Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

We regret to stale that Bro . the Kev . Dr . Brette met with an accident on Monday evening last . The doctor was walking down sf airs , talking to a friend , and thinking he had arrived at the bottom , took one step too many , the consequence being that he fell and broke his arm . From inquiries made , we are glad to state that our reverend brother is progressing favourably . Bro . the Karl of Miiltown , accompanied by Bro . H . Wright , visited a number of the City Churches on Sunday last .

In the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice on Saturday last , Mr . Justice North made an order for the winding up of the Masonic and General Life Assurance Company . The installation of Royal Leek Lod ge , No . 1840 , Bangor , took place at the Masonic Hall on the ist inst ., Bro . H . Kneeshaw being installed VV . M . by Bro . I . Lloyd Griffith , P . P . G . S . D .

The Eleanor Lod ge of Instruction , No . 1 : 707 , meets every Monday evening at S p . m ., at the Seven Sisters Hotel , Page-green , when brethren resident in the neighbourhood will always meet with a hearty welcome . The Lodge , Dalhousie , No . 720 ( S . C ) , Bonnyrigg , was consecrated on Tuesday , the 2 nd inst ., and when the ceremonies of consecration and installation had been

completed , the brethren adjourned to a banquet at the Bonnyrigg Town Hall . The Gallery Lodge , No . 192 S , will give a concert at Brixton Hall to-morrow ( Saturday ) in aid of the Benevolent Fund of the lod ge . A strong array of musical talent , both vocal and instrumental , has been engaged , Bro . VV . Ganz , P . G . Org ., being one of the number .

Bro . A . Petts was installed W . M . of the Temple Lodge , No . 55 S , Folkestone , on the 2 nd inst ., the ceremony being performed by Bro . Hart , P . M ., in a very able manner . The lodge and its guests afterwards dined together at the Pavilion Hotel , and spent a very agreeable evening together .

A most successful ball was given on Frida y evening , the sth inst ., at the Breadalbane Arms Hotel , Aberfeldy , under the auspices of the Breadalbane Lodge , 657 ( S . C . ) There was a numerous attendance , and dancing was kept up with great spirit till an early hour the following morning .

R . W . Bro . Capt . S . G . Homfray will be installed Prov . G . Mark Master of Monmouthshire , at the Masonic Hall , Newport , on Monday , the 29 th inst ., the ceremony being performed by Bro . R . C Else , P . G . D ., Prov . G . M . M . of Somersetshire . The new D . P . G . M . M . M ., who will also be installed in olfice , is Bro . Major A . Thrale Perkins .

A Committee of Frome Masons has been appointed with a view to considering what will be the most advisable steps to take in order to secure greater accommodation than is provided by the present hall , and the cost thereof . The report was to be delivered at an adjourned meeting of the brethren . A highly interesting lecture was given on the 3 rd

inst . in the presence of the members of the Lodge Glasgow Kil winning , No . 4 , by Bro . the Rev . T . Somerville , the subject chosen being * ' The Symbols of Freemasonry . " The lecture was listened to with the deepest interest , and at its close thc lodge passed a cordial vote of thanks to the rev . brother , and affiliated him as an honorary member . The annual meeting of the Gosport Lodge ,

No . 903 , took place at the India Arms Hotel on Tuesday , the t ) th inst . There was a numerous attendance of members and visitors , and , when the preliminary business had been disposed of , Bro . J . E . Thornton was installed . W . M . by his predecessor in ofiice , Bro . J . Dempsey , and having received the salutations of the brethren , appointed his officers for the ensuing year . The second annual ball of the Albert Edward

Lodge , No . 17 S 0 , Southampton , was held at the Masonic Hall , Albion-place , on Wednesday , the ioth inst . There was a goodly company of some So ladies and brethren , and as a dispensation had been granted to the brethren to appear in their Masonic clothing , the scene was a brilliant one . Thc services of Mr . Faulkner ' s quadrille band were engaged for the evening , and the catering of Mr . Etheridge gave every satisfaction . The ball , in fact , proved a great success .

