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Notices Of Meetings.
Conductor , J . Bannerman T ., D . Cambell of Nova Scotia , who was present , acting as Sentinel , and Wm . Jamieson O . G ., when the three first named Comps . were dubbed as Knights of the Sword , Knight ? of the East , and afterwards Knights , of the East and West , in an excellent manner .
Royal Ark Mariners , No . 73 , unmoored their barque at 213 Buchanan-street , Glasgow , on Thursday , 6 th July , at 8 p . m .. under tho command of Bro . James Balfour F . N ., Georgo McDonald S ., J . 0 . Park J . and G . W . Wheeler Scribe acting as the Pilot , when three distressed Mariners , Bros . W . Harding , W . Hoy , and Fred .
Jenkinson , all of Chapter 73 , were duly received on board , and carefully instructed in their duties as Ark Mariners by Bros . Balfour and Wheeler . The Ark v / as afterwards again moored in safety till the waters shall again appear on the face of the earth and there are other shipwrecked Masons that require to be saved .
Upton Lodge , No . 1227 . —The brethren of this prosperous Lodgo held their annual gathering at Broxbourne , on Thursday last , and the festival passed off with unusual eclat . The beauty of the weather , the loveliness of the gardens , and the excellent arrangements wero in perfect keeping with the good fellowship of the brethren and their charming ladies . The banquet was well served , the speeches
appropriate , the toasts well given and acknowledged—especially that of the evening , " The Ladies , " which was responded to by Bro . Kinnear . Tho songs also were admirably snng . We can but congratulate Bro . Holtham , tho W . M ., his officers and the members of the Upton Lodgo upou tho happy day they and their ladies spent at Broxbourne .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Mark Master Masons, Hampshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS , HAMPSHIRE .
TnE Grand Lodge of M . M . M . for this Province was held at Southampton , on Thursday , 6 th inst ., the brethren assembling at the Freemasons' Hall , Bugle-street . Bro . Rev . Geo . Raymond Portal was re-elected Prov . Grand Master , and Bro . W . Hickman re-appointed D . P . G . M . Tho following brethren were selected by the P . G . M . to fill the various offices : —Bros . Lamb 37 , S . W ., G . Rake 17 , J . W ., J .
R . Weston 63 , M . O ., F . Court 2 , S . O ., E . M . Wells 17 , J . O ., Nepean and Thoyts Chaplains , W . C . Redward Treasurer ( re-elected ) , Lillywhite 2 , ' Reg . M ., Lo Foavro 37 , Sec , Dyer 63 , S . D ., Airs 140 , J . D ., G . F . Lancaster 2 , Supt . Wks ., Rebbeck 125 , D . C , Symon 63 , A . D . C ., Cross 63 , Sword Bearer , G . R . Johnson 17 , Standard Bearer , Osborno 2 ,
Organist , Tilling 63 , I . G ., Cox 140 , G . A . Green 2 , Payne 2 , Stewards , Watson 17 , Tyler . Bro . Pearcc , W . M . of St . Andrew ' s Lod ^ e , was elected Steward for the Grand Mark Lodge . A notification has been issued that the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire and tho Isle of Wight will assemble at Lymington on Monday , the 31 at inst .
Railway Traffic Returns.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS .
The following statement shows the receipts for traffic on the undermentioned railways for the past week , as compared with the corresponding week in 1875 : — Miles open . Receipts . Railway . 187 U . 1970 1 S 75
Caledonian ...,,, 739 57 , 220 56 , 619 Glasgow and South Western . . . 315 } 20 , 685 19 , 165 Great Eastern . . . . . 764 J 52 , 622 51 , 181 Great Northern ..... 658 53 . 528 55 . 239
Great Western 2 , 029 134 , 566 134 , 075 Lancashire and Yorkshire . . . 437 i 67 , 889 70 , 137 London and Brighton .... 378 . } 35 , 595 33 , 890 London , Chatham and Dover . . 153 i 21 , 480 22 , 111 London and North Western , . . 1 , 614 } 180 , 594 183 , 321 London and South Western ... — 41 , 961 40 , 146
London , Tilbury and Southend . . 45 2 , 443 — Manchester and Sheffield . . . 259 £ 29 , 646 30 , 889 Midland 1 , 055 } 114 , 032 112 , 935 Metropolitan 8 10 , 150 9 , 736 „ „ District .... 8 } 5 , 579 5 , 269 „ „ St . John ' s Wood . . If 485 604
North British 844 J 42 , 562 44 , 048 North Eafitern 1 , 411 } 127 , 972 127 , 171 North Loudon ..... 12 7 , 555 7 , 148 North Sbiffordshire Railway . . . 191 9 , 822 10 , 097 i . „ Canal ... 118 1 , 518 1 , 540 South Eastern 350 38 , 528 38 , 465
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. A . MOlsrTJ ^ dlEIsrT ^ L WO ^ IEC . ! NOW 1 ST PREPABATION . HISTORY OF EVERY LODGE UNDER THE GRAND LODGE j OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF ENGLAND . j Will be Edited bij a distinguished Grand Officer . In a work of tbis magnitude , tho kind co-operation of all Brethren who are in possession of facts not generally known , will bo invaluable , and thankfullv acknowledged . J SPEIWER AND CO ., 23 a GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , W . C .
