Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The next monthly meeting of the General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will be held at Freemasons' Hall on Saturday , the 4 th prox . According to advices rece ved from New York , Mrs . Garfield , mother of the late Bro . General Garfield , President of the United States , is dead . Bro . Lord Brassey , has made an abatement of

30 per cent , on the year s rentals of his tenants on his estates in Sussex . The Court of Common Council of London at its meeting in the Guildhall on Thursday , the 19 th inst ., passed a vote of condolence with the family of the late Bro . Alderman Sir John Staples , K . C . M . G ., P . G . D . A fire , by which property to the value of about

1 , 500 , 000 dollars vvas destroyed , occurred on Monday night in the neighbourhood of Eighth and Arch-streets , Philadelphia , the principal sufferers being retail dealers . The Princes Adolphus and Frederick of Teck , who have been on a visit to Bro . Lord and Lady Brooke at Easton , Dunmow , returned to the White Lodge , Richmond Park , on Monday evening .

Over 1400 head of game fell to the guns of eight sportsmen , when shooting over the preserved ground of Bro . the Earl of Mansfield , Scone , Perthshire , on Saturday last . Of these 1100 vvere pheasants . Lady Northwick , in memory of her late husband , Bro . Lord Northwick , has remitted the half-year's rent due Michaelmas last and all arrears to her ' agricultural tenants

at Kelton , neat Stamford , and on all her other estates . The Lord Chancellor of Ireland ( Bro . Lord Ashbourne ) and Lady Ashbourne entertained at luncheon at the Four Courts , Dublin , on the 19 th inst ., a number of guests , including Bro . Lord and Lady Elcho and Bro . Lord Justice Fitzgibbon . A total eclipse of the moon , visible in this

country , will take place to-morrow ( Saturday ) evening , the first contact with the earth ' s shadow being at 9 . 30 p . m ., the total eclipse being at 10 . 31 p . m . and ending at 12 . 9 p . m ., the last contact with the earth ' s shadow being at 1 . 10 a . m . on Sunday morning . ^ Wednesday was the 30 th anniversary of the marriage of the Imperial Crown Prince of Germany and

the Crown Princess ( Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ireland ) , and in honour of the event their Imperial Highnesses were presented with bouquets by tl e Syndic , the German Vice-Consul , and the British residents at San Remo . Later in the day the Crown Princess opened a bazaar in aid of the poor of the town , and in the evening there was a grand display of fireworks .

At the last meeting of Eboracum Lod ^ e , No . 1611 , held at York , Bro . Clifford P . MacCalla , editor of the Keystone , and Bro . Alfred F . Chapman , editor of the Liberal Freemason , vvere , on the motion of Bro . T . B . Whytehead , seconded by the W . M ., unanimously elected honorary members of the lodge . At the meeting' of the Southampton Lodge , No .

394 , held on Thursday evening , Bro . G . J . Tilling presid ng , Bro . F . H . Candy , the S . W . of the lodge , vvas unani mously elected VVorshipful Master for the ensuing year . A vo ' e of condolence with the widow and family of the lata Bro . G . Uunlop , a Past Master of the lodge , vvas canied in silence , on the motion of the VV . M ., seconded by Bro . Aslatt .

We learn from tbe Philadel phia Keystone that the celebration of New Year's Day at the Masonic Home in that city passed off very successfully . There was a large attendance of brethren and their friends , an excellent programme of music vvas provided , and carried out with skill and taste , and Bros . Arnold and Williams delivered suitab ' e addresses , the one describing what had been done , and the other what vvould be done if the Craft generally desired . Light refreshments were served afterwards .

The Eureka Lodge , No . 47 , Dundalk , Ireland , on Monday , the 9 th instant , elected Bro . W . J . Hughan , Past S . G . D . of England , P . Prov . S . G . W . and P . Prov . G , Sec . of Cornwall , & c , & c , an Honorary Member in appreciation of the services he has rendered to Freemasonry "J general , and to the members of that lodge in particular . We understand that under the peculiar circumstances of

the case Bro . Hughan has very heartily accepted the honour , although declining , as a rule , such compliments , and we therefore have much pleasure in congratulating him and the lodge accordingly . A list of the lodges which have so pleasantl y recognised Bro . Hughan ' s devotion to the Ltalt would be an interesting and suggestive register . We regret to hear that Bro . T . B . Whytehead

o [ York , has sustained a heavy loss through the death of his father , Mr . William Whytehead , the sad event having occurred on the night of Friday , the 20 th inst . The deceased gentleman was in the 7 6 th year of his age , having Been born in 1812 . He had led an active life and identified himself with all kinds of religious , scholastic , and benevoent societies . Though trained to the profession of the he

