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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE DUCHESS OF ST . A UIANS and Lady Alexandra Beauclerk have left Canford for ^ Bestwood Lodge . LORD AND LADY I YEAGH have left London for Elveden , where they will entertain a large shooting party . BRO . SIR WILLIAM HART DYKE , M . P ., has left town for Egypt , and will return in time for the re-assembling of Parliament .
THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE has signified his intention of being present at the Richmond mayoral banquet at the Star and Garter Hotel on the 13 th prox . A MARRIAGE HAS been arranged , and will take place shorlly , between Prince Victor Dhuleep Singh and Lady Anne Coventry , youngest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Coventry . BRO . LORD AND LADY P IRHRIGHT are entertaining a large party at Henley Park for covert shooting . They intend spending Christmas and part of the winter at Pirbiight instead of going abroad this year .
THE TOTAL result of the sale of the late Bro . Montagu ' s collection of coins , which was concluded on Saturday last at Sotheby's , is the large sum of £ 54 . 623 . The Greek series realised £ 11 , 7 86 , and the English series ( £ 22 , 603 . THE DUKE AND D UCHESS OF CONNAUGHT , with the Princesses Margaret and Victoria , visited the Queen on Saturday last , and in addition to the Royal guests , the Bishop of Chichester had the honour of being included in her Majesty's dinner party
H . R . H . THE P RINCESS OF WALES and Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark returned to Marlborough House on Tuesday on the conclusion of their visit to the Queen . They will make a very short stay in town before proceeding to Sandringham . THE EARL OF KIMDERLEY , K . G ., has accepted the presidency of the London Society of East Anglians for the ensuing year , and will take the chair at the annual banquet , which is to be held in the King ' s Hall , Holborn Restaurant , on March 19 th next .
His EXCELLENCY COUNT D EYM , the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador in London , who has been on the Continent since the last week in July , has returned to town , and was among the visitors to the Foreign Office on Tuesday . Countess lliym and her d aughters remain abroad for the present . So THAT THE production of the two great London pantomimes , "Cinderella" at the Garrick and "The Babes in the Wood" at Drury Lane , shall not be produced simultaneously on Boxing Night , it has been decided to give the first peiformance of " Cinderella " at the Garrick Theatre on the morning of Boxing Day .
MASONIC BALI .. —The second annual ball in connection with the Egerton Lodge , New Brighton , will be held at the Masonic Hall , Victoria-road , New Brighton , on the 14 th January . It is expected there will be a great demand for tickets , and as there will be a limited number , the Secretaries advise early application .
BRO . THOMAS DUTTON , M . D ., M . R . C . P . Ed ., W . M . 2410 and M . E . Z . 2410 , and Bro . J . Pickett , M . D ., P . M ., Sec , and H . of the same lodge and chapter , were unanimously elected honorary members of the Zenon Lodge , No . iS , Cyprus ( Greece Constitution ) , which election has been approved by the Grand Lodge of Greece . THE EMPRESS F REDERIC ' birthday was celebrated at Windsor on Sunday , the 21 st instant , by the ringing of the church bells . In London , flags were hoisted at the Houses of Parliament and at the public offices , and there were the usual Royal birthday military formalities . The filing of the Royal salute was deferred till Monday .
BRO . E . MACRORY , Q . C ., las been elected Treasurer of the Middle Temple , in succession to Mr . Murphy , Q . C . Bro . Macrory is the Secretary of the Barristers ' Benevolent Association . Same years ago he voluntarily relinquished the excellent prospects of advancement which lay open before him in his profession in order to devote himself to barristers whom fortune had not favoured and those they had ltft unprovided for .
A CABINET COUNCIL was held on Saturday last at the Foreign Office , when there were present among other members Bros , the Right Hon . A . Akers-Douglas , Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) , Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ) , Sir M . Hicks Beach , Bait . ( Chancellor of ihe Exchequer ) , the Duke of Devonshire , Lord George Hamilton , the Right Hon . VV . H . Long , and Sir M . White Ridley .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF W ALES , accompanied by Prince and Princess Charles of Denmaik , and attended by Major-Genera ! Sir Arthur Ellis and Bro . Col . and the Hon . Mrs . Egeiton , left Marlborough House on Saturday last on a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle , where H . R . H . the Princess of Wales and Princess Victoria had arrived on the previous day . His Royal Highness returned to town on Sunday , and left the following day for Lambton Castle , as the guest of Bro . the Earl of Durham .
