Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

H . R . H . THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT was 51 on Wednesday . BRO . J M . KLENCK AND Co . have removed to No . 72 , Bishopsgate-street Within . THE Mansion House Fund for the National Memorial to Queen Victoria now amounts to £ S 6 , ooo . ~ THE LADY MAYORESS ( Miss Green ) will hold her first musical reception at the Mansion House on Tuesday next , the 7 th inst ., from three to six o ' clock .

BRO . COL . CLIFFORD PROHYN , P . G . Treas ., will be a candidate for the vacancy on the Bench ' of Aldermen , caused by the lamented death of Mr , Alderman Samuel Green . BRO . MAJOR MUCKLESTON ALLEN was too ill to journey from Wales to be installed E . P . of the Shadwell Clerke Preceptory of Knights Templar at the April meeting . BRO . A . T . WALMISLFY , Engineer to the Dover Harbour Board , will be installed W . M . of the Cordwainer Ward Lodge on Wednesday , the 15 th instant , at the Cannonstreet Hotel .

THE Great Eastern Railway Company will from the 1 st instant charge 3 d . per package for such luggage as passengers may wish to register between Liverpool-street Station and their seaside stations . THE trade and friendly societies of London propose to make a presentation to Bro . F . J . Horniman , M . P ., on the occasion of the formal opening of the new Horniman Museum and grounds , Forest Hill .

BRO . DR . RALPH GOODING ( Mayor of Greenwich ) has organised a public welcome fo be given to the active service contingent of the 2 nd V . B . Queen's Own ( Royal Wes t Kent Regiment ) on their return from the front .

THE AUTHORITIES of the Jews' Free School have had a gratifying , and , we should say , an unusual experience . They desired to raise £ 11 , 000 at the annual din ner , which was held a few days ago . They formally announced the fact , and , in the hope of realising their desire , invited Lord Rothschild to take the chair . They proved themselves wise in their generation . The sum obtained was not £ 11 , 000 . It was £ 13 , 000 .

THE Builder announces that Bro . Rowland Plumbe has resigned office as District Surveyor under the Building Act . He succeeded Mr . Geo . Godwin , author of " Masons ' Marks at South Islington , " he was afterwards transferred to West Hampstead in succession to Bro . T . Blashill and was succeeded by Bro . Henry Lovegrove , who was soon after promoted to Shoreditch in conjunction with the former district .

PRESENTATION OF COLOURS BY THE KING . —The King has intimated his intention to present colours to the 3 rd Scots Guards , the last-formed battalion of that regiment , on the Horse Guards Parade , on Friday , the 24 th instant , the late Queen ' s birthday , and in whose reign the battalion was formed . The 3 rd Scots are " now at Windsor , and will be brought to London for the purpose . It is expected that the colours will be trooped in the usual manner .

INTERESTING PRESENTATION TO 8 RO . J T . C . BLACKIE , W . M . ELECT 1161 . —A special meeting of the Committee of th : Manchester and Salford Caledonian Association was recently held for the purpose of presenting a beautiful solid silver tea and coffee service to Bro . John T . C . Blacliie , and bearing the following inscription : " Presented to Jno . T . C . Blackie on his retiring from Committee , by the Manchester and Salford Caledonian Association , after five years' service . April 12 th , 1901 . "

CITY POLICE ORPHANAGE BALL . —The 31 st annual ball in aid of the funds of the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage , of which the King is the patron , was held on the 29 th ult ., at the Cannon-street Hotel . The function was attended by over 1030 visitors , and proved of a very enjoyable character . Among those present were : Bro . the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress , Lady Dimsdale , Bro . Alderman and Sheriff

Vaughan Morgan , Bro . Alderman Alliston ( chairman of the Police Committee ) and Mrs . Alliston , Bro . Under-Sheriff Langton , Mr . Under-Sheriff Gardiner , Bro . John Lobb , C . C , Mr . A . Double , C . C . Colonel Sir Henry Smith , Major Wodehouse , the Rev . Sir Borrodaile Savory , Bart ., Mr . VV . E . Bryant , Mr . Kestin ( secretary of the Orphanage ) , Supts . Wells , Hammond , and Mulvany .