' retired after practising for a few years as asolicitor , ana devoted his energies and much of his fortune to the Promotion of beneficent objects . He had been a keen sportsman , and was a just and generous landlord . In 1 S 3 G W TiT'l * 1 Miss F- Wastell > daughter of the Rev . J . D . ., \ " by whom he leaves four sons and three daughters , " > e eldest son being our Bro . T . B . Whytehead , and there ip I "f > ««» .-.. w , * . _!___ ., HIIJH . IK-UU , UIIU U 1 CIC

•"so oneson by his second marriage , to all of whom we ot « r our sincere condolence . to n '' LL 0 WAV ' 5 PlLLS AN" OINIMEN ' T are particularly recommended Plir ei 3 , have t 0 P ass tlleir lives '" conlined and crowded momi ! lm " . dreils o £ thousands of our fellow creatures toil from of th ,- hi i . evening 'n factories and workshops to the detriment conslVn a " ?> 'he deterioration of the race . They sutler in . sequence from Indiirestion . flatulence ami ivanf nf unnefif-.. on . I

of the lu = \ •ne S Iect ,: d > bring about nervousness and failure 'o their powers - Holloway's remedies can be used by sufferers in lhe ir eir ? reat advantage , as theyaremild in action , and certain "S im , then , ' . one need > therefore , lose a day ' s work when ¦ ty > ends on " d - " t T conse 1 uence t 0 those whose dail > ' < - '

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . Sir Frederick Milner , Bart ., has generously undertaken the cost of restoring a fine statue of Queen Anne in the Leeds Town Hall , which was presented by an ancestor of Sir Frederick's , who vvas Mayor of the town in 1712 .

To-morrow ( Saturday ) the King and Queen of the Belgians will give a court dinner in honour ot Bro . the Baron H . de Worms , M . P ., who is on a visit to Belgium in connection with the Sugar Bounties Question , and the Baroness de Worms .

Bro . E . C . Keevil presided at a meeting held on Tuesday in the banqueting room of the St . James ' s Restaurant , to take into consideration the increasing demands made on the ratepayers by the Metropolitan Board of Works .

Bro . Lord Brassey occupied the chair at a meeting held at Exeter Hall on Tuesday evening , when a lecture on "The Northern Territory of South Australia " vvas delivered by Mr . Hugh Watt , M . P . Bros . Sir G . O . Trevelyan , Bart ., M . P ., Lord G . Hamilton , M . P ., W . H . Long . M . P ., and Sir E . Clarke , O . C , M . P . H . M . ' s Solicitor-General , severally addressed

political meetings held at various places on VVednesday evening . Bro . Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., has kindly undertaken to preside at the annual festival of the Earlswood Asylum for Idiots , which will be held at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , on the 13 th April

next . The Daily Telegraph Correspondent in Paris states that the French Government have given their consent to the promulgation of the offer of a reward of 5000 francs for the discovery of the murderer of the late Bro . Archibald McNeill .

A ball in connection with the City of Westminster Lodge , No . 1563 , will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Tuesday , the 21 st February . under the presidency of Bro . E . B . Cox , W . M ., of whom tickets may be had . By special dispensation full Masonic Regalia is to be worn . A meeting of the Council of the Hospital Sunday Fund vvas held at the Mansion House , on Monday ,

when it was announced the amount of last year's collection available for distribution vvas £ 39 , 125 , and it vvas recommended that £ 37 , 525 should be distributed amongst 107 hospitals and 50 dispensaries . Bro . the Right Hon . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., First Lord of the Admiralty , S . W . Chiswick Lodge , accompanied by Bro . George Gardner , P . M .. Sec , attended

at the Grand Secretary's office , Freemasons' Hall , on Thursday last , to sign the book , and was conducted over the building by Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Gierke , the Grand Secretary . At the regular meeting of the Temple Mark Lodge held on the 17 th inst ., at the Huyshe Temple , Plymouth , a handsomely framed tracing board of that

