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p REAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS FROM LONDON . FRIDAY NIGHT , July 13 . —For 11 days to DARLINGTON , Northallerton . NEWCASTLE , Richmond , Durham , Berwick , EDINBURGH , GLASGOW , and Helensburgh ; and for 5 or 11 days to STIRLING , PERTH , DUNDEE , Montrose . ABERDEEN , Inverness , & c , from Victoria ( L . C . & D ) , Ludgate Hill , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , and King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) SATURDAY , July 14—For 3 or 6 days to CAMBRIDGE , Ramsey , Wisbech , LYNN , Fakenham , Sheringhim . CROMER , NORWICH , North Walsham , YARMOUTH , & c , & c , from Victoria ( L . C . & D . ) , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , King's Cross ( G . N . ) To SKEGNESS , July 14 , 21 , and 28 , and to SUTTONON-SEA & MABLETHORPE , July M . from Moorgate , o . 5 i a . m . ; Aldersgate , 6 . 53 ; Farringdon , 6 . 55 ; King's Cross ( G . N . ) , 7 . 15 ; Hollosvay , 7 . 3 ,- Finsbury Park , 7 . 20 . Third class return fare , 4 s . 6 d . Saturday to Monday or " 1 uesday , fare 6 s . To SHERINGHAM , CROMER ( Beach ) , and YARMOUTH ( Beach ) , July 16 , from King's Cross ( G . N . ) , 6 . 15 a . m . ; Finsbury Park , 6 . 20 ; returning from Yanmuth , 6 . 0 p . m . ; Cromer , 6 . 55 ; Sheringham , 7 . 5 p . m . Third class return fare , 5 s . To ST . ALBANS , WHEATHAMPSTEAD , and HARPENDEN , each Saturday afternoon until 29 th September inclusive . From Moorgate , 1 . 56 ; Aldersgate , 1 . 58 ; Farringdon , 2 . 0 ; King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , 2 . 35 ; Finsbury Park , 2 . 40 . For particulars see bills , to be obtained at the Stations and Town Offices . HENRY OAKLEY , General Manager . King's Cross , July , 18 94 .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATfERSEA RISE , S . W . INSTITUTED 1788 . CHIEF PATRONESS : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . GRAND PATRON AND PRESIDENT : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF VVALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . GRAND PATRONESS : HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES . A GENERAL COURT of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution will be held at FREEMASONS' HALL , Great Queen Street , Lincoln's Inn Fields , London , W . C , on THURSDAY , July 12 th , 1894 , at Twelve o ' clock precisely , on the General Business of the Institution ; to place Candidates on the List for the election in October next , and to declare the number of Girls then to be elected . F . R . W . HEDGES , 5 , Freemasons' Hall , Secretary . Great Queen Street , W . C , July 5 th , 1894 . The 107 th ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will beheld in May , 1895 , . and the names of Stewards willing to act on the occasion will be gratefully received .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION BOYS , WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . OFFICE : —6 , FREEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , W . C GRAND PATRON : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . PRESIDENT : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., M . W . G . M . A QUARTERLY COURT of the Governors and Subscribers will be held at FREEMASONS' HALL , Great Queenstreet , Lincoln ' s-lnn-Fields , London , on FRIDAY , the 13 th day . of July , 1894 , for the transaction of the ordinary business of the Institution . To consider and , if approved , to adopt a recommenda-K ? tne Council as to the number of Boys to be Elected at the Quarterly Court on Friday , 12 th October , 1894 , and to determine the list of Candidates . The chair will be taken at tour o ' clock in the afternoon precisely . By order , , J J . M . McLEOD , London , 5 th J uly , 18 94 . Secretary . . V The 97 th ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will be held in June , 18 95 , under •distinguished presidency . 1 he services of ladies and brethren as Stewards are earnestly solicited , and will be gratefully acknowledged .

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gg^gg^^: SATURDAY , J J , 1894 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

We record elsewhere the proceedings which took place at a special Grand Lodge held at Freemasons ' Hall this day ( Friday ) convened for the purpose of voting loyal and dutiful addresses to her Majesty and to the Worshipful Grand Master on the happy

event of the birth of a son and heir to the Duke of York . Both the Pro Grand Master and Dep . Grand Master were present . The meeting was attended by a large number of Present and Past Grand Officers as well as Masters and Wardens of lodges , many of whom journeyed frotr > lonjr distances for the purpose .

