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Supreme Grand Chapter.
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .
The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch ns of England was held on Wednesday evening at Freemasons' Hall . r ° Col Robert Townley Caldwell , G . Superintendent of Cambridge , acted ME Z- ; Comp . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , Registrar , as H . ; and the Rev . H . AH ir Pickard . G . Superintendent of Oxford , as J . Comp . A . A . Pendlebury , » t S E in the unavoidable absence , through illness , of Comp . Col . ch dwell H . Clerke , S . E ., acted as S . E . ; Comp . the Earl of Euston , as S . N . ; rIn Thomas Fenn , as P . S . ; Comp . Baron de Ferrieres , as ist A . S . j ! ndTomp . Weller-Poley , as 2 nd A . S . The other companions present
weren „* Robeit Grey , President Committee General Purposes ; Richard Eve , G . Treas . j S ° Kner Knwett , Swd . Br . ; William Bywater , 4 * h Std . Br . ; Frank Richardson , Dr I L . Collins , Asst . D . C . , * A . A . Pendlebury , Asst . G . S . E . ; Henry Mauds-, pfiSB ¦ A . W . Adair , G . Superintendent Somerset ; Major Ji-hn Sampson n - ' ^ PAG . S . ; James Glaisher , P . A . G . S . ; James S . Eastes , P . G . Swd . Br . ; J . ?' IP Feuvre , P . G . S . B . ; J . Lewis Thomas , P . G . S . B . ; Thomas Weller-Poley , P . A . r ' c •Charles F . Hogard , P . D . G . D . C . ; the Earl of Euston ; Fred Wes ' , P . A . G . S . ; u IP Dumas ; Gerard Ford , P . G . D .. G . Superintendent Sussex ; Major C . Hardinsr ,
p ' r Std Br . ; Raphael Costa , P . G . D . C ; Peter Ue L . Long , r . U . r . b . ; VV . o " w \ Voodman , M . D ., P . G . D . C ; Rev . Thomas Robinson , P . A . G . S . ; Alfred Sneer P . G . Std . Br . ; L . B . Puichas , P . G . S . B . ; J . A . Farnfield , P . G . Std . Br . ; ff A Gottlieb , P . G . Std . Br . ; A . B . Cook , P . G . St . ! . Br . ; Charles H . Dn ' ver , P . G . o / Br * Ralph Gooding , M . D .. P . A . G . Soj . ; Ralph Glutton , P . A . G . S ; Lieut .-foi H S Somerville BurneyP . G . S . B . ; Charles Maitin , P . G . S . B . ; C . F . Matier . P . G .
, neo DC ; E . J . Bavron , P . G . S . B . ; } . M . Case , P . G . D . C ; W . Edward Stews rt , P f , S B ; Thos . Fenn , P . Pres . Com . Gen . Purposes ; E . Letchworth , F . R . W . Hedges , 1 C Parkinson , E . H . Baylis , P . G . Std . Br , P . G . D . ; Rudolph G . Glover , P . G . Std Br . ; A lucking , P . Z . 1000 ; E . Ashworth , P . Z . 62 ; VV . H . Ferryman , P . Z . 1348 ; J . F . r ' oliin P . Z . 48 ; G . A . Ames , H . 2 ; E . Mallett , Z . 1623 ; Col . John Taylour , Z . , «• ' W . Alex . Barrett , P . Z . 1706 and 1923 ; Hugh W . H . Elwes , Z . 1631 ; John A .
