Masonic And General Tidings.

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .

A full report of the consecration of the Henniker Mark Lodge , No . 315 , is in type , but omitted for want of space . Bro . A . J . Belles was on Thursday , the 19 th inst ., installed W . M . of the Selwyn Lodge , No . 1901 . A United Grand Priory of the United Orders of the Temple and St . lohn of Jerusalem will be held at the

City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-street , on Friday , nth May . A banquet will follow . H . R . H . the Dukeof Albany has fixed Saturday , May 26 th , for the reopening of the Parkes' Museum of Hygiene , at its new premises , 74 A , Margaret-street , VV . The consecration of the Priory Lodge of Acton will take place on Thursday next , at 3 . 30 , at the Royal Oak

Assembly Rooms , High-street , Acton . Bro . W . Roebuck is to be the first W . M . We have an account in type of the presentation of a peal of bells to the parish church at Kidderminster by the Masons of that district , but it is again crowded out . Bro . \ V . F . Masters was on Tuesday , the 17 th inst ., installed as W . M . of the Stockwell Lodge , No . 1339 .

Bro . G . Shaw-Lefevre , M . P ., Her Majesty ' s First Commissioner of Works , is stated to have appointed Mr . J . L . Pearson , R . A ., as architect for the intended alterations of the west front of Westminster Hall . Her Majesty , as patron of the Royal National Hospital for consumption , Ventnor , has sent a further donation of £ 50 in aid of its funds , and the Duke of

Albany , its president , one of £ 25 . The Goldsmiths' Company , as a result of the appeal made at the Mansion House on the 13 th inst ., have given a donation of £ 5000 towards the funds of the London Hospital . The Gazette has announced that the Queen will hold Drawing Rooms at Buckingham Palace on Thursday ,

10 th May , and Monday , 21 st May , at 3 p . m . Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Albany left London for Paris by tidal train from Charing Cross on Tuesday morning . Bros . Alderman Fowler , M . P ., and Alderman Waterlow were among the gentlemen who supported George Hamilton , M . P ., as chairman of the seventieth

anniversary festival of the London Orphan Asylum , on Wednesday . The meeting was held at the Albion , Aldersgate-street , and subscriptions were announced during the evening to the amount of £ 3853 . According to the City Press , Bro . Sir John Bennett , who was present when H . R . H . the Duke of Albany , P . G . J . W ., laid the foundation stone of the new Birkbeck Buildings , on Monday , was robbed of a

beautifully enamelled gold chronometer watch of the value of £ 170 . Bro . the King and Queen of the Netherlands arrived at the Royal Paiace at Amsterdam , on Wednesday afternoon , and met with a most enthusiastic reception . Their Majesties will remain in that until after the opening of the Exhibition and leave for Luxemburg on Wednesday next , the 2 nd May .

H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , P . G . S . W ., presided on Wednesday evening , at the Westminster Palace Hotel , at the anniversary festival of the Field-lane Ragged Schools . The subscriptions and donations , including 25 guineas from his Royal Highness , amounted to £ 1400 . We have been requested to announce that at the

Upton Lodge of Instruction ; No . 1227 , held at the Swan Tavern , New Bethnal Green-road , on Thursday , May 3 rd , at 8 p . m ., the ceremony of initiation will be worked , after which the lodge will be closed , when Bro . James Oxley , No . 130 G , will give his favourite reading entitled , " Rural Reminiscences , " which he has had the pleasure of giving at several lodges of instruction . Brethren are invited to

attend . Bro . A . W . Fenner , P . M . 1237 , Preceptor , Bro . C J . Free , 1227 , Sec . Wednesday being " Grand Day " of Easte ' s term at the Middle Tempie , the treasurer , Bro Sir Francis Roxburghe , Q . C ., Past Grand Registrar , and benchers gave the customary entertainment in their hall at

Plowdenbuildings . Among the guests were Bros , the Earl of Milltown , G . S . VV . ; the Lord Mayor ; Mr . Justice Cave , P . G . J . W . ; Sir Farrer Hershell , Q . C ., M . P ., Solicitor-General . Bros , the Eatl of Egmont and Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., dined the same evening with the treasurer and benchers of the Inner Temple in their hall .

