Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

According to advices from Berlin , the Duchess of Connaught has been appointed colonel of the infantry regiment named after her late father , Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia . Bro . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor of England ) and Lady Halsbury have been paying a visit to Bro . Lord Justice and Lady Lopes at their residence , Heysvood House , near Westbury , Wilts .

The Queen has appointed the Duke of Edinburgh to represent her at the ceremony of unveiling the National Armada Memorial on Plymouth Hoe on Tuesday , the 2 ist prox ., the anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar . The incoming Sheriffs , Bro . Augustus Harris and Mr . Farmer , have been permitted the use of Haberdashers ' Hall , in Gresham-street , for the inauguration breakfast , which will take place to-morrow ( Saturday ) .

The new armoured battleship Hood , which is being built at Chatham , and is estimated to cost £ 600 , 000 , will be the most powerful ship ever constructed at that dockyard . It is expected that it svill attain a speed of 20 knots an hour . Lord and Lady Saltoun have been entertaining the Freemasons of Aberdeen at a large garden party and fete at Philorth House . The members of the body , to the number of several hundreds , svere brought by special train , and returned in the evening , after a grand display ot fireworks .

The mausoleum in the Friedens Kirche , Potsdam , intended for the reception of the remains of the late Emperor Frederick , is so very nearly completed that it has been arranged that the ceremony of dedication and the translation of the coffin has been fixed for Saturday , the 18 th prox .

A terrible accident occurred on the Philadelphia and Reading Railsvay atShoemakersvilleon the 19 th inst ., ss * hen 21 passengers svere killed and 30 injured . An express train rounding a curve dashed into some coal-trucks svhich had been thrown across the line , there being no time to clear them out of the svay .

The Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of the County Palatine of Lancaster will be held on Friday , the 10 th prox ., in the Masonic Buildings at Southport . It is expected that Bro . the Earl of Lathom , P . G . M . M ., will conduct the proceedings , assisted by Bro . Col . Le Gendre Starkie , D . P . G . M . M .

A Committee has been formed at Scarborough , consisting of the Mayor , Bro . the Earl of Londesborough , Sir Charles Legard , and other gentlemen , to make the necessary arrangements for giving a suitable reception to the officers and men of the Channel Squadron on the occasion of their visit to the town from the 14 th to the 17 th October .

Bro . Lord Mayor Sir H . A . Isaacs will shortly visit Manchester for the purpose of inspecting the Ship Canal Works , and will be entertained at a banquet by the Mayor on the occasion . His lordship svill also visit Nesvcastle-under-Lyme some time during the month of October , in company with the new Sheriffs , and open the new Tosvn Hall and Library .

Bro . the Earl of Faversham has decided to rebuild the mansion in Duncombe Park , Yorkshire , svhich svas destroyed by fire some 11 years ago . The former building svas designed by Sir John Vanbrugh , the architect of Castle Hosvard and Blenheim Palace , and at the time of its destruction contained a magnificent collection of paintings , some of them valued at £ 5000 apiece , svhich svere either

wholly burnt or injured beyond the possibility of restoration . The Queen of Roumania left Llandudno for Ireland on Thursday , the 17 th inst . On reaching Holyhead , her Majesty , vvho vvas very cordially greeted , embarked on the mail steamer for Kingston , Bro . Jackson , M . P ., Secretary

to the Treasury , and his private secretary , being among the passengers . On her arrival at Kingston , her Majesty svas again most cordially greeted , and , having landed , svas conveyed by special train to Bray , whence she svas driven in one of'Bro . the Earl of Meath ' s carriages to the residence prepared for her reception .

Galiguani ' s Messenger has the follosving : "At its last meeting the Grand Lodge of Freemasons in France pissed a resolution to expel from its numbers all those Masons who had taken part in the Boulangist movement , more especially M . Laguerre and those Senators or Deputies svho had given the support of their names to Boulangist Committees . The question naturally arises , what business is it of the

Freemasons , as such , to meddle svith politics , to say nothing of expelling members for holding political viesvs vvhich may not suit the tastes of the majority . But in France Freemasonry is not as in England . In England the objects of Freemasonry are social and more or less philanthropic . While all English Freemasons are supposed to respect the lasvs of the country in svhich they reside , their political aspirations

are not made the subject of inquisition . In France , on the contrary , the svhole machinery of Masonry has been perfected to political ends of an Opportunist or Gambettist type . While it raises an altar to commis voyageur politics it has throsvn dosvn that of the "Great Architect , " and a blatant and aggressive Atheism is professed by its members .

