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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . Sir E . Clarke , Q . C , M . P ., H . M . ' s Solicitor-General , has appointed Mr . B . L . Moseley to be his private secretary . Bro . Lord Brassey has consented to preside at a meeting to be held in March for the purpose of celebrating the 12 th anniversary of the opening of the Bethnal Green Free Library .
Bro . Lord and Lady George Hamilton , after visiting the Prince and Princess of Wales atSandringham , returned to the official residence of the First Lord of the Admiralty on Monday . Bros . Earl Onslow and Baron H . de Worms , M . P ., have been visiting Paris in connection vvith the Sugar Bounties Question , the former having returned on Monday , while the latter prolonged his stay .
The funeral of the late Bro . Alderman Sir John Staples , K . C . M . G ., took place at Highgate Cemetery on Thursday , and was numerously attended by the family and friends of our deceased brother .
H . R . H . the Princess Mary Duchess of Teck will present the prizes to the 24 th Middlesex ( Post Office ) Volunteers at the Guildhall on Saturday , the 4 th February next , Bro . Lord Mayor de Keyser being in the chair . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., left Charing Cross on Thursday morning , by the 9 . 40 a . m . Continental express , for Paris , whence he will continue his journey to Italy for a brief lest before the reassembling of Parliament .
The Lord Mayor , Bro . Alderman De Keyser , will preside at the annual distribution of prizes to the Students of the City of London College , vvhich will take place on Monday , the 6 th February , when the prizes will be given away by Bro . Lord Halsbury , Lord High Chancellor .
At a meeting of the Court of Aldermen , held at the Guildhall on VVednesday , Bro . the Lord Mayor , who presided , referred in feeling terms to the loss the City and the Court had sustained through the death of Bro . Alderman Sir John Staples , K . C . M . G ., and on motion duly made and seconded , it was resolved to send a vote of sympathy on the part of the Court with Lady Staples and her family .
Prince Albert Victor of Wales has been visiting at Tranby Croft for the purpose of being present at the Holderness Hunt Ball ; and on Wednesday his Royal Highness visited Hull , where he lunched vvith the Sheriff and sundry distinguished guests , subsequently attending a meeting at the Artillery Barracks in connection vvith the local branch of the Discharged Soldiers' Aid Society .
Bro . J . B . Gumming , the Treasurer of the Anglo-American Lodge at London , has lately been on a visit to his birthplace , Philadelphia . All the courtesies possible were 'shown him during his flying visit ; a special invitation having been extended by Bro . Godfrey Keebler to participate in the ceremony of laying the corner-stone of the Goethe monument in Fairmount Park .
—Philadelphia Keystone . The Field Battery of the Honourable Artillery Company will give a Smoking Concert at their headquarters , Finsbury-square , E . G ., on Thursday , the 16 th February next , under the patronage of the Prince of Wales , who is Colonel and Captain - General of the Regiment . Bros . Meybrick and Lionel Brough are among
those who have promised to give their services on the occasion . Bro . Lieut .-Col . the Duke of Portland will preside on the occasion . The Executive Committee of the Relief Fund for the sufferers by the fire at the Grand Theatre , Islington , met , under the presidency of Bro . the Earl of Londesborough , on Friday , the 13 th instant , when it was resolved
that all artists at the recent theatre who were receiving over £ 3 per week should be paid half salaries the day following , and that all under £ 3 should receive full pay . It was also resolved to appropriate JC ' SO to purchase new instruments for the orchestra , to re-place those which had been destroyed by fire . Bros . Edward Terry , E . Ledger , Lionel Brough , and Under-Sheriff Thos . Beard were among the members present .
GRAND LODGE OF ALL SCOTTISH FREEMASONRY IN INDIA . —The Annual Communication of this G . Lodge was held in Freemasons' Hall , Bombay , on Wednesday , the 30 th November last , the chair being occupied by Bro . Sir Henry Morland , G . M ., who was supported by Bro . J . Y . Lang , Depute G . M ., and most of his Grand and Past Grand Officers , there being also a number of visitors present .
