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Masonic And General Tidings .
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will hold its monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall oh Wednesday , the gth instant , when the petitions received to the 31 st ult . will be considered and dealt with according to their merits . GENERAL SIR REDVERS BULLER has consented to succeed Lord Monkswell in the presidency of the Devonians in London for the coming year . THE OFFICERS of the C . I . V . have , through Bro . Sir Alfred Newton , sent six boxes of stores from their mess in South Africa for the use of the patients in St . Thomas ' s Hospital .
PRINCESS LOUISE ( Duchess of Argyll ) has consented to visit the Battersea Polytechnic for the annual distribution of prizes and certificates on Tuesday , the 29 th instant . ' THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OK CONNAUGHT and their family arrived at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday . Their Royal Highnesses have been spending Christmas at Osborne .
ON WEDNESDAY , the 30 th inst ., Bro . the Lord Mayor will be the principal guest at a dinner to be given by the Mayor of Hampstead ( Bro . Sir Henry Harben ) at the Hampstead Town Hall . T . R . H . THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES , with the membri of their family and several guests who were invited to Sandringham for the Christmas and New Year festivities , came to London by special train on Wednesday .
ACCORDING TO ancient custom , the usual offering of gold , frankincense , and myrrh will be made on behalf of her Majesty at the 12 o ' clock service in the Chapel Royal , St . James ' s Palace , on Sunday , the 6 th instant , being the Festival of the Epiphany . BRO . LORD BRASSEY , as a thank-offering for his safe return after long absence in Australia , has promised to bear the expense of the erection of a handsome reading-room and institute , with a large hall , at the Sussex village of Catsfield , near which he resides .
BROS . ALDERMAN SIR J OSEPH DIMSDALE , M . P ., Past G . Treas ., and Sir Homewood Crawford , P . G . D ., have celebrated the 21 st anniversary of their initiation into Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , by presenting a very handsome gold rose-water dish to the lodge . INCREASED POLICE PAY . —It is stated that the Home Secretary , on the recommendation of the Commissioner of Police , has authorised a rise of pay in all ranks of the Metropolitan Police , together with a grant of rent-aid allowance to meet the extra cost of living in congested districts .
THE SECRETARY of the Royal Temple Yacht Club has received a formal challenge for the Coupe de France from the Union des Yachts Francais on behalf of the Due Decazes ; and the races will probably take place towards the end of the forthcoming racing season , the French challenger having a 20-tonner built specially for the contest . THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND . —A financial statement just issued shows that the total receipts to the end of November were £ 13 , 609 , against £ 12 , 924 in the corresponding period of last year . It is confidently hoped that this y ; ar , notwithstanding the great demands on the fund's supporters for other objects , the income enjoyed last year will be exceeded .
IN THE ROYAL RIDING SCHOOL at Windsor Castle on Tuesday , the Oueen ' s annual gifts to the poor of the locality were distributed , under the superintendence of the officials of the Palace and the clergy of the neighbourhood . Seasonable joints of meat and other bounties were divided among the recipients furnished with tickets , and the thanks of the humble people to her Majesty were earnest and fervent . Gifts of coal were also made to those who were in need of them .
BRO . CANON SHUTTI . EWORTII ' S WILL . —In his will , dated April 3 , 1 SS 6 , Bro , Canon Henry Cary Shuttleworth , of The Rectory , Lambeth-hill , rector of St . Nicholas Cole Abbey , who died on September 24 in King's College Hospital , omitted to name any executors . Administration of the estate , valued at £ 1978 14 s . 3 d . gross , and £ 45 iSs . Gd . net , has been granted to his widow , Mrs . Mary Elizabeth Symons Shuttleworth , to whom the testator left all his property absolutely .
