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Masonic and General Tidings
The annual Provincial Grand Lodge or Cumberland and Westmorland will be held at Workington , on Tuesday , the 30 th inst ., when the Eden Lodge , No . 2285 , will be consecrated by Bro . L . F . B . Dykes , P . G . D . of Eng . » D . P . G . M ., assisted by several Provincial Grand Officers ; and the corner-stone of Workington Parish Church ( St . Michael's ) will be laid with Masonic
ceremonial at 2 . 45 p . m . the same day . The lodge of instruction meeting under the warrant of the Mount Edgcumbe Lodge , No . 1446 , will now assemble at Bro . White's , the Crown Tavern , Lambeth-road , S . E . The new hall erected for the Trafalgar Lodge > No . 323 , in St . Anthony-lane , Leith , is now completed , and
was opened on Monday evening last by the brethren of the lodge , who marched in procession from their old meeting p lace in Bernard-street , bearing the emblems of their Order , and carrying torchlights . As stated on the occasion ot the laying of the foundation-stone , the building is of a very ornate appearance . The facade is in the Gothic style , and over each of the three dormer windows are
erected carved nnials representing the "Sun , " "Moon , " and "Stars , " respectively . The interior of the hall is well ornamented , the ceiling being in blue , and spangled with gold stars , to which an open timber roof lends considerable effect . The hall is capable of seating 500 persons . Bro . Henry Lynn , 217 , is a candi date for reelection in the West Lambeth Division of the London School Board .
The Prince of Wales visited Newmarket on Tuesday for the purpose of witnessing the contest for the Cambridgeshire , and took up his quarters at the Jockey Club Rooms . Among those present in the Grand Stand with his Royal Highness were Bros , the Earl of Zetland , the Marquis of Hartington , and Lord Randolph Churchill . Bro . Lord Chancellor Halsbury , after receiving
Bro . Alderman Whitehead , Lord Mayor elect of London , left town for Exeter , in order to attend the funeral of his brother , Mr . Giffard , Judge of the Exeter County Court . We regret to hear of the death of Mr . J . W . de L . Giffard , judge of the Exeter County Court and a brother of Bro . Lord Halsbury , the Lord Chancellor . The 20 th annual National Cat Show was opened
at the Crystal Palace on Tuesday , when about 500 fine specimens of the feline tribe of various kinds were found gathered together . Thursday was the 34 th anniversary of the Battle of Balaclava , and there are still some live and twenty officers surviving who took part in the charge of the Light Brigade . The anniversaries of the Battles of Trafalgar
( 21 st October , 1 S 05 ) and Camperdown ( nth October , 1797 ) were commemorated by the Royal Naval Club of 1765 , with the customary banquet at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James's , on Tuesday evening , Admiral Sir R . Vesey Hamilton being the chairman of the day . Bro . Earl Granville was entertained at dinner b y the Liverpool Reform Club on Saturday last , and among
others who attended meetings the same evening in other localities was Bro . J . G . Shaw Lefevre , M . P . The 10 th annual exhibition of appliances relating to brewing , distilling , the wine and spirit trade , and mineral waters manufacture has been open at the Royal Agricultural Hall during the present week . The high character of the display has been fully maintained .
Bro . the Marquis of Hartington concluded his visit to Belfast on Saturday last . On his way through the streets to the railway terminus his lordship was received with hearty cheers . Bro . the Earl and Countess of Jersey arrived in town from Middleton Park , Bicester , early in the present Week , and will be very shortly on their way to Bombay via Marseilles , for a tour in India .
Her Majesty , with the Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg and the members of the Court , are expected to arrive at Windsor from Balmoral on Wednesday , the 14 th prox . The Fishmongers' Company have presented a donation of £ 250 to the funds of the National Sea Fisheries Protection Association .
. It is with very great regret we hear that the illness of Bro . the Earl of Rosslyn is the cause of the deepest anxiety among his family and friends , the former of whom have assembled at the house in Stamford where his lordship is residing .
Bro . Robt . Hughes , of Hastings , l . P . M . and secretary of the Abbey Lodge , No . 1184 , Battle , and a Wember of the Correspondence Circle of the Quatuor Loronati Lodge , has had a severe shock and loss through hre . He and his family had to make a hurried escape trom the house in the night , but fortunately the fire was extinguished before it could spread beyond the room in Which it originated . His lodge papers are safe , but he has 'ost a valuable collection of books and Masonic items .
