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reference to the kindly , sympathetic , and unsectarian character of the proposal . The work is an act of humanity , most needful and important for many suffering fellow-creatures of all creeds and nationalities in Syria . This active development of charitable labours on the part of the English Order of St . John seems to remind us of some well-known lines , descriptive of the early efforts of the famous Knights of St . John , many hundred years ago :

Yes ! it was well , in those dark days of old , Europe should wonder , as her pilgrims told , How haughty warriors left the lordly hall , For the rude cells of that far hospital ; And bade ambitious restless throbbings cease , At the still watchword of the Prince of Peace .

How along Salem ' s streets in sable vest , The silver cross emblazoned on the breast , The lowly brethren moved with hurried tread , To tend the wayworn pilgrim ' s dying bed , And give for Christ ' s desx name , to that dim hour . Religion ' s awful , consecrating power .

WE confess we cannot share in the expressions of some writers as to feeling an interest in the actual leader of the mutiny . To him may be justly traceable the massacres and destruction of Alexandria , the cruel and wanton murder of Messrs . PALMER , CHARRJNGTOJJ , and GILL , and the loss of many valuable English lives , in what was a mournful struggle . We have no doubt

that Bro . B ROADLEY , well known to some of our readers in Freemasonry and by his " History of Tunis , " will ably defend his client ; but we deprecate the wasting of the nobler English sentiments of sympathy and humanity upon

one who , a mutineer against his native ruler , has also shown himself callous for the sufferings of others , and so reckless in the carrying out of ignoble projects , and the cruel satisfaction of the cravings of insensate and fanatic aspirations . Still he has a right to a fair trial , and to justice .

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SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .

The Quarterly Convocation oi Supremo Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England was held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday evening , Nov . 1 st , when there present : Comps . E . E . Wcndt , D . C . L ., as Z . ; Col . Creaton , Grand Treasurer , as H . ; James Glaisher , as J . ; Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , S . E . ; Major Penrice , S . N . ; Rev . H . Adair Pickard , P . S . ; W . G . Harrison , Q . C ., ist Asst . j Rev . Thomas Robinson , M . A .,

2 nd Asst . ; C . A . Murton , P . G . Soj . ; Charles Greenwood , Dir . of Cer . ; J . March Case , P . G . Soj . ; Rev . C . W . Arnold , P . G . Soj . ; Robert Grey , P . A . G . Soj . ; Peter de Lande Long , P . P . G . Soj . ; Thomas Fenn , P . G . Dir . of Cers . ; J . Lewis-Thomas , P . G . S . B .-, J . Sampson Peirce , P . A . G . Soj . ; Rev . A . W . Hall , P . A . G . Soj . ; Joshua Nunn , P . G . Dir . of Cers . ; H . j . P . Dumas , P . G . Swd . Br . ; A . H . Royds , G . Swd . Br . ; John Messant , 3 rd G . Std . B . ; Wilhelm Ganz , G . Org . ; H . G . Buss , P . G . Std . Br .,

Asst . G . S . E . ; E . Weel , Z . 13 ; H . E . Frances , Z . 1239 ; H . Higgins , '/ .. 13 S 1 ; Edward Driver , P . / .. and E . 1742 ; Robert Brewin , P . Z . 112 , P . P . G . S . N . ; Edgar Bowyer , P . Z . 174 ; H . R . Speedy , H . 13 S 1 ; W . Ansell , H . 157 ; William Vincent , Z . 1 G 24 ; H . C . Soper , Z . 157 ; A . A . Pendlebury , P . Z . 1056 ; Neville Green , P . Z . 1524 ; L . Cornelissen , J . 1201 ; F . Adlard , P . Z . 214 ; \ V . H . Perryman , P . Z . 134 S ; E . Letchwotth , Z . 2 ; W . Ackland , Z . 33 ; H . Sadler , P . Z . 16 9 ; E . Farwig , Z . 1 S 0 ; F .

