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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . H . B . Marshall , C . C , has becn elected ,- _ member of the Board of Management of the Earlswood Asylum . All vessels of the Indian Marine will in fuliire hoist the blue ensign , with the Star of India in the fly as the distinguishing badge . —Broad Arrow . Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey ' s yacht Sunbeam sailed from Kingston , Jamaica , on the 14 th ult ., for Bermuda ,
all well . _ She was at Ocho Rios , a port on the North coast of Jamaica , on the 17 th ult . Comp . Andrew Middlemass was installed First Principal ofthe Caveac Chapter , at the Albion , Aldersgatestreet , on Saturday last . We are unable to publish a report this week owing to pressure on our space , but it will
appear in our next . Bro . Aldei man Hadley presided at a complimentary dinner given to Bro . Alfred Best , late of the Freemasons' Tavern , on Thursday evening , on the occasion of his becoming proprietor of the Queen ' s Hotel , St . Martin ' sle-Grand . ~"
I he ceremony of installation will be worked this ( Friday ) evening at the Doric Lodge of Instruction , No . 933 , held at the Duke ' s Head , 79 , Whitechapel-road , by Bro . VV . Musto , P . M . 1349 , & c Brethren are cordially invited . The Annual Assembl y of the Grand Conclave of the Masonic and Military Orders of the Red Cross of Constantine and St . John will be held at Freemasons '
Tavern , on Monday next , at five p . m . A meeting of the Original or Premier Conclave takes place previously at the same place . There are 15 , 000 Masons in Georgia . Now , isn't it just possible that the startling spectacle of a column of men in high hats and embroidered bibs , marching down the street in broad daylight , carrying clothes-props and map-rollers , has given also rise to the rumours of a revival
of the Ku KIux organisation : —IVe 7 si York Dispatch . As will be seen by an advertisement in another column a Special Grand Lodge of the Mark Degree is called for Saturday , the Sth inst ., at Freemasons ' Tavern , at three o'clock in the afternoon , when the Prince of Wales will attend to be installed as a Grand Master of the Order , and afterwards have conferred upon him the rank of Past Grand Master .
A petition is about to be presented to the Grand Master for a warrant of a new lodge to be styled the Abbey Ltd . je , and to meet at the Town Hall , Westminster , lt is to be formed out of the parochial bodies meeting at that p lace . The first Master recommended to the Grand Master is Bro . William L . Ashmead-Bartlett-Burdett-Coutts , who was initiated in the Apollo University Lodge of Oxford ; Mr . W . H . Baker to be the first Senior Warden ; and Mr .
Frederick Seager Hunt the first Junior Warden . Mr . J . E . Shand , Past Master of the City of Westminster Lodge , No . 15 G 3 , is to be the Secretary . The names of several highly influential brethren in Westminster are appended to the petition . Bro . Lord Tollemache , who has taken a deep interest in the subject of ensilage one day this week opened the first of four capacious silos he has had constructed on
the Horsley Lane Home Farm of the Peckforton estate , Cheshire , in the presence of a large number of agriculturists , dairy farmers , and others . The appearance of the ensilage was that of a dark brown compact moss with a sweet and pleasant aroma . About three inches of the top were found to be mouldy and spoiled . A young mare ate the ensilage eagerly , as also did cattle in the yard . Another silo was afterwards opened , which had been filled when the
grass was dry . The contents were critically examined by the agriculturists present , and pronounced everything that could be desired . The entire experiment was regarded by practical men as a complete success . The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Corinthian Lodge of Instruction , No . 1382 , at the George Hotel , opposite Millwall Dock Station , Millwall , on Tuesday next , at seven o ' clock . Bro . B . Stewart , I . G . 127 S , will
preside , and the working will be as follows . —First Lecture—First Section , Bro . J . L . Dale , 933 ; Second , Bro . J . W . R . Hammond , J . D . iyS ; Third , Bro . Moore , P . M . 20 ; Fourth , Bro . R . F . E . Hopkins , 749 ; Fifth , Bro . Musto , jun ., 1349 ; Sixth , Bro . Richardson , 174 ; Seventh , Bro . Cundick , P . M . 1421 . Second Lecture-First Section , Bro . R . Brittain , M . C . 127 S ; Second , Bro . Moss , J . W . 1275 ; Third , Bro . Pringle , J . W . 7 S 1 ; Fourth
Bro . W . Musto , P . M . 1349 ; Fifth , Bro . McDonald , W . M . 144 . 5 . Third Lecture—First Section , Bro . W . H . Myers , P . M . 820 and 1425 ; Second , Bro . West , J . D . 933 ; Third , Bro . G . H . Stephens , S . W . 1623 and 13 S 2 . Lord Ripon ' s placidity seems ecjual to that of the French King who , when the Phrygian cap had been forced upon his head by the " roughs , " laid his hand upon his heart complacently and remarked , " This does not beat
quicker ! " There are some men who gain the reputation of martyrs through constitutional peculiarities ; and now it is reported that the Past Grand Master of English Freemasons having been sacrificed to the Mephistopheles ( Mr . Ilbert ) of Indian policy , . . is on his return home in order to harmonise the mission of Messrs . Errington and Cartwright , as well as to make way for the popular ex-Governor-General of Canada to be appointed Viceroy of
Ireland . Lord Ripon s rank and wealth fit him admirably for so high a post ; and yet many have an indefinable suspicion that failure would result from the exposure of so plastic a statesman to the wiles of the histrionic performers in the tragi-comic opera of " Erin . " This would be extremely regrettable to Lord Ripon's friends , who would be sorry to see his amiable qualities again turned to his own disadvantage . —Broad A rrow .
