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lUTlDLAND RAILWAY . 'THE MOST INTERESTING ROUTE TO SCOTLAND , I NCLUDING * THE BEST PARTS OI- THE LAND OV BURNS ; HOME AND HAUNTS OK SIR WALTER SCOTT ; THE "FORTH" BRIDGE , & c , & c ., on the Direct Line of Route . SUMMER TRAIN SERVICE . j * ' T "" \ Dcniu't .: — , ; I . III ii . in II . III ., 11 . 111 . | i . m . p . m . p . m . i . oximx ( St . l ' auenis ) 15 It 5 1510 3 ( 110 35 2 10 9 15 ] 10 0 ... Arrive :- | ' f Oil-lisle I 5 , 1 5 3 II 5 15 S 53 IA 15 I ' " ¦• , \ vr ISO 7 5 . ") ll . 'll ' 7 I" ] ... Gi . isr . oiv ( St . Enoch ) 1 IS 7 : 15 11 25 7 10 7 2 " | ... ( iiwimck I IN s 1 " ' 12 la s ' - ¦> Oijnii 1 J « , -A fi ... j- ' oi-l Wil i « m 12 W ... KniXBi-uuK ( M ' tiv . ) .. i 55 8 'ill li fin 7 A 5 ; ... Perth 1 Vi ., 5 : J 7 10 31 ' S 511 SAM .... Dundee ( ,,. , ' * ,. « I « li » ** 7 s J * ' HAH ' ... Aberdeen ... I , j' , , S'il ; 1 ** 15 in : m WA' ! " ... Inverness ... ) " * -- >* " ( iBIO 2 111 , 1 'ilO ... Sn-iiiii-iiei- - ¦¦ 5 _« "l s 7 . _ .... I ...... ; ,... ^ .. * First itinl Third C'hiss Dining Vnrrui ^ cslt . y these Tivi ' iis . A . —These times of arrival do not apply to Sunday or Monday morninps during July and August , nor to these Statitns cn any day after September 1 st . B . —No ccnnecticn on Sundays . For Services to PEAK OF DERBYSHIRE , the ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT , the ISLE OF MAN , IRELAND , the YORKSHIRE WATERING PLACES , and other Holiday Resorts on , and in connection with , the Midland Railway , see the Company's Time-Tables and other publications . INCREASED FACILITIES FOR TOURISTS TO SCOTLAND To travel by Alternative Routes . Passengers taking Tourist TicKets from Stations on the Midland Railway to GLASGOW , via North British or Glasgow and South Western Railways mav now travel at option on the return journey either by the North British Waverley Route via Edinburgh or from Glasgow ( St . Emch ) by the Glasgow and South Western Route via Dumfries and Annan . WESTERN HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS . A THROUGH EXPRESS is run from London ( St . Pancras ) to GREENOCK at 10 p . m ., conveying Tourists Irom London and all parts of the Midland Railway Sy , tem for the Firth of Clyde and the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland . DAYLIGHT SERVICE TO ROTHESAY .-Via Greenock ( Princes Pier ) . A Daylieht Service throughout to the Highlands and Watering Places on the Firth of Clyde will be given during July and August , leaving London ( St . Pancras ) at 10 . 30 a . m ., arriving at Greenock at S . 15 p . m ., in time to join the tJ . and S . W . Railway Co . 's Steamer , reaching- Rothesay 319 . 30 p . m . NEW WEST HIGHLAND RAILWAY . The ij 15 p . m . Express from London ( St . Pancras ) is in direct 1 onncction at Edinburgh with train to Fort William and other stations on the new West Highland Railway . THROUGH CARRIAGE St . Pancras to Fort William at ' . M 5 p . m ., and Foit William to St . Pancras at 3 . 25 p . m-, TRAVELLING ACCOMMODATION , & c . FIRST AND THIRD CLASS DINING CARRIAGES hy the Mori ing and Afternoon Express Trains between London ( St . Pancras ) and Glasgow ( St . Enoch ) . SLEEPING CARS leave London ( St . Pancras ) for I ' - ' inbutgh at i ) . 15 p . m ., and for Glasgow at 10 p . m ., a ' so '" Jin Edinburgh at 9 . 50 and Glasgow ( St . Enoch ) at y . 15 pan . for St . Pancras . LUNCHEON AND DINING CAKS by some of the Express liains dom and to London ( St . Pancras ) . I ' l . MiLv SALOONS , INVALID CARRIAGES , ENGAUEO LUMI ' AIUMENTS , & c , arranged on application . PILLOWS may be hired by Travellers in the Night Mail a « u Express Trains from London ( St . Pancras ) , and other to « ns , at a prepaid charge of 6 d . each . WHERE TO GO AND STAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS . " List of Furnished Lodgings in Farmhouses , Country U . itncts , & c . ; " " The Peak of Derbyshire ; " and other '' . " may be had free on application to the Midland "" ¦¦ any . The following new books are also now ready : I ' lcket Guide to the Midland Railway ( Price GJ . ); '" May Tours in the British Isles ( Piice 3 d . ); Pocket " !* ~ " * y and Guide ( 0 the Isle of Man and English Lake "' strict ( Price 2 d . ) GEO . TI . TURNER , General Manager , ^ eily , July , , s 6 .

