Masonic And General Tidings.

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .

Bro . T . C . Freeman was at the last meeting" unanimously elected W . M . of the Kensington Lodge , No . 1767 . 13 ros . the Earl of Arran , Viscount Powerscourt , Sir T . Sutherland , M . P ., and Victor Cavendish , M . P ., were among those who attended a political meeting in the Town Hall , Westminster , on Monday evening .

liro . bir Arthur Sullivan was able to take a long drive on Monday afternoon without feeling unduly fatigued , and has made such progress towards recovery that there is every prospect of his being able to resume his professional duties at an early date .

The whole of the broad guage line of the Great Western Railway has now been taken up . It was an arduous task , but the 5000 men employed by the company accomplished it in 31 hours . The ordinary service of passenger trains was resumed early in the week .

The marriage of Major the Hon . John T . St . Aubyn , Grenadier Guards , eldest son of Lord St . Levan , with Lady Edith Edgcumbe , youngest daughter of Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , will be solemnised at Ihe Guards Chapel , Wellington Barracks , during the third week in June .

The annual summer sale at the Royal School of Art Needlework , Exhibition-road , South-Kensington , was opened by Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein , who was accompanied by her daughter , Princess Victoria , and assisted at her stall by the Hon . Mrs . Percy Wyndham and Mrs . Tyssen-Amherst .

After the meeting of the Finance Committee ot the Girls ' School on Tuesday last , Bro . Alfred Capper very kindly gave his entertainment , consisting of legerdemain , songs , and finally thought-reading . It was very successful , the thought-reading experiments especially so , and appeared to give great pleasure not only to the children , but to all present .

Shortly before midnight on Wednesday thunderstorms broke over the Metropolis . Flashes of sheet lightning occurred with remarkable frequency throughout the night , and at daybreak there was a severe thunders t orm , accompanied by heavy ram , which continued for some hours .

The Duke of Cambridge had sufficiently recovered from his recent bronchial attack to be able to visit Exeter on Monday for the purpose of opening the new Drill Hall of the 1 st Volunteer Battalion Devonshire regiment , and the new hall for the Artillery Volunteers . His Royal Highness was accompanied by Bro . General Sir Redvers Buller , Sir Francis Grenfell , and Col . Lane , and during his stay was the guest of the Mayor , Mr . E . H . Houlditch .

The Prince and Princess of Wales , accompanied by Prince George and the Princesses Victoria and Maud , left Charing Cross Railway Station shortly after S p . m . on Monday evening en route for Copenhagen , where they will be the guests of the King and Oueen of Denmark .

Their Royal Highnesses , however , will nut attend any of the festivities in connection with the Golden Wedding celebration of their Majesties , which were to begin on Thursday . The Prince and his son will remain for about a week or 10 days , but the visit of the Princess and her daughters will be prolonged to about three weeks .

Bro . hmra Holmes s romantic Masonic story , " At the Oakenholt , " the scene of which is laid in Guernsey and Cornwall , is now being published in the "Gentleman ' s Journal . " Bro . Holme , has just been promoted to the Collectorship of Customs at Newhaven —after an absence nf in years from England , spent at Kirkcaldy , Guernsey ,

. Newry , and Limerick , in which potts he he-Id the same position—in the Civil Service . Bro . Holmes , who is a Fellow of Ihe Royal Historical Society , has recently been elected a member of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland , a society which is doing a good work in elucidating and preserving the memorials of the past in a country abounding in antiquities .

The Queen completed her 73 rd year on Tuesday , having been born at Kensington Palace on the Z-j ' . h May , ISUJ . With the exception of the King of Denmark her Majesty is the oldest reigning monarch in Europe , and has been longer on the throne than any of her ance tors , with the exception of Henry III . and her grandfather , George PI . The

auspicious event was celebrated officially with the usual eclat in London on Wednesday , when the chief Ministers of State gave banquets , and there was the usual display of trooping the colours on the Horse Guards Parade . In the evening the clubs and public buildings at the West-end , as well as many of the leading tradesmen ' s houses , were brilliantly illuminated .

