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^ REAT WESTERN RAILWAY . WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS . EXCURSION TRAINS will leave PADDINGTON as "" VDAY , MAY 19 th , 7 . 55 a . m . —For GLOUCESTER , Cheltenham , & c , the principal stations in South Wales , \ Vatcrford , and other stations in South of Ireland . Passengers return May 27 th , except those to Ireland , who return any week-dav to June 3 rd inclusive . SATURDAY , MAY 20 th , 7 . 45 a . m . —For Barnstaple , It . FRACOMBE , EXETER , Torquay , Plymouth , and other stations below Exeter . * S . io a . m . —For SHREWSBURY , Hereford , Manchester , Chester , Birkenhead , Liverpool , & c , to return MAY 22 nd or 2 . 5 th , also for Cheltenham , Worcester , Malvern , & c , to return May 25 th . a . K a . m . —For NEWBURY , Marlborough , Devizes , Frome , Yeovil , DORCHESTER , Weymouth , and the Channel Islands , Sic * 12 . 0 noon—For Wells , Bridgwater , Taunton , Minehead , & o * 1 . 5 and 5 . 50 p . m . —For BATH , Bristol , & c , to return May 22 nd , 23 rd , 29 th , or June 5 th . 6 . 55 P- - —F ° r OXFORD , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , & c , to return May 22 nd or 25 th . WHIT SUNDAY , S . 20 a . m . —For Swindon , Stroud , GLOUCESTER , Cheltenham , & c , to return same day or May 22 nd or 271 b . WHIP SUNDAY , 12 . 0 midnight . —For OXFORD , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , & c , to return May 32 nd or 25 th . WHIT MONDAY , at 6 . 5 a . m . —For Swindon , Stroud , GLOUCESTER , Cheltenham , Sic , to return same day or May 37 th . 6 . 15 a . m . —For BATH , Bristol , & c , to return May 22 nd , 23 rd , 29 th , or June 5 th . 7 . 40 a . m . —For MAIDENHEAD , Reading , Hungerford , Didcot , & c , to return same day . ? Passengers return May 29 th or June 5 H 1 , but in most cases they can , on payment of 20 per cent , on the fares , return on the intervening Saturdays or Sundays during the time their tickets are available . Pamphlets can be obtained at the Company's Stations and Offices . Tickets are issued at the following Receiving Offices : — 193 and 407 , Oxford-street , 23 , New Oxford-street , Holborn Circus , 29 , Charing Cross , 269 , Strand , 26 , Regentstreet , 5 , Arthur-street , East London Bridge , 82 , Oueen Victoria-street , 43 and 44 , Crutched-Friars , ^ , Greshamstreet , 4 , Cheapside , Cambridge Circus , Shaftesbury Avenue , W . C , " The Piazza , " Covent Garden , W . C , 17 , Hrompton-road , S . W ., and at tne L . B . & S . C . Company ' s Excursion Ollice ( under Grand Hotel ) , Trafalgar-square . HY . LAMBERT , General Manager .

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LONDON & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . WHITSUNTIDE EXCURSIONS . CHEAP EXCURSIONS will be run from LONDON as follows : — On THURSDAY , May iSth .-To Dublin , Limerick , Cork , Killarney , Roscommon , Galway , Sligo , & c . for 16 days . On FRIDAY , May 19 th . —To Belfast , Londonderry , and lortrush via Holyhead and Greenore , or via Carlisle , otranraer and Larne , for 15 days . On FRIDAY NIGHT , May iyth .-To Holyhead , North and South Wales , Chester , Shrewsbury , Blackburn , Bolton , Southport , Wigan , Crewe , Nantwich , Stafford , Stoke , Macclesfield , Batley , Dewsbury , Hudderslield , Bradford , 'Jalifax , Leeds , Liverpool , Manchester , Oldham , Stockport , * ¦ * ¦ arnngton , Buxton , Preston , Blackpool , Lancaster , Morecambe , Larnforth , Carlisle , the English Lake District , & c , for three and six days . v /?> ^ & avenny , Dowlais , Merthyr , Tredegar , Builth wells , Brecon , Rhayader , Swansea , Llandilo , Carmarthen , ¦ -Vc ., for eight days . 10 Carlisle , Dumfries , Stranraer , Newton Stewart , Castle Douglas , Kirkcudbri ght , Edinburgh and Glasgow , for our or eight days . JlW L Rt , AY , May 20 U 1 .-T 0 Belfast , Londonderry , l )* iblin ° for i d ' a FleetwooJ ' Uver o 1 r Holyhead , and \ vi ° . 1 * , ™ inghann , Coventry , Leamington , Kenilworth , Warwick , Dudley , Dudley Port , Walsall , Wednesbury , RUJK * " 1 P . . ' S cley > Lichfield , Tamworth , Nuneaton , £ „» ' u * Harec ** - ' 5 "e » Uurslem , Hanley , Etruria , Ash-DX H , * \ toxeter > Longport , Stone , Oswestry , Newton , & -,. r y ' . * Jarmo utn Aberystwyth , Towyn , Aherdovey , * -- " . "or three and six days . . Co vL WHl M 0 N ^ AY , May 22 nd .-To Birmingham , DuHll . * » Le » " » nfft ° n , Kenilworth , Warwick , Dudley , lo ton ? , A i . Walsa 11 Wednesbury , and Wolverhampton , . . ana three days . whleh ^" ' ? ' , far ? s ' and ful 1 particulars , see handbills , Parcel ^ . l > ta *** -edatthe Company ' s Stations and Town Ollice ,. c VlnK , 0 ffices and at Mess ** s- GAZE & SON ' " <• = » 1 4 , Strand , W . C FRED . HARRISON , General Manager , tuston Station , May , 18 93 .

