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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY has left town for Wynyard Park . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WESTMINSTER left Grosvenor House on Tuesday on their return to Eaton Hall , Chester . BRO . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF ABERCOKN and family left Hampden House on Wednesday for Villa Marguerite , Valescure , St . Raphael , Var . THE MARQUIS AND MARCHIONESS OI- SALISBURY arrived in London from Eastbourne shortly alter one o ' clock on Monday afternoonand immediately proceeded to
Hat-, field . TUB WORSHIPFUL Company of Goldsmiths has made a grant of £ 50 to the funds of the Ragged School Union and Shaftesbury Society , of 37 , Norfolk-street , Strand ,
W . C . THE MARQUIS AND MARCHIONESS OF LANSDOWNE arrived at Lansdowne House on Monday evening from Bowood , Wilts . They intend staying in town about a week . THE TWICKENHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL have decided to present an address of welcome to the Due de Orleans on the occasion of his taking up his residence at York House .
THE LONDON OFFICE of the Sydney Morning Herald , 7 S , Queen Victoria-street , E . C , has issued its annual time-tables of the Australian and New Zealand mails for 1 S 9 S , covering the whole of the services between Europe and Australasia , in a very neat and handy form for the pocket . Copies can be had gratis upon application . ON THE motion of Bro . Horace B . Marshall , M . A ., C . C ., the board of management of the Orphan Working School have unanimously agreed to recommend the governors at the next general court to admit two orphan children from Maidstone ( in connection with the recent epedimic ) , and two from Margate ( in connection with the recent disaster to the the lifeboat—Friend of all Nations ) .
Two MUNIFICENT donations have been received by the Vice-Chancellor of Cam bridge University for the fund for rebuilding the School of Medicine and Surgery attached to the University . One is a cheque for £ 1000 from Mr . Alexander Peckover , Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire , in response to a letter from Bro . the Duke of Devonshire , and the other a cheque from the Mercers' Company for 1000 guineas .
SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY . —In response to an application by passengers on the West Wickham and Hayes branch line for a better Theatre Train , the South-Eastern Railway will , from Thursday , the ifith instant , allow a portion of the ir . 35 p . m . express Mid-Kent train to go on to Hayes . It is earnestly trusted that this concession ( made at such a busy time of the year ) will be made use of to an extent that will promise its continuance .
THE Q UEEN ' S family dinner party at Windsor Castle on Monday included T . R . H . the Prince and Princess of Wales , the Duke and Duchess of Connaught , the Duke and Duchess of York , Princess Louise and the Marquis ot Lome , and Princess Henry of Battenberg . Her Majesty's guests remained at the Castle till Tuesday in order to attend the service which was held in the Frogmore Mausoleum on the anniversary of the deaths of the Prince Consort and the Grand Duchess of Hesse .
AT THE Houses of Parliament , the arrangements for the coming Session are practically already complete . This recess has been free from tbe carrying-out of any of those internal structural alterations which so frequently delay the final preparations until the close approach of the date fixed for reasembling . The only change of the slightest importance which has called forth the efforts of the Office of Works has been the opening of a new doorway , to facilitate the passage of members and their visitors to and
from the now fashionable terrace . Police and commissariat arrangements remain exactly as they were—the former still under the judicious and experienced control of Chief Inspector William Horsley , the latter in the tried hands of Mr . Moss . Two faces long familiar at St . Stephen's will , however , be missed next Session—those of Mr . Prim ( Superintendent of Works ) and Mr . Fisher ( Chief Confidential Clerk of the Ministerial " Whips " ); both these gentlemen are retiring on well-earned pensions .
