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Ar00902
l arm mrnri airm Q ^^ \ ry ira ^ ' ^ wr ^ m ^ m ^ vwa m ^ v . t
23 GREAT QUEEN STREET , W . C .
Arch Masonry.
ARCH MASONRY .
— : o : — SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .
THE Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemnsons' Hail . There were present— C imps . Samuel Rawson as Z ., J . A . Rucker as H ., and Col . Creaton Grand Treasurer as J . The other Companions present were , Col . Shadwell H . C > erke S . E ., Robert Gray S . N ., Rev . J . S . Brownrigg P . S ., Rev . Ambrose VV . Hall 1 st A . S ., J . Sampson Pierce 2 nd A . S ., A . J . Duff-Filer G . Sword
Bearer , Rev . 0 . VV . Arnold , Joshua Nnnn , J . H . Scott , Magnus Ohreo , Raphael Costa , H . G . Buss , E . Letchworth , F . Adlard , Thomas Massa , 0 . F . Hogard , Neville Green , W . H . Lee , James Lewis Thomas , Wilhelm Ganz , H . Massey , H . J . P . Dumas , G . S . Wintle , J . W . Lam . bert , Elias Somers , Charles Pulmin , A . M . Thomas , H . Goulden , J . S . Bitdkin , VV . H . Ferryman , James Hillhouse , and H . Sadler G .
Janitor . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes of last Convocation in May , warrants were granted on the motion of Col . Creaton , Grand Treasurer , President of tbe Committee of General Purposes , for the following new Chapters—The Alexander Chapter , No . 1668 , Newark-upon-Trent j The Fitzroy Chapter , No . 569 , Head Quarters , Honourable Artillery Company , London ; The Gilbert
Greenall Chapter , No . 1250 , Warrington , Lancashire ; The Thynne Chapter , No . 1478 , Warminster , Wilts ; The Universal Chapter , No . 181 , Freemasons' Hall , London ; and The Temple Chapter , No . 558 , Folkestone . On the motion of Comp . Robert Grey , it was resolved that the hoar of meeting of the Committee of General Purposes should be altered from three o ' clock to four , and the Grand Chapter was then closed .
The following are the Bye Laws proposed for the Charity Organisation of the Province of Essex : — 1 . For the purpose of organising and concentrating the strength of the Province at the election of Candidates for the Masonic Charitable Institutions a Committee shall be formed , to be called "The Charity Committee for the Province of Essex . "
2 . Suoh Committee shall consist of the Provincial Grand Master and his Depnty , the Provincial Grand Chaplain , Provincial Grand Treasurer , and Provincial Grand Secretary , and one Member from
each Lodjre in the Province , who shall be elected annually on the day of Installation of the W . M . and whose name and address shall be transmitted to the Secretary of tho Lodge to the Provincial Grand Secretary immediately after the Election .
3 . Should any Brother so elected die , resign , or otherwise become disqualified to serve his term of office , another Brother shall be dnly elected in his stead , on the next regular Lodge nisrht , when due notice of such fresh election shall be forwarded to the Provincial Grand Secretary .
4 . The Charity Committee shall tnpetat least twice in each year , as soon as the lists of the Candidates for the several Institutions have been obtained , and at such other times as they may be convened by the Provincial Grand Master or his Depnty . Any Member who can . not attend may be represented by any Brother of his Lodge he may depute .
6 . The Committee shall select , by majority of Members present , the Candidates to be supported by the Province , and appoint a Brother or Brethren to conduct the business of the Elections .
5 . All votes belonging to tbe Provincial Grand Lodge , or its Officers as snch , shall be forwarded to the Provincinl Grand Secretary , ami be dealt with according to decision of the Provincial Grand Lodge Cbarir . y Committee .
7 . Whenever the Committee shall have resolved that any case is worth y of the support of the Province , they shall forth wi . h communicate with the several Lodges in the Province , and take snch other tteps as may appear advisable to make known the merits and claims
of the Candidate , and to secure the support and co-operation ot * the Lod ges , and the assistance of the Subscribers to the various Charitable Institutions , in order that their efforts may be united and attended with snecess .
