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Masonic And Gerneral Tidings
MASONIC AND GERNERAL TIDINGS
Lord and Lady Carnarvon left England for Italy on Monday . Bro . Major Campbell , City Marshal , was invested as J . W . of the Lodge of Emulation , No . 21 , at the installation meeting on the 21 st ult . We are glad to hear that Bro . Sir Watkin Williams Wynn is so much better that it is hoped he will
shortly be in a condition to be removed into the country . The Duke of Albany has signified his intention , if his engagements will permit , of being present at the bachelors' ball at Dorking on Tuesday next . Bro . Sir Joseph Devereux , the late Mayor of Windsor , has been honoured by the King of the Belgians with the Order of King Leopold . Sir Joseph , it will be
remembered , was knighted a few months ago by the Queen . Bro . Deputy McKinlay will in all probability resign the chairmanship of thc City of London Union , owing to his numerous business engagements making it exceedingly difficult for him to fulfil the duties to his satisfaction . Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall , C . C ., has been
elected Chairman of the Committee of Management of the City of London Freemasons' Orphan School . This Committee has also the care of thc Corporations' Almshouses , situated at Brixton , for decayed citizens . In our report last week of the Ravensboume Lodge of Instruction , we printed the name of the brother who presented the Warden ' s columns as Brown . 'The donor was Bro . Bonnor , a member of the mother lodge .
We regret the error , the more so as the columns were specially made for the lodge , and are beautiful specimens of carving . On Tuesday evening , Bro . James Terry , Secretary of thc Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , rehearsed the ceremony of , installation at the Brixton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1949 , at the Prince Regent Hotel , Dulwich-road , Herne-hill . There was a good attendance of brethren , who thoroughly enjoyed the admirable working of Bro . Terry .
The French papers call upon the Quebec M . Ps . to vote down thc proposed bill legalizing the Masonic lodges in that province . . . . 'The Craft in Quebec is in good shape , with the exception of the city of Montreal . A little energetic action by the Grand Officers resident in that city would have a wholesome effect and be the means of clevalingthe tone of Freemasonry in that hot-bed of Popery . —The ( Toronto )
rrcemason . A remarkable instance of munificence has been found in the will of Mrs . R . B . Dodson , of Beardwood , whose death occurred a fortnight since , and who has bequeathed £ 10 , 000 to the Blackburn Grammar School , £ 10 , 000 to the Blackburn and East Lancashire Infirmary , / . , 000 to thc
Royal Albert Asy lum for Idiots and Imbeciles , at J-ancaster , £ 50 ) 10 to the Manchester Infirmary , £ 5000 to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution , and £ 500 to the Gardeners ' Benevolent Institution . Besides these bequests she recently signed a deed of g ift transferring lo the authorities of the borough a collection of oil paintings and water-colour drawings , roughly valued at £ 10 , 000 or £ 12 , 000 , for the public
museum . The Pythagorean Lodge , No . 79 , Greenwich , has subscribed £ 5 to a fund which is being raised for thc assistance of thc widows and children of two seamen , named Cross and Cattcrmole , who lost their lives while attempting to rescue the crew of a vessel showing signs ofdistress off Clacton , the place where the Albert Edward . thc Freemasons ' lifeboat , is stationed . James Cross , thc coxswain of the
boat , was in thc employ of Mr . VV . Wrench Towse , hon . secretary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution , He had been out in the lifeboat 33 times , and assisted in saving thclivesof 116 persons . He leaves a widow and six children , who have alread y been generously relieved from any pecuniary want by Mr . and Kirs . Towse and other friends . Bro . P . L . Simmonds , P . M . 554 . Uh " 59 . & c ,
whose active and valuable services will be remembered in connection with the British section of the International Exhibition at Amsterdam last year , was entertained by the Engliih exhibitors at a banquet at the _ Holborn Restaurant on Monday evening . The chair was occupied by Bro . Alderman De Keyser , who , in company with Bro . Alderman Savory , represented the City at the
exhibition , makinga special journey to Amsterdam for the purpose . Thc company included Bro . Aid . Sir J . Whitaker Ellis , Bart ., and a number of influential citizens . After the customary toasts thc Chairman gave that of the guest , Bro . Simmonds , and in doing so alluded to the many talents he possessed ; in fact he said he had tried hard to find one in which his friend did not excel , but he had not succeeded .
