Consecration Of The Prince Of Wales Mark Lodge, No. 466.

Bros . John L . Wolfendcn , S . W . ; J . J . Tickle , J . W . ; John S . White , M . O . ; Thomas Sherlock , S . O ., F . A . R . Neill , J . O . ; John Ttirton , Treas . ; Joseph W . Boardman , Reg . ; H . Moxon , Sec . ; John L . Hodgson , S . D . ; William Southern , J . D . ; R . G . Brook , D . C . ; George Burdckin , jun ., I . G . ; James Heaton and Robert Coop , Stewards ; and I .

Tay lor , lyler . The banquet took place at the Fleece Hotel . The lodge was furnished by Bro . George Kenning .

Supreme Grand Chapter.

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .

The following is the business to be transacted on Wednesday next : The minutes of the last Quarterly Convocation to be read for confirmation . THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL PURPOSES . 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 iSth October , 1 893 , to the 16 th January , 1894 , both inclusive , which they find to be as follows :

To Balance , Grand Chapter | £ 424 18 2 By Disbursements during- the „ „ Unappropriated Quarter £ 290 4 4 Account ... _ ... 1 S 7 34 „ Balance 543 1 11 „ Subsequent Receipts .. 414 13 11 „ „ Unappropriated Account ... ... 193 9 2 £ 1026 15 5 £ 1026 j . s 5

which balances are in the Bank of England , Law Courts Branch . The Committee have likewise to report that they have received the following petition : From Comps . Philip Moore Callow Kermode , as Z . ; the Rev . William Morris , as H . ; John Craine , as J . ; and twenty others for a chapter to be attached to the St . Maughold Lodge , No . 1075 , Ramsey , Isle of Man , to be called the St . Maughold Chapter , and to meet at the Masonic Rooms , Ramsey , Isle of Man .

The consideration of this petition was deferred at the last Convocation of the Supreme Grand Chapter until the returns of the chapters of the petitioners have been fully made . Since the meeting of Grand Chapter , the Lodge No . 1075 , has withdrawn its sanction for the chapter to be attached to it , and the petitioners from that lodge have also withdrawn , the chapter not being required . Petitions have also been received :

1 st . From Comps . Charles Henry Reid Todd , as Z ; William Fountain Woods , as H . ; Charles Henry Cumberland , as J . ; and six others to be attached to the Imperial Lodge , No . 1694 , London , to be called the Imperial Chapter , and to meet at Cloot ' s Restaurant , Victoria-street , London .

2 nd . From Comps . Frederick Ernest Pocock , M . D ., as Z . ; Lennox Browne , as H . ; Henry Walter KiaJImark , as J . ; and sixteen other for a chapter to be attached to the / Esculapius Lodge , No . 2410 , London , to be called the / Esculapius Chapter , and to meet at the Criterion Restaurant , Piccadilly , London .

3 rd . From Comps . Samuel Gerard Kirchhoffer , M . A ., 1 st Grand Standard Bearer , as Z . ; Major Oswald James Henry Ball , as H . ; Lieut .-Col . Stephen James Melville Jopp , as J . ; and seven others for a chapter to be attached to the Wellesley Lodge , No . 1899 , Sandhurst , to be called the Wellesley Chapter , and to meet at the Wellington Hotel , Crowthornc , Berkshire .

The foregoing petitions being in all respects regular , the Committee recommend that the prayers thereof be respectively granted . The Committee have likewise to report that they have received a memorial from the companions of the Chapter Stone of Friendship Ezcl , No . 287 , Stockport , Cheshire , praying for a charter authorising them to wear a centenary jewel , in accordance with the Royal Arch Regulations , Rule 102 .

