Obituary.

September , 1 S 34 . In early life he was put to a trade , at which he worked earnestly , devoting his spare hours to study . When 20 years old he went to the United States , and engaged in business , which he followed up for a number of years in Richmond , Virginia . Bro . J acobs took a prominent part in all charitable movements , displaying warm interest in the workings or all institutions , and lending his

aid whenever called upon . He was a leading member of the Young Men ' s Hebrew Association , and served for many years as Chairman of the Literary Committee . He lectured before that society frequently , and also before kindred and similar associations , besides congregations , in different cities in the Union . The | "B ' nai B ' rith , " the " Kesher Shel Barzel , " and the '" Free Sons of Israel" counted him among

their leading members . He compiled the rituals of all three Orders . Bro . J acobs joined the Masonic Fraternity early in life , and rose to a high position therein . He acted as one of the Grand Chaplains of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania on the occasion of the laying of the cornerstone of the New Jewish Hospital . He was also a member of the Board of Governors of the Hebrew Union College at Cincinnati . As a writer , Bro . J acobs contributed ,

especially to the Jewish Press of Philadelphia and New York , numerous articles , sketches , and sermons . Of these" may be mentioned " Sketches of Abarbanel ' s Commentaries " and "Specimens of Hebrew Literature , " from the time of the redaction of the Mislina to the year 1 S 00 of the common year . He published in book form two catechisms , viz ., " Elementary Instruction in the Hebrew Faith " and " The Path of Truth , " both of which have been adopted by a number of Sabbath and SundaySchools .

BRO . T . MORING , P . M . It is with true regret we have to announce the . death of Bro . Thomas Moring , P . M ., of High Holborn . The deceased had been for many years a member of the Craft , having been initiated in the Albion Lodge , No . 9 , on the 1 st October 1 S 50 . In 1 S 59 he was raised to the chair of his

, lodge , and at the time of his death , as for several years previously , held the responsible office of Treasurer . Bro . Moring ' s name was to be found among the contributors to all three Institutions , and in addition he bad served as Steward for the Girls' School and' the Benevolent Institution .

BRO . WILLIAM CARTHEW DAVEY , W . M . Elect No . 1512 . The funeral of the above highly-respected brother , whose almost sudden death occurred last Week , took place at Norwood Cemetery on Monday , the 1 ith inst ., and was attended by a large assembly of sorrowing relations and friends , amongst whom were many brethren members of his

respective lodge and chapter and others . The burial service was rendered in the private chapel of the Lambeth Workhouse , of which the deceased had been for many years the able and valued Master . Amongst those present at this service were Bro . P . W . Funnell ,. the Chairman of the Board of Guardians ; the two Vice-Chairmen ( Messrs . Mills and Forman ) , and many other influential officials and

residents connected with the parish . A large proportion of the congregation followed the funeral cortege to the cemetery , where had assembled numerous members of the Hemming Lodge , 1 5 , of which the deceased was W . M . elect , andof the Lebanon Chapter , No . 1326 , of which he was a Past Officer . Amongst these we noticed Bros . Thomas MoodyW . M . ; P . M . ' s Bros . T . Hammond , T . W .

, Ockenden and C . W . Fox , VV . Hammond , P . M ., Sec ; Ballard , Ealy , and others , of 1512 ; the M . E . Z . ; and Ex . Comps . J . E . Woodrow and James Stevens , P . Z . ' s ., with other members of the Lebanon Chapter ; W . Pound , P . M . ; . J . Brown Allison , and many brethren from neighbouring lodges . These , with . the provincial officers of the Workhouse , and several boys and girls from the

Parochial Schools constituted a gathering at the grave , far larger than is usually witnessed on similar sad occasions , and testified to the esteem in which our late brother had been held by those who had benefited by association with him . At the close of the solemn and impressive ceremony ,

and after due respect had been shown to the bereaved relatives and sorrowing friends . the brethren and companions gathtreJ around the grave of their lamented brother , and depositing the sprigs of acacia upon his coffin , paid the last tribute ofrespect to one whose memory will long be C erished amongst them . .

Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

The monthly meeting of the Committee of this Institution was held on Wednesday afternoon at Freemasons ' Hall . The Secretary reported the death of three male annuitants , and also that the Supreme Council had renewed their annual gift of tea , sugar , and tobacco to the residents of the Institution at Croydon . A vote of thanks was passed

and directed to be forwarded to the donors for their handsome present . Cheques for the ensuing quarter ' s annuities were ordered to be signed . The applications of two widows for half their late husband ' s annuities were granted . The petitions of one man and three widows were examined and passed . . It was unanimously resolved to forward a letter of condolence to Lady Wilson on the death of Sir Erasmus Wilson , and the Committee then adjourned .

The Duke of "Wellington died suddenly on the platform at the Brighton Railway Station on Wednesday afternoon . For some time past the Duke had been some what unwell , and by the advice of his medical attendant he had gone to Brighton for a change of air . He arrived on Tuesday , and took a suite of apartments at the Bristol Hotel , Marine Parade ; but not feeling so well on

Wednesday morning , and fearing that he was about to have a lengthy illness , . his Grace determined to return to-his country seat , Strathfieldsaye , Winchfield , Hants . Arrangements were accordingly made for his doing so on Wednesday afternoon , and the Duke was accompanied to the

Brighton Railway Station by Mr . Birkbcck , of Brompton , crescent , London , and his valet . After conversing with Mr . Birkbeck , his Grace suddenly reeled and fell . Medical aid was promptly sent for . Mr . -VV . Coleman , surgeon , of Buckingham-place , was in attendance in a few minutes , and pronounced life to be quite extinct . There is little doubt that the death was due to heart disease .

Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The King of Sweden and Norway has arrived at Taymouth Castle on a visit to Lord and Lady Breadalbane . The Archbishop of Canterbury has left England for about -five weeks . . Letters demanding an immediate answer should be addressed to the Resident

Chaplain , Lambeth Palace , until the end of September . Bro . the Lord Mayor presided at the inaugural banquet of the City Constitutional Club on Wednesday evening , at the building in Milk-street . His lordship also attended , on Thursday , the Executive Council of the Health Exhibition at South Kensington .

Sir H . Ponsonby has , by command' of her Majesty the Queen , written stating that her Royal Highness the Princess Beatrice has consented to become president of the London Musical Society , vacant by . the lamented death of H . R . H . the Duke of Albany . The Principals and Antients of Barnard ' s-inn presented five pjctures to the National Portrait Gallery during the past year , according to the annual report just issued , namely , portraits of Lord Burghlcy ( 1520—15 QS ) ,

Lord Coventry ( 157 S—1640 ) , Sir Wm . Daniel ( died 1610 ) , Sir John- Holt ( 1 G 42—1710 ) , and Sylvester Petyt ( died 1719 ) - At the close of his present leave of- absence Prince George of Wales , who will shortly be gazetted to his lieutenancy in the Royal Navy , will complete his studies at the Royal Naval College , and will-then join the Mediterranean Squadron . It is stated that Her Majesty intends conferring the Grand Cross of the Bath on His Royal Highness .

The Rev . Dr . Doudney , vicar of St . Luke , Bedminster , Bristol , editor of Old Jonathan , has presented one of his " Little Book Bags , " which are made by the children of his industrial school , to each of the inmates of the Printers' Almshouses , Wood Green . These book bags contain tracts , & c , suitable for travellers , district visitors , and others for distribution .

Lord Lauderdale , who was struck by lightning while shooting on the Lauderdale moors on Tuesday , died about midnight after the accident happened . Lord Lauderdale was carried to a shepherd's house , and he lay there unconscious for two hours . His lordship's watch and chain , which had been struck by the lightning , were run into a solid lump . The body was removed to the Castle on Wednesday morning . The deceased was 62 years of age .

- At the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire and Isle of Wight , Bro . A . L . Emanuel , P . M ., P . P . G . D ., and founder , presented a petition to the R . W . Prov . Grand Master for a new lodge to be held at the Soldiers' Institute , High-street , Portsmouth , which building has been given for two years free . The lodge is to be called the Portsmouth Temperance , and Bro . Capt . Ward , R . A ., P . M ., has been designated the first W . M ., with Bro . Palmer , R . A ., S . W .,

and Bro . Reading , J . W . . Bro . Alderman . Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., accompanied by Lady Ellis , distributed the prizes at Kingston' Grammar School on Wednesday , the 6 th inst ., and referred to the great service which such institutions had been in connection with the education of English youth . Subsequently the Alderman promised 10 guineas yearly to augment the prize list ; and Bro . Alderman Sir R . VV .

