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THE NEW LORD MAYOR OF LONDON . THE Right Hon . Alfred James Newton , the new Lord Mayor of London , has , during the last twelve years taken a groat deal of interest in Civic affairs . Like Sir Joseph Savory and Sir G . Faudel-Phillips , ho began by being elected Sheriff before he was Alderman , and these three gentlemen are ,

at present , tho only members of the Board of Aldermen who are so distinguished . Some few years ago , indeed , shortly after he became an Alderman , the Lord Mayor had a very good chance of being elected to his present office , as ho was one of only two or three of the Aldermen who had not passed the Chair who had hold both the offices , and thus possessed the necessary qualification for the Lord Mayoralty .

Born fifty years ago in Hull , he made his fortune in the yeast trade . It was his knowledge of French which proved the stepping-stone to his advancement , and it is therefore not difficult to understand his enthusiasm on the subject of the acquirement of modern languages by those destined for a commercial career . In addition to French and German , he strongly

advocates tho study of Spanish and Portuguese , for , through the growing importance of tho Argentine Republic , he believes many great opportunities will present themselves to engineers and others who are acquainted with these last-mentioned tongues , which have hitherto beon more or less ignored by Englishmen .

His own career dates from the time when , a youth yet in his teens , a correspondent on the Continent wrote making certain inquiries about the possibility of getting yeast for France and Belgium from England . He went from Hull to Burton-on-Trent to investigate . Thero he found that the special ferment required by those countries was practically a by-product to be obtained in enormous quantities . He at once started buying and exporting the commodity , with the result that in time he became the largest yeastmerchant not only in England , but in Europe as well .

During the years in which the yeast trade was in existence , some of the Belgian distilleries would , each , often buy as much as fifty tons a-week , and continue this purchase for many weeks in succession . As the value of yeast was then between fifteen and twenty pounds a ton , the trade naturally ran up into very large figures .

It was worth noting that , when the Lord Mayor , as a young man , first went to Burton-on-Trent , the breweries were , for the most part , idle from the end of March to the end of September , while now they are nearly , if not quite , as active in the summer as in the winter , through the trstes of the people having been diverted from tho heavy beers of our fathers to the light ones which are in vogue at the present time .

In the early ' eighties the Lord Mayor came from Hull to ally himself with his brothers in the firm of Messrs . Newton Bros , and Co ., steam ship owners . Among their vessels at the time was the " Principia , " which conveyed-the "Black Watch" from India to Egypt during the Egyptian Campaign , and the firm , in consequence , filled as conspicuous a position in the public eye as that which one of its then representatives will during the

coming year at the Mansion House . In consequence of the death of his brother , who was the practical man of the business , the Lord Mayor retired from it about 1886 , and two years after he made his first appearance in- Civic life . Now he has practically retired from' business entirely ; but he is Chairman of two well known joint-stock concerns , Harrod's Stores and D . H . Evans aud Co ., both of which positions he has held since their incorporation

as companies . In the benevolent world of Freemasonry the new Civic King is well known , and has had the very marked distinction paid to him of a Lodge being called by his name , for the custom is ono which is by no means general . In that Lodge his son , Mr . H . K . Newton , was the first person initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry .

The Lord Mayor is a man of about middle-height , with a powerful physique , and a face suggestive of artistic perceptions , recalling , as it does in a way , that of Gustave Dore . His Lordship , indeed , has marked artistic tastes , which everyone who visits his beautiful House at Sydenham Hill has had cause to notice . There , in tho garden of six acres , a portion of which formed part of the old Sydenham HiU Wood , one may still soe plenty oi wood-pigeons and squirrels , and there his Lordship prosecutes what is , to all intents and purposes , his only hobby—gardening .

