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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . the Lord Mayor attained his fiftieth year on Sunday last . It is not given to everyone to have agreeable associations with Lady Day . Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., and the Rev . A . Porah . M . A ., are amongst the subscribers to the Pepys Memorial , the funds for which amount to £ 120 . Mr . E . F . Flower , who was known for many
years for his strenuous opposition to the use of tight bearing-reins and severe bits , died on Monday morning , at his residence in Hyde-park-gardens , at an advanced age . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon will preside at the annual festival of the United Kingdom Railway Officers and Servants' Association and Railway Orphan Fund , to be held at the Cannon-slreet Hotel , on Wednesday , April nth .
Bro . Alderman Sir J . W . Ellis , Bart ., has presented his portrait , handsomely framed , to the Bethnal Green Free Library ( which is supported entirely by voluntary contributions ) in commemoration of his visit on the occasion of the opening of the library to the public in December , 1 SS 1 .
The Lad y Mayoress , Lad y Ellis , and Lad y Triijcott have consented to have their names added to the li ~ t of patronesses for the forthcoming fancy dress ball which is to take place at Willis's-rooms on Thursday , April 26 th , in aid of the funds of the National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Paralysis ; Suho-square . Mr . K . VV . Laylon is a member of the committee .
At the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Crystal Palace District Gas Company , Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson in the chair , it was agreed that , in recognition of the enrgy and conscientiousness with whicli the secretary , Bro . Magnus Ohren , had performed the business of the company , his sala y should be increased £ 50 . peranmim .
We are pleased to learn that the movement for a testimonial to the Deputy Prov . Grand Master of Sussex is being warmly taken up in the province . The subscriptions , both from lodges and individual members , are very liberal . At the last regular meeting of the South Saxon Lodge ( Lewes ) the sum of 10 guineas was voted from the lodge funds , and several individual members of the lodge added their names to the list .
Bro . Jonas Duckett , P . M . and Secretary United Pilgrims Lodge , 507 , was on Easter Tuesday unanimously elected churchwarden of Camberwell , the largest parish in the United Kingdom . Mr . A . M . Kino has given up four of his branch establishments . The business will in future be carried on at his two original houses , viz ., 39 and 40 , Cornhill , and 7 , Regent-street .
Bo . F . P . Alliston , C . C , and Bro . J . E . Walford , C . C , are spending Easter at Rome . Bro . Altman , C . C , has removed from Upper Ilolloway to "Elmira , " a residence which he has purchased in West End-lane , South Hampstead ,
Bro . G . Shadier was on Thursday , the 22 nd inst ., installed W . M . of the Lodge of Prosperity , No . 65 . Bro . T . Loverid ge presided at a dinner of the General Purposes Committee , which was held at the Guildhall Tavern on Wednesday evening .
1 he following are amongst the list of stewards for the 56 th anniversary of the Infant Orphan Asylum , which will be held at Willis ' s Rooms on Friday , May nth -. Bros . Alderman and Sheriff De Keyser , Alderman Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott , H . B . Marshall , C . C , and J . F . Harding , F . R . C . S , We are informed by the secretary of the Brixton Orphanage for Girls that Bro . H . B . Marshall , C . C . has
received the thanks of the committee for his many kindnessses . Other friends in the ward of Farringdon Without , chiefly in the Meat Market , have also been thanked for their gifts in kind . The Queen has been pleased to signify her intention of opening the Great International Fisheries Exhibition at South Kensington , on Saturday , May 12 th . Bro . Sir John Bennett has promised to give a lecture at South-place Institute on Tuesday evening next , on , "The Coming Municipal Government for London . "
Under the presidency of Bro . G . Manners , the City Lands Committee are actively engaged in arranging the course of proceedings at the Guildhall on the nth of next month , when the Corporation presentations to Lord Wolseley and Lord Alcester will take place . They will be of the plainest description . The reception will be in the Library and the presentation in Guildhall . It has not yet
been definitely decided who shall be invited to the banquet , which , it may be added , is to be given by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House in the evening . Bro . J . M . Clabon presided on Tuesday at the annual meeting of the Equity and Law Life Assurance , held at the offices . The report , which was adopted , stated that
the total receipts during the year had been £ 212 , 864 , and the total payments , £ 119 , 030 , so that the society ' s assets had been increased by £ 93 , 828 . They now amounted to £ 1 , 818 , 431 , and excluding expenditure items such as cash on current account and the reversions , were invested on December 31 last , producing £ 4 10 s . Gd . per cent , per annum .
