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ARMFIELD'S SOUTH PLACE HOTEL , FINSBURY , LONDON , E . C , Thisnew and handsomely-furnished Hotel isnow FULLY LICENCED . Its position is cntral , and charges are moderate ; the sanitation is perfect . Passenger lift to SPECIAL CONVENIENCE FOR MASONIC LODGES , DINNERS AND CINDERELLAS .

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jwTl DLAND RAILWAY . CHEAP EXCURSIONS FROM ST . PANCRAS AND CITY STATIONS . A FORTNIGHT IN IRELAND . On WEDNESDAY , J Sth , and THURSDAY . J 23 rd , to DUBLIN . Baliina , Galway , Sligo , and SOUTH OF IRELAND . On Fridays , July loth and 24 th , to BELFAS T and NORTH OF IRELAND ; and on Saturdays , July nth and 25 th , to LONDONDERRY . GENERAL EXCURSION , SATURDAY , J 4 th . Cheap Trains will be run from London ( St . Pancras and City Stations ) to Leicester , Nottingham , Derby , Burton , Matlock , Buxton , Macclesfidd , Stockport , Soutbporr , Liverpool , Manchester , Accrington , Blackburn , Burnley , Bolton , Rochdale , Oldham , Bury , Lancaster , Morecambe , Carlisle , Windermere , Barrow , Whitehaven , Stoke , Hanley , Burslem , Birmingham , Wa'sall , Wolverhampton , & c . Tickets will be available for returning on Monday , July 6 th , or Thursday , July a'h . NEW WEEKLY SUMMER EXCURSIONS . EVERY SATURDAY until September 19 th inclusive , SPECIAL WEEKLY EXCURSIONS to the ISLE OF MAN , and each Saturday from July 4 th to September 26 th inclusive , to LIVERPOOL , SOUTHPORT . BLACKPOOL . MATLOCK , BUXTON , MORECAMBE , LANCASTER , and ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT . Tickets available for 3 , S , 10 , 15 , or 17 Days . For Times and Fares see small bills . Tickets and bills may be had at the MIDLAND STATIONS and CITY BOOKING OFFios . and from THOS . COOK & SON , Ludgate-circus , and Branch Offices . GEO . H . TURNER , General Manager .

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p REAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . CHEAP HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS FROM LONDON . To ST . ALBAN'S , WHEATHAMP . STEAD , and HAKPENDEN , every Saturday afternron , from Mooreate , 1 . 5 ( 1 , AlilrrsBate , 1 . 58 , Farringdon , 2 . 0 , King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , 2 . 30 , Finsbury Park , 2 . 35 . To SKEGNESS , fir 1 , 3 , or 4 days , Julv 4 . , 15 . and ? 5 , and to Sutton-on-S » a and Mablethorre , July iS , from Moorgate , G . 51 a . m ., Aldets'ate , 6 . 53 , Fartingoon , fi . 55 , King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , 7 . 15 , Holloway , 7 . 5 , Finsbury Park , 7 . 20 . SAT URDAY , JULY 4 , for 3 or 6 days , from LONDON ( Woolwich Arsenal ) . Woolwich Dockyard , Victoria ( L . C . & D ) , Ludgate H'll , Moorgate , AMersgate , Farringdon , King's Cross ( G . N . ) , to Lincoln , Glir . sbaro ' , Leicester , D'rby , Furton , Tuibury , S : oke , Hursl « n , HudderslieM , I-Mdham , Manchtstr . r , Stockpnrt , Warrington , Suuthport , Liverp ol , Wakefield , Lfds , Bradford . Keighley , Halifax , Hull , York , Scarbaro ' , Bu'dlington , Darlington , Durham , Newcastle , & c , returning July 6 or y . To BiidlinRton , Filev , Whitby , Scarboro ' , Robin Hood ' s ' ^ ay , Redrar , Scaton Carew , Saltburn , Tyn » mouth , Whitley . Culltrcats . Liverpool , Sjutho'irt , and Douglas 1 Is ' e of Man ) , each Silurday commencing July 4 th , for 3 , s , 10 , 15 , ani 17 days , from King's Ccos * ( G . N . ) For further particulars see bills , to be obtained at the Company's stations and Town Offices . HENRY OAKLEY , General Manager .