The business was limited to the installation and investiture of the following as Grand Officers for the year 1887-8 , namely : Bros . J . Y . Lang , Depute G . M . ; D . R . Chichgur , Sub . G . M . ; N . ] . Guzder , S . G . W . ; J . E . Davour , Hon . S . G . W . ; J . W . ' Seager , J . G . W . ; J . Young , G . Sec ; P . N . Wadia , G . Treas . ; R . Richardson , G . Chap . ; A . C . Clark and B . V . Kisliker . S . G . Deacons ; 1 . Molodina ,
G . Architect ; F . N . Davur , A . G . Sec ; A . F . Solen , G . Zent-Averta Br . ; G . H . Yaccoobbhoy , G . Koran Br . ; J . W . Hepworth , Chief G . D . of C . ; M . Babannye . G . Gita Br . ; F . W . Hodges , G . Swd . Br . ; A . Leslie , G . Dir . of Music ; K . R . Kirtiker , Chief G . Std . Br . ; A . VV . Seabrook , Prov . G . Stwd . ; N . J . Khambatta , Chief G . Marshal ; G . G . Tejpal , Second Marshal ; M . G . Pasta and
J . N . Dubash , G . Stwds . ; and J . D . Mody , G . Purst . The G . Master having explained the grounds for omitling the customary banquet , and having announced that H . R . ll . the Dukeof Connaught , Dist . G . M . Bombay , had promised to visit their G . _ Lodge in February , and having further thanked the retiring Grand Officers for the valuable assistant he had received from them during their year of office , G . Lodge was closed with theuiual formalities .
SUFFEREES from INDIGESTION ' should never be without DR . LOCOCK ' S PULMONIC WAFERS . Take one after dinner and you never need fear an attack—they are a marvellous remedy , and act like a charm . They instantly relieve and rapidly cure Asthma , Consumption , Coughs , Colds , Bronchitis , Gout , Rheumatism , and all Nervous Complaints . They taste pleasantly . Sold by all druggists at is , ijd . and 2 S , od . per box . —ADVT ,
Masonic And General Tidings
Mr . David Christie Murray is reported to be preparing a monograph of the late Bro . Archibald McNeill for one of the magazines . Mr . Murray and Bro . McNeill were colleagues in Birmingham 15 years ago , and remained always in the closest friendship . Bro . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., has been elected President of the Middlesex County Football Association .
Bio . Lord Mayor De Keyser has invited the members of the Savage Club to dine with him at the Mansion Houce on Saturday , the 17 th March next . Bros . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., and W . H . Long , M . P ., addressed a political meeting held on Wednesday evening , the former one at the Public Hall , Harrow ,
and the latter one at the Conservative Working Men s Club at Croydon . The Oueen has been pleased to appoint Bro . H . Drummond Wolff , G . C . M . G ., K . C . B ., to be her Majesty's Minister to the Court of Persia and Consul-General at Teheran .
Prince Albert Victor of VVales , S . G . W ., concluded the visit he has been paying the Earl and Countess Brownlow at Belton House since Thursday of last week , on Tuesday . The Prince of VVales and suite visited Madame Tussaud's Exhibition on the nth inst ., and in the evening
His Royal Highness , accompanied by the Duchess of Mecklenburg-btrehtz , was at the Theatre Royal , Drury Lane . Bro . the Earl and Countess Cowper , who will not return to England so early as they originally intended , have left Florence , where they have been making a stay , for Alexandria and the East .
The Lord Chancellor , Bro . Lord Halsbury ; Bro-Lord George Hamilton , M . P . ; Bro . Lord Stanley of Preston ; and the Lord Chancellor of Ireland , Bro . Lord Ashbourne , attended the Cabinet Council which Was held at the Foreign Office on Tuesday . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., had an interview with the First Lord of the Treasury , in
Downingstreet , on Tuesday , the two being subsequently joined by Bro . Akers-Douglas , M . P ., the principal Government Whip . Bro . Lord Charles Beresford , M . P ., has appointed Wednesday , the 22 nd February for the annual Court of Governors of the Seamen ' s Hospital Society , The meeting will be held at the Whitehall Rooms of the Hotel Metropole .
The Army and Navy Club , vvhich was started at the beginning of 1 S 3 S , celebrated its Jubilee on Tuesday by a banquet , at vvhich covers were laid for some 125 guests . H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge , Commanderin-chief , was in the chair , and was supported on his right by the Prince of Wales . Bro . H . Rymill , of the Royal Repository ,
Barbican , has made his customary annual grants of coal tickets among the large number of poor in the district , the tickets baing entrusted for distribution to those who are in a position to know who are and who are not worthy of receiving relief . On Monday evening a dinner was given at the
British Embassy in St . Petersburg to Bro . Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., and Lady Randolph Churchill . On Thursday evening a grand soirei was to take place , to wh'ch over 600 invitations had b ~ en issued ; aad , tomorrow ( Saturday ) , Bro . Lord and Lady R . Churchill are expected to leave for England , travelling via Berlin , where they intend spending some days .