'IKUSSES , ELASTIC BANDAGES ETC . —SF . ELEY ' S HARD RUIIBF . H TRUSSES . —The world's recognition of unequalled excellence . Keceving tlie only award of nnrit g-anted for trusses at the late interi . ational Medical Kxhibiiion , i . * Hi , Made in every desirable and lak ' i-t improved pattern , fh . e su-el -prints , neatly covered with lii |; lily-polislieil hard rubber , lii'lr , cool , cleanly ; unaffected bv
tunc , use , or climate , Free from all si . ur , rusty , chafing , or strappirg ul . [ , le ; isaiUncss . Used in bathing . Always reliable . The correct and skilful mechanical treatment of hernia or rupture a special ') -. Under patro' -. agc of the world's most distinguished surgeons . Choice assortment of elastic surgical lioderv . Hells , unproved suspensory bandages , shoulder braces . Establishments —74 , fleet -street , London , li . C , and 1347 , Chestnut-street , Phila-¦ Icl ph a , U . S . A . —lAovr . ]
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We are glad to be able to state that the health of the Lady Mayoress continues to improve . Bro . J . Stechelbach asks us to acquaint the brethren that his premises have been thoroughly restored at Nos . 59 and 60 , South Molton-street , W . H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , K . G ., has consented to preside at the annual festival in aid of the Fieldlane Refuges and Ragged Schools , whicli will be held at the Westminster Palace Hotel on Wednesday , April 25 th .
Ihe Royal Palace at Amsterdam will be placed at the disposal of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales during his visit to the International Exhibition to be heli in that city . Bro . Augustus Harris was made a freeman and liveryman of the Ci'yon Saturlay week , and in the evening had the honour of dining with L ! ro . the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress . The same day lie was elected a member
of the Drttry Lane Fund . On Good Friday the Mohawk Minstrels , whose directorate consists of Bros . James and William Francis and Mr . Harry Hunter , gave two performances of sacked music at their quarters in the Agricultural Hall . Ihe attendance was numerous on both occasions . Bro . the Lord Mayor has kindly consented to
preside at a public meeting to be held at the Mansion House on Friday , the 13 th April , in aid of the funds of the London Hospital , Whitechapel , E . ' Bro . Viscount Lewisham , M . P ., will take the chair at the anniversary festival of the Royal Asylum of St .
Anne ' s Society ' s Schools , to be held at the City terminus Hotel , Cannon-street , on Wednesday , 25 th April . Bro . the Karl of Aberdeen , has kindly consented to take the chair at the anniversary festival of the British Orphan Asylum , Mackenzie Park , Slough , to be hel . l at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s , on Friday , the 13 th April next .
We regret to hear that Bro . Major-Genera ! Burnaby , M . P . for South Leicestershire , is seriously ill at his residence , Baggrave Hail , and that the state of his health is causing considerable anxiety to his friends . Bro . the Earl of Sh . 'iftesibury , K . G ., took part in the distribution of prizes at the Labourers' Encouragement Society at R jm 3 ey , Hants , on Wednesday , and was specially thanked fur his assistance by the Home Secretary .
I he Queen and Prince of Wales have severally received from the Western States of America coops of live prairie hens , and an attempt will be made to acclimatise them . Bro . the Lord Mayor has made a further and still more urgent appeal for funds to relieve the sufferers
from distress in the Western Isles and Highlands of Scotland , his lordship believing that the public has not sufficiently realised the terrible amount of suffering which prevails in those localities . Bro . the Earl and the Countess of Breadalbane are expected to arrive early next week at Harcourt House , Cavendish-square , from Taymouth Castle , Perthshire .
Bro . G . O . Trevelyan , M . P ., reached town on Wednesday evening , having been unexpectedly summoned from Stratford-on-Avon , where he had been spending the Easter holidays as the gueit of Mr . Phillips , M . P . Bro . the Emperor of Germany , who has been slightly indisposed for some time past has made great improvement in health within the last few days .
H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , P . G . S . W ., paid a visit on Wednesday to Rathemow , where he inspected his regiment , the Ziethen Hussars , who have the reputation of being the best horsemen in Germany . Lady Brassey , accompanied by Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., opened a Wesleyan bazaar at Hastings on Tuesday .
Bro . the Lord Mayor has consented to be present at the anniversary festival of the Licensed Victuallers' School , to be held at the Crystal Palace on the 2 Gth June next . Bros . Alderman and Sheriff De Keyser and Sheriff Savory , will also be present . Bro . the King- and the Queen of the Netherlands are expected to arrive at Queensborough from Flushing in their yacht , the Valk , on l ' uesday next , the 3 rd of April .
