Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

THE DIRECTORS of the Bank of England raised the Bank rate on Tuesdjy to 5 per cent ., a rate which has not been in force since March , 1 S 90 , when it was the minimum for one week . BRO . THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH left London on Saturday alternoon last for Blenheim . BRO . LORD AND LADY PIRBRIGHT arrived in Grosvenor-place on Monday from Pitbright . THE COUNTESS OF DERBY left town on Tuesday afternoon for KnowsIeyJHall , Prescot , Lanes .

BRO . LORD GLENESK has been entertaining a large party at Glenmuick , near Ballater , to finish up the deer-stalking season . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK arrived in London on Wednesday evening from Drumlanrig Castle , where they had been visiting the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch .

WE HAVE BEEN REQUESTED to announce that the Italia Loggia , No . 2 GS 7 , has obtained the necessary permission to move its . quarters from the Hotel Cecil to the Cafe Monico . BRO . LIEUT .-COI . ONEI . G . J . PARKYN , Grand Sword Bearer , his been appointed to Chatham for temporary duty on the staff of the G . O . C . Thames District as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General .

PRINCESS CHRISTIAN OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN , attended by Major Evan Martin , arrived at Victoria Station on Tuesday morning , having travelled from the Continent by the Flushing route . THE LORD MAYOR ELECT , Bro . Alderman Newton , has appointed Bro . the Rev . James Stephen Barrass , Rector of St . Lawrence Jewry , and St . Michael , Bassishaw , to be his Chaplain during his year of office .

THE CHALLENGE of Sir Frederick Dixon-Hartland to provide £ 35 per annum towards the stipend of an additional curate to the East-end if three others would make up the amount to £ 150 has been accepted , Mr . Gaschen , of Addington , completing the number of necessary supporters . CRICKET IN THE PARKS . —The London County Council gives notice that it is prepared to receive applications for reserved match grounds at the parks and open spaces under its control from cricket clubs located in the County of London . All applications must be received by Friday , December 1 st .

EXCURSIONS . —The excursion season has now practically closed . The Great Western Railway Company announce that the last weekly excursion to Swindon , Gloucester , Hereford , Bath , and Bristol will take place on Monday , the 9 th instant , and to Stratford-on-Avon , & c , on Thursday , the 12 th instant . BARONESS ADELINA PATTI CEDERSTROM IS to give a performance of Verdi ' s opera , " La Traviata , " in the theatre at Craig-y-nos Castle , on Thursday evening , the 12 th instant , when the prima donna will be assisted by Senor Guetary as Alfredo , and

by Mr . Richard Green as Germont , while Miss Edith Miller tikes the part of Annini . The opera will be conducted by Bro . Wilhelm Ganz . T . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES AND PRINCE AND PRINCESS CHARLES OF DENMARK drove over from Mar Lodge on Saturday last and took luncheon with the Queen . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales left for Glenmuick later in the afternoon . Her Majesty drove out , attended by the Hon . Harriet Phipps . The children of the Duke and Duchess of York left Balmoral for the South .

MR . ANDREW GOLD ' S picture of the memorable scene outside St . Paul ' s Cathedral on the occasion of the Queen ' s visit on Diamond Jubilee Day will be presented to the City Corporation by Mr . Henry Clarke , C . C ., the donor , on the iSth inst . The Lord Mayor , Bro . Sir J . V . Moore , will accept the gift on behalf of the Corporation , and it will be placed in the Guildhall Art Gallery . THE LONDON SCHOOL OF TROPICAL M EDICINE opened its first session on

Monday . The Seamen's Hospital Society , to whose care the formation of the school was entrusted , determined to enlarge the scope of Mr . Chamberlain ' sscheme , which was originally intended for the instruction of medical officers in the Colonial service ; and the new institution is to be thrown open to all medical graduates . The school is situate at the Society ' s branch hospital near the Royal Victoria and Albert Docks , where ships arrive from the tropics in the greatest number .

CANTERBURY C ATHEDRAL has just been renovated , and Dean Farrar has conducted a small patty over it i . l order to show the members the result , when he recounted miny interesting anecdotes concerning various portions of the beautiful edifice . The Dean is endeavouring to raise funds for another stained glass window in the Chapter House , and hopes that the cost will be defrayed by the Freemasons of England . He said that H . R . H . the Prince of Wales had promised 100 shillings , and he had asked every Mason to give another shilling , but so far the response had not been encouraging .

