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be svanting on his part to make everything connected svith it a complete success . In responding to the toast of "The Past Masters of Lodge Level , " the I . P . M ., Bro . Col . AVestmacott , said that it svas entirely osving to Bro . Dickie ' s osvn exertions they osved the existence of a lodge in Kirkee , and that he agreed svith Bro . Wise that the fact of so many members

having joined since the lodge opened proved its necessity . In responding ( on behalf of Lodge Orion in the AVest ) to the toast of "The Sister Lodges , " Bro . Col . Lloyd , AV . M . 415 ( E . C ) , congratulated Lodge Level on its success . He said that svhen the question of opening a lodge at Kirkee svas mooted , he feared that doing so svould harm the lodges

working at Poona , but from the experience of the past fesv months he thought his fears svere groundless , and he wished Lodge Level every success . Bro . Fearn , R . W . M . 343 ( S . C ) , and other Mastersa nd Past Masters responded in suitable terms . A very pleasant evening svas spent , and the brethren separated after after giving the Tyler ' s toast .

POONA . Lodge St . Andrew in the East ( No . 343 , S . C ) . —On Tuesday , the 13 th January , the Freemasons' Hall vvas the scene of a very interesting function vvhen Bro . Khan Bahadur Dinshah D . Khambatta , the W . M . elect , was installed , svith all befitting ceremony , in the chair of K . S . The interior of the spacious banqueting

hall had been most tastefully decorated and hung svith banners , the latter shosving in bright relief the photographs of all the Past Masters of Orion Lodge and St . Andrew ' s Lodge svho have graced the Eastern chair . The impressive ceremony inside the lodge lasted an hour and a half , and svas conducted by the retiring Master , Bro . Fearn , in a masterly and able manner , Bro . Khambatta

being declared the ruler of the lodge for the ensuing 12 months . This is the second chair during the course of the year in vvhich the Khan Bahadur has been placed , for it svas only the other day svhen sve congratulated him on his having been installed Master of the Mallet and Chisel Mark Lodge , under the banner of the English Constitution . It is certainly a rare honour for a brother of the mystic tie

to hold the sway of tsvo lodges of tsvo Constitutions and of two different Orders , and it speaks vo ! umes for the perfect harmony that reigns among the numbers ofthe Fraternity . The brethren aftersvards adjourned to the banquet , svhere cavers svere laid for 40 . The number svould have been muc ' v larger , but on account of the Camp of Exercise many brethren svere precluded from attending . After dinner the

usual toasts of obligation svere given by the VVorshipfuI Master , among these being " Her Majesty Oueen-Empress of India and the Craft , " " H R . H . the PrTnce of VVales , the Grand Master of English Freemasonry and Patron of Scotch , and the rest of the Roya ! Family , " "Sir Henry Morland , Grand Master of all Scottish Freemasonry , " and "H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , Deputy Grand Master

of Bombay . " With the toast of the Grand Master of all Scottish Freemasonry in India , Bro . Sir Henry Morland , the name of Bro . Capt . Wise svas coupled as one of the Grand Officers . In a few choice words Bro . Wise vvas accorded a most cordial welcome to the lodge , of which the VV . M . said he svas such an esteemed member and an ornament .

This toast , like the others , svas drunk svith all Masonic honours . The next toast vvas the toast of the evening , and vvas given by Bro . AA'ise in an impressive speech , which svant of space forbids our publishing in extenso . In it he eulogised the good qualities of the nesv Master , Bro . Khambatta , and assured the brethren that a better selection could not have

