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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE SKINNERS' COMPANY have sent a donation of 410 10 s . to the Factory Girls ' Country Holiday Fund . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF TECK , the Duchess of York , and suite , visited the Victorian Era Exhibition , at Earl's Court , on Monday evening . BRO . BARON FERDINAND DS ROTHSCHILD , M . P ., accompanied by Mr . Arnold Morley and a few friends , has started in his yacht , Rona , for a cruise in the Baltic .
Up TO THE beginning of the present week about £ 22 , 000 had been received at the Mansion House in respect of the Essex Farmers' Fund . This is irrespective of the amounts locally collected .
H . M . ' s FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS has written to sav that he cannot allow a . large meeting of cyclists in Richmond Park in aid of the Richmond Royal Hospital and the Kingston Jubilee Cottage Hospital . THE HON . T . BAYARD , lately American Ambassador in London , has been spending some days at Mortimer , near Reading , as the guest of Bro . the Right Hon . Sir John R . Mowbray , Bart ., M . P ., and Lady Mowbray .
THE MENDERS of the National Sunday League visited Apsley House on Sunday , snd inspected the treasures handed down from the Iron Duke . Grosvenor House will , by permission of the Duke of Westminster , be open from 2 to G p . m . on Sunday next . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK will visit the Marquis and Marchioness of Lordonderry at Mount Stewart , County Down , Ireland , in September , and the Primate of Ireland will preach in the private chapel on Sunday , the 5 th September , on the cccasion of the Royal visit .
A coiuiUN of the Egyptian Army , under the command of Major-General Hunter , left Em Merawi on Saturday last , and after an hour ' s sharp fighting drove the dervishes out of Abu Hamed . Brevet Major Sidney , commanding the 10 th Soudanese Battalion , snd Lieut . Fitzclarence were killed . THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND and Countess Cadogan have been entertaining a large party of guests at the Viceregal Lodge , Dublin , during the present week in connection with cricket , a number of members of the I . Zingari team having arrived en a vis ! t to their Excellencies .
BRO . SIR FRANCIS KNOLLYS , K . C . M . G ., Groom of the Bedchamber , and Private Secretary to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , was , on Saturday last , introduced to the Oueen's presence and invested by her Majesty with the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath . T . R . H . THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES , accompanied by the Princess Victoria and Princess Charles of Denmark , and attended by Miss Knollys and Bro . Sir Fiancis Knollys , returned on Monday to Marlborough House from Cowes , where they Vsdbeen staying on board the royal yacht Osborne .
THE KING OF THE BELGIANS has conferred the cross of Commander of the Royal Order of Leopold on the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor of London , and that of cfFcerof the same Order upon—among others—Bros . Alderman Sir J oseph Savory , Bsrt ., M . P ., Alderman Davis , M . P ., and Sheriff Rogers .
BRO . LORD HBRSCHELL , after consulting with his colleagues on the executive council of the Imperial Institute , has written to Mr . Townend , Manager of the A ustralian Press Asscciation , to express regret at the exclusion of the representative of that association by the Secretary of the Institute from the banquet to the Colonial Premiers .
AMONG THE GUESTS invited by Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Portland to meet the Kirg of Siam en the occasion of his recent visit to Welbeck Abbey were the Duke of Marchester , Bro . the Marquis and Marchioness of Granby , the Earl of Enniskillen , Bro . Lord and Lady Wantage , Lord and Lady Ribblesdale , Bro . Sir Frederick and Lady Milrer , and Bro . Capt . Holford . ON THE recommendation of the Home Secretary , Bro . Sir M . White Ridley , Bart ., M . P ., the Queen has approved the issue to the Metropolitan Fire Brigade and the members cf the St . John ' s Ambulance Association who were on duty in London on the 22 nd June , of medals , commemorative of the Diamond Jubilee , similar to tlnse issued 10 the Metropolitan and City Police .
