Mark Masonry.

Saunders , 245 , asJ . D . ; J . J . Hart , P . M . 245 , G . S ., I . G . ; T . H . Vials , P . P . G . O ., as Org . ; and H . Rose , Tyler . There were also present Bros . R . Knight , A . J . W . Hambling , Lord Lilford , and J . Sheimerdine . The Iodge having been opened , and the usual formalities comp lied with , Bros . Lord Lilford and Jesse Sheimerdine , both of 607 , were admitted and advanced to the honourable Degree of M . M . The W . M . performed the whole of

the ceremony in a most perfect and impressive manner . Probably this is an occurrence unique in the annals of Mark Masonry , where a father vvas advanced by his son , and that at a special lodge held in his own private residence . $ The loige having been closed the brethren were entertained in a most hospitable manner by Bro . Lord Lilford . Tha W . M . submitted io glorious terms the toast of " The Oueen and Mark Masonry , " which was duly honoured .

Bro . A . E . Parsons , J . W ., submitted in eulogistic words " The Health of the Newly-advanced Brethren , " to which Bro . Lord Lilford replied , regretting that although he was the oldest living member of the Chicheley Lodge , he had been for so long a time incapacitated from attending its meetings how pleased and impressed he had been with the ceremony of the day , and wishing that God ' s richest blessings might be bestowed on the brethren of the lodge .

Bro . J . Sheimerdine also responded . The toast of " The Worshipful Master " vvas proposed in eloquent language by Bro . Hambling , and the opportunity taken of offering hearty congratulations to him on his approaching marriage . Bro . Powys heartily thanked the brethren for their good wishes and said how pleased he had been to receive the brethren " At Home , " and hoped it had given as much "ratification to them as it had to himself .

The brethren afterwards visited the celebrated aviary , probably the finest private collection in the country , and vvere accompanied by Bro . Lord Lilford , who gave many very interesting particulars respecting the habits , & c , of many of his specimens , which added considerably to the enjoyment of the visitors . Apologies for non-attendance vvere received from Bros . Butler Wilkins , 'P . M . 245 , P . G . O . ; Sir Arthur de Capel Brooke , S . W . ; Percy Mitchell , M . O . ; and Geo . Butcher , P . M . 245 , P . P . S . G . W .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . ALFRED WILLIAMS , The funeral of Bro . Alfred Williams , whose death we briefly noticed last week , took place at Norwood Cemetery on Wednesday . The attendance of members of the Craft , although numerous , would have been much larger , but for the fact that many of his more

intimate Masonic friends were absent on an important function in Guernsey , but it was pleasing to find that his memory was so honoured in the lodge in which he took a special interest—the Macdonald Mark—that it was represented by the following members : Bros . J . P . Tamburini , W . M . ; Robt . Berridge , P . M ., P . G . W ., S . G . D . C ; Jabez Church , P . M ., S . G . O , ; J . Manwaring ,

P . M ., P . G . I . G . ; M . Mildred , P . M ., P . G . Stwd . j A . F . Church , P . M ., G . Stwd . ; W . H . Bale , P . M ., Sec . ; H . C . Borradaile , M . O . ; H . W . Andrews , and A . C . Wood , Org . There were also present , as representing the Society of Engineers , of which the deceased was Hon . Secretary and Treasurer : Mr . G . A . Goodwin , President ; Mr . C . Gaudon , Past President ; Mr . J .

W . Wilson , Past President ; Mr . H . Nursey , Past President ; Mr . H . Adams , C . E ., Past President ; Mr . J . Bernays , C . E ., Past President ; Mr . Baldwin Lothom , C . E ., Past President ; Mr . G . Pierce , Engineer to the Richmond Water Company ; and Mr . G . A . Pryce Cuxson , Secretary to the Society of Engineers ; as well as many old friends and employees of the firm .

