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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE DUKE OV C AMBRIDGE and suite witnessed the performance of A Blind Mar . iage " at the Criterion Theatre on Wednesday evening . TH * CROWN P RINCESS ( Archduchess Stephanie ) of Austria and her suite' has returned from her tiip to Scotland and Ireland to the Hotel Albemarle , Piccadilly . " * - * " '¦'** BARON VON ZEDTWITZ , who was killed in the collision between his yacht Isolde
and the German Emperor ' s Meteor , was buried in the Holy Trinity Cemetery , Dresden , on Tuesday , both the Emperor and ^ the King of Saxony being represented . _ :: . - - .: THE FOURTH International Congress of Criminal Anthropology was opened at Geneva on Monday , and will remain open until to-morrow ( Saturday . ) Great Britain is officially represented , and among those who will read papers is Mr . Francis Gallon ,
F . R . S . THE AMERICAN \ zcVt Veticedor and the Canrdian yacht Canada tried conclusions near Toledo on Lake F . iic on Tuesday . The Vencedor took the lead at the start , but was quickly ovei hauled by the Canada , which very soon was a good half-mile ahead of her antagonist . THE MARQUIS OF S ALISBURY having receivedhec Majesty ' s command to visit her at Osborne , left Walmer Castle for London on Tuesday , and , after spending a short time at Ihe Foreign Office , proceeded to Portsmouth , whence the Royal Yacht Alberta conveyed him to Cowes .
GENERAL SIR LYON F REMANTI . E , Governor of Malta , arrived at Plymouth on leave of absence on board the P . & O . Steamer Arcadia , on Sunday evening , and was met by his relative , Admiral Sir E . Fremantle , the naval commander-in-chief , and subsequently he continued his journey to London . FROM EGYPT we learn tbat the expeditionary force will shortly make its advance on Dongola . We also hear that a case of cholera has occurred among the Indian Camp followers at Suakin , while the mail steamer from Bombay arrived on Monday , after a delay of 40 days , caused from want of sufficient fuel .
ACCORDING TO ADVICES from Buluwayo , the rebellion in Matabeleland is at an end , the chiefs having unconditionally surrendered to Bro . Cecil Rhodes , who visited the quarters of the rebel chiefs in the Matoppos , unarmed , and accompanied only by Mr . Colanbrander and Dr . Sauer , under the escort of Groatboorz . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT with their children , the Princesses Margaret and Victoria , and Prince Arthur , and Prince Napoleon , who is on a visit to the Empress Eugenie , at Farnborough Patk , were present at the Rifle Brigade Sports which were held at the Army Athletic Ground , Aldershot , on Tuesday .
A GRAND BAZAAR will be held in the Kensington Town Hall , on the 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th . and 5 th December , under the patronage of the Princess Christian , the Duchess of Saxe-Coturg Gotha , the Princess Louise , Marchioness of Lome , the Duchess of Connaught , and the Duchess of Teck , the purpose being to raise funds for providing free breakfasts and dinners for poor children during the ensuing winter .
MAJOR THE HON . CHARLES J COVENTRY , son of the Earl of Coventry , and one of the officers who served with Dr . Jameson in the raid into the Transvaal , was released from Holloway Gaol on Saturday afternoon , the Home Secretary having , on the advice of the medical authorities , issued an order for his unconditional release , in consequence of the very serious change that had taken place in his health .
THE DEATH is announced of Lieut .-General Ben Lyshe Walton , formerly of the Bengal Staff Corps , who received his commission in the 53 rd Foot in 184 S , and the following year carried Ihc colours at the battle of Goojetat . In 1851-2 he served against the Hill Tribes on the Peshawur frontier , and during the Indian Mutiny took part in the relief of Lucknow under Lord Clyde , being severely wounded in the stcrming of the Secunderabad .
THE CHIVESE AMBASSADOR , LI Hung Chang , brought his visit to this country to a conclusion on Saturday last , when he sailed on board the American liner St . Louis from Southampton Docks for the United States . Previous to his departure his Excellency had an interview with Mrs . Moffatt , a sister of the late General Gordon , with whom he entered into conversation . The Ambassador expressed himself well pleased with his visit to this country .
