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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
The stated communication of tlie Grand Lodge of Ireland will be held at Freemasons' Hall , Molesvvorthstreet , Dublin , on Thursday , the 3 rd prox . The Prince of Wales was present at the annual regimental dinner of the Grenadier Guards at the Hotel Metropole on Monday evening . Bro . the Duke of Manchester will preside at the next house dinner of the Constitutional Club , which is
fixed for Wednesday , the gth prox . Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., has been succeeded as President of the Constitutional Union for the ensuing year by the Marquis of Salisbury , K . G . The Prince of Wales has consented to open at an early date the new Out-patient Department and Nursing Home attached to the Victoria Hospital for Children , Queen ' s-road , Chelsea .
Bro . the Duke of Leinster has been offered by the Government , but declined , the Chancellorship of the Royal University of Ireland , vacant by the death of the late Bro . the Duke of Abercorn , K . G . Bro . Sir Charles Warren was among * those present at the annual meeting held in Exeter Hall , on Saturday last , of the friends of Dr . Barnardo's Homes
for Orphans and Destitute Children . The concert given annually by Bro . W . Kuhe , P . G . O ., will take place in St . James ' s Hall on Monday , the 7 th prox ., when a choice programme will be given by a number of our leading artists . Bro . the Lord Mayor presided at a meeting held at the Mansion House , on Friday , the 21 st inst ., in
connection with the East London Industrial Exhibition , which has been arranged to take place next year . Bro . the Lord Chancellor ( Lord Herschell , G . S . W . ) will preside at the anniversary festival of the Cabdrivers' Association , which will be held at Willis's Rooms , St . James ' s , on Saturday , the 26 th June prox . Bro . the Duke of Manchester took a leading
part in the proceedings of the conference held at the Society of Arts , Adelphi , on the 2 oth inst ., by the National Association for Promoting State-directed Colonisation . _ The Prince of Wales presided at a meeting of his Royal Higbness ' s Council , held at the offices of the Duchy of Cornwall , Buckingham-gate , on Friday , the 21 st instant . Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe was among the members present .
Bros , the Duke of Manchester , Sir P . Cunliffe Owen , Sir A . Borthwick , M . P ., Henry Irving , and J . L . Toole were present at the reception gived by the members of the St . George's Club , Hanover-square , to Dr . O . Wendell Holmes on Monday . Bro . Lord Egerton ol Tatton , Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Blind , the Deaf and Dumb , Sic
accompanied by certain of the members , has left England for the purpose of inspecting the institutions for the blind and deaf-mutes in Paris and the neighbourhood . R . W . Bro . Sir George Elliot , Bart ., laid the foundation-stone of a new church for seamen at Newport , Monmouthshire , on Thursday , the 20 th instant . The plans include the erection of a home for seamen , the cost
of which Bro . Sir George Elliot has generously promised to defray . LIVERPOOL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION . — There is a most carefully furnished case of Masonic regalia and naval and military officers' decorations , glittering in all the richness and brilliance of gold and silver , exhibited by Bro . George Kenning , of Monument-olace . Liveroool .
It is a stopping point for most of the visitors , whose admiration is freely expressed . —Liverpool Daily Courier . Bros . Lord Kensington , Lord Sherbrooke , Lord Claud Hamilton , M . P ., and Lord Monk-Bretton , Bro . the Right Hon . Hugh C . E . and Mrs . Childers , and Bro . Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., were among those who were present at the memorial service held in St .
Margaret ' s , Westminster , on Monday , for the late Lord Farnborough ( Sir Erskine May ) . B y command of the Queen , a Drawing Room was held by the Princess of vValcs at Buckingham Palace on Thursday , the 20 th inst ., presentations to her Royal Hi
ghness being held as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty . The Prince of Wales , the Princess Louise of Wales , Prince Albert Victor of Wales , and the Duke and Duchess of Connaught were present in the Royal circle . Bros , the Lord Chancellor , F . Knollys , C . B ., and Viscount Bury were in the general circle .
We beg to announce that W . Bro . James Terry , P . M ., P . P . G . S . W . Norths and Hunts , Secretary K . M . B . I ., will rehearse the ceremonies of consecration and installation at the Percy Lodge of Instruction , held at the Jolly Farmers , Southgate-road , N . ( near Mildmay Park and Dalston Junction Station ) on Saturday , June 12 th , at 7 o clock . Morning dress and Masonic clothing . Brethren cordially invited .
