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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
INDIAN FAMINE FUND . —Down to Thursday night the Mansion House Fund amounted to £ 435 , 000 . BRO . LORD HALSBURY , we regret to hear , is suffering from a sharp attack of influenza . BRO . R . LOVELAND LOVELAND has retired from the post of Alderman on the Middlesex County Council . As CHAIRMAN of the Guildhall Schcol of Music , Bro . Deputy Pearse Morrison has issued invitations for a dinner at the Guildhall on Friday , the gth prox .
THE DISMANTLING SALE of the Maiquis of Londonderry ' s six pits at Rainton , which has been proceeding for seven days , closed on Thursday . The total amount realised was less than £ 20 , 000 . THE GOLDSMITHS' COMPANY have Offered the Cromer School Board thc sum of £ 3000 to be invested in providing scholarships for children passing from elementary to secondary schools . The offer has been accepted .
THE DUKE OV CONNAUGHT presided at a meeting of the Officers Club at Aldershot on Tuesday evening , when a lecture on the "Cataracts of the Nile " was given before lhe Military Society by Major-General Sir VV . Butler . LADV PIRBRIGHT has contributed £ 105 towards the Lady Mayoress's branch of the Prince of Wales ' s Hospital Fund for London , in memory of her father , the late Sir Benjamin Phillips , who was Lord Mayor of London 1 SG 6-7 .
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT , who is going to Berlin in connection with tbe forthcoming futes , has arranged to leave Victoria by the boat train this evening ( Friday . ) His Royal Highness will travel via Queenborough and Flushing . DR . NANSBN had the degree of Doctor of Science conferred upon him honoris catisii at Cambridge on Tuesday , and met with a most enthusiastic reception from the students , who were present on the occasion in very large numbers .
BRO . THE HON . SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE , BART ., M . P ., presided at the final meeting , on Saturday last , of the Commercial and Industrial Section of the Victorian Era Exhibition , which will be opened at Earl ' s Court in May .
THE EMPRESS FREDERICK OF GERMANY , attended by Count Seckendorff , and others , visited the Countess Alexander Munster , at Marnfield , on Saturday last , travelling by train from Victoria . Her Majesty afterwards paid a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Connaught at Bagshot . AMONG THE Ministers present at the Cabinet Council he'd at the Foreign Office on Tuesday , were Bros . A . Akers-Douglas , Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Sir M . Hicks-Beach , Bart . ( Chancellor of the Exchequer ) , the Duke of Devonshire , Lord George Hamilton , and Sir M . White-Ridley , Bart .
THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA called on the Duke of Cambridge and tha Marquis of Lome at Cannes , on Sunday , and afterwards went on board the Prince of Wales ' s yacht Britannia , where also were the Oueen of Hanover and the Duchess ot Cumberland . His Majesty's interview with the Prince lasted about 20 minutes .
BRO . THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE and Bro . R . Loveland Loveland , the Deputy Chairman of the London Sessions , have resigned their seats as Aldermen on the Middlesex County Council . Thus , with the four councillors who have retired since , the total number of resignations during the past four weeks amounts to six . BRO . FIELD-MARSHAL VISCOUNT WOLSELEY , the Commander-in-Lhief , has so far recovered from his recent indisposition as to be able to resume his attendance at the War Office , and will hold a Levee at the Horse Guards on Tuesday , the Gth prox ., at I p . m ., the number of officers present to be limited to a hundred .
PRINCESS CHRISTIAN OF SCHLESWIG-IIOLSTEIN has fixed FrMiy , theGth May , for the St . John Ambulance ft " : te and competition at the Crystal Palace , in commemoration of the Queen's Diamond J ubilee . Bro . Lord Staiybridge , Chairman of the London and North- " vVestern Rail . vay Company , has very kindly accepted the presidency of its newly-formed railway centre in counection with the Association .
BRO . THE E \ RL OF RADNOR has s Id his hounds tothe Marquis of Worcester , who will have sole charge of the Badminton Hunt next autumn . Bro . Lord Radnor had had the pack for the last six years . At the same time , arrangements are being made to hunt the Radnor country with a subscription pack , a Committee of the leading landowners and farmers having been formed for the purpose under the chairmanship of the Earl of Pembroke .
THE VALUE of the peisonal estate of the late Bro . Sir John Brown , of Berrion , Shortlands , Kent , formerly of Endcliffe Hall , Sheffield , has been sworn at £ 16 , 155 . The deceased who was formerly Mayor of Sheffield and Master Cutler , was a director of the Great Northern Railway Company and Earl ' s Shipbuilding Company , the founder of the Atlas Works in Sheffield , and a member of the firm of John Brown and Co . He died on the 27 th December last , at the age of So years .
A VOCAL and instrumental concert will be given by the students of the Ladies ' Division of the Crystal Palace Company ' s School of Art , Science , and Literature , in the Concert Room , on Wednesday next , the 24 th inst ., at 3 p . m . The Crystal Palace Orchestra , under the direction of Mr . August Manns , will take part in the concert , and the programme will include symphony for orchestra , by Edith Langsford j concertos for pianoforte and orchestra , by Schumann an ! Rubinstein j and valse for eight hands , on two pianofortes , by Mosqkowski .
THE DUKE OF YORK , accompanied by the Hon . Derek Keppel , visited the headquarters , in Southwark , of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade on Tuesday afternoon . His Royal Highness was received by the chief officer ( Commander Wells ) , the Chairmin of the Fire Brigade Committee of the London County Council ( Mr . Urquhart ) , the second officer of the Brigade ( Mr . Gamble ) , and the Fire Superintendents . Having witnessed a course of drill and inspected the various departments , the Duke left , hiving previous ' y requested the chief officer to express his pleasure at what he hid _ vitnes , ed .
Miss FLORENCE KLENCK , daughter of our respected Bro . ( . M . Klenck , will give a concert in aid of the Prince of Wales ' s Hospital Fund for Lindjn at the Bo . v and Bromley Institute , in commemoration of the Goth year ot the Queen ' s Reign , on Wednesday next , the 24 th inst . The vocalists will include the Misses Florence Klenck , Kate Smith , and M . Carr Porter , and Messrs . Charles Chilley , VV . Lewis , and A . Moore , and the instrumentalists Messrs . A . Dove ( violin ) , VV . Sivatman ( bones ) , and W . Dunn ( flute ) . Mr . C II . Howland will be the accompanist . Prices of admission 2 S . Gd ., is ., and Gd .
ON WEDNESDAY , the 24 th inst ., a bazaar will be held at the British Embassy in Berlin—which has been lent for the purpose by Sir F . Lascelles , the British Ambassador —under the patronage of the Empress Frederick , in connection with the Qreen ' s Diamond Jubilee and in aid of the Endowment Fund of the Horns in Berlin for iingliih and American Governesses , which was founded some two years ago by her Imperial Majesty . 'The Patronesses of the bazaar include , in addition to the Empress , H . R . H . the Princess of Wales , the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha , Princess Christian of Schleswig-IIolstein , the Duchess of Connaught , the Duchess of Albany , the Duchess of Devonshire , the Maichioness of Salisbury , and others .
THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND gave a grand banquet at Dublin Castle , on Saturday evening last , in honour of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee . The banquet was seived in St . Patrick's Hall , and among the guests were Bro . the Duke of Devonshire , K . G . ; : he Marquis of Ormonde , the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava , the Earl of Pembroke ( Lord Steward ); Bro . Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ); Uro . the Duke of Abercorn , K . G . j Ihe Marquis of Downshire , Bro . thc Earl of Huntingdon , the Earl of Cork , the Earl of Drogheda , Bro . the Earl of Arran , Iiro .
Field-Marshal Lord Roberts , and Bro . Lord Arthur Hill , M . P . Ihe sole toast given was that of "The Queen , " which was drunk with enthusiasm . When the banquet was over there was a grand tattoo by torchlight by the troops in garrison , consisting of the 3 rd Hussars , 2 nd Battalion Scots Guards , ist Battalion Oxford Light Infantry , 2 nd Battalion Royal West Kent , ist Battalion Durham Light Infantry , 4 th Battalion Rifle Brigade , and added to these were the Royal Irish Constabulary , and the Dublin Metropolitan Police .
Masonic And General Tidings.
