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Article ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF THE MARK BENEVOLENT FUND. ← Page 2 of 2 Article BANK HOLIDAY RAILWAY FACILITIES. Page 1 of 1 Article LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. Page 1 of 1 Article LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. Page 1 of 1
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Annual Festival Of The Mark Benevolent Fund.
of fifty guineas from tho Chairman as Pror . G . Master , £ 165 . Tho lady Stewards sent up between £ 30 and £ 10 . Let us add that with a grand total of £ 1856 the fund will bo considerably enriched . Bro . Frederick Mead responded in a humorous speech for the ladies , and pleaded his youth and inexperience as some excuse for nofc doing so much justice to the toast as it deserved . The toasfc of Chnrch
the Board of Stewards was given , to whioh Bro . Jabez as President responded . Bro . Frank Richardson proposed the toasfc of fche Visitors , and stated that Visitors were present from Australia , Africa , America and New Zealand . Bro . Dr . Dawson the District Grand ' Master of Auckland , New Zealand , responded . A capital musical programme waa provided by Bro . H . R . Rose Paat Grand Organist , assisted by Madame Clara Samuel , Miss
Jeannie Rankin , Mr . Bernard Lane , Bro . Charles Tinney , and Bro . W . Lewis Barrett ( solo flute ) . A string band performed during the dinner . The menu was selected with the greatest care , having regard to the many eminent ladies and brethren present , after the banquet , the company adjonrned to the drawing room , where a choice selection of vocal and instrumentalist musio was provided . A most enjoyable evening waa spent by all present .
Bank Holiday Railway Facilities.
BANK HOLIDAY RAILWAY FACILITIES .
THE arrangements recently made by the Great Western Railway Company for tho issne of ordinary as well as excursion tickets at their principal City and West-end Offices havo probably never been so much appreciated as they are likely to bo dnring the week presorting tho Bank Holiday , when largo nutnlu IM of people are certain to avail themselves of tbe opportnnity thus afforded for obtaining
tickets at their own time and without the crowding and worry inseparable from a large railway station at holiday ueasons . Tho fares charged are the same as afc Paddington , and tha tickets are available for use under precisely tbo same conditions aa those issued at that station . The following are the offices at whioh tickets are issued , viz ., —193 and 407 Oxford Street , 23 New Oxford Street ,
269 Strand , Holborn Circus , 29 Charing Cross , 26 Regent Street , 5 Arthur Street East , London Bridge , 82 Queen Victoria Street , 43 and 41 Crntchpd Friars , 67 Gresharn Street , and 4 Cheapside . Tho booking offices at Paddington station will bo open for the issue of tickets all day on Wednesday , Thursday , Friday and Saturday , July 29 th , 30 th , 81 st , and August 1 st , and the tickets issued ( except
those for specified excursion trains ) will be available for use on any of those days . To meet the expected additional traffic by the ordinary trains on Saturday , August 1 st , tho Company will run in duplicate tho 1 P 45 a . m ., TO , 3 * 0 , 5-0 , and 9-0 p . m . trains to tho West of England ; and the 12 * 0 noon and 5 . 5 p . m . trains to Weymouth , Hereford and
Sonth Wales . The first portion of the 5 ' 0 and 90 p . m . trains will leave Paddington at 4 * 55 and 8 ' 57 p . m . respectively , but the first portions of the other trains will leave at the advertised times , and the second a few minntes afterwards , the long distance passengers being as far as possible taken in the firsfc portion , bufc with a fow exceptions
both trains will stop at the advertised stations to take up and set down passengers . On Friday , July 31 st , an excursion train will leave Paddington nt 7 ' 45 a . m . for Gloucester , Cardiff , Newport , Swansea , Now Milford , & o . ; passengers will also be booked at excur . sion faros to certain Stations in the South of Ireland . Fast excursion
trains for the West of England will leave Paddington at 7 ' 45 a . m . and 3 * 15 p . m . on Saturday , August 1 st , reaching Exeter in 5 £ hours and Plymouth in 7 . hours ; and excursions will also be run on the same day to Bath , Bristol , Dorchester , Weymouth , ( for the Channel Islands ) , Cheltenham , Worcester , Malvern , Hereford , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Shrewsbury , Chester , Liverpool , Manchester , and
other Stations on the Great Western System . On Sunday , August 2 nd , excursions will he run to Cirencester , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & o ., and on Monday cheap trains will be run to Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Bath , Bristol , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Reading , Pangbonrne , Goring , Wallingford , & o .
