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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Masons of Middlesex and Surrey svill be held on Monday , the 29 th inst ., at Mark Masons' Hall . AVe understand that the amount of money that will be at the disposal of the Board of the Annuity Branch of the
fund of Scottish Masonic Benevolence at their meeting in July for . granting annuities will be about ^ 220 . At a meeting of the William Hickman Lodge of Mark Masons , No . 320 , held on Friday , the 12 th instant , at the Masonic Hall , Sandown , Isle of Wight , Bro . F . P . Ansle was unanimously elected Master for the ensuing year .
Bro . the Hon . Sir Henry Keppel , G . C . B ., Admiral of the Fleet , vvho served in the China Wars of 1 S 41-2 and 1857 , in the Baltic in 1834 , and vvith the Naval Brigade before Sebastopol in 1855 , vvas 82 years of age on Saturday last . The Princess Mary , Duchess of Teck , has signified her intention of being present at the dramatic entertainment , vvhich will be given at 25 , Pont-street , on Saturday next , the 27 th instant , in aid of the funds of St . Elizabeth ' s Hospital . v -
Prince Christian Victor , eldest son of Prince and Princess Christian , vvho has been serving with his regiment in India , has returned to Windsor for the purpose of being present at the marriage next month of his sister , the Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein , svith Prince Aribert of Anhalt .
The Hyde Park Lodge of Instruction and the Hornsey Chapter of Improvement svill for the future meet at the Prince of Wales Hotel , corner of Eastbourne-terrace and Bishop ' s-road , Paddington . The former on Monday evening ' s and the latter on Friday evening's at S p . m .
Bro . Lord Mayor Savory has received from the Rev . Prebendary Forrest , D . D ., Vicar of _ St . Ju'de ' s , South Kensington , the sum of £ 1300 , being the amount of the offertory in that church for the Hospital Sunday Fund . This is the largest collection made for the fund since its establishment in 1873 .
A marriage has been arranged , and will . take place in August , between Mr . George Anson Byron , eldest son of the Hon . and Rev , W . Byron , of Trovvell , Notts , and Maie Georgiana , daughter of Bro . Col . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., of Foremark , Derbyshire , and Ramsbury Manor , Wiltshire .
Grand Day of Trinity Term vvas celebrated at Gray ' s Inn on Saturday last , svhen the Treasurer and Benchers entertained a distinguished company , svhich included the United States Minister , Bro . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) , the President of the Royal Society , Bro . Sir H . Trueman Wood , Mr . Forsvood , M . P ., and others .
The Secretary of State for India—Viscount Cross , G . C . B . —presided at the annual dinner in aid of the Nesvspaper Press Fund , vvhich vvas held at the Hotel Metropole on Saturday evening last . The donations , svhich included £ 50 from the Queen , amounted to about £ 1200 . Among the principal guests svere Bros . Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Sir W . T . Marriott , O . C , M . P ., and Hyde Clarke , svho is Honorary Treasurer of the Fund .
We learn that Bro . Sheriff Augustus Harris , svho had been asked by a deputation to become a candidate for the vacant Aldermanic gosvn in the City , has declined to accept the honour on the ground that many business engagements svill take him asvay on the Continent and to America during next year , and he did not feel justified , therefore , in accepting the invitation of the deputation .
According to the recently-issued annual report on the efficiency in musketry of the 213 Volunteer Rifle Corps , there has been a falling off in the past year in the first and second class shots . The number of men trained vvas 125 , 470 , of whom 12 , 446 are classed as marksmen , 22 , 965 as first class shots , 86 , 957 , as second class , and 310 S as third class . The best shooting regiment is the 5 th Battalion Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders .
The installation meeting of the Marmion Lodge , Tarnworth , took place on the ioth inst ., vvhen Bro . G . Hoskison was installed W . M . The following svere appointed officers for the year , viz .: Bros . T . M . Hamer , I . P . M . ; ] . Stone , S . W . •E . S . Sumner , J . W . ; W . Tempest , P . M .,
Treas . ; H . ) . Clarson , P . M ., P . P . J . G . D ., Sec ; Rev . W . MacGregor , Chap . ; J . H . Desves , S . D . ; E . Coleman , J . D . ; J . H . Rowe , Org . ; C . Jones , P . M ., D . C . ; AV . B . Fosvler , I . G . ; G . Bosven and C . Briggs ,. Stsvds . ; and F . Hughes , Tyler . The annual banquet vvas afterwards held at the Castle Hotel .