'Iheir Majesties are travelling incognito and will remain in England about a fortnight . We are asked to announce that a change of proprietorship at the " Moorgate " necessitates the removal of the Metropolitan Lodge of Improvement , No . 1507 , into fresh quarters immediately , and that on and after Monday , the 2 nd day of April next , the lodge will be held at the
Crown and Cushion , 73 , London-wall ( corner of Great Winchester-street ) every Monday evening , as heretofore , at 7 . 30 p . m . At the ordinary half-yearly meeting of the Crystal Pahce District Gas Company , Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson in the chair , Bro . Alfred Layton , was re-appointed Auditor .
The Junes prints a letter from Mr . William Hoyle on the consumption of intoxicating liquors during the year 1 SS 2 . The billl is a little less than it was for 1 SS 1 ; it is a great deal less than it was for 1876 , when it reached its maximum amount . During the intervening years it has fluctuated . In 1 S 77 there was a reduction of more than live
millions sterling in the sum spent by the nation on intoxicating drinks . In 1 S 7 S there was a slight rise . In 1879 and 1 S 80 the decrease was very marked . The £ i 47 , 2 St > , 759 , which is the amount shown for 1 S 7 C , sank in 1 S 79 to £ 128 , 143 , 863 , and in 1 SS 0 to £ 122 , 279 , 275 . In 1881 it rose again to £ 127 , 074 , 460 . By the last returns there is a falling-off to £ 120 , 251 , 359 , which is the amonnt at whicli it stands at for 1 SS 2 .
HOU - OWAY ' OlNTMSXT . 1 * 0 Pn . i . s . —Diseases of A ' vanccd Years . —The grand climacteric being passed , mankind . as . se- to old age . Then the digestion becomes impaired , Ihe ncvotis system grows feeble , and the phjsical [ lowers become enervated . ' Now arise congestion of the liver , Uuie , s , iir head , followed bv drop -i , asllima , or apoplexy , which frequently afflict and often destn . v Hie
aged . As the liver usually becomes torpid , itsactirily niav speedily lie revived bv nibbing Holloway's Uintincntthoroughlvavcr the pit of the stomach and right side , at least twice a day , mill taking the Pills at the same time . This treatment also disperses ail other congestions by \ arving the parts nibbed according to the situations of the mischief , —[ Aim , ]
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Bro . Jonas Duckett , P . M ., was on the 22 nd inst . for tlie tenth year appointed Secretary of the United Pilgrims Lodge , No . 507 . VV ' e regret to announce the death on Saturday last of Bro . Davison , P . M ., of York . A notice of his Masonic career will appear in our next .
1 he \ Var _ Exhibition at Humphrey ' s Hall , Alhe . t-gate , Knightsbridge , will be closed to-morrow ( Satin day ) . At the National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Paralysis , Soho-square , the number of natients under treatment for the week ending March 24 th , was 866 .
R ' JYAI . MASONIC INSTITUTION- FOR Bovs . —We are requested to slate that the candidate , Thomas Woodward , No . 32 , on the list for the next election on Monday , 16 th April , is withdrawn . We are asked to announce that owing to alterations in progress at the Norfolk-squire Hotel , the Hyde Park Lodge of Instruction has b en compelled to remove .
and rooms have been seemed at the Fountains Abbey Hotel , in , Praed-strcer , W ., where their next meeting will be held on Monday nexr . This lodge appears to be doing exc ILnt work , and we are pleased further to note that the hon . Secretary , Bro . Dehane , has secured a Iict for the Gitls' Scnool Festival amounting to ^ , 10 10 s . Bros , the Right Hon . the Lord Mayer ( Alderman Knight ) and Sheriff Savory accepted specif . !
invitations to a complimentary banquet given by the brethren of the Neptune Lodge , No . 22 , 011 Thursday evening last , at the Guildhall Tavern , Gresham-street , when there was a numerous attendance of brethren and visitors under the presidency of Bro . Henry Povey , W . M . 13 ro . Alderman and Sheriff De Keyser was prevented by his other public engagements from accepting the invitation to be present . We hope to give a report of the very interesting gathering in our next issue .
A new R . A . Chapter to be attached to the Duke of Cornwall Lodge , No . 1 S 39 , will be consecrated on Friday , the 6 th prox ., at Freemasons' Hall , at 4 p . m . The ceremonies will be performed by our esteemed G . S . E ., Col . Shadwell H . Gierke , assisted by Comps . Capt . N . G . Philips , Rev . C . VV . Arnold , Hugh D . Sandeman , Col . H . S . Somerville-Burney , Dr . I . S . Lavies , and Como .
