Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

Bruton ; Senior Overseer , Bro . Edward Tew Smith ; Junior Overseer , Bro . Past Master Henry Jeff ; Senior Deacon , Bro . P . M . Martin Ricketts ; Junior . Deacon , Bro . Balcomb ; Secretary , Bro . W . R . Holman ; Registrar , Bro . P . M . J . Brook Smith ( Cheltenham College ) ; Inner Guard , Bro . F . G . Roberts . There were four candidates for

advancement , Bros . Robertson , Haselton , Coole , and SHadgett , and the ceremony was most efficiently performed by the W . M ., assisted by his officers , who were all well up to their work . The lecture was delivered by Past Master Ricketts . At the banquet the usual loyal and Mark Masters' toasts wereproposedandhonouted .

Bro . Major Basevi , the D . P . G . M . of Mark Masters , Bengal , responded for Grand Lodge . This moveable meeting was in every respect a success , and if it should be the pleasure of Grand Lodge that it shall be repeated , the movement will be very popular and acceptable amongst the brethren .

Knights Templar.

Knights Templar .

CONSECRATION OF THE DE WARRENE PRECEPTORY , BRIGHTON ; AND INDUCTION OI PROV . GRAND PRIOR OF SUSSEX . On Friday , 7 th March , the above-mentioned most interesting ceremonies took p lace at the

Pavilion Rooms , in the presence of a large number of distinguished members of this ancient and chivalric Order . Among those present were the following XLnights : —

The Rig ht Hon . the Earl of Limerick , Lord Great Prior of England ( designate ) Provincial Grand Master of Bristol ; Capt . N . G . Phillips , Provincial Grand Prior of Suffolk and Cambridge ; Sir Patrick de Colquhoun , Q . C , Great

Chancellor of the Order in England ; Major Shadwell Clerke , Past Provincial Grand Commander , West Indies , and Provincial Grand Prior Nominate of Sussex ; William Tinkler , Grand Vice-Chancellor of the Order in England ; F . S . Gower , Past

Grand Chaplain ; W . Hyde Pullen , Grand Superintendent of Works ; Turner , Past Grand Captain of Lines ; Charles Horsley , Past Provincial Grand Captain of Surrey ; T . Lane , Kt . Preceptor of the Sussex Preceptory , Eastbourne ; J .

Lucas Allen , Kt . Preceptor ( nominate ) of the De Warrene Preceptory , Brighton ; tlie Rev . J . A . M . Little , M . A . ; Henry Sanderson ; Captain Edward Walker , Dr . J . Trollope , Dr . F . Morris , and many others .

The Masonic Rooms of the Pavilion were handsomely and appropriatel y fitted up with the paraphernalia peculiar to the order of the Knights Templar , and presented a most imposing spectacle . At three o ' clock , the hour fixed for the

ceremony , the Knights assembled in Knightly garb . Having formed the Templars , " arch of Steel , " . th « Consecrating Officer , the Very Eminent Knight Major Shadwell Gierke , entered , accompanied by the Very Eminent Sir Knts .

the Earl of Limerick , Captain N . G . Phillips , Sir Patrick de Colquhoun , Sec , and , having ascended the dais , proceeded to open a Preceptory of the Order . The object of this present meeting having been explained and the Warrant

of the De Warrene Preceptory having been read , it was consecrated in due form ; Sir Knt . the Rev . G . Little , performing the solemn religious portion of the ceremony most impressively . Sir Knight J . L . Allen , the Preceptor nominate ,

was next installed into his office by V . E . Sir Knt . Major Clerke , by whom also the following Royal Arch JMasons , candidates for admission into the Order being in attendance , and having passed through the ceremonies , were duly installed and

proclaimed as Knight Commanders of the Temple , viz .: —Bros . Mark B . Tanner , M . D ., W . M . 811 , M . W . Sov . Eureka Chapter , Rose Croix , 18 ; W . R . Wood , P . Prov . G . W . Sussex ; Capt . J . R . Molineuxj Alex . Elmsley , P . Prov . G . W ., Sussex ; Thomas Sabine , T . H . Mosely , and C ,

J . Smith . Hie' ceremony was most impressively performed by Sir Knts . S . Clerke and W . Hyde Pullen . The following Knights were then appointed Office Brarers for the ensuing year : —Prelate , Sir # ut . W . R . Wood ; ist Captain , W . Hyde

Knights Templar.

