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Royal Arch.
ROYAL ARCH .
WANDERERS' CHAPTER , No . 1604 . rpHE installation Convocation of this Chapter was held on the 2 lst X inst ., at the Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street . Present—Comps . Vincent P . Z . M . E . Z ., Wray H ., Seale J ., Fallor Treas ., Baker S . E ., Gibson S . N ., Coop P . S . ; P . Z . 's Boulton , Meredith The minutes of last meeting having been confirmed , the report of the Andit Committee was read and adopted ; it showed a balanco in
hand of £ 42 lis 2 d . A ballot was taken for Bro . A . Hawksford 1604 , who was duly exalted into the Order . The election of J . took place , in consequence of Comp . Capt . Butterworth being with the Army in Egypt , and Comp . Gibson was unanimously chosen . Comp . Coop was elected S . N . A Conclave of Installed Principals was
opened , and Comp . E . F . J . Wray was installed M . E . Z ., Seale H ., Gibson J . The ceremonies were excellently rendered by Comp . Vincent P . Z . On the re-admission of the Companions the newlyinstalled Z . appointed and invested his Officers : Comps . Vincent I . P . Z ., Fuller Treasurer , Baker S . E ., Coop S . N ., Brindley P . S .,
Hamilton 1 st A . S ., Stamp 2 nd A . S ., Lackland Janitor . The M . E . Z . bad a very pleasing duty to perform , to present to Comp . W . Vincent P . Z ., and place on his breast , a gold P . Z . 's jewel , not only for having served the chairs of tho three Principals , but also for the manner in which he had discharged the duties attached
thereto , and for the high respect he was held in by every Companion . Comp . Vincent , in appropriate terms , returned thanks for the valuable gift , and the kind words accompanying it . The resignation of a Companion was accepted with regret . Hearty good wishes were given by the various Visitors .
The Chapter was closed until the third Tuesday in September , and the company sat down to banquet . The M . E . Z . proposed the usual Loyal and R . A . toasts . Comp . Vincent I . P . Z . said for the first time he had the honour to propose the toast of the M . E . Z . In selecting Comp . Wray the Companions had not only done honour to him , but
also to themselves . The M . E . Z . thanked Comp . Vincent for his kind remarks ; his aim had always been to enhance the success of the Craft , and this Chapter in particular . The toast of the Exaltee , Comp . Hawksford , was given , and duly responded to . In a very pertinent speech the M . E . Z . proposed the toast of
the P . Z . s . and regretted that several of them were absent . Comp . Vincent , in reply , said his services were always at their command . Comps . Meredith , Boulton , Ascott , Levy , C . Taylor , Bond , R . Taylor , Graham , Lowe and Cantle responded as Visitors . The M . E . Z . then proposed the toast of the H . and J . Had they
not done their duty they would not have been selected to fill those important offices . The toast having been responded to in excellent terms , the M . E . Z . proposed the toast of the Officers of the Chapter , Comps . Fnller Treasurer , whose interests in fcbe Chapter showed such a good balance , and Comp . Baker S . E .,
who was ono that looked after their interests . If they regretted losing his services , in future they hoped to have him in a more prominent position , to enable him to occupy the chair . Tho same might bo applied to those other Companions who had been selected for office . No better working ones could be found . Comp .
!• idler , in responding , said they were in a flourishing condition . It was to Comps . Vincent , Meredith , and Boulton they were indebted for tho prosperous condition of the Chapter . The toast of the Companions now serving their country in the Soudan was next given , the proposer ( Comp . Fuller ) hoping thoy would return to their native
country safe and sonud . Comp . W . II . Baker S . E . followed , and said how pleased he was to see the Chapter crowned with success . He alluded to Comp . Smith , and snid they owed a debt of gratitude to him for tho services he had rendered to the Chapter . Comps . Coop and Brindley followed . The M . E . Z . then proposed the toast of
absent Companions . This toast was enthusiastically received , with the hearty co-operation of every Companion , and then the Janitor's toast was given . Among the Visitors were Comps . Bond H , 619 , Grist 1624 , Taylor J . elect 1540 , Ascott P . Z . 733 , Love 1387 , Edwards 65 , Garrard 582 , Cantle 186 , Levy P . Z . 188 .
A Convocation of the North London Chapter of Improvement -was held at the Alwyne Castle Tavern , St . Paul ' s Road , Canonbury , on Thursday , 23 rd instant .
