Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

We have much pleasure in announcing- that R . W . Bro . General Studholme Brownrigg , Prov . Grand Master for Surrey , has kindly consented to take the chair at the next Festival of the Girls' School , which has been fixed for Wednesday , the 19 th May , 1 SS 6 .

The Shadwell Clerke Preceptory , K . T . ( Sir Knight H . Lovegrove , E . P . ) , will meet at 33 , Goldensquare , on Monday , the 7 th of December . An emergency meeting of the Henry Levander Lodge will be held to-morrow ( Saturday ) at the Railway Station , Harrow , Bro . W . A . Scurrah , W . M .

Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Connaught , with their two children , arrived at Windsor on Thursday , the 19 th inst ., on a visit to the Cjueen . Bro . Lord HennikeT , P . G . S . W ., and P . G . M . M . M . of England and Wales , kissed hands on Thursday , the 19 th inst ., on being appointed Lord-in- \ Vaiting to the Oueen .

Cleveland , in Ohio , now has three commanderies of Knights Templar , a dispensation for a new one having been granted during the past year by the G . Conclave of Ohio . Bro . \ V . W . Snelling stated on Friday , the 13 th inst ., at the annual audit meeting of the Metropolitan Masonic Benevolent Association , that £ 1642 had been paid over to the Masonic Charities .

According to the . Morning Post , a marriage has been arranged between Bro . Major the Earl of Airlie , 10 th Hussars , and the Lady Mabel Gore , eldest daughter of Bro . the Earl of Arran . Lady Brooke , wife of R . W . Bro . Lord Brooke , P . G . M . Essex , nave birth to a son on Sunday last at Easton Lodge , Dunmow . Both her ladyship and the

infant are progressing favourably . Bro . T . R . Palton , Grand Treasurer of Pennsylvania , has returned from his visit to the old country , and was present at the ceremony of laying the corner-stone of the Schiller Monument , Philadelphia , on the 10 th inst . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , and the Countess of Carnarvon , who arrived at

Windsor Castle on Tuesday , and Bro . Sir E . Malet , had the honour of being included in the Royal dinner party that day . Bro . Wilhelm Kuhe , P . G . Organist , gave his annual evening concert in the Dome , Brighton , on Monday evening . Madame Albani , Miss Griswold , the American soprano , Madame Antoinette Sterling , and BTO . Maybrick wero among the vocalists . The audience was numerous and enthusiastic

Bro . Toole commenced an engagement at the Brighton Theatre on Monday , " Paul Pry " and " Stage Dora " being included in the bill . The house was filled in every part , and the greeting extended to the popular actor was a highly gratifying one . The engagement terminates to-morrow ( Saturday ) . Bro . the Earl and Countess of Lisburne and

Bro . General Viscount and Viscountess Wolseley were among the guests at the marriage on Thursday , the 19 th inst ., at the church of St . Barnabas , Pimlico , of the Earl of Dysart with Miss Florence Newton , daughter of Mr . G . O . Newton , of Croxton Park , Cambridgeshire . Bro . Sir J . McGarel Hogg , Bart ., presided at

the usual weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works on Friday , the 20 th inst ., when a memorial from Greenwich praying that measures should be taken for the formation of a tunnel or subway under the Thames between Greenwich and Poplar was presented . Bro . T . VV . Boord spoke in favour of the memorial , which was afterwards referred for consideration to the proper Committee .

According to the Philadelphia Keystone , a family residing near Camden , South Carolina , has in its possession a solid silver Masonic trowel , which was made for Bro . the Marquis La Fayette to lay the corner-stone of the De Kalb monument with in 1 S 25 , and has been used for

a like purpose since in laying the corner-stone of the Masonic Hall , Charleston ; the Confederate Monument , Columbia j the Jasper Monument , Chaileston j the Confederate Monument in Camden , and the new Opera House , Camden . It still has a piece of ribbon attached to it which was put on in 1 S 25 .