THE FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING of the London Press Sports in aid of the Caxton Convalescent Home , Limpsfield , Surrey ; the Morley Home , Djver ; and the Printers ' Pension and Almshouses , Wood Green , will take place on Saturday , the 1 ith piox ., at the Lor . don County Grounds , Burbage-road , Heme Hill , S . E . The programme comprises roo yards , 300 yards , and one mile running handicaps ; 200 yards bays' handicap ( under 14 ); one mile , thiee miles , and five miles bicycle races , tug-of-war , obstacle race , & c .
BRO . SIR M . WHITE RIDLEY , Bart ., M . P ., Home Secretary , opened two new wards that have been recently added to the Blackpool Hospital at a ccst of £ 4000 , and distributed certificates and medals to a number of ladies and police-officers who have been studying under the St . John's Ambulance Association . The Right Hon . baronet tcok cccasion tc ccngiatuU tt the Society on the great effoits that were being made to build ar . d endow hospitals and nursing-homes , and stated that he had her Majesty ' s authority for nzmirgthe building the Victoria Hospital .
THE BRETHREN of the Ferrers and Ivanhoe and other lodges had a congenial task on Friday , the 30 th ult ., when they assisted at the laying of the foundation-stone of the new Cottage Hospital for Ashby . The ceremony , which was of a biief but impressive character , was performed by Bro . the Right Hon . Earl Ferrers , Provincial Grand Master of Leicestershire and Rutland . It must have been a matter of gratification to the brethren present that they had with them on the occasion the generous donors of the hospital , Mr . and Mrs . Edward Ison , who have subscribed the whole sum necessary for the erection of the building .
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT laid the foundation-stone cf a new hospital in Portsmouth , on Saturday last , in commemoration of her Majesty ' s record reign . His Royal Highness , who was accompanied by the Duchess and their three children , and attended by Bio . Col . Egerton , travelled by special train from Aldershot to Poitsmouth , and was received by the Mayor of Portsmouth and the General commanding the southern district . The Duke and Duchess wire most enthusiastically received , and when the ceremony was over , partook of tea in the board-room of the hospital . Subsequently they crossed on board the Royal yacht , Albeita , to East Cowes , whence they proceeded on a visit to the Oueen at Osborne .
BRO . W . J . HIIGHAN , P . S . G . D . of England , & c , of Torquay , was elected the second honorary member of the Magnolia Lodge , No . 20 , of Columbus , Ohio , U . S . A ., on July 5 th last . The jubilee of the lodge was recently celebiated , and at the commemoration it was decided to pay this compliment to our well-known b'oiher and Masonic historian , in appreciation of services rendered to this lodge in particular and
the Craft generally . A Committee was appointed who reported favourably on the proposition , and at the next stated meeting the election was unanimous . Bro . Hughan is connected with several lodges in America in a similar honorary capacity , but we feel sure he will value this special honour from brethren he has never seen or even communicated with until recently when invited to the celebration , and all the more because he is the second only so honoured since the formation of the lodge in 1847 .
FRFF . MASONKY OF MOTHERHOOD . —Under the ermine of an Empress , under the rags of a pauper , may beat a molher ' s heart , and the story told of the Czaiina but illustrates this p-int . A number of ladies had been recently invited to the Palace in oider that the Empress might thank them personally for their share in a lecently concluded Charitable entertainment . Of course all of them ( says the Eelm ) , womanlike , were longing to enquire after the little girl , but felt that the query would sound cold and
formal if , according to etiquette , they gave the child all her titles . But there is a wonderful Freemasonry in motherhood , and one of the ladies , whose own sweet little girl was born on the same day as the Grand Duchess Olga—a fact well known to the Empress—said quite naturally , " How is the baby ? " The effect was magical . The Empress ' s face no longer wore what we may call the State smile , but was radiant as she talked of her little pet .
Masonic And General Tidings.
THE TOTAL contributions to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales's Hospital Fund for London up to Wednesday ( excluding the proceeds of the hospital stamps ) amounted to j 6 "iSo , fji 2 15 s . nd . ' % THE QUEEN has forwarded a donation of £ 100 to the Rev . Robert Burnaby , Vicar of East Cowes , in aid of the funds for enlarging the National Schools . THE QUEEN , according to present arrangements , is expected to leave Osborne towards the end of this month for Scotland .
