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St. Margaret's Chapter , Rose Croix, No. 92.

ST . MARGARET'S CHAPTER , ROSE CROIX , No . 92 .

THE consecration of this , tho youngest on tho roll of Rose Croix Chapters , under the authority of the Snpreme Connoil 33 ° , took place , under distinguished auspices , at the Freemasons' Hall , Halford-street , Leicester , on Tuesday , the 28 th ult . Tho Illustrious brethren nnd Ex . and P . members of the Order assembled iu goodly numbers in the spacious Chapter-room , and at half-past three o ' clock

received the Illustrious and distinguished members of the Supreme Council 33 ° . Tho Most 111 . Lieutenant G . Commander Bro . Captain N . G . Philips 33 ° assumed the seat of the M . P . Sovereign G . C , and Illustrious Brother Hugh David Sandeman G . Sec . Gen . 33 ° filled the ohair of P . M . P . S . G . C . Illustrious Brothers Colonel Shadwell H . Gierke S . G . I . G . 33 ° as H . Prelate , C . J . Banister 33 ° I . G . N . D . as

First G ., C . A . Newham 32 ° as Second G ., Charles Fendelow 33 ° I . G . W . C . D . as Grand Marshal , Ex . and P . Brother 0 . J . McBride as Captain of the Guard . There were also present Illustrious Bros . F . Campion 30 ° P . M . W . S ., S . S . Partridge 30 ° , J . T . Thorp 30 o , T . Worthington 30 ° ; Ex . and P . Bros . C . Wragge M . W . S ., J . S . Cumberland P . M . W . S .. M . Vowles P . M . W . S ., T . Howkins P . M . W . S ., Rev . A .

A . Bagshawo H . P ., William Randall H . P ., C . B . Truman First G ., J . Wigglesworth Organist , R . Ingram G . M ., W . L . Ball , R . S . Taylor , H . J . Atkins , S . Wood , F . J . Baines , 0 . A . Spencer , W . C . Crofts , H . Deane , W . Hanger , W . A . Fielding , J . H . Thompson , and others . The acting M . P . S . G . Commander then proceeded to open a Supreme Council Chapter Rose Croix in ancient form , after which

the ballot was taken for the fourteen candidates as enumerated , cm the circular convening the convocation ; which proving unanimous the following eleven brethren , who wero in attendance , were then duly perfected , and impressively received into the Order . ( IIIustripus Brother H . D . Sandeman 33 ° in the chair as M . W . S ., and Illustrious Brother 0 . Fendelow 33 ° acting as Raphael ) viz .: —Right

Worshipful Brother William Kelly Past Provincial Grand Master and P . G . Supt . Leicestershire ancl Rutland , W . Bros . Thos . Wright , Joseph Young , W . W . Wartnabv , R . Taylor , S . Cleaver , Dr . W . Hammond , M . J . Walker , W . J . Freer , W . A . F . Hall , and T . G . Charlesworth . At 4 . 30 the M . 111 . Bro . Captain N . G . Philips , assuming the seat of the M . P . S . G . C ., proceeded to consecrate the St . Mar °

garet s Chapter No . 92 , ancl having addressed the assembled Illustrious ancl Perfected brethren present , called upon the III . Bro . 0 . Fendelow 33 ° , as Acting Grand Marshal , to read the Warrant which had been granted by the Snpreme Council 33 ° to the petition , which had been signed by Bros . Samuel S . Partridge 30 ° , T . Worthington 30 ° , Jno . T . Thorp SO " , Frederick J . Baines 18 ° , Clement Stretton 18 ° ,

0 . A . Spence 18 ° , W . L . Ball 18 ° , and W . A . Fielding 18 ° . After the completion of the ceremony of consecration , the Illustrious Brother H . D . Sandeman G . S . G . 33 ° procoeded to instal the M . W . S . Designate , viz ., the Illustrious Brother Samnel Steads Partridge 30 ° P . P . S . G . W ., Provincial Grand Secretary Leicestershire ancl Rutland , the

installation ceremony being admirably worked by the Grand Secretary . General 33 ° . The Treasnrer ancl Equerries of the Chapter having been duly elected , the following brethren were appointed . as the Officers of the Chapter by the newly installed M . W . S ., with appropriate addresses to each : —

H . Prelate Ex . and P . Bro . the Rev . S . J . W . Sanders ( in absentia ) . First G III . Bro . John T . Thorp 30 ° . Second G „ Thos . Worthington 30 ° . Grand Marshal ... Ex . and P . Bro . W . L . Ball .

Raphael „ W . A . Fielding . Treasurer „ F . J . Baines . Recorder „ Joseph Young . M . ofC „ W . C . Croft . C . of Guard „ J . H . Thompson Steward „ M . J . Walker . Equerries Bros . T . Dunn and J . Tanser .

Votes of thanks ancl honorary membership of the Chapter were subsequentl y passed with acclamation to the presiding Officer's of Supremo Council 33 ° , ancl those illustrious members who had assisted w the ceremony of consecrating tho Chapter , viz ., 31 . 111 . Bro . Capt . N - G . Philips 33 0 , III . Bros . Colonel Shadwell H Clorko 33 , and Hugh D . Sandeman 33 ° , with III . Bros . Chas . Fendelow 33 0 , C . J . Banister

33 , and 111 . Bro . 0 . A . Newham 32 " . The Lieutenant Grand Comniander acknowledged the compliment . A committee was appointed to frame bye-laws for the Chapter , and a nomination for future perfection having been submitted , the Chapter was subsoquontly ? n et * . ' accordance with tho ancient usage of tho Rite . Tho -Illustrious and Excellent and Perfect Brethren then adjourned ™ o Commemoration Banquet , under the presidency of tho Most Worshi

pful Sovereign , at which thirty visitors and members sat down , many having had to leave prior to tho banquet to onablo thorn to reach their distant homos tho samo night . The usual Loyal and J » lasonic toasts were duly honoured . Li responding to that part of ™ e toast list which referred to the Supremo Council 33 ° , the Most illustrious Lieutenant-General Grand Commander Captain N . G . h "ips said , that although tho Supreme Council consisted of nine

