Easter Railway Facilities.

tWtwich Malvern , Church Stretton , Abingdon , Oxford , Leamington , Warwick , Strat-V rd on-Avon . Aberystwyth , Dolgelley , Barmouth , Rhyl , Llandudno , Bangor , Carnarvon , Holyhead , & c . These tickets are issued on Fridays and Saturdays throughout the year :

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . The London and North-Westsrn Company announce that the Ticket Offices at Fusion , Broad-street , Kensington , Victoria ( Pimlico ) , and Willesden lunction will be nen throughout the day , from Monday , April ist , to Easter Monday , April Sth , inlusive so that Passengers wishing to obtain Tickets for 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 . Tickets , dated to suit the convenience of Passengers , can also be obtained at time ( Sundays and Bank Holidays excepted ) at the 1 ' own Receiving Offices of

any the Company . Additional Express Trains will be run , and special arrangements made in connection with the London and North-Western Passenger Trains for the Easter Holidays . The Company also announce cheap excursions for the Easier Holidays , as follows : On Wednesday , April 3 rd , to Dublin , Greenore , Belfast , Ardglass , Armagh , Bray , Bundoran , Cork , Downpatrick , Dundalk , Enniskillen , Galway , Greystones , Killaloe , Killarney , Limerick , Londonderry , Newcastle ( co . Down ) , Newry Ovoca , Portrush , Sligo , Thurles , Warrenpoint , Wesport , Wexford , other in Ireland return within 16

VVicktow , and places . To days . On Wednesday Midnight , April 3 rd , to Blackburn , Blackpool , Bolton , Carlisle , Carnforth Chorley , English Lake District , Fleetwood , Furness Line Stations , Lancaster , Maryport , Morecambe , Preston , St . Helens , Southport , Wigan , & crreturning April Sth and gth . On Thursday , April 4 th , to Aberdovey , Abergavenny , Abergele , Aberystwyth , Bangor , Barmouth , Bettws-y-Coed , Blaenau Festiniog , Brynmawr . Builth Wells Carmarthen , Carnarvon . Colwyn Bay . Conway , Criccieth , Dolgelly , Dowlais ,

, Fbbw Vale , Harlech . Hereford , Holyhead , Llanberis , Llandilo , Llandrindod , Llandudno , Llangammarch , Llanwrtyd , Merthyr , Oswestry , Pwllheli , Rhayader , Rhyl , Shrewsbury , Swansea , Tredegar , Wellington , Welshpool , Wrexham , & c , returning April Sth , gth , and 13 th . To Ashbourne , Birkenhead , Birmingham , Burton , Chester , Coventry , Derby , Dudley , Leamington , Leicester , Macclesfield , North Staffordshire Company ' s Stations , Nuneaton , Rugby , Tamworth , Thorpe Cloud ( for Dove Dale ) , Walsall , Warwick , Wolverhampton , & c , returning April Sth and oth . To Carlisle , Edinburgh , Glasgow ,

Aberdeen , Arbroath . Ayr , Ballater , Banff , Brechin , Buckie , Callander , Castle D mglas , Crieff , Cruden Bay , Dumbarton , Dumfries , Dundse , Dunkeld , Elgin , Forfar , Fort William , Gourock , Greenock , Inverness , Keith , Kirkcudbright , Moffat , Montrnse , Nairn , Newton Stewart , Oban , Perth , S irling , Stanracr , StrathpefTer , Wnithorn , Wigtown , and other places in Scotland , returning April Sth and 12 th , or within 16 days . On Thursday midnieht , April 4 th , to Crewe , Liverpool , Stafford , Warrington , Widnes , Ashton , Manchester , Oldham , Stalybridge , Stockport , & c , returning April Sth and gth . On

Saturday midnight , April Oth , to Liverpool , Manchester , Warrington , and Stockport , returning April Sth and gth . Cheap week-end tickets will be issued on Thursday , Good Friday ( where train service permits ) , and Saturday , April 4 th , 5 th , and ( 5 th , to Aberystwyth , Barmouth , Carlisle , Church Stretton , Gransre , Lancaster , Leamington , Llandrindod , Llandudno , Llanwrtyd , Llangammarch , Malvern , Morecambe , Rhyl ,

Stratford-on-Avon , Windermere , Aberdeen , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Greenock , Inverness , Montrose , Oban , Perth , Stirling , and other places , available for the return journey on the tallowing Sunday ( where train service permits ) , Monday , or Tuesday . Tourist tickets available for two months are issued daily to North and Central VVales , Cambrian line stations , Blackpool , Southport , Morecambe , Windermere , Grange , Ulverston , the English Lake District , Greenore , Portrush , & c .

MIDLAND RAILWAY . The Midland Railway Company will run cheap excursion trains from London on Tuesday , April 2 nd , to Londonderry , via Morecambe , by direct steamer , returning within 10 days as per sailing bill . On Wednesday , April 3 rd , to Dublin , Cork , Killarney , & c , via Morecambe and via Liverpool , to Belfast , Londonderry , Portrush , & c , via Banow and via Liverpool , available tor returning any weekday with iG days . On Thursday , April 4 th , cheap excursion trains will be run from London to Nottingham , Birmingham , Derby , Manchester , Blackburn , Oldham , Liverpool , Sheffield , Leeds ,

