Masonic And General Tidings.

In consee ] uence of the visit of the Queen to Italy , the ar nual presentation of drawings bv thc hoys of Christ ' s Hospital to her Majesty will not take place this year . Prince Waldemar , third son of the Crown Prince of Germany , died suddenly of heart disease at halfpast three o'clock on Thursday morning . The deceased Prince was born on the ioth of February , 1 S 68 , and had , therefore , completed his i ith year .

The Eastern Telegraph Company have concluded their arrangements , and the ships carrying the cables will depart immediately . The first ship will sail right away to Natal , and will commence to lay the cable towards Mozambique . The other ships will join her , and , taking there several sections of cable , will make a complete cable to Aden , where it will join the Eastern

Telegraph system , which communicates directly with India , China , Australia , Sec . The cable will he worked under the general administration of the Eastern Telegraph Company . AMBULANCE CLASSES . —Major Duncan , R . A ., en Wednesday last distributed , in connection with the ambulance classes of tbe Order of St . John of Jerusalem

the certificates gained by members of the 2 nd Middlesex ( her Majesty's Customs and the Docks ) Artillery Volunteers . The ceremony look place in the lobby of the Custom House . Major Duncan in his address mentioned that ambulance classes hail now been established in no less than fifty of the principal cities a-id towns in England , the most recent being Margate and at Rugby Junction ,

where fifty porters had be-en enlisted in the cause . It was not their intention to intrude on the province of the doctors , but rather to assist them in thc first instance . All the collieries had reaelily accepted the proffered aid , and he was glad to hear that only recently there were five cases of saving life due to the action taken . DEAR AND CHEAP VEGETABLES . —The Pall

Mall Gazette of January 18 th mentions that in a suburb of London the following prices are charged for vegetables : —Carrots , id . each -, turnips , _& . each ; parsnips , _ A , each ; savoys , ad . each ; potatoes proportionately dear . These exorbitant prices should induce all who have a spare piece of ground to grow their own vegetables . Messrs . Sutton & Sons , the Queen's seedsmen , Reading , supply collections of vegetable seeds for the amateur's small

garden at 12 s . Gd ., 15 s ., and 21 s . each , the latter collection carriage free ; while those who prefer making their own selection can have all seeds sent free by post ( except peas and beans ) on receipt of order . " Sutton ' s Amateur ' s Guide in Horticulture , " which contains full particulars as to when to sow , what to sow , and how to sow , may be hatl post free for 15 stamps , cr for is . at all the tail way bookstalls .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

For the Week ending Friday , April 4 , 1879 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place , day , or months of meeting .

SATURDAY , MARCH 29 . Lodge 1706 , Orpheus , F . M . H . LODGES OP INSTHUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond .

Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , King ' s Head , Ebury Bridge-, Pimlico . Percy , 113 , Southgate-rd ., N . John Ileriey , Albion Hall , Lonelon Wall , at 7 . 30 .

MONDAY , MARCH 31 . Lodge 79 , P ) thagorenn , Ship Hotel , Greenwich . „ 1745 , Farringdon Without , Viaduct Hot ., Holborn . Chap . 188 , Joppa , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 1201 , Eclectic , F . M . H .

LODGES or INSTRUCTION . WePington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford . St . John , Gun Hot ., Wapping , 8 till 10 . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Old Rodney ' s Head , Old-st ., E . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station .

Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camden Town , at 8 . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Milc-cnd-rd . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . UpperNorwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd .

Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney . Loughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . "West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . St . George's , Globe Tav ., Greenwich . Doric Chapter , 248 , Globe-rd ., Mile End-rd ., at 8 . John iiervey , Albion Hall , 7 . 30 .

TUESDAY , APRIL / . Colonial Board , at 4 . Lodge 7 , Royal York e , f Perseverance , F . M . H . ,, 18 , Old Dundee ' , Cannon-st . Hot . „ 101 , Temple , Ship anil Turtle , Leadenhall-st .

