Masonic Presentation To Bro. The Rev. Dr. Lemon.

P . P . G . C , P . P . J . G . W ., P . G . Chap , of Devon , hon . member of 70 , presented three valuable pictures ] to the Lodge 70 , already indebted to him for many works of art which now adorn the wall of the building . It was unanimously resolved that the thanks of the lodge are due and are hereby given to our worshipful brother

for his untiring zeal for the best interests of the Order , and particularly for his munificent gifts to this lodge . John Hicks , W . M . ; John Goad , S . W . ; G . R , Stanlake , J . W . ; ancl J . B . Cover , P . M ., Sec , P . P . G . Secretai-y . "

Bro . LESION , in returning thanks , said his sole object In what he had done was to show that in addition to the interest he took in the Masonic Order , he was desirous- that the vicinity of which he was a native , and where he had resided , should not be excelled in Masonry by any district out of London .

Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

The Committee of Management held their regular monthly meeting at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday . Bro . J . A . Farnfield , P . A . G . D . C , Treasurer of the Institution , occupied the chair , and there were present Bros . James Brett , P . G . P . ; C . A . Cottebrune , P . G . P . ; Charles Shepperd , VV . Fisher , John M . Kidd , R . D . Cummings , R . Griggs , A . Mullord , J . Newton , 1 .

Barnett , J . B . Read , S . C . Haslip , S . Cochrane , G . Treas . ; C . Kempton , Hugh Cotter , S . V . Abraham , P . G . P . ; "W . Belcbamber , C . H . Webb , J . Dennis , A . Durrant , T . B . Purchas , P . A . G . D . C ; W . H . Hubbert , W . Webber , James Banker , E . Letchworth , G . Sec . ; J . S . Cumberland , Hugh M . Hobbs , W . H . Making , J . P . Fitzgerald , Thomas G . Bullen , P . G . Std . Br . ; G .

Ward Verry , J . Dixon , Rev . Dr . Lemon , G . E . Fairchild , and James Terry , P . G . S . B ,, Sec . The minutes of the previous Committee having been read and verilied , and the Secretary having reported the deaths of one male and one widow annuitant , the Warden ' s report for the past month was read . The

draft report of the Committee for the past year was read and approved . A letter was read from an accepted male candidate withdrawing his name from the list . The application of the widow of a recently deceased annuitant for the half of her late husband's annuity was granted , and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the Chairman .

The Royal Victorian Jubilee Lodge , No. 2184.

THE ROYAL VICTORIAN JUBILEE LODGE , No . 2184 .

The removal of the Royal Victorian Jubilee Lodge , No . 21 S 4 , from the Forest Hotel , Chingford , to Bro . Joyce's Hotel , the Phcenix , at Rainham , on Tuesday , the 25 th ult ., was the occasion of one of the most delightful outings . The weather was simply magnificent , and when , altera nice little dinner at the hotel , the following brethren took their places on Bro . Joyce ' s handsome drag , drawn by four

horses such as we read of but seldom see , the effect was not only memorable but exhilarating to a degree . The voyagers included Bros . Thomas Ringrose , VV . AI . ; C E . Lewis , P . M ., P . P . G . Std . Br . ; C . H . Canning , P . M ., P . P . G . D ., Treas . j C . Jolly , P . M ., Sec . j F . J . Eedle , P . M ., J . VV . ; J . T . Barnes , S . D . ; S . Carlton , J . D . j W . Reynolds , l . G . ; G . F . Penny , D . C ; C Mullick , Stwd . ; J . Joyce , the host of the hotel ; VV . Barrett ,

Baldock , and Ives , P . M ., Tyler . The route lay through the glorious old forest , rich in robes of spring ; through leaf y lanes , with glimpses of lakes , here and there , diminished , however , sadly by the drought that prevails ; grand old churches and delightful country residences , till at the Castle , at VVoodford , the " coachee , " one of the most civil and delightful toolers that ever gracefully turned a corner or

told you—" you "being the inhabitant of the box seatthe legends of the places you passed through . Man and beast were refreshed at the Castle , and then away we went —Woodford Wells and Woodford proper being left behind , Snaresbrook and Wanstead Flats , the latter beloved of snipe and plover in winter , were passed . llford , with its popular—well , we mean populous—cemetery , was left behind , and then thc horn sounded a halt , and at \ Bro . C .

