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hearty good wishes of all the brethren present , no matter what constitution they belonged to . The great respect in which Bro . Hill was held by all classes of the Masonic community , must indeed be flattering to him . The manner in which he had performed the ceremony that ev *<* i * m § must indeed have caused a pleasure to all who had witnessed it .

. The toast having been duly honoured , Bro . Hill thanked the brethren for the very hearty manner in which they had responded to the toast of his health . He would commend to the R . W . Master the full performance of the duties which he had taken upon himself that evening , and from what he personally knew of Bro . Francis , he vvas confident that thev would be performed in a creditable manner , and

that he would have the full support of his officers in whatever he might undertake . ,.,,, _ , Bro . D . C . Watson asked the brethren to drink "The Health of Bro . F . VV . Francis , R . W . M . " He could speak as one who had watched the progress of Bro . Francis from the time that he had entered the lodge , some six years a ? o , during almost the whole of which time he had filled some office or other with credit to himself , and he ( Bro .

D . C . Watson ) was certain a great treat was in store for the brethren of the lodge during the coming year , and that the lodge would , notwithstanding the bad times which were at present affecting the community , make rapid progress under Bro . Francis's rule . . The toast having been dul y honoured in truly Masonic stvle . Bro . Francis said he had some diffidence in replying

to the toast which the brethren had responded to so heartily . He might say that during the whole of the time which he had held office in the lodge he had only endeavoured to fulfil his duties in a manner which should afterwards reflect credit upon himself and the lodge , and while in the chair he should endeavour to do likewise . He especially thanked those brethren who had come from a distance to witness

the installation that evening , as he knew that some had travelled more than too miles to be there , and he thought they deserved his thank . The other toasts were "The LP . M ., " " The Officers , " "The Past Officers , " "The Visitors , " "The D . G . Officers , " a very pleasant evening being brought to a close by the Tyler's toast .

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Obituary .

BRO . SAMUEL OLDFIELD BAILEY . With sincere regret we announce the death of Bro . Samuel Oldfield Bailey , lithographer , of Bradford , which event took place on the 17 th inst ., at his residence , Victorroad , Manningham , in his 63 rd year . . Bro . Bailey , although he never attained to a high position in public life . had . bv his usefulness in whatever he took in hand ,

his uprightness of character , and his genial temperament , commanded the esteem of a large circle of his fellowtownsmen . Partly in consequence of the professional training he had received , but in greater measure by his intuitive love of the beautiful in nature and in art , Bro . Bailey had been led for many years past to take an active interest in thc promotion of art culture , and one of his

greatest pleasures vvas that of assisting others in the work . He was one of the founders of the Bradford Art Society , for several years its president , and throughout the society s existence one of its most consistent supporters . His judgment in art matters was in frequent requisition as examiner of the works of local art students . He also connected himself with the Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society

soon after its formation , and from that period has held the oflice of vice-president . Freemasonry found in him an ardent adherent and zealous officer . He vvas initiated in the Harmony Lodge , No . 600 , on thc 19 th April , 1865 , passing the chair , and remaining a subscribing member till death ; he was Prov . P . G . S . of VV . in 1 S 71 , and first Master of the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 1648 , at its

consecration in December , 1 S 7 G . In other movements of a social and educational character he had taken part , and in all of them his good offices were ever to be relied on . Bro . Bailey had up to within the past three weeks enjoyed excellent health , but about that period took cold after enjoying his customary Turkish bath , and suffered for some days from a bronchial attack . From this , however , he was

recovering , when inflamation of thebowels set in , and he rapidly succumbed . He leaves a widow and a grown-up family . The funeral took place at Undcrcliffe Cemetery on Monday last , and the respect in which Bro . Bailey was held was marked by the presence of a large number of personal friends and representatives of various societies with which he had been associated . Among the latter were upwards

of 30 members of the Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society . The Bradford Art Society , of which the deceased was one of the founders , was also well represented ; and the following brethren paid thc last rites to their departed brother * . —From the Lodge of Hope , 302 : Bros . Henry Smith , Prov . G . S . ; Thos . Hill , P . P . G . S . W . ; Benj . Brouehton , P . P . G . S . W . Lodge of Harmony , 600 : Bros .

R . L . Watson , VV . M . ; John Beanland , P . M ., P . P . G . S . of VV . ; L . Goldstein , P . M . ; Jas . Wright , P . M . ; Jas . Dewhirst , P . M . ; S . Render , P . M . ; J . R . Welsman , P . M . ; and others . Shakespeare Lodge , 101 S : Bros . H . R . C . Latimer , W . M . ; Wroe , P . M . ; G . Althorp , P . M ., & c Prince of Wales Lodge , 1648 : Bros . A . Stephenson , P . M ., P . P . G . D . of C ; J . VV . Barber , P . M . ; J . H . Lovelass , P . G . O . ; J . Ramsden , P . M . ; and B . Ingham , P . M . In

addition to many other personal friends of the deceased there were present members of the congregation of Zoar Baptist Chapel , Darfield-street , where Mr . Bailey had attended for many years , and a select class of young men connected with the school which he had taught . The coffin , which was of polished oak , was covered with wreaths of beautiful flowers , and was lowered into the vault amid many expressions of regretful feeling .