A NOVELTY IN SUMMONS is that of the Alliance Lodge , No . 1 S 27 , the brethren of which ' * are requested to attend the duties of their lodge , on Wednesday , the 9 th day of the Twentieth Century , " on which occasion Captain E . V . VVellbv , Tower Hamlets Rifle Brigade , lately in command of Machine Gun Battery C . I . V ., South African Field Force , is to be initiated on the proposition of Bro . Henry Wright , P . M . and Sec , P . G . S . B ., seconded by Bro . Vickers Dunffe , C . C , P . M ., both of wh jm hold the rank of Major in the Tower Hamlets Rifle Brigade .
THE LEATHERSELLERS' COMPANY during 1900 made grants from their corporate funds amounting in all to AS 694 , of which £ 22 SQ was applied for education , £ 134 to leather trade societies , £ 4844 to hospitals and other charitable institutions and patriotic funds , and £ 1427 to almspeople and pensioners . The whole of the income of the trust property was applied to the specific charitable purposes prescribed by the various wills of founders , modified in most cases by schemes settled by the Court of Chancery or Chanty Commissioners .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OK WALES AND EDINBURGH FREEMASONS . —In acknow ( edging receipt cf a copy of the ter-centenary edition of the " History of the Lodge of Edinburgh ( Mary's Chapel ) , No . 1 , " Sir Francis Knollys , on behalf of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , writes : "His Royal Highness desires me to say that he sincerely appreciates the kind feeling which prompted the members of your lodge to send him this volume , and he feels sure that the work is one which cannot fail to interest the Craft generally . "
AT THE MONTHLY MEETING of the brethren of the Lodge of Economy , No . 7 6 , held on the 27 th ult . at the Masonic Hall , Winchester , Bro . C . Bunch , S . VV ., was unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year ; Bro . W . II . Jacob , Treasurer ; and Bro . Sims , Tyler . The new Century will open auspiciously for the old " York Lod'e , " which many years ago celebrated its centenary . The Prov . Grand Master , Bro . " w . W . B . Beach , M . P ., is "father" of the lodge as he is of the House of Commons . May he be so for yet more years .
THE LORD MAYOR ( BRO . ALDERMAN GREEN ) , accompanied by the Sheriffs and the officials of the Corporation , attended in State a special service held at St . Paul ' s Cathedral on New Year ' s Day to welcome the Twentieth Century . An immense congregation included a number of City men who had left business for the occasion , and another noticeable feature of the gathering was the large number of children
present with their parents . Bro . the Lord Mayor was met at the great west door by the Dean and Chapter and the choir , and their progress along the aisle was accompanied by the singing in unison of the hymn , " Of the Father's Love Begotten . " The clergy present were the Dean ( Dr . Gregory ) , the Dean of Windsor , Canon Scott Holland , Canon Newbolt , Prebendary Nash , and four minor Canons .
THANKS TO CORPORATE CHAIRMEN . THE POLICE COMMITTEE . —To Bro . Alderman Sir Joseph C . Dimsdale , M . P ., the members return their warm acknowledgments on the completion of his second year of ollice . They add that he has with characteristic energy devoted himself to the important business of the committee . His colleagues heartily congratulate him upon the confidence reposed in him by his fellow citizens in electing him to the distinguished position of one of their representatives in the House of Commons .
THE IMPROVEMENTS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE . —The members return their sincere thanks to Hro . Sir Robert II . Rogers for the judgment and ability he has disp layed in the discharge of the onerous and important duties which have devolved upon him as Chairman during the past year , and offer their congratulations upon the termination of a successful year of ollice .
THE STREETS COMMITTEE . —The hearty thanks of the Committee are given to Bro . Arthur B . Hudson for the able and impartial manner in which he has presided over trie deliberations of the Committee , and for his unvarying kindness and courtesy .
Masonic And General Tidings .
