Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

A new lodge , bearing the name of the popular Provincial Grand Master of Kssi x , the Earl of Warwick , vas consecrated at Buckhurst Hill , on Wednesday . A full report of the proceedings will appear in our next issue . . Bro . Baron de Bush his been admitted a Liveryman of the Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers' Company .

Bro . Capt . T . C . Walls has been elected on tne \ estry of St . Dunstan in the West , vice Bro . Depu'y George Manners , F . S . A ., F . R . G . S ., & c , decsased . A Masonic ball , given by the Dover Freemasons , was held at the Town Hall on Friday night , the Oth inst ., the Connaught Hall and its approaches being very elaborately decorated for the occasion .

The Master of the Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers ' Company ( Bro . F . 1 ! . FuTerJ has issued invitations for Monday , the lOth instant , to meet the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs at the Whitehall Rio-n * , Ho ' . el Metropole .

The Shad . veil Clerke Preceptory of Knights Templar will meet at 33 , Golden-square , on Thursday , the igth instant , when Sir Knight G . Gregory will be installed K . P ., anil candidates will be admitted to the Order . Particulars can be obtained of the Registrar , Henry L-ivegrove , Ebaracum , Herne Hill , S . E .

It has been arranged by the brethren of Panmure Lodge , No . 299 ( S . C ) , Arbroath , to hold a grand bazaar in April , 1 S 95 . The bazaar , which will be unTer distinguished pationage , is for the purp lse of raising funds to clear off the debt on the lodge property and to inaugurate a benevolent scheme in connection with the lolge .

'The first annua ] dinner of the Kentish Club of Instruction , which holds its meetings on Sunday mornings at the Milton Hall , Kentish Town , was held on Thursday evening the . Sth inst ., in the Duke ' s Sal ion of the Holborn Restaurant . Bro Charles F . Ouicke ( Preceptor ) presided , and was supported by about 100 members and friends . During the evening , an excellent programme of vocal and instrumental

music was gone through . The B'shop of Grenoble is an ultra anti-Masonic fanatic ' In a recent discourse Mgr . Fava exemplified to an amusing degree his craze that the lodges of the brotherhood are federated centres of political intrigue . He said : " It was the Enelish Freemasons who pushed on France to join in

the Crimean war against Russia in order that she . might exhaust her gold and treasure in that needless combat ; it was the French Freemasons who incited France to light Austria , a Catholic nation , in order to bring about the unity of Italy . * ' * resisting the temporal power of the Pope . "—Sheffield Dailv Telegraph .

We regret to have to announce the death of Mrs . Lucas , the wife of Bro . Superintendent Lucas ( Lion and Lamb Lodge , No . 192 ) , of the VV Division , whose head-quarte-s are at Brixton . The funeral took place on Tuesday , all the fhops on the line of route exhibiting , amidst general

indications of respect and sympathy , signs ot mourning . The ccflin was epvered with a number of very beautiful wreaths , the donors including the following : The officersof Brixton Station , the Clapham Sub-Division , the Brixton tradesmen , by Mr . J . Leighton , and many others .

At a meeting of Grand Master ' s Chapter , No . 1 , held on Tuesday , the 3 rd instant , at the Hotel Victoria , Northumberland-avenue , Comp . T . Poultney G illin was duly installed M . E . Z . of the Chapter , Comps . Dr . F . Gordon Brown and H . II . Crawford ( City Solicit )¦) being

respectively installed II . and J . The ceremony ot installation was most impressively rendered by Comp . Dr . Ralph Gocding . Amorgst the visitors were Comps . Sir John Monckton , the Rev . Brcoke Lambert , and Major j . T . Peirce .

