Craft Masonry.

Coi-nish Lodge ; No . 2369 . A rneeting of this ledge was held at Mark Masons' Hall , Great Oueen-street , on Saturday , the 14 th inslant . The W . M ., Bro . J ; Leach Barrett , occupied the chair , and ( here weie also present Bros . Curnow , S . W . ; the Rev . Professor Shutt ^ eworth , J . W . ; W . Lake , Tress , j R . Greenwood , Sec . ; Rev . Geard , S . D . ; J . Widgcr , J D . ; T . Hawken , I . G . ; and mary other brethn h and visitors . There were two candidates for initiation and two for passing , and the ceremonies were . conducted by the W . M . and his officers in an excellent manner .

. After Ihe lodge was closed , the brethren sat down to dinner , under the presidency of the W . M . The usual toasts were given and lespended to , that of " The W . M ., " proposed by Bro . Rawlf , I . P . M ., being especially well received . Bro . Barrett , in reply , referred to the fact that he had had that evening the gratificat ' on of init ' a'ing his hroiher ard his nephew , and alludedin feeling termsto

, , the special satisfaction it had given him to introduce his brother into Masonry . He congratu ' atid the lodge on its position and prospects , and expressed himself as satisfied lhat it would fulfil the aims and expectations of its founders . Before sitting down , the W . M . gave a cordial invitation to the members and their fiitnds to be present at a dar . ee at Fieerr . asons' Tavern on the followirg Wednesday—a" invitation , by the way , which was accepted by a large number .

On Wednesday evening Bio . BErrelt had the satisfaction of meeting over 120 brethren and ladies as his guesls . The gathering was an except'Ynally pleasant and successful one . Dancing was kept up with much spirit to the music of the London Military Band , and ' one and all" enjoyed themselves to their heart's content .

Lodges And Chapters Of Instruction.

Lodges and Chapters of Instruction .

LA TOLERANCE LODGE , No . 53 S . A meeting of this lodge was held on Wedresday , the nth inst ., at the Frascati Restaurant , Oxford-street , W ., when there were present : Bros . H . C Parker , VV . M . ; L . G . Genese , S . W ; T . Smale , P . M ., J . W . ; J . Paul , P . M ., Preceptor ; W . E . Willby , P . M ., Sec ; J . Mason , S . D . ; | . Leather , J . D . ; A . A . Butcher , t . G . ; A . Kraus , P . M .. ; A . Teney , T . R . Fairer , E . Bissell , Goldstein , R . Bidgcod . andT . G . Evans .

The ledge was opened in due foim , and the minutes of the last meeting were read ard corfiimed . Bro . R . Bidgocd answeied the quesiions leading to the Second Degree . The lodge was opened in the Second Degiee , ard the circmory of passing was rehearsed , Bio . R . Bidgood beirg the candidate . The 2 r . d Siclion ot the Lecture was worked by the Preceptor . The lodge was resumed in ihe F ;' rst Digiee , and at the first rising , Bro . John Goldstein , 22 G 5 , was elected a joining member , and the dues were then collected . At the second risirg , Bro . L . S . Genese , S . W ., was elected VV M . for the ensuing week , ar . d appointed his officers in rotation . After the thiid rising , all Masonic business being ended , the lodge was closed .

ISLINGTON LODGE , No . 1471 . The usual weekly meeting was held on Tuesday , the 10 th instant , at the Cock Tavern , Highbury , when there were present : Bros . R . P . Upton , VV . M . ; W . Rapley , S . W . ; A . Oldrey , J . W . ; W . Hancock , P . M ., Preceptor ; C . M . Coxon , P . M ., P . P . G . D . Herts , and J . Duncan , P . M ., Sees . ; J . E . Thomas , S . D . ; A . F . Hardyment , J . D . ; A . L . Gieve , I . G . ; A . Oliver , P . M . ; M . Tuck , P . M ., P . P . G . S . B . Essex ; J . VV . Clarke , P . M . ; C Smith , M . Miroy . C . Nicole , J . Amand , S . Cload , A . L . Langton , C . Weston , C . Isler , G . A . Hopkins , G . Yexley , and . J . T Iloare .

the lodge was opened , and the minutes read and confirmed . The ceremony of initiation was then rehearsed , Bro . Yexley being the candidate . The lodge was opened in the Second Degiee , ar . d called off and on . Bro . Amand answeied the questions leading to the Thiid Degree , and was entrusted . The lodge was opened in the 1 hird Degree , and the ceremony of raising reheaised , Bro . Amand being the candidate . Bro . A . L . Gieve was elected a member of the lodge . Bro . Rapley was elected W . M . for the ensuing week , and appointed his oliicers in rotation . 'Ihe lodge was then closed .

