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SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER . A QUARTERLY Convocation o £ the Supreme Grand Chapter will be held at Freemasons' Hall , Loudon , on Wednesday , the 4 th day of May , at six o'clock iu the evening .

BUSINESS . The minutes of the last Quarterly Convocation to be read for confirmation . Installation of Prinoipals , and appointment and investiture of Officers for the ensuing year .

THE KKPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL PURPOSES

lo 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 20 th January to tho 19 th April 1892 , both inclusive , which they find to be as follows :--£ B d £ a d

Balance Grand Chap . Disbursements during ter - - 614 17 3 the quarter - 749 15 7 Unappropriated Ao- Balance - - . 323 5 8 count - . . . 198 16 4 „ Unappropriated Subsequent Receipts 457 15 0 Account - 198 7 4 £ 1271 8 7 £ 1271 8 7

whioh balances are in the Bank of England , Western Branoh . The Committee have likewise to report that they have reoeived tbe following Petitions : — 1 st . From Companions the Rev . Thomas Cartwright SmythD . D .,

, as Z ., Charlea Letoh Mason as H ., Tudor Trevor as J ., and eight others for a Chapter to be attached to the Lodge of Prudence , No . 2069 , Leeds , to be called " The Prudence Chapter , " and to meet at the Masonic Hall , Great George Street , Leeds , in the County of York , Western Division .

2 nd . From Companions Maskell William Peace as Z , John Henry Smith aa H , James Brindle as J , and thirteen others for a Chapter to bo attaohed to the Peace Lodge , No . 2269 , Wigan , to be called "The Peace Chapter , " and to meet at the Masonio Hall , King Street , Wigan , in the County of Lancaster , Western Division .

3 rd . From Companions The Rev . Alfred Cyril nervy as Z ., Henry Harbor as H ., George Herbert Swansborougb as J ., and seven others for a Chapter to be attaohed to the Shalden Lodge , No . 2016 , Alton , to be called "The St . Lawrence Chapter , " and to meet at the Assembly Rooms , Alton , Hampshire .

4 th . From Companions James Terry Past Grand Standard Bearer , as Z ., Robert Favell Brickdale as H ., James Knight as J ., and nine others for a Chapter to be attaohed to the James Terry Lodge , Nc 2372 , Cheshunt , to be called "The James Terry Chapter , " and to mtet at the Hall , Crossbrook Street , Cheshunt , Hertfordshire .

5 th . From Companion ! Hugh Mackintosh at Z , The Rev . Arnold Whitaker Oxford as H ., William Stovenson Iloyte as J ., and ten others for a Chapter to bo attached to the Royal Somerset House aid Inverness Lodge , No . 4 , London , to be called " The Royal Somerset Home and Inverness Chapter , " and to meet at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , London .

The foregoing Petitions being in all respects l'guV , the Committee recommend that the prayers thereof be respectively granted . The Committee have likewise to report that they have received n

memorial from the Companions of the Palladian Chapter , No . 120 , Hereford , Herefordshire , praying for a Charter autborisimr them ti wear a Centenary jewel , in accordance with tbe Royal Aroh itwal . ttionB , Rule 102 . . °

The memorial being in form , and the Chapter having proved an uninterrupted existence of 100 years , the Committee recommend that the prayer thereof be granted . The Committee have further received memorials , with copies of

minutes , for permission to remove the following Chapters .- — The Star Chapter , No . 1275 , Greenwich , from the "Ship" Greenwich , London District , to the Guildhall Tavern , Gresham Street , in tbe City of London .

The University Chapter , No . 1118 , London , from tha Freemasons ' Hall , to the Cafe Monica , Piccadilly Circus , London . The Committee being satisfied of the reasonableness of the above requests , recommend that the removal of these Chapters be sanctioned .

( Signed ) HENRY GARROD , Aoting President . FREEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , W . C . 20 th April 1892 . After the ordinary business had been disposed of , the following resolution was paBsed : —

"That the cordial thanks of the membors of tbe Committee be tendered to E . Companion Robert Gray , their President , for the very able and courteous manner in which he has

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presided over the meetings of tho Committee during the past year . " ( Signed ) HENRY GARROD , Past Assist . G . D . of Cera . ELECTION OF THE C OMMITTER OF GENERAL PURPOSES 10 a THE ENSUING TWELVE MONTHS . The "Masonio Calendar and Pocket Book" for 1892 , with the

days and months of meetings of Lodges and Chapters , including the names of Present and Past Grand Officers of the Grand Chapter , oan be had at the Office of the Grand Soribe E ., price 2 s .