Comps . W . Radcliffe M . E . Z ., G . Gregory H ., S . George J ., J . E . Sheffield S . E ., Sheppard S . N ., T . G . Edmonds
P . S . The respective offices were ably represented , and a very profitable evening was spent .
The monthly meetiug of the Lodge of Benevolence was held on Wednesday , at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . Joshua Nunn President , James Brett Senior Yice President , and C . A . Cottebrune Junior Vice President being present , and
occupying their respective offices . The recommendations made at the last meeting having been confirmed , the consideration of the forty-eight new cases on the list was
proceeded with . Four of these were deferred , one was dismissed , and the remaining forty three were relievedwith a total of £ 983 , made up of one sum of £ 3 , three of £ 5 ! each , ten of £ 10 , three of £ 15 , six of £ 20 , two of
£ 25 , ten of £ 30 . six of £ 40 , one of £ 50 , and one of £ 60
The Theatres.
THE THEATRES .
Vaudeville . —The 17 th of April 1885 will be a red letter day in the annals of the Thome administration . Poor Henry J . Byron has gone from us to the land of shadows , but has left us at parting tho riohest and ripest fruit of a wit that at its best shone with the kindly light that loves , or pities the folly it mocks at . That the " Open
House did not unfold its doors before the author had left us must be regretted . However , on this the first night , when the universal laughter that had flowed like a tidal wave subsided , the happy manager was no longer in doubt of a new triumph . Wo who had known the gifted writer , to whom English men and women
owe many happy hours , felt it might be aa well if the memory of the dead had been considered in silence . Aa for the story of" Open House , " it deals with the mistakes and mystifi . cations brought about by an impudent cad , Jaok Alabaster , played with almost painful realism by Mr . Thorne . Never before
has this olever comedian so completely merged his own individuality in his author ' s creation ; his meanness , impudence , preposterous misquotations from the Latin Grammar , his almost pathetic absence of moral sense , reach the sublime of the unconscious . Mr . W . Farren , as a senile lady-killer , played like the master he is ; he would invest
almost any part with the charm of highest comedy . Mr . Yorke Stephens is fitted with an excellent opportunity . Mr . Cayley , aa the noble-hearted but hot-tempered husband , maddened with jealousy by this " Iago" Alabaster—who establishes himself in Cayley ' s house , and would marry his niece , on the pretence of having saved his life .
Miss Cissy Grahame gives promise of improvement , and has almost given up those Borne Jones attitudes and aesthetic lisping 3 so trying to the sterner sex . Mrs . Canninge is exoellent aa a strong-minded widow , and Mr . Wheatstoue will doubtless tone down hia " Joseph . " The comedy is prettily mounted , and will provide laughter of the
Regency flavour . Howard Paul ' s sparkling little triologue , " The Man Opposite , " commences the evening . The author and Miss K . Phillips are at their best in it . Except by the hon . member for East Hampton , Mr . Howard Paul is nnapproaohed in the lightnes 3 of touoh that gives the oharm to this kind of work . Those will miss a treat who go only for the more important play .
Olympic . —We are having a plethora of farcical comedies ; we hear , too , of a farcial tragedy ; and now the management of the Olympic provides us with what is probably intended aa a faroioal melodrama . " Heartless , " a new play , was presented last Saturday evening . "Adapted" ( is this a misprint for " distorted" ) from
Ouida ' s " Puck . " We all know this novelist's mannerism ; her fervour , high colouring and passion at fever heat ; her lime-light and moon-light effects , glorified with the glamour of her picturesque genius , which lends a charm to her most impossible creations . In the story of " Puck" the pathetic character of the brother gives
poetic value to the work , whilst the author throws an advantageous chiar-oscuro round her figures by placing them in an Italian background . The anonymous adapter has dragged all the dramatis personco over the Channel , and commences his drama in a cottage , where the heroine , Avice Dare , and her brother Ben , are
discovered speaking an eclectic dialect , compounded of Whitechapel , Yorkshire and Lowland Scotch . Avice robs her brother , to buy a cotton pocket handkerchief from a pedlar ( Mr . Girardot ) , who speaks the same peculiar tongue ; she then sells her brother's dog , and joins a travelling circus . Mr . Alleyne , as Ben , did his best with the part ;