London And North Western Railway.
LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY .
THE London and North Western Company announce fchat fche ticket offices afc Euston , Broad Street , Kensington , and "Willesden Junction will be open throughout the day from Monday , July 27 th , to Monday , August 3 rd , inclusive , so thafc passengers wishing to obtain tickets for any destination on the London and North Western Railway can do so afc any time of the day prior to the starting of the train . Tickets , dated to suit tho convenience of
passengers , can be obtained at any time ( Sundays aud Bank Holidays excepted ) at the following town receiving offices of the Company : 15 Queen Street , E . G . ; Spread Eagle ; 3 Wbittington Avenne , Leadenhall Market , E . G . ; Swan-with . Two-Necks , 65 Gresham Street , E . G . ; 13 Eastoheapj Cross Keys , Wood Street , Cheapside , E . C . ; 22 Aldersgate Street , E . C . ; 65 Aldgate , E ; 30 West Smithfield ,
E . G . ; 8 and 9 Clerkenwell Green , E . C . ; Bolt-in-Tun , 64 Fleet Street , E . C . j 116 Holborn , E . C . ; George and Blue Boar , 235 High Holborn , W . C . j 43 New Oxford Street , W . C . ; Universal Office , Spread Eagle , Piccadilly Circus , W . ; Golden Cross , Charing Cross , W . C . ; Hotel Windsor , Victoria Street , S . W . j Royal Albert and Victoria Docks * Canning Town Gi-ods Station ; 34 Parliament Street , Westminster j 31 Edgware Road W Atlas
^ . ; Office , 167 Tottenham Court Road , W . C . ; 70 St . Martin ' s Lane , W . C . ; Lion , 108 New Bond Street , W . ; 496 Oxford Street , W . ; Griffin's Green Man and Still , 241 Oxford f „ » , ' W-5 33 nerefortI K ° a » Bayswater , W . j Knightsbridge , 34 Albert Gate ; S . W ., Kensington , 33 High Street , W . ; 117 High Street , Borough , S . E . ; 233 and 23-1 Blackfriars Road , S . E . ; Surrey Radway Office , 138 Newington Causeway S . E . ; 194 Westminster
London And North Western Railway.
Bridge Roa 3 , S . E . j Islington , " Angel , " 5 Pentonville Road , N . j 3 James Street , Covent Garden ; London , Brighton , and South Coast Office , 8 Grand Hotel-buildings , Charing Cross . Tickets can also bo obtained afc Gaze and Son ' s Tourist Office , 142 Strand , VV . C . Tho Company also announce that ' on Thursday , July 30 th , and Friday , July 31 st , speoial express trains will leave Euston afc 6 * 25 p . m ., for
Holyhead and Ireland . On Saturday , August 1 st , special trains will leave Willesden Junction at 2 - 45 p . m . for the Trent Valley Line and Stafford , and from Euston at 425 p . m . for Birmingham , calling ab Willesden , Rugby , Coventry , and Stetohford . The 4 10 p . m train , Euston to Kendal , will be extended to Windermere . On the same date a speoial express train ( 1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd class ) will leave
Birmingham ( New Street ) at 4-5 p . m . for Northampton , calling at Stetohford , Coventry , and Rugby . On Saturday , Monday , and Tnesday , August 1 st , 3 rd , and 4 th , the 70 p . m . express from Birmingham to London will travel vi & Northampton , thus affording an additional service from Birmingham to Northampton , and Northampton to London . The train will arrive
afc Northampton afc 8 ' 20 p . m ., depart 8 * 23 , arrive Bletohley 8 - 50 , depart 8 * 52 , arrive Willesden 9 * 47 p . m ., and London ( Euston ) at 100 p . m . On Bank Holiday , Monday , August 3 rd , the following express trains will not be run fron London ( Euston ) , viz ., the 9 * 30 a . m . to Birmingham and Wolverhampton ( passengers for this district must leave Euston at 9 * 0 a . m . ) j the 3 ' 0 p . m . to
Bletohley ; and the 4 * 30 p . m . to Birmingham , Melton Mowbray , Nottingham , and Coventry ( passengers for Melton Mowbray , and the Nottingham Line mnst leave Euston afc 3 * 15 p . m , ) , as well as the express trains to and from the City , St . Albans , Watford , and Kensington . Numerous residential trains will also be discontinued , particulars of whioh can he ascertained on
