Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

A report of the consecration of the Southport Mark Lodge and several other communications stand over till next week . Wednesday , May 9 th , is the day fixed by the Duke of York for the dinner , at which he has consented to preside , in aid of the funds of the Railway Benevolent Institution .

Lord Justice Davey has undertaken to occupy the chair at the dinner that is to be given at Lincoln ' s Inn Hall , ch Wednesday , May 2 nd , for the benefit of King ' s College Hospital . Bro . Sir Polydore De Keyser is acting as one of the Stewards in connection with the forthcorr ing festival dinner in aid of the funds of the German Hospital . Prince Christian will preside .

I he Earl and Countess of Jersey have kindly promised to open the Jubilee bazaar that is to be held next June in aid of the National Refuges for Homeless and Destitute Children , Shaftesbury-avenue . Bros . B . Norman and J . HoIIiday were , on Thursday , the 29 th ult ., elected Churhwardens for the Parish of St . Botolph Without , Aidersgate . At the same meeting Bro . Goddard was re-elected Vestry Clerk , and Bro . Webb , Parish Solicitor .

Mr . A . F . Buxton , L . C . C ., has made to the statuary in the Embankment Gardens an important addition in the shape of casts in bronze of the two classic figures known as "The Wrestlers . " 'The figures have been erected on each side of the path just within the entrance to the slip of pleasure ground opposite the offices of the London Schcol Board .

It was stated at the monthly meeting of the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association , that the Goldsmiths' Company had undertaken to bear the whole cost , between £ Coo and £ 700 of laying cut St . Peter ' s Churchyard , Walworth , as a garden , including the provision of seats and of a granite drinking-fountain . The Drapers' and the Joiners' Companies contributed £ 100 and £ 5 5 s . respectively towards the general expenses of the association .

1 he Arctic expedition under Walter Wellman , an Arr . eiican , will shortly sail for Spitzbergen . They hope to return before Christmas , and expect to get considerably nearer the North Pole than anyone else . They propose using alcohol for ccoking only . Aluminium is the material

the ir boats are made of , and these also form sledges . Their fctd will consist of a ccmbination ot meat and wheat ( lour and dessicated vegetables , the ratiens being one pound per day . Sixty dogs accompany them , and they have three sraling ladders or bridges 25 feet . long . Altogether this expedition looks very favourable .

At the Annual Meeting of the Accident Insurance Comrrry , Limited , Ihe Directors reported that the income for Ihe year ending 31 st December , 1 S 93 , amounted to £ 51 , 040 iSs . 5 d . The claims paid amounted to 123 , 026 irjs . nd ., and the bonus allowances to

policy-V 1 Iders to £ . 3533 2 s . c , a . A dividend of five per cent ., free tf Inccme Tax , was declared , making , with the interim intfiest already paid , 10 per cent , for the year , while a Fum equivalent to two percent , was set aside to increase Ihe paid capital account . A resetve of more than 50 per rent , en the premium income was carried forwrrd .

Bro . Howell s noble History of No . 257 , Portsmouth , contirues to make progress , for page 210 is now reached , revering in two sheets of S pp . each the compluion of the History of No . 257 Ledge , and a portion of that of the Royal Arch Chapter of Friendship , originally No . 3 , and now 257 , from 17 C 9 to 1 S 93 . We are , we hope , betraying no secret in stating that the discovery of the old Royal Arch Records of

17 C 9 to 17 . SO , and especially the references to the Mark Degree of 1769 , so impressed Bro . Hughan that he has lavoured Bro . Howell with an " Introduction on Early Mark and Royal Arch Masonry , " which will add much to Ihe value of this large work , which is promised early in May . The facsimile of the first minute of the chapter , Sept . ist , 1769 , is well done , and , in fact , all has been well done down to the last page printed .

The 3 Sth Exhibition of Dogs held by the Kennel Club will open at the Crystal Palace on Tuesday , 10 th inst ., and remain open the two following days . The judging of the 15 CO entries , which have been made for the show , will be ram ' ed on in twelve rings on the opening day , and a grand parade of the most notable prize-winners has been arranged for the afternion of Wednesday , nth inst . Among the varitus breeds of dogs which will be represented at the

show , we may mention that 44 entries have been made in the classes provided for Bloodhounds . 47 in Mastiffs , 114 in St . Bernards , 47 in Great Danes , 39 in Borzois , 45 in Deerhounds , 30 in Foreign Dogs , 52 in Retreivers , no in Spaniels , 141 in Collies , 53 in Bulldogs , 14 S in Fox Terriers , yS in Dachshunds , CC in Scottish Terriers , 58 in Handle Dinmont Terriers , and about 130 in the different breeds of try dogs .

