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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . Lieut .-Col . Peters , Past Grand Sword Bearer , has been appointed Hon . Col . of the 17 th North Middlesex Rifles , vice the Rt . Hon . Viscount Enfield , resigned . Bro . Capt . N . G . Philips , 33 , attended the the levee on Monday , amongst the general circle , The Baroness and Bro . Burdett-Coutts have left town on a visit to Lord and Lady Aveland at Normanton Park .
Bro . J . M . Rlenck , ol 42 , Bishopsgate-street Within , has been elected a director of the United Land Company , Limited . Bro . the Very Rev . A . Purey-Cust , D . D ., Dean of York , will preach on Sunday , the 22 nd inst ., at St . Paul's Cathedral in the evening .
Bro . W . M . Ton-ens , M . P ., ClerkenwcII Lodge , has selected the East Islington Division ( Highbury and Canonbury ) , to represent in the next Parliament . The Town Council of Stralford-on-Avon have agreed to contribute 200 guineas towards restoring the church in which Shakespeare was baptised and buried .
Bro . Burdett Coutts , W . M . Abbey Lodge , No . 2030 , was amongst the crowded congregation at the Chapel Royal , St . James ' s Palace , on Sunday last , to hear Dr . Wilkinson , Bishop of Truro . The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society has decided that its next year ' s show shall be held at Norwich , and the Prince of Wales has promised to do all in
his power to promote its success . Bros . Earl Cowper , K . G ., and Sir T . D . Acland , Bart ., M . P ., are among the subscribers to the Gordon Memorial Fund , and Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury , K . G ., has been elected a member of the Committee . Bro . the Hon . Auberon Herbert presided at the annual meeting at the Army and Navy Hotel ,
Victoriastreet , on Thursday , the 5 th inst ., of the Vigilance Association for the Defence of Personal Rights . Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., presided , at the Canon-street Hotel , on Wednesday evening , at the anniversary festival of the Asylum for Fatherless Children . The donations and subscriptions amounted to £ ' 530 .
Bro . Sir J . McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., pre ~ sided on Friday , the 6 th inst ., at the usual weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works , Bros . E . D . Rogers , J . Reddish , and Alderman Staples being among the members present . Saturday , the 2 nd May , has been arranged as the date for the re-appearance of Bro . Henry Irving and
his company at the Lyceum Theatre . Bro . Irving ' s departure from New York has accordingly been fixed for the 7 th April next . Bro . Lord Canington , P . G . S . W . England , has been appointed to succeed Lord Augustus Loftus , as Governor General of the Colony of New South Wales . This will render vacant the Captaincy of the Honourable
Corps of Gentlemen-at-arms . It was arranged that Bro . the Lord Mayor should open the new Workhouse Extension of St . Pancras Parish , on Friday , the 13 th inst ., his lordship being accompanied on the occasion by Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead and Sheriff Phillips . The Court of the Carpenters' Company have
commissioned a well-known artist to paint a portrait of Bro . the Lord Mayor , who is Master of the Company tot the current year , for the purpose of being placed in the Court Room of the Company ' s Hall . At the recital which followed the service on Sunday evening last at St . Sepulchre ' s Church , Bro . Professor E . M . Lott , P . M ., Grand Organist , performed a
grand scena pastorale from his own pen . The overture to " Athalie " ( Handel ) and " Les Voix Celestes" ( Batiste ) were previously given . Bro . the Lord Mayor presided at a meeting held at the Royal Victoria Hall , Waterloo-road , on Monday , the gth inst ., for the purpose of promoting the Early Closing Movement . A resolution in favour of closing
places of business at eight p . m . on live evenings in the week , and discountenancing the practice of shopping on Saturday nights and Sunday mornings was adopted . The Brownrigg Lodge of Instruction , No . 16 38 , held at Bro . Matthews ' , the Alexandra Hotel , Kingston
Hill , is going on well , and several brethren who are looking for advancement in various lodges are working steadily to merit such mark of approval . The Third Kingston Masonic Benevolent Society is also in full swing , and promises to be a valuable aid to the great Charities of the Craft .
