Brighton Children's Hospital.

fortunate enough to have that which was so dear to all ladies- —the last word . ( Renewer' laughter . ) He also envied Mr . Percival Boxall the privilege of handing the trowel to tt . eir Right Worshipful Prov . Grand Master . He should very well have liked to have been in his ( Mr . Boxall ' s ) place , and he should then , instead of handing the trowel directly to Sir Walter Burrell , have placed it in

the hands of the fairest and most amiable lady present , expecting Sir Walter , when he received it from the hands of that lady , to act in the manner of the knights of old , and salute her hands and cheeks most loyally . ( Laughter . ) He thought it was a happy thought of his to associate the ceremony of that day with the Masons of the county . They had been told that Masonry was associated with

charity , and especially with children , and this being a children ' s hospital he thought it essential and appropriate to associate it with the Masons ; not only with the Masons of Brighton , but of the county—for they all knew Freemasonry was extensive throughout thc county . He thought they could not do better than obtain the sympathy of the Masons of the countv on behalf of the Children ' s

Hospital , for the benefits of the institution were not confined to Brighton only , but extended all over the county , and even over the world , for they knew no distinctions of colour or creed at the hospital . It had been said that in starting a matter of that kind at the present time they would be met with the cry , when they appealed for funds , that nothing could be given because of the depression of

trade , but he would ask them all what bctte-r means were there of counteracting thc depression than by starting a building of that kind , by whicb means they would draw money from the wealthy , and would give employment to thc labourer and mechanic , nnd bring business to the small tradesmen . It had been said to him , that so long as they had a sort of private building on the Dyke-road , so long

would they be unable to call on thc sympathies of the publie ; but the moment they had a building that woulel be a lasting memorial to the founders of the institution the public would sympathise with them , and they would nut want for funds . The present building was well adapted for their purposes at one time , but it had become dilapidated , and it was not for them to wait till the walls and roof fell down

before commencing to build again , and they had , therefore , decided to erect a building , the foundation stone of which they had seen laid that day , and which he hoped would draw out the sympathies of the public . Dr . Taaffe , at the conclusion of his remarks , laid upon the foundation stone the sum of forty-five guineas , which amount lie said had been subscribed by Sir W . VV . Burrell ,

who gave ten guineas , Lady Burrell , Miss F . L . Burrell , Miss F . Otter , Mr . F . E . Sawyer , Mr . James Saunders , and Mr . Councillor Booth , and a lady , each of whom gave five guineas . Mr . John Scott had also collected £ 15 15 s . He invited those ladies who had purses to give to step forward and lay them on Ihe stone . There was a ready response , each successive donation being cheered by the

assembled spectators . The givers of purses ( nearly all of which were of the value of five guineas ) were as follows : —The Mayor , Captain C . Raymond Burrell , Mrs . Nye Chart , Mrs . Kcmpson , Mr ? . Jones , Mrs . Lake , Mrs . Eyles , Mr . Chas . Reed , Miss Freeman , Mrs . VV . A . Tooth , Mrs . Smithers , Mrs . E . Bcves , Mrs . Hardly , Mrs . Bythcsea , and Mrs . Hibb ,

The total was £ 150 . A hymn was sung by thc Afasons' choir , and the Benediction closed what had proved a very impressive and interesting ceremony . After giving three cheers for Sir W . W . Burrell , the assemblage dispersed . The Masons returned in inverted procession to the temporary lodgeroom . A collection was made " for the repairing of the

broken column , " in Masonic phase , and this resulted in a sum of £ 13 for the Hospital Fund . On the motion of Bro . Councillor Wood , of Brighton , seconded by Deputy Prov . J . Henderson Scott , a vote of thanks was passed to the Lodge of Antiquity for the use of the historic mallet . The lodge was then closed . The attendance was one of the most numerous and influential remembered in

connection wilh the Sussex province , ami the readiness of the Freemasons of the distiict to forward the building of the hospital by every means in their power cannot be too warm ly recognised . The band of the 5 th Lancers , unfortunately , could not bc present , though Colonel Whigham had kindly promised it -, thc cause of its absence was understood to be the illness cf one of its members .

A public luncheon was subsequently held in thc Royal Pavilion , to which ladies as well as gentlemen were invited . Upwards of a hundred guests were present . During the luncheon Dr . Taaffe announced additional subscriptions to the amount of over £ fo , including Mr .

James Ashbury , M . P ., £ 26 3 s . ; Mr . Ii . Beves , £ 21 ; and Mr . O . P . M . Smith , £ 5 5 s . Altogether tlie financial position of thc new hospital is understood lo stand something in this way : —Balance in hand , £ 2400 ; promises , £ 2000 ; subscriptions to thc building fund , including the result of the proceedings , about £ 6 oc .