Reynolds ' , thc son of a woithy sire , once again were the failing energies recruited . Can any lover of Masonry , or anyone on the road , pass dear old Peter Reynolds' Golden Lion at Romford without sampling , not only his generous hospitality , but a grasp from that iron fist of his , that could fell an ox , or draw you to him in a welcome never to be forgotten ' : Well , we could not and didn ' t . Bro . Jennings and his " pardner "—young " Tom "—gave us a hearty

welcome , and then away we sped through Havering to Rainham . " Do you see that bit of a ditch , sir ? ' 1 here's where Inspector Simmons war murdered . Yes , he was shot there by Lee , who was afterwards hung at Chelmsford . V ' ou see that break in the hedge ; it has never been filled up . That ' s where Lee and his pals got through , and went away for a time . There was a stir about it ; but Detective Rolfe—You've heard of him , I

daresay—Ses he , ' I'll have him , and he got him ; two of ' urn were hung over that job . lhat old house over there . Yes , that ' s the house—an old lady ' s—Lee and . his pals intended to rob , but Simmons stopped 'urn , and was shot . Lord bless you , sir , you couldn't get near Lee ; he always had a revolver , and had killed seven men , but Rolfe ' copped' him when he was hard up , and pawned it . "—So our smart young "Jarvie , " who , 1 noticed had a cock of

the little finger of the right hand , the " sign " of the road , for most of the roadsters , beguiled the hours , till with a rush of the steeds , and a triumphal blast of . the horn we landed at thePhn-nix . The magnificent lodge room was examined and admired , the adjoining rcom and billiard rooms were visited , and ,

everything being pronounced Al , the brethren sat down to a prettily-served dinner , to which they did full justice . Bro . Ringrose , VV . M ., presided , and in the name of the lodge thanked Bro . Joyce for bis splendid hospitality , both as " carter " and host , and here we may as well say that thc coach and dinner were entirely provided at the expense of

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Bro . Joyce , who expressed himself delighted at the pleasant termination of a pleasant outing . The furniture of the lodge was guaranteed by the brethren present , and the whole affair was and will be a red-letter day in the history of the Royal Victorian J ubilee Lodge .

Half-Yearly Meeting Of The Supreme Council, 33°.

HALF-YEARLY MEETING OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL , 33 ° .

The Supreme Council , 33 , held their half-yearly meeting at 33 , Golden-square , on Tuesday , the gth inst ., under the presidency of the Right Hon , the Earl of Lathom , Sovereign Grand Commander , when the following brethren were advanced : — To the 32 ° : 111 . Bros . Richard Loveland LovlSland . 99 ; the Rev . Herbert George Morse , 67 ;

Major-Gen . J . Crosland Ha ) -, C . B ., 67 ; and E . Ashworth , 7 . Tothe 3 i ° : 111 . Bros . Edwin M . Lott , Mus . Doc , 67 ; Nowell Stanhope Stott , 53 ; Charles Belton , F . R . G . S ., 101 ; and Frederick West , 122 . And to the 30 -. Bros . Henry H . R . Chapman , 6 ; John James Meakin , 7 ; John Waters Boughton , 9 ; Major Henry P . Holley , 9 ; Alexander N . Y . Howell ,

9 ; Charles Edward Keyser , 10 ; Robert Boughton-Smith , 41 ; Laurence Steele , 41 ; George John Tilling , 41 ; Col . John Evans , 63 ; Joseph Henry Lawson , 63 ; Alphonse Fortune Lamette , 97 ; ¦ the Right Hon . the Viscount Molesworth , 101 ; Henry Ackerley , 114 ; Richard W . White , 116 ; Ernest M . Money , 121 ; and Thomas Wrigley , 124 .

