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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
The Prince of Wales has decided that the Colonial and Indian Exhibition shall close on Wednesday , the ioth November next . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., _ left town last week for Mar Lodge , Aberdeenshire , on a visit to Bro . the Earl of Fife . The Prince ' s Theatre in Coventry-street , Haymarket , has by permission of the Lord Chamberlain been
re-named "The Prince of Wales's" Theatre . The Prince of Wales left Abergeldie Castle for Mar Lodge on Monday for the purpose of enjoying a few days' deer-stalking with Bro . the Earl of Fife . Bro . General Lord Wolseley , after a short absence from London , resumed his duties at the War Office as Adjutant-General of the Forces on Thursday , the 23 rd ult .
Bro . the Earl and Countess of Airlie have arrived at South Kensington Hotel from Aldershot . His lordship is in command of the detachment of the ioth Hussars stationed at Kensington . The Fifteen Sections will be worked at the Creaton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1791 , on Thursday , the > Sth inst ., at the Wheatsheaf Hotel , Goldhawk-road , Shepherd ' s Bush .
Bros . A . Brookman , E . D . Rogers , and G . Shaw were among the guests at the dinner given by the Special Guildhall Improvement Committee at the Guildhall Tavern on Monday . The will of the late Sir Charles Trevelyan , Bart ., has been proved by the executors , of whom Bro . Sir George Otto Trevelyan , Bart ., is one , the personalty being sworn at upwards of , £ " 50 , 000 .
The Grand Duke of Hesse and his daughter , the Princess Irene , arrived in England on Saturday morning last , and after a brief stay at Buckingham Palace . left for Balmoral Castle late on Sunday evening on a visit to the Queen . Bro . Alderman Isaacs , at the time Sheriff-elect , and now Sheriff of London and Middlesex , was presented by the inhabitants of his Ward of Pottsoken , at the City
Carlton Club on Thursday , the 23 rd ult ., with his chain and badge of office , the chain , which is of solid gold , weighing 19 ounces . Bro . Sir Charles Warren and the other Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police have just inspected and approved of the new patent Victoria hansom , which is now plying for hire in London , and which has the merit of being capable of being so adjusted as to be opened or
closed at the will of the passenger . Bro . ihe Lord Mayor was unfortunately prevented from being present at the cricket match between the Honourable Artillery and Guildhall Cricket Clubs onS . ' irday last ; but Bros . Under-Sheriff Rose-Innes , VV . H . Pannell , H . Squire , Sir J . B . Monckton , and Major Spicer were among the spectators . The H . A . C were victorious by 21 runs .
Bro . Sir Gabriel Goldney , Bart ., presided at an extraordinary general meeting , held at the Cannon-street Hotel , on Friday , the 24 th ult ., of the Buenos Ayres and Pacilic Railway Company for the purpose of confirming a contract which the directors had entered into with Messrs . J . E . and M . Clark for the purchase of the concession and for the construction and equipment of an extensionof the existing railway from its present eastern terminus at
Mercedes to Buenos Ayres . The contract was confirmed , and a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman at the close of the proceedings . The annual communication of the Grand Lodge of British Columbia was held in the Masonic Hall , Victoria , on the 19 th June last , jnder the presidency of Bro . Thomas Trounce , Grand Master . The meeting was of a stormy characterGrand Master Trounce ' s conduct
, being severely animadverted on , and the Grand Officers he had suspended restored to all their rights and privileges . The following are the Grand Officers for the new year , namely ; Bros . William Dalby , G . M . ; A . R . Milne , D . G . M . ; J . C . Hughes , G . S . W . ; William Stewart , G . J . W . ; Right Rev . Bishop Sillitoe , G . Chap . ; H . F . Heisterman . 5 . Treas . ; E . C Neufelder , G . Sec ; and William Tiickey , Tyler .
Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., P . Z ., has accepted engagements to lecture on the ritual of Freemasonry in the Royal Standard Lodge , 1290 , at the Wellington Club , Wellington-street , Upper-street , Islington , on Wednesday evening next , the 6 th inst ., at seven o'clock j and , for the third time , in the Hampshire Emulation Lodge of Improvement for Master Masons , at the Masonic Club , Portsmouth , on the 13 th prox . Bro . Stevens asks us state that he will
he pleased to arrange for the delivery of his lectures in any lodge—metropolitan or provincial—whose members may be desirous of making an otherwise blank evening profitable hy instruction in ritual and ceremonial . On Thursday , the 23 rd ult ., a very " pretty " wedding was solemnised at the Parish Church , East Molesey , when Bro . F . J . Van der Pant , 162 , took unto himself a wifeMiss Emma Wakefieldonly daughter of
, , Richard Wakefield , Esq ., of East Molesey Lodge , and neice of Bro . W . S . Wakefield , W . M . 1703 , P . P . G . S . Oxon . Bro . the Rev . W . F . Reynolds , 357 , P . P . G . D . C . Middx ., vicar of the parish , officiated . Bro . W . H . Causton , P . M . 1726 , accompanied the bridegroom to church , and several other brethren were of the party . As a mark of respect and esteem for the bride ' s family , the choir of the
church attended , and rendered the musical paits of the service very effectively , Miss Partridge presiding at the organ . A large party was entertained at East Molesey Lodge after the ceremony , and the array o ^ valuable , ornamental , and useful articles was greatly admired by all . Rro . Van der Pant touk his bride off to Sea View , Isle of Wight , m the afternoon , amid hearty good wishes from all assembled .
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . VV . C . Smith , Preceptor of the Covent Garden Lodge of Instruction , No . 1614 , has been elected W . M . of the City of Westminster Lodge , No . 1563 , and will be installed at the next meeting in November . Bro . R . Richardson-Gardner , M . P ., has been re-elected President of the Windsor Phccnix Athletic Club .
Bro . Lord Harlech has returned to his Shropshire estates after a short fishing excursion in Ireland . Bro . the Earl and Countess of Milltown arrived a short time since at Russborough House , their seat near Blessington , Wicklow , for the autumn . The Langton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1673 , meeting at the VVhite Hart , Cannon-street , E . C , will reassemble for work on Thursday , the 7 th inst ., at 5 . 30 .
Boo . Lord Halsbury , Lord High Chancellor of England , left town on Saturday afternoon last for Cornwall , where his lordship will spend the first part of the recess . Bro . Captain Shaw , C . B ., Chief of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade , reached Liverpool by the Guion Line Steamer Arizona after a lengthened stay in America . Bro . C . Harris has been charged with the duty of organising and arranging the historical and spectacular
display in connection with the forthcoming Lord Mayor's Show . Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress visited Kennington Oval on Saturday last , when her ladyship distributed the prizes to the successful members of the South London Harriers . Telegraphic addresses ( Inland ) for the Freemason Printing and Publishing Works — "Freemason
London . " For Jewels , Clothing , Furniture , Banners , & c , & c— " Kenning , London . " Bro . J . Coffin will be installed as W . M . of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 167 , at J ack Straw's Castle , Hampstead , on Tuesday , the 12 th inst . The ceremony will be performed by Bro . Edwin Storr . The St . Mark ' s College Lodge , No . 2157 , will be consecrated on Friday next , the Sth inst ., at the Victoria
Mansions Restaurant , Victoria-street . The ceremony will be performed by Bro . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary . Bros , the Lord Chancellor ( Lord Halsbury ) , Lord Stanley of Preston , and the Earl of Kintore were members of the Royal Commission which prorogued Parliament on Saturday last , the Queen ' s speech being read by Bro . the Lord Chancellor .
A subscription has been commenced among the members of the City Liberal Club , in which Bro . Earl Granville has taken the lead , for the purpose of placing a bust or portrait of the late Samuel Morley in the Club house . Subscriptions not to exceed one guinea each . The Prince of Wales attended the Council held by the Queen at Balmoral on the 24 th ult ., and on Sunday his Royal Highness , with the Princess of Wales and Prince
Albert Victor and Princess Louise of Wales , dined with the Queen . Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught reached Bombay on Monday , and , on landing the same evening , met with a most enthusiastic reception , the day being observed as a general holiday in honour of the event . The session of the Metropolitan Chapter of
Improvement , No . 975 , will commence on Tuesday , the 5 th inst ., at half-past six o ' clock , at the VVhite Hart , corner of Abchurch-lane and Cannon-street . Comp . T . Brown , Preceptor , will be pleased to see as many of the members as can attend without inconvenience . Bros , the Duke of Manchester , the Earl of
Carnarvon , the Earl of Dunraven , Earl Granville , Sir James Fergusson , Bart ., M . P ., and Sir P . Cunliffe-Owen are members of the Royal Commission , just appointed by the Queen in Council , to see after the proper representation of the United Kingdom at the forthcoming Adelaide J ubilee Exhibition .
Bro . Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., is on the point of making a short continental excursion , but his absence from England will not extend much beyond a fortnight , as his lordship is under engagement to be present and speak at the National Union of Conservative Associations , which is to be held at Bradford on Tuesday , the 26 th instant . Bros , the Lord Mayor ( in the chair ) and
Aldermen Sir F . W . Truscott , Sir J . W . Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., Sir H . E . Knight , De Keyser , Whitehead , Evans , and Cowan , and Ex-Sheriff Clarke attended the Court of Aldermen at the Guildhall on Tuesday . Leave of absence for six months was granted to Bro . Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P . A preliminary meeting of bankers and merchants of the City of London was held , on the invitation of Bro .
Lord Mayor Staples , at the Mansion House , on Monday , for the purpose of taking into consideration the Prince of Wales ' s proposal to establish an Imperial Institute for the Colonies and India as a memorial of her Majesty ' s Jubilee . His lordship presided , and among those present were Bros . Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., Alderman Sir H . E . Knight , Alderman Sir Reginald Hanson , Alderman De Keyser , Alderman and Sheriff-Elect Isaacs ,
Alderman and Sheriff Evans , Alderman Cowan , Sheriff Clarke , Sheriff-elect Lt .-Col . Kirby , and Sir VV . A . Ogg . It was resolved that a small consultative Committee , to be chosen by Bro . the Lord Mayor , should be appointed to consider the necessary steps to be taken in the matter , and it was arranged that the ofiice for the receipt of donations should be at the Mansion House . A vote of thanks to Bro . the Lord Mayor brought the proceedings to a close .
HOLLOWAY ' PILLS . — the Great Need . —The blood is the hie , and on its purity depends our health , if not our existence . These Pills thoroughly cleanse the vital fluid from all contaminations , and by that power strengthen and invigorate the whole system , healthily stimulate sluggish organs , repress over-excited action , and establish order of circulation and secretion throughout evcrv part of
the body . The balsamic nature of Holloway ' s PiUs commend them to the favour of debilitated anel nervous constitutions , which they soon resuscitate . They dislodge all obstruction , both in the bowels and elsewhere , and arc , on that account , much soiiRht after for pro . ¦ noting regularity of action in young females and delicate persons who are naturally weak , or who , from some cause , have become so . —ADVT ,
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . the Earl and Countess Percy were to leave Foxston Hall on Thursday for Alnwick Castle . Bro . the Earl of Bective , M . P ., was present at the annual dinner at Kendal , on the 23 rd ult ., of the Kendal Agricultural Society . The General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will hold their usual monthly meeting
at Freemasons' Hall to-morrow ( Saturday ) at 4 p . m . Bro . the Earl of Arran and the Lady Alice Gore have arrived at their residence in Hertford-street , Mayfair , from Castle Gore , County Mayo . The Baroness Burdett-Coutts and Bro . W . Burdett-Coutts , M . P ., left town on Tuesday for Heydon Hall , Norwich . J
Bro . the Earl of Fife had the honour of dining with the Queen on Saturday last , and the Marquis of Hartington had a similar honour on Sunday . Bro . Lord Stanley of Preston , President of the Board of Trade , left town late on Saturday evening last for Witherslack Hall , Lancashire . During his visit to Ireland , it is expected that Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., Chief Secretary for Ireland , will carry on the duties of his office in Dublin .
Bro . Lord and Lady Algernon Gordon-Lennox have joined the family circle now staying with the Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Gordon at Gordon Castle . Bro . Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ) , and the Attorney General for Ireland returned to Dublin from London on Monday . Bro . Lord Randolph Churchill will preside at a Conservative demonstration which will be held at Dartford , Kent , to-morrow ( Saturday ) , and on Monday next wili leave for the continent for his short excursion .
Prince Albert Vtctor of Wales has accepted an invitation to open the new Victoria Hospital at Harnsley , the ceremony in all probability taking place on Wednesday , the 13 th inst . Bro . Sir E . B . Malet , accompanied by the Lady Ermyntrude Malet , left Eaton-square on Saturday morning
last for Berlin , in order to resume his Ambassadorial duties at the Court of Emperor William of Germany . Bros . Lord Charles Beresford , M . P ., and Major-General Sir Evelyn Wood were among the company present at the annual sale of the Belhus hunters on the 23 rd ult .
Bro , Sir Roper and Lad y Lethbridge , Bro . Sir John and Lady Gorst , Bro . and Mrs . Dixon-Hartland , and Bro . and Miss Puleston were of the party present at the Beaconsfield Club on the 23 rd ult ., when Bro . Baron H . de Worms , M . P ., unveiled a portrait of the Earl of Iddesleigh . Bro . the Bishop of Peterborough , we regret to hear , is suffering from gouty inflammation of thc throat , and in consequence has been forbidden by his medical attendants from speaking or preaching in public for some time to come .
Bro . Sir Edward Clarke , Q . C , M . P ., in celebration of his appointment as her Majesty ' s Solicitor-General , will be entertained by the Surrey Sessions Bar Mess at a complimentary dinner at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , on the ist November next . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales will be proposed for re-election as M . W . G . Mark Master of the Mark Grand Lodge of England and Wales & cat the winter
, , half-yearly communication , which will be held on Tuesday , the 30 th November prox . VVe regret to announce the death , on Monday last , of Bro . Capt . Henry S . Andrews , late 74 th Regiment . Bro . Andrews was a founder of the St . Mary Abbotts Lodge , and has been an active Mason for many years , having been initiated in 1 S 60 . VVe shall probably give a more extended notice of Bro . Andrews' Masonic career in our
next . The Toronto Freemason for September contains an account of the reception of the members of the Lake Ontario Commandery of Knights Templar hailing from Oswego , New York , by the Sir Knights of the Geoffrey de St . Aldemar and Odo de St . Amand Commanderies of Toronto . The Pilgrims appear to have had a high time of it .
The oldest Freemason in Ontario , if not in all Canada , is said to be Bro . Joseph P . Huyck . who was bom in Albany , New York , and initiated in the Moira Lodge , now No . 11 , on the roll of the Grand Lodge of Canadathen the Belleville Lodge , No . 49 6 , on the roll of United Grand Lodge of England—in 1 S 19 . Thus Bro . Huyck has been a Mason for 6 7 years , and has been continuously till the present time a member of his mother lodge . In accordance with the desire expressed by the
Prince of Wales that the testimonial proposed to be presented to his Royal Highness as Executive President of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition should be handed over to the Fund for establishing in London an Imperial Institute for the Colonies and India , the Sub-Committee charged with the arrangements for the said testimonial , have resolved in acquiescing in the Princes' wish and have agreed to a resolution stating that this step on the part of H . R . H . only strengthens his claim to public consideration for his services in connection with the Exhibition .
The annual returns of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of New Hampshire , U . S . A ., were received by the Eminent Grand Secretary on Friday , the 17 th inst . The statistics are as follows : Numberof chapters , 21 ; admitted to membership , 125 , restored to membership , 1 ; dismissed , 17 ; died 3 8 ; membership forfeited for non-payment of dues , 4 ; exalted , 115 ; present membership , 2517 ;
increase , 67 . The largest chapter is Mount Hoieb of Manchester , 288 members . The financial report shows a gratifying increase in receipts . The following have been commissioned as representative of the Grand Chapter : Comps . Henry M . Porter , of Walla Walla , Washington Territory , and Alexander D . MacGillvray , of Sydney , Nova Scotia .
