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two English ships , which is described by Cooper , in the " Pilot . " There are tho remains of an old priory , fche nave of which is used as fche parish chnrch . It is a popular placo of resort owing to its piers , sands , st > a views , and ohalvbeate soring . Scarborough , how . ever , bears off the palm on the east ooisfc . It his a vall « v . and a bill on which stands the rnins of the castle . A bridge spoil * tho

valley and unites the north and south cliffs , whioh gives to the whnle a uniqne appearance . Beyond the town the country is delightful . The bathing is good , the town charmingly sitnate'l in nn amp " hi . theatre rising from the sea , with the tower of the feudal fortress standing spnfcinel like a gaunt giant . It was almost impossible to storm the castle when in its strength , bnt it was tnken in 1553 bv

Lord Stafford , who with his followers gained admission dressed ns poasnntf , and then disarmed the garrison . From this circumstance has arisen the proverb " A Scarborough warning , " which means " a word and a blow ; bnfc the blow first . " George Fox , the Quaker , was impri . soned in the Castle in 1665 , where he snffered many privations . Not mneh survives , but the remains are still striking and picturesque .

Altogether Scarborough is a vpry attractive , and withal a fashionable place of resort . In the neighbourhood is Rievanx Abhev , one of the mait beautiful rnins in Yorkshire . Whitby is an old fishing town , but it is also famous as a health-giving resort . It has a bnsy harbour , and from the beetling cliffs fine sea views enn bo obtained . Standing alone on a breezy height are the rums of Whifcbv Priorv ,

a very ancient foundation of the Benedictine Order . There is a story of a murdered monk and the penalty he inflicted npon his assailants , fall of romance , which will be found recorded in the gnide bonks . We shou'd not omit to mention the jet works afc Whitbv , which are verv celebrated . At Gnisborough , near Whitby , alnm was firsfc made in England , the secret of manufacture having been obtained by m <» ans

of workmen smuggled from Paly , which led to ( ho issuing of a terrible curse hy the Pope of the period . From York to Knarpsborough is rot a long journey . The town is memorable from the ruins of an old fortress , around which linger many stirring incidents . Here Eugene Aram committed the crime npon the story of which Bnlwer Lyttnn has built up one of his most fascinating romances . Mother Shipton ,

too , it is supposed was born here , although that is disputed . Not far off , and on the way to Harrogate , is the Dropping Well , which converts everything placed nnder it into stone . On the branch line from Harrogate , is Ripon , prettily situated on a steep incline from the railway , with the Cathedral crowning the top . Ahonfc thrpe anda half miles from Ripon , is Stndley Royal , the seat of Earl Grev , a

mosfc delightful show place . The domain includes Fountains Abbey , the ruins of which are exceedingly rioh . Both places are eminently worthy of a pilgrimage . Joining the main line at Northallerton the train goes thence to Darlington . From here there is a spur line to Richmond , with its decayed castle on a bill , and the river Swale below . Ifc is picturesque

almost beyond description . Another line Ipads to Barnard Castle , a venerable ruin with a most interesting history . From here Rokeby is accessible . The charms of both places have been sung by Sir Walter Scott , but there is a record which , if not romantic , is certainly very peculiar . In the diary of Sir Thomas Rokeby , Justice in the Court of Common Pleas in the reign of William III ., occurs the

worthy valetudinarian ' s doctor ' s bill for only two months , October and November 1697 : — " Purging pills 2 / -, leeches 6 d , aperitive ingredients 1 / 6 , hysterick water 2 / -, a purging bolns 1 / 6 , purging pills 1 / ., gascan powder 4 / -, vermifuge pills , a box , 3 / 4 , a pnrging bolns 1 / 6 , pnrging pills 1 / -, cephalick drops 2 / 6 , a hysterick jnlip 3 / 6 , hysterick pills ( eighty-five ) 6 / 8 , a vomitive potion 2 / 6 , a stomnchick

cordial 2 / -, a cordial potion l / 8 , vomitive salts ( three doses ) 1 / 6 , the hysterick julip 3 / 6 , mithridate 1 / ., the vomitive potion 2 / 6 , vomitive salts 1 / 6 , the hysterick pills 6 / 8 , the hysterick jnlip 3 / 6 , sal ammoniac 6 / ., £ 2 17 s lOd . " All this drenching did not kill the fine old limb of the law , who lived to the age of sixty-seven . On the other side from Darlington are Middlesborough , Hartlepool , Sunder .

land , and South Shields . The main line continues on to the city of Durham with its hanging gardens descending to the river Wear , and tbe venerable Cathedral towering high above . Further on is Newcastle , from which town branches spread out to various parts , including South Shields . Morpeth lies further on , and beyond that , at Bilton Junction , is a spur to Alnwickof Percy fame . The

, Castle is considered " one of the mosfc magnificent specimens of an old baronial residence in tbe kingdom . " The interior is surpassingly beautiful , and tbe chapel ceiling is copied from that of King's College , Cambridge . Those who know how exquisite that work is , can form some conception of what the chapel is like in Alnwick

Castle . Berwick-on-Tweed is tbe npxt halting place . Every inch of the ground in tbe neighbourhood has been the scene of conflict , and a history of Berwick is the record of strife for centuries . It is now the border line between England and Scotland , and possesses many attractions for visitors .

We have nofc space to deal with Scotland further than what we have written in other papers , except , perhaps , a word or two abont the far north . The majority of tourists go no further than Dundee : a few reach Aberdeen for Balmoral , but beyond are districts

traversed by the Great North of Scotland Railway which would amply repay a visit . There is a guide book published by Douglas , of Edinburgh , which gives a full account of Scotland north" and west of Aberdeen , to which we refer onr readers , feeling assured what is theie described will excite the desire to explore for themselves .

