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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . George Lambert , F . S . A ., has been unanimously elected master of the Pattcnmakers' Company . The Baroness Burdett-Coutts has kindly undertaken to present the prizes at the Girls' School on the occasion of the Stewards' visit .
Bro . General Lord Woiseley presided at the festival dinner of the Railway Officers and Servants ' Association , at Cannon-street Hotel on Thursday . Bro . Sir Watkin and Lad y Williams Wynn left their house in St . James's-square on Saturday for Brighton , for the benefit of Sir Watkin ' s health .
Bro . Alderman Sir J . Wluttaker Ellis , Bart ., Governor of the Hon . the Irish Society , has been appointed on the Commission of the Peace for the county of Londonderry . Bro . George Kenning has been awarded the Gold Medal and First-Class Certificate for Gold and Silver Embroidery , Military Accoutrements , & c , at the Calcutta
International Exhibition . Jury Award , No . 5 , dated 19 th Feb ., 1 SS 4 . Bro . Thomas Shorrocks , I . P . M . Caledonian Lodge , No . 204 , Manchester , was at the ordinary meeting of the lodge on the 12 th inst . presented by the VV . M ., on behalf of the members , with a handsome tea and coffee Service , as an expression of their feelings in appreciation
of his valuable services in the chair during the past year . Bro . F . T . Isitt ( of Messrs . J . and C . Boyd and Co . ) will preside at the seventeenth anniversary festival in aid of the funds of the London General Porters' Benevolent Association at the Albion on Thursday , April 24 th . Mr . Sheriff Clarence Smith and Lieut . - Colonel and Sheriff Cowan have promised to attend the dinner in their . state robes .
The Nelson Lodge , No . 700 , Woolwich , has voted 35 guineas from the lodge funds to the list of Bro . P . M . Butt , who will represent the lodge at the Boys ' School Festival . This sum , which has been further augmented b y £$ from the charity box , goes towards completing the lodge s vice-patronage , and also to purchase life governships for Bros . Butt and Norman , in recognition of their
services as Treasurer and Secretary respectively . The Salutation Tavern , Newgate-street , has lately been rebuilt and redecorated under the personal supervision of its energetic and genial proprietor , Bro . E . Leibmann ( Urban Lodge , No . 119 G ) . As will be seen by an announcement in another column , amongst its special features arc a spacious Masonic temple , with reception
and preparation rooms , commodious lodge rooms , and banqueting halls ; and lodges who have in contemplation a change of location are invited to make an early application . At the meeting of the Peace and Harmon y Lodge , No . 359 , Southampton , last week , W . Bro . VV . Waters , P . M ., P . P . G . S . D ., was p resented by VV . Bro . Patstone , P . M ., on behalf of the lodge , with a handsomely
illuminated vellum in recognition of his eminent services as Director of Ceremonies of the lodge for upwards of eight years . The W . M . of the lodge , Bro . K . O . Longland , occupied the chair , but the presentation was made by Bro . Patstone , from the fact that he was at the head of the lodge at the time it was voted . The Buffalo News , in its Masonic columns , and the Corner Stone , have been expressing a vigorous protest
against allowing so much space in the Masonic Temple , at New York , to be used by bodies that have never in any way been recognised b y the Grand Lodge of the jurisdiction . Arabian Princes , _ Nobles of the Mystic Shrine , and other societies that are in no sense Masonic except as they gather their members from the Craft , arc said to have taken possesssion of many of the apartments to the exclusion of lodees
that would be glad to occupy the same . If the condition of things is as stated , a work of reform should begin at once . A ball in aid of the funds of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution , took place on Friday , the 21 st inst , in the Skclmcrsdalc Masonic Hall , Kirkdalc , Liverpool , and resulted in a great success . Amongst the list of patrons were Bro . the Ri g ht Hon . the Earl of Lathom , D . G . M ., Prov . G . M . ; the Countess of Lathom ; Bro . Lord
Claud J . Hamilton , M . P ., and Lady Hamilton ; Bro . the Right Hon . F . A . Stanley , M . P ., D . P . G . M ., & c . Bro . J . D . Reader , I . P . M ., acted as Secretary , and Bro . Savage made an admirable M . C The arrangements in connection with the entertainment were successfully carried out by a committee consisting of Bros . Lewis Peake ; R . E . Mitton ; C Bargcry ; J . P . Brvan ; Dr . D . Hendry ; M . Pearson ; James Tunstallj VV . Wilkinson ; II . Marshall ; John Smith ; and Roberts .