The brethren dined together at the Cafe Royal , where Lord Lathom again presided , being supported by III . Bros , the Right Hon . the Marquess of Breadalbane , M . Irving , __" , and Major F . W . Allan , 32 ° , ot Scotland . At the meeting it was announced that Bro . W . H . Brittain , 32 , had been appointed Inspector-General for

the North East District in the room of Bro . Banister , deceased , and that Bro . the Rev . H . G . Morse was similarly appointed to the South West District . Dr . E . M . Lott was appointed Organist to the Supreme Council . The SOVEREIGN GRAND COMMANDER also announced that Bro . Lieut .-Col . Arthur B . Cook had been advanced

to the 33 , and that the Supreme Council had recently held a special meeting in the 3 o ° at Liverpool , when 19 candidates were advanced . He also noticed the consecration of two new , and the resuscitation of three old chapters , thus showing the flourishing state of the Order . At the banquet table , after the usual loyal toasts , the Marquess of BREADALUANE ably responded for "The

Sister Councils , " and Bros . IRVING and Major ALLAN for " The Visitors , " the latter remarking that he had just received a telegram from the Grand Secretary , from Scotland , requesting him to present congratulations from the Scotch Grand Lodge to the meeting . Between 60 and 70 brethren were present at the banquet .

Whitsuntide Railway Facilities.

WHITSUNTIDE RAILWAY FACILITIES .

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . The Great Western Railway Company , announce that an excursion to Gloucester , Cardiff , Newport , Swansea , New Miiford , and other stations in South Wales and the South of Ireland will be run on Friday , May 19 th , and that a fast excursion train for the West of England will leave Paddington at 7 . 45 a . m . on Saturday , May 20 th , reaching

l-. xeter in five-and-hall hours and Plymouth in eight hours . Excursions will also be run on the same day to Bath , Bristol , Dorchester , Weymouth , thc Channel Islands , Worcester , Malvern , Hereford , Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Shrewsbury , Chester , Liverpool , Manchester , & c On Whit Sunday a cheap train will run to Swindon , Stroud , Gloucester , and Cheltenham , leaving Paddington at S . 20 a . m . At

midnight on Sunday an excursion for one or four days will leave Paddington for Oxford , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , & c On the Bank Holiday cheap trains will be run to Maidenhead Reading , Bath , Bristol , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c . Excursions will be run to London from most of the principal stations , and cross country trips have also been arranged . Cheap tickets are now issued daily from London and many suburban stations

to Staines , Windsor , Taplow , Maidenhead , Henley , Goring , Wallingford , and other riverside resorts . These tickets can be obtained throughout the Whitsuntide holidays , and in fact during the whole of the summer months . Ordi . nary and excursion tickets are issued at the company ' s City and West-end offices , viz .: 193 and 407 , Oxford-street , 23 , New Oxford-street , Holborn-circus ; 29 , Charing Cross ; 2 C 9 , Strand j 26 , Regent-street j 5 , Arthur-street East London

Bridge j 82 , Queen Victoria-street j 43 and 44 , Crutched Friars j 07 , Gresham-street ; 4 , Cheapside ; Cambridgecircus , Shaftesbury Avenue , W . C ; "The Piazza , " Covent Garden ; 17 , Brompton-road , S . W . ; and at the L . B . and S . C . Company's Excursion Ullice ( under Grand Hotel ) , Trafalgar Square . Tickets can also be obtained

at Victoria , L . C . and D . Railway , Kensington ( Addisonroad , Uxbridge-road , Hammersmith , and other stations . The booking offices at the Paddington Station will be open all day on May 17 th , iSth , 19 th , and 20 th , so that passengers wishing to obtain tickets for any destination on the Great Western Railway : an do so at their convenience . Ordinary tickets will be dated to suit the convenience of

passengers . LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . The London and North-Western Railway Company announce cheap excursions from London , on Thursday , the iSth instant , to Dublin , Limerick , Killarney , and other stations for id days , and to Belfast , Londonderry , & c , viti Holyhead , for 15 days , on Friday , the 19 th inst . On

Friday night , the 19 th instant , trains will run to Holyhead , North and South Wales , Chester , Shrewsbury , Blackburn , Bolton , Southport , Wigan , Crewe , Nantwich , Stafford , Stoke , Macclesfield , Batley , Dewsbury , lluililerslielcl , Bradford , Halifax , Leeds , Liverpool , Manchesier , Oldham , Stockport , Warrington , Buxton , Preston , Blackpool , Lancaster , Morecambe , Carnfortb , Carlisle , the English Lake Distiict , & c , for three and six days . To

Whitsuntide Railway Facilities.

