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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall presided at ihe first regular meeting of the season of the Brixton Lodge , No . 1949 , on Saturday last . Bro . thc Karl and the Countess of Carnarvon are expected to return to England from their Canadian tour in the course of a few days . The two daughters of the late poet Longfellow
are said to be coming to England to enter themselves as students at Newnham College for a year . Madame Worrell ' s Annual Evening Concert took place at Brixton Hall , Brixton , on Thursday evening . There was a large attendance and the concert gave the greatest satisfaction . Bro . G . S . Graham was unanimously elected
W . M . of the Ewell Lodge , No . 1 S 51 , at their last meeting . His installation takes place in May next at the Sun Hotel , Kingston-on-Thames . We are glad to announce that Bro . the Bishop of Peterborough is gradually but surely recovering from his recent severe illness . A visit to the continent during coevalescence is talked of .
The Triennial Festival of the Royal General Dispensary will take place at the Albion , Aldersgate-street , on Friday next . Bro . the Lord Alayor , will preside , supported by the Sheriffs and Bros . Alderman De Keyser and Savory . A great want is now supplied in South London , viz ., a Chapter of Improvement for Royal Arch Alasons .
The meetings are held at the Stirling Castle , Peckhamroad , on Friday evenings at 7 . 30 p . m . Comp . Poore , P . Z ., is the Preceptor . The evening selected is unfortunate , as so many meetings are held on Fridays . A marriage has been arranged , though no date has as yet been fixed for the ceremony , between Air . Shaw Stewart , eldest son of Bro . Sir Alichael Shaw Stewart ,
Bart ., Al . VV . Past Grand Alaster Alason of Scotland , of Ardgowan , Renfrewshire , and the Lady Alice Thynne , eldest daughter of thc Alarquis of Bath . Bro . George Lambert , F . S . A ., Past G . Swd . Br ., a member of the court of the Goldsmiths' Company , will take the chair on Monday , the 29 th inst ., at the annual festival of the Brass and Copper Trades' Pension Institution . The institution was founded tor the relief of the
aged and distressed of the trade , their widows , and others , by means of pensions , which are granted for life . The Masonic custom of opening the lodge with prayer is a very old one . The Lodgeof Edinburgh , No . 1 , Scotland , possesses A 1 S . prayers bearing date 1669 ; and the minutes of December 27 , 1 S 0 S , recite " prayers said . " Prayer to God formed part of the ancient ceremony of " fencing" the lodge , preparatory to proceeding to business . —Keystone .
We are asked to announce that Bro . Jas . 1 erry , P . P . G . S . W . Norths and Hunts , Secretary Royal Alasonic Benevolent Institution , will rehearse the ceremonies of consecration and installation at the Duke of Albany Lodge of Instruction , No . 19 C 3 , at the Rock Tavern , Batterseapark-road , on Friday next , the igth inst ., at 6 p . m . The regular meetings of this lodge of instruction are held at the same place on Tuesday evenings at 8 p . m .
A very pretty wedding came off at St . Stephen ' s , South Dulwich , on Thursday week last , when the daughter of Bro . E . T . E . Besley , barrister , a name well known in the City , was married to Air . Leonard Passmore , solicitor . The bride ' s brother-in-law , the Rev . VV . Blackmore , rector of Letcombe Basset , Berks , performed the ceremony , and there was a very strong muster of friends from Exeter .
This must have been expected , as the bridegroom , the seventh son of the late Air . J . Passmore ( Alessrs . Passmore and Savery ) has always been very popular in that ancient and loyal city . A splendid breakfast for 50 followed , at Rose Mount , and no speeches , only toasts were allowed , and after the happy pair had gone to the Great Northern terminus , en route lor Scarborough , about 100 young
people passed a pleasant evening in dancing where the tables had been spread . The presents werc handsome , artistic , and numerous . The annual meeting of the Court of Governors of the West LancashireAlasonic Educational Institution was held on Friday evening , the 5 th inst ., at the Alasonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , under the chairmanship of
Bro . Henry A . Tobias , one of the vice-presidents . The minutes of the last court and general committee ( read by Bro . R . Alartin , one of the honorary secretaries ) were confirmed , and those relating to new by-laws were also adopted . The renewal of grants for the education of all children on thc foundation of the institution was also confirmed , and the several amounts were increased to £ 8 and £ 10 in the
cases of those who have attained the ages of eight and ten respectively . The following * officers were re-elected for the ensuing year : Bros . J . T . Callow , Treas . ; G . Broadbridge and R . Alartin , Hon . Sees . ; H . VV . Collins , Solicitor ; Dr . S . J . McGeorge , Aledical Adviser ; and H . S . Alpass , E . Pierpoint , and R . Wylie , Auditors . Thirty brethren
were re-elected on the general committee , and it was unanimously resolved that the annual ball in aid of the West Lancashire Alasonic Educational Institution should be held in Liverpool in January next , the W . Ms , and other chiefs in Alasonry to form the committee . A vote of thanks to the executive officers and the chairman brought the proceedings to a close .
