Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . H . C . Levander xvas last xveek elected hon . member of St . Mark ' s Mark Lodge in consideration of long and valued services rendered to the lodge . A Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicestershire and Rutland xvill be held at Freemasons' Hall , Leicester , on Wednesday , the 28 th inst ., under the auspices of the Commercial Lodge , No . 1301 .

The address from the Montefiore Lodge , No . 1017 , xvas presented to Bro . Sir Moses Montefiore last Thursday xveek , the Sth inst , by Bros . L . Lexvis Jacobs and Matthias Levy . At the last meeting of the Fidelity Preceptory of Knights Templar , meeting at Leeds , Sir Kt . John Barker , P . AL , P . Z ., P . G . S . of Works , VVest Yorks , & c , xvas unanimously elected E . P . for the ensuing year .

The first Masonic ball in connection with the Windrush Lodge , No . 1703 , xvill be held in the Corn Exchange , Witney , on Tuesday , the 27 th inst ., under distinguished patronage . Any surplus funds will be devoted to the Alasonic Charities . The Fifteen Sections will be xvorked at thc Panmure Lodge of Instruction , No . 720 , Balham Hotel , Balham

on Wednesday the 21 st inst . Lodge opens at G . 30 p . m . Bro . T : Poore , P . M ., P . Z ., & c , xvill preside . Brethren are cordially invited to attend . Bro . Chas . XV . Cox , P . P . G . D . C . Berks and Bucks , P . M . 1366 , M . E . Z . Windsor Castle Chapter , 771 , was on the 9 th inst , elected Alayor of the Borough of Maidenhead . Bro . Joseph Cox , S 13 , 1766 , proprietor of the

Hackney Express , is the eldest brother of the nexvly elected Mayor . Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., P . Z ., has accepted the invitation of the Highgate Lodge of Instruction , to deliver his interesting lecture on the " Ritual and Ceremonies of the First Degree , " at the Boston Hotel , Junction Road , Upper Holloxvay , on Thursday evening , the 29 th inst ., xvhen

a large gathering of members and visitors is expected . At the regular meeting of the Palatine Lodge , No . " 97 , held on Thursday evening the Sth inst ., at Sunderland , Bro . J . C Aloor xvas unanimously elected as W . M . for the ensuing year , and Bro . H . Tonkinson , P . AL , xvas unanimously elected Treasurer , in place of Bro . T . Txvizell , who had resigned on removing from the neighbourhood .

Our English brethren have a lodgeknoxvn as the " Percy Lodge of Instruction , " No . igS , xvhich they claim to be the oldest one of the kind in existence . It is said to be " one hundred years old or thereabouts , and has turned out large numbers of skilled workmen . It is also stated , that brethren have flocked from no fewer than 150 other lodges to enjoy the advantages afforded in this . This lodge

is gazetted as holding its meetings at the "Ship and Turtle Tavern , " Leadenhall-street , London , on the second Tuesdays of each month from October to April . —The Liberal Freemason . On Tuesday next , at thc Wandsxvorth Lodge of Instruction , No . 1044 , held at the East Hill Hotel , Alma Road . Wandsxvorth , a lecture explanatory of the Rituals

and Ceremonies of the First Degree , xvill be delivered by Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., P . Z ., & c . The circular announcing the fact to the members says * . " It is very desirable that Bro . Stevens should be supported by a full attendance , and I therefore trust you will be able to attend and xvill make the meeting knoxvn to your friends in the Craft . " VVe hope the invitation will be heartily responded

to . An analyst , writing in " Cassell's Magazine for November , on " Poisons in the House , " says that lampshades are frequently made of stiff paper , the outer side of which is green , as being the easiest colour for the eyes ; but xvhile commendable thoughtfulness is evident in the selection of colour , the same consideration is certainly not

shoivn in the materials xvhich produce that pleasant hue , for in numerous instances the green pigment has been found to contain a large amount of arsenic . The fact of itself is sufficiently alarming ; but xvhen xve take into account the heat of the lamp , which greatly assists in the volatilsation of the arsenic , xve see hoxv dangerous such useful articles may become to persons in the room , and

especially to those xvho may be sitting close to them . The following banquets have been held at Freemasons' Tavern during the xveek ending Thursday , November 15 th : Friday , qth—Britannia Lodge , Bedford Lodge , Eclectic Chapter . Saturday , ioth—Bachelor ' s Quadrille Party , Phcenix Lodge , Duke of Cornxvall Lodge , City and West End Soiree . Monday , 12 th—St . George and

Cornerstone Lodges . Tuesday , 13 th—Drover ' s Benevolent Institution , St . James' Union Lodge , Urban Lodge . Wednesday , 14 th—New Holborn Quadrilles , Enoch Lodge , Lodge of Fidelity , The Fragile Club , International Waiters ' Ball . Thursday , 15 th—Old Acquaintance Musical Society , St . Alary ' s Lodge , Universal Lodge , Globe Lodge , Linnean Club , United Pilgrim Chapter , Great Northern Lodge , Civil Service Vocal Union , Scottish Corporation Stexvards .