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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

A Quarterly Couit of the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will be held at Freemasons' Hall , on Thursday , the 9 th inst ., at noon , for the transaction of ordinary business , and to approve and declare the list of candidates for the October election and the number of vacancies which will then be filled . A motion for a pension to Miss Davis on her retirement will also be brought forward .

* * A Quarterly General Court of the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonio Institution for Boys will be held at Freemasons' Hall , on Friday , the ioth inst ., at 4 p . m ., lor thc transaction of ordinary business , tu approve and declare the list of candidates for

the October election , and to determine the number of boys then to be elected . We may add that the Board of Management purpose issuing lo the Subscribers at an early date a full statement of the reasons for the removal of the School from its present position , as sanctioned by the last Quarterly Court .

» A Court of Governors of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution will be held at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , this ( Friday )

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evening al 7 p . m ., when , after the transaction ol formal business , there will be an election of 15 children on the Educational , Combined , and Advancement luinds of the Institution . * * T In the few remarks with which Bro . McLeod prefaced his announcement of the Lists at the recent

boys School Festival at Brighton , lie mentioned that among the numerous letters he hacl received from brethren expressive of regret at their inability to attend the gathering , was one from his predecessor in the ollice of Secretary—Bro . I <\ Binckes . In this letter Bro . Binckes referred to the chair . naiiship of the

Dukeof Devonshire—then Marquis of Hartington -at the Festival held at the Crystal Palace in 1 SS 5 , and the p leasure ami pride lie had experienced in describing the splendid results then achieved under his Grace ' s auspices and to this was added the hope—since so

amply realised—that the result of the Duke ' s second chairmanship vvould be attended with slill greater success . The prominence given lo this letter is as honourable to Bro . McLeod as are its contents generally , and the good wishes therein expressed in particular , to the writer .

In these days events pass rapidly , and it is the custom to speak of those which happened only a few years since as "ancient" history . But wo trust the time will never come when the services of incalculable value which Bro . Binckes rendered to Freemasonry during the 29 years that elapsed between 1 S 61 and

1 S 90 will be forgotten . During that period he laboured as few have known how to labour and with a success which it would be difficult to exaggerate , to promote the interests of the Boys' School , of which he was elected Secretary in the first-named year ; and what will materially enhance the admiration which all good Masons and true must feel at the results of

his official labours is the knowledge thai concurrently with his Secretaryship of the Boys' School , Bro . Binckes fulfilled the duties of Grand Secretary to the Maik Grand Lodge , whose lodges increased in number during his administration of that oflice from about 53 to 4 ' 5-* * *

In referring llius pointedly to the services rendered by Bro . Binckes , we have no desire or intention of detracting from the merits of those who have succeeded him , Bro . McLeod , during the six years he has held olfice under thc new regime , has achieved successes which even the most sansruiae among us could never have

anticipated . But " VixCre fortes ante Agamemiwita . " Bro . McLeod's services are in full career , while those of his predecessor are completed , and as we have said before , wc trust the time will never come when those which the latter rendered are forgotten . * - * *

'I he Staflordshire Masonic Charitable Association , which has rendered valuable service both to the Central Institutions and locally , has completed an existence of 25 years , and the members right ' y intend celebrating its 25 th anniversary on Wednesday , the 15 th instant . The celebration will take the form of a Garden Party ,

which , by the kind permission of the Duke of Sutherland , will be held in the private grounds of his Grace ' s seat at Trentham , the whole of the Italian gardens , park , and grounds being open to members of the Craft and their guests on the occasion . The band of the Oueen ' s Own Staffordshire Yeomanry has been

engaged , and the Apollo Glee Union will recite glees , madrigals , and part songs . At 2 p . m . there will be a cold collation in a marquee , under the presidency of R . VV . Bro . the Earl of Dartmouth , Prov . G . M ., while , at 6 p . m ., high tea will be served ; during the whole ot the afternoon and evening a refreshment buffet will be open to all visitors .

The special object which our Staffordshire brethren have in view in thus publicly celebrating this auspicious anniversary is to increase the usefulness of the Association "by an extension of the ' B ' or ' Local Aid ' Fund , " and it is hardly necessary for us to add that the meeting has our heartiest good wishes

for its success . A separate circular as to the railway arrangements south ol Stuliord will be issued in due course , but it has already been settled that " Excursion F ' ares " shall be charged , while brakes will meet the trains at Trentham Stations and convey visitors to the ground . Brethrcns' and visitors' tickets , " to include

admission to the Park , Gardens , and Grounds , Luncheon and Tea , '' at 7 s . o ~ J . each , may bc obtained from the Secretary of every lodge in the Province ; from Bro . H . Percy Smith , Hon . Festival Secretary ; or from Bro . J . B . Ashwell , Hon . Secretary to the Executive Committee , Brook-street , Stoke-on-Trent .