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authority , " without the name of this " authority " to prove its value ; the latter have decided the question , after having proved all documents and reasons pro and . con . on the only authority of law , true Masonic principles , and justice . And from this standpoint four independent lodges of Germany , and the Grand Lodge League have acknowledged Prince Hall Grand Lodge as a just and perfect Masonic
body . ' 1 he Grand Lodge of Hungary and the Swiss Grand Lodge Alpina have done the same . The highly-esteemed independent lodge , Baldwin zur Linde , at Leipzic ( Worshipful Master Bro . Professor Dr . Marbach ) has voted the acknowledgement after having heard a committee charged to prove all documents and writings , and has published the report of this committee
in the " Heissbrett , " a paper for Master Masons . It would bejonly right and just , if the " unimpeachable authority" of a writer should like , to translate that report , and to discuss the reasons laid down therein . In the whole Masonic world the members of a dormant ( not defunct ) lodge have the right to resume the labour . The Prince Hall G . L . especially had this right , on the
ground of the legal warrant still in its possession , and more , as Prince Hall , or African Lodge , regularly constituted from the G . L . of England , has not ceased the intercourse with London ; but the Grand Lodge of England , as in so many other cases ef olden time , has cared nothing for her daughter lodges , i . e ., the mutual relations have gone asleep on both sides .
Indeed , I am very much astonished to find in an English Masonic paper such a boasting on the warrant , and the strict outer legal form . May the author and the " Freemason" first criticise the strict outer legal right of the existence of the Grand Lodgeof England before moralizing other bodies ? Has any other Grand Lodge warranted the first Grand Lodge of England ? Had the four old lodges of
London , without the other then existing lodges of England , an undeniable right to form a Grand Lodge and choose a Grand Master ? Had they any strict legal right to convert simple operative lodges into pure symbolical lodges . ' Had they a right to p ' ut aside the Old Constitutions , and to vote the old charges of 1723 ? No , no , no ; if the strict outer formal right is in question . And , further , if the
author and the " Freemason " deny the legal existence of Prince Hall Grand Lodge as a just and perfect body , with the right to institute new lodges , it is not just and perfect ( or Freemasons to judge all Grand Lodges of the Universe with the same measure after the compass ? Well , if this is done , then , with the exception of the newly-formed Grand Lodge of a recent ] date , ' scarcely a single Grand Lodge would
have an undisputable right of acknowledgment , neither most of our German Grand Lodges , nor the Grand Orient of France , nor the Grand Lodge of Sweden , and others . But enough . The Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Boston is as much a just and perfect Grand Lodge as the Grand Lodge of England and other bodies , and all its members are true and lawful Masons . I am , fraternally yonrs , J . G . FIHDEI .
DANIEL O'CONNEL . The original of the following appeared in the " Dublin Post , and is the best answer to " Enquirer " in last week ' s " Freemason . About five years ago the question was discussed in the " Freemason " : —
Sir— London , April 19 , 1837 . A paragraph has been going the round of the ' Irish newspapers , purporting to have my sanction , and stating that 1 had been at one time Master of a Masonic Lodge in Dublin , and still continue to belong to that society . " I have since received letters addressed to mc as a Freemason , and I feel it incumbent on me to state the real facts .
" It is true that I was a Freemason , and a Master of a Lodge . It was at a very early period of my life , and cither before an ecclesiastical censure had been published in the Catholic Church in Ireland prohibiting the taking of the Masonic Oaths , or , at least before 1 was aware of that censure . I now wish to state that , having become acquainted with it , I submitted to its influence , and many , very
many years ago unequivocally renounced Freemasonry . I offered the late Archbishop Dr . Troy to make that renunciation public , but he deemed it unnecessary . I am sorry to have this opportunity of doing so . "Freemasonry in Ireland may be said lo have ( apart from its oaths ) no evil tendency , save as far as it may counteract in some degree the exertions of those most
laudable and useful institutions—institutions deserving of every encouragement—the temperance societies . " But the great , the important objection , is this . The profane taking in vain the awful name of the Deity , in the wanton and multiplied taking of oaths , of oaths administered on the book of God , either in mockery or derision , or with solemnity which renders the tailing of them without any adequate motive only the more criminal . This
objection , which , perhaps , I do not state strongly enough , is alone abundantly sufficient to prevent any serious Christian from belonging to that body . " My name having been dragged before the public on this subject , it is , I think , my duty to prevent any person supposing that he was following my example in taking oaths which I now certainly would not take , and consequently becoming a Freemason , which I certainly would not now do .
