Supreme Grand Chapter.

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .

The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall . General Brownrigg , C . B ., Grand Superintendent of Surrey , presided as M . E . Z . ; Comp . Potter , as H . ; and Comp . Ernest Emil Wendt , as J . The other companions present were : Comps . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , S . E . ; Robert Grey , as S . N . ; Gen . Clerk , P . S . ; Rev . Ambrose W . Hall , as ist A . S . ; I . Sampson Peirce , as 2 nd A . S , ; H . C . Levander ,

as Swd . Br . ; Raphael Costa , D . C . j Maudslay , Thomas Fenn , J . M . Case , James Glaisher , A . J . Duff Filer , Joshua Nunn , Col . Creaton , G . Treas . ; E . J . Barron , Wilhelm Ganz , Magnus Ohren , Samuel Mullens , C . H . Murton , J . A . Rucker , M . Clerk , Peter de Lande Long , H . J . P . Dumas , George Drysdale , J . 7 ; E- Letchworth , Z . 2 ; R . C . Else , P . Z . 291 , . 44 G , 2 C 1 ; Ed . Weel , Z . 13 ; H . Higgins , Z . 13 S 1 ; S . P . Catterson , Z . 70 ; Wm . Chubb , P . Z . S ; R . H . Beswick-Royds , P . Z . 64 ; W . G . HarrisonP . Z . 9 ; William GouldwinP . Z . 54 S ; William Stephens , P . Z . S 62 ; A . A .

, , Pendlebury , P . Z . 1056 XV . H . Lee , P . Z . 1524 ; Col . H . A . Trevelyan , J . S ; H . Adair Pickard , P . Z . 357 ; John Messent , P . Z . S ; H . P . Speedy , H . 1381 ; XV . C . B . Edwards , Z . 26 ; XV . H . Perrvman , P . Z . 134 S ; Neville Green , P . Z . 1524 ; T . Whitmarsh , J . " 17 ,- VVilliam Vincent , ' / .. 1624 ; G . Greenwood , Z . 3 ; Edg-ar Bowyer , Z . 174 ; William Dodd , P . Z . 1194 ; J . Penrice , P . Z . Cabbell ; H . S . Alpass , P . Z . GSo , P . G . E . West Lancashire ; Charles Frederick Hogard , Z . 142 , H . 10 ; Frederick Davison , P . Z . 10 ,

404 , P . G . H . Middlesex ; John Weston , Z . 1602 ; Thos . Cochrane , P . Z . 10 ; Albert Knott , J . 140 ; Edward F . Storr , Z . 1044 ; W . Alfred Dawson , J . 3 S 2 ; J . R . Marwood , P . Z . 291 ; H . Sadler , G . Janitor ; and H . Massey , P . Z . 619 ( Freemason ) . General B ROWNRIGG announced that His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was M . E . Z . of Grand Chapter ; and that he had appointed the Earl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Z . ; the Earl of Lathom , H . ; Lord De Tabley ,

J . ; Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Scribe E . ; and his other officers as follows Comp . Mai or John Penrice ... ... ... G . S . N . „ H . A . Pickard G . P . S . „ W . G . Harrison , O . C . ... ... ... G . ist . A . S . „ Rev . Thomas Robinson ... ... ... G . 2 nd A . S . „ Col . Creaton ... ... ... ¦•- G . Treas . „ Mclntvre ... ... ... ... ... G . Reg . „ Capt . ' C . R . N . Beswick-Royds ... ... G . Swd . Br . „ Rev . Thos . Cochrane ... ... ... ist G . Std . Br . „ R . C . Else 2 ndG . Std . Br „ John Messent ... ... ... ... 3 rd G . Std . Br „ Horace S . Alpass ... ... ... ... 4 th G . Std . Br „ Charles Greenwood ... ... ¦•- G . D . of C . „ W . Masefield ... G . A . D . ofC . „ Wilhelm Ganz ... G . Org . „ H . G . Buss Asst . G . S . E . „ H . Sadler ... ... ... ... ... G . Janitor .

