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The Duchess of Albany vvas present at an exhibition of Tableaux Vivants at the Esher Village Hall on Tuesday evening , in aid of the Esher Men and Women ' s Help Society . 'The children of the Duke and Duchess of f onnaught arrived at Charing Cross Station from Hyeres bn Tuesday evening , and the following morning left London to join their parents at Portsmouth .
His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief has sanctioned the appointment of Lieut . A . VV . Cotton , Grenadier Guards , as Aide-de-Camp to Bro . General Lord Roberts , Commander-in-Chief in India . The influenza has not quite left us , the number of deaths primarily ascribed to it during the past week being eightj as compared vvith seven the week previous , but only onehalf the total recorded three weeks ago .
Alexandre Dumas collection of paintings , vvhich includes some magnificent specimens of the best work of Meissonier , Millet , Delacroix , Vollon , and other leaders of the French school , will be disposed of by auction in Paris on the 12 th and 13 th prox .
The Prince and Princess of Wales , travelling as the Earl and Countess of Chester , arrived in Paris on Tuesday , accompanied by their son and the Princesses Victoria and Maud . During their stay in the French capital their Royal Highnesses vvill remain in strict incognito .
A vestry meeting of the parishioners of Perivale in the ccunty uf Middlesex was held on Monday for the election of Churchwardens . There are only four ratepayers in the parish , and as none of them were able to attend , the vicar , the Rev . Dr . Hughes , vvas obliged to transact the business .
VVe regret to hear that Bro . Henry Irving has been suffering from loss of voice consequent upon a cold and that he has had to go to Hastings / or a rest . However , he will resume playing at the Lyceum to-morrow ( Saturday ) , at latest . His appearance in " Richelieu " has been postponed till Saturday , the 7 th prox . In consequence of Wednesday , the 25 th prox ., having
been set apart for the celebration of the Queen's birthday , the annual festival of the Royal Caledonian Asylum , vvhich vvas to have been held on that day under the presidency of the Duke of Connaught , has been changed to Wednesday , the nth prox ., when his Royal Highness will preside .
Bro . Sir Arthur Sullivan returned to England last week , accomplishing the journey without discomfort , but on Monday he had a return of the local pains , accompanied by a good deal of feverish disturbance . However , according to the bulletin issued by his medical adviser , he passed a quiet night , and vvas very much easier on Tuesday morning .
Among the friends and relatives present at the marriage of Capt . the Hon . Herbert Laurence , 17 th Lancers , youngest son of the late Lord Laurence , with the Hon . Isabel Mills , eldest daughter of Bro . Lord and Lady Hillingdon , at St . Peter ' s Church , Seal , near Sevenoaks , on Tuesday , were Bro . the Earl and Countess of Wharncliffe , the D vwager Lady Laurence and Lady Laurence , Bro . Lord G-nrge Hamilton , M . P ., and Lady George Hamilton , Lady Suffield , and others .
It is the intention of Bro . Lord George Hamilton and certain of his colleagues at the Admiralty to personally conduct a party of members from both sides of the House of Commons over the new battleship The Royal Sovereign on Saturday , the 21 st prox . The naval authorities are said to be perfectly satisfied vvith the new ship , which at an early date will lie commissioned as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Fairfax , as successor to Vice-Admiral Sir M , Culma-Seymour , in command of the Channel Smiadron .
Hro . Lord Mayor hvans and the Lady Mayoress gave the usual Easter banquet at the Mansion House on Monday , when among the distinguished guests present there vvere included the Duke of Cembridge , the Italian Ambassador and the Countess Torneilli , the Portuguese Minister , Bro . Sir E . Clarke , Q . C . M . P ., her . Majesty ' sSolicitor-General , and Lady Clarke , Bro . Alderman Sir | . Whitlaker Kills ,
Bart ., M . P ., and Lady Ellis , Bin . Alderman Sir Joseph Savory , Bart ., and Lady Savory . Bro . Alderman Sir James Whitehead , Bart ., and Lady Whitehead , Bro . Alderman Sir H . E . and Lady Knight , Bro . Alderman and Mrs . Knill , Ihe Consuls-General for Germany , Turkey , Italy , Spain , Denmark , Austria-Hungary , and the Netherlands , and others .
