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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . Lord Harlech has left Brogyntyn , his seat near Oswestry , for the purpose of visiting his estates in Ireland . Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Manchester returned home from their recent sojourn in Germany towards the close of last week .
During the 94 years the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island has been established , 34 brethren have been elected to fill the office of Grand Master . Bro . Major-General Sir Redvers Buller has been continuing his inspection of the district , including County Kerry and neighbourhood , over which he has been appointed with a view to putting down moonlighting .
Bros . Lord Randolph Churchill , MP ., Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., and Lord Charles Beresford , M . P ., have consented to become Vice-Presidents of the St . Pancras Constitutional Club , Fitzroy-square . The Princess of Wales was to arrive in England from her recent visit to Copenhagen on Thursday morning ,
and will join the Prince at York this ( Friday ) afternoon , the two proceeding afterwards to Abergeldie . Bro . Sir M . White-Ridley , Bart ., M . P * . has been nominated Chairman of the Royal Commission recently appointed to enquire into the organisation and expenditure of the various departments of the Civil Service .
The Emperor William of Germany , accompanied by the Empress and the Crown Prince , and attended by a numerous and distinguished suite , has been on a visit to Strasburg , where his reception has been most enthusiastic
Bros , the Earl of Limerick ( Chairman ) and the Duke of Manchester were members of a Select Committee of theJHouse of Lords , which sat on Thursday , the 9 th inst ., for the purpose of dealing with a group of opposed private bills .
Bro . the Lord Mayor has received messages of thanks from the Mayor of Charleston and Secretary Bayard in acknowledgment of his generous kindness in opening a Mansion House Fund for the relief of the sufferers by the recent earthquakes .
The Lyceum Theatre was re-opened for the season on Saturday last by Bro . Henry Irving , whose re-appearance in " Faust " was greeted with the heartiest applause , and who , at the close of the performance , was called upon to make a speech . The Toronto Freemason for last month contains portraits of the recently-elected Grand Master ( Bro . H .
Robertson ) , the Deputy Grand Master ( Hro . R . 1 . Walkem ) , and the Grand Registrar ( Bro . Geo . J . Bennett ) , of the Grand Lodge of Canada . Bros , the Earl of Cawdor and Lord Harlech were among the prize winners at the recent show at Chester , of the Royal Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society , and at that of the Northamptonshire
Agricultural Society at Burghley Park , Stamford , Bro . Lord Wantage was equally fortunate . On the suggestion of the Prince of VVales , the Library Committee of the City of London Corporation have ordered three pieces of tapestry , at a cost of £ 1000 , from the Royal Tapestry Works , Windsor , to be hung in the Egyptian Hall at the Mansion House . The subjects will be historical and connected with some prominent events
in the city annals . VVe read in Light , the Masonic journal in Topeka , Kansas , that the Grand Lodge of Montana haa adopted a very sensible resolution to the effect that " should any matter of difference or contention arise between her and any sister jurisdiction , the Grand Lodge of Montana agrees to submit the matter to friendly arbitration , and will not resort to edicts of non-intercourse . "
We regret to hear that R . W . Bro . Lord De Tabley , who has been Prov . Grand Master of Cheshire since 1865 , when he was appointed to that oflice by the late Earl of Zetland , G . M ., in succession to the late F . M . Viscount Combermere , has resigned his post owing to increasing age and feeble health . Bro . Lord De Tabley was initiated into Freemasonry in the Apollo University
Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , in 1 S 31 , and has consequently been a member of our Society for 55 years . His lordship was born in 1 S 11 , and has thus attained the ripe age of 75 years . This is the fourth vacancy which has occurred among our Prov . Grand Masters during the current year , Bros . Lord Waveney , Suffolk , and Sir W . W . Burrell , Sussex , having died , and Bros . Earl Percy , Northumberland , and Lord De Tabley , Cheshire , having resigned .
