Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey took the chair at the house dinner at the City Liberal Club , on Wednesday . Bro . R . Smith was , on the I ith inst ., installed YV . Alaster of the L ' nion Waterloo Lodge , No . 13 , at Woolwich . Lord Carnarvon , Pro G . M ., will make a tour of America in the autumn , visiting first Canada , and then the leading populous centres of the Northern Mates .

Bro . Alderman Sir I <\ W . Truscolt , F . G . W ., and Lady Truscott are staying at Axcnstein , Lake Lucerne . Bro . YY ' alter Hopekirk , P . M . 179 and 1586 , has been elected a member of the Town Council of the newly incorporated borough of Croydon . Mrs . Horace Marshall will lay a Memorial Stone of Emanuel Church , Gunnersbury , on Saturday

next . ., , Bro . Baron II . De Worms , M . P ., presided at the opening of the Christ Church , East Greenwich , annual flower show , held in the grounds of the Woodlands , Vanibrugh-hill , on Wednesday . The Directors of the Briton Life Assurance Ofiice have decided to allow total abstainers who insure in their ofiice a reduction of 10 per cent , off the ordinary

premiums . Bro . J . C . Parkinson presided at a special general meeting of the shareholders of the Alexandra ( Newport and South VVales ) Docks and Railway Company , held at their offices , 60 , Gracechurch-street , on the 10 th inst . A quarterly convocation of the Metropolitan College of the Rosicrucian Society was held on the 12 th brethren

inst ., at Sa , Red Lion Square , when several were admitted to the grade of Z . Bro . Paul , I . P . M . of the Toxteth Lodge , 1356 , Toxteth-park , Liverpool , has been presented , in addition to a P . M . ' s jewel by the lodge , with a silver tea-urn , by his brother officers , as a recognition of his efficient discharge of his duties during his year of office .

YY e are glad to announce that Bro . the Bishop of Peterborough , whose critical condition we referred to in our last issue , has during the past week made very conconsiderable improvement , though he may scarcely , as yet , he said to be out of danger .

The Provincial Grand Lodge of South YY ' ales ( Eastern Division ) will I 12 held at Builth , Breconshire , on Thursday next , the 20 th inst . A new Masonic Hall will , on the same occasion , be consecrated ; and Bro . William Price , W . M . elect of the Loyal VVye Lodge , No . 1 S 07 , will be installed into his chair of office .

The United Military Lodge , No . 1536 , met on the 13 th inst ., when Bro . G . Spinks , P . M ., installed Bro . G . Kenneday into the chair of K . S ., in the presence of Bros . J . S . Eastes , Dep . Prov . G . M . Kent ; A . Spencer , Prov . ' G . Sec . Kent ; and a number of other P . P . Grand Officers and other brethren . The firm known as Pitman and Holiday ( of which

Bro . John Holliday was one of the partners ) , of 3 , 4 , and 5 , YVell-street , Falcon-sq ., E . C , have dissolved partnership by mutual consent , and the business has been re-established under the title of John Holliday and Son , having their premises at 71 , Little Britain , King Ed . vard-street , Newgate-street , London . On Friday , the 13 th inst ., the girls remaining in

the Institution at Bittersea during the holidays visited the camp of the Victoria Rifles at Wimbledon , where they were most hospitably entertained , being very kindly conducted over the camp by Bro . Henry Smith , Prov . G . Sec . West Yorkshire . We need scarcely add that the tteat was much appreciated by the girls . The late Mr . William Ward , of 4 , The Lawn ,

Brixton-hill , who recently died , has left £ 20 , 000 to the Corporation of London towards the erection and maintenance of a High School for Girls , to correspond as far as possible with the City of London School . Another £ 20 , 000 from the same bequest is available , in the terms of the will , to be applied in the founding of some permanent charitable or philanthropic institution . In either case

the name of the testator is to be attached to the title of the foundation . Bro . H . Baldwin , Secretary of the Royal Hanover Lodge , No . 1777 , desires us to notify that the election meetingof this lodge will be held on Saturday , the 2 Sth inst ., at the Albany Hotel , Twickenham , at 5 . 30 p . m . He

furtherasks us to state that an emergency meeting will be held on Friday , the 10 th of August next , at the same hour and place . The 1 st and 3 rd Degrees will be conferred at the latter meeting , Bro . George Anthony Aletzger of Sierra Leone , west coast of Africa , standing on the agenda for the 3 rd Degree . Bro . Charles C . Cruikshanks , the able W . A 1 ., will work the several ceremonies .

