Masonic And General Tidings.

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .

The Committee of Management of the Roval Masonic Benevolent Institution will hold their regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' HaU on Wednesday next , the 13 th inst ., at 4 p . m . There appears to be no doubt whatever about the appearance of cholera in England , several cases , some of which have terminated fatally , having occurred at Grimsby and

Hull . The Duchess of Sutherland presented the prizes to the Sutherland Rifle Volunteers at Devonshire Castle on Tuesday , among those present being the Duke and Duchess of Westminster . Blanche Countess of Rosslyn , and Bro . Lord and Lady Brooke .

Major General Wilkinson , commanding the Northern District , has invited General the Hon . W . Fielding , Col . Sir West Ridgway , Bro . Christopher Seller , and others to Government House , York , during the visit of the Dukeof Cambridge .

The Speaker of the House of Commons was prevented by indisposition from taking the chair on Wednesday and his place was occupied hy Mr . Mellor , the Deputy Speaker . The Right Hon . Gentleman has been staying at the Granville Hotel , St . Lawrence-on-Sea , Thanet .

Among the guests whom Mr . and Mrs . A . Wilson have been entertaining at Tranby Croft during the present week for the Doncaster Races , were the Duke of Marlborough , the Countess Cairns , Viscount and Viscountess Chelsea , Lord and Lady Alington , and Bro . Lord and Lady Hindlip .

At the recent annual meeting of lhe Tweed Salmon Fishing Commissioners , Bro . Sir William Grossman , who is Chairman of the Board , stated that never had there been such a deficiency of grilse as there had been this year in the Tweed , and the same could be said of all rivers running into the German ocean .

Quite recently when the Oueen regent of Spain was out driving in the neighbourhood of San Sebastian , she observed a little girl plaving on the railway line close to a level crossing . Her Majesty at once descended from her carriage and carried the child from her dangerous position . . She had hardly done this , when a train dashed by , which would have killed the child .

Bro . Sir Albert Woods , Garter King-at-Arms , wns present at St . George ' s Lhapel , Windsor , on the ist inst ., for the purpose of superintending the hanging of the banners of the newly-created Knights of the Garternamely , the Dukes of Abercorn and Devonshire and the Earl of Rosebery . The banners of the late Dukeof Sutherland and Earl of Derby were taken down .

The death is announced of Prince William of Gliicksburg , elder brother of the King of Denmark , and therefore uncle of the Princess of Wales His Highness ' s death took place at Fredensberg Castle on Tuesday evening , all the members of the Danish and Russian Royal antl Imperial Families being present , lhe deceased Prince , who was born in iS : 0 , was a General of cavalry in the Austrain army , and a Lieut .-General in the Danish army .

At the recent annual regimental contest of the ist Surrey Rilles at the Wimbledon Glen Albyn ranges , Private W . H . O . Smith , an old Queen ' s Silver Medallist , and a veteran of Six Stars , won the "Four Stars " Challenge Trophy with (< z points at the 20 . 1 , 5011 , and 600 yards ; Corporal Gill , the cup presented by Bro ; cx-Alderman tin Keyser , with 4 6 points out of a possible so at 500

yards ; and Private Baker the late Field-Marshal Sir G . Pollock ' s Cup , with 4 . 5 out of 50 at Coo yards . The championship and gold medal will be shot for to-day ( Friday ) . The Duke and Duchess of York ' s wedding presents , which have been on view at the Imperial Institute for the last seven weeks , were re-packed on Tuesday , and

forwarded some to York 1 louse , St . James ' s , and the rest to York Lodge , Sandringham . Upwards of 350 , 000 persons availed themselves of the opportunity of inspecting the gifts—249 , 51 ) 0 being admitted on payment , and a considerable percentage of the entrance fees , together with about £ 115 in the collecting boxes , will be handed over lo the Duke and Duchess for thc Victoria Relief Fund . No loss

or accident of any kind occurred . The Doncaster race week has been a more than usually brilliant one , and on Wednesday , when the St . Leger was run , there was a vast concourse of people to witness the great event . There were only seven starters , and the favourite , Mr . McCalmont's Isinglass , had no difficulty in

securing first place , Mr . C . D . Rose ' s Kavensbury being placed second , and Baron de Rothschild ' s Le Nicham and Mr . Buchanan's Self-Sacrifice third and fourth respectively . Thus Isinglass , following in the wake of West Australian . Gladiatuer , Lord Lyon , Ormonde , and Common , has won the triple event—the Guineas , the Derby , and the St . Leger .

