Knights Templar.

Calvary ; Graham Stuart , De Furnival ; D . H . Stone , E . C . De Furnival and G . Reg . ; Rev . John Huvshe , Prov . G . Com . Devon ; C . Beaumont , P . G . C . ; Rev . E . Moore , G . Prelate ; G . Lambert , 1 st Capt . Stuart Encampment ; Matthew Cooke , G . Organist ; G . Wooley , Faith and Fidelity ; Bristow , 2 nd G . Capt . ; Deimison , E . C ; E , A . Lingard , E . G . ; R . H . Foster and C . Ratcliffe , all of the Howe Encampment ; Richard Comins , Faith ancl Fidelity ; J . H . Law , G . Chancellor ; T . Stephen ;

Brackstone Baker , P . G . S . B ; and R . Spencer , P . G . B , B . ; together with others whose names we could not ascertain . Nearly an hour after the appointed time , the procession of Grand Officers was formed and conducted the M . E . and S . G . M . to his seat . Grand Conclave was then opened , the minutes read , amd the alms , amounting to £ 5 7 s . 6 el . collected . The report of the committee of general purposes was taken and read .

Sir Knt . METMOTT called attention to one point in the report , viz ., the discourtesy shown them on the last occasion , which had induced them not again to ask to be allowed to trespass on that most holy place , the Temple , ancl regretting the limited accommodation they could procure that day , he hoped it would bo opening the way for others to say something about a home in another locality . The furniture , he begged to remind them , was not the property of Grand Conclave , but

had been borrowed from various sources . He , however , had provided tables ancl banners for four of the Grand Officers , and he hoped to be allowed to inaugurate the possession of proper furniture by Grand Conclave , ancl be enabled to leave his office with all the appliances in a state which would be to the credit to that assembly . He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that the home and furniture to bo provided should be referred back to the committee .

Sir Knt . THEAKLE proposed that the Knts . Templar should leave the tavern and take a place for themselves . There they had no accommodation , they were without furniture , had been very ill-treated , and would go away . ( Laughter . ) Sir Knt . BINCKES wished to say a few words about the house in Bedford-row . They all knew what was being done there , and if they did not , he had placed some prospectuses on the table , ancl more could be had if wanted . He was sure it only

required Sir Ivnts . with names , interest , and means to come forward , and the end they desired would be accomplished . It was not for him to say by whose aid it had been commenced , but he might add that Lord Holmesdale was one of its supporters . He advocated a company to raise £ 5000 to secure a home for all the unrecognised degrees , where they might meet , and each pursue their own course , and , in order that it might not be detrimental to their own Masonic property , he proposed not

to take in any Craft lodges or chapters . He then called upon Sir Knt . Spratt to state more explicitly the objects of the Union . Sir Knt . SPRATT said the promoters of the Union had directed their attention to all parts of the metropolis to find a house where they could carry out their plan , and at last had found one in Bedford-row . They could build a larger and better room than the Temple for £ 2000 , and get a lease for

twentyone years , which could , be renewed at its expiration , as no instance was ever known of a refusal ever taking place on the Doughty estate . Sir Knt . the Rev . J . HUYSHE deeply regretted leaving that place , but as they had hael a rupture with the lower orders of Freemasonry , they must leave it . Their M . E . and S . G . M . had in his liberality declared his intention to take £ 1000 worth of shares , and he thought they ought to follow so good an

example . "Sir . Knt . Dr . HINNMAN proposed that £ 100 out of the Grand Conclave funds be subscribed towards the Bedford-row scheme . The G . Chancellor , Sir Knt . LAW , said Grand Conclave and the Bedford-row Company were two distinct things , and if Grand Conclave removed there , it would not be to their own premises , but only as tenants on the same footing that they were in the tavern .

Sir . Knt . SPRATT said the hall in Bedford-row would be built , whether used or not by the Grand Conclave , and he asked for funds towards its ornamentation . Sir Knt . BINCKES said he had hoped to have heard some substantial decision come to that day for its support , and warmly urged the Grand Conclave to contribute liberally towards it . Sir Knt . MEYMONT , on being appealed to , modified his notion , which was passed .

Sir Knt . Dr . HINXMAN then brought up the report of the sub-committee on the revision of the statutes , but was much interrupted , and it was ultimately proposed that copies of the alterations , in proof , be sent to every encampment ancl Grand Officer .

