Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WAI . ES , attended by Com . the Hon . Seymour Fortescue , left Marlborough House on Tuesday for Newmarket . THE DUCHESS OF ALBANY , with her son and daughter , has left Vienna for Stuttgart in response to an invitation from the King and Queen of Wurtemberg . UNDER THE presidency cf Sir William H . White , the Institution of Mechanical Engineers will open its new session this ( Friday ) evening with the first of a series of monthly meetings .

EARL CADOGAN has postponed his departure for Dublin until next week . His Excellency will attend the forthcoming Cabinet Council , and , with Countess Cadogan , has arranged to leave for Ireland as so ^ n as their son has left for South Africa with the loth Hussars . , CRIPPLED CHILDREN AND THE LORD MAYOR ' S SHOW . —Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Treloar intends , as usual , to devote his two establishments on Ludjita Hill to crippled children on the gin prox ., in order that they miy have an opportunity of sesin ? the Lord Mayor's Show .

CRICHTON LODGE , No . 1 C 41 . —At the election meeting held at Restaurant Frascati , Oxford-street , W ., on Saturday , the 21 st instant , Bro . Chas . H . Stone , S . W ., was unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year , Bro . G . M . E . Hamilton , P . M ., Treas ., and Bro . Harrison , Tyler . The installation takes place in December .

ON BEHALF of the burgesses of the borough of Chepsing Wyco'dS ; , Bucks , Bro Earl Carrington presided at a complimentary dinner , and than perform : d the interesting function of presenting to the outgoing Mayor ( Mr . C . W . D / acon ) a gold witch an ! chain and an illuminated address , towards which subscriplioas had been giyr ; n by all classes of the population .

THE SHERIFFS OF LONDON ( Bros . Alderman Treloar and A . Bevan ) proceeded on the morning of Wednesday to the Law Courts in their carriages , for the purpose of escorting Mr . Justice Channel ! to the Old Bailey . This is a new departure , and it is understood that the practice will be carried out each session on the first day the Judge attends the Central Criminal Court .

ON TUESDAY the Lord Mayor Elect ( Bro . Alderman Newton ) , attended by the City officials , waited on the Lord Chancellor ( Bro . the Earl of Halsbury ) at the House of Lords to receive the Oueen ' s approval of his election . Among those present were Bro . Sir R . Hanson , Bart ., M . P ., Sir C . Hall , M . P ., Sir VV . R . Cotton , Bro . Sir J . B . Monckton , and Bros . Sheriffs Treloar and Bevan .

PRINCESS ADOLPHUS OF TECK , who is staying at Grosvenor House , gave birth on Monday last to a daughter . Telegrams announcing the happy event were forwarded to the Queen , T . R . H . the Prince and Princess of Wales , the Duke and Duchess of York , the Du ' ke of Cambridge , and the Duke and Duchess of Westminster . Late the same night mother and daughter were reported to be doing well .

H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES received at Marlborough House , on Monday , ex-President Harrison , of the United States , who was presented to his Royal Highness by his Excellency the United States Ambassador . In the evening his Royal Highness , accompanied by Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark and suite , witnessed the performance of " My Daughter-in-Law , " at the Ctiterion Theatre .

THE ELCHO CHALLENGE SHIELD , won again by an English Eight , was reinstated in the Guildhall on Saturday evening , in the presence of Bro . the Lord Mayor , the Sheriffs , and a large number of Volunteers and others . Bro . the Lord Mayor subsequently entertained a numerous company at dinner at the Mansion House , to meet the English Eight and the Commanding Officers of Metropolitan Volunteers .

NEW GRAND MASTER MASON OF SCOTLAND . —At a meeting of the Grand Committee of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , held in Edinburgh on the 19 th instant , the Sub titute Grand Master , Bro . Captain Hope , in the chair , Bro . lthe Hon . James Hozier , M . P ., was , with unanimity and enthusiasm , nominated for election by Grand Lodge as Grand Master Mason of Scotland , in the room of Lord Saltoun , whose three years ' period of office expires on St . Andrew's Day .

THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR gave a dinner party on Tuesday at the Embassy , 1 , Charlton Hcuse-terrace , in honour of Mr . B . Harrison , ex . President of the United States , at which there were present , among others , the Marquess of Salisbury , the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Lord Chancellor ( Bro . the Ear ! oi Halsbury ) , the Marquess of I ansdowne , Bro . Viscount Wolseley , the Bishop of London , Bro . Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Lord Mount Stephen , Lord Pauncefote , Mr . Balfour , M . P ., Mr . Biyce , M . P ., Mr . Leckv , M . P ., Lord Justice Collins , Sir E . Wood , V . C . thc Attorney-General , and Sir R . T . Reid , M . P .

ALTHOUGH the Commander-in-Chief was absent—a fact which Viscount Wolseley said , in a telegram which he forwarded , was to him a great disappointment , there was , at the annual Colchester oyster feast on Wednesday last a large and representative company present to support the Mayor , Mr . Edwin E . Saunders , among them being the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs of London ( Bros . Alderman Sir J . V . Moore , Aldermen Treloar and Bevan ); Cardinal Vaughan , Bro . the Dean of Rochester , SirCourtcnay Boyle , the Mayors of Ipswich , Cambridge , and Chelmsford , Sir W . 13 . Pearson , M . P ., Sir VV . Birt , Major-General Abadie , C . B ., Lieut .-General Quayle-Jones , Lieut .-Col . Challoner , and a number of the officers of the regiment stationed in the district .

RELICS OF LORD NELSON . —On Saturday last , the 21 st instant , the third celebration of the anniversary of the hero of Tra . algar took place , under the auspices of the Navy League , at Trafalgar-square , around the base of the Nelson Column . As on previous occasions , it was garlanded . There were many votive offerings of laurel wreaths and flower decorations placed around the steps , at the base , deposited by branches of the Navy League and private individuals . The dense fog , however , which prevailed during the day proved a sad drawback to the general effect , causing even

the electric lights , which encircled thc column , to pale their brilliant splendour . In spite of the horrible weather , the crowd of patriotic spectators was so tremendous that those who wished , as far as the fog permitted , to see the decorations were compelled to form a queue , as though at the pit door of a theatre . To while away the dreary waiting , as the people with slow steps walked around the base , somebody started singing , and , for a considerable time , a roar of patriotic voices rose above the fog and filthy air . " God save the Queen , " "Rule Britannia , " "The Death of

Nelson , " and "Soldiers of the Queen , '' were sung over and overagiin . It is gratifying to state that in spite of the tremendous pressure , the crowd wis orderly and wellbehaved . This festive scene , under weather difficulties , was continued until midnight , when the electric lights were extinguished . This brief description leads up to our subject , " Relics of Lord Nelson . " On Saturday last there was exhibited in one of the front windows of Pears Soap , Ltd ., New Oxford-stieet , the silver plate presented at Lloyd ' s Coffee House , in the city of London , by the shipping world to the heroic and

immortal Nelson in recognition of his great achievement at the battle of Copenhagen , fought 2 nd April , 1 S 01 . This plate consists of tea and coffee services , salt cellars and spoons , pepper castors , and wine coolers ( 21 ; each article has Lord Nslson ' sarmorial bearingsengraved thereon . Thaengraved inscription on the wine coolers reads thu < : '' Presented by the Committee appointed to manage the subscription raised for the benefit of the wounded and the relatives cf those who were killed in the glorious victory obtained off Copenhagen , on 2 nd April , ISOI , to Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson , K . B ., Duke of Bronto .

& c , & c , & c , in testimony of the hi ^ h sense entertained of his meritorious an ! unprecedented exertions in defence of his country , which , at the peril and danger of his life , he so nobly . sustained previous to the engagement , and as a token of his brilliant and gallant conduct during the whole of that ever memoiable action . —Lloyd ' s Coffee House . ( Signed ) John Julius Angerstein , Chairman . " Around these wine cooleis it was Nelson ' s custom to invite the officers of his licet to dine with him on the Victory , ion .

gun ship , i . n which vessel he met his death , oft Cape irafalgar , 21 st October , 1805 . These aiticks of plate were purchased of Lord Vi . count Bridpoit , a lineal descendant , and the Rev Earl Nclsc n , the brother of our illustrious hero . There arc other Nelson relics at the Unittd Seivice Museum—Nelson ' s cocked hat , worn at Trafalgar ; his diamond plume aigrette , given him by the Sultan ; his diamond-hilted swjrd ( a presentation gift ) , & c . Ihe fame of Nelson will never be allowed to die by the grateful people of England—his illustrious name is perennially revived .

