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p REAT WESTERN RAILWAY . EXCURSION TRAINS will leave PADDINGTON STATION as under : — THURSDAY , JULY 31 . 7 . 30 a . m ., DAY TRIP to Swindon , BATH , BRISTOL , Clevedon , and WESTONSUPER-MARE . FRIDAY , AUGUST 1 . 7 . 45 a . m . for Gloucester , CHELTENHAM , Hereford , & c , and the principal stations in SOUTH WALES for 8 days , and WATERFORD and other places in the SOUTH OF IRELAND , to return any week day to August 15 , inclusive . SATURDAY , AUGUST 2 . 7 . 45 a . m . to 1 LFRACOMBE , Barnstaple , EXETER , Dawlish , Torquay , PLYMOUTH , Truro , ST . IVES , Penzance , & c , for 3 , S , 10 , 15 , or 17 days . 11 . 5 a . m . to NEWBURY , Marlborough , Devizes , Trowbridge , FROME , & c , for 10 or 17 days . 11 . 30 a . m . to OXFORD , Leamington , BIRMINGHAM , Wolverhampton , Hereford , Shrewsbury , Chester , Birkenhead , LIVERPOOL , MANCHESTER , & c , to return August 4 or 7 ; and for WITNEY , Evesham , CHELTENHAM , WORCESTER , MALVERN , & c , to return August 7 . 12 . 20 p . m . to CLEVEDON , WESTON-SUPER-MARE , Bridgwater , Taunton , Tiverton , BARNSTAPLE , & c , for 3 , 10 , or 17 days . 12 . 40 p . m . to W 1 THAM , Wells , YEOVIL , Bridport , Dorchester , Portland , WEYMOUTH , & c , for 10 or 17 days . 3 . 10 p . m . to EXETER , Dawlish , Teignmouth , TORQUAY , PLYMOUTH , & c , for 3 , S , 10 , 15 , or 17 days . 5 . 40 p . m . to SWINDON , Chippenham , BATH , and BRISTOL for S or 15 days . SUNDAY , AUGUST 3 . S . 10 a . m . to CIRENCESTER , Stroud , Gloucester , CHELTENHAM , & c , for 1 , 2 , or 6 days . MONDAY , AUGUST 4 . 6 . 20 a . m . to OXFORD , Leamington , BIRMINGHAM , Wolverhampton , & c , for 1 or 4 days . 6 . 40 a . m . to SWINDON , Chippenham , ^ BATH , and BRISTOL for 1 , 2 , 6 , or 13 days . 7 . 10 a . m . to STROUD , Stonehouse , GLOUCESTER , CHELTENHAM , & c , for 1 or 5 days . 7 . 40 a . m . DAY TRIP to READING , Pangbourne , GORING , Wallingford , Swindon , & c . For full particulars , see special bills . HENRY LAMBERT , General Manager .

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p REAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . BANK HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS FROM LONDON . SATURDAY , AUGUST 2 nd , for 1 , 3 , or 4 days to SKEGNESS , SUTTON-ON-SEA , and MABLETHORPE , and for 6 days to HUNTINGDON , Peterboro ' , Leicester , Nottingham , Derby , Burton , Tutbury , Stoke , Burslem , Huddersfield , Oldham , Staleybridge , MANCHESTER , Macclesfield , Stockport , Warrington , LIVERPOOL , & c . SUNDAY NIGHT , AUGUST 3 rd , for 2 days to MANCHESTER and SHEFFIELD . BANK HOLIDAY , AUGUST 4 th , to ST . ALBANS , Harpenden , ^ Luton , Dunstable , Hitchin , CAMBRIDGE , Skegness , Sutton-on-Sea , and Mablethorpe . TUESDAY , AUGUST 5 th , to SKEGNESS . For fares and full particulars , see bills , to be obtained at Company ' s Town Parcels Receiving Offices and Stations , and of Messrs . Swan and Leach , 3 , Charing Cross and 32 , Piccadilly Circus . HENRY OAKLEY , General Manager . King's Cross , July , lSgo .

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THE VICTORIA STEAMBOAT ASSOCIATION , LIMITED . STEAMBOAT ARRANGEMENTS . THE GLEN ROSA , to SOUTHEND , Rosherville Gardens , Gravesend , and a Sea Trip round the Mouse or Girdler Lightship , from LONDON BRIDGE ( Old Swan Pier ) , at 10 . 30 DAILY , except Fridays .

