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Ad00902
SCOTLAND BY THE WEST COAST BOYAL MAIL KOTJTE . LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN AND CALEDONIAN RAILWAY S . —The SUMMER SERVICE of PASSENGER TRAINS from LONDON to SCOTLAND wilt he in operation from 18 th June to 3 lst October . WEEK DAYS . A B a . m . a . m . a . m . a . m . p . m . p . m . P- - London ( Euston Station ) dep . S 15 7 15 10 0 11 0 SO 8 50 9 0 Edinburgh arr . 130 5 50 7 50 9 15 G 15 6 -15 7 oO Glasgow „ -115 fl 0 8 0 10 0 fi-10 6 55 8 0 Groenock , 5 52 715 9 5 1112 7 50 7 50 9-1 ( 5 Oban „ 9 13 — - 135 1215 12 15 2 31 Perth „ 6 50 — 9 35 1140 8 5 8 15 9 53 Dundee „ 7 30 — 10 30 12 50 9 0 9 0 12 0 Aberdeen , 10 10 — — 3 20 1140 215 Inverness „ — — — 8 0 130 6 25 The HIGHLAND EXPRESS ( 8 . 0 p . m . ) will leave Boston every night ( Saturdays excepted ) , and be due at Greenock in time to enable passengers to join the steamers to the Western Coast of Scotland . It will also arrive at Perth in time to enable passengers to breakfast there before proceeding northwards . Emm tho 16 th July to the 10 th August ( Saturdays and Sundays excepted ) au additional express train will leave Euston Station at 7 . 30 p . m . for Edinburgh , Glasgow , and all parts of Scotland . This train will convey special parties , horses , ancl carriages . A Does not run to Oban or Dundee on Sunday mornings . B Docs not run beyond Edinburgh and Glasgow on Sunday mornings . Day saloons fitted with lavatory accommodation are attached to tbe 10 . 0 a . m . down express train from Euston to Edinburgh and Glasgow , & c , without extra charge . IMPROVED SLEEPING SALOONS , accompanied by an attendant , are run on the night trains between London , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Greenock , Stranraer , and Perth . Extra charge , 5 s for each berth . Callander and Oban Line . The line to Oban affords the quickest and most comfortable route to the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland . For particulars of up train service from Scotland to London , see the Companies' time bills . G . FINDLAY , General Manager , L . & N . IV . Railway . J . THOMPSON , General Manager , June 1883 . Caledonian Railway .
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United Grand Lodge.
UNITED GRAND LODGE .
A SPECIAL Grand Lodge will be holden at Freemasons' Hall , on Friday , the 29 th instant , at Half past ^ Three o'Clock in the afternoon , for the purpose of receiving and considering the Report of the Board of General Purposes on the Amendments on the proposed
Revision of the Book of Constitutions referred to the Board by Grand Lodge at the Quarterly Communication of the 7 th March last , for consideration and report . The Grand Lodge will be opened at Four o'Clock precisely . The following is the business to be transacted : —
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES ON THE AMENDMENTS TO AND SUGGESTIONS ON THE PROPOSED REVISED BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The proposed emendations brought under the notice of tbe Board
are upwards of 800 in number , and it has been found impossible to distinguish ha all cases between those that are intended as merely suggestions and those that are proposed to be brought before Grand Lod ge as amendments . The Board have , therefore , treated them all alike , and have given them their careful consideration . Many are of tbe same import , and some are even identical in phraseology ; thev
have therefore been clashed accordingly . To print them in extenso wonld be attended , in the opinion of the Board , with unnecessary expense . It is , therefore , proposed to treat them in a classified and condensed form , under the heads of the
respective rules to which they refer . The Board are able to recommend to Grand Lodge tho adoption of a large number of these suggestions . Some they do not recommend , and these are left to tbe discretion of Grand Lodge , in case the movers desire still to bring them forward .
