... IUfITtD ORDER OF FREEMASONS. ANNUAL DINNER. The annual dinner of the members (f this association took place last evening at the Spring bbak Hotei. A most =ubstantial spread was uncovered by the host, Mr. George Wright, and about 30 gentlemen sat down. The chair wis occupied by Mr. M. Carmichael, president, who was supported Ny Mr. C. Macpherson, Mr. J. B. Pearsou, Mr. D. M Bell, Mr. C. Peatson ...

... .- , T 17Tx LANCER'S DEPAuRE w ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . U :ry f LBY A LAXCR'15 BOTHTB.3 It *;as apleasure to notice the kindness shown7 by all olnt the men of* tle 8cits Guards in the Tower 'of Loidon t. owards the 25 'gallant troopers of the 17th Lanir,. ad who lay with them for two days while on duty asbag Ikcn gage guard on boardlthe transport ship, France, in' the iest Victoria Docks, which 'was to ...

... .THE ROYAL MARRIAGE, ' ,ESTER.y. -, 141 ghe 'hi~ ?? ti len coi Sei ju brh and erae ) ga It itil aso 6r ant' )rg an it t the Itea robt Mot ent itlo thr an the~ biv hat hin ant 91 in. the a a - Yesttryl at-St. duarge Ca door, ~oya Hiines Pr66 'Arthur Patrick Albert, 1luke; of Connaught, third son of 'Her Mjetwsaredt Princess Louise Marguerite, daughter of Prince Frederick Charles of Prassia ...

... ?? HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO ITALY BAVENO, where her Majesty and the Princess Beatrice have gone to spend a month in quiet retirement, is a pretty little village of Italian Piedmont, situated almost on the confines of the frontier, and on the western shore of Lake Maggiore, at the head of a little bay, and nearly facing the well-known Borromean Islands and Isola Pescator, or Fisherman's Isle. ...

... ?? Ho ?? POLITICAL AFFAIRS. -The Marquis of Abergavenny, pre- siding on Wednesday at the inaugural banquet of the Beacons- field Club, remarked upon the steady growth of the Conserva- tive party during the past fifteen years, and said that it owed its present strength and might to one man, Lord Beaconsfield. The club had already made satisfactory progress, and he believed that with patience ...

... THE ARM1qIY ES'IMLTATES. A_ -- r ^ . . . . 5511 Lu ?? the motionm for going into committee of e Colonel AnRBUTHNcr moved as ant amendment a rcfoludit~o in tavour of a modificationl Of the rfi regulations %which precluded army officers foom q counutinig towards voluntary retirement service, vi while under 20 years of age, the period of half t- pay, in consequence of wounds or ill-health con- ...

... -a The fortulightly meeting of the Birkenhead. gnardisns was held on Wednesday at the relieving offices, Hampton- street. Mr. Legge presided and the other members present were Messrs. [blosn, Lamb, Teesdale, Alltree, 7loor, Ellis, Sutton. Lee, Worrall, Shaw, Jones. and Hope. Mr. T. Williams, master of the workhouse, reported that the inmates of the institntion numbered 324 as compared with 81t ...

... CON'SERVATIM AT XMIDALE. Trje a;inija tem nee'ing of the Rirkdals Branch of the Lii erpoot Worki'ig Men's Coniservative Association was held last night at the Skeimerbdste Masonic Hall. Weatirinster road. Tha reunion was a most pleasant; one, and was largely arttnded. Mr. Cousicitlor J. B. Smith presided, and there were also present Messrs. Couneillor tiddward Wbitley, John Houlding, Griffith ...

... I I 9 et A conference of persons interested in Sunday r. school work was held last evening, under the auspices of the Liverpool Church of England a Sunday School Institute, in St. Luke's schools, es Colquitt-street. The Rev. Canon Trench presided, g- and there was a good attendance.-ir. T. Frederick atI A. Agnew read a paper on ;The Canvass for wi 8 Scholars. He said that statistics which ...

... - -et -nL- of f fiirind of Mr. Isham E. R. Gill. the A meeting of the friends of Mr. Isham H. E. Gill, the Liberal cancidate for the vacancy in the representation ot Clifton ward in the Birkenhead town coundcl caused by the death of hlr. T. M. Downham, was held last evening in the Drill Hall, the Holt, Tranmnere. Mr. |eorge Green, the Liberal ward chairian, presided, Ilid amongst others on the ...

... ECCLESI'iATICAL NEWS. DicCEsE OF CIIFSTF.R.-The Ribehop of C;neso:er holds atn ordination at each of the four Eu, .r sesoris in every year. C:didstlLea for ordination- should communicate v-with the bishop or oue of his examining chaplains, the Rev. Chancellor }Spin, IWallsFey Rectory,Birkenbead: Archdeacon Dirby, St. Bridget's Rectory, Chester; cr Cauon Gs.1ay, Wohlioghrem Rectory, Darliugton. ...

... F, - i r Our (Daily Chronicle) Plymouth correspondent _ L. sends us the following extraordinary story -It appears that at least onedoctor and two chemists of ' Torquay were more or less closely connected with be ,t the Bravo mystery, the memory of which, has R not yet faded from the publlc mind; and though II . Torquay was at the time of the inquest associated y somewhat vaguely with the ...