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received most cordially , and the toast was responded to in the heartiest manner . The D . G . M . warmly thanked the brethren for the kind manner with which thc toast of his health had been received , and proposed " The Health nf the P . D . D . G . M ., Bro . Rosenbusch , " whom hc most cordially thanked for thc valuable aid he had rendered him during his two years '

tenure of office , and testified to his unflagging zeal for the prosperity of Masonry in thc district . W . Bro . Rosenbusch briefly replied in suitable terms . The D . G . M . then proposed "The Health of the newlyappointed D . D . G . M ., W . Bro . Broadley , " of whose indefatigable zeal during the past two years as the W . M . of Ancient Carthage , and the successful manner in which he

had advanced English Masonry in Tunis , he could not speak too highly . The toast was cordially received with the accustomed honours . The D . D . G . M . having returned thank 0 , gratefully alluded to tbe fraternal conduct of bis friend Bro . Rosenbusch , who had done all that laid in his power to further his appointment . He then referred to the visit of the

D . G . M . to Tunis in June last , who had braved the heat of a tropical summer , and by his exertions had done much good work in Tunis in the cause of Masonry . Speaking of Masonry in that part of Africa , hc traced its history for a considerable time , and said lhat the Lodge of Ancient Carthage numbered amongst the hundred members composing it brethren of no less than seven different

nationalities , and five different creeds , who all worked together with the greatest harmony , and were all united by their willing allegiance to the Grand Lodge of England . Bro . Broadley , in conclusion , referred to the R . A . Chapter , No . 1717 , and thc valuable assistance rendered by M . E . Z . Comp . Rotherham in its foundation . He congratulated the D . G . L . upon the appointment of so excellent a Mason to

the S . W . chair for the ensuing year , and proposed his health , as well as thc health of all the D . G . Officers who had been appointed that evening . The toast was enthus-asticilly received , and W . Bro . Rotherham returned thanks . A telegram of congratulaticn from Dr . Funaro and thc officers of tbe Italian lodge , Risorgimrnto , at Tunis , was

received by the D . G . M . during the banquet and communicated to the brethren , who warmly appreciated this token of goodwill . Several other toasts were given and responded to heaitily during the course of the evening , which was most enjoyable to all present . Thc brethren at Tunis have presented the D . G . M . with

a very handsome album , containing views of the city and neighbourhood , in remembrance of his visit in June , 1878 , and of the recollections connected with it . The dedication is signed by the principal officers of Ancient Carthage and Kingston Marl : Lodges , and of the Royal Arch Chapter , No . 1717 . The Kingston Mark Lodge was founded to perpetuate thc memory of the D . G . M . ' s visit to Africa .

Serious Illness Of Lord Skelmersdale.

SERIOUS ILLNESS OF LORD SKELMERSDALE .

On Thursday , thc 17 th inst ., a memorial stone to the memory of the late Rector of North Meols was laid in the walls of All Saints' Church , Southport , by Admiral Barton . The church is just now undergoing alterations ,

it being enlarged so that it will be made to accommodate , when completed , about 1200 persons . Thc land for the erection of the sacred edifice , as well as an endowment , was given by Mrs . Charles Hesketh . The cost of thc alterations will be about £ 4500 . At thc laying of the memorial stone there was a very large attendance of those

interested in the Church movement . Thc memorial stone should have been laid by Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Skelmersdale , D . G . M ., R . W . P . G . M . West Lancashire , but a letter was received from Lady Skelmersdale to thc effect that his lordship was suffering from bronchial catarrh and considerable fever , but that the worst symptoms were over .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

ROYAL MASONIC BENKVOLENT INSTITUTION . —The Earl of Zetland , Prov . G . M . of Fieemasons for the N . and E . Riding of Yorkshire , will pieside at the next anniversary festival of this Institution in 1880 . We doubt not that he will be strongly suppoited by our Yorkshire brethren . The Fifteen Sections will" be worked at

La Tolerance Lodge of Instruction , JNo 53 8 , held at the Green Dragon , 2 , Maddox-strect , W ., on Wednesday evening , 30 th Inst ., when Bro . J . Hurdell , I . G . 1348 , Hon . Sec . of the lodge of \ instruction , will preside . Lodge will be opened at 7 p . m . The installation of E . Companions Mark Samuel Larlham , as Z ., Thomas Poore , as H ., and

Richard Noakes Field , as J ., of the Panmure Royal Arch Chapter , No . 720 , will take place at the Horn ' s Tavern , Kennington , S . E ., on Monday , the 12 th of May , at five p . m . The Installing Principal on this occasion will be ex-Companion James Stevens , P . Z ., and Scribe E . of the chapter .

The installation meeting of the Northern Counties Lotlge , No . 406 , will take place on Wednesday next , the 301 h inst ., atthe Freemasons' Hall , Maple-strcct , Newcastle-on-Tyne , when Bro . John Page , S . W ., will be installed into thc chair nf K . S . by Bro . Robert L . Armstrong , P . G . P ., the presiding W . M . The Prov . Grand Officers will be prc-tcnt on the occasion .

