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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . F . C Everett was on Friday last presented with a Past Master's jewel on his retirement from the chair of the Sir Hugh Myddelton Lodge , No . 1602 , at the Royal Agricultural Hall , Islington . A report will appear in our next .
By command of the Queen a State Concert will be given at Buckingham PaIace ~ on Monday evening next , the 2 Sth inst ., and a State Ball on Friday , the Sth prox . The corner-stone of a new Masonic Hall , which is about to be erected in Henford , Yeovil , was laid on Wednesday afternoon , the iCth inst ., by Bro . B . Whitley , W . M . of the local lodge , in the presence of a fair number of spectators . The contract has been taken by Messrs . Lye and Son , ol Crewkerne , at £ 050 .
The death of Mrs . Crestine A . Massie is announced at her residence , Heathcotes , Barnsley . Yorkshire . Mrs . Massie was the mother of Bro . VV . Ridgwood Massie , P . P . G . D . West Yorkshire ; Bro . Edward J . Ma = sie , Prov . D .. G D . C . West Yorkshire ; Bro . Charles F . Mrssie , Prov . G-P . Leicestershire ; Bro . Frank Massie ; and mother-inlaw of Bro . Henry Lovegrove , P . M . 1507 , 1777 , 1949 , 204 s ,
241 G , & c . The Duke of York spent an hour in an inspection of St . Mary's Hospital , Paddington , on Thursday . Owing to a great falling-nff in the income last year the hospi * a ! is heavily in debt , and his Royal Highness presides on June 1 at a festival dinner , with the object of releasing the charitv from its financial difficulties . The Duke found the hospital
very full , many of the cases being of a severe type , and the large number of children was very noticeable . The Scotia Lodge of Freemasons resolved last year to build a hall of their own in Dennistoun . They have been able to complete it during the year at a cost of £ " 50 . At
the annual meeting the other night it was reported that it was let for £ 100 a year—for four evenings each week—and that the salary of the keeper is £ 15 . Why , this is as good as Broken Hill or the Tharsis ! Dancing rnu't be in great demand in the district , for the brethren get £ 75 per annum for three afternoons for 'hree quarters of the year .
Masonry is too popular in one sense , and not' sacred enough in another . It has been bartered away too much as if an article of merchandise . The idle and curious , the passive and perverse , with an ease and readiness distasteful and ripulsive to nobler manhood , have been permitted
to purchase Masonic . privileges as if they were no more than toys from a curiosity shop . There should be an end to this thing ; then we may hope that many of the difficulties of non-affiliation and non-payment "f dues will be solved and disappear . —Bro ' . Thomas M . Reed .
The Duchess of Teck , attended by the Hon . Mary The ? iger and the Hon . Alexander Hood , was present at the 13 th annual meeting of the Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen held at Exeter Hall . A most interesting feature of the proceedings was the presentation by her Royal Highness of the certificates of the St . John ' s Ambulance Association to members of the crews of medical mis-ion ships , good
conduct stripes to skippers and seamen of the ordinary missirn vessels , and a family Bible and the narchment certificate of the Royal Humane Society to G . Brickwood , steward of the Cholmondeley , in recognition of his bravery in saving the life of a shipmate in Nnvr mbcr last . Speeches were delivered by the Dean of Norwich , the Rev . Newman Hall , D . D ., the Rev . C Spurgeon , and others .
In an interview which the representative of a Uedin paper has had with one of the English Fire Brigade officers who have been visiting that city , the latter said : " Berlin has long been known to be a model school tor the fireman . Former observations , and especially the manoeuvres which we have attended , lead us to believe that the Berlin Fire Brigade is unrivalled as regards organisation , discipline ,
and instruction in matters pertaining to the service . As regards its implements , engines , and horses , however , other lire brigades are able to compete with it . We yesterday quite unexpectedly visited a division on the Ilafenplatz . The Chief Officer gave the alarm signal , and in twenty-two seconds a troop was perfectly ready to leave . " Up till now the Amsterdam Fire Brigade has taken the first place for despatch , they taking only twenty-six seconds to muster .
Her Majesty ' s " birthday was duly hrn'wrcd on Thursday by her subjects and representatives at all the foreign capitals and principal cities . At Gibraltar a grand parade of the trorps took place and Royal salutes were fired . At the most distant places the anniversary was not forgotten . At Zanzibar the shipping was dressed in bunting , and the Sultan visited the British Consular Judge . Te D ^ -unis were sung in all the churches in Cypru « . anil tbere were brilliant
illummatinns in the evening . At Cettinje Mr . Kennedy , the British Charge d'Affaires , received congratulations from the members of the Court and Diplomatic Body . At Sofia all the foreign agencies displayed firgs in honour of the Queen ' s birthday . The Kmpress Frederick gave a banquet at Crimberg . among the gucsls being the King of Denmark , the Grand Dukeand Duchess of Hesse , Prince and Princess F ' redcrick Charles , the Crown Prince and Princess of Greece , and Prince ( oliann of Gliicksburg .
