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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
The annual installation meeting of the Duke of Edinburgh Lodge , 11 S 2 , was held at the Alasonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , on Thursday last , the 10 th inst ., when Bro . T . O . Dutton was placed in the chair of honours . A report of the proceedings will appear in due
course . Bro . Alderman Potts , J . P ., P . M . of the Phcenix Lodge , 94 , Sunderland , was , on the 2 nd inst ., the recipient of a presentation , taking the form of a portrait of himself , presented by the members of the lodge . The VV . Brother , in thanking the brethren , expressed a wish that the picture might be allowed to hang in the lodge-room . Bro . John of the
Riseborough , the respected Treasurer lodge , was also , on the 12 th ult ., presented with a handsome timepiece and a pair of " gold spectacles , in acknowledgment of his eighteen years' service in that office . The usual V . ednesday evening meetings of the United Strength Lodge of Instruction , 22 S , held at Bro . VVardroper's , the Prince Alfred , Crowndale-road , Camden
Town , are adjourned till the first Wednesday in September . Bro . D . Macliver , -50 , sails in the Servia , for New York ( to-day ) Saturday . He is specially accompanied by the Baldwin Encampment , which claims to be the parent of Knight Templary in America , to represent them at the great ceremonial to be held at Philadelphia in October .
The Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland ( the Right Hon . the Earl of Bective , M . P ., Grand Alaster ) , will be held on the 16 th inst ., at the Freemasons' Hall , College-street , Whitehaven . The lodge will be held under the banner of the Fletcher Lodge . Bro . Justice Cave , P . G . J . W ., has delivered an
important judgment in the Queen s Bench Division in the High Court of Justice respecting the case of Harry Wall , who continually summons innocent persons for singing songs in public without his leave , he having purchased the copyright . Bro . justice Cave has upheld Mr . Wall in his legal right of suing . We trust that the measure introduced into Parliament will pass this session abolishing this law .
Bro . the Duke of Marlborough has now realised the sum of £ 36 , 543 by the sale of the Sunderland Library from Blenheim Palace . There are still two more divisions to be sold , which will probably occupy ten days each , and will not take place until November . Bro . the Hon . and Rev . T . E . C . Byng , P . G . Chap . celebrated the marriage , on the 3 rd inst ., at St .
, Peter ' s Church , Cranley-gardens , of Mr . Greyson Ellis , barrister-at-law , with Aliss Mildred Agnes Schofield , of Cranley-gardens . Bro . Lord Robarts has recently given a donation of £ 500 to the Bishop of London ' s Fund .
Bro . the Marquis and the Marchioness of Bath have left Berkeley-square for the season for their charmingly situated residence , Longleat , Wiltshire , recently visited by the Grand Master . The Rig ht Worshipful Grand Master of Rutlandshire has left Brown ' s Hotel for Stanaton Royal .
The Duke of Northumberland , K . G ., father of Bro . the Earl Percy , M . P ., received the new Bishop of Newcastle on Thursday at St . Nicholas ' s Pro-Cathedral Church , on behalf of the laity of the diocese , he being the Lord Lieutenant of the county . Bro . the Earl of Crawford ' , nd Balcarres took part in the debate in the House of Lords last week on the
Electric Lighting Bill . Our noble brother is , like his late lather , a man of sense and deep learning . Bro . G . J . Palmer has been elected a delegate of the London Diocesan Conference for the parish of St . Philip , Clerkenwell . The Archbishop of Canterbury entertained the stewards of the recent festival held at the Merchant
Taylor ' s Hall of the Sons of the Clergy Corporation . The stewards who were his grace ' s guests included Bros . John Derby Allcroft , one of the Treasurers , and Treasurer of Christ ' s Hospital and the Aldersgate Lodge ; the Lord Mayor ; Horace B . Marshall , C . C ; and Sir Reginald Hanson . The banquet was held in the state room of Lambeth Palace .
