Knights Templar.

Coteswold ; G . Corner , Kemeys Tynte ; J . T . Griffith , M . DFaith and Fidelity ; X . H . Moyle , Mount Calvary ; C . J . Hampden , Faith and Fidelity ; G . Hillyer , Faith and Fidelity ; S . Chatwood , St . James of Jerusalem ; E . D . Livvsen ; E . H . Thrupp , Faith and Fidelity . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , and His Highness Prince John

of Gliicksburg having signified their intention of being present , there was a large attendance of P . G . Commanders , Grand Officers , and other Knights . The Grand Conclave was opened at 3 o ' clock in ample form , and the Grand Registrar called the muster roll . The minutes of the last Grand Conclave were then read and confirmed , and the following Report of the Committee was read : —

MOST EMINENT AND SUPREME GEAND MASTER : Your Committee has tbe honour to report that tbe state of the Order is generally satisfactory . Since last Grand Conclave , Captain the Honourable A . AV . A , N . Hood , M . P ., has been installed in his Province at Bath , on the 3 rd February last . You have been pleased to appoint , in succession to the

Reverend Dr . Senior , resigned , Sir Knight John Fisher Provincial Grand Commander for West Yorkshire , who , together with the Honourable F . Walpole , M . P ., Provincial Grand Gommander for Norfolk , will present themselves to-day for homage . Two AVarrants for new Encampments have been sealed since the last Grand Conclave—the Mount Lebanon at Bombay , dated

the Sth January , and the Harington , in the Dominion of Canada , dated 14 th April , 1871 . The Frederick of Unity Encampment , London , formerly -transferred from the Province of Surrey , has made no returns for many years , and it is believed the Members are reduced to a number insufficient to work the Ceremonies ;

it has , therefore , been returned on the Roll for some time past as in abeyance . As reported by the Committee in May , 1869 , it has been called upon to surrender its AVarrant ; and your Committee now recommends that the AVarrant be revoked , and that the name of the Encampment be expunged from the

Roll . The following Encampments have been reported to your Committee as not having sent in their Annual Returns for tbe year 1870 , viz .: —Abbey Chapter , Bermuda , Cabbell , Cceur de Lion ( Canada ) , Celestial , Cornubian , Coteswold , De Furnival , Faith ( Wigan ) , Fearnley , Geoffrey de St . Aldemar ( Canada ) , Hinxman , Holy Cross , Holy Rood , Hope , Hugh de Payens

( Canada ) , Loyal Brunswick , Loyal Burmah , Melita , Mount Calvary in the East , Mount Zion , Observance ( Loudon ) , Observance ( Madras ) , Percy , Plains of Rama , Richard Coeur de Lion ( Canada ) , Royal Edward , Royal Kent ( Newcastle ) , Royal Sussex , Sepulchre , St . George ( Ballarafc ) , Star of the East , Trinity in Unity , Union de Molay , AVilliam de Ia More the

Martyr , and William Stuart . You have been pleased to approve of a treaty with the Ancient and Accepted Rile and the Grand Lodge of Mark Masters . This treaty has for its principal object the establishment of an alliance between the several parties and of a Court for their better government , and is laid on the table foi the information

of Grand Conclave . A Statute will be proposed for carrying this treaty into effect . Your Committee recommends that all Encampments do send A copy of the usual Summons to the Provincial Grand Commander of the District or his Deputy , at least seven clear days before such Meeting ; and that no Candidate be proposed for

ballot who shall have been disapproved by the Provincial Grand Commander or his Deputy . A Statute will be proposed for carrying this recommendation into effect . Your Committee recommends that the following Benevolences be granted , viz ., to the AAldow of the late Eminent Commander G , £ 5 ; to Sir Knight T . J , £ 50 .

Your Committee recommends that measures bo taken for the establishment and endowment of an Asylum for Poor Knights of the Temple , upon such a scale as may be commensurate with the means of the Order , and that the appointment of Knights be vested in the Supreme Grand Master , under statutes and regulations to be approved by Graud Conclave on their behalf ; and

that it be an instruction to your Committee to prepare a scheme , for carrying out this suggestion , and to report to next Grand Conclave . Your Committee suggests this as a graceful tribute to your Grand Master . The suggestion made by the last Grand Conclave , that the destination of the Sick and AVounded Fund should be changed

in view of the actual circumstances of the case , having been communicated to the Subscribers , has been very generally assented to , and tbe various amounts have , from time to time , been paid over as the wishes ofthe Contributors have been made known . A statement of this Fund will be published with the Grand Treasurer ' s accounts in the ensuing Calendar . The Grand Treasurer ' s accounts show a balance in favour of

Grand Conclave—On the general account of £ 308 3 11 On account of the Fund of Benevolence 280 8 3 Balance on both accounts ... £ 588 12 2 By Order of the Committee of Grand Conclave ,

P . MAC C . DE COLQUHOUN , GKAND CHANCELLOR . Sir Knight The Earl of Limerick moved the adoption of a Statute incorporating the Treaty referred to in the Report of the Committee , which was met by an amendment by Sir Knight Rev . J . Huyshe that the Report be received , and entered in the minutes , but not adopted , this amendment the Earl of Limerick

did not resist , and then explained the different clauses of the Treaty which had been signed ou the part of the Grand Master by himself , and Sir P . Colquohon , as Plenipotentaries by tbe Rev . G . Raymond Portal , Grand Mark Master , and the Earl of Carnarvon , Past Grand Mark Master , on behalf of the Grand Mark Loclge , and by Capt . N . G . Philips , and J . P . M .

Montagu , on behalf of the 33 " Sir Knight Lord Elliot seconded the motion , remarking that it was a step in the right direction , and hoped the time was approaching when all Masonic Orders would we united under one Royal Head . Sir Knight Rev . J . Huyshe , opposed the motion , moving an

amendment , that it be adjourned , and taken into consideration at the next Grand Conclave , which amendment was duly seconded . At this stage of the proceedings , the arrival of H . R . H the Prince of Wales , and His Highness Prince John of Glucksburg was announced . Tho discussion then proceeding was suspended for a time , and the officers appointed to receive and attend H . R . H .

ancl Prince John left the Hall for that purpose . The Grand Commanders of the following Provinces and several other Knights were afterwards presented to his Royal Highness the Prince of AVales , and His Highness tbe Prince John of Glucksburg , viz .: — Devonshire , Rev . J . Huyshe , D . G . M . ; Dorsetshire , C . J .