Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

It has been arranged that the St . Marie ' s College Lodge , No . 2157 , shall be consecrated on Friday , the 29 th inst ., the officer in charge of the ceremony being , as usual , Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Secretary . We are glad to hear that Bro . the Bishop of Peterborough is regaining his strength , having latterly been able to take some outdoor exercise .

Bro . Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart , Bart ., P . G . M . of Scotland , has expressed his intention of devoting the sum of £ 2000 to provide work for the unemployed in Glasgow . Deer-stalking in the great Forest of Athole has closed for the season , 102 stags , of which 13 fell to the gun of Bro . the Duke of Athole in one week , having been

killed . Bro . the Earl of Jersey presided last week at the annual harvest home dinner ; on his estate at Middleton , and referred , in the course of one of his speeches , to certain important matters connected with agricultural depression . Bros . Sir G . Willis and Sir F . Fitzwygram ,

Bart ., M . P ., were among the naval and military officers present on the 14 th inst . when the Mayor of Portsmouth , accompanied by the members of the Corporation , laid the foundation stone of the new Town Hall . Visitors to the Criterion will be sorry to hear that Bro . W . Culverhouse will not attend to the comforts of the brethren af f er this date . Bro . W . Culverhouse , by his

courteous attention , will be remembered by many brethren . He had been with Messrs . Spiers and Pond many years , and was much respected . The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of West Yorkshire will be held , by invitation from Lodge No . 53 , at Sheffield , on Wednesday , the 27 th inst ., at 4 p . m ., when a new code of bye-laws will be

submitted for approval , and the officers for the ensuing 12 months appointed . We trust that Bro . Seymour Smith's annual concert , which is announced to take place at an early date , will prove , as usual , a conspicuous success . It should do so , at all events , for there is an excellent programme , and a body of able and popular artists , both vocal and instrumental , to interpret it . Full particulars to be had of Bro .

Seymour Smith , 24 , Camden-road , Nunhead-Iane , S . E . The members of St . Bartholomew ' s Lodge held their annual meeting in the Council Chamber , at the Town Hall , Wednesbury , on Tuesday afternoon , the 12 th inst . There was a large attendance of members and visiting brethren . Bro . E . T . Collins was for the second time installed as W . M . In the evening a dinner was held in the lodge room at the Anchor Hotel , and a very enjoyable

evening was spent . At the last meeting of the Eboracum Lodge , No . 1611 , held in the Freemasons' Hall , St . Saviourgate , York , Bro . Brown , S . W ., was unanimously elected to the chair , Bro . G . Balmford , P . M ., P . P . G . O ., was unanimously re-elected Treasurer , and Bro . Hall was re-elected Tyler . The installation will take place on Monday , November the Sth .

Bro . the Duke of Abercorn , and Bro . the Earl and Countess of Faversham , were among the congregation present at St . Peter's , Eaton-square , on Tuesday , when Major the Hon . M . Curzon , a son by his second marriage , of the late Bro . Earl Howe , and Esmii , daughter o £ Mr . and the Hon . Mrs . Horatio Fitzroy , were married .

The monthly meeting of the Falcon Lodge was held on Thursday evening , the 14 th inst ., in the Masonic Hall , Thirsk , and was visited by the Hon . W . T . Orde-Powlett , the newly-elected Deputy Prov . CM ., who was received with due honours . About 20 members of the Eboracum Lodge at York , and others from Northallerton and Ripon , accepted special invitations from the W . M .,

Bro . Z . Wright , for the exchange of fraternal courtesies . A paper on " The Masonic Temple" was read by Bro . T . J . Wilkinson , P . M ., and discussed . We referred , in connection with the recent formation of the Prov . Grand Lodge of the Isle of Man , to the presence of several of the Grand Officers on the occasion , and paid them a compliment , which was no more

than their due , in regard to their readiness at all times to undertake any duty required of them , no matter what the trouble and distance involved . We enumerated most of those who took part in the interesting ceremony of installing R . W . Bro . Major Goldie-Taubman as P . G . M . of the Isle of Man , but , through an unintentional oversight , vve seem to have omitted from the list the name of Bro .

