Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

BRO . MAJOR CHARLES E . CASSAL , P . M ., P . Z ., P . P . J . G . W . Middlesex , has been appointed a public analyst for tbe City ot Westminster . H . R . H . THE PRINCESS OF WALES is again taking a great interest in the forthcoming exhibition of the work of the members of the London Needlewor * - ; Guild , which is to be held on the 20 th and 2 / st inst . * , at the Imperial Institute , South Kensington ( east entrance ) .

THE LEWISHAM LODGE OF INSTRUCTION meets at the White Hart Masonic Rcoms , High-street , Lewisham , every Tuesday evening at eight . Bro . H . T . Bridges , P . * M ., is Preceptor , Bro . H-Lewis ,- P . M ., Treas ., and Bro . F . Lever , P . M . 31 , Tressillian-road , St . John's , Sec .

BRO . L . J . BAKER , Grand Master of Iowa Maions , is pushing a plan by which the ledges of the State will contribute to purchase additional property and erect more buildings for the Iowa Masonic library , the object being to provide such a monument for " Father Parvin " as he would have most desired . * BRO . C . W . P . D 3 UGLAS-DE-FENZI , Clerk of the Natal Legislative Council , has been appointed D . D . G . M . for Natil . He is returning to this country for a holiday , and has been delegated to represent that Misonic district at th » enthronement of H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught as G . M . of the Grand Lodgeof M . M . of England and Wales , & c .

BRO . ALFRED F . ROBBINS , who for nearly 10 years has acted as Treasurer of the Gallery Lodge Benevolent Fund , has been unanimously elected W . M . ot the Gallery Lodge , No . 192 S , which is the only purely journalistic lodge in the world . Bro . Robbins will be installed at the Criterion on the 7 th prox ., when Bros , the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London will be present .

MASONIC BAZAAR . —A bazaar promoted by the brethren of Lodge Torphichen Kilwinning , No . 13 , Bathgate , to raise funds for the erection of a new Masonic Temple in Bathgate was opened in the Corn Exchange , on the 7 th inst . Bro . Dr . Kirk , R . W . M ., presided , and the opening ceremony was performed by Bro . Thomas Hope of Bridgecastle , Prov . Grand Master Mason of Linlithgowshire . The sum aimed at is £ , 2000 . There was a large gathering at the opening .

GUILDHALL was visited during the early paft of Monday by crowds of poor but meritorious individuals , anxious to participate inthe remiinsof the Lord Mayor ' s banquet on Saturday last , consisting of roast beef , hams , pies of viriou 5 descriptions , pheasants , partridges , chickens , and other similar tiifles . Members of tha 1 . 3 rd Mayor and Sheriffs' Committee cut up the victuals into portable proportions which were then distributed among the approved poor of the several wards of the City .

THIS may interest many brethren . According to a contemporary , Sheikh Abdullah Quilliam , who , we believe , is a Liverpool solicitor , his , under a mindate dated 12 th October , iyoi , from the Supreme Council " 300 Degrees" of the Royal Oriental Order of the Sat Bhai ( Asiatic Masonry ) , been constituted on ; of the seven Arch Censors ( the highest dignity in the Sat Bhai ) . This Oriental Order , it is said , embraces the highest point of the Masonic fabric , and forms the junction of Oriental and Occidental Masonry .

A HAMPSHIRE FREEMASONRY SUCCESSION . —The recent sad and regretted death of the Prov . G . Master of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , Bro . the Right Hon . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., deprived the Lodge of ( Economy , No . 176 :, Winchester , of ils senior brother . It is pleasurable to record that his son , Bro . Ellice Michael Hick-Beach , P . M . iBzg , has been unanimously elected a joining brother of his late father ' s old lolgc , which long aj ) celebrated its centeniry . The renewal of the beloved name of Beach in the lodge is a great delight to the brethren , both pi * st and present . The proposer and seconder of the new joining numb . "r are themselirij veteran Masons , namely , Bros . I * . Stopher and James Harris .

ON MONDAY , the nth inst ., a meeling of the Grand O . ficers and prominent Freemasons of Ireland was held in the M isonic Hill , Molesworth-street , under the presidency of Bro . Sir J . Creed Meredith , D . G . M ., forthe purpose of considering what steps should be taken in connection with the forthcoming rnirriage of Lidy Glayds Hami ' ton , daughter of hisGrace the Dukeof Abercorn , G . M . of Ireland , with the Earl of Wicklow . There was a very large an * 3 most influential attendince . It was unanimously decided that an address should b ; presented to the Grand M ister , congratulating

him on the marriage of his daughter , and it was also resolved that the Freemiso . n j oi Ireland should present Lady Gladys with a suitable memento on tie occasion . A committee was appointed to carry out the decision of the meeting . At a meeting of the Grand Chapter of Ireland , which was held in the evening , it was decide . ! by that body , of which the Duke of Abercorn is head , to participate in tfte presentation . A committee was appointed to co-operate with the committee appoint : d by the Grail Loijje of Ireland .