In his busy life nothing had been too wise , nothing too great , nothing too minute for him . His services had been recognised before . In 1 S 62 he received a vote of thanks signed by men whose names were now household words—Sir C Darling , Sir Redmond Barry , Sir Daniel Cooper , and many others , for valuable services rendered during the Exhibition of 1 SG 2 , and they then had to acknowledge the
great services he had rendered them at the Amsterdam Exhibition . Their friend had done his duty and they desired to acknowledge it . They asked Bro . Simmonds to allow them to hand him a cheque for £ . 651 . Bro . Simmonds in response expressed his thanks in an able speech , in which he gave some interesting particulars of the late exhibition . Other toasts and speeches followed , and an admirable selection of music was performed during the
evening . " R UPTURES . " —WHITE ' MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS is the most effective invention for thc treatment of Hernia . The use of a steel spring , so hurtful in its effects , is avoided , a soft bandage being worn round the body , while the requisite resisting power is with
supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent I-evcr , lining so much ease and closeness that it cannot lie detected . Send for descriptive circular , with testimonials and prices , to J . White and Co . ( Limited ) 2 » B , Piccadilly , London . Ho not buy " of Chemists , who often sell an IMITATION of our Moc-Main . J . White and Co . have not any agents . —[ Aurr . ]
Masonic And Gerneral Tidings
Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey delivered a lecture before a large audience in the Public Hall at Hastings on Monday night on his recent voyage in the Sunbeam . Comp . R . Hartley was invested for the seven * teenth year as Treasurer of the Caledonian Chapter at Manchester on the 17 th ult .
Sixty-two lodges in California have two hundred and fifteen widows and three hundred and sixty-six orphans dependent upon them . The present year being the five hundredth anniversary of the death of John Wycliffe , it is proposed that a monument should be erected to his memory at Lutterworth , and a site has been secured for the purpose .
Madame Patti will leave America for England in May . She has , it is said , been offered the enormous salary of £ 1000 per night to sing at a limited number of concerts in London . The second of a " series of smoking concerts in aid of the Rahere Almoners' Society was given on Monday evening at the Manchester Hotel . The Prior , Bro . A . C . Morton , occupied the chair , and was supported by a large number of the council and visitors .
The Hamilton Chapter , of Rochester , is the Iar-? est body of Royal Arch Masons in the State of New York . t has 570 members , and since its organization , in 1 S 46 , nearly 1000 companions have been exalted . Thirty-two were added to the membership during the year just closed .
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has consented , on the occasion of his approaching visit with the Princess of Wales to Rcdhill , for the purpose of laying the foundation-stone of the new schools of the Royal Asylum of St . Anne ' s , to perform the ceremony with full Masonic honours .
Bro . Lord Wolseley writes as follows in answer to a correspondent : " I fixed the rations to be issued to the troops during the Red River expedition according to the scale of diet given to the lumbermen in thc backwoods of Canada . 1 knew from experience how hard these lumbermen worked , and how well they thrived without any intoxicating beverage . "
The rate of exchange for the adjustment of Indian pay and allowances of officers , and of retrenchments , family remittances , and message-money claims ( which is annually fixed by the Secretary of State for India in Council in communication with the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty ' s 'Treasury ) will be is . 7 d . thc rupee for the official year commencing thc 1 st April , 1 SS 4 , and ending the 31 st March ,
1 SS 5 . —Broad Arrow . The following are the dinners , Ike , held at the Freemasons' Tavern during the present week : —Monday , Ian . 2 Sth : —Old King ' s Arms I-odgc , Robert Burns Chapter , Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge , De Grey and Ripon Lodge , National Peristeronic Society . Wednesday , 30 th—Fore-street Ball , Smeatonian Society of Civil
Engineers . Thursday , 31 st—Covent Garden Lifeboat Ball . Friday , Feb . 1 st— -Eskdalc and Liddesdalc Ball , Royal Kensington Lodge , Scttc of OJd Volumes , Thistle Lodge Mark Masters . Saturday , 2 nd—Phirnix Chapter , Our very worthy contemporary , the Ntw Zealand Freemason , would seem to have been sli g htly out of sorts about thc month of November last . Had its editorial
sanctum been located in thc metropolis of thc old country , we should have attributed its spasm of discontent to the fog which commonly prevails there during that gloomiest of months . It appears , however , that we have been the unconscious cause ; and that its mental disquiet was owing to our non-acknowledgment of some article wc arc alleged to have extracted from its columns . We fully appreciate thc
tenderness on this point of our respected brother . As a rule , so scrupulous are we in the observance of this courtesy , that on one occasion we gave a contemporary credit for what originally appeared in our columns . We arc the more grieved , therefore , if we have been guilty of an oversight in the case alleged against us . There is this perhaps to be said in extenuation of our fault—if fault wc have