Bro . Col . M . Richards Mucklc , of Philadelphia , is noxv the possessor of txvo decorations received from the Emperor of Germany , in recognition of his services in behalf of the Imperial University and National Library at Strasburg , xvhich was destroyed during the Franco-German War . Bro . Muckle collected and forxvarded , free of expense , all the contributions in books made in the United States and

Canada , in aid of its restoration , already over thirty cases haying thus been sent . It was in 1 S 74 that the Emperor William first acknoxvledged this service by conferring upon our brother the decoration of the " Order of the Croxvn of Prussia , " the fifth highest favour in his poxver to bestoiv . Pn Seotembflr 12 th . of the nresent vear . he conferred upon

n 'm , as an additional mark of his appreciation , "the Order ° . r the Red Eagle , " accompanied by the decoration and the [ j bbon , this being the second highest Order in the gift of { he Emperor . We congratulate our esteemed brother upon J > 'ng the recipient of these distinguished marks of approval 'rom the greatest potentate of Europe , and xvho is also an eminent Freemason .

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . the Lord Mayor xvill take the chair at the ninth annual festival dinner' of the Aletropolitan Dairymen ' s Benevolent Institution on the iSth January . The new Grand Theatre in Corporation-street , Birmingham , xvas opened on Wednesday night . It has been erected at a cost of £ 20 , 000 . Bro . R . Bcnyan Croft , P . P . G . Rear .

Hertfordshire , xvill be re-installed W . AL of the Hertford Lodge , No . 403 , on Thursday next , at the Town Hall , Hertford . Bro . J . P . Fitzgerald is to be installed W . M . of the Earl of Zetland Lodge , No . 1364 , at the old Toxvn Hall , Hackney , to-morrow ( Saturday . ) Bro . Sir Charles Dilke on Wednesday visited , in company xvith Air . Rogers , the medical officer of

Limehouse , the worst courts and alleys of Ratcliff , Shadxvell , and VVapping . The Eboracum Lodge , No . 1611 , met on Monday at the Queen Hotel , York , and Bro . J . S . Cumberland , P . P . G . J . W . North and East Yorks , most impressively installed Bro . John Blenkin as Master of the lodge .

The Georgia Female Masonic College , after years of effort to sustain it , has at last been handed over to a religious denomination . —During 1 SS 2 , 51 American Grand Lodges suspended 15 , 750 members for non-payment of dues , and 53 Grand Lodges dimitted 15 , 259 Masons . — Masonic Re-viesi .

The residents of Ruabon liax-c resoIx * cd to erect a memorial in the parish church to the memory of the late Aliss Alary Nesta Williams Wynn , youngest daughter of Bro . Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , ALP ., Prov . G . M . North Wales and Shropshire . VVe are glad to learn our R . VV . brother is recovering from the injury he recently sustained to his foot .

An interesting series of experiments , with the object of utilising the electric light for war purposes on land , has just been concluded at Shoeburyness , and is understood to have given much satisfaction . One portion of the experiments xvas devoted to the test of heavy and smalt arm fire to extinguish the light . The gunners xvere unsuccessful in their efforts to destroy it , and though a

picked bod y of riflemen succeeded in getting numerous bullets on the reflector and bent the xvire , their attempts xvere equall y unsuccessful . Experiments havealso at night been carried out xvith the xvar parachute . An act has been passed by the New York legislature xvhich might xvith advantage be applied to London . The Sanitary Engineer , Nexv York , in draxving attention

to this nexv laxv , congratulates the citizens on the fact that henceforth the streets are not to be used for experimental purposes , and that it is noxv unlaxvful for any person or corporation to lay gas or steam pipes in the streets of the city xvithout the consent of two-thirds of the property owners in such street . What an advantage it xvould be to the inhabitants of British and Continental cities if they

