The Great Western Railway.

THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY .

THE Great Western Railway Company have made liberal arrangemonts for the convenience of their Christmas passengers . Tiukf fcs will be issued at no less than 11 of their City and West End offices in the Metropolis , viz .: 193 and 407 Oxford-street , 23 New Oxford-afcreet , Bartlett ' s Buildings , Holborn Circus ; 29 Charing Cross , 5 Arthur-street-easfcLondon Bridge ; 82 Queen Victoria-street , 43

, aud 44 Crntohed Friars , 26 Regent-street , 269 Strand , 67 Greshamstreet , and 4 Cheapside ; at all of whioh places tickets can be obtained on and after Wednesday , 18 th December . Thia arrangement cannot fail to be a boon to those travellers who desire to avoid the trouble of obtaining a ticket afc a crowded railway station , and with a view to

add still further to the convenience thns afforded the booking office at the Paddington Station , will also be open for the issne of tickets each day for a week before Christmas Day . Ordinary tickets obtained in London between December 18 th and 24 th will be available for use on any day between ( and including those days ) . Cheap

tickets at reduced fares will be issued from London to the Yeovil and Weymouth districts , and to stations in the West of England ; similar tickets will also be issned from those districts to London . On Tuesday , 24 fch December , fche 6 " 20 p . m . fast train from Padding , ton , usually running to Bristol only , will run to Exeter , and the 10 and

50 p . m . fast trains ( 1 , 2 , and 3 class ) from Paddington fco Plymouth will be extended to Falmouth and Penzance ; a special fast train to tho West of England , going throngh to Penzance , will leave Paddington at 11 * 50 p . m . midnight on 24 th December , and carry third-class passengers at reduced fares . On Tuesday , 24 th December , a special

train will leave Paddington at 100 p . m . for New Milford , calling afc tbe same stations as the 9 ' 15 p . m . ordinary train . On Christmas Day the usual Sunday Service of trains will be run , but for the convenience of persons who are unable to leave town before the morning of Christmas Day , the 5 " 30 a . m . newspaper train

will run as on week days to Oxford , Bristol , Wesfcon-Super-Mare , and Swansea , and will connect at Oxford with trains to Worcester , Banbory , Leamington , Birmingham , Dudley and Wolverhampton . In order to meet fche extraordinary demands upon the Company ' s

resources , by the enormous parcels traffic despatched both from and fco London at Christmas time , special fast trains carrying parcels only , and calling at the principal intermediate stations , will run between London and Plymouth , Birkenhead , Worcester and New Milford .

London And North Western Railway.

LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY .

rl . HE London and North Western Railway Company annonnoe thafc L fche ticket offices afc Enston , Broad-street , Kensington , and Willesden Junction will be open throughout- the day from Monday , 16 th December , to Tuesday , 21 th December ( Sunday excepted ) , so that passengers wishing fco obtain tickets for any destination on tho London and North-Western Railway can do so at any time of the

clay prior to the starting of the trains . The tickets will be dated to suit the convenience of passengers . Tickets for all the principal stations on the London and North-Western system and its connections can be obtained afc any time—Sundays and Bank Holidays excepted—at the following Town Receiving Offices of the

Company : —15 Queen-street , E . C . ; Spread Eagle , 3 Whifctingtou . avenue , Leadenhall Market , E . C . ; Swan-with-Two-Necks , Greshamstreet , E . C . ; 13 Eastcheap ; Cross Keys , Wood-street , Cheapside , E . C . ; 22 Aldersgate-street , E . C . ; 65 Aldgate , E . ; 30 West Smithfield , E . C . ; 8 and 9 Clerkenwell Green , E . C . ; Bolt-in-Tun , 64 Fleet-street , E . C . j

1 IG Holborn , E . C . ; George and Blue Boar , 285 High Holborn , W . C j 13 New Oxford-street , W . C ; Universal Office , Spread Eagle , Piccadilly , circ . « , W . ; Golden Cross , Charing Cross , W . C . ; Hotel Windsor ( late Army and Navy Hotel ) , Victoria Street , S . W . ; 231 Edgware Road , W . ; Atlas Office , 167 Tottenham Court Road , W . C . ; 70 Sfc . Martin's

L . no , W . C . ; Lion , 108 New Bond Street , W . ; 233 and 234 Blackfriars Road , S . E ., & c . The ordinary service of express and mail trains will be supplemented by additional express trains as named below : On Friday , December 20 th ; Saturday , December 21 sfc ; Monday , December 23 rd ; and Tnesday , December 24 th , fche 1-15 p . m .

from Euston will be divided—the first portion will leave Euston at 1 * 10 p . m ., and will convey traffic for Warrington , Wigan , Preston , Blackburn , Bolton , Fleetwood , Barrow , Lancaster , Windermere , and Carlisle . On Christmas Eve , Tuesday , December 24 th , a spec al train will also leave Euston at 2 ' 50 p . m . for Bletchley , Wolverton ,

Northampton , Rugby , principal stations on the Trent Valley Line and Stafford , in advance of fcho 30 p . m . ordinary train from London ( Iii . stem ) . Tho 4 " 30 p . m ., Euston to Birmingham , will be dividedtho lirst portion , which will run express to Birmingham , will leave Knst'jn at 4 * 25 p . m . ; the second portion of tho train will leave

Kii :-. ton at 4 - 30 p . m ., and convey passengers for Northampton , Rugby , dvoiifcry , Birmingham , Walsall , Dudley , and Wolverhampton . The night Irish mail , due to leave Euston 8 - 20 p . m ., will not leave until D' 15 p . m . Passenger ., from Birmingham , Liverpool , and Manchester , fiir Holyhead and Ireland , will leave afc fcho usual hours , nnd

will be taken forward to Holyhead in advance of the London train . The mail packet for Kingstown will not leave Holyhead until fcho passengers from London are on board . The 12 - 0 night train from L . mlon ( Euston ) , clue afc Warrington afc 5 ' 15 a . m . on Christmas D . iy , will be extended from Warrington to Carlisle , Edinburgh , and

