Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

THE COMMITTEE of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will hold their regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , the gth instant , at 4 p . m . BRO . THB DUKE AND DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE left Beaufort House , Newmarket , on Saturday last , for Chatsworth . BRO . THE RT . HON . WALTER LONG , M . P ., Lady Doreen Long , and Miss Long have returned to 11 , Ennismore-gardens for the winter .

BRO . LORD AND LADY PIRDRIGHT have returned to Pirbright from the Continent , and will entertain a succession of guests throughout the season . BRO . THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE , Lord President of the Council , has appointed Mr . Riversdale Walrond , of the Education Department , to be his private secretary . BRO . SIR SQUIRE BANCROFT will give the "Christmas Carol" and other selections from Dickens at Highbury Athen .-oum , on Thursday , the ist prox ., on behalf of the North London Nursing Association .

THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY , who is Hi g h Steward of Great Yarmouth , has contributed £ 50 towards the erection of the Missions to Seamen Church and Institute on the South Quay at Yarmouth , for the sole use of sailors and fishermen frequenting that port . BRO . SIR WALTER PARRATT , the Queen ' s Master of Music , presided at the annual concert of the St . George ' s Chapel choir which was given on Monday night , under the patronage of her Majesty and other members ot the Royal Family , at the Windsor Albeit Institute . Dr . F . H . Cowen and Dr . Lloyd , of Eton College , conducted their own compositions .

BRO . VISCOUNT WOLSELEY , the Commander-in-Chief , is aboutgto take up his residence in Brighton for some time , having engaged a house on the west front . Considerable local interest is being manifested in his lordship's promised presence at the forthcoming distribution of prizes to the 1 st Sussex Volunteer Rifle Corps , the ceremony being fixed at the Pavilion , where a reception and ball will follow .

BRO . J . E . SHAND , P . M ., P . Z ., Registrar of Westminster , has been presented with a handsome massive marble timepiece , with the following inscription on a gold plate : " Presented to J . E . Shand , by some of his old Westminster friends , Freemasons , and others , in recognition of many years of friendship , and to commemorate his 60 th birthday , October , 1 S 9 S . " The presentation wis made by Bro . Frank Todman , W . M . 2030 .

PRINCESS CHRISTIAN , accompanied by Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein , and attended by Baroness Von und Zu Egloffstetn , left Cumberland Lodge , Windsor Park , on Tuesday , on a visit to Bro . the Earl and Countess of Derby , at Knowsley Hall , Lancashire . Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein travelled as far as the Metropolis . Princess Christian is expected to return to Cumberland Lodge towards the end of the week .

BRO . BERNARD F . EDYVEAN , of Bodmin , has been appointed to succeed the lamented Bro . E . D . Anderton , P . G . D ., as Provincial Grand Secretary , and Prov . G . Scribe E . of Cornwall . The appointment is a very popular one , as Bro . Edyvean is a P . Prov . S . G . W . of Cornwall , P . A . G . D . C . of England , and for several years Manager of the votes for the Central Masonic Charities in London . Of the previous Provincial Grand Secretaries of the province the only one living , as well as still subscribing to a Cornish lodge , is Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D .

THE SIRDAR , accompanied by the Right Hon . A . J . Balfour , M . P ., who is to take up the duties of Minister-in-Waiting at Balmoral , arrived shortly after one o ' clock on Monday at Ballater , en route for Balmoral , in accordance with her Majesty's command . There was a great crowd gathered , the Queen's carriage from Balmoral was in waiting , and as the hero of Omdurman and Mr . Balfour drove off they were heartily cheered again and again . Balmoral was reached about three o ' clock . The Empress Frederic and the Sirdar met in the Palace Hotel , Aberdeen , her Imperial Majesty having , on hearing of his arrival , sent for him .

H . R . H . THE PRINCESS OF WALES , who went to Copenhagen some three months ago on receipt of the intelligence of the illness of her mother , the Queen of Denmark , returned to London on Tuesday night , accompanied by the Duke of York . Their Royal Highnesses travelled from Calais to Diver by special boat , and thence by spc : ial train to Charing-cross . Shortly after 7 p . m . Count Moltke , Secretary at the Danish

Legation , arrived at the station to receive the Royal travellers , on behalf of the Dinish Minister and Madame de Bille . Subsequently the Duchess of York drove up , and at 7 . 30 H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , accompanied by Princess Victoria of Waies ,. and attended by General Sir Arthur Ellis and General Sir Dighton Probyn , V . C ., arrived . Miss Knollys was in attendance on the Princess , and Bro . Captain Holfordupon the Duke of Yoik .

