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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
BRO . SHERIFF LAWRENCE was elected M . P . for the Monmouth Boroughs on the 7 th instant . MR . WILLIAM ROME , the chairman , has issued invitations for a dinner of the Library Committee at Painters' Hall on Friday , the 7 th prox . Bros , the Lord Mayor , Alderman and Sheriff Vaughan Morgan , and Sheriff Lawrence will be the guests ot the evening .
THE installation meeting of the Prince of Wales Mark Lodge , No . 4 , will be held on Monday next instead of the regular dav ( Whit Mondav ) when Bro . A . E . Mullins will be installed as W . M ., and Bro . H . Lovegrove , P . G . ! . of W ., will be invested as Treasurep . ST . MAURICE LODGE , NO . 1 S 55 , Plympton , has unanimously elected Bros . George Stone-nan W . M . for the ensuing year ; S . Hicks , P . M ., Treas . ; and James Gidley , P . M ., Tyler ; and Bros . W . Rowe , G . Stoneman , E . Rowe , J . C . Revell , and T . Chalice , Auditors . The installation was fixed for the 12 th prox .
THE Prov . G . Lodge of Staffordshire intend holding their annual meeting in Tamworth on the 20 th instant . Bro . the Earl of Dartmouth and all the brethren have signified their wish to attend service in the parish church at four o ' clock . The service will he fully choral , and will be conducted by the Prov . G . Chaplain , with assistance . Seats will be reserved for the brethren , the remainder of the church being unappropriated .
AT THE annual meeting of the Peace and Harmonv Lodge , No . 199 , held at the Freemasons' Hall , Dover , on the 6 th instant , Bro . W . H . East , the hea- master of the Municipal School of Art , and a Past Master of the lodge , was elected VV . M . for the ensuing year , during which the lodge will celebrate its centenary , and the Provincial Grand Lodge , under Earl Amherst , will visit Dover . The attendance on the occasion of the election was the largest known at the Masonic Hall .
A SUMMER OUTING has been arransed in connection with the Lion and Lamb Lodge , No . 192 , and will take place on June 20 th . The brethren will leave Paddington in the morning , proceeding by train to Henley-on-Thames , where the steam launch Bonafide will be in attendance , with a stiing band , light refreshment , & c , to convey them to the Compleat Anglers' Hotel at M arlow , where luncheon will be provided , iaf ter which the cruise will be continued to Maidenhead , where a banquet will be provided at the Raymead Hotel . The price of the tickets has been fixed at one guinea each .
THE funeral of Captain G . II . B . Reed , R . N ., was recently attended by Mr . C Kitson ( Exeter ) , cousin of the deceased ; General Fitzgerald , Captain Target , R . N . ; Mr . D . Waugh , R . N . , * the Mavor ( Alderman F . J . Bowles ) , Messrs . J . Grose , W . F . Newman , J . H . Hunt , N . Fox ( Magistrates ) , J . M . Carne , G . N . Carne , R . II . Cooper , G . Dash . H . Mansell , S . Tressider , R . Thomas , T . Jones , W . J . Barnicoat , G . Laity , and W . W . J . Sharpe . The rector ( Canon Christopherson ) and Rev . F . F . Savage ( vicar of Flushing ) officiated . Wreaths were sent by the Love and Honour Lodge and by Mr . and Mrs . 1 . M . Carne .
LOVERS OF MUSIC will be interested to learn that Miss Vera Margolies will give a pianoforte recital , under the direction of Mr . VV . Adlington , at St . James ' s Hall , next Monday afternoon , 20 th instant , at three o ' clock . A delightful programme has been arranged for the occasion , which will include some of the best compositions of Beethoven , Schumann , Chopin , Tschaikowsky , Liszt , and other composers . Prices of admission , sofa stalls , 105 . bd . ; unreserved balcony , 3 s . ; area , 2 .. ; and gallery , is . Tickets may be obtained from the usual agents , from Mr . W . Adlington , Concert Director , 22 , Old Burlington-street , W . , * or from Miss Vera Margolies , Woodville , Turnev-road , Streatham-hill , S . W .
