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BRO . GEORGE JOHNSON WILSON , P . J . G . W ., & c . The Province of Durham has sustained a severe loss through the death of Bro . George Johnson Wilson , the oldest Provincial Officer . He was initiated in the Restoration Lodge , No . in , Darlington , on the 25 th April , 1 S 33 , and continued a subscribing member until

the time of his death , which occurred on Monday , the 9 th inst ., at his residence , Bondgate , Darlington . Bro . Wilson occupied the chair of Restoration Lodge in 1 S 35 , 1843 , 1844 , and again in 1857 . He was appointed P . J . G . D . in 18 35 , and in 184 6 was appointed P . G . D . C , which office he held until 1850 , when he was made P . J . G . W . Upon the occasion of his Masonic jubilee ,

25 th April , 1 SS 3 , his portrait was presented to the lodge by the brethren , and he was presented with a suit of Provincial Grand regalia , to mark the respect and esteem entertained for him . He was one of the most regular attendants at the Restoration Lodge , and at the Marquess of Ripon Lodge , of which he was also a member until a very short period before his death .

He was also a very zealous Royal Arch Mason , and was appointed M . E . Z . of the Vigilance Chapter in 1850 , and subsequently was appointed P . A . G . S . The funeral took place on Thursday , the 12 th inst ., at the West Cemetery , Darlington . Previous to the public ceremony a memorial service , or Lodge of Sorrow , was

held in the Freemasons' Hall jointly by the members of the Restoration and Alarquess of Ripon Lodges , the ritual observed being the compilation of Bro . T . B . Whytehead , P . P . G . W . N . and E . Yorks . While the brethren assembled in the hall the Organist played the " Etincarnatus " from Mozart's Twelfth Mass . Bro . F .

Alartin , the W . M . of the senior lodge , occupied the Master's chair , and Bro . James Lawrence , W . AI . of the Alarquess of Ripon Ledge , that of the S . W . ; Bros . Bailey , P . AL , P . P . J . G . W ., as J . W . ; Rev . C . Jackson , P . M ., P . P . G . Chap ., and Rev . R . A . Waters , Chap . 1379 , as Chaplains ; B . Boulter , P . AL , P . P . G . Treas ., and A . Farmer , P . M ., P . P . G . W . N . and E . Yorks , as

Senior Deacons ; J . W . Marshall , P . AL , P . P . G . Org ., and W . Hobson , P . AL , P . P . J . G . D ., as Junior Deacons ; W . Mitford , P . AL , P . P . G . Std . Br ., as Inner Guard ; R . Luck , P . AL , M . A ., P . P . G . Registrar , and T . AL Barrow , P . M ., P . P . G . Registrar , acted as Directors of Ceremonies ; and were assisted by Bro . C . D . Hill Drury , P . M ., M . D ., P . P . G . Registrar of Norfolk . The

Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham was represented by Bros . E . Nixey , P . M ., P . J . G . W . ; J . R . Cutter , P . AL , P . G . Treas . ; R . Singleton , P . M ., P . P . G . D . ; J . C . Moor , P . AL , P . P . G . D . ; John Robinson , P . AL , P . P . G . Std . Br . ; Wm . Swales , P . AL , P . G . O . ; J . R . Pattison , P . M ., P . A . G . S . ; James Graham , P . AL , P . P . G . Stwd . ; and Thos . Coates , P . AL , P . P . G . Stwd .

Amongst the brethren present were Bros . S . F . Bousfield , P . M . ; Edwin Cowper , P . M . ; W . C . Barron , I . P . AL ; R . M . Wilkes , P . M . ; W . G . Snaith , P . M . ; Wm . Sewell , S . W ., F . M . Thompson , J . W ., VV . E . Brown , Sec , C . J . Walton , S . D ., E . VV . Jones , J . D . A . Grundey , Org ., R . B . Franklin and Robt . Johnson , Stwds ., Thos . Ness , Wm . Fryer , R . T . Alanson , Thos .

