Masonic Of General Tidings

MASONIC OF GENERAL TIDINGS

A new Mark lodge is shortly to be consecrated at Henfield , Sussex . It is to be named the Adur Lodge , No . 386 , and Bro . Eberall will be the first Master . Bro . Sir Algernon Borthwick , M . P ., and Lady Borthwick , have taken the villa Edelweiss , at Cannes , the property of the late Mr . Augustus Savile , and will reside there till the meeting of Parliament .

The Prince and Princess of Wales were present at the Haymarket Theatre on Saturday evening last , and witnessed the performance of " The Red Lamp" and "The Ballad Monger . " Bro . Lord Wolseley presided at the opening-, on Monday evening , of the new gymnasium hall and social rooms of the Finsbury Polytechnic , and delivered a highly interesting address on the subject of physical training .

Bro . the Hon . Sir E . Monson , now her Majesty ' s Minister at Copenhagen , will shortly succeed Sir Horace Rumbold as rr inister at Athens , Sir Horace being about to succeed Bro . the Hon . Sir W . Stuart , who is retiring , as mii . ister to the King of the Netherlands .

Prince Albert Victor of Wales , S . G . W ., will to-day ( Friday ) become the guest of Mr . G . Lane-Fox at Brainharn , when a ball will be given in honour of his Royal Highness , while to-morrow there will be a special meet of the hounds .

The December Sessions of the Central Criminal Court were opened at the Old Bailey on Monday , in the presence of Bro . Lord Mayor DeKeyser , Bro . Sheriff Davis , Bro . Sheriff Higgs , and Bros . Under-Sheriffs Rose-Innes , and T . Beard , and others . Bros , the Earl of Haddington , Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Lord Elcho , M . P ., and Sir Charles Dalrymple ,

Bart ., M . P ., were among the principal guests at the dinner given by the Haddington New Club , on the Sth instant , to the Right Hon . the Chief Secretary for Ireland . Bro . the Right Hon . Hugh C . E . Childers , M . P ., presided at a meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute , at the Hotel Metropole , on Tuesday evening , when Mr . Walter Hazell read a paper on " Practical Means of

Extending Emigration . " Bro . Baron Henry de Worms , M . P ., entertained at dinner at his residence in Grosvenor-place , on Saturday evening last , Bro . the Earl of Onslow , several members of the Diplomatic Corps , and the delegates assembled in London to arrange the Sugar Bounties question . Bro . Lord Mayor De Keyser presided in the

Guildhall on Saturday evening last , at the distribution of prizes by the Lady Mayoress to the members of the 3 rd City of London Rifles . The same evening there was a reception at the Dutch Club , Regent-strtet , in honour of Bro . Ihe Lord Mayor of London , the Belgian Minister , and the leading members of the Belgian Colony in London . The Prince and Piincess of Wales , attended bv

the ladies and genthmen of their household , received first the Maharanee and the his Highness the Gaekwar of Baroda , at Marlborough House on Monday . Subsequently the Prince returned the latter ' s visit , and in the evening visited the Royalty ' 1 heatre , while the Princess of Wales went on a visit to the Oueen at Windsor . The Jubilee Memorial Tablet , erected by the

Chine Lod » e , No . 1 SS 4 . Shanklin , and placed in its Hall to commemorate both the Queen ' s Jubilee and the generosity of those brethren and others who succeeded in reducing the indebtedness on the Budding Fund of the lodge to the extent of £ 200 , will be unveiled at a regular meeting , which will be held on Thursday , the 2 g'h instant . The ceremony will be performed by Bro . Dr . G . H . R . Dabbs

who was the first W . Master of the lodge , and the usual banquet will follow the lodge meeting . A Smoking Concert was given by the Excelsior City Musical Society , of which our tatented Bro . Fred . H . Cozens , Past G . Mark Organist , is the musical director , was given at Winchester House ( Messrs . Spiers and Pond ) , Old Broad-street , on Friday , the 9 th instant . Bro . T . L .

