Obituary.

large ward of St . Mary , and in 1 S 71 was elected an alderman . In the following year he was selected as Mayor , and as a member and chairman of the Hartley Council took an active part in framing , if be was not the actual draughtsman of , the amended Scheme under which that Institution is governed . "The exigencies of party " leading to Bro . Hickman ' s exclusion from office when the Conservatives entered on power some years later , a vote was passed by

the Corporation recording its sense of his services , the Hartley Council presented him with an illuminated address , and he was appointed a permanent trustee of its invested funds . He was also a member of the first School Board formed in Southampton—to which body his eldest son , who joined him in his practice some years since , is still solicitor ; he was likewise a governor of the Endowed Schools , honorary solicitor to and trustee of several local charities ,

and in iSjgwas the only Liberal appointed in a batch of six borough magistrates made by Lord Cairns . Since then he again found a seat in the aldermanic body , and he held that position at the time of his death . As regards his Masonic career , Bro . Hickman was initiated in the Royal Gloucester Lodge , No . 152—now No . 130—in June , 1 S 57 , and was chosen Worshipful Master in 1 S 65 . In December , 185 S , he joined the Southampton Lodge , No . 555—now

No . 394—and was unanimously chosen Master early in 1861 . He was a member of the New Forest Lodge , No . 401—now No . 319—Lymington , from 1 S 61 to 1 S 63 , and of Peace and Harmony Lodge , No . 462—now 359—from i 860 to 1 S 66 , the last , like the first and second lodges , being all of Southampton . For very many years he was Provincial Grand Secretary for Hampshire , having been first appointed to that office in 1 S 60 . In 1 S 75 he was

appointed by Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., to be his Deputy for the Province of Hants and the Isle of Wight . He was also first Worshipful Master of the Albert Edward Lodge , No . 1780 , Southampton , founded in 187 S , and it was by this lodge that the portrait of our deceased ^ brother was presented , and hung in the Masonic Hall , Southampton . He was exalted to the Royal Arch Degree in the Concord Chapter , No . 394 , Southampton , on 7 th October , 1858 ,

was installed as H . of the New Forest Chapter , No . 319 , Lymington , at its consecration , was a Past Z ., had held the office of Provincial Grand Scribe E ., and was Provincial Grand Second Principal . In the Mark he was advanced , 14 th September , 1 S 60 , in the Economy Lodge , No . 52 , Winchester , joined the St . Andrew's Lodge , No . 63 , Southampton , and was elected its Worshipful Master in 1 S 71 , was Deputy Grand Mark Master Mason of the

province , and in 1 SS 2 was appointed Grand Junior Warden of the Mark Grand Lodge . He had also filled the highest places among the local Rose Croix and Knights Templars ; was chairman of the Southampton Masonic Hall Company ; president of the local Masonic Benevolent Institution ; one of the revivers of the Shirley Lodge , removed from Fordingbridge ; and , besides being a Past Grand Asst . D . of C . of England and a supporter of the chief Masonic

Charities , had attained so high a rank in Masonry as the 32 . About 18 months since , after being for some ten years a widower , Bro . Hickman married the eldest daughter of the late Mr . Andrew Lamb , J . P ., by whom he has left an infant son , the children by his former wife being grown up and settled in life . For several months past his health had

been unsatisfactory , but the symptoms were not regarded as urgent till very recently , since which time the universal enquiries at his country residence and the offices of his firm in the town have testified to the respect in which he was held and the sympathy entertained for his widow in her early trial and now sad bereavement .

Ye Rahere Almoners.

YE RAHERE ALMONERS .

