Allied Masonic Degrees.

Several letters were read conveying [ " Hearty good wishes" to the newly-installed Master , and , with other general business , the council was closed in due form , and the brethren adjourned to refreshment . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were ably given and responded to . That of "The Newly-Installed Master " was proposed by Bro . Collin , and was well received . Other toasts followed , and an agreeable evening was spent .

Ancient And Accepted Rite.

Ancient and Accepted Rite .

MANCHESTER . —Palatine Chapter ( No 7 ) . —This chapter was opened by the M . W . S ., Ex . and P . Bro . Edwin Simpson , assisted by his officers , on Wednesday , the 6 th inst . 111 . Bro . Clement N . R . Beswicke Royds , S . G . LG . 33 , Inspector-Gen . North Western District , and III . Bro . Charles James Banister , S . G . I . G ., 33 , Inspector-Gen , of the North Eastern District , were received under an

arch of steel and saluted . The minutes of the last chapter were read and confirmed . III . Bro . W . O . Walker , 30 ° , M . W . S . elect , was pres nted to III . Bro , Royds , 33 ° , who installed him into the chair of his predecessors in his usual impressive manner , and after receiving the salutations of his brethren he appointed his officers for the year . A unanimous vote of thanks was

passed to the two illustrious brethren of the N . W . and N . E . districts for attending and assisting in the ceremonies . The chapter was closed in due form . The banquet was most excellent at the Queen's Hotel , under the presidency of the M . W . S ., having on his right III . Bros . Royds , 30 ° ; Banister , 33 ; Stephen Smith , 32 ° ; Geo . Mellor , R . H . Hutchison , James Heelis , James

MacLaren , Schuster , allot 30 " j Major R . F . Ballatine , and othersj and on his left Bro . E . Simpson , l . P . M . W . S ., Robt . McDowell Smith , 31 ° ; T . Hargreaves . N . A . Earle , J . F . Hoffguard , J . H . P . Leresche , Peter Royle , M . D ., Lieut-Col . S . W . Wilkinson , all of 30 ; Woodall , and others . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were proposed from the chair . 111 . Bro . Banister returned thanks for his health

being proposed in a very nattering manner by the M . W . S ., also 111 . Bro . Beswicke Royds for his health , and in a telling speech proposed "The Health of the M . W . S . 111 . Bro . Wm . Ormerod Walker , 30 ? , " who , after responding , proposed " The Health of the 111 . brethren ol the 32 , 31 , and 30 , " which were received most heartily and responded to . Other toasts were duly honoured , and the evening spent most harmoniously .

NEWCASTLE . ON - TYNE . — Royal Kent Chapter ( No . 8 ) . —A meeting of the above chapter was held on Friday , the 24 th ult ., at Freemasons' Hall , Maple-street . The chapter was opened by the M . W . S ., 111 . Bro . Henry Maddison , assisted by the officers of the chapter . The minutes of the last chapter were read and confirmed . Letters of apology for non-attendance were

read from 111 . Bro . C . J . Banister , S . G . I . G ., 33 , Inspector General of the District ; HI . Bro . Col . James Monks , 30 S ; Ex . and Pt . Bro . Henry Hotham , P . M . W . S . ; and others . One candidate was perfected by the M . W . S . very satisfactorily , and the business of the chapter over , it was closed in due form .

The brethren assembled in the dining hall , under the presidency of the M . W . S ,, 111 . Bro . Henry Maddison , when , after full justice was done to the good things prepared , the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were done ample justice , both by proposer and those who returned thanks . Songs and sentiment added to the harmony , and a thoroughly enjoyable evening was spent .

LIVERPOOL . —Liverpool Chapter ( No . 19 ) . — A meeting of this chapter was held on Friday , the 17 th ult ., at the Masonic Temple , Hope-street , when the chapter was opened by the M . W . S ., E . and P . Bro . Patrick Murrey Hunter , assisted by his officers . III . Bro . C N . R . Beswick Royds , S . G . I . G ., 33 ° , Inspector General of the North-Western District , was received under an arch of steel and

saluted . The minutes of the last regular meeting were read and confirmed . Letters of apology were read from several brethren who were unable to attend . The M . W . S . elect was duly presented for installation to 111 . Bro . Clement Beswicke Royds , S . G . I . G ., 33 " , who performed the

ceremony with his usual care . After the officers had been appointed and the business of the chapter over , it was closed , and the brethren met at the Adelphi Hotel for banquet , which was enjoyed , and the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were heartily given and responded to .