At a meeting of the members of the Unanimity , ajncetity , and Philanthropic Lodge , No . 191 , of Mark Master Masons , held at the Royal Clarence Hotel , on Monday evening , the 15 th inst ., the S . W ., Bro . E . Fry th ' * unanimously elected W . M . of the lodge for ™ e ensuing year , as successor to Bro . A . Duckett .
GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL . — The tentative t ? V ' on *' handsome stone reredos erected by £ ne brethren of the Province of Gloucestershire , being w * H ? , erec * satisfactory , it has been decided to proceed with the work of colouring and gilding the entire reredos ; Unl v P ' 1 at about £ 300 , is expected to be raised v the brethren . An attemnt is beinrr mads t-n indnrp
th eS p - Wi'hs to commence at once the work of restoring Ch 'Kat-lec-r . ' organ , which had been postponed until after nstmaSj in consequence of the pressure of other engagers on that firm . - B
Masonic And General Tidings
The Treasurer of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys has received from the executors and trustees of the will of the late Miss Louisa M'Kellar , of Argyll Lodge , Clapham Park , a donation of - £ 250 . A small but active lodge of instruction is held at the Lugard , Lugard-road , Peckham . The Preceptor , Bro . Eedle , is most energetic in his endeavours to give
fullest instruction . Bro . Walter Martin , Bro . Wimble , Bro . Scudder , and several other brethren are usually in attendance to assist young members . On the 19 th inst ., the Lodge of Fidelity , No . 269 , celebrated its centenary . The lodge was opened in the Town Hall , Blackburn , in the afternoon , when Bro .
Preston delivered an address on the history of Freemasonry in the town , and a centenary warrant was presented by Col . Starkie , Provincial Grand Master . The brethren afterwards went in procession to the parish church , where a special service was held , the sermon being preached by Bro . the Rev . E . Bigoe Bagot , Provincial Grand Chaplain of East Lancashire .
Bro . Jas . Pengelly was elected VV . M . for the ensuing year at the last meeting of the Mount Edgcumbe Lodge , No . 1544 , at Camborne . The festival of St . John , in connection with the Cope Lodge , No . 1357 , Sale , was held at the Brooklands Hotel , on the 19 th inst ., when Bro . W . Campbell was installed W . M . for the ensuing year .
A lecture on the First Degree was delivered on the 18 th inst ., in St . Mark ' s Hall , 213 , Buchanan-street , Glasgow , by Bro . W . Ferguson , P . M . 581 , to a full attendance of the brethren belonging to Lodge St . Mungo , No . 27 , and sister lodges . The lecture , which was exceedingly interesting , was received wilh much approbation , and at its close the lecturer received a hearty vote of thanks .
Bro . James Dick , R . W . M ., presided . The annual installation meeting of the Sir Watkin Lodge , No . 1477 , has been held at Mold , where Bro . Sydney Freme Clement , the W . M ., installed Bro . J . E . Davies as his successor , he having been unanimously elected at a previous regular meeting of the lodge . Bro . J . E . Davies invested Bro . Clement as l . P . M . ;
Bros . J . D . Bolton , S . W . ; T . S . Adams , J . W . ; Protheroe , Chap . ; J . Corbett , Treas . ; Roberts , Sec ; Young , Org . ; W . P . Jones , S . D . ; S . Beresford , J . D . ; S . Edwards , I . G . ; Oliver , Ellwood , and W . H . Bellamy , Stwds . ; and Smith , Tyler . Bro . Clement was presented with a handsome P . M . ' s jewel . , In the evening the brethren attended the annual banquet at the Black Lion Hotel .
The Prince of Wales has accepted an invitation to visit Middlesborough in the course of the month of January next , when his Royal Highness will open the new Town Hall and municipal buildings . The sixth annual dinner of the Metropolitan Beer and Wine Trade Protection Society was held in the Venetian Room of the Holborn Restaurant on Wednesday evening , the subscriptions amounting to about 200 guineas .
The Turners' Company opened their 20 th Annual Exhibition of Turnery , at the Mansion House , on Wednesday , the exhibits being , as usual , divided into four classes—diamonds , glass , stone , and pottery , and were most interesting . The prizes , which consist of silver and bronze medals , the freedom of the Company , and money prizes , are to be distributed by Bro . Lord Mayor De Keyser
to-day ( Friday ) . The Secretary of the Great Northern Central Hospital , Holloway-road , which was recently opened by the Prince and Princess of Wales , has had the good fortune to acknowledge receipt of a bequest of £ 1000 to that Institution , under the will of the late Miss Louisa M'Kellar .