The Queen , accompanied by Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg , left Iljires on Monday . Her Majesty was received in the waiting room of the railway station by the Prefect , the Mayor , and the Deputy Mayor , vvho offered her bouquets , accompanied by wishes for a pleasant journey , Madame Collyer , wife of the Protestant pastor , also presented her vvith a bnuouet , and M . Bodinier thanked her
for her kindness . The Prince and Princess of VVales . vvith Prince George and the Princesses Victoria and Maud , Pi ince si May of Teck , Bro . the Right Hon . Hugh C . E . Childers , M . P ., and Mrs . Childers were on the platform to bid farewell to her Majesty , who remained standing at the carriage window graciously bowing to those present as the train left the station . The Royal travellers reached Darmstadt about
9 a . m . on'Tuesday morning , where they were received by the Grand Duke , Prince Henry of Prussia , Princess Alice of Hesse , the Princes Henry and William of Hesse , and others , but the reception was otherwise strictly private in consequence of our Royal and the Grand Ducal families being in mourning . IIULLOWAY ' . SOINTMKN'I WM Pn . i . s . —Sudden chanj . es of tem pern
lure sorely try all persons prone to rheumatism , sciatica , tic-( lonloureiix , anil many maladies scarcely less painf ., 1 , tlioii | , 'li of shorter duration . On Ihe lirst AUnck nf stillness or snllerinu in any muscle , joint , or nerve , recourse should immediately he had tn fomenting the seat of disease with hot hrine and rnhhini . in this remarkable Ointment , which wi I assuage the uneasiness of
the part , suhdue inflammation , and reduce the swcllinir . 'the I'ills , simultaneously taken , vvill rectify constitutional disturbances and renew the strength . No remedy heretofore discovered has proved so cltective as the Ointment aud [ 'ills for remov inc . fcouty , rheumatic , and scrofulous attacks , which affect all ages , and are commonly called hereditary ,
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The meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Devon is fixed for May 23 rd at Exeter . Bro . Alderman IT . D . Davis vvill be installed as W . M . of the Bishopsgate Lodge , No . 239 ( 1 , on Monday next , at the Great Eastern Hotel , Liverpool-street . We are asked to state that the Langton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1673 , has gone into recess for the summer , and will resume work on the second Thursday in October .
It is announced that Mr . Montagu Wilhamsis in arcondition that gives the gravest anxiety to his medical attendants and hisiamily . He is under treatment at his house at Ramsgate . Bro . Si B . Bancroft , W . M ., presided on Tuesday last at the annual banquet of the Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 , vvhich had been postponed from the installation meeting in February . About 100 members and guests vvere present .
Golden Beam is the brand of a very fine cigarette recently introduced by Messrs . N . S . Nicolaides and Co ., of 11 , Queen Victoria-street . ¦ Consumers vvill appreciate the delicate aroma of this new claimant for favour . The Duke and Duchess of Teck and Princess . May left the Villa Clementine , Cannes on Thursday , and will reside
until the 3 rd of May at the Hotel de Provence . They vvill then spend a few days in Paris , and afterwards go to Stuttgart . A man at Winona , Minnesota , took to himself a fifth wife the other day . He has 10 children , 24 grandchildren , and 10 great-grandchildren living . His bride is 22 years old , a cripple , and poor . He is 75 , wealthy , and very vigorous for his age .
The Queen on Wednesday conferred upon tbe Grand Duke of Hesse the Order of the Garter vvith the insignia that his father had worn . The decorations had , in accordance with time-honoured precedent , been returned to the Oueen after the late Grand Duke ' s death .
The Prince of Wales , accompanied by Prince George , paid a visit on Wednesday to President Carnot , at Paris , with whon he conversed for over half an hour . The President subsequently proceeded to the Hotel Bristol to return the visit .
Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Portland paid a visit to Hucknall Tockard , the burial place of Lord Byron , on Monday , when the Duchess laid the foundation-stone of a new church , and the Duke expressed a hope that the friendly relations vvhich had always existed between him and the inhabitants would be maintained .
Owing to a prior arrangement , Miss Nellie Ganthony , whose musical sketch formssuch a clever lever de ridea 11 to "The Magistrate" at Terry ' s Theatre , has to appear in Manchester next week . During her absence Mr . Ben Nathan will give a new and original half-hour ' s entertainment , Miss Ganthony resuming her engagement at Terry ' s on Monday , thc Oth prox .
The " Old Masonians will give their annual entertainment this ( Friday ) evening at Anderton's Hotel , Fleetstreet . An excellent programme of music has been provided , and we trust it will prove as successful as the previous gatherings . The object of this entertainment is to assist the Benevolent and Grant Fund to provide assistance to Old Boys of the R . M . I . B .
