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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
IT IS with pleasure that we acknowledge the kindly courtesy of the proprietors and editor oi Building News in lending us the block to reproduce the handsome portrait of the new chapter room of Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland at Edinburgh , which appears in this issue , and which had already appeared in our " operative " contemporary .
THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will hold their regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , the 14 th inst ., at 4 p . m . FROM A STATEMENT made at the High Court of Foresters , opened recently at Gloucester ; under the presidency of High Chief Ranger Workman , it appears that at the end of the year igoo the Order had a membership of 921 , 386 , with funds amounting * / , 6 , 83 S , SII .
THE PROV . G . MASTER OF CORNWALL , Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , has notified to the Hon . Prov . G . Secretary , Bro . B . F . Edyvean , his intention to hold the Prov . Grand Lodge under the banner of One and All Lodge , No . 330 , Bodmin , in the second or third week of September . SEA AIR DURING THE HOLIDAYS . —The New Palace Steamers announce that during the holidays they carried no fewer than iS , 4 i 6 passengers lo and from Southend , Margate , Ramsgate , and Brulogne , this being a considerable increase on the number carried on the corresponding days of last season .
THE "GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE " reveals some curious secrets of aristocratic finance . Bro . Lord Roberts had to pay about £ 650 for his earldom—a charge which reminds one of Bismarck ' s anger at being requested to fur nish-Sooo francs for the irs ' gnia of the Order of the Golden Fleece . FROM THE SAME SOURCE we learn that the Koh-i-noor was the private property of Queen Victoria , not a part of the regalia . The jewel , which , according to the superstitious , carries with it the Sovereignty of Hindustan , is so carefully guarded that no one except the official especially entrusted with it knows its whereabouts .
PRINCE OF WALES'S HOSPITAL FUND FOR LONDON . —The honorary secretaries of the Prince of Wales ' s Hospital Fund for London have received at the Bank of England a cheque for 4 , 15 17 s . 6 d . from Messrs . Christie , Manson , and Woods , being the amount received by them for catalogues at the recent sale of the Royal sherries .
THE TRANSVAAL WAR FUND . —On Saturday last , Bro . the Lord Mayor received faun Bro . Lord Lei g h , the Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire , an additional denation from the city of Birmingham for the Transvaal War Fund of the sum of £ 1095 9 s . 8 d ., making a total remittance from the county of Warwick of £ 12 , 502 ns . 3 d . ELECTRIC LIGHT IN A CITY CHURCH .-A special service was held in St . Lawrence Jewry , Gresham-street , to inaugurate the installation of the electric light in that church . Bro . the Rev . J . Stephen Barrass , the rector , based his remarks on the words , "The Church beautiful and the Church useful . " That occasion , he said , marked another step in the decoration of their church .
PROFESSOR SNELLISON has , says " The American Journal of Health , " made out the following statistics with respect to the mortality of the world . Of 1 , 000 , 000 persons , only gco die from old age , 12 , 000 from gout , iS , 4 oo from measles , 2700 from apoplexy , 7000 from erysipelas , 7500 from consumption , 4 S , ooo from scarlet fever , 25 , 000 from whooping-cough , 30 , 000 from typhoid and typhus fever , and 7000 from rheumatism .
MR . JAMES HAWKE DENNIS , of Great Hurst Park , Surrey , who has provided the necessary funds for completing the Victoria Tower of Truro Cathedral , has presented a new organ and a peal of bells to St . Buryan Church , near Penzance . The large bell has the following inscription : " Edward VII . This bell was given by James Hawke Dennis , a benefactor of S .. Buryan Church , to commemorate the accession of King Edward VII , A . D . IQOI . "
ALEXANDRA PALACE . —Mr . Onslow Ford , R . A ., has just presented to the tiustees his admirable statue of her late Majesty the Queen . This is the last statue for wHch her Majesty gave sittings . The Queen's Jubilee presents , by direction of the King , » ill also shortly beon view at the palace . Several gentlemen have recently m ide presents of birds and animals to the palace authorities , ani the trustees would be glad to receive further additions to the aviaries and cages .
