Centenary Of The Royal Brunswick Lodge , No. 296 , At Sheffield.

brethren of the province at the continued indisposition of Bro . T . W . Tew , P . G . D ., which had compelled him to resign the office of Prov . Grand Master of West Yorkshire , Bro . Smith stated that the Royal Brunswick Lodge was the nth lodge in the Province of West Yorkshire which had the proud distinction of proving

a continued existence for ioo years and thereby becoming the possessor of acentennry warrant . He expressed the pleasure it had always been to him to visit the lod ^ e and his gratification at its increasing prosperity . He earnestly hoped that this success would be continued throughout a second and a third century , and he called upon the brethren to join him in honouring the

toast . The W . M ., Bro . CHARLES PAWSOX , suitably replied , after which the historic rooms of the old hall were inspected , and the brethren having partaken of tea , proceeded homewards . Notwithstanding the unfavourable weather the celebration was an unqualified success .

Summer Outing Of The Woodgrange Lodge, No. 2109.

SUMMER OUTING OF THE WOODGRANGE LODGE , No . 2109 .

This lodge held its second summer outing on Thursday , the 2 oth inst ., the places visited being Ipswich and Harwich . The train left Stratford Station at io o ' clock a . m ., and conveyed between 50 and 60 ladies , together with brethren of the lodge and their friends . Amongst

the number were Bro . R . J . Tucker , W . M . ; Bro . A . R . Trew , Treas ., and Mrs . Trew ; Bros . James . H . Brown , J . W . ; Henry Wm . Clarke , Sec . ; Bro . Wm . Wilkinson , Org ., and Mrs . Wilkinson ; Bros . G . H . Scrutton , IT . Johnson , H . F . Wells , VV . E . Hutchinson , F . Smith , R . Box , C . Slater , J . M . Taylor , Bro . Robt . and Mrs . Ayton , Bro . Henry and Mrs . Poston , Bro .

W . and Mrs . Land , Bro . A . and Mrs . Robertson , Bro . H . ai ; d Mrs . Chown , Bro . R . T . VV . and Miss Tucker , Bro . James and Mrs . Boulton , Bro . H . VV . and Mrs . Turner , Bro . W . and Mrs . Fisher , Mr . and Mrs . Knowler , Mr . W . Warburton , Mrs . Trew , jun ., Mrs . and Miss Stevens , Mr . and Mrs . S . Wayland , and others . On the arrival at Ipswich a substantial luncheon was served in the large waiting room , and that being

concluded , a visit was made to the various places of interest in and around the town . At three o ' clock . 1 start was made for the boat , and a very enjoyable trip was made down the river Orwell to Harwich . I ' pon arrival at the hotel , a splendid banquet was served b y the Great Eastern Railway Company , which was much enjoyed . After the banquet the usual loyal toasts were proposed and duly honoured , as is always the case amongst Freemasons .

Bro . TREW proposed " The Health of the W . M ., " and alluded to the very prosperous year that had just passed under his guidance , which was very enthusiastically drunk . The next toast proposed was that of " The Treasurer" by the W . M . in most eulogistic terms , for it was stated that Bro . Trew being the first W . M . of

the lodge , had worked most arduously , it was to him practically that that lodge had attained its present position . Bro . TREW . in reply , said that whatever he had done o'ave him much pleasure , and he hoped to be spared to see the lodge grow to stiil larger proportions and become more useful . Since its formation it had not only paid the large amount which a new lodge

necessitated , but was now entirely out of debt , and would carry forward a very substantial balance for the incoming Master to commence his year of office ; hut with all that it had not forgotten the Masonic Charities , for during the two years of its existence it had sent up by its Stewards nearly / 400 . The toast of "The Visitors'' was proposed by the

W . M ., which was responded to by Bios . j . BOULTON . P . M . 2291 , P . S . G . Deacon Essex ; H I : ST , and several others . The next toast was " The Ladies . " The W . M . said it was only upon very special occasions that they could be present , and it gave him very great pleasure to drink their health upon that occasion . Bro . J . M . TAYLOR having responded , this concluded

the list . After a most enjoyable day , spent in a manner with nothing to interrupt its enjoyment , all were safel y brought to Stratford , with sincere hopes of its being repeated next year . It is but fair to state that all the arrangements of the day were successfully carried out by the Secrefary , Bro . IT . VV . Clarke .