A report having gained general credence that the coloured men of this city ( Buffalo ) had in working order several Masonic lodges , which were instituted by Charles E . Newton , who gained considerable notoriety as the first coloured man on the city police force , the following facts , which arc not generally known to the fraternity of this city , were obtained from Newton : —He claims to be working
under a charter issued on September 28 , 17 S 4 , b y Henry Frederick , Duke of Cumberland , as Grand Master of English Masons at that time , which was granted to PrinceHalland other coloured men . The Lodges working in this city are : Lodge of St . John ' s , No . iG , Master Masons , 40 members ; Erie Lodge , " Royal Arch Masons , No . 10 , 21 members ; Simon Commandery , Knights Templar , 22 members ; Rose
Croix Lodge , Scottish rite , 17 members ; and Lodge of the Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret , 6 members , one member of which claims to be a thirty-second degree Mason . The coloured brethren are jubilant over the success of their different lodges , which they claim are growing rapidly and doing regular work . —Montreal Daily Star . "R UFTURSS . "—WHITE ' MOC-MAIN L EVER TRUSS is the most effective Invention for the treatment of Hernia . The use of a
steel spring , so hurtful in its effects , is avoided , a soft bandage being worn round the body , while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever , fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected . Send for descriptive circular , with testimonials and prices , to J . White and Co . ( Limited ) a ? S , Piccadilly , London . Do not buy of Chemists , who often sell an IMITATION of our Moc-Main . J . White and Co bare not any agents , —[ ADVT . 1
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . the Earl ot Jersey has been unanimously elected by the Council High Steward of the city of Oxford , in the place of the Earl of Abingdon . Bro . J . Sillitoe , P . P . G . J . D . Cheshire , has been elected Treasurer for the fourteenth time of the Combermere Lodge , No . 605 , Birkenhead . Bro . Horace B . Marshall , C . C ., presided at the fifty-seventh annual meeting of the Printers' Pension ,
Almshouse , and Orphan Aslyum Corporation on the 15 th inst ., at the Memorial Hall , Farringdon-street . The members of the Pembroke Lodge , No . 1299 , West Derby , near Liverpool , have presented a set of jewellery to Mrs . Jones , the wife of their much respected P . M . and I . P . M ., Bro . VV . Jones , as a mark of the esteem
in which they hold that worthy brother . The Installation Meeting of the Holmesdale Lodge of Mark Master Masons , No . 129 , was held on Thursday evening last at the Royal Hotel , Ramsgate , when VV . Bro . J . S . Harris was installed in the chair of A . by the V . W . Bro . J . D . Podevin , Dep . Prov . G . M . M . A full report will appear in our next issue .
The annual grand ball in connection with the Great City Lodge , of which Bro . Keeble is VV . M ., took place at the Cannon-street Hotel , on Saturday evening last . There was a large attendance and the proceedings were of a most enjoyable character . Great credit is due to the Stewards for their admirable arrangements .
Bro . George B . Van Saun , G . M . Iowa , is of opinion that he who presides in the Grand Lodge is not " endowed at his birth , or at his election and installation , with a power , if not infinite , yet a little more than human , whereby he can violate the constitution and bye-laws of his Grand Lodge with impunity and yet be exonerated from guilt I did not receive any manifestation of power which would enable me to violate our laws any more than
any member of a subordinate lodge , but rather felt the responsibility of the trust reposed in me , and was more strongly pledged to obey these laws .... "—Masonic Home journal . At the last meeting of the Southampton Lodge , No . 394 , Bro . Barford presiding , the sum of ten guineas was voted towards the funds of the Girls' School , the VV . M . having announced his intention of being present at the approaching festival . At the same meeting a vote of
sympathy was passed with Bro . the Rev . Isidore Simon in a recent severe family affliction . The rev . gentleman was a member of the lodge , but resigned at the beginning of the year , on his leaving Southampton to take charge of the Jewish congregation at Manchester . He had no sooner become located in his new home than his children were all stricken down with diphtheria , from which three of them , all girls , died .
