Mark Masonry And Bro. F. G. Tisdall.

superiority in grade are concerned with respect to the three first degrees . Finally , let it be remembered that we are anxious simply to have the subject ventilated and examined by the lig ht of facts ; and if it can be proved that the Mark Master ' s degree is really

nothing more than the second or superior portion of the Fellow-Craft degree , ( which latter we consider much the older of the two as a degree , ) then I shall be amongst the first in advocating its immediate restoration to its original condition . WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN .

The Unveiling Of The Reredos In Gloucester Cathedral.

THE UNVEILING OF THE REREDOS IN GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL .

The arrangements for the ceremonial on the occasion of the presentation of the new reredos in the cathedral have now been completed . It appears by the revised programme that the ceremony will commence by the R . W . the Provincial Grand Master , Lord Sherborne , opening a Provincial Grand Lodge at the Bell Hotel at noon .

At one o ' clock his lordship , with the other officers , will adjojrn to the Deanery , where he will be received at luncheon , and met by the Mayor , the municipal body , the Canons of the Cathedral , and other guests . The service will commence at half-past three o ' clock , when Dr .

Wesley will p lay a voluntary . When the Provincial Grand Master enters at the west door the hymn , " The Church's one foundation , " will be sung to Dr . Wesley ' s tune " Amelia , " as a processional . We believe the choir of Bristol Cathedral will be invited to assist . After the

reredos has been unveilled the Hallelujah chorus from the "Messiah" will be sung ; prayer will then be said , one of Dr . Wesley ' s Chant Services being used . The anthem will be from Bach , " Blessing , glory , wisdom , and thanks . " Before the sermon , to be preached by the Rev .

C . Raikes Davy , P . G . Chaplain of England and Provincial Grand Chaplain , the Old Htmdreth will be sung . After the sermon a voluntary will be played by Dr . Wesley . A banquet will be held in the Bell Hotel in the evening , and it is expected that the cathedral

gardens will be opened for promenade at the conclusion of Divine Service . A band will attend . A brass plate bearing this inscription is to be attached to the back of the reredos— " Gl ory to God in the Hig hest ! This reredos was erected and presented by the Freemasons of the Piovince

of Gloucestershire , June , A . D ., 1873 . The Rt . Hon . James Henry Legge Dutton , Baron Sherborne , P . G . M .: George Frederick Newmarch , D . P . G . M . ; ThomasGill Palmer , P . G ., Treasurer ; Edward Trinder , P . G . Secretary . " At the conclusion of the service the Masonic

procession will return through the cathedral garden , and the east cloister , to the ancient chapter-room , where tha presentation of the reredos will be formally made to the Dean by Lord Sherborne , with a list of the subscribers , beautifully written on vellum by Mr . Joseph

Turner , of this city . As to the cost of the reredos , we may state that the contract with Mr . Redfern , who sculptured the figures , and with Messrs . Farmer and Brindley , who carried out the other portions of the work , amount to ^ 1049 , the whole of which has been defrayed by the Freemasons . —Gloucester Chronicle .

1 he San Francisco Alasonic Mirror is republishing copious extracts from Bro . Emra Holmes ' " Notes on the United Orders of the Temple and Hospital . " We observed also that our Californian contemporary reproduced in a late number

Bro . Wentworth Little ' s interesting article on the Buonapartes and Freemasonry , also collated from our columns . These evidences of the approval of our transatlantic brethren is very acceptable to us , as it will no doubt be to our readers .

IIDLLOWAT ' S PILLS : — "Along Made Right : —Every day that any bodily suffering is permitted to continue , rendeis it mure certain to become chronic or dangerous . Holloway's purifying , cooling and strengthening pills are well adapted for ine ^ ulaiity ol the human body and should be taken when tiie stomach is disordete . l , the liver deranged , the kidneys inactive , Ihe bowels torpid , or the brains

m jdJIej . Wiih this medicine cveiy invalid , can cure himself , and those who are weak or infirm , through impuifeit digestion , may make themselves stout and strong by Holloway ' s celebrated Pills . When the system is out of order ajid an unusual degression weighs down the suiu ' es , a few timely doses of this medicine will dispel the threatening disease and spare suffering . —ADVT .

Masonic Tidings.

Masonic Tidings .