BRO . WHITE ' S Masonic | e \ vels were among the property stolen from his hcuse last week . THE CLOTHWORKERS' COMPANY have granted £ 500 to the special fund of £ 100 , 000 now being raised on behalf of Charing Cross Hospital . THE DUKE OF CONNAUIIIIT has arranged that the Aldershot Military Tournament shall be held near the Gymnasium , Cranbrook , on Thursday and Friday , the 23 nd and 23 rd April .
THE DUCHESS OF YORK , attended by the Lady Maty Lygon , paid a visit on Wednesday afternoon to the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic , Albany Memorial , Queen-square . A REPORT of the last meeting of the Caterham Lodge , No . 209 . 5 , a ' which Bru . the Earl of Onslow , Prov . Grand Master , Surrey , paid a visit , has been received , and will appear in our next issue .
BRO . HORACE BROOKS MARSHALL , J . P ., D . L ., will preside at thc festival dinner of the Orphan Working School , at the Hotel Metropole , on Tuesday , the 30 th inst . The School maintains 500 fatherless children . BRO . THE DUKE OF FIFE has very kindly consented to preside at the first Festival dinner which will be held at the Hotel Metropole , on Thursday , the Sth April , in aid of the funds of the Alexandra Hospital ,
THE BANK OF ENGLAND have arranged for a remarkable illumination in celebration of the Queen ' s Diamond Jubilee this year . The design has been prepared and will be executed by J . Defries and Sons , of Houndsditch , who were responsible for the illuminations of this building on the two previous occasions . . THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND and Countess Cadogan , attended by Mr , Victor Corkran , Private Secretary , left Dublin on Thursday night for London . The Dublin season having terminated , their Excellencies will remain at Chelsea House for a fortnight , and then return to the Viceregal Lodge .
BRO . SIR M . WHITE RIDLEY , Bart ., M . P ., gave a dinnerparty at his residence in Carlton House-terrace , on VVednesday , at which there were present , am jng others , Bros , the Eail of Lathom and Lord Ampthill , Sir E . Poynter , P . R . A . ; and Bros . Sir Mark Stewart , M . P . j John Reid , M P . j and J . VV . Maclure , M . P . AT THE , ANNUAL meeting of the North London Nursing Association , which has for the last 17 years undertaken the free nursing of the sick poor of Islington , Holloway , and the neighbourhood , it was resolved in honour of Ihe Queen's Diamond Jubilee to raise a special fund by inviting subscriptions for fixed terms of years .
BRO . ROBERT MARSH , Carfield , Great Dunmow , Essex , has just died . He was an extensive seed merchant , but was best known as one of the leading prom titers of the Dunmow Flitch contest , having been for many years one of the counsel for the claimants . He was likewise a Shakesperian reciter and a Past Master of the Rosslyn Lodge .
THE WILL of Bro . Rudolph Gustavus Glover , ot the War Office , P-dl-null , who died on February iGth , at 59 , St . James-street , was proved on March Sth , by Lieut . Alfred Charles Glover , the nephew , Bro . Joseph Charles Parkinson , of 17 , Great George-street , and B .-o . Frank Richardson , of 2 S , Golden-square , the executes , the value of the personal estate being £ 1 , 905 3 s . ud .
IN OUR report last week of the consecration of the Alleyn Lodge , No . 26 47 , ths names of two of the founders who weic appointed to office , but were unavoidably aDsent from the meeting—Bro . VV . H . Stone , No . 12 S 7 , now S . D ., and Bro . Baron W . E von Ruffenstein , No . 2319 , now I . G . —were omitted . VVe are not responsible for the omission , but at th ; same time , we regret it should have occurred .
THE AGENT-GENERAL for Victoria has received a telegraphic despatch from the Government of the colony stating that the trustees of the National Cillery at Melbourne propose to hold a loan exhibition next June to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee . The trustees are anxious to secure paintings of the Oueen , pictures illustrating the history of her Majesty's reign , and also those representing the progress of art during that period .
AN EXHIBITION OF WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS , by Mr . Tom Simpson , will be held at The Gallery , 175 , New Bond-stree , during April , the distinctive features of which will be the directness of their execution and the conciseness of treatment ex ' i . bited in the work , and on this account described by the artist as a show of " Short-hand " Water-colour Sketches , including su ijects in and around G eater London , Essex , and parts of the Sussex coast j in all about 100 examples .