Major A . W . O . Saunders has been installed as Right Worshipful District Grantl Master of the Madras Freemasons .

Masonic And General Tidings.

A Shakespearian menu ! Good . The plats are well garnished , too , thanks to the wit of Comp . Walter Wellsman , M . E . Z ., who has arranged them suitably to the Bard of Avon ' s Natal day , when St . Dunstan ' s Chapt-r enjoyed a consecration banquet . The menu itself is adorned by a photograph of W . W . himself , by Mayman of Flcct-strcct , and the M . E . Z . —don ' t ask

who they are—are warned—from " Hamlet "that "brevity is thc soul of wit , " while the Second and Third Principals are informed , —from "The Merry Wives" that they are " Men of my Kidney , " and the chapters generally—from " Othello "—that " wc cannot all be masters . " With such feast of reason , good digestiom must have waited on appetite . —IPhitehall Rcrieiv .

The annual festival of the Wellington Lodge of Instruction , No . 548 , will be held at the lodge house , the White Swan , High-street , Deptfird , on Monday next , the 28 th inst ., at seven p . m . Bro . Bumstead , P . M ., and Secretary of the mother lodge , will preside , and he will be supported by several well-known brethren of the South London District .

We understand that R . W . Bro . John Fawcett , P . G . M . Durham , has decided to hold the next annual meeting of his Provincial Grand Lodge in Gateshead , under the banner of Lodges Nos . 48 and 424 . Thc meeting will be held on or about October 21 st . The ceremony of installation will be worked at the Royal Arthur Lodge of Instruction , Princes' Head , York-road , Battersea , on Tuesday evening next , at eight

o ' clock . Bro . Joseph Wright , P . M ., will instal the S . W . of the Royal Commemoration Lodge . Brethren are kindly invitetl to attend . The Fifteen Sections will be worked at the Finsbury Park Lodge of Instruction , No . 1288 , Earl Russell , Isledon-road , Holloway , by thc members ofthe Strong Man Lodge of Instruction , by invitation , on Wednesday next , thc 30 th inst ., at 7 o'clock precisely . Bro . R . G . Tolmie , W . M . 861 , will preside .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

Foi thc Week ending Friday , May 2 , 1879 . SATURDAY , APRIL 26 . Audit Com . Boys' School . Lodge 1293 , Burdett , Mitre Hot ., Hampton Court . „ 1686 , Paxton , Crystal Palace . „ 1 706 , Orpheus , F . M . H . Chap . 1329 . Sphinx , S . M . H ., Camberwell . Red Cross Con . 6 , Roman Eagle , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st .

LODGES or INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st „ Fitzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , King's Head , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico . Percy , 113 , Southgate-rd ., N .

MONDAY , APRIL 28 . Lodge 4 , Royal Somerset Ho and Inverness , F . M . H . „ 28 , Old Kings Arms , F . M . H . ,, 1615 , Bayard , 33 , Golden-square . LODOES or INSTRUCTION . Wellington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford . St . John , Gun Hot ., Wapping , 8 till 10 .

Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Old Rodney ' s Head , Old-st ., E . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camden Town , at 8 . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-rd . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lowcr-rd ., Rotherhithe .

Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney . Loughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Greenwich . Doric Chapter , 248 , Globe-rd ., Mile End-rd ., at 8 . John I-lcney , Albion H *» ll , London Wall , at 7 . -10 .

TUESDAY , APRIL 29 . Lodge 141 , Faith , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . LODGES ot INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonville-rd . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st .

Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood . Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Dalhousie , The Sisters' Tav ., Pownall-rd ., Dalston , E . Florence Nightingale , F . M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Wandsworth , Spread Eagle Hot ., Wandsworth . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-road , Battersea .

Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping . Islington , Three Bucks , 23 , Gresham-st ., at 7 p . m . Leopold , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., Bermondsey . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' s . Sir Hugh Myddelton , 162 , St . John's-st .-rd . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill .

WEDNESDAY , APRIL 30 . Grand Festival . Lodge 8 9 8 , Tempcrance-in-thc-East , 6 , Newby-pl ., Poplar . Chap . 820 , Lily of Richmond , Greyhound Hot ., Richmd .

LODGES OK INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-st ., at 7 till 9 . Urban , 23 , Gresham-street , City , E . G ., at 6 . 30 . New Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N . Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Stones-End , E . Pythagorean , Portland Hot ., London-st ., Greenwich .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

La Tolerance , 2 , Maddox-st ., W ., at 7 . 45 . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-rd , Peckham . Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Finsbury Park , Earl Russell , Islcdon-rd , Holloway , at 8 . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park . Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston , E , at 8 . Duke of Connaught , Faunce Arms , South-pI ., Kenngtn . at 8 .

United Strength , Hope and Anchor , Crowndale-rd , N . W . Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin ' s-court , Fleet-st ., at 8 . Lewis , King ' s Arms Hot ., Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford . Temperance in IheEast . Gcorge the 4 th , Ida-st ., Poplar , 7 . 3 o . Thistle , M . M . M ., The Harp Tavern , ' at 8 .

