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we are only observing the common rules of justice in drawing the attention of onr readers to the particulars we have noted above . We can only add , in conclusion , that we trust Integrity may go on prospering , and may be able to practise our chief Masonic virtue as freely in tho future as in the past .

Supreme Grand Chapter Of Royal Arch Masons Of England.

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS OF ENGLAND .

A QUAETEELY Convocation of the Supreme Grand Chapter will be held at Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , on Wednesday , tho 7 th day of February next , at 7 o ' clock in the evening , punctually . Business : —The Minutes of tho last Quarterly Convocation will be read for confirmation . After which the following Eoporfc of the Committee of General

Purposes will bo submitted to tho Supreme Grand Chapter of Eoyal Arob . Masons of England . The Committee of General Purposes beg to Report that they have examined the Accounts from the 18 th October 1876 to the 16 th January 1877 , both inclusive , which they find to be as follows : —

£ s d £ s d Balance Grand Chapter 475 11 1 Purchase of £ 300 Con-„ Unappropriated sols at 94 f and Com . Account . . 177 12 11 mission - - - - 283 10 0 Subsequent Receipts •392 8 3 Disbursements during the Quarter - - - 17 S 8 4 Balance 414 6 0 „ in Unappropriated Account - - -172 7 11 £ 10-15 12 3 £ 1045 12 3 whioli Balances are in the hands of Messrs . Willis , Pevcival and Co ., Bankers of the Grand Treasurer . The Committee havo likewise to report that they havo received the following petitions : — 1 st . From Companions Eoger Alfred Grundy as Z ., James Dick Calder as H ., John Hall as J ., and six others for a Chapter , to be

attached to the Devonshire Lodge , No . 62 D , Glossop , to be called " The Devonshire Chapter , " and to meet at the Norfolk Arms Hotol , Glossop , in the County of Derbyshire . 2 nd . From Companions Jones Giffard Nash as Z ., Vero W . Taylor as H ., John Bagot Scriven as J ., and six others for a Chapter to be attached to the Stortford Lodge , No . 409 , Bishop Stortford , to be

called " The Stortford Chapter , " and to meet afc the Chequers Hotel , Bishop Stortford , in the County of Hertfordshire . 3 rd . From Companions Arthur Robert Marten as Z ., Felix Sumner Knyvett as H ., William Smithett as J ., and six others for a Chapter to be attached to the Lodge of Felicity , No . 58 , London , to be called " The Chapter of Felicity , " aud to meet at the London Masonic Club ,

No . 101 Queen Victoria-street , in the City of London . 4 th . From Companions John Daniel Massey as Z ., George Wilson as H ., George Robert Green as J ., and six others for a Chapter to be attached to the Phoenix Lodge , No . 173 , London , to be called " The Phoenix Chapter , " and to meet at Freemasons' Hall , London . 5 th . From Companions John London as Z ., Ezekiel Nathan as H .,

Henry Smith Fish as J ., aud nine others for a Chapter to be attached to the Port Chalmers Marine Lodge , No . 942 , Port Chalmers , Otago , to be called " The Joyce Chapter , " and to meet afc Port Chalmers , Otago , New Zealand . 6 th . From Companions The Eight Honourable Lord Viscount

Holmesdale M . P . as Z ., James Smith Eastes as H ., The Reverend Thomas Robinson as J ., and seven others for a Chapter to be attached to the Invicta Lodge , No . 709 , Ashford , to be called " The Invicta Chapter , " and to meet at the Corn Exchange ^ Ashford , in the County of Kent .

The prayers of these Petitions Toeing in all respects regular , the Committee recommend that they be respectively granted . ( Signed ) JOHN CREATON , President .

Testimonial To Bro. Geo. Smith

TESTIMONIAL TO BRO . GEO . SMITH

On the 31 sfc ult ., the brethren of the Lodges and Chapters meeting at Anderton ' s Hotel , attended the first meeting of the Committee appointed for the purpose of raising a fund to be presented to Bro . George Smith , on the completion of his 23 rd year of service . The brethren present were J . Willing W . M . 177 , P . M . and Treasurer 1507 , A . Barfield P . M . and Treasurer 511 , W . Palmer S . E . Domatic

Chapter , and S . W . 177 , J . Bnscall J . W . 177 , & c , G . Wilson P . Z . Domatic Chapter , T . Hines 72 , G . Clark 177 , H . A . Lovett 179 , J . Willis 177 , W . Stewart Sec . 14 , H . Massey P . M ., J . L . Jones 177 , H . J . Leah J . W . 193 , G . Read P . M . and Sec . 511 , J . Williams W . M . 1507 , and Sec . 177 . Ifc was resolved the above-named brethren be the Committee ( with power to add to their number ) for

making arrangments for the proposed testimonial . Bro . J . Willing was appointed Chairman , also Treasurer pro tern , Bro . A . Barfield Vice . Chairman , Bros . G . Read and T . Williams Secretaries . Letters regretting non-attendance , and giving promises of support , were read from the following brethren , whose names were added to the Committee : —Bros . G . Evoretfc P . M ; 177 , J . Painter P . M . 179 , J . W . Hobbs W . M . 179 , J . C . Dvvaber . W . M . 1589 and P . M . 55 ,

E . B . Grabham 19 . Circulars and subscription lists will be sent to each Lodge and Chapter meeting at Anderton ' s , asking the W . M . or M . E . Z . to favour the Committee by calling the attention of the brethren to the Testimonial Fund . Other preliminary business having been considered , a vote of thanks was accorded the Chairman and Vice-Chairman , and the meeting was adjourned till Wednesday , the 28 th February , at 7 o ' clock , afc Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street .