Bro . Lord Halsbury , Lord Chancellor of England , [ arrived in London from Pendrucombe , his seat in Cornwall , on Tuesday , and the following day received the Lord Mayor elect , Bro . Alderman Whitehead , and the Judges and Queen ' s Counsel at his residence at the House of Lords .
The Exchange Telegraph Company states that Alderman Whitehead , the Lord Mayor elect , had an interview with Mr . Stanhope at the War Office , on Thursday , in connection with the proposed participation of the Metropolitan Volunteer Corps in the approaching Lord Mayor ' s Show . The Exchange Telegraph Company learns that as a result of the interview the project will be abandoned .
The chief corner-stone of Workington Parish Church will be laid with Masonic ceremonial by Bro . L . F . B . Dykes , D . G . M . of the province of Cumberland and Westmorland on Tuesday next . MASONIC LECTURE . —In Lodge Glasgow St . John , No . 3 bis , the first of a course of Masonic lectures was delivered by Bro . James Jack , R . W . M . 129 , to a
goodly turn-out of brethren . The subject was "Early Masonry , " and the lecturer , while admitting that authentic lodge records did not exist prior to 1599 , maintained that the present organisation was at least three centuries earlier ; that the "Steinmetzen , " or mediaeval architects and Craftsmen , had a precisely similar organisation , of which the present was the outcome ; and that these Steinmetzen derived their art and its secrets from Constantinople , and
it , in its turn , from Italy and Rome . The Roman collegia or craft-guilds were in all but name Masons , and their prototypes were the Greeks , who , in turn , derived their Masonic secrets from Egypt—the land of Masonry , mysteries , and hieroglyphics . Light and learning came from the East—Egypt gave the greater part , Palestine a good deal . The Essenes were a set of monkish Masons , and the light of Masonry was even found in China .
HOLLOWAYS PILLS . —Nothing Better . —After all that has been talked or written about the removal of nervous infirmities ample experience has fully demonstrated Ihat these invaluable Pills exercise a greater and more beneficial influence over these multifarious and disheartening disorders than any other medicine . The action of Holloway ' s Pills is thoroughly consonant with reason . They
completely cleanse the blood , relieve both head and stomach of all faulty functions , expel all oppressive accumulations from the bowels , and purify both solids and fluids . With the blood perfect , and all poisons purged from the system , regularity must prevail throughout the body , aches and pains must cease , healthful energy must supplant weariness , and the shaky nerves must regain their wholesome tone , —AOVT ,
Masonic And General Tidings
The consecration of the Eden Lodge , No . 2285 , will take place at the Green Dragon Hotel , Workington , on the occasion of the meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland , on Tuesday next .
The opening meeting of the eighth session of the Browning Society will take place to-day ( Friday ) , at University College , Gower-street , when Dr . E . Berdoe will read a paper on " Paracelsus . " The Rev . Mark Wilks will take the chair .
The Prince of Wales will arrive at Balmoral today ( Friday ) , on a visit to the Queen . His Royal Highness is expected to reach Aberdeen in the morning , and will leave immediately afterwards for Deeside . The mail boat Hilda , due at Guernsey early on Wednesday morning , and detained at Southampton by a dense fog , arrived at the former port at eleven o ' clock that
night , and proceeded for Jersey an hour afterwards . She left Jersey with mails and passengers for Guernsey and Southampton , at nine Thursday morning . Mr . Sam Deard , patenter and manufacturer of the Dry Glazing for Greenhouses , & c , has opened new offices at 16 , Dashwood House , E . C . The 15 th Annual Communication of the G . Lodge
of Prince Edward Island was held at Charlottetown on the 26 th June last , under the presidency of Bro . John Yeo , M . W . G . M ., the Grand Officers and 10 out of the 12 lodges on the roll being well represented . The various reports were submitted , and the Grand Secretary announced that , by directions from the Grand Master , he had been successful in reviving and starting on the road to prosperity a
lodge which had lost its hall , furniture , and books . Grand Lodge refused to prohibit public installations . From the statistical and financial returns it appears that there are 12 lodges on the roll , with a membership of 495 , and that the expenditure—necessarily on a limited scale—is well within the modest income of the Grand Lodge . Bro . John Yeo and Bro . B . Wilson Higgs have been re-invested Grand
Master and Grand Secretary respectively for the new year . Lodge Charity , No . 223 , has existed for nearly . a century . It was instituted as a Cornish lodge , but was consecrated at Plymouth . Its history has been full of vaiied fortunes . Some months since its Secretary , Bro . W . Browning , P . P . G . D . C , undertook to compile from its records a ' synopsis of its history for the information of the brethren . His work has been much appreciated , and at