Wood , G . S . Allison , R . Teasdale , M . P . Flint , VV . Todd , J . Maughan , Henry Petch , VV . Bentley , P . Hutchinson , Thos . Smith , M . Curry , and VV . Walton , all of n i ; T . W . Marley , I . G ., R . L . Pratt , L . Eastwood , J . H . Williams , and Rev . C . Jeffries , of 1379 : T . Imcson and W . G . Imeson , of 1650 ; and John Wharton , 123 . The W . M . opened the joint lodge in the Three

Degrees , the brethren wearing Alasonic mourning , the deceased ' s vacant stall on the dais , his portrait hanging on the wall , and the panel recording the years he was Master , being draped in black . The ceremony commenced by the choir chanting the 15 th Psalm , after which , in response to a question by the VV . AL , the Acting S . W . stated they were met to honour the memory

of the brother who had been taken from them , and the Acting J . W . spoke upon the sentiments which at such an hotirinspired them . Suitable sentences followed , spoken by the four Acting Deacons . Bro . Dr . C . D . Hill Drury then read the 12 th chapter of Eccles ., and the singing of the hymn , ' ¦ Great God , what do I see and hear , " followed . During the singing of this hymn the ollicers

rose , and the brethren formed in procession , and marched three times round the catafalque . The brethren then formed a circle around it , and an impressive ceremony followed , conducted by the Directors of Ceremonies . A Masonic prayer was then offered by the Rev . C . Jackson . Bro . F . Martin , W . M , rendered the passage " 'Though I walk 'through the Valley of the

Shadow of Death , " with much feeling . During the singing of the first verse of " Brother , now thy work is o ' er" the D . C . extinguished silently the Junior Warden ' s light ; during the next verse the Senior Warden ' s light was extinguished . The two W . AI . ' s each advanced to the catafalque and placed thereon a wreath of white , saying "The mercy of the Lord is

from everlasting to everlasting . I deposit this wreath as an emblem of immortality and hope . " 'The Rev . R . A . Waters offered a brief declaration ; a solemn pause followed , when the D . C . called upon the brethren to give their departed brother Grand Honours for the last time . A circle was again formed , and vows of truth , faithfulness , and fraternal love were renewed

words of farewell being expressed b y the D . C . The brethren adjourned to the late residence of the deceased and preceded the funeral cortege , each brother wearing white gloves and carrying a sprig of acacia . The family and principal mourners followed the hearse in mourning coaches . The service at the cemetery was fully choral . On reaching the cemetery gates the

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brethren formed themselves on each side of the pathway , and the cortege passed between , being met by the officiating clergyman and a surpliced choir . The musical portion of the service was from Helmore ' s Burial Service , with the addition of the hymn "Jesus lives ! " At the graveside , at the completion of the

service , the brethren sang as a closing hymn 'For ever with the Lord , " and afterwards filed past the grave and deposited their sprigs of acacia upon the coffin . The brethren returned to Freemasons' Hall , where the ceremony was concluded , the closing prayer being offered by Bro . Rev . Campbell Jeffries .

BRO . J . A . PAGE . On Monday , the 16 th inst ., the remains of the late Bro . John Andrew Page , who died at his residence , io , Gloucester-road , Bishopston , on the previous Thursday , were interred at Arno ' s-vale cemetery . The first portion of the Burial Service was read at the church of

St . Michael and All Angels ' , Bishopston , by the Rev . W . Crnikshank , and thence the cortege proceeded to Arno ' s-vale . The mourners included Miss Page ( daughter of the deceased ) , Mrs . Pierrepont Harris , Bros . Bramble and Pierrepont Harris , and Mr . Hodges . At the graveside there were assembled many brethren

of the Craft , of which the deceased was for some years a prominent member , and amongst them were Bros . Col . J . R . Bramble , D . P . G . AI . ; Pierrepont Harris , P . M ., P . P . S . G . W ., Prov . G . S . ; W . E . Parry , Prov . G . R .: R . M . Hatch , W . M . 686 ; D . Williams , P . M . 686 , Prov . S . G . W . ; E . B . Colthurst , P . M . 187 ,