MR . J HOGG , 13 , Paternoster-row , will shortly begin to issue what promises to be a Standard Series of Technical Handbooks on the Artistic Crafts , suitable for Schools , Workshops , Libraries , and all interested in the Arts . The series will be under the General Editorship of Mr . W . R . Lethaby , a Director of the L . C . C . Central School of Arts and Crafts , and Professor of Design at South Kensington . Each craft will be

dealt with by an expert qualified to speak with authority on design as well as on workmanship . The volumes will be fully illustrated , and issued at a moderate price . Mr . Douglas Cockerell will comence the series with "The Craft of Bookbinding and the Preservation of Books : A Text-book for Bookbinders and Librarians ; " to be followed by Mr . H . Wilson on "Gold and Silver Smiths' Work" and Mr . C . Spooner on "Cabinet Making and Designing , " with others in due course .

COACHMAKERS' COMPANY . —There opened , on the 27 th ult ., at the Baker-street Carriage Bazaar , the annual exhibition of drawings and essays sent in for competition for prizes offered by the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach-Harness Makers . The competition h limited to British subjects engaged in the trades of coachmaking and coach-harness making , and members of drawing and technical classes in connection with such trades resident in the United Kingdom . There were five classes of competition , the prizes ranging from five guineas to a guinea . All the prizewinners ,

of which there were about 14 , are entitled to have the honorary freedom of the company conferred upon them should the drawings or essays , in the opinion of the judges , deserve it . The judges were the Master , Wardens , and members of the Standing Committee of the company , assisted by experts . The Worshipful Master , Bro . Lieut .-Col . Francis | J . Stohwasser , gave three prizes , amounting in all to 10 guineas , for essays " On the proper management of the body-making department of a carriage-building business , "

Masonic And General Tidings.

IT IS officially announced that owing to Court mourning there will b ; no levees or drawing rooms this season . CAPE MOUNTED POLICE . —The Agent-General for the Cape of Good Hope intimates that the recruiting for the Cape Mounted Police has now ceased . OWING TO pressure on our space reports of the installation meetings in comection with the Richmond Lodge , No . 2032 , and the Lily Lodge ot Richtn nl , N 3 . 820 , are unavoidably held over to our next issue .

CHURCH HOUSE NEW BUILDINGS . —Bro . Earl Egerton of Tatton has promised an additional donation of £ 500 provided the remainder of the sum necessary for the completion of the second portion of the Church House can be paid or promised in the current year . The sum required is £ 10 , 900 . AT Sutton , Surrey , on Wednesday , Bro . Passmore Edwards laid the foundationstone of a new cottage hospital , the costof which—about £ 3 , 500—he is defraying . The site , valued at £ 500 , was presented by Mr . R . C Foster . The new building will provide for 12 beds .

THE DIRECTORS of the Crystal Palace have given a large number of season tickets for the Naval and Military Exhibition there , to be sold for the benefit of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Association . The proceeds of all tickets sold will be handed over , without deduction to the charity . NEW SYNAGOGUE . —The new Finsbury Park Synagogue , of which the foundationstone was laid on Wednesday , is to be built in the Princess-road , upon land held upon a 999 years' lease from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners . When completed it will afford accommodation on the ground floor for 190 gentlemen , and in the galleries for 144 ladies .

A a recent meeting of the Invicta Chapter Rose Croix , No . 10 , a very handsnm : jewel , subscribed for by the members , was presented to Bro . W . M . Bywater , 32 , to mark his long connection with the chapter , and the high estimation in which he is held by the brethren . We are glad to state that Bro . Bywater is much better than he was a few weeks since .

ORCHIDS . —Orchid collecting seems to be as fashionable as ever , judging by the prices fetched at the sale of the Walton Grange collection , at Stone , in Staffordshire , by Messrs . Protheroe and Morris last week . No less a sum that 210 guineas was given for an Odontoglossum Rolf .-e hybrid , while an Odontoglossum crispum , the " Earl , " fetched 160 guineas .

BRO . EDWARD TERRY , P . M ., has been invited by the directors of the Royal General Theatrical Fund to preside on the occasion of their annual dinner , which will take place on Thursday , the 27 th inst . Donations in aid of this most deserving fund , which for many years was honoured by having as its patron our late beloved Queen Vic tor a , will be gratefully received .