Carden , M . P ., with whom was Miss Carden , in a brief address spoke of the importance of swimming , and gave a prize for competition in that exercise next summer . Bro . Sir Whittaker Ellis afterwards presented the prizes' at Tiffins' Girls' School , and said the object to be attained by such schools was civilisation , and by the increase of civilisation the happiness of the whole human race . Happiness , he urged upon the young , was only to be found in seeking

the happiness of others . Prizes of two guineas each were promised by the Alderman for competition among the pupils attending that institution and Tiffins' Boys' School . Baroness Burdett-Coutts , accompanied by the Misses Henderson ( daughters of Colonel Henderson ) and the Rev . C . T . Alkland , vicar of St . Anne ' s , Highgate , and his wife , was present on Wednesday at the distribution of prizes in connection with the Monnow-road Flower

Show , which took place in the Alexis-street Board School , Southwark . Her ladyship observed that flowery language had been held to be the language of either insincerity or extravagance , but she felt she must say a few words which should be neither . The flowers there spoke beautifully and eloquently of the diligence and more than common amount of care which had been spent in bringing them to their state of beauty and perfection , seeing the great

difficulties under which they must have been ' reared in a neighbourhood like Bermondsey . She might be allowed to point out how in other matters work worthy of any of us could only be produced by similar diligence , care , and attention . What had . struck her also . was that many of the plants and ( lowers grown bv the people in Bermondsev

were scarcely inferior to those which had been lent and grown under more favourable conditions , and this made her feel how nearly the pleasures and benefits of life were equal among all classes of those who didtheirbest to make their own pathway good and happy . A vote of thanks to the baroness was carried by acclamation .

£ 50 to £ SOO . —Tobacconists commencing .--A pamphlet , Mow . to open a shop respectably tat . c jo ; post tree . "H . Myers & Co ., rog , Huston-rd ., London . Wholesale only . —[ Aliv-i . HOU . OWAY ' S OINTMENT AUII TILLS . —Rheumatism anil Gout . — These purifying and soothing remedies demand the earnest attention of all persons liable to gox-. t , sciatica , or other painful all ' ections of the muscles , nerves , or joints . The Ointment should lie applied after the atfected parts have been patiently fomented with warm

water , when it should lie diligently rubbed upon the adjacent skin , unless the friction should cause pain . Ilolloway ' s Pills should be simultaneously taken to rcduc ; inllammntinn and to purifv the blood . This treatment abates the violence , and lessens the frequency of gout , rheumatism , and all spasmodic diseases , which spring from hereditary predisposition , or from any accidental weakness of constitution . This Ointment checks the local malady . Tile l'ills restore the vital powers . — rAir . 'T . l

Masonic And General Tidings

The Merchant Taylors' Company have made a grant of £ 10 ios . to the funds of the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institution . The Duke and . Duchess of Norfolk , with the Earl of Arundel , sailed on Wednesday from Tenby for Milford Haven , in the yacht Star of the East . Bro . the Marquess of Hartington left town on

Wednesday evening for Bolton Abbey , Yorkshire , to join the Duke of Devonshire and party for grouse shooting . In our report of the Prov . Grand Lodge of Middlesex last week , the name of one of the Prov . G . Std . Brs . was given as ' Marshall ; it should have been Bro . J . Marsh

J . , W . M . 132 ( 3 , J . elect 1326 . . The Duke of Edinburgh was entertained { at . luncheon on Wednesday by the inhabitants of Galway , and . afterwards joined a lawn-tennis party . Addresses were presented , to which his Royal Highness responded , expressing his gratification at the reception given to him .

The Prov . Grand Lodge of . Mark Master Masons of the Province of Buckinghamshire will hold their annual meeting under the presidency of the Prov . Grand Master , the Rev . J . Studholme Brownrigg , M . A ., Past Grand Chaplain , at the Cock Hotel , Stony Stratford , on Saturday , 'the 30 th inst .

Last week we announced the alteration of the date of the installation meeting of the Army and Navy Lodge , No . 1971 , from the 13 th to the 20 th . Ourauthority was that of a regular correspondent , but we regret to find from the best authority that our second notice was incorrect and that the original date was the right one .

An emergency meeting of the Richmond Lodge , No . 2022 , was held on Tuesday last at the Station Hotel , Richmond , Surrey . The W . M ., Bro . B . E . Blasby , presided . Four brethren were raised and five passed , and one gentleman was initiated . The W . M . was ably assisted in

the- heavy work of the day by the Senior Warden , Bro . Digby . The lodge , which was consecrated so recently as March last , bids fair to be the representative one for the residents of Richmond and its neighbourhood . After the work of the lodge a capital banquet was supplied by ' Bro . John Munro .