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT presented the stars awarded by the Queen to those officers and men who had served in the recent Ashantee Expedition . The distribution took place on the Corunna Barracks parade ground , the number of recipients being 114 , including officers , non-commissioned officers , and men of the and Rile Brigade , Medical Staff Corps , Royal Engineers , Royal Artillery , Army Ordnance and Army Service Corps , and the Army Pay Department .
H . R . H . THE PRINCESS OF WALES and her daughter , Piincess Victoria , arrived at Copenhagen from Homburg on Saturday morning last , and were met at the station by the members of the British Legation . Subsequently they were received by the Kinj and Queen of Denmark , the Crown Prince and Piincess and their children , Piince and Princess Waldemar , and the Grand Duke Michael of Russia , and the Grand Duchess Olga . The Royal party afterwards drove to Bernstorff Castle .
WB LEARN from the 42 nd annual report of the Post Office that there were transmitted through the post during the year ended 31 st March last 1 , 834 , 000 , 000 letters , 314 , 500 , 000 postcards , 672 , 300 , 000 book-packets and circulars , 149 , 000 , 000 newspapers , and 60 , 572 , 000 parcels , giving a grand total of 3 , 030 , 527 , 000 . There were 3 i , oco letters and 6462 parcels posted without any address , while the value of the prcperty contained in letters opened in the Retumed Letter Office was , £ 580 , 000 .
THE ANTI-MASONIC CONGRESS . —Our Vienna correspondent telegraphs : Preparations for the great Anti-Masonic Congress at Tricnt are being completed , and the president of the organising committee , Commenadatore Alliata , has arrived from Rome to superintend . It is evident that a kind of Council of Trient is planned . The Congress will meet in a church , where 1200 seats have been prepared . It will , moreover , be opened in the beautiful Cathedral of Trient Un the 25 th September . —Daily News .
THE CZAR AND CZARINA left Peterhof at n a . m . on Tuesday morning on their foreign tour , which will last till about the end of October . Their Majesties were accompanied by several ministers , including Prince Lobanoff , Minister for Foreign Affairs , Aide-de-Camps , Gentlemen of Ihe Chamber , the Court Physician , Princess Galitza , Grand Mistress of the Court , and a maid of honour . Their first visit was to Vienna , which was reached on Thursday , and where their Majesties were received by the Emperor Francis Joseph , and others .
THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES the Prince and Piincess of Wales and their daughter , the Princess Victoria of Wales , will honour the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry with a visit at Wynyard Park on the 19 th October next . On Monday the Prince drove frcm Homburg to Bad Nanhum , accompanied by General Clark and Bro . Sir Christopher Sykes , and in the evening his Royal Highness dined with Lord and Lady Spencer , Lord and Lady Hillingdon , Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , and Lord Brooke , who are staying at the Kaisethof at the latter place .
DONCASTER RACES , 18 5 6 . —In connection with the above meeting , the Great Northern Railway Ccmpany are again arranging to run additional express trains between Lor . don and Doncaster . The ordinaiy service of fourteen through expresses will be maintained , and in addition a special express will leave King ' s Cross at 9 . 40 a . m . on each Race Day ; a lurcheon car for first class passengers being attached to this train . On Monday additional expresses will also leave King's Cross at vi <" , p . m . and ¦ : 10 n . m .
On the "St . Leger" day an express excursion will be run from Woolwich ( Arsenal and Dockyard ) , Charlton , MfzeHill , Greenwich , Deptford , Blackheath , New Cross , and Spa Koad , lo Doncaster , reluming same day only . An express excursion will also be run frcm Kirg's Cross at 7 . 0 a . m ., having connections from Moorgate , Aldersgate , and Fanirgdcn , reluming either same day or en "Cup" day at 6 . 25 p . m . For these excursions lhe low fare ol 12 s . 6 d ., Third class return , will be charged . An additional express train will also leave Denesster for London at G . 5 p . m . on each Race Day , a dininc car
lor hrst class passengers being attached on the luesday , Wednesday , and Thursday ; and to enable visitors from town to return immediately at the close of the races on the " Cup " day , special expresses will start from Doncaster at 4 , 40 p . m . and 5 . 0 p . m ., due at King's Cross at 8 . 0 and 8 . 20 p . m . On the latter ( rain there will be a dining car for hist class passengers , Thiid class passengers will be conveyed by all trains .