BY A RETURN just issued it appears that 120 extra engine-room artisans ani 942 extra ratings of the stoker class are required for the Royal Navy during the present financial year . THE PROV . GRAND MASTER has fixed Tuesday , the 31 st inst ., as the date of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall at Liskeard . Several visitors are expectel frjm the Cornish Lodge in Lor . don .
T . R . H . THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES , attended by Miss Knollys and the Hon . Seymour Fortescue , have left England for Germany . Princess Victoria of Wales and Princess Charles of Denmark have gone to Appleton , near Sandringhim .
WE UNDERSTAND that Mr . Frederick Gordon , chairman of the Gordon Hotels Company , Ltd ., and well-known in connection with other large commercial undertakings joins the Board of Directors of Maple and Company , Limited , upholsterers of Tottenham Court-road . HER MAJESTY , through the medium of Sir Fleetwood Edwards , has written to express the pleasute she has derived from the American Victoria Jubilee Fund . The sum raised under this title amounts to £ 4301 , and is intended to b-i devoted to t ' i ? endovment of beds in hospitals .
THE KING ot ? SIAM spent Saturday at Taplow Court , quietly , and on Sunday , attended by his suite , went to Welbeck Abbey on a visit to Bro . the Duke of Portland . On Monday evening he left by special train for Edinburgh , where he was received with due state and ceremony . THE DEATH RATE in London , according to the Registrar-General ' s returns , rose last week from 23 . 6 to 25 . 7 per 1000 , while in Croydon it has risen from 9 . 9 to 16 4 , and in Brighton from 14 to 18 . Gastric maladies are the chief cause of this , and these are almost wholly confined to children under five years of age .
ROVAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . —We are glad to learn that Miss Bertha jane Dean , an cx-gcld Medallist of this Institution , has passed in the First Division , Intermediate Examination , for B . A . Degree , London University . Miss Dean is still at the Institution as one of the junior members of the staff . ORDERS HAVE been given for her Majesty's cruiser Galatea , Captain Count Frederick C . Metaxa , Coastguard Ship at Hull , and the twin-screw cruiser Mers ; y , Captain G . W . Hill , Coastguard Ship at Harwich , to proceed to Sheerness , to be supplied with apparatus to complete illumination circuits in readiness to escort their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York to Ireland .
WE ARE INFORMED that the M . W . G . M ., H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , has been pleased to grant a warrant for a new lodge at Gateshead , to be called the Ravensworth , and the number will be 2674 . P . G . Chapter will be held at Darlington Mason ' c Hall at 3 30 p . m . on Saturday , the iSth prox ., and P . G . Lodge will be held at the Borough Hall , Stockton , on Tuesday , the 2 Sth prox ., under the banner of the Fraternity Lodge , No . 141 S .
BRO . THE MARQUIS OF ZETLAND in celebration of the coming of age of his his eldest son , the Earl of Ronaldshay , entertained the tenants on his estates in Stirlingshire , Clackmannanshire , and ; Fifeshire , together with a number of prominent citizens of Grangemouth , at a grand banquet in the Town Hall . His lordship presided and there were present the Marchioness of Zetland , the Earl of Ronaldshay , and Lord George Dundas . l
THE PRINCESS LOUISE ( Marchioness of Lome ) , who was accompanied by the Marquis of Lome and the Duchess of Connaught , opened a baziar in East Cowes Castle on Tuesday in aid of the building fund for the enlargement of National Schools . Subsequently the bazaar was honoured with the presence of the Queen , who was accompanied by the Princess Henry of Battenberg and attended by Bro . Sir Henry Byng and Major the Hon . H . Legge .
THE KING OF SIAM arrived a . t Edinburgh from Welbeck Abbay on Tuesday and was received by several of the city officials . In the afternoon his Majesty went to Riccarton for the purpose of attending the marriage of Captain Cummings , who commands his Majesty ' s State yacht , with Miss Gibson-Craig , eldest daughter of Sir James II . Gibson-Craig . The King was received with a Royal salute by the boys from her Majesty's training ship Caledonia , the band playing the Siamese National Anthem .
