Royal Arch.

there waa a large muster of the Companion . " , amongst whom were Comps . S . Border M . E . Z ., Robinson H ., Broaden J ., J . Todd P . Z . Treasnrer , Pnrnell S . E ., Gramshaw P . S ., Wright 1 st Asst . Sojourner , Bookie , B . A ., P . Z ., J . Sykes Rymer P . Z ., H . Foster P . Z ., M . Rooke P . Z ., George Kirby P . Z ., Captain D . Grant , Waistell , Hodgson , Tweedy , James Ward , E . R . Turner , Laughton , Draper , Brysoo ,

Proctor , Biscomb , Dow , Anderson , and others . The Chapter having been opened , and the minutes of the previous meeting confirmed , the M . E . Z . elect , Comp . G . J . Robinson , together with Comps . Broaden and Hodgson , were duly installed by Comp . J . Todd . The Officers elected at the previous Chapter were invested by tho M . E . Z ., and Comp . Hollander 1611 was elected a joining member . The Companions dined in the banquet room of the Lodge , when the usual

Loyal and Masonio toasts were duly given and honoured . The M . E . Z ., replying to hia toast , expressed the great gratification it was to occupy the position tho Companions had been pleased to elect him to , and assured them' that no efforts on his part should be vanting to ensure the success of tbe Chapter ancl Royal Arch Masonry . Several Companions contributed to the harmony of the evening , and the proceedings terminated in a most agreeable manner .

DOVE CHAPTER , No . 456 . AT the annnal meeting of the members of this Chapter , held recently , Comp . William Torrence was installed in the First Principal ' s chair , and Comp . Hodgkinson in that of the Third Principal ; Comp . George M . Bond , who should have been installed iu tho Second Principal ' s chair , being unfortunately prevented from attending by illness . The Installing Officer on tho occasion was Comp . Wm .

Brickel P . P . G . P . S . Amongst the visitors present was Comp . Pepper P . G . H ., who availed himself of the opportunity offered after dinner , in responding to tbe toast of the Provincial Grand Chapter , to address some very useful and encouraging remarks to the Companions present upon the work of the Dove Chapter , and upon Royal Arch Masonry in the Province .

Whitsuntide Railway Facilities.

WHITSUNTIDE RAILWAY FACILITIES .

— : o : — THE GREAT WESTERN EAILWAY ANNOUNCE that an excursion to Gloucester , Cardiff , Newport , Swansea . New Milford , and other stations in South Wales and

the South - of Ireland will be ran on Friday , 19 th May , and that a fast excursion train for the West of England will leave Paddington at 7 * 45 a . m . on Saturday , 20 th May , reaching Exeter in 5 £ hours and Plymouth in 8 hours . Excursions will also bo run on the same day to Bafcb , Bristol , Dorchester , Weymoatb , the Channel Island ? , Worcester , Malvern , Hereford , Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham ,

Wolverhampton , Shrewsbury , Chester , Liverpool , Manchester , & o . On Whit Sunday a chenp train will run to Swindon , Stroud , Gloucester , and Cheltenham , leaving Paddington at 8 ' 20 a . m . At midnight , on Sunday , an excursion for 1 or 4 days will leave Paddington for Oxford , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , & c . On the Bank Holiday cheap trains will bo run to Maidenhead ,

Reading , Bath , Bristol , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c . Excursions will be run to London from most of the principal stations , and cross country trips have also been arranged . Cheap tickets are now issued daily from London and many suburban stations to Staines , Windsor , Taplow , Maidenhead , Henley , Goring , Wallingford , and other riverside resorts . These tickets can be

obtained throughout the Whitsuntide holidays , and in fact during the whole of the summer months . To meet the expected additional traffic by the ordinary trains on Saturday , 20 fch May , the Company will run in duplicate , the 50 and 9 ' 0 p . m . trains from London to the West of England ; the 10 - 20 a . m ., 3 ' 15 and 915 p . m . trains to Weymouth , Hereford , and South Wales .

