Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

Bro . Arthur B . Hudson is the architect of the colossal pile of buildings in Leadenhall-street , facing the East India Avenue . Bro . S . H . Hadley , P . A . G . D . of C , is the next Alderman in rotation for the distinguished position of Lord Mayor for the City of London . The election will take place at one o ' clock to-morrow ( Saturday ) , in the

Guildhall . On the igth inst ., at North Walsham , Bro . D . G . F . Gaul was installed into the Master ' s chair of the Suffield Lodge , No . 1 S 08 . A large number of Present and Past Prov . Grand Officers were assembled to honour the occasion .

Weare requested lo announce lhat the meetings of the Sir Hugh Myddelton Lodge ot Instruction , No . 1602 , will in future be held on Tuesday evenings at the Queen's Head Tavern , Essex-road , Islington , three doors from Packington-street . Bro . P . L . Simmonds , British Commissioner at the Amsterdam Exhibition , will be presented with a

testimonial in recognition of the services he has rendered in the above capacity . A committee has been formed to make the necessary arrangements , with Mr . VV . P . Treloar , CC , 70 , Ludgate-hill , as hon . secretary and treasurer . An international exhibition of manufactures , fine arts , and agriculture will be opened at Nice on December ist , and will close on May ist . Applications for soace , with full particulars of the intended exhibit

should be made to Mr . E . Johnson , the commissaire delegue , at the London offices , 1 , Castle-street , Holborn . On Tuesday next , the 2 nd prox ., Bro . James Terry , P . M . 22 S , 1271 , 1368 , P . P . G . S . W . Norths and Hunts , & c , has kindly consented to rehearse the ceremonies of consecration and installation , when , if brethren will attend , they are promised a real Masonic treat . It is requested that the brethren appear in Craft clothing upon this occasion .

The Metropolitan Chapter of Improvement commences its winter session at the Jamaica Coffee House , Cornhiil , on Tuesday next . As previously , it will be under the able Preceptorship of Comp . F . Brown , and we trust an increasing number of Koyal Arch Masons will avail themselves of his help in obtaining a perfect knowledge of this beautiful Degree .

On the 24 th ult ., at Pietermaritzburg , Bro . R . I . Finnemore , H . VV . G . M . of the newly-formed district of Natal under the English Constitution , presided at the first meeting since his installation and the inauguration of the district , and delivered an elaborate address most appropriate to the occasion , and breathing with the true teaching and spirit of Masonry . It will be found reported on another page .

I 3 ro . Sir John Bennett , who has been travelling for the past live weeks through Belgium and Switzerland with Lady Bennett and some friends , was announced to deliver a lecture at the Birkbeck Institute on VVednesday evening , the 19 th inst ., but owing to an accident ( a sprained ankle ) met with whilst travelling , was unable to reach England in time to fulfil his engagement . Dr . VV . C . Bennett , his brother , filled his place and read selections from his own writings .

The annual celebration of the festival of St . John by the members of the Liverpool Dramatic Lodge , No . 1 G 09 , took place on Tuesday afternoon , at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , where upwards of 100 members and visitors were present . Bro . J . L . Shrapnell was duly installed in the chair by the retiring VV . M ., Bio . Savage , and the appointments of oflicers gave general

satisfaction . Initiation took place at ti . 30 a . m ., installation at one , and banquet at three , the whole concluding at an early hour . Some important changes are taking place in thc brigade of Guards . Thc rank of lieutenant and captain in the Grenadier Guards has now become extinct by the

promotion of Captain IT . M . M . Bonham to the grade of lieutenant-colonel in the regiment . In the Coldstream Guards no fewer than live lieutenants and captains remain to be absorbed , after which the rank will not be revived . In the Scots Guards the rank will also become extinct , Lieutenant and Captain Lord A . C . Seymour obtaining promotion to the senior grade . —Court Circular .

On St . Matthews Day , Bro . the Lord Mayor , accompanied by Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Savory , and the Town Clerk ( Hro . Sir John B . Monckton , President Board of General Purposes ) went in State from the Mansion House to Divine service at Christ Church , Newgate-street ,

adjoining Christ ' s Hospital , the boys of which , 700 in number , were present . Service was read by Bro . the Rev . Richard Lee ( Chaplain Aldersgate Lotlge , No . lC . i / , ) the head master , and the sermon was preached by the Kev . S . VV . Churchill , M . A ., head master of the Grammar School at Alherstone .

