Obituary.

BRO . H . W . GREEN . ur » repret to learn of the death , on Friday , at his residence , Glengail , WanjfRro Henry W . Green . Deceased was educated at Christ's Hospital , ste j ' , ° = l , « t known as the Secretary of the Infant Orphan Asjlum , a position he an < ! ujf ! , over 42 years . By his death the institution has sustained a severe had held ror Gr 2 en J evinced great abi ] Uy in the conduct of the affairs of the l 0 SS ' i and displayed wonderful kindness and attention to the children , with the Asy if ^ Lt during his term of office the institution has increased greatly in scope reSuit " ¦* ° Green was an earnest Churchman of the old evangelical an ^ d hadfor many years been a lay reader in the diocese of St . Albans . He iyfB ' hard working Freemason , and was the senior Past Master and Secretary of waS r In Lodee Bro . Green was a Royal Arch Mason and had passed the the Lonau R JS ^ . The funera , tQok p ] ace at Highgate Cemetery , on Wednesday , and was preceded by a service in the chapel of the asylum at Wanstead . _______^_— ..

Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

THE C ROWN P RINCE OF S IAM has left St . Petersburg for London . THE D UKE OF C AMBRIDGE will attend the athletic sports at Wellington College , . distribute the prizes on the iSth May . THE D UKE AND DUCHESS OF FIFE visited the Comedy Theatre on Wednesday evening to witness the performance of " Tess . " A PATROL of the Rf > yal Irish , with whom was Bro . Lord Rosslyn , has been taken prisoner . The Earl has been sent to Kroonstadt . THP A TTORNBY-GENERAL will preside at the festival dinner of the Goldsmiths ' Benevolent Institution at the Whitehall Rooms of the Hotel Metropole on Monday , the 10 th inst . THR DUKE OF YORK was present on Monday at the West Norfolk Hunt Club Steep lechase at East Winch . His Royal Highness drove over to the meet from Sandring ham .

qiR C HRISTOPHER F URNESS will preside at the Hotel Metropole on Monday , the 23 rd inst ., at the festival dinner of the Shipbrokers and Custom House Agents Benevolent Sodety . RRO SIR I . B LUNDELL MAPLB , M . P ., will preside at the festival dinner in aid of the Asy ' lum of St . Anne ' s Society Schools at Redhill , to be held at the hall of the liters' Company en Wednesday , the 23 rd prox .

A CCORDING to present arrangements the Queen and Court will leave Dublin on the termination of her Majesty ' s visit to Ireland , on Friday , the 27 th instant , and will arrive at Windsor on the evening of the following day . BRO . LORD MAYOR and the Sheriffs will be the guests of Mr . Deputy T . C . Harris ( the Chairman ) and the members of the Library Committee at a dinner at the Hotel Metropole on Saturday , the 2 Sth instant .

AT THE BANQUET of the Cheerybles Lodge , No . 246 G , a sum of 210 shillings was raised for the Daily Telegraph Fund . The Treasurer , Bro . J . N . Stephens , 2 , Milton-buildings , Walling-street , has accordingly forwarded a cheque for that amount

to the fund . ON B ANK HOLIDAY a picturesque refreshment pavilion was formally opened in Oueen ' s Wood , Highgate . It has been erected by the Hornsey District Council at a cost of £ 1300 . In the turret is a handsome eight-day clock presented by Mr . C . F . Cory-Wright , J . P ., the chairman of the Council .

GRAND LODGE OF MARK M ASTER MASONS . —A Special Grand Lodge is to be holden in Mark Masons' Hall , Great Queen-street , Lincoln's Inn Fields , on Friday , the 27 th inst ., at four for five o'clock punctually , to consider and resolve upon addresses of congratulation on the providential escape of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., from the dastardly attack of an assassin .

H . R . H . THE P RINCE OF WALES , the Crown Prince of Denmark , Prince Christian of Denmark , and Prince John of Glucksburg , dined on Monday night with the members ot the Royal Shooting Society , a Copenhagen club of which his Royal Highness has become a member . The Prince met with a very hearty receplion from the members , who sent a telegram of greeting to the Princess .