Kcarboro ' , Barrow and the Furness and Lake District , & c , returning the following Monday or Tuesday ; to Edinburgh , Glasgow , Greenock , Perth , Stirling , Aberdeen , Inverness , Nairn , Forres , Ballater , & c , returning Monday , April Sth , or Friday , April 12 th . Tickets will also be issued by the Scotch excuision at slightly more than the single ordinary third-class fare for the double journey , available for returning on any day within iG days from and including date of issue . On Thursday midnight , April 4 th , a cheap excursion will be run to Leicester for

one , four , or five days , and to Loughboro ' , Nottingham , Sheffield , and Manchester , for four or five days . On Saturday night , April Gth , to Leicester , I-oughboro ' , Nottingham , Sheffield , Leeds , Bradford , Manchester , Liverpool , & c , for two , three , or four days , and on Monday , April Sth , to Leicester , Loughboro ' , and Nottingham for one , two , or four days . On Easter Monday , April Sth , cheap excursion trains will be run to St . Albans , Harpenden , Luton , and Beeford . Cheap week-end tickets will be issued on ThursdayFriday , and Saturday , April 4 th , sth , and Gth , from

, London ( St . Pancras ) to the principal seaside and inland holiday resorts , including the Peak District of Derbyshire , Morecambe , the Lake District , Yorkshire , the North-East Coast , Scotland , and other parts , available for return on any day up to and including Tuesday , April 9 th , except day of issue . Cheap week-end and day excursion tickets will also be issued to Southend-on-Sea during the Easter holidays . 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 , April 3 rd , 4 th , and Gth , and tickets to all principal Stations on the Midland Railway will also be issued beforehand at any of their City Booking 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 .

Recent Festival Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

RECENT FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

The following new lists have been received during the last fortnight : LONDON . Chapter £ s . d . 2 Comp . W . J . Arrnitage ... ... ... 2100 Unattached Bro . J . Campbell Johnstone ... ... ... 10 10 o

THE PROVINCES . GLOUCESTERSHIRE . Lodge 246 Bro . S . P . Ryland ... ... ... 105 o o NORTHANTS AND HUNTS . 373 „ F . B . Thackray ... ... ... 42 o o Other small amounts have also been received , but these will be added in the Report and List of Returns , now in course of revision , which will be shortly issued in pamphlet form .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . CHARLES JOHN MOORE . The death of Bro . Charles John Moore , the head master of Devonport Technical School , brought sorrow to a large circle , who had learned to appreciate his high merits . Only 44 years of age , he was educated as a Queen ' s scholar at Cheltenham Training College in 1877-8 , and there distinguished himself in mathematics , being first in the kingdom in his second year . On leaving college

he was appointed to a London Board School in Drury-lane . Five or six years later he came to Devonport as assistant master at Stoke Public School . Then he joined the staff of Mr . Theodore Butler at Mannamead School as science demonstrator , and his exceptional ability was soon recognised . Soon after the initiation of technical instruction in Devonport , he was appointed demonstrator in physics and chemistry , and he devoted his whole energies , under the most

unfavourable conditions , due to want of proper laboratory accommodation in the George-street temporary home of the schools . The resources of the committee being then very limited , he made apparatus with the help of a few friends , to make his work more effective . When the beautiful block of buildings on the edge of the Park were opened , he became head master of the school , and no man was prouder of Devonport ' s Technical

Schools than he . At all times of the day he and the venerable chairman of the committee ( tor whom he entertained the highest regard , and which was evidently reciprocated ) might have been found engaged in arranging matters for the students of the ensuing evening . All the students who have won National , White , & c , and other exhibitions from the schools , have felt their indebtedness to their head master , and many and affectionate have been the greetings between

these clever and fortunate students , when they have returned to their native town . Much of the success of the schools has deservedly been attributed to Bro . Moore . For several months his health has been visibly failing . On the 12 th instant he drove to Plymouth , accompanied by his sister , and returned weary , almost exhausted ; and passed away very calmly about seven o ' clock the same evening .

From his boyhood days , when collecting moths and hunting for botanical specimens , he had been a keen observer of nature and natural phenomena . He has left a worthy example for young Devonport . The funeral took place on the iCth instant , and as Bro . Moore was I . P . M . of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 70 , many brethren attended .

BRO . WILLIAM BOHM . The death occurred suddenly on the 19 th instant , at 51 , Avenue-road , Acton of Bro . William Bohm , solicitor , of 23 , Old Jewry . Our deceased brother , who was 58 years of age , was well known and highly respected in City social circles , being a Past Master of the Framework Knitters' Company and the Hon !

Treasurer of its charitable funds ; a member of the livery of the Loriners ' Company ; a Past Master of the Moira Lodge , No . 92 ; and the Hon . Solicitor to the Savage Club . It will also be remembered b y his older friends that the deceased was prominently associated with the Fisheries Exhibition , and for some 20 years laboured untiringly on behalf of the Isle of Wight Railway Bill . The interment took place at Kensington Cemetery , Hanwell , on Saturday last .

^ THE LAUNCH OF SHAMROCK IL—A telegram from Glasgow says : Next week has been provisionally fixed for the launch of Shamrock 11 ., and in addition to the Marchioness of Dufferin , Lady Roberts is expected to take part in the ceremony . Sir Thomas Lipton and the yacht's skipper , Captain Sycamore , have just made an inspection of Shamrock II . Captain Sycamore , who has an intimate knowledge of American craft , declared that Shamrock IL would be an eye-opener to Americans .

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RHVHlWWWlUCTITIITinUHIDIMDIO UlJlLUMiitjiwo8igUIIU11rUKulnLo. 113THANNIVERSARYFESTIVAL Will be held on WEDNESDAY , the Sth MAY , 1 9 01 , TheMOSTWORSHIPFULPROGRANDMASTER, THE RIGHT HON . EARL AMHERST , R . W . Provincial Grand Master of Kent , IN THE CHAIR . Brethren Milling to act as Stewards on this very important occasion are earnestly solicited to send in their names to the ¦ •ccrelary , as early as convenient . Stewards are much needed , and their services will be gratefully received . nrr F . R . W . ' HEDGES , Secretary . Office—5 , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .