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P . Z ., M . P . O . S . ; J . Harpin , J . P . ; Lieut . Starkey , and others ; nnd nothing occurred in any way to mar the enjoyment ofthe evening .

Knights Templar.

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR .

GRAND CONCLAA'E . INSTALLATION OP SIR KNT . WILLIAM STUART , DEP . G . M ., AS MOST EMINENT AND SUPREME GRAND MASTER . Friday , the 10 th instant , was a day of no small importance to the Order of Knights Templar . On that day the Grancl Conclave met in the Temple at Freemasons' Hall , and installed its Alost . Eminent

and Supreme Grand Alaster , Sir Knt . AVilliam Stuart , who hud previously been unanimously elected to that high dignity consequent upon the decease of the deeply regretted late Grand Master , Colonel Charles Kemys Kemys Tynte . The Grand Officers present were—Sir Knts . Colonel Clerk , G . Sub-Prior ; the Reverend E . Moore , G . Prelate ; J . H . Law , G . Chancellor ; M . H . Shuttleworth , G . Vice-Chancellor ; J . N . Tomkins , G . Treasurer ; G . AVorley , G . Chamberlain ; R . It . Nelson , G . Hospitaller ; Brackstone Baker ,

1 st G . Standard-bearer ; W . J . Meymott , G . Director of Ceremonies ; Reverend C . M . Style , Asst . G . Director of Ceremonies ; Capt . Layton , 2 nd G . Aide-de-Camp ; A . Al . Moore 1 st . G . Captain of Lines ; Jabez Topper , 2 nd G . Capt . of Lines ; H . AV . Spratt , G . Supt . of AVorks ; Matthew Cooke , G . Organist ; ancl AV . Smith , C . E ., G . Banner-hearer . The following A \ E . Prov . G . Commanders were also present : Sir Knts . the . Reverend John Huyshe , Devon ; Albert II . RoydsLancashire ; Colonel G . A . A ernon ,

, , Staffordshire j AA'illiam Courtenay , Criittenden , Cheshire ; Charles John A'lgne , Dorset ; H . J . Hinxman , M . D ., Kent ; Henry Atkins Bowyer , Oxon ; AV . AV . Beach , M . P ., Hampshire ; Major Hugh S . S . Burney , Essex ; Benjamin A . Kent , M . D ., Australia ; Samuel Bryant , M . D ., Gloucestershire and City of Bristol . —The following Sir Knts ., who were not appointed Grantl Officers , were also present , ancl are here given under their encampments . Those who were so appointed will be found lower

down . All Souls , AVeymouth : John Coombes , Frederic Cosens , Nathaniel Highmore , and Joshua Maunders . —Coeur cle Lion , Oxford : J . N . Fazerkerly , T . J . Peyton , John Pratt , R . J . Spiers , Albert F . Style , and J . G . AVood . —Faith and Fidelity , London : Brackstone Baker . —Frederick of Unity , London : C . Beaumont , Allen , and Bell .- —Howe , Birmingham : R . II . Foster , W . Gates , B . AV . Gould , John Gould , AV . Greenway , E . A . Lingard , ancl AV . Roberts .

-Jacques de Molay , Liverpool : C . J . Banister and Edw . Pierpoint . —Kemys Tynte , AVoolwich : J . Hassall , J . Henderson , C . Hewctt , C . Malings , and Colonel Ttilloh . —Mount Calvary , London : J . B . Newall , It . H . Browne , J . Sinionds , and 11 . Thompson . —Observance , London : Llewellyn Evans . —Royal Kent , Newcastle : John Barker and II . Haiiimerbom . — -Royal Naval , Portsmouth : Henry Clarke , M . D . —St . George , London : Goo . Harcourt , M . D ., Richard Spencer , ancl J . S . AVillett . —St . James of JerusalemBolton : AV . AVrihfc . —

, g Stuart , Watford : T . S . Barringer , H . C . Finch , J . Goodyear , George Lambert , and Thos . Rogers . Sir Knt . the Rev . John Huyshe , Prov . G . Coin , for Devon , preceded by the G . Officers , entered the Temple in procession , when he assumed the seat to the right of the throne and opened Grancl Conclave in the usual form . The minutes were next read and confirmed . After ivhich , the ALE . the S . G . M . elect was introduced in due form , preceded by certain Grand Officers ,

and with the customary honours . The S . G . M . elect was then obligated in ancient form , invested , seated on the throne , proclaimed , - . ind received the homage ancl fealty of the Order . He was also properly saluted , and made an address to the Sir Knts ., thanking them for their unanimous choice . The S . G . AI . then begged Grand Conclave to accept from him a very beautiful work of art in the form of a crucifix , made in the 15 th century , —the figure on the

cross being beautifully worked in coral and suspended to a silver cross enclosed by a glass front , and having before it a votive silver lamp . This present was justly admired and gratefully received . Addresses of congratulation to the Grand Master wero presented from Kent , by Dr . Hinxman ; the Faith and Fidelity , by AV . J . Meymott ; the Rougemont , by the Rey . John Huyshe ; the Prov . G . Conclave of StaffordshirebColonel Vernon ; the Baldwyn and