MADAME TUSSAUD AMI SON ' S _* XIHIIITIO _ . —Portrait Models of H . R . H . the Duke of Edinburgh , President Grevy , the Comtc de Paris , Due de Nemours , late Comtc de Chambord , and M . Wad--ington . Costly Court Dresses from the first Parisian houses . Captain Webb ( taken from life ; . Mr . Charles Parnell , M . P . Also James Carey , the Informer . MARWOOD ( taken from sitting ' s just prior to his death ) now on view . Admission is , Extra roomsGd , Openfrom lotill 10 , —[ ADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Captain Charles F . Compton was elected W . Master of Saint Mary Abbott's Lodge , No . 1974 , on Thursday , the 22 nd ult . At the meeting- of the Mount Moriah Lodjre , No . 34 , held on Thursday at the Freemasons' Tavern , Bro . R . A . Meyer was unanimously elected VV . M . for the ensuing year .
It is noted as a curious historical coincidence that General Washington and General Sherman issued their farewell orders to the army on the same day a century apart , ist November , 17 S 3-1 SS 3 . Bro . John G . Horsey , P . M . 1619 and 1 S 92 , P . G . D . of C . Surrey , was on Tuesday last elected VV . M . of his mother lodge—Industry , No . iSG—meeting at Freemasons ' Hall . The installation takes place in January .
Thc annual Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire was held at Preston on Thursday , under the presidency of Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Lathom , Deputy Grand Master , Prov- Grand Master . A report of the proceedings will appear in the Freemason in due course . Out of the twenty-four members comprising the
municipal body of Hastings no less than nine belong to the Masonic Fraternity . The brethren last elected to the council being Bros . Charles VV . Duke , P . P . G . D . Sussex , P . M . 40 , 1184 , P . Z . 40 ; Edward VV . J . Hennah , I . P . M . 40 ; VV . Carless , 1 S 42 ; VVilliam H . Russell , S . W . 40 ; and John Howell , P . M . 40 .
Thc Great Northern Railway Company are certainly doing all in their power to promote the comfort and convenience of the travelling public . As previously stated in our columns the journey from London to Manchester and vice versA , is performed in exactly four and a half hours , the only stoppages being at Grantham and Sheffield . Instead of five minutes only being allowed for obtaining refreshments at these stations , conjointly the company now
arrange for their trains to stop five minutes at each station , while they arrive at their destination punctually at the advertised time . The Fifteen Sections will be worked at the St . John's Lodge of Instruction , No . 1 G 7 , held at the Red Cap , Camden Town , on Friday , 14 th inst ., as follows : First Lecture—First Section , Bro . R . Fendick , J . W . 142 G ; Second , Bro . VV . H . Read , J . D . 134 S ; Third , Bro .
Scattergood , J . VV . 753 ; Fourth , Bro . Gilby , S . W . 1194 ; Fifth , Bro . Ellwood , S . D . 17 . ); Sixth , Bro . Gordon , S . W . 753 , Seventh , Bro . J . C Smith , J . D . 1744 . Second Lecture—First Section , Bro . Vonjoel , S . VV . 257 ; Second , Bro . Burges , P . M . 1472 ; Third , Bro . Kew , P . M . 179 ; Fourth , Bro . Ager , 957 ; Fifth , Bro . ' Koester , P . M . 435 . Third Lecture—First Section , Bro . J . Finch , 1793 ; Second , Bro . Sillis , S . D . 1744 ; Third , Bro . Scurrah , 1744 . Chair
taken at 7 p . m . precisely . The following banquets have been held at Freemasons' Tavern during the week ending Thursday , 29 th ult .: Friday , 23 rd—Jerusalem Lodge , Emulation Lodge , Duke of Cornwall Chapter . Saturday , 24 th—Bachelors ' Quadrille Party . Monday , 26 th—Old King ' s Arms Lodge , De Grey and Ripon Lodge , Royal Somerset House Lodge , St . Peter Westminster Chapter , Duke of Buccleuch ' s
Tradesmen . 'I uesday , 27 th—Tuscan Lodge , Lodge of Prudent Brethren , St . James' Union Chapter , Lodge of Industry , Royal Savoy Lodge . Wednesday , 28 th—Alaster Bakers' Ball , Lodge of Antiquity , Bedford Chapter , Evening Star Lodge , Lodge of Progress . Thursday , 29 th —New Holborn Quadrilles , Girls' School Club . We know not whether Sir Walter Ralei gh belonged to our ancient Order , but our advertising columns
pleasantly combine his memory with agreeable relations and service . Taddy's Myrtle Grove Tobacco is vouched by a firm of unquestionable standing as a pure American unadulterated leaf from the plantations owned by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth , and smoked by her favourite servant Sir Walter Raleigh . The distance of three hundred years may be bridged in the reverie induced by a soothing pipe and the enterprise of Messrs . Taddy and Co .