BRO . ALLAN CAMERON . On the morning of the 13 th inst . passed away Allan Cameron , at the age of 89 , thc oldest Freemason in Scotland . He had been a member of the Fort William Lod ge , No . 43 , since December 19 th , 1814 , and up to within a few months of his death had taken an active part in the doings the Craft last week the of his

of . Friday being day funeral , the brethren passed in procession through the town to the house of the deceased . After prayers had been said by the Rev . Robertson , of Fort Augustus , the procession re-formed , and , preceded by a piper playing a pathetic lament , the corpse was borne shoulder high slowly to the outskirts of thc town . Here vehicles were waiting , and ,

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following the hearse , the brethren proceeded to Kilmallie Churchyard , where , with Masonic honours , midst the ashes of his fathers they laid the body of our venerable brother .

FUNERAL OF BRO . CHENERY . Untimely as the close of Bro . Chenery's busy life was , and ' quiet , unpretending , and retiring as his habits were , he had in the comparatively short period during which he filled the post of Editor of the Times largely increased the number of friends whom his genial , kindly nature and unassuming knowledge attracted in the literary circles where he is best known ; and these amiable characteristics

of his were , perhaps , most generally in the remembrance of those who met on Saturday at the house in Serjeants ' - inn , where he died , as also of the more nurnerous gathering at Brompton Cemetery , where his remains were buried . The coffin of polished oak with brass mountings , and without pall but covered with memorial wreaths of flowers sent by friends , vvas borne in an open funeral car . The first of the eight mourning coaches which followed vvas

occupied b y Mr . J . McMillan , Mr . J . C . MacDonald , Mr . R . F . McMillan , and Mr . D . McMillan , and in others there were Mr . Walter , M . P ., Mr . A . F . Walter , Mr . Frederick Clifford , the Rev . Dr . Ginsburg , the Rev . Dr . Aldis Wright , Professor Stanley Leathes , Mr . T . Woolner , R . A ., Mr . De la Pryme , the Rev . Dr . Wace , the Rev . R . J . Simpson , Mr . N . McColl , Mr . E . L . Brandreth , besides almost all Bro . Chenery ' s colleagues and assistants at the

Times office . Many friends had , however , assembled at the cemetery , and among these were Sir Henry Sumner Maine , Sir Owen Tudor Burne , Sir George Birdwood , the Right Hon . G . J . Shaw-Lefevre , M . P ., Mr . Courtenay , M . P ., Sir R . Blennerhassett , M . P ., Mr . Ralli , M . P ., Mr . Joseph Covven , M . P ., Mr . Justin McCarthy , M . P ., Sir George Dasent , Mr . J . R . Dasent , Dr . Gilbert , Professor Sylvester , Mr . Jas . Payn , Mr . Charles Shaw , Dr . Lightner ,

Mr . Hyde Clarke , Dr . Quain , Mr . Frank Hill , Mr . G . Barnett Smith , the Hon . Algernon Bourke , Col . Knollys , Capt . Hozier , Mr . R . Giffen , Mr . T . W . Snagge , Mr . Cordy Jeaffreson , Mr . D . C . Boulger , Mr . O'Hara , Dr . Hueffer , Mr . Davidson , Mr . Eaton ( Secretary of the Royal Academy , representing Sir Frederick Leighton , who was unavoidably prevented from attending the funeral ) , and Mr . Scharf , Director of the National Portrait Gallery .

There were also present many members of the Parliamentary corps , of the Law reporting staff , and literary contributors to the columns of thc Times , as well as representatives of the printing and publishing departments . The funeral service was read by the Rev . A . J . D . D'Orsey , assisted by the Dean of Westminster , who read the lesson in the cemetery chapel , where the first part of the service was held , and pronounced thc benediction at the irravcside .

The plate on the coffin bore the inscription , " Thomas Chenery , died 1 ith February , 1 S 84 , aged 57 years . " Among those friends who sent funeral wreaths were Mrs . Walter , Lady John Manners , Miss Dclanc , Mrs . E . Lennox Boyd ( a cushion of violets ) , Mrs . McMillan and her four daughters , Mrs . A . Symes Shand , Mr . J . Brinslcy Richards , Mrs . E . L . Brandreth and her daughter , Mrs . J . E . H . Gordon , Sir J . Whittaker and Lady Ellis , Mrs . Batt . Mrs .

