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important office of G . Treasurer . The Lodge Burial Service having been performed , the funeral service was rendered in St . Paul ' s church , and the body then escorted to the cemetery at Mount Auburn , and there consigned to its last resting place with the customary Masonic rites , the family

and relatives of the deceased being present . At the regular Quarterly Communication on the 11 th September , Grand Master Welch presided , and Avas supported numerously by his Grand Officers and the representatives of subordinate Lodges , In the course of the proceedings the Grand

Master announced that anticipating his action would be confirmed by Grand Lodge , he had remitted to Memphis , New Orleans , Vicksburg , Jackson , and Port Gibson one hundred dollars each , or a total of five hundred dollars , towards the relief of the sufferers by the yellow fever . On the motion of Past Grand Master Nickerson , the action

of tho G . Master was confirmed , and a sum of five hundred dollars voted to replace the amounts so forwarded by him . Bro . Sutton in approving of the G . M . ' s action , was pleased to add that he woald increase the sum thus appropriated by another hundred dollars . With the exception of noting

that arrangements were made for Grand Lodge to attend the funeral of Bro . Welch , Past G . M . of Nebraska , as already described , we need add nothing as to the otherbusiness which took place , as the interest attached to it is of a purely local character .

Quarterly Communication Of Grand Lodge.

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION OF GRAND LODGE .

THE following is the business to be transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday , 4 th December 1878 . 1 . The Minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 4 th September 1878 for confirmation . 2 . Nomination of a Grand Master for the ensuing year .

3 . Appointment of a President of the Lodge of Benevolence . 4 . Election of a Senior and Junior Vice-President of the Lodge of Benevolence .

5 . Election of twelvo Past Masters to servo on tlie Lodgo of Benevolence for tho year onsuing . 6 . Report of tho Lodge of Benevolence for tho last qnarter , in which are recommendations for the following Grants , viz . : — A Brother of tho Morning Star Lodgo , No . 1396 , Newton Abbot £ 100 0 0

A Brother of the Rutland Lodge , No . 1130 , Melton Mowbray 50 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Witham Lodge , No . 207 , Lincoln 50 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Brunswick Lodge , No .

159 , Plymouth 50 0 0 The Orphan Daughter of a Brother of tho Eoyal York Lodge , No . 315 , Brighton 100 0 0 A Brother of the Eoyal Athelstono Lodge , No . 19 , London 100 0 0

7 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OP GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board of General Purposes beg to submit a Statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts , at tho Meeting of the Finance Committee , h ld on Friday , the 15 th November insfc ., showing ; a balance in the

bands of the Tinwtees of the lato Grand Treasurer of £ 3 , 542 18 s 9 d ; in the London and Westminster Bank £ 985 Is lOd ; in the Bank of Ens / land £ 1 , 822 10 s 3 d ; and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash £ 75 , and for Servants' Wages £ 96 15 . 9 .

( Signed ) JOHN B . MONCKTON , President . FBEEMASONS' HAT , L , LONDON , W . C . 19 th November 1878 .

8 . Proposed MotioDS . By Bro . John M . Clabon P . G . D ., that the Constitutions , under the head " Fund of Benevolence , " be altered as follows : — ( 8 . ) Alter "three pounds" to "five pounds" and add at tho end , the words " or to any country in which they have been established or have friends . "

( 10 . ) After the words " Certify m "Writing add " on a form to be from time to time settled by tho President and Vice-Presidents of the Lodge of Benevolence and the Grand Secretary . ( 16 . ) Alter " two pounds " to " five pounds . "

Tho "Freemason ' s Calendar and Pocket Book for 1879 is now ready , and can be had at the Grand Secretary ' s Office , Freemasons ' Hal ! , London , or at the Office of the " FKEEJIASOA ' Cni £ 0 > ficLL '„" price 2 s , bound in roan .

The Consecration Of The Ethelbert Chapter Rose Croix.

THE CONSECRATION OF THE ETHELBERT CHAPTER ROSE CROIX .

THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED EITE .

A SPECIAL Meeting of the Supreme Council , 33 ° , of England , Wales , and tho Dependencies of the British Crown , was held at the Masonio Rooms , St . Peter ' s-street , Canterbury , on Monday , 18 th November , for tho purpose of perfecting candidates in the 18 th rlejrrpe , and to consecrate a Chapter Rose Croix , under the title of tho Efhelbert Chapter , to be held at Canterbury , whon the following members of the Supreme Council were present : —Capt . N . 6 .

