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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
We regret very much to find that the name of Bro . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , was omitted from the list of Grand Officers and brethren present at the quarterly communication of Grand Lodge on Wednesday , the 2 nd inst . The Grand Secretary is so constant in his attendance on these occasions , that we should hardly have deemed it necessary to call attention to the omission ,
but we make good the shortcoming in the interests of that accuracy which is so desirable in the reports of our chief Masonic gatherings . Bro . Sir H . Drummond-Wolff , M . P ., our special envoy to the Sultan , is not expected to arrive at Cairo before the beginning of next month . Bro . Admiral Bedford Pirn has announced the
probability of his being obliged to give up his candidature in the Conservative interest for Grimsby , owing to business engagements in the United States . R . W . Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., Chancellor of the Exchequer , will address a meetingof the
electors at Cirencester on Tuesday next , the 15 th inst ., and will speak at Bristol on Friday , the 2 nd proximo . R . W . Bro . Sir Francis Burdett presided at a meetingl held on Thursday , the 3 rd inst ., at Ramsbury , in support of the candidature of Bro . VV . H . Long , M . P . for East Wiltshire .
The tenth annual Dairy Show will be held early next month at the Royal Agricultural Hall , Islington , the prizes to be awarded in the different classes representing in value not far short of £ 2000 . Bro . Henry Irving- and his company inaugurated the new season at the Lyceum Theatre on Saturday , the play selected for the occasion being the " Olivia " of Mr . W . G . Wills , which was admirably played before a crowded and enthusiastic house .
Bros . Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis . Bart ., MP ., P . G . W ., and W . T . Marriott , Q . C ., M . P ., P . G . Stwd ., are among the patrons of a gathering which will be held at the Albert Palace , Battersea Park , on Saturday next , under the auspices of the Ealing Conservative Club . Bro . C . G . Long , P . M ., Mayor of Maidstone , presided at a meeting at the Town Hall , Maidstone , on
Monday evening , for the purpose of promoting the early closinu movement and establishing a local branch of the Early Closing Association . Bro . T . Love Jones-Parry , M . P ., who had resolved on retiring from his candidature in the Liberal interest for the Carnarvon Burghs , has , at the request of the local Liberal Association , reconsidered his determination , and will contest the seat at the General Election .
A great sale of Shorthorns , the property of Bro . the Earl of Bective , M . P ., took place on Thursday , the 3 rd inst ., at Underley , among those present being Bros , the Eail of Lathom , the Marquis of Headfort , the Dukeof Manchester , and Lord Egerton of Tatton .
Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon ' s official visit to the North of Ireland commenced on Monday , when his lordship started at Dublin for Belfast , arriving in the latter city between six and seven o'clock . The visit will last during the whole of the present week and be continued till Wednesday next , when he is timed to return to the capital .
Bio . Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., reached Inverness on Saturday , and proceeded thence to spend the holidays at Lord Wimbome's estate at Auchnashellach . His lordship at an early date will visit Liverpool , where he will be presented with an illuminated address and an album by the Conservative Associations of Lancashire , a sum of about £ 200 having been subscribed for the purpose .
The Prince of Wales was present with Bro . King Oscar of Sweden and the Crown Prince and Princess at the regatta , at Stockholm , on Saturday last , of the Swedish Yacht Club . The same afternoon the Princess of Wales arrived at Helsingor , where her Royal Highness was received by the members of the Royal Family and her brother the King of Greece .
Bro . Christopher Sykes , M . P ., and party , were among those present at a grand display of Old English Sports , which took place early last week in Grimston Park , Yorkshire , and vvas brought to a conclusion on Wednesday , the 2 nd inst . The sports included a grand pageant of the Harvest Queen , the pastoral play of " Robin Hood , " & c . There vvas a large concourse of spectators , who were all delighted with the various representations and games .
