Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . F . J . Horniman has been elected on the court of the Homers' Company . As the Grand Prior ofthe Order of St . John of Jerusalem in England , the Prince of VVales will to-day ( Friday ) , at head-quarters , present the medals and certificates awarded by the Order for acts of gallantry in saving life on land .

fhere are five recipients . There was a numerous gathering on Saturday at the garden fete that was given , by permission of Bro . Sir Whittaker Ellis and Lady Ellis , in the grounds of Buccleuch House , Richmond , in support of the Royal Cambridge Asylum for Soldiers' Widows .

The memonal stone ' of the new established church at Waterside , Ayrshire , was , on Sunday night , rifled of its contents . The glass jar deposited therein with Masonic honours by Bro . Cochrane , M . P ., was discovered in a field minus the gold coins and other valuables , but still containing all the documents .

Bro . the Rev . J . Stephen Barrass , rector of St . Michael , Bassishaw , has been invited to attend and take part in the annual convention of the Brotherhood of St . Andrew in November next in the United States . The Brotherhood , it appears , is making steady progress in England under Bro . Barrass ' s care .

On Saturday last a cricket match vvas plaved at East Finchley between the employees of Mr . George Kenning , 77 «! Freemason , v . City House , when a most enjoyable afternoon was spent . The scores vvere—Freemason , 6 S ; City House , 23 . For the winners A . Millbourn contributed 47 . G . H . Godsave bowled well for the losers , for whom H . T . Mills vvas top score , with S . The two teams vvere subsequently photographed .

The directors of Perry & Co ., Limited , steel pen makers , have resolved to pay on the ist September , an interim dividend on the ordinary shares for the first six months of this year at the rate of 10 per cent , per annum , free of income tax , being at the same rate as for the corresponding period last year . The half-yearly dividend on the preference shares will be paid as usual at the fixed rate of 5 p er cent , per annum .

THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND FREEMASONRY . — IJro ; Chas . F . Forshaw ( Bradford ) writing to the British Medical Journal , says : " Dr . Cockburn is not the only medical man who is a Provincial Grand Master , for Dr . James Middleton is the Provincial Grand Master of Roxburgh , Peebles , and Selkirkshires , and so recently as May 3 rd last he presided over 200 brethren at the Ouarterly

Communication of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , held in Freemasons' Hall , Edinburgh . As I am an honorary member of the Peebles Kilwinning Lodge , No . 24 ( founded 171 G ) , in Dr . Middleton ' s jurisdiction perhaps you will kindly , by inserting this letter , allow my P . G . M . to share with Dr . Ccckburn the peculiar honour of being the onl y two medical men in Great Britain who hold the proud position of Provincial Grand Masters .

There is said to be a strong feeling in Canada that men who have been rushed through Masonry should not be permitted to affiliate with lodges either in the States or in Canada . The Toronto Freemason regards Scotland as specially guilty of the offence of " rushing" candidates , and instances two cases which had come under its observation , one of a member made in 175 , Greenock , and the

other of one made in 176 , Dundee , only a few hours before taking ship to cross the Atlantic It is respectfully and fraternally submitted , says the same writer , that the Grand Lodge of Scotland is doing an immense amount of injury to the Craft all over the world by permitting the wholesale manufacture of Masons . It is a painful fact , capable of

demonstration , that the larger number of Masons who seek relief in the United States hail from the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and experience has shown , according to my Canadian contemporary , that in New York city men who have been made Masons in the beginning of the month in Scotland , have been before the Board of Relief before its close . —The Mallet .

WILL OF THE LATE BRO . EDMUND YATES . —By his will , dated July 12 th , 1 S 92 , Mr . Edmund Hodgson Yates , of 1 , York-street , Covent Garden , and 2 , Eaton-gardens , Hove , who died at the Savoy Hotel on the 20 th May last , aged G 3 years , leaving personal estate of the gross value of _ £ 3 >> 7 ' 9 us . 2 d ., appointed aj executors his wife , Mrs . Louisa Katherine Yates , of Oakland :., Haywards Heath ,

