Bro. The Lord Mayor And The Studholme Lodge.

BRO . THE LORD MAYOR AND THE STUDHOLME LODGE .

Bro . the Lord Mayor on Saturday evening the 29 th ult ., entertained the members of the Studholme Lodge , No . 1591 , of which his lordship is now Worshipful Master , at a banquet at the Mansion House . A number of friends and members of the lodge were present , including

Bro . General Studholme Brownrigg , C . B ., from whom the lodge takes its name ; Bros . Dr . Godson , I . P . M . ; Sir Lionel Darell , Senior Warden ; the Earl of Euston , the Marquis of Carmarthen , Lord Charles Montague , W . H . Long , M . P . ; Sir Savile Crossley , M . P . ; the Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , A . W . Hale , F . Fenn , Pres . Board Gen . Purps . ; R . Grey , Pres . B . Benevolence ; General

Randolph , Col . Coysanne-Sim , R . E . ; Lieut .-Cols . Rivers Bulkeley , and Crewe Read , Baylis , Alfred Cooper , E . Darell , J . Scarlett-Campbell , George Wentworth Fitzwilliam . Bro . Major Cook , P . A . G . D . of C , a founder , and the first Master of the lodge , proposed "The Health of the

Lord Mayor , " who replied , and gave the only other toast , " Prosperity to the Studholme Lodge . " This was acknowledged by Bro . General Brownrigg . The string band of the Royal Engineers were in attendance during the banquet , and played a selection of instrumental music under the direction of Heir J . R . Saverthal .

The Craft Abroad.

The Craft Abroad .

LODGE PENINSULA KILWINNING , NO . G 62 ( S . C . ) The annual installation meeting of this lodge was held in the School-house , Portbello , on December 3 rd . There was a very fair attendance , both of members and visitors . The lodge was opened at half-past seven o'clock , and shortly before eight the Dunedin contingent arrived . The D . G . L . S . C was represented by P . W . D . S . Bro . Nees ;

W . D . G . S . Bro . H . Neill ; and other officers . W . Bro . W . Caldwell , G . S . of G . L . of S . then proceed to instal P . M . Bro . John Louden in the chair of U . S . for the fifth time . The following officers were invested : Bros . J . Muir , D . M . ; J . Granger , S . W . ; F . Taylor , J . W . ; C Waddie , Sec ; J . J . Macaulay , Treas . ; j . Kelstron , J . D . ; W . Granger , S . D . ; Kerata , I . G . ; Sinclarir ,

Tyler . The ceremonies were all that could be desired , and reflected the greatest credit both on the worthy Installing Master and those who assisted him . The D . G . S . Neill , Acted as D . of C , and Bro . Hastings as D . G . Chap . The customary odes and anthems were rendered by a small choir under the leadership of Bro Furgesson , who

officiated at the organ . Before the lodge closed the visitors congratulated the R . W . M ., and he thanked Bro . W . Caldwell and the Dunedin visitors for their attendance . An adjournment was afterwards made to Coney ' s Hotel , where about fifty ladies and gentlemen sat down to a banquet . After the cloth was cleared the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were honoured . The tables were then

removed , and the ball began , being carried on until long after daylight next morning . The Dunedin visitors returned to the town highly pleased with the hospitality that had been shown them by the members of Lodge Peninsula Kilwinning . Evening Star , N . Z .

LODGE PONSONBY ( NO . 70 S ) , S . C The monthly communication of this lodge , held on December ist , in the Oddfellows' Hall , Pompallier Terrace , was of more than usual interest , as it was the occasion of the installation of the officers elected for the ensuing year . There was a large attendance of members and visiting brethren . The lodge having been duly opened , with the

R . M . W . Bro . Anderson in the chair , Lodge Albion was received as a lodge , and Mr . Thomas Murray was duly initiated . The Right Worshipful the S . P . G . M ., Bro . M . Niccol , was then received , and proceeded with the installation ceremony . Bro . W . Anderson having been elected for a third term R . W . M . of the lodge , a good deal of the installation ceremony was dispensed with , and the

S . P . G . M . proceeded to invest the other officers as follows Bros . W . G . Allen , S . W . ; Forrest , J . W . ; Hutchison , Sec ; Henderson , Treas . ( re-elected ); and Grey , S . D . ; A . Jones , J . D . ; Devonport andGravatt , Srewards ; Carder , I . G . ( re-elected ); and Greyham , Tyler ; ( re-elected ) . Bro . Forgie , P . M ., made the presentations to the Installing Officer . The charges were delivered by Bro . Niccol . —New Zealand Herald .