Ihe coffin was covered with beautiful wreaths and crosses . At the head was placed a beautiful wreath by Mrs . Williams , widow of the deceased . A wreath was also sent from Bro . John Aird , ALP . ; also one from Bro . Mildred , Bro . Mainwaring ,. and a cross from Bro . > 1 H . Bale , the most conspicuous being the emblematical triangle covered with flowersrepresenting the

, colours of the Mark Degree clothing with a keystone in the centre , on which was the following inscription .-" In memoriam . To Bro . Alfred Williams , from the members of the Macdonald Lodge of Mark Master Masons , No . 104 . With very great regret and deep sympath y . " This was designed by Bro . W . H . Bale ,

1 -Al . and Secretary of the Macdonald Lodge . The emp loyees of the firm also sent a beautiful wreath . Bro . Alfred Williams will be greatly missed by his \ v ' brethren > especially at the General Board of the Mark Degree , of which he has been for many years past an active member . We tender to the widow ° ur warmest sympathy in the loss she has sustained .

Bank Holiday Railway Facilities.

BANK HOLIDAY RAILWAY FACILITIES .

GREAT WESTERN RAILVVAV . ¦ « . « , Great Weston Railway Company issue ordinary as enHVffi eXCUrsion tickets at 'heir principal City and Westannr -f ' , "" arrangement is probably never so much

HolM , u as durln S the week preceding the Bank of K _ f ' , ar 8 e numbers of people avail themselves the r op P . ortun '' y "i"s afforded for obtaining tickets at ahlc . f 1 and without the crowding and worry inseparfar ^ ll m a ' ? railway station at holiday seasons . The are wf S r are the sameas a ' Paddington and the tickets as tW , use under precisely the same conditions offices L ' u ^ . \ hat stati ° - The following are the uclets issued

Ovfnr , ! . . ' { are , viz .: 193 and 407 , Hobnr ; r ' ' ' Oxford-sWt ; 269 , Strand Shalte ! , ™ 5 ' ' £ haring Cross ; Cambridge Circus . 4 enter enue . J ? hC Piazza ' Covent G " den ; 2 ( 5 ' l ) £ „ w £ . 5 ' Ar'hur-street , East London Bridge ; 82 , & ££ « Tr ™ . 'T rr > ^ ttenhara c ° urt- «> ' & -Minori-, ?„„ \ ^ Cheapside ; 17 , Brompton-road ; Hi gh-nL ? , ? os , te Goodman ' s Yard ); The Nags Head , Office ? n _ V b T $ ' and the L - - and S . C . Company' ! looLl" G ' Hotel , Trafalgar-square . The nfir olKces a ' Paddington Station will be open for

Bank Holiday Railway Facilities.

the issue of tickets all day on Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , and Saturday , August ist , 2 nd , 3 rd , and 4 th , and the tickets issued ( except those for special excursion trains ) will be available for use on any of those days . To meet the expected additional traffic by the ordinary trains on Saturday , August 4 th , the Company will run in duplicate , the 3 . 0 5 . 0 and 9 . 0 p . m . trains to the West of England , the 12 . 0

noon 3 . 15 and 9 . 15 p . m . trains to Weymouth , and South Wales . The first portion of the 5 . 0 and 9 . 0 p . m . trains will leave Paddington at 4 . 55 and S . 55 p . m . respectively , but the first portions of the other trains will leave at the advertised times , and the second a few minutes afterwards , the long distance passengers being as far as possible taken in the first portion , but with a few exceptions both trains will

stop at the advertised stations to take up and set down passengers . On Friday , August 3 rd , an excursion train will leave Paddington at 7 . 55 a . m . for Gloucester , Cardiff , Newport , Swansea , New Milford , Sic . ; passengers will also be booked at excursion fares to certain stations in the South of Ireland . Fast excursion trains for the West of England will leave Paddington at

10 . 10 p . m . on Friday , August 3 rd , and at 7 . 55 a . m . and 1 . 55 p . m . on Saturday , August 4 th , reaching Exeter in 5-V hours , and Plymouth in ¦ / ' } hours . Excursions will also be run on Saturday to Bath , Bristol , Dorchester , Weymouth , the Channel Islands , Cheltenham , Worcester , Malvern , Hereford , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Shrewsbury , Barmouth , Aberystwith , Llandudno , Chester , Liverpool ,

Manchester , and other stations on the Great Western System . Passengers are also booked every Saturday to Guernsey and Jersey , via Weymouth , and the short sea passage to the Islands by the mail train leaving Paddington at 9 . 15 p . m . Third-class return tickets available for S , 10 , 15 , or 17 days will be issued at a fare of 24 s . Cd . An excursion train leaves Paddington at S . 10 a . m . every