THE DUKE OF B EAUFORT has promised to preside at a meeting of the members of the Llangibby Hunt , to be held at Newport ( Mon . ) , to-day ( Friday ) , when Mr . John Lawrence , the popular master , who will on that day complete his ijoth year , is to be presented with his portrait , painted in oils by Mr . Charlton , in commemoration of the occasion . Mr . Lawrence has been more or less intimately concerned with hunting for the past 70 years . He was master of the Llangibby and Chepstow Foxhounds before the two countries were divided .
THE QUEEN was visited at Windsor on Monday by the Duke of Teck , the Duke and Duchess of York , Prince and Piincess Adolphus of Teck , and Prince Alexander of Teck , who remained to luncheon at the Castle , and subsequently returned to White Lodge . The Duke of Voik was attended by Sir Charles Cust , and the Duke of Teck by the Hon . Arthur Walsh . Later in the day , Prince and Princess Edward ot Saxe-Weimar arrived , and were included in her Majesty's dinnerparty . Ihe Duke and Duchess of Connaught having terminated their stay left for Aldershot and Bagshot respectively .
IN ST . PAUL ' S CHURCH , Knightsbndge , on Saturday afternoon last , was celebrated the marriage of Mr . George Lopes , only surviving son of Mr . and Mrs . Ralph Ludlow Lopes , of Sandridge Park , Melkshim , with the Hon . Ernestine Frances Lopes , fourth daughter of Bro . the Right Hun . Lord Ludlow , of Heywood , Westbury , Wilts . The church was filled with guests , chiefly legal celebrities and their fimilies , those
present including the Lord Chancellor and Lady Halsbury , the Earl and Countess of Bessborough , Viscount Doneraile , Viscount and Visountess Esher , Lord and Lady Henry Nevill , Lord and Lady Duncannon , Lord and Lady Raglan , Bro . Lord and Lady Llangattock , Lord and Lady Cottesloe , Lord EdmunJ Kitzmauric ; , Lady Ellenborough , and many others .
AN IIIFLUHNTIAL DEPUTATION from the Lommittee appointed to decorate the Waidof Bishopsgate for Lord Mayor's Day waited at the Mansion House upon Bro . the Lord Mayor on Monday , and presented him with a silver shield engraved with an address from the inhabitants of that Ward , which his lordship represents in the Court of Aldermen . The presentation was made in graceful terms by Mr . Henry Claike , and
the Lord Mayor , in reply , assured the deputation that he gratefully appreciated the kindness exhibited towards him since his election as Alderman , and especially in connection with his instsllalijn to office ; and he hoped that during his Mayora ty he might be enabled to do all he could for the benefit of the community , and especially those who might look tu the Mansion House for relief and assistance in any cilamity which might
. EVERY MASON should read " Volo , or the Will , " what it is , how to strengthen and how to use it . By Arthur Lovell , author of " Ars Vivendi . " Crown 8 vo ., cloth , 3 s . Cd . net ; by post , 3 s . gd . Many cuiious and interesting facts are given about ancient and modern initiations . Catalogue pott Iree . Nichols and Co ., Publishers , 23 ,
Oxfoid-street , W . Light , Sept ., iSy 7— " Ihe Author's theories seem to us reasonable ar . d valuable . " The Glasgow Herald , Sept ., iSy 7— - "Mr . LOVELL has much that is valuable to say on the subject of the Will . Ihe advices which he gives as to the training and disciplining of the Will and its practical cultivation are excellent , while the central principle of his philosophy is beyond question . " —[ ADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings.
BRO . GENERAL SIR HERBERT KITCHENER , the Sirdar , and Lieutenant-Colonel Parsons , Governor of Suakin , left Cairo for Suakin on Tuesday , en route to Massowah . BY COMMAND , Jolly ' s Cinimatographe and Taffary ' s wonderful dogs , from the Fmpire Theatre , appeared at Windsor Castle on Tuesday evening , and performed before her Majesty . The Empire orchestra , conducted by Mons . Wenzel , was in attendance and gave selections during the entertainment .
