Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

We are enabled to announce that Bro . Lord Brooke is to be appointed to Provincial Grand Mastership of Essex , vacant by the death of Lord Tenterden in September last . The installation will take place early in the year . Bro . Henry Windybank , 902 , has been elected as one of the Court of Common Council for the

Colemanstreet Ward . Bro . Windybank is a solicitor , practising at G 3 , Finsbury-pavement ; within the Ward , and he is a riiem ber of the Penge Vestry and one of the Committee of the Penge and Upper Norwood Conservative Association , and also a member of the St . Stephen ' s Club . Bro . Windybank is also on the Livery of the Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights .

Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., P . Z ., will deliver his lecture , explanatory of the ritual and ceremonies of the First Degree , in the Hyde Park Lodge of Instruction , No . 142 s , at the Norfolk-square Hotel , London-street , Paddington . W . ( close to Pcaed-street Station ) , on the Sth prox . Lodge will be opened at 7 . 30 p . m . precisely . Craft clothing and jewels .

Mr . E . Birkbeck presided at a meeting held at the Fishmongers' Hall , on Wednesday week , for the purpose of establishing a National Fish Culture Association . Among the speakers being the Marquis of Exeter , Professor Huxley , Sir Harry Peek , M . P ., and Sir J . G .

Maitland . A committee was appointed , and the first steps taken in forming the Association . The Town Council of Huddersfield have resolved on asking Prince Leopold , Duke of Albany , to visit the town next year in connection with the opening of the Technical School and Mechanics' Institution .

Bro . the Earl of Bective , Prov . Grand Master of Cumberland , and the Countess of Bective are staying at Maple ' s Hotel , Dublin . Bro . Lord Wolseley of Cairo is proved by a pedigree in the possession of Mr . Haig to be not only an Irishman by birth , but an Englishman by descent . Bro . Lord Wolseley is a Staffordshire Wolseley , of the twentyfourth generation , and is directly descended from Sir

Richard Wolseley , an officer in William III . 's army , in 1690 . Bro . the Duke of Abercorn , Grand Master of Ireland , with the Duchess of Abercorn , have spent Christmas at Baron ' s Court , Ireland , surrounded by a large family party . Bro . the Bishop of Peterborough held an ordination in his Cathedral on St . Thomas ' s Day .

Lady Purey-Cust . wifeof Bro . the Very Reverend the Dean of York , P . G . Chap ., has given birth to a son . The Queen has been graciously pleased to contribute , through the Dowager Duchess of Roxburgh , £ 25 towards the fund now being . raised on behalf of the widow and orphans of the late Bro . Macrae Moir , who was for twenty years secretary of the Royal Scottish Hospital .

Bro . Colonel Alderman Sir Reginald Hanson is the subject of a sketch , " Coming Men , " in last week ' s Figaro . Bro . the Rev . R . F . Hosden , Chaplain 1 S 20 , preached at the Foundling Chapel on Sunday last . V . W . Bro . Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , Bart ., M . P . P . G . M . N . Wales , has ordered a number of cattle

to be killed , and the beef distributed to the poor of Ruabon and the district . Bro . Alderman Nottage and Bro . Sir George Elliott , P . G . M . South Wales , spent the Christmas holidays at Brighton . Bros . T . W . Brock , M . P ., Baron de Worms , M P and Deputy E . Saunders were among the patrons to

an entertainment given on Monday , at All dairies Institute , for providing Christmas dinners for the poor of New Cross . Bro . Col . J . P . Knight , Bro . Deputy Brass , and Bro . the Lord Mayor visited the Crystal Palace Electric and Gas Exhibition last week . Bro the Duke of St . Albans , P . G . M ., Notts ., was one of Sir Henry James ' s shooting party at Denng

