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LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN AND CALEDONIAN RAILWAYS . SUMMER SERVICE OF TRAINS TO SCOTLAND . GLASGOW . —A new Express , vvith Dining Saloons for first class passengers attached , now leaves Euston Station at 2 . 0 p . m . for Glasgow , arriving in that city at 11 . 0 p . m . Passengers by this train can reach Edinburgh at 10 . 50 p . m ., Aberdeen at 3 . 5 a . m ., and Inverness at 6 . 30 a . m . INVERNESS AND HIGHLAND LINE . — A Special Nig ht Express vvill leave Euston at 7 . 30 p . m ., commencing Monday , July 27 th , and running ( Saturdays and Sundays excep ted ) until Tuesday , August nth , for Perth and the Hio-hiand Line . The Highland Railway Company will take this train forward to Inverness ( due 10 . 40 a . m . ) in advance , throughout , of the S . o p . m . Express from Euston . The S . o p . m . Highland and Aberdeen Express is running every week night ( except Saturdays ) , and also on Sundays . From the 3 rd to the ioth August a relief train vvill be run in advance at 7 . 55 p . m . for Perth and Inverness . A new train at 9 . 0 p . m . is now run for Edinburgh , Perth , Aberdeen , and the Southern portion of the Highland Line . GOUROCK AND THE CLYDE . —The 8 . 50 p . m . from Euston , due at Gourock S . o a . m ., vvill be found the most convenient train from London . NORTH OF IRELAND , VIA CARLISLE , STRANRAER , AND LARNE . —Daily Service is now in operation to Belfast and the North of Ireland , via Carlisle , Stranraer , and Larne . Passengers leaving London ( Euston ) at S . o p . m . ( Saturdays excepted ) and at 12 . 0 night ( Saturdays and Sundays excepted ) arrive in Belfast at 10 a . m . and 4 . 15 p . m . respectively . Sleeping Saloons are run on the 8 . 0 p . m . Express . For further particulars , see the Company's Time Bills . G . FINDLAY , General Manager , L . & N . W . Ry . J . THOMPSON , General Manager , Caledonian Ry . July , 1 S 91 .

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SUMMER SERVICE OF TRAINS TO SCOTLAND BY THE WEST COAST ROYAL MAIL ROUTE . ADDITIONAL AND ACCELERATED EXPRESS SERVICE FROM LONDON TO THE HIGHLAND RAILWAY AND THE CALLANDER AND OBAN LINE . NEW AFTERNOON EXPRESS WITH DINING SALOONS-LONDON AND GLASGOW . T ONDON & NORTH-WESTERN Lu AND CALEDONIAN RAILWAYS—The following ADDITIONAL and ACCELERATED TRAIN SERVICE is now in operation , ist , 2 nd , and 3 rd class by all trains : — WEEK DAYS . A" A " Leave a . m . a . m . a . m . a . m . p . m . p . m . p . m . p . m . p . m . p . m . HKIH London ( Euston ) 5 . 15 7 . 15 10 . 010 . 30 2 . 0 7 . 30 8 . 0 S . 50 0 . 0 10 . 0 li 0 Arrive Hdillburell ( Pr . St ) 8 . 53 5 . 50 0 . 80 — 10 . 55 g 2 g 2 — 0 . 50 9 . 37 li . 22 UtasgowtCentral . 3 . M ( i . 0 0 . 45 — 11 . ( 1 * 5 mS ( Ufl - 0 . 1 S 12 . 27 Urocnock ... 5 . 30 7 . 1 S 7 . 30 — — " * 7 . 50 — 10 . * 10 1 . 10 Gourock o . W 7 . 2 S 7 . « — — — — s . * 0 — lO . ' oO 1 . 50 Oban S . 37 — — — 1 . 15 — 0 . 25 — 12 . " 12 2 . * 27 0 . 28 J crth 0 . 10 — — S . 27 12 . 10 5 . 37 5 . 52 — 8 . 10 I 0 . * 55 3 . 20 Dundee 7 . 10 — — 0 . 15 1 . 0 0 . 30 0 . 30 — 0 . 37 12 . * 5 4 30 Aberdeen 0 . 0 — — 10 . 50 3 . 5 S . 5 S . 5 — 11 . 10 I . * 55 0 . ' 20 Inverness — — — 0 . 30 0 . 3010 . 10 H . 5 — 2 . 15 0 . * 510 . 5 DINING SALOONS for First Class Passengers are run on the 2 . 0 p . m . Express from London to Glasgow . The 7 . 30 p . m . Express from EUSTON to PERTH will run from July 27 th to August nth inclusive ( Saturday and Sunday nights excepted ) . The Highland Company vvill take this train forward specially from Perth in advance of the Mail , so as to reach Inverness at 10 . 40 a . m . * On Saturday nights the S . 50 , 9 . 0 , and 10 . 0 p . m . trains from Euston do not convey passengers to stations marked * ( Sunday mornings in Scotland ) . A-The S . o p . m . HIGHLAND EXPRESS and the 12 . 0 TL TRAIN vvill run every night ( except Saturdays ) , the S . o p . m . Express will run specially to Perth and Inverness on Saturday night , August Sth . The S . o p . m . Express will be divided from the 3 rd to the 'oth August , a relief train being run in advance for Perth and the Hi ghland Line . On Saturdays passengers by the 10 . 30 a . m . and 2 . 0 p . m . \ v u London are not conveyed beyond Perth by the JJigh and Railway , and only as far as Aberdeen by the Caledonian Railway . Carnages vvith lavatory accommodation are run on the Principal Express trains between London and Scotland , without extra charge . Improved Sleeping Saloons , accompanied by an attenirvr L e run on the Ni S ht Trains between London , Hamburgh , Glasgow , Greenock , Stranraer , Perth , and A fer ^ , ? , xtra char e > 5 S . for each berth , an ! c , CIAL TRAIN vvill leave EUSTON ( Saturdays ioth 4 Unda ys excepted ) at 6 . 20 p . m . from 13 th July to urn August , inclusive , for the conveyance of horses and carrf , c ? mag : es on ' y to all parts of Scotland . A Special train conveyance of dogs vvill be attached to this che ^ p | l ' ° Trains from Birmingham , Liverpool , Man-Pnr V 5 . other towns w ! 11 connect with the above trains . or tu « her particulars see the Company ' s Time Bills . G . FINDLAY , General Manager , L . & N . W . Railway . J . THOMPSON , i | „ General Manager , Caledonian Railway .

