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LONDONANDNORTHWESTERNRAILWAY. LAST TRIPS OF THE SEASON . CHEAP EXCURSIONS will bo run from London ( Euston ) , Kensington ( Addison Road ) , Willesden Junction , & c , as follow : — On Thursday , 26 th September . To Stratford-on-Avon ( for Shakespeare ' s Country ) for the half-day . Third Class Return Fare , 3 s 6 d . To Dublin , Cork , Fermoy , Killarney , Thurles , Limerick , Bray , Athenry , Ballina , Galway , Sligo , & c ., for 16 days . On Friday ( midnight ) , 27 th September . To Manchester for 1 and 3 days ; and to Lancaster , Morecambe , Carnfortb , Carlisle , and the English Lake District for 3 and 6 days . On Saturday , 28 th September . To Blackpool , Birkenhead , Chester , Northvvich , Blackburn , Bolton , Southport , Wigan , Preston , Crewe , Knighton , Hereford , Leominster , Ludlow , Stafford , Macclesfield , the North Stafford Line , Ashton , Huddersfield , Bradford , Halifax , Leeds , Liverpool , Manchester , Rochdale , Oldham , Runcorn , Stalybridge , Stockport , Warrington , Widnes , Burton , Derby , Leicester , Nuneaton , Rugby , Coventry , Kenilworth , Leamington , Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , & c , for 3 and 6 days . On Monday , 30 th September . To Birmingham , Coventry , Leamington , Warwick , Kenilworth , Dudley , Dudley Port , Walsall , Wednesbury and Wolverhampton , for one and four days . Every Saturday to 5 th October . To Rhyl , Colwyn Bay , Llandudno , Conway , Bettws-y-coed , Bangor , Llanberis , Carnarvon , Holyhead , Shrewsbury , Oswestry , Aberystwyth , Barmouth , Dolgelly , Harlech , & c , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 , and 17 days . NOTE . —Tickets issued on Saturday , 5 th October , will be available for 3 , 8 , and 10 days only . For times , fares , and full particulars see small bills , which can be obtained at any of the Company ' s Stations and Town Offices . FRED HARRISON , General Manager . London , September 1895 .

Midland Railway.

MIDLAND RAILWAY .

LAST CHEAP EXCURSIONS OF THK SEASON FROM ST . PANCRAS AND CITY STATIONS .

Saturday , 28 th September , fop 3 or 6 days . To Leicester , Birmingham , Nottingham , Derby , Burton , Staffordshire Potteries , Matlock , Buxton , Manchester , Liverpool , Bolton , Blackburn , Bury , Rochdale , Oldham , Lancaster , Morecambe , English Lakes , Carlisle , & c , returning Monday , 30 th September , or Thursday , 3 rd October .

Also , on Friday Night , 27 th September , to Manchester , for one or three days , leaving St . Pancras at 11 * 55 p . m . Also , on Monday , 30 th September , to Birmingham , for one or

five days , leaving St . Pancras 6-35 a . m ., Kentish Town 0 * 40 . 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 . TURNEE , General Manager .

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Board Of Benevolence.

BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE .

BEOTHEE EOBEET GREY presided at the monthly meeting of the Board of Benevolence which was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall , with Bros . C . A . Cottebrune acting as Senior Vice-President , and C . J . R . Tijou as Junior Vice-President .

Bros . E . Letchworth , W . Lake , W . Dodd , W . H . Lee , and Frank Palmer represented the department of Grand Secretary , and the other Brethren who attended were the Eev . J . S .

Brownrigg , D . D . Mercer , H . Garrod , Wm . Vincent , Charles Dairy , H . Massey , J . W . Burgess , J . Kay , C . H . Webb , George Graveley , James Bunker , Walter Martin , S . H . Goldschmidt , T . W . Whitmarsh , E . H . Evans , W . Kipps , Eobert A . Gowan ,

Henry J . Moxon , W . H . Bale , George M . Gross , J . Pickett , T . W . Eobinson , T . W . Larkin , S . Wright , Edward Wills , I . Woodbridge Wills , George James , James G . Sinclair , David Baker and E . C . Mulvey .

Board Of Benevolence.

