Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , It consecrate the Gallery Lodge , No . 192 S , at Brixton Hall Acre-lane , Brixton , this day ( Saturday ) at half-past three o ' clock p . m . Bro . Majo r-Gencral Brownrigg , C . B ., Provin-¦ 1 Grand Master of Surrey , consecrated the Mozart L dee at Croydon , yesterday . A report of the

proceedin „ s will appear in our next . ° Bro . F . Binckes , Secretary Royal Masonic Int-itution announced at the meeting of the General Comittee of that Institution on Saturday last that the new " mccs Wni be ready in about a fortnight . Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . Grand Mjister ' af Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , presided on

T-Tpsrlav the 9 th inst ., at the meeting ot the Prov . Grand I odVe at the Lecture Hall of the Soldiers' Institute , Grand Parade , Portsmouth , when a testimonial was presented to I 3 ' ] . E . Le Feuvre , of Southampton , in recognition of services rendered by him as Provincial Grand Secretary , from which office he has recently retired ; he was also appointed Prov . Grand Senior Warden . Sir Charles added

Lady Monckton and Young to their long list of successes on Friday week , by their efforts in connection with the entertainment given at Hamp ton Court in aid of the Convalescent Home , which the Princess Frederica is endeavouring to establish . The performance was a very brilliant affair , and attracted more than usual attention from the fact that something like 150

years had elapsed since any entertainment of the kind had been given at the Palace . —City Press . The seventh International Medical Congress concluded its labours on Tuesday , after sitting in six general meetings and in fifteen sections daily from August 2 nd to August 9 th inclusive . In the course of the concludfn" ceremonies medals of honour were presented to memservices to the

bers who had rendered prominent Congress . The question of the next place of meeting for the Congress was left to the judgment of the Executive Committee . In the course of the evening the members and their friends , including the ladies of their families , dined together at the Crystal Palace . At a meeting of the Irish peers , held at the p rivate residence of Bro . the Duke of Abercorn on the 3 rd

inst ., Lord Headley was unanimously selected to fill the next vacancy in the Irish representative . peerage . The Masonic bazaar , held at Padstow , last week , in the beautiful grounds of Prideaux Place , produced the amount of £ 155-Bro . Captain " Bedford Pirn , speaking at a meeting at Dulwich on Thursday night , the 4 th inst ., said that the various abortive schemes issued by the Charity Commissioners for Dulwich have cost , £ 50 , 000 .

On Saturday , the 6 th inst ., the firm oE Messrs . Janes and Son , of 101 , Aldersgate-strcet , and 4 , Eagleplace , Piccadilly , held their twenty-sixth annual dinner at the Old Red House , Woodford Bridge . After spending a most enjoyable day they returned to town in good time . Owing to the unavoidable absence of Bro . T . M . Janes , Mr . G . Downing presided . Bro . Lord Rosebery has accepted the

Under-Secretaryship at the Home Ofiice , in the place of Mr . Courtney , who goes to the Colonial Office . Among the presents to the Hon . Arthur Saumarez and Miss M'Garel-Hogg was a handsome chiming clock ( after Westminster Palace chimes ) , bearing a suitable inscription , from thecolleagues of Bro , Sirjames M'Garel-Hogg , Bart ., M . P . Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works , and a diamond pendant frjm the ollicers of the Board .

THE CHATHAM MURDER . — Notwithstanding the increased reward offered by the officers of the Royal Engineers , amounting , with the Government reward , to £ 600 , for the discovery of the murderer of Lieutenant Roper at Chatham , the Scotland-yard authorities , who have visited Chatham , have not gained any fresh information . The Engineer officers purpose , it is said , to make the

reward a thousand pounds , in the hope that , if there was an accomplice , he may be induced to divulge . Bro . Sir John Bennett presided on Wednesday evening , the 3 rd inst ., at the distribution of prizes to the successful competitors at the fourth annual flower show of the Pioneer South Bermondsey Amateur Floral Society .

On the proposal of his Excellency Dr . I 3 accelli , Minister of Public Instruction , and in consideration of special merits , his Majesty the King of Italy has nominated Professor Leone Levi , Cavah ' ere ( Knight ) of the Order of the Crown of Italy , to be Cavaliere of the Order of SS . Maurizio and Lazznm .

Sir George I ^ ose Sartorius , G . C . B ., the senior Admiral of the Fleet , attained his 91 st year on Tuesday , having been born on August 9 th , 1790 . The venerable admiral is the eldest son of the late Colonel John Conrad Sartorius , an Engineer officer in the Hon . East India Comn ? yj ? service , by his marriage with Anna , daughter of Air . George Rose . Sir G . R . Sartorius is one of the lew survivors of Trafalgar , having taken part in Nelson ' s memorable

victory as midshipman of the Tcnnant , and was also engaged in many other naval operations in the early part of tr ? e century . .. COMMITTEE FOR THE RECEPTION OF THE fM G - ° THE HELLENES . —At a meelingof the members " , * committee , held on Friday , the th inst ., it was reived "nannrously : " That this committee desires to place on record its sincere and hearty recognition of the admirable services of its Chairman , Bro . Sir John Bennett , in connection with

the visit of the King of the Hellenes to the J- 'ty ot London , and to mark its appreciation of the judgh- l * *; nergy , and courtesy which throughout characterised ms Jullilmcnt of the duties of the chair . —City Press . na i a meetinS ° f the Tallow Chandlers' Comt > i . " m 1 ^ Thursday , the 4 th inst ., it was resolved , on CWn n , Hro - Alderman Stone , seconded by Mr . E . GuilH c V t , 1 , s company do contribute to the City and nirilirj Lond ° n Institute for the Advancement of Techsum k , \! on , the sum of £ 5 ^ r this year , and a like sum for each of the two following years .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Bro . G . R . Stone was installed W . M . of the St . John and St . Paul Lodge , No . 615 , at the Avenue Hall , Erith , on Monday last . The annual installation meeting of the Duke of Edinburgh Lodge , No . 11 S 2 , which closes another year ' s experience of prosperity , took place on Thursday afternoon , the nth inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , where Bro . John Barclay was duly placed in

the chair of W . M . A report of the proceedings will appear in our next . Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , P . G . M . Cornwall , has appointed Tuesday , September 27 th , for holding the annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall at Liskeard , and on the following day ( Wednesday ) his lordship will bold a meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Cornwall at St . Austell .

The hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Pennsylvania Masonry is to be celebrated June 24 th , 1 SS 2 , at Philadelphia , and a committee of twenty-one will have charge of it . The Masonic Temple , Washington , D . C , was badly damaged by a storm on June 27 th . Lanhy drock House , the Cornish residence of

Lord Robartes , which was burned down recently , is to be rebuilt on the old site and in the old style at a cost of £ 40 , 000 . The dramatic performance lately given by Lady Monckton and Sir Charles Young at the Grosvenor Hall , in aid of thciunds of St . Gabriel ' s Home , Herne , near Worthing , realised a net sum of £ 120 for the charity .

Bro . A . Brookman , of 19 , Noble-street , will be a candidate for a scat in the Court of Common Council for the ward of Aldersgate at the next election . Bro . Edward Clarke , Q . C ., M . P ., is among the subscribers to a fund for the relief of the families of pilots and pilots' apprentices recently drowned off Cawsand Bay . Bro . the Rev . Dr . P . H . Ernest Brette , of

Christ ' s Hospital , was one of the examiners of Grosvenor School , Twickenham , of which the Rev . L . M . d'Orsey is principal . Bro . Sir Frederick Roberts has been sitting to Mr . Ouless , R . A ., for a portrait destined for Eton . A Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons for the province of Berks and Oxon , will assemble

by command of the Prov . Grand Master Bro . . the Right Hon . the Earl of Jersey , in the Abbey Council Chamber , Abingdon , on Tuesday , August 30 th , at three o ' clock p . m ., under the banner ot the Ab ' bcy Lodge , No . 2 : 5 , when the Provincial Grand Master will appoint and invest his officers for the ensuing year . A collation will be provided in a pavilion in the gardens of the Provincial Grand Treasurer

(\ V . Bro . E . J . Trended ) , at live o clock p . m . Bro . Justice Cave commenced sitting 011 Tuesday as vacation judge at Judges' Chambers , where there will be a judge in attendance during the vacation on every Tuesday and Thursday until further notice . Bro . Lord Rosebcry presided on Monday last

at a meeting held at the hall of the Society of Arts , with the object of obtaining increased support from the public for the Trades Guild of Learning , ami reorganising it on a larger basis . Resolutions were , unanimously passed , pledging the meeting to support the objects of the Guild and urging trade societies to co-operate as far as possible in organising the proposed lectures and classes .