HOLLOWAV s OINTMENT AXII I ' ILLS . —Rheumatism and Gout . — These purifying and soothing remedies ik-mand the earnest attention of all persons liahle to gout , sciatic . "! , or olhcr painful all ' cction . 3 of the muscles , nerves , or joints . The Ointment should be applied after the aflected parts have heen well fomented with warm water , when the unguent should he diligently rubbed upon the adjacent skin nless the friction should caute
, u pain . HoiJou'ay ' . s I'ills should be simultaneously taken to reduce inflammation and to purify the blood . This treatment abates the violence , and lessens the frequency ot gout , rheumatism , and ail those diseases which spring from hereditary predisposition , or from any accidental weakness of constitution . This Ointmentchecks the local maladv . The Pills restore the vital powers , —[ AUVT . 1
Masonic And General Tidings
A portrait of Bro . George R . Sims appears in the current number of Society , and Bro . Ex-Sheriff Sir Moses Alonteliore , Bart ., forms thesubjectof asketch in Life . The foundation-stone of the new Municipal Buildings at Glasgow was laid on Monday last with Alasonic ceremony . We hope to give a report of the interesting proceedings in our next .
The Londesborough Lodge of Instruction , No . 16 S 1 , Bro . G . Cook , Preceptor , holds its meetings every Thursday evening at the Berkeley Arms , John-street , Alayfair , at eight o ' clock . The Masonic Fraternity at Austin , Minnesota , suffered serious loss by the fall of their Hall , in August last . Fidelity Lodge , No . 39 , and Austin Chapter , which met
there , had all their property destroyed . The Countess of Lathom opened a bazaar at Southport , on Tuesday , in aid of clearing off a debt of £ 3000 upon St . Luke ' s Church . The bazaar will remain open for four days . The Faith Lodge of Instruction , No . 141 , hitherto held at the Restaurant , Victoria-street , S . VV .,
will meet for the future at the Queen Anne ' s Restaurant , Queen Anne's-gate , St . James ' s-park Station , S . VV ., on on Wednesday evenings , at S . A meeting of the festival committee of Ye Rahere Almoners was held on Monday evening , in the school-room of St . Bartholomew-the-Great , under the presidency ojt the Prior , Bro . A . C . Morton , C . C After a
lengthy discussion , it was resolved to report to the Chapter-General on the desirability of celebrating the festival in January . Bro . William Stoddart , P . M . Perseverance Lodge , No . 371 , was invested as Prov . G . Purst ., and Bro . VV . L . Towerson , P . M . Kenlis Lodge , No . 1267 , Prov . G . A . Purst ., at the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cumberland
and Westmorland , held at Egremont , on the 28 th ult . In our report last week Bro . Towerson was given as Prov . G . Purst ., and Bro . Stoddart's name was omitted . A Special Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire will be holden in the Town Hall , Huddersfield , on the 15 th inst ., when a fraternal address of welcome will be presented to his Royal Highness the Duke of
Albany , K . G ., K . T ., & c , & c , R . W . Prov . Grand Alaster of Oxfordshire , by the Prov . Gtand Lodge and brethren of the five Huddersfield Lodges , Nos . 275 , 290 , 521 , 1514 , and 17 S 3 , on the occasion of his visit to that town . Bro . Seymour Smith ' s annual benefit concert is announced to take place at the South Place Institute ,
Aloorgate-street , on the 20 th inst . As on former occasions an excellent programme and a long list of distinguished artistes , vocal and instrumental , is issued , and we trust our genial and talented brother will receive a large measure of support and patronage from the many Alasonic friends he has so often entertained and amused .
Bro . Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . AL North Wales and Shropshire , was present at the Blaenau Assembly Rooms , on Saturday last , when some 400 railway directors , engineers , officials , and other guests were entertained to luncheon in celebration of the completion of the Bala and Festiniog Railway , and the conversion of the harrow gauge portion from Festiniog to Blaenau to the ordinary guage , the new lines of railway having just been opened .
