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MIDLAND RAILWAY . WEEKLY SUMMER EXCURSIONS From St . P / ZNCR / JS , and other Midland RailvOatf Stations . ISLE OF MAN . On FBIDAY MIDNIGHTS , 21 st and 28 th September , via Liverpool , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 , or 17 days , and on SATURDAY , 22 nd September , from St . Pancras at 5-15 a . m ., via Bartow , for 3 , 8 , and 10 days , and on SATURDAYS , 22 nd and 29 th September , at 9-30 a . m ., via Liverpool , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 , or 17 days , to DOUGLAS , Isle of Man . Lake District , Buxton , Matlock , Southport , Blackpool , Liverpool , Scarboro ' , & c . For 3 , 8 , 10 , IS , or 17 days . On SATURDAYS . 22 nd and 29 th September , to ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT , from St . Paucras , at 9 a . m ., to Bowness and Ambleside , and at 10-30 a . m . to other Stations ; at 12-10 noon to MATLOCK and BUXTON ; at 9-30 a . m . to BLACKPOOL , Lythara , St . Anne ' s , Fleetwood , LIVERPOOL , and SOUTHPORT ; and at 9-0 a . m . to SCARBORO ' , Bridlington , Filey , Robin Hood ' s Bay , Whitby , Saltburn , Redcar , Tynemouth , Whitley Bay , and Cullerooata . MANCHESTER RACES . On FRIDAY , 21 st September , for one or three days , from St . Pancras at 12-0 midnight , to Sheffield , and at 12-15 Friday midnight , to Leicester , Loughborough , Nottingham , MANCHESTER ( for the Races ) , and Stockport . TICKETS and BILLS may be had at the MIDLAND Stations and City Booking Offices ; and from THOS . COOK and SON , Ludgate Circus , and Branch Offices . GEO . H . TURNER , General Manager .

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Memorial At Torquay.

MEMORIAL AT TORQUAY .

r jn HE Jordan Lodge , No . 1402 , held its twenty-ninth 1 installation meeting on Monday , at the Masonic ' 1 emple , Torquay , under the presidency of Bro . J . D . Beer W . M . The occasion was made memorable by the unveiling of the " John Lane Memorial Library " by Bro . William James

Hughan P . S . G . D . of England . The library , which was collected by the late Bro . Lane P . A . G . D . C . England , has been acquired by the Lodge , through the generosity of the members , as a tribute to his unselfish labours and distinguished ability displayed in the interests of the Craft . Brother Hughan

described the library as rich in " Books of Constitution , " including that of 1723 , which had been priced as high as £ 50 , and also other special editions , exceedingly rare , and not often found even in general Masonic libraries . There were a large number of histories of Lodges , many of which had been

printed privately , and therefore did not occur for sale , and copies were not to be found in the British Museum . There were also a number of Calendars of the Grand Lodge of England , which were published annually , and therefore generally destroyed as the new ones came , making them as

difficult to obtain after date as old newspapers . Inasmuch as Bro . Lane had been for years collecting material for his standard work " Masonic Records , " the library contained a large number of Pocket Companions , with lists of old Lodges , collection of songs , and other information of the period , which

were simply invaluable , and furnished particulars as to meetings not to be obtained elsewhere . Altogether the library has no equal of its kind that side of Bristol , and the only other of a deceased Brother of the kind was purchased from the widow

of the k _ te Bro . John Coombe P . M . 450 , and now forms \ hc Coombe Memorial Library at Hayle , and belongs to the Corinthian Lodge . Bro . Hughan was cordially thanked for unveiling the memorial in such an able speech .

Bro . R . D . Scholes S . W . W . M .-elect was afterwards installed by Bro . John Taylor P . P . G . R ., in the presence of a large number of installed Masters . The W . M . appointed and invested his Officers . The finances were deemed very satisfactory , one hundred

Memorial At Torquay.

puineas having been paid off the building fund in two years , besides ^ 125 for furnishing , & c , at the op ' ening in 1898 . During the past year £ iy had been contributed to the Red Cross Relief Funds , in connection with the South African war . The annual banquet followed , at which the usual Loyal and Masonic toasts were observed .

The members of the Friars Lodge of Instruction , No . 1349 , have accepted the invitation of the Confidence Lodge ot instruction , to work the Fifteen Sections there on Wednesday , 26 th inst ., at 7 o ' clock , at the Bunch of Grapes , Leadenhall Market .

The plans submitted by competitors for the proposed Masonic Buildings at Motherwell numbered thirteen , and as the Committee did not care to take the responsibility of a

selection they secured through the agency of Bro . Murray Lyon Grand Secretary of Scotland , a neutral party to make a selection from among the plans , With the result that the plan submitted by Bro . J . L . Cowan , architect of the Masonic Chambers in Glasgow , has been adopted .

Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren , writing on Bro . Gould ' s " Military Lodges , " points out that in the Army Masonry banishes class and even rank distinctions , without in the least endangering discipline . Fie quotes instances where

subalterns and even non-commisioned officers have controlled Lodges in which their superior officers were sitting as ordinary members . Is it not strange , he asks , that there are cases exactly parallel in the Mithraic mysteries under the old Romans ?

* * * Lord Ampthill , whose appointment to succeed Sir Arthur Havelock as Governor of Madras has been well received on all hands here , will have the advantage in that presidency , which contains some thirty Masonic Lodges , of being a Brother

among Masons , and . there is a likelihood that he will be of great assistance to Colonel Sir George Montgomerie Moore , Madras ' s District Grand Master since 1891 , and District Grand Superintendent of the Royal Arch since 1888 . Lord Ampthill , although he has never been an Officer of United Grand Lodge

of England , much to the regret of very many Masons , has not been entirely overlooked by the Prince of Wales , as he certainly attracted the Grand Master ' s attention in the Mark degree , because in 1 S 93 he was made Senior Grand Warden in the English Grand Lodge of Mark Masons . In that Office he

carried out his duties well , and he would certainly have adorned the " purple " had he been selected for an Office in Craft Grand Lodge . In Mark Masonry , as well as in the Craft and the

Royal Arch , Lord Ampthill will have in his new residence Colonel Montgomerie Moore as his Masonic chief , that Officer being District Grand Master of Madras among Mark Masons . — " Birmingham Daily Post . "

''A Sprig Of Acacia.''

''A SPRIG OF ACACIA . ''

rp HE funeral of the late Bro . Henry Marks , proprietor of the JL Railway Iiotel , Teignmouth , took place on Saturday , the members of the Benevolent Lodge attending and sending a splendid wreath . The floral tributes were so numerous that a carriage had to be utilised for them . Rev . J . Veysey , vicar

of East Teignmouth , and his curate ( Rev . R . Le Sueur ) conducted the service , which was attended by a large concourse . At the morning service at St . Michael ' s Church , on Sunday , the vicar touchingly alluded to the deceased , who had been a faithful Churchman and an active sidesman .

THE death occurred on Wednesday , 5 th inst , at his residence at Landport , of Bro . IT . Fitzmaurice , late torpedo-gunner of the Royal Navy . Bro . Fitzmaurice was invalided from the Service , and had been ailing for some time

, but the end came suddenly . Fie was well-known in Masonic circles , being W . M . of the Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar Lodge , No . 1903 . The funeral took place at the Portsea Cemetery at Kingston , and was of a Masonic character .

THE funeral of the late Bro . Legg , of Islington , who died a few days since at the age of 77 years , took place at Abney Park Cemetery , and was attended by a number of members of the Masonic body , by whom the deceased wag much respected .