TUB FIRST EDITION O * "PILGRIM ' PROGRESS . " —Messrs . Sotheby ' s sale last week was distinguished by the appearance of a very large copy of the first edition of Bunyan ' s " Pilgrim's Progress , " 167 S , The extraordinary rarity of this volume has almost passed into a proverb . There are five known copies . Of these , three are imperfect , and only one—the Nash copy sold last week—is perfect , in having the engraved portrait
of Bunyan dreaming , by R . White . This portrait has the view of the city in the background labelled " Vanity , " which is an error for " Destruction . " The volume consists of 232 pages of text , and was published at is . 6 A . The first bid was £ 100 , and the hammer fell at £ 1475—the value , it may be mentioned , of a fine copy of the first folio Shakespeare , or of a perfect specimen of Caxton ' s Press .
THE 94 th half-yearly election to the Royal Hospital for Incurables will be held at the Cannon-street Hotel on Friday , the 31 st instant , commencing at noon and closing at two p . m . precisely . The chair will be taken by the treasurer , Bro . Herbert John Allcroft , and 25 candidates will be elected . The annual sale of inmates' work for their own benefit will be htld at the hcspiial from two to seven o ' clock on Tuesday ,
Wednesday , and Thursday , the nth , 12 th , and 13 th prox . The sate will be opened by Mrs . H . J . Allcroft , and friends are invited to give their hearty support on this occasion by visiting the hospital or by contributing plain or fancy articles for the benefit of those inmates who are unable to work for themselves . These gifts should have the name and address of the donor attached , and will be gratefully received by Mrs . Cosher at the hospital .
THE forthcoming Naval and Military Exhibition , which is to be opened at the Crystal Palace by Bro . Earl Roberts on Thursday , the 23 rd instant , is designed to commemorate the Jubilee of the Great Exhibition of 1 S 51 . Lady Roberts will unveil the late Mr . Harry Bate's great equestrian statue ot her distinguished husband . The figures on the base of the statue representing War and Victory are of heroic proportions , and the work as a whole has the distinction of being the only equestrian statue to Earl Roberts in this country . His Majesty King Edward VII . has lent some
exceptionally interesting exhibits , including the Jubilee offerings to Queen Victoria from the Royal Navy and Marines . The Military Section will comprise a Volunteer Camp , Ambulance Section , and a Balloon Section . The last-named will have the advantage of having been formed under the sanction of Sir Redvers Uuller . Mr . Eric Bruce , the Secretary of the Aeronautical Society , and M . de Fonvielle , the venerable French aeronaut , are giving active assistance . The use of the balloon in military operations
will be demonstrated , and a special interest attaches to this section , as Sir Redvers is lending the very balloon employed by him during the siege of Ladysmith . The Naval Section will comprise a tableau illustrating Nansen ' s expedition to the North Pole , a representation of the Battle of Trafalgar , and other interesting spectacles . Fifty thousand guinea tickets have been allocated for the benefit of the various Military and Naval Charities . . .
THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY issue ordinary as well as excursion tickets at their City and West End Olliees , where tickets can be obtained during the whole week preceeding Whitsuntide . Tickets can also be obtained at Claphan Junction , Battersea , Chelsea , Kensington ( Addison-road ) , and at the stations on the Hammersmith and City Line . Excursions will be run on Thursday , May 23 rd , to Cork , Killarney , Belfast , Armagh , Giant ' s Causeway , & c . ; on Friday , May 24 th , to Gloucester , Cheltenham , Woicester , Hereford , Shrewsbury , Oswestry , Aberystwy th , Bala ,
Dolgelley , Barmouth , Manchester , Chester , Birkenhead , Liverpool , Rhyl , & c . ; on Fiiday night to Bath , Bristol , Exeter , Plymouth , Falmouth , Penzance , Ch epstow , Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , & c . ; on Saturday , May 25 th , to Newbury , Savern ake , Marlborough , Devizes , Frome , Yeovil , Dorchester , Weymouth , Minehead , Lynton , & c . ; and on Saturday night , to Bath , Bristol , Gloucester , Chepstow , Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , Carmarthen , & c . On Friday , May 24 th , excursion tickets , at a return fare of 22 s ., will be issued to Guernsey and Jersey , by train leaving Paddington at 9 . 15 p . m ., and
on Saturday , May 25 th , from Waterloo at 9 . 50 p . m . On Whit Sunday a cheap train will run to Cirencester , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c , and at Midnight an excursion will leave Paddington for Oxford , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , & c . On the Bark Holiday cheap trains will be run to Reading , Newbury , Savernake , Marlborough , Devizes , Pangbourne , Goring , Wallingfoid , Bath , Bristol ,
Weston-super-Mare , & c , and on Whit I uesday an express half-day excursion will be run to Banbury , Leamington , and Stratford-on-Avon . Cheap tickets are issued daily from London and many suburban stations to Staines , Windsor , Taplow , Maidenhead , Henley , Goring , Wallingford , and other riverside resorts . To meet thc expected additional traffic by the ordinary trains on Friday and Saturday , May 24 th and 25 th , the Company will run several trains in duplicate . For full particulars see our advertisement columns .
