Freemasonry In Canada.

McLeod Moore Great Prior , James A . Henderson , Q CA D . C . TJ ., Great Sub-Prior , Daniel Spry Grand Chancellor . Rev . V . Clementi Grand Chaplain , John Kennedv Grand Constable , A . G . Adams Grand Marshal , David McLellan

Grand Treasurer , T . C . Macnabb Grand Epgristrar . In the eveflinsr the Visitors were entertained at a banquet by the Godfrey de Bouillon Preceptory , the chair being occupied by Sir Knight J . A . Henderson , Q . C , Great Sub-Prior .

Midsummer Holidays.

MIDSUMMER HOLIDAYS .

WE have already described the satisfactory arrangements made for the holiday season bv one or more railwavs . a"d it mav safely be said that the facilities which are placed within reach of the pnblic by the executive of the Great Western are equally satisfactory . It is now a reiognised part of the year ' s programme that holiday folk and exenrsio ists should havo extended to them every opportunity for cheap travel . The Great Western traverses a very

interesting portion of England , and is in communication with some of its most attractive cities and towns . Wales , both North an ' South , offers innumerable attractions to the tonrist . It , is not surprising therefore to find that the arrangements made for his con venience leave little , if anything , to he desired . Thus there are no less than five circular tours , tickets for which are issued nt the

most moderate rates . The first of these extends as far as Tenby , rid Whitland or New Milford , thence viA Carmarthen to Dolgellv , returning rid , Bala , the Yale of Llangollen , and Shrewsbury . The journey may be broken at any station between Gloucester and Whit , land , at Strata Florida , Lampeter , and any station below Aberystwith and Dolgelly , so that passengers obtain the opportunity

of visiting Gloucester , Chepstow , Newport , Swansea , Tenby , & o ., & e The same jonrney may be made the reverse way , from Shrewsbury by the Vale of Llangcllen , & o ., to Tenby . By the second route the tonrist reaches Dolerelly by the Vale of Llangollen and Bala , returning thence by Barmouth Junction , Muchin TJlth and Oswestry , or Welsh , pool and Shrewsbury . The journey mav be broken nt any station

between Shrewsbury and Dolgellv , Barmouth Junction , and Oswestry , or Barmouth Junction and Shrewsbury . The third route is by the Tale of Llangollen or Bala to Dolgelly , thence by Barmouth nnd Afon Wen to Carnarvon , returning via Chester and Rnabon , and breaking the journey at any and every station between Rnabon , Dolgelly , Carnarvon , and Chester . The fourth and fifth rontes embrace the

valley of the Wye , the former by Swindon , Hereford , and Pontvpool Road to Monmouth , returning by Pontypool Eoad , Newport , Gloucester , aud Swindon , Eoss , Gloucester , and Swindon , or Chepstow , Gloucester , and Swindon , the journey being broken at Hereford , Eoss , Gloucester , Tintern , Chepstow , Newport , TJsk , Eaglan , and Abergavenny , according to the route followed . The other tour is by

Gloucester and Chepstow to Monmouth , returning by Ross and Gloucester , the journey being breakable at Gloucester , Newnham , Lydney , Chepstow , Tintern , Monmouth , Symon's Vat , Lydrood . and Ross . The fares are : —First tour 95 s first class , 70 s second class ; second tour , 7 ls and 42 s ; third " tonr , 84 s and 62 s ; fourth tour , 58 s 6 d and 42 s 6 d : fifth tonr , 48 s and 35 s 6 d , cost of conveyance from

one Company ' s station to another , or from Milford Haven to Pembroke Dock not being included . The Lake District is , and ever will be , a favoured resort of holiday folk . Of its beauties it is unnecessary to speak . Every Englishman knows them by repute , if he has not seen them . The tickets by first , second , and third class issued to Windermere , Fnrness Abbey ,

Coniston Grange , Bowness , and Ambleside , range from 77 s to Ambleside to 7 ls to Grange , first class ; from 59 s 4 d to 54 s 4 d second class ; and from 39 s fid to 36 s third class . Passengers travel via Wolverhampton , Market Drayton , Crewe , and London and North Western via Lancaster , breaking the journey , if so minded , at Birmingham , Crewe , or Lancaster .

