The Craft Abroad.

The Craft Abroad .

Concordia Lodge , No . 2685 . A pleasant function took place on Saturday evening , the 27 th May , at the Masonic Temple , Ermelo , S . A . R ., when the above lodge held its second annual installation in the presence of a pood number of brethren , who came to enjoy z pleasant evening . The District Grand Lodge of the Transvaal was represented by Bros . W . Springarum , Dist . j . G . D ., W . M . 2516 ; W . R . Keet , P . Dist . G . S . ; E . Kaufmann , Dist . G . S ., and the W . M . of the lodge , as Installing Master . There were also present Bro . Williams and many brethren from sister lodges .

Bro . Springarum was received in a most hearty manner , being very popular among the brethren of his town and very much respected . The installation ceremony was performed by Bro . E . Kaufmann , in a most solemn and impressive manner . Bro . D . M . Landau was" installed as W . M . for the ensuing year , and invested the following officers : Bros . S . Lazarus , S . W . ; M . Masur , J . W . ; E . Abrahams , Chaplain ; D . Machin , Treasurer and Secretary ; II . A . L . Mostert , S . D . j L . Simon , J . D . ; T .

Festenstein , Director of Ceremonies ; P . Simon , I . G . ; and B . Lazarus , Tyler . The newly-installed W . M ., Bro . D . M . Landau , then presented Bro . E . Kaufmann on behalf of the Concordia Lodge with a magnificent Past Master ' s jewel as a token of the high respect and esteem he was held in by the brethren of the lodge and on behalf of the brethren themselves with a beautiful founder ' s jewel as founder and first W . M . of the Concordia Lodge , in recognition of his valuable services to the lodge .

Alter the ceremony was over , the brethren retired to the Phrrnix Hotel , where mine host , Mr . W . M . Watson , regaled them with a luxurious repast , and a very pleasant evening was spent . The usual toasts were given in a most hearty manner . 1 he evening finished with songs and recitations , and will not soon be forgotten by those that were present .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

BRO . LORD WOLSEI . KV has sent to the Dover Gordon Boys' Orphanage a donation of £ 50 from the Royal Military Fund . THE ARCHDEACON OF LONDON will be Canon-in-Residence at St . Paul's Cathedral during July , and will preach on Sunday afternoons at the 3 . 15 service . All seats are free .

IT HAS BEEN ARRANGED that on Monday , the 3 rd inst ., Bro . Lord Saltoun , G . M . of Scotland , will install Bro . Lieut .-Col . John Campbell as Prov . Grand Master of Perthshire . PRINCESS CHRISTIAN OF SCHI . ESWIG HOLSTEIN visited Maidenhead on Tuesday and presided at an irfluentially attended meeting in the Guildhall to inaugurate a branch of the National Poultry Organisation Society .

BRO . DUKE AND D UCHESS OK FIFE are expected about the middle of July to arrive at Duff House , Banffshire , where they intend to reside for a few weeks before going to Mar Lodge , Aberdeenshire , for the shooting season . THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC—Students are reminded that a violoncello scholarship ' of the value of £ 75 per annum is now open . Saturday , the Sth inst ., is the last day on which candidates may enter for the competition .

BRO . THE DEAN OF R OCHESI ER was a guest on Tuesday evening at the dinner of the Worshiplul Company of Tin Plate Workers , in Ironmongers' , Hall , Fenchurch-street , under the presidency of the Master , Bro . C . J . Wilkinson-Pimbury . DUBLIN UNIVERSITY , on Thursday , conferred the Degree of LL . D . on the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , Lord Macnaghten , and Sir Charles Scott , British Ambassador at St . Petersburgh ; that of Doctor of Literature on Professor Tiela , Leyden j and that of D . Sc . on Professor Forsyth , Cambridge .

DURING THE summer months' meetings of the Great City Lodge of Instruction , No . 14 ^ 6 , will be held at the Red Cross Hotel , Paternoster-square , on Thursday , the 6 th inst " , Thursday , the 3 rd prox ., and Thursday , September 7 th . The weekly meetings will be resumed on Thursday , September 21 st , at 7 p . m . precisely , until further notice .

IN HONOUR of the 61 st anniversary of the Queen ' s Coronation , a Royal salute was fired at the Horse Guards , at 1 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon , by a battery of Royal Horse Artillery , and a similar salvo was given by the coast gunners at the Tower . The Royal Standard was displayed from the Government offices and several private buildings , and churches .