THE MARRIAGE of Miss Adeline Akers-Douglas , eldest daughter of Bro . the Right Hon . A . Akeis-Douglas , her Majesty ' s Chief Commissioner of Works , with M . Fedor Andrew Satow , Judge of the Court of Appeal at Cairo , was solemnised in St . Stephen ' s Church , Gloucester-road , on Saturday afternoan last . The church was tastefully decorated with palms and white flowers , and the Rev . C . E . Nepean , assisted by the Rev . Howard Watson and the Rev . K . Tyrell , officiated . Bro . Akers-Djuglas gave away his daughter , and a small reception was . afterwards held at 34 , Prince ' s Gardens .

THE EARL OF ROSEBERY will , during his forthcoming visit to Bath , be the guest of Isabella Lady Tweedmouth . His lordship has promised to attend the dinner of Old West ol England Etonians , to be held at the Assembly Rooms , on the 26 th instant . Amongst those who have accepted invitations are the Marquis of Bath , Bro . the Earl of Cork , Earl Waldegrave , Bro . Viscount Dungarvan , Sir Alexander Hood , Bro . the Bishop of Bath and Wells , and others . The freedom of the city will be conferred upon Lord Rosebery at a special meeting of the ccuncilon the following morning , and , subsequently , the ycungest burgess will unveil memorials to Chatham and Pitt .

MONDAY , NOVEMBER 20 TH , has now been fixed as the date of the German Em ( . eior ' s visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle . The Hohenzollern , in which his Inftiial Majrsly will cross ihe NorthSea , is expected to reach Sheerness early in the afternoon < f the day mention , d , and a special train will convey the Emperor and his suite direct to Windsor , by the South-Eastern and South-Western lines , passing through London by the Waterloo Junction route . This was the course followed when his Majesty and the Empress visited England during the summer of 1 S 91 . During his stay in England the Kaiser is alsi expected to pay a visit to T . R . H . the Prince and Princessot Wales at Sandiingham .

Masonic And General Tidings.

BRO . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE returned to town from Chatsworth on Thursday . PROFESSOR SHUTTLEWORTH , who has lately been confined to his room , is , we are pleased to learn , making slow progress towards recovery . THE GRAND MASTER ' MARK LODGE OF INSTRUCTION will now meet on the first and third Fridays in the month , at Mark Masons' Hall , at six o'clock , until further notice .

THE GOLD EXPORTS from New Zealand during September amounted to 29 , 6 93 ounces , valued at £ 114 , 326 , as compared with 14 , 306 ounces , valued at £ 51 , 797 , in the corresponding month of last year . Dredging contributes about 10 , 000 ounces of the increase . PREPARATIONS are being made to place in Llantysilio Church a memorial white marble panel of Lady Mat tin , as Helen Faucit , from the model by Foley . Sir Theodore Martin is still unwell , and is confined to his room at Bryntisilio , North Wales .

PRINCE CHRISTIAN OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN arrived at Buckingham Palace from the Continent on Wednesday , and joined the Princess there . Their eldest son , Prince Christian Victor , also reached the Palace in the morning from Ireland , and will leave for the Cape to-day ( Friday ) . BRO . SIR HENRY IRVING laid the memorial stone of a new theatre ( the Victoria ) at Broughton , a suburb of Manchester , on Wednesday , and made an interesting speech on the influence of the drama , maintaining that a well-conducted playhouse is a centre of rational recreation , and without rational recreation no community can pretend to have its faculties in proper order .

THE EXHIBITION of the work of the Duchess of Albany ' s Middlesex Needlework Guild will be held at St . James ' s Palace ( by gracious permission of the Queen ) on Friday , the 10 th prox ., and Saturday , the nth prox ., from n a . m . to 5 p . m . No admission tickets are required , but visitors are asked to leave their names and addresses at the entrance , in Ambassador ' s Court .

ONCE MORE , to the intense disappointment of everyone , the great yacht race was declared off through want of wind . After sailing and drifting for two hours , the Columbia was considerably ahead , but then Shamrock drew up and passed her opponent . Finally , when they found that the race could not possibly be finished within the timelimit , the rivals agreed to abandon it .

LORD REAY , in reviewing the year s work of the London School Board , had , on the whole , a flattering tale to tell . The number of children between the ages of three and thirteen was 831 , 010 , a decrease on the year of 199 S , but the percentage of average attendance had risen from S 0 . 7 to Si . 2 . He strongly advocated that the history of the Empire should form part of the educational curriculum .