Sir Knt . MATTHEW COOKE objected to this course . He affirmed that by the statutes the M . E . and S . G . M . alone had the power to alter the laws of the Order , and that , when he had delegated those powers to a sub-committee not to receive their report , was to ignore the Grand Master ' s prerogative , and cast a slur upon his representatives . The following Sir Knights were then appointed to Grand Office by the M . E . and S . G . M ., who invested those present : —

V . H . anclE . D . G . M ., Colonel G . A . Vernon , re-appointed ( absenM . G . Seneschal , Lord Londesborough ( absent ); G . Prelate , R ev . E . Moore , re-appointed ; 1 st G . Capt ., Dr . Tulloch ; 2 nd ( j , Capt ., Thos . Harfoot ; G . Chancellor , J . II . Law , rc-appointetl ; G . V . C , M . H . Shnttleworth , re-appointed ; G . Reg ., D . Stone , re-appointed ; G . Treas ., J . N . Tomkins , re-elected by acclamation ; G . Chamberlain , J . R . Stebbing ; G . Hospitaller , Capt . Douglas ; G . Constable , Dennison ; G . Provost , Robin son ;

1 st G . Expert , Powell ; 2 nd G . Expert , Gath ; 1 st G . Standard Bearer , Roeld ; 2 nd G . Standard Bearer , Ludwig ; G . Almoner . M . H . Shnttleworth , re-appointed ; G . Dir . of Cers ., W . J . Meymott , re-appointed ; Assist . G . Dir . of Cers ., Swan ; 1 st G . Asst . Dir . of Cers ., Graham Stuart ; 2 nd G . Assist . Dir . of Cers ., Lingard ; 1 st G . Captain of Lines , G . M . Ward ; 2 nd G . Captain of Lines , Webster ; G . Sword Bearer , Louis Lemanski 1 st G . Herald , Langley ; 2 nd G . Herald , T . C .

Hutchinsonre-, appointed ; G . Snpt . of Works , AV . H . Spratt ; G . Organist , Matthew Cooke , re-appointed ; G . Banner Bearer , J . W . Thearle , re-appointed ; G . Esquires , Smith and Hoare . Committee ot General Purposes , Sir Knts . nominated by M . E . and S . G . M . Rev . E . Moore , H . II . Burchell Heme , R . ' J . Spiers , ancl Lt .-Col . Clerk ; nominated by Grand Conclave , W . J . Meynott , Capt . Lavton , W . H . Spratt , J . Barker , and Dr . Tulloch .

The Grand Conclave was closed , and the next meeting fixed for the second , instead of the third , Friday in December . The Sir Knights then adjourned to one of Messrs . Elkington ' s best banquets , and after the cloth was removed , the M . E . G . M . in terse and appropriate terms gave the health of the Queen . He again rose and said , that H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , promised well for the country . He hoped that he would be made a Mason as his grandfather had been , and whose encouragement of

tho higher orders proved he was not content to be ranked only in the lower class , an ambition which be hoped would be followed by H . R . H . at a future time . TheG . M . then proposkd "The Health of their Ii . R . H . ' s the Prince and Princess ' of Wales . " The Rev . JOHN HUYSHE rose and said the crowning toast of the meeting had a claim on them that well deserved their attention . If the G . M . had been absent , he could have said much that he would refrain from uttering in his presence ;

but when he told them that he was a person of the most eminent virtue and unbounded charity , he did not think they would he wanting in respect towards him . ( Cheers . ) He felt that ho was addressing a body of Christian Freemasons , which made it all the easier for him . They had nothing to do with the Deism of the Craft , or the Judaism of the Royal Arch , Their peculiar province was to celebrate the advent of that being who was the captain of their salvation ; and he looked

upon it as one of the . highest honours any man could hold , to be the head of an Order professing such principles , and following out the teachings of that blessed Redeemer who had gone before them to prepare a mansion for them eternal in the heavens , and where , from their G-. M . ' s piety , he might look forward to enjoy much bliss hereafter . He then concluded by proposing the health of the M . E . and S . G . M ., Sir Knt . William Stuart .

The M . E . and S . G . M . felt that more had been said of him than he deserved , but it was not the first time his health had been proposed so warmly . Ho regretted exceedingly the shameful nature of their accommodation that day , but hoped it would be the last time they would be called upon to meet in that place . The G . M . proposed the health ofthe V . H . and E . D . G . M ., and the past and present Grand Officers .

Sir Knt . the Rev . JOHN HTJXSHE , Prov . G . Com . Devonshire , on behalf of the D . G . M ., returned his heartfelt thanks , and more especially so because they all held office with one of the best officers and under one of the best Grand Masters the Order could boast .