Bank Holiday Railway Facilities.

BANK HOLIDAY RAILWAY FACILITIES .

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . The Great Western Railway Company issue ordinary as well as excursion tickets at their principal City and Westend Offices , and this arrangement is probably never so much appreciated as during the week preceding tin- Bank Holiday , when large numbers of people avail themselves of the

opportunity thus afforded for obtaining tickets at their own time and without the crowding and worry insuperable from a large railway station at holiday season . 'The fares charged are the same as at Paddington , and the tickets arc available for use under precisely the same conditions as those issued at that station . 'The following are the ollices at which tickets arc issued , viz . : 193 and . 107 ,

Oxfordstreet ; 23 , New Oxford-street ; 209 , Strand ; Holliorn Circus ; 29 , Charing Cross ; Cambridge Circus , Shaftesbury Avenue ; 'The Piazza , Covent Garden ; jfi , Regentstreet ; 5 , Arthur-street East . London Bridge ; S 2 , Queen Victoria-street ; 43 and 44 , Crutchedfriars ; 6 7 ,

Greshamstreet ; 4 , Cheapside ; 17 , Brompton-road ; and the I .. B . & S . C Company ' s Office , under the Grand Hotel , Trafalgar Square .- 'The booking offices at Paddington Station will be open for the issue of tickets all day on Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , and Saturday , August 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th , and 5 th , and the tickets issued ( except those for specified excursion trains ) will be available for use on any of those days . To

Bank Holiday Railway Facilities.

meet the expected additional traffic by the ordinary trains on Saturday , August 5 th , the Company will run in duplicate the 5 . 0 and 9 . 0 p . m . trains to the West of England , and the 12 . 0 noon and 3 . 15 p . m . trains to Weymouth , Hereford , and South Wales respectively . 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 Wednesday , August 2 nd , an excursion train will leave Paddington at 7 55 a . m . for Gloucester , Cardiff , Newport ,

Swansea , New Milford , & c . ; 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 4 th , and at 7 . 30 a . m . and 1 . 55 p . m . on Saturday , August 5 th , reaching Ext ter in 5 ' , hours and Plymouth 7 ; hours . Excursions will also be run on Saturday to Bath , Bristol ,

Dorchester , Weymouth ( for the Channel Islands ) , Cheltenham , Worcester , Malvern , Hereford , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Shrewsbury , Chester , Liverpool , Manchester , and other stations on the Great Western system . On Sunday , August 6 th , excursions will be 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 Hath , Bristol , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Reading , Pangbourne , Goring , Wallingford , etc . Clr-ap third-class excursion tickets are issued daily by specified trains from Paddington , Kensington ( A dison-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 .

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . The London and North-Western Company announce that on Thursday , August 3 rd , and Friday , August 4 th , the 2 . 0 p . m . train from London ( Euston ) will convey passengers to Carnforth and North thereof only . Special trains will leave Euston at 6 . 25 p . m . for Holyhead and Ireland . On Friday , August ath , the 12 . 0 midnight train from Euston will be run

via Bhsworth . A tram in connection will leave Northampton at 1 . 34 a . m . on Saturday morning , August 5 th , and return from lilisworth 1 . 53 a . m ., arriving at Northampton 2 . 3 a . m . On Saturday , August 5 th , the 2 . 0 p . m . train from London ( Euston ) , will convey passengers to Carnforth and North thereof only . A special train will leave Willesden Junction at 2 . 57 for Northampton , Rugby , Trent Valley Stations ,

and Stafford . Special trains will leave Euston at 4 . 25 p . m . for Coventry and Birmingham , arriving at 6 . 21 p . m . and C . 50 p . m . respectively ; and at C . 55 p . m ., calling at Willesden , Rugby , and Coventry , and reaching Birmingham at 9 35 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 to London . The train will arrive at Northampton at S . 20 p . m ., depart S . 23 , arrive Bletchley S . 50 , depart S . 52 . arrive Willesden I 9 . 47 p . m ., and London ( Euston ) at 10 . p . m , On Bank Holiday , Monday , August 7 th , the following trains will not be run : 11 . 0 a . m . Birmingham to Crewe , itc , 3 . 0 p . m . and 9 . 5 p . m ., Euston to Bletchley . The 4 . 30 p . m . train from Euston will not run . Passengers 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 leaveLondon ( 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 to