Masonic And General Tidings.
THE KING has graciously consented to become patron of the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage . BRO . SIR WALTER PEACE , K . C . M . G ., has accepted the office of President ' of the Anglo-Saxon Club for the present year . MRS . MCKINLEY ' illness has taken a serious turn , and the United States President has decided to abandon the remainder of his tour . BRO . ALDERMAN SIR J . WHITTAKER ELLIS . BART ., has sent a donation of 10 guineas to the Bethnal Green Free Library , of wh . ch he is the president .
THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE will preside at the annual dinner of the Royal Artillery , which takes place at the Whitehall Rooms , Hotel Metropole , on the 14 th prox . CHRIST ' S HOSPITAL SITE . —In the House of Commons on Monday the Bill promoted by the almoners of Christ's Hospital to sanction the sale of the site was read a third time , and passed .
THE SPANISH ART EXHIBITION . —The beautiful collection of Spanish pictures at the Guildhall Gallery continue to attract thousands of visitors daily . On Monday 406 4 persons passed through the turnstiles . THE KING has been pleased , on the recommendation of the Secretary of Scotland , to appoint Mr . Charles Kincaid Mackenzie , K . C , to be Sheriff of Fife and Kinross , in room of Sheriff Mackay , resigned .
THE LONDON HIGHLAND GATHERING . —The eighth Highland gathering will be held on Whit-Monday at Stamford Bridge . The profits will be handed over to the Royal Scottish Corporation and the Royal Caledonian Asylum . THE KING has been graciously pleased to become an annual subscriber to the British and Foreign Sailors' Society . His Majesty has been associated with the society
from his boyhood . In his name the late Queen sent a subscription as far back as 1 S 47 . IT IS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN that the 24 th of this month , the birthday of our late lamented Queen , is to be observed as a general holiday in the Government offices , not only this year , but also in the future , and is to be designated " Queen Victoria Day . "
LADY SETTRIHGTON , Lady Knox , and Lady Edwina Roberts beg to thank all who have so kindly sent them money and clothes for the troops in South Africa . They have received £ 1945 iSs . id ., and sent out 1 S 6 cases . Lady Edwina Roberts will be very glad to receive any further contributions of money sent to her to 17 , Doverstreet . W .
THE CITY LANDS COMMITTER . —Bro . T . Hastings Miller , the Chief Commoner , entertained at dinner at Merchant Taylors' HaU on Fiiday the members of his committee and a number of distinguished guests , including the Lord Mayor , the Chairman of the London County Council ( Mr . A . M . Torrance ) . Sir Edward Clarke , K . C , Col . Sir James Willcocks , and Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Vaughan Morgan .
ADMIRERS of "Cynicus" will be interested in hearing that a new humorous and satirical work trom his pen , entitled " Lines and Outlines , " illustrated by sketches from his pencil , will be published on October ist this year . Orders received before then will entitle the purchaser to a copy of the edition de luxe for one guinea , or of the ordinary edition for ios . Gd . On and after October ist the above prices will be doubled .
THE LADY MAYORESS AT BERMONDSEY . —The Lady Mayoress _ presided at the Bermondsey Town Hall , on Saturday last , at an exhibition of old English games given by the Bermondsey Guild of Play in support of a scheme for the provision of a country holiday home for cripples and invalid children . In acknowleding a vote of thanks , proposed by the Duchess of Bedford , the Ladv Mayoress slid she was sure that all present had enjoyed the programme , which had also given much delight , apparently , to the performers .
