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p REAT WESTERN RAILWAY . WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS . E XCURSION TRAINS will leave PADDINGTON as under : FRIDAY , MAY nth , 7 . 55 a . m . —For GLOUCESTER , Cheltenham , & c , the principal stations in SOUTH WALES , Waterford , and other stations in South of Ireland . Passengers return MAY 19 th , except those to Ireland , who return any week-day to MAY 26 th inclusive . SATURDAY , MAY 12 th , 7 . 55 a . m . —For WESTONS UPEK-MARF ., BARNSTAPLE , ILFRACOMBE , EXETER , Torquay , PLYMOUTH , FALMOUTH , PENZANCE , & C , returning MAY 19 th . 0 . 5 a . m . —For NEWBURY , Marlborough , Devizes , Frame , Yeovil , DORCHESTER , WEYMOUTH , & c , returning MAY 19 th . Passengers will be booked to Guernsey and Jersey by any ordinary train . Re ' urn tickets available for 14 days 25 s . 11 . 10 a . m . —For SHREWSBURY , Hereford , Manchester , CHFSTER , Birkenhead , LIVERPOOL , & C , to return MAY 14 th or 17 th , also for Cheltenham , WORCESTER , Malvern , & c , returning MAY 17 th . 12 . 5 p . m . —For Bridgwater , TAUNTON , Minehead , Barnstaple , & c , returning MAY 19 th . 12 . 35 and 5 . 50 p . m . —For BATH , BRISTOL , Sic , returning MAY 14 th , 15 th , or 19 th . 6 . 55 p . m . —For OXFORD , Leamington , BIRMINGHAM , Wolverhampton , & c , returning MAY 14 th or 17 th . WHIT SUNDAY S . o a . m . —For SWINDON , STROUD , GLOUCESTER , CHELTENHAM , & C , returning same day or M AY 14 th or 19 th . WHIT SUNDAY , 12 . 0 midnight—For OXFORD , Leamington , BIRMINGHAM , Wolverhampton , & c , returning MAY 14 th or 17 th . WHIT MONDAY at 6 . 5 a . m . —For SWINDON , STROUD , GLOUCESTER , Cheltenham , & c-, returning same day or MAY 19 th . 6 . 15 a . m . —For BATH , BRISTOL , & c , to return same day or MAY 15 th or 19 th . 7 . 40 a . m . —For READING , NEWBURY , Hungerford , Pangbourne , Didcot , & c , to return same day . CHEAP THIRD CLASS RETURN TICKETS are issued by certain trains to Windsor , 2 s . Cd ., Maidenhead , 3 s ., Henley , 3 s . 6 d ., Goring , 6 s ., & c . Pamphlets can be obtained at the Company ' s Stations and Offices . Tickets are issued at the following Receiving Offices : 193 and 407 , Oxford-street ; 1 S 1 , Tottenham Court-road , VV . ; 23 , New Oxford-street j Cambridge Circus , Shaftesbury Avenue , W . C . j " The Piazza , " Covent Garden j 2 G 9 , Strand j 26 , Regent-street , Piccadilly Circus ; 29 , Charing Cross j 7 , Brompton-road j Holborn Circus j Minories ( opposite Goodman ' s Yard ) j 5 , Arthur-street East , London Bridge , E . C . j 82 , Queen Victoria-street j 67 , Gresham-street J 4 , Cheapside j and at the L . B . and S . C . Company ' s Excursion Office ( under Grand Hotel ) , Trafalgar Square . HY . LAMBERT , General Manager .

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lyriDLAND RAILWAY . WHITSUNTIDE ~ EXCURSIONS . FROM ST . PANCRAS AND CITY STATIONS . IRELAND . THURSDAY , MAY 10 th , to DUBLIN , via Liverpool . FRIDAY . MAY nth , to DUBLIN , via Morecambe . SATURDAY , MAY 12 th , to BELFAST , LONDONDERRY , & c , via Barrow , also to LONDONDERRY , via Morecambe , returning within 16 days . GENERAL EXCURSIONS , SATURDAY , MAY 12 th . To LEICESTER , BIRMINGHAM , NOTTINGHAM , DZRIIY , Newark , Lincoln , Burton , Staffordshire Potteries , & c , MATLOCK , BUXTON , MANCHESTER , LIVERPOOL , Bolton , BLACKBURN , Bury , ROCHDALE , Oldham , Barnsley , Wakefield , LEEDS , BRADFORD , YORK , HULL , SCARBOROUGH , Newcastle-on-Tyne , Lancaster , MORECAMBE , LAKE DISTRICT , and Carlisle . Returning May 14 th or 17 th . See Bills for times . SCOTLAND , MAY 12 th . To EDINBORO ' , GLASGOW , Greenock , Helensburgh , Ayr , Kilmarnock , & c , for 3 or 7 days , leaving St . Pancras a ' 7-55 P-m . WHIT-MONDAY , MAY 14 th . To BIRMINGHAM for 1 or 4 days and KETTERING for 1 < lay , leaving St . Pancras at 6 . 35 a . m , j to ST . ALBANS , HAKPENDEN , and LUTON ( day tiip ) , leaving St . Pancras at 10 . 10 a . m ., 11 . 0 a . m ., and 10 p . m ., and to HEDFORD ( day trip ) , at 10 . 10 a . m . FRIDAY , MAY 19 th . To MANCHESTER ( for the Races ) , leaving St . Pancras a ' 12 . 5 a . m . and Kentish Town at 12 . 10 a . m . EARLY ISSUE OF TICKETS . TICKETS and BILLS may be had at the MIDLAND STATIONS and City Booking Offices , which will be open 'or the issue of Tickets all day on Friday and Saturday , May nth and 12 th , including 445 , West Strand j 5 , Charing Cross ( corner of Northumberland-avenue ) j 1 , Shaftesbury-avenue , Piccadilly Circus ; 33 , Cannon-street ; j 95 . 0 xlord-street j 13 , Aldersgate-street , & c , & c . j and from THOS . COOK & SON , Ludgate Circus j 99 , Gracetfiurch-street j 33 , Piccadilly j 82 , Oxford-street j and "ontof St . Pancras Station , Euston-road . GEO . H . TURNER , General Manager . Derby , May , 1894 .

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MASTER MASON WISHES EMPLOYMENT as Porter or Caretaker , or any ° 'ncr capacity . Ma'riid , no encumbrances . Excellent Meiences . Apply , H . S ., Freemason , Great Queen Street ,

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/~* REAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS FROM LONDON . SATURDAY , MAY 12 th , for 3 or G days to CAMBRIDGE , Wisbech , Lynn , Cromer , Norwich , Yarmouth , Lincoln , Leicester , Nottingham , Derby , Burton , Stoke , Newark , Sheffield , Barnsley , Huddersfii-Id , Manchester , Stockport , Warrington , Liverpool , Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , Keighley , Halifax , Hull , York , Scarborough , Whitby , Bridlington , Darlington , Newcastle , & c , & c , returning on May 14 or 17 . ALSO to EDINBURGH and Glasgow , for 4 or S days , from Victoria ( L . C and D . ) , 6 . 3 S p . m . ; Ludgate Hill , 7 . 10 j Moorgate , 7 . 36 ; Aldersgate , 7 . 3 S ; Farringdon , 7 40 j King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , S . oj Finsbury Park , S-5 J returning May 15 or 19 . Third class return fare , 25 * . ON SAMK DATE , for 1 , 3 , or 4 days , to SKEGNESS , Sutton-on-Sea , and Mablethorpe . WHIT-MONDAY , MAY 14 th , to St . Albans , Hertford , Wheathampstead , Havpenden , Luton , Dunstable , Hitchin , Royston , Cambridge , Skegness , Sutton-on-Sea , and Mablethorpe . THURSDAY MIDNIGHT , MAY 17 , for 2 days , to MANCHESTER ( for Races ) . Third class return fare , ios . For further particulars see bills , to be obtained at Company ' s Stations , and Receiving Offices j also of SWAN and LEACH , 3 , Charing Cross , and 32 , Piccadilly Circus j WILLIAM WHITELEY , 151 , Queen ' s-road , W . j Army and Navy Stores , 105 , Victoria-street , S . W . j of HERSU , PERON , and Co ., 9 S and 100 , Queen Victoria-street j A . J AKINS andCo ., 99 , Leadenhall-street ( LeadenhalI House ) , E . C . j "Red Cap , " 6 , Camden-road , N . W . ; and "Empire , " 30 , Silver-street , Notting-hillj and at Robertson's "Castle" Office , 191 , Fulham-road , S . W . HENRY OAKLEY , General Manager . King ' s Cross , May , 1 S 94 .

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Price is . < 5 d . nett . FREEMASON'S HYMN . —THE i MYSTIC TIE . Words and Music composed by F . J . STEIN . London : GKORGP KENNING , ifi & I 6 A Gt . Queen-st .

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ST . MARGARET'S HOME FOR INCURABLE CHILDREN , ANERLEY , S . E . ( Anerley or Crystal Palace Stations ) . VOLUNTARY C ONTRIBUTIONS ARE MUCH NKEOED . Address : T HE SECRETARY .

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GOOD SOUND CLARET , in large or small quantities . ONLY 8 s . PER DOZEN . Sample Bottle sent free on receipt of Postal Order for is . Orders should be accompanied by remittance to LES CAVES POPULAIRES , 45 , GREEK STREET , SOHO , LONDON , W .

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/ CRITERION RESTAURANT , EAST ROOM FOR RECHERCHE DINNEP . S & SUPPERS A LA CARTE . THE WEST ROOM , DINNER , 5 s . ; S I" P P E R , 4 s . Instrumental Music 11 to 12 . 3 a . GRAND HAL L 3 s . 6 d . D I X X E R AT SFPARATE TABLES , 6 to 9 . Accompanied by the Celebrated " S PIER PON " ORC H ESTRA . ACADEMY LUNCHEON IN WEST ROOM , as . Gd .

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PARTRIDGE & COOPER , " THE " STA TIONERS , 191 & 192 , FLEET STREET , LONDON , Would invite attention to their LARGE AND WELL-SELECTED STOCK OF GENERAL & FANCY STATIONERY , Suitable for presents , such as Inkstands , Stationery , Cabinets , Ladies' and Gentlemen ' s Dressing Bags , Travelling and Brief Bags , & c , all of which are enumerated in their New Illustrated Catalogue , sent free on application .

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^^^^^ M ^^^^^^^^^ gjtreiaEasonS SATURDAY , MAY 5 , 1804

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The Masonic careers of most of the brethren appointed to Grand Chapter appeared last week in connection with their Craft appointment with the exception of Bro . J . S . Cumberland , Bro . Stiles ( elected Grand Treasurer ) , Bro . Col . Bentham , Bro . Gabriel Prior Goldney , and Bro . Minstrcll . The two latter

had previously been appointed to Grand Ollice , and their services were duly recorded in our pages at the time ; but Bros . Cumberland , Stiles , and Bentham , although long and honourably known as zealous Craftsmen , have not yet attained Grand Rank in the Craft . We shall hope to supply our readers with full particulars of their Masonic services in our next

issue . » * » On Wednesday next the 106 th Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will be held , as usual , at Freemasons' Tavern . Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Pro Grand Master , and Prov . Grand Master

of West Lancashire , will occupy the chair , and , as far as we can judge , will be supported by a Board of about 430 Stewards , and we can only reiterate the hope we expressed in our Notes of last week , that the sum

obtained by the exertions of his lordship and his supporters will be sufficient to meet the requirements of the School and maintain it at its present hi gh state of efficiency . » * *

The other part of the annual celebration , in which the girls themselves take so prominent a part—the distribution of prizes—will take place at the School itself . The central figure will be the Countess of Lathom , who has very kindly undertaken to present

the prizes to the successful pupils . The programme of music and recitations is of the usual character and there will be , as the chief feature of the day ' s proceedings , that marvellous display of calisthenics , which all who have witnessed it have so fully and so justly admired .

We trust the Clerk of the Weather will look with favour upon this annual gathering and , with a view to ensuring outdoor as well as indoor bri ghtness , will dispense as much as possible of his genial May sunshine . * * *

The voting papers for the annual elections of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution on Friday , ihe 18 th inst ., have been issued , and from these we gather that for the Male Fund there are 65 candidates and 22 vacancies , of which 19 are immediate and three

deferred ; and for the Widows' Fund 54 . candidates and 14 vacancies , of which 11 are immediate and three deferred . These figures , however , will be slightly altered by the day of election ; indeed , one or two of the can . didates have died since the papers were printed , and

there is no doubt that the number of vacancies will be increased , it being the rule with the Committee of Management to recommend that annuities which have become vacant since the lists were prepared in February shall be balloted for as well as those which had been previously declared . But under the most

favourable circumstances it will be impossible to elect more than about one-third of the candidates , unless , indeed the Committee should happen to consider themselves justified in creating a few additional annuities . But the hope that they will be able to do this is at best a very slight one .

As regards the candidates , there are , as we said , 65 on the Male Fund and 54 on the Widows' Fund . Of thc former , 34 have remained on the list from last year ' s election and 31 are new cases ; while of the latter 3 8 remain from last year and 16 are new cases . A few of the older candidates have been on the lists