Pullen ; and Captain . Capt . E . Walker ; Expert , Dr . Mark Tanner ; Captain of Lines , Captain J . R . Molineux ; Almoner , Alex . Elmsley ; ist Standard Bearer , T . H . Mosely ; and Standard Bearer , C . J . Smith ; Registrar , T . Sabine .

At the conclusion of the above business , the V . E . Sir Knight Patrick de Colquhoun , Grand Chancellor of the Order , having assumed the chair , proceeded to open a Provincial Grand Priory for the Province of Sussex , " and having caused to be read the Patent from the Grand

Master of the Temple , appointing Sir Knight Major Shadwell Clerke as Provincial Grand Prior of the Province , " that Very Eminent Knight was duly and solemnly inducted into his high office , and was duly proclaimed and saluted by the Knights present , the V . E . the Grand

Chancellor , passing some very eulogistic remarks respecting the new Provincial Prior ' s qualifications for the position . The Provincial Grand Prior then appointed the following Knightsashis Provincial Grand Officers for the ensuing year : —

Sub-Prior , Sir Knt . W . Hyde Pullen ; Prelate , Rev . J . A . M . Little ; Chancellor , Dr . Mark Tanner ; ist Captain , Thomas Lane ; 2 nd Captain , J . L . Allen ; Treasnrer , C . Horsley ; Almoner , W . R . Wood ; 1 st Standard Bearer , Dr . J . Trollope ; and Standard Bearer , Captain J . R .

Molineux ; Registrar and Vice-Chancellor , T . hos . Sabine ; Director of Ceremonies , Captain E . Walker ; 1 st Aide-de-Camp , Dr . Roberts ; and Aide-de-Camp , C . J . Smith ; Captain of Lines , J . Morris ; Sword Bearer , T . H . Mosely ; 1 st Herald , Alex . Elmslev ; and Herald , F . Morrens ;

Equerry Frater , Thos . Hughes . Sir Knight Major Clerke next proposed a vote of thanks to their distinguished visitors for their presence on that day , which was carried unanimously , and courteously acknowledged by Sir Knight the Right Hon . the Earl of Limerick . The Provincial Grand Priory having been

closed , a Committee was appointed to draw up the Bye-laws , and votes of thanks were then proposed and carried unanimously , to Sir Knight J . Lucas Allen , for his kindness in presenting the fittings of the chapter , and to V . E . Sir Knight S . Clerke , for the great assistance and service he had rendered in the establishment of

the chapter , and his admirable rendering of the various ceremonies of the day . The De Warrene Preceptory was then closed according to ancient form . I'he knights subsequently assembled at a banquet , at Mutton ' s hotel , Major Clerke presiding , when the usual

loyal and fraternal toasts peculiar to the Order , were proposed antl duly honoured . It was notified , before the close of the proceedings , that H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , had fixed on Wednesday , the and April , for his Installation in London , as Grand Master of the

Order of the Templars , when a great gathering from amongst the 3 , 000 Knights Templar in this country is expected , in their full costume as K . T . ' s , and a ceremony will be witnessed unsurpassed by any similar one which has ever taken place in England .

We congratulate the Masons of Bri ghton on the establishment of a Chapter of Knights Templars amongst them , as well as at Eastbourne , and wish every prosperity to the Order in Sussex , under the superintendance of the Provincial Grand Chapter .

Ancient And Accepted Rite.

Ancient and Accepted Rite .

PLYMOUTH . —Huijshe Chapter of Rose Croix . — Avery important and numerously attended meeting of the Ancient and Accepted Rite was held in the Masonic Temple , Princess-place , Plymouth , on Friday . Among the brethren present were the illustrious Bros . Charles John Vigne , 33 . M . P . S ., Grand Commander of the Supreme

Council of the Ancient and Accepted Rite for England , Wales , and the dependencies of the British Crown ; Major Shadwell H . Clarke , 33 , S . G . I . G . ; J . Oxley Oxland , 31 , ( 32 , Portugal ' , ) P . M . W . S . of the University and Huyshe Chapters ; Rev . P . Hankinson Newnham , 31 , P . M . W . S . of the Vigne Chapter ; Colonel Elliott , 30 , M . W . S . St . Aubyn Chapter ; Captain Phayre , R . N ., 30 ; together with the following

