Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . Horace B . Marshall , C . C , will preside at the autumnal election of the Asylum for Idiots , on Thursday , the 25 th inst ., at the Cannon-street Hotel . Bro . Lord De Tabley , R . W . Prov . Grand Master Cheshire , has , we regret to say , been for some time lying ill at Tabley Hall , near Knutsford . The Grand Master of Nevada closed a recent address by stating that though " not making Masons very rapidly , " enough were being made " for the good of the Craft . "

We are sorry to have to announce the death of Mrs . Ritherdon , wife of Bro . Ii . Ritherdon , of Leadenhallstreet . The event took place at Putney , on the 271 I 1 ult ., and in the *; 7 th year of her age .

A new Mark Lodge , the Elffin , No . 321 , was consecrated at Carnarvon , on the 27 th ult ., by R . W . Bro . Capt . Hunter , Prov . G . M . M . M . North Wales . VV . Bro . Capt . Love-Jones Parry , M . P ., P . Prov . G . D . of C , was installed as the first Master .

" Having studied it , having reflected upon it , I know the value of the institution . If I have been of any use to society at large , it must be attributed in a great degree to the impetus derived from Masonry . "—Speech of the Duke of Sussex at Sunderland in 1 S 39 .

We publish this week the first instalment of a complete comparison between the Old Constitutions and the New , as submitted to , and revised by , Grand Lodge . Our readers will be able at a glance to note the changes made , and we shall welcome any comments thereon in our columns . The remainder will be published next week .

The newly-appointed Provincial Grand Mark Master Mason of West Yorkshire , Bro . Charles Letch Mason , will be installed into his office on the 17 th inst ., in the Masonic Hall , Great George-street , Leeds , by R . VV . Bro . John Woodall Woodall , J . P ., Prov . Grand Mark Master Northand East Yorkshire . Provincial Grand Lodge meets at four o ' clock , and a banquet lakes place at five o ' clock in the lodge room .

Ihe following banquets have been held at the Freemasons' Tavern during the past week : —Monday , October ist . —University College Hospital , Robert Burns Lodge , Old Kings Arms Chapter , Regularity Chapter . Tuesday , 2 nd . —Royal York Lodge , Old Concord Lodge , Grosvenor Lodge , Albion Lodge . Friday , 5 th . —Mr . Bernard Quaritch ' s Trade Sale Dinner , Royal Kensington Lodge , Hornsey Lodge , and Thistle Lodgeof Mark Masters .

Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey arrived at Madeira on Saturday evening last , in his yacht Sunbeam , after a remarkably rapid passage of sixty hours from Gibraltar , which had been done under sail . Lady Brassey left Dartmouth on Friday in the Castle mail packet Noniam Castle to join her husband at Madeira , where they have taken a house for a short term . They will return to England

earl y in November , when Sir Thomas will resume his official duties . The new Freemasons' Hall at Chester was occupied for the first time on the evening of the 27 th ult ., when the brethren of the Cestrian Lodge , 425 , assembled at their ordinary meeting . Bro . C . VV . Duncan , VV . M .,

p resided , and the oc-asion attracted a large attendance , including a considerable sprinkling of visitors . The beauty of the lodge-room elicted much admiration , and it is now generally conceded that for capacity and completeness of arrangement the old Cestrian Lodge have a hall which will rank high among the best Masonic buildings in the country .

A correspondent to the I tines writes that , desiring to know for certain whether two halfpenny postage stamps might be legally accepted in receipts for payments of and above £ 2 , he has communicated with the Commissioners of Inland Revenue , and received the following answer : "Inland Revenue , 22 nd September . —Sir , —In reply to your letter on the iSth inst ., I have to acquaint

you that under the 13 th section of the Act 45 and 46 Victoria , c . 72 , two halfpenny postage stamps may be used to denote the duty on a receipt . —I am , sir , your obedient servant , F . L . ROBINSON . " Burnham Beeches were , on Wednesday , dedicated to the recreation and enjoyment of the public for ever . Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress attended in semi-state , and several members of the