Masonic And General Tidings.
THE QUEEN , according to present arrangements , will leave Osborne next Mo-iaVy evening upon her customary autumnal visit to Scotland . Balmoral will be reached on the following afternoon . THE QUEEN has been oleased to approve of the appointment of the Earl of Walde . grave as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guird in succession to Bro . the Eart 0 I Limerick , deceased .
A SHARP thunderstorm broke over the Isle of Wight on Wednesday . The coast , guard station at Atherfield was struck by lightning , and considerable damage was done to the officer ' s house , and also to a telephone instrument which he was using at the time He received some injuries . PRINCE AND PRINCESS CHARLES OF DENMARK , who came to town . from Sandringham , en . route to OsboTne , did not complete the journey on Wednesday evening , but remained at Marlborough House , and left Victoria at 1 . 45 on Thursday afternoon for Portsmouth , whence they crossed to Cowes .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES attended the Baden-Baden races on Tuesday , and on his return to Homburg dined at the Hotet Stephanie with Count and Countess Festetics . Subsequently the party visited the gardens of the Kursul , and witnessed the fireworks from a stand specially erected for the occasion .
THE CEREMONY of securing Ihe first pile of Ihe deep-sea pier at Herne Bay was performed on "Wednesday by Mr . PreFcotl "Westley in the presence of a large company under the presidency of Mr . E . G . Collard . The new pier will extend three-quarters of a mile into the sea , so as to be available for steamers at all states of the tide . LIEUT .-GENERAL DAVIS , commanding the Southern District , visited the Victoria Barracks , Portsmouth , after garrison church parade on Sunday last , and distributed among seme 40 officer- ! and men of the 5 th Northumberland Fusiliers , Army Service Corps , and Royal Artillery , the special award for service in the recent Ashantee campaign .
THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE of the Institute of Journalists will be held at Belfast next week , when it is expected that quite 500 members frcm all parts of the United Kingdom and also from abroad will attend . The proceedings will commence on Monday , and , by invitation of the Lord Mayor and Corporation , the Council of the Institute wili meet in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall .
THB DUKE OF YORK has just rescued two gallant old tars from the workhouse . They both fought at St . Jean d'Acre in 1 S 40—the name sounds nowadays as if it be ^ longed to a mediaeval sea fight—and found their way in their old age to the refuge of so many old soldiers and sailors . They are now to be removed from Portsmouth Workhouse to the Haslar Hospital , where they will no longer be " paupers . "
BY DESIRE of H . R . H . Ihe Prince of Wales , Grand Prior of the Order of St . John of Jerusalem , Bro . Field-Marshal Lord Roberts , commanding the Forces in Ireland , presented , at the Royal Hospital , Kilmainham , the medal and diploma of the Order to a young man named Dennison , employed as porter on the Dublin , Wicklow , and Wexford Railway , who , at great personal risk , saved the life of a man at Dundoorm on on the 17 th May last .
THE MARRIAGE of Mr . H . Payne Whitney , son of the former Secretary to the Navy under President Cleveland , and Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt , eldest daughter of Mr . Cornelius Vanderbilt , and grandson of Commodore Vanderbilt , took place at Newport , Rhode Island , on Tuesday , Ihe officiating clergyman being Bishop Potter , of New York . The marriage was extremely quiet , owing to the illness of the bride ' s father , and in consequence only the relatives of the bride and bridegroom were present .
GREAT EXCITEMENT was shown at Kospele on Tuesday , when the seven steamers which have passed the various cataracts on the Nile were moored alongside the river bank . The Sirdar and his staff met Colonel Hunter , and tonj » ratulated him on having brought the boats safely up the river . The boats are now receiving their armament , and the general advance is now being made , the first step having been taken on Tuesday , when the garrison of Suardah advanced and took possession of Absarat , a large convoy having also left , viii the Desert , for the same destination .