The marriage of Miss Milledge was the occasion of a very interesting gathering at St . Mary ' s Church , Weymouth , on Tuesday last , and created considerable interest . The contracting parties weie the Rev . George Charles Wallis , a missionary of the Church of England Missionary Society , labouring in North-West Canada , and Clara Maud , eldest daughter of Bro . Zillwood Milledge , J . P .,
of The Fernery , Weymouth . When a stranger presents himself to your notice in the character of a Mason , it behoves you to be particularly cautious in your endeavours to ascertain whether his pretensions be genuine ; for if he should prove to he a cowan , the slightest word or hint vvhich he might gather from any indi-creet disclosure on your part , would be sufficient for
the foundation of any hypothesis that would be boldly trumpeted forth as a new and important discovery . — Beware of ^ t . —Oliver . The installation meeting of the Quadratic Chapter , No . 1 C 09 , was held at the Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court , on Monday , the 25 th inst . Comp . J . G . Garson , M . D ., the M . E . / ., installed his successor , Comp . Belgrave Ninnis ,
M . D ., Deputy Inspector of Hospitals , R . N ., as First Principa ) , and Comp . VV . Glynn Smith as Third Principal . Owing to the abence from ill-health of Comp . Dr . Alder VVright , 11 . elect , the installation of Second Principal was deferred . The Past Principal s jewel of the chapter was afterwards presented to Comp . Garson by the M . E . Z ., Comp . Belgrave Ninnis , on behalf of the chapter .
VVe have no use for the ind ' vidual who , being a member of a fraternal society , is always to l > 2 found predicting all kinds of direful things that are going to happen to it . As a rule he assumes the know-it-all air , and gives the impression that the information he imparts has been received from head-quarters . He is a nuisance . How remarkable the
contrast between such a one and the enthusiastic member . Enthusiasm as-ists the progress of a fraternal society , and the enthusiastic member , the member who is always ready to do his part and say a good word for the society , is a valuable acquisition . 'The apathetic man is a failure , the enthusiastic man a success . —A . L . of H . Journal .
The works of art collected by the late Bro . Lord Cheylesmore vvill be sold by auction by Messrs . Christie and Sons on Saturday next , the 7 th prox . The collection includes only a few examples of foreign masters , but British painters who have helped to make our school- famous are very numerously represented . There are some 30 works by Sir Edwin Landseer , among them being the famous " Monarch of the Glen , " which was exhibited at thc Royal
Academy in 1857 ; the "Hood in the Highlands , " exhibited at the Academy in iSfio ; a life-size portrait of "H . M . the Queen , " which is still unfinished , but vvas exhibited at The Academy in its present state in 1 S 73 . There is also Ansdell ' s large picture of a "Traveller attacked by wolves , " Goodall , R . A . ' s "The Sphinx , " Delaroche ' s " Execution of Lady Jane Grey j" "St . Michael ' s Mount—the Morning after the Storm , " by Clarkson Stanlield ; "Interior of St . Mark ' s , Venice , " by David Roberts .
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The Marquis and Marchioness of Lome left Leio-ht Buzzard on Wednesday on their return to London , after " visit to Lady Sophia Macnamara and Mr . A . Mricnam-, at Dillington Manor . nara The Albert Palace , Battersea , vvas offered for sale Wednesday at the Mart , Tokenhouse-yard , hut was nl sold . The reserve price was £ 5000 . It is rumoured that an attempt vvill be made by the inhabitants of Battersea t acquire the palace for a fernery . °
A meeting vvas held on Wednesday evening in the Dr ' v Hall , Whitechapel-road , to consider proposals to ameliorat the condition of the Jewish poor in the East-end of Londo ^ but the speakers had a stormy reception , and after several scenes the meeting broke up in great confusion .
The 36 th exhibition of sporting and other dogs , by th Kennel Club , vvill be held at the Royal Agricultural Half Islington , on the Sth , gth . and 10 th June , in connection vvith the Sportsmen's Exhibition , when prizes to the value of about £ 3 , 000 vvill be competed for . Entries close on the 12 th prox .
The will of the late Sir Henry Cotton shows personal estate £ 59 , , and that of Sir John Coode £ 55 , 000 . The latter bequeathed £ 500 to the Colonial and Continental Church Society , £ 100 each to the British and Foreign Bible Society , the Church Missionary Societ y , and the Church Pastoral Aid Society , and £ 50 each to the Religious Tract Society and the Spanish and Portuguese Church Aid Society . :
It has been officially announced that the next examination * ot candidates for cadetships at the Royal Military Academy \ Woolwich , vvill co-nmence in London on the 23 rd junl next , the medical inspection taking place the day previous at VVoolwich . There will be 50 vacancies competed for and applications to compete must be sent to the Military ' Secretary , Horse Guards , War Office , not later than the ' 14 th prox .