his devotion to hia sister is indicated under his cynical indifference . Miss Wade , in a realistic Scotch peasant ' s dress , promised also well in the opening . The play is divided into a prologue and four acts . In the first act the fate of the drama seemed hopeless ; it however sank into lower depths until unmistakable marks of disapproval were
exhibited at the close of the third act . In act 1— " Temptation " — Avice is engaged at the Coronet Theatre , and apparently as bonne amie of the manager , Lord Bethan , played with spirit by Mr . P . Lyndal ; she is beloved by Carlos Mirle , a preposterous painter and poet , stage manager of the Theatre ; the part was magnificently played
by Mr . K . Bellew . Avice fools him ; she is furiously jealous of the leading lady , lately in the street" button hole " trade , but introduced to the manager by a virtuous but very slangy young person , a member of his ballet . Avice tries to kill her rival , by tampering with the stage machinery . In the second act we are in the green room , where a
j young lady is discovered trying to sing , for what purpose does not appear . Then Carlos goes mad , the leading lady marriea Lord I Bethan ; then Ben appears ; he is in search of Avice ; accomj panied by the repentant pedlar , she enters , and renounces her brother ; I adopting for the nonce the eclectic dialect of her youth ; whereat the
house giggles . In the last scene xlvice , in terror , seeks safety from her insulted lover , who has escaped from an asylum . He enter 3 , and here occurs the one thrilling scene of the play . The portrayal of madness may not be legitimate art , but Mr . Bellew so steeps himself and his andienoe in tho passion and wild horror of the madman's
thirst for vengeance , with his doubts and agony of misgiving , that wo felt completely carried away by the magic of his art . Miss Wade also realised the terror of her doom with excellent effect . It recalled the last act of Fedora . But the great love underlying
this fnry wa 3 most subtly indicated by Mr . Bellew , where M . Berton only showed the rage of outraged confidence . A woman with no moral 3 ense , a manager with no common sense , and a lover with no sense at all—these are the factors . Surely laughter and hisse 3 should reward their inventor .
Opera Comique . —Alas far our poor dramatic muse that she must have recourse to those ancient rites , and set her Mr . Merryman to grin through horse collars , jump in sacks , and seek for laughter iu a hospital for incurables . Mr . David James has surely been
illadvised to revive " The Guv ' nor , " a story improbable even for a farcical comedy , and relying for its effect on the miserable affliction of deafness in an old man , and the no less miserable affliction of stammering in a young one . Mr . Jame 3 ia too good an aotor to
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Royal Arch.
ROYAL ARCH .
WANDERERS' CHAPTER , No . 1604 . rpHE installation Convocation of this Chapter was held on the 2 lst X inst ., at the Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street . Present—Comps . Vincent P . Z . M . E . Z ., Wray H ., Seale J ., Fallor Treas ., Baker S . E ., Gibson S . N ., Coop P . S . ; P . Z . 's Boulton , Meredith The minutes of last meeting having been confirmed , the report of the Andit Committee was read and adopted ; it showed a balanco in
hand of £ 42 lis 2 d . A ballot was taken for Bro . A . Hawksford 1604 , who was duly exalted into the Order . The election of J . took place , in consequence of Comp . Capt . Butterworth being with the Army in Egypt , and Comp . Gibson was unanimously chosen . Comp . Coop was elected S . N . A Conclave of Installed Principals was
opened , and Comp . E . F . J . Wray was installed M . E . Z ., Seale H ., Gibson J . The ceremonies were excellently rendered by Comp . Vincent P . Z . On the re-admission of the Companions the newlyinstalled Z . appointed and invested his Officers : Comps . Vincent I . P . Z ., Fuller Treasurer , Baker S . E ., Coop S . N ., Brindley P . S .,
Hamilton 1 st A . S ., Stamp 2 nd A . S ., Lackland Janitor . The M . E . Z . bad a very pleasing duty to perform , to present to Comp . W . Vincent P . Z ., and place on his breast , a gold P . Z . 's jewel , not only for having served the chairs of tho three Principals , but also for the manner in which he had discharged the duties attached
thereto , and for the high respect he was held in by every Companion . Comp . Vincent , in appropriate terms , returned thanks for the valuable gift , and the kind words accompanying it . The resignation of a Companion was accepted with regret . Hearty good wishes were given by the various Visitors .