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF C ONNAUGHT and family have returned to town from visiting the Queen at Osborne . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF ARGYLL arrived at Kensington Palace on Wednesday afternoon from Sandringham . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF F IFE have returned to Portman-square from visiting T . R . H . the Prince and Prince s of Wales at Sandringham . AT THE installation ceremony of the Putney Lodge , No . 2766 , Bro . J . C . Radford , W . M ., was the recipient of a handsome jewel presented by the lodge .
BRO . F . J . HORNIMAN , M . P ., continues in the current issuj of the Cornish Echo his interesting series of articles descriptive of his recent tour in the Mediterranean . T . R . H . THE PRINCE AND P RINCESS OK WALES remain at Marlborough House till Saturday next . The Princess will return to Sandringham on Saturday afternoon . BRO . HORACE BROOKS M ARSHALL , C . C , J . P ., will preside at the Queen's Hall on Monday , March iSth , at the annual meeting of the London Wesleyan Mission .
BRO . LORD LLANGATTOCK will preside at the Hotel Metropole on Wednesday , May 22 nd , at the 62 nd anniversary festival dinner of the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institution . BRO . J GRETTON , M . P ., was installed Worshipful Master of the Abbey Lodge , No . 624 , at Burton-on-Trent , on the tst instant . A grand banquet followed the
ceremony . A NUMBER OF ALPINISTS celebrated the new century by climbing the Rochers de Naye , near Montreux , and having the first dinner of the century on the summit , 2000 metres high . A VERY fine otter , weighing 2 ji lb ., and measuring from the tip of its nose to the extremity of its tail 3 ft . 10 in ., was shot in the River Lark , near Bury St . Edmunds , on the 2 nd inst .
THE DEATH is announced of Mr . Frederick G . Saunders , for many years secretary and chairman of the Great Western Railway Company , at his residence , Caversham Grove , near Reading . BRO . J THOMPSON retires from business , and in future the firm , as S . Maw , Son , and Sons , 7 to 12 , Aldersgate-street , will be carried on by Mr . Chirles Maw and his sons—Mr . C . T . Maw , Dr . H . T . Maw , and Mr . Mowbray T . Maw .
WE heartily congratulate Bro . George Briggs on his great success at the recent election of Common Councilmen for the Ward of _ Cripplegate Within . Bro . Briggs had the sati sfaction of being returned at the head of the poll . WHILE PREPARATIONS were in progress forundocking the battleship Resolution on the 3 rd instant at Portsmouth , the ship heeled over to an alarming degree . Operations were immediately stopped . The ship remains in the dock apparently undamaged .
THE DUKE OK CAMBRIDGE , the president of Christ's Hospital , has sent a contribution to the fund being raised for the purpose of placing a portrait of Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Vaughan Morgan , the treasurer , in the court-room of the hospital . WE REGRET to learn of the death of Bro . Arthur Cooper at his residence in Barnsburv-square on the 27 th ult . Deceased was well known in parochial and business circles in Finsbury . He was a Past Master of the Kingsland Lodge , No . 1693 , and the Chairman of the City Boundary Building Society .
H . M . THE QUEEN has been pleased to confer the dignity of an Earldom ( with special remainder ) upon Bro . Field-Marshal Lord Roberts , V . C , K . P ., and also to approve the appointment of Bro . Field-Marshal Lord Roberts . V . C , K . P ., to be a Kn-ght of the Order of the Garter .
AMONG THE SUMS received on the 3 rd instant by the Lord Mayor in response to the Princess of Wales ' s appeal on behalf of the Soldiers and Sailors' Families Association were : Hon . VV . F . D . Smith , M . P ., £ 500 ; Messrs . Walter , Walter and Co ., £ 210 ; Bro . Alderman Sir Reginald Hanson , £ 105 ; and Sir Harry Poland , Q . C , £ 105 .
