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North Africa.
Carriglio , J . D . ; Polinelly , D . C ; Chevalier , R . M . ; Captain Johnstone , Org . ; A . Casuto , I . G . ; and Eymon , Tyler . A very hearty salute was accorded to the P . G . M ., who had himself advanced to the Mark Degree upwards of sixty brethren in this lodge alone , to the P . M ., and to the visiting brethren . Bros . Read and Thompson responded in
suitable terms ; thc latter observing that the Grand Chapter of Ireland would be indeed proud of such working as he had witnessed in Tunis . The charitable collection being made , the lodge was formally adjourned , and the brethren met at thc Hotel Eymon , where , under the presidency of the P . G . AI ., the annual banquet was enjoyed , alike by members and visitors .
Literary And Antiquarian Notes.
Literary and Antiquarian Notes .
An excellent anthology from the British poets is "The English Poets , " edited by Thomas Humphrey Ward , M . A . ( Macmillan ) . Mr . MatthcwArnold furnishes a general introduction , ancl the . selection ranges from Chaucer to Dryden . The short biographical notices give additional value to the collection .
THE "GRAPHIC" SCHOOL OF K . VGRAVING ON WOOD . —Some years ago a belief prevailed that before long wood engraving would be superseded by various less costly processes . This belief , without doubt , deterred persons from embarking in a profession which they feared might before long prove unremunerative . Experience has shown that these fears were baseless . Wood engraving holds , and is likely to continue to hold , its own against all competitors .
But , meanwhile , there is a great scarcity at the present time of good engravers , and , unless a practical effort is made to attract clever students into the profession , the most artistic work will fall into the hands of foreigners . For some time past the proprietors of The Graphic have experienced an increasing difficulty in obtaining the assistance of high-class engravers , and they have therefore determined to form a School of Engraving , in which thc
students will be instructed for a term of live years . No premium will be required , but the candidates will he selected according to the merits of their drawings submitted , and after selection they will still have a fortnight ' s trial before being definitively accepted . After the first year the students will be paid a sum ( according to progress made ) varying from £ 13 in thc sccoml to £ 75 in the fifth year . The hours of attendance will be from < i a . m . until _ p . m ., with
an hour allowed for dinner ; but students regularly attending evening classes at thc Government Schools of Design will be allowed to leave at 5 p . m . Intending candidates must send in specimens of their drawings , stating whether they arc original or copies , also age of candidate , addressed "'lo the Manager of ' The Graphic , 190 , Strand , W . C , " and marked " Drawings for Competition . " Thc Athciueuin states that Messrs . Bentley will
in the course of next year publish a continuation of Dean Hook's "Livesof the Archbishops of Canterbury , " b y the Rev . VV . R . VV . Stephens , the son-in-law of Dean Hook , and his biographer . Mr . Stephens has in his possession the materials left by Dean Hook for the continuance of his work , and he will endeavour to continue this popular history
in thc spirit in which it was carried on by the Jare ^ Dean . According to the Academy , the Council ofthe Camden Society have accepted an offer from Professor Paul ! to edit two volumes of the Wardrobe Accounts of Henry , Earl of Derby , afterwards King Henry IV ., kept when he was journeying in Prussia , Lithuania , and other parts of Eastern Europe .
A model factory town is to he formed near Chicago by the Pullman Palace Car Company . Around the workshops will he extensive groundslaid out like a park , with a drive two miles long , while a wall will encircle the estate , the workmen ' s cottages being scattered about the grounds . The Americans have probably taken a hint from Heir Krupp's establishment at Kssen . Japanese rules of art , if followed out in Kngland ,
would considerably thin the attendance at London picturegalleries during a dull cold spring . Thus , the Japanese enjoin—according to the American Architect—that you must iiot look at . 1 picture on a dark nor a cloudy day , nor when it is so cold that your breath will form a mist before you ; nor must you look at it when you are ill , or cross , or unhappy , lest these circumstances influence your opinion . You must
not look at tin- artist's name , at first , but study tin ; work at leisure , so as to judge impartially of ils merits , and who the artist maybe . Fund as the Japanese are nf ornamenting their houses they clo not crowd ihe rooms with pictures and hrii-h brnr like the Europeans , but one or two pictures , a fungus , and a bracket or hanging basket serve for a short time , when these are laid away , and their place supplied !> y other things .