Corporation wcre present . The weather was very unfavourable . The Mayors of High Wycombe and Maidenhead offered congratulations and thanks to the Lord Mayor , who then asked the Duke of Buckingham , as Lord-Lieutenant of the county , to declare Burnham Beeches and adjoining grounds open to the public for ever . The Duke of Buckingham , in performing the ceremony , expressed an opinion

against the policy of enclosing commons . The company afterwards partook of luncheon at Eton College . Bro . Eugene Delacoste , W . M . Royal Kensington Lodge , No . 1627 , on the evening of the 26 th ult . invited the members of his lodge to dine with him at the Cafe Royal , Regent-street , VV . After the usual loyal toasts , the ' P . M ., Bro . Stevens , proposed "The Health of the

Worshipful Master , " and presented him in the name of the lod ge with a very handsome massive silver loving cup , egg shape , with tripod legs of lion ' s claws , on ebony . stand , and bearing the following inscription : " To Eugene Delacoste , VV . M . Royal Kensington Lodge , 1 SS 2-3 , presented to him during his tenure of office as a mark of esteem and brotherly love . " The cup having been passed round , Bro . Delacoste

expressed great surprise and delight at the compliment paid to him in such a substantial manner by the members of the lodge , and trusted it would be an everlasting memento uf the fraternal good fellowship existing between him and the lodge . MAIMME Tiiss . iun AXD Soxs' EXHIBITION . —Portrait Models of

President Grevy , the C ' omte de Paris , Due de Nemours , the late Comtc de Chnmhord , and M . Waddington . Costly Court dresses , M 1 ,- ""** ** rst 1 '; irisian houses . Captain Webb ( taken from life } . ' j * * - Charles Parncll , M . P . Also portrait model of fames Carey , . '" former . —Admission , is . ; extra rooms , fid . Open from 10 till IO . — [ Art > YT . "l

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . VV . Carter , P . M . I-aith Lodge , No . 14 . 1 , was re-elected to thc ollice of Treasurer in that lodge for the twenty-fifth time , at the election meeting on the 25 th ult . It is intended to memoralise the Thames Conservators in favour of constructing a tidal lock on the Thames between Teddington and Isleworth . A new postal service has been established for

the East Coast of Africa , by way of Dartmouth and the Cape of Good Hope . Thc mails are made up in London every fourth Thursday . Mr . L . Wolf has written a biograph y of Ex-Sheriff Bro . Sir M . Montefiore , who will enter on his hundredth year on VVednesday , 24 th inst . The work is to be published at the office of thc Jewish World .

Hie Lily of Richmond Lodge of Instruction , meeting at the Greyhound Hotel , Richmond , has changed its night of meeting from Monday to Tuesday , and the time from seven to eight o ' clock . Mr . Blackbnrne , in response to an invitation , has expressed his willingness to give at the City of London Chess Club an exhibition of blindfold play on Wednesday

next , and also an exhibition of simultaneous play on the following Friday . An exhibition has just been opened in the new Rathhaus in Vienna , in commemoration of the part the Poles took under King John Sobieski in raising the siege of Vienna , when it was beleagured by the Turks . It is

named after that sovereign . By command of the Most Hon . the Marquess of Londonderry , K . P ., R . VV . Prov . Grand Master , the annual meeting of the Province of Durham will be held in the Victoria Hall , Sunderland , on Tuesday , the 23 rd inst ., at 2 . 15 p . m . A banquet takes place at four p . m . at the Palatine Hotel .

The Prince of Wales , accompanied by Prince Albert Victor , drove into Copenhagen from Fredensborg on the 2 nd inst . His Royal Highness has promised a to pay a visit at Goetcborg to Mr . Oscar Dickson , thc organizer of the recent Greenland expedition , under the command of Baron Nordcnskjold . The church of Holy Trinity , Penge , has just

received an addition to its painted glass , of a window from the studio of Mr . Taylor , of Berners-street , which is interesting as being thc gift of the students of Penge-Park College , in memory of one of their schoolfellows . 'Ihe subject chosen is " Christ disputing with the Doctors , " and a memorial brass beneath records the early death of the student .

The late Sir William Ta ylour Thomson , K . C . M ., G . C . B ., has bequeathed £ 30 , 000 fo St . Andrew ' s University , to found bursaries for students of both sexes in equal numbers , and in the case of young women to assist them as far as practicable in qualifying themselves to enter the medical profession . Sir William was a native of Fife . He was for many years her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Persia .