The half-yearly meeting of thc Crystal Palace District Gas Company , of which Bro . Magnus Ohren , P . A . G . D . C , is the Secretary , was held at the Albion Tavern , Aldtrsgate-street , on Friday last . Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson , P . G . D ., presided , and the report of the directors , whicli was read , presented a very satisfactory state of thinys . The gas examiners spoke very favourably of the

quality of the gas supplied , its freedom from sulphuretted hydrogen and ammonia , and thclimitation of sulphur to the amount prescribed by Parliamentary standard ; and it was announced that after the close of the present quarter ' s account the price of gas would be reduced to three shillings per 1000 cubic feet . The following dividends , amounting

over £ 11 , 556 , were recommended for the half year to 30 th June , namely : 8 per cent on the Preference stock , 7 per cent , on the ordinary 7 per cent , stock , and 7 per cent , on the new ordinary 7 per cent , shares . The chairman in moving the adoption briefly noticed its most salient features , and the motion having been seconded and carried , the usual vote of thanks to Sir Erasmus Wilson for his services in the chair was passed by acclamation , and having been gracefully acknowledged , the meeting- came to an end .

Masonic And General Tidings

The third anonymous contribution of £ 1000 during the past 12 months was last week sent to the Rev . E . Husband , thc incumbent of St . Michael's , Folkestone , towards the completion of his church . Bro . Colonel Fred . Burnaby will take the chair at the Balloon Society ' s meeting this ( Friday ) evening , when Mr . Martin F . Tupper , author of " Proverbial Philosophy , " will deliver a lecture on flying , & c .

Bro . thc Earl of Mar and Ivelhe , M . W . Grand Master Mason of Scotland , laid the foundation stone of the new Sailors' Home at Leith , with Masonic ceremony , on Friday last week . An account of the proceedings will be found on another page . Bro . J . Sidney Tomkins , CC , who has been appointed upon a commission issued by the Bishop of

London under the Union of Benefices Act was present at a meeting of the Commissioners held on VVednesday at Sion College . As an instance of the audacity , of postage stamp forgers of English colonial postage stamps , it is stated that Mr . J . \ V . Palmer , 281 , Strand , has now in his " Forgeries Collection" above 10 , 000 forged stamps , chiefly of the

English colonial issues . An appeal has been made by the Secretary o ' the London Fever Hospital , Islington , for assistance to purchase toys for the numerous children in the typhoid wards . A few shillings invested in this direction , he says , would give no end of pleasure to the little patients . And so , we might add , with the juvenile inmates of other

hospitals . We are pretty well accustomed in the Corporation to lordly luncheons and distinguished guests , but the sensation caused by the reading of the simple announcement that Mr . Gladstone entertained at luncheon , on board the Pembroke Castle , the Emperor of Russia , the King of Denmark , and the King of the Hellenes was something

overpowering . —City Press . An evening contemporary is responsible for the statement that steps are being taken to reopen the Alexandra Palace , Muswell-hill . The two great railway companies who have branch lines to the Palace are stated to have taken the matter in hand , and if they can succeed in restoring or raising the Palace to a successful position thev will benefit not only themselves but the public .

A novel kind of association has sprung into existence in New York . It is an association of fat women , giants , skeleton men , and other natural curiosities usually exhibited at booths in fairs , and is termed a " Freaks ' Union , " andhaslaws regulating their dealings withtheshowmen . " Tattoed noblemen " arc refused admission into the brotherhood owing to the prevalent suspicion of their being products of art rather than of nature .

The Toronto Freemason " would like to see " "Clean aprons in the Toronto-street ha ' . l . The Masonic Library books kept in a decent book case . Brethren who wear light coloured trousers and straw hats at Masonic funerals slay at home . The names of all rejected candidates in Toronto lodges sent to the Secretaries of sister lodges . Grand Officers compelled to announce themselves to the Tyler , so that to ' slip in' : o a lodge would be impossible . ' "

A p ublic meeting was held on Tuesday at Woodstock , under the presidency of the Mayor , when , on the motion of Bro . Right Hon . the Earl of Jersey , Prov . G . M . M . M . Berks , and Oxon , it was decided t ? open a fund , to be called the Marlborough Memorial Fund , in memory of thc late Bro . the Duke ef Marlborough , and that the amount collected should be applied for the benefit of the