HER MAJESTY went out on Saturday morning last with the Empress Frederic and Princess Henry of Battenberg . In the afternoon the Queen presented colours to the newly-raised 2 nd Battalion of the Queen ' s Own Cameron Highlanders , under the command of Licut .-Col . J . M . Hunt . Two hundred men of the battalion marched from Ballater , and were drawn up in line on the lawn in front of the Castle . Her Majesty drove on to the ground at a quarter to one , accompanied by the Empress Frederic and

Princess Henry of Battenberg and her chilJren . After the consecration of the colours by the Rev . S . J . Ramsay Sibbald , the Queen ' s and the Regimental Colours were handed to the Queen by Major H . Malcolm and Major D . Davidson , and were then presented by her Majesty to Lieutenant P . Baird and Lieutenant the Hon . A . Maitland . The Queen having addressed a few words to the officers and men , and having acknowledged the honour , the battalion marched past , the line was reformed , and the troops gave three cheers for the Queen .

AMONG THE exhibitions of pictures at the present time , there are three galleries which will well repay a visit . They are the Society of Oil Painters ( late Institute of Painters in Oil Colours ) , Piccadilly . There are some fine pictures by Sir J . D . Linton , Frank Waiton ( President ) , and others—the landscapes are a great feature . There is a small but choice collection of important works at Thomas McLean's Gallery , 7 , Haymarket . Amongst them are pictures by Roybet , Chatran , Bisschop , Peter Graham ( R . A . ) , J . McWhoster ( R . A . ) , Max Gaisser , H . Ziigel , L . B . Hust , and M . De

Munkacsy . The London Sketch Club holds its inaugural exhibition at the Modern Gallery , 17 s , Bond-street , W . The contributors comprise the well-known names of Geo . C . Haite , Dudley Hardy , Walter Fowler , Cecil Quennell , Phil May , Robert Sauber , & c . As the gallery closes to-morrow ( Saturday ) , the opportunity should not be lost of visiting this , the first exhibition of the London Sketch Club . At the Continental Gallery , 157 . New Bond-street , W .. will be found a collection of the leading pictures from the Pans Salons of 1 S 9 S . We would commend this exhibition to admirers of foreign art .

Masonic And General Tidings.

THE COUNTESS CADOGAN has [ been paying a visit to Bro . the Earl and Countess of Derby at Knowsley . THE EARL OF MINTO , the new Governor-General of Canada , has been appointed a Knight Grand Cross of St . Michael and St . George . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK have left town for York Cottage , Sandringham , attended by Lady Mary Lygon and Sir Charles Cust . BRO . LORD KITCHENER OK KHARTOUM has fixed Tuesday , the 29 th inst ., as the date on which he will visit Edinburgh to receive the freedom of the city .

ON and after the 9 th inst . the Prosperity Lodge of Instruction , No . 65 , will meet every Wednesday night , seven o ' clock , at the Whittington , 5 and 7 , Moor-lane , Forestreet , E . C , instead of the Weaver's Arms , London Wall . ON TUESDAY NIGHT it was stated that the condition of Bro . Sir Henry Irving , who is staying at the Windsor Hotel , Glasgow , was less satisfactory , and that progress is slow . He was ordered to keep to his bed throughout the day .

H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES received the Earl of Minto , Governor-General of Canada , on Tuesday morning previous to his departure from England . Major-Gn . Sir Arthur Ellis has succeeded Bro . Captain Holford as Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness . TUESDAY NIGHT ' Gazette officially announces that the " Queen has been pleased

to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , granting the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom unto Major-General Sir Horatio Herbert Kitchener , K . C . B ., K . C . M . G ., R . E ., Sirdar of the Egyptian Army , and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten , by the name , style , and title ot Baron Kitchener of Khartoum , and of Aspall , in the county of Suffolk . "

BRO . THE LORD MAYOR presided tor the last time on the 3 rd inst ., at a business Court of Common Council , and on taking his seat spoke of the pleasure and pain with which he did so—pleasure at the thought of his coming , rest , and pain at what seemed something like a parting . He thanked both members and high officers for the aid he had received in performing the arduous work of the City . His lordship was feelingly addressed by the Chief Commoner , and on his departure late in the day was loudly cheered .

