Bank Holiday Railway Facilities.

BANK HOLIDAY RAILWAY FACILITIES .

IN accordance with their usual custom at this season , the Great Western Unilway Company havo made * . rrnngements for the issue (> f tickets during the week | receding the August Bank Holiday , at their City and West End Offices , viz .: —193 and 407 Oxford Street , 23 New Oxford Street , 209 Strand , U-ilhorn Circa * , 29 Charing Cross , 20 Regent Street , 5 Arthur Street Eist , Loudon Bridge , 82 Queen

Victoria Street , 43 and 41 Cru'ched Friars , 67 Groshaui Street , and 4 Choat . s dj . Tbese odious will b > opjn the whole day , and the booking offices nt the Paddington Sta-. icn will also ba open all day on Wednesday , Thursday , Friday and Saturday . Tickets issued on any of these days will bo available for use either on tho day of issue or by any train up to Saturday night .

To meet tbe expected additional traffic by the ordinary trains on Saturday , 2 nd August , the Company will run in duplicate the 11 * 45 a . m ., 1 * 0 , 5 0 and 9 * 0 p . m . trains from London to tbo West of England , and the 12 * 0 noon and 5 * 45 p . m . trains to Weymouth , Hereford and South Wales . Tho firsfc portion of the 50 p . m . train will loavo Paddington at 455 p . m ., but the first parts of the other trains

will leave at tho advertised times , and the second a few minutes afterwards , tho long distance passengers being as far as possible taken in the first portion , but with a few exceptions both trains will stop at tho advertised stations to take np and set down passengers . On Friday , 1 st August , an excursion train will leave Paddington at 7 45 a . m . for Gloucester , Cardiff " , Newport , Swansea , New Miiford ,

& c . ; passengers will also be booked at excursion fares to certain stations in the Sonth of Ireland . Fast excursion trains for the West of England will leave Paddington at 7 * 45 a . m . and 3-10 p . m . on Saturday , 2 nd August , 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 the Channel Islands ) , Cheltenham ,

Worcester , Malvern , Hereford , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Shrewsbury , Chester , Liverpool , Manchester , and other stations on tho Great Western System . On Sunday , 3 rd August , excursions will be ran to Cirencester , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & o ., and on Monday cheap trains will be run to Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Bath , Bristol , Strond , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Reading , Pangbourne ,

Goring , Wallingford , & c . Cheap tickets are issued daily from Paddington , and from most of tbe Stations on the Metropolitan , District aud North London Railways , to Windsor , Taplow , Bourne End , Cookham , Henley and other river side resorts . A service of omnibuses'bas recently been established between Slough and Barnham Beeches , and cheap return tickets to the Beeches are issued daily by certain trains from Paddinrton .

London And South Western Railway.

LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY .

WHEN every ono is thinking whore to spend their holidays , it , will not be out of place if wo point ont to our readers tho advantages tho London nnd Sonth Western Railway offer . Vast improvements have of late years been made on this line , and now the

Company otf ^ r to its patrons , cheap fares , commodious carriages , and what is , perhaps , more to the point , fast travelling . In proof of this latter , if wn mention that pitch places as Weymouth is reached in 4 hours , Bournemouth in 2 . 1 hours , Djvonp / rt and Plymouth in 5 , hours , and Ilfrncomhq in ti hour > our readers will see that tho

service is admirable . Express trains nro run to nil the popular nnd interesting places that this lino visits , among which we may mention Sidmouth , Exeter , Barnstaple , Southampton , Bournemouth , tho Channel Island , Son ' hsea , Poits-nrmth , Isle of Wight , Swanage , Dorchester , Lyntnn , Weymouth , Clovelly , besides snch places as Hampton Curr , and the Thames Valley Stations . For those who wish to go

runner ali » l ( l , we may point out that the Harts-. Mountains , Berlin , Hanover , and North East Europe are reached by the aid of the magniiicent Atlantic steamers of 5 , 500 tons ; while Havre , Honflonr , Caen , J ' ronville , Rouen and Paris are reached v ' . n Southampton , Havre , aud Rouen in a very short time . The steamers engiged on theso trips are both commodious nnd comfortable , and nothing is wanting in this respect to make a voyagp most eni vabl- \

Ihe London and South Western Company havo alsi leoked filter plensnte and picu-c p-ii-tie **** . During tho summer months , nrst , second and third class return tickets , aA a reduced fare , 'ire issued at all tho principal stations on tho line to parties uesirons of making pleasure exenrt-ions to places ou or adjacent to this railway . Thu tickets will be available for return the samo day

il ' ,, rnoro on J . val > -e to a P-irty than to take a trip along tlio Thames Valley—frequent trains " for which are run by the t ympany . Io conclusion we may point out that cheap excursion tickets are offered to all the interesting and attractive spots on the , [* e . These excursion tickets aro priced most reasonably , and are for almost any length of time , a day , Saturday to Monday , four days ,

"cos , or a month , just afc the convenience of the traveller . Wo "iust not forget to mention that n capital service of trains ha * been l > nt on for the new homo of the National Iliflo Association , Bisley , ¦ uid during the last busy fortnight has given cv « ry satisfaction . For h ft" P nriicu , ar 3 , vo would recommend the Guide B . ok published J the Company , or if that fails , the General Manager , Mr . Charles cotter , will be pleased to give all information that may be reqnird .

