Knights Of Constantinople.

KNIGHTS OF CONSTANTINOPLE .

DEVONPORT . ' THE ST . AUBYN COUNCIE OF KNIGHTS OE CONSTANTINOPI / B . — These brethren met at the Masonic Rooms , Devonport , on the 21 st of March , pursuant to summons . The first business Avas to enthrone an Illustrious Sovereign . The choice of the Council having previously fallen on Sir Knight Samuel Chappie , he Avas raised to the dignity of an Illustrious Sovereign of the Order , after

having been put into possession of the secrets of the throne by the Past 111 . Sov . Sir F . G . Irwin . The newly installed chief having assumed the supreme authority , Major Brine , R . E ., John Oxland , R . N ., AV . J . Spray , R . N ., W . Webb , merchant , and II . Roberts , gentleman , Avere balloted for , accepted , introduced , entrusted , and elevated , to this degree . The ceremony being ably performed by Sir Knt . Chappie . The Sir Knts . having completed the labour of a protracted meetingproceeded to the refectory and concluded their business in a social

, , fraternal , and knightly manner . This degree , which has only now entered on the second year of its existence , has already sent out four ofl ' -shoots , and numbers nearly a hundred Sir Knights under its banners . [ AA e have given the above just as our correspondent has forwarded it . According to the latter portion of his communication , this cannot be a degree of Ancient Freemasonrybecauseas he saysit is just beginning two years old

, , , We do not pretend to discourage such a juvenile , but with everything acknoAVledgod as Masonic in Devonport , it does appear to us the brethren there did not require to introduce another governing body . This , however , is their affair , not ours , much as we deplore the multiplication of centres of authority . — ED . MAS . PRESS . ]

Obituary.

OBITUARY .

BRO . LIEUTENANT ARTHUR HAMILTON GORGES , R . H . A ., W . M . DE GREAT AND RIPON LODGE , NO . 905 . g & sTffiSggglTH much regret we have to announce the decease of Brother Lieut . jL ^ iOl Al'thnr Hamilton Gorges , of the Royal Horse Artillery , Woolwich , on J ? gi ®( Si Sunday , the 25 th of last month . The manner of his death Avas as MIOAVS . G ? Wwr * He had mounted his charger , on Avhich he Avas accustomed to accompany

the troops , and was about to take a gallop across tho review ground , before the parade for morning service at church , Avhen the horse rushed forward and sprang on the raised footway in front of General Belson ' s house in Kemp Terrace , Avherc , after struggling for a moment , it fell on the pavement , rollingover the rider and crushing him beneath it . Bro . Dr . J . S . Little , surgeonmajor attached to the Royal Military Academy , was promptly in attendance , and found the sufferer almost lifeless , but still breathing . He Avas hastily conveyed

to the Herbert Hospital , but died before his arrival . Tho disaster which befell Bro . Gorges was witnessed by a number of persons , AVIIO Avere passing at the time , and the news soon spread throughout the town and garrison . The deceased Avas highly esteemed . He obtained his first commission in the Royal Artillery in 1857 , having passed the Royal Military Academy with success . The horse , it may he added , had been under a course of training for some time past , having been entered to run in the Roval Artillery steeple-chases , on Thursday , the 29 th nit .