Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

BRO . AND THE HON . M RS . ROCHFORT MAGUIRE have returned to London irom The Hague . BRO . THE EARL OF DUNRAVEN is a candidate for the Limerick County Council , and has been taking an active part in the contest . BRO . SIR EDWARD C LARKE , Q . C , M . P ., has been retained to defend Mr . G . R . Birt in connection with the alleged Millwall Dock Company frauds .

BRO . SIR WILLIAM H OWARD and Lady Russell will spend the Easter holidays at Adare Manor , County Limerick , with Bro . the Earl and Countess of Dunraven . BRO . THE EARL OF J ERSEY presided at the 5 6 th annual meetingof the National Refuges and Training Ships Arethusa and Chichester at Exeter HaU on the 22 nd inst . THE WINDSOR BELLS were rung on Saturday last and a Royal salute was fired in the Long YValk in celtbralion of the 51 st birthday of Princess Louise ( Marchioness of Lome ) .

THE EARL AND C OUNTESS OF DERBY have been entertaining a large party at Knowsley this week for the Liverpool Races . The Countess of Derby arrived there on Saturday last , and was joined on Monday by the Earl . THE DUKE OF C AMBRIDGE has promised to preside at the annual meeting of the Royal School for Daughters of Oificers of the Army , to be held at the Royal United Service Institution at 3 p . m ., on Saturday , April 15 th .

THE EARL OF R OSEBERY arrived at Constantinople on Sunday , and proceed : d to the British Embassy , where he has been the guest of Sir Nicholas O'Conor . The Sultan sent a carriage to the station for his lordship's accommodation . THE COUNTESS OF W ARWICK has promised to visit Battersea on Saturday , April 29 th , to present medals to the successful students of the Battersea Polytechnic Women ' s Gymnasium on the occasion of their annual public display , which will b ; held in the new hall .

WHEN BRO . THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE visits Radnorshire as the guest of Mr . Charles Coltman Rogers , Stanage Park , on the 14 th and 15 th pro * :., he will on the latter date open , at Presteigne , the new County School , which has been founded under the Welsh Intermediate Education Act . » HANDSOME G IFT TO CHRIST ' S HOSPITAL . —The Treasurer of the Fund which is being raised by Christ's Hospital Old Boys for the purpsse of furnishing an 1 decorating the chapel in the new building in course of erection at Idirsham has received a cheque for £ 1500 to defray the cost of an organ . The donor of this munificent g ft d « i res to remain anonymous .

THE PROPOSED MASONIC HALL IN NEWBURY . —Mr . Ravenscroft , architect , ot Reading , has msde a careful survey of the block of premises in Norlhbrook-street , which has been acquired with a view of being converted into a Masonic hall , and he has reported to the committee that he considers the structure well adapted for the purpose . Mr . Ravtnscioit is now engaged in preparing the plans .

THE SELWYN LODGE , NO . 1901 . —This lodge held its election meeting at the Montpelier Hotel , Choumert-road , Peckham , S . l * .., on Thursday , the 16 th inst ., when Bro . Dr . Weddall Thomas , S . W ., was , by the unanimous suffrage ol the brethren , elected W . M . for the ensuing year . This being his mother lodge he is to be highly congratulated upon his position , and from the manner he has hitherto discharged his duties , the prestige of the lodge will , we Ere confident , be fully maintained .

AT THE election meetingof the Ley Spring Lodge . No . 150 S , held on Thursday , the iOth inst ., at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , E . G ., Bro . G . F . Hipkins , S . W ., was unanimously elected W . M . for the ensuing year . The W . M . elect is to be congratulated on attaining such a position in his mother lodge , and from the unanimity and very kindly expressions proffered , his year of oflice is looked forward to with very great pleasure .

THE SUNDAY CONCERT SOCIETY , which now carries on the Queen ' s Hall Sunday Concerts , announced in the Press on January 13 th list thatit had instructed its solicitor to obtain the sanction of the Board of Trade to the omission of the term " Limited " from its official designation . The application was opposed by the Lord ' s Diy Oinervance Society on the ground that the Sunday Concert Society had openly avoivjd its intention of violating the provisions of the Lord ' s Day Act . The Lord's Day Observance Society has now been officially informed that the application it assisted has come to nothing .

BRO . F IELD-MARSHAL VISCOUNT WOLSELEY attended the Cavalry Brigade Steeplechases at Aldershot , on Monday , driving over from Government House with Sir Redvers and Lady Audrey Boiler . Sunshine and smw showers alternated during the afternoon , but despite the fact that the weather wis bitterly cold , there was a good gathering in the enclosures . The Crown Prince of Siam , Bro . the Eirl and C * unte- > 5 of Airlie , Major-Generl Kelly-Kenny , Major-General Birnird , Surgeon-Gineral and Mrs . O'Dwyer , Colonel Sir Arthur and Miss Mackworth , Colonel Hunt , Colonel T . Porter , Major and Mrs . Wilson , and Mr . and Mrs . Mowbray Howard were present .