THE PROGRAMME of the Crystal Palace Cafe Chantant contains several new turns . These include Mr . Jean Seul , " the Indian mystery " ; Miss Ida Lawrence and Miss Jessie Lindsay , speciality dancers ; and Mr . Frank Latona , the musical tramp . The Mohawk Minstrels are also specially engaged for next week , and during the winter the North Transept will be adapted for roller skating .

THE ANNUAL COURT OF GOVERNORS of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution will be held at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , this ( Friday ) evening , at 7 p . m ., when among the other business to be transacted there will be elected to the benefits of the Institution 13 children , of whom two are for the Educational Fund , four for the Combined Fund , and seven for the Advancement Fund .

H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES has since Saturday last been the guest of Bro . Lord Glenesk at Glenmuick House , Deeside , where a large party has been staying . In honour of his Royal Highness , his lordship gave a bill on Wednesday evening , which was attended by a company numbering about 300 . The Prince , who has been deerstalking on G ' enmuick , brings his visit to a close to-day ( Friday ) , and will arrive in London to-morrow morning .

EARL GREY has just finished a memoir of Mr . Hubert Hervey , whose early death , from wounds received during the second Matabele War , deprived the British South Africa Company of one of its most promising administrators . It is an interesting tribute to the esteem in which Mr . Hervey was held , that a tablet was erected to his memory in Sandringham Church by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales . The work , which contains a photogravure portrait of Mr . Hervey , and other illustrations , will be issued by Mr . Edward Arnold on the 10 th inst .

AN EXCEEDINGLY successful installation of wireless telegraphy has been estabtablished on one of the most dangerous parts of the Ushant Coast between lighthouses some 35 miles apart . The preliminary experiments have been carried out by Lieut . Tissol , of the French Nivy , on behalf of the Government , and the installation connects the Stiff lighthouse on the Isle of Ushant with the new lighthouse constructed on the lie Vierge . Other lighthouses on the French side of the Channel are to be connected in the same way .

THE BISHOP OF STEPNEY is to preach the sermon on the occasion of the " Medical Service in State , " to be held , under the auspices of the Guild of St . Luke , in St . Paul ' s Cathedral , on Thursday evening , the 19 th instant , when the music will be rendered by the choir of over 200 voices , provided by the London Gregorian Association . Every member of the medical profession in London is invited to attend . The Lord Mayor will be present in State , and , as the congregation will comprise no small number of graduates , or fellows of colleges , attired in academical robes , the service cannot fail to lie both imposing and impressive .

THE REV . BENJAMIN WAUGH , Director and Secretary of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children , writes , anpealing " for increased support for the work we are doing on behalf of the nation ' s needlessly suffering and helpless children . Surely , " the writer remarks , _ " the deplorable fact that in the last 12 months we have had to deal withto warn , and in manv cases to invoke the aid nf th * law « n

behalf of 7 6 , 000 children in wilfully inflicted pains and miseries cannot fail to appeal to the pity of humanity , and cannot appeal in vain . During our whole existence we have saved from their evil lot over 450 , 000 of the children of the land . " Help for continuing and extending this work will be thankfully received by the Hon . Evelyn Hubbard , M . P ., Treasurer of the Society , or by Mr . Waugh .

THE PERSONAL estate has been valued at . £ 95 , 188 , 195 . 1 id . of Bro . Alfred Thomas Layton , of Holmlea , Croydon , J . P ., Deputy Alderman of the Ward of Cornhill , an Alderman of Croydon , and Mayor in 18 S 7 , chairman of the London Taverns Company , and a director of the Crystal Palace District Gas Company , formerly a n * rtn * r in th *» firm rtf Wnf ^ rlnuv Hrn ! hf » rc xnA I nuf / in cfglmn . Fc ... Un Ai ^ Jt

August 3 , last , aged 73 years . His will bears date December 19 , iSgS , with two codicils of December 20 , 1 S 98 . He desired that his burial should be plain , inexpensive , and without hired grief . He bequeathed to the Royal Hospital for Incurables , £ 100 ; the Croydon Hospital , £ 100 ; the Reedham Asylum , £ 100 ; and to the Old Kent-road Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb , of the committee of which he was a member , L 100 .

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