Bro . L . B . Henderson , W . M . of the Mid-Sussex Lodge , No . 1141 , and other members , have renovated the gravestone of a soldier Mason whose remains are interred in the old churchyard opposite to the greal west door . Some years ago the stone was discovered by Bro . H . Tigg , when it was found to mark the resting-place of a sergeant in the 55 th regiment of foot , whose death took place in the year 1795 . It is thought that Sergeant
Fincher may have died at Horsham while the regiment to which he belonged was stationed at the barracks which were then in existence where the cricket field now stands . Bro . Pennells has carried out the work of renovation . The stone is surrounded by a blue panel , in which are carved the Bible , and the square and compasses , the inscription being in the following terms : "In memory of William Fincher , late sergeant of the 55 th regiment of foot , who died the ist of April , 1795 , aged 29 years .
" Frail man , beware , no dangerous paths pursue , For you , like me , must bid this world adieu ; With Mother Earth my body ' s here intern'd To Christ , who gave , I hope my soul's return'd . " TOBACCONISTS COMMENCING . —An Illustrated Guide of 110 pages " How to open respectably from jtiio to j 6 "__ ooo ; " three stamps , H . Myers & Co ., log , l- _ . uston . rd ., London , Telephone No , 7541 , —[ ADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales will conclude his visit to Bro . Christopher Sykes at Bramtinghamthorpe today ( Friday ) . Bros . Lord Charles Beresford , M . P ., and W . Burdett-Coutts , M . P ., are among the Patrons of the Great Northern Central Hospital . On and after to-morrow ( Saturday ) the Colonial
and Indian Exhibition , South Kensington , will be closed at the hour of 10 p . m . instead of 11 p . m . The Duke and Duchess of Connaught reached Malta on Saturday afternoon , and left the following morning , per P . and O . steamer Bengal , for Bombay . Bro . A . F . Godson , M . P ., D . P . G . M . of Worcestershire , will be nominated as a candidate for election to
the Grand Treasurership at the December Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge . Bro . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., and the other members of the Board of Admiralty commenced their annual inspection of the dockyard and other naval establishments at Chatham on Monday . Among those present at the opening on Monday
of the September sessions of the Central Criminal Court , Old Bailey , were Bros , the Lord Mayor , Alderman and Sheriff Evans , Sheriff Clark , and Alderman Whitehead . Among those who attended the funeral of the late Mr . Samuel Morley , on Friday , the loth inst ., were Bro . Sheriff Clarke , representing Bro . the Lord Mayor , and Bros . Alderman Whitehead , Sir John Bennett , and G . I . Shaw-Lefevre , M . P .
The usual presentation of fruit to Bro . the Lord Mayor will be made by the Fruiterers' Company on VVednesday , the 6 th prox ., and in the evening of the same day his lordship will entertain the Court of the Company at dinner at the Mansion House .
The oldest lodge in the State of Maryland is the Washington , which recently celebrated the 116 th anniversary of its constitution , and is the fortunate possessor of several relics of the great George Washington , from whom it derives its name , and by whom it was frequently visited . Bro . Sir Edward B . Malet , British Ambassador at Berlin , left London for Aberdeen , en route for Balmoral ,
to pay a short visit to the Queen on Monday evening . The Lady Ermyntrude Malet and Lady Ela Russell have returned to Eaton-square from Endsleigh , the Duke of Bedford's seat , near Tavistock . Bros . Lord Halsbury , Lord Chancellor , Lord Randolph Churchill , Chancellor of the Exchequer , Lord George Hamilton , Lord Stanley , and Sir M . E .
Hicks-Keach , Bart ., attended the Cabinet Council , held at the Foreign Office , on Saturday last . Bro . Lord Halsbury , after the Council broke up , left London for Westgate-on-Sea , returning to town again on Monday . On Wednesday next there will be a special programme given b y Bro . Charles Du-Val to inaugurate the 500 th representation of his entertainment in London . Bro .
