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THE LAW COURTS rose for the Long Vacation on Monday , and will not resume till the 23 rd October , only business of the most urgent character being transacted in the interval . THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH CARRIAGE M ANUFACTURES will hold its eighth annual autumnal conference at Tunbridge Wells during the present month , the inaugural proceedings being set down for Tuesday next , the 20 th inst .
THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Fellows of the Royal Botanic Society , was held in their Museum , Regent ' s Park , on Saturday last . The report of the proceedings during the past year was of a very satisfactory character , and was adopted unanimously . WE ARE ASKED to announce that a series of meetings will be held on Fridays , August 23 rd and 30 th ; and September 6 th and i 3 . h , S p . m ., at the Northampton Arms , Goswell-road , in connection with the Duke of Connaught Mark Lodge , No . 199 , when brethren are invited to be present .
THE ARRANGEMENTS have been completed for the annual Provincial Grand Chapter of Northumberland , to be held in Sunderland on the 3 rd proximo . The chapter will be opened at 5 p . m ., and presided over by Comp . Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., G . Supt . The dinner will follow at the Grand Hotel in the evening .
THE AUTUMN MANOEUVRES under the Duke of Connaught in the neighbourhood of the New Forest are on the eve of opening . The troops will muster in all some 30 , 000 men , and will be located in three camps at Godshill , Rockford , and Ockwell respectively , while the Duke will have his head-quarters at Boomey Plain . THE QUEEN , who was accompanied by the Princess Louise ( Marchioness of Lome ) and the Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein , held a private investiture of the Orders of the Bath , SS . Michael and George , and the Indian Empire at Osborne on Monday , among those in attendance on her Majesty being the Dowager Countess of Erroll , Bro . the Earl of Lathom ( Lord Chamberlain ) , and Bro . Sir Albert W . Woods ( Garter ) .
THE LIBERATOR RELIEF FUND , organised lor the purpose of helping those who suffered through the failure of tbe _ society bearing that name , has proved fairly successful , the amount received being reported by the Rev , J . Stockwell Watts , the Honorary Secretary , as £ 56 , 400 , of which £ 6400 was obtained as the result of the Liberator Sunday ( July 7 th ) collections . The Fund has our best wishes for its further success .
ON SATURDAY EVENING last Mrs . W . F . Gore-Langton presented the Royal Humane Society ' s medal for saving life to Mr . John Edward Yerbury , Bayswater , who by his gallant conduct had saved four ladies from drowning in the River Ouse , at Thornborough , on the 29 th June last . The presentation was made in the Board Schools at Thornborough , and Mrs . Gore-Langton ' s speech , when handing the medal to Mr . Yerbury , was heartily applauded .
BRO . LORD AND LADY AMHERST OF HACKNEY returned to England after an absence of eight months towards the close of last week , and on Saturday last were escorted from Bandon Station to their Norfolk seat , Didlington Hall , by a troopcf horsemen and cyclists . His lordship took the opportunity of a halt in the procession in the village of Mundford—which was extensively decorated for the occasion—to express his thanks to the villagers for their splendid [ reception .
BRO . LORD NORTON is restoring Ardswoith Church , Warwickshire , at a cost of £ 15 , 100 as a thank-offering to God on entering the ninth decade of his life in health and strength . His lordship was born in 1 S 14 , was for many years a prominent member of Ihe Conservative party in the House of Commons , and having successively held the offices of Parliamentary Charity Commissioner , Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies , and President of the Board of Trade , was created a peer in 1 S 7 S .
AN OLD WIDOW LADY , named Ann Rose , who resides at Milton-next-Sittingbcurne , has just completed her icoth year , having been born at Lenham Heath , Kent , in 1 795 . She was married in Milton Church , in 1 S 17 , and her descendants number 266 , consisting of eight children , 55 grand-children , 171 great-grand-children , and 29 great-great-grandchildren . If all of them had lived , they would have mustered about 400 . The eld lady is in possession of all her faculties , and remembers well the rejoicings in the country over the victory at Waterloo .