Colonel Somerville-Burney , P . G . D ., who acted as S . W . during the installation . We trust our worthy brother will kindly forgive the omission . A revolution in watches seems natural , seeing that time which is marked by the watch is in a perpetual state of revolution . But it certainly takes one ' s breath away when one hears of a really good watchwhich marks

, the time with splendid accuracy , like "The Holborn Watch" and "The Holborn Chronograph , " being purchasable at such insignificant prices as 9 s . 6 d . for the former , and 12 s . 6 d . for the latter . Yet the sale of these articles at the teems we have stated is a fact , and what is much more to the point , Mr . A . VV . Gamage , 121 , Holborn , from whom they arc obtainableguarantees their

, soundness , for two years at least . They are handsome to look at , being enclosed in aluminium gold or nickel cases , with crystal glasses , and having a quick winding keyless action . "The Chronograph" is _ a centre-second stopwatch , and therefore will be found invaluable for sporting in

men timing races and members of the medical profession in attending their patients . But both are admirable , and our friends who do not care to risk their gold watches , yet require always to have about them an accurate timekeeper , will be doing themselves a service if they patronise Mr . Uainage ,

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chaplain , D . P . G . M . of Suffolk , Rector of Long Melford , Sudbury , has been appointed Honorary Chaplain to Her Majesty . Bro . the Lord Mayor elect will entertain the officers and several of the past officers of the 4 th Battalion Royal Fusiliers at a banquet at the Mansion , House on 20 th November .

Bro . the Earl of Fife has arrived at Duff House from Mar Lodge , Braemar , and the Countess of March at Molecomb House , Sussex , from Gordon Castle . The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons was held at Hastings on Tuesday , when the P . G . Officers for the year were appointed , and a banquet followed as usual .

Bro . the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress have issued cards of invitation for a meeting at the Mansion House this ( Friday ) afternoon , in connection with the Recreative Evening Classes Association . The Princess of VVales , with her daughters , the Princesses Louise , Victoria , and Maud , and attended by Bro . Sir Francis and Miss Knollys , visited the Royalty

Theatre on Tuesday evening . Bro . Chaplin Henry had charge of the musical arrangements at the livery dinner of the Plaisterers' Company , held at the Albion , Aldersgate-street , on Tuesday evening . Bro . Lord Brassey will deliver the opening address at the first meeting this session of the City of London

College Parliamentary Debating Society , on Tuesday evening next , in the large hall of the College , White-street , Little Moorfields , On Tuesday , at the Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions , Bro . Lord Fitzhardinge , of Berkeley Castle , was presented with his portrait in oils , in recognition of his services to agriculture and the munificence with which he

had kept up the Berkeley Hunt . Bro . Sir E . Clarke , Q-C , M . P ., was entertained at a banquet at Plymouth on Tuesday to commemorate his appointment as one of the Law Officers of the Crown . The mayor of the town presided , and members of both political parties were present . Bro . Sir P . Cunliffe Owen presided at a meeting

of the Institute of British Carriage Manufacturers , held in the Westminster Town Hall on Tuesday , when an interesting paper on " Canadian Timber suitable for Carriage Building" was ' read by Professor Macoun . Bro . Lord Henniker , P . G . M . Suffolk , had a nannow escape from what might have been a serious accident and even worse . His lordship was returning in his

brougham from Eye Railway Station j . o Thornham Hall , when a horse and cart came into collision with his equipage , with the result that his horse was killed , though happily both his lordship and the coachman escaped injury . Bro . Sir George O . Trevelyan , Bart ., has been

giving sittings to Mr . Frank Hall for the portrait which the electors of ( he Hawick Burghs are about to present to the Right Honorable Gentleman in recognition of his services as th- ' r former representative in the House of Commons . In a f .-. v days Sir George will leave England for a two months' tour on the continent .

According to a note in the Voice of Masonry for the current month , the Masonic Benefit Association of Clayton , Illinois , is in a prosperous condition . In the year ended ist June , it paid away 28 , 224 dollars , making a total of payments since its establishment of 119 , 025 dollars . Its net assets are 5148 dollars . The Secretary of the Association is Bro . A . S . McDowell .

Bro . Lord Halsbury , Lord High Chancellor of England , will , in accordance with custom , entertain at breakfast at the House of Lords on Monday next the Judges , Queen ' s Counsel , Benchers of . the several ln * vs of Court , and the chief officials of the Supreme Court of Judicature , on the occasion of the opening of the Michaelmas law sittings .

Bro . Sir David Radcliffe ( Mayor of Liverpool ) was decorated by the French Minister of Commerce with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour , at a banquet given at Paris by French exhibitors at the Liverpool Exhibition and the French Bar , the banquet being specially given in the Mayor ' s honour , and that of Mons . Caubet , the French Consul in Liverpool .

The Globe in describing some of the incidents of the recent gales mentions that from a barque which was wrecked at Tintagei on Saturday last , the body of a man had been picked up , and in his pocket was found a Masonic certificate of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , with the name " William J . Pucksley ; " and the finding of a nightdress bearing the name of Ann Pucksley leaves little doubt that

Bro . Pucksley was thc captain of the ship , and that his wife has shared the fate of her husband and the whole crew . There has been a considerable amount of activity among the lodges and brethren under the District Grand Lodge of New South Wales , English Constitution . A quarterly communication was held at Freemasons' Hall , York-street , Sydney , on the 17 th May last , and since then

there have been no less than three emergency meetings ; one at Gundagai on the 20 th June , to inaugurate the new Lodge of Loyalty ; a second at Burwood for a like purpose in behalf of the Burwood Lodge on the Sth July ; and the third at the Oddfellows' Hall , Woollahra , on the 12 th August , when the Lodge Paddington Ionic was consecrated and inaugurated . This does not look much like a secession

of New South Wales from the Grand Lodges of the old country . There was also the further quarterly communication of the District Grand Lodge at Freemasons' Hall , Sydney , on the 29 th July , this being the annual communication , when the District Grand Officers for the ensuing year were appointed and invested . HOI . LOWAV ' PILLS . —Epidemic Diseases . —The alarming increase

of English cholera and diarrluna should be a warning to everyone to subdue at once any irregularity tending towards disease . I lolloway ' s Pills should now be in every household to rectify all impure states of the blood , to remedy weakness , and to overcome impaired general health . Nothing can be simpler than the instructions for taking this corrective medicine , nothing more efficient than its harmless than its

cleansing powers , nothing more vegetable ingredients . Holloway ' s is the best physic during the summer season , when decaying fruit and unwholesome vegetables are frequently deranging the bowels , and daily exposing thousands , through their negligence in permitting disordered action to the dangers of diarrheca , dysentery , and cholera . —[ ADVT ]

Masonic And General Tidings

At the meeting of the Fearnley Lodge , No . 58 , at Halifax last week , one guinea was voted from the funds of the lodge to the Binckes Testimonial Fund . Bro . Major General Sir Evelyn Wood , commanding the Eastern district , inspected the 19 th Hussars at Norwich on Monday . The Baroness Burdett-Coutts , last week , opened the new buildings of the Highgate Youths' Institute in the presence of a numerous and enthusiastic gathering .

Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., chief Secretary for Ireland , returned to the Viceregal Lodge , Dublin , from Earl Fitzwilliam's seat in county Wicklow , on Saturday . Bros , the Lord Mayor and tlie Lord Mayor elect , before the formal inauguration of the latter into office , will entertain the Courts of their respective Companies at

luncheon at the Mansion House , on the Sth inst . We are glad to see that among the candidates for the Plaistow Watd of the Borough of West Ham , at the Municipal Election on ist prox ., is our very worthy Bto . Thomas Cohu , 59 , 61 , High-street , Plaistow . Bro . Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., has arrived in Japan on his tour round the world , and may be expected back in England towards the end of Febtuary next .

Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., entertained a series of guests at Newmarket last week , and has since joined the party assembled at Mr . Saville's at Rufford Abbey , to meet the Prince of Wales . Bro . H . B . Marshall , P . G . P ., will be installed VV . M . of the Royal Hanover Lodge , No . 1777 , to-morrow ( Saturday ) , and in the course of the proceedings will initiate his son , Mr . H . B . Marshall , jun ., into Freemasonry .

Bro . Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., Chancellor of the Exchequer , left Vienna on Saturday last , having dined with his Excellency Sir A . Paget , our Ambassador , and Lady Paget , the previous evening . The Lady Mayoress gave the last but one of her receptions at the Mansion House on Tuesday , when among others there were present Bro . F . T . Isitt , Bro . Under-Sheciff Sydney and Mrs . Sydney , and Bro . Alderman Stone and Mrs . Stone .

Bro . Augustus Harris will not remove from the boards , during the pantomime season , the successful drama of " A Run of Luck , " but will play it at another theatre , Drury Lane being , as usual , reserved for the regular Christinas Pantomime .

At the last meeting of the Duke of Edinburgh Lodge , No . 1259 , Bro . C . Wakefield , S . W ., was unani . mously elected W . M ., and Bro . VV . M . . Esmond , the esteemed W . M ., was voted a P . M , jewel to be presented to him on leaving the chair at the expiration of a successful year of office .

Bro . William Watkins , S . W . 1076 , was unanimously elected W . M . at the last meeting of the above flourishing lodge . Bro . J . Dorton , P . M ., was re-elected Treasurer ; and the eminent services of Bro . W . H , Harris , VV . M ., were recognised by the lodge voting him a jewel of the value of ten guineas from the lodge funds . The King of Denmark , with the Crown Prince

and Princess , Pnnce and Princess Waldemar , Prince Hans and Bro . the Hon . E . Monson , British Minister in Denmark , visited the Channel Fleetundcr Bio . Vice-Admiral SirVV . N . Hewett , at Copenhagen on Saturday last . In the evening the Danish Naval Officers'Club and the British residents in the Danish capital gave a grand ball to the officers of the squadron , at which some 300 guests were present .

"A Dark Secret" is the title of the new sensational drama by Bro . James Willing , jun ., which will be produced at the . National Standard Theatre on Saturday next , the 30 th instant . The great scene will be the Henley Regatta , and in order to allow of the necessary stage alterations being made , the theatre will be closed from Monday next , the 25 th inst ., till the day of production .

It has been arranged that the Lord Mayor ' s Procession this year shall include a number of grand cars , in which will be exhibited certain appropriate trophies symbolical of Great Britain and her various groups of colonies and possessions , India , Canada , Australia , Africa , and the West Indies ; the arrangement of the whole display being , as we have said before , in charge of Bro . Chas .

Harris , of "Old Drury . " Bro . the Earl of Dunraven , of Dunraven Castle , near Cardiff , as soon as he heard of the wreck of the Beny-Gloe , Glasgow , 2000 tons , on the Nash Sands , off that port , generously sent money and provisions to the shipwrecked crew and invited them up to the Castle . On the other hand , some of the inhabitants ofthe neighbourhood not

only plundered the stores from the wreck , but even stripped the dead of their valuables , PEARL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY ( LIMITED ) . — The report presented at the twenty-second annual meeting of this company at its offices , on the 24 th ult ., shows a very satisfactory rate of progress , and that its position is becoming stronger and sounder every vear . Thus , to i » o back

only five years , in 1 S 81 the income from premiums was in round figures £ 91 , 458 , now it is £ 195 , 737 . During the past year , 453 , 898 policies were issued , representing a new annual premium income of £ 169 , 631 , while the total income from all sources during the same period was £ 199 , 985 , showing an increase over the year previous amounting to iC-35 > S 7 S . At the termination of the financial

year in June last the policies in force in the company's books yielded an income of £ 23 1 , 793 , and the 11 , 774 claims and grants paid during the year amounted to £ 73 , 857 , making a total so paid since the establishment of the Company of £ 403 , 252 . There has also been added £ 14 , 318 to the Assurance Fund which with capital paid up , now amounts to £ 124 , 228 . Lastly , the actuaries , after employing an exceptionally severe test

and having estimated all negative values , have been able to show a surplus of £ 7087 . Under these circumstances the Directors in this report felt justified in recommending a dividend of 10 per cent ., payable in two half yearly instalments , and one of those payments has already been made . Thus , in spite of the commercial depression which has prevailed so generally , the Pearl Life Assurance Company has gone on its way prosperously during the past 12 months .