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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
His ROYAL HIGHNESS the Prince of Wales , K . G ., Grand Master of the Mark Degree , has been pleased to accept a copy of Bro . George Kenning ' s Illustrated History of No . i , St . Mark ' s Lodge , just published , of which the author , Bro . Professor Simmonds , is a Past Master , and the original warrant of which he brought from Scotland some 40 years ago . This volume has portraits of the Grand Officers , Past Masters , and members of St . Mark's Lodge .
BRO . THE DUKE 01 * DEVONSHIRE has just completed the installation of the electric light at Chatsworth . The motive power is obtained from a running stream in the Park . BRO . LORD GEORGE HAMILTON has been commanded to Balmoral as Minister in attendance on the Queen , and will remain over the visit of the King of Portugal . THE REPORT of the meeting of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of West Yorkshire will appear in our issue of next week .
THE HOTEL CECIL , Victoria Embankment , is expected to be opened to the public in the early spring . The principal portion of the furnishing has been entrusted to Messrs . Maple and Co ., of Tottenham Court-road . THE COMMITTEE OK MANAGEMENT of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will hold their regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday next , the 13 th inst ., at 4 p . m .
FOUR PUBLIC PERFORMANCES of " Diplomacy " by a distinguished company of amateurs were given last week at the Empire Palace Theatre , Edinburgh , in aid of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and other local charities . AMONG THE house party which the Duke and Duchess of Rutland have been recently entertaining at Belvoir Castle were the Earl of Scarborough ) Lord and Lady Leamington , and Bro . the Marquis and Marchioness of Granby .
LORD DELAMERE , who was so seriously injured in the hunting field some time ago , has at length been able to be removed from Calveley Hall to his own residence , Vale Royal , Cheshire , where it is said that he is making favourable progress towards recovery . A DEPUTATION of the members of the City Council of Liverpool waited on Bro . the Earl of Derby , for the purpose of requesting his lordship to fill the office of Lord Mayor of Liverpool during the ensuing year . His lordship signified his assent to the invitation .
CERTAIN NEW SCHOOLS having been erected at Albury , and presented to the parish by the Duke of Northumberland , they were formally opened in his Grace's behalf by Bro . Earl Percy , who explained that at his advanced age the Duke , who was at Alnwick , was unable to travel in such inclement weather . AMONG THE GUESTS invited to the breakfast given at Grosvenor House on Monday by the Duke and Duchess of Westminster to meet Khama and his brother chiefs from Bechuanaland , were the Bishop of London and Mrs . Temple , the Bishop of Dover , Lord and Lady Loch , Dr . Knight Bruce ( the late Bishop of Mashonaland ) , Lord Frederick Cavendish , Sir G . Baden Powell , M . P ., Sir Frederick Young , and others .
THE BELGIAN NATIONAL SOCIETY of Light Railways gave a dinner in Brussels on Monday evening , in honour of Mr . Ritchie , President of the Board of Trade , the Earl of Dudley and Sir Courtenay Boyle , ^ who had been making a tour of inspection of the various light railways in Belgium . All the King's ministers were present on the occasion .
THEIR ROYAL H IGHNESSES THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OK VVALES , the Duke of York , and Prince Nicholas of Greece , visited the Exhibition of the Society of Portrait Painters held at the New Gallery , on which occasion his . Royal Highness the Prince of Wales purchased Miss Annette Baker ' s picture " Mischief . " THE PROVINCIAL G RAND LODGE OF SUSSEX is convened for Wednesday , the 20 th inst ., at the Queen ' s Hotel , Eastbourne . It is expected that H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn , P . G . M . and Prov . Grand Master , will preside . Bro . the Hon . Sir W . T . Marriott , Q . C , S . G . D ., is the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , and Bro . V . P . Freeman , P . G . D ., is the ever courteous Prov . Grand Secretary .
TO-MORROW ( SATURDAY ) being Lord Mayor ' s Day , there will be the usual civic procession in honour of the newly-elected Lord Mayor ( Bro . Sir Walter Wilkin ) , followed by the customary banquet in the Guildhall , at which , it is expected , there will be a larger attendance than usual of her Majesty ' s Ministers , as well as of the Ambassadors and Ministers of Foreign Powers . As it is also the anniversary of the birth of the Prince of Wales , there will be the usual observances and illuminations in honour of that auspicious event .