Locking , and Mrs . Fielder . The Rev . Dr . Herman Adler would have attended the funeral , but was unable to be present , as it took place during the time of Divine service at his synagogue . Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., Professor Byrce , M . P ., and others wrote expressing regret at being unable to attend . The grave , it may be mentioned , in which Bro . Chenery was laid is next to that in which the remains of his mother and her two sisters were interred .

The Theatres.

THE THEATRES .

"Margery ' s Lovers" is the name of the new comedy at the Court , b y Mr . Brander Matthews , produced on Monday last . VVe hope to notice it in an early issue . # * * " Cast Adrift " was brought out at the Olympic on Saturday , with Mr . H . H . Vincent , Mr . Melford , Miss Alma Murray , Miss Laura Linden , Miss Cathcart , and Mr . Rowland Buckstone as the principal artistes . This drama has been played in London before , at thc Surrey and Sadler ' s Wells theatres .

• « » "A Wife ' s Victory , " by Mr . Hawbrey , will shortly be produced at thc Novelty , vvith Miss Ada Cavendish and Mr . Chas . Sugden in the cast . Miss Harris has been more fortunate than anyone else in the management of this house , and we hope there will be no occasion to close it . VVe believe for the first timeit has been patronised by Royalty , the Prince of Wales having visited it on Thursday last week . * «

The new theatre in Coventry-street and Oxenden-street called the Prince ' s is without doubt the finest of all our London playhouses . It closely resembles the Savoy in its auditorium ; but its decorations are on a still handsomer scale , whilst its approaches , staircases , foyers , smoking saloons are without equal in England . Mr . Phipps , the well-known architect of thrcatrcs , has surpassed anv

of his many works in London , and there is not that cold , damp feeling which one usually observes in all new buildings . The stalls and balcony are covered in what ladies , we believe , call " crushed strawberry " ; the lighting is by electricity , thereby making the house at all times cool and comfortable of atmosphere , and the electric light is steady . One of the novel features is the iron curtain , which is let down

every night after the performance ; indeed , everything has been done that human ingenuity can devise to bring that terrible master—fire—within control , or rather to prevent its becoming a master . This curtain weighs about two tons , yet a child can lower and raise it by the lever . Time was when managers did not consider it policy to provide lounges and smoking saloons for their patrons , for fear it distracted them from the performance ; but it is found now-a-days

that all these personal comforts only add to the popularity of the house . At the Prince ' s one can between the acts carry on a conversation vvith friends under shady palms , by sparkling fountains , in Morish annexes , or in marble halls . The principal entrance opens into a vestibule of ample dimensions , divided into eight bays by Corinthian pilasters resting on a panelled surbase ; an enriched freize and cornice runs round above the pilasters , and the whole is vaulted

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over and gilded . The floor of this vestibule and the staircases are composed and constructed of marble . VVe think Mr . Edgar Bruce vvas very wise when opening his new theatre not to at the same time have brought out a new play . He has reproduced Mr . VV . S . Gilbert's " Palace of Truth , " and " In Honour Bound " by Mr . Sydney Grundy . It is thirteen years since "The Palace of Truth " vvas played in London , and it maybe as long again before it is once more to be seen ,

and we advise any one who wants to see it to go at once , for Mr . Bruce is about bringing out a new play by Messrs . Herman and Jones , the joint authors of the " Silver King , " and vvill not revive " Forgiven " as has been stated in some quarters . The cast is composed of Mr . Anson , Miss Lingard , Bro . George Temple , Mr . Kyrle Bellow , Mr . Bcerbohm Tree , Miss Tilbury ( daughter of Miss Lydia Thompson ) , Miss Sophie Lyre , Bro . J . Maclean , and Miss

Florence Marryat , certainly a picked company . The night before the opening of the theatre Mr . Edgar Bruce invited a number of friends to view the house , on which occasion a brilliant company gathered , among whom we noticed Bro . Bancroft , Bro . Sir Charles Hutton Gregory , K . C . M . G ., 33 ° ; and Miss Fanny Stirling , Bro . Robert and Mrs . Brough ( Miss Florence Trevellyan ) , Bro . Ex-Under Sheriff Wragg , Bro . J . L . Toole , Rev . VV .

