' ' the room was thronged , and so a substantial addition to the funds Of ' -a Very deserving- '• Charity may be counted upon when the figures shall have been adjusted * ••- ''•*' - •' •. •'•- ¦ . •;_ ¦•. - «'•" , H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES is expected to leave Cannes ;' atthe ' end of hext ' r ''
week , and vvill stay for a few days in Paris , at the Hotel Bristol , ' on his . way . L . hpmfy , v His Royal Highness is due at Sandringham on Thursday , the : 7 fh '' prby " . j ' . and ^ riLEas te ! cL ' . ' Monday he , together with his guests , will attend the West Norfolk * Hunt'Cliib Sf ^ eple-L . ! ^ chases at East Winch , near Lynn . The Prince goes to Newmarket on . Wednesday , the *"" 13 th prox ., returning to Sandringham after the races " on Friday ; t ^ e ^ i | tn , ' : ' au ' d ^ h ? . will , ., arrive at Marlborough House for the season on Monday , thtaSth ' ' " . ' . L'L . ' ., ' , ' ! : ' ! : ! , ' ' ¦'•' L ¦ '"
COL . THE HON . J HAY , United States Ambassador to the Court , of-Stii' , James ' s , reached Victoria Station at five o ' clock on Tuesday evening last on' his return from Egypt . The Ambassador , vvho appeared to be in excellent healthy vvas met by e Mr . White , vvho has acted as Charge d'Affaires during his absence , Mr . Carter , Secretary at the United States Embassy , and the various members of the Embassy staff . His Excellency was accompanied only by his private secretary , Mrs . Hay and Miss Hay , who were with him during his tour , having remained behind in Paris where they intend to stay for a few days . , : \ 'iYf ; 4
THE MARQUIS AND MARCHIONESS OF LANSDOWNE gave a dinner party at Lansdowne House on Wednesday . The guests included the Duchess of Montrose , Bro . the Earl and Countess of Erne and Lady Evelyn Crichton , the Earl and Countess of Minto , Count Hermann Hatzfeldt , Viscount and Viscountess Coke ,-Viscount Brackley , Lord and Lady Harris , Lord Charles Fitzmaurice , the Right Hon . Sir VVTfliairi an'd Lady , .,- , Harcourt , Bro . General Sir Evelyn Wood , V . C , Mr . and La % H 6 faBo ; Erskihe , 'B ' rdJ ; ' " ! Col . and Mrs . Lockwood , Mr . J . Murray Scott , Mr . and Mrs . JohnCatery Mrs . 'W . ' £ ' . ' - '' ¦
Gladstone , and Mr . and Mrs . Hugh Barnes . . ' . : ; - , ' . '' , ' . ¦! ;" . . '; ' ' ' . ;''" .. [ , ' .-THE RIGHT HON . THE SPEAKER ( Bro . W . C . Gully ) gavejiis fifth Pariiametery . ''!' dinner on Wednesday evening to the following , amongst others , namely .: Colonel . the Hon . Frederic Morgan , Bro . the Hon . Evelyn Hubbard , Bro , theiHon . Vicary Gibbs * , ; .. ^ . the Hon . John Gordon , Bro . Sir Frederick Milner , Bro . Sir Barrington SimeoneBro . iSirt . e
John Llewellyn , Sir Charles Cameron , Sir James Pender , Sir Edwin Durning Lawrence ; ¦ •- ' Sir Henry Howorth , Bro . Sir Henry Bemrose , Sir Charles Cayzer , Sir George . Facdell" ,-: * Mr . Cameron Corbett , Mr . Fison , Bro . General Goldsworthy , Mr . Brodie Hoare , Bro . •- > Horniman , Mr . Richardson , Colonel Sandys , Mr . Courtenay Warner , Mr ; Wayman ; -jl Admiral Field , the Rev . Canon Wilberforce ( Chaplain ) , and Mr . ¦ Edw ' ard . Gully . " ( Secretary ) . .--:-.-.. ¦ -.- ' .. j ; .- . -. ; : I „ I .- Ive , ; :,.
THE LORD MAYOR , Bro . Alderman Col . Davies , M . P ., has addressed aTetter to "l ! " * he Chairman of the London County Council ( Mr . McKinnon Wood ) stating that on the occasion of the fire in Cripplegate he made an appeal for the relief of the workpeople who lost tools , clothes , and other articles . Though confined tb the citizens , it was so bountifull y responded to that not only were all the claims of the-rsufferer * amply met , but a considerable balance remained . He now asked the consent ofthe London . Cbunty- "" ' Council , as the controlling body of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade . 'to hisLdev 6 tinEr"X . 7 o « . 'i . <'
-of that balance to the Widows and Orphans' Benefit Fund established in ' oonnectiohi'L ' with the Brigade . Mr . McKinnon Wood , in reply , while thanking his Iotdship'fot' the' -- ^ - kind thought which prompted this proposal , explained that the FuntTwas a ' private ' one ,- ' . 5 managed by a committee of ofiicers of the Brigade with the- aid otfour trustees ,- tvvo'bl whom were the chairman and the clerk of the Council for the time beiogi but'thtt- s «" "j : the Council , as such , did not concern itself in the management . ' . He woMld have-much t ¦ ¦ -. pleasure in receiving the generous donation ani in miking the Fire Brigiiiacq-aiifitid- " ' " 1 with his lordship ' s communication . : •;: ' , :.:, ;> > : •; . •v ! -::-- ! 'i-. » vit
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER ( Bro . Sir M . Hicks-Beach , Birt ., M . P . ) , and Lady Lucy Hicks-Beach entertained at dinner on Wednesday evening , in Downingstreet , the Earl and Countess of Portsmouth , Viscount Cross and the Hon . Margaret Cross , Viscount Fitz-Harris , Lord and Lady Tweedmouth , Bro . LoAl andLtdy Wint > age , Bro . the Right Hon . Gerald and Lady Betty Balfour , the Hon . * Robert'Jirries ;» "" > Lady Ridley , the Hon . Lady Northcote , Mr . J . and the Hon . jMrs . -v Ryder . -SiriF . ; - " Mowatt , and Mr . Whitmore , M . P . Lady Lucy Hick-Beach afterwards held a receplaoitv ' - ''
There were present , the Russian Ambassador , the Italian Ambassador ' the ' UniWd- ' ' States Ambassador , the Turkish Ambassador , and Madame Costaki AnthopouloS . 'the Swedish Minister and Countess Lewenhaupt , the Belgian Minister , Mr . •Hthty Whlt ^ e ' L ' the Duchess of Montrose and Lady Helen Graham , Bro . the EatU and Countess •of " ' ^ Dartrey , Earl Stanhope and Lady Katherine Stanhope , Evelyn-Countess-Bathu ' retyand v *' i Lady Evelyn Bathurst , the Countess of Leitrim and Lady Winifred ¦ Glements .-Bfo . ''' - '"
Viscount and Viscountess Ebrington , Bro . Viscount Donerailej . Vistountess Erdlyn , JBrc ( . ' Lord and Lady Pirbright , Bro . Lord Norton , Lord and Lady : Morris . and : Horti"Miss -- ¦ *' Morris , Lord and Lady Medway , Bro . Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Lord and Lady Harris , Lord Wimborne and Hon . Rosamond Guest , Lord Henry . Afane Tempest , the Right Hon . A . J . Balfour , M . P ., the Right Hon . Joseph" Chamberlain , M . P ., and Mrs . Chamberlain , the Right Hon . Sir W . Harcourt , M . P .. and Lidy Harcourt , the Hon . VV . F . D . Smith , M . P ., and Lady Esther Smith , the Hon . John Qirtton , M . P ., and a large number of other members of Parliament , ... j " ' ? J -L- ;'
THE MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY , LIMITED . The 74 th annual report of this Company is brimful of interest , disclosing as it does an exceedingly successful year ' s operations and a business-like *' and ' vigorous administration , . as well as a bold determination to stand in the front rank of- insurance enterprise . That the formula of the office is in high public estimation is best proved by the . { ollowir-g statement of the progress made , as recorded up to the close of 18 97 " : The year , ( 8 97 , was' r < e an eventful one in the history of the Manchester Fire Assurance Co . the i 2 monthsm » ikingaeL ^ i