After an association with 7 , Bank Buildings , Lothbury , for over thirty-five years , the business of the Accident Insurance Company , in consequence of the expiration of the old lease , and the desirability of obtaining more expanding room , has been removed to St . Swithin's House , 10 , St . Swithin ' s-lane , which has recently been built by Bro . Deputy Brass , from the designs of Mr . VV . Wimble , the well-known architect . The building is in every way most
eligible for the conduct of the business of this successful company , as well as attractive to the passer-by . It is situated between the Messrs . Rothschild and the Hall of the Salters * Company , and is opposite the City Carlton Club . — City Press . The Lodge of Israel , No . 1502 , Liverpool , held its annual ball in aid of the Benevolent Fund connectcd with the lodge at the Adelphi Hotel , Liverpool ,
on Wednesday evening , the 12 th inst . Established about nine years ago , the fund has acquired a most satisfactory position , and from time to time the committee of six in whose hands its administration rests are enabled to make substantial grants to deserving applicants . An instance of this occurred onl y a short time since , when a sum of £ 25 was voted to a distressed member of the lodge . Upwards of 160 ladies and gentlemen attended the ball , which , in
every respect a successful gathering , is expected to yield a considerable amount for addition to the benevolent fund . The brethren acting as stewards were Bros . S . J . Henochsberg , Captain ; H . Archer , Asst . Captain ; R . Robinson ; M . Hart ; Henry Gabriel ; A . Lyons ; S . Schonstadt ; B . Woolf ; M . Cohen ; J . Phillips ; and I . Lowe . Edwards ' band was in attendance , and dancing was kept up until an early hour in the morning . . Supper was admirably served of
about eleven o ' clock , under the personal supervision Bro . Ludlow , manager of the Hotel . We printed a fortnight ago in our obituary column a notice of the death ofan eminent clerical and medical American brother , Bro . Thomas Ralph Austin . Anent this same brother , the Keystone says : " Bro . Thomas R . Austin , a venerable and eminent Indiana Freemason , died a few days since at his home in Vincenncs . Bro . Austin
was born in London , England , graduated at Oxford , ordained a clergyman of the Church of England , and afterwards received a diploma as a physician and surgeon . During our late civil war Bro . Austin was a brigade surgeon . He was an estimable man and an enthusiastic Mason , and during the course of his long Masonic career is said to have conferred the M . M . degree on more than one thousand candidates . " In another issue our
contemporary says : — " Bro . Austin had quite a remarkable career . We read , in a contemporary , that he took the highest honours at Oxford , England , a half century ago . Later , starting for America , he was shipwrecked , and lived for thirteen days without food or water . In 1 SG 1 , he was elected Grand Master of Indiana , without previousl y having filled any other station in that Grand body . During the war of the Rebellion he was briirade surecon of Indiana troops . At
one time he had one of the most complete Masonic libraries in America , but fire destroyed all his books . Atthe time of his death he was rector of St . James ' s P . E . Church , at Vincennes , Ind . " HOLLOW-AY ' PILLS . —Health or Wealth?—No sane person would hesitate an instant in the choice between tViesc two conditions . Now is the season to secure the former , either by restoring or confirm , ing it . These Pills expel all impurities from the system which
fogs , foul vapours , and variable temperatures engender uuring winter . This medicine also acts most wholesomely upon the skin , disgorging the liver ot its accumulated bile j and by exciting the kidneys to more energetic action ; it increases the appetite for food , and strengthens the digestive process . The stomach and liver , with which most disorders originate , arc fully under the control ot these regenerative Pills , which act very kindly , yet most efficiently on the tenderest bowels . —I ADVT . 1
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Frank Howard , 1673 , solicitor , has taken offices at No . 26 , Budge-row , Cannon-street . Bro . Bradshaw Brown , auctioneer and surveyor , Fenchurch-street , has been elected a member of the Institute of Surveyors .
Bro . H . B . Marshall will preside at an entertainment to be given to the children of the Freemans ' Orphanage School , this day ( Friday ) . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon on Tuesday evening addressed a crowded gatheringat the Stepney Meeting Hall upon the advantages offered by Canada as a place of emigration for working men .
Mr . Lennox Browne s lecture on "Science and Singing , " delivered before the Society for the encouragement of the Fine Arts , is to be published immediately in an amplified form by Messrs . Chappell , under whose auspices the same author ' s " Medical Hints " had such a wide circulation .
\\ e had the pleasure of announcing some time since that H . R . H . the Duke of Albany had consented to preside at the next festival of the Boys' School on the 26 th June ; and now we learn that his Royal Highness has approved of the Crystal Palace as the locality for holding the festival .
