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NORTH WALES AND SALOP . J 1674 W H Fonlkes - - 10 10 0 j OXFORDSHIRE . 340 T E Withington 357 H R Cooper Smith , M . A . 108 14 0 108 U 0 SOMERSETSHIRE .

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REVIEWS .

All Books intended for Review should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , 23 Great Queen Street , "W . C . Tlie Eistonj of Freemasonry in the District of Malta , from the year 1800 to the present time . By W . Bro . A . M . Broadley , of Lincoln's Inn ,

Barrister-at-Law ; P . M . 1717 ; W . M . 1835 ; P . D . D . G . M . Malta ; P . G . M . M . M . for Tunis and Malta ; P . G . M . of the Cryptic and Allied Masonic Degrees for Tunis and Malta ; D . Intendant-Generol of the

Red Cross for Malta and Tunis ; P . G . C . and G . P . and P . P . Prelate and Chancellor X . T . and K . M . for tbe Mediterranean ; andP . M . W . S . 18 ° . Published for the benefit of the District Benevolent Fund , London : George Kenning , " Freemason" Office , 198 Fleet-street , E . C . 1880 .

[ Continued from p 133 . ] Royal Arch Masonry appears to be fairly well represented in the District by the Chapters attached to the Lodges Nos . 349 , 407 , and 1717 , and known respectively as Melita No . 349 , William Kingston No . 407 , and Ancient Carthage No . 1717 . The Charter for the Warrant of tbe first R . A . Chapter , to be attached to the SS . John and

Paul , bears date 1 st August 1819 , and was signed by the Duke of Sussex Grand Z ., Lord Dundas H ., and Comp . John Aldridge J ., as well as by Comps . W . H . White S . E ., and Edward Harper S . N . The earliest minutes of the Chapter are dated 15 th May 1820 , and indicate that Comps . W . Rodwell Wright , D . Noble , and A . C . Harris were Z ., H . and J . respectively . Comp . Wright appears to have been

P . G . Superintendent likewise . At the first election of Officers Comps . A . C . Harris , E . Noble , and H . Harper were severally chosen Principals . The next meeting was on 15 fch April 1822 , and on 4 fch April 1823 , Comp . Allen became Z ., Comp . Ferro H ., and Comp . Cotes J . Three days later seven brethren , among whom was the Right Hon . J . Hookham Frere , were exalted . On Gth April Lord H . Churchill

received the degree . In 1825 Comps . W . R . Wright , Whitmore , and David were elected Z ., H . and J ., while in 1828 Comp . Whitmore ¦ was Z ., with Comp . Witton as H ., and David as J . A few days after this election , the following resolution was adopted , to the effect " that whenever a member of tbe Lodge Des Amateurs de la Sagesse of Marseilles ( with which the Lodge of St . John and St . Paul

is affiliated ) may present himself as a visitor when this Royal Arch Chapter is open , should he bo fonnd to have arrived at a degree of Masonry that can be considered equal to our Sublime Degree of Jerusalem , although nofc exactly conforming to it in all respects , that he shall be admitted upon undergoing the customary ceremonies and obligations as usual for candidates on exaltation , out exempt from fees ,

and that this Chapter communicate this decision to the Lodge Des Amateurs De la Sagesse afc Marseilles , and requests to be informed by them what degree in their system of Masonry they consider to be equal to the Royal Arch of Jerusalem as worked in England , and requests a similar indulgence from our affiliated brethren . " About six years elapse ere we have further records , and ifc is not

till 6 th May 1836 that wo agam have mention of any Officers , Comp . Douglas being recorded as acting Z ., Comp . Pennington H ., and Comp . Farr J . Comp . Galland was chosen Z . this year . There is again a lapse till May 1839 , when Comp . Galland presided as Z ., with Comp . Douglas as II ., and Comp . Leonard as J . Afc the next meeting , on 19 th February 1845 , Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis was

present . Meetings continued to be held afc rare intervals till 1832 , when there were several ; while iu 1854 there was a degree of activity corresponding with that of Craft Masonry , this being the resnlfc of the influx of troops into the island at that critical period . At a convocation on 14 th March of that year , the chairs wero occupied by Comps . Douglas , Winthrop , and Macbeath , as Z ., H ., and J . respectively . On this occasion Lord Loughborough , now Earl Rosslyn , the

Hon . Percy , now General , Fielding , C . B ., and Sir R . L . Newman , Bart ., who was slain afc Inkerman , and whose unclaimed certificate is still preserved among the archives of the Chapter , were exalted . After an installation in March 1857 , a candidate was exalted , " who was subsequently put through the veils , " while on the 3 rd April Bro . E ,. F . Gould , of the Royal Naval Lodge , then No . 627 , "having first passed tho chair of Worshipful Master , " was exalted . The minutes till 1862 , we aro told , are miasing , but among items of

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intelligence gleaned from other sources we gather that in 1860 Companion Kingston ' s name first appears among the Visitors . In March 1863 Companion Armstrong became Z ., Edwards H ., and Liddell J . Comp . Edwards was M . E . Z . in 1864 , and Comp . Andrews was elected to the same office , in 1865 , though throughout the latter year tho Chapter was worked , with Comp . Kingston as First Principal .