ADDITIONS TO THE HORNIMAN MUSEUM . —The Horniman Museum is to be e nriched by gifts just made to the London County Council . Mrs . Baskerville , the widow of a gentleman who resided near the museum , has presented a collection of fossils , minerals , birds' nests and eggs , while Mr . A . Harper , of Granville-square , W . C , has contributed a plesiosaurus .

ON WEDNESDAY the summer service of the Thames river steamers was inaugurated with a review of the fleet , which now comprises 36 vessels . They were drawn up in double lines extending frcm Blacktriars Bridge to Lambeth Palace . The inspection was witnessed by dense crowds of people , who were assembled on the Embankment and the bridges which span the waterway .

MASONIC READERS will be interested to learn that there will anon be brought to London and the provinces a new farcical comedy , entitled "Are You a Mason ? " This piece , an adaptation from the German , is to he " presented " here ( as it has been in America ) by Mr . Charles Ftohman . But fancy anyone concerned with the Craft having to ask the question mentioned in the above-named play title . What ?—Referee .

THE North London Sunday School Union have re-elected Bro . C . J . Cuthbertson President for another year . The Union , which comprises 74 schools , 2000 teachers , and 21 , 000 scholars , is endeavouring to raise funds in aid of the poorer schools belonging to it , the Children ' s Nursing Home at Clacton-on-Sea , and the Convalescent Home for weak and ailing scholars at Bournemouth . Any hel p our readers can spare for the President's list on behalf of these deserving Charities will be gratefully received by Bro Cuthbertson .

CORNISH OFFICER HONOURED . —Bro . Lieutenant-Colonel G . I . Parkyn , who has been promoted to the rank of Colonel in the reserve of officers , is well known at Bodmin and Newquay . Bro . Colonel Parkyn has been re-employed since the commencement of the war in South Africa , first as D . A . A . G . Thames District , where he acted as embarking officer at Tilbury for some | time , and latterly as D . A . A . G . for transport at Woolwich on the staff of the Quartermaster-General to the Forces , in which appointment he has been responsible for the shipment of all military stores and army supplies to the front , and of which about two and a half million tons have been forwarded .

AT a meeting of the East Lancashire Systematic Misonic Educational and Benevolent Institution , held in the Freemasons' Hall , Cooper-street , Manchester , on Friday , the 26 th ult ., Bro . C . P . Cheetham , G . D ., P . S . G . W ., was unanimously elected Chairman for the fifth time , and Bro . J . B . Coulburn was elected Vice-Chairman in place of Bro . Hooper , resigned , who was accord id a vote of thanks for his past services ,

regret being expressed at his inability to continue his duties in cjrBeq « n : eof ill-h : alth . An Election Committee , Education , and Relief Boards were appointed , and grants made for the children of a deceased Mason and for annuities to an indigent brother and the widow of a deceased Mason . It was announced that the concert recently held in the Free Trade Hall by the Minnehaha Amateur Minstrels had resulted in the sum of £ 117 being handed over to the Institution .

ANGLO-INDIANS AND OTHERS seeking genuine Indian-manufactured condiments , currie stuffs , chutnees , preserves , poppidums , Bombay ducks , Nepaul pepper , & c , send to the original firm . C . Stembridge and Co ., 18 , Green-street , Leicester-square , London ; and Calcutta . Established 1821 . Write for ' price list . ( Removed from 33 , Leicester-square ) .

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ROYALMASONICINSTITUTIONFORGIRLS. 113™ANNIVERSARYFESTIVAL Will be held on WEDNESDAY , the 8 th MAY , 1 9 01 , TheMOSTWORSHIPFULPROGRANDMASTER, THE EIGHT HON . EARL AMHERST , R . W . Provincial Grand Master of Kent , IN THE CHAIR . Brethren willing to act as . Stewards on this very important occasion are earnestly solicited to send in their names to the Secretary , as early as convenient . Stewards arc much needed , and their services will be gratefully received . F . R . W . HEDGES , Secretary . Office—5 , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .