Masonic And General Tidings.

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .

A nesv Roval Arch Chapter is to be consecrated at Guildford , on the 30 th inst . Comp . Col . Money , Grand Superintendent of Surrey , antl his principal officers , svill perform the ceremony . On Sunday last the city of Saginasv , in the State of Michigan , U . S . A ., svas almost totally destroyed by fire , the loss of property being estimated at about a million and a half of dollars .

On Saturday , the 20 th inst ., Bro . George Gardner , P . M ., & c , svas elected for the 9 th year in succession Treasurer ; Bro . Williams , P . M ., svas re-elected Preceptorj and Bro . Spiegle , P . M ., Secretary , of the Chissvick Lodge of Instruction , No . 2012 .

On Monday next the Duke of Connaught svill pay a visit to University College , London , for the purpose of opening the nesv mechanical and electric engineering laboratories , which have been in course of erection during the past 10 months . His Royal Highness svill be received by Air . Erichson , President of the College , Lord Reay , Vice-President , and other officials , as svell as by the Council and Senate , and many distinguished personages have been invited to attend .

The Princess of Wales , accompanied by her daughters , the Princesses Victoria and Maud , and attended by Aliss Knollys and Alajor-General Ellis , arrived at Charing Cross from the Continent early on Saturday morning . Their Royal Highnesses are in excellent health after their Continental trip . They have since , in con pany svith the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York , visited Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Fife , and on Sunday last dined with the Duke and Duchess of Teck , at the White Lodge , Richmond Park .

The Duke and Duchess of Connaught , accompanied by their children , visited Highcliffe Castle , near Christchurch , the residence of Bro . Major and Airs . Stuart-Wortley , on Monday , and there opened an art exhibition . Among the guests were the Earl and Countess of Wharncliffe , the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury , and Lord and Lady Manners . After inspecting the exhibition , svhich includes paintings and drawings by the late Alarchioness of Waterford , their Royal Highnesses returned to Portsmouth .

DISCOVERY OF AIASONIC RELICS IN PENNSYLVANIA . —The Kiystone announces with the highest satisfaction that the Grand Lodge Library Committee , at a meeting held within the past sveek , has become possessed of relics of the very highest importance to the history of Masonry in Pennsylvania . No more important matter and of such historic value has yet been brought to light . This

information is g ^ iven to all brethren of the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania in the belief of its exceedingly great value to Free and Accepted York Masonry of Pennsylvania . The infant son and heir of Bro . the Duke of Portland , the Marquis of Titchfield , svas christened in the private chapel at Welbeck Abbey on Alonday , the rite being administered b y Dr . Ridding , Bishop of Southsvell . The

infant marquis svas christened William Arthur Henry , the sponsors being the Duchess of Buccleugh , Lord Henry Rentinck , and Air . Henry Graham . After the luncheon svhich follosved the ceremony , his grace svas presented by his English tenantry with a handsome gold christening bosvl and an illuminated address , and by his Scottish tenantry with a silver cradle in miniature and a similar address

The will of the late Earl of Derby , K . G ., has been proved b y the Executors , the Countess of Derby and Sir Thomas H . Sanderson , K . C . M . G . j the personalty being ssvorn at £ 1 , 802 , 000 net . The late Earl has bequeated to the University of London , £ 2000 j to the University College , London , £ 201 x 1 ; to Trinity College , Cambridge , £ 2000 ;

to Rugby school , £ 2000 ; to the Alanchester Grammar School , £ 1000 ; andto the University College , Liverpool , £ 2000 j besides other legacies to sundry societies and institutions , among the latter being £ 2000 to the Walker Art Gallery , Liverpool j £ 2000 to the Royal Society , and £ 2000 to the Royal Institution of Great Britain .

The Eighth London Cart Horse Parade svas held in the Inner Circle of the Regent ' s Park , on Alonday , betsveen 35 , 000 and 40 , 000 persons being attracted to svitness the proceedings , but more especially the parade and distribution of prizes by the Duchess of Teck and her daughter . Shortly after 12 o ' clock the Prince and Princess of Wales and their daughters , the Princesses Victoria and Maud , drove on to the ground and svitnessed a portion of the

parade , subsequently , the Duke and Duchess of Teck , the Princess May , and the Duke of York , appeared upon the scene , the enthusiasm with svhich the two Royal parties were received being indescribably great . Cheers were also given for the Baroness Bui dett Coutts , Bro . Burdett Coutts , who had acted as one of the judges , and to Air . Walter Gilby , to whom London is indebted as the chief organiser of this annual gathering .

