Masonic And General Tidings.

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .

In consequence of the lamented death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , the banquet of the Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . i , following the installation of Bro . Alderman J . C . Dimsdale , has been postponed from Monday next until Monday , February the 15 th . The Provincial Grand Master of Middlesex has ordered

that the lodges and chapters in that province shall go into mourning for the late Grand Secretary for a period of three months . Friday , the Sth inst ., was the 2 , Sth birthday of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , and though it was celebrated at Sandringham , there were no festivities owing to the recent death of Prince Victor of Hohenlohe .

The annnal Masonic ball for the benefit of Charities belonging to the Order took p lace on the Sth inst ., in the Victoria Hall , Dewsbury , which was beautifully decorated for the occasion . A large and fashionable company attended . Bro . Lord Halsbury ( Lord High Chancellor ) , Bro . Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ) , and Bros . Sir

Michael Hicks-Beach , Bart ., Lord George Hamilton , and W . L . Jackson attended the Cabinet Council held at the Foreign Office on Friday , the Sth inst . Lady Clarke , wife of Bro . Sir E . Clarke , Q . C ., ALP ., H . M . ' s Solicitor-General , has given ^ 5000 for the purpose of raising a permanent church in St . Peter ' s District , Staines , and Bro . Sir Edward Clarke himself has arranged to provide for the endowment of the building .

Bro . Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., arrived in Southampton Water on board the Union steamship Scot on Friday , the Sth instant , and was met by Lady Randolph Churchill and his son . His lordship is reported to have said he had had a pleasant voyage home , and had thoroughly enjoyed his trip to Mashonaland .

The Grantham Hospital Ball , which is always one of the most popular gatherings in Lincolnshire Society , was held last week in the Guildhall , Grantham , and , in spite of the prevalence of influenza , attracted a numerous and brilliant attendance . The hall was very tastefully decorated , and many of the gentlemen present wore their hunt coats .

A serious accident occurred to the Hastings express train which was due at the London Bridge Terminus about 5 p . m ., on the 7 th inst . As it was passing the Borough Market junction the carriage next the front break-van left the rails , and was followed by other carriages , the result being that one passenger was killed and about a dozen more or less seriously injured .

The medals of the Geological Society , which are held in high estimation in the world of science , have been awarded as follows : The Wollaston medal to Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen , the Alurchison to Professor A . H . Green , and the Lyell to Air . George H . Aforton . Those and the other awards will be presented at the anniversary meeting on the 10 th instant .

The news from the provinces is to the effect that influenza has broken out in fresh places , and still holds its ground in others . It has made its appearance , though in a mild form , in Birmingham . It is greatly on the increase in North-West Norfolk and in Flintshire , but especially in . Mold it is . vKKst than at arvy time since its appearance . It also prevails in Dorsetshire , parts of Kent , in Guernsey , Liverpool , & c

There was a reception at the Alansion House on Saturday afternoon last b y Bro . Lord Alayor Evans and the Lady Alayoress , when the latter distributed the prizes awarded by the French Government to English pupils learning the French language . M . le Comte de Florian , acting Charge

d'Affairs , was among those present , and Bro . the Lord Mayor , after alluding in graceful terms to the sympath y existing between France and England , stated his belief , amid great laughter , that French was the most poetical language in the world , with the exception of his own native Welsh .

At a special meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cheshire , held at Knutsford on the 7 th inst ., addresses of congratulation and good wishes were adopted to the Prince of Wales , the Duke of Clarence , and Princess Victoria . Bro . Lord Egerton of Tatton presided , and there was a large gathering of Provincial Grand Officers and brethren . . a subsequent meeting- an address was voted to the Prince

ot Wales by the Alark Alasons of Cheshire . It was announced that the brethren of the province had promised 1000 guineas to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , which celebrates its Jubilee this year . th f e . Pgrams from various parts of the Continent report that the influenza is rapidly on the increase . Four hundred iresh cases were reported at Leghorn on Wednesday At

