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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . C . F . Matter , P . G . W ., assisted by Bro . R . Berridge , G . D . of C , will consecrate the new Mark Lodge , the Rose and Lily , No . 354 , at the Four Swans Hotel , Waltham Cross , to-morrow ( Saturday . ) The following are the principal officers designate : Bros . Major G . J . Gardner , W . M . ; Fred . T . Bennett , S . W . ; and Alexander Millar , J . W . Bros . C . H . Driver and James
Terry are among the petitioners for the Warrant . Bro . the Lord Mayor ' s dinner to Her Majesty ' s Ministers will take place at the Mansion House on Wednesday , the 29 th instant . The Prince of Wales was an exhibitor at the annual show on Wednesday , the Sth inst ., of the County of Cork Agricultural Society .
Bro . Earl Granville had so far recovered from his recent illness on Thursday last that he was able for the first time to take carraige exercise . Warrants have just been granted for a new Mark and Royal Ark Mariners Lodge , attached thereto , to be known as the Finnemore Lodge , No . 35 S , Addington , Natal , South Africa .
Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., who was accompanied by the Lady Mayoress , opened a grand fancy fair at Grove House , Dulwich , on Friday , the 10 th inst ., in aid of the funds of St . Peter ' s Church , Dulwich . Bros . Lord Carrington , the Earl of Milltown , Lord Henniker , and the Earl of Arran are members of the Select Committee appointed to consider the Waterworks
Clauses Act , 1 S 47 , Amendment Bill . By command of the Queen , the Prince of Wales held a Levee at St . James ' s Palace on Monday , atwhich presentations to His Royal Highness are held as equivalent to presentations to Her Majesty . The brethren ( and friends ) of the Honor Oak Lodge , No . 19 S 6 ( Bro . H . M . Williams , W . M . ) , hold their
picnic to-morrow ( Saturday ) , proceeding to Keston , Kent , by coach , from Camberwell , and dining at the Red Cross Hotel , Keston . Bro . Captain George Lambert , P . G . S . B ., as Master , presided at a Court dinner , held on Thursday , the 9 th inst ., at the Holborn Restaurant , of the Pattenmakers ' Company , Bros . A . F . Godson , Dr . Mickley , Augustus
Harris , and R . Clowes , being among the guests . The Prince of Wales is President of the Amalgamated Committees of the two Gordon Memorial Funds , and Bro . the Duke of Connaught , P . G . W ., is one of the Vice-Presidents . Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., has undertaken to receive funds at the Mansion House towards the proposed memorial .
Bros . Sir James McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., Sir E . J . Reed , K . C . B ., M . P ., Alderman Sir R . Hanson , C . J . Shoppee , Lieut .-Col . T . Davies Sewell , and Captain A . Bott Cooke , were present at the Court dinner of the Shipwrights' Company , at Braziers' Hall , on the 10 th inst . Bro . the Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford , Bro . Major General Sir Evelyn and the Hon . Lady Wood ,
and Bros . Aldermen Staples , Savory , Waterlow , Evans , and Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead , were at the Lady Mayoress ' s reception at the Mansion House , on Thursday , the gth instant . The annual summer banquet and ladies' day in connection with the Corinthian Lodge , No . 1382 , will take place on Thursday next , the 23 rd inst ., at the Crown
Gardens , Broxbourne . Brakes will leave Bro . W . Clark's , George Hotel , opposite Millwall Dock Station , at 9 . 30 prompt . Brethren desiring to join this festive arrangement , can apply to the Hon . Secretary , Bro . S . G . Bonner , 2 , The View , Millwall , E . Early application is requested to facilitate the arrangements . Bro . the Earl and Countess of Hardwick , Bro .
Earl and Countess Granville , Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., Bro . the Earl and Countess of Cork , Bro . Viscount and Viscountess Powerscourt , Bro . Lord and Lady Sufiield , and Bro . Lord and Lady Brooke were among those present at the marriage in St . George ' s , Hanoversquare , on Tuesday , of Lord Vernon with Miss Fanny Lawrence , daughter of Mr . Francis Lawrence , of New
York . LONDON , EDINBURGH , AND GLASGOW ASSURANCE . —Warrants for payment of a dividend of 5 per cent , per annum on the paid-up capital were posted on Tuesday , the 30 th ult . The directors report that , during the halfyear ending on that date , 72 , CGS new policies , insuring jC 774 > 9 SS , were issued in the industrial branch , as compared
with i 6 , Ssi policies , insuring £ 181 , 152 , issued during the corresponding half of i 8 S 4 , and exceeding the total new business effected during the year 1 SS 4 . The marriage of Princess Beatrice , youngest daughter of the Queen , and Prince Henry of Battenberg will take place at Whippingham Church , on Thursday next , the 23 rd inst ., and in order to make the necessary
preparations for the ceremony , the Queen with her Court left Windsor Castle for Osborne , lsle ~ of Wight , on Saturday , the nth inst . The Prince and Princess of Wales , the Duke and Duchess of Connaught , and other members of the Royal Family will be present at the marriage , which will be performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury , assisted by the Dean of Windsor and Canon Prothero .