Rcdcliffe Infirmary at Oxford , or in such other manner as should be directed . A committee was appointed to carry out the object of the meeting . A memorial window will also be placed in Woodstock Church . At a meeting of the Governors o : the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital , held on Saturday , the 22 nd inst ., for the purpose of receiving the report cf the Committee

appointed to arrange for the bazaar recently held in connection with the opening of the institution by T . K . H . the Duke and Duchess of Connaught , it was reported that the total receipts from all sources to the present time have been £ ' 6328 gs . 2 d ., of which amount the stalls contribuied

£ 3541 iGs . ; exhibitions and entertainments , together with the sale of tickets , _ books , and programmes , £ 1092 is . ; and subscriptions , £ 16 94 12 s . 2 d . The expenses incurred amounted to £ 543 3 s . nd ., leaving a net balance of £ 5779 5 - 3 ^ - It was stated previo-s to the opening ceremony that a sum of £ 5000 only was required .

A very interesting discovery lias . been recently made in Chancery-lane , where some workmen engaged in making excavations in the course of the works now being carried out for extending the New Courts-chambers from Chancery-lane into Southampton-buildings , came upon some" masonry . Mr . John Sachs , of the Middlesex Arch . eological Society , had considered It probable that

some such discovery might be made , and consequently care was taken . Mr . Sachs was immediately informed of the occurrence , and under his supervision careful investigations were made . So far as matters have progiessed , two walls , composed of blocks of chalk and cement ( Norman ) , and in a beautiful state of preservation , r . nd a portion of red tiling glazed with yellow , have been brought to light . On

digging below the tiling a deposit of charcoal was found , such deposit being doubtless a land-mark ; for such purpose thc imperishable nature of Charcot ! well adapts it , and for which it has been frequently employed . Some human bones were also come upon ; so the very leasonablc surmise is that the remains are tuose of Knights Templar left behind thein when they removed to the Temple . Mr .

Sachs certainly had tnese remains in his mind when he enjoined care in excavating . More , doubtless , remains to be discovered . The tiles are now on view at Mr . Clarke ' s office , in New Courts-chambers . Some fragments of Saxon pottery were also found . " Rui'TUREs , "— WHITE ' MOC-M . M . I I . CVER TR ^ is the mnst

effective invention for the treatment cf Hernia . The use of a steel spring , so hurtful ill its effects , is avoided , a soft bandage being worn round thc body , while thc requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever , ( itting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot bc detected . Send for descriptive circular , with testimonials and prices , to J . White and Co . ( Limited ) 228 , Piccadilly , London . Do not buy of Chemists , who often sell an IMITATION of our Moc-Main , J . White and Co . have not any agents . — [ ADVT . 1

Masonic And General Tidings

Sir Lyon Playfair , M . P ., formerl y Postmaster-General , has been appointed a trustee of the British Association , in place of thc late Mr . Spottiswoode . The Builder gives an illustration of anew building just completed in Carteret-street , Queen's Anne ' s-gate . which has been erected for the offices of Truth . The

architect is Bro . H . S . Legg , of Christ ' s Hospital . We understand that our distinguished Bro . John Havers , P . G . W ., is about to pay a visit to the United States , leaving in thc Bothnia to-morrow ( Saturday ) , and we have no doubt he will bc warmly received by our brethren in America .

1 he amount collected this year on behalf of the Hospital Saturday Fund exceeds that of last year by considerably over £ 1000 . The workshop collection has been especially large , on account of thc larger number of business establishments that have subscribed .

Bro . J . Pender , M . P ., chairman of the Eastern Telegraph Company , accompanied b y Sir J . Anderson , the managing director , has started for the Mediterranean and the Levant , on a tour of inspection of the various telegraph stations belonging to thc company in these waters .

We regret to have to record that Bro . S . H . Smith , of Norwich , has sustained a heavy affliction by the death of his son , who was drowned on Saturday , the 15 th inst ., at Mundesley , Norfolk . The deceased was engaged on the Ordnance Survey , and lost his life whilst bathing . Much sympathy exists for his bereaved parents . On the 22 nd ult ., R . E . Sir Knight Robt . Ramsay , of Orillia , received his patent as Knight Commander of the Temple from the Great Prior , M . E . Sir Knight Col .

