London And North Western Railway Company's Tourist Arrangements.

LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY'S TOURIST ARRANGEMENTS .

LAST week wo spoke in general term- of praise of the excellence of the arrangement- inado by tlio different Railway Companies for the comfort anil convenience of the travelling public , this excellence being parfc'cularly shown in the case of their programmes for the Tonrist Season . In this , as indeed in all othor respects , the London and North Western Railway Company stands well in public

estimation . Their Tonrist tickets , like those of other Companies , are issned nnder the most favourable conditions as regards price , are available in fche first instance for two months , and are renewable on moderate terms for any further period thafc may be desired , provided the term does not exceed the last day of December of the current year . They are issned at Enstnn Station and afc all the principal

stations on the Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways , as well as at the termini of tho London Brighton and South Const and London and Sonth Western Railway Companies , and the Parcels Receiving Offices of the London and North Western Railway itself . The terms of issue are likewise similar in many other respects . Thns , holders of these tickets to North Wales are at liberty to break the

journey at Crewe , Chester , Flint , Holywell , Mostyn , Prestatyn , Rhvl , and any intermediate stations in the direct route between Rhyl and their destination , both going and returning . Passengers may also break the journey at Kenilworth , Leamington , and Lichfield . Then there are Circular tours for North Wales , North and South Wales , North , South , and Mid Wales , & c , & o . Thns , if we take tho case of

the North and South Wales Circular Tour , Tourists travel vid Shrews . bury and Llandrindod to Carmarthen ; thence to Tenby and back ; from Carmarthen to Aberystwith vid L-mpeter ; thence to Dolgelly and Barmouth ; from Barmouth to Portmadoc and Carnarvon , viA Afon Wen , returning from Carnarvon . id , Bangor and Chester . Or ifc may be worked in the reverse direction , at the option of the passenger ,

only be must state afc the time of booking what direction he proposes to travel . So , in the case of fche Carmarthen , Tenby , Aberystwith , and Mid Wales Circular Tour , passengers travel in' 4 Shrewsbury , Llandrindod and Bailth to Brecon ; from Brecon to Llanidloes and back to Bnilfch Road Junction ; thence to Carmarthen , vid Llando . very ; from Carmarthen to Tenby and back ; thence vik Lampeter to

Aberystwith , returning from Aberystwith vid Machynlleth and Welshpool . Or tbe journey may be made in the reverse direction , if so stated afc booking . The tickets issued for these and the ofchfr circular tours are 1 st and 2 nd class only , and are in the former case , 1 st class , £ 5 6 s ; 2 nd class , £ 3 16 s ; in the latter , firsfc class , £ 5 9 s ; 2 nd class £ 3 19 s . Tickets on the same liberal terms and offering

similar facilities are issued to the English L- * . ke District , Yorkshire , Scotland , Ireland , and Isle of Man . In all cases the Company has done all in its power to study the convenience as well as the pocket of the traveller . In certain trains sleeping accommodation is provided , while every possible facility is offered for continuing journeys , where desired , by means of the different steamship companies ; while conches , omnibuses , & c , & c , are to be found in communication with

the Company afc the principal" stations on the line . The Company also issues Excursion tickets , and tickets for shorter periods , th " public in these cases being equally benefited . However , those of our readers who may be anxious to obtain further and fnller information , will do well to plare themselves in communication with the General Manager , Mr . 6 . Findlay , at Enston Station . Their inquiries will be received courteously , and answered , we doubt not , satisfactorily .

By The Sea.

BY THE SEA .

TT is marvellous to note the many changes thafc have recently taken -L place in Merry Margate . Though this justly celebrated watering place cannot be described as the resort of the "Upper Ten , " the well-to-do class of tradesmen continue their annual visits , and

doubtless derive benefit from the healthful breezes that , prevail here at all seasons of the year . And now for a few words as to the improvements we have referred to . The Fort and Cliftonville may almost be characterised as a new colony , the builders have so studded the district with substantial and handsome dwelling houses . At

Westo-nteon-Sea , the Jetty has been extended , nnd a capital band nightly enlivens the scene with well selected . music . The Assembly Rooms at Margate proper , if we may so describe ifc , are as popular now as ever they were , and the proprietors deservedly receive the patronage they ao ably cater for . It will be remembered by many of our readers that the old rooms were destroyed by fire ; but the new building ,

inangurated on tbe 19 th ult ., under the management of Bro . H . E . ^ avis , is a decided improvement on the one it has taken the place nf , The principal room is 101 feet 6 inches long by 56 feefc broad . The flooring , which is of figured oak , rests on indiarubber . An excellent concert is provided every evening , and in Bro . Jarvis the lovers of

¦ Jerpaichore have an efficient Master of Ceremonies . Bro . Williams ( of the Caledonian Hotel , John Street , Adelphi ) , in conjunction with wo . Ingram has here opened a capacious r . om for Balls ancl other entertainments ; the services of fche Brothers Raynor have been secured , whilo the musical arrangements havo been entrnsted to

wo . Tbaddens Wells . At the Theatre Royal Miss Kate Santlcy , with a talented company , has been the attraction . The entertainments at " ••" •a HaU by the Sea , nnder the direction of Bro . Geo . Sanger , have •' 8 o been well attended , whilo the menagerie has given special n " ?' . ent to a * - number of the smaller fry . Taken altogether , e visitors to Margate this year will find plent y to amuse and attract

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The Late Bro. E. Austin.

THE LATE BRO . E . AUSTIN .

