Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

We understand that Bro . Edward Terry , P . G . Stwd ., the popular lessee of Terry's Theatre , who has been for years an active and distinguished member of the Craft , intends offering himself as a candidate for election to the office of Grand Treasurer for next year . The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Surrey is to be held this year at Wallington .

Bro . Lord Brabourne has returned to town from Italy in a much improved condition of health , and Bro . Lord and Ladv North , and the Hon . Misses North have arrived at 51 , Cromwell Houses . Prince George of Greece , who has been on a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House , left London on Tuesday , and rejoined his ship , the

Danish corvette Dagmar , off Gravesend . The ceremony of installation will be worked by Bro . W . C . Smith , P . M . and Preceptor , in the Emblematic Lodge of Instruction , No . 1321 , on Tuesday , the 29 th inst ., for the last time previous to his leaving London . At the monthly meeting of the Sun and Sector Lodge , No . 962 , Workington , on Wednesday , the 16 th

inst ., Bro . Dr . McKerrow was elected W . M ., and Bro . J . Paterson , P . M ., P . P . G . Swd . Br ., Treasurer . Bro . Sir Edward Clarke , Q . C , M . P ., her Majesty ' s Solicitor General , will preside at the annual dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund , which will be held at the Hotel Metropole , on Saturday , the 9 th prox . The Queen , who left Windsor Castle for

Scotland on Monday , accompanied by the Princess Beatrice and two of her grandchildren , daughters of Princess Christian , arrived at Balmoral Castle at about 3 . 30 p . m . on Tuesday afternoon . The Spring General Meeting of the National Rifle Association will be held , by permission , at the Royal United Service Institution , on Tuesday , the 29 th inst .,

when the chair will be occupied by H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge , who is President of the Association . The health of the Emperor Frederick has greatly improved during the past week , and his Majesty has been able to take carriage airing in the park around Charlottenburg almost daily , his reception by his subjects , whenever

they have the chance of seeing him , being most enthusiastic . The Queen completed her 69 th year on Thursday , having been born on the 24 th May , 1 S 19 . The auspicious event , however , will be publicly celebrated on Saturday , the 2 nd June , when Ministers and others will give the usual State banquets , and the principal streets will be illuminated .

The Prince 01 Wales reached Berlin on Tuesday evening , and was received on his arrival at the railway station by the Crown Prince , Prince Henry , Bro . Sir E . B . Malet , H . M . ' s Ambassador at Berlin , the Governor of Berlin , and olher notabilities . His Royal Highness's reception by the Berlinese was very cordial . The Queen , accompanied by the Princess Henry of Battenberg and the Piincesses Victoria and Louise of

Schleswig-Holstein , left Windsor Castle en Monday evening for Scotland , and about the same time the Prince of Wales , attended by two equerries , left Victoria Station for Berlin , travelling via Queenborough and Flushing , to be present at the marriage of his nephew , the Prince Henry of Prussia , son of the Emperor of Germany , with his niece , the Piincess Irene , daughter of the Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt and the late Princess Alice .

The General Meeting of the Governors and Members of the Royal Agricultural Society of Fngland was held on Tuesday , the chair being occupied by Earl Cathcart , in the unavoidable absence of Bro . Sir M . White Ridley , Bart ., M . P . A resolution of gratitude to the Queen for her condescension in accepting the office of President during the Jubilee year of the Society was passed

by acclamation . The annual Whit Monday Scottish Sports were held this year at the Stamford Bridge Grounds in the presence of a numerous gathering of spectators , amongst whom were the Marquis of Lome , the Duchess of Atholl , Bro . the Earl and Countess of Kintore , Lady Murray , and Lady Dalrymple . On the completion of the programme ,

which was a very full one , the prizes were distributed by the Princess Louise , Marchioness of Lome . The third annual competition of the London Cart Horse Parade Society , of which Bro . VV . Burdett-Coutts , M . P ., is President , and on the Committee of which Bros . Sir Francis Burdett , M . P ., H . Rymill , and others are members , took place in Regent ' s Park , on Monday , the number of

horses which took part in it being 335 , and the number of vehicles 271 , of which 236 were four-wheelers and 3 6 twowheelers . The diplomas and prizes were afterwards distributed by the Baroness Burdett-Coutts , to whom a vote of thanks for her kindness was passed unanimously . The Workmen ' s Exhibition at the People ' s Palace , Mile End-road , was opened on Saturday last by the Duke of Westminster . About 70 different trade industries

were represented , the exhibits being some 400 in number , and a cons derable time was occupied in examining them . His Grace also inspected the building for the new library , which will contain a quarter of a million of books , and which H . R . H . the Duchess of Albany has kindly promised to inaugurate on Saturday , the 16 th prox . A vote of thanks was passed by acclamation to the Duke for his presence on the occasion .