Bro . Will Dwigans , the smallest Mason in Iowa , was raised to the Degree of Master Mason on the 1 4 th ultimo ' in Benton City Lodge , No . Si , Shellsburg , Iowa . He is j 40 inches high and 37 years of age , and vvas born and raised ' ¦ in Shellsburg . The Degree vvas conferred by Bro . Sidney I Smith , the editor of Iowa Masonry , and vvho is but 10 i inches taller than the candidate . —Kevstonc . i
Just at present ( the first time since 1 S 36 ) the Zoo logical Gardens is without a giraffe . This animal , like the quagga , is getting among the vanishing species . It is nn longu abundant in the Cape Colony , a few only being found in isolated localities a thousand miles from Cape Town , and in East Africa the natives do not seem to be able to catch the individuals seen there ; while the closing of the Soudan to trade has cut off any possible supply from that quarter .
Those popular artistes , Mdme . Nordica , Miss Macintyre , Mdme . Patey , Mr . Ben Davies , Mr . Norman Salmond , and Mr . Santley , will all sing at St . James ' s Hall to-morrow ( Saturday ) afternoon at the grand concert given by Mr . Percy Notcutt . Miss Meredyth Elliott will then introduce a new song by Mr . Oliver Notcutt , entitled " A Message ot Life . " Miss Fanny Davies and Master Gerardy will be the I instrumentalists .
Miss Louisa IL F . Bennett , late of Florence , whose wil vvas proved on the 2 Sth ult ., has bequeathed £ 26 , 00010 various charitable institutions —( including £ 5000 to tlie ' British Home for Incurables at Clapham , S . VV ., and £ fio *) ' to the Royal Infirmary at Manchester ) — £ 30 , 000 to the only ' son of Sir Augustus Paget , British Ambassador at Vienna ;
£ 19 , 000 to the wife and children of Bro . Major Charles T . , Davenport , late Army Pay Department ; and £ 5000 to the infant son of Bro . Lieut .-Col . F . Egerton Bennett , late jj Army Service Corps . There arc also several smaller legacies to the executors and trustees , and others , and the personalty \ exceeds £ 87 , 000 .
On Tuesday night , under the auspices of the Royal St . ; Edmund ' s ( No-woS ) and the Abbey Lodges ( No . i . W' ) a grand baj .-tcft ^ place in the Athen . eum Hall , vJ | Bury St . Edn ) iVnd $ . The large hall had been tastefully 1 adorned with M *) £ < giic emblems , and being brilliantly illuminated by handfjjne chandeliers , presented a very imposing scene , but the company was not so large aS * on former
occasions , only about 100 members and friends attending . An elegant supper was supplied by Mr . T . F . Sabin , ofthe Angel Hotel , vvho also provided the refreshments . ' 1 arrangements for the ball devolved upon a Committees Stewards , including the following Past Masters : Bros . CCornish , J . Hodges , J . M . Harvey , G . J . Paine , J- •' . Oliver , J . Campbell Smith , and VV . Armstrong , the
indefatigable Honorary Secretary , as well as Bros . C . D . Leech , jun ., II . VV . TraSfy ^ -C . Oliver , and 11 . J . Salmon . All brethren had beeV requested to appear in full Masonic clothing , and military and naval officirs in umfof " - Dancing commenced between nine and ten o ' clock , to the enlivening strains of Mr . C . E . Skipsey ' s quadrille birA and was kept up until a late hour .
1 heard a Master boasting the other day that he was going to " beat the record . " He vvas going to lire at one shot from his Masonic mortar more full-fledged . Master Masons than had ever been fired before at one time in tM history of the metropolitan district . He was going 'jj astonish the oldest inhabitant . I asked him hownunyi , '"™
men he would get out of the 20 whom he expected to w ?'* He thought about five—or 25 per cent . At the sarin- rJf > how long would it take to turn his lodge into an unJisiraW bjdy : I do not know whether he mjantjthat only abju | ] per cent , would care anything for Masonry after they » ' <•' raised , or that 75 per cent , were objectionable , but '"' j ,. case trie lodge would certainly be better off by not " ue "
ing the record . " I am sorry to see such a spirlt as , ^ prevalent among some lodges , and I cannot help looking * ^ suspicion upon every attempt to " beat the record . ' l not see that there is anything Masonic in this effort U j » reach others in the making of Alasons . An ounce ol P . gold is worth many pounds of dross . —New York Disi ' -
FISH ! risii l . risii ! The Co-Oi'intATivir F ISH Si'i'jjj' } Co ., LTD ., are now sending out cheap BASKET * ol 1 - ^ or OvsriiKS , carriage paid , to any part of the King ' from 2 s . OJ . each and upwards , direct Irom the laI ' | v £ stage . Address orders and remittances to the Co-j- 'P j ( . Fish Supply Co ., Ltd ., Pontoon , Grimsby , or to Billing 5 ^ Buildings , London , E . G ., as may be most convenient , our London House for their celebrated Bloaters , Haddocks , Kippers , & c ,
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The Duchess of Albany vvas present at an exhibition of Tableaux Vivants at the Esher Village Hall on Tuesday evening , in aid of the Esher Men and Women ' s Help Society . 'The children of the Duke and Duchess of f onnaught arrived at Charing Cross Station from Hyeres bn Tuesday evening , and the following morning left London to join their parents at Portsmouth .