The Derbyshire District , with its well-known resorts , Buxton and Matlock , is equally accessible , and on similarly moderate terms . The fares to Buxton range from 44 s first class to 24 s third , the journey being b y Wolverhampton or Crewe , and London and North Western Railway viA Stockport , or via Birmingham , and thence by the Midland Railway by Derby and Ambergate . Those journeying by Crewe

may break the jonrnery at that place or Wellington , or via Midland at Birmingh am or Derby , both going and returning . First and third class tickets only are issued in connection with the Midland Com pany . The fares to Matlock are 39 s first class , and 21 s third , tho journey being by Birmingham and Midland Railway Company viA Derb y , and breakable , both going and returning , at both the places named .

Somersetshire , Devonshire , and Cornwall are rich in the attractions they offer to the tourist , to whom the names of such cities and towns as Bath , Dartmouth , Dawlish , Exeter , Falmouth , Ilfracombe , Lynmouth , Lynton , Penzance , Torquay , Truro , Weston-super-Mare , & c , & c ., are familiar as household words . The fares charged to these

are framed in n similar spirit of liberality towards the pnblic , the utmost latitude being allowed the tonrist so that he may stop at towns en route . We may specially mention the North Devon Cir . cular Tour to Minehead , thence by coach to Lynton , Ilfracombe , and Barnstaple , and returning bv rail via Taunton , or vice versa ; fares , brs * class 65 s ; second class 50 s ; third class 43 s . Tickets are also issued for Dorsetshire ; the Chann ; l Islands

Warwickshire , Worcestershire , Herefordshire ; Ireland , and Isle of -Man , for particulars of which we must refer the reader to the programme of tourist arrangements . It should be added that in all Ca ! f , ™ tickets are available for two months . Ihe London , Bri ghton , and South Coast is not behind the other ompnnies we have noticed in its holiday and tourist arrangements , special facilities of access being afforded in the case of all those in .

Midsummer Holidays.

laud and seaside resorts with which this line is in communication . As to Brighton , we need say nothing more than that the train service is both frequent and regular , there being a special cheap train every day of the week , Sundays included , leaving London Bridge and Victoria at 8 . 50 a . m ., and returning from Brighton at 7 . 10 p . m . ; fare there and back , 4 s . To Worthing , Littlehampton , Havant ,

Portsmonth , South Hayling , and Eastbourne , as well as Ryde , Cowes , and other places in the Isle of Wight , aro issued Family and Tonrist Tickets available for one month , which may be extended beyond thst time upon payment of an additional ten per cent , for tbe first fortnight , and a further five per cent , for each week afterwards . Similar tickets are likewise issued for Dieppe , Rouen , Paris , Honflenr

Havre , or Fecamp , Cnen , Tronville , and Cherbourg , the route being by Newhaven . These are also capable of extension on the same terms as the tickets previously mentioned , and the jonrney may be broken at Brighton and Littlehampton by those journeying to Dieppe ; at Brighton , Newhaven , and Dieppe by thoso going as far as Rouen ; at , the same three places , and at Rouen by the Paris and Havre or