Obituary

Obituary

Our esteemed Bro . John Coutts , P . G . P . P . M . 27 , & o has sustained a severe loss by the death of his wife , which sad event took placo on tho 27 th ult . Tho deceased lady will be sorely missed by her sorrowing husband and family .

It is with deep regret we announce tho death , on Wednesday , after a brief illness , extending over nine days only , of Bro . William Lane , Collector to tho Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . Bro . Lane was only in his thirtieth year . His friends , therefore , must , in tho ordinary course

of things , have looked forward to his being able to perform very many years of good sterling work . It has happened otherwise , however , and Bro . Lane has died in the prime of his early manhood , leaving a widow and ono young child to mourn his loss . Bro . Lane was initiated into Freemasonry

on the 23 rd January 1871 , in tho Old King ' s Arms Lodgo , No . 28 . In 1875 ho served the office of W . M ., and on quitting the chair was presented with a P . M . ' s jewel in token of the great value his lodge placed upon his services .

In July 1873 he was exalted , in Mount Lebanon Chapter , No . 73 . Bro . Lane was chosen to the office of Collector in December 1873 , and ever since had most efficiently discharged his duties . Let us hope that the G . A . O . T . U . will vouchsafe his widow strength to bear up under this affliction .

We have received tidings of the death of Bro . Louis Lewis , which took p lace at his residence , King-street , at Kingston , Jamaica , on 7 th December . Bro . Lewis held the position for many years of Assistant Inspector of Invoices of H . M . Customs , at Kingston , Jamaica . He held

formerly the position of Collector of Taxes . By his death , in this community , the poor man has lost a friend ; ho was a father to the fatherless , and it made no diffierence of what religion or colour tho applicant was . He held tho proud position of Past Master , for forty years , of the Friendly

Lodge in this city , and was able to see his two sons installed as Masters of that Lodge . His remains were followed to their last resting place by a large number of brethren of the Friendly and other Lodges in tho province . He

died at the ripe age of 78 years . The Masonic fraternity have lost a good supporter of the rituals and regulations of the order . He was interred in the Jewish cemetery . He was a lover and strict observer of his religion .

We announce also the death of Bro . Marshall M . Harris , J . D . No . 1470 , which took place on the 24 th January . His funeral was attended by about twenty of his brethren . We extract the following from the Dunstable Gazette : —

"The deceased gentleman was a Freemason , a member of the Chiltern Lodge , 1470 , and on the afternoon preceding the funeral the members who conld bo communicated with on such short notice were invited by the officers to assemble at the Town Hall , at 1 . 15 , and accordingly there was a muster of as many gentlemen belonging

to the Lodge as could , on a busy day , at so short a notice , bo spared from their business engagements . Their carriages preceded the procession in tho order following , and the brethren lined the porch of the mortuary chapel hy the time the body was ready to be borne therein : —

" In the first carriage were Mr . J . Stevenson , Mr . M . Rest , Mr . Crew , and Mr . Latham . " In the second carriage were Capt . Teale , Mr . Bearfc , Mr . Ballans , and Mr . Rowland Cutler . "In the third carriage were Mr . Ofcway , Mr . Siukwell , Mr .

Randall , and Mr . T . W . Haselgrove . "The officiating clergy were the Eev . F . Hose M . A ., the rector , and the Rev . C . B . Harris M . A ., the uncle of the deceased . The coffin , of plain black , with handsome white furniture , covered with a pall , on which was laid a wreath aud a cross of immortelles , was met

at the entrance by the Rev . C . B . Harris , who read the introductory sentences of the services with marked solemnity . Inside the building , the mourners having taken their places in tho very limited accommodation provided for them , the Eev . F . Hose continued the service ; which being ended , the procession re-formed , and havin »

taken up their positions round the open grave , the Rev . C . B . Harris concluded the service , and with the deepest emotion committed the body to the tomb , in sure and certain hope of a glorious resurrection at the last day . "Immediately upon the conclusion of tho religious ceremonial ,

which had been specially impressive , — " Bro . F . Howell P . M . of the Chiltern Lodge , 1470 , came forward , and standing at the head of the open grave , delivered—with much feeling—the following short Masonic address : — ' My friends and brethren of the Chiltern Lodge , —Tho Gavol of tho Supremo Rulor of this Universe has sounded , and summoned our dear departed