Bro . George Lambert , F . S . A ., a short time since gave the Armourers and Brasiers' Company two axes of antique form and manufacture , with handles inlaid with ivory , engraved with various devices , " inter alia , " the Crucifixion , the arms of Saxony , and the Corporation of Miners , to which these axes formerly belonged . They were carried in procession before the King of Saxony on the
occasion of his presiding at the meeting of the Corporation , the King himself wearing a miner's dress . The following dinners , & c , have been held at the Freemasons' Tavern during _ the present week : Monday , March 24 th—Robert Burns Chapter , Old Kings' Arms Lodge , De Grey and Ripon Lodge , and Royal Somerset House & Inverness Lodge . 'Tuesday , 25 th—1 uscan Lodge
and Royal Savoy Lodge . Wednesday , 26 th—Jews' Hospital and Orphan Asylum , and Lodge of Antiquity . Thursday , 27 th—Old Acquaintance Annual Dinner , Mount Moriah Lodge , Grenadiers Lodge , St . George ' s Chapter , Presentation to Mr . Samuel Fryett , Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers'Asylum . Friday , 2 Sth—Jerusalem Lodge and Peace and Harmony Lodge .
Ye Anticnte Fraternitie of Vc Rahcre Almoners give their fourth Smoking Concert for the season at the Manchester Hotel , Aldersgate-street , E . C , on Monday evening , the 31 st inst . Bros . Sinclair , Dunn , and G . S . Graham , assisted by Mdlles Susctta Fenn and Amy Graham with other artistes , have arranged an attractive programme of national ballads , which , with other selections ,
will doubtless ensure for this concert equal success to that which has characterised the former similar entertainments of this useful charitable society . The British Government did a gracious act of international courtesy in presenting the steamship Alert to the United States , to aid in the Grcely relief expedition . As was natural , resolutions of thanks were proposed in the
House of Representatives , and were carried without dissent , except from the Hon . Mr . Finerty , of Illinois , and the Hon . Mr . Robinson , of New York , both of whom voted against the resolutions . Their conduct was childish , unworthy of men holding such high office as they do . We might consider their votes shameless exhibitions in an American House of Representatives , did we not remember that thev are
merely fanatics , who are driven to madness whenever the name of the English Government is mentioned with respect . The mention of England is to them what the waving of a red rag is to a wild bull . —New York Dispatch . t \ meeting of the general committee of the late Fisheries Exhibition , for the purpose of winding up its affairs , was held on Saturday afternoon at South Kensingtonthe
, Prince of Wales in the chair . His Royal Highness said it was patent to all that the Fisheries Exhibition had in every point of view been a financial success , and it had also been a success as regarded the enormous number of people who had visited it , not only our countrymen and those from our colonies , but from every part of the globe . He maintained that its two salient objects—viz ., the scientific and practical
ones—had lully justihed its existence , and it had shown , not only to our countrymen but to the whole world , what a valuable means of subsistence fish is . The report stated that they had a surplus amounting to £ 15 , 243 , and it was resolved , on tire motion of H . R . H ., that a sum of £ 10 , 000 be invested with a view to applying the proceeds to the assistance of families who have suffered the loss of a
father or husband in the prosecution of his calling as a sea fisherman , and that a further sum of £ 3000 be applied to the formation of a fisheries society , such as had been suggested by himself . Trousers need not necessaril y be old to get out of shape , baggy at the knees , or creased after rain ; the different textures of which they are made , as well as use , are sufficient to cause these ordinary defects in rrentlemen ' s
dress . To invent an appliance which should make trousers always look new and seemly , is to confer an advantage upon society . A simple patent of Messrs . John Hamilton and Co ., known as The Portable Trousers Stretcher , removes at once defects in gentlemen ' s dress , and becomes as indispensable an adjunct to the dressing-room as a boot-jack or shoe-horn . The instrument is composed of
two clamps—one of which holds the trousers ( after being folded with the crease down the centre ) at the bottom , and the other clamp grips the trousers above the knee , a screwed rod is then passed through the top clamp , into the bottom clamp , and by turning the rod the clamps are driven from one another , and the trousers ( being securely fastened in same ) can be strained to any extent . The
article is well finished in electro-bronze and electro-nickel , and can bedivided into four parts—two clamps , and the rod ( being jointed ) in two parts , the whole when packed occupying a space of 17 inches by 5 inches , and weighing about 38 ounces . We observe that these useful and portable articles are retailed from 3 s . 6 d . to 7 s . Gd ., and hitherto have been supplied by the leading tailors of the
country , thus giving the practical sanction of the trade tothe value of Messrs . Hamilton ' s patent . As there are many millions of Her Majesty ' s subjects wearing trousers , there is a large field of business open to the patentees , at home and abroad . Certainly the "boots" at the leading hotels of the world may expect a pleasing and profitable , addition to their duties .
