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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
BRO . LORD ANB LADY BARNARD have left Raby Castle for the South of France . WE LEARN , with great regret , that , owing to continued ill-health , Bro . George Everett is compelled to cancel all his Masonic obligations . H . R-H . THE PRINCE OF WALES will hold a levee , on her Majesty ' s beha If , at St . James ' s Palace , on Monday , the 21 st prox . THE DUKE OF NORFOLK has consented to preside over the annual smoking concert of the Post Office Cricket Club at St . James'sjHall on Tuesday , the Sth prox .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES is sending his collections of stuffed fish obtained by him during his visit to India , to the Yachting and Fisheries Exhibition , opening at the Royal Aquarium on the 1 st prox . THE DATE OF the dinner to Bro . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) by the Hardwicke Society at the Westminster Palace Hotel is now fixed for Monday , the 21 st prox ., instead of the date previously announced .
THE S PEAKER—Bro . the Right Hon . W . C . Gully—is now in residence at the House of Commons , and everything is being got ready for the opening of Parliament by commission on Tuesday , the Sth prox . THE D UKE AND DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT and Princess Louise ( Marchioness of Lome ) and suite visited the Lyceum Theatre on Saturday evening last , and witnessed the performance of " Peter the Great . "
THE BELLS of St . George s Chapel , Windsor Castle , were rung on Saturday last in celebration of the fi / th birthday of Prince Christian of Schleswig-H Ostein , who was born on January 22 nd , 1 S 31 . Prince and Princess Christian kept the anniversary at Cumberland Lodge . " ~
BRO . J AMES B . COWAN , Hawick , Prov . G . Treas . of Roxburgh , Peebles , and Selkirk shires , has been appointed Local Secretary for the South of Scotland of the Correspondence Circle of Lodge Quatuor Coronati , No . 207 ( 1 , in room of the late Bro . W . Fred Vernon , Kelso . H . II . II . THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE CHURCH . —His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has intimated to the Bishop of Norwich that he proposes to subscribe £ 52 ios . per annum for five years to the Norwich Diocesan Branch of the Qaaen Victoria Clergy Sustentation Fund .
PRINCESS LOUISE ( Marchioness of Lome ) , who is President of the Royal Drawing Society , was present on Saturday afternoon last , at the Conference Room of the London School Board , at a lecture given by Mr . T . R . Ablett , honorary director of the association , on the necessity of youthful instruction in design . AT A MEETING of the Parliamentary Committee of the Cardiff Corporation the Mayor stated that the Duke of Connaught had intimated his willingness to visit the town on April 15 th to inspect the Church Lads' Brigade . There will be a ball in the evening at the Assembly Rooms ot the Town Hall , at which his Royal Highness will 1 » 2 present .
THF QUEEN ' S guests at Osborne on Saturday last included Bro . Lt . eut .-Gen . the Hon . Somerset and Mrs . Gough Calthorpe , and Rear-Admiral Fullerton , A . D . C ., who had the honour of dining with her Majesty . The Queen and Royal fauily , as wall 35 the members of the household , attended Divine service at Osborne on Sunday nurning . AT THE CABINET COUNCIL held on Saturday last at the Foreign Office , among the Ministers present were 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 , Bart . ( Chancellor of the Exchequer ) , the Duke of Devonshire , Lord George Hamilton , the Right Hon . W . H . Long , and Sir M . Wnite-Ridley .
GRAND DAY of Hilary Term was on Monday night duly celebrated at Gray ' s Inn , when the Treasurer , Mr . Mattinson , Q . C ., and the Benchers entertained at dinner his Excellency the Japanese Minister , Bros . Gully ( Speaker of the House of Commons ) , Sir M . White Ridley , Bart , ( the Home Secretary ) , and Justice ' . Bruce , and many others . The Japanese Minister was received by the students with great cheering .
THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN ( Bro . the Earl of Lathom ) is authorised to state that Drawing Rooms will be held at Buckingham Palace , under the usual regulations , on Friday , the 2 . i ' . h prox ., and on a date , to be hereafter announced , in the month of March . Names for presentation at these Drawing Room ? miy bj sent in to the Lord Chamberlain ' s Office , for submission to her Majesty , on and after Monday , the 31 st instant .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , attended by Bro . Capt . Hilford , arrived at Sandringham on Saturday evening last , and rej lined the Princes ; of Wales and Princess Victoria . On Sunday morning their Royal Highnesses and suite attended tie annual service at St . Mary Magdalene on behalf of the Gordon Boys' Home , the Duke and Duchess of York being also present , his Royal Highness hiving returnid to York Cottage the previous evening .
THE DUCHESS OF ALBANY , attended by Miss Maxwell and Bro . Sir Robert Collins , visited Chislehurst on Saturday last , to meet the members of the local committee formed to aid the Deptford Fund , of which her Royal Highness is President . Luncheon was served in Camden House , and at a subsequent meeting , over which the Duchess presided , it was resolved to hold a Summer Fete at Chislehurst nsxt July , when purses and gifts for the Deptford Fund will be presented to the Duchess .
Tin ; LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND terminated his visit to the Marquis ' and Marchioness of Londonderry on the 21 st instant , and returned to Dublin , where he has been engaged with official business , which prevented his coming to London to attend the cabinet Council . Countess Cadogan , on leaving Mount Stewart , proceeded to Uandeboye , county Down , on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava , and returned to Mount Stewart on , and the Lord Lieutenant leaves Dublin for Glenstal , Limerick , on a visit to Bro . Sir Charles and Lady Barrington . 'heir Excellencies are expected to arrive at Dublin Castle to-mjrrow ( Saturday ) for the '¦ eason .
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN was represented at the funeral of the late Dean l- 'ddell on Saturday last by Bro . Col . the Hon . Sir Henry Byng . H . R . H . the Prince of wales sent a beautiful wreath of arums , lilies of the valley , primulas , camelias , chrysanthemums , and bay , with the inscription , ' * For Auld Lang Syne , from an old Christ ( hurch friend . —Albert Edward . " His Royal Highness was rep-esented by Bro . Majorgeneral Sir Stanley Clarke , and the Duchess of Albany by Colonel Wa'ler , R . E . The > ice-Chancellor attended the funeral as the representative of the University of Oxford , and Mr . Walter Palmer , Chairman of the Council , represented the University Extension Lollege of Reading . Amomrst others Dresent were the heads of the various houses in
the University , the Canons of Christ Church Cathedral , Viscount Curzm , M . P ., Bro Mscount Valentia , Bro . Sir John Mowbray , M . P ., Lord Abingdon , Lord Stanmore , V Charles Ryan , Mr . H . G . I ' albot , M . P .. Mr . G . H . Morell , M . P ., Dr . Patison , Sir j I . Longley , Mr . German Lavic , Bro . SirJVictor Williamson , Professor Dicey , Bjdleian librarian , Canon Blagdon , Dr . Chase , the Rev . Walter Scott , Mr . W . E . Sadler , Mr . Aubrey Harcourt , Mr . A . H . A . W . lliams , Sir E . Herschell , and Dr . Fairbairn ( President of Mansfield ) .
ON MONDAY NKUIT the galleries of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water flours were filled with a brilliant assemblage when the Chairman of the London County ouncd gave a conversazione to meet the members of the municipality . Dr . Collins was assisted by his sister ., Mrs . More , in receiving the company , anJ almost all his colleagues of S pring-gardens and its chief oflicers responded to the invitation . The Huests numbered nearly 400 , and amongst those who attended were the Bishop of London and Mrs . Creighton , Countess Carrington , Lord Rothschild , Mary Duchess of S \ v 1 nd and Sir Albert Ro , lir > Sir Edwin Galsworthy , Viscount Peel , Sir Hugh Owen , •jr Wolfe Barry , Sir Edward Bradford , Bro . thc Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress , Bro .
i , ,, rman and Sheriff Green , Earl Russell , Bro . the Earl of Onslow , Sir John and Lady 'lutton , the Hon . L . Holland , Sir Godfrey Lushington , Mr . and Mrs . Fl . Lawson , the i ' -e-Lnairrnan and Mrs . Bsachcroft , and the Deputy-Chairman , Sir Alexander , ""' I * ' he band of the 2 nd Life Guards provided the musical programme , and representative cxniu'tion work from the schools of the Technical [ education Board was on ' ¦ w , excellent examples of handicraft in collotype and zinc process printing , bookbinder ? , enamelling , and glass staining .