. been made , as from the tact and ability displayed by Bro . Khambatta in his management of other Orders , especially the Royal Arch chapter , he ( the speaker ) svas convinced that the government of the lodge vvas in safe hands , and the lodge was therefore to be congratulated . To this the VV . M ., amid great applause , made a befitting reply , adding that succeeding as he did to a brilliant array

of Past Masters of the lodge , he was at a great disadvantage , that the tsvo regimental lodges—Glittering Star and Sphinx ( I . C)—being added to the station svould enhance his difficulty , but that he svould do his best , and he asked the brethren to suspend judgment till he had rendered an account of his stesvardship next year . In return he proposed "The Health of all the Past Masters , " coupling

theresvith the name of Bro . Fearn , the retiring Master . The latter , he stated , had proved an able Master , had maintained the prestige of the institution , had added to the number of its members , had managed its funds in a manner svorthy of a finance minister , and , regardless of the state of his health , had conducted its duties admirably . He summed up his speech by calling on the brethren to drink to the

health of that ( as he called him ) svoithy man and Mason . This was done svith all Masonic honours . "The Sister Lodges" and "The Visitors" svere then toasted by the VV . M ., and " The Officers , Present and Past" by Bro . Wise , and responded to as cheerfully and enthusiastically . At the request of the W . M ., Bro . AVise added a toast not on the list to " The Health of the Brethren of the Koyal

Pushers . " In touching language he alluded to their approaching departure for Quetta , and spoke of the willing help they had rendered ' during their stay , and how glad theMasons svould be to svelcome them back to Poona . I his toast svas drunk amid prolonged cheers , and was responded to by their representatives . The Tyler ' s toast brought this , one of the most successful gatherings , to an end , and svas the signal for general dispersion , svhich took place about midnight . —Da-can Herald .

ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE . BOMBAY . St . John ' s Chapter ( No . 3 , s . C . )—The installation meeting of this chapter svas held at Freemasons ' Hall , Byculla , on Shrove Tuesday , the ioth ult . The minutes of the previous regular and emergency meetings vvere read and confirmed , and a satisfactory state of

accounts presented . A successful ballot was then taken for Comp . W . B . Green , iS ( E . C ) , as a joining member . The retiring M . W . S . then gave an account of the work of the chapter during the past year , svhich shosved that there had been six exaltees , and one rejoining during the year , and that the chapter had been almost entirely refurnished . The election of office bearers svas then confirmed , and they vvere dul y invested and installed . The follosving are the ofiicers for the ensuing year : Comps . A . W . Seabrook ,

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30 , M . W . S . ( re-elected ); R . V . Reid , 32 , Dep . M . W . S . ; H . Kennard , 30 , High Prelate ; J . A . Yates , S . W . ; J . W . Hepsvorth , J . VV . ; F . Burdett , 30 , Treas . ( re-elected ) ; Capt . C . D . AVise , Sec . ( re-elected ); H . ( ohnston , D . C . ; F . S . Lamb , Chancellor ,- J . Y . Smith " , I . G . j G . AV . Roughton and E . F . Underwood , Std . Brs . ; and j . H . Burrett , Ecpierry . The chapter was then closed .

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EASTER RAILWAY FACILITIES .

Loxnox AND NoRrn-AVEsTKRN R AILWAY . The London and North-VVestern Railway Company announce that the ticket offices at Euston , Broad-street , Kensington , and Willesden Junction will be open throughout the day , from Monday , March 23 rd , to Monday , March 3 oth , inclusive , so that passengers wishing to obtain tickets

for any destination on the London and North-Western Railway can do so at any time of the day prior to the starting of the trains . The tickets will be dated to suit the convenience of passengers . Tickets for all the principal stations on the London and North-Western system and its connections can be obtained at any time ( Sundays and Bank Holidays excepted ) at the following town

receiving offices of the Company : 15 , Queen-street , E . C ; Spread Eagle , 3 , AVhittington Avenue , Leadenhall Market , E . C . ; Ssvan - svith - Tss'o - Necks , 05 , Gresbam-street ; 13 , Eastcheap ; Cross Keys , 1 , Wood-street , Cheapside ; 22 , Aldersgate-street ; 65 , Aldgate , E . ; 30 , AVest Smithfield ; 8 and 9 , Clerkenwell Green ; Bolt-in-Tun , 65 , Fleet-street ; 116 , Holborn ;