The Fifteen Sections will be worked on Tuesday , the 1 st prox ., at the East Surrey Lodge of Concord , No . 463 ( Instruction ) , Bro . Poore , P . M . 720 , & c , VV . M First Lecture—First Section , Bro . Sheadd , P . M . 720 ; Second , Bro . Pritchard , P . M . 1622 ; Third , Bro . Hook , P . M . 463 ; Fourth , Bro . Bishop , S . D . 1892 ; Fifth , Bro Wyse ; Sixth , Bro . Andrews , P . M . 871 ; Seventh , Bro ,

Martin , S . D . 879 . Second Lecture—l'irst Section , Bro . Everist , S . W . 720 ; Second , Bro . Ball , P . M . ; Third , Bro . Sawyer , P . M . 1619 , 1 S 92 ; Fourth , Bro . Andrews , P . M . 871 ; Fifth , Bro . Martin , S . D . S 78 . Third Lecture —First Section , Bro . Dunkley , J . W . 1777 ; Second , Bro . Baldwin , J . W . 1892 ; Third , Bro . Ridge , W . M . 463 . Lodge to be opened at seven o ' clock precisely . This is

the first time we believe that the Fifteen Sections have been worked in a Croydon Lodge . HOLLOWAV ' OINTMENT AND PILLS affect wonderful cures of bad legs and old wounds . The Ointment is a true " detergent" and these Pills arc true " alteratives . " If they be used according to the directions which arc wrapped round each pot and box , there is no wound or ulcer , however obstinate , but will yield to their curative

properties . Numbers of persons who have been patients in the larKC hospitals , and under the care of eminent surgeons , without den ving the least benefit , have been cured by Holfoway ' s Ointment and Pills , when other remedies have signally failed . For glandular swclling-i and diseases of the skin there are no remedies that can be used with so Rood an effect . Harmless , they are yet powerful j and though the cure they effect is rapid , it is also complete and permanent . —[ A DVT . ]

Masonic And General Tidings.

The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge and general communication of Mark Master Masons of the Province of Leicestershire , Northamptonshire and Derbyshire , will be held at the Freemasons' Hall , Northampton , on Tuesday , the Sth May , under the banner of the Simon de St . Liz Lodge , No . 245 . Bro . Alderman Whitehead will preside at the

thirty-seventh annual meeting of the Westmoreland Society , of which he is a vice-president , at the Albion , Aldersgatestreet , on Tuesday . The Prince of Wales visited on Monday the New Zealand Shipping Company ' s new chartered steamer Ionic , lying in the Royal Albert Dock .

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh have consented to become patrons of the Home for Invalid Gentlewomen , 90 , Harley-street . Lad y Monckton , wife of Bro . Sir John Monckton , the Town Clerk , took part in a special morning performance of "The Wife's Secret" at the Brighton Theatre on Thursday .

The Duke of Connaught has signified his intention of becoming patron of the Epping Forest Musical Society . At a meeting of the St . Dunstan ' s Royal Arch Chapter , No . 15 S 9 , held at Anderton ' s . 'Hotel , on Wednesday last , Comp . VV . Lake , P . P . G . Reg . Cornwall , was elected M . E . Z ., Comps . Turner , H ., and Manners ,

C . C ., as J . for the ensuing year . A Past Principal's jewel was voted to Comp . Walls , the retiring M . E . Z . Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Albany , as President of the Parke ' s Museum , has fixed Wednesday next , the 2 nd prox ., for opening the Museum in its new premises , Margaret-street .

At the Ri ght Hon . the Speaker ' s sixth Parliamentary full-dress dinner on Wednesday , there were present , among others , Bros . Viscount Castlereagh , M . P ., Lord Arthur Hill , M . P ., Sir Baldwyn Leighton , Bart ., M . P ., SirG . Macpherson Grant , Bart ., M . P ' ., E . Clarke , Q . C , M . P ., and J . Dodds , M . P .