Saturday during July , August and Septembsr , for Shrewsbury , Llanidloes , Aberystwith , Barmouth , Harlech , Rhyl , Colwyn Hay , Llandudno , Bettws-y-coed , Bangor , Carnarvon , and other stations in North Wales , for 3 , 10 or 17 days . On Sunday , August 5 th , excursions will run to Cirencester , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c , and at 12 . 15 midnight an excursion for one or four days will leave Paddington for Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham ,

Wolverhampton , & c . On Monday cheap trains will be run to Bath , Bristol , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Reading , Pangbourne , Goring , Wallingford , & c . Cheap third class excursion tickets are issued daily by specified trains from Paddington , Kensington ( Addison Road ) , Hammersmith , and certain stations on the Metropolitan , Metropolitan District and North London Railways , to Staines , Windsor , Taplow , Maidenhead , Henley and other popular riverside resorts .

THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILVVAV . Tbe London and North Western Company announce that the Ticket Offices at Euston , Broad-street , Kensington , and Willesden Junction will be open throughout the day , from Monday , July 30 th , to Monday , August 6 th , inclusive , so thatpassengers 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 passengers , can be obtained at any time ( Sundays and Bank Holidays excepted ) at the following Town Receiving Offices of the Company : Cross Keys , 1 , Wood-street , Cheapside , E . C . ; 15 , Queen-street , Cheapside , E . C . ; 22 , Aldersgate street , E . C . ; 8 and 9 , Clerkenwell Green , li . C . ; Svvanvvith-Two-Necks , C 5 , Gresham-street , E . C . ; 30 , West

Smithfield , E . C . ; Bolt-in-Tun , 64 , Fleet-street , E . C . ; Palmer ' s , 79 , Knightrider-street , E . C . ; Spread Eagle , 3 , Whittington-avenue , Leadenhall Market , E . C . ; 13 , Eastcheap , E . C ; 11 O , Holborn , E . G . ; George and Blue Boar , 2 S 5 , High Holborn , W . C ; Atlas Office , 16 7 , Tottenham Court-road , W . C . ; Golden Cross , Charing Cross , W . C ; 70 , St . Mattin ' s-lane , W . C ; 43 , New

Oxfordstreet , W . C ; 3 , James-street , Covent Garden , W . C ; Spread Eagle Universal Office , Piccadilly Circus , W . ; 34 , Parliament-street , Westminster , S . W . ; Hotel Windsor , Victoria-street , S . W . ; Griffin's Green Man and Still , 241 , Oxford-street , W . ; 49 6 , Oxford-street , W . ; 231 , Edgware-road , W . ; Lion , 10 S , New Bond-street , W . ; The Eclipse , 169 B , Fulham-road , S . W . ; 33 ,

Herefordroad , Bayswater , W . j 34 , Albert Gate , Knightsbridge , S . W . ; 33 , High-street , Kensington , W . ; 65 , Aldgate , E . ; Royal Albert and Victoria Docks Canning Town Goods Station , 41 , Barking-road , E . ; 233 and 234 , Blackfriars-road , S . E . ; 117 , High-street , Borough , S . E . ; Surrey Railway Office , 13 S , Newington Causeway , S . E . ; 194 , Westminster Bridgeroad , S . E . ; " Angel , " Islington , 5 , Pentonville-road , N . ;

L . 15 . and S . C . Office , 8 , Grand Hotel Buildings , Charing Cross , VV . C . Tickets can also be obtained at Gaze and Son's Tourist Offices , 142 , Strand , W . C ; 4 . Northumberland-avenue ; and iS , Westbourne-grove , VV . ; andat the Army and Navy Co-operative Society's Stores , 105 , Victoria-street , Westminster , at the same fares as at Euston Station . The Company also announce that on

Thursday , August 2 nd , and Friday , August 3 rd , special trains will leave Euston at 6 . 25 p . m . for Holyhead and Ireland . On Friday , August 3 rd , the 2 . 0 p . m . train from London ( Euston ) will convey passengers to Carlisle and Scotland only . The 12 . 0 midnighttrain from Euston will be runnw'Blisworth . Atrain in connection will leave Northampton at 1 . 34 a . m . on Saturday morning , August 4 thand return

