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GREATWESTERNRAILWAY. AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY . EXCURSION 'MAINS will loavo PADDLNGTOX STATION , as miller : — FRIDAY , JULY 2 !» lh , 7 * 15 a . m ., to Cirencester , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Hereford , Cardill' , Swansea , and the principal stations , in South Wales , for 8 days , nnd Waterford and other places iu tho South of Ireland , to return any week day to August 12 l . li inclusive . 10 * 15 p . m . to Exeter , Dawlish , Teignmonth , Plymouth , Newquay , Truro , St . Ives , Penzance , & c , for 3 , 8 , lo , 13 or 17 days . SATURDAY , JULY 30 th , 7 * 13 a . m . to Mlnehead , Ilfracombe , Barnstaple for 3 , 10 , or 17 days , and to Exeter , Dawlish , Teignniouth , Torquay , Plymouth , Truro , St . Ives , Penzance , & c , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . S-o a . m . to Newbury , Marlborough , Devizes , Trowbridge , Frome , & c > for 3 . 10 , or 17 days . 8 * 10 a . m . to Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Heroford , Shrewsbury , Chester , Birkenhead , Liverpool , Manchester , Ac , for 3 or 0 days , and to Witney , Kvcsham , Cheltenham , Worcester , Malvern , & c ., for 6 days . yl _ > a . m . to Witham , Wells , Yeovil , Dorchester , Portland , Weymouth , & c , for 3 , 10 or 17 days . 12 * 0 noon , to Highbridge , Bridgwater , Taunton , Tiverton , Minoheatl , Barnstaple , & c , lor 3 , 10 or 17 days . 1-5 p . m . to Chippenham , Bristol . Clovedon , Weston-super-maro ^ & c , for 8 oi * 15 days . 2 * 30 p . m . to Bath , for 8 or 15 days , and to Exeter , Dawlish , Teignmonth , Torquay , Plymouth , & c ., for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . SUNDAY , JULY 31 st , 8 * 10 a . m . to Cirencester , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c , 1 . 2 or li days . MONDAY , AUGUST 1 st , 6 * 10 a . m . to Swindon , Chippenham , Bath and Bristol , for 1 , 2 , ( i or 13 days . fi * 20 a . m . to Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , & e ., for 1 or 1 days . ( i * 50 a . m . to Stroud , Stonehouse , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c „ for 1 or 6 days . 7 * 10 a . m . Day Trip to Beading , Pangbourne , Goring , Wallingford , Swindon , & o . For fares and particulars as to the issue of tickets at Receiving Offices see bills nnd pamphlets obtainable at the Company ' s Stations and Offices . HY . LAMBERT , General Manager .

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GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY . EDINGURGH . *—( Granton Pier ) . —Wednesday and Saturday . The magnificent now ss . " Seamew " ( 1 , 550 tons register , 3 , 550 indicated horse-power , the finest vessel on the East Coast ) , "Osprey , " or other Steamers . 22 s and . 16 s . Return , 31 s and 21 s 6 d . EORDEAtTX . *—From London and Bordeaux every Friday . 50 s ; fore ' cabin , 35 s . Return , 80 s and 60 s . ANTWERP . *—Saturday afternoons . 17 s 6 d and 16 s . Return , 25 s and 22 s 6 d , including the railway journey . OSTEND . * -Every Wednesday and Saturday . 12 s Od and 10 s . Return , 20 s and 15 s . * A tender with passengers for the Edinburgh , Bordeaux , Antwerp , and Ostend , boats leaves Westminster , Temple , and Old Swan Piers . Wrom Ii'oniHite and St . Ivatliariiie ' s "Wharf . HULL . —Every Wednesday and Saturday from London and Hull . 12 s Od and 8 s Gil . Return , 17 s and 12 s . HAMBURG , via HARWICH . —By express from Liverpool Street Station , at 8 p . m ., every Tuesday , Thursday , and Saturday . 1 st class rail and ¦ suloon , 37 s Od ; single , 3 ( is 3 d return ; 2 nd clnss rail and saloon , 35 s 0 d single , 53 s ! M return ; second class rail aud fore cabin , 25 s Od single , RSs Od return . SUMMER PASSENGER SERVICES . MARGATE , RAMSCATE , DEAL , DOVER , & YARMOUTH I ' rom . London Bridge "Wharf MARGATE . —Every Sunday , at 0 * 15 a . m . 5 s Od there and back to Fenchurch Street Station , cm Tilbury . MARGATE AND ItAMSGATE .-Fares : single , 5 s and is . From Fenchnrch Street—single , Margate , os and is . Itamsgato , 6 s 7 d aud os Id . DEAL and DOVER . —Single , Deal , 6 s ; Dover , 7 s . Return , Deal , lis 6 d ; Dover , ) 2 s Cd . From Fenchnrch Sttcot—single , Deal , 7 s 7 d ; Dover , os / d . Return , Deal , 13 s 0 d ; Dover , lis Od ( available to the end of tho season ) . YAR . MOU III . —7 s 6 d and 0 s ; return , 10 s ( id and Os ( available for tho season ; . From Fenchnrch Street—single , 0 s 2 d aud 7 s 2 d ; return , 12 s yd und 10 s ( id ( available for tho season ) . jl / TARGATE . da Tilbury , from Fenchurch Stroet Station . —5 s and -Is ; 7 s JJX and 5 s « d . FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS APPLY TOSS & EEAT TO'WJESia STBEET , ZELC .