Masonic And General Tidings.
BRO . VISCOUNT DUNGARVAN left England , in the Teutonic , on Wednesday , on a tour to America . THE Q UEEN , according to present arrangements , is expected to leave Osborne about the 17 th prox . for Windsor Castle . THE DUCHESS OF YORK has appointed Lad yJ . KatherineJ Grey Coke as Extra Lady-in-Waiting to her Royal Highness .
GUY ' S HOSPITAL has received a gift of £ 20 , 000 from Mr . Henry Lewis Raphael , to be devoted to the building of the " Henriette Raphael Nurses' Home , " in memory of the late Mrs . Raphael . BRO . THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE will give his usual full-dress Parliamentary dinner on the eve of the opening of Parliament , and the Duchess will afterwards hold a reception at Devonshire House .
BRO . THE DUKE OF FIFF . has consented to preside at the 37 th anniversary festival to be held at the Hotel Metropole , on June 10 th , in aid of th : funds of the United Kingdom Railway Officers' and Servants' Association . THE MORTALITY returns for Bombay show S 34 deaths from plague dur ' ngthe past week , and 1726 deaths from all causes , the death rate being 108 . 7 P , 00 ° inhabitants . The normal death rate from all causes is 74 S , or 45 . 37 per 1000 .
THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER has received further donations of £ 500 from Mr . and Mrs . John P . Thomasson , and £ 100 from Lord Wantage for the Grosvenor House Fund in aid of the destitute Thessalian refugees in Greece . IN CONSEQUENCE of the serious decrease in the contributions to the funds of the North-West London Hospital during the Jubilee Year , as compared with 1896 , the treasurer , Mr . George Herring , has given £ 5000 as a donation .
AT THE 140 th annual general court of governors of the Orphan Working School it was agreed to admit , free of election , two children left orphans through the fever epidemic at Maidstone , and two children left orphans by thj Margate surf-bo it disaster . TUB COMMITTEE of the Metropolitan Ear , Nose , and Throat Hospital , Graftonstreet , VV ., announce that they have arranged for the annual ball to be held on Tuesday , February 1 st , at the Portman Rooms , Baker-street , W . The proceeds will be devoted to the funds of the hospital .
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT have arrived at Nice , and taken up their quarters at the Hotel Regina . A minstrel performance given on Tuesday by men from the United States cruiser San Francisco , for the joint benefit of the Victoria Ward of the Invalids' Home and the American Charity Fund , was a great success . The Grand Duke Michael of Russia and the Countess Torby were present .
THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE opsned a sale of work at Eastbourne Union Infirmary on Tuesday , in connection with the Brabazon Employment Society . The articles on the stall represented the handicraft of the aged and infirm inmates , who are taught by a committee of ladies . The Duchess , who was accompanied by the Countess of Gosford and Lady Alexandra Acheson , briefly expressed het warm sympathy with the work of the society .
THE ANNUAL DINNER in aid of the North London , or University , Hospital , Gowerstreet , W . C , will take place at the Hotel Muropole on Wednesday next , the 1 st prox ., when Bro . his Grace the Duke of Bedford will occupy the chair . He will be accompanied by the Duchess , and many of the nobility and their ladies will be there , and we hope that this deserving . institution in the vast work it is now doing will receive a good and substantial result .
THE J CARPENTER CLUB , which held its winter banquet in the Albion , under the presidency of Mr . Philip E . Clunn , is an association of old City of London School boys , and at these re-unions the honours and distinctions gained by those who have been educated at that famous seminary provide an agreeable and ample theme for the speakers . The head master , Mr . A . T . Pollard , reported that in every department the school has held its own during the past year .