The final meeting of the City and West-end Soiree ' s was held most successfully on Saturday last at the Large Hall , Freemasons' Hall , W . C . The entire proceedings were successfully carried out , and it is intended to have an extra meeting on Saturday , the 28 th inst . A capital banquet was served by Bro . Dawkins , and Bro . B . Nicholson was one ot the M . C . ' s . We noticed a large number of
Masons and their wives present . Bro . Edward J . Watherston , speaking at the Temperance Hall , Church-street , Edgware-road , on Tuesday , the 3 rd inst ., in favour of the establishment of a working men ' s club , strongl y advocated the extension of free libraries in the metropolis , and expressed an opinion
that when working men obtained political rights this and many other social reforms would be demanded . There was plenty of reading at the present day , but not of the right sort , it being mainly confined to newspaper readingthe history of the world in our times . There was far too little book reading , far too little knowledge of the history of England and of the battle which liberalism had to fight for the freedom we now enjoy ,
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . the Lord Bishop of Peterborough has presented the Rev . E . C . Barwin to the benefice of Dallington . Bro . Sir Edward Malet , H . B . M . ' s Ambassador at Berlin , arrived at Windsor Castle on Tuesday , and had the honour ot dining with her Majesty . Bro . Capt . Woolmer Williams , Fitzroy Chapter , was one of the committee of reception at the ball recently
given by the Honourable Artillery Company . Bros . Sir Reginald Hanson , Pres . B . of G . Stwds ., and H . C . Richards , C . C ., attended the outing of the London School Board on Thursday , the 5 th inst . Bro . Sir Gabriel Goldney , Bart ., M . P ., is one of the members of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Police and Sanitary Regulations .
H . R . H . the Grand Master has been pleased to accept a copy of Bro . P . L . Simmonds ' s last published book — " The Animal Food Resources of Different Nations . " Bro . Captain George Lambert , F . S . A ., P . G . S . B ., Master of the Pattenmakers' Company , has made a
donation of 10 guineas to the Surgical Aid Society , Salisbury-square . Bro . Henry Irving ' s farewell engagement in New York commenced on Monday evening , and as there had been a large preliminary sale of tickets , crowded houses are assured and success certain .
The authorship , concealed under the "nom de plume" of "A Civil Servant , " of the new sensational dynamite story " 1 S-S 5 , " the plot of which centres in the British Museum , is attributed to a prominent official therein . The will with a codicil of the late Bro . John Whichcord , F . S . A ., P . G . A . D . C , has been proved by the acting executors , Mrs . Whichcord , the widow , and Mr . F .
G . Thomas , the value of the personalty being over £ 20 , 000 . At the annual festival , held last week , under the presidency of Bro . Sir Farrer Herschell , Q . C , M . P ., on behalf of the Earlswood Asylum for Idiots . lhe Secretary , Bro . Nicholas . ^ was able to announce a subscription list amounting to £ 1518 , including a donation of £ 50 from the Chairman .
The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh were present at the Trinity House on Wednesday on the occasion of the Duke of Cambridge taking the oaths and his seat as an Elder Brother in place of the late Duke of Albany . Bro . Major Joseph , C . C ., Master of the Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers' Company , presided at the
dinner given at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , on the 4 th inst ., by the Court and Livery of the Company . He was supported by his Immediate Past Master , Bro . George Kenning , Bros . J . K . Able , Warden ; E . VV . Streeter , F . R . G . S ., Warden ; Past Masters Bros . D . H . Jacobs , H . W . Johnson , F . Pendered , G . Dovenport , F . F . Camroux , and others . Among the visitors were Bros , the Rt . Hon .
the Lord Mayor , Alderman Evans , J . Derby Allcroft , Bern . Scott , F . R . A . S ., F . P . Alliston , H . W . H . Ranee , F . G . Faithfull , M . A ., Dr . Lavies , Ex-Sheriffs Hutton and Clarence Smith , Col . T . Davies Sewell , VV . A . Higgs , & c Bros . Lord Eustace Cecil , Col . the Ri ght Hon . F . Stanley , Sir Michael E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., the Right Hon . G . Cavendish-Bentinck , the Right Hon . D . Plunket ,
Sir VV . Hart-Dyke , Bart ., the Right Hon . K . Gibson , and Sir ^ Robert Loyd-Lindsay , K . C . B ., were among the guests at the Speaker ' s second _ ParIiamentary dinner on Wednesday . Bro . J . C . Parkinson , P . G . D ., presided , on the Cth inst , at a special general meeting of the Alexandra ( Newport and South Wales ) Docksand Railway Company , when a Bill for enabling the company to make a railway
from their Alexandra Dock to the Newport Dock was submitted and discussed , the meeting being ultimately adjourned till Thursday , the 12 th inst . Bros . Hyde Clarke and Dr . B . W . Richardson were among those who attended the annual general meeting of the Royal Literary Fund , at its offices , 7 , Adelphiterrace , Strand , on Wednesday , the nth inst . The report
was accepted , and votes of thanks passed to the Registrars , Treasurer , Auditors , and honorary officers ; the compliment paid to the last-named being acknowledged by the Honorary Physician , Bro . Dr . Richardson . The following dinners took place at the Freemasons' Tavern for the week ending Saturday , the 14 th inst .: Monday—St . George's and Corner Stone Lodge .
