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satisfactory balance in hand , and the chapter may he congratulated as being one of the best working and successful , if not " the most flourishing chapter in the west of Scotland . " Tbe chapter was then closed opened in the Mark and Past Master degrees respectively , when Bros . Davis and M'Kinnan , M . M . ' s of Lodge Thistle and Rose , No . 73 , Glasgow , being duly prepared , presented themselves and received the above degrees at the hands of Comps . GilchristH . and BalfourZ . Before the closing of

, , , the chapter , the Past Scribe E ., in the names of the officebearers and companions of this chapter , was presented with a very handsome Royal Arch jewel . Comp . M'Lennan returned thanks in a very able maimer . The following are the officebeirers of this chapter for the next year , and who wore duly elected on the 14 th October last : —Comps . James Balfour , M . E . P . Z . ; James GreyP . M . E . P . Z . ; David GilchristM . E .

, , , P . H . ; Arch . Hood M'Culloch , M . E . P . J . ; Thomas Fiudler , Scribe E . ; John M'Lennan , Scribe N . ; John Roger , Treas . ; Arch . Douglas , 1 st Soj . ; William Foster , 2 nd Soj . ; Robert Bell , 3 rd Soj . ; AVilliam Jamieson , Jan . This being all the business , the lodge of Past Masters was duly closed ; afterwards Comp . James Balfour was installed into the chair of Principal Z . by < lomp . James Grey , P . E . Z .

Knights Templar.

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR .

SUFFOLK AND CAMBRIDGE . IPSWICH . —Hoyal Plantagenet Encampment . — . 4 meeting of this encampment of Masonic Knights Templar , Knights Hospitallers of St . John of Jerusalem , Palestine , Rhodes , and Malta , was held at the Masonic Hall , on Monday , the 25 th inst ., when the encampment hud the distinguished honour of being visited by the Illus . Sir Knight Albert Goodall , 33 ° , Foreign

Representative of the Grand Coinmandery of New York . The eminent Sir Knight presented his letters of credence . The encampment was also honoured by the presence of the Very Eminent Provincial Grand Commander of Suffolk and Cambridge , Capt . N . G . Philips , 33 ° . The encampment was opened in the absence of the E . C „ by Sir Knight the Rev . R . N . Sanderson , 30 ° , P . E . C , D . P , G . C . Suffolk , and upon tbe muster roll being called the Sir Knights present answered to their names as

foliows : C . T . Townsend , Keg . P . E . C . ; P . G . Capt . Lines , England , Prov . G . Chancellor ; J . A . Pettit , junr . ; W . Cuckon , Prov . 1 st Standard Bearer ; A . J . Barber , Prov . G . Org . ; J . Townsend , 1 st Capt . Prov . G . 1 st Herald ; John Pitcher , ' P . E . C . P . G . 1 st Capt . ; AA . T . AA estgate 2 nd Capt . Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; Edward Dorling , P . G . ; dipt . Lines , England , Prov . G . 2 nd dipt . ; G . S . Golding ; J . T . Helens , Prov . Grand 2 nd Herald ,-

T . Chinnock , Prov . Grand Sword Bearer ; E . Robertson ; Sir Knight Emra Holmes , 31 ° , Prov . Grand Almoner , Northumberland was a visitor , Comp . Clnis . Hector AVoods , K . A . M . of the Alexandra Chapter , having been duly elected was then dubbed ,

created , and installed a Masonic Knight Templar . The impressive ceremony was ably performed by the Rev . and Eminent Commander , assisted by the Prov . Grand Commander : Sir Knight Emra Holmes of the Royal Kent Encampment , Newcastle-on-Tyne , was proposed as a joining member of this encampment . After a brief interval for refreshment , a Priory of Malta was opened , Sir Knight Rev . 11 . N . Sanderson , . P . E . P . acting as Priorand tbe knihts acting as follows : Sir Knihts

, g g C . T . Townsend , P . E . P . ; J . A . Pettit , jun ., Tnrcopolier ; AV . Cuckon , Conservator ; A . J . Barber , Treas . ; J . Townsend , Hospitaller ; AV . T . Westgatc , Marshall ; J . Chinnock , Chancellor ; E . Robertson , Bailie . The A . E . Prov . Grand Commander , Sir Knt . Capt . Philips , acting dipt . General ; Sir Knt . Dorling , as Lieut . General ; Sir Knt . A . G . Goodall . as 1 st Lieut ., and Sir Knt . Emra Holmes , as 2 nd Lieut . The following