FIREMEN ' S "ROLL OF HONOUR . "—The big oak frame which stands in the chie waiting room at the Winchester House , headquarters of the London firemen , in the Southwark-bridge-road , and which is headed with the words " Metropolitan Fire Brigade Roll of Honour , " received on Tuesday morning an addition to the brass plates which are screwed upon it , indicating the names of men killed in the execution of their duty The adiition is that of Frederick C . Baldock , who lost his life at Brixton-roid last month . There are now 19 plates on the board .
PROPOSED NEW MASONIC TEMPLE IN OXFORD . —The inadequacy of the accommodation at the Masonic Hall , in Alfred-street , has long been recognised , and this has been more apparent of late by increased membership , especially of the Alfred Lodge , No . 340 . The City lodges have accordingly set themselves seriously to the task of erecting a handsome and commodious Temple . The Committee having the matter in hand are working assiduously in this direction . A provisional site has been selected
at the top of Queen-street on premises at present used by Messrs . Hall for printing works . The idea is to erect a building about the same size as that of the Apollo Lodge , No . 357 , in Frewin Court . The City brethren , if the project is carried out , as seems highly probable , will be provided with suitable rooms for their meetings , and on the ground floor will be a banqueting hall , which will be available to the public for balls , concerts , & c . It is estimated that the proposed new building will entail an expenditure of from _ , 4 , oooto £ 5 , 000 .
THE LONDON AND MANCHESTER INDUSTRIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY , LIMITED . — Dr . J . Mason , chairman , presided , on Wednesday afternoon , at the annual meeting of the above company , held at the chief office , Southwark Exchange . The repert states that in the course of the past year 211 , 205 new policies had been issued by the company , and at the close of the year its funds had risen to jt , 208 , 023 , the amount saved during the year being £ 22 , 332 , which was more than in any preceding 12 months . The directors recommended the payment ofa dividend off five percent , and a bonus of 2 . 1 * per
cent , for the year on the paid up capital of the company , free of income tax . The Chairman , in moving the adoption of the report , said he desired to say at once that the past year had been a solidly progressive one with the company , and that they had managed to surpass and outstrip all their previous records . In the course of the past year they had issued no less than 211 . 205 new policies , which was a larger number than they had ever before granted in a single year . Having done that , it would naturally occur to them to turn and discover what the
increase in the life premium income had been . The increase was not a disappointing one ; on the contrary , it could most truthfully be described as exceedingly satisfactory , being no less than £ 24 , 494 , or nearly 23 per cent , over the previous year's income of £ 107 , 824 , and bringing up last year's income under the head of life premiums to £ 132 , 319 . As regarded the growth of revenue under the head of interest , dividends , and rents , in the life department alone the amount had risen by £ 711 during the year , from £ 5743 to £ ^ 455 . A sum of £ 253 received for premium
receipt books , duplicate policies , and assignment fees brought up the total of the year's income in the life department to the sum of £ 139 , 027 . On the outgoing side of the account , the claims , including £ 535 paid for surrenders and annuities , amounted 10 ^* 45 , 118 , which sum was but slightly , only £ 919 , in excess of what they amounted to in the preceding year upon the much smaller premium income * . Of course , they did not lose sight of the fact that the death rate of the country was lower during the period which their past financial year covered ,
than what it was in the preceding year ; but , nevertheless , that low claim ratio said much for the beneficial effects of the care which was exercised in accepting proposals for assurance . Regarding other items of outgo , he would mention that the greatly accelerated growth in the premium income could only have been brought about by a larger expenditure upon new business , but the directors were most fully convinced that , within a reasonable limit , the best investment of funds was upon new business . They had kept well within that limitand were abundantly sitislied that they had
, secured good value for the money expended . Going on to the sickness and medical aid assurance account , he would just like to observe that it was in a satisfactory state . The past year ' s savings had been invested in the same high-class securities as those of former years , and he believed they would be something more than satisfied at knowing that they totalled no less than £ 22 , 332—the largest sum ever saved in one year—and
brought up the total of the company ' s assets to the sum of £ 208 , 023 . Mr . W . Dawes seconded the motion , which was agreed to . ANGLO-INDIANS AND OTHERS seeking genuine Indian-minufactured condiments , currie stuffs , chutnees , preserves , puppidums , Bombay ducks , Nepaut pepper , & c , send to the original firm . C . Stembridge and Co ., iS , Green-street , Leicester-square , London , * and Calcutta . Established 1 S 21 . Write for price hst * Removed from 33 , Leicester-square ) .