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . George Lambert , F . S . A ., has been unanimously elected master of the Pattcnmakers' Company . The Baroness Burdett-Coutts has kindly undertaken to present the prizes at the Girls' School on the occasion of the Stewards' visit .
Bro . General Lord Woiseley presided at the festival dinner of the Railway Officers and Servants ' Association , at Cannon-street Hotel on Thursday . Bro . Sir Watkin and Lad y Williams Wynn left their house in St . James's-square on Saturday for Brighton , for the benefit of Sir Watkin ' s health .
Bro . Alderman Sir J . Wluttaker Ellis , Bart ., Governor of the Hon . the Irish Society , has been appointed on the Commission of the Peace for the county of Londonderry . Bro . George Kenning has been awarded the Gold Medal and First-Class Certificate for Gold and Silver Embroidery , Military Accoutrements , & c , at the Calcutta
International Exhibition . Jury Award , No . 5 , dated 19 th Feb ., 1 SS 4 . Bro . Thomas Shorrocks , I . P . M . Caledonian Lodge , No . 204 , Manchester , was at the ordinary meeting of the lodge on the 12 th inst . presented by the VV . M ., on behalf of the members , with a handsome tea and coffee Service , as an expression of their feelings in appreciation
of his valuable services in the chair during the past year . Bro . F . T . Isitt ( of Messrs . J . and C . Boyd and Co . ) will preside at the seventeenth anniversary festival in aid of the funds of the London General Porters' Benevolent Association at the Albion on Thursday , April 24 th . Mr . Sheriff Clarence Smith and Lieut . - Colonel and Sheriff Cowan have promised to attend the dinner in their . state robes .
The Nelson Lodge , No . 700 , Woolwich , has voted 35 guineas from the lodge funds to the list of Bro . P . M . Butt , who will represent the lodge at the Boys ' School Festival . This sum , which has been further augmented b y £$ from the charity box , goes towards completing the lodge s vice-patronage , and also to purchase life governships for Bros . Butt and Norman , in recognition of their
services as Treasurer and Secretary respectively . The Salutation Tavern , Newgate-street , has lately been rebuilt and redecorated under the personal supervision of its energetic and genial proprietor , Bro . E . Leibmann ( Urban Lodge , No . 119 G ) . As will be seen by an announcement in another column , amongst its special features arc a spacious Masonic temple , with reception
and preparation rooms , commodious lodge rooms , and banqueting halls ; and lodges who have in contemplation a change of location are invited to make an early application . At the meeting of the Peace and Harmon y Lodge , No . 359 , Southampton , last week , W . Bro . VV . Waters , P . M ., P . P . G . S . D ., was p resented by VV . Bro . Patstone , P . M ., on behalf of the lodge , with a handsomely
illuminated vellum in recognition of his eminent services as Director of Ceremonies of the lodge for upwards of eight years . The W . M . of the lodge , Bro . K . O . Longland , occupied the chair , but the presentation was made by Bro . Patstone , from the fact that he was at the head of the lodge at the time it was voted . The Buffalo News , in its Masonic columns , and the Corner Stone , have been expressing a vigorous protest
against allowing so much space in the Masonic Temple , at New York , to be used by bodies that have never in any way been recognised b y the Grand Lodge of the jurisdiction . Arabian Princes , _ Nobles of the Mystic Shrine , and other societies that are in no sense Masonic except as they gather their members from the Craft , arc said to have taken possesssion of many of the apartments to the exclusion of lodees
that would be glad to occupy the same . If the condition of things is as stated , a work of reform should begin at once . A ball in aid of the funds of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution , took place on Friday , the 21 st inst , in the Skclmcrsdalc Masonic Hall , Kirkdalc , Liverpool , and resulted in a great success . Amongst the list of patrons were Bro . the Ri g ht Hon . the Earl of Lathom , D . G . M ., Prov . G . M . ; the Countess of Lathom ; Bro . Lord
Claud J . Hamilton , M . P ., and Lady Hamilton ; Bro . the Right Hon . F . A . Stanley , M . P ., D . P . G . M ., & c . Bro . J . D . Reader , I . P . M ., acted as Secretary , and Bro . Savage made an admirable M . C The arrangements in connection with the entertainment were successfully carried out by a committee consisting of Bros . Lewis Peake ; R . E . Mitton ; C Bargcry ; J . P . Brvan ; Dr . D . Hendry ; M . Pearson ; James Tunstallj VV . Wilkinson ; II . Marshall ; John Smith ; and Roberts .