Du-Val will introduce his recital of "Shamus O'Brien , " and a novel method of " Thought Conveyance , " in which Mr . Moritt and Miss Lilian Moritt will appear . The Prince ' s Hall is nightly attended by large audiences . The Masonic Journal , of Fort Worth , Texas , for the month of August , contains an excellent budget of news , a judicious selection of clippings from other organs
of the Craft , an appreciative obituary notice by Hro . Albert Pike , of the late Bro . Luke E . Barber , Past G . Master and Grand High Priest of Arkansas , and an interesting article entitled " Masonry and Theology . " Bro . Lord Egerton of Tatton presided at the annual dinner , held at Chester on the 9 th inst ., of the North
Lancashire Agricultural Society , and presented a silver bowl to Ljrd Winmarleigh , who has been Vice-President of the Society for the last 50 years , but was unable to be present , his grandson being his representative and receiving the bowl on his grandfather ' s behalf . Among those present were Bros . Lord Harlech and the Earl of Shrewsbury .
Tne Prince of VVales left Marlborough House on Saturday last on a visit to Mr . and Mrs . Standish near Ascot , returning to town on Sunday afternoon . On Monday morning his Royal Highness left for Yorkshire , where he has been the guest of Bro . Christopher Sykes at Brantinghamthorpe Hall . Among those invited to meet the Prince were Bro . the Earl and Countess of Zetland , Bro .
the Marquis of Hartington , Bro . Lord and Lady Charles Beresford , and Bro . Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild . We regret to hear of the death of Bro . Clement Bayley Cheese , P . M ., P . P . G . A . D . C . Herts , who , on returning home on Saturday evening last , from a meeting of the Gresham Lodge , No . S 69 , Cheshunt , slipped and fell headlong down the stairs leading to the platform at Waltham Station . The train coming up at the moment , the
deceased was placed in a compartment and so removed to Liverpool-street , where he was seen by a surgeon and conveyed to his home at Nunhead in a cab . But he never rallied from the blow received in falling , and died on Monday . At the inquest which necessarily followed , the jury , after hearing the medical evidence , returned a verdict of "Accidental Death . " We offer our respectful sympathy to the widow and friends of our deceased brother .
According to the Folkestone News , the Masonic Hall , of which R . W . Bro . the Earl of Amherst , Prov . G . Master , some short time since laid the foundation stone , is making rapid progress towards completion , and it is even anticipated that , if what remains to be done is carried out as rapidly , the premises will be ready for occupation early in the coming winter , lhe hall will harmonise well with the Public Library and Museum , and other buildings in the
immediate neighbourhood . The rooms are spacious , and the arrangements all that could be desired . Indeed , our contemporary sums up the case b y remarking that— " when the building is finished no town in Kent will be able to boast of a Masonic Hall that is in any way comparable with this , " and it adds : " Very great credit is due , both to those with whom the undertaking originated , and to those whose services have been employed in carrying out the idea . "
MOKTGAOES . —Messrs . J AMES arc in a position to Supply Money to ANV EXTENT on the ' following Securities : —Landed Estates , Houses , Shops , and Offices , Warehouses and Wharves , Life Interests , & c , Reversions , Borough Rates , & c , at the lowest current rates of interest . Prompt Settlement , 11 , Staple Inn . London , W . C .-fADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . W . Burdett-Coutts , M . P ., has given a donation of £ 5 towards the furnishing of the new Constitutional Club , Poplar . Bros . Sir John B . Monckton ( Town Clerk ) , P . G . W ., and Col . Charles Harding , P . G . A . D . C , have returned to town from a sojourn in Germany . Telegraphic addresses ( Inland ) for the
Freemason Printing and Publishing Works — "Freemason , London . " For Jewels , Clothing , Furniture , Banners , & c , & c . — " Kenning , London . " Bro . the Lord Mayor has expressed his readiness to receive donations at the Mansion House towards the relief of the sufferers by the recent hurricane in the Island of St . Vincent , West Indies .
The number of subscribing members under the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Nebraska on the 2 Sth February , 1 SS 6 , was 77 6 , and the amount of dues outstanding to the Grand Commandery on same date was nearly 1312 dollars . Bro . the Lord Mayor left the Mansion House for Carnarvon on Tuesday morning , for the purpose of
attending the Eisteddfod , and was entertained the same evening at a banquet held in his honour . His lordship left for London on Wednesday evening . Bro . Sir J . Whitaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., conducted the sale by auction at Horsham on VVednesday of the extensive Sussex estates of the late Sir Charles Goring , the sum realised being . £ 96 , 000 . For some advowsons and next presentations no bid was made .
Bro , Sir H . Drummond Woolf and other English officials , with the representatives of the Khedive , left Alexandria for Port Said on Tuesday , for the purpose of welcoming the Duke and Duchess of Connaught on arriving there . Bro . Sir H . D . Wolff and party were afterwards going to visit Damietta .
The Folkestone Town Council having applied to the Commissioners of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition for a share of any of the exhibits that may be left at their disposal when the Exhibition is closed , Bro . Sir P . Cunliffe-Owen has written in reply to the effect that there is reason to believe it will be permanent .
The Christ Hospital boys re-assembled after the summer holidays on Friday , the ioth inst ., with the exception of those of the junior branch at Hertford , whose return has been postponed by the authorities , acting under medical advice , in consequence of the existence of an epidemic of sore throat in the immediate neighbourhood of the school premises .
Freemasonry is indebted for its introduction into Alaska Territory to Bro . James Biles , at the time M . W . G . M . of Washington Territory , who , on the 14 th April , 1 S 6 S , granted a dispensation for holding the Alaska Lodge at Sitka . On the 27 th September , 1 S 69 , a warrant of Consecration was granted by the Washington Territory Grand Lodge .
Bro . the Hon . Leon Abbett , Governor of the State of New Jersey , has been appointed by his grace the Dukeof Abercorn , M . W . G . M . of the Grand Lodge oi Ireland , Representative of that Body at the Grand Lodge of New Jersey . The Bro . Randolph , also Governor of the State , was Bro . Abbttt ' s predecessor . The members of the Ebrington Lodge , No .
1847 , at a meeting held on Tuesday , the 14 th inst ., at the Masonic Temple , Hobart-street , Stonehouse , presented a handsome Masonic jewel and an illuminated address framed to Bro . J . A . Moxey , on his leaving the neighbourhood . The address expressed the deep regret with which they parted with Bro . Moxey , and their desire to record the high esteem in which he was held by them .
Bro . Charles Du-Val ' s book , " With a Show through Southern Africa , " has secured a large popularity both at home and abroad . There will be a new issue of the cheap popular edition shortl y by Messrs . Dean and Sons , former editions having been completely sold out . Mr . G . A . Sala , in " Echoes of the Week , " in Illustrated London News , says— " ' En revanche' a brightly interesting , graphic and humorous book is Mr . Charles Du-Val ' s . "
The Italic , a French paper published in Rome , in a recent article on Italian Freemasonry says there are " the Black and the White Masons , " the former being the Jesuits and exercising by far the greater influence of the two bodies , while the latter include the various shades of Freemasons , whose intestine divisions are the cause of its apathy and indifference to what is passing round . It mentions , however , a rumour to the effect that " a union
is being attempted on a platform where all can meet , " and that consequently there is a chance of the Society regaining " some of its ancient importance and power . " It is not quite clear whether the union thus hoped for will be between the so called Black and White Masons , but if it is intended , we should say that it would be the reverse of beneficial to any portion of the community , and especiall y the Freemasons proper who have little sympathy with Jesuits .
In a long letter published in a recent issue of the Philadelphia Keystone , and addressed to the editor of the esteemed journal , Bro . John H . Isaacson , Grand Secretary of Quebec , expresses his belief that the views of the Keystone do not represent the opinion of the Pennsylvanian brethren on the Quebec-England controversy , and expresses a hope that Pennsylvania will support Quebec in its effort
to support the American doctrine of absolute sovereignty of a Grand Lodge over the other brethren located within the limits of the territorial jurisdiction in which it resides . Our contemporary , however , in an editorial footnote appended to the letter points out very properly " that the Grand Lodge of England has never invaded , in any mannerthe territory cf
, Quebec , but has merely declined to revoke the warrants for its subordinate lodges therein . It has , very properly , as we understand , advised lodges in Quebec to connect themselves with the Grand Lodge of Quebec , but it has declined to compel them to do so b y the severation of their
warrants . We think the Grand Lodge of England has a Masonic right to take the position it has , and unless we are very much mistaken , the great majority of the American Grand Lodges will so determine , if the question is brought before them . " Bro . Isaacson does not appear to have made much by his letter .
