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ORDER OF THE TEMPLE & HOSPITAL .

The Regular Grand Conclave of the Orders of the Temple and Malta was holden at Head Quarters , 14 , Bedford-row , on Friday , the 13 th inst . Owing to the announcement that H . R . H . the Prince of Wales had graciously signified his intention of attending , there was an unusually large muster of present and past Grand Officers and other Kni ghts entitled to be

present , in fact thc large hall was full some time before the hour appointed for the commencement of the proceedings . Among the most prominent members of the Order present wc observed the M . E . and S . G . M ., the Rev . J . Huyshe , D . G . M . ; Col . Vernon , P . D . G . M . ; several Prov . G . Commanders , the Earl of Limerick , Lord

Lindsay , and many others . The Grand Conclave having been opened in due form the-minutes of the last Grand Conclave were read , and afterwards the Report of * the Committee of General Purposes as follows : — " Most Eminent and Supreme Grand Master , " Your Committee has the honour to state that no

important changes have taken place in the Order since the Grand Conclave in December , 1869 . " A Warrant has been granted for a new Encampment and Priory at Orillia , in the County of Simcoe , Province of Ontario , Dominion of Canada , named the Mount Calvary ; making the total number of Encampments under your Banner 107 .

" It has pleased you , Sir , to appoint Sir Knight the Honourable F . Walpole , MP ., Grand Commander for the Province of Norfolk , in the room of Sir Kni ght Benjamin Bond Cabbell , resigned , and the necessary Warrant has been passed under the Seal of the Order in accordance with your authority . "Your Committee regrets to report the death of the

Reverend Edward Chaloner Ogle , heretofore Provincial Grand Commander for Northumberland and Berwick , and trusts you will be able to replace his loss by an appropriate appointment . " Your Committee has to lament the resignation of one of your best and most active officers , the Rev . Dr . Senior , Provincial Grand Commander for West Yorkshire , on

the ground of advanced age , which obliges him to reduce the circle of his Masonic usefulness . Your Committee has , however , the satisfaction of stating that Dr . Senior has consented to hold the office in coinmendam till the appointment of his successor . "The Province of Ceylon has become vacant by the retirement from that country of the Provincial Grand

Commander Sir Knight Crookshank , in the course of his military duty , who , however , will now perform his homage . " Your Committee has been unable , as yet , to submit to your favourable consideration a Knight of adequate position to assume the command of the Province of Stafford and Warwick , in which your Grand Chancellor held

virtute officii Provincial Grand Conclaves , in February , 1869 and 1870 . In the meantime that Province has not suffered by the provisional administration of the Deputy Provincial Grand Commander Sir Knight Hibbert , whom your Committee recommends for Grand Office , as a reward for his zeal and judgment .

"Your Committee has , in the execution of an unpleasant duty , felt it necessary to recommend the suspension of thc Tynte Encampment , for persistent neglect in making the Annual Return , after l'epcated and formal applications , no other means being left to reduce this Encampment to a sense of obligation .

"The following Encampments have been reported to to your Committee as not having sent in their Returns for thc year 1 S 69 :- ¦ - Bermuda , CabhcII , Ctuir de Lion ( Canada ) , Celestial , Cornubian , Cotcswold , De Furniva ) , Faith ( Bradford ) , Failh ( Wigan ) , Fearnley , Geoffrey tic Saint Aldcmar ( Canada ) , Grove , Harcottrl , Hope , Hugh de Paycns

( Canada ) , King Baldwyn ( Canada ) , Loyal Burmah , Mount Calvary in the East ( Bombay ) , Mount / . ion , Plains of Mamrc ( Hawarth ) , Royal Edward , Saint John of Jerusalem ( Todmorden ) , Star of the East , Sussex ( late Plantagenet ) , Canada , Temple Cressing , Tynte , Union , and William de la More the Martyr ( Canada ) .

" You have on Ihe recommendation of yutir Committee struck off the Roll two Grand Officer :., who after live summonses have neglected to pay their fees of honour . "Your Committee recommends that these fees should in future be paid on acceptance of the nomination lo Grand Office .

" In consequence of the non-attendance of Grand Officers at thc Meetings of Grand Conclave , your Committee has determined strictly to enforce in future the fines due from Grand Officers for non-attendance to their duties .

" Ihe premises at 14 , Bedford-row , having passed into other hands , the Grand Conclave received , on 251 I 1 December last , a formal notice to quit , in consequence of which arrangements have been made for meeting in future at the Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street . "Your Commitec invites the serious attention of Grand Conclave to the financial report of the Grand

Treasurer , which it begs to support ; and to recommend that , pursuant to notice given at the last Grand Conclave , the fees for Registration aud Certificates for Knights Templar should be raised from 15 s . lo £ 1 is . od . ; the fee for Grand Officers' Patents , from 7 s . od . to 10 s . 6 d . ; nn 1 thai the Annual Contribution by Members of the

Order should be raised to 2 s . fid ., exclusive of the is . to the Fund of Benevolence . It is estimated that lliis slight increase will , joined with . strict economy , enable the revenue to cover the expenditure' : an object which is at present effected with difficulty , and will soon become impracticable .

