Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., visited Mr . Fitzwilliam Dick , at Thames Ditton Lodge , on Saturday last and stayed till Monday . Bro . H . B . Marshall , P . G . T ., who is churchwarden of the parish , was present at the vestry meeting of St . Bride ' s , Fleet-street , on the 30 th ult .

Bro . Alderman Sir F . W . Truscott , P . G . W ., and Lady Truscott have returned to town much benefited in health by their trip to the Continent . Bro . A . Staveley-Hill , Q . C , M . P ., has been displayingconsiderable activity in Brixton and elsewhere in connection with the preparations for the general election in November next .

Bro . the Earl of Lathom is staying at Cowes for the yachting , and the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane have gone north to their seat , Taymouth Castle ,

N . B . Bro . the Earl and Countess of Zetland returned to their residence in Arlington-street , from Goodwood where they had been on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Gordon , on Friday , the 31 st ult . Bros , the Earl of Carnarvon , Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., and

Col . Stanley , M . P ., were present at the Cabinet Council in Downing-street on Monday . The Claremont Lodge , No . 1861 , have recently changed their quarters from Esher to the Crown Hotel , Chertsey , the installation taking place on Saturday last . Bro . S . Ward , W . M ., presided , and there were 20 members present .

Any further subscriptions to the Iddesleigh Testimonial Fund , which will be closed at an early date , should be sent to Bro . Sir James McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., or Bro . Puleston , M . P ., or to the bankers , Messrs . Fowler , Dimsdale , and Co . Bro . H . B . Marshall , P . G . T ., W . Malthouse , and J . Bertram were among the members of the Common

Council for Farringdon-without who dined last week with Bro . Alderman De Keyser , Alderman of the Ward , at his residence , Chatham House , Clapham-park . Bro . the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon will pay their promised visit to Bray some time during the week after next , the change of weather from summer to mid-winter having necessitated the postponement of the

regatta which was to have ( been held on Tuesday and Wednesday in the current week . On Wednesday there was a grand display of fireworks from the Parade at Cowes , which was witnessed from the Club-house of the Royal Yacht Squadron by the Prince and Princess of Wales and their family , the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh , Bro . the Duke of Connaught ,

and Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg . The Commons Preservation Society had a garden party in Parliament-fields , Hampstead-heath , on Wednesday , the 29 th ult ., when Bro . Shaw-Lefevre , M . P ., as spokesman of the Society , expressed a hope that the locality would be preserved as an open space for the public , and Bro . Sir J . McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., Chairman of

the Board of Works , said the scheme had the sympathy of the body over which he had the honour to preside . A sad accident occurred on Saturday evening last at the railway station at Sittingbourne . Col . J . Dixon Dyke , J . P ., uncle of Bro . Sir VV . Hart Dyke , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . S . W . Kent , had just alighted from a train and was descending the staircase , when he missed his footing and

falling on his head sustained such injuries as to cause instant death . The deceased was between 80 and 90 years of age . The Prince and Princess of Wales have returned from their visit to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Gordon , and on Saturday last the Prince was present at the confirmation of Prince Adolphus and Princess Victoria of

Teck , which took place privately in the Chapel Royal , St . James ' s . T heir Royal Highnesses subsequently journeyed to Portsmouth , and have occupied quarters on board the Osborne during the yachting week at Cowes . Among the guests at the complimentary dinner given at the Star and Garter , Richmond , on Wednesday

last , by Mr . Cyrus W . Field , in commemoration of the 27 th anniversary of the completion of the first Atlantic Cable were Bros , the Lord Mayor , M . P ., Sir D . Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . Berks and Bucks , Sir George Elliot , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . South Wales , East Division , Sir Charles Bright , P . D . P . G . M . Middx ., G . J . Shaw-Lefevre , M . P ., and the American Minister .