Bro . Deputy Halse , late Chairman of the City Lands Committee , vvas presented on AA'ednesday , the ioth inst ., with a handsome piece of statuary representing Rebecca at the well . The ^ presentation took place at a dinner given at the Guildhall Tavera by . Mr . G , N . Johnson , the present Chairman of the Committee . In making the presentation the
Chairman said it svas their pleasure to meet to express their gratitude to their late Chairman , and speaking of the svay in vvhich the subscription list had been responded to , that although the members of the Committee could if they like withhold their subscription , not one of the members had done so .
A special service svas celebrated in Westminster Abbey on Friday , the 12 th inst ., in memory of the late Bro . Sir John A . Macdonald , at svhich the Queen vvas represented by the Earl of Waldegrave , the Prince of Wales by Major General Ellis , the Duke of Edinburgh by Col . the Hon . W . J . Colville , the Princess Louise , Marchioness of Lomewho vvould have been present but for indisposition—by Lady Sophia Macnamara and Colonel Collins , and the Marquis
of Salisbury by the Hon . Schomberg M'Donnell . There were also present the Earl and Countess of Aberdeen , the Speaker of the House of Commons , the Baroness Burdett Coutts , the First Lord of the Treasury , the Secretary of State for the Colonies , Bro . the Earl of Kimberley , formerly Colonial Secretary , the Marquis of Lome , Ex-Governor General of Canada , Bro . Baron Dimsdale , M . P ., the Agents-General for the Coloniees , and a number of other colonial officials .
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It is expected that the Duke of Cambridge will visit Shorncliffe Camp on Tuesday next , svhen his Royal Highness will inspect the division , and afterwards present new colours to the Queen ' s Osvn Royal West Kent Regiment . The Duchess of Albany left Sheen on the nth instant en route to Holland , in order to pay a visit to her sister , the Queen Regent of the Netherlands . Her Royal Highness vvas accompanied by her children , and will return next week .
The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire took place at Barton-on-Humber on Friday , the 12 th inst ., and vvas one of the most successful ever held . We hope to give a full report of the proceedings in our next . A very successful Chamber Concert vvas given at St . James's Hall on Monday afternoon by the students of the " Royal Academy of Music , under the direction of Dr . Mackenzie . An admirable programme had been arranged , and the various items svere performed svith great success .
The proprietors of The Weekly Gallery of Celebrities announce that the title svill be changed to The Gallery of Celebrities , and that the publication will be improved and enlarged , and in future issued as a sixpenny monthly . No . 1 of the new series will be issued early in July .
Bro . Lord Mayor Savory presided at a festival dinner held at the Holborn Restaurant on Monday in aid of the Miller Hospital and Royal Kent Dispensary , the amount of the subscriptions announced being £ 903 . Sheriff Farmer and Bros . Sheriff A . Harris and T . AV . Boord , M . P ., svere among the principal guests .
Monday being the third anniversary of the death of the late Emperor Frederick of Germany , memorial services svere held in the room in the New Palace where he died and in the mausoleum svhere his remains lie , as svell as at the Anglo-American Church of St . George , Berlin . The Emperor and Empress svere present at the first , and afterwards visited the mausoleum and deposited svreaths on the coffin .
Bro . Sir Frederick Abel , svho is President of the British Association and of the Iron and Steel Institute , received and entertained a numerous and distinguished company of ladies and gentlemen at the Hotel Metropole , on the evening of the nth instant . The music , svhich vvas of a very high order , vvas provided by the Lyric Union and members of the Savage Club .
The Duke of Connaught , as Colonel of the Scots Guards , svas present at the annual dinner at the Hotel Metropole on Monday evening of the 3 rd Guards Club . Bro . the Earl of Albemarle occupied the chair , and among former officers of the regiment present svere Bros , the Duke of Athole , Lord Wantage , V . C ., Sir John Astley , and Sir Airchibald Campbell .
The Duke of Westminster presided at a meeting held at Grosvenor House on Monday afternoon in aid of the Charity knosvn as the Seaside Camp for Working Boys . Last year 1037 svorking lads svere sent to the coast for a fesv days ' excursion , and this year it is proposed to send 2000 , the number being dependent , hosvever , on the amount of funds svhich may be forthcoming .
Bro . Lord Mayor Savory , accompanied by the Lady Mayoress , and Sheriff Farmer and Bro . Sheriff Augustus Harris , visited the infant schoolroom , St . Bartholemesv , Bethnal Green , on Monday afternoon , and distributed the prizes to the successful children . The ceremony svas follosved by an organ recital by Dr . Bridge in the church , and the day ' s proceedings terminated with tea in the Mission House , Brady-street .