, period of pronounced development . The Company took overthe busipess of w A-nericaa '' i . ' !> l Fire Insurance Company of New York and the Commercial Fire Insurance jCpmpa . oy ol YAS , Cape Town . As a result of the transfers of the past year , the net premium , iiicomfl of 1 Yi the Manchester rose from £ 731 , 483 to £ 850 , 600—the highest .-figure to ^ hich iti btwviU attained . Notwithstanding the largeness of the increase , it appears ,, however , that . tht } -, > carefulness in the acceptance of business which has characterised the , L , p , ifjesei ) t ^ ri * , nageT vtV ; - * mentjias been just as prominent during the past year . . The report states that the total' '•(
premium increase is only £ 3120 more than the combined premium ihcqmes ' ofLtljft threu !; , ; ' / companies for the previous year . The actual working was of a very satSf ^ ciory oVde-ty . ! - »" i the net losses paid and outstanding — £ 491 , 754 — showing , 7 a loss ' raftgi- ' . gf ^^ i -5 per cent ., and expenses a ratio of 3 ^ . 8 per' cent ., and ' ' t ' cadmg-i accpimv' » -vlsubstantial surplus of 7 . 4 per cent ., with interest , receipts . of , £ i 4 , M „; the-cr « dit balance on the revenue account forthe year was £ 86 , 113 , a dividend of , 15 , per cent * jr-- ' was declared , which absorbs £ 30 , 000 , deducting the cost oi the American \ nK ' stock- ' - -ii
from the American fire funds taken over , there remained a balance " of £ i 7 ,. ioi , asucru--. t i of £ si ? 3 wasjyritten off the ledger value of the company ' s property ; interest paid and ¦ accrued in the Times Mutual Sprinkler and Cambridge bonds was £ 2992 , while £ 17 . 435 ; was charged as cost of the Commercial of Cape Town busuiess and Times MutUit . tv . vj commuted bonus payments , so that the total amount to be adde . dlo , the reserve *««• ,. - i £ 47 , 608 , exclusive of the paid up capital of £ 2 oo , ood-i-the , Llatte ' r ' . npi » , ' amounts -to < . { " „ •< £ 571 , 902 . Under the improved financial conditions , we expect to fiicT that considerably ; ' progress will be made . ' * , -. '¦' ; ,,, •, > . ¦ .- ">
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
BRO . THB DUKE OF M ARLBOROUGH has promised to preside at the "Brighton Dames" Annual Primrose League Demonstration on April 21 th . BRO . THE EARI . AND COUNTESS OF ARRAN , vvho vvere among the guests of Earl and Countess Cadogan at Dublin Castle last week , have returned to their residence in Hertford-street . THE DUCHESS OF MONTROSE vvill visit Cheltenham College on Friday , the tst prox ., and unveil a statue of the Queen , vvhich has been presented to the College Chapel by old Cheltonians .
WE ARE GLAD to state that her Highness the Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein has now quite recovered from a slight attack of measles , from which she has been suffering at Cumberland Lodge . FIELD-MARSHAL the Duke of Cambridge vvill preside at the annual general meeting of the Royal School for Daughters of Officers of the Army , to be held at the United Service Institute , on Saturday , the iCth prox ., at 3 p . m .
THE E ARL OF ROSEBERY has sent £ 10 towards the fund for placing a memorial window in Cloughton parish church in memory of the late Bro . Sir Frank Lockwood . There is already in the church a beautiful window erected by Sir Frank in memory of his father and mother .
THE ANNUAL meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Gloucestershire will he held on Tuesday , May 31 st , at Tewkesbury . The proceedings will include a special service in the Abbey , a building with the restoration of which Provincial Grand Lodge generously associated itself a few years ago . THE E ARL AND COUNTESS OF DUDLEY entertained at dinner on-Saturday , at 7 , Carlton Gardens , Count de Several , the Duchess of Manchester , Earl and Countess Cadogan , Bro . Earl and Countess Carrington , Lord Farquhar , the Right Hon George Curzon , Mr . and Hon . Mrs . Farquharson , Mrs . H . Williams , and Mr . C . de Murrieta .
