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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . CHANNEL ISLANDS , Via Weymouth . QUICKEST AND BEST ROUTE . Shortest Sea Passage . TWO EXPRESS SERVICES DAILY . Weymouth to Guernsey in about 3 | hours . Guernsey „ Jersey „ i £ „ AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER SERVICE . Day Service ( Sundays excepted ) Paddington depart 8 * 50 a . m ., Weymouth depart 1 * 30 p . m ., reaching Guernsey ahout 5 * 0 p . m ., and Jersey about 7 * 0 p . m ., and returning from Jersey at 8 * 30 a . m ., and Guernsey at 10 * 0 a . m ., reaching Paddington by Special Boat Train about 7 * 15 p . m . Night Service ( Sundays excepted ) Paddington depart 9 * 45 p . m ., Weymouth depart 2 * 15 a . m ., reaching Guernsey about 6 * 30 a . m ., and Jersey about 9 * 0 a . m . There is no Night Service from the Islands . Excursions -will leave Paddington Station as under : Every Saturday , 8 * 50 a . m . ( Special Day Service Express ) and 9 * 45 p . m . ( Night Boat Express ) for Guernsey and Jersey , for a fortnight or less . Return Fare , Third Class and After Cabin , 24 s 6 d . Passengers pass ** direct between the trains and steamers at Weymouth . Steamers lighted by electricity . During August and September , Special Fast Excursions i / irill leaVe Paddington Station , as under : Every Wednesday . —To Swindon , Cirencester , Tetbury , Ohalford , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Hereford , Clevedon , Weston-super-Mare , Bridgwater , Taunton , Minehead , "Wellington , Tiverton , & c , for a week , a fortnight , & c , and to Shrewsbury , Leominster , Hereford , Welshpool , Aberystwyth , Llangollen , Corwen , Bala , Festiniog , Dolgelley , Barmouth , Ehyl , Llandudno , Bettwys-y-Coed , Carnarvon , Llanberis ( for Snowdon ) , & c , for 6 , 9 , 13 or 16 days . Every Wednesday Midnight . —To Chepstow , Monmouth , Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , Llanelly , Carmarthen , Pembroke Dock , Tenby , Cardigan , Old and New Miiford , & c , for 8 or 15 days ; and to Chester , Birkenhead , and Liverpool , for 5 , 8 , 12 or 15 days . Every Thursday . —To Newbury , Savernake , Marlborough , Devizes , Trowbridge , Warminster , & c , for a week , a fortnight , & c . Every Thursday , Friday Night , and Saturday . —To Exeter , Dawlish , Teignmouth , Plymouth , Bodmin , Wadebridge , Fowey , Truro , Falmouth , St . Ives , Penzance , & c , for a week , a fortnight , & c . Every Thursday and Saturday . —To Minehead , Lynton , Lynmouth » Barnstaple , llfracombe , Yealmpton , Tavistock , Launceston , Torquay Dartmouth , & c , for a week , a fortnight , & c . Every Friday . —To Frome , Shepton Mallet , Wells , Yeovil , Bridport , Dorchester , Weymouth , Portland , & c , and to the Scilly Islands , for a week , a fortnight , & c . Every Friday Night . —To Weston-super-Mare , for a week , a fortnight , & c . Every Friday Midnight and Saturday . —To Douglas ( Isle of Man ) for a week a fortnight , & c . Every Friday and Saturday . —To Chippenham , Bath , and Bristol , for a week , a fortnight , & c . Notice to Excursion Passengers for the Weymouth District . ALTERED RETURN ARRANGEMENTS . On Friday , 19 th August , Excursion Passengers booking to Frome , Wells , Yeovil , Weymouth , & c , must return on 25 th , 29 th August , or 5 th September ; and those booking on Friday , 26 th August , must return on 5 th or 12 th September ; and not on the following Thursday or Thursday week , as announced in the Excursion Pamphlet . The Excursion to the Weymouth District announced to run every Friday , until further notice , will be discontinued after 26 th August . SATURDAY EXCURSIONS TO THE WEYMOUTH DISTRICT . Commencing Saturday , 20 th August , and every Saturday until 24 th September inclusive , an Excursion to Frome , Witham , Shepton Mallet , Wells , Yeovil , Maiden Newton , Bridport , Dorchester , Weymouth , Portland , & c , for 3 , 10 or 17 days , will leave Paddington Station , at 8 * 10 a . m . A FORTNIGHT IN IRELAND . Thursdays , 25 th August , 8 th and 22 nd September . —For Cork and Killarney . Fridays , 26 th August , 9 th and 23 rd September . —For Waterford , Dungarvan , Lismore , Clonmel , Tipperary , Kilkenny Killarney , Belfast , Armagh , Enniskillen , Lame , Giant ' s Causeway , & c . Cheap Third Class Return Tickets are issued daily by certain trains to Windsor 2 / 6 , Burnham Beeches 3 / -, Maidenhead 3 / -, Henley 3 / 6 , Goring 6 / -, & c . Tickets , bills , pamphlets , and Country Lodging Lists , can be obtained at the Company ' s Stations and at the usual Receiving Offices . 3 . L . WILKINSON , General Manager .