Mr , Joseph Charles Parkinson , of 17 , Great George-street , Mr . Sydney Squire Bancroft , of 18 , Berkeley-square , and Colonel Arthur Griffiths , by the last named of whom probate has been renounced . Mr . Yates desired that immediately after his death his jugular vein should be opened by his medical attendant or some other surgeon , and that a fee of 20 guineas should be paid for the operation . He

desired that his body should be cremated . He bequeathed to his faithful friend and Secretary , £ ioo ; to his Secretary , Thomas Laker , £ 50 ; to his coachm an , £ 50 ; to his wife's maid , £ 50 ; and to Mrs . Yates , £ 500 , his plate , pictures , furniture , and household effects , horses and carriages , and three-fourths of the income of his residuary estate . The remaining one-fourth of the income is to be paid in specified

proportions to the testator s four sons . His books are to be sold by auction . It is his wish that the World should not be sold . He bequeathed all his interest in that periodical and the properties connected therewith to trustees , who are to carry on the publication for 21 years , and are to receive liberal remuneration in each year when the profit exceeds £ 4000 , and are also to accumulate a reserve fund for the equalisation of dividends .

. YIARTIHG RUMOURS or WAR are in th ? air . Tlie statesman watches the course of events with mai . ifest anxiety . A word from him may precipimte matters and hurl the nations into deadly combat . He must keep h s nerve-all depends on that . Once let his nerve fail him , and he knows full well some terrible

mistake will bc made some hasty word spoken , and then indeed . 'ill will be lost . There are times in our daily life when every man finds himself similurly placed . Kverything depends upin nerve . Let him he prepared for such times , and by the use of Holloway ' s Pills keep Ids head clear , his blond pure , and his frame invigomted .

Masonic And General Tidings

We understand that the Prpvincial Grand Chapter of Essex will be held at Chelmsford , on Wednesday , the Sth prox . An art gallery which shall be worthy of the reputation the Newlyn School has gained in the art world is to be presented by Mr . Passmore Edwards , himself a Cornishman , to that now favourite snot of artists .

Lord Llangattock , who has been appointed by the Prince of Wales to succeed the late Bro . Sir George Elliot , as Prov . G . M . for the Eastern Division of South Wales , is to be installed at a Prov . Grand Lodge , at Cardiff , on September 27 th .

Brethren are invited to send for the list of Masonic Books published at the office of the Freemason . Many works of interest both to the Masonic student and general reader have recently been added , and the publisher will gladly forward a copy to any address on receipt of a nost-card .

The English firemen who are now at Lyons are to be given a reception at Paris on Tuesday , 7 th prox ., by the Municipal Council of Paris . This courtesy is to be offered on the suggestion of the chairmen of the Fire Brigades of the Seine and of the Federation of Fire Brigades of France and Algeria .

An excellent full-page portrait and biography of R . W . Bro . Hugh D . Sandeman , P . D . G . M . Bengal , appears in the Indian Freemason for June . The notice contains so much matter of interest not only to Anglo-Indians , but to Masons generally , that we shall take the first opportunity of reprinting it in the Freemason .

A meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Kent will be held by the Most Excellent the Grand Superintendent , the Right Hon- Earl Amherst , at the Freemasons' Hall , Snargate-street , Dover , on Wednesday next , at three o'clock p . m ., precisely . A banquet will take pface at the Apollonian Hall , Snargate-street , Dover .

RESTORATION OK ROCHESTER CATHEDR \ L . —The works connected with the restoration of the west front of Rochester Cathedral , which have been in progress for some time , having been completed , the formal dedication of that portion of the cathedral was carried out on Wednesday by the Archbishoo of Canterbury , assisted by the Bishops of Rochester , Winchester , Lincoln , and

Southwark . The entire western front has been almost rebuilt , and at the two angles have been erected two massive towers . On each side ol the great west door are sculptured statues of Bishop Gundulp , the builder of the Cathedral and also of the Tower of London , and of John of Canterbury . The statues are the magnificent gift of the

Freemasons of Rochester and Chatham . The cathedral was thronged at the dedication service , the sermon at which was preached by the Bishop of Lincoln , a former scholar at the Rochester Cathedral Grammar School . The collection at the close of the service realised a large sum . The archbishop and bishops afterwards held a reception in the grounds attached to the Deanery of Rochester .

Probably the largest gathering of Freemasons that ever assembled in Newcastle vvas collected on Wednesday to celebrate the laying of the foundation-stone of the new Masonic Hall . This building is being erected at thecorner of Pilgrim-street and High-bridge , an excellent site in a very central situation . Newcastle has had long to wait for a Masonic Hall worthy of the Province of Northumberland ;

and now it is about to be obtained . The building is estimated to cost some £ 15 , 000 , exclusive of the site . It will contain , besides lodge rooms and offices , a . hall suitable for concerts and larger gatherings , and will be an accession to the available accommodation in the city for such purposes . The foundation-stone was laid on Wednesday b / Bro . Sir

Matthew White Ridley , Grand Master of the Province of Northumberland , with all the Masonic rites and honours . The ceremony , it is estimated , was attended and witnessed b y some 1500 Masons belonging to all the lodges of the district . We shall give a full report of the proceedings next week .

