Masonic Service At St. Martins-In-The Fields.

MASONIC SERVICE AT ST . MARTINS-IN-THE FIELDS .

Through the unfortunate mistake in our last issue , many brethren were uncertain as to the day appointed for this service , but a goodly number attended at 3 . 30 p . m . Of Grand and Past Grand Officers we noticed Bros . J . Woodall Woodall , P . G . Treas . ; Dr . Kiallmark and Reginald Mure , G . Deacons ; R . St . Aubyn Roumieu , P . G . S . of Wks . ; F . rnest Money , P . A . G . D . C . ; Henry Lovegrove , P . G . S . B . ; and J . 'H . Rutherglen , D . G . S . B . ; while Bro . J . D . Langton , P . D . G . D . C , acted as Director of Ceremonies .

The prayers were said ( shortened evensong ) by Bro . the Rev . j . F . KITTO , M . A ., anri * the lessons were rend by Bros , the Rev . H . HKIIII , M . A ., Head Master of the Boys' School , and the Rev . R . ] . S IMPSON , M . A ., P . G . Chap . Miss Bessie Spills sang two soles— " With Verdure Clad" and " O , Divine Redeemer "—Bro . James Connah presiding at the organ with great ability . The sermon was preached by Bro . the Ven . ARCHDKACOX OK LONDON , P . G , Chaplain .

Red Cross Of Rome & Constantine.

Red Cross of Rome & Constantine .

Plantagenet Conclave , No . 2 . An emergency meeting of this conclave was held at the Holborn Restaurant , on Wednesday , the nth inst . Present : Sir Knights Wm . Briggs , G . P ., M . P . S . ; VV . J Armitage , V . E . ; R . H . Adie , S . G . ; J . G . Mirsh , P . G . A ., H . P . t E . M . Money , P . G . P ., Recorder ; J . Briggs , Prefect ; W . G . Miller , Herald ; J . Culverwell , P . S . ; H . J . Lardner , P . G . C . ( Hon . P . S . ); and A . Hill , No . 15 , visitor .

The conclave having been opened , a ballot was taken for Bros . 1 . Hodgson , 2310 ; and S . Hare , 1954 , as candidates ; and also for Sir Knight F . A . Jewson , P . G O ., P . S . 122 , as a joining member , all of whom were unanimously electcl . Bros . H . Tipper ( previously elected ) , and S . H . Hire , being present , were duly installed as knights of the Order , the ceremony being ably performed by the M . P . S ., and the lecture of the Degree impressively rendered by the Viceroy . The conclave was then closed , and the majority of the sir knights dined together .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

TUB DUKK OF YORK dined on Wednesday evening with the officers of the Royal Naval College at their mess at Greenwich . Sir Charles Cust was in attendance . HHR MAJ KSTY has graciously intimated to the East Cowes District Council her willingness to onen the new load which has been constructed by her Majesty between the town and Whippingham . IN CONSEOUENCE of the Marquis of Salisbury ' s residence in Arlington-street being at present in process of redecoration , the Prime Minister will give his official

dinner to-morrow ( Saturday ) evening—the Queen ' s birthday—at the Hotel Cecil . Among his lordship ' s guests will be H . R . H . the Prince of Wiles . A reception will afterwards be held at the Foreign Office , at which th : Djk ; and Djche s of Comiught , the Duke and Duchess of York , the Duke of Cambridge , and other members of the Roval Family will be present , and the guests are to be received ( in the alosenc * of Luly Salisbury ) by Viscountess Cranborne , thc Countess of Selborne , and Lady Gwendolen Cecil .

THE REMAINS of the late Duke of St . Albans were interred on Saturday last at Bestwocd , near Nottingham . The ( Jucen was represented by Captain Malcolm Drummond , ar . d H . R . H . the Prince of VVales by Sir Stanley Clarke . The mourners included the Duchess of St . Albans , the F . arl of Hurfnrd ( the heir tn the Dukedom ) , Lord Osborne Beaucleick , Lord Huddleston Beauclerck , Lady Louise L < -der and Bro . Gerald Loder

M . P ., Lady Myra Cavendish and Mr . Richard Cavendish , M . P ., Lady Katherinc Somerset , the Countess of Antrim , Lady Blake , and the Mayor of Nottingham ( Alderman Fraser ) . The ctffin was borne to thc rhurch by labourers on the Hestwood estate . The lunrral fervice was conducted by the Bishop of Southwell , assisted by the Archdeacon of Nottingham .