NEWSVENDORS' BENEVOLENT AND PROVIDENT INSTITUTION . —The 59 th annual general meeting will be held at the Memorial Hall on Tuesday , the 15 th proximo . The President , Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Glenesk , will take the chair at seven o ' clock precisely . The annual festival dinner will be held at the Hotel Cecil on Wednesday , 1 ith May . Mr . Cecil B . Harmsworth will preside , and his brothers , the Messrs . Alfred and Harold Harmsworth , with many other friends of the Institution , have promised to attend the gathering .
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . —Miss Redgrave , the Head Governess , has again had the satisfaction ol presenting to the Committee a highly satisfactory report as the result of the recent examinations of the College of Preceptors . For the Certificate Examination 37 girls were _ entered and (/// passed , the large number of 35 "Distinctions" being gained . Thirty younger children were entered for the Junior Examination , and in respect to 29 of these the results were also highly satisfactory . The elder girls' Cambridge Local results are not yet known .
IN CIVIL and military circles alike the announcement of the death of Bro . Major-General Francis John Moberly , R . E ., will be received with feelings of deep regret . The deceased officer had been suffering from an attack of influenza , but had so far recovered that he was out of doors on Wednesday . A sudden attack of illness , however , seized him in Piccadilly late in the afternoon , and although he was at once conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital , death speedily followed . General Moberly had a distinguished military career , chiefly in India . Born in 1 S 25 , the son of the late Col . H . Moberly , of the Madras Army , he entered the Royal Engineers in 1 S 44 , and retired after a period of 34 years' service .
TUB HON . SECRETARY of the Association of Head Masters of Higher Grade and Organised Science Schools calls attention to the fact that the Science and Art Department have recently issued two circulars , in which they demand from schools of science the fulfilment of certain conditions which scarcely any such schools are able to fulfil . In case of non-compliance the Department threaten to withdraw the grants . _ The association will meet to-morrow ( Saturday ) , at Derby , to consider the threat , which , if carried into effect , will close within six months all those schools of science , without exception , which are carried on by the School Boards , and most of those which are carried on by other governing bodies .
ARRANGEMENTS FOR the visit to Chatham on Tuesday next of Princess Christian are now complete . Her Royal Highness will travel by the London , Chatham , and Dover Railway , the special train being timed to leave Victoria at 11 . 40 a . m ., and will be accompanied by the Bishop of Rochester and Bro . the Lord Mayor of London , who is the member for the borough , and the Lady Mayoress . The Princess will be received at Chatham Station by the Mayor , the Mayoress , and members of the Town Council , Bro . Dean Hole , Bro . Sir John Gorst , and the Rector of Chatham , an address of welcome
being read by the To vn Clerk . The foundation-stone of the newTown Hall is to be laid b y her Royal Highness , who will afterwards be the guest at luncheon at Government House of Bro . Lieut .-Gen . Sir Charles Warren . Later in the day Princess Christian attends the dedication of the new Victoria Tower , with its clock and peal of eight bells , at the parish church of St . Mary , the sermon being preached by tne Bishop . The guards of honour will be furnished by the 2 nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers and the Chatham Division of Royal Marines , whilst the West Kent ( Queen ' s Own ) Yeomanry Cavalry are to provide a mounted escort for the Royal visitor .
THE CIGAR INDUSTRY IN J AMAICA . —Jamaica bids fair to regain her position she many years ago held in the cigar trade , when she enjoyed a very considerable share of English trade ; in fact , the demand increasing beyond the power of production , the temptation of importing an inferior tobacco to make good the supply proved irresistible , and , in consequence , the Jamaica brands got into bad odour ( in more ways than one ) , and are now seldom or ever quoted in thc lists of an English cigar dealer . In the island , however , the industry is , and has been , steadily on the increase , where
practically the whole of the produce is consum ed . Naturally a very strong prejudice remains , to overcome which a determined effort is to be made . Messrs . Nathan and Co ., of 12 , Moor-lane , E . C , have imported a limited number of boxes , carefully selected by experts as most likely to suit thc taste of the English smoker . These will be distributed at a nominal cost , the object being to prove practically the merits of the Jamaica grown tobacco , claimed by many to equal the production of Havana . There can be no doubt that any popular revival of our trade in this respect with Jamaica would considerabl y help the export trade of this country throughout the West Indies ,
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
BRO . LORD ANB LADY BARNARD have left Raby Castle for the South of France . WE LEARN , with great regret , that , owing to continued ill-health , Bro . George Everett is compelled to cancel all his Masonic obligations . H . R-H . THE PRINCE OF WALES will hold a levee , on her Majesty ' s beha If , at St . James ' s Palace , on Monday , the 21 st prox . THE DUKE OF NORFOLK has consented to preside over the annual smoking concert of the Post Office Cricket Club at St . James'sjHall on Tuesday , the Sth prox .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES is sending his collections of stuffed fish obtained by him during his visit to India , to the Yachting and Fisheries Exhibition , opening at the Royal Aquarium on the 1 st prox . THE DATE OF the dinner to Bro . Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) by the Hardwicke Society at the Westminster Palace Hotel is now fixed for Monday , the 21 st prox ., instead of the date previously announced .
