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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
IT is EXPECTED that the Duke of Devonshire , Prov . Grand Master of Derbyshire , will attend the annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge at Derby on the 20 th inst .
THE LAST GREAT SHOW of the year by the National Chrysanthemum Society will open on Tuesday next , the 4 th instant , at the Royal Aquarium . The show will remain open for three days , and will embrace lace flowerine- chrysanthemums of every section , Persian cyclamen , Chinese primroses , fine foliaged and berried plants , and an especially magnificent and varied display of table decorations . Lovers of chrysanthemums are promised a grand show .
THE GENERAL MANAGER , MR . ARTHUR BARRON ( Managing Director of Ye Ocean Wave Exhibitions , Limited ) , announces that he has now concluded arrangements with the Royal Agricultural Hall Company for holding "The First Great Annual Tobacco Trades' Exhibition and Market ( The Smokeries ) " in June , 1 S 95 . The Consulting Manager is Mr . E . Howar " d Hale , and the offices are at 222 , Strand , W . C .
THE ELECTION MEETING of the Rose Chapter , No . 1 G 22 , was held at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberivell , on Saturday , the 24 th ult ., Bros . Selvey , 101 , and Hale . 1320 , were exalted in an exemplary manner by Comp . F . Hilton , A . G . D . C . Comps . J . H . Pullen , II ., was elected M . E . Z . ; | . Loader , H ., and Isaac Dunn , J ., for the ensuing year . A P . Z . ' s jewel was voted to Comp . F . W . Williams
, M . E . Z ., for his able services rendered to the chapter during the past year . ' _ ' OUR BUBBLE , " the December and Christmas parts of which lie before us , provides a lavish and artistic display of colour and a capital selection of reading matter for the young people . The colour printing is admirable , and we
are sure that the first volume , which is announced as immediately forthcoming , will be eagerly welcomed by boys and girls everywhere . Each of the parts before us contains four weekly issues and the usual monthly supplement . With the Christmas part is given away a charming chromolithograph , entitled "The Picnic . " Dr . Barnardo well maintains the quality of his new magazine , which more than ever deserves to succeed .
BRO . J MAVO , who is well known as host of the Castle Hotel , East Molesey—the home of several lodgeshas just entered upon his tenth year of office as Chairman of the Kingston and District Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society . At the annual dinner , on Tuesday evening , when close upon a hundred members and friends were
present , he received a great surprise , for the vice-chairman handed to him a handsome Royal Arch jewel , with inscription at the back , as a token of regard for him personally > nd of appreciation of his services . The jewel was one of Bro . George Kenning ' s best make , in is-carat gold , set with crystals , and was admired by all .
MASONIC BALL . —On Thursday night , the 22 nd ult ., a ball in aid of the building- fund for a Masonic Hall at Blyth , was held in Grantham ' s Assembly Rooms , and passed off most successfully . The ball was under the distinguished patronage of Bros , the Right Hon . Sir M . W . Ridley , Bart .. M . P .. P . G . M . ; Alderman R . H . Holmes , I . P ., P . G . D . Eng ., D . P . G . M . ; Sir Augustus Harris , Bart ., P . G . Treas . Eng . ; A . E . Burdon , P . P . G . S . W . ; J . G .
You !! , P . P . G . S . W . ; Hill Motum , P . P . G . S . W . ; and many nther gentlemen well known in connection with Masonry . The assembly rooms were specially decorated for the occasion , and as a special dispensation was granted for the brethren to appear in full regalia , the ball-room presented a pleading and charming appearance . The music was supplied by Mr . J . H . Amers' band from Newcastle , and the programme consisted of 22 dances .
SPECULATIVE MASONRV . —Our attention has frequently been drawn to the indiscriminate use of the expression " speculative " Masons and " symbolic " Masons , and we have been asked to expressan opinion as towhich is correct . Certainly the former is the correct term . We say we are free and accepted or speculative Masons in contrast to operative Masons . Speculative Masons use the tools of the
operative Masons as symbols to impart instruction . "Symbolic Masonry " is a corruption which has crept into usewe do not know exactly when or how . Some otherwise correct ritualists use this expression instead of the proper one , " speculative Masons , " but it is a corruption nevertheless , and correct speakers avoid it . Writing on the subject , Mackey says Freemasonry is called speculative
¦ Masonry to distinguish it from operative Masonry , which is engaged in the construction of edifices of stone . Speculative science which , borrowing from the operative art its working tools and implements , sanctifies them by symbolic instructions to the holiest of purposes—the veneration of ' ¦ od and the purification of the soul . The operative vlason constructs his edifice of material substances ; the
speculative Mason is taught to erect a spiritual building pure and s P . otless , and fit for the residence of Him who dwelleth only with the good . _ The operative Masons works according to the designs laid down for him on the trestle board by the Architect ; the speculative is guided by the" great trestle "card on which is inscribed the revealed will of God—the oupteme Architect of heaven and earth . The operative
Mason tries each stone and part of the building by the square level and plumb ; the speculative Mason examines every action of his life by the square of morality , seeing jhat no presumption nor vain glory has caused him to transcend the level of his allotted destiny , and no vicious Propensity has led him to swerve from the plumb line of re ctitudf . —Australasian Kevitone .
loo MITH STKICSS cannot he laid on the f .-ict that in Ihe whirl "' unnatural excitement , and in the simple for existence in this !> r , 'ii ( 'ration , no attention whatever is vouchsafed lo the most '"" 'Unary rules of health . When the muscles hcc . nnc relaxed , IL- nerves over-sensitive anil uelicatclv striuir . anil the brain
' '; ir 'c . sat the slightest task , these symptoms are part of . Vature ' s yrnine ; that the tlelieatc organism ol' llie human frame is out . . Kf- 'r- In most cases a gentle stimulant and mild restorative s ' ' ol that is required to impart fresh vitality to Ihe jatte . l nerves , j ;!"' it is a well-known fact that a few doses of Holloway ' s llls work wonders and restore the lost tone of the nervous s Hein .
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . THOMAS BRIGGS , Citizen and Lonner , is a candidate to represe nt the Ward of Aidersgate in Court of Common Council . THE ANNUAL Provincial Grand Lodge of Nottinghamshire will be held at the Masonic Hall , Nottingham , on Thursday , the 13 th inst . ; and the Annual Convocation of Prov . Grand Chapter will be held at 4 . 30 p . m . on the same day .
THE PANMURE LODGE will hold a bazaar in the New Public Hall , Arbroath , on the nth , 12 th , and 13 th April , 1 S 95 , for the purpose of raising funds for the extinction of the debt on the lodge hall , and to found a Benevolent Fund .
LODGE OF HONOUR AND GENEROSITY , NO . 165 . —A notice appears on the agenda paper for the meeting this week , of the resignation of Bro . R . C . Driver of the Secretaryship of the lodge after an uninterrupted tenure of office for over 37 years . Such valuable service as this calls for grateful recognition on the part of all the members .
AT A MEETING of the Friendship Lodge , No . 202 , held at Granby-street , Devonport , on the 22 nd ult ., Bro . S . Martin was unanimously elected VV . M . ; Bro . J . Leonard , P . P . A . G . D . C , Treas . ; Bro . W . Allsford , P . G . Treas ., Representative on the Committee of Petitions and Charity Steward ; and T . Shears , Tyler . The annual banquet will be held at the Freemasons' Club on January 2 nd .
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT did not stay for very many hours at Worthing , where he went last Saturday to preside over some Masonic ceremonies , but his Royal Highness paid the town some well-timed compliments in response to the address of welcome , and with tact encouraged the townspeople to forget their misfortune and look cheerfully for a new period of prosperity in the future . —Court
journal . A PRESENT FOR THE QUEEN . —By the ss . " Arcadia , " which arrived a few days since from Sydney , New South Wales , there was sent to the Queen , a correspondent informs the City Press , a " small present from the inhabitants of Sydney . " It consists of a bunch of wild flowers and a case of wine made from fruit grown a short distance from Sydney .
ISRAEL LODGE OF INSTRUCTION . —Bro . J . J . Hall will give an address on "Sun Worship and the Ancient Mysteries and their Resemblance to Freemasonry , " on Sunday , the 2 nd inst . ( first Sunday in the month ) , at the Rising Sun , 24 S , Globe-road , Mile End , E ., at 7 p m . A discussion will follow the lecture . Bro . Hall has devoted a vast amount of time in the compilation of the various interesting subiects upon which he will touch , and a large attendance is anticipated .
