Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The Provincial G . Lodge of Worcestershire will hold its annual meeting under the presidency of R . W . Bro . Sir E . A . H . Lechmere , Bart ., M . P ., at Kidderminster on Wednesday , the 16 th September prox . Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., will lay one of the memorial stones of the new church at West Croydon , on Monday , the 7 th prox .

R . W . Bro . Sir E . A . H . Lechmere , Bart ., M . P ., took part in a Conservative demonstration at Madreslield , near Malvern , on Monday . The Chiswiclc Lodge of Instruction , No . 2012 , will resume their regular weekly meetings to-morrow ( Saturday ) , at the Hampshire Hog ,. King-street West , Hammersmith .

M . W . Bro . Hugh Murray . Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada , granted six dispensations for the formation of new lodges during the past year , and continued three previously issued . The Lord Mayor for next year will be one of the Commissioners nominated hy the Queen in respect of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition of Arts and

Manufactures , which will be holden in London , in 1 SS 6 . Bro . Horace Jones , G . S . of Wks ., City Architect , has completed his plans for the new City of London Court , and fhey will be submitted to the Law and City Courts Committee of the Corporation at their next meeting . The Duke of Connaught , P . G . W ., with his nephew , the Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse , visited

Parkhurst on Saturday last , and afterwards inspected the 2 nd Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders . Bro . Major Charles Harding , G . A . D . C , and Miss Harding were members of a party of five English tourists arrested at Homburg by the Frankfort police , on Saturday last , for no assigned reason . After a seven hours ' detention the party was released .

The Chapter Coffee House , St . Paul ' s , which is one of the oldest and most noted houses of its kind in the City , will be offered for sale by public auction , at one o ' clock p . m ., on Monday next , at Masons' Hall Tavern , Masons ' -avenue .

At the installation meeting on the 17 th inst ., of the All Saints Chapter , No . 422 , Gainsborough , the following were among the officers installed or invested for the new year , namely , Comps . A . Kirk , M . E . Z . ; W . VVheeldon , H . ; J . Laughton , J . ; C . Shipham , S . E . ; T . Johnson , S . N . ; S . Beaumont , Treas . ; C . Liversidge , P . Soj . ; and B . Box , Janitor .

It is expected that Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , will commence his tour in the North of Ireland in about a fortnight's time , intimation to that effect , from Dublin Castle , having been received by the Mayor of Derry . His lordship , it is anticipated , will visit all the large towns in Ulster , and some of the poorer districts in Donegal .

The Prince of Wales , on the occasion of his recent visit to Aldershot , formally entrusted , on behalf of the Oueen , the statue of the great Duke of Wellington , which till lately stood at Hyde Park Corner , facing Apsley House , to the guardianship of the Aldershot division of the Army . The statue has been re-erected on Round Hill , and has been placed under the care of the Colonel commanding

the Royal Engineers . It appears from the financial statement submitted at the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Canada that the total receipts for the year ending 31 st May , 1 SS 5 , was 16 , 743 dollars , while the expenditure reached 16 , 041 dollars , namely , for General Purposes , 5416 dollars , and in Benevolence , 10 , 625 dollars . The cash capital of Grand Lodge

amounts to 6 ^ , 395 dollars ( £ 13 , 679 ) , and notwithstanding the increase in lespectof the payments on the account of benevolence , is greater than the previous year . Bro . G . Master Hugh Murray , in his recently delivered annual address •before the Grand Lodge ot Canada , referred in terms of sympathy to the deaths during the past year of several distinguished brethren ,

particularising , among others , Bros . W . H . fuller , Representative of Canada at the Grand Lodge of Georgia , and W . H . Kennedy , P . G . Master of Manitoba and Past D . D . G . M . of Canada , who died in London early in May last on his way home from Egypt , where he had been serving with the British Army . The London Gazette of the 21 st inst . publishes

that "Major Charles Mercier , 3 rd Battalion Manchester Regiment , is granted the honorary rank of Lieut .-Colonel . " This announcement will not be without interest , for Col . Mercier's name will be remembered in connection wiih many useful , notably perhaps as the Hon . Secretary of the Association of which the Prince of Wales was Honorary President that so successfully promoted the volunteer visits

to Belgium , and as the founder , and for three years the Chairman of the Hospital Saturday Fund . The brethren of the Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar Lod ^ e , No . 1903 , have forwarded the following address to H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , honorary member of that lodge , on his return from India : — "To H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught . May it please your Royal