Bro . Charles Du Val's South African experiences , recently published in popular form by Messrs . Dean and Son , London , have achieved a remarkably literary success , two editions having been sold out in a few weeks from the date of issue . The enterprising publishers , in announcing a reprint of the popular shilling issue , announce also a special drawing room edition in cloth and gold at
half-a-crown . Bro . Charles Du Val has done wisely in publishing a popular edition of "With a Show through Southern Africa . " In its pages Bro . Du Val is as interesting as on the boards , and that is saying no little . Bro . Du Val will shortly visit India , where he proposes to give a series of monologue entertainments , and will probably produce in book form his impressions of our Eastern Dependency .
Masonic And General Tidings
Comp . the Rev . Dr . P . H . E . Brette was presented with a valuable gold jewel at the last meeting of the Aldersgate Chapter , on his vacating the chair of First Principal . This is the fifty-third decoration awarded to Comp . Brette , in appreciation of his indefatigable labours in the causes of Freemasonry , Science and Literature . The Gardeners' Chronicle publishes a bird's-eye
view of a number of conservatories recently erected at Buchan-hill , Crawley , the seat of Bro . P . Saillard , of Aldersgate-street . Bro . F . T . Isit occupied the chair at the annual dinner , at the Crystal Palace , on Saturday , the 1 ith inst ., of the firm of Messrs . J . and C . Boyd and Co . Bro . J . H . Puleston , M . P ., dined with the
Company of Wheelwrights at the Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court , on Thursday evening , the 9 th instant . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , and the Countess of Carnarvon , visited the Artizans' Exhibition in Dublin , on Saturday , the nth inst .,
and afterwards received a deputation from the Corporation of Belfast . Bros . Herbert Rymill and H . Lavington were among the guests at the 22 nd Anniversary Festival , at the Cannon Street Hotel , on Wednesday , the Sth inst ., of the Contractors' and Carmen ' s Provident Institution .
Bros , the Lord Mayor , M . P ., F . W . Imbert-Terry , and T . Beard were included in the company present at the Court dinner of the Cooks' Company , at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , on Thursday , the 9 th inst . The Queen has been pleased to confer the dignity of a baronet of the United Kingdom on Bro . the Right Hon . Alderman R . N . Fowler , M . P ., P . G . J . W .,
Lord Mayor of London . Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., laid the cornerstone of a new block of Artizans' Dwellings about to be erected in Seward-street , Goswell-road , by the City and Central Dwellings Company ( Limited ) . A lunch followed , at which the chair was occupied by Bro . Deputy Sims . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon received an address
from Dublin University on Monday . In the forenoon , his excellency , accompanied by the Countess of Carnarvon , was shown through the Four Courts by Bro . Lord Ashbourne , Lord Chancellor of Ireland . Bro . General Lord Wolseley visited the War Office , and Bro . Captain Lord Charles Beresford , R . N ., the Admiralty on Tuesday last , each of these distinguished
officers being heartily congratulated on their return home from Egypt . Bro . Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., P . G . M . Devonshire , has written to express his approval of the steps in contemplation by the Devonshire men to show their appreciaton of the honour conferred by the Queen on Sir . Stafford Northcote , by creating him a peer of the United
Kingdom . Bros . A . Williams , R . Berridge , and J . Church were among the members of the of the Society of Engineers , who on Thursday , the gth inst ., visited by permission the locomotive and carriage works of the South Eastern Railway Company , at Ashford . Ex . Comp . H . Baldwin , J . 720 , Scribe E . of the
Royal Hanover Chapter , 1777 , as ' < s us to no '' fy 'hat the convocation for installation will be held at the Town Hall , Twickenham , on Saturday , the 25 th inst ., at two o ' clock . Ex . Comp . H . B . Marshall , CC , Past Grand Treasurer , is the retiring M . E . Z . of this chapter . The Duchess of Albany has kindly consented to attend the annual "Camp Kettle" of the Esher Volunteers
on Wednesday next , and distribute the prizes . By Her Royal Highness's permission a grand bazaar was opened at Claremont on Tuesday last , in aid of the enlargement of the organ in the parish church of Esher . The farewell performance of Bro . and Mrs .
