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Royal Arch.
The committee had received a communication from the Grand Chapter of Scotland , suggesting the appointment of representatives from the one body to the other , as Was the case in other Masonic bodies . " Applications hadbeen received for charters from Companions in Antigua , for a Chapter to be attached to the St . John ' s Lodge , Ho . 723 , of Antigua , and entitled the Mount Lebanon Chapter , with Comps . Sherrington , Z . H | Bourne , . ; and M ^ Gnire , J .
B"Vom Stockton-on-Tees , for a Chapter to be " attached to the Tees Lodge , No .. 749 , under the title of the Tees Chapter , with Comps . Handyside , Z . ; Milne ^ H . j and Dodds , J . From Ormskirk , for a Chapter to be attached to the Lodge of Harmony , No . 845 , to be called the Chapter of TTnity and Perseverance , with Comps . Laid * man , Z . Goss , H . : ah ^ ^ ^
From Stoke-upon-Trent , for a Chapter to be attached to the Portland Lodge , Nq ^ MD , to be called the Staffordshire Knot Chapter , with Comps . Harvey as Z . ; Glover , H ; ; arid Mason , J . All of which the committee recommended to Grand Chapter . . '"' ¦ ;• N ,: The committee had also received a petition from St . Kitts , praying for the confirmation of a charter which was granted to certain Companions in 1792 , to hold a Chapter to be called the " Mount Horeb Chapter 6 f St . Christopher . " This Chapter was acknowledged by the Supreme Grand Chapter as late as 1803 .
The Chapter having ceased its workings for a time , ineffectual attempts were made to revive it both in 1810 and 1814 , and subsequently it was revived in 1832 , when the Companions petitioned the Supreme Grand Chapter to be again taken under its protection . In 1833 it again ceased working , and remained in abeyance until 1849 , when it was again revived , and had since continued in regular working but having heard that their charter was not recognized by the Supreme Grand Chapter , they now prayed for recognition and the confirmation of the members they had exalted .
This report of the committee having been received and ordered to be entered on the minutes , the letter from the Grand Chapter of Scotland was read . The acting P . Z . ( Comp . Dobie ) said that as this was the first application of the kind which had ever been received , he would suggest that it be referred to the M . E . G . Z . for consideration . This course having been agreed to , the charters for Chapters to be attached to Lodges , Nos . 723 , 749 , 845 , and 920 , were unanimously granted .
A communication was then brought forward from the Prov . G . Superintendent of Bengal , setting forth the hardship suffered by the Craft in the colonies , owing to the law which did not allow a Brother to be exalted to the Royal Arch at a less period than twelve months after his advancement to the Degree of a Master Mason , as placing it at a disadvantage compared with the Scotch and
Irish Chapters , in which no such restriction existed ; and praying that the law should be exercised with greater liberality , and power given to the Prov . G . Superintendents to lessen the period from twelve months to four weeks , as the Prov . G . M . in Craft Masonry in the colonies is enabled to grant dispensations for conferring the various Degrees in Craft Masonry at a period of not less than one week's interval , instead of four , as in this country .
Comp . Bawson , having been Prov . Grand Superintendent in China , could bear testimony to the hardship which the Brethren and Companions experienced from the home regulations in the colonies . The members of their Order in the colonies were , in a great measure , necessarily a moveable body—it consequently followed that they had often to leave the place where they were initiated before they had an opportunity of being passed through the various Degrees ; and more especially before they could be exalted under the English constitution , and they were therefore led to join Irish and Scotch Lodges and Chapters , to the detriment of those holding under the constitution of England .. He begged to
move" That Grand Superintendents of Districts and Provinces abroad be authorized to grant a dispensation , in case of necessity , for the exaltation of a Brother to the Koyal Arch , at the expiration of four weeks from the period of his having received the Degree of Master Mason , "
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Royal Arch.
The committee had received a communication from the Grand Chapter of Scotland , suggesting the appointment of representatives from the one body to the other , as Was the case in other Masonic bodies . " Applications hadbeen received for charters from Companions in Antigua , for a Chapter to be attached to the St . John ' s Lodge , Ho . 723 , of Antigua , and entitled the Mount Lebanon Chapter , with Comps . Sherrington , Z . H | Bourne , . ; and M ^ Gnire , J .
B"Vom Stockton-on-Tees , for a Chapter to be " attached to the Tees Lodge , No .. 749 , under the title of the Tees Chapter , with Comps . Handyside , Z . ; Milne ^ H . j and Dodds , J . From Ormskirk , for a Chapter to be attached to the Lodge of Harmony , No . 845 , to be called the Chapter of TTnity and Perseverance , with Comps . Laid * man , Z . Goss , H . : ah ^ ^ ^
From Stoke-upon-Trent , for a Chapter to be attached to the Portland Lodge , Nq ^ MD , to be called the Staffordshire Knot Chapter , with Comps . Harvey as Z . ; Glover , H ; ; arid Mason , J . All of which the committee recommended to Grand Chapter . . '"' ¦ ;• N ,: The committee had also received a petition from St . Kitts , praying for the confirmation of a charter which was granted to certain Companions in 1792 , to hold a Chapter to be called the " Mount Horeb Chapter 6 f St . Christopher . " This Chapter was acknowledged by the Supreme Grand Chapter as late as 1803 .
The Chapter having ceased its workings for a time , ineffectual attempts were made to revive it both in 1810 and 1814 , and subsequently it was revived in 1832 , when the Companions petitioned the Supreme Grand Chapter to be again taken under its protection . In 1833 it again ceased working , and remained in abeyance until 1849 , when it was again revived , and had since continued in regular working but having heard that their charter was not recognized by the Supreme Grand Chapter , they now prayed for recognition and the confirmation of the members they had exalted .
This report of the committee having been received and ordered to be entered on the minutes , the letter from the Grand Chapter of Scotland was read . The acting P . Z . ( Comp . Dobie ) said that as this was the first application of the kind which had ever been received , he would suggest that it be referred to the M . E . G . Z . for consideration . This course having been agreed to , the charters for Chapters to be attached to Lodges , Nos . 723 , 749 , 845 , and 920 , were unanimously granted .
A communication was then brought forward from the Prov . G . Superintendent of Bengal , setting forth the hardship suffered by the Craft in the colonies , owing to the law which did not allow a Brother to be exalted to the Royal Arch at a less period than twelve months after his advancement to the Degree of a Master Mason , as placing it at a disadvantage compared with the Scotch and
Irish Chapters , in which no such restriction existed ; and praying that the law should be exercised with greater liberality , and power given to the Prov . G . Superintendents to lessen the period from twelve months to four weeks , as the Prov . G . M . in Craft Masonry in the colonies is enabled to grant dispensations for conferring the various Degrees in Craft Masonry at a period of not less than one week's interval , instead of four , as in this country .
Comp . Bawson , having been Prov . Grand Superintendent in China , could bear testimony to the hardship which the Brethren and Companions experienced from the home regulations in the colonies . The members of their Order in the colonies were , in a great measure , necessarily a moveable body—it consequently followed that they had often to leave the place where they were initiated before they had an opportunity of being passed through the various Degrees ; and more especially before they could be exalted under the English constitution , and they were therefore led to join Irish and Scotch Lodges and Chapters , to the detriment of those holding under the constitution of England .. He begged to
move" That Grand Superintendents of Districts and Provinces abroad be authorized to grant a dispensation , in case of necessity , for the exaltation of a Brother to the Koyal Arch , at the expiration of four weeks from the period of his having received the Degree of Master Mason , "