AMONG THE guests present at the dinner party given by Sir M . Hicks-Beach , M . P . ( Chancellor of the Exchequer ) , and Lady Lucy Hicks-Beach , at the ollicial residence in Downing-street , on Wednesday , were the Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos , and Bro . Lord Egerton of Tatton , the I ' .. rl and Countess of Seiborne , Bro . Viscount and Viscountess Ebrington , Bro . Sir Frederick Milner , Bart ., and Bro . Mount , M . P . Lady Lucy Hicks-Beach afterwards held a reception , which was very numerously attended .
THE QUEEN , accompanied by Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein , and attended by the Countess ol Antrim , drove from Cimiez to St . Jean on Thursday afternoon in bright and warm weather . A very large crowd waited to see her Majesty pass , more thai a hundred carriages being stationed in the neighbourhood of the hotel . In the morning Princess Henry of Battenberg and Princess Louis of Battenberg visited Princess Louise ( Marchioness of Lome ) at Cannes , it being her Royal Highness ' s birthday .
Bro . GENERAL LORD METHUEN was enierlained at the Soldiers' Home , Buckingham Palace-road , on Thursday . A large number of friends of the Institution , which is connected with the Methodist Church , were present to meet the Commander of the Home Military District . At a meeting which was afterwards held Sir George Hayter Chubb said although the Institution was £ 207 to the bad on the year ' s working they
were full of confidence and hope for the luture , because of the fund which the Wesleyans were raising in aid of establishmt nts of this kind . Bro . Lord Methuen , in a brief speech , expressed a belief that if civilians were only made acquainted with the excellent services which these homes rendered to soldiers and sailors they would contritute much more readily lo their support . The army now got a better class of men than formerl y , and he thought they were deserving of all that could be done for them .
THE DUKE OF YORK , attended by the Hon . Derek Keppel , visited Chelsea House on VVednesday ( St . Patrick's Day ) for the purpose 01 opening a two days' sale and exhibition of work by the liish Industiies Association . His Royal Highness was received by the Marchioness of Londonderry , Bro . Lord and Lady Arthur Hill , and Bro . Viscount and Viscountess Duncannon , and among those present were Princess Edward of
Saxe-Weimar , the Duchess of Abercorn , the Lady Mayoress , the Countess of Bective , Lady Castletown , and others , who afterwards occupied the various stalls . Bro . Lord A . Hill , as Chairman of the London Committee , welcomed his Royal Highness , who afterwards declared the sale open , and was honoured with a vote ot thanks for his kindness in attending . Chelsea House was lent for the purpose by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ( Earl Cadogan ) and the Countess Cadogan .
COMBINATIONS or amalgamations are all the rage just now , and therefore it is not altogether a surprise to find that the old-established Kidler ' s Hotel in Holborn has made its appearance as a company , taking under its wing , so to speak , the Lowestoft Grand Hotel and the Lowestoft Royal Hotel . The share capital of the combined concerns is £ 120 , 000 , consisting of 50 , 000 5 ! per cent , cumulative preference shares of £ 1 each , and 70 , 000 ordinary shares of £ 1 each , 40 , 000 of which are taken by the vendor as part payment of the purchase money . 1 here are also £ , So , ooo of 4 ! , per cent , debentures to be issued at £ 102 , secured on very satisfactory assets , these include
freehold and leasehold property in Holborn , the freehold of the Grand Hotel , Lowestoft , and a 21 years' lease of the Koyal Ilotel in the same town . Mr . John Whaley , who is the proprietor of the three hotels , is the vendor , and he has secured thc right to purchase freehold property adjoining Rider's Hotel , and it is proposed to pull down the old house—another ancient land-m irk gone—and erect upon the extended area a new hotel suited to the requirements of the age . Kidler ' s always gave us comfort ; the new Kidler's will , no douot , give us luxury , and the happy shareholders wdl revel in gcod dividends and bc able to enjoy their London holiday at Kidler's , or of Londoners at the Lowestoft hotels , where they can get a sea breeze uniivallcd on the English coast .