the regular meeting of the lodge recently , as a mark of that appreciation , Bro . Browning was presented with a pair of handsome gold mounted spectacles enclosed in a case with the inscription on a silver plate— " Presented to W . B . Browning , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C , Secretary , by Lodge Charity , 223 , to commemorate his ability and zeal in the compilation of the history of the lodge from its formation . October , 18 SS . P . H . Bridgman , W . M . "
THE ARMADA EXHIBITION AT DRURY LANE . —The enterprise of Bro . Augustus Harris seems to have no bounds—not content with producing the most colossal spectacular drama that even the stage of Drury Lane has seen , he has undertaken to transplant the large and interesting collection of Armada relics which formed the Exhibition at Plymouth some time since to the Saloon of Drury
Lane Theatre , adding thereto a large number of exhibits which were not included in that collection , bringing the total up to over 500 . Thejopening ceremony , which was of a very interesting character , was performed by the Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham , who delivered an admirable address , and amongst others present wete Lord Alcester , Prince Malcolm Khan , Sir Morell Mackenzie and Lady
Mackenzie , Mr . Henry Oppenheim and Miss Oppenheim , Mr . Dixon-Hartland , M . P ., and Mrs . Dixon-Hartland , Sir John Puleston , M . P ., and Lady Puleston , Sir Albert Rollit , M . P ., Sir William Hardman , Miss Emily Faithfull , and Dr . Drake , and Major Frobisher , descendants of the heroes of Elizabethan days . Several of the exhibits are paintings , mostly portraits .
Queen Elizabeth is represented on several canvasses as she appeared at different ages . There are also portraits of Howard , Raleigh , Drake , and Forbisher . Mr . Lucas has lent Sir Oswald Brierly ' s "The Armada Sailing from Ferrol , " and "The Decisive Action off Gravesend . " Amongst the engravings we noticed a fine set of 17 plates , depicting various phases of the great sea fight , by Pine ,
a name familiar to Masons , as the engraver of the list of lodges and other prints . Amongst other features of the exhibition is a fine collection of armour and weapons , both English and Spanish , many of very finely tempered steel . There are also curious coins and medals , and several manuscripts , all of interest to the student of the history of the period . Several articles said to have been taken from
the torture chamber of the Inquisition came in for a good deal of curious inspection . At the conclusion of the opening proceedings Bro . Harris moved a vote of thanks to Lord Winchilsea , which was , it need scarcely be said , carried unanimously , and subsequently under the direction of Mr . Walter Slaughter a selection of music was played by the Drury Lane orchestra .
NORTH-WEST LONDON DENTAL INSTITUTE . — Extract from Kentish Town Magazine , for April , 1886 . — "The above-named . Institute , under the special patronage of the Clergy , Medical Men , Gentlemen and Ladies of the N . and N . W . districts , affords in its daily and extensive practice , wondrous exemplification of the great progress that has been made in the science of dentistry during quite modern days , and also proves
indisputably the great boon which the above-named Institute conlers daily upon numerous sufferers . Defective teeth and gums are well known to be the foundation of the most painful complaints that afflict mankind , and that the several ailments of the mouth need the skilled attention of eminent scientists , if they are to be cured , or even alleviated , and in order that such skilled attention might be within the reach of all grades , the NOEIH -WEST LONDON
DENTAL INSTTIUIE was established . Situated at So , Fortess-road , Junction-road , Kentish Town , under the superintendence of Mr . A . W . FURUER , L . D . S ., Royal College of Surgeons of England , assisted hy a star ! of skilled and qualified gentlemen , this Institute supplied artiricia . teeth ; latest scientific improvements ; extracts teeth , and perforrr . s . all other necessary operations painlessly , and bestows benefits that cannot be over-estimated upon this portion of
our largely-populateu suburbs that would not seek the aid of Hospitals and Charities in the Metropolis . We may add that'Mr A . VV * . FURBER , L . D . S ., R . C . S . E ., has had 20 years' experience in hospitals and private practice , is of a very kindly disposition , and eminently fitted for the position that he holds , where he has earned
the golden opinions of all who have consulted him . Mr . FUBBER is also a well-known benefactor , having devoted ten years ot his early practice to serve the poor , during which period his well-tutnred and able hand relieved [ free of cost "| no less a number than 20 , 000 suffering patients . " —Fees at this Institute are moderate , and Free to " the Unemployed , "