The / Eolus Watersprayand Genera ! Ventilating Company , 235 , High Holborn , have received instructions to apply their complete system of inlet and outletventilation to the new composing room and stero foundry of the Morning Post . This is ihe third London "daily" which has entrusted the ventilation of its orinting premises to the . / Bolus Company , the other two being the Dail y Telegraph and
the Daily News . Amongst other recent applications of the / E . ilus system are St . Raphael ' s House of Charity , Bristol ; the School Offices , Wolverhampton ; Clifton Church , York ; the Commercial Bank of Scotland , Edinburgh ; the Post Office , Canterbury , for H . M . Office of Works ; the Heneage Board Schools , near Grimsby ; Anerley Board Schools , & c .
The Prov . Grand Lodge of Cornwall will hold its annual meeting at the Elementary Schools , Lostwithiel , on the 21 st inst ., at n a . m . At 12 30 p . m . the brethren will attend Divine service , when a sermon will be preached b y Bro . the Rev . E . P . Kendall . On the Prov . Grand Lodge being resumed , the Prov . Grand Officers for the year will be appointed and invested . The customary banquet will
be held at the Royal Talbot Hotel , the price of tickets , which may be obtained of the Siewards , being 4 s . each , exclu-ive of wine . It may be as well to add that the Kailway Executive have very kindly undertaken to issue return first and second class tickets at the price of a single fare and a quarter to all brethren proposing to attend Prov . Grand Lodge on production of their Masonic clothing .
Masonic And General Tidings
The Princess of Wales has consented to open the new Institute for Working Lads in Whitechapel-road , on Saturday , the 31 st October next , at 4 o'clock p . m . Bro . Lord Braboume addressed a crowded meeting of Conservative electors at Glamis , Forfarshire , on
Thursday , the 3 rd instant . It is expected that the Prince of Wales will arrive at Fredenshorg on Monday next , in order to join the King and Princess of Wales and the other members of the Danish Royal Family .
The complimentary dinner which is proposed to be given to Bro . the Lord Mayor , by the members of the Loriners' Company , is arranged to take place at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , on Saturday , the 24 th October .
Bro . VV . C . Borlase is the Liberal candidate for the St . Austell Division of Cornwall at the General Election ; and Bro . Sir John St . Aubyn , Bart ., M . P ., for the St . Ives Division . Bro . J . W . E . Macartney , M . P ., presided at a convention of Conservative delegates , held on Monday . ^ for the purposeof making arrangements for the representation of the party for South Tyrone at the Election .
Bro . the Earl and Countess Granville arrived at their residence , Carlton House Terrace , on Tuesday evening , after a few weeks' cruising on board Bro . Lord Wolverton ' s yacht , Palatine . Lord Richard Grosvenor , M . P ., P . G . S . W ., was among the guests present on Thursday , the 3 rd inst ., when the Duke and Duchess of Westminster threw open their
new residence of Eaton I lall , on the banks of the Dee , to the clergy and gentry of Cheshire . There will be a special performance of the Mohawk Minstrels at their quarters in the Royal Agricultural Hall , on Wednesday next , the 16 th inst ., when Bro . W . Francis one of the proprietors , takes his annual benefit .
To-morrow ( Saturday ) , at Drury Lane Theatre , the new drama of " Human Nature" will be produced with wonderful scenic and spectacular effects . In the military procession in the fourth act it is said there will be considerably over 6 oo supers and others .
The Queen has granted her Royal licence to the nephew and residuary legatee of the late Bro . Sir Moses Montefiore , Bart ., to use the surname of Montefiore , in addition to his own surname of Sebag , and to bear our late brother ' s arms .
The installation of Bro . G . F . Smith , W . M . elect , as W . M . of the Duke of Cornwall Lodge , No . 1839 , will take place at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , tomorrow ( Saturday ) , at 5 p . m . punctually , the lodge being opened at 4 p . m . The banquet is fixed for 6 . 30 .
California has 24 encampments of Knights Templar , the strongest in point of membership being California , No . 1 , of San Francisco , which musters 245 Sir Knights , and the weakest , Colusa , No . 24 , which has only 28 . Nos . 2 , 6 , 7 . 11 , and iG all muster over 100 strong , while Nos . iS and 23 are only ahead by one of the youngest and least numerous . The total strength is 193 G .
The annual meeting of Elliott Mark Lodge , No . 169 , was held on the 31 st ult ., at the lodge room , Stonehouse ; but , on account of the indisposition of the W . M . elect , Bro . L . Martin , the election was not confirmed , and , in consequence , the present W . M ., Bro . W . H . Lister , and the other officers hold their present offices for another year .
The Yeoman of Wanganui , N . Z ., for the 26 th June last , contains references to a very able review which has recently appeared in Adelaide , South Australia , of a work written by Bro . W . M . Hugo of that city , and entitled " The Origin and Antiquity of Freemasonry . " The review is very complimentary and deservedly so , if we may judge of the character and contents of the work by the description given of them by the writer .
There were present at the Installation Banquet of the Master Cutler of Sheffield on Thursday , the 3 rd inst , several notabilities , the must prominent among them being Bros . Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., Secretary of State for India ; the Earl of Wharncliffe ; the Lord Mayor
of London , M . P . ( Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., P . G . W . ); and C . Stuart-Wortley , M . P . The day following Bro . Lord R . Churchill addressed an immense gathering of the electors of the town , held in Albert Hall under the presidency of Rro . the Harl of Wharncliffe , to whom a vote of thanks for his kindness was passed unanimously .
YE ANTIHNTF . FRATERNITIE OF YE RAHERE ALMONERS will hold high festival at the Cannon Street Hotel , E . C ., on Thursday , the 22 nd prox ., under the presidency of Bro . Sir Robert N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor . The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex will , it is anticipated , be presenton the occasion , and Bro . Alderman De Keyser , Alderman of the Ward of Fairingdon Without , and the members of the Common
Council for that Ward , have promised their patronage and assistance . Remembering the admirable arrangements and success of the gathering over which Bro . Sir John Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., presided when Lord Mayor , in support of this very deserving Charity , an entertainment of no common order may be reasonably expected by those who may be enabled to obtain tickets for the forthcoming fes ival .
The National Refuge Harbours Society of the United Kingdom is an eminently useful organization , which well di serves the support of the British public , and it is with great regret we learn from a circular issued by the Executive , ami bearing the signature of R . W . Bro . Lord Waveney , as Chairman of Council , that it is " in danger of languishing for want of pecuniary assistance . " This
certainly ought not to be , and it will be a reproach to the country if such a statement should have to be repeated in next year ' s report . The good it does is almost incalculable , and in bringing the claims of the Society under the notice of our readers , we have much pleasure in commending them
to their generous consideration . A body which numbers among its donors and subscribers such men as Bros . Lord Powerscourt , Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., Lord Robaites , Sir W . U . H . Ffolkes , Bart ., M . P ., D . Mclver , M . P ., the Duke of Portland , & c , needs only to be more , widely known in order to be more generally supported .
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Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., will enter on his 58 th year to-morrow ( Saturday ) . Bro . Sir John Bennett has finall y given up his candidature in the Liberal interest for the Brentford Division of the county of Middlesex . Bro . General Lord Wolselev has consented to preside at the annual dinner , to be held early in December , of the North London Rifle Club , of which his lordship is President .
Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., visited Croydon on Monday , for the purpose of assisting in the ceremony of laying the memorial stones of the West Croydon Congregational Church . Bro . J . Judd , CC , of South Knoll . Upper Norwood , took the oaths and his seat as one of the Surrey Magistrates on Monday last , at the Sessions House , Kennington .
Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., was the guest of Mr . J . W . Birch , J . P . of Rickmansworth Park , Herts , from Friday to Saturday last , returning to the Mansion House on the morninsr of the latter day . The health of Bro . G . R . Sims is considered sufficiently critical to justify his medical advisers in ordering him to take complete rest from work and change of scenes and climate .
There is good reason to believe that Bro . the Lord Mayor will succeed Bro . Alderman Staples as representive of the City on the Metropolitan Board of Works when the latter is elected to the Mayoralty of London . That old and popular lodge of instruction , the Temperance , No . 169 , will resume its accustomed meetings on the first Friday in October next . Full particulars of
Bro . Henry Strickland , the courteous Hon . Secretary . The new Hall of the Butchers' Company was formally opened on IV onday , and at the "ddjeuner" which followed the interesting but simple ceremony , there were present , among others , Bros . Alderman De Keyser , W . Malthouse , J . Cox , G . J . Lambert , and others . Bro . C . R . Johnston . P . M . of the Beta Lodge ,
and now of Auckland , N . Z ., was presented on the 24 th June last with a handsome P . M ' s . jewel ef the value of £ \ o in recognition of his many and great services to the Craft during a considerable term of years . According to statistics quoted by the Philadelphia Keystone , the Board of Relief of the Grand Lodge of California distributed close on 9915 dollars , in 142 cases during the past year , a sum of 240 dollars being
appropriated to a Master Wilcox for the ensuing year . The same journal records the death at Lynchburg , Virginia , on the Sth ult ., of Bro . the Hon . James Garland , the fourth oldest Freemason in the United States . Bro . Garland , who was in the 95 th year of his age , was initiated in 1812 . He was a volunteer in the war of 1812 , was twice elected to Congress , and had been at the bar and on the bench for as many years as he had been a brother .
We mentioned a fortnight since that Bro . the Earl and Countess of Lathom celebrated their silver wedding on the 16 th August , and we are glad to be in a position to announce that the brethrsn of the Province of West Lancashire intend presenting his lordship with a loving cup as a memento of the happy occasion , as well as of the affectionate regard in which his lordship and the
countess are held by the Masonic fraternity of that district . Bro . E . G . Clements presided at the stated meetingof the Rodney Lodge , No . 1711 , in the Masonic Hall , Warkworth , North Island , N . Z ., on the 25 th June last . There was a fair average attendance , the business transacted including the appointment of Bros . E . G . Clements , W . M ., W . J . Southgate , P . M ., and George W . Thomson ,
J . W ., as a committee to report upon the position of the lodge at its entrance upon a new year . Mr . Mark H . Judge , who was recently presented with a testimonial for his excellent work on the Paddington Vestry , has designed a street lavatory which deserves the attention of all local authorities in large towns . The chief feature of Mr . Judge ' s plan is that the
accommodation is entirely below the surface of the roadway . All that can be seen is an ornamental pillar lamp rising out of a bed of plants and surrounded by an ornamental iron railing . On one side are two flights of St . ps , one for entrance and one for exit ; below are five waterclosets , nineteen urinals , a lavatory for three wash-basins , and an attendant ' s
room . Each closet is separately ventilated by a grating in the curb , the whole being ventilated through the lamp and lighted hy means of prism pavement lights . The lavatory is most ingeniously designed , and is , moreover , comparatively inexpensive . The introduction of such places into London streets would be a great boon to the inhabitants of the metropolis . —Lancet .
We have much pleasure in drawing attention to the recently published "Laureate Edition " of the Masonic Poems of Bro . Dr . Rob . Moiris , Past Grand Master of Kentucky . It is a complete collection of his poetical works , and seeing that the author some months since was formally installed the Poet Laureate of Freemasonry at a grand gathering held for the purpose in the United States ,
we trust this evidence of hisjust claims to the title will find a generous amount of pationage among Craftsmen generally . The work is described as a splendidly piloted and handsomely bound quarto of some 400 pages , its outer case being in all respects worthy of the poetic beauties with which its interior pages are enriched . The price of the volume is £ 1 , post paid , and orders may be addressed
either to Bro . Dr . Morris himself , at his residence , La Grange , Kentucky , or to Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D ., Grosvenor House , Torquay , who has kindly volunteered to do all in his power to promote the sale in this country . HOLLOWAY ' S PILLS are the medicine most in repute for cunng the multifarious maladies which bemt mankind when dry , sultry weather suddenly giv < s place to chil ' y , drenching da ) s . In fact , these Pills oiler relief even if they ' fail of proving an absolute
remedy in all Ihe disturbances of digestion , circulation , and nervous tone which occa .-innaily oppress a vast portion of the population . Under the geni tl , purif . ing , anil strengthening powers exerted by this excellent medicine Ihe tongue becomes clean , the appetite improves , digestion is quh keiu-d , and assimilalion is rendered perfect . These Pills possess lhe highly estimable property ot cleansing the entire mass ot bio 'd , which , in its renovared condition , carries purity , strength , and vigour to every tissue of the body . — fADVT . l
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
We regret very much to find that the name of Bro . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , was omitted from the list of Grand Officers and brethren present at the quarterly communication of Grand Lodge on Wednesday , the 2 nd inst . The Grand Secretary is so constant in his attendance on these occasions , that we should hardly have deemed it necessary to call attention to the omission ,
but we make good the shortcoming in the interests of that accuracy which is so desirable in the reports of our chief Masonic gatherings . Bro . Sir H . Drummond-Wolff , M . P ., our special envoy to the Sultan , is not expected to arrive at Cairo before the beginning of next month . Bro . Admiral Bedford Pirn has announced the
probability of his being obliged to give up his candidature in the Conservative interest for Grimsby , owing to business engagements in the United States . R . W . Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., Chancellor of the Exchequer , will address a meetingof the
electors at Cirencester on Tuesday next , the 15 th inst ., and will speak at Bristol on Friday , the 2 nd proximo . R . W . Bro . Sir Francis Burdett presided at a meetingl held on Thursday , the 3 rd inst ., at Ramsbury , in support of the candidature of Bro . VV . H . Long , M . P . for East Wiltshire .
The tenth annual Dairy Show will be held early next month at the Royal Agricultural Hall , Islington , the prizes to be awarded in the different classes representing in value not far short of £ 2000 . Bro . Henry Irving- and his company inaugurated the new season at the Lyceum Theatre on Saturday , the play selected for the occasion being the " Olivia " of Mr . W . G . Wills , which was admirably played before a crowded and enthusiastic house .
Bros . Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis . Bart ., MP ., P . G . W ., and W . T . Marriott , Q . C ., M . P ., P . G . Stwd ., are among the patrons of a gathering which will be held at the Albert Palace , Battersea Park , on Saturday next , under the auspices of the Ealing Conservative Club . Bro . C . G . Long , P . M ., Mayor of Maidstone , presided at a meeting at the Town Hall , Maidstone , on
Monday evening , for the purpose of promoting the early closinu movement and establishing a local branch of the Early Closing Association . Bro . T . Love Jones-Parry , M . P ., who had resolved on retiring from his candidature in the Liberal interest for the Carnarvon Burghs , has , at the request of the local Liberal Association , reconsidered his determination , and will contest the seat at the General Election .
A great sale of Shorthorns , the property of Bro . the Earl of Bective , M . P ., took place on Thursday , the 3 rd inst ., at Underley , among those present being Bros , the Eail of Lathom , the Marquis of Headfort , the Dukeof Manchester , and Lord Egerton of Tatton .
Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon ' s official visit to the North of Ireland commenced on Monday , when his lordship started at Dublin for Belfast , arriving in the latter city between six and seven o'clock . The visit will last during the whole of the present week and be continued till Wednesday next , when he is timed to return to the capital .
Bio . Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., reached Inverness on Saturday , and proceeded thence to spend the holidays at Lord Wimbome's estate at Auchnashellach . His lordship at an early date will visit Liverpool , where he will be presented with an illuminated address and an album by the Conservative Associations of Lancashire , a sum of about £ 200 having been subscribed for the purpose .
The Prince of Wales was present with Bro . King Oscar of Sweden and the Crown Prince and Princess at the regatta , at Stockholm , on Saturday last , of the Swedish Yacht Club . The same afternoon the Princess of Wales arrived at Helsingor , where her Royal Highness was received by the members of the Royal Family and her brother the King of Greece .
Bro . Christopher Sykes , M . P ., and party , were among those present at a grand display of Old English Sports , which took place early last week in Grimston Park , Yorkshire , and vvas brought to a conclusion on Wednesday , the 2 nd inst . The sports included a grand pageant of the Harvest Queen , the pastoral play of " Robin Hood , " & c . There vvas a large concourse of spectators , who were all delighted with the various representations and games .
The / Eolus Watersprayand Genera ! Ventilating Company , 235 , High Holborn , have received instructions to apply their complete system of inlet and outletventilation to the new composing room and stero foundry of the Morning Post . This is ihe third London "daily" which has entrusted the ventilation of its orinting premises to the . / Bolus Company , the other two being the Dail y Telegraph and
the Daily News . Amongst other recent applications of the / E . ilus system are St . Raphael ' s House of Charity , Bristol ; the School Offices , Wolverhampton ; Clifton Church , York ; the Commercial Bank of Scotland , Edinburgh ; the Post Office , Canterbury , for H . M . Office of Works ; the Heneage Board Schools , near Grimsby ; Anerley Board Schools , & c .