English Masons look svith shame upon the deeds svhich are done here in the name _ of Masonry , and English lodges have long ceased to be in communion svith French ones . Fesv of them svill condole svith the expelled brothers , for expulsion from such a body cannot be called a misfortune . On the contrary , escape from a tyranny of so inquisitorial a kind may be considered a piece of good luck . "

Mr . G . Field Morris , of the well-known firm of Protheroe and Morris , of Cheapside , offered for sale at Southend 94 freehold plots . The representative of the Land Company left Liverpool-street Station svith a company of at least 350 ladies and gentlemen to attend the sale , and svere conveyed to the estate in carriages , svhere a svell-spread luncheon

asvaited them . At tsvo o ' clock the real business of the day commenced , and svithin an hour the svhole of the plots svere sold at good prices . A three-villa farm site svas also eagerly competed for and sold at a fair price , and eight dsvelling houses svere then offered , virtually without reserve , and rapidly disposed of .

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The Langton Lodge of Instruction , No . 16 73 , will resume work on Thursday , the 9 th October , at 5 . 30 p . m ., at the White Hart Tavern , Abchurch-lane , E . G . On Friday , the 19 th inst ., Prince George of Wales and the officers of the fleet on the North-American Station gave an " at home , " follosved [ by a dance on board the Bellerophon .

It is reported that the Queen of Roumania svill visit the Queen at Balmoral tosvards the close of the present sveek , after vvhich her Majesty will return to London on her svay back to her own country . Bro . Sir George Trevelyan , Bart ., M . P ., arrived at Pqrtsea by steamer from Oban on Tuesday evening , his object in visiting the Highlands being to inquire whether the benefits of the Crofters Act could be extended .

"The Gentlewoman . " —The first autumn fashion number of this nesv ladies' paper will be issued on Thursday , the 25 th instant . It svill be a double number , with 13 full-page fashion plates and an art supplement , but it will be sold at the usual price of 6 d .

It is expected that at the Fruit Exhibition , vvhich will be held in Guildhall on the 6 th , 7 th , and Sth prox ., the finest collection of pears and apples ever brought together will be exhibited . This is the first display of its kind in the City , and admisrion will be by ticket only .

The Duke of Clarence and Avondale laid the foundationstone of a new public hall at Crickhowell on the 17 th inst ., and having concluded his visit to Bro . Sir Joseph Bailey , Bart ., M . P ., at Glanusk , the same evening left for Ballater to join the other members of the Royal Family in Scotland .

A meeting vvas held at the Mansion House under the presidency of Bro . Lord Mayor Sir H . A . Isaacs on the 19 th inst ., vvhen Mr . Farmer , Sheriff elect , vvas presented with an official badge and chain , vvhich had been subscribed for by his friends . Bro . J . Derby Allcroft , Past G . Treas ., made the presentation .

The Prince and Princess of Wales are expected to return to Marlborough House on AVednesday next , the ist prox ., after paying a visit en . route to the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry . On Saturday , the 4 th prox ., the Prince will leave London for the Continent and pay his promised visit to Count Festetics , in Hungary , for the shooting .

The Queen of Roumania concluded her brief visit to Ireland on Monday , vvhen she returned to Holyhead by the Royal Mail Steamer , Connaught . There she svas met by Sir R . H . AVilliams-Bulkeley , Bart , under svhose guidance she travelled to Minai Bridge Station , and svas thence driven to Baron Hill , Sir R . H . Williams-Bulkeley ' s seat , near Beaumaris .

The marriage of Bro . Lord Brassey vvith the Hon . Sybil de Vere Capell , youngest daughter of the Viscountess Maidon , and granddaughter of the Earl of Essex , was solemnised last sveek in the Church of St . Paul , Knightsbridge , in the presence of a numerous and fashionable congregation . After the dejeuner , Bro . Lord and Lady Brassey left for Willcotts , the seat of Mr . Dorkins , to spend the honeymoon .