J . Danye , J . 1339 ; \ V . H . Lee , P . Z . 1524 ; W . Porter Webb , J . 13 S 1 ; H . Massey , P . Z ,, 619 ( Freemason ) . After the minutes had been read and confirmed , the Report of the Committee of General Purposes was taken as read , and ordered , to be received and entered on the minutes . On the motion of Col . Creaton , Grand Treasurer , seconded by the Rev . C . W . Arnold , P . G . Soj . Charters were

grantedist . Comps . William Thompson Beanland as Z . j George Hesketh as H . ; John Edward Wordsworth as J . ; and seven others , for a Chapter to be attached to the Wharncliffe Lodge , No . 1462 , Penistone , Yorkshire , to be called the " Wharncliffe Chapter , " and to meet at the Rose and Crown Hotel , Penistone , in the West Riding of Yorkshire .

2 nd . Comps . Henry George Thompson , M . D ., as Z . ; Stampa Walter Lambert as H .-, Frederick Thomas Mullett as J . ; and six others , for a Chapter to be attached to the Addiscombe Lodge , No . 155 6 , Croydon , to be called the " Addiscombe Chapter , " and to meet at the Masonic Hall ,

Croydon , in the county of Surrey . 3 rd . Comps . George Grecnwell as Z . ; George Bailes as H . ; Jacob Barker as J . ; and nine others , for a Chapter to be attached to the Norman Lodge , No . 1334 , "Durham , to be called "The Norman Chapter , " and to meet at the Masonic Hall , in the city of Durham .

4 th . Comps . Jesse Gustavus Redman as Z . ; Charles Burlcy as H . ; John Matthew Goldfinch as J . ; and seven others , for a Chapter to be attached to the St . Michael ' s Lodge , No . 1273 , Sittingbourne , to be called "The St . Michael ' s Chapter , " and to meet at the Town Hall , Sittingbourne , in the county of Kent : and

5 th . Comps . John Harvey Askham as Z . ; William Hay ward Allen as H . ; George Payne as J . ; and seven others , for a Chapter to be attached to the St . John's Lodge , No . 1564 , Knaphill , Woking , Surrey , to be called " The Brownrigg Chapter , " and to meet at the Prince of Wales '

Hotel , St . John's , Woking , in the county of Surrey . A Charter of Confirmation was also granted to the Principals and other members of the " Holy Zion Chapter , " No . 4 86 , Calcutta , in the district of Bengal , East Indies , the original Charter having become illegible through damp and other unavoidable causes . A Charter was likewise granted to the companions of the " Chapter of Charity , " No . 187 , Bristol , authorising them to wear a Centenary Jewel ,

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in accordance with the Resolution passed by the Supreme Grand Chapter on the ist of February , 1882 , the Chapter having proved an uninterrupted existence of 100 years . The Grand Superintendent of Devonshire having reported that the Jerusalem Chapter , No . 444 , Starcross , has neglected for several years to

hold meetings or make returns , and has not replied to a summons calling upon it for explanation of the same— -and the Grand Superintendent having thereon recommended to Grand Chapter that the Chapter be erased from the Roll under Article 72 , Royal Arch Regulations , and the chapter having

failed after being called on , in accordance with the said Article of the Regulations , to show cause to next Grand Chapter , why it shoul d not be so erased from the list of chapters , was ordered to be erased from the roll of chapters . Grand Chapter was then closed .

Freemasonry In Egypt.

FREEMASONRY IN EGYPT .

It has been announced that some days previous to his departure homewards from Egypt , H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , P . G . S . Warden , attended a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Egypt , and was most cordiall y received by the brethren , under the presidency of their Worthy and Most Worshipful Grand Master , Bro . Ralph Borg . We are informed also that

His Royal Highness has been pleased to accept the honorary rank of a Past Grand Warden of Egypt , and duly and fraternally expressed his thanks for the compliment . That when the fighting was over our Egyptian brethren should seek the opportunity of making acquaintance with our illustrious Craftsman was most natural , and equally so that the latter should

reciprocate the feeling . The Masonic associations connected with ancient E gypt are many and great , and , Masonically , modern Egypt owes much to her old prestige as one of the earliest homes , if not the cradle , of the Craft . It will , perhaps , not be out of place if we devote a few lines to sketching out

what is known of the state of Freemasonry in these days in the land of the Pharaohs , where forty centuries still look down upon the traveller as he gazes upwards at the stupendous monuments of former Egyptian skill and power—the Pyramids .

The Grand Lodge of Egypt is of very recent origin , dating no further back , we believe , than the year 1 S 76 , when it came into being with Bro . Zola as Grand Master , and Bro . Professor F . F . Oddi as Grand Secretary . His Highness Halim Pasha is honorary Grand Master " advitam ; " and His Majesty Kalakaua I ., King of the Sandwich Islands , honorary Grand

Master . It has in its jurisdiction some twenty-one lodges , including the Grand Master ' s Lodge , which heads the list without a number ; but our information does not enable us to state among what cities these lodges are distributed . No doubt several of them meet in Cairo , which is the headquarters of the Grand Lodge . Among the Grand Lodges with which that

of Egypt has established friendly communications are those of Ireland and Scotland ; and , as far as we can see , there is no reason why England should not follow their example , especially as we believe the systems of the two grand bodies rest substantially on the same basis . Time probably will , sooner or later , bring about so desirable a consummation—at all events , we are justified in expressing a hope that it may be so .

The Grand Lodge , however , is not the only representation of modern Masonry in this country . There is a Supreme Council , 33 , of the A . and A . Scottish Rite , with Sov . G . C . Zola as its chief , and the indefatigable F . F . Oddi as G . Secretary General and Grand Chancellor . The Rite of Memphis , too , has established itself here . But Egypt is a curious country , and just as

there are judicial courts for the trial of European offenders , apart from those for the trial of natives , so are there lodges holding under different European Masonic Constitutions , irrespective of those that pay allegiance to the native Grand Lodge . Thus in Cairo there are no less than five English lodges , namely : Bulwer Lodge of Cairo , No . 1068 , constituted in 1865 ;

Grecia , No . 1105 , 1866 ; Egyptian , No . 1156 , 1867 ; La Concordia , No . 1226 , 1868 ; and Star of the East , No . 1355 , 1871 . At Alexandria there are two lodges , St . John and St . Paul , No . 1 154 ; and Zetland , No . 1 137 ; both warranted in 1867 , the latter having a chapter attached to it . An ei ghth lodge , the Ramleh , No . 1419 , warranted in 1872 , meets at Rainleh . At

Suez there is a Scotch lodge , the Oriental , No . 472 , dating from the year 1867 . Alexandria can also boast a French lodge , Les Pyramides , while Italy has one more than England , namely , at Cairo lodge Mazzini ( ist class ); and II Nilo ( 2 nd class ); at Alexandria lodges Sovrano Capitolo , Nuova Pompeja , all of the first-class ; and La Severa , and lodge Conclave ,

of the second ditto ; at Mansourah , lodge Iraternita ( ist class ) , and lodge La Pace ( 5 th class ); and at Suez , lodge Progresso Costituzionale ( ist class ) . Thus , adding native and European lodges together , there

are fully forty in active working order , to say nothing of the Supreme Council , Valley of the Nile , and its belongings . We trust , in time , to see Masonry establishing a still stronger hold on a country in whose welfare England takes so deep an interest .

The prizes awarded at the recent Industrial Exhibition at Vauxhall were distributed to the successful competitors , at Brunswick House , on Saturday last , by the Lady Mayoress , who was accompanied on the occasion by Bro . the Lord Mayor and her two nieces . Her ladyship addressed a few kindly words to the different recipients , after which silver medals were presented to Mr . J . E . Hawkins , chairman of the committee , and Mr . E . E . Smith , secretary , for their services in promoting the exhibition . The vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress for attending was acknowledged in a few graceful sentences by the former .