Bro . Fredk . Mason and Co . ' s preparations for invalids appear to be receiving from the public a considerable amount of appreciative recognition . Many of the leading papers , such as the Lancet , recommend thsm as being pure and carefully manufactured . Bessie Halliday , Diplomoe of the National Training School of Cookery , London ] writes in Cookery Notes : " I am so pleased with

several 'Specialities for Invalids , ' prepared by Bro . Fredk . Mason , of 52 , Acre-lane , Brixton , that I wish to call attention to the excellence of his soups . I never tasted any like them , they are entirely free from that disagreeable flavour of gelatine , which one instantly detects in most tinned' soups , and he guarantees that all his

preparations are made of fresh meat and the finest ingredients . I believe he supplies all the leading hospitals , and that many eminent medical men prescribe his concentrated beef tea and essences . His ' P . and O . Sauce ' is a delicious relish for fish or cold meat . Apropos of sauces , I am asked for recioes of these additions .

The Worshipful Master , Wardens , and brethren of St . George ' s Lodge , No . 431 , North Shields , selected Richmond for the annual picnic this year , and chartered a saloin carriage for a party of 30 brethren . They arrived at Richmond at noon on the iSth inst ., and after luncheon , accompanied by the W . M ., Bro . Councillor George Peacock , J . P ., and several brethren of the Lennox Lodge , No . 123 ,

drove first to Easby Abbey , and after inspecting the ancient ruins the drive was continued to Aske Hall , the seat of the Marquis of Zetland , Prov . G . M . of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire , by whose kind permission they inspected the hall , chapel , picture gallery , stables , kennels , gardens , park , and stud farm , which afforded immense pleasure to the visitors , who again continued , the drive

past the Grey Stone on the racecourse and the camp of the 4 th Batt . of the Princess of Wales ' s Own Yorkshiie Regiment . On returning to the town a photograph was taken of the company . The party then adjourned to the King's Head Hotel , vyhere they partook of an excellent dinner . During the dinner the band of the Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment , under Bandmaster . Gardiner ,

discoursed a choice programme of music On the invitation of Bio . Geo . Peacock , W . M ., the brethren visited the Lennox Lodge , when they expressed themselves much pleased with the hall , where the ancient warrant and other old relics were greatly admired . The party left by the S . 30 p . m . train very favourably impressed with the beauties of the district and the hearty reception they had received .

Masonic And General Tidings

The Provincial Grand Mark Loige of Cornwall will hold its annual meeting at Falmouth , on Tuesday next . In connection with the opening of the new British Home for Incurables , at Streatham , by the Princess of Wales on the 3 rd inst ., a gentleman has forwarded a donation of £ 1000 to endow a bed "in memory of his brother . "

At the recent competitive examination of the students o ' the London Academy of Music , the gold medal for violin playing , also the gold medal for pianoforte playing , vvas awarded to Fanny Darling Jacobs , of Portsdown-road , Maida Vale .

Madame Sarah Bernhardt appeared ! in Sardou's play , "La Tosca , " at a matinee at the Prince of Wales Theatre , Birmingham , on Thursday , and , though the prices to the chief parts of the house had been trebled , the building was crowded . At the close of the performance she received a remarkable ovation .

In connection with the South African exhibition , which is to be held at the Crystal Palace next year , we are informed that the Castle and Union Lines have agreed to bring exhibits from South Africa at half the usual rates , and to return them at the close of the exhibition at the same rates .

At a meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Monmouthshire , held at Rhymney , on Thursday , the 12 th inst ., Past Grand Master , Bro . Col . Lyne , presided . Amongst the other business carried out it was unanimously decided to vote 30 guineas from the funds of the Province to the Cillynydd disaster . The banquet vvas held at the Royal Hotel . We shall give a full report in our next .