Bro . Samuel Pope , Q . C , P . G . D ., Recorder of Bolton , who was appointed Umpire by the Board of Conciliation in the matier of the recent strike in the iron trade in the borough , has delivered his award , which is to the effect that the condition of trade at the time of the strike , as compared with what it was when a reduction of wages was accepted by the men , did not warrant any advance .
" The Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar , Diary , and Pocket Book lor iSSS . " This title explains the character of this book . It is a most comprehensive Masonic book of reference , lt gives the names of all the lodges in the world , with days of meeting , the Chapters , Preceptories , Conclaves , Colleges , and Grand Councils , together with full particulars ot every Grand Masonic Body throughout the world . London : George Kenning , 16 , Great
Queenstreet , W . C . Price 2 s . — Western Daily Mercury . A special court of the governors of the Orphan Working School will be held at the Cannon-street Hotel on VVednesday , the 25 th inst ., to receive the report , to pass a vote of condolence with the family of the late Alderman Sir VV . McArthur , K . C . M . G . ( late Treasurer of the Institution ) , and to appoint a Treasurer in his place ; also to elect 40 children to the benefits of the Charity—namely , 13 giils and 27 boys from a list of 177 candidates .
Mr . R . May , of the Great Arthur-street Mission , Golden-lane , writes to his friends : "Hitherto this winter we have been giving 2500 to 3000 meals a day to the hungry , homeless poor , as well as to the resident poor , making over 200 , 000 this season . We now must stop these meals to homeless and general unemployed immediately , unless friends help right away . The average cost
of meals has been zd . each , but by keeping to the porridge meals we can satisfy the most hungry man for id ., thus £ 5 will feed 1200 , £ 1 over 200 . From 1200 to 1500 have the free breakfast every Sunday . With all our experience we cannot conceive a greater calamity to many thousands of poor just at this time . We willingly give every bit of strength and time vvith vvhich God blesses us ,
but regret that four ot our family are en the sick list through overwork , hope being just reported of one in a dangerous state for a fortnight . " HOLLOWAY ' PILLS . —Inva ids distracted by indigestion and discouraged in their search for its remedy should nuke trial of this never failing medicine . A lady , Jong a martyr to dyspeptic tortures , writes that Holloway's Pills made her feel as if a burden had been
taken off her . Her spirits , formerly low , have greatly improved ' her capricious appetite has given place to a healthy hunger ; her dull , sick headache has departed , and gradually so marvellous a change has been effected , that she is altogether a new creature and again lit for her duties . These Pills may be administered ' with safety to the most delicate . They never act harshly , nor do they ever induce weakness ; they rightly direct deranged , and contro excessive , action . —ADVT . I
Masonic And General Tidings
A new chapter attached to the Concord Lodge , No . 632 , is to be consecrated by the Grand Superintendent , at the Masonic Hall , Towbridge , Wilts , on the 7 th February . Lord Erskine , eldest son of Bro . the Earl of Mar and Kellie , Past Grand Master Mason of Scotland , has been gazetted to a second lieutenancy in the Scots Guards .
Bro . Lord Stanley of Preston returned to his residence in Portland Place on Monday evening , Lady Stanley , however , remaining in the country for the present . Bro . Sir Michael E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., addressed a very large political meeting which was held in the Victoria Hall , Clifton , on Tuesday evening .
Bro . the Earl and Countess of Egmont left England last week for several weeks' cruise in the Mediterranean , in the course of vvhich they purpose visiting Alexandria . A tea meeting , at vvhich Bro . Sir Charles Dilke , Bart ., presided , was helJ at the Chelsea Town Hall , on Monday evening , the poverty of London being the subject of discussion .
Her Majesty has kindly become Patron of an evening concert vvhich will be given by the string band of the 2 nd Life Guards at Prince ' s Hall , Piccadilly , on Monday , the 30 th instant , in aid of the funds of the Soldiers ' Daughters' Home . It is expected that the Prince and Princess of VVales and other guests at Sandringham will attend the meet of the West Norfolk Hunt at Conghern Hall , tomorrow ( Saturday ) ,
The banquets which Bro . the Lord Mayor had intended to give at the Mansion House to the members of the Court of Aldermen and Court of Common , [ Counci ) , have been postponed in consequence of the death of Bro . Alderman Sir John Staples , K . C . M . G . Among the numerous wreaths placed upon the coffin of the late Bro . Sir John Staples was one sent by
the Master and members of the St . Botolph's Lodge , No . 2020 , of which the deceased was a founder , and VV . M . during the first two years of its career . The members of the Congress of French Masters were received at the Mansion House on Saturday afternoon by Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress , Bro . Sheriff and Mrs . Davis , and Bro . Sheriff and Mrs .