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T E I G H - O N - SE A . — - * — ' Highest , finest , best , and choicest Freehold Building Land , in this charming , healthy , rising seaside resort . x 4 VALUABLE FREEHOLD PLOTS will be SOLD BY AUCTION IN MARQUEE , LEIGH HALL ESTATE , ON THURSDAY , 2 ND JULY , AT ONE P . M ., Near the cliff . rree lunch , free abstracts , free deeds , free tithe , free and tax ; immediate possession ; 10 per cent , deposit , ha ' ance 16 quarters ; special train 10 . 55 from Fenchurch Nation , is . Gd . return ; cheapest line out of London . p or Tck its , S . C ., apply—LAND COMPANY , 6 S ,, CHEAPSIDE , E . C .

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A BROTHER WISHESto DISPOSE * *• of his PROVINCIAL DRESS SUIT , equal in every „ spect to new . In strong lock-up Case—Apply , 3 - & C , " office of this paper . I

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WANTED . —A SITUATION AS MANAGER in the Wine , Spirit , and Beer Trade , thorough knowledge of the business in all its branches . Good Accountant ; can undertake travelling or any place of trust . Competent to manage a Branch Business or undertake to conduct an Agency fir a first-class firm as Manager , or Buyer , & c . Should prefer London or the South Coast ; have had 30 years' experience in the trade ; agft 5 years . —Apply to GEO . BAXTER , P . P . S . G . W . and P . P . G . D . of C . Norfolk , iS , St . StephenV-slreet , Norwich . First-class references can be given , and guarantee if necessary .

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pAIETY RESTAURANT STRAND .

LUNCHEONS ( HOT AND COLD )

At Popular Prices , in BUFFET and RESTAURANT ( on First Floor ) , also Chops , Steaks , Joints , Entrees , Sic , in the GRILL ROOM

AFTERNOON TEA

Consisting of Tea or Coffee , Cut Bread and Butter , Jam , Cake , Pastry , ad lib ., at Is . per head , served from 4 til ! 6 in RESTAURANT ( First Floor ) .

DINNERS IN RESTAURANT

From 5 . 30 till 9 , at fixed prices ( 3 s . 6 d . and 5 s . ) and k la Carte . In this Room the VIENNESE BAND performs from 6 till 8 Smoking after 7 . 45 .

AMERICAN BAR

THE GRILL ROOM

is open till 12 . 30

PRIVATE DINING ROOMS for large ai . d small Parties .

SPIERS & POND , Ltd ., PROPRIETORS

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NORTHERN ASSURANCh COMPANY . Established 1 S 36 .

LONDON : 1 , MOORGATE STREET , E . C ABERDEEN : 1 , UNION TERRACE .

INCOME AND FUNDS ( 18 94 ) . Fire Premiums £ 701 , 000 Lile Premiums 232 , 000 Interest 171 , 000 Accumulated Funds ... £ 4 , 444 , 000

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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

LAMAT , in reply to his query , is informed that the banquet-room should be close tyled when Masonic toasts ate proposed and drunk with the usual Masonic honours .

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l-S ^ f ^ S ^ Yfe ^^^ e ^^ aA ^ jMj ^ A ^ Ag Mf ^ emasonl ^ S ^^ BSw ^ rf ^ ^^^ jgg ^^^ rg SATURDAY . TUNE 27 , 1806 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

Spsech Day and the distribution of prizes at the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys at Wood Green passed over very successfully on Tuesday , when the prizes were handed to the fortunate competitors by her Grace Ihe Duchess of Devonshire , to whom for her

kindness in attending a vote of thanks was passed by acclamation , on the proposition of Bro . Richard Eve , Chairman of the Board of Management , who presided . It will be seen from the report we publish in another column that the report read by Bro . the Rev . H . Hebb ,

Masonic Notes.