AT THE LAST MEETING of Prudence Lodge , No . 2069 , Leeds , Bro . F . G . Dimery , P . M ., was unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year . Bro . Dimery is a P . M . of the Eldon Lodge , No . 175 s , Portishead , and at the Provincial Grand Chapter of Somerset in May last had the honour to receive at the hands of Viscount Dungarvan the collar of P . G . Purst . We congratulate our brother upon these two important Masonic distinctions coming upon him in one year . 'The installation at Prudence Lodge takes place on the iSth inst .
A BANQUET was given b y the Army and Navy Club on Saturday evening last in honour of the Duke of Cambridge , on the occasion of his retirement from the command of the army . The guests were nearly 200 in number , and among them were Bro . General Sir Redvers Buller , V . C ., who presided } Bro . General Sir R . Gipps , Military Secretary ; and Bro . Colonel Lord Algernon Gordon Lennox . On Sunday last his Royal Highness completed his 5 . Sth year of service in the army , having received his first commission from the Oueen—as Colonel Unattached—on the 3 rd November , 1837 .
THE OUEEN having given instructions for the room in which she was born in Kensington Palace to be reinstated as far as possible as it was on the 24 th May , 1819 , has granted to the Editor of the Gentlewoman the privilege of sketching the room as it now appears . This very interesting illustration is published by permission of her Majesty in this week ' s issue of the paper . In the adjoining room , which was the Queen's Nursery , the Duchess of York was born , and the illustration includes a pretty peep over Kensington Gardens , taken from the window of this room . Another interesting relic is shown in the chair uoon which her Majesty sat at her first Council after she became
Queen . "THE I RISH MASTER MASONS' HANDBOOK , " by Bro . F . J . W . Crowe , P . P . G . Org . Devon , & c , with an Introduction by Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D . ( England ) , & c , Sic . Published by George Kenning , 16 and I 6 A , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , W . C , London . —This is another of those useful handbooks with which Bro . Crowe has already enriched the literature of the Craft . It is got up in much the same style as " The Master Masons' Handbook" ( England ) , and " The Scottish Master
Masons' I Iandbook , " and dedicated by permission to Bro . Robert William Shekleton , Q . C , K . G . T ., Deputy Grand Master of Ireland . In "The Irish Master Masons ' Handbook , " Bro . Crowe has had to labour under difficulties which did not beset the production of the two companion volumes . These he found ' in the paucity of material upon which to work , records not being so fully kept in Ireland as in the sister countries , or , if as fully kept , certainly not as easily come-at-able . Bro . Crowe has , however , nobly overcome all difficulties , and succeeded in presenting to the Irish brethren , and , in
fact , to the brethren at large , a really useful , interesting , and instructive book , hirst we have the introduction , and the fact of its being written by Bro . Hughan leaves no word for comment . The book proper starts with an historical sketch of Freemasonry . The author regrets that so little material exists , for any history of Freemasonry in Ireland has never hitherto been discovered j and , as one of the reasons why it is so , gives an instance where a hackney coach full of papers had been lost . He makes , however , the best showing possible with the materials at command , touching upon the Munster Grand
Lodge , the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and the Grand Lodge of Ulster . The constitution of the Grand Lodge , with the duties of the officers , are exhaustively treated , as is also Grand Chapter , Grand Priory , Grand Chapter of Prince Masons , and Grand Council 33 with their subordinates . The various Irish Masonic Charities arc fully and clearly treated , and the whole winds up with a sketch of Ij > dge Quatuor Coronati , No . 207 O , the Literary Lodge of England , of which Bro . Crowe is an enthusiastic member , and for which he is a zealous and successful worker . "The Master Masons' Handbook " should be in the hands of- every brother interested in Irish Masonry . —Scottish Freemason .
Masonic And General Tidings.
PRINCE FRANCIS OK TECK , who is Captain in the Royal Dragoons , has been granted leave of absence till the end of next March , with permission to visit India . THE DUKE OK CORNWALL LODGE , NO . 1529 , St . Columb , on Wednesday , the 30 th ult ., elected Bro . George Barrow , W . M ., and re-elected Bro . T . Gatley , Treasurer and Bro . S . R . Liddicoat , Tyler . LADY ELIZABETH VILLIKRS has sent a cheque for £ 400 to the fund which is now being raised for the restoration of the west front of Peterborough Cathedral , thereb y augmenting her donations towards the maintenance and restoration of the edifice to a total amounting to close upon £ 4000 .