Bancroft is fixed for Monday next , when the leading members of the dramatic profession will lend their aid in order to give to the occasion as much prominence as possible . The address , which has been written by Mr . Clement Scott , will be delivered by Bro . Henry Irving , and Bro . Toole will appear in a comic sketch .
At the banquet given on Tuesday evening at Merchant Taylers' Hall to the Masters and Wardens of the bkinners' Company , there were present among the guests Bros . Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., T . W . Boord , M . P ., Sir W . H . B . Ffolkes , Bart ., M . P ., Major C Harding , Dr . Paul , Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead , and Alderman Sir R . Hanson .
Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., Col Stanley , M . P ., Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., the Hon . D . Plunket , M . P ., W . T . Marriott , Q . C , M . P ., and the Lord Mayor , M . P ., attended the Levee at St . James ' s Palace on Monday . Bros . Baron H . de Worms , M . P ., Charles Dalrymple , M . P ., Akers-Douglas , M . P ., the Earl of Dunraven , Lord Henniker , the Earl of Kintore , and the
Hon . H . S . Northcote , M . P ., were presented on appointment to office , and the Marquis of Breadalbane on being advanced in the peerage . An Express Day Service between London and Antwerp will commence on the 25 th inst ., when the Great Eastern Railway Company will run a special Continental train from Liverpool-street Station at 9 a . m . In connection
with this train their fast steel paddle steamer Adelaide will leave Harwich ( Parkeston Quay ) at n a . m ., arriving at Antwerp the same evening . The Service will be run every Wednesday and Saturday , and there will be a corresponding morning service from Antwerp on Tuesdays and Fridays , reaching London the same night . The ordinary week-day service leaving Liverpool-street Station at 8 p . m . every
evening , reaching Antwerp and Rotterdam early the following morning , will be run in addition to the New Day Service . HOLLOWAY ' PILLS . —Epidemic Diseases . —The alarming accounts of the cholera and the prevailing diarrhoea should be a warning to every one to subdue at once any irregularity tending towards disease . Holloway ' s Pills should now be in every household to rectify all impure states of the blood , to remedy weakness , and to
overcome impaired general health . Nothing can be simpler than the instructions for taking this corrective medicine , nothing more efficient than its cleansing powers , nothing more harmless than its vegetable ingredients . Holloway ' s is the best physic during the summer season , when decaying fruits and unwholesome vegetables are frequently deranging the bowels , and daily exposing thousands , through their negligence in permitting disordered action , to the dangers of diarrhoea , dysentery , and cholera . —[ ADV-r . ]
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Alderman Cowan will distribute the prizes on Monday next , the 27 th inst ., at Aske ' s , Hatcham Boys ' School . Bro . Lord Arthur Hill was re-elected member for County Down by a very considerable majority on Wednesday , the Sth instant . Bro . Edmund Yates presided on Saturday , the nth inst ., at the annual dinner , at the Albion , Aldersgatestreet , of the staff of the World newspaper .
We have much pi easure in announcing that the Aldersgate Chapter , No . 1657 , voted , at its recent meeting , a sum of five guineas towards the Levander Testimonial Fund . Bro . Pope , Q . C , appeared before the House of Lords Committee on Tuesday , and opened the case on behalf of the now pending Metropolitan Board of Works Bill .
A patent has been signed for the appointment of Bro . John Walker , M . A . " , ; Cheltenham , as Prov . Grand M . M . M . of Gloucestershire , in succession to Bro . Rev . C . R . Davy , who has resigned . Bro . Kennard ' s bill for enfranchising the Police is backed by , among others , Bros . Sir H . D . Wolff , Lord
Claud Hamilton , the Lord Mayor , and George Elliot . The second reading is fixed for Thursday next , the 23 rd instant . Bro . T . Eccleston Gibbs has been definitivel y accepted as candidate at the approaching General Election in the Liberal interest by the East St . Pancras Liberal-Council of One Hundred .