' I have the honour to be your faithful servant , "DANIEL O'CONNELL . " PROV . GRAND LODGE OF NORTH WALES . To lhe Editor ofthe Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , —
Having read the short paragraph in the last week ' s " Freemason" of the proceedings of the above C ( i ge , although short it contained a few trivial errors . It * as at first arranged that the procession should proceed '" rough Hi gh-street and enter the cathedral by the great
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west door under Bishop Sheffington ' s Tower and proceed along the nave to the transept . Owing to an oversight in the railway arrangements for the month , the R . W . P . G . M . and officers did not arrive by their appointed time , which caused a delay . At the last moment the order was given to proceed to the cathedral by the shortest way , which was just long enough to be able to form a procession befcre
entering the cathedral , which they did by the north door , to the great disappointment of the inhabitants' and visitors in not being allowed to have a glimpse of the R . W . P . G . M ., their " Prince , in Wales . " Bro . R . Roberts is not the S . W ., but our respected P . M . and Sec . I enclose you the sermon preached on the occasion by
the Lord Bishop of the Diocese , to show the great contrast felt for the spiritual welfare of the Craft by the head of Christ Church in this diocese , and that of the so-called head of Christ Church at Rome . " Yc shall know them by their fruits " and " According to their deeds , accordingly he will repay . " Yours fraternally , R . O .
MARK MASONRY . 7 b the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — I am much interested in the Mark Degree , and have perused with interest the communication of a " Mark Master " in the " Freemason" of to-day on the subject . 1 . As to the charities , I know one of its Provincial Mark
Masters is a Vice-Patron of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and numerous members of the degree are foremost in aiding our three Grand Institutions , but we need not surely present any defence of the degree in lhat respect ? 2 . What does " Mark Master " mean by saying " Mark Lodges existed in England under the York Constitution
the minutes of the St . John's Mark Lodge at Bolton da ting from 1779 ? " Are we to understand b y York Constitution that of the " Grand Lodge of all England , " held at York , for some years extinct ? If so , I deny the statement , foe it has never yet been prosed that the York Masons worked the Mark Degree , and as to Bolton , there was not a lodge working there last century under the Grand Lodge of all England ( York ) .
I shall be glad to know what " Mark Master " means by his statement , and though I feel sure the lodge in question was not of the York Constitution , yet I should be exceedingly gratified to see an account of its records from 1779 in the "Freemason . " Those of" Banff " chapter have already appeared in the " Freemason " from our friend Bro . Hughan . Joppa , Oct . 30 . P . M . or MARK LODGE .
7 b the Editor of tlit Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — Your correspondent , a " Mark Master , " is clever , and I am therefore justified in assuming that his letter is penned for effect . Pity he docs not sign his name to his communications , in order that we may see who is who . I will content myself by criticising the historical evidence
he adduces in support of the genuine nature of the degree of Mark Master , because opinions may differ in regard to the value of a recognition of such a degree by the Order of the Temple , Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite , and Red Cross of Rome and Constantine . He is correct , no doubt , in regard to some degree called the " Mark " having been given at Banff and elsewhere at the close of last century , but when he adduces the instance of
" Mother Kilwinning , " I cannot help noticing that he is intelligent enough to know that he is only trying to hoodwink his readers . All the Kilwinning Lodge ( or any other Scottish lodge ) did was to record and register the Mark of the Apprentice Mason , a thing which the Scottish lodges were bound to do by an ordinance of the earl y part of the seventeenth century , and nearly two centuries before any degree of any kind called the Mark Degree existed anywhere .
Further , the York Constitution never did acknowledge the Mark or any analogous degree ; they only recognised the Royal Arch , Knights Templar , and Priestly Order of Melchisedek . Fraternally yours , \ 01 \ x YAHKER .