Glasgow , as on ordinary week days . Ou Christmas Day the usual Sunday svrvico of trains will be run , with the following additions : — The 5 " 15 a . m . newspaper express from London ( Enstoo ) will rnn to Northampton , Rugby , Birmingham , Nuneaton , Tamworth , Lichfield , Rugeley , Stafford , Shrewsbury , Crewe , Liverpool , Manchester ,

Warrington , Wigan , Preston , Lancaster , Carnforth , Oxenholrne , Kendal , Windermere , Tobay , Penrith , Carlisle , Edinburgh , and Glasgow . I lie 7 ' 15 a . m . down day Irish mail frcm Euston to Holyhead , and the 11 .. 0 a m . up day Irish mail from Holyhead to Euston , will b . < run on Chri-tmaa Day the same as on vvr . ek clays . Tho down mail will call , it" r _ . qi . ired , at Rbvl , Conway , and Bangor , aud the up mail , if re-

London And North Western Railway.

qnired , at Bangor , Conway , Colwyn Bay , Rhyl , and Holywell . The 11 * 17 a . m ., Chester to Birkenhead , will wait at Chester fche arrival of the 7 " 15 a . m . from London . On Thursday ( Bank Holiday ) , 26 th December , numerous residential trains in the neighbourhood of important cities and towns will not be run .

New Music.

NEW MUSIC .

All Music intended for review should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville , London , ___* .

"All in the wild March Morning . " Song . Written by William Twamley , composed by 0 . F . Horan . "Stories . " Song . Written by Mary Mark-Lemon , composed by A . H . Behrend .

" The Albert Victor Waltz . " Composed by Felix Burns . " Un Chant D'Amour Valso . " Composed by Felix Burns . " May Queen . " Country Dauoa . Composed by Felix Barns

London : PATEY AND WILLIS , 44 Great Marlborough Street , W . WK have received a capital selection of music from Messrs . Patey and Willis , got up in a careful style . " All in tho wild March Morning " is a good , spirited and attractive song , written by William Twamley and composed by C . F . Horan . The words are interesting ,

while the melody is tuneful . Mary Mark-Lemon and A . H . Behrend ' s song " Stories " is , we feel sure , destined to become one of the attrac tions of the season . Good words , set to a most attractive and melodious refrain , make up a really charming composition . Tha compilers of ball programmes have also had their wants looked after

"The Albert Victor" is a capital waltz , easy to play , and a good one to dance to . " Un Chant D'Amour" is another spirited piece , with a catchy aud melodious refrain . Both these waltzes have been composed by Felix Burns , as also has " The May Queen , "

a conntry dance for the pianoforte , which is a piece admirably suited for the drawing-room ; the music is not difficult , yet tuneful , and will become popular . We recommend all these pieces to tha notice of onr readers .

The Theatres, &C.

THE THEATRES , & c .

Kilburn Town Hall . —On Tuesday last a dramatic recital took place , whioh deserves special notice from the fact that Miss Ethel Davies , who gave ifc , showed quite exceptional elocutionary and dramatic powers , which angur well for her future should she be persuaded to devote that future to art . Her recitations included the

whole range from comedy to tragedy , and ifc says a great deal for her powers that only in the case of the somewhat hackneyed " Charge of fche Light Brigade " were we disappointed . Her recitation entitled " A Lawn Tennysonian Idyll" was particularly effective . Among those who assisted were Mr . Lawrence Kellie , who sang with feeling

the well known song , of which he is tho composer , "Douglas Gordon , " and Miss Hope Temple , who gave an effective rendering of the song " Because I love thee . " Miss Hope Temple , whose pupil Miss Davies is , must have been gratified at tho success of the evening ' s entertainment .

The Roman Catholic Church And Freemasonry.

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND FREEMASONRY .

A recent number of the Melbourne Age contains the following letter : —

To the Editor . SIR , —Referring to the above subject and fche controversy ifc has evoked in your columns , I should like to correct your lasfc corres . pondent , " Grand 'Chaplain , " on a matter of history . Firsfc of all , though , let rae explain that I have been for a number of years a

subscribing member to ono or more Lodges in different parts of tho world , and that , like many active Masons , I havo long been in fcho habit of treating the misrepresentations and falsehoods fulminated against fche Order by the Roman Catholic Chnrch with tho supreme contempt and indifference fchey merit . In other words , if ifc pleases fch _

clerics of that church fco vilify and misrepresent an honourable , a loyal , and a philanthropic Institution , they are welcome to the pleasure ib affords them ; but it does not harm Freemasonry in the least . I am therefore nofc about to combat fche Rev . Father Cahill ' s statements ; bufc , as I have said , desire to point out an inaccuracy on the parfc of

" Grand Chaplain . " His reference to Sir Christopher Wren and the supposed connection of that great architect with fche Freemasons ia entirely erroneous . It has never beon proved that Sir Christopher was a member of our body ; indeed , there is no official document or authoritative record existing in support of a statement thafc appears

to havo had its origin in tho imagination of an enthusiastic aud not over carefnl writer of fche lasfc century . Elias "Ashworth" should also be printed Ashmole . Yonrs , < _ _ .. 14 th October . L .

Death.

DEATH .

' PRICK .-On the 11 th inst ,, Anne , the wife of Bro , Haivy Nelson Prio . of I l _ 0 Kennington Park Road , S . E . ' ' '