Midland Railway.

MIDLAND RAILWAY .

NOTICES AND ALTERATIONS JULY , 1 S 92 . SCOTLAND . From July i / tb to August 15 th inclusive , an ADDITIONAL F VPRESS ( Saturdays excepted ) will leave LONDON ( St . > ncras ) at 7 . 15 p . m . for Carlisle , EDINBURGH , Dundee , A BEKD EEN ' Perth , INVERNESS , and the NORTH ot S COTLAND .

The 9- ' 5 P- . Express from ST . PANCRAS to SCOTLAND ill be divided . The first train conveying passengers for Fdinhurg h , Perth , the Highland Line , Dundee , and Aberdeen will leave ST . PANCRAS at g . 15 p . m ., and run v | a Nottingham , and the train for Glasgow , Greenock , and the West Coast of Scotland , will follow from St . Pancras at 20 p . m . ) and run via Leicester .

WESTERN HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND . — At the PRINCES' PIER , GREENOCK , adjoining the G . and S . W . Co . ' s Station . Tourists and others from LONDON and other parts of the MIDLAND R- MLWAV SYSTEM can join the Glasgow and South Western

Railway Company s Mew fleet of Magnihcently-appomted Steamers ; also the "COLUMBIA , " " IONA , " and "LORD OF THE ISLES , " or other Steamer , for the FIRTH OF TLVDE , and the WESTERN HIGHLANDS and ISLANDS OF S COTLAND . THROUGH CARRIAGES BETWEEN LONDON ( ST . PANCRAS ) and GREENOCK .

IRELAND . —A SLEEPING SALOON CAR will be run from STRANRAER to ST . PANCRAS at S . 40 p . m . daily ( Sundays excepted ) from J uly ist , throughout the Summer Season ; and from St . Pancras to Stranraer at 7 . 15 p . m .

( Saturdays excepted ) from July 17 th to August 15 th inclusive . These Trains will run in connection with the Steamers sailing between Stranraer and Larne , conveying Passengers , & c , from and to Belfast and the North of Ireland .

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE LINE . —DIRECT C OMMUNICATION HV RAILWAY THROUGHOUT has been established on WEEK DAYS and SUNDAYS between the MIDLAND RAILWAY SYSTEM and MANCHESTER ( Victoria ) , DOLTON , BL \ CKBURN , ACCRINGTON , BURNLEY , ROCHUALE , & C .

THROUGH CARRIAGES between ST . PANCRAS and liOLTON and BLACKBURN . LONDON and LIVERPOOL . —A SLEEPING SALOON CAR will be run between London and Liverpool by the Trains leaving St . Pancras at 12 . 0 night , and Liverpool

( Central ) at 11 . 30 p . m . respectively . LONDON and BUXTON . —An Improved Service will be in operation between London and Buxton . THROUGH CARRIAGES by the Trains from St . Pancrasat 12 . 10 p . m . and 4 . 0 p . m ., and from Buxton at 10 . 15 and " . 35 a . m ., and 1 . 35 P-m .

IMPROVED SERVICE ON SUNDAYS BETWEEN LONDON AND YORKSHIRE .-On Sundays an Express Train now leaves London ( St . Pancras ) , at 3 . 15 p . m ., reaching Sheffield at 7 . 3 , Leeds , 8 . 0 , and Bradford at S . ju p . m . An Express Train also leaves Bradford at 4 . 30 , Leeds , 5 . 0 , and Sheffield at 5 . 55 , arriving at London ( St . Pancras ) at g . 55 p . m .

SALOON CARS . —DRAWING ROOM SALOON CARS by some of the principal Day Express Trains between London ( M . Pancras ) and Nottingham , Sheffield , Leeds , Bradford , Manchester , Liverpool , Edinburgh , and Glasgow . LUNCHEON and DINING SALOON CARS between London and Nottingham , Sheffield , Leeds , Bradford , and Man-Chester .

SLEEPING SALOON CARS between London and Manchester , Liverpool , Stranraer ( for Belfast and the North of Ireland ) . Glasgow , Edinburgh , and Perth . LAVATORY CARRIAGES—Lavatory accommodation for S , and 3 rd class passengers is provided in the principal Midland Express Trains .

air l " ?" crations wi" be made in the train service 1 in ? r ° nJon an I the several sections of the line , which wm be duly announced in the Company ' s Time Tables and ,. , , GEO . H . TURNER , JJerby , June , 1 S 92 . General Manager .

Great Northern Railway.

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY .

SUMMER HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS . Sh !? i ? STON ( Horse < D ° P > Poultry , and Horticultural ™ ' ») , June 29 ; also to SKEGNESS , June 2 q , July 2 , 4 , a „ 1 \| ifc 3 . 2 . 5 . and 30 , and to S " UT lON-ON-SEA j ™ MAULETHfMJPR i ,, lu , _ , „_ i ., „ i-m M „— , t „

„ Cios . ir ' M , .- ersBate' ° ' 39 ' Farringdon , 6 . 41 ; King ' s Kcinrn p " " ¦ ¦ W J Holloway , 7 . 0 ; Finsbury Park , 74 . SatmlvT i Third Cla " . 4 S . Od . Passengeis by the folio ,, ; y V . ' . nsmay also return on the Monday or Tuesday ° ' ' « 'ng at slightly higher fares . M 6 u £ ' ^ RRlNGHAM , CROMER ( Beach ) , and YARP ... I Uieachl . Mnnrl . 1 V . lulu I fnr 1 , !_ , „ fmm _ . '_„_»'_ ,

fr om V-Trii , ' '¦ ' 5 a . ra . j l'insbury Park , O . 22 . Returning 7-i . Bnt . ' £ ' ° ' ° P- - ' Cromer , G . 50 ; andSherringham , ' > Return Fare , Third Class , s . 1 > l : NDKN ALBAN . ' WHEATHAMPSTEAD , and HARAUersgate o ' ' Saturday afternoon from Moorgate , 2 . 15 ;

"Wi l'insbury Park ,, 2 . 45 . ComijanvVr " Particulars , see bills , to be obtained at atthe Ollir " Parcels Receiving Offices and Stations ; i 2 - I'iccarim ° V , ? wan and Leach , 3 , Charinir Cross , and l 0 S . Victnri . t Clrcus ! at the y » rmy and Navy Stores , ! - u « nW ; , ; ' S W'J and of William Whiteley , I 5 , " * a , Uayswater . Kin " r HENRY OAKLEY , General Manager . " * s Cl ° ss , J unC ) lSy 2-

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PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OF MIDDLESEX AND SURREY . THE VV . BRO . CHARLES HAMMERTON , DEPUTV PROV . GRAND MASTER . THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE Of Mark Master Masons of the Province of Middlesex and Surrey will be holden at THE CRITERION RESTAURANT , PICCADILLY , On FRIDAY , 1 st July , 1892 , when all Present and Past Provincial Grand Officers , together with the Worshipful Masters , Past Masters , Wardens , and Overseers of Lodges in the Province , are hereby summoned to attend , and all Mark Master Masons are invited to be present . The Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened at 5 o ' clock . Brethren to appear in full Masonic Costume of the Mark Degree , and Provincial Grand Officers in the clothing of their respective rank ; Masonic Mourning . By command of the W . Dep . Prov . Grand Mark Master , WM . G . BRIGHTEN , P . G . I . W ., P . P . G . W ., Provincial Grand Mark Secretary . 10 S , Fenchureh-street , E . C , . June 21 st , 1 S 92 . BANQUET at 6 . 30 o ' clock , at the Criterion Restaurant . Tickets , 7 s . Od . each , without Wine . Brethren intending to be present must notify their intention to , and obtain Tickets from , the Provincial Grand Secretary on or before the 2 Sth June . MORNING DRESS . —MOURNING .

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CONFIDENTIAL CLERK or POSITION of TRUST . Young Mason , 22 , desires Situation immediately . Shorthand , 120 ; Typewriting , 30 ( own machine ) . Good writer . Exceptional recommendations . Moderate salary . Address—SHORTHAND , Freemason Office , 16 , Great Queen-street , W . C .

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Q . EORGE REES . RNGRAVINGS by the Principal Artists . Eight ^ " * Hundred Subjects in Stock . Liberal Discount . pTCHINGS , Large and Choice Variety on View ¦ " by Leading Artists . Liberal Cash Discount . SPORTING PICTURES , both Old and New . Hunting , Racing , Coaching , & c . Large Assortment . Liberal Discount for Cash . P ICTURE FRAMES . Special Masonic Designs for Certificate Frames , & c , at Lowest Prices . A New Catalogue , with Prices , & c , post free , Id . Stamp . GEORGE REES , SAVOY HOUSE , 115 , STRAND . Established 30 Years .

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GILLIAM ( Successors to Makepeace and Walford ) , SILVERSMITHS , JEWELLERS , AND DIAMOND MOUNTERS , DEALERS IN ANTIQUE PLATE & JEWELLERY . 6 , SERLE STREET , LINCOLN ' S INN , 446 , OXFORD STREET , NEAR ORCHARD STREET . Tho Freematon of liny 10 th , 1801 , says— " Messrs . Gilliam Bros ., Gold and Silvcrainiths , of 0 , Serlo Streot , Lincoln ' s Inn , havo boon very fortunate in securing so fine « . site for their new establishment us -HO , Oxford Street ( near Orchard Streot ) , aud wo congratulate theui on tho beauty and artistic design displayed in their now premises ; tlio slock is of tho most mro and choice kind , and our brethren , who aro fond of old and pood things in precious metals , would do well to pay them a visit . "

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications amongst others unavoidably stand over : CRAIT LODGE . —Crichton , So . 1641 . Installation of Col . Noel Money as l ' rov . G . Prior of Kent , Knights Templar . Installation of Rev . II . Cummings as Intendant-General of Kent , Red Cross .