CARLETON C OLLEGE , TUFNELL PARK , N . — This prosperous College , which has been carried on for the last 13 years by Mrs . William Harris Saunders ( wife of our well-known Bro . William ^ Harris Saunders , P . P . S . G . D . Middx ., & c , has largely increased the number of pupils

this term owing to the closing of Queen's College , Carletonroad , Tufnell Park , which was established in 1844 j the proprietor , Mr . Pyne , having made arrangements with Mrs . Saunders to take over a considerable number of boarders and day pupils ,

Masonic And General Tidings

The Dalhousie Lodge of Instruction now meets at the Middleton Arms , corner of Queen ' s-road and Middleton-road , Dalston , at eight o ' clock . Bro . Col . Shaw-Hellier , late 4 th Dragoon Guards , has been appointed Commandant of the Royal Military School of Music , in succession to Col . R . Thompson , retired .

Among the audience on Wednesday at the St . James ' s Theatre to witness "The Ironmaster" were the Duke and Duchess of Teck and the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . The Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales have been pleased to become patrons of the Chester Triennial Musical Festival , which will be held in Chester Cathedral on the 25 th , 26 th , and 27 th July .

The President of the French Republic will be a guest at the banquet which will be given by the Eail of Lytton , her Majesty ' s Ambassador at Paris , on Saturday , the 2 nd prox ., in honour of the Queen's birthday . The 33 rd anniversary festival of the Poplar Hospital for Accidents was celebrated at the Holborn Restaurant on the 17 th inst ., when subscriptions amounting to close on £ 1350 were announced .

Prince Albert Victor of Wales has graciously consented to open a new lock on the Ouse , at Naburn , near York , on Monday , the 25 th June next . The structure has been erected at a cost of £ 10 , 000 . Comp . H . Sadler , P . Z . 169 , Grand Janitor , will deliver a lecture to-morrow ( Saturday ) , 26 th inst ., on the " Banners and Ensigns of the Royal Arch , " at the Industry Chapterof Instruction , No . 186 , held at the Prince Regent , Dulwich-road .

Bros , the Earl of Londesborough , Alderman Sir H . Isaacs , and Christopher Sykes , M . P ., were among the principal guests at the 76 th anniversary festival of the Yorkshire Society , which was celebrated , last week , at the Holborn Restaurant .

Bro . F . Seager Hunt , M . P ., presided at the annual meeting , on the 17 th inst ., of the Governors of the Grosvenor Hospital for Women and Children , Vincentsquare , Westminster , among those who took part in the proceedings being the Baroness Burdett-Coutts . Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , who is spending the Whitsun holidays at Mount Edgcumbe , will ,

as Lord Steward of the Queen ' s Household , give a fulldress dinner on Saturday , the 2 nd prox ., in honour of her Majesty's birthday . On Friday , the 18 th inst ., the Prince of VVales visited the Queen at Windsor Castle , and stayed to luncheon . His Royal Highness also inspected the same day , at the Hanover Gallery , the picture of " The Naval Review by the Oueen at Portsmouth . "

The annual meeting of the Army and Navy Pensioners' Employment Society was held at the London offices , 44 , Charing Cross , on the 18 th inst ., when the report for the past year , which showed a falling off in the annual subscriptions , was adopted . The Duke of Cambridge has consented to preside at the annual general meeting of the Volunteer

Forces Benevolent Association , which will be held on Tuesday , the 5 th prox ., at the Royal United Service Institute . Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Lad y Mayoress arrived in Paris from London on Friday evenin / , the 18 th inst ., and during his stay his 1 irdship will interest himself in the arrangements of the British Seclion of next year ' s International Exhibition at Paris , of which he is the President .