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Masonic And General Tidings
Masonic and General Tidings
The annual Provincial Grand Lodge or Cumberland and Westmorland will be held at Workington , on Tuesday , the 30 th inst ., when the Eden Lodge , No . 2285 , will be consecrated by Bro . L . F . B . Dykes , P . G . D . of Eng . » D . P . G . M ., assisted by several Provincial Grand Officers ; and the corner-stone of Workington Parish Church ( St . Michael's ) will be laid with Masonic
ceremonial at 2 . 45 p . m . the same day . The lodge of instruction meeting under the warrant of the Mount Edgcumbe Lodge , No . 1446 , will now assemble at Bro . White's , the Crown Tavern , Lambeth-road , S . E . The new hall erected for the Trafalgar Lodge > No . 323 , in St . Anthony-lane , Leith , is now completed , and
was opened on Monday evening last by the brethren of the lodge , who marched in procession from their old meeting p lace in Bernard-street , bearing the emblems of their Order , and carrying torchlights . As stated on the occasion ot the laying of the foundation-stone , the building is of a very ornate appearance . The facade is in the Gothic style , and over each of the three dormer windows are
erected carved nnials representing the "Sun , " "Moon , " and "Stars , " respectively . The interior of the hall is well ornamented , the ceiling being in blue , and spangled with gold stars , to which an open timber roof lends considerable effect . The hall is capable of seating 500 persons . Bro . Henry Lynn , 217 , is a candi date for reelection in the West Lambeth Division of the London School Board .
The Prince of Wales visited Newmarket on Tuesday for the purpose of witnessing the contest for the Cambridgeshire , and took up his quarters at the Jockey Club Rooms . Among those present in the Grand Stand with his Royal Highness were Bros , the Earl of Zetland , the Marquis of Hartington , and Lord Randolph Churchill . Bro . Lord Chancellor Halsbury , after receiving
Bro . Alderman Whitehead , Lord Mayor elect of London , left town for Exeter , in order to attend the funeral of his brother , Mr . Giffard , Judge of the Exeter County Court . We regret to hear of the death of Mr . J . W . de L . Giffard , judge of the Exeter County Court and a brother of Bro . Lord Halsbury , the Lord Chancellor . The 20 th annual National Cat Show was opened
at the Crystal Palace on Tuesday , when about 500 fine specimens of the feline tribe of various kinds were found gathered together . Thursday was the 34 th anniversary of the Battle of Balaclava , and there are still some live and twenty officers surviving who took part in the charge of the Light Brigade . The anniversaries of the Battles of Trafalgar
( 21 st October , 1 S 05 ) and Camperdown ( nth October , 1797 ) were commemorated by the Royal Naval Club of 1765 , with the customary banquet at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James's , on Tuesday evening , Admiral Sir R . Vesey Hamilton being the chairman of the day . Bro . Earl Granville was entertained at dinner b y the Liverpool Reform Club on Saturday last , and among
others who attended meetings the same evening in other localities was Bro . J . G . Shaw Lefevre , M . P . The 10 th annual exhibition of appliances relating to brewing , distilling , the wine and spirit trade , and mineral waters manufacture has been open at the Royal Agricultural Hall during the present week . The high character of the display has been fully maintained .
Bro . the Marquis of Hartington concluded his visit to Belfast on Saturday last . On his way through the streets to the railway terminus his lordship was received with hearty cheers . Bro . the Earl and Countess of Jersey arrived in town from Middleton Park , Bicester , early in the present Week , and will be very shortly on their way to Bombay via Marseilles , for a tour in India .
Her Majesty , with the Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg and the members of the Court , are expected to arrive at Windsor from Balmoral on Wednesday , the 14 th prox . The Fishmongers' Company have presented a donation of £ 250 to the funds of the National Sea Fisheries Protection Association .
. It is with very great regret we hear that the illness of Bro . the Earl of Rosslyn is the cause of the deepest anxiety among his family and friends , the former of whom have assembled at the house in Stamford where his lordship is residing .
Bro . Robt . Hughes , of Hastings , l . P . M . and secretary of the Abbey Lodge , No . 1184 , Battle , and a Wember of the Correspondence Circle of the Quatuor Loronati Lodge , has had a severe shock and loss through hre . He and his family had to make a hurried escape trom the house in the night , but fortunately the fire was extinguished before it could spread beyond the room in Which it originated . His lodge papers are safe , but he has 'ost a valuable collection of books and Masonic items .