AN UNRECORDED INCIDENT in connection with Li Hung Chang's visit to Mr . Gladstone has just been told to the London Correspondent of the Manchester Courier . One of Mr . Gladstone's little grandsons hit upon the happy idea of wearing a piece of yellow ribbon in his buttonhole in honour of the visit of the Viceroy . Yellow is the official colour in China , and the little fellow was hopeful that the great man would
notice the compliment . The visit was almost over , and LiHu-tgwis abiuttj depart , when the ribbon caught his eye . Pointing an approving linger to the lad , the Viceroy patted him on the shoulder , and said in Chinese , " Thank you so much , " Mr . Gladstone , who was not informed of the incident until later , wis greatly delighte i with his diplomatic grandson .
WE REGRET to announce the death of Bro . David Stroud , late of Rothsay House , High Road , Chiswick . The deceased was a member of Lodges 55 , 2045 , and 2090 , besides chapters , & c . & c . He was a liberal supporter of the regular Masonic Charities , and always willing to help in any way to promote the good of Freemasonry . His loss will be , and is seveiely felt by a very large ciicle of friends and companions . The funeral took place on the 25 th instant , at Nunhead Cemetery . The service was read in a dignified manner by Bro . Rev . W . H . W . Casely , Chaplain of the Crusaders Lodge , and Past Prov . G . Chap , of Herts . Among the mourners were Bros . W . P . Cockburn , A . Williams , J . Oliver , H . Tipper , and J . Elliott , all of 2090 , and H . J . Woods , 1 G 42 .
THE WEATHER has been again a serious impediment to cricket , only two of the several important matches played during the past half of this week having been brought to a conclusion . At Tonbridge Yorkshire beat Kent by 107 runs , the scores being Yorkshire 194 and ( innings closed ) 124 for seven wickets , * Kent 96 and 103 . Hampshire beat Essex in a single innings by 113 runs ; scores : Hampshire , 296 ; Essex , gS and S 5 . In the Somersetshire ¦» . Australians contest the former made 210 and 85 for the loss 0 !
six wickets , and the latter 129 . In Sussex v . Middlesex the play was pretty level , the former scoring 162 and 120 for two wickets ( innings closed ) , and the latter 16 G and 44 for two wickets . Gloucestershire v . Surrev at Clifton was also a fairly even match , Surrey compiling 1 S 4 and 36 for three wickets , and Gloucestershire 157 , while in the matches Warwickshire v . Derbyshire and Lancashire v . Notts , Warwickshire made iGG and Lancashire 284 , rain preventing further play .
ON WEDNESDAY EVENING a novel game of cricket was played at Thornton Heath . One side was composed of Mr . W . Baccn , a local postman , and his 10 sons , five of whom are in the service of the Post Office . Their ages ranged from 10 to 2 G , the father , who possesses the maximum number of good-conduct badges , being in his 4 S : h year . The members of this family , who are all well known to local cricketers , were opposed by an 11 of Thornton Heath postmen , whose total reached A 2 for nine wickets .
Amid frequent applause the Bacon family ran thtir score to 73 for eight wickets , when the slumps were of necessity drawn owing to postal duties . Frank Bacon , aged 12 . caught one out , bowled another , and himself scored four . The most promising form was shown by Robert Bacon , aged 10 , who made some capital cuts for his 14 . Other members of the Bacon family took a collection on th ; ground oa b ; hllf of the CroyJ **** 1 General Hospital , realising quite a substantial sum .
G . F . J AENISCU . —A Doctor of Medicine in Homburg , born in 1707 , died in 1781 . He was received into Masonry in the Lodge '' Absalom " in 1743 , antl was made in 1 759 Provincial Grand Master of Hamburg and Lower Saxony-He seems subsequently to have taken up with the Clermont and Temp' ; " * systems , and to have become a warm supporter of the Strict Observance , so much so that , in 1765 , he separated himself from the English system at Hamburg , and was installed by Schubart Commendator and Pr .-ufect under the Strict
Observance in 1773 . He , however , seems to have re-assembled the Provincial Grand Lodge , and did ndt actually or finally sever himself entirely from th " English system . During his rCgime many High Grade bodies seem to have been formed in Hamburg , some of which afterwards attached themselves to the system of Zinnendorf . Mossdorf tells us that a medal was struck in his honour . — Kenning ' s Cyclopmlia of Freemasonry .