The annual general meeting of the fraternity was held on Monday evening last , at the Chapter House ( Infants ' School-room , Cloth-fair ) , under the presidency of Frater A . C . Morton . M . VV . P . Amongst those present were Fraters R . Griffiths and J . Hollinghurst , M . W . P . P . ; T . Sangster , C . C . Recorder ; J . Stevens , V . W . C ; J . Young ,

V . VV . C ; J . Williams , P . S . P . ; A . E . Emden , W . P . ; C . Robertson , W . C . A . ; J . W . Higgins , W . W . ; W . M . Rowell , G . D . ; and B . Turner , G . S . D . The auditors' balance sheet and report were presented , adopted , and ordered to be printed for circulation . Frater A . C . Morton was unanimously re-elected Prior for the ensuing season . The members adjourned to Frater Deverall ' s , Barley

Mow , Long-lane , where they held the annual supper , there also being present many zealous and staunch friends of the society . Most worthy Prior Morton occupied the chair , and was supported by Past-Prior Griffiths and Past-Prior Hollinghurst . The cloth being cleared , and the loyal toasts given and heartily received , the CHAIRMAN gave the toast of the evening , "Success and Prosperity to the Antiente Fraternitie of Ye Rahere Almoners . "

Frater SANGSTER responded . Several other toasts were given and responded to . During the evening the proceedings were enlivened by some capital songs , and a hearty vote of thanks to the Prior for his occupancy of the chair brought the third anniversary of the resuscitation of the Fraternity to a close .

Masonic Picnic.

MASONIC PICNIC .

On Thursday , the 21 st inst ., the members and friends of the Downshire Lodge of Instruction held their annual reunion at the Litherland Hotel , Litherland . Thebrethren sat down at six p . m . to an excellent repast provided by Bro . Isaac Turner . Amongst the visitors present were Bros . G . Gordon , P . M . 724 ; Smith , VV . M . 1035 ; E . J . Callow , W . M . 1094 ; Warhurst , J . D . 1756 ; together with a

number of others . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given and responded to , alter which Bro . France , P . M ., on behalf of the members , presented Bro . W . H . Vcevers , the Preceptor , with a handsome set of jewellery for Mrs . Veevers , in recognition of his valuable services during the past two years . A select musical programme was ably carried out by Bros . G . Gordon , J . H . Pagen , E . K . Latham , E . Smart , & c , which brought a very enjoyable ¦ evening to a pleasant close .

We are requested to state that the Regent Masonic Hall ] ( Cafe Royal , ) will be closed for a few weeks for the purpose of cleaning and decorating .

Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . Robson will be installed W . M . of the Prince Leopold Lodge , No . 1455 , at the Three Nuns Hotel , Aldgate , on Thursday next . We are asked to announce that the Chiswick Lodge of Instruction will reopen on Saturday , the 6 th

proximo , at the Hampshire Hog , king-street , Hammersmith , W . Bro . Edward Terry met with a serious accident on Friday evening when playing at Yarmouth , a pistol which he had in his hand exploding and causing injury to his hand , which will prevent his appearance in public for a time .

Dr . Dawson W . Turner will be happy to receive light literature for patients in the London hospitals . Parcels may be sent to the doctor , care of the porters of Westminster or Charing Cross Hospitals . Bro . Sir Charles Dilke , M . P ., President of the Local Government'Board , has promised to attend the 10 th annual conference of the North-Western Poor Law Union

at Macclesfield on Wednesday , October 15 th . We have been requested to state that the fourth volume of Bro . Gould ' s work , which contains the History of the Grand Lodge of England , will appear in October , and the remaining two volumes within six months . In reference to the question of a proper site for the National Picture Gallery , now at South Kensington , it

is said that the authorities are in favour of the site at the bottom of Whitehall , which is at present occupied by Carington House . Bro . Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., and Sir H . W . Peek , Bart ., were among the subscribers to a testimonial presented to Mr . C . Baker , Grand Master of the Kingston-on-Thames District of Foresters during the past year .

In these times of constant changes from old to new in the City streets , a special interest attaches to a number of old prints and engravings of ancient buildings which are now on view at the establishment of an enterprising firm of fine art dealers in London Wall . Many persons of antiquarian tastes will be glad of such an opportunity of securing interesting relics of the past architecture

of our famous City . The opening of the new Council Chamber at Guildhall will be performed , probably about the 25 th of September , by the Lord Mayor , M . P ., with but little ceremony . The building is handsome and commodious , and is in every way fit for the meetings of the Corporation . The cost of the building ( the designing and carrying out

of which are highly creditable to the City Architect and the contractor ) will be somewhere about £ 40 , 000 . The funeral of the late Mr . H . G . Bohn , the well-known publisher , took place on 'Tuesday morning at Norwood Cemetery . An exceedingly simple cortege , consisting only of a hearse and two mourning coaches , left North End House , Twickenham , the residence of the