His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief has sanctioned the appointment of Lieut . A . VV . Cotton , Grenadier Guards , as Aide-de-Camp to Bro . General Lord Roberts , Commander-in-Chief in India . The influenza has not quite left us , the number of deaths primarily ascribed to it during the past week being eightj as compared vvith seven the week previous , but only onehalf the total recorded three weeks ago .
Alexandre Dumas collection of paintings , vvhich includes some magnificent specimens of the best work of Meissonier , Millet , Delacroix , Vollon , and other leaders of the French school , will be disposed of by auction in Paris on the 12 th and 13 th prox .
The Prince and Princess of Wales , travelling as the Earl and Countess of Chester , arrived in Paris on Tuesday , accompanied by their son and the Princesses Victoria and Maud . During their stay in the French capital their Royal Highnesses vvill remain in strict incognito .
A vestry meeting of the parishioners of Perivale in the ccunty uf Middlesex was held on Monday for the election of Churchwardens . There are only four ratepayers in the parish , and as none of them were able to attend , the vicar , the Rev . Dr . Hughes , vvas obliged to transact the business .
VVe regret to hear that Bro . Henry Irving has been suffering from loss of voice consequent upon a cold and that he has had to go to Hastings / or a rest . However , he will resume playing at the Lyceum to-morrow ( Saturday ) , at latest . His appearance in " Richelieu " has been postponed till Saturday , the 7 th prox . In consequence of Wednesday , the 25 th prox ., having
been set apart for the celebration of the Queen's birthday , the annual festival of the Royal Caledonian Asylum , vvhich vvas to have been held on that day under the presidency of the Duke of Connaught , has been changed to Wednesday , the nth prox ., when his Royal Highness will preside .
Bro . Sir Arthur Sullivan returned to England last week , accomplishing the journey without discomfort , but on Monday he had a return of the local pains , accompanied by a good deal of feverish disturbance . However , according to the bulletin issued by his medical adviser , he passed a quiet night , and vvas very much easier on Tuesday morning .
Among the friends and relatives present at the marriage of Capt . the Hon . Herbert Laurence , 17 th Lancers , youngest son of the late Lord Laurence , with the Hon . Isabel Mills , eldest daughter of Bro . Lord and Lady Hillingdon , at St . Peter ' s Church , Seal , near Sevenoaks , on Tuesday , were Bro . the Earl and Countess of Wharncliffe , the D vwager Lady Laurence and Lady Laurence , Bro . Lord G-nrge Hamilton , M . P ., and Lady George Hamilton , Lady Suffield , and others .
It is the intention of Bro . Lord George Hamilton and certain of his colleagues at the Admiralty to personally conduct a party of members from both sides of the House of Commons over the new battleship The Royal Sovereign on Saturday , the 21 st prox . The naval authorities are said to be perfectly satisfied vvith the new ship , which at an early date will lie commissioned as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Fairfax , as successor to Vice-Admiral Sir M , Culma-Seymour , in command of the Channel Smiadron .
Hro . Lord Mayor hvans and the Lady Mayoress gave the usual Easter banquet at the Mansion House on Monday , when among the distinguished guests present there vvere included the Duke of Cembridge , the Italian Ambassador and the Countess Torneilli , the Portuguese Minister , Bro . Sir E . Clarke , Q . C . M . P ., her . Majesty ' sSolicitor-General , and Lady Clarke , Bro . Alderman Sir | . Whitlaker Kills ,
Bart ., M . P ., and Lady Ellis , Bin . Alderman Sir Joseph Savory , Bart ., and Lady Savory . Bro . Alderman Sir James Whitehead , Bart ., and Lady Whitehead , Bro . Alderman Sir H . E . and Lady Knight , Bro . Alderman and Mrs . Knill , Ihe Consuls-General for Germany , Turkey , Italy , Spain , Denmark , Austria-Hungary , and the Netherlands , and others .