Ilovd , P . Z . 357 , 379 . and 1533 : H . Massey , P . Z . G 19 and 1928 , and H . 192 S ; Joseph Da Silva , Z . 205 ; R . W . M . Pope , P . Z . 357 ; G . B . Chapman , H . 1 S 37 ; J . Davis , PZ ' ¦ Asher Barfield , P . Z . 511 ; H . E . Dehane , Z . 890 ; W . H . Spaull . P . Z . 262 ; F R . Spaull , P . Z . 3 S 2 ; Robeit Berridge , P . Z . 21 ; T . C . Walls , P . Z . 3 ; H . Higgins , P . Z . 13 S 0 ; C . H . Kohler , P . Z . 13 S 1 ; Emanuel Lyne , 214 ; Newcastle , S . N . 55 ; VV H A B . Lane , Z . 1383 ; A . W . Wells , Z . 975 ; Bentley Haynes , Z . 65 ; Eugene Monteuuis , Z . 8 ; VV . A . Scurrah , Z . 2048 ; W . Alfred Dawson , P . Z . 3 S 2 ; R . N . Howard ,
P Z . 170 ; Alfred J . Henochsberg , P . Z . 205 ; Alfred C . Spaull , P . Z . 3 S 2 ; H . Dickey , J . 1507 ; G . W . Knight , H . 1501 ; H . O . Wakeman , P . Z . 357 ; E . W . Stanton , P . Z . 1 S 1 ; F . J . Edgington , Z . 591 ; H . S . Goodall , P . Z . S 74 ; James C . Smith , Z . 1507 ; the Earl of Milltown , P . Z . 1629 ; M . C . Peck , P . Z . 57 , 250 , 1010 , & c . ; Wm . Lake , P . Z . ; Edward Terry , P . Z . 1319 ; J . S . Cumberland , P . Z . 236 ; H . J . Lardner , P . Z . go ;; Arthur Hubbard , Z . 177 ; F . D . Vine , Z . 173 ; L . S . Gordon Robbins , P . Z , 10 ; and H . Sadler , G . Janitor .
The minutes of the February Convocation having been read and confirmed , the installation of Principals and appointment and investiture of officers for the year were proceeded with . His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , M . E . Z ., was declared Grand First Principal for the year ; and the M . E . Z . announced that his Royal Highness had again appointed the Earl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Z . ; the Earl of Lathom , H . ; and Lord
Leigh , J . The other appointments were—Comp . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke ... ,., Grand S . E . „ The Earl of Milltown ... ... ... Grand S . N . ,, Robert Grey .., ... ... ... Pres . C . Gen . Pur „ Asher Barfield ... ... ... Grand Treas .
. ., F . A . Philbrick , Q . C . ... ... ... Grand Reg . ,, Lord John Taylour ... ... ... Grand P . S . i , Rev . R . W . Massy Pope ... ... Grand ist A . S . ,. Rev . J . A . Lloyd ... ... ... Grand 2 nd A . S . 11 Edmund Ashworth ... ... ... Grand Swd . Br . i ) Sir Richard Howard ... ... ... Grand ist Std . B
,, Robert Berridge ... ... ... Grand 2 ndStd . B 11 Col . John Davis ... ... ... Grand 3 rd Std . B » W . H . Spaull ... ... ... Grand 4 thStd . fi 11 Frank Richardson ... ... ... Grand D . C . » Herbert Jordan Adams ... ... ... Dep . G . D . C .
n James Thomas Collins ... ... ... ut A . G . D . C . » i Michael G . Peck ... ... ... 2 nd A . G . D . C , •¦ W . A . Barrett ... ... ... Grand Org . » A . A . Pendlebury ... ... ... Asst . G . S . E . » Henry Sadler .,, ... .,, ... Grand Janitor
On the motion of Comp . ROBERT GREY , seconded by Comp . FRAMC KICHARDSON , the following report of the Committee of General Purposes was taken as read , and ordered to be received and entered on the minutes . REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL PHRPOSES . 7 ° tne Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England . tne Committee of General Purposes beg to report that they have examined the accounts from the 18 th January to the 17 th April , 1888 , usive
* - ' , wnich they hnd to be as follows : — 0 BaIan ce , Grand Chapter £ 6 o 3 10 4 By Disbursements during the " » Unappropriated Quarter £ _ r . _ 17 5 c . Account .... 206 15 1 „ Balance 734 17 u " anbs « iuent Receipts ... 426 8 6 „ „ Unappropriated Account ... 2 co 18 7 /¦ 1241 13 11 £ 1241 13 11
Which balances are in the Bank of England , Western Branch . ° f R 6 1 ? mm'ttee h-3 * * *" received a report irom the Grand Superintendent ArchTt h Masonry of Victoria , Australia , stating that the Grand Royal Arch Ch tCr ° - - ' anada has recently thought fit to establish three Royal active , P ters ' ^ e Colony of Victoria ,, and that such chapters are in
° » ce b f n ^™ ltee feel it to be their duty to bring this serious matter at land ha 1 and Chapter , and to remind it that the Grand Lodge of Eng-D ornj ; al * ays held and maintained that the jurisdiction of Colonial and ° Wn ter' ° . Lodges cannot be recognized as extending beyond their
declare , L 2 . lttee have therefore to recommend that Grand Chapter should of Canad 5 ^ A yal Arch Chapters thus established by the Grand Chapter R ° yal Ari ! ' , " toria ' to be irregular , and should direct that the English int . Ar cn Lhantpr « in fV . of rninn „ ^ f ... i , ;^ i , < u <>«> ..-= -,. „ - „ ,. „ ., t n _ _ u „ \ Ul Wllllll llltlldlC CIL 311 11 /
"UUrpnu . l f , r- ~* " .. ' . '" Ol mWSKJIiy . ^ . pLU . IL LC ^ nadian ° Ch same > ancl ordered to hold no communication with these that a con , P ters ' and t 0 refuse admission to their members ; and further , Grand Rov 1 4 SUch reso ^ ' of Grand Chapter be transmitted to the Tlie Q ^ ?* rch Chapter of Canada for its information . r al from th r < lttee have Iikewise t 0 report that they have received a Memo-¦ - "e Urand Royal Arch Chapter of New Brunswick , in British
Supreme Grand Chapter.
