Masonic And General Tidings

Masonic and General Tidings

THE NEXT regular meeting of the Council of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys falls on the Friday before Bank Holiday , and is , therefore , postponed to Friday , the 5 th prox ., at 4 o ' clock p . m . THE PARISH CHURCH of St . Mary , Aldermaston , Reading , has just been restored at the cost of Bro . C . E . Keyser . THE QUEEN has sent , through Sir Fleetwood Edwards , her annual subscription of £ 25 to the " Gordon Boys' Home , West End , Woking , of which her Majesty is the Patron .

A NEW MASONIC HALL in Carrickfergus , near Belfast , has just been dedicated . The new halj is two stories high , 30 feet by 4 S feet in dimensions . Mr . S . P . Close was the architect , and Mr . Ezekiel Caters the builder . BRO . ALDERMAN AND SHERIFF-ELECT ALLISTON and Colonel and Sheriff-Elect Probyn , L . C . C ., attended at the bar of the Court of Alderman to give the usual bond which is required of every sheriff before taking office .

BRO . SAMUEL POPE , Q . C ., who is not only a leader of the Parliamentary Bar and Recorder of Bolton , but honorary Secretary of the United Kingdom Alliance as well , appeared recently as a witness before Viscount Peel ' s Commission on the Licensing Laws . CHRIST ' HOSPITAL . —Speech Day has been fixed for Wednesday , the 27 th inst The proceedings will commence at half-past two p . m . After the speeches the prizes will be distributed by the Lord Mayor , who will attend in State . Applications for tickets should be addressed to the head-master .

MIDLAND RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS FOR BANK HOLIDAY . —On Bank Holiday , the 1 st prox ., and on the previous Saturday , certain booked trains will be discontinued , of which due notice will be given by special bills at the stations . For the convenience of the public the Midland Railway Company have arranged that the booking offices at St . Pancrasand Moorgate-street Stations shall be open for the issue _ of _ tickets all day on Friday and Saturday , the 29 th and 30 th inst . Tickets to all principal stations on the Midland Railway will also be obtainable beforehand at their City and suburban ofli : es .

Cheap excursion trains will be run from London on Friday night , the 29 th inst ., to Stirling , Perth , Aberdeen , Inverness , & c , for four or 10 days , and to Edinburgh , Glasgow , Dumfries , Castle Douglas , Ayr , & c , for four and 10 days , by which trains third class return tickets will be issued at a single fare for the double journey , available for 16 davs . Cheap excursion tickets will be issued from London ( St . Pancras ) to Dublin , Belfast , Londonderry , & c , and excursion tour tickets to the North of Ireland on Friday , the 29 th inst . ( See hills for times , fares , routes , & c ) . Friday midnight , the 29 th inst .,

a cheap excursion train will be run to Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , & c , for three and seven days , and on Saturday , the 3 oth inst ,, to Leicester , Nottingham , Melton , Burton , Derbv , Manchester , Liverpool , Blackburn , Bolton , Preston , Wistan , Blackpool , Rochdale , Oldham , Burv , the Furness District , Sheffield , Leeds , Bradford , Barnsley , Keighlcy , York , Hull , Scarboro ' , Darlington , Durham , Newcastle , Carlisle , & c , for three or six days . On Monday , the 1 st prox ., day trips will be run from London ( St . Pancras ) to Southend-on-Sea , St . Albans , Harpenden , Luton , Bedford , Kettering , and

Leicester ; a one or four days trip to Birmingham , and a two days excursion to Manchester . Tickets for these trains for starting from St . Pancras Station can be obtained on the two days previous to the running of the trains at the above-named offices , Cheap Week-end Tickets are issued every Friday and Saturday from London ( St . Pancras ) and other principal Midland Stations to the chief holiday and pleasure resorts , including the " Peak " District of Derbyshire , Yorkshire , the North-east Coast , Morecambe , Dumfries , Ayr , Kilmarnock , Glasgow , Greenock , Melrose , Edinburgh , Perth ,