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THE THEATRES , & c . ROYAL ITALIAN" OPEEA .-This evening , at 8 . 30 , L'ETOILE DU NORD . HEB MAJESTY'S OPERA . DRUBY LANE . —This evening , SEMIRAMIDE . On Monday , LES HUGUENOTS . On Tuesday , LUCREZIA BORGIA . On Thursday , LE NOZZR DI FIGARO . On Frid'iy , Benefit of M . FAURE . On Saturday , FIDELIO . At 8 . 30 each evening . ADELPBX—At 7 . 30 , COLLEEN BAWN and STRUCK OIL . HAYMABKET . —At 7 . 30 , TURNING THE TABLES , and "WILD OATS . PBINCESS'S . —At 8 . 0 . A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING . At 0 . 0 , THE CORSICAN BROTHERS . STBAND . —At 7 . 30 , THE DRESS COAT . At 8 . 0 , LIVING AT EASE . At 9 . 30 , NEMESIS . GAIETY .-At 7 . 45 . Comedietta . At 8 . 1 S , MY AWFUL DAD . At 10 . 30 , COOL AS A CUCUMBER . PB 1 NCE OE WALES'S .-At 8 . 0 , OURS . GLOBE . —At 8 . 0 , FROU-FROU . VAUDEVILLE . —At 7 . 30 , A WHIRLIGIG . At 8 . 0 , OUR BOYS , and a FEARFUL FOG . COURT . — At 8 . 0 , A SCRAP OF PAPER , and A QUIET RUBBER . ST . JAMES'S . —At 8 . 30 , LES DANICHEFF . DUKE'S .-PUOMENADE CONCERTS at 8 . 0 . OPEBA COMIQUE . —MADAME L'ARCHIDUC . CBITEBION . —At 8 . 0 , MARY'S SECRET , and THE GREAT DIVORCE CASE . ALHAMBBA .-LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE , & c . ALEXANDBA PALACE .-This day . MEXICAN MUSTANG HORSE RACE , & c . On Monday , TROTTING MEETING . On Saturday . BALFE MEMORIAL FESTIVAL . Open daily , PROMENADE CONCERTS , BROEKMANN'S CIRCUS , SKATING RINK , & c . CBYSTAL PALACE . —On Wednesday , Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales , The King and Qneen of Greece , & c . Open daily , AQUARIUM , SKATING RINK , CIRCUS , & o . EOYAL AQUARIUM SUMMER AND WINTEB GARDEN " . Open daily . CONCERT , SKATING RINK , & c . BOYAL POLYTECHNIC . — BURNING AND COMBUSTION , and CROOKE'S DISCOVERIES and APPARATUS , HEINKE'S DIVING APPARATUS and SUBMARINE LAMP . TYPE WRITER . HOGG'S PATENT VENTILATION . BATEMAN'S COLLECTION OF MODEL STEAM ENGINES . BIDDER'S MAGNETIC LAMP . TISLEY'S COMPOUND PENDULUM , & c , & c . ALICE IN WONDERLAND . A WALK THROUGH THB TOWER . WONDERS OF THE MICROSCOPE . Mr . TAYLOR'S WONDERFUL BOY . CLAIRVOYANCE AND PLATE DANCING . SOLOS ON THE VIOLIN . Admission to the whole , Is j Schools , and Children under 10 , half-price . EGYPTIAN ( LAEGE ) EALL .-MASKELYNE AND COOKE , daily at 3 . 0 and 8 . 0 .
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Notices Of Meetings.
Conductor , J . Bannerman T ., D . Cambell of Nova Scotia , who was present , acting as Sentinel , and Wm . Jamieson O . G ., when the three first named Comps . were dubbed as Knights of the Sword , Knight ? of the East , and afterwards Knights , of the East and West , in an excellent manner .
Royal Ark Mariners , No . 73 , unmoored their barque at 213 Buchanan-street , Glasgow , on Thursday , 6 th July , at 8 p . m .. under tho command of Bro . James Balfour F . N ., Georgo McDonald S ., J . 0 . Park J . and G . W . Wheeler Scribe acting as the Pilot , when three distressed Mariners , Bros . W . Harding , W . Hoy , and Fred .
Jenkinson , all of Chapter 73 , were duly received on board , and carefully instructed in their duties as Ark Mariners by Bros . Balfour and Wheeler . The Ark v / as afterwards again moored in safety till the waters shall again appear on the face of the earth and there are other shipwrecked Masons that require to be saved .
Upton Lodge , No . 1227 . —The brethren of this prosperous Lodgo held their annual gathering at Broxbourne , on Thursday last , and the festival passed off with unusual eclat . The beauty of the weather , the loveliness of the gardens , and the excellent arrangements wero in perfect keeping with the good fellowship of the brethren and their charming ladies . The banquet was well served , the speeches
appropriate , the toasts well given and acknowledged—especially that of the evening , " The Ladies , " which was responded to by Bro . Kinnear . Tho songs also were admirably snng . We can but congratulate Bro . Holtham , tho W . M ., his officers and the members of the Upton Lodgo upou tho happy day they and their ladies spent at Broxbourne .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Mark Master Masons, Hampshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS , HAMPSHIRE .
TnE Grand Lodge of M . M . M . for this Province was held at Southampton , on Thursday , 6 th inst ., the brethren assembling at the Freemasons' Hall , Bugle-street . Bro . Rev . Geo . Raymond Portal was re-elected Prov . Grand Master , and Bro . W . Hickman re-appointed D . P . G . M . Tho following brethren were selected by the P . G . M . to fill the various offices : —Bros . Lamb 37 , S . W ., G . Rake 17 , J . W ., J .
R . Weston 63 , M . O ., F . Court 2 , S . O ., E . M . Wells 17 , J . O ., Nepean and Thoyts Chaplains , W . C . Redward Treasurer ( re-elected ) , Lillywhite 2 , ' Reg . M ., Lo Foavro 37 , Sec , Dyer 63 , S . D ., Airs 140 , J . D ., G . F . Lancaster 2 , Supt . Wks ., Rebbeck 125 , D . C , Symon 63 , A . D . C ., Cross 63 , Sword Bearer , G . R . Johnson 17 , Standard Bearer , Osborno 2 ,
Organist , Tilling 63 , I . G ., Cox 140 , G . A . Green 2 , Payne 2 , Stewards , Watson 17 , Tyler . Bro . Pearcc , W . M . of St . Andrew ' s Lod ^ e , was elected Steward for the Grand Mark Lodge . A notification has been issued that the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire and tho Isle of Wight will assemble at Lymington on Monday , the 31 at inst .
Railway Traffic Returns.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS .
The following statement shows the receipts for traffic on the undermentioned railways for the past week , as compared with the corresponding week in 1875 : — Miles open . Receipts . Railway . 187 U . 1970 1 S 75
Caledonian ...,,, 739 57 , 220 56 , 619 Glasgow and South Western . . . 315 } 20 , 685 19 , 165 Great Eastern . . . . . 764 J 52 , 622 51 , 181 Great Northern ..... 658 53 . 528 55 . 239
Great Western 2 , 029 134 , 566 134 , 075 Lancashire and Yorkshire . . . 437 i 67 , 889 70 , 137 London and Brighton .... 378 . } 35 , 595 33 , 890 London , Chatham and Dover . . 153 i 21 , 480 22 , 111 London and North Western , . . 1 , 614 } 180 , 594 183 , 321 London and South Western ... — 41 , 961 40 , 146
London , Tilbury and Southend . . 45 2 , 443 — Manchester and Sheffield . . . 259 £ 29 , 646 30 , 889 Midland 1 , 055 } 114 , 032 112 , 935 Metropolitan 8 10 , 150 9 , 736 „ „ District .... 8 } 5 , 579 5 , 269 „ „ St . John ' s Wood . . If 485 604
North British 844 J 42 , 562 44 , 048 North Eafitern 1 , 411 } 127 , 972 127 , 171 North Loudon ..... 12 7 , 555 7 , 148 North Sbiffordshire Railway . . . 191 9 , 822 10 , 097 i . „ Canal ... 118 1 , 518 1 , 540 South Eastern 350 38 , 528 38 , 465
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. A . MOlsrTJ ^ dlEIsrT ^ L WO ^ IEC . ! NOW 1 ST PREPABATION . HISTORY OF EVERY LODGE UNDER THE GRAND LODGE j OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF ENGLAND . j Will be Edited bij a distinguished Grand Officer . In a work of tbis magnitude , tho kind co-operation of all Brethren who are in possession of facts not generally known , will bo invaluable , and thankfullv acknowledged . J SPEIWER AND CO ., 23 a GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , W . C .