HOU . OWAT ' 9 PIILS are esnecially adapted for treating diseases incidental to leinales . At difftren periods of life w .. men are subjeit to comp ' ai ' . ts which require a peculiar medicine ; aud it is now a , indisputable fecf that tber .- is on * it anualDle for functional errors of this nature as Holloways Pills . For an ttiDse peculiar disorders incidental to the sex and in every c mtinzencr
Sniin ? tb ® and Ueaiai ot' women—youthful or mi
The Midsummer Holidays.
THE MIDSUMMER HOLIDAYS .
rllE 0 " iit Kastern Railway Company is to be congratulated on th « excellence of its arrangements during the Hull lay season . Very papal . ir indeed aro the m : ij irity of the sea-side resorts on oar Kusiern Coasts , aud it is all the mure gratifying , therefore , to know that every facility of access to theso watering places has been placed by the Great Eastern Railway Company at the disposal of the working class . Yarmouth , the town par excellence of the bloater , baa for
years enjoyod almost a world-wide celebrity . It has a splendid sea , and the accommodation in the principal hotels , or in the private apartments , is on » larsje and satisfactory scale . Cromer and Hunstanton , Lowestoft , Southwold , Aldeburgh , Felixstowe , Harwich and Dovercourt , Walton-on-the-Naze , and last , but not least , Claeton-on-Sea , all have their friends and admirers , and
to all of these the Great Eastern Railway has a frequent and well-ordered train service . Thus to Yarmouth , Lowestoft , Cromer , and Southwol I , there are issued , in the first instance , the ordinary Friday or Saturday to Monday Tickets , at twenty shillings first class , fifteen shillings second class , and ten shillings third class , the double journey , the exception being Southwold , to which first and
third class tickets only are issuable . Fortnightly tickets are charged 27 s 6 d first class , 20 i second class , and 15 s third class , and " twomonthly tickets , " 34 s , 2 Si 9 d , and 21 s 6 d respectively , Southwold being in this , as in the former caso , the exception as regards the issue of second class tickets , while the other classes in the Two-monthly list are somewhat lower . Hunstanton and Aldeburgh form a second
group , for tickets to which in the respective classes the following prices are charged , namely : —Friday or Saturday to Monday , first class 15 s , second class 12 s , third class 9 s 6 d ; fortnightly , first class 25 s , second class 18 s , third class 13 s ; two-monthly , first class 30 s 6 d , second class 26 s , third class 18 s , Aldeburgh being a trifle less in all classes in the last class . A third group includes Aldeburgh ,
Felixstowe , Harwich , and Dovercourt , Walton-on-the-Naze , and Clacton-on-Sea , the fares to which are as follow : —Friday or Saturday to Monday , 12 s 6 d , 10 s , and 7 s 6 d in the several classes ; fort , nightly , 17 s 6 d , 12 s 6 d , and 10 s ; and two-monthly , 23 s 4 d , 17 s 9 d , and 14 s 6 d in the case of Felixstowe , but only 20 s , 16 s 9 J , and 12 s 6 d in that of the other places . It may be as well to add that the new
express train is timed to leave the Liverpool-street Station at 2 p . m . on Saturday , reaching Lowestoft at 5 p . m ., and Yarmouth at 5 . 10 p . m ., returning on Monday from Lowestoft at 7 . 40 a . m ., and Yarmouth 7 . 35 a . m ., reaching Liverpool-street at 10 . 45 a . m . For the train service between scab , interesting inland oitiea and towns , aa Norwich , Cambridge , Ipswich , and Colchester , we must refer our readers to the ordinary lists published by the Company .