North America , reporting that they had been regularly established in March , 1887 , and asking recognition by the Grand Chapter of England , and that fraternal communication may be established between the two Grand Chapters . The Committee recommend that , inasmuch as the Grand Lodgeof New Brunswick has been duly acknowledged by the Grand Lodge of England and Representatives exchanged , the Grand Chapter of New Brunswick be also recognized .
The Committee have also to report that they have received the following petitions : — ist . From Comps . Edward Hyde Hewett , C . M . G ., as Z . ; Lennox Browne , as H . ; Edward Luxmoore Marshall , as J . ; and seven others for a chapter to be attached to the Empire Lodge , No . 2108 , London , to be
called the Empire Chapter , and to meet at the Criterion , Piccadilly , London 2 nd . From Comps . Walter Hopekirk , as Z . ; Henry Albert Lovett , as H . ; James Kew , as J . ; and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Manchester Lodge , No . 1 79 , London , to be called the Manchester Chapter , and to meet at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , in the City of London .
3 rd . From Comps . George Francis Crane , as Z . j George Henry Cooper , as H . ; Hugh William Henry Elwes , as J . ; and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Lodge of Unity , No . 71 , Lowestoft , to be called the Lowestoft Chapter , and to meet at the Masonic Hall , Lowestoft , Suffolk .
The foregoing petitions being in ( all respects regular , the Committee recommend that the prayers thereof be respectively granted . The Committee have further to report that they have received a memorial from the companions of the Chapter of St . James , No . 2 , London , praying for a charter authorising them to wear a centenary jewel , in accordance with the resolution passed by the Supreme Grand Chapter on the ist of February , 1 S 82 .
This memorial being in form , and the chapter having proved an uninterrupted existence which will complete 100 years in June , the Committee recommend that the prayer thereof be granted , the charter to be dated the 13 th June , 1888 . The Committee have also received memorials , with copies of minutes , for permission to remove the following chapters : —
The Vane Chapter , No . 53 8 , from the Freemasons' Hal ! to the Holborn Restaurant , High Holborn . The Meribah Chapter , No . 350 , from the Grapes Inn , Stoneclough , to the Church Hotel , ICearsley . The Queen ' s Westminster Chapter , No . 2021 , from 8 A , Red Lion-square , to the Holborn Restaurant , Holborn .
The Committee recommend that the removal of these chapters be sane tinned .