We inadvertently stated last week that the summer outing of the Victorian Jubilee Lodge , No . 21 S 4 , was held at the White Swan Hotel , 3 C , Alice-street , Rumifordroad , whereas it should have been 3 C , Great Alie-street , Romford-road , Whitechapel . VVe may add that Bro . Joyce's coach took a party consisting of Bros . S . Forge ,

P . M . ; Kurvick , P . M . ; W . Toye , W . M . elect ; and others from the aforesaid White Swan to Hampton Court , where , after luncheon at the Mitre Hotel , they were invited b y Bro . Gooding , VV . M ., to join the summer outing of the Crescent Lodge in a trip up the river . It is needless to say they enjoyed themselves thoroughly .

KVKRY IIOI . ( = K may shortly bc supplied with electric light by a simple piece ot' mechanism placed over the kitchen chimney , if a new plan of Kdison's for generating electricity directly from heat in successful . Thus the poorest person could have t . e benetit ot a useful invention whicli is now regarded as a inxery fur the comfort of the rich . Mr . Thomas Holloway , however , has given

a greater blessing to humanity than has yet been allbrdt-d by the most wonderful discoveries of science . His I'ilis and Ointment have succeded iu cases where the greatest authorities on medical treatment have failed . Whatever the condition of the patient may be , these medicines will effect a cure if such a thing is humanly possible .

Masonic And General Tidings.

We are glad to hear that according to the latest bulletin from his medical adviser , Bro . Sir J . Blundell Maple , M . P ., is making slow progress , and is regaining some of his strength . The number of Fellows of the Imperial Institute is now § 355 " I 2 5 candidates having been elected at the meeting of

the Executive Council of the Institute , which was held on Wednesday . The Lord Alayor of London was entertained bv the Corporation of Burntisland on Tuesday on the occasion of his visit , and in the evening a public banquet was given in his honour .

The Earl and Countess of Wemyss have just celebrated their golden wedding , but in consequence of the illness of their son , the Hon . Alan Charteris , there were no public rejoicings in connection with the auspicious event . It is rumoured that Ihe Duke and iDuchess of York will visit the city of York on the 5 th October , when the freedom of the city will be presented to his Royal Highness , as well as an address of congratulation on his marriage . The Duke will subsequently open a Free Library .

Bro . C . T . O . King , Grand Master of Liberia , who occupied the chair of Past Grand Master at the meeting of Grand Lodge on Wednesday , is rhe guest , during his visit to England , of Bro . C . VV . Meiter , P . M . 1671 , of Gracechurch-street , E . C .

Sir Henry Norman has been appointed Viceroy of India in succession to the Marquis of Lans lowne , wbose term of ollice is on the eve ot expiring . Sir Henry has done good service both in India and as a member of the Secretary of States Council for India .

The Executive Committee of the Albert Palace Organisation Committee held a meeting in the Queen ' s-roa'l , Bittersea , on Wednesday , when further contributions were received from Lord Battersea , Mr . Tho nton , M . P ., Colonel Rotton , and others . A general meeting of the Committee will be held next week .

Bro . Sir Augustus Harris has completed his arrangements for his autumn tour of Royal Italian Opera , and will open in Edinburgh on Monday next , at Glasgow on the iSth inst ., atLivcrpoil on the _ ' 5 th inst ., at Newcastle on the 2 nd October , at Manchester on gth Octjber , and subsequently at Cork , Dublin , and Birmingham . Signor A . Seppilli will be his conductor-in-chief .

• The Iirst of the series of International \ acht Races was sailed on VVednesday in the English Channel , the prize being the Victoria Challenge Cup , which must be secured three times out of the fiue courses that are to be sailed . The competing yachts were the Prince of Wales ' s Britannia ami tne American cutter , Navahoe , the property of Mr . R . Phelps Carrol ' . The course was about 50 miles , and the Britannia won by 16 mm . 10 sees .