The remains ol the late Bro . 1 homas Carlisle Sharp , who died on the 1 st inst ., at his residence , 7 , Lomondroad , Edge-lane , Liverpool , in the 52 nd year of his age , were intened on Wednesday , the 4 th inst ., in West Derby Cemetery . The deceased brother was a prominent Freemason , having been connected with the Marlborough Lodge for 14 y-eair , ard the respect in which be was held was

shown by the lari ; e gathering at the ceremony . Among friends present at the ceremony were Bros . James Gresham . I . P . M . 1 C 0 ; J . S . Jolly , l . P . M . 1505 ; ' John Deacon , Tin mas Sandow , J . P . Leach , £ 05 ; G . H . Ryder , | . IT . Simms , Ji In Lee , I . ) . Griffiths , T . O . Jepson , 1505 ; ' (' . Gardner . I . G . 1505 ; and otters . The coffin was covered with floral tributes .

We have the highest esteem for that excellent , hospitable , and charitable body of men known as freemasons . But we are afraid that the appeal of the Argentine brethren to the Ponce of Wales , President Cleveland , the King oi Portugal , and President Pe-ixolo , on behalf of the Brazilian refugees will not have much eff-ct as such . If the refugees are all Masons , and Pnside-nt Peixoto be also of the Craft ,

then , perhaps , a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Argentina might avail something . Only it might not be quite a safe thing for the conveners , for even the most earnest Freemason is opt to forget Ihe principles of the brotherhood in the excitement of politics . But , after all , there is no reason

to fear that the Portuguese Government will surrender the insurgents who have sought an asylum on their ships of war . The commanders might have refused to lake them in , but having given them shelter , they can hardly with decency hand them over to the tender mercies of the ruthless Peixoto . -Pall Mall Gau-lte .

A I 5 i . E-s . lN - ' ! IX III nn-i : is often a pleasant surprise , e-pi-i : ia ! ly when it hri j . ' .-- u - diet from pain . I lolh , \ va \ ' .-, ( Jintnienl wiil lie found t . i fullil imlli tlies-i- ( --inditi'in-. l-i li .:- ' - win have faith in its merit's . It-since--indued llie r , n- ' ! i' - ' i I prr ;!' e-sj ,, n fi introduce it into the liiis-r-. it . il-and tin ir private |> artier , and in many instai . i-i-s win- e the - Ikrer \ va- cuu-idered incurable

Hollowai ' - Ointment , in lonjiiiirtiiiii with l . i- I'll-, healed the most des-perat : easels . They are al-u nne . pr . lhd to tie- eure of scrofula , scurvy , and all disea-c .- nf the- skin , and the cures they ellect , 'tre not tc-mpnraiy or imperfect , fur hy tiieir purifying powers they bring , about a marvellous and benelicial change in the whole system .

Masonic And General Tidings

Princess Victor of Hohenlohe , and the Countess Feodore Gleichen visited Sunningdale on T hursdav , and placed a wreath upon the grave of the late Prince Victor of Hohenloh p , returning to St . James ' s Palace in the evening . Bro . Ernest St . Clair w is instilli d < W . M . of La France Mark Lodge at the Cafe Royal on Tuesday last . The proceedings were conducted wholly in the French language , Bro . Mnnteuuis performing the ceremony of installation most admirably .

Brethren are invited to send for the list of Masonic Books published at the office of the Freemason . Many works oi interest both to the Masonic student and general reader have recently been added , and the publisher will gladly forward a copy to any address on receipt of a post-card .

The fund for commemorating the services , during the last 20 years , of Bro . Sir John Monckton , as Town Clerk of the City of London , vjill close to-morrow ( Saturday ) , and the presentation will be made by the Lord Mayor , at the Mansion House , on Tuesday , the 17 th inst ., at half-past two o ' clock . The form which the compliment takes will be , first , a marble bust of Sir John Monckton , by Mr . J . A . Racmakers , for presentation to the Guildhall Art Gallery ; and next , a valuable gift of jewels for Lady Monckton .

