Masonic And General Tidings.

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS .

Bro . the Speaker , and the Hon . Lady Brand , returned to Speaker's Court , House of Commons , on Monday , from spending the Easter vacation at Denny Park , where they have been on a visit to Mr . Walter Campion , the Speaker's private secretary . VVe shall hope next week to give a short Masonic biography of all the new Grand Officers .

The Prince of Wales and Princess of Wales will be the guests of Sir Titus Salt during their visit to Bradford to open the new Technical School . Bro . Bates' shop , in the Broadway , Ludgatehill , formed the subject of an engraving in the Illustrated London AYw . f of Saturday last , showing th * old Roman wall now laid bare in excavating in Ludgate-hill

Bro . the Earl of Rosebery has recentl y been presented with the freedom of the burgh of Dumfries , in recognition of his valuable services rendered to Scotland . Bro . Lord Brabourne was amongst the company at a dinner given by the Empire Club to Admiral Sir William Hewett , K . C . B ., V . C , previous to his departure to assume the command of the Indian Squadron . The Duke

of Edinburgh was also a guest . Bro . Sir Thos . and Lady Brassey have been spending the Easter Holidays at Gibraltar . Mrs . Kendal , wife of Bro . W . H . Kendal , of the St . James ' s Theatre , forms the subject of an article in a contemporary this week * . Bro . the Lord Mayor , supported b y Bro . Alderman Hanson , and Mr . Sheriff * Ogg , has consented to

take the chair , at the Albion , on the Sth proximo , at the dinner of the Metropolitan Free Hospital . H . R . H . Prince of Wales has sent ten guineas to the fund of the Royal Army Coffee Tavern Association . Bro . Lord Holmesdale , P . G . M . Kent , has been entertaining , at Linton Park , Bro . the Earl and Countess of Marlow , the Swedish and Spanish Ministers , Lord Cremorne and Sir lames Airey .

The Prince of Wales during his visit to Yorkshire in June to open the new Schools at Bradford will be at a gathering of the Freemasons of the district . Bro . the Duke of Manchester will preside at the festival of the West London Hospital , at Willis ' s Rooms , on the 17 th of May . Bro . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales is the Patron of the hospital .

Bros . Sir Wm . Charley , Major Duncan , and Alderman Fowler , M . P ., were speakers at the annual meeting of the Church of England V'oung Men ' s Society , at Cannon-street Hotel , last Tuesday . Bros . Aldermen Hadley , Sir Benjamin Phillips , Stone , P . G . J . W . ; Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott , P . G . J . W . ; Staples , F . S . A ., 1 ; and Fowler , M . P ., 1 , were observed at

the twelfth annual ball of the Metroriohtan City Police Orphanage , at Cannon-street Hotel , on the 14 th inst . The ball was patronised by Bros , the Lord Mayor , Sir Charles Whetham , Alderman and Sheriff Hanson , and Major Campbell , City Marshal . Bro . the Earl 01 Dalhousie has spent Easter at

his seat at Brechin . Bro . James Cutbush , of Hig hgate , P . P . G . D . Herts , is announced as one of the Stewards for the festival of the Orphan Working School , Haverstock Hill , to be held on 9 th May , at Willis ' s Rooms . Bro . J . Judd , C . C , has been elected guardian of the parish of St . Andrew by the Wardrobe .

Bro . the Duke of Albany has been entertaining the young Duke of Portland at Bestwood Lodge , Nottingham . Bro . the Duke of Marlborough has been at Cowes , and is having his yacht , the Francesca , fitted up to go on a cruise for some weeks .

Bro . the Earl of Rosslyn , P . G . M . Scotland , and his Countess , are staying at liuston Lodge , near Dunmow , Essex . A new comic opera will shortl y be produced at the Avenue Theatre .. Mr . H . Paulton is the author , and the principal character will be sustained by Miss Florence St . John . Bro . L . F . Littell , P . M . Dalhousie Lodge , No .

860 , and Alliance Lodge , No . 1 S 27 , and Secretary of the Dalhousie Lodge , has had the honour conferred upon him of being selected by the Prince of Wales for the office of Grand Pursuivant . Both lodges will doubtless feel highly honoured at this mark of distinction to one of their brethren . Bro . Littell is in both lodges a great favourite , and has won the hearts of all the brethren by his kind and courteous wanner .

. Bro . the Hon . Rev . F . E . C . Byng , P . G . Chap ., vicar of St . Peter ' s Crosley-gavdcns , and Chaplain to tbe Oueen and the Speaker of thc House of Commons , conducted the service on Good Friday at St . Peter ' s . Bro . Alderman R . N . Fowler , M . P . presided Yesterday at the Albion , at the annual dinner in aid of the tunds of the Asylum for Idiots .