The following is a list of banquets held at the Freemasons' Tavern during the week ending Thursday , October nth i ^ -Saturday , October 6 th : Phcenix Chapter , Leigh Lodge , Lodge of Joppa . Tuesday , gth : Jerusalem Lodge , Urban Lodge , St . James's Union Lodge , VValdeck Lodge . Wednesday , ioth : Licensed Victuallers ( Marylebone District ) , Hervey Lodge , Lodge of Fidelity , Shandy Club . Thursday , nth : Rose of Sharon Chapter , Creation Lodge , Pilgrim Lodge , Eldon Club .
A meeting of the general committee entrusted with the arrangements in connection with the grand Masonic conversazione , reunion and ball to be held on the 30 th inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , was held at that building , on Friday evening , the 5 th inst . Bro . Henry A . Tobias , president ofthe Committee , occupied the chair , and there was a numerous attendance . The reports of the arts , entertainment , refreshment , and ball
committees showed that the preliminary arrangements were progressing most satisfactorily , giving excellent promise of a most successful and enjoyable social gathering . The programme will include an exhibition of fine arts , Japanese work , curios , & c . ; a ballad concert , in which a large number of talented artistes will take part ; a " lecture on the modern antiquities of Liverpool , " illustrated by a selection ol " living waxwork or tomati ; " a variety entertainment , and a grand ball .
There are two distinct systems of ship ventilation adopted by the / Eolus Waterspray Company , of No . 235 , High Holborn , one mechanical , and one automatic , which may be used singly or in conjunction , or be duplicated as circumstances may require . In either case , however , the effect is the same , the inlet / Eolus admitting thc air from behind the spray , through which it is sucked and passed
cool and pure into the main ventilating shaft , and thence into the hold , while the exhaust / Eolus as speedily and as effectively clears off the vitiated air . As employed in passenger ships the inlet / liolus drives a body of air along the main shaft under the bunks in the cabin , turning up as a vertical shaft or " tobin" in the cabin itself , a constant supply of fresh air being thus obtained . The other / Eolus
is attached toamainshaft running alongthe roof of thecabin , close against the cornices , with which , indeed , it can be Incorporated , and by it the vitiated air is extracted , the shaft havingside perforations in passingthrough the successivccabins , so that the vitiated air is sucked in through these and driven out of the ship . Each / Eolus is protected , the downcast cowl which is fixed to the shaft of the downcast / Eolus and collects the wind , driving it down to the
waterspray , being so arranged that , if there is a downpour of water from the sea , it is thrown out on to the decks and the current of air continues , while thc exhaust / Eolus is surmounted by an Automatic Exhaust Ventilator , which is likewise impervious to water . The system may be seen illustrated at the Company ' s premises in High Holborn as aforesaid . The prices vary according to size , but in all cases they are moderate , as will be seen from the Company ' s price lists .
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Henry Irving lunched with Lord Derby , at'Knowsley , on Tuesday . Lord and Lady Wolseley have been prevented from paying a visit to the Earl of Derby by the death of Lord Wolseley ' s mother . Umbrellas , brilliant in colour and startling in design , are in India what Masher collars are in London . The import of them last year was 3 , 353 , 05 *; .
Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall , C . C , is amongst the gentlemen nominated by Mr . Sheriff Clarence Smith on the committee appointed to make the necessary arrangements for Lord Mayor's Day . Bro . J . Lewis-Thomas , F . S . A ., Chief Surveyor of the War Department , who has been staying at Eastbourne for a few weeks , has resumed his duties at the Horse Guards .
Comp . H . Lovegrove , P . Z ., has been elected M . E . Z . ; Comp . F . Thurston , H . ; and Comp . A . J . Cox , J ., of the Royal Jubilee Chapter , No . 72 . The installation meeting will be in December . Bro . Charles Sims was on Thursday , the nth inst ., installed W . AL of the Duke of Connaught Lodge , at the Surrey Alasonic Hall , Camberwell . We hope to
give a report of the proceedings in our next . Alderman Sir J . VV . Ellis , Bart ., has written a long letter in reply to local criticisms on his recent speech at Salisbury , in the course of whicii he says that emigration , in an imperial sense , has never been sufficiently appreciated either by the labouring classes or by the Government of the day ; but the importance of our Colonial
possessions will eventually be understood in a wider and more statesmanlike manner . —City Press . A memorial statue by Mr . Brooker , sculptor , of Sunderland , is about to be erected in that town , to commemorate the recent sad disaster by which the lives of 1 S 6 children were sacrificed . A model has been prepared of the statue , symbolising an agonised mother with her dead
child upon her knee . The statue , which will be Sft . in height , of white marble upon a Sicilian pedestal , will cost 500 guineas , and is intended to be placed in the hall of the Free Library and Museum . Bro . Sir Edmund A . H . Lechmere , Bart ., R . W . Prov . Grand Alaster Worcestershire , presided at a meeting
of the ist . John ' s Ambulance Association , at which several cases were reported of the " first aid " rendered by certificated pupils in time of accident . With reference to the recent explosion at Woolwich , where the effects might have been most disastrous , it was mentioned that nearly all the arsenal police had undergone instruction .