Bro . Colonel Sir Archibald C . Camphell , of Blythswood , Bart ., G . M . of Scotland , has agreed to lay the foundation-stone of the new Public Hall Buildings at Kirriemuir , with full Masonic honours , on the iSth prox . Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., and the Sheriffs will attend divine service at St . Helen ' s Church , Great St . Helen's , on Sunday , when the Rev . Canon Spence will
preach a sermon in aid of the Poor Clergy Relief Corporation . On Monday the Prince of Wales , accompanied by the Princess of Wales and the Princesses Louise , Victoria , and Maud of Wales , opened the Kettlewell Convalescent Home , recently established at Swanley in connection with St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital .
The Summer Number of " Society " is just published . It is a big sixpennyworth , the principal features being a remarkable powerful story called " Calumny , " by Mrs . Leith Adams , and a new and very charming poem , " Roses and Rue , " by Mr . Oscar Wilde . The Prince and Princess of Wales and suite left Ma rlborough House for Yorkshire on Tuesday , and on Wednesday their Royal Highnesses visited Leeds for the purpose of opening the new buildings of the Yorkshire College .
We are sure our readers will cordially unite with us in expressing sympathy with our esteemed Bro . D . P . Cama in the loss he has recently sustained through the death of his mother . The deceased lady , who was highly respected in Bombay , departed this life on the 7 thinst .
Bros . Richardson-Gardner , M . P ., and Sir Joseph Devereux were members of a deputation from the Royal Borough of Windsor , which waited on the Queen at Windsor Castle , on Friday , the 10 th inst ., for the purpose of presenting to Her Majesty an address of congratulation , on the occasion of the Princess Beatrice's marriage .
In accordance with our announcement last week the Provincial Grand Lodge of Suffolk held its annual meeting at Lowestoft , under the auspices of the Unity Lodge , No . 71 , and the St . Margaret Lodge , No . 1452 , on Monday , the 13 th inst . Everything passed off very successfully , as will be seen from the full account we shall have space enough to publish in our issue of next week .
Bro . Col . Sir Francis and Lady Burdett , the Baroness Burdett-Coutts . and Bro . Lord Balfour of Burleigh were among those present at the meeting at St . James ' s Hall , on Thursday , the 9 th inst ., of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals , when the Princess Frederica of Cumberland distributed the prizes to the writers of the successful essays , given annually by the
Society . The first anniversary meeting of the London Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was held at the Mansion House , on Friday , the 10 th inst . In the unavoidable absence of Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., the chair was taken by Mr . Alderman Cotton , and among those present were Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury , K . G ., the
Baroness and Bro . Burdett-Coutts , Bro . Colonel Sir Francis and Lady Burdett , the Countess of Wharncliffe , and Lady Ellis . We feel great pleasure in making known that the Lion and Lamb Chapter , No . 192 , at its meeting , on Wednesday , the 15 th inst ., voted a sum of two guineas
towards the testimonial now in course of being raised to that most worthy exponent of Freemasonry—Bro . Henry Muggeridge—whose fame as a Preceptor has been for so many years as familiar with the brethren generally as a household word , who , also , as Collector for the Girls ' School , rendered such conspicuous service to that admirable Institution .
Bro . the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress entertained the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England at a banquet at the Mansion House , on Wednesday , the Sth inst . The guests included Bro . Lord and Lady Egerton of Tatton , Bro . the Hon . H . S . and Mrs . Northcote , Bro . the Right Hon . Sir John and Lady Mowbray , Bro . Alderman and Mrs . Isaacs , Bro . Alderman and
Mrs . Waterlow , Bro . Alderman Sir R . Hanson , Bro . Alderman and Sheriff and Mrs . Whitehead , Bro . and Mrs . Snowden , Bro . and Mrs . Brookman , Bro . Alderman and Mrs . Evans , Bro . H . H . ' Crawford ( City Solicitor ) and Mrs . Crawford , Bro . and Mrs . Dresser Rogers , Bro . Alderman Savory , Bro . the Rev . J . E . Cox , D . D ., P . G . C , Bro . the Rev . Dr . and Mrs . Tristram , and Bro . Deputy and Mrs . East .
3 , 000 , 000 tins of CHAMPION'S MUSTARD were sold In London alone during the past year . Why was this so ? Because the public , havingsatisfied themselves it was the best and cheapest gave it a preference over all others . — ADVT .