A living chess tournament has been arranged to take place in London during the first sveek of July in aid of thc Women ' s Help Society . The Committee of Management includes , among others , the Marchioness of Abergavenny , the Countess of Gallosvay , Lady Ampthill , and Mrs . Papillon , Hon . Secretary ; svhile among the patronesses are the Duchesses of Rutland , Argyll , Cleveland , and Wellington , the Marchioness of Salisbury , the Countess of Lathom , and Victoria , Countess of Yarborough . .
The Prince and Princess of Wales concluded Ascot Week svith the customary svater picnic at A'irginia Water . Their Royal Highnesses , accompanied by the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , and the Princesses Victoria and Maud reached the fishing cottage about 6 p . m ., and shortly
aftersvards spent a couple of hours on the lake , after svhich they dined at the cottage . On Sunday the Royal party attended the military service at Holy Trinity Church , Windsor , and on Monday they returned from St . Leonard ' s Hill to Marlborough House .
The City Press recently stated " For a number of years past a trio consisting of Mr . George Terry , Mr . Fred J ' erry , and Mr . Henry Wright have been diligent in boating on the Upper Thames . Last year the elder Mr . Terry ( brother of Miss Ellen Terry ) took to himself a svife and
reduced the party . His brother , Mr . Fred Terry , has now become betrothed to Miss Julia Neilson , svho plays the title role in "The Dancing Girl . " By these changes ' the happy triumvirate has become a melancholy " unit . " The " unit " is known in the Masonic svorld as a P . M . of the Alliance Lodge .
Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary Adelaide , Duchess of Teck , and the Duke of Teck celebrated their silver sveddingat Kesv Parish Church on Friday , the 12 th inst ., subsequently receiving at Cambridge House an appropriate souvenir of the event from the inhabitants of Richmond , Kingston , and neighbourhood . The Duchess svas presented vvith an album containing the names of 1400
subscribers to the gift , a grand piano , and a piece of jewellery , and the Duke a horse and trappings . The Duchess returned thanks for the present , and then , in company svith the Duke and their family , left for the White House , Richmond Park , svhere a garden party svas held . In the evening there svas an illuminated fete on the Thames at Richmond and a display of firesvorks . The event svas celebrated b y a further garden party on Tuesday .
HOLLOSVAY ' S PILLS . —Health or Wealth —No sane person would hesitate an instant in the choice between these tsvo conditions . Nosv is the season to secure the former either by restoring or confirming it . These Pills expel all impurities from tlie system which fogs , foul vapours , and variable temperatures engender during svinter ; this medicine also acts most wholesomely upon
the skin by disgorging the liver and its accumulated bile , and by exciting the kidneys to mote energetic action ; it increases the appetite for food and strengthens the digestive pr- 'cess . The stomach and liver , from whicii most disorders originate , are fully under the control of these regeneratis * e Pills , vvhich act very kindly yet more efficiently on the tenderest bosvels ,
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The hot weather of the last fesv days has bee beneficial to the Kentish fruit crops , particularly ^ tn ° ' strasvberries , vvhich promise to be one of the best o- "" * ever known . Picking will commence next week . *™ " > s After the Oxford commemoration proceedings on W nesday a Masonic fete vvas held in the gardens of Wa Ik " College , and the day ' s festivities terminated vvith a ball 1 Brasenose to celebrate the fact of the college bein-j « 1 a ' of the river" four years in succession . ea (!
Bro . Lord Ashbourne , Lord Chancellor of Ireland sided at a banquet held in Middle Temple Hall on Werl * " *" day to commemorate the tercentenary of the foxnclati S " Trinity College , Dublin , by Queen Elizabeth . The me ° i * ° ^ svas a great success . etm £
The Duchess of Connaught opened a bazaar in a vicarage grounds adjoining the nesv parish church * Portsmouth on Wednesday in aid of a fund for a memo ' 1 to the Rev . T . H . Harvey , formerly connected svith Ih district and aftersvards a missionary in China .
Divers in the harbour of Syracuse have discovered magnificent marble building , svhose highest" point is oni three metres under the water . The building contains o-reai stairsvays and columned halls . It is believed that the edifi svas once used as a bath or a temple . ce
Mr . William Hoare is to preside at the 8 5 th anniversarv festival of the Licensed Victuallers' School , svhich take place at the Crystal Palace on Tuesday , the 30 th instant The school svholly maintains , clothes , and educates 250000 and helpless children , at an annual cost exceeding X ' 7-00 *
Quite a novelty in dinner-table decoration is becoming fashionable . A large pool of water occupies the centre of the table , delicately arranged svith grasses , tiny reeds forget-me-nots and water-lilies round about and in it ' Gold fish swim in and out , and little stuffed ducks float about upon the surface .