H . R . H . THE PRINCESS OF WALES , Princess Victoria , and Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark , who have been staying for a few days with the Queen , left Windsor Castle on Tuesday , accompanied by Prince and Princess EdwarS of Saxe-Weimar . Their Royal Highnesses proceeded from Marlborough House to Sindringham the following day .
THE PRESS ASSOCIATION is authorised to state that there is no foundation for the announcement that Mr . Cecil Rhodes has had a serious relapse , and that his condition gives cause for anxiety . Upon the publication of the alarmist rumour on Tuesday morning a cablegram was forwarded to Mr , Rhodes , and an answer has been received to the effect that he is in very good health .
UNDER the patronage of Princess Christian and Princess Louise , Marchioness of Lome , the Stage Needlework Guild ( a branch of the Theatrical Ladies' Guild ) , held its Annual Exhibition of Clothing , at 3 , Grosvenor-place , on Tuesday , by kind permission of the Hon . W . F . D . Smith , M . P ., and Ladv Esther Smith . Among those present were Mrs . C . Carson , Miss Fanny Brough , Miss Gertrude Kingston , Miss Lily Hanbury , Miss Vane Feathertone , and Miss Sybil Carlisle .
ROYALTY ENTERED into the competitions at the West Herts Fanciers' Show held at Watford . The Duke of Vork secured fourth prize in the class for workine ' homers ( old birds ) . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales was highly commended in young working homers ; the Duke of York securing the fourth award in a keen competition H . R . H . the Princess of Wales , out of six birds entered in the bantam classes , gained a second and a fourth prize and a very highly commended . The total number of entries for the show was nearly 1600 .
BRO . SIR SQUIRE BANCROFT , having last year found the few readings of Dickens ' " Cmistmas Carol " so profitable to the charities for which he gave them , is this year extending his good offices . On Monday evening he gave his reading in the Portman Rooms , Baker-street , in aid of the Clarence Memorial Wing of St . Mary ' s Hospital and the financial result should be of service to so good an institution . Those who spent
their money in the good cause of charity had no reason to think they did not get a good return for it , for Sir Squire ' s rendering of Dickens ' s version of " peace and good will to men " is one which all should hear who have the opportunity . And what better sermon on charity could be preached than the Carol with the conquest and overthrow of selfishness and greed , and the conversion of Scrooge to genial ways and charitable mood .
IN RESPONSE to the general desire of the trade interested in the event , voiced by an influential and representative deputation , Mr . | ohn Pattison , of the well-known house of Paltisons , Ltd ., Highland Distillers , of Leith , Ballindalloch , and London , has consented to preside a * , the next annual festival of the South London Lincensed Vituallers' and Bcersellers' Trade Protection Association . The Society embraces a
very extensive area , covering the district lying between London Bridge and Vauxhall Bridge , and extending from the river in a southerly direction as far as the Crystal Palace . It has been in existe nee for over 20 years , and it is one of the most flourishing associations of the kind in th e capital . With Mr . Pattison in the chair it is confidently anticipated that the festival will be one of the most successful the Society has ever held .
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT presided at a lecture on "The Defence of a Flank " given by Lieut .-Col . M . H . G . Goldie , Royal Engineers , before the members of the Aldershot Military Society in the Prince Consort ' s library at Aldershot , on Tuesday . The lecturer ' s chief point was that efficient flank defence against strong attack implied bold and heavy counter-attack , and that in view of the power of modern artillery there was danger in using field defences on a flan k except in certain cases . His Rovai
Hiehness , in thanking Colonel Goldie for his address , which evinced a deep study of military history , said it had been illustrated how in one case redoubts and field works had been of the greatest use in enabling a small force to detain a great army , and on the other hand how a force could receive protection for some time before launching upon a counterattack . He thought most present would agree that to sit down in a temporary fortified position without being ready with a strong force in hand to make a counter-attack would be faulty tactics .