Abergavenny , Dowlais , Merthyr , Tredegar , Builth , Wel [ s Brecon , Rhayader , Swansea , Llandilo , Carmarthen , &< . ' for eight days . To Carlisle , Dumfries , Stranraer , Newton Stewart , Castle Douglas , Kirkcudbright , Edinburgh and Glasgow , for four or eight days . Un Saturday , May 20 th the Company will run trains to Belfast , Londonderry , J Portrush via" Fleetwood , Liverpool or Holyhead , and Dublin , for is days , and for three and six days to Birminrr .

nam , Coventry , Leamington , Kenilworth , Warwick , Dudley Dudley Port , Walsall , Wednesbury , Wolverhampton Rugeley , Lichfield , Tamworth , Nuneaton , Rugby , Leek ' Harecastle , Burslem , Hanley , Etruria , Ashbourne ' Uttoxeter , Longport , Stone , Oswestry , Newton , Dolgelly Harmouth , Aberystwyth , Towyn , Aberdovey , & c . Q * . Whit

Monday , May 22 nd , trains will run to Birmingham Coventry , Leamington , Kenilworth , Warwick , Dudley ' Dudley Port , Walsall , Wednesbury , and Wolverhampton for one and three days . Full particulars of times , fares ' & c , are obtainable at the Company's stations and parcels receiving offices , and at Messrs . Gaze and Son ' s offices 142 , Strand , W . C . '

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . The Great Northren Railway Company announce that of ) Saturday , May 20 th , cheap three or six days' excursion trains will be run from London ( King' Cross ) to Cambridge , Wisbech , Lynn , Cromer , Norwich , Yarmouth , Lincoln , Leicester Nottingham , Derby , Burton , Stoke , Newark , Sheffield Barnsley , Huddersfield , Manchester , Stockport , Warrington , Liverpool , Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , Keighley

Halifax , Hull , York , Scarborough , Whitby , Bridlington Darlington , Newcastle , & c . A cheap four or eight days ' excursion will also be run to Edinburgh and Glasgow . Cheap fast excursions will also be run on Saturday , 20 th , and Monday , 22 nd May , from Moorgate , Farringdon , King's Cross ( G . N . ) , and Finsbury Park to Skegness , Sutton - on - Sea , and Mablethorpe . Three or lour days' tickets will be issued by the excursion on

Saturday , available for return by the excursion on Monday , or by any ordinary train on Tuesday . On Whit Monday , May , 22 nd , cheap excursion trains will be run from Victoria ( L . C . & D ) , Moorgate , King's Cross ( G . N . ) , & c , to St . Albans . Wheathampstead , Harpenden , Luton , Dunstable , Hitchin , Royston , and Cambridge . Manchester Races . — On Thursday night , May 25 th , a fast excursion for two days will be run from Moorgate , King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , & c , to

Manchester . To prevent inconvenience from crowding at the Company ' s principal terminal station—King ' s Crosstickets , dated in advance , will be issued at King ' s Cross ( G . N . R . ) , Victoria ( L . C . & D . ) , L- * dgate Hill , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , and Finsbury Park Stations , and at the following ticket offices : go , Tottenham Court-road ; 2 S 5 , Oxford-street ; "Star" Office , 13 S , Victoria-street , Pimlico ; 139 and 141 , Brompton-road , S . VV . ; Albert Gate office ,

1 , William-street , Lowndes-square , W . ; 1 C 9 , Edgwareroad ; Royal Oak office , 0 , Porchester-road , Westbourne Grove ; Cambridge-circus , Shaftesbury-avenue j 32-i , Strand ; " Bee Hive , " Whitecross-street j 43 and 44 , Crutched Friars ; So , Bishopsgate-street Without ; diariesstreet , Farringdon-street j 230 , Essex-road , Islington j 26 4 , High Holborn j iG , Fish-street Hill ; 95 , High-street , Borough ; 190 A , Westminster Bridge-road ; 44 ,

Breadstreet , Cannon-street ; 1 , Whittington-avenue , Leadenhallstreet ; 3 , King Edward-street , Newgate-street ; . ' 2 , Wood-street j 217 , Old-street j 7 , Beresford-square , South Woolwich j Royal Victoria and Albest Docks ( G . N . Company s offices ) j at the offices of Messrs . Swan and Leach , 3 , Chating Cross , and 32 , Piccadilly-circus ; at the Army and Navy Stores , 105 , Victoria-street , S . W . ; and ot William Whiteley , 151 , Queen ' s-road , Bayswater .