IHK LATE ELECTION OV THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . —IO connection with the recent election an interesting example may be given of the ready and liberal manner in which our London brethren hasten to assist any " Provincial" case they deem worthy of support . We have in view the case of a candidate placed at nearly the head of the noil bv thH
nntlrinoenergy of Bro . Cuthbert B . Slee , P . M . 96 , and of the five or six earnest and persuasive brethren associated with him . Ihe result has been noteworthy , for , in addition to ensuring success for their candidate by polling votes which , as compared with those from his province were as three to oneso large a surplus remained that by the helo afforded
tnereoy to two other piovmcial cases , their success also was ensured . Another pleasing feature may be recorded , that in answer to his appeal Bro . Slee received nearly iooo ' votes from hotel keepers and members of kindred trades , with whom for many years he has had business relations . Such an episode needs no comment .
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Charles Belton , P . M . No . 1 , & c , is a candidate for the Board of General Purposes , and as it is probable there will be many of our readers who will gladly record their votes in his favour , we take the liberty of reminding them that the election takes place at the Grand Lodge on Wednesday next , the 2 nd prox . Bro . Alderman Sir R . Hanson has been re-elected a Vice-President of the London Athletic Club .
Bro . Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., has taken a house in Harley-street for the season . Bro . the Earl and Countess of March and family arrived last week at their house in Cadogan-square from his lordship ' s hunting residence near Goodwood . Bro . J . Renals , C . C , accompanied by Mrs . Renals , is making a tour through Switzerland and the
Alpine district . He returns to town in the course of a fortnight . Bros . Lord Herschell ( Lord Chancellor ) , Earl Granville , and the Right Hon . Hugh C E . Childers , were present at the Cabinet Council held at the Prime Minister's official residence in Downing-street , on Tuesday , Bro . Sir E . 1 . Reed , K . C . B ., M . P ., presided at
the banquet which followed the third annual conference of the Pilots of the United Kingdom , held in the Lecture Hall of William Brown ' s Library , Liverpool , on Tuesday . At the regular monthly meeting of the Sun and Sector Lodge , No . 962 , Workington , held on Wednesday , the 19 th inst , Bro . John Lewthwaite , P . G . J . W ., was elected W . M . for the ensuing year . There were about 70 brethren
present . It is rumoured that the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., will visit Brighton some time in the course of next month , for the purpose of installing his brother , the Duke of Connaught , P . G . S . W ., as Provincial Grand Master of Sussex , in succession to the late R . W . Bro . Sir W . W .
Burrell , Bart . Bro . Augustus Harris will preside at the 41 st anniversary dinner , to be held at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Wednesday next , the 2 nd prox ., of the Royal General Theatrical Fund . Bros . Alderman Sir J . W . Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., and Sir P . Cunliffe Owen , K . C . M . G ., are among those who have promised their support on the occasion .
At the regular meeting of the Portsmouth Temperance Lodge , No . 206 S , on Monday , Bro . Tufnell , Treasurer , presented to the lodge a very handsome large carpet , covering the whole room , and curtains tor all the windows and the end of the room j Bro . G . Reading also presented to the lodge twelve very handsomely decorated shields—gold on blue ground—bearing the jewels of office
of all the officers of the lodge . The centenary of the Phcenix Lodge , No . 257 , Portsmouth , will take place on the 24 th prox ., when the M . W . G . M ., H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , Bro . Lord Charles Beresford , and several other influential Masons will be present . The ceremony will not take place in the usual lodge room , but at the Soldiers' Institute , High-street , Portsmouth .