STAR CHAPTER , No . 1275 . A meeting was held on Fiiday , the 13 th inst ., at the Stirling Castle Hotel , Chuichstreet , Camberwell . Present : Comps . Bannister , M . E . Z . ; Block , H . ; Dunn , J . ; C . H . Stone , S . E . ; Lewis , S . N . ; Stone , P . S . ; Hinton , and Telling . The chapter was declared open , and the minutes of the last convocation were read

and confirmed . The ceremony of exaltation was rehearsed , Comp . Hinton personating the candidate . The exposition of the various banners in the Royal Arch was very ably given by the M . E . Z ., for which he received the hearty thanks of the companions , who expressed a wish that he might repeat it at no distant date . After " Herrty good wishes , " the chapter was closed .

Christmas Holiday Railway Facilities.

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY RAILWAY FACILITIES .

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . The Great Western Railway Company issue tickets at their City and West End offices . The booking office at Paddington Station will be open all day for the issue of tickets on December iSth , 19 th , 20 th , 21 st , 23 rd , and 24 th . Ordinary tickets obtained in London between December iSth and 24 th will be available for ue on any day between and including those days . Cheap third class tickets at reduced fares will be issued from London to the Yeovil and Weymouth districts , to stations in the West of England ,

and to Guernsey and Jersey ; similar tickets will also be issued from those districts to London ( except the Channel Islands ) . On Tuesday night , December 24 th , cheap excursions will be run from Paddington at 11 . 10 p . m . for Bath and Bristol ; at 11 . 35 p . m . for Oxford , Worcester , Malvern , Hereford , Banbury , Leamington , Warwick , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Shrewsbury , Oswestry , Chester , Birkenhead , Liverpool , Sic , at 12 . 30 midnight for Newport , Cardiff , New Milford , & c , and at 12 . 40 midnight for Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c In order to meet the extraordinary demand upon the

company ' s resources occasioned by the enormous parcel traffic despatched both from and to 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 . On Tuesday , December 24 th , the 5 . 0 p . m . and 12 . 15 midnight trains from Paddington to Plymouth will be extended to Falmouth and Penzance ; and the 7 . 0 p . m train from Paddington to Weston will lun to Exeter . A special train will leave Paddington at 10 . 0 p . m . for New Milford , and will call at the same stations as the 9 . 15 p . m . ordinary train . A special express to Reading , Gloucester ,

Cheltenham , Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , & c , will depart at 11 . 50 p . m . The usual Sunday service of trains will be run on Christmas Day , but for the convenience of persons who are unable to leave town before the morning of Christmas Day , the 5 30 a . m . from Paddington will run as on week days to Oxford , Bristol , Weston-super-Mare , Worcester , Banbury , Leamington , Birmingham , Dudley , and Wolverhampton . This train will connect at Bathampton with the 8 . 47 a . m ., thence to Frome , Yeovil , Dorchester , Weymouth , & c . The 12 . 15 midnight fast train from Paddington to Plymouth will be run at the usual times on Christmas night .

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . The London and North-Western Railway Company announce that the ticket offices at Euston , Broad-street , Kensington , and Willesden Junction will be open throughout the day from Monday , December 161 I 1 , to Monday , December 23 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 train . Tickets , dated to suitjhe convenience of passengers , can be obtained at any time ( Sundays and Bank

Christmas Holiday Railway Facilities.

Holidays excepted ) at the Town Receiving Offices of the Company . The ordinary service of express and mail trains will be supplemented by additional express trains as named below : On Tuesday , December 24 th , a special train will leave Willesden Junction at 2 . 55 p . m . for Bletchley , Wolverton , Rugby , principal stations on the Trent Valley Line , and Stafford , in advance of the 2 . 45 p . m . ordinary train from London ( Euston ) . The 4 . 30 p . m ., Euston to Birmingham , will be divided—the first portion will run express to Coventry and Birmingham , and leave Euston at 425 p . m . ; the second

portion of the train will leave Euston at 4 . 30 p . m . as usual , and convey passengers for Northampton , Market Harboro' , Melton Mowbray , VVellingboro' , Rugby , Coventry , Birmingham , Walsall , Dudley , and Wolverhampton . The night Irish mail , due to leave Euston S . 20 p . m ., will not leave un'il 9 . 5 p . m . The mail steamer for Kingstown will wait the arrival of the train at Holyhead . The 12 . 0 night train from London ( Euston ) due at Warrington at 5 . 15 a . m . on Wednesday , December 25 th , will be extended from Warringlon to Kendal and Carlisle as on ordinary week dais . On