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . Lord Harlech has left Brogyntyn , his seat near Oswestry , for the purpose of visiting his estates in Ireland . Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Manchester returned home from their recent sojourn in Germany towards the close of last week .
During the 94 years the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island has been established , 34 brethren have been elected to fill the office of Grand Master . Bro . Major-General Sir Redvers Buller has been continuing his inspection of the district , including County Kerry and neighbourhood , over which he has been appointed with a view to putting down moonlighting .
Bros . Lord Randolph Churchill , MP ., Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., and Lord Charles Beresford , M . P ., have consented to become Vice-Presidents of the St . Pancras Constitutional Club , Fitzroy-square . The Princess of Wales was to arrive in England from her recent visit to Copenhagen on Thursday morning ,
and will join the Prince at York this ( Friday ) afternoon , the two proceeding afterwards to Abergeldie . Bro . Sir M . White-Ridley , Bart ., M . P * . has been nominated Chairman of the Royal Commission recently appointed to enquire into the organisation and expenditure of the various departments of the Civil Service .
The Emperor William of Germany , accompanied by the Empress and the Crown Prince , and attended by a numerous and distinguished suite , has been on a visit to Strasburg , where his reception has been most enthusiastic
Bros , the Earl of Limerick ( Chairman ) and the Duke of Manchester were members of a Select Committee of theJHouse of Lords , which sat on Thursday , the 9 th inst ., for the purpose of dealing with a group of opposed private bills .
Bro . the Lord Mayor has received messages of thanks from the Mayor of Charleston and Secretary Bayard in acknowledgment of his generous kindness in opening a Mansion House Fund for the relief of the sufferers by the recent earthquakes .
The Lyceum Theatre was re-opened for the season on Saturday last by Bro . Henry Irving , whose re-appearance in " Faust " was greeted with the heartiest applause , and who , at the close of the performance , was called upon to make a speech . The Toronto Freemason for last month contains portraits of the recently-elected Grand Master ( Bro . H .
Robertson ) , the Deputy Grand Master ( Hro . R . 1 . Walkem ) , and the Grand Registrar ( Bro . Geo . J . Bennett ) , of the Grand Lodge of Canada . Bros , the Earl of Cawdor and Lord Harlech were among the prize winners at the recent show at Chester , of the Royal Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society , and at that of the Northamptonshire
Agricultural Society at Burghley Park , Stamford , Bro . Lord Wantage was equally fortunate . On the suggestion of the Prince of VVales , the Library Committee of the City of London Corporation have ordered three pieces of tapestry , at a cost of £ 1000 , from the Royal Tapestry Works , Windsor , to be hung in the Egyptian Hall at the Mansion House . The subjects will be historical and connected with some prominent events
in the city annals . VVe read in Light , the Masonic journal in Topeka , Kansas , that the Grand Lodge of Montana haa adopted a very sensible resolution to the effect that " should any matter of difference or contention arise between her and any sister jurisdiction , the Grand Lodge of Montana agrees to submit the matter to friendly arbitration , and will not resort to edicts of non-intercourse . "
We regret to hear that R . W . Bro . Lord De Tabley , who has been Prov . Grand Master of Cheshire since 1865 , when he was appointed to that oflice by the late Earl of Zetland , G . M ., in succession to the late F . M . Viscount Combermere , has resigned his post owing to increasing age and feeble health . Bro . Lord De Tabley was initiated into Freemasonry in the Apollo University
Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , in 1 S 31 , and has consequently been a member of our Society for 55 years . His lordship was born in 1 S 11 , and has thus attained the ripe age of 75 years . This is the fourth vacancy which has occurred among our Prov . Grand Masters during the current year , Bros . Lord Waveney , Suffolk , and Sir W . W . Burrell , Sussex , having died , and Bros . Earl Percy , Northumberland , and Lord De Tabley , Cheshire , having resigned .
