Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . Sheriff Savory is still the only candidate for the vacant Aldermanship caused by the resignation of Bro . Sir Sydney H . Waterlow , Bart ., M . P . Bro . Admiral Lord Alcester , G . C . B ., has left the Admiralty on a short leave of absence . His lordship

has gone visiting in Yorkshire . We are glad to hear that the City Marshal , Bro . Major Campbell , has recovered from the accident he met with some two or three months ago , and is able to resume his official duties .

A lodge of Instruction has been formed under the sanction of the Enfield Lodge , No . 1237 , and bearing the same title . The meetings are held at the Crown Inn , Church-street , Edmonton , on Tuesday evenings , at S o'clock . Bro . Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar , accompanied by Lord Albert Seymour and Major-General Elliott , visited Portsmouth on Tuesday and were received by Lord and Lady Mount-Temple on behalf of the committee of the South Hants Horse Show , which was being held .

Bro . the Bishop of Peterborough had so far gained strength during the last few days as to allow of his removal from the bed to a couch for a few hours daily . The peritoneal abscess still discharges , and consequently it is yet a source of danger . The Suez Canal Company have announced that they will make a reduction of two francs and a half per ton on vessels which make the transit after the beginning

of next year . This , and the promise of official aid in future to stranded steamers , form two new concessions which M . de Lesseps has just made public . The Hon . Assheton G . Curxon Howe , oi her Majesty ' s ship Sultan , has offered to present the Mayor of Portsmouth , on behalf of the town , with the fragments of that vessel's anchor , which was struck by a shell during the engagement of the British fleet with the Egyptian forts at Alexandria .

Bro . Sir Thomas Br . issey intends starling for the West Indies in the Sunbeam about the middle of the month , but his duties at the Admiralty will bring him home again in November . Lady Brassey and family will accompany Sir Thomas . It is rumoured that we shall have a West Indian book from the authoress of "The Voyage of the Sunbeam . "

The new saloon at the H jlborn Restaurant , which his been entirely rebuilt in a costly manner , will be opened on Monday , the Sth prox . The Holborn Restaurant , of which Bro . Hamp is theable and courteous manager , and at which so many Masonic meetings and banquets take place , will hi able to accommodate 1000 persons at dinner each evening , a number hitherto unequalled in London .

A scheme has been drawn up by the Charity Commissioners for founding a middle-class school for Wilts , and so to utilise the sum of £ 30 , 030 at command under the will of the late Mr . Alderman Dauntsey , the greater portion of which is in the hands of the Mercers' Company . The sum named is in addition to lands and buildings , and an endowment of 3 ^ 703 per annumn is contemplated . Devizes will probably be the locality fixed upon .

A rumour is current that the nuptials of Princess Victoria , eldest daughter of the Grand Duke and late Grand Duchess ( Princess Alice ) of Hesse , and Prince Louis of Battenberg , son of Prince Alexander of Hesse , and brother to Prince Alexander of Bulgaria , arc expected to take place at Windsor Castle this autumn , and that the Queen may probably return from Scotland rather earlier than was anticipated in order to attend thc ceremonial .

In our account last week of the meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall , and in that portion referring to the presention to Bro . Hughan , the Deputy Prov . Grand Master is reported as follows : "With that view he was deputed . to present him with a P . P . G .

Secretary's jewel , which he might say was one of beautiful workmanship , and in it a purse containing 272 sovereigns . " We need scarcely add that the wordjwc have italicised is an error ; the sentence should have been " and ¦ with it a purse , " & c .

I he new session of the Institute of Agriculture will open on October 1 st , when Mr . iBernard Dyer , F . C . S ., F . l . C , will begin a course of lectures on " Chemistry in Relation to the Soil , " at the Museum of Geology in J ermyn-strect , the theatre of the institution , and also those of the Natural History and South Kensington Museums , having been placed at the disposal of the Institute of

Agriculture by the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education . Other courses will be delivered during the session on agricultural geology , vegetable and animal physiology , the breeding , management , and diseases of farm stuck , & c . The Lullingston Mark Lodge is to be consecrated at Wilmington , near Dartford , on Monday next . The ceremony will be performed by the R . W . Bro . the Rev . T .