in the reign of Queen Victoria be agreeably associated with the enterprising knight who first introduced the beneficence of tobacco into Europe . Bro . Henry Baldwin , Sec . 1777 and J . VV . 1949 , has been re-elected captain of the Commercial Travellers ' Cricket Club for the ensuing season of 1 SS 4 . The balancesheet shows that this club hands over a balance to thc Commercial Travellers' Schools and Benevolent
Institutions of 170 guineas , the result of their benefit matches at Lords and Catford Bridge and a concert at the Cannonstreet Hotel . This balance , together with former efforts , makes up the handsome sum of over 750 guineas handed over to those excellent institutions by this very successful club . We congratulate the officers and members , who have among their ranks several brethren well known in the Craft , and we can only wish the Craft might emulate their
example on behalf of the large Masonic Charities , we feel certain there must be a very large number of brethren in and around the metropolis who are well skilled in the ancient art of wielding the willow . A banquet was given by the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers on Friday , the 23 rd ult ., at the Albion Hotel , Aldersgate-street , E . C . The Worshipful Master , R . S . Wilkinson , Esq ., J . P ., presided ,
supported by the Upper Warden , C . N . Newdegate , Esq ., M . P . j the Renter Warden , J . E . Bennett , Esq . ; Bros , the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , M . P . ; Alderman Staples , F . S . A . ; Alderman Nottage , Col . Sir R . Hanson , M . A ., F . S . A . ; Major T . Davies Sewell , the Rev . J . H . Smith , Captain Thornhill , Master of the Patten Makers' Company ; George Kenning , Master of the Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers' Company ; Mr . ex-Sheriff Cockerell ,
Lieut .-Col . Cowan , Sheriff of London and Middlesex ; Admiral Gore Jones , C . B . ; Alderman Lawrence , M . P . ; Sir Thos . Dakin , Alderman Sir Wm . McArthur , K . C . M . G ., M . P . ; T . H . Staples , and others , the company numbering nearly one hundred . The dinner was admirably served under the personal superintendence of the manager , Bro . W . G . Jennings . A choice selection of vocal music was performed by Miss Eleanor Farnol , Miss Spencer
Jones , Mr . VVilliam Coates , and Mr . Charles Marshall . THE Si'EE . IEST REMEUV FUR THROAT AND CHEST AVT . XTIONS . — " In spite of the many novelties , and largely advertised ' new preparations' for the CHEST and Luxes , I find DR . LOCOCK ' PULJIOXK- WAVERS still rank as affording 'he speediest relief in Throat and Chen _ - /_ 7 .-... » w .. "—( Signed ) \\" . If . TURNER , M . P . S ., Totterdown , Bristol . They instantly relieve , rapidly cure , and taste pleasantly , Sold at is , lid , aud 2 s . gd , j . er boxot all druggists , —[ ADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Walter Clariclge was , on Friday , elected VV . M . of the Riile Brigade Ledge . Bro . T . Minstrell will on Saturday next , be installed W . M . of the Gallery Lodge , No . 192 S , at Brixton Hall , Acre-lane , Brixton . We learn that Messrs . Pcrinet Fils , of Reims , have been appointed Purveyors of Champagne to the Calcutta Exhibition .
Bro . XV . M . Stiles , P . M . 1507 , 1732 , Secretary and VV . M . elect 1 744 , will preside at the anniversaryfestival of the Fidelity Lodge of Instruction at the Holborn Restaurant , on Tuesday , the iSth inst . Bro . James Blake , P . G . Chap . N . and P . Yorkshire , will be installed W . M . ofthe Londesborough Lodge , l N , T ° - 734 t at Bridlington , on Monday next . Bro . T . " B . Whytehead , P . G . S . W ., will perform the ceremony .
. 1 he National Great Priory of the Orders of the Temple and St . John of Jerusalem will be held at the City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-street , on Friday , the 14 th inst . Paddy ' s Run Lodge , Ohio , has bcen authoritatively advised to change its name . So far , so good . Now
let Tin Cup Lodge , No . 52 , of Colorado , have similar advice given it . —Keystone . On Wednesday the installation meeting of thc Clapham Lodge , No . 1 S 1 S , was held at Eberle ' s Army and Navy Hotel , Victoria-street , Westminster . Bro . George Thorp Goodinge , P . M . 171 , was installed as VV . M . A full report will appear in our next .