The following dinners took place at the Freemasons' Tavern , ior the week ending Saturday , the 28 th inst .: —Monday—Banquet to Count Miinster ; Old King's Arms Lodge ; De Grey and Ripon Lodge ; Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge . Tuesday—Tuscan Lodge ; Lodge of Prudent Brethren ; St . James ' s Union Chapter ;

Royal Savoy Lodge . Wednesday—Lodge of Antiquity ; Evening Star Lodge ; Bedford Chapter . Thursday—London Master Bakers' Pension and Almshouse Society Ball ; Grenadiers' Lodge ; Mount Moriah Lodge ; St . George ' s Chapter ; Van Chapter ; Girls' School Club . Friday—Jerusalem Lodge ; Duke of Cornwall Chapter ; Royal York Lodge . Saturday—City Albion Cricket Club .

The Crown Princess of German } ' , Princess Royal ° f Great Britain , formally handed over the new English church , dedicated to ourpatron saint , St . George , anderected for the benefit of the English community at Berlin , to the authorities of our Church , on Saturday last , being the anniversary of her birthday . The church was consecrated by Bishop Titcomb . and there were present many

clergvmen attached to the English churches in Germany . Several Members of the Imperial Family were present , and Bro . j he Emperor of Germany would likewise have attended nut for his indisposition . However , his Majesty had alread y shown his interest in the church by defraying the

cost of one of the larger windows , and the Empress gave a set of costly altar ornaments , the Crown Princess an altar-cloth , embroidered by her own hands , the English Koyal Family a window in memory of the late Prince l-onsort , and the Duke of Bedford an Albany West window " 1 memory of the late Lord Ampthill .

Masonic And General Tidings

The Grand Masters Council of Royal and Select Masters will meet at the Masonic Hall , Red Lionsquare , to-day ( Friday ) . Bro . the Earl and the Countess of Dalhousie have left England on a visit to New Zealand . Bro . Sir Frederick Johnstone , of Westerhall , has granted to the tenants on his Dumfries estates an

abatement in their rents of 20 per csnt . for the year . The Prince of Wales was to leave for Birmingham to-day ( Friday ) , and on returning to-morrow , would leave Marlborough House the same day , in order to rejoin the Princess at Sandringham . Bro . Sims Reeves held his second concert ol the season at the Connaught Hall , on Saturday evening last , when there was a numerous and enthusiastic audience .

Bro . Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., has been appointed a member of the Metropolitan Board of Works , vice Bro . Alderman Staples , the newly-installed Lord Mayor . Bro . A . Staveley-Hill , Q . C ., Recorder of Banbury and Counsel to the Admiralty , has been elected Treasurer of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple for the ensuing year .

The Prince and Princess of Wales , with their younger son , Prince George , arrived at Marlborough House on Monday after a brief visit to the Queen at Windsor . Prince Albert Victor left the Castle the same day for Aidershot to resume his duties with his regiment .

M . W . Bro . the Hon . Richard Vane , P . G . M . Pennsylvania , was present in La Fayette Lodge , No . 19 , Washington , D . C , on the occasion of the visit of M . W . Bro . Mysoon M . Parker , G . M . District of Colombia , and , by the special invitation of that brother , delivered a most eloquent . address on Masonry .

At the meeting of the Lodge of Good Fellowship , No . 276 , held at the VVhite Hart , Chelmsford , on Thursday , the 19 th inst ., Dr . Holland , of Chelmsford , was elected a member and passed to the Second Degree . Bro . A . C . Durrant , S . W ., was elected to be Master of the lodge for the ensuing year , the usual oyster supper was afterwards served to the brethren .

We learn that a portrait of the late Sir Kni ght Andrew Robins , jun ., has been executed under the special instructions of his widow , Mrs . Helen A . Robins , and was to be presented to the Mary Commandery of Knights Templar , Philadelphia , on Friday , the 13 th inst . The deceased had rendered most signal services to that body , and the Sir Knights will appreciate highly the thoughtful gift of his widow .

Our contemporary Knowledge has taken a new departure , and from being a weekly is now a magazine issued monthly , at the modest price of sixpence . But though changed as to the period of its issue , it retains all its old merits , and at the same time very appreciably increased their range . It has several illustrations , and the articles are worthy contributions to our knowledge on all matters of a scientific , literary , and artistic character .