7 b lhe Editor if lhe Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — I am W . M . elect of our Mark Master Masons ' lodge . At our next meeting I shall have to be installed , and there are two candidates lo be advanced . Will you , or some of your readers , fcimlly tell me which ceremony ought to take place first , and oblige , Very faithfull y and fraternally yours , J . T . S . [ It is immaterial , so Bro . Binckes informs us ' ] .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
The General Committee of this institution met on Thursday at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . John A . Rucker , Vice-Patron , in the chair . Among the other brethren present were Bros . A . H . Tattershall , Richard Spencer , H . A . Dubois , R . B . Webster , George Kenning , F . Binckes , Walter
Wellsman , II . M . Levy , II . W . Hemsworth , Henry Dubosc , Henry Moore , S . Rosenthal , W . F . C . Moutrie , John Boyd , Thos . Cubitt , and R . W . Little , ( Sec . ) The minutes of the last General Committee were read and verified , and the minutes of the Quarterly Court and
Audit Committee were read for information . five petitions were then read , of which four were approved and one was deferred . The committee then adjourned . [ The above appeared in our second edition last week ] .
WIPE YOUR FEET . —The best Coco Nut Mats and Matting arc made by Treloar & Sons , 6 9 , Ludgate Hill .
Provincial Grand Chapter Of Hertfordshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER OF HERTFORDSHIRE .
INSTALLATION or COMI > . HALSEY , M . P ., AS PROVIWCIAI , GRAND SUPERINTENDENT . After a lapse of eleven years the meetings of the Grand Chapter for the Province of Herts have been revived . The province has for some time been without a Provincial
Superintendent , but Royal Arch Masonry has not hitherto been very flourishing in the province , and there has been very little for a Superintendent to do lately , however , the Order has become more numerous , and the holding of a Provincial Grand Chapter become a necessity . The office of Superintendent being vacant , it could not be conferred on a more worthy Comp . than the Provincial Grand Master ,
Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., a Past Z . of No . 404 , a provincial chapter , a very popular chief , and one under whom the Craft in the province is flourishing considerably . His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , Grand Z ., therefore , appointed Comp . Halsey as Provincial Superintendent for Herts , and on Thursday last the installation of that companion was performed at the Masonic Hall , Watford , the
first stone of which was laid by Comp . Halsey some time ago . There was a good attendance of companions at the installation , most of them , however , being , as might be expected , provincial companions . The following is a list of the company : —Comps . John Hervey , G . S . E . ; A . T . Brett , P . Z . 404 ; F . Davison , Z . 404 ; I . N . Edwards , 1385 ; R . T . Andrews , II . 40 ? ; T .
S . Carter , Z . 1385 , and J . 402 ; W . Marks , 1385 ; W . Cutbush , J . 1385 ; H . C . Finch , P . Z . 404 ; J . R . Cocks , P . Z . 403 , S . E . 403 , 1385 ; J . Lowthin , H . 1385 ; J . Livingston , 1385 j H . C . Heart , Z . 403 ; G . P . Bernard , 404 ; G . Finch , P . Z . 403 ; H . Massey (* ' Freemason " ) ; J . Terry , P . Z . 4 ° 3 i 1385 ; R . Horton Smith , P . Z . 404 ; A . J . Copeland ,
P . Z . 404 ; J . E . Dawson , 404 ; J . Wilkinson , 1248 ; H . Lloyd Thomas , P . Z . 403 ; j . Purrott , 1385 ; and H . F . Burchtll Heme , P . Z . 404 . Comps . Hervey , as Z . ; F . Davison , H .: Heard , J . ; H . C . Finch , P . S . ; G . R . Cocks , First A . ; H . Lloyd Thomas , Second A . ; Dr . Brette , N . ; F . H . Wilson lies , M . D .,- E . ; J . Terry , D . C . ; T . S . Carter , R . T . Andrews , Lowthin
J . , G . Finch , H . Massey , and other P . P . 's , opened the chapter , and the companions having been admitted , Comp . Hervey thus addressed them : — You are all aware of the object for which we are met on the present occasion , and I may congratulate those members of the Province of Hertfordshire who have been deprived of a Grand Chapter so many years on havthe
ing opportunity of meeting together again as a Provincial Grand Chapter . I need hardl y say that it has afforded me great pleasure to come down to-day to resuscitate tbe Grand Chapter of the Province of Hertfordshire , and I hope that now that there is a Grand Chapter established we shall find that the Order of the Royal Arch will increase in this , province , and that instead of three chapters believe
, as I is now the number in the province , we shall soon see double the number . I will not detain you longer now , because time unfortunately flies , rather too rapidly to suit many of us . I will not take up your time needlessly , but will now proceed to the business of the day , when I shall have the pleasure of placing one to preside over you in this province better than I who am the
, exponent of the G . Z . on the present occasion . I shall leave you this evening with a head of your own , instead of being as you have been for some time without a ruler to govern and control the Order of Royal Arch Masonry in the province . The business was thereupon proceeded with by Comp . lies , calling over tbe roll of chapters , the Hertford , 403 j the Watford , 404 , and the Gladsmuir . n «*