reference to the Company ' s local notices . The np and down dining saloons between London , Liverpool , and Manchester , will nofc be run on Bank Holiday . Cheap excursions will be rnn by this company from London to Birmingham , Coventry , Leamington , Kenilworth , Dudley , Walsall , Wednesbnry , Wolverhampton , Leicester , Liverpool , Manchester , Huddersfield , Bradford , Shrewsbury , Hereford , Aberystwith , Bortb , Abergavenny , South and Central Wales , Chester , North
Wales , Bolton , Blackburn , Southport , Morecambe , Blackpool , Carlisle , the English Lake District , and to various other places on the company ' s system . Similar trains will be ran from many of the dis « triots named to London , including bookings to Brighton , Hastings , St . Leonards , Portsmouth , Southampton , and also to Paris and the Continent . Bills nnd full particulars can be obtained on application at the railway stations and at the company ' s offices .
THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY have made special arrangements for those who may patronise them during the Bank Holiday week . Their splendid steamers will leave for Antwerp on Saturday , 1 st August , at 4 p . m ., arriving in Antwerp on Sunday Morning ; returning from Antwerp on Tuesday , 4 th August , afc 2 p . m . For Ostend , leaving London on Saturday , 1 st August , at 9 p . m . ; returning from Ostend on Tuesday , 4 th August . For
Hamburg , vid , Harwich ( Express ) , leaving Liverpool Street Station by Continental Express at 8 p . m . on Friday , 31 st July , or Saturday , 1 st August , arriving in Hamburg on Sunday or Monday Morning . Steamers will also be despatched to Margate , Ramsgate , Deal and Dover and Boulogne . A steamer will leave for Yarmouth , from London Bridge Wharf , at 6 * 30 a . m ., 8 a . m ., 8 ' 15 a . m . Also at 8 ' 45 a . m . and 10 * 15 a . m . ( 1 st class only ) , on Saturday , August 1 st . Further particulars can be had at fche Offices , 55 Great Tower Street , London , E . C .
Bro . Clifford P . MacCalla , P . G . M . Pennsylvania , left by the s . s . City of Berlin on 15 th July , and will be in London from 28 th July to 1 st August inclusive . He accompanies the Albany Templars . We learn that Bro . McCalla only made up his mind at the last moment to join the party . The " Pilgrimage" will extend over about two months , and the brethren will visit England , Ireland , and fche Continent .
Freemasonry in Reading has again given proof of its progressive energy , by the establishment in the town of a Rose Croix Chapter , for the practice of the higher degrees
as cultivated in connection with the Ancient and Accepted Rite . This Chapter , which at present is the only one in Berkshire , is named the " Albert Victor Chapter , No . 117 , " and has recently been consecrated under most favourable auspices .
A good deal was said about Cornwall at a recent banquet afc Thomas ' s Hotel , Devonport , in connection with Lodge Sinceriity 189 . The toast of the P . G . M . of Cornwall , the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , waa proposed by W . Bro . F . R . Thomas P . M ., who alluded to the fact that the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe was now fche oldest Paafc Master of Sincerity , and who coupled with the toasfc
the name of Bro . Niness , of Bosoawen Lodge , Chacewater . " The Visitors " were represented by Bro . H . W . Hookin S . W . of Lodge Hononr and Prudence , Truro , who waa the guest of the newly , installed Master Bro . George Sfcawell . The Treasnrer of Lodge Sincerity is Bro . George Hawken , Manager of the Cornish Bank at Plymouth , and on Monday evening Bro . F . E . Sach was appointed
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Annual Festival Of The Mark Benevolent Fund.
