Easter Holiday Railway Arrangements.

morning , April ist , the same as on ordinary week-days . The 3 . 32 a - . - Carlisle to Stranraer , and S . 50 p . m . Stranraer to Carlisle , in connection with steamers to and from Ireland , will run on Good Friday the same as on ordinary week-days- To prevent inconvenience and crowding , the booking offices at St . Pancras and Moorgate-street Stations will be open for the issue of tickets all day on Wednesday ,

Thursday , and Saturday , March 29 th , 30 th , and April ist . Tickets to all principal stations on the Midland Railway will alsobe issued beforehand at their principal West End and City Receiving Offices , including 445 , West Strand ; 5 , Charing Cross ( corner of Northumberland-avenue ; Piccadilly Circus ; 495 , Oxford-street ; 33 . Cannonstreet ; 13 , Aldersgate-street ; & c , & c , also at

Messrs . Cook and ; Sons' Tourist Offices . The tickets obtained 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 be run from London to Leicester , Nottingham , Newark , Lincoln , Birmingham , Burton , Derby , Manchester , Blackburn ,

Bolton , [ Rochdale , Oldham , Liverpool , Sheffield , Leeds , Bradford , Scarboro ' , Newcastle-on-Tyne , the Furness District , Carlisle , & c , & c , on Thursday , March 30 th , returning the following Tuesday , and from London ( St . Pancras ) to Edinburgh , Glasgow , & c , returning the following Monday night , and tickets for joining these trains at St . Pancras Station can be obtained on the two days

previous to the running of the trains at the above-named offices . Cheap excursion trains for six days will also be run to London from Carlisle , Bradford , L ^ eds , Sheffield , Liverpool , Manchester , Lincoln , Newark , & c , & c , on Thursday , March 30 th , from Bradford , Leeds , Sheffield , Manchester , & c , for two or four days , and from Burton , Derby , Nottingham , Birmingham , Leicester , Sicfor one

, , four , or five days , on Good Friday . Passengers will be booked by these trains at cheap fares to Brighton and other South Coast Stations , and to the Continent ; those for the Continent having the privilege of returning by any ordinary train within iG days . Cheap three-days' trips

will also be run to London on Saturday , April ist , from Colne , Blackburn , Bolton , Rochdale , Oldham , Minchester , & c . On Easter Monday , single-day trips from Burton , Derby , Nottingham , Leicester , Northampton , Bedford , Luton , St . Albans , Sic , and a one or two-days' trip from Birmingham and the South Stafford District .

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . The Great Northern Railway Company announce that on Thurs'ay , March 3 oih , cheap six days' excursions 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 , Norwich , Spalding , Wisbech , Cambridge , St . Ives , Ramsey , & c . A cheap excursion will also be run on Thursday , March 30 th , from London to Fdinburgh and Glasgow , returning April 3 rd . On Good Friday , March 31 st , thc 5 . 15 a . m . express from King ' s Cross will be run through to Lincoln , Nottingham , Sheffield , Manchester , Wakefield .

Leeds , Bradford , Halifax , York , Newcastle and Scotland . Cheap two or four days' excursions will be run from Manchester , Oldham , Sheffield , Hull , Keighley , Halifax , Bradford , Leeds , Wakefield , York , & c , to London . On Saturday , April ist , cheaD three days' excursion trains will be run from Liverpool , Manchester , Oldham , Hudderslield , & c , to King ' s Cross . On Easter Monday , April 3 rd ,

cheap day excursions will be run from Victoria , ( L . C and D . ) , Ludgate Hill , Moorgate , King ' s Cross , Finsbury Park , & c , to St . Albans , Wheathampstead , Harpenden , Luton , Dunstable , Hitchin , Royston , and Cambridge . A cheap day trip will also be run from Moorgate , King ' s Cross , Holloway , Finsbury Park , & c , to Skegness , Suttonon-Sea , and Mablethorpe . Cheap day excursions will also

be run from York , Keighley , Halifax , Bradford , Leeds , Wakefield , Derby , Nottingham , Lincoln , Huntingdon , Cambridge , Luton , Dunstable , & c . To prevent inconvenience from crowding at the company ' s principal terminal station—King ' s Cross—tickets , dated in advance , will be issued at King ' s Cross ( G . N . R . ) , Victoria ( L . C . and D . ) , Ludgate Hill , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , and