Bro . Edward Clarke , Q . C , Bro . the Lord Mayor , and Bro . Alderman Fowler have been appointed on the Committee of the Drake Alemorial . Bro . the Rt . Hon . Shaw Lefevre , Chief Commissioner of Works , has stated , in reply to Mr . T . P . O'Connor , that " no evil had resulted from the public bands in the parks on Sunday , but on the contrary , they
give eminent enjoyment to many thousands of people . " Bro . W . S . Gilbert and Bro . Lord Wolverton were proposed as members of the London Yacht Club , the former by Rear-Admiral H . R . H . the Duke of Edinburgh , and seconded by Bro . the Marquis of Londonderry , who also seconded Bro . the Earl of Suffield ' s nomination of Mr . E . Guiness . Bro . Sir Michael Shaw Stewart seconded
Mr . E . Collins as a member , but he and the two brethren mentioned were not elected , by the members of the club . Bro . Co \ . Stanley , M . P ., has been informed by 'lie Secretary of State for War , that the Government have io intention at present to embody the Militia . Bro . the Ri g ht Hon . Lord Brabourne , a director ° f the Vitruvian Continental Railway Company has sent a {^ solution , nassed bv the director , to the President of the
Board of Trade , condemnatory of the Board ' s having sto Pped the Channel Tunnel Works . , Bro . the Earl and the Countess of Wharncliffe " ? Y returned to Wortley Hall , Sheffield , after a recent v'sit to Rowntoun Abbey . Bro . Rev . G . R . Portal , P . G . Chap ., Canon of th " n 1-ester > Rector of Burghclere , and Chaplain to Bro . ine Pro Grand Master , has written a letter to the Guardian " our of Home Missions of the Church of England .
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . the Rev . William Barker , M . A ., vicar of St . Mary , VVest Cowes , and Chaplain in Ordinary to Her Majesty , has been designated by the Prime Minister , with the sanction of the Queen , to the rectory of Marylebone , in succession to the Rev . Charles James Phipps Eyre ,
M . A ., who is resigning . His Royal Highness the Duke of Albany , K . G ., has graciously consented to preside at the anniversary dinner in aid of the funds of the National Orphan Home , at Willis's Rooms , on Tuesday , 7 th November .
On Wednesday morning last the 4 th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards , under Bro . Col . Shaw-Helher , consisting of 31 officers and 574 non-commissioned officers and men and C 2 officers' horses , 464 troopers' horses , two water carts , iand eight ether carts , left Aldershot for the East . The regiment was conveyed from Farnborough Station , South-western Railway , to Southampton by five special trains .
I he fiftieth annual meeting of the British Medical Association commenced on Tuesday last at VVorcester , where it was originally founded as a provincial association . The new President , Bro . Dr . Strange , of VVorcester , in delivering the inaugural address , entered into the past and the present position of the medical profession generally .
At the National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Paralysis , Soho-square , the number of patients under treatment for the week ending Aug . 10 th , was 977 . Bro . thc Earl of Donoughmore , K . C . M . G ., is one of the directors of the Severn Oyster and Salmon Fish Company Limited now being floated .
Ihe V . W . Immediate Past Grand Master of Scotland and Lady Pctavia Shaw Stewart , are staying at Ardgowan near Greenock . Bro . the Earl and Countess of Onslow are residing at Cannes for a short time .
Bros , the Duke of Manchester , the Duke of Athole , and the Marquis of Hamilton , with their ladies and Lady Donoughmore , wife of Bro . Earl Donoughmore were amongst thosejthat wished " God speed " to the Guards who sailed in the Orient with Bro . the Duke of Connaught .