The will of l . udmilla Assing , the niece of Varnhagen Von Knee , bequeaths the whole of Varnhagen ' s collections , books , sketches , .. ISS ., _ , to the Royal Library at Berlin , upon the condition that they shall all be exhibited under the title of the Varnhagen Collection , otherwise the collection is to go the library at Zurich . Lord Ashburnham brought his old MS . of thc Gospels to the last meeting of the Society of Antiquaries .
I he covers of this quarto volume , which is believed to have been written in the Carlovingian era , are richly ornamented with goldsmith's work , probably of as early a date as the eighth century , and inlaid with emeralds , sapphires , pearls , and other precious stones , the interstices being filled with figures of the Cross , angels , saints , ami beasts . These arc liner and larger on the upper side than on the reverse , and , Mr . Alexander Nesbitt contended in a paper read by him ,
are of a German type rather than either Italian or French , and certainly are not Byzantine . Mr . K . M . Thompson followed with a brief paper on the interior of the volume , which he was not inclined to . is . dgn lo an earlier period than the killer half nf the tenth century , for reasons which he slated in full . The volume consists of 224 pages , containing the four Gospels , all illuminated to a slight degree
with capital letters , ' cc , but plain when compared with ni"tiiye _ istjng' specimens of the s ^ medate . The manuscript itselt is very clean and perfect , lt was given about A . D . IJSO to the convent 0 : 1 the banks of the Lake of Constance , where il used to be curried in solemn procession at the annual festival and on olher great occasions . It wai .- bought from Mr . Boore by Ihe late Lord Ashburnham .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
T HE F ESTIVAL FOR THE B OYS' SCHOOL . —A meeting of the Committee of thc VVest Lancashire Provincial Grand Lodge Fund of Benevolence was held at the MasonicHall , Hope-street , Liverpool , on Friday afternoon , theiSth inst . It was understood that the meeting was for the purpose of voting relief to distressed cases , and six of these were properly attended ; but at the meeting it was
suddenly moved and resolved tbat the sum of 500 gumeas should be voted from the Fund of Benevolence for the purpose of being apportioned with the view of being sent up in aid of the Boys' School at the festival on the ist prox . The money was duly voted and apportioned , but considerable dissatisfaction i . s felt by certain festival Stewards that no notice was given of the motion .
Thc consecration of thc Claremont Lodge , No . 1 S 61 , will take place at the School-room , Park-road , Esher , on Tuesday , the 29 th inst . The Provincial Grand Master of Surrey , General Brownrigg , C . B ., is the Consecrating Officer , assisted by the Rev . C . W . Arnold , P . G . Chaplain and P . D . G . M . The officers designate are Bros . T . Vincent , W . M . ; F . A . Manning , S . VV . ; and James M . Collins , l . W .
ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND . — . The annual dinner of thc Provincial Grand Lodge of London will take place on Friday , the 2 nd July next , that being the nearest clay to the annual festivalas laid down in the Constitutions ( thc anniversary of the battle of Bannockburn ) , at the Trafalgar , Greenwich , at six o ' clock .
At the monthl y meeting of the Mariners' Lodge , No . 249 , held at the Masonic Hall , Liverpool , on the 10 th inst ., llro . John Whalley , S . W ., was unanimously elected VV . M . Thc installation will take place on Thursday , the 1 st
July-We regret to leavn that Bro . J . A . hlliott , of the Koyal Hanover Lodge , No . ' 1777 , whose name has appeared in our columns lately in connection with a work of his which was accepted by Her Majesty the Queen and the M . W . the Grand Master , bas sustained a great loss in thc death of one of his children by a most deplorable
accident . The little hoy , who teas five 3 -eara of age , fell over the banisters at the Albany Chambers , Camberwell , from the top of the building , a distance of fifty-live feet , ancl fractured his skull . An inquest has been held , and a verdict of accidental death returned , with a recommendation that something should be done to prevent the recurrence of such accidents in future .