Bro . Horace B . Marshall , P . G . * Treas . ; presided at the annual festival held at the Cannon-street Hotel , on Tuesday , of the Newsvendors' Benevolent and Provident Institution . Bros . Alderman Savory and Alderman De Keyser were among the chief supporters of the chair . Bro . Marshall announced that he and his son intended to invest an amount equal to £ iooo in thc Industrial Dwellings '
Company for the benefit of the fund , which investment would enable the Committee to grant two additional female pensions and one male pension . The announcement was greeted with loud cheers . The subscriptions announced during the evening amounted to £ 24 6 3 3 s . The edition of " Hamlet , " which will be shortly issued as a volume of Cassell ' s " National Library , " will
be of special interest on account of the pains Professor Morley has taken with the revision of the text . It his bcen freshly compared throughout with the first and second quarto and the first folio . In one place an omitted line ha ; been inserted j in another a superfluous conjectural addition , although generally adopted , is struck out . In one place , where there is an unquestionable misprint ,
"disasters in the sun , " one more attempt has bcen made to give the true sense . These are but indications of the manner in which Professor Morley has dealt with the new edition , which he has endeavoured to make the nearest attainable approach to Shakespeare ' s text . —The Academy The following dinners take place at the Freemasons' Tavern for the week ending Saturday , the
29 th inst . —Monday—Royal Somerset House Lodge ; De Grey and Ripon Lodge ; 15 th Hussars ; Spelling Bee Club Ball . Tuesday—Tuscan Lodge ; St . James's Union Chapter ; 34 th Regiment ; 30 th Regiment : 82 nd Regiment ; 53 rd Shropshire Regiment ; Joppa Lodge . Wednesday—Noviomagus ; Smcitonian Society of Civil Engineers ; Lodge of Antiquity ; Evening Star Lodge .
Thursday—at . George s Chapter j Mount Moriah Lodge j Bedford Chapter ; 95 th Kegimentj 19 th Regimentj 9 th Regiment ; 12 th Regiment , Friday—Goth Rifles ; Jerusalem Lodge . Saturday—Her Majesty ' s Tradesmen . The Prince and Princess of Wales , with the Duke of Cambridge , and attended by Lady Suffield and Colonel Tecsdale , visited the Royal Italian Opera , Covent Garden , on Tuesday .
TuiiACCoxisTs COMMENCING . —An Illustrated Guide of no pages "Mow to open respectably from £ 20 to sS-ooo ; " three stamps . H . Myers & Co ., 109 , Kuston-rd ., London . Telephone No . 7541 . —[ All vi . ] MORTGAGES . —Messrs . J AMES are in a position to Supply Money to AXV EXTENT on the following Securities : —Landed Estates , Houses , Shops , and Offices , Warehouses and WharvesLife
In-, terests , & c „ Reversions , Borough Kates , & c , at the lowest current rates of interest . Prompt Settlement . 11 , Staple Inn , London , W . C-CAIIVT . J HOLLUWAV ' OINTMENT A . S-D PIU . S . —Ever Useful . —The afflicted by illness should look their diseases fully In the face , and at once seek . 1 remedy for them . A short search will convince the most sceptical that these noble medicaments have alfurded ease , comfort .
and oftentimes complete recovery , to the most tortured sufferers The Ointment will cure all descriptions cf sores , wounds , bad legs , sprains , eruptions , erysipelas , rheumatism , gont , and skin affections . J'he l'iils never fail in correcting and strengthening the stomach , and in restoring a deranged liver to a wholesome condition , In rousint ; torpid kidneys to increase their s : cretion , and in reestablishing the natural healthy activity of the bowels . HoIIoway ' s are the remedies for complaints of all classes of society . —[ ADIT , ]
Masonic And General Tidings
We beg to announce that Bro . James Terry has been elected President ; Bro . Jabez Church , Treasurer ; and Bro . John Ramsey , Secretary ; of the Board of Grand Stewards for the Festival , on Tuesday next , of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales , & c .
THEATRE ROYAI ., HAYMARKET . —In our notice last week of the successful play now being performed at the above theatre , we stated that Mr . Russell made a bid for it . We should have said the bid was made by Messrs . Russell and Bashford , who are the fortunate possessors of this popular piece .
Bro . Sir Algernon Borthwick , M . P ., will take the chair at the annual dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund , at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James's , on Saturday , the Sth prox . Telegraphic addresses ( Inland ) for the Freemason Printing and Publishing Works — "Freemason , London . " For Jewels , Clothing , Furniture , Banners , & c , & . c . — " Kenning , London . "
The Queen , accompanied by the Princess Beatrice and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court , left Windsor Castle for Balmoral on Wednesday . After a sojourn of some three weeks in Scotland her Majesty will return to Windsor . Among the more recent arrivals in London majj be mentioned Bro . the Marquis and the Marchioness of Tweeddale , Bro . the Earl and Countess of Kintore , and Bro . the Earl and Countess of Dunraven .
