Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Since the establishment of the City Orthoprcdic Hospital in Hatton-garden , 40 years ago , it has treated 60 , 000 sufferers , of whom 2600 were relieved last year . Bro . Constable , B . A ., Grammar School , Thorne , S . VV . of the Isle of Axholme Lodge , No . 14 S 2 , Crowle , was unanimously elected ( at the June meeting ) VV . M . for the ensuing year .

The installation of the Abbey Lodge , No . 1184 , Battle , near Hastings , will be held on Thursday next , the lyth inst ., when Bro . VV . A Raper , S . VV ., will he installed W . M . for the ensuing year . Pros . Lord Halsbury ( Lord High Chancellor ) , Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ) , Lord George Hamilton , and Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., attended the Cabinet Council held at the Foreign Office on Saturday last .

The Prince of Wales , accompanied by the Duke of Clarence and the Princesses Victoria and Maud , attended a matinee held at the Criterion Theatre , on the 5 th inst ., in aid of the Parish of Holy Cross , St . Pancras . The gross receipts exceeded £ 350 .

A drawing-room meeting was held at Sydenham on Saturday last in aid of the fund now being raised for the restoration of St . Saviour ' s , Southwark . Of the £ 40 , 000 required , some £ 23 , 000 has already been raised , and on this occasion the collection and subscriptions taken together amounted to £ 525 .

The Prince of Wales , as Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Horse Guards , dined with the officers of the regiment on Friday , the 6 th inst ., the chair being occupied by Bro . Lord Fitzhardinge , while among the present and past officers there were at table Bros , the Earl of Zetland , the Earl of Galloway , and Lord Methuen .

A bazaar in aid of the funds of the North London Hospital was opened in the grounds of University College , Gowerstreet , on the 5 th inst ., by the Duke and Duchess of Fife , who were received by the President , Treasurer , and Medical Staff of the College , while the Artists' Rifle Volunteers supplied a Guard of Honour .

Intelligence has been received at the Admiralty to the effect that the gunboat Thrush , Lieutenant-Commander Prince George of Wales , had been compelled to put in at Ferrol , in consequence of stress of weather , but would leave that port as soon as possible . The Spanish authorities paid their respects to his Royal Highness .

A letter has been received by the Jamaica Exhibition Committee from Sir H . Ponsonby , in whicli the Committee is informed that the Queen is greatly interested in the undertaking , and has graciously consented to lend various works of art from her collection . The Home Secretary has al 30 caused it to be known that the Treasury will submit to Parliament a vote of £ 1000 in aid .

Bro . E . Lawson presided at the 27 th anniversary dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund , held at the Hotel Metropole , on Saturday last , among the guests being Bros . Sir Algernon Borthwick , M . P ., Sir J . Pender , Sir Fred . _ Abel , G . A . Sala , Sheriff Harris , Hyde Clarke , and Sir J . Somers Vine . The musical arrangements were in charge of Bro . Wilhelm Ganz , Past G . Organist , and the contributions amounted to close on £ 2000 .

The installation of Bro . S . A . Gothard as W . M . of the Apollo Lodge , 301 , Alcester , for the ensuing year took place at the Town Hall on the 4 th inst ., when a goodly number of the Craft were present . The ceremony was impressively performed by Bro . Dr . F . H . Haynes , of the Shakespeare Lodge , Leamington . The brethren afterwards dined together at the Swan Hotel under the presidency of the newly-elected W . M .

The funeral of Bro . Samuel R . Davis took place at Ross Churchyard on the afternoon of the 6 th inst ., in the presence of a large concourse of people . Among those who attended were the Ross Town Commissioners and a number of the brethren of the Vitruvian Lodge , of which Bro . Davies was senior P . M . I he service was conducted by the Rev . Prebendary Cobbold , rector of Ross . Many shops were closed during the afternoon , and blinds were drawn as a mark of respect .

A company was registered on the 4 th inst ., with a capital of £ 1000 , in £ 1 shares , to acquire the Old Infirmary in Yorkshire-street , Rochdale , Lancashire , and to adapt the same for the purposes of a Masonic Hall and a social Masonic Club . The Craft lodges in that town are the

Hope , No . 54 , the Harmony , No . 20 S—each of which has a Royal Arch Chapter attached to it—and the St . Chad , No . 1139 . There is , therefore , every reason to expect that the new company will be well supported in its endeavour to secure a suitable place for the private meetings of the brethren in the Rochdale district .