In connection with Bro . Alderman Hadley s recent visit to America , the New York Times says : — "The lowering of the Atlantic cable tolls is only a question of time , of course . The present rates are too high . They are too high for the business interests of America and Europe , which are injuriously affected by whatever tends to check free and prompt communication , and

are hig her than is justified by the present cost ot constructing and operating cables . The old cables are said to have cost about S , ooo , ooo dollars each . For 3 , 250 , 000 dollars a company represented by Mr . Alderman Hadley , of London , proposes to lay a cable from Penzance to the Nova Scotia coast , and thence to the east

end of Long Island . This represents a substantial saving in the first outlay , and if the new company is to deal fairly with the public it will be in a position to transmit messages for a much lower sum per word than is charged by the old companies . The capacity of Mr . Alderman Hadley's company to carry out the promises of its beginning remains to be demonstrated , but its work will be watched with great interest in this country . "

Masonic And General Tidings

The concert at the Guildhall 011 Monday week last in aid of the Royal College of Music produced nearly £ 1000 nett . Messrs . T . Bradford and Co ., of Hi gh Holborn , erected the engineering work at Finsbury-park baths , Fentl . ill-road , Finsbury-park , which were opened last week . Bro . Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild has recentl y expended a fabulous sum on his mansion at Waddtsdon ,

which the Prince ot VVales has been visiting . Bro . lix-Sheriff Sir Moses Montefiore has contributed £ 10 towards the erection of a new Wesleyan chapel which has been opened at Broadstairs . The installation meeting of the S ydney Lodge , No . S 29 , took place on the 10 th inst ., when Bro . J . Coombes was placed in the chair of K . S . by Bro . T . Hastings , P . M ., ami P . P . G . Purst . Kent .

The Irish Lace Exhibition at the Mansion House closed on the 16 th inst ., having been visited by over Cooo persons—mostly connoisseurs—not reckoning those at the opening . Bro . R . P . Forge , the first YV . M . and founder of the Southgate Lodge , No . 1950 , has been elected VV . AI . of the Beadon Lodge , No . 619 , and will be installed into the chair of K . S . on the 15 th of August .

The Queen has appointed George Frederick Nicholas Beresfcrd Annesley , Esq ., now her Alajesty ' s Consul in Surinam , to be her Alajesty ' s Consul for the Island of Afadagascar , to reside at Tamatave . The Cripplegale Pension Society holds its summer excursion on Wednesday next , the 25 th inst ., at the Crown Gardens , Broxbourne . Full particulars may be

obtained of Bro . U . Knell ( P . M . Islington Lodge ) , 11 , Jewin Crescent . Bro . the Rev . Dr . P . H . E . Brette , P . M . 1657 , P . P . G . Chap . Middx ., waspresenton Wednesday afternoon when Mr . Charles Powell , master of the Alercers' Company , distributed the prizes won by the successful candidates 111 recent examinations at St . Paul ' s School .

Bro . Alderman and Sheriff De Keyser and Bro . Sheriff Savory attended the summer show of the Ealing , Acton , and Hanwell Horticultural Society , held in the grounds of the Royal India Asylum , on Wednesday last week .

Bro . Sir Frederick Lesghton has resigned the command of the Artists' Volunteers , which he has so long , zealously , and honourably held . Major R . VV . Edis , after energetic and successful performance of duty in all the grades from the ranks upwards , has succeeded the P . R . A .

in the colouetcy of this regiment . The meetings of the Sir Hugh Myddelton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1602 , are suspended until Tuesday , Sept . 25 th next , on and after which date they will be held at the " Queen ' s Head" Tavern , Essex Road , N . ( near the Packingtun Street Post Ollice ) .

The second annual excursion of the London Steamboat Company Provident Society will be held on Tuesday . The Alexandra has been retained , and will convey the party from OU Swan Pier , London Bridge , calling at several piers dovvn the river . Particulars may be obtained of Mr . C R . Sharman , at the offices , Adelaide-buildings , London Bridge .

