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receiving hi : * , lieutenant ' s commission eight years later . He served as a volunteer in the Burmese War of 1852-53 as aide-de-camp to General Godwin , and led the Fusiliers to the capture of the Pagoda at Pegu . He was also present in numerous other engagements , and was four times gazetted , also receiving the Burmese medal with the clasp of Pegu , and the Baltic

medal for his services against the Russians in the White Sea . He became captain in 1 S 54 and in 1 S 60-61 was commodore in command of the Naval Brigade in New Zealand . In the operations of the Brigade he fought with distinction , and was severely wounded on June 27 , i 860 . He was subsequently made a C . B ., and in 1 S 60 was appointed aide-de-camp to the Oueen . In 1866-70

he acted in the capacity of private secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty , and in 1870 was made a rear-admiral . During the years 1 S 70-72 he commanded the Detached Squadron , and in 1874-77 the Channel Squadron . In the interval he had been a Lord of the Admiralty , and had been made a viceadmiral . In 1877 he was made a K . C . B . and

Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean . In 1880 he was given the supreme command of the Allied Fleet of the European Powers , which was posted on the Albanian coast when the Turks refused , to cede Dulcigno to Montenegro . The Porte yielded , the fleet was dispersed , and Sir Beauchamp Seymour received the thanks of the Government and the Grand Cross of

Bath . In 1882 he became admiral , and took a conspicuous part as Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet . On July 6 he demanded of Arabi Pacha the instant cessation of the works on the forts at Alexandria , under penalty of bombardment ; and on the ioth dispatched an ultimatum to the Egyptian Ministry demanding , not only the cessation of all defensive

works , but also the surrender of the forts at the mouth of the harbour . This being refused , early on the morning of the nth , eight British ironclads and five gunboats advanced to the attack , and the forts were , in a few hours , laid in ruins or silenced , with slight loss on the British side , and with trifling damage to the ships . For his services he received the thanks of Parliament ,

was voted the sum of . £ 20 , 000 , and was elevated to the peerage as Baron Alcester of Alcester , in the county of Warwick . He was decorated with the Grand Cordon of the Osmanieh , and made Hon . D . C . L . at Oxford in 1885 . As Lord Alcester was unmarried , the peerage becomes extinct . Of his lordship's Masonic career , we are unable to furnish more than a few details . He was

a man of too little leisure to be able to devote much time to the affairs of Masonry . All we can say is that he was initiated in 18 79 , and that in 1890 his Royal Highness the Grand Master was pleased to confer upon him the rank of Senior Grand Warden . On his retirement from active service he was an occasional ,

but always welcome , visitor at many of our best known lodges in the London district . But though for the reasons we have stated , he took so slight a part in our affairs , he was very popular with the Craft , and will always be remembered with respect for his geniality and bonhomie .

BRO . COUNCILLOR BAGNALL . We regret to announce that the death took place , on Tuesday , the 26 th ultimo , after a lingering illness , at his residence in Cheetham , of Bro . Councillor William Bagnall , of the Red Bank Oilworks . He had long been esteemed tor his work in connection with various religious and philanthropic

organisations in the neighbourhood of Red Bank . He entered the city council in June , 1888 , as a representative of Collegiate Church Ward , in succession to the late Mr . Robert Affleck , and became an active member of the Parks , Baths , and Gas Committee , taking special

interest in the provision of playgrounds , open spaces , and public baths for the Red Bank and Cheetham districts . He was a member of the Affability Lodge , * * ° - 317 , in this city , and always took an active part in the ceremonies performed . He was P . P . S . G . D . of East Lancashire .

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EASTER RAILWAY FACILITIES .

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . The Great Western Railway Company issue ordinary as well as excursion tickets at their City and West-end offices , viz . —193 and 407 , Oxford-street , W . ; 1 S 1 , Tottenham Court-road , W . ; 23 , New Oxford - street , W . C . ; Gloucester Mansions , Cambridge - circus ,

Shaftesburywenue , Vv . G . ; "the Piazza , " Covent Garden Market , W . C . ; 29 , Charing Cross , S . W . ; 2 G , Regent-street , ¦ j . W . ; 17 , Brompton-road , S . W . ; 137 , Borough Highstreet ( Nag's Head Yard ) , S . E . j 4 , Holborn-circus , ' - C . ; Minories ( opposite Goodman ' s Yard ) : 5 , Arthurstreet East , London Bridge , E . C . ; 82 , Oueen Victoriastreet , E . C . ; 67 , Gresham-street , E . C J ~ 4 , Cheapside , ] X- C- ; 26 9 , Strand , W . C . ; and at the L . li . and S . C .

