Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

A requisition to Bro . Alfred Brookman , asking him to become a candidate for the representation of the Ward of Aldersgate , in the Court of Common Council , has been signed bv a very large number of the influential electors , and it is proposed to present it to him on 'Thursday , the 27 th inst ., at three o'clock p . m ., at the Champion Hotel , Aldersgate-street . Bro . John Derby Allcroft has

kindly consented to preside on the occasion , and also to accept the Chairmanship of a Committee to be formed for promoting the successful ejection of the candidate . Bro . VV . Danger was installed W . M . of the VVarren Lodge , No . 127 G , at the Queen's Arms , Liscard , on the iSth inst . The first meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge

of Mark Masters of North and East Yorkshire will be held on the 15 th November , at York , under the banner of the York Mark Lodge ( T . I . ) A lodge of instruction , called the Brownrigg Lodge , No . 1 G 3 S , has been opened at the Sun Hotel , Kingston-on-Thames . The meetings are held on the

second and fourth Wednesdays from October to May , at eight o'clock . Bro . Lord Hartington , who is to speak at an agricultural dinner at Yeovil on November 4 th , will be the guest of the Earl and Countess of llchester , at Melbury Park , during his stay in the West of England . Bro . Kino- Kalakaua sailed from San Franciso

on Saturday last for Honolulu . Bro . J . R . Hollond , M . P ., and Mr . W . T . Marriott , Q . C ., M . P ., were present on Saturday last at the annual dinner of the Brighton journalists . Bro . H . Clarke was installed W . M . of the Royal Hanover Lodge , No . 1777 , at the Albany Hotel , Twickenham , on Saturday last .

The Corporation of London , through their Chamberlain , advertise the discharge of certain bonds issued for public works and improvements , amounting to £ 74 > SoO also the renewal of bonds for £ 1 , 011 , 000 , option of re newal to be exercised within a specified period .

The Supreme Council for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States , lately convened in annual session at the Masonic Temple , New York City , adopted suitable resolutions upon the death of our late Bro . President Garfield , prepared by a special Committee , of which Bro . Chas . Levi Woodbury was Chairman .

The Town Council of Brighton entertained the outgoing mayor ( Bro . Alderman David Smith ) at a banquet , and in appreciation of the manner in which his worship has been supported by the mayoress , the latter is to be presented with a substantial testimonial . Bro . H . J . Lardner was installed W . M . of the West Smithfield Mark Lodge of Mark Masters on the 2 Gth

inst ., at SA , Red Lion-square . Bro . Thos . Fenn , P . G . D ., assisted b y Bros . Jas . Glaisher , P . G . D ., Magnus Ohren , A . G . D . of C ; and R . Grey , P . G . D ., consecrated the Wickham Lodge , No . 1924 , at St . Peter's Hall , Brockley , on Saturday last .

Baron de Rothschild and Sir Charles Dilke , M . P ., were among the visitors received by the Prince and Princess of Wales in Paris on Sunday . Bro . Archibald Forbes was present on Thursday , the 20 th inst ., at the American Centenary celebration at Yorktown .

The Rev . A . McAuslane , D . D ., formerl y of Finsbury Chapel , preached at the re-opening of the Stockwell Congregational Church . Bro . Gardner was unanimously elected W . M . of the West Kent Lodge , No . 1207 , on Saturday last . Wc arc in receipt of a circular , being a " memorandum for Masters of contributing lodges , " from the

Wellington District Masonic Scholarship Fund , which sets forth that a competitive examination for a scholarship of the value of £ 15 per annum , tenable for two years , will be held by the Committee in December next , in accordance with the terms and conditions of the regulations relating to the fund . The subjects of examination will be English grammar and composition , ariihemetic . and creoirranhv . to

an extent not exceeding that required for Standard VI . of the Public Schools Standards of Education . Applications for examination must be posted not later than the 30 th of November next . Intending competitors can , no doubt , obtain further particulars on application to Bro . E . O . Gibbes , Secretary for the Committee of Management , Wellington . New Zealand Freemason .

Comps . the Rev . C . VV . Arnold , Deputy Provincial Superintendent of Surrey , assisted by Comps . Sir John B . Monckton , the Rev . R . J . Simpson , P . G . C , J . Terry , E . Letchworth , ICdgar Bowycr and H . Birdseye consecrated the Fitzroy Chapter , 5 69 , on Tuesday , the 21 st inst .