had similar protective legislation in respect to the tearing up of the streets in each toxvn . St . George ' s , Hanover-square , xvas thronged on Wednesday on the occasion of the marriage of Lady Alice Thynne , eldest daughter of the Alarquis of Bath , to AL H . Shaxv-Stexvart , Esq ., captain Royal Renfrexv Militia , son and heir of Bro . Sir AL Shaxv-Stexvart , Bart ., Past Grand Master Mason Scotland . The bride xvas

accompanied by eight bridesmaids . She xvas attired in a costume of ivory duchesse satin , trimmed xvith old point de Flandre and sprays of orange-blossom . The service was fully choral . At the conclusion of the ceremony the bridal party adjourned to the Alarquis of Bath ' s toxvn house in Berkeley-square , xvhere the xvedding breakfast xvas served . The xvedding presents xvere both numerous and costly , and included a magnificent bracelet of pearls and diamonds from the Prince and Princess of Wales .

Bro . William Hacker , of Shelbyville , Ind ., formally years one of the most prominent Masons of that jurisdiction , and xvho has been honoured xvith all the high offices of the various branches of the Fraternity , is noxv an old man . For years he has diligently xvorked to secure a complete Alasonic library , and succeeded in gathering a very valuable collection , as the writer hereof can testify , having had

the privilege to make a personal examination . This library is soon to become the property of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Bodies of Indianapolis , to be placed in their nexv temple now in course of construction . It is a princely donation b y III . Bro . Hacker , who has long contemplated as to its disposition in a satisfactory manner after the years of industry and intelligence he has given to its collection . —Rochester U . S . A . Democrat .

Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , ProG . M ., delivered an address on his recent Canadian tour , at the Highclere Reading-room , on the gth inst ., our noble brother xvas very cordially received by the audience , mainly composed of his near neighbours . In the course of his address , the delivery of which occupied upwards of an hour , the noble earl said he did not propose to discuss the political part of the subject .

The xvhole mind of the people of Canada was being turned to the settlement of this nexv country , and it xvas to them the great question of questions . He xvas very much struck xvith it himself , and he felt hoxv much xvholesomer a subject it xvas for the consideration of men than many of the subjects upon xvhich persons exercised their minds in the older countries . That country offered true , natural xvork for

man , such as he xvas engaged in in the early ages of the xvorld , such as God gave him all his faculties for , and such as made him happy when thus engaged . No one could doubt hoxv great the future of Canada must be if the people only persevered with the same judgment and moderation and good sense xvhich had characterised the xvhole of their legislation and proceedings for many years . He xvould only say

in conclusion that , although he xvould never advise any man hastily or lightly to leave the old country , yet if he once made up his mind to go , he honestl y believed that noivhere xvould he find a healthier life , a friendlier xvelcome , or a better home than in British North America . A vote of thanks xvas heartily accorded to the noble earl for his exceedingly interesting discourse .

MADAME T USSAUD AND SON ' EXHIBITION . —Portrait Models o £ H . R . H . thc puke of Edinburgh , President Grevy , the Comte de Paris , Due de Nemours , late Comte de Chambord , and M . XVaddington , Costly Court Dresses trom the first Parisian houses , Captain Webb ( taken from life ; . Mr . Charles Parnell , ALP , Also James Carey , the Informer . MARWOOO ( taken from sittings just prior to his death ) noxv on view . Admission is . Extra rooms Od . Openfrom lotill 10 , —[ ADVT . ]

Masonic And General Tidings

A gamekeeper , in the service of Bro . Halsey , ALP ., Gaddesden Place , Herts , xvas accidentally shot by a local publican on Wednesday . He died in a few minutes . The report of the Manchester Free Librarystates that last year 2 , 300 , 000 visits xvere made by readers . The average attendance on Sundays is stated to be 4 , 200 .

Bro . W . J . Collins will be installed W . M . of the William Preston Lodge , No . 76 G , at the Cannon-street Hotel , on Thursday next . Bro . Benjamin Dean , M . E . Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United

States , xvas born in Lancashire , England , in 1 S 24 , and made a Alason in 1854 . He has represented Massachusetts in the State Senate and in the National House of Representatives , and xvherever knoxvn is respected and loved for his sterling xvorth .

The consecration of the Chiswick Lodge , at Chisxvick , xvill be performed by Col . Shadxvell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , this ( Friday ) afternoon . Bro . George Everett , P . AL of lodges Nos . 177 and 13 S 1 , and P . Z . of Nos . 177 and 13 S 1 , is to be the first Master , and his son is to be the first Senior Warden . A full report xvill apear in our next .