Bro . General Sir Garnet Wolseley , Adjutant-Ceneral of the Forces , has joined the Council of the Oxford Military College . ,-3 great many rumours about the new Grand Vi ¦? - *? are set at rest '' y a ' eaderette elsewhere , and which is , we believe correct , certainly in substance .

On Saturday last an official communication was received from the private secretary to the Prince of Wales , ¦"'¦ mating that their Royal Highnesses the Prince and princess would be pleased to attend and open the Abbey ' ark , at Leicester , on Whitsun Monday . The park has ¦ ^•"¦ n laid out at a cost of £ * , OOO near the ruins of the Abbey .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson , President of the Royal College of Surgeons , has been suffering from an attack of gastro-enleiiiitis , but is now happily convalescent . The attack has been acute , and reduced our brother ' s strength very much . The Provincial Grand Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland was to meet at Carlisle yesterday ( the

21 st ) . We shall hope to publish an account of this Provincial Grand Assembly in our next . Bro . the Pro Grand Master , the Earl of Carnarvon , has promised to preside on the 12 th May , at the inaugural meeting of the Society for Preserving the Memorials of the Dead , at the Society of Art's Rooms , John-street , Adelphi . Bro . Henry Wright has been placed upon the

Council of the society . Bro . the Earl of Northesk , and Bro the Very Reverend the Dean of York * , G . Chaplain have joined the society as Vice-Presidents . Bros . Montague Guest , M . P ., P . G . M . Dorset ; the Deputy Grand Master , the Earl of Lathom ; the Lord Mayor , G . J . W . designate ; Sir Moses Montefiore , Bart . ; the Earl of Rosslyn , P . G . M . Scotland ; and Alderman

Staples , F . S . A . I ., are stewards for thc festival dinner of the Royal Literary Fund , to be held at Freemasons' Hall , on 3 rd May , when the Marquis of Salisbury , K . G ., will preside . ' 1 he chair has always been occupied by those high in the state or literary world . It is with great regret we announce the death , at an advanced age , on Saturday night , of the Countess of

VVemyss and March , who was married as far back as the ) ear 1 S 17 to the venerable liarl of VVemyss and March , who was born in 179 ( 1 , and is consequently in his eightyseventh year . It is also our sad duty to announce that his lordship ' s condition is so critical that all the family are assembled at his residence , Gosford House , Haddingtonshire . The Earl is a Past Grand Master Mason of Scotland ,

having presided over the Craft north of the Tweed in the year 1828-29 , or considerably more than half a century ago , when he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Elcho . A very varied and attractive pro gram me is announced for the concert with which Bro . VV . Ganz , P . G . O ., will inaugurate his season at St . James ' s Hall this

day ( Saturday ) . A new violinist , Herr Ondneck , will play Mendelssohn ' s Concerto , and Liszt's Symphony to 1 ante ' s " Divina Commedia " will be played for the first time in England ; among the other numbers being a chorus for female voices from Gluck ' s " lphigeniain Tauris . " VVe shall hope next week to give a short Masonic biography of all the new Grand Officers .

lhe Fifteen Sections will be worked at the Tredegar Lodge of instruction , No . 1 G 25 , Royal Hotel , Mile End-road , li ., on Monday , the 24 th inst . Bro . D . Moss , S . D . 1275 , will preside , and the brethren kindly promised to assist are Bros . T . ) . Barnes , P . M . 554 and 933 , as S . VV . ; VV . H . Myers , P . M . S 20 and 1445 , as ) . W . ; and T . Wooding , VV . M . 130 ") , as I . P . M . The working will be

as follows : First Lecture . —First Section , Bro . Hammond , 127 S ; Second , Bro . Brittain , 127 S ; Third , Bro . Hubbert , 1625 ; Fourth , Bro . Wooding , VV . M . 1306 ; Fifth , Bro . Stephens , S . D . 1 C 23 ; Sixth , Bro . B . Cundick , P . M . 1421 ; and Seventh , Bro . T . J . Barnes , P . M . 554 and 933 . Second Lecture . —First Section , Bro . W . J . Musto , 1349 ; Second , Bro . lischwege , 1349 ; 'Third , Bro . Stewart ,

127 S ; Fourth , Bro . Pringle , I . G . 7 S 1 ; and Fifth , Bro . VV . H . Myers , P . M . S 20 and 1445 . Third Lecture . —First Section , Bro . Musto , P . M . 1349 ; Second , Bro . McDonald , J . W . 1443 ; and Third , Bro . Taylor , S . D . 554 . Brethren are cordially invited , and lodge will be opened at seven o ' clock prompt . Comp . Charles Smith was , on Tuesday , installed as M . E . Z . of the VVandereis Chapter , No . 1 O 04 .

The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Yarborough Lodge of Instruction , No . 554 , at the Green Dragon Tavern , Stepney , on Tuesday , the 25 th inst ., at seven o'clock p . m . precisely . Bro . B . Cundick , P . M . 1421 , will preside , and be supported by the following brethren : Bros . T . J . Barnes , P . M . 554 and 933 , Preceptor , S . VV . ; J . J . Berry , P . M . 554 , J . W . ; and Musto , 1349 , P . M .,

I . P . M . Bro . Matthew R . Webb has been appointed Solicitor to the Ward of Aldersgate . The number of patients under treatment at the National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Paralysis , Soho-square , for the week ending the 13 th inst ., was 93 s . Bro . Alderman Henry Knight has so far

recovered from his recent illness that he will be able to accept the office of Lord Alayor at Michaelmas , should the Livery elect him . Bro . Alderman Figgins , who stood in priority , is about to resign his gown , on account of his advanced age ( seventy-one ) and failing health . Bro . M . B . Marshall , C . C ., Bro . Pol ydore de Keyser , C . C , and Bro . Ex-Sheriff Waterlow will be candidates for the aldermanic gown for Farringdon Without .

Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Lad y Mayoress were present at a ball on Tuesday , at the Clothworkers Company ' s Hall . Bro . LI . Knell occupied the chair at a Conrt cf Judges held at the Grapes Hotel , Jewin-st ., on Monday last . A numerous company was present . In Hayti Masonry i . s nourishing . Of the two lodges of Port-au-Prince , Mount Libau counts nearly four hundred Masons , and Coerus Unis about as many .

Bros . Sir Albert Woods , Garter King-at-Arms , Sir John and Lady Monckton , Alderman Staples , F . S . A ., Lord Henniker , Admiral Sir John Hay , Alderman and Mrs . Knight , Alderman Fowler , M . P ., Sir Thos . Charley , Peter de Lande Long , Alderman Hadley , Sheriff Hanson , F . S . A ., the Comptroller and Mrs . Brand , Horace B . Marshall , Judd , C . C , and Pearce Morrison , were invited to the Easter Monday banquet at the Mansion House by Bro . the

Lord Mayor . PRESERVATION EXTRAORDINARY . — livery one knows that for softening and preserving the skin , cleansing it from impurity , and thereby ensuring its healthy action , there is nothing equal to Wright ' s Coal 'Tar Soap . Use it constantly , and you will have neither an irritable skin or a disfigurement of the face from pimples and blotches . Refuse all other Coal Tar Soaps , which are but worthless imitations . —I ADVT . ' J

Masonic And General Tidings.

bro . the Earl of Dalhousie has succeded Lord Wrothesley as Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen . Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., P . G . M . Herts ., responded for the House of Commons at the Livery Dinner of the Necdlemakers Company on 'Tuesday , at the Albion . Bro . the Lord Mayor replied for his own toast and the Corporation , and Bro . Alderman Sheriff Hanson for the Sheriffs . Bros . Sir John B . Monckton and Sir F . W . Truscott were guests on the occasion .

Bro . James Stevens , P . M . and P . Z ., has kindl y consented to deliver his Reading , explanatory of the entire ceremony of the First Degree , at the William Preston Lodge of Instruction , held at II 12 Jacob ' s Well , George-st ., Manchester-sq ., on 'Tuesday evening , May nthi r . t 7 p . m .

' I he Ctiiiiiditiii Craftsman says , "Bro . Kenning will accept our thanks for a cojiy of the ' Cosmopolitan Alasonic Calendar , Diary , and Pocket Book for 1 SS 2 . ' No Mason should' be without it . It is the Masonic Vade jl ~ ? cum . In it all the different Orders and Rites , Grand Ledges and Grand Chapters , with the addresses of their principal officers , are given . The price is only fifty-four centsl including postage . Address , George Kenning , the Freemason , London , England . "

FAST PASSAGE OF AN ATLANTIC S-SAMER . — The steamer Alaska , the latest addition to the Guion fleet , arrived at New York on Sunday , having accomplished the voyage from Liverpool in seven days four hours thirty-two minutes . On her previous voyage homewards the Alaska occupied seven days six hours forty-three minutes . These voyages are said to be the fastest on record .

1 here is on view at Mr . M'Lean ' s Gallery a very meritorious collection of portraits by native and foreign artists . Among the latter may be mentioned M . H . Schouten's " Heads of the Herd , " a clever delineation ot a group of oxen in captivity , with another ox that is free , looking on , and no doubt sj-mpathlsing with them ; and Ivl . G . Fiere's "Feeding Rabbits ; " M . Pierie

Billet ' s "Oyster Fishers ; " and P . Sadu's "The Fisherman ' s Family " and " Evening " are also to be greatly admired . Of r . alive works , Mr . B . W . Leader ' s " Dartmoor ; " Mr . Vicat Cole ' s "The Heart of Surrey ; " Mr . C . li . Johnson ' s " In the Isle of Syke ; " "A Dutch Village , " by Mr . G . H . Boughton ; Mr . James Hardy ' s "The Landing Place ; " "Dogs and Game , " " Waiting for the Guns , "

and "A Stormy livening , " by Mr . C . Lanson , are to be greatly commended . The Clapton Lodge of Instruction has been moved from the White Hart , Lower Clapton , to the Lord Stanley , Sandringham-road , Hackney , near the Hackney Downs Railway btation , G . E . R . The lodge meets at eight o ' clock on Friday evenings . Bro . Chas . Diamond 1327

, , Hon . Secretary . An interesting reception of a Mahommedan into the mysteries of Alasonry took place at Berlin , November 10 th . ' 1 he candidate was Orcis Marza , a relative of the Persian Shah . 'The initiation took place in the hall of the Grand County Lodge in Strasse , with a very

numerous attendance . The VV . Master asked the questions through an interpreter . He was fully advised of the meaning of the ceremonies and afterwards made a speech . The Persian Prince received the remaining Degrees a few days afterwards . A cousin oi his was previously made a Mason .

Bro . Edwin kreshfield has published a length y letter on the subject of the City chinches , and deprecating strongly the Bill introduced into the House of Lords by the Bishop of London . The Westbourne Lodge of Instruction First Charitable Association has issued a balance sheet to the

members , showing that the receipts have amounted to £ 215 6 s . sd . Amounts paid lo the Masonic Institutions , £ . 204 15 s . ; Expenses , £ 5 ( is . 5 d . At the final meeting , held on the 14 th inst ., it was resolved that the balance { £ 5 Ss . ) be paid into the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , on Bro . E . Arrowsmith ' s Steward ' s list .

In the course of a lecture at Exeter Hall o n Tuesday last , Dr . Norman Kerr stated that probably there were 34 , 000 , 000 cases of disease every year in the United Kingdom , and of these a large proportion aroSe from indulgence in intoxicants . He described some seventy diseases as arising directly from alcohol , besides a large number indirectly , and some of these come from drinking only . Dr .

Kerr estimated the annual mortality caused directly and indirectly from drinking at 120 , 000 . Bro . Henry Wri ght is a member of the Provisional Committee of the National Society for Preserving the Memorials of the Dead . He is also Hon . Secretary of the Middlesex Division ot County and Diocesan Organisation of the same society .

Our readers will learn with profound regret of the death of the beloved wife of M . W . Bro . J . K . Kerr , Past Grand Master of thc Grand Lodge of Canada , which took place at the family residence , 'Toronto , a few days ago . The deceased lady was the daughter of the late Hon . Chancellor Blake , the sister of the Hon . Messrs . Edward

and S . H . Blake . She took an active part in the varions charitable movements of the city , and was generally beloved and respected . 'The Craft throughout the Dominion will join us heartily in extending the warmest sympathy to our M . W . brother in the hour of his great affliction . —Canadian Craftsman .

At the Chapter General of " Ve Anticnte Fraternitie of ye Rahere Almoners , " held at the Chapter House , Cloth Fair , E . C , on Alonday last , it was announced by the Grand Recorder that the late concert , held at the Memorial Hall , Farringdon-street , E . C , on the ' 22 nd ult ., under the patronage of Bro . the Lord Mayor and members of the City Corporation , had yielded a net profit of about £ ' 40 to the funds of the society .

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, , and strengthening powers exerted by these excellent Pills the tongue becomes clean , the appetite improves , digestion is imickeiied , and assimilation rendered pcifect . Holioway's medicine possesses the highly estimable property of cleansing " the whole mass of blood , which in its renovated condition carties puritv , strength , and vi 'Onr to everv tissue of the body . — [ * ADVT . ] ' fc