committed—that we cannot call to mind a single article for which we have been indebted to our contemporary cither during thc three or four months preceding last November or at any other time . 'Therefore if wc have been in any respect discourteous , wc have been , as stated already , so quite unconsciously . The report of the Select Standiner Committee of
the Canadian Parliament on Emigration and Colonisation for the Session of 1 S 83 states that the immigrant settlers in Canada in 18 S 2 numbered 112 , 45 s , while in 1 SS 1 , considered a satisfactory year , the total only reached 47 , 991 . Property and effects valued at no less than 10 , 000 , 000 dols . were taken to the country b y settlers and investors . The emigration from the United States to Canada , as proved by the
registration of arrivals with entries of settlers' goods at the Custom Houses in 1 SS 2 , numbered 30 , 554 as against 15 , 404 in 18 S 1 ; thus showing a satisfactory increase ; while with reference to the alleged exodus from Canada to the United States , the investigations made most effectually dispose of thc statements put forward b y the Washington Bureau of Statistics . Dr . Dawson , in his evidence , says that the coal
of British Columbia is superior to that found elsewhere on thc Pacific Coast , and this assertion has been substantiated b y the tests made by the United States War Department . He also pointed out the existence of valuable iron ore in close proximity to the coal measures . Dr . Bell , who has spent six seasons in examining the shores of the Hudson Bay and the adjacent country , is of opinion that there is a
large tract to the southward and westward of James's Bay which will be available for agricultural purposes , and states that the Albany , Hayes , and Nelson rivers , all flowing into Hudson Bay , are open each year forsix months , these statements being based upon fifty years' record . Dr . Bell says that iron ore has been found on the east coast of the bay and on the islands northward from Cape Jones , and that coal is said to exist on Long Island . He still adheres to the . . . . ¦ . ¦ : K : I :,.. ~ c : ~ ..:.. ~ u ... i i >_ .. __ J __ : _ .- _ .. . L _ ui iwii ine
, fuaaiuimy navig . ); uuusou siny , anu puints uur , important part it would play in the development of the Ncrth West 'Territory . U . N' >' Aii . iN-fl IUMEHY FOR WINTER Coumis AND BRONCHITIS , — " My elderly customers lind no better medicine for their Wi nter Coughs , and each year 1 get renewed testimony to the value and good cll ' ects that IJ 11 . I . orot . K ' s PULMONIC WAFERS never fail to produce in the mostlerioui casts , as well as inslightbroncliialattacks , " —( Signed ) W . H . TURNER , M . I' . S ., Totterdown , ISristol . January 37 II 1 , 1882 . They instantly relieve , rapidly cure , and taste pleasantly . Sold at is . ijd . and 3 s . 9 d . per box , of all druggists , —[ Auvr . ]
Masonic And Gerneral Tidings
Bro . E . Bains was invested as Treasurer for the iSth year in succession at the installation meeting of the Sincerity Lodge , No . 943 , on the 22 nd ult . The Value of diamonds exported from Kimberly , according to the export returns for the year 1 SS 3 , is £ 2 , 742 , 400 sterling . The health of Bro . Sir Moses Monlcfiore is giving considerable anxiety to his friends . The attack of bronchitis with which he was visited a week ago has just
returned with more disquieting symptoms . Bro . H . B . Marshall , W . M . 1949 , has nominated and given 100 votes for the case of Edith VV . M . Taylor fa daughter of the late Mr . Taylor , a well-known election agent in the City ) , a candidate for admission to the Infant Orphan Asylum , Wanstead . The case is strongly recommended by three Aldermen and several Common Councilmcn .
Mrs . Noble , the lady who gave ^ rooo towards establishing a lifeboat at Llanaelhairn , a dangerous point of the Welsh coast , has sent £ 32 to be distributed among the sixteen men who manned the craft on its first attempt to rescue the crew of a distressed vessel during the recent terrific gales . The National Lifeboat Institution has also sent a large sum to be divided .
Thc public installation "craze " seems lo be prevalent among the lodges of New York at the present time . We learn , from the N . Y . Dispatch of January 6 th , that at the " entertainment" of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 1 , on December 2 Cth ult ., " Miss Berg , the well-known soprano , never seemed in better voice . SignorSencioni , the comic baritone , never seemed so mirth-provoking , and even Mr . Burdette out-did himself . " Indeed ! And all this occurred in a Masonic lodge ! And further on we read : " St . Cecile Lodge
, No . 56 S , is sparing no trouble to make the public installation ceremonies ( to be held in the Grand Lodge Room , Masonic Temple , on January 15 th , at 2 . 30 p . m . ) one of the great Masonic events of the year . " " Masonic , " forsooth ! May we not fairly judge , from the preceding installation , mentioned above , that it will , rather , be one of the " low-comedy " events of the year ? The installation of lodge officers is a strictly Masonic ceremony , that no profane has any right to gaze upon . —Keystone .
I he annual meeting of the Liverpool Masonic Hall Committee was held on the 25 th ult ., at the Masonic Hall , Hopc-St ., Liverpool , the chair being occupied by Bro . John Pemberton , Chairman of Committee . There was a numerous attendance of members of the various lodges . The House Committee ' s minutes for the past quarter were read b y Bro . J . T . Callow , Secretary , and unanimously adopted . T he accounts of the Treasurer ( Bro . Hcnrv A .
1 obias ) showed that during 1 SS 3 the sum of £ 433 had been received as rent from lodges , £ ioS from chapters , £ 14 from miscellaneous meetings , £ 151 17 s . ( 3 d . for emergencies , refreshments , Sic ; £ 35 from the Masonic Club ; £ 1000 on mortgage from the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution ; and £ 105 10 s . 6 d . for furnishing fund . Repairs and alterations cost £ 136 os . Sd . ; decorations and furnish'" . £ ¦ £ " 77 4 s . sd . ; and thc house account amounted to
*»' 9 . 7 « ""•I he cash in the bank on thc 31 st Dec , 18 S 2 , was £ 3 ! $ i ) 15 s . 4 d . ; and in the Treasurer ' s hands , £ 11 10 s . 3 d . 'The accounts , taken as read , were passed unanimously . Uro . J . Pemberton was rc-clectcd Chairman of the General Committee ; Bro . J . VV . Ballard , Vice-Chairman ; Uro . I lenry A . Tobias , T rcas . ; and Bro . J . T . Callow , Secretary , each of whom received thc cordial thanks of the brethren for their valuable services during thc year . The follovvinir were
elected members of the House Committee : —Bros . Dr . I . Kcllett Smith , Dr . F . J . Bailey , Dr . Soldat , VV . Cotter , H . H . Smith , T . Salter , G . Broadbridge , R . Martin , VV . II . Jewitt , R . Foote , D . Jackson , M . Hart , A . I ) . Hesketh , U . Robinson , 1 . C . McGuirc , T . H . W . Walker , J . B . Mackenzie , J . C . Robinson , J . Molloy , J . Pendleton , and VV . Brackcnbury . The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman .
The Grammar School which our ancestors two or three centuries since so delighted to found , and of which there are so many examples in different parts of the country , still holds an honoured place among our scholastic institutions . In the majority of cases the system of education has been materially altered so as the better to meet the practical requirements of our day . But the old organisation remains and even thrives , and provided the
conditions as to healthy locality and sound training arc satisfied , we know of no better place to send an active and intelligent youngster to than one of our old-established English Grammar Schools . The Hampton Grammar School is a case in point . It would be difficult to select a healthier spot or one which , from its proximity to the river Thames and the green fieids that border it , affords belter facilities for out-door exercise of almost every description . Thanks
to the lhames Valley Branch of the South Western Railway , it is within easy reach of the Metropolis . The school buildings have been erected with a due regard to sanitary conditions . The governing body has a mind to keep pace with the times , and the educational staff , with the Rev , G . F . Heather , M . A ., at its head , works in thorough harmony with the Governors . That it likewise works most efficiently is shown by thc very complimentary reDort of thp
examiners . The curriculum includes Divinity Classes Mathematics , French , German , and Natural Science , with the ordinary branches of an English Education . The terms are moderate , the sons of residents in the neighbourhood paying capitation fees ranging , according to age , from three and a half to four and a half guineas per term , while non-residents pay , in additionan entrance fee of £ 2
, . Boarders are also received into the Head Master ' s housethe terms—capitation fees inclusive , being 50 guineas per annum , as well as into that of the second Master , the Rev . H . Adrian , M . A ., late of Christ Church , Oxford . For any further particulars that may be desired application had better be made to the Head Master of the school , as already noted . *
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Masonic And Gerneral Tidings
MASONIC AND GERNERAL TIDINGS
Lord and Lady Carnarvon left England for Italy on Monday . Bro . Major Campbell , City Marshal , was invested as J . W . of the Lodge of Emulation , No . 21 , at the installation meeting on the 21 st ult . We are glad to hear that Bro . Sir Watkin Williams Wynn is so much better that it is hoped he will
shortly be in a condition to be removed into the country . The Duke of Albany has signified his intention , if his engagements will permit , of being present at the bachelors' ball at Dorking on Tuesday next . Bro . Sir Joseph Devereux , the late Mayor of Windsor , has been honoured by the King of the Belgians with the Order of King Leopold . Sir Joseph , it will be
remembered , was knighted a few months ago by the Queen . Bro . Deputy McKinlay will in all probability resign the chairmanship of thc City of London Union , owing to his numerous business engagements making it exceedingly difficult for him to fulfil the duties to his satisfaction . Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall , C . C ., has been
elected Chairman of the Committee of Management of the City of London Freemasons' Orphan School . This Committee has also the care of thc Corporations' Almshouses , situated at Brixton , for decayed citizens . In our report last week of the Ravensboume Lodge of Instruction , we printed the name of the brother who presented the Warden ' s columns as Brown . 'The donor was Bro . Bonnor , a member of the mother lodge .