deceased , at eleven o ' clock , for _ the cemetery , where the funeral service was performed in the presence of a small gathering of ^ the personal friends of the deceased . Mr . W . P . Bennett , 3 , Ball-street , Birmingham , has an autograph letter of Charles Dickens for sale . The letter is addressed to Buckstone , telling him he has secured the Lord Mayor ( Alderman Sir B . S . Phillips ) tor the Theatrical Fund chair : " He is an excellent fellow , and

will not do it by halves . _ He will hunt up Rothschild , Montefiore , and the great rich Jews , and I predict that we shall get a great deal of money . " The death is announced of Mr . Ashley , one of the attorneys of the Lord Mayor ' s Court . Mr . Ashley purchased his office so far back as 1 S 30 for the sum of £ 10 , 000 , when the court was closed to general solicitors .

I his was one of the very last orhces which could be purchased from the Corporation . In 1 S 53 the right to practise was commuted by payment of a certain sum per annnm by the Corporation , when the court was thrown open to all solicitors . A short time ago we announced that a petition had been forwarded from some brethren at Portsmouth to

establish a new lodge to be called the Portsmouth Temperance Lodge . We are pleased to hear that a warrant has been granted , and the _ new lodge will shortly be constituted under very auspicious favours . The lodge will meet the fourth Wednesday of every month at the Soldiers ' Institute , which place Miss Robinson has very generously g iven rent free for two years . Capt . Ward , R . A ., P . M ., is the first W . M . designated .

On Friday , the 22 nd inst ., the interesting ceremony of laying the memorial-stone of the Coleraine parish church b y Bro . Sir John Whittaker Ellis , M . P ., Governor of the Irish Society , with Masonic honours , took place in the presence of a large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen , amongst whom were Lady Ellis , Lady Bruce , Mrs . O'Hara , Sir . Hervey Bruce , M . P ., and Mr . R . C . Halse

( Deputy Governor of the Society ) . Bro . Sir John and Lady Ellis were the guests of Sir Hervey Bruce at Downhill Castle , where his Royal Highness the Dukeof Edinburgh , with Prince Alfred , his eldest son , and the young Marquis of Camden , arrived on Saturday , the 23 rd inst . A full report will appear in our next . £ 50 to £ SOO . —Tobacconists commencing . —A pamphlet .

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by excessive heat , impure atmospheres , over-indulgence , or exhausting excitement . The most shattered constitution may derive benefit from Holluway ' s Pills , which will regulate disordered action , brace the nerves , increase the energy of the intellectual faculties , and revive the failing memory , liy attentively studying thc instructions for taking these PIIU , and obediently putting them in practice , the most despondent will soon feel confident of a perfect recovery . — [ ADVT . ]

Masonic And General Tidings

A grand concert in aid of the Hospital Saturday Fund will be given at Shoreditch Town Hall on Tuesday next . The new drama , entitled " Daybreak , " b y Bro-. James Willing , jun ., is to be produced on Monday evening at the National Standard Theatre .

The PwG . Lodge of West Lancashire meets at Ulverston on Wednesday , the 24 th September , for the transaction of the important business of the province . We are glad to learn that Mr . Commissioner Kerr , the learned judge of the City of London Court , has sufficiently recovered from his recent illness to be able to leave London . He is now staying at the house of a friend at Braintree .

The London and North-Western Railway Company ' s new steamer Banshee has made the passage from the Poolbeg Light , North Wall , Dublin , to the Holyhead Breakwater in three hours and one minute , the fastest cross-channel passage on record .

Lord Rosebery has consented to deliver an address to the Trades Congress at Aberdeen on Wednesday , September 10 th , at about which time his lordship will be the guest of the Earl of Aberdeen at Haddo House . Mr . Gladstone will , it is stated , be also the guest of Lord Aberdeen at the same time .

On the return of the Earl of Mar and Kellie from the Masonic celebrations in Kirkwall his lordship officially visited St . Peter ' s Lodge on Thursday , the 21 st inst ., and was received by-the brethren with Masonic honours . A cake and wine banquet followed . The Grand Master of Scotland was presented with an address .