The Hon . VV . F . D . Smith , M . P ., occupied the chairat the fifty-seventh anniversary festival of the London Coffee and Eatirg House Keepers' Benevolent Association , held at the Freemasons' Tavern , on 'Thursday , and in proposing the toast of the evening remarked upon the pleasing fact that not only were they dining together upon the evening of the Queen ' s birthday , but the association was founded in the year in which her Majesty came to the throne .
Referring to the good work accomplished by the association during the past year , he mentioned that there were at tbe present time 27 pensioners , and the committee were paying nearly / . ' 50 a month in grants . In this connection he stated that there was a female pensioner of the society who had received no less than ^ 784 , although she had only paid a small subscription , while another had been paid as much as £ b \ 2 . 'The pensions , it was explained , ranged from £ 30 downwards for men and £ 2 ( 1 downwards for women .
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The Prince and Princess of Wales , with the Princesses Victoria and Maud , were present on Thursday night at the performance of " Money , " at the Garrick Theatre . Her Majesty's Judges held their annual whitebait dinner at the Ship Hotel , Greenwich , on Thursday night .
their lordships went by boat from the temple Pier , and the weather being line , had an enjoyable trip down the river . Among those present were Lords Justices Lindley , Kay , Smith , and Davey , Baron Pollock , and Justices Cave , Mathew , Chitty , North , Stirling , Wills , Charles , Lawrance , Barnes , Bruce , Collins , Kekewich , and Kennedy .
The Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Connaught have signified their intention of being present at Miss Janotha's concert to be held on Tuesday , June 5 th , at three p . m ., at Daly ' s Theatre . Two new songs , composed by her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice , will be sung by Madame Amy Sherwin , and "Journey ' s end in lovers meeting" ( " Twelfth Night" )—a new proverb by John Oliver ffobbs ( Mrs . Craigie ) and George Moore—will tie performed by Miss Ellen Terry , Mr . William Terriss , and Mr . Forbes Robertson .
THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY announce that on Saturday , June 2 nd , the first of the weekly excursions to Weston-super-Mare , Barnstaple , Ilfracombe , Exeter , Dawlish , Teignmouth , Torquay , Dartmouth , Plymouth , Falmouth , Penzance , & c , will leave Paddington Station , at 7 . 55 a . m ., while the train for Swindon , Bath ,
Bristol , Frome , \ eovil , Dorchester , and Weymouth , will leave at 12 . 35 p . m .- Return tickets will also be issued to Guernsey and Jersey at 24 s . Cd . Cheap tickets are issued daily by certain trains to Staines , Burnham Beeches , Windsor , Taplow , Maidenhead , Henley , Pangbourne , and other favourite resorts .
Bro . VV . Whitelaw , who has for a few years been in business as a chemist and druggist in East Linton having acquired another and more extesive business at Birkenhead , was on the occasion of his leaving the former place , entertained to a valedictory supper by the members of the Tyneside Lodge , of which he had latterly been Right Worshipful Master . There was a numerous turn out of the brethren . Depute-Mastcr Smellie presided . Bro . Dr .
Black occupied the croupier ' s chair . After supper , lira . R . A . Dakers , in the name of the brethren , presented Bro . Whitelaw with a handsome black marble timepiece as a token of the esteem and good wishes of the lodge . During the evening various- speakers referred to the high esteem in which Bro . Whitelaw was held , and his health was proposed by the chairman and duly honoured with Craft silut s .
WESTERS DISTRICT MASONIC ASSOCIATION . —Aspecial general meeting of the above association was held at the Masonic Club , Princess-square , Plymouth , on the Sth inst . Bro . J . B . Lord presided , and 40 members from the various lodges in the three towns and district were present . The new code of rules was adopted , and the follow i ng officers were appointed : Bros . Capt . G . S ' . rode-Liwc , P . M . 1 S 55 , P . J . W .. President : C G . Withell , P . M . 70 and 202 ; ,
and J . R . Lord . P M . 1247 , Vice-Presidents ; . W . Allsford , P . M . 202 , Treasurer ; | . Gifford , P . M 2025 , Secretary ; VV . Fmgurson , P . M . 1212 , and H . E . Sitters , P . M . 1205 , Auditors . Bros . G . Wnittley , P . M . 15 O , and G . DuiisteVville , W . M . 189 , were elected on the Executive Com nittee . Uro . J . H . Cover expressed the belief that Exeter brethren were in favour of the revision of the rules adopted by the West-country lrethren , and he thought they would be able to elect U'O more candidates on the fund .