LIEUT .-COL . MAHOMMED AKRAM KHAN , the British Envoy at Cabul , was killed on Monday by a messenger attached to the British Equerry , who had run amuck . The messenger also wounded the Envoy ' s son and an orderly , but was subsequently slain bj some men who attempted to protect the Envoy . THE Q UEEN has been pleased to appoint Bro . the Earl of Kintore , G . C . M . G ., to be a Lord-in-Waiting to her Majesty in succession to Bro . Lord Henniker . Lord Kintore thus , on his return from his period of Governorship in South Australia , resumes a post which he held in 1 SS 5 .
DURING THEIR recent visit to Oxford , the Duchess of Albany and her sister , Princess Elizabeth of Waldeck-Pyrmont , were conducted over the University Press by Professor Max Midler , Delegate , Mr . Lyttelton Gull , the Secretary , and Mr . Horace Hart , the Controller .
AMONG THE MINISTERS present at the Cabinet Councils held on Tuesday and Wednesday were the Lord Chancellor ( Bro . Lord Halsbury ) , the Lord Chancellor of Ireland ( Bro . Lord Ashbourne ) , and Bros , the Duke of Devonshire , Sir M . White Ridley , Bart ., Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., the Right Hon . A . Akers-Douglas , and the Right Hon . W . H . Long . PRINCESS CHRISTIAN has promised to open the sale of Work in the Jerusalem Chamber , Westminster Abbey , on Tuesday next , the 12 th inst ., in aid of the Westminster Refuge , Great College-street , and Special Mission Fund and St . Helena ' s Hospital Home . The sale will remain open during the following day .
BRO . HARRY NICHOLLS who made his debut as an actor 25 years ago in the " Lady of Lyons " at the Old Cabinet Theatre , King ' s Cross , delivered a lecture to the members of the Playgoers' Club , at the St . James ' s Hall , on Saturday last , in the course of which he recorded his experiences in his particular branch of the histrionic art . It was the first of a series to be delivered during the present winter by representative actors .
A COMPLIMENTARY LUNCHEON was given to Bro . Edward Terry at the Victoria Hotel , Wolverhampton , on Tuesday , to welcome his return visit to the town . C A . Newman , Esq ., J . P ., took the chair , and was supported by Lord Dartmouth ( Ijjrd Lieutenant of the county ) , Alderman Mauder ( Mayor of Wolverhampton ) , the Town Clerk , Lieut .-Col . Thornycroft , Lieut .-Col . Bindley , C E . Shaw , Esq ., M . P ., and the principal inhabitants of the town .
THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Brunswick Chapter , No . 159 , was held at the Freemasons' Hall , Plymouth , on Wednesday evening , the 30 th ult ., for the purpose of installing the Principals . Amongst those present were Comps . S . Jew . R . Pike , J . Gidley , A . Trout , J . R . Lord , W . H . Tucker , J . T . Rook , and C . A . Nicholson . The officers for the ensuing year are Comps . I . T . Rook , M . E . Z . j T . Stoner , H . ; C . R , Gully , J . j N . Radmore , S . E . j J . Endicott , S . N . ; J . E . Spurr , P . Soj . ; VV . Masters , ist A . S . j W . Shute , 2 nd A . S . j C . A . Nicholson , Treas . j and J . Bartlett , Janitor .
THE LIEUTENANCY OF THE CITY OF LONDON . —Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to issue a new Commission of Lieutenancy for the City of London and to accord the Lord Mayor the privilege of nominating gentlemen to fill such vacancies as have arisen during his mayoralty , the Lord Mayor has made the following nominations : Mr . John Burton Renals , Mr . James William Ritchie , Mr . William Robt . Pryke , Mr . Ernest Vivian Wilkin , Bro . George Hand ( ex-Sheriff ) , Mr . Edward Lee , Mr . Richard Winch , Mr . William Rome , F . S . A ., Bro . Matthew Righton Webb , J . P ., Mr . Charles Ackland , Major Edward Feetham Coates , Mr . Henry Newson-Smith , Bro . John Paddon , Bro . Barnett Isaac Barnato , Major John Roper-Parkington , and Lieut .-Colonel Gerald Francis Talbot , J . P .
