Knights Templar.

ments in tho colonies . In India , others have been revived , and the registrations of new members exceed one hundred and twenty , showing that Knight Templar Masonry is progressing both at home and abroach "The resolution of the committee ofthe 21 st of January , 1 S 59 , ivhich was duly circulated amongst the several Encampments of the Order , as well as communicated to the Antiquity and Baldwin Encampments , has informed the members of the dignified conduct pursued by our Most Eminent and Supreme Grand Master . No repl

y has been received to the communication of this resolution to the Baldwin and Antiquity Encampments ; and as observed in the last report , ' They and those Encampments which the Baldwin assumed the power of illegally creating , and all who belong thereto , still remain therefore under the bar of exclusion , to be dealt with now and hereafter by that Masonic law which draws tho proper level between the deceiving and the deceived , so that judgment may always be tempered with mercy . ' " The system of examination in sections , in strict accordance with the ritual of thc

Order , which was announced in the last annual report to be in preparation , has recently , by tbe care and labour of the Grand Chancellor , been completed , and the committee have authorized that officer to issue it at the charge of ten shillings to Encampments requiring a copy , and to such duly registered and regularly installed Knights Templar under fealty , and entitled thereto by the recommendation of the Eminent Commanders of their Encampments . " The Grand Treasurer's accounts havo been duly audited , and it appears that the

receipts of the year 1858-59 , including tho balance in hand at the last Grand Conclave of £ 2 GS 13 s . dd ., have amounted to the sum of £ 44 i lCs . Id . and the disbursements during tho like period to . £ 191 5 s . Id ., leaving a balance of £ 250 lis . to tho credit of the Order , besides . £ 200 invested in exchoquci-biUs . " The Alms' Fund amounts to the sum of £ 17 7 s . lOcl . Some cases of distress which appear to the committeo to deserve assistance out of the funds ofthe Grand . Conclave , will be brought to its notice . " The report , having been received and adopted , the Grand Conclave voted , for

the cases of distress alluded to , the following donations : —to the aged AA'idow Francis , . £ 20 ; to AVidow Blackie , whose husband was a Scottish Templar , aud to Miss Steele , whoso father was an Irish Templar , neither having ever belonged to the English Constitution , assistance was also given . The 61-aud Conclave also voted a subscription of ono guinea , annually , to each of the four Masonic charities , vin : — The Freemasons' Girls School , the Boys School , thc Aged Masons ' , and the AVidows ' Funds . Fr . Bureheil Heine moved an amendment on the last vote" That the Grand

, Conclave should , by a vote , qualify tho body for a life governorship instead of a small annual subscription , " which although not carried on this occasion , is to be taken into consideration next year , and will , it is expected , be adopted . The officers for the ensuing year wore then appointed , and such as were present wero invested . They are as follows , thc Most Eminent and Supreme Grand Master , elected for three years in Alay IS 5 S , being Colonel C . K . Kemys Tynte : —Fratres AVilliam Stuart , Deputy Grand Master ; Benj . Bond Cabbell , Grand Prior ; T . D . Harrington ,

Grand Sub-Prior ; Rev . Edward Moore , Grand Prelate ; John Barker , 1 st Grand Captain , - George Francis , 2 nd Grand Captain ; John Mnsson , Grand Chancellor ; J . H . Law , Grand Vice Chancellor ; J , A . D . Cox , Grand Registrar ; J . N . Tomkins , Grand Treasurer ; T . Gibbs Ridout , Grand Chamberlain ; Richard Cope , jun ., Grand Hospitaller ; James Thomas Bromridge , 1 st Grand Expert ; AVilliam Ranger , 2 nd Grand Expert ; Thompson AVilson , 1 st Grand Standard Bearer ; James Hill Rowan , 2 nd Grand Standard Bearer ; M . H . Shuttleworth , Grand Almoner ; S . D . Forbes , Grand Director of Ceremonies ; Arthur T . Blakiston , Assistant Grand

Director of Ceremonies ; Captain George Barlow , 1 st Grand Aide de Camp ; AV . J . Moymott , 2 nd Grand Aide de Camp ; Tliomas Flack , 1 st Grand Captain of Lines ; Robert Fletcher , 2 nd Grand Captain of Lines ; AVilliam Punshon , Grand Sword Bearer ; Edward Bevcrs , 1 st Grand Herald ; Theodore M . Talbot , 2 nd Grand Herald ; Frank Adams , Grand Superintendent of AVorks ; AV . AV . Harrison , Grand Organist ; John Purely , Grand Banner Bearer . Provincial Grand Commanders : —AVilliam Stuart , Esq ., Hertfordshire ; the Rev . John Huyshe , Devon ; AVm . Courteuay Cruttencieij , Esq ., Cheshire ; Matthew Dawes