The ball given by the Selwyn Lodge , No . IQOI , at the Peckham Public Hall , on Friday , the 5 th inst ., proved a very great success . The VV . M . and members of the lodge fully entered into the spirit of the thing , and , under their direction , a numerous company of lady and other visitors most thoroughly enjoyed themselves . Nor was the entertainment confined to dancing , there being

singing and instrumental music and recitations in certain rooms set apart for the purpose . A capital supper was provided , and the different rooms were verv prettily and tastefully decorated . Bro . R . W . Powles , W . M ., and Bro . A . J . Bellis , P . M ., Hon . Secretary of the Stewards' Committee , are to be congratulated on the admirable manner in which everything was carried out .

Bro . J . T . 1 hackara was installed W . M . of the Portsmcurh Lodge , No . 4 S 7 , on Thursday , the nth inst . The ceremony was to have been pel formed by R . VV . Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., P . G . M . Hants and the Isle of Wight ; but a severe sore throat prevented him from attending , and his duties were carried out in an examplary manner by Bro . Frost , P . M . In the course of the

proceedings a P . M . ' s jewel was presented to the retiring W . M ., Bro . H . \ l . Loader , in recognition of his services during the past year , while the services of the newlyappointed S . W ., Bro . J . VV . Boughton , as Past Secretary of the lodge , were rewarded with a handsome Secretary ' s jewel . The banquet followed at the Albany Hotel , Landport , "The Health of the new W . M . " being cordially proposed by Bro . J . E . Le Feuvre , D . P . G . M ,

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . Edgar Bowyer has been re-elected on the Council of the Royal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest for the ensuing year . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., was prevented by a severe cold from attending in his place in the House of Commons during the early part of the week Bro . F . \ V . Potter , of Queen Victoria-street ,

E . C , has been elected W . M . of the Great City Lodge , No . 1426 , and will be installed at the ensuing meeting in October . Bro . Henry Stokes , of the Stock Exchange , was elected W . M . of the Honor Oak Lodge , No . 19 S 6 , for the ensuing year , at the last meeting of the lodge on the ioth instant .

Bros . Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., Viscount Bury and Lieut .-Gen . Feilden , M . P ., were among the principal guests at the house dinner , on Monday , ofthe City Constitutional Club . Bro . Jasper More , M . P ., is Chairman of a Committee composed of members of Parliament who have

joined together for the purpose of looking after agricultural interests in Parliament . Bro . Admiral Sir W . King Hall has had conferred upon him the flag officer's good service pension , value £ 300 per annum , vacant by the death of Admiral Sir C . K . A . Shadwell .

Bro . W . W . Black , Grand T y ler of Indiana , attained his 75 th year on the ist January , when he was presented by some friends with a purse containing dollars corresponding in number with the years he had lived . Bro . Lord Herschell , Lord Chancellor of England , will unveil the statue and memorial in the Central Hall of the Royal Courts of Justice , Strand , to the late

Mr . Street , R . A ., on Wednesday next , the 24 th instant . Bro . the Lord Mayor has made a further appeal to the public on behalf of the unemployed , pointing out that the long continuance of our severe winter has materially added to the distress . At the Committee meeting at the Mansion House , on Friday , the 12 th inst ., the amount already received was announced as £ 69 , 700 .

Among the guests at the Speaker s second Parliamentary full-dress dinner this season on Wednesday were Bros . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., Lord A . Hill , M . P ., Hon . H . S . Northcote , M . P ., the Hon . D . Plunket , M . P ., Sir VV . Hart-Dyke , M . P ,, W . T . Marriott , O . C , M . P ., Sir J . Gorst , Q . C , M . P ., C . Stuart-Wortley , Si . P ., Akers-Douglas , M . P ., and Colonel Walrond , M . P .

Bro . the Lord Mayor presided at a meeting held at the Mansion House on Friday , the 12 th inst ., for the purpose of promoting the interests of King ' s College Hospital , an institution which does an immense amount of good , but is greatly in need of funds . The meeting , which was both numerous and influential , pledged itself to use its best efforts to promote the end in view .