Kobmson , M . A ., Grand Master of thc province of Kent , assisted by V . W . Bro . D . M . Dewar , Grand Assistant Sec ; W . Bro . J . G . Podevin , Deputy Prov . Grand Master , and other Grand Officers . Bro . the Rev . H . Cummings , W . M . Lullingston Lodge , No . 1 S 37 , P . P . G . Reg . of Mks . Cornwall , is the VV . M . designate ; Bro . C . V . Cotterell , J . W . No . ( 837 , S . W . designate ; and Bro . W .

f « e , r . M . fortitude ftlark Lodge , No . 78 , P . P . G . Keg . of Mks . Cornwall , the J . W . designate . HOLLOWAV ' Pats . —Diarrhea and Bowel Compl E . nts . —These maladies are cier present , and if left unattended frequently terminate fatally . It should be everywhere known that boih cholera arm diarrhcra originate in the presence of some nndigestcd substance in the stomach or bowels , or some deleterious matter in the

T ? J iv' ,, ! Holloway ' s Pills can expel either with ease and ex-I'umion . I hey concentrate in a surprising degree purifying , altcracver' / - . 1 tlng * atui strengthening quantities , and thin exert over Mw ? f C al or E » "le wholesomely controlling influence so necesrnp . li •6 ubduing excessive action of thc human frame . Holloway ' s hlnni may be advantageously taken as a means of keeping the W l «?!!? - and , h ? boJy c ° ol—thc only practical plan of maintain . k nea " youth , manhood , and old age . —[ ADVT . ]

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . Knight , W . M . of the Zetland Lodge , No . 79 S ' . ( E . C ) , Kingston , Victoria , is a brother of the Lord Mayor of London . The Right Hon . Lord Robartes takes the place of the late Bro . the Duke of Marlborough as one of the trustees of the General Domestic Servants' Institution . An Indian contemporary asserts that within a certain area around gas works cases of cholera never occur , the sulphuric fumes being fatal to the germs of the disease .

Amid the conflicting accounts of the results of the harvest at home , it is well to be able to record the fact that California will be able to send us this year an extraordinary supply of wheat . —City Press . Mr . Gladstone has for ) the ijast few days been making a voyage round the Scotch coast in Sir Donald Currie ' s vessel the Pembroke Castle . He has on several

occasions landed and visited various scenes of interest , and appears to have much enjoyed and appreciated the trip . Mr . J . E . Bristoe , a member of the weekly board of the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Hospital , has given the sum of ^ ' iooo for the establishment of a home for the accommodation of nurses connected with the hospital staff .

The installation meeting of the Duke of Cornwall Lodge , No . 1 S 39 , took place at the Freemasons' Hall on Saturday last , when Bro . A . Stokes was installed VV . M . for the ensuing year . A large number of members and visiting brethren assembled to do honour to the event . It has been notified that quartermasters will be granted the honorary rank ol captain , either whilst serving

or on retirement , after completion of twenty years' commissioned service in the Army , Navy , Royal Marines , or Auxiliary Forces , if duly recommended by commanding officers and general officers commanding districts . An interesting ceremony took place on Monday at Sunderland , when the Mayor presented to Mr . J . R . Hodgson , better known as the "Stormy Petrel , " a

handsome gold medal , subscribed for m the town in recognition of his many daring exploits in saving life . The " Stormy Petrel" is also the holder of medals from Napoleon 111 ., the Royal Humane Society , the Board of JTrade , & c , for saving life . We are asked to announce that Bro . James Terrv , P . P . G . S . W . Norths , and Hunts ., will rehearse

the ceremonies of consecration and installation next Saturday , the 22 nd inst ., at the Percy Lodge of Instruction , No . 19 S , held at the Jolly Farmers , Southgate-road , Islington , N . Lodge will be opened at 7 o'clock , and brethren are requested to wear aprons on this occasion . We think it well to inform our readers that the

banking companies have notified to the police authorities that there are at the present time upwards of 20 , 000 spurious Australian and other sovereigns in circulation . These base coins are somewhat more difficult to detect than the spurious ones usually in circulation , inasmuch as , in addition to beingof superior makeand finish , they contain about 7 s . Od . worth of gold .