Prank Richardson , as D . C . The Principals-Designate are Comps . Joseph VV . Brooke , P . M . 1 S 39 , M . E . Z . ; VV . A . Malony , P . M . 25 , 1 S 39 , H . j and George F . Smith , jun ., W . M . 1 S 39 J . On the occasion of the presentation to Lord Wolseley and Lord Alcester , at the Guildhall , on Wednesday , April 1 ith , the library will be used as a reception room
and detachments of the City of London Rifles and the Naval > olunteers will probably form the guards of honour . Invitations to the Lord Mayor ' s banquet at the Mansion House in the evening , to meet Lord Wolseley and Lord Alcester , have been accepted by the Duke of Cambridge , Mr . Childers ( Chancellor of the Exchequer ) , Major-General Drury-Lowe , General Sir G . Willis , Sir H . Kepple ( Admiral
of the Meet ) , General Sir E . A . Wlutmore , Admiral Brandreth , Lord Sandhurst , Admiral Sir A . Hoskyns , Col . Sir S . R . Buller , V . C „ C . B ., Major-General Sir A . Clarke , Major-General Blake , Colonel Sir Owen Lanyon , Colonel the Hon . P . Methuen , Sir J . Stokes , & c . Mr . Macliver , M . P ., was on Tuesday last initiated into Freemasonry at Plymouth . There was a
large gathering of Provincial and Past Provincial Grand Officers of Devon , and Bro . Macliver in a brief address after his initiation remarked that all over the world Freemasonry had a common brotherhood , and had done great things in the cause ot humanity . He was much struck with the religious sentiments which pervaded the ceremony and believed that the objections which a large section of the Christian Church had to Freemasonry arose , if not
from ignorance , at any rate from a false conception of what FVeemasonry really was . The whole foundation of the system seemed to rest on religious faith and belief , without a particle of sectarianism ; and regarding it in this light , as well as in the light of the immense amount of good it was doing in every part of the world he should be glad to render to it whatever service would tend to promote its interest and welfare .
The annual supper of the Kingsland Lodge of Instruction was held on Monday evening , the 19 th inst ., at the Canonbury Tavern , Bro . Trewinnard , the respected Preceptor , occupying the chair . After a well served repast the brethren present spent a most enjoyable evening . The toasts were brief . In that of " Success to the Instruction Lodge , " Bro . Trewinnard made allusion to the large
number of brethren who attend weekly , averaging 22 . Some excellent harmony followed by Bros . Townley , Snook , Woodman , Brampton , and others . Bro . R . P . Forge , the worthy Secretary , was to the regret of the brethren prevented by indisposition from being present . Amongst those , however , who shared in this pleasant reunion were Bros . Baker , Gregory , Humphrys , Halford , Snook , Dyer ,
Galer , Cook , Killick , jun ., Jones , Strugnell , Marks , Edts , Lynn , Deacon , Revan , Perkins , Rhodes , Clark , Stretch , Dcaring , E . Woodman , Selig , Defries , Brampton , Franckee , Townley , Hall , W . M . 1693 ; Gribble , Woodman , Crosbie , Collingridge , and Fletcher . At a recent meeting of the Semper Fidelis Lodge , No . 529 , at the Crown Hotel , Worcester , when the
Festival ot St . John was celebrated , a very interesting ceremony took place . This was the presentation of a very handsome jewel to Bro . John Stanley , in recognition of his services as Tyler to the lodge for the long period of 37 years . The presentation was made on behalf of the lodge by tlu W .. VL , Bro . W . Williamson , Sheriff of the city , wiiu spul , e ot the constant attention which Bro . Stanley had
paid to the duties of his office for so long a time . Bro . Godson , P . G . M ., also alluded to the valuable services which Bro . Stanley bod rendered to the Provincial Grand Lodge , of which he is also Tj ler . The jewel , which is a chaste woik of ait , bore the following inscription : " Presented to liro . John Stanley on his 37 th election as Tyler to Lodge
Semper ridelis , 520 , Bro . Stanley in accepting the gilt ttated that through the help of the Great Architect of the Universe he had been enabled to attend every lodge meeting except one during the time he had held his honourable oltice . In recognition of their services jewels were also presented to Bros . G . j . Westbuiy , I . P . M ., and S . Coall , Hon . Sec , to the lodge .