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Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
Bro . C . F . Matter , P . G . W ., assisted by Bro . R . Berridge , G . D . of C , will consecrate the new Mark Lodge , the Rose and Lily , No . 354 , at the Four Swans Hotel , Waltham Cross , to-morrow ( Saturday . ) The following are the principal officers designate : Bros . Major G . J . Gardner , W . M . ; Fred . T . Bennett , S . W . ; and Alexander Millar , J . W . Bros . C . H . Driver and James
Terry are among the petitioners for the Warrant . Bro . the Lord Mayor ' s dinner to Her Majesty ' s Ministers will take place at the Mansion House on Wednesday , the 29 th instant . The Prince of Wales was an exhibitor at the annual show on Wednesday , the Sth inst ., of the County of Cork Agricultural Society .
Bro . Earl Granville had so far recovered from his recent illness on Thursday last that he was able for the first time to take carraige exercise . Warrants have just been granted for a new Mark and Royal Ark Mariners Lodge , attached thereto , to be known as the Finnemore Lodge , No . 35 S , Addington , Natal , South Africa .
Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., who was accompanied by the Lady Mayoress , opened a grand fancy fair at Grove House , Dulwich , on Friday , the 10 th inst ., in aid of the funds of St . Peter ' s Church , Dulwich . Bros . Lord Carrington , the Earl of Milltown , Lord Henniker , and the Earl of Arran are members of the Select Committee appointed to consider the Waterworks
Clauses Act , 1 S 47 , Amendment Bill . By command of the Queen , the Prince of Wales held a Levee at St . James ' s Palace on Monday , atwhich presentations to His Royal Highness are held as equivalent to presentations to Her Majesty . The brethren ( and friends ) of the Honor Oak Lodge , No . 19 S 6 ( Bro . H . M . Williams , W . M . ) , hold their
picnic to-morrow ( Saturday ) , proceeding to Keston , Kent , by coach , from Camberwell , and dining at the Red Cross Hotel , Keston . Bro . Captain George Lambert , P . G . S . B ., as Master , presided at a Court dinner , held on Thursday , the 9 th inst ., at the Holborn Restaurant , of the Pattenmakers ' Company , Bros . A . F . Godson , Dr . Mickley , Augustus
Harris , and R . Clowes , being among the guests . The Prince of Wales is President of the Amalgamated Committees of the two Gordon Memorial Funds , and Bro . the Duke of Connaught , P . G . W ., is one of the Vice-Presidents . Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., has undertaken to receive funds at the Mansion House towards the proposed memorial .
Bros . Sir James McGarel Hogg , Bart ., M . P ., Sir E . J . Reed , K . C . B ., M . P ., Alderman Sir R . Hanson , C . J . Shoppee , Lieut .-Col . T . Davies Sewell , and Captain A . Bott Cooke , were present at the Court dinner of the Shipwrights' Company , at Braziers' Hall , on the 10 th inst . Bro . the Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford , Bro . Major General Sir Evelyn and the Hon . Lady Wood ,
and Bros . Aldermen Staples , Savory , Waterlow , Evans , and Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead , were at the Lady Mayoress ' s reception at the Mansion House , on Thursday , the gth instant . The annual summer banquet and ladies' day in connection with the Corinthian Lodge , No . 1382 , will take place on Thursday next , the 23 rd inst ., at the Crown
Gardens , Broxbourne . Brakes will leave Bro . W . Clark's , George Hotel , opposite Millwall Dock Station , at 9 . 30 prompt . Brethren desiring to join this festive arrangement , can apply to the Hon . Secretary , Bro . S . G . Bonner , 2 , The View , Millwall , E . Early application is requested to facilitate the arrangements . Bro . the Earl and Countess of Hardwick , Bro .
Earl and Countess Granville , Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., Bro . the Earl and Countess of Cork , Bro . Viscount and Viscountess Powerscourt , Bro . Lord and Lady Sufiield , and Bro . Lord and Lady Brooke were among those present at the marriage in St . George ' s , Hanoversquare , on Tuesday , of Lord Vernon with Miss Fanny Lawrence , daughter of Mr . Francis Lawrence , of New
York . LONDON , EDINBURGH , AND GLASGOW ASSURANCE . —Warrants for payment of a dividend of 5 per cent , per annum on the paid-up capital were posted on Tuesday , the 30 th ult . The directors report that , during the halfyear ending on that date , 72 , CGS new policies , insuring jC 774 > 9 SS , were issued in the industrial branch , as compared
with i 6 , Ssi policies , insuring £ 181 , 152 , issued during the corresponding half of i 8 S 4 , and exceeding the total new business effected during the year 1 SS 4 . The marriage of Princess Beatrice , youngest daughter of the Queen , and Prince Henry of Battenberg will take place at Whippingham Church , on Thursday next , the 23 rd inst ., and in order to make the necessary
preparations for the ceremony , the Queen with her Court left Windsor Castle for Osborne , lsle ~ of Wight , on Saturday , the nth inst . The Prince and Princess of Wales , the Duke and Duchess of Connaught , and other members of the Royal Family will be present at the marriage , which will be performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury , assisted by the Dean of Windsor and Canon Prothero .