The Duke of Connaught is likely to meet with a grand reception in India . The municipality of Bombay has voted a sum of 50 , 000 rupees for the arrangements in connection with the public reception to be given to his Royal Highness on his approaching arrival to take up the military command to which he has been appointed in that country . It was also resolved to grant another credit to the same

amount if required . Bro . Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . M . North Wales and Shropshire , last week arrived at Rozat , near Auvergne , intending to remain there for three weeks , in accordance with the recommendation of his medical advisers . Lady Williams-Wynn has been unable to accompany the hon . baronet to the continent owing to

ill health , and is now staying at Llangedwyn , North Wales . Bro . . W T . Toms , W . M . of the Loyal Berkshire Lodge of Hope , No . 574 , Newbury , was presented by the officers and brethren of the lodge with a handsome and

valuable silver salver , on the occasion of his marriage on Wednesday last week . The salver , which was suitably engraved with Masonic emblems , and inscribed , was supplied by Bro . Stradling , silversmith of Newbury . The Volunteer Fire Brigade of the town , of which body Bro , Toms is Lieutenant , also presented him with a cruet stand .

The committee charged with the preliminary arrangements respecting the Jordan Valley Canal Scheme , whi' - will become an alternative route with the Suez Canal , have received letters from their agent at Constantinople to the effect that the Sultan is willing to facilitate the carryi ng out of the undertaking . Two eminent engineers , who know the country through which the proposed canal would take

its course , are engaged in the necessary surveys , and we understand application has been made to the British Admiralty to send out a surveying ship to the Gulf of Akabah . At the Provincial Grand Lodge for Cornwall , held on Tuesday at St . Austell , Bro . VV . J . Hughan , P . P . G . Sec , P . S . G . D . of England , & c , the well-known

Masonic author , who is about to leave the province for Devonshire in consequence of ill-health , was presented by the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Prov . Grand Master of Cornwall , on behalf of the brethren , with a Past Prov . Grand Secretary's jewel , and a purse containing £ 275 . An album containing the names of the subscribers will follow . —Court Circular , Sept . Sth .

A party of Knights Templars of the Apollo Commandery , represented by their eminent Commander , Sir Knight Norman T . Gassctte , and their Prelate , the Rev . Dr . George Lorimer , were received on Tuesday week at the Jacques De Molay Encampment , Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , by the Eminent Commander , Sir Knight Edward Pierpoint , 32 , P . G . C . L ., and several of the sir knights attached to the Jacques De Molay and Alpass

preceptones . lhe sir knights were afterwards entertained by the W . M . and brethren of St . John's Lodge , at the Masonic Hall . The party are on their way home by the steamer City of Rome , after a six weeks' tour through England and the continent . They were received by the sir knights of the Ebor Encampment , York , in July last , and were afterwards entertained at a Masonic banquet , presided over by the Lord Mayor of that city , in the Guildhall .

Masonic And General Tidings

Admiral Pierre , late Commander of the French squadron oft Madagascar , died on Tuesday . Until the end of A pril the reading-room of the British Museum will remain open up to eight p . m ., and will be lighted by electricity . Bro . Henry Wind ybank , C . C ., of 6 . 3 , Finsburypavement , solicitor , has been exalted in the West Kent Chapter , No . . 1297 . Comp . R . H . Crowden officiated as M . E . Z .

H . R . H . the Prince of Wales has inspected a selection of views illustrative of the scene of Captain Webb ' s death , taken by Bro . Washington Friend , and now being exhibited at Messrs . Jennings' Gallery , Cheapside . A handsome set of gentlemen ' s residential chambers , named the Vernon , are approaching completion at the corner of Southampton-row and Theobald ' sroad .

The Rev . E . Bradley ( better known as " Cuthbert Bede" ) , author of "Verdant Green , " has been presented to the vicarage of Lenton , Lincolnshire . The living is in the gift of Lord Avcland , and is worth £ 700 a year .