The Committee beg to recommend and the President will move" That the sum of one hundred guineas be granted from the funds of this Grand Chapter as a donation to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . "
The Committee also recommend that the Trustees of the funds of Grand Chapter be authorised to consent to the conversion of the 3 percent . Consols into the 2 f per cent . Stock . ( Signed ) ROBERT GREY , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C ,
18 th April , 1888 . Comp . F . A . PHILBRICK , Q . C , Grand Registrar , acting H ., then said it not often happened that it was necessary that Grand Chapter should be asked to give effect to such of the recommendations as were contained in the first three paragraphs of the report . The matter therein contained was one which he was extremely sorry the Committee had had the necessity
of reporting upon , and he was sure every Royal Arch Mason would regret the existence of the facts which had led to the necessity for this report and recommendation . It might be within the recollection of many companions who were present that some time ago there arose a question in which the so-called Grand Lod ge of Quebec and the Grand Lodge of Canada came into controversy with the Grand Lodge
of England . He could not but feel that the facts stated in this report of what had occurred in our colonies had to some extent , if not altogether , been the outcome and the consequence of the unfortunate differences which then arose . But be that as it may , early in the present year the attention of the authorities of the Grand Chapter was called to the fact that the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Canada had issued warrants for Royal Arch
Chapters in the Colony of Victoria , and that those Royal Arch Chapters were in active work . At that time the Grand Chapter of England had it Royal Arch Chapters holding allegiance to the Grand Chapter of England . Those Royal Arch Chapters were in active work in the Colony of Victoria , and the granting of warrants for and the establishment of those Royal Arch Chapters in lhat colony under the authority of the Royal Arch Chapter
of Canada was effected entirely without notice lo us ; but it must have been with a distinct knowledge by the Royal Arch Chapter of Canada , a body with which we were on terms of friendship and amity , that we had alread y 11 Royal Arch Chapters at work there . But further than that , he thought the attention of Grand Chapter ought to be called to the fact that when the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Canada was established , ar . d Canada for the
purposes of Royal Arch Freemasonry became an independent body , holding no allegiance with any other sovereign bod )' , and became a sovereign independent body within its own jurisdiction , the Province of Canada , while it had a right to exercise a jurisdiction over its own area , had no right to assume , or to grant warrants , or exercise jurisdiction within the colonies or dependencies of the British Crown . And under those circumstances , although it was extremely
disagreeable and painful to have to move the resolution which the Committee recommended , there seemed to be but one course that was open for Grand Chapter to adopt—that the Grand Chapter of Canada having thus invaded the colony of Victoria , and disregarded the jurisdiction which was freely exercised , and avowedly exercised , for many years by the body from which it emanated , Grand Royal Arch Chapter of England should declare that the Canadian Grand Royal Arch Chapter having gone into the independent
colony of Victoria , which held originally under Grand Chapter of England , and issuing warrants for new Royal Arch chapters in Victoria , those chapters so established were irregular chapters , vve could not hold our companions in Victoria , who owned allegiance to us , capable of holding communications of a fraternal nature with them * , and therefore he would move the resolution which was recommended by the Committee of General Purposes , "That the English Royal Arch Chapter in Victoria be informed of our action , and be directed to hold no communication with these Canadian chapters , and to
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Supreme Grand Chapter.
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .
The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch ns of England was held on Wednesday evening at Freemasons' Hall . r ° Col Robert Townley Caldwell , G . Superintendent of Cambridge , acted ME Z- ; Comp . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , Registrar , as H . ; and the Rev . H . AH ir Pickard . G . Superintendent of Oxford , as J . Comp . A . A . Pendlebury , » t S E in the unavoidable absence , through illness , of Comp . Col . ch dwell H . Clerke , S . E ., acted as S . E . ; Comp . the Earl of Euston , as S . N . ; rIn Thomas Fenn , as P . S . ; Comp . Baron de Ferrieres , as ist A . S . j ! ndTomp . Weller-Poley , as 2 nd A . S . The other companions present
weren „* Robeit Grey , President Committee General Purposes ; Richard Eve , G . Treas . j S ° Kner Knwett , Swd . Br . ; William Bywater , 4 * h Std . Br . ; Frank Richardson , Dr I L . Collins , Asst . D . C . , * A . A . Pendlebury , Asst . G . S . E . ; Henry Mauds-, pfiSB ¦ A . W . Adair , G . Superintendent Somerset ; Major Ji-hn Sampson n - ' ^ PAG . S . ; James Glaisher , P . A . G . S . ; James S . Eastes , P . G . Swd . Br . ; J . ?' IP Feuvre , P . G . S . B . ; J . Lewis Thomas , P . G . S . B . ; Thomas Weller-Poley , P . A . r ' c •Charles F . Hogard , P . D . G . D . C . ; the Earl of Euston ; Fred Wes ' , P . A . G . S . ; u IP Dumas ; Gerard Ford , P . G . D .. G . Superintendent Sussex ; Major C . Hardinsr ,
p ' r Std Br . ; Raphael Costa , P . G . D . C ; Peter Ue L . Long , r . U . r . b . ; VV . o " w \ Voodman , M . D ., P . G . D . C ; Rev . Thomas Robinson , P . A . G . S . ; Alfred Sneer P . G . Std . Br . ; L . B . Puichas , P . G . S . B . ; J . A . Farnfield , P . G . Std . Br . ; ff A Gottlieb , P . G . Std . Br . ; A . B . Cook , P . G . St . ! . Br . ; Charles H . Dn ' ver , P . G . o / Br * Ralph Gooding , M . D .. P . A . G . Soj . ; Ralph Glutton , P . A . G . S ; Lieut .-foi H S Somerville BurneyP . G . S . B . ; Charles Maitin , P . G . S . B . ; C . F . Matier . P . G .
