Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

LAUY LUCY HICKS-BEACH , who is suffering from a slight attack of measles , is progressing very satisfactorily . THE DUCHESS OK S UTHERLAND , who has gone to Italy , does not return to London till the end of the month . BKO . SIR J EDGE , Q . C , has been elected a Bencher of the Middle'Temple , in place of the late Mr . Alfred Cock , O . C . PRINCESS HENRY OF PRUSSIA and suite witnessed the performance of "Julius Cesar " at Her Majesty's Theatre on Monday night .

THE DUKE OE CAMBRIDGE honoured Sir Edward Carbutt with his company at dinner ' on Saturday evening last , at 19 , Hyde Park Gardens .

BY COMMAND of her Majesty the Queen , Sir Fleetwood Edwards has forwarded her Majesty ' s annual subscription of £ 105 to the Middlesex Hospital . HER MAJESTY has been pleased to apDrove the appointment of the Hirl of Meath to be Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Dublin , in the room of the late Lord Holm Patrick . THE MEMORIAL to the Countess of Lathom will take the appropriate form of a perpetual endowment of a district nurse , who shall work in Lathom and Skelmersdale . The fund is growing rapidly .

BRO . THE EARL OE K ' . MOREY has sailed from Naples for South Australia , and the Countess of Kilmorey , who is recovering from her recent illness , has left London for Ray Court , Maidenhead , which she has taken for the summer .

PRINCESS HENRY OE PRUSSIA and her children , Prince Waldemar and the infant Prince , arrived in London on Saturday morning last from the Continent . Her Royal Highness , who was received at Victoria Station by Lieut .-Col . Davidson , on behalf of the Queen , travelled by the Great Western Railway to Windsor , which was reached shortly before 11 . Princess Henry will remain some time with her Majesty .

THE DUKE OE RICHMOND AND GORDON , K . G ., has accepted re-election as chairman of the Board of Guardians of the West Hampnett Union , Sussex , an office which he has filled for 3 S years , having succeeded his father in that position on the latter's death in 1 SG 0 . His Grace also continues his chairmanship of the West Sussex County Council and the Boxgrove Parish Council , and , although now an octogenarian , he is regular in his attendance at the meetings of the various bodies .

THE ARRANGEMENTS for the Queen ' s visit to Netley Hospital to-morrow ( Saturday ) have been definitely settled . Iter Majesty and suite leave the Windsor Station of the Great Western Railway at 2 . 30 p . m . by special train , and travel vid Reading to Basingstoke ; thence the Royal journey is over the South-Western line past Winchester to Netley , which will be reached at 4 . 30 . The Queen leaves Netley on her return an hour later , and will arrive at Windsor at half-past seven o ' clock in the evening .

BRO . THE EARL AND COUNTESS OV WARWICK ' infant son was christened in the private chapel at Warwick Castle on Saturday afternoon last . The sponsors were the Duchess of York , the Earl of Rosebery , Bro . Lord Leigh , and Bro . the Right Hon . Cecil Rhodes , who were represented by proxies , Lady Eva Dugdale taking the place of the Duchess of York . Canon Rivington , his lordship ' s domestic Chaplain , officiated , and Jordan water was used at the font . The child ' s ' name is Maynard , after Lady Warwick ' s grandfather .

H . R . H . THE PRINCE OE WALES presided on Monday morning at meetings of the Executive and Finance Committees of the Royal Commission for the Paris Exhibition of 1900 , at Marlborough House . Subsequently the Prince and Princess , accompanied by their daughters , the Princess Victoria and Princess Charles of Denmark , were present at the first public concert given by thc Concert Orchestra of " La Scala" Theatre , Milan , at the Imperial Institute . Miss Knollys and Bro . Captain Holford were in attendance .

THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL DINNER of the Royal hospital for Incurables , has been fixed for Tuesday , the 7 th June next , at the Hotel Metropole , when thc chair will be taken by Bro . Alderman George Wyatt Truscott . It may , perhaps , be supposed that this hospital has been benefited by the Jubilee of 1 S 97 , and that it is not justified in making an appeal for funds . Unfortunately this is not so . The incurables have not shared in that splendid outbreak of national generosity , nor is it likely that they will . The case is the other way ; the inflow of contributions has been checked and regular subscriptions have been diverted in the desire to swell the popular movement of last year .