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . the Lord Mayor attained his fiftieth year on Sunday last . It is not given to everyone to have agreeable associations with Lady Day . Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., and the Rev . A . Porah . M . A ., are amongst the subscribers to the Pepys Memorial , the funds for which amount to £ 120 . Mr . E . F . Flower , who was known for many
years for his strenuous opposition to the use of tight bearing-reins and severe bits , died on Monday morning , at his residence in Hyde-park-gardens , at an advanced age . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon will preside at the annual festival of the United Kingdom Railway Officers and Servants' Association and Railway Orphan Fund , to be held at the Cannon-slreet Hotel , on Wednesday , April nth .
Bro . Alderman Sir J . W . Ellis , Bart ., has presented his portrait , handsomely framed , to the Bethnal Green Free Library ( which is supported entirely by voluntary contributions ) in commemoration of his visit on the occasion of the opening of the library to the public in December , 1 SS 1 .
The Lad y Mayoress , Lad y Ellis , and Lad y Triijcott have consented to have their names added to the li ~ t of patronesses for the forthcoming fancy dress ball which is to take place at Willis's-rooms on Thursday , April 26 th , in aid of the funds of the National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Paralysis ; Suho-square . Mr . K . VV . Laylon is a member of the committee .
At the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Crystal Palace District Gas Company , Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson in the chair , it was agreed that , in recognition of the enrgy and conscientiousness with whicli the secretary , Bro . Magnus Ohren , had performed the business of the company , his sala y should be increased £ 50 . peranmim .
We are pleased to learn that the movement for a testimonial to the Deputy Prov . Grand Master of Sussex is being warmly taken up in the province . The subscriptions , both from lodges and individual members , are very liberal . At the last regular meeting of the South Saxon Lodge ( Lewes ) the sum of 10 guineas was voted from the lodge funds , and several individual members of the lodge added their names to the list .
Bro . Jonas Duckett , P . M . and Secretary United Pilgrims Lodge , 507 , was on Easter Tuesday unanimously elected churchwarden of Camberwell , the largest parish in the United Kingdom . Mr . A . M . Kino has given up four of his branch establishments . The business will in future be carried on at his two original houses , viz ., 39 and 40 , Cornhill , and 7 , Regent-street .
Bo . F . P . Alliston , C . C , and Bro . J . E . Walford , C . C , are spending Easter at Rome . Bro . Altman , C . C , has removed from Upper Ilolloway to "Elmira , " a residence which he has purchased in West End-lane , South Hampstead ,
Bro . G . Shadier was on Thursday , the 22 nd inst ., installed W . M . of the Lodge of Prosperity , No . 65 . Bro . T . Loverid ge presided at a dinner of the General Purposes Committee , which was held at the Guildhall Tavern on Wednesday evening .
1 he following are amongst the list of stewards for the 56 th anniversary of the Infant Orphan Asylum , which will be held at Willis ' s Rooms on Friday , May nth -. Bros . Alderman and Sheriff De Keyser , Alderman Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott , H . B . Marshall , C . C , and J . F . Harding , F . R . C . S , We are informed by the secretary of the Brixton Orphanage for Girls that Bro . H . B . Marshall , C . C . has
received the thanks of the committee for his many kindnessses . Other friends in the ward of Farringdon Without , chiefly in the Meat Market , have also been thanked for their gifts in kind . The Queen has been pleased to signify her intention of opening the Great International Fisheries Exhibition at South Kensington , on Saturday , May 12 th . Bro . Sir John Bennett has promised to give a lecture at South-place Institute on Tuesday evening next , on , "The Coming Municipal Government for London . "
Under the presidency of Bro . G . Manners , the City Lands Committee are actively engaged in arranging the course of proceedings at the Guildhall on the nth of next month , when the Corporation presentations to Lord Wolseley and Lord Alcester will take place . They will be of the plainest description . The reception will be in the Library and the presentation in Guildhall . It has not yet
been definitely decided who shall be invited to the banquet , which , it may be added , is to be given by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House in the evening . Bro . J . M . Clabon presided on Tuesday at the annual meeting of the Equity and Law Life Assurance , held at the offices . The report , which was adopted , stated that
the total receipts during the year had been £ 212 , 864 , and the total payments , £ 119 , 030 , so that the society ' s assets had been increased by £ 93 , 828 . They now amounted to £ 1 , 818 , 431 , and excluding expenditure items such as cash on current account and the reversions , were invested on December 31 last , producing £ 4 10 s . Gd . per cent , per annum .