Highness : We . the Officers and Members of the Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar Lodge , No . 1903 , beg to tender you our sinc-re and respectful congratulations upon the safe return of your Royal Highness and the Duchess of Connaught from India . We avail ourselves of this opportunity to assure your Royal Highness that we bear in faithful remembrance the great service which you rendered to this lodge ,

of which we have the honour to claim you as an honorary member , by being present at its constitution . We venture to express our fervent hope that it may please the G . A . O . T . U . to spare you for many years to discharge the duties of your high position , and to promote the interests of our ancient Craft . Signed—H . J . Long , W . M . ; J . Knowles , S . W . ; Wm . Royston Pike , J . VV . ; A . L . Emanuel , P . M ., Secretary . "

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . the Earl of Dunraven is among the latest English arrivals at Kissingen . Bro . Sir Frederick Milner , Bart ., M . P ., will be one of the Conservative candidates at the General Election for the City of York . The Royal yacht Osborne left Aberdeen on Saturday morning , with the Prince of Wales on board , fcr

a cruise off the Norwegian coast . Bro . SirW . Hart-Dy ke , Bart ., M . P ., with Lady Hart-Dyke and Miss Margaret Cadogan left London for the Chief Secretary ' s Lodge , Dublin , on Monday evening . Bro . Lord Carrington , P . G . S . W ., has this week

taken leave of his tenants , in the vicinity of Spalding , previous to his departure for New South Wales . Bro . the Grand Duke of Hesse , accompanied by Prince and Princess Louis of Battenberg , left London for Dover on Saturday evening , and embarked for Calais on their return to the continent .

R . W . Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , and Bro . Edward Clarke , QC , M . P ., were among the principal speakers at a numerous Conservative gathering near Plymouth on Monday . The late R . W . Bro Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . North Wales and Salop , has been

succeeded as President of the Cambrian Archaeological Society by Lord Tredegar . Recent statistics , compiled by M . W . Bro . Drummond , Past G . Master of Maine , show that in the United States and Canada there are 55 Grand Lodges and 587 , 321 Masons .

The Grand Lodge of Vermont at its recent communication endorsed the action of the Grand Lodge of Quebec in publishing an edict of non-intercourse with the English lodges in Montreal which insist on retaining their connection with the Grand Lodge of England . On Wednesday evening , the 19 th instant , the Princess of Wales , accompanied by her three daughters ,

left Charing Cross for the Continent , on a visit to her brother-in-law , the Duke of Cumberland , at his seat of Gmiinden in Upper Austria . Bro . Thomas Duckham , M . P ., has recently spoken in terms of praise of the conduct of the Corporation of London , which , by their regulations at the ports of debarkation of foreign cattle , have contributed largely to maintain the health of our flocks and herds .

NEW CITY J USTICES FOR LIVERPOOL . —We understand that the following brethren have been appointed on the Commission of Peace for the city of Liverpool : — Bros . Councillors James Pool , T . VV . Oakshott , and Dr . D . D . Costine .

It has been decided by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania that , when a lodge attends the funeral of a member it must take precedence of all other associations and societies , perform its ceromonies immediately after the religious rites , and then quit the cemetery . Rehoboam Lodge , of Toronto , No . 65 on the roll of the Grand Lodge of Canada , made its annual

excursion of the Falls of Niagara on Thursday , the 16 th July . The party numbered about joo , and a most enjoyable day was spent . The proceeds will go to the benefit of the widows and orphans of deceased Masons . Bros . Captain Lord Charles Beresford , R . N ., and Colonel G . B . Wolselev are among the officers of Her

Majesty ' s Naval and Military forces , upon whom the Queen has been pleased to confer the Companionship of the Bath ( Military Division ) , in recognition of their gallant services during the late operations in the Soudan . Bro . Major General Sir Redvers H . Buller , V . C ., K . C . M . G ., has been made a K . C . B .

