Supreme Grand Chapter.

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .

THE Quarterly Convocation was held on Wednesday , at the Freemasons' Hall , under the presidency of Comp . John Thornhill Morland Prov . G . Superintendent Berkshire

with Col . John Davis Prov . G . Supt . Surrey as H ., Col . Robert Townley Caldwell Prov . G . Supt . Cambridgeshire as J ., E . Letchworth S . E ., Rev . H . W . Turner , M . A ., S . N ., Robert Grey P . Soj ., Sir Bruce Seton and Admiral W . H . StClair Assist . Sojs ., etc ., etc .

The Chapter furniture and emblems were draped with black cloth , and the Companions wore the . regulation mourning . There were very few Principals of Private Chapters present , they being largely outnumbered by Officers of Grand Chapter .

Before the proceedings commenced the Acting Grand Z . said that Grand Chapter would not desire that the meeting should pass without some reference being made to the loss that Royal Arch Masonry and the whole world had sustained by the death of Her late Majesty Oueen Victoria .. He had

been called upon suddenly to preside over the meeting , and therefore had not had time to formulate a suitable address ; but he might state that a meeting of Grand Lodge would shortly-be called , to pass a vote of condolence and a loyal address to the King , who was First Grand Principal of

Royal Arch Masons . As Grand Lodge would express the feelings of all Masons throughout the world , it was not necessary therefore for Grand Chapter to pass it now ; but it could not separate without a reference to . the great loss that had fallen on the Kingdom and the whole civilised

world . Upon the proposition of Comp . John Strachan Grand Registrar , seconded by Comp . Frank Richardson G . D . C ., it was resolved that the sympathetic remarks of the Acting First Principal should be entered on the minutes of Grand Chapter .

The minutes of the last meeting of Grand Chapter were then confirmed , and the Report of the Committee of General Purposes , as printed in our last issue , was received and ordered

to be entered on the minutes . A Charter was granted for the St . Andrew Chapter , and permission given to , six petitioning Chapters to remove their place of meeting .

The President of the Committee of General Purposes moved that the prayer of the West Australian Chapterasking for recognition as a Supreme Grand Chapter of West .

Australia—be not-granted , and after hearing the statement of Comp . John Strachan G . Reg , it was resolved that the petition be not granted . Grand Chapter was then closed .

Suffolk.

SUFFOLK .

A SPECIAL meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter was held on Monday afternoon , 4 th inst , at the Freemasons ' Hall , Ipswich , tor the purpose of adopting a letter of

condolence to Flis Majesty King Edward VII . Grand Z ., on the lamented death of Queen Victoria , and an address of congratulation to His Majesty on his accession to the Throne . Comp . Fred . Wheeler 1224 Prov . G . FI . presided as Grand Superintendent .

The Acting Grand Superintendent expressed regret that the task of moving an address to His Majesty had fallen upon him , in consequence of the lamented death of the late Grand Superintendent Comp . Rev . C . J . Martyn . He referred in feeling terms to the sorrow which was felt throughout the

Province at the loss of the Grand Superintendent , and to the great grief which had fallen upon the nation . They had , however , reason to thank the Almi ghty that He had allowed the eldest son of her late Majesty to succeed , who would

doubtless follow in his illustrious mother ' s ways . The Acting Grand Superintendent then moved the address to Flis Majesty the King . The Acting H . Comp . Elwes seconded , and the motion was carried .

The Presiding Officer then moved that the Prov . G . S . E . be directed to write to the relatives of the late Rev . C . J Martyn , expressing the Chapter ' s condolence with the family in their bereavement . Companion Abbott seconded , and the motion was carried .

Subsequently a special meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Suffolk was held for similar purposes . Bro . A . Gibb 114 Prov . G . S . W . acted as Provincial Grand Master ,

Suffolk.

supported by Bro . H . C . Elwes / r as Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Bro . S . R . Anness 376 , as S . W ., and Brother G . Oxborrow 376 Prov . G . J . W .

The Acting Provincial Grand Master moved a presentation to Flis Majesty the King similar to that which had been adopted by the Prov . Grand Chapter . The Senior Warden seconded , and the proposition was carried .

The Acting Prov . Grand Master then proposed that the Prov . Grand Sec . be instructed to write a letter of condolence to the relatives of the late Deputy Prov . G . M . Rev .

C . J . Martyn . The Acting Deputy Prov . Grand Master seconded the motion , which was supported by Bro . A . E . Smith , and carried unanimously .

The Prov . Grand Secretary read letters apologising for absence from Lord Henniker Prov . Grand Master , and several ^ Provincial Grand Officers and other Brethren .

Hants And Isle Of Wight.

HANTS AND ISLE OF WIGHT .

THE Provincial Grand Chapter met on Monday of last week , in the Princes Hall , Grand Hotel , Bournemouth , under the presidency of Comp . vV . W . B . Beach , M . P ., Prov . Grand

Superintendent , who was supported by Comps . ' J . E . Le Feuvre P . G . Swd-Br . Eng ., and H . J . AtKins P . P . G . J . Prior to the business meeting an excellent luncheon was provided at the hotel , but no toasts were submitted .

There was , a good attendance of Companions from various parts of the Province , and among the Officers appointed for the ensuing year were two members of the Hengist Chapter , No . 195 , viz ., Comps . C . J . Whitting , who received the collar of S . N ., and C . Pearce , the present First

Principal , who was appointed Prov . Grand Asst . Dir . of Cers . The Prov . Grand Supt . spoke in a very touching manner of the lamented death of her Majesty the Queen , and moved a resolution expressive of the profound sorrow which was

felt in the Province , the Coirrpanions present rising to their feet in sympathy with his remarks . Before the meeting closed the sum of fifty guineas was voted from the Prov . Grand Chapter funds towards the , " Beach Perpetual Presentation " to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys .

Cornwall.

CORNWALL .

THE Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , G . C . V . O ., Provincial Grand Master of Cornwall , and Past Deputy Grand Master of England , has had the following address prepared for presentation to his Majesty the King , as Grand Master of the English Freemasons .

May it please your Majesty , Most Worshipful Grand Master . In the name of the Provincial Grand Officers of Cornwall and of Cornish Freemasons , members of the following Lodges [ here follow the names of thirty Lodges in the county and also the Cornish Lodge , London ] .

I have the honour to convey to your Majesty the expression of our profound sorrow and respectful sympathy in the heavy loss which your Majesty and the empire have sustained by the death of your Royal mother , our revered and lamented Queen , whose name has for sixty-three years been honoured with the deepest devotion by our Fraternity throughout the world .

And we also desire to hail your Majesty's accession to the Throne of this realm , and to tender our true and faithful allegiance to your person , both as our own beloved Grand Master and also as the ruler of the vast dominions , throughout which your Majesty will find no more loyal and devoted subjects than the Brethren of our Craft .

The signatures , or consents , were obtained by Saturday last , representing between two and three thousand Brethren , and the . address , after being suitably engrossed on vellum , will be duly presented to his Majesty , on behalf of the Province of Cornwall , through the honoured medium of the beloved Grand Master , the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe .

Nottinghamshire.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE .

A MEETING of the Provincial Grand Lodge was held at the Masonic Hall , Nottingham ,-on Wednesday afternoon . The gathering had been soecially summoned by the

Provincial Grand Master the Duke of Portland , K . G ., for the purpose of voting a loyal and dutiful address to the Most Worshipful the Grand Master his Most Gracious Majesty the King , upon the melancholy occasion of the decease of her late Majesty Queen Victoria .