THE NEW MASONIC IIALI . AT . YEOVIL . —The ceremony of laying the corner stone of the Masonic Hill , which is being erected in Ilendford , at a cost of about £ 1000 by Lodjie No . 329 , was performed on Wednesday afternoon , the 10 th instant , by bro . Benjamin Whitby , in the presence of a large company . The following brethren were present : Bros . Dr . Colmer , W . Cox , Alfred Milbornc , Edward Howell , R . E . Damon , J . li . Rodber , I . M .
Bellringer , S . R . Uafkett , Pomeroy , II . (' . Tompkins , L . Frankcn , J . X . Johnstone , C | . Hook , E . . Wilson , F . Buchanan Smith , F . Box , II . V . Rodber , and II . Lye . It should be stated that the ceremony was not of the nature of what is known as a full Masonic function , and it was attended by many persons who are not Freemasons . Bro . Cox , on behalf of the lodge , presented Bro . Whitby with a
silver trowel , with which the W . M . at once proceeded to lay the stone . The corner stone bears the following inscription : " This stone was laid by Bro . Benjamin Whitb y , Worshipful Master of the Lidge 'Brotherly Love-, ' No . 3211 , on the iOth May , A . i .. 5 S 04 , A . o . iSy 4 . " After the laying of the stone a loJ ^ e was held at the Three Choughs Hotel , followed by a banquet .
At all naval and military stations the Queen ' s Birthday was on Thursday celebrated with great entnusiasm , and the reviews of the troops by the officers commanding the various divisions were unusually brilliant . At Aldershot thousands of spectators assembled on Lallan ' s Plain to witness the evolutions . The Duchess of Connaught—who was accompanied by the Princesses Margaret and Victoria Patricia , and Prince Arthur , Mr . Campbell-Bannerman ,
M . P . ( becretary of State for War ) , Lord and Lady Listowel , and Madame de Morini—drove up to the saluting point . His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught , who had met his staff—consisting of Col . T . Kelly-Kenny , Col . II . S . G . Miles , Lieut .-Col . R . Auld , Major II . E . Belfield , Lieut .-Col . Pipon , and Col . Sir A . Alack worth—at Dangerhill , arrived , and rode up the long lines of troops , who were
formed in a semicircle on the Queen s Birthday Parade ground . Taking his position in the centre of the line , the Duke gave the signal for the fuc-de-joie . The massed bands p layed a few bars of the National Anthem , and the fue-de-joie was repeated . Three hearty cheers , loud and long , were then given for her Majesty from more than 11 , 000 of her soldiers , the sounds echoing and re-echoing from the surrounding hills .
A LOT or MONK * IS wasted every year by people who can ill allord to lose it . They buy what tlitw do nut want , or what alterwa ds t , rns out to be usebss for llie purpose fur which they bmii / ht it ; ami sii tbey are compelled to iro without many things of which tbcv stand in need . A man sulleriiiK from headache , loss of appetite , indigestion , or low spirits , will dose himself
with noxious druirs , , V'd waste bis money on all sorts of useless medicines , when by ukin ; r a dose of Holloway's Fills he could immedMtely pot himseif ri ^ iit . Of cour ^ v , if he has yuur , rheumatism , lumbajro , bronchitis , sore throat , or wean chest , lie most use licit iway ' s Ointment , u world . famed remedy ( or all such complaints .
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We are requested to state that the weekly meetings of the Westbourne Lodge of Instruction , No . 733 , are suspended till the third Wednesday in September , at the Prince Alfred Hotel , 112 , Queen ' s-road , liayswater . Mr . Nettleship , assisted by Mr . Laivford and Dr . Habershon , removed the cataract on Mr . Gladstone ' s eye on Thursday morning at Lord Rendel ' s house . The
operation was most successful , and Mr . Gladstone bore it very well . If you intend to pursue the study of Masonry with any result , it is indispensable that you attend the lodge regularly . This is your apprenticeship , and without it you will never become a distinguished Mason . There is no shortcut to the acquisition of knowledge . —Masonic Guide .
Brethren are invited to send for the list-of Masonic Books published at the office of the Freemason . Many works of interest both to the Masonic student and [ general reader have recently been added , and the publisher will gladly forward a copy to any address on receipt of a post-card .