Wood , Pluckley . The Malagasy Envoys will to-day ( Friday ) receive a deputation from the London Auxiliary of the United King dom Alliance , at 4 p . m ., at the Alexandra Hotel , Hyde Park Corner . Bro . Lord Brabourne lost his mother on Christmas Eve . The late Fanny Catherine , Lady Knatchbull married Sir Edward Knatchbull in 1 S 20 ; her husband died

in 1849 . She has lived to the ripe age of 90 . Sir John Adye , K . C . B ., left England on Wednesday for Gibraltar , to take over the governorship [ of that place . The Prince of Wales on Wednesday shot over Walton Wood , on the Westacre estate , belonging to Mr . Anthonv HamondMaster of the West Norfolk

Fox-, hounds , and enjoyed some excellent sport in the company of that gentleman and others . To-day the Prince will visit Marham , and shoot over the estates of Mr . Henry Villebois . Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey and Lady Brassey leave England this week to join their yacht , the Sunbeam , at Marseilles , for a cruise in the Mediterranean .

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Masonic And General Tidings

The Bishop of Rochester , speaking at C . tterham on Wednesday Jfcning , said in the Bishop of Truro Dr . Tate would ha ^ K worthy successor . They wanted a strong man a ^^ Bmate , and the Bishop of 'Truro was a very strong rt ^^^ Be was also a very learned man , and one who could •ruj ^^^ H 'Though of a kindly disposition , Dr . his own defence and the

Benson couIdsf ^^ Hip in in defence of the Church . ^^ enking , when necessary , with great strength and . force . All who loved religion should be grateful that it had been put into the heart of the Queen and the Prime Minister to select Dr . Benson . The fiishop also expressed his thankfulness that the Church of England was becoming broader and more liberal day by day .

Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., accompanied by Lady Brassey , opened a Fishmongers' Institute , at Hastings , on Tuesday . The building cost £ 1400 . Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey has lately given a grand ball to the principal inhabitants of the borough at his seat , Normanhurst Court .

An application was made by counsel at the Westminster County Court , re the Masonic and Co-operative Bank ( Limited ) , toappoint aliquidator in this matter ; counsel also appeared on behalf of the intended liquidator . Mr . Hemsworth , who represented himself as the principal creditor of the bank , opposed . The case was eventually postponed to February 5 th next .

The Countess of Carnarvon on Wednesday gave birth to a son at Highclere Castle , near Newbury . A short time ago " postal notes " were introduced into the French post-offices , and now another innovation , professedly suggested by the example set by Mr . Faivcett in England , is to be adopted at the recommendation of the Minister of Posts and Telegraphs , M . Cochery . On and after ist January , it is announced in the Journal

Officiel , deposits of fractional amounts may be made in the savings banks by means of postage stamps affixed to specially-prepared forms . Each of these forms will be divided into twenty compartments , in which stamps to the value of one halfpenny and upwards may be set until the aggregate sum reaches one franc , the lowest sum received on deposit , when it may be paid in to the credit of the owner in any savings bank .

J he remainsof the late Bro . William Beattie , P . M . St . Thomas' Lodge , 142 , the eminent engineer , were on the 27 th inst ., interred at Kensal-green Cemetery . Bro . Beattie filled the position of chief locomotive engineer to the London and South Western and the Great Eastern Companies for many years , his locomotives , for which he had obtained several patents , being principally used on those lines .

Mr . J . K . Laughton , president of the Meteorological Society , occupied the chair at its usual monthly meeting on Wednesday last . 'Three fellows were elected ana two honorary members—CaptainJ . de BritoCapillo , and Mr . VV . Ferrell . Papers were read on " Popular Weather

Prognostics , " by the Hon . R . Ahercromby and Mr . VV . Marriott , and the " Report on the Phenological Observations for the year iSS 2 * 'b y the Rev . T . A . Preston , while Mr . J . S . Dyason exhibited a series of typical clouds in monochrone , and also a series of sketches of clouds in colour made in June , July , and August last .