ART IN THE CITY . —The popularity of the exhibition of living British artists at the Guildhall Art Gallery is assured . Since its opening by Bro . the Lord Mayor a few days ago it has been visited by over 15 , 000 persons . On Easter Monday nearly 3000 victors , or , to be exact , 2 S 44 , passed through the turnstiles . The attendance on Tuesday , when the weather was most unpropitious , was also large , nearly 2000 visitors attending to admire the many art treasures with which the walls of the gallery are lined .

MEDICAL RESEARCH S CHOLARSHIPS . —Three medical research scholarships , each of the value of £ 250 , and open only to British subjects , have been instituted by the Grocers' Company as an encouragement to the making of exact researches into the causes and prevention of important diseases . At the next election two of the present scholars , if they renew their applications , will be entitled to a preference . Applications may be made at any time by letter , addressed to the Clerk of the Company , Grocers' Hall , Princes-street .

THE BXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the hospital ship _ Maine , have received a further cable from Lady Randolph Churchill , dated the 17 th instant , in which she reports the unfortunate death of one of the patients , named Grantham , belonging to Bow , E ., adding that the Maine had consequently been delayed in Madeira , where his remains had been interred with full military honours . The cable further added that the Maine expected to reach Southampton about midday on the 23 rd inst . Gifts intended for those on board the Maine should be addressed " Hospital Ship Maine , " care of Embarkation Staff Officer , Empress Dock , Southampton , carriage paid , when they will be stored free of charge and delivered to the ship on her arrival .

THE QUEEN drove out on Tuesday afternoon , accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein , and attended by the Dowager Lady Southampton . Her Majesty stopped at the Adelaide Hospital , Peter-street , where Mr . W . E , Oimsby and other officials of the hospital had the honour of being presented by the Lord-in-Waiting . A bouquet was offered to the Queen by Miss FitzPatrick , the matron of the hospital . Her Majesty then drove to the Convent and School of the Sacred Heart at Mount Anville , where the Reverend Mother Stuart , Mother Superior , and the

Right Rev . Doctor Donnelly , Bishop of Canea , together with other officials of the convent and school , had the honour cf being presented by the Lord-in-Waiting . Bouquets were offered by Mi's Eileen Kelly and Miss Bessie Duff , pupils . In the evening , tiro , the Right Hon . Gerald and Lady Betty Bal'our had the honour of joining the Royal circle . Their R > yal Highnesses Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Henry of Bactenberg were present at a' concert given by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught at Farmleigh .

THE KING OF SWEDEN arrived at the Vicloni Station of the London , Chatham , and Dover Railway on Wednesday evening , shortly after eight o ' coclf , but owing to the fact that his Majesty is travelling incognito as Count von Haga , there was ro official recej tim . Several Swedish and Norwfgian ladies and gentlemen resident in London were Dn sent , and when the train halted at the platform they raised cheers for the Royal visitor . His Majesty was received by a few personal friends , including Cc . untess Ltwenhaupt , M . de Bille , the Danish Minister , Bro . the Marquis and

Marchioness of Breadalbane , and Baron Emil Ramtrl , Secretary of the Swedish Legation , with whom he conversed tor some time . Count Cail Lewenhaupt , the Minister of Sweden and Norway in London , arrived with King Oscar , having gone to Queenborough to meet his Majesty . Cheers were again raised as the Royal carriage left the station for Grove House , Roehampton , which the King has rented fur a few months , ard where the Queen of Sweden and Prince Eugene , their youngest son , whom we r < giet to learn , is in ill-health , arrived on Saturday last , from Paris . King Oscar will visit Queen Victoria at Windsor on her Majesty ' s return from Ireland ,

Masonic And General Tidings.

BRO . J AIRD , M . P ., has consented to be nominated as the first Mayor of Paddington . BRO . THE DUKE OF PORTLAND left Grosvenor-square , on Sunday evening Iast > for Speanbridge . BRO . THE REV . J . STEPHEN BARRASS , the Lord Mayor's ' . ChapIain , preached at the morning service at St . Paul ' s Cathedral on Good Friday . THE LONDON MATRICULATION . —The half-yearly matriculation examination of the University of London will commence on Monday , June nth .

THE FIFTEEN SECTIONS will be worked on Friday next by the Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , No . 1056 , at the Mail Coach , Farringdon-street , E . C , commencing at 6 . 30 p " . m . THE NEXT stated meeting of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , will be held at Freemasons' Hall on Friday , the 4 th prox . The brethren will afterwards dine together at the Holborn Restaurant .

IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE that Mr . K . J . Key , who has just retired from the captaincy of the Surrey Cricket Eleven , is a grandson of the late Sir John Key , Bart ., a former Lord Mayor and Chamberlain . COUNT VON BREDOW represented his Imperial Majesty the German Emperor at the funeral of the late Field-Marshal Sir Donald Stewart , Bart ., G . C . B ., G . CS . L , CLE ., and deposited a wreath from his Imperial Majesty .

BRO . R . D . M . LITTLER , Q . C ., C . B ., the chairman of the Middlesex County Council , states that since 1 S 91 32 , 000 houses have been built in the county , and that the population has increased during the same pe'iod from 559 , 392 to 723 , 000 . DEAN FARRAR and Admiral Field , C . B ., M . P ., will speak at Exeter Hall on Tues . day afternoon , the 24 th inst ., on the occasion of the 57 th annual meeting of the National

Refuges and Training ships Arethusa and Chichester . The Earl of Jersey will preside . ART IN THE SUBURBS . —The Hampstead Vestry will consider a recommendation at its Easter meeting from the Public Libraries and Works Committee to reserve a space in the Vestry Hall for the exhibition of pictures . The vestry have determined on the establishment of a permanent art gallery , and invite donations of works of art from artists and others .

A COMMITTEE , with H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as president , has been formed for the purpose of placing a memorial of the late Duke of Westminster in Westminster Abbey . The members include Bro . Earl Carrington , L . C . C ., the Bishop of London , Sir Walter Gilbey , Bart ., Sir Richard Nicholson , the Dean of St . Paul's , Canon McColl , Rev , B . Waugh , Mr . W . H . Collingridge , and others .

ROYAL OAK LODGE OF INSTRUCTION , NO . S 71 . —At the usual weekly meeting , held at the Lord Clyde , Wotton-road , New Cross , on Wednesday , the nth instant , Bro . W . W . Wright , W . M . 871 , on behalf of the brethren , presented to Bro . R . E . Barnes ( an old Masonian ) , a very handsome oak case of cutlery , as a mark of their esteem and appreciation of his valuable services as Secretary of the lodge .

BRO . THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE will preside at the British Empire League dinner to be held on Monday , the 30 th inst ., at the Hotel Cecil , in recognition of the services rendered by the Colonial troops in the South African War , and to welcome the ' presence in this country of the delegates from Australia . The following will be among the guests to meet H . R . H . the Prince of Wales : The Duke of York , Lord Salisbury , Lord Lansdowne , Bro . Lord Wolseley , and Mr . Chamberlain .

THE QUEEN will shortly have under consideration designs for the South African War medal , as the ribbon is already being discussed at the War Office . On these occasions the patterns are usually drawn in water colours , or made up on cards with narrow strips of real ribbon . These are submitted to the Queen by Lord Wolseley , and her Majesty makes a selection . In this judgment she usually consults the taste of the Piincesses . Designsfor medals are approved in the same way from drawings submitted by the Commander-in-Chief .

RAGGED SCHOOL UNION . —The preliminaries of the fortnightly holiday in connection with the Ragged School Union and Shaftesbury Society having been decided , the council are making an appeal for funds to carry out their projects . There are over 5 cco cripples on the register , and these get the benefit of seaside homes throughout the year . The larger number of run-down ailing children look forward to a " change : of air , " and the management confidently anticipate contributions sufficient to cover their expenses from sympathisers of their laudable object .

AN APPEAL IS made to the public to help the promoters of the National Bazaar , to be held at the Royal Palace Hotel , Kensington , on the 24 th , 25 th , and 26 th prox ., by donations in money or kind forany of the 70 stalls , which will represent all the regiments at the front . The object is to raise not less than £ 50 , 000 for the relief of sufferers in the present war . The Chairman of the General Committee is Bro . Lord Arthur Hill , the Countess of Bective presides over the Ladies' Committee , and the Hon . Secretary is Mr . Arthur T . Coke , with whom those wishing to assist should communicate at the offices of the National Bazaar , Royal Palace Hotel , Kensington , W .

AI . DERSGATB PAST OFFICERS' CLUB . —The monthly meeting took place last week , Bro . Thomas Briggs , C . C ., president , occupying the chair . There were also present Bros . W . T . Roberts , T . Murray Janes , V . I . R . Longman , C . C , and J . Mayhew , Hon . Secretary . The Rev . R . F . Hosken , 12 a , Charterhouse-square , was ballotted for and unanimously elected . The late secretary , Bro . Thomas Murray Janes , was cordially welcomed after a long absence through ill-health . The suggestion that the summer outing should be by four-horse coaches was favourably entertained , and it was left in the hands of the president to submit some definite suggestionsat the monthly meeting in May .

THE EXECUTRIX AND EXECUTORS of the will , dated March 29 th , 1899 , of Bro . Robert Hill Crowden , of Sydenham , who died on February 21 st last , aged 54 years , and whose estate has been valued at £ 47 , 649 12 s . 7 d . gross and £ 44 , 799 12 s . 7 d . net , are his widow , Mrs . Alice Crowden , and Billinghurst Wilson Baggs and Frederick John Prior , probate having been renounced by the testator ' s brother , James Crowden . He bequeathed to his wife , Mrs . Alice Crowden , £ 250 , his plate , pictures , and household effects , and the use and enjoyment during her life of Fairlawn , which , subject to her

life interest , is left in trust for sale , and the proceeds thereof are to be held in trust in equal shares for all his children . Mrs . Crowden is to receive the income of £ 25 , 000 during her widowhood , or in the event of her re-marriage the income of one-half that sum for the remainder of her life , the other half being held in trust for his children . The testator left £ 5000 in trust for his son Herbert Garrod Orange Crowden ; in trust for his daughter , Madeline Alice Mary Ellison , £ 400 , in trust for his daughters Dora Violet Crowden and Ida Nellie Scott , £ 3000 each ; and he left the residue of his property in trust in equal shares for his said wife and four children .

THE BRITISH HOMES' ASSURANCE CORPORATION . —We have now before us the second annual report and balance sheet for the year ending 31 st December , iSgj , which is in every way satisfactory , and shows that it has largely participated in the increased interest taken in insurance by the public , and developed remarkable progressive features . The receipts for the year from the several departments are as follows : £ 4406 in Life Assurance premiums ; £ 38 , 948 in endowment certificates , premiurs , and £ 1023 in accident insurance premiums : making a total premium income for the

year of jt 44 , 37 s > ° r £ 7475 more than the previous year . The life department now has funds to the amount of £ 1774 , or nearly one-third the total previous receipts since the beginning , in March , 1896 . In the endowment certificate department , the premiums , £ 38 , 948 , were over £ 4000 more than in the previous year , but it appears that the expenditure was considerably reduced , being for the whole business about £ 1000 less than in the previous year . Claims in the life department £ 691 , and £ 1244 in the endowment certificate departmentand £ 534 in

, the accident department , or £ 2470 . Altogether this sum , as the report remarks ) , gives an early indication of the usefulness of the Corporation . List year an aggregate sum of £ 23 , 760 was advanced in mortgage to borrowers , making the total amount so invested £ 52 , 516 . The directors have been instrumental in securing for borrowers from other sources advances for £ 53 . 930 , making the total advanced through the medium of the Corporation £ 106 , 446 . The Corporation retains an interest in all

these advances , a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent , per annum upon the preferred shares for 1899 , and also a reversionary bonus to the participating certificate holders and policy holders equal to 10 per cent on the amount of the subscriptions or premiums paid upduring the year 1899 . The summation of the report is a grand record of work well dope , and of a prosperity which , judging from all standpoints , betokens developments in all departments , and holds a decidedly popular place—the reward of zeal , energy , and enterprise , and administration and outdoor enterprise .