Bro . Charles Du Val's South African experiences , recently published in popular form by Messrs . Dean and Son , London , have achieved a remarkably literary success , two editions having been sold out in a few weeks from the date of issue . The enterprising publishers , in announcing a reprint of the popular shilling issue , announce also a special drawing room edition in cloth and gold at
half-a-crown . Bro . Charles Du Val has done wisely in publishing a popular edition of "With a Show through Southern Africa . " In its pages Bro . Du Val is as interesting as on the boards , and that is saying no little . Bro . Du Val will shortly visit India , where he proposes to give a series of monologue entertainments , and will probably produce in book form his impressions of our Eastern Dependency .
Masonic And General Tidings
Comp . the Rev . Dr . P . H . E . Brette was presented with a valuable gold jewel at the last meeting of the Aldersgate Chapter , on his vacating the chair of First Principal . This is the fifty-third decoration awarded to Comp . Brette , in appreciation of his indefatigable labours in the causes of Freemasonry , Science and Literature . The Gardeners' Chronicle publishes a bird's-eye
view of a number of conservatories recently erected at Buchan-hill , Crawley , the seat of Bro . P . Saillard , of Aldersgate-street . Bro . F . T . Isit occupied the chair at the annual dinner , at the Crystal Palace , on Saturday , the 1 ith inst ., of the firm of Messrs . J . and C . Boyd and Co . Bro . J . H . Puleston , M . P ., dined with the
Company of Wheelwrights at the Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court , on Thursday evening , the 9 th instant . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , and the Countess of Carnarvon , visited the Artizans' Exhibition in Dublin , on Saturday , the nth inst .,
and afterwards received a deputation from the Corporation of Belfast . Bros . Herbert Rymill and H . Lavington were among the guests at the 22 nd Anniversary Festival , at the Cannon Street Hotel , on Wednesday , the Sth inst ., of the Contractors' and Carmen ' s Provident Institution .
Bros , the Lord Mayor , M . P ., F . W . Imbert-Terry , and T . Beard were included in the company present at the Court dinner of the Cooks' Company , at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , on Thursday , the 9 th inst . The Queen has been pleased to confer the dignity of a baronet of the United Kingdom on Bro . the Right Hon . Alderman R . N . Fowler , M . P ., P . G . J . W .,
Lord Mayor of London . Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., laid the cornerstone of a new block of Artizans' Dwellings about to be erected in Seward-street , Goswell-road , by the City and Central Dwellings Company ( Limited ) . A lunch followed , at which the chair was occupied by Bro . Deputy Sims . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon received an address
from Dublin University on Monday . In the forenoon , his excellency , accompanied by the Countess of Carnarvon , was shown through the Four Courts by Bro . Lord Ashbourne , Lord Chancellor of Ireland . Bro . General Lord Wolseley visited the War Office , and Bro . Captain Lord Charles Beresford , R . N ., the Admiralty on Tuesday last , each of these distinguished
officers being heartily congratulated on their return home from Egypt . Bro . Viscount Ebrington , M . P ., P . G . M . Devonshire , has written to express his approval of the steps in contemplation by the Devonshire men to show their appreciaton of the honour conferred by the Queen on Sir . Stafford Northcote , by creating him a peer of the United
Kingdom . Bros . A . Williams , R . Berridge , and J . Church were among the members of the of the Society of Engineers , who on Thursday , the gth inst ., visited by permission the locomotive and carriage works of the South Eastern Railway Company , at Ashford . Ex . Comp . H . Baldwin , J . 720 , Scribe E . of the
Royal Hanover Chapter , 1777 , as ' < s us to no '' fy 'hat the convocation for installation will be held at the Town Hall , Twickenham , on Saturday , the 25 th inst ., at two o ' clock . Ex . Comp . H . B . Marshall , CC , Past Grand Treasurer , is the retiring M . E . Z . of this chapter . The Duchess of Albany has kindly consented to attend the annual "Camp Kettle" of the Esher Volunteers
on Wednesday next , and distribute the prizes . By Her Royal Highness's permission a grand bazaar was opened at Claremont on Tuesday last , in aid of the enlargement of the organ in the parish church of Esher . The farewell performance of Bro . and Mrs .
