Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , Past Grand Warden of England , was , on Wednesday last at a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Egypt , appointed Senior Grand Warden . His Royal Highness was received with great enthusiasm . Rro . A . M . Broadley , who has undertaken the defence of Arabi Pacha , is reported to be in possession of documents compromising the highest Egyptian dignitaries .

Bro . Thomas Harrison was installed W . M . of Lewis Lodge , No . 11 S 5 , at Wood Green , on Saturday last . A report is in type and will appear next week . Bro . Edward Powell was installed W . M . of the Eccleston Lodge , No . 1624 , at the Criterion , on Wednesday , the iSth inst . The annual bniiouet of the Star Lod-je of

Instruction , No . 1275 , was held at the lodge house , Five Bells , New Cross-road , on Friday , the 20 th inst ., under the presidency of Bro . Walter Alartin , S . D . S 79 . On Friday evening , the 20 th inst .. Bro . E . Ayling was unanimously elected VV . M . of the Rose of Denmark Lodge , No . 975 , Richmond , for the ensuing year , and from his well-known ability a very successful term of

office 15 anticipated . Bro . Grantham R . Dodd read a paper on "Simony , " at the recent annual provincial meeting of the Incorporated Law Society at Hull . Bros . Sir Watkin Wynn , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . Derbyshire , and Sir Philip Cunliffe Owen , have accepted Bro . the Lord Mayor ' s invitation to the banquet at the

Mansion House , to the representatives of the Railway and Dock Interest , on the 1 st proximo . Bro . the Lord Mayor , elect , and Mrs . and Master Knight , and Bro . G . AI . Felton , C . C , attended the harvest festival service at St . Giles ' , Cripplegate , on Sunday week . Bro . Sir Geonre Elliott , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M .

South Wales , has joined the council of the newly-formed " Liberty and Property Defence League , " started by Lord Elcho , M . P . Amongst the members are several of the Masonic Fraternity , including Bro . the Duke of Abercorn , Bro . Earl Shaftesbury , Bro . Lord Brabourne , Bro . John Hollingshead , Bro . Admiral Sir John Hay , Bro . Alyles Fentcn , and Bro . Wilbraham Egerton , M . P .

Bro . Lord Carrington , G . S . W ., was amongst those who , with the Prince of Wales , Colcnel-in-Chief , received the Royal Horse Guards ( Blue ) , at the Albany Barracks , on Friday last week , on their return from Egypt . Our late Bro . T . C . Cobbold is the subject of a portrait in this week ' s number of the Graphic . Bro . Wm . Hardman presided over the annual

meeting of the Surrey Justices for music and dancing licences . The members of the Derby Lodge , No . 1055 , Manchester , gave the first of a series of " petits bals " and concerts , on the 16 th inst , at their rooms , Bedfordstreet , Bury New-road . A very entertaining programme was gone through , under the able direction of Bro . T . E .

Rigby , and great praise is due to all the artistes taking part . After the concert the company partook of refreshment , and subsequently , for some hours , indulged in the pleasures of the dance . Bro . Dr . B . W . Richardson , Bro . the Grand Registrar , and Bro . the Earl of Galloway , are on a Committee formed to raise funds for the support of the widow of the late Bro . Alacrae Aloir , Secretary of the Scottish

Corporation . Up to the present nearly £ 600 has been subscribed . Bro . the Rev . G . W . Welden , M . A ., has been appointed chairman of the London Anti-Vivisection Society . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon will speak at a meeting to be held at 20 , Arlington-street , Piccadilly , the Marquis of Salisbury ' s , town house , for the purpose of deciding the form the memorial to the late Dr . Pusey shall take .

Our attention has been called to an error in our report of the Prov . Grand Alark Lodge , held recently at Reading . VVe stated that Bro . the Earl of Kintore was Grand master , it should have been Lord Henniker . Bro . Lovegrove was also described as CO ., it should have been Prov . Grand Supt . of Works . At a meeting of the executive Committee of the new Cathedral at Truro , held recently at Penzanc , it was

reported that the subscriptions promised and paid up to the present time amounted to £ 54 , 000 . The sum i-pent on the work accomplished and on that ordered is £ 57 , 000 . The architect advised that the building of the north Iransept should be at once proceeded with . This will entail an additional outlay of over £ 5000 to complete the first portion of the cathedral , including the north transept and the south pc-ch .