Bro . Lord George Hamilton , First Lord of the Admiralty , invited the Members of the House of Commons to accompany him on Saturday last on a visit of inspection to Portsmouth Dockyard . Among those who accepted tin : invitation were Bros . Sir James Ftrgusson , Bart ., J . G . Shaw-Lefevre , Dixon-Hartland , Abel Smith , Sir Thomas Suthe'land , Col . Howard Vincent , Sir Stafford Northcote , Sir K . J . Reed , John Aird , Sir John Puleston , F . Seager-IIunt , Sir Joseph

Bailey , Bart ., and Sir John Colomlj . The Royal Sovereign , the latest thing in battleships , was inspected , and alter luncheon the visitors were taken on board some government tugs to Ihe depot-ship Acl . ron , and had an opportunity of seeing some mimic torpedo ind submarine warfare . The proceedings closed with a visit to Whale Island , where a 22-ton gun and a 0-inch gun were fired with full charges , and a number of sailors showed how guns were fought in an action The party returned to Victoria by 7 p . m .

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Masonic And General Tidings.

Bro . Lennox Browne , F . R . C . S ., who has recently been attending the Duke of Connaught professionally , was amongst those present at the Levee held by H . R . H . on behalf of the Queen .

Bro . J . D . Allcroft will take the chair at the Cannonstreet Hotel to-day ( Friday ) at the half-yearly election of the Royal Hospital for Incurables . No fewer than 35 poor sufferers will be admitted to the benefits of the charity on the occasion .

Bro . J . D . Allcroft presided on Friday last , in the absence through illness of the Duke of Cambridge , at a dinner at the Hotel Me tropole in aid of the proposed new Clarence Wing of the St . Mary's Hospital . The subscriptions amounted to over £ 10 , 000 .

Bro . George Gardner , P . M ., Secretary 2012 , P . P . G . S . B . Bucks , was unanimously elected , for the ninth year in succession , Treasurer of the Chiswick Lodge of Instruction and the Benevolent Association attached thereto on Saturday last , the 21 st inst .

The German Chemical Society , of which the late Professor von Hofmann was President , has resolved to erect a memorial to him in Berlin in the form of an institute , like the English foundations in memory of famous men , which will serve as the centre of all efforts to promote chemical science and its practical application .

Bro . the Lord Mayor has remitted to the Mayor of MiddlesboFough the following additional donations in relief of the distress in the Tees-side districts : Messrs . Child and Co ., £ 50 ; T . and B ., £ 50 ; Mr . and Miss Gandar , £ 10 : Mr . Samuel Laing , £ 10 ; and Mr . J . Miller , JCIO .

We regret to record the death very suddenly at his residence , Stamford Hill , of Mr . John Barnett , father of Bro . John Barnett , jun ., P . M . of No . 2192 , & c . The deceased gentleman was much esteemed , and we offer to Bro . John Barnett , jun ., and the family generally , our sincere sympathy .

We regret to record the death , on the 24 th inst ., of Mrs . Hayman , wife of Bro . John Hayman , of the Derby Allcroft Lodge . Mrs . Hayman shared to a large extent the popularity of her husband , and was familiarly known to the members of the lodge as " Sister Kate . " The funeral took place at Willesden cemetery yesterday ( Thursday ) . The lodge sent a handsome wreath of Masonic designs .

Amongst the recent contributions to the Irish Distressed Ladies' Fund , on behalf of which an appeal is made for funds to help those Irish ladies who , owing to the rent difficulty and causes beyond their own control , have been reduced to absolute poverty , are £ 50 from the Duke of Westminster , £ 50 from the executors of the late Mrs . Jane Hibbert , 20 guineas from the Worshipful Company of Skinners , and ten guineas from the Worshipful Company of Saddlers .

Amongst the leading houses in the seed trade , that of Bro . King , of Coggeshall , Essex , takes a prominent position . Established so long ago as 1793 , it has acquired a position in the trade which could only have been miintained during these long years by strict probity and fair dealing ,

and at the same time a shrewd determination to keep abreast of the times . The catalogue just issued by the firm will bear favourable comparison with the most enterprising of rival firms , and as far as we are able to judge , embraces all the novelties as well as the specialities for which the firm is famous .