, ° f the 308 Enles , 130 are untouched by any amendments , and these toe Board consider may be treated as passed by Grand Lodge , without further discussion . The other Kules will now be treated consecutivel y , and the following suggestions , recommended by the Board ,
a »« oerore brand Lodge for adoption or otherwise . 3 . 1 st and 2 nd line , to omit' The Pro Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master and , ' ' other Officers and' and in 8 th lino ' other . ' 5 . 7 th line , to omit' iu / aud to substitute' has' for' resides . '
United Grand Lodge.
B . Tlio Table of Precedence is altered according to the recent order of the Grind Master . To add a font note respecting- tho prefixes and abbreviations used before tho names of the respective Grand Officers . 9 . fitti line , to insert ' such' before 'Lodge . ' 8 th line , insert 'English' before ' Lodge . ' 12 th line to substitute 'duly
served for' filled , and add ' snch before ' a Lodge . 12 . 4 th line , omit , ' and hold . ' 16 . 1 st line , to add ' or resign ' after ' die , ' aiid 4 th line , to substitute ' summon ' for ' assemble . ' 18 . To be altered to agree with the new Table of Precedence . 27 . To add ' tho Pro Grand'Master or the Deputy Grand Master' after
' Grand Master , ' and omit ' or his Deputy . ' 30 . 6 th line , to substitute ' elected annually in June by the Grand Lodge ' for ' appointed by the Grand Master . ' 35 . —4 th line , to substitute ' qualified' for ' members of the Grand Lodge , ' and in last lino to omit ' as such . ' 36 . 3 rd line , to read ' all bnilding plans or works projected or
undertaken . ' 37 . To omit ' in addition to bis other duties has' and substitute ' shall have the arrangement and direotion of all processions and ceremonies of the Grand Lodge and . ' 43 . To substitute ' eligible' for ' presented . ' 50 . 4 th line , to read ' which shall consist of the President of the
Board of Bene-volence ¦ who , if present , shall act as Chairman , the Present and Past Grand Officers and the Master , & c . ' ' and meet , & c * 51 . 4 th line , to substitute ' any ' for ' some . ' 52 . 8 th line , to add after 'Committee , ' ' or by notice previously given or sent to the Grand Secretary . '
54 . 3 rd line , to add after 'is , ' ' scandalons , improper , irregular , or . ' 57 . 6 th line , to add after ' all , ' 'Present and Past , ' and after 'Officers , ' 'Depnty Provincial Grand Masters , Provincial Grand Secretaries . ' 60 . To substitute' eight' for ' six ' throughout . 74 . 3 rd line , to substitute ' Wardens' for ' Officers . '
76 . 6 th line , to add after ' Grand Master , ' ' Except in elections by ballot . ' In 8 th line , to substitute ' one band ' for ' one of his hands . ' In 10 th line to add after ' counted' 'the counting shall be conducted in tbe following manner , ' and then to add the resolution passed in the Grand Lodge in June 1882 . 78 . After this rule , to introduce 104 as 79 altered as follows : — 'In
Colonies and foreign parts the terms District Grand Master and District Grand Lodge are used to distinguish such Officers and bodies from Provincial Grand Masters and Provincial Grand Lodges in England . ' 80 . In order to meet the many suggestions respecting the position of Past Masters in the Provinces , to add after the first
paragraph ' Provincial and District Grand Lodges may enact by their Bye-laws that , in addition to the above , Past Masters of Lodges out of the Province or District who have joined Lodges in the Province or District shall be Members of the Provincial or District Grand Lodge . '
81 . 5 th line , to substitute ' whom he may think' for ' may be thought . ' 9 th line , substitute ' those' for ' that , ' and to add at the end ' except that of snmmoning tbe Provincial or District Grand Lodge to meet for the purposes of his Install lation . '
83 to 95 . To alter the arrangement of these rules as follows : —90 , 91 , 92 , 83 , 84 , 93 , 95 . ' 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 94 , to be 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 . 83 . 1 st lino , to substitute 'The Provincial or District Grand Master ' for ' He . ' To give power to appoint two Provincial or District Grand Standard Bearers . To add beforo tbe last paragraph ,
