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ROYAL ARCH .

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER OF ENGLAND .

THE Annua } Communication of Grand Chapter , for the appointment of Officers and the transaction of the general business of this Supremo degree , was held on Wednesday , at Freemasons' Hall , London , the offices

being filled by the following Companions—Colonel ft . Tovmley Caldwell Provincial Grand Superintendent Cambridge as Z ., F . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., Grand Registrar as H ., Rev . H . Adair Pickard Provincial Graud

Superintendent Oxfordshire as J ., A . A . Pendlebury Assistant S . B . as S . E ., the Earl of Euston as S . N " ., Thomas Fenn P . Pres . Committee General Purposes as P . S ., Baron de Ferrieres as 1 st Assistant , Thomas Weller-Poley as 2 nd

Assistant . Among the other Grand Officers present were Comps . Robert Grey President Committee General Purposes , Richard Eve Grand Treasurer , F . Sumner Knyvett Sword Bearer , "William By water 4 th Standard Bearer , F .

Richardson D . C , J . L . Collins Assistant D . C . After the confirmation of the minutes the acting President announced that His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was again

year are ;—Comp . Shadwell H . Clerke - ¦ S . E . The Earl of Milltown - - S . N " .

Robert Grey - - - Pros . Com . Gen . Purposes Asher Barfield - - - Treasurer F . A . Philbrick , Q . C . - - Registrar Lord John Taylour - - Principal Sojourner Rev . R . W . Massy Pope - 1 st Assistant Sojourner

Rev . J . A . Lloyd - - - 2 nd Assistant Sojourner Edmund Ashworth - - Sword Bearer Sir Richard Howard - - 1 st Standard Bearer Robert B ^ rridge - - 2 nd Standard Bearer Colonel John Davis - - 3 rd Standard Bearer

W . H . Spaull - - - 4 th Standard Bearer Frank Richardson - - D . C . Herbert Jordan Adams - - Deputy D . C . James Thomas Collins - - 1 st A . D . C .

Michael G . Peck - - 2 nd A . D . C . W . A . Barrett - - Organist A . A . Pendlebury J- - Assistant S . E . Henry Sadler - - - Janitor

The report of the Committee of General Purposes , as it appeared in . our columns last week , was taken as read , and ordered to be entered upon the minutes . The action of the Grand Chapter of Cauada , referred to in the first threo paragraphs of this report , was brought under the

notice of Grand Chapter by Comp . Philbrick . He was extremely sorry the occasion had arisen for such a recommendation as the Committee had deemed necessary . Ii mig ht be within the recollection of many present that some time ago there arose a question in which the so-called

Grand Lodge of Quebec aud the Grand Lodge of Cauada came into controversy with the Grand Lodge ot England He could not but feel that what had occurred in our colonies had to some extent , if not altogether , been the outcome and the consequence of the unfortunate differences which

then arose . But be that as it may , early in the presenf year the attention of the authorities was called to the fact that tbe Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Canada had issued warrants for Chapters in the Colony of Victoria , and thai

they were in active work . At that t ' nuj lucre were ciovei Chapters owning allegianco to the Grand Chapter of England working in the Owiorr- ot' Va-tor ' a ., and the yi'i . nl'iDo - of v . ' . uruv . t :: f ., r . . 11 -. l iho e ;> l . i . oih > h : noni' oi Cu . ; . ;'' c .: i -

in that Colony uneh v the authority of iho I ^ oyal Aici : Chapter of Canada \ Y ; -. S etitctrd entirely without notice t ; us ; but it must havo been wuh a distinct knowledge by

the Grand Chapter ot Lanaua , a Dotty witn winch wo wen on terms of friendship and amity , that , Ave had alreach eleven Chanters at work there . JJut further than that

he thought the attention of GWUKI Chapter ought t ( he called to the faot that wi en lie ? Grand Royal Arc ! Chapter of Canada was established " , and Canada , for flu

ijurpose . i of Royal Arch i ' reemasonry became an independent body , holding no allegiance with any othe sovereign body , and became a sovercgu independent bod within its own jurisdiction , the Province of Cauada , Whil it had a right to exercise a jurisdiction oyer its own ares

installed as Z ., and that the Rig ht Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon had been re-appointed Pro Grand Z ., the Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom Grand H ., and the Right Hon . Lord Leig h Grand J . The other Grand Officers for the

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had no right to assume , or to grant warrants , or exercise jurisdiction within the colonies or dependencies of the British Crown . And under those circumstances , although it was extremely disagreeable and painful to have to move

the resolution which the Committee recommended , there seemed to be but one course open for Grand Chapter to adopt . He therefore moved the resolution which was recommended by the Committee of General Purposes .