The Lord Mayor ' s politics are those of a Liberal-Unionist , and nine years ago he was asked to contest Hull , as a Liberal , an invitation which he did not accept , as he was unable to endorse the then Irish policy of the Liberal Party . The social side of the Lord Mayor ' s duties will in no way he neglected , though he regards the City Banquets as among the most serious tasks which the Lord Mayor has to perform , for , in his private capacity , his Lordship has

always been fond of entertaining . So , too , has his wife , who will bring to the Mansion House a distinctly striking and interesting personality . The Lady Mayoress , whose portrait will probably be seen in the Academy next year , ' as it is now being painted by Mrs . Ernest Normand ( Henrietta Rae ) , is rather over than under the middle-height , and , in addition to the other attractions of a face in which great charm mingles with the subtle suggestion

of power , she shares with some of the most lovely women of the day the distinction of having very beautiful eyes and teeth . Her Ladyship is a brilliant conversationalist , and that in more than one European language ; the possessor of a happy wit allied to a sympathetic nature ; and she has a vivacity of manner which will stand her in good stead at the Mansion House , where her rule is destined to be as popular as that of any Lady Mayoress of our time .- — " Vanity Fair . "

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Lodge Meetings Next Week.

LODGE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK .

Puller particulars as to place of meeting of the undermentioned Lodges are given in the Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Book ( published by Grand Lodge for the benefit of the Charity "Fund ) .

IVIonciay . 8 British , Freemasons ' -hall 21 Emulation , Albion 185 Tranquility , Guildhall Tavern 720 Panmure , Balham 862 Whittington , Freemasons ' -hall 901 City of London , Guildhall Tav . 907 Royal Albert , Freemasons ' -hall

1506 White H ' rse o' K't ., HlbrnV . Hl . 1537 St . Peter , Westminster , Crtrn . 1657 Aldersgate , Albion 1694 Imperial , Westminster 1728 Temple Bar , Anderton ' s 2060 La France , Cafe Royal 2489

Willesden , Willesden Green 2545 Iris , Rainbow Tav ., Fleet St . 2563 Justicia , Freemasons ' -hall 37 Anchor and Hope , Bolton 77 Freedom , Gravesend 102 Unanimit y , North Walsham

148 Lights , Warrington 236 York , York 248 True Love & Unity , Brixham 270 R . Faith & Friendship , Berkeley 302 Hope , Bradford 307 Prince Frederick , HebdenBridcre

312 Lion , Whitby 359 Peace & Harmony , South ' pton 377 Hope & Charity , Kidderminster 382 Royal Union . IJxbridge 388 Prudence , Halesworth 424 Borough , Gateshead

455 Perseverance , Ketering 466 Merit , Stamford Baron 543 Cleveland , Stokesley 607 Chicheley , Thrapston 699 Roscawea , Chacewater 737 Wentworth , Wellingboro '

840 Scientific . Wolverton 872 Lewis , Whitehaven 925 Bedford , Birmingham 949 Williamson , Monkwearmouth 985 Alexandra , Sutton Bridge S 86 Hesketh , Croston

1030 Egerton , Heaton Norris 1113 Anglesea , Manai Bridge 1141 Mid-Sussex , Horsham 1146 De Moulharo , Swanage 1168 Benevolence , Sherbourne 1199 Ariculture , Yatton

1208 Corinthian , Dover 1255 Dundas , Plymouth 1272 Tregenna , St . Ives 1337 Anchor , Northallerton 1443 Salem , Dawlish 1486 Duncombe , Kingsbridge 1502 Israel , Liverpool 1631 St . Andrew , Gorleston 1674 Carodoc , Khyl 17 / 11 A , r „„ t ™ -: T > :- _ uiiicne

„„ J - - TJ . AtiAjLLin ^ , i / ias 1757 KingHenrvVIIL , HemelHemp . 1814 Worsley , Worsley 1895 Thames , Henley 1909 Carnarvon , Nottingham 1977 Blackwater , Maldon 2069 Prudence , Leeds

2074 St . Clare , Landport 2081 Golden Fleece , Leicester 2114 Prudence , Liverpool 2208 Horsa , Bournemouth 2289 Blundellsands , Great Crosby

2295 Scarisbrick , Southport 2309 Christopher , Eton 2327 St . Oswin , North Shields 2349 West Lane . Century , Blackpool 2425 Ecclesburne , Duffield

2482 Duchess of York , Manchester 2557 Temperance , Newcastle-on-T . Tuesday . Board of General Purposes , F . M . H . at 5 .