Lord Carnarvon , M . W . Pro G . M ., is at the head of a syndicate which has recently purchased an enormous tract of land in Western Australia . It is said that a portion of this land is to be placed at the disposal of future emigrants on a kind of mutual benefit society principal—the emigrant to find labour , and the company land and seeds , the latter taking a mortgage on both , and the tenant paying a certain yearly sura that is eventually to entitle him to the fee-simple of his farm .
Bro . the Earl of Jersey presided on Tuesday at the annual Grand Lodge ot Mark Master Alasons of the province of Berks and Oxon , held at the Masonic Hall , Reading . Bro . Lord Jersey was supported by Bros . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., Provincial Grand Master
Aliddx . and Surrey ; Rev . R . P . Bent , Past Grand Chap . ; Stephens , Deputy Grand Alaster Berks and Oxon ; D . M . Dewar , Assist . Grand Sec . ; Pulley , Prov . Grand Sec ; the Mayor of Maidenhead ; Farr ; and a large number of distinguished Mark Master Masons . We hope to give a full account of the proceedings in our next .
P . G . M . Bro . Rob Morris says his poem "The Level and the Square" ( by the way the best Masonic poem ever written ) often apparently knows not its own father . In Ohio , the credit of composition is given to Lord Byron . The Missouri people attribute it to
Tennyson . In Georgia they believe theirown poet , Bro . Brashear , wrote it . In Pennsylvania people give Burns the credit . " VVell , at all events no one but an " old Alaster" is charged with its paternity . Bro . Rob ., you are highly complimented by this wholesale plagiarism . —Keystone .
LODGE LECTURES . —We have great pleasure in calling attention to what we have no hesitation in describing as a step in the right direction on the part of the Denison Lodge , 1248 , Scarborough . Enthusiasm , like that greatest of all Alasonic virtues , charity , endureth much , and for this , if for no other reason , an occasional departure from the ordinary routine of lodge work is the more welcome .
We are well aware that various lodges in London and elsewhere have now and again allowed themselves a little healthy recreation in the form of lectures on subjects more or less remotely allied with Freemasonry during their hours of assembly . But to the Denison Lodge apparently belongs the honour of having inaugurated the giving of lectures as part and parcel of the lodge duties , and the
members are to be congratulated as well on the heartiness and thoroughness with which they appear to have adopted the idea as well as in the success which seems certain to attend their opening efforts in the direction indicated . They have been so fortunate as to secure the services of V . W . Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . S . D England , & c , who has kindly undertaken to deliver a
lecture on Wednesday , the 24 th inst ., on " The Four Grand Lodges of England , A . D . 1716-17 to A . D . 1813 , and the formation of the Grand Lodge of England , " and on the following evening on a non-masonic subject , at whicii the friends of brethren are invited to be present . On Wednesday , the 12 th December , Bro . T . B . Whytehead , P . AL , P . P . G . D . C . North and East Yorkshirewill give a lecture
, —for Masons only—on " Lodge Duties , " and another has been kindly promised by Bro . Col . Sir Charles Warren , to be given alter Christmas . During the long winter evenings such intellectual treats will be most agreeable , and we trust the move made by the Denison Lodge—to which , by the way , the members of the other Scarborough lodges are
most cordially and fraternally invited—will meet with the success it signally deserves . MADAME TUSSAUU ANB SON ' S EXHIBITION . —Portrait Models of Prince Edward of Saxe-VVeimar , thc Comic de Paris , late Comte de Cliambord , and M . Waddington . Costly Court Dresses trom the lirst Parisian houses . Also Portrait Model ol James Carey , tin- ' Informer . Captain Webb ( taken from life ) . Admission is . Extra rooms 6 d , Open from 10 till 10 . — [ ADVT , ]
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall presided at ihe first regular meeting of the season of the Brixton Lodge , No . 1949 , on Saturday last . Bro . thc Karl and the Countess of Carnarvon are expected to return to England from their Canadian tour in the course of a few days . The two daughters of the late poet Longfellow
are said to be coming to England to enter themselves as students at Newnham College for a year . Madame Worrell ' s Annual Evening Concert took place at Brixton Hall , Brixton , on Thursday evening . There was a large attendance and the concert gave the greatest satisfaction . Bro . G . S . Graham was unanimously elected
W . M . of the Ewell Lodge , No . 1 S 51 , at their last meeting . His installation takes place in May next at the Sun Hotel , Kingston-on-Thames . We are glad to announce that Bro . the Bishop of Peterborough is gradually but surely recovering from his recent severe illness . A visit to the continent during coevalescence is talked of .
