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EDINBUBGH StJrREME GRAND CHAPTER . A quarterly meeting of this Supreme Body was held on the evening of the 4 th of March , in the Star Hotel , M . E , Comp . W . D . Mackitchie acting Z . ; M . E . Comp , John Deuchar , -BE . ; and M . E ; Comp . Donald Campbell , J . A letter was read from M . E . Compi Walker Arnott , G . Z ., stating his inability to attend by
reason of severe indisposition * The minutes of the previous Quarterly Communication were read and approved of A Proxy Commission from Chapter Josiah St . Andrews , No . 10 , was read an d sustained in favour of Comp . -Robert Hunter , a regular Royal Arch Companion of the Edinburgh Chapter , No . 1 .
Applications were read ) praying for the issue of warrants constituting Mark Master Lodges at Bolton , in Lancashire , under the name anct title of the St . John ' s Lodge of Mark Masters : Bro , G . P . Brockbank , B . W . M . ; Thomas Entwisle ^ S , W . ; and John Mitchell , J . W * At London , under the title of the Thistle Lodge : Thomas Alexander Adams ,
B . W . M . ; James Bichmond Sheen , 8 . W . ; Joseph Cotterell , JiW . Also at London , under the title of the Arnott Lodge ' . Henry Aaron Isaacs , R . W . M . ; W . Erederick Blackburn , S . W , ; William Hugh Eenn , J . W . And further , a third at London , under the name of the Kilwinning Lodge : Henry Biseborough Sharman , B . W . M . ; Bobert William Armstrong , S . W . ; John Mott Thearle , J . W .
The three applications first mentioned being found regular , were sustained , and Charters directed to he issued in favour of the applicants , assigning to them the rank of JSTos . 2 , 3 , and A , in the order above stated . With regard to the lastmentioned application , namely , that of the Kilwinning Lodge , in which it . was . proposed to appoint to office two Brethren already holding office in another Lodge in the same Province , it was moved , seconded , and agreed to , " that the consideration thereof be delayed till next quarterly meeting , that the Chapter may have an
opportunity of considering in how far the sanctioning of such a proceeding might not tend to excite feelings of rivalry and jealousy , destructive to that harmony which the Chapter is desirous at all times of maintaining amongst those under her control . " With a view to the consideration of this question , a motion was tabled by M . E . J . John Deuchai \ , to the effect of it being declared that in future , " no Mark Master shall be allowed to hold office in more than one Mark Lodge
in the same Province ; " on the result of which motion will depend the granting or refusal of the application referred to . A report from the committee was read , wherein it was stated that no important changes were this year called for in reference to the office-bearers falling to be appointed on the 21 st . The former office-bearers were accordingly , with little variation , again nominated . The report further contained a recommendation , that with the view of lessening the amount of labour incurred in carrying on the business of the Chapter , certain of the offices which have heretofore existed in the
Chapter should be declared honorary merely , and the duties performed by one individual having time and accommodation suitable for the management of the Chapter ' s business ; also a recommendation that certain offices in the Chapter which were considered by the committee not to be in accordance with the Order , but inadvertently borrowed from Craft Masonry , should be wholly suppressed ; both of which recommendations , it Avas agreed , should be taken up and disposed
of at a special meeting to be called for the 23 rd . Instructions having been given to the committee in reference to the approaching celebration of the Eestival of the Vernal Equinox , the meeting was closed in due form . This Supreme body again met on the 23 rd , at 4 P . M ., in their usual place of meeting , in the Star Hotel , in order to consider and adjust certain reconamenda-
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Sgotlamd.
EDINBUBGH StJrREME GRAND CHAPTER . A quarterly meeting of this Supreme Body was held on the evening of the 4 th of March , in the Star Hotel , M . E , Comp . W . D . Mackitchie acting Z . ; M . E . Comp , John Deuchar , -BE . ; and M . E ; Comp . Donald Campbell , J . A letter was read from M . E . Compi Walker Arnott , G . Z ., stating his inability to attend by
reason of severe indisposition * The minutes of the previous Quarterly Communication were read and approved of A Proxy Commission from Chapter Josiah St . Andrews , No . 10 , was read an d sustained in favour of Comp . -Robert Hunter , a regular Royal Arch Companion of the Edinburgh Chapter , No . 1 .
Applications were read ) praying for the issue of warrants constituting Mark Master Lodges at Bolton , in Lancashire , under the name anct title of the St . John ' s Lodge of Mark Masters : Bro , G . P . Brockbank , B . W . M . ; Thomas Entwisle ^ S , W . ; and John Mitchell , J . W * At London , under the title of the Thistle Lodge : Thomas Alexander Adams ,
B . W . M . ; James Bichmond Sheen , 8 . W . ; Joseph Cotterell , JiW . Also at London , under the title of the Arnott Lodge ' . Henry Aaron Isaacs , R . W . M . ; W . Erederick Blackburn , S . W , ; William Hugh Eenn , J . W . And further , a third at London , under the name of the Kilwinning Lodge : Henry Biseborough Sharman , B . W . M . ; Bobert William Armstrong , S . W . ; John Mott Thearle , J . W .
The three applications first mentioned being found regular , were sustained , and Charters directed to he issued in favour of the applicants , assigning to them the rank of JSTos . 2 , 3 , and A , in the order above stated . With regard to the lastmentioned application , namely , that of the Kilwinning Lodge , in which it . was . proposed to appoint to office two Brethren already holding office in another Lodge in the same Province , it was moved , seconded , and agreed to , " that the consideration thereof be delayed till next quarterly meeting , that the Chapter may have an
opportunity of considering in how far the sanctioning of such a proceeding might not tend to excite feelings of rivalry and jealousy , destructive to that harmony which the Chapter is desirous at all times of maintaining amongst those under her control . " With a view to the consideration of this question , a motion was tabled by M . E . J . John Deuchai \ , to the effect of it being declared that in future , " no Mark Master shall be allowed to hold office in more than one Mark Lodge
in the same Province ; " on the result of which motion will depend the granting or refusal of the application referred to . A report from the committee was read , wherein it was stated that no important changes were this year called for in reference to the office-bearers falling to be appointed on the 21 st . The former office-bearers were accordingly , with little variation , again nominated . The report further contained a recommendation , that with the view of lessening the amount of labour incurred in carrying on the business of the Chapter , certain of the offices which have heretofore existed in the
Chapter should be declared honorary merely , and the duties performed by one individual having time and accommodation suitable for the management of the Chapter ' s business ; also a recommendation that certain offices in the Chapter which were considered by the committee not to be in accordance with the Order , but inadvertently borrowed from Craft Masonry , should be wholly suppressed ; both of which recommendations , it Avas agreed , should be taken up and disposed
of at a special meeting to be called for the 23 rd . Instructions having been given to the committee in reference to the approaching celebration of the Eestival of the Vernal Equinox , the meeting was closed in due form . This Supreme body again met on the 23 rd , at 4 P . M ., in their usual place of meeting , in the Star Hotel , in order to consider and adjust certain reconamenda-