Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The West Smithfield Lodge of Instruction , No . 1 G 23 , will not meet on Easter Monday , the 2 Gth instant . We are asked to state that the Aletropolitan Chapter of Improvement will not meet on Easter Tuesday . Bro . the Earl of Zetland , vvho retires by rotation , has been succeeded by the Marquis of Londonderry as a Steward of thc Jockey Club .

Bro . Lieut .-General Sir George Willis , K . C . B ., will be in command of the forces which will take part in the Volunteer Review at Portsmouth on Monday next . Bros . T . Bolton and Duckham have been added to the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Tithe Rent Charge ( Extraordinary ) Amendment Bill . Bros . Earl Granville , the Right Hon . Hugh C .

E . Childers , M . P ., and others , had interviews with Mr . Gladstone , at his residence in Downing-street , on Saturday last , previous to his departure for Hawarden . Bro . Lord Charles Beresford , M . P ., was among those present at a meeting held at Exeter Hall last week , for the purpose of inaugurating a scheme for supplying physical recreation to the working classes of the Metropolis . The Hornsey Chapter of Improvement , No .

Sgo , held at the Porchester Hotel , Leinster-place , Paddington , will not , owing to the holidays , meet until Saturday , the ist May , at S p . m ., when Comp . T . C . Edmunds will be M . E . ZL . It is announced that Bro . Henry Irving will shortly give a lecture at Oxford , in which he will trace the history of the English stage through the Shakesperian and Restoration periods , the days of Garrick , and the days of Edmund Kean .

The funeral of Bro . William Jamieson , Knockenbaird , which took place at Insch on the 12 th inst ., was attended with Masonic honours by St . Andrew Lodge , No . 22 S . There was a large muster of the members , vvho marched in uniform at the head of the procession . A new Mark Mason ' s lodge will be consecrated at Hertford on Thursday , the 29 th inst ., to be called the

Hertford Lodge , No . 3 G 6 , of which Bro . R . B . Croft , No . I , is W . M . designate ; Bro . H . C Heard , No . 1 , is S . W . designate ; and Bro . T . S . Carter , No . 1 , J . W . designate . M . E . Comp . George W . Kendrick , G . H . P ., and the officers of the Grand R . A . Chapter of Pennsylvania , made a grand visitation to Tristram B . Freeman Chapter , No . 243 , Philadelphia , on Friday , the 2 nd inst ., there being a large gathering of companions on the

occasion . Bro . the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress attended the Supping in Public at the Great Hall of Christ ' s Hospital , on Thursday , the 15 th inst . Bros . Alderman and Sheriff Evans and Mrs . Evans , Sheriff and Mrs . Clarke , Alderman Savory , and J . D . Allcroft , P . G . Treasurer , being also present . The Prince of Wales , Grand Master , has been

pleased to grant a charter for a new Masonic lodge at Bowden . It will be named the De Tatton , and will be 2144 on the roll of the Grand Lodge . Bro . Edwin George Simpson , son of the respected Master of the Manchester Exchange , will be the first W . M . The following dinners take place at the Freemasons' Tavern for the week ending Saturday , the 24 th

inst .: —Monday—Grand Master's Lodge ; British Lodge ; Royal Albert Lodge . Tuesday—Wanderers Chapter ; Salisbury Lodge . VVednesday—Buckingham and Chandos Lodge ; Grand Stewards' Lodge ; Oak Lodge . Thursday —Grenadiers Lodge ; Polish National Lodge ; Jerusalem Lodge . Bro . VV . Weston , P . M . 1 536 , and P . P . G . S . B . Kent , and who is also Captain and Quartermaster of the

Royal Arsenal Volunteer Artillery , was entertained at dinner on Tuesday , the 13 th inst ., at the Raglan Assembly Rooms , Plumstead , on his return from Cairo , Egypt . Bro . G . Kenneday , P . M . 153 6 , presided , and among the company were ofiicers of the garrison and gentlemen of the town of Woolwich , most of whom are members of local lodges . The ceremonies of consecration and installation

will be worked on Thursday evening , the 13 th May next , at seven o ' clock precisely , by Bro . Jas . Terry , P . P . G . J . W . Herts , P . M . 22 S , 127 S , 1366 , Sec R . M . B . I ., at the Covent Garden Lodge of Instruction , No . 1614 , held at the Criterion , Piccadilly , VV . Dress—full Craft regalia . At the conclusion of the ceremonies there will be a supper . Brethren desirous of having tickets can obtain the same of