of fifty guineas from tho Chairman as Pror . G . Master , £ 165 . Tho lady Stewards sent up between £ 30 and £ 10 . Let us add that with a grand total of £ 1856 the fund will bo considerably enriched . Bro . Frederick Mead responded in a humorous speech for the ladies , and pleaded his youth and inexperience as some excuse for nofc doing so much justice to the toast as it deserved . The toasfc of Chnrch
the Board of Stewards was given , to whioh Bro . Jabez as President responded . Bro . Frank Richardson proposed the toasfc of fche Visitors , and stated that Visitors were present from Australia , Africa , America and New Zealand . Bro . Dr . Dawson the District Grand ' Master of Auckland , New Zealand , responded . A capital musical programme waa provided by Bro . H . R . Rose Paat Grand Organist , assisted by Madame Clara Samuel , Miss
Jeannie Rankin , Mr . Bernard Lane , Bro . Charles Tinney , and Bro . W . Lewis Barrett ( solo flute ) . A string band performed during the dinner . The menu was selected with the greatest care , having regard to the many eminent ladies and brethren present , after the banquet , the company adjonrned to the drawing room , where a choice selection of vocal and instrumentalist musio was provided . A most enjoyable evening waa spent by all present .
Bank Holiday Railway Facilities.
BANK HOLIDAY RAILWAY FACILITIES .
THE arrangements recently made by the Great Western Railway Company for tho issne of ordinary as well as excursion tickets at their principal City and West-end Offices havo probably never been so much appreciated as they are likely to bo dnring the week presorting tho Bank Holiday , when largo nutnlu IM of people are certain to avail themselves of tbe opportnnity thus afforded for obtaining
tickets at their own time and without the crowding and worry inseparable from a large railway station at holiday ueasons . Tho fares charged are the same as afc Paddington , and tha tickets are available for use under precisely tbo same conditions aa those issued at that station . The following are the offices at whioh tickets are issued , viz ., —193 and 407 Oxford Street , 23 New Oxford Street ,
269 Strand , Holborn Circus , 29 Charing Cross , 26 Regent Street , 5 Arthur Street East , London Bridge , 82 Queen Victoria Street , 43 and 41 Crntchpd Friars , 67 Gresharn Street , and 4 Cheapside . Tho booking offices at Paddington station will bo open for the issue of tickets all day on Wednesday , Thursday , Friday and Saturday , July 29 th , 30 th , 81 st , and August 1 st , and the tickets issued ( except
those for specified excursion trains ) will be available for use on any of those days . To meet the expected additional traffic by the ordinary trains on Saturday , August 1 st , tho Company will run in duplicate tho 1 P 45 a . m ., TO , 3 * 0 , 5-0 , and 9-0 p . m . trains to tho West of England ; and the 12 * 0 noon and 5 . 5 p . m . trains to Weymouth , Hereford and
Sonth Wales . The first portion of the 5 ' 0 and 90 p . m . trains will leave Paddington at 4 * 55 and 8 ' 57 p . m . respectively , but the first portions of the other trains will leave at the advertised times , and the second a few minntes afterwards , the long distance passengers being as far as possible taken in the firsfc portion , bufc with a fow exceptions
both trains will stop at the advertised stations to take up and set down passengers . On Friday , July 31 st , an excursion train will leave Paddington nt 7 ' 45 a . m . for Gloucester , Cardiff , Newport , Swansea , Now Milford , & o . ; passengers will also be booked at excur . sion faros to certain Stations in the South of Ireland . Fast excursion
trains for the West of England will leave Paddington at 7 ' 45 a . m . and 3 * 15 p . m . on Saturday , August 1 st , reaching Exeter in 5 £ hours and Plymouth in 7 . hours ; and excursions will also be run on the same day to Bath , Bristol , Dorchester , Weymouth , ( for the Channel Islands ) , Cheltenham , Worcester , Malvern , Hereford , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Shrewsbury , Chester , Liverpool , Manchester , and
other Stations on the Great Western System . On Sunday , August 2 nd , excursions will he run to Cirencester , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & o ., and on Monday cheap trains will be run to Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Bath , Bristol , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Reading , Pangbonrne , Goring , Wallingford , & o .