Bro . the Lord Mayor has given many banquets during his year of office , but none more highly appreciated than the dinner recently given , for the first time , to the Incorporated Law Society . The guests included Bros . Sir John B . Alonckton , President Board of General Purposes ; J . Al . Clabon , C . VV . Thompson , R . T . Wragg , P . de Lande Long , P . G . D . ; and Beaumont Alorice . Bro . tho Earl of Donoughmore is trustee of the European , American , Canadian , and Asiatic Cable
Company . The Marquis of Winchester , Mr . C . J . Monk , M . P ., Lord Penryhn , and Lord Colchester were amongst those at Divine service in the private chapel of St . James ' s Palace on Sunday . Bros . Winn , Beckett , Hodges , and Birch were the gentlemen of the choir . Purcell ' s anthem , ' * O give thanks , " was sung . Bro . Jeykyll , P . G . O .,
presided at the organ . H . R . H . the Duke of Albany has become a patron of the Army and Navy Pensioners' Employment Society . R . W . Bro . the Marquisof Londonderry , Piov . Grand Alaster , Durham , Vice-Commodore of the Royal Yacht Club , has been in the Roads , at Cowes , on board
his new yacht , Cornelia , where a numerous company was assembled for the regatta during the week , including the Prince of Wales , R . W . G . M ., and the Princess and Princesses of Wales , who arrived in time to welcome the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales , after their two years' voyage on board the Bacchante . In the unavoidable absence of Commodore , the
Prince of Wales , AI . W . G . AI ., Bro . the Alarquis of Londonderry , Vice-Commodore , presided , in London , at the annual meeting of the Thames Yacht Club . Bro . Alderman Hadley was amongst the Directors who attended the usual meeting of the South Eastern Railway Company . Bro . Beaumont Morice , L . L . B . 1 S 27 , appeared
before the Royal Commission in the Pollution of the Thames , on behalf of the Committee dealing with the Lower Thames sewage . Bro . Alderman Knight , who will be the next Lord Mayor , presided at the distribution of prizes at Lady Hollis ' s Middle Class School for Girls , at Hackney , and , in the name of the girls , presented testimonials to the head
and cwo next mistresses . Bro . the Marquis of Tweeddale was knocked down by a cab opposite the Alansion House the other day . Bro . the Duke of Manchester , who was walking with him , whilst attempting to rescue the Marquis , was almost run over by a van . The Alarquis was pulled up by an American gentleman , and the noble Duke only escaped by his own activity .
Bro . the Earl of Rosslyn and Bro . the Earl of Hardwicke have been staying at Brighton lately . Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury has opened the new wing of the seaside home of the Young Mens' Christian Association at Alargate . Bro . Lord Balfour of Burleigh has been appointed a Commissioner under the Scottish Educational Endowments Bill .
The Very Reverend the Dean of Lichfield is about to lead to the altar Aliss Mary Wylde-Browne , youngest daughter of the late Mr . Thomas Whitmore Wylde-Browne , of Bridgnorth . Bro . the Rev . Canon Baynes , G . Chap . Kent , united in marriage , at All Soul ' s , Langham-place , on the 29 th ult , the son of the late Mr . J . Buckstone to a daughter of the late Air . Charles Measor .
Bro . Edwin Freshfield ' s firm , Freshfield and Williams , has been appointed solicitors to the Land Corporation of Ireland . Bro . Lieut .-Col . Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , M . P ., will go under canvas with the the Derbyshire Rifle Volunteers , at Wynstay Park , Ruabon , for a week .
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . ex-Under-Sheriff Crawford , son-in-law of Bro . Alderman Sir Francis VV . Truscott , was the hon . secretary and treasurer of the fund for presenting a testimonial to the Rev . Lloyd Jones , on his relinquishing the chaplaincy of . Newgate gaol , which he has held for seventeen years . Under the Prisons Act of 1 S 7 S , Newgate passed from the Corporation into the hands of the Government , who have
dispensed with it as a gaol , and the governor and other officials have be _ n pensioned off or passed to other prisons . Bro . Sir R . Hanson presented the testimonial last Tuesday week to Air . Lloyd Jones . As a proof of the good the reverend gentleman has done as chaplain , some of those who were prisoners have given him a table in token of the gratitude and kind assistance given by him to them , enabling them to lead reformed lives . .
Bro . the Duke of Marlborough has arrived at Southampton in his yacht from Norway , with the Duke of Koxburgh . Both the dukes have gone to Blenheim Palace , Woodstock . at t Bro . Pearce Morrison , Chairman of the Committee , presided at the dinner of the City of London School Committee after the distribution of prizes by the Lord Mayor . Among Bro . Alorrison ' s guests were Bro . Sir
Charles Whetham , Bro . Deputy Crispe , Bro . Deputy Brass , Bro . Rev . J . Harris , Bro . Sir John Bennett , Bro . Altman , C . C ; Bro . Capt . Youle , and Bro . VV . H . Pannell . 1 he speeches were to the point , and a most enjoyable evening passed away under Bro . Alorrison's presidency . Bro . Alorrison ' s year of office will be specially marked bv the opening ofthe new school on the Thames Embankment in October , when Royalty will probably be present . Bro . Barrow Emanuel is the architect .
1 . . ? Hcr ""y Wright , amongst others sympathising with his cause , was one of the first callers upon the ex-king < _ . etywayo . Bro . Sir Henry Edwards asked the Secretary of State for War if he was satisfied as to the results of calling out the Army Reserve . Air . Childers expressed himself on being well satisfied with the results .
Bro . the Very Rev . the Dean of York , P . G . Chaplain , will read a paper on the Church Congress at Derby in October , on "The Church in Relation to Domestic and Social Life . " Our Very Rev . Brother will take "the Upper Classes . " Canon Erskine Clarke
will take in hand under the same heading " the Dwellings of the Poor , " and the Rev . the Earl of Alulgrave " The Recreations of the People . " Bro . the Hon . Wilbraham Egerton , M . P ., will read a paper at the Derby Church " Congress on "The Central Council of Diocesan Conferences . "
The Lod ge of Utah has refused to admit Mormons into Alasonry . Bro . \ V . T . Marriott , Q . C , M . P ., has joined the directorate of the Albert Exhibition Palace Company , Limited , which is formed to buy up the Dublin Exhibition and remove it to Battersea Park for entertainments and exhibitions .
Bro . Lord Bective , M . P ., P . G . M . Cumberland , will be amongst those taking part in September , at Preston , on the occasion of the visit of Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Albany , to witness the procession of the Guilds . Their Royal Highnesses will stay with Bro . Lord Lathom at Ormskirk . 'the Duke of Albany will lay , with full Masonic honours , the foundation-stone of the new library , for which i , , 000 has been left by the late Air . E . Harris .
Bro . the Earl and Countess of Breadalbane have l ? , , . ' C 0 U ^ . House , Cavendish-square , for Auchmore , Perthshire , their Scotch seat . Colonel Yolland , R . E ., has just completed his turd inspection of the Channel Tunnel workson behalf of
, the Board of Trade . He has found that since the second inspection , a fortnight ago , the heading has bcen advanced seventy yards . This brings up the total length of heading below low water mark to Soo yards . The direction is seawards . —Globe .
In connection with the agitation amongst the Irish police , an official letter was received on Thursday morning by the county inspector at Limerick , directing him to parade the men and inform them that their requests would be granted , and that Government would at once
appoint a Special Commission to enquire into their grievances . The grant of £ 180 , 000 is to be forthwith distributed . I he men are entirely satisfied , and at a subsequent meeting votes of thanks were passed to Mr . Henry for his kindly feeling to the force .
On Thursday morning at the Mansion House the Lord Alayor , at the request of the local committee of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution , publicly presented to the crew of the Freemasons' lifeboat , Albert Edward , stationed at Clacton-on-Sea , the gold and silver medals , each with a certificate , forwarded by the French Government , through the Board of Trade , in recognition of their gallantry in saving the whole crewsixteen in numberof
, , the French steam fishing vessel Madeline , of Boulogne , which was wrecked on the Gunfleet-sand , near Clacton , in October last . Air . Harman , of Clacton , narrated the circumstances of the rescue , and stated that , since the lifeboat had been stationed there , four years ago , it had saved seventy-six lives . The Lord Alayor addressed to the crew some appropriate remarks , and handed them the French medals and certificates .
I he Prince of Wales will open the new concert pavilion on Southsea Pier on Alonday afternoon next . The opening will take the form of a vocal and instrumental concert , which has been organised by the Alayor on behalf of the Royal College of Alusic . Extensive alterations are in progress at Drumlanrig Castle , the Nithsdale residence * > f the Duke of Buccleuch , in anticipation of the visit of Her Majesty the Queen . No date has yet been definitely fixed for the event , however .
H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught arrived at Alexandra on Thursday last . Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Prov . G . M . for Cornwall , was present at the annual distribuiion of prizes on board the Mount Edgcumbe training ship , at Plymouth , on Wednesday last , held under the presidency of Admiral Sir Houston Stewart .
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
The annual installation meeting of the Duke of Edinburgh Lodge , 11 S 2 , was held at the Alasonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , on Thursday last , the 10 th inst ., when Bro . T . O . Dutton was placed in the chair of honours . A report of the proceedings will appear in due
course . Bro . Alderman Potts , J . P ., P . M . of the Phcenix Lodge , 94 , Sunderland , was , on the 2 nd inst ., the recipient of a presentation , taking the form of a portrait of himself , presented by the members of the lodge . The VV . Brother , in thanking the brethren , expressed a wish that the picture might be allowed to hang in the lodge-room . Bro . John of the
Riseborough , the respected Treasurer lodge , was also , on the 12 th ult ., presented with a handsome timepiece and a pair of " gold spectacles , in acknowledgment of his eighteen years' service in that office . The usual V . ednesday evening meetings of the United Strength Lodge of Instruction , 22 S , held at Bro . VVardroper's , the Prince Alfred , Crowndale-road , Camden
Town , are adjourned till the first Wednesday in September . Bro . D . Macliver , -50 , sails in the Servia , for New York ( to-day ) Saturday . He is specially accompanied by the Baldwin Encampment , which claims to be the parent of Knight Templary in America , to represent them at the great ceremonial to be held at Philadelphia in October .
The Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland ( the Right Hon . the Earl of Bective , M . P ., Grand Alaster ) , will be held on the 16 th inst ., at the Freemasons' Hall , College-street , Whitehaven . The lodge will be held under the banner of the Fletcher Lodge . Bro . Justice Cave , P . G . J . W ., has delivered an
important judgment in the Queen s Bench Division in the High Court of Justice respecting the case of Harry Wall , who continually summons innocent persons for singing songs in public without his leave , he having purchased the copyright . Bro . justice Cave has upheld Mr . Wall in his legal right of suing . We trust that the measure introduced into Parliament will pass this session abolishing this law .
Bro . the Duke of Marlborough has now realised the sum of £ 36 , 543 by the sale of the Sunderland Library from Blenheim Palace . There are still two more divisions to be sold , which will probably occupy ten days each , and will not take place until November . Bro . the Hon . and Rev . T . E . C . Byng , P . G . Chap . celebrated the marriage , on the 3 rd inst ., at St .
, Peter ' s Church , Cranley-gardens , of Mr . Greyson Ellis , barrister-at-law , with Aliss Mildred Agnes Schofield , of Cranley-gardens . Bro . Lord Robarts has recently given a donation of £ 500 to the Bishop of London ' s Fund .
Bro . the Marquis and the Marchioness of Bath have left Berkeley-square for the season for their charmingly situated residence , Longleat , Wiltshire , recently visited by the Grand Master . The Rig ht Worshipful Grand Master of Rutlandshire has left Brown ' s Hotel for Stanaton Royal .
The Duke of Northumberland , K . G ., father of Bro . the Earl Percy , M . P ., received the new Bishop of Newcastle on Thursday at St . Nicholas ' s Pro-Cathedral Church , on behalf of the laity of the diocese , he being the Lord Lieutenant of the county . Bro . the Earl of Crawford ' , nd Balcarres took part in the debate in the House of Lords last week on the
Electric Lighting Bill . Our noble brother is , like his late lather , a man of sense and deep learning . Bro . G . J . Palmer has been elected a delegate of the London Diocesan Conference for the parish of St . Philip , Clerkenwell . The Archbishop of Canterbury entertained the stewards of the recent festival held at the Merchant
Taylor ' s Hall of the Sons of the Clergy Corporation . The stewards who were his grace ' s guests included Bros . John Derby Allcroft , one of the Treasurers , and Treasurer of Christ ' s Hospital and the Aldersgate Lodge ; the Lord Mayor ; Horace B . Marshall , C . C ; and Sir Reginald Hanson . The banquet was held in the state room of Lambeth Palace .