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY [ COMPANY announce that on Friday night , December 24 th ( for four , five , and eight days ) , and Thursday night , December 31 st ( for three , four , and eight days ) , cheap excursions will leave London ( Woolwich Arsenal and Dockyard ) , Greenwich ( S . E . ) , Victoria ( L . C . and D . ) , Ludgate Hill , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , Finsbury Park , & c , for Northallerton , Darlington , Richmond , Durham , Newcastle , Berwick , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Helensburgh , Dumbarton , Stirling , Perth , Dundee , Daim ally , Oban , Fort William , Montrose ,
Aberdeen , Inverness , and other stations in Scotland . Passengers by the exenrsion on 24 th return on Monday , 27 th , Tuesday , 2 Sth , or Friday , 31 st December , and those by the excursion on 31 st December return on Sunday , 2 nd , Monday , 3 rd , or Friday , 7 th January , according to period of ticket taken . Tickets at a single fare for the double journey will also be issued by above excursions to places named , available for return by one fixed train on any day within iC days , including days of issue and return . On Friday , December 24 th , cheap fast excursions will also leave London ( Woolwich
( Arsenal and Dockyard ) , Greenwich ( S . E . ) , Victoria ( L . C . and D . ) , Ludgate Hill , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , King ' s Cross ) , & c , for Cambridge , Ramsey , Huntingdon , Peterboro' , Lynn , Norwich , Cromer , Yarmouth , Leicester , Spalding , Boston , Grimsby , Lincoln , Nottingham , Derby , Burton , Burslem , Tutbury , Stoke , Newark , Chesterfield , Edwinstowe , Retford , Sheffield , Barnsley , Rotherham , Huddersfield , Manchester , Liverpool , Doncaster , York , Hull , Harrogate , Bridlington , Malton , Scarboro ' , Whitby , Stockton , Richmond , Darlington , Hartlepool , Middlesboro ' , 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 , returning on 27 th and 2 Sth December . On December 20 th , 21 st , 22 nd , 23 rd , and 24 th , additional trains will be run to meet requirements of traffic . The 10 . 30 p . m . express from King ' s Cross on Friday , 24 th December , will not run beyond Berwick on Christinas Day morning . Friday , December 24 th , the 5 . 0 p . m .
express from King ' s Cross will be continued to Melton Constable , calling at all stations East of Peterboro . ' A special express at ordinary fares will leave London ( King ' s Cross ) at 12 . 20 midnight on . December 24 th , for Weiwyn , Stevenage , Hitchin , Bigglesivade , Sandy , St . Neots , Huntingdon , Peterboro ' , Spalding , Boston , Louth , Grimsby , Grantham , Lincoln , Nottingham , Newark , Retford , Doncaster , Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , Halifax , Selby , York , & c . Christmas Day , the trains will run as on Sundays , except that the 5 . 15 a . m . express from King's Cross will be runat ordinary faresto Peter
, , boro ' , Bourne , Stamford , Grantham , Lincoln , Nottingham , Doncaster , Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , and Halifax , stopping at the intermediate stations at which it ordinarily calls , and will be continued to York , Newcastle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Perth , Aberdeen , & c . A special express , conveying parcels only , will leave London ( King ' s Cross ) at 10 15 p . m . on December 21 st , 22 nd , and 23 rd for Lynn , Norwich , Yarmouth , Nottingham , Leicester , Deiby , Burton , Lincoln , Sheffield , Manchester , Liverpool , Wakefield , Leeds ,
Bradford , Batlty , Keighley , Halifax , York , Hull , Newcastle , and all places in the North of England and Scotland . To prevent inconvenience from crowding at the Company ' s principal terminal station , King's Cross , tickets , dated in advance , will be i . 'f . jed at King ' s Cross ( G . N . R . ) , Victoria ( L . C . & D . ) , Ludgate Hill , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , Holloway , and Finsbury Park Stations , and at the Company ' s ticket offices .
CHRISTMAS CARDS . —Lalo Company , 42 , Gray's Inn-road , W . C . Wc can strongly recommend to those of our readers who may not have yet laid in their store of Christmas cards for distribution among their friends the " Lalo " Artistic Packet of Christmas and New Year Cards . The packet contain a well-selected assortment of elegant specimens of very beautiful handiwork . They are of English manufacture and will be sent carriage free on receipt of one shilling and threepence . By way of encouraging people
to purchase , the "Lalo Company offer as an additional inducement to becom ; purchasers to distribute a cash bonus ofl £ 40 , in manner following . among the 75 persons who succeed in solving what is called the " 24 problem , " namely : £ 1 to each of the first 10 who suceed in solving it ; ios . to each of the next 20 ; and 55 . to each of the 20 that follow ; ios . to the youngest and ios . each to the oldest purchasers , and £ 1 to each of the ftvc persons who copy out " Lalo Company " in the neatest manner . The paper containing the problem and particulars will be sent with the cards when ordered .
Masonic And General Tidings.
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF BUCCLEUCH have left London for Dalkeith Palace BRO . ALDERMAN TRELOAR has become a trustee of the London Friendly Institution in the place of the late Bro . Alderman Sir George R . Tyler , Bart . PRINCE ALEXANDER OF TECK visited T . R . H . the Prince and Princess or Wales on Tuesday , and took leave of them previous to his departure from England to join his regiment in South Africa .