. ji , " , a the epidemic is assuming alarming proportions , and th t-r at i . rate has '" creased at Savona . Alukhtar Pasha , tne High Commissioner of the Porte at Cairo , is suffering irom the disease . A Paris telegram received on Thursday * -ys that 118 pupils of the Military School of St . Cyr are suturing from the malady . AL Sebillot , Chief of the Ministry of Puhlic Works in Paris , has been obliged to

relinquish his duties . The epidemic is rather severe at ~ ( "j [ S (•?¦**•)¦ and the neighbourhood . All the department vJh hastern Pyrenees is affected , especially Prades , wnere numerous persons have succumbed . lfi ^* S 0 N ' « ' ' •'•i . ENDARs .-Mr . G . Kenning , of 10 and Jh » '> ' < Ti * yueen-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , has issued freemasons' Calendar and Pocketbook for 192 " — 4 l rtllU 1

an 1 - S , anr * fl . if . VB » ' » U UIIVCI .-UUUK IUI IOIJJ , h M , r ' t - * opolitan Masonic Calendar and Pockethav 1 ' ) 2 ( n < - ^ ies )* These handy little volumes aye curing a long period been found useful companions wL . r rs of lhe Sreat Masonic body of this country , m «„ . £ 7 ? at •lume or on their travels . The " Free-G ? an 3 « lendar compiled b y Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , v .. t , ^ cretar y- > s published for the benefit of the Charity

nnl-nW Cosmopolitan " has reached its 22 nd year of of . IS 1 " ' and ' l , ke the other little book , contains a world whnl . I lnf ? rniation in Masonic and public matters , the StS t n , lenU y . arranSea for reference . Both , also , are POD S ! i . pr ' ' and thus far have well deserved the Popularity they en y .-Morning Advertiser .

Masonic And General Tidings.

" How I do wish I were a man , " once said an American lady to Max O'Rell . " Aladame , " replied the witty Frenchman , " you are ever so much better as you are . " The Duke of Cambridge returned from Sandringham to Gloucester House on the 7 th instant , and on Saturday , the gth instant , his Royal Highness left England for Cannes , where he will make a somewhat prolonged sojourn .

The Supreme Council , 33 , has issued an order for Rose Croix Masons to wear mourning for 60 days , in respect to the memory of the Grand Chancellor of the Order , the late Col . Shadwell H . Clerke . The annual ladies' banquet and dance of the Duke of Cornwall Lodge , which was to have taken place to-morrow at is

( Friday ) evening Freemasons' Tavern , postponed owing to the decease of H . R . H . the Duke of Clarence . Advices from Rangoon of the 7 th instant are to the effect that Alajor Yule ' s column had carried Sadon by assault after a sharp fight , in which the Tsawbwa was taken prisoner . The losses on both sides were few in number .

At the installation meeting of the Covent Garden Lodge , No . 1614 , held on Wednesday evening , Bro . Sheriff Harry S . Foster was appointed Senior Warden , but , much to the regret of the brethren , he was unable , through illness , to be present to be invested .

It is semi-officially announced in St . Petersburg that , notwithstanding the failure of the crops , the Imperial expenditure for 1 S 92 , both ordinary and extraordinary , will be covered without recourse being had to new taxation or a fresh loan .

The lifeboat Christopher Waud , Bradford , belonging to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution , and stationed at Broadstairs , was launched on Wednesday morning at 6 . 30 ., and rescued the crew of six men from the brigantine Douse , bound from Poole for Shields , in ballast , in astrong E . N . E . wind and a heavy sea . The rescued men were safely landed at Ramsgate .

The influenza has broken out among the Guards at the Chelsea and Wellington Barracks , the 3 rd Grenadiers and ist Coldstreams being quartered at the former , and the 2 nd Coldstreams and 1 st Scots Guards at the latter . Two of the ordinary barrack rooms at Chelsea have been converted into a temporary hospital , and as the Guards' hospital in Rochester-row is completely filled , it is intended to send a

number of the men now there to the Albert Hospital at Woolwich . On Saturday last at the Epiphany Sessions of the County of Aliddlesex , Bro . Littler , Q . C , who presided in the absence through indisposition of the Earl of Strafford

moved , and Bro . R . Loveland Loveland , Deputy Chairman , seconded , a resolution for the presentation of congratulatory addresses to her Alajesty and the Prince and Princess of Wales on the approaching marriage of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale with the Princess Victoria of Teck . The resolution was carried by acclamation .

