Bank Holiday Railway Facilities.

BANK HOLIDAY RAILWAY FACILITIES .

— : o : — GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . fTl HE Greafc Western Eailway Company issne ordinary as well as JL excursion tickets at their principal City and West End Offices , ard thia arrangement is probably never so much appreciated as

during the week preceding the Bink Holiday , when large numbers of people avail themselves of the opportunity thus afforded for obtaining tickets at their own time and without the crowding and worry inseparable from a large railway station at holiday seasons . The fares charged are the same as at Paddington , and the tickets are available for use nnder precisely the same conditions as those issued

afc that station . The following are the offices at whioh tickets are issued , viz .: —193 and 407 Oxfoid Street , 23 New Oxford Street , 269 Strand , Holborn Circus , 29 Charing Cross , 26 Eegent Street , 5 Arthur Street East , London Bridge , 82 Queen Victoria Street , 43 and 44 Crutohedfriars , 67 Gresham Street , 4 Cheapaide , and the L . B . and S . C . Company ' s Office , nnder the Grand Hotel , Trafalgar

Square . The booking offices at Paddington stat ion will be open for the issue of tickets all day on Wednesday , Thursday , Friday and Saturday , July 27 th , 28 th , 29 th and 30 th , and the tickets issncd ( except those for special excursion trains ) will be available for use on any of those days .

To meefc the expected additional traffic by the ordinary trains on Saturday , 30 th July , the Company will run in duplicate , the 10 * 15 a . m ., 1 * 15 , 3 * 0 , 50 and 9 0 p . m . trains to the West of England , and the 11 * 55 , a . m . 3 * 15 and 5 * 45 p . m . trains to Weymouth , Hereford and South Wales respectively . The first portion of the 5 * 0 and 90 p . m . trains will leave Paddington at 4 * 55 and 8 * 55 p . m . respectively , but

the first portions of the other trains will leave at the advertised times , and the second a few minutes afterwards , the long distance passengers being as far as possible taken in the first portion , but wifch a few exceptions both trains will stop at the advertised stations to take np and set down passengers . On Friday , 29 th July , an excursion train will leave Paddington at 7 * 45 a . m . for Gloucester ,

Cardiff , Newport , Swansea , New Milford , & o . ; passengers will also be booked at excursion fares to certain stations in the South cf Ireland . Fast excursion trains for fche West of England will leave Paddington at 10 * 15 p . m . on Friday , 29 th July , and at 7 * 45 a . m . and 2 * 30 p . m . on Saturday , 30 th July , reaching Exeter in 5 £ hours and Plymouth in 7 i hours ; and excursions will also be run on the same day to Bath , Bristol , Dorchester , Weymouth , ( for fche Channel Islands ) ,

Cheltenham , Worcester , Malvern , Hereford , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Shrewsbury , Chester , Liverpool , Manchester , and other stations on the Great Western system . On Sunday , 31 st July , excursions will be run to Cirencester , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c , and on Monday cheap trains will be run to Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Bath , Bristol , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Beading , Pangbourne , Goring , Wallingford , & o .

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY

THE London and North-Western Railway Company announce that the ticket offices at Euston , Broad Street , Kensington , and Willesden Junction will be open in the usual way for the issue of tickets for any destination on their line . Tickets , dated to suit tbe convenience of passengers , can also be obtained at any time ( Sundays and Bank Holidays excepted ) at the usual town receiving offices of

the Company . The London and North-Western Kauway Company have , as usual , a strong list of attractive excursions for the holiday season . Next Saturday cheap tickets will be issued to Birmingham , Coventry , Leamington , Kenilworth , Warwick , Walsall , Wolverhampton , Leicester , Barton , Derby , Liverpool , Manchester , and other

parts of Lancashire ; the various parts of Wales , the English lake district , and , in fact , all of the principal stations served by this important system . Also on August Bank Holiday , excursions will bo run to most of the places mentioned above which are within tbe

limits of a day trip . As regards tbe regular Tourist Service , the London and North-Western are making every effort to cater for their patrons , and it is expected the demand made on their resources will clearly demonstt ate the popularity of their route .

MIDLAND RAILWAY

THE Midland Kauway Company have arranged , with a view to tbe greater convenience of the public , that the Booking Offices at St . Pancras and Moorgate Street Stations shall be open for the issue of Tickets all day on Friday and Saturday , 29 th and 30 th July . Tickets to all principal Stations on the Midland Kail way will also be obtainable beforehand at their Offices , ' 145 West Strand , 267 Strand ,

189 Victoria Street , 5 Charing Cross ( corner of Northumberland Avenue ) , 10 a New Bond Street , 38 Cranbourne Street , 101 High Holborn , 1 Shaftesbury Avenue , 33 Piccadilly , Gloucester Office , 495 Oxford Street , 13 Parkside , Knightsbridgo , 272 Itegent Circus , Oxford Street , 109 Tottenham Court Road , 9 Sloane Square ,

33 Cannon Street , and 13 Aldersgate Street , 10 Commercial Road , " Four Swans , " 36 Camomile Street ; 122 Mare Street , Hackney ; 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 Eegent Circus , Piccadilly , and 8 Grand Hotel Buildings , Trafalgar

Square ; and at Red Cap , 6 Camden Road , "Empire" Office , 30 Silver Street , Notting Hill Gate , Myers ' , la Pentonville Eond . The tickets obtained at these offices will be available from St . Pancras Station , and will be issued at the same faros as charged at that Station , and dated to suit the convenience of passeugoni . Cheap

Bank Holiday Railway Facilities.

excursion trains will be run from London to Leicester , Nottingham , Melton , Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , Burton , Derby , Manchester , Liverpool , Blackburn , Bolton , Rochdale , Oldham , Bury , the Furness District , Carlisle , & c , on Saturday , 30 th July , returning the following Thursday , 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 above-named Offices . Cheap excursion trains for six days will also be run to London from Carlislp , Keighley , Bradford , Leeds , Wakefield , Barnsley , Sheffield , Liverpool , Manchester , Blackburn , Bolton , Burnley , Bury , Rochdale , Burton , Derby , Nottingham , Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , Leicester , & c , on Saturday , 30 th July . Passengers will be booked by these trains at cheap fares

to Brighton and other South Coast Stations for 5 , 8 , 10 , or 15 days , to Paris and other places on the Continent , having the privilege of returning within 16 days . On Monday , 1 st August , cheap day trips will also be run from Bradford , Leeds , Barnsley , Sheffield , Derby , Nottingham , Leicester , Birmingham , Northampton , Bedford , & . C ., to London ; and from London ( St . Pancras ) to St . Albans , Harpenden , Luton , Bedford , Leicester , and Birmingham , and a two days' excursion to Manchester .

West Coast Route Summer Service To Scotland.

WEST COAST ROUTE SUMMER SERVICE TO SCOTLAND .

THE London and North-Western and Caledonian Eailway Com . panies announce special t ain arrangements for the accommodation of passengers going North . In addition to the day expresses leaving Euston Station at 5 * 15 a . m ., 7 * 15 a . m ., 10 ' 0 a . m ., and 10 * 30 a . m ., an afternoon express leaves Euston at 2 * 0 p . m . ( with dining saloons attached for first class passengers ) arriving at Glasgow at

11 * 0 p . m ., Edinburgh at 10 * 50 p . m ., Aberdeen at 3 * 5 a . m ., and Inverness 6 * 10 a . m . The 8 . 0 p . m . Highland and Aberdeen Express runs every week night ( except Saturday ) and also on Sundays . From August 3 rd to 10 th a relief train , leaving Euston 7 * 55 p . m ., will be run in advance of the 8 . 0 p . m . for Perth , Stirling , and

Inverness . Ballater and Braemar . —Tho 8 * 0 p . m . train from Euston is due to arrive at Aberdeen at 8 * 5 a . m ., giving ample time for passengers to obtain breakfast at the refreshment rooms or at the Great North of Scotland Railway Company's Hotel ( whioh adjoins the station ) before proceeding by tbe 9 * 40 a . m . mail either in the

direction of Inverness , or for Ballater and the Deeside Line . A coach leaves Ballater for Braemar in connection with this train dnring the summer . A special night express will leave Euston every day at 7 * 30 p . m . ( Saturdays and Sundays excepted ) until Wednesday , August lOfcb , for Perth and the Highland Line , and the

Highland Railway Company have made arrangements to take this train forward to Inverness ( due 11 * 40 a . m . ) in advance throughout of the 8 * 0 p . m . express from Euston . An additional train leaving Euston at 90 p . m . is now run for Edinboro ' , Perth , Aberdeen , and

the southern portion of the Highland Line . For the conveyance of gentlemen ' s horses aud carriages going to Scotland , a special train will leave Euston Station every day at 6 * 20 p . m . ( Saturdays and Sundays excepted ) until August 10 th . A special carriage for the conveyance of dogs will be attached to this train when required .

Masonic Sonnets.—No. 6.

MASONIC SONNETS . —No . 6 .

Br BKO . CHAS . F . FOKSHAW , LL . D ., 2417 — : o : — FELLOWSHIP .

Away all Ignorance and Superstition ! Away Temptation , Jealousy , and Spite ! Be hence all dark , degrading , dense Suspicion And in true fellowship behold the Light ! For Prudence , Love , and rare Fidelity

Binds us in bonds that only time can sever ; Binds ns iu Hope and gives Sincerity—Thit , if we're lonesome will give comfort ever . For Fellowship to Masons doth impart That Trust and Joy that none but Masons know And it will ever to tbo inmost heart

The truest sense of happiness bestow , So Brothers , Comrades , with right merry Hip , Cheer well with me the toasfc of Fellowship . Winder Honse , Bradford .

TH ? : CHURCH AND THE FKEEMASONS . —Tho old feud between the Human Catholics and the Freemasons is often explained and apologised for by saying that the Freemasons of the Continent are not like those of England , nn innocuous Frutornifcy , but are atheistic and revolutionary aaaociHtions bamltd together for the purpose of making war on the Chnrch . The Lycrum , the origin of the Jesuits iu

Dublin , however , declares that Freemasonry , in its essence is hateful to tbe Catholic Church , the Freemasonry of England and Ireland jiut as much aa that of Italy and France . The Lyeum says : — * ' Freemasonry is disposed to make , use of the public positions attained oy its memberH to further its secret ends ; that it obliges them to

use tho trust conferred on them by the people for the service of tho people , an sin oppoitunity to do the bnsiue . su of tho Lodges , and to carry out their decrees . We have shown that the Church cau claitn to be rendering a service to society aud social order when she reprobates tho Masonic organisation . "