Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

— : o : — SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER . j

A QUARTERLY Convocation of the Supreme Grand Chapter will be held at Freemasons' Hall , London , on Wednesday , the 1 st day of November , at six o ' clock iu ' the evening . '

BUSINESS . The minutes of the last Quarterly Convocation to be read for confirmation . THE REPORT OP THE COMMITTEE OP GENERAL PURPOSES .

To the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England . The Committee of General Purposes beg to report that they have examined the accounts from the 19 th Jnly to the 17 th October 1893 , both inclusive , which they find to be as follows : — i

£ s d £ s d . Balance Grand Chap- Disbursements duriug ter - - 4 G 1 4 5 tbe quarter - 290 10 10 , Unappropriated Ao- Balance - - 424 18 2 i ~ counfc - - . 187 10 4 „ Unappropriated I Subsequent Receipts 253 17 7 Account - 187 3 4 :

£ 902 12 4 i £ 902 12 4 whioh balances are in the Bank of England , Law Courts Branch . The Committee have also to report that they have received tho following Petitions : — 1 st . Prom Companions Colonel Gerard Noel Money Grand

Superintendent for Surrey as Z ., Charlos Thomas Tyler as H ., Heury Currie Leigh-Bennett as J ., and seven others for a Chapter to be attached to the Abbey Lodge , No . 2120 , Chertsoy , ti be called " The

Chertsoy Abbey Chapter , " and to moet at the MasoDio Hall , Cnortsey , in the County of Surrey . The foregoing Petition being in all respects regular , the Committee recommend that the prayer thereof bo granted .

2 nd . Prom Companions Philip Moore Callow Kormode as Z ., Wm . ] Morris as H ., John Craine as J ., and twenty others for a Chapter to ] beattaohed to the St . Maughold Lodge , No . 1075 , Kamaoy , Isle of i Man , to bo called " Tho St . ' Maughold Chapter , " an ; l to inset at the Masonio Rooms , Ramsey , Isle of MaD . j

Of the Companions who signed the Petition for tho nbove proposed Chapter , teu are not registered , iu oinsequouoo of the return- * not j having been made by Chapters No . 1001 and No . 1242 , D . mglue , of whioh those Companions claim to bo members . Tbe Committee therefore recommond that tho consideration of this Potition be deferred nntil the returns have been made .

Tho Committee havo also reosivod a memorial from tbo Principala and Members of " The Port Natal Chapter , No . 738 , Durban , Natal , South Africa , praying for a Charter of Confirmation , tho original having been destroyed by tbe fire which burnt clown the Masonic Hall . The Committee reoommead thut a charter of Confirmation b 9

granted . The Committee have likewise received a memorial from " The Marlborough Chapter , " No . 1399 , Woodstock , Oxfordshire , with the

consent of the Grand Superintendent , praying for parmission to hold the meetings of the Chapter alternately at Woodstoak and Witney , owing to removals and other causes rendering it difficult to keep the work up to a satisfactory standard at Woodstock alone .

The Committee after due consideration recommend that the request contained in this memorial be not entertained , as boiug calculated to establish a very inconvenient precedont . The Committee have further received a memorial , with extract of minutes , for permission to remove the following Chapter : —

"The Gilbert Greenall , " No . 1250 , from the Masonio Rooms , Sankey Street , Warrington , Lancashire ( W . D . ) ta the Assembly Rooms , Lion Hotel , Bridgo Street , in the same town . Tho Committee recommend that the removal of this Chapter be sanctioned .

Tho Provincial Grand Scribe E . of Hampshire and tho Isle of Wight has returned the Charter of tbo New ForeBi Chapter , No . 319 , Lymington , Hampshire , which has made no returns sinoe tbo 15 th September 1871 . The Committee beg to recommend that the

Chapter bo removed from tho list of Chapters . Iu pursuance of the report of tha Board of General Purposes , tho banking account of the Grand Lodgo ha 3 beou transferred from the Woatern Branch , to the Law Courts Branch of the Bank of England .

The Committee report that the banking account of tho Grand Chapter has also boon transferred to the aamo Branch . The Committee bog to recommend , and the President will move : — That brethren may be exalted into tho degree of tho Royal Arch after

tho expiration of four weeks from tbo timo they have received the Master Mason ' s degree , instead of twelve calendar months , as provided by Rulo 73 of tho Royal Arch Regulations ; that Itnlo 73 be rdtereQ accordingly , and Rule 74 expunged .

( Signed ) ROBERT GREY , President . PKEEMASONS' HALL , LONDON - , W . C . 18 th October 1893 ;

Rectitude Chapter, No. 581.

RECTITUDE CHAPTER , No . 581 .

