Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

Hro . the Right lion , thc Lord Mayor has consented to presiele at the anniversary festival in aidof the Citv ol" London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest , V ictoria Park , to be held on Tuesday , March 2 Tth next , at the Cannon-street Hot . I . Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Hanson , and Bro . Sheriff Ogg will support his lordship on the

occasion . Bro . H . R . IL Tbe Prince of Wales has given authority to the " Drake Memorial" Committee to add his name to " the subscription list as patron for 23 guineas , with a promise of increase if the memorial comes to national proportions . Bro . Sir John Bennett lectured on " Paris , the Parisians , anil their ICIectric Exhibition , " at the lecture hall , St . Aubvn ' s-road , Upper Norweiod , on . Monday

evening . Pro . H . R . M . Prince Leopold has become the patron of the Chelsea Hospital for Women , King ' s-rnad . Bro . VV . [ -. Newman , P . P . S . G . D ., installed Bro . R . Carter , W . AL of thc Love and Honor Lodge , No . 75 . at the annual meeting at the Royal Hotel , Falmouth .

The Provincial Grand Chapter of the Province nf Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will meet on Friday , 3 rd February , at the Masonic Ball , Albion Place , Southampton , at " t . vo o ' e'liie !; . when the Provincial Gram ! Superintendent , Comp . VV . VV . B . Beach , ALP ., will appoint and invest his ollieers for the ensuing year . Bro . T . W . Boord , M . P ., and tbe Rro . Baron

Henry de Worms , ALP ., will address their constitutents al the N'cw Cross Public Hall , Lewisham High road , on Tuesday , thc - \|' . h in-t . Bro . Albert C . Smith , of Boston , at the Annual Convocation of the Grand R . A . Chapter of Alass . iehiiselts , held on December 13 th , was elected Granel lli « h Prie-t , nnd Comp . Alfred F . Chapman , editor e'f the 1 . ' , ' : •> , ii

Freem is . at , wa . re-elected Grand . " secretary . Mcndcis ? olms ' s Klijah was performed b y the Sacred Harmonic Society , iinde'r lhe direction nf Br . i . Sir Michael Costa , at St . James ' s Mall , nn Friday list , nth inst . Air . Santley sang the mu ^ ic of the Prophet , and Miss Anna Wiliams , Aliss Heche , Aladame Patty , Albs Al . Handcock . Air . G . T . Carter , Air . C Henry , and Air .

Joseph . Mass Were thc other principal vocalist- ; . Bro . Lord Waveney , P . G . M ., Suffolk , presided nt a large assemblage e . f tin- r > -ident- ; of B . illvmena , ro . Aiiliiui and surrounding districts , en Monday , when Lieut .-Col . While , CB . V . C , rimd regiment , was presented

with an address , on hh return from fnlia , when- he had distinguished hiin . elf in the Afghan campaign . In the aildre--i he was welcomed 011 his return , anil congratulated on his recently acquired and well deserved honour-. Bro . tlic ' Rev . Dr . Gov , P . G G . will deliver the l . nmlev lecture at the church of St . Helen , BMinp-g .- ile .

A meeting of the Metropolitan Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees will be held this day ( Saturday ; at thc Masonic Hall , 0 . 1 , Reel l . i . m-squaie , at thr .-e o ' clock , ii . ni ., lo confer the degrees of St . Liun-ncc th . ' . Martyr , Knight nf Con . tantinopl " , Rnl Cm--: of Babylon , and Granel High Priest on approved candidates . Bro . J . F . irtrsriio , of Flcet-iurer-i , has iss ued a

neat little pocket calendar . We ( Citv / V . 'xsi aie glad lo record the recover \ of the youngest daughter ot Bro . IC . Drc . ir Rogers , C . X who wa * recently injured by the fall of a picture . Bro . Lord Rn-chi-ry has forwarded a handsome clock suitably in-rrihid , f . ithcSrntch farmer who senile time ago -topple ! hi- , runaway carriage horse * .