Bro . L . B . Henderson , W . M . of the Mid-Sussex Lodge , No . 1141 , and other members , have renovated the gravestone of a soldier Mason whose remains are interred in the old churchyard opposite to the greal west door . Some years ago the stone was discovered by Bro . H . Tigg , when it was found to mark the resting-place of a sergeant in the 55 th regiment of foot , whose death took place in the year 1795 . It is thought that Sergeant
Fincher may have died at Horsham while the regiment to which he belonged was stationed at the barracks which were then in existence where the cricket field now stands . Bro . Pennells has carried out the work of renovation . The stone is surrounded by a blue panel , in which are carved the Bible , and the square and compasses , the inscription being in the following terms : "In memory of William Fincher , late sergeant of the 55 th regiment of foot , who died the ist of April , 1795 , aged 29 years .
" Frail man , beware , no dangerous paths pursue , For you , like me , must bid this world adieu ; With Mother Earth my body ' s here intern'd To Christ , who gave , I hope my soul's return'd . " TOBACCONISTS COMMENCING . —An Illustrated Guide of 110 pages " How to open respectably from jtiio to j 6 "__ ooo ; " three stamps , H . Myers & Co ., log , l- _ . uston . rd ., London , Telephone No , 7541 , —[ ADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales will conclude his visit to Bro . Christopher Sykes at Bramtinghamthorpe today ( Friday ) . Bros . Lord Charles Beresford , M . P ., and W . Burdett-Coutts , M . P ., are among the Patrons of the Great Northern Central Hospital . On and after to-morrow ( Saturday ) the Colonial
and Indian Exhibition , South Kensington , will be closed at the hour of 10 p . m . instead of 11 p . m . The Duke and Duchess of Connaught reached Malta on Saturday afternoon , and left the following morning , per P . and O . steamer Bengal , for Bombay . Bro . A . F . Godson , M . P ., D . P . G . M . of Worcestershire , will be nominated as a candidate for election to
the Grand Treasurership at the December Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge . Bro . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., and the other members of the Board of Admiralty commenced their annual inspection of the dockyard and other naval establishments at Chatham on Monday . Among those present at the opening on Monday
of the September sessions of the Central Criminal Court , Old Bailey , were Bros , the Lord Mayor , Alderman and Sheriff Evans , Sheriff Clark , and Alderman Whitehead . Among those who attended the funeral of the late Mr . Samuel Morley , on Friday , the loth inst ., were Bro . Sheriff Clarke , representing Bro . the Lord Mayor , and Bros . Alderman Whitehead , Sir John Bennett , and G . I . Shaw-Lefevre , M . P .
The usual presentation of fruit to Bro . the Lord Mayor will be made by the Fruiterers' Company on VVednesday , the 6 th prox ., and in the evening of the same day his lordship will entertain the Court of the Company at dinner at the Mansion House .
The oldest lodge in the State of Maryland is the Washington , which recently celebrated the 116 th anniversary of its constitution , and is the fortunate possessor of several relics of the great George Washington , from whom it derives its name , and by whom it was frequently visited . Bro . Sir Edward B . Malet , British Ambassador at Berlin , left London for Aberdeen , en route for Balmoral ,
to pay a short visit to the Queen on Monday evening . The Lady Ermyntrude Malet and Lady Ela Russell have returned to Eaton-square from Endsleigh , the Duke of Bedford's seat , near Tavistock . Bros . Lord Halsbury , Lord Chancellor , Lord Randolph Churchill , Chancellor of the Exchequer , Lord George Hamilton , Lord Stanley , and Sir M . E .
Hicks-Keach , Bart ., attended the Cabinet Council , held at the Foreign Office , on Saturday last . Bro . Lord Halsbury , after the Council broke up , left London for Westgate-on-Sea , returning to town again on Monday . On Wednesday next there will be a special programme given b y Bro . Charles Du-Val to inaugurate the 500 th representation of his entertainment in London . Bro .