„ 21 7 , Stability , Anelerton's Hot ., Fleet-st . ,, 129 K , Royal Standard , Wellington Club , N . ,, 1 . 3 81 , Kennington , Surrey Tav ., Kennington Oval . „ 1472 , Henley , Three Crowns , Noith Woolwich . „ ib' 13 , Kingsland , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N . Chap , idii , Temperance , White Swan Tav ., Deptford .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

¦ L ODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonville-rd . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatie , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John's Wood . Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-sU

Dalhousie , The Sisters' Tav ., Pownall-rd ,, E . Florence Nightingale , F . M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Wandsworth , Spread Eagle Hot ., Wandsworth . Royal Arthur , Prince's Head , York-road , Battersea . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone .

Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe . at . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wayping . Islington , Three Bucks , 23 , Gresham-st ., at 7 p . m . Leopold , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., Bermondsey . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' s . Sir Hugh Myddelton , 162 , St . John ' s-st .-rd . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill , Clapton Chapter , White Hart Tav ., Upper Clapton .

WEDNESDAY , APRIL 2 . Lodge 51 j , Zetland , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 168 7 , Rothesay , Inns of Court Hot . ,, 1766 , St . Leonard , Town Hall , Shoreditch . Encamp . 129 , Holy Palestine , Regent M . H ., 08 , Regent-st .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-st ., at 7 till 9 . Urban , 23 , Gresham-street , City , E . C ., at 6 . 30 . New Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N . Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Stones-End , E . Pythagorean , Portland Hot ., London-st ,, Greenwich . La Tolerance , 2 , Maddox-st ., W ., at 7 . 45 .

Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-rd , Peckhatc . Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Finsbury Park , Eat \ Russell , Isletion-rd , Holloway , at 8 . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park . Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston , E . Dukeof Connaught , FaunceArms , South-pl ., Kenngtn . atS .

United Strength , Hope and Anchor , Crcwndale-rd , N . W . Whittington , Red Lion , Popfin's-court , Fleet-st ., at 8 . Lewis , King ' s Arms Hot ., Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford . Temperance in thcEast . George the 4 th , Ida-st ., Poplar , 7 . 30 . Thistle , M . M . M ., The Harp Tavern , at 8 .

THURSDAY , APRIL 3 . Lodge 27 , Egyptian , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 4 s , Strong Man , M . H ,, Masons' Avenue . „ 227 , Ionic , Ship and Turtle , Leaelenhall-st . „ 231 , St . Andrew's , F . M . H . „ 554 , Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . „ 742 , Crystal Pa ' ace , Crystal Palace , Sydenham . „ 822 , Victoria Rifles , F . M . H .

„ J 178 , Perfect Ashlar , Bridge House Hot . „ 17 6 s , Trinity College , fii , Weyr ,- . ojiL-it ., W . „ 1772 , Pimlico , Morpeth Arms Tav ., Millbank . Chap . 2 , St . James ' s , F . M . H . „ 9 , Moriah , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . Mark 197 , Stuelholme , 33 , Golden-sq ., W . „ 199 , Duke of Connaught , Havelock Hot ., Albion-rd . Rosicrucian Society , Metropolitan College , F . M . Tav .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Chatham Arms , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhatt-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-rd . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Millbank . Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town . The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue .

High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-rd ., Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ,, Regent-st . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st ., Oxford-st . Rose , Walmer Castle Hot ., Peckham-rd ., at 8 . Covent Garelen , Ashley's Hot ., Covent Garden , at 8 . Crusaders , St . John's Gate , Clerkenwell , at 9 . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John's Wood .

FRIDAY , APRIL 4 . Lodge 706 , Florence Nightingale , M . H ., Woolwich . „ 890 , Hornsey , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 1627 , Royal Kensington , F . M . H . „ 1716 , All Saints , Town Hall , Poplar . Mark 8 , Thistle , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st . „ 223 , West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., King-st . K . T . 1 34 , Blonelel , Cannon-row , Westminster .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Lonelon Masonic Club , 101 , Queen Victoria-st ., E . C . Stability , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st ., 6 to 8 p . m . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st ., W . Unions Emulation ( for -M . M . 's ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-rd ., Deptford .

Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Flcet-st ., at 7 . St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood . Westbourne , Lord ' s Hotel , St . John ' s Wood . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-rd . St . James's , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., S . E . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar . Doric , 79 , Whitechapel-rd ., at 8 . Burgoyne , The Red Cap , Camden Town , N . W .

St . Luke's , White Hart , King's-rd ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Prince's Hall , Buckhurst-hill . Royal Standard , The Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-rd ., N . Ranelagh , Bell anel Anchor , Hammersmith-rd . Finsbury Park , Earl Russell , Isledon-rd ., Holloway , at 8 . William Preston , FeathersTav ., Up . George-st ., Eelgware-rd . Earl of Carnarvon , Mitre Hot ., Goulbourne-rd ., Notting-hill . Pythagorean Chapter , Portland Hot , London-st „ Greenwich .

Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire .

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .

For the Week ending Saturday , April 5 , 1879 . MONDAY , MARCH 31 . Lodge 148 , Lights , M . H ., Warrington . „ 613 , Unity , Palatine-bdgs ., Southport . ,, 70 *; , Clifton , Clifton Arms , Blackpool .

TUESDAY , APRIL 1 . Lodge 673 , St . John's , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 897 , Loyalty , Fleece Inn , St . Leonard ' s . „ 9 86 , Hesketh , Grapes Inn , Croston . 11 OOSi Furness , M . T ., Ulverstone .

„ 1256 , Fidelity , Bull Hot ., Poulton-le-Fylde . „ 14 . 76 , Blackpool , Clifton Hot ., Blackpool . Chap . 203 , St . John of Jerusalem , M . H ., Liverpool . Mark Lodge 161 , Walton , Skelmersdale H ., Liverpool . Merchants L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . Bootle L . of I ., 146 , Berry-st ., Bootle .

WEDNESDAY , APRIL 2 . Lodge 86 , Loyalty , Crown Hot ., Prescot . „ 484 , Faith , Geralel ' s Arms , Ashton-in-Makerfield . „ 5 S 0 , Harmony , Wheat Sheaf , Ormskirk . „ 758 , Ellesmere , M . H ., Runcorn . „ 1013 , Victoria , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 1086 , Walton , Skelmersdale Hall , Liverpool .

„ i , * t 3 a > Lindsay , M . H ., Wigan . „ I . 3 S 4 , Marejuis of Lome , M . R ., Lei gh . „ 1620 , Marlborough , Derby H ., Liverpool . Chap . 477 , Fidelity , M . R ., Birkenhead . „ 135 61 De Grey and Ripon , M . H ., Liverpool . De Grey and Ripon L . of I ., So , N . Hill-st ., Liverpool . Downshire L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

THURSDAY , APRIL 3 . Lodge 249 , Mariners , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 950 , Hesketh , Royal Hot ., Fleetwood . „ 1032 , Townley Parker , Whittle-le-Woods . ,, 10 7 , Starkey , Black Horse , Kirkham .

„ 1473 , Bootle , Town Hall , Bootle . „ 157 6 , Dee , Union Hot ., Parkgate . Chap . 13 8 , Bridgewater , M . H ., Runcorn . St . John ' s L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . Duke of Edinburgh L . of I ,, M . H ., Liverpool . Alpass Encamp ., M . H ., Liverpool .

FRIDAY , APRIL 4 . Lodge 680 , Sefton , Adelphi Hot ., Liverpool . 11 1 . 375 , Architect , Didsbury Hot ., Didsbury . Hamer L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . For Masonic Meetings throughout Scotland see Scottish Freemason , which can be obtained at the Oflice of this paper , iq 8 , Fleet-street , London .

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