when the several companions , belonging to those chapters answered . Comp . lies afterwards stated that the last meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter , was held 011 the gth Sept ., 186 4 , when the officers for the province were appointed . At this point of the proceedings S . N . announced that the Provincial Grand Superintendent Designate was without the chapter , when the Z . requested that he would send
in his patent . S . N . having obtained it , handed it to Comp . S . E ., who read it aloud and handed it to the M . E . Z . for examination , and appointed a deputation consisting of Comps . lunch , Cocks , and Thomas ( Sojourners ) , T . S . Carter , and James Terry , D . C ., to introduce Comp . Halsey for the purpose of being installed . These companions retired , and afterwards
returnedcon-, ducting Comp . Halsey into the chapter . The M . E . Z ., addressing him , said : —I congratulate you , sir , on being appointed Prov . Grand Superintendent of this province . It must be a gratifying feeling to yourself to receive that appointment from so eminent a member of the Craft as the head of our Order now is . He , of course , is one who will be the general disseminator of honours on some future
occasion for the realm at large . lie now is the King , one may so denominate him , for the time , of Masonry , the exponent of all our principles , one who , I am sure , during the time that he has been at our head , has conducted himself in a manner to recommend him to every member cf our Order , whether it be in Craft or R . A . Masonry . It must , therefore , be an additional pleasure to you to be '
appointed by so eminent a member of society ; and it must also be gratifying to you that after the province has had a lapse , I may say of 21 years in Royal Arch Masonry , it is considered advisable to resuscitate the Grand Chapter of Hertfordshire , and that you , sir , arc appointed to be at its head , in which position I hope you will not only resuscitate the province as a province , but
likewise that it will be in your power so . to disseminate the seeds of the Order that we shall see chapters springing up in other parts of the province than those which now possess them . I am sure that during the time that you preside over the Order you will do it with that diligence and with that desire not only to further the interests of the Order in general , but render yourself in Royal Arch Masonry , as
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authority , " without the name of this " authority " to prove its value ; the latter have decided the question , after having proved all documents and reasons pro and . con . on the only authority of law , true Masonic principles , and justice . And from this standpoint four independent lodges of Germany , and the Grand Lodge League have acknowledged Prince Hall Grand Lodge as a just and perfect Masonic
body . ' 1 he Grand Lodge of Hungary and the Swiss Grand Lodge Alpina have done the same . The highly-esteemed independent lodge , Baldwin zur Linde , at Leipzic ( Worshipful Master Bro . Professor Dr . Marbach ) has voted the acknowledgement after having heard a committee charged to prove all documents and writings , and has published the report of this committee
in the " Heissbrett , " a paper for Master Masons . It would bejonly right and just , if the " unimpeachable authority" of a writer should like , to translate that report , and to discuss the reasons laid down therein . In the whole Masonic world the members of a dormant ( not defunct ) lodge have the right to resume the labour . The Prince Hall G . L . especially had this right , on the
ground of the legal warrant still in its possession , and more , as Prince Hall , or African Lodge , regularly constituted from the G . L . of England , has not ceased the intercourse with London ; but the Grand Lodge of England , as in so many other cases ef olden time , has cared nothing for her daughter lodges , i . e ., the mutual relations have gone asleep on both sides .
Indeed , I am very much astonished to find in an English Masonic paper such a boasting on the warrant , and the strict outer legal form . May the author and the " Freemason" first criticise the strict outer legal right of the existence of the Grand Lodgeof England before moralizing other bodies ? Has any other Grand Lodge warranted the first Grand Lodge of England ? Had the four old lodges of
London , without the other then existing lodges of England , an undeniable right to form a Grand Lodge and choose a Grand Master ? Had they any strict legal right to convert simple operative lodges into pure symbolical lodges . ' Had they a right to p ' ut aside the Old Constitutions , and to vote the old charges of 1723 ? No , no , no ; if the strict outer formal right is in question . And , further , if the
author and the " Freemason " deny the legal existence of Prince Hall Grand Lodge as a just and perfect body , with the right to institute new lodges , it is not just and perfect ( or Freemasons to judge all Grand Lodges of the Universe with the same measure after the compass ? Well , if this is done , then , with the exception of the newly-formed Grand Lodge of a recent ] date , ' scarcely a single Grand Lodge would
have an undisputable right of acknowledgment , neither most of our German Grand Lodges , nor the Grand Orient of France , nor the Grand Lodge of Sweden , and others . But enough . The Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Boston is as much a just and perfect Grand Lodge as the Grand Lodge of England and other bodies , and all its members are true and lawful Masons . I am , fraternally yonrs , J . G . FIHDEI .