Bro . G . P . Bertini , the Criterion , Piccadilly ; or of Bro . W . C . Smith , S . W . 15 G 3 , Preceptor , g , Mill-street , Hanover-square , W . ; Bro . G . Reynolds , S . D . 1614 , Treas . and Sec , 3 , St . James's-square , Pall Mall , S . W . The final report of the Third Tottenham and Enfield Masonic Charitable Association is very satisfactory . The amount received during the past year , including a

balance brought forward from the previous audit of ^ , 23 14 s . gd ., was £ 134 1 is . 3 d . Of this , five Life Governorships ' amounting to £ 52 10 ., was paid to the Girls' School , three Life Governorships { £$ 1 ios . ) to the Boys' School , and four Life Governorships and a Life Subscribership , representing £ 47 5 s ., tc the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . These together give a total of £ 131 5 s ., and the

small balance of £ 3 Os . 3 d . was expended for printing , postage , & c , & c This makes , lhat during the four ycars thc Association has lasted , the bulk of the sum subscribed ( £ 409 2 S . Gd . ) has found its way to our three Charitable Institutions , which , if wctake the proceedsof the First and Second Associations into account as well , wc find that over £ 1600 has been handed over by their joint means to the

Central Charities , while the cost has been comparatively insignificant . The thanks of the Craft are due to all who have had a hand in producing such admirable results , but especially to Bros . John Mailer , P . M . 754 , President ; G . Poore , P . M . 1217 , Vice-President ; " Thompson , P . M . 1707 , & c , Treasurer ; and A . G . Fidler , VV . M . 754 , & c , Hon . Secretary ,

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . the Earl of Donoughmore will preside atthe next house dinner of the City Carlton Club , which is fixed for Friday , the 14 th prox . Bro . ex-Sheriff Burt , P . G . A . D . C , entertained the Bishop of Salisbury and other guests at his residence , at Swanage , during last week .

Bro . the Lord Mayor presided at the 19 th annual meeting , held at the Mansion House on Monday , of the Royal Alfred Aged Merchant Seamen ' s Institution . Bro . Puleston , M . P .. Master of the Wheelwrights' Company , will visit Devonport in the course of next month , in order to spend a few days among his constituents .

Bro . Cusins , P . G . Organist , was one of the conductors at the 26 th annual concert , which was held in St . James ' s Hall on Thursday evening , in aid of the Covent Lifeboat Fund . The Biilgrave Lodge , No . 749 , has presented Bro . H . Garrod , P . M . and Secretary , with his full dress

Grand Lodge clothing and jewels on the expiration of his year of office . Bro . H . White , late Secretary of the Warehousemen and Clerks' Schools , has been appointed Superintendent of Agencies in connection with the National Provident Life Office .

It has been resolved to make Shrewsbury the centre of the National Olympian Association , and promises of support have been given by Bros . Lord Harlech , Jasper More , M . P ., and others . On the 24 th ult . the Grand Treasurer of Indiana drew his cheque for 4000 dollars , being the amount of the last bond remaining due on the Masonic Hall of the Grand

Lodge of Indiana . Bro . the Rev . Henry W . Ragg , Editor of the Freemasons' Repository , was elected , at the 88 th Annual Convocation last month of the Grand Chapter of Rhode Island , M . E . G . H . Priest for the ensuing year . The installation meeting of the Metropolitan Council ( T . I . ) of the Allied Degrees will be held at the

Masonic Hall , Sa , Red Lion-square , on Friday , the 30 th inst . Bro . Henry Venn is the W . M . elect . Bro . Captain George Lambert , F . S . A ., P . G . S . B ., who for many years has been an active and energetic officer of the Queen's Westminster Rifle Volunteers , has just been gazetted an honorary major of the regiment . The contributions towards paying off the debt

on the New York Hall and Asylum Fund amount already to some 38 , 000 dollars ( £ 7600 ) , and more are still coming in , so that Grand Master Laurence ' s scheme looks like turning out a success . The principal officers of the Grand Lodge of Michigan for the current year are Bros . Michael Shoemaker , G . M . ; R . C Hathway , D . G . M . ; Wm . B . Wilson ,

G . S . W . ; W . Irving Babcock , G . J . W . ; H . Shaw Noble , G . Treas . ; and Wm . P . Innes , G . Sec Among those present at the Lady Mayoress ' s Reception at the Mansion House on Tuesday were Lady and Miss Hanson , Bro . and Mrs . Shoppee , Bro . Horton Smith , Q . C , and Mrs . and Miss Horton Smith , and Bro . and Mrs . Brookman .