London And North Western Railway.
LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY .
THE London and North Western Company announce fchat fche ticket offices afc Euston , Broad Street , Kensington , and "Willesden Junction will be open throughout the day from Monday , July 27 th , to Monday , August 3 rd , inclusive , so thafc passengers wishing to obtain tickets for any destination on the London and North Western Railway can do so afc any time of the day prior to the starting of the train . Tickets , dated to suit tho convenience of
passengers , can be obtained at any time ( Sundays aud Bank Holidays excepted ) at the following town receiving offices of the Company : 15 Queen Street , E . G . ; Spread Eagle ; 3 Wbittington Avenne , Leadenhall Market , E . G . ; Swan-with . Two-Necks , 65 Gresham Street , E . G . ; 13 Eastoheapj Cross Keys , Wood Street , Cheapside , E . C . ; 22 Aldersgate Street , E . C . ; 65 Aldgate , E ; 30 West Smithfield ,
E . G . ; 8 and 9 Clerkenwell Green , E . C . ; Bolt-in-Tun , 64 Fleet Street , E . C . j 116 Holborn , E . C . ; George and Blue Boar , 235 High Holborn , W . C . j 43 New Oxford Street , W . C . ; Universal Office , Spread Eagle , Piccadilly Circus , W . ; Golden Cross , Charing Cross , W . C . ; Hotel Windsor , Victoria Street , S . W . j Royal Albert and Victoria Docks * Canning Town Gi-ods Station ; 34 Parliament Street , Westminster j 31 Edgware Road W Atlas
^ . ; Office , 167 Tottenham Court Road , W . C . ; 70 St . Martin ' s Lane , W . C . ; Lion , 108 New Bond Street , W . ; 496 Oxford Street , W . ; Griffin's Green Man and Still , 241 Oxford f „ » , ' W-5 33 nerefortI K ° a » Bayswater , W . j Knightsbridge , 34 Albert Gate ; S . W ., Kensington , 33 High Street , W . ; 117 High Street , Borough , S . E . ; 233 and 23-1 Blackfriars Road , S . E . ; Surrey Radway Office , 138 Newington Causeway S . E . ; 194 Westminster
London And North Western Railway.
Bridge Roa 3 , S . E . j Islington , " Angel , " 5 Pentonville Road , N . j 3 James Street , Covent Garden ; London , Brighton , and South Coast Office , 8 Grand Hotel-buildings , Charing Cross . Tickets can also bo obtained afc Gaze and Son ' s Tourist Office , 142 Strand , VV . C . Tho Company also announce that ' on Thursday , July 30 th , and Friday , July 31 st , speoial express trains will leave Euston afc 6 * 25 p . m ., for
Holyhead and Ireland . On Saturday , August 1 st , special trains will leave Willesden Junction at 2 - 45 p . m . for the Trent Valley Line and Stafford , and from Euston at 425 p . m . for Birmingham , calling ab Willesden , Rugby , Coventry , and Stetohford . The 4 10 p . m train , Euston to Kendal , will be extended to Windermere . On the same date a speoial express train ( 1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd class ) will leave
Birmingham ( New Street ) at 4-5 p . m . for Northampton , calling at Stetohford , Coventry , and Rugby . On Saturday , Monday , and Tnesday , August 1 st , 3 rd , and 4 th , the 70 p . m . express from Birmingham to London will travel vi & Northampton , thus affording an additional service from Birmingham to Northampton , and Northampton to London . The train will arrive
afc Northampton afc 8 ' 20 p . m ., depart 8 * 23 , arrive Bletohley 8 - 50 , depart 8 * 52 , arrive Willesden 9 * 47 p . m ., and London ( Euston ) at 100 p . m . On Bank Holiday , Monday , August 3 rd , the following express trains will not be run fron London ( Euston ) , viz ., the 9 * 30 a . m . to Birmingham and Wolverhampton ( passengers for this district must leave Euston at 9 * 0 a . m . ) j the 3 ' 0 p . m . to
Bletohley ; and the 4 * 30 p . m . to Birmingham , Melton Mowbray , Nottingham , and Coventry ( passengers for Melton Mowbray , and the Nottingham Line mnst leave Euston afc 3 * 15 p . m , ) , as well as the express trains to and from the City , St . Albans , Watford , and Kensington . Numerous residential trains will also be discontinued , particulars of whioh can he ascertained on
