Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . Thomas VV . C . Bush , VV . M . 1 S 5 , P . M . and Sec . 172 S , bears the honour of having collected the largest amount among the London Stewards , the sum realized being no less than £ 3 66 ios ., which consisted of subscriptions from the members of the Tranquillity Lodge , No . 1 S 5 , and of the Temple Bar Lodge , No . 172 S , the last-named being by far the largest supporter , having

contributed £ 291 7 s . This lodge , though barely five years in existence , has already given about seven hundred pounds to the various Institutions . Of this amount thc greater part , £ 570 2 s . ( Sd ., was taken up by Bro . Bush on his three occasions of Stewardship , viz ., for the Girls ' School in 1 S 79 , the Benevolent Institution in 1 SS 0 , and the festival now under notice .

The Provincial Grand I . odge of Somerset will be held at the Town Hall , Burnham , on Wednesday , the 19 th inst ., { under the banner of the Rural Philanthropic Lodge , No . 291 , when the Prov . Grand Alaster , the Right Hon . Earl Carnarvon , the Provincial Grand Alaster will preside . Special train arrangements have been made for the convenience of brethren wishing to attend .

The Union Steamship Company have made arrangements for the conveyance to England of Cetewayo and his party by their steamship Arab , which will leave Cape Town on the 12 th inst . The Arab will call at Aladeira about the 2 . Sth inst ., and is expected to arrive at Plymouth about the ist of August , proceeding thence to Southampton . The annual rose show at the Crystal Palace , on

Saturday last , was , as usual , a great success . Thc more fashionable and modern forms , together with many old favourites of this glorious flower , were well represented , and we understand the exhibition is to be followed by another great display at South Kensington . The prize list contained many well-known names , headed by Messrs . Paul and Son , who won the premier prize for seventy-two distinct varieties .

The French Government has awarded , through the medium of our Foreign Office , a gold medal each to the first and second coxswains , and a silver medal to each of the crew of the Albert Edward lifeboat , Clacton-on-Sea , in recognition of their gallant services in rescuing the crew

of the French fishing lugger , Le Aladelaine , of Boulogne , which was lost on the Gunfleet Sands , on 23 rd of October last . It will doubtless be in the recollection of our readers that this is one of the two lifeboats presented by Grand Lodge , in commemoration of the safe return from India of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M .

The Provincial Grand Lodge of Suffolk was held yesterday ( Friday ) at Stowmarket , under the auspices of the Phcenix Lodge , No . 51 ( 1 . VVe shall give a report in our next .

On Monday , the 3 rd inst ., in the Chapel * Royal , Savoy , the marriage of Bro . the Earl of Alarch , Past Grand Warden , with AlLs Isabel Sophie Craven , was ce ebrated by the Rev . Henry White , assisted by the Rev . E . Lyon Follows , Rector of Wimpole . The service was fully choral . Among the congregation were the Duke and Duchess of Teck , the Duke and Duchess of Richmond

and Gordon and Lady Caroline Gordon-Lennox , the Countess of Wilton , the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn , Lady Rosslyn , Alaria , Marchioness of Ailesbury , Lord and Lady Hardwicke , the Dowager Lady Craven , Lord and Lady Colville , Sir VV . Barttelot , and Sir XV . and Lady Dyke . On Friday , the 30 th ult ., at Buckingham Palace , the Countess of Aberdeen introduced a deputation of

twenty maidens , who presented the Duchess of Albany with a Bible from 26 , 020 maidens of the United Kingdom . " We are glad to notice , " says the Civilian of last week , " that Mr . Emra Holmes , Collector of Customs at Barnstaple , and late of Fowey , is promoted to the Collectorship of Kirkcaldy . " Bro . Holmes , \ vho is an old contributor to the " Masonic Alatrazine , " is an Honorary

Provincial Prior and Representative of the Great Priory of Canada in the Great Priory of England , and we are glad to commend him to our Masonic brethren over the border as an enthusiastic Freemason and Knight Templar . The annual holiday of the Girls' School took place yesterday ( Friday ) , as usual , ai the Crystal Palace . A Court of Governors of the West Lancashire