THE COURT CIRCULAR of Tuesday announces that during the visit of Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar to the Queen at Windsor on Monday her Majesty presented to his Highness the bflton of a Field-Marshal . This is the crowning step in the Prince ' s brilliant career as a soldier . His Highness , who is Colonel of the 1 st Life Guards , went through the Crimean War with the Grenadier Guards , being present at the battles of the Alma , Balaclava , and lnkcimin , and at the siege of Sevastopol , where he wounded in the trenches His
was . name was mentioned in dispatches , and he was the recipient of many medals and decorations . His Highness preceded Bro . Viscount Wolseley as Commander of her Majesty ' s Forces in Ireland . Piince Edward ' s new honour brings up the number of soldiers entitled to carry the bAton of Field-Marshal to eight , the other seven in the order of their creation being the Duke of Cambridge , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , Sir John Lintorn Simmons , Sir Frederick Haines , Sir Donald Stewart , Bro . Viscount Wolseley , and Bro . Lord Roberts .
PRINCESS CHRISTIAN OF SCHLESWIG -HOLSTEIN , who was attended by Major Maitin ( Equerry ) and Miss Loch ( Lady-in-Waiting ) , on Monday presented medallions and certificates , in the Concert Hall at the Crystal Palace , to the pupils and members of the Norwood Centre of the St . John Ambulance Association . Her Royal Highness was receited by Mr . C . E . Tritton , M . P ., Chairman of the Centre , the executive , and by the members of the Order of St . John of Jerusalem , a guard of honour hpinir fur .
mshed by the 4 th Volunteer Battalion East Surrey Regiment , under Lieutenant-Colonel Bowen . Others present included Sir Vincent and Lady Kennett-Barrington , Sir Edward L . O'Malley , Sir James Dick , Bro . Major-General Sir C . Warren , Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Herbert C . Perrott , Canon Duckworth , Surgcon-Major-General Jameson , Major-General Astley Terry , and Major Wyndham Malet . As her Royal Highness was leaving the Palace she was greeted by 2 : 0 orphans from the Norwood Convent , one of whom presented her with a bouquet and an address .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , attended by Major-General Sir Arthur Ellis , left Marlborough House on Monday for Lambton Castle , on a visit to Bro . the Karl of Durham , travelling by special train from King ' s Cross , on the Great Northern line . At the station his Royal Highness was received by Sir Henry Oakley , general manager of the railway , and conducted to his saloon . Amongst other guests invited to Lambton Castle to meet the Prince of Wales wno travelled in the Royal train were the Duchess of Manches t er , Lady Sarah Wilson , Lady Randolph Churchill , his Excellency the Portuguese Minister , Bro . Christopher Sykesani Mr . Reuben Sassoon Arriving at
, . Chester-le-Street at 6 . 25 , his Royal Highness was met by his noble host , and at once entered an open carriage drawn by four horses , preceded by two outriders . The lown was gaily decorated in honour of the event , and a large crowd of people who lin » d the route from the station to Lambton Castle accorded the Royal visitor an enthusiastic welcome . This is the second occasion on which the Prince has been a guest at Lambton Castle . In the year 1857 his Royal Highness was entertained at luncheon by the present I ' . arl s father , after he had , in company with his noble host , descended one of the Lambton oal pits .
PLUM HERS ar . d their trade were influentially represented on Tuesday evening at the Sadleis' Hall , Cheapside , when the Master of Ihe Plumbers' Company , Alderman Richard Hud , presided over a banquet at which Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs were the pi ir . cipal guests . Others present included Sir George Kekewich , Sir Courtcnay Boyle , the Lord Piovost of Glasgow , the Lord Provost of Perth , Sir Henry Craik , Mr . L . R . Kent , President of the United Operative Plumbers' Association of Great Britain and reland ; Bro . John Aird , M . P ., Mr . Joseph Walton , M . P ., Mr . C . G . Smithers , Master of the Saddlers' Company ; and Mr . Charles Hudson and Mr . Frederick
Machin , Wardens of the Plumbers' Company . Bro . the Lord Mayor , in responding to the toast of himself , the Sheriffs , and the Corporation of the City of London given by the Chauman , dwelt on the grave responsibi ity which rested in the hands of the plumber . Human life often depended on good or bad workmanship , and , though the measure for Ihe registration of plumbers had not been accepted by Parliament he hoped it would come to pass in the near future . On Mr . Robert Crawford devolved the task of proposing the toast of the evening , which bore on the relationship between the municipal and county authorities and the public health work of the plumber . Both were Striving hard for the public good . *
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE DUCHESS OF ST . A UIANS and Lady Alexandra Beauclerk have left Canford for ^ Bestwood Lodge . LORD AND LADY I YEAGH have left London for Elveden , where they will entertain a large shooting party . BRO . SIR WILLIAM HART DYKE , M . P ., has left town for Egypt , and will return in time for the re-assembling of Parliament .
THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE has signified his intention of being present at the Richmond mayoral banquet at the Star and Garter Hotel on the 13 th prox . A MARRIAGE HAS been arranged , and will take place shorlly , between Prince Victor Dhuleep Singh and Lady Anne Coventry , youngest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Coventry . BRO . LORD AND LADY P IRHRIGHT are entertaining a large party at Henley Park for covert shooting . They intend spending Christmas and part of the winter at Pirbiight instead of going abroad this year .
THE TOTAL result of the sale of the late Bro . Montagu ' s collection of coins , which was concluded on Saturday last at Sotheby's , is the large sum of £ 54 . 623 . The Greek series realised £ 11 , 7 86 , and the English series ( £ 22 , 603 . THE DUKE AND D UCHESS OF CONNAUGHT , with the Princesses Margaret and Victoria , visited the Queen on Saturday last , and in addition to the Royal guests , the Bishop of Chichester had the honour of being included in her Majesty's dinner party
H . R . H . THE P RINCESS OF WALES and Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark returned to Marlborough House on Tuesday on the conclusion of their visit to the Queen . They will make a very short stay in town before proceeding to Sandringham . THE EARL OF KIMDERLEY , K . G ., has accepted the presidency of the London Society of East Anglians for the ensuing year , and will take the chair at the annual banquet , which is to be held in the King ' s Hall , Holborn Restaurant , on March 19 th next .
His EXCELLENCY COUNT D EYM , the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador in London , who has been on the Continent since the last week in July , has returned to town , and was among the visitors to the Foreign Office on Tuesday . Countess lliym and her d aughters remain abroad for the present . So THAT THE production of the two great London pantomimes , "Cinderella" at the Garrick and "The Babes in the Wood" at Drury Lane , shall not be produced simultaneously on Boxing Night , it has been decided to give the first peiformance of " Cinderella " at the Garrick Theatre on the morning of Boxing Day .
MASONIC BALI .. —The second annual ball in connection with the Egerton Lodge , New Brighton , will be held at the Masonic Hall , Victoria-road , New Brighton , on the 14 th January . It is expected there will be a great demand for tickets , and as there will be a limited number , the Secretaries advise early application .
BRO . THOMAS DUTTON , M . D ., M . R . C . P . Ed ., W . M . 2410 and M . E . Z . 2410 , and Bro . J . Pickett , M . D ., P . M ., Sec , and H . of the same lodge and chapter , were unanimously elected honorary members of the Zenon Lodge , No . iS , Cyprus ( Greece Constitution ) , which election has been approved by the Grand Lodge of Greece . THE EMPRESS F REDERIC ' birthday was celebrated at Windsor on Sunday , the 21 st instant , by the ringing of the church bells . In London , flags were hoisted at the Houses of Parliament and at the public offices , and there were the usual Royal birthday military formalities . The filing of the Royal salute was deferred till Monday .
BRO . E . MACRORY , Q . C ., las been elected Treasurer of the Middle Temple , in succession to Mr . Murphy , Q . C . Bro . Macrory is the Secretary of the Barristers ' Benevolent Association . Same years ago he voluntarily relinquished the excellent prospects of advancement which lay open before him in his profession in order to devote himself to barristers whom fortune had not favoured and those they had ltft unprovided for .
A CABINET COUNCIL was held on Saturday last at the Foreign Office , when there were present among other members Bros , the Right Hon . A . Akers-Douglas , Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) , Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ) , Sir M . Hicks Beach , Bait . ( Chancellor of ihe Exchequer ) , the Duke of Devonshire , Lord George Hamilton , the Right Hon . VV . H . Long , and Sir M . White Ridley .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF W ALES , accompanied by Prince and Princess Charles of Denmaik , and attended by Major-Genera ! Sir Arthur Ellis and Bro . Col . and the Hon . Mrs . Egeiton , left Marlborough House on Saturday last on a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle , where H . R . H . the Princess of Wales and Princess Victoria had arrived on the previous day . His Royal Highness returned to town on Sunday , and left the following day for Lambton Castle , as the guest of Bro . the Earl of Durham .