A Freemason who died a few days ago in Paris left his Masonic sash to an old friend by will . When at the point ot death , however , he sent for a priest in order to confess , and receive absolution for his sins . On the priest ' s arrival in the room he observed the sash occupying a place ol honour , and addressing himself to the servant enquired

" what that sacrilegious object was doing there r" and ordered her to throw it into the lire . The servant , convinced that unless the sash were burned here above , her master certainly would be destroyed by fire down below , complied with the ecclesiastic ' s request . The disappointed heir has lodged a complaint with the police . —Morninir ,

It is with sincere regret—a regret that will be shared by many of our readers—that wc learn of the decease on Monday , after a few days' illness , of Mr . Thomas Merrill Fox , of 37 , St . George ' ssquare . Deceased was the elder son of the late Mr . Thomas Fox , of the firm of Browning , Wood , and Fox , distillers , Worship-street . I le received his education at Merchant Taylors' School , and then

studied for the law , being admitted as a solicitor , practising his profesiiun to the very last . Mr . Fox was a member of Ihe Merchant Ta ) tors' Company , and also a past master of the Distillers' Company . Deceased took an active interest in Masonry , and at tie time of his death held ollice as Senii r Warden of the R lyal Hampton Court Lodge , No . 21 S 1 . —CV / j' Press .

The luvlhren connected with the Temple Lodge nf Instruction held their annual meeting at the Freemasons ' Hall , Plymouth , on the . 'oh inst ., and wound up the session with 11 supper , presided over by Bro C . G . Withell . A large attendance included Bros . VV . L . I ) . Colling , W . M , 70 : VV . E . Chapell , l . P . M . 156 ; W . Thomas , W . M . 15 G ; J . H . Evans , P . M . 70 ; C . F . Dunsterville , P . M . 1 S 11 : ' J .

Gidley , P . M . iSy ; J . Goad , J . W . 70 ; (' ,. Dunsterville , | . W . 1 S 9 ; J . Burton , W . Treasure , F . Prout , J . Stenlake . j . G . Hall , and A . N . M . Coles , all of 70 ; A . Clark , J . Vouatt , and J . Herkins , 150 ; Maitland , 1247 ; J . Wells , 12551 S . G . Edwards , 1550 ; R . J . Si-wel , 15 . 50 ; and W . II . Phillips , Tyler . After the ' loyal toasts had been

honoured , that of "Ihe Chairman , Bro . Withell , " was proposed by Bro . Stenlake , who , at the same time , presented Bro . Withell with a handsome jewel , subscribed for by members of the lodge of instruction in recognition ol his valuable services as Preceptor . Altogether the evening was a most enjoyable one .

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dvspep ' tic , weak , and nervous may rel y on these Tills as their best Iricnd-i and comforters . Tiiey improve Il > - appetite , and thoroughly invigorate the digestive apparatus . Mnlluway ' s Pills have long been known to be the surest preventatives of liver complaints , dreadful dropsies , spasms , colic , constipation , and many other diseases always hovering round the feeble and inlirm . —Aovr .

Masonic And General Tidings.

The Master of the Loriners' Company , Bro . Deput Dadswell , has signified his intention of entertaining th "*" ladies of the court at a banquet at the Crystal Palace in th second week of July . e The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar have , promised to be present at the regimental dinner of the 1 st Guards' Club ( Grenadiers ) , at the Hotel Miitropole , on Monday next .

At the meeting of the Mount Sinai Chapter , No . iQ i 0 . Tuesday , the 17 th inst ., Comp . Robert H . Crowden , P , / , 1297 , & c , was installed into the chair of M . E . Z ., Conip Cambridge into that of H ., and Comp . Gossett as J . A marriage has been arranged and will take place in Tub , between Miss Rosalie Lilian Bernard , youngest daughter of the late Bro . Major Bernard , and Bro . Colonel Richardson-Gardner , formerly M . P . for Windsor , of 32 , Park-lane and Chateau Louis XllL , Cannes . '

Prince Christian attended a meeting of the governors of the Royal Holloway College , Egham , held at Lambeth Palace on Wednesday afternoon , at which Sir Henry Roscoe M . P ., Mr . Bryce , M . P ., and the Rev . Dr . Moulton were appointed honorary governors .

The Duke of Edinburgh has presented to the Royal South-Western Yacht Club a handsome silver Challenge Cup to be sailed for Service Boats . Matches will be sailed on July 15 th and August 12 th ; and the winners will compete for possession of the Cup on September 2 nd ,

Bro . Lord Mayor Evans and the Sheriffs of London were entertained at dinner at Stationers' Hall ( which was kindly lent for the occasion by the Worshipful Company of Spectaclemakers ) , on Monday . The chair was occupied by Bro . Alderman Sir Polydore De Keyser , Master of the Company , the Wardens for the year being Bro . Alderman Col . Davies and Alderman G . Faudel Phillips ,

Beaumont Park , in the eastern part of Plymouth , purchased by the Town Council at a c ret of £ 24 , 000 , was opened by the Mayor on Wednesday , in the presence nf some Sooo people . The grounds are nine acres in extent , and beautifully wooded . The district is thickly populated , and the park will be preserved purely as a recreation ground , and not laid out as an ornamental garden .