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LONDONANDSOUTHWESTERNRAILWAY. OPENING OF THE NEW LINE FROM HOLSWORTHY TO BUDE FOR PASSENGERS , PARCELS , AND GOODS TRAFFIC , on THURSDAY , August II . The TEAIN SERVICE from LONDON , Portsmouth , Southampton , to BUDE , and vice versa , will be as under : WEEK DAYS . Down Trains . — Fast Exp . Fast Exp . a . m . a . m . a . m . p . m . p . m . London ( Waterloo ) dep . 5 50 9 15 11 0 10 3 0 Portsmouth , 6 15 9 25 11 40 12 25 2 15 Southampton , 6 50 9 45 11 33 15 3 0 Holsworthy arr . 13 3 30 4 54 6 55 9 25 Holsworthy dep . 15 3 32 4 56 7 0 9 27 Bude arr . 1 28 3 55 5 19 7 23 9 50 Up Trains . Ex P * Ex P * Ex P * Ex Pa . m . a . m . p . m . p . m . — Bude dep . 8 5 10 25 1 57 3 5 — Holsworthy arr . 8 28 10 48 2 20 3 28 — Holsworthy dep . 8 30 10 50 2 22 4 5 — Southampton arr . 1 40 4 20 8 1 9 28 — Portsmouth „ 2 31 4 43 9 9 9 47 — London ( Waterloo ) „ 2 33 4 35 8 16 10 15 — There will be no Sunday Trains between Holsworthy and Bude . TOURIST TICKETS , LONDON to BUDE and BACK , available to return within two months , are issued as follows : 1 st Class . 2 nd Class . 3 rd Class . By rail throughout ( on and after Aug . 11 ) 66 s 6 d 41 s 6 d 33 s 3 d •Via Bideford and coach in each direc- ) tion , or returning by rail I _ , „ , , „ ,, .. ., By rail to Bude , returning by coach via \ 71 s 9 d 52 s 6 d Us 0 d Bideford | BUDE and ILFRACOMBE CIRCULAR \ TOUR . To llfracombe by rail , llfracombe to Bude „„„ , KO „ n , . „ „ , by rail , and coach via . Bideford , return- \ 79 s 0 d 52 a 0 d 43 s 3 d ing from Bude by rail via Holsworthy I or vice versa ) N . B . —These tickets will not be available for the coach journey between Bideford and Bude after Saturday , Oct 1 . as the coaches cease running on that date . A New Station named Whitstone and Bridgerull , situated about five miles from Holsworthy and 5 J miles from Bude , will also be opened at a later date , particulars of which will be duly announced . CHAS . 3 . OWENS , General Manager .

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Lecacies For The Institutions.

LECACIES FOR THE INSTITUTIONS .

WE congratulate the three Chanties of the Craft on being the fortunate recipients of legacies of £ 200 each , bequeathed by the late Bro . George William Ferrars Loftus , of Briarneld , Hastings , formerly of Oaklands ,

Bromley , who died on 7 th June , aged fifty-nine years , and who left personal estate of the net value of £ 13 , 678 17 s 8 d , the gross value of the whole of his estate having been entered at £ 18 , 771 16 s 8 d . The testator also made other charitable bequests .

Our Royal Grand Master proposes to prolong his stay on board the " Osborne " at Cowes until the end of August . The sides of the pavilion built for his Royal Highness on the deck of the Royal yacht have been filled with glass sashes to replace the curtai ns which at first formed the walls of the

structure , and other work has been carried out with a view to a longer stay on the part of his Royal Highness than originally intended . He has benefited greatly in health by his stay in the Solent , and has been able to spend most of the day on deck . The steady progress of the Prince towards recovery continues to be the cause of national rejoicing .