LODGE ST . ANDREW ' S , S . C ; At a meeting of the members of this lodge , held at the Masonic Hall , on the 22 nd November , the following officers were elected : Bros . Farquhar Macrae , W . M . ;

R . B . Symon , Deputy Master ; Anderson . Substitute Master ; J . P . King , S . W . ; Malcolm McLeod , J . W . j Rev . F . Gould , Chap . ; Dr . Walker , Org . ; Balford , Sec . ; Ellison , Treas . ; Page , S . D . ; D . Urquhart , J . D . ; Capt . Tonge , Tyler . —New Zealand Herald .

LODGE ZETLAND IN THE EAST , No . 508 . A special meeting of the above lodge was held at Singapore , Straits Settlements , on Monday , December the 27 th , for the purpose of installing the W . M . elect , Bro . W . A . Parker , and the appointing of officers for the ensuing Masonic year . A goodly number of Past Masters were present , and the ceremony of installation was performed by

Bro . J . P . Joaquim , D . D . G . M ., and Bro . Cargill , P . D . D . G . M . ; after which Bro . Parker invited and appointed the following as his officers : Bros . Bryan Woonacott , S . W . ; E . A . Thompson , J . W . ; J . T . Leask , P . M ., Sec . ; J . D . Stuart , Treas . ; Allen , S . D . ; G . Thompson , J . D . ; Kemp , I . G . ; and Lawson , Tyler . After the closing of the lodge / the brethren to the number of 45 adjourned to the Singapore Club , where the banquet was

spread , and the evening was closed with the usual loyal and Masonic toasts . Principal amongst these was " The Health of the P . D . G . M ., Bro . W . H . Read , " which was proposed by Bro . Joaquim and most enthusiasticall y received . Bro . Read , who was present , responded in feeling terms . The other usual toasts were proposed and responded to , and the company broke up after spending a very pleasant evening . —The Straits Times .

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The Theatres.

THE THEATRES .

Bro . Edwary Terry , P . G . S ., was to give on Thursday a matinee for the benefit of the Actors' Benevolent Fund , on which occasion he revived his popular farce , " The Rocket . " Business has been so good at the Olympic since our distinguished brother's occupancy of the house , that boards have frequently been put out " House Full , " which exactly fulfils our prophecy in our notice of the

opening of the ill-fated Olympic under Bro . Terry . We then said we did not believe that misfortune is necessarily allied to any particular house . Bro . Terry has proved that we were correct . Next Thursday a series of special matinees will commence , thus making eight performances of " The Churchwarden " per week . We hope Bro . Terry will now remain in London for a long term .

* * * The pantomime of 1886-7— "Blue Beard "—at the Theatre Royal , Manchester , bids fair to rival , if not surpass , its predecessors in brilliancy , gorgeous dresses , and appointments , and prove a financial success to the enterprising and liberal lessee , Captain R . B . Bainbridge . It has been written by Bro . P . F . Doyle , and will enhance

that gentleman s reputation . Want of space prevents our giving a lengtnened description of the pantomime , therefore we will content ourselves with a brief summary . " Place aux dames "—Miss Kate Everleigh , "Fatima ; " Miss Harriet Vernon , "Selim ; " Miss Cunningham , " Beda , " "Fatima's" maid ; and MadgeStivart , "Good Humour , " are in every sense successful in delineating their respective

characters . Those useful and clever comedians Messrs Brown , " Shackabac ; " Newland , " Tickle Toby ; " and Wallace , " Blue Beard , Junior , " are exceedingly diverting , but , at the same time , have not the chances given them of displaying the fullest extent of their talent , as they had two years ago . The character of " Blue Beard " is admirably pourtrayed by Mr . G . H . Macdermott . He ingratiated

himself at once into favour with the audience , and gave entire satisfaction with his songs and dances . Our old friend Ramsey Danveis was exceedingly diverting as " Sister Anne , " and created more applause than any other artist . This gentlemen comes from a clever family , and is a thoroughly conscientious comedian . Bro . Joseph Bracewell , " Ibrahim , " has not many opportunities for displaying

that fund of humour which is natural to him ; but he nevertheless does his best with the part . With regard to the scenery , it is only necessary to state that it is both artistic and appropriate . Our gifted Bro . H . P . Hall is to the front once again with his magnificent scene , " The dream of fair women , " which is a veritable triumph , and we congratulate him on his skill and ability , and trust the

