Masonic And General Tidings.

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .

The Duke and Duchess of Albany and suite honoured the Lyceum Theatre with their presence on Wednesday evening , to witness the performance of " Much Ado about Nothing " Bro . Sir Garnet Wolseley has joined the National Harbour of Refuge Socipty . The Christmas number of the Pictorial World

will consist of " an original ultra-sensational story of powerful domestic interest , " called "The Hidden Million , " by Mr . Paul Meritt . There is a report lhat Bro . Archibald Forbes , the well-known war correspondent , who is now lecturing in Australia , has married a lady with £ 30 , 000 per annum . Bro . Anthony Trollope is making slow but sure progress towards recovery .

The funeral of the late Mrs . Phmsoll took place on Wednesday last , at Highgate cemetery . On the 9 th inst ., Bro . the Duke of Abercorn , M . W . G . M ., formally opened the new Masonic Orphanage School , which has recently been erected at Merrion-road , county Dublin . There was a large attendance of Masonic Brethren , but the proceedings were ot a merely formal

character . The Grand Master said the greatest credit was due to the brethren who had superintended the buildings . He mentioned three brethren who were most active and energetic in getting up the funds for the building—Lord Justice Fitzgerald , Mr . McNamara , and Mr . Fitzgerald . The thanks of the whole Masonic body was due to them . The School is a very handsome building , with ornamental

grounds , and has been furnished in a highly creditable style . The inmates of the Institution were present , and performed a selections of music . Mr . A . O . Charles , secretary of the Farningham and Swanley Homes for Little Boys , the City office of which is in Ludgate-circus , has given a lecture at Lichfield on behalf of those institutions .

Bro . Alderman Sir John W . Ellis . Bart ., G . J . Warden , presided at the Star and Garter , on the occasion of tlie presentation of prizes to the successful students of the Richmond and Twickenham High School for Girls' by Lady Agatha Russell . Lady Ellis was also present . The regimental and other prices of the London Rifle Brirrade . will be Dresented at the Crystal Palace , this

day ( Saturday ) , by the Lady Mayoress , in the presence ot Bro . the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , Bro . Alderman and Sheriff De Keyser , Mr . Sheriff Savory , Mr . Under-Sheriff Shepheard , and Mr . Under-Sheriff Pontifex , who will attend in state , and other distinguished visitors .

The opening of the new Law Courts will take place early in December next . A Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicestershire and Rutland will be held at Oakham , on Tuesday next , under the presidency of the R . W . the Provincial Grand Master , Earl Ferrers . We hope to give a report of the proceedings

in our next . A portrait of our late Bro ., Dr . Critchett , appeared in the Illustrated London Newslast week . It is in contemplation , among the higher classes of society in Dublin , to raise subscriptions in order to present Bro . Sir Garnet Wolseley with a sword of honour , and entertain him at a banquet . On Thursday evening week Her Majesty gave

a ball to the servants and tenants of the Balmoral , Abergeldie , and Kirkhall estates , in honour of the Prince of Wales ' s birthday . The Queen and Princess Beatrice , attended by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting , were present . Professor St . George Mivart presided on Saturday last at the first meeting since the recess of the Royal

Botanic Society , Regents' -park . Among the donations reported was one of specimens of the mangrove tree , from the Andaman Islands , for the introduction of which the Society is indebted to the Duke of Buckingham . Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Albany , P . G . J . W ., has consented to become a member of the Longfellow Memorial Committee .

The Prince and Princess of Wales and their daughters , with the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh , and their other guests , attended the meeting on Saturday morning of the West Norfolk hounds at Hillington , the seat of Sir VV . B . Ffolkes , M . P . There was a large attendance . The Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., Prov . G . M .

Derbyshire , and Bro . Sir Garnet and Lady Wolseley , reached Sandringham on Saturday , on a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales . The Duke and Duchess of Connaught were also invited , but were unable to go . The Colston Anniversary Banquets were held in Bristol on Monday in the usual manner . Among those who dined with the Anchor ( Liberal ) Society at the Grand

Hotel were Bro . the Earl of Cork and VV . C . Boston , M . P . ; while among those who attended the Anchor ( Conservative ) banquet were Bros . Sir Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . Grand Master , Gloucestershire , Earl Percy , M . P ,, Prov . Grand Master , Northumberland , E Clarke , Q . C ., M . P ., and Alderman Floiver , M . P . Bro . Alfred Judd , 605 , has been appointed

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Masonic And General Tidings.