Insure your Horses with the Imperial Live Stock Insurance Association , Limited . Business Established 1874 , 48 , pall Mali . London , S . W . Horses , Cattle , & c , Insured against Death from Accident or Disease . Reduced Kates , Losses promptly paid . Prospectuses , & c „ post free on application to I ) . S . USSEX , Secretary . —[ ADVT , ]
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
The Prince of Wales has decided that the Colonial and Indian Exhibition shall close on Wednesday , the ioth November next . Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., _ left town last week for Mar Lodge , Aberdeenshire , on a visit to Bro . the Earl of Fife . The Prince ' s Theatre in Coventry-street , Haymarket , has by permission of the Lord Chamberlain been
re-named "The Prince of Wales's" Theatre . The Prince of Wales left Abergeldie Castle for Mar Lodge on Monday for the purpose of enjoying a few days' deer-stalking with Bro . the Earl of Fife . Bro . General Lord Wolseley , after a short absence from London , resumed his duties at the War Office as Adjutant-General of the Forces on Thursday , the 23 rd ult .
Bro . the Earl and Countess of Airlie have arrived at South Kensington Hotel from Aldershot . His lordship is in command of the detachment of the ioth Hussars stationed at Kensington . The Fifteen Sections will be worked at the Creaton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1791 , on Thursday , the > Sth inst ., at the Wheatsheaf Hotel , Goldhawk-road , Shepherd ' s Bush .
Bros . A . Brookman , E . D . Rogers , and G . Shaw were among the guests at the dinner given by the Special Guildhall Improvement Committee at the Guildhall Tavern on Monday . The will of the late Sir Charles Trevelyan , Bart ., has been proved by the executors , of whom Bro . Sir George Otto Trevelyan , Bart ., is one , the personalty being sworn at upwards of , £ " 50 , 000 .
The Grand Duke of Hesse and his daughter , the Princess Irene , arrived in England on Saturday morning last , and after a brief stay at Buckingham Palace . left for Balmoral Castle late on Sunday evening on a visit to the Queen . Bro . Alderman Isaacs , at the time Sheriff-elect , and now Sheriff of London and Middlesex , was presented by the inhabitants of his Ward of Pottsoken , at the City
Carlton Club on Thursday , the 23 rd ult ., with his chain and badge of office , the chain , which is of solid gold , weighing 19 ounces . Bro . Sir Charles Warren and the other Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police have just inspected and approved of the new patent Victoria hansom , which is now plying for hire in London , and which has the merit of being capable of being so adjusted as to be opened or
closed at the will of the passenger . Bro . ihe Lord Mayor was unfortunately prevented from being present at the cricket match between the Honourable Artillery and Guildhall Cricket Clubs onS . ' irday last ; but Bros . Under-Sheriff Rose-Innes , VV . H . Pannell , H . Squire , Sir J . B . Monckton , and Major Spicer were among the spectators . The H . A . C were victorious by 21 runs .
Bro . Sir Gabriel Goldney , Bart ., presided at an extraordinary general meeting , held at the Cannon-street Hotel , on Friday , the 24 th ult ., of the Buenos Ayres and Pacilic Railway Company for the purpose of confirming a contract which the directors had entered into with Messrs . J . E . and M . Clark for the purchase of the concession and for the construction and equipment of an extensionof the existing railway from its present eastern terminus at
Mercedes to Buenos Ayres . The contract was confirmed , and a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman at the close of the proceedings . The annual communication of the Grand Lodge of British Columbia was held in the Masonic Hall , Victoria , on the 19 th June last , jnder the presidency of Bro . Thomas Trounce , Grand Master . The meeting was of a stormy characterGrand Master Trounce ' s conduct
, being severely animadverted on , and the Grand Officers he had suspended restored to all their rights and privileges . The following are the Grand Officers for the new year , namely ; Bros . William Dalby , G . M . ; A . R . Milne , D . G . M . ; J . C . Hughes , G . S . W . ; William Stewart , G . J . W . ; Right Rev . Bishop Sillitoe , G . Chap . ; H . F . Heisterman . 5 . Treas . ; E . C Neufelder , G . Sec ; and William Tiickey , Tyler .
Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., P . Z ., has accepted engagements to lecture on the ritual of Freemasonry in the Royal Standard Lodge , 1290 , at the Wellington Club , Wellington-street , Upper-street , Islington , on Wednesday evening next , the 6 th inst ., at seven o'clock j and , for the third time , in the Hampshire Emulation Lodge of Improvement for Master Masons , at the Masonic Club , Portsmouth , on the 13 th prox . Bro . Stevens asks us state that he will
he pleased to arrange for the delivery of his lectures in any lodge—metropolitan or provincial—whose members may be desirous of making an otherwise blank evening profitable hy instruction in ritual and ceremonial . On Thursday , the 23 rd ult ., a very " pretty " wedding was solemnised at the Parish Church , East Molesey , when Bro . F . J . Van der Pant , 162 , took unto himself a wifeMiss Emma Wakefieldonly daughter of
, , Richard Wakefield , Esq ., of East Molesey Lodge , and neice of Bro . W . S . Wakefield , W . M . 1703 , P . P . G . S . Oxon . Bro . the Rev . W . F . Reynolds , 357 , P . P . G . D . C . Middx ., vicar of the parish , officiated . Bro . W . H . Causton , P . M . 1726 , accompanied the bridegroom to church , and several other brethren were of the party . As a mark of respect and esteem for the bride ' s family , the choir of the
church attended , and rendered the musical paits of the service very effectively , Miss Partridge presiding at the organ . A large party was entertained at East Molesey Lodge after the ceremony , and the array o ^ valuable , ornamental , and useful articles was greatly admired by all . Rro . Van der Pant touk his bride off to Sea View , Isle of Wight , m the afternoon , amid hearty good wishes from all assembled .
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . VV . C . Smith , Preceptor of the Covent Garden Lodge of Instruction , No . 1614 , has been elected W . M . of the City of Westminster Lodge , No . 1563 , and will be installed at the next meeting in November . Bro . R . Richardson-Gardner , M . P ., has been re-elected President of the Windsor Phccnix Athletic Club .
Bro . Lord Harlech has returned to his Shropshire estates after a short fishing excursion in Ireland . Bro . the Earl and Countess of Milltown arrived a short time since at Russborough House , their seat near Blessington , Wicklow , for the autumn . The Langton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1673 , meeting at the VVhite Hart , Cannon-street , E . C , will reassemble for work on Thursday , the 7 th inst ., at 5 . 30 .
Boo . Lord Halsbury , Lord High Chancellor of England , left town on Saturday afternoon last for Cornwall , where his lordship will spend the first part of the recess . Bro . Captain Shaw , C . B ., Chief of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade , reached Liverpool by the Guion Line Steamer Arizona after a lengthened stay in America . Bro . C . Harris has been charged with the duty of organising and arranging the historical and spectacular
display in connection with the forthcoming Lord Mayor's Show . Bro . the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress visited Kennington Oval on Saturday last , when her ladyship distributed the prizes to the successful members of the South London Harriers . Telegraphic addresses ( Inland ) for the Freemason Printing and Publishing Works — "Freemason
London . " For Jewels , Clothing , Furniture , Banners , & c , & c— " Kenning , London . " Bro . J . Coffin will be installed as W . M . of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 167 , at J ack Straw's Castle , Hampstead , on Tuesday , the 12 th inst . The ceremony will be performed by Bro . Edwin Storr . The St . Mark ' s College Lodge , No . 2157 , will be consecrated on Friday next , the Sth inst ., at the Victoria
Mansions Restaurant , Victoria-street . The ceremony will be performed by Bro . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary . Bros , the Lord Chancellor ( Lord Halsbury ) , Lord Stanley of Preston , and the Earl of Kintore were members of the Royal Commission which prorogued Parliament on Saturday last , the Queen ' s speech being read by Bro . the Lord Chancellor .