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
INDIAN FAMINE FUND . —Down to Thursday night the Mansion House Fund amounted to £ 435 , 000 . BRO . LORD HALSBURY , we regret to hear , is suffering from a sharp attack of influenza . BRO . R . LOVELAND LOVELAND has retired from the post of Alderman on the Middlesex County Council . As CHAIRMAN of the Guildhall Schcol of Music , Bro . Deputy Pearse Morrison has issued invitations for a dinner at the Guildhall on Friday , the gth prox .
THE DISMANTLING SALE of the Maiquis of Londonderry ' s six pits at Rainton , which has been proceeding for seven days , closed on Thursday . The total amount realised was less than £ 20 , 000 . THE GOLDSMITHS' COMPANY have Offered the Cromer School Board thc sum of £ 3000 to be invested in providing scholarships for children passing from elementary to secondary schools . The offer has been accepted .
THE DUKE OV CONNAUGHT presided at a meeting of the Officers Club at Aldershot on Tuesday evening , when a lecture on the "Cataracts of the Nile " was given before lhe Military Society by Major-General Sir VV . Butler . LADV PIRBRIGHT has contributed £ 105 towards the Lady Mayoress's branch of the Prince of Wales ' s Hospital Fund for London , in memory of her father , the late Sir Benjamin Phillips , who was Lord Mayor of London 1 SG 6-7 .
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT , who is going to Berlin in connection with tbe forthcoming futes , has arranged to leave Victoria by the boat train this evening ( Friday . ) His Royal Highness will travel via Queenborough and Flushing . DR . NANSBN had the degree of Doctor of Science conferred upon him honoris catisii at Cambridge on Tuesday , and met with a most enthusiastic reception from the students , who were present on the occasion in very large numbers .
BRO . THE HON . SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE , BART ., M . P ., presided at the final meeting , on Saturday last , of the Commercial and Industrial Section of the Victorian Era Exhibition , which will be opened at Earl ' s Court in May .
THE EMPRESS FREDERICK OF GERMANY , attended by Count Seckendorff , and others , visited the Countess Alexander Munster , at Marnfield , on Saturday last , travelling by train from Victoria . Her Majesty afterwards paid a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Connaught at Bagshot . AMONG THE Ministers present at the Cabinet Council he'd at the Foreign Office on Tuesday , were Bros . A . Akers-Douglas , Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Sir M . Hicks-Beach , Bart . ( Chancellor of the Exchequer ) , the Duke of Devonshire , Lord George Hamilton , and Sir M . White-Ridley , Bart .
THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA called on the Duke of Cambridge and tha Marquis of Lome at Cannes , on Sunday , and afterwards went on board the Prince of Wales ' s yacht Britannia , where also were the Oueen of Hanover and the Duchess ot Cumberland . His Majesty's interview with the Prince lasted about 20 minutes .
BRO . THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE and Bro . R . Loveland Loveland , the Deputy Chairman of the London Sessions , have resigned their seats as Aldermen on the Middlesex County Council . Thus , with the four councillors who have retired since , the total number of resignations during the past four weeks amounts to six . BRO . FIELD-MARSHAL VISCOUNT WOLSELEY , the Commander-in-Lhief , has so far recovered from his recent indisposition as to be able to resume his attendance at the War Office , and will hold a Levee at the Horse Guards on Tuesday , the Gth prox ., at I p . m ., the number of officers present to be limited to a hundred .
PRINCESS CHRISTIAN OF SCHLESWIG-IIOLSTEIN has fixed FrMiy , theGth May , for the St . John Ambulance ft " : te and competition at the Crystal Palace , in commemoration of the Queen's Diamond J ubilee . Bro . Lord Staiybridge , Chairman of the London and North- " vVestern Rail . vay Company , has very kindly accepted the presidency of its newly-formed railway centre in counection with the Association .
BRO . THE E \ RL OF RADNOR has s Id his hounds tothe Marquis of Worcester , who will have sole charge of the Badminton Hunt next autumn . Bro . Lord Radnor had had the pack for the last six years . At the same time , arrangements are being made to hunt the Radnor country with a subscription pack , a Committee of the leading landowners and farmers having been formed for the purpose under the chairmanship of the Earl of Pembroke .