Ancient And Accepted Rite.

members of thc 18 th degree , viz ., Richard Rodda , Isaac Watts , Desmond McCarthy , Elliot Square , L . Westcott , Josh . H . Curteis , Fredk . H . Heale . R . Robinson Rodd , W . B . Hambly , J . E . Godtschalk , and others . In the absence , through domestic affliction , of the M . W . S .,

the illustrious Bro . H . Dubosc , 31 , the chair was taken by the illustrious Bro . J . Oxley Oxland , and the chapter opened in solemn form . The members of the 33 rd degree were then received under arch of steel , and with the customary honours . Three candidates for

perfection being in attendance , their names were submitted to the M . P . S . Grand Commander and duly approved . A Grand Lodge of Perfection having been opened , the degrees under its jurisdiction were conferred upon the candidates . A council ofthe 15 th and 16 th degrees was then

formed , and the candidates duly received . Under the authority of the illustrious Bro . Major S . H . Clerk , 33 , who likewise presided over the Grand Lodge of Perfection and Council of the 15 th and 16 th degrees , a Grand Council of Kni ghts of east and west was then opened , and the

candidates admitted in due form . A chapter of Rose Croix was then opened by the illustrious Bro . J . Oxley Oxland , 31 , and the candidates perfected as SS . PP . Rose Croix of H . R . D . M ., the beautiful ceremony of the degree being faultlessly performed by the illustrious brother who

presided . The new bye-laws were then considered , and , after some discussion , duly passed . The E . and P ., Bro . R . Rodda , ) 8 , was then installed as Alost Wise Sovereign for the ensuing year , and proceeded to appoint his officers as follows : —Rev . P . Hankinson Newnham ,

Prelate ; W . B . Hambly , ist General ; Elliot Square , and General ; F . H . Earle , Grand Marshal ; Desmond McCarthy , Raphael ; R . R . Rodd , Herald ; Josh . E . Curteis , Recorder ; I . Watts , Treasurer ; L . Westcott , Captain of Guard ; E . A . Davies , Almoner ; J . Moon , Organist ; W .

S . Hearder , D . of Ceremonies ; \\ rndeatt , Outer Guard , A well merited eulogium was passed on the illustrious Bro . J . Oxley Oxland , 31 , for the great knowledge and skill he had brought to bear in the establishment , arrangement , and conduct of the chapter ; the M . W . S . observing that

without the indefatigable and untiring exertions of the illustrious brother it would have been impossible to have brought ths chapter to such a state of perfection as it could now happily boast of . The thanks of the brethren were then passed to Bro . Oxland with acclamation . The M . P . Sov .

Grand Commander expressed his admiration of the fittings and decorations of the chapter , and congratulated the members on the skill and correctness with which all the arrangements had been carried out . The chapter was then closed in solemn form after a very pleasant and successful meeting .

GIBRALTAR . —Europa Chapter , Rose Croix . —A meeting of this chapter was held in the room of the FYiendship Lodge , on Thursday , the 27 th ult . 111 . Bro . Balfour Cockburn , M . W . S . ; III . Bro . Dantez ; H . P . ; 111 . Bro . Henry , Senior General ; 111 . Bro . Trcnerry , Junior General ; 111 . Bro . Haynes , Raphael ; 111 . Bro . Morgan , G . M . ; III . Bro . Maria , Recorder ; P . M . W . S .

Price , 30 ; and several others . The business of the evening consisted in advancing Bro . Elmes , 278 , and of the election of the M . W . S . for the ensuing year . As soon as the chapter was duly opened , the M . W . S ., 111 . Bro . Balfour Cockburn , alluded in

feeling terms to the great loss which Masonry in general , but more especially the members of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , had recently sustained by the death of The Most Illustrious Brother Dr . Henry Beaumont Lesson , 33 Past Most Puissant Sovereign Grand

Commander of the Order . i'he distinguished brother ' s name would ever remain intimatel y blended with the historic details connected with the Establishment of the Supreme Council on its present footing , and he was one of the last , if he was not the very last , representatives of the

Ancient York Masons . At the suggestion cf III . Bro . Henry it was resolved that the M . W . S . should be desired to convey to the Supreme Council the sentiments of profound sympathy and regret with which the Europa Chapter had received the melanchol y intelligence of the demise of their Venerable and Illustrious