THE WEATHER was by no means favourable , but rain and wind notwithstanding , sportsmen were up betimes on Monday morning , and in some few cases met with fairly good sport . Birds were strong on the wing , and in goodly numbers in spite of the heavy losses caused by the severe winter . From Perthshire . Aberdeenshire , Edinburgh , & c , the reports were generally unsatisfactory , but on the Derbyshire moors the weather
was tine and remained so till the afternoon . Over the Yorkshire moors rain fell heavily at inteivals during the day . Over the West and Central Highlands rain fell almost continuously , while the reports from Dundee are to the same effect . The Emperor of Germany and his host , Lord Lonsdale , shot over Lord Westbury ' s Wcmmersgill Moors , and had some fair sport , but taking the various reports altogether , Monday appears to have been about the wettest " Twelfth " on record .
THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY left Southampton for Lowther Castle on a visit to the Earl of Lonsdale at midnight on Saturday last . Prior to his departure he visited the Queen at Osborne and took leave cf her Majesty , and in the evening he gave a dinner paity on board his yacht , the Hohcnzollem , at which there were present , among others , H . R . H . thePrince of Wales , the Duke of York , the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwennthe of Ormonde
, Marquis , the Earl of Albemarle , Bro . the Earl of Dunraven , Lord Iveagh , and others . On arriving at Clifton Station , Westmoreland , at halfpast eight on Sunday morning , his Majesty was met by the Earl of Lonsdale , by whom he was conducted to a carriage . At Lowther Castle he was received by the Countess of Lonsdale , and having breakfasted , inspected the garden and ornamental grounds . In the afterncon the Emperor took a drive in the park , and has since been enjoying his visit .
THE NEW PARLIAMENT met for the lirst time on Monday , and was opened by Commission , the Lord Commissioners being the Lord Chancellor ( Bro . Lord Halsbury ) , Visccunt Cross , the Earl of Coventry , Bro . the Farl of Limerick , and Bro . Lord Balfour of Burleigh . The House of Commons , headed by the Clerk—Sir F . Palgrave—having attended in obedience to the summons , the Commission was read , and the members wete infoitr . ed that as scon as they and the peers had been sworn in and a Speaker elected , her Majesty would be pleased to announce the reasons which had induced her to
call togetner the new Parliament . 1 he Commons then retired , and having elected the Right Hon . W . C . Gully , M . P . for Carlisle , as Speaker , the House was adjourned till Tuesday , when the piocess of swearing in the members was prcceeded with , the Speaker , who had previously received the Queen's approval of his election , being the first to take the oath and sign the register . Among those present in the Galleries during the election were Bros , the Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe , the Earl of Kilmorey , Lord Ashbourne , and Lord Balfour .
FREEMASONRY IN LIVKRI ' . —Yesterday a numerously attended meeting was held at Hope-street of the members of the Duke of Edinburgh Lod ge , No . 11 S 2 , formed at Wavertree some 25 years ago . The chair was taken by Bro . Geo . Johnstone , W . M ., who ( assisted by Bro . R . Tunnicliffe , I . P . M . ) afterwards effectively installed the new W . M . ( who had been unanimously elected ) , Bro . David Lowther . Bro . J . Casey afterwards catered very successfully for the brethren , and during the evening a handsome
Past Master's jewel was presented to the retiring W . M . on behalf of the lodge . The music was provided by Bro . H . B . Wright and a numerous party . On September Sth , at 3 . 30 p . m ., it is proposed to hold a service similar to that so successfully inaugurated last year at Knotty Ash . The Rev . Bro . Frank Powell , M . A ., Chaplain to the Bootle Wilbraham Lodge , will carry on Divine service , the brethren being expected to attend in morning dress and full regalia . The collection will be for the West Lancashire Educational Institute . Rendezvous , the Village Hall , at 3 p . m .
Too much stress rannot he laid on Ihe fact that in tin- whirl of unnatural excitement , and in the struggle for existence in lliis generation , no attention whatever is vouchsafed to the most ordinary rules of health . When Ihe muscles Income relaxed , the nerves over-sensitive and delicately strung , and the brain wearies at the slightest task , these svniptoms are part of Nature ' s warning that the delicate organism of tin- human frame is out of gear . In most cases a gentle stimulant and mild restorative is all that is required to imparl fresh vitality to Ihe jaded nerves , and il is a well-known fact that a few doses of llolloway ' s Tills work , wonders and restore the lot > t tone of the nervous aystciu .
Masonic And General Tidings.