THE DUKE OF B EAUFORT has promised to preside at a meeting of the members of the Llangibby Hunt , to be held at Newport ( Mon . ) , to-day ( Friday ) , when Mr . John Lawrence , the popular master , who will on that day complete his ijoth year , is to be presented with his portrait , painted in oils by Mr . Charlton , in commemoration of the occasion . Mr . Lawrence has been more or less intimately concerned with hunting for the past 70 years . He was master of the Llangibby and Chepstow Foxhounds before the two countries were divided .
THE QUEEN was visited at Windsor on Monday by the Duke of Teck , the Duke and Duchess of York , Prince and Piincess Adolphus of Teck , and Prince Alexander of Teck , who remained to luncheon at the Castle , and subsequently returned to White Lodge . The Duke of Voik was attended by Sir Charles Cust , and the Duke of Teck by the Hon . Arthur Walsh . Later in the day , Prince and Princess Edward ot Saxe-Weimar arrived , and were included in her Majesty's dinnerparty . Ihe Duke and Duchess of Connaught having terminated their stay left for Aldershot and Bagshot respectively .
IN ST . PAUL ' S CHURCH , Knightsbndge , on Saturday afternoon last , was celebrated the marriage of Mr . George Lopes , only surviving son of Mr . and Mrs . Ralph Ludlow Lopes , of Sandridge Park , Melkshim , with the Hon . Ernestine Frances Lopes , fourth daughter of Bro . the Right Hun . Lord Ludlow , of Heywood , Westbury , Wilts . The church was filled with guests , chiefly legal celebrities and their fimilies , those
present including the Lord Chancellor and Lady Halsbury , the Earl and Countess of Bessborough , Viscount Doneraile , Viscount and Visountess Esher , Lord and Lady Henry Nevill , Lord and Lady Duncannon , Lord and Lady Raglan , Bro . Lord and Lady Llangattock , Lord and Lady Cottesloe , Lord EdmunJ Kitzmauric ; , Lady Ellenborough , and many others .
AN IIIFLUHNTIAL DEPUTATION from the Lommittee appointed to decorate the Waidof Bishopsgate for Lord Mayor's Day waited at the Mansion House upon Bro . the Lord Mayor on Monday , and presented him with a silver shield engraved with an address from the inhabitants of that Ward , which his lordship represents in the Court of Aldermen . The presentation was made in graceful terms by Mr . Henry Claike , and
the Lord Mayor , in reply , assured the deputation that he gratefully appreciated the kindness exhibited towards him since his election as Alderman , and especially in connection with his instsllalijn to office ; and he hoped that during his Mayora ty he might be enabled to do all he could for the benefit of the community , and especially those who might look tu the Mansion House for relief and assistance in any cilamity which might
. EVERY MASON should read " Volo , or the Will , " what it is , how to strengthen and how to use it . By Arthur Lovell , author of " Ars Vivendi . " Crown 8 vo ., cloth , 3 s . Cd . net ; by post , 3 s . gd . Many cuiious and interesting facts are given about ancient and modern initiations . Catalogue pott Iree . Nichols and Co ., Publishers , 23 ,
Oxfoid-street , W . Light , Sept ., iSy 7— " Ihe Author's theories seem to us reasonable ar . d valuable . " The Glasgow Herald , Sept ., iSy 7— - "Mr . LOVELL has much that is valuable to say on the subject of the Will . Ihe advices which he gives as to the training and disciplining of the Will and its practical cultivation are excellent , while the central principle of his philosophy is beyond question . " —[ ADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings.
BRO . GENERAL SIR HERBERT KITCHENER , the Sirdar , and Lieutenant-Colonel Parsons , Governor of Suakin , left Cairo for Suakin on Tuesday , en route to Massowah . BY COMMAND , Jolly ' s Cinimatographe and Taffary ' s wonderful dogs , from the Fmpire Theatre , appeared at Windsor Castle on Tuesday evening , and performed before her Majesty . The Empire orchestra , conducted by Mons . Wenzel , was in attendance and gave selections during the entertainment .