Degree vvas presented to the lodge by Bro . Rev . T . VV . Lemon , M . A . Thanks vvere voted to Bro . Lemon for his gift , and for his continued kindness and assistance to t he ledge . Bro . George H . Selleck , the W . M ., presided . VVe regret to announce that Bro . Sir R . J . Buxton , Bart ., of Shadwell Court , The'furd , Norfolk , died on Friday morn ng , the 20 th inst . The deceased baronet

was initiated into Freemasonry while an undergraduate at Christ Church , Oxford , in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , in the year 1 S 4 S He vvas born in 1 S 29 , and sat in the House of Commons as Member for the Southern Division of Norfolk from 1 S 71 to the general election in 1885 . The foundation-stone of the Clock Tower , which

Bro . James Willing , head of the well-known firm of Willing and Co ., intends to present to the town of Brighton in commemoration of the Queen ' s Jubilee , vvas publicly laid by Sir A . J . Otway , Bart ., on Friday , the 20 th inst ., the 70 th anniversary of the birth of the generous donor . There vvas a large concourse of spectators , and the Mayor briefly expressed his acknowledgments on behalf of the town for

the gift' The tower which , as to its main body , will stand 7 6 feet high , will be constructed of Portland stone , the bars of polished red granite supporting eight columns of polished Aberdeen granite , and surmounted by a capital , & c . On the main walls between the columns will be medallion portraits of the Queen , the late Prince Consort , the Prince of Wales , and the Princess of Wales , and the

whole cost is estimated at £ 2000 . Everyone must have heard with regret of the death , on Thursday night , the 19 th instant , of Alderman Sir Robert Garden , Bart ., the senior Alderman of the City of London , who , only the day previous had moved a vote of sympathy with the widow and family of the late Bro . Alderman Sir J . Staples . Sir Robert vvas in his 87 th year

having been born in the year 1801 . In early life he held a commission in the 82 nd Regiment , but sold out and took to stockbroking . He vvas elected Alderman for Dowgate in 1849 , vvas a Sheriff of London and Middlesex in 1 S 50 , and Lord Mayor in 1857-8 . In 1 S 71 he became Alderman of the Ward of Bridge Without . He vvas Knighted in 1850 .

Her Majesty and the late Prince Consort having been entertained at thc Guildhall during his Shrievality , and was created a baronet last year on the occasion of her Majesty visiting the City in commemoration of her Jubilee . He is succeeded in his title by his son , Col . Fred . VV . Garden , a retired officer of the army .

Those of our readers who may have noticed a kind of dome in the middle of the road at the south-east corner of St . Paul ' s , and close by Messrs . Cook , Son , and Co . ' s establishment , and wondered what it was , will be pleased or vexed , as the case may be , to learn that to whatever uses the vault it covers may have been devoted in former days , it has now been taken and will shortly be

opened by Bro . W . Poore as a repository for the American Stores of which he is so large an importer , and when the repairs and decorations now in progiess have been completed and the interior of thevault is well fitted and furnished , and well lighted into the bargain , Bro . Poore ' s repository for American Stores will no doubt be dail y thronged with

visitors , of whom probably a great majority will become enrolled among his customers . For the benefit of the curious , we will add that the entrance through the vault is not by precipitating oneself through the skylight in the roadway , as a boy once unintentionally did some time ago , but at No . 13 , Change-alley ,

Masonic And General Tidings

The installation meeting of the Gladsmuir Lodge , No . 13 S 5 , will take place at the Red Lion Hotel , Barnet , this ( Friday ) afternoon , Bro . Lewis Morris , S . W ., being the W . M . elect . Upon the motion of Bro . Deputy and Under-Sheriff Beard 50 guineas were voted to the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the | recent destruction ^ the

Grand Theatre , Islington . Bros . Lord Brassey and Shaw-Lefevre M . P ., vvere present at the annual soriee of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce , which was held at the Bradford Technical College on Monday evening . Bro . Baron Henry de Worms , M . P ., who went last week to Belgium with reference to the Sugar Bound . s Question , vvas received in audience by the King of the

Belgians , at Brussels , on Monday . During the exhibition of the Queen ' s Jubilee presents the Bethnal Green Muesum will be kept specially open on Wednesdays from 10 a . m . to 10 p . m ., an admission fee of 6 d . being charged for each person . From the Freemason Office is issued the " Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar , Diary , and Pocket-book , " with its lists of lodges and other data of interest to the brethren of the Craft . —The Manchester Guardian .