At the monthly meeting of the Rural Philanthropic Lodge No . 291 , at the Railsvay Hotel , Highbridge , on Friday , the 5 th inst ., _ Bro . J . Bain Sincock , the S . W . of the lodge was unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year , and his installation will take place next month . Bro . J . Burnett P . M ., svas re-elected Treasurer , and Bro . Woodman was re-elected Tyler .
The annual dinner at Lambeth Palace to Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress and the Stesvards at the Festival of the Sons of the Clergy took place on Wednesday evening . The Archbishop of Canterbury had not sufficiently recovered from his recent attack of influenza to be present , but the Bishop of London assisted Mrs . Benson in receiving- the guests .
The marriage of the Princess Louise , daughter of Prince and Princess Christian of Schlessvig-Holstein , svith Prince Aribert of Anhalt , will take , place in St . George's Chapel , Windsor , on Monday , the 6 th prox . The Duke and Duchess of Anhalt and their son , Prince Aribert , are expected to arrive in England on the 2 nd prox ., and svill be the guests of Prince and Princess Christian at Cumberland Lodge , Windsor .
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury gave a dinner party on Wednesday , at svhich there vvere present , among others , the Spanish Ambassador , the American Minister , and Mrs . and Miss Lincoln , Bro . the Earl and Countess of Zetland , the Earl of Selborne and Lady Sophia Palmer , Bro . Lord and Lady Arthur Hill , Account and Viscountess Cranbome , and Bro . Sir lames Fer-jusson , Bart ., M . P .
The Prince of Wales svas present at the meeting of the Royal Institution on Wednesday , svhen the Faraday Commemoration Lecture Was delivered by Lord Rayleigh , to whom a vote of thanks vvas aftersvards passed by
acclamation on the motion of Sir W . Thompson . Among other distinguished personages present svere Bros , air F . Leighton and Sir F . Abel , Bro . Lord Mayor Savory and the Lady Mayoress , Sir A . and Lidy Geilde , Professor AV . H . Flower , arid Sir G . G . Stokes . M . P .
On Saturday afternoon , at the village of Waddmgton , near Clitheroe , the foundation of 30 nesv almshouses , together svith nurse ' s house , business house , and chapel , to be erected at an estimated cost of £ 7000 , took place with Masonic honours . Freemasons from all parts of AVest
Yorkshire and East Lancashire were present , including Bro . Henry Smith , P . M . 387 , P . G . D . England , Deputy Grand Master of West Yorkshire . The stone svas laid by Mrs . Parkes , and aftersvards Captain Parkes entertained the company to luncheon at the Losver Buck Inn .
One of the four surviving officers of the battle of Waterloo is Lieut .-Col . Wm . Hewett . He was 20 years of age at the time , and served as junior Captain of ' ! , . Battalion 14 th Regiment , fhe other survivors ot those svho fought svith Wellington at Waterloo vvho have been spared to see the 76 th anniversary of the great h * - \ General George Whichcote , vvho vvas born in 1794- ancl w 1 fought in the Peninsula as well as at Waterloo , am Ensigns Ferdinand Scharnhorst and Edsvard Tnttan , hot of the German Legion .
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire and the s ' of Wight svill , by command of the Prov . Grand Masre-, Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., be held at the Hotel ft oiu Dore , Bournemouth , on Tuesday , the 14 th prox-- a , " jje p . m ., and be close tyled at 2 p . m . A banquet will 1 . ^ place at the close of the nrnneedinsrs . and at S 0 clue * ., „
the evening a conversazione will be held at the hote , svhich occasion the svhole suite of rooms on the grounu ( including svinter gardens and terraces ) svill be throsvn y ^ vvhen ladies and gentlemen introduced by brethren w cordially welcomed . Dispensation will , sve believe , Be „ to svear Masonic clothing . Bro . W . Woodhouse 'w borough , P . M ., Wimborne-road , Bournemouth , is tn retary to the Reception Committee .
Kops ale is the latest non-intoxicating substitute '" mit | . and sve believe the problem of providing a really * ^^ able rival to the national drink has been to a t ? . dissolved . It possesses nearly all the characteristics •_ ^ tinguish the universally consumed pale ale , ejtceP' . ^ t | ie the one which abstainers condemn . Whether tn - ^ one virtue necessary with the public remains to D H . thollt but sve honestly believe that if a trial of it is 1 Tia Apart prejudice the result will be altogether satisfac ^ * the from the economical and moral aspects of the q jnven tor experiment should have a tair trial , and we vvisn in every success .