George and Blue Boar , 2 S 5 , High Holborn ; 43 , Nesv Oxford-street j 3 , James-street , Covent Garden ; Universal Office , Spread Eagle , Piccadilly Ciieus ; Golden Cross , Charing Cross ; 34 , Parliament-street , Westminster ; Hotel AVindsor , Victoria-street ; 231 , Edgsvare-road ; Atlas Office , 167 , Tottenham Court-road ; 70 , St . Martin ' s-lane j Lion , 10 S , Nesv Bond-street ; 406 , Oxford-street ; Griffin ' s

Green Man and Still , 241 , Oxford-street ; 33 , Herefordroad , Bayssvater ; Knightsbridge , 34 , Albert Gate ; Kensington , 33 . High-street ; 117 , High-street , Borough ; 233 and 234 , Blackfriars-road ; Surrey Raihvav Office , 13 S , Nesvington Causesvay ; 194 , AVestminster Bridge-road ; Islington , "Angel , " 5 , Pentonville-road : S , Grand Hotel Buildings , Charing Cross ; Albert and Victoria Docks

Ofiice , Canning Town Goods Station . T he tickets ^ obtained at these offices svill be available from either Euston or Kensington ( Addison-road ) , and svill be issued at the same fares as are charged at those stations . They can also be obtained at Gaze and Son ' s Tourist Office , 142 , Strand , at the same fares as at Euston Station . On Thursday , March 26 th , a special express svill leave Willesden at 2 . 45 p . m . for

Bletchley , Northampton , Rugby , Trent Valley Stations , and Stafford ; a special train svill leave Birmingham for Northampton at 4 . 5 p . m ., calling at Coventry and Rugby ; and passengers for those places svill not be conveyed by the 4 . 0 p . m . express from Birmingham ; . the 4 . 10 p . m ., Euston to Kendal , will be extended to Windermere , and have a connection to Morecambe ; a special express

train will leave Euston Station at 4 25 and 6 . 55 p . m . for Birmingham , calling at Willesden Junction , Rugby , Coventry , and Stechford , arriving at Birmingham ( Ncw-streetl at 7 . 0 and 9 30 p . m . ; the 12 . 0 midnight train from Huston will be extended from Warrington to Preston on Good Friday morning . The 10 . 5 p . m . from Glasgosv to Carlisle svill be extended to Liverpool and

Manchester , at the follosving times : —Leave Carlisle 1 . 15 a . m . ( Good Friday morning ) , arrive Oxenholme 2 . 29 , Carnforth 2 . 4 S , Lancaster 2 . 59 , Preston 3 . 30 , Wigan 3 . 5 S , Manchester 4 . 45 , and Liverpool 4 . 45 p . m . This train svill not run on Saturday morning , March 28 th ( Good Friday night from - S cotland ) . On Good Friday , March 27 th , the 5 . 15 a . m . nesvspaper express train from London ( Euston

station ) will run to Northampton , Rugby , Nuneaton , Tainsvorth , Lichfield , Rugeley , Stafford , Cresve , Birmingham , Shresvsbury , AA'arrington , Runcorn , Liverpool , Manchester , Wigan , Preston , Lancaster , Carnforth , Oxenholme , Kendal , Windermere , Tebay , Penrith , Carlisle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Perth , and Aberdeen . A train svill leave Manchester at g . 30 a . m . for AVigan , svhere passengers for

