Supreme Grand Chapter.

2 nd . From Comps . Walker Dyson , as Z . ; Charles Henry Crowther , as H . ; Herbert Shaw , as J . ; and six others , for a chapter to be attached to the Armitage Lodge , No . 2261 , to be called the Armitage Chapter , and to meet at the Masonic Hall , Market-street , Milnsbridge , Yorkshire . 3 rd . From Comps . Harry Cou rtenay Luck , as Z . ; John Whitehead Stack , as H . ; . George Nixon Burrowes , as J . ; and eight others , for a chapter to be attached to the Toowong Lodge , No . 2306 , to be called Toowong Chapter , and to meet at tbe Masonic Hall , Toowong , Queensland , Australia .

4 th . From Comps . James Stuart Brooke , as Z . ; Walter Louis Allen , as H . ; Edgar Thomas Scrivener , as J . ; and six others , for a chapter to be attached to the Pioneer Lodge , No . 1490 , to be called the Prudence Chapter , and to meet at Asansol , Bengal . The foregoing petitions being regular the Committee recommend that the prayers thereof be respectively granted . The Committee have also received memorials , with extracts of minutes , for

permission to remove the following chapters : The St . Andrew Chapter , No . 834 , from Brook Green , Hammersmith , to the Criterion Restaurant , Piccadilly , London . The De Tabley Chapter , No . 605 , from the Music Hall , to the Park Hotel , Birkenhead . The Rye Chapter , No . 2272 , from the Public Hall , Peckham , to the Holborn Restaurant , High Holborn , London . The St . John at Hackney Chapter , No . 2511 , from the Town Hall ,

Hackney , to the South Place Hotel , Finsbury , London . The Committee having satisfied themselves of the reasonableness of the requests , recommend that the removal of these chapters be sanctioned . The Umzimkulu Chapter , No . 2113 , Natal , for which a charter was granted , on the 2 nd November , 18 92 , never having been consecrated , and the First Principal designate having returned the charter , the Committee recommend that this chapter be removed from the roll of chapters .

The following chapters having made no returns to Grand Chapter for many years , and no replies having been received to numerous communications addressed to them , the Committee recommend that they be removed from the roll of chapters : The Albion Chapter , No . 196 , Barbados . The Cyrus Chapter , No . 233 , Bermuda . The Royal Philanthropic Chapter , No . 405 , Port of Spain , Trinidad .

The Orion in the West Chapter , No . 415 , Poona . The Sincerity Chapter , No . 428 , Northwich . The Royal Victoria Chapter , No . 443 , New Providence , Bahamas The St . John ' s Chapter , No . 579 , St . John ' s , Newfoundland . The St , Augustine Chapter , No . 609 , Christchurch , New Zealand Th 2 Loyal Arakan Chapter , No . 646 , Akyab , Burmah .

The Friendship Chapter , No . 750 , Cleckheaton . The Dunheved Chapter , No . 789 , Launceston . The North Australian Chapter , No . 796 , Brisbane , Australia The Otago Chapter , No . 844 , Dunedin , New Zealand . The Phcenix Chapter , No . 914 , Port Royal , Jamaica . The Remuera Chapter , No . 1710 , Remuera , New Zealand .

A memorial , with particulars , has been received from Comps . George Wm . Speth as Z ., William John Gardener as H ., Alexander B . Brown as j ., and the members of the Francis Burdett Chapter for a charter of confirmation , the original charter having been lost ; and , further , that the name of the chapter shallbe altered to that of the Sir Francis Burdett Chapter .

The Committee being satisfied of the reasonableness of the request , recommend that the petition be granted . The Committee beg to recommend , and the President will move , that the sum of ^ 2000 be contributed from the Funds of Grand Chapter towards the cost of the new buildings at Freemasons' Hall .

NOTICE OF MOTION . By Sir John B . Monckton , P . G . Scribe N .: " That the sum of One Hundred Guineas be' contributod from the Funds of Grand Chapter to the Transvaal Refugees' Relief Fund . " ( Signed ) GEORGE DAVID HARRIS , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , October 18 th , 1899 .

East Lancashire Systematic Masonic Educational And Benevolent Institution.

EAST LANCASHIRE SYSTEMATIC MASONIC EDUCATIONAL AND BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

A general meeting of the Committee of the above Institution was held at the Freemasons' Hall , Manchester , on Friday , the 20 th inst ., Bro . C . D . Cheetham , Chairman of the Institution , presiding . The minutes of the General Committee meetine and the various

subcommittees were read and confirmed . The petition for the education of a child was adopted . An Annuity of £ 32 was granted to an aged brother . Annuities of £ 26 each were granted to two widows of Freemasons . The meeting was then closed .

Rev. Charles Chiniquy's Last Book "Forty Years In The Church Of Christ."

REV . CHARLES CHINIQUY'S LAST BOOK "FORTY YEARS IN THE CHURCH OF CHRIST . "

Rev . Dr . Chiniquy for several years before his death had in contemplation the preparation of an account of his life and career after he left the Church of Rome . He devoted much time tp collecting material for the work . The last years of his life had been largely devoted to this , so that at the time of his departure the book was substantially complete .

We have the confidence to say that it is the most remarkable book of its class that has appeared in this century . In most respects it is unique , and bears the stamp of a marked personality . It may be safely affirmed that Dr . Chiniquy travelled more extensively in

preaching the gospel than any one that ever lived , his labours of 40 years not being confined to a single continent , but embracing several ; so that as a Protestant reformer he may well be considered the most important figure since Luther and Knox . The scenes he passed through seem more like fiction than reality , and illustrate the siying " Truth is stranger than

Rev. Charles Chiniquy's Last Book "Forty Years In The Church Of Christ."

fiction . " In " Forty Years in the Church of Christ , " we have the history of his very eventful life after leaving Rome . It is a book of most fascinating and thrilling interest , and belongs to what DeQuincey styles " the literature of power . " In an interview with a reporter of a leading Montreal paper , in the

last year ot his We , Dr . Chiniquy remarked : "With regard to my new book I have not much to say beyond this , that it will be a faithful record of what I have seen , heard , thought , and done since I left the Church of Rome , pow very nearly 40 years ago . . My new book will be published in about six months , and it will be copyrighted in England , Canada , and the United States . "

" What are you going to call your book , Father Chiniquy ? " asked the interviewer . " I am going to call it ' Forty Years in the Church of Christ . ' " The responsibility of issuing this book was committed to me by the author , my revered father-in-law , and I have spared no pains to have the work as near perfection in every respect as possible , and in this connection

I am glad to acknowledge the valuable assistance I have received from Re . v . Prof . John Moore , of Boston , and Rev . Dr . MacVicar , of Montreal . " Arrangements have been made with Fleming H . Revell Co ., of Chicago , to publish this book for British America and the United States , and with Hodder and Stoughton , London , England , for Great Britain and all the British Colonies apart from those in America .

The high and established reputation of these publishers is a sufficient assurance of the mechanical execution of the work . The book will be issued in a few weeks .

Provincial Priory Of Somerset And Monmouth.

PROVINCIAL PRIORY OF SOMERSET AND MONMOUTH .

The annual meeting was held at the Masonic Hall , Bath , on the 20 th instant , under the banner of the Camp of Antiquity Preceptory . Sir Knight Colonel A . Thrale Perkins , P . G . Capt . Eng ., K . C . T ., occupied the chair , the brge number of Sir Knights present testif ying to the popularity of the V . E . Prior .

The following were invested for the ensuing year : Sir Knight S . G . Mitchell ... ... ... Prov . Sub-Prior . „ the Rev . E . A . Purvis ... ... Prov . Prelate . „ B . H . Watts , P . G . Priors B . B . Eng . ... Prov . Chancellor . „ G . Norman ... ... ... Prov . 1 st Cons . „ J . P . Capell ... ... ... Prov . 2 nd Cons .

„ R . D . Cater ... ... ... Prov . Treas . „ A . E . Fuller , P . E . P ., P . P . G . ist Cons .... Prov . Reg . „ Col . R . T . Gwyn ... ... ... Prov . Vice-Chan . „ J . L . Dickinson ... ... ... Prov . Marshal . „ W . Longworth Davies ... ... Prov . Almoner . „ T . P . Garrett ... ... ... Prov . W . of Reg .

R . J . Dart ... ... ... Prov . Herald . C . Curd ... ... ... Prov . B . B . ( Beau . ) . „ R . J . Roberts ... ... ... Prov . B . B . ( V . B . ) . „ S . Dean ... ... ... Prov . Priors B . B . F . Everett ... ... ... Prov . Priors S . B .

„ R . A . Forsyth ... ... ... Prov . A . D . C . „ H . Bevit ... ... ... Prov . Chamberlain . „ J . G . Wilton ... ... ... Prov . Capt . of G . Frater S . Bigwood ... ... ... Prov . Purst . „ A . J . Salter ... ... ... Prov . Asst . Purst .

The Prov . Priory was then closed , and the Sir Knights adjourned to the banquet hall , where the usual loyal and Knight Templar toasts were duly honoured .

Bro. Alderman Newton, Lord Mayor Elect Of The City Of London.

BRO . ALDERMAN NEWTON , LORD MAYOR ELECT OF THE CITY OF LONDON .

Bro . Alfred Newton , J . P ., D . L ., Alderman for the Ward of Bassishaw , who , on Tuesday , the 24 th instant , waited upon the Lord Chancellor ( Bro . the Earl of Halsbury ) at the House of Lords , and received her Majesty ' 3 approval of his election as Lord Mayor of London for the ensuing year , and wno will enter upon the duties of that important office on Thursday , the 9 th prox ., was born in 1849 at Hull , where his father and grandfather before him

had carried on an extensive business in the shipping and fishing industries . He commenced his career as a yeast merchant at Burton-on-Trent , and , according to the City Press—to which we are indebted for the following interesting particulars—the association then begun has continued more or less closely up to the present time . As indicating the numerous friends the Alderman still possesses in the boroucrh it is of interest to note that , on the

occasion of his election as Sheriff , his official badge and chain were presented to him as a mark of esteem by those who had known him there in his younger days . On leaving Burton-on-Trent the Alderman entered into partnership with his brother , the late Captain Newton , the business of shipowner that had hitherto been confined t 6 Hull being then extended to London , offices being taken for the purpose at 8 , Leadenhall-street . Until

a few years ago the Alderman actively controlled the business interests of this firm , but subsequently he retired from the shipping interest , and , as far as commercial life was concerned , confined his attention to the business with which he was associated in the borough . Latterly , however , owing to the demands made upon his time by public affairs , and also owing to his holding several directorships of well-known public companies , the

Alderman ' has been compelled to leave to others the routine work of the firm , although he still retains , we believe , a financial interest in it . The Alderman ' s introduction to public life as one of the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex gave rise to an interesting contest . It was as the nominee , as a matter of fact , of Bro . Sir James Whitehead , who

was then next in rotation tor the CIVIC cnair , and who on the following Michaelmas Day was elected the Chief Magistrate , that the Alderman sought the suffrages of the livery in the Common Hall . He enjoyed the advantage of nomination by the Lord Mayor , and consequently was saved the ordeal of being proposed in Common Hall . A reference to the files of