Du-Val will introduce his recital of "Shamus O'Brien , " and a novel method of " Thought Conveyance , " in which Mr . Moritt and Miss Lilian Moritt will appear . The Prince ' s Hall is nightly attended by large audiences . The Masonic Journal , of Fort Worth , Texas , for the month of August , contains an excellent budget of news , a judicious selection of clippings from other organs
of the Craft , an appreciative obituary notice by Hro . Albert Pike , of the late Bro . Luke E . Barber , Past G . Master and Grand High Priest of Arkansas , and an interesting article entitled " Masonry and Theology . " Bro . Lord Egerton of Tatton presided at the annual dinner , held at Chester on the 9 th inst ., of the North
Lancashire Agricultural Society , and presented a silver bowl to Ljrd Winmarleigh , who has been Vice-President of the Society for the last 50 years , but was unable to be present , his grandson being his representative and receiving the bowl on his grandfather ' s behalf . Among those present were Bros . Lord Harlech and the Earl of Shrewsbury .
Tne Prince of VVales left Marlborough House on Saturday last on a visit to Mr . and Mrs . Standish near Ascot , returning to town on Sunday afternoon . On Monday morning his Royal Highness left for Yorkshire , where he has been the guest of Bro . Christopher Sykes at Brantinghamthorpe Hall . Among those invited to meet the Prince were Bro . the Earl and Countess of Zetland , Bro .
the Marquis of Hartington , Bro . Lord and Lady Charles Beresford , and Bro . Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild . We regret to hear of the death of Bro . Clement Bayley Cheese , P . M ., P . P . G . A . D . C . Herts , who , on returning home on Saturday evening last , from a meeting of the Gresham Lodge , No . S 69 , Cheshunt , slipped and fell headlong down the stairs leading to the platform at Waltham Station . The train coming up at the moment , the
deceased was placed in a compartment and so removed to Liverpool-street , where he was seen by a surgeon and conveyed to his home at Nunhead in a cab . But he never rallied from the blow received in falling , and died on Monday . At the inquest which necessarily followed , the jury , after hearing the medical evidence , returned a verdict of "Accidental Death . " We offer our respectful sympathy to the widow and friends of our deceased brother .
According to the Folkestone News , the Masonic Hall , of which R . W . Bro . the Earl of Amherst , Prov . G . Master , some short time since laid the foundation stone , is making rapid progress towards completion , and it is even anticipated that , if what remains to be done is carried out as rapidly , the premises will be ready for occupation early in the coming winter , lhe hall will harmonise well with the Public Library and Museum , and other buildings in the
immediate neighbourhood . The rooms are spacious , and the arrangements all that could be desired . Indeed , our contemporary sums up the case b y remarking that— " when the building is finished no town in Kent will be able to boast of a Masonic Hall that is in any way comparable with this , " and it adds : " Very great credit is due , both to those with whom the undertaking originated , and to those whose services have been employed in carrying out the idea . "
MOKTGAOES . —Messrs . J AMES arc in a position to Supply Money to ANV EXTENT on the ' following Securities : —Landed Estates , Houses , Shops , and Offices , Warehouses and Wharves , Life Interests , & c , Reversions , Borough Rates , & c , at the lowest current rates of interest . Prompt Settlement , 11 , Staple Inn . London , W . C .-fADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . W . Burdett-Coutts , M . P ., has given a donation of £ 5 towards the furnishing of the new Constitutional Club , Poplar . Bros . Sir John B . Monckton ( Town Clerk ) , P . G . W ., and Col . Charles Harding , P . G . A . D . C , have returned to town from a sojourn in Germany . Telegraphic addresses ( Inland ) for the
Freemason Printing and Publishing Works — "Freemason , London . " For Jewels , Clothing , Furniture , Banners , & c , & c . — " Kenning , London . " Bro . the Lord Mayor has expressed his readiness to receive donations at the Mansion House towards the relief of the sufferers by the recent hurricane in the Island of St . Vincent , West Indies .
The number of subscribing members under the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Nebraska on the 2 Sth February , 1 SS 6 , was 77 6 , and the amount of dues outstanding to the Grand Commandery on same date was nearly 1312 dollars . Bro . the Lord Mayor left the Mansion House for Carnarvon on Tuesday morning , for the purpose of
attending the Eisteddfod , and was entertained the same evening at a banquet held in his honour . His lordship left for London on Wednesday evening . Bro . Sir J . Whitaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., conducted the sale by auction at Horsham on VVednesday of the extensive Sussex estates of the late Sir Charles Goring , the sum realised being . £ 96 , 000 . For some advowsons and next presentations no bid was made .
