Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The Prince oi Wales has graciously consented to become patron of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society . Bro . T . VV . Boord , M . P ., of Bartholomew-close , gave 250 guineas for Oakapple at the sale of the Bclhus Hunters recently . Bro . Alderman Nottage and Mrs . Nottage , with

their niece ( Miss Florence Allen ) , have just returned from a tour to Russia . A new lodge , named the St . Osyth , has been founded by Bro . Foxcroft . Ex-Sheriff Sir J . H . Johnson , of St . Osyth ' s Priory , Colchester , will be the first VV . M . We are requested to state that the Hy de Park Lodge of Instruction will not meet until 6 th October , in

consequence of their meeting place , Fountains Abbey Hotel , changing hands . Under the piovisionsof the scheme in accordance with the Endowed Schools Act , the Lord Mayo-- was entrusted with the appointmfnt of a governor for the administration of the St . Olave Grammar School , Southwark , and his lordship has appointed Bro . Alderman Savory . A letter was read by the Clerk from Bro . A . B .

Hudson , surveyor of the parish of St . Botolph , Aldersgate , enclosing drawings of proposed alterations to the wall and railings separating St . Botolph and Christ Church burial grounds , and stating that it was proposed to construct a gateway in the wall so that a short flight of steps could be erected on the Christ Church side to allow of passing from one ground to the other . The letter was referred to the Parish Committee .

WORTH KNOWING . —An essential of the dinner table is a good potato , but , unfortunately , the local greengrocer is not always in a position to supply this vegetable of a quality to command the respect of the housewife . When this is the case , wc hold it is always best to buy of the wholesale

dealer , and as it is a wrinkle worth knowing where such a dealer is to be found who will supply householders with such quantities as they are likely to have room to store , we recommend them to try Mr . Kenny , of Portugal-street , W . C , who , we know , will give them good value for their

money . THE LONDON AND SOUTH - WESTERN RAILWAY . — Travellers do not need to be reminded of the enterprise shown at all seasons of the year , but especially when the summer holidays are in progress , by the directorate of the London and South-Western Railway Company . This line is in direct communication with very many of our most

popular resorts , such as Exeter , Plymouth , Barnstaple , llfrarombe , in Devonshire ; Portsmouth , Southampton , Isle of Wight , & c , and the facilities which are offered to the tourist and excursionist are of a most liberal character , both as regards the time over which tickets may be extended and the rates of charge . The fullest particulars can be obtained at the company ' s chief terminus at Waterloo Station and other principal stations on the line , as well as

in the metropolis , where also they may be had at the various railway booking offices ; or , in most cases , a reference to the London and South-Western time tables will give all the information that is required . At all events , we can safely venture to recommend the places we have named above as being among our most attractive holiday resorts , and the London and South-Western Railway as affording every facility as regards time and cost for reaching and returning from them .

We occasionally read of the mysticinflueucc which Freemasonry is credited with exercising all the world over . In a narrative , describing his experiences of " Continental Freemasonry , " which appeared in the " Freemasons' Maga-2 ' ine , " during the time of the Crimean War , Bro . Rev . J . G . Wood , M . A ., P . P . G . J . D . Oxfordshire , visited Paris in company with a friend , who was also a brother Mason , and

the two took their clothing with them , resolved on giving their trip as much of a Masonic character as possible . They had hardly left the steamer that landed them at Calais , when they found the advantage of this course . "My Masonic companion , " writes Bro . Wood , " carried with him a large carpet bag , which was instantly seized upon by the searchers at the Custom House , and its contents 1 educed ta

a state of direful confusion in an instant . My big box , however , was not destined to suffer quite such rough handling , for the chief douanier happened to be a brother Mason , and , being struck with a very decidedly Masonic jewel lying at the top of my box , he made a few rapid inquiries , and , having ascertained our rank , welcomed us to France , much to the surprise of a lad who was with me , and who ,

not being a Mason , was quite astonished at the excellent terms on which we were then with the officials , and all without having spoken a word . " On reaching Amiens , the two travellers put up at the Hotel de Londies et du Nord , where an amusing incident occurred . Bro . Wood , wanting change for a note , rang for the waiter ; but in his stead there appeared the chambermaid , and his Masonic paraphernalia