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SATURDAY , J 25 , 1892 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

It is a matter of formality rather than of necessity that we should remind our readers that the 94 th Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will be held at Freemasons' Tavern on Wednesday next , the 29 th inst ., under the presidency of Bro . the Right Hon . Sir Michael E . Hicks . Beach , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . Grand Master of Gloucestershire .

We believe we have already drawn attention to all the salient points in connection with the School . We have set forth what it does in behalf of the sons of poor and deceased brethren . We have shown that it supports and educates upwards of 260 of their children , all of whom it does its utmost to train up in the way they ° hould go : and lhat evidence in the shape of honours

Masonic Notes.

and passes at the Cambridge Middle Class and other public examinations is annually forthcoming , which demonstrates clearl y that these efforts are fairly successful . # # #

We have also made it our business to insist most strenuously on the claims for support on the general body of the Craft , to which the excellence of its training , and the success of its management under the new regime , entitle it ; and at the same time—and by way of contrast to what it accomplishes so satisfactorily—to

the meagreness of its permanent income , due , in chief measure , to the smallness of its invested capital . On these and other cognate matters we have spoken at length and frequently , nor do we think our readers will require that we should say more about them on this occasion .

We may , however , congratulate the Secretary and Board of Management on having secured so numerous a Board of Stewards , of whom there are now some 310 , not far short of 200 of them representing the Provinces , while the rest are London . The latter is sli ghtly stronger than it was last week in the matter of lodges ,

but it is a long time since it has been so weak in this respect , and we must content ourselves with hoping that what the Metropolitan district lacks in numbers will be made good by the length and . fulness of its lists . * * »

In fine , though we caution the brethren against expecting a large return—such a return as they would have been justified in looking forward to had there been no Benevolent Jubilee this year—we are not without some slight hope that subscriptions enough will be forthcoming to make good what is required for the

year s expenditure . We know the Stewards will do their duty admirably and will spare no efforts to obtain all they can ; and as it is clear that the Chairman ' s Province is putting forth all its strength in support of its Prov . Grand Master , we appeal most earnestly to

our readers to do what lies in their power in furtherance of these efforts of the Chairman , the Stewards , and the Executive , so that there may be no raising a loan or trenching upon capital in order to provide the ways and means for the current year , * * *

There are two other functions in connection with the Institution for Boys to which it is desirable we should call attention . The first is the annual athletic sports which , by the kind invitation of Bro . Everett , Past G . Treas ., will be held at Kempton Park to-morrow ( Saturday ) at 2 . 30 p . m . There will be two special

trains provided , one of which will convey the boys and the Board of Management and their friends , leaving the Wood Green Station of the Great Northern Railway at n . ioa , m ., and calling at Ludgate Hill ( Metropolitan platform ) , at 11 . 40 a . m ., and Wimbledon at 12 . 20 p . m ., and arriving at Kempton Park at 12 . 45 P- " - This will

leave Kempton Park on its return journey at 7 . 30 p . m ., the return fares chargeable being first class 4 s ., second class 3 s ., and third class 2 s . The other special is timed to leave Waterloo ( North ) Station ( No 8 platform ) , at 12 . 45 P- . > calling at Vauxhall ( 12 . 50 ) ,

Clapham Junction ( 12 . 55 ) , Richmond ( 1 . 5 ) , and arriving at Kempton Park at 1 . 25 . It returns at 9 p . m ., calling at the stations mentioned and at Twickenham . Fares for the double journey , first class 2 s ., third class is . 6 d . * * - «

Thc other function is the distribution of prizes by the Lady Lucy Hicks-Beach , at the Institution , Wood Green , on Tuesday next , the 28 th instant , after which , we believe , an operetta will be performed by the pupils . We trust all will go well .

* » » The Masonic Hall in Golden-square was the scene of an unusually brilliant muster in connection with the Royal Order of Scotland , on Wednesday , when Bro . the Earl ot Haddington , who is Deputy Grand Master and

Governor of the Order , attended and installed Bro . the Earl of Euston as Provincial Grand Master of London and the Metropolitan Counties . A full report of the ceremony and of the banquet which followed is in the press , and will appear in our next week ' s issue .

The customary visit by the Festival Stewards to the Asylum of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution at Croydon was paid—in part—on Wednesday , when , as the weather was fairly bright , there was a full

attendance of brethren and ladies . The other part of the visit will be paid to-day ( Friday ) , this unusual arrangement being rendered necessary by the large number of brethren who acted as Stewards at the Jubilee .