The Prov . Grand Lodge of Cornwall will hold its annual meeting at the Elementary Schools , Lostwithiel , on the 21 st inst ., at n a . m . At 12 30 p . m . the brethren will attend Divine service , when a sermon will be preached b y Bro . the Rev . E . P . Kendall . On the Prov . Grand Lodge being resumed , the Prov . Grand Officers for the year will be appointed and invested . The customary banquet will
be held at the Royal Talbot Hotel , the price of tickets , which may be obtained of the Siewards , being 4 s . each , exclu-ive of wine . It may be as well to add that the Kailway Executive have very kindly undertaken to issue return first and second class tickets at the price of a single fare and a quarter to all brethren proposing to attend Prov . Grand Lodge on production of their Masonic clothing .
Masonic And General Tidings
The Princess of Wales has consented to open the new Institute for Working Lads in Whitechapel-road , on Saturday , the 31 st October next , at 4 o'clock p . m . Bro . Lord Braboume addressed a crowded meeting of Conservative electors at Glamis , Forfarshire , on
Thursday , the 3 rd instant . It is expected that the Prince of Wales will arrive at Fredenshorg on Monday next , in order to join the King and Princess of Wales and the other members of the Danish Royal Family .
The complimentary dinner which is proposed to be given to Bro . the Lord Mayor , by the members of the Loriners' Company , is arranged to take place at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , on Saturday , the 24 th October .
Bro . VV . C . Borlase is the Liberal candidate for the St . Austell Division of Cornwall at the General Election ; and Bro . Sir John St . Aubyn , Bart ., M . P ., for the St . Ives Division . Bro . J . W . E . Macartney , M . P ., presided at a convention of Conservative delegates , held on Monday . ^ for the purposeof making arrangements for the representation of the party for South Tyrone at the Election .
Bro . the Earl and Countess Granville arrived at their residence , Carlton House Terrace , on Tuesday evening , after a few weeks' cruising on board Bro . Lord Wolverton ' s yacht , Palatine . Lord Richard Grosvenor , M . P ., P . G . S . W ., was among the guests present on Thursday , the 3 rd inst ., when the Duke and Duchess of Westminster threw open their
new residence of Eaton I lall , on the banks of the Dee , to the clergy and gentry of Cheshire . There will be a special performance of the Mohawk Minstrels at their quarters in the Royal Agricultural Hall , on Wednesday next , the 16 th inst ., when Bro . W . Francis one of the proprietors , takes his annual benefit .
To-morrow ( Saturday ) , at Drury Lane Theatre , the new drama of " Human Nature" will be produced with wonderful scenic and spectacular effects . In the military procession in the fourth act it is said there will be considerably over 6 oo supers and others .
The Queen has granted her Royal licence to the nephew and residuary legatee of the late Bro . Sir Moses Montefiore , Bart ., to use the surname of Montefiore , in addition to his own surname of Sebag , and to bear our late brother ' s arms .
The installation of Bro . G . F . Smith , W . M . elect , as W . M . of the Duke of Cornwall Lodge , No . 1839 , will take place at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , tomorrow ( Saturday ) , at 5 p . m . punctually , the lodge being opened at 4 p . m . The banquet is fixed for 6 . 30 .
California has 24 encampments of Knights Templar , the strongest in point of membership being California , No . 1 , of San Francisco , which musters 245 Sir Knights , and the weakest , Colusa , No . 24 , which has only 28 . Nos . 2 , 6 , 7 . 11 , and iG all muster over 100 strong , while Nos . iS and 23 are only ahead by one of the youngest and least numerous . The total strength is 193 G .
The annual meeting of Elliott Mark Lodge , No . 169 , was held on the 31 st ult ., at the lodge room , Stonehouse ; but , on account of the indisposition of the W . M . elect , Bro . L . Martin , the election was not confirmed , and , in consequence , the present W . M ., Bro . W . H . Lister , and the other officers hold their present offices for another year .