The opening of the new wingof Queen Charlotte ' s Lying-in Hospital by the Princess of Wales , at which the Prince of Wales will also be present , has been fixed for Friday , the 25 th June prox . The Duke of Cambridge visited Cheltenham on the 21 st inst ., and inspected the Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry ( Hussars ) , under the command of Bro . Lord Fitzhardinge . Lady Monckton , wife of Bro . Sir J . B . Monckton ,
P . G . W ., Town Clerk of London , took part in the entertainment given at the Countess of Zetland ' s on Monday , on behalf of the Building Fund of St . Saviour ' s Priory , Haggerston . H . R . H . the Dukeof Connaught , has intimated his intention of dining with the Honourable Society of Gray ' s Inn , of which he is a Bencher , on Wednesday next , the 2 nd prox ., on the occasion of " Grand Day " of Easter Term .
The Prince of Wales has expressed his intention of being present at the Royal United Service Institution on Monday next , when Capt . Colomb , formerly R . M . A ., will deliver a lecture on " Imperial Federation , Naval and Military . " The chair will be taken oy the Prince of Wales , President of the Institution .
Bro . John Derby Allcroft , I ' . R . S . A ., Treasurer of the Royal Hospital for Incurables , West-hill , Putneyheath , will take the chair at the sixty-fourth half-yearly election at the Cannon-street Hotel to-day ( Friday ) , on which occasion 25 candidates will be elected . A bronze statue of the late Bro . Sir Erasmus
Wilson was unveiled on Wednesday afternoon last at the Royal Sea Bathing Infirmary , Margate , in the presence of a distinguished assemblage . The statue has been executed by Mr . Brock , A . R . A ., and was presented to the infirmary by Sir James Paget , Bart , F . R . S ., on behalf of Lady VVilson .
The Queen left Windsor for London early on Thursday , the 20 th inst ., for the purpose of again visiting the Colonial and Indian Exhibition . Her Majesty , who was accompanied by the Princess Beatrice , was received at the entrance by the Prince of _ Wales and conducted through several of the Courts by his Royal Highness and Bro . Sir P . Cunliffe Owen .
BRITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY . _ The record of the most prosperous year ever known in connection with this financially sound and admirablymanaged Assurance Company has just been issued from the offices , No . 4 , Queen-street-place , li . C From the report of the Thirty-first Annual General Meeting , held at Cannon street Hotel a few days since , we learn that during * the oast
year no fewer than 1972 new policies have been issued , assuring £ 402 , 812 , the annual premium income thereon being £ 11 , 324 . The total business in force at the end of the year consisted 27 , 768 policies , assuring £ 5 , 215 , 556 , bearing an annual premium of £ 152 , 0 ^ 6 . The payments under policies of the year have been £ 74 , 172 under 410 policies , making the total amount paid for policy claims and bonuses
from the commencement of the Company , £ 946 , 340 undei 5 625 policies . There has also been during the year £ 5639 paid tor policies surrendered . After payment of claims and bonuses , surrenders , and working expenses , the sum ol £ 72 , 452 has been added to the Accumulated Fund , which now amounts to £ 1 , 083 , 415 . A characteristic feature of this Company is , as was explained by the managing director
( Bro . W . S . Gover ) , that it assures English lives only , which has the recommendation of ensuring reliability of medical reports , less opportunity of passing inferior lives into the office , the non-liability to fraudulent claims , and greater security of investment . The policies , though smaller in amount than those of some other companies , are taken from the classes of temperate habits , of thrifty disposition and
mostly connected with religious and benevolent institutions , all of which conditions are conducive to longevity . Thus the natural increase of expense attending on the issue of small policies is more than compensated for by the reduction to a minimum of the rate of mortality among such lives . The constitution of thc Company and the judicious administration of its affairs are matters of congratulation to all who
are interested in it , giving the full benefit of mutual assur ance without the possibility of personal liability . Inspiteot the depression so prevalent during the year , the last is on record as the most prosperous of the Company ' s existence , the lay-by being even greater than usual . The revenue was
larger , and the Premium Revenue exceeding that of any former period . A perusal of this report is sufficient to convince any one interested in the subject of assurance that a large , substantial , and satisfactory business is being done under the present management , and we heartily commend to the perusal of our readers the interesting facts and figures that are embodied in this latest return of the Company ' s operations ,
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
The stated communication of tlie Grand Lodge of Ireland will be held at Freemasons' Hall , Molesvvorthstreet , Dublin , on Thursday , the 3 rd prox . The Prince of Wales was present at the annual regimental dinner of the Grenadier Guards at the Hotel Metropole on Monday evening . Bro . the Duke of Manchester will preside at the next house dinner of the Constitutional Club , which is
fixed for Wednesday , the gth prox . Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., has been succeeded as President of the Constitutional Union for the ensuing year by the Marquis of Salisbury , K . G . The Prince of Wales has consented to open at an early date the new Out-patient Department and Nursing Home attached to the Victoria Hospital for Children , Queen ' s-road , Chelsea .