On Monday next , when the Queen has arranged to lay thc foundation-stone of the new parish church of Crathie , her Majesty will be presented with a handsome trowel in commemoration of the event . On the blade , which is of silver , is the inscription— " Presented to Her Majesty the Oueen on the occasion of laying the foundation-stone ol the parish church of Crathie , Sept , 11 , iSm . " The

handle is of ivory , and is terminated by a carved crown , the Royal monogram "V . R . I . " being engraved on the junction of the blade and handle . The applications for membership in the Royal Societies Club now exceed Soo , including 65 from members of the Royal Society ( London and Edinburgh ) , and several from

the Athemuum . The keenest appreciation is shown of the objects of the Club , that of bringing together members of the Royal and learned Societies under the usual conditions of Club life , affording opportunities of social re-union . The line premises in St . James ' s-street , which have been acquired for the club-house , are being handsomely equipped , and will shortly be ready to receive members .

On Thursday the members of the 24 th Middlesex ( Post Office ) Rilles competed at the Ilford ranges for the Colonel ' s and Company cups . Shooting commenced at nine a . m ., and did not finish till six p . m . Sergeant-Instructor Jackman superintended the firing . 'The conditions were the same as for the Oqeen ' s Prize , first stage ,

part 1 . The following were leturned as winners : Colonel ' s Cup , Corporal Dibley , yj ; Company ' s Cups—A , Colour-Sergeant Fox , 63 ; B , Private Petrie , S 2 ; C , Sergeant Payne , 74 ; D , Corporal Daw , 71 ; Ii , Sergeant Hunt , 7- ' ; F , Corporal Dibley , 92 ; G , Colour-Sergeant Dwane , 7 J ; H , Sergeant I lorrx , 6 r ); I , Corporal Debelder , 66 ; L , Sergeant lee , 6 n ; and M , Sergeant King , 72 points .

. The first public function in London in which the Duke and Duchess of York , will tdke pare since their wedding will be to lay the foundation-stone of a new block of buildings now being erected in Poplar for seamen and sailor lads . The date will probably be the second week in October . The institution when opened will be an extension of the work carried on by the Missions to Seamen , of which the Dukeof Edinburgh is patron and the Earl of Aberdeen the

president . 1 he scheme embraces the erection and equipment of a church and institute , wherein lectures , literature , and recreation will lie provided , as well as a gymnasium , the institute to accommodate some 600 seamen . About ^ . 2000 is still required towards the cost ot the site and the 1 quipinent of the institute , and on the occasion of the inaugural ceremony the Duchess of York has kindly consented to receive purses in aid of this object .

Bro . Captain Darley presided , on Tuesday last , at the inaugural thrift meeting ( season ib ' y 3- < j 4 ) of the National Thrift Society , held at Greenwich . The address on this occasion was given by Bro . Bowden Green . There was a good attendance , and at the close of the meeting there was a distribution of thrift literature published by the Society . It is proposed to continue the present series of meetings in

various districts in and around London till next May . For a period of 10 years Bro . Darley has been engaged , by special permission of the Lords of the Admiralty , upon the gigantic task of reproducing the magnificent paintings , by Sir James Thornhill , on the ceilings and walls of the Painted Hall of Greenwich Hospital . The work is now

approaching completion , and it is hoped that this splendid series of Masonic pictures will be purchased by someone who will present them to one or other of our national collections . Captain Darley has received the highest praise from connoiseurs and others who have seen his work . Permission to inspect the paintings can be obtained from Bro . T . Bowden Green , of 1 , Finsbury-circus , E C .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Cream ( of the World ' s Fact , Fun , and Fancy ) is the title of a new weekly penny paper , which , under the Editorship of Mr . Francis George Heath , will shortly appear . The Countess Dowager of Portsmouth-is staying with her daughter , Lady Camilla Gurdon , who is recovering from a sharp attack ot typhoid fever .

The Prov . Grand Mark Master of Somersetshire , has fixed VVednesday , the 20 th instant , foe the meeting of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge , which will be held under the banner of the Else Lodge , No . 102 , at Weston-super-Mare .

One of the contests in the regatta which the Chelsea Subdivision of the Metropolitan Police held on the Thames between Putney and . Hammersmith Bridges was certainl y appropriate . It was a life-saving competition by men in uniform , and proved as interesting as it was instructive .

The Lord Mayor will receive the Elcho Shield at the hands of the winning English Eight , of which Brigadier-General Sir H . Wilmot , V . C , is the captain , at the Guildhall on Saturday , October 7 th , and will afterwards entertain the Eight at dinner at the Mansion House in honour of the occasion .

Mr . Ferdinand Dunkley , F . C . O ., only son of Bro . VV . S . Dunkley , P . M ., P . P . G . P . Middx ., accompanied by his young wife left Southampton on the 2 nd inst ., in the Berlin s . s ., for New York , to undertake the head professorship of music at St . Agnes College , Albany , New York State , to which he has just been appointed .