Bro . Edward Clarke , Q . C , Bro . the Lord Mayor , and Bro . Alderman Fowler have been appointed on the Committee of the Drake Alemorial . Bro . the Rt . Hon . Shaw Lefevre , Chief Commissioner of Works , has stated , in reply to Mr . T . P . O'Connor , that " no evil had resulted from the public bands in the parks on Sunday , but on the contrary , they
give eminent enjoyment to many thousands of people . " Bro . W . S . Gilbert and Bro . Lord Wolverton were proposed as members of the London Yacht Club , the former by Rear-Admiral H . R . H . the Duke of Edinburgh , and seconded by Bro . the Marquis of Londonderry , who also seconded Bro . the Earl of Suffield ' s nomination of Mr . E . Guiness . Bro . Sir Michael Shaw Stewart seconded
Mr . E . Collins as a member , but he and the two brethren mentioned were not elected , by the members of the club . Bro . Co \ . Stanley , M . P ., has been informed by 'lie Secretary of State for War , that the Government have io intention at present to embody the Militia . Bro . the Ri g ht Hon . Lord Brabourne , a director ° f the Vitruvian Continental Railway Company has sent a {^ solution , nassed bv the director , to the President of the
Board of Trade , condemnatory of the Board ' s having sto Pped the Channel Tunnel Works . , Bro . the Earl and the Countess of Wharncliffe " ? Y returned to Wortley Hall , Sheffield , after a recent v'sit to Rowntoun Abbey . Bro . Rev . G . R . Portal , P . G . Chap ., Canon of th " n 1-ester > Rector of Burghclere , and Chaplain to Bro . ine Pro Grand Master , has written a letter to the Guardian " our of Home Missions of the Church of England .
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . the Rev . William Barker , M . A ., vicar of St . Mary , VVest Cowes , and Chaplain in Ordinary to Her Majesty , has been designated by the Prime Minister , with the sanction of the Queen , to the rectory of Marylebone , in succession to the Rev . Charles James Phipps Eyre ,
M . A ., who is resigning . His Royal Highness the Duke of Albany , K . G ., has graciously consented to preside at the anniversary dinner in aid of the funds of the National Orphan Home , at Willis's Rooms , on Tuesday , 7 th November .
On Wednesday morning last the 4 th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards , under Bro . Col . Shaw-Helher , consisting of 31 officers and 574 non-commissioned officers and men and C 2 officers' horses , 464 troopers' horses , two water carts , iand eight ether carts , left Aldershot for the East . The regiment was conveyed from Farnborough Station , South-western Railway , to Southampton by five special trains .
I he fiftieth annual meeting of the British Medical Association commenced on Tuesday last at VVorcester , where it was originally founded as a provincial association . The new President , Bro . Dr . Strange , of VVorcester , in delivering the inaugural address , entered into the past and the present position of the medical profession generally .
At the National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Paralysis , Soho-square , the number of patients under treatment for the week ending Aug . 10 th , was 977 . Bro . thc Earl of Donoughmore , K . C . M . G ., is one of the directors of the Severn Oyster and Salmon Fish Company Limited now being floated .
Ihe V . W . Immediate Past Grand Master of Scotland and Lady Pctavia Shaw Stewart , are staying at Ardgowan near Greenock . Bro . the Earl and Countess of Onslow are residing at Cannes for a short time .
Bros , the Duke of Manchester , the Duke of Athole , and the Marquis of Hamilton , with their ladies and Lady Donoughmore , wife of Bro . Earl Donoughmore were amongst thosejthat wished " God speed " to the Guards who sailed in the Orient with Bro . the Duke of Connaught .