, y Bristol Encampments , by Dr . Bryant ; tho Stuart Encampment , by Francis ; the Mount Calvary , by John Mott Thearlo ; tho Prov . Ci . Conclave of Lancashire , by Albert H . Royds ; and the Prov . of Northumberland , by A . Gillespie . —Tho report of the General Committee was read and adopted . —Several motions were made , one of which related to holding two Grand Conclaves annually , which was

agreed to by all present , and another for granting relief to Sir

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Knt . Wilkinson , of the Royal Kent Encampment , for whose use £ 20 was proposed and unanimously carried . The Supreme Grand Master was then pleased to nominate ancl invest the following Sir Knts . as the Grancl Officers for the ensuing year : —• Col . A ernon , Dep . G . AI . ; Earl of Carnarvon , G . Seneschal ; B . B . Cabbell , G . Prior ; Hon . AA . North , G . Sub-Prior ; Rev . Edward Moore , G . Prelate ; BurchollHeme , 1 st G . Capt . ; H . AA . Spratt , 2 nd G tainJHLawGChancellorMHShuttleworthG

. Cap ; . , , . ; . . , . A ice Chancellor ; Col . Clerk , G . Registrar ; J . N . Tomkins , G . Treas . ; AA . Blenkin , G . Chamberlain ; — Stevens , G . Hospitaller ; Lawrence Ormerod , G . Mareschal ; Rev . E . G . Boiling , G . Provost ; D . H . Stone , 1 st G . Expert ; Rev . C . M . Style , 2 nd G . Expert ; J . AV . Figg , 1 st G . Standard-bearer ; H . Briclson , 2 nd G . Standardbearer ; Al . H . Shuttleworth , G . Almoner ; AV . G . Meymott , G . D . of Cers . ; W . SmithO . E . Asst . G . D . of Cers ; 1 st G . Aide-de-Camp

, , , C . J . Bannister ; 2 nd G . Aid-de-Canrp , —Salmond ; 1 st G . Capt . of Lines , Capt . Davy ; 2 nd G . Capt . of Lines , Richard AVoof ; G . Sword-bearer ,- — -Golclthorp ; 1 st G . Herald , Charles Hood , M . D . ; 2 nd G . Herald , A . Gillespie ; G . Supt . of AVorks , — Schwarzkopf ; G . Organist , Matthew Cooke ; G . Banner-bearer , John Mott Thearle . Tho offertory was then commenced , and £ 11 3 s . 2 d . was collected , which , with tbe balance in the hands of the G . Almoner , made a

total of £ 38 17 * . After which Grancl Conclave was closed in ancient form , and 'the Supreme Grand Master ancl Grand Officers left the Temple in procession , and adjourned . The numerous banners of encampment and individual Sir . Knts . rendered the Temple quite a fairy scene ; the costume of the Order , the medals of the Sir Knts ., ancl the superb cope of the G . Prelate , added wonderfully to the effect . Too much praise cannot be given

to tbe V . E . installing Prov . G . Commander , the Rev . John Huyshe , for the able , perfect , and impressive way in which he performed the ceremony , and the same is clue to Sir Knt . Meymott for his care in arranging the ceremonial , which went off without an error ; ancl it is very much doubted if ever before the Temple had within its walls such a Alasonic assemblage , for numbers , costume , and general ensemble . Sir Knt . Matthew Cooke presided at tbe harmonium , and was assisted , most ably , in the chanting by Sir Knt . J . B . Newall .

[ The proceedings of the clay were closed by a banquet , at which very many addresses were delivered , but we decline to pay for tickets to report the speeches of orators , and would-be orators , where the usual compliment paid to the representatives of the press is studiously withheld from the only organ of Freemasonry in the kingdom . Of course , the business proceedings we feel it not only a duty , but a pleasure to report . Here we stop . ]

YORKSHIRE ( AVEST ) . SitEi-HELD . —De Eumival Encampment . —A meeting of this recently consecrated encampment was held at the Music Hall , on AA ' ednesday , Sth inst . The members present were , Sir Knts . AVilliam AVhite , jun ., E . G ., Prov . G . Herald ; Henry AVebster , 1 st

Capt . ; G . Stewart , 2 nd Capt . ; E . Drury , Reg . ; J . Rodgers , Exp . ; E . A . Heeley , Capt . of Lines ; II . J . Garnett , Standard-Bearer , & c . Comps . Richard Martin and Thomas Turton , of the Chapter of Paradise , were severally installed Knts . Comps . of the Order of the Temple . The ceremonies wero ably ancl impressively performed by the E . C . ancl his officers , ancl tho De Furnival Encampment bids fair to become a very flourishing one .

Ancient And Accepted Rite.

ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE .

HAAIPSHIRE . PORTSMOUTH . —Royal Naval Chapter of S . P . P . > J < . —The annual meeting of this chapter took place on Friday , the 2 nd inst ., when the 111 . Bro . J . Rankin Stebbing , of Southampton , was installed , with all the customary ceremonies , M . AA . S . for the ensuing year , in succession to the HI . Bro . R . AA ' . Bradley , who has so long ancl so ably held that distinguished office , and by whose knowledge of

the Order , and devotion to the high grades , the Royal Naval Chapter has become one of the most successful in the Southof England . The 111 . Bro . Hyde Pullen ( 32 ° ) , G . S . B ., ancl also D . Pov . G . M . of . tho Isle of AA'ight , conducted the ceremony of installation , Bro . Bell presiding at tho organ . The chapter was honoured by a visit from 111 . Bro . Dr . Kent ( 32 ^) , P . G . AI . of South Australia , and other distinguished brethren , all of whom bore testimony to the able