Owing to the absence of the Oueen and the Duke and Duchess of York , the Braemar Gathering lost much of its interest this year , and the attendance was far below the average . The clans represented were the Duff , the Farquharson , and the Balmoral Highlanders . The company present included a large number of English tourists .

At a meetingof the Court of the Coach Makers and Coach Harness Makers' Company , held on the ist inst , at the hall of the company , Noble-street , City , Bro . Sir John B . Monckton , the Town Clerk ot London , was re-elected Master of the company for the ensuing year . This is the first time a Master has been re-elected in tUs company since the granting of the Charter by Charles II . ' Bro . P . de Lande Long was unanimously re-elected Clerk .

In the second of the International \ acht Races the Navahoe showed herself a superior boat to the Britannia in running before the wind , but by no means equal to her in heading against it in rougher water . Apart altogether from a series of mishaps that befell her competitor , the Prince of Wales ' s yacht would clearly have won the rate . Yachting experts now consider it practically certain that she will to-day ( Friday ) win the third match and theCup .

The Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Musical Festival will be held in Norwich on October 3 rd and three . following days . The programme for the first evening performance opening with Mendelssohn ' s opera , " St . Paul . " On Wednesday morning Bro . Sir A . Sullivan ' s " Golden

Legend " will be given ; on Thursday morning , "Judah " ; and on Friday , "The Messiah" in the morning and a romantic legend entitled The Water Lily " in the evening . The surplus profits will be appropriated to the principal Norfolk Cnaritics .

A meeting was held at Wesley ' s Chapel , City-road , on 'Thursday , to tiid farewell to a number of ladies who were about to proceed to various parts of India and China under the auspices of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Wesleyan Missionary Society . Misses Tyler and Wells are leaving

for Ceylon , Miss Walker for India , and Misses Eacott , Parker , Duncan , and Minchin for China . This is thc second group of ladies sent out by thc Wesleyan denomination within a few months , and this " forward " movement for the conversion of the heathen is not yet exhausted .

Brock's Benefit , for many years recognised as the greatest . mnual firework display in the kingdom , took p lace at the Crystal Palace on Thursday last . The immense spectacular war picture in fireworks , " The Bombardment of Canton , " which has been the most successful piece of the kind ever lired , was given with additional

realistic effects ; while the programme contained several novelties which have been the outcome of the year ' s study and experience , amongst which may be mentioned thc Jugglers , a new development in living fireworks ; thc electric Niagara ; the dancing globes ; and the boulevard of lire . The aerial display of shells and rockets was on the usual colossal scale .

Bro . Lewis Morgan , the gallant young solicitor of the London , Chatham , and Dover Railway , who appeared at Westminster Police Court to apologise to Mrs . Harriett Rose Froom , an actress , who suffered some indignity al the hands of the railway policeman , is a son of Bro . John Morgan , the able secretary of the company . Both arc

good Masons , Bro . John Mason being this year W . M . ol the Buckingham and Chandos Lodge , No . 1150 , which boasts among its members a very large number of members of the purple . Bro . Lewis Morgan in his hours of leisure is a patron of the drama , a member of a good amateur dramatic club , and is suspected of having written more thar one play of considerable merit .

The marriage of the eldest daughter ( Miss Annie Sophia ) of Bro . Thomas Bellamy , of Jermyn-street , and " \ Vychcombe , " Haverstock-hill , N . W ., took place on Tuesday , al St . Saviour ' s , South Hampstead , N . VV ., to Mr . Bridgman Arthur Jarrett Livendge . The church was crowded with friendsof both families . Afterthe ceremony , theguests , about 200 , were entertained by the father of the bride to a recherche

dejeilner , supplied by Bro . Benoist , and the wines by'Bro . Delacoste , of the Cafe Royal . The presents are too numerous to enumerate . This was one of the prettiest weddings in the North West of London . Everyone heartily enjoyed the garden party that followed thc wedding breakfast . Among the company was Bro . W . Bellamy , VV . M . iG-7

( uncle of the bride ); Bros . D . Bellamy , 1 C 27 ; Delacoste , P . M . 1617 ; Donald , Stevens , and J . E . Shand , P-M-15 G 3 . The whole arrangements passed off with grea ' eclat ; the newly-wedded pair leaving about 5 o ' clock for the honeymoon , amid showers of rice and " Hearty g " wishes . "

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