Lodges And Chapters Of Instruction.

VVhvman , Preceptor and I . G . ; J . Gowen , Tyler ; and J . li . Groom , P . M . The lodge was opened in tbe First Degree , and the minutes of the previous meeting were read and conlirmed , when a discussion followed about the final meeting and 5 upper of the ledge of instruction , to be held on the 15 th | „ ne . The W . M . rose for the first , second , anil third times , when " Hearty ' good wishes " were tendered by the brethren , and the lodge was closed .

A meeting was also held Saturday evening , the iSth inst ., when there were present : Bros . F . W . Wright , P . M .. \ V , M . and President ; E . Gratwick . S . W . ; L . W . Stansell , J . VV . ; 11 . F . Whyman , P . M ., Preceptor ; 11 . \ Potvine , Sec . ; P . Good , S . D . ; W . Jenkinson , l . G . ; ' j . ' Gowen , Tyler ; F . Blake , P . M . ; W . B . ' Stonham , P . M . ; and A . Barton . The lodge was opened in the First Degree , and the minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed .

I'he lodge was opened in the Second Degree and the W . M . rehearsed the ceremony of passing . The lodge was closed jn the Second Degree , when the lodge was called olf for refreshment . The W . M . rose for the first time after the ludge was called on . The W . M . rose for the second time , when Bro . Jenkinson was voted to the chair , on the proposition of Bro . Whyman and seconded by Bro . Blake , lhe W . M . rose for the third time when " Hearty good wishes" were tendered by the brethren and the Iodge was closed .

STARCHAPTER ( N 0 . 1275 ) . —Ameetmgof this chapter was held at the Stirling Castle , Church-street , Camberwell , nn Friday , the 17 th inst . Present ; Comps . Elgar , M . E . Z . ; Willcox , H . ; Loader , j . ; Grummant , acting S . E . ; Derham , S . N . ; Cornford , P . S . ; Thos . Grummant , Preceptor ; Plant , Phillips , Benedetti , Dawson , Worth , VVhite , and Telling . The minutes of the previous weekly convocation were

read and confirmed . The ceremony of exaltation was rehearsed , Comp . Plant personating the candidate . Comp . Phillips was elected M . E . Z , for the next meeting . Ahcarty vote of thanks was accorded Comp . Willcox for so ably rehearsing the ceremony of H . for the first time . The chapter was then closed . The annual supper will take place at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell , on Wednesday , the 29 th inst ., at 7 p . m . Comp . C . H . Stone , M . E . Z . of the Star Chapter , will preside .

Knights Templar.

Knights Templar .

Shadwell Clerke Preceptory ( No . 154 ) . —lhe installation meeting of this preceptory , which had been postponed by dispensation , was held on the Sth inst . at 33 , Golden-square . Sir Knight Gregorg , E . P ., presided , and the minutes of the last convocation were read - . ind confirmed . At the request of the E . P ., Sir Knight H , Lovegrove installed as a Knight of the Order Comp . MajoriFranck Mackleston-Allen . of Llyn Padarn , Llanberis . Sir Knight Lovegrove then installed Sir Knight T . Phipps

Dorman as E . P ., and the officers were invested as follows Sir Knights H . Parnell Hay , Constable ; J . J . Parker , Marshal ; Alex . Stuart Brown , M . D ., Prelate ; Henry Lovegrove , Registrar ; R . C . Leversedge , Captain of tiuard ; O . Heinemar , Almoner ; J . Read . Org . ; C . W . Capel and W . Manfield , Std . Brs . ; and F . S . Guy , Pursuivant . In addition to the officers and members , Sir Knights A . McDowall and J . Purrott were present . The members afterwards dined at the Criterion .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . M . M . KENNALLY . it is with regret we announce the death of Bro . M . M . Kennall y , J . W . of the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 7 Q 5 , Maidenhead , in which he was initiated May 21 st , i 8 go . Our brother , who was well known in the Metropolis , was 44 years of age , and died suddenly on the 7 th inst . Hie funeral took place on Friday , the loth inst ., at the Did Cemetery , Putney , and was attended by Bros . W .

Tucker , W . M ., and J . H . Custance , P . M ., both of his mother lodge ; and the following were also present : Bros . W . G . Silcock , 1441 j J . II . Squires , Murrell , H . i ' roti . re , 144 ; Philip Davis , and C . S . Merrett , who conducted the funeral arrangements . Many handsome wraths—in all 24—were sent by Bros . Henry C . Muckley , 1365 ; P . Davis , Murrell , B . Reynolds , 1656 ; J- H . distance , P . M . ; and others .