—which lay on the table—at once attracted her attention . But let our worthy brother recount the story in his own fashion : "Not satisfied with a mere examination , she insisted on putting everything on ; but was delayed by a slight check caused by a wicked scheme of my companion , who deluded her into the idea that the apron was to be worn after the fashion of a modern coat-tail . However , our

irrepressible merriment soon undeceived her , and after another trifling delay , occasioned by fastening the apron round her neck , she succeeded in arranging everything in its right place , and , having indulged in a quaint dance before a large mirror , exclaimed ' A present , je vais les montier a Madame . Voyons ! ' Off she went accordingly , and in a few minutes a shriek , followed by uproarious merriment ,

told us that she had seen ' Madame . ' " It was not till the evening , however , that the regalia were returned , Matie Blan—as the chambermaid was called—only surrendering them one by one , and with the utmost regret , the Knights Templar star , in particular , causing her a severe pang to part with . Here , again , though of a different kind , we see the mystic influence exercised by the emblems of our ancient Craft .

Masonic And General Tidings

The Baroness and Bro . Burdett-Coutts left London on Saturday on a short visit to Ireland . Bro . G . Vickery , of 18 , Addle-street , is the architect for the warehouses to be erected on the Sion College Estate , Aldermanbury-avenue .

CHRIST CHURCH , NEWGATE-STREET . —A vestry meeting of the inhabitants of this parish was held in . the vestry room on Wednesday , the 17 th inst ., the Rev . T . D , C Morse , the vicar , presiding . The Ubique Lodge of Instruction on and after the 26 th inst . will hold its meetings at the Crown any Anchor , 79 , I-bury-street , Pimlico , instead of as formerld at the Guardsman Coffee Tavern , Buckingham Palaceroad .

The Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex will be held on October 9 th at the Pavilion , Brighton , under the presidency of R . W . Bro . Sir W . VV . Burrell , Bart ., Prov . Grand Master . It is expected that the Lord Mayor of London will be present . At the Mansion House on Tuesday , William Filley , iS , was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour for

stealing from a van in Brabant-court , Philpot-lane , a case containing 12 bottles of Riga , the property of Bro . G . Phillips , distiller , 69 , High Holborn . The meetings of the West Smithfield Lodge of Instruction are now resumed at the Clarence Hotel , nearly opposite Aldersgate Station of the Metropolitan Railway . Brethren are cordially invited on Monday evening at seven o ' clock , Bro . VV . Pennefather , P . M . 1623 , Preceptor .

It will be as well to slate , for the benefit of those among our readers who have votes to spare for the election next month , that the name of the boy Leo Kretschman , standing No . 55 on the list of candidates , has been withdrawn . Any interest , therefore , that may be exerted on his behalf will be thrown away .

The City Press of Wednesday contains the first of a series of illustrated articles dealing with the various trades and industrits carried on in the Old London Street , under the auspices of the City companies . Numerous sketches of the workmen , the quaint signs , and the shields of arms of the City companies appear in these articles .

The old Eddystone Lighthouse , the materials of which were presented by the Trinity Corporation to Plymouth for re-erection on the Hoe as a memorial to Smeaton , was formally dedicated on Wednesday . In the evening , at a banquet given in honour of the occasion , the Eail of Morley , Under Secretary for War , replied to the toast of " The Army . "

The Royal Arch Chapter in connection with the Gallery Lodge , No . 1928 , it is expected will be consecrated in November . The consecration has been postponed in consequence of the alterations at the Brixton Hall not being yet completed . The intention of the petitioning companions is that the chapter shall , if possible , be consecrated by the same Grand Officers as consecrated the lodge in

August , 1881 . Mr . Sheriff Clarence Smith , in placing the memorial-stone of new Wesleyan vestries at Teddington recently , was presented with a silver trowel , suitably inscribed , and in his address referred to the fact that he was circuit steward when the foundation-stone of the chapel was laid eight years previously . The sum of five guineas was contributed by the Sheriff towards the building fund .