The Prince of Wales , as Colonel of the 10 th ( Prince of Wales ' s Own ) Royal Hussars , was present at the regimental dinner at the Hotel Metropole on the 5 th instant . Among the guests and officers present were Major the Duke of Clarence and Avondale and Bros . Viscount Valentia and Captain the Earl of Airlie . Later in the evening his Royal Highness , accompanied by the Princess of Wales , the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , and the

Princesses Victoria and Maud , attended the ball given by Lord Alington at his residence , Alington House , South Audley-street , among the other guests being Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Athole , Bro . the Karl and Countess of Zetland , Bro . the Earl of March , Bro . the Earl and Countess of Airlie , Bro . the Earl and Countess of Kilmorey , the Viscountess Wolseley and the Hon . Frances Wolseley , and Bro . Viscount Raincliffe .

THE UNEMPLOYED IN EAST LONDON . —At a time when much thought is being given to this matter , a practical suggestion may be of service . Last year more than £ 300 , 000 worth of foreign matches were purchased by inconsiderate consumers in this country , to the great injury of our own working people , so true is it that " evil is wrought by want of thought , as well as want of heart . " If all consumers would purchase Bryant and May ' s Matches , that firm would be enabled to pay £ 1000 a week more in wages . —A DVT-

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . W . Rowley , P . M . Wickham Lodge , No . 1924 , has been unanimously elected W . M . of the VValsingham Lodge , No . 2148 . In the last five years the income of Dr . Barnardo ' s Homes has increased from £ 60 , 000 to £ 106 , 000 , whilst the number of children benefited has risen from Scoo to nearly 16 , 000 .

It is likely that the annual Provincial Convocation of the Royal Arch Chapter of Durham will be held on the 23 rd of July in the city of Durham , under the presidency of Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., G . Supt . The Prosperity Lodge of Instruction will in future meet on Wednesdays at 7 p . m ., instead of Tuesdays , at the City Arms 'Tavern , St . Mary Axe , and will continue its mettings through the summer without adjournment .

The Prince and Princess of Wales are expected to leave Marlborough House on Monday next , the 16 th inst ., for Sunningdale Park , Berks , the seat of Sir James Mackenzie , where they will reside during Ascot week . The amounts received on Wednesday at the Mansion House make a total Hospital Sunday Fund collection up to date of £ 15 , 000 . This includes £ 1238 from St . Jude ' s , South Kensington ( per Rev . Prebendary Forrest , D . D . ) , the largest offering ever received for the fund .

A dramatic , musical , and elocutionary entertainment will be given on the night of the 25 th inst . in the Banqueting Chamber , St . James ' s Hall , for the benefit of survivors of the Light Brigade . Bro . Edwin Drew is managing the affair , and several good artistes have promised their aid in the programme . The Lord Mayor entertained her Majesty's judges at the

Mansion House on Wednesday night . Sir R . Webster , in reply to the toast of the evening , said whatever Parliament might determine in regard to certain proposed changes , he knew that the aim of her Majesty ' s judges would be to give effect to the wishes of the Legislature , so as to give the full benefit of their services both to the country and to litigants .

Saturday , the 5 th July , has been fixed for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to the Paddington Recreation Ground , in connection with the proposed North-VVest London Polytechnic , which will be erected on the ground . Special Sports will be held on the occasion , and the Duke of Cambridge will be present , together with Bros . Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., the Lord Mayor , and John Aird , M . P .

Bro . Bagot Scriven , of the firm of Barclay , Perkins and Co ., presided at the 63 rd anniversary dinner of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum , which took place at the Crystal Palace on Wednesday afternoon . About 600 gentlemen were present , and the galleries were well filled with ladies . This Institution , which was established in 1 S 27 , is the most extensive of its kind in existence . Upwards of £ 9000 per annum is dispensed , three-fourths of which has to be raised b y voluntary subscription .

Miss Lucy Cohen , aunt of Lady Rosebery , distributed prizes on Wednesday night to the pupils of the Stepney Jewish Schools at the Great Assembly Hall , Mile-end-road , which Mr . F . 'N . Charrington had placed at the disposal of the Committee . Mr . Ma-cus N . Adler , president of the schools , occupied the chair . The number of pupils on the register is 750 , who last year contributed £ 366 14 s . in school fees and £ 121 15 s . in book fees , denoting that the parents do not belong to the poorest class ol" Jews in the East-end .