Bro . the Duke of Leinster has been offered by the Government , but declined , the Chancellorship of the Royal University of Ireland , vacant by the death of the late Bro . the Duke of Abercorn , K . G . Bro . Sir Charles Warren was among * those present at the annual meeting held in Exeter Hall , on Saturday last , of the friends of Dr . Barnardo's Homes
for Orphans and Destitute Children . The concert given annually by Bro . W . Kuhe , P . G . O ., will take place in St . James ' s Hall on Monday , the 7 th prox ., when a choice programme will be given by a number of our leading artists . Bro . the Lord Mayor presided at a meeting held at the Mansion House , on Friday , the 21 st inst ., in
connection with the East London Industrial Exhibition , which has been arranged to take place next year . Bro . the Lord Chancellor ( Lord Herschell , G . S . W . ) will preside at the anniversary festival of the Cabdrivers' Association , which will be held at Willis's Rooms , St . James ' s , on Saturday , the 26 th June prox . Bro . the Duke of Manchester took a leading
part in the proceedings of the conference held at the Society of Arts , Adelphi , on the 2 oth inst ., by the National Association for Promoting State-directed Colonisation . _ The Prince of Wales presided at a meeting of his Royal Higbness ' s Council , held at the offices of the Duchy of Cornwall , Buckingham-gate , on Friday , the 21 st instant . Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe was among the members present .
Bros , the Duke of Manchester , Sir P . Cunliffe Owen , Sir A . Borthwick , M . P ., Henry Irving , and J . L . Toole were present at the reception gived by the members of the St . George's Club , Hanover-square , to Dr . O . Wendell Holmes on Monday . Bro . Lord Egerton ol Tatton , Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Blind , the Deaf and Dumb , Sic
accompanied by certain of the members , has left England for the purpose of inspecting the institutions for the blind and deaf-mutes in Paris and the neighbourhood . R . W . Bro . Sir George Elliot , Bart ., laid the foundation-stone of a new church for seamen at Newport , Monmouthshire , on Thursday , the 20 th instant . The plans include the erection of a home for seamen , the cost
of which Bro . Sir George Elliot has generously promised to defray . LIVERPOOL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION . — There is a most carefully furnished case of Masonic regalia and naval and military officers' decorations , glittering in all the richness and brilliance of gold and silver , exhibited by Bro . George Kenning , of Monument-olace . Liveroool .
It is a stopping point for most of the visitors , whose admiration is freely expressed . —Liverpool Daily Courier . Bros . Lord Kensington , Lord Sherbrooke , Lord Claud Hamilton , M . P ., and Lord Monk-Bretton , Bro . the Right Hon . Hugh C . E . and Mrs . Childers , and Bro . Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., were among those who were present at the memorial service held in St .
Margaret ' s , Westminster , on Monday , for the late Lord Farnborough ( Sir Erskine May ) . B y command of the Queen , a Drawing Room was held by the Princess of vValcs at Buckingham Palace on Thursday , the 20 th inst ., presentations to her Royal Hi
ghness being held as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty . The Prince of Wales , the Princess Louise of Wales , Prince Albert Victor of Wales , and the Duke and Duchess of Connaught were present in the Royal circle . Bros , the Lord Chancellor , F . Knollys , C . B ., and Viscount Bury were in the general circle .
We beg to announce that W . Bro . James Terry , P . M ., P . P . G . S . W . Norths and Hunts , Secretary K . M . B . I ., will rehearse the ceremonies of consecration and installation at the Percy Lodge of Instruction , held at the Jolly Farmers , Southgate-road , N . ( near Mildmay Park and Dalston Junction Station ) on Saturday , June 12 th , at 7 o clock . Morning dress and Masonic clothing . Brethren cordially invited .