BRO . SIR AUGUSTUS HARRIS will preside at the 40 th annual banquet in aid of the Dramatic and Musical Benevolent Fund , to be held early in the spring of 1 S 96 . THE OUEEN attended a bazaar at Carisbrooke Castle on Wednesday afternoon , in aid of theTsle of Wight Volunteers , of which Prince Henry of Battenberg is Honorary Colonel , the opening ceremony being performed by the Princess Henry . THE FOUNDATION- STONE of the memorial to the Emperor William I ., which is about to be erected in Berlin , will be laid on Sunday next , the iSth instant , but owing to the state of his health , the venerable ex-Chancellor , Prince Bismarck , will be unable to be present .
BRO . SIR EDWARD AND LADY E RMYNTRUDE MALET left theif villa at Potsdam on Wednesday for Homburg , where they will remain till the 14 th September , when they return to Berlin . They will leave for their residence in the South of France about the end of October . THE QUEEN has been pleased to appoint the Rev . E . Stuart Talbot , D . D ., Vicar of Leeds , " to be Bishop of Rochester , in succession to Dr . Davidson , who has been translated to Winchester . The new bishop is a son of the late Hon . A . C . Talbot , Q . C , and is 51 years of age .
THE EARL OF LONSDALE has been invited by the German Emperor to visit Berlin and attend the parade of the Guards Corps which will be held on Monday , the 2 nd September , and also to be present at the Imperial Manoeuvres which will take place at Stettin between the Gth and 12 th of the same month .
INSTRUCTIONS HAVE been given by the Admiralty for the Royal Yacht Osborne to oroceed to Port Victoria Pier on Monday next , and there embark H . R . H . the Princess of Wales and suite for passage to Copenhagen , where her Royal Highness will remain for some time on a visit to the King and Queen of Denmark . THE MATCH BETWEEN YORKSHIRE AND SURREY , which was played at the Oval during the first half of the present week for the benefit of Abel , terminated in a one innings victory for the former county . The scores being , Surrey , 136 and 78 , and Yorkshire , 244 , the latter thus winning in an innings and 30 runs .
THE WILL , dated December 24 th , 1 S 94 , has been proved of Bro . Thomas Beard , of Stanley Lodge , No . 24 , Upper Richmond-road , Putney , and of 10 , Basinghall-street , solicitor , a member of the Common Council of the City of London , who died on the 10 th June last , aged 67 years , leaving personal estate of the value of £ 50 , 815 . THE TROOPS , consisting of sundry battalions of the Guards , a battalion of artillery , and a regiment of Hussars , which were encamped last week on Chobham Common , under Lord Methuen , were demobilised on Saturday last . The four Guards' battalions proceeded by route march to Pirbright for a course of training previous to taking part in the New Forest Manoeuvres .
BRO . CAPTAIN LORD CHARLES BERESFORD , commanding the Medway Dockyard Reserve , attended by a boatswain , was testing a punt in one of the basins of Chatham Dockyard when by some means or other the boat capsized . However , his lordship commenced swimming for the landing-steps and the boatswain was got into a dingey that came to his assistance .
THE OUEEN held a Council at Osborr . eon Tuesday , at which there were present Bro . the Duke of Devonshire , the Lord President , Viscount Cross , Lord Privy Seal , the Marquis of Lansdowne , Secretary of State for India , and Bro . Lord Arthur Hill , M . P ., Comptroller of the Household . The Duke of Devonshire and Marquis of Lansdowne subsequently had audiences of her Majesty .
THE KING OF THE B ELGIANS arrived in London by the afternoon mail on Monday , travelling incognito , and at once paid a private visit to the Marquess of Salisbury , in Arlington-street . His Majesty afterwards went to the Colonial Office , where he was received by Mr . Chamberlain , and then honoured Mr . Balfour with a call at the Treasury . He left on his return to Belgium by the evening mail .
SUNDAY LAST was one of the two Sundays in the course of the year in which the Duke of Wellington permits members of the National Sunday League to visit Apsley for the purpose of seeing the presents that were made to the great Duke by Emperors , Kings , States , and cities in recognition of his splendid services to Europs . On this occasion between 400 and 500 were admitted . The seer nd visit is fixed for the 25 th inst .