The first portions of the 50 and 9 ' 0 p . m . trains will leave Paddington at 4 ' 55 and 8 * 55 p . m . respectively , bnt the first parts of the other trains will leave at the advertised times , and the second a few minntes afterwards , 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 . Ordinary and excursion tickets are issued at the Company ' s City and West-end offices , viz .: —193 and 407 Oxford Street , 23 New Oxford Street , Holborn Circus , 29 Charing Cross , 269 Strand , 26 Regent Street , 5 Arthur Street East , London Bridge , 82 Queen Victoria Street , 43 and 44 Crutched Friars , 97 Gresham Street ,

4 Cheapside , Cambridge Circus , Shaftesbury Avenne , W . C , " The Piazza , " Covent Garden , 17 Brompton Road , S . W ., and at the L . 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 , Kensington ( Addison Road ) , Uxbridge Road , Hammersmith ,

and other stations . The booking offices at the Paddington station will be open all day on May 17 th , 18 th , 19 th , and 20 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 of passengers .

The London And North Western Railway Company

THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY

ANNOUNCE that the ticket offices at Boston , Broad Street , Kensington , and Willesdeu Junction will bo open throughout the day from Monday , 15 th May , to Monday , 22 nd May , inclusive , BO

The London And North Western Railway Company

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 tho starting of the trains . The tickets will be dated to suit the convenience of passengors . Tickets for all the principal station 3 on the London and North Western system and its connections can ba obtained at any time ( Sundays and Bank Holidays excepted ) at the

usual town receiving offices of tho Company . The tickets obtained at these offices will be available from either Euston or Kensington ( Addison Road ) , and will be issued at tbe same fares as charged at those stations . They can also bo obtained at Messrs . Gaze and Sons ' Offices , 142 Strand , 4 Northumberland Avenne , 18 Westbourne Grove , W . ; and at the Army and Navy Co-operative Society ' s Stores ,

105 Victoria Street , Westminster , at tho samo fares as at Euston Station . On Thursday , 18 th May , a special train will leave Manchester ( Exchange ) at 12 ' 55 p . m . for Rhyl and Llandudno . On Fn'day , 19 th May , a special train will leave Enston Station at 6 25 p . m . for Holyhead and Ireland ; a special train will leave Manchester ( Exchange ) at 12 ' 55 p . m . for Rhyl and Llandudno . On

Saturday , 20 th May , a special train will leave Rugby at 11 ' 5 a . m . for Shrewsbury and North Wales ; a special train will leave Willesden Station at 2 ' 55 p . m . for Bletchley , Wolvorton , Blisworth , Weedon , Rugby , principal stations ou Trent Valley Line , and Stafford ; additional trains will also leave Euston Station for Birmingham ab 4 ' 25 p . m . and 6 ' 50 p . m . ; a special train will leave Manchester

( Exchange ) at 1255 p . m . for Rhyl and Llandudno ; aud relief trains will leave Birmingham at 2 ' 7 p . m . and 47 p . m . for Northampton ; a special express will leave Birmingham at 3 ' 53 p . m . and Wolverhampton at 4 20 p . m . for Liverpool . On Whit Monday , 22 nd May , the 4 ' 30 p . m . train from Euston Station to Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Walsall , & c , will not be run . Passengers will be conveyed hy the

5 ' 0 p . m ., except those for Melton Mowbray , Nottingham , and the Great Northern Line , who on this date will travel by the 3 ' 15 p . m . train from Enston ; the 80 a . m . train , Wolverhampton to London will not run . On Whit Monday , 22 nd May , numerous residential trains will not be run . The Company also announce that they will

run excursions to and from London , Birmingham , Wolverhmapton , Leamington , Coventry , Walsall , Laioester , Macclesfield , Stoke , Stone , Liverpool , Manchester , Chester , North Wales , Shrewsbury , Hereford , Oswestry , Preston , Wigan , Blackpool , Morecambe , Carlisle , the Lake District . Excursions will also be run from London and other principal towns to Scotland for the Whitsun Holiday week .