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Masons of Middlesex and Surrey svill be held on Monday , the 29 th inst ., at Mark Masons' Hall . AVe understand that the amount of money that will be at the disposal of the Board of the Annuity Branch of the
fund of Scottish Masonic Benevolence at their meeting in July for . granting annuities will be about ^ 220 . At a meeting of the William Hickman Lodge of Mark Masons , No . 320 , held on Friday , the 12 th instant , at the Masonic Hall , Sandown , Isle of Wight , Bro . F . P . Ansle was unanimously elected Master for the ensuing year .
Bro . the Hon . Sir Henry Keppel , G . C . B ., Admiral of the Fleet , vvho served in the China Wars of 1 S 41-2 and 1857 , in the Baltic in 1834 , and vvith the Naval Brigade before Sebastopol in 1855 , vvas 82 years of age on Saturday last . The Princess Mary , Duchess of Teck , has signified her intention of being present at the dramatic entertainment , vvhich will be given at 25 , Pont-street , on Saturday next , the 27 th instant , in aid of the funds of St . Elizabeth ' s Hospital . v -
Prince Christian Victor , eldest son of Prince and Princess Christian , vvho has been serving with his regiment in India , has returned to Windsor for the purpose of being present at the marriage next month of his sister , the Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein , svith Prince Aribert of Anhalt .
The Hyde Park Lodge of Instruction and the Hornsey Chapter of Improvement svill for the future meet at the Prince of Wales Hotel , corner of Eastbourne-terrace and Bishop ' s-road , Paddington . The former on Monday evening ' s and the latter on Friday evening's at S p . m .
Bro . Lord Mayor Savory has received from the Rev . Prebendary Forrest , D . D ., Vicar of _ St . Ju'de ' s , South Kensington , the sum of £ 1300 , being the amount of the offertory in that church for the Hospital Sunday Fund . This is the largest collection made for the fund since its establishment in 1873 .
A marriage has been arranged , and will . take place in August , between Mr . George Anson Byron , eldest son of the Hon . and Rev , W . Byron , of Trovvell , Notts , and Maie Georgiana , daughter of Bro . Col . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., of Foremark , Derbyshire , and Ramsbury Manor , Wiltshire .
Grand Day of Trinity Term vvas celebrated at Gray ' s Inn on Saturday last , svhen the Treasurer and Benchers entertained a distinguished company , svhich included the United States Minister , Bro . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) , the President of the Royal Society , Bro . Sir H . Trueman Wood , Mr . Forsvood , M . P ., and others .
The Secretary of State for India—Viscount Cross , G . C . B . —presided at the annual dinner in aid of the Nesvspaper Press Fund , vvhich vvas held at the Hotel Metropole on Saturday evening last . The donations , svhich included £ 50 from the Queen , amounted to about £ 1200 . Among the principal guests svere Bros . Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Sir W . T . Marriott , O . C , M . P ., and Hyde Clarke , svho is Honorary Treasurer of the Fund .
We learn that Bro . Sheriff Augustus Harris , svho had been asked by a deputation to become a candidate for the vacant Aldermanic gosvn in the City , has declined to accept the honour on the ground that many business engagements svill take him asvay on the Continent and to America during next year , and he did not feel justified , therefore , in accepting the invitation of the deputation .
According to the recently-issued annual report on the efficiency in musketry of the 213 Volunteer Rifle Corps , there has been a falling off in the past year in the first and second class shots . The number of men trained vvas 125 , 470 , of whom 12 , 446 are classed as marksmen , 22 , 965 as first class shots , 86 , 957 , as second class , and 310 S as third class . The best shooting regiment is the 5 th Battalion Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders .
The installation meeting of the Marmion Lodge , Tarnworth , took place on the ioth inst ., vvhen Bro . G . Hoskison was installed W . M . The following svere appointed officers for the year , viz .: Bros . T . M . Hamer , I . P . M . ; ] . Stone , S . W . •E . S . Sumner , J . W . ; W . Tempest , P . M .,
Treas . ; H . ) . Clarson , P . M ., P . P . J . G . D ., Sec ; Rev . W . MacGregor , Chap . ; J . H . Desves , S . D . ; E . Coleman , J . D . ; J . H . Rowe , Org . ; C . Jones , P . M ., D . C . ; AV . B . Fosvler , I . G . ; G . Bosven and C . Briggs ,. Stsvds . ; and F . Hughes , Tyler . The annual banquet vvas afterwards held at the Castle Hotel .
