Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

AT THE MEETING of the Irish Literary Society to-morrow ( Saturday ) evening at the Society of Arts , Mrs . Ernest Rhys will deliver a lecture on " A Hundred Years of Irish Fiction . " Mr . Anthony Hope will preside . LORD BALFOUR OF BURLEIGH , Secretary for Scotland , has accepted the Chancellorship of St . Andrews University , and it is expected that the installation ceremony will take place about the end of January .

THE DUKE OF FIFE will preside at Sir Squire Bancroft ' s reading of Dickens ' "Christmas Carol , " in aid of the Western Ophthalmic Hospital , at Portman Rooms , Baker-street , on the evening of Wednesday , the 2 nd prox . WE ARE ** GLAD to announce that Bro . James F . Haskins , Ph . D ., P . P . G . Org . of Essex and Herts , who met with an accident to his knee some weeks ago , has so far recovered as to be able to attend to his professional duties .

MEMORIAL SERVICE AT ST . PAUL ' S CATHEDRAL . —The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs have signified their intention of being present at St . Paul ' s Cathedral on Wednesday , the igth inst . at three p . m ., at the memorial service to be held for soldiers and sailors who have fallen in war . during the year 1900 . to

CHEQUE FOR , ( , 6 * 000 . —A cheque for ^ 6000 was last week handed General Hospital as the result of the recent Triennial Musical Festival at Birmingham . Th : total receipts amounted to ^ 15 , 292 , and the expenses to . £ 0283 . The profit on the 18 97 Festival was £ 5147 , the receipts then being £ 14 , 282 , and the expenses £ 9135 . CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS . —The warehouse excursion to Scotland , for 6 , S , or 16 days , has again been arranged by the East Coast route , and a special express will leave King's Cross ( G . N . ) at 6 . 30 p . m . on Friday , the 21 st instant , for Newcastle , Berwick , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Dundee , and Aberdeen . Tickets can tie had at the usual offices in advance .

THE KINTORE MARK LODGE OF INSTRUCTION meets at the Montpe'ier Hotel , Choumert-road , Peckham , S . E ., on the fitst and fourth Thursdays in each month ( except July and August ) at 8 . 30 p . m ., under the able Preceptorship of Bro . Wm . Dawson , P . M . All Mark Masons will be welcomed . The next meeting will be held on Thursday , January 3 rd , 1901 . LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY . —A Legacy of a Quarter of a Million . —At the

annual meeting of the directors of the London Missionary Society , on tbe 1 ith instant , it was stated that a legacy of a quarter of a million had been bequeathed to the Society , under the will of the late Mr . Robert Arthington , of Leeds , who had expressed the wish that the money should be devoted to new work in connection -with tribes and peoples who had not obtained a version of the Bible in their own tongue . The money will provide an income of ^ 7000 or ^ Sooo per year .

THE FREEMASONS' CLUB ( RICHMOND , SURREY ) , LIMITED , —As many brethren desire Ihe club to be available during the Christmas holidays , the directors have decided to open the premises to-morrow ( Saturday ) , 15 th inst ., at four p . m ., when the chairman will be pleased to welcome the members ( the formal inauguration being deferred until some time in January next , of which due notice will be given . ) The directors

have much pleasure in stating that 232 brethren have applied for membership , and that 1544 . £ 1 shares have been allotted . For the information of Masonic friends who may desire membership of the club , we may mention that after the 31 st instant there will be an entrance fee of one guinea , in addition to the payment in full of one £ 1 share and an annual subscription of one guinea .

THE ASSOCIATION OF MEN OF KENT AND KENTISH MEN held a most successful Cinderella dance at the Bridge House Hotel , on Saturday , the Sth instant . The room was gaily decorated with bunting , and the special feature of the programme was the " Men of Kent Quadrille . " In the course of the evening , the chairman of the council , Mr . Walter Kemp , presented one of the M , Cs . ( Mr . J . T . Hearn ) with a badge for

introducing 21 ' new members , and congratulated those present upon the rapid growth of the association , the membership of which numbers 4 S 6 . A very efficient band was provided under the direction of Mr . T . A . Green , G . S . M . Inquiries as to membership should be addressed to the Hon . Secretary , 11 , Fernholme-road , Nunhead , from whom nomination forms can be obtained .