Bro . the Lord Mayor has given many banquets during his year of office , but none more highly appreciated than the dinner recently given , for the first time , to the Incorporated Law Society . The guests included Bros . Sir John B . Alonckton , President Board of General Purposes ; J . Al . Clabon , C . VV . Thompson , R . T . Wragg , P . de Lande Long , P . G . D . ; and Beaumont Alorice . Bro . tho Earl of Donoughmore is trustee of the European , American , Canadian , and Asiatic Cable
Company . The Marquis of Winchester , Mr . C . J . Monk , M . P ., Lord Penryhn , and Lord Colchester were amongst those at Divine service in the private chapel of St . James ' s Palace on Sunday . Bros . Winn , Beckett , Hodges , and Birch were the gentlemen of the choir . Purcell ' s anthem , ' * O give thanks , " was sung . Bro . Jeykyll , P . G . O .,
presided at the organ . H . R . H . the Duke of Albany has become a patron of the Army and Navy Pensioners' Employment Society . R . W . Bro . the Marquisof Londonderry , Piov . Grand Alaster , Durham , Vice-Commodore of the Royal Yacht Club , has been in the Roads , at Cowes , on board
his new yacht , Cornelia , where a numerous company was assembled for the regatta during the week , including the Prince of Wales , R . W . G . M ., and the Princess and Princesses of Wales , who arrived in time to welcome the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales , after their two years' voyage on board the Bacchante . In the unavoidable absence of Commodore , the
Prince of Wales , AI . W . G . AI ., Bro . the Alarquis of Londonderry , Vice-Commodore , presided , in London , at the annual meeting of the Thames Yacht Club . Bro . Alderman Hadley was amongst the Directors who attended the usual meeting of the South Eastern Railway Company . Bro . Beaumont Morice , L . L . B . 1 S 27 , appeared
before the Royal Commission in the Pollution of the Thames , on behalf of the Committee dealing with the Lower Thames sewage . Bro . Alderman Knight , who will be the next Lord Mayor , presided at the distribution of prizes at Lady Hollis ' s Middle Class School for Girls , at Hackney , and , in the name of the girls , presented testimonials to the head
and cwo next mistresses . Bro . the Marquis of Tweeddale was knocked down by a cab opposite the Alansion House the other day . Bro . the Duke of Manchester , who was walking with him , whilst attempting to rescue the Marquis , was almost run over by a van . The Alarquis was pulled up by an American gentleman , and the noble Duke only escaped by his own activity .
Bro . the Earl of Rosslyn and Bro . the Earl of Hardwicke have been staying at Brighton lately . Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury has opened the new wing of the seaside home of the Young Mens' Christian Association at Alargate . Bro . Lord Balfour of Burleigh has been appointed a Commissioner under the Scottish Educational Endowments Bill .
The Very Reverend the Dean of Lichfield is about to lead to the altar Aliss Mary Wylde-Browne , youngest daughter of the late Mr . Thomas Whitmore Wylde-Browne , of Bridgnorth . Bro . the Rev . Canon Baynes , G . Chap . Kent , united in marriage , at All Soul ' s , Langham-place , on the 29 th ult , the son of the late Mr . J . Buckstone to a daughter of the late Air . Charles Measor .
Bro . Edwin Freshfield ' s firm , Freshfield and Williams , has been appointed solicitors to the Land Corporation of Ireland . Bro . Lieut .-Col . Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , M . P ., will go under canvas with the the Derbyshire Rifle Volunteers , at Wynstay Park , Ruabon , for a week .
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . ex-Under-Sheriff Crawford , son-in-law of Bro . Alderman Sir Francis VV . Truscott , was the hon . secretary and treasurer of the fund for presenting a testimonial to the Rev . Lloyd Jones , on his relinquishing the chaplaincy of . Newgate gaol , which he has held for seventeen years . Under the Prisons Act of 1 S 7 S , Newgate passed from the Corporation into the hands of the Government , who have
dispensed with it as a gaol , and the governor and other officials have be _ n pensioned off or passed to other prisons . Bro . Sir R . Hanson presented the testimonial last Tuesday week to Air . Lloyd Jones . As a proof of the good the reverend gentleman has done as chaplain , some of those who were prisoners have given him a table in token of the gratitude and kind assistance given by him to them , enabling them to lead reformed lives . .
Bro . the Duke of Marlborough has arrived at Southampton in his yacht from Norway , with the Duke of Koxburgh . Both the dukes have gone to Blenheim Palace , Woodstock . at t Bro . Pearce Morrison , Chairman of the Committee , presided at the dinner of the City of London School Committee after the distribution of prizes by the Lord Mayor . Among Bro . Alorrison ' s guests were Bro . Sir
Charles Whetham , Bro . Deputy Crispe , Bro . Deputy Brass , Bro . Rev . J . Harris , Bro . Sir John Bennett , Bro . Altman , C . C ; Bro . Capt . Youle , and Bro . VV . H . Pannell . 1 he speeches were to the point , and a most enjoyable evening passed away under Bro . Alorrison's presidency . Bro . Alorrison ' s year of office will be specially marked bv the opening ofthe new school on the Thames Embankment in October , when Royalty will probably be present . Bro . Barrow Emanuel is the architect .