Whitsuntide Holidays.

WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS .

I IIK OHKA 1 ' WESTKUN RAILWAY COMPANY . . lhe Great Western Railway Company announce Excursions to Cork and Killarney on Thursday , May 30 th , to Lduucester , Cardiff , Newport , Swansea , New Milford , Watcrford , and other stations in South Wales and ihe •™ . 'th of Ireland on Friday , May 31 st . A fast excursion tra 'n for the West of England will leave Paddington at

/• 1 , a . m . on Saturday , June ist , reaching Exeter in 5 I ° » rs , and Plymouth in 7 ; hours , and excursions will also ** ¦ run to Bath , Bristol , Dorchester , Weymouth , Worcester , 'alvern , Hereford , Gloucester , Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , Sk ^ ' l- ' - ' aniington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , •¦ "rewsbury , Chester . Liveroool . Manchester . Abervstwith .

ij'mouth , Llandudno , & c . Return tickets at 24 s . Oi . l '" also be issued to Guernsey and Jersey . On Whit Sunan IV p tra 'n wvl 1 run to Swindon , Stroud , Gloucester mi . . jj elt < : nham , leaving Paddington at S . 35 a . m . At I ' niK"t on Sunday an excursion for one lo live days will ,. ; ' ' addington for Ox ford . Birmingham . WolverhaniDtnn .

j ; . ' , P 'he Bank Holiday cheap trains will be run to jading , Bath , Bristol , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c . 5 t _ K ' UrSIOns w '" ^ run ' ° London from most of the principal Q ' . ° ; and cross country trips have also been arranged . sJ . i '' I' t'ekets are now issued da ly from London and many Ilea' ! li' statio ns ' ? Staines , Windsor , Taplow , Maiden-* ¦ »* imC __ V . firirinw VV _ i ) linirfiiril on / 1 iiftinr r ' urnr t ___ i . lt *

ivta These tickets cm be obtained throughout the . "Mintide holidays , and , in fact , during the whole of the ,, e r months . To meet the expected additional traffic

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by the ordinary trains on Saturday , June ist , the company will run in duplicate the 1 . 5 , 3 . 0 , 5 . 0 , and 9 . 0 p . m . trains from London to the VVe « t of England , and the 12 . 0 noon , 3 . 15 , and 9 . J 5 p . m . trains to Weymouth , Hereford , and South VVales . The first portions oi the 5 . 0 and 9 . 0 p . m . trains will leave Paddington at 4 . 55 and S . 55 p . m . respectively , but the first parts 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 passible , taken in the first portion , but with few exceptions both trains will stop at the advertised stations to take up and set down passengers , Ordinary and excursion tickets are issued at the Company ' s City and West End Offices , viz . : 103 and . 107 ,

Oxfordstreet ; 1 S 1 , Tottenham Court-road , VV . ; 23 , NewOxfordstreet ; Gloucester Mansions , Cambridge-circus , Shaftsbury-avenuc , VV . C . ; '' The Piazza , " Covent Garden ; 2 ft ) , Strand ; ? . d , Regent-street , S . VV . ; 211 , Charing Cross ; 17 , Brompton-road ; . ( , Holhnrn-circus ; Nags Head Yard , 137 , Borough I ligh-street , F . C . ; Minories ( opposite ( ioodman's Yard ); 5 , Arthur-street East , London

Bridge , l ' .. C . ; S 2 , ( Jueen Victoria-street ; 67 , Greshamstreet ; 4 , Cheapside ; and at tbe L . B . antl S . C . Com pany's Excursion Office ( under Grand Hotel ) , Trafalgai Square . 'Tickets can also be obtained at Victoria , L . C and D . Railway ; Kensington ( Addison-road );

Uxbridgernad ; Hammersmith , and other stations . The booking offices at tbe Paddington Station will be open all day on May 29 th , 30 th , 31 st , and June ist , 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 dated to suit the convenience of passengers .