The Queen , accompanied by Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg , left Iljires on Monday . Her Majesty was received in the waiting room of the railway station by the Prefect , the Mayor , and the Deputy Mayor , vvho offered her bouquets , accompanied by wishes for a pleasant journey , Madame Collyer , wife of the Protestant pastor , also presented her vvith a bnuouet , and M . Bodinier thanked her
for her kindness . The Prince and Princess of VVales . vvith Prince George and the Princesses Victoria and Maud , Pi ince si May of Teck , Bro . the Right Hon . Hugh C . E . Childers , M . P ., and Mrs . Childers were on the platform to bid farewell to her Majesty , who remained standing at the carriage window graciously bowing to those present as the train left the station . The Royal travellers reached Darmstadt about
9 a . m . on'Tuesday morning , where they were received by the Grand Duke , Prince Henry of Prussia , Princess Alice of Hesse , the Princes Henry and William of Hesse , and others , but the reception was otherwise strictly private in consequence of our Royal and the Grand Ducal families being in mourning . IIULLOWAY ' . SOINTMKN'I WM Pn . i . s . —Sudden chanj . es of tem pern
lure sorely try all persons prone to rheumatism , sciatica , tic-( lonloureiix , anil many maladies scarcely less painf ., 1 , tlioii | , 'li of shorter duration . On Ihe lirst AUnck nf stillness or snllerinu in any muscle , joint , or nerve , recourse should immediately he had tn fomenting the seat of disease with hot hrine and rnhhini . in this remarkable Ointment , which wi I assuage the uneasiness of
the part , suhdue inflammation , and reduce the swcllinir . 'the I'ills , simultaneously taken , vvill rectify constitutional disturbances and renew the strength . No remedy heretofore discovered has proved so cltective as the Ointment aud [ 'ills for remov inc . fcouty , rheumatic , and scrofulous attacks , which affect all ages , and are commonly called hereditary ,
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The meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Devon is fixed for May 23 rd at Exeter . Bro . Alderman IT . D . Davis vvill be installed as W . M . of the Bishopsgate Lodge , No . 239 ( 1 , on Monday next , at the Great Eastern Hotel , Liverpool-street . We are asked to state that the Langton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1673 , has gone into recess for the summer , and will resume work on the second Thursday in October .
It is announced that Mr . Montagu Wilhamsis in arcondition that gives the gravest anxiety to his medical attendants and hisiamily . He is under treatment at his house at Ramsgate . Bro . Si B . Bancroft , W . M ., presided on Tuesday last at the annual banquet of the Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 , vvhich had been postponed from the installation meeting in February . About 100 members and guests vvere present .
Golden Beam is the brand of a very fine cigarette recently introduced by Messrs . N . S . Nicolaides and Co ., of 11 , Queen Victoria-street . ¦ Consumers vvill appreciate the delicate aroma of this new claimant for favour . The Duke and Duchess of Teck and Princess . May left the Villa Clementine , Cannes on Thursday , and will reside
until the 3 rd of May at the Hotel de Provence . They vvill then spend a few days in Paris , and afterwards go to Stuttgart . A man at Winona , Minnesota , took to himself a fifth wife the other day . He has 10 children , 24 grandchildren , and 10 great-grandchildren living . His bride is 22 years old , a cripple , and poor . He is 75 , wealthy , and very vigorous for his age .
The Queen on Wednesday conferred upon tbe Grand Duke of Hesse the Order of the Garter vvith the insignia that his father had worn . The decorations had , in accordance with time-honoured precedent , been returned to the Oueen after the late Grand Duke ' s death .
The Prince of Wales , accompanied by Prince George , paid a visit on Wednesday to President Carnot , at Paris , with whon he conversed for over half an hour . The President subsequently proceeded to the Hotel Bristol to return the visit .
Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Portland paid a visit to Hucknall Tockard , the burial place of Lord Byron , on Monday , when the Duchess laid the foundation-stone of a new church , and the Duke expressed a hope that the friendly relations vvhich had always existed between him and the inhabitants would be maintained .
Owing to a prior arrangement , Miss Nellie Ganthony , whose musical sketch formssuch a clever lever de ridea 11 to "The Magistrate" at Terry ' s Theatre , has to appear in Manchester next week . During her absence Mr . Ben Nathan will give a new and original half-hour ' s entertainment , Miss Ganthony resuming her engagement at Terry ' s on Monday , thc Oth prox .
The " Old Masonians will give their annual entertainment this ( Friday ) evening at Anderton's Hotel , Fleetstreet . An excellent programme of music has been provided , and we trust it will prove as successful as the previous gatherings . The object of this entertainment is to assist the Benevolent and Grant Fund to provide assistance to Old Boys of the R . M . I . B .
