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The Colonies.
and severally invested with their respective badges of office , so that the offices of St . John ' s Lodge are now tilled as understated : —Captain Martin Petrie , Royal Newfoundland Companies , W . M . ; Br . PatrickTasker , P . M . ; Br . R . R . W . Lilly , S . W . ; Br . P . G . Tcssier , J . W . ; Br . D . J . Henderson , Tr . ; Br . J . S . Hayward , S . ; Br . J . W . Prowse , S . D . ; Br . Richard A . Law , Adjutant , R . N . C ., J . D . ; Br . W . H . Ellis , I . G . ; Br . Corporal Wilkinson , Tyler ; Brs . T . R . Smith , F . B . Carter , Stewards . Based as this ancient , honourable , ancl universal Institution is , on the
foundation of a broad and practical charity , it was but reasonable to suppose that it would be active in carrying out any measure conduc ' iA ' c to this benevolent end ; but it is gratifying to be enabled to state , in the appropriate language of Captain Petrie , " that on a very recent occasion , from the members of the Lodge here , ever mindful of that love ancl allegiance that they owe to their country , came the first contribution from Newfoundland to that nobly charitable institution the Patriotic Fund , which is devoted to succouring tho widows and children of those countrymen of ours , by whose
heroism and deA'otion the flag of our powerful ancl arrogant foe has been SAA'ept from the Avide ocean , from the poles to the line , lea \ 'ing the sails of our countless ships to pursue their watery track in safety : Avhile in Britain , as also in her vast ancl extended colonies , all over whom her time honoured flag waves , may sit in safety , ' every man under his own vine and under his own fig-tree . '" Tho amount contributed was the handsome sum of . £ 60 .
America.
AMERICA .
ARKANSAS . LITTLE ROCK . — The Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Arkansas held its annual grand convocation in the city of Little Rock , on the 13 th of November . This Grand Chapter has issued under its jurisdiction , ten subordinate Chapters , having in all 283 members , of Avhom fifty were exalted during the term just concluded . The Chapter voted a sum of f > 0 dollars for the purchase of additional works for the libraryand 25 dollars to pay for the binding of such of them as required it . A sum
, too of 150 dollars was appropriated for the purchase of regalia and jewels for the Grand Chapter . An eloquent and instructive address was delivered to the assembled companions , by the M . E . G . H . P . Comp . Albert Pike . The following is a list of the Grand Officers for tiie ensuing year : —Comps . Albert Pike , M . E . G . H . P . ; A . S . Huey , M . E . D . G . H . P . ; J . R . Beeson , M . E . G . K . ; W . D . Lee , M . E . G . S . ; J . E . Reardon , G . Sec . ; A . W . Webb , G . Tr .: Rev . R . A . Graham , G . Chap . ; Jesse A . Jackson , G . Marshal ; I . CI . Mills , G . C . H . ; J . C . Gainer , G . R . A . C .
CALIFORNIA . ACCORDING to the Masonic llcgistcr , the following resolution has passed the Grand Lodge of California : — -Resolved , That the practice of duelling is repugnant to the principles of Freemasonri ' , and in all cases where the brethren resort to this mode of settling their disputes , it becomes the duty of the Lodge or Lodges of which they are members , or under whose jurisdiction they may be , forthwith to expel them from all the rights and privileges of Masonry , subject to the confirmation of the Grand Lodge ; and no brother who may fall in a duel shall be buried with Masonic honours .
CONNECTICUT . NEAVHAVEN . —Tho Wooster Lodge ( No . 79 ) , of this city , met on St . John ' s day , on which occasion Br . Charles Webster was regularly installed W . M . for the year now current , and he nominated the following brethren to their respective offices : —H . Bowman , jun ., S . W . ; F . J . Calhoun , . 1 . W . ; Julius Tyler , Treasurer ; John C . Parmlee , Secretary ; Thaddeus Beecher , S . D . ; Chas . Bartram , J . D . F RANKLIN CHAPTER . ( NO . 2 ) . —The companions of this Chapter met on the same eA * ening , when the officers for the ensuing year were regulated as "follows : —Brs .