The Triennial Festival of the Royal General Dispensary will take place at the Albion , Aldersgate-street , on Friday next . Bro . the Lord Alayor , will preside , supported by the Sheriffs and Bros . Alderman De Keyser and Savory . A great want is now supplied in South London , viz ., a Chapter of Improvement for Royal Arch Alasons .
The meetings are held at the Stirling Castle , Peckhamroad , on Friday evenings at 7 . 30 p . m . Comp . Poore , P . Z ., is the Preceptor . The evening selected is unfortunate , as so many meetings are held on Fridays . A marriage has been arranged , though no date has as yet been fixed for the ceremony , between Air . Shaw Stewart , eldest son of Bro . Sir Alichael Shaw Stewart ,
Bart ., Al . VV . Past Grand Alaster Alason of Scotland , of Ardgowan , Renfrewshire , and the Lady Alice Thynne , eldest daughter of thc Alarquis of Bath . Bro . George Lambert , F . S . A ., Past G . Swd . Br ., a member of the court of the Goldsmiths' Company , will take the chair on Monday , the 29 th inst ., at the annual festival of the Brass and Copper Trades' Pension Institution . The institution was founded tor the relief of the
aged and distressed of the trade , their widows , and others , by means of pensions , which are granted for life . The Masonic custom of opening the lodge with prayer is a very old one . The Lodgeof Edinburgh , No . 1 , Scotland , possesses A 1 S . prayers bearing date 1669 ; and the minutes of December 27 , 1 S 0 S , recite " prayers said . " Prayer to God formed part of the ancient ceremony of " fencing" the lodge , preparatory to proceeding to business . —Keystone .
We are asked to announce that Bro . Jas . 1 erry , P . P . G . S . W . Norths and Hunts , Secretary Royal Alasonic Benevolent Institution , will rehearse the ceremonies of consecration and installation at the Duke of Albany Lodge of Instruction , No . 19 C 3 , at the Rock Tavern , Batterseapark-road , on Friday next , the igth inst ., at 6 p . m . The regular meetings of this lodge of instruction are held at the same place on Tuesday evenings at 8 p . m .
A very pretty wedding came off at St . Stephen ' s , South Dulwich , on Thursday week last , when the daughter of Bro . E . T . E . Besley , barrister , a name well known in the City , was married to Air . Leonard Passmore , solicitor . The bride ' s brother-in-law , the Rev . VV . Blackmore , rector of Letcombe Basset , Berks , performed the ceremony , and there was a very strong muster of friends from Exeter .
This must have been expected , as the bridegroom , the seventh son of the late Air . J . Passmore ( Alessrs . Passmore and Savery ) has always been very popular in that ancient and loyal city . A splendid breakfast for 50 followed , at Rose Mount , and no speeches , only toasts were allowed , and after the happy pair had gone to the Great Northern terminus , en route lor Scarborough , about 100 young
people passed a pleasant evening in dancing where the tables had been spread . The presents werc handsome , artistic , and numerous . The annual meeting of the Court of Governors of the West LancashireAlasonic Educational Institution was held on Friday evening , the 5 th inst ., at the Alasonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , under the chairmanship of
Bro . Henry A . Tobias , one of the vice-presidents . The minutes of the last court and general committee ( read by Bro . R . Alartin , one of the honorary secretaries ) were confirmed , and those relating to new by-laws were also adopted . The renewal of grants for the education of all children on thc foundation of the institution was also confirmed , and the several amounts were increased to £ 8 and £ 10 in the
cases of those who have attained the ages of eight and ten respectively . The following * officers were re-elected for the ensuing year : Bros . J . T . Callow , Treas . ; G . Broadbridge and R . Alartin , Hon . Sees . ; H . VV . Collins , Solicitor ; Dr . S . J . McGeorge , Aledical Adviser ; and H . S . Alpass , E . Pierpoint , and R . Wylie , Auditors . Thirty brethren
were re-elected on the general committee , and it was unanimously resolved that the annual ball in aid of the West Lancashire Alasonic Educational Institution should be held in Liverpool in January next , the W . Ms , and other chiefs in Alasonry to form the committee . A vote of thanks to the executive officers and the chairman brought the proceedings to a close .