Bnstowe , M . P ., presided , and expressed himself as delighted with the quality of the entertainment , while the numerous audience present on the occasion gave evidence of iheir appreciation of thc programme by their frequent and hearty applause and the numerous instances in which an encore was demanded . Among the principal contributors to the evening ' s enjoyment were Bro . F . H . Cozens

who opened Pait 1 with a Tarantella by Agate , for pianoforte , which he played admirably ; Bro . A . Hubbard ' s songs "For Love and Spain , " and "The King and the Company "; "The Mountebank ' s Song , " and "The Quaker , " by Mr . James Bubb , which were both encored ; "Come Live with me , " by Bro . R . W . Heney , who was also encored ; and an exceedingly funny sketch entitled

"Mrs . B . ' s Alarm , " which was recited by the Rev . H . C . Shuttleworth in such a manner as to provoke roars of laughter . We may add that the entertainments given by the City Excelsior are always first-class in character , and on that account are always numerously attended , and that among the numerous array of Patrons are Bros . theMarouis

ot Hartington , M . P ., 1 . Lynn Bristowe , M . P ., R . G . Webster , M . P . ; Alderman J . C . Saunders , P . G . D . ; A . Allworth , M . D ., G . Bamber , J . Bamber , J . C . Bell , G H Edmonds , Augustus Harris , N . B . Headon , C . S . Jekyll fc ; .. K - ; ™ ctor . - Senecal , J . E . Walford , James Willing , jun ., A . Cotton , Hon . Treas . ; and R . W . Heney , Hon . Secretary .

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Mrs . De Keyser , the Lady Mayoress , will give a juvenile fancy dress ball at the Mansion House on the nth January next . Mr . H . Watkin is the new manager of the Avenue Theatre . We are glad to hear that Bro . D'Albertson is to be retained in his old position of acting manager . It was arranged that Bro . R . M . Moore , M . W .

Grand Master of New Jersey , accompanied by his Grand Ollicers , should visit Trimble Lodge , No . 117 , Camden , N . J ., on the 9 th inst , and instal the officers for the ensuing year . Bro .. Clinton Filch , aged 9 6 years , was present at the last annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky , and was invited by vote of G . Lodge to occupy a seat in the east . The aged brother was kindly addressed

by the G . Master , and in reply offered a words of thanks to him and to the Grand Lodge . . Bro . Oliver Papworth , S . W ., P . P . G . D . C , Hon . Secretary of the Cambridge Masonic . Charity Association , has been elected W . M . of the Scientific Lodge , No . 88 , Cambridge , and will be installed on the second Monday in January .

We would remind members of the Craft thai Bro . Isaac Berrow , P . M . Oak Lodge , No . 190 , is the sole agent for the well-known pianos ot Messrs . Pleyel , Wolff , and Co ., of Paris , and that he supplies instruments ( and engages artistes if required ) for Masonic meetings , ceremonies , and banquets . Bro . Col . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., has started

a movement which will cost some thousands of pounds to remove a tremendous hill on the highway near Ramsbury , Wilts , in order to provide work for unemployed agricultural labourers in that county , in which he hopes to be assisted by others . CARLTON COLLEGE , TUFNELL PARK , N . —The

Rev . Marmaduke Washington , M . A ., will distribute the prizes obtained by the pupils of the above college , on Monday next , the 19 th inst . We heartily cougratulate Mrs . William Harris Saunders on the large increase in the number of pupils since her removal to the above commodious and healthy premises . On Friday evening , the oth inst ., the first

meeting after the recess took place ot the John Carpenter Lodge , No . 1997 , at the Albion , Aldersgate-streec , Bro . Frank Taylor , CC , VV . M ., presided . During the business of the lodge , the W . M . announced that it was his intention to icpresent the latter as a Steward at the forthcoming Centenary

Festival ot the Girls' School . At the banquet Which followed , the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were honoured . In response to that for his health , the W . M . remarked that he trusted during his teim of office to have tne pleasure of initiating some old boys of the City of London . school , ihe lodge being entirely composed of such .