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
BRO . SHERIFF LAWRENCE was elected M . P . for the Monmouth Boroughs on the 7 th instant . MR . WILLIAM ROME , the chairman , has issued invitations for a dinner of the Library Committee at Painters' Hall on Friday , the 7 th prox . Bros , the Lord Mayor , Alderman and Sheriff Vaughan Morgan , and Sheriff Lawrence will be the guests ot the evening .
THE installation meeting of the Prince of Wales Mark Lodge , No . 4 , will be held on Monday next instead of the regular dav ( Whit Mondav ) when Bro . A . E . Mullins will be installed as W . M ., and Bro . H . Lovegrove , P . G . ! . of W ., will be invested as Treasurep . ST . MAURICE LODGE , NO . 1 S 55 , Plympton , has unanimously elected Bros . George Stone-nan W . M . for the ensuing year ; S . Hicks , P . M ., Treas . ; and James Gidley , P . M ., Tyler ; and Bros . W . Rowe , G . Stoneman , E . Rowe , J . C . Revell , and T . Chalice , Auditors . The installation was fixed for the 12 th prox .
THE Prov . G . Lodge of Staffordshire intend holding their annual meeting in Tamworth on the 20 th instant . Bro . the Earl of Dartmouth and all the brethren have signified their wish to attend service in the parish church at four o ' clock . The service will he fully choral , and will be conducted by the Prov . G . Chaplain , with assistance . Seats will be reserved for the brethren , the remainder of the church being unappropriated .
AT THE annual meeting of the Peace and Harmonv Lodge , No . 199 , held at the Freemasons' Hall , Dover , on the 6 th instant , Bro . W . H . East , the hea- master of the Municipal School of Art , and a Past Master of the lodge , was elected VV . M . for the ensuing year , during which the lodge will celebrate its centenary , and the Provincial Grand Lodge , under Earl Amherst , will visit Dover . The attendance on the occasion of the election was the largest known at the Masonic Hall .
A SUMMER OUTING has been arransed in connection with the Lion and Lamb Lodge , No . 192 , and will take place on June 20 th . The brethren will leave Paddington in the morning , proceeding by train to Henley-on-Thames , where the steam launch Bonafide will be in attendance , with a stiing band , light refreshment , & c , to convey them to the Compleat Anglers' Hotel at M arlow , where luncheon will be provided , iaf ter which the cruise will be continued to Maidenhead , where a banquet will be provided at the Raymead Hotel . The price of the tickets has been fixed at one guinea each .
THE funeral of Captain G . II . B . Reed , R . N ., was recently attended by Mr . C Kitson ( Exeter ) , cousin of the deceased ; General Fitzgerald , Captain Target , R . N . ; Mr . D . Waugh , R . N . , * the Mavor ( Alderman F . J . Bowles ) , Messrs . J . Grose , W . F . Newman , J . H . Hunt , N . Fox ( Magistrates ) , J . M . Carne , G . N . Carne , R . II . Cooper , G . Dash . H . Mansell , S . Tressider , R . Thomas , T . Jones , W . J . Barnicoat , G . Laity , and W . W . J . Sharpe . The rector ( Canon Christopherson ) and Rev . F . F . Savage ( vicar of Flushing ) officiated . Wreaths were sent by the Love and Honour Lodge and by Mr . and Mrs . 1 . M . Carne .
LOVERS OF MUSIC will be interested to learn that Miss Vera Margolies will give a pianoforte recital , under the direction of Mr . VV . Adlington , at St . James ' s Hall , next Monday afternoon , 20 th instant , at three o ' clock . A delightful programme has been arranged for the occasion , which will include some of the best compositions of Beethoven , Schumann , Chopin , Tschaikowsky , Liszt , and other composers . Prices of admission , sofa stalls , 105 . bd . ; unreserved balcony , 3 s . ; area , 2 .. ; and gallery , is . Tickets may be obtained from the usual agents , from Mr . W . Adlington , Concert Director , 22 , Old Burlington-street , W . , * or from Miss Vera Margolies , Woodville , Turnev-road , Streatham-hill , S . W .