The average age of the fourteen gentlemen who form the present Cabinet is between fifty-six and fifty-seven The first in years , as in position , is Mr . Gladstone , who will be seventy-three on the 29 th of this month . The youngest is Sir Charles Dilke , who has not yet completed his fortieth year . Seven are Peers , one is heir-apparent to a dukedom , another a baronet , another in the succession

to a baronetcy ; yet another is a Bishop ' s son-in-law . Lord Spencer , and Rros . Lords Carlingford , Granville , Derby , and Hartington , and Lord Kimberley , and Sir VVilliam Harcourt belong to families which have held land in the same county in unbroken male succession since the days of Henry VII . The united rent-rolls of Mr . Gladstone , Lord Spencer , and Bros . Lords Carlingford , and Derby ,

Lords Kimberley and Northbrook , and Mr . Dodson are reckoned in the modern Domesday Book at £ 289 , 330 , and represent the ownership of 140 , 416 acres . Bro . Lord Hartington ' s father is proprietor of 19 S / 165 acres , yielding a rental of £ 180 , 990 . Bro . Lord Carlingford , it may be mentioned , is also heir-presumptive to his brother , Lord Clermont , who owns 21 , 027 acres , from which he draws an income of £ 15 , 784 .

THE COSMOPOLITAN MASONIC DIARY AND POCKET BOOK . —A new edition of this well-known little work has just been issued foi 1 SS 3 by the publisher , Mr . George Kenning , iC , Great Queen Street , London . There could scarcely be compiled a more comprehensive book of reference for Masons . In its pages is given a list of lodges , chapters , K . T . preceptories , conclaves , colleges , and grand

councils , with the names of ofiicers in the United Kingdom , the British Colonies , the United States , Central and South America , France , Germany , Italy , Spain , Belgium , Turkey , Denmark , Egypt , & c . 'There are also full particulars , corrected to date , of every grand Masonic body throughout the globe . The popularity of the Cosmopolitan Diary is sufficiently attested by the fact that this is the thirteenth year of publication . —The Birmingham Daily Post .

The famous Civic bargs , the Maria Wood , which has been for many years the scene of pleasurable summer water parties , was recently almost entirely submerged , but has fortunately been raised without sustaining any material damage . Before next season it will undergo renovation at the hands of its owners , Messrs . Ritter and

'Clifford , and then will be quite read y for the reception of guests . The Maria Wood was built in 1 S 1 G , during the mayoralty of Sir Matthew Wood , and named after the eldest daughter of the Lord Mayor . It was partly rebuilt in 1 S 51 . The Maria Wood ceased to be the Civic barge in 1 S 59 , and was then sold at the Auction Mart , being purchased by the late Mr . Alderman Hinnphery . —City Press .

Itis certain theQueen ' s Physician , Dr . Fairbank , has written strongly recommending LENTILLA , or TONIC DAILY FOOD . It cures Indigestion , Heartburn , Constipation , Liver and Stomach Complaints , & c , besides having such wondrous nourishing properties . Makes Soups , Porridge , Custards , Puddings , Biscuits , & c . Tins , lib . is . Cd . ; Jib ., iod . Barrels , 2 Slb ., 30 s . ; 141 b ., iGs . Of all Chemists . —Proprietor , H . J . Deacon , Bcckenham , Kent . —[ ADVT .

Masonic And General Tidings

Lady Onslow , wife of Bro . the Earl of Onslow , has given £ \ ao to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel . The ceremony of installation will be worked in the Yarborough Lodge of Instruction , No . 554 , held at the Green Dragon , Stepney , on Tuesday next , January 2 nd , 1 SS 3 . BroT J , J . Berry , P . M ., 554 , P . Z ., & c , will officiate

upon the occasion , and the . brethren are cordially invited to attend . Lodge opens at eight o'clock . The portrait of Dr . Bain , Lord Rector of the University of Aberdeen , was publicly presented to the University , at a banquet at Alarischal College on Wednesday . Dr . Webster , M . P ., presided , and Dr . Bain returned thanks for the toast of his health .

Bro . J . Benjamin will be installed W . M . of the Lodge of Joppa , No . iSS , on Monday next , at the Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen-street . Bro . Dresser Rogers , C . C ., presided at a dinner of the General Purposes Committee , at the Guildhall Tavern , last week . Bro . Altman was successful at the recent election of Common Councilmen for the Ward of Aldersgate .