Tuesday—St . James's Union Lodge and Waldeck Lodge . Wednesday—Enoch Lodge and United Lodge . Thursday —Polish National Lodge . Friday—Britannic Lodge , Bedford Lodge , and Eclectic Lod ge . Saturday—Pncenix Lodge and Duke of Cornwall Lodge . The Waldeck Lodge , No . 1969 , will hold a Ladies' Festival at Freemasons' Tavern , on Tuesday , the
24 th inst ., when a concert , arranged by Chevalier Bro . Leonhard Emil Bach , will be given . Bro . G . P . Wehlen W . M ., will preside on the occasion , and an excellent programme has been compiled , in which Fraulein Clotilde Kapff , and Herren Prof . Richard Gompertz , Carl Bernhard , and F . W . Ahlfeld will be the artistes .
It is with deep regret we have to announce the death of Mrs . Everett , wife of Bro . George Everett , of go , Clapham-road , who departed this life on Sunday morning last , after a long and painful illness borne with the utmost fortitude . Mrs . Everett was greatly respected in the Southern suburbs of London , the Schools in which have in particular lost a sincere friend and patron in the
deceased , who for years past had kindly charged herself with the responsibility of organising and arranging their periodical treats and visits to the country . The funeral was fixed for Thursday , 12 th inst ., at Norwood Cemetery . We offer our heartfelt sympathy to Bro . Everett and the circle of relatives and friends who are now so deeply lamenting her death .
HOLLOWAV ' PILLS . —The stomach and ils troubles cause more discomftrt and bring more unhappiness than is commonly supposed . The thousand ills that settle there may be prevented and dislod ged by the judicious use of these purifying Pills , which act as a sure , gentle , and anti-acid aperient , without annoying the nerves of the most susceptible , or irritating the most delicate organisation . Pills
Hojlrnvay s will bestow comfort and confer relief on every headachy , dyspeptic , and sickly sufferer , whose tortures make him a burden to himself and a nuisance to his friends . These Pills have long been the popular remedy for a weak stomach , for a disordered liver , or a paralysed digestion , whick yield without difficulty to their regulating , purifying , and tonic qualities , —IADVTJ
Masonic And General Tidings
We understand that Prince Albert Victor will be initiated in the Royal Alpha Lodge , No . 16 , at Willis's Rooms , on Tuesday next , and that the M , W . Grand Master will himself perform the ceremony . Bro . W . R . Davis was on Wednesday last in . stalled W . M . of the Vitruvian Lodge , No . S 7 , at the Bridge House Hotel , London Bridge .
The consecration of the Montague Guest Chapter , No . 1900 , takes place to-day ( Friday ) , at the Inns of Court Hotel , Lincoln ' s Inn-Fields . We shall give a full report in our next . There were present at the Court of Aldermen on Tuesday , Bro . the Lord Mayor , in the chair , and among others Bros . Alderman Stone , P . G . W . ; Sir F . Truscott ,
P . G . VV . ; De Keyser , and Gray . The Saye and Sele Chapter , No . 1973 , was consecrated by the Prov . Grand Superintendent , Lord Holmesdale , at Belvedere , on Tuesday last . Bro . the Rev . H . Cummings was installed M . E . Z . Bro . the Earl of Dalhousie presided on Wednesday , the 4 th inst ., at the annual Court of the Seamen ' s
Hospital Society . The report for the past year was adopted , the returns being on the whole satisfactory , and the subscriptions for the year showing a slight increase . A Fancy Dress Ball will be held at Free masons ' Tavern , on Thursday , the 16 th April , in aid of the funds of the'British Home for Incurables , Clapham . The ball will enjoy ( the patronage of Bro . the Lord Mayor and
the Lady Mayoress . Bro . J . Judd , C . C ., has consented to preside at the Annual General Meeting of the Printers' Pension , Almshouse , and Orphan Asylum Corporation , which will be held at the Memorial Hall , Farringdon-street , on Saturday ' next , the 21 st inst . The fine old church of Gillingham , Kent , has
lately been further beautified by the addition of a large painted memorial window in memory of the father-in-law of the vicar . The artist is Bro . Charles Evans , of Warwick-street , Regent-street , W . Bro . Lord Carrington will start , for New South Wales in October , but arrangements are being made by Sir Saul Samuel , the Agent General of the colony in London , to entertain his lordship at a banquet . A similar
compliment to the new Governor General will likewise be paid by Australians resident in London . Bro . the Lord Mayor , who was accompanied by his niece , Miss Allen , and Sheriff and Mrs . Phillips , and attended by the sword and mace-bearers , opened a bazaar at the Holloway Hall , Holloway-road , in aid of the funds necessary to cover the heavy expenses incurred in renovating and improving the Hornsey-road Wesleyan Chapel .