Bro . A . T . Grant , P . M ., P . P . G . P .. was installed W . M . of the 'True anil Faithful Lodge , No . , iiS , nt the Masonic Room-, Ibbton . Til . ? breihiiii of the : Skiddaw Lodgo , No . IO . I ? , are making efforts to raise a Mili- ^ rriprinn for the purpose nf pre-enting to Bro . W . I " . Lamonby , P . AL , P . P . G . Register , a suitable t- ^ timoni . il for Ihe services he has

leiiele-rel lo I ' re . 'inas . inry . anil to Skiddaw Lodge in particular , Bro . I . amoaby isabatiMo leave F . ngland for the Antipodes and the- brethren of Skiddaw Lodge ( to whom the sub rriptiein in confined ) arc anxioir , to make a suitable a .-knowledgnicnt of his services to them . Bro . I . amnnby is well-known for zeal and enthusiasm , not only through the province but orer a nm .-li wider area , and

there is ivi doubt that every brother of lhe lodge-will be glael to avail ihcnis .-lves of the opportunity offereel tn marl , their appreciation to llro . Lamonby , to whom thc Homi-hing condition of Skiddaw Loelge is in the main to be attributed . — I 1 V . V 7 Ciiir . frrland Times , Jan . 7 .

The annual :-upper of the Circ . it City Lod ge of Instruction will take place on Thursday , the zCth inst ., r . l Alasons' Ball 'Tavern , . Masons' Avenue , Basinghall-stree . l . 'The lodge will be ripened al O . 10 p . m . ; Bro . Chailcs 'Taylor , W . AL i . | 2 ' . , in lhe chair . Brethren to nppcnr in Alasonic clothin " .

Tbe installation ceremony will be worked at thc Strong Alan Lodge of Inslruclion , No . . \~„ on Alonday evening , the 2 ' , rd in . I ., by Bro . larchin , W . AI . 1511 . 'This lodge metis every Alonday evening at the lCxcisc Tavern , . \" , and 41 , Old Broad-street , E . C , at seven o'clock prompt . Bro . Sir'T . J . Nelson , City Solicitor , and

Acting-Rcmembr . "ini : er , has been elected upon the Works and Parliamentary Committee of the Lower 'Thames Valley Alain Sewerage Board for the next year . W . Bro . W . T . Clarke , P . G . M . Stew ; rd , P . Prov . G . AL Sec , S . W . of Renal Sussex Lodge , M . M . M . 75 , Sussex , was elected W . M . for the ensuing- year at a meeting of lhe lodge , held on Tuesday evening last , at the

Royal Pavilion , Brighton . 'This augurs well , as he ha ? been most enthusiastic in the A ! irk Degree , and is highly respected by the brethren of the province , also in Granel Mark Lodge . The gifis of Bro . Alderman anel Sheriff Hanson and Pro . Sheriff Ogr ; to the unconvicted prisoners , consisting of beef , bread , and potatoes , and a pint of beer to each adult , were distributed on New Vear ' s Day .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Gierke , Grand Secretary , will consecrate the Southgate Lodge , No . 1050 , on Thursday , the icith inst ., at the Railway Hotel , New Southgate , at three o'clock . Bro . R . B . Forge , of thc Beadon anil numerous other lodges , will be installetl as the first VV . AI .

Bro . Sir Charles Graves-Sawle , Bart ., P . G . Alark Alaster Cornwall , presided at the Cornwall Epiphany Sessions , held nt the Shire Hall , Bodmin , on Tuesday , lhe 3 rd inst . Bro . Roscvear , P . P . G . Supt . of Works , installed Bro . R . Alvcr , W . AL of thc St . Anne Lodge , No . 970 , at the annual meeting held at the Alasonic Hall , ICast Looe .