AMONG THOSE WHO ATTENDED the Cabinet Council which was hela at the Foreign Office , on Wednesday , were Bros , the Right Hon . A . Akers-Douglas , Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) , Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ) . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart . ( Chancellor of the Exchequer ) , the Duke of Devonshire , Lord George Hamilton , the Right Hon . W . Hume Long , and Sir M . White Ridley , Bart .
AN INQUEST was held at Alfriston , near Eastbourne , on Tuesday , on the body of a man who had gone with his wife on Saturday evening to show a friend the way to Peneham Cottage . They had returned to within half a mile of home when a flash of lightning , accompanied by a peal of thunder , threw the man and woman to the ground . On recovering her senses , the woman found her husband dead , and was just able to crawl to the cottage and give the alarm .
A LIZARD OR SNAKE SKIN SATCHEL , from which the gold mounts had been taken , the remains of a purse ornamented with a gold crown and the initials " E . S ., " a gold spiral pencil case , and a gold mounted card case with an ordinary purse containing two keys , have been discovered in the Thames near Windsor , and are now in possession of the police . They are the remains of a burglary effected at Beechwood , about a year ago when occupied by the Princess Soltykoff .
CONVOCATION OF CANTERBURY was opened at St . Paul ' s Cathedral on Tuesday with the customary ceremonial , the Bishops assembling in the South-west Chape ) , anil the Lower House in the Chapter House , A procession from the great west door to the choir was formed , and on reaching the latter the Litany of Convocation was said in Latin , and after a hymn in Latin had been sung , the Dean of Lincoln preached in Latin . Convocation was subsequently prorogued to November .
FREEMASONRY IN PLYMOUTH . —At the usual monthly meeting of Lodge 1 'ortitude , No . 105 , which was held on the 12 th inst ., at the Masonic Hal ) , Plymouth , a circumstance of great interest to the brethren occurrred . Bro . Maj . Shanks , K . M ., a P . M . of Nos . 7 and 12 , Scotland , also of Nos . 1 S 9 and 1 S 87 , England , and P . P . G . W , of Devon , visited the lodgeand produced for the inspection of the members his
grand-, father ' s clearing-off certificate from Lodge Fortitude ( then No . 160 ) , dated 12 th August , 1782—exactly 113 years ago . This link , connecting the present with the remote past , was the more interesting to the brethren , fiom the fact that the records now in possession of the lodge , do not reach further back than 50 years . Ihe certificate is on parchment , and is believed to be the oldest document of the kind in the West of England .
SEVERAL BOAT ACCIDENTS were reported towards the close of last and _ the beginning of the present week . Off Jersey , en Saturday last , a party consisting of one gentleman and two ladies had gone for a sail and were upset , the occupants being cast upon a rock . The signals for help were not noticed til ! about noon on Sunday , whcn they were rescued in a very exhausted condition . On Saturday morning last two
brothers named Cornish , of Liver pool , were on a visit to their parents at Castletown , Isle of Man , and had gone out fishing , when their boat drifted against the rock and was overturned , one of them being struck at the moment and drowned , while the other was rescued by his father . In another case , a pleasure boat , containing three persons , carrying too much sail , was upset at the entrance to Queenstown Harbour , two being drowned , while the third was recued by the coastguard .
THE LAND OF THE BROADS . —The Great Eastern Railway Company have dene wisely in issuing a little pamphlet in which is described a yachting cruise on the Norfolk Broads . It is a part of the country which deserves a larger share of attention from excursionists and holiday makers than it receives . Not only is the country most interesting , the scenery picturesque , and the hotel accommodation excellent , but there is plenty of sport for those who delight in yachting , fishing , and shooting . There are p lenty « good halting-places to stop at , and many handsome , and in some cases historicaii facilities
country seats , which are certain to prove attractive , while , thanks to the great offered by the Great Eastern Company as regards frequency of train service and cnea ?' ness of fares , locomotion by rail to the towns contained within the district and to th various popular sea-side resorts on the Norfolk Coast is at almost all times possible jjj'j under the most reasonable and comfortable conditions . 'Those who have not visited tW "Land of the Broads" should read this "log of the ' Lalage , ' " which contains tn « description of the cruise . We feel sure they will lose no time in turni ' n ? to acciw n the opportunities afforded them of visiting the Broads by the Great Eastern Ran * ' Company ,
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THE LAW COURTS rose for the Long Vacation on Monday , and will not resume till the 23 rd October , only business of the most urgent character being transacted in the interval . THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH CARRIAGE M ANUFACTURES will hold its eighth annual autumnal conference at Tunbridge Wells during the present month , the inaugural proceedings being set down for Tuesday next , the 20 th inst .
THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Fellows of the Royal Botanic Society , was held in their Museum , Regent ' s Park , on Saturday last . The report of the proceedings during the past year was of a very satisfactory character , and was adopted unanimously . WE ARE ASKED to announce that a series of meetings will be held on Fridays , August 23 rd and 30 th ; and September 6 th and i 3 . h , S p . m ., at the Northampton Arms , Goswell-road , in connection with the Duke of Connaught Mark Lodge , No . 199 , when brethren are invited to be present .
THE ARRANGEMENTS have been completed for the annual Provincial Grand Chapter of Northumberland , to be held in Sunderland on the 3 rd proximo . The chapter will be opened at 5 p . m ., and presided over by Comp . Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., G . Supt . The dinner will follow at the Grand Hotel in the evening .
THE AUTUMN MANOEUVRES under the Duke of Connaught in the neighbourhood of the New Forest are on the eve of opening . The troops will muster in all some 30 , 000 men , and will be located in three camps at Godshill , Rockford , and Ockwell respectively , while the Duke will have his head-quarters at Boomey Plain . THE QUEEN , who was accompanied by the Princess Louise ( Marchioness of Lome ) and the Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein , held a private investiture of the Orders of the Bath , SS . Michael and George , and the Indian Empire at Osborne on Monday , among those in attendance on her Majesty being the Dowager Countess of Erroll , Bro . the Earl of Lathom ( Lord Chamberlain ) , and Bro . Sir Albert W . Woods ( Garter ) .
THE LIBERATOR RELIEF FUND , organised lor the purpose of helping those who suffered through the failure of tbe _ society bearing that name , has proved fairly successful , the amount received being reported by the Rev , J . Stockwell Watts , the Honorary Secretary , as £ 56 , 400 , of which £ 6400 was obtained as the result of the Liberator Sunday ( July 7 th ) collections . The Fund has our best wishes for its further success .
ON SATURDAY EVENING last Mrs . W . F . Gore-Langton presented the Royal Humane Society ' s medal for saving life to Mr . John Edward Yerbury , Bayswater , who by his gallant conduct had saved four ladies from drowning in the River Ouse , at Thornborough , on the 29 th June last . The presentation was made in the Board Schools at Thornborough , and Mrs . Gore-Langton ' s speech , when handing the medal to Mr . Yerbury , was heartily applauded .
BRO . LORD AND LADY AMHERST OF HACKNEY returned to England after an absence of eight months towards the close of last week , and on Saturday last were escorted from Bandon Station to their Norfolk seat , Didlington Hall , by a troopcf horsemen and cyclists . His lordship took the opportunity of a halt in the procession in the village of Mundford—which was extensively decorated for the occasion—to express his thanks to the villagers for their splendid [ reception .
BRO . LORD NORTON is restoring Ardswoith Church , Warwickshire , at a cost of £ 15 , 100 as a thank-offering to God on entering the ninth decade of his life in health and strength . His lordship was born in 1 S 14 , was for many years a prominent member of Ihe Conservative party in the House of Commons , and having successively held the offices of Parliamentary Charity Commissioner , Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies , and President of the Board of Trade , was created a peer in 1 S 7 S .
AN OLD WIDOW LADY , named Ann Rose , who resides at Milton-next-Sittingbcurne , has just completed her icoth year , having been born at Lenham Heath , Kent , in 1 795 . She was married in Milton Church , in 1 S 17 , and her descendants number 266 , consisting of eight children , 55 grand-children , 171 great-grand-children , and 29 great-great-grandchildren . If all of them had lived , they would have mustered about 400 . The eld lady is in possession of all her faculties , and remembers well the rejoicings in the country over the victory at Waterloo .
