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LONDON AND NOOTH WESTERN RAILWAY . New Year ' s Holidays . A CHEAP EXCURSION TO CARLISLE , DUMFRIES , EDINXX . BURGH , AND GLASGOW , will be run on December 30 th , for 6 and 7 days , leaving Euston at 9 * 20 p . m .. Broad Street , 8 . 0 p . m ., Dalston , 8 '_ 5 p . m ., Victoria ( Dist . Rly . ) . S * 5 i p . m ., Kensington ( Addison Road ) , 9 - 13 p . m ., and Willesden Junction , 9 * 30 p . m . I ! y this Excursion , TICKETS AT A SINGLE FARE FOR THE DOUBLE JOUKNEY , will bo issued to tho places named , available to return on any day within 7 days from date of issue . For further particulars seo bills , which can be obtained at the Railway Stations and Parcels Receiving Offices of tho Company , and from Messrs . Gaze and Son , l _ i Strand , W . O . G . FINDLAY , General Manager . Euston Station , December 1 S 91 .

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M 4 ¥ © 'i GASVfcS 80 TBI . EAST MOLESEY , HAMPTON COURT STATION ( Adjoining the RAILWAY , and facing the RIVER and PALACE ) . BRO . JOHN MAYO haa ample accommodation in the new wing of this old-established and noted Riverside Hotel for Banquets for any number up to 100 . Evory convenience for Ladies' Gatherings . Spacious landing to river , whence Steam Launches can start . Specimens of Menus , with prices , sent on application . Three Lodges meet at the Castlo Hotel , and referouco may bo made to tho respective Masters as to tho catering , & c .

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NOW READY . Handsomely Bound in Cloth , 900 Pages , Price 20 s . ALSO IN MORE EXPENSIVE BINDINGS . HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY AND CONCORDANT ORDERS . ILLUSTRATED . WRITTEN BY A BOARD OF EDITORS . HENRY LEONARD STILLSON , Editor-in-Chief . WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN , Consulting Editor . THIS work contains a comprehensive account of Ancient Masonry ; tho Ancient Maaonic MSS ., or " Old Charges "; tho Crusades , and their Eolation to tho Fraternity ; Cosmopolitan Freemasonry , including all its Rites , throughout tho World ; tho American and British Templar Systems ; tho A . and " A . S . Kite , and Koyal Order of Scotland ; other Rites and Orders connected with tho Institution ; and Tnblos of Vital Statistics , never before compiled , —tho whole comprising the most Authentic History of tho Fraternity of Ancient Free ancl Accepted Masons ever originated and printed n America . WRITTEN BY A BOARD OF EDITORS AND SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS , twenty-two in number , chosen from among tho most eminent and learned specialists of tho day ; and a Corps of over seventy AnninojiAr , CO - TTBIBUIOHS , also comprising some of the most distinguished and best known Officers and members of the Craft in the United States , Canada , and England . In the Capitular , Cryptic , and Templar Departments especially , this volume will furnish the foundation for all future efforts ; showing how , when , and whore these Degrees and Rites began , as well as their rise and progress throughout the Masonic world . It contains 900 super-royal octavo pages , elegantly printed on suparflne book paper , and illustrated with 50 choice engravings . Can be had of W . W . HOBO * AN , Office of the Freemason ' s Chronicle , Belvidere "Works , Hermes Hill , N .

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^ mmm" * " **—** " ***^ - »_ ---- *______¦_¦_¦ --- ¦ ___ N _ M __ M _ a __ Naa--.- __ -m ^ va- , IIIB _____ in-- __ w- i ^ i ¦¦¦¦ in i I N S T A L L A T I 0 IS " 0 F H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES As tlie M . W . G . M . of England , AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL , 28 th APRIL 1875 . . COPIES of this BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVING bv Brother HARTY P . M ., consisting of Artist ' s Proofs , Proofs before Letters , and Lettered Proofs , India Prints , aud Plain Prints may be had at Ccst Price by applying to Bro . W . R . NORRIS , 29 Southampton Buildings , W , C , London .