A meeting of the special committee appointed to > frame new bye-laws for the Province of West Lancashire was held on Friday evening , the 22 nd inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , under the presidency of Bro . R . Wylie , P . P . G . S . D . The new bye-laws were discussed , and it was resolved to have another revision previous tosubmitting them to a special P . G . L . for confirmation .

At the banquet given in honour of the International Medical Congress at Copenhagen , recently , a curious custom was observed . The dinner was laid on 42-tables . Before every course a large bell was rung , and at the same moment in marched 16 S servants , four to each ' table , each wearing the number of his table and carrying adish . When every one of the little army had reached his

table , a halt was made ; then the bell sounded again , and immediately the waiters served the guests . Would not this be an excellent idea for the Guildhall banquet ? Weare desired to announce that the Metropolitan Chapter of Improvement , whicli , under the able Preceptorship of Bro . Brown , has had a successful career for some years past at the Jamaica Coffee House , Cornhill , is ,

in consequence of the rebuilding of the old House , to be removed to the White Hart at the corner of Abchurch-lane and Cannon-street . Bro . Brown has done good service to Arch Masonry b y his intelligent and painstaking rendering of its beautiful ritual , and we wish him and the chapter every success in their new quarters . The first meeting will take place on Tuesday , Oct . ist .

By the death of Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson , which recently took place , the Province of Kent , of which Order the deceased was an ardent supporter , will lose the handsome gift of one thousand guineas which Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson , a few days before he was seized with the illness which terminated fatally , had promised to give for the purchase of a presentation , in perpetuity , to the Roval

Masonic Institution for Boys , the patronage of which heintended p lacing in the hands of the Charity Committee for the Province of Kent . Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson , a few years since , assisted in founding a new lodge in Kent , which bears the title of the " Erasmus Wilson " Lodge , and to the support of which he was always a liberal contributor ^ The performances at the Holborn Theatre , under the direction of Mr . Rex Pierson , came to a summary con- ,

elusion on Saturday evening , when , owing to a dispute with regard to pecuniary matters , some members of the company refused to appear , and it was announced that the money taken at the doors would be returned . It was , however , found impossible to satisfy all the claims preferred , and the consequence was a serious disturbance , which culminated in a violent attack upon Mr . Pierson , and the destruction of a considerable amount of property in the house .

On Monday last the Council of the Royal Leopold Shakesperian Council met at South Kensington , when mourning rings , in memory of the late Duke of Albany , were presented to each member . Bro . Dr . Thompson Whalley , M . A ., the eminent reader and delineator of Shakespeare , from West Yorkshire , 1231 , wasduly installed as one of the Vice-Presidents , after which he delivered a very eloquent oration on the " Art of Public Reading as a

branch of fine arts , and more especially as a cure for Stammering . " In the evening hegave one of his splendid * recitals from jomeof the most important tragedies of the great poet . The audience consisted of the elite of the district , and was , without exception , one of the most brilliant : gatherings for some time back . This high distinction , along with the many medals , honours , & c , which he has received in England , as well as in Paris and Belgium , will certainl y be well appreciated by the brethren of West Yorkshire .

NEW MASONIC LODGE IN SUNDERLAND . — The consecration of the Londonderry Lodge , No . 2039 , •> £ Freemasons , which is to be conducted on temperance principles , takes place on Saturday afternoon , the 30 th inst ., at three o ' clock , in the Assembly Hall , Fawcettstreet . Bro . the Marquis of Londonderry , P . G . M ., is expected to be present , as is also Bro . Sir Hedworth

Williamson , Bart ., D . P . G . M ., and the various Grand Ollicers of the province , together with a number of the principal officers of thc lodges in the county . Among the other lodges which have been consecrated on similar principles are the Wolseley at Manchester , the St . George at Plymouth , and the King Solomon in London , Bro . Dr . VV . B . Richardson

being the presiding officer of the latter . The new lodge will be held in the large hall of the Young Men ' s Christian Association buildings , now almost completed ; and it may be added that Bro . R . Hudson , P . G . S ., is the W . M . designate ; Bro . J . C . Moor , W . M . 97 , S . W . designate ; and Bro . J . Deans , the J . W . designate . Bro . Moor is the Secretary pro tem .