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/^ REAT NORTHERN RAILWAY , HOLIDAY TRIPS FROM LONDON . To SHEFFIELD and MANCHESTER , Sunday night , August 2 nd , for two days , from Moorgate-street , 10 . 22 ; Aldersgate-street , 10 . 24 ; Farringdon-street , 10 . 26 ; King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , 12 . 5 . To ST . ALBANS , Harpenden , Luton , Dunstable , Hitchin , and Cambridge , on Bank Holiday , August 3 rd . To SKEGNESS , for one day , August 3 rd , 4 th , Sth , ioth , 15 th , 17 th , 22 nd , 24 th , 29 th , 31 st , and to SUTTONON-SEA and MABLETHORPE , August 3 rd , 15 th , 17 th , 29 th , and 31 st , from Moorgate-street , 6 . 37 a . m . ; Aldersgate-street , 6 . 39 ; Farringdon-street , 6 . 41 ; King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , 7 . 0 . ; Holloway , 7 . 0 ; Finsbury Park , 7 . 10 . Passengers by the Saturday excursions may return on the Monday or Tuesday following , at slightly higher fares . To ST . ALBANS and HARPENDEN , every Saturday afternoon , from Moorgate-street , 2 . 15 ; Aldersgate-street , 2 . 17 ; Farringdon-street , 2 . 19 ; King's Cross ( G . N . ) , 2 . 40 ; Finsbury Park , 2 . 46 . To SHERRINGHAM , CROMER ( Beach ) and YARMOUTH ( Beach ) , August ioth , for one day , from King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , 6 . 15 a . m . ; Finsbury Park , 6 . 22 . Return fare , third class , 5 s . For fares and full particulars , see bills , to be obtained at Company ' s Stations and Town Parcels Receiving Offices , and of Swan and Leach , Ld ., 3 , Charing Cross , and 32 , Piccadilly Circus . HENRY OAKLEY , General Manager . London , King ' s Cross , July , 1891 .

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GILLIAM ( Successors to Makepeace and Walford ) , SILVERSMITHS , JEWELLERS , AND DIAMOND MOUNTERS , DEALERS IN ANTIQUE PLATE & JEWELLERY . 6 , SERLE STREET , LINCOLN ' S INN , 446 , OXFORD STREET , NEAR ORCHARD STREET .

The Freemason of May IGth , 1 S 91 , says— "Messrs . Gilliam Bros ., Gold and Silversmiths , of ( i , SorlC Street , Lincoln ' s Inn , have been very fortunate in securing so fine a site for their now establishment as 416 , Oxford Street ( near Orchard Street ) , and vve congratulate tlieui on the beauty and artistic design displayed in their new premises ; tho stock is of the most rare and choice kind , and our brethren , who arc fond of old and good things in precious metals , would do well to pay them a visit . "

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SUMMER BANQUETS . THE CLARENCE ROOMS of THE HOTEL METROPOLE , BRIGHTON , are Specially Adapted for the SUMMER BANQUETS of Learned Societies , Masonic Lodges , & c . The CLARENCE ROOMS have a Separate Entrance , and contain every possible Comfort and Convenience . Full particulars on application to MANAGER , Hotel Metropole , Brighton .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications unavoidably stand over : CRAFT— Royal Sussex Lodge , No . 491 . Corinthian Lodge , No . 1382 . Anglo-American Lodge , No . aiiji . Scots Lodge , No . 2319 . ROVAL

ARCHRoyal Sussex Chapter , No . 491 . MARKCesarean Lodge , No . 54 . Summer Banquet of the Bromley St . Leonard Lodge , > To . i 8 oJ . Several Lodges of Instruction also unavoidably stand over .