Bro. Sala In South Carolina.

BRO . SALA IN SOUTH CAROLINA .

George Augustus Sala is to bc pitied . In his letters from South Carolina he comp ' . ains that he finds it hard to get anything to " drink at the hotels beyond tea and coffee . " He has been snubbed once or twice for asking for beer or claret in tbe coffee rooms , and he is now

rorced to put up with drinking water . Mr . Sala is at a loss to account for this extraordinary show of temperance . He thinks that peihaps it ' is to be attributed to the fact that " local option" prevails in certain districts of thc Carolinas . Mr . Sala does not like it , yet he piys a

handsome tribute to the Americans . He says that " in the hotels , from thc grandest to tlie humblest , iced water , nothing but iced water , is the almost invariable rule at meal times . Now and again a guest may ask for a glass of ihilk ; but that is all . After a while the foreigner accus-

Bro. Sala In South Carolina.

tomed to drink a little wine , for the reasons mentioned by St . Paul , with his lunch or dinner , ceases for very shame to ask for anything to drink of a fermented nature . " Mr . Sala can hardly credit his eyes , and he asks in doubting terms whether the end of all this temperance is hypocrisy . He goes on to say : — " The excessive costliness oi European wines may of course have something to do with

this wide-spread abstemiousness , but it has not everything to do with it . The beer of the country is good , asd it should be cheap . Yet not one guest in twenty drinks so much as half-a-pint of lager beer with his dinner . I have sometimes thought that this excessive temperance at meal times is due to the wonderful courtesy shown by the Americans towards the fair sex . They very rarely even

smoke in the presence of ladies ; and as the ladies are really and unmistakebly , as a rule , total abstainers , and look on our drinking customs with sheer horror , it may be that an American gentleman thinks it ungallant to drink anything stronger than water in a lady ' s company . " This is a very handsome tribute to the Americans , and we gladly reproduce it . —Liverpool Echo .

Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of Monmouthshire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND MARK LODGE OF MONMOUTHSHIRE .

The re-installation of the Right Worshipful the Provincial Grand Mark Master Mason of Monmouthshire , Bro . L . Augustus Homfray , was held at the Masonic Hall , Abergavenny , on the 19 th inst ., under the banner of the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 214 ; two o ' clock p . m . being the time

appointed for its opening . This was preceded by the meeting of thc St . John ' s Lodge at 11 a . m ., when Bros . Hier Jacob , George Wm . Shackleton , Samuel Osborne Pegler , Jno . Gearing Thomas , Thomas Harrill Tomkins , Benjamin Edgar I lodgens , and Leonard James Browne , all of thc Philanthropic Lodge , No . 818 , were duly advanced to the

Honourable Degree of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales , & c , by the retiring W . M . of No . 214 , Bro . Thos . Harrhy . The next item on the agenda of the day ' s proceedings was not thc least interesting feature , viz ., the installation of the W . M . for the ensuing year , W . Bro . Crawshay Bailey , P . G . M . Reg . Mon ., the ceremony of installation

being conducted by our well-beloved Bro . W . Captain S . George Homfray , Past G . S . W . of Mon ., and Deputy G , M . M . M . designate Mon ., whose well-known skill in the art left nothing to desire in the minds of all who had the pleasure of witnessing it , and a most hearty vote of thanks was accorded to him . An adjournment from labour was called , and at two p . m . the lodge having re-formed , the

R . VV . thc P . G . M . M ., Bro . L . Augustus Homfray , his officers , and the other members of Provincial Grand Lodge- were received according to ancient custom , together with the presiding Grand Officer and other distinguished brethren of the Mark Dsgreel Provincial Grand Mark Lodge was opened in due form , thc P . G . M . M . M . presiding , when there were

present : — Bro . the R . W . the Rev . C . Raikes Davy , P . G . M . M . M , for the Province of Gloucester , who officiated as Installing Master ; W . Bro . Captain S . Gecrge Homfray , Deputy P . G . M . M . designate ; V . W . Bros . Col . Charles Lyne , D . P . G . M . M . M . Mon . ; J . C . Parkinson , P . G . W . of Eng . ; W , Bro . Wm . Watkins , P . G . J . Mark W . and G . Std . Eng . ;

Bros . Craw-shay Bailey , P . G . M . Reg . Mon . ; Rev . James Pugh , P . G . M . Chap . ; Rev . H . Jones , P . G . M . Chap ., 185 ; Theophilus Rees , 818 ; James A . T . Meud , 818 ; j . Ernes Steele , 818 ; Joseph Partridge , 683 ; G . H . Gowier , P . M . 818 ; James Harraway , 818 ; J . H . Howard , 818 ; W . Saunders , 818 ; W . White , J . D . 214 ; W . R . Evans , J . W . 818 ; Thomas Delafield , J . O . 214 ; G . J .