H . R . H . THE PRINCESS OF WALES , Princess Victoria , and Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark , who have been staying for a few days with the Queen , left Windsor Castle on Tuesday , accompanied by Prince and Princess EdwarS of Saxe-Weimar . Their Royal Highnesses proceeded from Marlborough House to Sindringham the following day .
THE PRESS ASSOCIATION is authorised to state that there is no foundation for the announcement that Mr . Cecil Rhodes has had a serious relapse , and that his condition gives cause for anxiety . Upon the publication of the alarmist rumour on Tuesday morning a cablegram was forwarded to Mr , Rhodes , and an answer has been received to the effect that he is in very good health .
UNDER the patronage of Princess Christian and Princess Louise , Marchioness of Lome , the Stage Needlework Guild ( a branch of the Theatrical Ladies' Guild ) , held its Annual Exhibition of Clothing , at 3 , Grosvenor-place , on Tuesday , by kind permission of the Hon . W . F . D . Smith , M . P ., and Ladv Esther Smith . Among those present were Mrs . C . Carson , Miss Fanny Brough , Miss Gertrude Kingston , Miss Lily Hanbury , Miss Vane Feathertone , and Miss Sybil Carlisle .
ROYALTY ENTERED into the competitions at the West Herts Fanciers' Show held at Watford . The Duke of Vork secured fourth prize in the class for workine ' homers ( old birds ) . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales was highly commended in young working homers ; the Duke of York securing the fourth award in a keen competition H . R . H . the Princess of Wales , out of six birds entered in the bantam classes , gained a second and a fourth prize and a very highly commended . The total number of entries for the show was nearly 1600 .
BRO . SIR SQUIRE BANCROFT , having last year found the few readings of Dickens ' " Cmistmas Carol " so profitable to the charities for which he gave them , is this year extending his good offices . On Monday evening he gave his reading in the Portman Rooms , Baker-street , in aid of the Clarence Memorial Wing of St . Mary ' s Hospital and the financial result should be of service to so good an institution . Those who spent
their money in the good cause of charity had no reason to think they did not get a good return for it , for Sir Squire ' s rendering of Dickens ' s version of " peace and good will to men " is one which all should hear who have the opportunity . And what better sermon on charity could be preached than the Carol with the conquest and overthrow of selfishness and greed , and the conversion of Scrooge to genial ways and charitable mood .
IN RESPONSE to the general desire of the trade interested in the event , voiced by an influential and representative deputation , Mr . | ohn Pattison , of the well-known house of Paltisons , Ltd ., Highland Distillers , of Leith , Ballindalloch , and London , has consented to preside a * , the next annual festival of the South London Lincensed Vituallers' and Bcersellers' Trade Protection Association . The Society embraces a
very extensive area , covering the district lying between London Bridge and Vauxhall Bridge , and extending from the river in a southerly direction as far as the Crystal Palace . It has been in existe nee for over 20 years , and it is one of the most flourishing associations of the kind in th e capital . With Mr . Pattison in the chair it is confidently anticipated that the festival will be one of the most successful the Society has ever held .
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT presided at a lecture on "The Defence of a Flank " given by Lieut .-Col . M . H . G . Goldie , Royal Engineers , before the members of the Aldershot Military Society in the Prince Consort ' s library at Aldershot , on Tuesday . The lecturer ' s chief point was that efficient flank defence against strong attack implied bold and heavy counter-attack , and that in view of the power of modern artillery there was danger in using field defences on a flan k except in certain cases . His Rovai
Hiehness , in thanking Colonel Goldie for his address , which evinced a deep study of military history , said it had been illustrated how in one case redoubts and field works had been of the greatest use in enabling a small force to detain a great army , and on the other hand how a force could receive protection for some time before launching upon a counterattack . He thought most present would agree that to sit down in a temporary fortified position without being ready with a strong force in hand to make a counter-attack would be faulty tactics .