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS . —The Great Northern Railway Company announce that cheap excursions will be run on Friday night , December 21 st ( for 6 and 8 days ); Monday night , December 24 th ( for 3 or 5 days ); and Friday night , December 28 th ( for 6 and 8 days ) from London ( Woolwich ( Arsenal and Dockyard ) , Greenwich ( S . E . and C ) , Victoria ( S . E . and C ) , Ludgate Hill , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , King's Cross ( G . N . ) , Sic , for Northallerton , Darlington , Richmond , Durham , Newcastle , Alnwick , Berwick , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Helensburgh ,

Dumbarton , Stirling , Perth , Dundee , _ Dalmally , Oban , Fort William , Montrose , Aberdeen , Inverness , and other stations in Scotland . Passengers by the excursion on 21 st return on Wednesday , 26 th , or Friday , 28 th December ; those by the excursion on 24 th December return on Wednesday , 26 th December , or Friday , 28 th December and those by the excursion otj December 28 th , return on Wednesday , 2 nd , or Friday , 4 th January , according to period of ticket taken . Tickets at about a single fare for the double journey will also be issued by above excursions to places named , available

for return by one hxed train on any day within 16 days , including days of issue and return . Cheap fast excursions will be run on Saturday , December 22 nd ( for 5 , 6 , or 8 days , and Monday , December 24 th , ( for 3 , 4 , or 0 days ) , from London ( Woolwich ( Arsenal and Dockyard ) , Greenwich ( S . E . and C ) , Victoria ( S . E . and C ) , Ludgate Hill , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , King's Cross ) , & c , for Cambridge , Ramsey , Huntingdon , Lynn , Norwich , Cromer , Yarmouth , Spalding , Boston , Grimsby , Lincoln , Nottingham , Leicester , Derby , Burton ,

Burslem , Tutbury , Stoke , Newark , Chesterfield , Edwinstowe , Retford , Sheffield , Barnsley , Rotherham , Huddersfield , Manchester , Liverpool , Doncaster , York , Hull , Harrogate , Bridlington , Malton , Scarborough , Whitby , Stockton , Richmond , Darlington , Hartlepool , Middlesbrough , Durham , Newcastle-on-Tyne , Shields , Sunderland , Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , Halifax , Keighley , Accrington , Blackburn , Bolton , Burnley , Bury , Rochdale , and other principal stations in the Lincolnshire , Nottinghamshire , Staffordshire , Lancashire , Yorkshire , and North Eastern Districts . Monday night

December $ tst ( for I , 2 , or 5 days ) , to Nottingham , Sheffield , Manchester , Warrington , and Liverpool . On December 20 th , 21 st , 22 nd , and 24 th , additional trains will be run to meet the requirements of traffic . On Saturday , December 22 nd , and Monday , December 24 th , the 5 p . m . express from King's Cross will be continued to Melton Constable , calling at all stations East of Peterborough . Monday , December 24 th , a special

express at ordinary fares will leave London ( King's Cross ) at 12 . 20 midnight , Finsbury Park 12 . 25 , for Welwyn , Stevenage , Hitchin , Biggleswade , Sandy , St . Neots , Huntingdon , Holme , Peterborough , Spalding , Boston , Louth , Grimsby , Grantham , Lincoln , Nottingham , Newark , Retford , Doncaster , Wakefield , Leeds , Laisterdyke , Bradford , Halifax , Selby , York , & c . On Christmas Day thc trains will run as on Sundays . For further particulars see advertisement columns .

Masonic And General Tidings.