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK , attended by Lady Mary Lygon and Sir Charles Cust , arrived on Wednesday at York House , St . James's Palace , from York Cottage , Sandringham . In the evening the Duke and Duchess of York and suite visited the Theatre Royal , Drury Lane , and witnessed the performance of the pantomime "TheSleeping Beauty and the Beast . "
BRO . EARL COWPER , K . G ., Chairman of the Herts County Council , has intimated that on account of his uncertain health he does not propose to again offer himself as a candidate at the next election . He has been chairman for 12 years , and it is , he says , with great reluctance that he gives it up , but his strength will not allow him to continue to perform the duties as he could wish . He is leaving Ungland for a time , on his doctor ' s advice , to avoid the cold weather .
T . R . H . THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OK W ALES , accompanied by Princess Victoria and Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark , arrived at Marlborough House on VVednesday afternoon from Sandringham . Miss Knollys , Commander the Hon . Seymour Fortescue , and Bro . Sir F . Knollys were in attendance . In the evening the Piinceand Princess of Wales , Princess Victoria of Wales , and Prince and Princess Crarlesof Denmark were present at the performance of "The Noble Lord" at the Criterion Theatre .
SPECIAL SLEEPING CARS BETWEEN LONDON AND NEWCASTLE . —The Great Northern Railway Company have arranged to run special sleeping cars for the convenience of passengers to and from the Newcastle District on the 10 . 30 p . m . train ex London ( King's Cross ) to Newcastle , and 11 . 15 p . m . train c . v Newcastle to London ( King ' s CrDss ) . Passengers on arrival at Newcastle or King ' s Cross respectively may remain undisturbed in the cars until eight a . m . An attendant will travel in each car . The first car to Newcastle will be run on the 7 th instant , and from Newcastle on the Sth instant .
NEW RESTAURANT AT MADAME TUSSAUD ' S . —To meet the convenience of the large number of visitors to Madame Tussaud ' s Exhibition , a well-equipped restaurant has been erected at the west-end of the building . The principal feature of the addition is a spacious dining room . The hall is classic renaissance of Georgian character , and has been built under the diiection of Messrs . Gordon and Gunton , architects , Finsbury House , Blomlield-street . The management are continually adding new attractions to
the exhibition , and consequently a visit is always interesting . The Old York Treadmill , which has just been completed , is one of the newest features of interest , and an opportunity will be given to visitors to have practical experience of the favourite form of punishment meted out to those in the old days who were " doing time . " The whole exhibition has been re-arranged , and new figures and sets have been introduced , whilst the various tableaux added in recent months still remain a great attraction .
CHILDREN ' BANOUET AT THE GUILDHALL . —This , the seventh annual banquet and entertainment to poor and crippled children of the metropolis , under the care of the Ragged School Union , was again provided through the efforts of the Children ' s Alderman on Monday , the 31 st ult . Theie are many hundreds of helpless waifs , crippled children , who could not be present at the Guildhall banquet ; indeed , if they could , so numerous are they that the Guildhall would not hold them . The Lord Mayor was unable to greet these in person as he did the 1300 children in the evening , therefore
he commissioned the carmen of 20 vans to represent him by deputy to the cripples , in conveying to them boxes of materials for a banquet of their own . Twenty new vans , with picked men and boys of the London Parcels Delivery Company , conveyed the presents to the children . At 0 o ' clock the banquet took place in the Guildhall . The children numbered nearly 1300 in all , and were selected from all parts of London , including Whitechapel , lloxton , St . Luke's , Bermondsey , Hackney , Kingsland , Clerkenwell , Limehouse , Islington , and Bethnal Green , with a representative party of
cripple children . To all these children the glories of Guildhall was a fairy tale , and the ample meal a luxury . While the dinner was in progress , and during the subsequent entertainment , the band of the City Police , conducted by Mr . Alfred Stewart , played a selection of popular airs . At the conclusion , Alderman Sir William Treloar and the Chairman ot the Ragged School Union ( the Marquess of Northampton ) thanked the Lord Mayor and Corporation for the use of the historic hall , and acknowledged the generous kindness of subscribers of money or in kind .