The Prince of Wales having been asked for bis vote and interest on behalf of a candidate for admission to the School for the Indigent Blind , Southwark , has informed the Rev . B . Johns , the secretary of the school , that it is His Royal Highness's wish that Lily Keppel ( the candidate in question ) shall enter the school upon His Royal Highness's presentation .
The preliminary steps are , it is stated , about to be taken for promoting a Bill in the ensuing Session of Parliament , which seeks powers to construct a new line to the Crystal Palace . It is proposed that the new railway should form a junction with the Mid-Kent line of South-Eastern Railway at a point near their Ladywell Station ,
and thus enable passengers to be conveyed direct to the Crystal Palace from Charing-cross , Waterloo , Cannonstreet , and London-bridge stations of the South-Eastern Railway . The Bill , although promoted by a new company , will , it is believed , contain such provisions as will enable the South-Eastern Railway to become practically , if not entirely , the owners of the line .
The Philadelphia Keystone oi the 17 th ult . says : " P . M . Bro . David S . Craven , Treasurer of Lodge No . 2 , of this city , returned last week , by the steamship British Queen , of the American line , from a four months' tour of Europe . Bro . Craven visited England , Ireland , and Scotland , France , Germany , and Italy , and was delighted with his varied experience . _ While in London he had thc pleasure of visiting the Albion Lodge , No . 9 , of that city ,. and
was very fraternally received . Un Friday evening , the c . lh inst ., Bro . James Booth Clarkson , M . D ., Surgeon on the British Queen , and a member of Zetland Lodge , No . 537 , of Birkenhead , England , accompanied by P . M . Bro . Craven , visited Concordia Lodge , No . 6 7 , of this ci _ j- ( Bro . John VV . Haseltine , VV . M . ) , when our English brother for the first time witnessed the conferring of the First and Third Degrees in an American lodge , and thereafter expressed
himself greatly pleased , both with the work and the manner in which it was performed . " It does not follow thai a good father has a son who will follow closely in his footsteps and adhere strictly to the good example set . But it is our pleasing duty to record the fact that our worthy and Worshipful Grand Secretary Bro . Nicholas Weekcs' son has been so impressed with Freemasonry , that during his father's absence in Englandhe
, has petitioned the Tarbolton Masonic Lodge to admit him a member of our Fraternity , of which P . M . Bro . James Hunt , P . D . G . M ., is the present Worshipful Master . On Thursday evening last our worthy brother was initiated with more than usual rejoicings . Our unbounded love and respect for his father urges us to hope that after being twenty-live years a Mason he may be as much respected and revered as our brother Nicholas Weekes is . The
working tools are in his possession , and it now remains for him to prove his handiwork . We wish him God speed , and every Mason in New South Wales will respond " So mote it be . " —Sydney Freemason . The / Hollis Chimney Cowl consists of an expanding shaft starting from a diameter of nine inches , increasing to fifteen inches , or from ten to sixteen inches , or eleven to seventeen inches . The invention is simple but very effective
, offering no obstacle to the chimney sweep ' s broom and nothing for soot to lodge in . Moreover , there is no caking at the top , so that a blockade of thc cowl is out of the question . As to its action , the smoke ascends the flue and the shaft of the cowl in a compressed state . On passing out of the narrow portion of the latter it expands , the act of expansion causing an upward movement by producing a tendency to a vacuum beneath it . The cap above the cowl ' s
a protection against direct down-draught , while the external trumpet-mouthed tubes , of which there are four , collect the passing wind and conduct it downwards to the base of the cowl , into which it is injected in an upward direction , ensuring a constant and powerful up-draught in the shaft itself , which , by producing a vacuum , brings about an upcurrent in the flue to which it is attached . These cowls are made of galvanized iron in two patterns of three sizes each .
