Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

The annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire will meet at Sleaford on Thursday next , the 22 nd inst . An entertainment to the "Old Folks " at Croydon will be given on Wednesday next , by LieutenantiCole . Special second-class carriages will run from Charing Cross at 3 . 22 , and Cannon-street at 3 . 30 .

The final meeting of the Board of Stewards of the recent festival of the Girls' School will take place at Freemasons' Hall on Tuesday next , at five o ' clock . The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh attended morning service at St . Anne's , Soho , and the collection in aid of the Hospital Sunday Fund amounted to £ 185 15 s . Gd .

The Duchess of Connaught has given her patronage to the Dramatic Matinee to take place at Willis ' s Rooms on Tuesday , July 4 th , in aid of the Royal Hospital for Children and Women , Waterloobridge-road . Bro . Sir John Bennett delivered an eloquent oration on Garibaldi at a meeting of the Court of Common Council , on the Sth inst ., which " was listened to with close attention by the whole of the Court .

The date of the departure of the Queen and Court from Balmoral has been once more altered , and is now finally fixed for Tuesday , the 20 th inst . Bro . Baron Henry De Worms , M . P . ( President ) , occupied the chair on Sunday last at the monthly meetino- of the Council of the Anglo-Jewish Association ,

held at Silver ' s Rooms , Gower-street . Bro . the Earl of Shaftesbury presented a petition on Friday to the House of Lords , from Putney , for the prohibition of vivisection . Bros , the Earl of Dalhousie and the Right Hon . G . J . Shaw Lefevre , M . P ., are the 'Trustees of the National Liberal Land Company .

Bros , the Earl of Donoughmore , Sir Francis Truscott , P . G . W ., Alderman Fowler , M . P ., R . Gole and H . S . Wright , are Stewards for the dinner of the East London Hospital for Children , to be held on Wednesday . Bros . Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., Viscount p ^ vorsrmirK and Lord Leisrh . P . G . M .. Warwickshire ,

attended the meeting of the Fox Club at Brook ' s , on Saturday . Bro . Boord , M . P ., is announced to take the chair at the annual dinner of the Licensed Victuallers Asylum for Children . Bro . P . H . Emanuel , of Portsea , has an able

article in the Jewish World on the " Thc Jews of China and their Synagogue in China . " Bro . the Earl of Cliarlemont has presented to the Royal Irish Academy , Dublin , the original MSS . and correspondence of his grandfather , James , first Earl of Charlemont , who was nominated by the Crown to the presidentship of that institution , on its establishment under

Royal Charter , in 17 SG . Bro . the Bishop of Peterborough spoke at the Mansion House on Tuesday , in aid of the College for the Higher Education of Women . Bro . the Earl of Charlemont ' s late Countess forms the subject of an engraving in this week ' s Whitehall Review .

Bro . the Earl and tlie Countess of Bandon have arrived at Claridge ' s Hotel , from Ireland . Bro . the Earl of Mar is chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Standard Land and Mortgage Company . Bro . Tyssen Amherst has given a site of land in

Upper Clapton for bui ' . ding new Parochial Schools in connection with St . Thomas ' s Church . Bro . Major-General Burnaby , M . P ., was the Hon . Sec . of the Military Tournament held at the Agricultural Hall on Monday byj permission of H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge .

On Wednesday a theatrical performance took place at the Savoy Theatre in aid of the Fund for Irish Ladies in Distress . Bro . Byron ' s Comedy , "Old Soldiers , " was one of the pieces . ' 1 he entertainment was under the patronage of Bros , the Lord Mayor , the Marquis of Headford , the Dukeof Abercorn , K . G ., the Earl of Bective ,

M . P ., the Earl of Donoughmore , the Earl of Bandon , Earl Granville , and the Duke of Marlborough . Bro . the Earl of Jersey presented a petition to the House of Lords in favour of a law to enable poor persons to have the benefit of the Public Prosecutor . Bro . Baron de Ferrieres , M . P ., spoke and voted

in the House of Commons against the Regent ' s Canal City and Docks Railway Bill . The Bill however passed the third reading . Bros . Staveley Hill , M . P ., and the Earl of Galloway , are directors of thc Lands Improvement Company now being floated .