Saturday last was the 28 th anniversary of thc grand assault upon Sebastopol , which took place in 1 S 55 . The usual custom of decking the colours was observed in those regiments of Foot Guards which took part in the engagement .

The Gazette announces that thc Queen has been pleased , in the case of Prince Albert Victor of Wales , on whom the Order of the Garter was lately conferred , to dispense with the statutes and regulations usually observed in regard to installation . Signor Raggi has been entrusted by the Town Council of Swansea with the execution of the statue , which will be cast in bronze , of Sir Henry Hussey VivianM . P .

, , to cost about £ 3000 , to be defrayed by public subscriptions already raised . Bro . George Lambert , P . Grand Swd . Br . ( member of the court of the Goldsmiths' Company ) has been re-elected president of the Goldsmiths' ami Jewellers ' Annuity and Asylum Institution , and Bro . Sir John Bennett ( member of the court of the Goldsmiths' Company ) has been re-elected a trustee .

The City Press says the Lord Mayor is to be invited to lay the foundation-stone of the I . oughton Lopping Institute and Town Hall . It will be erected out of an endowment fund obtained from the Conservators of Epping Forest as a compensation for the abo ! ition of the tree-lopping lights .

I he hrst successful attempt to cross the Channel from the French side by balloon has been made by M . L'Hoste , the French aeronaut , who has on several occasions tried , but failed in his object . Leaving the French coast on Sunday last at five o'clock , ho landed at eleven o'clock at night at Smeeth , near Ashford , and had to pass the night by the side of his balloon in a lielJ . He returned to Boulogne by the tidal boat the next afternoon .

The l'reemasons' lifeboat , the Albeit lid ward , stationed at Clacton-on-Sea , did good service during the recent severe gale . The captain , pilot , and crew ( in all 14 men ) of the barque Rome , from Norway , which had been driven on thcGunflect Sands , were rescued an . I takon into Clacton , where their wants were attended to Ly Mr . VV . VV . Towse , hon . sec . of thc lifeboat fund , and Mr . F . J .

Nunn , agent of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society . Truly a certain class of people obtain more honour after they are dead than would bo accorded to them when alive . I see that the Bishop of Hereford has given his consent to the fixing of a memorial tablet in honour of

Nell Gwynne on the outer face of his garden wall , so as to mark what is alleged to have been the site of thc house in which the Royal favourite was born . I am not prudish ; but it appears to me that this is a peice of exceedingly bad taste on the part of his lordship . — " Flaneur , " in the Court Circular .

Bro . Sir Edward Baldwin Malet , K . C . B ., Her Majesty ' s Agent and Consul-Gencral in Egypt , whose appointment to be Her Majesty ' s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of the Belgians has just been announced in the Gasetle , was initiated in

Apollo university Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , in the year 1 S 5 G , and was consequently a contemporary of si : ch bright particular stars of Masonry as Bros , the Earl of Lathom , Deputy Grand Master ; Sir M . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . Grand Master Gloucestershire ; Rev . C . J . Martyn , Deputy Prov . Grand Master Suoffik , and others .

A set of pictures , representing views of the International Fisheries Exhibition , has been published by Hie London Stereoscopic Company , sole photographers by appointment to the Commission . Placed at the head of the series is the Royal and official group 0 : 1 the dais at the opening ceremony , taken during the offering up of

prayer by the Archbishop of Canterbury . Among the scenes are the Prince ' s pavilion , the British division , the Eira and Grace Darling boats , the Fish dining-rcom and kitchen , the United States and Chinese Courts , and various interesting groups of fishermen and lisherwomcn in their national costumes .

A somewhat notable feature in the proceedings at the distribution of prizes in connection with the South London School of Pharmacy on Wednesday in the laboratory of the institution , which is situated at 325 , Kenningtonroad , was the presence of six ladies who had received instruction at the school , and five of whom had passed the

necessary examination to qualify them as pharmaceutical chemists . These ladies , though others may have been privately educated in this branch of science , represent the only members of the fair sex in this country who have undergone a course of instruction in a public school of pharmacy with the object of presenting themselves for examination as chemists .

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