THE VRIVATK MEW of Mr . Herbcit J . Finn ' s Exhibition , will be held at the Modem Gallery , 175 , Bond-street , on Saturday next . The work this season being entirely of Kent— " The Garden of England "—and including nine drawings of Canterbury Cathedral , together with landscapes , seascapes , and some figure subjects . The exhibition will be open to the public fr . m the tGth instant to 10 th June , excepting Wednesday , iSth instant , on which day the Gallery will be closed by the special desire of l-ady Harris . The Corporation of Maidstone arc now holding a loan exhibition of 50 of Mr . Finn ' s pictures .

T . R . II . TUB PRINCE AND PRINCESS OE WALES , attended by the Kquerry-in-Waiting , left Marlborough House on Sunday afternoon on a visit to ihe Queen . Their Royal Highnesses , who were accompanied from London by Mr . Alfred Gilbert , R . A ., travelled by the Great Western Railway to Windsor , which was reached about a quarter to two o ' clcck . Their Royal Highnesses drove to the Palace , and having taken luncheon with her Majesty , proceeded shortly after half-past four o'clock to the Albert Chapel , for the purpose of seeing the monumental statuary which has been placed upon the sarcophagus of the Duke of Clarence . Mr . Gilbert and Canon Dalton were in attendance . 'Ihe Prince and Princess returned to town at the close of their visit .

"OxiNE . "— " Oxire '' is made from the primest ex beef , and the best and freshest vegetables , so ceniLined and prepared that all the tannin and indigestible fibre of the vegetables are excluded , resulting in a product containing all the stimulating qualities derived from extractives of beef , and at the same time really possessing the various physiological constituents essential in a lood of the highest nutritive value , extremely palatable , and rncst easy of digestion . The celebrated Baron Liebig , the pioneer

manufacturer of extracts of heel , often stated that if he could satisfactorily combine vegetable products with his extract in such a way that it would contain the proper proportions of the proteids , albumenoids , and carbo-hydrates , which are necessary to constitute an evenly-balanced and highly-nutiitive food , his production would be perfect . This is exactly what the manufacturers ol "Uxine" have succeeded in doing , after some years devoted to the subject , and , with the assistance and advice of some of the best and most highly-skilled scientists of the day .

Masonic And General Tidings.

PRINCESS CHRISTIAN and suite visited the Lyceum Theatre on Wednesday evening to witness the performance of " The Medicine Man . " IN OUR RETORT of the Selwyn Lodge , No . 1901 , we inadvertently stated that the Charity Association in connection with the lodge had sent up ^ 200 to thc Central Charities , whereas we should have said £ 2000 .

LORD MARKHAM has offered a sum of 430 , 000 for the erection of an art gallery in Lister Park , Bradford , in honour of Cartwright , inventor of the steam power loom and wool-combing machine , a statue of whom is to be placed in the building . His lordship also suggests that a subscription should be made to provide a national memorial of Cartwright .

I UK DUKE AND DUCHESS OE CONNAUUHT were present at the race ball at the Officers' Club , Aldershot , on Wednesday . It was a brilliant success . At each end of the ball room banks of flowers and palms were arranged to reach half way to the ceiling . The balcony was draped with blue and gold hangings , whilst Japanese fans were suspended from the ceiling .

1 UK ROYAL DINNER PARTY at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening included T . H . H . the Prince and Princess of Wales , Princess Christian of Schleswig-llolstein , Princess Henry of Battenberg , the Duke and Duchess of York , Princess Victoria of Wales , Princess Charles of Denmark , and Princess Henry of Prussia , the Duchess of Roxburghe ( Lady in Waiting ) , the Earl cf Pembroke and Montgomery ( Lord Steward ) , the Duke of Roxburghe , Lord Harris ( Lord in Waiting ) , and Major-General Sir John McNeill ( Equerry in Waiting ) .

THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY have issued a neat and compact little pocket calender lor the current year , in which are to be found lists of all the principal horse and cattle fairs in the United Kingdom , and tables showing the dates of race meetings and the cricket fixtures , each being arranged under the months in which they are held . There are plenty of blank pages on which to enter memoranda , and the whole appears to have been very carefully compiled and edited . The information as to the Great Eastern Company ' s train and boat service will also be found of great use .

HER MAJESTY will hold a Council at Windsor Castle on the afternoon of Thursday , the 19 th inst ., for the transaction of various matters of State business requiring her personal attention , prior to her departure for Scotland . The date on which her Majesty commences the journey to the north is the 20 th , and the arrangement to hold the Council on the preceding day will enable the various Government departments to make the latest possible settlement of such of their business as requires the Oueen ' s attention , and thus probably obviate the necessity of holding a Council while her Majesty is at Balmoral .