Masonic Educational Institution took place at the Masonic Hall , Liverpool , yesterday ( Friday ) , for the purpose of electing children recommended by the General Committee on the foundation of the Institution , and for other business . Bros . Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott , 1 -ord Wolverton , Alderman Nottage , tlie Earl of Fife , Alderman Fowler , M . P ., and Sir Reginald Hanson are on the Committee of

the Egyptian Refuge Fund . Bro . Walter Hamilton , F . R . H . S ., author of "The Poets Laureate of England , " "A History of National Anthems and Patriotic Songs , " " A Memoir of George Cruikshank " and other favourably received works , has nearly readv a volume entitled " The / Esthetic Alovement in England , " to be published by Alessrs . Reeves and to throw considerable

Turner . This work mav be expected light upon a curious chapter of nineteenth century life and literature . The Summer festival , concert , and ball of the Domatic Lodge , No . 177 , will take place at the Star and Garter Hotel , Richmond Hill , on Tuesday , the nth inst . Dinner at 4 . 30 sharp . Band in the grounds at 3 . Ball

Bro . W . Grantham , Q . C , M . P ., responded for " The House of Commons" at the recent dinner of the Tin Plate Workers' Company . SUMMER E PIDEMICS . — Medical officers of health as hot weather approaches should remind the public

that if they desire to be free from such infectious diseases as scarlet fever , small pox , and measles , they should wash only with WRIGHT'S COAL TAR SOAP . Purchase only the genuine " WRIGHT'S , " which is branded ( as the medical profession prescribe ) " Sapo Carboms Detergens . " — - ' . ADVT . ]

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . the Pro Grard Master , the Earl of Carnarvon , and the Countess of Carnarvon , Bro Knight Watson , F . S . A ., Aliss Gladstone , and her cousin , the Hon . H . Lyttelton , were amongst the congregation at St . Paul's Cathedral on Sunday morning . The service , which begun at half-past ten , was not terminated until past one o ' clock * . Bro . Barrett , Mus . Bae , and Bro . de Lacy were amongst the choirmen .

Bro . Lawrence Allport , Yarmouth Lodge , was , on Thursday , married to Aliss F . Manning , at the Chapel Royal Savoy , b y the Rev . H . Geary , brother-in-law of the bridegroom , assisted by the Rev . Henry White , Chaplain of the Chapel Royal Savoy , and Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen . Bro . cx-Shcriff Waterlow , Bro . J . Perkins , C . C ,

Warden of the Shipwrights' Company , and Bro . Henry Wright were amongst the company at the recent conversazioneof the Society of Arts , at South Kensington Museum . There were about 3000 persons invited . The Hungarian Band and the Band of the Grenadier Guards , under Bro . Dan Godfrey , and the Royal Criterion Hand Bell Ringers entertained the guests with music throughout the evening . Bro . the Very Reverend thc Dean of York , P . G .

Chaplain , will be the preacher on Sunday at the Guards ' Chapel , Wellington Barracks , and Bro . the Rev . F . E . C . Byng , P . G . Chaplain , and vicar of St . Peter ' s , Cranbygardens , and Chaplain to the Speaker and the Queen , will preach in the same chapel on the ifith inst . Service commences at six o ' clock , and is open to the public . The chapel is now very beautiful , being enriched with mosaic work and stained windows .

Bro . the Rev . H . Hirsch presided at a meeting of his parishioners , in Wood-street , to elect a representative for the forthcoming Diocesan Conference . Bro . Alderman Knight presided last Saturday at the distribution of prizes of the Warehouseman and Clerks' Schools . Bro . J . Derby Allcroft gave several prizes to be competed for .

Bro . Alderman Hanson went to Windsor on Thursday last week by command of the Oueen , and together with Mr . Sheriff Ogg , after the Privy Council meeting , was knighted in recognition of his services with regard to the freeing of Epping Forest for ever . Bro . T . W . Boord , M . P . for Greenwich , presided at the Licensed Victuallers' School Festival , when

£ 4700 were announced as the subscription of the evening . Bro . Boord ' s little son , a fine-looking boy , is the subject of one of the portraits in this year ' s Academy . Bro . Lord Carrington \ s brother , the Hon . W . P . Carrington , has accepted the post of equerry to the Oueen , vice General Augustus Lennox Fitzroy , now Duke of Grafton , who has'become honorary equerry . Bro . Edward Clarke , Q . C , M . P ., was counsel

for the defendant in the case of Scrutton v Taylor , in the Queen ' s Bench Division of the Court of Judicature , tried last week , when a verdict for £ 1000 for " the plaintiff was agreed to by thecounsel on both sides without calling further witnesses , it being evident that the defendant had not a strong case . Bro . Sir John Monckton , Bro . Alajor T . Davies