The Sheffield Telegraph says : " There are now seven Masonic lodges in Shellield , and one at Dore , so that the Craft must be considered as extending locally . It is highly probable , we learn , that Provincial Grand Lodge will come here next October under the banner of the Wentworth Iodge . Earl Fitzwilliam , who is a Freemason , has acceded to a request that the Fitzwilliam arms , crest , and motto may be used on the lodge circular and no more

appropriate embellishment could be devised . The local brethren have observed with pleasure that Lord Milton , is continuing the traditions of his family in interesting himself in the affairs of Sheffield , where the Fit / . williams have always been deservedly popular with every class of the community . The visit of the Provincial Grand Lodge , if it is definitely fixed for this city , will afford a further opportunity of still further strengthening the ancient Craft in our midst . "

MASONIC EXCURSION AND PRESENTATION . —The members of the Walton Lodge , No . 10 SG , have had a most enjoyable meeting . The excursion took place on Thursday , the 19 th inst ., to Ambleside . The party left in saloon , carriages by special train from the Exchange Station at S . 33 , arriving at Windermere about 11 o ' clock ; they drove in i waggonettes to Ambleside , where they had lunch . The W . M ., Bro . lohn Millar , presented , on behalf of the lodge ,

to Bro . Thomas Garratt , I . P . M ., a casket containing a set of studs and solitaires , representing the various Degrees of the Order , specially designed and made in fine gold . Bro . Garratt gratefully acknowledged this suitable gift . In the afternoon the party enjoyed a walk amongst the hills and dales of that beautiful " district . In the evening they dined together at the White Lion Hotel , under the presidency of Bro . Millar , and returned to Liverpool about u o'clock , all much gratified with their agreeable outing .

MASONIC SERVICE . —On Sunday last , a procession and service on a larger scale than hitherto was held at Preston in aid of the West Lancashire Masonic Charities . The Committee having charge of the arrangements had as President the Mayor of Preston ( Bro . Alderman Dr . John Holden ); Chairman , Bro . the Rev . T . Barton Spencer , P . G . Chaplain England ; Honorary Secretary , Bro . T .

R . Jolly , P . P . G . Treas . The Committee included Bros . W . E . M . Tomlinson , M . P ., P . P . G . W . ; the Rev . G . W . Terry , P . G . Chap . ; the Rev . J . Pimblett , P . G . Chap . > the Rev . A . B . Beaven , P . M . ; and many other Past or Present Provincial Grand Officers or Past Masters . Over 300 brethren assembled at the Public Hall , and , headed by the band of the Preston Rifle Volunteers , marched through

the main thoroughfare , which vvas crowded with people , the weather being very fine , to St . James ' s Church , where service was held . Besides the reverend brethren already mentioned , Bros , the Rev . C . O . L . Riley , J . W . ( Bishop elect of Perth , Western Australia ) , and the Rev . J . C . Wood ( curate of St . James' ) , took part in the service , the

musical portion of which was efficiently rendered by the choir and Organist . Bro . the Rev . T . Barton Spencer preached . A liberal collection having baen taken for the West Lancashire Masonic Charities , the procession was reformed to the Public Hall , where Bro . Spencer briefly expressed his thanks to the brethren for the numerical and financial response to the appeal of the Committee .

When members of the Charity Lodge and their lady friends assembled at Freemason-, ' Hall , Plymouth , on the morning of the 1 Sth inst ., for their third annual outing , the prospect was certainly not promising . Rain was fal'ing in torrents . The shower clearing at last , a start was made half an hour late , with a faith that was justified by the result , for only a few brief light showers fell for the rest of

the day . In two fours-in-hand one being Mr . H . Membrey s and the other Mr . Charles Watts ' s vJobe ) , a breezy run across Roborough Down to Tavistock was enjoyed , and after a capital luncheon at the Newmarket Hotel , the party , numbering nearly 50 , dro / e to Endsleigh . There sylvan charms , artistic gardening ( reflecting credit on Mr . Yeo , the head gardener ) , the

model dairy , the fish pond , the daisy dell , the grotto , the Swiss cottage , and much else that goes to make the Duke of Bedford ' s Devonshire cottage home a delightful memory was greatly enjoyed in beautiful weather . Returning to Tavistock , an elegant tea was served at the Newmarket Hotel , and at eight o ' clock a start was made for home . The working bees of the Outing Committee were Bros . C

B . Gale , the W . M . of thelodge ; R . Blight , one of its P . Ms . ; James Hoyten , its Hon . Sec . and another of its P . Ms . ; and W . Biscombe , the S . D . ; and the completeness and success of the arrangements won the gratitude of one and all . The Duke of Bedford ' s kindness in giving

permission for the visit to Endsleigh was heartily acknowledged . Mr . Skinner's catering was highly praised , and it was felt that Mr . Mumford s cornet playing added a real zest to the outing , and that it was a happy thoug ht of Messrs . Hoyten and Hoar to provide for the company buttonhole bouquets .