111 . Robert Hamilton , 33 , of the Supreme Council of England , is the first member of that sovereign body who has visited this country . His sojourn among us for the past fortnight has been most agreeable . Masons of all grades in

New York have vied in their courtesies to tha t " true English gentleman , " and his early enforced departure for Canada will occasion much regret . He visits the Dominion on official Masonic business , and will sail thence direct

for the shores of Albion . We bid him Ion voyage , and a happy welcome to his nati land . — New York Dispatch . There being no opposition to Mr . Dundas , his election as member of Parliament for the

borough of Richmond took place on Monday . The formal nomination-paper was affixed in front of the Town Hall during the morning . The candidate was proposed and seconded by Alderman Smurthwaite and Councillor Croft . At one

o ' clock the Mayor , as returning officer , announced that John Chatles Dundas , Esq ., had been duly elected as a proper person to represe nt the borough of Richmond in Parliament . Everything passed off very quietly . At night

Mr . Dundas issued a printed address to the electors , thanking them most heartily for the honour they had conferred upon him by returning him unopposed to Parliament as their

representative . It would be his most earnest endeavour , he said , to preserve their confidence , and to prove , by attention to his duties in Parliament , his high appreciation of the responsible position in which they had placed him .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , June 6 , 1873 . The Editor will be glad to have notice from Secretaries of Lodges and Chapters of any change in place or time of meeting .

Saturday , Ma > 31 . Sphinx Lodge of Instruction ( 1329 ) , Castle Tavern , Cam bcrwell-road , at 7 ; Bros . John Thomas and E . Worth ington , Preceptors . Lily Lodge of Instruction ( 820 ) , Greyhound Hotel , Rich mond , Surrey , at 7 .

Monday , June 2 . Lodge 16 , Royal Alpha , Willis ' s ltooms , King-stree t , St James's . „ 188 , Joppa , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . „ 1319 , Asaph , Freemasons' Hall . Premier Hed Cross Conclave , freemasons' Tavern .

Strong Man Lodge of Instruction ( 45 ) , Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s-gate , Clerkenwell , at 8 ; Bro . Beckett , Preceptor . Sincerity Lodge of Instruction ( 174 ) , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-strcet Station , at 7 . Camden Lodge of Instruction ( 704 ) , Adelaide Tavern

Haverstock-lull , at 8 ; Bro . I . A . Adams , Preceptor . Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction ( 95 ) , H 0 y . 1 l ti , tel , Mil ? end-road , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . li . Gottheil , Preceptor . British Oak Lodge of Instruction , Bank ot tiicr . dshf Tavern , Mile-end , at 7 for 8 . St . James ' s Union Lodge of Instruction C 180 ) , h > -rse ai . c Groom Tavern , Winsley-street ( opposite the Pantheon ) ,

Oxford-street , at 8 ; Bro . J . R . Stacey , Preceptor . Wellington Lodge of Instruction , White Swan Tavern Deptford , at 8 ; Bro . C . G . Dilley , P . M . 1155 Pieceptor . St . John of Wapping Lodge of Instruction ( 1306 ) , Gun Tavern , High-street , Wapping , at 8 ; Bro . T . Moitlock ,

Preceptor . West Kent Lodge of Improvement ( 1297 ) , St . Saviour ' s College , Stansted-road , Forest-hill , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . H . W . Liiulus , I'receiitor . High Cross Lodge of Instruction Coach and Horses Tavern , Lower Tottenham .

Tuesday , June 3 . Colonial Board , at 3 . Lodge 171 , Amity , Ship Hotel , Greenwich . „ J 257 , Grosvenor , Victoria Station , Pimlica

„ 1259 Duke of Edinburgh , Mew Globe Tavern , Bow road . ,, 1261 , Golden Rule , Masons' Hall , Basing ! iall-st . •1 ' 397 » Anerlcy , Thicket Hotel , Anerley . Chap . 169 , Temperance , White Swan Tavern , Deptford .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Metropolitan Chapter of Instruction , Portugal Hotel , Fleet-street , at 7 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . Domatic Lodge of Instruction , Palmerston Tav ., Grosvennrpark , Cambervvell , at 8 ; Bro . John Thomas , Preceptor . Faith Lodge of Instruction , Refreshment Rooms , Victoria-st . ( opposite Westminster Palace Hotel ) , at 8 ; Bro . C . A .

Cottebrune , Preceptor . Prince Fredk . William Lodge of Instruction ( 753 ; , Knights of St . John Tavern , St . John ' s-wood ; Bro . F . G . Baker , Preceptor . Dalhousie Lodge of Instruction , King Edward , Triangle Hackney , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . J . Saunders , Preceptor . Florence Nightingale Lodge of Instruction , Masonic Hall , William-street , Woolwich , at 7 . 30 .

Prosperity Lodge of Instruction , Gladstone Tavern , Bishopsgate-st . Within , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Bolton ( W . M . 1227 ) , Preceptor . St . Marylebone Lodge of Instruction ( 1305 ) , British Stores Tavern , New-street , St . John ' s wood , at 8 j Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Constitutional Lodge of Instruction ( 55 ) , Wheatsheat Hotel , Hand-court , Holborn , at 7 ; Bro . J . R . Stacey ( P . M . 180 ) , Preceptor .