The marriage of Miss Milledge was the occasion of a very interesting gathering at St . Mary ' s Church , Weymouth , on Tuesday last , and created considerable interest . The contracting parties weie the Rev . George Charles Wallis , a missionary of the Church of England Missionary Society , labouring in North-West Canada , and Clara Maud , eldest daughter of Bro . Zillwood Milledge , J . P .,
of The Fernery , Weymouth . When a stranger presents himself to your notice in the character of a Mason , it behoves you to be particularly cautious in your endeavours to ascertain whether his pretensions be genuine ; for if he should prove to he a cowan , the slightest word or hint vvhich he might gather from any indi-creet disclosure on your part , would be sufficient for
the foundation of any hypothesis that would be boldly trumpeted forth as a new and important discovery . — Beware of ^ t . —Oliver . The installation meeting of the Quadratic Chapter , No . 1 C 09 , was held at the Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court , on Monday , the 25 th inst . Comp . J . G . Garson , M . D ., the M . E . / ., installed his successor , Comp . Belgrave Ninnis ,
M . D ., Deputy Inspector of Hospitals , R . N ., as First Principa ) , and Comp . VV . Glynn Smith as Third Principal . Owing to the abence from ill-health of Comp . Dr . Alder VVright , 11 . elect , the installation of Second Principal was deferred . The Past Principal s jewel of the chapter was afterwards presented to Comp . Garson by the M . E . Z ., Comp . Belgrave Ninnis , on behalf of the chapter .
VVe have no use for the ind ' vidual who , being a member of a fraternal society , is always to l > 2 found predicting all kinds of direful things that are going to happen to it . As a rule he assumes the know-it-all air , and gives the impression that the information he imparts has been received from head-quarters . He is a nuisance . How remarkable the
contrast between such a one and the enthusiastic member . Enthusiasm as-ists the progress of a fraternal society , and the enthusiastic member , the member who is always ready to do his part and say a good word for the society , is a valuable acquisition . 'The apathetic man is a failure , the enthusiastic man a success . —A . L . of H . Journal .
The works of art collected by the late Bro . Lord Cheylesmore vvill be sold by auction by Messrs . Christie and Sons on Saturday next , the 7 th prox . The collection includes only a few examples of foreign masters , but British painters who have helped to make our school- famous are very numerously represented . There are some 30 works by Sir Edwin Landseer , among them being the famous " Monarch of the Glen , " which was exhibited at thc Royal
Academy in 1857 ; the "Hood in the Highlands , " exhibited at the Academy in iSfio ; a life-size portrait of "H . M . the Queen , " which is still unfinished , but vvas exhibited at The Academy in its present state in 1 S 73 . There is also Ansdell ' s large picture of a "Traveller attacked by wolves , " Goodall , R . A . ' s "The Sphinx , " Delaroche ' s " Execution of Lady Jane Grey j" "St . Michael ' s Mount—the Morning after the Storm , " by Clarkson Stanlield ; "Interior of St . Mark ' s , Venice , " by David Roberts .
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The Marquis and Marchioness of Lome left Leio-ht Buzzard on Wednesday on their return to London , after " visit to Lady Sophia Macnamara and Mr . A . Mricnam-, at Dillington Manor . nara The Albert Palace , Battersea , vvas offered for sale Wednesday at the Mart , Tokenhouse-yard , hut was nl sold . The reserve price was £ 5000 . It is rumoured that an attempt vvill be made by the inhabitants of Battersea t acquire the palace for a fernery . °
A meeting vvas held on Wednesday evening in the Dr ' v Hall , Whitechapel-road , to consider proposals to ameliorat the condition of the Jewish poor in the East-end of Londo ^ but the speakers had a stormy reception , and after several scenes the meeting broke up in great confusion .
The 36 th exhibition of sporting and other dogs , by th Kennel Club , vvill be held at the Royal Agricultural Half Islington , on the Sth , gth . and 10 th June , in connection vvith the Sportsmen's Exhibition , when prizes to the value of about £ 3 , 000 vvill be competed for . Entries close on the 12 th prox .
The will of the late Sir Henry Cotton shows personal estate £ 59 , , and that of Sir John Coode £ 55 , 000 . The latter bequeathed £ 500 to the Colonial and Continental Church Society , £ 100 each to the British and Foreign Bible Society , the Church Missionary Societ y , and the Church Pastoral Aid Society , and £ 50 each to the Religious Tract Society and the Spanish and Portuguese Church Aid Society . :
It has been officially announced that the next examination * ot candidates for cadetships at the Royal Military Academy \ Woolwich , vvill co-nmence in London on the 23 rd junl next , the medical inspection taking place the day previous at VVoolwich . There will be 50 vacancies competed for and applications to compete must be sent to the Military ' Secretary , Horse Guards , War Office , not later than the ' 14 th prox .