' In addition to the above a District Grand Master is empow . ered to appoint a President of-the Distriot Board of General Purposes , who shall rank next to the District Grand Registrar . ' To add after the 1 st line in the last paragraph , ' except the Deputy Provincial or District Grand Master . ' 84 . To substitute ' Thirty' for ' forty . ' 86 . To substitute ' The Provincial or District Grand Master' for
< He . ' 89 . To substitute ' The Provincial or District Grand Master shall ' for 'He is required by himself or his Depnty to . ' To omit ' together with a list of such Lodges as may have been constituted since his last retnrn , and the fees due therein to the Grand Lodge . '
90 . To read , 'To ensure the regular performance of the duties of his Office and to , - & c . . . . the Provincial or District Grand Master may appoint . ' 92 . To add ' and to be resident within the Province or District . ' 93 . 1 st line , to add ' other' after ' The , ' and ' or District' after ' Provincial . '
96 . In order to meet several suggestions repectiug Past Provincial or District Grand Stewards , to substitute the following rule , ' Provincial or District Grand Stewards while in Office are members of their own Provincial or District Grand Lodges . They do not take any rank out of their Provinces or Districts , and when out of Office they are no longer members of the Provincial or District Grand Lodge unless otherwise qualified .
They are , however , entitled to wear their clothing as Past Provincial or District Grand Stewards in all Masonic meetings . ' 101 . 4 th line , to substitute after * province ' ' tbe Provincial Grand Lodge ' for ' they '; and 5 th line , to omit' their opinion . ' 102 . 10 th line , to add ' or part of a quarter . ' 12 th line , to add after ' initiated ' ' or who has joined from a Lodge not holding under
the Grand Lodge . ' 13 th line , to add ' other' after ' every . ' 103 . 5 th line , to add after ' at' 'the annual meeting of . ' 105 , 106 , 107 , 109 . To add ' or Board' after 'Committee . ' 115 . To add before the last line ' not less than . ' 119 . 7 th line , to add after ' registered '' master . '
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Ad00902
SCOTLAND BY THE WEST COAST BOYAL MAIL KOTJTE . LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN AND CALEDONIAN RAILWAY S . —The SUMMER SERVICE of PASSENGER TRAINS from LONDON to SCOTLAND wilt he in operation from 18 th June to 3 lst October . WEEK DAYS . A B a . m . a . m . a . m . a . m . p . m . p . m . P- - London ( Euston Station ) dep . S 15 7 15 10 0 11 0 SO 8 50 9 0 Edinburgh arr . 130 5 50 7 50 9 15 G 15 6 -15 7 oO Glasgow „ -115 fl 0 8 0 10 0 fi-10 6 55 8 0 Groenock , 5 52 715 9 5 1112 7 50 7 50 9-1 ( 5 Oban „ 9 13 — - 135 1215 12 15 2 31 Perth „ 6 50 — 9 35 1140 8 5 8 15 9 53 Dundee „ 7 30 — 10 30 12 50 9 0 9 0 12 0 Aberdeen , 10 10 — — 3 20 1140 215 Inverness „ — — — 8 0 130 6 25 The HIGHLAND EXPRESS ( 8 . 0 p . m . ) will leave Boston every night ( Saturdays excepted ) , and be due at Greenock in time to enable passengers to join the steamers to the Western Coast of Scotland . It will also arrive at Perth in time to enable passengers to breakfast there before proceeding northwards . Emm tho 16 th July to the 10 th August ( Saturdays and Sundays excepted ) au additional express train will leave Euston Station at 7 . 30 p . m . for Edinburgh , Glasgow , and all parts of Scotland . This train will convey special parties , horses , ancl carriages . A Does not run to Oban or Dundee on Sunday mornings . B Docs not run beyond Edinburgh and Glasgow on Sunday mornings . Day saloons fitted with lavatory accommodation are attached to tbe 10 . 0 a . m . down express train from Euston to Edinburgh and Glasgow , & c , without extra charge . IMPROVED SLEEPING SALOONS , accompanied by an attendant , are run on the night trains between London , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Greenock , Stranraer , and Perth . Extra charge , 5 s for each berth . Callander and Oban Line . The line to Oban affords the quickest and most comfortable route to the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland . For particulars of up train service from Scotland to London , see the Companies' time bills . G . FINDLAY , General Manager , L . & N . IV . Railway . J . THOMPSON , General Manager , June 1883 . Caledonian Railway .