" How is it that young men are so largely outside the Church ? " was a question an interviewer put recently to Bro . Professor Shuttleworth . " Partly , " was the reply , ' •because parsons forget that they were ever young themselves , partly because many of them are afraid to use what
are called secular weapons , and partly because of a certain restlessness which is characteristic of our time . Men have got more freedom , and they use it . And there is the uncomfortable recollection of what Sunday schools used to be in the days of their boyhood . "
MUSICAL EXHIBITION . —The next display at the Royal Aquariam , which building has so completely established itself as the best hall . in London for exhibitions , will deal with music , and , judging b y the advanced copies of the catalogues , will be of striking interest and value . The loan collection , which consists ofantique and obsolete instruments , such as harpsichords , spinets , early pianos , stringed instruments , including harps of extreme antiquity , early forms
of brass instruments , manuscripts of eminent composers , autograph letters and portraits of great musicians , will be unusually complete , and will afford an infinite amount of pleasure to all students of matters musical . Amongst the trade exhibits will be found every variety of modern instruments , these being shown by the principal London and
country manufacturers . The exhibition , which commences on the 12 th inst . will remain open until the 20 th January next . The Aquarium entertainments will continue as usual , there being no extra charge for the exhibition . Mr . T . Ritchie the Managing Director appeals for loans of objects connected with musical art .
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT AT WORTHING . —In connection with the recent visit of his Royal Highness to preside at the Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex , the West Sussex Gazette gives the following : "The Mayor of W 01 thing , who had only recently joined the Craft , wore his Mayoral robes and also the apron of an ' Entered Apprentice . ' He had the support of two brother Mayors in their Worships of Brighton ( Alderman Botting ) and
Eastbourne ( Councillor Skinner ) , while the close relationship which exists between civic life and Masonry were exemplified by the presence of Alder-nan Ewart , M . D ., thrice Mayor of Brighton , Alderman Farncombe , thrice Mayor of Leives , and Alderman Morrison , thrice Mayor of
Eastbourne , who have all been advanced to the Warden s chairs in Provincial Grand Lodge . Alderman Dr . Paxton , Ex-Mayor of Chichester , and Alderman Piper , Ex-Mayor of Worthing , were also present ; and Sussex M . P . ' s were represented by Col . Brookfield , of the Rye Division , and Mr . Gerald Loder , of Brighton . "
MASONIC BALL . —A meeting of the general committee entrusted with the arrangements in connection with the annual festival and ball , to be held in aid of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution—an Institution which at the present time is clothing , educating , and maintaining nearly 400 children—was held at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , on Friday , Bro . W . Simson , P . P . S . G . W .,
in the chair , and Bro . John Edwards , P . M . 1182 , in the vice-chair . A large number of Patrons and Stewards were proposed . The Hon . Sec , Bro . Povey , announced that the chairman had generously offered to defray the whole cost of the commemorative jewels to be presented to the Patrons and Stewards , an announcement which was received with much pleasure and applause . A special and attractive feature in this year ' s ball will be a procession in full dress Masonic
regalia ot the different Degrees in I'reemasonry at certain intervals during the evening , and at 12 o ' clock , amidst illuminations of electric and coloured lights , the Royal Lancers will be danced beneath the Ancient Arch of Steel . This spectacular scene will be very interesting to both the Masonic fraternity and the public generally who attend the ball , as it has not been seen in Liverpool for many years past .
Masonic And General Tidings
THE COUNTESS OF WARWICK has decided to stand at the approaching elections as a candidate for a seat on the Warwick Board of Guardians . THF . WINTER CONVOCATION of the Grand Council of the Order of the Secret Monitor , will be held at Mark Masons' Hall , on Friday next at six o ' clock .
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK have intimated their intention of being present at the marriage of Lady Margaret Grosvenor and Prince Adolphus of Teck . TEN PENSIONERS will be placed upon the books of the London General Porters' Benevolent Association at the election to be held at the Guildhall Tavern on Thursdiy , 13 th inst .
SIR J OHN- HUTTON will preside at the concert to be •riven at the Shoreditch Town Hall , on Monday , the 10 th inst ., in aid of the Children's Breakfast and Dinner Fua I of the Hoxton Market Christian Institute . MR . CECIL RHODES is ordering 650 miles of materials to be sent out for the construction of hi . Cape to Cairo telegranh line . It is estimated that this adlitio-ial material will suffice to build the line from Blantyre to Ujiji , on Like Tanganyika .
THERE WAS A CROWDED GATHERING on Monday even ing at the South-place Institute , Finsbury , on the occasion of the illustrated lecture Mr . G . F . Richings , an American lecturer , gave on the cultured and progressive side cf negro life in the States .
BARONESS BURDETT-COUTTS opened a World ' s Fair at Coventry on Thursday , in aid of St . Thomas's Church , in that citv . The Rev . Eric Farrar , son of Archdeacon Farrar , is vicar of the parish . The Speaker of the House of Commons introduced the Baroness .