Christmas Day a special train will leave Euston at G . 15 am . for Northampton , Rugby , Birmingham , Stafford , Stoke , Crewe , Manchester , Liverpool , Chester , Ireland , Lancaster , Preston , Carlisle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , & c . The ordinary Sunday service of trains will be in operation . On Bank Holiday , Thursday , December 2 Gth , the express trains usually leaving London ( Euston ) at 12 . 0 noon and 4 . 0 p . m . will not be run , passengers will be conveyed by the r 2 . 10 p . m . and 4 . 10 p . m . trains respectively . The 4 . 30 p . m ., London ( Euston ) to Birmingham and Wolverhamptm , will als'i be discontinued , and

passengers will be conveyed by the 5 . 0 p . m . train , except those for Market Harboro' , Melton Mowbray , Nottingham , & c ., who will travel by the 3 . 0 p . m . train from Euston . The S . 10 p . m ., Euston to Tring , will not be run . Numerous residential trains will not run , particulars of which can be ascertained on reference to the Company ' s local notices . The up and down dining saloons between London , Liverpool , and Manchester , will not

be run on Bank Holiday , but the Corridor dining car trains between London and Edinburgh and Glasgow will be run as usual . The 1 ompany also annmincecheap excursions to Coventry , Leamington , Birmingham , South Staffordshire stations , Wolverhampton , Nuneaton , Liverpool , Warrington , Lancaster , the English Lake District , Manchester , Oldham , Stoke , Chester , North and South Wales , and the Cambrian Line , Shrewsbury , Cailisle , Scotland , Ireland , & c For full particulars see special notices .

MIDLAND RAILWAY . The Midland Railway Company , to prevent inconvenience and crowding , have arranged for the booking offices at St . Pancras ar . d Moorgate-street Stations to be open for the issue of tickets all day on Saturday , Monday , and Tuesday , December 21 st , 22 nd , 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 . Ihe tickets obtained at these offices will be available I rem St . Panrras Station , and will be issued at the same

fares as charged at that station , and dated to suit ihe convenience of passengers . Cheap excursion trains will be run from London ( St . Pancras ) and principal provincial stations to Carlisle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Gieenick , Dundee , Aberdeen , Sic ., on Tuesday , December 24 th , for three or seven days , ard D .-cemb-r 31 st for three or ein ' nt days , by which return tickets will be issued at a third class single fare for the double journey . The single faie tickets issued on December 24 th will be available for leturning on any day up to and including January Sth , 1 S 96 , and single fare tickets taken on December jist will

be available for returning any day up to and including January 15 th , 1896 . Cheap excursion trains will also be run from London ( St . Pancras ) on Tuesday night , December 24 th , to Leicester , Birmingham . Nottingham , Derby , Newark , Lincoln , Burton , Manchester , Liieipool , Blackburn , Bolton , ISheffield , Leeds , Bradford , Yotk , Hull , Scarboro' , Newcastle , the Lake District , & c , returning December 26 th or 2 Sth . Cheap excursion tiainswill be issued frem London ( St . Pancas ) and piincipal ^ provincial stations on Thursday , December 19 th , to Lublin , Coik , Killarney , Limerick , Sic , via Liverpool ,

available for lG dajs , on Monday , Dtccmber 23 id , to Dublin , & c ., vin Morecambe , available for reluming on December 2 Slh or 31 st , ar . d January 2 nd , 4 th , or 7 th , 1 S 96 ; c n Fiiday , Decmttr 20 th , to Belfast , Lendcr . deiry , Portiush , & c , via Barrow , or via LiverpocI , available for lG days , and on Saturday , December 21 st , to Londonderry , via Meiecarr . be cr via Liverpool , available lor returning December 30 th , or January 2 nd via Morecambe , and on December 2 Sth , 31 st , January 1 st or 4 th , via Liverpool . Cheap excursion tickets will be issued from St . Pancras to Southend-on-S & a , Shoeburyness , and Malvern , on Tuesday , December 24 th , available for rtluin on the following