Bro . Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . M . Berks and Bucks , presided , on Wednesday , the 4 th inst ., at the twenty-first ordinary general meeting of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company . A dividend was declared of £ 1 16 s . per share , making , with the interim dividend , a profit of 20 per cent , for the year .
On Tuesday General Viscount Templetown , K . C . B ., Almoner of the Order of St . John of Jerusalem , and R . W . Bro . Sir E . A . H . Lechmere , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . Worcestershire , its Secretary , arrived at Windsor Castle , and had the honour of handing to H . R . H . the Princess Beatrice the insignia and diploma of a Dame Chevalier .
A warrant has been granted for the constitution of the Mozart Chapter , No . 1929 . The Grand Organist , Comp . E . M . Lott , is the Z . designate , Comps . T . T . Phillips , H ., and H . J . Lardner , J . The consecration takes places at the Griffin Hotel , Kingston-on-Thames , on the 21 st inst ., and the Prov . G . Sup . of Surrey , Bro . General Studholme Brownrigg , C . B ., will perform the ceremony .
The ordinary half-yearly general meeting of the Crystal Palace District Gas Company will be held at the Albion Tavern , Aldetsgate-stTeet , on Friday next , the 20 th inst ., when the report of the Directors will be submitted , the balance-sheet confirmed by the Auditor , an Auditor elected in lieu of Bro . James Glaisher , P . G . D ., who has resigned ; a dividend declared , and other business transacted .
It has already been stated that the number of brethren who attended Grand Lodge at the usual Quarterly Communication on the 4 th inst . was probably more numerous than at any previous meeting , except , of course , the memorable one in the Royal Albert Hall , when the Prince of Wales was installed Grand Master . Those who are curious in such matters will be interested to learn that ,
according to the signature books , there were present 1317 brethren . The Fifteen Sections will be worked at the New Finsbury Park Lodge of Instruction , No . 16 95 , on Tuesday , the 24 th and Tuesday , the 31 st inst . The lodge meets at the Hornsey Wood Tavern , Finsbury Park , N ., at 8 p . m ., and on these occasions the following brethren will take part in the proceedings , namely , Bro . Larchin , as W . M . ; H .
t-r . Gush , S . W . ; J . A . Powell , J . W . ; and A . W . Fenner , I . P . M . Any further information will readily be furnished by Bro . A . J . Berry , who is the honorary Secretary . The Prince of Wales , accompanied by his son Prince George , visited Prince Edward at Cambridge on Saturday , occupying Sir W . Harcourt ' s rooms in Trinity College , and entertaining- in the evening a oartv of his son ' s
friends . On Sunday their Royal Highnesses attended divine service in the morning at Trinity Chapel , and in the afternoon at King ' s College Chapel , later in the day driving near to Madingly , where H . R . H . resided when he was an undergraduate at Trinity . On Monday the Prince returned to town , his younger son having left on Sunday evening . Those who attended the recent meeting of Grand Lodge had an opportunity of noting the annearance of the
hall , which only now needs the presence of the portraits oi Past and Present Masonic dignitaries , in order to comp lete its interior decorations and appointments . That the work has been well done there seems to be a pretty general consensus of opinion , nor is this surprising when we remember that the work of decoration was entrusted to one so skilful and experienced in his calling as Mr . Willi * } Read , the art decorator , gilder , house painter , and general contractor , of 437 * Brixton-road > S . W .