THE TOURIST GUIDE TO THE CONTINENT IS the name of an invaluable little book published by authority for the Great Eastern Railway Company , for tourists seeking enjoyment on the Continent , tiavcling by their popular route vid Hirwich and tfe Hook of Holland . The work is full of illustrations and every assistance by numerous maps is given , in addition to most interesting and descriptive ma'ter exhaustively
dealing with the places of interest in Holland , Germany , Belgium , and Switzerland . By this route fresh districts , which are little known or yet popular , are brought with ' n easy reach of the tourist . Cyclists have not been neglected and routes for their benefit find a place in this guide which may be obtained from all booksellers and railway stations for the nominal charge of sixpence .
LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A SCHOOL . —On the 7 th inst ., the foundation stone of the new Radcliffe Hall National Schools was laid with full Masonic ceremonial by Bro . Colonel Le Gendre N . Starkie , Prov . Grand Master of East Lancashire . There were about 150 Masons present , the company including brethren from Manchester , Bury , Kadcl . ffe , Whitefield , Hindley , Hey wood , and Bolton . The director of ceremonies was Bro . 7 . Selby , 1083 . P . G . D . C , and Colonel Mellor , M . P .
for Uadcliffe-cum-Farnwoith , was also present . Prov . G . Lodge was opened at St . Anne's School , and afterwards there was a procession through the streets to the site of ' the proposed new school . After the ceremony , which was interesting- and impressive , Col . Starkie made a shoit speech , and Col . Mellor , M . P ., moved and Mr . A . C . Bealey seconded a vote of thanks to the Masons for the assistance they were rendering the trustees of the school . The new school will cost between £ 2000 and £ 3000 .
THE NEW PALACE COMPANY ' palatial steamer La Marguerite started on her initial special Wednesday trip to Boulogne from Tilbury at 7 a . m ., on Wednesday last , and calling at Southend , Margate , and Raungate en route , achieved the marvellous feat of carrying over 1500 passengers to and from Boulogne . Three-and-ahalf hours' sojourn in " La Belle France " was greatly enjoyed by this large body ot tourists , and La Margutrite proceeding homewards afterwards , the London passengers arrived at Fenchurch-street Station about 10 p . m . This , we believe , to be a record
passenger freight , so far as Channel trips are concerned , and the fact that the number of passengers carried reached little short of the steamer ' s Channel passenger carrying capacity , bespeaks volumes for the popularity of this company ' s excellent steamer . These special trips will be continued every Wednesday , up to and including 1 st September , in addition to the usual sailings of La Marguerite on Mondays , Thursdays , and Saturdays , ( o and from Margate and Boulogne , and on Sundays to and from Margate only .
BY COMMAND of the Queen , the Marquis of Lothian , Captain-General of her Majesty's Scottish Bodyguard , presided over a meeting , held in the Archers' Hall , Edinburgh , on Wednesday , for the purpose of presenting the Jubilee medals to the officers of the Royal Company of Archers , and also to members of the corps who had been at least three times in attendance on the Sovereign when in Scotland . Among the distinguished personages upon whom this reward has been bestowed are—Captain-General—the Marquis of Lothian ; Lieutenants-General—the Duke of Buccteuch , Bro . the Earl of Stair , the Earl of Wemyss , and Sir Graham D . Montgomery , Bart . ;
Majors-General—the Eail of Rosebery , the Hon . B . F . Primrose , C . B ., Bro . Sir James Fergusson , Bart ., and Bro . the Earl of Haddington ; Ensigns-General—the Earl of Home , the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine , Lord Polwarth , and the Earl of Aberdeen ; Brigadiers-Gereral—Bro . Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Bro . the Marquis of Tweeddale , the liail ot l-lopttoun , the Kght Hon . J . II . A . Macdonald , C . B . ; Adjutants-Gsneralthe Earl of Dalkeith , Bro . the Duke of Abercjrn , Lord Colville of Culross , Bro . the Marquis of Breadalbane , Bro . Lord Saltoun , and the Earl of L'Jven and Melville i and Surgeon-General—Sir Douglas Maclagan .