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as&TO'sEASTLS'aoyst. EAST MOLESEY , HAMPTON COURT STATION ( Adjoining tho RAILWAY , and facing the RIVER and PALACE ) . IJRO . JOIIN MAYO has ample necominodation in the new wing fi . ° f t , llis "'^ -established and noted Riverside Hotel for Banquets for any iitiiiier up to loo . Every convenience for Ladies' Gatherings . Spacious landiirTn nvcr . whence Steam Launches can start . Specimens of Menus , with mi .., S ° 'I ° " "PPbeation . Three Lodges moot at the Castlo Hotel , and rofer' ° Inil ' -V made to the respective Masters as to the catering , & c .

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2 vols ., Crown Svo , Cloth Gilt , Gilt Edges , Prico 21 s . THE CHURCH HISTORY OF ENGLAND . BY M . P 0 R 1 UTT . w w LONDON : . W . MORGAN a SOX , BBUYIBEKB WOSKE , HBHBEH HILI , PBHIOHTII - , K .

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Ijrotmuial(8,IfrfogtrfllMmoutjj. Eight Worshipful Bro . Colonel CHARLES LYNE , PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER . V . W . Bro . Capt . S . GEO . HOMPRAY , P . A . G . D . C . DEPUTY PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER . 30 and 31 High Street , Newport , July 1892 . rnilE ANNUAL MEETING of tho Provincial Grand Lodge will be I . held at tho MASONIC HALL , NEWPORT , under tho banner oC the Albert Kdward Princo o' Wales Lodge , No . 1121 ) , on THURSDAY , 28 TH JULT 1892 , at Two o'clock prompt , and 1 hereby summon tho brethren who aro members of the Provincial Grand Lodge , to bo present . By order of tho R / W . F . G . M . ALFRED TAYLOR , Provincial Grand Secretary . Tho Banquet will take place at tho King ' s Head Hotel , Newport , at Four p . m . prompt , at which tho presentations will bo made to thoR . AV . P . G . M . and Lis Deputy to colobrato their 21 years' rule over the Province .

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SATURDAY , 23 RD JULY 1892 .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

We do not hold ourselves responsible for tho opinions of our Correspondents . All Letters must bear the name and address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .

CUSTODIANS OP LODGE FUNDS .

To the Edi ' or of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DKAK SIK AND BROTHER , —I sympathise entirely with the spirit of your article iu last week ' s issue under the above head . Without , for a moment dealinsr with the reference made to the Provincial Grund Lo ( l <* e you speak of , in the matter of which , not being a member of

it , I am not immediately concerned , I will take , if you please , ns our American Brethren might say , a " bee-line " to the point . Evnry Lodge or Chapter , be it Grand or ordinary , should have a banking account opened in its name . The Treasurer should commit to it all the monies he receives ou its bshalf , and draw upon it by cheque for the demands made upon him as Treasurer . A countersignature is

a relinement , andi 3 suggestive of needless circumlocution . Confidence in the Treasnrer should be sufficient for paying in and paying out with the usual audit each year . I have been a Treasurer myself , and am still so in one body in Masonry , and I have initiated each time I have been in office the system of which we are speaking . I havo done so for more than one

reason—1 . That , if I died , my Executors would have no trouble about matters they kuenr nothing of , and confusion , perhaps loss too , would be saved to the Lodge . 2 . Because while alive it gave satisfaction to self and brethren who would know exactly where they were ,

and—3 . In the evsntof death aforesaid , and I may as well go furtherresignation while alive , bankruptcy , insolvency , however remote , & c , tho account could be easily transferred to the name of a new Treasurer , appointed to succeed tho other , without impairing the solvency of the Lodge itself , in whoso name the account stood .

For any Mason to take " umbrage at a Lodge impressing upon him this when he ought voluntarily to have insisted upon ifc , is to argue himself nnanited to fill the otlice of Treasurer . I do not require to talk of instances where loss has been sustained , when what wo say has been at variance with practice ; but I maintain that what is suggested is the right- theory . It is no answer to tell

me what I have heard stated before , that , tho transactions would bo so small , or trivial , that a bank would not look ut an account of tho kind . It is sufficient for mo to say that banto now-a-days are accommodative , and I havo practiced what 1 have laid down as a Treasurer , and am practising it still with satisfaction to myself and all concerned . I recommend every Masonic organisation to adopt tho name course . Yours fraternally , P . A . G . D . C .