HPHE meeting of this Chapter was held at the Midland Hotel , -i- Ardwielr , on Thursday , the 5 th inst ., Comp . Wm . Kay M . E . Z . The principal business of the evening waa the eleotion of Officers , with tho following result : —Comps . W . Kay 1 st Principal , Councillor W . Fitzgerald Second , James Hayes Third , Thos . Baildoi Principal Sojourner , T . C . Lillay Troiaurer , Robert Rudmau S . E ., J . Goodman

S . N ' ., Wm . Rostron and J Goodman Auditors . A sub ? tantial dinner was afterwards provided , to which tho Companions did ample justice . Besides those already mentioned there were present;—Comp 3 . W . J . Melling P . Z . P . P . G . A . S . and Edward Roborts ( FREEMASON ' CnitoxicLE ) .

. North London Chapter of Improvement . —At the Cock Tavern , Highbury , on the 12 rh inst ., Comps . Bailey M . E . Z ., Radoliff H ., Landalo J ., E ' monds Precaptor , Osborn S . E ., Gregory Treasurer , Spildreth S . N ., Murray P . S ., Davis , Walden , George , Schutau , Cary , Vou Altorp , Dettmar , Hancook , Robineou , Wareham , Tuck , and sovera ! others .

The ceremony of exhaltation was rohoarsed . Comp . Walkden candidate . Comps . Dettmar and Sohatan , of tbe Sir Hugh Myddelton Chapter ; Wareham , of tbo Highgnte Chapter , and RobinsoD , of tbo St . Marfcin ' s-le-Grand Chapter , wero elected members . Tho ceremony of exhaltation was rendered in a most perfect and earnest manner by the Principals , and often calling forth the warmest praise of the Companions .

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

All Books intended for Hoview should be addressed to the Editor of tho Freemason ' s Chronicle , Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville , London , M . — : o : — MHS . P . C . GATJUWAX , of Greeniield House , Bradford , the accomplished wife of Bro . F . C . Galloway 2117 , has issued to tho world a

dainty volume of vorse . To this latest addition lo the attractions of tho fabled Nine , the anthoroas has given tho title of "Twilight Musings" and right well the name suits the content * of tha work . " Moonlight on Windermere " and " A Twilight Muse , " oioh of whioh h full of calm , coatemplativo thoughr , could surely only havo been

written "In the Gloaming" when tho cry of the night bird , tha ripples of Winandc-r and the rustling of tho trao . i that enoirola its hew itching shores , filU the po-itic breast with raptures that com 9 only when oveutido darkens for n timo tha brightor glories of tho god of day .

Masonic Squabble In" Inverness.

MASONIC SQUABBLE IN" INVERNESS .

Cuisious SLANDER ACTIO ? . TNVERNESS , 10 th October . —Proof was led in Inverness ShorilF -L court , to-day , in an action in whioh Mr . William Wright , hotol keeper , Lochgorm Inn , SUPS Mr . Edward Oram , Inland Revenue officer , for £ 500 in namo of damages for alleged slander . Tho case i 3 a peculiar one , and has excited considerable interest

among members of Masonic Lodges iu Inverness . Tho pnroner , who was a member of the St . Mary's Lodge of Freemasons , of which defender is Secrotary , was asked in September last by a young lady to seenre an invitation to a ball which was to be given by the Lodgo . This he did , bub , after ib waa issued , defender

and another member of tho Lodge called upon biro , and , it ia said , made use of offensive statements as to the girl ' s character , and stated that he had a motive iu bringing bor fco the ball . The statements were made in presence of his wife , and were , he alleges slanderous .

For the defonder , it ij explained that pursuer was aft 9 r trial , according to the rules of the Freemasonry , sentenced to expulsion from the Order and from all Masonic Lodges , and it ia believed that pursuer ' s motive in bringing the aotiou is not in vindication of hia character , but if possible to coorco the Masonic body iuto restoring hiin to membership . —Glasgow Evening Citizen .

A Scotch member , Bro . A . A . Speirs , recently laid the memorial stoao of a hall at Houston with Masonic honours . It is the intention of Bro . Speirs to present tho hall fco tho village , and it will also become tho homo of the Captain Speirs Lodge , No . 791 ( S . C . ) . Tho estimated cost ia £ 3 , 000 .

TUT . DISSOI . UIIOX or IUFJ Ilov . n : OP LOIIBS hns oftjn boon predicted by politician * , who generally speak according to their own dosuvs . It is diilieult to uproot old institutions iu Knylmd , especially whore they are associated wish tho rijrhtsof chs proplo . It ia well known thai there ; iwxst be n check upon the action of our legislators or their authority would soon bocomo too autocratic to ba consistent with onv UbsvtioM . The ( iovemmsnt inuat bo th . nv . u ^ hly repr . tentative of all classes if the spirit and loiter of its creation is to bo uphold . Patting aside politics , however , Hollow-ay ' s Pills and Ointment havo been a boon to rich aud pjor alike for over 50 years as the bo 3 t remedies ! for all iliaoasos .