The Yeoman of Wanganui , N . Z ., for the 26 th June last , contains references to a very able review which has recently appeared in Adelaide , South Australia , of a work written by Bro . W . M . Hugo of that city , and entitled " The Origin and Antiquity of Freemasonry . " The review is very complimentary and deservedly so , if we may judge of the character and contents of the work by the description given of them by the writer .
There were present at the Installation Banquet of the Master Cutler of Sheffield on Thursday , the 3 rd inst , several notabilities , the must prominent among them being Bros . Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., Secretary of State for India ; the Earl of Wharncliffe ; the Lord Mayor
of London , M . P . ( Sir R . N . Fowler , Bart ., P . G . W . ); and C . Stuart-Wortley , M . P . The day following Bro . Lord R . Churchill addressed an immense gathering of the electors of the town , held in Albert Hall under the presidency of Rro . the Harl of Wharncliffe , to whom a vote of thanks for his kindness was passed unanimously .
YE ANTIHNTF . FRATERNITIE OF YE RAHERE ALMONERS will hold high festival at the Cannon Street Hotel , E . C ., on Thursday , the 22 nd prox ., under the presidency of Bro . Sir Robert N . Fowler , Bart ., M . P ., the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor . The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex will , it is anticipated , be presenton the occasion , and Bro . Alderman De Keyser , Alderman of the Ward of Fairingdon Without , and the members of the Common
Council for that Ward , have promised their patronage and assistance . Remembering the admirable arrangements and success of the gathering over which Bro . Sir John Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., presided when Lord Mayor , in support of this very deserving Charity , an entertainment of no common order may be reasonably expected by those who may be enabled to obtain tickets for the forthcoming fes ival .
The National Refuge Harbours Society of the United Kingdom is an eminently useful organization , which well di serves the support of the British public , and it is with great regret we learn from a circular issued by the Executive , ami bearing the signature of R . W . Bro . Lord Waveney , as Chairman of Council , that it is " in danger of languishing for want of pecuniary assistance . " This
certainly ought not to be , and it will be a reproach to the country if such a statement should have to be repeated in next year ' s report . The good it does is almost incalculable , and in bringing the claims of the Society under the notice of our readers , we have much pleasure in commending them
to their generous consideration . A body which numbers among its donors and subscribers such men as Bros . Lord Powerscourt , Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., Lord Robaites , Sir W . U . H . Ffolkes , Bart ., M . P ., D . Mclver , M . P ., the Duke of Portland , & c , needs only to be more , widely known in order to be more generally supported .
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Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., will enter on his 58 th year to-morrow ( Saturday ) . Bro . Sir John Bennett has finall y given up his candidature in the Liberal interest for the Brentford Division of the county of Middlesex . Bro . General Lord Wolselev has consented to preside at the annual dinner , to be held early in December , of the North London Rifle Club , of which his lordship is President .
Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., visited Croydon on Monday , for the purpose of assisting in the ceremony of laying the memorial stones of the West Croydon Congregational Church . Bro . J . Judd , CC , of South Knoll . Upper Norwood , took the oaths and his seat as one of the Surrey Magistrates on Monday last , at the Sessions House , Kennington .
Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., was the guest of Mr . J . W . Birch , J . P . of Rickmansworth Park , Herts , from Friday to Saturday last , returning to the Mansion House on the morninsr of the latter day . The health of Bro . G . R . Sims is considered sufficiently critical to justify his medical advisers in ordering him to take complete rest from work and change of scenes and climate .