THE GOUPIL GALLERY—Inaugural Exhibition , 5 , Regent-street , W . —There is a collection here of water-colour drawings , pastels , and oil paintings , many of great merit . No . 2 , Washing Day , by J . Muris ( in style of Corot ); S , Canal at Delft ( very good ); 13 , Drawbridge ; 4 G , The Three Windmills , by same artist ; is , Syracuse ( effective ); 19 , Village by the Canal ; 23 , Entrance of the Palace Jeypore ( careful work ); 25 , Loenen Holland ( very good ); 25 , The Farm Orchard ( line ); 37 , The Bend in the River ( the inevitable Poplars ) ,- 39 , The Old Farmstead ; 47 , Evening , by J . B . C . Corot ; . is , Le Chateau ( cuiiouseffect of reflection ) , by J . B . C . Corot ; 25 , F . J . Du

Chattcl-Loenen Holland ( very good ); Portrait of his Majesty King Edward VII ., as Prince of Walts ( good work , portrait when he was young ) , by J . Bastien Lepage ; 2 ) , The Oueen of the Night , by ] . Waiss ; 42 , Sunset ( cuiiouscloud effect ) , byC . Troyon-43 , NT V . Diaz , The Forest Pool ( fine work ); 50 , The Young Mother ( well painted ) by A . Neuhuys ; 53 , Maternity ; 55 , Winter ( good ); fi 4 , A Wintry Day in Paris , by Frits Thanlow ; 60 , A Street in Dieppe—Moonlight ( good effect ) , by same artist j 62 , A Gentleman ( line portrait ) , by F . Roybct ; 65 , C . Westerbeck , jun ., The Beech Avenue ; CS , The Select Stream , by E . Chappel .

THE LONDON SKETCH CLUB . —We attended the seventh exhibition ( autumn ) held at the Modern Gallery , 175 , New Bond-street , W . On the whole we were pleased with it , being quite up to its ordinary standard . Many of the well-known members of the club exhibited , there were a few whose names were unknown . We will draw attention to those pictures which most pleased us , at the same time stating that there were ' many others equally deserving of notice . No . 1 , Storm , by Giffard H . Lenfestey , R . B . A ., good cloud effect ; 46 , A Grey Day ; 13 S , Continces ; S , A Dutch Canal ,

by Geo . C . Haite , R . I ., R . B . A . ; 9 *) , Sunset and Moon-rise , pleasin ; p ' tture , by sime artist ; 26 , The Brigand's Wife ; 83 , The Assassin , good , by J . A . FitzGerald ; 25 , Tangiers Corn Market , clever ; 27 , Parliament Hall , Edinburgh ; 104 , Evening ia Spain , by Hans Hansen , R . I . W . ; 30 , If Wishes were Horses , quaint ; 113 , Inthe Dark Ages ; 151 , The Scarecrow , funny , by John Hassal , R . I . ; 43 , The Emir ; 159 , Rouge et Noir , by Cecil W . Quinnell ; Gi , Alternoon at Hoorn , Holland , rain effect , by Splenlove-Spenlove , F . R . U . A . ; 77 , The King ' s Bedchamber , Hampton Court ,

bright ; 143 , St . Paul ' s from the Boro ' , by Charles J . Lander , R . I . W . ; 100 , The Last Load , good ; 109 , Outward Bound ; 1 ( 15 , A Silver Harvest , nice work , by Dudley Hardy , R . l . THE HAYMARKET THEATRE . —About a week or so ago we paid a visit to this theatre . We saw "The Second in Command , " from the facile pen of Captain Robert Marshall . It is not our intention to relate the story contained | in the play . From the long period it has been on the stage it is too well known to need it . We experienced great delight during the gradual development of the plot . In a masterly

manner the author has interested us exceedingly with the _ leaning character . Major Christopher lJ / ngham , or "Little Binks , " as his fulloA-ollicers affectionately call him , is one of those honest creatures who so perpetually ignores hims-lt for the benefit of others ; his lojal devotion to " his chief" is so unaffectedly touching that his career is watched with intense interest . " 11 s ' effice" on miny o ;; as ' . ons , yielding to his successful rival the dearest desire uf his heart , as a matter ot coarse , and is only surprised that his self abnegation should be appreciate 1 . It is a lovely character