HOLLOWAV s OINTMENT AXII I ' ILLS . —Rheumatism and Gout . — These purifying and soothing remedies ik-mand the earnest attention of all persons liahle to gout , sciatic . "! , or olhcr painful all ' cction . 3 of the muscles , nerves , or joints . The Ointment should be applied after the aflected parts have heen well fomented with warm water , when the unguent should he diligently rubbed upon the adjacent skin nless the friction should caute
, u pain . HoiJou'ay ' . s I'ills should be simultaneously taken to reduce inflammation and to purify the blood . This treatment abates the violence , and lessens the frequency ot gout , rheumatism , and ail those diseases which spring from hereditary predisposition , or from any accidental weakness of constitution . This Ointmentchecks the local maladv . The Pills restore the vital powers , —[ AUVT . 1
Masonic And General Tidings
A portrait of Bro . George R . Sims appears in the current number of Society , and Bro . Ex-Sheriff Sir Moses Alonteliore , Bart ., forms thesubjectof asketch in Life . The foundation-stone of the new Municipal Buildings at Glasgow was laid on Monday last with Alasonic ceremony . We hope to give a report of the interesting proceedings in our next .
The Londesborough Lodge of Instruction , No . 16 S 1 , Bro . G . Cook , Preceptor , holds its meetings every Thursday evening at the Berkeley Arms , John-street , Alayfair , at eight o ' clock . The Masonic Fraternity at Austin , Minnesota , suffered serious loss by the fall of their Hall , in August last . Fidelity Lodge , No . 39 , and Austin Chapter , which met
there , had all their property destroyed . The Countess of Lathom opened a bazaar at Southport , on Tuesday , in aid of clearing off a debt of £ 3000 upon St . Luke ' s Church . The bazaar will remain open for four days . The Faith Lodge of Instruction , No . 141 , hitherto held at the Restaurant , Victoria-street , S . VV .,
will meet for the future at the Queen Anne ' s Restaurant , Queen Anne's-gate , St . James ' s-park Station , S . VV ., on on Wednesday evenings , at S . A meeting of the festival committee of Ye Rahere Almoners was held on Monday evening , in the school-room of St . Bartholomew-the-Great , under the presidency ojt the Prior , Bro . A . C . Morton , C . C After a
lengthy discussion , it was resolved to report to the Chapter-General on the desirability of celebrating the festival in January . Bro . William Stoddart , P . M . Perseverance Lodge , No . 371 , was invested as Prov . G . Purst ., and Bro . VV . L . Towerson , P . M . Kenlis Lodge , No . 1267 , Prov . G . A . Purst ., at the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cumberland
and Westmorland , held at Egremont , on the 28 th ult . In our report last week Bro . Towerson was given as Prov . G . Purst ., and Bro . Stoddart's name was omitted . A Special Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire will be holden in the Town Hall , Huddersfield , on the 15 th inst ., when a fraternal address of welcome will be presented to his Royal Highness the Duke of
Albany , K . G ., K . T ., & c , & c , R . W . Prov . Grand Alaster of Oxfordshire , by the Prov . Gtand Lodge and brethren of the five Huddersfield Lodges , Nos . 275 , 290 , 521 , 1514 , and 17 S 3 , on the occasion of his visit to that town . Bro . Seymour Smith ' s annual benefit concert is announced to take place at the South Place Institute ,
Aloorgate-street , on the 20 th inst . As on former occasions an excellent programme and a long list of distinguished artistes , vocal and instrumental , is issued , and we trust our genial and talented brother will receive a large measure of support and patronage from the many Alasonic friends he has so often entertained and amused .
Bro . Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . AL North Wales and Shropshire , was present at the Blaenau Assembly Rooms , on Saturday last , when some 400 railway directors , engineers , officials , and other guests were entertained to luncheon in celebration of the completion of the Bala and Festiniog Railway , and the conversion of the harrow gauge portion from Festiniog to Blaenau to the ordinary guage , the new lines of railway having just been opened .