Bro . H . R . H . Prince Leopold ( Dukeof Albany ) on . Monday crossed over from Osborne , where he has been on a visit to the Ouecn , and on landing at Portsmouth ilrovc to Government House , where he was met hy a deputation from the Prince Kdtva'd of Saxe Weimar Lodge , No . 1903 . This body presented him with an adelress congratulating him on his approaching marriage , and , in reply ,

the Prince saiel he was now on his way to Germany to meet his intcndeel bride , and he would convey to her the kindly wishes they expressed , lie furthermore hoped that when the Princess arrived in this country she woulei line ! a Fappy and comfortable home in the hearts of the English people , lie ccncluded by expressing a wish to bc enrolled an honorary member of the lodge .

The Committee of lhe Aborigines' Protection Society have invited Bro . Alderman F ' owler , ALP ., to give them some account of his recent visit to South Africa , iiro . Fowler has accepted the invitation , nnd Air . Dilbvyn , M . P ., will presiele at the meeting which will be held for ihc

Bro . the Prince of Wales has accepted an invitation from thc members of the Savage Club to dine with them on Saturday , February 11 . 'I'he Citizen , following thc example of thc AiiVy Teji \ i ; rapli we quoted last week , has deposed the Prince nf Wale * from his position as Grand Alaster of the Granel Lodge of Freemasons and announced the Installation of

the Lord Alayor on the if . th inst . Now we have Ihc greatest admiration for our brother the Lord Mayor , who would worthily lilt any Alasonic position to which he might be called , but ivc are sure he would be the last brother who would desire to occupy the high ollice now graced b y

the heir to the throne . 'To allay the excitement that tin announcement may cause in the Craft , we have much pleasure in stating that the Lord Ala > orwill be installed VV . AI . of No . 1 Lodge on thc if . th , and that H . R . M . islill the ( Iraml Alaster of the Grand Lodge , nnd likely , we tiusi , to he so for manv vearsto come .

Bro . the Karl of Fife , P . G . M . Banffshire , presided at the first annual meeting nf the liberal association of Scotland , held at Glasgow , on 'Thursday , nth inst . Bro . Thos . Mills was installed W . M . of the Cormihian budge , No . . 150 , at the Masonic MaltMayle ,

, on Wednesday , . ph inst . Bro . Captain XV . (• * . Portlock Dadson , e )~ o , late nf the Royal Doily-guard , has Failed for Demerara , In take charge of Mer Majesty ' s penal settlement at Alassaruni , British Guiana , on appointment .

lhe funeral of the late Mr . Ralph Denial Osborne took place nn Tuesday at Res ' weinel Church , contiguous t . v the residence of hU son-in-law , llro . tin Duke eif St . Albans - . Besides the mourners , the funeral was attended by ihc Mayor ami . 1 large number of the Corptuation of Nottingham .

Bro . Pol y riore De keyser , CC , presided on 'Thursday , the sth inst ., at a * meeting convened at the Royal Ilotel , Victoria Embankment , te > r the purpose of taking active measures in connexion with the proposal to acknowledge the indefatigable labours of Mr . William Law ley in the Couit of Common Council for over a quarter of a century .

A memorial window to Bro . Sir George Ponieroy Colley , who fell heroically fighting nn Alajubailill , has just been placed in Stoke Church , Guildford , hy the oliicets u ( the ; nd Battalion ( Jucrn ' r , Royal West Surrey Regiment , in which corps llro . Isir G . P . Colley served for manv years . Alcssis , A . F . Aloore and Co ., ' nf So , Southampton-row , have designed and executed the entire work .

At ihe annual meeting of ihe Grand Courcil of Royal and Select Alasters of . Massachusetts the following oflicers were cle-ctcel anil installed for thc ensuing year : — John Haigh , of Sonn-rville , AI . I . G . AL ; John H . Whittaker , of Fall River , D . G . AI . ; Charles G . ' Brooks , of ICast

Boston , G . P . C . W . ; Charle- , W , Romnev , of lins : ( m , ( . 1 . 'Treasurer ; Alfred 1 " . Chapman , of lloston , G . R . Fiugene H . Richards , of Boston , G . M . C . ; Arthur G * Pollard , of Lowell , G . C . G . ; — . Merrill , of Ware , G . C . ' ; lingerie A . Hollon , of Boston , G . L , ; Benjamin F . Noursc ' , of Cambridge , G . S .