The Provincial Grand Lodge of Wiltshire met at Chippenham , on Tuesday last , under the presidency of the R . W . Prov . G . AI . Bro . Lord Alethuen . Bro . Alderman Foxvler , M . P ., the nexv Lord Alayor , xvas appointed Senior Grand Warden , and Bro . Viscount Dangan , Senior Grand Deacon . Among the brethren present xvere Bros . Sir G . Goldney , Bart ., ALP ., D . P . G . M ., and Lord H . Thynne ,

M . P . ( G . Superintendent ) . Noxv that Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , D . G . M ., Prov . G . M . West Lancashire , has returned from his American tour , the annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of this division , postponed from the beginning of October , xvill probably be held on Thursday or Friday ,

the 29 th or 30 th inst . The exact place and date of meeting xvill shortly be announced . The Craft generally xvill be glad to know that our esteemed Deputy Grand Alaster has come back in the possession of evidently robust health , and was present xvith the Countess at the Toxvn Hall , Liverpool , on Alonday the 5 th inst ., to * . receive the Alarquis and the Alarchioness of Lome on their return from Canada .

The New York Dail y Witness is Responsible for the folloxving : — "There is said to have been recently returned to the Paterson ( N . J . ) post office a letter , on the back of which are 20 different kinds of stamps , showing that it has had the care of as many different postmasters . This letter contains a 10-dollar bill of exchange , and xx'as

mailed from Peterson in October last , but so badly addressed that the destination had to be guessed at . It xvas first sent to Ireland , and to every post-office of that island . It xvas then tried in Italy , xvhere failure to lind the owner caused it to be sent to China , and from the Oriental empire it has been returned to the sender .

_ The Cattle Show xvill attract many of our provincial friends to London . Someyears ago this and Aladame Tussaud ' s Exhibition were almost identical , as the x'isitors only had to pass from one to the other . Even noxv , though the Agricultural Hall is some distance from Baker-street , visitors can , xvithin a short time , visit the txvo either by omnibus or underground railway . The latest additions to

the collection of figures of notorious individuals in the Chamber of Horrors comprise a portrait model of Alarivood , the hangman , taken from sittings specially given by Alarwood to the Alessrs . Tussaud during his last visit to London , and as the fact is he expressed himself very pleased at the striking likeness . Outside this room ( in one of the Napoleon rooms ) is the portrait model of lames

Carey , the Informer , and close to it are the life-like models of the unhappy Lord Frederick Cavendish and Air . Burke , xvho xvere so foully murdered in Phcenix Park . In the large hall are the Comte de Paris , the Due de Nemours , and the late Comte de Chambord . The Royal Family , in the magnificent Court dresses , elicit numerous expressions of admiration : added to the list of attraction' !

are AL Washington , President Grevy , and the brave , but ill-fated Capt . Webb . The Oldest Mason is a topic concerning xvhich all readers of the Alasonic neivspapers have groxvn xveary ; but xvhen one is brought face to face xvith a venerable brother xvho has passed the allotted span of man—three score years and ten—by more than twenty yearsxvith all of

, his faculties well preserved , and who remembers and speaks intelligently of times long past , this is xvorthy of some special mention . VVe , therefore , xvith pleasure note our visit during the last xveek to our venerable and xvorthy Brother , P . AL Joseph G . Bowen , of Alount Alotiah Lodge , No . 155 , of this city . Bro . Bowen xvill to-day , October 27 th , celebrate the ninety-second anniversary of his birthday .

Our Brother still retains much of his wonted fire , and loves to talk of Alasonry , recalling Masonic incidents that occurred long before xve xvere born , and relating them xvith much of the vivacity of youth . We found him somewhat jealous of the report he had read that Bro . Judge VVm . Donaldson was the senior member of the Grand Lod ^ e of Pennsylvania . P . AI . Bro . Bowen claims that he is the

oldest living member ot this Grand Body . In December 1817 , he xvas installed W . M . of Alount Aloriah Lodge , No . iss , at the constitution of the lodge , Bro . Walter Kerr beinff then R . W . Grand Alaster . In December , 1 SS 3 , he will have been sixty-six years a member of the Grand Lodge ; and from this record xve think that our venerable Bro . Bowen is right in his Alasonic pride in claiming tn he

tho oldest living member of the Grand Lodgeof Pennsylvania , both in age and in membership of that body . Bro Bowen was twice elected to the office of W . AL of Lodge No . 155 , and also served as secretary for txventy-four years , from 1821 to 1 S 36 , and from 1 S 39 to 1 S 48 , and was a constant attendant of the lodge until recent years . —Philadelphia Keystone .

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