1 . . ? Hcr ""y Wright , amongst others sympathising with his cause , was one of the first callers upon the ex-king < _ . etywayo . Bro . Sir Henry Edwards asked the Secretary of State for War if he was satisfied as to the results of calling out the Army Reserve . Air . Childers expressed himself on being well satisfied with the results .
Bro . the Very Rev . the Dean of York , P . G . Chaplain , will read a paper on the Church Congress at Derby in October , on "The Church in Relation to Domestic and Social Life . " Our Very Rev . Brother will take "the Upper Classes . " Canon Erskine Clarke
will take in hand under the same heading " the Dwellings of the Poor , " and the Rev . the Earl of Alulgrave " The Recreations of the People . " Bro . the Hon . Wilbraham Egerton , M . P ., will read a paper at the Derby Church " Congress on "The Central Council of Diocesan Conferences . "
The Lod ge of Utah has refused to admit Mormons into Alasonry . Bro . \ V . T . Marriott , Q . C , M . P ., has joined the directorate of the Albert Exhibition Palace Company , Limited , which is formed to buy up the Dublin Exhibition and remove it to Battersea Park for entertainments and exhibitions .
Bro . Lord Bective , M . P ., P . G . M . Cumberland , will be amongst those taking part in September , at Preston , on the occasion of the visit of Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Albany , to witness the procession of the Guilds . Their Royal Highnesses will stay with Bro . Lord Lathom at Ormskirk . 'the Duke of Albany will lay , with full Masonic honours , the foundation-stone of the new library , for which i , , 000 has been left by the late Air . E . Harris .
Bro . the Earl and Countess of Breadalbane have l ? , , . ' C 0 U ^ . House , Cavendish-square , for Auchmore , Perthshire , their Scotch seat . Colonel Yolland , R . E ., has just completed his turd inspection of the Channel Tunnel workson behalf of
, the Board of Trade . He has found that since the second inspection , a fortnight ago , the heading has bcen advanced seventy yards . This brings up the total length of heading below low water mark to Soo yards . The direction is seawards . —Globe .
In connection with the agitation amongst the Irish police , an official letter was received on Thursday morning by the county inspector at Limerick , directing him to parade the men and inform them that their requests would be granted , and that Government would at once
appoint a Special Commission to enquire into their grievances . The grant of £ 180 , 000 is to be forthwith distributed . I he men are entirely satisfied , and at a subsequent meeting votes of thanks were passed to Mr . Henry for his kindly feeling to the force .
On Thursday morning at the Mansion House the Lord Alayor , at the request of the local committee of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution , publicly presented to the crew of the Freemasons' lifeboat , Albert Edward , stationed at Clacton-on-Sea , the gold and silver medals , each with a certificate , forwarded by the French Government , through the Board of Trade , in recognition of their gallantry in saving the whole crewsixteen in numberof
, , the French steam fishing vessel Madeline , of Boulogne , which was wrecked on the Gunfleet-sand , near Clacton , in October last . Air . Harman , of Clacton , narrated the circumstances of the rescue , and stated that , since the lifeboat had been stationed there , four years ago , it had saved seventy-six lives . The Lord Alayor addressed to the crew some appropriate remarks , and handed them the French medals and certificates .
I he Prince of Wales will open the new concert pavilion on Southsea Pier on Alonday afternoon next . The opening will take the form of a vocal and instrumental concert , which has been organised by the Alayor on behalf of the Royal College of Alusic . Extensive alterations are in progress at Drumlanrig Castle , the Nithsdale residence * > f the Duke of Buccleuch , in anticipation of the visit of Her Majesty the Queen . No date has yet been definitely fixed for the event , however .
H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught arrived at Alexandra on Thursday last . Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Prov . G . M . for Cornwall , was present at the annual distribuiion of prizes on board the Mount Edgcumbe training ship , at Plymouth , on Wednesday last , held under the presidency of Admiral Sir Houston Stewart .