Bio . R . Pierpoint , Superintendent at the Londonbridge station of the London and Brighton Railway Company , has been presented by the staff with a valuable gold chronometer , and in acknowledging it he sairl that much as he esteemed thc valuable testimonial he recently received from travellers on their system , that gift gave b ' im double gratification , as showing that while endeavouring to serve the company he had secured the goodwill anil respect of his assistants .

It will be remembered that a resolution moved by Bro . Chas . Godtschalk , was carried in the Prov . G . Lod-rc of Devonshire , on the Gth of August last , at Plymoiit 7 i " That 500 guineas be raised to purchase a life presentation in the name of Loid ICbrington , P . G . AL for Devon to bc called the " John Huyshe " Presentation , the immediate outcome of which was the nomination of a Committee

A meeting-of the Committee took place on the 3 rd inst . at the Masonic Hall , Gandy-street , Exeter , and was pre--sided over by the Prov . G . Alaster , Lord ICbrington , ALP ., when Bro . Charles Godtschalk was empowered to negotiate the immediate purchase ; of the scholarshi p and the

presentation mtp Royal Alasonic Institution for Boys with the Institution . VVe understanel also the selected candidate of the province , the boy Sidney Soivden will receive the first presentation , antl in consequence his name will be erased from the present list of candidates for the coming April Election .

Masonic And General Tidings.

ROYAL MASON- IC BEXEVOLEXT INSTITUTION ' —The name of Dr . Strong was incorrectly given last week as unveiling thc tablet commemorating the opening of the enlarged hall of thc institution at Croydon . It should have been Bro . Raynham VV . Stewart , P . G . D ., thc Chairman ef the House Committee .

Hie Lodge of Prosperity Ball will be held at the City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-street , on Wednesday , January iSth . Dancing to commence at 9 o ' clock . Bro . R . B . Carter was unanimously elected VV . AI . of the Royal Cumberland Lodge , Bath , " on Thursclay , the . sth inr . t .

_ Lro . hx-Shcnfi Burl , who has had a long practical experience in the matter ( partly in connection with the late Sir James . Macadam ) , has written a letter to Air . Chamberiain , President of the Board of Trade , recommending that the . Macadam system should be adopted on main roads throughout the country . Bro . the Earl of March , M . P ., S . G . W ., was , on

Thursday , 5 th inst ., installed VV . M . of thc Lod ^ e of Lmon , No . 3 . ? , at the Council Chamber , Chichester , by Bro . J . Henderson Scott , P . J . G . D ., D . P . G . AL , Sussex . Bro . Alderman Kni ght lias been granted a further leave of absence from the Court of Aldermen for three months , on account of ill-health . Bro . Lord Roseberv has leased for seven years

, Lansdovne House , from the Alarquis of Lansdoivne . It is likely to become , ne \ t session , what Lord Palmerston ' s house was in his time of leader of thc Liberal party . IJro . W . R . Webb , son of the late Mr . M . Webb , is a candidate for the ollice of solicitor to the parish of St . Botolph , Aldersgate , rendered vacant by the recent death of his father .

Bro . Anliur Cohen , Q . C , M . P ., distributed the prizes won for shooting anel general efficiency h y the Bermondsey detachment nf the nth Surrey Rifle ,- , at the Drill I lall , Jamaica-road , Bermondsey , on VVedne-silav , the nih inst .

Bro . Col . lion . ¦' . Stanley , M . P ., D . P . G . M . West . Lancashire , was present at tlie annual meeting of the Blackpool Licensed Victualler ; ' Association . Tlie Karl of Carnarvon Lodge of Instruction will meet every Friday evening at the Ladbroke Hall , Ladbroke Grove-road , Notting-hill , at S o ' clock , instead of at the Alitre , Coldbournc-road , North Kensington , Commencing the oth inst

on Friday , _ : . Wc believe the removal will be a great advantage to the loilge , and the brethren intend commemorating the opening night with supper after the lodge is closed . The lodge will on this occasion be opened at s o ' clock The Karl ol Carnarvon Chapter of Improvement will also remove : to the hall , ami will meet every alternate Tuesday evening , commencing on the rth inst ., at S o ' clock .