According to Le Monde Maconnique , the Council of the Grand Orient of France has addressed a circular letter to the Lodges owing it allegiance , in which it announces that , in the name and on behalf of the Grand Orient , it ( the Council ) has contributed the sum of 500 francs to the
Alliance Israelite ( Jewish Alliance ) , Paris , towards the relief of the unfortunate Jews iu the South of Russia , who are now suffering such terrible persecution at the hands of the Imperial Government . Tbe Council , however , makei no appeal to the Lodges , but leaves it to them to contribute as they may severally think fit .
There are , it seems , at the present time 318 Masonic bodies in the jurisdiction of the Grand Orient of Prance , namely , 272 Lodges , 31 Chapters , 13 Councils , 1 Consistory , and 1 Grand College of Rites , Supreme Council . These are distributed in manner following , namely : in Paris
52 Lodges , 5 Chapters , 2 Councils , and the Grand College of Rites ; in the rest of the department of the Seine , 8 Lodges ; in the other departments 174 Lodges , 16
Chapters , 6 Councils ; in Algeria , 11 Lodges , 2 Chapters , and Council ; in the French Colonies , 7 Lodges , 2 Chapters , 1 Council ; in foreign parts , 20 Lodges , 6 Chapters , 3 Councils , and 1 Consistory .
The following are among the Officers of the Grand Lodge of Iowa , who were appointed and installed at the thirty-eighth Annual Communication recently held in Davenport City in that state on the 7 th—9 th June 1881 , namely : Bros . G . W . Vansaun M . W G . M ., Lafayette Young
R . W . D . G . Master , W . W . Douglas G . Senior Warden , 0 . A . Binckley G . Junior Warden , and T . S . Parvin G . Sec The Grand Treasurer ' s account showed receipts to the amount of 15 , 683 dollars , the balance remaining in hand at the close of the year being over 680 dollars .
A meeting of the Metropolitan Council ( Time Immemorial ) A . llied Masonic Degrees will be held at the Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court , on Saturday , the 13 th instant , at ibree o ' clock p . m ., for I hi ; installation of Worshipful Muster , appointment and investiture of his Officers , and to receive the Treasurer ' s Report . The Annual Festival will be held at five o'clock .
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Ar00902
l arm mrnri airm Q ^^ \ ry ira ^ ' ^ wr ^ m ^ m ^ vwa m ^ v . t
23 GREAT QUEEN STREET , W . C .
Arch Masonry.
ARCH MASONRY .
— : o : — SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .
THE Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemnsons' Hail . There were present— C imps . Samuel Rawson as Z ., J . A . Rucker as H ., and Col . Creaton Grand Treasurer as J . The other Companions present were , Col . Shadwell H . C > erke S . E ., Robert Gray S . N ., Rev . J . S . Brownrigg P . S ., Rev . Ambrose VV . Hall 1 st A . S ., J . Sampson Pierce 2 nd A . S ., A . J . Duff-Filer G . Sword
Bearer , Rev . 0 . VV . Arnold , Joshua Nnnn , J . H . Scott , Magnus Ohreo , Raphael Costa , H . G . Buss , E . Letchworth , F . Adlard , Thomas Massa , 0 . F . Hogard , Neville Green , W . H . Lee , James Lewis Thomas , Wilhelm Ganz , H . Massey , H . J . P . Dumas , G . S . Wintle , J . W . Lam . bert , Elias Somers , Charles Pulmin , A . M . Thomas , H . Goulden , J . S . Bitdkin , VV . H . Ferryman , James Hillhouse , and H . Sadler G .
Janitor . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes of last Convocation in May , warrants were granted on the motion of Col . Creaton , Grand Treasurer , President of tbe Committee of General Purposes , for the following new Chapters—The Alexander Chapter , No . 1668 , Newark-upon-Trent j The Fitzroy Chapter , No . 569 , Head Quarters , Honourable Artillery Company , London ; The Gilbert
Greenall Chapter , No . 1250 , Warrington , Lancashire ; The Thynne Chapter , No . 1478 , Warminster , Wilts ; The Universal Chapter , No . 181 , Freemasons' Hall , London ; and The Temple Chapter , No . 558 , Folkestone . On the motion of Comp . Robert Grey , it was resolved that the hoar of meeting of the Committee of General Purposes should be altered from three o ' clock to four , and the Grand Chapter was then closed .