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QOALS . COALS . COALS . C ° CKERELL F ( UMITED ) , 13 , CORNHILL , LONDON , E . C . For Pr ices , see Daily Papers . ""¦ » direct from the Colliery to every Railway Station . F ° * SALE . -CROSSLEY'S GAS R * kerooinf 1 * - - H . P ., in good working order . To 0 , T- « . 16 , i j ? K £ r one .-GEOKGE Km . smXG , FrcemaSon ' " * and iCa Great Queen-street , W . C .

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JWriDLAND RAILWAY . WHITSUNTIDE EXCU RSIONS FROM S * r . PANCRAS AND CITY STATIONS . IRELAND . WEDNESDAY . May 17 th , to DUBLIN , via Morecambe . * THURSDAY , May iSth , to DUBLIN , via Liverpool . 5 FRIDAY , May 19 th , to BELFAST , LONDONDERRY . & c , via Barrow . § SATURDAY , May ' 20 th , to LONDONDERRY , via Morecambe . Sj * Return within 14 days . § Return within iG days . SATURDAY , MAY 20 th . To LEICESTER , BIRMINGHAM , NOTTINGHAM , Derby , Newark , Lincoln , Burton , Staffordshire Potteries , & c , MATLOCK , BUXTON , MANCHESTER , LIVERPOOL , Bolton , BLACKBURN , Bury , ROCHDALE , Oldham , Barnsley , Wakelield , LEEDS , BRADFORD , YORK , HULL . SCARBOROUGH , NEWCASTLE-ONTYNE , Lancaster , MORECAMBE , LAKE DISTRICT , and Carlisle . Returning May 22 nd or 25 th . See Bills for times . SCOTLAND . SATURDAY , May 20 th , to EDINBORO ' , GLASGOVV , Ayr , Kilmarnock , & c , for three or seven days , leaving St . Pancras at 7 . 55 p . m . WHIT MONDAY , MAY 22 nd . To BIRMINGHAM for one or four days , and KETTERING for one day , leaving St . Pancras at 6 . 0 a . m . EARLY ISSUE OF TICKETS . Tickets and Bills may be had at the Midland Stations and City Booking Offices , which will be open for the issue of Tickets all day on Friday and Saturday , May 19 th and 20 th , including 445 , West Strand ; 5 , Charing Cross , ( corner of Northumberland Avenue ); 1 , Shaftesbury Avenue ; Piccadilly Circus ; 33 , Cannon-street ; 495 , Oxford-street ; 13 , Aldersgate-street , & c , & c . ; and from THOS . COOK & SON , Ludgate Circus ; 99 , Gracechurchstreet ; 33 , Piccadilly ; S 2 , Oxford-street ; and front of St . Pancras Station , Euston-road . GEO . H . TURNER , General Manager . Derby , May , 1 S 93 .

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CPIERS AND POND'S "CRITERION , " REGENT CIRCUS , PICCADILLY . DURING THE ACADEMY S E A S 0 N , LUNCHEONS HOT OR COLD , Soups , Fish , Poultry , Joints , Cold Viands , Sweets , & c ., WILL DE SERVED IN THE GRAND HALL , From 12 . 30 till 3 . 30 o ' clock , zs . gd . INCLUDING ATTENDANCE . IN THE EAST ROOM , LE DEJEUNER PAR 1 SIEN , 4 s . From 12 . 30 till 3 , 30 o ' clock .

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THE FOLLOWING HOTELS OF THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY will be found complete in all the arrangements , and the charges moderate . MIDLAND GRAND ( St . Pancras Station ) London , N . W . The new Venetian Rooms at this Hotel are available for Wedding Breakfasts , and Public and Private and Masonic Banquets . ADELPHI ( Near Central Station ) , LIVERPOOL . QUEEN'S , LEEDS . MIDLAND , BRADFORD . MIDLAND , DERBY . MIDLAND , MORECAMBE . Tariffs on application . Telegraphic Address— "MIDOTEL . " WILLIAM TOWLE , Hotels , Sx ., Manager .