The gold casket which is about to be presented by the Corporation of the City of London to Bro . Lord Wolseley , and which has been manufactured by Messrs . Edwards and Sons , of the Poultry , was submitted to Her Majesty ' s inspection on Wednesday .

Bros . Irving and Toole . have consented to become directors of the company , which is about to erect a new theatre in Edinburgh . Messrs . J . B . Howard , of the 'Theatre Royal , of that city , and Mr . Frederick Wyndham will be the lessee and managers .

It is stated that , in spite of recent contradictions , an intimation has been received here to the effect that the Empress of Austria is shortly coming to spend part of the hunting season in England , and will land at Dover in the course of next month .

A meeting of fishermen was held on Wednesdaj ' at Ramsgate , to consider the advisability of forming a permanent fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of smacksmen drowned at sea . It appeared , however , on a show of hands , that nearly all present—about sixtybelonged to the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society , while all but one declared themselves members of some provident club .

The Post Office authorities announce that on and after January ist , 1 SS 3 , the rates of commission chargeable on money orders issued on foreign countries , British colonies , and postal agencies abroad will be as follows : For sums not exceeding £ 2 , Cd . ; above £ 2 , and not exceeding £ 5 , is . ; above " £ 5 , and not exceeding £ 7 , is . Cd . ; above £ 7 , and not exceeding £ 10 , 2 s .

Bro . Alfred Brookman , W . M . Aldersgate Lodge , No . 1 C 57 , in his letter of thanks to the electors of the Ward ol Aldersgate for re-electing him to the Court of Common Council , refers to his constant advocacy for a change in the manner of conducting municipal elections . He believes that the system just initiated in the premier Ward of Aldersgate will be followed by others .

The extraordinary libel case of Belt v . Lawes , which has lasted over forty-three days , was finished on Thursday last , when the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff , with jCsooo damages . The usual Twelfth Ni ght entertainment at the Girls' School will take place on Friday next , the 5 th prox ., and the entertainment at the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution on Wednesday , the 3 rd prox .

On Wednesday the Duke of Edinburgh crossed from Cowes in the royal yacht Alberta , and on the Queen's behalf visited at Nctley Hospital Captain Cumberland , of the Black Watch , who was dangerously wounded at Telel-Kebir . His Royal Highness afterwards proceeded to Portsmouth , and , accompanied by Admiral Sir Geoffrey Hornby , visited , at Southsea , Captain Fisher , who was invalided from command of the Inflexible .

Application will be made in the ensuing session of Parliament for an Act to authorise Mrs . Ellen Benett-Stanford , wife of Bro . Vere Fane Benett-Stanford , P . M . 472 , P . P . G . J . W . Dorset , and W . M . and founder of the Stanford Lodge , No . 1947 , consecrated at the Town Hall , Hove , on the 15 th inst ., with the concurrence of her husband , in so far as the same may be necessarywith the

, authority of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice to sell to the Corporation of Brighton , for the purposes of a public park , and such other purposes as may be prescribed by the Act , certain land at Preston Park , near Brighton , on either side of the road known as Preston-road , and containing about sixty-two acres , together with the lodge , & c . The Act will contain clauses enabling the

corporation to purchase the park , and to use for that purpose funds to which they are now , or may eventually be , entitled under the codicil , dated October 2 nd , 1879 , to the will of the late VVilliam Edmund Davies , or any other funds belonging to the corporation , and making provision for laying out , improving , and managing the park , and fo widening and improving Preston-road .

The special correspondent of a daily contemporary , who is describing the distress in Ireland , states that the most urgent cry comes from Donegal . The result of his visit to that county has been to convince him that there is good cause for the alarm which has been raised regarding the food prospects of a number of the people ; and unless substantial hel p is speedily given , there will be not merely hunger and privation but actual starvation .

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, causes are constantly throwing the liver into disorder , but that important organ can , under all circumstances soon be regulated and healthily adjusted by Holloway ' s Pills and Ointment , which act directlv upon its vital secretion . The Ointment rubbed in the skin penetrates immediatclv to the liver , so the blood and nerves are rectified . One trial is ,-ill that is needed , a cure wilt soon follow , [ ADVT . ]