P . P . S . G . W ., Prov . G . D . C ; G . R . Storrard , P . M . 1296 ; AL V . Brazier , 1296 ; Dr . Hodge , P . M . 187 ; H . W . T . Bolt , 13 S 8 ; J . Miller , Tyler 1296 ; J . Bolt , P . M . 1388 ; Robert ' Burnett , P . M . 1388 , P . P . S . G . W . ; VV . Chessell , P . AI . 1 S 7 ; F . W . Simpson , J . W . 686 ; Rupert Lewis , 6 S 6 ; W . G . Vowles , P . M . 103 , P . P . S . G . W . ; R . Coaffee ,

P . M . 68 , P . P . S . G . W . ; Frank Trull , P . M . 68 ; R . C . Smart , 6 S ; C . J . Hill , 326 , 1296 ; J . W . Powell , 103 ; H . R . Harvey , 103 ; J . Stoate , Tyler 610 , Prov . G . T . ; J . Webber , Asst . Tyler 610 ; S . Edwards , 326 , P . Prov . G . S . B . ; and F . Bolt , l . P . M . 1388 . The concluding portion of the service at the graveside was read by the Revs . VV . and R . Crnikshank .

BRO . J . POWDRELL . A very genial and excellent brother has been removed from our midst by the hand of death in the person of Bro . J . Powdrell , M . D . Although not a young man , Bro . Powdrell was , until lately , in the possession of vigorous health and gave promise of much usefulness , Alasonically and otherwise . He leaves a widow to

mourn his loss . Our late brother was a member of the Royal Savoy Lodge , No . 1744 , and a founder and at the time of his death I . P . AL of Regent's Park Lodge , No . 2202 . He was also a founder and P . AL of St . Pancras Lodge , founder and H . of the Regent ' s Park Chapter , a member of the Holborn Lodge , and the Aletropolitan Chapter , besides being a Life Governor of the Boys ' and Girls' Schools , and the Benevolent Institution .

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WHITSUNTIDE RAILWAY FACILITIES .

GREAT WKSTEKN RAILWAY . The Great Western Railway Company announce that a fast excursion train- for the West of England will leave Paddington at 7 . 45 a . m . on Saturday , | une 4 th , reaching Exeter in 5 , hours and Plymouth in 7 . 1 hours , and that excursions will also be run on the same day to Bath , Bristol ,

Dorchester , Weymouth ( for the Channel Islands ) , Cheltenham , Worcester , Alalvern , Hereford , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Shrewsbury , Chester , Liverpool , Alanchester , and other stations on the Great Western System . An excursion to Gloucester , Cardiff , Newport , Swansea , New Alilford , and stations in South Wales and South of Ireland will be run on Friday , June 3 rd . Cheap trains will

be run to London from most of the principal stations , and cross country trips have also been arranged . To meet the expected additional traffic by the ordinary trains on Saturday , June 4 th , I he company will run in duplicate , the 5 . 0 and cj . ii p . m . trains frcm London to the West of England ; the 10 20 a . 111 . 3 . i . i and 9 . 15 p . m . trains to Weymouth , Hereford and South Walts . ' I he first portion of the 5 . 0 and < j . o

p . m . trains will leave Paddington at 4 . 55 and S . 55 p . m . lesptclively , but the first parts of the other trains will leave at the advertised times , and the second a few minutes altcrwards , the long distance passengers being 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 .

On Bank Holiday excursions will be run to Reading , Bath , Bristol , Strtud , Gloucester , Cheltr nham , Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , and other stations . Oioinaiy snd excursion tickets ( available from and to Paddington ) are issued at the company ' s City and West End offices , viz .: 193 and 407 , Oxford-street ; 23 , New Oxford-street j Holborn Circus ; 29 , Charing Cross ; 2 fxj ,

Strand ; 2 G , Regent-street ; 5 , Arthur-street ; Fast London Bridge ; S 2 , Queen Victoria-street ; 43 and 44 , Crutched Friars ; ( 7 , Grtsham-street ; 4 . Chcapside , and at thcL . B . and S . C . Company ' s excursion office ( under Grand Hotel ) , Trafalgar-square . 'Tickets can also be obtained at Victoria

, L . C . and D . Railway , Kensingtrm ( Addison-read ) , Uxbiidgercad , Hammersmith , and other stations . The booking offices at the Paddington Station will be oper , all day on June 1 st , 2 nd , 3 id , and 4 th , so that passengers wishing to obtain tickets for any destination on the Great Western Railway can do so at their convenience . Ordinary tickets will be dated to suit the convenience ol passengers .