The Prince of Wales has made known his intention of opening the new gymnasium , situated at 92 , Long Acre , of the Central Young Men ' s Christian Association , Exeter Hall , on Wednesday , the 6 th prox ., and his Royal Highness and the Princess of Wales will open the Great Northern Central Hospital , Holloway-road , on the 25 th prox .

Bro . Lord Stanley of Preston , the new Governor-General of Canada , will leave England on Tuesday next , tine 291 Y 1 inst ., in order to assume the duties of the office vacated by the Marquis of Lansdowne , who succeeds Lord Dufferin as Viceroy of India . His lordship will be accompanied by Lady Stanley .

The Lancashire Hussars , under the command of Bro . Col . the Earl of Lathom , were inspected at Southport on the iSth instant by the Duke of Cambridge , who was accompanied by Bro . Major-General Sir Redvers Buller and other officers , and who expressed the gratification he had derived from inspecting a regiment which was in so fine a condition .

The Princess of Wales , accompanied by her three daughters , visited the Anglo-Danish Exhibition , at South Kensington , on Fiiday , the iSth inst ., and roamed about the Danish village and the gardens , listening to the music , without being incommoded by the other visitors , who respected the wish of her Royal Highness to remain

"incognita . " Bro . T . Sutherland , M . P ., presided at the third annual dinner at the Holborn Restaurant on Wednesday of the Royal Alfred Aged Merchant Seamen ' s Institution , which is located at Belvedere , and was opened in 186 7 . Subscriptions in excess of £ 2000 were announced in the course of the evening .

The Royal Naval and ^ Military Bazaar , which was held last week at the Hotel Metropole in aid of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Homes , was opened on the 17 th inst . by the Princess of Wales , her Royal Highness being accompanied by the Prince of Wales and their daughters , the Princesses Victoria and Maud . There was a very large attendance , and the sum received in the purses presented

to the Princess amounted to £ 5000 . HOLLOWAY ' PILLS . —In the complaints peculiar to females these Pills are unrivalled . Their use by the fair sex has become so constant for the removal of all their ailments , that rare is the household that is without them . Amongst all classes—from the domestic servant to the peeress—universal favour is accorded to these

renovating Pills ; their invigorating and purifying properties renderthem safe and invaluable in ail cases ; they may be taken by females of all ages for any disorganisation or irregularity ol the system , speedily removing the cause and restoring the sufferer to robust health . As a family medicine they are unapproachable forsnbdning the maladies of young and old , —ADVT ,

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . Admiral Sir J . E . Commerell , V . C . , - ii enter upon his duties as Commander-in-Chief at Portsrrioult in succession to Bro . Admiral Sir George Willes . to . m „ . ( Saturday ) . m ° » A telegram received in Paris from Mostaganen Algeria , states that an immense swarm of locusts is 1 ' vancing in the direction of Tiaret , the insects extendi over a semi-circle of territory the distance of which ; , " ^ kilnm - i - ros . 1 S ' 3

A very successful benefit performance was rW at the Royal Savoy Theatre on Tuesday , on behalf of u * T . E . Smale , the proceeds being upwards of £ 550 . Amo ' * the artistes who gave their services were Bros . [ WJ James , T . Thorne , Charles Wyndham . W . Rien 0 u , , Edward Terry . B '

A portrait of her Majesty tne Queen was un veiled in the Royal College of Surgeons , Dublin , on Tues " day , by his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant , in commemor ation of the Queen's J ubilee . There was a very \ iTf attendance , and the simp ' e ceremony evoked a ] ar £ amount of enthusiasm . ™

The first regular meeting of the Cordwainer Lodge since its consecration was held on the 16 th inst ai the Cannon-street Hotel , Bro . F . Tayler , C . C , the W . M occupied the chair , the S . W . ' s chair being , in the absence of Bro . Col . and Alderman Cowan , taken by Bro . \ V , T Buck . After the routine business and the election of mem . '

bers , the brethren adjourned , subsequently sitting down to an elegant banquet . Mr . and Madame De Pachmann announce pianoforte recitals at St . James's and Prince ' s Halls . In terest in the peiformance of compositions written by the performers themselves seems to be on the increase

Madame de Pachmann—already favourably known in the direction of composition—promises her own sonata for violin and pianofotte . Special adaptation is certain to he a feature of such works , and Madame de Pachmann ' s abtlitv to do justice to the dual realm of ideality and techni que will be readily admitted .