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United Grand Lodge.
UNITED GRAND LODGE .
A SPECIAL Grand Lodge will be holden at Freemasons' Hall , on Friday , the 29 th instant , at Half past ^ Three o'Clock in the afternoon , for the purpose of receiving and considering the Report of the Board of General Purposes on the Amendments on the proposed
Revision of the Book of Constitutions referred to the Board by Grand Lodge at the Quarterly Communication of the 7 th March last , for consideration and report . The Grand Lodge will be opened at Four o'Clock precisely . The following is the business to be transacted : —
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES ON THE AMENDMENTS TO AND SUGGESTIONS ON THE PROPOSED REVISED BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The proposed emendations brought under the notice of tbe Board
are upwards of 800 in number , and it has been found impossible to distinguish ha all cases between those that are intended as merely suggestions and those that are proposed to be brought before Grand Lod ge as amendments . The Board have , therefore , treated them all alike , and have given them their careful consideration . Many are of tbe same import , and some are even identical in phraseology ; thev
have therefore been clashed accordingly . To print them in extenso wonld be attended , in the opinion of the Board , with unnecessary expense . It is , therefore , proposed to treat them in a classified and condensed form , under the heads of the
respective rules to which they refer . The Board are able to recommend to Grand Lodge tho adoption of a large number of these suggestions . Some they do not recommend , and these are left to tbe discretion of Grand Lodge , in case the movers desire still to bring them forward .
, ° f the 308 Enles , 130 are untouched by any amendments , and these toe Board consider may be treated as passed by Grand Lodge , without further discussion . The other Kules will now be treated consecutivel y , and the following suggestions , recommended by the Board ,
a »« oerore brand Lodge for adoption or otherwise . 3 . 1 st and 2 nd line , to omit' The Pro Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master and , ' ' other Officers and' and in 8 th lino ' other . ' 5 . 7 th line , to omit' iu / aud to substitute' has' for' resides . '
United Grand Lodge.
B . Tlio Table of Precedence is altered according to the recent order of the Grind Master . To add a font note respecting- tho prefixes and abbreviations used before tho names of the respective Grand Officers . 9 . fitti line , to insert ' such' before 'Lodge . ' 8 th line , insert 'English' before ' Lodge . ' 12 th line to substitute 'duly
served for' filled , and add ' snch before ' a Lodge . 12 . 4 th line , omit , ' and hold . ' 16 . 1 st line , to add ' or resign ' after ' die , ' aiid 4 th line , to substitute ' summon ' for ' assemble . ' 18 . To be altered to agree with the new Table of Precedence . 27 . To add ' tho Pro Grand'Master or the Deputy Grand Master' after
' Grand Master , ' and omit ' or his Deputy . ' 30 . 6 th line , to substitute ' elected annually in June by the Grand Lodge ' for ' appointed by the Grand Master . ' 35 . —4 th line , to substitute ' qualified' for ' members of the Grand Lodge , ' and in last lino to omit ' as such . ' 36 . 3 rd line , to read ' all bnilding plans or works projected or
undertaken . ' 37 . To omit ' in addition to bis other duties has' and substitute ' shall have the arrangement and direotion of all processions and ceremonies of the Grand Lodge and . ' 43 . To substitute ' eligible' for ' presented . ' 50 . 4 th line , to read ' which shall consist of the President of the
Board of Bene-volence ¦ who , if present , shall act as Chairman , the Present and Past Grand Officers and the Master , & c . ' ' and meet , & c * 51 . 4 th line , to substitute ' any ' for ' some . ' 52 . 8 th line , to add after 'Committee , ' ' or by notice previously given or sent to the Grand Secretary . '