Sewell , Bro . the Lord Mayor , Bro . Sir R . Hanson , and Bro . A . D . Lewis have all received decorations of different classes from the King of the Netherlands in commemoration of his recent visit to the City . Bros . Deputy Crispe , R . C . Holse , C . C , and Henry Squire , C . C , were amongst the company at the opening of the City of London Society of Arts Exhibition ,

at Skinners' Hall , when the Lord Mayor presided , Bro . the Rev . R . P . Bent , M . A ., Past Grand Chaplain , has been presented to the sole charge of Eversley , Hampshire , by the Bishop of Winchester . The late Rev . Canon Kingsley was rector of Eversley for thirty years . Bro . Lord Carrington presided at the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution ' s annual meeting at Willis ' s Rooms last week .

We regret to hear that Bro . Henry Clarke , C . C , has lost his eldest son , after a long and painful illness . Bro . Alderman de Keyser , Bro . Dr . Hogg , and Bro . Sir John Bennett were guests at the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institution festival , held at the Albion , on 'Thursday , under the presidency of Bro . the Lord Mayor , supported by Bro . Sir Reginald Hanson .

Bro . Edward Clarke is the subject of an excellent photograph just published by the Stereoscopic Company . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , painted b y T . F . Alunns , is one of the pictures in the Royal Academy . Bro . Justice Cave was the Judge in a suit tried in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , VV . H . Smith and Son v .

the Assessment Committee of Lambeth . Bro . Mclntyre , Grand Registrar , was Counsel for Alessrs . VV . H . Smith and Son , the newspaper agents . Mrs . Halsey , wife of Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master Hertfordshire , has been painted by A . S . Cope , and is exhibited in the Royal Academy , Burlington House .

Bro . VV . H . Pannell , C . C , Master of the Patten Makers Company , has been appointed Trustee in thc case of Absolom Voung , of Devonshire-street . Bro . R . C . Halsc , C . C , chairman of the Second Section of the Court of Common Council , has arranged to take the Court to Oatlands Park , Walton-on-Thames , for their summer excursion .

Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall , C . C , was amongst the Committee who took part in the election last week of children for the London Orphan Asylum , Watford . GREAT J EWEL ROBIIRIES . —The public are becoming so accustomed to reading reports ot jewel robberies that numbers of the nobility are taking steps to secure their valuables from the attack of the modern burglar , anil the demand for Milner ' s

jewellery Safes is largely on thc increase . These are made to lit in cabinets to suit any kind of wood , and are the best and cheapest safeguard again-t lire and thieves . Milner ' s Safe Company ( Limited ) , 28 , '' 'insbury Pavement , ICC , have some bur . dreds of testimonials from gentlemen who have Milner ' s Jewellers Safes in their possession , anil in no instance have burglars s ' neceeded in opening them . Safes are made specially for Masonic Jewellery , Records , Sc .

Masonic And General Tidings

H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., Bro . Henry Irving , Air . Justice Hawkins , Mr . Leonard Courtney ' M . P ., Bros . J . L . Toole , G . A . Sala , H . Bancroft , Edmund Yates , the Lord Alayor , Baron de Worms , M . P ., H . R . H . Prince Leopold , and Alderman de Keyser were amongst the numerous company present at the opening- of the new

oremises of the Daily Telegraph , when a reception was held . Bros . Lord Brabourne and the Earl of Wharncliffe were amongst a distinguished party invited hy Sir Edward Watkin to visit the Channel 'Tunnel works last Saturday . M . de Lesseps , the contractor of the Suez Canal , proposed the toast of "The Oueen" when the party were underground , and it was drunk in an enthusiastic

manner . Bro . the Lord Mayor gave a dinner at the Mansion House , on Saturday , to the Bar of England , to welcome the Attorney and Solicitor Generals . Bros . Mclntyre , Q . C , M . P ., G . Reg . ; Sir John B . Monckton , President of the Board of General Purposes ; J . Harrison , Q . C , G . D . ; and W . Grantham , Q . C , M . P ., were amongst the

company . Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury presided yesterday at the Jerusalem Chamber , Westminster Abbey , at the meeting of the Order of St . John of Jerusalem , to promote the establishment of a hospital at Jerusalem . The Sultan has given his consent to it .