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . Lieut .-Col . Peters , Past Grand Sword Bearer , has been appointed Hon . Col . of the 17 th North Middlesex Rifles , vice the Rt . Hon . Viscount Enfield , resigned . Bro . Capt . N . G . Philips , 33 , attended the the levee on Monday , amongst the general circle , The Baroness and Bro . Burdett-Coutts have left town on a visit to Lord and Lady Aveland at Normanton Park .
Bro . J . M . Rlenck , ol 42 , Bishopsgate-street Within , has been elected a director of the United Land Company , Limited . Bro . the Very Rev . A . Purey-Cust , D . D ., Dean of York , will preach on Sunday , the 22 nd inst ., at St . Paul's Cathedral in the evening .
Bro . W . M . Ton-ens , M . P ., ClerkenwcII Lodge , has selected the East Islington Division ( Highbury and Canonbury ) , to represent in the next Parliament . The Town Council of Stralford-on-Avon have agreed to contribute 200 guineas towards restoring the church in which Shakespeare was baptised and buried .
Bro . Burdett Coutts , W . M . Abbey Lodge , No . 2030 , was amongst the crowded congregation at the Chapel Royal , St . James ' s Palace , on Sunday last , to hear Dr . Wilkinson , Bishop of Truro . The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society has decided that its next year ' s show shall be held at Norwich , and the Prince of Wales has promised to do all in
his power to promote its success . Bros . Earl Cowper , K . G ., and Sir T . D . Acland , Bart ., M . P ., are among the subscribers to the Gordon Memorial Fund , and Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury , K . G ., has been elected a member of the Committee . Bro . the Hon . Auberon Herbert presided at the annual meeting at the Army and Navy Hotel ,
Victoriastreet , on Thursday , the 5 th inst ., of the Vigilance Association for the Defence of Personal Rights . Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., presided , at the Canon-street Hotel , on Wednesday evening , at the anniversary festival of the Asylum for Fatherless Children . The donations and subscriptions amounted to £ ' 530 .
Bro . Sir J . McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., pre ~ sided on Friday , the 6 th inst ., at the usual weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works , Bros . E . D . Rogers , J . Reddish , and Alderman Staples being among the members present . Saturday , the 2 nd May , has been arranged as the date for the re-appearance of Bro . Henry Irving and
his company at the Lyceum Theatre . Bro . Irving ' s departure from New York has accordingly been fixed for the 7 th April next . Bro . Lord Canington , P . G . S . W . England , has been appointed to succeed Lord Augustus Loftus , as Governor General of the Colony of New South Wales . This will render vacant the Captaincy of the Honourable
Corps of Gentlemen-at-arms . It was arranged that Bro . the Lord Mayor should open the new Workhouse Extension of St . Pancras Parish , on Friday , the 13 th inst ., his lordship being accompanied on the occasion by Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead and Sheriff Phillips . The Court of the Carpenters' Company have
commissioned a well-known artist to paint a portrait of Bro . the Lord Mayor , who is Master of the Company tot the current year , for the purpose of being placed in the Court Room of the Company ' s Hall . At the recital which followed the service on Sunday evening last at St . Sepulchre ' s Church , Bro . Professor E . M . Lott , P . M ., Grand Organist , performed a
grand scena pastorale from his own pen . The overture to " Athalie " ( Handel ) and " Les Voix Celestes" ( Batiste ) were previously given . Bro . the Lord Mayor presided at a meeting held at the Royal Victoria Hall , Waterloo-road , on Monday , the gth inst ., for the purpose of promoting the Early Closing Movement . A resolution in favour of closing
places of business at eight p . m . on live evenings in the week , and discountenancing the practice of shopping on Saturday nights and Sunday mornings was adopted . The Brownrigg Lodge of Instruction , No . 16 38 , held at Bro . Matthews ' , the Alexandra Hotel , Kingston
Hill , is going on well , and several brethren who are looking for advancement in various lodges are working steadily to merit such mark of approval . The Third Kingston Masonic Benevolent Society is also in full swing , and promises to be a valuable aid to the great Charities of the Craft .