Bros . Viscount Ebrington , Sir G . Grant , Sir E , A . H . Lechmere , the Hon . H . S . Northcote , and M . Stewart are among the members whom Sir John Lubbock proposes to nominate , after the Easter holidays , on the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Forestry . At the meeting of the Association of Masonic Veterans of Pennsylvania , at the Masonic Hall ,

Philadelphia , on thc 31 st ult ., Bro . Edward Masson , Senior Vice-President , announced the death on the 12 th ult . of Bro . J . Parker Martin , President . Resolutions testifying to the virtues of the deceased were passed unanimously , and the usual festivities were dispensed with . Bro . Henry Baldwin , P . P . G . Std . Br .

Middlesex , W . M . of the Stuart Lodge , No . 1632 , asks us to notify that notwithstanding thc first regular meeting falling on Monday next ( Bank Holiday ) , the lodge will meet at the Bridge House Hotel , Southwark , at 6 p . m ., as heretofore—for the pursose of raising a candidate ( on behalf of the Lebanon Lodge ) , and the other routine business . There will not be a banquet on this occasion .

The Creatdn Lodge of Instruction , No . 1791 , have decided that their annual festival ( a supper ) shall take place on the 29 th inst ., at their usual place of meeting , the Wheatsheaf Hotel , Goldhawk-road . Tickets to be obtained at the hotel , or the Secretary , Bro . Chalfont , P . M . On the following Thursday , the 6 th prox ., Bro . Spiegel , P . M ., has promised to give a lecture on the Origin of Masonry , and

how it was transmitted to the present generation . Bro . J . S . Cumberland , the first Master of the newly-formed United Northern Counties Lodge , No . 212 S , has compiled a most useful calendar for iSSG , showing all the nights of meetings of the lodge , and also those of the Grand Lodge and Chapter , the Mark Grand Lodge , and

other governing bodies , Festivals of the Charities , Elections , which has been printed on a handy card , and presented to the members . It is a step in the right direction , and , though not a novelty in the provinces , it strikes us as new in London , and one well worthy of imitation , being a reminder of our Masonic duties amid so much else that calls

for our attention . TOHACCONIRTS COMMENCINII . —An Illustrated Guide of no pages ' How to open respectably from j £ 20 to ^ 2000 ; " three stamps , H . Myers & Co ., 109 , Euston-rd ., London . Telephone No . 7341 , —[ Auvx . ] MORTCIAUES , —Messrs . J AMES are in a position to Supply Money to ANV EXTENT on the ' following Securities : —Landed Instates , Houses , Shops , and Offices , Warehouses and Wharves , Life

Interests , & c ,, Reversions , Borough Kates , & c ., at the lowest current rates of interest . Prompt Settlement . 11 , Staple Inn , London , VV . C— [ AnvT . ] HOLLOWAY ' S PILLS AND OINTMENT . —Whilst the inhabitants of our great cities suffer from the cll ' ccts of overcrowding and all its attendant evils , both physical and moral , the more robust and energetic emigrant will in his turn be liable to suller in his new

home from the want of ready skill and the great medical resources of his native land always at command . The best advice a friend can give is for him to take a supply of these well-known remedies as part of his outlit , fur by attention to the easily understood and yet ample directions which , accompanv each box and pot , he will never be at fault when taken ill or nnder any adverse sanitary conditions of life . —( . ADVT . J

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., presided at a meeting held on VVednesday of the Kingston-on-Thames Working Men ' s Conservative Association . A brass plate , measuring some 8 ft . b y 4 ft ., from designs by Bro . Horace Jones / G . Supt . of Works , City Architect , has been placed over the grave of the late Bra . - Lord Mayor Nottage , in St . Paul ' s Cathedral .

Bros . E . C . Beedell , J . C . Dwarber , and H . B . Marshall , P . G . Treas ., were present on Tuesday 3 i thcfirst meeting held since the recent election of the raw Board of Guardians for the City of London Union . Bros . H . de Worms , M . P ., W . A . Burdett-Coutts , M . P ., and F . Seager Hunt , M . P ., are members of the provisional Committee engaged to secure the election of Lieut .-Col . Kirby to the Shrievalty of London and Middlesex .

Lro . Col . Potter , of Crescent Lodge , No . 402 , New York , has in his possession , having inherited from his father , a Masonic apron which was worn by the Tyler ° f the Alexandria Washington Lodge , of Alexandria , Virginia , of which , in his time , Washington was VV . M . Bro . Chaplin Henrv , musical director of thr >

/ Eohan Club , held his annual benefit concert at the Falstaff , on Monday evening , the programme being excellent in quality and admirably carried out , and everything passing off most successfully . Bro . Lord Mayor Staples presided at the annual festival , held at the Albion , Aldersgate-street , on Tuesday evening , of the Royal Maternity Charity , Bros . Alderman

and Sheriff Evans and Sheriff Clarke being also present . The subscriptions amounted to £ 630 . Bros . ex-Sheriff Clarence Smith , H yde Clarke ,. Sir John Bennett , and others were present at the meeting of the City of London Liberal Association , held at the Cannon Street Hotel , on Monday , for the purpose of considering the proposed Government measure for Ireland .