On Wednesday each visitor to the Criterion Theatre was presented with a portrait , in china , of Mr . Wyndham as Garrick , and Miss Moore as Ada—a pretty work of art by Mr . Barraud—to celebrate the occasion of the 300 II 1 performance of " David Garrick . " In the inevitable speech , Mr . Wyndham congratulated actots and audience on the fact that so simple a story , based on the broad lines of humanity , had achieved such a remarkable

success . Our gifted English composer , Mr . F . H . Cowen , and a goodly number of musicians , designed to form the staple portion of his Australian orchestra are already on their way for that distant land , and no doubt

will experience the warm reception they so richly deserve ; at any rate , we can bear testimony in anticipation to the welcome he will receive from his many friends and admirers on his return , which we may trust , in the best interests of music will be a speedy one .

We have much pleasure in drawing attention to the fact that the United Northern Counties' Lodge , No . 212 S , will hold its next regular meeting at the Inns of Court Hotel , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , on Tuesday , the 5 th

June prox ., just in the very thick of the excitment in connection with the celebration of the Centenary Festival of the Girls' School , and will be delighted to extend a hearty greeting to brethren from the country who may be desirous cf spending an hour or two in a Metropolitan lodge .

At the meeting of the New Concord Lodge of Instruction , held at the Jolly Farmers , Southgate-road , N ., on Wednesday , the 16 th inst ., Bro . Haslip , P . M ., at the unanimous desire of the brethren , accepted the office of Preceptorj Bro . C . Weeden , P . M ., was elected Treasurer , and Bro . Chubb , Secretary . This lodge has been labouring

at great disadvantage for some time past , owing to the long continued illness of its old and tried Preceptor , Bro . Cuswoith , P . M . Doubtless the lodge under its new management will become , as hitherto , one of the most popular lodges in the North London district . We understand that the re-opening of the lodge will take place on the 30 th

inst ., Bro . Haslip acting as W . M ., supported on the occasion by the officers and brethren of the mother lodge . BANK HOLIDAY . —Of the 11 , 000 excursionists conveyed by the Great Northern Railway Company to Skegness , the popular watering place on the Lincolnshire coast , on Whit Monday , a large proportion booked from

King's Cross . London visitors to Skegness have very much increased I his season j and on Monday a batallion of Manchester Volunteers engaged in a sham fight on the beach , a portion of the force landing as invaders in boats . Five other Volunteer regiments have arranged to encamp at Skegness in the course of the next few weeks .

New maiine gaidens and pleasure grounds have just been opened to the public . Very low fares both for excursions and tourist tickets have been arranged , and the service ot trains from King ' s Cross is excellent . The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph

has the following remarks on Freemasonry in France . " Freemasonry is so important a factor in the politics ot this country that the step which some of its leading raem ! J ? have just taken is deserving of particular notice . " " ' , favru , late President of the Council of the Order , ana several other Masters of lo ' ges , or ' Ven ^ rables , ' as tney are called in France , have issued invitations to their co - leagues in all the lodce ? to assemble on the afternoon 0

Sunday , June 3 rd , at the Cirque d'Hiver , for the pu'P ^ of discussing the dangers with which France and Republic are menaced by the ' p lebiscitary a Cffisarian movement . ' Ordinary members of ° S ^ in Paris and its environs are to be a ! "V to attend , but extraordinary measures will be ta to guard against the intrusion of any a '' , , n 5 ' Craft . Outside the building ' Free and Accep ted j » as °% will be stationed to distinguish the wheat from '" . j n and within its walls the proceedings will be conducte ¦

the ' close tiled' principle . I may remark that o ^ . ^ Boulanger is not a Freemason , though a few ^ yeeks a ^ ^ was repotted that he was in ' pourparlers' with a v . , ge entering a Parisian Lodge . As , however , this very ^ almost immediately adopted a resolution condemni K . ^^ agitation , the idea was abandoned . I need hardly ' , you that the attitude just assumed by the Masonic ie s _ is in strict accordance with the principles of all their p The empire had no more bitter foes . "