We regret the error , the more so as the columns were specially made for the lodge , and are beautiful specimens of carving . On Tuesday evening , Bro . James Terry , Secretary of thc Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , rehearsed the ceremony of , installation at the Brixton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1949 , at the Prince Regent Hotel , Dulwich-road , Herne-hill . There was a good attendance of brethren , who thoroughly enjoyed the admirable working of Bro . Terry .
The French papers call upon the Quebec M . Ps . to vote down thc proposed bill legalizing the Masonic lodges in that province . . . . 'The Craft in Quebec is in good shape , with the exception of the city of Montreal . A little energetic action by the Grand Officers resident in that city would have a wholesome effect and be the means of clevalingthe tone of Freemasonry in that hot-bed of Popery . —The ( Toronto )
rrcemason . A remarkable instance of munificence has been found in the will of Mrs . R . B . Dodson , of Beardwood , whose death occurred a fortnight since , and who has bequeathed £ 10 , 000 to the Blackburn Grammar School , £ 10 , 000 to the Blackburn and East Lancashire Infirmary , / . , 000 to thc
Royal Albert Asy lum for Idiots and Imbeciles , at J-ancaster , £ 50 ) 10 to the Manchester Infirmary , £ 5000 to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution , and £ 500 to the Gardeners ' Benevolent Institution . Besides these bequests she recently signed a deed of g ift transferring lo the authorities of the borough a collection of oil paintings and water-colour drawings , roughly valued at £ 10 , 000 or £ 12 , 000 , for the public
museum . The Pythagorean Lodge , No . 79 , Greenwich , has subscribed £ 5 to a fund which is being raised for thc assistance of thc widows and children of two seamen , named Cross and Cattcrmole , who lost their lives while attempting to rescue the crew of a vessel showing signs ofdistress off Clacton , the place where the Albert Edward . thc Freemasons ' lifeboat , is stationed . James Cross , thc coxswain of the
boat , was in thc employ of Mr . VV . Wrench Towse , hon . secretary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution , He had been out in the lifeboat 33 times , and assisted in saving thclivesof 116 persons . He leaves a widow and six children , who have alread y been generously relieved from any pecuniary want by Mr . and Kirs . Towse and other friends . Bro . P . L . Simmonds , P . M . 554 . Uh " 59 . & c ,
whose active and valuable services will be remembered in connection with the British section of the International Exhibition at Amsterdam last year , was entertained by the Engliih exhibitors at a banquet at the _ Holborn Restaurant on Monday evening . The chair was occupied by Bro . Alderman De Keyser , who , in company with Bro . Alderman Savory , represented the City at the
exhibition , makinga special journey to Amsterdam for the purpose . Thc company included Bro . Aid . Sir J . Whitaker Ellis , Bart ., and a number of influential citizens . After the customary toasts thc Chairman gave that of the guest , Bro . Simmonds , and in doing so alluded to the many talents he possessed ; in fact he said he had tried hard to find one in which his friend did not excel , but he had not succeeded .