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Masonic And General Tidings .
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will hold its monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall oh Wednesday , the gth instant , when the petitions received to the 31 st ult . will be considered and dealt with according to their merits . GENERAL SIR REDVERS BULLER has consented to succeed Lord Monkswell in the presidency of the Devonians in London for the coming year . THE OFFICERS of the C . I . V . have , through Bro . Sir Alfred Newton , sent six boxes of stores from their mess in South Africa for the use of the patients in St . Thomas ' s Hospital .
PRINCESS LOUISE ( Duchess of Argyll ) has consented to visit the Battersea Polytechnic for the annual distribution of prizes and certificates on Tuesday , the 29 th instant . ' THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OK CONNAUGHT and their family arrived at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday . Their Royal Highnesses have been spending Christmas at Osborne .
ON WEDNESDAY , the 30 th inst ., Bro . the Lord Mayor will be the principal guest at a dinner to be given by the Mayor of Hampstead ( Bro . Sir Henry Harben ) at the Hampstead Town Hall . T . R . H . THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES , with the membri of their family and several guests who were invited to Sandringham for the Christmas and New Year festivities , came to London by special train on Wednesday .
ACCORDING TO ancient custom , the usual offering of gold , frankincense , and myrrh will be made on behalf of her Majesty at the 12 o ' clock service in the Chapel Royal , St . James ' s Palace , on Sunday , the 6 th instant , being the Festival of the Epiphany . BRO . LORD BRASSEY , as a thank-offering for his safe return after long absence in Australia , has promised to bear the expense of the erection of a handsome reading-room and institute , with a large hall , at the Sussex village of Catsfield , near which he resides .
BROS . ALDERMAN SIR J OSEPH DIMSDALE , M . P ., Past G . Treas ., and Sir Homewood Crawford , P . G . D ., have celebrated the 21 st anniversary of their initiation into Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , by presenting a very handsome gold rose-water dish to the lodge . INCREASED POLICE PAY . —It is stated that the Home Secretary , on the recommendation of the Commissioner of Police , has authorised a rise of pay in all ranks of the Metropolitan Police , together with a grant of rent-aid allowance to meet the extra cost of living in congested districts .
THE SECRETARY of the Royal Temple Yacht Club has received a formal challenge for the Coupe de France from the Union des Yachts Francais on behalf of the Due Decazes ; and the races will probably take place towards the end of the forthcoming racing season , the French challenger having a 20-tonner built specially for the contest . THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND . —A financial statement just issued shows that the total receipts to the end of November were £ 13 , 609 , against £ 12 , 924 in the corresponding period of last year . It is confidently hoped that this y ; ar , notwithstanding the great demands on the fund's supporters for other objects , the income enjoyed last year will be exceeded .
IN THE ROYAL RIDING SCHOOL at Windsor Castle on Tuesday , the Oueen ' s annual gifts to the poor of the locality were distributed , under the superintendence of the officials of the Palace and the clergy of the neighbourhood . Seasonable joints of meat and other bounties were divided among the recipients furnished with tickets , and the thanks of the humble people to her Majesty were earnest and fervent . Gifts of coal were also made to those who were in need of them .
BRO . CANON SHUTTI . EWORTII ' S WILL . —In his will , dated April 3 , 1 SS 6 , Bro , Canon Henry Cary Shuttleworth , of The Rectory , Lambeth-hill , rector of St . Nicholas Cole Abbey , who died on September 24 in King's College Hospital , omitted to name any executors . Administration of the estate , valued at £ 1978 14 s . 3 d . gross , and £ 45 iSs . Gd . net , has been granted to his widow , Mrs . Mary Elizabeth Symons Shuttleworth , to whom the testator left all his property absolutely .