the price of No . 1 pattern ranging from £ 1 7 s . Gd . to £ 1 17 s . Gd ., and of No . 2 from £ 1 ios . to £ 2 . Both this and the Patent Downcast Ventilator may be seen and their action more fully illustrated and explained at the Company ' s premises , 235 High Holborn . HOLLOWAY ' OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Coughs , Influenza . —The soothing properties of these medicaments render them well worthy of trial iu all Diseases of the Lungs . In common Colds and Inlincnza the Pills taken internally and the Ointment rubbed
externally are exceedingly ellicacious . When Influenza is epidemic this treatment iseasiest , safest , and surest . Holloway ' s Hills and Ointment purify the blood , remove all obstructions to its free circulation through the lungs , relieve the over-gorged air lubes , and render respiration free without reducing the strength , irritating the nerves , or depressing the spirits . Such are the ready means of saving suffering when alllicted with Colds , Coughs , Bronchitis , ntxl olher ramplaints by wliich so many are seriously and permaiKntiy alllicted in most countries , — IADVT . I
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . H . B . Marshall , C . C , has becn elected ,- _ member of the Board of Management of the Earlswood Asylum . All vessels of the Indian Marine will in fuliire hoist the blue ensign , with the Star of India in the fly as the distinguishing badge . —Broad Arrow . Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey ' s yacht Sunbeam sailed from Kingston , Jamaica , on the 14 th ult ., for Bermuda ,
all well . _ She was at Ocho Rios , a port on the North coast of Jamaica , on the 17 th ult . Comp . Andrew Middlemass was installed First Principal ofthe Caveac Chapter , at the Albion , Aldersgatestreet , on Saturday last . We are unable to publish a report this week owing to pressure on our space , but it will
appear in our next . Bro . Aldei man Hadley presided at a complimentary dinner given to Bro . Alfred Best , late of the Freemasons' Tavern , on Thursday evening , on the occasion of his becoming proprietor of the Queen ' s Hotel , St . Martin ' sle-Grand . ~"
I he ceremony of installation will be worked this ( Friday ) evening at the Doric Lodge of Instruction , No . 933 , held at the Duke ' s Head , 79 , Whitechapel-road , by Bro . VV . Musto , P . M . 1349 , & c Brethren are cordially invited . The Annual Assembl y of the Grand Conclave of the Masonic and Military Orders of the Red Cross of Constantine and St . John will be held at Freemasons '
Tavern , on Monday next , at five p . m . A meeting of the Original or Premier Conclave takes place previously at the same place . There are 15 , 000 Masons in Georgia . Now , isn't it just possible that the startling spectacle of a column of men in high hats and embroidered bibs , marching down the street in broad daylight , carrying clothes-props and map-rollers , has given also rise to the rumours of a revival
of the Ku KIux organisation : —IVe 7 si York Dispatch . As will be seen by an advertisement in another column a Special Grand Lodge of the Mark Degree is called for Saturday , the Sth inst ., at Freemasons ' Tavern , at three o'clock in the afternoon , when the Prince of Wales will attend to be installed as a Grand Master of the Order , and afterwards have conferred upon him the rank of Past Grand Master .
A petition is about to be presented to the Grand Master for a warrant of a new lodge to be styled the Abbey Ltd . je , and to meet at the Town Hall , Westminster , lt is to be formed out of the parochial bodies meeting at that p lace . The first Master recommended to the Grand Master is Bro . William L . Ashmead-Bartlett-Burdett-Coutts , who was initiated in the Apollo University Lodge of Oxford ; Mr . W . H . Baker to be the first Senior Warden ; and Mr .
Frederick Seager Hunt the first Junior Warden . Mr . J . E . Shand , Past Master of the City of Westminster Lodge , No . 15 G 3 , is to be the Secretary . The names of several highly influential brethren in Westminster are appended to the petition . Bro . Lord Tollemache , who has taken a deep interest in the subject of ensilage one day this week opened the first of four capacious silos he has had constructed on
the Horsley Lane Home Farm of the Peckforton estate , Cheshire , in the presence of a large number of agriculturists , dairy farmers , and others . The appearance of the ensilage was that of a dark brown compact moss with a sweet and pleasant aroma . About three inches of the top were found to be mouldy and spoiled . A young mare ate the ensilage eagerly , as also did cattle in the yard . Another silo was afterwards opened , which had been filled when the
grass was dry . The contents were critically examined by the agriculturists present , and pronounced everything that could be desired . The entire experiment was regarded by practical men as a complete success . The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Corinthian Lodge of Instruction , No . 1382 , at the George Hotel , opposite Millwall Dock Station , Millwall , on Tuesday next , at seven o ' clock . Bro . B . Stewart , I . G . 127 S , will
preside , and the working will be as follows . —First Lecture—First Section , Bro . J . L . Dale , 933 ; Second , Bro . J . W . R . Hammond , J . D . iyS ; Third , Bro . Moore , P . M . 20 ; Fourth , Bro . R . F . E . Hopkins , 749 ; Fifth , Bro . Musto , jun ., 1349 ; Sixth , Bro . Richardson , 174 ; Seventh , Bro . Cundick , P . M . 1421 . Second Lecture-First Section , Bro . R . Brittain , M . C . 127 S ; Second , Bro . Moss , J . W . 1275 ; Third , Bro . Pringle , J . W . 7 S 1 ; Fourth
Bro . W . Musto , P . M . 1349 ; Fifth , Bro . McDonald , W . M . 144 . 5 . Third Lecture—First Section , Bro . W . H . Myers , P . M . 820 and 1425 ; Second , Bro . West , J . D . 933 ; Third , Bro . G . H . Stephens , S . W . 1623 and 13 S 2 . Lord Ripon ' s placidity seems ecjual to that of the French King who , when the Phrygian cap had been forced upon his head by the " roughs , " laid his hand upon his heart complacently and remarked , " This does not beat
quicker ! " There are some men who gain the reputation of martyrs through constitutional peculiarities ; and now it is reported that the Past Grand Master of English Freemasons having been sacrificed to the Mephistopheles ( Mr . Ilbert ) of Indian policy , . . is on his return home in order to harmonise the mission of Messrs . Errington and Cartwright , as well as to make way for the popular ex-Governor-General of Canada to be appointed Viceroy of
Ireland . Lord Ripon s rank and wealth fit him admirably for so high a post ; and yet many have an indefinable suspicion that failure would result from the exposure of so plastic a statesman to the wiles of the histrionic performers in the tragi-comic opera of " Erin . " This would be extremely regrettable to Lord Ripon's friends , who would be sorry to see his amiable qualities again turned to his own disadvantage . —Broad A rrow .
MADAME TUSSAUD AMI SON ' S _* XIHIIITIO _ . —Portrait Models of H . R . H . the Duke of Edinburgh , President Grevy , the Comtc de Paris , Due de Nemours , late Comtc de Chambord , and M . Wad--ington . Costly Court Dresses from the first Parisian houses . Captain Webb ( taken from life ; . Mr . Charles Parnell , M . P . Also James Carey , the Informer . MARWOOD ( taken from sitting ' s just prior to his death ) now on view . Admission is , Extra roomsGd , Openfrom lotill 10 , —[ ADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Captain Charles F . Compton was elected W . Master of Saint Mary Abbott's Lodge , No . 1974 , on Thursday , the 22 nd ult . At the meeting- of the Mount Moriah Lodjre , No . 34 , held on Thursday at the Freemasons' Tavern , Bro . R . A . Meyer was unanimously elected VV . M . for the ensuing year .
It is noted as a curious historical coincidence that General Washington and General Sherman issued their farewell orders to the army on the same day a century apart , ist November , 17 S 3-1 SS 3 . Bro . John G . Horsey , P . M . 1619 and 1 S 92 , P . G . D . of C . Surrey , was on Tuesday last elected VV . M . of his mother lodge—Industry , No . iSG—meeting at Freemasons ' Hall . The installation takes place in January .
Thc annual Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire was held at Preston on Thursday , under the presidency of Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Lathom , Deputy Grand Master , Prov- Grand Master . A report of the proceedings will appear in the Freemason in due course . Out of the twenty-four members comprising the
municipal body of Hastings no less than nine belong to the Masonic Fraternity . The brethren last elected to the council being Bros . Charles VV . Duke , P . P . G . D . Sussex , P . M . 40 , 1184 , P . Z . 40 ; Edward VV . J . Hennah , I . P . M . 40 ; VV . Carless , 1 S 42 ; VVilliam H . Russell , S . W . 40 ; and John Howell , P . M . 40 .
Thc Great Northern Railway Company are certainly doing all in their power to promote the comfort and convenience of the travelling public . As previously stated in our columns the journey from London to Manchester and vice versA , is performed in exactly four and a half hours , the only stoppages being at Grantham and Sheffield . Instead of five minutes only being allowed for obtaining refreshments at these stations , conjointly the company now
arrange for their trains to stop five minutes at each station , while they arrive at their destination punctually at the advertised time . The Fifteen Sections will be worked at the St . John's Lodge of Instruction , No . 1 G 7 , held at the Red Cap , Camden Town , on Friday , 14 th inst ., as follows : First Lecture—First Section , Bro . R . Fendick , J . W . 142 G ; Second , Bro . VV . H . Read , J . D . 134 S ; Third , Bro .
Scattergood , J . VV . 753 ; Fourth , Bro . Gilby , S . W . 1194 ; Fifth , Bro . Ellwood , S . D . 17 . ); Sixth , Bro . Gordon , S . W . 753 , Seventh , Bro . J . C Smith , J . D . 1744 . Second Lecture—First Section , Bro . Vonjoel , S . VV . 257 ; Second , Bro . Burges , P . M . 1472 ; Third , Bro . Kew , P . M . 179 ; Fourth , Bro . Ager , 957 ; Fifth , Bro . ' Koester , P . M . 435 . Third Lecture—First Section , Bro . J . Finch , 1793 ; Second , Bro . Sillis , S . D . 1744 ; Third , Bro . Scurrah , 1744 . Chair
taken at 7 p . m . precisely . The following banquets have been held at Freemasons' Tavern during the week ending Thursday , 29 th ult .: Friday , 23 rd—Jerusalem Lodge , Emulation Lodge , Duke of Cornwall Chapter . Saturday , 24 th—Bachelors ' Quadrille Party . Monday , 26 th—Old King ' s Arms Lodge , De Grey and Ripon Lodge , Royal Somerset House Lodge , St . Peter Westminster Chapter , Duke of Buccleuch ' s
Tradesmen . 'I uesday , 27 th—Tuscan Lodge , Lodge of Prudent Brethren , St . James' Union Chapter , Lodge of Industry , Royal Savoy Lodge . Wednesday , 28 th—Alaster Bakers' Ball , Lodge of Antiquity , Bedford Chapter , Evening Star Lodge , Lodge of Progress . Thursday , 29 th —New Holborn Quadrilles , Girls' School Club . We know not whether Sir Walter Ralei gh belonged to our ancient Order , but our advertising columns
pleasantly combine his memory with agreeable relations and service . Taddy's Myrtle Grove Tobacco is vouched by a firm of unquestionable standing as a pure American unadulterated leaf from the plantations owned by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth , and smoked by her favourite servant Sir Walter Raleigh . The distance of three hundred years may be bridged in the reverie induced by a soothing pipe and the enterprise of Messrs . Taddy and Co .