BRO . THE LORD MAYOR will receive the Elcho Shie'd , won by the English Eight at Bislcy , at the Guildhall on the afternoon of Saturday , October iqth , and on the same occasion will accept custody of the National Challenge Trophy won by the English Twtnty , and Ihe China Challenge cup won by the London Rifle Brigade . In the evening his lordship will give a dinner at the Mansion House in celebration of these successes , ar . d Bro . Earl Roberts has accepted an invitation to it .
BRO . LORD ROBERTS'S GRANT PASSED BY THE LORDS . —The House of Lords last week , on the motion of Lord Salisbury , passed the vote for £ 100 , 000 grant to Bro . Lord Roberts . Lord Spencer , in seconding the motion , observed that those who sat on the Opposition side concurred with noble lords opposite in feeling sincere gratitude to and admiration for Lord Roberts for the great services which he had rendered to this country . The motion was agreed to , ncmine contradicente .
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY will preach the sermon at the special service to be held in Winchester Cathedral at the Commemoration of Alfred the Great . The representatives of the Royal Societies , the delegates from the Universities of Great Britain , the Colonies , and America will be present , * and Bros , the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs cf the City of London will attend the celebration in state , supported by the other leading Mayors of England . The principal days of the celebration will be the lSlh , iQlh , and 20 th prox .
_ THE DEATH occurred early on the 4 th instant of Bro . Thomas Hall , at his residence , Uttoxeter New-road , Derby . The deceased brother , who was 74 jears of age , was a native of Stoke . He held several appointments as schoolmaster , but owing to his strong taste for journa'istic work he became in 1 S 53 sub-editor of the Staff mlshire Advertiser , coming to Derby in lSGrj to fill the position of editor of the Derb
y Reporter . This office he relinquished in 1 S 77 to become secretary of a Railway Servants ' Oiphanage , which appointment he held up to his death . He was a very prominent Freemason , being an old Past Master of the Tyrian Lodge , No . 253 , and a P . P . J . G . W . of Derbyshire . He was also for several years secretary of the Derby Cnamber of Commerce .
NATIONAL MEMORIAL TO QUEEN VICTORIA .-Donation from New York . —ACheque for £ 5000 . —Bro . the Lord Mayor ha-, received the following communication from Messrs . J . S . Morgan and Co .: " 22 , Old Broad-street , July 31 . My Lord , —The delegates from the New Yoik Chamber cf Commerce who recently visited Englatd upon the invitation of the London Chamber of Commerce , desiring to manifest their g rateful appreciation of the very cordial welcome they received from their Majesties the King and Queen , and of the generous hospitality with which thev were
greeted during their stay at the hands of the English people , and particularly of your lordship , ask permission to make a contribution to the Queen Victoria M ; m iriil Fu id , of which your lordship has charge . They make this request with the greatest pleasure in view of the universal esteem and reverence with which her Gracious Majesty O _ een Vict < ria was regarded by the people of the United States . They have accordinelv
placed in cur hands the sum of £ 5000 , for which we enclose a cheque to your lordship ' s order , with the rciiuest that h may be added to the Fund . —Yours very truly , J . S , MORGAN and Co . The Right Hon . the Lord Mayor . "—Of this handsome donation the Lord Major has returned a cordial and sympathetic acknowledgment . 0 ; her domtion . included * . The Navy Lodge of Freemasons , £ 10 10 ; ., and the Glovers' Coin nny , JCIO 10 s .
ANGLO-INDIANS AND OTHERS seeking genuine Indian-manufactured condiments , currie stuffs , chutnees , preserves , poppidums , Bombay ducks , Nepaul pepper , & c , send to the original firm . C . Stembridge and Co ., iS , Green-street , Leicester-square , London ; and Calcutta . Established 1 S 21 . Write for price fist . ( Removed from 33 , Leicester-square ) .
Masonic And General Tidings.
THE GAELIC SOCIETY OF LONDON has arranged to hold its annual concert in the large Queen ' s Hall on Thursday , November 14 th . THROUGH THE DEATH OF BRO . SAMUEL POPE , K . C , Bro . R . D . M . Littler , K . C , C . B ., becomes the leader of the Parliamentary Bar . BRO . ALDERMAN SIR ALFRED NEWTON , Bart ., has removed from Sydenham Hill , and entered upon the occupation of 17 , Cumberland-terrace , Regent ' s Park .