The final meeting of the City and West-end Soiree ' s was held most successfully on Saturday last at the Large Hall , Freemasons' Hall , W . C . The entire proceedings were successfully carried out , and it is intended to have an extra meeting on Saturday , the 28 th inst . A capital banquet was served by Bro . Dawkins , and Bro . B . Nicholson was one ot the M . C . ' s . We noticed a large number of
Masons and their wives present . Bro . Edward J . Watherston , speaking at the Temperance Hall , Church-street , Edgware-road , on Tuesday , the 3 rd inst ., in favour of the establishment of a working men ' s club , strongl y advocated the extension of free libraries in the metropolis , and expressed an opinion
that when working men obtained political rights this and many other social reforms would be demanded . There was plenty of reading at the present day , but not of the right sort , it being mainly confined to newspaper readingthe history of the world in our times . There was far too little book reading , far too little knowledge of the history of England and of the battle which liberalism had to fight for the freedom we now enjoy ,
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . the Lord Bishop of Peterborough has presented the Rev . E . C . Barwin to the benefice of Dallington . Bro . Sir Edward Malet , H . B . M . ' s Ambassador at Berlin , arrived at Windsor Castle on Tuesday , and had the honour ot dining with her Majesty . Bro . Capt . Woolmer Williams , Fitzroy Chapter , was one of the committee of reception at the ball recently
given by the Honourable Artillery Company . Bros . Sir Reginald Hanson , Pres . B . of G . Stwds ., and H . C . Richards , C . C ., attended the outing of the London School Board on Thursday , the 5 th inst . Bro . Sir Gabriel Goldney , Bart ., M . P ., is one of the members of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Police and Sanitary Regulations .
H . R . H . the Grand Master has been pleased to accept a copy of Bro . P . L . Simmonds ' s last published book — " The Animal Food Resources of Different Nations . " Bro . Captain George Lambert , F . S . A ., P . G . S . B ., Master of the Pattenmakers' Company , has made a
donation of 10 guineas to the Surgical Aid Society , Salisbury-square . Bro . Henry Irving ' s farewell engagement in New York commenced on Monday evening , and as there had been a large preliminary sale of tickets , crowded houses are assured and success certain .
The authorship , concealed under the "nom de plume" of "A Civil Servant , " of the new sensational dynamite story " 1 S-S 5 , " the plot of which centres in the British Museum , is attributed to a prominent official therein . The will with a codicil of the late Bro . John Whichcord , F . S . A ., P . G . A . D . C , has been proved by the acting executors , Mrs . Whichcord , the widow , and Mr . F .
G . Thomas , the value of the personalty being over £ 20 , 000 . At the annual festival , held last week , under the presidency of Bro . Sir Farrer Herschell , Q . C , M . P ., on behalf of the Earlswood Asylum for Idiots . lhe Secretary , Bro . Nicholas . ^ was able to announce a subscription list amounting to £ 1518 , including a donation of £ 50 from the Chairman .
The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh were present at the Trinity House on Wednesday on the occasion of the Duke of Cambridge taking the oaths and his seat as an Elder Brother in place of the late Duke of Albany . Bro . Major Joseph , C . C ., Master of the Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers' Company , presided at the
dinner given at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , on the 4 th inst ., by the Court and Livery of the Company . He was supported by his Immediate Past Master , Bro . George Kenning , Bros . J . K . Able , Warden ; E . VV . Streeter , F . R . G . S ., Warden ; Past Masters Bros . D . H . Jacobs , H . W . Johnson , F . Pendered , G . Dovenport , F . F . Camroux , and others . Among the visitors were Bros , the Rt . Hon .
the Lord Mayor , Alderman Evans , J . Derby Allcroft , Bern . Scott , F . R . A . S ., F . P . Alliston , H . W . H . Ranee , F . G . Faithfull , M . A ., Dr . Lavies , Ex-Sheriffs Hutton and Clarence Smith , Col . T . Davies Sewell , VV . A . Higgs , & c Bros . Lord Eustace Cecil , Col . the Ri ght Hon . F . Stanley , Sir Michael E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., the Right Hon . G . Cavendish-Bentinck , the Right Hon . D . Plunket ,
Sir VV . Hart-Dyke , Bart ., the Right Hon . K . Gibson , and Sir ^ Robert Loyd-Lindsay , K . C . B ., were among the guests at the Speaker ' s second _ ParIiamentary dinner on Wednesday . Bro . J . C . Parkinson , P . G . D ., presided , on the Cth inst , at a special general meeting of the Alexandra ( Newport and South Wales ) Docksand Railway Company , when a Bill for enabling the company to make a railway
from their Alexandra Dock to the Newport Dock was submitted and discussed , the meeting being ultimately adjourned till Thursday , the 12 th inst . Bros . Hyde Clarke and Dr . B . W . Richardson were among those who attended the annual general meeting of the Royal Literary Fund , at its offices , 7 , Adelphiterrace , Strand , on Wednesday , the nth inst . The report
was accepted , and votes of thanks passed to the Registrars , Treasurer , Auditors , and honorary officers ; the compliment paid to the last-named being acknowledged by the Honorary Physician , Bro . Dr . Richardson . The following dinners took place at the Freemasons' Tavern for the week ending Saturday , the 14 th inst .: Monday—St . George's and Corner Stone Lodge .
