Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . C . Basil Cooke , Secretary of the Gallery Lodge , 19 . 2 S , has been appointed official reporter to the Church Congress , to be held next week at Derby . Among the reporters who are going from London to report the Church Congress are several " other members of the Gallery Lodge . The will ( dated February 12 th , 1 S 81 ) , of Lieut .-Col . Marmaduke Littleiohn Monckton , R . A ., late of

Sheffield , who died on July 14 th last , was proved on the 2 nd inst . by Edward Philip Alonckton and Arthur Alonckton , the executors , the value of personal estate exceeding £ 13 , 000 . The testator leaves the cash in the house and at his bankers' or agents' , and his furniture , plate , personal effects , horses and carriages , to his wife , Mrs . Amelia Alary Alonckton -, and the residue of his property , upon trust , for his wife for life , and then for his children .

The City Corporation propose to make a direct thoroughfare from Fleet-street to " the Thames Embankment by carrying Bouverie-street right through to that roadway , and by widening it at the Fleet-street end . The will and codicil of Bro . Ellis Jones , of 12 , Fore-street , warehouseman , and of Alill Piatt Hall , Isleworthwho died on July 30 th last , were proved on the 16 th

, inst , by Mrs . Mary Ann Jones , the widow , Air . Stephen Evans , and Air . Ellis James Jones , the son , the executors , the value of the personal estate amounting to over £ 29 , 000 . The testator bequeaths to his wife £ 300 and his furniture , plate , effects , horses , carriages , and cattle ; to his executor , Mr . Evans , £ 50 ; and to his said son his watch , chain ,

and rings . The residue of his real and personal estate is to be held upon trust for his wife until his children attain twenty-one , then one-half is to be divided among his children , and the income of the other half paid to his wife for life . At her death the capital of this half is also to be divided among his children .

A granite memorial to Elihu Burritt , with only the simple inscription " Friend of Peace and Philanthropist , " has been erected in the cemetery at New Britain , Connecticut . A singular and somewhat touching bequest has just been made to the poor of London by a Neapolitan gentleman , Pasquale Farale , " in memory of his wife , who was born in London , and with whom he lived there many

happy years . " The bequest consists of an unpublished opera , in three acts , to be presented to the Queen , and performed for the benefit of the London poor , " and of the sum of 18 , 000 fr ., for the purpose of granting yearly three marriage dowries of 300 fr . each to three poor girls of London , chosen by lot , between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five . At a meeting of the Common Council the announcement was received with cheers , and referred to the City Courts Committee for consideration and report .

Bro . S . C . Hall , having munificiently bequeathed his library to the Free Public Library at Plymouth , was naturally desirous of seeing the institution in which his books would be placed , and of meeting some of those who were connected with its management . Bro . Hall ( at the renuest of the Librarv Committee ) accordinelv delivered

an address on the 24 th ult ., under the presidency of the Mayor ( Air . C . F . Burnard ) , entitled a "Gossip about People I have Known . " One of the most remarkable features of this address was that the veteran author ( born in 1800 ) should have , with eloquence and telling effect , discoursed for two and half hours , entirely from memory , without a minute ' s cessation , standing all the while , and

with no sign of physical exhaustion . Bro . Hall's long life , his retentive memory , and the unusual opportunity he has had for becoming * acquainted with the greatest men and women of the century , contributed in no small degree to render this address a high intellectual treat . Bro . Hall is a Fellow of the Societies of Antiquaries , and moreover is deeply attached to Devonshire , his native county .

The official reporter of the Iron and Steel Institute , which has recently concluded its successful annual meeting at Vienna , was Bro . John Moore , of the Gallery Lodge , 1928 . VVe may supplement our report of the Masonic procession at the Pr eston Guild by the following additional particulars : Four sons of Past Masters , viz ., Henry Cottam . lohn lohnston , Harry Robinson , and Edward Barber ,

carried the Bible of Lodge Unanimity , No . 113 . Bro . VV . Harrison , VV . AL 333 , carried the wine ; Bro . Bevan , W . M . 314 , the cornucopia-, Bro . Hatton , 2013 , the oil ; a P . M . of 113 , the trowel ; Bro . Fabertt , 216 , the mallet ; Bro . Milner , W . AL 17 S , the Corinthian light ; Bro . Fairclough , ' 55 , the column of the Prov . Grand Junior Warden ; Bro . H . G . Bell , P . M . 113 , the Doric light ; Bro . McTear , VV . AI . SO , thccolumnof the Prov . Grand Senior Warden ; and Bro . Ferguson , 132 , the Ionic light .