BRO . THE MARQUIS AND MARCHIONESS OF BREAHAI . HANE , Mr . and Lady Ileene Campbell , and the Ladies Elizabeth and Beatrice Meade have arrived at Inveraray Castle , on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Argyll . BRO . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE , who went to Chatsworth on Saturday last , left on Monday to join Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Portland ' s party at Welbeck Abbey to meet T . R . H . the Prince and Princess of Wales .
BY MEANS OF the Duchess of Albany ' s Fund , which was started by her Royal Highness for the purchase of a residence for the rector of Esher as one of the local memorials of the Queen ' s Diamond Jubilee , a freehold building has been purchased , at a cost oi £ . 22 so . Towards payment of this amount £ 1433 Ss . has been subscribed , and the requisite balance has been advanced by the bankers .
IT APPEARS that the fire on Tuesday at Lipton's Somers Town branch was the work of burglars , who , being unable to force the Milner's safe , vindictively set fire to the premises . The safe , in addition to being proof against the burglars , was also found , as usual , to be fire-proof . Messrs . Milner just now must be doing a roaring trade , considering the large number of _ their make that have already been taken from the debris of the great City fire and which will require replacing by their owners .
ON MONDAY , BIO . Sir Henry Harben presided at Hampstead Vestry Hall at the final meeting of the general committee of the Hampstead Diamond J ubilee Fund . It was reported that after payment of all expenses there remained , as the result of the Diamond Jubilee fete at Hampstead and general subscriptions , £ 3337 for distribution . Of this sum £ 1500 was voted to the North London Hospital for Consumption , £ 1500 to the Hampstead Hospital , £ 300 to the Hampstead Nursing Association , and £ 37 to the Hampstead Provident Dispensary .
THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE was the principal guest on Monday night at the annuil dinner given by the Mayor of Richmond at the Star and Girter Hotel , in that borough . Amongst the others who accepted Councillor Chancellor's invitation were Viscount Midleton , the Bishop of Rochester , Col . A . C . FitzGeorge , Sir Richard Temple , the Right Hon . St . John Brodrick , M . P ., Bro . Sir W . T . Marriott , M . P ., Q . C ., Gen . Sir H . Prendergast , V . C , Sir Edward Hertslet , the Govenor of the Bank of England ( Mr . H . C . Smith ) , Bro . Gen . Sir Stanley Clarke , Rear-Admiral A . H . Alington , Bro . R . D . M . Littler , O . C , Bro . T . Skewes-Cox , M . P ., and Mr . J . Bigwood , M . P .
WELSHMEN IN LONDON , with their ladies , assembled on Monday evening at the Hotel Mctropole on the occasion of the annual dinner of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion , which was held under the presidency of Lord Justice Vaughan Williams , who was supported by Mr . Henry Owen , in the vice-chair , Bro . Sir John Puleston , Sir Lewis Morris , Mr . J . Morgan Richards , Bro . D . Brynmor Jones , O . C , M . P ., General R . Owen Jones , Mr . John Thomas ( Queen's harpist ) , and others . The especial aims of the society are the improvement of education and the promotion of intellectual culture by the encouragement of literature , science , and art as connected with Wales .
LAST FRIDAY the elite of the Swiss colony in London , assembled at Monico ' s Piccadilly , for their annual banquet , his Excellency the Swiss Ambassador presiding . The dinner did credit to Mr . Monico's excellent cuisine , and a special and ipleasing feature was the appearance of a non-alcoholic Swiss champagne introduced by the Sinsalcohol Wine Company , 39 , Eastcheap . The Swiss Ambassador ' s toast was " Her Majesty the Queen , " which was heartily applauded , and followed by everyone rising and
singing " God save the Queen . Mr . Fans , the president of the Swiss Club , drank to "ThePatrie , " Mr . Holliger to " The Guests , " and Charity was remembered by Mr . Clemence , which resulted in a collection ofjoyer £ 40 for the poor . Several distinguished English gentlemen , admirers of the beautiful country across the Channel , took part in the proceedings , which were of a most genial and cordial character . At parting the " surprise" was Mr . Monico ' s gift of a bottle of the above delicate champagne to every one present .
TUESDAY being the anniversary of the death of the Prince Consort as well as of the Princess Alice ( the late Grand Duchess of Hesse ) , the Queen and T . R . H . the Prince and Princess of Wales , the Duke and Duchess of Connau-fht , the Duke and Duchess of York , Princess Louise ( Marchioness of Lome ) , and the Marquis of Lome , and Princess Henry of Battenberg , with Princess Victoria Eugenie and Prince Leopold , went to the Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore , where a special service was performed by the Bishop of Winchester ( Clerk of the Closet to the Queen ) , assisted by the Very Rev . the Dean of Windsor . Several of the ladies and gentlemen and attendants of the Royal household
were present . The choir of St . George s Chapel , under the direction of Bro . Sir Walter Parratt , were in attendance , and sang , among other selections , the anthem specially composed by Bto . Sir Arthur Sullivan , " Wreaths from our graves the Lord has given , " and " Peace , come away , " the music by Professor Villiers Stanford . By her Majesty ' s command , the Royal Mausoleum was opened between the hours of one and four o ' clock in the afternoon for the servants and their families , when permission was also extended to many of the residents of Windsor and the neighbourhood . Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein were , by unforeseen circumstances , unable to be present at the ceremony .
THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY announce that on Christmas Eve the pressure of traffic will be relieved by the running of duplicate trains from St . Pancras as circumstances niay require . On Christmas Day the trains will run as appointed for Sundays , except the newspaper express leaving London ( St . Prancras ) at 5 . 15 a . m ., which will run to Bedford , Leicester , Nottingham , Darby Sheffield , and Manchester , as on ordinary weekdays . On Monday , December 27 th , and on New Year's Day , certain booked trains will be discontinued , of which due notice will be given by special bills at the
stations . Early issue of tickets . —The Midland Railway Company , to prevent inconvenience and crowding , have arranged for the bookiug ofnces _ at St . Pancras and Moorgate-street stations to be open for the issue of tickets all day on Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday , December 22 nd , 23 rd , 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 . Cheap excursion trains will be run from London ( St . Pancras ) and principal provincial
stations to Carlisle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Greenock , Dundee , Aberdeen , & c , on Friday , December 24 th , for four , five , or eight days , and December 31 st for three , four , or eight days , by which return tickets will be issued at a third class single fare for the double journey . The single fare tickets issued on December 24 th will be available for returning on any day up to and including January Sth , 1 S 9 S , and single fare tickets taken on December 31 st will be available for returning any day up to and includingjanuary 15 th , 1 S 9 S . Cheap excursion trains will also be run from London ( St . Pancras ) on Friday
night , December 24 th , to Leicester , Birmingham , Nottingham , Derby , Newark , Lincoln , Burton , Manchester , Liverpool , Blackburn , Bolton , Sheffield , Leeds , Bradford , York , Hull , Scarborough , Newcastle , the Lake District , & o , returning December 27 th o : 2 Sth , and on December 25 th ( Friday midnight ) a cheap 3 days'trip wiil be run to Manchester , Stockport , Warrington , Liverpool , Sheffield , Leeds and Bradford . Cheap excursion tickets will be issued from London ( St . Pancras ) and principal provincial stations on Thursday , December 23 rd , to Dublin , Cork , Killamey , Limerick , & . Z ., via Liverpool , available for
16 days , and on Wednesday , Decemtier , 22 nd , via Morecambe , available for returning on December 2 Sth or 30 th , and January 1 st , 4 th , or Oth , 1 S 9 S ; on Thursday , December 23 rd , to Belfast , Londonderry , Portrush , it :., via Barrow , or via Liverpool , available for 16 days ; on Tuesday , December 21 st , to Londonderry , viii Morecambe , and on Thursday , December 23 rd , via Liverpool , available for returning December 30 th , or January 3 rd , via Morecambe , and on December j . Sth and and 2 yth , and January 1 st , 4 'h , or 5 th , via . Liverpool . On Christmas Day cheap day excursion tickets will beissuid
to Southend-on-Sea , from St , Pancras , Kentish Town , Walthamstow , I . eytonstone , and stations on the Tottenham and Forest Gate joint line . Cheap week-end tickets will be issued on Fridays , December 24 th and 31 st , and Saturdays , December 25 th and January 1 st , from St . Pancras and other Midland Stations to the Principal Holiday and Health Resorts , available for returning on the following Sunday ( train service permitting ) Monday or Tuesday . New Winter tourist tickets are also [ now issued to the principal tourists resorts .
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Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
THE MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY has left town for Wynyard Park . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WESTMINSTER left Grosvenor House on Tuesday on their return to Eaton Hall , Chester . BRO . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF ABERCOKN and family left Hampden House on Wednesday for Villa Marguerite , Valescure , St . Raphael , Var . THE MARQUIS AND MARCHIONESS OI- SALISBURY arrived in London from Eastbourne shortly alter one o ' clock on Monday afternoonand immediately proceeded to
Hat-, field . TUB WORSHIPFUL Company of Goldsmiths has made a grant of £ 50 to the funds of the Ragged School Union and Shaftesbury Society , of 37 , Norfolk-street , Strand ,
W . C . THE MARQUIS AND MARCHIONESS OF LANSDOWNE arrived at Lansdowne House on Monday evening from Bowood , Wilts . They intend staying in town about a week . THE TWICKENHAM DISTRICT COUNCIL have decided to present an address of welcome to the Due de Orleans on the occasion of his taking up his residence at York House .
THE LONDON OFFICE of the Sydney Morning Herald , 7 S , Queen Victoria-street , E . C , has issued its annual time-tables of the Australian and New Zealand mails for 1 S 9 S , covering the whole of the services between Europe and Australasia , in a very neat and handy form for the pocket . Copies can be had gratis upon application . ON THE motion of Bro . Horace B . Marshall , M . A ., C . C ., the board of management of the Orphan Working School have unanimously agreed to recommend the governors at the next general court to admit two orphan children from Maidstone ( in connection with the recent epedimic ) , and two from Margate ( in connection with the recent disaster to the the lifeboat—Friend of all Nations ) .
Two MUNIFICENT donations have been received by the Vice-Chancellor of Cam bridge University for the fund for rebuilding the School of Medicine and Surgery attached to the University . One is a cheque for £ 1000 from Mr . Alexander Peckover , Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire , in response to a letter from Bro . the Duke of Devonshire , and the other a cheque from the Mercers' Company for 1000 guineas .
SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY . —In response to an application by passengers on the West Wickham and Hayes branch line for a better Theatre Train , the South-Eastern Railway will , from Thursday , the ifith instant , allow a portion of the ir . 35 p . m . express Mid-Kent train to go on to Hayes . It is earnestly trusted that this concession ( made at such a busy time of the year ) will be made use of to an extent that will promise its continuance .
THE Q UEEN ' S family dinner party at Windsor Castle on Monday included T . R . H . the Prince and Princess of Wales , the Duke and Duchess of Connaught , the Duke and Duchess of York , Princess Louise and the Marquis ot Lome , and Princess Henry of Battenberg . Her Majesty's guests remained at the Castle till Tuesday in order to attend the service which was held in the Frogmore Mausoleum on the anniversary of the deaths of the Prince Consort and the Grand Duchess of Hesse .
AT THE Houses of Parliament , the arrangements for the coming Session are practically already complete . This recess has been free from tbe carrying-out of any of those internal structural alterations which so frequently delay the final preparations until the close approach of the date fixed for reasembling . The only change of the slightest importance which has called forth the efforts of the Office of Works has been the opening of a new doorway , to facilitate the passage of members and their visitors to and
from the now fashionable terrace . Police and commissariat arrangements remain exactly as they were—the former still under the judicious and experienced control of Chief Inspector William Horsley , the latter in the tried hands of Mr . Moss . Two faces long familiar at St . Stephen's will , however , be missed next Session—those of Mr . Prim ( Superintendent of Works ) and Mr . Fisher ( Chief Confidential Clerk of the Ministerial " Whips " ); both these gentlemen are retiring on well-earned pensions .