In December 1875 Comp . Kingston was presented with a set of regalia , while in March 1868 he was elected Z ., Comp . Douglas being H ., and Bosworfch J ., with Comp . Rosenbnsch N . On the 9 fch October , a sash , apron and jewel were voted to Comp . Douglas , who had been the mainstay of the Chapter for five-and-twenty years . In 1870 , objec . tion was taken to Comp . Doherfcy becoming J ., on the ground that he

was not a P . M . nnder the English Constitution . The question was referred to Grand Scribe E ., whose decision was to the effect that , " to render a Companion eligible to be ' elected a Principal nnder the English Constitution , he must be the actual Master or Past Master of a Craft Lodge under that Constitution . " Meanwhile , however , Comp . Doherfcy had been elected W . M . of the TJnion Lodge , No . 407 ,

and the difficulty was overcome . Since then the Lodge has been increasingly prosperous from year to year , and ifc only remains for us to mention that , on March 1878 , five M . M . ' s of the Ancient Carthage Lodge were exalted , thus enabling thafc Lodge to found the Ancient Carthage Chapter , while iu . October 1879 , ifc recommended the revival of the Chapter attached to the Union Lodge . When ifc received

the title of Melita does not appear . The Warrant for a Chapter in connection with the Union Lodge was granted 5 th November 1834 , and continued working till 13 fch October 1873 , when the Warrant was returned . No minute books have been published , but in the register of attendance 1862-6 , there appear the names of Comps . Kingston , Armstrong , and McArfchur ,

as the Principals , " and , " adds Bro . Broadley , " we know Colonel McLeod Moore filled the third chair in 1849-50 . " Towards the end of 1879 , it was revived as the William Kingston Chapter , and was consecrated by Comp . Kingston , an exalfceo of the old TJnion Chapter , Comps . Rosenbusch , Lienfc . C . E . Coffey , R . A ., and Captain H . Gardner being installed Z ., H ., and J . respectively .

To tbe constitution of the third existing Chapter , namely , the Ancient Carthage , No . 1717 , Tnnis , objection was at first raised , on the ground that the Lodge had nofc been in existence the customary three years ; but the objection was overcome in G . Chapter , and the charter granted , the first Principals being Comp . Broadley Z ., Comp . Kingston H ., and Comp . Reichelman J . After the consecration , & c

fourteen M . M . s had tbe degree conferred upon them . There was formerly a Chapter attached to the Zetland Lodge , a Charter having been granted on 4 fch August 1847 , which was returned 13 th October 1873 . In 1857 , however , the Principals' Chairs were filled by Comps . Jerome Z ., Gingell H ., and Captain N . G . Philips J . The veils seem to have been worked . It would appear to have been " prosperous dnring their rule , as it received , on the 7 th

May , £ 30 from the Mark Lodge it appears to have chartered . " Only the most modest amount of record has been preserved . The Leinster Chapter , I . C ., was warranted 2 nd Jnly 1857 , and during the twenty-three years of its existence ifc seems to have been highly popular , especially with the military . Among those exalted in it must be included Captain Shadwell H . Gierke , G . Scribe E ., who received the degree in 1858 , nnd Viscount Glentworth , now Earl of Limerick , on whom it was conferred ia 1861 .

Mark Masonry is enjoying , afc present , a high degree of popularity under tho beneficent sway as P . G . M . of Bvo . Broadley . Beside tho Leinster Mark Lodge , in which 470 brethren have been advanced , and which works under the Irish Constitution , there are live English Mark Lodges , namely , the Keystone No . 107 , warranted in 1870 , the Kingston No . 222 , the Broadley No . 248 , Tunis , warranted in 1878 ,

the Lodge of St . Louis No . 254 , warranted in January 1880 , and the Union No . 263 , Malta . The first W . M . of tho Keystone was Captain Gorham , R . A ., and , after his installation , Bro . Kingston was advanced . Bro . Conolly , W . M . in 1871 , was succeeded by Bro . Kingston , who was installed by special dispensation , having never filled the chair of Warden in a Mark Lodge . In 1878 , during the Mastership of Bro .

Wesfcrap , several members of the Ancient Carthage Lodge were advanced , and the Lodge then supported tho petition for a Mark Lodge afc Tunis , to bo called the Kingston . The Warrant , the first granted outside British territory , is dated 11 th April 1878 , and the consecration and subsequent installation of Bro . Broadley as first W . M . took placo on 25 th Juue following , Bro . Kingston fulfilling