FROM THE Daily Telegraph , under Army and Navy , we learn that Bro . Emra Holmes , District Collector H . M . Customs , Harwich , has been promoted to Staff Pay . master , R . N . R . A PARTY of four tourists from Geneva , without any guides , recently attempted to cross from Arolla to Zermatt by high-level passes . They narrowly escaped a disaster , and had ultimately to be rescued by guides from Zermatt .
THE MANY _ friends of Bro . Magnus Ohren , A . M . I . C . E ., will learn with regret of the death of his wife . The sad event occurred at their residence , Burleigh , , |( Garlies-road , Forest-hill , on the ist instant . Deceased wis in her 75 th year . BRO . WILLIAM F . ARLE COOK , of Portsmouth , the oldest person in Rhode Island , and one of the oldest Freemasons in the country , died at his home on the 14 th ult ., aged 104 years . Bro . Cook was born in Portsmouth on January 2 fith , 1797 .
HIS MAJESTY THE KING held a Council on Thursday at Marlborongh House at 12 o ' clock . There were present * . Bro . the Duke of Devonshire ( Lord President ) , Bro . the Earl of Clarendon , Bro . the Earl of Kintore , and the Earl Waldegrave . Mr . Almeric FitzRoy was in attendance as Clerk of the Council .
TO THE PUMP . —A amusing slip was made at the Staffordshire Police Court this week during the hearing of a claim by a farm servant against his late employer . The solicitor for the defendant , in the course of an eloquent passage , stated that on one occasion at the farm , when plantiff absented himself , there were 41 cows to be milked , and " it was a case of all hands to the pump . "
_ THE KING AND QUEEN , it will be remembered , presented to the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland a pair of wild boars from Windsor Park . On Saturday , the 3 rd instant , there was a remarkable addition to the collection at the Zoological Gardens in Phoenix Park by the birth of six wild boars , the progeny of the Windsor pair . Never before in the history of the Dublin Zoo have wild boars been born there , and the litter excites the keenest interest .
BAD HARVEST IN RUSSIA . —Very bad news continues to come in from the Baltic provinces and from Western Siberia concerning the state of the corn crops . The drought in those regions has withered the vegetation to such a degree that an almost entire failure of the harvest may be expected not only in the districts mentioned , but also in several of the Volga provinces ar . d other parts referred to in previous reports on the crop prospects in the Russian Empire . —Renter .
CLONFERT CATHEDRAL , FOUNDED IN 55 S . —The Rev . Dr . Wallace , Vicar cf St . Luke ' s , Stepney , President of Sion College , London , preached in Clonfert Cathedral recently . Dr . Wallace takes a great interest in this ancient Cathedral . He gave the rector , Bro . Canon Robert McLarney , a subscription of five guineas to the restoration fund . This is the sixth subscription which Dr . Wallace has given to the fund . £ 2000 will complete the work .
MISHAP TO H . M . S . NILE . —Whilst the battleship Nile was returning to the haibour at Devcnport on the Sth instant frcm Portsmouth she collided with the training biig Nautilus , which was making tast to a bouy . The Nautilus had her main boom broken , a galley smashed , and the boat derricks carried away . In clearing the brig the Nile got into close proximity to the rocks at Drake ' s Island , and also narrowly escaped colliding with a yacht that was at anchor close by .
ACCORDING TO THE latest arrangements the King , Queen Alexandria , and P'incess Victoria , accompanied by Prince Nicholas of Greece and Prince Fcanciso . Teck , will leave Charing Cross at 10 this evening ( Friday ) , and will sleep onboard the new yacht Victoria and Albert . It is expected that the Osborne , which will share the voyage , will , on the conclusion of the general ceremonies at the German Court , convey her Majesty and the Princess to Denmark . An order for a general mourning of three weeks' duration was gazetted yesterday ( Thursdiy ) .