Bro . H . Baldwin , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C , Secretary of the Brixton Mark Lodge , asks us to state that the next meeting will be held at Anderton ' s Hotel on Saturday , the 12 th May next , at six o ' clock , under the presidency of Bro . Charles G . L . Kipling , Prov . G . Std . Br ., who was installed VV . M . in November last .

1 he Duke of Albany , as president of the Royal Society of Literature , took the chair at its anniversary meeting at 4 , St . Martin's-rjlace , on Wednesday , and delivered the customary address . His Royal Highness was re-elected president for the ensuing year , and Bro . Sir Patrick Colquhoon , Q . C ., is one of the vice-presidents . A series of articles , entitled " A Mason ' s

Mother , " by our erudite Bro . G . Markham Tweddell , F . R . S . N . A ., is now appearing in the Chicago " Voice of Masonry . " The Mason ' s Mother was Mrs . Marcus Holmes , authoress of "Scenes in our Parish , " and other works , and the articles in question are an exhaustive and interesting account of the life and writings of the mother of our well-known Bro . Emra Holmes .

Bro . Rob Morris , the celebrated Masonic poet and literary veteran , in subscribing for two copies of Bro . Markham Tweddell ' s forthcoming " Hundred Masonic Sonnets , " writes : " I have read with pleasure several of these sonnets as they have appeared in our Society journals . " And the Toronto Freemason says that " Every Canadian Freemason ought to subscribe . " Bro . Tweddell , we understand , has already received several illustratious names for his list of subscribers .

Bro . G . Graveley , S . W . SgS , was unanimously elected VV . M . of the Lodge of Temperance-in-the-East on Wednesday last , and Bro . J . R . Waller , P . M ., the esteemed Treasurer , was re-elected . One gentlemen was initiated , and Bro . Chapman , W . M ., was congratulated upon having had so highly successful a year of office , during which the Charities have , as usual , been loyally supported . Bro . Chapman takes 25 guineas to the next Girls' Festival from the lodge .

The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Tredegar Lodge of Instruction , No . 1625 , which is held at the Royal Hotel , Mile End-road , on Monday evening , May 7 th , at seven o ' clock precisely . Bro . B . Stewart , 127 S , will preside , supported by Bros . T . J . Barnes , P . M . 554 and 933 , S . VV . ; B . Cundick , P . M . 1421 , J . W . ; and Moss , 1275 , I . P . M . The Sections will be worked as follows :

First Lecture—First Section , Bro . Brittain , 127 S ; Second , Bro . Hammond , W . S . 127 S ; Third , Bro . Humbert , J . W . 1625 ; Fourth , Bro . Levy , 25 ; Fifth , Bro . West , J . D . 933 ; Sixth , Bro . Stephens , J . W . 1623 ; and Seventh , Bro . Cundick , P . M . 1421 . Second Lecture—First Section , Bro . Clements , J . W . 1306 ; Second , Bro . Richardson . 174 :

Third , Bro . Job , P . M . 1076 ; Fourth , Bro . Musto , P . M . 1349 ; and Fifth , Bro . Moss , S . D . 127 s . Third Lecture-First Section , Bro . Scheerboom , P . M . 7 S 1 ; Second , Bro . VV . H . Myers , P . M . 820 and 1445 ; and Third , Bro . Barnes , P . M . 554 and 933 . Bro . B . Stewart , 1278 , is the Hon . Sec of the lodge .

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Masonic And General Tidings.

The Alhambra is to be re-opened in October . In the meanwhile Bro . G . R . Sims and Mr . Frederick Clay are engaged in a new opera to be produced on that occasion . Judging from their first production at the Royalty a great pleasure is in store for the autumn and winter months . The Dukeof Albany presided at the anniversary dinner , held at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s , on Monday evening , m aid of the St . John's Foundation Schools , Leatherhead . Subscriptions amounting to about £ 2200 were announced .