Bro . Deputy Halse , late Chairman of the City Lands Committee , vvas presented on AA'ednesday , the ioth inst ., with a handsome piece of statuary representing Rebecca at the well . The ^ presentation took place at a dinner given at the Guildhall Tavera by . Mr . G , N . Johnson , the present Chairman of the Committee . In making the presentation the
Chairman said it svas their pleasure to meet to express their gratitude to their late Chairman , and speaking of the svay in vvhich the subscription list had been responded to , that although the members of the Committee could if they like withhold their subscription , not one of the members had done so .
A special service svas celebrated in Westminster Abbey on Friday , the 12 th inst ., in memory of the late Bro . Sir John A . Macdonald , at svhich the Queen vvas represented by the Earl of Waldegrave , the Prince of Wales by Major General Ellis , the Duke of Edinburgh by Col . the Hon . W . J . Colville , the Princess Louise , Marchioness of Lomewho vvould have been present but for indisposition—by Lady Sophia Macnamara and Colonel Collins , and the Marquis
of Salisbury by the Hon . Schomberg M'Donnell . There were also present the Earl and Countess of Aberdeen , the Speaker of the House of Commons , the Baroness Burdett Coutts , the First Lord of the Treasury , the Secretary of State for the Colonies , Bro . the Earl of Kimberley , formerly Colonial Secretary , the Marquis of Lome , Ex-Governor General of Canada , Bro . Baron Dimsdale , M . P ., the Agents-General for the Coloniees , and a number of other colonial officials .
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It is expected that the Duke of Cambridge will visit Shorncliffe Camp on Tuesday next , svhen his Royal Highness will inspect the division , and afterwards present new colours to the Queen ' s Osvn Royal West Kent Regiment . The Duchess of Albany left Sheen on the nth instant en route to Holland , in order to pay a visit to her sister , the Queen Regent of the Netherlands . Her Royal Highness vvas accompanied by her children , and will return next week .
The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire took place at Barton-on-Humber on Friday , the 12 th inst ., and vvas one of the most successful ever held . We hope to give a full report of the proceedings in our next . A very successful Chamber Concert vvas given at St . James's Hall on Monday afternoon by the students of the " Royal Academy of Music , under the direction of Dr . Mackenzie . An admirable programme had been arranged , and the various items svere performed svith great success .
The proprietors of The Weekly Gallery of Celebrities announce that the title svill be changed to The Gallery of Celebrities , and that the publication will be improved and enlarged , and in future issued as a sixpenny monthly . No . 1 of the new series will be issued early in July .
Bro . Lord Mayor Savory presided at a festival dinner held at the Holborn Restaurant on Monday in aid of the Miller Hospital and Royal Kent Dispensary , the amount of the subscriptions announced being £ 903 . Sheriff Farmer and Bros . Sheriff A . Harris and T . AV . Boord , M . P ., svere among the principal guests .
Monday being the third anniversary of the death of the late Emperor Frederick of Germany , memorial services svere held in the room in the New Palace where he died and in the mausoleum svhere his remains lie , as svell as at the Anglo-American Church of St . George , Berlin . The Emperor and Empress svere present at the first , and afterwards visited the mausoleum and deposited svreaths on the coffin .
Bro . Sir Frederick Abel , svho is President of the British Association and of the Iron and Steel Institute , received and entertained a numerous and distinguished company of ladies and gentlemen at the Hotel Metropole , on the evening of the nth instant . The music , svhich vvas of a very high order , vvas provided by the Lyric Union and members of the Savage Club .
The Duke of Connaught , as Colonel of the Scots Guards , svas present at the annual dinner at the Hotel Metropole on Monday evening of the 3 rd Guards Club . Bro . the Earl of Albemarle occupied the chair , and among former officers of the regiment present svere Bros , the Duke of Athole , Lord Wantage , V . C ., Sir John Astley , and Sir Airchibald Campbell .
The Duke of Westminster presided at a meeting held at Grosvenor House on Monday afternoon in aid of the Charity knosvn as the Seaside Camp for Working Boys . Last year 1037 svorking lads svere sent to the coast for a fesv days ' excursion , and this year it is proposed to send 2000 , the number being dependent , hosvever , on the amount of funds svhich may be forthcoming .
Bro . Lord Mayor Savory , accompanied by the Lady Mayoress , and Sheriff Farmer and Bro . Sheriff Augustus Harris , visited the infant schoolroom , St . Bartholemesv , Bethnal Green , on Monday afternoon , and distributed the prizes to the successful children . The ceremony svas follosved by an organ recital by Dr . Bridge in the church , and the day ' s proceedings terminated with tea in the Mission House , Brady-street .