, neo DC ; E . J . Bavron , P . G . S . B . ; } . M . Case , P . G . D . C ; W . Edward Stews rt , P f , S B ; Thos . Fenn , P . Pres . Com . Gen . Purposes ; E . Letchworth , F . R . W . Hedges , 1 C Parkinson , E . H . Baylis , P . G . Std . Br , P . G . D . ; Rudolph G . Glover , P . G . Std Br . ; A lucking , P . Z . 1000 ; E . Ashworth , P . Z . 62 ; VV . H . Ferryman , P . Z . 1348 ; J . F . r ' oliin P . Z . 48 ; G . A . Ames , H . 2 ; E . Mallett , Z . 1623 ; Col . John Taylour , Z . , «• ' W . Alex . Barrett , P . Z . 1706 and 1923 ; Hugh W . H . Elwes , Z . 1631 ; John A .
Ilovd , P . Z . 357 , 379 . and 1533 : H . Massey , P . Z . G 19 and 1928 , and H . 192 S ; Joseph Da Silva , Z . 205 ; R . W . M . Pope , P . Z . 357 ; G . B . Chapman , H . 1 S 37 ; J . Davis , PZ ' ¦ Asher Barfield , P . Z . 511 ; H . E . Dehane , Z . 890 ; W . H . Spaull . P . Z . 262 ; F R . Spaull , P . Z . 3 S 2 ; Robeit Berridge , P . Z . 21 ; T . C . Walls , P . Z . 3 ; H . Higgins , P . Z . 13 S 0 ; C . H . Kohler , P . Z . 13 S 1 ; Emanuel Lyne , 214 ; Newcastle , S . N . 55 ; VV H A B . Lane , Z . 1383 ; A . W . Wells , Z . 975 ; Bentley Haynes , Z . 65 ; Eugene Monteuuis , Z . 8 ; VV . A . Scurrah , Z . 2048 ; W . Alfred Dawson , P . Z . 3 S 2 ; R . N . Howard ,
P Z . 170 ; Alfred J . Henochsberg , P . Z . 205 ; Alfred C . Spaull , P . Z . 3 S 2 ; H . Dickey , J . 1507 ; G . W . Knight , H . 1501 ; H . O . Wakeman , P . Z . 357 ; E . W . Stanton , P . Z . 1 S 1 ; F . J . Edgington , Z . 591 ; H . S . Goodall , P . Z . S 74 ; James C . Smith , Z . 1507 ; the Earl of Milltown , P . Z . 1629 ; M . C . Peck , P . Z . 57 , 250 , 1010 , & c . ; Wm . Lake , P . Z . ; Edward Terry , P . Z . 1319 ; J . S . Cumberland , P . Z . 236 ; H . J . Lardner , P . Z . go ;; Arthur Hubbard , Z . 177 ; F . D . Vine , Z . 173 ; L . S . Gordon Robbins , P . Z , 10 ; and H . Sadler , G . Janitor .
The minutes of the February Convocation having been read and confirmed , the installation of Principals and appointment and investiture of officers for the year were proceeded with . His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , M . E . Z ., was declared Grand First Principal for the year ; and the M . E . Z . announced that his Royal Highness had again appointed the Earl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Z . ; the Earl of Lathom , H . ; and Lord
Leigh , J . The other appointments were—Comp . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke ... ,., Grand S . E . „ The Earl of Milltown ... ... ... Grand S . N . ,, Robert Grey .., ... ... ... Pres . C . Gen . Pur „ Asher Barfield ... ... ... Grand Treas .