AT A MEETING of the Committee of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge held on the 25 th April last , it was resolved that a suitable monument be erected to commemorate the great services of the late Bro . Spsth to Freemasonry . In order to carry out this purpose it is proposed to raise a fund which might at the same ti-ne provide sone mark of the kindly feelings we have for those he has left behind . If each individual member
of the Inner and Correspondence Circles will contribute to this fund , in the case of private members a sum not exceeding hilf-a-guinea , and in the case of lodges and other bodies who are subscribing members , su : h a sum or sums as may b ; thought fit , a very substantial amount might easily be raised . The first audit of the accounts will be held at the installation meeting on the Sth ot November next . It is therefore desirable thit as many subscriptions as possible should be in the hinds of the treasurers of the fund before that dite .
FEW PEOPLE , perhaps , reflect that this year is the jubilee of the Crystal Palace . For 50 years the great institution on Sydenham-hill has contributed in no small degree to the instruction and amusement of th : millions of Londoners , provincials , and strangers from all the countries of the world , and this mark in its history is now commemorated , not only by the Naval and Military Exhibition now being held there , but by the issue of a medal , which is to be sold for the benefit of the Soldiers ' and Sailors' Families' Association . Artistically it is an excellent work , representing on
one side the Great Exhibition building , with portraits of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort , and on the other the Crystal Palace , as it now is , with lkenesses of King Edward and Queen Alexandra . In aid of the same excellent fund a great patriotic ( cte has been arranged for Saturday , the 21 st prox ., to which purchasers of the medal will have free admittance , as well as railway advantages . In this way it is hoped to benefit materially the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families' Association , which is greatly in need of funds . —Daily Telegraph .
THE NEW PALACE STEAMERS , LIMITED , announce that pending the repairs to the P . S Koh-i-Noor , they have made arrangements for the Royal Sovereign to continue runnin ? her usual trip to Margate and Rn . 3 ga . e _ daily , as hitherto , from OJd Swan Pier at 9 . 20 a . m ., but there will not be any sailing ' s on Fridays at present , and La Margueiite ' s Saturday sailing to Margate and bick , will be altered from the c .: "ting times to 9 . 45 a . m . from Tilbury , with the special train from Fenchurch-street at S . 3 S a . m ., this being one hour earlier than before , though it is exactly the same time
as last year , when so many people patronised this boat in order to have the long time ashore at Maigate ; La Marguerite will also sail as the Husband ' s Boat on Saturdays , leaving Tilbury at 4 15 p . m ., with a special tender at 1 . 51 p . m from Old Swan Pier , London Bridge , and trains from Fenchurch-street at 2 . 40 p . m . and 2 54 p . m . ; her sailings to Boulogne , Ootend , and Calais , will continue as before , and the Sou ' . h Eastern special train on Sunday at 9 . 30 a . m . from Victoria andother stitions t > Gravesend will put the passengers on board La Marguerite for their trip to M irgate and back .
BRO . HORATIO SAQUl'S CANDIDATURE FOR THE COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL . —A vacancy has occurred in the Ward of Biihopsgate , at the Court of Common Council , owing to the retirement of Mr . Deputy Did . well . Although no polling day has been fixed , Bro . Horatio Saqui , of the firm of Messrs . Siqui and Lawrence , the well-known jewellers of Liverpool-street and w ' 10 hive several places of business in the City and elsewhere , is ahead * in the field aii his issued his election address . Bro . Saqui is no stranger in the Ward for he has on two previous occisions
contested elections of a similar chiracter , on one occasion being defeited by only four votes . He is a large ratepayer of 20 years' standing , is an overseer of the Parish of St . Botolph and has attended to his duties in that caoicity in an ideil minner and done capital work . The repeal of the lamp tax in the City was due to the efforts of Bro . Saqui and to him alone . Not only did he draft the petition and obtain the signatures , but paid all expenses connected with sime out of his o . vn pocket . In addition , he
attended at the head of two important deputations before the Court of Common Council ( and generally acknowledged as he is to be one of the most lljent speakers in the City ) , successfully persuaded the Court to repeil the tax . Bro . Siqii is a thoroug h business man , energetic , a man who has both the m oaey an J the leis ire time at his disposal , and judging by the past services he ha- , rendered to the Ward , we think the electors will do well to consider the claim of Bro . Siqui , and return him at the head ol the poll .
