Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . Rev . J . Jackson Wray will deliver a lecture on Thomas Carlyle , at the Lecture Hall , St . Aubyn ' s-road , Upper Norwood , on Monday next , the 5 th inst ., to commence at S o ' clock . Bro . Moreton Graham , the well-known auctioneer and surveyor , of Burton Cresent and Kennington Green , has been elected VV . M . of the Rose of Denmark Lodge , No . 975 , and his installation takes place on the 16 th inst .

The annual meeting of the Prov . Grand Chapter of Cheshire will be held at 3 p . m . on Wednesday next , the 7 th inst ., at the Public Hall , Runcorn . A banquet will follow , and will be served at Wilson ' s Hotel . The following banquets have been held at the Freemasons' Tavern during the week ending Thursday , the ist inst .: —Wednesday , Oct , 31 st : New Holborn

Quadrilles . Thursday , Nov . ist : Old Acquaintance Musical Society , St . Andrew ' s Lodge , Victoria Rifles Lodge . The Prov . Grand Lodge of London and the four Metropolitan Counties of the Royal Order of Scotland will hold its Festival on Saturday evening , the 10 th inst ., at the Cafe Royal , Air-street , Regent-street , W ., at 6 . 30 for 7 precisely .

To-morrow ( Saturday ) night Bro . C . G . Sparrow , VV . M . 1743 , will work the ceremony of installation in the Percy Lodge of Instruction , at Bro . Langdale ' s the Jolly Farmers , Southgate-road , N . Brethren are cordially invited to attend . The Fifteen Sections will be worked at the Royal Arthur Lodge of Instruction , held at the Prince of Wales

Hotel , Wimbledon , opposite the Railway Station on Thursday , November Sth . Lodge will be opened at 6 . 15 for 6 . 30 . Brethren are cordially invited to attend . We have been asked to announce that the Kin g Harold Lodge of Instruction , No . 1327 , now holds its meetings at the Four Swans , Waltham Cross , on Saturday evenings , at 7 o'clock , having removed from the Britannia

Hotel , Waltham Station , where it formerly met on Thursdays . The Brown Animal Sanitary Institution , under the government of the University of London , has issued a very useful notice in reference to rabies or madness in dogs . Copies may be obtained on application to the Professor-Superintendent , The Brown Institution , Wandsworth-road , S . VV .

Bro . A . J . Altman , CC , P . M ., 1657 , in writing to the City Press on some criticism provoked by a recent fire in the City , recalls the fact that he some weeks since brought the matter of complaint—the widening of the Little Britain entrance to Bartholomew-close—under the notice of the Commission of Sewers , who had it passed to the Finance Committee , where it is now under consideration .

Luther ' s death-mask , the most valuable of all the relics of that great reformer , is preserved in the library of the Marienkirche at Halle . The mask was taken when the corpse was deposited for a night , during the transport from Eisleben , in the parish church of Halle on the 20 th of February , 154 G . The celebrated sculptors Ranch and Rietschel often expressed their regret that they had not

seen the mask before completing their statues of Luther . Plaster casts and also copieslin ivory , have been made from it . Bro . H . Baldwin , P . P . G . D . of C . Middlesex and Surrey , P . M . and Sec . " of the Brixton Mark Lodge , No . 234 , asks us to state that the installation meeting of this very prosperous Mark Lodge will be held at Anderton ' s

Hotel , Fleet-street , E . C ., on Saturday , the 10 th inst ., at four o ' clock , when Bro . George J . Dunkley will be installed into the chair of A . b y Bro . George Clark , j ' un ., P . G . Stwd ., P . M ., & c , a very gifted exponent of the sublime ritual of this Degree . VVe wish Bro . Dunkley a very prosperous year of office . He is probably known to the majority of our readers as Bro . " G . S . Graham , " the excellent vocalist .