The Earl of Carnarvon Chapter of Improvement , meeting at Ladbroke Hall , Notting-hill , VV ., has adjourned until Tuesday , October 9 th , when Comp . Capt . Nicols , VV . AI . of Saint Mary Abbott ' s Lodge , No . 1974 , will occupy the First Principal ' s chair , and perform the ceremony of exaltation , assisted by Comps . S . H . Parkhouse , as H ., and S . Smout , iun ., as J . Comp . G . Davis

M . E . Z . of Jerusalem Chapter , No . 1 S 5 , is the Preceptor . The annual prize festival of the Royal Normal College and Academy of Alusic for the Blind , situated in Upper Norwood , took place on Wednsday afternoon and evening , commencing with a vocal and instrumental concert given by the pupils of the college in the concert-room at the Crystal Pala ; e , the audience bung very numerous . Mr . John Bright , M . P ., distributed the prizes to the successful students .

The City Press says a petition from the Hornsey Local Board in reference to the Alexandra Palace has been loogedat Guildhall , endoised by Mr . J . T . Bedford , 'lhere will be two other petitions—one from the Metropolitan Play-Ground Association , the other from the Commons Preservation Society—both urging the Corporation to take steps to secure the Alexandra Park as a place of recreation for the people .

The will of the late Bro . A . J . Duff-Filer , P . G . Sivd . Br ., formerly of 10 , Aberdeen-park , Highbury , but late of Holmivood Lodge , Bishopswood-road , Highgate , who died on May 5 th last , has been pioved by Mrs . Martha VVagstaffe Filer , the widow , and Aliss Isabella Filer , the daughter , the executrixes , the value of the personal estate amounting to over £ 54 , 000 . The testator to his

leaves ^ ijooo daughter Isabella ; £ Sooo upon trust for his daug hter Agnes for life , and other bequests . The residue of his property he gives to his wife absolutely . — City Press , 14 th July . Bro . Alderman De Keyser opened an exhibition , consisting of models of machinery , cabinet work , wood carving & c , at the St . Bride ' s Youths' Institute ,

Shoe-, lane , E . C , on Tuesday afternoon . The articles exhibited were the productions of the members of the institute , ranging from 13 to iS years . Bro . De Keyser , in declaring the exhibition open , stated that he thought great credit was due to the lads tor their skill and U = te , and that the institute which encourages such woiknunship was greatly deserving of support . Bro . H . B . Alarshall , C . C ., andCapt .

Bedford Pirn , R . N ., also took part in the ceremony , Bro . Marshall proposing a vote of thanks to the Alderman for his kindness in opening the exhioition , and for the interest he had previously evinced in the work of the institute . The motion was carried , and the Alderman left amidst the applause of the company .

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Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . Sir Charles Dilke , Bart ., M . P ., was present at the annual dinner of the Kensington Parliament held at St . James's Hall , on Wednesday evening . Princess Beatrice , attended b y Lady Southampton and Major Edwards , C . B ., left Windsor Castle on Wednesday evening for London en route to Aix le Bains .

Bro . ' the Earl and the Countess of Cork entertertained H . R . H . the Duke of Cambrid ge on Wednesday evening at their residence in Grafton-street . H . R . H . the Duke of Albany visited the Exhibition of War Pictures at the Galleries of the Fine Art

Society , Bond-street , on Wednesday . The Duke and Duchess of Connaught will visit Norwich on the 20 th of August , for the purpose of inaugurating the new buildings of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital .

Her Grand Ducal Hi ghness Princess Elizabeth u . u ^ dauShter of the late Princess Alice , will remain with the Queen during the absence on the continent of the Princess tjeatnee . According to Reuter , the King of Belgium proposed journeying to Spa on Thursday , in order tolunch with Bro . the king of the Netherlands , returning thence to Brussels in the afternoon of the same day .

Among the guests at the dinner given on Tuesday evening by the Alarquisand Marchioness of Salisbury at their residence in Arlington-street , were Bro . the Far ! and the Countess of Lathom , and Lady Maud Wilbraham , Bro . the Right Hon . D . Plunket , M . P ., & c .