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SALOON steamer DUKE of EDINBURGH or the steam yacht FAIRY QUEEN , to ROSHERVILLE GARDENS , Gravesend , Southend , and Sheerness , DAILY , from LONDON BRIDGE , at 11 . 0 . ROSHERVILLE GARDENS and GRAVESEND , STEAMERS from London Bridge DAILY , at 9 . 30 , 10 . 30 , 11 . 0 , and 3 . 0 o ' clock . All the above vessels call at Greenwich , Blackwall , South Woolwich , Rosherville , and Gravesend . HAMPTON COURT , Richmond , or Kingston , from LONDON BRIDGE , at 10 . 0 DAILY , calling at all piers up the river , by the new and magnificent saloon steamer CARDINAL WOLSEY .

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KEW GARDENS , open daily ( Sundays included ) . STEAMERS from CHELSEA every 20 minutes , calling at Wandsworth , Putney Bridge ( District Ry . ) , Hammersmith , Barnes , and Putney . Steamers from all piers to Chelsea every 10 minutes . BATTERSEA PARK . —STEAMERS every 10 minutes from LONDON BRIDGE , calling at all piers .

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GREENWICH PARK , from ALL PIERS at frequent intervals daily . Further particulars see handbills at all Piers , and Texas Siftings . EDGAR SHAND , General Manager . Victoria House , Laurence Pountney-lane , City ; CLACTON-ON-SEA and BACK DAILY ( except Fridays ) , atg . 3 o , bythenewP . S . CLACTON BELLE , the finest steamer ever on the Thames . Starting from OLD SWAN PIER , calling at piers en route . —Further partir culars Clacton Company , 33 , Wallbrook , and Edgar Shand , V . S . A . ( Ld . ) .

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PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF ESSEX . THE RIGHT HON . THE LORD BROOKE , M . P ., R . W . Provincial Grand Master . V . W . BRO . FRED . A . PHILBRICK , Q . C ., G . REG ., Deputy Provincial Grand Master . THE ANNUAL PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE WILL BE HOLDEN IN THE ASSEMBLY ROOM , DORLING'S CLIFTON HOTEL , WALTON-ON-NAZE , On Wednesday , the npthday of July , at Two o ' clock p . m . All Master Masons are ( by permission ) invited . The Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened punctually at 2 . 30 o ' clock . By command of the R . W . Provincial Grand Master , THOS . J . RALLING , P . A . G . D . C . Eng ., Provincial Grand Secretary . N . B . —No Jewels to be worn but those appertaining to the Craft or Royal Arch Masonry . DARK MORNING DRESS . In consequence of the much lamented death of the Right Honourable the EARL OF CARNARVON , M . W . Pro Grand Master and Provincial Grand Master for Somerset , Brethren will appear in Mourning . A Hot Banquet will be served at Dorling ' s Clifton Hotel , at 5 o'clock punctually . Tickets Ten Shillings and Sixpence each , including Wine and Dessert . Brethren intending to be present at the Banquet must forward the form attached to summons to W . Bro . R . H . SCOTT , Walton-on-the-Naze , and in order that proper accommodation may be made no Brother will be admitted without a Ticket , which must be secured on or before Saturday , July 26 th . The Great Eastern Railway Company have kindly consented to issue Return Tickets , at Single Fare and a Quarter , to Brethren attending this Meeting on production of Summons . A Train leaves Liverpool Street at 12 noon reaching Walton-on-Naze at 2 . 5 p . m . A Special Train will leave Walton-on-Naze at S . 35 p . m . and reach Liverpool Street at 11 . 5 p . m .

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Just Published . Cloth , 5 s . THE HISTORY AND RECORDS OF THE HARMONIC LODGE , No . 216 , AND THE SACRED DELTA R . A . CHAPTER . By Bro . J OSEPH HAWKINS , P . M ., P . Z . To be had from Messrs . C . and H . RATCLIFFE , Printers and Publishers , 32 , Castlestreet , Liverpool .

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WANTED for Liverpool , Glasgow , Birmingham , and several other Towns , a GENTLEMAN of Good Position , having a taste for Financial Matters and a desire for augmentation of Income , to represent a London Company of the highest standing . Unequalled facilities for doing business . —Address , No . 20 , Freemason Office , 16 , Great Queen-street , London , W . C .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications unavoidably stand over : CRAFT LODGES—Freedom , No . 77 ; Sincerity , No . 189 ; Duke of Lancaster , No . 1353 ; Prudence , No 1550 ; and West Kent Volunteer , No . 2041 .

MARK—Cesarean Lodge , No . 74 . ROYAL ARCH—Semper Fidelis Chapter , No . 529 ; Pattison Chapter , No . 913 ; and Aldersgate Chapter , No . 1657 . INSTRUCTION—Hornsey Chapter , No . S 90 ; and Hyde Park Lodge , No . 142 = ; .