IHK LATE ELECTION OV THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . —IO connection with the recent election an interesting example may be given of the ready and liberal manner in which our London brethren hasten to assist any " Provincial" case they deem worthy of support . We have in view the case of a candidate placed at nearly the head of the noil bv thH
nntlrinoenergy of Bro . Cuthbert B . Slee , P . M . 96 , and of the five or six earnest and persuasive brethren associated with him . Ihe result has been noteworthy , for , in addition to ensuring success for their candidate by polling votes which , as compared with those from his province were as three to oneso large a surplus remained that by the helo afforded
tnereoy to two other piovmcial cases , their success also was ensured . Another pleasing feature may be recorded , that in answer to his appeal Bro . Slee received nearly iooo ' votes from hotel keepers and members of kindred trades , with whom for many years he has had business relations . Such an episode needs no comment .
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Charles Belton , P . M . No . 1 , & c , is a candidate for the Board of General Purposes , and as it is probable there will be many of our readers who will gladly record their votes in his favour , we take the liberty of reminding them that the election takes place at the Grand Lodge on Wednesday next , the 2 nd prox . Bro . Alderman Sir R . Hanson has been re-elected a Vice-President of the London Athletic Club .
Bro . Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., has taken a house in Harley-street for the season . Bro . the Earl and Countess of March and family arrived last week at their house in Cadogan-square from his lordship ' s hunting residence near Goodwood . Bro . J . Renals , C . C , accompanied by Mrs . Renals , is making a tour through Switzerland and the
Alpine district . He returns to town in the course of a fortnight . Bros . Lord Herschell ( Lord Chancellor ) , Earl Granville , and the Right Hon . Hugh C E . Childers , were present at the Cabinet Council held at the Prime Minister's official residence in Downing-street , on Tuesday , Bro . Sir E . 1 . Reed , K . C . B ., M . P ., presided at
the banquet which followed the third annual conference of the Pilots of the United Kingdom , held in the Lecture Hall of William Brown ' s Library , Liverpool , on Tuesday . At the regular monthly meeting of the Sun and Sector Lodge , No . 962 , Workington , held on Wednesday , the 19 th inst , Bro . John Lewthwaite , P . G . J . W ., was elected W . M . for the ensuing year . There were about 70 brethren
present . It is rumoured that the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., will visit Brighton some time in the course of next month , for the purpose of installing his brother , the Duke of Connaught , P . G . S . W ., as Provincial Grand Master of Sussex , in succession to the late R . W . Bro . Sir W . W .
Burrell , Bart . Bro . Augustus Harris will preside at the 41 st anniversary dinner , to be held at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Wednesday next , the 2 nd prox ., of the Royal General Theatrical Fund . Bros . Alderman Sir J . W . Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., and Sir P . Cunliffe Owen , K . C . M . G ., are among those who have promised their support on the occasion .
At the regular meeting of the Portsmouth Temperance Lodge , No . 206 S , on Monday , Bro . Tufnell , Treasurer , presented to the lodge a very handsome large carpet , covering the whole room , and curtains tor all the windows and the end of the room j Bro . G . Reading also presented to the lodge twelve very handsomely decorated shields—gold on blue ground—bearing the jewels of office
of all the officers of the lodge . The centenary of the Phcenix Lodge , No . 257 , Portsmouth , will take place on the 24 th prox ., when the M . W . G . M ., H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , Bro . Lord Charles Beresford , and several other influential Masons will be present . The ceremony will not take place in the usual lodge room , but at the Soldiers' Institute , High-street , Portsmouth .