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
IT IS with pleasure that we acknowledge the kindly courtesy of the proprietors and editor oi Building News in lending us the block to reproduce the handsome portrait of the new chapter room of Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland at Edinburgh , which appears in this issue , and which had already appeared in our " operative " contemporary .
THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will hold their regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , the 14 th inst ., at 4 p . m . FROM A STATEMENT made at the High Court of Foresters , opened recently at Gloucester ; under the presidency of High Chief Ranger Workman , it appears that at the end of the year igoo the Order had a membership of 921 , 386 , with funds amounting * / , 6 , 83 S , SII .
THE PROV . G . MASTER OF CORNWALL , Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , has notified to the Hon . Prov . G . Secretary , Bro . B . F . Edyvean , his intention to hold the Prov . Grand Lodge under the banner of One and All Lodge , No . 330 , Bodmin , in the second or third week of September . SEA AIR DURING THE HOLIDAYS . —The New Palace Steamers announce that during the holidays they carried no fewer than iS , 4 i 6 passengers lo and from Southend , Margate , Ramsgate , and Brulogne , this being a considerable increase on the number carried on the corresponding days of last season .
THE "GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE " reveals some curious secrets of aristocratic finance . Bro . Lord Roberts had to pay about £ 650 for his earldom—a charge which reminds one of Bismarck ' s anger at being requested to fur nish-Sooo francs for the irs ' gnia of the Order of the Golden Fleece . FROM THE SAME SOURCE we learn that the Koh-i-noor was the private property of Queen Victoria , not a part of the regalia . The jewel , which , according to the superstitious , carries with it the Sovereignty of Hindustan , is so carefully guarded that no one except the official especially entrusted with it knows its whereabouts .
PRINCE OF WALES'S HOSPITAL FUND FOR LONDON . —The honorary secretaries of the Prince of Wales ' s Hospital Fund for London have received at the Bank of England a cheque for 4 , 15 17 s . 6 d . from Messrs . Christie , Manson , and Woods , being the amount received by them for catalogues at the recent sale of the Royal sherries .
THE TRANSVAAL WAR FUND . —On Saturday last , Bro . the Lord Mayor received faun Bro . Lord Lei g h , the Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire , an additional denation from the city of Birmingham for the Transvaal War Fund of the sum of £ 1095 9 s . 8 d ., making a total remittance from the county of Warwick of £ 12 , 502 ns . 3 d . ELECTRIC LIGHT IN A CITY CHURCH .-A special service was held in St . Lawrence Jewry , Gresham-street , to inaugurate the installation of the electric light in that church . Bro . the Rev . J . Stephen Barrass , the rector , based his remarks on the words , "The Church beautiful and the Church useful . " That occasion , he said , marked another step in the decoration of their church .
PROFESSOR SNELLISON has , says " The American Journal of Health , " made out the following statistics with respect to the mortality of the world . Of 1 , 000 , 000 persons , only gco die from old age , 12 , 000 from gout , iS , 4 oo from measles , 2700 from apoplexy , 7000 from erysipelas , 7500 from consumption , 4 S , ooo from scarlet fever , 25 , 000 from whooping-cough , 30 , 000 from typhoid and typhus fever , and 7000 from rheumatism .
MR . JAMES HAWKE DENNIS , of Great Hurst Park , Surrey , who has provided the necessary funds for completing the Victoria Tower of Truro Cathedral , has presented a new organ and a peal of bells to St . Buryan Church , near Penzance . The large bell has the following inscription : " Edward VII . This bell was given by James Hawke Dennis , a benefactor of S .. Buryan Church , to commemorate the accession of King Edward VII , A . D . IQOI . "
ALEXANDRA PALACE . —Mr . Onslow Ford , R . A ., has just presented to the tiustees his admirable statue of her late Majesty the Queen . This is the last statue for wHch her Majesty gave sittings . The Queen's Jubilee presents , by direction of the King , » ill also shortly beon view at the palace . Several gentlemen have recently m ide presents of birds and animals to the palace authorities , ani the trustees would be glad to receive further additions to the aviaries and cages .