A NOVELTY IN SUMMONS is that of the Alliance Lodge , No . 1 S 27 , the brethren of which ' * are requested to attend the duties of their lodge , on Wednesday , the 9 th day of the Twentieth Century , " on which occasion Captain E . V . VVellbv , Tower Hamlets Rifle Brigade , lately in command of Machine Gun Battery C . I . V ., South African Field Force , is to be initiated on the proposition of Bro . Henry Wright , P . M . and Sec , P . G . S . B ., seconded by Bro . Vickers Dunffe , C . C , P . M ., both of wh jm hold the rank of Major in the Tower Hamlets Rifle Brigade .
THE LEATHERSELLERS' COMPANY during 1900 made grants from their corporate funds amounting in all to AS 694 , of which £ 22 SQ was applied for education , £ 134 to leather trade societies , £ 4844 to hospitals and other charitable institutions and patriotic funds , and £ 1427 to almspeople and pensioners . The whole of the income of the trust property was applied to the specific charitable purposes prescribed by the various wills of founders , modified in most cases by schemes settled by the Court of Chancery or Chanty Commissioners .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OK WALES AND EDINBURGH FREEMASONS . —In acknow ( edging receipt cf a copy of the ter-centenary edition of the " History of the Lodge of Edinburgh ( Mary's Chapel ) , No . 1 , " Sir Francis Knollys , on behalf of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , writes : "His Royal Highness desires me to say that he sincerely appreciates the kind feeling which prompted the members of your lodge to send him this volume , and he feels sure that the work is one which cannot fail to interest the Craft generally . "
AT THE MONTHLY MEETING of the brethren of the Lodge of Economy , No . 7 6 , held on the 27 th ult . at the Masonic Hall , Winchester , Bro . C . Bunch , S . VV ., was unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year ; Bro . W . II . Jacob , Treasurer ; and Bro . Sims , Tyler . The new Century will open auspiciously for the old " York Lod'e , " which many years ago celebrated its centenary . The Prov . Grand Master , Bro . " w . W . B . Beach , M . P ., is "father" of the lodge as he is of the House of Commons . May he be so for yet more years .
THE LORD MAYOR ( BRO . ALDERMAN GREEN ) , accompanied by the Sheriffs and the officials of the Corporation , attended in State a special service held at St . Paul ' s Cathedral on New Year ' s Day to welcome the Twentieth Century . An immense congregation included a number of City men who had left business for the occasion , and another noticeable feature of the gathering was the large number of children
present with their parents . Bro . the Lord Mayor was met at the great west door by the Dean and Chapter and the choir , and their progress along the aisle was accompanied by the singing in unison of the hymn , " Of the Father's Love Begotten . " The clergy present were the Dean ( Dr . Gregory ) , the Dean of Windsor , Canon Scott Holland , Canon Newbolt , Prebendary Nash , and four minor Canons .
THANKS TO CORPORATE CHAIRMEN . THE POLICE COMMITTEE . —To Bro . Alderman Sir Joseph C . Dimsdale , M . P ., the members return their warm acknowledgments on the completion of his second year of ollice . They add that he has with characteristic energy devoted himself to the important business of the committee . His colleagues heartily congratulate him upon the confidence reposed in him by his fellow citizens in electing him to the distinguished position of one of their representatives in the House of Commons .
THE IMPROVEMENTS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE . —The members return their sincere thanks to Hro . Sir Robert II . Rogers for the judgment and ability he has disp layed in the discharge of the onerous and important duties which have devolved upon him as Chairman during the past year , and offer their congratulations upon the termination of a successful year of ollice .
THE STREETS COMMITTEE . —The hearty thanks of the Committee are given to Bro . Arthur B . Hudson for the able and impartial manner in which he has presided over trie deliberations of the Committee , and for his unvarying kindness and courtesy .
Masonic And General Tidings .