T OCAL literature , and particularly the branch of it which is asso-¦ i ciated with journalism , has sustained a loss which will bo widely and deeply regretted by the death , on 25 th July , nnder painfully sndden circumstances , of Bro . Ebenezer Austin , the proprietor and editor of the Clifton Chronicle . Tho deceased gentleman , who was in his si .. ty- « ixth year , had enjoyed , through the greatest part of his life , a robust state of health . Somo months ago , however , ho

was attacked by an illness which betrayed symptoms of heart disease , and led hia modical aUrmdant to fear that his lifo was a precarious one , and that his dent h might ensue at any moment . The treatment to which ho wns subjected appeared so much to restore his health that the more sanguine among his friends began to hope that the mischief was nofc so deeply seated as had been feared . He

came into the city on Wednesday , apparently iu his nsnal health , and transactor ! a few matters of business , and on Thursday evening he was engaged in a business interview with tho Rev . Canon Percival , during which ho betrayed no symptoms of illness . Between eight and nine o ' clock yesterday morning he was in the act of dressing , with a view to going to somo engagements , when he was suddenly seized . Medical aid was promptly summoned , and Dr . Marshall , his

nsnal attendant , being from home , Dr . Beddoe attended with all possible speed , but before ho could arrive Bro . Austin had fallen back in his chair , and tranquilly expired . Although his death in thia sudden manner may be said to havo been foreshadowed , it came with a terrible shock afc lasfc , and the sensation produced yesterday in the many circles in which he was known was one of intense sorrow and profound regret .

Not only in his professional career , but amongst a very large circle of personal friends , the deceased gentleman was highly esteemed for hia kiud-heav teduea a _ id ut \ Cailing geniality , and soma three years ago his friends and colleagues of fche press celebrated his fiftieth year of journalism by inviting htm to a banquet in Clifton , afc which they presented him with an address as a mark of their

appreciation of the ability , energy , and integrity by whioh he had always been distinguished in his literary career , as well as of his personal worth and kindly characteristics . He was born in October 1818 , afc Bath . His elder brother , the Rev . Thomas Ralph Austin , D . D ., died a few months ago in America , and he leaves another brother , Mr . J . Battle Austin , of Leigh Woods ; and an elder sister , Mrs . Hugh

Massey , of Chester . His parents lived at Hackney , and his father , who possessed considerable literary attainments , was engaged for a time on the editorial staff of the Bath Chronicle , and subsequently on thafc of the Bath and Cheltenham Gazette . Deceased , who was left an orphan in 1830 , was apprenticed iu the following year to Mr . George Wood , proprietor of the Bath and Cheltenham Gazette ,

and he contributed his first report to that paper on 14 th June 1836 . After an early reporting career , whose success won repeated acknowledgment from the highest quarters , he , in 18 _ 8 , became the official shorthand writer to the Bristol District Court of Bankruptcy , the proceedings of which he for many years reported , first for the weekly and subsequently for the Bristol daily papers . He was also

a well-known attendant as shorthand writer and reporter afc the Somerset Assizes . In August 1855 , he succeeded the late Mr . William Matthews as Bristol correspondent of the Times , a position which he had held ever since , and latterly in conjunction with his son , Mr . Alfred An . tin . In April 1861 , tho Clifton Chronicle , which he hnd edited for many years , passed into his hands , and he has

continued to edit it from that time . In 1861 , in conjunction with some friends , ancl a few othor members of the Bristol press , including Mr . Joseph Hatton , who was then a member of the editorial staff of the Bristol Mirror , deceased materially helped to start the Bristol Histrionic Clnb for the purpose of giving amateur performances for charitable purposes . Ho had the hononr of being elected , in March

1862 , the first president of the newly-established club , and for many years he nofc only took a most active part iu its proceedings , but there was seldom a public performance without his writing au original address for it . He . lsu wrote for ifc a dramatic rendering of the trial scene from Dickens's " Pickwick Papers . " In connection with the Histrionic Club he took a lively interest in a series of

performances on behalf of the National Lifeboat Institution , for whioh no less than £ 1-50 was raised , and by this means was procured the " Bristol and Clifton " Lifeboat , since stationed at Lossiemouth ( N . B . ) , and from that time the club has , we believe , every year contributed £ 50 for the maintenance of the boat at thafc station . From no inconsiderable amonnt of fugitive matter contributed to the newswapers with

which he had been connected , the deceased gathered and published a series of sketches which originally appeared in the Clifton Chronicle as " Stray Leaves from the Notebook of a Provincial Reporter . " These were reprinted , and , with somo additions in 1872 , were published in a small volume entitled " Anecdotage . " He was remarkably punctilious in the matter of quotations , in which he svas

considered more than an ordinary authority , his memory being most retentive down to the last . His wife died jnst seven months ago . He leaves one son ( Mr . Alfred Austin ) , who was his partner , one married and two unmarried daughters , and au adopted niece . The late Mr . Austin as a Freemason was a member of Colston Lodge , No . 610 , Bristol . —Bristol Mercury , Saturday , 26 . 7 i July .

Bro . T . L . Jefferson , . vhoso death occurred recently , left a bequest of 5000 dollars to the Masonic Home , of Louisville , Kentucky , and 1000 dollars to the Lodge of which he was a member .

Bro . Alfred Abrahams , of Lodge of Israel , No . 205 , lias recently taken possession of the King ' s Head Hotel , High-street , Margate , heretofore in the occupation of Bro . Chubb P . M . Bro . Abrahams intends to hold a Lodge of Instruction here ; also a Chapter of Improvement .