Mr . Cyril Maude has to enact , and the author Ins to be congratulated 00 thewonderful skill in the portrayal of the delicate " nuances" the lights an . 1 s ' naJo . vs of the part . Mr . Allan Ayncsworth , as Lieut .-Col . Miles Anstruther , renders elli ; ien : aid as the foil to " Little Binks . " Wnere , however , we naturally expected to be most interested there we meet with great disappointment— . ve mean in the rule of the heroine , undertaken by our favourite , Miss Winifred Emery . We consider she has not a put worthy of her great and undoubted talent .

Masonic And General Tidings.

THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES have given their patronage to the fund which has recently been organised by Messrs , Chappell and Co ., 50 , New Bond-street , on behalf of Madame Susanna Cole . A . R . A . M . A MONUMENT will be erected in the school chapel of Wellington College in memory of the Wellingtonians who have fallen in the South African war . With the exception of Eton , Wellington has had more old boys serving in the Boer war than any other public school .

BRO . THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE has consented to present , on Saturday , the 23 rd inst ., to Mr . George Herbert Strutt , the portrait ot that gentleman , which has been painted by Mr . Herkomer , R . A ., and is to be handed to him as a mark of respe : t by his fellow-townsmen in Belper , and also as a thanksgiving for having presented to them an efficient water supply at a cost of £ 50 , 000 .

UNITED MASONIC SERVICE AT DALKEITH . —A united Masonic serv ' ce was held under the auspices ot Lodge Kilwinning , No . 10 , in the West Parish Caurch , Dalkeith , on the / oth instant . Deputations were present from various lodges in Edinburgh and the county of Mid-Lothian . The Revs . Henry Farquhar , B . D ., of Dalkeith West Church , and John C . Carrick , B . D ., Newbatt ' e , conducted the worship .

MISS MARIE LLOYD will make her re-appearance ( after her recent Australian tour ) , at the Tivoli next Monday . Other additions to the programme will include Aliss Maggie Duggan , Miss Lilian Doreen , Carrie Lawrie and her Kindergarten Scholars ) , whilst the services aie still retained of such popular favourites as Harry Randall , Violet Dale , Eugene Stratton , Ben Albert , Vesta Victoria , and " The Musketeers . "

THE RIGHT HON . THE LORD MAYOR , Bro . Sir Joseph Dimsdale , M . P ., has kindly consented to preside at the 144 th Anniversary Festival of the Orphan Working School on March 4 th , 1902 . The Charity , which was founded in the City of London in 175 S , maintains and educates some 500 orphan children , a nd depends for its support on voluntary help . Bro . Sheriff Marshall is the treasurer of the Institution , in the welfare of which he has for many years taken a deep interest .

A MEETING of the Londonderry Lodge , No . 2039 , was held in the Masonic Hall , Park-terrace , Sunderland , when the following sums were allocated to Charities : Sunderland Infirmary , Masonic Ward , £ 2 2 s . ; Monkwearmouth and Southwick Hospital , £ 225 . 5 Victoria Nursing Institution , £ 2 2 s . ; Orphan Asylum , £ 1 is . ; Eye Intirmary , £ 1 is . ; Hudson Benevolent Fund , £ 5 5 s . j Durham Educational Fund , £ 3 3 s- J total , , 5 , 16 iGs .

BRO . MR . JUSTICE EADY , our newest Chancery Judge , is among the many wearers of the ermine who is a Freemason . He is a Past Master and a Past Grand Officer , a member of the Lodge of Emulation , No . 21 , and the first Master ofthe Justinian Lodge , No . 2 C 94 , which was established nearly four years ago specially tor solicitors' managing clerks . Sir Swinfen Eady . nominated the King , when Prince of Wales in December , 1 S 95 , for re-election as Grand Master , and in the next year he received the rank of Past Deputy Granl Registrar . The office of Deputy Grand