BRO . J LOBH , C . C , is a candidate for election on the Council of the Institute of Journalists . BRO . ARCHDEACON SINCLAIR opened on Saturday last a bazaar held at Har . ringay in aid of the building fund of St . Paul ' s Church . BRO , COL . T . DAVIES SEWELL , F . R . A . S ., P . M ., P . G . S ., has * just been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature . " * ¦)

BRO . ALDERMAN SIR WILLIAM TRELOAR presided on the Sth inst . over the monthly house dinner and smoking concert of the Press Club . BRO . ALDERMAN SIR J OSEPH SAVORY , Bart ., the chairman of the Council , presided on Saturday last at the distribution of prizes by the Rev . T . W . Sharp to the students of the Princess Helena College , Ealing .

THE WILL OF Bro . Joseph Heaton , of 3 , Camden-square , the chief London agent of the Midland Railway Company , and late colonel commanding 5 th ( West ) Middlesex R . V ., was proved on the 4 th ult . by Mrs . Marian Heaton , the widow and sole executrix , the value of the estate being £ 2896 gs . "* " ' ' THE PROMISED VISIT of T . R . H . the Prince and Princess of Wales to B ; lfast will take place about the 16 th of April . It has ilready been announced that they will be the guests of the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry at Mount Stewart . One of the principal engagements of the Prince and Princess will be a visit to the show of the North-East Agricultural Society .

BRO . CAPT . W . BOUGHTON CHAMBERS , of her Majesty ' s Custom *; , Calcutta , has been nominated for Fellowship of the Royal Society of Literature . His propers are the following , all of whom are Fellows of the Society : Bro . Dr . Chas . Forshaw , of Bradford , England ; Kunwar Kushal Pal Singh , Esq ., M . A ., LL . B ., F . R . G . S ., M . R . A . S ., of Agra , India ; his Highness Rajah Sir S . M . Tagore , Calcutta ; and Kumar Shyama Kumar Tagore , Esq ., Calcutta . Bro . Boughton is the editor of the Indian Freemason , Indian Tit Bits , Sic , and one of the founders " of the proposed military ledge , " Defence , " whose headquarters will be in Calcutta .

MIDLAND RAILWAY . —Christmas Arrangements—Ordinary Train Service . —On Friday and Saturday , December 21 st and 22 nd , the pressure of traffic will be relieved by the running of duplicate trains from St . Pancras as circumstances may require . On Wednesday , December 26 th , and Tuesday , January ist , certain booked trains will be withdrawn , of which due notice will be given by special bills at the stations . The Midland Railway Company , to prevent inconvenience and crowding , have arranged for the booking offices at St , Pancras and Moorgate-street stations to be open for the issue

of tickets all day on Friday , Saturday , and Monday , December 21 st , 22 nd , and 24 th , and tickets to all principal stations on the Midland Railway can be obtained beforehand at the Midland Company ' s City and suburban offices . For further particulars see advertisement columns . Cheap excursion trains will be run from London ( St . Pancras ) and principal provincial stations to Carlisle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Greenock , Dundee , Aberdeen , Sic , on Fridays , December 21 st and 28 th , for six or eight days , and on Mondav , December 24 th , for three or five days , by fare for the double

which return tickets will be issued at about a third class single journey . The single tickets will be available for returning on _ any day within id days from and including the date of issue . Cheap excursion trains will also be run from London ( St . Pancras ) on Saturday , December 22 nd , to Leicester , Birmingham , Nottingham , Derby , Newark , Lincoln , Burton / Manchester , Liverpool , Blackburn , Bolton , Sheffield , Leeds , Bradford , York , Scarboro' , Newcastle , Barrow-in-Furness , and the Lake District , & c , returning December 26 th , 27 th , or 29 th , and to the

same places ( except Birmingham ) on Monday , December 24 th , returning December 26 th , 27 th , or 29 th . On Saturday midnight , December 22 nd , a cheap four , five , and seven days' trip will be run to Leicester , Nottingham , Manchester , Stockport , Warrington , Liverpool , and Sheffield ; on Monday midnight , December 24 th , to Leicester , Loughboro ' , Nottingham , Manchester , Liverpool , Sheffield , Leeds , Bradford , & c , for two , three , or five days ; and on Monday midnight , December 31 st , to Leicester , Nottingham , Manchester , Stockport , Liverpool , Sheffield , & c „ for one , two , or five days .