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE SKINNERS' COMPANY have sent a donation of 410 10 s . to the Factory Girls ' Country Holiday Fund . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF TECK , the Duchess of York , and suite , visited the Victorian Era Exhibition , at Earl's Court , on Monday evening . BRO . BARON FERDINAND DS ROTHSCHILD , M . P ., accompanied by Mr . Arnold Morley and a few friends , has started in his yacht , Rona , for a cruise in the Baltic .
Up TO THE beginning of the present week about £ 22 , 000 had been received at the Mansion House in respect of the Essex Farmers' Fund . This is irrespective of the amounts locally collected .
H . M . ' s FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS has written to sav that he cannot allow a . large meeting of cyclists in Richmond Park in aid of the Richmond Royal Hospital and the Kingston Jubilee Cottage Hospital . THE HON . T . BAYARD , lately American Ambassador in London , has been spending some days at Mortimer , near Reading , as the guest of Bro . the Right Hon . Sir John R . Mowbray , Bart ., M . P ., and Lady Mowbray .
THE MENDERS of the National Sunday League visited Apsley House on Sunday , snd inspected the treasures handed down from the Iron Duke . Grosvenor House will , by permission of the Duke of Westminster , be open from 2 to G p . m . on Sunday next . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK will visit the Marquis and Marchioness of Lordonderry at Mount Stewart , County Down , Ireland , in September , and the Primate of Ireland will preach in the private chapel on Sunday , the 5 th September , on the cccasion of the Royal visit .
A coiuiUN of the Egyptian Army , under the command of Major-General Hunter , left Em Merawi on Saturday last , and after an hour ' s sharp fighting drove the dervishes out of Abu Hamed . Brevet Major Sidney , commanding the 10 th Soudanese Battalion , snd Lieut . Fitzclarence were killed . THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND and Countess Cadogan have been entertaining a large party of guests at the Viceregal Lodge , Dublin , during the present week in connection with cricket , a number of members of the I . Zingari team having arrived en a vis ! t to their Excellencies .
BRO . SIR FRANCIS KNOLLYS , K . C . M . G ., Groom of the Bedchamber , and Private Secretary to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , was , on Saturday last , introduced to the Oueen's presence and invested by her Majesty with the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath . T . R . H . THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES , accompanied by the Princess Victoria and Princess Charles of Denmark , and attended by Miss Knollys and Bro . Sir Fiancis Knollys , returned on Monday to Marlborough House from Cowes , where they Vsdbeen staying on board the royal yacht Osborne .
THE KING OF THE BELGIANS has conferred the cross of Commander of the Royal Order of Leopold on the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor of London , and that of cfFcerof the same Order upon—among others—Bros . Alderman Sir J oseph Savory , Bsrt ., M . P ., Alderman Davis , M . P ., and Sheriff Rogers .
BRO . LORD HBRSCHELL , after consulting with his colleagues on the executive council of the Imperial Institute , has written to Mr . Townend , Manager of the A ustralian Press Asscciation , to express regret at the exclusion of the representative of that association by the Secretary of the Institute from the banquet to the Colonial Premiers .
AMONG THE GUESTS invited by Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Portland to meet the Kirg of Siam en the occasion of his recent visit to Welbeck Abbey were the Duke of Marchester , Bro . the Marquis and Marchioness of Granby , the Earl of Enniskillen , Bro . Lord and Lady Wantage , Lord and Lady Ribblesdale , Bro . Sir Frederick and Lady Milrer , and Bro . Capt . Holford . ON THE recommendation of the Home Secretary , Bro . Sir M . White Ridley , Bart ., M . P ., the Queen has approved the issue to the Metropolitan Fire Brigade and the members cf the St . John ' s Ambulance Association who were on duty in London on the 22 nd June , of medals , commemorative of the Diamond Jubilee , similar to tlnse issued 10 the Metropolitan and City Police .