The proposition was seconded by Comp . Robert Grey and carried unanimously . The prayer of the memorial of the Graud Chapter of New Brunswick , for official recognition , was agreed to , as also were the petitions for new Chapters , and tho memorials aa set out in our last week ' s issue .

Thegrautof one hundred guineas to the Royal Masonic Instituton for Girls was moved by Comp . Grey , seconded by Comp . Frank Richardson , and unanimously agreed to . Consent was given to the conversion of the 3 per cent .

Consols belonging to Grand Chapter . The following were declared as the Committee of General Purposes for the ensuing year : —Comps . Robert Grey President , Edward Letchworth and Robert Turtle Pigott appointed by the

M . E . Z ., Comps . W . A . Dawson , Thomas C . Walls , W . H . Perryman , L . Gordon Robbins , Edward Terry , and John S . Cumberland nominated in Grand Chapter , and declared elected . Grand Chapter was then closed .

On Wednesday , the spring meeting of the Royal Arch Chapter of Freemasons for the Province of West Yorks

was held iu St . George ' s Hall , Rotherham , by the invitation of the Phoenix Ohapter . The Grand Superintendent Bro . T . W . Tew presided , and the Chapters of the Province were well represented . The Officers for the year were appointed . At the conclusion of the business the Companions partook of tea at the Ship Hotel .

ST . JOHN OF JERUSALEM CHAPTER , No . 203

ON the 1 st instant the annual meeting of this , the oldest Chapter in Liverpool , was held at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , when tbe Companions held their convocation to instal Principals' and invest Officers . There was a very good muster , the gathering being presided over by Companion E . Cattrall M . E . Z . Companion Eowson efficiently performed the ceremony of installing the Principals ,

according to ancient form and rite , as follows —Companions Hounsell M . E . Z ., Smyth H ., Ashton J . ; Praddah S . E ., Round S . N ., Armitage P . S ., Lowten 1 st Asst ., Barrows 2 nd Asst . Tho accounts , which were very

satisfactory , were passed . Tho Companions afterwards dined together , being amply provided for by Companion Casey , aud during tho evening a handsome P . Z . ' s jewel was presented to Companion E , Cattrall I . P . Z . on behalf of the Chapter .

GALLERY CHAPTER , No . 1928

THE installation meeting of the Gallery Chapter , No . 1928 , was held on Saturday 21 st nit ., at tho Brixton Hall , Acre-lane . Comp . Thos . Minstrell M . E . Z . presided , and was supported by Comps . Wm . Duckworth H ., Henry Massey J ., J . H . Thomas , R . J . Albery , J . C . Duckworth , Pattison , Jno . Moore , Herbert Wright , Hancock , J . K . Moore and others . Three brethren were elected for exaltation , and

Comp . Wm . Duckworth was installed M . E . Z . for the year ensumg . Comp . Massey as H ., and Comp . J . C . Duckworth as J . Comps . Albery and Thomas were reinvested as Treasurer and Scribe E . respectively . Comp . Wright was installed as N ., Comps . Hancock and J . Moore as Sojourners . During the evening a magnificent P . Z . ' a

jewel was presented to Comp . Minstrell , by the M . E . Z ., in commemoration of the retiring 1 st Principal's year of office . In making the presentation the M . E . Z . expressed the hopo that the worthy

recipient would long live to wear the jewel , in remembrance of a very pie 'stant year of C'ffiee . Comp . Minstrell briefly replied . The ceremony of exaltation was performed , and the Companions sat down to a substantial repast , under the presidency of the M . E . Z .

'i '" ' j A'etropolikiH Chapter of Improvement will not meet on Tuf . ' . viny , next tho 8 th inst ., in consequence of their room being engaged . Consequent thereupon the ceremony of

Installation of Principals will be postponed until Tuesday , tho J 5 t ]•inst ., when tho Chapter of Improvement ; will op :: u a -, half past 5 o ' clock . The Installations will be rehearsed by Comps . Webb , Gillavd and Fraser .

A GAUD . —Ax IMPORTANT DISCOVERY is announced in the " Pans Fi-ar > , " ni' a valuable remedy for nervous debility , physical ex ! 'An ; sr . ; 'tn . and kindi-ed complaints . The discovery was made by a mi . ' .-ioanry in Old Mexico ; it saved him from a miserable exis tence

in I nronr-iture decay . Tho Rev . Jo . ^ ph Holmps , Bloomsbury Mansions , Bloomsbury Sqture , London , W . C , will send tbe presuipiinn , five of charge , on receipt of a self-addressed stamped envelope . Mention this paper .