The scheme for establishing an " Albany Institute " and Hall at Slough , seems well on its way towards realisation , a Committee meeting having been held at the Crown Hotel , Slough , on the iSth instant , when a large amount of subscriptions promised , including one of £ 500 and the site from Bro . Chadsley , and another of £ 500 from Bro . Elleman , were announced . We congratulate our Slough friends on the success which is attending their efforts .

We have much pleasure in announcing that at the last meeting of thc Sackville Lodge , No . 1619 , East Grinstead , the following resolution was proposed by Bro . G . D . Woolgar , J . W ., seconded by Bro . W . Rudge , P . M ., P . P . G . S . B ., and unanimously carried— "That the hearty congratulations of the lodge be offered to Bro . J .

Farncombe , on his being elected Mayor of the county town , and that thc same be entered and recorded on the minutes of the lodge meeting . " Many similar congratulatory messages have , we believe , been received by our worthy Bro . Farncombe , who , as a Mason of good standing , and a man who has done good service in his sphere of business , undoubtedly deserves them all .

Our Masonic friends are again preparing for their amateur dramatic campaign . They gave their first entertainment , this season , on Thursday , when they offered the " Captain of the Watch" and " Uncle . " To-day ( Friday ) there will be given " Shipmates" and a musical arrangement of Henry Fielding ' s "Mock Doctor" ( Moliere ' s " Le Medecin Malgre Lui" ) . The demand for

tickets this season is as brisk as ever . And then there is the annual outing to Baslow Hydro , when it occurs simultaneously to so many good people that they want a change —quiet walks in the woods , early to bed and early to rise , and all the charms of rural life without the racket and toil of town " pleasures . " To sleep at ten , and up at seven ! That is as it ought to be , you know . And don't they do it , too ' . —Sheffield Daily Telegraph .

A new Royal Arch chapter of improvement is about to be formed under the sanction of the Hornsey Chapter , No . Spo , of which Comp . Churchward , M . D ., is the M . E . Z . 1 he petition is signed by upwards of seventy Royal Arch Masons , including very many well known and distinguished workers . The preliminary meeting will be held at the Porchester Hotel , Porchester-terrace ,

Clevelandsquare , VV ., on Saturday , 5 th December , for the purpose of sketching the bye-laws and arranging the executive . The license having been granted the chapter of improvement will meet regularly every Saturday at the above address , at 8 p . m . All companions are invited to attend on Saturday , the 12 th December , on which evening the ceremony of consecration will be rehearsed , and the clauses worked .

HOLLOWAY ' PILLS . —Invalids distracted by indigestion and discouraged in their search for its remedy shonld make trial of this never failing medicine . A lady , long a martyr to dyspeptic tortures , writes that Holloway ' s Pills made her feel as if a burden had been taken oil' her . Her spirits , formerly low , have greatly improved ; her capricious appetite has given place to heallhy hunger ; her dull marvellous

sick headache has departed , and gradually so a change has been ell ' cctcd , that she is altogether a new creature , and again lit for her duties . These Pills may he administered with safety to the most delicate . They never act harshly , nor do they ever induce weakness ; they rightly direct derenged and control excessive action , —[ ADVT . )

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . Major Charles Harding , G . A . D . C . England , has been gazetted Hon . Colonel of the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment . Bro . the Marquis and Marchioness of Headfort , with Lady Adelaide Taylour and Miss Wilson Patten , have left Headfort House , Kells , for Weston Park , Shifnal . Bro . Sir Edward Malet , our Ambassador at

Berlin , who is on a visit to this country , arrived at Windsor Castle on Monday and had an audience of her Majesty . According to the Ne-. e Zealand Freemason , the brethren of Nelson have commenced the erection of a new Masonic Hall , which , it is expected , will be ready for their reception next month .

Bro . Dr . B . W . Richardson has been re-elected a director , and Bro . P . de Lande Long one of the auditors of the Briton Life Association , Limited . Bro . the Lord Mayor will preside at the annual distribution of prizes to the 3 rd London Rifles , the ceremony being fixed for Saturday , the 12 th prox ., at the Guildhall .