In his busy life nothing had been too wise , nothing too great , nothing too minute for him . His services had been recognised before . In 1 S 62 he received a vote of thanks signed by men whose names were now household words—Sir C Darling , Sir Redmond Barry , Sir Daniel Cooper , and many others , for valuable services rendered during the Exhibition of 1 SG 2 , and they then had to acknowledge the
great services he had rendered them at the Amsterdam Exhibition . Their friend had done his duty and they desired to acknowledge it . They asked Bro . Simmonds to allow them to hand him a cheque for £ . 651 . Bro . Simmonds in response expressed his thanks in an able speech , in which he gave some interesting particulars of the late exhibition . Other toasts and speeches followed , and an admirable selection of music was performed during the
evening . " R UPTURES . " —WHITE ' MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS is the most effective invention for thc treatment of Hernia . The use of a steel spring , so hurtful in its effects , is avoided , a soft bandage being worn round the body , while the requisite resisting power is with
supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent I-evcr , lining so much ease and closeness that it cannot lie detected . Send for descriptive circular , with testimonials and prices , to J . White and Co . ( Limited ) 2 » B , Piccadilly , London . Ho not buy " of Chemists , who often sell an IMITATION of our Moc-Main . J . White and Co . have not any agents . —[ Aurr . ]
Masonic And Gerneral Tidings
Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey delivered a lecture before a large audience in the Public Hall at Hastings on Monday night on his recent voyage in the Sunbeam . Comp . R . Hartley was invested for the seven * teenth year as Treasurer of the Caledonian Chapter at Manchester on the 17 th ult .
Sixty-two lodges in California have two hundred and fifteen widows and three hundred and sixty-six orphans dependent upon them . The present year being the five hundredth anniversary of the death of John Wycliffe , it is proposed that a monument should be erected to his memory at Lutterworth , and a site has been secured for the purpose .
Madame Patti will leave America for England in May . She has , it is said , been offered the enormous salary of £ 1000 per night to sing at a limited number of concerts in London . The second of a " series of smoking concerts in aid of the Rahere Almoners' Society was given on Monday evening at the Manchester Hotel . The Prior , Bro . A . C . Morton , occupied the chair , and was supported by a large number of the council and visitors .
The Hamilton Chapter , of Rochester , is the Iar-? est body of Royal Arch Masons in the State of New York . t has 570 members , and since its organization , in 1 S 46 , nearly 1000 companions have been exalted . Thirty-two were added to the membership during the year just closed .
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has consented , on the occasion of his approaching visit with the Princess of Wales to Rcdhill , for the purpose of laying the foundation-stone of the new schools of the Royal Asylum of St . Anne ' s , to perform the ceremony with full Masonic honours .
Bro . Lord Wolseley writes as follows in answer to a correspondent : " I fixed the rations to be issued to the troops during the Red River expedition according to the scale of diet given to the lumbermen in thc backwoods of Canada . 1 knew from experience how hard these lumbermen worked , and how well they thrived without any intoxicating beverage . "
The rate of exchange for the adjustment of Indian pay and allowances of officers , and of retrenchments , family remittances , and message-money claims ( which is annually fixed by the Secretary of State for India in Council in communication with the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty ' s 'Treasury ) will be is . 7 d . thc rupee for the official year commencing thc 1 st April , 1 SS 4 , and ending the 31 st March ,
1 SS 5 . —Broad Arrow . The following are the dinners , Ike , held at the Freemasons' Tavern during the present week : —Monday , Ian . 2 Sth : —Old King ' s Arms I-odgc , Robert Burns Chapter , Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge , De Grey and Ripon Lodge , National Peristeronic Society . Wednesday , 30 th—Fore-street Ball , Smeatonian Society of Civil
Engineers . Thursday , 31 st—Covent Garden Lifeboat Ball . Friday , Feb . 1 st— -Eskdalc and Liddesdalc Ball , Royal Kensington Lodge , Scttc of OJd Volumes , Thistle Lodge Mark Masters . Saturday , 2 nd—Phirnix Chapter , Our very worthy contemporary , the Ntw Zealand Freemason , would seem to have been sli g htly out of sorts about thc month of November last . Had its editorial
sanctum been located in thc metropolis of thc old country , we should have attributed its spasm of discontent to the fog which commonly prevails there during that gloomiest of months . It appears , however , that we have been the unconscious cause ; and that its mental disquiet was owing to our non-acknowledgment of some article wc arc alleged to have extracted from its columns . We fully appreciate thc
tenderness on this point of our respected brother . As a rule , so scrupulous are we in the observance of this courtesy , that on one occasion we gave a contemporary credit for what originally appeared in our columns . We arc the more grieved , therefore , if we have been guilty of an oversight in the case alleged against us . There is this perhaps to be said in extenuation of our fault—if fault wc have
