Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

BRO . HENRY GARROD , P . G . P ., has been nominated for Senior Vice-President of the Board of Benevolence . The election takes place at the next Quarterly Communication of Giand Lodge on December 4 th . VVe think his many years' attendance at the Board eminently fits him for the position . BRO . DAVID AND MRS . OSOSKI purpose spending the winter at Davos , Switzerland . BRO . LORD GEORGE HAMILTON will preside at a banquet to Brc . Edmund Boulnois , M . P ., and Sir Horace Farquhar , M . P ., at the King ' s Hall , Holborn , on the 26 th inst .

SIR PHILIP CURRIE , the British Ambassador to the Sublime Porte , who has been on a visit to this country , left Charing Cross for Constantinople early on Monday morning . Bv THE QUEEN ' S COMMAND , the Imperial Institute Amateur Orchestra , which numbers about " 100 performers , will play before her Majesty and the Court at Windsor Castle to-morrow ( Saturday ) evening .

A PASSENGER TRAIN was wrecked on the New York Central Railroad , near Albany , on Tuesday , two persons being killed and 10 seriously injured . The disaster was caused by four boys , who deliberately formed their plans for causing the disaster . BRO . CAPTAIN LORD CHARLES BERESFORD , who is in command of the Medway Dockyard Reserve , has issued a special memorandum directing that all pensioners in the Reserves shall salute naval officers in uniform when passing them .

THE CARDMAKERS' COMPANY have arranged to entertain the Lord Mayor ( Bro . Sir W . Wilkin ) , Alderman and Sheriff Pound and Bro . Sheriff Cooper at dinner on Tuesday , the 3 rd piox . The meeting will be held in Merchant Taylors' llall .

BRO . SIR HENRY IRVING was entertained at a banquet at the Lotos Club , New York , on Saturday evening last , when occasion was taken to present him with a massive silver loving cup . The proceedings throughout were of a most enthusiastic character . THE QUEEN has sanctioned the appointment of Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein , who has served for some time in India , and who has been detailed for service in the Ashantee expedition . The Prince will leave Liverpool to-morrow ( Saturday ) .

A VERY SUCCESSFUL CONVERSAZIONE was given by the students " of the Technical School of Printing at St . Bride ' s Foundation Institute on the evening of Friday , the 15 th inst ., when a presentation was made to Mr . R . S . McAllan , who has conducted the classes during the past year . THE QUEEN has forwarded , through Sir Fleetwood Edwards , a cheque for 50 guineas to Bro . Sir Reginald Hanson , as Chairman of the Jubilee Dinner of the Commercial Travellers' Schools , and the member for the City has secured six other donations to his list of 100 guineas each from his own and leading City firms .

A GREAT DEMONSTRATION will be held in the Royal Lyceum Theatre this ( Friday ) afternoon , in honour of the veteran actress Mrs . Keeley , on the occasion of her 90 th birthday , and the Queen , who had already given her patronage to the performance and reception , has donrMis . Keeley the additional honour of taking 10 stalls for the meeting . BRO . THE EARL OF WARWICK has bcen elected , unopposed , a member of the Warwick Town Council . His lordship was on Saturday re-elected for a second year Mayor of the borough from outside the Council . Lord Warwick's decision to become an elected representative of the muniripal body has given general satisfaction in the borough .

THAT FISH POSSESS all the types of teeth which are found in the human jaw—the biting , the piercing , and the milling teeth—together with others which , never occur in mammalia , such as the saw-teeth , the hook-tooth , and the ntulitiple and triple pointed tooth , was demonstrated by Dr . Patterson in a lecture before the Piscatorial Society at the Holborn Restaurant this week .

THE QUEEN , accompanied by the Princess Louise ( Marchioness of Lome ) and Princess Henry of Battenberg , and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of her Court , arrived at Windsor Castle from Scotland shortly after 9 a . m . on Saturday last , the dislance of 5 S 0 miles from Ballater having been accomplished in about 19 hours . The Royal parly were met at the station by Prince Henry of Battenberg .

H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES has consented to take the chair atthe banquetof present and past Trinity men , which will be held in the Whitehall Rooms of the Hotel Mctropole on the gth prox ., in aid of the Trinity College Cambridge Mission Institute , in St . George ' s , Camberwell , the first portion of which his Royal Highness , accompained by the late Duke of Clarence , opened on the Gth June , lSqi .

FOR THE 19 TH YFAR in success ion a Bank of England Note for £ 100 has been placed in the offertory box at St . Mary ' s Church , Kilburn , by an unknown donor . To the note was attached a slip of paper , on which was a request , in thc same handwriting as in previous years and signed " X , " that the money should be distributed among the vatious charitable organisations connected with the Church .

KHA . MA and his brother Bechuanaland chiefs were entertained at dinner by thc Right Hon . J . Chamberlain , Secretary of State for the Colonies , at his resideece , Prince's Gardens , on Monday evening , a reception being subsequently held . On Wednesday the chiefs travelled to Windsor for the purpose of paying a visit to the Queen , to whom they were presented by the Secretary of State .

THE CUNARD LINE STEAMER , CAMPANIA , which reached New York on [ Saturday last , experienced very rough weather , and her commander , Capt . Walker , was huiled down the bridge ladder to the shade-deck and partially stunned . Fortunately he was able to cling to a stanchion , and was so saved from being washed overboard . On examination it was found that he had fractured a rib on the left side and was also much bruised .

HER MAJESTY ' twin-screw seconel-class cruiser Juno was launched from the yard of Ibe Naval Ccinstruction and Armaments Company , Barrow-in-Furness , on Saturday last , the ceremony of christening the vessel being performed by Lady Evelyn Cavendish , wife e f Bro . Victor Cavendish , Si . P . The Juno is the first of a scries of nine similar vessels that are being built for the Rojal Navy , o { which there ate three building in the Royal Dockyards , four on the Clyde , and two at Barrow .

PRINTERS' CORPORATION . —An effort is being made by the Council of this Corporation to raise a sum of £ 10 , 000 with which to peimanentl y endow the Printers ' Almshouses . The latest addition ( 0 the Almshouses , which are situate at Wood-grecn , Middlesex , was opened by the Duchess of Albany . Her Majesty and H . R . H . the Prince of Wales have become Patrons of the Institution . The buildings have becn constructed to afford every comfort and convenience to the inmates . Contributions will be gladly received by Mr . W . Clowes , Treasurer , Dukc-street , Stamford-street , S . E .

THE FIRST PORTION of the famous collection of coins formed by the late Bro . Hi man Montagu was disposed of by public auction at Sotheby's on Monday , when some exeeplionally high prices were realised . A penny of Geolwulf II ., supposed to be unique , fetched £ 50 j a penny of Cynythyrth , found in Hampshire , was knocked down for £ 27 ios . ; another of the same ncminal value from the Shepherd Collection for £ 28 5 s . ; a gold stater of Eppillus for £ 44 103 . ; and a Stater of Epaticcus , £ 42 ios . ; a penny of Beornwulf , found in Surrey , £ 16 ; and a penny of Cuthred , an unpublished variety , £ 20 ios .

GREAT ACTIVITY is being displayed in the military and transport departments in connection with the organisation ar . d dispatch cf thc troops which are to take part in the expedition against Ihe King of Ashantee . Bio . Lord Wolseley , the Commander-in-Chief , who had command of the former expedition against thc same State , is indefatigable in letltirg altirr Ihe ariarjif rteMs . On Saturday last the fust detachment of officeis ar . d men left Live ipcol for the West Coast of Africa on board the African steamer Angola ,

which also carried a vast ejuanlily of stores . It has now been arranged tbat the European peirtien ef the expedition shall he considerably mere numerous than was originally intended , one of our regiments that was en route ior India having been diverted from its destination wilh oiuers to embark on beard a transputt for Accra , while the number lhat will Le specially organised ar . d sent from England has been increased from 200 to Goo .

Masonic And General Tidings.

DURING his recent visit to Brighton , the Marquis of Salisbury was the guest of Bro . Gerald F . Loder , MP ., the senior member for the borough . MESSRS . BARCLAY , PERKINS AND CO . have forwarded a donation of £ 500 to Guy's Hospital , and have promised an annual subscription of £ 200 . THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ( Bro . Lord Wolseley ) presided at the annual dinner of Foremen connected with the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich , which was held at the Holborn Restaurant on Saturday evening last .

AN ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTION of £ 400 has been received by the Home Secretary of the London Missionary Society-for the Centenary Fund , Irom " A member of the Cbgrch of England . " The fund has now reached neatly £ 82 , 000 . BROS , DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE , Sir M . White Ridley , Bart ., Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Lord George Hamilton , Sir W . Hume Long , the Right Hon . A . Akers-Douglas , and Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., were present at the Cabinet Council held at the Foreign Office on the iGth inst .

ON MONDAY , a new battleship , with a displacement of i 5 , ooo _ tons , and an estimated speed of iy }( knots , was launched at Clydebank . She is a sister to the Magnificent , and was christened the " Jupiter , " by Miss Balfour , sister of the First Lord of the Treasury . WE ARE ASKED to announce that the winter convocation of the Grand Council-of the Order of the Secret Monitor will be held at Mark Masons' Hall , Great Queen-street , W . C , on Friday , the Gth prox ., at six o'clock . After the proceedings are closed the brethren will dine together at the Holborn Restaurant .

THE ANNUAL DINNER of present and past officers of the 4 th Battalion the Royal Fusiliers ( City of London Regiment ) took place at Limmer ' s Hotel on Wednesday last ; 24 sat down , amongst them being Bros . Col . L . G . Dundas , Col . T . Davies Sewell , Lieut .-Col . Bircham , and Capt . Vickers Dunfec , C . C . THE FOURTH ANNUAL CONCERT in aid of the Devon Masonic Educational Fund will be held in Plymouth Guildhall on Wednesday , the 27 th inst . These concerts , which are organised and carried out by Bro . W . Willoughby , _ Mus . Bac . Oxon , have been highly successful , the profit on the first three being over £ 250 .

GRAND DAY OF MICHAELMAS TERM , at Gray ' s Inn , was held on Monday , when Ihe Treasurer and Benchers entertained a number of distinguished guests , among whom were the Speaker of the House of Commons , Lord J ustice Rigby , Sir John Heron-Maxwell , Sir G . Seymour Fitzgerald , and Bro . Judge Lumley Smith , Q . C . ,,, His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , with the Duchess of Devonshire and the Countess of Warwick , visited Haddor . Hall on Sunday last , and then returned to Chatsworth . The Duke ot York having concluded his visit to Lord and Lady lveagh at Elvenden Hall , Thetford , returned to York Cottage , Sandringham , on the 16 th inst .

A TERRIBLE DISASTER , occurred at Chemulpo some few days since by which the launch of H . M S . Edgar , on her return fiom shore , foundered , with the result that 4 S out of a crew of 71 were drowned . The news has caused the greatest grief among the inhabitants of Devonport , to which most of those who have lost their lives belonged . FOUR VACANCIES have recently bcen caused in the House of Commons , and the Speaker ' s writs for filling . them up have been issued . Three of the seats have been rendered vacant by the elevation of Bros . Sir A . Borthwick , Baron H . de Worms , and Bro . the Hon . D . Plunket to the peerage , and the fourth by Mr . Ambrose ' s acceptance of office .

THE ANNUAL BANQUET of the Church Choir Guild was held at the Holborn Restaurant on Monday tvering under the presidency of the Dean of Bristol . There was a numeicus company present , and the toast of the evening , which was announced under the newly-adcpttd title of "The Guild of Church Musicians , " was drunk with great enthusiasm .

ACCORDING TO THE Registrar-General ' s Returns , a great improvement was noticeable in London , the mortality having fallen from 21 . 2 per 1000 the previous week to 17 . 9 . Ir . fluer . za , however , seems to be slowly making headway , the number of deaths reported from it during the last fcur weeks having been four , seven , ten , and eleven respectively .

BY PERMISSION of the Treasurer and Masters of Gray's Inn , Shakespeare ' s " Ccmedy of Errors" will te revived in the Hall of the Inn belore the members of the Elizabethan Stage Society on Saturday , the 7 th prox . The last occasion on which a performance of this play was given in this Hall was in 1594 by Shakespeare's Company . Ihe revival will be under the direction of Mr . William Poel .

PRINCESS LOUISE , MARCHIONKSS OF LORNE , and the Marquis of Lome , M . P ., accompanied by Col . Collins , arrived in Manchester on Thursday night . The Princess will this afternoon receive purses from the lady presidents of the Manchester and Salford brar . ch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution at the Town Hall , and in the evening will distribute the prizes at the annual meeting of the 2 nd Volunteer Battalion Manchester Regiment .

LORD KINSALE died at his residence , Stoketon , Saltash , on the 16 th inst ., in the 74 th year of his age . His lordship was the premier baron of Ireland , his title dating back to the year 1181 , and it was to his ancestor , in consideration of his distinguished military services and from his having acted as Champion of England in one of our many disputes of that period with France , lhat King John is said to have granted the privilege oi remaining covered in the presence of Royalty .

BRO . THE REV . HENRY SYKES H UME , a son of Maj .-Gen . Hume , Vicar of St . John's , Lowestolr , has died in his 38 th year , from typhoid fever . He was ordained by the late Bishop of Bath and Wells to the curacy of St . Mary Magdalene , Taunton , and was afterwards Vicar of Wilton and Chap lain to the Taunton Hospital . He did a good work there , and two years ago was appointed to St . John's , Lowestoft . He was an active Freemason and a Past Prov . G . Chap , of Somerset .

THE NUMEROUS FRIENDS of Bro . James Smith Eastes , P . G . D . of England , and Deputy Prov . G . M . of Kent , will be glad to hear that , thanks to a sound constitution and a good Providence , he is now out of danger , and there is every hope of his ultimate recovery . Only recently it was feared he could not possibly rally , the specialists and his own medical adviser losing hope . Bro . Eastes may be assured of a very hearty reception and most sincere congratulations whenever he is able to attend a lodge or Provincial Grand Lodge meeting .

His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES will take the chair at the dinner for past and present Trinity men , to be held at the Whitehall Rooms , Hotel Metropole , on Monday , the gth December . In June , 1 S 91 , thc Prince , accompanied by the late Duke of Clarence , opened the first portion of the Trinity College Mission Institute at Camberwell . The whole of the buildings hive now been completed at a

cost of nearly £ 12 , 000 , but of this amount £ 2200 have been borrowed upon the guarantee of individual guarantors . Lord Ashcombe has promised £ 500 upon the condition that a further £ 1500 be subscribeel by the end of the year . In order to obtain this sum , and to commemorate the completion of this important work in South London , his Royal Highness has undertaken to preside at the dinner .

PROFU . SE DECORATIONS , triumphal arches , and large and enthusiastic crowds gave quite a gala character to Eastbourne on Wednesday , the occasion being a visit of Bro . the Duke of Connaught for the annual meeting and banquet of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex , of which he is Provincial Grand Master . On the arrival of his Royal Highness at the railway station , the band of thc 2 nd Sussex Artillery Volunteers played the National Anthem . The Mayor and other dignitaries were present , arid an address of welcome was read by the Town Clerk . In reply , the Duke said : " I am very

sensible cf the very kind remarks in the address you have just presented . It is noiv , I am sorry to say , iS years since I was last in the town . It was on rather a sad occasion when I was here . I came to sec my dear sister , who was already then in very bad health , and who , as you will rem ember , died a few months after . But we all , in my family , remember thc kind reception you gave tier at all times , and I am sure her children . still remember with pleasure their stay here at Eastbourne . May I ask you to

express to the inhabitants my gratitude for the words you have addressed to me ? " 'Hi-Masonic function took place at the Queen ' s Hotel . In the course of thc proceedings , his Royal Highness congratulated the Provincial Grand Lodge on its progress ano steady prosperity during the past year . It was intended that the annual gathering m 1 S 1 / J should take place at Hastings . After the banquet bis Royal Highness returned te ) town by special train .