HF . R R OYAL HIGHNESS the Infanta Eulalie , sister of the late King of Spain , arrived in London on Monday afternoon . She was met at Victoria Station by Count Rascon , the Spanish Ambassador ; Count de Casa Valencia , ex-Ambassador ; the Countess Valencia and her daughters , the Embassy staff , the Spanish Consul-General , and a number of Spanish residents in London .
THE D UKE AND DUCHESS OF FIFE have consented to open a bazaar in aid of the Society for Providing Homes for Waifs and Strays , at the Empiess Rooms , R > ya ! Palace Hotel , Kensington , on the 4 th May . The Dukeof Fife , K . T . ( President ) , has given / 100 as a donation to the Hospital for Sick Children , Great Ormond-street , to start the fund for the purchase of the adjoining Hospital of St . John and St . Elizabeth at a cost of £ 30 , 000 .
A COMMITTEE has been been formed , with Bro . the Earl of Derb y as Chairman and Sir Arthur B . Forwood as Vice-Chairman , to promote a memorial to the late Countess of Lathom . It is proposed to found a perpetual endowment for the maintenance of a nurse , who shall vvork primarily in the districts of Lathom and Skelmersdale , and shall be lodged and maintained in the Nurses' Home attached to the Cottage Hospital at Ormskirk , in which Lady Lathom took so active an interest .
IF YOU WANT a high-class cigarette of a really fine quality of Turkish make , vve cannot do better than recommend our smoking friends to try those manufactured by Messrs . Teofani and Co . Both as extensive cultivators and buyers of the best t obacc is grown in Turkey , they make all their cigarettes in London , the quality , freshness , and perfection of vvhich cannot , we believe , be surpassed by anything like them in the trade . They can always be had at the leading hotels , stoies , cafes , and restaurants thro-ghout the United Kingdom , and are invariably sought after by connoisseurs and judges who know how to appreciate a really high-class cigarette .
THE Q UEEN went out on Monday morning , attended by the Countess of Antrim . Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland , with their daughter , Princess Marie Louise , and her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Hanover , attended by Baroness Meltzins , Baroness Kimber , and Baron During , visited her Majesty , and remained to luncheon . The Oueen drove in the afternoon , accompanied by their Royal
Highnesses Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Henry of Battenberg . 'Their Imperial Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Oldenburg and Princess William of Baden dined with her Majesty , and the Royal family on Sunday evening . His Excellency Bro . the Right Hon . Sir Edmund Monson , her Majesty ' s Ambassador at Paris , has arrived at Cimiez , and paid a vis ' t to the Excelsior Hotel Regina .
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS the Princess Eulalia , Infanta of Spain , honoured Bro . Lord and Lady Pirbright by her company at dinner on Tuesday evening at their ¦ esidence in Grosvenor-place . There were also present the Brazilian Minister , Lady Conyerp , Lady Blythswood , Bro . Lord Connemua , Sir Francis and Lady Jeune and Miss Stanley , Bro . the Hon . Schombe ; g McDonnell , the Hon . Mary and Hon . Leila Hill Trevor , Admiral Sir Edmund Commerell , Mr . W . VV . Astor , Mr . and Mrs . Walter , M . Johannes Wolff , Mr . and Mrs . Van Raalte , Captain Peel and Mr . Faudel-Pnillips . Lady Piihright afterwards held a small reception , at which M . Johannes Wolff played several pieces on the violin , to the evident enjoyment of the assembled guests .
THE ANNUAL dinner of the London Chamber of Commerce was held on Monday evening at the Hotel Cecil . Sir Albert Rollit , M . P ., presided , and among the company were the Earl of Selborne ( Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies ) , Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal , the Belgian Minister , the Portuguese Minister , the Siamese Minister , the Servian Minister , Count Lewonhaupt ( Minister for Sweden and Norway ) , Bro . Lord Charles Beresford , M . P ., the Chinese Minister , Mr . C . T . Ritchie , M . P . ( President of
the Board of Trade ) , Bro . Sir James Fergusson , Mr . Leonard Courtney , M . P ., Mr . Asquith , M . P ., Bro . Sir Stafford Northcote , M . P ., Sir Clements Markham , Lieut .-Cen . Sir Andrew Clarke , Sir Courlenay Boyle , Sir E . H . Carbutt , Major-General Sir rancis Scott , Sir G . Baden-Powell , M . P ., Mr . Kimber , M . P ., Bro . Lieut .-General Laurie , M . P ., Captain Sir Alfred Jephson , the Hon . R . R . Dobell ( Canada ) , and Mr . H- Willans ( Chairman of the Council ) .