Hclmore , chaplain to her Majesty , Bro . Chas . Morton , Miss Harriet Coveney , Bro . H . Walsham , Mr . Kyrle Bellew and Mrs . Bernard Beere . lBro . D . Albcrtson , Bro . E . Righton , Bro . Capt . Bashford , Mr . E . Russell , Bro . J . G . Taylor and Miss Lingard , Lord Houghton and the Hon . F . Milnes , Bro . Major and Mrs . Richardson , Mr . Ryder , Mr . Barnes , Bro . Arthur Svvanborough and

Miss Eleanor Bufton , Mr . Arthur Conway , Mr . H . Paulton , Miss Nicholls , Mrs . Maddick , Bro . VV . Holland , Mr . G . Grossmith , Bro . II . J . Hitchens , Bro . Hy . Wright and Miss Nellie Bromley , Bro . Abud , Bro . C Warner , Mr . Tom Robertson and Miss Cora Stuart , Bro . H . Ashley , Sir . H . Neville , Miss Constance Loseby , and Miss Emily Thorne .

» On Thursday , thc I - jlli inst ., Bro . J . L . Toole brought out the long promised "Paw Clawdian , " which proved , as was anticipated , a genuine parod y of the old sort , written in Mr . Burnand ' s happiest vein . This , a travesty on "Claudian , " cannot fail to be a fund of amusement for a long while to come—as long as " Claudian " lasts , for almost every onc who sees thc original at

the Princess's will journey to see 'Toole take it off . Copied closel y to the classical drama , and imitating to the life the firincipal characters in " Claudian , " it is yet without the east venom , and wc feel sure that when Mr . Wilson Barrett and Miss Eastlakc sec it—which they are sure to dothey vvill give way to the heartiest laughter . The punning is of the best quality , the humour is unarttficial , and such hearty fun has been furnished but rarely . At first sight it may be

said that to take off such a grand play as "Claudian , which appeals to all the higher faculties in man , is like scoffing ; but on closer reasoning it must be admitted that it is a great compliment paid to Messrs . Hermann and Witls's work . As imitation is thc sincerest form of flattery , so may this burlesque be said to be a good advertisement for Mr . Wilson Barrett , lt may seem a little hard that Miss Eastlakc ' s eccentricities of voice and manner should be parodied ; but

if they were not worth imitating it would not be done . Miss Marie Linden in " Stage Dora" copied Mrs . Bernard-Beere , and now she becomes Miss Eastlakc ' s " double " in "Paw Clawdian . " She has caught her attitudes , hct husky tone of speech , with marvellous cleverness , and perhaps a cleverer form of travesty has never been seen . Almida becomes All-my-ida . Instead of the ramparts we have other " rum parts . " Mr . Ward is the Coal-Holey

Clement , of course anything but a saint , but a disreputable hermit . In our issue of the 5 th ult . we gave at length the curse uttered by the holy Clement , wc now give thc travesty as an illustration that Mr . Burnand has caught the true old fashioned spirit of burlesque : " And this my cuss upon your latest venture is , Go on ! be young for ever through the centuries j Sec melodramas everywhere produced ;

Sec pieces come to theatres to be goosed ; See theatres come to pieces—as they will-But thou live on ! Be Claudian punning still . Thy starlike course thou'It run for many years . Drawing pit , stalls , and boxes , drawing tiers ; The innocent sunshine shall die out before You enter every night by thc stage door Except in summer . Your black little fellow

Who follows shall grow up and play Othello . But thou shall still be Claudian , have to do it , Night after night compelled to go right through it , And be as fresh as ever ! Herman , Wills Will struggle on by taking Parr ' s life pills And disappear 1 Yet on and on you'll play , Saying the lines that arc hard lines to say , Until an audience its sides shall split ,

And you bringdown the house , reduce the pit , Add rows of stalls—yet Claudian vvill not stop , And when night after night thc houses drop , And order reigns supreme then you will choose Whether you II finish or go on and lose ! Till then I leave you—and so ends the cuss . " Bro . Toole appears as the profligate nobleman in the market-place of Buyzantium , and in his toga , not omitting

thc Roman nose , affords abundant opportunity for laughter . In the original Almida addresses him as Master , Master ; in the burlesque All-my-ida calls him Masher , Masher . VVe have the "decline and fall , " in other words Toole's earthquake which ends in Bro . Toole on a four-post bedstead awakingand asking if he is Claudian , then revealing himself as Toole . What we admire so much is that there is not the least ill-nature in this parody , and we are quite

certain that Bro . Toole would be the last person to give cause of offence to anyone , particularly to a brother actor . The travesty is preceded by Mr . Arthur Lavvs's farcical comedy "A Mint of Money , " in which Bro . Toole appears as a millionaire , a proprietor of oil wells in the Far VVest , and therefore a great catch for match-making mothers . He falls across a lady who has a numerous

family of daughters , one for each day in the week except Sunday . He climbs up a beech tree and hears his character discussed by the mamma and her six daughters . At last he pairs off , not with any of these maidens but with a poor relation . " Toole up a tree " would make the fortunes of any piece , therefore it is not to be wondered at his gaining thunders of applause . We do not recollect a better programme being provided at Toole ' s theatre than that just now being given nightly .