MIDLAND RAILWAY . The Midland Railway Company have arranged , with a view to the greater convenience of the public , for the booking offices at St . Pancras and Moorgate-street Stations to be open for the issue of tickets all day on Friday and Saturday , May 19 th and 20 th , and tickets to all principal stations on the Midland Railway can be obtained betorehand at their Offices , 445 , West Strand ; 21 I 7 , Strand ; 1 S 9 ,

Victoriastreet ; 170 , yueen's-road , Bayswater ; 5 , Charing Cross ( , * : orner of Northumberland-avenue ); 10 a , New Bondstreet ; 38 , Cranbourne-street ; 101 , High Holborn ; 1 , Shaftesbury-avenue , Piccadilly ; Gloucester Office , 415 , Oxford-street ; 13 , Parkside , Knightsbridge ; 272 , Regentcircus , Oxford-street ; 109 , Tottenham Court-road ; >) , Sloane-square ; 33 , Cannon-street ; 13 , Aldersgate-street ; 10 , Commercial-road , Four Swans ; 16 , Camomile-street ;

122 , Mare-street , Hackney ; Army and Navy Stores ; 105 , Victoria-street , Westminster ; Cook's Tourist Ollices , Ludgate-circus , 99 , Gractchurch-street , 33 , Piccadilly , and . S 2 , Oxford-street j at the London Brighton and south Coast Company ' s Offices , 28 , Regent-street , Piccadilly , and 8 , Grand Hotel Buildings , Tratalgar-squarej anil at "Red Cap , " 6 , Camden-road , "Empire" Office , ° - Silver-street , Notting Hill Gatej Myer ' s , IA ,

Pentonvilleroad . Ihe tickets outained at these offices will be available from St . Pancras Station , and will be issued at the same fares as charged at that station , and dated to suit the convenience of passengers . Cheap excursion trains will De run from London to Dublin , via Morecambe , on Wednesday , May 17 th , to return May 20 th , 23 rd , 25 th , 27 th , 30 * h , or June ist j to Dublin , via Liverpool , on Thursday , Miv 18 th j to Belfast , Londonderry , and Portrush for Giant 5 '

Causeway , via Barrow , on Friday , May 19 th , for 16 daysj to Londonderry , via Morecambe , on Saturday , May 20 'd ) , to return May 22 nd , 25 th , 29 th , or June ist , as per oill of sailing j to Leicester , Nottingham , Newark , Lincjln . Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , Burton , Derby . Manchester , Liverpool , Blackburn , Bolton , Oldham , Sheffield , Leeds , Bradford , Scarborough , Newcastle , the Furness district , Carlisle , & c , on Saturday , May

20 th , returning the following Monday or Thursday ; w Carlisle , Castle Douelas , Dumfries , Edinburgh , Glasgow-& c , on Saturday , May 20 th , returning the followinff Tuesday or Saturday ; to St . Albans , Harpenden , LuWjji Bedford , and Birmingham , on Whit Monday , May -- ° > ior one day j and to Manchester , for the Races , on Thursday midnight , May 25 th , returning Saturday , W 27 th , and Tickets for these Trains for starting from .- '';

Pancras Station can be obtained on the two previous days to the running of the Trains at thc aboVf-na ' ' ' ollices . Cheap Excursion Trains will also run I | " various towns to London , and passengers will be booked by these Trains at cheap fares to Brighton , Hastings . J ** Leonards , Eastbourne , Sic . j and to Paris and other p lace * on the Continent , having the privilege of returning " ' any ordinary train within iC days .