Iiro . William Ron-bottom , of Alfrcton , Derbyshire , is anxious aud willing to lecture on the raison d'etre oi English Freemasonry and may be heard of at the oflice of the Freemason , 10 S , Fleet-street , London . Bro . Rowbottom has paid particular attention to the connection between the Great Pyramid , science and symbolism , and English Masonrv . Those who have not heard or read of
the wonderful theories that have been deduced from measuring that marvellous structure in Egypt can have no idea of the interest in store for them . It is a rich ' subject and worthy of the attention of the Masons who wish to know something of the grand Order to wliich they belong . Bro . Row-bottom is lilted ( o impart that knowledge , and provincial lodges particularly should avail themselves of his
services . Man } - who prefer the social element and harmony ma j' look upon intellectual effort with indifference or contempt , others may shrink from the subject of Masonic science as too deep for them , but with such "a guide , philosopher , and friend" as Bro . Kowbottom , much that is now obscure could be made plain , and what appears a dr }' topic made instinct with life , pleasure , and instruction . Norwich brethren should send an invite .
The Lord Mayor and Lad y Mayoress will , on I uly 7 th , pay a visit in state to the exhibition of the printing , stationery , and kindred trades which i . s lo he held at the Agricultural Hall from July 5 th to July 17 th . The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress , accompanied hv the Sheriffs of
London and Middlesex , will arrive at the Agricultural llall at noon , and will proceed immediately to make an inspection of the exhibition . At two o ' clock p . m . a luncheon will be served , at which the Lard Mayor will preside , and to which a number of gentlemen are to be invited .
1 lie members of the Handel Choir , who have been singing at the Crystal I'alace Festival , visited Windsor Castle on Tuesday last . By special permission the ladies and gentlemen composing the party were admitted to the Slate Apiirlmi-. nts , which have beeu closed in anticipation of
Ihe return of the Oueen . Owing to the showery stale of the weather an excursion to Virginia Water was abandoned . Most of the visitors attended the service at St . George's Chapel , the musical portions of which proved most attractive , the voices of the usual choir being supplemented by those of the amateur vocalists within the sacred building .
On Tuesday evening last , Baron Amherst , Prov . G . M . of Kent , consecrated a Masonic llall at Canterbury , for the use of the three local lodges . The building is situated in the chief thoroughfare we-tward , and has been built at considerable coal , its main feature being a spacious
and magnificently lilted lodge room , to be used exclusively for the purposes of Masonry . A great number of brethren , including many Present and Past Grand Ofiicers , representing various lodges throughout the province , assembled on the occasion .
A very interesting ceremony took place al thc Xiitlield parish schools on Saturday evening last , when the curate of the parish , the Rev . A . Simmonds , and his wife , had presented to them a handsome service of plate , consisting of a massive lea and coffee service , and also some books , the reverend gentleman being about to take over the ministry of St . Paul ' s , Chatham , to which he has been
appointed by the Bishop of Rochester . The company were presided over by Uro . Sheriff Woolloton , who in a very 1 •arnc .-. t and impressive speech presented the gift on the part of the parishioners , remarkm ;; that it had been subscribed for in a mo > t spontaneous manner by nearly
every inhabitant , thus evidencing the universal esteem in which the reverend gentleman and Mrs . Simmonds are held , and the regret that is felt at their leaving Nullield . Mr . Simmonds made a suitable relpy . A tea was afterwards held , oi which many of the subscribers partook , and was gracefully presided over by Mrs . Woolloton .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Bro . J . Perry Godfrey is a candidate for the office of Deputy Registrar of the Mayor ' s Court . The Royal Academy Conversazione is fixed to take place on Wednesday , the 30 th inst . Bro . Willing , the new lessee of the Alexandra Palace , gave dinner , tea , and all the amusement that the palace affords to 450 boys of the Duke of York ' s School . Bro . Sir J . M'Garel Hogg , M . P ., Lady and Miss Hogg , and Mr . M'Garel Hogg , attended Mrs . Guinness ' s ball , in Grosvenor-plase , on Wednesday night .
The West London Advertiser , published at Hammersmith , is about to appear twice a week . The annual festival of the City Waiters' Provident and Pension Society in aid of the Pension Fund is fixed for Monday , July 5 th , at thc Bridge House Hotel ; Bro . T . Willing in the chair .
The court of the Fishmongers' Company have voted the sum of twenty-five guineas to thc building fund ofthe Convalescent Home for Poor Children , St . Leonardson-Sea .
The annual fancy dress ball in aid of the funds of the Royal Caledonian Asylum and the Royal Scottish Hospital took place on Monday at Willis's Rooms , and was largely attended by members of thc Scottish aristocrac }' . We understand that a marriage is arranged , and will shortly take place , between Lord Brooke , M . P . for East Somerset , and eldest son of thc Earl of Warwick ,
and Miss Frances Evelyn Maynard , granddaughter of Henry , last Viscount Maynard , and stepdaughter of Bro . the Earl of Rosslyn , G . M . Scotland . The annual meeting of the governors of the Corps of Commissionaires , now 937 strong , _ was held at the headquarters on Saturday , June igth . The annual inspection and church parade took place in Westminster Hall on Sunday , June 20 th .