Bro . the Earl of Rosslyn , P . G . M . Scotland , Bro . the Earl of Kintore , G . M . Scotland , and Bro . the Earl of Mar and Kellie , with thc Dukes of Buccleuch and Richmond and Gordon , attended at Buckingham Palace , on Friday last , and presented H . R . H . Prince Leopold , Duke of Albany , K . G ., with an address of congratulation , together with a piece of plate , the star of the Order of the Thistle in diamonds , on his recent marriage .

Bros . Lord Carrington , G . S . W ., the Earl of Rosslyn , and the Earl of Fife were invited to meet H . R . H . the Prince of Wales at dinner by the French Ambassador , at the Embassy , Albert-gate . Bro . Baron de Worms presided at the annual meeting of the Anglo Jewish Association . Bro . Capt . Bedford Pirn , R . N ., delivered a lecture on Wednesday , on thc three " E . 's" ( England , Egypt and Euphrates ) , to the Southwark Working Men ' s Club .

Bros . Viscount Ebrington , the Marquis of Bath , the Earl of Zetland and the Earl of Fife were amongst the guests at the Marchioness of Salisbury's Ball on Friday night . H . R . H . the Prince and Princess of Wales arrived shortly after midnight . Bro . Edwin Freshfield , F . S . A ., presided as Vice-President at the last meeting of the Society of Antiquaries

, at their rooms in Burlington House , and exhibited three volumes of the Parish Register of Christopher le Stocks , of which parish he is Churchwarden . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon led off the opposition tothe Duke of Argyll ' s Parliamentary Oaths Act ( 1 S 66 ) Amendment Bill , and was successful in preventing its being read a second time . The House of Lords rejected it by a

majority of seventy-six . Bro . the Duke of St . Albans , who has been staying at Portwood Lodge for three weeks , has been ordered to Gostien for the waters , and is about to start . Bro . the Duke of Manchester , K . T ., who has been for some months in Canada respecting emigration , arrived on Tuesday at Liverpool by the Allan steamship

Polynesian . Bro . A . Staveley Hill , Q . C , M . P ., has joined the Board of Directors of the Lands Improvement Company . Bro . VV . J . Marriott , Q . C , M . P ., has guaranteed to give £ too towards the action the Corporation of Brighton intend bringing against the Lancet

tor stating that Brighton is an unhealty town . Bro . the Grand Master of Ireland and the Duchess of Abercorn are about leaving London for Niton , in the Isle of Wight . Bro . Lord and Lad y De Tabley have arrived at the Pulteney Hotel from Tabley House . Bro . James Cutbush , P . G . P . Herts and Treasurer of the Cholmeley Lodge , dined with the Gardeners '

Benevolent Institution at the Albion last week . Bro . Cutbush was one of thc judges at the Crystal Palace Rose Show last week . Bro . Lord Tenterden was invited by Bro . the Lord Mayor on Tuesday to dinner , to meet the Duke cf Cambridge and the Duke and Duchess of Teck . Bro . the Duke of Connaught has left Gibraltar on board the Lively for Cadiz , after which he will visit Aladrid and Paris .

Bro . the Rev . Dr . Morris , the Head Master of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , has been elected Chaplain of the VVorshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards . Lady Lothian ' s ball took place last night ( Friday ) , and her concert on Thursday evening . The Hospital Sunday Fund now amounts to £ . 32 , 200 .

lhe marriage of Mr . Douglas Hamilton , son of Lord Claud Hamilton , P . G . W ., and nephew of the Duke of Abercorn , M . W . G . M . Ireland , with Lady Margaret Hely Hutchinson , sister of the Earl of Donoughmore , P . G . W ., was celebrated on Thursday morning at St . Peter ' s , Eatonsquare . The bride was given away by her brother , the Earl of Donoughmore . There were no bridesmaids . The

officiating clergy were the Rev . Canon Owen , the Rev . G . W . Bourke , the Rev . G H . Wilkinson . The service was fully choral . At the conclusion of thc ceremony the register was signed thc Duke of Abercorn , the Earl of Donoughmore and Ixird Claud Hamilton The bridal party then adjourned to the town residence of the Dowager

Countess ol IJonoughmorc for the wedding breakfast . Bros . Bedford Lemere , and Co ., ( Architectural Photographers to the Queen ) , 147 , Strand , London , attend Alasonic Gatherings , Wedding Parties and Social Reunions , and execute every description of Out-door Photograp hy with promptitude , in tirst style and at moderate cost . A large collection of photographs on view and sale . Catalogues and printed terms free by post . — [ ADVT . I