Knights Templar.

Guard of the Banner of D . ; Rev . , T . Saunderson , Guard of the Banner of R . ; \ A . S . Salting , Grand Banner of A . The following members of the Knights Templar Order then were duly passed and impressively admitted to the Order of Knights of Malta : Sir Knts . J . M . Montague , P . G . 2 nd Capt . ; Dr . Harcourt , P . G . C . Surrey ; Hon . F . Walpole , G . Prior ; F . M . Williams , M . P ., G . Hospitaller ; Colonel Birchall , G . Chamberlain ; J . J . Forrester , G . Herald ; R . Radcliff , G . Capt . of Lines ;

Rev . AV . H . P . Besford , Captain Hastie , AV . Fish , \ A ' . Blenkin . J . V , Morgan , R . Spencer , W . Smith , C . E ., J . Jamieson , J . L . Sim , J . M . AVike , Colonel Goddard , Dr . AVillett , W . F . Harrison , E . Turner , J . Hughes , G . Noel Money , Colonel Jackson , II . S , Edwards , A . J . Copleland , Major Smith , AA ' . N . Rudge , Dr . Bogg . C . C . Pole , J . L . Allen , AV . Brignall , F . Jennings , AV . C . Leymow , At the conclusion of the ceremony the E . Prior left his seat . Avhich had been placed in front of tbe throneand resumed his

, stall , the chair was resumed , and thus the Grand Master on his throne was seated at the head of the priory . The meeting was then declared to be a duly constituted Grand Priory in England of the Order of Malta . The G . Chancellor read the following report :

REPORT OP THE COMMITTEE OF THE GRAND PRIORI- MALTA . Most Eminent and Supreme Grand Master , —With reference to the allusion made to the Order of the Knights of Malta last year , an Order which has been in abeyance for a long series of years , your committee has the honour to report , that with tbe view of introducing an uniform system of working which should

emanate from competent authority , you appointed last autumn a special commission , composed of the Grand Master of Ceremonies , Sir Knt . Captain Boyle , and the Grand A ice-Chancellor , to examine into and report on the order , and submit a plan which should meet the exigencies of the case . That commission having terminated its labours submitted the result to you in committee on the first of last month , and obtained the requisite sanction for its adoption . The result

appears from the working of the Observance Priory this afternoon in the presence of many of the Grand Officers , and which cannot but be considered as satisfactory , and to reflect great credit on the care and assiduity of the commission . AVith the view of investing the Order with greater solemnity , it is strongly recommended that Priories be not held on the same day as Encampments . Your Committee trusts that the working of the Order to

which sanction has been given will be found to be satisfactory , and suggests that the thanks of the Grand Priory to the commission may be added to those which it has already received from yourself , but more especially to the Grand Master ofthe Ceremonies for the trouble he has taken , and tbe taste he has displayed in the details of the ceremonial . By order of the Committee of the Grand Priory , P . Mae . C . de CoLQUiior . _ i , Grand Chancellor .

This was adopted . The Grand Priory was closed in ample form , and the knights adjourned . The hall presented a truly magnificent appearance , every stall Avas occupied , and each knight arranged under his banner , and many of the representatives of Provincial Encampments had floating aloft their own or the banner of their Prov . t > .

Encampment . The whole forming a magnificent coupd ' ail unsurpassed by any meeting of Grand Conclave at which we have been present in Great Britain or elsewhere . Nearly the entire area of the magnificent hall was occupied by the Sir Knights , in addition to those occupying the stalls , and every office of honour was filled by Sir Knights in appropriate costumes ; even the Heralds were correctly clothed according to heraldic precedent .

The entire proceedings were marked by tbe utmost order and regularity , for which the thanks of Grand Conclave are due to Sir Knt . Meymott , in which be was supported by his able co-adjutators . Grand as Avas the appearance of the hall during the meeting of Grand Conclave , it was materially enhanced when the Priory of the Order of Malta ivas opened ; and the various

auxiliary appliances employed during that ceremony , greatly added to the grand effect and the interest attaching to the meeting . Both meetings went oft' with great eclat , and reflected great credit upon the prevision exercised by the Grand Chancellor , the Grand Vice-Chancellor , and assistants . About forty of the Sir Knights remained to dine with the Grand Master ,

Knights Templar.

who was supported by the representatives of the Kemys Tynte 1 Observance , and Grove Encampments . [ We are not responsible for the Latin . —Fr . P . M . ]

Red Cross Knights.