committed—that we cannot call to mind a single article for which we have been indebted to our contemporary cither during thc three or four months preceding last November or at any other time . 'Therefore if wc have been in any respect discourteous , wc have been , as stated already , so quite unconsciously . The report of the Select Standiner Committee of
the Canadian Parliament on Emigration and Colonisation for the Session of 1 S 83 states that the immigrant settlers in Canada in 18 S 2 numbered 112 , 45 s , while in 1 SS 1 , considered a satisfactory year , the total only reached 47 , 991 . Property and effects valued at no less than 10 , 000 , 000 dols . were taken to the country b y settlers and investors . The emigration from the United States to Canada , as proved by the
registration of arrivals with entries of settlers' goods at the Custom Houses in 1 SS 2 , numbered 30 , 554 as against 15 , 404 in 18 S 1 ; thus showing a satisfactory increase ; while with reference to the alleged exodus from Canada to the United States , the investigations made most effectually dispose of thc statements put forward b y the Washington Bureau of Statistics . Dr . Dawson , in his evidence , says that the coal
of British Columbia is superior to that found elsewhere on thc Pacific Coast , and this assertion has been substantiated b y the tests made by the United States War Department . He also pointed out the existence of valuable iron ore in close proximity to the coal measures . Dr . Bell , who has spent six seasons in examining the shores of the Hudson Bay and the adjacent country , is of opinion that there is a
large tract to the southward and westward of James's Bay which will be available for agricultural purposes , and states that the Albany , Hayes , and Nelson rivers , all flowing into Hudson Bay , are open each year forsix months , these statements being based upon fifty years' record . Dr . Bell says that iron ore has been found on the east coast of the bay and on the islands northward from Cape Jones , and that coal is said to exist on Long Island . He still adheres to the . . . . ¦ . ¦ : K : I :,.. ~ c : ~ ..:.. ~ u ... i i >_ .. __ J __ : _ .- _ .. . L _ ui iwii ine
, fuaaiuimy navig . ); uuusou siny , anu puints uur , important part it would play in the development of the Ncrth West 'Territory . U . N' >' Aii . iN-fl IUMEHY FOR WINTER Coumis AND BRONCHITIS , — " My elderly customers lind no better medicine for their Wi nter Coughs , and each year 1 get renewed testimony to the value and good cll ' ects that IJ 11 . I . orot . K ' s PULMONIC WAFERS never fail to produce in the mostlerioui casts , as well as inslightbroncliialattacks , " —( Signed ) W . H . TURNER , M . I' . S ., Totterdown , ISristol . January 37 II 1 , 1882 . They instantly relieve , rapidly cure , and taste pleasantly . Sold at is . ijd . and 3 s . 9 d . per box , of all druggists , —[ Auvr . ]
Masonic And Gerneral Tidings
Bro . E . Bains was invested as Treasurer for the iSth year in succession at the installation meeting of the Sincerity Lodge , No . 943 , on the 22 nd ult . The Value of diamonds exported from Kimberly , according to the export returns for the year 1 SS 3 , is £ 2 , 742 , 400 sterling . The health of Bro . Sir Moses Monlcfiore is giving considerable anxiety to his friends . The attack of bronchitis with which he was visited a week ago has just
returned with more disquieting symptoms . Bro . H . B . Marshall , W . M . 1949 , has nominated and given 100 votes for the case of Edith VV . M . Taylor fa daughter of the late Mr . Taylor , a well-known election agent in the City ) , a candidate for admission to the Infant Orphan Asylum , Wanstead . The case is strongly recommended by three Aldermen and several Common Councilmcn .
Mrs . Noble , the lady who gave ^ rooo towards establishing a lifeboat at Llanaelhairn , a dangerous point of the Welsh coast , has sent £ 32 to be distributed among the sixteen men who manned the craft on its first attempt to rescue the crew of a distressed vessel during the recent terrific gales . The National Lifeboat Institution has also sent a large sum to be divided .
Thc public installation "craze " seems lo be prevalent among the lodges of New York at the present time . We learn , from the N . Y . Dispatch of January 6 th , that at the " entertainment" of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 1 , on December 2 Cth ult ., " Miss Berg , the well-known soprano , never seemed in better voice . SignorSencioni , the comic baritone , never seemed so mirth-provoking , and even Mr . Burdette out-did himself . " Indeed ! And all this occurred in a Masonic lodge ! And further on we read : " St . Cecile Lodge
, No . 56 S , is sparing no trouble to make the public installation ceremonies ( to be held in the Grand Lodge Room , Masonic Temple , on January 15 th , at 2 . 30 p . m . ) one of the great Masonic events of the year . " " Masonic , " forsooth ! May we not fairly judge , from the preceding installation , mentioned above , that it will , rather , be one of the " low-comedy " events of the year ? The installation of lodge officers is a strictly Masonic ceremony , that no profane has any right to gaze upon . —Keystone .