The following is a New V ' ear ' s greeting sent by the author of " Three Alen in a Boat , " which runs as follows : " May your lovers become your husbands , and your husbands remain your lovers . Alay you never be troubled by yearnings after the unattainable , nor feel called to a mission you are unable to fulfil ; but may you find fragrance

in the flowers that grow beside your pathway , and may your duties be your delights . Alay the laughing sweetness of your springtime , and the strong sunshine of your summerhood , make ripe a great harvest of love for you to gather in the autumn of your lives , and , thus , may you have a happy year ! "

At the annua \ meeting oi the imperial Academy 01 Sciences , recently held at St Petersburg , Professor A . VV . Williamson , F . R . S ., LL . D ., of University College , London , was elected a corresponding member . Professor Williimson was born in 1 S 24 , and studied at the Universities of Heidelberg and Giessen , where he was a pupil of Leibig , and subsequently at Paris . From 1 S 49 to iSSS he was Professor of Practical Chemistry in University College , and

in 1 S 55 became , in addition , Professor of Chemistry . He examined in chemistry for some years for the University of Ixmdon , and was appointed Alember of the Senate in 1 S 75 . In 1 S 76 he was appointed Chief Gas Examiner to the City of London . He has been President of the Chemical Society and of the British Association ( i 873 ) . _ His name is chiefly known in connection with his discoveries concerning etherefication and the constitution of salts .

I have sometimes wondered what good was accomplished by Masonic writers . I met a good brother in the ante-room the other night who complained that a certain lodge was not noticed as often as its prominence demanded . He said when that lodge was not mentioned , he found nothing in the paper ol interest to him . The fact that every lodge in the city was doing work , and the Masters and Secretaries

felt sufficient interest in the matter to report their proceedings , was not a matter of interest to him . It reminds me of that good Christian soul , who in offering his prayers to the throne of Grace , besought a blessing " on me and my wife , my son John and his wife , us four and no more . " What is

the use of reporting prosperity and harmony throughout the jurisdiction r What good does it do to print editorials , or preach sermons ? What good is all this effort to propagate morality ? But somebody reads them , and somebody gives attentive ear to preaching—hence the word is not lost . —Australasian h ' evstone .

The news of the death of the Duke of Clarence was received in the City with the profoundest sorrow . Early on T hursday morning there were at the Alansion House large numbers of persons anxious to obtain the latest information , and after 10 o'clock the telegram from the Prince of vVales announcing the sad news was posted on the wall outside . This was received with the greatest consternation ,

and men of all ranks united in expressions of sympathy with the Royal Family . The news spread with marvellous rapidity , and caused great sensation . For some time people seemed unable to believe it . Every one wanted to read the telegram for himselt , and at length the pressure was so great that this became impossible , but when the Hags at the Mansion House and most of the public buildings were

hoisted half mast , and the bells of the City churches began to toll , all doubts were dispelled . By this time the early editions of the evening papers , containing the sad announcement , arrived in the City , and were eagerly bought . Crowds of men were to be seen discussing the calamity , and the deepest sorrow was expressed , especially for the Princess of Wales and Princess May .

Masonic And General Tidings.

The M . W . G . M ., his Excellency the Earl of Jersey , is rusticating at the vice-regal residence , Hill View , Moss Vale , for the summer , hence should not be asked to perform any Masonic functions during the period of his absence from Sydney . He has been exceeding kind in acceding to the many demands made upon his busy time , and is entitled to that rest which all good workers require during the summer months . —Sydney Freemason .

The Burgomaster of Brussels is an inventive person . He has instituted in the park a competition , open to all sculptors of the city , in which the material used is to be snow . A number of artists began on Tuesday morning , and by the evening many figures were completed , including a colossal

one representative of Charity . Someof the artists have placed a number of nursegirls and soldiers on the public seats . The park was lit up by the electric light and opened to the public last evening . The proceeds of the entrance fees charged are to be devoted to charitable objects .

Tewfik Pasha , Khedive of Egypt , died at the Helouan Palace , Cairo , on the 7 th inst ., of influenza , following lung and other complications . He is succeeded by his eldest son , Abbas Pasha , who has been at once formally acknowledged by his Suzerain , the Sultan of Turkey . The state

of affairs in Egypt is likely to remain unaffected by the change of ruler . From the " Cosmopolitan Calendar " it appears that his Highness was Grand Alaster of the National Grand Lodge of Egypt , which has its headquarters at Cairo .