LONDON AND NORTM-WESTI . RAILWAY . The London and North-Western Railway Company announce that the ticket offices at Euston , Broad-street , Kensington , and Willesden Junction will be open throughout the day from Alonday , May 30 th , to Alonday , June flth ,

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inclusive , so that passengers wishing to obtain tickets fn any destination on the London and North-Western Railway can do so at any time of the day prior to the starting of the trains . The tickets will be dated to suit the convenience of passengers . Tickets for all the principal stations on the London and North-Western system and its connections can be obtained at any time ( Sundays and Bank Holiday \ t 1 /

. _ j _ , ,. _ L :..: ~ cc— „ r ..- - >_ JS excepted ) at the town receiving offices of the Comp- ny On Thursday , June 2 nd , a relief train will leave F . u ; ,, ' Station at 10 . 35 a . m ., and will run through to Birniingh ' and Windermere ; a special train will leave Alanchester ( Exchange ) at 12 . 55 P- - f ° Rhvl and Llandudno ; and 0 . special express train will leave Birmingham at 11 . 35 a . m for Shrewsbury , Cambrian Line , and North Wales and

, passengers for these districts must not travel b y the n , ^ n a . m . train from Birmingham . On Friday , June 3 rd , '"' a train will leave Eurton Station at 10 . 35 a . m ., and will rUn through to Birmingham and Windermere ; a special train will leave Euston Station at fi . 25 p . m . for Holyhead and Ireland , calling at Willesden , Rugby , Nuneaton , Crewe and Chester only ; a special train will leave Manchester

( Exchange ) at 12 . 55 P- - for Rhyl and Llandudno ; and a special express train will leave Birmingham at 11 . 35 a . m . for Shrewsbury , the Cambrian Line , and North Wales , and passengers for these districts will not be conveyed b y the 11 . 30 a . m . train from Birmingham . On Saturday , June 4 th , a relief train will leave Euston Station at 10 . 35 a . m . and run through to Birmingham ar . d Windermere ; a

special train will leave Rugby at 11 . 0 a . m ., Nuneaton 11 . 20 a . m ., Tamworth ir . 40 a . m ., Lichfield 11 . 50 a . m . Rugeley 12 . 5 noon , for North Wales and Welshpool ; a special train will leave Euston Station at 2 . 45 p . m . for principal stations on Trent Valley Line and Stafford ; additional trains will also leave Euston Station for Birmingham at 4 . 25 p . m . and fi . 55 p . m . ; a special

express tram will leave Birmingham at 11 . 35 a . m . for Shrewsbury , Cambrian Line , and North Wales , and passengers for these districts will not be conveyed h y the 11 . 30 a . m . train from Birmingham ; a special train will leave Manchester ( Exchange ) at 12 . 55 P- - f ° Rhyl and Llandudno ; and relief trains will leave Birmingham at 2 . 7 p . m . and 4 . 5 p . m . lor Northampton . On Whit Alonday ,

June Gth , the following express trains will not be run from London ( Euston ) , viz ., 12 . 0 noon and 4 . 0 p . m . Passengers will leave at i 2 . ionoonand 4 . 10 p . m . respectively ; the g . 30 a . m . train from Euston Station will not run . Passengers for Birmingham , Wolverhampton , & c , will be conveyed by the 9 . 0 a . m . train ; the 4 . 30 p . m . train from Euston Station will not run . The through carriages between

London and the following places will not be run , viz ., Leamington , Walsall , Macclesfield , Welshpool , Aberystwyth , Rochdale , Knutsford , Southport , Bolton , Birkenhead , and Bangor . On Whit Alonday , June 6 th , numerous residential trains will not be . run . The Company also announce that they will run excursions to and from London ,

Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Leamington , Coventry , Walsall , Leicester , Alacclesfield , Stoke , Stone , Liverpool , Alanchester , Chester , North Wales , Shrewsbury , Hereford , Oswestry , Preston , VV'igan , Blackpool , Alorecambe , Carlisle , the Lake District , Scotland , and other places , on Saturday , June 4 th .

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . The Great Northern Railway Company announce that on Saturday , June 4 th , cheap three or six days' excursion trains will be run from London ( King ' s Cross ) to Cambridge , Wisbech , Lynn , Cromer , Norwich , Yarmouth , Lincoln , Leicester , Nottingham , Derby , Burton , Stoke , Newark , Sheffield , Barnsley , lluddersfield , Alanchester , Stockport ,

Warrington , Liverpool , Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , Keighley , Halifax , Hull , Vork , Scarborough , Whitby , Bridlington , Darlington , Newcastle , & c , & c . A cheap four or eight days' excursion will also be run to Edinburgh and Glasgow . On Whit . Monday , June Gth , cheap excursion trains will be run from Victoria ( L . C and D . J , Aloorgate , King's Cross ( G . N . ) , & c , to St . Albans , Wheathampand

stead , harpenden , Luton , Dunstable , Hitchin , Cambridge . Cheap fast excursions will also be run on Saturday , the 4 th , and Alonday , Gth June , from Aloorgate , Farringdon , King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , Finsbury Park , to Sl ; eg ness , button-on-Sea , and Alablethorpe . Three or four days' tickets will be issued b y the excursion on Saturday , available for return by the excursion on AlonJay ,

or by any ordinary train on Tuesday . Manchester Races . —On Thursday night , June 9 th , a fast excursion for two days will be run from Aloorgate , Kings Cross ( G . N . ) , Finsbury Park , & c , to Alanchester . 'To prevent inconvenience from crowding at the company s principal terminal station , King ' s Cress , tickets , dated in advance , will be issued at King ' s Cross ( G . N . R . ) , Viclona l

( L . C . and D . ) . Ludgate-hill , Aloorgate , Aldersgate , arringdon , and Finsbury Park stations , and at the following ticket offices : 90 , ' 1 ottenham Court-road ; 2 S 5 , Oxh'f'lstrett ; "Star " Office , 1 ; S , Victoria-street , Pimlico , b . \) ¦ i 139 and 141 , Brampton-road , S . W . ; Albert-gate OH » e , 1 , William-street , Lowndes-square , VV . ; iGy , Edgwarcroad ; Royal Oak Ofii e , G , Porchester-road , Westbourne-¦

grove ; Cambridge-circus , Shaftesbury-avenue ; . > - ' Strand ; "Bee Hive . " Whitecross-street ; 43 and JA , Crutched Friars ; So , Bishopsgate-street Without ; Charlesstreet , Farringdon-street ; 230 , Essex-road , Islington ; - 'M ' High Holborn ; K > , Fish-street Hill ; 95 . Hi B ' .,. " d Borough ; 150 A , VVestminster Bridge-road ; 44 > , "'!'"„ ' Uadenno

street , Cannon-street ; 1 , VVhittington-avenue , street ; 3 , King Ed ward-street , Newgate-street ; 22 . y ° \' street ; 217 , Old-street ; 7 . Beresford-square , South vvo . wich ; Gieat Northern Company ' s Poplar Dock statw ^ Preston-ioad ; Royal Victoria and Albert Docks ( G . N- ^' v offices ); at the offices of Alessrs . Swan and Leacn , ^ j Charing Cioss , and 32 , Piccadilly-circus ; at 'he Army Navy Stores , 105 , Victoria-street , S . W . ; and of Will' -11 VVhiteley , 151 , Oueen ' s-road , Bayswater .

'The anniversary meeting of the Royal Geograf 1 ' Sotiety was held in the hall of the University of ' /"( the Burlington-gardens , on Alonday , when the re P , ° , ther Council was presented and adopted , and medals and . _ awards were distributed . The number ot Fellows , cx , , ' (| , e of honorary members , is 3549 , and the income exceed expenditure by £ 154 . _ —

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