THE FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING of the London Press Sports in aid of the Caxton Convalescent Home , Limpsfield , Surrey ; the Morley Home , Djver ; and the Printers ' Pension and Almshouses , Wood Green , will take place on Saturday , the 1 ith piox ., at the Lor . don County Grounds , Burbage-road , Heme Hill , S . E . The programme comprises roo yards , 300 yards , and one mile running handicaps ; 200 yards bays' handicap ( under 14 ); one mile , thiee miles , and five miles bicycle races , tug-of-war , obstacle race , & c .
BRO . SIR M . WHITE RIDLEY , Bart ., M . P ., Home Secretary , opened two new wards that have been recently added to the Blackpool Hospital at a ccst of £ 4000 , and distributed certificates and medals to a number of ladies and police-officers who have been studying under the St . John's Ambulance Association . The Right Hon . baronet tcok cccasion tc ccngiatuU tt the Society on the great effoits that were being made to build ar . d endow hospitals and nursing-homes , and stated that he had her Majesty ' s authority for nzmirgthe building the Victoria Hospital .
THE BRETHREN of the Ferrers and Ivanhoe and other lodges had a congenial task on Friday , the 30 th ult ., when they assisted at the laying of the foundation-stone of the new Cottage Hospital for Ashby . The ceremony , which was of a biief but impressive character , was performed by Bro . the Right Hon . Earl Ferrers , Provincial Grand Master of Leicestershire and Rutland . It must have been a matter of gratification to the brethren present that they had with them on the occasion the generous donors of the hospital , Mr . and Mrs . Edward Ison , who have subscribed the whole sum necessary for the erection of the building .
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT laid the foundation-stone cf a new hospital in Portsmouth , on Saturday last , in commemoration of her Majesty ' s record reign . His Royal Highness , who was accompanied by the Duchess and their three children , and attended by Bio . Col . Egerton , travelled by special train from Aldershot to Poitsmouth , and was received by the Mayor of Portsmouth and the General commanding the southern district . The Duke and Duchess wire most enthusiastically received , and when the ceremony was over , partook of tea in the board-room of the hospital . Subsequently they crossed on board the Royal yacht , Albeita , to East Cowes , whence they proceeded on a visit to the Oueen at Osborne .
BRO . W . J . HIIGHAN , P . S . G . D . of England , & c , of Torquay , was elected the second honorary member of the Magnolia Lodge , No . 20 , of Columbus , Ohio , U . S . A ., on July 5 th last . The jubilee of the lodge was recently celebiated , and at the commemoration it was decided to pay this compliment to our well-known b'oiher and Masonic historian , in appreciation of services rendered to this lodge in particular and
the Craft generally . A Committee was appointed who reported favourably on the proposition , and at the next stated meeting the election was unanimous . Bro . Hughan is connected with several lodges in America in a similar honorary capacity , but we feel sure he will value this special honour from brethren he has never seen or even communicated with until recently when invited to the celebration , and all the more because he is the second only so honoured since the formation of the lodge in 1847 .
FRFF . MASONKY OF MOTHERHOOD . —Under the ermine of an Empress , under the rags of a pauper , may beat a molher ' s heart , and the story told of the Czaiina but illustrates this p-int . A number of ladies had been recently invited to the Palace in oider that the Empress might thank them personally for their share in a lecently concluded Charitable entertainment . Of course all of them ( says the Eelm ) , womanlike , were longing to enquire after the little girl , but felt that the query would sound cold and
formal if , according to etiquette , they gave the child all her titles . But there is a wonderful Freemasonry in motherhood , and one of the ladies , whose own sweet little girl was born on the same day as the Grand Duchess Olga—a fact well known to the Empress—said quite naturally , " How is the baby ? " The effect was magical . The Empress ' s face no longer wore what we may call the State smile , but was radiant as she talked of her little pet .
Masonic And General Tidings.
THE TOTAL contributions to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales's Hospital Fund for London up to Wednesday ( excluding the proceeds of the hospital stamps ) amounted to j 6 "iSo , fji 2 15 s . nd . ' % THE QUEEN has forwarded a donation of £ 100 to the Rev . Robert Burnaby , Vicar of East Cowes , in aid of the funds for enlarging the National Schools . THE QUEEN , according to present arrangements , is expected to leave Osborne towards the end of this month for Scotland .