SlMi'l . TANi ' . ousi . v WITH the interment at Hestwood , a memorial service was held at the Chapel Royal , St . James ' s Palace . The Prince of Wales , attended by Bro . Captain Holford and the Duke of York , with Sir Charles Cust in attendance , arrived shortly before half-past one , and occupied seats in the Lord Chamberlain's pew ; and among others who attended were Bro . the Duke of Abercorn , the Duchess of Rutland .

Bro . the Karl cf Lathom , Countess Grey and Lady Victoria Grey , the Countess of Antiim , the Countess < i Minto , Countess Manvers and Lady Mary Pierrepont , Bro . Earl Carrington , Viscount and Viscountess Halifax , Viscount Falkland , and others . The ferviLe was conducted by the Rev . Edgar Sheppard , M . A ., Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal .

His HIGHNESS Piince Nicholas of Montenegro airived at Charing Cross on Saturday evening last by special train from Dover , and met with a brilliant reception . He was attended by Captain Radovich and Captain Cerovitch ( Aides-de-Camp ) , and aueimpanied by Sir Robert Kennedy , he-r Majesty's Minister at Ctttinje ; General Sir Charles Du Plat , or . e of her Majesty ' s Equerries ( who met his Highness at Dover ) , and Mr . Raikes , of the Foreign Oflice . The Duke of York , who wore a naval uniform , attended by Sir Charles Cust , R . N ., drove to Charing Cross to meet the Prim- ; , and a

guard of honour , composed of 100 men from the Grenadier Guirds , was drawn up in front of the principal entrance . On his Highness alighting he was cordially received by Ihe Duke of York , who conducted him along the line of the Grenadier Guards , and subsequently introduced him to Captain Alfi rd , in command . The Royal party , escorted by equerrics-in-wailing , and a detachment of the ist Life Guaids , drove in the Oueen ' s carriages to Buckingham Palace , and were saluted by the guard of honour wliTch was mounted at the station . Shoitly afterwards H . R . H . the P . ince of Wiles dro-e to the Palace to pay hi , respects to the distinguished vis ' tor .

ON MONDAY HIS HIGHNESS and suit drove to Paddineton Station , where they leek train lo Windsor , in Older that Ihe Piince might pay a visit to her Majesty . At Ihe teirr . inus he was met by lhe Duke of Connaught , attended by Major-General Sir JoVn McNeill , V . C ., and Major Fgerton . Upon tbe arrival of the special train the Prince of Montenegro was warmly welcomed , and shook hinds with thc Djke of Connaught , Sir John McNeill , and Major Egerton , while the guvd of honour presented

arms and the band played the Montenegrin nitional air . I'he Prince who is of fiie physical proportions and of dignified mien , was then escorted down the lines by the Duke of Connaught , his Highness saluting the colours as he passed . The Oueen , accompanied by the Duchess of Connaught , Piincess Henry of Battenberg , Princess Henry of Prussia , and attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe ( l . ady-in-Waiting ) , received his Highness at the head of the stairs of the Sovereign ' s entrance , Ire Gentlemen of the Royal Household being in attendance in the hall .

MM . J ACOUESSON ET FII . S have issued an exceedingly interesting pamphlet , entitled "A lour in the Champagne Country , " in which everything connected with their f pecial system of viticulture and the manufacture of the wine fur which this firm has been so famous is described in all the most important details . Nothing is omitted Ihat can illustrate the process of manufacturing their wine , and to enhance the value of the deicription , the pamphlet is embellished with a series of views , beginnin ; with the

house of Mm . Jacquesscn et Fils and their noted vintage at Pieny , and exhibiting successively the wine press , the cellars with wine in casks , the blending process , the shaking process , one of the bottling caves , & c . In addition , there is a list of the establishments —of Messrs . Spiers and Pond , the Victoria Wine Company , the Home and Colonial Stores , and others—at which their celebrated wines can be had ; the London offices , at which the fullest information can be had direct trom the firm of Jacqucsson et i'ils itself , being at On and 70 , Mark-lane , E . C .