The Devon Mark Lodge , No . 215 , held its annual meeting at the Masonic Hall , Newton Abbott , on Monday , the ist inst ., when Bro . C . G . Vicary was installed VV . M . by Bro . H . Martin , P . M ., P . P . G . R . There was a numerous gathering of the brethren , among them being R . W . Bro . J . Tanner Davy , P . G . M . M . of Devonshire , and Bro . the Rev . T . VV . Lemon , Grand Mark Chaplain of England . The usual banquet followed .

The Hervey . Lodge , No . 16 92 , Hayes , gave a ball at the White Hart , Bromley , Kent , on Monday , the Sth inst ., R . W . Bro . Lord Holmesdale , P . G . M ., having very kindly given his sanction to the brethren wearing their Masonic clothing and regalia . 'There was a numerous gathering , the rooms were tastefully decorated , and the supper was admirably served . In fact , the ) ud' » e is to be congratulated on the success which attended its first ball .

THB GRAND LODGE OV ILLINOIS . — The following paragraph appears in the AVro York Herald of the 4 th March : " The Prince of VVales , as Grand Master of the British Freemasons , has withdrawn the patent of appointment from the representative of the Grand Lodge of England at the Grand Lodge of Illinois , the latter having severed fraternal relations with the English lodges of Montreal . Mr . Brackstone Baker , of London , delegate to the Grand Lodge of England , has resigned . "

I he following dinners took place at freemasons Tavern for the week ending Saturday , the 20 th inst . Monday—Mr . Jacobi ' s Ball ; Grand Masters' Lodge ; British Lodge . Tuesday—Cadogan Lodge ; Salisbury Lodge . Wednesday—Grand Stewards Lodge ; Oak Lodge ; Buckingham and Chandos Lodge ; Benevolent Society of St . Patrick . Thursday—St . Mary's Lodge ;

Universal Lodge ; Globe Lodge ; Great Noithern Lodge . Friday—Jordan Lodge ; Holborn Quadrille Ball . Saturday—St . James ' s Soiiee ; Kildare bicycle Club . The ceremonies of consecration and installation will be rehearsed by Bro . James Terry , Past Prov . G . S . W . Norths and Hunts , Secretary Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , & c , at the Marquess of Ripon Lodge of

Instruction , No . 14 S 9 , at the Queen ' s Hotel , Victoria Parkroad , Hackney , on Monday , the 22 nd inst ., at 7 o ' clock sharp . Brethren to assemble at 6 . 45 . Craft clothing will be worn . Bro . G . J . Pope , S . VV . 1364 , Sec ; Bro . H . Forss , P . M . 917 , Preceptor ; VV . Gray , P . M . 14 S 9 , Treas . ; G . H . Stephens , P . M . 1623 ; and J . J . Marsh , P . M . 132 ( 5 , Stwds . ; and M . Sherwin , 1071 I , Organist .

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Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . the Hon . Henry Lloyd , the present G . S . Warden of the Grand Lodgeof Maryland , is the Governor of the State . Bro . Lord Wantage has given twenty acres of land at Blawbury , near Wallingford , for the site of the Gordon Memorial Industrial Schools .

Bro , Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., was present at the annual dinner of the Yarmouth Liberal Association on Thursday , the nth instant . Bro . Lord Brabonrne has decided to lay out a field of fifteen acres near Smeeth , in Kent , in allotments for the labourers employed on his estate One hundred guineas was subscribed at the last

meeting of the Aldersgate Lodge forthe W . M . ' s ( Bro . E . Y . Jolliffe ) Stewards' list , on behalf of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . Bro . Sir Charles Warren , who has been appointed Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in succession to Sir E . Henderson , left Suakim for Suez in the Egyptian gunboat Gaffarieh on Monday .

Bro . the Hon . D . Plunket , M . P ., introduced to the President of the Board of Trade , on Monday , a deputation from the Incorporated Society of Authors , on the subject of the law of copyright . The Grand Lodgeof New Jersey is alread y in the tooth year of its existence , having held its 99 th annual communication in the Masonic Hall , Trenton , on the 27-2 S January last , under the presidency of Bro . J . VV . Congdon , M . W . G . M .