Thc City of London Printers' Pension , Almshouse , and Orphan Asylum Corporation auxiliary held thetr final meeting for the season on Saturday , the 19 th inst ., at the White Swan , Salisbury-court , after a successful winter's session .
The annual festival of the Stockwell Orphanage was held on Tuesday last , in the grounds , when the foundation stones of four houses for the new Girls' Orphanage were laid . The cost , it is stated , would be £ 11 , 000 , of which £ 9000 had been already raised , and further considerable contributions , it was stated , had been received or promised .
The Prince and Princess of Wales , accompanied b y the Royal children and the King of the Hellenes , visited the Grand Military Tournament at the Agricultural Hall , on Wednesday last , in aid of the funds of the Royal Cambridge Asylum for Soldiers . His Majesty and their Royal Highnesses were attended by Miss Knollys , Col . Hadji Patios , Col . Kolocotronis , Lieut .-CcneralSirDighton
Probyn , and Cob A . Ellis . THE DUKE OF AJIERCORN . — The Duke of Abereorn , Grand Master of the Masonic Order in Ireland , distributed the prizes on Wednesday evening last , in the Exhibition Palace , Dublin , to the children of thc Masonic Female Orphan School , in the presence of a crowded assembly .
THE LATH PRINCE IMPERIAL . — A committee has been formed in Natal for the purpose of taking steps to secure the erection in Durban of a monument to the memory of the late Prince Imperial . The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge have been requested to act as patrons , and Sir Garnet Wolseley has consented to act as patron in South Africa . The committee includes the
Mayor of Durban , several members of the Legislative Council , magistrates , town councillors of Durban , and resident Justices of the Peace . All cheques or drafts should be drawn in favour of thc honorary treasurer of the Prince Imperial Memorial Fund , Mr . Richard Vause , J . P ., Durban , Natal , South Africa . It is understood that one of the sons of the
Prince of Wales will soon join the ist Battalion of the Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade ( the command of which was recently held hy the Duke of Connaught ) as sub-lieutenant ) . The Worship ful Company of Goldsmiths have granted a donation of £ 30 to the Association for thc Oral Instruction of the Deal and Dumb , 11 , Fitzroy-square .
The Siamese Kmbassy , numbering about twenty persons , arrived on Monday from Calais , and proceeded to London by the Soiith-Eastern mail train . On Monday last a very handsome illuminated address was presented by the ofiicers and brethren of thc All Souls' Lodge , No . 170 , to Bro . William Eliot , on thc occasion of his golden wedding . Bro . Kliot was for many
years the head of the Craft 111 the Province of Dorset , and he is said to be the oldest Mason in England . Hc was initiated in All Souls' Lodge , and has been a subscribing member to that lodge for upwards of sixty-four years . SOCIETY OF ARTS . —The Council of this society have awarded medals to the following- gentlemen for papers read during thc session which is just over :
¦ Major-General H . Y . D . Scott , C . B ., F . R . S ., for his paper on " Suggestions for Dealing with the Sewage of London ;" A . J . Kliis , F . R . S ., for his paper on " The History of Musical Pitch ; " John Sparkes , for hispaperon "Recent Advances in the Production of Lambeth Art Pottery ;" Henry l > . Wheatlcy , F . S . A ., for his paper on "Thc History and the Art of Bookbinding ; " \ V . Holman Hunt , for his paper on "The Present System of Obtaining
Materials in use by Artist Painters , as compared with that of the Old Masters ; " Thomas Fletcher , for his paper on " Recent Improvements in Gas Furnaces for Domestic and Laboratory Purposes ; " John C . Morton , for his paper on "The Last Forty Years of Agricultural Experience ;" Professor Heaton , F . C . S ., for his paper on " Balmain ' s Luminous Paint ; " Captain Abney , R . E ., F . R . S ., for his paper on " Recent Advances in the Science of Photography . "
An aeronautical race is said to be one of the cominy attractions of the Brussels festivities . Half-a-dozen balloons will be launched simultaneousl y into the air , and the prize will be awarded to the one which in a given timo will have gone the farthest distance .