DANIEL O'CONNEL . The original of the following appeared in the " Dublin Post , and is the best answer to " Enquirer " in last week ' s " Freemason . About five years ago the question was discussed in the " Freemason " : —
Sir— London , April 19 , 1837 . A paragraph has been going the round of the ' Irish newspapers , purporting to have my sanction , and stating that 1 had been at one time Master of a Masonic Lodge in Dublin , and still continue to belong to that society . " I have since received letters addressed to mc as a Freemason , and I feel it incumbent on me to state the real facts .
" It is true that I was a Freemason , and a Master of a Lodge . It was at a very early period of my life , and cither before an ecclesiastical censure had been published in the Catholic Church in Ireland prohibiting the taking of the Masonic Oaths , or , at least before 1 was aware of that censure . I now wish to state that , having become acquainted with it , I submitted to its influence , and many , very
many years ago unequivocally renounced Freemasonry . I offered the late Archbishop Dr . Troy to make that renunciation public , but he deemed it unnecessary . I am sorry to have this opportunity of doing so . "Freemasonry in Ireland may be said lo have ( apart from its oaths ) no evil tendency , save as far as it may counteract in some degree the exertions of those most
laudable and useful institutions—institutions deserving of every encouragement—the temperance societies . " But the great , the important objection , is this . The profane taking in vain the awful name of the Deity , in the wanton and multiplied taking of oaths , of oaths administered on the book of God , either in mockery or derision , or with solemnity which renders the tailing of them without any adequate motive only the more criminal . This
objection , which , perhaps , I do not state strongly enough , is alone abundantly sufficient to prevent any serious Christian from belonging to that body . " My name having been dragged before the public on this subject , it is , I think , my duty to prevent any person supposing that he was following my example in taking oaths which I now certainly would not take , and consequently becoming a Freemason , which I certainly would not now do .
' I have the honour to be your faithful servant , "DANIEL O'CONNELL . " PROV . GRAND LODGE OF NORTH WALES . To lhe Editor ofthe Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , —
Having read the short paragraph in the last week ' s " Freemason" of the proceedings of the above C ( i ge , although short it contained a few trivial errors . It * as at first arranged that the procession should proceed '" rough Hi gh-street and enter the cathedral by the great
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west door under Bishop Sheffington ' s Tower and proceed along the nave to the transept . Owing to an oversight in the railway arrangements for the month , the R . W . P . G . M . and officers did not arrive by their appointed time , which caused a delay . At the last moment the order was given to proceed to the cathedral by the shortest way , which was just long enough to be able to form a procession befcre
entering the cathedral , which they did by the north door , to the great disappointment of the inhabitants' and visitors in not being allowed to have a glimpse of the R . W . P . G . M ., their " Prince , in Wales . " Bro . R . Roberts is not the S . W ., but our respected P . M . and Sec . I enclose you the sermon preached on the occasion by
the Lord Bishop of the Diocese , to show the great contrast felt for the spiritual welfare of the Craft by the head of Christ Church in this diocese , and that of the so-called head of Christ Church at Rome . " Yc shall know them by their fruits " and " According to their deeds , accordingly he will repay . " Yours fraternally , R . O .
MARK MASONRY . 7 b the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — I am much interested in the Mark Degree , and have perused with interest the communication of a " Mark Master " in the " Freemason" of to-day on the subject . 1 . As to the charities , I know one of its Provincial Mark
Masters is a Vice-Patron of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and numerous members of the degree are foremost in aiding our three Grand Institutions , but we need not surely present any defence of the degree in lhat respect ? 2 . What does " Mark Master " mean by saying " Mark Lodges existed in England under the York Constitution
the minutes of the St . John's Mark Lodge at Bolton da ting from 1779 ? " Are we to understand b y York Constitution that of the " Grand Lodge of all England , " held at York , for some years extinct ? If so , I deny the statement , foe it has never yet been prosed that the York Masons worked the Mark Degree , and as to Bolton , there was not a lodge working there last century under the Grand Lodge of all England ( York ) .