A living chess tournament has been arranged to take place in London during the first sveek of July in aid of thc Women ' s Help Society . The Committee of Management includes , among others , the Marchioness of Abergavenny , the Countess of Gallosvay , Lady Ampthill , and Mrs . Papillon , Hon . Secretary ; svhile among the patronesses are the Duchesses of Rutland , Argyll , Cleveland , and Wellington , the Marchioness of Salisbury , the Countess of Lathom , and Victoria , Countess of Yarborough . .
The Prince and Princess of Wales concluded Ascot Week svith the customary svater picnic at A'irginia Water . Their Royal Highnesses , accompanied by the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , and the Princesses Victoria and Maud reached the fishing cottage about 6 p . m ., and shortly
aftersvards spent a couple of hours on the lake , after svhich they dined at the cottage . On Sunday the Royal party attended the military service at Holy Trinity Church , Windsor , and on Monday they returned from St . Leonard ' s Hill to Marlborough House .
The City Press recently stated " For a number of years past a trio consisting of Mr . George Terry , Mr . Fred J ' erry , and Mr . Henry Wright have been diligent in boating on the Upper Thames . Last year the elder Mr . Terry ( brother of Miss Ellen Terry ) took to himself a svife and
reduced the party . His brother , Mr . Fred Terry , has now become betrothed to Miss Julia Neilson , svho plays the title role in "The Dancing Girl . " By these changes ' the happy triumvirate has become a melancholy " unit . " The " unit " is known in the Masonic svorld as a P . M . of the Alliance Lodge .
Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary Adelaide , Duchess of Teck , and the Duke of Teck celebrated their silver sveddingat Kesv Parish Church on Friday , the 12 th inst ., subsequently receiving at Cambridge House an appropriate souvenir of the event from the inhabitants of Richmond , Kingston , and neighbourhood . The Duchess svas presented vvith an album containing the names of 1400
subscribers to the gift , a grand piano , and a piece of jewellery , and the Duke a horse and trappings . The Duchess returned thanks for the present , and then , in company svith the Duke and their family , left for the White House , Richmond Park , svhere a garden party svas held . In the evening there svas an illuminated fete on the Thames at Richmond and a display of firesvorks . The event svas celebrated b y a further garden party on Tuesday .
HOLLOSVAY ' S PILLS . —Health or Wealth —No sane person would hesitate an instant in the choice between these tsvo conditions . Nosv is the season to secure the former either by restoring or confirming it . These Pills expel all impurities from tlie system which fogs , foul vapours , and variable temperatures engender during svinter ; this medicine also acts most wholesomely upon
the skin by disgorging the liver and its accumulated bile , and by exciting the kidneys to mote energetic action ; it increases the appetite for food and strengthens the digestive pr- 'cess . The stomach and liver , from whicii most disorders originate , are fully under the control of these regeneratis * e Pills , vvhich act very kindly yet more efficiently on the tenderest bosvels ,
Masonic And General Tidings
The hot weather of the last fesv days has bee beneficial to the Kentish fruit crops , particularly ^ tn ° ' strasvberries , vvhich promise to be one of the best o- "" * ever known . Picking will commence next week . *™ " > s After the Oxford commemoration proceedings on W nesday a Masonic fete vvas held in the gardens of Wa Ik " College , and the day ' s festivities terminated vvith a ball 1 Brasenose to celebrate the fact of the college bein-j « 1 a ' of the river" four years in succession . ea (!
Bro . Lord Ashbourne , Lord Chancellor of Ireland sided at a banquet held in Middle Temple Hall on Werl * " *" day to commemorate the tercentenary of the foxnclati S " Trinity College , Dublin , by Queen Elizabeth . The me ° i * ° ^ svas a great success . etm £
The Duchess of Connaught opened a bazaar in a vicarage grounds adjoining the nesv parish church * Portsmouth on Wednesday in aid of a fund for a memo ' 1 to the Rev . T . H . Harvey , formerly connected svith Ih district and aftersvards a missionary in China .
Divers in the harbour of Syracuse have discovered magnificent marble building , svhose highest" point is oni three metres under the water . The building contains o-reai stairsvays and columned halls . It is believed that the edifi svas once used as a bath or a temple . ce
Mr . William Hoare is to preside at the 8 5 th anniversarv festival of the Licensed Victuallers' School , svhich take place at the Crystal Palace on Tuesday , the 30 th instant The school svholly maintains , clothes , and educates 250000 and helpless children , at an annual cost exceeding X ' 7-00 *
Quite a novelty in dinner-table decoration is becoming fashionable . A large pool of water occupies the centre of the table , delicately arranged svith grasses , tiny reeds forget-me-nots and water-lilies round about and in it ' Gold fish swim in and out , and little stuffed ducks float about upon the surface .