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North Africa.
Carriglio , J . D . ; Polinelly , D . C ; Chevalier , R . M . ; Captain Johnstone , Org . ; A . Casuto , I . G . ; and Eymon , Tyler . A very hearty salute was accorded to the P . G . M ., who had himself advanced to the Mark Degree upwards of sixty brethren in this lodge alone , to the P . M ., and to the visiting brethren . Bros . Read and Thompson responded in
suitable terms ; thc latter observing that the Grand Chapter of Ireland would be indeed proud of such working as he had witnessed in Tunis . The charitable collection being made , the lodge was formally adjourned , and the brethren met at thc Hotel Eymon , where , under the presidency of the P . G . AI ., the annual banquet was enjoyed , alike by members and visitors .
Literary And Antiquarian Notes.
Literary and Antiquarian Notes .
An excellent anthology from the British poets is "The English Poets , " edited by Thomas Humphrey Ward , M . A . ( Macmillan ) . Mr . MatthcwArnold furnishes a general introduction , ancl the . selection ranges from Chaucer to Dryden . The short biographical notices give additional value to the collection .
THE "GRAPHIC" SCHOOL OF K . VGRAVING ON WOOD . —Some years ago a belief prevailed that before long wood engraving would be superseded by various less costly processes . This belief , without doubt , deterred persons from embarking in a profession which they feared might before long prove unremunerative . Experience has shown that these fears were baseless . Wood engraving holds , and is likely to continue to hold , its own against all competitors .
But , meanwhile , there is a great scarcity at the present time of good engravers , and , unless a practical effort is made to attract clever students into the profession , the most artistic work will fall into the hands of foreigners . For some time past the proprietors of The Graphic have experienced an increasing difficulty in obtaining the assistance of high-class engravers , and they have therefore determined to form a School of Engraving , in which thc
students will be instructed for a term of live years . No premium will be required , but the candidates will he selected according to the merits of their drawings submitted , and after selection they will still have a fortnight ' s trial before being definitively accepted . After the first year the students will be paid a sum ( according to progress made ) varying from £ 13 in thc sccoml to £ 75 in the fifth year . The hours of attendance will be from < i a . m . until _ p . m ., with
an hour allowed for dinner ; but students regularly attending evening classes at thc Government Schools of Design will be allowed to leave at 5 p . m . Intending candidates must send in specimens of their drawings , stating whether they arc original or copies , also age of candidate , addressed "'lo the Manager of ' The Graphic , 190 , Strand , W . C , " and marked " Drawings for Competition . " Thc Athciueuin states that Messrs . Bentley will
in the course of next year publish a continuation of Dean Hook's "Livesof the Archbishops of Canterbury , " b y the Rev . VV . R . VV . Stephens , the son-in-law of Dean Hook , and his biographer . Mr . Stephens has in his possession the materials left by Dean Hook for the continuance of his work , and he will endeavour to continue this popular history
in thc spirit in which it was carried on by the Jare ^ Dean . According to the Academy , the Council ofthe Camden Society have accepted an offer from Professor Paul ! to edit two volumes of the Wardrobe Accounts of Henry , Earl of Derby , afterwards King Henry IV ., kept when he was journeying in Prussia , Lithuania , and other parts of Eastern Europe .
A model factory town is to he formed near Chicago by the Pullman Palace Car Company . Around the workshops will he extensive groundslaid out like a park , with a drive two miles long , while a wall will encircle the estate , the workmen ' s cottages being scattered about the grounds . The Americans have probably taken a hint from Heir Krupp's establishment at Kssen . Japanese rules of art , if followed out in Kngland ,
would considerably thin the attendance at London picturegalleries during a dull cold spring . Thus , the Japanese enjoin—according to the American Architect—that you must iiot look at . 1 picture on a dark nor a cloudy day , nor when it is so cold that your breath will form a mist before you ; nor must you look at it when you are ill , or cross , or unhappy , lest these circumstances influence your opinion . You must
not look at tin- artist's name , at first , but study tin ; work at leisure , so as to judge impartially of ils merits , and who the artist maybe . Fund as the Japanese are nf ornamenting their houses they clo not crowd ihe rooms with pictures and hrii-h brnr like the Europeans , but one or two pictures , a fungus , and a bracket or hanging basket serve for a short time , when these are laid away , and their place supplied !> y other things .