The Lord Mayor , Bro . Polydore de Keyser , was initiated into Masonry in the Emulation Lodge , No . 21 , on gth May , 1 S 62 , and though his occupations prevented his regular attendance or taking office , he has rer . iained a member of ihe lodge ever since . Un one occasion he presented to the lodge a very handsome set of silver working tools ( manufactured by Bro . George Kenning ) . His

Masonic zeal induced him to become one of tne founders of ihe Macdonald Lodge , No . 1216 , in which he served for two years as Warden . He has also joined the Anglo-American Lodge , No . 2191 , and is a Life Governor ot the Boys' and Girls' Schools ; as already announced he will serve the Stewardship at the approaching Centenary of the latter Institution .

CHRISTMAS MARKETS . —The well-known meat , poultry , fish , and wine departments of Messrs . Spiers and Pond , close to Ludgate-hill Station , present a very festive appearance at this time of year , with their magnificent display of all the good things of the season . At this Christmas the enterprising linn has extended its operations . Between the meat shop and the lish and poultry shop there

are now grocery and provision stores , where , without paying lor tickets , the public can shop on better terms than at the co-operative societies , with free delivery oi goods , and the convenience , if they choose , of opening deposit accounts . It is obvious that a firm with upwards of three hundred establishments , can buy in the cheapest and best markets , and thus offer exceptional advantages to those who deal with them .

Forty ofthe Christ ' s Hospital boys on the Royal foundation of King Charles II . attended at Windsor Castle on Saturday last , lor the purpose of exhibiting their charts and drawings to the Queen , and her Majesty was attended by the Dowager Lady Churchill ( Lady-in-vVaitmg ) , Bro . the Earl of Lathom ( Lord Chamberlain ) , Bro . Lord Henniker ( Lord-in-Waiting ) , and other members of the

household , while the boys were accompanied and introduced by Bro . J . Derby Allciott , Treasurer of the school , and sundry of the Masters and Governors . Her Majesty was pleased to express her approbation of the work done by the boys , and selected certain of the drawings , after which luncheon was served to the party in the drawing room .

On Saturday last the Prince of Wales visited the People ' s Palace at Mile End for the purpose of opening the Apprentices' Exhibition , and delivered an address on the advantages of technical education . A guard of honour of the 24 th Middlesex ( Post Office ) Volunteers received his Royal Highness , and Bros , the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs Higgs and Davis were among the distinguished personages

present . The Prince was able to announce that the Drapers ' Company had offered a gift of £ 40 , 000 from their corporate funds , in addition to £ 20 , 000 for building the Technical Schools , towards promoting this necessary branch of education , and that the Ironmongers' Company had expressed their willingness to co-operate in the good work by

iounding an institute of the same character in some other part of London . These announcements were greeted with applause , and a vote of thanks having been passed by acclamation , his Royal Highness quitted the building , and left for Marlborough House amid the heartiest demonstrations of loyalty .

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Bro . H . B . Marshall , jun ., has graduated as Bachelor of Arts , at Trinity College , Dublin . Bro . James Stevens will g ive his lecture on the " Ritual and Ceremonial of the Symbolical Degrees in Freemasonry " for the fiftieth time , in the Royal Commemoration Lodge of Instruction , No . 1585 , at the

Railway Hotel , Putney , on Monday next , at 8 p . m . The Casket in which the loyal address of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons to her Majesty the Qu-en was enclosed , of which her Majesty was graciously pleased to express her approval , was manufactured by the old established firm of Messrs . Gillow , and Co ., 406 , Oxford-street , W .

Bro . George Kenning was unanimously elected a member of the Masonic Veteran Association of Pennsylvania at the last meeting , on the proposition of Bro . Charles E . Meyer . Among those present at an influential meeting held at Karachi , on the 3 rd November last , for the purpose of considering the reply of the Indian Government to a

proposal to open a line of railway communicating with Hyderabad , and so increasing the importance of Karachi , as the port of Upper India and developing it into one of the first magnitude , was Bro . Jehangir H . Kothari , who spoke earnestly and to the point , when seconding one of the resolutions which were submitted with a view to reopening the proposal , and pointing out how desirable it must be to have 'such a line of railway , in order to still further

develope the trade of Sind . Bro . Earl Granville was the chief guest at the dinner given by the Eighty Club at Willis's Rooms , St . James ' s , on Tuesday evening . At a meeting of the Ancient Ebor Preceptory of Knights Templar , held in Freemasons' Ha l , St . Saviourgate , York , on Tuesday , Frater W . H . Cowper , E . P ., presiding , Frater Wm . Brown was elected to the chair Ior the ensuing year , and Frater I ' . B . Whytehead was re-elected Treasurer .