Knights Templars , Chas . Hector AVoods , George Steele Goldimr , and John Pitcher , P . E . C . and Prov . Grand 1 st Capt ., were then introduced and received , tbe accolade on being dubbed Knights of St . John of Jerusalem , Palestine , Rhodes , and Malta . The interesting ceremony was very ably gone through by the Eminent Prior , and on its conclusion , the Sir Knights retired to an elegant banquet admirablserved . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts

y were given and responded to , " Her Majesty the Queen " and the "Most Eminent and Supreme Grand ' Master of the Temple , " being duly honoured , Sir Knt . Sanderson , who presided , then proposed " The Very Eminent Provincial Grand Commander of Suffolk" in eulogistic terms . The grand salute having been

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given , the Prov . Grand Commander responded , and whilst thanking tbe Sir Knights present for their kindness , and expressing the pleasure he felt in coining amongst them and also in noticing the prosperous condition of the Order in Suffolk , he bade them remember that as the number of Knights Templar and Encampments increased , the Sir Knights should be most particular as to the class of Masons admitted to this degree of chivalry .

The E . C . then proposed in very glowing terms the health of Sir Knight Goodall , who had been sent to visit English encampments by the Grand Commandery of New York , and who hud elected the Royal Plantagenet Encampment in order to see the working of the Templar and Malta degrees . Sir Knight Goodall , in responding , spoke with gratitude of the kind reception he had met with both in England and abroad . He stated that

when he left the United States it was asked , " AVhat do we know ot Masonry abroad ? AAliat are , and what shall be the recognised degrees throughout the world ? " In the course of bis travels through Europe he had been enablsd to learn much , and the result of his investigations he had communicated to the Supreme Grand Council , Northern Jurisdiction , of the United States , which reports were now before the Masonic world . The object

of such intercommunication and reciprocity amongst Masous " was , " lie said , "to try and know each other better , that we might love each other more . " The illustrious Templar believed that he was the pioneer of a grand united chain of Masonry throughout the world . As man was improving , so Masonry was improving , every rite progressing ; and no part of Masonry more than that branch to which the Sir Kniht belongedsince

g , there was no rite which brought them so near to the Great Architect of the Universe . The Kni ghts of the Temple would recollect that they met not on the Level but on the Cross . The illustrious visitor concluded an eloqnont speech by hoping tbe day would come when he might be able to reciprocate the kindnoss the members of tbe Plantaganet Encampment hud shown him . "The newlinstalled Sir Knihts"was the next toast

y g , followed by that of "The Eminent Commander , " propoesd in felicitous terms by the Prov . Grand Commander , and suitably acknowledged by Sir Knight Sanderson , who owned that he was proud to hold the baton of command over the encampment . The breilireii separated at a late hour .

Theatrical And Musical Notes.

THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL NOTES .

Saturday evening last witnessed several changes in the London theatres . At the Lyceum , Hanilat , with Mr . Allerton as the Prince of Denmark , took the place of Still Waters ran Beep , Mr . Reeve having concluded his engagement . Mr . Allercou departs from many stage conventionalities associated with this character , and his reading of it was received with considerable lause b

app y a numerous audience . At the Globe , after a run of six weeks with Progress , Mr . Byron made his first appearance on the London boards in a new piece of his own , entitled Ao / such a Fool as lie loots , a three act farce . The piece ( except one dance ) was well received . On . Monday Bro . Buckstone ' s winter campaign

commenced at the Haymarket with the three act comed y of New Men and Old Acres , in which Miss Madge Robertson , Mr . and Mrs . Chippendale , Mr . Howe , and ^ Mr . Buckstone sustained the principal characters . At Drury Lane Formosa has reached the 79 th ni ght , the public showing no sign of weuriness ; Lost at Sea continues at the Adol pbi ; and tbe drama A Life Chase

promises a lengthened run at the Gaiety . Little E ' ruly has achieved a deserved success at the Olympic . The Turn of the Tide at the Queen ' s has reached its 120 th representation ; while School at the Prince of "Wales ' s has now prolonged its career to 236 ni ghts . At the Holborn the old tragedy of The Gamester has attracted fuller houses than Plain Fnglish . Mrs . Pitt lias proved

herself a good caterer at the Surrey , where Madame Celeste is nightly rapturously received by old Surrey playgoers in Palgrave Simpson ' s drama The Watch Dog of the Walsinghams . Mr . Halliday ' s Drury Lane drama King