DARLINGTON . —St . Cuthbert ' s Chapter ( No . 96 ) . —A meeting of this chapter was held at the Freemasons' Hall , on the 15 th ult . The M . W . S ., Ex . and Pt . Bro . John Bailey , presided , assisted by his officers . The minutes of the last chapter were read and confirmed . III . Bro . J . J . Wilks , 30 , was presented to 111 . Bro . Charles R . "V > 30 ° , P . M . W . S ,, for installation , and the ceremony

was performed with great care and solemnity . The following officers for the year were appointed : Ex . and Pt . Bro . . John Bailey , as I . P . M . W . S . ; Rev . C . Jackson , Prelate ; Jll- Bros . T . Ness , 30 ° , ist General ; S . Wilson , 2 nd General ; Henry Maddison , 30 ° , Treasurer ; T . M . Barron , Recorder ; W . Logan , Grand Marshal ; Edwin ^ owper , Raphael ; C . H . Backhouse , Herald ; S . F . ousneia

" , f . M . w . b ., captain ot tneUuard ; and Ihos . "mce , Outer Guard . A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to III . Bro . C . Fry , 30 ° , for the perfect manner in which the ceremony \ ' * conducted . Letters of apology were received from Nl . Bro . Charles James Banister , S . G . I . G ., 33 , Inspectorgeneral of the North-Eastern District , illness preventing "is attendance , and several others . Business over , the

> - "_ dpter was closed in due torm . The banquet was held in the dining hall , under the presidency of the M . W . S ., 111 . Bro . J . J . Wilks , 30 . The us ual loyal and Masonic toasts were proposed and responded 0 , arid several social hours were spent to the satisfaction ° t all .

We understand it is the intention of the friends offi ' Stephen Barton Wilson to nominate him for the oi ! . ?* Grand Treasurer ( with his consent , which has been s ' >) . for the year 1888-9 .

Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

The Committee of Management held their regular monthly nueting at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday . Bro . James Brett , P . G . P ., was in the chair , and there were present Bros . John Bulmer , C . A . Cottebrune , P . G . P . ; J . E . Dawson , Charles Kempton , F . Adlard , Alex . Forsyth , Hugh Cotter , C . H . Driver , Joseph Freeman , J . Newton , C . H . Hill , Walter Martin , C . F . Hogard , S .

Brooks , W . Belchamber , Jabez Hogg , P . G . D . ; E . M . Money , Thomas Cubitt , P . G . P . j and James Terry , P . G . S . B . ( Secretary ) . . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and verified , the Secretary reported the deaths of four annuitants on the Male Fund , and that he had received a cheque for £ 1000 from Grand Lodge , being the amount voted in March last towards the requirements of the

Institution . The Wardens' report was read , and a vote of thanks passed to the House Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , for having granted permission to the School Band to attend at the Institution at Croydon on the occasion of the recent visit paid by the Festival Stewards . The report of the Finance Committee was read , moved ,

and adopted , and ordered tjbe entered on the minutes . An application from the widow of a late annuitant for half of her husband ' s annuity was read and acceded to , and five petitions ( two males and three widows ) were considered and accepted , and the names ordered to be enteied on the list of candidates for the election in May , 18 SS . A vote of . thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings .

Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The annual summer entertainment to the Old Folks at Croydon has been arranged to take place on Thursday , the 28 th instant . The regular meeting of the Davison Mark Lodge , No . 331 , took place at the Masonic Hall , SA , Red Lion-square , on Thursday afternoon .

The Henry Levander Chapter will meet tomorrow ( Saturday ) , at the Railway Hotel , Harrow Station , when the present M . E . Z ., Comp . VV . M . Styles , will install E . Comp . W . A . Scurrah as First Principal . The Pegasus Lodge , No . 2205 , Gravesend , which is intended for members of the Temple Yacht Club , will be consecrated on Wednesday , the 27 th inst ., by Bio . Earl

Amherst , Prov . Grand Master of Kent . We hear it starts under very favourable auspices , and with every prospect of success . A warrant for a new Mark Lodge in the Straits Settlements , to be known as the Gottlieb Lodge , No . 3 S 2 , Penang , has been granted , and so has the prayer of the petitioners for a warrant for a Mark Lodge , No . 383 , to be

established tor the convenience of the members of the Craft Lodge St . George , No . 2025 , Plymouth . A Moveable Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons will be held at the Masonic Hall , Weymouth , on Friday next , the 22 nd inst . At the conclusion of the business , a lodge of emergency of All Saints' Mark Lodge , Weymouth , No . 126 , will be held , and Bro . the Right Rev .