On Wednesday , the 17 th ult :, at a g athering of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of West Yorkshire in the Masonic Hall , Great George-street , Leeds , under the banner of the Copley Lodge , No . 111 , Bro . C . L . Mason was installed Prov . Grand Mark Master by R . W . Bro . J . W . Woodall , Prov . Grand Mark Master North and East Vorkshire . The newly-installed R . W . Prov . G . M .

appointed Bro . the Rev . VV . C ( Lukis his Deputy Prov . Grand Master , and Bro . W . Cooke Prov . Grand Secretary . Amongst those present were Bros . Strachan , Deputy Prov . Grand Master Northumberland ; J . Chadwick , Prov . Grand Secretary Lancashire ; T . B . Whytehead , Prov . Grand Secretary North and East Yorkshire ; j . T . Seller , York ; and numerous other brethren .

lhe most successful and enjoyable reunion ever held in Liverpool took place on Tuesday the 23 rd ult ., at the Hall in Hope-street , where there was a gathering of between 600 and 700 Sadies and brethren , for whose entertainment a most varied and attractive programme was provided . The celebration of the completion of the internal Decorations of the Hall was the occasion of the Catherine .

and the programme provided embraced a dramatic , literary , Scie | jtific , and musical soiree , conversazione , and ball . An exhibition of choice paintings and engravings , Japanese Works , caricatures , models , illustrated books , & c ; a col'ection of microscopes ; a comical living waxwork " show , " entitled "The Modern Antiquities of Liverpool ; " a new version of "The Showman , " by Bro . Ellis Brammall ; a

"rand Bal de Fantasie and Rainbow Revelry , " and a ? v nc ei jt of unusual excellence were prominent portions of nefull bill of fare . A comprehensive report of the pleas-Jjt gathering will appear in the Freemason in due course . ne proceedings of the social gathering will be devoted to s ° me Masonic purpose .

Prc ^?"" Tuss * un AND SON ' S EXHIBITION . —Portrait Moilels ' of Comt ? ' Grcv )' ' Comte de Paris , Due dc Nemours , late from » i c , lambor < l , and M . Waddington . Costly Court' Dresses Mr ri * hrst Paris ' 'an houses . Captain Webb ( taken from life ; . MARvu riX r . " ' M'P' Ms ° J amcs Carey , the Informer , view A 1 ' laken fr ° m sittings just prior to his death ) now on [ ADVT 1 AUm ' <> " < s . lix'ra rooms ( id . Open from 10 till 10 . —

Masonic And General Tidings

The Blair Lodge , No . 815 , Manchester , held its installation meeting on the 19 th ult . Bro . J . Sheldrick was installed W . M . Bro . the Earl of Jersey , Prov . G . M . M . M . Berks and Oxon , has been appointed President of Radcliffe Infirmary , Oxford . Thc presidency was rendered vacant by the death of Bro . the Duke of Marlborough . Bro . tho Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Derbyshire , visited Buxton on Tuesday , for the purpose of laying the foundation-stone of the new Church of England Sundav-schools .

Ihe condition of Bro . the Bishop of Peterborough , according to Wednesday's bulletin , had improved . The progress of local inflammation also showed a favourable tendency . The report is again gaining ground , the Englishman says , that the Duke of Connaught will

succeed General Hardinge as Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Army in March next . Bro . Major Smyth , R . W . Provincial G . M . Lincolnshire , accompanied by his Deputy , VV . Bro . Captain Laycock , honoured with his presence the installation of Bro . Tonge as ; Master of the Pelham Pillar Lodge , No . 792 , Grimsby , on the 25 th ult .

That prosperous Iodge , the Emulation , No . 1505 , Liverpool , held its annual celebration of St . John at the Hope-street Masonic Hall on the 25 th ult ., the principal item of business being the installation of Bro . Joseph Thomas into the Master ' s chair , the ceremony being performed by the retiring W . M ., Bro . H . H . Smith .

Two Massachusetts Grand Masters of eminence and celebrity are represented in "Harper ' s Magazine " for October , one being Bro . Paul Revere , the hero of " the ride , " and who held office 179410 1797 ; the other being Bro . Joseph Warren , G . M . 1769-75 , and who was killed at the battle of Bunker ' s Hill .