Preston and the North can join the newspaper train . ' 1 he 4 . 30 p . m . train , Carlisle to Preston , svill be extended to Wigan , Liverpool , St . Helens , Tyldesley , and Manchester . The 10 . 40 a . m ., Cresve to Holyhead , and 11 . 40 a . m ., Holyhead to Cresve , svill not be run . An additional train svill leas'e Workington for Penrith at 9 . 5 a . m . in connection with the 8 . 45 a . m . train from Whitehaven . The return

train svill leave Penrith for Whitehaven at 5 . 55 p . m . The 10 . 5 p . m . train from Glasgow ( leaving Carlisle at 1 . 15 a . m . on Saturday , March 2 Sthj for Preston , Liverpool , and Manchester , svill not be run . A tiain svill leave Whitehaven for 1 ockermouth at 7 . 30 p . m ., returning from Cockeriiioiith at 8 . 40 p . m . ( for intermediate times , see local announcements ) . A service of trains svill also be

run on the Lleator Joint Line between Whitehaven , Matron Junction , and Sellalield ( for particulars , see local announcements ) . With the above exceptions , the trains of the Company on Good Friday svill run as on Sundays . Un Friday night and Saturday morning , March 27 th and 28 th , the 11 . 41 p . m . and 12 . 5 a . m . trains from Carlisle svill run as usual ; the 12 . 10 a . m ., Holyhead to Cresve , 4 .-10

a . m . Holyhead to Chester , and 2 . 25 a . m ., Chester to Liverpool , svill not be run on Saturday morning , there being no boats from North Wall or Greenore on the es'ening of Good Friday . Passengers for Belfast ( via- Larne ) and the North of Ireland on Good Friday svill leave Euston by the S . 50 p . m . train , instead of the 8 p . m . from Euston . On Bank Holiday , Easter

Monday , March 30 th , the express trains to and from the City , St . Albans , Watford , and Kensington , svill not be run . Numerous residential trains will be discontinued on Bank Holiday , Easter Monday , March 30 th , the particulars of svhich svill be advertised locally . T he Company also

announce that they will run excursions to and from London and Wolverhampton , Leamington , Coventry , Walsall , Leicester , Macclesfield , Stoke , Stone , Live-pool , Manchester , Chester , North Wales , Shrewsbury , Hereford , Oswestry , Preston , Wigan , Blackpool , Morecambe , Carlisle , the Lake District , Scotland , and other places .

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . The Great AVestern Railsvay Company have made arrangements for the issue of ordinary as svell as excursion tickets at their City and AVest-End offices , viz . : 193 and 407 , Oxford-street j 23 , New Oxford-street j Holborn

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Circus ; 29 , Charing Cross ; 26 , Regent-street ; 5 , Arthur street East , London Bridge ; 82 , Queen Victoria-street ' 43 and 44 , Cruched-friars ; 67 , Gresham-street ; 4 , Cheap / side ; and 269 , Strand , at any of svhich places tickets can be obtained during the svhole sveek preceding Easter for use on any day up till March 28 th . Tickets can also be ob tained at A'ictoria , Kensington ( Addison-road ) , Ald gate

the stations on the Hammersmith and Lity line , and at most of the stations on the Metropolitan and District Railways The booking office at Paddington Station svill be open for the issue of tickets the whole day on the Monday , Tuesday VVednesday , Thursday , and Saturday before Easter . Cheap tickets at special low fares and available from March 26 th to April ist , svill be issued from London to Bath , Bristol

Exeter , Plymouth , Falmouth , Penzance , Yeovil , Dorchester Weymouth , and certain other stations in the South and AVes ' l of England . On Thursday , March 26 th , an excursion , reach ing Exeter inj ' r hours , and Plymouth in 7 ! hours , svill leave Paddington at 8 . 5 a . m . Excursions svill also be run on the same day to Oxford , Birmingham , Shrewsbury , Chester Cirencester , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c . On Good

Friday and Easter Monday cheap trains svill run to Maidenhead , Reading , Oxford , and other riverside stations ; and on Monday excursions svill also be made to Bath , Bristol Cirencester , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c . In addition to these excursions cheap trains will also be run to London from most of the provincial towns , and betsveen the principal centres of population . On the Wednesday and Thursday before Easter most of the long distance trains svill be

duplicated ; the first portion , as a general rule , will take passengers for the longer distances and the second those for less distant places , but both trains svill stop at the usual places . On Good Friday the trains svill run as on Sundays , except that the 5 . 30 a . m . nesvspaper train svill run as far as Oxford , Exeter , and Swansea , calling at the usual intermediate stations , and connecting at Oxford vvith trains to the Worcester , Birmingham , and Wolverhampton districts .