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SATURDAY , AUGUST I , 1891 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

We very heartily congratulate our Surrey brethren on the installation of Bro . Col . G . Noel Money as their Provincial Grand Master in succession to their late much lamented chief , Bro . General Brownri gg , C . B ., who had presided over them for so many years vvith

such geniality and kindness , and to the manifest pro - gress of the Craft . Bro . Money vvill have a hard task to establish himself on as firm and friendly a footing as his predecessor , but he brings with him to

his new and responsible post a large amount of experience as a Past Deputy District Grand Master , and the speech he delivered at Croydon on the occasion of his induction into ofiice by the Pro Grand Master

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shows that as regards the personal qualities by which his predecessor was characterised , the new chief possesses similar tact and judgment and equal geniality . * * * We are also pleased to find that Bro . F . Westhasbeen

continued in his office of Deputy P . G . M . Bro . West , during the time he acted under the late Bro . General Brownrigg , but more especially for the three or four years he vvas in charge of the province , exhibited sterling worth as a leading executive officer ; and the

P . G . M ., as well as the Province of Surrey , vvill find him , as indeed the latter has already found him , a most able substitute for their chief in the event of his unavoidable absence from duty , and at all times a most willing medium of communication between that chief and the lodges and brethren under his charge .

* * * We have received a communication from a brother , who signs himself "A Cheshire Steward , " on the subject of the surplus Stewards' fees at the recent Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . He

complains that an honorarium of loo guineas should have been voted out of this surplus to Bro . McLeod , the Secretary of the Institution , chiefly on the ground that Bro . McLeod has already had voted to him by the Council an addition to his salary of ^ 200 a year .

« * With all due deference , however , to our worthy correspondent , we must point out , in the first place , that the two acts vvhich he has conjoined and treats as one have been done by two separate and distinct

bodies . The addition of ^ , 200 a year was voted by the Council of the Institution , in which is vested the power of regulating the salaries of its paid officials , and the increase vvill be paid out of the funds of the Institution . The honorarium of 100 guineas vvas voted by

the late Board of Stewards out of their own funds , with vvhich they have a perfect right to do as they please . It has been the custom for Boards of Stewards

to recognise the extra services entailed by our Festivals ever since these latter have assuumed such formidable proportions and we should be sorry to see a discontinuance of the custom .

We certainly have no desire to see a strictly commercial policy adopted in respect of the work done in connection vvith these annual celebrations . Nor do we know of any reason why a Board of Stewards should be debarred from recognising the services rendered to

them—and through them to the Institution—by their Honorary Secretary , because the governing body of the Charity may a short while previously have seen fit to recognise the services of the Secretary to the Charity . We like to know that the officers of our

Institutions are generously treated , and as this has been done on this particular occasion—as on all previous similar occasions—without taking one single penny from the funds of the School , we consider the complaint of our correspondent is quite uncalled for . * * *

Bro . the Rev . P . J . Oliver Minos has favoured us with a letter in which he requests us _ to furnish him answers to two questions . As regards the one relating to the initiation of the Hon . Miss E . St . Leger into Freemasonry , we believe there is no doubt whatever as

to the fact of the young lady , who was a sister of the second Lord Doneraile , and on ucr marriage became the Hon . Mrs . Aldworth , having been made a Mason . The date when she vvas so made does not , according to Kenning ' s " Cyclopaedia " quite clearly

appear , but the initiation took place in Lodge 44 on the roll of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , which met ? t Doneraile House , and her brother vvas , we believe , at the time the W . M . There are two versions of the story as to the circumstances vvhich rendered her initiation

necessary . According to one the lady hid herself in a clock case in order to learn what vvas done ; according to the other , she saw what passed through a crevice in the wall . Many relics of her , including her apron and chair , are still preserved .

* * * The second question is as to the correctness of a statement to the effect that "The Cathedral of Strasburg was erected by a lodge of Freemasons , who gained such hi gh reputation by the work ,

that the German lodges established in Russia , Swabia , Bavaria , Franconia , Savoy , & c , acknowledged it as their head by a solemn act passed at Ratisbon in 1458 . The act was confirmed 40 years afterwards by a diploma granted by the Emperor

Maximilian . " According to Kenning ' s " Cyclopaedia , " Grandidier is the author of this story , but our correspondent must bear in mind that the Masons referred to were operative , not speculative . Our correspondent will find the story at pp . 15 and following of Findel ' s " History of Freemasonry . "