VV . J . B- Macleod Moore . This decoration is bestowed on distinguished Templars by thc Prince of VVales , and is only given as a reward for special services . —Freemason ( Toronto ) , September . Bro . Goodall , who superintended the removal of a thousand carcases of cattle from the Nile and the canals during the recent cholera epidemic , and Major Wingate , the Commandant at the Egyptian Army Military Hospital during the same period , have received the Imperial Order of the Osmanieh of the Fourth Class .

Bro . Alderman Sir J . W . Ellis , P . G . W ., and Bro . Alderman Hadley , P . G . A . D . C , attended a dinner the iSth inst ., given by Mr . H . F . Gilig , the manager in-chief of the American Exchange in Europe , to the ex-Postmaster-General of thc United States , Hon . T . L . James , and the ex-Mayor of New York , Hon . VV . li . Grace .

The Early Closing Association has just issued a list of more than 460 towns in England and Wales , giving the market days and the early closing day where they are in operation . Of these towns 330 have adopted an early closing day , and about 130 are relumed as having no such arrangement . In the towns which make this weekly holiday the mode of carrying it out varies . A memorial is to be er ected in Coventry Cemetery over the remains of the late lames Starley , the

inventor of the bicycle and tricycle . The competition was open , and 65 drawings were sent in . The one submitted by Messrs . J . Whitehead and Sons , sculptors , of Rcchesterrow , Westminster , London , was selected by the committee and family . It takes the form of a pedestal surmounted by a figure ; in thc centre is a portrait medallion in bas relief of the deceased . The memorial will be composed chiefly of granite and Sicilian marble , and will when completed stand 20 feet .

During the recent visit of Mr . Henry Richard , M . P ., to Alilan , a deputation of Italian Freemasons , headed by Count Braniforti , waited upon him to present him with an address from their brotherhood , congratulating him upon the success of his labours at various times on the Continent of Europe to popularise the movement tor international arbitration . In the address they described this pacific reform as " the most pure manifestation of the Masonic idea , " and added lhat "human brotherhood ,

which is the true protector of justice , constitutes for you , as for us , a part of the religion to which we have dedicated our life . " Mr . Kichard gratefully acknowledged , in his reply to the deputation , his sense of the value of the very important co-operation of such a powerful body as the Freemasons , both in Italy and other lands , in the great cause of international arbitration and peace . The active sympathy of such an influential brotherhood was in the highest degree encouraging to himself and his colleagues . Mr . Kichard has since gone on to Switzerland .

Bro . John 1 . Baal , of thc Prince of Wales Lodge , 1003 , Jersey , will be presented with thcfollowingtestimonial , which is handsomely written and beautifully illuminated on vellum , at the next meeting of the lod ^ e : — " Worshipful Sir and Bro . —At the nineteenth anniversary meeting ot this lodge , held at the Masonic Temple , Jersey , it was unanimously resolved that a Past Master ' s jewel be presented lo you as a mark of esteem from

the members ol the lodge . You , however , expressed a wish that the value of thc jewel should be applied to thc funds of thc Masonic Institution for Boys ; the lodge acceded to your generous desire , but being still anxious to express their sentiments towards you in some tangible form , decided on presenting you with this testimonial in appreciation of thc zealous aud diligent manner in which you have governed the lodge during your two

consecutive years of Mastership . It is the sincere wish of the brethren of the lodge that thc G . A . O . T . U . may preserve your life for many years to come , that you may ever manifest the same zeal and assiduity in the glorious cause of Freemasonry , and that the lodge may continue to have the advantage of your good counsels and advice . — Signed by Henry M . Bartlett , VV . M . ; Henry G . Newman , S . W . ; Francis Pearcej . W .: Peter BoisP . M .,

, , Secretary . " IIOLI . OWAV ' S PiMS . —Nervous Debility . —No part of the human machine requires more watching than the nervous s > stem ; upon it hangs health and \\ U itself . These Pills are thc best regulators and strengthened of the nerves , and Ihc safest general purifier ' s . Nausea , headache , giddiness , numbness , and menial apathy yield to them . They dispatch in a summary mamur thctc distressing

dyspeptic symptoms , stomachic pains , fullness at the pit of the stomach , abdominal distension , andovrrcomc both capricious appetites and confined bowels—thc commonly accompanying signs of defective or deranged nervous power . Holloway ' s Tills .. re particularly recommended to persons of studious and sedentary habits , who gradually sink into a nervous and debilitated state , unless ( some such restorative bc occasionally taken . [ ADVT . ]