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members , yet they were but ono in purpose , ancl concluded an eloquent speech by referring to tho generous support givon by the Ancient and Accepted Rito to each of the three Masonio Charities , rho amount contributed , by which annually reached three figures . The Illustrious Brother Shadwell II . Clerkw expressed the great satisfaction it had given him on this , tho anniversary of his

birthday , to be present and assisting in the consecration of a new Rose Croix Chapter . Illustrious Brother H . D . Sandeman stated the pleasure he felfc , as Grand Secretary General , to add one more Chapter to the roll , especially as during the past year no less than four Roise Croix Chapters had already sprnng ^ nto existence , ancl the petitions of two more were under consideration . The Illustrious

Brother concluded an interesting speech with some very pertinent and valuable remarks relative to the mistaken opinions somo brethren occasionally formed , without the slightest foundation , on certain portions of tho ceremonies of tho Rite ; ancl which remarks were warmly supported by tho Rev . A . A . Bagshawe High Prelate of the St . Mary ' s Croix Chapter . Illustrious Brother Charles

Fendelow 33 , who had been called upon by the Most Worshipful S . to respond to the toast of his health , as Inspector-General of the Western Central District , said that it was -seldom a new Chapter started under such auspicious circumstances ; indeed , during hia experience of over twenty-tivo years he did not remember one which bid so fair to become a strong and influential Chapter

of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , and he strongly exhorted the members to bo earnest and careful in the selection of those whom they admitted into the Order . Before resuming his seat , the Illustrious Brother proposed the health of tho members of the 32 <> , 31 ° and 30 ° , to which III . Bros . J . T . Thorpe 30 ° and Thos . Worthington 30 ° briefly responded . The Most 111 .

Lieut .-Grand Commander Captain N . G . Philips , in proposing the health of the M . W . S ., congratulated the Chapter upon having the Illustrious Brother Partridge as their head ; he quite believed him to be the right man in the right place . The M . W . S . replied by acknowledging the very hearty manner with which the toast had been proposed and received , and stated that he considered it a very

great compliment , indeed , to be elected to fill the chair of the Chapter during the first year of its existence , the more especially as the future of the Chapter appeared to bid fair to become so prosperons and influential . The Illustrious Brother concluded by proposing the healths of tho Visiting Brethren from a distance , many of whom had travelled from far distant Provinces to be present on this

interesting occasion , and ho begged to associate with that toast the names of Illustrious Brother Banister Inspector-General of the Northern District , and Ex . and P . Bros , the Rev . A . A . Bagshawe , J . S . Cumberland , nnd C . J . McBride . Illustrious Brother Banister expressed tho pleasure ifc had afforded hira to come from the Great North , or what was sometimes known as the "Dark Corner" of

England , although the Light of Masonry there was as bright as ever it was in tho East , West or South . Bros , the Rov . A . A . Bagshawe , C . J . McBride and J . S . Cumberland respectively acknowledged the hearfcy welcome they had received from the Chapter , the last mentioned Brother expressing the wish that a catalogue of the books , jewels and antiquities ( in which the rooms at Golden-square

were so rich ) might some day be published by the Supreme Council . The 111 . Bro . H . D . Sandeman , in giving the toast of the eleven newly perfected members , expressed his gratification at seeing so many and snch good men admitted into the Order that day , and he hop'nl that he might not bring the blush to the face of Ex . and P . Bro . Young , if he referred to him in particular as one to whom much of the

success of the Chapter was to bo ascribed . The Illustrious Brother went on to say that he had come down from London on the previous day to make all necessary and needful arrangements for the ceremonies , bufc found to his surprise that , everything having been already anticipated , there was really nothing for him to do ; indeed , instead of being a candidate for perfection , Bro . Young's experience

of the arrangements for successfully carrying out the ceremonies could not have been moro complete had he been a member of tho Order of many years' standing , and in appointing that brother to the office of Recorder the Chapter was happy in its selection . The Recorder , in responding , stated the pleasure he felt in being permitted to reply to this toast , although , in the presence of such distinguished

brethren , he could only do so with considerable diffidence . The Ex . and P . Brother then gave a brief review of the gradual development by time of St . Margaret ' s Rose Croix Chapter , and alluded to the origin of the name of its patron saint , the frequent and valuable information he had received from Illustrious Brother Pendelow , and the felicity it had afforded him in being a humble instrument

in bringing about such a happy consummation of events as the formation of a Rose Croix Chapter in this ancient borough , and i eferring- to the future , stated that , in . the language of Homer , " it is by mutual confidence , mutual aid , that great deeds are done , and srreat advances made . " This would no doubt bo tho wish

of every Officer and member of the Chapter . The toast to the health of the Officers of the Chapter was finally given by the M . W . S ., ancl duly acknowledged iu appropriate terms by III . Bro . J . T . Thorp , after which the company separated , apparently well satisfied with the result of this , the firsfc meeting of St . Margaret's Rose Croix Chapter .

At tlio regular meeting of the Etonian Loclgo of St . John , No . 209 , bold at Windsor , on . Tuesday evening , after the ordinary business had been disposed of , the Master of the Lodge , Brother A . Poars , presented Bro . J . 0 . Carter

with a silver epergne , a tea and coffee service , and a handsome braclet for Mrs . Carter , in token of appreciation of the services of Bro . Carter as Secretary of the Lodgo during the past six years . —Evening Neivs .