Bro . Sir W . W . Burrell , Bart ., M . P ., was present on the 2 Sth inst ., at the installation meeting of the Atlingworth Lodge , No . 1 S 21 , at Brighton , accompanied by several of his Present and Past Provincial Grand Officers , when Bro . S . Peters , theS . W ., was installed into the chair of K . S . by the retiring VV . M ., Bro . VV . Newsome , a remarkable feature of the event being that the

Installing Master is totally blind . A Brand New Grand Master . —Bro . Blank , a newly-appointed Grand Master (?) of a Grand Lodge , not being quite sure of what his regalia should consist of , called upon the venerable Secretary to the Masonic Hall for information . The venerable Secretary said , courteously , " Step into the lower hall and I will show you the portrait

of the late Captain Standish in full regalia . " " Sir , " was the reply , " of what use is that to me ? I am a Grand Master . '" The venerable Secretary is slowly recovering . — Victorian Masonic Journal . After five months' acquaintance wilh the Loisettian System , Dr . Andrew VVilson , F . R . S . E ., thus writes in his journal Health , under date of September 14 th , 1 S . S 3 : —

" PR H-ESSOR LOISETTE ' S SYSTEM OK * MEMORY-TRAINING . —In reply to numerous correspondents , we beg to slate that , from recent facts which have come to our knowledge , we are gratified in being able to reindorse all that we formerly said in favour of this system of developing the recollective and analytical powers . The interest we take in Professor ' Loisette's ' system is founded on our

appreciation of the literally marvellous results which , not onl y in our case , but in that of many others , have been attained under his method of instruction . There can be no question of the soundness of the principles on which the system is founded , and we frankly regard such a training as Mr . Loisette offers as one of the most important educational advantages which it has been our lot to encounter .

Bro . Lord Waveney , R . VV . Prov . G . M . Suffolk , opened on Monday , a new dock and fish market at Lowestoft , constructed by the Great Eastern Railway Company to meet the demands of the large fishing business carried on at u that port , and which when completed will occupy an area of between 10 and 11 acres . On the west side of the basin is a quay 700 feet long , for drift net boats , and the

new market runs the whole length of this structure . There is also an additional quay of 1000 feet , where fish can be landed . The town was gaily decorated in honour of the occasion . Lord Waveney and a numerous company on board a tug-boat steamed out of the harbour , and after a short trip on the ocean the vessel was put about and

entered the new dock , at the entrance of which Lord Waveney amidst great cheering declared the new dock open . There was a lively competition amongst fishing vessels with freight to enter the new basin after it was declared open , and high prices were realised for the fish first landed . A grand , banquet was held in the public hall in the evening .

" RUI'T UKF . S , " —WHITES AIOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS is the most effective invention for the treatment of Hernia . Tlie use of a steel spring , so hurtful in its ell ' ects , is avoided , a soft bandage being worn round the body , while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever , tittiinr with so

much ease and closeness that it cannot he detected . Send for descriptive circular , with testimonials and prices , to J . White and Co . ( Limited ) 228 , Piccadilly , London . Do not buy of Chemists , who often sell an IMITATION of our Moc-Main . J . White and Co , have not any agents . —[ ADVT . ]

Masonic And General Tidings

The Baroness Burdett-Coutts proposes shortl y to open a Fisheries Exhibition for the East-end of Londo n at the Columbia Market . A French society has submitted to the Spanish Government a plan for the construction of a submarine tunnel across the Straits of Gibraltar . Bro . G . T . Cowley Gambrill will be installed VV . M . of the Villiers Lodge , No . 1194 , at the Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court , on Saturday , Gth inst ., by Bro . John Galf Fisher , the retiring * W . M .

Messrs . J . Mowlem and Co . are the contractors for the rebuilding on the large area which has been cleared between London-wall and Great Winchester-street , and the workmen are busily employed in preparing for the foundations .

Lodge No . 43 , of Lancaster , Pa ., possesses a carved statue in wood , life size , of Bro . General George Washington , presented to the lodge b y one of its Operative brethren , fo commemorate Washington ' s visit to this lodge in the last century . —Keystone . A farm of several acres at Dover has been purchased of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the erection of the convict barracks in connection with the harbour of refuge about to be made there . The property is near the rifle range , and on the north-east side of Dover Castle .

It is understood that the Queen , accompanied by Princess Beatrice , will leave Balmoral on or about the 20 th of November for Windsor Castle . Princess Christian and her family will leave Scotland previous to the departure of the Queen , returning to Cumberland Lodge , Windsor Great Park .