Bro . Rev . Dr . Morris , Head Master Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , subscribed five guineas to the City of London College Building Fundj Bro . Edward Clarke , Q . C , ALP ., a hundred guineas ; Bros . Sir John Bennett and Sir Reginald Hanson , each ten guineas * , Bro the Lord Alayor , G . J . W ., twenty guineas ; and Air . H . C .

Richards , candidate for the School Board , City division , five guineas , lt is worthy to note that the latter gentleman and Bro . Edward Clarke . Q . C , are both old students of the college . Both have always taken , and still take , a lively interest in its welfare ; and are on the Council , showing their gratefulness for what the college has d- ne for them . " *

Itis certain theQueen ' s Physician , Dr . Fairbank , has written strongly recommending LENTILLA , or CONIC DAH . V FOOD . It cures Indigestion , Heartburn , Constipation , Liver and Stomach Complaints , & c , besides having such wondrous nourishing properties . Alakes Soups , Por ridge , Custards , Puddings , Biscuits , & c . Tins , lib . is . Od . ; Jib ., iod . Barrels , 281 b ., 30 s . ; 141 b ., iGs . Of all Chemists . —Proprietor , H . J . Deacon , Beckenham , Kent . —[ ADVT . ]

Masonic And General Tidings

The M . W . Grand Master and Bro . the Earl of Derby are subscribers to Air . Barnett Smith's portrait of Carlyle . Tlie statue of this distinguished man was unveiled by Professor Tyndall , on Thursday week . The statue has been placed on the Thames Embankment , close to Cheyne-row , where Thomas Carlyle lived .

Bro . Edwin Freshfield has declined to be nominated for the aldermanic vacancy in the Ward of Cheap . The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the West Smithfield Lodge of Instruction , No . 1623 , held at the Farringdon Hotel , Farringdon-street , by the brethren of the St . James ' s Lodge of Instructs , n , on Alonday evening , the 20 th inst .. with Bros . J . Davison , P . AI . 299 , as W . AI . ; VV . Alartin , S . D . S 79 , S . W . ; and VV . Beavis , S . VV . S 79 ,

J . VV . We are informed that a new iodge of instruction has been formed under the sanction of the Kent Lodge , No . 15 , atthe King and Queen , Norton Folgate , Bishopsgate-street , E . C . The lodge meets on Thursday evenings , at eight o ' clock , under the able Preceptorship of Bro . J .

Pinder , P . AI . 13 G 5 , Bros . A . Clark , P . AL 1227 , and G . VV . Kowe , respectively filling the posts of Treasurer and Hon . Secretary . Bro . VV . Serjeant , S . W . 1227 , has spared no pains to render the lodge room comfortable and suitable for lodge purposes , and the lodge opens with many indications of success , which we heartily wish it .

On Sunday last there was a solemn thanksgiving service at Holy Trinity Church , Windsor , which is thc garrison church , for the safe return of the 2 nd Life Guards , before the sermon " The Soldiers' Hymn , composed by the organist , A 1 r . H . R . Couldrey , the words by Bro . the Rev . Arthur Robins , was sung . The sermon was preached by Bro . the Rev . Arthur Robins , Chaplain to the garrison ,

who selected his text from Chronicles , chapter xxiv . v . u , " Thine , O Lord , is the greatness and the power , and the glory , and the victory , and the majesty . " Alter the sermon the band played " See the Conquering Hero Comes , " and the service closed with a triumphal march entitled " Egypt , " composed by Air . Couldrey , and played by the organist with instrumental accompaniment .

A Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cornwall will be held at St . Austell , on Tuesday next , under the presidency of the R . W . Bro . Sir Charles Brune Graves-Sawle , Bart ., Prov . Grand Alaster , Alark Alaster Alasons . We are asked to announce that the Crescent Lodge nf Instruction , 7 88 , meets every Thursday evening during the months ot October , November , December ,

January , February , Alarch and April , at the King ' s Head Hotel , Twickenham . Bro . Stedwell , P . AL , Grand Steward is the Treasurer j Forge , P . AL , Sec . j and Cousins , P . AL , Preceptor . The installation meeting of the Elliot Lodge , No . 1567 , will be held at the Railway Hotel , Feltham , on Saturday , the 4 th prox ., when Bro . T . Duerdin Dutton will be installed into the chair of K . S .