Masonic And General Tidings.

SIR FRANK LASCEI . LES , the British Ambassador in Berlin , has arrived in town on leave of absence . THE DUCHESS OF ABERCOSN returned to town on Tuesday from Baron's Court , Newtown Stewart , Ireland . _ THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR AND MRS , CHOATE have left town on a viiit to thc Duke of Sutherland at Trontham Hall . LCD PAUNCEFOTE , her Majesty ' s Ambassador at Washington , took his seat in the House of Lords , on his elevation to the Peerage .

THE BENEFIT ACCORDED to Tom Richardson this year is expected to result in something like £ 1000 being presented to the popular Surrey professional . THE CITY COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL decided on Thursday to present the Lidy Mayoress , on her retirement , with a handsome and costly diamond pendant . 1 'Rr'CB AND PRINCESS FRANCIS J OSEPH OF BATTENBERG left Victoria on Tuesday night for Darmstadt , travelling via Queenborough and Flushing . LORD ROSEBERY , who is at present visiting Bath , was entertained at dinner on Thursday night in the Assembly Rooms by a number of West of England Etonians .

PRINCESS CLEMENTINE OF SAXE-COBURG AND GOTHA , accompanied by Prince Philip of Saxe-Ccburg and Gotha , arrived in town on Thursday evening from Vienna . BRO . SIR HENRY IRVING and his company have arrived safely in New York , " What England now wants most , " he is reported to have said , " is America's moral support in this crisis . " THE QUEEN has forwarded , through Colonel Sir Fleetwood Edwards , K . C . B ., her annual subscription of £ 50 to the Army and Navy Pensioners' Employment Society , of which her Majesty is patron .

THE LORB-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND , attended by Mr . Algernon Peel , Private Secretary , and the Hon . Gerald Cadogan , A . D . C . in Waiting , left London on Thursday night on his return to the Viceregal Lodge , Dublin . LORD AND LADY WIMBORNE give a farewell Jdinner this evening ( Friday ) at Wimborne House to the officers of the Royals , who have been ordered for service in South Africa . Their second son , the Hon . Christian Guest , is among them .

BRO . LORD KITCHENER * returning with Sir R . Wingate to Cairo , as it is improbrobable that a fuither expedition against the Khalifa , who has retreated from his camp at Jabcl Kedir into the fastnesses of Darfur , will be organised for some time .

THE MEMBERS of the Royal Navy Club , 17 G 5-S 5 , dined at the Hotel Metropole on Tuesday evening to commemorate Trafalgar Day , 1 S 05 , and the Battle of Camperdown , 1797 . Vice-Admira ! Sir VV . R . Kennedy presided , and the guest of the evening was Gen . Sir H . Brackenbury . Covers were laid for 100 . MADAME AI . BANI , after the concert at Balmoral on Friday last , was presented by the Queen with a portrait of her Majesty , mounted in green enamel , in a silver case . Miss ~ Ada Crossley received a pearl bracelet , Mr . Ben Davies a large silver cigar-box , Mons . Johannes Wolff a silver inkstand , and Mr . F . A . Sewell a silver ash-tray .

MR . LEOPOLD HE ROTHSCHILD has consented to preside on the occasion of the annual dinner of the Goldsmiths' and Jewellers' Annuity and Asylum Institution , at the Holborn Restaurant , on the Sth prox . Funds are urgently needed for this meritorious society .

THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSB OF COMMONS ( Bro . the Rt . Hon . W . C . Gully , Q . C . ) unveiled a stained-glass window in Kingston Town Hall , on Thursday , in memory of the 700 th anniversary of the granting of the local charter . Bro . Gully afterwards dined with the Mayor . A MEETING of the Old Boys' Lodge , No . 2500 , held at the Criterion on the 17 th inst ., was made the occasion of presenting to the W . M ., Bro . W . S . Bunting , the clothing of a Prov . Junior Grand Warden of Essex , to which office he was- lately appointed and invested by Bro . the Earl of Warwick , Provincial Grand Master of the county .

THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL COMPANY have decided to promote in Parliament a bill enabling them to acquire the Manchester Racecourse for the extension of thc docks , storage , and railway accommodation . The canal runs along one side of the racecourse . On Thursday , the Consultative Committee of the Manchester Corporation passed a resolution approving of the bill . The resolution will have to come before the City Council .

THE QUEEN went out at Balmoral on Wednesday with their Royal Highnesses the Princess of Wales and Princess Henry of Battenberg . Her Majesty drove in the afternoon , accompanied by the Princess of Wales . General Sir Dighton Probyn , V . C ., has arrived at the Castle , and with Miss Knollys , Licut .-Colonel the Hon . H . C . Legge , and Major Victor Farquharson , had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family .

IT IS hardly possible to have too much of "Uncle Remus . A new volume from his pen will be published immediately by Messrs . Constable with the title " Plantation Pageants . " It reintroduces a number of old friends who have appeared in the " Thimblefinger" stories . Aunt Minervy Ann is there , and Buster John , Sweetest Susan , Drusilla , Brer Rabbit , Brer Fox , and several others of Mr . Joe ! Chandler Harris ' s delightful creations will engage in fresh adventures .

ON THE 17 th inst ., the first meeting for the season of the Arnold Lodge , No . 1799 , was held at the Marine Hotel , Walton-on-Naze , Bro . S . T . T . James , W . M ., presiding . Clacton was well represented by Bros . Wright , Franks , Lowe , King , Sutton , Sparling , and others , whilst the local brethren mustered well . At the close of thc business , a capital banquet was served by Miss Thorpe , manageress , and most thoroughly enjoyed by about 20 members who sat down to it .

REFUGEES' AID FUND . —There was a lull on Thursday in the receipts for the Transvaal Refugees' Fund , only about £ 1500 having been paid into the Mansion House during the day . The Lord Mayor ( Bro . Sir J . V . Moore ) sent a further remittance cf £ 16 , 000 to Sir Alfred Milner , making £ 140 , 000 so far forwarded . The donors on Thursday included the Village Main Reef Gold Company , v'hich sent £ 250 ; the London and Provincial Bank , £ 105 ; Sir Robert Tempest , £ 50 ; the South African Breweries , Limited , £ 105 ; the British Thomson-Houston Company , £ 52 ios . ; Messrs . George Elliot and Co ., iTico ; and Mr . E . Stephani , £ 52 ios .

. LORD MAYOR ' NEW FUND . —About £ 30 , 000 had been subscribed down to Thursday night towards the Lord Mayor's Fund at the Mansion House for the widows and orphans of the the soldiers and sailors killed in the war ( including officers ) , for the sick and wounded under treatment , for soldiers disabled from service , and for the wives and families of men serving with the Colours . The Court of Directors of the Bank of England , at their meeting on Thursday , had under consideration the question of a contribution to the Fu : id , and granted a donation of . £ 5000 . The Bank desired to make no specific indication in regard to its application .

A COMMENCEMENT has been made with the work which will carry into practical effect the idea originated by Mr . G . tf . Watts , R . A ., of constructing a memorial cloister in the " Postmen's Park , " Aldersgate , for the names and deeds of everyday heroes and heroines . Mr . Watts , who will defray the cost , has conceived a very simple design , consisting of a red-t led roof , sloping from the wall to a height of 7 ft . from the ground . The lloor , which will be about 7 ft . wide , will also be red tiled , and the covered way will extend a distance of 50 ft . Above the seats are to be placed a number of numoiial tablets , which will contain a recoid of the names and heroic achievements of all those who deserve the Victoria Cross of Peace .

Marriage.

Marriage .

CARDEW—EVRRKTT . —On tho 18 th instant , tat St . Saviour ' s Church , Brixton , by the Rev . Walter Home , M . A ., Alfred Edward Ernest Cardew , of Kensington , to Biondella Bertha ( Delli ) , second diughter of Bro . George Everett , of " Clarcmont , " Clapham .