BRO . THE LORD MAYOR will receive the Elcho Shie'd , won by the English Eight at Bislcy , at the Guildhall on the afternoon of Saturday , October iqth , and on the same occasion will accept custody of the National Challenge Trophy won by the English Twtnty , and Ihe China Challenge cup won by the London Rifle Brigade . In the evening his lordship will give a dinner at the Mansion House in celebration of these successes , ar . d Bro . Earl Roberts has accepted an invitation to it .
BRO . LORD ROBERTS'S GRANT PASSED BY THE LORDS . —The House of Lords last week , on the motion of Lord Salisbury , passed the vote for £ 100 , 000 grant to Bro . Lord Roberts . Lord Spencer , in seconding the motion , observed that those who sat on the Opposition side concurred with noble lords opposite in feeling sincere gratitude to and admiration for Lord Roberts for the great services which he had rendered to this country . The motion was agreed to , ncmine contradicente .
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY will preach the sermon at the special service to be held in Winchester Cathedral at the Commemoration of Alfred the Great . The representatives of the Royal Societies , the delegates from the Universities of Great Britain , the Colonies , and America will be present , * and Bros , the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs cf the City of London will attend the celebration in state , supported by the other leading Mayors of England . The principal days of the celebration will be the lSlh , iQlh , and 20 th prox .
_ THE DEATH occurred early on the 4 th instant of Bro . Thomas Hall , at his residence , Uttoxeter New-road , Derby . The deceased brother , who was 74 jears of age , was a native of Stoke . He held several appointments as schoolmaster , but owing to his strong taste for journa'istic work he became in 1 S 53 sub-editor of the Staff mlshire Advertiser , coming to Derby in lSGrj to fill the position of editor of the Derb
y Reporter . This office he relinquished in 1 S 77 to become secretary of a Railway Servants ' Oiphanage , which appointment he held up to his death . He was a very prominent Freemason , being an old Past Master of the Tyrian Lodge , No . 253 , and a P . P . J . G . W . of Derbyshire . He was also for several years secretary of the Derby Cnamber of Commerce .
NATIONAL MEMORIAL TO QUEEN VICTORIA .-Donation from New York . —ACheque for £ 5000 . —Bro . the Lord Mayor ha-, received the following communication from Messrs . J . S . Morgan and Co .: " 22 , Old Broad-street , July 31 . My Lord , —The delegates from the New Yoik Chamber cf Commerce who recently visited Englatd upon the invitation of the London Chamber of Commerce , desiring to manifest their g rateful appreciation of the very cordial welcome they received from their Majesties the King and Queen , and of the generous hospitality with which thev were
greeted during their stay at the hands of the English people , and particularly of your lordship , ask permission to make a contribution to the Queen Victoria M ; m iriil Fu id , of which your lordship has charge . They make this request with the greatest pleasure in view of the universal esteem and reverence with which her Gracious Majesty O _ een Vict < ria was regarded by the people of the United States . They have accordinelv
placed in cur hands the sum of £ 5000 , for which we enclose a cheque to your lordship ' s order , with the rciiuest that h may be added to the Fund . —Yours very truly , J . S , MORGAN and Co . The Right Hon . the Lord Mayor . "—Of this handsome donation the Lord Major has returned a cordial and sympathetic acknowledgment . 0 ; her domtion . included * . The Navy Lodge of Freemasons , £ 10 10 ; ., and the Glovers' Coin nny , JCIO 10 s .
ANGLO-INDIANS AND OTHERS seeking genuine Indian-manufactured condiments , currie stuffs , chutnees , preserves , poppidums , Bombay ducks , Nepaul pepper , & c , send to the original firm . C . Stembridge and Co ., iS , Green-street , Leicester-square , London ; and Calcutta . Established 1 S 21 . Write for price fist . ( Removed from 33 , Leicester-square ) .
Masonic And General Tidings.
THE GAELIC SOCIETY OF LONDON has arranged to hold its annual concert in the large Queen ' s Hall on Thursday , November 14 th . THROUGH THE DEATH OF BRO . SAMUEL POPE , K . C , Bro . R . D . M . Littler , K . C , C . B ., becomes the leader of the Parliamentary Bar . BRO . ALDERMAN SIR ALFRED NEWTON , Bart ., has removed from Sydenham Hill , and entered upon the occupation of 17 , Cumberland-terrace , Regent ' s Park .