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY [ COMPANY announce that on Friday night , December 24 th ( for four , five , and eight days ) , and Thursday night , December 31 st ( for three , four , and eight days ) , cheap excursions will leave London ( Woolwich Arsenal and Dockyard ) , Greenwich ( S . E . ) , Victoria ( L . C . and D . ) , Ludgate Hill , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , Finsbury Park , & c , for Northallerton , Darlington , Richmond , Durham , Newcastle , Berwick , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Helensburgh , Dumbarton , Stirling , Perth , Dundee , Daim ally , Oban , Fort William , Montrose ,
Aberdeen , Inverness , and other stations in Scotland . Passengers by the exenrsion on 24 th return on Monday , 27 th , Tuesday , 2 Sth , or Friday , 31 st December , and those by the excursion on 31 st December return on Sunday , 2 nd , Monday , 3 rd , or Friday , 7 th January , according to period of ticket taken . Tickets at a single fare for the double journey will also be issued by above excursions to places named , available for return by one fixed train on any day within iC days , including days of issue and return . On Friday , December 24 th , cheap fast excursions will also leave London ( Woolwich
( Arsenal and Dockyard ) , Greenwich ( S . E . ) , Victoria ( L . C . and D . ) , Ludgate Hill , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , King ' s Cross ) , & c , for Cambridge , Ramsey , Huntingdon , Peterboro' , Lynn , Norwich , Cromer , Yarmouth , Leicester , Spalding , Boston , Grimsby , Lincoln , Nottingham , Derby , Burton , Burslem , Tutbury , Stoke , Newark , Chesterfield , Edwinstowe , Retford , Sheffield , Barnsley , Rotherham , Huddersfield , Manchester , Liverpool , Doncaster , York , Hull , Harrogate , Bridlington , Malton , Scarboro ' , Whitby , Stockton , Richmond , Darlington , Hartlepool , Middlesboro ' , 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 , returning on 27 th and 2 Sth December . On December 20 th , 21 st , 22 nd , 23 rd , and 24 th , additional trains will be run to meet requirements of traffic . The 10 . 30 p . m . express from King ' s Cross on Friday , 24 th December , will not run beyond Berwick on Christinas Day morning . Friday , December 24 th , the 5 . 0 p . m .
express from King ' s Cross will be continued to Melton Constable , calling at all stations East of Peterboro . ' A special express at ordinary fares will leave London ( King ' s Cross ) at 12 . 20 midnight on . December 24 th , for Weiwyn , Stevenage , Hitchin , Bigglesivade , Sandy , St . Neots , Huntingdon , Peterboro ' , Spalding , Boston , Louth , Grimsby , Grantham , Lincoln , Nottingham , Newark , Retford , Doncaster , Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , Halifax , Selby , York , & c . Christmas Day , the trains will run as on Sundays , except that the 5 . 15 a . m . express from King's Cross will be runat ordinary faresto Peter
, , boro ' , Bourne , Stamford , Grantham , Lincoln , Nottingham , Doncaster , Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , and Halifax , stopping at the intermediate stations at which it ordinarily calls , and will be continued to York , Newcastle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Perth , Aberdeen , & c . A special express , conveying parcels only , will leave London ( King ' s Cross ) at 10 15 p . m . on December 21 st , 22 nd , and 23 rd for Lynn , Norwich , Yarmouth , Nottingham , Leicester , Deiby , Burton , Lincoln , Sheffield , Manchester , Liverpool , Wakefield , Leeds ,
Bradford , Batlty , Keighley , Halifax , York , Hull , Newcastle , and all places in the North of England and Scotland . To prevent inconvenience from crowding at the Company ' s principal terminal station , King's Cross , tickets , dated in advance , will be i . 'f . jed at King ' s Cross ( G . N . R . ) , Victoria ( L . C . & D . ) , Ludgate Hill , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , Holloway , and Finsbury Park Stations , and at the Company ' s ticket offices .
CHRISTMAS CARDS . —Lalo Company , 42 , Gray's Inn-road , W . C . Wc can strongly recommend to those of our readers who may not have yet laid in their store of Christmas cards for distribution among their friends the " Lalo " Artistic Packet of Christmas and New Year Cards . The packet contain a well-selected assortment of elegant specimens of very beautiful handiwork . They are of English manufacture and will be sent carriage free on receipt of one shilling and threepence . By way of encouraging people
to purchase , the "Lalo Company offer as an additional inducement to becom ; purchasers to distribute a cash bonus ofl £ 40 , in manner following . among the 75 persons who succeed in solving what is called the " 24 problem , " namely : £ 1 to each of the first 10 who suceed in solving it ; ios . to each of the next 20 ; and 55 . to each of the 20 that follow ; ios . to the youngest and ios . each to the oldest purchasers , and £ 1 to each of the ftvc persons who copy out " Lalo Company " in the neatest manner . The paper containing the problem and particulars will be sent with the cards when ordered .
Masonic And General Tidings.
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF BUCCLEUCH have left London for Dalkeith Palace BRO . ALDERMAN TRELOAR has become a trustee of the London Friendly Institution in the place of the late Bro . Alderman Sir George R . Tyler , Bart . PRINCE ALEXANDER OF TECK visited T . R . H . the Prince and Princess or Wales on Tuesday , and took leave of them previous to his departure from England to join his regiment in South Africa .