in the reign of Queen Victoria be agreeably associated with the enterprising knight who first introduced the beneficence of tobacco into Europe . Bro . Henry Baldwin , Sec . 1777 and J . VV . 1949 , has been re-elected captain of the Commercial Travellers ' Cricket Club for the ensuing season of 1 SS 4 . The balancesheet shows that this club hands over a balance to thc Commercial Travellers' Schools and Benevolent
Institutions of 170 guineas , the result of their benefit matches at Lords and Catford Bridge and a concert at the Cannonstreet Hotel . This balance , together with former efforts , makes up the handsome sum of over 750 guineas handed over to those excellent institutions by this very successful club . We congratulate the officers and members , who have among their ranks several brethren well known in the Craft , and we can only wish the Craft might emulate their
example on behalf of the large Masonic Charities , we feel certain there must be a very large number of brethren in and around the metropolis who are well skilled in the ancient art of wielding the willow . A banquet was given by the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers on Friday , the 23 rd ult ., at the Albion Hotel , Aldersgate-street , E . C . The Worshipful Master , R . S . Wilkinson , Esq ., J . P ., presided ,
supported by the Upper Warden , C . N . Newdegate , Esq ., M . P . j the Renter Warden , J . E . Bennett , Esq . ; Bros , the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , M . P . ; Alderman Staples , F . S . A . ; Alderman Nottage , Col . Sir R . Hanson , M . A ., F . S . A . ; Major T . Davies Sewell , the Rev . J . H . Smith , Captain Thornhill , Master of the Patten Makers' Company ; George Kenning , Master of the Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers' Company ; Mr . ex-Sheriff Cockerell ,
Lieut .-Col . Cowan , Sheriff of London and Middlesex ; Admiral Gore Jones , C . B . ; Alderman Lawrence , M . P . ; Sir Thos . Dakin , Alderman Sir Wm . McArthur , K . C . M . G ., M . P . ; T . H . Staples , and others , the company numbering nearly one hundred . The dinner was admirably served under the personal superintendence of the manager , Bro . W . G . Jennings . A choice selection of vocal music was performed by Miss Eleanor Farnol , Miss Spencer
Jones , Mr . VVilliam Coates , and Mr . Charles Marshall . THE Si'EE . IEST REMEUV FUR THROAT AND CHEST AVT . XTIONS . — " In spite of the many novelties , and largely advertised ' new preparations' for the CHEST and Luxes , I find DR . LOCOCK ' PULJIOXK- WAVERS still rank as affording 'he speediest relief in Throat and Chen _ - /_ 7 .-... » w .. "—( Signed ) \\" . If . TURNER , M . P . S ., Totterdown , Bristol . They instantly relieve , rapidly cure , and taste pleasantly , Sold at is , lid , aud 2 s . gd , j . er boxot all druggists , —[ ADVT . ]
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Walter Clariclge was , on Friday , elected VV . M . of the Riile Brigade Ledge . Bro . T . Minstrell will on Saturday next , be installed W . M . of the Gallery Lodge , No . 192 S , at Brixton Hall , Acre-lane , Brixton . We learn that Messrs . Pcrinet Fils , of Reims , have been appointed Purveyors of Champagne to the Calcutta Exhibition .
Bro . XV . M . Stiles , P . M . 1507 , 1732 , Secretary and VV . M . elect 1 744 , will preside at the anniversaryfestival of the Fidelity Lodge of Instruction at the Holborn Restaurant , on Tuesday , the iSth inst . Bro . James Blake , P . G . Chap . N . and P . Yorkshire , will be installed W . M . ofthe Londesborough Lodge , l N , T ° - 734 t at Bridlington , on Monday next . Bro . T . " B . Whytehead , P . G . S . W ., will perform the ceremony .
. 1 he National Great Priory of the Orders of the Temple and St . John of Jerusalem will be held at the City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-street , on Friday , the 14 th inst . Paddy ' s Run Lodge , Ohio , has bcen authoritatively advised to change its name . So far , so good . Now
let Tin Cup Lodge , No . 52 , of Colorado , have similar advice given it . —Keystone . On Wednesday the installation meeting of thc Clapham Lodge , No . 1 S 1 S , was held at Eberle ' s Army and Navy Hotel , Victoria-street , Westminster . Bro . George Thorp Goodinge , P . M . 171 , was installed as VV . M . A full report will appear in our next .