. ., F . A . Philbrick , Q . C . ... ... ... Grand Reg . ,, Lord John Taylour ... ... ... Grand P . S . i , Rev . R . W . Massy Pope ... ... Grand ist A . S . ,. Rev . J . A . Lloyd ... ... ... Grand 2 nd A . S . 11 Edmund Ashworth ... ... ... Grand Swd . Br . i ) Sir Richard Howard ... ... ... Grand ist Std . B
,, Robert Berridge ... ... ... Grand 2 ndStd . B 11 Col . John Davis ... ... ... Grand 3 rd Std . B » W . H . Spaull ... ... ... Grand 4 thStd . fi 11 Frank Richardson ... ... ... Grand D . C . » Herbert Jordan Adams ... ... ... Dep . G . D . C .
n James Thomas Collins ... ... ... ut A . G . D . C . » i Michael G . Peck ... ... ... 2 nd A . G . D . C , •¦ W . A . Barrett ... ... ... Grand Org . » A . A . Pendlebury ... ... ... Asst . G . S . E . » Henry Sadler .,, ... .,, ... Grand Janitor
On the motion of Comp . ROBERT GREY , seconded by Comp . FRAMC KICHARDSON , the following report of the Committee of General Purposes was taken as read , and ordered to be received and entered on the minutes . REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL PHRPOSES . 7 ° tne Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England . tne Committee of General Purposes beg to report that they have examined the accounts from the 18 th January to the 17 th April , 1888 , usive
* - ' , wnich they hnd to be as follows : — 0 BaIan ce , Grand Chapter £ 6 o 3 10 4 By Disbursements during the " » Unappropriated Quarter £ _ r . _ 17 5 c . Account .... 206 15 1 „ Balance 734 17 u " anbs « iuent Receipts ... 426 8 6 „ „ Unappropriated Account ... 2 co 18 7 /¦ 1241 13 11 £ 1241 13 11
Which balances are in the Bank of England , Western Branch . ° f R 6 1 ? mm'ttee h-3 * * *" received a report irom the Grand Superintendent ArchTt h Masonry of Victoria , Australia , stating that the Grand Royal Arch Ch tCr ° - - ' anada has recently thought fit to establish three Royal active , P ters ' ^ e Colony of Victoria ,, and that such chapters are in
° » ce b f n ^™ ltee feel it to be their duty to bring this serious matter at land ha 1 and Chapter , and to remind it that the Grand Lodge of Eng-D ornj ; al * ays held and maintained that the jurisdiction of Colonial and ° Wn ter' ° . Lodges cannot be recognized as extending beyond their
declare , L 2 . lttee have therefore to recommend that Grand Chapter should of Canad 5 ^ A yal Arch Chapters thus established by the Grand Chapter R ° yal Ari ! ' , " toria ' to be irregular , and should direct that the English int . Ar cn Lhantpr « in fV . of rninn „ ^ f ... i , ;^ i , < u <>«> ..-= -,. „ - „ ,. „ ., t n _ _ u „ \ Ul Wllllll llltlldlC CIL 311 11 /
"UUrpnu . l f , r- ~* " .. ' . '" Ol mWSKJIiy . ^ . pLU . IL LC ^ nadian ° Ch same > ancl ordered to hold no communication with these that a con , P ters ' and t 0 refuse admission to their members ; and further , Grand Rov 1 4 SUch reso ^ ' of Grand Chapter be transmitted to the Tlie Q ^ ?* rch Chapter of Canada for its information . r al from th r < lttee have Iikewise t 0 report that they have received a Memo-¦ - "e Urand Royal Arch Chapter of New Brunswick , in British
Supreme Grand Chapter.
North America , reporting that they had been regularly established in March , 1887 , and asking recognition by the Grand Chapter of England , and that fraternal communication may be established between the two Grand Chapters . The Committee recommend that , inasmuch as the Grand Lodgeof New Brunswick has been duly acknowledged by the Grand Lodge of England and Representatives exchanged , the Grand Chapter of New Brunswick be also recognized .
The Committee have also to report that they have received the following petitions : — ist . From Comps . Edward Hyde Hewett , C . M . G ., as Z . ; Lennox Browne , as H . ; Edward Luxmoore Marshall , as J . ; and seven others for a chapter to be attached to the Empire Lodge , No . 2108 , London , to be
called the Empire Chapter , and to meet at the Criterion , Piccadilly , London 2 nd . From Comps . Walter Hopekirk , as Z . ; Henry Albert Lovett , as H . ; James Kew , as J . ; and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Manchester Lodge , No . 1 79 , London , to be called the Manchester Chapter , and to meet at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , in the City of London .
3 rd . From Comps . George Francis Crane , as Z . j George Henry Cooper , as H . ; Hugh William Henry Elwes , as J . ; and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Lodge of Unity , No . 71 , Lowestoft , to be called the Lowestoft Chapter , and to meet at the Masonic Hall , Lowestoft , Suffolk .