OPEN AIR MISSION . —Bro . Archdeacon Sinclair presided on Monday at a special Autumnal Reunion of members and friends of this mission at Exeter Hall , when several brief accounts relating to the recent summer work of the society wcre given by various speakers . The Archdeacon , in offering a warm welcome to the members of the mission after their summer campaign , referred to the work as a strong and useful and blessed
auxiliary to the Church of Christ , and reminded his hearers that in the primitive church laymen were permitted to preach in the churches before the clergy at their request , lie proceeded to urge the preachers to study the best models of popular preaching , such as Spurgeon and Whitefield and Wesley , and warned them against a mere repetition of pious phrases without heart .
BISHOP LEE MEMORIAL CHURCH . —A Masonic service was held in this church on Sunday afternoon . A large number of members of the Craft , clothed in the regalia ol office , attended . A musical service was given by the choir of St . Paul ' s , New Cross . Bro . C . M . Nesbitt was organist , and Miss Robberds and Messrs . J . W . Crossley , VV . Wright , W . S . Nesbitt , and V . E . Flowerdew were the principal artistes . The sermon was preached by the Rector , Bro . the Rev . E . Bigoe Bagot , Past Provincial Grand
Chaplain of East Lancashire and Cheshire , who , in the course of his remarks , said that the principles of kindness and morality , justice and truth had always been associated with Freemasonry . Freemasonry found a home in England at a very early period , and to its influence we owed the construction of a large number of sacred edifices . During the 16 years he had worked in that poor and populous parish , he ( the rector ) had received much help and sympathy from members of the Craft . They were constantly associated with religious work and Christian education .
THE IRISH MASTER MASONS' HANDBOOK . —This is an interesting contribution to Masonic literature , by Bro . Fred J . W . Crowe , P . P . G . Org . Devon , & c , and there is an introduction by Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D . England , & c . It is published by George Kenning , iCand 16 A , Great Queen-street , Lincoln's Inn Fields , W . C , and has for its frontispiece a very faithful portrait of his Grace the Duke of > Abercorn , C . B ., M . W . G . M . The work is dedicated to the R . W . Bro . Robert Wm . Shekleton , Q . C , K . C . T ., Deputy Grand Master of Ireland . Notwithstanding the paucity of materials at hand ,
Bro . Crowe has produced a most valuable handbook for Irish Master Masons , not one of whom should be without it . Both Bro . Hughan and Bro . Crowe are doing inestimable service to the cause of Freemasonry by hunting among its archives and throwing light on dark historical places , and they dcserve | the earnest encouragement of every Masonic student , and , indeed , of every brother who takes an intelligent interest in the Craft . The whole ground of Masonic institutions in Ireland is traversed hy Bro . Crowe in this work , and the book is written in a style that makes it welcome reading . —Craftsman .
ATTEMPTED FRAUDS ON FREEMASONS . —At the Guildhall Police Court , on Friday , the ist inst ., Richard Kershaw , an elderly man , was charged on remand before Alderman Bell with attempting to obtain charitable contributions by fraud . The accused was arrested upon a charge of begging in an office in the City , but upon enquiries being made the present charge was preferred . It appeared that the accused had called upon Mr . Pritchard and Mr . Serjeant , who were solicitors in the City , and had represented to them that he had been recommended by a Mr . Hughes , solicitor . of Old Broad-street , h
as worthy of some temporary assistance . He was a Freemason , and had held hig offices in the Craft . Mr . Hughes stated that he had never authorised the prisoner W use his name , neither had he recommended him or either Mr . Serjeant or Mr . Pritcharu-All he knew about him was that in August , 1 S 92 , the prisoner called upon him , an " asked to see him privately . He saw him , and upon the strength of a statement to tli effect that he was a " fellow Mason , " and had lost considerably by a financial crisis in Australia , advanced him half-a-sovereign . The defendent denied that he had any
fraudulent intent . He merely asked for the money as a loan , and he thought it was a obligation on thc part of one Mason to another to render assistance to a brother in di * tress . A detective of the Metropolitan Police said that the prisoner was convicted Marlborough-strect and sentenced to one month's hard labour as a rogue and vagal' ° j for obtaining charitable assistance from a doctor by fraud . It was then stated that he j had a lot of money from gentlemen in the West-end in a similar way . Alderman , said he had no doubt as to the prisoner ' s guilt , and sentenced him to three mom imprisonment with hard labour .