It was announced at a meeting of the Liverpool Town Council on Wednesday , that the Government had given rewards of ^ ' 50 each to Chief Superintendent VVilliams , Detective-Inspector . Marsh , and Detective Johnstone , for their services in arresting the dynamite conspirators .

1 he remains of the illustrious Harvey , now lying in the vault under Hempstead Church , in Essex , will be removed , with the sanction of Harvey's next of kin , to the Harvey Chapel , and placed there in a sarcophagus provided by the Royal College of Physicians . The ceremony will take place on Thursday , October iSth .

Melrose St . John ' s Lodge , of Melrose , Scotland , possesses its records back to the year 16 74 . It is an old Operative lodge , never , wc believe , having come under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . The lodge consists only of E . A . and F . C . Masons , excepting the VV . M ., with the P . Ms ., who , alone , are M . Ms . Bro . Sir George Elliott , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . M .

South Wales ( E . Div . ) , has borne the sole cost of the design and erection of a church at Aberaman , near Aberdare , chiefly for the benefit of those in his employ in that district , and as a memorial of the late Lady Elliott . The whole of the chancel is fitted with stained glass . The Bishop of Llandaff opened the church , which is a very handsome structure , on Saturday last .

The remains of the old colours of the Leicestershire Regiment , which have seen service in all parts of the world , were on Thursday morning placed in St . Martin ' s Church , Leicester , near the monument erected to the memory of the officers and men of the regiment who fell in the Crimean War . The colours were brought to the church from the Glen Barracks by a detachment of a regiment sent from Portsmouth , and were headed by a band , the local volunteers furnishing a guard of honour . The service in the church was attended by the mayor and civic authorities .

Bro . Col . M . Richards Muckle , of Philadelphia , Grand Treasurer of the Grand Commandary of Pennsylvania , and widely known as the business manager of the Public Ledger , having returned safely from his recent European trip , the members of the lodge of which he has the honour to be a member and P . M ., Herman , No . 125 , at the close of their last stated meeting , held on the 12 th ult ., accompanied by the choir of the lodge , proceeded to

the residence of P . M . Bro . Muckle and tendered htm a seranadc , in honour of his arrival on Monday last from Europe , and of the anniversary of his birthday , which fell on the same day . After discoursing a number of pieces , they were invited to enter and partake of some refreshments . When indoors , the choir rendered a number of selections very effectively . Bro . Otto Schaettle , P . M ., on behalf of the lodge tendered Bro . Muckle the

congratulations of the brethren on his safe arrival among them , and concluded b y expressing the hope that he might be spared to them all tor many years to come . The company did not break up until midnight , and the reunion was enjoyed by all the participants . How to Make Orange Wine . —Orange wine should be made in March . Boil twenty-eight pounds of loaf sugar with eight gallons of water and the well-whisked

wh | tes and crushed shells of four eggs . Remove the scum as it rises , let the liquid cool , then add the juice of ninety Seville oranges , and mix thoroughly . Strain the liquid , ferment it with half a pound of ytast on a toast , and let it stnnd for twenty-four hours . Put it into the cask , and when fermentation ceases , which will be when it gives up hissing , bung the cask up closely . The wine may be racked in three months , and bottled in twelve . If it is

desired to add the flavour of the orange peel to this wine , though it will be more generally agreeable without , infuse the rinds of fifty of the oranges in two gallons of the clarified sugar for four days , then strain the liquid , and add it to the rest . If it is considered necessary to have a little brandy in the wine , a quart may be put into the cask , with the liquid , and another quart added when the wine is racked off . Time , half an hour to boil sugar . Probable

cost , 2 s . 2 d . per gallon , exclusive of the brandy . Sufficient for ten gallons . —From Cassell ' s Dictionary of Cookery ior October . HOLLOWAV ' S PILLS , —Dysentery , Diarrha-a , and IJisorded Bowels . —These maladies are ever present , and if left unattended frequently terminate fatally . It should bc everywhere known that ail these complaints originate in the * presence of some undigested substance in the stomach or bowels , or of some deleterious matter in the

blood , and tiiat HoIIoway ' s Pills can eliminate either with case and expedition . They combine in a surprising degree purifying , alterative , regulating , and strengthening qualities , and thus exert over every internal organ the wholesomely controlling influence so necessary for subduing excessive action in the human frame . Holloway ' s medicine may be advantageously taken as a means of keeping the blood pure and the body cool—the only practicable plan of maintaining health in youth , in manhood , and in old age , — [ ADVT . ]