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THE THEATRES , & c . ROYAL ITALIAN" OPEEA .-This evening , at 8 . 30 , L'ETOILE DU NORD . HEB MAJESTY'S OPERA . DRUBY LANE . —This evening , SEMIRAMIDE . On Monday , LES HUGUENOTS . On Tuesday , LUCREZIA BORGIA . On Thursday , LE NOZZR DI FIGARO . On Frid'iy , Benefit of M . FAURE . On Saturday , FIDELIO . At 8 . 30 each evening . ADELPBX—At 7 . 30 , COLLEEN BAWN and STRUCK OIL . HAYMABKET . —At 7 . 30 , TURNING THE TABLES , and "WILD OATS . PBINCESS'S . —At 8 . 0 . A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING . At 0 . 0 , THE CORSICAN BROTHERS . STBAND . —At 7 . 30 , THE DRESS COAT . At 8 . 0 , LIVING AT EASE . At 9 . 30 , NEMESIS . GAIETY .-At 7 . 45 . Comedietta . At 8 . 1 S , MY AWFUL DAD . At 10 . 30 , COOL AS A CUCUMBER . PB 1 NCE OE WALES'S .-At 8 . 0 , OURS . GLOBE . —At 8 . 0 , FROU-FROU . VAUDEVILLE . —At 7 . 30 , A WHIRLIGIG . At 8 . 0 , OUR BOYS , and a FEARFUL FOG . COURT . — At 8 . 0 , A SCRAP OF PAPER , and A QUIET RUBBER . ST . JAMES'S . —At 8 . 30 , LES DANICHEFF . DUKE'S .-PUOMENADE CONCERTS at 8 . 0 . OPEBA COMIQUE . —MADAME L'ARCHIDUC . CBITEBION . —At 8 . 0 , MARY'S SECRET , and THE GREAT DIVORCE CASE . ALHAMBBA .-LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE , & c . ALEXANDBA PALACE .-This day . MEXICAN MUSTANG HORSE RACE , & c . On Monday , TROTTING MEETING . On Saturday . BALFE MEMORIAL FESTIVAL . Open daily , PROMENADE CONCERTS , BROEKMANN'S CIRCUS , SKATING RINK , & c . CBYSTAL PALACE . —On Wednesday , Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales , The King and Qneen of Greece , & c . Open daily , AQUARIUM , SKATING RINK , CIRCUS , & o . EOYAL AQUARIUM SUMMER AND WINTEB GARDEN " . Open daily . CONCERT , SKATING RINK , & c . BOYAL POLYTECHNIC . — BURNING AND COMBUSTION , and CROOKE'S DISCOVERIES and APPARATUS , HEINKE'S DIVING APPARATUS and SUBMARINE LAMP . TYPE WRITER . HOGG'S PATENT VENTILATION . BATEMAN'S COLLECTION OF MODEL STEAM ENGINES . BIDDER'S MAGNETIC LAMP . TISLEY'S COMPOUND PENDULUM , & c , & c . ALICE IN WONDERLAND . A WALK THROUGH THB TOWER . WONDERS OF THE MICROSCOPE . Mr . TAYLOR'S WONDERFUL BOY . CLAIRVOYANCE AND PLATE DANCING . SOLOS ON THE VIOLIN . Admission to the whole , Is j Schools , and Children under 10 , half-price . EGYPTIAN ( LAEGE ) EALL .-MASKELYNE AND COOKE , daily at 3 . 0 and 8 . 0 .
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THE FREEMASON'S CHRONICLE can be ordered of any Bookseller in -Town or Country , but should any difficulty be experienced , it will be forwarded direct from the Office , on receipt of Post Office Order for the amount . Intending Subscribers should forward their full Addresses to prevent mistakes . Post Office Orders to be made payable to W . W . MORGAN , at Barbican Office . Cheques crossed " London and County . " The Terms of Subscription ( payable in advance ) to THE FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE are—Twelve Months , Post Free £ 0 13 6 Six Months ditto 0 7 0 Three Months ditto ... ... 0 3 6
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Agents , from whom Copies can ahoays be had : — Messrs . CURTICE and Co ., 12 Catherine Street , Strand . Mr . T . DRISCOLL , 87 Farringdon Street . Mr . G . W . JORDAN , 169 Strand . Messrs . MARSHALL and SONS , 125 Fleet Street , E . C . Mr . M . J . PARKINSON , 114 Goswell Road , E . 0 . Mr . H . SIMPSON , 7 Red Lion Court , E . C . Messrs . SMITH and SONS , 183 Strand . Messrs . SPENCER and Co ., 23 A Great Qaeen Street , W . C . Messrs . STEEL and JONES , 4 Spring Gardens , Charing Cross . Mr . G . VICKERS , Angel Court , 172 Strand . Mr . H . VICKERS , 317 Strand .
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