We regret to hear that Bro . L . F . Littell is still unable to attend to his duties in the Town Clerk ' s department , owing to ill-health . From the same cause he has been obliged to vacate the position of Secretary of the Dalhousie Lodge , No . 1 S 60 , which he had held fora period of eight years . For the first time in iS years he was absent

from the installation of W . M . on the 12 th inst . Mr . Wynne E . Baxter , C . C ., having presented five free scholarships in connexion with the Lewes School of Art for competition among pupils at elementary schools in that town , the candidates have been examined , and five scholars of the British School declared successful .

In commemoration of the visit of the Queen to Epping Forest , the Epping Forest Musical Societyannounce two concerts in the afternoon and evening in the pavilion of the Royal Hotel , Chingford , on Saturday , May 5 th . The band of the Scots Guards and several well-known vocalists are amongst the numerous attractions .

Bro . T . Benskin , proprietor of the Castle and Falcon Hotel , has recently purchased the Raglan Hotel , which adjoins . The purchase has been made with a view to increase the sleeping accommodation of the former hotel , and the lower portion of the Raglan after the alterations are completed which are now in progress will be made into a first-class restaurant , consisting of dining room , grill room , and luncheon bar .

In our last issue we mentioned that a suite of Masonic rooms with every accommodation for lodges , chapters , & c , is in course of erection at the Gauden Hotel , Clapham . At a preliminary meeting of influential members of the Craft held on Thursday , the 19 th inst ., it was unanimously decided to petition for a new lodge in connection with this hotel , to be called the Gauden Lodge , to meet monthly from October to March , on the second

Thursday . An adj ourned meeting will take place at the hotel ( directly opposite the Clapham-road Station ) on Wednesday , the 2 nd prox ., at S o'clock , to elect officers , decide on bye-laws , and transact any further business in connection with the promotion of this object . Any brethren anxious to take part in the organisation of the lodge are cordially invited to be present at this meeting . Professor Loisette ' s " Art of Never Forgetting- "

is undoubtedly a wonderful discovery , and entitles him to the warmest thanks of all whose faculty of remembering things has grown rusty for lack of cultivation , or who , from being engaged in literary or other similar pursuits , are called upon to exercise their powers of recollection more frequently and put them to severer tests than other people . A system which enables the student to acquire knowledge with unusual rapidity and retain it certainl y cannot be otherwise than valuable . Moreover , it may be employed

in the ordinary business concerns of every-day life , while il cannot be otherwise than serviceable to Freemasons , a knowledge of whose ceremonies and ritual , whether partial or complete and accurate , can only be acquired orally . We have read with a great deal of p leasure and with no sense of astonishment the many testimonials which have been furnished by Mr . Richard A . Proctor , of astronomical fame , and other competent authorities to the value of the Loisettian system , and consequently we have no scruple whatever about commending it to the notice of our readers .

We have had our attention drawn to an admirable invention which has been recently introduced , and from the favour with which it has been received by the public we are convinced that in time it will be in very general demand , at least among those who may require to use it . We allude to the " Newton Window Blind , " which is intended as a screen for the windows of dining and other rooms whose occupants must otherwise be exposed to the

gaze of impertinent passers by . We are , of course , aware that the number of blinds which answer a similar purpose may be described as "legion , " but we know of none that possess the advantages of the " Newton . " Not only does it afford perfect seclusion to the occupants of the rooms in which it is fitted , but it is so fitted as to secure for them perfect ventilation as well . Moreover , while the occupants cannot be seen by the passers by , they are not orevented .

as in the case of stained-glass windows , from seeing what is passing in the street outside . As to the blind itself , they are to be had of every variety of pattern , many of which are most artistic and beautiful , or they can be made from the purchasers' own design . The fittings are simple and easily worked , so that the blind can be taken out when the window is cleaned , or it can be sloped inward and the window opened for ventilation , or when there is an exceedingly strong light in the room without lesseninir the

absolute privacy of those inside . In short , the "Newton Window Blind "—which , by the way , is to be had of the patentees , Messrs . A . and J . Wetherilt , builders , decorators , & c , of 10 , West Chapel-street , Mayfair , W . —possesses greater durability , is more effective , and has better fastenings than ordinary blinds for a similar purpose . It allows of no draught when the window is opened , and what is by no means its least recommendation , it affords greater scope for tasteful decoration .

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