BRO . THE MARQUIS AND MARCHIONESS OF BREAHAI . HANE , Mr . and Lady Ileene Campbell , and the Ladies Elizabeth and Beatrice Meade have arrived at Inveraray Castle , on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Argyll . BRO . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE , who went to Chatsworth on Saturday last , left on Monday to join Bro . the Duke and Duchess of Portland ' s party at Welbeck Abbey to meet T . R . H . the Prince and Princess of Wales .
BY MEANS OF the Duchess of Albany ' s Fund , which was started by her Royal Highness for the purchase of a residence for the rector of Esher as one of the local memorials of the Queen ' s Diamond Jubilee , a freehold building has been purchased , at a cost oi £ . 22 so . Towards payment of this amount £ 1433 Ss . has been subscribed , and the requisite balance has been advanced by the bankers .
IT APPEARS that the fire on Tuesday at Lipton's Somers Town branch was the work of burglars , who , being unable to force the Milner's safe , vindictively set fire to the premises . The safe , in addition to being proof against the burglars , was also found , as usual , to be fire-proof . Messrs . Milner just now must be doing a roaring trade , considering the large number of _ their make that have already been taken from the debris of the great City fire and which will require replacing by their owners .
ON MONDAY , BIO . Sir Henry Harben presided at Hampstead Vestry Hall at the final meeting of the general committee of the Hampstead Diamond J ubilee Fund . It was reported that after payment of all expenses there remained , as the result of the Diamond Jubilee fete at Hampstead and general subscriptions , £ 3337 for distribution . Of this sum £ 1500 was voted to the North London Hospital for Consumption , £ 1500 to the Hampstead Hospital , £ 300 to the Hampstead Nursing Association , and £ 37 to the Hampstead Provident Dispensary .
THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE was the principal guest on Monday night at the annuil dinner given by the Mayor of Richmond at the Star and Girter Hotel , in that borough . Amongst the others who accepted Councillor Chancellor's invitation were Viscount Midleton , the Bishop of Rochester , Col . A . C . FitzGeorge , Sir Richard Temple , the Right Hon . St . John Brodrick , M . P ., Bro . Sir W . T . Marriott , M . P ., Q . C ., Gen . Sir H . Prendergast , V . C , Sir Edward Hertslet , the Govenor of the Bank of England ( Mr . H . C . Smith ) , Bro . Gen . Sir Stanley Clarke , Rear-Admiral A . H . Alington , Bro . R . D . M . Littler , O . C , Bro . T . Skewes-Cox , M . P ., and Mr . J . Bigwood , M . P .
WELSHMEN IN LONDON , with their ladies , assembled on Monday evening at the Hotel Mctropole on the occasion of the annual dinner of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion , which was held under the presidency of Lord Justice Vaughan Williams , who was supported by Mr . Henry Owen , in the vice-chair , Bro . Sir John Puleston , Sir Lewis Morris , Mr . J . Morgan Richards , Bro . D . Brynmor Jones , O . C , M . P ., General R . Owen Jones , Mr . John Thomas ( Queen's harpist ) , and others . The especial aims of the society are the improvement of education and the promotion of intellectual culture by the encouragement of literature , science , and art as connected with Wales .
LAST FRIDAY the elite of the Swiss colony in London , assembled at Monico ' s Piccadilly , for their annual banquet , his Excellency the Swiss Ambassador presiding . The dinner did credit to Mr . Monico's excellent cuisine , and a special and ipleasing feature was the appearance of a non-alcoholic Swiss champagne introduced by the Sinsalcohol Wine Company , 39 , Eastcheap . The Swiss Ambassador ' s toast was " Her Majesty the Queen , " which was heartily applauded , and followed by everyone rising and
singing " God save the Queen . Mr . Fans , the president of the Swiss Club , drank to "ThePatrie , " Mr . Holliger to " The Guests , " and Charity was remembered by Mr . Clemence , which resulted in a collection ofjoyer £ 40 for the poor . Several distinguished English gentlemen , admirers of the beautiful country across the Channel , took part in the proceedings , which were of a most genial and cordial character . At parting the " surprise" was Mr . Monico ' s gift of a bottle of the above delicate champagne to every one present .