A subscription has been commenced among the members of the City Liberal Club , in which Bro . Earl Granville has taken the lead , for the purpose of placing a bust or portrait of the late Samuel Morley in the Club house . Subscriptions not to exceed one guinea each . The Prince of Wales attended the Council held by the Queen at Balmoral on the 24 th ult ., and on Sunday his Royal Highness , with the Princess of Wales and Prince
Albert Victor and Princess Louise of Wales , dined with the Queen . Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught reached Bombay on Monday , and , on landing the same evening , met with a most enthusiastic reception , the day being observed as a general holiday in honour of the event . The session of the Metropolitan Chapter of
Improvement , No . 975 , will commence on Tuesday , the 5 th inst ., at half-past six o ' clock , at the VVhite Hart , corner of Abchurch-lane and Cannon-street . Comp . T . Brown , Preceptor , will be pleased to see as many of the members as can attend without inconvenience . Bros , the Duke of Manchester , the Earl of
Carnarvon , the Earl of Dunraven , Earl Granville , Sir James Fergusson , Bart ., M . P ., and Sir P . Cunliffe-Owen are members of the Royal Commission , just appointed by the Queen in Council , to see after the proper representation of the United Kingdom at the forthcoming Adelaide J ubilee Exhibition .
Bro . Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., is on the point of making a short continental excursion , but his absence from England will not extend much beyond a fortnight , as his lordship is under engagement to be present and speak at the National Union of Conservative Associations , which is to be held at Bradford on Tuesday , the 26 th instant . Bros , the Lord Mayor ( in the chair ) and
Aldermen Sir F . W . Truscott , Sir J . W . Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., Sir H . E . Knight , De Keyser , Whitehead , Evans , and Cowan , and Ex-Sheriff Clarke attended the Court of Aldermen at the Guildhall on Tuesday . Leave of absence for six months was granted to Bro . Alderman Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P . A preliminary meeting of bankers and merchants of the City of London was held , on the invitation of Bro .
Lord Mayor Staples , at the Mansion House , on Monday , for the purpose of taking into consideration the Prince of Wales ' s proposal to establish an Imperial Institute for the Colonies and India as a memorial of her Majesty ' s Jubilee . His lordship presided , and among those present were Bros . Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., Alderman Sir H . E . Knight , Alderman Sir Reginald Hanson , Alderman De Keyser , Alderman and Sheriff-Elect Isaacs ,
Alderman and Sheriff Evans , Alderman Cowan , Sheriff Clarke , Sheriff-elect Lt .-Col . Kirby , and Sir VV . A . Ogg . It was resolved that a small consultative Committee , to be chosen by Bro . the Lord Mayor , should be appointed to consider the necessary steps to be taken in the matter , and it was arranged that the ofiice for the receipt of donations should be at the Mansion House . A vote of thanks to Bro . the Lord Mayor brought the proceedings to a close .
HOLLOWAY ' PILLS . — the Great Need . —The blood is the hie , and on its purity depends our health , if not our existence . These Pills thoroughly cleanse the vital fluid from all contaminations , and by that power strengthen and invigorate the whole system , healthily stimulate sluggish organs , repress over-excited action , and establish order of circulation and secretion throughout evcrv part of
the body . The balsamic nature of Holloway ' s PiUs commend them to the favour of debilitated anel nervous constitutions , which they soon resuscitate . They dislodge all obstruction , both in the bowels and elsewhere , and arc , on that account , much soiiRht after for pro . ¦ noting regularity of action in young females and delicate persons who are naturally weak , or who , from some cause , have become so . —ADVT ,
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . the Earl and Countess Percy were to leave Foxston Hall on Thursday for Alnwick Castle . Bro . the Earl of Bective , M . P ., was present at the annual dinner at Kendal , on the 23 rd ult ., of the Kendal Agricultural Society . The General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will hold their usual monthly meeting
at Freemasons' Hall to-morrow ( Saturday ) at 4 p . m . Bro . the Earl of Arran and the Lady Alice Gore have arrived at their residence in Hertford-street , Mayfair , from Castle Gore , County Mayo . The Baroness Burdett-Coutts and Bro . W . Burdett-Coutts , M . P ., left town on Tuesday for Heydon Hall , Norwich . J
Bro . the Earl of Fife had the honour of dining with the Queen on Saturday last , and the Marquis of Hartington had a similar honour on Sunday . Bro . Lord Stanley of Preston , President of the Board of Trade , left town late on Saturday evening last for Witherslack Hall , Lancashire . During his visit to Ireland , it is expected that Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., Chief Secretary for Ireland , will carry on the duties of his office in Dublin .