Dundee , Aberdeen , & c . The tickets are available for return on the following Sunday ( where train feivice permits ) , Monday or Tuesday , and those issued on the 29 th and 30 th instant will be available for return | up to Wednesday , the 3 rd nrox . A cheap excursion train will be run to London on Friday , the 29 th instant , from Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , & c , for four , five , or eight davs ; on Saturday , the 30 th instant , from Carlisle , Keighley , Bradford , Leeds , Barnsley , Sheffield , Liverpool , Manchester , Blackburn , Bolton , Burnley , Bury , Rochdale . Burton , Derbv . Lincoln , Nottingham , Leicester

& c , for six days ; and from Liverpool , Southport , Warrington , fi : c ., for three days . Passengers will be booked by the six days' excursion trains at cheap fares to Brighton and other South Coast stations for five , eight , ro , or r 5 days ; and to Paris and other places on the Continent , having the privilege of returning within rfi days . On Monday , the 1 st prox ., cheap day excursion trains to London will be run from Derby , Nottingham , Leicester , Bedford , Luton , St . Albans , & c , a two and four days' trip from Bradford , Leeds , Barnsley , Sheffield , Chesterfield , Blackburn , Bolton , Bury , Manchester , Stockport , & c , and a one , two , and five days' tiip from Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , & c .

Masonic And General Tidings

OWING to the lamented death , on Thursday morning , of a daughter of the W . M . designate , Bro . Edward Terry , the consecration of the Edward Terry Lodge , at Barnes , on the 2 Sth inst ., is postponed . WE REGRET to announce the death , at 24 , Grosvenor-square , of Mrs . Brassey , widow of the late Mr . Henry Brassey , brother of Bro . Lord Brassey .

THE MANY friends of General J . C . Smith , of Chicago , U . S . A ., will be glad to hejr that Bro . W . J . Hughan received a letter from him on the 21 st inst ., saying that he and his daughter arrived safely and well at New York on the loth inst . Miss Smith is all the better for her trip to England and Scotland , and it is hoped is now in a fair way of recovery .

THE DIRECTORS of Harrod's Stores have declared an interim dividend on the ordinary shares in respect of the half-year ending 30 th June last , at the rate of 10 per cent , per annum . Dividend warrants will be posted on Tuesday , July 26 th , to all shareholders whose names were on the company's register on the iCth inst .

FREEMASONS' PICNIC—On Wednesday , the 14 th inst ., the members of the St . John ' s Lodge of Freemasons , No . 191 , Bury , along with their friends , numbering in all about 40 , went for a picnic to Chester , Eaton Hall , and Hawarden . The party arrived in Chester about ro o'clock , and breakfasted at the Grosvenor Hotel . They sailed up the river to Eaton Hall , where they viewed the grounds , & c , and then drove to Hawarden , and subsequently left for Chester , dinner being served at the hotel . After dinner some time was spent in viewing the city and park , and the return journey was made shortly before nine o ' clock .

IN THE TRESENCE of a large number of London County Councillors and their friends , the annual inspection of the Feltham Industrial School took place on Saturday last . The institution accommodates some 570 boys who have got into some trouble , and being too young to expiate their offences in gaol have been consigned by the magistrates to the regular and systematic training of reformatory reeime , which ,

substituting discipline for punishment , teaches them the errors of their ways . The afternoon was occupied with various displays , and the steadiness with which the drills were performed reflected considerable credit on the instructors . For the benefit of those of a nautical turn of mind , and those who have chosen to follow a sailor's career , an excellent representation of a full-sized and fully-rigged frigate has been constructed in the grounds , and the ship ' s drill was one of the most interesting features in the programme . . .

MASONIC TRIP TO STRATFORD-ON-AVON FROM DERBY . —On the 14 th inst . an enjoyable trip took place to Stratford-on-A- ; on under the auspices of the Lodge of Repose , Derby . The party numbered 100 ladiesand gentlemen , and they left Derby by the London and North-Western special train , at S . 45 . On arriving at Milverton StaHon , Warwick , carriages were in waiting to convey them to Warwick Castle . The various places of interest were inspected , and from Cesar ' s Tower a fine view was obtained of the surrounding scenery . Afterwards some of the pirty visited St . Mary's Church ,

where the great Earl of Leicester is buried , and inspected its magnificent monuments , whilst others went to Leicester Hospital , which was founded by Lord Leicester in commemoration of Queen Elizabeth ' s historic visit to that portion of the country . Lunch was partaken of in the Woolpack Hotel , and the party then drove to Stratford-on-Avon through Charlecote Parke . The birthplace of Shakespeare , the museum of Shakesperean relics , the parish church which has just been opened after restoration , the Memorial Theatre , and other interesting sites were visited , and then the return journey was made to Warwick , the charming forest sceuery en route being much admired .

THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY issue ordinary as well as excursion tickets at their principal City and West-end offices , and this arrangement is probably never so much appreciated as during the week preceding the Bink Holiday , when large numbers of people avail themselves of the opportunity thus afforded for obtaining tickets at their own time and without the crowding and worry inseparable from a large railway station at holiday seasons . Tickets can also be obtained at Victoria ( L . C . & D . Railway ); Kensington ( Addison Road ); Uxbridge Road ; Hammersmith , and other stations . The

booking offices at Paddington Station will be open for the issue of tickets all day on Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , and Saturday , July 27 th , 2 Sth , 29 th , and 30 th , and the tickets issued ( except those for specified excursion trains ) will be available for use on any of those days . To meet the expected additional trafli : by the ordinary trains oi Saturday , July 30 th , the Company will run in duplicate the 11 . 45 a . m . and 3 . 0 , 6 . 0 , and 9 . 0 p . m . trains to the West of England , the 4 45 and G . 50 p . m . trains to the N jrth , and the 12 . 0 noon trains to South Wales . The first portion of the 11 . 45 a . m ., 3 . 0 , and g . a

p . m . trains will leave Paddington at 11 . 3 S a . m ., 2 . 55 p . m . and S 55 p . m . respectively , but the first portions of the other trains will leave at the . advertised tinus , and the second a few minutes afterwards , the long distant passengers b : ing as far as possible taken in the first portion , but with a few exceptions both trains will stop at the advertised stations to take up and set down passengers . Fast excursion trains leave Paddington every Wednesday for Swindon . Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Hereford , Weston-super-Mare , Taunton , Minehead ,

Shrewsbury , Hereford , Aberystwith , Dolgelly , Barmouth , Llandudnow , & c . ; and at midnignt every Wednesday for Cardiff , Swansea , Tenby , New Milford , Chester , Birkenhead , Liverpool , & c . ; every Thursday for Newbury , Marlborough , Devizes , & c . ; every Thursday , Friday night , and Saturday , for Exeter , Diwlish , Teignmouth , Plymouth , Falmouth , Penzance , and other resorts in the West of England ; every Thursday and Saturday , for Minehead , Lynton , Lynmouth , Illfracombe , Torquay , & c ; every Friday , for Bath , Bristol , Yeovil , Weymouth , Portland , & :. j every Friday night , for

Westonsuper-Mare ; every rriday midnight and Saturday , for Douglas ( Isle of Man ) . Passengers are also booked every Saturday to Guernsey and Jersey , via Weymouth , and ths shirt sea passage to the Islands by the trains leaving Paddington at S . 50 a . m . and 9 . 45 p . m . Third-class return tickets , available for a fortnight or less , are issued at a fare of 24 s . Cd . There is now a daily daylight service from Weymouth to Guernsey and Jersey in addition to the night boats . On Wednesday , the 27 th instant , an excursion will run to Cheltenham , Worcester ,

Malvern , & c . ; on Thursday , the 2 Sth instant , to Cork and Kilarney ; on Friday , the 2 i / . b instant , to Stratford-on-Avon , Crewe , Manchester , Waterford , Killarney , Belfast , Giant ' s Causeway , & c . ; and at midnieht to Cardiff , Swansea , Tenby , New Milford , Oxford , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Hereford , Chester , Birkenhead , Liverpool , & c ; on Sonday , the 31 st instant , to Gloucester , Cheltenham , Weston-super-Mare , Exeter , Dawlish , Teignmouth , Torquay , Plymouth , & c . j and at midnight to Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , & c . On the Bank Holiday excursions will run

to Reading , Goring , Swindon , Bath , Bristol , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Sic . Excursions will be run to London from most of the principal statiins . ' and cross cojntry trips have also been arranged . Cheap tickets are issued daily from London and many suburban stations to Staines , Windsor , Taplow , Maider . head , Burnhatn Beeches , Henley , Goring , Wallingford , and other riverside resorts . These tickets can be obtained during the whole of the summer months . The train service to and from the riverside stations his also been considerably improved .

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