V . BENOIST , 3 G , Piccadilly , W .-Barquets , Dinners , Suppeis , and Reception 3 served in the most unique style . Menus and estimates on application . Also FrenC Comestibles of every description . Sole Caterer to the celebrated Grafton Galleries * The best locale in the West End for holding Private Parties , Balls , & c . Telep hone , No . 3 , 919 . Telegrams , Gourmet , London . — [ ADVT . ]
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE DUKE OV C AMBRIDGE and suite witnessed the performance of A Blind Mar . iage " at the Criterion Theatre on Wednesday evening . TH * CROWN P RINCESS ( Archduchess Stephanie ) of Austria and her suite' has returned from her tiip to Scotland and Ireland to the Hotel Albemarle , Piccadilly . " * - * " '¦'** BARON VON ZEDTWITZ , who was killed in the collision between his yacht Isolde
and the German Emperor ' s Meteor , was buried in the Holy Trinity Cemetery , Dresden , on Tuesday , both the Emperor and ^ the King of Saxony being represented . _ :: . - - .: THE FOURTH International Congress of Criminal Anthropology was opened at Geneva on Monday , and will remain open until to-morrow ( Saturday . ) Great Britain is officially represented , and among those who will read papers is Mr . Francis Gallon ,
F . R . S . THE AMERICAN \ zcVt Veticedor and the Canrdian yacht Canada tried conclusions near Toledo on Lake F . iic on Tuesday . The Vencedor took the lead at the start , but was quickly ovei hauled by the Canada , which very soon was a good half-mile ahead of her antagonist . THE MARQUIS OF S ALISBURY having receivedhec Majesty ' s command to visit her at Osborne , left Walmer Castle for London on Tuesday , and , after spending a short time at Ihe Foreign Office , proceeded to Portsmouth , whence the Royal Yacht Alberta conveyed him to Cowes .
GENERAL SIR LYON F REMANTI . E , Governor of Malta , arrived at Plymouth on leave of absence on board the P . & O . Steamer Arcadia , on Sunday evening , and was met by his relative , Admiral Sir E . Fremantle , the naval commander-in-chief , and subsequently he continued his journey to London . FROM EGYPT we learn tbat the expeditionary force will shortly make its advance on Dongola . We also hear that a case of cholera has occurred among the Indian Camp followers at Suakin , while the mail steamer from Bombay arrived on Monday , after a delay of 40 days , caused from want of sufficient fuel .
ACCORDING TO ADVICES from Buluwayo , the rebellion in Matabeleland is at an end , the chiefs having unconditionally surrendered to Bro . Cecil Rhodes , who visited the quarters of the rebel chiefs in the Matoppos , unarmed , and accompanied only by Mr . Colanbrander and Dr . Sauer , under the escort of Groatboorz . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT with their children , the Princesses Margaret and Victoria , and Prince Arthur , and Prince Napoleon , who is on a visit to the Empress Eugenie , at Farnborough Patk , were present at the Rifle Brigade Sports which were held at the Army Athletic Ground , Aldershot , on Tuesday .
A GRAND BAZAAR will be held in the Kensington Town Hall , on the 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th . and 5 th December , under the patronage of the Princess Christian , the Duchess of Saxe-Coturg Gotha , the Princess Louise , Marchioness of Lome , the Duchess of Connaught , and the Duchess of Teck , the purpose being to raise funds for providing free breakfasts and dinners for poor children during the ensuing winter .
MAJOR THE HON . CHARLES J COVENTRY , son of the Earl of Coventry , and one of the officers who served with Dr . Jameson in the raid into the Transvaal , was released from Holloway Gaol on Saturday afternoon , the Home Secretary having , on the advice of the medical authorities , issued an order for his unconditional release , in consequence of the very serious change that had taken place in his health .
THE DEATH is announced of Lieut .-General Ben Lyshe Walton , formerly of the Bengal Staff Corps , who received his commission in the 53 rd Foot in 184 S , and the following year carried Ihc colours at the battle of Goojetat . In 1851-2 he served against the Hill Tribes on the Peshawur frontier , and during the Indian Mutiny took part in the relief of Lucknow under Lord Clyde , being severely wounded in the stcrming of the Secunderabad .
THE CHIVESE AMBASSADOR , LI Hung Chang , brought his visit to this country to a conclusion on Saturday last , when he sailed on board the American liner St . Louis from Southampton Docks for the United States . Previous to his departure his Excellency had an interview with Mrs . Moffatt , a sister of the late General Gordon , with whom he entered into conversation . The Ambassador expressed himself well pleased with his visit to this country .