tsro . Dr . W . B . Richardson says he has had a large experience among young clergymen who have broken down under total abstinence . Their ftiends have urged them to take wine to recruit their sliength and they have come to him for advice . " I have had no difficulty in dealing with them , " he says , " I ask them to do their work in a common sense way ; to do less , to take more sleep , take meals regularly , and obey the laws that lead to strength and vigour ot body without stimulation . "

Major Smith , who commands the City Specials , is to be congratulated upon having availed himself , to the fullest extent , of the able services of many military and volunteer officers who have enrolled themselves . We noticed among those who have charge of Companies Bro . Sir John Monckton , Bro . Capt . Woolrner-Williams and Bro . Col . Sewell . In the " Post Office appointments the same discrimination has not been shown .

Bro . Cap * . Woolmer-Williams is engaged upon a work which is likely to be of immense interest to all members ot the Honourable Artillery Company . He is writing " Incidents in the History " of the ancient regiment for the year 1537 to 1 S 87 , and as , during the past 20 years , our respected brother has been an honoured member of the company , a publication of exceptional

importance may safely be anticipated . We desire to call the attention of our musical brethren to an anthem— " Behold , how good and joyful "composed by Bro . C . E . Juieff , P . P . G . O . Cornwall . It was first performed , we believe , at the service in Bodmin parish church on the occasion of the meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge of Cornwall in September last , and is dedicated to

the Prov . G . M . of Cornwall , Lord Mount Edgcumbe . The anthem is already on several Cathedral lists , and competent critics have pronounced it to be a composition ol unusual excellence . We congratulate Bro . Ju ' . eff , whose reputation as organist and composer will now be greatly enhanced by this pioduction . Bro . Altred Greenham , P . M ., W . M . of the

Chine lodge , No . 18 S 4 , Shanklin , Isle of Wight , on the nomination of Bro . VV . F . Newman , J . P ., P . M . and Treas . 75 , P . Prov . S . G . W ., seconded by Bro . R . Carter , P . M ., 75 . P . Prov . J . G . VV . ( ex-Mayor of Falmouth ) , was unanimously elected an honourary memoer of the Love and Honour Lodge , No . 75 , Falmouth , at a regular meeting held on Monday last in tne new Freemasons' Hall . The

special compliment thus paid by the moiher lodge of the countyjwas in appreciation of Bro . Greenham ' s efforts as the originator and manager of the largest Masonic Exhibition ever held in this country . Sir Knight the Rev . Thomas W . Lemon , M . A ., Plymouth , of Loyal Brunswick Encampment , Stonehouse , attended at the City lerminus Hotel , London , on the 9 th

inst ., in his character of Provincial Prior of Devonshire Knight Templars , to do homage to the National Great Priory on his recent appointment . The Rev . Sir Knight , it will be remembered , was installed in his high office on August 4 th last at a Provincial Priory holden at East Stonehouse by Colonel Adair , and as the National Great Priory had not since met homage had not heretofore been

paid . The meeting was numerously attended , and the Great Priory presented a very animated appearance . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Sub-Prior , presided , and was supported by some of the most influential Freemasons ot the High Degrees . Ihe new Provincial Prior having been announced as waiting outside the priory to do

his homage , he was admitted , accompanied by Sir Knights Keats , his Swd . Br . ; Coffin , Banner Br . ; VV . G . Lemon , Grand Aide-de-camp ; and others . He was most cordially welcomed , and received a hearty salute by the members of the Great Priory . Homage was duly rendered . The remaining business was merely formal . — Western Daily Mercury .

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