Bro . Will Dwigans , the smallest Mason in Iowa , was raised to the Degree of Master Mason on the 1 4 th ultimo ' in Benton City Lodge , No . Si , Shellsburg , Iowa . He is j 40 inches high and 37 years of age , and vvas born and raised ' ¦ in Shellsburg . The Degree vvas conferred by Bro . Sidney I Smith , the editor of Iowa Masonry , and vvho is but 10 i inches taller than the candidate . —Kevstonc . i
Just at present ( the first time since 1 S 36 ) the Zoo logical Gardens is without a giraffe . This animal , like the quagga , is getting among the vanishing species . It is nn longu abundant in the Cape Colony , a few only being found in isolated localities a thousand miles from Cape Town , and in East Africa the natives do not seem to be able to catch the individuals seen there ; while the closing of the Soudan to trade has cut off any possible supply from that quarter .
Those popular artistes , Mdme . Nordica , Miss Macintyre , Mdme . Patey , Mr . Ben Davies , Mr . Norman Salmond , and Mr . Santley , will all sing at St . James ' s Hall to-morrow ( Saturday ) afternoon at the grand concert given by Mr . Percy Notcutt . Miss Meredyth Elliott will then introduce a new song by Mr . Oliver Notcutt , entitled " A Message ot Life . " Miss Fanny Davies and Master Gerardy will be the I instrumentalists .
Miss Louisa IL F . Bennett , late of Florence , whose wil vvas proved on the 2 Sth ult ., has bequeathed £ 26 , 00010 various charitable institutions —( including £ 5000 to tlie ' British Home for Incurables at Clapham , S . VV ., and £ fio *) ' to the Royal Infirmary at Manchester ) — £ 30 , 000 to the only ' son of Sir Augustus Paget , British Ambassador at Vienna ;
£ 19 , 000 to the wife and children of Bro . Major Charles T . , Davenport , late Army Pay Department ; and £ 5000 to the infant son of Bro . Lieut .-Col . F . Egerton Bennett , late jj Army Service Corps . There arc also several smaller legacies to the executors and trustees , and others , and the personalty \ exceeds £ 87 , 000 .
On Tuesday night , under the auspices of the Royal St . ; Edmund ' s ( No-woS ) and the Abbey Lodges ( No . i . W' ) a grand baj .-tcft ^ place in the Athen . eum Hall , vJ | Bury St . Edn ) iVnd $ . The large hall had been tastefully 1 adorned with M *) £ < giic emblems , and being brilliantly illuminated by handfjjne chandeliers , presented a very imposing scene , but the company was not so large aS * on former
occasions , only about 100 members and friends attending . An elegant supper was supplied by Mr . T . F . Sabin , ofthe Angel Hotel , vvho also provided the refreshments . ' 1 arrangements for the ball devolved upon a Committees Stewards , including the following Past Masters : Bros . CCornish , J . Hodges , J . M . Harvey , G . J . Paine , J- •' . Oliver , J . Campbell Smith , and VV . Armstrong , the
indefatigable Honorary Secretary , as well as Bros . C . D . Leech , jun ., II . VV . TraSfy ^ -C . Oliver , and 11 . J . Salmon . All brethren had beeV requested to appear in full Masonic clothing , and military and naval officirs in umfof " - Dancing commenced between nine and ten o ' clock , to the enlivening strains of Mr . C . E . Skipsey ' s quadrille birA and was kept up until a late hour .
1 heard a Master boasting the other day that he was going to " beat the record . " He vvas going to lire at one shot from his Masonic mortar more full-fledged . Master Masons than had ever been fired before at one time in tM history of the metropolitan district . He was going 'jj astonish the oldest inhabitant . I asked him hownunyi , '"™
men he would get out of the 20 whom he expected to w ?'* He thought about five—or 25 per cent . At the sarin- rJf > how long would it take to turn his lodge into an unJisiraW bjdy : I do not know whether he mjantjthat only abju | ] per cent , would care anything for Masonry after they » ' <•' raised , or that 75 per cent , were objectionable , but '"' j ,. case trie lodge would certainly be better off by not " ue "
ing the record . " I am sorry to see such a spirlt as , ^ prevalent among some lodges , and I cannot help looking * ^ suspicion upon every attempt to " beat the record . ' l not see that there is anything Masonic in this effort U j » reach others in the making of Alasons . An ounce ol P . gold is worth many pounds of dross . —New York Disi ' -
FISH ! risii l . risii ! The Co-Oi'intATivir F ISH Si'i'jjj' } Co ., LTD ., are now sending out cheap BASKET * ol 1 - ^ or OvsriiKS , carriage paid , to any part of the King ' from 2 s . OJ . each and upwards , direct Irom the laI ' | v £ stage . Address orders and remittances to the Co-j- 'P j ( . Fish Supply Co ., Ltd ., Pontoon , Grimsby , or to Billing 5 ^ Buildings , London , E . G ., as may be most convenient , our London House for their celebrated Bloaters , Haddocks , Kippers , & c ,