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT presented the stars awarded by the Queen to those officers and men who had served in the recent Ashantee Expedition . The distribution took place on the Corunna Barracks parade ground , the number of recipients being 114 , including officers , non-commissioned officers , and men of the and Rile Brigade , Medical Staff Corps , Royal Engineers , Royal Artillery , Army Ordnance and Army Service Corps , and the Army Pay Department .
H . R . H . THE PRINCESS OF WALES and her daughter , Piincess Victoria , arrived at Copenhagen from Homburg on Saturday morning last , and were met at the station by the members of the British Legation . Subsequently they were received by the Kinj and Queen of Denmark , the Crown Prince and Piincess and their children , Piince and Princess Waldemar , and the Grand Duke Michael of Russia , and the Grand Duchess Olga . The Royal party afterwards drove to Bernstorff Castle .
WB LEARN from the 42 nd annual report of the Post Office that there were transmitted through the post during the year ended 31 st March last 1 , 834 , 000 , 000 letters , 314 , 500 , 000 postcards , 672 , 300 , 000 book-packets and circulars , 149 , 000 , 000 newspapers , and 60 , 572 , 000 parcels , giving a grand total of 3 , 030 , 527 , 000 . There were 3 i , oco letters and 6462 parcels posted without any address , while the value of the prcperty contained in letters opened in the Retumed Letter Office was , £ 580 , 000 .
THE ANTI-MASONIC CONGRESS . —Our Vienna correspondent telegraphs : Preparations for the great Anti-Masonic Congress at Tricnt are being completed , and the president of the organising committee , Commenadatore Alliata , has arrived from Rome to superintend . It is evident that a kind of Council of Trient is planned . The Congress will meet in a church , where 1200 seats have been prepared . It will , moreover , be opened in the beautiful Cathedral of Trient Un the 25 th September . —Daily News .
THE CZAR AND CZARINA left Peterhof at n a . m . on Tuesday morning on their foreign tour , which will last till about the end of October . Their Majesties were accompanied by several ministers , including Prince Lobanoff , Minister for Foreign Affairs , Aide-de-Camps , Gentlemen of Ihe Chamber , the Court Physician , Princess Galitza , Grand Mistress of the Court , and a maid of honour . Their first visit was to Vienna , which was reached on Thursday , and where their Majesties were received by the Emperor Francis Joseph , and others .
THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES the Prince and Piincess of Wales and their daughter , the Princess Victoria of Wales , will honour the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry with a visit at Wynyard Park on the 19 th October next . On Monday the Prince drove frcm Homburg to Bad Nanhum , accompanied by General Clark and Bro . Sir Christopher Sykes , and in the evening his Royal Highness dined with Lord and Lady Spencer , Lord and Lady Hillingdon , Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , and Lord Brooke , who are staying at the Kaisethof at the latter place .
DONCASTER RACES , 18 5 6 . —In connection with the above meeting , the Great Northern Railway Ccmpany are again arranging to run additional express trains between Lor . don and Doncaster . The ordinaiy service of fourteen through expresses will be maintained , and in addition a special express will leave King ' s Cross at 9 . 40 a . m . on each Race Day ; a lurcheon car for first class passengers being attached to this train . On Monday additional expresses will also leave King's Cross at vi <" , p . m . and ¦ : 10 n . m .
On the "St . Leger" day an express excursion will be run from Woolwich ( Arsenal and Dockyard ) , Charlton , MfzeHill , Greenwich , Deptford , Blackheath , New Cross , and Spa Koad , lo Doncaster , reluming same day only . An express excursion will also be run frcm Kirg's Cross at 7 . 0 a . m ., having connections from Moorgate , Aldersgate , and Fanirgdcn , reluming either same day or en "Cup" day at 6 . 25 p . m . For these excursions lhe low fare ol 12 s . 6 d ., Third class return , will be charged . An additional express train will also leave Denesster for London at G . 5 p . m . on each Race Day , a dininc car
lor hrst class passengers being attached on the luesday , Wednesday , and Thursday ; and to enable visitors from town to return immediately at the close of the races on the " Cup " day , special expresses will start from Doncaster at 4 , 40 p . m . and 5 . 0 p . m ., due at King's Cross at 8 . 0 and 8 . 20 p . m . On the latter ( rain there will be a dining car for hist class passengers , Thiid class passengers will be conveyed by all trains .