Provincial Grand Lodge of Surrey . Provincial Grand Lodge of Suffolk . Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland . Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Berks and Oxon . Opening of a New Masonic Hall at Bury .

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Ifcfe ^^^^^^ VVVW ^^^ fV ^^ r ^^ l SATURDAY , J 26 , 1890

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

We have very great pleasure in announcing that at the recent examinations at the School of Science and Art , South Kensington , 21 boys passed in Stage I .,

Mathematics , of whom 15 were placed in the First Class and six in the Second ; while in Stage II ., for the higher kind of work , three were placed in the First Class and two in the Second .

* * * Considering that the new Head Master , the Rev . Bro Hebb has held his appointment only six months

and that this is the first occasion in which any candidates for the South Kensington Examinations have been sent up from our Boys' School , we regard this result as most encouraging .

* * * The Provincial Grand Lodge of Hertfordshire will hold its annual meeting at the Town Hall , Berkhamp . stead to-day ( Friday ) , at 3 . 45 p . m ., under the auspices

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of the Berkhampstead Lodge , No . 504 . A banquet will be served afterwards at the King ' s Arms Hotel , at 6 p . m . The last time the Provincial Grand Lodge met in the town was in 1879 . Great progress has been made by the province during the last 12 months , and it is expected that the meeting will be highly successful .

* * * The Festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund on Wednesday was not only the most successful ever held , but , in the opinion of many who had put in an appearance almost every year from the first , the most

enjoyable . It was fitting that on the eventful day on which it attained its majority everything should have gone off so joyously , and the Grand Secretary had the pleasure of congratulating the Chairman on the fact that his presidency had been signalled by the breaking of the record in the amount of subscriptions announced .

* * * An innovation , which was attended with excellent results , was the appointment of Lady Stewards , who not only graced the tables by their presence , but added materially to the subscription lists .

* * * ¦ Nothing could be in better taste than the little souvenirs of the Festival presented to the lady visitors—a bottle of perfume by the Board of Stewards , and a box of choice sweets—liberally presented by

Messrs . Cardeaux-Rhys and Co ., of Stoke Newington , and for the less privileged sex a solatium in the shape of a box of the Alexandria Cigarette Company ' s finest cigarettes was provided . Altogether it was an evening to be remembered , and the coming of age of the Mark Benevolent Fund will long be associated with pleasant

memories . * * * We have been vainly waiting for some time for the setting in of the dull Masonic season , but we have already passed the middle of summer , and are within measurable distance of autumn , still Masonic energy

shows little sign of waning , and we have this week to print a long list of crowded out reports , and to express our regret at being unable to publish much that would be of interest to the Masonic reader . All this is very gratifying to those who have the welfare of our grand

old Craft at heart , but a little hard on that smaller Masonic circle who have to take their part in the birth of every new lodge or chapter , and to those whose duty it is to record the events . We trust for the sake of the hard-worked officials and the unfortunate

chronicler , that the more ardent among the Fraternity will somewhat moderate their zeal , and allow a brief respite to the jaded and over-worked brethren referred to . # # * Masonry seems to be somewhat inactive in Kentucky

if we may judge from the fact that 34 lodges in that State have been ordered by the Grand Lodge to return their warrants , on account of the neglect and apathy of the members . * * *

Unlike the Grand Lodge of England , which places no limit to the number of lodges which a member may join , the Grand Lodges of America strictly prohibit dual membership ; but the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania has enacted that Past Masters of other jurisdictions

joining lodges in Pennsylvania shall retain their rank as such , although they do not thereby become members of Grand Lodge . This appears only fair , and the example should be followed by all American jurisdictions . * * *

We are not surprised to learn that the newlyappointed Secretary of the Boys' School , Bro . McLeod , has received many hundreds of telegrams and letters of congratulation since his election on the 12 th inst ., and still less surprised to hear that he has been unable

to cope with the correspondence that such communications involve . We feel sure the writers will extend to him their forbearance for what may appear to some a neglect . The work of clearing up matters in

connection with the firm he has been so long connected with is of necessity heavy , added to which is the time required to make arrangements for taking over the duties of the appointment on the 9 th proximo . * * *

The fund which is being raised to present Bro . Augustus Harris with his Sheriff ' s chain and badge is accumulating rapidly . The time which will elapse before the presentation is so short , that the Hon . Secretaries find it difficult to communicate directly with all

that large body of Masons who would be anxious to subscribe . We hope , therefore , that any brother to whom an invitation to remit has not been personally addressed , will forward his contribution direct and without loss of time to the Treasurer , Major Clifford Probyn , 55 , Grosvenor-street , W .