Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will be held at Freemasons ' Hall on Friday next , the 27 th inst ., when business of great importance will be transacted and a numerous attendance of Governors and Subscribers may therefore be expected . On Monday Bro . the Lord Mayor remitted to Berlin the sum of £ 63 16 s ., being the balance of the

subscriptions received at the Mansion House for the relief ot the sufferers by the floods in Germany . The total sum remitted is £ 5563 16 s ., and the fund has now been closed . The Duchess of Albany , attended by Bro . Sir Robert Collins , K . C . B ., visited the Royal Hospital for Women and Children , Waterloo Bridge-road , on Saturday last , and distributed flowers to the various patients .

A complimentary dinner was given to Sir J . Whitaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., at the Star and Garter Hotel , Richmond , on Monday evening . H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge presided , and among the principal guests were the Duke of Teck , Bro . Sir W . T . Marriott , Q . C , M . P ., Bro . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., and others . In proposing the toast of the evening , the Duke of Cambridge presented

Bro . Sir J . W . Ellis with three Monteith bowls and a massive silver loving cup . A magnificent sturgeon weighing 2 oolbs was captured in the river Dee , near Sandecroft , Hawarden , on Monday , by two fishermen engaged in catching salmon . The fish was over five feet long and as thick as a man's body , and is believed to be the largest ever taken in the Dee .

Messrs . Mowlem and Co . s tender for the erection of the central , eastern , and western towers of the Imperial Institute for £ 18 , 797 has been accepted , the total value of the contract for the erection of the main buildings being thereby raised to £ 161 , 597 . The works in connection with the Imperial Institute-road have already been commenced and will be sufficiently advanced by September for a public thoroughfare to be opened .

The Queen s prize of £ 250 , with the gold medal and badge of the National Rifle Association , was won on Tuesday by Private Fulton , of the 13 th Middlesex ( Queen's Westminster ) , this being the second year in succession that the chief prize at Wimbledon has been carried off by a Metropolitan volunteer . Notwithstanding the badness of the light Private Fulton ' s score was six points higher

than the winner s of last year , and at the conclusion of the firing the hero of the day was chaired . Lance-Corporal Noakes , of the ist Berks , the silver medallist of the year , was second with 279 points , and receives a prize of £ 60 ; Private Wattleworth , Liverpool , taking third place and receiving £ 40 ; Trooper Campbell , Lanarkshire Yeomanry , fourth place and £ 30 ; and Major Caddick fifth place and

£ 20 . The "Old Times" coach , driven by the wellknown whip , Mr . James Selby , made the journey from Hatchett ' s Hotel , Piccadilly , to Brighton and back on Friday , the 13 th instant , within eight hours for a wager of £ 1000 to £ 500 , the feat being accomplished with 10 minutes to spare .

An earnest appeal is being made to the public on behalf of the three sisters of the late Mr . John Leech Their only certain income consists of a pension of £ 35 each from the Queen and a small annuity paid to one of them by the Vintners' Company . They are now advanced in years and are no longer able to assist themselves as hitherto by teaching . It is proposed , therefore , to raise a fund for

them , of which Lord Aberdare is chairman , and Dr . G . Hewitt , 3 6 , Berkeley-square , Mr . James Whitehorne , O . C ., 22 , Kensington Gardens Terrace , are the honorary Treasurers and Secretaries . Considering how indebted the public were to the brother for his entertaining sketches in Punch , & c , it is to be hoped that a liberal response will be made to this appeal .

The World states that amongst those present at the Bishop of London ' s garden party , at Fulham Palace , last Saturday , was " Bro . Henry Wright , who relentlessly pursued the prelates in partibus with a petition for autographs . " Bro . Henry Wright , P . M . 1 S 27 , has lately been

honoured by the Princess Christian , the Duke and Duchess of Teck , and families , and the aged Duchess of Cambridge signing their autographs in his collection , which the Queen said " is a marvellous book . " Her Gracious Majesty has also presented Bro . Wright with her autograph , signed "Victoria , R . and I ., June 12 th . "

The Globe Restaurant , Coventry-street , Haymarket , one of the first foreign restaurants established in London , after having been enlarged by the addition of the adjoining house , reconstructed throughout , and handsomely redecorated , was reopened . on Saturday , the 30 th ult ., by its new proprietors , Bros . A . L . Gargin and B , Baroni . During a long course of years the