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The Balance in the Grand Treasurer ' s hands , at the end of the financial year ending with March , amounts to ^ 177 9 5 Benevolent Fund £ i & 3 15 2

£ 361 4 7 "By Order ofthe Committee of Grand Conclave , "t P . MAC C . DE COLQUHOUN , Grand Chancellor . " In pursuance of a recommendation contained in thc Report and of a Notice given at the last Grand Conclave , the Grand Treasurer then proceeded to move a resolution for the increase of fees—premising by remarking that the

income was daily growing more inadequate to meet the expenditure , notwithstanding the rigid economy practiced by the Executive—that at the present the Knights only paid one shilling per annum to thc General Fund , while their brother Knights in the United States cheerfully paid many times that amount . Nevertheless , he hoped the small addition asked for would enable the business at Plead Quarters to be carried on with less difficulty , and

he felt sure the matter only needed bringing under the notice of Grand Conclave to ensure a ready acquiescence in so moderate a request . The motion was seconded by the Rev . John Huyshe , the D . G . M ., who said he felt almost ashamed to detain the attention of Grand Conclave on such a point ; he did not doubt that the motion would be readily agreed to by all concerned .

After a few remarks by the Grand Prior , the Earl of Limerick , who explained that the Grand Treasurer only asked for an annual increase of is . 6 d . per head , the motion was put and carried without any dissent . The motion to confirm thc Report of the Committee

having been moved and seconded , was carried unanimously , and then , upon the proposition of the D . G . M ., thc Grand Master was proclaimed and saluted . The following Grand Officers were appointed by the Grand Master : —

Grand Seneschal Lord Skelmersdale . Grand Prior Earl of Limerick . Grand Sub . Prior Colonel Elliott . Grand Prelate ... ... ... Rev . E . Moore . First Grand Captain Major Hebbert . Second Grand Captain ... C . Chandos Pole .

Grand Chancellor Sir P . Colquhon . Grand Vice Chancellor ... W . Tinkler . Grand Registrar J . Lavender . Grand Chamberlain E . J . Morris . Grand Hospitaller L . P . Metham . Grand Director of Ceremonies J . Lambert Sim . Asst . .. T . Stnrk .-v . Asst . TStarkey .

,, ,, ... . Grand Superintendent of Works T . Williams . Grand Constable J . II . Younghusband . Grand Provost J . G . Chancellor . Grand Almoner Capt . Phayie . Grand Warden of Regalia ... George Lambert , First Grand Expert C . F . Aiden .

Second Grand Expert Colonel Ratcliffe . First Grand Standard-bearer ... S . Jones . Second Grand Standard-bearer B . Davis . Third Grand Standard-hearer ... T . W . Harrison , Fourth Grand Standard-bearer J . W . Boord . First Grand Aide-de-Camp ... G . R . Crickmay . Second Grand Aidc-de-Camp ... E . A . N . Royd ' s . First Grand Captain of Lines ... M . O . Sim .

Second Grand Captain of Lines Lord Lindsay . First Grand Herald W . Mabey . ' Second Grand Herald J . Poultcr . Grand Organist W . Gantz . Grand Sword-bearer 1 *; . D . Anderton . G . M . ' s Banner-bearer T . Wilson . ° ™ l Kqacnta j j ! G ^ o !^

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was then announced , and entered the Hall in a procession in the following order

:--1 he Grand Director of Ceremonies ( carrying the banner of His Royal Highness ) . The Grand Chancellor . The Grand Seneschal . The Grand Prior . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales . Aide-de-Camp . Aidc-de-Camp .

( Passing through the arch of steel ) After his Royal Highness had taken his seat on the right of the Grand Master , the following knights were presented to him by the Grand Chancellor : Past Grand Commanders W . W . B . Beach , MP ., Dr . Bryant , Major Crookshank , G . Francis , Capt . Philips . A . M . Ritchie , C . J . Vignc , W . J . Meymott , Capt . Gierke , R . J . Spiers ,

the Grand Prelate , Grand Vice-Chanccllor , Grand Registrar , and Grand Treasurer . His Royal Highness was then saluted by the Knights present , the column being commanded by the two Grand Captains , Sir Knights Major Hebbert and C . Chandos Pole . Sir Knight Tepper was then duly proposed and

seconded , and unanimously re-elected Treasurer for the ensuing year . The following Knights were then nominated by the Grand Master to serve on the committee : Grand Prior the Earl of Limerick , Grand Prelate the Rev . E . Moore , R . J . Spiers , D . P . G . C . Oxford , and Grand Director of Ceremonies , J . L . Sim . The following Knights were then duly proposed and

seconded as members * of the committee , and elected by Grand Conclave : C . Fendelow , J . Taylor , Hon . Capt . Hood , M . P ., S . Rawson , Past P . G . C . China , and W . Birch , P . G . Registrar , Lancashire . Sir Knight Major Alexander ( . ' . Crookshank , P . G . C . for Ceylon , was then presented to the Grand Master by the Grand Chancellor and performed homage . After the Grand Conclave had been closed in due form ,