BRO . F . W . DRIVER . M . A ., P . M ., P . Z ., & c , author of " The Noble Soul , " " The Submerged City , " " Toujours Perdrix "l ( poems ) . "A Novel Vengeance , " and "The Four Henries" ( prose ) , recites his original productions at musical entertainments , smoking concerts , & c For terms , address 6 J , Lancaster-road , Notting Hill , W . A NATIONAL GREAT PRIORY of the Orders of the
Temple and Malta will be held at Mark Masons' Hall , on Friday , the 14 th inst ., a * five p . m . At the conclusion of the business of the Great Priory , a Priory of the Order of Malta will be held , under the banner of the Bard of Avon Preceptorv , London , into which any Knights Templar who shall have so signified his desire can be admitted . The fee is one guinea to include the
certificate-THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF COUURG , accompanied bv Bro . Lord Carrington , who represented Queen Victoria at the Imperial wedding , left St . Petersburg on Wednesday for Berlin , where they will spend a few days ; th ; ir Ro ^ il Highnesses subsequently proceeding to Coburg , and the Lord Chamberlain to England . The Prince of Wales an 1 the Duke of York , accompanied by Colonel Ellis , will leive
on Sunday for Berlin , on their return to England . Tne Princess of Wales will remain for some time with the Empress Dowager , her sister . A MASONIC SERVICE of a specially interesting character . will be held on the lo'h inst ., at St . Helens' Church , Bishopsgate , on the occasion of the unveiling of a Murd Tablet in memory of the late Dr . Cox , for many years
Rector of St . Helens , and for nine years consecutively Grand Chaplain of England . The Lord Miyor an I Sheriffs will be present , as well as miny of the Grand Officers , a dispensation having been obtained for wearin r Masonic clothing . The offertories will be devoted to Masonic Charity . Tickets of Admission , for which prompt application should be made , may be had from Bro . J .
Tollworthy , Warden of St . Helens , 54 Old Broad St . E . C . _ THERE IS ON VIEW at Exeter Hall , Strand , for a short time , MadamejStavena ' s famous picture , fellow to the oie known at the Chicago Exhibition as the great ecclesiastic il picture , and offered for sale there for £ Sooo . It is claimed for it that it is the most wonderful specimen of the engraver ' s art extant . It is 4 feet 10 inches by 3 feet 10
inches in size , and is one of three only struck from the famous Ramalas plates , taking this wonderful artist monk over 30 years to engrave . It is believed that after these three pictures were struck off the whole of the plates were destroyed . The subjects represented are biblical history from the Creation , alsj giving the Masonic histary from its earliest origin , and representing important passages and
illustrations from the early Hebrew writers . A NATURAL HIGH CLASS CHAMPAGNE which contains no added alcohol or sugar , and is as agreeable to the palate as the well-known brands , is certain to commend itself to those at least who have to avoid that luxury on account of its gouty and rheumatic tendency . Hitherto even the so-called Brut wines have been far from
satisfactory in this respect , but a recently introduced wine—Laurent-Perrier & Co . ' s Grand-Vin-Brut—claims to b ; entirely innocent of this added liqueur , and as fir as we are able to judge we can ourselves detect no trace of it . Tne growers are certainly able to produce irrefutable evidence
that , in comparison with its dryest competitor , analysis gave the percentage as ' 19 as against I'CO of its rival . To many ill-health will be robbed of one of its stings if the severe dietary hitherto prescribed can be relieved by this generous vintage , without any sacrifice of the qualities that have made champagne a universal drink .
WE DO NOT THINK we are betraying confidence in quoting from a personal letter received a few days ago from one ot our prominent Masons . He says : " I cannot let the opportunity piss without thanking you for yout attacks upon ' making records . ' " Freemasonry suffers more from those who ought to be its best friends through their baleful action than it ever will from its avowed enemies
outside the . Order . It is nothing more than self-pride which shows the smallness of the calibre of the Mister whose only boast is that he beat "the record . " It brings into the Fraternity the mast undesirable elements , and to it can bj attributed a very large proportion of our unaffiliations . "I trust you will continue to ' peg away ' at this crying evil , and that you may have the hearty support of every
District Deputy as well as the Grand M ister himself in leading the Fraternity to higher aims and nobler privileges . " We thank the brother for his words of approval . Everyone who gives this matter proper thought and consideration , must see to what shoals we are drifting . Ic i = not in numbers that the strength of a lodge is found , but in the " internal qualifications" of the members . —New Yor . ' : Disbatch .