'IKUSSES , ELASTIC BANDAGES ETC . —SF . ELEY ' S HARD RUIIBF . H TRUSSES . —The world's recognition of unequalled excellence . Keceving tlie only award of nnrit g-anted for trusses at the late interi . ational Medical Kxhibiiion , i . * Hi , Made in every desirable and lak ' i-t improved pattern , fh . e su-el -prints , neatly covered with lii |; lily-polislieil hard rubber , lii'lr , cool , cleanly ; unaffected bv
tunc , use , or climate , Free from all si . ur , rusty , chafing , or strappirg ul . [ , le ; isaiUncss . Used in bathing . Always reliable . The correct and skilful mechanical treatment of hernia or rupture a special ') -. Under patro' -. agc of the world's most distinguished surgeons . Choice assortment of elastic surgical lioderv . Hells , unproved suspensory bandages , shoulder braces . Establishments —74 , fleet -street , London , li . C , and 1347 , Chestnut-street , Phila-¦ Icl ph a , U . S . A . —lAovr . ]
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We are glad to be able to state that the health of the Lady Mayoress continues to improve . Bro . J . Stechelbach asks us to acquaint the brethren that his premises have been thoroughly restored at Nos . 59 and 60 , South Molton-street , W . H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , K . G ., has consented to preside at the annual festival in aid of the Fieldlane Refuges and Ragged Schools , whicli will be held at the Westminster Palace Hotel on Wednesday , April 25 th .
Ihe Royal Palace at Amsterdam will be placed at the disposal of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales during his visit to the International Exhibition to be heli in that city . Bro . Augustus Harris was made a freeman and liveryman of the Ci'yon Saturlay week , and in the evening had the honour of dining with L ! ro . the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress . The same day lie was elected a member
of the Drttry Lane Fund . On Good Friday the Mohawk Minstrels , whose directorate consists of Bros . James and William Francis and Mr . Harry Hunter , gave two performances of sacked music at their quarters in the Agricultural Hall . Ihe attendance was numerous on both occasions . Bro . the Lord Mayor has kindly consented to
preside at a public meeting to be held at the Mansion House on Friday , the 13 th April , in aid of the funds of the London Hospital , Whitechapel , E . ' Bro . Viscount Lewisham , M . P ., will take the chair at the anniversary festival of the Royal Asylum of St .
Anne ' s Society ' s Schools , to be held at the City terminus Hotel , Cannon-street , on Wednesday , 25 th April . Bro . the Karl of Aberdeen , has kindly consented to take the chair at the anniversary festival of the British Orphan Asylum , Mackenzie Park , Slough , to be hel . l at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s , on Friday , the 13 th April next .
We regret to hear that Bro . Major-Genera ! Burnaby , M . P . for South Leicestershire , is seriously ill at his residence , Baggrave Hail , and that the state of his health is causing considerable anxiety to his friends . Bro . the Earl of Sh . 'iftesibury , K . G ., took part in the distribution of prizes at the Labourers' Encouragement Society at R jm 3 ey , Hants , on Wednesday , and was specially thanked fur his assistance by the Home Secretary .
I he Queen and Prince of Wales have severally received from the Western States of America coops of live prairie hens , and an attempt will be made to acclimatise them . Bro . the Lord Mayor has made a further and still more urgent appeal for funds to relieve the sufferers
from distress in the Western Isles and Highlands of Scotland , his lordship believing that the public has not sufficiently realised the terrible amount of suffering which prevails in those localities . Bro . the Earl and the Countess of Breadalbane are expected to arrive early next week at Harcourt House , Cavendish-square , from Taymouth Castle , Perthshire .
Bro . G . O . Trevelyan , M . P ., reached town on Wednesday evening , having been unexpectedly summoned from Stratford-on-Avon , where he had been spending the Easter holidays as the gueit of Mr . Phillips , M . P . Bro . the Emperor of Germany , who has been slightly indisposed for some time past has made great improvement in health within the last few days .
H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , P . G . S . W ., paid a visit on Wednesday to Rathemow , where he inspected his regiment , the Ziethen Hussars , who have the reputation of being the best horsemen in Germany . Lady Brassey , accompanied by Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., opened a Wesleyan bazaar at Hastings on Tuesday .
Bro . the Lord Mayor has consented to be present at the anniversary festival of the Licensed Victuallers' School , to be held at the Crystal Palace on the 2 Gth June next . Bros . Alderman and Sheriff De Keyser and Sheriff Savory , will also be present . Bro . the King- and the Queen of the Netherlands are expected to arrive at Queensborough from Flushing in their yacht , the Valk , on l ' uesday next , the 3 rd of April .