The prizes asvarded in connection svith the competitive exhibition promoted by the Fanmakers' Company vvere presented by the Lady Mayoress at the Mansion House on Tuesday . Bro . the Lord Mayor presided , and among those present svere the Baroness Burdett-Coutts , the Sheriffs , Bro . Sir F . and I ady Perkins , Bro . H . H . Crasvford , and others . A vote of thanks to Bro . the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress svere passed by acclamation .

A sad accident occurred on Tuesday in Florence , a car of the nesv electric tram svay betsveen that city and Fiesole running off the rails and being overturned after striking a wall . Six people svere killed on the spot , and upsvards of 20 svere injured . When King Humbert heard of the disaster he at once hastened to visit the svounded , svho had been conveyed to the hospital , and ordered the gala representation svhich had been ordered by tlveiv Majesties at the Pergola Theatre to be postponed .

A svriter in the Scotsman says : "Freemasonry is a grosving posver in Australia . Many of the leading men , Governors like Lord Carrington , and judges like Chief Justice Way , of South Australia , are prominent Masons ; but I have just heard of tsvo neophytes of the Craft svho svill certainly be svelcomed , but svhose reason for being initiated into the

mysteries of Freemasonry is not a common one . These are Dr . Kennion , Bishop of Adelaide , and Captain Anstruther Thomson , aide-de-camp to the Earl of Kintore , who have just joined in order to take part in the ceremonial of the laying of the foundation-stone of the additional wing to the Adelaide Cathedral this month . "

Ihe AVellington Lodge , No . 341 , Rye , have just taken possession ofa nesv room . Bro . Lieut .-Colonel Brookfield , M . P ., VV . M ., presided over the opening meeting , and round him svere gathered , among others , the Very Rev . Bro . Currie , D . D ., P . G . C , and G . C . England ; the Rev . Bro . T . Trollope , P . P . G . S . W ., and P . G . D . England ; and the Rev . Bro . Cross , P . P . G . C . Sussex , No . SSi . The W . M .,

in svelcoming the visitors , sketched the history of the Wellington Lodge from 1 S 14 to the present time . Then the Grand Chaplain ( the A ^ ery Rev . E . R . Currie ) delivered an earnest address on the three Masonic characteristics—Obedience , Devotion , and Charity . When the ceremony concluded , the votes of thanks having been passed , the company exchanged their devotional mien for one of conviviality , and sat dosvn to dinner in the George Hotel Assembly Room .

The completion of the nesvly erected chancel of Littleborough parish church is to be the occasion of a demonstration of Craft and Royal Arch Freemasons on Saturday , the 4 th proximo . According to the programme there svill be a procession of thebrethren of the Lodgeof Benevolence , No . 226 , and visiting brethren , from the church school to the church , svhere there is to be a special choral service .

with a sermon by Bro . die Rev . E . B . Bigoe Bagot , P . P . G . Chaplain of Cheshire and also of East Lancashire . The vicar ot the parish , Dr . Salts , his tsvo curates , and both churchsvardens are Craftsmen , one of thc latter , Bro . C . R . N . Bessvicke-Royds , being a Past Officer of the

Grand Lodge of England , and the local brethren are organising the demonstration in some measure as an act of goodwill to those so connected with the nesv and elegant structure . Bro . Col . Starkie , Prov . G . M . East Lancashire , and Bro . T . AV . Tew , Prov . G . M . AVest Yorkshire , have both expressed their intention of being present ,

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At Windsor Castle considerable progress has been made svith the redecoration of her Majesty ' s private chapel , the south corridor , and Royal library . The latter has not been renovated for many years . The Anglo-French Postal Convention signed in Paris on September 24 th , 1 S 56 , vvhich expired on the 30 th ult ., has

been prolonged until December 31 st of this year by an exchange of notes betsveen the tsvo Governments . The marriage betsveen Bro . Gerald Loder , M . P . for Brighton , and Lady Louise de Vere Beauclerk , eldest daughter of the Duke of St . Albans , is fixed to take place at Bestsvood Park , Notts , in the last week of October .

The ceremony of installation will be svorked in the Emblematic Lodge of Instruction , No . 1321 , at the weekly meeting on Tuesday , the 30 th inst ., by Bro . J . H . Price , W . M . of the mother lodge , at 8 p . m ., at the " Mona Hotel , Henrietta-street , Covent Garden , W . C .

A special appeal is being made by the Committee of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution to enable them to keep " ¦ . he * , ** \ atge fleet , ol 295 Weboate in efficient working order , help being particularly needed at this time . The offices are at 14 , John-street , Adelphi .

