-
Articles/Ads
Article KlUIGHTS TEMPLAB. ← Page 2 of 6 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Kluights Templab.
Indian Mutiny Belief Fund ; and a feeling was manifested in the provinces and in Encampments , which it is proper to record here , as having passed through the hands of the Grand Chancellor , viz . —Province of Somersetshire , ' : £ ;& . ; 5 s < | -Province of Dorsetshire , £ 8 . -Province of Lancashire , . £ 10 . 10 s . Bladud Encampment , Bath , £ 2 . 12 s . 6 d . ; Tynte Encampment , Taunton , £ 2 . 12 s . 6 ^ . ; Bichafdde Yernon Encampment , Dudley , Worcester , £ 5 . ; Jacques de Molay Encampment , Liverpool , £ 10 . 10 s . ; Beauceant Encampment , Handsworth , £ 5 . 5 s . ; Godefroi de Bouillon Encampment , Stoke-on-Trent , £ 5 . ; Eoyal Naval Encampment ,
Portsmouth , £ 5 . ; Royal Kent Encampment , Newcastle-on-Ty no , £ 3 . \ Zs . ; Kemeys Tynte Encampment , Blackheath , Kent , £ 4 . 2 s , ; Observance Encampment , London , £ 10 . 10 s . ; St . George ( late Cross of Christ ) , London , £ 10 . 10 s . ; JTaith and Eidelity , London , £ 5 . 5 s . ; Coeur de Lion , Oxford , £ 3 . ; Almeric de St . Maur and Geoffrey de St . Omer , Bolton , £ 3 . 8 s . ; Richard Coeur de Lion , London , Canada West , £ 1 . 18 s . ' ; and Union , or Rougemont , Exeter ; Temple Cressing , Colchester ; Prudence , Ipswich , and several other Encampments , merged their respective contributiqns into the Masonic collections for the same fund in their respective localities .
"In addition to the above-named contritions , there has been the sum of £ 5 . 5 s . dispense ^ in this country by the Grand Almoner in aid of deserving cases , and a further amount of £ 21 has been reeomraendecl by the committee for ^ dispensation by'the Grand Almonerin like manner . " The committee , after careful consideration , looking to the desire expressed in the colonies and other districts , recommend the following alterations to be made
in the statutes of the Order , viz .: —in page 27 , section 3 , third line , the word ' six to be altered to fow % and . in line 7 , same section and page , the word * five' to be altered to f ( Mr \ in page 44 , section 2 , lines 3 arid 4 , the words / taking rank above the Grand Chamberlain' to be struck out , and page 45 , lines 1 and 2 , the same words to be struck out , as more conformable to the practice observed in Grand Lodge of England and Wales .
" The committee having recommended the appointment of Sir Knt . James Alexander Henderson , of Hugh cle Payens Encampment , Canada West , and Grand Sub-prior of Grand Conclave of England , to be its representative in the Grand Encampment of the United States , which was duly sanctioned by the M . E . and Supreme Grand Master , are much gratified in being able to embrace in this
report the reply of the M . E . Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of the United States , under date the 28 tli of March last , in these words :- — "' I cordially appreciate the fraternal act of appointing a representative in your behalf to the Grand Encampment of the United States . This is the supreme and governing body , and meets every three years—the next meeting being in Chicago , state of Illinois , in September , 1859 . i
" As your next Grand Conclave will meet in May next , and there will not be time enough to forward a formal appointment with the necessary seals and certificate , you ( the Grand Chancellor ) will do me the favour to waive the irreguktrity of the seal and certificate of our Grand Recorder , and accept this as your official appointment as the representative of the undersigned to the Grand Conclave of England and Wales , and in so doing very much oblige n \ e officially , and on behalf of our Grand Encampment of the United States . e ( ( T > .. .. ^ ~~ . l „~ J . ^ 4-s . * -. A ** I ^ * ,-iii » ^/ -. hai . oV . Ia lit fvKl it * 1 ir . i + i i-wv »« icjVi * : i / 1 » it-i / l Snnvomo to tender to venerablhihldistinguishedand
,, . " ' Be so good as your e , gy , Supreme Grand Master , my most profound and fraternal regards : and to the Officers and members of your Supreme Grand'Conclave my knightly esteem and respect , and for yourself ( G . C . ) accept the same from your christian bondsman and Erater , " < W . B . Hubbard , G . M / "In a previous portion of this communication , which may be quoted , are the following observations ;—
'" At an early period I investigated the claims or evidences for the chief government of Templars in England , and , as you are aware , decided in favour of your Grand Conclave ; and have heretofore so favoured and authorized fraternal intercourse between our United States Templars and yours in England and Wales and the Canadas , that no danger now exists of any hostile impression being made
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Kluights Templab.