The winter session of the Crystal Palace Company ' s School of Art , Science and Literature , Ladies ' Division , opens on October 2 nd . Comp . Edward Coathupc Mais , the retiring M . E . Z . of the Royal Arch Chapter , attached to the United Tradesman ' s Lodge , No . 5 S 3 , Adelaide , South Australia ,

was , on lus retirement recently trom the chair , the recipient of a most gratifying gift from the members of the chapter in recognition of his services , extending over nearly four years , which have done so much to keep alive Arch Masonry in South Australia . The souvenir of his long and arduous occupation of office , consisted of a silver epergnes representing a palm tree with glass dishes for flowers surmounting the foliage . The base is about six inches high ,

with two silver doors opening into the interior , which are made to represent the Vaulted Chamber . The interior is beautifully wrought in silver and enamel ; and the base of the tree is surmounted with Royal Arch emblems . The gift is a well deserved one , as M . E . Comp . Alais has been one of the main stays of Royal Arch Masons in South Australia for many years .

Masonic And General Tidings

The regular meetings of the Doric Lodge of Instruction , No . 933 , are now resumed at Bro . Clayton's , Duke ' s Head , 79 , Whitechapel-ioad , on Friday evenings , under the able preceptorship of Bro . B . Cundick , P . M . 1421 . Lodge is opened at S o'clock p . m ., and brethren are cordially invited .

Bro . Bertram , the well known refreshment contrector at the Crystal Palace has suffered a sad bereavement recently . His little boy , five years of age had been on a visit to an uncle , who kept in his house a fox terrier which was a great favourite . The dog and the child were playing , when the beast suddenly attacked him and bit him on the leg . Although the wounds were cauterised , symptoms of hydrophobia set in , and the poor little sufferer expired a few days after in dreadful agony .

At the National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Paralysis , Soho-square , the number of patients under treatment for the week ending S -ptember 23 rd , was 975-The ceremony of installation will be rehearsed at the Salisbury Lodge of Instruction , No . 435 , at the Union Tavern , Air-street Regent-street , VV ., on Thusrday , the 5 th October , by Bro . W . H . Dean , VV . AI . igoo , P . AL 417 , P . P . G . S . B . Dorset . '

The competition of young girls to obtain appointments in the Post Office telegraphs is rather increasing than abating . An examination was held on VVednesday , at which there were no less than Soo candidates for thirty appointments . The salary is very small , commencing at ios . per week only .

Sir . J . Bennett Lawes , an eminent scientific agriculturist , has issued a statement on the wheat crop of 1 SS 2 . He says that the present cannot be considered an average crop , but although the yield of wheat may not be equal to expectation , all the other crops of the country generally are very good , and the prospects of agriculture are more favourable than they have been for several years past .

The annual installation meeting of the members of the Liverpool Dramatic Lodge , No . 1 O 09 , was held at the Masonic Hall , Liverpool , on Tuesday last , when Bro . William Savage was placed in the chair for the ensuing year . A report of the proceedings will be ^ given next week . '

The London daily papers , according to the London Figaro , find war very expensive , and during the Egyptian campaign have been each spending £ 1000 weekly , at the lowest average , in telegrams alone . " Bro . Horace B . Marshall , C . C , F . R . G . S ., has consented to lay the memorial-stone of Sunday school and vestries in connexion with St James's Presbyterian Church , Wood Green , to-day ( Saturday ) .

Lady Monckton has returned to town , having kindly taken a prominent part in entertainments for charitable purposes , in Scarborough , Whitby , & c , to delighted audiences , and with successful financial results . At an early meeting * of the London Court nf

Common Council it will be proposed to present to Sir Garnet Wolseley on his return from Egypt an address of congratulation in a gold box , and to present to Sir Beauchamp Seymour a sword and the freedom of the City , and also to entertain the two commanders at an expense of £ 2000 . Sir Garnet Wolseley has received the freedom on a previous occasion .