KENTISH MEN AND DICKENS . —A number of members of the Association ol Men of Kent and Kentish Men on the 24 th ult ., journeyed from London to Rochester , taking tea in the celebrated Dickens' room at the Bull Hotel . The Castle and cathedral were also inspected , and by the invitation of Dean Hole the visitors spent some time in the gardens of the Djanery . H . R . H . THF PRINCESS OF WALKS , attended by Miss Knollys , visited on Monday the Alexandra House , South Kensington , and inspected the various departments in the Home . On Tuesday her Royal Highness went to the Fine Art Gallery in New

Bondstreet , and inspected M . Benjamin-Constant s collection of pictures and Mr . H . Harper ' s water-colour drawings of the Holy Land . Miss Knollys was m attendance . H R H . PRINCE OF WALES has just sustained a severe loss by the death of the famous brood mare Perdita II . The mare had been declining rapidly for soms weeks pa « t , and died on Monday at Sandringham . She was foaled in iSU . and amon ? her progeny were Persimmon , Florizel 11 ., Sandringham , and Diamond Jubilee , who gave such a disappointing display on Tuesday .

UNDER THE HEADING "An Ideal Drink" the West End states that barley water made with Robinson's patent barley is obtainable at the leading London clubs gratuitiously and this authority argues that if aristocratic clubmen can call for barley water it is good enough for any one . Hitherto barley water took hours to make , but by using Robinson ' s patent barley it is made in live minutes , hence its popularity . It has always been known as a spWndid nutritious drink for invalids , but the great army of cyclists for lawn tennis

rccoenise it as the most cooling drink , hence it is equally acceptable narties , golf meetings , cricket matches , Sic . Messrs . Keen , Robinson , and Co . having ascertained that barley water made with Robinson's patent is a specific for stone , have presented a quantity of , their preparation to the Stone Hospital , which has been thankfully accepted . Consideiing that it is pleasant , nutritious , and cooling , it should be the drink for general adoption in summer and after .

Masonic And General Tidings.

BRO . LORD KITCHENER OK KHARTOUM celebrated his 40 th birthday on Satucdav last . ' OWING to circumstances unforeseen , the Duke and Duchess of York will not be present at the annual review of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade at Peckham Rye , on the Sth inst . „ ., ' 1-R-H .-T '" 7 ' PRIN ' CESS OK WALKS paid a visit to Cheyne Hospital for Incurable Children , Chelsea , on the 29 th ult . Her Royal Highness visited each ward , and gave a present to every child .

, 0- PKN ' - F-Y , the well-known actor , has a son at the Guildford Grammar School . The boys are raising money for their football and cricket ground fund , and as his contribution towards it Mr . Peniey has generously promised to give a matinee performance of " A Little Ray of Sunshine " at Guildford on the sth inst . . COMP . W . W . BRAMSTON BEACH , M . P'Father of the House of Commonsvisited

, the little Hampshire town of Blackwateron the 2 GII 1 ult ., in his capacity of G . Suoerintendent p i Royal Arch Masons for the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , and , assisted by Comp . Major J . E . Le Feuvre , of Southampton , and other Prov . G . Officers , consecrated the Beach Chapter , No . 247 = ; on the Grand Roll of England . A full report will appear in our next issue .

ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON the Queen received a deputation from the ladies of Pembrokeshire , consisting of Lady Kensington , Lady Meyrick , the Hon . Mrs . Lort-Phillips , Mrs . Anthony Stokes , Mrs . Laurie , and Mrs . Lloyd-Philipps , who presented to Her Majesty a silk standard worked by the ladies of Pembrokeshire for the new Royal yacht . The Dowager Lady Southampton was in attendance , and introduced the deputation .

H . R . H . THE PRINCE OK WALES will be present to-morrow ( Saturday ) afternoon at tne I ? f w of . Honourable Artillery Company , which the Oueen will hold at Windsor . The function will take place on the review ground in the Great Park , at six o ' clock . The corps , numbering upwards of 400 officers , non-commissioned officers and men , under the command of Lord Denbigh , with 150 horses and eiight guns , will arrive at Windsor at four o ' clock , and leave directly after the inspection .

A CABINET COUNCIL was held on Tuesday at the Foreign Office . Among the Ministers present being Bros , the Right Hon . A . Akers-Douglas , Lord Balfour of Bur leigh , the Lord Chancellor ( the Rirl of Halsbury ) , the Lord Chancellor ot Ireland ( Lord Ashbourne ) , the Chancellor of the F . xchequer ( Sir M . Hicks Beach ) , the Duke of Devonshire , Lord George Hamilton , the Right Hun . W . H . Long , Sir M . White Ridlev . and the Right Hon . C . T . Ritchie .