Pulmonary consumption , as is well known , is more common in Ireland than in England , and more common in Dublin than anywhere else in Ireland , but as yet no hospital specially devoted to this cruel disease has been established on Irish soil . A resolute effort , however , is now being made to

supply this delect , a large and influential Committee having been formed for that purpose . It is intended to open in the Bank of Ireland two separate accounts—the one to be called " The Building Fund " and the other " The General Fund . " The hon . secretary to the movement is Miss Florence Wynne , 115 , Lower Bagot-street , Dublin .

We had the pleasure of visiting Bro . John Ross Robertson , Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada . Bro . Robertson ' s record , as a Grand Alaster , has no equal in the Dominion of Canada , or the United States . The territory of the Grand Lodge of Canada covers a vast amount of space ; its lodges numbering over 425 , have all been

visited hy him during the administration . We had the pleasure of visiting the Lakeside Home for little children , a new and elegant building which Bro . J . Ross Robertson had erected at his own expense of over £ 25 , 000 , and which he formally presented to the Trustees on September last . This is a magnificent gift from a munificent citizen and Freemason . —American Tyler .

It is a melancholy fact that no Duke of Clarence has transmitted the title to his descendants . Lionel Plantagenet , the first , had no son . 'Thomas Plantagenet , the second , fell at the Battle of Beauge , and left no issue . The third , the " false , fleeting , perjur'd Clarence" of Shakespeare ,

was murdered and attainted , and thereafter the title remained obscured until it was revived for the third son of George III ., afterwards William IV ., who also died childless , It will be long , we doubt not , before a title with such a chain of melancholy memories attaching to it will be again revived .

Mr . and Mrs . Gladstone and Miss Gladstone , accompanied by Mr . Armistead , left Pau shortly after noon on Wednesday for Toulouse , whence they will travel to Carcassonne and Nimes . Before their departure M . Leon Say and the Alayor , together with the local officials and the members of the Alunicipal Council , called upon them and

bade them farewell . The party arrived at Toulouse at half-past four in the afternoon . They were met on the plattorm by the Mayor and the Prefect , who bade Mr . Gladstone welcome to the town . After the usual introduction , Air . Gladstone drove to the hotel , where rooms had been reserved for him . The party left for Carcassonne at eight o ' clock on 'Thursday .

"An oracular and conceited Alaster of a ledge , " says one of our contemporaries , " can do a good deal of harm in the exercise of his ignorance and his obstinancy . " 'The proposition admits of no gainsaying ; but in our judgment there is about as much risk in pushing a weak man into the east who will be altogether under the influence of a " power behind the throne . " If an inefficient and hesitating sort of

a brother is called to the Alaster ' s place , somebody will lead and control him . It may be the Secretary , or the Wardens , or one of the Past Masters , or a very positive member on the floor . It is better to elect the well-qualified Master having positiveness of character who will not put on airs or rule arbitrarily , and yet one who will show an independence of bearing , always most desirable in a presiding officer . — Australian Keystone .

The Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Book , the official publication of the United Grand Lodge of England , as well as the Cosmopolitan Alasonic Calendar , which gives details in regard to foreign Grand bodies and outside Degrees , have just been published lor the current year by Mr . George Kenning , of Great Ouecn-street . It is at all times difficult to say much in praise of the contents of such works—they

are generally ot a matter-of-fact , dry character , but very much depends on the way these dry lacts are put together , and there is always room for praise or the reverse in this direction . In the works under notice there is evidence of care and attention to detail , and members of the Cralt may

confidently rely on them as being as accurate and reliable as such works can possiuly be , while in a general way it may be urged tnat the two books give every information it is possible tne Craft Alason or the member of any of thc higher Degrees may require within their scope . —Evening Ai'Tt ' . v ami Post .

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will restore , ii rccuicry he possihle ; lliey will rctaruthc alarming symptoms till the b . ood is punned and nature consummates the cure , gradually restoring strength and vital nervous power . Hy persevering in the use oi llolloway's preparations , tone is conferred on the stomach and frame generally . thousands of persons IIAVC testilied that hy thc use ot these remedies atone they have been restored to health after every other means had failed . —Auvr ,