I shall be glad to know what " Mark Master " means by his statement , and though I feel sure the lodge in question was not of the York Constitution , yet I should be exceedingly gratified to see an account of its records from 1779 in the "Freemason . " Those of" Banff " chapter have already appeared in the " Freemason " from our friend Bro . Hughan . Joppa , Oct . 30 . P . M . or MARK LODGE .
7 b the Editor of tlit Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — Your correspondent , a " Mark Master , " is clever , and I am therefore justified in assuming that his letter is penned for effect . Pity he docs not sign his name to his communications , in order that we may see who is who . I will content myself by criticising the historical evidence
he adduces in support of the genuine nature of the degree of Mark Master , because opinions may differ in regard to the value of a recognition of such a degree by the Order of the Temple , Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite , and Red Cross of Rome and Constantine . He is correct , no doubt , in regard to some degree called the " Mark " having been given at Banff and elsewhere at the close of last century , but when he adduces the instance of
" Mother Kilwinning , " I cannot help noticing that he is intelligent enough to know that he is only trying to hoodwink his readers . All the Kilwinning Lodge ( or any other Scottish lodge ) did was to record and register the Mark of the Apprentice Mason , a thing which the Scottish lodges were bound to do by an ordinance of the earl y part of the seventeenth century , and nearly two centuries before any degree of any kind called the Mark Degree existed anywhere .
Further , the York Constitution never did acknowledge the Mark or any analogous degree ; they only recognised the Royal Arch , Knights Templar , and Priestly Order of Melchisedek . Fraternally yours , \ 01 \ x YAHKER .
7 b lhe Editor if lhe Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — I am W . M . elect of our Mark Master Masons ' lodge . At our next meeting I shall have to be installed , and there are two candidates lo be advanced . Will you , or some of your readers , fcimlly tell me which ceremony ought to take place first , and oblige , Very faithfull y and fraternally yours , J . T . S . [ It is immaterial , so Bro . Binckes informs us ' ] .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
The General Committee of this institution met on Thursday at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . John A . Rucker , Vice-Patron , in the chair . Among the other brethren present were Bros . A . H . Tattershall , Richard Spencer , H . A . Dubois , R . B . Webster , George Kenning , F . Binckes , Walter
Wellsman , II . M . Levy , II . W . Hemsworth , Henry Dubosc , Henry Moore , S . Rosenthal , W . F . C . Moutrie , John Boyd , Thos . Cubitt , and R . W . Little , ( Sec . ) The minutes of the last General Committee were read and verified , and the minutes of the Quarterly Court and
Audit Committee were read for information . five petitions were then read , of which four were approved and one was deferred . The committee then adjourned . [ The above appeared in our second edition last week ] .
WIPE YOUR FEET . —The best Coco Nut Mats and Matting arc made by Treloar & Sons , 6 9 , Ludgate Hill .
Provincial Grand Chapter Of Hertfordshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER OF HERTFORDSHIRE .
INSTALLATION or COMI > . HALSEY , M . P ., AS PROVIWCIAI , GRAND SUPERINTENDENT . After a lapse of eleven years the meetings of the Grand Chapter for the Province of Herts have been revived . The province has for some time been without a Provincial
Superintendent , but Royal Arch Masonry has not hitherto been very flourishing in the province , and there has been very little for a Superintendent to do lately , however , the Order has become more numerous , and the holding of a Provincial Grand Chapter become a necessity . The office of Superintendent being vacant , it could not be conferred on a more worthy Comp . than the Provincial Grand Master ,
Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., a Past Z . of No . 404 , a provincial chapter , a very popular chief , and one under whom the Craft in the province is flourishing considerably . His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , Grand Z ., therefore , appointed Comp . Halsey as Provincial Superintendent for Herts , and on Thursday last the installation of that companion was performed at the Masonic Hall , Watford , the
first stone of which was laid by Comp . Halsey some time ago . There was a good attendance of companions at the installation , most of them , however , being , as might be expected , provincial companions . The following is a list of the company : —Comps . John Hervey , G . S . E . ; A . T . Brett , P . Z . 404 ; F . Davison , Z . 404 ; I . N . Edwards , 1385 ; R . T . Andrews , II . 40 ? ; T .