Mr . VV . Wrench Towse , of Clacton-on-Sea , sends us details , which we hope to give in full next week , of the gallant conduct of the crew of the lifeboat Albert Edward , presented by the Freemasons , in going to the assistance of several vessels in distress during the late gales , and being the means of saving many lives . Lady Brassej ' , who has been elected a Dame

Chevalier of the Order of St . John , has given £ 20 towards erecting an English hospice at Jerusalem , and has placed 1 . 100 at the disposal of the St " . John Ambulance Association to form centres of instruction in first aid to the injured , that amount having been collected in fees from the public who inspected the Sunbeam when anchored of Middlesborough . Our Portsmouth corresnnnrlent writes in

reference to the paragraph which appeared in our columns on J 'y 30 , describing an occurrence in one of the Portsmouth gouges , that after making inquiries he finds that he was « ron , statlng t ! lat the Worshipful Master was informed ' 'He condition of the candidate , and desires us to with-•in 1 ' '" . £ state « ient . We , therefore , unhesitatingly do so , ami at the same time beg to express the pleasure it affords HV W F ' M a d ? nial t 0 wl , at aPPeared to be a reflection on * W . M . and a grave scandal to the Order ,

Masonic And General Tidings.

We stated recentl j' that Bro . Alderman Sir B . S . Phillips was in a fair way of having his health re-established ; and we can now add that the improvement has gone on , and he hopes to be with his City friends again as usual , and resume his customary duties . He was present at the Court of Aldermen on Tuesday last , and was congratulated on his return . His constituents in the Ward of 1 'arringdon

Within need not be under any apprehension with regard to his rumoured retirement , as he has never contemplated taking that step . —City Press . Bro . A . Staveley Hill , Q . C ., M . P ., ' Grand Chancellor of the Great Priory of England and Wales , who is now on a visit to Canada , bears a message from H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , Grand Master of England ,

to the Great Priory and Templars of the dominion . The Great Prior , Col . Macled Moore , has some intention of summoning a special meeting of Great Priory to receive Sir Knight Hill . Wc trust he will not do so , as it certainly would be a very great mistake . So few would be able to attend that the meeting would be a sad failure in point of numbers , and would bring great discredit on the Knights

Templar in Canada . 'The Templar Body of Canada is now an independent organization , and has no connection with Convent General or the Great Priory of England , and no great necessity exists for so important a step as calling a special meeting to receive our distinguished visitor . — The Canadian Craftsman .

Bro . John 1 <\ Burrill , R . W . Grand Secretary o ' the Grand Lodge of Illinois , during the last eight years , resigned his office on September 1 st , and VV . Bro . Frank Hudson , jun ., of Springfield , Deputy Grand Secretary , was immediately appointed to the pi ice by the Grand Master , M . W . Bro . William H . Scott . Bro . Burrill we learn , has entered into business in Kansas .

I he Fifteen Sections will be worked 111 the Eccleston Lodge of Instruction , Kings Head , Ebury-bridge , on Saturday , November 12 th , at six o ' clock , by Past Master D . McLeod assisted by the officers of the mother lodge . Miss Rose Dore , whom we referred to at the Haymarket 'Theatre , was amongst the few saved from the

wreck of the Clan Duff , on Friday last . She threw herself into the sea from the sinking ship , and was hauled out into a boat—the only one , though four others were sent from the ship , which has reached the shore . She was on her way to Bombay , with a company , to play . We fear many of the company are drowned . Mr . Ward , one of them ,

wrote an account of their miraculous escape in the Daily News , of Monday last . Bro . Sir Frederick Roberts sailed for India on Wednesday , to assume command of the Madras Army . On Thursday week he attended the Guildhall Common Council , and bade farewell to the Lord Mayor as a loyal citizen .