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . The Great Northern Railsvay Company announce that on Thursday , March 26 th , cheap six days' excursion trains will be run to and from London ( King ' s Cross ) and Scarborough , Whitby , York , Bradford , Keighley , Halifax , Leeds , Wakefield , Doncaster , Huddersfield , Liverpool , Southport , Manchester , Sheffield , Leicester , Derby ,

Nottingham , Hull , Grimsby , Lincoln , Gainsborough , Lynn , Yarmouth , Norsvich , Spalding , Wisbech , Cambridge , Ramsey , & c . A cheap excursion svill also be run on Thursday , March 26 th , from London to Edinburgh and Glasgow , returning March 30 th . On Good Friday , March 27 th , the 5 . 15 a . m . express from King's Cross svill be run through to Lincoln , Nottingham , Sheffield , Manchester , Wakefield ,

Leeds , Bradford , Halifax , York , Nesvcastle and Scotland . On Saturday , March 28 th , cheap three days' excursion trains svill be run from Liverpool , Warrington , Manchester , Oldham , Huddersfield , & c , to King's Cross . On Easter Monday , March 30 th , cheap day excursions svill run from Victoria ( L . C . and D . ) , Ludgate Hill , Moorgate-street , King's Cross , Finsbury Park , & c , to St . Albans ,

Harpenden , Luton , Dunstable , and Cambridge . A cheap day trip svill also be run from Moorgate-street , King's Cross , Hollosvay , Finsbury Park , & c , to Skegness , Sutton-on-Sea , and Mablethorpe . Cheap day excursions to London svill also be run from Keighley , Halifax , Bradford , Leeds , Wakefield , York , Derby , Nottingham , Lincoln , Huntingdon , Cambridge , Luton , Dunstable , & c .

To prevent inconvenience from crosvding at the Company s principal terminal station , King ' s Cross , tickets dated in advance svill be issued at King's Cross ( G . N . R . ) , Victoria L . C . and D . ) , Ludgate Hill , Moorgate-street , Aldersgatestreet , Farringdon-street , 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 , S . VV . ; Albert Gate Office , 1 , William-street , Lowndes-square ; 169 , Edgsvare-road , VV . ; Royal Oak Office , 6 , Porchester-road , Westbourne-grove ; Cambridge Circus , Shaftesbury-avenue ; 32 S , Strand ; Bee Hive , Whitecross-street ; So , Bishopsgate-street Without ; Charles-street , Farringdon-street ; 264 , High Holborn ; 95 , High-street , Borough ; 190 A , Westminster

Bridgeroad ; 44 , Bread-street , Cannon-street ; 1 , Whittingtonavenue , Leadenhall-street ; 3 , King Edward-street , Nesvgate-street j 22 , Wood-streetj 217 , Old-street ; h Beresford-square , South Woolwich ; Great Northern Company ' s Poplar Dock Station , Preston-road j Royal Victoria and Albert Docks ( Great Northern Company s Offices ); and at the offices of Messrs . Ssvan and Leach , Ltd ., 3 , Charing Cross , and 32 , Piccadilly Circus .

The Queen held the second Drasving Room of the season at Buckingham Palace on Friday , the 13 th instant , the Koyal circle being attended by the Prince and Princess of VVales and the Princess Maud of Wales , the Duke and Duchess of Connaught , Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg ,

Prince Christian , the Princess Mary Duchess and the Uu '" of Teck and the Princess Victoria and Prince Francis ol Teck . The diplomatic and general circles svere numerously attended , and a large number of presentations svere pi alle The Queen , accompanied by the Empress Frederick 0 Germany and Princess Henry of Battenberg , returned to Windsor Castle the follosving day .

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