Head Master , in the early part of the proceedings was in the highes . degree satisfactory , the results of the educational training as shown at various public examinations being very creditable . * * * It will be noted also that at the Festival at Brighton on the following day , both the Chairman and Bro .

Richard hve made pointed reference to the contemplated removal of the Institution to some better locality where the soil will be more favourable to health , and where the School premises will not be closed in by tenements of an inferior class . No doubt the question will be very freely discussed for some time to come , as it is evident , from the letters we have received , that the

proposal does not find favour in sundry of the northern Provinces . But the more fully the matter is considered , the stronger , in our opinion , will be the feeling that the necessity for the removal is very urgent , and that the sooner the present site can be disposed of with advantage , and one more suitable purchased , the better it will be for the interests of the Institution .

* * * The summer meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Nottinghamshire will be held in the Old Meeting House Schoolroom , Mansfield , on Wednesday , the Sth July , at 4 . 30 p . m ., when Bro . G . H . Hibbert will be invested as Prov . Junior G . Warden , and the brevet rank of Past Prov . Senior Grand Warden will be conferred

upon two brethren in commemoration of the 21 st anniversary of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as M . W . Grand Master . A banquet will afterwards be held in the Masonic Hall , tickets , price 15 s . each , to be obtained of Bro . John Greenwood , West Hill House , Mansfield , before the 5 th proximo , as otherwise accommodation cannot be guaranteed . * * *

The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hertfordshire will be held at the Great House , Cheshunf , on Tuesday , the 14 th July next , at the invitation of the James Terry Lodge , No . 2372 . The proceedings will be of the usual character and there will be the customary banquet alter Provincial Grand Lodge has been closed .

The regret is very general and very sincere among Masons at the unexpected death at Folkestone in the early part of the present week of Bro . Sir Augustus Harris , ex-Sheriff of London , and Past G . Treasurer of England in the Craft , Arch , and Mark Degrees , and the sympathy with Lady Harris and her daughter

and the other relatives of our deceased brother will be equally general and sincere . Bro . Sir A . Harris was born in 1852 , and in ordinary circumstances it might have been hoped that he would be spared for many years to continue those successful labours in

connection with the drama and opera , which had made his name famous all the world over . But excessive work had told upon a constitution already weakened by a disease of long standing , and the news that he was very ill was still fresh when the announcement of his death was made public .

* * * Of our late brother ' s career as actor and manager of Drury Lane , Covent Garden , and other theatres and places of entertainment , there is no need for us to speak in these columns ; the story of his life had been eloquently told in all , or most , of the organs of the press

within 24 hoursof hisdeath . What , however , doesconcern us is the Masonic career of our late brother , whose services to the Craft during the last 11 years were of a high character . He was initiated a good many years ago , but it was not until in conjunction with Bros , the Earl of Londesborough , Sir John E . Gorst , Q . C ., M . P .,

and other prominent Masons , he set about founding Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 , that he won fame in our ranks . He was tha first ; S . W . and second W . M . of that distinguished lodge , but the services he rendered it by providing it with a home within the walls of " Old Drury , " cannot be too highly estimated , nor do

we imagine they will be forgotten so long as there are good men and true in our ranks , who are both able and willing to show respect to whom respect is due . Bro . Sir A . Harris was also a P . M . and Past G . Treasurer of Grand Lodge , having been elected to fill that office in March , 1 S 90 , and invested at the Grand Festival next

ensuing . He was also a P . Z . and Past G . Treasurer of Supreme Grand Chapter , P . M . and Past G . Treasurer of Mark Grand Lodge , and had distinguished himself in other branches of Masonry , He was , too , a supporter of our Institutions , and had shown the children of our Schools many kindnesses , more especially by

inviting them annually to see the pantomime at Drury Lane Theatre . We have no doubt the memory of these kindnesses and his services generally to the Craft will be remembered for many , many years . The funeral , at which both the Drama and Opera will be fully represented , will take place at Brompton Cemetery to-morrow ( Saturday ) shortly before noon .