THE AUDITED ACCOUNTS of the Queen ' s Commemoration Fund on behalf of the 'Jueen ' s Jubilee Institute for Nurses snow that the total subscriptions amounted to / elo . jGo 13 s . 5 d ., England and Wales contributing £ 30 , 557 ios ., the Children ' s Inbute , per Mr . J . S . Wood , "Gentlewoman , " £ 516 Ss . iod ., and Scotland sending £ 9286 14 s . yd . ; the gross receipts amounting to £ 41 , 545 us . 5 d . wants were made as follows : St . Katharine ' s ( Oueen ' s Institute ) , £ 4200 ; scoitish
Branch ( Queen ' s Institute ) , £ 300 ; Essex County Cottage Nursing ssociation , £ 500 ; County of Carnarvon return of 70 per cent ., as agreed , £ 1120 ; an if * . if t , 1 tlione * -- ' return of 70 per cent ., as agreed , £ 131 193 . id . ; Manchester Via h Cursing Association , return of 75 per cent , of ctiilJren ' s tribute collected in ' anchester , as agreed , ^ 33 4 s . CJ . There is a balance at bank of £ 33 , 000 on deposit count . In a report published it is explained that this balance-sheet dois not include nrnt- •1 ?"* notab-y the amoun : collected in Ireland ( £ 10 , 738 ) and £ 67 , 403 from the vuviaoai branches .
his e » t . ' RBDI" 1 * ICK j . HORNIMAN , M . P ., is about to present absolutely to the public in vvWrn |' iH e collec , lon of artistic and natural objects , together with a suitable building into ana L he - . can be permanently housed , and some 15 acres of land to be converted each ii , r li recreatlon ground . The new building will consist ot two lofty galleries , : wh ; ,- ! , .:: ¦ . ? ' ¦ on > f > and ° i a lecture hall capable of seating too people . Its elevation ,
" mnoii-Tni •„ ° i , e - -d character , will be carried out entirely in stone , and its ¦ wo Balir- , further emphasised by a clock tower over 100 feet in height . The 1 '' epartm . nl re ' , to wil 1 be divided into courts , in which will be housed the various lr , dian annfi ° u S devoted to pre-historic objects , another to Japanese , another , to and entonmi •1 t 8 VPtlatl > and so forth . Special space vvill be devoted to zoological 1 he site nurrh -i 1 & ' the latter of which is exceptionally large and inteiesting . within a u „ •e ? , y Br 0 , Horniman for the building and its surrounding park are ' of arapidirr nU i" walk of' - "" Iship-lane and Forest Hid Stations , and in the centre the property th ? e suburban neighbourhood . Of the villas at present constituting - mands an Pvt . •&?> nanied Surrey Mount , which from its very b . ty elevation , comi frce club hoJLT 'V' """ be leit sending , and will be fitted up as a free library and Va "ous sci . ntifi- - P . r . 00 ms " - " - 'iff devoted to meetings and other purposes of the --cientific clubs in the neighbourhood .
Masonic And General Tidings.
TUB Q UEEN has forwarded her annual subscription of £ 50 to the Royal National .. Lifeboat Institution , of vvhich her Majesty is the Patron . '•\ " | ^/' i *^ ' | ^ V ^ Vif BRO . LORD HERSCHELL has returned to Pau , vvhere he joins Lady Herschell for a month's holiday . Deal Castle is during their absence to be thoroughly overhauled . BRO , THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE has left town on a visit toLBro . Lord Stanley ,
M . P ., at Knowsley , in the absence of Bro . the Earl and Countess of Derby ,, ¦^ ho .. ara m E Ko P - . •¦ :.... ; .. "' . ! . - ' ' Y ; . tY : Y- ' el-V-Vie •«•! THE DUKE OF ALBANY , attended by his tutor , will leave Charing ¦ ( j ! ross , to-mo , rrp \ v .. > morning , to spend the Easter holidays at the Villa Nevada , Cannes , where . th . e * f ) uchess . 5 i of Albany has been staying for some weeks . .. . ' .-: . ¦•. . •i , * , ' . ' ,. . ? . < J > ; . iii > v-T . ( i . Sl ¦¦> :
BRO . THE EARL OF EUSTON , Pro G . M ., on behalf oi H ^ R .-H . ' -the ^ Pririci-jof Wales , vvill install Bro . the Earl of Halsbury as -Provincial Grand /; Matk MastePoF - ' Cornwall , vice Bro . Sir Charles Graves-Sawle , resigned , at Trurby WtHe ' r 3 th'p ^ l L ' 1 il ' !* ¦ ' •-. ' - - ' ^ ' - ^ . tri' ^ A-. e- \ . e jte .- " [< , i THE NEXT PERFORMANCE of the Elizabethan . Stage Societ y wiirt . ake * pf-Ke , ^ it , $ fr , ; George ' s Hall , on Tuesday evening , the 5 th prox ., when Middleton- ^ pdL ^ wleyJg ^ j romantic comedy , "The Spanish Gipsy , " will be be revived after'the " manherof ; , rtie , ;;; iCth century . The music will be under the direction o { Mr . Arnold ' Dolnjeb-ch . *' , L " : 1 <' , r « -, A
THE 29 TH ANNUAL concert in aid of the Metropolitan and City PoliotOrjohahagej ¦' / of vvhich Institution her Majesty the Queen is Patron , was given by " -the -police of"theft ;**' , B , and C , Divisions at St . James's Hall , on Wednesday evening . Evefy - portion -of *¦ ' ' ' the room was thronged , and so a substantial addition to the funds Of ' -a Very deserving- '• Charity may be counted upon when the figures shall have been adjusted * ••- ''•*' - •' •. •'•- ¦ . •;_ ¦•. - «'•" , H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES is expected to leave Cannes ;' atthe ' end of hext ' r ''
week , and vvill stay for a few days in Paris , at the Hotel Bristol , ' on his . way . L . hpmfy , v His Royal Highness is due at Sandringham on Thursday , the : 7 fh '' prby " . j ' . and ^ riLEas te ! cL ' . ' Monday he , together with his guests , will attend the West Norfolk * Hunt'Cliib Sf ^ eple-L . ! ^ chases at East Winch , near Lynn . The Prince goes to Newmarket on . Wednesday , the *"" 13 th prox ., returning to Sandringham after the races " on Friday ; t ^ e ^ i | tn , ' : ' au ' d ^ h ? . will , ., arrive at Marlborough House for the season on Monday , thtaSth ' ' " . ' . L'L . ' ., ' , ' ! : ' ! : ! , ' ' ¦'•' L ¦ '"
COL . THE HON . J HAY , United States Ambassador to the Court , of-Stii' , James ' s , reached Victoria Station at five o ' clock on Tuesday evening last on' his return from Egypt . The Ambassador , vvho appeared to be in excellent healthy vvas met by e Mr . White , vvho has acted as Charge d'Affaires during his absence , Mr . Carter , Secretary at the United States Embassy , and the various members of the Embassy staff . His Excellency was accompanied only by his private secretary , Mrs . Hay and Miss Hay , who were with him during his tour , having remained behind in Paris where they intend to stay for a few days . , : \ 'iYf ; 4