management will afford him even greater scope next year to produce scenery which will be a credit to himself and satisfactory to them . Such artists as Bro . Hall are not to be met with every day , and he should be allowed every opportunity of exercising his capabilities . Taken altogether the pantomime may be pronounced a complete success , as

judged by the large audiences who nightly assemble to witness it , and this fact must be most gratifying to the lessee , Captain Bainbridge ; the author , Bro . Doyle ; the manager , Bro . Stringer ; and the acting manager and treasurer , Mr . Tom Manchester , who have all worked hard to bring about such a happy lesult .

# * Mr . Pinero is nothing if not original . In " The Magistrate" he showed us ajegal dignitary indulging in indiscretions which almost brought him before his own bar . In " The Schoolmistress " he struck still a new line , but in " Dandy Dick , " the new play at the Court , the author has ventured to make a clerical dignitary the butt of his fun ,

and this without in any way ridiculing religion or the religious . We are sure that no one will laugh more heartily at the adventures of the Very Reverend the Dean of St . Marvells more than the clergy themselves . The dialogue is witty in "Dandy Dick , " the characters are admirably drawn and the fun though somewhat forced is—besides original—well worked out . To the deanery comes the

dean s suter to live with him and his two daughters , lhis sister is a widow , whom her brother has described to his daughters as a " wave-tossed derelict , " " a chastened widow " not having been seen her for twenty years . But she appears very different , for her greeting with the dean is " How are you , 'Gus , my boy ? " " Are these your twoyear olds ? " pointing to the girls . The lady is dressed in a

jacket with big buttons , a billycock hat , and a dress with side pockets , into which she thrusts her hands . Her husband was a sporting man , and she has taken on the racing slang , and is known on the turf as George Tid . She horrifies the dean by saying , " 'Gus , my ( boy , it ' s twenty years since we munched our corn together , and I ' m glad of a dry stable and a clean manger .

" What time do we feed ? I shall be glad to get "My nosebag on , " and " I love horseflesh and must have it if its only a bit of cats' meat on a skewer . " The two young ladies have got into difficulty by incurring debts for a fancy dress ball . They confide in their aunt , who promises to extricate them by their backing her horse for the races . The dean , though comfortably off , is not rich ,

and he is a little put about for money , lor in a generous mood he has offered to subscribe , ( . ' 1000 to the restoration of a spire if seven others will do the same . He never expected a response , but they came forward , and he is also induced to try his luck on the turf . Mrs . Tidman is the part owner of Dandy Dick , the favourite for the races . A fire occurs in his stable , and he is brought to the stables

at the deanery , watchers being kept near him . The dean , remembering his old Oxford days , is constrained to mix a bolas to give the animal in case he should take cold . He is assisted by his old butler , who for long has done a little business on his own account and that of the kitchen inhabitants . Old Blore , however , has backed another horse and put on £ 50 for the dean , which his master in a rash

moment gave him to invest . Whilst the dean ' s back is turned , Blore thiows a little strychnine into the bolas . The dean is arrested in his own stables by the watchers , who suppose he is some welsher , is taken to the local police-station , which is in charge of a new constable , who does not know the dean , but the officer has married a late cook at the deanery , who recognises her old master

The Theatres.

and aids him to escape , but to no purpose . In the morning , the day of the races , he is being driven to the magistrates ' court , but the constable visits the course to look at the race , and the dean is liberated by welshers and card sharpers , put on by Mrs . Tidman , arrives at the deanery , and no one knows of the adventure which has occurred to the decanal occupant of the house , for the constable himself , when in

the deanery , does not recognise his late prisoner . Bro . Clayton is the dean , and plays with his usual precision ; he is , however , given to too long and dry speeches , as many dean's sermons , whjch we can do very well without . Mr . Cecil has the small part of the butler , but of course makes it very impressive . Miss Marie Lewis , and Miss Norrys as the daughters , are excellent . The former is a new and

welcome addition . The latter plays with her usual style and finish , making a great deal out of a small part , and scoring well in all her lines . Mr . Kerr and Mrs . Everslield , who have hitherto played so pleasantly , have two minor characters , which they make repulsive . How they can have so far gone back to make a major and a subaltern so repulsive we cannot imagine . Do

Messrs . Eversfield and Kerr consider " Dandy Dick " to be a burlesque , if not , we should like to know where they have gone to find two of her Majesty's officers so stupid and contemptible . Mrs . John Wood is the widow . We think the part must have been written for her . We do not know of any one who could play it to be so amusing and yet not cause offence . For this reason we do not expect " Dandy

Dick" will be seen elsewhere , for there is only one Mrs . John Wood , and she is at the Court , where we advise our readers to go some evening soon , and laugh over the troubles of the Dean of St . Marvells . We must not forget to mention the splendid bit of character acting of Mr . Denny as the constable , and Miss Laura Linden as his wife .