Several well-known artistes took part in the entertainments given at ' oombe Warren on Tuesday in connection with Lady Wolverton ' s bazaar . Mr . Wyndham and Miss Mary Moore contributed sketches ; Mr . Bourchier and Miss Eva Chester gave a duologue called " The Loquacious Husband ; " and a concert party , which included M . Tivadar Nachez , supplied some enjoyable selections . There was a

fashionable audience , the Duchess of Teck being among those present . The remains of the late Bro . H . Faulkner , ex-Mayor of Newport , were interred on Saturday afternoon . The mournful procession was an imposing one , comprising about

a dozen vehicles , the Mayor and Corporation , the police force , private friends and acquaintances , and representatives of Masonic lodges . Along the route shutters were placed up at business establishments and the blinds drawn at private residences . The Rev . D . Wilks , vicar of Holy Trinity Church , officiated at the cemetery .

'The Prince of Wales has promised to lay the foundation stone in July of the new buildings for the Royal South London " Ophthalmic Hospital ( which was established 33 years ago ) . H . R . H . the Princess of Wales has now graciously agreed to receive purses of £ 5 5 s . and upwards from ladies and children who will present them to her Royal

Highness on behalf of Ihe Royal Foundation Fund . 'Ihe Treasurer , Mr . J . S . Wood , of 2 , Princes' Mansions , Victoria-street , S . VV ., will be happy to sendpurses to any of our readers , and as the purses will be returned to the collectors after the ceremonial with an inscription , they ivill form a pleasing memento of an important event in connection with a worthy and much needed Charity .

On I uesday afternoon there was an embarrassment of riches in the way of afternoon entertainments . At the Steinway Hall , that clever young actress , Miss Kosa Kenney , was heard in a new duologue by Mr . C . Rae Brown , in addition to other well-selected items . In the Banqueting Room at St . James ' s Hall , Mr . Henry Phillips gave his annual concert , in the course of which Mr . Carl

Armbruster , musical director of the Haymarket Theatre , played three solos on the piano . It may also be recorded that Miss Rosa Leo gave a very interesting concert at the Lyric Club , singing four songs by Chaminade ( heard for the first time in England ) , and introducing Miss Angela Vanbrugh ( sister of Miss Violet Vanbrugh , of Mrs . Kendal ' s American troupe ) , who has been studying abroad , and supplied three violin solos .

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comfort and confer relief on every headachy , dyspeptic , sickly sull ' ercr , whose tortures make him a burden to himself and a bugbear to his friends . These Pills have long been the popular remedy for a weak stomach , for the disordered liver , or a paralysed digestion , which yield without difficulty to their regulating , purifying , and tonic qualities .

Masonic And General Tidings

Money Orders may henceforth be obtained at any Money Order Office in the United Kingdom payable at Mombasa and Lamu , on the East Coast of Africa . The Cape Rifle team has just left Cape Town on board the steamer Trojan for England , in order to compete at the forthcoming meeting of the National Rifle Association at Bisley .

Prince Christian Victor , playing for the Green Jackets against the Household Brigade on Wednesday , at Burton Court , Chelsea , hit up 35 ( not out ) out of So runs recorded for the loss of six wickets . The offices of the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland are now established at 11 A , South Hanover-street , Edinburgh , and ail communications to Comp . R . S . Brown , G . Scribe E ., should be so addressed , instead of South Charlotte-street , as formerly .

A great attraction at the Marlowe matinee will be the appearance of Mdme . Bernhardt ( if health permits ) as the reciter of verses by M . Richepin . Mr . J . T . Grein , acting for the Committee , conducted negotiations with the famous artiste , and received from her communications which exhibited much interest in the object of the performance .

Bismarck s sanctum at Fnednchsruh is a good-sized square apartment communicating with his bedroom and dressing-room . Its walls are adorned with portraits of " King " William , taken shortly after his accession in 1 S 60 ; of " Crown Prince "Frederick , au pied , in the full cuirassier uniform he wore while riding in the Jubilee procession ; of the Prince's only daughter , Countess Von Rantzau , taken when she was a girl of iS ; and of several intimate friends .