THE WEATHER was by no means favourable , but rain and wind notwithstanding , sportsmen were up betimes on Monday morning , and in some few cases met with fairly good sport . Birds were strong on the wing , and in goodly numbers in spite of the heavy losses caused by the severe winter . From Perthshire . Aberdeenshire , Edinburgh , & c , the reports were generally unsatisfactory , but on the Derbyshire moors the weather
was tine and remained so till the afternoon . Over the Yorkshire moors rain fell heavily at inteivals during the day . Over the West and Central Highlands rain fell almost continuously , while the reports from Dundee are to the same effect . The Emperor of Germany and his host , Lord Lonsdale , shot over Lord Westbury ' s Wcmmersgill Moors , and had some fair sport , but taking the various reports altogether , Monday appears to have been about the wettest " Twelfth " on record .
THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY left Southampton for Lowther Castle on a visit to the Earl of Lonsdale at midnight on Saturday last . Prior to his departure he visited the Queen at Osborne and took leave cf her Majesty , and in the evening he gave a dinner paity on board his yacht , the Hohcnzollem , at which there were present , among others , H . R . H . thePrince of Wales , the Duke of York , the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwennthe of Ormonde
, Marquis , the Earl of Albemarle , Bro . the Earl of Dunraven , Lord Iveagh , and others . On arriving at Clifton Station , Westmoreland , at halfpast eight on Sunday morning , his Majesty was met by the Earl of Lonsdale , by whom he was conducted to a carriage . At Lowther Castle he was received by the Countess of Lonsdale , and having breakfasted , inspected the garden and ornamental grounds . In the afterncon the Emperor took a drive in the park , and has since been enjoying his visit .
THE NEW PARLIAMENT met for the lirst time on Monday , and was opened by Commission , the Lord Commissioners being the Lord Chancellor ( Bro . Lord Halsbury ) , Visccunt Cross , the Earl of Coventry , Bro . the Farl of Limerick , and Bro . Lord Balfour of Burleigh . The House of Commons , headed by the Clerk—Sir F . Palgrave—having attended in obedience to the summons , the Commission was read , and the members wete infoitr . ed that as scon as they and the peers had been sworn in and a Speaker elected , her Majesty would be pleased to announce the reasons which had induced her to
call togetner the new Parliament . 1 he Commons then retired , and having elected the Right Hon . W . C . Gully , M . P . for Carlisle , as Speaker , the House was adjourned till Tuesday , when the piocess of swearing in the members was prcceeded with , the Speaker , who had previously received the Queen's approval of his election , being the first to take the oath and sign the register . Among those present in the Galleries during the election were Bros , the Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe , the Earl of Kilmorey , Lord Ashbourne , and Lord Balfour .
FREEMASONRY IN LIVKRI ' . —Yesterday a numerously attended meeting was held at Hope-street of the members of the Duke of Edinburgh Lod ge , No . 11 S 2 , formed at Wavertree some 25 years ago . The chair was taken by Bro . Geo . Johnstone , W . M ., who ( assisted by Bro . R . Tunnicliffe , I . P . M . ) afterwards effectively installed the new W . M . ( who had been unanimously elected ) , Bro . David Lowther . Bro . J . Casey afterwards catered very successfully for the brethren , and during the evening a handsome
Past Master's jewel was presented to the retiring W . M . on behalf of the lodge . The music was provided by Bro . H . B . Wright and a numerous party . On September Sth , at 3 . 30 p . m ., it is proposed to hold a service similar to that so successfully inaugurated last year at Knotty Ash . The Rev . Bro . Frank Powell , M . A ., Chaplain to the Bootle Wilbraham Lodge , will carry on Divine service , the brethren being expected to attend in morning dress and full regalia . The collection will be for the West Lancashire Educational Institute . Rendezvous , the Village Hall , at 3 p . m .
Too much stress rannot he laid on Ihe fact that in tin- whirl of unnatural excitement , and in the struggle for existence in lliis generation , no attention whatever is vouchsafed to the most ordinary rules of health . When Ihe muscles Income relaxed , the nerves over-sensitive and delicately strung , and the brain wearies at the slightest task , these svniptoms are part of Nature ' s warning that the delicate organism of tin- human frame is out of gear . In most cases a gentle stimulant and mild restorative is all that is required to imparl fresh vitality to Ihe jaded nerves , and il is a well-known fact that a few doses of llolloway ' s Tills work , wonders and restore the lot > t tone of the nervous aystciu .
Masonic And General Tidings.