On Thursday , at a meeting of the Court of Common Council , at which the Lord Mayor presided , the Town Clerk read a letter from Lord Salisbury to Mr . J . R . Cotton , the City Chamberlain , stating that , in recognition of his valuable services , the Oueen had been pleased to confer on

him the honour of knighthood . The communication was loudly cheered , and Sir VV . Cotton , in response to calls , expressed his thanks for the cordial reception given to the intimation . The National Horticultural Exhibition at Earl's Court is now in working order . The band of the Garde

Repulilicaine , consisting of So performers , under direction of M . Gustave Wettge , will to-day ( Friday ) commence an engagement which lasts till June Sth , and to-day and to-morrow ( Saturday ) will be held the first great flower show of the season . The gardens are attracting a large number of visitors . The attendance for the first eight days was considerably over 100 , 000 , while on Saturday last the number during the day was little short of 30 , 000 .

About five o'clock on Thursday morning the alarm bell communicating with the fire-post in East-street commenced ringing violently in the Old Kent-road Fire-station . The members of the brigade promptly turned out the manual engine and escape-ladder , but on arrival at East-sticet it was found that the lightning had struck the electric wire and started the bell ringing . No damage was done . At this time the thunderstorm was at its height , and the firemen were drenched to the skin before reaching their quarters

again . Bro . Sir M . Hicks-Beach presided at a meeting on Monday of the Committee formed to promote the erection of a stained-glass window in St . Margaret ' s . Westminster , as a memorial by the House of Commons to their late

leader , the Right Hon . VV . H . Smith . The fund , which already exceeds £ 500 , will be closed this week , and subscriptions are requested lo be sent to the Hon . Treasurer , Bro . Sir John Puleston . With the surplus remaining vvlien the window has been erected , a bust of the late Minister will be placed in a suitable position in the House of I

ermmons . The Cutlers' Hall is this year the seat of the assemblage of works in Black and VVhite , executed for the publications of the Messrs . Cassell , and done , therefore , for the most part , with reference to the needs of popular reproduction ' Sir James Linton , Mr . Alfred East , Mr . Frank Dicta ,

Mr . John Fulleylove , Mr . VV . L . Wyllie , Mr . Walter 1 ' igct , and Miss M . Ellen Edwards are among the best-known contributors to those admirably-illustrated serials , the 1 swings for which the Messrs . Cassell are in the habit < . " posing to view , and which the purchaser may , we nidiie , acquire at generally the most modest of prices .

The annual meeting of the Leamington M asonic Hi " Syndicate was held on Tuesday , the 17 th inst ., Bro . J ; Glover in the chair . 'The annual balance-sheet , which was received and adopted , showed , on the general ^ ccou , liabilities amounting to £ 177 G 5 s . 7 d ., mide up as foM . y » ;

lo capital paid up , viz ., 140 sharesat 45 , , nce mortgage , 4 , 903 ; various accounts , £ 6 $ 10 s . id . ; " f , due to bank , £ 75 5 s . fid . ; and cash due to becretarj . £ 2 10 s . The assets included the Victoria House prop < U > ^ ' uSi Ss . ud .: furniture and effects , / , 22 s os \ " _ , ""

. together with balance losses on 1 SS 9 and 1890 amounting ^ £ 43 14 s . lod . The profit and loss account showlavourable bahnce ol £ 1 : s . yi . The receipts lor ( o hire of Ihe room outside Masjnic purposes ainounit £ 25 7 s . Od . It was stated that there was an amcni "

unsubscribed capital which , if subscribed lor , «»» ' ' jjr 0 , the finances of the Syndicate in a good position . Whitehouse was elected Chairman , and the following elected on Ihe Committee : Bros . Whitehouse , raye Merridew , F . Glover , Blaker , and Barrett . , Bro . aw , was appointed Secretary ; Bro . J . Glover , I reasure , Urn flunrall . Andifrir .

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