Bro . Major Jeremiah Rohrer , P . M . 43 , Lancaster , has just conferred the M . M . Degree on his fourth son , Bro . Howard Rohrer . He had previously conferred that Degree on three other sons , Bros . J . B . Rohrer , in 1 S 82 ; Dr . G . B . Rohrer , in 1 SS 5 ; and Grant Rohrer , in 1 SS 7 . As P . M ., Bro . Joshua L . Lyte remarks , probably this record cannot be beaten in Freemasonry " around the globe . ' ' —Keystone .

Mr . George Alexander will shortly give a " copyright " performance of Mr . Haddon Chambers' new play , by-andby to be brought out at the Avenue . The Gaiety Company ( with Mr . Russell Rosse as business manager ) will start touring on July 28 th , at the Theatre Royal , Brighton , previous to their visit to America and Australia . Following Brighton , a fortnight ' s engagement will be played at the Grand Theatre , Islington .

St . Jude ' s , South Kensington , still maintains its honourable position at the head of the list of Hospital Sunday contributions , Prebendary Forrest ' s Church having given £ 1238 , a sum more than £ 20 in excess of its last year ' s record . As an exercise in the virtue of Christian humility one may , however , remind St . Jude ' s that it is possible that the smaller contributions of other less wealthy congregations may , perhaps , represent a not less meritorious sum total of generosity and self-denial .

Bro . H . Robertson , P . G . M . of Canada , says : " We notice that the Grand Master of Nova Scotia laid the corner-stone of the new bank of Nova Scotia at Amherst , at the request of the authorities of that institution . This action is open to criticism . - A bank is not an edifice appropriated to

religious , educational , charitable , or Masonic purposes , nor is it a building belonging to the public in any way . We think it would be well to draw the line somewhere , and we have always und : rstood that private buildings should not be honoured in this way . " —Keystone .

What Bro . John Hare will celebrate ( privately ) on Saturday is not ( as some people appear to have supposed ) the exact anniversary of his first appearance on the stage , but simply the recent completion of his 25 years' connection with the profession . I he event will be regarded very sympathetically by all playgoers , for Bro . Hare has been , for many years , not only a great public favourite , but always and in the first place an artist—willing to take , when

necessary , the smallest roles , and to make of them the best that thought and skill could accomplish . Others have equalled Bro . Hare in careful attention to detail , but none have surpassed him in crispness , incisiveness , and general finish of style . 'There is a class of part in Avhich he surpasses all his brethren—the class of which the old lord in a "A Quiet Rubber " and the genial philanthropist in "A Pair of Spectacles" are excellent examples .

Madame Nordica , the prima donna , is an American by birth , and is known off the stage as Mrs . Lilian Norton Gower . She received most of her musical education in Boston , and when at last she paid the regulation visit to Italy there was comparatively little left for her to learn . It was in Italy that she made her debut on the stage , but her hrst success was scored in Russia . 'The late Czar

Alexander 11 . was a devout admirer of Madame Nordica ' s voice , and attended nearly every performance at the Opera House in which Madame Nordica sang . He had heard her sing only a day or two before his assassination . From St . Petersburg Madame Nordica went to Paris , where she carried all before her by her . Marguerite . Gounod , the composer of the opera ^ caught the prevailing enthusiasm , and voted Madame Nordica one of the best Marguerites he had heard .

It is gratifying to observe that there was no loss of interest this year in the ceremony of distributing the prizes to the children attending the Masonic Female Orphan School , Ballsbridge , which took place at the Leinster Hall , Dublin , in the presence of a large and fashionable assemblage . From the report we learn that the Institution is in a very satisfactory condition , continuing to be successfully maintained the

. During past year the t . umber of pupils on the roll Avas 7 6 . Ihe income amounted to £ 2462 13 s . id ., but it is stated that the subscriptions are below what they ought to be considering the number of Irish lodges , chapters , and preceptones . ' the cause of Charity is one that always appeals with peculiar warmth to the brethren , and we are certain the state of affairs only requires to be mentioned to be remedied . While on this subject we notice that the

Boys School , \ yhich has been prepared for the reception of 60 pupils , is burdened with a debt of £ 500 The Honorary Secretaries of both schools have issued a joint appeal to Irish Freemasons to help in getting rid of this pecuniary load before the end of the year , and there ought not to be much difficulty in realising this . The Institutions are doing a noble work , and it is to be hoped they will long continue to flourish , ¦