THE VALUE of the peisonal estate of the late Bro . Sir John Brown , of Berrion , Shortlands , Kent , formerly of Endcliffe Hall , Sheffield , has been sworn at £ 16 , 155 . The deceased who was formerly Mayor of Sheffield and Master Cutler , was a director of the Great Northern Railway Company and Earl ' s Shipbuilding Company , the founder of the Atlas Works in Sheffield , and a member of the firm of John Brown and Co . He died on the 27 th December last , at the age of So years .
A VOCAL and instrumental concert will be given by the students of the Ladies ' Division of the Crystal Palace Company ' s School of Art , Science , and Literature , in the Concert Room , on Wednesday next , the 24 th inst ., at 3 p . m . The Crystal Palace Orchestra , under the direction of Mr . August Manns , will take part in the concert , and the programme will include symphony for orchestra , by Edith Langsford j concertos for pianoforte and orchestra , by Schumann an ! Rubinstein j and valse for eight hands , on two pianofortes , by Mosqkowski .
THE DUKE OF YORK , accompanied by the Hon . Derek Keppel , visited the headquarters , in Southwark , of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade on Tuesday afternoon . His Royal Highness was received by the chief officer ( Commander Wells ) , the Chairmin of the Fire Brigade Committee of the London County Council ( Mr . Urquhart ) , the second officer of the Brigade ( Mr . Gamble ) , and the Fire Superintendents . Having witnessed a course of drill and inspected the various departments , the Duke left , hiving previous ' y requested the chief officer to express his pleasure at what he hid _ vitnes , ed .
Miss FLORENCE KLENCK , daughter of our respected Bro . ( . M . Klenck , will give a concert in aid of the Prince of Wales ' s Hospital Fund for Lindjn at the Bo . v and Bromley Institute , in commemoration of the Goth year ot the Queen ' s Reign , on Wednesday next , the 24 th inst . The vocalists will include the Misses Florence Klenck , Kate Smith , and M . Carr Porter , and Messrs . Charles Chilley , VV . Lewis , and A . Moore , and the instrumentalists Messrs . A . Dove ( violin ) , VV . Sivatman ( bones ) , and W . Dunn ( flute ) . Mr . C II . Howland will be the accompanist . Prices of admission 2 S . Gd ., is ., and Gd .
ON WEDNESDAY , the 24 th inst ., a bazaar will be held at the British Embassy in Berlin—which has been lent for the purpose by Sir F . Lascelles , the British Ambassador —under the patronage of the Empress Frederick , in connection with the Qreen ' s Diamond Jubilee and in aid of the Endowment Fund of the Horns in Berlin for iingliih and American Governesses , which was founded some two years ago by her Imperial Majesty . 'The Patronesses of the bazaar include , in addition to the Empress , H . R . H . the Princess of Wales , the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha , Princess Christian of Schleswig-IIolstein , the Duchess of Connaught , the Duchess of Albany , the Duchess of Devonshire , the Maichioness of Salisbury , and others .
THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND gave a grand banquet at Dublin Castle , on Saturday evening last , in honour of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee . The banquet was seived in St . Patrick's Hall , and among the guests were Bro . the Duke of Devonshire , K . G . ; : he Marquis of Ormonde , the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava , the Earl of Pembroke ( Lord Steward ); Bro . Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ); Uro . the Duke of Abercorn , K . G . j Ihe Marquis of Downshire , Bro . thc Earl of Huntingdon , the Earl of Cork , the Earl of Drogheda , Bro . the Earl of Arran , Iiro .
Field-Marshal Lord Roberts , and Bro . Lord Arthur Hill , M . P . Ihe sole toast given was that of "The Queen , " which was drunk with enthusiasm . When the banquet was over there was a grand tattoo by torchlight by the troops in garrison , consisting of the 3 rd Hussars , 2 nd Battalion Scots Guards , ist Battalion Oxford Light Infantry , 2 nd Battalion Royal West Kent , ist Battalion Durham Light Infantry , 4 th Battalion Rifle Brigade , and added to these were the Royal Irish Constabulary , and the Dublin Metropolitan Police .
Masonic And General Tidings.