BRO . SIR AUGUSTUS HARRIS will preside at the 40 th annual banquet in aid of the Dramatic and Musical Benevolent Fund , to be held early in the spring of 1 S 96 . THE OUEEN attended a bazaar at Carisbrooke Castle on Wednesday afternoon , in aid of theTsle of Wight Volunteers , of which Prince Henry of Battenberg is Honorary Colonel , the opening ceremony being performed by the Princess Henry . THE FOUNDATION- STONE of the memorial to the Emperor William I ., which is about to be erected in Berlin , will be laid on Sunday next , the iSth instant , but owing to the state of his health , the venerable ex-Chancellor , Prince Bismarck , will be unable to be present .
BRO . SIR EDWARD AND LADY E RMYNTRUDE MALET left theif villa at Potsdam on Wednesday for Homburg , where they will remain till the 14 th September , when they return to Berlin . They will leave for their residence in the South of France about the end of October . THE QUEEN has been pleased to appoint the Rev . E . Stuart Talbot , D . D ., Vicar of Leeds , " to be Bishop of Rochester , in succession to Dr . Davidson , who has been translated to Winchester . The new bishop is a son of the late Hon . A . C . Talbot , Q . C , and is 51 years of age .
THE EARL OF LONSDALE has been invited by the German Emperor to visit Berlin and attend the parade of the Guards Corps which will be held on Monday , the 2 nd September , and also to be present at the Imperial Manoeuvres which will take place at Stettin between the Gth and 12 th of the same month .
INSTRUCTIONS HAVE been given by the Admiralty for the Royal Yacht Osborne to oroceed to Port Victoria Pier on Monday next , and there embark H . R . H . the Princess of Wales and suite for passage to Copenhagen , where her Royal Highness will remain for some time on a visit to the King and Queen of Denmark . THE MATCH BETWEEN YORKSHIRE AND SURREY , which was played at the Oval during the first half of the present week for the benefit of Abel , terminated in a one innings victory for the former county . The scores being , Surrey , 136 and 78 , and Yorkshire , 244 , the latter thus winning in an innings and 30 runs .
THE WILL , dated December 24 th , 1 S 94 , has been proved of Bro . Thomas Beard , of Stanley Lodge , No . 24 , Upper Richmond-road , Putney , and of 10 , Basinghall-street , solicitor , a member of the Common Council of the City of London , who died on the 10 th June last , aged 67 years , leaving personal estate of the value of £ 50 , 815 . THE TROOPS , consisting of sundry battalions of the Guards , a battalion of artillery , and a regiment of Hussars , which were encamped last week on Chobham Common , under Lord Methuen , were demobilised on Saturday last . The four Guards' battalions proceeded by route march to Pirbright for a course of training previous to taking part in the New Forest Manoeuvres .
BRO . CAPTAIN LORD CHARLES BERESFORD , commanding the Medway Dockyard Reserve , attended by a boatswain , was testing a punt in one of the basins of Chatham Dockyard when by some means or other the boat capsized . However , his lordship commenced swimming for the landing-steps and the boatswain was got into a dingey that came to his assistance .
THE OUEEN held a Council at Osborr . eon Tuesday , at which there were present Bro . the Duke of Devonshire , the Lord President , Viscount Cross , Lord Privy Seal , the Marquis of Lansdowne , Secretary of State for India , and Bro . Lord Arthur Hill , M . P ., Comptroller of the Household . The Duke of Devonshire and Marquis of Lansdowne subsequently had audiences of her Majesty .
THE KING OF THE B ELGIANS arrived in London by the afternoon mail on Monday , travelling incognito , and at once paid a private visit to the Marquess of Salisbury , in Arlington-street . His Majesty afterwards went to the Colonial Office , where he was received by Mr . Chamberlain , and then honoured Mr . Balfour with a call at the Treasury . He left on his return to Belgium by the evening mail .
SUNDAY LAST was one of the two Sundays in the course of the year in which the Duke of Wellington permits members of the National Sunday League to visit Apsley for the purpose of seeing the presents that were made to the great Duke by Emperors , Kings , States , and cities in recognition of his splendid services to Europs . On this occasion between 400 and 500 were admitted . The seer nd visit is fixed for the 25 th inst .