THE MARQUIS AND MARCHIONESS OF LANSDOWNE gave a dinner party at Lansdowne House on Wednesday . The guests included the Duchess of Montrose , Bro . the Earl and Countess of Erne and Lady Evelyn Crichton , the Earl and Countess of Minto , Count Hermann Hatzfeldt , Viscount and Viscountess Coke ,-Viscount Brackley , Lord and Lady Harris , Lord Charles Fitzmaurice , the Right Hon . Sir VVTfliairi an'd Lady , .,- , Harcourt , Bro . General Sir Evelyn Wood , V . C , Mr . and La % H 6 faBo ; Erskihe , 'B ' rdJ ; ' " ! Col . and Mrs . Lockwood , Mr . J . Murray Scott , Mr . and Mrs . JohnCatery Mrs . 'W . ' £ ' . ' - '' ¦
Gladstone , and Mr . and Mrs . Hugh Barnes . . ' . : ; - , ' . '' , ' . ¦! ;" . . '; ' ' ' . ;''" .. [ , ' .-THE RIGHT HON . THE SPEAKER ( Bro . W . C . Gully ) gavejiis fifth Pariiametery . ''!' dinner on Wednesday evening to the following , amongst others , namely .: Colonel . the Hon . Frederic Morgan , Bro . the Hon . Evelyn Hubbard , Bro , theiHon . Vicary Gibbs * , ; .. ^ . the Hon . John Gordon , Bro . Sir Frederick Milner , Bro . Sir Barrington SimeoneBro . iSirt . e
John Llewellyn , Sir Charles Cameron , Sir James Pender , Sir Edwin Durning Lawrence ; ¦ •- ' Sir Henry Howorth , Bro . Sir Henry Bemrose , Sir Charles Cayzer , Sir George . Facdell" ,-: * Mr . Cameron Corbett , Mr . Fison , Bro . General Goldsworthy , Mr . Brodie Hoare , Bro . •- > Horniman , Mr . Richardson , Colonel Sandys , Mr . Courtenay Warner , Mr ; Wayman ; -jl Admiral Field , the Rev . Canon Wilberforce ( Chaplain ) , and Mr . ¦ Edw ' ard . Gully . " ( Secretary ) . .--:-.-.. ¦ -.- ' .. j ; .- . -. ; : I „ I .- Ive , ; :,.
THE LORD MAYOR , Bro . Alderman Col . Davies , M . P ., has addressed aTetter to "l ! " * he Chairman of the London County Council ( Mr . McKinnon Wood ) stating that on the occasion of the fire in Cripplegate he made an appeal for the relief of the workpeople who lost tools , clothes , and other articles . Though confined tb the citizens , it was so bountifull y responded to that not only were all the claims of the-rsufferer * amply met , but a considerable balance remained . He now asked the consent ofthe London . Cbunty- "" ' Council , as the controlling body of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade . 'to hisLdev 6 tinEr"X . 7 o « . 'i . <'
-of that balance to the Widows and Orphans' Benefit Fund established in ' oonnectiohi'L ' with the Brigade . Mr . McKinnon Wood , in reply , while thanking his Iotdship'fot' the' -- ^ - kind thought which prompted this proposal , explained that the FuntTwas a ' private ' one ,- ' . 5 managed by a committee of ofiicers of the Brigade with the- aid otfour trustees ,- tvvo'bl whom were the chairman and the clerk of the Council for the time beiogi but'thtt- s «" "j : the Council , as such , did not concern itself in the management . ' . He woMld have-much t ¦ ¦ -. pleasure in receiving the generous donation ani in miking the Fire Brigiiiacq-aiifitid- " ' " 1 with his lordship ' s communication . : •;: ' , :.:, ;> > : •; . •v ! -::-- ! 'i-. » vit
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER ( Bro . Sir M . Hicks-Beach , Birt ., M . P . ) , and Lady Lucy Hicks-Beach entertained at dinner on Wednesday evening , in Downingstreet , the Earl and Countess of Portsmouth , Viscount Cross and the Hon . Margaret Cross , Viscount Fitz-Harris , Lord and Lady Tweedmouth , Bro . LoAl andLtdy Wint > age , Bro . the Right Hon . Gerald and Lady Betty Balfour , the Hon . * Robert'Jirries ;» "" > Lady Ridley , the Hon . Lady Northcote , Mr . J . and the Hon . jMrs . -v Ryder . -SiriF . ; - " Mowatt , and Mr . Whitmore , M . P . Lady Lucy Hick-Beach afterwards held a receplaoitv ' - ''