BY A RETURN just issued it appears that 120 extra engine-room artisans ani 942 extra ratings of the stoker class are required for the Royal Navy during the present financial year . THE PROV . GRAND MASTER has fixed Tuesday , the 31 st inst ., as the date of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall at Liskeard . Several visitors are expectel frjm the Cornish Lodge in Lor . don .
T . R . H . THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES , attended by Miss Knollys and the Hon . Seymour Fortescue , have left England for Germany . Princess Victoria of Wales and Princess Charles of Denmark have gone to Appleton , near Sandringhim .
WE UNDERSTAND that Mr . Frederick Gordon , chairman of the Gordon Hotels Company , Ltd ., and well-known in connection with other large commercial undertakings joins the Board of Directors of Maple and Company , Limited , upholsterers of Tottenham Court-road . HER MAJESTY , through the medium of Sir Fleetwood Edwards , has written to express the pleasute she has derived from the American Victoria Jubilee Fund . The sum raised under this title amounts to £ 4301 , and is intended to b-i devoted to t ' i ? endovment of beds in hospitals .
THE KING ot ? SIAM spent Saturday at Taplow Court , quietly , and on Sunday , attended by his suite , went to Welbeck Abbey on a visit to Bro . the Duke of Portland . On Monday evening he left by special train for Edinburgh , where he was received with due state and ceremony . THE DEATH RATE in London , according to the Registrar-General ' s returns , rose last week from 23 . 6 to 25 . 7 per 1000 , while in Croydon it has risen from 9 . 9 to 16 4 , and in Brighton from 14 to 18 . Gastric maladies are the chief cause of this , and these are almost wholly confined to children under five years of age .
ROVAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . —We are glad to learn that Miss Bertha jane Dean , an cx-gcld Medallist of this Institution , has passed in the First Division , Intermediate Examination , for B . A . Degree , London University . Miss Dean is still at the Institution as one of the junior members of the staff . ORDERS HAVE been given for her Majesty's cruiser Galatea , Captain Count Frederick C . Metaxa , Coastguard Ship at Hull , and the twin-screw cruiser Mers ; y , Captain G . W . Hill , Coastguard Ship at Harwich , to proceed to Sheerness , to be supplied with apparatus to complete illumination circuits in readiness to escort their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York to Ireland .
WE ARE INFORMED that the M . W . G . M ., H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , has been pleased to grant a warrant for a new lodge at Gateshead , to be called the Ravensworth , and the number will be 2674 . P . G . Chapter will be held at Darlington Mason ' c Hall at 3 30 p . m . on Saturday , the iSth prox ., and P . G . Lodge will be held at the Borough Hall , Stockton , on Tuesday , the 2 Sth prox ., under the banner of the Fraternity Lodge , No . 141 S .
BRO . THE MARQUIS OF ZETLAND in celebration of the coming of age of his his eldest son , the Earl of Ronaldshay , entertained the tenants on his estates in Stirlingshire , Clackmannanshire , and ; Fifeshire , together with a number of prominent citizens of Grangemouth , at a grand banquet in the Town Hall . His lordship presided and there were present the Marchioness of Zetland , the Earl of Ronaldshay , and Lord George Dundas . l
THE PRINCESS LOUISE ( Marchioness of Lome ) , who was accompanied by the Marquis of Lome and the Duchess of Connaught , opened a baziar in East Cowes Castle on Tuesday in aid of the building fund for the enlargement of National Schools . Subsequently the bazaar was honoured with the presence of the Queen , who was accompanied by the Princess Henry of Battenberg and attended by Bro . Sir Henry Byng and Major the Hon . H . Legge .
THE KING OF SIAM arrived a . t Edinburgh from Welbeck Abbay on Tuesday and was received by several of the city officials . In the afternoon his Majesty went to Riccarton for the purpose of attending the marriage of Captain Cummings , who commands his Majesty ' s State yacht , with Miss Gibson-Craig , eldest daughter of Sir James II . Gibson-Craig . The King was received with a Royal salute by the boys from her Majesty's training ship Caledonia , the band playing the Siamese National Anthem .