BRO . WHITE ' S Masonic | e \ vels were among the property stolen from his hcuse last week . THE CLOTHWORKERS' COMPANY have granted £ 500 to the special fund of £ 100 , 000 now being raised on behalf of Charing Cross Hospital . THE DUKE OF CONNAUIIIIT has arranged that the Aldershot Military Tournament shall be held near the Gymnasium , Cranbrook , on Thursday and Friday , the 23 nd and 23 rd April .
THE DUCHESS OF YORK , attended by the Lady Maty Lygon , paid a visit on Wednesday afternoon to the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic , Albany Memorial , Queen-square . A REPORT of the last meeting of the Caterham Lodge , No . 209 . 5 , a ' which Bru . the Earl of Onslow , Prov . Grand Master , Surrey , paid a visit , has been received , and will appear in our next issue .
BRO . HORACE BROOKS MARSHALL , J . P ., D . L ., will preside at thc festival dinner of the Orphan Working School , at the Hotel Metropole , on Tuesday , the 30 th inst . The School maintains 500 fatherless children . BRO . THE DUKE OF FIFE has very kindly consented to preside at the first Festival dinner which will be held at the Hotel Metropole , on Thursday , the Sth April , in aid of the funds of the Alexandra Hospital ,
THE BANK OF ENGLAND have arranged for a remarkable illumination in celebration of the Queen ' s Diamond Jubilee this year . The design has been prepared and will be executed by J . Defries and Sons , of Houndsditch , who were responsible for the illuminations of this building on the two previous occasions . . THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND and Countess Cadogan , attended by Mr , Victor Corkran , Private Secretary , left Dublin on Thursday night for London . The Dublin season having terminated , their Excellencies will remain at Chelsea House for a fortnight , and then return to the Viceregal Lodge .
BRO . SIR M . WHITE RIDLEY , Bart ., M . P ., gave a dinnerparty at his residence in Carlton House-terrace , on VVednesday , at which there were present , am jng others , Bros , the Eail of Lathom and Lord Ampthill , Sir E . Poynter , P . R . A . ; and Bros . Sir Mark Stewart , M . P . j John Reid , M P . j and J . VV . Maclure , M . P . AT THE , ANNUAL meeting of the North London Nursing Association , which has for the last 17 years undertaken the free nursing of the sick poor of Islington , Holloway , and the neighbourhood , it was resolved in honour of Ihe Queen's Diamond Jubilee to raise a special fund by inviting subscriptions for fixed terms of years .
BRO . ROBERT MARSH , Carfield , Great Dunmow , Essex , has just died . He was an extensive seed merchant , but was best known as one of the leading prom titers of the Dunmow Flitch contest , having been for many years one of the counsel for the claimants . He was likewise a Shakesperian reciter and a Past Master of the Rosslyn Lodge .
THE WILL of Bro . Rudolph Gustavus Glover , ot the War Office , P-dl-null , who died on February iGth , at 59 , St . James-street , was proved on March Sth , by Lieut . Alfred Charles Glover , the nephew , Bro . Joseph Charles Parkinson , of 17 , Great George-street , and B .-o . Frank Richardson , of 2 S , Golden-square , the executes , the value of the personal estate being £ 1 , 905 3 s . ud .
IN OUR report last week of the consecration of the Alleyn Lodge , No . 26 47 , ths names of two of the founders who weic appointed to office , but were unavoidably aDsent from the meeting—Bro . VV . H . Stone , No . 12 S 7 , now S . D ., and Bro . Baron W . E von Ruffenstein , No . 2319 , now I . G . —were omitted . VVe are not responsible for the omission , but at th ; same time , we regret it should have occurred .
THE AGENT-GENERAL for Victoria has received a telegraphic despatch from the Government of the colony stating that the trustees of the National Cillery at Melbourne propose to hold a loan exhibition next June to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee . The trustees are anxious to secure paintings of the Oueen , pictures illustrating the history of her Majesty's reign , and also those representing the progress of art during that period .
AN EXHIBITION OF WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS , by Mr . Tom Simpson , will be held at The Gallery , 175 , New Bond-stree , during April , the distinctive features of which will be the directness of their execution and the conciseness of treatment ex ' i . bited in the work , and on this account described by the artist as a show of " Short-hand " Water-colour Sketches , including su ijects in and around G eater London , Essex , and parts of the Sussex coast j in all about 100 examples .