A report having gained general credence that the coloured men of this city ( Buffalo ) had in working order several Masonic lodges , which were instituted by Charles E . Newton , who gained considerable notoriety as the first coloured man on the city police force , the following facts , which arc not generally known to the fraternity of this city , were obtained from Newton : —He claims to be working
under a charter issued on September 28 , 17 S 4 , b y Henry Frederick , Duke of Cumberland , as Grand Master of English Masons at that time , which was granted to PrinceHalland other coloured men . The Lodges working in this city are : Lodge of St . John ' s , No . iG , Master Masons , 40 members ; Erie Lodge , " Royal Arch Masons , No . 10 , 21 members ; Simon Commandery , Knights Templar , 22 members ; Rose
Croix Lodge , Scottish rite , 17 members ; and Lodge of the Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret , 6 members , one member of which claims to be a thirty-second degree Mason . The coloured brethren are jubilant over the success of their different lodges , which they claim are growing rapidly and doing regular work . —Montreal Daily Star . "R UFTURSS . "—WHITE ' MOC-MAIN L EVER TRUSS is the most effective Invention for the treatment of Hernia . The use of a
steel spring , so hurtful in its effects , is avoided , a soft bandage being worn round the body , while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever , fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected . Send for descriptive circular , with testimonials and prices , to J . White and Co . ( Limited ) a ? S , Piccadilly , London . Do not buy of Chemists , who often sell an IMITATION of our Moc-Main . J . White and Co bare not any agents , —[ ADVT . 1
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . the Earl ot Jersey has been unanimously elected by the Council High Steward of the city of Oxford , in the place of the Earl of Abingdon . Bro . J . Sillitoe , P . P . G . J . D . Cheshire , has been elected Treasurer for the fourteenth time of the Combermere Lodge , No . 605 , Birkenhead . Bro . Horace B . Marshall , C . C ., presided at the fifty-seventh annual meeting of the Printers' Pension ,
Almshouse , and Orphan Aslyum Corporation on the 15 th inst ., at the Memorial Hall , Farringdon-street . The members of the Pembroke Lodge , No . 1299 , West Derby , near Liverpool , have presented a set of jewellery to Mrs . Jones , the wife of their much respected P . M . and I . P . M ., Bro . VV . Jones , as a mark of the esteem
in which they hold that worthy brother . The Installation Meeting of the Holmesdale Lodge of Mark Master Masons , No . 129 , was held on Thursday evening last at the Royal Hotel , Ramsgate , when VV . Bro . J . S . Harris was installed in the chair of A . by the V . W . Bro . J . D . Podevin , Dep . Prov . G . M . M . A full report will appear in our next issue .
The annual grand ball in connection with the Great City Lodge , of which Bro . Keeble is VV . M ., took place at the Cannon-street Hotel , on Saturday evening last . There was a large attendance and the proceedings were of a most enjoyable character . Great credit is due to the Stewards for their admirable arrangements .
Bro . George B . Van Saun , G . M . Iowa , is of opinion that he who presides in the Grand Lodge is not " endowed at his birth , or at his election and installation , with a power , if not infinite , yet a little more than human , whereby he can violate the constitution and bye-laws of his Grand Lodge with impunity and yet be exonerated from guilt I did not receive any manifestation of power which would enable me to violate our laws any more than
any member of a subordinate lodge , but rather felt the responsibility of the trust reposed in me , and was more strongly pledged to obey these laws .... "—Masonic Home journal . At the last meeting of the Southampton Lodge , No . 394 , Bro . Barford presiding , the sum of ten guineas was voted towards the funds of the Girls' School , the VV . M . having announced his intention of being present at the approaching festival . At the same meeting a vote of
sympathy was passed with Bro . the Rev . Isidore Simon in a recent severe family affliction . The rev . gentleman was a member of the lodge , but resigned at the beginning of the year , on his leaving Southampton to take charge of the Jewish congregation at Manchester . He had no sooner become located in his new home than his children were all stricken down with diphtheria , from which three of them , all girls , died .