reference to the Company ' s local notices . The np and down dining saloons between London , Liverpool , and Manchester , will nofc be run on Bank Holiday . Cheap excursions will be rnn by this company from London to Birmingham , Coventry , Leamington , Kenilworth , Dudley , Walsall , Wednesbnry , Wolverhampton , Leicester , Liverpool , Manchester , Huddersfield , Bradford , Shrewsbury , Hereford , Aberystwith , Bortb , Abergavenny , South and Central Wales , Chester , North
Wales , Bolton , Blackburn , Southport , Morecambe , Blackpool , Carlisle , the English Lake District , and to various other places on the company ' s system . Similar trains will be ran from many of the dis « triots named to London , including bookings to Brighton , Hastings , St . Leonards , Portsmouth , Southampton , and also to Paris and the Continent . Bills nnd full particulars can be obtained on application at the railway stations and at the company ' s offices .
THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY have made special arrangements for those who may patronise them during the Bank Holiday week . Their splendid steamers will leave for Antwerp on Saturday , 1 st August , at 4 p . m ., arriving in Antwerp on Sunday Morning ; returning from Antwerp on Tuesday , 4 th August , afc 2 p . m . For Ostend , leaving London on Saturday , 1 st August , at 9 p . m . ; returning from Ostend on Tuesday , 4 th August . For
Hamburg , vid , Harwich ( Express ) , leaving Liverpool Street Station by Continental Express at 8 p . m . on Friday , 31 st July , or Saturday , 1 st August , arriving in Hamburg on Sunday or Monday Morning . Steamers will also be despatched to Margate , Ramsgate , Deal and Dover and Boulogne . A steamer will leave for Yarmouth , from London Bridge Wharf , at 6 * 30 a . m ., 8 a . m ., 8 ' 15 a . m . Also at 8 ' 45 a . m . and 10 * 15 a . m . ( 1 st class only ) , on Saturday , August 1 st . Further particulars can be had at fche Offices , 55 Great Tower Street , London , E . C .
Bro . Clifford P . MacCalla , P . G . M . Pennsylvania , left by the s . s . City of Berlin on 15 th July , and will be in London from 28 th July to 1 st August inclusive . He accompanies the Albany Templars . We learn that Bro . McCalla only made up his mind at the last moment to join the party . The " Pilgrimage" will extend over about two months , and the brethren will visit England , Ireland , and fche Continent .
Freemasonry in Reading has again given proof of its progressive energy , by the establishment in the town of a Rose Croix Chapter , for the practice of the higher degrees
as cultivated in connection with the Ancient and Accepted Rite . This Chapter , which at present is the only one in Berkshire , is named the " Albert Victor Chapter , No . 117 , " and has recently been consecrated under most favourable auspices .
A good deal was said about Cornwall at a recent banquet afc Thomas ' s Hotel , Devonport , in connection with Lodge Sinceriity 189 . The toast of the P . G . M . of Cornwall , the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , waa proposed by W . Bro . F . R . Thomas P . M ., who alluded to the fact that the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe was now fche oldest Paafc Master of Sincerity , and who coupled with the toasfc
the name of Bro . Niness , of Bosoawen Lodge , Chacewater . " The Visitors " were represented by Bro . H . W . Hookin S . W . of Lodge Hononr and Prudence , Truro , who waa the guest of the newly , installed Master Bro . George Sfcawell . The Treasnrer of Lodge Sincerity is Bro . George Hawken , Manager of the Cornish Bank at Plymouth , and on Monday evening Bro . F . E . Sach was appointed