HHR IMPERIAL MAJESTY THE EMPRESS FREDERIC AND H . R . H . THE DUKB OF SAXE-C OUURG AND GOTHA visited her Majesty the Oueen on Saturday last and remained to luncheon . The same diy T . R . H . the Prince and Princess of Wales , Princess Victoria of Wales , and Princess Charles of Denmark cam ; over fro-n her Majesty ' s yacht Osborne , which has arrived at Villefranche Idarbour , and visited the Oueen . Bro . Major-General Sir Stanley Clarke and the Hon . Sidn ; y Greville viire in

attendance upon the Prince and Princess of Wales . In the afternoon her Majesty drove out , attended by the Dowager Lady Southampton and the Hon . Mrs . Mallet . T . R . H . the Duke and Duchess of Connaught , Princess Henry of Battenberg , and the Dichess of York , and her Highness Princess Victoria of Schleswig-IdoUtein v . sitid V 10 A Imiral Fournier , Commander-in-Chief of the French Msditerranein Squadron , o . i board his flagship , the Brennus , in Villeiranche Harbour .

THE . MEMBERS of the Law and City Courts Committee dined together on Manday atthe Albion lavein , under the presidency of Bro . Thomas Briggs , the Chai-man , who had the p leasuie of entertaining as his principal guests Bros , the Lord Mayor , Alderman and Sheriff Alliston , and Col . and Sheriff Probyn , L . C . C . The evening was a pleasant one , as the speeches were bright and brief , and the toast list was confined within reasonable limits . The Chairman having proposed the loyal toasts . Bro . Judd submitted " I ' ne

Houses of Pailiament . " The toast of " The Sheriffs" was entrusted to Mr . Alderman Samuel Green , who asserted , amid demonstrations of approval , that the Shrieva ! oflice had never bun better filled than it had been by Bros . Aldeiman Alliston and Colonel Probyn . Bio . the Lord Mayor , in presenting the toast of " lhe Chairman , " spoke of the rapid prrgiess Bro . Briggs had made as a corporator , and described h : m as a man of consideiable ability and promise .

Masonic And General Tidings.

BRO . THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE left town on Saturday last for tho South of France . VISCOUNT PEEL is still obliged to remain indoors , in consequence of his attack of influenza , and he will not return to London until after Easter . THE DENTAL HOSPITAL OF LONDON . —Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Alliston occupied the chair on Friday afternoon last at the annual meeting of the ? bova Institution in Leicester-square .

H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES has promised to lay the foundation stone of the mw Post Office Savings Bank building at West Kensington . The ceremony will pobably take place in June next . THE _ BIRTH of an heir to the Earldom of Carnarvon has always been celebrated by the brewing of 500 gallons of beer , to remain in cask until the child attains his majority A heir was born a short time back , and a cooper has been engaged in fashioning a hugh oak cask to contain the beer .

AT THE MART on Monday Bro . John Bott and Sons offered an estate of four semi-de tached family residences at Herne-hill , one ot the houses , No . 2 S , havintr been formerly occupied by Mr . John Ruskin . The property was stated to be copyhold , and to yield an income of £ 420 . After some competition it changed hands for £ 7600 . BRO . TURLE LEE ' S CONCERT . —The popular musical director of the Chough Musical Society made a new departure on Friday last , at the Cannon-street Hotel , on the occa s ion of his annual concert . For the first time during the 10 or 11 years of his connection with the society he gave a ladies' Bohemian concert . During the evening Bro . Lee expressed his thanks to his friends for their support .

AN INTERESTING SOUVENIR of Omdurman has been placed on one of the towers of Blair Castle , the Perthshire residence of Bro . the Duke of Atholl . The relic , which was brought from the Soudan by his Grace's eldest son , Bro . the Marquis of Tull ibardine , D . S . O ., who served throughout the recent campaign , consists of a minaret from the Mahdi ' s tomb , and bears several bullet marks received during the bombardmant .

THE MEMBERS OF the Prince Frederick William Lodge of Instruction , No . 753 , will visit the Brondesbury Lodge of Instruction , No . 2 ( 3 . *) S , at the Earl Derby Hotel , ! 5 o > High-road , Kilburn , N . W ., on Monday , the 27 th instant , and rehearse the ceremony of installation . Bros . Dr . A . Ashart , No . 2045 ; M . E . Swan , No . 753 ; and J . C . Kruse , No . 1624 , will occupy respectively the chairs of VV . M ., S . W . and J . W , Time , S p . m . prompt .

ALL ANNOUNCEMENTS re the ' east of " Change Alley , " which will follow the " The T . iree Musketeers " at the Garrick Theatre are premature , as Mr . Brickwell ' will not produce it so long as the " The Three Musketeers " is doing anything like its present business . Oneof the principal scenes in " Change Alley " will De an attempt to reproduce E . H . Warde's famous picture of the South Sea Bubble , which is now on view at the Tate Gallery , Vauxhall .