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/•* - *•• . REAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS . CHEAP EXCURSIONS will be run from LONDON as follows : — SATURDAY , MAY 20111 for 3 or d days , to CAMBRIDGE , Wisbech , Lynn , Cromer , Norwich , Yarmouth , Lincoln , Leicester , Nottingham , Derby , Burton , Stoke , Newark , Sheffield , Barnsley , Hudderslield , Manchester , Stockport , Warrington , Liverpool , Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , Keighley , Halifax , Hull , York , Scarboro ' , Whitby , Bridlington , Darlington , Newcastle , & c , & c , returning May 22 nd or 25 th . ALSO TO EDINBURGH and GLASGOW , for 4 or S days , returning May 23 rd or 27 th . 3 rd class return fare , 25 s . ON SAME DATE , for 1 , 3 , or 4 days , to SKEGNESS , Sutton-on-Sea , and Mablethorpe . WHIT-MONDAY , May 22 nd , for 1 day , to ST . ALBANS , Harpenden , Wheathampstead , Luton , Dunstable , Hitchin , Royston , Cambridge , Skegness , Sutton-on-Sea , and Mablethorpe . THURSDAY MIDNIGHT , MAY 25 th , for 2 days , to MANCHESTER ( for Races ) . 3 rd class return fare , ios . For full particulars , see bills , which can he obtained at Company's Stations and Town Parcels' Receiving Offices , at the Offices of Messrs . Swan and Leach , 3 , Charing Cross , and 32 , Piccadilly Circus ; at the Army and Navy Stores , 105 , Victoria-street , S . W . ; and of William Whiteley , 151 , Queen ' s-road , Bayswater . HENRY OAKLEY , General Manager . London , King ' s Cross , May , 1 S 93 .

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PARTRIDGE & COOPER , "THE" STATIONERS , 191 & 192 , FLEET STREET , LONDON . THE ROYAL COURTS NOTE PAPER . This is the cheapest paper ever introduced to the public , it being slightly tinted , thick , and pleasant to write upon . Price 4 s . per ream . THE VELLUM WOVE CLUB-HOUSE PAPER The best paper made . Send for sample box of paper and envelopes , post free for 2 s . Catalogues Post Free .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

C . N . MCINTYRE NORTH . —We must ask our brother to be content , as far as we are concerned , with the report of his speech at Grand Chapter last week . Wc have from the first refused to open our correspondence columns to a discussion of the ritual , and we see no good reason for departing from that resolve .

The following communications , amongst others , unavoidably stand over : CRAFT LODOBS . —Strong Man , No . 45 ; St . George's , No . 341 ; St . t ' eter ' s , No . 410 ; [' entangle , No . 1174 ; Hyde I'ark , No 1435 ; Ked Rose of Lancaster , No . 1504 ; Rose of Kaby , No .

1650 ; Stirling , No . ujlg ; Jersey , No . 3163 ; Grafton , No , 11347 ; a , la Aian , No . 330 a . ROYAI . ARCH . —Holmesdali-Chapter , No . 874 j and Southport Chapter , No . 1070 . L ' rovliHal Grand Chapter of Cumberland and Westmorland . Provincial Grand Lodgeof Somersetshire .

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4 . / --S-- tmmi- ^ iH ^ ' ^^^^^^ - ^^^ mm ^ k ' SATURDAY , MAY I _ , 18 93 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The second of the great anniversary Festivals of the year—that of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls —will take place at Freemasons' Tavern on Wednesday next , the 17 th instant , under the presidency of Bro . the Earl of Euston , Provincial Grand Master of Norths

and Hunts . Great hopes are entertained that the proceeds of the celebration will exceed those of the last four anniversaries , and though we are not in the habit of expressing ourselves over sanguinely , we consider these hopes are to a certain extent justified .

* * * Firstly the president of the day is an enthusiastic Mason , and has already g iven a taste of his quality , on the first occasion as Chairman on his own account at the Benevolent Festival in 18 S 9 , and then the year following as representing the then Lord Mayor of

London , Bro . Sir Henry Isaacs , at the festival of the same Institution . On both these occasions his lordship ' s appeals were most satisfactorily answered , and a goodly amount of money llowed into the coffers of the R . M . B . l . But besides a Chairman of recognised experience and enthusiasm , there will be a Board of Stewards

mustering in all probability about 380 brethren . Thus the prospects are encouraging that Bro . Hedges , the worthy Secretary of the Institution , will once again enjoy the privilege of announcing a good round total , which will , at all events , suffice to wipe out last year ' s deficit , and furnish the greater part of the sum required for the expenses of thc current year .