After an association with 7 , Bank Buildings , Lothbury , for over thirty-five years , the business of the Accident Insurance Company , in consequence of the expiration of the old lease , and the desirability of obtaining more expanding room , has been removed to St . Swithin's House , 10 , St . Swithin ' s-lane , which has recently been built by Bro . Deputy Brass , from the designs of Mr . VV . Wimble , the well-known architect . The building is in every way most
eligible for the conduct of the business of this successful company , as well as attractive to the passer-by . It is situated between the Messrs . Rothschild and the Hall of the Salters * Company , and is opposite the City Carlton Club . — City Press . The Lodge of Israel , No . 1502 , Liverpool , held its annual ball in aid of the Benevolent Fund connectcd with the lodge at the Adelphi Hotel , Liverpool ,
on Wednesday evening , the 12 th inst . Established about nine years ago , the fund has acquired a most satisfactory position , and from time to time the committee of six in whose hands its administration rests are enabled to make substantial grants to deserving applicants . An instance of this occurred onl y a short time since , when a sum of £ 25 was voted to a distressed member of the lodge . Upwards of 160 ladies and gentlemen attended the ball , which , in
every respect a successful gathering , is expected to yield a considerable amount for addition to the benevolent fund . The brethren acting as stewards were Bros . S . J . Henochsberg , Captain ; H . Archer , Asst . Captain ; R . Robinson ; M . Hart ; Henry Gabriel ; A . Lyons ; S . Schonstadt ; B . Woolf ; M . Cohen ; J . Phillips ; and I . Lowe . Edwards ' band was in attendance , and dancing was kept up until an early hour in the morning . . Supper was admirably served of
about eleven o ' clock , under the personal supervision Bro . Ludlow , manager of the Hotel . We printed a fortnight ago in our obituary column a notice of the death ofan eminent clerical and medical American brother , Bro . Thomas Ralph Austin . Anent this same brother , the Keystone says : " Bro . Thomas R . Austin , a venerable and eminent Indiana Freemason , died a few days since at his home in Vincenncs . Bro . Austin
was born in London , England , graduated at Oxford , ordained a clergyman of the Church of England , and afterwards received a diploma as a physician and surgeon . During our late civil war Bro . Austin was a brigade surgeon . He was an estimable man and an enthusiastic Mason , and during the course of his long Masonic career is said to have conferred the M . M . degree on more than one thousand candidates . " In another issue our
contemporary says : — " Bro . Austin had quite a remarkable career . We read , in a contemporary , that he took the highest honours at Oxford , England , a half century ago . Later , starting for America , he was shipwrecked , and lived for thirteen days without food or water . In 1 SG 1 , he was elected Grand Master of Indiana , without previousl y having filled any other station in that Grand body . During the war of the Rebellion he was briirade surecon of Indiana troops . At
one time he had one of the most complete Masonic libraries in America , but fire destroyed all his books . Atthe time of his death he was rector of St . James ' s P . E . Church , at Vincennes , Ind . " HOLLOW-AY ' PILLS . —Health or Wealth?—No sane person would hesitate an instant in the choice between tViesc two conditions . Now is the season to secure the former , either by restoring or confirm , ing it . These Pills expel all impurities from the system which
fogs , foul vapours , and variable temperatures engender uuring winter . This medicine also acts most wholesomely upon the skin , disgorging the liver ot its accumulated bile j and by exciting the kidneys to more energetic action ; it increases the appetite for food , and strengthens the digestive process . The stomach and liver , with which most disorders originate , arc fully under the control ot these regenerative Pills , which act very kindly , yet most efficiently on the tenderest bowels . —I ADVT . 1
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Frank Howard , 1673 , solicitor , has taken offices at No . 26 , Budge-row , Cannon-street . Bro . Bradshaw Brown , auctioneer and surveyor , Fenchurch-street , has been elected a member of the Institute of Surveyors .
Bro . H . B . Marshall will preside at an entertainment to be given to the children of the Freemans ' Orphanage School , this day ( Friday ) . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon on Tuesday evening addressed a crowded gatheringat the Stepney Meeting Hall upon the advantages offered by Canada as a place of emigration for working men .
Mr . Lennox Browne s lecture on "Science and Singing , " delivered before the Society for the encouragement of the Fine Arts , is to be published immediately in an amplified form by Messrs . Chappell , under whose auspices the same author ' s " Medical Hints " had such a wide circulation .
\\ e had the pleasure of announcing some time since that H . R . H . the Duke of Albany had consented to preside at the next festival of the Boys' School on the 26 th June ; and now we learn that his Royal Highness has approved of the Crystal Palace as the locality for holding the festival .