The following are the Bye Laws proposed for the Charity Organisation of the Province of Essex : — 1 . For the purpose of organising and concentrating the strength of the Province at the election of Candidates for the Masonic Charitable Institutions a Committee shall be formed , to be called "The Charity Committee for the Province of Essex . "
2 . Suoh Committee shall consist of the Provincial Grand Master and his Depnty , the Provincial Grand Chaplain , Provincial Grand Treasurer , and Provincial Grand Secretary , and one Member from
each Lodjre in the Province , who shall be elected annually on the day of Installation of the W . M . and whose name and address shall be transmitted to the Secretary of tho Lodge to the Provincial Grand Secretary immediately after the Election .
3 . Should any Brother so elected die , resign , or otherwise become disqualified to serve his term of office , another Brother shall be dnly elected in his stead , on the next regular Lodge nisrht , when due notice of such fresh election shall be forwarded to the Provincial Grand Secretary .
4 . The Charity Committee shall tnpetat least twice in each year , as soon as the lists of the Candidates for the several Institutions have been obtained , and at such other times as they may be convened by the Provincial Grand Master or his Depnty . Any Member who can . not attend may be represented by any Brother of his Lodge he may depute .
6 . The Committee shall select , by majority of Members present , the Candidates to be supported by the Province , and appoint a Brother or Brethren to conduct the business of the Elections .
5 . All votes belonging to tbe Provincial Grand Lodge , or its Officers as snch , shall be forwarded to the Provincinl Grand Secretary , ami be dealt with according to decision of the Provincial Grand Lodge Cbarir . y Committee .
7 . Whenever the Committee shall have resolved that any case is worth y of the support of the Province , they shall forth wi . h communicate with the several Lodges in the Province , and take snch other tteps as may appear advisable to make known the merits and claims
of the Candidate , and to secure the support and co-operation ot * the Lod ges , and the assistance of the Subscribers to the various Charitable Institutions , in order that their efforts may be united and attended with snecess .
HOU . OWAT ' 9 PIILS are esnecially adapted for treating diseases incidental to leinales . At difftren periods of life w .. men are subjeit to comp ' ai ' . ts which require a peculiar medicine ; aud it is now a , indisputable fecf that tber .- is on * it anualDle for functional errors of this nature as Holloways Pills . For an ttiDse peculiar disorders incidental to the sex and in every c mtinzencr
Sniin ? tb ® and Ueaiai ot' women—youthful or mi
The Midsummer Holidays.
THE MIDSUMMER HOLIDAYS .
rllE 0 " iit Kastern Railway Company is to be congratulated on th « excellence of its arrangements during the Hull lay season . Very papal . ir indeed aro the m : ij irity of the sea-side resorts on oar Kusiern Coasts , aud it is all the mure gratifying , therefore , to know that every facility of access to theso watering places has been placed by the Great Eastern Railway Company at the disposal of the working class . Yarmouth , the town par excellence of the bloater , baa for
years enjoyod almost a world-wide celebrity . It has a splendid sea , and the accommodation in the principal hotels , or in the private apartments , is on » larsje and satisfactory scale . Cromer and Hunstanton , Lowestoft , Southwold , Aldeburgh , Felixstowe , Harwich and Dovercourt , Walton-on-the-Naze , and last , but not least , Claeton-on-Sea , all have their friends and admirers , and
to all of these the Great Eastern Railway has a frequent and well-ordered train service . Thus to Yarmouth , Lowestoft , Cromer , and Southwol I , there are issued , in the first instance , the ordinary Friday or Saturday to Monday Tickets , at twenty shillings first class , fifteen shillings second class , and ten shillings third class , the double journey , the exception being Southwold , to which first and