Mr . Edsvard Crossley , M . P ., svho is at present staying svith Mr . Adams Acton , the sculptor , in the Isle of Arran , had on Sunday evening last a narrosv escape of his life . During service in the Free Church a portion of the plaster of the roof fell upon him .

The Duke of Cambridge is at present en a visit to Mr . R . C . Vyner , at Fairfield , York , and will hold an inspection of the regiments stationed in the Northern centre on Friday morning . The Duke of Clarence and Avondale is expected to be at the head of his troop of the ioth Hussars .

The James Terry Lodge , No . 2372 , will be consecrated by Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., Prov . G . M ., assisted by the Dep . Prov . G . M ., and other Grand Officers , on Monday , the 29 th inst ., at the Hall , Crossbrook-street , Cheshunt , Herts . Many of our good Bro . Terry ' s friends svill rally round on that occasion , vvhen Bro . James Terry is to be installed first W . M .

Authority has been given by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to the Mansion House Committee for the erection of a bronze equestrian statue of the late Lord Napier of Magdala in the centre of the roadway in Waterloo-place , betsveen the United Service and the Athena * um Clubs . The First Commissioner of Works , after consultation with the Treasury , has consented to accept charge of the memorial and maintain it as a public statue .

The Provincial Grand Lodge of Warsvickshire svill hold its annual meeting at the Guy ' s Lodge , Leamington , on Monday next . The Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened in the Tosvn Hall at three o ' clock and the business proceeded svith , svhen the officers for the ensuing year svill be appointed . The Provincial Grand Lodge will afterwards attend Divine service at the parish church . A banquet will take place in the evening .

In connection vvith the Naval Exhibition next year , a suggestion has been made that Nelson ' s historic flagship—the Victory—should be towed round from Portsmouth to the Thames . Such is the enthusiasm attaching to the old ship that her presence in our svaters svould be immensely svelcome , but

there are many difficulties in the way of her being removed from her present safe anchorage . Perhaps as an alternative there might be Naval Exhibition excursions to Portsmouth Harbour , vvith vvhich so many naval memories are associated .

There has been much excitement in the kennel world lately concerning the nesv treatment of distemper , which Mr . Everett Millais has suggested . In the forthcoming volume of " The Dog Osvner ' s Annual , " Mr . Millais will contribute an article on " The value of attenuated virus as an immunitive against virulent distemper . " Dr . Horace Seelig will svrite for the same volume on " The Dalmatian , or Phjm Pudding Dog , " and Mr . J . B . Smith will deal with the " History of the Scottish Kennel Club . "

Steps are being taken at Torquay to perpetuate the memory of the late Duchess of Sutherland , and the memorial will be in the shape of a stained glass , window at All Saints' Church , Babbacombe , where her grace was in the habit of worshipping . The subject is " The Holy

Woman at the Tomb , " and it is said that the design was submitted to the Princess of Wales and received her Royal Highness ' s thorough approval . It is proposed to open the windosv svith a special service on November 25 th , the anniversary of the Duchess ' s death .

The three new pictures at the National Gallery are arousing considerable interest . Of course , opinions differ as to their merits . The Velasquez is generally described as " splendid , " but it has been reserved for Mr . C A . Ward to speak the unkindest svords about the nesv art treasures . The figures

of the Holbein , he says , are bad and out of drasving , svhile the faces are as inhuman as the Gog and Magog at the Guildhall . The hands , continues Mr . Ward , are of Dutch dolls ; the doctor ' s robe looks like a crocodile skin . vVhere , finally asks Mr . Ward , is the money gone ?

In accordance svith ancient custom , Bro . Lord Mayor , Sir H . A . Isaacs , accompanied by the Sheriffs , and attended by his ssvord and mace bearers , visited Christ Church , Nesvgate-street , on Monday , svhen the Governors and scholars of Christ's Hospital assembled to hear a sermon preached by an "Old Blue , " the Rev . F . G . Nash , M . A .,

vicar of Clavering , Essex . After service his lordship svas conducted to the Court Room of the school , svhere he svas presented svith lists of the Governors of the Royal Hospitals . Greater interest attached to this particular occasion than usual , as it is believed to be the last time the ceremony , svhich has been celebrated on St . Matthew ' s Day , 21 st September , since the year 1619 , svill take place .

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