On Tuesday , the 9 th inst ., some of the members of St . George ' s Lodge of Instrucrion and their friends met , at the Portland Hotel , Greenwich , for a supper , to mark the close of the season . Bro . Geo . Brosvn , P . AL , and Sec . of St . George ' s , No . 140 , and Preceptor of the lodge of instruction , presided , supported by Bros . Loughborough , P . M . j H . H . Nuding , P . AL , Treas . ; II . Richardson ,

P . AL ; J . Shepherd , P . AL , Sec ; A . Clark , P . AL ; J . J . Jenkins , P . AL ; W . Bradly , H . Cole , Davies , E . H . lizard , Graves , W . C . Holland , H . V . Lewis , R . H . Perryman , N . J . Stanger , E . Shalless , VV . Shepherd , and Turner . The usual loyal toasts , follosved b y " Success to St . George ' s Lodge of Instruction , " "The President , " " Treasurer and Secretary , " "Visitors , " and " Host Bro .

Boncey , " were most cordiall y proposed , received , and responded to , the Secretary being in a position to give a very favourable report of the past season ' s proceedings . The toasts svere interspersed svith music , and a pleasant and harmonious evening was enjoyed by the

company . Twelfth Annual Edition of Explanatory Book , sent gratis and post free , gives reliable information hosv to make money quickly by Stocks and Shares . Highest and lowest prices for past ycars . —Address , G . Evans and Co ., Stockbrokers , 11 , Poultry , London , E . C

Masonic And General Tidings.

Bro . Lord and Lady Brassey left Park-lane on Saturday for Normanhurst , Sussex , and this sveek have joined their yacht at Eastbourne , and gone on to Dover to witness the racing . The Princess of Wales , svith Princesses Victoria and Maud , attended by Miss Knollys and General Sir Dighton Probyn , arrived at Sandringham House on Thursday from London .

The bells of Windsor svere rung on Thursday and a Royal salute fired in the Long Walk in celebration of the birthday of Princess Christian ( Princess Helena of Great Britain and Ireland ) . Alany of the houses svere flagged . We are asked to state that the meetings of the Westbourne Lodge of Instruction , No . 733 , held at the Prince Alfred Hotel , 112 , Queen's-road , Bayssvater , svill in future take place on Wednesday evenings at eight o ' clock , instead of Thursdays as hitherto .

The Middlesex County Council have resolved , on the motion of the Earl of Strafford , to present congratulatory addresses to . the Queen , the Prince and Princess of Wales , and the Duke and Duchess of Teck on the Royal betrothal . Lord Strafford announced that , as Lord Lieutenant , he had decided to open an account at the London and Westminster Bank for the purpose of making a present to the Duke of York .

The nesv promenade pier at Dover svas formally opened on Alonday by Lady Dickeson , svife of Sir Richard Dickeson , Chairman of the Pier Company , betsveen 500 and 600 visitors being aftersvards entertained at a banquet at the Tosvn Hall . ln the afternoon there svas a regatta in honour of the occasion , and in the evening the pier , svhich is pronounced to be one of the finest structures of the kind on the South Coast , was illuminated .

The old bronze O-pounder cannons from Fort Belvedere , near Virginia Water , are being placed in position on Windsor Castle . One has been mounted , and the remainder are about to be hoisted into the Iosver embtasures of the Round Tosver , the battlements of which originally

formed the crest of the ancient donjon or keep , and svhence it is supposed the guns svere removed during the extensive reconstructions carried out in the reign of Ceorge the IV . The cannon svere cast in 1794 , and are handsome weapons , though of an obsolete and useless pattern .

AIASONIC FUNERAL AT BANGOR . —The funeral of Bro . Robert Thomas , the W . M . of St . David ' s Lodge , No . 384 , took place on Saturday , the 20 th instant , at Llandegai Church . There svas a large gathering of the Fraternity , the deceased being much respected . The service svas conducted by the Rev . D . Jones , ALA ., the attendance of the Craft including Bros . H . Grey Edsvards , R . Langford

Jones , Robert Osven , W . Thornton Jones , T . Mills , John Davies , W . P . Mathesvs , T . G . Williams , T . William * -, E . W . Thomas , R . G . Thomas , Jarvis , Foster , Evan Williams , W . Ellis , Slosve , J . Morgan , J . Gregson , D . Griffith Davies , R . Stubington , Eugene Clarke , R . A . Gregory , E . O . Pryce , Edward Jones , W . Thomas , Ellis S . Evans , P . E . Jones , O . R . Hughes , VV . Crosby , W . Williams , and others .