Higgs , being present to support nis lordship . Bro . the Earl of Londesborough will preside at a Smoking Concert which will be held this ( Friday ) evening at Freemasons' Tavern in aid of the sufferers by the destruction of the Grand Theatre , Islington , and Bro . J . L . Toole and others have kindly volunteered to give their services on the occasion .
In our notice last week of the laying of the foundation-stone of Temple Bar by Lady Meux we omitted to state that Bro . C . E . Ponting , of Lockeridge , near Marlborough , Wilts , is the architect appointed to superintend the re-erection . Bro . Ponting is also the architect employed in the restoration of the celebrated Waltham Cross .
Before Easter there will be three courses of Cantor lectures at the Society of Arts , by Mr . A . G . Salamon , Mr . J . Mayall , jun ., and Professor C . Robetts-Austen . The course of two lectures to be delivered as a memorial of the late Dr . Mann will be given by Professor O . J . Lodge , F . R . S ., the subject being the " Protection of Buildings from Lightning . '' There will also be a course of three lectures on " Etching and Mezzotint Engraving , " by Professor Hubert Herkomer .
Mr . J . H . Lloyd , who is on the point of publishing a history of tfighgate , proves that the district was originally a Norman settlement , as the various names in its vicinity suggested . At a public meeting , recently , the author gave some curious contents of some Court rolls of the years 128 4 , 1375 , and 1460 , which he had obtained from the library of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , vvith the able assistance of Mr . leayes of the British Museum .
Bro . John Barnett , jun . ( Perinet et Fils ) , entertained , at the recent banquet of the Domatic Lodge at Anderton ' s Hotel , a number of Present and Past Grand Officers of the Order , with other Masonic friends . His guests included Bros . J . L . Mather , A . G . D . C . ; Edgar
Bowyer , P . G . Std . Br . ; C . F . Hogard , P . G . Std . Br . ; James Terry , P . G . S . B . ; Charles Belton , P . P . G . W . Surrey ; R . P . Atkins , P . P . G . D . Kent ; T . Hastings Miller , CC , P . P . G . O . Middx . ; H . Dickey , W . M . 1744 ; J . H . Lane , l . P . M . 126 9 ; R . Baker , P . M . 1608 ; J . Buxton , 13 : 8 ; A . Madell , 1201 ; and others .
The annual meeting of the Hauley Lodge , No . 797 , was held on Monday , the 9 th inst ., at Dartmouth , when Bro . J . J . Tolman was installed Worshipful Master , His predecessor was Bro . F . A . Dawson . Tne ceremony of installation was gone through vvith precision and ability by Bro . W . H . Goodridge , P . M ., P . P . J . G . D ., assisted by Bro . Constable , P . M ., P . P . G . Org ., and supported by a
large number of Past Masters . Ihe VV . M . appointed the following as his officers for the ensuing year : Bros . F . A . Dawson , l . P . M . ; R . Benson , S . W . ; R . Westlake , I . W . ; J . H . Hurrell , P . M ., Treas . ; W . H . Goodridge , P . M ., Sec ; J . VV . Medway , S . D . ; J . Widdicombe , J . D . ; W . H . Pack , I . G . ; Edward Chappie , P . M . ; J . Bovey , P . M . D . C . ; J . Constable , P . M ., Chaplain ;
William full , Tyler ; J . H . Hurrell , P . M ., Representative Committee of Petitions . After the ceremony the brethren retired to Bro . Whittle ' s Commercial Hotel for the annual banquet , when the usual loyal , patriotic , and Masonic toasts were given and responded to , alter vvhich the evening was spent in harmony , some capital songs being given by Bios . Young , Bovey , and others . Ihe catering
by bro . Whittle gave general satisfaction . Pertinent questions . What is more comforting in cold and damp weather than " Grant's Morella Cherry Brandy" ? What is more beneficial to the weak and aged than this wholesome tonic as recommended by Medical Men ? What do Sportsmen and Travellers find more
sustaining than a flask of this unrivalled liqueur , and for whom a stronger quality ( " Sportsman ' s" ) is prepared ? Beware of imitations . Ooserve our branded corks and capsules . Sold by Wine Merchants , and by Thomas Grant and Sons , Maidstone , and 46 , Gresham- street , E . C . Makers of the delicious Morella Marma ' ade . Sold by Groecrs .
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . Sir E . Clarke , Q . C , M . P ., H . M . ' s Solicitor-General , has appointed Mr . B . L . Moseley to be his private secretary . Bro . Lord Brassey has consented to preside at a meeting to be held in March for the purpose of celebrating the 12 th anniversary of the opening of the Bethnal Green Free Library .
Bro . Lord and Lady George Hamilton , after visiting the Prince and Princess of Wales atSandringham , returned to the official residence of the First Lord of the Admiralty on Monday . Bros . Earl Onslow and Baron H . de Worms , M . P ., have been visiting Paris in connection vvith the Sugar Bounties Question , the former having returned on Monday , while the latter prolonged his stay .
The funeral of the late Bro . Alderman Sir John Staples , K . C . M . G ., took place at Highgate Cemetery on Thursday , and was numerously attended by the family and friends of our deceased brother .
H . R . H . the Princess Mary Duchess of Teck will present the prizes to the 24 th Middlesex ( Post Office ) Volunteers at the Guildhall on Saturday , the 4 th February next , Bro . Lord Mayor de Keyser being in the chair . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., left Charing Cross on Thursday morning , by the 9 . 40 a . m . Continental express , for Paris , whence he will continue his journey to Italy for a brief lest before the reassembling of Parliament .
The Lord Mayor , Bro . Alderman De Keyser , will preside at the annual distribution of prizes to the Students of the City of London College , vvhich will take place on Monday , the 6 th February , when the prizes will be given away by Bro . Lord Halsbury , Lord High Chancellor .
At a meeting of the Court of Aldermen , held at the Guildhall on VVednesday , Bro . the Lord Mayor , who presided , referred in feeling terms to the loss the City and the Court had sustained through the death of Bro . Alderman Sir John Staples , K . C . M . G ., and on motion duly made and seconded , it was resolved to send a vote of sympathy on the part of the Court with Lady Staples and her family .
Prince Albert Victor of Wales has been visiting at Tranby Croft for the purpose of being present at the Holderness Hunt Ball ; and on Wednesday his Royal Highness visited Hull , where he lunched vvith the Sheriff and sundry distinguished guests , subsequently attending a meeting at the Artillery Barracks in connection vvith the local branch of the Discharged Soldiers' Aid Society .
Bro . J . B . Gumming , the Treasurer of the Anglo-American Lodge at London , has lately been on a visit to his birthplace , Philadelphia . All the courtesies possible were 'shown him during his flying visit ; a special invitation having been extended by Bro . Godfrey Keebler to participate in the ceremony of laying the corner-stone of the Goethe monument in Fairmount Park .
—Philadelphia Keystone . The Field Battery of the Honourable Artillery Company will give a Smoking Concert at their headquarters , Finsbury-square , E . G ., on Thursday , the 16 th February next , under the patronage of the Prince of Wales , who is Colonel and Captain - General of the Regiment . Bros . Meybrick and Lionel Brough are among
those who have promised to give their services on the occasion . Bro . Lieut .-Col . the Duke of Portland will preside on the occasion . The Executive Committee of the Relief Fund for the sufferers by the fire at the Grand Theatre , Islington , met , under the presidency of Bro . the Earl of Londesborough , on Friday , the 13 th instant , when it was resolved
that all artists at the recent theatre who were receiving over £ 3 per week should be paid half salaries the day following , and that all under £ 3 should receive full pay . It was also resolved to appropriate JC ' SO to purchase new instruments for the orchestra , to re-place those which had been destroyed by fire . Bros . Edward Terry , E . Ledger , Lionel Brough , and Under-Sheriff Thos . Beard were among the members present .
GRAND LODGE OF ALL SCOTTISH FREEMASONRY IN INDIA . —The Annual Communication of this G . Lodge was held in Freemasons' Hall , Bombay , on Wednesday , the 30 th November last , the chair being occupied by Bro . Sir Henry Morland , G . M ., who was supported by Bro . J . Y . Lang , Depute G . M ., and most of his Grand and Past Grand Officers , there being also a number of visitors present .
The business was limited to the installation and investiture of the following as Grand Officers for the year 1887-8 , namely : Bros . J . Y . Lang , Depute G . M . ; D . R . Chichgur , Sub . G . M . ; N . ] . Guzder , S . G . W . ; J . E . Davour , Hon . S . G . W . ; J . W . ' Seager , J . G . W . ; J . Young , G . Sec ; P . N . Wadia , G . Treas . ; R . Richardson , G . Chap . ; A . C . Clark and B . V . Kisliker . S . G . Deacons ; 1 . Molodina ,
G . Architect ; F . N . Davur , A . G . Sec ; A . F . Solen , G . Zent-Averta Br . ; G . H . Yaccoobbhoy , G . Koran Br . ; J . W . Hepworth , Chief G . D . of C . ; M . Babannye . G . Gita Br . ; F . W . Hodges , G . Swd . Br . ; A . Leslie , G . Dir . of Music ; K . R . Kirtiker , Chief G . Std . Br . ; A . VV . Seabrook , Prov . G . Stwd . ; N . J . Khambatta , Chief G . Marshal ; G . G . Tejpal , Second Marshal ; M . G . Pasta and
J . N . Dubash , G . Stwds . ; and J . D . Mody , G . Purst . The G . Master having explained the grounds for omitling the customary banquet , and having announced that H . R . ll . the Dukeof Connaught , Dist . G . M . Bombay , had promised to visit their G . _ Lodge in February , and having further thanked the retiring Grand Officers for the valuable assistant he had received from them during their year of office , G . Lodge was closed with theuiual formalities .
SUFFEREES from INDIGESTION ' should never be without DR . LOCOCK ' S PULMONIC WAFERS . Take one after dinner and you never need fear an attack—they are a marvellous remedy , and act like a charm . They instantly relieve and rapidly cure Asthma , Consumption , Coughs , Colds , Bronchitis , Gout , Rheumatism , and all Nervous Complaints . They taste pleasantly . Sold by all druggists at is , ijd . and 2 S , od . per box . —ADVT ,
Masonic And General Tidings
Mr . David Christie Murray is reported to be preparing a monograph of the late Bro . Archibald McNeill for one of the magazines . Mr . Murray and Bro . McNeill were colleagues in Birmingham 15 years ago , and remained always in the closest friendship . Bro . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., has been elected President of the Middlesex County Football Association .
Bio . Lord Mayor De Keyser has invited the members of the Savage Club to dine with him at the Mansion Houce on Saturday , the 17 th March next . Bros . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., and W . H . Long , M . P ., addressed a political meeting held on Wednesday evening , the former one at the Public Hall , Harrow ,
and the latter one at the Conservative Working Men s Club at Croydon . The Oueen has been pleased to appoint Bro . H . Drummond Wolff , G . C . M . G ., K . C . B ., to be her Majesty's Minister to the Court of Persia and Consul-General at Teheran .
Prince Albert Victor of VVales , S . G . W ., concluded the visit he has been paying the Earl and Countess Brownlow at Belton House since Thursday of last week , on Tuesday . The Prince of VVales and suite visited Madame Tussaud's Exhibition on the nth inst ., and in the evening
His Royal Highness , accompanied by the Duchess of Mecklenburg-btrehtz , was at the Theatre Royal , Drury Lane . Bro . the Earl and Countess Cowper , who will not return to England so early as they originally intended , have left Florence , where they have been making a stay , for Alexandria and the East .
The Lord Chancellor , Bro . Lord Halsbury ; Bro-Lord George Hamilton , M . P . ; Bro . Lord Stanley of Preston ; and the Lord Chancellor of Ireland , Bro . Lord Ashbourne , attended the Cabinet Council which Was held at the Foreign Office on Tuesday . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., had an interview with the First Lord of the Treasury , in
Downingstreet , on Tuesday , the two being subsequently joined by Bro . Akers-Douglas , M . P ., the principal Government Whip . Bro . Lord Charles Beresford , M . P ., has appointed Wednesday , the 22 nd February for the annual Court of Governors of the Seamen ' s Hospital Society , The meeting will be held at the Whitehall Rooms of the Hotel Metropole .
The Army and Navy Club , vvhich was started at the beginning of 1 S 3 S , celebrated its Jubilee on Tuesday by a banquet , at vvhich covers were laid for some 125 guests . H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge , Commanderin-chief , was in the chair , and was supported on his right by the Prince of Wales . Bro . H . Rymill , of the Royal Repository ,
Barbican , has made his customary annual grants of coal tickets among the large number of poor in the district , the tickets baing entrusted for distribution to those who are in a position to know who are and who are not worthy of receiving relief . On Monday evening a dinner was given at the
British Embassy in St . Petersburg to Bro . Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., and Lady Randolph Churchill . On Thursday evening a grand soirei was to take place , to wh'ch over 600 invitations had b ~ en issued ; aad , tomorrow ( Saturday ) , Bro . Lord and Lady R . Churchill are expected to leave for England , travelling via Berlin , where they intend spending some days .
Bro . Samuel Pope , Q . C , P . G . D ., Recorder of Bolton , who was appointed Umpire by the Board of Conciliation in the matier of the recent strike in the iron trade in the borough , has delivered his award , which is to the effect that the condition of trade at the time of the strike , as compared with what it was when a reduction of wages was accepted by the men , did not warrant any advance .
" The Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar , Diary , and Pocket Book lor iSSS . " This title explains the character of this book . It is a most comprehensive Masonic book of reference , lt gives the names of all the lodges in the world , with days of meeting , the Chapters , Preceptories , Conclaves , Colleges , and Grand Councils , together with full particulars ot every Grand Masonic Body throughout the world . London : George Kenning , 16 , Great
Queenstreet , W . C . Price 2 s . — Western Daily Mercury . A special court of the governors of the Orphan Working School will be held at the Cannon-street Hotel on VVednesday , the 25 th inst ., to receive the report , to pass a vote of condolence with the family of the late Alderman Sir VV . McArthur , K . C . M . G . ( late Treasurer of the Institution ) , and to appoint a Treasurer in his place ; also to elect 40 children to the benefits of the Charity—namely , 13 giils and 27 boys from a list of 177 candidates .
Mr . R . May , of the Great Arthur-street Mission , Golden-lane , writes to his friends : "Hitherto this winter we have been giving 2500 to 3000 meals a day to the hungry , homeless poor , as well as to the resident poor , making over 200 , 000 this season . We now must stop these meals to homeless and general unemployed immediately , unless friends help right away . The average cost
of meals has been zd . each , but by keeping to the porridge meals we can satisfy the most hungry man for id ., thus £ 5 will feed 1200 , £ 1 over 200 . From 1200 to 1500 have the free breakfast every Sunday . With all our experience we cannot conceive a greater calamity to many thousands of poor just at this time . We willingly give every bit of strength and time vvith vvhich God blesses us ,
but regret that four ot our family are en the sick list through overwork , hope being just reported of one in a dangerous state for a fortnight . " HOLLOWAY ' PILLS . —Inva ids distracted by indigestion and discouraged in their search for its remedy should nuke trial of this never failing medicine . A lady , Jong a martyr to dyspeptic tortures , writes that Holloway's Pills made her feel as if a burden had been
taken off her . Her spirits , formerly low , have greatly improved ' her capricious appetite has given place to a healthy hunger ; her dull , sick headache has departed , and gradually so marvellous a change has been effected , that she is altogether a new creature and again lit for her duties . These Pills may be administered ' with safety to the most delicate . They never act harshly , nor do they ever induce weakness ; they rightly direct deranged , and contro excessive , action . —ADVT . I
Masonic And General Tidings
A new chapter attached to the Concord Lodge , No . 632 , is to be consecrated by the Grand Superintendent , at the Masonic Hall , Towbridge , Wilts , on the 7 th February . Lord Erskine , eldest son of Bro . the Earl of Mar and Kellie , Past Grand Master Mason of Scotland , has been gazetted to a second lieutenancy in the Scots Guards .
Bro . Lord Stanley of Preston returned to his residence in Portland Place on Monday evening , Lady Stanley , however , remaining in the country for the present . Bro . Sir Michael E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., addressed a very large political meeting which was held in the Victoria Hall , Clifton , on Tuesday evening .
Bro . the Earl and Countess of Egmont left England last week for several weeks' cruise in the Mediterranean , in the course of vvhich they purpose visiting Alexandria . A tea meeting , at vvhich Bro . Sir Charles Dilke , Bart ., presided , was helJ at the Chelsea Town Hall , on Monday evening , the poverty of London being the subject of discussion .