Bro . J . D . Allcroft , Past G . Treas ., will preside to-day ( Friday ) , at the Cannon Street Hotel , at the 31 st annual meeting of the Subscribers of the British Hospital for Incurables . A gold medal has been awarded to Kendal and Dent , watchmakers , 106 , Cheapside , London , by the Paris International Exhibition , 1 SS 5 , for various improvements

and general excellence in watches , among which are patent watches for the blind , & c . At a recent meeting of the members of the Porchester Lodge of Mark Master Masons , Reading , Bro . Stephen Knight , S . W ., P . P . D . C , was elected W . M . for the ensuing year ; and Bro . Head was elected Treasurer . The sixth half-yearly communication of the

District Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons was held in the Masonic Temple , Maritzburg , South Africa , on the 24 th of September last , when the proceedings passed off with that harmony and success which always mark the periodical fraternisings of the members of this influential Order . Bro . Charles Du Val , having completed his flying

tour to South Africa with a visit to Durban , has left for the Mauritius , en route for India . Bro . Du Val ' s trip has been most successful , owing greatly , no doubt , to the popularity he obtained on the occasion of his first visit . The return home to England , via Egypt , Malta , and Gibraltar , is fixed for next summer .

A silver toilet set was , on Tuesday , presented to the Hon . Mrs . Northcote , wife of Bro . the Hon . H . S . Northcote , M . P . for Exeter , and daughter-in-law of the Earl of Iddesleigh , by the conservative ladies of Exeter , as a memento of the friendships made during the election . The subscription was limited to one shilling each , the number of ladies who joined in raising the gift being 700 .

lhe North London Masonic Benevolent Ball will be held at the Holborn Town Hall , on Wednesday , the 13 th January , 1 SS 6 , it beinjj the third consecutive year in which this pleasant gathering has taken place . The profits will be given to the Masonic Charities , and , considering what an indefatigable body of brethren have consented to act as Stewards , we may look for the receipt of a good

round sum by our Institutions as the result . Bro . R . P . Forge , P . M ., will be the M . C , and Bros . J . Cooper , J . Baker , R . Baker , N . L . Western , C Dearing , H . B . Harding , are among the Stewards . The services of the band of the Honourable Artillery Company have been secured , and a dispensation granted to wear Masonic clothing . Tickets ( lady or gentleman ) , 5 s . ; supper

tickets , 3 s . Full particulars to be had of Bro . E . Woodman , W . M . 1950 , and Honorary Secretary of the Committee , at 76 , Marquess-road , Canonbury , N . The funeral of the late Bro . Viscount Ranelagh , K . C . B ., took place in Fulham Churchyard , on Saturday , nearly all the officers and men of the South Middlesex Rille Corps being present , besides representativesfrom the other

Metropolitan Volunteer Corps . The ceremony was conducted with milritay pomp and circumstance , the body of the deceased being borne on a gun carriage , which had been lent for the occasion by the War Office authorities , and theu sual volleys being fired at the grave . The deceased , who was born on the gth January , 1812 , and died on the 13 th instant , and was in his 74 th

year , had had considerable experience of active military life in the war between Holland and Belgium , and the Carlist war in Spain , and played a leading part in the movement which led to the establishment of cur Volunteer army . He had been in command of the South Midldesex Corps from its formation , and some years since Her

Majesty , in recognition of his valuable services in behalf of the Volunteers , conferred on him the distinction of a Knight Commander of the Bath . As a mark of respect to their deceased Commandant the officers of the South Middlesex Volunteer Regiment will wear mourning for the space of three months .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the week ending Saturday , December 5 , 18 S 5 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Rose Croix Chapters , Preceptories , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place , day , or month of meeting .

SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 28 . Lodge 1679 , Henry Muggeridge , M . H ., Masons' -avenue . ,, 1706 , Orpheus , Freemasons' Hall . „ 1 9 , Shadwell Clerke , SA , Red Lion-sq ., W . C . Chap . 176 , Caveac , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st .

LODGES OV INSTRUCTION . Manchester , 17 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq ., at 8 . Percy , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at 8 . Star , Five Bells , New Cross-rd ., S . E ., at 7 . King Harold , Four Swans , Waltham Cross , at 7 . Alexandra Palace , Station Ho ., Camberwell New-rd ., at 7 . 30 . Eccleston , Crown and Anchor , 7 g , Ebury-street , Pimlico , at 7 . Chiswick , Old Tabard Inn , Bedford-park , Chiswick . 7 . 30 .