The American Tyler remarks that " gems of thought more priceless than richest rubies are sometimes most unexpectedly unearthed , " and tells how Gen'l Albert Pikewhile conversing with a brother many years ago—gave utterance to the following beautiful and striking sentiment : " The two most valuable things this side of the grave are life and reputation , yet the meanest weapon may deprive us of the one , and the slightest breath of the other . "
Mrs . Maxwell Scott , the present owner of Abbotsford , has forwarded to Messrs . Sotheby , Wilkinson the original manuscript of " Anne of Geierstein , " and it will be included in an early sale at Wellington-street . The work , which runs to 2 C 5 post-quarto pages , is entirely in the handwriting of the author . Just 60 years ago it was presented to Mr . Robert Cadell by Sir Walter Scott . It was forthwith strongly bound , and is in a fine state of preservation .
The transactions of the West of Scotland College ( Rnsicruciui Order ) , which have been long in prospect , are , I believe , now fairly on the way of being issued . The objects of the Rosicrucian Society are thus defined : To affo'd mutual aid and encouragement in working out the great problems of life , and in searching out the Secrets of
Nature ; to facilitate the study of the system of philosophy founded u pontile Kabalahjand the doctrinesof HermesTresmegistus , which was inculcated by the original Fratres Rosa Crucis of Germany , A . l ) . 1450 ; and to investigate the meaning and symbolism of ail that now remains of the wisdom , art , and literature of the Ancient World . —The Mallet .
In iS 3 () the Freemasons of this city were relieved from debt . To-night they will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the occasion with an entertainment in the Grand Lodge Hall , at the Masonic Temple , and a reception to Past Grand Master Frank R . Lawrence , during whose administration the burden of debt was removed . Past Grand Master Lawrence will he the guest of honour this evening .
Grand Master Frederick A . Burnham , Past Grand Masters John VV . Vrooman , James Ten Iiyck , and William Sherer , and all the present and pist officers of the Grand L'dgi are expected to be present . Addresses will be delivered by the Rev . Charles W . Camp , Grand Master Burnham , Past Grand Masters Lawrence and Vrooinan , and Grand Secretary Ehlers . —New York Times , 2 nd ult .
COMPLIMENTARY DINNEK TO Bit 1 . WALTER PEACE , C . M . G . —At the complimentary dinner given on Monday night at the Savoy Hotel to Bro . Walter Peace , C . M . G ., upon his appointment as Agent-General for Natal , after the usual toasts , proposed by the Chairman and received with musical honours , the Chairman proposed the toast of the evening . He wished Iiro . Peace a long and successful
career as Agent-General for Natal . He thought it was very iLsirable that there should be a Federation of the Colonies . Bro . Peace , in replying , said Natal now possessed the rights of self-government , and the question was to see what they would do with them . Natal had been undergoing a period of severe commercial deprrssim , but he
believed she was now about to enter upon a period of prosperity more widespread and enduring than sh * had ever before known . Sir Donald Currie , M . P ., said he thought that day was a marked day in the history of our Empire and of South Africa . It meant the expression of a hope for the welfare of South Africa in the interests of our great Empire .
The man with a grievance , like the poor , we have always with us . He has turned up under the nom-de-plumc of " Mason , " and complains that having lost his diploma by fire he has been refused a duplicate " until absolute evidence of the loss is forthcoming . " This request " Mason " chooses to regard as an insult , and as casting a doubt on his veracity , and coolly asks the editor of the News whether after such an experience "' he would be doing a
moral wrong if he refused to be bound by his Masonic obligations . " My dear Brother " Mason , " the necessity of such a precaution as that complained of , viewed for a moment in the right spirit must be patent to you as to every right-thinking member of our Craft , and you will be best proving your claim to the title of "Mason" by at once furnishing proof of the destruction of your parchment . — The Mallet .
Arrangements are being made for the opening of an exhibition of the work of Glasgow artists in the Continental Gallery , New Bond-street , London , on the 1 st prox . At a meeting held on the iGth instant , at which nearly 20 gentlemen interested attended , it was reported that altogether abiut 30 artists had promised to contribute , incuding Messrs . Joseph Henderson , A . K . Brown , Harrington
Mann , J . W . Henderson , P . M'Grcgor Wilson , Alex . Roche , Tom M'Ewan , W . Y . Cameron , Macaulay Stevenson , George Pirie , J . Hunt , Jas . Paterson , R . M . G . Coventry , Wellwood Rattray , 'Tom Robertson , Duncan M'Kellar , J . Whitelaw Hamilton , W . G . Gillies , J . F . Christie , J . Lochhead , Archd . Kay , Alex . Frew , H . Spence , F . Newberry , and Reid Murray . The exhibition
is intended to consist of about 150 pictures , from four to six being lent by each contributor . After being shown for about six weeks in London , the pictures will be taken to Berlin , Cologne , and Dusseldorf . The pictures , which will be under the charge of Mr . Dierken , will be on sale , and should the venture be successful , it is intended to hold similar exhibitions annually .
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . F . C Everett was on Friday last presented with a Past Master's jewel on his retirement from the chair of the Sir Hugh Myddelton Lodge , No . 1602 , at the Royal Agricultural Hall , Islington . A report will appear in our next .
By command of the Queen a State Concert will be given at Buckingham PaIace ~ on Monday evening next , the 2 Sth inst ., and a State Ball on Friday , the Sth prox . The corner-stone of a new Masonic Hall , which is about to be erected in Henford , Yeovil , was laid on Wednesday afternoon , the iCth inst ., by Bro . B . Whitley , W . M . of the local lodge , in the presence of a fair number of spectators . The contract has been taken by Messrs . Lye and Son , ol Crewkerne , at £ 050 .
The death of Mrs . Crestine A . Massie is announced at her residence , Heathcotes , Barnsley . Yorkshire . Mrs . Massie was the mother of Bro . VV . Ridgwood Massie , P . P . G . D . West Yorkshire ; Bro . Edward J . Ma = sie , Prov . D .. G D . C . West Yorkshire ; Bro . Charles F . Mrssie , Prov . G-P . Leicestershire ; Bro . Frank Massie ; and mother-inlaw of Bro . Henry Lovegrove , P . M . 1507 , 1777 , 1949 , 204 s ,
241 G , & c . The Duke of York spent an hour in an inspection of St . Mary's Hospital , Paddington , on Thursday . Owing to a great falling-nff in the income last year the hospi * a ! is heavily in debt , and his Royal Highness presides on June 1 at a festival dinner , with the object of releasing the charitv from its financial difficulties . The Duke found the hospital
very full , many of the cases being of a severe type , and the large number of children was very noticeable . The Scotia Lodge of Freemasons resolved last year to build a hall of their own in Dennistoun . They have been able to complete it during the year at a cost of £ " 50 . At
the annual meeting the other night it was reported that it was let for £ 100 a year—for four evenings each week—and that the salary of the keeper is £ 15 . Why , this is as good as Broken Hill or the Tharsis ! Dancing rnu't be in great demand in the district , for the brethren get £ 75 per annum for three afternoons for 'hree quarters of the year .
Masonry is too popular in one sense , and not' sacred enough in another . It has been bartered away too much as if an article of merchandise . The idle and curious , the passive and perverse , with an ease and readiness distasteful and ripulsive to nobler manhood , have been permitted
to purchase Masonic . privileges as if they were no more than toys from a curiosity shop . There should be an end to this thing ; then we may hope that many of the difficulties of non-affiliation and non-payment "f dues will be solved and disappear . —Bro ' . Thomas M . Reed .
The Duchess of Teck , attended by the Hon . Mary The ? iger and the Hon . Alexander Hood , was present at the 13 th annual meeting of the Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen held at Exeter Hall . A most interesting feature of the proceedings was the presentation by her Royal Highness of the certificates of the St . John ' s Ambulance Association to members of the crews of medical mis-ion ships , good
conduct stripes to skippers and seamen of the ordinary missirn vessels , and a family Bible and the narchment certificate of the Royal Humane Society to G . Brickwood , steward of the Cholmondeley , in recognition of his bravery in saving the life of a shipmate in Nnvr mbcr last . Speeches were delivered by the Dean of Norwich , the Rev . Newman Hall , D . D ., the Rev . C Spurgeon , and others .
In an interview which the representative of a Uedin paper has had with one of the English Fire Brigade officers who have been visiting that city , the latter said : " Berlin has long been known to be a model school tor the fireman . Former observations , and especially the manoeuvres which we have attended , lead us to believe that the Berlin Fire Brigade is unrivalled as regards organisation , discipline ,
and instruction in matters pertaining to the service . As regards its implements , engines , and horses , however , other lire brigades are able to compete with it . We yesterday quite unexpectedly visited a division on the Ilafenplatz . The Chief Officer gave the alarm signal , and in twenty-two seconds a troop was perfectly ready to leave . " Up till now the Amsterdam Fire Brigade has taken the first place for despatch , they taking only twenty-six seconds to muster .
Her Majesty ' s " birthday was duly hrn'wrcd on Thursday by her subjects and representatives at all the foreign capitals and principal cities . At Gibraltar a grand parade of the trorps took place and Royal salutes were fired . At the most distant places the anniversary was not forgotten . At Zanzibar the shipping was dressed in bunting , and the Sultan visited the British Consular Judge . Te D ^ -unis were sung in all the churches in Cypru « . anil tbere were brilliant
illummatinns in the evening . At Cettinje Mr . Kennedy , the British Charge d'Affaires , received congratulations from the members of the Court and Diplomatic Body . At Sofia all the foreign agencies displayed firgs in honour of the Queen ' s birthday . The Kmpress Frederick gave a banquet at Crimberg . among the gucsls being the King of Denmark , the Grand Dukeand Duchess of Hesse , Prince and Princess F ' redcrick Charles , the Crown Prince and Princess of Greece , and Prince ( oliann of Gliicksburg .