Bro , Sir H . Drummond Woolf and other English officials , with the representatives of the Khedive , left Alexandria for Port Said on Tuesday , for the purpose of welcoming the Duke and Duchess of Connaught on arriving there . Bro . Sir H . D . Wolff and party were afterwards going to visit Damietta .
The Folkestone Town Council having applied to the Commissioners of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition for a share of any of the exhibits that may be left at their disposal when the Exhibition is closed , Bro . Sir P . Cunliffe-Owen has written in reply to the effect that there is reason to believe it will be permanent .
The Christ Hospital boys re-assembled after the summer holidays on Friday , the ioth inst ., with the exception of those of the junior branch at Hertford , whose return has been postponed by the authorities , acting under medical advice , in consequence of the existence of an epidemic of sore throat in the immediate neighbourhood of the school premises .
Freemasonry is indebted for its introduction into Alaska Territory to Bro . James Biles , at the time M . W . G . M . of Washington Territory , who , on the 14 th April , 1 S 6 S , granted a dispensation for holding the Alaska Lodge at Sitka . On the 27 th September , 1 S 69 , a warrant of Consecration was granted by the Washington Territory Grand Lodge .
Bro . the Hon . Leon Abbett , Governor of the State of New Jersey , has been appointed by his grace the Dukeof Abercorn , M . W . G . M . of the Grand Lodge oi Ireland , Representative of that Body at the Grand Lodge of New Jersey . The Bro . Randolph , also Governor of the State , was Bro . Abbttt ' s predecessor . The members of the Ebrington Lodge , No .
1847 , at a meeting held on Tuesday , the 14 th inst ., at the Masonic Temple , Hobart-street , Stonehouse , presented a handsome Masonic jewel and an illuminated address framed to Bro . J . A . Moxey , on his leaving the neighbourhood . The address expressed the deep regret with which they parted with Bro . Moxey , and their desire to record the high esteem in which he was held by them .
Bro . Charles Du-Val ' s book , " With a Show through Southern Africa , " has secured a large popularity both at home and abroad . There will be a new issue of the cheap popular edition shortl y by Messrs . Dean and Sons , former editions having been completely sold out . Mr . G . A . Sala , in " Echoes of the Week , " in Illustrated London News , says— " ' En revanche' a brightly interesting , graphic and humorous book is Mr . Charles Du-Val ' s . "
The Italic , a French paper published in Rome , in a recent article on Italian Freemasonry says there are " the Black and the White Masons , " the former being the Jesuits and exercising by far the greater influence of the two bodies , while the latter include the various shades of Freemasons , whose intestine divisions are the cause of its apathy and indifference to what is passing round . It mentions , however , a rumour to the effect that " a union
is being attempted on a platform where all can meet , " and that consequently there is a chance of the Society regaining " some of its ancient importance and power . " It is not quite clear whether the union thus hoped for will be between the so called Black and White Masons , but if it is intended , we should say that it would be the reverse of beneficial to any portion of the community , and especiall y the Freemasons proper who have little sympathy with Jesuits .
In a long letter published in a recent issue of the Philadelphia Keystone , and addressed to the editor of the esteemed journal , Bro . John H . Isaacson , Grand Secretary of Quebec , expresses his belief that the views of the Keystone do not represent the opinion of the Pennsylvanian brethren on the Quebec-England controversy , and expresses a hope that Pennsylvania will support Quebec in its effort
to support the American doctrine of absolute sovereignty of a Grand Lodge over the other brethren located within the limits of the territorial jurisdiction in which it resides . Our contemporary , however , in an editorial footnote appended to the letter points out very properly " that the Grand Lodge of England has never invaded , in any mannerthe territory cf
, Quebec , but has merely declined to revoke the warrants for its subordinate lodges therein . It has , very properly , as we understand , advised lodges in Quebec to connect themselves with the Grand Lodge of Quebec , but it has declined to compel them to do so b y the severation of their
warrants . We think the Grand Lodge of England has a Masonic right to take the position it has , and unless we are very much mistaken , the great majority of the American Grand Lodges will so determine , if the question is brought before them . " Bro . Isaacson does not appear to have made much by his letter .