THURSDAY , MAY 1 . Lodge 27 , Egyptian , Andcrton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 45 , Strong Man , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . „ 2 , 1 , 1 , St . Andtevi ' s , F . M . H . » 554 < Yarborough , Green Dragsn , Stepney . „ 1360 , Royal Arthur , Wimbledon Club Lecture H .

,, 1361 , United Service , Greyhound Hot ., Richmond . !• 1539 . Surrey Masonic Hall , S . M . H ., Camberwell . „ 1724 , Kaiser i-Hind , 68 , Regent-st ., W . „ 1765 , Trinity College , 61 , Weymouth-st ., VV . Chap . 1 74 , Sincerity , Cheshire Cheese , Crutched Friars . „ 1507 , Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonville-rd ., N .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Chatham Arms , Thomas-st ., Wcolwich . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-rd . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Millbank . Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town . The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue .

High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-rd ., Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st „ Oxford-st . Rose , Walmer Castle Hot ., Peckham-rd „ at 8 . Covent Garden , Ashley ' s Hot ., Covent Garden , at 8 . Crusaders , St . John ' s Gate , Cleikenwell , at 9 . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St , John ' s Wood .

FRIDAY , MAY 2 . Lodge 706 , Florence Nightingale , M . H ., Woolwich . Chap . 8 , British . F . M . H . Mark 223 , West Smithfiel I , New Market Hot ., King-st . Encamp . 134 , Blondel , Cannon-row , Westminster .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . London Masonic Club , ior , Queen Victoria-st ., E . C . Stability , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st ., 6 to 8 p . m . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st ., W . Unions Emulation ( for 'M . M . 's ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-rd ., Deptford .

Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st ., at 7 . St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John's Wootl . Westbourne , Lord ' s Hotel , St . John ' s Wood . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-rd . St . James ' s , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., S . E . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar . Doric , 79 , Whitechapcl-rd ., at 8 . Burgoyne , The Red Cap , Camden Town , N . W .

St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Prince's Hall , Buckhurst-hill . Royal Standard , The Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-rd ., N . Raiu'a ^ h , Bell and Anchor , Hammersmith-rd . Finsbury Park , Earl Russell , Isledon-rd ., Holloway , at 8 . William Preston , KeathersTav ., Up . Georgc-st ., Edgware-rd . Earl of Carnarvon , Mitre Hot ., GouIbourne-rd ., Notting-hill . Pythagorean Chapter , Portland Hot . London-st ., Greenwich

Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .

For the Week ending Saturday , May 3 , 1879 . MONDAY , APRIL 28 . Lodge 148 , Lights , M . R ., Warrington . Chap . 241 , Friendship , M . H ., Liverpool . Derby L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

TUESDAY , APRIL 29 . Chap . 721 , Grosvenor , M . R ., Chester . Merchants L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . WEDNESDAY , APRIL 30 . Lodge 86 , Loyalty , Crown Hot ., Prescot . „ 484 , Faith , Gerard's Anns , Ashton-in-Makcrntld . „ 580 , Harmony , Wheat Sheaf , Ormskirk . ., 730 , EUesmere , Royal Oak , Chorley . „ 758 , EUesmere , M . H ., Runcorn .

THURSDAY , MAY 1 . Lodge 249 , Mariners , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 950 , Hesketh , Royal Hot ., Fleetwood . „ 10 3 , Townley Parker , Whittle-le-Woods . „ 1070 , Starkey , Black Horse , Kirkham .

,, 1473 , Bootle , Town Hall , Bootle . ,, 1576 , Dee , Union Hot ., Parkgate . Chap . 758 , Bridgewater , M . H ., Runcorn . St . John ' s L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . Duke of Edinburgh L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

FRIDAY , MAY 2 . Lodge 1375 , Architect , Didsbury Hot ., Didsbury . Hamer L . of I . M . H ., Liverpool .

HOLLOWAY ' S OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Sure relief . —The weak * " 11 enervated suffer severally from nervous alTectlonn when storms or electric disturbances agitale the atmosphere . Neuralgia , B 'l fangs and flying pains , vcry distressing to a delicate system ? ttaj be readily icmovcd by rubbing Ibis Ointment upon the aHe **'" part after it has been fomemed with warm water . The Pills take " ,. - — .. _ . ,. » , u . j iibwii ii / iiit-n i-w « nnn Willi VTrtl- ' . l . lin . * •» .- - , ll

occasionally in Ihe doses prescribed by the instructions keep , c digestion in order , excite a free How of healthy bile , and " -, " ! crate the Impoverished blood with richer materials , resulting ln >" thoroughly assimilated food , wanting which , the strongest mu » inevitably soon sink into feebleness , anil the delicate find it "l" !^ ,, to maintain existence . HoHoway ' sOintmeRt and Pillsare inwH 1 " remedies . —[ Aovr . ]