AMONG THE guests present at the dinner party given by Sir M . Hicks-Beach , M . P . ( Chancellor of the Exchequer ) , and Lady Lucy Hicks-Beach , at the ollicial residence in Downing-street , on Wednesday , were the Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos , and Bro . Lord Egerton of Tatton , the I ' .. rl and Countess of Seiborne , Bro . Viscount and Viscountess Ebrington , Bro . Sir Frederick Milner , Bart ., and Bro . Mount , M . P . Lady Lucy Hicks-Beach afterwards held a reception , which was very numerously attended .
THE QUEEN , accompanied by Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein , and attended by the Countess ol Antrim , drove from Cimiez to St . Jean on Thursday afternoon in bright and warm weather . A very large crowd waited to see her Majesty pass , more thai a hundred carriages being stationed in the neighbourhood of the hotel . In the morning Princess Henry of Battenberg and Princess Louis of Battenberg visited Princess Louise ( Marchioness of Lome ) at Cannes , it being her Royal Highness ' s birthday .
Bro . GENERAL LORD METHUEN was enierlained at the Soldiers' Home , Buckingham Palace-road , on Thursday . A large number of friends of the Institution , which is connected with the Methodist Church , were present to meet the Commander of the Home Military District . At a meeting which was afterwards held Sir George Hayter Chubb said although the Institution was £ 207 to the bad on the year ' s working they
were full of confidence and hope for the luture , because of the fund which the Wesleyans were raising in aid of establishmt nts of this kind . Bro . Lord Methuen , in a brief speech , expressed a belief that if civilians were only made acquainted with the excellent services which these homes rendered to soldiers and sailors they would contritute much more readily lo their support . The army now got a better class of men than formerl y , and he thought they were deserving of all that could be done for them .
THE DUKE OF YORK , attended by the Hon . Derek Keppel , visited Chelsea House on VVednesday ( St . Patrick's Day ) for the purpose 01 opening a two days' sale and exhibition of work by the liish Industiies Association . His Royal Highness was received by the Marchioness of Londonderry , Bro . Lord and Lady Arthur Hill , and Bro . Viscount and Viscountess Duncannon , and among those present were Princess Edward of
Saxe-Weimar , the Duchess of Abercorn , the Lady Mayoress , the Countess of Bective , Lady Castletown , and others , who afterwards occupied the various stalls . Bro . Lord A . Hill , as Chairman of the London Committee , welcomed his Royal Highness , who afterwards declared the sale open , and was honoured with a vote ot thanks for his kindness in attending . Chelsea House was lent for the purpose by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ( Earl Cadogan ) and the Countess Cadogan .
COMBINATIONS or amalgamations are all the rage just now , and therefore it is not altogether a surprise to find that the old-established Kidler ' s Hotel in Holborn has made its appearance as a company , taking under its wing , so to speak , the Lowestoft Grand Hotel and the Lowestoft Royal Hotel . The share capital of the combined concerns is £ 120 , 000 , consisting of 50 , 000 5 ! per cent , cumulative preference shares of £ 1 each , and 70 , 000 ordinary shares of £ 1 each , 40 , 000 of which are taken by the vendor as part payment of the purchase money . 1 here are also £ , So , ooo of 4 ! , per cent , debentures to be issued at £ 102 , secured on very satisfactory assets , these include
freehold and leasehold property in Holborn , the freehold of the Grand Hotel , Lowestoft , and a 21 years' lease of the Koyal Ilotel in the same town . Mr . John Whaley , who is the proprietor of the three hotels , is the vendor , and he has secured thc right to purchase freehold property adjoining Rider's Hotel , and it is proposed to pull down the old house—another ancient land-m irk gone—and erect upon the extended area a new hotel suited to the requirements of the age . Kidler ' s always gave us comfort ; the new Kidler's will , no douot , give us luxury , and the happy shareholders wdl revel in gcod dividends and bc able to enjoy their London holiday at Kidler's , or of Londoners at the Lowestoft hotels , where they can get a sea breeze uniivallcd on the English coast .