GALLERY LODGE . —The members of the Gallery ( Press ) Lodge held their annual picnic on the 24 th ult . at Windsor and Virginia Water . Bro . E . A . Peachey , W . M ., was accompanied by nearly Co brethren and their lady friends , special saloon carriages having been placed at the disposal of the party by the London and South-Western Railway Company . Arrived at Windsor , the guests were shown over St . George ' s Chapel by Minor Canon Marshall . In the afternoon a drive to Virginia Water was enjoyed . The weather was delightfully fine .

THE NEW PALACE steamer La Marguerite on the 2 Sth ult . made her first trip this season to Margate and Boulogne and back . "She left Tilbury with a good freight of passengers , and added considerably to their number at Margate , where the Mayor , the Chairman , and directors of the Pier and Harbour Board embarked for Boulogne , accompanied by Mr . W . M . Rhodes , Chairman , and Mr . T . E . Barlow , managing director of the company . At Boulogne , the Mayor and the President and the chief olficials of the Chamber of Commerce came on board and drank success to La Marguerite .

THE FOUNDATION STONE of the new Boscombe Hospital at Bournemouth , which is to cost ^ Sooo , was laid with full Masonic ceremony by the Prov . Grand Master of Hants and the hie of Wight . Bro . W . W . B » ach , M . P ., assisted by his Prov . Grand Officers , on Wednesday . There was a large attendance of brethren and others . A silver trowel , bearing an inscription , was presented by Sir John Thursby , Bart ., president of the Hospital Committee , to Bro . Beach , at the conclusion of whose address the National Anthem was sung . A luncheon followed . A report of which will appear next week illustrated .

A MOVEMENT has been set on foot at Sheffie'd lor a memorial to Sir William Sterndale Bennett , who was born there . On Wednesday evening a meeting of musicians discussed four schemes . These were that a statue should he erected ; that musical competitions should be established , possibly on the lines ot the Mrs . Sunderland competitions at Huddersfield ; that a Chair of Music or Lectureships in Music should be founded at Sheffield University College ; or that scholarships should be founded at the Royal Academy or other national musical institution . The movement has not yet got beyondthe stage of discussion , and Wednesday's night deliberations ended with a requisition to the Lord Mayor to call a town ' s meeting on the subject .

THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK , attended by Lady Katherine Coke and Sir Charles Cust , opened the new Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital , an imposing structure in the City-road , built at a cost of £ So , ooo , on land rented from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 990 years , at £ 1210 a year , and with accommodation for 140 patients . Their Royal Highnesses were received by the President , Sir John Lubbockand Lady

, Lubbock , the Lord Mayor ( Bro . Sir John V . Moore ) and the Lady Mayoress , the Chairman of the Committee , Mr . H . P . Sturgis , and Mrs . Sturgis , and others . Among the visitors were the Sheriffs , Bros . Alderman Alliston and Colonel Probyn , Bro . Sir J . Whittaker Ellis and Lady Whittaker Ellis , Lady Faudel-Phlllips , Sir T . Lipton , Bro . Sir Squire and Lady Bancroft , and others .

THE LADIES' DAY of The Great City Lodge , No . 1426 , was celebrated on Saturday , the 24 th ult ., when a party of 63 ladies and brethren embarked on the Princess Beatrice launch at Caversham Bridge for a trip up the river to Windsor . On arriving at Sonning , they proceeded to the French Horn Hotel , where an excellent cold collation was served , and a pleasant hour or two was enjoyed on the beautiful lawn . The party

re-embarked about 3 . 30 , and proceeded on their way to Windsor , where they arrived abcut half-past nine . The weather was simply perfect , and the beautiful river scenery was greatly admired . The enjojmtnt of the trip was enhanced by the arrangements made by the Committee for the comfort of the brethren and visitors . Bros . J . H . Guyton , W . M . j Eraser , I . P . M . ; Bayley , P . M . ; and Fendick , P . M ., Treas ., were most ably seconded by the joint Secretaries—Bros . Dr . Halliwell and Piper Smith .

AT THE CHEMISTS' EXHIBITION which closed on Friday , the 23 rd ult ., the novelties exhibited were not numerous , but amongst the few articles on view for the first time may be mentioned " Famora , " the new perfume , toilet powder , and soap , at the stand of Messrs . John Gosneil and Co ., Limited , whose name will always be associated with that universal favourite , " Cherry Blossom . " With " Famora , " the

firm may be said to have gone one better , for the consensus of opinion at the Agricultural Hall was that no choicer perfu me had been produced of late years . It has plenty of body in it , as tie wine merchants say , or in other words , it is a lasting perfume , but at the same time , it is one of raie delicacy . By some it was likened to the scent of wallflowers , but the majority of experts agreed that " Famora " was a combination of the choicest perfumes and of exceptional excellence .

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