Finsbury Park stations , and at the following ticket offices 90 , Tottenham Court-road ; 2 S 5 , Oxford-street ; " Star " Office , 13 S , Victoria-strect , Pimlico , S . W . ; 139 and 141 , Brompton-road ; Albert Gate Office , 1 , William-street , Lowndes-square , VV . ; iGcj , Edgware-road ; Royal Oak Uftice , G , Porchester-road , Westbourne Grove ; Cambridge Urcus ; Shattesbury-avenue ; 32 S , Strand ; " Bee Hive . "

Whitecross-street ; 43 and 44 , Crutched Friars ; So , liishopsgate-street Without ; Charles-street , Farringdonrli ¦ ' Essex-road , Islington ; 2 G 4 , High Holborn ; in , fish-street Hill ; 95 , High-street , Borough ; 190 A , Westminster Bridge-road ; 44 , Bread-street ; Cannonstreet ; Whittincton - avenue . Leadenhall - street : 1 .

Kln K Edward-street , Newgate-street ; 22 , Wood-street ; V ' , 0 'd-street ; 7 , Beresford-square , South Woolwich ; Koyal Victoria and Albert Docks ( G . N . Company ' s offices ) , ot the offices of Messrs . Swan and Leach , 3 , Charing Lrossand 32 , Piccadilly Circus , at the Army and Navy Stores , J ° 5 . Victoria-street , S . W . ; and of William Whittley , ISI , Oucen ' s-road , Bayswater .

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . The London and North-Western Railway Company announce that the ticketofficesat Euston , Broad-street , Kensington , and Willesdcn Junction will be open throughout the day , snfiL nday Mareh 2 7 th > t 0 Monday , April 3 rd , inclusive , ¦ u rnat passengers wishing to obtain tickets for any destina-.. on the London and North-Western Railwav ran An ™

Th , y , tlme ci the day prior to the starting of the trains , ne tickets will be dated to suit the convenience of pasandIN " . L , 'f , ts for a the principal stations on the London OU , ; 1 A 1 Western system and its connections can be at tu r i any t , me ( Sundays and Bank Holidays excepted ) Ou < .,. n . ln , r town receiving offices of the company : 15 ,

Ceadenhs . il MI * ' * P rc 3 d ta B . 3 . Whittington-avenue , GreSl Market ' E-c-J Swan-with-Two-Necks , G , street r " i , StrCet - , ' 3 , Eastcheap ; Cross Keys , 1 , Wood-E .- , u apsid !« ' 2 - > Aldersgate-street ; 65 , Aldgate ; Bolt in T eSt bnl , tr > lield ; 8 and 9 , Clerkenwell-green ; and Hl , " , „ » ' ° ' F | eet-street ; uG , Holborn ; George street -T 1 r ' 5 ' Hi Holborn ; 4 h New Oxford-Spread l . Jame , s-street , Covent Garden ; Universal Office , Cross Y , iT ' ,- ccadill > ' ' rci > s ; Golden Cross , Charing ' -H . ' arliament-street , Westminster ; Hotel Windsor ,

Easter Holiday Railway Arrangements.

Victoria-street ; 231 , Edgware-road ; Atlas Office , 1 G 7 , Tottenham Court-road ; 70 , St . Martin ' s-Iane ; Lion , 10 S , New Bond-street ; 49 6 , Oxford-street ; Griffin's Green Man and Still , 241 , Oxford-street ; 33 , Hereford-road , Bayswater ; Knightsbridge , 34 , Albert Gate ; Kensington , 33 , High-street ; 117 , High-street , Borough ; 233 and 234 ,

Blackfnars-road ; Surrey Railway Office , 13 S , Newingtoncauseway ; 194 , Westminster Bridge-road ; Islington , " Angel , " 5 , Pentonville-road ; S , Grand Hotel Buildings , Charing Cross ; Railway Arch , Great Eastern-street , Shoreditch , E . ; and Albert and Victoria Docks Office , Canninir Town Goods Station . The tickets obtained at

these offices will be available from either Euston or Kensington ( Addison Road ) , and will be issued at the same fares as are charged at Euston . They can also be obtained at Gaze and Sons'Tourist Offices , 142 , Strand , 4 , Northumberland-avenue , iS , Westbourne-grove , W ., and at the Army and Navy Co-operative Society's Stores , 105 , Victoriastreet , Westminster , at the same fares as at Euston Station . On Thursday , March 30 th , a special express will leave