The following letter appears in the Standard of this morning ( Friday ) : " The Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . To the Fditor of the Standard . Sir , —In your report of the Anniversary Festival of the Royal Asylum of St . Anne ' s Society , held last evening , the Chairman is rr ported to have said of that excellent Institution , 'It was , moreover , the only Institution which received a child whose

father was still living . ' Permit me to say that the two Royal Masonic Institutions ( for Boys and Girls ) receive under their care children whose lathers are alive , who , through misfortune , are reduced to , and continue to be in , a position requiring the benefits . At the half-yearly elections , to be held next week , 22 girls will be elected from . 10

candidates , and 30 boys from . 13 candidates , five boys and three girls having fathers v . ho arealive . Of the 205 boys on the books of our Institution at Wood Green , five have their fathers alive . I think I am correct in adding that other Institutions of a similar character , notably the Commercial 'Travellers' Schools , grant their privileges in a like manner . ) . MOKKISON MCLKOD , Secretary R . M . I , for Boys . "

Masonic And General Tidings

Mr . Rider Haggard and Mr . Jerome K . Jerome are going to read selections from their works at a drawing-room meeting that is to be held on Wednesday , nth inst ., at S 4 , Harley-street , W ., in aid of the North-Eastern Hospital for children , Hackney-road . On condition that a suitable site is obtained and that he is given a reasonable assurance that a suitable maintenance fund will be raised , Mr . J . Passmore Edwards has undertaken to provide the cost of erecting a cottage hospital for the Tilbury Dock district .

Brethren are invited to send for the list of Masonic Books published at the office of the Freemason . Many works of interest both to the Masonic student and general reader have recently been added , and the publisher will gladly forward a copy to any address on receipt of a post-card . 'The death has occurred at Bolton of Bro . Thos . ITigson , one of the oldest Freemasons in East Lancashire . Deceased who had nearly attained four-score years , held

rank as Provincial Grand Tyler of the East Lancashire Province , and was well known by the Masonic fraternity throughout the county . Deceased was formerly in an extensive way of business as a coach proprietor in Bolton . The musicians of the country are about to form themselves , as it were , into a close corporation . A Bill that has been drafted runs to the effect that after the first year ( during which all bona-fide teachers can claim to be

enrolled ) only those who pass the examination , or who hold degrees granted at the Universities or the higher diplomas of the Royal' Academy , Royal College , Guildhall School , Tonic Sol-fa College , Trinity College , or the Incorporated Society of Musicians , shall be entitled to be registered as members of the body . A litttle way from the Thames Embankment , and just behind the Guildhall School of Music , bas been erected and

are now ready for opening , a grand pile of buildings that will be known in future as " Ward ' s " School for Girls . This is the outcome of a successful suit theiCity Corporation brought in the Chancery division some time ago . Mr . Ward was an eccentric old gentlemen of Peckham who died worth a lot of money . He left £ 20 , 000 for a girls ' school in the City of London , which afterwards found its way into Chancery . The Corporation got it out and built

these magnificent premises . They will be opened as soon as the officers are appointed . Bro . Lord Carrington has taken another important step in the establishment of small holdings on his Buckingham estates . At Flackwell Heath he has let to a number of fruiterers and others in the village some 170 acres , with a barn in common , at a low rental , and at Tyler ' s-greenboth places being near High Wycombe—be bas offered

some 40 or 50 acres for small holdings . A meeting of parishioners was called to consider the matter , and a large company , representing all classes , assembled , underthe presidency of the vicar . Bro . Lord Carrington explained his object , and the project was readily taken up , applications being immediately received for something like So acres , livery effort will be made to meet these requests . The" Mysterious Order of Veiled Propkets of the