30 United Mariner , Guildhall Tav . 73 Mount Lebanon , Southwark 95 Eastern Star , Ship and Turtle 162 Cadogan , Freemasons ' -hall

194 St . Paul , Cannon St . Hotel 435 Salisbury , Freemasons ' -hall 704 Camden , Anderton ' s 857 St . Mark , Camberwell 1 one T > 1— oj . T i -r » . 1805 Bromley StLeonard

. , Bromley 2021 Queen Westin ' ster , Holb'n R'st . 2022 Haven , Ealing 2408 Hampstead , Haverstock Hill 2500 Old Boys ' , Criterion 213 Perseverance , Norwich

Lodge Meetings Next Week.

223 Charity , Plymouth 384 St . David , Bangor 414 Union , Reading 418 Menturia , Hanley 432 Abbey , Nuneaton 452 Frederick of Unity , Croydon 468 Light , Birmingham 476 St . PeterCarmarthen

, 551 Yarborough , Ventnor 560 Vernon , Stourport 667 Alliance , Liverpool 681 Scarsdale , Chesterfield 830 Endeavour , Dukinfield 958 St . Aubin . Jersey

960 Bute , Cardifi 1006 Tregullow , St . Day 1046 St . Andrew , Farnham 1075 St . Maughold , Ramsey , I . of M . 1089 De Shurland , Sheerness 1225 Hindpool , Barrow-in-Furness

1276 Warren . Seacombe 1410 S . Peter & S . Paul , N ' p't Pagnell 1424 Brownrigg of Unity , Old B ' pton 1427 Percy , Newcastle-on-Tyne 1551 Charity , Birmingham . 1570 Prince Arthur , Liverpool

1621 Castle , Bridgnorth 1764 Eleanor Cross , Northampton 1787 Grenville , Buckingham 1893 Lumley , Skegness 1894 Hershel , Slough 1903 Pr . Ed . Saxe Weimar , P'tsm'th .

1941 St . Augustine , Rugeley 2146 Surbiton , Surbiton 2155 Makerfield , Newton-le-Willows 2316 Princes , Liverpool 2351 Ermine , Lincoln 2360 Victoria , Southport

2407 Hicks-Beach , Stroud 2530 Shirley Woolmer , Sidcup 2536 Staines , Staines 2572 Tyldesley , Tyldesley

Wednesday . General Committee Grand Lodge , and Board of Benevolence , 5 . 2 Antiquity , Freemasons ' -hall 201 Jordan , Freemasons ' -hall i noiuom

. xn liupnraies , jnesKiuranc 754 High Cross , Tottenham 1017 Montefiore , Cafe Royal 1056 Victoria , Guildhall Tavern 1360 Roy ali Arthur , Wimbledon 1589 St . Dunstan , Anderton's 1718 Centurion , Inns of Court Hotel 1719 Evening Star , Freemasons ' -hall 1818 Clapham , Criterion 2332 Borough of G ' n ' wich , E . G ' wich

2395 Avondale , Brixton 2416 Hiram , Freemasons ' -hall 2455 St . Martin , Charing Cross 2562 Papyrus , Criterion 32 St . Geo . Harmony , Liverpool 82 Foundation , Cheltenham

117 Salopian of Charity , Shrewsbury 220 Harmony , Garston 250 Minerva , Hull 257 Phcenix , Portsmouth 290 Huddersfield , Huddersfield

724 Derby , Liverpool 750 Friendship , Cleckheaton 785 Twelve Brothers , Southampton 887 Leigh , Birmingham 1039 St . John , Lichfield

1343 Saint John , Grays 1403 West Lancashire , Ormskirk 1529 Duke of Cornwall , St . Columb 1633 Avon , Manchester 1723 St . George , Bolton 1734 Trinity , Rayleigh

1756 Kirkdale , Liverpool 1760 Leopold , Scarborough 1809 Fidelis , Guernsey 1868 Unity , Oldham 1967 Beacon CourtNew Brompton

, 1 GS 4 Earl of Clarendon , Watford 2019 Crook , Crook 2149 Gordon , Hanley 2216 Egerton , Swinton

2259 St . Nicholas , Thorne 2320 St . Martin , Castleton 2357 Barry , Cadoxtou 2385 Godson , Oldbury 2435 Wineslai , Winslow 2444 Noel , Kingston-on-Thames