Indian Mutiny Belief Fund ; and a feeling was manifested in the provinces and in Encampments , which it is proper to record here , as having passed through the hands of the Grand Chancellor , viz . —Province of Somersetshire , ' : £ ;& . ; 5 s < | -Province of Dorsetshire , £ 8 . -Province of Lancashire , . £ 10 . 10 s . Bladud Encampment , Bath , £ 2 . 12 s . 6 d . ; Tynte Encampment , Taunton , £ 2 . 12 s . 6 ^ . ; Bichafdde Yernon Encampment , Dudley , Worcester , £ 5 . ; Jacques de Molay Encampment , Liverpool , £ 10 . 10 s . ; Beauceant Encampment , Handsworth , £ 5 . 5 s . ; Godefroi de Bouillon Encampment , Stoke-on-Trent , £ 5 . ; Eoyal Naval Encampment ,
Portsmouth , £ 5 . ; Royal Kent Encampment , Newcastle-on-Ty no , £ 3 . \ Zs . ; Kemeys Tynte Encampment , Blackheath , Kent , £ 4 . 2 s , ; Observance Encampment , London , £ 10 . 10 s . ; St . George ( late Cross of Christ ) , London , £ 10 . 10 s . ; JTaith and Eidelity , London , £ 5 . 5 s . ; Coeur de Lion , Oxford , £ 3 . ; Almeric de St . Maur and Geoffrey de St . Omer , Bolton , £ 3 . 8 s . ; Richard Coeur de Lion , London , Canada West , £ 1 . 18 s . ' ; and Union , or Rougemont , Exeter ; Temple Cressing , Colchester ; Prudence , Ipswich , and several other Encampments , merged their respective contributiqns into the Masonic collections for the same fund in their respective localities .
"In addition to the above-named contritions , there has been the sum of £ 5 . 5 s . dispense ^ in this country by the Grand Almoner in aid of deserving cases , and a further amount of £ 21 has been reeomraendecl by the committee for ^ dispensation by'the Grand Almonerin like manner . " The committee , after careful consideration , looking to the desire expressed in the colonies and other districts , recommend the following alterations to be made
in the statutes of the Order , viz .: —in page 27 , section 3 , third line , the word ' six to be altered to fow % and . in line 7 , same section and page , the word * five' to be altered to f ( Mr \ in page 44 , section 2 , lines 3 arid 4 , the words / taking rank above the Grand Chamberlain' to be struck out , and page 45 , lines 1 and 2 , the same words to be struck out , as more conformable to the practice observed in Grand Lodge of England and Wales .
" The committee having recommended the appointment of Sir Knt . James Alexander Henderson , of Hugh cle Payens Encampment , Canada West , and Grand Sub-prior of Grand Conclave of England , to be its representative in the Grand Encampment of the United States , which was duly sanctioned by the M . E . and Supreme Grand Master , are much gratified in being able to embrace in this
report the reply of the M . E . Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of the United States , under date the 28 tli of March last , in these words :- — "' I cordially appreciate the fraternal act of appointing a representative in your behalf to the Grand Encampment of the United States . This is the supreme and governing body , and meets every three years—the next meeting being in Chicago , state of Illinois , in September , 1859 . i
" As your next Grand Conclave will meet in May next , and there will not be time enough to forward a formal appointment with the necessary seals and certificate , you ( the Grand Chancellor ) will do me the favour to waive the irreguktrity of the seal and certificate of our Grand Recorder , and accept this as your official appointment as the representative of the undersigned to the Grand Conclave of England and Wales , and in so doing very much oblige n \ e officially , and on behalf of our Grand Encampment of the United States . e ( ( T > .. .. ^ ~~ . l „~ J . ^ 4-s . * -. A ** I ^ * ,-iii » ^/ -. hai . oV . Ia lit fvKl it * 1 ir . i + i i-wv »« icjVi * : i / 1 » it-i / l Snnvomo to tender to venerablhihldistinguishedand
,, . " ' Be so good as your e , gy , Supreme Grand Master , my most profound and fraternal regards : and to the Officers and members of your Supreme Grand'Conclave my knightly esteem and respect , and for yourself ( G . C . ) accept the same from your christian bondsman and Erater , " < W . B . Hubbard , G . M / "In a previous portion of this communication , which may be quoted , are the following observations ;—
'" At an early period I investigated the claims or evidences for the chief government of Templars in England , and , as you are aware , decided in favour of your Grand Conclave ; and have heretofore so favoured and authorized fraternal intercourse between our United States Templars and yours in England and Wales and the Canadas , that no danger now exists of any hostile impression being made