The Marquis of Hartinglon , K . G ., has consented to preside at the twenty-sixth annual festival of the Warehousemen and Clerks' Schools , to be held in the early part of next year . Bro . Professor Emmanuel Galani , Ph . D . 33 , Illustrious Grand Standard Bearer of the Supreme Council of Greece , has been appointed Grand Secretary for Foreign

Correspondence of that bod } ' . Three hundred and forty-four of the Masonic works in the library of the late Bro . Albert G . Mackey , M . D ., have been catalogued , numbered and priced , with view to their private sale . Many valuable books are included in the list . For copy , address E . W . M . Mackey , 1339 ,

Q . Street , N . W ., Washington , D . C . —Keystone . Bro . Emra Holmes , Collector of her Majesty ' s Customs , Fowey , member of the Royal Institution ^ of Cornwall , and of the Architectural and Arch : cological Society of Durham and Northumberland , author of " Notes on tlie United Orders of the Temple and Hospital , " & c , has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society .

E . Sir Robert L . McCormickhrts justbecn elected Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Minnesota . The annual Grand Conclave took " place at Stillwater . The knights had an encampment and competitive drill . E . Sir A . T . V . Pierson was re-elected Grand Recorder .

Sitii'U'RKCKEi ) FISHERMEN : AND MARINERS ' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY . —Her Majesty the Queen , the patron of the society , has just contributed a special donation of £ 25 to the fund being raised for this society , Hibernia-chambers , London-bridge , on behalf of the Local

Relief Committee in the Shctlands to assist those afflicted by the recent disastrous storm in the Shetlands . THE LATE EMI ' EROR OF RUSSIA . —A ' competition , open to foreigners as well as Russians , is announced for the erection of a monument to the late Emperor Alexander II . in the Kremlin at Moscow .

Bro . Josiah II . Drummond s statistics , reported to the Grand Lodge of Maine for 1 SS 1 , shows that fiftyfour Grand Lodges in the United States and Canada have 507 , 12 s members against 573 , 317 in 1 SS 0 . There are 2 i , SS 5 candidatesagainst 19 , 685 ; iS , 74 ( i affiliations against ' 7 , 5-3 5 'Z ^ G- dimissions against 17 , 102 ; SoS expulsions against 929 ; 257 suspensions against 4 . ( 14 ; 19 , 250

suspended from membership against 23 , 210 ; OS 9 P deaths against 7113 ; 3134 rejections against 3615 . Although there are G 1 S 9 less members , the suspensions from membership being 4000 less , indicates a healthy gain , and we may soon look for an advance again . The Salford Liberal Association held their annual picnic in Bro . Lord de Tabley ' s park op Saturday , the 6 th inst .

Masonic And General Tidings.

DEATH OF A LADY 102 YEARS OLD . —Mrs . Anne Webb , relict of Mr . Thomas Webb , J . P ., has just died at her residence at Ledbury . The venerable lady was in her 103 rd year , and the dates of her birth and marriage are beyond dispute . When Mrs . Webb attained her hundredth birthday the Queen sent her a letter of congratulation and Her Majesty ' s portrait , with a request that the

photograph of Mrs . Webb might be forwarded to the Queen . Her eldest son was born in iSi 2 . The deceased lady was possessed of all her faculties to the last . Bro . G . Lambert has made a donation of £ 100 to the City of London General Pension Society . Bro . E . G . Legge , of 5 , Philpot-lane , Fenchurchstreet , has been appointed a commissioner to adminster

oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature in England . Bro . Legge was admitted a solicitor in 1 S 72 . The annual excursion of the Friars Lodge of Instruction , No . 1349 , will take place on Tuesday next , the iGth inst . The party will visit the Crown Gardens , Broxbourne , where they will banquet under the able presidency of their Preceptor , Bro . W . Musto , P . M . 1349 . We trust

the weather will prove propitious , that the brethen and their ladies , who will accompany them , may have a thoroughly enjoyable outing . Bro . Emmanuel Galani , Senior Grand Deacon of the Grand Lodge of Greece , has been appointed Grand Secretary for Foreign Correspondence of that Grand Lodge .

Bro . A . E . Brcwis , I . P . M . of the De Ogle Lodge , No . C 36 , Morpeth , was presented by the brethren of his lodge with an apron and a jewel on the occasion of his leaving the town for an appointment in Liverpool . Bro . C . Long was installed W . M . of the Abercorn Lodge , No . 1549 , Great Stanmore , on the 30 th ult . Bro . Holland will hold a show to illustrate the

manufacture of hats , & c , at the North Woolwich Gardens on the 15 th inst . The oldest known Masonic medal , according to Bro . Marvin , is one in silver , struck in 1733 , to commemorate the founding of a lodge at Florence , by Lord Charles Sackville . The oldest English medal is probably of 1755 . One of the best collections of Masonic medals is

that of the Lodge Pythagoras , > n Brooklyn . the largest cabinet known is that of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mecklenburg , at Rostock , which contains over 300 specimens . There are in this country several considerable private collections . ' —Keystone . Bro . Erasmus Wilson , F . R . S ., the President of

the Royal College of Surgeons , received the members of the International Medical Congress at a conversazione , given by that Institution on Monday last . Bro . Frederick Binckes , P . G . W ., Grand Secretary , will instal Bro . Sir Charles Brune Graves-Sawle , Provincial Grand Mark Master Mason of Cornwall , on Monday , the 15 th inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Truro .

The Keystone ( Philadelp hia ) commenced its fifteenth volume on the 2 nd July . Bro . the Right Rev . the Bishop of Peterborough has left England on a trip to Norway . Bro . the Rev . Marshall B . Smith , Past Grand Master of New Jersey has had the honorary Degreeof Doctor of Divinity conferred upon by the Pennsylvania College , Gettysburg , Pennsylvania .

1 he American papers announce the death of Dr . Tanner . It is stated that his death was accelerated by the injury received to his constitution in his celebrated forty days' fast of last year . Alderman Sir A . Lusk , Bart ., M . P ., will be the Lord Mayor's locum tenens during this month , and will preside at the special meeting of the Court of Common Council to-morrow .

THE VALUK OF CITY : LAND . —The value of the unoccupied land at the Blackfriars end of the Thames Embankment is stated , on the authority of Sir Henry Hunt , consulting surveyor of her Majesty ' s Office oi Works , to have risen since 1 S 70 from £ 40 , 000 to £ S 4 , S 25 an acre . —City Press . The annual exhibition b y the Turners' Company will take place at the Mansion House on Tuesday , October nth , and the two following days .

A cricket match between the Gentlemen and Players , for the benefit of J . Lillywhite , jun ., was brought to a close on Wednesday , at Brighton , the professionals winning a most exciting match by a single run . The totals were : Gentlemen , first innings , 204 ; second , 111 . Players , first innings , 204 ; second , 112 . The Philharmonic Society has been actively

arranging the business of its seventieth season . The opening concert will take place on February 9 , at St . James's Hall , at which the piece de resistance will be Beethoven ' s Choral Symphony , originally composed for the Society , Rubinstein ' s ' Paradise Lost" is underlined for one of the concerts and Herr Joachim-Raff has been requested to compose a work for the season .

Miss Jacoba de Graaff , of Rotterdam , whose "Primula Vcris" was admired at the late Exhibition of Living Masters at the Hague , is engaged on a picture of English life for exhibition in this country . Miss Gennadios , the only Greek lady who has devoted herself to sculpture , has received from the Prime Minister of Greece a commission to execute a bust of Canning .

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substitutes and mixtures abound , report adulterations to the manufacturer , Thomas Grant , Distiller , Maidstone . Sold at the Crystal Palace , and by Bertram and Roberts everywhere , also at the clubs , the hotels , and all noted places of refreshment .

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