S . Carter , Z . 1385 , and J . 402 ; W . Marks , 1385 ; W . Cutbush , J . 1385 ; H . C . Finch , P . Z . 404 ; J . R . Cocks , P . Z . 403 , S . E . 403 , 1385 ; J . Lowthin , H . 1385 ; J . Livingston , 1385 j H . C . Heart , Z . 403 ; G . P . Bernard , 404 ; G . Finch , P . Z . 403 ; H . Massey (* ' Freemason " ) ; J . Terry , P . Z . 4 ° 3 i 1385 ; R . Horton Smith , P . Z . 404 ; A . J . Copeland ,
P . Z . 404 ; J . E . Dawson , 404 ; J . Wilkinson , 1248 ; H . Lloyd Thomas , P . Z . 403 ; j . Purrott , 1385 ; and H . F . Burchtll Heme , P . Z . 404 . Comps . Hervey , as Z . ; F . Davison , H .: Heard , J . ; H . C . Finch , P . S . ; G . R . Cocks , First A . ; H . Lloyd Thomas , Second A . ; Dr . Brette , N . ; F . H . Wilson lies , M . D .,- E . ; J . Terry , D . C . ; T . S . Carter , R . T . Andrews , Lowthin
J . , G . Finch , H . Massey , and other P . P . 's , opened the chapter , and the companions having been admitted , Comp . Hervey thus addressed them : — You are all aware of the object for which we are met on the present occasion , and I may congratulate those members of the Province of Hertfordshire who have been deprived of a Grand Chapter so many years on havthe
ing opportunity of meeting together again as a Provincial Grand Chapter . I need hardl y say that it has afforded me great pleasure to come down to-day to resuscitate tbe Grand Chapter of the Province of Hertfordshire , and I hope that now that there is a Grand Chapter established we shall find that the Order of the Royal Arch will increase in this , province , and that instead of three chapters believe
, as I is now the number in the province , we shall soon see double the number . I will not detain you longer now , because time unfortunately flies , rather too rapidly to suit many of us . I will not take up your time needlessly , but will now proceed to the business of the day , when I shall have the pleasure of placing one to preside over you in this province better than I who am the
, exponent of the G . Z . on the present occasion . I shall leave you this evening with a head of your own , instead of being as you have been for some time without a ruler to govern and control the Order of Royal Arch Masonry in the province . The business was thereupon proceeded with by Comp . lies , calling over tbe roll of chapters , the Hertford , 403 j the Watford , 404 , and the Gladsmuir . n «*
when the several companions , belonging to those chapters answered . Comp . lies afterwards stated that the last meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter , was held 011 the gth Sept ., 186 4 , when the officers for the province were appointed . At this point of the proceedings S . N . announced that the Provincial Grand Superintendent Designate was without the chapter , when the Z . requested that he would send
in his patent . S . N . having obtained it , handed it to Comp . S . E ., who read it aloud and handed it to the M . E . Z . for examination , and appointed a deputation consisting of Comps . lunch , Cocks , and Thomas ( Sojourners ) , T . S . Carter , and James Terry , D . C ., to introduce Comp . Halsey for the purpose of being installed . These companions retired , and afterwards
returnedcon-, ducting Comp . Halsey into the chapter . The M . E . Z ., addressing him , said : —I congratulate you , sir , on being appointed Prov . Grand Superintendent of this province . It must be a gratifying feeling to yourself to receive that appointment from so eminent a member of the Craft as the head of our Order now is . He , of course , is one who will be the general disseminator of honours on some future
occasion for the realm at large . lie now is the King , one may so denominate him , for the time , of Masonry , the exponent of all our principles , one who , I am sure , during the time that he has been at our head , has conducted himself in a manner to recommend him to every member cf our Order , whether it be in Craft or R . A . Masonry . It must , therefore , be an additional pleasure to you to be '
appointed by so eminent a member of society ; and it must also be gratifying to you that after the province has had a lapse , I may say of 21 years in Royal Arch Masonry , it is considered advisable to resuscitate the Grand Chapter of Hertfordshire , and that you , sir , arc appointed to be at its head , in which position I hope you will not only resuscitate the province as a province , but
likewise that it will be in your power so . to disseminate the seeds of the Order that we shall see chapters springing up in other parts of the province than those which now possess them . I am sure that during the time that you preside over the Order you will do it with that diligence and with that desire not only to further the interests of the Order in general , but render yourself in Royal Arch Masonry , as