The following is a list of banquets held at the Freemasons' Tavern during the week ending Thursday , October nth i ^ -Saturday , October 6 th : Phcenix Chapter , Leigh Lodge , Lodge of Joppa . Tuesday , gth : Jerusalem Lodge , Urban Lodge , St . James's Union Lodge , VValdeck Lodge . Wednesday , ioth : Licensed Victuallers ( Marylebone District ) , Hervey Lodge , Lodge of Fidelity , Shandy Club . Thursday , nth : Rose of Sharon Chapter , Creation Lodge , Pilgrim Lodge , Eldon Club .
A meeting of the general committee entrusted with the arrangements in connection with the grand Masonic conversazione , reunion and ball to be held on the 30 th inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , was held at that building , on Friday evening , the 5 th inst . Bro . Henry A . Tobias , president ofthe Committee , occupied the chair , and there was a numerous attendance . The reports of the arts , entertainment , refreshment , and ball
committees showed that the preliminary arrangements were progressing most satisfactorily , giving excellent promise of a most successful and enjoyable social gathering . The programme will include an exhibition of fine arts , Japanese work , curios , & c . ; a ballad concert , in which a large number of talented artistes will take part ; a " lecture on the modern antiquities of Liverpool , " illustrated by a selection ol " living waxwork or tomati ; " a variety entertainment , and a grand ball .
There are two distinct systems of ship ventilation adopted by the / Eolus Waterspray Company , of No . 235 , High Holborn , one mechanical , and one automatic , which may be used singly or in conjunction , or be duplicated as circumstances may require . In either case , however , the effect is the same , the inlet / Eolus admitting thc air from behind the spray , through which it is sucked and passed
cool and pure into the main ventilating shaft , and thence into the hold , while the exhaust / Eolus as speedily and as effectively clears off the vitiated air . As employed in passenger ships the inlet / liolus drives a body of air along the main shaft under the bunks in the cabin , turning up as a vertical shaft or " tobin" in the cabin itself , a constant supply of fresh air being thus obtained . The other / Eolus
is attached toamainshaft running alongthe roof of thecabin , close against the cornices , with which , indeed , it can be Incorporated , and by it the vitiated air is extracted , the shaft havingside perforations in passingthrough the successivccabins , so that the vitiated air is sucked in through these and driven out of the ship . Each / Eolus is protected , the downcast cowl which is fixed to the shaft of the downcast / Eolus and collects the wind , driving it down to the
waterspray , being so arranged that , if there is a downpour of water from the sea , it is thrown out on to the decks and the current of air continues , while thc exhaust / Eolus is surmounted by an Automatic Exhaust Ventilator , which is likewise impervious to water . The system may be seen illustrated at the Company ' s premises in High Holborn as aforesaid . The prices vary according to size , but in all cases they are moderate , as will be seen from the Company ' s price lists .
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Henry Irving lunched with Lord Derby , at'Knowsley , on Tuesday . Lord and Lady Wolseley have been prevented from paying a visit to the Earl of Derby by the death of Lord Wolseley ' s mother . Umbrellas , brilliant in colour and startling in design , are in India what Masher collars are in London . The import of them last year was 3 , 353 , 05 *; .
Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall , C . C , is amongst the gentlemen nominated by Mr . Sheriff Clarence Smith on the committee appointed to make the necessary arrangements for Lord Mayor's Day . Bro . J . Lewis-Thomas , F . S . A ., Chief Surveyor of the War Department , who has been staying at Eastbourne for a few weeks , has resumed his duties at the Horse Guards .
Comp . H . Lovegrove , P . Z ., has been elected M . E . Z . ; Comp . F . Thurston , H . ; and Comp . A . J . Cox , J ., of the Royal Jubilee Chapter , No . 72 . The installation meeting will be in December . Bro . Charles Sims was on Thursday , the nth inst ., installed W . AL of the Duke of Connaught Lodge , at the Surrey Alasonic Hall , Camberwell . We hope to
give a report of the proceedings in our next . Alderman Sir J . VV . Ellis , Bart ., has written a long letter in reply to local criticisms on his recent speech at Salisbury , in the course of whicii he says that emigration , in an imperial sense , has never been sufficiently appreciated either by the labouring classes or by the Government of the day ; but the importance of our Colonial
possessions will eventually be understood in a wider and more statesmanlike manner . —City Press . A memorial statue by Mr . Brooker , sculptor , of Sunderland , is about to be erected in that town , to commemorate the recent sad disaster by which the lives of 1 S 6 children were sacrificed . A model has been prepared of the statue , symbolising an agonised mother with her dead
child upon her knee . The statue , which will be Sft . in height , of white marble upon a Sicilian pedestal , will cost 500 guineas , and is intended to be placed in the hall of the Free Library and Museum . Bro . Sir Edmund A . H . Lechmere , Bart ., R . W . Prov . Grand Alaster Worcestershire , presided at a meeting
of the ist . John ' s Ambulance Association , at which several cases were reported of the " first aid " rendered by certificated pupils in time of accident . With reference to the recent explosion at Woolwich , where the effects might have been most disastrous , it was mentioned that nearly all the arsenal police had undergone instruction .