THE S PEAKER—Bro . the Right Hon . W . C . Gully—is now in residence at the House of Commons , and everything is being got ready for the opening of Parliament by commission on Tuesday , the Sth prox . THE D UKE AND DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT and Princess Louise ( Marchioness of Lome ) and suite visited the Lyceum Theatre on Saturday evening last , and witnessed the performance of " Peter the Great . "
THE BELLS of St . George s Chapel , Windsor Castle , were rung on Saturday last in celebration of the fi / th birthday of Prince Christian of Schleswig-H Ostein , who was born on January 22 nd , 1 S 31 . Prince and Princess Christian kept the anniversary at Cumberland Lodge . " ~
BRO . J AMES B . COWAN , Hawick , Prov . G . Treas . of Roxburgh , Peebles , and Selkirk shires , has been appointed Local Secretary for the South of Scotland of the Correspondence Circle of Lodge Quatuor Coronati , No . 207 ( 1 , in room of the late Bro . W . Fred Vernon , Kelso . H . II . II . THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE CHURCH . —His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has intimated to the Bishop of Norwich that he proposes to subscribe £ 52 ios . per annum for five years to the Norwich Diocesan Branch of the Qaaen Victoria Clergy Sustentation Fund .
PRINCESS LOUISE ( Marchioness of Lome ) , who is President of the Royal Drawing Society , was present on Saturday afternoon last , at the Conference Room of the London School Board , at a lecture given by Mr . T . R . Ablett , honorary director of the association , on the necessity of youthful instruction in design . AT A MEETING of the Parliamentary Committee of the Cardiff Corporation the Mayor stated that the Duke of Connaught had intimated his willingness to visit the town on April 15 th to inspect the Church Lads' Brigade . There will be a ball in the evening at the Assembly Rooms ot the Town Hall , at which his Royal Highness will 1 » 2 present .
THF QUEEN ' S guests at Osborne on Saturday last included Bro . Lt . eut .-Gen . the Hon . Somerset and Mrs . Gough Calthorpe , and Rear-Admiral Fullerton , A . D . C ., who had the honour of dining with her Majesty . The Queen and Royal fauily , as wall 35 the members of the household , attended Divine service at Osborne on Sunday nurning . AT THE CABINET COUNCIL held on Saturday last at the Foreign Office , among the Ministers present were 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 , Bart . ( Chancellor of the Exchequer ) , the Duke of Devonshire , Lord George Hamilton , the Right Hon . W . H . Long , and Sir M . Wnite-Ridley .
GRAND DAY of Hilary Term was on Monday night duly celebrated at Gray ' s Inn , when the Treasurer , Mr . Mattinson , Q . C ., and the Benchers entertained at dinner his Excellency the Japanese Minister , Bros . Gully ( Speaker of the House of Commons ) , Sir M . White Ridley , Bart , ( the Home Secretary ) , and Justice ' . Bruce , and many others . The Japanese Minister was received by the students with great cheering .
THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN ( Bro . the Earl of Lathom ) is authorised to state that Drawing Rooms will be held at Buckingham Palace , under the usual regulations , on Friday , the 2 . i ' . h prox ., and on a date , to be hereafter announced , in the month of March . Names for presentation at these Drawing Room ? miy bj sent in to the Lord Chamberlain ' s Office , for submission to her Majesty , on and after Monday , the 31 st instant .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , attended by Bro . Capt . Hilford , arrived at Sandringham on Saturday evening last , and rej lined the Princes ; of Wales and Princess Victoria . On Sunday morning their Royal Highnesses and suite attended tie annual service at St . Mary Magdalene on behalf of the Gordon Boys' Home , the Duke and Duchess of York being also present , his Royal Highness hiving returnid to York Cottage the previous evening .
THE DUCHESS OF ALBANY , attended by Miss Maxwell and Bro . Sir Robert Collins , visited Chislehurst on Saturday last , to meet the members of the local committee formed to aid the Deptford Fund , of which her Royal Highness is President . Luncheon was served in Camden House , and at a subsequent meeting , over which the Duchess presided , it was resolved to hold a Summer Fete at Chislehurst nsxt July , when purses and gifts for the Deptford Fund will be presented to the Duchess .
Tin ; LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND terminated his visit to the Marquis ' and Marchioness of Londonderry on the 21 st instant , and returned to Dublin , where he has been engaged with official business , which prevented his coming to London to attend the cabinet Council . Countess Cadogan , on leaving Mount Stewart , proceeded to Uandeboye , county Down , on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava , and returned to Mount Stewart on , and the Lord Lieutenant leaves Dublin for Glenstal , Limerick , on a visit to Bro . Sir Charles and Lady Barrington . 'heir Excellencies are expected to arrive at Dublin Castle to-mjrrow ( Saturday ) for the '¦ eason .
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN was represented at the funeral of the late Dean l- 'ddell on Saturday last by Bro . Col . the Hon . Sir Henry Byng . H . R . H . the Prince of wales sent a beautiful wreath of arums , lilies of the valley , primulas , camelias , chrysanthemums , and bay , with the inscription , ' * For Auld Lang Syne , from an old Christ ( hurch friend . —Albert Edward . " His Royal Highness was rep-esented by Bro . Majorgeneral Sir Stanley Clarke , and the Duchess of Albany by Colonel Wa'ler , R . E . The > ice-Chancellor attended the funeral as the representative of the University of Oxford , and Mr . Walter Palmer , Chairman of the Council , represented the University Extension Lollege of Reading . Amomrst others Dresent were the heads of the various houses in
the University , the Canons of Christ Church Cathedral , Viscount Curzm , M . P ., Bro Mscount Valentia , Bro . Sir John Mowbray , M . P ., Lord Abingdon , Lord Stanmore , V Charles Ryan , Mr . H . G . I ' albot , M . P .. Mr . G . H . Morell , M . P ., Dr . Patison , Sir j I . Longley , Mr . German Lavic , Bro . SirJVictor Williamson , Professor Dicey , Bjdleian librarian , Canon Blagdon , Dr . Chase , the Rev . Walter Scott , Mr . W . E . Sadler , Mr . Aubrey Harcourt , Mr . A . H . A . W . lliams , Sir E . Herschell , and Dr . Fairbairn ( President of Mansfield ) .
ON MONDAY NKUIT the galleries of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water flours were filled with a brilliant assemblage when the Chairman of the London County ouncd gave a conversazione to meet the members of the municipality . Dr . Collins was assisted by his sister ., Mrs . More , in receiving the company , anJ almost all his colleagues of S pring-gardens and its chief oflicers responded to the invitation . The Huests numbered nearly 400 , and amongst those who attended were the Bishop of London and Mrs . Creighton , Countess Carrington , Lord Rothschild , Mary Duchess of S \ v 1 nd and Sir Albert Ro , lir > Sir Edwin Galsworthy , Viscount Peel , Sir Hugh Owen , •jr Wolfe Barry , Sir Edward Bradford , Bro . thc Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress , Bro .
i , ,, rman and Sheriff Green , Earl Russell , Bro . the Earl of Onslow , Sir John and Lady 'lutton , the Hon . L . Holland , Sir Godfrey Lushington , Mr . and Mrs . Fl . Lawson , the i ' -e-Lnairrnan and Mrs . Bsachcroft , and the Deputy-Chairman , Sir Alexander , ""' I * ' he band of the 2 nd Life Guards provided the musical programme , and representative cxniu'tion work from the schools of the Technical [ education Board was on ' ¦ w , excellent examples of handicraft in collotype and zinc process printing , bookbinder ? , enamelling , and glass staining .
