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LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY . LAST EXCURSIONS OF THE SEASON . CUBAP EXCURSIONS * P I' * run f * om London ( Eastmi ) , « ivad Street ( Addison I ' wl ) , Wiilts ! e ; i June ion , A ' ., it- follows : — On Friday Midnight , 2 l ) i , h September—To Lancaster , Morecambe , O . unforth . O . irlisls , Windermere , and the English Lake District , for 3 nnd 0 d-iys . On Saturday , 30 th September—To Liverpool , Manchester , Birmingham , Bangor , Holyhead , Carnarvon , Llandudno , Rhyl , Blackpool , Chester , Blackburn , Bolton , Southport , AVigan , Preston , Crewo , Hereford , Whitchuvch , Loimiuster , Ludlow , Welshpool , Shrcwsburv , ' Stafford , M . i ;* cl 03 fiel'l , Leek , Harosastlo , Hanley , Longton , Uttoxetcr , Stoke , Stone , Ashton , Hilifax , Oldbam , Stalybridge , Stockport , Warrington , Widnos , Burion , Derby , Leicester , Nuneaton , Coventry , Rugby , Kcnilworth . Leamiugton , Dudley , Walsall , Wolverhanpton , Oiwestry , Newtown , Dolgelly , Barmouth , Aberystwyth , Towyn , Portmadoc , Harlech , & c , & c , for 3 and . 6 days . For times , fares an I full particular ? , sea small bill . ' , which can bo ob'aiued at tti * 3 Company's Stations and the Town Parcels Receiving OIBcos . FttKD . HARRISON' , General Managor . Euston Station , September 1 S 93 .

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MI'DLANDRA1LWAY. LAST CHEAP EXCURSION OF THE SEASON . From St . Pancras and City Stations . SATURDAY , 30 th September . mO LEICESTER , BIRMINGHAM , NOTTINGHAM , DERBY , I Burton , Staffordshire Potteries , MATLOCK , BUXTON , MAN'Cf [ ESTER , LIVERPOOL , Bolton , BLACKBURN , Bury , ROCHDALE , Oldham , Lancaster , MORECAMBE , ENGLISH LAKES , Carlisle , & c . Returning in Three or Six Days . TICKETS and BILLS may he had at tho 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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CRYSTAL PALACE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS . — The SCHOOL OF ART , SCIENCE , and LITERATURE LADIES' DIVISION . —THIRTY-THIRD SESSION , 1893 . Education of the highest class for Ladies , by Tutorial Instruction , Private Lessons , and University Lectures and Classes ; tho Art and Scientific Collections of the Crystal Palace being utilised for practical education , by distinguished Instructors . A complete curriculum can be taken by the student , or a single subject , at option , commencing at any * time . To the ordinary Literary and Scientific branches of Education are added Faculties of Fine Arts , and of Music , that have very special and exceptional advantages for the student . An education of the most advanced and refined type , whether of an elementary character , or complementary to ordinary school instruction , can be obtained . The Instructors and Lecturers in the several Facu ties of Fine Arts , History , Literature , Languages , Science , and Music , & c , are of the highest eminence , and the mode of tuition involves personal attention . FINE ARTS . —Samuel J . Hodson . R . W . S ., John Scott , R . I ., E . Wensley Russell , Herbert A . Bone , Edward Crompton , H . Windsor Fry , G . A . Rogers , C . A . Lillic . VISITORS IN THE Am * SCHOOL . —E . J . Poynter , R . A ., J . B . Burgess , R . A . LETTERS . —Professor 11 . Frank Heath , 15 . A ., Ph . D ., Miss E . Fogcrty , Mortimer de Larmoyer , Emil Reich , Dr . Juris , F . R . Hist . S ., Ltiigi Ricci , B . A . H . E . Maiden , M . A ., F . R . Hist . S ., \ V . B . Kemshcad , M . A ., Ph . D . Music . —Hcrr Gustav Ernest , Frederic Cliffe , Arthur O'Lcarv , John Francis Burnett , A . J . Eyre , Mdmc . Pereira , Miss E . Tedder , Otto Manns , Robert Reed , Mdme . St . Germaine , Henry Blower , Gustavc Garcia , ^ W . A . B . Russell , Mus . Bac . Oxon ., Professor J . F . Bridge , Mus . Doc , Ebcnczer Prout , 13 . A . Dancing . —M . Louis d'Egville , Miss L . Pear . Particulars in the Library , next Byzantine Court , Crystal Palace . CRYSTAL PALACE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS . — JUNIOR SCHOOL FOR LADIES . Designed to afford , by tutorial Instruction , an elementary education of the best class , having regard to principles as well as particulars , for Girls up to the age of 16 years , aiid to serve as a preparation for the advanced training of the Senior School of Art , Sc ' ence , and Literature . The fee is inclusive of the complete curriculum . Particulars in the Library , next Byzantine Court , Crystal Palace . CRYSTAL PALACE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS . — The SCHOOL OF PRACTICAL ENGINEERING . Founded 1872 . Principal—Mr . J . W . Wilson , M . Inst . C . E . and M . E . This Division of the school was established in 1872 , with the purpose of affording to students of Civil or of Mechanical Engineering the advantage of thorough practical instruction in the rudiments of either branch of the profession , and in the manipulation of materials . The Divisions are I . —MECHANICAL COURSE . It . —Civil , ENGINEERING SECTION . III .-COLONIAL DIVISION . —For preliminary practical training of young men for Colonial life . ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING —Devoted to instruction in the science of Electrical force , and the Practical Application of it . Marine and Mining Divisions . Prospectus of the undersigned , in the Library , next Byzantine Court Crystal Palace .