At a meeting of the members of the Unanimity , ajncetity , and Philanthropic Lodge , No . 191 , of Mark Master Masons , held at the Royal Clarence Hotel , on Monday evening , the 15 th inst ., the S . W ., Bro . E . Fry th ' * unanimously elected W . M . of the lodge for ™ e ensuing year , as successor to Bro . A . Duckett .
GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL . — The tentative t ? V ' on *' handsome stone reredos erected by £ ne brethren of the Province of Gloucestershire , being w * H ? , erec * satisfactory , it has been decided to proceed with the work of colouring and gilding the entire reredos ; Unl v P ' 1 at about £ 300 , is expected to be raised v the brethren . An attemnt is beinrr mads t-n indnrp
th eS p - Wi'hs to commence at once the work of restoring Ch 'Kat-lec-r . ' organ , which had been postponed until after nstmaSj in consequence of the pressure of other engagers on that firm . - B
Masonic And General Tidings
The Treasurer of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys has received from the executors and trustees of the will of the late Miss Louisa M'Kellar , of Argyll Lodge , Clapham Park , a donation of - £ 250 . A small but active lodge of instruction is held at the Lugard , Lugard-road , Peckham . The Preceptor , Bro . Eedle , is most energetic in his endeavours to give
fullest instruction . Bro . Walter Martin , Bro . Wimble , Bro . Scudder , and several other brethren are usually in attendance to assist young members . On the 19 th inst ., the Lodge of Fidelity , No . 269 , celebrated its centenary . The lodge was opened in the Town Hall , Blackburn , in the afternoon , when Bro .
Preston delivered an address on the history of Freemasonry in the town , and a centenary warrant was presented by Col . Starkie , Provincial Grand Master . The brethren afterwards went in procession to the parish church , where a special service was held , the sermon being preached by Bro . the Rev . E . Bigoe Bagot , Provincial Grand Chaplain of East Lancashire .
Bro . Jas . Pengelly was elected VV . M . for the ensuing year at the last meeting of the Mount Edgcumbe Lodge , No . 1544 , at Camborne . The festival of St . John , in connection with the Cope Lodge , No . 1357 , Sale , was held at the Brooklands Hotel , on the 19 th inst ., when Bro . W . Campbell was installed W . M . for the ensuing year .
A lecture on the First Degree was delivered on the 18 th inst ., in St . Mark ' s Hall , 213 , Buchanan-street , Glasgow , by Bro . W . Ferguson , P . M . 581 , to a full attendance of the brethren belonging to Lodge St . Mungo , No . 27 , and sister lodges . The lecture , which was exceedingly interesting , was received wilh much approbation , and at its close the lecturer received a hearty vote of thanks .
Bro . James Dick , R . W . M ., presided . The annual installation meeting of the Sir Watkin Lodge , No . 1477 , has been held at Mold , where Bro . Sydney Freme Clement , the W . M ., installed Bro . J . E . Davies as his successor , he having been unanimously elected at a previous regular meeting of the lodge . Bro . J . E . Davies invested Bro . Clement as l . P . M . ;
Bros . J . D . Bolton , S . W . ; T . S . Adams , J . W . ; Protheroe , Chap . ; J . Corbett , Treas . ; Roberts , Sec ; Young , Org . ; W . P . Jones , S . D . ; S . Beresford , J . D . ; S . Edwards , I . G . ; Oliver , Ellwood , and W . H . Bellamy , Stwds . ; and Smith , Tyler . Bro . Clement was presented with a handsome P . M . ' s jewel . , In the evening the brethren attended the annual banquet at the Black Lion Hotel .
The Prince of Wales has accepted an invitation to visit Middlesborough in the course of the month of January next , when his Royal Highness will open the new Town Hall and municipal buildings . The sixth annual dinner of the Metropolitan Beer and Wine Trade Protection Society was held in the Venetian Room of the Holborn Restaurant on Wednesday evening , the subscriptions amounting to about 200 guineas .
The Turners' Company opened their 20 th Annual Exhibition of Turnery , at the Mansion House , on Wednesday , the exhibits being , as usual , divided into four classes—diamonds , glass , stone , and pottery , and were most interesting . The prizes , which consist of silver and bronze medals , the freedom of the Company , and money prizes , are to be distributed by Bro . Lord Mayor De Keyser
to-day ( Friday ) . The Secretary of the Great Northern Central Hospital , Holloway-road , which was recently opened by the Prince and Princess of Wales , has had the good fortune to acknowledge receipt of a bequest of £ 1000 to that Institution , under the will of the late Miss Louisa M'Kellar .