Fecamp tourist ; at Brighton and Littlehampton by visitors to Honflenr , those going to Caen or Tronville stopping at Honflenr as well , if they desire it ; while the jonrney to Cherbourg may be broken at Brighton , Newhaven , Dieppe , Rouen , Havre , or Tronville , Caen , and at . any station between Cherbourg and Rouen on the return journey . The steamboat charge from Havre to Fonfleur or Tronville is not

included in the Cherbourg fares . In addition , a series of six Anglo . Norman and Brittany Tours have been arranged , the tickets being available for one month . The fares range from £ 7 lis first class , and £ 5 19 s second class for Tour No . 6 , which includes amongst other places visitable Mantes , Paris , Dreux , Avranches , Dol , St . Male , Brest , Morlaix , & c , down to £ 3 14 s first class and £ 2 13 s 6 d second class ,

for tour No . 1 , which takes in Mantes , Paris , Pontoise , Gisors , & c , & c . Four tonrs , Nos . IA and 2 A being available for one month , and Nos . 1 B and 2 B for two months , enable the would-be traveller to visit the South of France , Switzerland , Italy . Nos . IA and 1 B extend to Berne , Fribonrg , Lausanne , Geneva , the fares in the former being £ 8 4 s 6 d and £ 6 2 s , and in the latter £ 8 19 s 9 d

and £ 6 13 s 2 d in the respective classes . Fares 2 A and 2 B Bnens , Lucerne , Basle , Mulhausen . Belfort , & c , the former being for the month only , costing £ 8 16 s 2 d and £ 613 s 7 d , and the latter £ 9 12 s 5 d and £ 7 5 s 7 d . In addition are issued , Friday to Tnesday tickets to Dieppe ; Saturday to Monday tickets to Bognor , Hastings , Tnnbridge Wells , Bexhill , Midhnrst . & c , & o . and places in the Isle of

Wight ; cheap trains , Saturday to Tuesday to Portsmouth , Isle of Wight , & o ., and on Monday to Portsmouth , Hayling Island , and Havant and back . Lastly , tourist-tickets for one month , for the South Coast and Isle of Wight , may be had up to the end of October , every facility being offered the holders for visiting such places as they wish . The journey commences at London Bridge , Victoria , or

Kensington , and may be taken either way , making for Hastings first , and going round the coast and Isle of Wight to Portsmouth , and thence to London , or for Portsmouth first , and thence round to Hastings , and home . It will be seen that the programme is on a large scale , and there is no question as to the efficiency of the service of this veteran Railway Company .

"We congratulate Bro . Le Feuvre , Provincial Grand Senior Warden and Past Provincial Grand Secretary of Hants and the Isle of Wight , on the testimony of respect shown to him at the last meeting * of the Grand Lodge of his Province , when a jewel and address on vellum were

presented to him , which as E . W . Bro . Beach said , were not offered for their intrinsic valne , bnt in token of the esteem in which he was held . During his ten years of duty as Provincial Grand Secretary Bro . Le Fenvre " had given the most unqualified satisfaction to the brethren of

the Province , as well as earned the respect of every brother throughout the District . " His duties had been increasingly arduous . When he first received the appointment , there were twenty-four Lodges with a thousand members in the Province . There are now thirty-six Lodges with close on

two thousand members . His responsibilities , therefore , had nearly doubled , and it must be a source of satisfaction to him to have received so gratifying an evidence

that his labours were appreciated as much as he himself was respected . We are glad of the opportunity of complimenting Bro . Le Feuvre on the presentation of this testimonial .

Presentation To Bro. J. Todd P.M. 236.

PRESENTATION TO BRO . J . TODD P . M . 236 .

THE brethren of the Lodge attached to the 4 th Dragoon Guards , lately quartered in York , have just forwarded to Bro . J . Todd P . M . of the York Lodge , No . 236 , a very handsome gift , in recognition of many services given by him during the period that the meetings of the Military Lodge were held in Masonic Hall , York . The gift consists of an elegant polished oak case , velvet lined , containing two pairs of very handsome silver mounted carvers , on the lid of the

case on a brass plate being engraved the following inscription , surmounted by the regimental and Masonic badges : — "To Honorary Member Bro . J . Todd P . M . 236 , York Lodge , by the Brethren of S . Patrick's Lodge , No . 295 , 1 . C . —A small token of fraternal regard for his ever ready aid . —1879-80 . " During the stay of the Regiment in York , Bro . Todd rendered constant and faithful Masonio service to the military brethren .