Bro . Horace B . Marshall , P . G . * Treas . ; presided at the annual festival held at the Cannon-street Hotel , on Tuesday , of the Newsvendors' Benevolent and Provident Institution . Bros . Alderman Savory and Alderman De Keyser were among the chief supporters of the chair . Bro . Marshall announced that he and his son intended to invest an amount equal to £ iooo in thc Industrial Dwellings '
Company for the benefit of the fund , which investment would enable the Committee to grant two additional female pensions and one male pension . The announcement was greeted with loud cheers . The subscriptions announced during the evening amounted to £ 24 6 3 3 s . The edition of " Hamlet , " which will be shortly issued as a volume of Cassell ' s " National Library , " will
be of special interest on account of the pains Professor Morley has taken with the revision of the text . It his bcen freshly compared throughout with the first and second quarto and the first folio . In one place an omitted line ha ; been inserted j in another a superfluous conjectural addition , although generally adopted , is struck out . In one place , where there is an unquestionable misprint ,
"disasters in the sun , " one more attempt has bcen made to give the true sense . These are but indications of the manner in which Professor Morley has dealt with the new edition , which he has endeavoured to make the nearest attainable approach to Shakespeare ' s text . —The Academy The following dinners take place at the Freemasons' Tavern for the week ending Saturday , the
29 th inst . —Monday—Royal Somerset House Lodge ; De Grey and Ripon Lodge ; 15 th Hussars ; Spelling Bee Club Ball . Tuesday—Tuscan Lodge ; St . James's Union Chapter ; 34 th Regiment ; 30 th Regiment : 82 nd Regiment ; 53 rd Shropshire Regiment ; Joppa Lodge . Wednesday—Noviomagus ; Smcitonian Society of Civil Engineers ; Lodge of Antiquity ; Evening Star Lodge .
Thursday—at . George s Chapter j Mount Moriah Lodge j Bedford Chapter ; 95 th Kegimentj 19 th Regimentj 9 th Regiment ; 12 th Regiment , Friday—Goth Rifles ; Jerusalem Lodge . Saturday—Her Majesty ' s Tradesmen . The Prince and Princess of Wales , with the Duke of Cambridge , and attended by Lady Suffield and Colonel Tecsdale , visited the Royal Italian Opera , Covent Garden , on Tuesday .
TuiiACCoxisTs COMMENCING . —An Illustrated Guide of no pages "Mow to open respectably from £ 20 to sS-ooo ; " three stamps . H . Myers & Co ., 109 , Kuston-rd ., London . Telephone No . 7541 . —[ All vi . ] MORTGAGES . —Messrs . J AMES are in a position to Supply Money to AXV EXTENT on the following Securities : —Landed Estates , Houses , Shops , and Offices , Warehouses and WharvesLife
In-, terests , & c „ Reversions , Borough Kates , & c , at the lowest current rates of interest . Prompt Settlement . 11 , Staple Inn , London , W . C-CAIIVT . J HOLLUWAV ' OINTMENT A . S-D PIU . S . —Ever Useful . —The afflicted by illness should look their diseases fully In the face , and at once seek . 1 remedy for them . A short search will convince the most sceptical that these noble medicaments have alfurded ease , comfort .
and oftentimes complete recovery , to the most tortured sufferers The Ointment will cure all descriptions cf sores , wounds , bad legs , sprains , eruptions , erysipelas , rheumatism , gont , and skin affections . J'he l'iils never fail in correcting and strengthening the stomach , and in restoring a deranged liver to a wholesome condition , In rousint ; torpid kidneys to increase their s : cretion , and in reestablishing the natural healthy activity of the bowels . HoIIoway ' s are the remedies for complaints of all classes of society . —[ ADIT , ]
Masonic And General Tidings
We beg to announce that Bro . James Terry has been elected President ; Bro . Jabez Church , Treasurer ; and Bro . John Ramsey , Secretary ; of the Board of Grand Stewards for the Festival , on Tuesday next , of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales , & c .
THEATRE ROYAI ., HAYMARKET . —In our notice last week of the successful play now being performed at the above theatre , we stated that Mr . Russell made a bid for it . We should have said the bid was made by Messrs . Russell and Bashford , who are the fortunate possessors of this popular piece .
Bro . Sir Algernon Borthwick , M . P ., will take the chair at the annual dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund , at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James's , on Saturday , the Sth prox . Telegraphic addresses ( Inland ) for the Freemason Printing and Publishing Works — "Freemason , London . " For Jewels , Clothing , Furniture , Banners , & c , & . c . — " Kenning , London . "
The Queen , accompanied by the Princess Beatrice and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court , left Windsor Castle for Balmoral on Wednesday . After a sojourn of some three weeks in Scotland her Majesty will return to Windsor . Among the more recent arrivals in London majj be mentioned Bro . the Marquis and the Marchioness of Tweeddale , Bro . the Earl and Countess of Kintore , and Bro . the Earl and Countess of Dunraven .