The Midland Railway Company

THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY

HAVE arranged , with a view to the greater convenience of the public , for the booking offices at St . Pancras and Moorgate Street Stations to be open for the issue of tickets all day on Friday and Saturday , May 19 th and 20 tb , and tickets to all principal stations on the Midland Railway can be obtained beforehand at their offices , 445 West Strand , 267 Strand , 183 Victoria Street , 170 Queen ' s

Road , Bayswater , 5 Charing Cross ( corner of Northumberland Avenue ) , 10 a New Bond Street , 33 Cmnbourne Street , 101 High Holborn , 1 Shaftesbury Avenue , Piccadilly , Gloucester office , 495 Oxford Street , 13 Parkside , Knightsbridge , 272 Regent Circus , Oxford Street , 109 Tottenham Court Road , 9 Sloane Square , 33 Cannon Street , 13 Aldersgate Street , 10 Commercial Road , "Four Swans , "

36 Camomile Street , 122 Maro Street , Hackuey , Army and Navy Stores , 105 Victoria Street , Westminster , Cook ' s Tourist Offices , Ludgate Circus , 99 Gracechurch Street , 33 Piccadilly , and 82 Oxford Street ; at the L . B . and S . C . Co . ' s Offices , 28 Regent Street , Piccadilly , and 8 Grand Hotel Buildings , Trafalgar Square ; aud at " Red Cap , " 6 Camden Road , " Empire " Office , 30 Silver Street , Notting Hill

Gate , MyerV , la Pentonville Road . The tickets obtained at these Offices will be available from St . Pancras Station , and will be issued at the same fares as charged ab that station , and dated to suit the convenience of passengers . Cheap excursion trains will be run from London to Dublin via Morecambe , on Wednesday , 17 th May , to return May 20 th , 23 rd , 25 th , 27 tb , 30 th , or 1 st June ; to Dublin via

Liverpool , on Thursday , 18 th May ; to Belfast , Londonderry , and Portrnsh for Giants Causeway via Barrow , on Friday , 19 th May , for 16 days ; to Londonderry via Morecambe , on Saturday , 20 th May , to return May 22 nd , 25 tb , 29 th , or June 1 st , as per bill of Sailing ; to Leicester , Nottingham , Newark , Lincoln , Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , Burton , Derby , Manchester , Liverpool , Blackburn

Bolton , Oldham , Sheffield , Leeds , Bradford , Scarboro ' , Newcastle , tho Furness District , Carlisle , & c , & a ., on Saturday , 20 fch May , returning the following Monday or Thursday ; to Carlisle , Castle Douglas , Dumfries , Edinburgh , Glasgow , & c , on Saturday , 20 th May , returning tbe following Tuesday or Saturday ; to St . Albans , Harpendon , Lnton , Bedford , and Birmingham , on Whit-Monday ,

22 nd May , for one day ; and to Manchester , for the races , on Thursday midnight , 25 th May , returning Saturday , 27 th May , and tickets for these trains for starting from St . Pancras Station can be obtained on the two previous days to the running of the trains at the abovenamed offices . Cheap excursion trains for five or eight days will also be run to London from Carlisle , Bradford , Leeds , Sheffield , Liverpool , Manchester , Blackbnrn , Burnley , Bolton , Bury , Rochdale , Oldham ,

Lincoln , Newark , Burton , Derby , Nottingham , Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , Leicester , & c , on Saturday , 20 th May , and for 6 days on Monday , 22 nd May . Passengers will be booked by these trains at cheap fares to Brighton , Hastings , St . Leonards , Eastbourne , & c . ; and to Paris and other places on the Continent , having tbe privilege of returning by any ordinary train within 16 days .

Death.

DEATH .

! NETTLEINOIfAM . —On the 3 rd ins ! ., at OvorcMlo , Gravoiend , YHZDSUO I lizcaax NBiiLJii-fuHAsr , J . P ., aged sixty-eight .