THE Ln . voox AN 11 NOKTH-WESTER . N COMPANY . The London and North-Western Railway Company announce that the ticket offices at Euston-road , Broadstreet , Kensington , and Willesden Junction will bs open throughout the day on Monday , May 27 th , to Whit Monday , June 3 rd , inclusive , so that passengers wishing to obtain tickets for any destination on the London and

North-Western Railway can do so at any time of the day prior to the starting of the trains . Tickets , dated to suit the convenience of passengers , can be obtained at any time ( Sundays and Bank Holidays excepted ) at the folloiving town receiving offices of the Company -. Cross Keys , 1 , Wood-street , Cheapside , E . G . ; 15 , Queen-street , Cheapside , E . C . ; 22 , Aldersgate-street , E . C ; S and o ,

Clerkenwell Green , li . C . ; Swan-with-Two-Necks , 65 , Gresham-street , E . C . ; . 30 , West Smithfield , E . C . ; Bolt-in-Tun , 64 , Fleet-street , E . C . ; Palmer ' s , 79 , Knightrider-street , li . C . ; Spread Eagle , 3 , Whittington Avenue , Leadenhall Market , E . C ; 1 , 3 Eastcheap , E . C : ufi , Holborn , li . C ; George arid Blue Boar , 2 S 5 , High Holborn , VV . C . ; Atlas Office , 167 ,

Tottenham Courl-road , VV . C ; Golden Cross , Charing Cross , W . C . ; ? i \ St . Martin's-lane , W . C ; 43 , New Oxford-street , W . C . ; 3 , James-street , Covent Garden , VV . C ; Spread Eagle Universal Ollice , Piccadilly-circus , VV . C ; 34 , Parliament-street , Westminster , S . W .: Hotel Windsor , Victoria-street , S . W . ; Grillin ' s Green Man and Still , 241 , Oxford-street , W . ; 49 0 , Oxford-street , VV . ;

231 , Edgware-road , VV . ; Lion , 10 S , New Bond-street , VV . ; The Eclipse , ifign , Fulham-road , S . W . ; 33 , Herefordroad , Bayswater , W . ; 34 , Albert Gate , Knighlsbridge , S . VV . ; 33 , High-stieet , Kensington , W . ; G 5 , Aldgate , E . j Royal Albert and Victoria Docks , Canning Town Goods Station , 41 , Barking-road , E . j 233 and 234 , Blackfriars-road , S . E . ; 117 , High-street , Borough , S . E . ;

Surrey Railway Office , 13 S , Newington Causeway . S . E . ; 194 , Westminster Bridge-road , S . E . ; "Angel , " Islington , 5 . Pentonvifle-road , X . ; L . B . & S . C . Office , Grand Hotel Buildings , Charing Cross , W . C . Tickets can also be had at Gaze and Sons , Limited , Tourist Offices , 142 , Strand , VV . C . ; 4 , Northumberland Avenue ; and iS , Westbourne Grove , W . j and at thj Army and Navy Co-operative

Society ' s Stores , 105 , Victoria-street , Westminster , at the same fares as at Euston Station . On Friday , May 31 st , a special train will leave Euston Station at O . 25 p . m . tor Holyhead and Ireland ; a special train will leave Manchester ( Exchange ) at 12 . 55 p . ™ - and Liverpool ( Lime Street ) at 1 . 40 p . m . for Rhyl , Colwyn Bay , and Llandudno . On Saturday , June ist , a special train will leave Willesden

Station at 2 . 57 p . m . for Bletchley , Wolverton , Bliswortn , Wecdon , Welton , Rugby , principal stations on Trent Valley Line and Stafford ; a special express train will also leave Euston Station for Birmingham at 4 . 25 p . m . ; a special train will leave Manchester ( Exchange ) at 12 . 55 p . m . for Rhil and Llandudno ; an additional express will leave Birminghan for London at 1 . 53 p . m . ; the dining

saloons from Manchester to London will not run on Saturday , June ist . On Sunday , June 2 nd , special trains will leave Euston at S . 53 and 10 . 10 a . m . for Watford , King ' s Langley , Boxmoor and Berkhamsted , Tring , and Cheddington . On Whit Monday , | une 3 id , the 12 . 0 noon and 4 . 0 p . m trains from Euston will leave at 12 . 10 noon and 4 . 10 p . m . respectively ! the 4 . 30 p . m . train from Euston will

not run . Passengers will be conveyed by the 5 . 0 p . m ., except those for Peterbore ' , Market Harboro ' , Melton Mowbray , Nottingham and the Great Northern Line , who on this date will travel by the 3 . 15 p . m . train from Euston . The dining saloons between London and Liverpool and from London to Manchester will not run on Whit Monday , June 3 rd , but the dining cars , Manchester to London , and

the corridor dining car trains between London and Edinburgh and Glasgow will run as usual . On Whit Monday , June 3 rd , numerous residential trains will not be run . The Company also announce that they will run excursions to and from London , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Leamington , Coventry , Walsall , Leicester , Macclesfield , Stoke ,

Stone , Liverpool , Manchester , Chester , North Wales and the Cambrian Line , Shrewsbury , Hereford , Oswestry , Preston , Wigan , Blackpool , Morecambe , Carlisle , the English Lake District , Sic . Excursions will also be run from London and other principal towns to Scotland and Ireland for the Whitsun Holiday week .