Bro . Frank Green , Vice-President of the Board of General Purposes will be installed W . M . of the Alliance Lodge , No . 1 S 27 , at the Guildhall Tavern , Gresham-street , on Wednesday , November 2 nd . < A new Commandery of Knights Templars , rececently organised at Chicago , has been sworn into the state service , and is therefore liable to be called on for

service as a part of the military enrollment , of Illinois . Bro . II . J . Lardner , W . M . of the Farringdon Without Lodge , No . 1745 , will work the ceremony of installation at the West Smithfield Lodge of Instruction , at the Cathedral Hotel , St . Paul ' s , on Monday next , the 31 st inst ., at 7 p . m .

Bro . F . Meekha . m , Chairman of the Managing Committee , presided on Wednesday , the igth inst ., at the half-yearly election of inmates into the Licensed Victuallers ' Asylum , to fill up eleven vacant houses , and also to elect the three applicants next highest on the poll to the three vacancies that may arise after the election , at the Asylum , Asylum-road , Old Kent-road .

The second of the series of International Exhibitions at the Crystal Palace , inaugurated last June by Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Connauglit , is to be devoted to electricity , and opening in the course of December next , will continue for some months . The Lord Mayor presided at

the Mansion House on Monday over a select meeting of gentlemen interested in various ways in electrical science , and an honorary council was appointed to assist the directors of the Crystal Palace in the arrangements for the forthcoming exhibition .

A new melodrama , entitled " London , " written by Bro . Henry J . Byron , will shortly be produced at the Adclphi Theatre . The porlait bust of Bro . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , in Masonic regalia , fraternally presented to the Grand Lodge of New South Wales by Bro . Marshall Wood , will be on public view on the ground at the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the new Masonic

Hall , on the gth November , at Sydney . Bro . His Royal Highness Prince Leopold left Balmoral on Wednesday , and drove to Ballater , where he joined the three o ' clock train for Aberdeen , from whence he travelled by the afternoon mail for the south . BISHOP ' DOWN GROVE SPA . —On Tuesday , formal opening was given to an extensive new wing just

added to Mr . VV . Bruce Dick ' s hydropathic establishment , under the management of Mr . Liston Young , at'Tunbridge Wells . 'The house presents a palatini apppearance , standing as it does on an elevated and yet sheltered situation , on the heights of the common . The principal object in view is to offer to London merchants and people seeking rest within easy reach of town , the comforts of home with

good medical attendance if required , baths and the allimportant advantages of pure fresh air and quietness . Special attention has been paid to a series of bath rooms , where , in addition to the more ordinary arrangements , Turkish and electric baths are provided . A chalybeate spring on the grounds sustains the leading characteristic of " The Wells , " hut in this essential particular the

managers have taken the very desirable step of importing the most highly recommended German waters for the use of the visitors . Dr . Pardington is the resident physician . The house is capable of accommodating 1 G 0 guests , and is suitable equally for people in good health seeking change of air and re-creation , and for those who require to be treated as patients on the hydropathic system .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., presided on Friday , the 21 st inst ., at a meeting of the Hastings Sanitary Aid Association . The appointment of Aide-de-Camp to Bro . Major-General the Duke of Connauglit , commanding the 3 rd Infantry Brigade , at Aldershot , is vacant by the retirement of Captain the Hon . Otway Cuffe , Rifle Brigade .

The Queen has given a stained-glass window to the cathedral church ot St . Mary , Bury St . Edmunds . It was unveiled this week by the Bishop of Bath and Wells .

Bro . G . Sims , C . C , Chairman of the Past Officers' Club , will preside at the autumn dinner , to be held at the Raglan Hotel , on 'Tuesday . A pearl , valued at £ 2 O 0 o , has been found in the Kimberley district , Western Australia . It has been sent to England . —Sydney Mail .

The only son of Mr . Thomas Bradford , principal of the firm of Messrs . Bradford and Co ., machinist , is to be presented on his coming of age with a life-sized portrait of his father , which is being painted by Mr . Charles Mercier , under commission from the employes of the firm , numbering between 500 and Goo .