THE EMPRESS FREDERIC OP GERMANY on Thursday left , DaImeny . where she has been the guest of the Earl of Rosebery , and travelled by special train , via Glasgow , to Drumlanrig Castle , Thornhill , where her Imperial Majesty will stay with the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch for a week . The Empress was attended by Major-General Sir Charles Du Plat , Count Seckendorff , and Countess Perponcher , and was met by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Lord Henry Scott . Loud cheers were raised when the distinguished party drove off to Drumlanrig Castle , Nithsdale .

ISSUE OF TOURIST AND WEEK-END TICKETS DURING THE WINTER . —The Great Northern Railway Company announce that they have arranged to continue the issue of tourist tickets during the winter months to many of the principal seaside and health resorts to which such tickets were issued during the summer months . The same fares will be charged and the tickets will be issued by ordinary trains , available for return on any day within two calendar months . The cheap week-end tickets will also be issued as usual on each Friday and Saturday throughout the year . Programmes containing full information as to fares , routes , & c , can be obtained on application at Great Northern Stations or town offices .

PRI NCESS CH RISTI AN , who has been the guest of the Earl and Countess of Derby , at Knowsley , since Monday , visited Birkenhead on Thursday , and was present at a meeting in the Town Hall in connection with the Birkenhead District Nursing Society , one of the numerous associations affiliated with the Queen Victoria Jubilee Nursing Institute . Her Royal Highness was accompanied by Princess Victoria , Lady Margaret Ismay , the Earl of Derby , Baroness Kgloffstein , the Duke and Duchess of Westminster , and many others .

THE MASONIC FRATSRNITY of Hawaii is doing a wise thing in sounding a timely note of warning to the American fortune hunters who are preparing to flock there . The Masonic Lodge of Honolulu has sent a circular to kindred lodges in this country warning them to discourage emigration to the islands , excepting those who come prepared to wage the battle of life under practically the same auspices that they leave

behind . In other words , there are no roast pigs with saucers of apple sauce in their mouths running around loose in Hawaii . The islands are marvels of fertility , but the man who goes there must be prepared to work hard for his living and also to spend money for success . Labour is cheap there , and it is only the capitalist , small or large , who has a chance to succeed .

AT THE INSTANCE of the Bishopstrate Lodge , No . 2395 , a Masonic service , which was attended in State by the Lord Mayor ( a Past Master of the Lodge ) and the Sheriffs , was held on the 2 nd inst ., at St . Botolph ' s Church , Bishopsgate , in aid of the funds of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . A dispensation had been obtained for brethren to appear in Craft clothing and jewels . The service was opened with the hymn "Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow , " which was sung as a processional . The procession was headed by the Rev . Bro . H . Hebb , Head Master of the Boys ' Schooland followed bthe choir of the

, was y Institution , officers of Grand Lodge , the officers of the Bishopsgate lodge ( including Bros . Woolff Jacobs , W . M .: Newman I . P . M . ; Edgar Mead , S . W . j Gilbert Mead , J . W . ; andS . Jacobs , D . CVand the clergy , who were followed immediately afterwards b y the Lord Mayor ' s procession , which was headed by the City Marshal . The service included Psalm xix ., the lessons Magnificat , and Nunc Dimittis . In the absence , through illness , of Bro . the Bishop ' of Marlborough , the Rector of St . Botolph ' s , the sermon was preached bv Bro . the Rev E . A . B . Sanders , Vicar of St . Mark ' s . Dalston . *

THAT CHRISTMAS IS rapidly approaching is certified not only by the calendar , but by the fact that Bro . Alderman Treloar has commenced his preparations for the distribution of Christmas hampers to 4000 crippled children in the Guildhall . H R H the Prince of Wales has always taken a great interest in this excellent movement , and Sir Dighton Probyn has written from Marlborough House to the Alderman the following letter : " I have submitted to the Prince of Wales your letter of September 27 th : and in reply I am desired to inform you that his Royal Highness will be happy to contribute

the sum of £ 5 to the fund which you are again kindl y raising for the purpose cf providing dinners and hampers for the crippled children of London at Christmas next " Contributions will be gladly received at GS , Ludgate-hill , E . C , addressed to Mr Alderman Treloar , or at 37 . Norfolk-street , Stiand , W . C , addressed to the Marquis of Northampton . The intention is to distribute , if possilbe , hampers to the whole number of deserving cnppled children ( upwards of 5000 ) registered on the books of the Ragged School Union . « 6 b *»

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