Bro . Baron de Worms has presented a petition in favour of Woman Suffrage , to the House of Commons . Bro . Alderman Fowler , M . P ., asked the Under Secretary for the Colonies ( Mr . Ashley ) , on Friday , when tho correspondence with regard to Cetywayo will belaid upon the table .

Masonic Gatherings , Wedding Groups , Social Reunions , and Out-door Photography of every kind expeditiously carried out in any part of the country , by Bros . Bedford Lemere , and Co ., Architectural Photographers to the Oueen , 147 , Strand , London . A large collection of photographs on view . Catalogues and lists of prices free . —[ ADVT . ]

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . Justice Cave , P . G . J . W ., was amongst the puisne judges who welcomed the new judge , Mr . Justice Day , in the Queen ' s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice on Wednesday of last week . Bros , the Hon . Wilbraham ligerlon , M . P ., and Sir M . White Ridley took part in the Royal Agricultural

Society ' s meeting at its rooms in Hanover-square . At a meeting of the Sanitary Assurance Association , 5 , Argyll-place , W ., on Monday , the 5 th inst ., Mr . H . _ Rutherford , barrister-at-taw , give an address on "Sanitary Assurance from a Householder ' s Point of View . "

Bro . the Lord Mayor will preside at the annual distribution of prizes at the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys at Wood-green , on Tuesday , the 27 th inst . The session of , 1881-82 of the Royal Institute of British Architects was brought to a close on Tuesday , the Gth inst ., by the presentation by the President ( Bro . Horace Jones , Grand Superintendent of Works )

of the Royal Gold Medal , the gift of Her Majesty the Queen , the recipient being Baron von Ferstel , of Vienna . It is annually awarded to some eminent architect or man of science engaged in aiding and promoting the study and practice of architecture , and every alternate year it is given to a foreigner . Baron von Ferstel was unable to be present , but the Austro-Hungarian Embassy deputed Baron Wacken to receive the gold medal .

A grand bazaar has been held this week in the Conservatory of the Royal Horticultural Gardens on behalf of the Fund for the Relief of the Distressed Irish Ladies . The Lady Mayoress presided at a stall . About £ 14 , 000 had , to Wednesday evening last , been received at the Mansion House on account of the

Hospital Sunday Fund . Sir Frederick Leighton , President of the Royal Academy , intends to visit Jerusalem this year . Bro . the Rt . Hon . the Lord Mayor will visit Bradford on Saturday , the 24 th inst ., and take part in the opening of the Technical School in that town .

The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Albany were present at the conversazione held at the College of Physicians on Wednesday evening last . An interesting contribution to the Metropolitan Hospital Sunday Fund was made to the rector of St . Dustan ' s in the East , in the shape of sixpence in stamps as a " widow ' s mite . " The donor is a very poor woman , whose daughter has received benefit in one of the hospitals in which she had been an inmate .

Bro . Dr . Hope , of Curzon-street , Mayfair . senior physician to the Belgrave Hospital for Children , has been appointed to the post of honorary physician to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . It will ^ be interesting to know that the late Bro . General Garibaldi was godfather to the youngest child of Bro . E . Dresser Rogers , who seconded the vote of sympathy moved by Bro . Sir John Bennett at the Court of

Common Council on Thursday , thc Sth inst . Bro . the Rev . Dr . Cox , P . G . C , preached on behalf of the metropolitan hospitals on Sunday morning last in St . Helen ' s Church , Great St . Helen's . Italians in London and others wishing to express their sympathy on the occasion of the death of Bro . General Garibaldi , are invited to forward their cards , or to sign their names at the Italian Embassy , 35 , Queen's-gatCj S . VV ., or at the Italian Consulate , 31 , Old Jewry .