There is good reason to believe that Bro . the Lord Mayor will succeed Bro . Alderman Staples as representive of the City on the Metropolitan Board of Works when the latter is elected to the Mayoralty of London . That old and popular lodge of instruction , the Temperance , No . 169 , will resume its accustomed meetings on the first Friday in October next . Full particulars of
Bro . Henry Strickland , the courteous Hon . Secretary . The new Hall of the Butchers' Company was formally opened on IV onday , and at the "ddjeuner" which followed the interesting but simple ceremony , there were present , among others , Bros . Alderman De Keyser , W . Malthouse , J . Cox , G . J . Lambert , and others . Bro . C . R . Johnston . P . M . of the Beta Lodge ,
and now of Auckland , N . Z ., was presented on the 24 th June last with a handsome P . M ' s . jewel ef the value of £ \ o in recognition of his many and great services to the Craft during a considerable term of years . According to statistics quoted by the Philadelphia Keystone , the Board of Relief of the Grand Lodge of California distributed close on 9915 dollars , in 142 cases during the past year , a sum of 240 dollars being
appropriated to a Master Wilcox for the ensuing year . The same journal records the death at Lynchburg , Virginia , on the Sth ult ., of Bro . the Hon . James Garland , the fourth oldest Freemason in the United States . Bro . Garland , who was in the 95 th year of his age , was initiated in 1812 . He was a volunteer in the war of 1812 , was twice elected to Congress , and had been at the bar and on the bench for as many years as he had been a brother .
We mentioned a fortnight since that Bro . the Earl and Countess of Lathom celebrated their silver wedding on the 16 th August , and we are glad to be in a position to announce that the brethrsn of the Province of West Lancashire intend presenting his lordship with a loving cup as a memento of the happy occasion , as well as of the affectionate regard in which his lordship and the
countess are held by the Masonic fraternity of that district . Bro . E . G . Clements presided at the stated meetingof the Rodney Lodge , No . 1711 , in the Masonic Hall , Warkworth , North Island , N . Z ., on the 25 th June last . There was a fair average attendance , the business transacted including the appointment of Bros . E . G . Clements , W . M ., W . J . Southgate , P . M ., and George W . Thomson ,
J . W ., as a committee to report upon the position of the lodge at its entrance upon a new year . Mr . Mark H . Judge , who was recently presented with a testimonial for his excellent work on the Paddington Vestry , has designed a street lavatory which deserves the attention of all local authorities in large towns . The chief feature of Mr . Judge ' s plan is that the
accommodation is entirely below the surface of the roadway . All that can be seen is an ornamental pillar lamp rising out of a bed of plants and surrounded by an ornamental iron railing . On one side are two flights of St . ps , one for entrance and one for exit ; below are five waterclosets , nineteen urinals , a lavatory for three wash-basins , and an attendant ' s
room . Each closet is separately ventilated by a grating in the curb , the whole being ventilated through the lamp and lighted hy means of prism pavement lights . The lavatory is most ingeniously designed , and is , moreover , comparatively inexpensive . The introduction of such places into London streets would be a great boon to the inhabitants of the metropolis . —Lancet .
We have much pleasure in drawing attention to the recently published "Laureate Edition " of the Masonic Poems of Bro . Dr . Rob . Moiris , Past Grand Master of Kentucky . It is a complete collection of his poetical works , and seeing that the author some months since was formally installed the Poet Laureate of Freemasonry at a grand gathering held for the purpose in the United States ,
we trust this evidence of hisjust claims to the title will find a generous amount of pationage among Craftsmen generally . The work is described as a splendidly piloted and handsomely bound quarto of some 400 pages , its outer case being in all respects worthy of the poetic beauties with which its interior pages are enriched . The price of the volume is £ 1 , post paid , and orders may be addressed
either to Bro . Dr . Morris himself , at his residence , La Grange , Kentucky , or to Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D ., Grosvenor House , Torquay , who has kindly volunteered to do all in his power to promote the sale in this country . HOLLOWAY ' S PILLS are the medicine most in repute for cunng the multifarious maladies which bemt mankind when dry , sultry weather suddenly giv < s place to chil ' y , drenching da ) s . In fact , these Pills oiler relief even if they ' fail of proving an absolute
remedy in all Ihe disturbances of digestion , circulation , and nervous tone which occa .-innaily oppress a vast portion of the population . Under the geni tl , purif . ing , anil strengthening powers exerted by this excellent medicine Ihe tongue becomes clean , the appetite improves , digestion is quh keiu-d , and assimilalion is rendered perfect . These Pills possess lhe highly estimable property ot cleansing the entire mass ot bio 'd , which , in its renovared condition , carries purity , strength , and vigour to every tissue of the body . — fADVT . l