On Thursday , the 30 th ult ., the officers of the Mark Grand Lodge who attended the Moveable Grand Lodge at the Adelphi Hotel , Liverpool , the previous day , turned the occasion to very excellent account by taking part in a number of excursions . At 10 o ' clock a start was made from the Hotel to view the Mersey Dock Estate , including the corn and tobacco warehouses . A conveyance

was provided for the brethren , and another to take those who desired it a trip to Garston vineyards . At 12 o'clocka general meeting took place at the entrance to the Mersey Tunnel in James-street . A large number of the brethren met , and under the guidance of Mr . Tate , traffic manager of the Mersey Railway Company ; Mr . Gill , solicitor to the company ; Mr . Wilcox , resident engineer ; and Mr .

Rowlandson , permanent resident engineer , they visited the Mersey Tunnel , many of them walking through . Subsequently the officers of Grand Lodge , & c ., lunched with the Mayor of Liverpool , Bro . David Radcliffe , at the Town Hall . Amongst those present were Bros . C . S . Lane , P . G . D . ; Norman Selfe , P . G . D . ; W . Nicholl , G . J . D . ;

Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . W . ; H . George , G . A . D . ot C ; W . Brackenbury , W . M . ; Alderman Grindley ; Captain Sweeney ; Colonel Beaunble ; R . Berridge , P . G . M . O . ; A . Middleton , P . G . Std . Br . ; F . Binckes , G . Sec . ; T . M . Humphries . ; P . Wallis , G . S . D . ; J . H . Parker ; and 1 ' atrt .

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . the Earl and Countess of Wharncliffe have left Wharncliffe House for Wortley Hall Sheffield . Bro . J . M . Klenck has been elected an auditor of the River Thames Steamboat Company ( Limited ) . Bro . the Right Hon . Hugh C . E . Childers , M . P ., is among the contributors to the Iddesleigh Testimonial Fund .

Bro . Alderman Cowan has been chosen conservative candidate at the General Election for the borough of Whitechapel . Bro . the Earl and Countess of Granville have left their residence in Carlton House-terrace for Walmer Castle .

The Baroness Burdett-Coutts formally opened a new cabmen ' s shelter in Piccadilly on Friday , tne 31 st ult ., and was accorded a vote of thanks for her kindness . Bros . Sir Charles Dilke , Bart ., M . P ., and J . B . Firth attended a meeting on Wednesday of the new council of the Borough of Chelsea Liberal Association . Bro . Plunket , M . P ., was present at a meeting of the electors of the north-eastern division of Bethnal-green in support of the Conservative candidate at the General Election .

Bro . Sir H . Drummond-Wolff , M . P ., who leaves England for the East on a Mission-Extraordinary to the Sultan and Khedive today ( Friday ) or to-morrow , had an audience of the Queen on Wednesday at Osborne . Bro . W . Harry Saunders , obtained a verdict for £ 2228 damages in the Supreme Court against Mr . C . J . C . Pawley , of Upper Norwood , for defective drainage in a house let by defendant which caused the death of plaintiff ' s wife .

Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., has remitted to the Mayor of Manchester £ 1350 , being the amount raised at the Mansion House towards the relief of the sufferers by the recent terrible colliery accident at Clifton Hall . Among the prizes to be awarded at the approaching meeting at Shoeburyness of the National Artillery Association are sundry prizes presented by the Prince of

Wales , the Corporation of London , the City Companies , Bro . Lord Waveney , and others . Bros . Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . W ., J . M . Klenck , J . Cox , H . Massey , and others were among the guests at the court and livery dinner on Tuesday of the Leathersellers' Company . Bro . Alderman Staples , the Master , was unavoidably absent .

Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., on Tuesday distributed the prizes to the successful pupils of the Royal Naval School , New-cross . His lordship was accompanied by Miss Bertha Fowler , and among those present were Bros . Alderman Savory and Rear-Admiral Bedford Pim .

Bro . the Marquis of Hamilton , P . G . S . W . England , and Prov . G . M . Londonderry and Donegal , has expressed a wish to become a vice-president of the National Sea Fisheries Protection Association in the interest of the Irish Fisheries .

Bros . Aldermen Staples and De Keyser were members of a deputation from the Special Committee of the Corporation , which on Friday , the 31 st ult ., had an interview with the Home Secretary on the subject of the Government of London .