Masonic And General Tidings.
BRO . VISCOUNT DUNGARVAN left England , in the Teutonic , on Wednesday , on a tour to America . THE Q UEEN , according to present arrangements , is expected to leave Osborne about the 17 th prox . for Windsor Castle . THE DUCHESS OF YORK has appointed Lad yJ . KatherineJ Grey Coke as Extra Lady-in-Waiting to her Royal Highness .
GUY ' S HOSPITAL has received a gift of £ 20 , 000 from Mr . Henry Lewis Raphael , to be devoted to the building of the " Henriette Raphael Nurses' Home , " in memory of the late Mrs . Raphael . BRO . THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE will give his usual full-dress Parliamentary dinner on the eve of the opening of Parliament , and the Duchess will afterwards hold a reception at Devonshire House .
BRO . THE DUKE OF FIFF . has consented to preside at the 37 th anniversary festival to be held at the Hotel Metropole , on June 10 th , in aid of th : funds of the United Kingdom Railway Officers' and Servants' Association . THE MORTALITY returns for Bombay show S 34 deaths from plague dur ' ngthe past week , and 1726 deaths from all causes , the death rate being 108 . 7 P , 00 ° inhabitants . The normal death rate from all causes is 74 S , or 45 . 37 per 1000 .
THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER has received further donations of £ 500 from Mr . and Mrs . John P . Thomasson , and £ 100 from Lord Wantage for the Grosvenor House Fund in aid of the destitute Thessalian refugees in Greece . IN CONSEQUENCE of the serious decrease in the contributions to the funds of the North-West London Hospital during the Jubilee Year , as compared with 1896 , the treasurer , Mr . George Herring , has given £ 5000 as a donation .
AT THE 140 th annual general court of governors of the Orphan Working School it was agreed to admit , free of election , two children left orphans through the fever epidemic at Maidstone , and two children left orphans by thj Margate surf-bo it disaster . TUB COMMITTEE of the Metropolitan Ear , Nose , and Throat Hospital , Graftonstreet , VV ., announce that they have arranged for the annual ball to be held on Tuesday , February 1 st , at the Portman Rooms , Baker-street , W . The proceeds will be devoted to the funds of the hospital .
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT have arrived at Nice , and taken up their quarters at the Hotel Regina . A minstrel performance given on Tuesday by men from the United States cruiser San Francisco , for the joint benefit of the Victoria Ward of the Invalids' Home and the American Charity Fund , was a great success . The Grand Duke Michael of Russia and the Countess Torby were present .
THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE opsned a sale of work at Eastbourne Union Infirmary on Tuesday , in connection with the Brabazon Employment Society . The articles on the stall represented the handicraft of the aged and infirm inmates , who are taught by a committee of ladies . The Duchess , who was accompanied by the Countess of Gosford and Lady Alexandra Acheson , briefly expressed het warm sympathy with the work of the society .
THE ANNUAL DINNER in aid of the North London , or University , Hospital , Gowerstreet , W . C , will take place at the Hotel Muropole on Wednesday next , the 1 st prox ., when Bro . his Grace the Duke of Bedford will occupy the chair . He will be accompanied by the Duchess , and many of the nobility and their ladies will be there , and we hope that this deserving . institution in the vast work it is now doing will receive a good and substantial result .
THE J CARPENTER CLUB , which held its winter banquet in the Albion , under the presidency of Mr . Philip E . Clunn , is an association of old City of London School boys , and at these re-unions the honours and distinctions gained by those who have been educated at that famous seminary provide an agreeable and ample theme for the speakers . The head master , Mr . A . T . Pollard , reported that in every department the school has held its own during the past year .
