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sand Sir Knights will be gathered together in the City of Brotherly love on that occasion , among those present being , according to the Masonic Beview for March , the following Templar Bodies from the other side of the Irish Channel , Preceptories , Nos . 13 and 333 , Limerick . Canada will be

represented by the Odo de St . Ai'mand Preceptory , Toronto , and New Brunswick by the encampment of St . John . As yet we have heard of five grand and six subordinate Commanderies having accepted the invitation to be present . The five Grand are those of Pennsylvania , Illinois , Nebraska

New York , and Arkansas . The sixty subordinate , with the exception of the four already mentioned , are all from different parts of the United States , of which eighteen , besides Pennsylvania , will be thus represented . The 1 st June is selected as being the closing day of the Annual Conclave

of the Grand Commandery of Pennsylvania , which will be held from the 30 th May to 1 st June , both inclusive . A copy of the provisions and regulations made by the Grand

Commandery of Pennsylvania has been sent to those Commanderies which have responded favourably to the invitation . Our readers will find them at length in the columns of the Masonic Beview alread y quoted .

The opera season , with both houses now open , goes on prosperously . At Her Majesty ' s , Drury Lane , the performances during the week have been—Monday , Faust , with Madame Christine Nilsson ; Semiramicle , and on Thursday Norma , with Mdlle . Titiens , while to-night will be played La Traviata , with Madame Nilsson as the heroine . At the

Royal Italian , two evenings , namel y those of Monday and Wednesday , have been devoted to Wagner , his Tannhauser having been played on the former , and Lohengrin on the latter , with Mdlles , Albani and D'Angeri in the leading roles . On Tuesday , Mdlle . Zare Thalberg took the part of

Adma in Donizetti ' s opera of L'Misir d ' Amore . On Thursday their Royal Hi ghnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales were present at a congratulatory entertainment in honour of the Prince ' s return from India . When the Royal party entered , the audience greeted the Prince and his wife

with the greatest enthusiasm , the progress of the opera , which was Tin Ballo in Maschera being further interrupted , while the popular "God Bless the Prince of Wales , " followed by the National Anthem , were sung—as sung they

were , most effectively . Yesterday evening , Madame Adelina Paiti made her first appearance this season as Rosiua in II Barbiere de Siviglia , and to-night will be played Lucia di Lummermnor , with Mdlle . Albani as " Lucia . "

On Tuesday , Chatham witnessed the addition to our Navy of another of those huge monsters , which modern naval science demands should be built for the protection of our interests . The Temcraire , for so the vessel was christened b y Mrs . Ward Hunt , is the name of the new

iron-clad , which was floated out of dock , not launched in the ordinary fashion . She is designed to carrv onl y ehdit guns , but thoy will be of very heavy calibre . Her tonnage will be 8 , 412 tons , and her engines of 7 , 000 horse-power . When complete she will have " cost the country £ 3-1-0 , 000 ,

of which over £ 250 , 000 has alread y been expended . The Lords of tbe Admiralty , all the Dock-yard officials , and a number of distinguished visitors honoured the "float ont " with their presence . The Lords of the Admiralty were subsequently entertained at luncheon by Captain Fellowcs ,

Captain Superintendent of the Dockyard . Two or three events have signalised the sporting world . The Chester Cup was run ' on Wednesday , and resulted in the victory of Mr . Johnstone ' s Tarn o' Shanter , after a close and exciting struggle with Mr . Heneao-e ' s

Freeman , who was beaten b y a neck only , Grey Palmer being third , and Pageant fourth . On Monday and two following days one of the great matches of the season—Cambridge University v . all . England—was played at Cambridge , and resulted in a draw in favour of tho latter , who

wanted only severity runs and had eight wickets yet to fall . There was some tall scoring on both sides . Mr * A . P . Lucas making 105 in his first and 53 in his second innings , and tho Hon . A . Lyttletou 78 and 0 , while Mr . W . 11 Gilbert , went in first for England and carried his bat out

for 205 , Mr . C . I . Thornton contributing 54- and 30 . The totals were Cambridge Univ . 293 and 239 , All England 383 and 80 with two wickels down . The Agricultural Hall has again been the scene of a feat of pedestrianism which quite

throws Weston ' s performance into the shade . At nine o ' clock on Monday evening fourteen competitors started to walk against time , the object being to out-do Wesfon ' s walk of between 109 and 110 miles in the twenty-four hours . Of these fourteen , three wove successful , a vouns \

