Death Of H.R.H. The Duke Of Albany.

DEATH OF H . R . H . THE DUKE OF ALBANY .

INTELLIGENCE has been received to day ( Friday ) of tho death , at Cannes , at half-past two o ' clock this morning , of His Royal Highness the Duko of Albany , who

was en route to the royal wedding in Germany . The news was at once despatched to Her Majesty the Queen , and to the Prince of Wales , who was on a visit to the Earl of Sefton at Aintree . The Grand Master announced his

intention of immediately returning to town . The Duke of Albany , with the Duchess , has been on a visit to tho Continent for a short time , and the last intelligence published with respect to his movements was contained in a telegram

from Nice on Tuesday , stating that on the previous night he had been present at the Bachelors' Ball , given in the rooms of the Mediterranean Club at that place by a

committee of gentlemen , of which his Royal Highness was president . The Duke remained to an advanced hour on Tuesday morning , and the telegram also mentioned that he was looking remarkably well .

According to Bebrett , His Royal Highness Leopold George Duncan Albert , KG ., K . T ., G . C . S . I ., G . C . M . G ., P . O ., D . C . L . ; b . 7 th April 1853 ; matriculated at Oxford University 1872 ( Hon . D . C . L . 1876 ) ; introduced at Privy

Council 1874 ; elected a Younger Brother of Trinity House 1875 , and an Elder Brother 1878 ; installed Provincial G . Master of Freemasons of Oxfordshire Feb . 1876 ; became a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn 1877 ; appointed a Col . in

the Army , and Hon . Col . 3 rd Batn . Seaforth Highlanders ( Ross-shire Buffs , Duke of Albany ' s ) 1882 ; has the Russian Orders of St . Andrew , St . Alexander Newski , and the White Eagle of Poland , the Southern

Cross of Brazil , the St . George of Hanover , the Tn : kish Imperial Order of Osmanli , the Greek Order of tho Redeemer , the Orders of Louis of Hesse and Philip of Hesse , the Order of Leopold of Belgium , the Order

of the Black Eagle of Prussia , the Ernestine Family , and the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands , & c . ; n 1874 was granted £ 15 , 000 a year by Act of Parliament ,

and in 1882 an additional £ 10 , 000 ; m . 27 th April 1882 , H . S . H . the Princess Helene Frederica Augusta , dau . of His Serene Highness the reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont , and has issue . "

His Royal Highness served the Office of Junior Warden of Grand Lodge of England in 1877 , and has always evinced a deep interest in the doings of the Craft .

As this melancholy intelligence only reaches ns as we are going to press , we can give no particulars of the cause of death , but this is reported as accruing from the breaking of a blood vessel .

Freemasonry In America.

FREEMASONRY IN AMERICA .

WE have lately received copios of the Proceedings of sundry Masonic Bodies in the United States , tho following briof particulars of which may prove interesting to onr readers . Tho Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Novada

held its tenth annual Convocation in the City of Virginia , Na ., on the 11 th and 12 th June of last year , under the presidency of Comp . Adolphus L . Fitzgerald , Grand King , as Grand High Priest , Comps . Horatio S . Mason Grand Treasnrer , John D . Hammond Grand Secretary , W .

Sutherland G . C . of A ., De Witt C . McKennay P . G . H . P ., David E . Baily P . G . H . P ., Frank Bell P . G . H . P ., Chauncey N . Noleware P . G . H . P ., and others being among thoso present . Regret having been expressed at the unavoidable absence of the Grand High Priest , M . E . Comp . W .

Timson , and other Companions , the address of tho Deputy Grand High Priest was distributed . The Grand Secretary submitted his report for the previous year , from which it appears that after satisfying all liabilities there was a balance of Receipts over Expenditure amounting to

1353 * 50 dollars—over £ 250 . The Reports from the various Committees were submitted , and from the statement of returns it appears that the membership has slightly increased . The business of the meeting concluded with the election and installation of the following principal Officers ,

namely : Comps . Chauncey N . Noleware G . H . P ., A . L . Fitzgerald D . G . H . P ., Thomas A . Menary Grand King , W . Sutherland Grand Scribe , H . S . Mason Grand

Treasurer , John D . Hammond Grand Secretary , George H . Fogg G . C . of H ., and Peter G . King G . R . A . C . All business having been dispatched , Grand Chapter closed after a very enjoyable meeting .

The thirty-fourth Annual Convocation of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Illinois was held in Chicago on the 25 th and 26 th October last , the following being the Grand Officers present , namely : —

Comp . Samuel Shannon ... Grand High Priest . William L . Orr Depnty Grand High Priest . John A . Ladd Grand King . George H . Sampson ... Grand Scribe . Gilbert W . Barnard ... Grand Secrotary .

Wiley M . Egan Grand Treasurer . Eev . William H . Scott ... Grand Chaplain . George W . Cnrtiss ... Grand Captain of the Host . Philander W . Barclay ... Grand Principal Sojonrner . Sylvester O . Spring ... Grand Eoyal Arch Captain .

Joseph E . Dyas Grand Master of 3 rd Veil . James Mayor Grand Master of 2 nd Veil . Edward C . Pace Grand Master of 1 st Veil . John P . Ferns Grand Steward . Arnold E . Eobinson ... Grand Tyler .

The address of the G . H . Priest and the different reports were most satisfactory , that of the Treasurer showing that the receipts , including the balance brought forward from the previous year , amounted to close on 21 , 317 dollars , and the expenditure to nearly 11 , 724 dollars , so that there

regained at the end of the year a balance in hand of 9 , < , J 3 dollars . It also appears that the Jurisdiction cont ains 169 Chapters in full activity , and that the membership jcreased during the year from 11 , 260 to 11 , 743 . The following are the Grand Officers for the current , namely : —

Comp . William L . Orr Grand High Priest . John A . Ladd Deputy Grand High Priest .