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
His ROYAL HIGHNESS the Prince of Wales , K . G ., Grand Master of the Mark Degree , has been pleased to accept a copy of Bro . George Kenning ' s Illustrated History of No . i , St . Mark ' s Lodge , just published , of which the author , Bro . Professor Simmonds , is a Past Master , and the original warrant of which he brought from Scotland some 40 years ago . This volume has portraits of the Grand Officers , Past Masters , and members of St . Mark's Lodge .
BRO . THE DUKE 01 * DEVONSHIRE has just completed the installation of the electric light at Chatsworth . The motive power is obtained from a running stream in the Park . BRO . LORD GEORGE HAMILTON has been commanded to Balmoral as Minister in attendance on the Queen , and will remain over the visit of the King of Portugal . THE REPORT of the meeting of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of West Yorkshire will appear in our issue of next week .
THE HOTEL CECIL , Victoria Embankment , is expected to be opened to the public in the early spring . The principal portion of the furnishing has been entrusted to Messrs . Maple and Co ., of Tottenham Court-road . THE COMMITTEE OK MANAGEMENT of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will hold their regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday next , the 13 th inst ., at 4 p . m .
FOUR PUBLIC PERFORMANCES of " Diplomacy " by a distinguished company of amateurs were given last week at the Empire Palace Theatre , Edinburgh , in aid of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and other local charities . AMONG THE house party which the Duke and Duchess of Rutland have been recently entertaining at Belvoir Castle were the Earl of Scarborough ) Lord and Lady Leamington , and Bro . the Marquis and Marchioness of Granby .
LORD DELAMERE , who was so seriously injured in the hunting field some time ago , has at length been able to be removed from Calveley Hall to his own residence , Vale Royal , Cheshire , where it is said that he is making favourable progress towards recovery . A DEPUTATION of the members of the City Council of Liverpool waited on Bro . the Earl of Derby , for the purpose of requesting his lordship to fill the office of Lord Mayor of Liverpool during the ensuing year . His lordship signified his assent to the invitation .
CERTAIN NEW SCHOOLS having been erected at Albury , and presented to the parish by the Duke of Northumberland , they were formally opened in his Grace's behalf by Bro . Earl Percy , who explained that at his advanced age the Duke , who was at Alnwick , was unable to travel in such inclement weather . AMONG THE GUESTS invited to the breakfast given at Grosvenor House on Monday by the Duke and Duchess of Westminster to meet Khama and his brother chiefs from Bechuanaland , were the Bishop of London and Mrs . Temple , the Bishop of Dover , Lord and Lady Loch , Dr . Knight Bruce ( the late Bishop of Mashonaland ) , Lord Frederick Cavendish , Sir G . Baden Powell , M . P ., Sir Frederick Young , and others .
THE BELGIAN NATIONAL SOCIETY of Light Railways gave a dinner in Brussels on Monday evening , in honour of Mr . Ritchie , President of the Board of Trade , the Earl of Dudley and Sir Courtenay Boyle , ^ who had been making a tour of inspection of the various light railways in Belgium . All the King's ministers were present on the occasion .
THEIR ROYAL H IGHNESSES THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OK VVALES , the Duke of York , and Prince Nicholas of Greece , visited the Exhibition of the Society of Portrait Painters held at the New Gallery , on which occasion his . Royal Highness the Prince of Wales purchased Miss Annette Baker ' s picture " Mischief . " THE PROVINCIAL G RAND LODGE OF SUSSEX is convened for Wednesday , the 20 th inst ., at the Queen ' s Hotel , Eastbourne . It is expected that H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn , P . G . M . and Prov . Grand Master , will preside . Bro . the Hon . Sir W . T . Marriott , Q . C , S . G . D ., is the Deputy Prov . Grand Master , and Bro . V . P . Freeman , P . G . D ., is the ever courteous Prov . Grand Secretary .
TO-MORROW ( SATURDAY ) being Lord Mayor ' s Day , there will be the usual civic procession in honour of the newly-elected Lord Mayor ( Bro . Sir Walter Wilkin ) , followed by the customary banquet in the Guildhall , at which , it is expected , there will be a larger attendance than usual of her Majesty ' s Ministers , as well as of the Ambassadors and Ministers of Foreign Powers . As it is also the anniversary of the birth of the Prince of Wales , there will be the usual observances and illuminations in honour of that auspicious event .