Warrants for two Mark Lodges have recentl y been granted , and their consecration may be looked forward to at an early date . Of these , the first in order of priority is the Egerton of Tatton Lodge , No . 341 , which will hold its meetings the first Friday in the month , at the Masonic Hall , Sa , Red Lion-square , and will be conducted on temperance principles . The following are the principal

officers designate , namely , Bros . Rev . John Robbins , D . D ., Grand Chaplain of the United Grand Lodge ( Craft ) , as W . M . ; F . R . W . Hedges , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , as S . W . ; and Edward J . Mills , as J . W . Among the petitioners , in addition to the above , are Bros , the Rev . Canon Portal , P . M ., W . G . M . M . M . ; Geo . Graveley , Harry Tipper , and Charles Lee . The second

lodge will . rank as Mo . 342 on the roll of . Grand Lodge , will be styled the Chelmer Lodge , and will meet at Chelmsford , thus constituting a servicable addition to the province ¦ of East Anglia . The following are the officers named in the warrant , namely , Bros . James Pearce Lewin , G . S . D . East Anglia , W . M . ; " Alfred Francis Ginn , S . W . ; and Andrew Charles Durrant , J . W .

The annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Essex was held on Wednesday last at the Public Hall , Maldon , under the banner of the two local lodges—St . Peter's , No . 1024 , and Blackwater , No . 1977 . The Right Hon-Lord Brooke , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master , presided , supported by Bros . Fred . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., Grand Reg ., Deputy PrOv . Grand Master , Joshua Nunri , P . G . S . B .,

President of the Board of Benevolence , and about 150 officers and brethren of the province . The Prov . Grand Master invested the following officers : Bros . Donald S . Bavnes , W . M : T ! oo 6 , Prov . G . S . W . ; J . C . Earle , l . P . M . 214 , Prov . G . J . W . ; the Rev . VV . Morgan Jones , S . D . 697 , Prov . G . Chap . ; Andrew Durrant , P . M . and Tieas . 376 , Prov . GTreas . ; Wm . Herbage , W . M . 2005 , Prov . G . Reg . ; T .

J . Railing , P . M . and Sec . 51 , Prov . G . Sec ; T . J . D . Cramphorn , l . P . M . 1024 , Prov . G . S . D . ; J . Gilling , P . M . 12 S 0 , Prov . G . J . D . ; A . Mead , W . M . 276 , Prov . G . Supt . of Works ; A . Lucking , P . M . and Sec . 1000 , Prov . G . Dir . of Cer . ; A . Richardson , W . M . elect 1977 , Prov . G . Asst . Dir . of Cer . ; VV . V . Wilson , l . P . M . 160 , Prov . G : Sword Bearer ; G . A .. Eustace , l . P . M . 697 , Prov . G . Standard

Bearer ; John Dean , P . M . 433 , Prov . G . Standard Bearer ; Geo . F . Smith , 1977 , Prov . G . Organist ; H . G . Everard , W . M . 650 , Prov . G . Asst . Sec ; D . Bartlett , P . M . 1343 , Prov . G . Pursuivant ; Charles Floyd , l . P . M . 1817 , Prov . G . Asst . Pursuivant ; R . H . Ives , W . M . 51 ; John Hutley , W . M . 1024 ; S . H . Ellis , 1977 ; and W . Strutt , 1977 , Prov . G . Stewards ; and T . S . Sarel , 276 , Prov . G . Tyler .

We shall give a full report in our next . On Wednesday night the first of the classical concerts was given by Bro . Crowe at Covent Garden , the ' first part of the programme being devoted to Cherubini , Handel , and Mozait , and to two little-known works . by Raff and Dvorak . The floor was crowded , and a largenumber of people occupied the dress circle , balcony , and

boxes , listening with evident enjoyment to music which is certainl y " caviare to the general . " Among the most interesting features of the evening was the appearance of . Chevalier L . E . Bach , Court pianist to the German Emperor , who played , in the first part , the " Fantasie Hongroise " of Liszt , for piano and orchestra , and , later on , an " Etude " by himself and " Liitzen ' s Wilde Jngd . "

These three pieces displayed to the best advantage the pianist ' s wonderful powers of execution and expression . Liszt ' s excessively difficult fantasia was rendered with exquisite delicacy and force , and at the end the Chevalier , who was greeted with great applause , warmly shook Bro . Croive | s hand . The " Etude" was given with great refinement , and , as a contrast , the weird "Wild Hunt " brought out the accomplished musician ' s perfect mastery

over his instrument . It may be added that Chevalier Bach is the husband of Mdme . Sembrich , the accomplished prima donna , and was her teacher in music before he wedded her . His success , therefore , ' in ' England i s peculiarly gratifying in view of Mdme . Sembrich' 5 position as a favouritp songstress . Mr . ' Santley sang several pieces with greet effect , and in the second part B 10 . Crowe ' s "See Saw " waltz was given for the second time , and enthusiastically encored . '