Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , which adjourned its proceedings of the ist instant to the 291 b instant—rot to the next regular monthly meeting on the Gth July , as has been commonly supposed—will meet on Saturday next ( the day in question ) at the hour fixed .

The distribution of prizes to the pupils of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will take place on Thursday next , the 27 th instant , instead of , as originally arranged , on Saturday , the 29 th instant . GOULD TESTIMONIAL . —The following donations have been recently received from Southern Cross Lodge , No . 175 S , Palamcotla , India , £ 3 3 s . ; Albion Lodge , No .

196 , Barbados , £ 1 is . ; and Quadratic Lodge , No . 1 G 91 , £ 2 2 s . The following brethren having joined the Committee : Bros . Charles L . Fry Edwards , P . P . G . Treas . Somerset ; Leonard Boor , Nelson , New Zealand ; Geo . H . Whymark , W . M . Rising Sun Lodge , No . 1401 ,

Kobe , Japan ; Alderman Cowan , 1 ; and W . Henderson , P . M . 1417 , Johannesberg , Transvaal . A medal to illustrate the 700 th anniversary of the Mayoialty of the City of London is to be struck in celebration of the event , in accordance with an idea suggested by Bro . Lord Mayor Whitthead .

The 34 th annual meeting of the Soldiers Daughters' Home , at Hampstead , vvas held on Tuesday , under the presidency of Field-Marshal Lord Napier of Magdala , the Ducluss of Albany being present and distributing the prizes tothe children . Her Royal Highness , who was loudly cheered , promised to become a patron of the Institution .

The two Houses of Parliament re-assembled for business early this week after the Whitsun holidays , the House of Commons on Monday , and Ihe House of Lords the day following . A fair amount of business has been transacted in the former since then .

The Prince and Princess of Wales have been staying at Sunningdale during the present week in order to attend the Ascot races . On Tuesday and Thursday the royal visitors were present on the course , with their daughters , Prince Albert Victor , and Prince and Princess Christian , amongst others present being Bros , the Earl of Fife and C . Sykes , M . P .

On Thursday , the 6 th instant , at the Masonic Temple , Jersey , the members of La Cesaree Lodge , No . 590 , inaugurated a new departure in the annals of Jersey Free-Freemasonry , viz .: Ihe placing of Bio . E . Bree in Ihe Master's chair for lhe third consecutive year , thus acknowledging the efficiency with which he has filled that important office duiing the last two years . The officers of the

lodge for the ensuing year vvere il crwards installed . The annual banquet vvas afterwards held in the dining room , about 40 brethren sitting down to a sumptuous repast . The thike-ekcied Master occupied the chair , and besides him vvere Bros . T . Le Seelleur , P . P . S . G . W . ; P . E . Sohier , P . G . S . ; G . J . Renouf , P . G . T . ; IVK-jor J . C . Raven , Capt . F . Godfray , P . VV . Binet , P . M . ; and Ph .

Le Feuvre , jun ., I . P . M . The vice-chairs were occupied by Bros . H . Becker , S . W ., and Verd'er , S . D . A long list of toasts was afterwards gone through , the proposers and responders fully justifying the allusion made to this as the speech makers' ledge of the province . Fraternal feeling reigned throughout the evening , which , vvas most pleasantly spent . Bro . Rogers ' s catering again left nothing to be desired .

Bros . Lord Stalbridge , John Aird , M . P ., Sir E . J . Reed , K . C . B ., M . P ., Sir F . Abel , and Sir J . B . Monckton were among the principal ^ guests at the banquet given in the Guildhall on the 13 th inst ., to the American Engineers now on a visit to this country by the Institute of Civil Engineers .

The Jubilee Festival of the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institution vvas held at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , on the 13 th inst ., under the presidency of Mr . Leopold de Rothschild . About 170 guests vvere present , and among them Bro . Philbrick , Q . C .

The Princess Louise , Marchioness of Lome , was unfottunately prevented by the state of her health from fulfilling her engagement to open the new baths at Bath on the 13 th inst . However , her p ' ace was taken by the Duchess of Albany , who met with a most enthusiastic

reception . The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the working of the Sunday Closing Act resumed its sittings at Swansea , on lhe 141 I 1 instant , under the presidency of Bro . Lord Balfcur of Burltigh , The evidence taken vvas ' of a very varied chaiacter .

The Mansion House Fund in connection with the Royal Agricultural Society ' s Show at Windsor , is stated to have amounted towards the close of last week to £ 5900 , of which it has been arranged that £ " 5000 shall be devoted Io the expense of the Show , and £ 300 given away in prizes for thoroughbred stallions .

On Friday , the 14 th instant , the Duchess of Albany , who had visited Bath the previous day , opened the new Town Hall , Trowbiidge , which had been presented to the borough by Bro . Roger Brown , as a memorial of the Queen ' s Jubilee . Her Royal Highness , who was the guest during her stay of Bro . Walter Long , M . P ., afterwards unveiled a statue in the hal ! of Bro . Brown , presented by the brethren of Trovvbrido-p .

THE UNEMPLOYED IN EAST LONDON . —At a time when much thought is being given to this matter , a practical suggestion may be of service . Last year more than £ 300 , 000 vvorlh of foreign matches vvere 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 heait . " If all consumers vvould purchase Bryant and May's Matches , that firm would be enabled to pay £ 1000 a week more in wages . —ADVT .

Masonic And General Tidings

LOGIC CLUB . —A meeting of this club will be held early on Thursday , the 27 th inst ., when the members and their visitors will proceed in saloon carriages on the Great Western Railway to Taplovv , thence by the handsome saloon launch Helen—placed at the disposal of the club by W . Shepherd , Esq ., of Henley-on-Thames—will proceed from Boulters Lock , luncheon being served on

board . Upon arrival at Henley-on-Thames , a full Masonic banquet will be served at lhe Red Lion Hotel . _ _ If the weather is propitious , a most enjoyable day is anticipated . The floral fete at Covent Garden in aid of the Gardeners' Orphan Fund has resulted in a net profit of over £ 200 , and as the Duke of Bedford has given a donation of £ 500 , and the proceeds arising from the Duke of

Marlborough throwing open his conservatories at Blenheim amount to £ 73 , the total paid to the benefit of the fund will reach about £ Soo . Bro . Lord Herschell will preside at the dinner of the Imperial Federation League , which will be held at St . James ' s Hall to-morrow ( Saturday ) . On Saturday , the 15 th inst ., was played for the

first time in London for 10 years Augier and Sandeau's delightful comedy "Le Gendre de M . Poirier , " at the Gaiety Theatre . In the character of M . Poirier , the millionaire draper , M . Coquelin is seen at his best . He vvas well suppoited by M . Duquesneas the aristocratic

sonin-law , and by M . Jean Coquelin as Verdelet , his old partner , whilst the part af Antoinette s the daughter , vvas well played by Mdlle . Alice Lodi . The audience was enthusiastic , and the principal aitists were called before the curtain after each act . _ The play is a thoroughly wholesome one , and full of epigram .

The Emulation Lodge of Instruction , No . 299 , meeting at the Bull Hotel , Dartford , has closed for the summer session , and will re-open the first Tuesday in October . The "Gavel" shoot between teams from the London Rifle Brigade , 1962 ; Macdonald , ist Surrey , 1216 ; South Middlesex , 858 ; anel Queen ' s Westminster , 2021 , Masonic lodges , will take place next month at the Caterham ranges .

The land on which the battle of Tewkesbury was fought , and which covers a tract of some fifty acres , vvas to be offered for sale at that town on Wednesday . It vvas announced in the early part of the present week at Oxford , that Sir John Stainer has been appointed to the Professorship of Music rendered vacant by the death of Bro . the Rev . Sir Fred . Gore Ouseley , Bart .,

Past G . Chaplain , and Past G . Organist of the Mark G Lodge . Bros . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) , Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ) , Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., and Lord George Hamilton were present at the meeting of the Cabinet Council held at the Foreign Office on Tuesday . The Richter Concert of the 17 th inst . opened

with Schumann's line overture to " Manfred , " after which Sach ' s monologue from the " Meistersinger" vvas given with capital effect by Herr Carl Meyer . Dvorak ' s " Symphonic " variations and Schubert ' s Symphony in C vvere finely rendered by the orchestra ; and the closing scene of " Die Walkure" vvas given vviti great power and vocal excellence by Fraulein Fillungcr and Herr Mayer . — Echo .

At the monthly meeting of St . Ktw Lodge , No . 1222 , on Tuesday , the 4 th inst ., the following resolution , moved by the W . M ., Bro . H . B . ffaungton , and seconded by the oldest P . M . of the lodge , Bro . B . Cox , was accepted unanimously : "The W . M ., Pa ^ t Masters , and brethren of the Lodge of St . Kew , No . 1222 , express

their profound and heartfelt regret on the lamented death of the esteemed and R . W . Bro . Biigaditr Gen . A . W . Adair , P . P . G . M ., G . Supt . of the Province of Somerset , and beg to convey their respect , sympathy , and condolence to his family upon their severe bereavement , with the earnest hope that the G . A . O . T . U . may alleviate their sorrow . "

Professor Archibald Geilcie , of London , has been elected corresponding member of the Physical and Mathematical Section of the Royal Academy of Science in Berlin . On Wednesday , at the residence of the Earl of

Aberdeen , a conference of those interested in the Children ' s Country Holidays Fund ( office , 10 , Buckingham-street , Strand ) , vvas held . Lord Kilmarnock took the chair , and among the speakers vveie Lady Frederick Cavendish , Bishop Selwyn , and the Hon . Dudley Fottescue .

The National Lifeboat Institution has issued a very timely circular containing instructions for the restoration of the apparently drowned , the leading principles of which are founded on those of the late I ) . Marshall Hall , combined with those of D . H . R . Silvester , and are ths results of extensive enquiries made by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution amongst medical men , medical bodies , and coroners throughout the United Kingdom .

The first regular business meeting of the resuscitated Saint Mungo Encampment of Knights Templar was held on the 14 th inst ., in the St . Mark ' s Mail , Buchananstreet , Glasgow—the M . E . C , Sir Knight Dr . J . C . Stewart , in command . There vvas a fairly good muster , including Sir Knights David Reid , J . Louttitt , VV . Phillips , VV . Foster , and others . The preliminaries having been

gone through , the following aspirants vveie admitted and instructed in the various privileges and obligations of Pilgrims , E _ quires , and Knights Templar bv Sir Knight H . J . Shields—VV . T . Patterson , 17 S ; W . A . Munro , 441 ; and George Muir , 102 . HOLLOWAY ' S OIXTMEXI . — Sores , Wounds , Ulcerations , and other diseases affecting lhe skin , are capable of speedy amendment by this cooling and healing Ointment , which has called forth the loudest praise from persons who had sult ' ered for years from bad legs , bad breasts , piles , abscesses , and chronic ulcers , after every hope of cure had long pa-. sed away . None but those who have experienced the soothing effect of this Ointment can form an idea

of the comfort it bestows by restraining inflammation and allaying pain . Whenever Holloway ' s Ointment has been once used it has established its own worth , and has again been eagerly sought for as the easiest and safest remedy for all such complaints . " In neuralgia , rheumatism , and gout , the same application , properly used , gives wonderful relief , —ADVT .

Masonic And General Tidings

It will be seen from our advertisement colu that a subscription has been opened for the purpose of ^ chasing . prizes to be given to the boys who acquit themsJ . "' best in the various athletic sports—which will be he |( i ' Wood Green , after the distribution of prizes , on Thursd ' next , the 27 th inst . Bro . Richard Eve , the Chairm J and several other brethren have already contributed all vve have no doubt a sum sufficient for the purpose \ } M ! T obiained . **

The usual ex-pupils' day at the Royal Mason ! Institution for Girls has been fixed for Saturday next nf 29 th inst ., on which occasion all former pupils aie L , cordially invited to be present , and will be sure of a heart ' welcome . ' At the 79 th annual meeting ot the Swedenbor . Society it vvas resolved— " That this meeting , recognisi n in the doctrines of the New Church the Divinel y provide ?

and only satisfactory means by which the revealed truth of the Word are shewn to be in harmony with the di coveries and sound deductions of science and philosophy ' regards the work of the Swedenborg Society in publishing the writings which contain these doctrines as of supreme impoitance to the religious , moral , and intellectual protest of mankind , and commends them to the diligent inveslioa lion of all earnest seekers after truth . "

A special service was held in the Church of Peace , at Potsdam , on Saturday last , it being the anni » c-. sary of the death of the Emperor Frederick . The Emperor and Empress , three of tlieir sons , and other members oi the family , as well as a number of Court officials , and

generals vvere present . On Sunday a special service in commemoration of the same sad event was held in Berlin Cathedral , while at Balmoral a short memorial service rs held on Saturday , at which the Queen and the Princess Victoria of Prussia vvere present .

Prince George of Wales inspected the Corps of Commissionaires on the Royal Hospital Parade Ground Chelsea , on Sunday , the number of men present being about 900 , who vvere arranged in a battalion of eight com . panies , with their band drawn up in the centre , lie Prince expressed his pleasure at seeing the men , who , on his departure , marched off to church service .

I he Festival of St . John was observed by the Royal Wharfedale Lodge , at Otley , on Friday , the 14 th inst ., when Bro . William Weegmann vvas installed VV . M , He vvas presented by Bro . H . Harrison , P . M ., and the ceremony was performed by the Installing Master , Bro . W . Laycock , P . P . G . Std . Br . At the close , the newly elected VV . M . invested the following brethren in thtit

offices : Bros . J . H . Payne , I . P . M . ; W . H . Dawson , S . W . ; F . Cobley , J . W . ; W . Laycock , P . M ., Treas . ; P . M . Slater , Sec ; P . Barraclough , S . D . ; 1 . Etchells , P . P . G . R ., J . D . ; T . Houlding , D . C . ; A . Walker , P . M . ! Org . ; H . Harrison , P . M ., I . G . j N . H . Tetley , Steward ; and J . Mast n , Tyler . A banquet followed . 'i hera were present brethren from Keighley and Baildon .

The Cambridge Higher Local Examinationsare being conducted this week at 20 centres , and the numbei of candidates is 900 . The regulations for J une , 1 S 90 , avt now published , and can be obtained from any of the local Secretaries , or from the Secretary of the Syndicate , Syndicate Buildings , Cambridge .

The sale of the second portion of the Earl of Crawford ' s library was commenced on Wednesday liy Messrs . Sotheby and Co . Among the best lots vvas llie first edition of the great "Cathohcon" of lialbus de Janua , printed by Gutenberg in 1460 , on vellum , £ 300 ;

"Budeus , " a supeib specimen of the library of the famous Diane de Poictiers ( bought by Lord Crawford for ^ 130 ) , £ 305 ; and " Ciceio on Old Age , " black letter , small lolio , by VV . Caxton , £ 320 . The day ' s sale realised up . wards of £ 2000 .

The death is announced of Bro . S . Steele , a member of the firm of Messrs . Steele and Frazer , out fitters of Victoria-street , Derby . Bio . Steele , the son ol a Baptist minister , lived in Derby for upwards of 30 years , and for 20 years had been in business . He passed the

chair in the Lodge of Repose , nine years ago , but he had been initiated in the Hartington a long time previously . In 1 SS 1 he vvas appointed Treasurer to the former lodge , and was . also appointed an officer of Provincial Grand Lodge . Bro . Steele has left a wife and family to mourn his loss .

At the Royal Society conversazione on Wednesday , Mr . J . Aitken , F . R . S ., exhibited an apparatus for counting the dust particles in the atmosphere . By means of this apparatus he demonstrates that , if there vvere no dust in the air , there would be neither clouds nor fog > because the vapour would have nothing to condense upon .

Then by all means let us get rid of our dust ; thoug h ; perhaps , it is easier said than done . Speaking on Wednesday night at a dinner held at the Holborn Restaurant in aid of the funds of ' ^ Pawnbrokers' Charitable Institution , Mr . R . Percy Att * borough said it was established in the year 1 S 23 , and that their almshouses at West Ham were founded in 1 S-I 9 . 'A 16 object of lheir picsent meeting vvas to raise some £ 3000 ^ complete a fund of £ 5000 , which their committee reqjif eii to convert some houses on their estate at West Ham in ' shops . The Hon . Secretary , Mr . A . J . Adams , announced a total of subscriptions amounting to ^ 2417 .

A dramatic and musical performance will be given at the Lyric Hall , Ealing , to-morrow ( Saturday ) evening , the entire profits to be handed to Dr . Barnardo s Home . Miss Grace Murielle will appear in a fairy m ° ° ; loguebyMr . F . W . Broughton . "Ihe Happy Pa '' „ will be played , and there will be recitations by Mr > Shipman , Mr . T . Heibert Terriss , and others .

LINCOLN AND PETERBORO' MUSICAL F ESTIVAL —The combined choirs of Lincoln and Peterboro' Caft 8 ' deals , aided by contingents from the choral societies 01 Lincoln , Peterboro ' , Nottingham , Grimsby , and otK places , on Wednesday gave their second triennial festh " in Lincoln Cathedral . Mendelssohn's " Eliiah " 6

chosen for the afternoon service , and Handel's Dettwg Te Deum , followed by Mendelssohn ' s Hymn of P' ^' formed the evening programme . The soloists were M )* Anna Williams , Miss Hilda Wilson , Mr . Burton McGuc" " . ' and Mr . Watkin Mills . The band and chorus numbei ^ over 550 performers . Tne attendance , unfortunately ) *» not very large ,