Eecommendations made at fche August meeting to the amount of £ 60 were confirmed , and out of the new lisfc of twenfcy-two cases three were deferred , the remaining nineteen receiving a total of £ 500 . One case was recommended to Grand Lodge for

£ 150 , and another petitioner for £ 50 . The Grand Master was recommended to grant £ 30 iu each of three cases , and the Board made immediate grants of £ * 20 in six instances , £ 15 in two , and £ 10 in six cases It was the shortest meeting the Board had had for a considerable period , lasting less than two hours .

Devon Educational Fund.

DEVON EDUCATIONAL FUND

A MEETING of fche General Purposes Committee of the Devon Masonic Educational Fund was held on Tuesday afternoon , at the Freemasons' Hall , Princess Square , Plymouth , to make arrangements for the election to be held in October . Brother Samuel Jew , one of the oldest Life-Governors of the Institution , was voted to the chair , and there were also present

Bros . J . B . Gover , Hon . Secretary , W . H . Dillon , Hon . Assist .-Secretary , J . E . Lord Hon . Treasurer , & c . The Treasurer reported that at the meeting held in April last there were twenty-four children on the fund , but since then six had gone off , and three more would go off before the end of

the year , bringing the number down to fifteen . This is the smallest number that has been on the fund for many years , and it was unanimously decided , on the motion of Brother Gregory , to elect three more at the meeting in October , to be held at Exeter . The date of the election will be announced in the

course of nexfc week . Ifc was also resolved to ask Brother W . Willoughby , who had so successfully conducted previous concerts , to undertake the arrangements for another concert on behalf of the Educational Fund , to be held in Plymouth Guildhall during the month of November . Last year fche concert resulted in a net profit of about £ 100 .

Bro . Jew , in acknowledging a vote of thanks for presiding , expressed a belief thafc the nexfc concert would be similarly successful . •The Educational Fund was doing an excellent work , and he was glad to see that so much interest was taken in ifc . — " Western Morning News . "

West Lancashire.

WEST LANCASHIRE

A MEETING of- the Benevolent and Charity Committee of . the Provincial Grand Lodge was held on the 13 th , at the Masonic Hall , Hope Street , Liverpool , for the purpose of considering several applications for grants from the fund . Bro . E . Wylie D . P . G . M . occupied the chair , and there was a large attendance of Brethren from Liverpool and various parts of the Province .

Bro . W . Goodacre P . G . S . B . read the minutes of the last meeting , held at Preston , and expressed his thanks for the vote of sympathy which was then passed to him in connection wifch his illness . He also made the gratifying announcement that their three candidates for the Boys School , one candidate for the Old Men ' s and one for the Old Women ' s Benevolent Fund in

London had been elected . Petitions for grants from the fund , on behalf of several widows and distressed Brethren , were considered , and sums in relief to the amount of £ 75 were made . The appropriation of

votes at the disposal of the Province at the October elections for Boys and Girls for the London Institutions was next discussed and arranged . Tho proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman . —" Liverpool Mercury . "

Consecration At Colwyn Bay.

CONSECRATION AT COLWYN BAY

r"nHEEE was a large attendance of Brethren from various JL Lodges in the North Wales Province at Colwyn Bay , on Wednesday , when the consecration took place of the St . Trillo Lodge , No . 2569 . The ceremony was performed by Lord Harlech

Provincial Grand Master , who was assisted by Bro . Edward Eoberts P . G . Sec . Acting S . W ., C . K . Benson P . P . G . J . W . Acting J . W ., John Fairchild P . G . Chaplain Acting Chaplain , H . A . Steer P . G . J . W . Acting D . C , J . Lloyd Griffith P . G . A . D . C . P . G . S . W ., Caradoc Eowland P . G . Assistanfc Secretary Acting I . G .

Bro . E . Wood P . P . G . S . W . of North Wales and Shropshire was duly installed Worshipful Master , the Senior and Junior Wardens being respectively Bros . J . G . Tuxford P . G . Treasurer , and James Porter P . G . Steward . Bro . VV . D . Henderson P . G . O .

had charge of the musical arrangements . In the evening there was a banquet at the Imperial Hotel , after which the Bangor Cathedral Quartette party , under Bro . T . Westlake-Morgan the Cathedral Organist , appeared and rendered several interesting part songs .