We have great pleasure in calling the attention , of the brethren to the ann . versary banquet of the Yarborough Lodge of Instruction . This happy re-union will take place on Tuesday evening , the 3 ist in , t „ at 7 o'clock precisely , at the comfortable quarters of the lodge , the Green Dragon Tavern , Stepney . Bro . j . \ V . Tait , VV . M 554 , has kindly consented to preside .

The fifteen Sections will be worked by the Royal Standard Lodge of Instruction , No . 1298 , at the Percy Lodge of Instruction , No . 19 S , by special invite , on this ( Saturday ) evening , at seven o ' clock precisely . Bros . T . Cull , P . M . 1440 , W . AL ; G . Davis , P . AL 167 , S . VV . ; G . H . Hunter , P . AL 129 S , J . VV . j and R . Pearcy , P . AL 22 S , Preceptor .

A requisition is in course of signature asking Bro . Sir Reginald Hanson to become a candidate for the London School Board . The London Sterescopic Company ( Bro . Alderman Nottage ) , have received an oder for 200 , 000 photographs of Airs . Langtry and Aladame Patti , from the proprietors of Pears Soap , for distribution in the United States . Four tons will be the weight .

A successlul meeting of the Brixton Lodge was held early in this month at the Brixton Hall . Bro . H . Lovegrove , P . P . G . S . cf VV . Aliddlesex , presided , supported by Bros . H . B . Alarshall , S . VV . j W . E . Farrington , J . W . j Firth Groves , S . D . ; H . Baldwin , J . D . j and others . Two brethren were raised , and two initiated . Bro . T . Poore , P . AI ., acted as I . P . M ., and , with others , rendered valuable assistance after refreshment in musical and histrionic

entertainment . A new Mark Lodge , the Gosport , No . 305 , was constituted by the Deputy Prov . Grand Alaster of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , Bro . VV . Hickman ( G . J . W . ) , on the 21 st inst ., at Gosport . Bro . G . F . Lancaster was installed as the first W . AL The ceremony took place prior to the Prov . Grand Lodge meeting .

The W . M . and brethren of St . Hilda Lodge , No . 1 SS 7 , Wallingford , gave a grand evening concert on the iSth inst ., at the Corn Exchange of the above town , the proceeds being devoted to the Wallingford Cottage Hospital . The building was tastefully decorated for the occasion , the various Craft emblems being displayed with imoosinir effect on the platform , which was also adorned

with a choice selection of pot flowers and foliage plants . The vocalists were Miss Jeannie Rosee , her pupil , Miss Grace Miller , and the following brethren from the Alfred Lodge , No . 340 , Oxford , and the Marlborough Lodge , No . ¦ 399 . Woodstock : Bros . A . Rowley , P . P . G . O . j John F . Probert , J . H . Robson , and W . Knowles . The brethren of the St . Hilda Lodge are to be congratulated on the

success of their concert , and we trust the financial result will prove as satisfactory as such an undertaking so richly deserves . HOLUIWAV ' PILLS . —The changes ot temperature anil weather frequently upset persons who are most cautious of thc . r health , and most particular in their diets . These corrective , purifying , ani genii- aperient Pills are the best remedy for all defective actions of the titest hen the

the digestive organs ; they augment app ., -ciig stomach , correct biliousness , and carry off all that is noxious from the system . Hollow-ay ' s rills are composed of rire balsam-, unmixed with baser matter , and un that account arc peculiarly well adauted for lhe young , delicate , and a ^ cd . As this peerless medicine has gained' fame in the past , so will it preserve it in ihc future by its renovating and invigorating qualities , and its incapacity of doing harm , —[ ADVT . *)

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold , Duke of Albany , K . G ., will preside at the festival to be held on Tuesday , the 7 th pros ., at Willis ' s Rooms , on behalf of the National Orphan Home , Ham Common . Amongst the Stewards are Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey and Bro . the Grand junior Warden . This will be the last public dinner the Lord Mayor will take part in , as he goes out of office two days later .