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CRYSTAL PALACE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSThe SCHOOL OF ART , SCIENCE , and LITERATURE LADIES' DIVISION . —THIRTY-FIRST SESSION , 1891 . Education of the highest class for Ladies , by Tutorial Instruction , Private Lessons , and University Lectures and Classes ; the Art and Scientific Collections of thc 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 , aud 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 Faculties of Fine Arts , History , Literature , Languages , Science , and Music , & c , are of the highest eminence , and the mode of tuition involves personal attention . FINK AKTS . —Samuel J . Hodson . R . W . S ., John Scott , R . I ., E . Wensley Russell , Herbert A . Done , Edward Crompton , H . Windsor Fry , G . A . Rogers , B . A . Lillie . VISITORS IN THE ART SCHOOL . —El . J . Poynter , R . A ., J . B . Burgess , R . A . LETTERS . —Professor H . Frank Heath , K . A ., Ph . D ., Miss E . Fogerty , Mortimer de Larmoyer , Dr . N . Heinemann , F . R . G . S ., Luigi Ricci , B . A ., J . H . Rose , M . A ., F . R . Hist . S ., H . E . Maiden , M . A ., F . R . Hist . S ., \ V . B . Kemshead , M . A ., Ph . D . Music—Herr Gustav Ernest , Frederick Cliffe , Arthur O'Leary , John Francis Barnett , A . J . Eyre , Mdme . Pereira , Miss E . Tedder , Otto Manns , Robert Reed , Mdme . St . Germaine , Henry Blower , Gustave Garcia , A . Romili , W . A . B . Russell , Mus . Bac . Oxon ., Professor J . F . Bridge , Mus . Doc , Ebenezer Prout , B . A . Dancing . —M . Louis d'Egville , Miss L . Pear . Particulars in the Library , next Byzantine Court , Crystal Palace . F . K . J . SHENTON , F . R . Hist . S ., Superintendent Educational Department .

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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 ageof 16 years , and to serve as a preparation for the advanced ( raining of the Senior School of Art , Science , and Literature . The fee is inclusive of the complete curriculum . Particulars in the Library , next Byzantine Court , Crystal Palace . F . K . J . SHENTON , F . R . Hist . S ., Superintendent Educational Department .

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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 . II . —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 . F . K . J . SHENTON , F . R . Hist . S ., Superintendent . Educational Department .

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Crown Svo , ls Paper Covers ; ls 6 d Cloth Lettered . GOSSIP ABOUT FREEMASONRY j its History and Tradition * . A Paper read by Bro . S . V __ L ___ ra _ , P . M . andZ . No . 9 , to the Brethren of the Albion Lodge of Instruction , 2 nd November 1889 . Free by post of W . W . MOBGAIT , Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville .

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__] T 51 B ^^^^ pl ^^ a ^ ¦ - ^^ - "•• nC - VW ^^ SATURDAY , 26 TH DECEMBER 1891 .

Provincial Grand Lodge, Isle Of Man.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE , ISLE OF MAN .

THE annual meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge was recently held at Peel , where there was a very large muster of brethren . The Grand Lodge was opened in the Centenary Hall , by the P . G . M . Bro . Major Goldie-Taubman , S . H . K ., accompanied by the Deputy P . G . M .,

Bro . T . H . Nesbitt ; Bros . S . Webb Prov . G . S . W ., E . J . Bowman P . G . J . W ., L . G . Hannay P . G . Sec , and about sixty other Officers and Brethren . A number of reports dealing with charity funds , the condition and organization

of the various Lodges , and other details were presented . The report of the Provincial Grand Secretary is given below ; tbat of the Deputy P . G . M ., which was full of matter interesting to Freemasons , will be afterwards circulated amongst the members of the Province . Tbe following are the Provincial Officers appointed and invested for the current year : —