R . W . Bro . the Ear ! of Limerick , P . G . M . Bristol , President of the National Artillery Association , presided at the final meeting on Thursday , the 20 th inst ., of the Association at Shoeburyness , and delivered an address in which he pointed out the progress that had been made since the Association was established , and congratulated the men on the great success which had attended the meeting this year . Subsequently the Countess of Limerick distributed the prizes to the winning teams , and on Friday the men left for home .

The induction into office of the Master Cutler elect of Sheffield , in succession to Bro . Col . Bingham , will take place in Cutlers' Hall on Thursday next , the 3 rd September prox . Among those who have accepted invitations to be present at the banquet which will follow are Bros . Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., Secretary of State for India , Stuart-Wortley , M . P ., Lord Wharncliffe , and

Aldeiman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ... P . G . W ., Lord Mayor of London . The Queen , accompanied by the Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg , the children of Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Connau-ht , and the Hereditary

Grand Duke of Hesse , and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of her Court , left Osborne for Scotland on Monday evening . Balmoral was reached the following a fternoon , and here the Queen is expected to remain lill about the middle of November , when the Court will return to Windsor .

The Citizen of last week contains an account of the new almshouses recently erected by the Corporation of London at Brixton , mainly through the energy of Bro . H . B . Marshal ) , P . G . T ., who was last year Chairman of the Orphan School Committee , and whose successor , Bro . A . Brookman , has also exhibited a deep interest in the undertaking . The new buildings have been built at a cost of

£ 10 , 500 , and will accommodate 38 pensioners , several of them being married coup ' es . The building is in four separate blocks , of which one in the centre will accommodate 14 , and each of the others eight tenants , each of the tenements consisting cf bed room , sitting room , and small scullery , or kitchen , with copper , sink , larder , pantry , & c , cut off by means of a lobby from the living rooms . The

apartments are spacious , lofty , and substantially built , besides being thoroughly well ventilated and fitted with the latest sanitary appliances . The whole of the work , from the conception of the scheme to its finish , reflects the greatest credit on all who have had a hand in carrying it out , and on the Corporation , which has sanctioned and provided for the expenditure .

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . T . Eccleston Gibb , who is the Liberal candidate for the Eastern Division of St . Pancras , has issued his address to the electors . Bro . the Duke of Abercorn , Grand Master of Ireland , and the Durness of Abercorn left London for Baron's Court , on Wednesday , the rgth insfant . Bro . Lieut .-Gen . Sir F . S . Roberts , Bart ., G . C . B .,

is on his way to F . ngland , on leave previous to assuming the Command-in-Chief ot the army in India . The ceremony of installation will be rehearsed at the Rose of Denmark Lodge of Instruction , No . 975 , on Monday next , the 31 st inst ., at 7 30 p . m . punctually , by Bro . Edward Ayling , P . M . 975 , Preceptor . Bro . T . Nisbet Robertson , of St . John , New

Brunswick , a' : ted as honorary aid-de camp to E . Commander Noyes during the visit to that city of the St . Omer Commandery , Boston , Mass . Bros . Sir VV . Hart-Dyke , Bart ., M . P ., and Coleridge Kennard , M . P .. addressed meetings of the

electors on Wednesday , the 19 th inst ., the former at Bexley Heath , and the latter at Salisbury . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , continued his tour during last week . On Saturday his lordship reached Sligo , where he met with a very hearty welcome from the townsfolk .

Bro . the Rev . Archer Conrad , S . W . 1915 . and Chaplain Grand Masters Lodge , No . 1 , has been unanimously elecled W . M . of the Graystone Lodge for the ensuing year . The installation will take place at the Foresters' Hall , Whitstable , on Thursday , the 10 th September .

Bro . Sir Henrv Drummond Wolff , M . P ., after undergoing quarantine at Kavak , reached Constantinople on Saturday last , and proceeded direct to the British Kmbassy at Therapia , where he had a conference with Sir William White , our temporary representative at the Porte .