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tall , slim fellow of the name of VarAghan , 29 years of age and hailing from Chester , walking tho extraordinary distance of 120 miles in tho prescribed time . Halse , who came in second , covered close on 117 miles , and Grassland , who was third , 113 and nearly six-sevenths of a mile . Newman was

fourth , having walked over 101 ^ miles . Thus Vaughan takes the first prize of £ 100 , Halse the second of £ 10 , and Crossland the third of £ 7 10 s . AVeston was invited to compete , and in that case the value of the prizes would havo been doubled , but he did not appear . Vaughan had

done all but two-sevenths ot his 120 th mile by eight minutes past eight , that is in a few minntes over twentythree hours , when he fainted , and was carried to his room . He returned , however , and completed the mile , having it is said , backed himself heavily to accomplish the distance .

This is the greatest pedestrian feat , taking time and distance into consideration , on record . On Saturday , at Lillie Bridge , there was another walking match , under the auspices of the Thames Hare and Hounds Club . The Club offered a silver medal to all who walked twenty-five

miles in five hours , and the London Athletic Club also offered a valuable claret jug to him who did the distance in the shortest time . Forty out of forty-three entries

appeared at the post , all of whom completed the walk within the stipulated time , but the first to pass the winning post was J . Berry , who was a mile ahead of the next man , W . M . Green . Thus Berry proved the winner of the claret

J g-The opening fete at the Alexandra Palace was held on Saturday last , and , as the weather was fine , there was a very large atteudance . One of the attractions offered was the flower show , opened the previous day , in which Mr .

Williams , of Upper Holloway , Mr . Charles Turner , of Slough , and Messrs . William Cutbush and Son , of Highgate , among nurserymen , and Mr . George Wheeler , of St . John ' s Lodge , Regent's-park , were among the principal prize-winners . There was also a ballad concert , at which

Madame Lemmens-Sherrington , Mdlle . Enriqnez , Mr . E . Lloyd , and Signer Foli were the vocalists , while Mdlle . Krebs gained immense applause for her fine playing on the piano . The band of the Grenadier Guards was also present . In the evening there was the first grand display

of fireworks this season , and far superior wero I hey to any of those we witnessed last year . To-day and yesterday were appointed for the race-meetinsr , and ou Thursday there was

a Grand Venetian Fete and Illumination of the Lake , & c . Next Thursday will be given the first morning performance of the artiste * of the Royal Italian Opera , the opera selected being La Traviata , Mdlle . Rosavella playing Violetta .

At , the Crystal Palace the second annual Goat Show was held on Friday , Saturday , and Monday . The entries wsvo far more numerous and far superior as to quality to last year ' s display . Among the exhibits wete one with two kids , shown bv the Baroness Bnrdett-Couttts , a

longhaired he-goat , belonging to a Mr . J . G . Hay , and " Ida , " said to be of Persian breed , and having a magnificent fleece . To-day will take place the grand distribution of prizes io the pupils and pupil-teachers of the London School Boards . Addresses will be delivered bv the Ive-at

Hon . W . E . Forster , M . P ., ex Vice-President of the Council for Education , and Mr . Francis Peek , tho donor of the prizes . To g ive greater > klat to the occasion there will be a grand Choral Concert , in which certificated scholars , pupil'teachers , masters , and mistresses will Sake part .

Our foreign budget of news is , in one respect , a sad one . The French and German Consuls at Salonika have lie en

murdered dnring au outbreak of MiiKstihaan finaiit-ism , the orig in of which is said in some way to be due to the action of the American Consul who attempted to carry oli forcibly a Greek girl who had recently turned Mussulman . This exasperated the Turks to that degree that they forced

their way into the mosque where the Consults wero known to be , and then and there did them to death vie-Irmly , in spite of some gallant efforts to prevent them . The Turkish ftm-prnmi'Tit has offered to make any reparation in its ¦ 1

~ - v ' ' •/ i power , and is said already to have seized a number

re-assembled on Wednesday , and tho discussion of the Amnesty ques'inu is lived for Monday . The question ot religious lokvat ' ori in Spain is still being discussed iu the Cortes , and Senor Castelar is reported to have delivered a very powerful speech in favour of it . From the United