THE COURT CIRCULAR of Tuesday announces that during the visit of Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar to the Queen at Windsor on Monday her Majesty presented to his Highness the bflton of a Field-Marshal . This is the crowning step in the Prince ' s brilliant career as a soldier . His Highness , who is Colonel of the 1 st Life Guards , went through the Crimean War with the Grenadier Guards , being present at the battles of the Alma , Balaclava , and lnkcimin , and at the siege of Sevastopol , where he wounded in the trenches His
was . name was mentioned in dispatches , and he was the recipient of many medals and decorations . His Highness preceded Bro . Viscount Wolseley as Commander of her Majesty ' s Forces in Ireland . Piince Edward ' s new honour brings up the number of soldiers entitled to carry the bAton of Field-Marshal to eight , the other seven in the order of their creation being the Duke of Cambridge , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , Sir John Lintorn Simmons , Sir Frederick Haines , Sir Donald Stewart , Bro . Viscount Wolseley , and Bro . Lord Roberts .
PRINCESS CHRISTIAN OF SCHLESWIG -HOLSTEIN , who was attended by Major Maitin ( Equerry ) and Miss Loch ( Lady-in-Waiting ) , on Monday presented medallions and certificates , in the Concert Hall at the Crystal Palace , to the pupils and members of the Norwood Centre of the St . John Ambulance Association . Her Royal Highness was receited by Mr . C . E . Tritton , M . P ., Chairman of the Centre , the executive , and by the members of the Order of St . John of Jerusalem , a guard of honour hpinir fur .
mshed by the 4 th Volunteer Battalion East Surrey Regiment , under Lieutenant-Colonel Bowen . Others present included Sir Vincent and Lady Kennett-Barrington , Sir Edward L . O'Malley , Sir James Dick , Bro . Major-General Sir C . Warren , Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Herbert C . Perrott , Canon Duckworth , Surgcon-Major-General Jameson , Major-General Astley Terry , and Major Wyndham Malet . As her Royal Highness was leaving the Palace she was greeted by 2 : 0 orphans from the Norwood Convent , one of whom presented her with a bouquet and an address .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , attended by Major-General Sir Arthur Ellis , left Marlborough House on Monday for Lambton Castle , on a visit to Bro . the Karl of Durham , travelling by special train from King ' s Cross , on the Great Northern line . At the station his Royal Highness was received by Sir Henry Oakley , general manager of the railway , and conducted to his saloon . Amongst other guests invited to Lambton Castle to meet the Prince of Wales wno travelled in the Royal train were the Duchess of Manches t er , Lady Sarah Wilson , Lady Randolph Churchill , his Excellency the Portuguese Minister , Bro . Christopher Sykesani Mr . Reuben Sassoon Arriving at
, . Chester-le-Street at 6 . 25 , his Royal Highness was met by his noble host , and at once entered an open carriage drawn by four horses , preceded by two outriders . The lown was gaily decorated in honour of the event , and a large crowd of people who lin » d the route from the station to Lambton Castle accorded the Royal visitor an enthusiastic welcome . This is the second occasion on which the Prince has been a guest at Lambton Castle . In the year 1857 his Royal Highness was entertained at luncheon by the present I ' . arl s father , after he had , in company with his noble host , descended one of the Lambton oal pits .
PLUM HERS ar . d their trade were influentially represented on Tuesday evening at the Sadleis' Hall , Cheapside , when the Master of Ihe Plumbers' Company , Alderman Richard Hud , presided over a banquet at which Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs were the pi ir . cipal guests . Others present included Sir George Kekewich , Sir Courtcnay Boyle , the Lord Piovost of Glasgow , the Lord Provost of Perth , Sir Henry Craik , Mr . L . R . Kent , President of the United Operative Plumbers' Association of Great Britain and reland ; Bro . John Aird , M . P ., Mr . Joseph Walton , M . P ., Mr . C . G . Smithers , Master of the Saddlers' Company ; and Mr . Charles Hudson and Mr . Frederick
Machin , Wardens of the Plumbers' Company . Bro . the Lord Mayor , in responding to the toast of himself , the Sheriffs , and the Corporation of the City of London given by the Chauman , dwelt on the grave responsibi ity which rested in the hands of the plumber . Human life often depended on good or bad workmanship , and , though the measure for Ihe registration of plumbers had not been accepted by Parliament he hoped it would come to pass in the near future . On Mr . Robert Crawford devolved the task of proposing the toast of the evening , which bore on the relationship between the municipal and county authorities and the public health work of the plumber . Both were Striving hard for the public good . *