Tuesday—St . James's Union Lodge and Waldeck Lodge . Wednesday—Enoch Lodge and United Lodge . Thursday —Polish National Lodge . Friday—Britannic Lodge , Bedford Lodge , and Eclectic Lod ge . Saturday—Pncenix Lodge and Duke of Cornwall Lodge . The Waldeck Lodge , No . 1969 , will hold a Ladies' Festival at Freemasons' Tavern , on Tuesday , the
24 th inst ., when a concert , arranged by Chevalier Bro . Leonhard Emil Bach , will be given . Bro . G . P . Wehlen W . M ., will preside on the occasion , and an excellent programme has been compiled , in which Fraulein Clotilde Kapff , and Herren Prof . Richard Gompertz , Carl Bernhard , and F . W . Ahlfeld will be the artistes .
It is with deep regret we have to announce the death of Mrs . Everett , wife of Bro . George Everett , of go , Clapham-road , who departed this life on Sunday morning last , after a long and painful illness borne with the utmost fortitude . Mrs . Everett was greatly respected in the Southern suburbs of London , the Schools in which have in particular lost a sincere friend and patron in the
deceased , who for years past had kindly charged herself with the responsibility of organising and arranging their periodical treats and visits to the country . The funeral was fixed for Thursday , 12 th inst ., at Norwood Cemetery . We offer our heartfelt sympathy to Bro . Everett and the circle of relatives and friends who are now so deeply lamenting her death .
HOLLOWAV ' PILLS . —The stomach and ils troubles cause more discomftrt and bring more unhappiness than is commonly supposed . The thousand ills that settle there may be prevented and dislod ged by the judicious use of these purifying Pills , which act as a sure , gentle , and anti-acid aperient , without annoying the nerves of the most susceptible , or irritating the most delicate organisation . Pills
Hojlrnvay s will bestow comfort and confer relief on every headachy , dyspeptic , and sickly sufferer , whose tortures make him a burden to himself and a nuisance to his friends . These Pills have long been the popular remedy for a weak stomach , for a disordered liver , or a paralysed digestion , whick yield without difficulty to their regulating , purifying , and tonic qualities , —IADVTJ
Masonic And General Tidings
We understand that Prince Albert Victor will be initiated in the Royal Alpha Lodge , No . 16 , at Willis's Rooms , on Tuesday next , and that the M , W . Grand Master will himself perform the ceremony . Bro . W . R . Davis was on Wednesday last in . stalled W . M . of the Vitruvian Lodge , No . S 7 , at the Bridge House Hotel , London Bridge .
The consecration of the Montague Guest Chapter , No . 1900 , takes place to-day ( Friday ) , at the Inns of Court Hotel , Lincoln ' s Inn-Fields . We shall give a full report in our next . There were present at the Court of Aldermen on Tuesday , Bro . the Lord Mayor , in the chair , and among others Bros . Alderman Stone , P . G . W . ; Sir F . Truscott ,
P . G . VV . ; De Keyser , and Gray . The Saye and Sele Chapter , No . 1973 , was consecrated by the Prov . Grand Superintendent , Lord Holmesdale , at Belvedere , on Tuesday last . Bro . the Rev . H . Cummings was installed M . E . Z . Bro . the Earl of Dalhousie presided on Wednesday , the 4 th inst ., at the annual Court of the Seamen ' s
Hospital Society . The report for the past year was adopted , the returns being on the whole satisfactory , and the subscriptions for the year showing a slight increase . A Fancy Dress Ball will be held at Free masons ' Tavern , on Thursday , the 16 th April , in aid of the funds of the'British Home for Incurables , Clapham . The ball will enjoy ( the patronage of Bro . the Lord Mayor and
the Lady Mayoress . Bro . J . Judd , C . C ., has consented to preside at the Annual General Meeting of the Printers' Pension , Almshouse , and Orphan Asylum Corporation , which will be held at the Memorial Hall , Farringdon-street , on Saturday ' next , the 21 st inst . The fine old church of Gillingham , Kent , has
lately been further beautified by the addition of a large painted memorial window in memory of the father-in-law of the vicar . The artist is Bro . Charles Evans , of Warwick-street , Regent-street , W . Bro . Lord Carrington will start , for New South Wales in October , but arrangements are being made by Sir Saul Samuel , the Agent General of the colony in London , to entertain his lordship at a banquet . A similar
compliment to the new Governor General will likewise be paid by Australians resident in London . Bro . the Lord Mayor , who was accompanied by his niece , Miss Allen , and Sheriff and Mrs . Phillips , and attended by the sword and mace-bearers , opened a bazaar at the Holloway Hall , Holloway-road , in aid of the funds necessary to cover the heavy expenses incurred in renovating and improving the Hornsey-road Wesleyan Chapel .