The Hon . VV . F . D . Smith , M . P ., occupied the chairat the fifty-seventh anniversary festival of the London Coffee and Eatirg House Keepers' Benevolent Association , held at the Freemasons' Tavern , on 'Thursday , and in proposing the toast of the evening remarked upon the pleasing fact that not only were they dining together upon the evening of the Queen ' s birthday , but the association was founded in the year in which her Majesty came to the throne .
Referring to the good work accomplished by the association during the past year , he mentioned that there were at tbe present time 27 pensioners , and the committee were paying nearly / . ' 50 a month in grants . In this connection he stated that there was a female pensioner of the society who had received no less than ^ 784 , although she had only paid a small subscription , while another had been paid as much as £ b \ 2 . 'The pensions , it was explained , ranged from £ 30 downwards for men and £ 2 ( 1 downwards for women .
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The Prince and Princess of Wales , with the Princesses Victoria and Maud , were present on Thursday night at the performance of " Money , " at the Garrick Theatre . Her Majesty's Judges held their annual whitebait dinner at the Ship Hotel , Greenwich , on Thursday night .
their lordships went by boat from the temple Pier , and the weather being line , had an enjoyable trip down the river . Among those present were Lords Justices Lindley , Kay , Smith , and Davey , Baron Pollock , and Justices Cave , Mathew , Chitty , North , Stirling , Wills , Charles , Lawrance , Barnes , Bruce , Collins , Kekewich , and Kennedy .
The Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Connaught have signified their intention of being present at Miss Janotha's concert to be held on Tuesday , June 5 th , at three p . m ., at Daly ' s Theatre . Two new songs , composed by her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice , will be sung by Madame Amy Sherwin , and "Journey ' s end in lovers meeting" ( " Twelfth Night" )—a new proverb by John Oliver ffobbs ( Mrs . Craigie ) and George Moore—will tie performed by Miss Ellen Terry , Mr . William Terriss , and Mr . Forbes Robertson .
THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY announce that on Saturday , June 2 nd , the first of the weekly excursions to Weston-super-Mare , Barnstaple , Ilfracombe , Exeter , Dawlish , Teignmouth , Torquay , Dartmouth , Plymouth , Falmouth , Penzance , & c , will leave Paddington Station , at 7 . 55 a . m ., while the train for Swindon , Bath ,
Bristol , Frome , \ eovil , Dorchester , and Weymouth , will leave at 12 . 35 p . m .- Return tickets will also be issued to Guernsey and Jersey at 24 s . Cd . Cheap tickets are issued daily by certain trains to Staines , Burnham Beeches , Windsor , Taplow , Maidenhead , Henley , Pangbourne , and other favourite resorts .
Bro . VV . Whitelaw , who has for a few years been in business as a chemist and druggist in East Linton having acquired another and more extesive business at Birkenhead , was on the occasion of his leaving the former place , entertained to a valedictory supper by the members of the Tyneside Lodge , of which he had latterly been Right Worshipful Master . There was a numerous turn out of the brethren . Depute-Mastcr Smellie presided . Bro . Dr .
Black occupied the croupier ' s chair . After supper , lira . R . A . Dakers , in the name of the brethren , presented Bro . Whitelaw with a handsome black marble timepiece as a token of the esteem and good wishes of the lodge . During the evening various- speakers referred to the high esteem in which Bro . Whitelaw was held , and his health was proposed by the chairman and duly honoured with Craft silut s .
WESTERS DISTRICT MASONIC ASSOCIATION . —Aspecial general meeting of the above association was held at the Masonic Club , Princess-square , Plymouth , on the Sth inst . Bro . J . B . Lord presided , and 40 members from the various lodges in the three towns and district were present . The new code of rules was adopted , and the follow i ng officers were appointed : Bros . Capt . G . S ' . rode-Liwc , P . M . 1 S 55 , P . J . W .. President : C G . Withell , P . M . 70 and 202 ; ,
and J . R . Lord . P M . 1247 , Vice-Presidents ; . W . Allsford , P . M . 202 , Treasurer ; | . Gifford , P . M 2025 , Secretary ; VV . Fmgurson , P . M . 1212 , and H . E . Sitters , P . M . 1205 , Auditors . Bros . G . Wnittley , P . M . 15 O , and G . DuiisteVville , W . M . 189 , were elected on the Executive Com nittee . Uro . J . H . Cover expressed the belief that Exeter brethren were in favour of the revision of the rules adopted by the West-country lrethren , and he thought they would be able to elect U'O more candidates on the fund .
THE NEW MASONIC IIALI . AT . YEOVIL . —The ceremony of laying the corner stone of the Masonic Hill , which is being erected in Ilendford , at a cost of about £ 1000 by Lodjie No . 329 , was performed on Wednesday afternoon , the 10 th instant , by bro . Benjamin Whitby , in the presence of a large company . The following brethren were present : Bros . Dr . Colmer , W . Cox , Alfred Milbornc , Edward Howell , R . E . Damon , J . li . Rodber , I . M .
Bellringer , S . R . Uafkett , Pomeroy , II . (' . Tompkins , L . Frankcn , J . X . Johnstone , C | . Hook , E . . Wilson , F . Buchanan Smith , F . Box , II . V . Rodber , and II . Lye . It should be stated that the ceremony was not of the nature of what is known as a full Masonic function , and it was attended by many persons who are not Freemasons . Bro . Cox , on behalf of the lodge , presented Bro . Whitby with a
silver trowel , with which the W . M . at once proceeded to lay the stone . The corner stone bears the following inscription : " This stone was laid by Bro . Benjamin Whitb y , Worshipful Master of the Lidge 'Brotherly Love-, ' No . 3211 , on the iOth May , A . i .. 5 S 04 , A . o . iSy 4 . " After the laying of the stone a loJ ^ e was held at the Three Choughs Hotel , followed by a banquet .
At all naval and military stations the Queen ' s Birthday was on Thursday celebrated with great entnusiasm , and the reviews of the troops by the officers commanding the various divisions were unusually brilliant . At Aldershot thousands of spectators assembled on Lallan ' s Plain to witness the evolutions . The Duchess of Connaught—who was accompanied by the Princesses Margaret and Victoria Patricia , and Prince Arthur , Mr . Campbell-Bannerman ,
M . P . ( becretary of State for War ) , Lord and Lady Listowel , and Madame de Morini—drove up to the saluting point . His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught , who had met his staff—consisting of Col . T . Kelly-Kenny , Col . II . S . G . Miles , Lieut .-Col . R . Auld , Major II . E . Belfield , Lieut .-Col . Pipon , and Col . Sir A . Alack worth—at Dangerhill , arrived , and rode up the long lines of troops , who were
formed in a semicircle on the Queen s Birthday Parade ground . Taking his position in the centre of the line , the Duke gave the signal for the fuc-de-joie . The massed bands p layed a few bars of the National Anthem , and the fue-de-joie was repeated . Three hearty cheers , loud and long , were then given for her Majesty from more than 11 , 000 of her soldiers , the sounds echoing and re-echoing from the surrounding hills .
A LOT or MONK * IS wasted every year by people who can ill allord to lose it . They buy what tlitw do nut want , or what alterwa ds t , rns out to be usebss for llie purpose fur which they bmii / ht it ; ami sii tbey are compelled to iro without many things of which tbcv stand in need . A man sulleriiiK from headache , loss of appetite , indigestion , or low spirits , will dose himself
with noxious druirs , , V'd waste bis money on all sorts of useless medicines , when by ukin ; r a dose of Holloway's Fills he could immedMtely pot himseif ri ^ iit . Of cour ^ v , if he has yuur , rheumatism , lumbajro , bronchitis , sore throat , or wean chest , lie most use licit iway ' s Ointment , u world . famed remedy ( or all such complaints .
Masonic And General Tidings
We are requested to state that the weekly meetings of the Westbourne Lodge of Instruction , No . 733 , are suspended till the third Wednesday in September , at the Prince Alfred Hotel , 112 , Queen ' s-road , liayswater . Mr . Nettleship , assisted by Mr . Laivford and Dr . Habershon , removed the cataract on Mr . Gladstone ' s eye on Thursday morning at Lord Rendel ' s house . The
operation was most successful , and Mr . Gladstone bore it very well . If you intend to pursue the study of Masonry with any result , it is indispensable that you attend the lodge regularly . This is your apprenticeship , and without it you will never become a distinguished Mason . There is no shortcut to the acquisition of knowledge . —Masonic Guide .
Brethren are invited to send for the list-of Masonic Books published at the office of the Freemason . Many works of interest both to the Masonic student and [ general reader have recently been added , and the publisher will gladly forward a copy to any address on receipt of a post-card .
The American Tyler remarks that " gems of thought more priceless than richest rubies are sometimes most unexpectedly unearthed , " and tells how Gen'l Albert Pikewhile conversing with a brother many years ago—gave utterance to the following beautiful and striking sentiment : " The two most valuable things this side of the grave are life and reputation , yet the meanest weapon may deprive us of the one , and the slightest breath of the other . "
Mrs . Maxwell Scott , the present owner of Abbotsford , has forwarded to Messrs . Sotheby , Wilkinson the original manuscript of " Anne of Geierstein , " and it will be included in an early sale at Wellington-street . The work , which runs to 2 C 5 post-quarto pages , is entirely in the handwriting of the author . Just 60 years ago it was presented to Mr . Robert Cadell by Sir Walter Scott . It was forthwith strongly bound , and is in a fine state of preservation .
The transactions of the West of Scotland College ( Rnsicruciui Order ) , which have been long in prospect , are , I believe , now fairly on the way of being issued . The objects of the Rosicrucian Society are thus defined : To affo'd mutual aid and encouragement in working out the great problems of life , and in searching out the Secrets of
Nature ; to facilitate the study of the system of philosophy founded u pontile Kabalahjand the doctrinesof HermesTresmegistus , which was inculcated by the original Fratres Rosa Crucis of Germany , A . l ) . 1450 ; and to investigate the meaning and symbolism of ail that now remains of the wisdom , art , and literature of the Ancient World . —The Mallet .
In iS 3 () the Freemasons of this city were relieved from debt . To-night they will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the occasion with an entertainment in the Grand Lodge Hall , at the Masonic Temple , and a reception to Past Grand Master Frank R . Lawrence , during whose administration the burden of debt was removed . Past Grand Master Lawrence will he the guest of honour this evening .
Grand Master Frederick A . Burnham , Past Grand Masters John VV . Vrooman , James Ten Iiyck , and William Sherer , and all the present and pist officers of the Grand L'dgi are expected to be present . Addresses will be delivered by the Rev . Charles W . Camp , Grand Master Burnham , Past Grand Masters Lawrence and Vrooinan , and Grand Secretary Ehlers . —New York Times , 2 nd ult .
COMPLIMENTARY DINNEK TO Bit 1 . WALTER PEACE , C . M . G . —At the complimentary dinner given on Monday night at the Savoy Hotel to Bro . Walter Peace , C . M . G ., upon his appointment as Agent-General for Natal , after the usual toasts , proposed by the Chairman and received with musical honours , the Chairman proposed the toast of the evening . He wished Iiro . Peace a long and successful
career as Agent-General for Natal . He thought it was very iLsirable that there should be a Federation of the Colonies . Bro . Peace , in replying , said Natal now possessed the rights of self-government , and the question was to see what they would do with them . Natal had been undergoing a period of severe commercial deprrssim , but he
believed she was now about to enter upon a period of prosperity more widespread and enduring than sh * had ever before known . Sir Donald Currie , M . P ., said he thought that day was a marked day in the history of our Empire and of South Africa . It meant the expression of a hope for the welfare of South Africa in the interests of our great Empire .
The man with a grievance , like the poor , we have always with us . He has turned up under the nom-de-plumc of " Mason , " and complains that having lost his diploma by fire he has been refused a duplicate " until absolute evidence of the loss is forthcoming . " This request " Mason " chooses to regard as an insult , and as casting a doubt on his veracity , and coolly asks the editor of the News whether after such an experience "' he would be doing a
moral wrong if he refused to be bound by his Masonic obligations . " My dear Brother " Mason , " the necessity of such a precaution as that complained of , viewed for a moment in the right spirit must be patent to you as to every right-thinking member of our Craft , and you will be best proving your claim to the title of "Mason" by at once furnishing proof of the destruction of your parchment . — The Mallet .
Arrangements are being made for the opening of an exhibition of the work of Glasgow artists in the Continental Gallery , New Bond-street , London , on the 1 st prox . At a meeting held on the iGth instant , at which nearly 20 gentlemen interested attended , it was reported that altogether abiut 30 artists had promised to contribute , incuding Messrs . Joseph Henderson , A . K . Brown , Harrington
Mann , J . W . Henderson , P . M'Grcgor Wilson , Alex . Roche , Tom M'Ewan , W . Y . Cameron , Macaulay Stevenson , George Pirie , J . Hunt , Jas . Paterson , R . M . G . Coventry , Wellwood Rattray , 'Tom Robertson , Duncan M'Kellar , J . Whitelaw Hamilton , W . G . Gillies , J . F . Christie , J . Lochhead , Archd . Kay , Alex . Frew , H . Spence , F . Newberry , and Reid Murray . The exhibition
is intended to consist of about 150 pictures , from four to six being lent by each contributor . After being shown for about six weeks in London , the pictures will be taken to Berlin , Cologne , and Dusseldorf . The pictures , which will be under the charge of Mr . Dierken , will be on sale , and should the venture be successful , it is intended to hold similar exhibitions annually .