Masonic And General Tidings.
THE QUEEN , according to present arrangements , will leave Osborne next Mo-iaVy evening upon her customary autumnal visit to Scotland . Balmoral will be reached on the following afternoon . THE QUEEN has been oleased to approve of the appointment of the Earl of Walde . grave as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guird in succession to Bro . the Eart 0 I Limerick , deceased .
A SHARP thunderstorm broke over the Isle of Wight on Wednesday . The coast , guard station at Atherfield was struck by lightning , and considerable damage was done to the officer ' s house , and also to a telephone instrument which he was using at the time He received some injuries . PRINCE AND PRINCESS CHARLES OF DENMARK , who came to town . from Sandringham , en . route to OsboTne , did not complete the journey on Wednesday evening , but remained at Marlborough House , and left Victoria at 1 . 45 on Thursday afternoon for Portsmouth , whence they crossed to Cowes .
H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES attended the Baden-Baden races on Tuesday , and on his return to Homburg dined at the Hotet Stephanie with Count and Countess Festetics . Subsequently the party visited the gardens of the Kursul , and witnessed the fireworks from a stand specially erected for the occasion .
THE CEREMONY of securing Ihe first pile of Ihe deep-sea pier at Herne Bay was performed on "Wednesday by Mr . PreFcotl "Westley in the presence of a large company under the presidency of Mr . E . G . Collard . The new pier will extend three-quarters of a mile into the sea , so as to be available for steamers at all states of the tide . LIEUT .-GENERAL DAVIS , commanding the Southern District , visited the Victoria Barracks , Portsmouth , after garrison church parade on Sunday last , and distributed among seme 40 officer- ! and men of the 5 th Northumberland Fusiliers , Army Service Corps , and Royal Artillery , the special award for service in the recent Ashantee campaign .
THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE of the Institute of Journalists will be held at Belfast next week , when it is expected that quite 500 members frcm all parts of the United Kingdom and also from abroad will attend . The proceedings will commence on Monday , and , by invitation of the Lord Mayor and Corporation , the Council of the Institute wili meet in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall .
THB DUKE OF YORK has just rescued two gallant old tars from the workhouse . They both fought at St . Jean d'Acre in 1 S 40—the name sounds nowadays as if it be ^ longed to a mediaeval sea fight—and found their way in their old age to the refuge of so many old soldiers and sailors . They are now to be removed from Portsmouth Workhouse to the Haslar Hospital , where they will no longer be " paupers . "
BY DESIRE of H . R . H . Ihe Prince of Wales , Grand Prior of the Order of St . John of Jerusalem , Bro . Field-Marshal Lord Roberts , commanding the Forces in Ireland , presented , at the Royal Hospital , Kilmainham , the medal and diploma of the Order to a young man named Dennison , employed as porter on the Dublin , Wicklow , and Wexford Railway , who , at great personal risk , saved the life of a man at Dundoorm on on the 17 th May last .
THE MARRIAGE of Mr . H . Payne Whitney , son of the former Secretary to the Navy under President Cleveland , and Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt , eldest daughter of Mr . Cornelius Vanderbilt , and grandson of Commodore Vanderbilt , took place at Newport , Rhode Island , on Tuesday , Ihe officiating clergyman being Bishop Potter , of New York . The marriage was extremely quiet , owing to the illness of the bride ' s father , and in consequence only the relatives of the bride and bridegroom were present .
GREAT EXCITEMENT was shown at Kospele on Tuesday , when the seven steamers which have passed the various cataracts on the Nile were moored alongside the river bank . The Sirdar and his staff met Colonel Hunter , and tonj » ratulated him on having brought the boats safely up the river . The boats are now receiving their armament , and the general advance is now being made , the first step having been taken on Tuesday , when the garrison of Suardah advanced and took possession of Absarat , a large convoy having also left , viii the Desert , for the same destination .