London . The train will arrive at Northampton at S . 20 p . m ., depart S . 23 p . m ., arrive Bletchley 8 50 p . m ., depart S . 52 p . m ., arrive Willesden 9 . 47 p . m ., and London ( Euston ) at 10 . 0 p . m . Many of the residential trains run in the Suburbs of London , Birmingham , Liverpool , and Manchester , will not be run on Bank Holiday , Monday , August 7 th , particulars of which will be advertised locally .

The up and down dining saloons between London , Liverpool , Manchester , and Glasgow will be run as usual , Cheap Excur-ions will he run by this Company from London to Birmingham , Coventry , Leamington , Kenilworth , Dudley , Walsall , Wednesbury , Wolverhampton , Leicester , Liverpool , Manchester , Huddcrslield , Bradford , Shrewsbury , Hereford , Aberystwyth , Borth , Abergavenny , South and Central Wales , Chester , North Wales , Bolton ,

Blackburn , Southporr , 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 , cVc . ; and also to Paris and the Continent . Bills and full particulars can be obtained on application at the railway station and at the Company ' s offices .

MIDLAND RAILWAY . For the convenience of the public , the Midland Railway Company have arranged that the booking ollices of St . Pancras and Moorgate-street Stations shall be open for the issue of tickets all day on Friday and Saturday , August 4 th'and 5 th . Tickets to all principal stations on the Midland Railway will also be obtainable beforehand at their

City and suburban 'iflices , and the offices of Messrs . Thos . Cook and Son , a full list of which will be found in the Midland time tables and other announcements . 'The tickets obtained at these ollices 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 excursion trains will he run from London to

Leicester , Nottingham , Melton , Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , Burton , Derby , Manchester , Liverpool , Blackburn , Bolton , Rochdale , Oldham , Bury , the Furness District , Carlisle , ccc ., etc ., on Saturday , August 5 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 , Liverpool , Manchester , Blackburn , Bolton , Burnley , Bury , Rochdale , Burton , Derby , Nottingham , Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , Leicester , & c , on Saturday , August jth . Passengers will be booked by these trains at cheap fares to

Bank Holiday Railway Facilities.

Brighton and other South Coast stations for 5 , S , 10 or days , to Paris and other places on the Continent , havi ' ^ the privilege of returning within 16 days . On Monda ^ August 7 th , cheap day trips will also be run from Derb ^' Nottingham , Leicester , Birmingham , Northampton Bed ford , & c , to London ; and from London ( St Pancras ) t " St . Albans , Harpenden , Luton , Bedford , Leicester and Birmingham , " and a two days' excursion to Manchester

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . The Great Northern Railway Company announce that in addition to the ordinary service of express trains from London ( King's Cross ) to Scotland , arrangements have been made for the S . o p . m . express train from King ' s Cross to Edinburgh , Glasgow and the north of Scotland to he run specially on the nights of Saturday , 5 th , and Sundav

Cth August . On Friday night , August 4 th , cheap 5 or n days' excursions will be run from London to Stirling , Perth Dundee , Aberdeen , Inverness , & c . On Saturday , August 5 th , cheap C days' excursion trains will be run from London ( King's Cross station ) to Cambridge , Wisbech , Lynn Cromer , Norwich , Yarmouth , Lincoln , Leicester , Notting ham , Derby , Burton , Stoke , Newark , Sheffield , Barnsley

Huddersfield , Manchester , Stockport , Warrington , Liverpool , Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , Keighley , Halifax , Hull York , Scarboro ' , Whitby , Bridlington , Darlington , Newl castle , & c . On Saturday night , August 5 'h , a special excursion for eight days will be run from London to Darlington Newcastle , Berwick , Edinburgh , Glasgow , & c . On Saturday , 5 th , and Monday , 7 th August , cheap day

excursions will be run from Moorgate . Aldersgate , Farringdon , King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , Holloway , & c , to Skegness , Sutton-on-Sea , and Mablethorpe . Three or four days ' 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 Oth , a fast excursion for two days will be run from London