RED CROSS KNIGHTS .

SURREY . BARNES . —Rose of Denmark Conclave ( No . 3 ) . —An influential meeting of the founders and promoters of the above conclave was held at the private residence of Dr . Clarke , St . Leonards , Mortlake , on the 14 th inst . The following brethren to be the first officers , E . Sir Knt . Fredk . Walters . M . P . S . ; G . H . Oliver , V . E . ; S . E . Clarke , S . G . ; Robert Ord , J . G . and Treas . ; W . Dodd , Recorder ; Rev . J . Sydney Darvell , H . P . ; Richard

Gurney , Prefect , J . M . Graham , Standard Bearer ; the office of Herald being left open for the present . The by-laws of the Plantagenet Conclave were adopted as the basis of those intended for the government of the new conclave . Sir Knt . Little , G . R ., undertook , at the request of the Knights Companions to perform the ceremony of consecration and enthrone the M . P . S . The knights then adjourned to a capital repast , hospitably provided by Dr . Clarke , and the healths of that gentleman , Sir Knts . Walters , Little , Ord , etc ., were cordially , proposed and warmly received in tbe course of the evening .

Channel Islands.

CHANNEL ISLANDS .

GUERNSEY . DOYLE ' LODGE ( NO . 81 ) . —The ordinary monthly meeting , was held on AA ' ednesday December 12 th . The lodge was opensd at eight o ' clock by Bro . Guilbert , AV . M ., supported by Bro . Gallienne , D . P . G . M . ; Bros . Churchouse , Hutchinson , Sparrow , Sniitharil , Collinette , AA'ilcocks , and Sarchet , P . M . ' s ; Coles , S . W .,- Martin , J . W . ; Turton , S . D . ; Gardner , J . D . ; and the I . G . There were also present as visitorsBrosthe

RevTrue-, , . man , No . 814 , and Past Provincial Grand Chaplain for Somersetshire ; Major Dawson , No . 243 ; Thurston , J . AA ' ., 243 ; Dr . Hopkins , P . M ., 43 , and 958 , & c , and Bro . Naish . Besides thesethere were only one or two members of the lodge in attendance . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . On a ballot being taken , Bro . Guilbert was re-elected \ A . M . ; Bro . HutchinsonTreas . ; and Bro . MaugerTler . It was

de-, , y termined to have the installation and annual banquet on the usual lodge day in January , instead of December 27 th , and a committee was appointed to make the arrangements . On the proposition of Bro . Dr . Collinette , seconded by Bro . Smithard , the regulation as to the method of taking the ballot in the election of AA . M ., was made more definite . Bro . Sneath Avas proposed as a joining member of tbe lodge . Bro . Dr . Hopkins

read to the brethren a translation he had been recently called , upon to make of an extract from the writings of Mons Heurii Martin , the French historian , on the character and antiquity of Freemasonry , with especial reference to an attempt made not long ago on the continent , to discard the volume of the Sacred Law and the name of the G . A . O . T . U . from use in Masonic lodges . The reading was listened to with much interest as it

, had been previously in the Cesaree Lodge , Jersey , when given in tho original language by Bro . Schmitt , a translation of Mons Martins' article is given on another page of our present issue . The lodge was closed at a quarter past nine , and the brethren adjourned to the refreshment room .

JERSEY . LODGE LA CESAREE ( NO . 590 ) . —Continuing our report of the meeting given in our last ; upon the close of Bro . Sehmitt ' s admirable address—which is given in another page—it was proposed by the W . M ., seconded by the I . P . M . and carried unanimously , "that the address of the Secretary Bro . Schmitt be entered on the minutes of the lodge . " The Secretary then

read to the lodge a highly instructive article "A few Avords on Freemasonry , " copied from Le Siecle , the writer , Mons . Henri Martin , though not a Freemason , is one of the most celebrated historians of the day ; Mons . Martin , it may be here stated , was a candidate for a vacant chair in L'Academie Fraucaise , the number of whose savants is strictly limited to