The Calendar Committee direct the attention of Masters of Lodges and Prinoipals of Chapters to the necessity of communicating to the Grand Scribe E . immediate uotice of any change in tbe day or place of meeting of Lodges or Chapters . —Vide Book of Constitntions , Articles 169 , 170 , and Royal Arch Regulations , Rule 86 .

AFFABILITY CHAPTER , No . 317 ( MANCHESTER ) . THE bi-monthly convocation was held on Thursday , in the Freemasons' Hall , Cooper Street , when there were present Comps . Akorman Z ., Jesse Tymm If ., Vnltohoff J ., Bushell 8 . E ., Kay S . N ., Staton P . S ., Chesworth acting 1 st Assist . Soj ., Read 2 nd Assist . Soj . ; P . Z . 's Stewart P . P . G . 2 nd A . S . Cheshire , Dawson P . P . G . 1 st A . S . E . L ., and I . Garside ; Comps . Whitehead , Wm . Garside , Holland , Statham , and others . Visitors—E . G . Harwood P . Z . 221 P . P . S . N ., Stovold P . Z . 993 P . G . 1 st A . S ., Gillman P . Z .

1496 P . P . G . S . West Lancashire , Buralem P . Z . 1496 , Armstrong Z . 935 , Eldershaw P . Z . 204 , and Lisenden . The Companions met at six o ' olock , when the Chapter was opened in due form , and the minutes of the previous convocation read and confirmed . The ballot was taken for Bro . Alfred Allen I . G . of the Affability Lodge , 317 , and Bro . Dyson of the Alexandra Lodge , 993 , and was declared

favourable in each case . The Comps . then adjourned for tea , and on re-assembling in the Chapter Bro . Allen was exalted to the Holy Royal Aroh degree by Comp . James Dawson P . Z . P . P . G . 1 st A . S . Comp . Stewart delivered the Historical and Symbolical Lectures , and Comp . Dawson the Mystical . The whole of the work waa splendidly doneand well deserved tbe enoomiuma passed upon it

, later on by the visitors . It is seldom Royal Arch working is seen to such advantage and performed in such a painstaking manner , and the members may well be proud of two such exports as Comps . Daw . son and Stewart . Tbe other candidate not having pnt in an appearance , the Chapter was closed in peace and harmony , at 9 o ' clock . At the social board the health of Comp . Allen was

proposed in laudatory terms by tbe M . E . Z ., who had known him for many years , and bad tbe pleasure of proposing him for , and initiating him in the Affability Lodge . The M . E . Z . said Comp . Allen had taken a deep interest in the Lodge from the very beginning , and most carefully performed every duty allotted him . He was a credit to the Lodge , as he would doubtless be in the Chapter , and trusted he would be spared to come amongst them , and achieve the highest

positions in both Lodge and Chapter . The toast was heartily drank , and Comp . Allen replied in a few well chosen sentences . Companiou James Dawson proposed the Visitors , and Comps . Burslem , Gillman , Harwood , Armstrong , and Stovold replied , eaoh bearing testimony to the admirable manner in whioh the work had been performed . The health of the three Prinoipals , the Officers , & c , was proposed and responded to , a very successful meeting terminating shortly before 11 o ' clock .

The installation of Bro . Alderman Davies as W . M . of tlie Biahopsgate Lodge has been postponed until Monday , 2 nd prox .

To the new edition of the late Dante Gabriel Rossettrs " Dante and bis Circle , " just published by . Messrs . Ellis and Elvey , Mr . W . M . Rossetti contributes a preface , in which , among other topics of interest , he reminds ns of the peculiar views of their late father Gabriele Rossetti on the subject of the great Italian epic poet . Mr . Rossetti , the elder , who , exiled from his own country ,

spent so many years among ns , devoted himself to Dantesque studies , and was , as his various works on this subject show , a firm believer in an inner and secret significance in the " Divina Coxamedia . " Gabriele Rossetti , however , went mnch further than those who claim to have discovered in the " Commedia" a politioal allegory . In all this learned and subtle commentator ' s writings on the subject , the dominant conception , as his son observes , is that the

great Florentine and other writers , his contemporaries and successors , were religious and political reformers , leagued together in a secret sooiety having some analogy to Freemasonry . Consistently with this , he held that their writings have an esoteric significance and value widely different and divergent from their exoteric meaning . " Whether , " adds the writer of the new preface , " he was right or wrong in this view , I shall in no wise debate , but will affirm that he was , at any rate , ingenious , subtle , and laboriously diligent . "

At Johannesburg , on Wednesday , 3 rd Maroh , Brother Thomas Sheffield , of the Star , was installed Worshipfnl Master eleot of Lodge 2313 . Brother Sheffield is a native of Kidderminster .

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