THE TOURIST GUIDE TO THE CONTINENT IS the name of an invaluable little book published by authority for the Great Eastern Railway Company , for tourists seeking enjoyment on the Continent , tiavcling by their popular route vid Hirwich and tfe Hook of Holland . The work is full of illustrations and every assistance by numerous maps is given , in addition to most interesting and descriptive ma'ter exhaustively
dealing with the places of interest in Holland , Germany , Belgium , and Switzerland . By this route fresh districts , which are little known or yet popular , are brought with ' n easy reach of the tourist . Cyclists have not been neglected and routes for their benefit find a place in this guide which may be obtained from all booksellers and railway stations for the nominal charge of sixpence .
LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A SCHOOL . —On the 7 th inst ., the foundation stone of the new Radcliffe Hall National Schools was laid with full Masonic ceremonial by Bro . Colonel Le Gendre N . Starkie , Prov . Grand Master of East Lancashire . There were about 150 Masons present , the company including brethren from Manchester , Bury , Kadcl . ffe , Whitefield , Hindley , Hey wood , and Bolton . The director of ceremonies was Bro . 7 . Selby , 1083 . P . G . D . C , and Colonel Mellor , M . P .
for Uadcliffe-cum-Farnwoith , was also present . Prov . G . Lodge was opened at St . Anne's School , and afterwards there was a procession through the streets to the site of ' the proposed new school . After the ceremony , which was interesting- and impressive , Col . Starkie made a shoit speech , and Col . Mellor , M . P ., moved and Mr . A . C . Bealey seconded a vote of thanks to the Masons for the assistance they were rendering the trustees of the school . The new school will cost between £ 2000 and £ 3000 .
THE NEW PALACE COMPANY ' palatial steamer La Marguerite started on her initial special Wednesday trip to Boulogne from Tilbury at 7 a . m ., on Wednesday last , and calling at Southend , Margate , and Raungate en route , achieved the marvellous feat of carrying over 1500 passengers to and from Boulogne . Three-and-ahalf hours' sojourn in " La Belle France " was greatly enjoyed by this large body ot tourists , and La Margutrite proceeding homewards afterwards , the London passengers arrived at Fenchurch-street Station about 10 p . m . This , we believe , to be a record
passenger freight , so far as Channel trips are concerned , and the fact that the number of passengers carried reached little short of the steamer ' s Channel passenger carrying capacity , bespeaks volumes for the popularity of this company ' s excellent steamer . These special trips will be continued every Wednesday , up to and including 1 st September , in addition to the usual sailings of La Marguerite on Mondays , Thursdays , and Saturdays , ( o and from Margate and Boulogne , and on Sundays to and from Margate only .
BY COMMAND of the Queen , the Marquis of Lothian , Captain-General of her Majesty's Scottish Bodyguard , presided over a meeting , held in the Archers' Hall , Edinburgh , on Wednesday , for the purpose of presenting the Jubilee medals to the officers of the Royal Company of Archers , and also to members of the corps who had been at least three times in attendance on the Sovereign when in Scotland . Among the distinguished personages upon whom this reward has been bestowed are—Captain-General—the Marquis of Lothian ; Lieutenants-General—the Duke of Buccteuch , Bro . the Earl of Stair , the Earl of Wemyss , and Sir Graham D . Montgomery , Bart . ;
Majors-General—the Eail of Rosebery , the Hon . B . F . Primrose , C . B ., Bro . Sir James Fergusson , Bart ., and Bro . the Earl of Haddington ; Ensigns-General—the Earl of Home , the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine , Lord Polwarth , and the Earl of Aberdeen ; Brigadiers-Gereral—Bro . Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Bro . the Marquis of Tweeddale , the liail ot l-lopttoun , the Kght Hon . J . II . A . Macdonald , C . B . ; Adjutants-Gsneralthe Earl of Dalkeith , Bro . the Duke of Abercjrn , Lord Colville of Culross , Bro . the Marquis of Breadalbane , Bro . Lord Saltoun , and the Earl of L'Jven and Melville i and Surgeon-General—Sir Douglas Maclagan .