AT THE LAST MEETING of Prudence Lodge , No . 2069 , Leeds , Bro . F . G . Dimery , P . M ., was unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year . Bro . Dimery is a P . M . of the Eldon Lodge , No . 175 s , Portishead , and at the Provincial Grand Chapter of Somerset in May last had the honour to receive at the hands of Viscount Dungarvan the collar of P . G . Purst . We congratulate our brother upon these two important Masonic distinctions coming upon him in one year . 'The installation at Prudence Lodge takes place on the iSth inst .
A BANQUET was given b y the Army and Navy Club on Saturday evening last in honour of the Duke of Cambridge , on the occasion of his retirement from the command of the army . The guests were nearly 200 in number , and among them were Bro . General Sir Redvers Buller , V . C ., who presided } Bro . General Sir R . Gipps , Military Secretary ; and Bro . Colonel Lord Algernon Gordon Lennox . On Sunday last his Royal Highness completed his 5 . Sth year of service in the army , having received his first commission from the Oueen—as Colonel Unattached—on the 3 rd November , 1837 .
THE OUEEN having given instructions for the room in which she was born in Kensington Palace to be reinstated as far as possible as it was on the 24 th May , 1819 , has granted to the Editor of the Gentlewoman the privilege of sketching the room as it now appears . This very interesting illustration is published by permission of her Majesty in this week ' s issue of the paper . In the adjoining room , which was the Queen's Nursery , the Duchess of York was born , and the illustration includes a pretty peep over Kensington Gardens , taken from the window of this room . Another interesting relic is shown in the chair uoon which her Majesty sat at her first Council after she became
Queen . "THE I RISH MASTER MASONS' HANDBOOK , " by Bro . F . J . W . Crowe , P . P . G . Org . Devon , & c , with an Introduction by Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D . ( England ) , & c , Sic . Published by George Kenning , 16 and I 6 A , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , W . C , London . —This is another of those useful handbooks with which Bro . Crowe has already enriched the literature of the Craft . It is got up in much the same style as " The Master Masons' Handbook" ( England ) , and " The Scottish Master
Masons' I Iandbook , " and dedicated by permission to Bro . Robert William Shekleton , Q . C , K . G . T ., Deputy Grand Master of Ireland . In "The Irish Master Masons ' Handbook , " Bro . Crowe has had to labour under difficulties which did not beset the production of the two companion volumes . These he found ' in the paucity of material upon which to work , records not being so fully kept in Ireland as in the sister countries , or , if as fully kept , certainly not as easily come-at-able . Bro . Crowe has , however , nobly overcome all difficulties , and succeeded in presenting to the Irish brethren , and , in
fact , to the brethren at large , a really useful , interesting , and instructive book , hirst we have the introduction , and the fact of its being written by Bro . Hughan leaves no word for comment . The book proper starts with an historical sketch of Freemasonry . The author regrets that so little material exists , for any history of Freemasonry in Ireland has never hitherto been discovered j and , as one of the reasons why it is so , gives an instance where a hackney coach full of papers had been lost . He makes , however , the best showing possible with the materials at command , touching upon the Munster Grand
Lodge , the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and the Grand Lodge of Ulster . The constitution of the Grand Lodge , with the duties of the officers , are exhaustively treated , as is also Grand Chapter , Grand Priory , Grand Chapter of Prince Masons , and Grand Council 33 with their subordinates . The various Irish Masonic Charities arc fully and clearly treated , and the whole winds up with a sketch of Ij > dge Quatuor Coronati , No . 207 O , the Literary Lodge of England , of which Bro . Crowe is an enthusiastic member , and for which he is a zealous and successful worker . "The Master Masons' Handbook " should be in the hands of- every brother interested in Irish Masonry . —Scottish Freemason .
Masonic And General Tidings.
PRINCE FRANCIS OK TECK , who is Captain in the Royal Dragoons , has been granted leave of absence till the end of next March , with permission to visit India . THE DUKE OK CORNWALL LODGE , NO . 1529 , St . Columb , on Wednesday , the 30 th ult ., elected Bro . George Barrow , W . M ., and re-elected Bro . T . Gatley , Treasurer and Bro . S . R . Liddicoat , Tyler . LADY ELIZABETH VILLIKRS has sent a cheque for £ 400 to the fund which is now being raised for the restoration of the west front of Peterborough Cathedral , thereb y augmenting her donations towards the maintenance and restoration of the edifice to a total amounting to close upon £ 4000 .