Enchanted Realm " is growing very rapidly in New York State . Hon . T homas I . James , of New York City , is Most Potent Grand Monarch ; LeRoy Fairchild , of Hamilton , N . Y ., D . G . Monarch ; Sidney D . Smith , of Hamilton , N . Y ., Grand Secretary . They have ten grottos in New York State , including one in New York C ity and one in Minnesota . None but Master Masons in good standing are eligible for membership . It has weird and attractive ,

ceremonies , and is attracting a good deal ot attention , and many prominent Masons from all sections of the couniry are members of it already . —American Tyler . MASONIC RECEPTION AMI BALL . —A Masonic reception and ball , in aid of the Anderson and Bates Benevolent Fund , a local Masonic Charity , were held at the Town Hall , Hull , on the 30 th ult . The whole of the building had been placed by the Corporation at the service of the Committee , and the

arrangements were therefore , carried out on a very extensive and elaborate scale . The hall and corridors were handsomely decorated , the chief features in the decorations being the floral embellishments . In addition to the leading members of the Craft in Lincolnshire , there were several of the principal officers of England present , and the assembly was of a most brilliant and fashionable character . Great credit is due to the Committee , and especially to Bro . J . W .

Carr , the Secretary , for the success which crowned an ambitious and arduous undertaking . The Duke of York visited Newcastle-on-Tyne on Thursday , and opened the fine Rutherford College of Science and Art , which has been built at a cost of £ 20 , 000 . Founded by the late Dr . Rutherford in connection with the Bath-lane Elementary Schools , the institulion receives young children and gives them a training which fits them for the

universities . His Royal Highness arrived at 12 20 p . m . from Alnwick , where he had been the guest of the Duke of Northumberland , and was received by the Mayor ( Mr . Alderman Stephen Ouin ) , the Sheriff ( Mr . Goolden ) , and the members of the Corporation . They drove in open carriages to the Town Hall , where the Duke received an address of welcome . In reply , his Royal Highness thanked the citizens very sincerely for the hearty reception which

had been given him , and said he was glad to think that his present visit was associated with the opening of an institution which would increase the educational benefits of the city . He should not fail to inform the Queen of the many loyal and heartfelt expressions that had been used towards her Majesty . His Royal Highness was afterwards

entertained at luncheon in the Assembly Rooms . I hence the Duke proceeded to the Rutherford College , where in the Examination Hall he performed the opening ceremony . At the conclusion of the opening ceremony , the Duke ot York was driven again through the streets , and after a brief stay at the Mansion House returned to Ljndon .

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a world-wide reputation lor all leinale complaints ; for infantile disorders they are invaluable , and they are an unfailing remedy for all disorders .- ( Meeting the liver and stomac ' , It would be dillicnlt , indeed , to ' name a compl . int for which both the Pills and Ointment are r . ot beneficial . Thousands ( if people in all parls of the woild can testify to their merits . They are suitable for any climate or season of the year .

Masonic And General Tidings

The Prince of Wales , attended by Commander the Hon . Seymour Fortescue , arrived at Marlborough House on Thursday afternoon from Paris . Major-General Ellis has succeeded Commander the Hon . Seymour Fortescue as Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness .

A statement of the proposed arrangements for the forthcoming bazaar in connection wi'h the Plantation Lid ge , No . 5 S 1 , to be held under the patronage and authority of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow , has been issued . The present hall and its limited side-room accommodation has , it appears , been long inadequate and unsuitable for

the proper working of the lodge , and last year , on the recommendation of the Halls Committee , the lodge entered into a 20 years' lease of the two-storey house at 5 and 7 , Rutland Crescent . By the bazaar , which will be held in the month of October this year , it is hoped to raise sufficient funds to defray the cost of altering the building and furnishing it worthy of 5 S 1 .

Bro . George Hand , who made so good a fight for the Shrievalty of the City of London last year , will again present himself to the Livery on Midsummer Day . Mr . Henry Sotheran , Master of the Loriners' Company , and the coming Master of the Stationers' Company , presided at the meeting of Bro . Hand ' s Committee on Thursday last , and , although .

there is at present no sign of a contest , the friends of each of the two candidates in the field are making every effort to gain all the supporters they can . The City Press says " The candidate who has the temerity to come forward in opposition to Bro . Hand will find that he has set himself a task which can only be considered as all but impossible . "

It is said that the Vatican has dispatched to the powers a note strongly protesting against the fact that the Freemasons have taken the first floor of the Borghese palace , and there established a Grand Lodge . This is _ declared to be a direct insult to the Vatican , the palace having formerly belonged to the Pope . It adds that this act has been aided and abetted by the Italian Government . Well , as this

building now belongs to the Italian Government , what have "the powers " got to do with it ? Suppose it had been used as a horse-barn , would "the powers" be interested in the matter ? " Th » powers " just now have about as much business on their hands as their limited capital will permit them to manage , without meddling with the uses of buildings in the various capitals of Europe . — Masonic Chronicle , Ohio .

The Queen , attended by the Hon . Harriet Phipps , spent several "" hours on Thursday mornine under a tent in the grounds of the Villa Fabbricotti , while Princess Beatrice , with the Dowager Lady Churchill and Sir Henry Ponsonby , drove into Florence . In the afternoon her Royal Highness sketched in the grounds of the Villa . At five o'clock the gueen , accompanied by Prince's Beatrice and the Dowager ady Churchill , drove out , proceeding by the Via Vittorio

Emanuele and the Quarto-road to the Villa Petraia , where tea was served in the grounds under a large oak , from which a beautiful view is afforded over the city . The Royal party consequently returned through the Castello grounds and the Via Vittorio Emanuele to the Villa Fabbricotti , which was reached at 6 . 30 p . m . The weather continues fine , but the country stands in great need of rain , the dust along the roads in the outskirts of the city being very thick .

WILL OK THE LATE BKO . SIR GEO . ELLIOT , BAKT . —Probate duty has been paid on £ 483 , 969 as the net value ( the gross value being £ 575 , 785 l 2 s - 2 d- ) of tne personal estate of Bro . Sir Geo . Elliot , late of 17 , Portland-place , 16 , Great George-street , Aberaman House , Aberdare , The Friars , Newport , and Houghton Hall , Durham , first baronet , D . C . L ., colliery owner and

engineer , M . P . for North Durham 1868-80 and 1881-85 . and for Monmouth 1886-92 , who died on 23 rd December last , aged 79 years , and of whose will the executoi is his surviving son , Sir George William Elliot , Bart . M . P . The will bears date December 6 th , 1889 , with codicils of the 6 th and 15 th December , 1889 . The testator confirms the settlement of his Brithdir and Whitby

estates , and he bequeaths to his said son £ 10 , 000 , his plate , jewellery , pictures , furniture , and household effects , excepting those at The Friars and excepting three pieces of plate presented to him by the electors of North Durham , which he gives to his three daughters . Bro . Sir G . Elliot bequeaths further £ 50 , 000 upon trusts for the benefit of his son and his son ' s wife and

children ; £ 20 , 000 upon trusts for his daughter , Mrs . Pylei £ 20 , 000 upon trusts for his daughter , Mrs . Henrietta Taylor ; and £ 20 , 000 ( less £ 3 8 40 already settled upon her ) in trust for his daughter , Mrs . Alice Ann Parkinson . The testator leaves a sum of £ 10 , 000 in trust to be applied for the benefit of such person or persons or for such purposes as he should direct , but he left no

directions for its application . He bequeaths to his daughter-in-law , Mrs . Margaret Lewin ( widow of his son Ralph ) £ 1000 , and to her three daughters , for whom he has provided by settlement , 100 guineas each . The testator bequeaths to the son of his grand-daug hter , Mrs . Young , £ 3000 ; to his grand-daughter , Ethel Pvle , £ 1000 : to each daughter of Mrs . Henrietta

Taylor , £ 1000 ; . to his three grandsons , George Elliot , Elliot Parkinson , and Charles Taylor , £ 1000 each ; to each other grandchild , excepting Mrs . Lewin ' s three daughters , £ 500 ; to his ; niece , Mary Clay , £ 1000 ; < ° his nephew , Thomas Elliot , a life annuity of £ 50 ; to his Secretary , £ 250 ; to his sons-in-hws £ 2000 each ; and some other legacies . Sir George Elliot leaves all

the residue of his property in trust to pay £ 6000 a year to his son , the present baronet , for his life , and then to pay two-thirds of further £ 6 OJO a year to hm son , and one-third of £ 6000 a year to his son ' s eldest son , and then to pay one-half of the surplus ( aftef the

setting apart £ i 2 , ooj a year ) to his son , and to hold ultimate residue of the estate upon like trusts wit ' those upon which the testator ' s Whitby estate Is settled . Twelfth Annual Edition of Explanatory Book , sent gratis and post free , gives reliable information how to maw money quickly by Stocks and Shares . Highest and k > jf prices for past years . —Address , G . Evans and Co ., StoC *' brokers , 11 , Poultry , London , E . C-