Bro . Lord Halsbury , Lord Chancellor of England , [ arrived in London from Pendrucombe , his seat in Cornwall , on Tuesday , and the following day received the Lord Mayor elect , Bro . Alderman Whitehead , and the Judges and Queen ' s Counsel at his residence at the House of Lords .
The Exchange Telegraph Company states that Alderman Whitehead , the Lord Mayor elect , had an interview with Mr . Stanhope at the War Office , on Thursday , in connection with the proposed participation of the Metropolitan Volunteer Corps in the approaching Lord Mayor ' s Show . The Exchange Telegraph Company learns that as a result of the interview the project will be abandoned .
The chief corner-stone of Workington Parish Church will be laid with Masonic ceremonial by Bro . L . F . B . Dykes , D . G . M . of the province of Cumberland and Westmorland on Tuesday next . MASONIC LECTURE . —In Lodge Glasgow St . John , No . 3 bis , the first of a course of Masonic lectures was delivered by Bro . James Jack , R . W . M . 129 , to a
goodly turn-out of brethren . The subject was "Early Masonry , " and the lecturer , while admitting that authentic lodge records did not exist prior to 1599 , maintained that the present organisation was at least three centuries earlier ; that the "Steinmetzen , " or mediaeval architects and Craftsmen , had a precisely similar organisation , of which the present was the outcome ; and that these Steinmetzen derived their art and its secrets from Constantinople , and
it , in its turn , from Italy and Rome . The Roman collegia or craft-guilds were in all but name Masons , and their prototypes were the Greeks , who , in turn , derived their Masonic secrets from Egypt—the land of Masonry , mysteries , and hieroglyphics . Light and learning came from the East—Egypt gave the greater part , Palestine a good deal . The Essenes were a set of monkish Masons , and the light of Masonry was even found in China .
HOLLOWAYS PILLS . —Nothing Better . —After all that has been talked or written about the removal of nervous infirmities ample experience has fully demonstrated Ihat these invaluable Pills exercise a greater and more beneficial influence over these multifarious and disheartening disorders than any other medicine . The action of Holloway ' s Pills is thoroughly consonant with reason . They
completely cleanse the blood , relieve both head and stomach of all faulty functions , expel all oppressive accumulations from the bowels , and purify both solids and fluids . With the blood perfect , and all poisons purged from the system , regularity must prevail throughout the body , aches and pains must cease , healthful energy must supplant weariness , and the shaky nerves must regain their wholesome tone , —AOVT ,
Masonic And General Tidings
The consecration of the Eden Lodge , No . 2285 , will take place at the Green Dragon Hotel , Workington , on the occasion of the meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland , on Tuesday next .
The opening meeting of the eighth session of the Browning Society will take place to-day ( Friday ) , at University College , Gower-street , when Dr . E . Berdoe will read a paper on " Paracelsus . " The Rev . Mark Wilks will take the chair .
The Prince of Wales will arrive at Balmoral today ( Friday ) , on a visit to the Queen . His Royal Highness is expected to reach Aberdeen in the morning , and will leave immediately afterwards for Deeside . The mail boat Hilda , due at Guernsey early on Wednesday morning , and detained at Southampton by a dense fog , arrived at the former port at eleven o ' clock that
night , and proceeded for Jersey an hour afterwards . She left Jersey with mails and passengers for Guernsey and Southampton , at nine Thursday morning . Mr . Sam Deard , patenter and manufacturer of the Dry Glazing for Greenhouses , & c , has opened new offices at 16 , Dashwood House , E . C . The 15 th Annual Communication of the G . Lodge
of Prince Edward Island was held at Charlottetown on the 26 th June last , under the presidency of Bro . John Yeo , M . W . G . M ., the Grand Officers and 10 out of the 12 lodges on the roll being well represented . The various reports were submitted , and the Grand Secretary announced that , by directions from the Grand Master , he had been successful in reviving and starting on the road to prosperity a
lodge which had lost its hall , furniture , and books . Grand Lodge refused to prohibit public installations . From the statistical and financial returns it appears that there are 12 lodges on the roll , with a membership of 495 , and that the expenditure—necessarily on a limited scale—is well within the modest income of the Grand Lodge . Bro . John Yeo and Bro . B . Wilson Higgs have been re-invested Grand
Master and Grand Secretary respectively for the new year . Lodge Charity , No . 223 , has existed for nearly . a century . It was instituted as a Cornish lodge , but was consecrated at Plymouth . Its history has been full of vaiied fortunes . Some months since its Secretary , Bro . W . Browning , P . P . G . D . C , undertook to compile from its records a ' synopsis of its history for the information of the brethren . His work has been much appreciated , and at