Jacob , 109 ; Hartley Feather , W . M . 1258 ; J . P . Fowler , P . G . J . D . ; F . F . Pritchard , 185 ; C . H . Rice Harris , P . G . 1 . of Works ; NKIII . 1 Bradley , P . P . G . S . D . ; J . A . Sheppard , M . O . 18 5 ; George A . Browne , P . G . S . W . ; John Lewis P . P . G . S . O . ; Walter Taylor , P . G . Std . B . ; L . P . Gravenor , P . G . S . O . ; E . Swedenbank , P . P . G . A . D . C . ; T . Harrill Tomkins , 214 ; E . O . Pegler , 214 ; G . W .

Shackleton , 214 ; J . E . / nomas , 818 ; Edmn Tucker , Sis ; Joseph Bishop , 818 ; J . Rees Jenkins , P . P . G . C . W . Lane . ; W . J . Hands , P . G . Org . ; Thomas Harrhy , P . P . G . J . O . ; Thos . H . Gaze , P . G . A . Sec ; E . J . Baker , P . G . S . O . ; Arthur Middleton , W . M . 34 , and P . G . S . O . Lancashire ; Wm . Pickford , P . G . J . O . ; B . E . Hodgens , 818 ; L . D . Browne , 818 ; T . G . * Powell , P . G . Std . ; W .

Williams , P . M . 18 3 ; T . G . Thomas , 818 ; Jno . Harrhy , 818 ; H . Hamj , 818 ; Jos . Greene , 818 ; A . J . Sinclair , 106 ; H . Fletcher , Tyler 109 ; J . L . C . Hunter Little , P . G , J . W . ; S . Davis , P . P . G . R . of Marks ; Jarncs Horner , P . G . Treas . ; Gwyllim-ap-Dafyrid , 818 ; H . J . Edmonds , 214 ; W . Percy Pugh , 818 ; C . W . Price , 818 ; C . B . Willans , 818 ; It . Wain , 818 ; Thomas Blinkhorn , Sec . 243 ,

Hereford ; Jno . Davis , D . C . 243 ; Fred Lane , J . W . 243 ; and Orlando Shellard , S . D . 243 . The ordinary business succeeding the opening of Prov . Grand Mark Lodge having heen disposed of , the R . VV . the P . G . M . M . declared all P . G . offices vacant , and leaving the chair , handed over the gavel to the presiding G . M . Thc

endorsement on the patent having been read , the R . W . Bro . L . A . Homfray was announced as waiting the benefit of re-instal ! alion , was at once admitted , obligated , and saluted according to ancient custom . The patent of the appointment of V . W . Bco . Capt . S . Geo . Homfray as D . P . G . M . M . having been read , he was also duly obligated and saluted .

The R . W . the P . G . M . M ., in thanking the brethren for having re-elected him to that high position , expressed his intention to extend , if possible , his interest iu the province , and was sure that he would not bc second to any brother in that respect . He also heartily thanked the R . W . Bro . Col . Lyne for having accepted and carried out tbe duties of D . P . G . M . M . for the past three years .

Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of Monmouthshire.

The R . W . P . G . M . M . then invested his officers for the ensuing year as follows -. Bro . Geo . A . Browne Prov . G . S . W . „ J . L . C . Hunter Little Prov . G . J . w ! „ Crawshay Bailey Prov . G . M . O . ,, L . P . Gravenor ... ,. „ . ... Prov . G . S . O .

„ W . Pickford Prov . G . J . O . „ Rev . James Pugh .. ; ... Prov . G . Chap . „ Rev . II . Jones ... Prov . G . D . Chap . „ H . Richards Prov . G . Reg . „ Wm . Watkins ( G . St . Eng . ) ... Prov . G . Sec . „ Thos . H . Gage Prov . G . A . Sec . „ James Horner Prov . G . Treas .

„ E . J . Baker Prov . G . S . D . „ J . P . Fowler Prov . G . J . D . „ C . H . R . Harris Prov . G . I . W . „ A . J . Sinclair Prov . G . D . C . „ T . Gwynne Powell Pfov . G . A . D . C .