Philips 33 ° Lieut . Grand Commander , J . M . P . Montagu 33 ° Grand Chancellor , Lieut-Col . Shadwell H . Clerke 33 ° Grand Secretary General , H . D . Sandeman 33 ° Grand Secretary Foreign Correepondonee ; as well as Samuel Rawson 33 ° Depnty Inspector General S . E . District , Lieut .-Col . Somervillo Burney 32 ° Director of Ceremonies to Supremo Council , Dr . W . Deamer 30 M . W . S . of the

Excelsior Chapter , New Zealand , R . Jnynes Emmerson 30 ° , Professor E . M . Lott 30 ° , Rev . J . Bran fill HurrisoD 18 ° , Ales . H . De 3 Barres 18 ° , Horatio Ward 18 ° , and Capt . Charles J . Hamilton 18 . Tho Snpremo Council Chapter Roso Croix having been opened , the following brethren were perfected bv Lient .-Col . Shadwell Clerks 33 ° Grand S-cretarv General . —Herbert T . Sankev P . M . No . 31

P . P . G . S . W . for Kent , F . Umrhes Hallett P . M . No . 709 P . P . G . Reg . for Kent , John Hemery P . M . No . 31 P . P . G . J . W . for Kent , Philip Higham P . M . No . 31 P . G . J . W . for Kent , Francis F . Girand P . M . No . 133 P . P . G . J . D . for Kent , John M . Goldfinch P . M . No . 133 P . P . G . J . D . for Kent , James D . Terson P . M . No . 199 P . P . G . S . D . for Kent , George Paee P . M . No . 1209 P . G . J . D . for Kent , Charles Holttum P . M .

No . 31 P . P . G . S . W . for Kent , Major Philip H . Knight P . M . No . 31 , Frederick Leith P . M . No . 483 , Robert L . Harrisson No . 120 G , Richard Hnrrissnn jnn . No . 120 G , Rev . F . G . Jagg No . 133 , Arthur C . Plater No . 1206 , Edward Lnkey No . 199 , and James S . Harris No . 1209 . The Consecration and Dedication of the Ethelbert Chapter was then proceeded with . Tho brethren having ; assembled in the Hall , and

formed the Arch of Steel—the Supreme Council 33 ° entered in order . Tho Lieutenant Grand Commander ( Capt . N . G . Philips ) assumed his seat , and the Warrant of the Ethelbert Chanter having been read , be gave the Declaration of Constitution , and Consocration and Dndiration Address , and the Grand Marshal proclaimed that the Chapter had been consecrated .

The Ceremony of Installation then followed . Illustrious Bro . R . Joynes Emmerson 30 ° , Most Wise Sovereign Designate , was presented , and very ably and impressively installed by Lieut .-Col . Shadwell Clcrko 33 ° Grand Secretary General ; after which the Most Worshipfnl Sovereign appointod and invested the Officers of the Chapter : —Rev . T . Branfill Harrison High Prolate , Lieut . Alex .

H . Des Barres First General , Horatio Ward Second General , James D , Terson Grand Marshal , Arthur C . Plater Raphael , Charles Holttum Herald , Francis F . Giraml Captain of tho Guard , Richard Harrisson jan . Recorder , George Pago Director of Ceremonies , John Wilson Outer Guard . Bro . Herbert T . Sankey was unanimously elected Treasurer of the

Chapter . The Most Wise Sovereign then expressed the acknowledgements of the Chapter to the Illustrious Brethren present , members of Supreme Council , for the honour conferred in their attending to oonsecrate the Chapter , and a proposal that a voto of thanks be entered upon the minutes , and that for their excellent and valnable services they be

elected honorary members , was earned by acclamation . Also that the thanks of tho Chapter be given to Illustrious Bros . S . Rawson 33 ° , Lient .-Col . Somerville Burney 32 ° , Dr . W . Deamer 30 ° , and Professor E . M . Lott 30 ° , for their services in assisting in the ceremony of consecration , and that they bo elected honorary members of the Chapter .

A committee was next appointed to draw up the Bye Laws j and propositions were made for reception of candidates at the next meeting of the Chapter . The ceremony was then concluded . AH business being done , the Chapter was closed in due form . After which the brethren adjourned to the Fleur-de-lis Hotel , where the members of tho Supremo Council , the visitors and members of the Chapter ,

numbering thirty-three , were hospitably entertained at a handsome banquet by the Most Wise Sovereign Illustrious Bro . R . Joynes Emmerson 30 ° , and where tho usual Loyal and Masonio toasts were proposed . Tho Lieut . Grand Commander , in returning thanks for the health

of the Supreme Council , congratulated the Chapter on the very admirable way in which it had been fitted up , and in the excellency of all the arrangements ; results which were chiefly attributable to tho skill and energy of the Most Wise Sovereign , and of Bro . Horatio Ward 18 ? , one of its founders .

List of Lodges for which Warrants have been granted b y the M . W . Graud Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : — No . 17 S 0 . —Albert Edward Lodge , Southampton . 1781 . —Ionic Lodge of Amoy , Amoy , China . 1782 . —Machen Lodge , Coleshill , Warwickshire .

17 S 3 — Albert Edward Lodge , Huddersfield . 1784 . —Lodge Hiram , Bombay . 1785 . —St . Petroc Lodge , Padstow , Cornwall . 1786 . —Wimmera Lodge , Horsham , Victoria . 1787 . —Grenville Lodge , Buckingham .

1788 . —Hervey Lodge , Trinidad . 1789 . —TJbique Lodge , Regent-street . 1790 . — Old England Lodge , Thornton Heath , Surrey . 1791 . —Creaton Lodge , Freemasons' Hall . 1792 , —Tudor Lodge , Harborne , Staffordshire .