Wednesday , June 4 . Quarterly Communication Grand Lodge at 6 . lor 7 . p . m . Pythagorean Lodge of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich , at 8 ; Bro . J . Robt . Nash , Preceptor . United Strength Lodge of Instruction ( 228 ) , the Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales ' s-road , Kentish-town , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor .

Israel Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sun Tavern , Globe-road , at 7 . 30 ; New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Rosemary Branc Tavern , Hoxton , at 8 Confidence Lodge of Instt action , Railway Tav ., Londonstreet , City , at 7 . 30 . Royal Union Lodge of Instruction , Horse and Groom

Tavern , Winsley-street , Oxford-street , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Peckham Lodge of Instruction , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham , at 8 ; Bro . David Rose , Preceptor . Temperance in the East Lodge of Instruction , George the Fourth , Catherine-street , Poplar . Stanhope Lodge of Instruction . Thicket Hotel , Anerley , at 7 . 30 p . m .: Bro . H . W . Lindus , Preceptor .

Thursday , June 5 . Lodge 10 , Westminster and Keystone , Freemasons' Hall . „ 742 , Crystal Palace , Star and Gaiter , Kew Bridge . , „ 822 , Victoria Rifles , Freemasons' Hall . „ 1155 , Excelsior , Sydney Arms , Lewisham-road . 1 . » . 15 ' . St . Clements Danes , aft j , Strand . Chap . 9 , Moriah , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-strect . Mark Lodge 144 , Grosvenor , Caledonian Hotel , Adelphi .

Fidelity Lodge of Instruction ( 3 ) , Yorkshire Grey , London-St ., Tottenham Coui t-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Panmute Lodge oi Instruction ( 720 ) , Ba \ ham Hotel , Balham , at 7 . 30 j Bro . John Thomas , Preceptor , ¦ finsbury Lodge of Instruction , Jolly AT <; VTS' Tavern , Bath-street , City-road . ' Bro . Stean , Preceptor . United Mariners' Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes

Mile-end-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . Whittington Lodge of Instruction ( 862 J , Crown Tavern , Holborn , at 8 ; Bro . Lewis Alexander , P . M . 188 , Preceptor . Doric Chapter of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern ,

Mileend-road , at 8 ; Comp . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . Ebury Lodge of Instruction , Bro . Palmer ' s , 12 , Ponsonbvst .. Millbank . Union Club of Instruction Windsor Castle , Victoria Station , at 8 p . m . H . Ash , P . M . Instructor . I lighate Lodge of Instruction ( No . 1 * 66 ) , Bull and Gate ,

Kentish-town , Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor , at 8 . Friday , June 6 . Lodge 1275 , Star , Ship Hotel , Greenwich . „ 1412 , La Liberia , Hill-road , St . John ' s Wood . Chap . 259 , Prince of Wales , Willis ' s Rooms , St . James's . Chap . 134 , Caledonian , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st .

St . George ' s Lodge of Instruction , ( 140 ) , for Master Masons , Globe Tavern , Royal Hill , Greenwich . Robert Burns Lodge of Instruction , Union Tavern Air-sf Regent-st ., at 8 ; Bro . W Watson P . M Unions Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . ' s Freemasons' Hall , at 7 . Temperance Lodge of Instruction , Victoria Tav ., Victoria

road , Deptford , at 8 . Burdett Coutts Lodge of Instruction ( 1278 ) , Approach Tavern , Approach-road , Victoria-park , at 8 ; Bro . Geo . W . Verry , Preceptor . Clapton Lodge of Instruction , White Hart , Clapton , at 7 . 30 Bro . John Saunders , Preceptor . Royal Standard Lodge of Instruction ( 1298 ) , The Castle

Tavern , Holloway , at 8 ; Bro . R . Lee ( P . M . 193 , W . M . 1298 ) , Preceptor . Pythagorean Chapter of Instruction ( No . 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-road , at 8 ; Comp . W . West Smith , Preceptor . Westbourue Lcdgs of Instruction ( 733 ) , Horse and Groom . Winsley-street , Oxford-street , at 8 .

Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , Portugal Hotel , Fleetstreet , at 7 j Bro . Brett , Preceptor . United Pilgrims Lodge of Instruction , Antelope Tavern Lorn-road , Brixton , at 7 ; Bro . J . Thomas , P . M Preceptor . Duke of Edinburgh Lodge of Instruction , Silver Lion Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 ; Bro . D . S . Potts , Preceptor