Mllll . ANU RAILWAY COMPANY . Ordinary Train Service . —On Whit Monday , June 3 rd , certain booked trains will be discontinued , ol which due notice will be given by special bills at tbe stations . Early Issue of Tickets . — To prevent inconvenience and crowding , the booking offices at St . Pancras and Moorgate-street Stations mil he open tor the issue of tickets all day on Friday and Saturday , May 31 st and June 1 st , and tickets to all principal stations on the Midland Railway will also be

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issued beforehand at any of their offices j at 2 C 7 , Strand ; 1 S 9 , Victoria-street ; 3 . S , Cranbourne-street ; 101 , High Holborn ; 5 , Charing Cross ( corner of Northumberlandavenue ; 1 , Shaftesbury-avenue , Piccadilly ; 10 A , New Bond-street ; Gloucester Office , 495 , Oxford-street ; 272 , Regent-circus , Oxford-street ; 170 , Queen ' s-road , Bayswater ; 109 , Tottenham Court-road ; " ? , $ , Cannon-street ; 13 , Aldersgate-street ; 10 , Commercial-road ; Four Swans ,

3 ( i , Camomile-street ; 13 , Parkside , Knighlsbridge ; 122 , Mare-street , Hackney ; Red Cap , fi , Cam ' den-road ; Empire Ollice , 30 , Silver-street , Notting Hill Gate ; 50 A and . 52 A , Leadenhall House ; Myers' Office , IA , Pentonville-road ; 11 , Onslow-place , South Kensington ; Army and Navy Stores , 105 , Victoria-street , Westminster ; Cwil Service Supply Association , 130 , Queen Victoria-street ; also at Cook ' s Offices—Ludgite-circus ; 00 ,

Gracechurchstreet ; 33 , Piccadilly ; S 2 , Oxford-street ; 1 •„ Cockspurstreet ; Mr . W . Whiteley ' s ( Westbourne Grove ) , VV „ ami the L . B . and S . C . Co . ' s Offices , 28 , Regentstreet , Piccadilly ; S , Grand Hotel Buildings , Trafalgarsquare . The tickets obtained at these offices will be available from St . Pancras Station , and will be issued at tbe same fares as charged at that station , and dated to suit the convenience of passengers .

Cheap excursion trains will be run from London to Dublin , Cork , Killarney , & c . for id days , via Liverpool , on Thursday , May 30 th , and via Morecambe on Wednesday , June 5 th , returning June Oth , Sth , nth . 13 th , 15 th , iSth , or 20 th ; to Belfast , Londonderry and Portrush for Giant ' s Causeway , via Barrow and via Liverpool on Friday , May 31 st , for 16 days ; to Londonderry , vii Liverpool , on Saturday , June istto return June 4 th 5 th

, , , Sth , nth , 12 th , or 15 th , as per bill of sailing ; to Leiceste-, Nottingham , Newark , Lincoln , Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , Burton , Derby , Manchester , Liverpool , Blackburn , Bolton , Oldham , Sheffield , Leeds , Bradford , Scarboro ' , Newcastle , the Furness District , Carlisle , & c , & c , on Saturday , June ist , returning the followimj Monday or Thursday ; to Carlisle , Castle Douglas , Dumfries , Helensburgh , Edinburgh , Greenock , Glasgow ,

Sic , on I'riday night , May 31 st , returning the following Tuesday 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 lfi days . On Whit-Monday , June 3 rd , to St . Albans , Harpenden , Luton , Bedford and Birmingham , for one day ; and to Manchester , for the races , on Thursday ( Midnight ) , June lith , returning Saturday , June , S ; h .

