Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

GRAND CHAPTER . The quarterly convocation of Grand Chapter was held on AA ednesday last , Comp . the Rev . J . Huyshe , Prov . G . Supt . of Devon , as Z . ; Comps . Gibhs , Prov . G . Supt . Bombay , as H . ; Havers , P . J . N ., as J . ; Clarke , E . ; Scott , P . G . Soj ., as N . ; Potter , as P . Soj . ; Head and Le Veau , as Assist . Sojs . ; Young , G . Dir . of Cers . ; Walmisley , P . G . S . B . ; and about a dozen other

companions being present . The following report of Committee of General Purposes was read : — The Committee of General Purposes beg to report that they have examined the accounts from the 20 th April to the 19 th July , 1864 , both inclusive , which they find to be as follows : — To Balance 20 th April £ 385 12 4 To Subsequent Receipts 204 17 0

£ 590 9 4 By Disbursements during the Quarter ... 102 17 6 By Balance 487 11 10 £ 590 9 4 which balance is in the bands of Messrs . Willis , Percival , & Co ., bankers of the Grand Treasurer .

The Committee have also to report that they have had under their consideration the memorial transmitted hy the 1 st Grand Principal of the Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland for recognition by and exchange of representatives with the Supreme Grand Chapter of England—a copy of which memorial they have appended to this report—and they beg to refer to the

report of the General Committee of Grand Chapter , dated the 24 th July , 1863 , which was confirmed by the quarterly convocation on the Sth August , 1863 , and having given the subject their best consideration , the Committee do not recommend that the application bo entertained . The Committee have investigated the complaint made by the

same memorial against the Mount Sion Chapter ( No . 169 , now No . 145 ) for having , as it is alleged , refused admission to a companion , on the ground that he was a Scotch Royal Arch Mason . From the explanations given by the First Principal and other companions of the Mount Sion Chapter , it appears that the applicant for admission did not appear to be properly

qualified , and not being known to any of the companions , and being unprovided with any credentials , he was not allowed to enter the chapter . The Committee have received and examined into a complaint made by Comp . Aznavour against Comp . Pulman of the Oriental Chapter ( No . 687 ) Pera , Constantinople . It appears that there was a charter granted on the 6 th day of May , 1863 , for holding

the Oriental Chapter ( No . 687 ) at Constantinople , wherein Comp . Henry Pulman was named Z , Comp . Seraphin Aznavour H , and Comp . Ferdinand A . Hahnel J . The charter was indue course received hy Comp . Pulman at Constantinople , who summoned the members for the 21 st January , 1864 , that Comp . Aznavour did not attend , as he alleged the meeting was

improperly called , and Comp . Hahnel did not attend as he had left Constantinople . Comp . Pulman thereupon , with the assistance of two foreign companions , one of an Irish and the other of an American Chapter ( whom lie states to have heen Past Principals of their respective chapters ) , and also with the- assistance of another companion , whose name is unknown to Comp . Aznavour ,

opened and consecrated the chapter , and exalted several candidates who had not been previously proposed , and admitted them as companions , and installed two of the members then present , as H . and J . in their respective chairs which excluded Comp .

Aznavour . Letters have been received by the Grand Scribe E from Comps . Pulman and Aznavour stating these facts , and the latter asks if these proceedings constitute this a regular chapter , and whether the companions exalted therein are to he recognized ? Comp . Pulman has remitted the fees and applied for certificates for the companions exalted , aud your Committee have read these letters , and had the personal evidence of Comp .

Pulman ( now in England ) which corroborated the above statement . The whole proceedings appear to have been most irregular and contrary to the Royal Arch Regulations . But , considering the difficulties in which the First Principal was placed , and the obstacles which had been thrown in the way of his carrying out the proceedings regularly , and that though acting

under a mistaken notion of his authority , he was actuated hy a desire to do what he imagined to be his duty , the Committee recommend that the proceedings be recognized , except as to the installation of the Second and Third Principals , that Comp . Aznavour be installed as Second Principal , and Grand Chapter certificates granted to the companions then exalted . But that

Comp . Pulman be severely reprimanded , the companions admonished , and directed to carry on the affairs of the chapter with cordiality and propriety for the future . The Committee beg likewise to report that they have received information from the Grand Secretary , that in pursuance of a resolution duly passed by the Grand Lodge of England at

the quarterly communication , on Wednesday , December 2 nd , 1 S 63 , Bro P . Baudains , of the Lodge La Cesaree ( No . 590 ) , Jersey , who is a Royal Arch Mason , has been suspended from his Masonic functions as a Craft Mason . The Grand Chapter hav ' wg at the last quarterly convocation approved of the alterations made in the ltoyal Arch regulations , the Committee beg to recommend that they be authorised to

print and publish 1 , 000 copies of the same ; that the price he fixed at 1 * . Gd . a copy ; and that the copyright he vested in Comp . Wm . Gray Clarke , as Grand Scribe E . Your Committee have received the following petitions for new chapters , viz .: — 1 st . From Comps . James S . Clift as Z ., Charles AVright as

II ., Nicholas II . Stab as J ., and six others , for a Chapter to be attached to the St . John ' s Lodge ( No . 579 ) , St . John ' s , Newfoundland , to he called the St . John ' s Chapter , to meet at St . John's , Newfoundland , on the first Monday in July , October , January , and April . 2 nd . From Comps . Alfred Henry Board as Z , Francis

Seymour Fairbridge as H , William Hume as J , and eight others , for a Chapter to be attached to the Lodge of Good Will ( No . 711 ) , Port Elizabeth , Cape of Good Hope , to be called the "Port Elizabeth Chapter , " and to meet at Port Elizabeth , Cape of Good Hope , on the second Wednesday of each quarter . 3 rd . From Comps . Lord Richard Grosvenor as Z , Robert

Summersgill as H , Adam Winlaw as J , and seven others , for a Chapter to be attached to the Lodgo of Independence ( No . 721 ) , Chester , to be called tho " Grosvenor Chapter , " to meet at the Pied Bull Inn , Chester , on the second Tuesday of every month . 4 th . From Comps . AVilliam Martin Boyce as Z , John James

AVilson as II , and John M . Llewellen as J , and nine others , for a Chapter to be attached to the Prince of Wales' Lodge ( No . 90 S ) , Brisbane , Queensland , to be called " Prince of AVales' Chapter , " and to meet at the Masonic Hall , Queenstreet , Brisbane , Queensland , on the second Tuesday of each month .

5 th . From Comps . John Pursall as Z , James Stimpson as II , Alexander M'Cracken as J , and six others , for a Chapter to be attached to tho Grosvenor Lodge ( No . 938 ) , Birmingham , to