Registrar has already been held by a Judge of the Superior Courts , Brj . Mr . Justice Bucknill having worn the purple in that character in 1 S 9- ; . But , strange to say , the higher oflice of Grand Registrar has never yet been in the possession of a Judge of the High Court . ALTHOUGH the Duke of Buccleuch , as the " Last of the Druids , " still exacts what is calted " Wroth Money" from the Hundred ol Knightlow , near Coventry , annually on St . Martin ' s Day ( November 11 th ) , the crowds who assemble for the interesting ceremony are never wroth in reality with his Grace , who entertains them

royally on the occasion , spending a great deal mare in the collection of his dues thai the total of the pence gathered in . fhe origin of " Wroth Money " is so ancient that it has escaped the memory of the earliest historians , but is supposed to be a relic of Druidical times . As the sun appears above the horizon the representative of the Duke of Buccleuch , who is Lord of the Manor , turns to the rising orb and proclaim > his lord ' s right to certain dues from each parish , which must be placed in a cavity on the surface of a particular stone . If these be not forthcoming the defaulting area is boand to

provide lor his Grace a white bull with red ears and nose , as well as an enhinced fine . The parishioners are only too glad to " pay uo , " in order to have the outinj and the entertainment , so that the Lord of the Manor never has the chance of obtaining an ormmer . tal and highly-coloured animal . Yesterday all tie dues were promptly paid , and tie company then adjourned for breakfast in a neighbouring inn , where one part of the ceremony consi .-tedof drinking the Dukeof Bjccleuch ' s health in hot run-punch . — Daily Telegraph .

THE PRINCE OF WALES'S HOSPITAL FUND FOR LONDON .-In response to the appeal issued by the Organising Committee of the Prince of Wales ' s Hospital Fund for London to factories , workshops , & c , the following amounts have been received at the Bank of England : The employees of Messrs . Cadbury , Pratt , and Co ., £ 5 % s . ; the employees of Kelly ' s Directories , Ltd . ( Printing Department ) , £ \ 155 . ; tne employees of Mr . Fras . Weintraud , Li 3 * 5 . > the employees of the Anglo-Austrian Confectionery Company , £ 2 13 s . gd . ; the employees of Messrs . Spencer and Co .,

Ltd ., £ 2 12 s . ; the employees of the Berkefeld Filter Company , Ltd ., £ 2 21 . ; the employees of the American Radiator Company , L 1 ios . ; the employees ot Mr . Albert Thurston , £ 1 is . 3 d . ; the employees of the Monticr Watch Company , ^ i is . ; the employees of Messrs . Ritchie and Co ., £ 1 is . ; the employees of Messrs . G . Walter and Co ., £ 1 is .: the employees of Messrs . J . Whitehead and Co ., £ 1 ; the

employees of Mr . E . Back , 155 . ; the employees of Mr . A . IS . De Bry , 14 ? . ; the employees of Messrs . Purcell and Nobbs , 12 s . 61 . ; Messrs . Drew-Bear , Perkes and Co .,. £ 10 ios . ; Mrs . Ellinor Arbuthnot , £ 10 ; ; Mrs , D . O'Brien , £ 10 ; Miss E . J . Payne , £ to ; Messrs . Harrison , Burton and Co ., £ 5 155 . ; Mr . ti . Dell , £ ¦ >; Mr . Almeric Filz Roy , £ 5 ; the Misses Deedes , £ 1 is . ; Rev . J . Denny , £ 1 is . ; Mr . Andrew Johnson , £ 1 is . ; Miss J . L . Noel , £ 1 is . ; Dr . Urban Piitchard , £ 1 is . j Lady Evelyn Ewart , £ i ; and Mr . Kobt . Fright , ios .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . FREDERICK FOXLEY , P . M . We regret having to record the death of Bro . Frederick Foxley , P . M ., / or many years Treasurer to the Phoenix ; Lodge , No . 173 , which occurred at Sutton Lodge , Maida Vale , W ., on the 27 th ult . He was buried at Deal on the 31 st ult ., the first portion of the funeral service being held at St . Mark ' s Church , Upper Hamilton-terrace . Bro . Alfred Moore , P . M ., V . 7 .., and Treasurer of the Phu-nix Chapter , was elected Treasurer of the I'hu-nix Lodge on the 9 th instant , vice Bro . Foxley , deceased .

Sonnet For The Month Of November.

SONNET FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER .

Chilly November , gruesome , harsh and bleak With morning mists and evening fogs appears , Like an old man , wizened and worn and weak—Born nigh to earth by weight of many years \

How his cold breath benumbs the very heart , And gnaws the vitals of each shivering soul-Blanching and shrivelling our every part , Rude winds and biting blasts his only dole ! Wrap closer still the mantle , lest he pierce

With his keen breath the frail and fragile form ; For old November can be very fierce , Sere , sullen sire of many a screeching storm ! Yet wish him not to die—for when he dies More peevish gloom full oft bedims the skies ! Bradford . •' CHAS . F . FORSHAW , LL . D .