TUESDAY being the anniversary of the death of the Prince Consort as well as of the Princess Alice ( the late Grand Duchess of Hesse ) , the Queen and T . R . H . the Prince and Princess of Wales , the Duke and Duchess of Connau-fht , the Duke and Duchess of York , Princess Louise ( Marchioness of Lome ) , and the Marquis of Lome , and Princess Henry of Battenberg , with Princess Victoria Eugenie and Prince Leopold , went to the Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore , where a special service was performed by the Bishop of Winchester ( Clerk of the Closet to the Queen ) , assisted by the Very Rev . the Dean of Windsor . Several of the ladies and gentlemen and attendants of the Royal household
were present . The choir of St . George s Chapel , under the direction of Bro . Sir Walter Parratt , were in attendance , and sang , among other selections , the anthem specially composed by Bto . Sir Arthur Sullivan , " Wreaths from our graves the Lord has given , " and " Peace , come away , " the music by Professor Villiers Stanford . By her Majesty ' s command , the Royal Mausoleum was opened between the hours of one and four o ' clock in the afternoon for the servants and their families , when permission was also extended to many of the residents of Windsor and the neighbourhood . Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein were , by unforeseen circumstances , unable to be present at the ceremony .
THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY announce that on Christmas Eve the pressure of traffic will be relieved by the running of duplicate trains from St . Pancras as circumstances niay require . On Christmas Day the trains will run as appointed for Sundays , except the newspaper express leaving London ( St . Prancras ) at 5 . 15 a . m ., which will run to Bedford , Leicester , Nottingham , Darby Sheffield , and Manchester , as on ordinary weekdays . On Monday , December 27 th , and on New Year's Day , certain booked trains will be discontinued , of which due notice will be given by special bills at the
stations . Early issue of tickets . —The Midland Railway Company , to prevent inconvenience and crowding , have arranged for the bookiug ofnces _ at St . Pancras and Moorgate-street stations to be open for the issue of tickets all day on Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday , December 22 nd , 23 rd , 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 . Cheap excursion trains will be run from London ( St . Pancras ) and principal provincial
stations to Carlisle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Greenock , Dundee , Aberdeen , & c , on Friday , December 24 th , for four , five , or eight days , and December 31 st for three , four , or eight days , by which return tickets will be issued at a third class single fare for the double journey . The single fare tickets issued on December 24 th will be available for returning on any day up to and including January Sth , 1 S 9 S , and single fare tickets taken on December 31 st will be available for returning any day up to and includingjanuary 15 th , 1 S 9 S . Cheap excursion trains will also be run from London ( St . Pancras ) on Friday
night , December 24 th , to Leicester , Birmingham , Nottingham , Derby , Newark , Lincoln , Burton , Manchester , Liverpool , Blackburn , Bolton , Sheffield , Leeds , Bradford , York , Hull , Scarborough , Newcastle , the Lake District , & o , returning December 27 th o : 2 Sth , and on December 25 th ( Friday midnight ) a cheap 3 days'trip wiil be run to Manchester , Stockport , Warrington , Liverpool , Sheffield , Leeds and Bradford . Cheap excursion tickets will be issued from London ( St . Pancras ) and principal provincial stations on Thursday , December 23 rd , to Dublin , Cork , Killamey , Limerick , & . Z ., via Liverpool , available for
16 days , and on Wednesday , Decemtier , 22 nd , via Morecambe , available for returning on December 2 Sth or 30 th , and January 1 st , 4 th , or Oth , 1 S 9 S ; on Thursday , December 23 rd , to Belfast , Londonderry , Portrush , it :., via Barrow , or via Liverpool , available for 16 days ; on Tuesday , December 21 st , to Londonderry , viii Morecambe , and on Thursday , December 23 rd , via Liverpool , available for returning December 30 th , or January 3 rd , via Morecambe , and on December j . Sth and and 2 yth , and January 1 st , 4 'h , or 5 th , via . Liverpool . On Christmas Day cheap day excursion tickets will beissuid
to Southend-on-Sea , from St , Pancras , Kentish Town , Walthamstow , I . eytonstone , and stations on the Tottenham and Forest Gate joint line . Cheap week-end tickets will be issued on Fridays , December 24 th and 31 st , and Saturdays , December 25 th and January 1 st , from St . Pancras and other Midland Stations to the Principal Holiday and Health Resorts , available for returning on the following Sunday ( train service permitting ) Monday or Tuesday . New Winter tourist tickets are also [ now issued to the principal tourists resorts .