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF C ONNAUGHT and family have returned to town from visiting the Queen at Osborne . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF ARGYLL arrived at Kensington Palace on Wednesday afternoon from Sandringham . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF F IFE have returned to Portman-square from visiting T . R . H . the Prince and Prince s of Wales at Sandringham . AT THE installation ceremony of the Putney Lodge , No . 2766 , Bro . J . C . Radford , W . M ., was the recipient of a handsome jewel presented by the lodge .
BRO . F . J . HORNIMAN , M . P ., continues in the current issuj of the Cornish Echo his interesting series of articles descriptive of his recent tour in the Mediterranean . T . R . H . THE PRINCE AND P RINCESS OK WALES remain at Marlborough House till Saturday next . The Princess will return to Sandringham on Saturday afternoon . BRO . HORACE BROOKS M ARSHALL , C . C , J . P ., will preside at the Queen's Hall on Monday , March iSth , at the annual meeting of the London Wesleyan Mission .
BRO . LORD LLANGATTOCK will preside at the Hotel Metropole on Wednesday , May 22 nd , at the 62 nd anniversary festival dinner of the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institution . BRO . J GRETTON , M . P ., was installed Worshipful Master of the Abbey Lodge , No . 624 , at Burton-on-Trent , on the tst instant . A grand banquet followed the
ceremony . A NUMBER OF ALPINISTS celebrated the new century by climbing the Rochers de Naye , near Montreux , and having the first dinner of the century on the summit , 2000 metres high . A VERY fine otter , weighing 2 ji lb ., and measuring from the tip of its nose to the extremity of its tail 3 ft . 10 in ., was shot in the River Lark , near Bury St . Edmunds , on the 2 nd inst .
THE DEATH is announced of Mr . Frederick G . Saunders , for many years secretary and chairman of the Great Western Railway Company , at his residence , Caversham Grove , near Reading . BRO . J THOMPSON retires from business , and in future the firm , as S . Maw , Son , and Sons , 7 to 12 , Aldersgate-street , will be carried on by Mr . Chirles Maw and his sons—Mr . C . T . Maw , Dr . H . T . Maw , and Mr . Mowbray T . Maw .
WE heartily congratulate Bro . George Briggs on his great success at the recent election of Common Councilmen for the Ward of _ Cripplegate Within . Bro . Briggs had the sati sfaction of being returned at the head of the poll . WHILE PREPARATIONS were in progress forundocking the battleship Resolution on the 3 rd instant at Portsmouth , the ship heeled over to an alarming degree . Operations were immediately stopped . The ship remains in the dock apparently undamaged .
THE DUKE OK CAMBRIDGE , the president of Christ's Hospital , has sent a contribution to the fund being raised for the purpose of placing a portrait of Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Vaughan Morgan , the treasurer , in the court-room of the hospital . WE REGRET to learn of the death of Bro . Arthur Cooper at his residence in Barnsburv-square on the 27 th ult . Deceased was well known in parochial and business circles in Finsbury . He was a Past Master of the Kingsland Lodge , No . 1693 , and the Chairman of the City Boundary Building Society .
H . M . THE QUEEN has been pleased to confer the dignity of an Earldom ( with special remainder ) upon Bro . Field-Marshal Lord Roberts , V . C , K . P ., and also to approve the appointment of Bro . Field-Marshal Lord Roberts . V . C , K . P ., to be a Kn-ght of the Order of the Garter .
AMONG THE SUMS received on the 3 rd instant by the Lord Mayor in response to the Princess of Wales ' s appeal on behalf of the Soldiers and Sailors' Families Association were : Hon . VV . F . D . Smith , M . P ., £ 500 ; Messrs . Walter , Walter and Co ., £ 210 ; Bro . Alderman Sir Reginald Hanson , £ 105 ; and Sir Harry Poland , Q . C , £ 105 .