The annual banquet of Royal Arch Chapter , No . 100 , at the Masonic Hall , Dublin , on Friday , the ( ith inst ., was made the occasion of the interesting ceremony of presenting Comp . Picker with a beautifully il ' uminitfd address and a purse of sovereigns upon his retiring from the Registrarship of the chapter , and as a tribute to the zeal and great

interest he has always taken in the chapter during a perrod of a quarter of a century , the latter half of which he has acted as Registrar . The presentation was made by Comp . R . Simpson , P . K ., in an appropriate speech , and was acknowledged and responded to by Comp . Packer . After some excellent singing and recitations the companions separated in P . I- and H .

At Emmanuel Church , Compton Gilford , Devon , on the Oth in-t ., the marriage took place of Bro . the Rev . Thomas William Lemon , D . D ., of Erme House , Ivy-bridge , and Miss Mary Louisa Brian , eldest daughter of the late T . C . Brian , of Plymouth , srolicitor . At the meeting of Lodge Sincerity , No . 1 S 9 , on the same evening it was resolved ,

"n the proposition of Bro . C . F . Dunsterville , to present Bro . Lemon with a Past Master ' s jewel as a wedding present , and at the after proceedings his health was proposed by Bro . Hendry , as the oldest Past Master present , and drunk with great heartiness . Bro . Lemon is one of the oldest Past Masters of Lodge Sincerity , which is his mother lodge , and of which he is still Chaplain .

Princess Christian , accompanied by Princess Victoria ol Schleswig-Holstein , and attended bv Baroness Von Eglnff . stein , distributed the prizes at the Fifth Annual Exhibition of Village Industries at Datchet , on Thursday . A large company was present to witness the ceremony , including Lady Mary and Miss Trefusis , the Ladies Cholmondeley , Mr . P . J . and Lady Marcia de Paravicini , Mrs . Granville Somerset , Colonel and Mrs . Ward , Mrs . Felix Palmer and

Miss Palmer ( Honorary Secretary ) . Miss Aileen Hinde , three and half years old—the ynungfst exhibitor , and the winner of a silver thimble— -presented the Princess with a posy of orchids and lilies , and the vicar of Datchet , the Kev . J . IT . Thompson , made a short statement concerning the progress of the exhibition , after which the successful competitors received their awards . The Princesses then made a critical survey of the various classes .

In presiding over the 27 th annuil dinner ! of the City Waiters' Provident and Pension Society , in the Cannonstreet Hotel , Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Dimsdale stated that during the last seven years £ 2 SjS had been paid to members . As one of large experience in City banquets , he bore testimony , to the deftness and courtesy of those most respectable members of the community who ministered to

their wants . A distinct thrill permeated the company when he said there were those who did not approve of public dining , which was relieved by cheers when he expressed his contempt for such persons . He wondered , seeing the number of people who attended banquets , that their society was not better supported . Bro . Lieut .-Col . George Lambert , President of the society , commended its efforts to assist members in obtaining situations , and was accorded a

specially vocifercus rendering of the assertion that he was a "J" ) ly good fellow , " when , the subscriptions amounting to £ 300 , peimitling the establishment of a special £ 20 pension to be named after him , he refused to accept the honour unless allowed to provide funds sufficier . t to maintain it wit . iout drawing on the resources of the society . As a matter of fact , the gallant colonel gave the £ . 500 required for that laudable pu-pose .

AN ANCIENT MASONIC EMIILEM . —Freemasons will be glad to hear of the reception in England of the old and interesting Masonic emblem Mr . Horbury Hunt forwarded by the Earl of Jersey . The late Governor , writing from Middieton Park in Octob-r , savs that he has fo warded the medal entrusted to him by Mr . Hunt to the Secietary of the St . John ' j Old Kilwinning Lodge , No . ( i , Inverness .