There were present , the Russian Ambassador , the Italian Ambassador ' the ' UniWd- ' ' States Ambassador , the Turkish Ambassador , and Madame Costaki AnthopouloS . 'the Swedish Minister and Countess Lewenhaupt , the Belgian Minister , Mr . •Hthty Whlt ^ e ' L ' the Duchess of Montrose and Lady Helen Graham , Bro . the EatU and Countess •of " ' ^ Dartrey , Earl Stanhope and Lady Katherine Stanhope , Evelyn-Countess-Bathu ' retyand v *' i Lady Evelyn Bathurst , the Countess of Leitrim and Lady Winifred ¦ Glements .-Bfo . ''' - '"
Viscount and Viscountess Ebrington , Bro . Viscount Donerailej . Vistountess Erdlyn , JBrc ( . ' Lord and Lady Pirbright , Bro . Lord Norton , Lord and Lady : Morris . and : Horti"Miss -- ¦ *' Morris , Lord and Lady Medway , Bro . Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Lord and Lady Harris , Lord Wimborne and Hon . Rosamond Guest , Lord Henry . Afane Tempest , the Right Hon . A . J . Balfour , M . P ., the Right Hon . Joseph" Chamberlain , M . P ., and Mrs . Chamberlain , the Right Hon . Sir W . Harcourt , M . P .. and Lidy Harcourt , the Hon . VV . F . D . Smith , M . P ., and Lady Esther Smith , the Hon . John Qirtton , M . P ., and a large number of other members of Parliament , ... j " ' ? J -L- ;'
THE MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY , LIMITED . The 74 th annual report of this Company is brimful of interest , disclosing as it does an exceedingly successful year ' s operations and a business-like *' and ' vigorous administration , . as well as a bold determination to stand in the front rank of- insurance enterprise . That the formula of the office is in high public estimation is best proved by the . { ollowir-g statement of the progress made , as recorded up to the close of 18 97 " : The year , ( 8 97 , was' r < e an eventful one in the history of the Manchester Fire Assurance Co . the i 2 monthsm » ikingaeL ^ i
, period of pronounced development . The Company took overthe busipess of w A-nericaa '' i . ' !> l Fire Insurance Company of New York and the Commercial Fire Insurance jCpmpa . oy ol YAS , Cape Town . As a result of the transfers of the past year , the net premium , iiicomfl of 1 Yi the Manchester rose from £ 731 , 483 to £ 850 , 600—the highest .-figure to ^ hich iti btwviU attained . Notwithstanding the largeness of the increase , it appears ,, however , that . tht } -, > carefulness in the acceptance of business which has characterised the , L , p , ifjesei ) t ^ ri * , nageT vtV ; - * mentjias been just as prominent during the past year . . The report states that the total' '•(
premium increase is only £ 3120 more than the combined premium ihcqmes ' ofLtljft threu !; , ; ' / companies for the previous year . The actual working was of a very satSf ^ ciory oVde-ty . ! - »" i the net losses paid and outstanding — £ 491 , 754 — showing , 7 a loss ' raftgi- ' . gf ^^ i -5 per cent ., and expenses a ratio of 3 ^ . 8 per' cent ., and ' ' t ' cadmg-i accpimv' » -vlsubstantial surplus of 7 . 4 per cent ., with interest , receipts . of , £ i 4 , M „; the-cr « dit balance on the revenue account forthe year was £ 86 , 113 , a dividend of , 15 , per cent * jr-- ' was declared , which absorbs £ 30 , 000 , deducting the cost oi the American \ nK ' stock- ' - -ii
from the American fire funds taken over , there remained a balance " of £ i 7 ,. ioi , asucru--. t i of £ si ? 3 wasjyritten off the ledger value of the company ' s property ; interest paid and ¦ accrued in the Times Mutual Sprinkler and Cambridge bonds was £ 2992 , while £ 17 . 435 ; was charged as cost of the Commercial of Cape Town busuiess and Times MutUit . tv . vj commuted bonus payments , so that the total amount to be adde . dlo , the reserve *««• ,. - i £ 47 , 608 , exclusive of the paid up capital of £ 2 oo , ood-i-the , Llatte ' r ' . npi » , ' amounts -to < . { " „ •< £ 571 , 902 . Under the improved financial conditions , we expect to fiicT that considerably ; ' progress will be made . ' * , -. '¦' ; ,,, •, > . ¦ .- ">