The foregoing petitions being in ( all respects regular , the Committee recommend that the prayers thereof be respectively granted . The Committee have further to report that they have received a memorial from the companions of the Chapter of St . James , No . 2 , London , praying for a charter authorising them to wear a centenary jewel , in accordance with the resolution passed by the Supreme Grand Chapter on the ist of February , 1 S 82 .
This memorial being in form , and the chapter having proved an uninterrupted existence which will complete 100 years in June , the Committee recommend that the prayer thereof be granted , the charter to be dated the 13 th June , 1888 . The Committee have also received memorials , with copies of minutes , for permission to remove the following chapters : —
The Vane Chapter , No . 53 8 , from the Freemasons' Hal ! to the Holborn Restaurant , High Holborn . The Meribah Chapter , No . 350 , from the Grapes Inn , Stoneclough , to the Church Hotel , ICearsley . The Queen ' s Westminster Chapter , No . 2021 , from 8 A , Red Lion-square , to the Holborn Restaurant , Holborn .
The Committee recommend that the removal of these chapters be sane tinned .
The Committee beg to recommend and the President will move" That the sum of one hundred guineas be granted from the funds of this Grand Chapter as a donation to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . "
The Committee also recommend that the Trustees of the funds of Grand Chapter be authorised to consent to the conversion of the 3 percent . Consols into the 2 f per cent . Stock . ( Signed ) ROBERT GREY , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C ,
18 th April , 1888 . Comp . F . A . PHILBRICK , Q . C , Grand Registrar , acting H ., then said it not often happened that it was necessary that Grand Chapter should be asked to give effect to such of the recommendations as were contained in the first three paragraphs of the report . The matter therein contained was one which he was extremely sorry the Committee had had the necessity
of reporting upon , and he was sure every Royal Arch Mason would regret the existence of the facts which had led to the necessity for this report and recommendation . It might be within the recollection of many companions who were present that some time ago there arose a question in which the so-called Grand Lod ge of Quebec and the Grand Lodge of Canada came into controversy with the Grand Lodge
of England . He could not but feel that the facts stated in this report of what had occurred in our colonies had to some extent , if not altogether , been the outcome and the consequence of the unfortunate differences which then arose . But be that as it may , early in the present year the attention of the authorities of the Grand Chapter was called to the fact that the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Canada had issued warrants for Royal Arch
Chapters in the Colony of Victoria , and that those Royal Arch Chapters were in active work . At that time the Grand Chapter of England had it Royal Arch Chapters holding allegiance to the Grand Chapter of England . Those Royal Arch Chapters were in active work in the Colony of Victoria , and the granting of warrants for and the establishment of those Royal Arch Chapters in lhat colony under the authority of the Royal Arch Chapter
of Canada was effected entirely without notice lo us ; but it must have been with a distinct knowledge by the Royal Arch Chapter of Canada , a body with which we were on terms of friendship and amity , that we had alread y 11 Royal Arch Chapters at work there . But further than that , he thought the attention of Grand Chapter ought to be called to the fact that when the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Canada was established , ar . d Canada for the
purposes of Royal Arch Freemasonry became an independent body , holding no allegiance with any other sovereign bod )' , and became a sovereign independent body within its own jurisdiction , the Province of Canada , while it had a right to exercise a jurisdiction over its own area , had no right to assume , or to grant warrants , or exercise jurisdiction within the colonies or dependencies of the British Crown . And under those circumstances , although it was extremely
disagreeable and painful to have to move the resolution which the Committee recommended , there seemed to be but one course that was open for Grand Chapter to adopt—that the Grand Chapter of Canada having thus invaded the colony of Victoria , and disregarded the jurisdiction which was freely exercised , and avowedly exercised , for many years by the body from which it emanated , Grand Royal Arch Chapter of England should declare that the Canadian Grand Royal Arch Chapter having gone into the independent
colony of Victoria , which held originally under Grand Chapter of England , and issuing warrants for new Royal Arch chapters in Victoria , those chapters so established were irregular chapters , vve could not hold our companions in Victoria , who owned allegiance to us , capable of holding communications of a fraternal nature with them * , and therefore he would move the resolution which was recommended by the Committee of General Purposes , "That the English Royal Arch Chapter in Victoria be informed of our action , and be directed to hold no communication with these Canadian chapters , and to