Bro . George Lambert , F . S . A ., a short time since gave the Armourers and Brasiers' Company two axes of antique form and manufacture , with handles inlaid with ivory , engraved with various devices , " inter alia , " the Crucifixion , the arms of Saxony , and the Corporation of Miners , to which these axes formerly belonged . They were carried in procession before the King of Saxony on the
occasion of his presiding at the meeting of the Corporation , the King himself wearing a miner's dress . The following dinners , & c , have been held at the Freemasons' Tavern during _ the present week : Monday , March 24 th—Robert Burns Chapter , Old Kings' Arms Lodge , De Grey and Ripon Lodge , and Royal Somerset House & Inverness Lodge . 'Tuesday , 25 th—1 uscan Lodge
and Royal Savoy Lodge . Wednesday , 26 th—Jews' Hospital and Orphan Asylum , and Lodge of Antiquity . Thursday , 27 th—Old Acquaintance Annual Dinner , Mount Moriah Lodge , Grenadiers Lodge , St . George ' s Chapter , Presentation to Mr . Samuel Fryett , Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers'Asylum . Friday , 2 Sth—Jerusalem Lodge and Peace and Harmony Lodge .
Ye Anticnte Fraternitie of Vc Rahcre Almoners give their fourth Smoking Concert for the season at the Manchester Hotel , Aldersgate-street , E . C , on Monday evening , the 31 st inst . Bros . Sinclair , Dunn , and G . S . Graham , assisted by Mdlles Susctta Fenn and Amy Graham with other artistes , have arranged an attractive programme of national ballads , which , with other selections ,
will doubtless ensure for this concert equal success to that which has characterised the former similar entertainments of this useful charitable society . The British Government did a gracious act of international courtesy in presenting the steamship Alert to the United States , to aid in the Grcely relief expedition . As was natural , resolutions of thanks were proposed in the
House of Representatives , and were carried without dissent , except from the Hon . Mr . Finerty , of Illinois , and the Hon . Mr . Robinson , of New York , both of whom voted against the resolutions . Their conduct was childish , unworthy of men holding such high office as they do . We might consider their votes shameless exhibitions in an American House of Representatives , did we not remember that thev are
merely fanatics , who are driven to madness whenever the name of the English Government is mentioned with respect . The mention of England is to them what the waving of a red rag is to a wild bull . —New York Dispatch . t \ meeting of the general committee of the late Fisheries Exhibition , for the purpose of winding up its affairs , was held on Saturday afternoon at South Kensingtonthe
, Prince of Wales in the chair . His Royal Highness said it was patent to all that the Fisheries Exhibition had in every point of view been a financial success , and it had also been a success as regarded the enormous number of people who had visited it , not only our countrymen and those from our colonies , but from every part of the globe . He maintained that its two salient objects—viz ., the scientific and practical
ones—had lully justihed its existence , and it had shown , not only to our countrymen but to the whole world , what a valuable means of subsistence fish is . The report stated that they had a surplus amounting to £ 15 , 243 , and it was resolved , on tire motion of H . R . H ., that a sum of £ 10 , 000 be invested with a view to applying the proceeds to the assistance of families who have suffered the loss of a
father or husband in the prosecution of his calling as a sea fisherman , and that a further sum of £ 3000 be applied to the formation of a fisheries society , such as had been suggested by himself . Trousers need not necessaril y be old to get out of shape , baggy at the knees , or creased after rain ; the different textures of which they are made , as well as use , are sufficient to cause these ordinary defects in rrentlemen ' s
dress . To invent an appliance which should make trousers always look new and seemly , is to confer an advantage upon society . A simple patent of Messrs . John Hamilton and Co ., known as The Portable Trousers Stretcher , removes at once defects in gentlemen ' s dress , and becomes as indispensable an adjunct to the dressing-room as a boot-jack or shoe-horn . The instrument is composed of
two clamps—one of which holds the trousers ( after being folded with the crease down the centre ) at the bottom , and the other clamp grips the trousers above the knee , a screwed rod is then passed through the top clamp , into the bottom clamp , and by turning the rod the clamps are driven from one another , and the trousers ( being securely fastened in same ) can be strained to any extent . The
article is well finished in electro-bronze and electro-nickel , and can bedivided into four parts—two clamps , and the rod ( being jointed ) in two parts , the whole when packed occupying a space of 17 inches by 5 inches , and weighing about 38 ounces . We observe that these useful and portable articles are retailed from 3 s . 6 d . to 7 s . Gd ., and hitherto have been supplied by the leading tailors of the
country , thus giving the practical sanction of the trade tothe value of Messrs . Hamilton ' s patent . As there are many millions of Her Majesty ' s subjects wearing trousers , there is a large field of business open to the patentees , at home and abroad . Certainly the "boots" at the leading hotels of the world may expect a pleasing and profitable , addition to their duties .