Those of the above who were present were invested . On the motion of Col . CREATON , the report of the Committee of General Purposes was taken as read , and received and ordered to be entered on the minutes . The following is the report : To the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England . The Committee of General Purposes beg to report that they have examined the accounts from the 18 th of January to the iSth April , 18 S 2 , both inclusive , which they find to be as follows :

£ s . d . I £ s . d . To Balance , Grand Chapter ... 1 C 20 3 1 By Disbursements during the „ „ Unappropriated quarter 237 4 7 Account ... 1 S 3 0 5 ] „ Balance _ ... 1 S 13 17 2 „ Subsequent receipts ... 447 11 2 | „ „ in Unappropriated Account ... 199 iS 11 £ 2251 o 8 1 £ —52 o S

Which balances are in the Bank of England , Western Branch . The Committee have likewise to report that they have received the following petitions : — ist . From Comps . Henry William Loof , as Z ., Edgar Grove Roderick , as H ., William Henry Hugh Money , as J ., and eleven others for a chapter to be attached to the Lodge of Hope , No . 413 , Meerut , to be called the Prinsep Chapter , and to meet at Meerut , Bengal , in the East Indies .

and . From Comps . John Greenlaw Forbes , as Z . ; William R . Barry , as H . ; the Rev . Edmund Jermyn , as J . ; and nine others for a chapter to be attached to the Kumaon Lodge , No . 1870 , Nynee Tal , to be called the Gabriel Chapter , and to meet at Nynee Tal , Bengal , in the East Indies . 3 rd . From Comps . Edwin Groves , as Z . ; Cornelius George Adames , as H . : Thomas Good , as J . ; and seventeen others for a chapter to be attached

to the Landport Lodge , No . 177 6 , Landport , to be called the Landport Chapter , and to meet at the Freemasons' Hall , Commercial-road , Landport , Hants . 4 th . From Comps . John Straker Wilson , as Z . ; Richard Eynon , as H . ; John Braithwaite , as J . ; and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Gosforth Lodge , No . 1664 , Gosforth , to be called the Gosforth Chapter , and

to meet at the Freemasons' Hall , Gosforth , in the county of Northumberland . 5 th . From Comps . Arthur Bott Cook , as Z . ; Edgar Alexander Baylis , as H . ; Alfred Cooper , as J . ; and seven others for a chapter to be attached to the Studholme Lodge , No . 1591 , London , to be called the Studholme Chapter , and to meet at No . 33 , Golden-square , London .

These petitions being in all respects regular , the Committee recommend that the prayers thereof be respectively granted . ( Signed ) JOHN CREATON , Grand Treasurer .

On the motion of Col . CREATON , charters were granted to the five chapters for which the above five petitions were granted . Col . CREATON reported that at the last meeting of the Committee it was resolved that £ 1500 be invested , and he read a letter from the Secretary of the Bank of England , recommending that another Trustee should be appointed for those sums already invested , one Trustee having died .

Genl . BROWNRIGG proposed , and Comp . POTTER seconded , that Col . Creaton be such new Trustee . The motion was carried nem con . Genl . B ROWNRIGG announced that in addition to the Prince of Wales , the Earl of Carnarvon , the Earl of Lathom and Lord de Tabley , the Prince

of Wales had appointed Comps . Col . Creaton , Robert Grey and A . J . Duff Filer , to be on the Committee of General Purposes . Comps . Edgar Bowyer , 174 , James Lewis-Thomas , 142 ; K . Letchworth , 1237 ; William Stephens , 862 ; Magnus Ohren , 33 ; and George Lambert , 7 ; were elected on the Committee of General Purposes by Grand Chapter . Grand Chapter was then closed .

The New Grand Officers.

THE NEW GRAND OFFICERS .

SENIOR GRAND WARDEN .-Bro . LORD CARRINGTON was initiated in 1 S 65 , but has taken no very active part so far in Freemasonry , and lias , wc believe , not held office until his appointment as Senior Grand Warden . As one of the Great Officers of State , being Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ,

he seems fitly to be p laced in the Senior Grand Warden ' s chair , following ancient precedent since the establishment , or rather revivification , in 1717 of the Grand Lodge of England . Lord Carrington was one of the suite of the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., on his visit to India , and , of course , therefore took part in the Masonic ceremonials at Gibraltar , Bombay , & c , at which our Grand Master presided .

JUNIOR GRAND WARDEN . BRO . J . WHITTAKER ELLIS , though he may not have devoted so much of his time to Masonic pursuits as other distinguished brethren—having regard to his multifarious official duties it is unlikel y he could do so—has a very honourable record to show , and , like his fellow civic magnate , Sir F . W . Truscott , P . G . J . W ., holds simultaneously with his J . G . Wardenship , the

office of W . Master of Grand Masters Lodge , No . 1 . He is , further , a Life Governor of our three Masonic Charitable Institutions . He is the third brother who , as Lord Mayor of the City of London for the lime being , has been appointed by His Royal Highness the Grand Master to the chair of Junior Grand Warden . The first in order of the three was Alderman Stone , Lord Mayor 1 S 74-75 , and Junior Grand Warden 187 ^ -76 ; the second