1 he principal event in thc Oxford Commemoration Festivities on Wednesday last was the Flower Show of the Oxford Horticultural Society in the gardens of Worcester College . The attendance of visitors was very large , but unfortunatel y rain came on during the afternoon . 1 he chief of the series of balls , that given by the Apollo University Lodge , was held in the evening in the Corn Exchange

and Town Hall . Amongst the other entertainments was a water party to Nuneham , given by Lincoln College . It is stated that in the Orkney Islands the trout with which the Loch of Harray abounded have assembled in large shoals in the shallows . The farmers have taken

advantage of it to land the fish in hundredweights . One farmer landed 1000 trout at one sweep , while another succeeded in landing five cartloads . The quality . is uniformly good , and the farmers are salting for winter use what cannot be immediately disposed of . The men wade into the water and simply drive the fish into the nets .

Bro . Anthony lrollope , it is said , intends to write a novel description of Irish country life at the present time , and is about to start on' a tour through Ireland . When he was in the Post Office he was stationed at Belfast for many years . Bro . the Rt . Hon . the Lcrd Mayor will preside at the twelfth annual meeting of the Cabdrivers' Benevolent Association , to bc held at the Guildhall on Friday

evening , the 30 th inst . The Duke of Connaught , K . G ., has undertaken to preside at the fifty-fifth anniversary of the Infant Orphan Asylum , Wanstead , on the 24 th inst . 'I'he Duchess of Connaught will distribute the prizes , and there will be a " dejeuner " afterwards . Amongst the stewards are Mr . Alderman Finnis , Bro . Alderman Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott , P . G . W . ; Bro . H . B . Marshall , CC . ; Bro . John Derby Allcroft , and Mr . E . North Buxton .

The Electric Lighting Bill is , we hear , threatened with considerable opposition . The Electric Companies hold that the monopoly of fifteen years which the Bill proposes to give is too short , and intend to make an effort to get it extended to twenty-one or twenty-five years .

The Lady Mayoress has been deeply interesting herself in what is called " Rescue Work" in the Eastend , and ,- in answer to an appeal from her for the Poplar Rescue Homes , thc Merchant Taylors' Company have given £ 31 ios . ; the Mercers' , £ 21 ; the Clothworkers ' , £ 20 ; the Vintners ' , £ 10 ios . ; and the | Skinners ' , £ 5 5 s . Other guilds have the appeal before them . A meeting on the subject was held on Monday last , at four o ' clock , at the Mansion House . ¦

Masonic And General Tidings

Bro . the Ri ght Hon . the Lord Mayor , Sir I . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., J . G . W ., W . M . No . 1 , and the Lady Mayoress were presentat the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury's " At Home , " on Wednesday , the 7 th inst . Mr . B . Percy , of S , Drapcrs ' -gardens , 55 , Lancaster-gate , and Markwill Hall , Wrexham , has joined thc Gold and Silver Wyre-drawers' Company .

In course of the ensuing week a meeting o ^ Italians resident in London will be held to express thei sympathy on the occasion of the death of Genera ! Garibaldi , and to record their high appreciation of his courage and patriotism .

I he new extensive building of the Consumption Hospital was opened on Tuesday afternoon last by the ^ F i ° - ~ ) erby ' P resitient . It appears that the expenses will be increased some thousands a-year , and that additional funds are indispensable .

The Post Ollice authorities have purchased the large stone block of buildings in Newgate-street , lately large co-operative stores , with the intention of adaptin " them for the Postal Money Order Department . The Prince and Princess of Wales and the

Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh dined with his Excellency Prince Lobanoff , at the Russian Embassy , Cheshamplace , on Tuesdsy last , when a select party had the honour of being invited to meet the illustrious guests . His Excellency afterwards had a dance in compliment to their Royal Highnesses .