A Day In Shakespeare's Country.

A DAY IN SHAKESPEARE'S COUNTRY .

A j EL nnd interesting experiment is about , to bo made by tbe iut- ^ if-on and North AVestern Railway . Prom to-day it is .,,..,,. ' ° Ka"ise a day trip from Euston to Shakespeare ' s countrv

maun A ™ Satnrdar dining the season . Tbe trip will be so «« Im ! y I * 0 " ol ) 7 iato a 11 lronbl 0 0 I » t * " paifcof tho traveller . In D ge for a moderate payment , first aud sejeoud class coupons will

A Day In Shakespeare's Country.

be given . These will provide for railway fares ( first and second class respectively ) from London * ( Euston Station ) to Kenil worth , and return from Stratford-on-Avou to London ; for carriage drives from Kenil worth to Leamington , Warwick , and Stratford-on-Avoo ; for fees required to bo paid for visiting Keuilworth and Warwick Castle , Shakespeare ' s house , theatre , tomb , & o . ; for luncheon and dinner

( including waiters' fees ) . It ia intended to Bond a guide with each party to do all duties of conducting , explaining , and generally arranging for the pleasare and comfort of the excursionists , and arrangements are being made with the proprietors of the best hotels for the best style of catering . The plan comprehends a thoroughly enjoyable day , well filled up , and can scarcely fail , we shonld

imagine , to prove attractive . It is intended to limit the number of conpon books to be issued each week , in the first instance , but no donbt if it answers—as most probably it will—the aoh » me will expand , and not only provide for trips to the attractive regions of Warwickshire , but to other parts of the country served by the London and North Western Railway , and from other large towns than London .

Mark Masonry.

MARK MASONRY .

— : o : — MARK MASTER MASONS' BENEVOLENT FUND .

rilHE Twenty-second Anniversary Festival of this Fund was held on J- Wednesday , at the Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen-street , the Right Hon . the Earl of Euston Depnty Grand Master of Mark Master Masons presiding . A more than usually large nnmber of ladies were present on this occasion , the Board of Stewards having been honoured by their association aa fellow labourers in the cause of charity with which this fund , in connection with the Masonio

Order , is especially identified . The ladies section was headed by the Marchioness of Hertford ; and tbe Viscountess Valentia , Lady Eleanor Harford , Lady Agnes Cooper , and Lady Darell were prominent amongst a goodly number of the wives and lady friends of well-known members of the Order . By their exertions and those of a large body of Stewards , with whom Lord Euston and Viscount

Dungarvan were associated , no less a sum than £ 2354 was annonnced as tbe Festival contribution to thia admirable fund of Benevolence , the largest amount yet recorded for a like purpose . Sir Stafford Northcote , Bart ., C . B ., M . P ., Prov . G . Master for Devon , in responding to the toast of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , took occasion to refer to the great snccess of the Festival , and congratulated the

brethren generally on the advantages whioh had accrued to the fund by the co-operation of the ladies . The dinner was of a , more than usual recherche character , and was admirably served under the personal supervision of Bro . Dartnall , tho manager of the Freemasons ' Tavern . Tbe string band , under tho cenductorship of Bro . Pittman ,

performed selections of music during dinner , and after the cloth was cleared and at intervals during tha toasts a programmo . of musio , under tho direction of Bro . Henry Rose , A . R . A . M ., Past Grand Organist , and iu which Madame Clara Saumell , Miss Ethel Evans , Bros . Bernard Lane and W . G . Forington assisted , was performed with general satisfaction .

Bro . J . M . McLeod has requested us lo convey to our readers an expression of his deep regrefc afc inability to acknowledge personally or by letter as promptly as lie

wonld desire , fcho many hundreds of congratulatory fcele-I'tams and letter . * received since the 12 th inst . Ho trusts his friends will excuse the unavoidable delay .

The annual Grand Lodge of tho Province of Essex will bo held in the Assembly Room , Clifton Hotel , Walton-on-Nazc , on Wednesday nexfc , tbe 30 th inst , afc two o ' clock p . m . The Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened by fcho

Rig ht Hon . the Lord Brooke , M . P ., ' Prov . G . Master , punctually at 2 * 30 o ' clock . The Treasurer ' s accounts will bo audited at half-past ona o ' clook . Tho brethren to appear in dark morning dress . Tho banqnet will bo served

nt the Clifton Motel , at 5 o ' clock punctually . Tho Great Eastern Railway Company has kindly consented to issue return tickets for this meeting afc 1-j fare . Brethren will be required to produce their summons when applying for tickets .

The consecration of the Alan Lodge , Alderley rxlgo , will tako place early in August . It is expected that Lord Egerton of Tatton P . G . M . will be present , and that fchoro will be large gathering of Provincial Grand Officers and brethren from different parts of fche Province .

? In consequence of the re-building of the Prince Regent , Dulwich Road , Herne Hill , tho meetings of the Brixton Lodge of Instruction , No . 1949 , will be held at tho Station Hotel , Camberwell New Road , S . E . The Lodgd of Instruction is held every Tuesday evening , at 8 o ' clock .

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