We are glad to hear that Bro . the Earl of Chichester , P . P . G . M . of Sussex , who caught a severe cold a short time since while journeying from Chichester to Sandgate , has been pronounced convalescent , and left his bedroom on Monday for the first time since his illness began . A painted window has just been erected in the

church of St . Andrew , Weybread , near Harleston , the gift of Miss Cooper , of Leamington . The window has been executed for her , in harmony of colour with the previous window in the church , by Mr . Taylor , of Bernersstreet , in memory of her brother , the late vicar , with the subject of Andrew bringing his brother Simon to Christ . Bro . the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress and

Bros . Alderman and Sheriff Evans and Sheriff Clarke have promised to give their patronage to the 16 th annual ball , which will take place at the Cannon-street Hotel on . Thursday , the Gth May prox ., in aid of the funds of the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage . Tickets and full particulars to be had of Superintendent Foster , Hon . Sec . of the Ball Stewards' Committee , 26 , Old Jewry , E . C .

Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., P . Z ., has accepted the invitation of W . Bro . S . C Wakefield , Prov . G . Stwd . Oxon , and VV . M . of the Windrush Lodge , No . 1703 , todeliver his lecture explanatory of the ritual and ceremonial of the First Degree , under the title of " Knobs andt Excrescences , " at the ensuing meeting of the lodge at Witney , Oxfordshire , on the 5 th May . A large gathering of brethren from neighbouring lodges is anticipated .

We are requested to state that there will be no meeting of the Brixton Lodge of Instruction at the Prince Regent , Dulwich-road , Herne-hill , S . E ., on Tuesday , the 27 th inst . ( Easter Tuesday ) , but on the 4 th prox . the Preceptor , Bro . E . A . Francis , will occupy the chair in accordance with usual custom , when it is anticipated there will be a goodly assemblage of the brethren . The usual monthly meeting of the Benevolent Association will be held after the labours of the lodge are ended .

The Philadelphia Keystone propounds the very interesting question as to whether the Bro . Springett Penn who was appointed D . G . Master of the Grand Lodge of Munster , by Bro . the Hon . James O'Brien , G . M ., on the 27 th Dec , 1726 , was a grandson of William Penn , founder of Pennsylvania . Penn ' s eldest son was named Springett after his mother , Galielma Penn , nee Springettand died

, in 179 G in the 21 st year of his age . The Keystone suggests that probably either Bro . Gould or Bro . Hughan may be able to answer the question . At the grand banquet given by Bro . the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House , on Saturday evening last , to H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge , Field-Marshal

Commanding-in-Chief , among the most distinguished guests were H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , Bros . General Lord Wolseley , Lord E . Pelham Clinton , Admiral Sir E . A . Inglefield , Major-General Sir Evelyn Wood , Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., Major-General Sir Redvers Buller , General J . S . Brownrigg , Lieut .-General Feilden , M . P ., & c .

The annual supper of the Loughboro' Lodge of Instruction , No . 22 , was held on Monday evening , the 12 th inst ., at the Gauden Hote ) , Clapham , S . W ., under the presidency of Bro . Johnson , P . M . 1320 , Sec . 2005 , Preceptor of the lodge . There was a large assemblage present amongst whom were several prominent local brethren . The supper was of a most recherche character ,

and was served in Bro . Shannaw ' s well-known excellent style . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts having been given from the chair , Bro . Woods , P . M ., proposed in eloquent terms the toast of the evening— "Success to the Loughboro' Lodge of Instrnction , " and in the course of his remarks said there could be no doubt that under such an able Preceptor , and with such excellent accommodation

, the lodge could not fail to be a prosperous one . The Preceptor ( Bro . Johnson ) , the Treasurer ( Bro . Westley ) , and the Secretary ( Bro . King ) , suitably responded . "The Health of the Visitors" was proposed by Bro . Johnson , and Bro . [ enkins , W . M . Royal Jubilee Lodge , and other

brethren returned thanks . 'The Chairman in proposing "The Health of the Host ( Bro . Shannaw ) , " commented upon the excellence of the repast he had provided . Bro . Shannasv briefly replied . Several brethren contributed some excellent songs , and a most harmonious and enjoy , able evening was spent .