The Chapter was closed until the third Tuesday in September , and the company sat down to banquet . The M . E . Z . proposed the usual Loyal and R . A . toasts . Comp . Vincent I . P . Z . said for the first time he had the honour to propose the toast of the M . E . Z . In selecting Comp . Wray the Companions had not only done honour to him , but
also to themselves . The M . E . Z . thanked Comp . Vincent for his kind remarks ; his aim had always been to enhance the success of the Craft , and this Chapter in particular . The toast of the Exaltee , Comp . Hawksford , was given , and duly responded to . In a very pertinent speech the M . E . Z . proposed the toast of
the P . Z . s . and regretted that several of them were absent . Comp . Vincent , in reply , said his services were always at their command . Comps . Meredith , Boulton , Ascott , Levy , C . Taylor , Bond , R . Taylor , Graham , Lowe and Cantle responded as Visitors . The M . E . Z . then proposed the toast of the H . and J . Had they
not done their duty they would not have been selected to fill those important offices . The toast having been responded to in excellent terms , the M . E . Z . proposed the toast of the Officers of the Chapter , Comps . Fnller Treasurer , whose interests in fcbe Chapter showed such a good balance , and Comp . Baker S . E .,
who was ono that looked after their interests . If they regretted losing his services , in future they hoped to have him in a more prominent position , to enable him to occupy the chair . Tho same might bo applied to those other Companions who had been selected for office . No better working ones could be found . Comp .
!• idler , in responding , said they were in a flourishing condition . It was to Comps . Vincent , Meredith , and Boulton they were indebted for tho prosperous condition of the Chapter . The toast of the Companions now serving their country in the Soudan was next given , the proposer ( Comp . Fuller ) hoping thoy would return to their native
country safe and sonud . Comp . W . II . Baker S . E . followed , and said how pleased he was to see the Chapter crowned with success . He alluded to Comp . Smith , and snid they owed a debt of gratitude to him for tho services he had rendered to the Chapter . Comps . Coop and Brindley followed . The M . E . Z . then proposed the toast of
absent Companions . This toast was enthusiastically received , with the hearty co-operation of every Companion , and then the Janitor's toast was given . Among the Visitors were Comps . Bond H , 619 , Grist 1624 , Taylor J . elect 1540 , Ascott P . Z . 733 , Love 1387 , Edwards 65 , Garrard 582 , Cantle 186 , Levy P . Z . 188 .
A Convocation of the North London Chapter of Improvement -was held at the Alwyne Castle Tavern , St . Paul ' s Road , Canonbury , on Thursday , 23 rd instant .
Comps . W . Radcliffe M . E . Z ., G . Gregory H ., S . George J ., J . E . Sheffield S . E ., Sheppard S . N ., T . G . Edmonds
P . S . The respective offices were ably represented , and a very profitable evening was spent .
The monthly meetiug of the Lodge of Benevolence was held on Wednesday , at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . Joshua Nunn President , James Brett Senior Yice President , and C . A . Cottebrune Junior Vice President being present , and
occupying their respective offices . The recommendations made at the last meeting having been confirmed , the consideration of the forty-eight new cases on the list was
proceeded with . Four of these were deferred , one was dismissed , and the remaining forty three were relievedwith a total of £ 983 , made up of one sum of £ 3 , three of £ 5 ! each , ten of £ 10 , three of £ 15 , six of £ 20 , two of
£ 25 , ten of £ 30 . six of £ 40 , one of £ 50 , and one of £ 60
The Theatres.
THE THEATRES .
Vaudeville . —The 17 th of April 1885 will be a red letter day in the annals of the Thome administration . Poor Henry J . Byron has gone from us to the land of shadows , but has left us at parting tho riohest and ripest fruit of a wit that at its best shone with the kindly light that loves , or pities the folly it mocks at . That the " Open
House did not unfold its doors before the author had left us must be regretted . However , on this the first night , when the universal laughter that had flowed like a tidal wave subsided , the happy manager was no longer in doubt of a new triumph . Wo who had known the gifted writer , to whom English men and women
owe many happy hours , felt it might be aa well if the memory of the dead had been considered in silence . Aa for the story of" Open House , " it deals with the mistakes and mystifi . cations brought about by an impudent cad , Jaok Alabaster , played with almost painful realism by Mr . Thorne . Never before
has this olever comedian so completely merged his own individuality in his author ' s creation ; his meanness , impudence , preposterous misquotations from the Latin Grammar , his almost pathetic absence of moral sense , reach the sublime of the unconscious . Mr . W . Farren , as a senile lady-killer , played like the master he is ; he would invest
almost any part with the charm of highest comedy . Mr . Yorke Stephens is fitted with an excellent opportunity . Mr . Cayley , aa the noble-hearted but hot-tempered husband , maddened with jealousy by this " Iago" Alabaster—who establishes himself in Cayley ' s house , and would marry his niece , on the pretence of having saved his life .