Preparations arc being made at Windsor Castle for illuminating a portion of the interior of the Palace with the electric light . The approaching marriage is announced of Princess Alaria Isabella , cousin of the King of Bavaria and sister of the Empress of Austria , with the Duke of Genoa , cousin of the King and brother of the Oueen of Italy . —

Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., attended at the annual distribution of prizes of B Company jst Cinque Ports ( Battle ) Volunteers , at the Drill Hall on VVednesday . After the distribution Captian Thorpe entertained the company to a dinner in the Masonic Hall

No successor has as yet been appointed to the vacancy in the Foreign Office caused by the death of Bro . Lord Tenterden , late Prov . G . M . of Essex . Mr . Christie , the Astronomer Royal , has received the following message from the Vienna Academy : " Great comet seen September 24 th ; right ascension eleven hours : south declination three degrees . " From the Royal Observatory Pans , a telegram has been received , stating that a superb comet was observed at four o'clock yesterday morning at ten degrees altitude , bearing north , sixty degrees east .

The new session of the Normal School of Science and Royal School of Alines , Jermyn-street and South Kensington will commence on Monday next . The well-known premises at 309 , Regent-street , where the Polytechnic Institution used to be located , were on Sunday last formally opened for the Youn » - Men's Christian Institute , "*

Attention is called in the Times , to " A case of railway nomenclature which is uni que in its stupidity . " There are four stations called "Kings-cross , " and these four are all within 500 yards of each other , namely , King'scross , York-road , King's-cross Terminus , King's-cross Suburban , and King ' s-cross Aletropolitan . Daily mistakes ot literally scores of passeneers occur in mnsMnwn ^ »'

are well known to the companies . Bro . George Vickery has removed his offices bur " F C '" s'strcct ' to , S > Addle-street , Alderman-P OCTORS' PRRSCRiPTiON'S .-The advance of medical science has necessitated great variations in most modern

prescriptions . Some remedies , notably those for the various pnases ot skin disease , are prescribed as they were a quarter ° r-. ^„ C ^^ X a S ° » the favourite remedy being still SAPO CARBONIS DETERGENS , WRIGHT'S , 'Wese words should appear on every tablet and wrapper of Wright ' s Coal 1 ar Soap purchased or prescribed .

Masonic And General Tidings

Thursday , the 21 st inst ., was the fiftieth anniversary of the death of the great novelist , known as the " Wizard of the North , " Bro . Sir Walter Scott , who was initiated into Freemasonry in St . David ' s Lodge , Edinburgh . Bro . J . d'A- de Franca-Net to , 33 , Vice-President of the Grand Orient and Supreme Council of Portugal , D . G . AI . of the A . F . and A . Alasons' Symbolic Rite , has lately visited London , and was present at the meeting of

Grand Lodge on the ( 5 th inst . Our distinguished brother is an ardent Alason , and is such an admirer of the English system that , although the jurisdiction of which he is the moving spirit cannot possibly be attached to the Grand Lodge of ICngland , he has introduced the English working and organisation into all the lodges under the Grand Orient of Portugal . Bro . Franca-Net ' to has now left for Paris , and will visit most of the Grand Lodges on the continent before returning to Portugal .

Admiralty instructions were received at Chatham Dockyard and Gun Wharf last evening to provide immediately the guns and equipment required for the eight vessels of the mercantile marine , which are ordered to be immediatel y armed as mercantile auxiliaries . Each vessel will carry six guns . VVe understand that His Royal Highness the

Prince of Wales has consented to open the new City of London School on the Thames Embankment . The date is not yet definitely fixed , but it will be some time early in December . As this will be one of the leading events of the new civic year , the Corporation will no doubt receive His Royal Highness in a manner befitting the occasion and the importance of the institution which is £ 0 be inaugurated . —Citv Press .