LIEUT .-COL . MAHOMMED AKRAM KHAN , the British Envoy at Cabul , was killed on Monday by a messenger attached to the British Equerry , who had run amuck . The messenger also wounded the Envoy ' s son and an orderly , but was subsequently slain bj some men who attempted to protect the Envoy . THE Q UEEN has been pleased to appoint Bro . the Earl of Kintore , G . C . M . G ., to be a Lord-in-Waiting to her Majesty in succession to Bro . Lord Henniker . Lord Kintore thus , on his return from his period of Governorship in South Australia , resumes a post which he held in 1 SS 5 .
DURING THEIR recent visit to Oxford , the Duchess of Albany and her sister , Princess Elizabeth of Waldeck-Pyrmont , were conducted over the University Press by Professor Max Midler , Delegate , Mr . Lyttelton Gull , the Secretary , and Mr . Horace Hart , the Controller .
AMONG THE MINISTERS present at the Cabinet Councils held on Tuesday and Wednesday were the Lord Chancellor ( Bro . Lord Halsbury ) , the Lord Chancellor of Ireland ( Bro . Lord Ashbourne ) , and Bros , the Duke of Devonshire , Sir M . White Ridley , Bart ., Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., the Right Hon . A . Akers-Douglas , and the Right Hon . W . H . Long . PRINCESS CHRISTIAN has promised to open the sale of Work in the Jerusalem Chamber , Westminster Abbey , on Tuesday next , the 12 th inst ., in aid of the Westminster Refuge , Great College-street , and Special Mission Fund and St . Helena ' s Hospital Home . The sale will remain open during the following day .
BRO . HARRY NICHOLLS who made his debut as an actor 25 years ago in the " Lady of Lyons " at the Old Cabinet Theatre , King ' s Cross , delivered a lecture to the members of the Playgoers' Club , at the St . James ' s Hall , on Saturday last , in the course of which he recorded his experiences in his particular branch of the histrionic art . It was the first of a series to be delivered during the present winter by representative actors .
A COMPLIMENTARY LUNCHEON was given to Bro . Edward Terry at the Victoria Hotel , Wolverhampton , on Tuesday , to welcome his return visit to the town . C A . Newman , Esq ., J . P ., took the chair , and was supported by Lord Dartmouth ( Ijjrd Lieutenant of the county ) , Alderman Mauder ( Mayor of Wolverhampton ) , the Town Clerk , Lieut .-Col . Thornycroft , Lieut .-Col . Bindley , C E . Shaw , Esq ., M . P ., and the principal inhabitants of the town .
THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Brunswick Chapter , No . 159 , was held at the Freemasons' Hall , Plymouth , on Wednesday evening , the 30 th ult ., for the purpose of installing the Principals . Amongst those present were Comps . S . Jew . R . Pike , J . Gidley , A . Trout , J . R . Lord , W . H . Tucker , J . T . Rook , and C . A . Nicholson . The officers for the ensuing year are Comps . I . T . Rook , M . E . Z . j T . Stoner , H . ; C . R , Gully , J . j N . Radmore , S . E . j J . Endicott , S . N . ; J . E . Spurr , P . Soj . ; VV . Masters , ist A . S . j W . Shute , 2 nd A . S . j C . A . Nicholson , Treas . j and J . Bartlett , Janitor .
THE LIEUTENANCY OF THE CITY OF LONDON . —Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to issue a new Commission of Lieutenancy for the City of London and to accord the Lord Mayor the privilege of nominating gentlemen to fill such vacancies as have arisen during his mayoralty , the Lord Mayor has made the following nominations : Mr . John Burton Renals , Mr . James William Ritchie , Mr . William Robt . Pryke , Mr . Ernest Vivian Wilkin , Bro . George Hand ( ex-Sheriff ) , Mr . Edward Lee , Mr . Richard Winch , Mr . William Rome , F . S . A ., Bro . Matthew Righton Webb , J . P ., Mr . Charles Ackland , Major Edward Feetham Coates , Mr . Henry Newson-Smith , Bro . John Paddon , Bro . Barnett Isaac Barnato , Major John Roper-Parkington , and Lieut .-Colonel Gerald Francis Talbot , J . P .