Thursday ar . d Friday . On Cfuisimas Day cheap day excursion trains will be issued to Souther . dor .-Sea from St . Par . cras , Kentish Town , Walthamstow , Lejtonstone , and stations on the Tottenham and Forest Gate Joint Line . On Christmas Eve the pressure cf tiaffic will he relieved by the running of duplicate trains from St . Pancras as circumstances may n quite . On Christmas Day Ihe trains will run asappointed for Sundays , except the r . ewsjaoer expieis , leaving London ( St . Parcias ) at 5 . 15 a . m ., which will run to Bedford , Leicester , Nottirgham , Dei by , Sheffield , and Manchester , as on ordinary weekdays . OnThuisday , December 2 Gth , certain booked trains will be discontinued , of which due notice will be given by special bills at the stations .

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . . The Great Northern Railway Company announce that on Tuesday night , December 24 th ( for three and seven days ) and Tuesday night , December 31 st ( tor three and eight days ) cheap excursions will leave London ( Woolwich ( Arsenal and Dockyard ) Victoria ( L . C . and D ) ., Moorgate , King's Cross ( G . N . ) , Finsbury Park , & c ) , for Newcastle , Berwick , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Stirling , Perth , Dundee , Dalmally , Fort William , Mcnticse , Aberdeen , Inverness , and other stations in Scolland . Passengers by the

excursion on 24 th return on Thursday , 26 th , or Monday , 30 th December , and those by the excursion on 31 st December return on Thuisday , 2 nd , or on Tuesday , 7 th January , iccoiding 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 iG days of issue and return . On Tuesday , December 24 th , cheap three and five dajs excursions will also leave London ( Woolwich , Victoria ( L . C and D . ) , Mcorgate , King ' s Cross , & c ) , for Cainbiidge , Ramsey , Huntingdon , Peterboro ' , Lynn ,

Norwich , Corner , Yarmouth , Leicester , Spalding , Boston , Giimsby , Lincoln , Nottingham , Derby , Builon , Buislem , Tutbury , Stoke , Newark , Sheffield , Barr . sley , Rotherham , Huddersfield , Manchester , Liverpool , York , Hull , Bridlington , Malton , Scarboro' , Whitby , Stockton , Richmond , Dailington , Hartlepool , Middlesboro' , Durham , Newcastle-on-Tyne , Leeds , Bradford , Halifax , Keighlev , and other principal stations in the Lincolnshire , Nottinghamshire , Lancashire , and Yorkshire districts-, returning on 2 < 5 th and 2 Sth December . On December 21 st , 23 rd , and 24 th , additional trains will be run

to meet requirements of traffic The 10 . 30 p . m . expiessfrom Kings Cross , on Tuesday , 24 th December , will not run beyond Berwick on Chiistmas Day morning . Tuesday , December 24 th , the 5 . 0 p . m . express from King ' s Cross will be continued to Melton Constable , calling at all station . east of Peterboro' . A special express at ordinary fares will leave London ( King's Cross ) at 12 . 0 midnight on Tuesday , 24 th December , for Welwyn , Stevenage , Hilchin , Biggleswade , Sandy , St . Neots , Huntingdon , Peterboro' , Spalding , Boston , Grimsby , Grantham , Lincoln , Nottingham , Newark , Retford ,

Doncaster , Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , Halifax , belby , Yoik , Ac Christmas Day , the trains will run as on Sundays , except that the 5 . 15 a . m . express from King ' s Cross will be run , at oidinary fares , to Peterboro ' , Bourne , Stamford , Grantham , Lincoln , Nottingham , Doncaster , Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , and Halifax , stopping at . the intermediate stations at which it otdinaiily calls , and will lie continued to York , Newcastle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Peith , Ateideen , Sir . A special expiess conveying parcels only will leave London ( King ' s Cioss ) at 10 . 15 P m . on December 19 th , 20 th , 21 st , and 23 rd , for Lynn

Norwich , Yaitnouth , Nottingham , Melton Mowbray , Leicester , Deiby , Buiton , Lincoln , Sheffield , Manchester , Liverpool , Wakefield , Leeds , Bradford , 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 issued at King ' s Cross ( G . N . R . ) , Victoria ( L . C . and D . ) , Ludgate-hill , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , Holloway , and Finsbury Park stations , and all the Company's receiving offices .

Death.

DEATH .

CuiiiTT— On the 15 th instant , at 9 , Marriott-road , Tollington Park , N ., Bro . Thomas Cubitt , P . G . P ., aged 7 6 years .