Several articles belonging to Bro . Robert Burns were sold on Friday , the 31 st ult ., at the Tam O' Shanter Inn , Ayr , the " Tam O' Shanter " and " Souter Johnnie " fetching £ 47 each , and being secured for Burns' Cottage , the Stirrup Cup , £ 55 , and an autograph letter to Hamilton Nimmo , £ 7 . The funeral of the late Bro . Sir Moses Montefiore , Bart ., took place at Ramsgate , on Friday , the 31 st

ult ., amid every possible demonstration of respect for the venerable deceased , the shops being wholly or partially closed , and the insignia of mourning everywhere visible . Sir Moses was buried in the Mausoleum , he had himself caused to be erected , by the side of his wife Judith Lady Montefiore , who predeceased him twenty-three years . Wm . Woollams and Co ., of High-street , near

Manchester-square , VV ., the original makers of nonarsenical wall-papers , are showing at their stand , No . 1662 , in the west passage of the conservatory at the Inventions Exhibition , a new material called " Tergorine , " an artificial leather for wall-hangings , screens , & c . When painted and lacquered it closely resembles embossed leather in appearance , is non-poisonous , free from unpleasant odour , and washable .

The Prince of Wales , as Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron , presided at the annual meeting at Cowes on Monday afternoon . On the motion of his Royal Highness it was agreed that the flags of the yachts belonging to the squadron should be at half-mast from 4 p . m . to 5 p . m . on Tuesday , that being the hour at which the opening funeral rites of General Grant were appointed to take place on the removal of the body to New York .

Bro . the Earl and Countess of Antrim , Bro . Sir Thomas Dyke Acland , Bart ., M . P ., and Miss Acland , Bro . the Right Hon . D . Plunket , M . P ., Bro . the Hon . H . S . and Mrs . Northcote , and Bro . Colonel King-Harman were among the guests present at the wedding breakfast , given

at the Greenlands , Henley-on-Thames , on Thursday , the 30 th ult ., in honour of the marriage of Bro . A . Dyke Acland with Miss Beatrice Danvers Smith , third daughter of the Right Hon . W . H . Smith , M . P ., Secretary of State for War .

3 , 000 , 000 tins of CHAMPION'S MUSTARD were sold in London alone during the past year . Why was this so ? Bccaus the public , havingsatisfiedthemsclvesit was the best and cheapest gave it a preference over all others . —ADVT . HOLLOWAY ' PILLS AND OINTMENT exert a rapidly favourable effect iii all those diseases which are indeced by exposure to damp or by great changes in the temperature . They will therefore be found eminently serviceable to those who work in iron foundries

copper mines , and colleries . These well-known remedies present manifest advantages in respect of use and effectiveness , being entirely compounded of a-egctable drugs selected with the greatest care and regardless of price . When used in accordance with the ample printed directions which accompany them , they act surely but mildly , and do not interfere with the daily work . There arc but few diseases which are not capable of cure—or , at all events , ot great relief—if Holloway ' s remedies are perscveringly used , — [ ADVT . ]

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . the Earl and Countess of Zetland have left Arlington-street for Upleatham , Yorkshire . The funeral of the late Bro . James Cutbush P . M ., was fixed to take place at Highgate Cemetery at v p . m . on Thursday . Bro . Sir George Elliot , Bart ., M . P ., attended the meeting held on Wednesday of the Accidents and Mines Commission .

Bro . the Duke of Manchester , P . G . M . Norths and Hunts , has been elected a member of the Council of the National Free Trade League . We are glad to hear that Bro . Sir Charles Dilke's health has improved so' much that the right hon . gentleman was able to resume his place in the House of Commons at the beginning of the current week .

Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , has intimated his intention of visiting the city and county of Limerick towards the end of the present month , his lordship ' s object being to encourage the revival of various Irish industries which , from various causes , have fallen into a state of decay . The west window of the parish church of

Cheltenham is about to be fitted with stained glass at the cost of Bro . Baron de Ferrieres , M . P . The subject of the five lights will be scenes in the life of our Lord , and the work is being executed by Messrs . Heaton , Butler , and Bayne , of Garrick-street , London . Bro . T . Loveridge was present at the annual general meeting on Thursday , the 30 th inst ., of the Warehousemen and Clerks' Permanent Building Society , and

was re-elected a director , a vote of thanks to him and his brother directors for their services during the past year being also passed . It has been resolved to present to Bro . Lord Richard Grosvenor , M . P ., P . G . W ., the senior Whip of the liberal party , a testimonial in recognition of his important services , and it is not improbable the presentation will take the form of a portrait in oils of his lordship .

Bro . R . B . Martin , M . P ., is candidate in the liberal interest for the Chelmsford division of the County of Essex , and Bro . E . Dresser Rogers for the Peckham division of Camberwell , while Bro . Sir James McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., is the conservative candidate for the Hornsey division of Middlesex .

Bro . Sir F . S . Roberts , G . C . B ., has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of India , in succession to Sir Donald Stewart , who has been appointed member of the Council of India . Sir Frederick will probably be succeeded in the command of the Madras Army by Sir Herbert T . MacPherson .

Bros , the Marquis of Ailesbury , the Earl of Haddington , the Earl of Kintore , the Earl of Milltown , and Lord Harlech , were among the guests present at the sessional dinner given by the Earl of Redesdale , Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords , at the Trafalgar , Greenwich , on Saturday last .

Bro . Philbrick , Q . C , G . Registrar , was leading counsel for the claimants in the case of J . and W . Kennedy v . Great Northern Railway Company , in which the former claimed that the whole of their premises in Brewery-road , Islington , should be taken in consequence of the works about to be constructed by the latter , while the company desire to take a part only .

Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., Chancellor of the Exchequer , who was accompanied by Bro . Sir W . Hart-D y ke , Chief Secretary for Ireland , received a deputation on Wednesday from the Irish Glebe and Church Lands Purchasers' Association , among the gentlemen , soreceived being Bro . Ellison Macartney , M . P .

Bro . Colonel Stanley , M . P ., P . G . W ., Secretary of State for the Colonies , and Bro . the Earl of Dunraven , Under Secretary , received a deputation from the South African Committee of the Aborigines Protection Society , on Wednesday last , among the members constituting the said deputation being Bros , the Lord Mayor , M . P ., Sir G . Elliot , Bart ., M . P ., and Puleston , M . P .

The members of the Beacon Court Lodge , No . 10 ( 57 , which holds its meetings at the Ghuznec Fort Inn , New Brompton , had a delightful drive to Town Mailing one day last week . A party of forty left the lodge room shortly after one o ' clock , and proceeded to their destination in Mr .

Sampson s four-in-hand brake and a wagonette . At Town Mailing the halt was made at the Bear Inn , where a capital repast was provided for the pleasure seekers . The drive each way was enlivened by music from several members of a band .

The Great Western Railway Company have issued their programme of Tourist Arrangements for the current season . These arrangements do not seem to differ appreciably from those adopted last year , but where any changes have been made , our readers will hardly need to be told that they are decidedly improvements . The tickets , as usual , are issued for a term of two months , which may

be extended on very favourable terms , if the people holding them are desirous of prolonging their holiday , and for such further period as they desire , but not exceeding the 31 st of December next . Moreover , as is the custom now-a-days , the journey may be broken at the most important places on the line , or in the district traversed . In this way a trip to Cornwall or Devonshire , to Wales , North or South , to

Ireland , or , in fact , to any district through which the Great Western system has running powers , or with which it is connected may be made leisurely , and without missing those localities which are worthy of being seen , but which are not , ordinarily , easy of access . Full particulars of the arrangements as to fares , train service , hotel accommodation , local conveyances / & c , & c , will be found in the

Special Tourist Programmes issued by the Company , while anything of a special character may be learned on application to the Company ' s Terminus at Paddington , the stations on its line / or on lines connected with it , or at the Company ' s Booking and Receiving Offices in London , and the

the chief provincial towns . As to the excellence of arrangements , and the beauty and attractions of the country worked by the Great Western , we do not need to add anything to what we have said in former years . They are too well known , and are too widely appreciated to require further minute description .