The hearts of our Aletropolitan holiday folk , after the dismal outlook svhich seemed to await them , must have gladdened by the bright and genial sveather svhich prevailed on Whit Alonday , and enabled them to enjoy their usual Whitsun excursions . Over 54 , 000 of them visited the Crystal Palace , some 27 , 500 thronged " the Zoo , " and the South Kensington Museum svas visitedby over 14 . 000 . The traffic on the railsvay lines , and especially on the Great

Eastern , the Great Western , the South-Eastem , and the London Chatham and Dover lines , svas enormous , the South-Eastern alone carrying some 70 , 000 people to the favoured resorts svhich are included on its system . The Royal Aquarium , Aladame Tussaud ' s , and other favourite establishments of a similar character svere largely patronised , so that the public and those who catered for its pleasures must have been satisfied on Whit Alonday of this current year of grace .

An interesting discovery has just been made in the cellars of the old houses that are being pulled dosvn betsveen Staples-inn and Chancery-lane for the extension of the Patent Office . This is a large quantity of clay pipes of antique fashion , many of them belonging to the Cromsvellian period , and all of them very beautifully made . Hosv they could have got there is puzzling the brains of everyone svho has been afforded a sight of them . It is not

likely they could have formed part of the stock of a tobacconist , because they represent makes of widely different periods ; neither is it probable that such a large number could have been got together by any one pipe fancier . There is an interesting collection of the pipes of all nations at the Bethnal Green Museum , but I do not think it is rich in historical specimens . Will thc person or persons into svhose hands this treasure has fallen kindly take the hint : —City Press .

The Duke of York , who has been visiting Earl and Countess Cadogan at Culford Hall , Bury St . Edmunds , svas present on Thursday at a reviesv of the Loyal Suffolk Hussars Regiment of Yeomanry , of which he is the Honorary Colonel , in Icksvorth Park . The Duke received a hearty welcome in passing through the tosvn , the streets of svhich svere gaily decorated . After the reviesv his Royal Highness returned to Bury at the head of the regiment .

Subsequently he lunched with Colonel Lucas and the ollicers at Warsvick House , Bury , and later visited the troopers at luncheon in the Corn Exchange , where he was received b y the men upstanding and the regimental band jilaying the National Anthem . His health having been drunk , his Royal Highness returned thanks , and expressed the hope that they might be comrades for many years to come . The Duke ri-turned by special train to London , and last evening svent to White Lodge , Rit hmond Park .

HOLLOWAY ' I PIUS . —Impurities nf the blood . —To ensure health it is absolutely necessary that the fluids and solids of the human body should be kept fice from those impurities svhich are continuallv Kettine * admission into the system by erroneous livinjr , iinsvholesomc atmo * phere , or disordered stomach . The only safe and certain ss'ay to expel all impurities is to take Hollosvay ' s

Pills , which base thc posver of cleansing the blood from all noxious matters , and at the same time removing any irregularities svhich their presence may have already produced in any organ . Holloway ' s Pills expel all humours which taint or impoverish the blood , which they purify and invigorate , and give general tone . Tbey are applicable to all alike—young or old , robust or delicate .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Upon the retirement from St . Stephen ' s , svhere he ta sat for nearly 20 years as the representative of Greensvich Bro . T . W . Boord , ALP ., is to be presented svith a testi ' monial in recognition of his services to the borough . His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge proceeded to Ashdosvn Forest and svitnessed the closing manoeuvres of the Army Corps svhich has been engaged in field operations in the neighbourhood during the present sveek .

Mr . T . E . Knightley , 106 , Cannon-street , is the architect svhose designs have been accepted for certain additions that are to be made to the svorkhouse at Upper Edmonton . The additions agreed upon involve an outlay of more than £ 25 , 000 .

For the Cornsvall County Fisheries Exhibition , Truro to be held in July and August , a Japenese section is being organised by a committee of the Council of the Japan Society . Numerous exhibits , illustrating the fisheries of Japan , are nosv on their way to England , and many collectors of Japanese svorks of art have promised to lend objects representing fish and fishing .

By the lamented death of Air . Arthur Shelby Eddis , Q . C , after an illness of only three days , the judgeshi p of the Clerkensvell County Court has become vacant . Mr . Eddis svas in his 77 th year . He svas a graduate of Trinity College , Cambridge , and svas for several years Professot of Equity to the Inns of Court . He svas appointed County Court judge in 1 SS 3 .

The Prince of Wales ' s cutter Britannia svon the firstclass match round the Mouse Lightship , sailed under the auspices of the Royal Thames Yacht Club , after an exciting race svith the Valkyrie , Lord Dunraven . The latter broke her bosvspirit and finished about 7 J minutes behind the victor , but lost the second prize on time allosvance to Air . J . Jameson ' s Iverna , svhich came in third .

A Yost Typewriter is one of the most useful of the many presents showered upon the Princess Victoria Alary . Princess May is , indeed , an excellent svriter svith the pen , but this notsvithstanding , the Yost Typesvriter svill doubtless prove its great utility . Quite recently her Majesty the Queen expressed her admiration for the svork done by this wonderful time and labour-saving instrument .

This afternoon ( Friday ) , at Grosvenor House , the annual meeting of the Aletropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association svill be held . The chair will be taken at three o'clock . It appears that this association , which was commenced by the late Mr . Samuel Guerney in 1859 , is now greatly straitened for funds . About £ 2000 is

required to pay off outstanding liabilities and provide for current expenses , and unless liberal help is immediately forthcoming , the committee svill be compelled to refuse any assistance in the erection of new fountains and troughs , but also considerably to curtail the necessary supplies of svater to their present structures .

Lady Jeune , who is always to the fore in every good movement , is now seeking to enlist the sympathies of the well-to-do on behalf of poor London children . " The last few weeks of hot sveather have begun , " says her ladyship , " to tell on many of the sickly ailing ones , and we svish to enable them to get asvay before the great rush of children

begins and the country homes are full . It costs about 1 1 to send a child asvay for three sveeks , and no one knows or can realise the good it does or the happiness it confers . Will your readers help me ? " Contributions , which sve trust svill be at once generous and numerous , should be forsvarded to Lady Jeune , at 79 , Harley-street , W .

Freemasons in the United Kingdom will be glad to heat that a Alasonic Lodge has been consecrated in Sandakan , North Borneo . The new lodge is at present called the Borneo Lodge of Harmony , but efforts svill be made to alter the title to the more comprehensive one of the Borneo Lodge . The members represent lodges in Englanil , Scotland , India , Australia , Nesv Zealand , China , Hon ; , '

Kong , and the Straits Settlements . It remains to be seen whether , having penetrated as far as Sandakan , Freemasonry svill become a power in the Far East . VVe see no reason why it should not . On the contrary , nosv that a lodge has been established in one town in North Borneo , it may fairly be expected that others svill be consecrated in due course . There is no limit to the conquests ot the Craft . — Yorkshire Herald .

The amount of personalty left by Lord Derby has never been exceeded , and has only once been equalled by any nobleman . The personalty of thelate Earl of Uysart was sworn at just the same amount— £ 1 , 800 , 000 . The Earls ot Deiby were probably greater gainers by the introduction ot railways than any landed proprietors in the king dom . Their wealth has been trebled since the iron road lira

entered that " hundred of West Derby , in the county ol Lancashire , " in svhich their great Liverpool estate lies-Yet no one surely svas a more bitter opponent of the London and North-Western Railway than the late harl s grandfather , svho put that line to enormous cost by his opposition to it . 1 have , hosvever , never heard that either his son or grandson , on finding themselves enriched by itstatesman

followed the example of that high-minded , Henry Labouchere , Baron Taunton , b y sending the company a handsome cheque in recognition of what it na suffered by his relative ' s prejudices . —City Press . LODGE OFFICERS . —From the circular charge of R- W ; Grand Master , Bro . James Milnor , delivered to the lodge in Philadelphia , on official visitations to them dur' | , f t ' | 1 year 1810 , the Keystone quotes the following : . . , ¦

respect to the offices of the lodge , and more parties- the chief , if incapable or negligent men are chosen to ^ them , the experience of want of order in the transaction business , antl of skill in the administration of our mysteir 1 will induce a lassitude on the part of the members first , 0 . sioning the absence of many from the meetings and en < " . * actual secessions from the lodge . An expert an inaustH workman at the head of the work has the same invl £ <* l a- ° wt / imio * ML mc neau ui cut . wuin lieu hue ; . »•»> .- ¦ -- •-a

, , ^ effect in Free as in Operative Masonry . An ignora ^ an indolent Master will drive asvay from his operation ^ skilful and ambitious , and impart the tinge of h ' ** £ on character to all svho have patience to attend him . ( D nected svith this subject is the duty of each * "Vy * , « become well acquainted with the work of the Craft , tn . ^ may qualily himself for an honourable admission to vi ^ all lodges , discern the beauties of the Fraternity J ** ufs hid from vulgar eyes , and prepare himself fortne n which may asvait him . "