third class tickets only are issuable . Fortnightly tickets are charged 27 s 6 d first class , 20 i second class , and 15 s third class , and " twomonthly tickets , " 34 s , 2 Si 9 d , and 21 s 6 d respectively , Southwold being in this , as in the former caso , the exception as regards the issue of second class tickets , while the other classes in the Two-monthly list are somewhat lower . Hunstanton and Aldeburgh form a second
group , for tickets to which in the respective classes the following prices are charged , namely : —Friday or Saturday to Monday , first class 15 s , second class 12 s , third class 9 s 6 d ; fortnightly , first class 25 s , second class 18 s , third class 13 s ; two-monthly , first class 30 s 6 d , second class 26 s , third class 18 s , Aldeburgh being a trifle less in all classes in the last class . A third group includes Aldeburgh ,
Felixstowe , Harwich , and Dovercourt , Walton-on-the-Naze , and Clacton-on-Sea , the fares to which are as follow : —Friday or Saturday to Monday , 12 s 6 d , 10 s , and 7 s 6 d in the several classes ; fort , nightly , 17 s 6 d , 12 s 6 d , and 10 s ; and two-monthly , 23 s 4 d , 17 s 9 d , and 14 s 6 d in the case of Felixstowe , but only 20 s , 16 s 9 J , and 12 s 6 d in that of the other places . It may be as well to add that the new
express train is timed to leave the Liverpool-street Station at 2 p . m . on Saturday , reaching Lowestoft at 5 p . m ., and Yarmouth at 5 . 10 p . m ., returning on Monday from Lowestoft at 7 . 40 a . m ., and Yarmouth 7 . 35 a . m ., reaching Liverpool-street at 10 . 45 a . m . For the train service between scab , interesting inland oitiea and towns , aa Norwich , Cambridge , Ipswich , and Colchester , we must refer our readers to the ordinary lists published by the Company .
According to Le Monde Maconnique , the Council of the Grand Orient of France has addressed a circular letter to the Lodges owing it allegiance , in which it announces that , in the name and on behalf of the Grand Orient , it ( the Council ) has contributed the sum of 500 francs to the
Alliance Israelite ( Jewish Alliance ) , Paris , towards the relief of the unfortunate Jews iu the South of Russia , who are now suffering such terrible persecution at the hands of the Imperial Government . Tbe Council , however , makei no appeal to the Lodges , but leaves it to them to contribute as they may severally think fit .
There are , it seems , at the present time 318 Masonic bodies in the jurisdiction of the Grand Orient of Prance , namely , 272 Lodges , 31 Chapters , 13 Councils , 1 Consistory , and 1 Grand College of Rites , Supreme Council . These are distributed in manner following , namely : in Paris
52 Lodges , 5 Chapters , 2 Councils , and the Grand College of Rites ; in the rest of the department of the Seine , 8 Lodges ; in the other departments 174 Lodges , 16
Chapters , 6 Councils ; in Algeria , 11 Lodges , 2 Chapters , and Council ; in the French Colonies , 7 Lodges , 2 Chapters , 1 Council ; in foreign parts , 20 Lodges , 6 Chapters , 3 Councils , and 1 Consistory .
The following are among the Officers of the Grand Lodge of Iowa , who were appointed and installed at the thirty-eighth Annual Communication recently held in Davenport City in that state on the 7 th—9 th June 1881 , namely : Bros . G . W . Vansaun M . W G . M ., Lafayette Young
R . W . D . G . Master , W . W . Douglas G . Senior Warden , 0 . A . Binckley G . Junior Warden , and T . S . Parvin G . Sec The Grand Treasurer ' s account showed receipts to the amount of 15 , 683 dollars , the balance remaining in hand at the close of the year being over 680 dollars .
A meeting of the Metropolitan Council ( Time Immemorial ) A . llied Masonic Degrees will be held at the Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court , on Saturday , the 13 th instant , at ibree o ' clock p . m ., for I hi ; installation of Worshipful Muster , appointment and investiture of his Officers , and to receive the Treasurer ' s Report . The Annual Festival will be held at five o'clock .