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
IT is EXPECTED that the Duke of Devonshire , Prov . Grand Master of Derbyshire , will attend the annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge at Derby on the 20 th inst .
THE LAST GREAT SHOW of the year by the National Chrysanthemum Society will open on Tuesday next , the 4 th instant , at the Royal Aquarium . The show will remain open for three days , and will embrace lace flowerine- chrysanthemums of every section , Persian cyclamen , Chinese primroses , fine foliaged and berried plants , and an especially magnificent and varied display of table decorations . Lovers of chrysanthemums are promised a grand show .
THE GENERAL MANAGER , MR . ARTHUR BARRON ( Managing Director of Ye Ocean Wave Exhibitions , Limited ) , announces that he has now concluded arrangements with the Royal Agricultural Hall Company for holding "The First Great Annual Tobacco Trades' Exhibition and Market ( The Smokeries ) " in June , 1 S 95 . The Consulting Manager is Mr . E . Howar " d Hale , and the offices are at 222 , Strand , W . C .
THE ELECTION MEETING of the Rose Chapter , No . 1 G 22 , was held at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberivell , on Saturday , the 24 th ult ., Bros . Selvey , 101 , and Hale . 1320 , were exalted in an exemplary manner by Comp . F . Hilton , A . G . D . C . Comps . J . H . Pullen , II ., was elected M . E . Z . ; | . Loader , H ., and Isaac Dunn , J ., for the ensuing year . A P . Z . ' s jewel was voted to Comp . F . W . Williams
, M . E . Z ., for his able services rendered to the chapter during the past year . ' _ ' OUR BUBBLE , " the December and Christmas parts of which lie before us , provides a lavish and artistic display of colour and a capital selection of reading matter for the young people . The colour printing is admirable , and we
are sure that the first volume , which is announced as immediately forthcoming , will be eagerly welcomed by boys and girls everywhere . Each of the parts before us contains four weekly issues and the usual monthly supplement . With the Christmas part is given away a charming chromolithograph , entitled "The Picnic . " Dr . Barnardo well maintains the quality of his new magazine , which more than ever deserves to succeed .
BRO . J MAVO , who is well known as host of the Castle Hotel , East Molesey—the home of several lodgeshas just entered upon his tenth year of office as Chairman of the Kingston and District Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society . At the annual dinner , on Tuesday evening , when close upon a hundred members and friends were
present , he received a great surprise , for the vice-chairman handed to him a handsome Royal Arch jewel , with inscription at the back , as a token of regard for him personally > nd of appreciation of his services . The jewel was one of Bro . George Kenning ' s best make , in is-carat gold , set with crystals , and was admired by all .
MASONIC BALL . —On Thursday night , the 22 nd ult ., a ball in aid of the building- fund for a Masonic Hall at Blyth , was held in Grantham ' s Assembly Rooms , and passed off most successfully . The ball was under the distinguished patronage of Bros , the Right Hon . Sir M . W . Ridley , Bart .. M . P .. P . G . M . ; Alderman R . H . Holmes , I . P ., P . G . D . Eng ., D . P . G . M . ; Sir Augustus Harris , Bart ., P . G . Treas . Eng . ; A . E . Burdon , P . P . G . S . W . ; J . G .
You !! , P . P . G . S . W . ; Hill Motum , P . P . G . S . W . ; and many nther gentlemen well known in connection with Masonry . The assembly rooms were specially decorated for the occasion , and as a special dispensation was granted for the brethren to appear in full regalia , the ball-room presented a pleading and charming appearance . The music was supplied by Mr . J . H . Amers' band from Newcastle , and the programme consisted of 22 dances .
SPECULATIVE MASONRV . —Our attention has frequently been drawn to the indiscriminate use of the expression " speculative " Masons and " symbolic " Masons , and we have been asked to expressan opinion as towhich is correct . Certainly the former is the correct term . We say we are free and accepted or speculative Masons in contrast to operative Masons . Speculative Masons use the tools of the
operative Masons as symbols to impart instruction . "Symbolic Masonry " is a corruption which has crept into usewe do not know exactly when or how . Some otherwise correct ritualists use this expression instead of the proper one , " speculative Masons , " but it is a corruption nevertheless , and correct speakers avoid it . Writing on the subject , Mackey says Freemasonry is called speculative
¦ Masonry to distinguish it from operative Masonry , which is engaged in the construction of edifices of stone . Speculative science which , borrowing from the operative art its working tools and implements , sanctifies them by symbolic instructions to the holiest of purposes—the veneration of ' ¦ od and the purification of the soul . The operative vlason constructs his edifice of material substances ; the
speculative Mason is taught to erect a spiritual building pure and s P . otless , and fit for the residence of Him who dwelleth only with the good . _ The operative Masons works according to the designs laid down for him on the trestle board by the Architect ; the speculative is guided by the" great trestle "card on which is inscribed the revealed will of God—the oupteme Architect of heaven and earth . The operative
Mason tries each stone and part of the building by the square level and plumb ; the speculative Mason examines every action of his life by the square of morality , seeing jhat no presumption nor vain glory has caused him to transcend the level of his allotted destiny , and no vicious Propensity has led him to swerve from the plumb line of re ctitudf . —Australasian Kevitone .