The Prince of Wales having been asked for bis vote and interest on behalf of a candidate for admission to the School for the Indigent Blind , Southwark , has informed the Rev . B . Johns , the secretary of the school , that it is His Royal Highness's wish that Lily Keppel ( the candidate in question ) shall enter the school upon His Royal Highness's presentation .
The preliminary steps are , it is stated , about to be taken for promoting a Bill in the ensuing Session of Parliament , which seeks powers to construct a new line to the Crystal Palace . It is proposed that the new railway should form a junction with the Mid-Kent line of South-Eastern Railway at a point near their Ladywell Station ,
and thus enable passengers to be conveyed direct to the Crystal Palace from Charing-cross , Waterloo , Cannonstreet , and London-bridge stations of the South-Eastern Railway . The Bill , although promoted by a new company , will , it is believed , contain such provisions as will enable the South-Eastern Railway to become practically , if not entirely , the owners of the line .
The Philadelphia Keystone oi the 17 th ult . says : " P . M . Bro . David S . Craven , Treasurer of Lodge No . 2 , of this city , returned last week , by the steamship British Queen , of the American line , from a four months' tour of Europe . Bro . Craven visited England , Ireland , and Scotland , France , Germany , and Italy , and was delighted with his varied experience . _ While in London he had thc pleasure of visiting the Albion Lodge , No . 9 , of that city ,. and
was very fraternally received . Un Friday evening , the c . lh inst ., Bro . James Booth Clarkson , M . D ., Surgeon on the British Queen , and a member of Zetland Lodge , No . 537 , of Birkenhead , England , accompanied by P . M . Bro . Craven , visited Concordia Lodge , No . 6 7 , of this ci _ j- ( Bro . John VV . Haseltine , VV . M . ) , when our English brother for the first time witnessed the conferring of the First and Third Degrees in an American lodge , and thereafter expressed
himself greatly pleased , both with the work and the manner in which it was performed . " It does not follow thai a good father has a son who will follow closely in his footsteps and adhere strictly to the good example set . But it is our pleasing duty to record the fact that our worthy and Worshipful Grand Secretary Bro . Nicholas Weekcs' son has been so impressed with Freemasonry , that during his father's absence in Englandhe
, has petitioned the Tarbolton Masonic Lodge to admit him a member of our Fraternity , of which P . M . Bro . James Hunt , P . D . G . M ., is the present Worshipful Master . On Thursday evening last our worthy brother was initiated with more than usual rejoicings . Our unbounded love and respect for his father urges us to hope that after being twenty-live years a Mason he may be as much respected and revered as our brother Nicholas Weekes is . The
working tools are in his possession , and it now remains for him to prove his handiwork . We wish him God speed , and every Mason in New South Wales will respond " So mote it be . " —Sydney Freemason . The / Hollis Chimney Cowl consists of an expanding shaft starting from a diameter of nine inches , increasing to fifteen inches , or from ten to sixteen inches , or eleven to seventeen inches . The invention is simple but very effective
, offering no obstacle to the chimney sweep ' s broom and nothing for soot to lodge in . Moreover , there is no caking at the top , so that a blockade of thc cowl is out of the question . As to its action , the smoke ascends the flue and the shaft of the cowl in a compressed state . On passing out of the narrow portion of the latter it expands , the act of expansion causing an upward movement by producing a tendency to a vacuum beneath it . The cap above the cowl ' s
a protection against direct down-draught , while the external trumpet-mouthed tubes , of which there are four , collect the passing wind and conduct it downwards to the base of the cowl , into which it is injected in an upward direction , ensuring a constant and powerful up-draught in the shaft itself , which , by producing a vacuum , brings about an upcurrent in the flue to which it is attached . These cowls are made of galvanized iron in two patterns of three sizes each .
the price of No . 1 pattern ranging from £ 1 7 s . Gd . to £ 1 17 s . Gd ., and of No . 2 from £ 1 ios . to £ 2 . Both this and the Patent Downcast Ventilator may be seen and their action more fully illustrated and explained at the Company ' s premises , 235 High Holborn . HOLLOWAY ' OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Coughs , Influenza . —The soothing properties of these medicaments render them well worthy of trial iu all Diseases of the Lungs . In common Colds and Inlincnza the Pills taken internally and the Ointment rubbed
externally are exceedingly ellicacious . When Influenza is epidemic this treatment iseasiest , safest , and surest . Holloway ' s Hills and Ointment purify the blood , remove all obstructions to its free circulation through the lungs , relieve the over-gorged air lubes , and render respiration free without reducing the strength , irritating the nerves , or depressing the spirits . Such are the ready means of saving suffering when alllicted with Colds , Coughs , Bronchitis , ntxl olher ramplaints by wliich so many are seriously and permaiKntiy alllicted in most countries , — IADVT . I