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his Royal Highness retired to his private room for a short time , returning to the hall in the clothing of a Knight of Malta . The Grand Prior , the Rev . J . Huyshe , then opened a Priory of the Order of Malta , under the banner of the Observance Priory , when the following Knights were admitted to this Order : —All Souls Encampment : G .

F . Aiden and G . R . Crickmay ; Faith and Fidelity C . J . Hampden and R . H . Thrupp ; Fearnley : J . Wordsworth , Hinxman , J . Douglas ; Kemeys Tynte : J . Taylor ; Loyal Brunswick : L . P . Metham ; Mbunt Calvary : C . Harcourt ; St . George's ( London ) : D . C . M . Gordon , Stuart and J . Steavenson ; United : T . Wilson .

After the Installation the Arch of Steel was re-formed , and H . R . H . the Prince of Wales retired in a procession as on his entrance . The M . E . and S . G . Master having opened a Grand Priory of Knights of Malta , the minutes of the last Grand Priory were read and confirmed , and the Report of the Committee was read as follows : —

"Most Eminent and Supreme Sir , " The increase of this Order having rendered it advisable that a Grand Priory should be holden in the present month for the admission of Members under the banner of some Private Encampment , you have been pleased to assign this honour to the Observance Encampment .

"Your Committee begs to recommend that the Register of this Order should be kept separate , that proper books be provided for that purpose , and that the Fees for the Registration and Certificates of Members be raised from 2 s . 6 d . to 10 s . 6 d ., with the object of covering the extra expense occasioned thereby . " By Order ofthe Committee of Grand Priory , "t P . MAC C . DE COLQUHOUN , Grand Chancellor . "

The Grand Treasurer then pro . forma moved the resolution relative to thc fees so far as concerned this Order which was seconded and carried . The Report of the Committee having been received and adopted , the Grand Priory was closed in ample form

from . After the proceedings of Grand Conclave a Banquet took place at the Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queenstreet . The M . E . and Senior Grand Master presided , supported by the Deputy Grand Master , Col . Vemon , the Earl of Limerick , Sir P . Colquhoun , W . J . Meymott , and about 40 other Knights .

Supreme Chapter Of G. E. Kts. K.H.

SUPREME CHAPTER OF G . E . KTS . K . H .

MAY 121 b , 1 S 70 . Present : 111 . Bros . Vigne ( M . P . S . ) 33 ° , II . C . Vernon ?¦?•, Capt . Philips 33 , Col . Clerk 33 " , Rev . W . Bowyer 33 ° , Major Adair 33 ° , Sir M . Costa 33 ° , J . M . P . Montague 33 ; members of thc Supreme Council . IU . Bro . Hyde Pullen 33 ; Bros . R . Costa 32 " , Sir Colquhoun 32 ° , Bannister 32 ° , T . M . Talbot 32 , Glaishcr 32 ° ;

C . Fendelow 31 , T . Middleton 31 , Lord Lindsay 31 , Chandos Pole 31 ° , Rev . C . R . Davy 31 ° , Blenkin 31 * , and Gen . Doherty 31 ° . Bros . Col . Birchall , E . Ashworth , Boord , Dubosc , F . King , A . B . Cook , R . de M . Lawson , J . J . Forrester , W . Brignall , jun ., S . II . Gierke , Dr . E . B . Bogg , Joseph Taylor , W . H . Brittain , C . Hutton Gregory , C . A . Newnham , G . Lambert , A . B .

Fraser , James Kcene , II . W . Hemsworth , W . It . Marwood , V . Binckes , J . Starkey , C . Fox Roe , C . C . Whitney Griffiths 30 ° . Candidates admitted : Bros . Rev . T . FitzArthur T . Ravenshaw , John Lambert Sim , T . fowitt , J . Hervey , Capt . G . Anncrsley Phayrc ( R . N . ) , Dr . F . H . Woodforde , and Lieut .-Col . John Elliott .

Letters were read from members stating cause of absence , & c . Congratulatory remarks were made as to the steadily increasing prosperity of thc Order , and voles of thanks were given to the three auditors of the accounts , to III . Bro . Capt . N . G . Philips foi his valuable services as Grand Treasurer , and to Col . Clerk for his services in the chair The banquet was well attended , and the proceedings of the day passed off with that perfect harmony and good feeling which characterise these meetings .

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