„ C Weddowson Prov . G . Swd . Br . „ Wm . Tucker Prov . G . Std . Br . „ H . J . Groves ... ... ... Prov . G . Org . „ W . J . Hands Prov . G . A . O . „ Jno . Jones Prov . G . I . G . „ H . Fletcher Prov . G . Tyler . Bros . S . T . Hallen , Walter Taylor , ") „ „ _ and Percy Pugh . ... j p ** ° v . G . Stewards .

Bros . S . Davis and Wm . Pickford were elected auditors . During the remainder of the business of Prov . Grand Mark Lodge , which was of the usual character , several letters of apology for not being able to attend were read by the P . G . Sec , inter alia , from Lord Skelmersdale , G . M . M . of England ; General Doherty , P . G . M . M . designate of Somersetshire , on account of illness ( to whom a

vote of sympathy was unanimously passed , and ordered to be entered on the minutes , also a letter to be fowarded expressive of thc same ) ; Capt . Shadwell Clerke ( a vote of congratulation being passed on his appointment by the Grand Master of England to the post of Grand Secretary ) , and others . Before closing P . G . M . Lodge the R . W . P . G . M . M .

remarked that the great object at all our meetings was not to lose sight of the Masonic Charities , and he hoped that before long our young province would be in funds sufficient to pass a substantial vote , and that at this P . G . Lodge h-5 should head the list of the G . Steward , W . Bro . William Watkins , with £ 5 5 s . The loving cup , according to the custom of the St .

John ' s Lodge , No . 214 , having been passed round , the R . W . the P . G . M . M . M . then closed the P . G . M . Lodge in due form at ten minutes past four . The banquet , which took place almost immediately afterwards at the Greyhound Hotel , under the able catering of Bro . William Tucker , was all that could be desired . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were then

disposed of , interspersed with the usual amount of harmony , of which there is seldom any lack in the Province of Monmouth . Thc main feature here , however , was the Steward ' s List for the Masonic Chaiitics , which amounted in the whole to £ 127 ios ., of which W . Bro . Crawshay Bailey , the newly-elected VV . M . of the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 214 , subscribed a cheque for £ 100 , to

bc equally divided as follows : — £ 25 to the Mark Benevolent , £ 25 to the Boys' , £ 25 to the Girls ' , and £ 23 to the Benevolent , making a total for the Mark Charities of £ 52 12 s . W . Bro . Watkins must therefore be congratulated upon being the bearer of the largest amount ever subscribed to the Masonic Charities at one lodge in the province . The inevitable Tyler ' s Toast brought to a finish a very enjoyable and successful day ' s proceedings .

Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

The General Committee of this Institution met on Thursday afternoon at Freemasons' Hall . Col . Creaton , Grand Treasurer , presided , and there were also present Bros . A . H . Tattershall , Griffiths Smith , T . F . Peacock ,

G . Bolton , Arthur E . Gladwell , H . T . Thompson , T . France , H . Cox , Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , C . H . Webb , Peter de Lande Long , F . R . W . Hedges ( Secretary ) and H . Massey ( Freemason ) . After thc reading and confirmation of the minutes , the minutes of the House Committee were read for

information . The Chairman was authorised to sign cheques for salaries , wages , and bills ; and one petition was received , and a candidate placed on the list for election . A Utter from West Yorkshire was received on the Sth inst ., enclosing 1000 guineas ( or the Bentley Shaw

testimonial . A further case , submitted by Bro . H . I . Thompson to Bro . Locock Webb , with Bro . Webb's opinion thereon , was read to the meeting ; a full report of which will appear in the Freemason , next week . The Committee then adjourned .

The following lodges have voted sums of money to the Irish Distress Fund : —Antiquity Lodge , No . 2 ; Israel , No . 205 ; Aldersgate , No . 1657 ; Great City , No . 1426 ; Bayard , No . 1615 .

tlou . owAV ' s Pn . t . s ASH O XTy . FAT . —Winter Remedies . —Are tlm readiest remedies lor tile diseases now 80 rife anil fatal . The adverse inlhienccs i > f the fcevcre fr , sis , dense fogs , anil p ' crcini ; winds have produced a terrihie increase in the number . met severity of chest diseases of all kinds , especially bronchitis 1 and inllamm'ition ofthe lungs , Los * of time in the treatment of these anil i ther similar diseases means death . The Ointment should he brisk !} ' rubbed into the chest itntl between the shoulders ^' according lo the printed directions , which , combined with the internal action of the pills wilt lower the tempe'ature of thc blood , reduce the frequency ot thc pulse ant ) rcspi-aiion , and check the advance ofthe malady in Rood time . —[ ADVT . ||