, from Blisworth at 1 . 53 a . m ., arriving at Northampton 2 . 3 a . m . On Saturday , August 4 th , the 2 . 0 p . m . train from London ( Euston ) will convey passengers to Carlisle and Scotland only . A special tiain will leave Willesden Junction at 2 . 57 p . m . for Biisworth , Weedon , Rugby , Trent Valley stations , and Stafford . Special trains will leave Euston at 4 25 p . m . for Coventry and Bitmingham , arriving at 6 . 21 p . m . and

C . 50 p . m . respectively . The 7 . 0 p . m . express from Birmingham to London will travel via Northampton , thus affording an additional sei vice from Birmingham to Northampton , and Northampton to London . On Bank Holiday , Monday , August Oth , the following trains will not be run : the 3 . 0 p . m . Euston to Bletchley . The 12 . 0 noon and 4 . 0 p . m . trains from Euston will leave at 12 . 10 noon and 4 . 10 p . m . respectively . train from Euston

The 4 . 30 p . m . will not run . Passsngers for the Birmingham District will travel by the 5 . 0 p . m ., and those | for stations between Northampton and Rugby , Northampton and Peterboro ' , and Northampton and Nottingham , must leave London ( Euston ) at 3 . 15 p . m . The 7 . 0 p . m . Express from Birmingham to London will travel via Northampton , thus affording an additional service from Birmingham to Northampton and Northampton

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to London . Many of the residential trains run in thc suburbs of London , Birmingham , Liverpool , and Manchester , will not be run on Bmk Holiday , Monday , August Gth , particulars of which will be advertised locally . The dining cars between London and Liverpool will not be run on the Bank Holiday , but those between London and . Manchester and the Corridor Dininir Car Train will run as usual .

Cheap excursionswillbe run by this Co ^ ioanyfrom London to Birmingham , Coventry , Leamington , Kenilworth , Dudley , Walsall , Wednesbury , Wolverhampton , Leicester , Liverpool , Manchester , Hudderslield , Iiradford , Shrewsbury , Hereford , Aberystwith , Borth , Abergavenny , South and Central Wales , Chester , North Wales , Bolton , Blackburn , Southport , Morecambe , Blackpool , Carlisle , the English

Lake District , Scotland , and to various other places on the Company's system . Similar trains will be run from many of the districts named to London , including bookings to Brighton , Hastings , St . Leonards , Portsmouth , Southampton , & c , and also to Paris and the Continent . Bills and full particulars can be obtained on application at the railway stations and at the Company ' s offices .

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . The Great Northern Railway Company announce that on Friday night , August 3 rd , cheap five or n days ' excursions will be run from London to Stirling , Perth , Dundee , Aberdeen , Inverness , & c . On Saturday , August 4 th , cheap six days' excursions will be run from London to Huntingdon , Nottingham , Derby , Burton , Tutbury , Stoke ,

Manchester , Stockport , Liverpool , & c . On Saturday night , August 4 th , a special excursion for eight days will be run from London to Darlington , Newcastle , Berwick , Edinburgh , Glasgow , & c . On Saturday , August 4 th , and Monday , August Sth , cheap day excursions will be run to Skegness , Sutton-on-Sea , and Mablethorps . Tickets will be issued by the excursion on Saturday , available for return

by the excursion on Monday , or by any ordinary train on Tuesday . On Sunday night , August 5 th , a fast excursion for twodays will oe run from King ' s Cross to Manchester . On Monday , August Gth , cheap day excursions will be run from Victoria ( L . C . and Ii . ) , Moorgate , King's Cross , Finsbury Park , & c , to St . Albans , Wheathampstead , Harpenden , Luton , Dunstable , Hitchin , Royston , and

Cambridge . Cheap return tickets will also be issued to Biggleswade on Monday , August Gth . For Alexandra Park Races on Saturday , August 4 th , a frequent service of special and ordinary trains will be run between Victoria ( L . C . and D . ) , Moorgate , Broad Street , King's Cross , arid the Wood Green Station . To 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 . and D . ) , Ludgate Hill , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , and Finsbury Park Stations ; also at the following ticket offices : 90 , Tottenham Court-road ; 2 S 5 , Oxford- street ; " Star " Office , 138 , Victoria-street , Pimlico ; 139 and 141 , Brompton-road , S . VV . ; Albert Gate Office , 1 ,