The will of l . udmilla Assing , the niece of Varnhagen Von Knee , bequeaths the whole of Varnhagen ' s collections , books , sketches , .. ISS ., _ , to the Royal Library at Berlin , upon the condition that they shall all be exhibited under the title of the Varnhagen Collection , otherwise the collection is to go the library at Zurich . Lord Ashburnham brought his old MS . of thc Gospels to the last meeting of the Society of Antiquaries .
I he covers of this quarto volume , which is believed to have been written in the Carlovingian era , are richly ornamented with goldsmith's work , probably of as early a date as the eighth century , and inlaid with emeralds , sapphires , pearls , and other precious stones , the interstices being filled with figures of the Cross , angels , saints , ami beasts . These arc liner and larger on the upper side than on the reverse , and , Mr . Alexander Nesbitt contended in a paper read by him ,
are of a German type rather than either Italian or French , and certainly are not Byzantine . Mr . K . M . Thompson followed with a brief paper on the interior of the volume , which he was not inclined to . is . dgn lo an earlier period than the killer half nf the tenth century , for reasons which he slated in full . The volume consists of 224 pages , containing the four Gospels , all illuminated to a slight degree
with capital letters , ' cc , but plain when compared with ni"tiiye _ istjng' specimens of the s ^ medate . The manuscript itselt is very clean and perfect , lt was given about A . D . IJSO to the convent 0 : 1 the banks of the Lake of Constance , where il used to be curried in solemn procession at the annual festival and on olher great occasions . It wai .- bought from Mr . Boore by Ihe late Lord Ashburnham .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
T HE F ESTIVAL FOR THE B OYS' SCHOOL . —A meeting of the Committee of thc VVest Lancashire Provincial Grand Lodge Fund of Benevolence was held at the MasonicHall , Hope-street , Liverpool , on Friday afternoon , theiSth inst . It was understood that the meeting was for the purpose of voting relief to distressed cases , and six of these were properly attended ; but at the meeting it was
suddenly moved and resolved tbat the sum of 500 gumeas should be voted from the Fund of Benevolence for the purpose of being apportioned with the view of being sent up in aid of the Boys' School at the festival on the ist prox . The money was duly voted and apportioned , but considerable dissatisfaction i . s felt by certain festival Stewards that no notice was given of the motion .
Thc consecration of thc Claremont Lodge , No . 1 S 61 , will take place at the School-room , Park-road , Esher , on Tuesday , the 29 th inst . The Provincial Grand Master of Surrey , General Brownrigg , C . B ., is the Consecrating Officer , assisted by the Rev . C . W . Arnold , P . G . Chaplain and P . D . G . M . The officers designate are Bros . T . Vincent , W . M . ; F . A . Manning , S . VV . ; and James M . Collins , l . W .
ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND . — . The annual dinner of thc Provincial Grand Lodge of London will take place on Friday , the 2 nd July next , that being the nearest clay to the annual festivalas laid down in the Constitutions ( thc anniversary of the battle of Bannockburn ) , at the Trafalgar , Greenwich , at six o ' clock .
At the monthl y meeting of the Mariners' Lodge , No . 249 , held at the Masonic Hall , Liverpool , on the 10 th inst ., llro . John Whalley , S . W ., was unanimously elected VV . M . Thc installation will take place on Thursday , the 1 st
July-We regret to leavn that Bro . J . A . hlliott , of the Koyal Hanover Lodge , No . ' 1777 , whose name has appeared in our columns lately in connection with a work of his which was accepted by Her Majesty the Queen and the M . W . the Grand Master , bas sustained a great loss in thc death of one of his children by a most deplorable
accident . The little hoy , who teas five 3 -eara of age , fell over the banisters at the Albany Chambers , Camberwell , from the top of the building , a distance of fifty-live feet , ancl fractured his skull . An inquest has been held , and a verdict of accidental death returned , with a recommendation that something should be done to prevent the recurrence of such accidents in future .
Iiro . William Ron-bottom , of Alfrcton , Derbyshire , is anxious aud willing to lecture on the raison d'etre oi English Freemasonry and may be heard of at the oflice of the Freemason , 10 S , Fleet-street , London . Bro . Rowbottom has paid particular attention to the connection between the Great Pyramid , science and symbolism , and English Masonrv . Those who have not heard or read of
the wonderful theories that have been deduced from measuring that marvellous structure in Egypt can have no idea of the interest in store for them . It is a rich ' subject and worthy of the attention of the Masons who wish to know something of the grand Order to wliich they belong . Bro . Row-bottom is lilted ( o impart that knowledge , and provincial lodges particularly should avail themselves of his
services . Man } - who prefer the social element and harmony ma j' look upon intellectual effort with indifference or contempt , others may shrink from the subject of Masonic science as too deep for them , but with such "a guide , philosopher , and friend" as Bro . Kowbottom , much that is now obscure could be made plain , and what appears a dr }' topic made instinct with life , pleasure , and instruction . Norwich brethren should send an invite .
The Lord Mayor and Lad y Mayoress will , on I uly 7 th , pay a visit in state to the exhibition of the printing , stationery , and kindred trades which i . s lo he held at the Agricultural Hall from July 5 th to July 17 th . The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress , accompanied hv the Sheriffs of
London and Middlesex , will arrive at the Agricultural llall at noon , and will proceed immediately to make an inspection of the exhibition . At two o ' clock p . m . a luncheon will be served , at which the Lard Mayor will preside , and to which a number of gentlemen are to be invited .
1 lie members of the Handel Choir , who have been singing at the Crystal I'alace Festival , visited Windsor Castle on Tuesday last . By special permission the ladies and gentlemen composing the party were admitted to the Slate Apiirlmi-. nts , which have beeu closed in anticipation of
Ihe return of the Oueen . Owing to the showery stale of the weather an excursion to Virginia Water was abandoned . Most of the visitors attended the service at St . George's Chapel , the musical portions of which proved most attractive , the voices of the usual choir being supplemented by those of the amateur vocalists within the sacred building .
On Tuesday evening last , Baron Amherst , Prov . G . M . of Kent , consecrated a Masonic llall at Canterbury , for the use of the three local lodges . The building is situated in the chief thoroughfare we-tward , and has been built at considerable coal , its main feature being a spacious
and magnificently lilted lodge room , to be used exclusively for the purposes of Masonry . A great number of brethren , including many Present and Past Grand Ofiicers , representing various lodges throughout the province , assembled on the occasion .
A very interesting ceremony took place al thc Xiitlield parish schools on Saturday evening last , when the curate of the parish , the Rev . A . Simmonds , and his wife , had presented to them a handsome service of plate , consisting of a massive lea and coffee service , and also some books , the reverend gentleman being about to take over the ministry of St . Paul ' s , Chatham , to which he has been
appointed by the Bishop of Rochester . The company were presided over by Uro . Sheriff Woolloton , who in a very 1 •arnc .-. t and impressive speech presented the gift on the part of the parishioners , remarkm ;; that it had been subscribed for in a mo > t spontaneous manner by nearly
every inhabitant , thus evidencing the universal esteem in which the reverend gentleman and Mrs . Simmonds are held , and the regret that is felt at their leaving Nullield . Mr . Simmonds made a suitable relpy . A tea was afterwards held , oi which many of the subscribers partook , and was gracefully presided over by Mrs . Woolloton .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Bro . J . Perry Godfrey is a candidate for the office of Deputy Registrar of the Mayor ' s Court . The Royal Academy Conversazione is fixed to take place on Wednesday , the 30 th inst . Bro . Willing , the new lessee of the Alexandra Palace , gave dinner , tea , and all the amusement that the palace affords to 450 boys of the Duke of York ' s School . Bro . Sir J . M'Garel Hogg , M . P ., Lady and Miss Hogg , and Mr . M'Garel Hogg , attended Mrs . Guinness ' s ball , in Grosvenor-plase , on Wednesday night .
The West London Advertiser , published at Hammersmith , is about to appear twice a week . The annual festival of the City Waiters' Provident and Pension Society in aid of the Pension Fund is fixed for Monday , July 5 th , at thc Bridge House Hotel ; Bro . T . Willing in the chair .
The court of the Fishmongers' Company have voted the sum of twenty-five guineas to thc building fund ofthe Convalescent Home for Poor Children , St . Leonardson-Sea .
The annual fancy dress ball in aid of the funds of the Royal Caledonian Asylum and the Royal Scottish Hospital took place on Monday at Willis's Rooms , and was largely attended by members of thc Scottish aristocrac }' . We understand that a marriage is arranged , and will shortly take place , between Lord Brooke , M . P . for East Somerset , and eldest son of thc Earl of Warwick ,
and Miss Frances Evelyn Maynard , granddaughter of Henry , last Viscount Maynard , and stepdaughter of Bro . the Earl of Rosslyn , G . M . Scotland . The annual meeting of the governors of the Corps of Commissionaires , now 937 strong , _ was held at the headquarters on Saturday , June igth . The annual inspection and church parade took place in Westminster Hall on Sunday , June 20 th .