Bro . Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . M . Berks and Bucks , presided , on Wednesday , the 4 th inst ., at the twenty-first ordinary general meeting of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company . A dividend was declared of £ 1 16 s . per share , making , with the interim dividend , a profit of 20 per cent , for the year .
On Tuesday General Viscount Templetown , K . C . B ., Almoner of the Order of St . John of Jerusalem , and R . W . Bro . Sir E . A . H . Lechmere , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . Worcestershire , its Secretary , arrived at Windsor Castle , and had the honour of handing to H . R . H . the Princess Beatrice the insignia and diploma of a Dame Chevalier .
A warrant has been granted for the constitution of the Mozart Chapter , No . 1929 . The Grand Organist , Comp . E . M . Lott , is the Z . designate , Comps . T . T . Phillips , H ., and H . J . Lardner , J . The consecration takes places at the Griffin Hotel , Kingston-on-Thames , on the 21 st inst ., and the Prov . G . Sup . of Surrey , Bro . General Studholme Brownrigg , C . B ., will perform the ceremony .
The ordinary half-yearly general meeting of the Crystal Palace District Gas Company will be held at the Albion Tavern , Aldetsgate-stTeet , on Friday next , the 20 th inst ., when the report of the Directors will be submitted , the balance-sheet confirmed by the Auditor , an Auditor elected in lieu of Bro . James Glaisher , P . G . D ., who has resigned ; a dividend declared , and other business transacted .
It has already been stated that the number of brethren who attended Grand Lodge at the usual Quarterly Communication on the 4 th inst . was probably more numerous than at any previous meeting , except , of course , the memorable one in the Royal Albert Hall , when the Prince of Wales was installed Grand Master . Those who are curious in such matters will be interested to learn that ,
according to the signature books , there were present 1317 brethren . The Fifteen Sections will be worked at the New Finsbury Park Lodge of Instruction , No . 16 95 , on Tuesday , the 24 th and Tuesday , the 31 st inst . The lodge meets at the Hornsey Wood Tavern , Finsbury Park , N ., at 8 p . m ., and on these occasions the following brethren will take part in the proceedings , namely , Bro . Larchin , as W . M . ; H .
t-r . Gush , S . W . ; J . A . Powell , J . W . ; and A . W . Fenner , I . P . M . Any further information will readily be furnished by Bro . A . J . Berry , who is the honorary Secretary . The Prince of Wales , accompanied by his son Prince George , visited Prince Edward at Cambridge on Saturday , occupying Sir W . Harcourt ' s rooms in Trinity College , and entertaining- in the evening a oartv of his son ' s
friends . On Sunday their Royal Highnesses attended divine service in the morning at Trinity Chapel , and in the afternoon at King ' s College Chapel , later in the day driving near to Madingly , where H . R . H . resided when he was an undergraduate at Trinity . On Monday the Prince returned to town , his younger son having left on Sunday evening . Those who attended the recent meeting of Grand Lodge had an opportunity of noting the annearance of the
hall , which only now needs the presence of the portraits oi Past and Present Masonic dignitaries , in order to comp lete its interior decorations and appointments . That the work has been well done there seems to be a pretty general consensus of opinion , nor is this surprising when we remember that the work of decoration was entrusted to one so skilful and experienced in his calling as Mr . Willi * } Read , the art decorator , gilder , house painter , and general contractor , of 437 * Brixton-road > S . W .