54 . 3 rd line , to add after 'is , ' ' scandalons , improper , irregular , or . ' 57 . 6 th line , to add after ' all , ' 'Present and Past , ' and after 'Officers , ' 'Depnty Provincial Grand Masters , Provincial Grand Secretaries . ' 60 . To substitute' eight' for ' six ' throughout . 74 . 3 rd line , to substitute ' Wardens' for ' Officers . '
76 . 6 th line , to add after ' Grand Master , ' ' Except in elections by ballot . ' In 8 th line , to substitute ' one band ' for ' one of his hands . ' In 10 th line to add after ' counted' 'the counting shall be conducted in tbe following manner , ' and then to add the resolution passed in the Grand Lodge in June 1882 . 78 . After this rule , to introduce 104 as 79 altered as follows : — 'In
Colonies and foreign parts the terms District Grand Master and District Grand Lodge are used to distinguish such Officers and bodies from Provincial Grand Masters and Provincial Grand Lodges in England . ' 80 . In order to meet the many suggestions respecting the position of Past Masters in the Provinces , to add after the first
paragraph ' Provincial and District Grand Lodges may enact by their Bye-laws that , in addition to the above , Past Masters of Lodges out of the Province or District who have joined Lodges in the Province or District shall be Members of the Provincial or District Grand Lodge . '
81 . 5 th line , to substitute ' whom he may think' for ' may be thought . ' 9 th line , substitute ' those' for ' that , ' and to add at the end ' except that of snmmoning tbe Provincial or District Grand Lodge to meet for the purposes of his Install lation . '
83 to 95 . To alter the arrangement of these rules as follows : —90 , 91 , 92 , 83 , 84 , 93 , 95 . ' 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 94 , to be 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 . 83 . 1 st lino , to substitute 'The Provincial or District Grand Master ' for ' He . ' To give power to appoint two Provincial or District Grand Standard Bearers . To add beforo tbe last paragraph ,
' In addition to the above a District Grand Master is empow . ered to appoint a President of-the Distriot Board of General Purposes , who shall rank next to the District Grand Registrar . ' To add after the 1 st line in the last paragraph , ' except the Deputy Provincial or District Grand Master . ' 84 . To substitute ' Thirty' for ' forty . ' 86 . To substitute ' The Provincial or District Grand Master' for
< He . ' 89 . To substitute ' The Provincial or District Grand Master shall ' for 'He is required by himself or his Depnty to . ' To omit ' together with a list of such Lodges as may have been constituted since his last retnrn , and the fees due therein to the Grand Lodge . '
90 . To read , 'To ensure the regular performance of the duties of his Office and to , - & c . . . . the Provincial or District Grand Master may appoint . ' 92 . To add ' and to be resident within the Province or District . ' 93 . 1 st line , to add ' other' after ' The , ' and ' or District' after ' Provincial . '
96 . In order to meet several suggestions repectiug Past Provincial or District Grand Stewards , to substitute the following rule , ' Provincial or District Grand Stewards while in Office are members of their own Provincial or District Grand Lodges . They do not take any rank out of their Provinces or Districts , and when out of Office they are no longer members of the Provincial or District Grand Lodge unless otherwise qualified .
They are , however , entitled to wear their clothing as Past Provincial or District Grand Stewards in all Masonic meetings . ' 101 . 4 th line , to substitute after * province ' ' tbe Provincial Grand Lodge ' for ' they '; and 5 th line , to omit' their opinion . ' 102 . 10 th line , to add ' or part of a quarter . ' 12 th line , to add after ' initiated ' ' or who has joined from a Lodge not holding under
the Grand Lodge . ' 13 th line , to add ' other' after ' every . ' 103 . 5 th line , to add after ' at' 'the annual meeting of . ' 105 , 106 , 107 , 109 . To add ' or Board' after 'Committee . ' 115 . To add before the last line ' not less than . ' 119 . 7 th line , to add after ' registered '' master . '