Masonic And General Tidings.

THE QUEEN leaves Windsor Castle to-night ( Friday ) , for Balmoral , where her Majesty arrives to-morrow afternoon . T . R . H . THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WAI . ES , Piincess Victoria of VVales , and Princess Henry of Prussia and suite witnessed the performance of the opera— "Tristan und Isolde , " at the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden , on Saturday evening . ARRANGEMENTS have now been completed for a performance of the" Elijah " at lhe Alexandra Palace on Saturday afterncon , June nth . Mr . George Ristley , of t

Bristol , will conduct , and in order to have a specially fine performance throughou , arrangements have been made to bring the Bristol Choral Society , consisting of between Geo and 700 voices , up for the cccas ' u n to assist the Alexandra Palace Choral Society , the joint number of the two Societies will be nearly 2000 strong . A fine orchestra of over 100 musicians is being engaged . The principal soloists will be Miss Esther Palliser , Mdlle . Girrlia Ravcgli , Mr . Herbert Grover , Mr . Andrew Black , and Mr . H . | . Baker

will preside at the organ . Several novelties are in preparation during the forthcoming season , and on Whit Monday a trial experiment with a navigable balloon will be tried under the direction of Mr . Augusta Gaudron . Weather permitting , he believes confidently , from minor experiments whieh have already been made , that he will be able to steer the balloon round the district and bring it back to the grounds again . A huge programme of other out-door attractions is also in preparation for Whit Mondiy .

THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY announce that on Friday , the 27 th inst . ( for 4 , C , S , and ifi days ) , cheap excursion trains 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 , Dalmalty , Oban , Fort William , Montrose , Aberdeen , Inve * ness and other stations in Scotland . Passengers

holding four days tickets return on Tuesday , the 31 st inst . ; six diys tickets on Thursday , the 2 nd prox . ; eight days tickets on Saturday , the 4 th prox . ; and iG days tickets on any day up to , and including Saturday , the nth prox . O . i Saturday , the 2 S . I 1 inst ., cheap fast excursions ( for three , six , and eight days ) will also leave London ( Woolwich ( Arsenal and Dockyard ) , Greenwich ( S . E . ) , Victoria ( L . C . and D . ) , Ludgate Hill , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , Kine's Cross . & c ) , for Cambridge , Rimsey , Huntingdon , Peterboro ' . Lynn , Norwich , Cromer , Yarmouth , Leicester , Spalding ,

Boston , Grimsby , Lincoln , Nottingham , Sutton-in-Ashlield , Derby , Burton , Burslem , Tutbury , Stoke . Newark , Chesterfield , Kdwinstowe , Retford , Sheffield , Barnsley , Rotherham , Huddersfield , Manchester , Liverpool , Doncaster , York , Hull , Harrogate , Bridlington , Malton , Scarboro ' , Whitby , Stockton , Richmond , Darlington , Hartlepool , Duiham , Newcastle-on-Tyne , Shielels , SunJerlanel , Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , Halifax , Keighley , Accrington , Blackburn , Bolton , Burnley , Bury , Rochdale , and other principal stations in the Lincolnshire , Derbyshire , Nottinghamshire , Staffordshire , Lancashire ,

Yorkshire and North Eastern districts also ( for one , three , or four days ) , to Skegness , Sutton-on-Sea , and Mablethorpe , from Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , King's Cross ( G . N . ) , & c . Whit Monday , the 30 th inst . ( for one day ) , to St . Albans , Hertford , Wheathampstead , Harpenden , Luton , Dunstable , Hitchin , Baldock , Royston , Cambridge , Biggleswade , Sandy , Tempsford , St . Neots , Huntingdon , Peteiboro ' , Skegness , Sutton-on-Sea , and Mablethorpe , from Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , & c . Thursday night , the 2 nd prox . (( or two days ) to Manchester ( Races ) from Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , King ' s Cross , & .:.