The directors of the London , Brighton , and South Coast Railway have intimated to the Corporation of Brighton , through Mr . J . P . Knight , general manager , that the arrangements with regard to the time of return tickets between London and Brighton being available were determined upon after careful consideration , and the Board are not in a position to comply with the request for an extension of time .

An interesting discovery of particular value in the engineering world is just announced in the form of a new motive power . The discovery is due to the inventive genius of Mr . Edwin Sturge , who has patented its mode of application . It is claimed that for all purposes of light locomotion , or for driving light machinery , it will eventually displace steam . Private experiments of Sturge ' s new motive power have proved very satisfactory , and arrangements are being made to give it a public trial .

Onceupon a time , which , in this particular instance , means about half-a-century since , there was a certain Gravesend steam packet named the Comet , in one of the cabins of which a certain waggish barber had established his quarters , where , according to the notice posted on his

cabin door , his services were always at the command of the passengers . So said the notice , at least , in the following quaint terms : " George VVinsor , late barber-surgeon to the Man in the Moon , but now chin-operator to the gentlemen on the Comet . Keen razors , warm water , sweet-scented Windsor soap , and lily-white linen always ready . "

D UKE or C ORNWALL L ODGE , NO . 1839 . — Owing either to fault of the writer of the copy or to the compositor , an error crept into our report of the installation meeting at Freemasons' Hall last week . Bro . J . W . Smith is mentioned as the incoming Master , whereas it should be our well known Bro . J . W . Dewsnap . In a paragraph further down is given the toast of the new W . M . The

I . P . M . is mentioned as calling upon the brethren to drink Bro . Dewsnap ' s health , therefore it would appear to those who read the report carefull y that the Senior Warden , Bro . Dewsnap , was spoken of in error as Bro . Smith in the installation ceremony . We beg the W . M 's sincere pardon

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Masonic And General Tidings

A new lodge , called the Kendrick Lodge , will be consecrated at the Masonic Hall , Reading , on Thursday next . Bro . W . G . Flanagan is the W . M . designate . The labours of the Metropolitan Chapter of Improvement will be resumed on Tuesday , the 14 th October next , at the White Hart , Cannon-street , E . C .

Bro . W . Gray will be installed W . M . of the Marquis of Ripon Lodge , No . 14 S 9 , at the Metropolitan Societies' Asylum , Balls Pond-road , on Friday , the 3 rd prox . Portrait models of the Hoxton burglars , Wri ght and Wheatley , also the Dalston murderer , Orrock , are now added to Mdme . Tussaud's Exhibition .

Comp . J . H . Sillitoe , P . G . J . East Lancashire , installed Comps . C Furness , Z . ; R . Ruston , H . ; and R . Anderton , J . of the EqualityiChapter , 1145 , at Accrington , on Saturday last . The Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , No . 749 , resumed their weekly meetings at the Qarence Hotel , Aldersgate-street , ( opposite Metropolitan Railway Station ) , on Thursday , the 25 th inst .

The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Emblematic Lodge of fnstruction , No . 1321 , on Tuesday , the 30 th inst ., at seven o ' clock p . m ., at the Red Lion , Yorkstreet , St . James's-square , S . VV . Bro . Bedford Lemere , of 147 , Strand , is one of the Directors of "Caygill ' s Tours Company , " Limited , which has been formed to takeover the well knnwn Tourist Agency and business carried on by Messrs . O . H . Caygill and Co .

Amongst the most recent applications of the / Cuius Waterspray system of cooling , ventilating , and warming , are those which are being made to St . Mary's-Church , Tenby ; the University of North Wales at Bangor ; Mr . Findlay ' s house , Edinburgh ; and the Clerks' Cafe , Liverpool .