The opening of the new wingof Queen Charlotte ' s Lying-in Hospital by the Princess of Wales , at which the Prince of Wales will also be present , has been fixed for Friday , the 25 th June prox . The Duke of Cambridge visited Cheltenham on the 21 st inst ., and inspected the Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry ( Hussars ) , under the command of Bro . Lord Fitzhardinge . Lady Monckton , wife of Bro . Sir J . B . Monckton ,
P . G . W ., Town Clerk of London , took part in the entertainment given at the Countess of Zetland ' s on Monday , on behalf of the Building Fund of St . Saviour ' s Priory , Haggerston . H . R . H . the Dukeof Connaught , has intimated his intention of dining with the Honourable Society of Gray ' s Inn , of which he is a Bencher , on Wednesday next , the 2 nd prox ., on the occasion of " Grand Day " of Easter Term .
The Prince of Wales has expressed his intention of being present at the Royal United Service Institution on Monday next , when Capt . Colomb , formerly R . M . A ., will deliver a lecture on " Imperial Federation , Naval and Military . " The chair will be taken oy the Prince of Wales , President of the Institution .
Bro . John Derby Allcroft , I ' . R . S . A ., Treasurer of the Royal Hospital for Incurables , West-hill , Putneyheath , will take the chair at the sixty-fourth half-yearly election at the Cannon-street Hotel to-day ( Friday ) , on which occasion 25 candidates will be elected . A bronze statue of the late Bro . Sir Erasmus
Wilson was unveiled on Wednesday afternoon last at the Royal Sea Bathing Infirmary , Margate , in the presence of a distinguished assemblage . The statue has been executed by Mr . Brock , A . R . A ., and was presented to the infirmary by Sir James Paget , Bart , F . R . S ., on behalf of Lady VVilson .
The Queen left Windsor for London early on Thursday , the 20 th inst ., for the purpose of again visiting the Colonial and Indian Exhibition . Her Majesty , who was accompanied by the Princess Beatrice , was received at the entrance by the Prince of _ Wales and conducted through several of the Courts by his Royal Highness and Bro . Sir P . Cunliffe Owen .
BRITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY . _ The record of the most prosperous year ever known in connection with this financially sound and admirablymanaged Assurance Company has just been issued from the offices , No . 4 , Queen-street-place , li . C From the report of the Thirty-first Annual General Meeting , held at Cannon street Hotel a few days since , we learn that during * the oast
year no fewer than 1972 new policies have been issued , assuring £ 402 , 812 , the annual premium income thereon being £ 11 , 324 . The total business in force at the end of the year consisted 27 , 768 policies , assuring £ 5 , 215 , 556 , bearing an annual premium of £ 152 , 0 ^ 6 . The payments under policies of the year have been £ 74 , 172 under 410 policies , making the total amount paid for policy claims and bonuses
from the commencement of the Company , £ 946 , 340 undei 5 625 policies . There has also been during the year £ 5639 paid tor policies surrendered . After payment of claims and bonuses , surrenders , and working expenses , the sum ol £ 72 , 452 has been added to the Accumulated Fund , which now amounts to £ 1 , 083 , 415 . A characteristic feature of this Company is , as was explained by the managing director
( Bro . W . S . Gover ) , that it assures English lives only , which has the recommendation of ensuring reliability of medical reports , less opportunity of passing inferior lives into the office , the non-liability to fraudulent claims , and greater security of investment . The policies , though smaller in amount than those of some other companies , are taken from the classes of temperate habits , of thrifty disposition and
mostly connected with religious and benevolent institutions , all of which conditions are conducive to longevity . Thus the natural increase of expense attending on the issue of small policies is more than compensated for by the reduction to a minimum of the rate of mortality among such lives . The constitution of thc Company and the judicious administration of its affairs are matters of congratulation to all who
are interested in it , giving the full benefit of mutual assur ance without the possibility of personal liability . Inspiteot the depression so prevalent during the year , the last is on record as the most prosperous of the Company ' s existence , the lay-by being even greater than usual . The revenue was
larger , and the Premium Revenue exceeding that of any former period . A perusal of this report is sufficient to convince any one interested in the subject of assurance that a large , substantial , and satisfactory business is being done under the present management , and we heartily commend to the perusal of our readers the interesting facts and figures that are embodied in this latest return of the Company ' s operations ,