Bros ; the Lord Mayor , G . M . Felton . C . C , and Capt . Bedford Pirn , visited the Aylesbury Sewage Works last week . At the luncheon Bro . Sir J . VV . Ellis expressed his belief that in the end we should be compelled to adopt the system of precipitation , thereby permittingwatcr which had once being contaminated flowing pure and clean again into the river . Fish were shown swimming in the water filtered from the Sewage Works .

Bro . Lord Waveney took part in the presentation ofa sword of honour given to Lieut .-Col . White , V . C , C . B ., Gordon ( 92 nd ) Highlanders , now quartered in Edinburgh . The sword was subscribed for by residents in Col . White's native county , Antrim , and presented in recognition of his gallant services , especially during the late Afghan compaign . The Rev . Lord O'Neill and General Viscount Templetown also were present on the occasion .

R . W . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon has been entertaining Viscount Lyons , the British Ambassador in France , at Highclere Castle , Newbury . Bro . the Imperial Crown Prince of Germany , who attained his 51 st birthday on the 23 rd inst ., has been entertaining Admiral the Prince of Leiningen , at Potsdam . The Bangor Lodge have given ten guineas towards the distress fund caused by typhoid fever in that town .

Bro . Dr . Jabez Hogg , P . G . D . . lectured before the Balloon Society of Great Britain , on the 20 th inst ., on "Germs and Protoplasmic Evolution , " at the Royal Aqarium . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., P . G . M . Derbyshire , has accepted Bro . the Lord Alayor ' s elect invitation to the banquet on the gth November . Bro . the Duke of Manchester and Lady Alice Alontagu are staying in town .

Bro . the Duke of Marlborough ' s fifth daughter , Lady Georgina Spencer Churchill , is engaged to be married to Lord Curzon , eldest son of the Earl and Countess Howe . THE RAHERE ALMONERS . —The annual festival of the Rahere Almoners , to which we have from time to time called attention , took place at the Cannon-street

Hotel on Alonday last , and was a most successful affair . The quaint literature of the " Fraternitie" had prepared the visitors for an equally quaint and unique entertainment , and they were not disappointed . Time was when the bringing in of " Ye Boar's Head , " with a procession of choristers , was quite a common occurrence at civic banquets , but Lord Mayor Ellis is probably the first Chief

Alagistrate who has witnessed such a ceremony for many generations . We have not space to give a full report of the proceeding-as we should like to do , suffice it to say that the entertainment passed off most successfully , and reflected great credit on all concerned . Bro . Thomas Sangster , the Recorder , has been untiring in his efforts to establish the Fraternitie on a sound basis , and he has been ably aided by Bro . James Stevens .

On Saturday afternoon , the 2 tst . inst ., Mr . Clarke , the proprietor of the Southampton Hotel , Southampton-buildings , Chancery-lane , celebrated the opening of the new building by a luncheon , to which about sixty gentlemen sat down . The old building , which was rich in historic associations , succumbed to the improving hand oi the modern caterer some short time ago , and in its place

has been erected a handsome , commodious , and comfortable structure . Although the building stands only on the same space of ground as the former building , the accommodation is much greater , and the bar being of horse shoe shape in the middle of the ground floor , locomotion is

renderedeasy The fittings are elegant and of the best description , and there is a better arrangement for the access of light than in the old hotel . On the three other floors there is also excellent accommodation , and the spirited proprietor seems to have omitted nothing to secure the patronage of the large legal population which is located in he district .

Our readers are aware lhat by a recent resolution of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter it has been determined , as in the Craft , to grant permission to wear centenary jewels to the members of any chapter which can satisfactorily prove existence and unbroken continuous working for 100 years . There can be but few chapters in regard to which this is possible . We understand that one

or two have made application , of which only the Royal Cumberland Chapter , No . 41 , Bath , has been successful . Not only has ample proof been afforded as to the justness of the claim , but , as is the case with the Craft lodge to which it is attached , it may be considered most creditable that the whole of the minutes are complete from its commencement . No . 41 , therefore , has the satisfaction of

being the first chapter to obtain this honour . We hear that the warrant is in the possession of the Al . E . Z ., duly signed by H . R . H . tbe Prince of Wales , Grand Z . j Lord Lathom , Grand H . j and Lord de Tabley , Grand J . ; as are also the jewels themselves ready for distribution at a meeting to be held on the 14 th prox ., when the event will be suitably celebrated , with the assistance of some most

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