'Iheir Majesties are travelling incognito and will remain in England about a fortnight . We are asked to announce that a change of proprietorship at the " Moorgate " necessitates the removal of the Metropolitan Lodge of Improvement , No . 1507 , into fresh quarters immediately , and that on and after Monday , the 2 nd day of April next , the lodge will be held at the
Crown and Cushion , 73 , London-wall ( corner of Great Winchester-street ) every Monday evening , as heretofore , at 7 . 30 p . m . At the ordinary half-yearly meeting of the Crystal Pahce District Gas Company , Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson in the chair , Bro . Alfred Layton , was re-appointed Auditor .
The Junes prints a letter from Mr . William Hoyle on the consumption of intoxicating liquors during the year 1 SS 2 . The billl is a little less than it was for 1 SS 1 ; it is a great deal less than it was for 1876 , when it reached its maximum amount . During the intervening years it has fluctuated . In 1 S 77 there was a reduction of more than live
millions sterling in the sum spent by the nation on intoxicating drinks . In 1 S 7 S there was a slight rise . In 1879 and 1 S 80 the decrease was very marked . The £ i 47 , 2 St > , 759 , which is the amount shown for 1 S 7 C , sank in 1 S 79 to £ 128 , 143 , 863 , and in 1 SS 0 to £ 122 , 279 , 275 . In 1881 it rose again to £ 127 , 074 , 460 . By the last returns there is a falling-off to £ 120 , 251 , 359 , which is the amonnt at whicli it stands at for 1 SS 2 .
HOU - OWAY ' OlNTMSXT . 1 * 0 Pn . i . s . —Diseases of A ' vanccd Years . —The grand climacteric being passed , mankind . as . se- to old age . Then the digestion becomes impaired , Ihe ncvotis system grows feeble , and the phjsical [ lowers become enervated . ' Now arise congestion of the liver , Uuie , s , iir head , followed bv drop -i , asllima , or apoplexy , which frequently afflict and often destn . v Hie
aged . As the liver usually becomes torpid , itsactirily niav speedily lie revived bv nibbing Holloway's Uintincntthoroughlvavcr the pit of the stomach and right side , at least twice a day , mill taking the Pills at the same time . This treatment also disperses ail other congestions by \ arving the parts nibbed according to the situations of the mischief , —[ Aim , ]
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Jonas Duckett , P . M ., was on the 22 nd inst . for tlie tenth year appointed Secretary of the United Pilgrims Lodge , No . 507 . VV ' e regret to announce the death on Saturday last of Bro . Davison , P . M ., of York . A notice of his Masonic career will appear in our next .
1 he \ Var _ Exhibition at Humphrey ' s Hall , Alhe . t-gate , Knightsbridge , will be closed to-morrow ( Satin day ) . At the National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Paralysis , Soho-square , the number of natients under treatment for the week ending March 24 th , was 866 .
R ' JYAI . MASONIC INSTITUTION- FOR Bovs . —We are requested to slate that the candidate , Thomas Woodward , No . 32 , on the list for the next election on Monday , 16 th April , is withdrawn . We are asked to announce that owing to alterations in progress at the Norfolk-squire Hotel , the Hyde Park Lodge of Instruction has b en compelled to remove .
and rooms have been seemed at the Fountains Abbey Hotel , in , Praed-strcer , W ., where their next meeting will be held on Monday nexr . This lodge appears to be doing exc ILnt work , and we are pleased further to note that the hon . Secretary , Bro . Dehane , has secured a Iict for the Gitls' Scnool Festival amounting to ^ , 10 10 s . Bros , the Right Hon . the Lord Mayer ( Alderman Knight ) and Sheriff Savory accepted specif . !
invitations to a complimentary banquet given by the brethren of the Neptune Lodge , No . 22 , 011 Thursday evening last , at the Guildhall Tavern , Gresham-street , when there was a numerous attendance of brethren and visitors under the presidency of Bro . Henry Povey , W . M . 13 ro . Alderman and Sheriff De Keyser was prevented by his other public engagements from accepting the invitation to be present . We hope to give a report of the very interesting gathering in our next issue .
A new R . A . Chapter to be attached to the Duke of Cornwall Lodge , No . 1 S 39 , will be consecrated on Friday , the 6 th prox ., at Freemasons' Hall , at 4 p . m . The ceremonies will be performed by our esteemed G . S . E ., Col . Shadwell H . Gierke , assisted by Comps . Capt . N . G . Philips , Rev . C . VV . Arnold , Hugh D . Sandeman , Col . H . S . Somerville-Burney , Dr . I . S . Lavies , and Como .