Ihe profits arising from tlie Chester Musical Festival will amount to some £ 600 or £ 700 . They will devoted to the fund for restoring the Cathedral Chapter House . The expences of the festival amounted to £ 1900 . The members of the 3 rd Guards' Club , past and present officers of the Scots Guards , held their annual dinner at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , on Monday last . Amongst those present was the Duke of Cambridge .

Bro . lownsend hondey , a prominent New York Mason , and Past Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of that jurisdiction , died on the 20 th ult ., at the age of sixty-five years . Bro . Fondey was made a Mason in 1 S 56 , in Masters' Lodge , No . 5 . He held numerous responsible positions of trust during his life , and was highly esteemed by all who knew him . Their Royal Highness the Prince and Princess

of Wales visited the exhibition of Professor Costa ' s works at the Une Art Society ' s Rooms , New Bond-street , on Wednesday last , where they were received by Sir F . Leighton , P . R . A ., and Signor-Costa . Advices from New York state that a bridge across a swollen stream at Indianapolis , Indiana , gave way while some people were on it , nine of whom were precipitated into the water and drowned .

The annual " speeches" b y the scholars of the Merchant 'Taylors' School was given on Monday afternoon last . Her Majesty the Queen lias promised a donation of £ 100 towards the enlargement of the Royal Church at Kew .

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Connaught and suite witnessed the performance of " The Parvenu " at the Court Theatre on Wednesday evening last . Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught being prevented from distributing the prizes to the students of St . Thomas s Hospital this day ( Saturday ) , the distribution is unavoidably postponed .

lhe Macdonald Lodge of Mark Masters will hold its installation meeting this day ( Saturday ) , at the Guildhall Tavern , when Mr . Nathaniel J . F . Basnett will be installed as the Master for the current year . There are two candidates for advancement to the degree on the same day , and a notice of motion is also on the paper that the future meetings of the lodge be held at the hall of

Orand Mark Lodge in Red Lion Square . Earl Cairns was on Wednesday among the party of visitors who inspected the Warspite training ship , and he urged the lads to maintain the great traditions of the Marine Society , which had sent 60 , 000 boys to sea in the Royal Navy and merchant service . The Countess of Romney presented the prizes gained by the lads in their competitions .

The directors of the Bank of England liave promised a contribution of £ 500 towards the funds for the new building of the City of London College . A statement of the receipts and expenditure for the banquet and processsion on last Lord Mayor ' s Day has been prepared , showing that the dinner cost £ 1652 is . Gd . ; the decorations , £ 625 12 s . id .: the nrocession .

( ( . 707 9 s . Gd . ; music in the Guildhall , £ 67 13 s . ; printing and stationery , £ 298 ios . ; general expenses , £ 415 13 s . 2 d . ; total , A 37 GG 19 s . 3 d . The receipts are as follows : The Lord Mayor , £ 1783 9 s . 7 d . ; Mr . Alderman and Sheriff Hanson . £ 891 14 s . iod . ; Mr . Sheriff Ogg , £ 891 14 s . iod . ; the City Lands Committee , £ 200 ; total , £ 3766 19 s . 3 d . —Citv Press .

At Windsor Castle preparation are being made for the reception of the Queen , who , with Princess Beatrice and the ladies and gentlemen of the Court , is expected to arrive from Scotland about nine o ' clock on the morning of Wednesday next . The State apartments of the Palacein

, accordance with the official notice , were closed on Wednesday , and wiil be inaccessible to the public while the Court is in residence at Windsor , where Her Majesty will probably remain about a month , prior to visiting the Isle of Wight .

Bro . . the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon had a dinner party on Tuesday last at their house in Portmansquare , when among the guests were the German Ambassador and Countess Alarie Minister , the Earl and Countess of Derby , the Earl and Countess of Kimberly , Viscount Lymington , Lord and Lady Clinton and Hon . Miss Trefusis , Lord and Lady Tenterden and Hon . Miss Abbott , Lady Gwendolen Herbert , Sir Joseph and Lady Hooker , Mr . and Mrs . Holford and Miss Holford , Mr . Buller , and Mr . Herbert .