Thc City of London Printers' Pension , Almshouse , and Orphan Asylum Corporation auxiliary held thetr final meeting for the season on Saturday , the 19 th inst ., at the White Swan , Salisbury-court , after a successful winter's session .
The annual festival of the Stockwell Orphanage was held on Tuesday last , in the grounds , when the foundation stones of four houses for the new Girls' Orphanage were laid . The cost , it is stated , would be £ 11 , 000 , of which £ 9000 had been already raised , and further considerable contributions , it was stated , had been received or promised .
The Prince and Princess of Wales , accompanied b y the Royal children and the King of the Hellenes , visited the Grand Military Tournament at the Agricultural Hall , on Wednesday last , in aid of the funds of the Royal Cambridge Asylum for Soldiers . His Majesty and their Royal Highnesses were attended by Miss Knollys , Col . Hadji Patios , Col . Kolocotronis , Lieut .-CcneralSirDighton
Probyn , and Cob A . Ellis . THE DUKE OF AJIERCORN . — The Duke of Abereorn , Grand Master of the Masonic Order in Ireland , distributed the prizes on Wednesday evening last , in the Exhibition Palace , Dublin , to the children of thc Masonic Female Orphan School , in the presence of a crowded assembly .
THE LATH PRINCE IMPERIAL . — A committee has been formed in Natal for the purpose of taking steps to secure the erection in Durban of a monument to the memory of the late Prince Imperial . The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge have been requested to act as patrons , and Sir Garnet Wolseley has consented to act as patron in South Africa . The committee includes the
Mayor of Durban , several members of the Legislative Council , magistrates , town councillors of Durban , and resident Justices of the Peace . All cheques or drafts should be drawn in favour of thc honorary treasurer of the Prince Imperial Memorial Fund , Mr . Richard Vause , J . P ., Durban , Natal , South Africa . It is understood that one of the sons of the
Prince of Wales will soon join the ist Battalion of the Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade ( the command of which was recently held hy the Duke of Connaught ) as sub-lieutenant ) . The Worship ful Company of Goldsmiths have granted a donation of £ 30 to the Association for thc Oral Instruction of the Deal and Dumb , 11 , Fitzroy-square .
The Siamese Kmbassy , numbering about twenty persons , arrived on Monday from Calais , and proceeded to London by the Soiith-Eastern mail train . On Monday last a very handsome illuminated address was presented by the ofiicers and brethren of thc All Souls' Lodge , No . 170 , to Bro . William Eliot , on thc occasion of his golden wedding . Bro . Kliot was for many
years the head of the Craft 111 the Province of Dorset , and he is said to be the oldest Mason in England . Hc was initiated in All Souls' Lodge , and has been a subscribing member to that lodge for upwards of sixty-four years . SOCIETY OF ARTS . —The Council of this society have awarded medals to the following- gentlemen for papers read during thc session which is just over :
¦ Major-General H . Y . D . Scott , C . B ., F . R . S ., for his paper on " Suggestions for Dealing with the Sewage of London ;" A . J . Kliis , F . R . S ., for his paper on " The History of Musical Pitch ; " John Sparkes , for hispaperon "Recent Advances in the Production of Lambeth Art Pottery ;" Henry l > . Wheatlcy , F . S . A ., for his paper on "Thc History and the Art of Bookbinding ; " \ V . Holman Hunt , for his paper on "The Present System of Obtaining
Materials in use by Artist Painters , as compared with that of the Old Masters ; " Thomas Fletcher , for his paper on " Recent Improvements in Gas Furnaces for Domestic and Laboratory Purposes ; " John C . Morton , for his paper on "The Last Forty Years of Agricultural Experience ;" Professor Heaton , F . C . S ., for his paper on " Balmain ' s Luminous Paint ; " Captain Abney , R . E ., F . R . S ., for his paper on " Recent Advances in the Science of Photography . "
An aeronautical race is said to be one of the cominy attractions of the Brussels festivities . Half-a-dozen balloons will be launched simultaneousl y into the air , and the prize will be awarded to the one which in a given timo will have gone the farthest distance .