AMONG THOSE WHO ATTENDED the Cabinet Council which was hela at the Foreign Office , on Wednesday , were Bros , the Right Hon . A . Akers-Douglas , Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Lord Halsbury ( Lord Chancellor ) , Lord Ashbourne ( Lord Chancellor of Ireland ) . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart . ( Chancellor of the Exchequer ) , the Duke of Devonshire , Lord George Hamilton , the Right Hon . W . Hume Long , and Sir M . White Ridley , Bart .
AN INQUEST was held at Alfriston , near Eastbourne , on Tuesday , on the body of a man who had gone with his wife on Saturday evening to show a friend the way to Peneham Cottage . They had returned to within half a mile of home when a flash of lightning , accompanied by a peal of thunder , threw the man and woman to the ground . On recovering her senses , the woman found her husband dead , and was just able to crawl to the cottage and give the alarm .
A LIZARD OR SNAKE SKIN SATCHEL , from which the gold mounts had been taken , the remains of a purse ornamented with a gold crown and the initials " E . S ., " a gold spiral pencil case , and a gold mounted card case with an ordinary purse containing two keys , have been discovered in the Thames near Windsor , and are now in possession of the police . They are the remains of a burglary effected at Beechwood , about a year ago when occupied by the Princess Soltykoff .
CONVOCATION OF CANTERBURY was opened at St . Paul ' s Cathedral on Tuesday with the customary ceremonial , the Bishops assembling in the South-west Chape ) , anil the Lower House in the Chapter House , A procession from the great west door to the choir was formed , and on reaching the latter the Litany of Convocation was said in Latin , and after a hymn in Latin had been sung , the Dean of Lincoln preached in Latin . Convocation was subsequently prorogued to November .
FREEMASONRY IN PLYMOUTH . —At the usual monthly meeting of Lodge 1 'ortitude , No . 105 , which was held on the 12 th inst ., at the Masonic Hal ) , Plymouth , a circumstance of great interest to the brethren occurrred . Bro . Maj . Shanks , K . M ., a P . M . of Nos . 7 and 12 , Scotland , also of Nos . 1 S 9 and 1 S 87 , England , and P . P . G . W , of Devon , visited the lodgeand produced for the inspection of the members his
grand-, father ' s clearing-off certificate from Lodge Fortitude ( then No . 160 ) , dated 12 th August , 1782—exactly 113 years ago . This link , connecting the present with the remote past , was the more interesting to the brethren , fiom the fact that the records now in possession of the lodge , do not reach further back than 50 years . Ihe certificate is on parchment , and is believed to be the oldest document of the kind in the West of England .
SEVERAL BOAT ACCIDENTS were reported towards the close of last and _ the beginning of the present week . Off Jersey , en Saturday last , a party consisting of one gentleman and two ladies had gone for a sail and were upset , the occupants being cast upon a rock . The signals for help were not noticed til ! about noon on Sunday , whcn they were rescued in a very exhausted condition . On Saturday morning last two
brothers named Cornish , of Liver pool , were on a visit to their parents at Castletown , Isle of Man , and had gone out fishing , when their boat drifted against the rock and was overturned , one of them being struck at the moment and drowned , while the other was rescued by his father . In another case , a pleasure boat , containing three persons , carrying too much sail , was upset at the entrance to Queenstown Harbour , two being drowned , while the third was recued by the coastguard .
THE LAND OF THE BROADS . —The Great Eastern Railway Company have dene wisely in issuing a little pamphlet in which is described a yachting cruise on the Norfolk Broads . It is a part of the country which deserves a larger share of attention from excursionists and holiday makers than it receives . Not only is the country most interesting , the scenery picturesque , and the hotel accommodation excellent , but there is plenty of sport for those who delight in yachting , fishing , and shooting . There are p lenty « good halting-places to stop at , and many handsome , and in some cases historicaii facilities
country seats , which are certain to prove attractive , while , thanks to the great offered by the Great Eastern Company as regards frequency of train service and cnea ?' ness of fares , locomotion by rail to the towns contained within the district and to th various popular sea-side resorts on the Norfolk Coast is at almost all times possible jjj'j under the most reasonable and comfortable conditions . 'Those who have not visited tW "Land of the Broads" should read this "log of the ' Lalage , ' " which contains tn « description of the cruise . We feel sure they will lose no time in turni ' n ? to acciw n the opportunities afforded them of visiting the Broads by the Great Eastern Ran * ' Company ,