The Duke of Teck was present last night at a meeting at Crouch-end , andin formally opening the Hocnsey Government School of Art , delivered a practical speech , in which he appealed to the inhabitants of that suburb to support the institution , and thus enable it to accomplish the excellent object for which it was established . At the opening meeting of the 120 th session of

the Society of Arts , on Wednesday evening-, Dr . Siemens delivered an interesting address on the practicability of adapting the electric light for general use in the Metropolis and other large towns throughout the kingdom , remarking incidentally that he did not consider its introduction into general use would interfere to any appreciable extent with the employment of gas . The sixteenth annual festival of the Drovers '

Benevolent Institution was held on Wednesday evening at the Freemasons' Tavern , Mr . P . Dixon-Hartland in the chair . 'The chairman spoke of the good done by the institution , for which £ 400 was subscribed . At the sale of the Sunderland Library , on Wednesday , a folio copy of Quintilian , printed on vellum

in 1470 , was sold for j ( , 4 go . Several copies of the acts and saying of Pantagruel were sold , one fetching ^ 171 and the others above £ go each . The day ' s sale amounted to A ' ' Early next year the foundation stone of the Indian Institute , in the University of Oxford , will be laid by the Prince of VVales .

Messrs . Gladwell Bros , are exhibiting at the City of London Fine Art Gallery , Gracechurch-street , a specimen proof of a new etching by Mr . Axel Herman Haig , illustrative of Mont Saint Michel in Normandy . Mr . Haig is an artist of considerable promise , as is proved by the fact that all his etchings have been bought up with

astonishing rapidity , and some now fetch at sales three or four times the original prire . The present etching is twice the usual size , and if the quality of the work is not twice as good it is certainly of a very high order , and adds another to the list of the artist ' s successes during the last four years . The 500 copies have already been disposed of , 150 of them going to America .

The Duchess of Albany has . addressed a letter to Miss Bisley , daughter of the Mayor of Preston , conveying to her and the Preston ladies , whom she represented , Her Royal Highness ' s thanks for the diamond and gold bracelet which had been presented to her on the occasion of her

marriage with H . R . H . Prince Leopold , Duke of Albany , P . G . J . Warden . It is expected that H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught will be present at the banquet to be given to the brigade of Foot Guards at the Royal Aquarium , on Monday , the 20 th inst .

At the National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Paralysis , Soho-Square , the number of patients under treatment for the week ending November the nth was 986 . On Thursday last at the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , an address of congratulation was presented to the Duke of Abercorn , on the occasion of his

grace ' s recent celebration of his golden wedding , and the hope was expressed that the duke and duchess might be spared to each other for many years to come . The county ball in honour of the Prince of Wales ' s birthday took place at Sandringham House , on Friday week , dancing having been kept up to a very late hour .

Bro . the Rt . Hon . the Lord Mayor has accepted the invitation of the committee who have organised the dinner to the Brigade of Guards who have served in Eyypt . His lordship will attend in state , and the sheriffs have also been incited to the dinner , which will take place at 5 p . m . on Monday next , at the Royal Aquarium . Bro . the Baron and the Baroness de Worms are among the latest arrivals at Dover .

A concert in aid of the foundation and endowment of the Royal College of Music was held on Thursday evening last at St . James ' s Hall . The Hotel Metropole , now in course of construction in Northumberland-avenue , Charing-cross , will , it is stated , be one of the largest in Europe . All modern improvements will be found in this establishment . Bro .

Frederick Gordon , chairman of the company , will have the general management of the building , decorations , and furniture under his immediate supervision , a sufficient guarantee that everything will be properly done . Bro . C . T . Kipling was installed as W . M . of the Brixton Lodge of Mark Masters , at Anderton ' s Hotel , on Saturday last . We shall give a report in our next .

A complimentary banquet was given on Wednesday evening in Leicester , to Bro . Sir Henry St . C Alford , Bart ., Past Deputy Prov . Grand Master of Leicestershire and Rutland , in honour of the team of English marksmen , of which he was captain , and which in the earlier part of the year achieved so decisive a victory over an American team of marksmen selected from the National Guard of the

United States . Mr . H . C . Richards , who is a candidate for initiation into the mysteries and privileges of ancient Freemasonry , on the nomination of Bro . Wildey Wright , seconded by Bro . Major Sewell , has issued his address as a candidate for the London School Board , City division . Mr . Richards was nominated , on Tuesday , by Bro .

Alderman Fowler , M . P ., 1 . He runs in conjunction with Bro . Colonel and Alderman Sir Reginald Hanson , who has shown a true Masonic spirit . On a requisition to come forward , headed by Bro . Edwin Freshlield , being presented to Bro . Sir Reginald , he only consented to do so on condition Mr . H . C . Richards would not retire , he having been first in the field , and holding precisely similar

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Masonic And General Tidings.

Bros . Sir Garnet Wolseley , the Marquis 0 f Hartington , M . P ., Earl Granville , and Lord Richard Grosvenor , M . P ., were among the guests at a dinner party given on Wednesday by the Prime Minister at his official residence in Downing-street .