Jr Ompany s excursion office ( under Grand Hotel ) , Trafalgar jquare , at any of which places tickets can be obtained during the whole week preceding Easter . Tickets can also > e obtained at Victoria ( L . C . and D . Ry . ) , Kensington I Addison-road ) , Aldgate , the stations on the Hammersmith and City line , and at most of the stations on the Metropolitan and District Railways . The booking piliie at Paddington Station will be open lor

issue of tickets the whole day on the Monday , luesday , VVednesday , and Thursday , before Easter . tt '' ' ' special low fares and available from April 'ith to 15 th will be issued from London to Bath , Bristol , { jjfeter , Plymouth , Falmouth , Penzance , Yeovil , Dorchester , Weymouth , and certain other stations | in the South and il » Et ° * ^ "S'and . Tickets at 25 s . return , available for 14 u « ys -will also be issued for use on April nth , 13 th , and 15 th , to Guernsey and Jersey . On Thursday , April nth ,

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an excursion reaching Exeter in 5 V hours and Plymouth in 7 J hours , will leave Paddington at 7 . 53 a . m . Excusions will also be run on the same day to Bristol , Weston-super-Mare , Taunton , Yeovil , Weymouth , Oxford , Birmingham , Shrewsbury . Chester , Cirencester , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Newport , Cardiff . Swansea , Evesham , Worcester , Malvern , & c On Good Friday cheap trains will run to

Reading , Oxford , and other riverside stations . On Saturday , April 13 th , an excursion will run to Bath and Bristol , and on Monday excursions will be made to Reading , Bath , Bristol , Cirencester , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Sc . In addition to these excursions , cheap trains will be run to London from most of the provincial towns , and between the principal centres of population . On the Thursday before

Easter most of the long distance trains will be duplicated ; the first portion , as a general rule , will take passengers for the longer distances , and the second those for less distant places . On Good Friday , the trains will run as on Sundays , with the addition of the 5 . 30 a . m . newspaper train , which will run as far as Oxford , Exeter , and Swansea , calling at the usual intermediate stations , and connecting at Oxford with trains to the Worcester , Birmingham , and

Wolverhampton districts , and at Bathampton ( by special stop ) with the 8 . 47 a . m . train from Bathampton to the Weymouth Line . Cheap third class excursion tickets will be issued on Good Friday , Saturday , April 13 th . Easter Sunday and Monday , by specified trains from Paddington , Kensington , ( Addison-road ) , Hammersmith , and certain stations on the Metropolitan , Metropolitan District and North London Railways , to Windsor , Taplow , Alaidenhead , Henley , and other popular riverside resorts .

LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN . The London and North Western Company announce that the ticket offices at Euston , Broad-street , Kensington , and Willesden Junction will be opened throughout the day , f . om Monday , April Sth , to Easter Alonday , April 15 th , inclusive , so that passengers wishing to obtain tickets for any destination on the London and North Western Railway can

do so at any time of the day prior to the starting of the trains . Tickets , dated to suit the convenience of the passengers , can be obtained at any time ( Sundays and Bank Holidays excepted ) at the town receiving offices of the company . On Thursday , April nth , a special express will leave Willesden at 2 . 55 p . m . for Bletchley , Wolverton , Weedon , Blisworth , Welton , Rugby , Trent Valley

Stations , and Stafford ; a special express will leave Euston Station at 4 . 25 p . m . for Birmingham , calling at Willesden Junction and Coventry , arriving at Birmingham ( Newstreet ) at 6 . 50 p . m . ; the 12 o midnight train from Euston will be extended from Warrington to Preston on Good Friday morning , arriving at Preston 6 . 2 a . m . On Good Friday , April 12 th , the newspaper express train from London

( Euston Station ) will run to Blisworth , Northampton , Rugby , Birmingham , Nuneaton , Tamworth , Lichfield , Rugeley , Stafford , Shrewsbury , Crewe , Runcorn , Liverpool , Alanchestcr , Warrington , Wigan , Preston , Lancaster , Carnforth , Oxenholme , Kendal , Windermere , Tebay , Penrith , Carlisle , Edinburgh . Glasgow , Perth , and Aberdeen . A train will leave Alanchestcr at g . 10 a . m . for

Wigan , where passengers for Preston and the North can join the newspaper train . The 4 . 30 p . m . train , Carlisle , to Preston , will be extended to Wigan , Liverpool , St . Helens , Tyldesley , Bolton , and Alanchester . The 10 . 45 a . m ., Crews to Holyhead , and 1 . 0 p . m ., Holyhead to Chester , will not be run . A special train will leave Euston at 10 . 5 a . m . for Cheddington , calling at Willesden , Watford ,

king s Langley , Boxmoor , Berkhamsted , and Tring . On Good Friday the usual Sunday service of trains will be run . On Friday night and Saturday morning , April 13 th and 13 th , the 11 . 41 p . m . and 12 . 5 a . m . trains from Carlisle will run as usual ; the 12 . 5 a . m . will call at Oxenholme and Carnforth when required ; the 12 . 10 a m ., Holyhead to Crewe , 4 . 30 a . m ., Holyhead to Chester , and 2 . 32 a . m .,

Chester to Liverpool , will not be run on Saturday morning , there being no boats from North Wall or . Greenore on the evening of Good Friday . By special arrangement with the Postmaster-General , a sleeping saloon for first class passengers and an ordinary carriage for first and third class passengers will be attached to the 8 . 30 p . m . Postal Express from London ( Euston Station ) on Good Friday

night , April 12 th , for the conveyance of passengers booked from London to Dumtries , stations on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railways , Stranraer , Larne , and stations in Ireland on the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway . On Suuday , April 14 th , a special train will leave Euston at 10 . 5 a . m . for Cheddington , calling at Willesden , Watford , King's ; Langley , Boxmoor , Berkhamstead , and

Tring . On Bank Holiday , Easter Monday , April 15 th , the 12 . 0 noon and 4 . 0 p . m . trains from Euston will leave at 12 . 10 noon and 4 . 10 p . m . respectively . The 4 . 30 p . m . train from Euston will not run—passengers will be conveyed by the 5 . 0 p . m ., except those for Peterboro ' , Market Harboro' , Melton Mowbray , Nottingham , and the Great Northern Line , who , on this date will travel by the 3 15

p . m . train from Euston . The 7 . 30 a . m ., Birmingham to London , will run vn ! Northampton and Blisworth , and call at Kilsby and Crick , Long Buckby , Althorp Park , Wolverton , Leighton , and Cheddington , in addition to its ordinary stoppages , reaching Euston 10 . 35 a-m . The up and down dining saloons between London , Liverpool , and Manchester will not run on Easter Alonday , April 15 th , but

the corridor dining car trains between London and Edinburgh and Glasgow will be run as usual . Numerous residential trains will also be discontinued the particulars of which will be advertised locally . The company also announce that they will run excursions to and from London , and Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Leamington , Warwick

Coventry , Walsall , Burton , Derby , Leicester , Alacclesfield , Stoke , Stone , Liverpool , Manchester , Chester , North VVales , Shrewsbury , Hereford , the Cambrian Line , Preston , Wigan , Blackpool , Lancaster , Alorecambe , Carlisle , the Lake District , Scotland , and numerous other places on the occasion of the Easter Holidays .

AIIDI . ANI ) RAILWAY . On Good Friday , the trains on the Midland Railway will run as appointed for Sundays , with the following exceptions : The Newspaper Express , leaving St Pancras at 5 . 15 a . m ., will run to Bedford , Leicester , NottinghamDerby , Sheffield ,

, and Manchester . The S . 55 am ., local train , Sheffield to Leeds , & c , will await the arrival of the Newspaper Express at Sheffield . The Up Night Express , leaving Edinburgh at 9 . 45 p . m ., Glasgow at 9 . 45 p . m ., and Carlisle at 12 . 3 S a . m . for London , will run on Good Friday night , April 12 th ,

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and Saturday morning , April 13 th , the same as on ordinary week-days . The 3 . 32 a . m . Carlisle toStranraer , and S . 50 p . m . Stranraer to Carlisle , in connection with steamers to and from Ireland , will run on Good Friday , the same as on ordinary week-days . The steamers between Barrow and Belfast will sail on Good Friday in both directions . That from Barrow will await the arrival of the 4 . 5 p . m . train from Leeds . To prevent inconvenience and crowding * , the

Booking Offices at St . Pancras and Aloorgate Street Stations will be open for the issue of tickets all day on Wednesday , Thursday , and Saturday , April loth , 1 ith , and 13 th , and tickets to all princi pal stations on the Midland Railway will also be issued beforehand at any of their offices . The tickts obtained at these offices will be available from St . Pancras Station , and will be issued at the same fares as charged at that station , and dated to suit the convenience

of passengers . On Thursday , April 1 ith , cheap excursion trains will be run from London to Leicester , Nottingham , Newark , Lincoln , Birmingham , Burton , Derbv , Manchester , Blackburn , Bolton , Rochdale , Oldham , Liverpool , Sheffield , Leeds , Bradford , Scarboro' , Newcastle-on-Tyne , the Furnets District , Carlisle , & c , & c , returning the tollowing Tuesday ; and from London ( St . Pancras ) to Edinburgh , Glasgow , Grennock , Perth , Stirling , Aberdeen ,

