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Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS OF ENGLAND .. QUARTERLY CONVOCATION , August 4 , 1847 . —Present , E . Comps , A . Dobie , as Z ; J . C . Morris , J . C . M'Mullen , AV . H . AVhite , C . Baumer , other Present ancl Past Grancl Officers , and the Present and Past Principals of private Chapters . The Grand Chapter was opened in formancl with solemn prayer .
, The minutes of the last Grand Chapter were read and confirmed . It was then announced that Comp . Major-General Cooke was in attendance at the porch of the Grand Chapter in expectation of admittance , on which Comp . AV . H . AVHITE stated , that it was the wish of the M . E . Z ., the Earl of Zetland , that Comp . Gen . Cooke should receive the appointment of Representative from the Supreme Grand Chapter of England to that
of New York , provided such appointment should be approved by the other two Grand Principals . Comp . M'MULLEN , accompanied by other Grand Officers , were then directed to examine Gen Cooke as to his qualification . On his return , Comp . M'Mullen stated that he found Gen . Cooke was not only a R . A . M ., but that he was a Member of the Prince of Wales' Chapter , * the Jewel of which Chapter he wore . The General was about being :
admitted , when Comp . JOHN SAVAGE observed , that although Comp . Cooke was a R . A . M ., there was no evidence of his being an installed Principal , and he questioned the power of the M . E . Z . himself to order his admission as a visitor . Comp . AV . H . AVHITE contended that the M . E . Z . had a right to direct admission ; and in support of his argument instanced the fact ,
that in all matters of Masonic law , which were not dealt with in the R . A . Constitutions , the law of Craft Masonry was to rule ; and as the Grand Master had the power of admitting Foreign Brethren to such Grand Lodge , so the M . E . Z . had the like power in the Supreme Grand Chapter . Comp . Dr . LANE however , in a comprehensive and eloquent manner , argued briefly on general points of Masonic lawand perfectly satisfied
, the Grand Chapter that the M . E . Z . had no such power as stated by the Grand Scribe E . Comp . W . H . AVHITE persisted in his own version of the law . j-Comp . DOBIE ( as Z . ) at length declared that in his opinion the M . E . Z . did not possess the power , ancl that he ( Comp . D . ) would not take the responsibility on himself .
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Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS OF ENGLAND .. QUARTERLY CONVOCATION , August 4 , 1847 . —Present , E . Comps , A . Dobie , as Z ; J . C . Morris , J . C . M'Mullen , AV . H . AVhite , C . Baumer , other Present ancl Past Grancl Officers , and the Present and Past Principals of private Chapters . The Grand Chapter was opened in formancl with solemn prayer .
, The minutes of the last Grand Chapter were read and confirmed . It was then announced that Comp . Major-General Cooke was in attendance at the porch of the Grand Chapter in expectation of admittance , on which Comp . AV . H . AVHITE stated , that it was the wish of the M . E . Z ., the Earl of Zetland , that Comp . Gen . Cooke should receive the appointment of Representative from the Supreme Grand Chapter of England to that
of New York , provided such appointment should be approved by the other two Grand Principals . Comp . M'MULLEN , accompanied by other Grand Officers , were then directed to examine Gen Cooke as to his qualification . On his return , Comp . M'Mullen stated that he found Gen . Cooke was not only a R . A . M ., but that he was a Member of the Prince of Wales' Chapter , * the Jewel of which Chapter he wore . The General was about being :
admitted , when Comp . JOHN SAVAGE observed , that although Comp . Cooke was a R . A . M ., there was no evidence of his being an installed Principal , and he questioned the power of the M . E . Z . himself to order his admission as a visitor . Comp . AV . H . AVHITE contended that the M . E . Z . had a right to direct admission ; and in support of his argument instanced the fact ,
that in all matters of Masonic law , which were not dealt with in the R . A . Constitutions , the law of Craft Masonry was to rule ; and as the Grand Master had the power of admitting Foreign Brethren to such Grand Lodge , so the M . E . Z . had the like power in the Supreme Grand Chapter . Comp . Dr . LANE however , in a comprehensive and eloquent manner , argued briefly on general points of Masonic lawand perfectly satisfied
, the Grand Chapter that the M . E . Z . had no such power as stated by the Grand Scribe E . Comp . W . H . AVHITE persisted in his own version of the law . j-Comp . DOBIE ( as Z . ) at length declared that in his opinion the M . E . Z . did not possess the power , ancl that he ( Comp . D . ) would not take the responsibility on himself .