Miss Cissy Grahame gives promise of improvement , and has almost given up those Borne Jones attitudes and aesthetic lisping 3 so trying to the sterner sex . Mrs . Canninge is exoellent aa a strong-minded widow , and Mr . Wheatstoue will doubtless tone down hia " Joseph . " The comedy is prettily mounted , and will provide laughter of the
Regency flavour . Howard Paul ' s sparkling little triologue , " The Man Opposite , " commences the evening . The author and Miss K . Phillips are at their best in it . Except by the hon . member for East Hampton , Mr . Howard Paul is nnapproaohed in the lightnes 3 of touoh that gives the oharm to this kind of work . Those will miss a treat who go only for the more important play .
Olympic . —We are having a plethora of farcical comedies ; we hear , too , of a farcial tragedy ; and now the management of the Olympic provides us with what is probably intended aa a faroioal melodrama . " Heartless , " a new play , was presented last Saturday evening . "Adapted" ( is this a misprint for " distorted" ) from
Ouida ' s " Puck . " We all know this novelist's mannerism ; her fervour , high colouring and passion at fever heat ; her lime-light and moon-light effects , glorified with the glamour of her picturesque genius , which lends a charm to her most impossible creations . In the story of " Puck" the pathetic character of the brother gives
poetic value to the work , whilst the author throws an advantageous chiar-oscuro round her figures by placing them in an Italian background . The anonymous adapter has dragged all the dramatis personco over the Channel , and commences his drama in a cottage , where the heroine , Avice Dare , and her brother Ben , are
discovered speaking an eclectic dialect , compounded of Whitechapel , Yorkshire and Lowland Scotch . Avice robs her brother , to buy a cotton pocket handkerchief from a pedlar ( Mr . Girardot ) , who speaks the same peculiar tongue ; she then sells her brother's dog , and joins a travelling circus . Mr . Alleyne , as Ben , did his best with the part ;
his devotion to hia sister is indicated under his cynical indifference . Miss Wade , in a realistic Scotch peasant ' s dress , promised also well in the opening . The play is divided into a prologue and four acts . In the first act the fate of the drama seemed hopeless ; it however sank into lower depths until unmistakable marks of disapproval were
exhibited at the close of the third act . In act 1— " Temptation " — Avice is engaged at the Coronet Theatre , and apparently as bonne amie of the manager , Lord Bethan , played with spirit by Mr . P . Lyndal ; she is beloved by Carlos Mirle , a preposterous painter and poet , stage manager of the Theatre ; the part was magnificently played
by Mr . K . Bellew . Avice fools him ; she is furiously jealous of the leading lady , lately in the street" button hole " trade , but introduced to the manager by a virtuous but very slangy young person , a member of his ballet . Avice tries to kill her rival , by tampering with the stage machinery . In the second act we are in the green room , where a
j young lady is discovered trying to sing , for what purpose does not appear . Then Carlos goes mad , the leading lady marriea Lord I Bethan ; then Ben appears ; he is in search of Avice ; accomj panied by the repentant pedlar , she enters , and renounces her brother ; I adopting for the nonce the eclectic dialect of her youth ; whereat the
house giggles . In the last scene xlvice , in terror , seeks safety from her insulted lover , who has escaped from an asylum . He enter 3 , and here occurs the one thrilling scene of the play . The portrayal of madness may not be legitimate art , but Mr . Bellew so steeps himself and his andienoe in tho passion and wild horror of the madman's
thirst for vengeance , with his doubts and agony of misgiving , that wo felt completely carried away by the magic of his art . Miss Wade also realised the terror of her doom with excellent effect . It recalled the last act of Fedora . But the great love underlying
this fnry wa 3 most subtly indicated by Mr . Bellew , where M . Berton only showed the rage of outraged confidence . A woman with no moral 3 ense , a manager with no common sense , and a lover with no sense at all—these are the factors . Surely laughter and hisse 3 should reward their inventor .
Opera Comique . —Alas far our poor dramatic muse that she must have recourse to those ancient rites , and set her Mr . Merryman to grin through horse collars , jump in sacks , and seek for laughter iu a hospital for incurables . Mr . David James has surely been
illadvised to revive " The Guv ' nor , " a story improbable even for a farcical comedy , and relying for its effect on the miserable affliction of deafness in an old man , and the no less miserable affliction of stammering in a young one . Mr . Jame 3 ia too good an aotor to