THE GREAT WESTER * - RAILWAY COMPANY announce excursions on Wednesday night , May 25 th , to Chepstow , Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , Carmarthen , Milford , and other stations in South Wales , and on Thursday , May 2 ( Jth , to Cork , Killarney , Waterfoid , Tippcrary , Limeiick , Belfast , Armagh , Giant's Causeway , Newbury , Yeovil , Dorchester , Weymouth , Weston-super-Mare , Taunton , Minehead , Lynton , Lynmouth , Ufracombe , Exeter , Torquay , Plymouth , Penzance , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Hereford , & c . On Friday , May 27 th , excursions will be run to Bath , Bristol , Cheltenham ,

Worcester , Malvern , Hereford , Shrewsbury , Aberystwyth , Barmouth , Chester , Manchester , Rhyl , Llandudno , Carnarvon , Liverpool , Douglas ( Isle of Man ); and at Saturday midnight to Bath , Bristol , Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , & c . On Saturday , May 2 . Sth , excursions for Guernsey and Jersey will leave Paddington Station at S . 50 a . m . ( daylight sea passage ) and at 9 . 15 p . m . ( night passage ) . On Whit Sunday a cheap train will run to Swindon , Cirencester , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c , and at midnight on Sunday an excursion will leave Paddington for Oxford , Birmingham , Wolverhampton ,

lie . On the Bank holiday cheap trains will be run to reading , Pangbourne , Goring , Oxford , Bath , Bristol , Weston-super-Mare , Sic , and on Whit Tuesday an express halfday excursion will be run to Oxford , Leamington , and Stratford-on-Avon . Excursions will be lun to London from most of the piir . cipal stations , and cross coun'ry trips have also been arranged . The booking offices at the Paddington Station will be open all day on May 25 th , cdth , 27 th , and 2 Sth , so that passengers wishing to obtain tickets for any destination on the Great Western Railway can do so at their convenience . Ordinary tickets will be dited to suit the convenience of passengers .

MIDI . ANII RAILWAY . —Whitsuntide Holiday Arrangements . —Cheap Excursions from London . — I'he Midland Railway Company will run Cheap Excursions Trains from London to Dublin , Coik , Killarney , & c , for id days , vi , i Liverpool , on Thursday , May 26 th , and via Morccambe , on Friday , May 27 th : also to Belfast , Londonderry , and Portrush for Giant ' s Causeway , via Harrow and viti Liverpool , on Thursday , May , 2 G : h ; to Londonderry , via Liverpool , or viti Morecambe , on Saturday , May 28 th , to return within id days as per bill of sailing ; on Friday , May 27 th , to Liverpool , Southport ,

Blackpool , the Lake District , and Isle of Man , for 4 , S , 11 , or 15 days ; on Friday night , May 27 th , to Carlisle , Castle Douglas , Dumfries , Helensburgh , Edinburgh , Greenock , Glasgow , Stirling , Perth , Dundee , Aberdeen , Inverness Ballater , & c , returning the following Tueselay , Thursday , or Saturday , by which Third Class Return Tickets at a Single Ordinary fare for the double journey will also be issued , available for returning on any day within id days ; on Saturday , May 2 . Sth , to Leicester , Nottingham , Newark , Lincoln , llirmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , Burton , Derby , Manchester , Liveipool , Preston , Wigan , Blackpool , Blackburn , Bulton , Oldham ,

Sheffield , Leeds , Bradford , Scarborough , Newcastle , the I'urness District , Carlisle , & c , lie , letuining the following Mcnday , Thursday , or Saturday ; to Douglas ( Isle of Man ) for 10 days . On Whit-Monday , May 311 th , to St . Albans , Harpenden , Luton , Bedford , Kettering , and Leicester , for one day ; to Birmingham , fir one , four , or live da ) s ; and to Manchester , for the Races , on Thursday ( Midnight ) , June 2 . id , returning Saturday , June 4 th . 'Tickets for these trains for starting from St . Pancras Station can be obtaineei on the two days previous to the running of the trains at the Company ' s City and West-end Booking Office . Cheap daily and week-end excursions toSouthendon-Sea , as announced in Time Tables and liills .

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