( King ' s Cross , & C . ) to Manchester . On Monday , August 7 th , cheap day excursions will be run from Victoria ( L . C . & D . ) , 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 from London to Biggleswade on Monday , August 7 th . On Tuesday , August Sth , a

cheap day trip will be run from London to Skegness 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 , and at the following ticket offices : 1 , Wnittington-avenue , Leaden hall-street ;

44 , Bread-street , Cannon-street ; 22 , Wood-street , E . C . ; 43 and 44 , Crutched Friars ; ifi , Fish-street Hill ; Farringdon-street , next Metropolitan Railway ; 217 , Oldstreet , E . C . ; 230 , Essex-road , Islingt > n , N . ; 90 , Tottenham Court-road ; Cambridge-circus , Shaftesbury-avenue , W . ; 264 , High Holborn ; 32 S , Strand ; 29 , Bow-street , Covent Garden ; 2 S 5 , Oxford-street ; 169 , Edgware-road ,

VV . ; Albert Gate Office , 1 , William-street , Lowndessquare ; 139 and 141 , Brompton-road , S . W . ; "Star " Office , 13 S , Victoria-street , Pimlico ; "Bee Hive , " Whitecross-street ; So , bishopsgate-street Without , E . C . , 3 , King Edward-street , Newgate-street ; Royal Oak Office , 6 , Porchester-road , Westbourne-grove ; George

Inn , Borough ; 230 , High-street , Borough ; 190 A , Westminster Bridge-road ; Royal Albert and Victoria Dicks ( G . N . R . Offices ); 7 , Beresford-square , South Woolwich ; at the offices of Messrs . Swan and Leach , 3 , Charing Cross , and 32 , Piccadilly-circus ; the Army and Navy Stores , 105 , Victoria-street , S . W . ; and at William Whiteley's , 151 , Queen's-road , Bayswater , W .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . JOHN CANHAM , P . M ., P . Z . Another Masonic veteran has passed away in the person of Bro . John Canham , who died on the 15 th inst . at his residence , 64 , Hackford-road , Brixton , in his 90 th year , and in his 69 th year as a Mason . VVe learn from Sadler ' s " Notes on the Ceremony of Installation "that this truly venerable brother was initiated

in the Lodge of Honour and Generosity as far back as 1825 , and that in 1827 he attended , as Master of his mother lodge , the meetings of the Board of Installation , appointed by the Duke of Sussex for the purpose of rehearsing and promulgating the ceremony of installation of Master as sanctioned by his Royal Hig hness in his capacity as Most Worshipful Grand Master . Bro .

Canham was exalted in the Mount Sion Chapter in 1827 , and in 1830 he joined the Fidelity Chapter , No . 3 . In the latter chapter he filled several of the principal offices , including that of Z . in 1834 , being followed step by step by the late Dr . Crucefix , the principal founder of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . Until prevented by bodily infirmities , Bro .

Canham was a regular attendant at both Grand Lodj , 'e and Grand Chapter . We fully appreciate the remarks of Bro . Sadler in the little book referred to , wherein he expresses his " extreme gratification in being able to hold converse with a brother who was a personal friend of Gilkes , Broadfoot , Thomson , Crucefix , and a host of other celebrities , whom hitherto 1 had only

read about , who frequently attended Grand Lodge when it was presided over by the Duke of Sussex , and who could remember the various peculiarities of most "' these eminent personages , and relate amusing anecdotes of many of them . " The remains of our worth )' brother were interred at Norwood Cemetery on the 21 st inst ., in a manner quite in accord with the simplicity of his life and the modesty of his disposition ,

but owing to his advanced age and his compuls " / cessation trom any active part in Masonry for so W B a period most of his old Masonic friends had eith " " gone before" or had forgotten his existence . A son '' what unusual circumstance in connection with <¦ " funeral was that a female relative of Bro . Canha [ died only a few hours after he did and was buried the same time , in the same grave , and that their unit ages reached close upon 171 years .