The English mail last to hand b-ings Mr . Hunt the following letter from the Secret try of the lodge : " Dear Sir and Brother . —Earl Jersey has handed over to St . John's Old Kilwinning Lodge of Freemasons , No . ( j , of Scotland , the old Masonic jewel which you committed to his care , and which belonged to one of your forefathers , Brother John Gregor . At a meeting of the lodjfe held on the ' i 6 th

December last , I was instructed to acknowledge safe receipt of same , and to thank you for so kindly sending back to the mother 1 idge such an interesting relic . The brethren appreciate the gift very highly , so much so indeed that they have resolved to have a new jewel made for the Right Worshipful Master , in which the medal sent us will form the centre-piece . Yours , & CThomas G . Henderson

, , Secretary . " The Earl of Jersey in his letter forwarded a copy from the minutes on record , stating that on the 2 nd May . 1773 . there was presented to Captain John Gregor , the Right Worshipful Master , a gold medal , with the best thanks of the lodge , for his past services ; also that on the 6 th February . 177 6 , a diploma was presented to the same officer . —Sydney Mail .

T-velfth Annual Edition of Explanatory Book , sent gratis and post free , gives reliable information how to make money quickly by Stocks and Shares . Highest and lowest prices for past years . —Address , G . Evans and Co ., Stockbrokers , 11 , Poultry , London , E . C .

Masonic And General Tidings

The Lord Mayor has kindly consented to preside at the festival dinner in aid of the funds of the Metropolitan Hospital , to be held at ' the Hotel Mdtropole , on Monday , the 30 th inst . The Aged Poor Commission sat on Tuesday to consider the report . The Prince of Wales was present throughout the meeting , and took great interest in the draft scheme of proposals .

In our notice of the elections of churchwardens and other officers of the parish of St . Botolph's Without , last week , we omitted to include the name of Bro . A . B . Hudson , who was elected Parish Surveyor . The Oueen will visit Manchester to formally , open the

Ship Canal on or about the 21 st of May . Lord Egerton of Tatton , Chairman of the companv ; the Lord Mayor of Manchester , Mr . Alderman Marshall ; and the Mayor of Salford , Mr . Alderman Bailey , are in communication with the Queen ' s advisers in London .

The annual general meeting of the London Magistrates ' Clerks' Association was held at Bow-street Court on Thursday evening . Mr . John Alexander , Chief Clerk of theCorirt at Bow-street , wasel . ected Chairman andTreasurer , and Messrs . Temple , C . Martin , and A . Brienne Halle , Hon . Secretaries .

The Duchess of Newcastle opened a bazaar at St . Albans , Holborn , in aid of the church schools on Thursday . Hrr Grace observed th-. t there wts all the greater need for the support of voluntary schools now that the tendency towards secular teaching in the Board Schools had become so prominent . Among others present were Viscountess Falkland and Lady Wilson , Miss J . Baker , and the vicar ,

the Rev . R . H . Suckling . Prince Christian presided on Thursday evening , the 12 th inst ., at the forty-ninth anniversary dinner of the German Hospital , which was given in the Whitehall Rooms , Hotel Metropole . There was a large attendance , including Count Tornielli ( the Italian Ambassador ) , Count Metternich , Count Mensdorff , and Baron von Schroder . The

institution in question is perhaps one of the best known of Metropolitan charities . In the annual report it was intimated that r o work was carried on with undiminished activity , and , it may be added , with continued success . Last year , 145 G in-patients and 1 S 4 S 2 outpatients received treatment , of whom a considerable

number were English—for an open door is kept at the German Hospital in Dalston to people of all nationalities who require instant medical aid . It was subsequently announced the resprctahle sum of £ 2900 had been subsubscribed . Under the direction of Mr . Wilhelm Ganz , a splendid vocal and instrumental concert was given .