iMiss Emily Frances Ashley , a niece of Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury , K . G ., was married to M . Henri , third son of the VicomtedeSalfje , at Trinity Church , D irehester , on Thursday , the 20 th inst ., his lordship being unfortunately unable to be present at the ceremony . Bro . Brymer , M . P ., was among the congregation . We regret to state that a destructive fire

occurred on Saturday last at Bro . the Earl of Bective ' s Shorthorn Farm , Underley , Kirkby Lmslale . It is estimated that damage was done to the extent of some thousands of pounds , and at one time there was a danger that the dimes mUht extend to the gasometer used for lighting Underley Hall . Sunday , the 16 th inst ., was the silver wedding

day of the Earl and Countess of Lathom , his lordship , then Lord Skelmersdale , having been married at St . Paul ' s , Knightsbridge , on the 16 th August , ISCJ . Our readers and the Craft generally will heartily congratulate the distinguished couple on the auspicious event . We Sincerely regret to hear that the state of health of R . W . tiro . Lord de Tabley , P . G . M . Cheshire , is

such as to cause a considerable amount of anxiety , but we trust that a change lor the better will speedily take place . His lordship was born in ISII , and has been P . G . M . of Cheshire since 1 S 65 . Bro . Sir H . Hunt , as sub-arbitrator in a case of compensation between the City Commissioners of Sewers and the Trustees of the Stock Exchange in respect of a

space of 880 superficial feet in Old Broad-street , required by the former for widening that thoroughfare , has awarded to the latter £ 3 ' . 273 . being at the rate of £ 35 ios . per square foot . Ye Antiente Fraternitie of ye Rahere Almoners held their fourth annua ) meeting , at the Infants' Schoolroom , Bartholomew-close , on Tuesday Itst . Frater C .

Morton presided , and I ' rater J . Stevens was among those present . Tne nalance sheet was satisfactory , over £ 83 having been dispersed in relief during the year , while the expenses incurred were only £ 9 . The balance in hand was over £ 33 . The annual supper followed at the Barley Mow , Frater Stevens returning thanks for the toast of "Ye Antiente Fraternitie . "

Mr . Aston G . Abbott , eldest son of Bro . G . Blizard Abbott , was one of the 4 th Detachment , 3 rd Middlesex Artillery , which last week secured the Queen's Prize at the annual meeting , at Shoeburyness , of the National Rifle Association . It also won the prize for the highest aggregate at the two 40-pounder Armstrong ranges ( 1700 yaids and 2000 yards ); 3 rd prize at the shorter

range , Armstrong competition ; andcertihcate at the longer range . Its scoie ol J 05 points was 24 m excess of last year's winning score , and was made up of 36 points ( three direct hits ) at the G 4-puunder shell range ; 36 points ( ihree direct hits ) at the 1700 yards range , Armstrong ; and 33 points ( two direct hits and a ricochet ) at the 2000 yards range , four rounds each range , making eight direct hits and a ricochet in t 2 shots .

An excellent concert was given at the Masonic Hall , Milford Haven , on M mday evening last , in aid of the fund b ; ing raised for clearing off the debt on the building . Ihe following brethren have been most active in the matter , and the result was a well-filled room : Bros . Rev . W . Lyte Stradling , D . P . G M . South Wales ( Western Division ) ; Dr . G . Griffith , P . P . G . S . W . ; John Llewellyn

Davies , P . P . G J . W . ; Rev . J . Boaden , P . P . G . Chap . ; A . Daysh , P . P . G . S . D . ; A . Baldwin , P . P . G . S . ; Leonard B . Hodges , and W . Williams , of 336 ; Major C A . Cooper , R . A ., S . W . 2098 ; and Lieut . E . C . Biddulph . There was an admirable programme , which was well carried out , and the performance was under the patronage of Colonel Owen and officers 4 th Brigade , Welsh Division , Royal Artillery .

The brethren of this district deserve every support . HOLLOWAY ' PILLS . —Though good heahh is preferable to high honour , how regardless people ofieu are of the farmer—how covetous of die tatter I Many suit" r their strength to drain away ere maturity is reached , through ignorance of the facility afforded by these incomparable Pills of iheckin ^ the lir .-t untoward symptoms the

of derangement , and reinstating oider without interfering in least with their pleasure or pursuits . T- * the yonn ^ especially It is important lu maintain the hi |* hei » t digestive elliciency , without which the growth is stunted , the muscles become lax , ' the frame feeble , and the mind slothful . I he removal of indigestion by these Pills is so easy that nunc save the most thoughtless would permit it to sap the springs of life . —[ Auvr . j