loo MITH STKICSS cannot he laid on the f .-ict that in Ihe whirl "' unnatural excitement , and in the simple for existence in this !> r , 'ii ( 'ration , no attention whatever is vouchsafed lo the most '"" 'Unary rules of health . When the muscles hcc . nnc relaxed , IL- nerves over-sensitive anil uelicatclv striuir . anil the brain
' '; ir 'c . sat the slightest task , these symptoms are part of . Vature ' s yrnine ; that the tlelieatc organism ol' llie human frame is out . . Kf- 'r- In most cases a gentle stimulant and mild restorative s ' ' ol that is required to impart fresh vitality to Ihe jatte . l nerves , j ;!"' it is a well-known fact that a few doses of Holloway ' s llls work wonders and restore the lost tone of the nervous s Hein .
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . THOMAS BRIGGS , Citizen and Lonner , is a candidate to represe nt the Ward of Aidersgate in Court of Common Council . THE ANNUAL Provincial Grand Lodge of Nottinghamshire will be held at the Masonic Hall , Nottingham , on Thursday , the 13 th inst . ; and the Annual Convocation of Prov . Grand Chapter will be held at 4 . 30 p . m . on the same day .
THE PANMURE LODGE will hold a bazaar in the New Public Hall , Arbroath , on the nth , 12 th , and 13 th April , 1 S 95 , for the purpose of raising funds for the extinction of the debt on the lodge hall , and to found a Benevolent Fund .
LODGE OF HONOUR AND GENEROSITY , NO . 165 . —A notice appears on the agenda paper for the meeting this week , of the resignation of Bro . R . C . Driver of the Secretaryship of the lodge after an uninterrupted tenure of office for over 37 years . Such valuable service as this calls for grateful recognition on the part of all the members .
AT A MEETING of the Friendship Lodge , No . 202 , held at Granby-street , Devonport , on the 22 nd ult ., Bro . S . Martin was unanimously elected VV . M . ; Bro . J . Leonard , P . P . A . G . D . C , Treas . ; Bro . W . Allsford , P . G . Treas ., Representative on the Committee of Petitions and Charity Steward ; and T . Shears , Tyler . The annual banquet will be held at the Freemasons' Club on January 2 nd .
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT did not stay for very many hours at Worthing , where he went last Saturday to preside over some Masonic ceremonies , but his Royal Highness paid the town some well-timed compliments in response to the address of welcome , and with tact encouraged the townspeople to forget their misfortune and look cheerfully for a new period of prosperity in the future . —Court
journal . A PRESENT FOR THE QUEEN . —By the ss . " Arcadia , " which arrived a few days since from Sydney , New South Wales , there was sent to the Queen , a correspondent informs the City Press , a " small present from the inhabitants of Sydney . " It consists of a bunch of wild flowers and a case of wine made from fruit grown a short distance from Sydney .
ISRAEL LODGE OF INSTRUCTION . —Bro . J . J . Hall will give an address on "Sun Worship and the Ancient Mysteries and their Resemblance to Freemasonry , " on Sunday , the 2 nd inst . ( first Sunday in the month ) , at the Rising Sun , 24 S , Globe-road , Mile End , E ., at 7 p m . A discussion will follow the lecture . Bro . Hall has devoted a vast amount of time in the compilation of the various interesting subiects upon which he will touch , and a large attendance is anticipated .