TUB FIRST EDITION O * "PILGRIM ' PROGRESS . " —Messrs . Sotheby ' s sale last week was distinguished by the appearance of a very large copy of the first edition of Bunyan ' s " Pilgrim's Progress , " 167 S , The extraordinary rarity of this volume has almost passed into a proverb . There are five known copies . Of these , three are imperfect , and only one—the Nash copy sold last week—is perfect , in having the engraved portrait
of Bunyan dreaming , by R . White . This portrait has the view of the city in the background labelled " Vanity , " which is an error for " Destruction . " The volume consists of 232 pages of text , and was published at is . 6 A . The first bid was £ 100 , and the hammer fell at £ 1475—the value , it may be mentioned , of a fine copy of the first folio Shakespeare , or of a perfect specimen of Caxton ' s Press .
THE 94 th half-yearly election to the Royal Hospital for Incurables will be held at the Cannon-street Hotel on Friday , the 31 st instant , commencing at noon and closing at two p . m . precisely . The chair will be taken by the treasurer , Bro . Herbert John Allcroft , and 25 candidates will be elected . The annual sale of inmates' work for their own benefit will be htld at the hcspiial from two to seven o ' clock on Tuesday ,
Wednesday , and Thursday , the nth , 12 th , and 13 th prox . The sate will be opened by Mrs . H . J . Allcroft , and friends are invited to give their hearty support on this occasion by visiting the hospital or by contributing plain or fancy articles for the benefit of those inmates who are unable to work for themselves . These gifts should have the name and address of the donor attached , and will be gratefully received by Mrs . Cosher at the hospital .
THE forthcoming Naval and Military Exhibition , which is to be opened at the Crystal Palace by Bro . Earl Roberts on Thursday , the 23 rd instant , is designed to commemorate the Jubilee of the Great Exhibition of 1 S 51 . Lady Roberts will unveil the late Mr . Harry Bate's great equestrian statue ot her distinguished husband . The figures on the base of the statue representing War and Victory are of heroic proportions , and the work as a whole has the distinction of being the only equestrian statue to Earl Roberts in this country . His Majesty King Edward VII . has lent some
exceptionally interesting exhibits , including the Jubilee offerings to Queen Victoria from the Royal Navy and Marines . The Military Section will comprise a Volunteer Camp , Ambulance Section , and a Balloon Section . The last-named will have the advantage of having been formed under the sanction of Sir Redvers Uuller . Mr . Eric Bruce , the Secretary of the Aeronautical Society , and M . de Fonvielle , the venerable French aeronaut , are giving active assistance . The use of the balloon in military operations
will be demonstrated , and a special interest attaches to this section , as Sir Redvers is lending the very balloon employed by him during the siege of Ladysmith . The Naval Section will comprise a tableau illustrating Nansen ' s expedition to the North Pole , a representation of the Battle of Trafalgar , and other interesting spectacles . Fifty thousand guinea tickets have been allocated for the benefit of the various Military and Naval Charities . . .
THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY issue ordinary as well as excursion tickets at their City and West End Olliees , where tickets can be obtained during the whole week preceeding Whitsuntide . Tickets can also be obtained at Claphan Junction , Battersea , Chelsea , Kensington ( Addison-road ) , and at the stations on the Hammersmith and City Line . Excursions will be run on Thursday , May 23 rd , to Cork , Killarney , Belfast , Armagh , Giant ' s Causeway , & c . ; on Friday , May 24 th , to Gloucester , Cheltenham , Woicester , Hereford , Shrewsbury , Oswestry , Aberystwy th , Bala ,
Dolgelley , Barmouth , Manchester , Chester , Birkenhead , Liverpool , Rhyl , & c . ; on Fiiday night to Bath , Bristol , Exeter , Plymouth , Falmouth , Penzance , Ch epstow , Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , & c . ; on Saturday , May 25 th , to Newbury , Savern ake , Marlborough , Devizes , Frome , Yeovil , Dorchester , Weymouth , Minehead , Lynton , & c . ; and on Saturday night , to Bath , Bristol , Gloucester , Chepstow , Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , Carmarthen , & c . On Friday , May 24 th , excursion tickets , at a return fare of 22 s ., will be issued to Guernsey and Jersey , by train leaving Paddington at 9 . 15 p . m ., and
on Saturday , May 25 th , from Waterloo at 9 . 50 p . m . On Whit Sunday a cheap train will run to Cirencester , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c , and at Midnight an excursion will leave Paddington for Oxford , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , & c . On the Bark Holiday cheap trains will be run to Reading , Newbury , Savernake , Marlborough , Devizes , Pangbourne , Goring , Wallingfoid , Bath , Bristol ,
Weston-super-Mare , & c , and on Whit I uesday an express half-day excursion will be run to Banbury , Leamington , and Stratford-on-Avon . Cheap tickets are issued daily from London and many suburban stations to Staines , Windsor , Taplow , Maidenhead , Henley , Goring , Wallingford , and other riverside resorts . To meet thc expected additional traffic by the ordinary trains on Friday and Saturday , May 24 th and 25 th , the Company will run several trains in duplicate . For full particulars see our advertisement columns .