"Globe" enjoyed a considerable reputation for the excellence of its kitchen , its wines , and its general character for convenience and comfort . In its new form , with the long experience of its present proprietors , and their intimate knowledge of the requirements of the London public in everything that concerns the cardinal matter of restauration , the past fame of the old house promises to be

largely extended . The reconstructions include an entirely new kitchen , supplied with the most approved modern appliances , and conducted under the direction of a thoroughly skilled chef from Italy . A well-fitted buffet has been opened , with direct entrance from Coventry-street , and immediately beyond this is the grand salon , a superb " salle a manger , " bright with mirrors , gilding , and artistic and floral decoration , and brilliantly illuminated at night

with incandescent electric lamps . In this apartment there will be a 3 s . 6 d . "table d'hote , " and luncheons and " soupers k la carte" will be _ served . The new management of the Globe was inaugurated by an elegant "dejeuner , " which did justice to the chef ' s professional skill , and at which Bros . A . L . Gargini and B . Baroni received the congratulations and good wishes of a large party of Italian and English friends , to the number of 60 .

Masonic And General Tidings

At the usual meeting of the Lansdowne Lodge of Unity , held at the New Hall , Chippenham , on Tuesday , the 10 th inst ., the brethren presented Bro . Sir Gabriel Goldney , Bart ., Deputy Prov . G . M . Wilts , P . G . W . England , with an address , in commemoration of his attaining his year of Masonic Jubilee . The Grand Commandery of Knights Templar

of Georgia , held its 27 th annual conclave in Savannah , on the 18 th and igth April last , under the presidency of Sir Knight Charles T . Watson , G . C ., six commanderies being represented . There are 390 members on the roll , and the finances are in excellent state . Sir Knight James L .

Fleming was installed G . Commander for the ensuing year , and Sir Knight Samuel P . Hamilton is Grand Recorder . Her Majesty travelled from Windsor to London on Thursday , the 12 th inst ., and during her brief stay visited H . R . H . the Duchess of Cambridge at St . James's Palace .

The Queen has been pleased to ordain and declare by letters patent , issued under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom , dated the nth instant , that henceforth Wakefield shall be known as the " City of Wakefield . "

We are pleased to announce that the Lord Chancellor , on the recommendation of Lord Napier of Magdala , Constable of the Tower , has appointed Bro . Matthew R . Webb one of her Majesty's justices of the peace . The new magistrate is registrar of the Whitechapel County Court , solicitor to the parish of St . Botolph Without , Aldersgate , and the senior member of the firm of M . Webb and Sons , of Barbican Chambers , Aldersgate .

THE SHRIEVALTY . —The inaugural breakfast of Mr . Alderman and Sheriff-Elect Gray and Bro . Sheriff-Elect Newton , will take place at Clothworkers' Hall . The chain and badge for Bro . Sheriff-Elect Newton ate being manufactured by Bro . George Kenning , Little Britain .

Bro . Sir Morell Mackenzie went down to Windsor , on Saturday last , for the purpose of visiting the Queen . Sir M . Mackenzie has been commissioned by the Empress Victoria to prepare an account of the illness of the late Emperor Frederick , with a view to correcting the statements in an account already published , but it is not known if the Empress will sanction its publication .

The funeral of Lady Rivers Wilson , wife of Bro . Sir C . Rivers Wilson , who died suddenly at her residence , 16 , Wilton-street , on the 13 th instant , took place at Kensal Green Cemetery , on Monday , the first part of the burial service having been previously read at St . Peter's , Eatonsquare . Among the chief mourners and friends present were Bro . Sir Charles Rivers Wilson , Sir William Stevenson ,

and Bro . Sir Reginald Welby . The remains of the late Lady Hart-Dyke , mother of Bro . Sir William Hart-Dyke , were interred in the cemetery adjoining Lullingstone Castle on Saturday last . The firms of Messrs . Rothschild and Messrs . Baring have each contributed £ 1000 to the funds now being raised towards the establishment of Polytechnic Institutes in London .

Speech Day and the distribution of prizes at Christ's Hospital will take place on Wednesday , the 25 th inst ., when the task of distributing the prizes will be undertaken by Bro . Lord Mayor De Keyser . The annual match at Lord ' s between Eton and Harrow terminated on Saturday last in a decisive victory for the latter by 156 runs , the light being so bad and the

bowling of Jackson and Hoare for the Harrovians being so good , that the Eton youngsters were unable to make any stand in their second innings , and were all out for 52 . For Harrow , Hoare made 108 in his second innings , and Jackson 21 and 59 , while the latter took six of the Eton wickets for 40 runs in the first innings , and five for 2 S runs in the second , Hoare taking one and four wickets .

Bro . the Lord Mayor has received from the Rev . Dr . Hermann Adler , Delegate Chief Rabbi , the sum of £ 648 Ss . 1 id ., being the amount collected in the Jewish Synagogues in London towards the Hospital Sunday Fund , which now amounts to upwards of £ 39 , 000 . To-morrow ( Saturday ) the Princess Mary , Duchess of Teck , will visit Greenwich for the purpose of distributing the prizes to the pupils of the Royal Hospital School .

A deputation , consisting of Bros . Shaw-Lefevre , M . P ., and Burdett-Coutts , M . P ., and the Home Secretary , waited on the Metropolitan Board of Works at their usual meeting on Friday , the 13 th instant , for an advance of £ 149 , 300 , towards completing the purchase money of Parliament Hill , Hampstead having contributed £ 20 , 000 , St . Pancras , £ 30 , 000 , the parochial charities of the City of London , £ 50 , 000 , and private individuals , £ 46 , 000 . The memorial was referred to the Works Committee .

FRENCH AND ENGLISH CATERING . —Our livel y neighbour the Gaul is not averse to blowing his own trumpet , and accordingly we have heard a good deal of the dinner to the French Mayors in the first storey of the Eiffel Tower on Saturday , the 14 th inst ., when 3000 guests wereentettained . But in June , 18 S 0 , Messrs . Spiers and Pond provided for no less than 4000 people at the opening of the Royal Albert

Dock , in the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and other Royalties . A daily paper afterwards published the following curious statistics of this gigantic feast . It was calculated that there were 500 waiters ; 100 cooks ; 4000 dishes ; 24 , 000 forks and spoons ; 12 , 000

knives ; 12 , 000 glasses , and 15 , 000 plates . The dessert consisted of 5 cwts . of grapes and 2000 baskets of strawberries in addition to other fruit , and the tables and tablecloths extended to a mile-and-a-half . It may fairly be asserted that no other firm in the world could have provided a luncheon on such a scale .

HOLLOWAY ' S OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Notable facts . —Intense heat augments the annoyance o £ skin disease , and encourages the development of febrile disorders ; wherefore they should , as they may , be removed by these detergent and purifying preparations . In stomach complaints , liver affections , and spasms of the bowels , Holloway ' s Ointment well rubbed over the affected part immediives the

ately g greatest ease , prevents congestion and inflammation , checks the threatening diarrhoea , and averts incipient cholera . The poorer inhabitants of large cities will find these remedies to be their best friend when any pestilence rages , or when , from unknown causes , eruption , boils , abscesses , or ulcerations betoken the presence of taints or impurities within the system , and call for instant and effective curative medicines , —ADVT .

Masonic And General Tidings

On Thursday , the 12 th inst ., at a communication of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Forfarshire , held in Dundee , Bro . James Berry , Dundee , was unanimously nominated for the office of Prov . Grand Master of Forfarshire . Bro . Berry returned thanks for the honour the brethren had conferred on him , and Bro . J . Morion

Campbell , of Stracathro , Substitute Prov . Grand Master who presided , was congratulated by the members on his marriage and return to the province . In the report of the Pattison Lodge in our last issue in the speech of a distinguished brother , the number of the " Beast" should have been 666 instead of 6666

We understand a petition has been granted for a new lodge to be called the St . Pancras Lodge , No . 2271 and to meet at the Midland Grand Hotel , St . Pancras ' R . W . Bro . Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . W ., is the * W . M . designate ; Bro . Dr . Powdrell , S . W . ; Bro , H . R Graham , J . W . ; and Bro . W . A . Scurrah , P . P . G . S . of Works Middlesex , Secretary .

A petition has , we understand , been granted for a new lodge at Peckham , S . E ., under the name of the Rye Lodge , No . 2272 . Bro . J . W . Dewsnap , P . M . and P . Z . of the Joppa and of the Duke of Cornwall Lod ges , is the W . M . designate . Bro . Capt . T . Cooper , R . A ., was installed W . M . of the United Military Lodge , No . 1536 , at Plumstead , on Friday , the 13 th inst . A report will appear next week .

We are pleased to hear that at the meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Middlesex , held last Saturday , Bro . Chas . E . Soppet , of Newgate-street , P . M ., P . G . Stwd ., P . Z ., P . G . O . ( Mark ) , Past Sovereign ( Red Cross ) , was unanimously elected Provincial Grand

Treasurer for the ensuing year . Bro . H . Lovegrove has completed another successful course of lectures on " Construction , " and at the examination Messrs . F . R . Taylor , A . C . Walker , and H . E . Mathews ( eldest son of Bro . J . D . Mathews , P . M . ) , took the three prizes offered by the Architectural Association .

Bro . L . G . Langdon , of the Joiners' Company , has been presented by the members of the Tolerance Lodge of Instruction with a handsome timepiece , in recognition of his services as Secretary for a period of nine years . The presentation was formally made by Bro . J . Paul .

The meetings of the Temperance Lodge ot Instruction have been adjourned until the first Friday in October next . At the last meeting of the Graystone Lodge , No . 1915 , Bro . Sibert Saunders , S . W ., was elected W . M , for the ensuing year . The installation will take place on the 2 nd Thursday in September .

The marriage of Bro . Alderman Savory with Miss Helen Pemberton Leach will be solemnised at the Rev . Dr . Forrest's church , St .. Jude's , South Kensington , on Thursday , the 26 th inst ., by the Very Rev . the Dean of Llandaff , Master of the Temple . —City Press .

Bro . the Lord Mayor , Bro . Major and Sheriff Davies , J . P ., and Bro . Sheriff Higgs have accepted invitations to a meeting of the St . Dunstan's Lodge , on Wednesday , September 26 th . A new lodge—St . Nicholas , No . 2259—is to be consecrated at Thome , on Wednesday next , by R . W . Bro .

Tew , J . P ., P . G . M . West Yorks . Bro . G . Dove , P . M ., P . P . G . D . Lincolnshire , is to be installed as the first Master , and Bros . A . L . Peace and J . H . Bletcher are to be the Wardens , and Bro . John Constable , J . W . 14 S 3 , is the Secretary . A new work on "Practical Architecture" is

appearing as a serial in the columns of the Building News . The illustrations will be superior to anything attempted in a similar work , and will be drawn by Mr . Maurice B . Adams , F . R . I . B . A ., while the literary portion will be by Bro . Henry Lovegrove , F . S . I ., A . R . I . B . A . A deputation , which included Bros , the Earl of the

Fife and Sir J . W . Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., waited upon Bro . Right Hon . D . Plunket , H . M . ' s First Commissioner ot Works , on Wednesday , for the purpose of protesting against the allocation of any portion of Richmond Park for the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association . The deputation was introduced by Bro . Sir J . W . ril'ifi and retired after thanking the First Commissioner for his

courteous reception . Bro . J . M . Case presided at a meeting of the Governors of the Royal Naval Benevolent Society at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s , on Monday , when it was : anh had been

nounced that Admiral the Duke of Edinburg pleased to accept the position of President , rendered vacant by the death of Admiral Sir Michael Seymour , the report stated that grants amounting to £ 389 had been mau during the quarter , and £ 1704 to 237 applicants during

year . . Amongst the inventions recently introduced m the culinary art , we have not seen anything more nov , and what in our opinion gives greater satisfactory resu , than the one narentsrl hv Mr . Wanzer . of sewing macni 1

celebrity . It is unique in every particular . To desc ;) it , we must first mention the lamp , called the ' vv ?" ze th '; s an ordinary table safety lamp in appearance , but witn difference—it gives a splendid lig ht without the use chimney or globe . This lamp is all the heat reqain ^ The cooker is placed upon tripods , immediately ove ^ blaze , and is arranged in divisions , that dinners c easily cooked for a family , either steam or roast . ^ itTsnfrfprl spuoral under nnornHnn . One Was COOM " o

perfection roast leg of lamb , green peas , potatoes , ^ stewed fruits ; another was steaming salmon , sau ^ with accompanying vegetables , and also fruit . _ ; f . plicity is great , giving no trouble from first to lasr , i _ fQ ing no attention while cooking , only obeying ru »» time . We are informed that there is no waste wn < u ^ in the process of cooking , and a dinner tor say ^ ^ seven persons can be served for the small am . farthing in cost of fuel . Another great feature u ^ not the least smell or odour arising from it . iner . little doubt , when properly brought before tne P "" will command a very extensive sale .