' 1 HE QUEEN , accompanied by Princess Henry of Prussia ; and attended by the Duchess ot Roxburghe , he Hon . Harriett Phipps , Lord Edward Pelham Clinton , Sir Arthur Bigge , Sir James Reid , the Hon . Alexander Yorke , Lieutenant Ponsonby , and other members ot the Court , left Buckingham Palace about half-past five o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon for Windsor Castle . Her Majesty and the Princess , whose departure was witnessed by a large assembly of spectators , drove , under an escort of

thc Household Cavalry , to Paddington , where a special train had been provided for their conveyance to Berkshire . The Royal train was accompanied by Mr . Walter Robinson , deputy chairman ; Mr . J . L . Wilkinson , general manager ; and Mr . Allen , traffic superintendent ; and travelled under the charge of Mr . Hart , divisional superintendent , to Windsor , which was reached at 25 minutes past six , the journey from the Metropolis having been accomplished in half an hour .

PRINCESS HENRY OK BAITENUEKG presided in thc Royal United Service Institution , at the annual meeting , on Saturday last , of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Association , an organisation which , in the past 13 years , has achieved excellent results in its endeavours to assist the wives and families of men serving in the Army and Navy by finding them suitable employment and by giving , when necessity arises , temporary

relief from its funds . It is also sought to obtain work for those who have been discharged from the services . The report of the Council for the past year was of a highly encouraging nature . General Sir William Lockhart , who was among the speakers , alluded incidentally to the gallant bearing of the men who had taken part in the Indian frontier campaign , and remarked that in the Tirah expedition the troops had been greatly cheered by the Queen ' s gracious messages and her sympathy with their families .

A MASONIC SERVICE will be held in the church of St . Martin-in-thc-Fields , Charing-cross , on Saturday next , at 3 . 30 p . m ., on behalf of the Centenary Fund of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . The sermon will be preached by the V . W . Bro . the Venerable Archdeacon of London , P . G . C The galleries of the church will be open to ladies and friends . Accommodation will be provided in the Crypt of the church for brethren to " clothe , " for which a dispensation has been granted by the Most

Worshipful Grand Master , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales . The church will be open at 3 o ' clock . Amongst the Grand Officers Past and Present who have promised to attend are Bros . I . Dixon llartland , M . P ., S . G . D . ; R . J . Mure , J . G . D . ; Lieut .-Col . Kiallmark , j . G . D . j E . Luxmore Marshall , D . G . D . C ; ] . T . Wmklield , A . G . D . C ; J . II . Rutherglcn , D . G . Std . Br . ; ] . W . Woodall , P . G . T . ; | . McLeod , P . G . S . B ., See . R . M . I . B . ; E . M . Money , P . A . G . D . C ; E . Valeriani , P . G . Std . Br . ; R . S . Aubyn Roumieu , P . G . Stwd . ; and others .

WE CALL ATTENTION to an organisation which was formed last year under thc title of the " Association of Kentish Men and Men of Kent , " of which , if well managed as we have no doubt it will be , is likely to prove useful to the members and especially to the county with which it is connected . Its objects , as set forth in thc Constitution and Rules as adopted at the Inaugural Meeting held at the Holborn Viaduct Hotel , on the Kith December last , are ( 1 ) to befriend natives of the County of Kent ; ( 2 ) to promote the social , moral , and intellectual culture of its members : ( 3 ) lo

preserve objects and records of historic and general interest in the county ; and to preserve and revive local reminiscences ; ( 4 ) to encourage educational and | industrial objects connected with the county ; and ( 5 ) to assist as far as funds permit , any benevolent object which the Council deems worthy of support . Each and every of these objects is so praiseworthy in itself and so calculated to prove serviceable to the worthy people of Kent that , though the programme is a somewhat ambitious one for a newlyformed Society , it is impossible not to wish it the utmost possible success . 'The Aswcia

tion is governed by a Council consisting of eight members together with the officers , who are members e \ -o ! Jitio . Both officers and members of Council are to be elected at th annual general meeting on the nth October ( Old Michaelmis Diy ) . All gentleiii ; n connected with the county by birth , marriage , or descent , are eligible for membership , while gentlemen who have resided in the county for five years and ladies who lie natives and live years' residents , are eligible as Associates . The Hon . Secretary and Treasurer is Mr . Charles J . Kcdshaw , 47 , St . George ' i-road , Forest Gate , of whom full particulars of thc Association can be obtained .

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