FROM THE Daily Telegraph , under Army and Navy , we learn that Bro . Emra Holmes , District Collector H . M . Customs , Harwich , has been promoted to Staff Pay . master , R . N . R . A PARTY of four tourists from Geneva , without any guides , recently attempted to cross from Arolla to Zermatt by high-level passes . They narrowly escaped a disaster , and had ultimately to be rescued by guides from Zermatt .
THE MANY _ friends of Bro . Magnus Ohren , A . M . I . C . E ., will learn with regret of the death of his wife . The sad event occurred at their residence , Burleigh , , |( Garlies-road , Forest-hill , on the ist instant . Deceased wis in her 75 th year . BRO . WILLIAM F . ARLE COOK , of Portsmouth , the oldest person in Rhode Island , and one of the oldest Freemasons in the country , died at his home on the 14 th ult ., aged 104 years . Bro . Cook was born in Portsmouth on January 2 fith , 1797 .
HIS MAJESTY THE KING held a Council on Thursday at Marlborongh House at 12 o ' clock . There were present * . Bro . the Duke of Devonshire ( Lord President ) , Bro . the Earl of Clarendon , Bro . the Earl of Kintore , and the Earl Waldegrave . Mr . Almeric FitzRoy was in attendance as Clerk of the Council .
TO THE PUMP . —A amusing slip was made at the Staffordshire Police Court this week during the hearing of a claim by a farm servant against his late employer . The solicitor for the defendant , in the course of an eloquent passage , stated that on one occasion at the farm , when plantiff absented himself , there were 41 cows to be milked , and " it was a case of all hands to the pump . "
_ THE KING AND QUEEN , it will be remembered , presented to the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland a pair of wild boars from Windsor Park . On Saturday , the 3 rd instant , there was a remarkable addition to the collection at the Zoological Gardens in Phoenix Park by the birth of six wild boars , the progeny of the Windsor pair . Never before in the history of the Dublin Zoo have wild boars been born there , and the litter excites the keenest interest .
BAD HARVEST IN RUSSIA . —Very bad news continues to come in from the Baltic provinces and from Western Siberia concerning the state of the corn crops . The drought in those regions has withered the vegetation to such a degree that an almost entire failure of the harvest may be expected not only in the districts mentioned , but also in several of the Volga provinces ar . d other parts referred to in previous reports on the crop prospects in the Russian Empire . —Renter .
CLONFERT CATHEDRAL , FOUNDED IN 55 S . —The Rev . Dr . Wallace , Vicar cf St . Luke ' s , Stepney , President of Sion College , London , preached in Clonfert Cathedral recently . Dr . Wallace takes a great interest in this ancient Cathedral . He gave the rector , Bro . Canon Robert McLarney , a subscription of five guineas to the restoration fund . This is the sixth subscription which Dr . Wallace has given to the fund . £ 2000 will complete the work .
MISHAP TO H . M . S . NILE . —Whilst the battleship Nile was returning to the haibour at Devcnport on the Sth instant frcm Portsmouth she collided with the training biig Nautilus , which was making tast to a bouy . The Nautilus had her main boom broken , a galley smashed , and the boat derricks carried away . In clearing the brig the Nile got into close proximity to the rocks at Drake ' s Island , and also narrowly escaped colliding with a yacht that was at anchor close by .
ACCORDING TO THE latest arrangements the King , Queen Alexandria , and P'incess Victoria , accompanied by Prince Nicholas of Greece and Prince Fcanciso . Teck , will leave Charing Cross at 10 this evening ( Friday ) , and will sleep onboard the new yacht Victoria and Albert . It is expected that the Osborne , which will share the voyage , will , on the conclusion of the general ceremonies at the German Court , convey her Majesty and the Princess to Denmark . An order for a general mourning of three weeks' duration was gazetted yesterday ( Thursdiy ) .