" How is it that young men are so largely outside the Church ? " was a question an interviewer put recently to Bro . Professor Shuttleworth . " Partly , " was the reply , ' •because parsons forget that they were ever young themselves , partly because many of them are afraid to use what
are called secular weapons , and partly because of a certain restlessness which is characteristic of our time . Men have got more freedom , and they use it . And there is the uncomfortable recollection of what Sunday schools used to be in the days of their boyhood . "
MUSICAL EXHIBITION . —The next display at the Royal Aquariam , which building has so completely established itself as the best hall . in London for exhibitions , will deal with music , and , judging b y the advanced copies of the catalogues , will be of striking interest and value . The loan collection , which consists ofantique and obsolete instruments , such as harpsichords , spinets , early pianos , stringed instruments , including harps of extreme antiquity , early forms
of brass instruments , manuscripts of eminent composers , autograph letters and portraits of great musicians , will be unusually complete , and will afford an infinite amount of pleasure to all students of matters musical . Amongst the trade exhibits will be found every variety of modern instruments , these being shown by the principal London and
country manufacturers . The exhibition , which commences on the 12 th inst . will remain open until the 20 th January next . The Aquarium entertainments will continue as usual , there being no extra charge for the exhibition . Mr . T . Ritchie the Managing Director appeals for loans of objects connected with musical art .
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT AT WORTHING . —In connection with the recent visit of his Royal Highness to preside at the Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex , the West Sussex Gazette gives the following : "The Mayor of W 01 thing , who had only recently joined the Craft , wore his Mayoral robes and also the apron of an ' Entered Apprentice . ' He had the support of two brother Mayors in their Worships of Brighton ( Alderman Botting ) and
Eastbourne ( Councillor Skinner ) , while the close relationship which exists between civic life and Masonry were exemplified by the presence of Alder-nan Ewart , M . D ., thrice Mayor of Brighton , Alderman Farncombe , thrice Mayor of Leives , and Alderman Morrison , thrice Mayor of
Eastbourne , who have all been advanced to the Warden s chairs in Provincial Grand Lodge . Alderman Dr . Paxton , Ex-Mayor of Chichester , and Alderman Piper , Ex-Mayor of Worthing , were also present ; and Sussex M . P . ' s were represented by Col . Brookfield , of the Rye Division , and Mr . Gerald Loder , of Brighton . "
MASONIC BALL . —A meeting of the general committee entrusted with the arrangements in connection with the annual festival and ball , to be held in aid of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution—an Institution which at the present time is clothing , educating , and maintaining nearly 400 children—was held at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , on Friday , Bro . W . Simson , P . P . S . G . W .,
in the chair , and Bro . John Edwards , P . M . 1182 , in the vice-chair . A large number of Patrons and Stewards were proposed . The Hon . Sec , Bro . Povey , announced that the chairman had generously offered to defray the whole cost of the commemorative jewels to be presented to the Patrons and Stewards , an announcement which was received with much pleasure and applause . A special and attractive feature in this year ' s ball will be a procession in full dress Masonic
regalia ot the different Degrees in I'reemasonry at certain intervals during the evening , and at 12 o ' clock , amidst illuminations of electric and coloured lights , the Royal Lancers will be danced beneath the Ancient Arch of Steel . This spectacular scene will be very interesting to both the Masonic fraternity and the public generally who attend the ball , as it has not been seen in Liverpool for many years past .
Masonic And General Tidings
THE COUNTESS OF WARWICK has decided to stand at the approaching elections as a candidate for a seat on the Warwick Board of Guardians . THF . WINTER CONVOCATION of the Grand Council of the Order of the Secret Monitor , will be held at Mark Masons' Hall , on Friday next at six o ' clock .
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK have intimated their intention of being present at the marriage of Lady Margaret Grosvenor and Prince Adolphus of Teck . TEN PENSIONERS will be placed upon the books of the London General Porters' Benevolent Association at the election to be held at the Guildhall Tavern on Thursdiy , 13 th inst .
SIR J OHN- HUTTON will preside at the concert to be •riven at the Shoreditch Town Hall , on Monday , the 10 th inst ., in aid of the Children's Breakfast and Dinner Fua I of the Hoxton Market Christian Institute . MR . CECIL RHODES is ordering 650 miles of materials to be sent out for the construction of hi . Cape to Cairo telegranh line . It is estimated that this adlitio-ial material will suffice to build the line from Blantyre to Ujiji , on Like Tanganyika .
THERE WAS A CROWDED GATHERING on Monday even ing at the South-place Institute , Finsbury , on the occasion of the illustrated lecture Mr . G . F . Richings , an American lecturer , gave on the cultured and progressive side cf negro life in the States .
BARONESS BURDETT-COUTTS opened a World ' s Fair at Coventry on Thursday , in aid of St . Thomas's Church , in that citv . The Rev . Eric Farrar , son of Archdeacon Farrar , is vicar of the parish . The Speaker of the House of Commons introduced the Baroness .