Cheap excursion tickets will be issued from London ( St . Pancras ) and principal provincial stations on Friday , December 21 st , to Dublin , Cork , Killarney , Limerick , & c , via Liverpool , available for ifi days , and via Morecambe , available for returning on December 27 th or 29 th , and January ist , 3 rd , or 5 th , 1901 ; on Friday , December 21 st , to Belfast , Londonderry , Portrush , & c , via Barrow , or via Liverpool , available for 16 days ; on Saturday , December 22 nd , to Londonderry , via Morecambe or via Liverpool , available for returning December 27 th , 31 st , or January 3 rd , via Morecambe , and on December 25 th and 29 th , and January ist or 5 th , via Liverpool .

THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY issue tickets at their principal City and West-end offices , and this arrangement cannot fail to be a boon to those travellers who desire to avoid the trouble of obtaining tickets at a crowded railway station , particularly at holiday times , and the booking oflice at Paddington Station will be open all day for the issue of tickets on December iSth , 19 th , 20 th , 21 st , 22 nd , and 24 th . Ordinary tickets obtained in London between December iSth and 24 th will be available for use on any day between and including those days . On Thursday , December 20 th ,

Cheap Excursions will be run from Paddington , Clapham Junction , Kensington ( Addison-road ) , Hammersmith , & c , to Cork and Killarney ; on Friday , December 21 st , to Waterford , Limerick , Tralee , Kilkenny , Killarney , Belfast , Armagh , Giant ' s Causeway , & c . ; on Saturday , December 22 nd , to Savernake , Devizes , Frome , \ eovil , Bridport , Weymouth , Portland , & c , returning December 27 th ; on Saturday night , December 22 nd , to Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham , Shrewsbury , Chester , Birkenhead , Liverpool . Sic . returninir December 26 th , 27 th , or 29 th ; to Evesham , Worcester ,

Hereford , & c , returning December 26 th ; on Saturday and Monday nights , December 22 nd and 24 th , to Swindon , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Cardiff , Swansea , Llanelly , Caimarthen , New Milford , Bath , Bristol , Weston-Super-Mare , Exeter , Torquay , Plymouth , Falmouth , Penzance , & c , returning December 26 th or 27 th ; and on Monday n-ght , December 24 th , to Guernsey and Jersey , for 13 days or less . On the days immediately preceding Christmas Day , several of the trains _ from Paddington will be divided , and the first portion of some of them will start five minutes and the

before the advertised time . On Saturday and Monday , December 22 nd 24 th , 6 p . m . from Paddington to Plymouth will be extended to Falmouth and Penzance , ana the 12 midnight from Paddington will convey passengers tothe Kingswear , Kingsbridge , Wadebridge , Fowey , and Newquay branches . On Monday , December 24 th , the 3 p . m . from Paddington to Plymouth will be extended to Truro . A special train will leave Paddington at 10 p . m . for South Wales , calling at the same stations as the g . 15 p . m . ordinary train , which on this date will leave at 9 . 25 p . m . A special train will leave Paddington at 1 night for Reading , Swindon , Bath , Bristol , Exeter , Gloucester , Cheltenservice

ham , Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , & c . On Christmas morning the usual Sunday of trains will run , and special trains will leave Paddington , at 5 . 30 a . m ., for Reading , Swindon , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Hereford , Swansea , Bath , Bristol , Weston-super-Mare , Exeter , Torquay , Plymouth , Penzince , Frome , Yeovil , Dorchester , Weymouth , & c , ; and at 5 . 35 a . m . for Reading , Oxford , Worcester , Malvern , Kidderminster , Banbury , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , & c . In order to meet the extraordinary demands upon the Company ' s resources occasioned by the enormous parcel traffic despatched both from and to London at Christmas time , spscial fast trains , carrying parcels only will run between the principal stations .

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