& c , returning Monday , April 15 th , or Friday , April 19 th . Tickets will also be issued by the Scotch Excursion at a single ordinary third clas fare for the double journey , available for returning on any day within 16 days from date of issue . Cheap week-end and day excursion tickets will also be issued to Southend-on-Sea during the Easter holidays , for particulars of which see special bills . Tickets for joining the trains at St . Pancras Station can be obtained on the two days

previous to the running of the trainsat the offices of the Company . Cheap excursion trains for six days will also be run on Thursday , April nth , t-a London from Carlisle , Bradford , Leeds , Shellield , Liverpool , Alanchester , Blackburn , Bolton , Lincoln , Newark , & c , & c . ; and on Good Friday , April 12 th , from Bradford , Leeds , Sheffield , Blackburn , Bolton , Oldham , Manchester , &• :., for two or four days , and from Burton , Darby , Nottiughira , Birmingham ,

Leicester , & c , ior one , four , or five days . Passengers will be booked by these trains at cheap fares to Brighton , and other South Coast stations , and to the Continent ; those for the Continent having the privilege of returning by any ordinary train within 16 days . Cheap three days' trips will also be run to London on Friday night , April 12 th , from

Colne , Blackburn Bolton , Rochdale , Oldham , & c , and on Saturday , Apri' 13 th , from Manchester , & c . On Easter Alonday , single day trip * will be run from Burton , Derby , Nottingham , Leicester , Northampton , Bedford , Luton , St . Albans , Sic , and a one or two days' trips from Birmingham and the South Stafford District .

GREAT NORTHERN . The Great Northern Railway Company announce that on the nighc of Thursday , April 1 ith , a cheap excursion will leave London ( Woolwich Arsenal , Woolwich Dockyard , Victoria ( L . C . and D . ) , Aloorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , King ' s Cross , & c ) , for Newcastle Berwick , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Helensburgh , Stirling , Perth , Dundee , Oban , Montrose , Aberdeen , Inverness , and other stations in

Scotland , returning on Monday , 15 th , or Friday , 19 th April . Tickets at a single fare for the double journey will also be issued by above excursion to places named , available for return by one fixed train on any day within 16 days , including days of issue and return . On same day cheap excursions will also be run for six days to and from London ( King's Cross ) and Scarboro ' , Whitby , York , Bradford , Keighley , Halifax , Leeds , Wakefield , Doncaster ,

Huddersfield , Liverpool , *** outhport . Manchester , Sheffield , Leicester , Derby , Nottingham , Hull , Grimsby , Lincoln , Gainsboro ' , Lynn , Yarmouth , Norwich , Spalding , Wisbech , Cambridge , St . Ives , Ramsey , & c . On Good Friday , April 12 th , the 5 . 15 a . m . express from King's Cross will be run through to Lincoln , Nottingham , Sheffield , Manchester , Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , Halifax , Yoik , Newcastle , and Scotland . —Cheau

two or four days' excursions will be run from Alan Chester , Oldham , Sheffield , Hull , Keighley , Halifax , Bradford , Leeds , Wakefield , York , & c , to London . On Saturday , April 13 th , cheap three days' excursion trains will be run from Liverpool , Southport , Stockport , Warring , ton , Manchester , Oldham , Huddersfield , Wigan , & c , to King ' s Cross . On Easter Monday , April 15 th , cheap day excursions will be run from Victoria ( L . C . & . D . ) , Ludgate

Hill , Moorgate , king ' s Cross , Finsbury Park , Sic , to St . Albans , Wheathampstead , Harpenden , Luton , Dunstable , Hitchen , Royston , and Cambridge . A cheap day excuision will also be run from Aloorgate , King ' s Cross , Holloway , Finsbury Park , & c , to Skegness , Sutton-on-Sea , and Alablethorpe . Cheap day excursions to London will be run from Derby , Nottingham , Lincoln , Peterboro' , Huntingdon ,

Cambridge , Luton , Dunstaole , & c . lo prevent inconvenience from crowding at the Company ' s principal terminal station , King ' s Cross , tickets , dated in advance , will be issued at King's Cross ( G . N . R . ) , Victoria ( L . C . & D . ) , Ludgate Hill , Aloorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , and Finsbury Park stations , and at the various ticket offices of the Company .

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