Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The Rev . H . Hebb has been elected Head Master of the Royal Alasonic Institution for Boys , in succession to Dr . Alorris . ' Bro . Lord and Lady George Hamilton , will spend Christmas at Coates Castle , Sussex , the residence of the Dowager Duchess of Abercorn .

' Her Majesty has approved the appointment of Bro . the Marquis of Tweeddale as Lord High Commissioner of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland . Bro . Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill returned to their residence at Connaught Place , Hyde Park , on Saturday last , after visiting Bro . Lord and Lady Brooke , at Easton Lodge .

Bros . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) , Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ) , Lord George Hamilton , and Sir AL E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., attended the Cabinet Council held at the Foreign Office on Alonday . The Queen , the Prince and Princess of VVales , and all the other members of the Royal Family , attended divine service in the Royal Alausoleum , Frogmore , on Saturday last , the anniversary of the death of the Prince Consort and the Princess Alice , Grand Duchess of Hesse .

The Princess Louise , accompanied by the Alarquis of Lome , distributed the prizes and certificates of merit to the pupils of the Home Counties Dairy School , at Hampstead , on Tuesday . There was a large gathering of people present , among whom vvas Bro . Lord Mayor Sir H . A . Isaacs .

Among the guests invited to meet their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince George during their visit to the Danish Alinister , AL de Falbo , at Luton Hoo , vvere the Hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe , the Earl and Countess of Clarendon , Lady Suffield , Bro . Baron F . de Rothschild , and Bro . Sir A . Sullivan .

The Maharajah of Alysore has granted a loan of io . ooor . to the Freemasons of Mysore , for the purpose of erecting a Alasonic Temple . It is reported that his Highness is anxious to become a Alason , and that he contemplated asking Prince Albert Victor to initiate him into the mysteries of the Craft when His Royal Highness visited Alysore .

Bro . the Earl of Zetland , the new Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , made his State entry into Dublin on Saturday last . The steamship Ireland had been placed at the disposal of his Excellency by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company , and the vice-regal party left Holyhead for Kingstown at 4 a . m ., and arrived shortly after 7 a . m ., vvhen they vvere received with a royal salute of 21 guns .

Viscount Dangen , eldest son of Bro . Earl Cowley , and the Lady Violet Nevill , youngest daughter of the Alarquis of Abergavenny , vvere married at St . George ' s , Hanoversquare , on Tuesday . Among those present at the service or at the reception by the Alarchioness of Abergavenny afterwards being Bros . Lord Cheylesmore and Lord Brassey . Bro . Earl Cowley vvas absent , on account of indisposition .

lt appears that the half of the free income of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , for the year ending 29 th November last , amounts to about £ 1426 , and one half of this sum , or £ 713 , will be at the disposal of the board for the granting of the annuities in the year 1 S 90 . A similar sum will fall to be

capitalised for the fund . Of the £ 500 at the disposal of the board for the year iSSg , the sum of £ 325 vvas voted in annuities , leaving a balance of £ 175 available for grants in 1890 . The board of the annuity scheme meets in the beginning of next year for the granting of annuities .

The annual banquet and installation of Bro . George Dixon as Alaster of the Aire and Calder Lodge , No . 45 S , vvas celebrated at Goole , on the 14 th inst . Bro . W . Brook acted as Installing Alaster , and performed the ceremony in a very impressive manner . The following officers vvere

then duly invested by the W . AL : Bros . Robert Dayson , I . P . AI . j A . Gooderidge , S . VV . ; VV . H . C . Dunhill , Chap . ; J . A . Bray , P . AL , Treas . ; T . Rippon , jun ., Sec ; G . Wintringham Cutts , Org . ; ' ] . Leech , D . C ; A . J . Peacock , L . D . ; Everatt Hind , J . D . j J . T . Robinson , " I . G . ; and ] . O . Whitaker and W . Boulton , Stwds .

On the 13 th inst ., at the Alasonic Chambers , Hamiltonstreet , Birkenhead , Bro . John Daken was duly installed as Worshipful Master for the ensuing year of the Rock Lodge , No . 12 S 9 . After his installation , the Worshipful Alaster proceeded to the investiture of his officers as follows : — Bros . Alfred Atkinson , LP . AL ; John Lee , S . VV . ; Thomas

R . Connell , J . VV . ; Lilley Ellis , P . AL , P . P . S . G . D ., Treas . ; George Henry Heapy , Sec ; P . Davies , S . D . ; F . S . Aloore , J . D . ; S . Rowbottom , I . G . ; J . W . Clarke , George Stewart , and J . J . Waine , Stwds . ; and Rev . G . K . Johnson , Chap . Bro . C . S . Dean , P . AL , Prov . J . G . D ., officiated as Director of I ' eremonies .

The annual concert and ball in connection with the Everton Lodge , No . S 23 , of which the VVorshipful Alaster is Bro . R . S . Milne , took place on the 12 th inst ., in the large hall , Exchange Station-buildings , Liverpool . There vvas a good attendance of members and their friends . The proceeds are to be devoted to the West Lancashire Masonic Charities . For the concert good local musical talent had been provided . Anions : those who thus supplied the

audience with much genuine enjoyment being Miss Fanny Bouffleur , Miss C . Lucas , Alessrs . J . Pugmire , VV . Griffiths , VV . Williams , T . C . Fargher , J . Handord , VV . H . Latham , C . Redhead , A . B . Ewart , and George Eyton . Bro . H . Al . Alolyneaux proved an efficient AI . C , and Bro . R . VV . Gow had charge of the stewards , who performed their duties in a very satisfactory manner . Dancing commenced at about ten o'clock , and vvas kept up with great animation till the early hours of the morning .

THE UNEMPLOYED IN EAST LONDON . —At a time vvhen much thought is being' given to this matter , a practical suggestion may be of service . Last year more than £ 300 , 000 worth of foreign matches were purchased by inconsiderate consumers in this country , to the great injury

of our own working people , so true is it that " evil is wrought by want of thought as well as want of heart . " If all consumers would purchase Bryant and Alay ' s Matches , that firm vvould be enabled to pay £ 1000 a week more in wages . —ADVT .

Masonic And General Tidings

The Star chapter of Instruction will not meet on Friday , 27 th'inst ., but will resume on the first Friday in January . The Empire Theatre of Varieties will produce a new grand ballet divertissement , entitled " A Dream of Wealth , " on Saturday evening . The second annual ball of the Barnato Lodge , No . 2265 , will take place at the Hotel Metropole , Whitehall Rooms , on Tuesday , January 7 th , 1 S 90 .

Bro . Alderman Sir Polydore De Keyser has made a further donation of £ 50 towards the fund for the extension and endowment of the Printers' Almshouses at Wood Green . At the meeting of the United Mariners Lodge , No . 30 , held on VVednesday , Bro . T . Smith vvas elected W . M ., and Bro . J . E . Harding , Treasurer , for the ensuing year . The installation will take place on the 21 st January .

1 he Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince George of Wales left Alarlborough House , on Alonday , for Luton Hoo , on a visit to AL de Falbe , the Danish Minister , and Aladame de Falbe . During his stay his Royal Highness enjoyed some good shooting .

Bro . the Rev . T . VV . Lemon , ALA ., P . P . G . J . W . of Devon , Provincial Prior , & c , of Hertford College , Oxford , late Vicar of Backerell , Devon , having performed the statutable exercises has , by decree of the Convocation of his University , been admitted to the Degrees of Bachelor and Doctor of Divinity by accumulation .

The first halfpenny weekly number of a large-paper illustrated edition of Archdeacon Farrar's " Life of Christ " will be published on January ist . The size will be uniform with the halfpenny weekly edition of the " Dore Bible , " which has had so large a sale . The work will also be published in threepenny monthly parts .

The following resolution vvas passed at the last meeting of the Loyalty Lodge , No . 243 , Alasonic Temple , Guernsey : "That the hearty thanks of the lodge be presented to Hro . H . J . Whymper , P . D . D . G . M . Punjab ( through Bro . Geo . Kenning ) , for his generosity in presenting so valuable a work- as his ' Religion of Freemasonry , ' to this lodge . " Airs . Savory , wife of Bro . Alderman Savory , distributed the prizes to the successful pupils of the Princess Helena

College , Ealing , on Tuesday . Princess Christian , who is President of the College , vvas absent , being away in Germany , but Bro . Alderman Savory vvas able to report improvement in her health . The report of the Principal of the College showed that great success had attended the pupils who had been sent up to the Oxford and Cambridge , Local and the Science and Art Examinations , nearly all having been passed , and several with distinction .

At the last meetingof the St . John s Chapter , No . 6 73 , held at the Masonic Temple , Hope-street , Liverpool , on VVednesday , the nth inst ., the following vvere installed as Principals for the ensuing year : Comps . J . B . Parker , Z . ; A . H . Hallwood , H . ; and P . R . Barrow , J . The officers invested vvere Comps . ] . Caldwell , S . E . ; J . G . Hallwood , S . N . ; J . Hocken , P . Z ., Treas . ; R . Rawlinson , P . S . ;

W . Moreton , ist A . S . ; and J . Williams , 2 nd A . S . lhe Installing' Principal vvas Comp . Dr . Clarke , P . Z . During the evening the I . P . Z . vvas presented with a gold P . Z . ' s jewel , manufactured by Comp . George Kenning , Liverpool . The directors of the GraphichM a reception on Wednesday , at their offices , vvhen an inspection vvas allowed of the appliances and machinery for producing the Graphic

and the Daily Graphic . The company vvere conducted in parties , visiting first the art department . Here the staff of artists were seen re-drawing and finishing , for engraving and process work , sketches from the artistcorrespondents . The process of engraving on boxwood and of producing zinc plates by means of photography and

drawings on transfer paper were witnessed . Colour-printing from aquatint plates in relief , as applied to the production of the Christmas number , vvas seen in progress ; and the battery for electrotyping , the folding and stitching machines , the composing room , and the foundry for stereotyping , were inspected in turn .

Freemasonry seems to he ubiquitous . The Cosmopolitan Alasonic Calendar , Diary , and Pocket-book ( George Kenning , Great Queen-street , Lincoln's-inn-fields ) , furnishes a wealth of information likely to be interesting to the brethren of the Craft all over the world . It is , in fact , a comprehensive Alasonic book of reference , containing a list of lodges , chapters , conclaves , preceptories , colleges ,

and grand councils , not only in Great Britain and its colonies and dependencies , but also in places where the uninitiated would hardly suppose the Craft vvould flourish . There are added lists of the 57 Grand ' Lodges in the different quarters of the globe and of all the brethren

holding office . There does not seem to be any information which will enable the reader to estimate even roughly the number of Freemasons , but the list of lodges is astonishing both for his length and for the proof it affords that the Craft takes root everywhere . The diary gives a list of lodge meetings due on anv particular day . —The Times .

Our esteemed Bro . AL Richards Muckle , one of the " Mary Commandery" Pilgrims who visited us a few years since from Philadelphia , has just issued his report as Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of the Odd Fellows for Pennsylvania , in relation to the terrible Johnstown disaster . The statement of the accounts is most creditable to all concerned , and do that famous Friendly Society much honour .

The total contributions for the relief of the numerous sufferers amounted to SG 2 , 6 _ 4 6 , 6 g ,. or about £ 12 , 530 , of which large sum no less than Sig , ooo , or nearly £ 4000 vvere , raised in Pennsylvania . As the Grand Secretary states" Hereafter , whenever the story of Johnstown is recited ,

every Odd Fellow , as lie recalls what the Order has done , can lay his hand upon his heart and reverently murmur , thank God that I am an Odd Fellow . " Out of the many funds for which Colonel Muckle has been the Treasurer , surely this must have been one of the most gratifying to our worthy brother .

Among the latest houses supplied with Austin ' s Sanitary Cylinders , are those of Peers , Judges , Doctors , & c They are used in Hospitals , Clubs , Hotels . Names will be given on application and Testimonials sent . They are odourless , non-poisonous , and Cheap ( a Cylinder lasts a year ) . Used for all household disinfecting purposes , waterclosets ( being automatic in action no attention required ) , for ozonizing baths , & c . Prices : is ., 2 S . 6 d ., 5 s ., gs ., and iSs . A . S . Cylinder Company , 181 , Queen Victoria-street , E . C . Can be obtained of all Chemists .

Masonic And General Tidings

The Forth Bridge will be formally opened in March . The Prince of Wales will perform the ceremony . The whole issue of Browning ' s last poems vvas disposed of at once . In some cases the prices rose to three or four times the original cost . A concert for charitable purposes was given in the Court Room , Glasgow , on the 12 th inst ., under the auspices of St . John's Lodge , No . 50 . The R . W . M ., Bro . J . Clark , occupied the chair .

For the third time Lord Wantage has awarded an annual bonus to about a hundred agricultural labourers who work on his Home Farm at Lochinge House , in Berkshire . Lord Wantage , by his gift of a farm at Lambourne to the Small Farm and Labourers' Land Company , and by his work as a director of that company , as well as by his introduction of the bonus system , has long shown his sympathy with the farm labourers .

The annual ball of the Operative Lodge , No . 150 ( S . C ) , vvas held in the Masonic Hall , Exchange-street , Aberdeen ] on the 13 th instant . There vvas a large and brilliant coml pany present , and dancing vvas kept up till an earl y hour in the morning to the strains of Mr . William Dickson ' s

band . Among others present vvere Bros . Major John Crombie , Robert Milne , R . W . M . 54 ; Charles Grant R . W . M . 190 ; Alexander Milne , R . W . M . 375 ; T M'Gregor , R . W . M . 66 gj D . Blake , P . M . ; and John Taylor , P . M .

Stanley ' s publishers have been inundated with applications frompublishers in every civilised country a . nxious to secure the right of publishing the explorer ' s work in their respective countries . So eager is the competition that some of the offers are made , not in the form of a fixed sum , but of

so much more than the highest offer received from anybody else . One American publisher has gone so far as to offer to give twice as much as anyone else . What sum will Stanley receive for the great work he contemplates ? It certainly will be much nearer £ 40 , 000 than £ 4000 .

The death is announced of Mr . Joseph Mackay , the author of "Peggy , " "Boys will be Boys , " and other dramatic pieces which enjoyed popularity in London theatres . Air . Mackay vvas a native of Belfast , but came to London a good many years ago , devoting himself to

journalism , especially dramatic criticism , and showing himself possessed of no mean literary ability . Besides the pieces mentioned , Mr . Alackay collaborated with Mr . Sydney Grundy . in "The Novel Reader , " and in "Caryswold , " with Mr . Henry Herman .

fhe seventh volume of the Henry Irving Shakespeare ( Blackie and Son ) has made its appearance , and it contains seven plays , edited by Mr . Richard Garnett , Air . Arthur Symons , Mr . A . W . Verity ,, and others , while Mr . Joseph Knight has written the stage histories . Mr . Frank Aiarshall has been able to contribute only a few notes , his continued

ill-health not allowing him to do more . VVe are sorry to hear that he has just had a relapse , and is thought to be in a precarious condition . One of his most constant visitors is Bro . Irving , who , by the way , vvas one of the . first to express in graceful fashion his regret at the death of Air . Thomas Purnell .

A leading attraction of the pantomime at Her Majesty ' s will be the music which has been prepared for it .. This department is under the direction of Mr . Edward Solomon , who , besides arranging a variety of popular tunes for different situations , has vyritten a large number of original melodies . He has utilised in the overture his well-known Ingenuity of

orchestration , and has taken special pains with the music for the Nymph ballet and Insect ballet ( with march ) , the hunting chorus , and , in particular , the Domino dance , all of which , and the last especially , ought to be extremely popular . Mr . Alfred Cellier has written the airs for the Shake- ' speare procession , assigning a different individuality to each section according to the play it illustrates .

There vvas a large representative gathering at the annual meeting of the Alfred Lodge , No . 306 , on Friday last , to witness the installation of Bro . Tom Batt . The assembly included Bros . Henry Smith , D . P . G . AL j J . C Malcolm , P . P . G . R . j J . VV . Fourness , P . P . G . Treas . ; S . Freeman , P . P . G . D . j and many other Present and Past Officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge . Bro . Batt vvas installed by

Bro . C . E . Brean , P . M . The new officers vvere invested as follows : Bros . J . B . Jowett , S . VV . j B . Pounder , J . W . ; Harris , S . D . j Jarvis , J . D . j J . Dyson , P . M ., Treas . ; W . Tate , Sec . ; Rev . C . A . " Lambert , Chap . ; J . VV . Cleland , I . G . j J . E . Musgrave , Org . ; T . F . Towers and r . P . Cooper , Stwds . ; and S . Barrand , Tyler . Afterwards the brethren and visitors dined together , and a pleasant evening vvas spent .

At a recent meeting of the City Lands Committee it vvas resolved— " That the best thanks of this Committee be presented to James J udd , Esq ., J . P ., their Chairman for the present year , fo . ' his untiring zeal and energy in the transaction of the important business which has been before the Committee , for his urbanity towards all its members , and for the able manner in which he has supported and carried

the reports of the Committee in the Court of Common Council ; and this Committee congratulate their Chairman upon the successful manner in which all the arrangements vvere carried out upon the occasion of the presentation of the freedom of this City to the Alost Honourable the Alarquis of Dufferin and Ava and to H . R . H . Prince George of Wales , K . G ., and also upon the eloquent manner in which , as Chief Commoner , he moved the address of the

Corporation to his Majesty the Shah of Persia . The members of this Committee sincerely congratulate their excellent Chairman upon his appointment as one of her Majesty ' s Lieutenants of the City of London , and trust that he will long live not only to enjoy that honour , but to devote his time and talents for the benefit of the citizens of London , and so continue to retain their respect and esteem as well as that of his many friends . "

HOLLOWAY ' S OI . \ TME . \' T AND PILLS . — Outward Inlirmities . — Before the discovery of these remedies , many eases of sores , ulcers , & c , vvere pronounced to be hopelessly incurable , because the treatment pursued tended to destroy the strength it vvas incompetent to preserve , and to exasperate the symptoms it vvas inadequate to remove . Hollovvav ' s Fills exert the most wholesome

powers over the unhealthy llesh or skin , without debarring the patient from fresh air and exercise , and thus the constitutional vigour is husbanded while the most malignant ulcers , abscesses , and skin diseases are in process of cure . Both Ointment and Pills make thc blood richer and purer , instead of permitting it to fall into that poor and watery state so fatal to many labouring under chronic ulcerations .