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The Colonies.
and severally invested with their respective badges of office , so that the offices of St . John ' s Lodge are now tilled as understated : —Captain Martin Petrie , Royal Newfoundland Companies , W . M . ; Br . PatrickTasker , P . M . ; Br . R . R . W . Lilly , S . W . ; Br . P . G . Tcssier , J . W . ; Br . D . J . Henderson , Tr . ; Br . J . S . Hayward , S . ; Br . J . W . Prowse , S . D . ; Br . Richard A . Law , Adjutant , R . N . C ., J . D . ; Br . W . H . Ellis , I . G . ; Br . Corporal Wilkinson , Tyler ; Brs . T . R . Smith , F . B . Carter , Stewards . Based as this ancient , honourable , ancl universal Institution is , on the
foundation of a broad and practical charity , it was but reasonable to suppose that it would be active in carrying out any measure conduc ' iA ' c to this benevolent end ; but it is gratifying to be enabled to state , in the appropriate language of Captain Petrie , " that on a very recent occasion , from the members of the Lodge here , ever mindful of that love ancl allegiance that they owe to their country , came the first contribution from Newfoundland to that nobly charitable institution the Patriotic Fund , which is devoted to succouring tho widows and children of those countrymen of ours , by whose
heroism and deA'otion the flag of our powerful ancl arrogant foe has been SAA'ept from the Avide ocean , from the poles to the line , lea \ 'ing the sails of our countless ships to pursue their watery track in safety : Avhile in Britain , as also in her vast ancl extended colonies , all over whom her time honoured flag waves , may sit in safety , ' every man under his own vine and under his own fig-tree . '" Tho amount contributed was the handsome sum of . £ 60 .
America.
AMERICA .
ARKANSAS . LITTLE ROCK . — The Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Arkansas held its annual grand convocation in the city of Little Rock , on the 13 th of November . This Grand Chapter has issued under its jurisdiction , ten subordinate Chapters , having in all 283 members , of Avhom fifty were exalted during the term just concluded . The Chapter voted a sum of f > 0 dollars for the purchase of additional works for the libraryand 25 dollars to pay for the binding of such of them as required it . A sum
, too of 150 dollars was appropriated for the purchase of regalia and jewels for the Grand Chapter . An eloquent and instructive address was delivered to the assembled companions , by the M . E . G . H . P . Comp . Albert Pike . The following is a list of the Grand Officers for tiie ensuing year : —Comps . Albert Pike , M . E . G . H . P . ; A . S . Huey , M . E . D . G . H . P . ; J . R . Beeson , M . E . G . K . ; W . D . Lee , M . E . G . S . ; J . E . Reardon , G . Sec . ; A . W . Webb , G . Tr .: Rev . R . A . Graham , G . Chap . ; Jesse A . Jackson , G . Marshal ; I . CI . Mills , G . C . H . ; J . C . Gainer , G . R . A . C .
CALIFORNIA . ACCORDING to the Masonic llcgistcr , the following resolution has passed the Grand Lodge of California : — -Resolved , That the practice of duelling is repugnant to the principles of Freemasonri ' , and in all cases where the brethren resort to this mode of settling their disputes , it becomes the duty of the Lodge or Lodges of which they are members , or under whose jurisdiction they may be , forthwith to expel them from all the rights and privileges of Masonry , subject to the confirmation of the Grand Lodge ; and no brother who may fall in a duel shall be buried with Masonic honours .
CONNECTICUT . NEAVHAVEN . —Tho Wooster Lodge ( No . 79 ) , of this city , met on St . John ' s day , on which occasion Br . Charles Webster was regularly installed W . M . for the year now current , and he nominated the following brethren to their respective offices : —H . Bowman , jun ., S . W . ; F . J . Calhoun , . 1 . W . ; Julius Tyler , Treasurer ; John C . Parmlee , Secretary ; Thaddeus Beecher , S . D . ; Chas . Bartram , J . D . F RANKLIN CHAPTER . ( NO . 2 ) . —The companions of this Chapter met on the same eA * ening , when the officers for the ensuing year were regulated as "follows : —Brs .