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK , attended by Lady Mary Lygon and Sir Charles Cust , arrived on Wednesday at York House , St . James's Palace , from York Cottage , Sandringham . In the evening the Duke and Duchess of York and suite visited the Theatre Royal , Drury Lane , and witnessed the performance of the pantomime "TheSleeping Beauty and the Beast . "
BRO . EARL COWPER , K . G ., Chairman of the Herts County Council , has intimated that on account of his uncertain health he does not propose to again offer himself as a candidate at the next election . He has been chairman for 12 years , and it is , he says , with great reluctance that he gives it up , but his strength will not allow him to continue to perform the duties as he could wish . He is leaving Ungland for a time , on his doctor ' s advice , to avoid the cold weather .
T . R . H . THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OK W ALES , accompanied by Princess Victoria and Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark , arrived at Marlborough House on VVednesday afternoon from Sandringham . Miss Knollys , Commander the Hon . Seymour Fortescue , and Bro . Sir F . Knollys were in attendance . In the evening the Piinceand Princess of Wales , Princess Victoria of Wales , and Prince and Princess Crarlesof Denmark were present at the performance of "The Noble Lord" at the Criterion Theatre .
SPECIAL SLEEPING CARS BETWEEN LONDON AND NEWCASTLE . —The Great Northern Railway Company have arranged to run special sleeping cars for the convenience of passengers to and from the Newcastle District on the 10 . 30 p . m . train ex London ( King's Cross ) to Newcastle , and 11 . 15 p . m . train c . v Newcastle to London ( King ' s CrDss ) . Passengers on arrival at Newcastle or King ' s Cross respectively may remain undisturbed in the cars until eight a . m . An attendant will travel in each car . The first car to Newcastle will be run on the 7 th instant , and from Newcastle on the Sth instant .
NEW RESTAURANT AT MADAME TUSSAUD ' S . —To meet the convenience of the large number of visitors to Madame Tussaud ' s Exhibition , a well-equipped restaurant has been erected at the west-end of the building . The principal feature of the addition is a spacious dining room . The hall is classic renaissance of Georgian character , and has been built under the diiection of Messrs . Gordon and Gunton , architects , Finsbury House , Blomlield-street . The management are continually adding new attractions to
the exhibition , and consequently a visit is always interesting . The Old York Treadmill , which has just been completed , is one of the newest features of interest , and an opportunity will be given to visitors to have practical experience of the favourite form of punishment meted out to those in the old days who were " doing time . " The whole exhibition has been re-arranged , and new figures and sets have been introduced , whilst the various tableaux added in recent months still remain a great attraction .
CHILDREN ' BANOUET AT THE GUILDHALL . —This , the seventh annual banquet and entertainment to poor and crippled children of the metropolis , under the care of the Ragged School Union , was again provided through the efforts of the Children ' s Alderman on Monday , the 31 st ult . Theie are many hundreds of helpless waifs , crippled children , who could not be present at the Guildhall banquet ; indeed , if they could , so numerous are they that the Guildhall would not hold them . The Lord Mayor was unable to greet these in person as he did the 1300 children in the evening , therefore
he commissioned the carmen of 20 vans to represent him by deputy to the cripples , in conveying to them boxes of materials for a banquet of their own . Twenty new vans , with picked men and boys of the London Parcels Delivery Company , conveyed the presents to the children . At 0 o ' clock the banquet took place in the Guildhall . The children numbered nearly 1300 in all , and were selected from all parts of London , including Whitechapel , lloxton , St . Luke's , Bermondsey , Hackney , Kingsland , Clerkenwell , Limehouse , Islington , and Bethnal Green , with a representative party of
cripple children . To all these children the glories of Guildhall was a fairy tale , and the ample meal a luxury . While the dinner was in progress , and during the subsequent entertainment , the band of the City Police , conducted by Mr . Alfred Stewart , played a selection of popular airs . At the conclusion , Alderman Sir William Treloar and the Chairman ot the Ragged School Union ( the Marquess of Northampton ) thanked the Lord Mayor and Corporation for the use of the historic hall , and acknowledged the generous kindness of subscribers of money or in kind .