A WORK on " Northumbrian Masonry" ( London : George Kenning ) has been wri'ten by Mr . John Strachan , Q . C . In narrating , in chronological order , events connec : td with the development of the Craft in England , and'Northumberlandin particular , the author has collected much information from various sources as to the origin of the Brotherhood , and relates many historical and other details , which will afford attractive reading to Masons . —Morning Post .

ON TUESDAY , in the Chapel Royal , St . James ' s Palace , took place the baptism of the twin daughters of Bro . Gerald Loder , M . P ., and Lady Louise Loder , when the Rev . Edgar Sheppard , Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal , and Sub-Almoner to the Queen , officiated . The children received the names of Victoria Helen and Diana Evelyn respectively , and the sponsors were the Duchess of St . Albans , Lady Victoria Dawnay , Lady Evelyn Cavendish , Earl Grey , Sir Edmund Loder , and Bro . Victor Cavendish , M . P .

LORD ALEXANDER THYNNE has been nominated as the Moderate candidate for the vacancy in the City of London Division of the Lon don County Council . Two papers were handed in , one signed by Lord Aldenham and Lord Rothschild , the other by Bro . Sir Reginald Hanson , Bart ., M . P ., and Bro . Sir John Puleston . The nomination was assented to by Bro . E . Hubbard , M . P ., Bro . Sir Joseph Dimsdale , Mr . H . Clarke , Alderman H . G . Smallman , Alderman J . Pound , Aide rman Sir Marcus Samuel , Mr . F . Faithfull Begg , M . P ., Bro . Sir Frederick Dixon-Hartland , M . P ., and others . No other nominations having been made on behalf of any other candidate , Lord Alexander Thynne will next Monday be officially declared elected .

WH HAVE MUCH pleasure in announcing that it is in contemplation to entertain Br . * . Justice Bucknill , Past Dep . G . Reg ., and P . Prov . G . W . Surrey , at dinner in London on the 20 th April , to commemorate his elevation to the Bsnc ' i . Tne chair will hi taken by Bro . the Earl of Onslow , Prov . G . Master of Surrey , and Surrey brethren and Grand Oflicers will be entitled to be present . Full pi-ticulars of Bro . J . D . Lan * - ton , 12 , New Inn , Lincoln ' s Inn . By the way , the mention of Bro . Langton ' s na-rU reminds us that on Tuesday morning our brother while walking in New inn , had the misfortune to slip and so severely injure his face and leg that he has ever since been confined to his rooms . We hope to hear soon that he has recovered from the accident .

A MASONIC SERVICE of unusual interest will take place at St . Lawrence Jewry , on Friday , April 21 st , at 5 p . m . The rector ( Uro . the Rev . J . Stephen Barrass ) is Chap-Iain to the Gallery ( the Press ) Lodge , No . 10 , 2 s , and the service will be held under the auspices of that lodge . The church is one ot Sir Christopher Wren ' s , and the offertory w ill be for the restoration of the organ , built by Renatus Harris in 1 SS 0 ; the orgai cass

is n ' ch with the carving of Grinling Gibbons . Bro . Archdeacon Sinclair will be th ; pre acher , and the adult members of the choir will all be Freemasons . Bro . Herbert Grover will sing a solo . Applications for tickets by brethren wishing to attend should be made to Bro . the Rev . J . S . Barrass , at St . Lawrence Jewry Vestry , Gresham-street , E . C . The Gallery Lodge have obtained a dispensation to enable the brethren to w ; ar Masonic clothing on this occasion .

KENNING ' S CRICKET CI . UK . —The annual concert of the club was given on Wednesday at the London Tavern , Fenchurch-Street . Bro . William Biker presidid , and was supported by Mr . A . W . Smith and Mr . C . Tomkins , there was a very large attendance , including a number of ladies , and the programme was admirably carried out under the direction of Mr . J . II . Murphy and the hoi . Secretary ( Mr . A . C . Lester ) . Miss Ada Williams , R . A . M ., the possessor of a very sweet voice , sang with great feeling " I'he Holy City , " and as an encore , " Dream of Id ) m ; . " " The

Windmill" and " The Lads in Red" were sung by Mr . C . Gime , while Miss Hetti ; Hills gave tasteful renderings of " A Dream of Paradise" and "The Promise of Life . " Other sentimental items were excellently given by Mr . C . Winter and Mr . A Holder . The humorous element was represented by Mr . II . Hudson , Mr . B . Lester , Mr . Bob Fisher ( female impersonator ) , Mr . Will Deller , and Mr . Jay Taylor . Clarionet solos and s ilver hand-bell solos by Mr . Id . J . Morris and Mr . W . Cornish respectively served to intioduce a pleasing variety . Mr . H . J . Lacock acted as accompanist .

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