Her Majesty has kindly become Patron of an evening concert vvhich will be given by the string band of the 2 nd Life Guards at Prince ' s Hall , Piccadilly , on Monday , the 30 th instant , in aid of the funds of the Soldiers ' Daughters' Home . It is expected that the Prince and Princess of VVales and other guests at Sandringham will attend the meet of the West Norfolk Hunt at Conghern Hall , tomorrow ( Saturday ) ,
The banquets which Bro . the Lord Mayor had intended to give at the Mansion House to the members of the Court of Aldermen and Court of Common , [ Counci ) , have been postponed in consequence of the death of Bro . Alderman Sir John Staples , K . C . M . G . Among the numerous wreaths placed upon the coffin of the late Bro . Sir John Staples was one sent by
the Master and members of the St . Botolph's Lodge , No . 2020 , of which the deceased was a founder , and VV . M . during the first two years of its career . The members of the Congress of French Masters were received at the Mansion House on Saturday afternoon by Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress , Bro . Sheriff and Mrs . Davis , and Bro . Sheriff and Mrs .
Higgs , being present to support nis lordship . Bro . the Earl of Londesborough will preside at a Smoking Concert which will be held this ( Friday ) evening at Freemasons' Tavern in aid of the sufferers by the destruction of the Grand Theatre , Islington , and Bro . J . L . Toole and others have kindly volunteered to give their services on the occasion .
In our notice last week of the laying of the foundation-stone of Temple Bar by Lady Meux we omitted to state that Bro . C . E . Ponting , of Lockeridge , near Marlborough , Wilts , is the architect appointed to superintend the re-erection . Bro . Ponting is also the architect employed in the restoration of the celebrated Waltham Cross .
Before Easter there will be three courses of Cantor lectures at the Society of Arts , by Mr . A . G . Salamon , Mr . J . Mayall , jun ., and Professor C . Robetts-Austen . The course of two lectures to be delivered as a memorial of the late Dr . Mann will be given by Professor O . J . Lodge , F . R . S ., the subject being the " Protection of Buildings from Lightning . '' There will also be a course of three lectures on " Etching and Mezzotint Engraving , " by Professor Hubert Herkomer .
Mr . J . H . Lloyd , who is on the point of publishing a history of tfighgate , proves that the district was originally a Norman settlement , as the various names in its vicinity suggested . At a public meeting , recently , the author gave some curious contents of some Court rolls of the years 128 4 , 1375 , and 1460 , which he had obtained from the library of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , vvith the able assistance of Mr . leayes of the British Museum .
Bro . John Barnett , jun . ( Perinet et Fils ) , entertained , at the recent banquet of the Domatic Lodge at Anderton ' s Hotel , a number of Present and Past Grand Officers of the Order , with other Masonic friends . His guests included Bros . J . L . Mather , A . G . D . C . ; Edgar
Bowyer , P . G . Std . Br . ; C . F . Hogard , P . G . Std . Br . ; James Terry , P . G . S . B . ; Charles Belton , P . P . G . W . Surrey ; R . P . Atkins , P . P . G . D . Kent ; T . Hastings Miller , CC , P . P . G . O . Middx . ; H . Dickey , W . M . 1744 ; J . H . Lane , l . P . M . 126 9 ; R . Baker , P . M . 1608 ; J . Buxton , 13 : 8 ; A . Madell , 1201 ; and others .
The annual meeting of the Hauley Lodge , No . 797 , was held on Monday , the 9 th inst ., at Dartmouth , when Bro . J . J . Tolman was installed Worshipful Master , His predecessor was Bro . F . A . Dawson . Tne ceremony of installation was gone through vvith precision and ability by Bro . W . H . Goodridge , P . M ., P . P . J . G . D ., assisted by Bro . Constable , P . M ., P . P . G . Org ., and supported by a
large number of Past Masters . Ihe VV . M . appointed the following as his officers for the ensuing year : Bros . F . A . Dawson , l . P . M . ; R . Benson , S . W . ; R . Westlake , I . W . ; J . H . Hurrell , P . M ., Treas . ; W . H . Goodridge , P . M ., Sec ; J . VV . Medway , S . D . ; J . Widdicombe , J . D . ; W . H . Pack , I . G . ; Edward Chappie , P . M . ; J . Bovey , P . M . D . C . ; J . Constable , P . M ., Chaplain ;
William full , Tyler ; J . H . Hurrell , P . M ., Representative Committee of Petitions . After the ceremony the brethren retired to Bro . Whittle ' s Commercial Hotel for the annual banquet , when the usual loyal , patriotic , and Masonic toasts were given and responded to , alter vvhich the evening was spent in harmony , some capital songs being given by Bios . Young , Bovey , and others . Ihe catering
by bro . Whittle gave general satisfaction . Pertinent questions . What is more comforting in cold and damp weather than " Grant's Morella Cherry Brandy" ? What is more beneficial to the weak and aged than this wholesome tonic as recommended by Medical Men ? What do Sportsmen and Travellers find more
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