* * The Quarterly General Courts ol the two Schools will be held at Freemasons' Hall next week , the Gir ' s ' School Court being appointed for Thursday , the lath instant , at the hour of 12 noon , and that of the Boys '

School on the day following , at the hour of 4 p . m . The only business of importance at the two meetings w'H be the declaration of the number of vacancies to be competed for at the October election and the settlement of thc lists of candidates .

Masonic Notes.

The series of Festivals in aid of the Masonic Charities , svhich commences with the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution in February , followed by thc Girls' School Festival in May , and the Boys' in June , is very modestly brought to a close by the Mark Benevolent Festival in July . What has been done for the three larger Funds has been duly recorded in our columns ,

and it only : remains for the brethren of the Mark Degree to see to it that it shall , in proportion to its needs and usefulness , not fall short of the success which has been achieved by the other Institutions . More than this its promotors do not ask ; they on ' y desire that the good svork they have hitherto , by the generosity of the Craft , been able to carry on , shall not suffer for lack of funds .

The 26 th Anniversary Festival svill this year be presided over by the R . W . Provincial Grand Master for Lincolnshire , the Right Hon . the Earl of Yarborough , who Avill be supported by a Board of Stewards numbering to the present time 148 . Last year the

subscriptions amounted to £ 2166 19 s . 6 d ., which was a decided recovery from the small amount announced at the previous Festival . We can hardly hope that on this occasion the Honorary Secretary , Bro . Matier , will have the satisfaction of announcing quite so large an

amount , but if a special effort is now made both to increase the number of Stewards and augment the sums on each list , there is still time to present a total that svill be fairly representative of the prosperous Degree from which this deserving and well-administered Charity has sprung .

A nesv lodge , with the style and title of the Charles Edsvard Keyser , No . 2518 , was consecrated at Hoddesdon , in the Province of Hertfordshire , on Thursday , the 25 th ult ., the ceremony being performed by the Prov . Grand Master , Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . I \ , who was assisted by Bro . George E . Lake , D . P . G . M . ; Bro . Jas .

Terry , P . G . S . B ., Prov . G . D . C , and other Provincial Officers . ' This is the 22 nd lodge on the roll of the Province , and the 14 th svhich has been constituted since Bro . Halsey was installed in office in April , 1874 . . Thc nesv lodge has been ushered into existence under the

most favourable auspices . The distinguished brother after whom it is named is the first W . M ., and among the founders are several brethren who have done excellent service to ^ the Craft * in Hertfordshire . Thc Charles Edward Keyser Lodge has our heartiest good wishes for a lone and prosperous career .

In one of its early May numbers , the Australasian Keystone passes some severe , but , if the facts as given are correct , by no means unmerited , strictures on the conduct of a Sydney Masonic journal entitled Masonry . It appears that the permission of the I ' nited Grand

Lodge of New South Wales to publish the proceedings of lodges under its jurisdiction had for some reason 01 other been withdrawn , and of this withdrawal the editor of Masonry had been informed officially by the Deputy Grand Master , who , when the publication of the said journal was in contemplation , had courteously

received the editor at his private residence . However , this editor , it would seem , has no respect whatever for privacy , and has since most grossly and scurrilously attacked the Deputy Grand Master , ridiculing him and his private tastes and conversation in a manner most disgraceful to a man who , we may assume , is a man of some education , and holds a decent position in life .

If conduct of this kind were left uncensured , that freedom of intercourse among men which is one of the delights of civilisation svould become impossible . No one is justified in publicly repeating private conversation , and still less is he justified in violating those unwritten laws of hospitality which are as binding on the guest who is received and' entertained as they are

on the host who receives and entertains him . B y setting these lasvs at defiance , the Editor of this Masonry of Sydney , New South Wales , has brought himself into public contempt , and we rejoice that our respected contemporary , of Melbourne , has spoken its mind so freely respecting conduct which must be abhorrent to all decent and well-disposed people .

* * Thc Provincial Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Freemasonry of Western India held its annual convocation at Freemasons' Hall , Bombay , on the 29 th March , under the presidency of Comp . K . R . Cama , the Grand

Superintendent , when the office-bearers for the ensuing year were obligated and invested . Among them was Comp . J . W . Smith , whom Comp . Cama had reappointed his Deputy Grand Z . and of whom he spoke as his successor in the near future to the impor . tant office ol Grand Superintendent .