ERRATA . —The word convened appears instead of condensed , in the eigth line of a letter entitled "A Alasonic Benefit Society " in our last issue . The annual court of Governors of the West Lancashire Alasonic Educational Institution , will be held at the Cambridge Hall , Southport , on Wednesday , the 4 th October next , immediately after the closing of Provincial Grand Lodge .

The Metropolitan Chapter of Improvement will commence its next session on Tuesday next , the 3 rd October , at the Jamaica Coffee House , St . Michaels-alley ¦ Cornhill . J Buckingham Palace occupies the site of what , in the reisrns of Charles I . nnd Chail ^ c 11 wnc Un ... n -, c r ^ rt

Mulberry Garden , then a place of fashionable resort . It was so called from the fact that tbe ground had been planted with mulberry-trees by order of James I ., one of whose whims was the encouragement of the growth of silk in England , as a source of revenue . VVith thir object in view , he imported many ship-loads of young mulberrytrees , most of which were planted round the metropolis . Indeed , he gave by patent to Walter , Lord Aston , the

superintendence of "the Mulberry Garden , near St . James ' s ; " but all Lord Aston ' s efforts were unable to secure success ; the speculation entered into by King James proved a failure , and the Mulberry Garden was afterwards devoted to a public recreation-ground . —From " Cassell ' s Old and New London " for October .

Bro . Captain Lord Charles Beresford , P . M ., who reached Dover from Egypt on Saturday , was received by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales at Alarlborough House on Sunday afternoon . The customary presentation of fruit to the Lord Alayor by the Fruiterers' Company will take place at the Alansion House on Wednesday next , the 4 th October .

The Marquis of Hamilton , Past G . S . Warden , and the Earl of Kinmore had the honour of being included in Her Alajesty's dinner party on VVednesday fast . The Khedive , in recognition of the essential services rendered him by Bro . General Sir Garnet Wolseley , has conferred upon that distinguished officer the Grand Cordon of the Order of Osmanieh .

The action for libel b y Bro . Bandmann , the well known actor , against Mr . Frazer Smith , proprietor of the Hong Kong Telegraph , has resulted in the latter being sentenced to two months imprisonment . At the invitation of the Mayor of Liverpool , the Lord Alayor of London , Grand Junior Warden , will visit ' that city in the course of next week . His lordship will be entertained at a grand banquet at Newsham House , the Alayor of Liverpool ' s residence , on Tuesday , the ioth prox .

Lord Leigh , Prov . Grand Master of Warwickshire , and Lord Lieutenant of the county , presided at the banquet given at Leamington , on Wednesday last , in honour ot Mr . Walton , Southampton , Grand Alaster of the Alanchester Union of Oddfellows . Among those present were the Earl of Yarmouth , Sir J . G . Wilmot , Bart ., M . P ., Bro . the Hon . Rev . Canon Leigh , Past Prov . Grand Chap ., the Hon . G . H . C Leigh , ALP ., Bro . Col . Alachen , Deputy Prov . Grand Alaster , who returned thanks for the Reserve Forces . & c .

The Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham will be held at Darlington , on Tuesday , the 17 th prox . Bro . William Ramsey , of the Farringdon Glass Works , announces the removal of his business to 20 , Farringdon-street In another portion of our impression will be

found an account of the presentation by the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 1137 , Timaru , New Zealand , of silver medals to several persons in recognitition of their gallant rescue of many lives at a wreck which lately took place . HOLLOWAV ' S PILLS . —For the cure of debility , hile , liver , anil stomach comp laints this inapprecianlc medicine is so well-known in every p rt uf the world , anil the cures performed bv its use are so wonderful , that it now stands pre-eminent above alt other remedies , more particular for the cure ol bilious aud liver complaints ,

disorder * , at the stomach , drop *} -, anu debilitated constitution . In these disease * the rrcrrcficial ellects of the Pills are so permanent that the whole system is renewed , the organs of digestion strength - cued , and a " rec respiraiion pro-. rirm .-d . Thin expel trom the secretive organs and the circulation the morbid maiter which producesinllammation , pain , fever , dehilitv , and physical tlecttv , thus annihi latinir , by their purifying properties , the virulence of ' the most pain Cul and devastatinii diseases . —[ Aim . !