A . W . Sillitoe , D . D ., Lord Bishop of New Westminster , British Columbia , will be advanced to the Degree of M . M . M ., the Grand Officers performing the ceremony . The Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , Deputy Grand Master , will lay , with Masonic honours , the foundation stone of the New Parochial Rooms in connection with St . Jude ' s Church , Dulwich-road , on Thursday next , the

21 st inst ., at 5 p . m . The site of the intended structure is in the Railton-road , a short distance from Heme Hill Station . The brethren will assemble in the schoolrooms adjoining . Information as to tickets of admission may be obtained on application to Bro . T . C Martin , 6 , Dulwichroad , or Bro . A . Rule , 141 , Railton-road , S . E . Bro . Potter , the popular acting-manager of the

Gaiety , is to have a matinee on Saturday afternoon next ( the 23 rdinst . ) , when , we believe , the "Monte Christo Jr . " company will return to the theatre for the occasion . We have no hesitation in saying that he will have a bumper benefit . Bro . Potter is so well known , and is held in such high esteem by every one who knows him or has business transactions with him . It has been our privilege to see his

perfect rendering of the Masonic ritual , and whatever he takes in hand our brother does well . Bro . Potter is besides an ardent supporter of the Charities , and we hope he will be well supported on the 23 rd . The 26 th annual conclave of the G . Commandery of Knights Templar of Missouri was held in the city of St . Louis , on Tuesday , the 10 th May . Sir Knight Joseph S . Browne , G . C , presided , and the attendance was the largest

ever known , there being present the representatives of 44 out of the 47 commanderies in the State . The business dealt with matters chiefly of local interest , and included the grant of 250 dollars to . vards the expenses of the Masonic Home ; the issue of four new charters for commanderies —Nos . 48-51—and the repeal of one ; the delivery of the Grand Commander's address ; and the election of the

Grand Officers for the year , who are as follows : Sir Knights Eli H . Mix , G . Commander ; Allen McDowell , Dep . G . Commander ; R . McCullach , G . G . ; VV . H . Stone , G . C . G . ; Rev . C . C . Woods , G . Prelate ; C . C . Allen , S . G . W . ; John H . Brown , J . G . W . ; Will . P . Mullen , G . Treasurer ; W . H . Mayo , G . Recorder ; E . B . Overstreet , G . Standard Bearer ; J . C . Hearne , G .

Sword Bearer ; D . W . Wallace , G . Ward . ; and John W . Owen , G . Sent . HOLLOWAY ' S PILLS . —The stomach and its troubles cause more discomfort and bring more unhippiness than is commonly supposed . The thousand ills that settle there may be prevented and dislodged by the judicious use of these purifying Fills , which act as a sure , gentle , and anti-acid apeiient , without annoving the

nerves of the most susceptible , or irritating the most delicate organisation . Holloway ' s Pills will bestow comfort and confer relief on every headachy , dyspeptic , and sickly sufferer , whose tortures make him a burden to himself and a nuisance to his friends . These Pills have long been the popular remedy fra weak stomach , for a disordered liver , or a paralysed digestion , which yield without difficulty to the regulating , purifying , and tonic qualities . —[ ADVT ] ,

Masonic And General Tidings

The reception of the Knight Templar Pilgrims from America in their character of Craft Masons by the Anglo-American Lodge , No . 2191 , will take place on Thursday next , the 2 ist instant , at the Criterion . Bro . Richard Eve , Grand Treasurer , has come forward in the liberal interest to contest the vacancy caused in the Basingstoke division of Hampshire by the creation of Mr . Sclater-Booth as a peer of the United Kingdom .

I here will be a meeting to-morrow ( Saturday ) , at the Masonic Hall , 33 , Golden Square , of tht Royal Bruce Chapter of the Royal Order of Scotland , when the installation of the T . R . S . T . A . and the investiture of officers will take place . It will be seen by an advertisement in another column that the Annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Essex

will be held this year at Romford . Ihe 26 th of July is the date fixed , and as the Great Eastern Railway Company have offered every facility to brethren attending the meeting , we anticipate a large gathering . Enterprise and "Arcadia" are likely to be closely associated during the coming months , and one of the earliest proofs of the truth of this assertion will be

furnished to-morrow ( Saturday ) , when , forthe first time in England , a Grand Battle of Flo , vers will be fought within thearea of the North London Fairyland . Five tons of flowers will be supplied for the use oE the visitors desiring to enter into the mimic strife which is so popular at the gay carnivals of Southern France . Merrie Ishngtowne will resound with the loud artillery of laugh and jest in this modern and

