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MIDLAND RAILWAY . CHEAP EXCURSIONS . KBOJ ! ST . PAXCKAS AND CITY STATIONS . To SCOTLAND for ELEVEN DAYS . O N FRIDAY , 11 th July , from St . Pancrae , t ) 30 p . m ., to Noithallerton , Richmond , Darlington , Dirh . im , Newcastle , Bern- ' xk , Carlisle , Dumfries , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Ayr , Kilmarnoch , Castle Douglas , and Kirkcudbright , with spccbl facilities Tor visiting Melroso , Abbotst'ovd , Dryburgh , tho Trossachs , Loch Katrino , Loch Lomond , Oban , Stafia , Iona , Ifleneoe , Inrerness , Dunkeld , & c . Also for Five or Eleven days , to Perth , Stirling , Dundee , Montrose , Aberdeen , Invemsss , & o „ from S * . Pancras !) ' 15 p . m . In connection with tho above , Thos . Cook & Son will arrange for a Personally Conducted Tour to tho chief points of interest in Scotland . SATURDAY , 15 TH JULY . To Leicoster , Birmingham , Nottingham , Derby , Newark , Lincoln , Jiurlon , Staffordshire Potteries , Matlock , Buxton , Manchester , Liverpool , Bolton , Blackburn , limy , Rochdale , Oldham , Shcflield , llarnslcy , Waketicld , Leeds , Bradford , Scarborough , Newcastle-on-Tyne , Lancaster , Morecambe , English Lakes , Carlisle , & c . Returning 17 th or 20 th Jnly . See bills for times . TICKXTS and BILLS may bo had at the MIDLAND STATIONS and City Booking Offices , and from Titos . COOK & Sos , Ludgate Circus and Branch Offices . GEO . li . TURNER , General "Manager .

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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . UNTIL further notice , SPECIAL EAST EXCURSIONS will leave I'ADDINGTON STATION , as under : - KVKIIY FRIDAY NIGHT , at 1010 p . m . for Exoter , Dawlish , 'reignmouth , Plymouth , Newquay , Truro , Falmouth , St . Ives , Pcnzanco , & c , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . EVERY SATURDAY , at 7 " 55 a . m . for Wcston-Super-Mare , Minehcad Ilfraeomb , Barnstaple , Exeter , Dawlish , Tcignmouth , Torquay , Dartmouth , Plymouth , Ncwtmay , Truro , Falmouth , St . Ivos , Penzance , & c , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . 9 ' 10 a . m . for Newbury , Marlborough , Devizes , Trowbridge , Frome , Shcpton Mallet , Wells , & c ., for 3 , 10 or 17 days . 12 * 5 p . m . for Cloveclon , Bridgwater , Taunton , Minehcad , Barnstaple , Wellington ( Sow . ) , Tiverton , & c ., for 3 , 10 or 17 days . 12 ' 35 p . m . for Yeovil , Dorclio .-ter , Weymouth , & c „ for 3 , 10 or 17 days , and also for Guernsey and Jersoy , to return , as por pamphlets . 1 * 55 p . m . for Weston-Super-Mare , Exoter , Dawlish , Toignmouth , Torquay , Dartmouth , Plymouth , & c , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . 2 ' 25 p . m . for Swindon , Chippenham , Bradford-on-Avon , Bath and Bristol , for 3 , 10 or 17 days . Tickets and pamphlets can be obtained at tho Company ' s stations , anil tho usual receiving offices . HY . LAMBKRT , General Manager .

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GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY . I ^ DINBURGH . *—( GrantonPicr ) . —Wednesday and Saturday . The magnili flccut ss . "Scamew " ( 1 , 550 tons register , 3 , 550 indicated horse-power , the finest vessel on the Kast Coast ) , " Osprey , " or other Steamers . 22 s and I 6 s . Iloturn , 31 s and ' IU fid . BORDEAUX . *—From London and Bordeaux every Friday , SCs ; lbro cabin , 353 . Return , 80 s and 00 s . * A tender with passengers for tho Edinburgh and Bordeaux boats leaves Westminster , Temple , and Old Swan Piers . A NTWERI ' . —See Company ' s time tables . OSTF . ND . —Every 'Wednesday and Saturday . 12 s ( id and 10 s . Return , 20 s and 15 s . EVom Irona : ate and St . Katrui / rine'R "VVhai'f . HULL . —Every Weilucsday anil Saturday from London and Hull . 12 s lid and Ss Cd' . Return , 17 s and 12 s . HAMBURG , ci ' ii HARWICH . —By express from Liverpool Strcot Station , at 8 p . m ., every Wednesday and Saturday . 1 st class vail and saloon , 37 s ( id single , 5 (! s 3 d ictiirn ; 2 i ; tl class rail and saloon , 35 s Dd single , 53 s 'Jd return ; second class rail and fore cabin , 25 s ild single , 381 9 d return . SUMMER PASSENGER SERVICES TO MARGATE , RAM 8 GATE , DEAL , DOVER & YARMOUTH , From London Bridge Wharf and Fenchurch St . Station , BY THE SPLENDID SALOON STEAMERS , Specially built for these services , and of very high speed , replete with all tho latest improvement , and having ample accommodation for all passengers , both First and Second Class , in fine or wet weather , in the magnificent and airy saloons on deck . OPECIAL CHEAP EXCURSION TO MARGATE AND IUMSGATJB . — IO Daily ( SUNDAY included ) from London Bridge Wharf at 9 - 15 o . m ., or Fenchurch Street Station at 10 " 15 a . m . Fare thero and back to Fenchurch Street ( da Tilbury ) 3 s 6 d . MARGAT E AND RAMSGATE .-Twice Daily ( Sunday , the early departure only ) , at 015 and 1030 a . m ., from London Bridge Wharf , or from Fenchurch Street Station at 10 15 or ll'KJ a . m . Fares : Single , Salooa , 5 s . Fore Cabin , -Is . Return ( availablo dttriug tho season ) , Os lid or 5 s . "T \ EAL AND DOVER . —Daily ( Sunday excepted ) from London Bridge JLs Wharf at 10 ' 30 a . m ., or Fenchurch Strcot Station at 11 ' 13 a . m . Fares from London Bridge , Single , Us . Return 10 s . YARMOUTH . —From Loudon Bridge Wharf at !) a . m . DAILY ( Sundays and Bank Holiday excepted ) . Fares 7 s ( id and ( is . Roturn , available during the season , 10 s ( Jd and 9 s . 55 GREAT TOWERT STREET , E . C .

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Crown 8 vo , Is Paper Covors ; Is 6 d Cloth Lettered . CI OSSIP AOOIJT FKEEMASONliV ,- its History and Traditions . X A Paper read by Bro . 8 . \\ LLKXTIXK , P . M . andZ . No . 9 , to the Brethren Of the Albion Lodge of Instruction , 2 nd November 1889 . Free by poat of W . W , MOKGAN & So " , Belvidero Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville .

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MATO'B CiASrai H © TM , KAST MOLESEY , HAMPTON COURT STATION ( Adjoining the RAILWAY , and facing the RIVER and PALACK ) . BRO . JOHN MAYO has ample accommodation iu the new iving of this old-established and noted Rivcrsido Hotel for Banquets for any number up to 100 . Kvery convenience for Ladies' Gatherings . Spacious landing to river , whence Steam Launches can start . Specimens of Menus , with prices , sent on application . Three Lodges meet at tho Castle Hotol , aud reference may bo made to tho respective Masters as to tho catering , & c .

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FAILING EYESIGHT . ^ ^ ss ^ jssssafflEESRess ™* . ^ 'VTTHEN the Eyesight is beginning /^^^ i n /^ y ^ SSX ' * to fail a practical Ophthalmic Opti-IS ^ I ^ RMJ MiitXStf j & J c ' snou W be at onco consulted . Per . V $ ? S ^ aK « w * spSs £ 'j |^ manont mischief is dono by using Ghcssos xJlgJjgjS' ^»^ aigag » y' belonging to friends or relations , or purchased from unskilled shopmen . The Family Doctor , 2 nd May 1891 , says : — "Mr . Bluett is an authority upon the oyesight , and tho advice ho gives is most valuable , and cannot bo too highly estimated . " The Whitehall Jteeieie , 2 nd July 1893 , says : — " Sight to tho Blind would not bo an oxaggeratcd claim if profonedby Mr . F . Bluett , tho well-known Specialist , as an Ophthalmic Optician . voxsirfiTATioar FRISK , SVECTACXES AT STOKE PRICES . F . BLUETT , Specialist in Spectacles , 8 A GREAT PORTLAND STREET , W . ( Pour Doors from Oxford St . )

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INSTALLATION OF H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES As the M . W . G . M . of England , AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL , 28 th APRIL 1875 . C OPIES of this BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVING by Brother HARTY P . M ., consisting of Artist ' s Proofs , Proof s boforo Lottors , and Lettered Proofs , India Prints , and Plain Trintsmay bo had at Cost Price by applying to Bro . W . R . NORRIS , 29 Southampton Buildings , W . C , London .

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SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING rpAUGHT by Governmout ( Eugliah and Foreign ) Shorthand I Writers and Press Correspondents , at 29 Suthorlaud Avenue , Loudon , W . Also by Oorrcsp'mdenco . Ks : ablii'hcd 1871 . VERBATIM SU 0 RT 11 AND NOTES ( English and Foreigu ) TAKEN Of Parliamentary Committees , Law Casos , References , Financial and Social Meetings , by Professional Shorthand Writers . T 15 RMS MODERATE . President : W . T . PARKER , Paddington Press aud Shorthand Writers' Association , 29 SUTHERLAND AVENTJB , LONDON , W .

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SATURDAY , SXH JULY 1893 .

Laying The Foundation Stone Of A New Church At Stockport.

LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A NEW CHURCH AT STOCKPORT .

r pill ! j Freemasons of the Province of Cheshire ) mustered in consider . J- ablo forco at Stockport , on the 17 th ult ., to attend upon thoir Provincial Grand Maater ( Lord Egerton of Tatton ) whilst his lordshi p laid the memorial atone of the cow Church of St . Georgp , otlleaviley , within the borough . The trustees of tho now church , the clergy , and gentlemen of

the town and nei ghbourhood , mat at tho National School , Welliug . ton Road South , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , and wore joined b y the Masonio brethren , who had assembled at the Meclunica' lastitution . A procession was then formed to the church . Tho part whioh tho Masons took in tha proceedings was au uu .

usually ititerestif !< r one . The brethren assembled at hulf . paafc two , and half an honr later the Provincial Grand Master addressed the | jrethr ; . 'u on tho day ' s proceedings , and a procession was formed to the site . Headed b y tho baud , thB members of the junior Lodges wont first , tbo roar being taken by tha Provincial Grand Oflicors and the IWiuuiuI Graud Maator . iiw . George H . Browne , the Provincial