Willing's Selected Theatrical Programme.

WILLING'S SELECTED THEATRICAL PROGRAMME .

DRURY LANE THEATRE . Twice daily , at 1 . 25 and 7 . 25 , THE FORTY THIEVES . COVENT GARDEN THEATRE . Twice daily , at 2 and 7 . 30 , The Grand Circus .

ADELPH 1 THEATRE . Every Evening at S , THE HARBOUR LIGHTS ; at 7 . 15 , Farce . PRINCESS'S THEATRE . Every Evenjngot 7 . 45 , THE CLOCKMAKKR ' HAT ; at S , THE NOBLE VAGABOND .

GLOBE THEATRE . Every Evening at 8 , THE LODGERS ; at S , BARBARA . SAVOY THEATRE . Every Evening at S . 15 , RUDDIGORE , OR THE WITCH ' S CURSE . VAUDEVILLE THEATRE . Every Evening , at 7 . 45 , NEARLY SEVERED ; at 8 . 30 , SOPHIA .

GAIETY THEATRE . Every Evening at S , MONTE CRISTO , JR . ; at 7 . 30 , No . 1 ROUND THE CORNER . COURT THEATRE . Every Evening at S , THE NETTLE ; at S . 30 , DANDY-DICK . OLYMPIC THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 45 , THE TWO BLINDS ; at 8 . 10 , HOME RULE ; at g , THE CHURCHWARDEN .

STRAND THEATRE . Monday , and Every Evening , at S , J ACK IN THE BOX . ROYALTY THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 45 , THE COMING CLOWN ; at 8 . 45 , MODERN WIVES . COMEDY THEATRE . Every Evening at S , THE BEGGAR STUDENT .

TOOLE'S THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 30 , HESTER ' MYSTERY ; at 8 . 30 , THE BUTLER . PRINCE OF WALES'S THEATRE . Every Evening at S . 30 , DOROTHY . STANDARD THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 , ALADDIN , or THE SLAVE OF THE LAMP . GRAND THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 30 , ROBINSON CRUSOE .

SURREY THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 30 , J ACK AND THE BEANSTALK . SANGER'S AMPHITHEATRE . Twice daily , at 2 and 7 . 30 , CINDERELLA . ROYAL AQUARIUM . Open , 12 . 0 ; close , 11 . 30 . Constant Round of Amusement , ALBERT PALACE . Open from 12 noon to 10 p . m . Amusements all day .

ALHAMBRA THEATRE OF VARIETIES . Every Evening at 8 , Variety Entertainment . Two Grand Ballets . & c

LONDON PAVILION . Every Evening at 8 , the Marvellous Variety Entertainment , & c . CANTERBURY THEATRE OF VARIETIES . Every Evening at 7 . 30 , Grand Variety Company , Sic , & c PARAGON THEATRE OF VARIETIES . Every Evening at 7 . 30 , Variety Entertainment , & c , & c .

MADAME TUSSAUD & SONS' EXHIBITION . Open 10 till 10 . Portrait Models of Past and Present Celebrities .

HORSE SHOW AT OLYMPIA , KENSINGTON . —We are informed that the Earl of Lathom and the Directors of the National Agricultural Hall , Kensington , have determined to organise a grand horse show in May next , upon such a scale as to make it worth y of commemoration as one of the national events of the Jubilee year . A large number of letters have been received by the management

from leading horse owners and breeders throughout the country , suggesting such a J ubileeshow . Several 1 eforms will be introduced in the conditions , and such special facilities will be offered to exhibitors as they will at once appreciate , not the least of which is the size and healthiness of the

new hall , and the magnificent and permanent stabling outside the building . Horses may be sent from any town in the kingdom direct to the doors of the hall . A very influential committee is in process of lormation , and included in the programme will be some novel features hitherto unknown at horse shows .