Bro . G . W . Knight , S . W . of the Metropolitan Lodge , No . 1507 , was duly elected W . M . of this lodge on Wednesday , the 17 th inst ., in the presence of a very full meeting of members and visitors , receiving hearty congratulations from the brethren . Bros . Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., Lord Charles Beresford , R . N ., and Sir " E . Reed , K . C . B ., are

members of the Select Committee appointed by the House of Commons to consider certain bills introduced , with a view to amending the Employers' Liability Act of 18 S 0 . Comps . J . Johnson , J . Quincey , and J . Metcalfe were installed as 7 .., H ., ana J . respectively of the St . Helen's Chapter , No . 531 , Hartlepool , at its annual convention , on Wednesday , the ioth inst . An excellent

banquet followed at the Cleveland Hotel . Bros , the Earl of Kintore , Baron Dimsdale , M . P ., A . W . Hall , M . P ., A . Staveley Hill , Q . C , M . P ., and Morgan Howard , Q . C , M . P ., were among the guests at the dinner party given by Bro . Cecil Raikes , M . P ., at his residence in Eccleston-square on Saturday last . Bros . Sir James Fergusson , Bart ., and

Sluart-Wortley were in attendance as members of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Shop Hours ' Regulation Bill , when it resumed its inquiries as to the subject on Monday , The brethren of the Mealough Lodge , No . 1 S 6 , Down , Ireland , held their annual soriee and ball in the Masonic Hall on Thurday , the 4 th inst , the attendance

being very numerous , and everything passing off most successfully . The Stewards' arrangements left nothing to be desired . It has been decided by the Metropolitan Board of Works that the new street running from Piccadilly to Bloomsbury shall be named Shaftesbury Avenue , after the late Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury , K . G ., whose death occurred during the year of its construction . A statue of

his lordship will probably adorn the avenue . The Covent Garden Lodge of Instruction , No . 1 G 14 , met at its new quarters , the Criterion , Piccadilly , W ., for the first time on the nth inst . Bro . John Jacobs , I . P . M . 1 C 14 , rehearsed the ceremony of installation . There was a good muster of brethren . This lodge of instruction will in future meet as above on Thursday evenings at the hour of S .

Bros , the Marquis of Hartington , Sir A . Bass , Bart ., P . Rylands , Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Sir W . Hart-Dyke , Sir J . Fergusson , Bart ., Sir J . Gorst , Q . C , and Sir John Mowbray are among the 39 members wTio have been nominated by the Prime Minister to serve on the Select Committee to consider the question of Parliamentary Procedure . By the death , on Tuesday , of the Karl of

Chichester , Lord Lieutenant of Sussex , the title and estates devolve on his eldest son , Bro . Lord Pelham , who was Provincial Grand . Master of Sussex from 1 S 6 7 to 1 S 77 , when he resigned , on account of ill-health , and was succeeded by the late Bro Sir VV . VV . Burrell , Bart . The deceased Earl was in the 82 nd year of his age , having been born in August , 1 S 04 , while his son and successor , the present Earl , was born in 1 S 3 S .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the week ending Saturday , March 27 , i 88 ( i . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Rose Croix Chapters , Preceptories , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place , day , or month of meeting .

SATURDAV , MARCH 20 . Lodge 715 , Panmure , Cannon-st . Hot . „ 1194 , Villiers , Mitre Hot ., Hampton Court . „ 1329 , Sphinx , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell . „ 1364 , Earl of Zetland , Guildhall Tav . „ 1732 , King ' s Cross , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . ,, 1767 , Kensington , Kensington Hot ., Russell-gdns , W . Mark 251 , Tenterden , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet ' s-st .

LODGKS OF INSTRUCTION . Alexandra Palace . Station IIo .. Camberwell New-rd ., at 7 . 30 . Chiswick , Windsor Castle Hot ., King-st ., Hammersmith ^ . 30 Eccleston , Crown and Anchor , 79 , Ebury-street , Pimlico , at 7 .

King Harold , Four Swans , Waltham Cross , at 7 . Manchester , 17 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq ., at ti . Percy , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at 8 . Star , Five Bells , New Cross-rd ., S . E ., at 7 . Hornsey Chapter , Porchester Hotel , Leinster-place , Cleve * land-sq ., - , W .. at S ,