Wc arc pleased to learn that the brethren of St . George's Lodge , 1 S 01 , E . C , Dargaville , Northern Wairoa , are about to erect a handsome and commodious hall on a site selected for the purpose , close to the Bank of New Zealand , in that township . Lady Monckton and Mrs . Labouchere have promised to take part in a grand dramatic performance , to

be held at 1 wickenham during November , in aid of St . John ' s Hospital . Bro . Polydore Dc Keyser , and Mrs . Keyser , have issued their usual invitations to a numerous circle of friends to meet them at the Royal Hotel , Blackfriars , on Lord Mayor ' s Day . This privilege has been extended for several years past to the families of their guests , and an opportunity for seeing the procession is not only provided ,

but also an agreeable entertainment to while away the time of waiting . E . Sir Geo . W . Kcndrick , jun ., R . E . Grand Commander of Pennsylvania , accompanied b y E . Sir M . Richards Muckle , Grand Treasurer , and K . Sir Charles E . Meyer , Grand Recorder , were present at Cleveland , at the funerat ceremonies , as representative of the Grand Commandery of Pennsylvania . '

Field-Marshall Count Von Moltke , the great German strategist , completed his Sist year on Wednesday , having been born at Mecklenburg , in Germany , on Oct . 2 " ) th , 1 S 00 . We regret to announce the death , on Tuesday

last , of the Right Hon . VV . N . Massey , M . P ., Chairman for many years past of St . John ' s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin . This charity , which has black shutters up ' at eachof its windows , will seriously feel the loss of its Chairman , to whose unremitting attention and beneficence its late prosperity is mainly due .

The will of Alderman Bro . Sir William Anderson Rose , late of GG , Upper Thames-street , and of Upper Tooting , who died on June gth last , was proved on the iSth inst ., b y Dame Charlotte Grace Rose , the widow and acting executrix , the value of the personal estate amounting to upwards of £ 51 , 000 . The testator bequeaths to his wife an immediate legacy of £ 500 , a carriage and a pair of

horses , and all his jewellery , except diamonds ; the diamonds she is to ha \ e the use of for life or widowhood , and afterwards they are to bi divided between his children . His presentation plate he gives specifically to his children ; and there are legacies and annuities to his brothei , Mr . James Anderson Rose , his aunt , Mr . Alfred Ramage ( if in his service at his decease ) , and to his domestic servants .

The residue of his real and personal estate , including his freehold and leasehold property in UpperThames-streetand Worcester-lane , is to be held upon trust to pay £ 1500 per annum ( to be increased in certain events to ^ 2000 ) to his wife for life or widowhood , and annual payments in addition

in respect of each of his children under age ; and subject thereto for his sans and daughters in equal shares . 'The testator appoints his wife guardian of such of his children as may be minors at his death , and he expresses a wish that all or some of his sons may be admitted as partners in his husiness . —Citv Press .

The Fifteen Sections will be worked by the members of the Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , No . 105 G , at the Horns Tavern , Kennington Park , on 'Tuesday , the 15 th day of November , 1 SS 1 , commencing at 7 o ' clock , In the evening precisely , in the Kennington Lodge , No . 13 SL Bro . J . R . Stacev , P . M . 1 S 0 , W . M . ; Larchin , W . M . 1541 , S . W . ; Gush , J . W . 1541 . J . W . Appleton , VV . S . 13 S 1 , I . G .

FIRST LECTURE . 1 st Section Bro . Appleton , VV . S . 13 S 1 . 2 nd „ „ Creak , P . M . 157 . 3 rd „ ,, VV . F . Gardner , S . W . 1297 . 4 th „ „ Johnson , 1541 . 5 th „ „ Larchin , W . M . 1541 . Gth „ „ R . P . Tate , W . M . SG 2 , 1541 . 7 th „ „ VV . Woods , S . W . 145 .

SECOND LECTURE . 1 st Section Bro . Caton , S . D . 7 G 5 . 2 nd „ „ Snelling , 1541 . 3 rd „ „ Abell , P . M . 55 .

4 th ., ..Gush , J . W . 1541 . 5 th „ .. Stead , 1522 . THIRD LECTURE . 1 st Section Bro . Lee , VV . S . 1 IQ 6 . 2 nd ,, ,, Denison , S . W . 1541 . 3 rd ,, , F ' ox , S . D . 201 .

Bro . Wm . F . Costcnbader , of New York , has been selected by the Grand Master in the place of Bro . R . H . Thomas , deceased , for the office of Grand Librarian . The New York Dispatch says , "He is the right man in the right place . We understand he has already commenced a catalogue , which , when printed , will render our hitherto useless books of some practical value to searchers afterlight . "

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