Tut : MASONIC BENEFIT AT ROCHDALE . —For the past seven years the annual benefit entertainment in Rochdale on behalf of the Masonic Charities has by the kindness and generosity of Bro . F . VV . Purcell been held at the Theatre Royal , and in conformity with his us -al practice that brother had arranged to give the benefit entertainment for 1894 at the theatre on Tu-sday , the ioth instant . The disastrous

fire at the theatre placed it beyond Bro . Purcell ' s power to carry out the arrangement , and the Masonic brethren who had relied upon it had to devise another plan . Principally through the efforts of Bros . R . H . S . Butterworth , S . W ., and C . E . Collingwood , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C , a concert was projected in lieu of the entertainment at the theatre , the date was altered , and the concert was held in the Town Hall

on Tuesday , the 3 rd inst . The change does not affect the prospect of realising a substantia ] amount in aid of the Charities , lor the hall was very well filled in spite of the untoward weather , and Bro . Butterworth was able to announce half-way through the concert that the hall held £ ( 13 , and that the usual donations had still to come in . A very pleasant feature of the proceedings during the interval was the pr < sentation to Bro . F . W . Purcell , P . M ., of a solid

gold Prtbt Master ' s jewel in recognition of his many years service on behalf of the Masonic Charities , and mentior was also made of Bro . Purcell ' s announcement that he hoped to re-open the theatre about the end of August . Bro , Collingwood , when announcing the presentation , stated that no less a sum than £ ' 240 had been realised for the Charities by the entertainments Bro . Purcell had given at the theatre year by year since 18 S 6 .

DEVON MASONIC EDUCATIONAL F UNi > .--The annual meeting of the Governors and Subscribers of the Devon Masonic Educational Fund was held on the 3 rd inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Gandy-street , Exeter , 'to receiie reports anil to elect four children on the fund . Bro . E . H . Shorlo , P . M . 39 , was voted to the chair . Bro . Lord , Treas ., presented his report . The value of the fund at Ihe end t f tie

year was £ . 1317 13 s . 4 d ., as against , ( . 11 ( 14 9 s . 4 d . llie previous year . They had not only added to th 2 number of children on the fund , but had also made a substantial addition to their income . In addition to that he had since received on account of the present year over £ 241 . —On the ¦ notion of Bro . Powell , seconded by Bro . C . Watson , Bro . J . R . Lord was unanimously re-elected Treasurer . —Bro .

liregoryproposedthere-electionof Bro . Cover as Secretary , and Bro . Mutten seconded the motion , which was pasted with acclamation . Bro . VV . H . Dillion was unanimously re-elected Assistant Secretary on the proposition of Bros . Cover and Lord . Complimentary references and high encomiums were passed on the work of the Treasurer , Secretary , and Assistant Secretary respectively for the time ,

energy , and ability they devoted to the work of the Institution . Bros . W . Allsford and W . J . Stanbury were reelected auditors , and the following were appointed as the Finance Committee : Bros . IT . Stocker , J . Brewer , E . T . Fulford , W . J . S ' anbury , VV . Powell , and G . Wnittley . There were six candidates for the four vacancies op the fund , and there were no less than 2400 votes handed in .

The result of the ' voting was : First , son of a deceased brother of Lodge Benevolence , No . 666 , Princetown ( third application ) , S 43 votes , including 6 94 b-ought forward ; second , daughter of a deceased brother of Lodge , No . 71 ) St . John ' s , Plymouth , who was drowned in H . M . S . Victoria ( first application ) , 793 votes ; third , son of a deceased brother of Lodge , No . 33 , Exeter ( first application ) , 7 ° J

votes ; fourth , daughter of a decea-ed brother of No . 1125 , Tiverton ( lirst application ) , 450 votes ; fifth , son of a deceased brother of Loyal Lodge of Industry , N ° - 421 , South Molton ( second application ) . Si votes , including 11 brought forward . 'The first children were declared elected , Bros . Ellis , 6 ' 6 ; Hocking , 70 ; Hy . Stocker , 39 ' and Ellerton , 1125 ; being respectively elected their guardians . Votes of thanks brought the meeting to a close .