AN UNRECORDED INCIDENT in connection with Li Hung Chang's visit to Mr . Gladstone has just been told to the London Correspondent of the Manchester Courier . One of Mr . Gladstone's little grandsons hit upon the happy idea of wearing a piece of yellow ribbon in his buttonhole in honour of the visit of the Viceroy . Yellow is the official colour in China , and the little fellow was hopeful that the great man would
notice the compliment . The visit was almost over , and LiHu-tgwis abiuttj depart , when the ribbon caught his eye . Pointing an approving linger to the lad , the Viceroy patted him on the shoulder , and said in Chinese , " Thank you so much , " Mr . Gladstone , who was not informed of the incident until later , wis greatly delighte i with his diplomatic grandson .
WE REGRET to announce the death of Bro . David Stroud , late of Rothsay House , High Road , Chiswick . The deceased was a member of Lodges 55 , 2045 , and 2090 , besides chapters , & c . & c . He was a liberal supporter of the regular Masonic Charities , and always willing to help in any way to promote the good of Freemasonry . His loss will be , and is seveiely felt by a very large ciicle of friends and companions . The funeral took place on the 25 th instant , at Nunhead Cemetery . The service was read in a dignified manner by Bro . Rev . W . H . W . Casely , Chaplain of the Crusaders Lodge , and Past Prov . G . Chap , of Herts . Among the mourners were Bros . W . P . Cockburn , A . Williams , J . Oliver , H . Tipper , and J . Elliott , all of 2090 , and H . J . Woods , 1 G 42 .
THE WEATHER has been again a serious impediment to cricket , only two of the several important matches played during the past half of this week having been brought to a conclusion . At Tonbridge Yorkshire beat Kent by 107 runs , the scores being Yorkshire 194 and ( innings closed ) 124 for seven wickets , * Kent 96 and 103 . Hampshire beat Essex in a single innings by 113 runs ; scores : Hampshire , 296 ; Essex , gS and S 5 . In the Somersetshire ¦» . Australians contest the former made 210 and 85 for the loss 0 !
six wickets , and the latter 129 . In Sussex v . Middlesex the play was pretty level , the former scoring 162 and 120 for two wickets ( innings closed ) , and the latter 16 G and 44 for two wickets . Gloucestershire v . Surrev at Clifton was also a fairly even match , Surrey compiling 1 S 4 and 36 for three wickets , and Gloucestershire 157 , while in the matches Warwickshire v . Derbyshire and Lancashire v . Notts , Warwickshire made iGG and Lancashire 284 , rain preventing further play .
ON WEDNESDAY EVENING a novel game of cricket was played at Thornton Heath . One side was composed of Mr . W . Baccn , a local postman , and his 10 sons , five of whom are in the service of the Post Office . Their ages ranged from 10 to 2 G , the father , who possesses the maximum number of good-conduct badges , being in his 4 S : h year . The members of this family , who are all well known to local cricketers , were opposed by an 11 of Thornton Heath postmen , whose total reached A 2 for nine wickets .
Amid frequent applause the Bacon family ran thtir score to 73 for eight wickets , when the slumps were of necessity drawn owing to postal duties . Frank Bacon , aged 12 . caught one out , bowled another , and himself scored four . The most promising form was shown by Robert Bacon , aged 10 , who made some capital cuts for his 14 . Other members of the Bacon family took a collection on th ; ground oa b ; hllf of the CroyJ **** 1 General Hospital , realising quite a substantial sum .
G . F . J AENISCU . —A Doctor of Medicine in Homburg , born in 1707 , died in 1781 . He was received into Masonry in the Lodge '' Absalom " in 1743 , antl was made in 1 759 Provincial Grand Master of Hamburg and Lower Saxony-He seems subsequently to have taken up with the Clermont and Temp' ; " * systems , and to have become a warm supporter of the Strict Observance , so much so that , in 1765 , he separated himself from the English system at Hamburg , and was installed by Schubart Commendator and Pr .-ufect under the Strict
Observance in 1773 . He , however , seems to have re-assembled the Provincial Grand Lodge , and did ndt actually or finally sever himself entirely from th " English system . During his rCgime many High Grade bodies seem to have been formed in Hamburg , some of which afterwards attached themselves to the system of Zinnendorf . Mossdorf tells us that a medal was struck in his honour . — Kenning ' s Cyclopmlia of Freemasonry .
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