Willesden at 2 . 55 p . m . for Bletchley , Northampton , Rugby , Trent Valley Stations , and Stafford ; a special train will leave Birmingham for Rugby at 4 . 5 p . m ., calling at Coventry , and passengers for Coventry and Rugby will 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 ; special express trains will leave Euston Station at 4 . 20 p . m . and

6 . 50 p . m ., for Birmingham , calling at Willesden Junction , Rugby , Coventry , and Stechford , arriving at Birmingham ( New-street ) at 7 . 0 and 9 . 35 p . m . respectively ; the 12 . 0 midnight train from Euston will be extended from Warrington to Preston on Good Friday morning , arriving at Preston 6 . 2 a . m . A train leaves Preston at S . 25 a . m . for Lancaster , Carnforth , and the Furness Line . On Good Friday , March 31 st , the 5 . 15 a . m . newspaper express train

from London ( Euston Station ) will run to Northampton , Rugby , Nuneaton , Tamworth . Lichfield , Rugeley , Stafford , Crewe , Birmingham , Shrewsbury , Warrington , Runcorn , Liverpool , Manchester , Wigan , Preston , Lancaster , Carnforth , Oxenholme , Kendal , Windermere , Tebay , Penrith , Carlisle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Perth , and Aberdeen . Numerous residential trains will be discontinued , the

particulars of which will be advertised locally . The company also announce that they will run excursions to and from London , and Wolverhampton , Leamington , Coventry , Walsall , Leicester , Macclesfield , Stoke , Stone , Liverpool , Manchester , Chester , North Wales , Shrewsbury , Hereford , Oswestry , Preston , Wigan , Blackpool , Morecambe , Carlisle , the Lake District , Scotland , and other places on the occasion of the Easter Holidays .

Our Portrait Gallery Of Worshipful Masters.

Our Portrait Gallery of Worshipful Masters .

BRO . HA * RRY S . FOSTER , M . P ., ' whose portrait we have much pleasure in presenting to our readers , has attained to a position of considerable eminence in the financial world , and is in many other respects a notable man of our times . Though still within the age of 40 years , he has filled many offices of great importance . He has done good work as a

member of the London School Board and of the London County Council , his qualifications for the former bod y being of a high character , and the services he was able to render proportionately great . At the last General Election he was returned as M . P . for the Lowestoft Division of Suffolk . He is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical , the Royal Statistical , and the

Geological Societies , as well as of the Society of Arts . To crown all , he has held ( he important office of Sheriff of London , and during his year of office won golden opinions from all sorts and conditions of men . In Masonry his career , so far as it has gone , has been similarly full of great promise . He was initiated in the Covent Garden Lodge , No . 1614 , and at present occupies the post of its S . W . lie is W . M . of the

Temple Lodge , No . 101 , and likewise a member of the Aldersgate Lodge , No . 1657 ; the Alliance Lodge , No . 1827 ; and the Unity Lodge , No . 71 , Lowestoft . As regards his connection with Royal Arch Masonry , let it suffice if we state that he was installed in the chair of Third Principal of the Bayard Chapter , No . 1615 , on the 6 th inst . From such a record as this we may anticipate great things from Bro . Foster in the future .

Our Portrait Gallery Of Worshipful Masters.

BRO . ROBERT HURNS . A choice souvenir of the connection of Robert Burns with the Craft has been issued by the celebrated " Quatuor Coronati" Lodge , No . 2076 , London . It consists of a most interesting paper on " The Masonic Genius of Robert Burns , " by the distinguished Bro . Dr . B . W . Richardson , who is a member of the " Inner

Circle" of this great literary lodge . The particulars , so industriously collected by the Doctor , are both numerous and most suggestive in character , and they go far to confirm the belief that the world owes much more to Masonry for the publication of Bro . Burns ' poems than has hitherto been acknowledged or even dreamt of . Publishers , printers , and subscribers , were

mainly brethren of the " mystic tie , " and chiefly to their support was the "Immortal Bard" incited to appear in print and collect his inimitable poems . Bro . W . Fred . Vernon has written a most reliable " Addendum , " and is dead against the investment of the bard as Poet Laureate of the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge , No . 2 , Edinburgh , in accord with Bro . W . Officer , P . G . D ., who has evidently put the extinguisher

on that part of the story . There are several illustrations , one especially calling for mention , being a two-page engraving of the investment in question , from the painting by Bro . Watson . The work is beautifully bound in cloth , and may be had for a crown from the Secretary , Bro . G . VV . Speth , Lancaster-place , Margate . We may be assured that all the copies will soon be subscribed for .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . F . E . H . DADSWELL . We regret to announce the death of Bro . F . H . H . Dadsweli , one of the founders of the Bishopsgate Lodge , No . 239 6 , and son of its Treasurer , Bro . Fredk . Dadsweli , of 61 , Bishopsgate-street , and Bognor . Our brother , who was 40 years of age had been

suffering for several months from consumption , and died at Bognor on the 12 th instant . The funeral took place on Friday , the 17 th inst ., at Norwood Cemetery , a large number of friends following , including members of the Bishopsgate Lodge , Honourable Artillery Company , Bishopsgate Fire Brigade , Salvage Corps , and others .

The Craft Abroad.

The Craft Abroad .

CONSECRATION OF THE DUKE OF CLARENCE LODGE . AT IIAII 1 A .

The first English working lodge under the Grand Lodge of Brazil was consecrated and inaugurated on Thursday , the 23 rd ult ., when the Brazilian lodges in Bahia assembled in full force , some 300 being present , and were all arranged b y the Reception Committee . The Provincial Grand Master ,

Bro . Dr . Montenegro , was met at the entrance by Bros . H . J . Moon , R . Marshall , and F . W . Rielly , the Regularisation Committee appointed by the Grand Lodge of Brazil . After the lodge had been opened by Bro . MONTKNEUKO , he addressed the meetingat considerable length ,

and dwelt on the progress that Masonry had made in Brazil , and congratulated the founders , especially mentioning Bros . Moon and Rielly , who really had been the backbone of starting , and who had brought it up to its present success . He concluded by calling upon the brethren to wish the new lodge prosperity and

success . The installation ceremony was then proceeded with , when Bro . Henry J . Moon was installed in the chair of K . S . by Bro . Montenegro , assisted by Bros . Amaral , Jordaon , Bastus , and others . After the installation the W . M . elected bis officers for the ensuing year , as follows : Bros . R . Marshall ,

S . W . ; J . W . Rielly , J . W . ; G . C . Scott , Sec . ; E . P . Cox , Treas . ; A . Mitchell , S . D . ; J . Maycock , J . D . ; Rev . ' / .. Taylor , Chap . ; T . \ V . Wilson and H . J . Stewart , Stwds . ; A . Simmers , Org . ; J . Maskeil , I . G . ; and T . J . Clements , Tyler . The ceremony being ended , the brethren adjourned

to the Club Caxieral—kindly lent for the occasionwhere a superb recherche banquet was held , some 300 guests being invited . The chair was taken by the W . M ., with Bro . Montenegro , P . G . M ., on his right , and Bro . Leodnarda de Silba , P . G . Sec , on his left ; the banquet table was tastefull y laid out , and the presence of the ladies lent an enchantment to the

view . The W . M . called on Bro . Montenegro to propose the toast of the evening , viz ., " The Queen and Craft . ' The usual toasts followed , and were enthusiastically received .

Dancing commenced soon after and was kept up vigorously till 4 . 30 a . m ., every one expressing themselves in terms ot delight for the most enjoyable evening they had spent . The lodge was furnished by Bro . George Kenning , London .

Bros , the Marquis of Carmarthen , M . P ., the Earl of Dunraven , Lord Randolph Churchill , M . P ., Sir VV . T . Marriott , Q . C ., M . P ., VV . L . Jackson , M . P ., SirF . Dixon-Hartland , Bart ., M . P ., and Sir K . Lawson were among the guests at the dinner party given by the Earl Cadogan at Chelsea House on Saturday evening last .