Honn-flTAv ' s Pitts . — "Weary of Life . —Derangement of tho liver is one of the fflost efficient causes of dangerous diseases , and the most prolific source of nr " t £ e 1 Iie ' ilrlc h"lv forebodings which are worse than death itself . A few doses of these noted Pills act mngicnlly in dispelling low spirits , aud repelling the j' " *' ' tacTtsmade on the nerves hy excessive heat , impure atmospheres , over-ITPV ? i !" ' or exhanstine excitement . The most shattered constitution may "Pnve benefit from HoIIoway ' s Pills , which will regulate disrrdered actions , t * in " r -r norve' * ' incrense the energy of the intellectual faculties , and revive Pilla i memory . By attentively studying the instructions of taking these t " , <* explicitly p \ itttng them in practice , the most desponding will soon Eeel confident of a perfect recovery . .

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The regular meeting of tlie Board of Benevolence was held at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , 22 nd inst ., and wns very numerousl y attended . Bros . Joshua Nunn , James Brett , and Charles Atkins , the President , Senior Vice President and Junior Vice-President respectively ,

took the three chairs . The business paper for the next Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge ( on the 5 th September ) was submitted to the Board of Masters , and then the Lodge of Benevolence sanctioned those grants which required confirmation from the July meeting . The

new cases were then brought on for consideration ; these comprised twenty-three applications , twenty of which were relieved , with a total of £ 650 , the three others being adjourned for farther particulars . The President announced that several letters had been received from

petitioners who were relieved at the former meeting , thanking the Lodge for what it had done . Another pleasing incident arose in the course of the proceedings , which is entirely novel in character , but from its peculiar nature shows how thoroughly the brethren who gave rise to it

enter into the true spirit of Masonry . Among the Lodges holding warrant under the English Grand Lodge in South Africa is one called the Rising Star Lodge , No . 1022 , which was consecrated in the year 1864 , and has consequently not yet attained the twentieth year of its

existence . Whether it is a dining Lodge or not does not appear , but , whatever it does with its money , it has accumulated in its unappropriated fund a sum of £ 817 s 6 d . The President of the Lodge of Benevolence informed the brethren that this Rising Star Lodge had , by its accredited

officer , written a letter to the Grand Secretary , enclosing an order for the £ 8 17 s 6 d , informing him that the Lodge had come to the resolution to desire that this sum should be placed to the Fund of Benevolence . The amount was received with thanks , the act being considered a grf >

ceful one , but , independent of that , it shows the confidence of the brethren of Bloemfontein , where the Lodge is held , in the care and judgment which is exercised by the Lodge of Benevolence in tbe distribution of its bounty . It has been pointed out that though Colonial and foreign brethren

are relieved by the English Lodge of Benevolence they do not contribute to its funds ; it is catholic in the extreme in its charity ; and when brethren like the Americans and South Africans recognise this catholicity , as it is seen they sometimes do , the English brethren find a reward in the acknowledgment of this feeling of universal brotherhood .

The extension of Freemasonry is well evidenced by a little book which has just been published by Grand Mark Lodge , a Grand Lodge not connected with United Grand Lodge of England , bufc which never would have prospered so much if it had not been that Masonry nnder United Grand Lodge has in the last few years made such rapid strides . The annual report of Grand Mark Lodge shows that there

are now on its roll 321 Lodges , the warrant for the latest of which is dated the 4 th of the present month . This Lodge is called the Elfin Lodge , and is to be held at Carnarvon . The 321 Mark Lodges are not confined to England and Wales , but are situated also in tbe Colonies , where their life is a successful one . The Mark Lodges are thus disposed : 21 in Devonshire , 7 in Leicestershire ,

8 in Somersetshire , 28 in Bengal , 4 in British Burmah , 8 in Cornwall , 6 in South Wales , 8 in Northumberland and Durham , 2 in Bombay , 25 in Lancashire , 26 in Middlesex and Surrey ( including London ) , 8 in West Yorkshire , 11 in Madras , 13 in Kent , 8 in Cumberland and Westmoreland , 6 in Cheshire , 11 in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , 4 in Sussex , 6 in Lincolnshire , 2 in

Bristol , 4 in South Africa , 4 in Warwickshire , 3 in Monmouthshire , 4 in Jamaica , 4 in Victoria ( Australia ) , 5 io Dorsetshire , 3 in Gloucestershire , 4 in the Mediterranean , 6 in Berks and Oxon , 3 in North Wales , 4 in New Zealand { South Island ) , 6 in North and East Yorkshire , 2 in Auckland ( New Zealand ) , 2 in North Africa , 3 in Buckinghamshire , 3 in Westland ( New Zealand ) , 5 in Staffordshire ,

3 in Quebec , 2 in Tasmania , 2 in Nottinghamshire , and 7 in East Anglia , comprising Norfolk , Suffolk , Cambridge , and Essex . And this is the result of only some twenly-five years' working . There were Mark Lodges iu England before that time ; but there was not then a Grand Mark Lodge . The funds of this Grand Lodge have now assumed considerable proportions . From the first they have

been husbanded with great care , but nevertheless enormous donations have been made out of them to works of charity and benevolence , not the least of which is the establishment of an educational branch fund for fche education of Mark Masons' sons and daughters in the neighbourhood in which they reside . The present G . Master of

the Order is Lord Henniker , who entered on the third and last year of his office on the 5 th June last , ifc being a rule of this Grand Lodge that a Grand Master shall not hold office for more than three years On the list of its Past Grand Masters is His Koyal Highness the Duke nf Albany , and at the meeting in December next the same honour is to be conferred npon the Prince of Wales . —Evening News .

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