BRO . F . W . DRIVER . M . A ., P . M ., P . Z ., & c , author of " The Noble Soul , " " The Submerged City , " " Toujours Perdrix "l ( poems ) . "A Novel Vengeance , " and "The Four Henries" ( prose ) , recites his original productions at musical entertainments , smoking concerts , & c For terms , address 6 J , Lancaster-road , Notting Hill , W . A NATIONAL GREAT PRIORY of the Orders of the
Temple and Malta will be held at Mark Masons' Hall , on Friday , the 14 th inst ., a * five p . m . At the conclusion of the business of the Great Priory , a Priory of the Order of Malta will be held , under the banner of the Bard of Avon Preceptorv , London , into which any Knights Templar who shall have so signified his desire can be admitted . The fee is one guinea to include the
certificate-THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF COUURG , accompanied bv Bro . Lord Carrington , who represented Queen Victoria at the Imperial wedding , left St . Petersburg on Wednesday for Berlin , where they will spend a few days ; th ; ir Ro ^ il Highnesses subsequently proceeding to Coburg , and the Lord Chamberlain to England . The Prince of Wales an 1 the Duke of York , accompanied by Colonel Ellis , will leive
on Sunday for Berlin , on their return to England . Tne Princess of Wales will remain for some time with the Empress Dowager , her sister . A MASONIC SERVICE of a specially interesting character . will be held on the lo'h inst ., at St . Helens' Church , Bishopsgate , on the occasion of the unveiling of a Murd Tablet in memory of the late Dr . Cox , for many years
Rector of St . Helens , and for nine years consecutively Grand Chaplain of England . The Lord Miyor an I Sheriffs will be present , as well as miny of the Grand Officers , a dispensation having been obtained for wearin r Masonic clothing . The offertories will be devoted to Masonic Charity . Tickets of Admission , for which prompt application should be made , may be had from Bro . J .
Tollworthy , Warden of St . Helens , 54 Old Broad St . E . C . _ THERE IS ON VIEW at Exeter Hall , Strand , for a short time , MadamejStavena ' s famous picture , fellow to the oie known at the Chicago Exhibition as the great ecclesiastic il picture , and offered for sale there for £ Sooo . It is claimed for it that it is the most wonderful specimen of the engraver ' s art extant . It is 4 feet 10 inches by 3 feet 10
inches in size , and is one of three only struck from the famous Ramalas plates , taking this wonderful artist monk over 30 years to engrave . It is believed that after these three pictures were struck off the whole of the plates were destroyed . The subjects represented are biblical history from the Creation , alsj giving the Masonic histary from its earliest origin , and representing important passages and
illustrations from the early Hebrew writers . A NATURAL HIGH CLASS CHAMPAGNE which contains no added alcohol or sugar , and is as agreeable to the palate as the well-known brands , is certain to commend itself to those at least who have to avoid that luxury on account of its gouty and rheumatic tendency . Hitherto even the so-called Brut wines have been far from
satisfactory in this respect , but a recently introduced wine—Laurent-Perrier & Co . ' s Grand-Vin-Brut—claims to b ; entirely innocent of this added liqueur , and as fir as we are able to judge we can ourselves detect no trace of it . Tne growers are certainly able to produce irrefutable evidence
that , in comparison with its dryest competitor , analysis gave the percentage as ' 19 as against I'CO of its rival . To many ill-health will be robbed of one of its stings if the severe dietary hitherto prescribed can be relieved by this generous vintage , without any sacrifice of the qualities that have made champagne a universal drink .
WE DO NOT THINK we are betraying confidence in quoting from a personal letter received a few days ago from one ot our prominent Masons . He says : " I cannot let the opportunity piss without thanking you for yout attacks upon ' making records . ' " Freemasonry suffers more from those who ought to be its best friends through their baleful action than it ever will from its avowed enemies
outside the . Order . It is nothing more than self-pride which shows the smallness of the calibre of the Mister whose only boast is that he beat "the record . " It brings into the Fraternity the mast undesirable elements , and to it can bj attributed a very large proportion of our unaffiliations . "I trust you will continue to ' peg away ' at this crying evil , and that you may have the hearty support of every
District Deputy as well as the Grand M ister himself in leading the Fraternity to higher aims and nobler privileges . " We thank the brother for his words of approval . Everyone who gives this matter proper thought and consideration , must see to what shoals we are drifting . Ic i = not in numbers that the strength of a lodge is found , but in the " internal qualifications" of the members . —New Yor . ' : Disbatch .