On Tuesday , the properly of the Baroness Burdett-Coutts , known as the Columbia Market , was reopened as a wholesale and retail fish market . The market may now truly be said to begin under entirely new management , as it is owing to Mr . Burdett-Coutts himself that the present opening has taken place certainly under most promising circumstances .

I he following are amongst the most recent contributions to the Royal College of Alusic : The Prince of Wales ( second contribution ) , £ 250 ; the Duke of Edinburgh ( second contribution ) , £ 875 ios . d . ; the Archbishop ot Canterbury , / . o ; Messrs . A . Gordon and Co ., Alessrs . Spicer Bros ., Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart . ; Air . H . Labouchere , ALP . ; Dr . S ' tainer , Alessrs . Novello , Ewer , and Co ., and Mr . Q . Williams .

The Prince and Princess of YVales , accompanied by the Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Mi-inin <* en , were present at a fete held in the Internau ' onal Fisheries Exhibition building at South Kensington on Wednesday evening , in aid of the funds for the erection of an English church at LSerhn , to commemorate the 25 th anniversary of the marriage of the Princess Royal with the Crown Prince of Germany and of Prussia . Nearly 15 , 000 persons had passed the gates at eleven o ' clock .

By order of the Secretary of State for War , twenty-seven mules that were purchased for the late Egyptian campaign were sold by auction on Alondav last by Air . Briggsatthe Elephant and Castle Horse Repository , New Kent-road . These mules , which were large and wellbred , were purchased in the Mediterranean , and sold for a total of 4914- guineas , or an average of over iS euineas .

1 he best of these animals realised the exceptional price of 26 guineas . The following , amongst other amounts , in aid of the payment of the mortgage of £ 12 , 000 on the Royal Normal College for the Blind , have been acknowledged by Dr . Campbell , , the Principal : Bro . Alderman and Sheriff De Keyser , 1100 : Mr . T . A . Dennv . /* ioo : the

Fishmongers' Company , £ 100 ; the Goldsmiths' Company , i , 5 »; Messrs . Coutts and Co . ( per Colonel H . A . Santord ) , £ . 50 ; Mr . J . H . Fordham , £ ioo ; Mr . F . D . Alocatta , JL . 50 ; Mr . J . Braithwaite , £ 50 j Air . E . AI . Denny , £ 50 ; and the Skinners' Company , £ 21 . We are informed that the Annual Summer Banquet of the Euphrates Lodge , No . 212 , will take place

on Iuesday next , 24 th inst ., at the Star and Garter , Richmond . The brethren and friends will start from Old Swan Pier in the Lotus , which has been specially engaged , and the banquet is fixed for 2 . 30 p . m . precisely . Admirable arrangements have been made for the comfort and convenience of the party , and it only needs a propitious state of the elements to assure the success of the undertaking .

The Queen ' s Prize at the Wimbledon competition has been won by Sergt . McKay , of the 1 st Sutherland Volunteers . Several other of the more important and valuable prizes have also crossed the border this year , amongst them being the first place ( silver medal and bad . ^ e in the hrst of

and ^ Oo ) stage the Queen ' s , taken by Capt . Young , of the 2 nd Renfrew ( no less than 29 Scots having secured a place in the first 60 in this stage ) ; the Prince of Wales ' s ( £ 100 ) by Sergt . Lawrence , and the International Challenge Trophy , also won by the Scotch team .

Our omnibus drivers incline as a rule , to taciturnity , but there evidently is a way to unlock their store of knowledge . I was a " near side up" on a "Hammersmith " this morning , when two gentlemen , whose accent was pronounced Alidland , mounted the " knifeboard " at Charing-cross . One of them , leaning over the driver ' s shoulder , a ^ ked a question , thrust a coin into the whip-hand , and said , "Just point out a few things as we go on . "

Loquacity at once set in , and having reached Waterlooplace the passengers were informed that the monument to the Guards was surmounted by the representation of Aliss Nightingale , "who , " added the driver , " went out with them , you know , to the Crimea . " On my return journey I told the story to another Jehu . He looked at me askance , and said , " Do you think they believed it , sir ? Not a bit of it , they must have known it was 'the Queen . ' " — " Q > " in The Citiaen . "

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