Bro . Lord and Lady Algernon Gordon-Lennox have joined the family circle now staying with the Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Gordon at Gordon Castle . Bro . Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ) , and the Attorney General for Ireland returned to Dublin from London on Monday . Bro . Lord Randolph Churchill will preside at a Conservative demonstration which will be held at Dartford , Kent , to-morrow ( Saturday ) , and on Monday next wili leave for the continent for his short excursion .
Prince Albert Vtctor of Wales has accepted an invitation to open the new Victoria Hospital at Harnsley , the ceremony in all probability taking place on Wednesday , the 13 th inst . Bro . Sir E . B . Malet , accompanied by the Lady Ermyntrude Malet , left Eaton-square on Saturday morning
last for Berlin , in order to resume his Ambassadorial duties at the Court of Emperor William of Germany . Bros . Lord Charles Beresford , M . P ., and Major-General Sir Evelyn Wood were among the company present at the annual sale of the Belhus hunters on the 23 rd ult .
Bro , Sir Roper and Lad y Lethbridge , Bro . Sir John and Lady Gorst , Bro . and Mrs . Dixon-Hartland , and Bro . and Miss Puleston were of the party present at the Beaconsfield Club on the 23 rd ult ., when Bro . Baron H . de Worms , M . P ., unveiled a portrait of the Earl of Iddesleigh . Bro . the Bishop of Peterborough , we regret to hear , is suffering from gouty inflammation of thc throat , and in consequence has been forbidden by his medical attendants from speaking or preaching in public for some time to come .
Bro . Sir Edward Clarke , Q . C , M . P ., in celebration of his appointment as her Majesty ' s Solicitor-General , will be entertained by the Surrey Sessions Bar Mess at a complimentary dinner at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , on the ist November next . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales will be proposed for re-election as M . W . G . Mark Master of the Mark Grand Lodge of England and Wales & cat the winter
, , half-yearly communication , which will be held on Tuesday , the 30 th November prox . VVe regret to announce the death , on Monday last , of Bro . Capt . Henry S . Andrews , late 74 th Regiment . Bro . Andrews was a founder of the St . Mary Abbotts Lodge , and has been an active Mason for many years , having been initiated in 1 S 60 . VVe shall probably give a more extended notice of Bro . Andrews' Masonic career in our
next . The Toronto Freemason for September contains an account of the reception of the members of the Lake Ontario Commandery of Knights Templar hailing from Oswego , New York , by the Sir Knights of the Geoffrey de St . Aldemar and Odo de St . Amand Commanderies of Toronto . The Pilgrims appear to have had a high time of it .
The oldest Freemason in Ontario , if not in all Canada , is said to be Bro . Joseph P . Huyck . who was bom in Albany , New York , and initiated in the Moira Lodge , now No . 11 , on the roll of the Grand Lodge of Canadathen the Belleville Lodge , No . 49 6 , on the roll of United Grand Lodge of England—in 1 S 19 . Thus Bro . Huyck has been a Mason for 6 7 years , and has been continuously till the present time a member of his mother lodge . In accordance with the desire expressed by the
Prince of Wales that the testimonial proposed to be presented to his Royal Highness as Executive President of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition should be handed over to the Fund for establishing in London an Imperial Institute for the Colonies and India , the Sub-Committee charged with the arrangements for the said testimonial , have resolved in acquiescing in the Princes' wish and have agreed to a resolution stating that this step on the part of H . R . H . only strengthens his claim to public consideration for his services in connection with the Exhibition .
The annual returns of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of New Hampshire , U . S . A ., were received by the Eminent Grand Secretary on Friday , the 17 th inst . The statistics are as follows : Numberof chapters , 21 ; admitted to membership , 125 , restored to membership , 1 ; dismissed , 17 ; died 3 8 ; membership forfeited for non-payment of dues , 4 ; exalted , 115 ; present membership , 2517 ;
increase , 67 . The largest chapter is Mount Hoieb of Manchester , 288 members . The financial report shows a gratifying increase in receipts . The following have been commissioned as representative of the Grand Chapter : Comps . Henry M . Porter , of Walla Walla , Washington Territory , and Alexander D . MacGillvray , of Sydney , Nova Scotia .
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