Mrs . H . B . Marshall on Wednesday last laid the memorial stone of a new Wesleyan chapel at Ampthill , Beds . This will make the forty-seventh trowel that Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall and Mrs . Marshall have received in commemoration of their Masonic labours in the erection of churches and chapels , asylums , orphanages , and convalescent homes

The Masonic Te * mple , Broad and Filbert-streets , one of the grandest buildings in the United States , has always needed some way of reaching the lodge rooms which would avoid the fatiguing stairways . Thesubject of having an elevator—long talked of—was decided upon previous to the summer vacation , and the brethren will be pleased to learn that the Temple Committee have had an elevator constructed , which will add greatly to the comfort of all

who visit the Temple . It is moved by hydraulic power , and has an air cushion and all the best known appliances for safety . The car is of walnut , neatly finished , and will accomodate from eight to ten persons . The elevator is situated between the Grand Banquet Hall and Oriental Hall—doors opening upon each floor . It was put in operation on Monday evening last , the 15 th inst ., and all who used it expressed great satisfaction at the relief afforded

by this much needed improvement . —Philadelphia Key stone , October 20 th . Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall , CC , presided at the autumnal election of the Earlswood Asylum for Idiots , which took place at Cannon-street Hotel on Thursday week , for the purpose of choosing thirty applicants for the period of five years from a list of 159 approved candidates . In declaring the election open , Bro . Marshall , who was

supported by the treasurer ( Mr . J . W . Battley ) , the secretary , ( Bro . VV . Nicholas ) , and other members of the board of management , regretted to have to report that the finances did not improve , and that they were obliged from time to time to seek advances from their bankers . They earnestly appealed to their friends for funds . Should the depression continue , they would be reluctantly compelled to reduce the number of admissions . It gave him pleasure however ,

to be able to state that one of the committee had offered £ 100 if nine others would promise a like sum . A member of the board had promised another jfioo . It was hoped that the remaining £ 800 would be subscribed , and the board earnestly appealed to their friends for assistance . Towards the sum of a thousand guineas absolutely required , promises totalling in all £ 582 Ss . fid . had been received . In conclusion , Bro . Marshall commended the charity to the

consideration or the benevolent , and himself promised a donation of 50 guineas in addition to the amount which he was pleased to term " a fine , " paid by him in lieu of presiding at the Spring election . The following interesting extract from the Standard ol the 10 th ult . seems to confirm the favourite theory of some Masonic writers of the indigenousness of Freemasonry -. — " We are used to hear Freemasons assert

that their brotherhood is recognised more or less by all the races of mankind—past and present . Enthusiasts claim relationship with the ancient Egyptians and the modern Red Indians , including eras and peoples between . Put we have not hitherto remarked a definite statement that the South Sea Islanders are Masons . That is now furnished by a gentleman , of experience no doubt , who contributes a series of articles to the Melbourne Age . He tells how the

founders of the first lodge in Fiji waited on the King to ask his sanction . As soon as the matter was explained , that potentate said ' That he knew all about it , for his subj ' ects had a like institution ; ' but he showed a Masonic caution in refusing to answer questions until assured that it was not only like but identical . The writer quotes his own experience also . When visiting the Solomon Island in search of

'labour , 'he found the chiefs ill-disposed to help him . At a Council , however , he rehearsed the signs and symbols of Masonry , to the speechless delight of his audience , who , without further inducements , presented him with a mystic wig , betel nut , tobacco , and ' six or seven boys . ' And that wig never fails to produce satisfactory results of this sort whenever displayed in the South Sea . "

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Masonic And General Tidings

On the 25 th ult ., at the Masonic Rooms , Bedford-street , Bury Neiv-road , Manchester , Bro . Jos . Snape was installed VV . M . of thc Derby Lodge , No . 1055 . A full account of the remarkable career of Bro . Sir Moses Monteliore is given in the form of a supplement to the Jewish Chronicle of thc 26 th ult ., issued in honour of thc centenary of that distinguished brother ' s birth .

St . Matthew ' s Church , Brixton , was last Sunday lit by electricity , lt is believed that this is thc first English Established Church which has been lighted in this manner . The Fyfe-Main system is used . On Tuesday the remains of the late Bro . Marquis of Donegal ! were removed from Belfast Castle and interred in the mausoleum which is in the castle grounds , a short distance from Belfast .

A presentation , the result of thc subscriptions of about 5000 persons , is to be made to Bro . Alderman Hadley , in connection with the United Kingdom Railway Officers and Servants' Association . The presentation will be made on Tuesday , 20 th of November , at a banquet at the Cannon-street Hotel , at which Lord Alfred Churchill will preside .

Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., P . Z ., has undertaken to deliver his lecture , explanatory of the ritual and ceremonies of the First Degree , to the members of the Eccleston Lodge of Instruction , No . 1624 , meeting at the King ' s Head , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico , this evening at 6 . 45 ; in the Arboretum Lodge , No . 731 , at the Masonic Hall , Derby , on the Sth inst . ; and in the Wandsworth Lodge of Instruction , East Hill Hotel , Wandsworth , on the 20 th inst .

No more striking example of the . great change which has come over medical opinion in regard to the infectious nature of consumption can be adduced than the circular j ' ust issued by Surgeon-General Von Lauer , the chief of the Medical Department of the Prussian Army . In this circular , says the Sanitary Engineer , Neiv York , the attention of the medical officers is called to the prevalence of consumption in the Prussian army , and special

stress is laid upon the desirability , in view of recent discoveries , of separating those affected with the disease from the healthy troops . In all suspicious cases careful enquiry is to be made into the soldier's family history ; he is to he kept under medical observation and is to be examined at regular intervals . All convalescents from acute diseases of the respiratory organs are to be granted a long period of

rest under observation and where they can be properly cared for at home , but in that case only a prolonged leave of absence is to be given . All soldiers affected with consumption are . to be isolated , and , as possible sources of infection , are on no account to be allowed to associate with patients suffering with or convalescing from pneumona or acute bronchitis , and special means are directed tobc taken for the disinfection of the sputa in tuberculous cases .

'I he annual meeting of the Committee of the Fund of Benevolence connected with the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire was held on Friday afternoon , the 26 th ult ., at thc Masonic Hall , Hopestreet , Liverpool . The proceedings were conducted in Craft Iodge , which was opened by Bro . Dr . Bailey , P . G . S . D ., actingas W . M . ; Bro . W . J . Thomson , S . W . ; and Bro . J . P . Bryan , J . VV . ; supported by the usual

complement of subordinate officers . The attendance was large and influential , including Bros . H . S . Alpass , Past G . Std . Br . of England , P . G . Sec . West Lancashire ; Henry A . Tobias , P . P . G . S . of W . ; G . Broadbridge , P . P . G . D . of C ; W . J . Lunt , P . G . Treas . ; R . Wylie , P . P . G . S . D . ; W . B . Ackerley , P . P . GJ . W . ; VV . Goodacre , P . P . G . J . W . ; M . Hart , P . G . S . ; T . Schofield , P . P . G . J . W . ; VV . Freeman , W . M . t 354 ; T . Tunstall , P . G . Sec ; T . Davies , P . M . 1182 ;

J . W . Fowler , P . M . 86 ; T . Tunstall , J . VV . 1035 ; A . G . Whyte , P . M . 1354 ; J . Foster , P . M . 1385 ; W . E . Coxon , W . M . 1675 ; E . C . Cooper , P . P . G . Std . Br . ; W . T . Smith , W . M . 7 S 6 ; J . M . Ashurst , W . M . 17 S ; L . Peake . W . M . 1035 ; J- J . Smith , S . W . 1035 ; J . VVhite , P . M . 1384 ; J . VV . Murray , VV . M . 1335 ; and J . Cain , W . M . 594 . During the business portion of the proceedings it was recommended that the sum of £ 100 be voted for the relief of

four widows and four distressed brethren in the province . The Craft lodge was then duly closed . The cosmopolitanism of the En glish language , and even of our National Anthem , receives a striking illustration in a circumstance described by our Smyrna correspondent .... It is customary in Oriental schools , as well as in our own public educational establishments , to give dramatic performances on occasions of " speech days , "

and other red letter days in the scholastic calendar . An event of this character occurred last month at the Jewish school in Smyrna , when some of the pupils actually gave a capital performance—the only piece that was played—of an English comedietta . But as if this were not enough to show how our language and customs permeate even the most out-of-the-way places , the band of the school , comprising some twenty youthful musicians , further enlivened

the proceedings by playing several morceaux , among which " God Save the Queen " was conspicuous . The credit of enabling Turkish lads to perform an English play in its original tongue belongs to the Anglo-Jewish Association , which annually supplements its generous subvention to the Smyrna Boys' and Girls' School by a special grant for promoting the knowledge of the English language . In the furtherance of this object , the Association voted this year

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