Bancroft is fixed for Monday next , when the leading members of the dramatic profession will lend their aid in order to give to the occasion as much prominence as possible . The address , which has been written by Mr . Clement Scott , will be delivered by Bro . Henry Irving , and Bro . Toole will appear in a comic sketch .
At the banquet given on Tuesday evening at Merchant Taylers' Hall to the Masters and Wardens of the bkinners' Company , there were present among the guests Bros . Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., T . W . Boord , M . P ., Sir W . H . B . Ffolkes , Bart ., M . P ., Major C Harding , Dr . Paul , Alderman and Sheriff Whitehead , and Alderman Sir R . Hanson .
Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., Col Stanley , M . P ., Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., the Hon . D . Plunket , M . P ., W . T . Marriott , Q . C , M . P ., and the Lord Mayor , M . P ., attended the Levee at St . James ' s Palace on Monday . Bros . Baron H . de Worms , M . P ., Charles Dalrymple , M . P ., Akers-Douglas , M . P ., the Earl of Dunraven , Lord Henniker , the Earl of Kintore , and the
Hon . H . S . Northcote , M . P ., were presented on appointment to office , and the Marquis of Breadalbane on being advanced in the peerage . An Express Day Service between London and Antwerp will commence on the 25 th inst ., when the Great Eastern Railway Company will run a special Continental train from Liverpool-street Station at 9 a . m . In connection
with this train their fast steel paddle steamer Adelaide will leave Harwich ( Parkeston Quay ) at n a . m ., arriving at Antwerp the same evening . The Service will be run every Wednesday and Saturday , and there will be a corresponding morning service from Antwerp on Tuesdays and Fridays , reaching London the same night . The ordinary week-day service leaving Liverpool-street Station at 8 p . m . every
evening , reaching Antwerp and Rotterdam early the following morning , will be run in addition to the New Day Service . HOLLOWAY ' PILLS . —Epidemic Diseases . —The alarming accounts of the cholera and the prevailing diarrhoea should be a warning to every one to subdue at once any irregularity tending towards disease . Holloway ' s Pills should now be in every household to rectify all impure states of the blood , to remedy weakness , and to
overcome impaired general health . Nothing can be simpler than the instructions for taking this corrective medicine , nothing more efficient than its cleansing powers , nothing more harmless than its vegetable ingredients . Holloway ' s is the best physic during the summer season , when decaying fruits and unwholesome vegetables are frequently deranging the bowels , and daily exposing thousands , through their negligence in permitting disordered action , to the dangers of diarrhoea , dysentery , and cholera . —[ ADV-r . ]
Masonic And General Tidings
Bro . Alderman Cowan will distribute the prizes on Monday next , the 27 th inst ., at Aske ' s , Hatcham Boys ' School . Bro . Lord Arthur Hill was re-elected member for County Down by a very considerable majority on Wednesday , the Sth instant . Bro . Edmund Yates presided on Saturday , the nth inst ., at the annual dinner , at the Albion , Aldersgatestreet , of the staff of the World newspaper .
We have much pi easure in announcing that the Aldersgate Chapter , No . 1657 , voted , at its recent meeting , a sum of five guineas towards the Levander Testimonial Fund . Bro . Pope , Q . C , appeared before the House of Lords Committee on Tuesday , and opened the case on behalf of the now pending Metropolitan Board of Works Bill .
A patent has been signed for the appointment of Bro . John Walker , M . A . " , ; Cheltenham , as Prov . Grand M . M . M . of Gloucestershire , in succession to Bro . Rev . C . R . Davy , who has resigned . Bro . Kennard ' s bill for enfranchising the Police is backed by , among others , Bros . Sir H . D . Wolff , Lord
Claud Hamilton , the Lord Mayor , and George Elliot . The second reading is fixed for Thursday next , the 23 rd instant . Bro . T . Eccleston Gibbs has been definitivel y accepted as candidate at the approaching General Election in the Liberal interest by the East St . Pancras Liberal-Council of One Hundred .
Bro . Colonel Sir Archibald C . Camphell , of Blythswood , Bart ., G . M . of Scotland , has agreed to lay the foundation-stone of the new Public Hall Buildings at Kirriemuir , with full Masonic honours , on the iSth prox . Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., and the Sheriffs will attend divine service at St . Helen ' s Church , Great St . Helen's , on Sunday , when the Rev . Canon Spence will
preach a sermon in aid of the Poor Clergy Relief Corporation . On Monday the Prince of Wales , accompanied by the Princess of Wales and the Princesses Louise , Victoria , and Maud of Wales , opened the Kettlewell Convalescent Home , recently established at Swanley in connection with St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital .
The Summer Number of " Society " is just published . It is a big sixpennyworth , the principal features being a remarkable powerful story called " Calumny , " by Mrs . Leith Adams , and a new and very charming poem , " Roses and Rue , " by Mr . Oscar Wilde . The Prince and Princess of Wales and suite left Ma rlborough House for Yorkshire on Tuesday , and on Wednesday their Royal Highnesses visited Leeds for the purpose of opening the new buildings of the Yorkshire College .
We are sure our readers will cordially unite with us in expressing sympathy with our esteemed Bro . D . P . Cama in the loss he has recently sustained through the death of his mother . The deceased lady , who was highly respected in Bombay , departed this life on the 7 thinst .
Bros . Richardson-Gardner , M . P ., and Sir Joseph Devereux were members of a deputation from the Royal Borough of Windsor , which waited on the Queen at Windsor Castle , on Friday , the 10 th inst ., for the purpose of presenting to Her Majesty an address of congratulation , on the occasion of the Princess Beatrice's marriage .
In accordance with our announcement last week the Provincial Grand Lodge of Suffolk held its annual meeting at Lowestoft , under the auspices of the Unity Lodge , No . 71 , and the St . Margaret Lodge , No . 1452 , on Monday , the 13 th inst . Everything passed off very successfully , as will be seen from the full account we shall have space enough to publish in our issue of next week .
Bro . Col . Sir Francis and Lady Burdett , the Baroness Burdett-Coutts . and Bro . Lord Balfour of Burleigh were among those present at the meeting at St . James ' s Hall , on Thursday , the 9 th inst ., of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals , when the Princess Frederica of Cumberland distributed the prizes to the writers of the successful essays , given annually by the
Society . The first anniversary meeting of the London Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was held at the Mansion House , on Friday , the 10 th inst . In the unavoidable absence of Bro . the Lord Mayor , M . P ., the chair was taken by Mr . Alderman Cotton , and among those present were Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury , K . G ., the
Baroness and Bro . Burdett-Coutts , Bro . Colonel Sir Francis and Lady Burdett , the Countess of Wharncliffe , and Lady Ellis . We feel great pleasure in making known that the Lion and Lamb Chapter , No . 192 , at its meeting , on Wednesday , the 15 th inst ., voted a sum of two guineas
towards the testimonial now in course of being raised to that most worthy exponent of Freemasonry—Bro . Henry Muggeridge—whose fame as a Preceptor has been for so many years as familiar with the brethren generally as a household word , who , also , as Collector for the Girls ' School , rendered such conspicuous service to that admirable Institution .
Bro . the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress entertained the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England at a banquet at the Mansion House , on Wednesday , the Sth inst . The guests included Bro . Lord and Lady Egerton of Tatton , Bro . the Hon . H . S . and Mrs . Northcote , Bro . the Right Hon . Sir John and Lady Mowbray , Bro . Alderman and Mrs . Isaacs , Bro . Alderman and
Mrs . Waterlow , Bro . Alderman Sir R . Hanson , Bro . Alderman and Sheriff and Mrs . Whitehead , Bro . and Mrs . Snowden , Bro . and Mrs . Brookman , Bro . Alderman and Mrs . Evans , Bro . H . H . ' Crawford ( City Solicitor ) and Mrs . Crawford , Bro . and Mrs . Dresser Rogers , Bro . Alderman Savory , Bro . the Rev . J . E . Cox , D . D ., P . G . C , Bro . the Rev . Dr . and Mrs . Tristram , and Bro . Deputy and Mrs . East .
3 , 000 , 000 tins of CHAMPION'S MUSTARD were sold In London alone during the past year . Why was this so ? Because the public , havingsatisfied themselves it was the best and cheapest gave it a preference over all others . — ADVT .