AT A MEETING of the Committee of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge held on the 25 th April last , it was resolved that a suitable monument be erected to commemorate the great services of the late Bro . Spsth to Freemasonry . In order to carry out this purpose it is proposed to raise a fund which might at the same ti-ne provide sone mark of the kindly feelings we have for those he has left behind . If each individual member
of the Inner and Correspondence Circles will contribute to this fund , in the case of private members a sum not exceeding hilf-a-guinea , and in the case of lodges and other bodies who are subscribing members , su : h a sum or sums as may b ; thought fit , a very substantial amount might easily be raised . The first audit of the accounts will be held at the installation meeting on the Sth ot November next . It is therefore desirable thit as many subscriptions as possible should be in the hinds of the treasurers of the fund before that dite .
FEW PEOPLE , perhaps , reflect that this year is the jubilee of the Crystal Palace . For 50 years the great institution on Sydenham-hill has contributed in no small degree to the instruction and amusement of th : millions of Londoners , provincials , and strangers from all the countries of the world , and this mark in its history is now commemorated , not only by the Naval and Military Exhibition now being held there , but by the issue of a medal , which is to be sold for the benefit of the Soldiers ' and Sailors' Families' Association . Artistically it is an excellent work , representing on
one side the Great Exhibition building , with portraits of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort , and on the other the Crystal Palace , as it now is , with lkenesses of King Edward and Queen Alexandra . In aid of the same excellent fund a great patriotic ( cte has been arranged for Saturday , the 21 st prox ., to which purchasers of the medal will have free admittance , as well as railway advantages . In this way it is hoped to benefit materially the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families' Association , which is greatly in need of funds . —Daily Telegraph .
THE NEW PALACE STEAMERS , LIMITED , announce that pending the repairs to the P . S Koh-i-Noor , they have made arrangements for the Royal Sovereign to continue runnin ? her usual trip to Margate and Rn . 3 ga . e _ daily , as hitherto , from OJd Swan Pier at 9 . 20 a . m ., but there will not be any sailing ' s on Fridays at present , and La Margueiite ' s Saturday sailing to Margate and bick , will be altered from the c .: "ting times to 9 . 45 a . m . from Tilbury , with the special train from Fenchurch-street at S . 3 S a . m ., this being one hour earlier than before , though it is exactly the same time
as last year , when so many people patronised this boat in order to have the long time ashore at Maigate ; La Marguerite will also sail as the Husband ' s Boat on Saturdays , leaving Tilbury at 4 15 p . m ., with a special tender at 1 . 51 p . m from Old Swan Pier , London Bridge , and trains from Fenchurch-street at 2 . 40 p . m . and 2 54 p . m . ; her sailings to Boulogne , Ootend , and Calais , will continue as before , and the Sou ' . h Eastern special train on Sunday at 9 . 30 a . m . from Victoria andother stitions t > Gravesend will put the passengers on board La Marguerite for their trip to M irgate and back .
BRO . HORATIO SAQUl'S CANDIDATURE FOR THE COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL . —A vacancy has occurred in the Ward of Biihopsgate , at the Court of Common Council , owing to the retirement of Mr . Deputy Did . well . Although no polling day has been fixed , Bro . Horatio Saqui , of the firm of Messrs . Siqui and Lawrence , the well-known jewellers of Liverpool-street and w ' 10 hive several places of business in the City and elsewhere , is ahead * in the field aii his issued his election address . Bro . Saqui is no stranger in the Ward for he has on two previous occisions
contested elections of a similar chiracter , on one occasion being defeited by only four votes . He is a large ratepayer of 20 years' standing , is an overseer of the Parish of St . Botolph and has attended to his duties in that caoicity in an ideil minner and done capital work . The repeal of the lamp tax in the City was due to the efforts of Bro . Saqui and to him alone . Not only did he draft the petition and obtain the signatures , but paid all expenses connected with sime out of his o . vn pocket . In addition , he
attended at the head of two important deputations before the Court of Common Council ( and generally acknowledged as he is to be one of the most lljent speakers in the City ) , successfully persuaded the Court to repeil the tax . Bro . Siqii is a thoroug h business man , energetic , a man who has both the m oaey an J the leis ire time at his disposal , and judging by the past services he ha- , rendered to the Ward , we think the electors will do well to consider the claim of Bro . Siqui , and return him at the head ol the poll .