Masonic And General Tidings.
THE KING has graciously consented to become patron of the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage . BRO . SIR WALTER PEACE , K . C . M . G ., has accepted the office of President ' of the Anglo-Saxon Club for the present year . MRS . MCKINLEY ' illness has taken a serious turn , and the United States President has decided to abandon the remainder of his tour . BRO . ALDERMAN SIR J . WHITTAKER ELLIS . BART ., has sent a donation of 10 guineas to the Bethnal Green Free Library , of wh . ch he is the president .
THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE will preside at the annual dinner of the Royal Artillery , which takes place at the Whitehall Rooms , Hotel Metropole , on the 14 th prox . CHRIST ' S HOSPITAL SITE . —In the House of Commons on Monday the Bill promoted by the almoners of Christ's Hospital to sanction the sale of the site was read a third time , and passed .
THE SPANISH ART EXHIBITION . —The beautiful collection of Spanish pictures at the Guildhall Gallery continue to attract thousands of visitors daily . On Monday 406 4 persons passed through the turnstiles . THE KING has been pleased , on the recommendation of the Secretary of Scotland , to appoint Mr . Charles Kincaid Mackenzie , K . C , to be Sheriff of Fife and Kinross , in room of Sheriff Mackay , resigned .
THE LONDON HIGHLAND GATHERING . —The eighth Highland gathering will be held on Whit-Monday at Stamford Bridge . The profits will be handed over to the Royal Scottish Corporation and the Royal Caledonian Asylum . THE KING has been graciously pleased to become an annual subscriber to the British and Foreign Sailors' Society . His Majesty has been associated with the society
from his boyhood . In his name the late Queen sent a subscription as far back as 1 S 47 . IT IS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN that the 24 th of this month , the birthday of our late lamented Queen , is to be observed as a general holiday in the Government offices , not only this year , but also in the future , and is to be designated " Queen Victoria Day . "
LADY SETTRIHGTON , Lady Knox , and Lady Edwina Roberts beg to thank all who have so kindly sent them money and clothes for the troops in South Africa . They have received £ 1945 iSs . id ., and sent out 1 S 6 cases . Lady Edwina Roberts will be very glad to receive any further contributions of money sent to her to 17 , Doverstreet . W .
THE CITY LANDS COMMITTER . —Bro . T . Hastings Miller , the Chief Commoner , entertained at dinner at Merchant Taylors' HaU on Fiiday the members of his committee and a number of distinguished guests , including the Lord Mayor , the Chairman of the London County Council ( Mr . A . M . Torrance ) . Sir Edward Clarke , K . C , Col . Sir James Willcocks , and Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Vaughan Morgan .
ADMIRERS of "Cynicus" will be interested in hearing that a new humorous and satirical work trom his pen , entitled " Lines and Outlines , " illustrated by sketches from his pencil , will be published on October ist this year . Orders received before then will entitle the purchaser to a copy of the edition de luxe for one guinea , or of the ordinary edition for ios . Gd . On and after October ist the above prices will be doubled .
THE LADY MAYORESS AT BERMONDSEY . —The Lady Mayoress _ presided at the Bermondsey Town Hall , on Saturday last , at an exhibition of old English games given by the Bermondsey Guild of Play in support of a scheme for the provision of a country holiday home for cripples and invalid children . In acknowleding a vote of thanks , proposed by the Duchess of Bedford , the Ladv Mayoress slid she was sure that all present had enjoyed the programme , which had also given much delight , apparently , to the performers .
FIREMEN ' S "ROLL OF HONOUR . "—The big oak frame which stands in the chie waiting room at the Winchester House , headquarters of the London firemen , in the Southwark-bridge-road , and which is headed with the words " Metropolitan Fire Brigade Roll of Honour , " received on Tuesday morning an addition to the brass plates which are screwed upon it , indicating the names of men killed in the execution of their duty The adiition is that of Frederick C . Baldock , who lost his life at Brixton-roid last month . There are now 19 plates on the board .
PROPOSED NEW MASONIC TEMPLE IN OXFORD . —The inadequacy of the accommodation at the Masonic Hall , in Alfred-street , has long been recognised , and this has been more apparent of late by increased membership , especially of the Alfred Lodge , No . 340 . The City lodges have accordingly set themselves seriously to the task of erecting a handsome and commodious Temple . The Committee having the matter in hand are working assiduously in this direction . A provisional site has been selected
at the top of Queen-street on premises at present used by Messrs . Hall for printing works . The idea is to erect a building about the same size as that of the Apollo Lodge , No . 357 , in Frewin Court . The City brethren , if the project is carried out , as seems highly probable , will be provided with suitable rooms for their meetings , and on the ground floor will be a banqueting hall , which will be available to the public for balls , concerts , & c . It is estimated that the proposed new building will entail an expenditure of from _ , 4 , oooto £ 5 , 000 .
THE LONDON AND MANCHESTER INDUSTRIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY , LIMITED . — Dr . J . Mason , chairman , presided , on Wednesday afternoon , at the annual meeting of the above company , held at the chief office , Southwark Exchange . The repert states that in the course of the past year 211 , 205 new policies had been issued by the company , and at the close of the year its funds had risen to jt , 208 , 023 , the amount saved during the year being £ 22 , 332 , which was more than in any preceding 12 months . The directors recommended the payment ofa dividend off five percent , and a bonus of 2 . 1 * per
cent , for the year on the paid up capital of the company , free of income tax . The Chairman , in moving the adoption of the report , said he desired to say at once that the past year had been a solidly progressive one with the company , and that they had managed to surpass and outstrip all their previous records . In the course of the past year they had issued no less than 211 . 205 new policies , which was a larger number than they had ever before granted in a single year . Having done that , it would naturally occur to them to turn and discover what the
increase in the life premium income had been . The increase was not a disappointing one ; on the contrary , it could most truthfully be described as exceedingly satisfactory , being no less than £ 24 , 494 , or nearly 23 per cent , over the previous year's income of £ 107 , 824 , and bringing up last year's income under the head of life premiums to £ 132 , 319 . As regarded the growth of revenue under the head of interest , dividends , and rents , in the life department alone the amount had risen by £ 711 during the year , from £ 5743 to £ ^ 455 . A sum of £ 253 received for premium
receipt books , duplicate policies , and assignment fees brought up the total of the year's income in the life department to the sum of £ 139 , 027 . On the outgoing side of the account , the claims , including £ 535 paid for surrenders and annuities , amounted 10 ^* 45 , 118 , which sum was but slightly , only £ 919 , in excess of what they amounted to in the preceding year upon the much smaller premium income * . Of course , they did not lose sight of the fact that the death rate of the country was lower during the period which their past financial year covered ,
than what it was in the preceding year ; but , nevertheless , that low claim ratio said much for the beneficial effects of the care which was exercised in accepting proposals for assurance . Regarding other items of outgo , he would mention that the greatly accelerated growth in the premium income could only have been brought about by a larger expenditure upon new business , but the directors were most fully convinced that , within a reasonable limit , the best investment of funds was upon new business . They had kept well within that limitand were abundantly sitislied that they had
, secured good value for the money expended . Going on to the sickness and medical aid assurance account , he would just like to observe that it was in a satisfactory state . The past year ' s savings had been invested in the same high-class securities as those of former years , and he believed they would be something more than satisfied at knowing that they totalled no less than £ 22 , 332—the largest sum ever saved in one year—and
brought up the total of the company ' s assets to the sum of £ 208 , 023 . Mr . W . Dawes seconded the motion , which was agreed to . ANGLO-INDIANS AND OTHERS seeking genuine Indian-minufactured condiments , currie stuffs , chutnees , preserves , puppidums , Bombay ducks , Nepaut pepper , & c , send to the original firm . C . Stembridge and Co ., iS , Green-street , Leicester-square , London , * and Calcutta . Established 1 S 21 . Write for price hst * Removed from 33 , Leicester-square ) .