OPEN AIR MISSION . —Bro . Archdeacon Sinclair presided on Monday at a special Autumnal Reunion of members and friends of this mission at Exeter Hall , when several brief accounts relating to the recent summer work of the society wcre given by various speakers . The Archdeacon , in offering a warm welcome to the members of the mission after their summer campaign , referred to the work as a strong and useful and blessed
auxiliary to the Church of Christ , and reminded his hearers that in the primitive church laymen were permitted to preach in the churches before the clergy at their request , lie proceeded to urge the preachers to study the best models of popular preaching , such as Spurgeon and Whitefield and Wesley , and warned them against a mere repetition of pious phrases without heart .
BISHOP LEE MEMORIAL CHURCH . —A Masonic service was held in this church on Sunday afternoon . A large number of members of the Craft , clothed in the regalia ol office , attended . A musical service was given by the choir of St . Paul ' s , New Cross . Bro . C . M . Nesbitt was organist , and Miss Robberds and Messrs . J . W . Crossley , VV . Wright , W . S . Nesbitt , and V . E . Flowerdew were the principal artistes . The sermon was preached by the Rector , Bro . the Rev . E . Bigoe Bagot , Past Provincial Grand
Chaplain of East Lancashire and Cheshire , who , in the course of his remarks , said that the principles of kindness and morality , justice and truth had always been associated with Freemasonry . Freemasonry found a home in England at a very early period , and to its influence we owed the construction of a large number of sacred edifices . During the 16 years he had worked in that poor and populous parish , he ( the rector ) had received much help and sympathy from members of the Craft . They were constantly associated with religious work and Christian education .
THE IRISH MASTER MASONS' HANDBOOK . —This is an interesting contribution to Masonic literature , by Bro . Fred J . W . Crowe , P . P . G . Org . Devon , & c , and there is an introduction by Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D . England , & c . It is published by George Kenning , iCand 16 A , Great Queen-street , Lincoln's Inn Fields , W . C , and has for its frontispiece a very faithful portrait of his Grace the Duke of > Abercorn , C . B ., M . W . G . M . The work is dedicated to the R . W . Bro . Robert Wm . Shekleton , Q . C , K . C . T ., Deputy Grand Master of Ireland . Notwithstanding the paucity of materials at hand ,
Bro . Crowe has produced a most valuable handbook for Irish Master Masons , not one of whom should be without it . Both Bro . Hughan and Bro . Crowe are doing inestimable service to the cause of Freemasonry by hunting among its archives and throwing light on dark historical places , and they dcserve | the earnest encouragement of every Masonic student , and , indeed , of every brother who takes an intelligent interest in the Craft . The whole ground of Masonic institutions in Ireland is traversed hy Bro . Crowe in this work , and the book is written in a style that makes it welcome reading . —Craftsman .
ATTEMPTED FRAUDS ON FREEMASONS . —At the Guildhall Police Court , on Friday , the ist inst ., Richard Kershaw , an elderly man , was charged on remand before Alderman Bell with attempting to obtain charitable contributions by fraud . The accused was arrested upon a charge of begging in an office in the City , but upon enquiries being made the present charge was preferred . It appeared that the accused had called upon Mr . Pritchard and Mr . Serjeant , who were solicitors in the City , and had represented to them that he had been recommended by a Mr . Hughes , solicitor . of Old Broad-street , h
as worthy of some temporary assistance . He was a Freemason , and had held hig offices in the Craft . Mr . Hughes stated that he had never authorised the prisoner W use his name , neither had he recommended him or either Mr . Serjeant or Mr . Pritcharu-All he knew about him was that in August , 1 S 92 , the prisoner called upon him , an " asked to see him privately . He saw him , and upon the strength of a statement to tli effect that he was a " fellow Mason , " and had lost considerably by a financial crisis in Australia , advanced him half-a-sovereign . The defendent denied that he had any
fraudulent intent . He merely asked for the money as a loan , and he thought it was a obligation on thc part of one Mason to another to render assistance to a brother in di * tress . A detective of the Metropolitan Police said that the prisoner was convicted Marlborough-strect and sentenced to one month's hard labour as a rogue and vagal' ° j for obtaining charitable assistance from a doctor by fraud . It was then stated that he j had a lot of money from gentlemen in the West-end in a similar way . Alderman , said he had no doubt as to the prisoner ' s guilt , and sentenced him to three mom imprisonment with hard labour .