NEWSVENDORS' BENEVOLENT AND PROVIDENT INSTITUTION . —The 59 th annual general meeting will be held at the Memorial Hall on Tuesday , the 15 th proximo . The President , Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Glenesk , will take the chair at seven o ' clock precisely . The annual festival dinner will be held at the Hotel Cecil on Wednesday , 1 ith May . Mr . Cecil B . Harmsworth will preside , and his brothers , the Messrs . Alfred and Harold Harmsworth , with many other friends of the Institution , have promised to attend the gathering .
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . —Miss Redgrave , the Head Governess , has again had the satisfaction ol presenting to the Committee a highly satisfactory report as the result of the recent examinations of the College of Preceptors . For the Certificate Examination 37 girls were _ entered and (/// passed , the large number of 35 "Distinctions" being gained . Thirty younger children were entered for the Junior Examination , and in respect to 29 of these the results were also highly satisfactory . The elder girls' Cambridge Local results are not yet known .
IN CIVIL and military circles alike the announcement of the death of Bro . Major-General Francis John Moberly , R . E ., will be received with feelings of deep regret . The deceased officer had been suffering from an attack of influenza , but had so far recovered that he was out of doors on Wednesday . A sudden attack of illness , however , seized him in Piccadilly late in the afternoon , and although he was at once conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital , death speedily followed . General Moberly had a distinguished military career , chiefly in India . Born in 1 S 25 , the son of the late Col . H . Moberly , of the Madras Army , he entered the Royal Engineers in 1 S 44 , and retired after a period of 34 years' service .
TUB HON . SECRETARY of the Association of Head Masters of Higher Grade and Organised Science Schools calls attention to the fact that the Science and Art Department have recently issued two circulars , in which they demand from schools of science the fulfilment of certain conditions which scarcely any such schools are able to fulfil . In case of non-compliance the Department threaten to withdraw the grants . _ The association will meet to-morrow ( Saturday ) , at Derby , to consider the threat , which , if carried into effect , will close within six months all those schools of science , without exception , which are carried on by the School Boards , and most of those which are carried on by other governing bodies .
ARRANGEMENTS FOR the visit to Chatham on Tuesday next of Princess Christian are now complete . Her Royal Highness will travel by the London , Chatham , and Dover Railway , the special train being timed to leave Victoria at 11 . 40 a . m ., and will be accompanied by the Bishop of Rochester and Bro . the Lord Mayor of London , who is the member for the borough , and the Lady Mayoress . The Princess will be received at Chatham Station by the Mayor , the Mayoress , and members of the Town Council , Bro . Dean Hole , Bro . Sir John Gorst , and the Rector of Chatham , an address of welcome
being read by the To vn Clerk . The foundation-stone of the newTown Hall is to be laid b y her Royal Highness , who will afterwards be the guest at luncheon at Government House of Bro . Lieut .-Gen . Sir Charles Warren . Later in the day Princess Christian attends the dedication of the new Victoria Tower , with its clock and peal of eight bells , at the parish church of St . Mary , the sermon being preached by tne Bishop . The guards of honour will be furnished by the 2 nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers and the Chatham Division of Royal Marines , whilst the West Kent ( Queen ' s Own ) Yeomanry Cavalry are to provide a mounted escort for the Royal visitor .
THE CIGAR INDUSTRY IN J AMAICA . —Jamaica bids fair to regain her position she many years ago held in the cigar trade , when she enjoyed a very considerable share of English trade ; in fact , the demand increasing beyond the power of production , the temptation of importing an inferior tobacco to make good the supply proved irresistible , and , in consequence , the Jamaica brands got into bad odour ( in more ways than one ) , and are now seldom or ever quoted in thc lists of an English cigar dealer . In the island , however , the industry is , and has been , steadily on the increase , where
practically the whole of the produce is consum ed . Naturally a very strong prejudice remains , to overcome which a determined effort is to be made . Messrs . Nathan and Co ., of 12 , Moor-lane , E . C , have imported a limited number of boxes , carefully selected by experts as most likely to suit thc taste of the English smoker . These will be distributed at a nominal cost , the object being to prove practically the merits of the Jamaica grown tobacco , claimed by many to equal the production of Havana . There can be no doubt that any popular revival of our trade in this respect with Jamaica would considerabl y help the export trade of this country throughout the West Indies ,