At the monthly meeting of the Rural Philanthropic Lodge No . 291 , at the Railsvay Hotel , Highbridge , on Friday , the 5 th inst ., _ Bro . J . Bain Sincock , the S . W . of the lodge was unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year , and his installation will take place next month . Bro . J . Burnett P . M ., svas re-elected Treasurer , and Bro . Woodman was re-elected Tyler .
The annual dinner at Lambeth Palace to Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress and the Stesvards at the Festival of the Sons of the Clergy took place on Wednesday evening . The Archbishop of Canterbury had not sufficiently recovered from his recent attack of influenza to be present , but the Bishop of London assisted Mrs . Benson in receiving- the guests .
The marriage of the Princess Louise , daughter of Prince and Princess Christian of Schlessvig-Holstein , svith Prince Aribert of Anhalt , will take , place in St . George's Chapel , Windsor , on Monday , the 6 th prox . The Duke and Duchess of Anhalt and their son , Prince Aribert , are expected to arrive in England on the 2 nd prox ., and svill be the guests of Prince and Princess Christian at Cumberland Lodge , Windsor .
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury gave a dinner party on Wednesday , at svhich there vvere present , among others , the Spanish Ambassador , the American Minister , and Mrs . and Miss Lincoln , Bro . the Earl and Countess of Zetland , the Earl of Selborne and Lady Sophia Palmer , Bro . Lord and Lady Arthur Hill , Account and Viscountess Cranbome , and Bro . Sir lames Fer-jusson , Bart ., M . P .
The Prince of Wales svas present at the meeting of the Royal Institution on Wednesday , svhen the Faraday Commemoration Lecture Was delivered by Lord Rayleigh , to whom a vote of thanks vvas aftersvards passed by
acclamation on the motion of Sir W . Thompson . Among other distinguished personages present svere Bros , air F . Leighton and Sir F . Abel , Bro . Lord Mayor Savory and the Lady Mayoress , Sir A . and Lidy Geilde , Professor AV . H . Flower , arid Sir G . G . Stokes . M . P .
On Saturday afternoon , at the village of Waddmgton , near Clitheroe , the foundation of 30 nesv almshouses , together svith nurse ' s house , business house , and chapel , to be erected at an estimated cost of £ 7000 , took place with Masonic honours . Freemasons from all parts of AVest
Yorkshire and East Lancashire were present , including Bro . Henry Smith , P . M . 387 , P . G . D . England , Deputy Grand Master of West Yorkshire . The stone svas laid by Mrs . Parkes , and aftersvards Captain Parkes entertained the company to luncheon at the Losver Buck Inn .
One of the four surviving officers of the battle of Waterloo is Lieut .-Col . Wm . Hewett . He was 20 years of age at the time , and served as junior Captain of ' ! , . Battalion 14 th Regiment , fhe other survivors ot those svho fought svith Wellington at Waterloo vvho have been spared to see the 76 th anniversary of the great h * - \ General George Whichcote , vvho vvas born in 1794- ancl w 1 fought in the Peninsula as well as at Waterloo , am Ensigns Ferdinand Scharnhorst and Edsvard Tnttan , hot of the German Legion .
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire and the s ' of Wight svill , by command of the Prov . Grand Masre-, Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., be held at the Hotel ft oiu Dore , Bournemouth , on Tuesday , the 14 th prox-- a , " jje p . m ., and be close tyled at 2 p . m . A banquet will 1 . ^ place at the close of the nrnneedinsrs . and at S 0 clue * ., „
the evening a conversazione will be held at the hote , svhich occasion the svhole suite of rooms on the grounu ( including svinter gardens and terraces ) svill be throsvn y ^ vvhen ladies and gentlemen introduced by brethren w cordially welcomed . Dispensation will , sve believe , Be „ to svear Masonic clothing . Bro . W . Woodhouse 'w borough , P . M ., Wimborne-road , Bournemouth , is tn retary to the Reception Committee .
Kops ale is the latest non-intoxicating substitute '" mit | . and sve believe the problem of providing a really * ^^ able rival to the national drink has been to a t ? . dissolved . It possesses nearly all the characteristics •_ ^ tinguish the universally consumed pale ale , ejtceP' . ^ t | ie the one which abstainers condemn . Whether tn - ^ one virtue necessary with the public remains to D H . thollt but sve honestly believe that if a trial of it is 1 Tia Apart prejudice the result will be altogether satisfac ^ * the from the economical and moral aspects of the q jnven tor experiment should have a tair trial , and we vvisn in every success .