I he annual meeting of the Liverpool Masonic Hall Committee was held on the 25 th ult ., at the Masonic Hall , Hopc-St ., Liverpool , the chair being occupied by Bro . John Pemberton , Chairman of Committee . There was a numerous attendance of members of the various lodges . The House Committee ' s minutes for the past quarter were read b y Bro . J . T . Callow , Secretary , and unanimously adopted . T he accounts of the Treasurer ( Bro . Hcnrv A .
1 obias ) showed that during 1 SS 3 the sum of £ 433 had been received as rent from lodges , £ ioS from chapters , £ 14 from miscellaneous meetings , £ 151 17 s . ( 3 d . for emergencies , refreshments , Sic ; £ 35 from the Masonic Club ; £ 1000 on mortgage from the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution ; and £ 105 10 s . 6 d . for furnishing fund . Repairs and alterations cost £ 136 os . Sd . ; decorations and furnish'" . £ ¦ £ " 77 4 s . sd . ; and thc house account amounted to
*»' 9 . 7 « ""•I he cash in the bank on thc 31 st Dec , 18 S 2 , was £ 3 ! $ i ) 15 s . 4 d . ; and in the Treasurer ' s hands , £ 11 10 s . 3 d . 'The accounts , taken as read , were passed unanimously . Uro . J . Pemberton was rc-clectcd Chairman of the General Committee ; Bro . J . VV . Ballard , Vice-Chairman ; Uro . I lenry A . Tobias , T rcas . ; and Bro . J . T . Callow , Secretary , each of whom received thc cordial thanks of the brethren for their valuable services during thc year . The follovvinir were
elected members of the House Committee : —Bros . Dr . I . Kcllett Smith , Dr . F . J . Bailey , Dr . Soldat , VV . Cotter , H . H . Smith , T . Salter , G . Broadbridge , R . Martin , VV . II . Jewitt , R . Foote , D . Jackson , M . Hart , A . I ) . Hesketh , U . Robinson , 1 . C . McGuirc , T . H . W . Walker , J . B . Mackenzie , J . C . Robinson , J . Molloy , J . Pendleton , and VV . Brackcnbury . The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman .
The Grammar School which our ancestors two or three centuries since so delighted to found , and of which there are so many examples in different parts of the country , still holds an honoured place among our scholastic institutions . In the majority of cases the system of education has been materially altered so as the better to meet the practical requirements of our day . But the old organisation remains and even thrives , and provided the
conditions as to healthy locality and sound training arc satisfied , we know of no better place to send an active and intelligent youngster to than one of our old-established English Grammar Schools . The Hampton Grammar School is a case in point . It would be difficult to select a healthier spot or one which , from its proximity to the river Thames and the green fieids that border it , affords belter facilities for out-door exercise of almost every description . Thanks
to the lhames Valley Branch of the South Western Railway , it is within easy reach of the Metropolis . The school buildings have been erected with a due regard to sanitary conditions . The governing body has a mind to keep pace with the times , and the educational staff , with the Rev , G . F . Heather , M . A ., at its head , works in thorough harmony with the Governors . That it likewise works most efficiently is shown by thc very complimentary reDort of thp
examiners . The curriculum includes Divinity Classes Mathematics , French , German , and Natural Science , with the ordinary branches of an English Education . The terms are moderate , the sons of residents in the neighbourhood paying capitation fees ranging , according to age , from three and a half to four and a half guineas per term , while non-residents pay , in additionan entrance fee of £ 2
, . Boarders are also received into the Head Master ' s housethe terms—capitation fees inclusive , being 50 guineas per annum , as well as into that of the second Master , the Rev . H . Adrian , M . A ., late of Christ Church , Oxford . For any further particulars that may be desired application had better be made to the Head Master of the school , as already noted . *
. HOLLOWAY ' S PILLS . —Nervousness and want ot Energy . —When first the nerves feel unstrung , and listlessncss supplants energy , it is the right time to take some alterative as HoHoway's Pills to pre vent slight disorder running into serious diseases . These excellent Pills correct all irrcgurarities and weaknesses . They act kindly , yet energetically , on the functions of digestion and assimilation , nourthe whole bod
ishing y j thus thc blood is rendered richer and purer the muscles become firmer and stronger , and the nervous and muscular systems arc invigorated . These Pills are suitable for all classes and all ages . They have a most marvellous effect on persons who are out of condition ; they soon rectify whatever is in fault , retorc strength to the body and confidence to the mind — [ AUVT . J