Red Cross Knights.

Sir Knt . F . M- Williams , M . P ., the Grand Viceroy of the Order ; F . Walters , M . P . S . elect No . 3 ; Parker , & c . After the confirmation of the minutes , ballots were taken for several candidates , and for Sir Knt . H . Parker as a joining member , all of whom were duly elected . Bro H . Moore , Lodge 1 , 056 was then regularly admitted , constituted , and installed a Knight of

the Order . A Grand College of Viceroys was then opened , Sir Knt . Little presiding , when Sir Knt- J ? . M . Williams , M . P ., was solemnly consecrated as a Priest Mason . The same distinguished Mason , together with Sir Knts . Terry and MacDougal , F . R . C . S ., afterwards received the crowning rank of Sovereign in a Grand Senate of Princes , when both senate and college were closed . The rest of the knihts having been re-admitted , Sir Knt .

g Turner was unanimously elected M . P . S . for the ensuing year ; J . Terry , V . E . ; Buss , G . Almoner , Treas . ; and Comp . Gilbert , Sentinel . Sir Knts . "Powell , Cook , and Margerison being the next in rotation , were declared members of the Permanent Council of the Conclave from May , 1 S 67 , to May , 1 S 68 . The conclave was then closed , and the knights companions adjourned to the usual banquet , under the presidency of Sir Knt . Marsh ,

when a pleasant evening was spent , agreeably enlivened by the musical talents of Sir Knt . Parker , and the vocal efforts of the acting M . P . S ., Sir Knts . Terry , MacDongal , Moore , & c . K . H . S . A meeting of the Mount Carmel Sanctuary , attached to the Premier Conclave of Red > J < Knights , was held on the 14 th inst .,

at the George Hotel , Aldermanbury , when the dignity of K-H . S . was conferred upon Sir Knts . W . E . Gumbleton ( J . G . Deacon of England ) , A- M . MacDougal , F . E . C . S ., and H . P . Allender . A Grand Senate of Sovereigns of the Order of the Red > J < was afterwards opened for the pnrpose of enthroning the Eminent Sir Knt . Gumbleton , who had been duly chosen by the Executive Committee of the Grand Council for the high position of a Sovereign of the Order . All business having been concluded , the Sir Knights separated at an early hour .

Meetings Of The Scientific And Learned Societies For The Week Ending March

MEETINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND LEARNED SOCIETIES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH

30 ra , 1867 . Monday , Mar . 25 th . —GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY , at 8 . 30 , "Wednesday , Mar . 27 th . —SOCIETY OF ARTS , at 8 .

The Week.

THE WEEK .

THE COURT . —The Queen drove out on the afternoon of the 13 th inst ., accompanied by Princess Christian , and her Majesty drove out on the 14 th inst . with her Royal Highness . The Queen , accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Christian , drove out on the morning of the 15 th inst . Her Majesty the Queen , accompanied by Princess Christian , went to London in

the afternoon , and visited the Princess of Wales at Marlborough House . Her Majesty afterwards returned to Windsor Castle . The 16 th inst . being the anniversary of the death of the lamented Duchess of Kent , her Majesty and the royal family went in the morning to Frogmore , and visited the Duchess's mausoleum , and her Majesty gave permission for it to remain

open for a space of time , to enable the attendants and servants of the duchess to visit the tomb of their revered mistress . The Queen drove out in the afternoon , accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Christian . The Queen , Princess Christian , Princess Louise , Prince Arthur , Prince Leopold , and Princess Beatrice , and the ladies and gentleman in waiting , attended

divine service on the 17 th inst . in the private chapel . The Queen , accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Christian , drove out on the afternoon of the 18 th inst ., attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe . The Queen , accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and Prince Leopold , arrived at Buckingham Palace shortly after twelve o ' clock on the 19 th inst . from Windsor Castle . Her Majesty travelled by special

The Week.

train to Paddington , and drove thence in a carriage and four , and escorted by a detachment of the 14 th Hussars , to Buckingham Palace . The Queen held a council at Buckingham Palace at half-past twelve o ' clock . Her Majesty left Buckingham Palace at ^ half-past four o'clock , accompanied by Princess Louise , and visited the Queen of Denmark and the Prince and

Princess of Wales at Marlborough House . Her Majesty drove from thence to Paddington Railway Station , escorted by a detachment of the 14 th Hussars . The Queen , accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and Prince Leopold , arri at Windsor Castle at twenty minutes before seven o ' clock from London , attended by the Countess of Caledon ,

Major-General Hon . A . N . Hood , Colonel Hon . A . Hardinge , and Mr . Legg . IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . —In the HOUSE OF LORDS , on tbe-14 th inst ., there was an interesting discussion on the question , of recruiting for the army . The snbject was introduced by-Lord Dalhousie , who did not altogether approve of the scheme

which had been submitted to the House of Commons by General . Peel . In the course of the debate the Duke of Cambridgespoke at some length , and appeared to give his support to the proposal of the Government . He declared that nothing would ' bring recruits to the army so readily as an increase of the pay of the soldier , and this was what the Government proposed ..

Eventually , the motion for papers , which had served Lord Dalhousie as a peg on which to hang his speech , was withdrawn .. and their lordships adjourned . On the 15 th inst . Lord Derby confirmed the report that the Porte had consented to evacuate the Servian fortresses while retaining a nominal sovereignty , The noble earl also mentioned other concessions which , on the intercession of the great PoweTS , the Porte has made to its Christian subjects . —Earl Grey favoured their lordships and the

country with his views upon the question of Reform . He is afraid of the preponderance of numbers , and sees no means of avoiding it save by the adoption of the cumulative vote . ' Indeed , the cumulative vote is his panacea for all the ills of the body politic . He is afraid of legislation in haste , and urges that it . would be better to wait even until another session for a Reform-Bill , rather than have some hasty and crude measure . Plural

voting finds no favour in his eyes , and therefore the notablescheme of Reform which the Government has now agreed upon , will not , we expect , have his lordship ' s support . Nobody took any notice verbally of what his lordship said . —Subsequently the Metropolis Traffic Regulation Bill , which has , it seems , beenmaterially amended , passed through committee . On the 18 tlt

inst . the business of the House was of a purely formal character .. ——On the 19 th inst . the Metropolitan Poor Bill was read a second time , after some commendatory remarks on it by the Earl of Kimberley . A saving clause on behalf of the sandwich men was introduced into the Metropolis Traffic Regulation Bill .. —On the motion to go into committee on the Railway Traffic

Protection Bill , the object of which is to protect the rolling stock of railways from being seized by their creditors , a discussion took place . Lord Cairns strongly opposed the bill . Eventually it was withdrawn . Their lordships soon afterwards adjourned-In the HOUSE OP COMMONS , on the 14 th inst ., Mr . Lockerenewed his question as to the statistical information which had '

driven General Peel and Lord Cranborne from office . From . Lord Cranborne's statement it seemed that those papers were new . He wished to know whether they would he produced . Mr . Gathorne Hardy replied that the information was being , prepared , and would be in the hands of members to-day . Then . Mr . Gladstone wanted to know if the Reform Bill would be in the hands of members on the 19 th inst . The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied that it would- Mr . Gladstone next pro *