Ernest , Duke of Cumberland , afterwards King of Hanover , was initiated into Freemasonry on the nth May , 1796 , at the house of uord Moira , Acting Grand Master . He was present at the Grand Feast the evening of the same day , and presented with the insignia , and assigned the rank of a Past Grand Master .

Bro . Edmund Gowers , S . W . 1024 , P . P . G . Org . Essex , has been presented with a Past Prov . Grand Organist ' s jewel , in recognition of his services as Secretary to the Local Reception Committee in connection with the recent visit of the Essex Provincial Grand Lodge to Maldon . The jewel was manufactured by B o . George Kenning .

THE ACCIDENT TO LORD ROSEBERY . —The medical report as to the Earl of Rosehery ' s condition on Wednesday night was that he was suffering considerable pain . The shoulders were much swollen , and hi * lordship is very severely bruised . It is now believed that there are no other injuries than those which arc external , and that complete rest will restore his lordship to health .

At the West Smithfield Lodge , No . 1623 , Bro . G . H . Stephens was installed W . M . on the iSth inst ., at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Lardner , P . M ., received a handsome P . M . 's jewel , and JCIO ins . was voted from thelodge funds upon the list of Bro . G . H . Stephens , W . M ., for the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , and upon that of Bro . Egbert Roberts , Organist , for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons .

We obtain a . slight and satisfactory insight into the condition of our Girls' School towards the close of las century from an advertisement which appeared in the Star ' newspaper of the nth August , 170 S , and from which it seems that at the Quarterly Meeting of Governors and Subscribers , held on the previous 12 th July , Bro . W . Forssteen in the chair , a resolution was passed to the effect

that a Special General Meeting should be held on lhe 16 th August , for the purpose of electing three additional children , and thereby increasing the number received into the Girls' Schoo '—which had only been in existence ten years—to 48 . We learn also , from the same source , that on the 31 st May preceding a benefit in aid of the funds of the Institution had been given at the Royal Circus , by

Messrs . James and George Jones , to whom , of course , a hearty vote of thanks was passed unanimously , and that the offices of Treasurer and Secretary were held bv " Adam Gordon , Esq ., " and C . Cuppage respectively . The above announcement shows that the funds of the School . must have been in a very prosperous state , or such an addition would have been impossible .

Our old friend Midshipman hasy would have ascribed the following to an excess of zeal on the part of the official who figures in it so prominently . To us . though amusing enough in its way . it seems very much a case of zeal run mad . But here it is described in the old Masonic journal from which we have clipped it : "A lodge in the south of Scotland had for a Tyler a tall , strapping ,

fieryheaded Gael , whose hatred of all non-Masnns was only equalled by his love for the Ferintosh . One evening , a brother brought with him to the lodge a member of a sister lodge named Cowan . The brethren were quietly chatting round the fire , before the sounding of the gavel of the R . W . M ., when one of the number , characterised by few of the Masonic virtues , and a huge love of practical joking ,

which he cultivated at the expense of the Tyler , went out to Donald and accosted him thus : ' Do you know there is a stranger in the lodge ? ' * Yes . ' ' Do you know he is a Cowan ? ' Donald's brow grew dark , and , wilh a warlike howl , he instantly sprang into the centre of the group at the fire , seized the unconscious stranger by the throat , and dragged him to the door , exclaiming ' Ye tamned Sassenach , had she her dirk , she would sheath it in her diity

wyme . ' Consternation fell upon the brethren ; hut , at length recovering , they got the brother from out of the hands of the irate Gael , and demanded the cause of such an attack . ' Fat , ' cried Donald , ' she ' s a Cowan . ' 1 he R . W . M . smelt the rat , andtold Donald that the stranger was a brother , although his name was Cowan . Donald scratched his head , exclaiming , as he left the lodge , ' Fat for has she such a tamned dirty name ? Hielan' shentlemens dinna ken sich vermin . ' "

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