joyous War of the Roses , and coupled with the other extraordinary attractions of this charming resort , the Battle of Flowers will make as many people happy as its prototype in the days of York and Lancaster made miserable . The Covent Garden Lodge of instruction , No . 1614 , will hold their second annual summer festival at the Clarendon Hotel , Gravesend , on Thursday , the 2 Sth inst . Bro . T . A . Dickson , W . M . of the parent lodge , will preside ,

and will be supported by Bio . Harry VV . Kedgley , l . P . M ., and a strong torce of active and energetic brethren with Bro . G . Reynolds , Secretary of the Lodge of Instruction , as Secretary . Tickets , inclusive of return railway journey , excursion in brakes to Cobharn , banquet with wine , & c , price 2 is . each , to be had of Bro . T . A . Dickson , Bro . H . W . Kedgley , the Stewards , or Bro . G . Reynolds , Sec , 3 , St . James ' s Square , Pall Mall , S . W .

Ihe annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island was held in the City of Providence , on the 16 th May last . There was a full attendance , and the business was dispatched as usual , promptly and satisfactorily . 'The following are the Grand Officers for the current year , viz . : Bros , the Rev . W . N . Ackley , M . VV . G . M . ; Sam . G . Stiness , D . G . M . ; George H . Kenyon ,

S . G . W . ; David S . Baker , J . G . W . j Darius B . Davis , G . Treas . ; Edwin Baker , G . Sec ; Rev . H . W . Rugg , G . Chap , j Cyrus M . Van Slyck , S . G . D . j William H . Crawley , J . G . D . ; C . II . Alexander , S . G . Stwd . ; George VV . Pettis , J . G . Stwd . ; Charles R . Dennis , G . Marshal ; Charles C . Clerk , G . S . B . ; A . H . Williams , G . Purst . ; John P . Luther , G . Lecturer ; Charles L . Kenyon , G . Mus . Dir . ; and Ebenezer B . White , G . Tyler .

TOURIST SEASON . —LONDON AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY . The arrangements made by the Directors of the London and NorLh-Western Railway Company for the convenience of touriits , have been recognised for some time past as being as nearly perfect as possible . Economy , facility of access , and regularity of service , are the three desiderata

to which the Board have turned their attention most particularly , and we know the verdict of the general public has been to the effect that their attentiun has not been directed in vain , but that they have succeeded in meeting the wishes of the public , and especially of the tourists , in respect of all these conditions . Their tariff of charges is moderate , whether we have regard to short journeys or long

ones , to circumscribed tours , or those which are more extended both in time and distance . Tickets are issued which are available for a certain length of time , and may be extended at a reasonable additional charge for any further period that may be required , up to the 31 st Debember , 18 S 7 . The Company ' s lines are in communication vvith the lines of others as well as with the different steamboat

and coach services throughout the country , so that it matters little where intending tourists have their habitat they will experience but little difficulty in reaching the district or country they purpose visiting . As regards the regularity and punctuality of the service nothing could well be better , while the convenience and comfort of the passengers are carefully studied , especially in

connection with the refreshment department , which is of the very greatest moment on journeys of any length . Those who desire further inlormation than is possible in the short compass of a modest paragraph will find or obtain all they want either in the Company ' s Time Tables or at the Terminus at Euston , or the chief Metropoliton Stations and booking offices . Or they may

obtain the special programmes which are published by the Company , of "Summer Tours in England and Scotland , " " England and Ireland by the London and North-Western Routes , " and the " Tourist Guide to North Wales . " These contain all necessary particulars about prices , train service

, & c , & c , and in addition some good maps and illustrations of places worth visiting . In fine , the London and Northwestern Company has made its usual arrangements for the present tourist season , and where there was a chance , no matter how slight , of amending or extending them , it has done so most geneiously .

Births, Marriages, And Deaths.

Births , Marriages , and Deaths .

BIRTH . WEBB . —On the 9 th inst ., at Alveston Hill , Stratford-on-Avon , the wife of E . J . Webb , Capt . 4 th Batt . Worcester Regiment , of a daughter .

MARRIAGE . THOMAS-CHITTY . —On the 7 thinst ., at the Parish Church , Leathsrhead , Surrey , Bro G . Trevor Harley Thomas , Surgeon Army Medical Staff , son of Bro . J . Lewis Thomas , P . A . G . U . C , to Mary ( May ) , only child and heiress of the late Thomas Chitty , and only grandchild of the late Bartholomew Chitty of Leatherhead .

DEATH . WASHINGTON . —July ist , at his residence , 23 , Staffordstreet , Liverpool , very suddenly , Bro . Richard Washington , P . M . 1094 , P . P . S . G . D ., & c . ; aged 67 .