William-street , Lowndes-square ; 169 , Edgware-road ; " Royal Oak " Office , 6 , Porchestet-road , Westbournej » rove ; Cambridge-circus , Shaftesbury-avenue ; 328 , Strand ; 29 , Bow-street , Covent Garden ; "Bee Hive , " Whitecross-street ; 43 and 44 , Crutched Friars ; So , Bishopsgate-street Without ; Charles-street , Farringdonstreet ; 230 , Essex-road , Islington ; 264 , High Holborn ; 16 , Fish-street-hill ; 75 , High-street , Borough ; 230 ,

Highstreet , Borough ; 44 , Bread-street , Cannon-street ; 1 , Whittington-ivenue , Leadenhall-street ; 3 , King Edwardstreet , Newgate-street ; 22 , Wood-street ; 217 , Old-street ; 190 A , Westminster Bridge-road ; 7 , Beresford-square , South Woolwich ; Royal Victoria and Albert Djcks , Great Northern Company ' s Offices ; at the offices of Messrs . Swan and Leach , 3 , Charing Crossand 32 Piccadilly Circus ;

at W . Whiteley ' s , 151 , Queen s-road , Bayswater ; at the Army and Navy Stores , 105 , Victoria-street , S . W . ; and Civil Service Supply Association , 136 , Queen Victoriastreet ; of Messrs . Hernu , Peron and Co ., 9 S and 100 , Oueen Victoria-street ; of A . Jakitis and Co ., 99 , Leadenhall-street ( Leadenhall House ) , E . C ; "Red Cap , " G , Camden-road , N . W . ; and "Empire , " 30 , Silver-street , Notting Hill-gate , and at Robertson's , * ' Castle" Office , 191 , Fulham-road , S . W .

MIDLAND RAILWAY . For the convenience of the public the Midland Railway Company have arranged that the booking-offices at St . Pancras and Moorgate-street Stations shall be open for the issue of tickets all day on Friday and Saturday , August 3 rd and 4 th ., Tickets to all principal stations on the Midland Railway will also be obtainable beforehand at

their City and suburban offices , and the offices of Messrs . Thomas Cook and Son , a full list of which will be found in the Midland time-tables and other announcements . The tickets 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 . Cheap excursions

will be run from London to Leicester , Nottingham , Melton , Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , Burton , Derby , Manchester , Liverpool , Blackburn , Bolton , Rochdale , Oldham , Bury , the Furness District , Sheffield , Leeds , Bradford , Barnsley , Keighley , York , Hull , Scarboro ' , ^ Darlington , Durham , Newcastle , Carlisle , & c , & c , on Saturday , August 4 th , returning the following

Thursday ; and to Edinburgh and Glasgow , returning the following Saturday ; and tickets for these trains for starting from St . Pancras Station can be obtained on the two days previous to the running of the trains at the above-named offices . Cheap excursion trains for six days will also be run to London from Carlisle , Keighley , Bradford , Leeds , Barnsley , Sheffield ,

Liverpool , Manchester , Blackburn , Bolton , Burnley , Bury , Rochdale , Burton , Derby , Nottingham , Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , Leicester , & c , on Saturday , August 4 th . Passengers will be booked by these trains at cheap fares to Brighton and other South Coast stations for 5 , S , 10 , or 15 days , to Paris and other places on the Continent , having the privilege of returning within 16 days . On Monday , August Gth , cheap day trips will also be run

from Derby , Nottingham , Leicester , Birmingham , Northampton , Bedford , Sic , to London ; and from London ( St , Pancras ) to St . Albans , Harpenden , Luton , Bedford , Leicester , and Birmingham , and a two days' excursion to Manchester . Cheap daily and week-end excursions are run from St . Pancras and other Midland stations to Southendon-Sea by the new and shorter route , via the Tottenham and Forest Gate Line . * " * VHiSSSA ^ I ^ ml ¦ ' * j 9