Bro . the Duke of Manchester , P . G . M . Xorthants and Hunts will presiele at the evening meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute , to he heht on Tuesday , the 24 th inst ., nt Ihe Grosvenor Gallery Library , when a paper ' will he read on " Nat I in its retailors to South Africa " by Air . James R . Saunders , AI . L . C , Natal . '

In I ' ons-cfjucnce of the death of the Karl of Ait lie , an election ol a Scc . tch representative peer took place at ICdinhiirgh on Wednesday On the calling of the roll the usual protests against Br . . . the Karl of Kellie answering to lhe title of ihe Earl nf Alar were handed in . and the v ., iin _»

proceeded . Lord Polworth , was declared dul y elected . 11 is slated that Bro . General Sir Frederick Rob . its will retain the command of the . Madras army , and there is no probability nf his joining the Horse Guards ' staff .

The annual dinner of ( be Hull Literary Club was held nn 'Tuesday evening , Ihe 10 H 1 inst ., at the Royal Station Ilotel , under the presidency of Dr . Evan Fraser . Able speeches were delivered by Mr . John Letig , of the Dundee Advertiser ; Dr . Alafley , of the Bradford Historical Society ; Rev . J . II . McCormick , ALA . ; Rev . A . II . Carpenter ; Air . VV . Andrews , F . R . H . S ., the Mon . Sec . of the Club ; and many other members and visitors . Songs

ami recitals were rendered in capital style hv llro . Al . I ' Peel :, Air . II . Calvert Appleby , . Mr . W . J . Wellsted , and other gentlemen , and a very enjoyable evening was spent . The Craft in Ireland has sustained a great loss through thc death of Alajor-Gen . Sir J . J . Hort , tlart ., C . B ., who , among oilier distinguished positions , had lilled the oilier : of AI . W . S . of the original chapter of Prince Masons , Dublin , and was also a member of the . - , and degree of tlie Ancient and Accepted Rile .

The " New \ ear s " reception of lhe Voting Men ' s Christian Association was held on Thursday , the 5 th inst ., in the Voung Alen ' s capacious Hall , Aldersgatestreet , under the presidency of . Mr . S . Motlsy , . M . P . Bro . Wm . Bristow , Past Grand Steward , will be

installed VV . AI . or Ihc Grand Stewards' Lodge , on Wednesday the iSth inst ., at 5 . 30 p . m ., at thc Freemasons ' Hall . Bro . V . Brown will bc installed W . M . of the Sincerity Lodge , No . 174 , at thc Guildhall Tavern , Gresham-street , on Wednesday , the iSth inst ., at four p . m . precisely . A report will appear in our next .

At a meeting of the Council of the City Church and Churchyard Protection Society , Mr . Teuton in thc chair , it was announced that the London and Southwestern Railway had scheduled thc church of the united parishes of St James , Garlickhilhc , and St . Michael ' s , Oueenhithe , together with the churchyard of St . James , Garlickhilhc , in a Bill to be introduced in the forthcoming

Session . The council resolved to oppose the Bill by all the means in their power , on the ground that the church is one of Bro . Sir Christopher Wren ' s masterpieces , and that there is a good congregation and a resident population , with the rector living in the i _ ity . Bro . Lord Lei g h , P . G . M . Warwickshire ,

presided at a large and inlluenlial meeting of thc supporters of the North Warwickshire Hunt at the Regent Hotel , Leamington , on Wednesday , to consieler the recommendation of the Hunt Committee , that the fixtures of the meets be no longer published . After some discussion , the meeting' decided lor the present to adhere to the old practice of publishing the meets openly .