Prince Albert Victor of Wales as the guest of Mr . Wentworth , of Wentworth Castle , vvas present at the Barnsley Charity Ball on Tuesday evening , a distinguished company being present . Bro . Sir Morell Mackenzie will leave London for

San Remo to-morrow ( Saturday ) , more than a month having elapsed since his last visit to his illustrious patient , of whose condition the reports are more hopeful . Bro . Col . R . VV . Edis will preside at the annual dinner at the Holborn Restaurant on Tuesday next , the 31 st inst ., of the South St . Pancras Conservative Association , and Bro . F . Seager Hant , M . P ., will be one of the

principal guests . Bro . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., presided at a meeting held at Netheravon , Wiltshire , on he aoth instant , when Bro . VV . H . Long , M . P ., Secretary to the Local Government Board , addressed his constituents , Sir Michael Afterwards acknowledging a vote of thanks passed to him for presiding .

Bro . Joseph Renals has been chosen candidate for the alderman's go . vn for the Ward of Aldersgate , made vacant by the death of Bro . Alderman Sir John Staples , K . C . M . G . The nomination was fixed for Thursday , and the poll , if any , will take place to-day ( Friday ) . Bro . General J . S . Brownrigg presided at the

35 th annual general meeting , at the ollices , Palmerstonbuildings , Old Broad-street , on the 20 ' . h inst ., of the Pearl River Land and Mineral Company . The report , recommending a dividend of 2 per cent , for the half-year , and making the year ' s dividend 4 per cent ., vvas adopter 4 , and a vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the proceedings .

THE CHEADLE RAILWAY MINERAL AND L \ ND

COMPANY ( LIMIThD ) . We have been favoured with a copy of the prospectus of this new company , and from the description it contains of the purposes for which the said company has been established , and the locality in which its operations will be conducted , as well as from the testimony furnhhed by the experts in support of its statements , there seem to us to be

good grounds for anticipating that it will prove to be both a valuable and a remunerative project . The purposes are said to be twofold—firstly , to construct a line of railway about four miles long f 10 m Cheadle in Staffordshire , through Draycott-le-Moors , to Cresswell Station on the main line of the North Staffordshire Railway from Derby to Crewe , and by so doing , to develop the mineral resources of the Cheadle

and Draycott Coal and Iron Field ; and secondly , to open up and develop a valuable building estate at Totmanslow . The area of the country to be traversed is well populated , while its mineral wealth is immense , the Cheadle Basin being estimated to contain 1 S 0 million tons of coal , of which about one-third has been secured by the Company . As regards the minerals under about Soo acres of land in the

richest part of the Basin , the Company has arranged to acquire the rights to them free from royalty , rent charge , or wayleave of any kind , while as regards those under an additional 465 acies , it will secure these at very moderate royalties . It is estimated that from the 1 > cal sales of house coal only , there will result an annual profit of £ 4000 , and when the railway is opened , and the building sites

covered with houses , this revenue will of necessity be very largely increased . The Company have also purchased the freehold of over 100 acres ot building land at Totmanslow , near the proposed station , but well removed from the seat of the mining operations , and admirably adapted for residential purposes , on hilly ground , and adjoining the main road Irom Stoke-upon-Trent to Uttoxeter , so that it

will be only some five miles from the district of the collieries and potteries , with its teeming population and vast industrial resources . Thus the Company will bring its building estate into immediate communication with the Potteries , and the railway by which this will be effected will at the same time enable it to transport its coal and iron to the London and ether markets . In short , the scheme looks

like one that cannot fail to prosper , and the evidence by which its statements are supported , coming , as we . have said , from experts , is undoubtedly authoritative . Moreover , the management of the Company appears to have fallen into excellent hands , Col . F . Duncan , C . B ., M . P ., and Messrs . T . Cory and Montagu South being the Trustees for Debenture Holders , and Messrs . T . Cory , John T .

Skinner , Lieut .-Col . A . Burton-Brown , J . H . Davis , M . I . C . E ., R . Plant , and D . S . Miller , the directors , the solicitor being Bto . W . P . St . Leonards Chubb , of 29 , Lincoln ' sinn-fields . The capital consists of £ 250 , 000 , in 25 , 000 shares of £ 10 each , of which £ 100 , 000 is already paid up , and it is now proposed to issue ioao £ 6 per cent Mortgage Debentures of £ ico each , repayable at the end of 25 years , at the price of £ 110 per Bond , the Company

reseiving the option to repay the Bonds at any time within that period , on giving six months' notice , at the price of £ 115 per Bond . We may add that the first batch of letters of allotment was despatched on Wednesday , and that any further particulars that may be desired can be obtained of the Secretary , Mr . N . VVhite , at the Company's ollices , 47 , Holborn Viaduct , E . G ., or Cheadle , Stoke-on-Trent ,