Prank Richardson , as D . C . The Principals-Designate are Comps . Joseph VV . Brooke , P . M . 1 S 39 , M . E . Z . ; VV . A . Malony , P . M . 25 , 1 S 39 , H . j and George F . Smith , jun ., W . M . 1 S 39 J . On the occasion of the presentation to Lord Wolseley and Lord Alcester , at the Guildhall , on Wednesday , April 1 ith , the library will be used as a reception room
and detachments of the City of London Rifles and the Naval > olunteers will probably form the guards of honour . Invitations to the Lord Mayor ' s banquet at the Mansion House in the evening , to meet Lord Wolseley and Lord Alcester , have been accepted by the Duke of Cambridge , Mr . Childers ( Chancellor of the Exchequer ) , Major-General Drury-Lowe , General Sir G . Willis , Sir H . Kepple ( Admiral
of the Meet ) , General Sir E . A . Wlutmore , Admiral Brandreth , Lord Sandhurst , Admiral Sir A . Hoskyns , Col . Sir S . R . Buller , V . C „ C . B ., Major-General Sir A . Clarke , Major-General Blake , Colonel Sir Owen Lanyon , Colonel the Hon . P . Methuen , Sir J . Stokes , & c . Mr . Macliver , M . P ., was on Tuesday last initiated into Freemasonry at Plymouth . There was a
large gathering of Provincial and Past Provincial Grand Officers of Devon , and Bro . Macliver in a brief address after his initiation remarked that all over the world Freemasonry had a common brotherhood , and had done great things in the cause ot humanity . He was much struck with the religious sentiments which pervaded the ceremony and believed that the objections which a large section of the Christian Church had to Freemasonry arose , if not
from ignorance , at any rate from a false conception of what FVeemasonry really was . The whole foundation of the system seemed to rest on religious faith and belief , without a particle of sectarianism ; and regarding it in this light , as well as in the light of the immense amount of good it was doing in every part of the world he should be glad to render to it whatever service would tend to promote its interest and welfare .
The annual supper of the Kingsland Lodge of Instruction was held on Monday evening , the 19 th inst ., at the Canonbury Tavern , Bro . Trewinnard , the respected Preceptor , occupying the chair . After a well served repast the brethren present spent a most enjoyable evening . The toasts were brief . In that of " Success to the Instruction Lodge , " Bro . Trewinnard made allusion to the large
number of brethren who attend weekly , averaging 22 . Some excellent harmony followed by Bros . Townley , Snook , Woodman , Brampton , and others . Bro . R . P . Forge , the worthy Secretary , was to the regret of the brethren prevented by indisposition from being present . Amongst those , however , who shared in this pleasant reunion were Bros . Baker , Gregory , Humphrys , Halford , Snook , Dyer ,
Galer , Cook , Killick , jun ., Jones , Strugnell , Marks , Edts , Lynn , Deacon , Revan , Perkins , Rhodes , Clark , Stretch , Dcaring , E . Woodman , Selig , Defries , Brampton , Franckee , Townley , Hall , W . M . 1693 ; Gribble , Woodman , Crosbie , Collingridge , and Fletcher . At a recent meeting of the Semper Fidelis Lodge , No . 529 , at the Crown Hotel , Worcester , when the
Festival ot St . John was celebrated , a very interesting ceremony took place . This was the presentation of a very handsome jewel to Bro . John Stanley , in recognition of his services as Tyler to the lodge for the long period of 37 years . The presentation was made on behalf of the lodge by tlu W .. VL , Bro . W . Williamson , Sheriff of the city , wiiu spul , e ot the constant attention which Bro . Stanley had
paid to the duties of his office for so long a time . Bro . Godson , P . G . M ., also alluded to the valuable services which Bro . Stanley bod rendered to the Provincial Grand Lodge , of which he is also Tj ler . The jewel , which is a chaste woik of ait , bore the following inscription : " Presented to liro . John Stanley on his 37 th election as Tyler to Lodge
Semper ridelis , 520 , Bro . Stanley in accepting the gilt ttated that through the help of the Great Architect of the Universe he had been enabled to attend every lodge meeting except one during the time he had held his honourable oltice . In recognition of their services jewels were also presented to Bros . G . j . Westbuiy , I . P . M ., and S . Coall , Hon . Sec , to the lodge .