Lord Carnarvon , M . W . Pro G . M ., is at the head of a syndicate which has recently purchased an enormous tract of land in Western Australia . It is said that a portion of this land is to be placed at the disposal of future emigrants on a kind of mutual benefit society principal—the emigrant to find labour , and the company land and seeds , the latter taking a mortgage on both , and the tenant paying a certain yearly sura that is eventually to entitle him to the fee-simple of his farm .
Bro . the Earl of Jersey presided on Tuesday at the annual Grand Lodge ot Mark Master Alasons of the province of Berks and Oxon , held at the Masonic Hall , Reading . Bro . Lord Jersey was supported by Bros . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., Provincial Grand Master
Aliddx . and Surrey ; Rev . R . P . Bent , Past Grand Chap . ; Stephens , Deputy Grand Alaster Berks and Oxon ; D . M . Dewar , Assist . Grand Sec . ; Pulley , Prov . Grand Sec ; the Mayor of Maidenhead ; Farr ; and a large number of distinguished Mark Master Masons . We hope to give a full account of the proceedings in our next .
P . G . M . Bro . Rob Morris says his poem "The Level and the Square" ( by the way the best Masonic poem ever written ) often apparently knows not its own father . In Ohio , the credit of composition is given to Lord Byron . The Missouri people attribute it to
Tennyson . In Georgia they believe theirown poet , Bro . Brashear , wrote it . In Pennsylvania people give Burns the credit . " VVell , at all events no one but an " old Alaster" is charged with its paternity . Bro . Rob ., you are highly complimented by this wholesale plagiarism . —Keystone .
LODGE LECTURES . —We have great pleasure in calling attention to what we have no hesitation in describing as a step in the right direction on the part of the Denison Lodge , 1248 , Scarborough . Enthusiasm , like that greatest of all Alasonic virtues , charity , endureth much , and for this , if for no other reason , an occasional departure from the ordinary routine of lodge work is the more welcome .
We are well aware that various lodges in London and elsewhere have now and again allowed themselves a little healthy recreation in the form of lectures on subjects more or less remotely allied with Freemasonry during their hours of assembly . But to the Denison Lodge apparently belongs the honour of having inaugurated the giving of lectures as part and parcel of the lodge duties , and the
members are to be congratulated as well on the heartiness and thoroughness with which they appear to have adopted the idea as well as in the success which seems certain to attend their opening efforts in the direction indicated . They have been so fortunate as to secure the services of V . W . Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . S . D England , & c , who has kindly undertaken to deliver a
lecture on Wednesday , the 24 th inst ., on " The Four Grand Lodges of England , A . D . 1716-17 to A . D . 1813 , and the formation of the Grand Lodge of England , " and on the following evening on a non-masonic subject , at whicii the friends of brethren are invited to be present . On Wednesday , the 12 th December , Bro . T . B . Whytehead , P . AL , P . P . G . D . C . North and East Yorkshirewill give a lecture
, —for Masons only—on " Lodge Duties , " and another has been kindly promised by Bro . Col . Sir Charles Warren , to be given alter Christmas . During the long winter evenings such intellectual treats will be most agreeable , and we trust the move made by the Denison Lodge—to which , by the way , the members of the other Scarborough lodges are
most cordially and fraternally invited—will meet with the success it signally deserves . MADAME TUSSAUU ANB SON ' S EXHIBITION . —Portrait Models of Prince Edward of Saxe-VVeimar , thc Comic de Paris , late Comte de Cliambord , and M . Waddington . Costly Court Dresses trom the lirst Parisian houses . Also Portrait Model ol James Carey , tin- ' Informer . Captain Webb ( taken from life ) . Admission is . Extra rooms 6 d , Open from 10 till 10 . — [ ADVT , ]