being Sir F . Wyatt Truscott , Lord Mayor in 1879-80 , and Junior Grand Warden in 18 S 0-81 . We may carry this resemblance a step farther , and show how , like those distinguished brethren , our respected Bro . Ellis has resolved on signalizing his appointment to so exalted an office in a manner worthy of both his Civic and Masonic renown . It will be in the recollection of our readers that Bro . Alderman Stone paid a kind of state

visit to the Great City Lodge , No . 1426 , and it is worthy of note that Bro . Ellis , the year of whose shrievalty coincided with that of Bro . Stone ' s mayoralty , was present on the occasion as his fellow guest . Bro . Alderman Stone ' s chief claim on our respect lies in the fact that he presided as chairman at the anniversary festival of the Ro 3 al Masonic Institution during his tenure of the Junior Grand Wardenship , the amount

of the subscription list being over . £ 7250 , and showing a very great advance on the previous year ' s total . No similar opportunity fell to the lot of Bro . 5 Jir F . W . Truscott during his joint occupancy of the Civic throne of London , and the Junior Grand Warden ' s chair of Grand Lodge . However , he made a point of doing something of special character , which should commemorate his term of office , by entertaining at the Mansion

House , at a magnificent banquet , His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , Grand Master , and such an array of distinguished brethren as has rarel y been brought together in one Lodge . Following , therefore , in the footsteps of these two of his predecessors , Bro . Ellis has kindly charged himself with the responsible task of presiding at the approaching anniversary festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and we trust the result will prove satisfactory to the School and to himself .

SENIOR GRAND DEACON . Bro . W . G . HARRISON , O . C , whom the Grand Master has appointed to a Senior Grand Deaconship , has taken a very active part in the concerns of Freemasonry . He was initiated in March , 1865 , in the Middlesex Lodge , No . 143 , and in due course was elected to fill the post of its Worshipful Master , in 1872 . He is a Past Master of the Methuen Lodge , No . 631 ,

Taplow , Bucks , having occupied the chair in 18 79 , and one of the founders of the Parthenon Lodge , No . 1826 , Kgham , Surrey , and its Treasurer from the commencement . He was exalted to the Royal Arch Degree in Mount Moriah Chapter , No . 9 ; in 1873 was appointed to , and still occupies the post of Scribe E . ; was M . E . Z . in the years 1 S 76 and 1877 , ancl nas been Treasurer

since December , 1879 . He was perfected 12 th November , 18 74 , 111 the St . George ' s Chapter of Rose Croix , has served as Treasurer from November , 1877 , and is at the present time its M . W . S . In 1877 he received the 30 in the A . and A . S . Rite . By the appointment 0 / Bro . Harrison , the Grand Master has conferred honour on London and two Provinces .

JUNIOR GRAND DEACON . Bro . Captain C . R . N . BESWICKE-ROYDS , like R . W . Bro . A . H . Royds , Past Provincial Grand Master of Worcestershire , and other possessors of his second surname , is a Mason of longstanding and great distinction . His services in the private lodge have already been recognised by his elevation to Provincial Grand Office , as he is a Past Provincial Grand Senior Warden of East Lancashire . He may now be said to have attained the summit of his

ambition by his selection for the honourable position of Junior Grand Deacon of the United Grand Lodge of England . He is a Vice-President of , and has served the office of Steward for , the Royal Masonic Institution for Bo 3 's , and is a Life Governor of both the Male and Female Funds of the Benevolent Institution . Bro . Beswicke-Royds is Eminent Provincial Prior of the Order of the Temple and Malta for Lancashire , and has received the Thirty-second Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite .

GRAND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES . To . Bro . DAVID SMITH belongs the honour of being the first appointee to the newly-created office of Grand Dep . Director of Ceremonies , and it is undeniable that the honour has been most worthil y bestowed . Bro . Smith is a Mason of thirty years' standing , and a Past Prov . G . Warden of Sussex , the Province in which he resides . He is also a Past G . Steward of Eng land , and , as such , a member of one of the red-apron lodges ; but this is not

surprising when we bear in mind the intimate connection that exists between Brighton , the place of his abode , which is oftener than not described as London-super-Mare , and the metropolis . Bro . Smith has also taken the 30 of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite . I ^ ast year , when the festival of the Boys' School was held in the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , Bro . Smith ' s exertions to promote its success were duly acknowledged , his health being drunk with great applause . Bro . Smith is also a supporter of our charities .

Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

The Institution for Aged Freemasons and the Widows of Freemasons , at Croydon , was in a small way en fete on Tuesday last , when those who had served as Stewards at the recent festival were invited , with their friends , to visit the Institution , and see with their own eyes how complete are the arrangements made by the brethren who guide the affairs of the Institution for the comfort of those who are by the votes of the Craft committed to their care .