I ickets for these trains for starting from St . Pancras Station can be obtained on the two previous days to the running of the trains at the Company ' s City and W . ? st End booking offices , Cheap daily and week-end excursions to Southend-on-Sea , as annnounced in time tables and bills . Cheap excursion trains for live or eight drys will also be run to London from Carlisle , Bradford , Leeds , Sheffield , Liverpool , Manchester , Blackburn Burnley ,

, Bolton , Bury , Rochdale , Oldham , Lincoln , Newark , Burton , Derby , Nottingham , Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , Leicester , & c , on Saturday , June ist ; and for six days on Monday , June 3 rd . From Liverpool , Southport , Manchester , Stockport , Bradford , Leeds , Barnsley , Sheffield , & c , on Saturday , June ist , for three , live , or eight days . Passengers will be booked by these trains at

cheap fares to Brighton , Hastings , St . Leonards , Eastbourne , & c ; and to Paris and other places on the Continent , having the privilege of returning by anv ordinary train within 16 days . On Whit Monday , June 3 rd , an excursion train to London for one or two days will be run from Bradford , Leeds , Barnsley , Sheffield , & c . ; and for one , three , or six days from Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Walsall , & c ; and day trips from Burton , Derby , Nottingham , Leicester , Wellingboro ' , S'c .

THE CHEAT NOKTIIKKX RAILWAY COMPANY . The Great Northern Railway Company announce that on thc night of Saturday , June ist , a cheap excursion will leave London ( Woolwich Arsenal , Woolwich Dockyard , Victoria ( L . C . & D . ) . Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , King ' s Cross , & c ) , for Newcastle , Berwick , Edinburgh , Glasgow and Helensburgh , returning on Tuesday , 4 th , or Saturday , Sth June . Tickets at a single fare for the

double journey will also be issued by this excursion to p ' aces named , available for return byone fixed train on any day within sixteen days , including days of issue and return . On same date cheap three to six days' excursions will also be run to Cambridge , Wisbech , Lynn , Cromer , Norwich , Yarmouth , Lincoln , Leicester , Nottingham , Derby , Burton , Tutbury , Stoke , Newark , Sheffield , Barnsley , Hudderslield , Manchester , Stockport . Warrington , Liverpool

, Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , Keighley , Halifax , Hull , York , Scarboro ' , Whitby , Bridlington , Darlington , Durham , Newcastle , & c Returning J une 3 rd or Gth , and for one , three or four days to bkegness , Sutton-on-Sea and Mablethorpe . On Whit-Monday , June 3 rd , cheap day excursions will be run from Victoria ( L . C . and D . ) , Ludgate Hill , Moorgate , King ' s Cross , Finsbury Park , & c , to St . Albans , Wheathampstead , Harpenden , Lu . on , Dunstable , Hitchin .

Royston , and Cambridge . Also from Moorgate , King ' s Cross , Holloway , Finsbury Park , & c , to Skegness , Suttonon-Sea , and Mablethorpe . Returning same day only , Manchester Races . —On Thursday night , June fith , a fast excursion , for two days , will be run from Vloorgate , King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , etc ., to Manchester , at a fare ( 3 rd class ) of ios . 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 . ) , Victon ' a ( L . C . and D . ) , Ludgate-hill , Mouigale , Aidersgate , Farringdon , and Finsbury Park stations , and at the tollowing ticket offices : 90 , Tottenham Court-road j 2 S 5 , Oxford-street ; "Star" Ollice , 13 S , Victoria-street , Pimlico ; 139 and 141 , Brompton-road ; Albert Gate Ollice , 1 , William-street , Loivndes-square ; 1 C 9 , Edgewareroad ; " Royal Oik " Office , fi , Porchester-road ,

Westbourne Grove ; Cambridge Circus , Shaftesbury-avenue ; 32 S , Strand ; 29 , Bow-street , Covent Garden ; " Bee Hive , " Whitecross-street ; 43 and 44 , Crutched Friars ; So , Bishopsgate-street Without ; G . N . office , Farringdon-street ; 230 , Essex-road , Islington ; 2 ( 14 , High Holborn ; ifi , Fish-street Hill ; 75 and 230 , High-street , Borough ; 44 , Bread-street ,

Cannon-street ; 1 , Whittington-avenue , Leadenhall-street ; 3 , King Edward-street , Newgate-street ; 22 , Wood-street ; 217 , Old-street ; ifioA , Westminster Bridge-road ; 7 , Beresford-square , South Woolwich ; Royal Victoria and Albert Docks ( G . N . Co . ' s o / lices ); at the ollice of Alessrs . Swan and Leach , 3 , Charing Cross , and 32 , Piccadillycircus ; at thc Army and Navy Stores , 105 , Victoria-st . ; & c .