Bro . Alderman Sir R . Hanson and Dr . W . C . Bennett were among the guests at the Savage Club ( of which H . R . H . the Prince of VVales is a member ) at the reunion on Saturday last . The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Kent

Lodge of Instruction , No . 15 , at the King and Ouecn Norton Folgate , Bishopsgate , E . C , on the 30 th inst . " The brethren of the West Smithfield Lodge of Instruction , No . 1623 , have accepted an invite to work the Sections , and a capital evening's instruction may be expected .

The . Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Dalhousie Lodge of Instruction , No . S 60 , on Tuesday , the 2 Sth inst ., by the brethren of the Doric Lodge of Instruction , No . 933 . VV . M . Bro . VV . Musto , P . M . 1349 will preside , and be assisted by Bros . T . J . Barnes , P . M ., S . W 554 and 933 ; B . Cundick , P . M ., J . W . 1421 ; Wallington ' , P . M ., I . P . M . S 60 ; and other earnest workers . The lodge will be opened at seven o ' clock precisely .

Bros . C . S . Crowder and G . A . Payne ( the former of No . 79 , and the latter W . M . 933 ) have taken the Canterbury Music Hall , and , judging from the high character of the entertainment they have given to the public ( including numerous Craftsmen ) at their establishment in the Mile End-road for years past , there is little room for doubt but that they will be able to attract and

please a transpontine audience at their new establishment in the Westminster Bridge-road . Bro . Dr . B . W . Richardson , continues in this month ' s "Good Words" his article on tricycle riding . Our brother informs his readers he rides at every opportunity when he can get a few hours out of London , and considers it more healthful than horseback exercise , and strongly recommends ladies to adopt it as a recreation .

Bro . the Marquis of Bath has come to town from Longleat , Wiltshire , and has been the guest of the M . W . the Grand Master during H . R . H . ' s birthday celebrations . Bro . Alderman Stone , P . G . J . W ., was elected on Tuesday Chairman of the General Purposes Committee of the Court of Aldermen , the occasion being the first

Court of the new Lord Mayor . Bro . Alderman Knight said he relied on the co-operation of his brother Aldermen to carry out his office . On Tuesday evening last , the members of the Chaucer Lodge of Instruction presented their Secretary , Bro . C . Graham , S . W . 1540 , with a very han lsome testimonial , consisting of a drawing-room clock and ornaments ,

on his retiring from the Secretaryship . John of Gaunt Lodge , No . 523 , was held on Thursday , 16 th inst ., at Freemasons' Hall , Leicester . VV . Bro . John Thomas Thorp , P . P . J . G . W ., Leicestershire and Rutland , P . M ., W . M . Bro . Miles J . Walker , G . A . P ., Leicestershire and Rutland , W . M . elect , 1265 , is appointed Hon . Sec . pro tern , ot the Leicestershire and Rutland

Masonic Charity Association in succession to Bro . S . S . Partridge , P . P . S . G . VV . and P . G . Secretary , Leicestershire and Rutland , who , owing to the increased pressure of private business , and of his official duties as Prov . Grand Secretary , had tendered his resignation of the Honorary Secretaryship of the association . The installation meeting of the Caveac Chapter ,

No . 176 , will be held at the Albion Tavern , City , on Saturday , November 25 th , at 4 . 30 p . m . This day ( Friday ) , the 17 th inst ., H . R . H . the Dukeof Albany , K . G ., Prov . Grand Master of Oxfordshire , will hold his Provincial Grand Lodge in the Town Hall , Banbury . On the opening of the lodge the brethren will proceed in procession to the site of a Masonic Hall , now in

course of erection by the brethren of the Cherwell Lodge , No . 599 , Banbury , where His Royal Highness will lay the foundation-stone . The Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars will form an escort to His Royal Highness . After the stone-laying , the brethren will return to the Town Hall , where the Provincial Grand Lodge will be resumed and the business proceeded with . The brethren will then proceed

to the Exchange Hall , where a luncheon will be served by Bro . Johnson , of the Red Lion Hotel . His Royal Highness will preside . The trowel to be presented to His Royal Highness upon the occasion is a very handsome one , and has been supplied by Bro . Kenning , of Little Britain . We shall give a full report in our next .

The Whitehall Review has changed hands , and , for the present , Mr . W . Allison has accepted the post of editor . Mr . Allison , alias " Blinkhoolie , is a Barrister of the Inner Temple , and North Eastern Circuit , and has for several years been a frequent and successful contributor to the literature of the day .

The interesting series of twelve painted windows in Christ Church , Bexley Heath , which were commenced in 1 SS 0 , by Mr . Taylor , of Berners-street , representingstudies from Leonardo da Vinci ' s celebrated picture of "The Last Supper , " have now been completed , and fill both aisles of the church . They are all the gift of one donor , Mr . Edensor , of Upton Lodge .

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