the regular meeting of the lodge recently , as a mark of that appreciation , Bro . Browning was presented with a pair of handsome gold mounted spectacles enclosed in a case with the inscription on a silver plate— " Presented to W . B . Browning , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C , Secretary , by Lodge Charity , 223 , to commemorate his ability and zeal in the compilation of the history of the lodge from its formation . October , 18 SS . P . H . Bridgman , W . M . "
THE ARMADA EXHIBITION AT DRURY LANE . —The enterprise of Bro . Augustus Harris seems to have no bounds—not content with producing the most colossal spectacular drama that even the stage of Drury Lane has seen , he has undertaken to transplant the large and interesting collection of Armada relics which formed the Exhibition at Plymouth some time since to the Saloon of Drury
Lane Theatre , adding thereto a large number of exhibits which were not included in that collection , bringing the total up to over 500 . Thejopening ceremony , which was of a very interesting character , was performed by the Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham , who delivered an admirable address , and amongst others present wete Lord Alcester , Prince Malcolm Khan , Sir Morell Mackenzie and Lady
Mackenzie , Mr . Henry Oppenheim and Miss Oppenheim , Mr . Dixon-Hartland , M . P ., and Mrs . Dixon-Hartland , Sir John Puleston , M . P ., and Lady Puleston , Sir Albert Rollit , M . P ., Sir William Hardman , Miss Emily Faithfull , and Dr . Drake , and Major Frobisher , descendants of the heroes of Elizabethan days . Several of the exhibits are paintings , mostly portraits .
Queen Elizabeth is represented on several canvasses as she appeared at different ages . There are also portraits of Howard , Raleigh , Drake , and Forbisher . Mr . Lucas has lent Sir Oswald Brierly ' s "The Armada Sailing from Ferrol , " and "The Decisive Action off Gravesend . " Amongst the engravings we noticed a fine set of 17 plates , depicting various phases of the great sea fight , by Pine ,
a name familiar to Masons , as the engraver of the list of lodges and other prints . Amongst other features of the exhibition is a fine collection of armour and weapons , both English and Spanish , many of very finely tempered steel . There are also curious coins and medals , and several manuscripts , all of interest to the student of the history of the period . Several articles said to have been taken from
the torture chamber of the Inquisition came in for a good deal of curious inspection . At the conclusion of the opening proceedings Bro . Harris moved a vote of thanks to Lord Winchilsea , which was , it need scarcely be said , carried unanimously , and subsequently under the direction of Mr . Walter Slaughter a selection of music was played by the Drury Lane orchestra .
NORTH-WEST LONDON DENTAL INSTITUTE . — Extract from Kentish Town Magazine , for April , 1886 . — "The above-named . Institute , under the special patronage of the Clergy , Medical Men , Gentlemen and Ladies of the N . and N . W . districts , affords in its daily and extensive practice , wondrous exemplification of the great progress that has been made in the science of dentistry during quite modern days , and also proves
indisputably the great boon which the above-named Institute conlers daily upon numerous sufferers . Defective teeth and gums are well known to be the foundation of the most painful complaints that afflict mankind , and that the several ailments of the mouth need the skilled attention of eminent scientists , if they are to be cured , or even alleviated , and in order that such skilled attention might be within the reach of all grades , the NOEIH -WEST LONDON
DENTAL INSTTIUIE was established . Situated at So , Fortess-road , Junction-road , Kentish Town , under the superintendence of Mr . A . W . FURUER , L . D . S ., Royal College of Surgeons of England , assisted hy a star ! of skilled and qualified gentlemen , this Institute supplied artiricia . teeth ; latest scientific improvements ; extracts teeth , and perforrr . s . all other necessary operations painlessly , and bestows benefits that cannot be over-estimated upon this portion of
our largely-populateu suburbs that would not seek the aid of Hospitals and Charities in the Metropolis . We may add that'Mr A . VV * . FURBER , L . D . S ., R . C . S . E ., has had 20 years' experience in hospitals and private practice , is of a very kindly disposition , and eminently fitted for the position that he holds , where he has earned
the golden opinions of all who have consulted him . Mr . FUBBER is also a well-known benefactor , having devoted ten years ot his early practice to serve the poor , during which period his well-tutnred and able hand relieved [ free of cost "| no less a number than 20 , 000 suffering patients . " —Fees at this Institute are moderate , and Free to " the Unemployed , "