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PriceOneShilling, Froe by Post on receipt of 24 Halfpenny Stamps OCCASIONALPAPERS' ON 'CHEHISTORYOFFREEMASONRY. Written expressly for delivery in Lodges of Instruction . LONDON •. BELVlDEKli WOBKS , HuiUIKS HlLL , PjJNTONVlLLE , N . ,

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wj ** j * yi-www ** -- * -i f ?| fiWftMWWw-Mi SATURDAY , 23 RD SEPTEMBER 1893 .

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The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire , held on Wednesday , at Old Trafford , brought prominently to the front again a name which some years back was a veritable " household word " in Freemasonry , but which has hardly

been heard of in the meantime . We remember being present at one of the Festivals at Freemasons' Tavern when Lord Skelmersdale , acting as Chairman , said that henceforth his name would not be known in Freemasonry . There was a pause , and a tremour of excitemt tii tiu

enac e •ijniouijceiiieiic , unm ma uvxu .. explained that in future he would be known under another name , and a feeling of relief was experienced when it was understood that the then much-esteemed Deputy Grand Master of England was not severing his connection with the Craft , but was succeeding to well merited preferment as Earl of Lathom .

But Lord Lathom appears to have prophesied without knowing what was in store , and to-day we are able to look forward with satisfaction to the probability of his old name again becoming revered and popular in Freemasonry—if not to the same extent as it was at the ' time we refer to , at least as

well as a true and zealous Brotner ol to-day can make it , in view of the continued popularity of the former holder of the title . The present Lord Skelmersdale was among those at the Provincial gathering on Wednesday , and with the same good intent as has always marked his father ' s work in

Freemasonry , promised to preside at the forthcoming Festival of the Alpass Benevolent Institution , to be held on the 5 th of next month . To mark their appreciation the members of the Province voted a special donation of £ 100 from their Fund of Benevolence to the Institution , in support of Lord Skelmersdale ' s presidency .

This grant of £ 100 was not the only sum voted to the local Masonic Charities on this occasion , the Alpass Institution , the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution , and the Hamer Benevolent Institution , each receiving fifty guineas from the

Provincial Grand Lodge Charity Fund , while at the subsequent meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter a sum of fifty guineas was voted to the Alpass Institution , so that a total exceeding £ 300 was voted that day in aid of the local Masonic funds of West

Lancashire , all of which were reported as being in a satisfactory condition , with upwards of £ 30 , 000 in hand . The Grand Master of a Mark District , referring to

the lack of returns from certain Lodges , spoke of the neglect in not sending them in as " misconduct . " This term has a somewhat harsh sound , but is justifiable under the circumstances . Othor Lodges who to treat annual return matters ol

are apt s as mere form , of no special import , would do well to consider the point . Misconduct may be winked at for years , but occasionally tho last straw is applied—and then the camel ' s back breaks , the culprit in such a case

being the negleciul Lodge . The Masons of Xiinberley have decided on the for-