The memorial being in form , and the chapter having proved an uninterrupted cxistencs of 100 years , the Committee recommend that the prayer thereof be granted . The Committee have also received memorials with extracts of minutes , for permission to remove the following chapters :

"The Elias Ashmole Chapter , " No . 148 , Warrington , from the Masonic Rooms , Sankey-street , to rooms in St . Austin ' s Chambers , Bold-street , in the same town . "The Prince Frederick William Chapter , " No . 753 , London , from Lord ' s Hotel , St . John ' s Wood , to the Frascati Restaurant , No . 31 , Oxford-street , London . " The Bedford Chapter , " No . 2 S 2 , Tavistock , from the Private Room , Abbey , to the Freemasons' Hall , No . 84 , West-street , in the same town .

" The Alexander Chapter , " No . 1661 , Newark-on-1 rent , from the Saving ' s Bank , to the Masonic Hall , in the same town . The Committee being satisfied of the reasonableness of the above requests , recommend that the removal of these chapters be sanctioned . The Committee have likewise received the following applications , viz .: from the Shakespeare Chapter , No . 284 , Warwick , and from the Trinity Chapter , No . 254 , Coventry .

I . A memorial praying that the Shakespeare Chapter , No . 284 , maybe detached from Lodge , No . 284 , Warwick , and attached to the Temperance Lod ge , No . 739 , Birmingham , both lodges having given their consent , and that the chapter mav be called the Temperance Chapter , and meet at the

Masonic Hall , New-street , Birmingham , Warwickshire . 2 . A memorial praying that the Trinity Chapter , No . 254 , Coventry , may be detached from the Lodge No . 254 , and attached to the St . Michael ' s Lod ge , No . 1630 , Coventry , Warwickshire , and that it be called the St . Michael ' s Chapter—both lodges have given their consent .

I he Committee recommend that the prayers of these memorials be granted subject to the receipt of the consent of the Grand Superintendent in the case of the Trinity Chapter , No . 254 , Coventry . I he Committee have received the following - notice of motion for Grand Chapter from Coinp . J EMII . IUS LIS FHUVKH , P . G . S . B .: "That the

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resolution passed by Grand Chapter on the 1 st November , substituting four weeks for 12 months in Rule 73 of the Royal Arch Regulations to not confirmed , and that this Grand Chapter resolves that the words ' three calendar months ' be inserted in Rule 73 , instead of ' 12 calendar months . ' " The following chapters having exalted candid ites before the expiration of twelve months from the dates of raising , viz . :

The Fletcher Chapter , No . 1031 , Birmingham . The Chapter Harmony , No . 220 , Garsion . in violation of Rule 73 of the Book of Royal Arch Regulations , the Committee ordered that the chapters be censured and the candidates re-obligated , and that the Chapter Harmony , No . 220 , Garston , be fined £ 1 is . also .

The Committee recommend that , Grand Lodge having increased the salaries of the clerks in the office of the Grand Secretary , the Grand Chapter pay its proportion of the same , viz ., one-fourth .

( Signed ) ROBERT GREV , President Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . 17 th January , 1804 .

Knight Templary In Canada.

KNIGHT TEMPLARY IN CANADA .

The Proceedings of the "Sovereign Great Priory of Canada " for 1 S 93 are now being circulated by the M . E . Bro . Daniel Spry , G . C . T ., the energetic and zealous Grand Chancellor . The volume is nicely printed , carefu'Iy edited , and of a most interesting character . To me it is doubly valuable .

as it contains an excellent portrait of my old and esteemed friend , Bro . Spry ( P . G . Ms . of Canada , Craft and Knights Templars ) , as alsooneof the respected Immediate P . G . M ., M . E . Bro . E . T . Malone . whofilled the chair 1892-3 . This part completes Volume IV ., so that it is accompanied with a title page and an index to the contents , which is worthy of the name , and is a great boon .

The 10 th annual assembly was held in the City of Ottawa , i 8 thjuly , 1893 , and appears to have been a great success . Bro . Malone occupied the throne , and was supported by Bro . Henry Robertson , P . G . M ., the accomplished writer of the Reports on Foreign Correspondence , whose thoughtful utterances and skilful digests of the mass of material at his disposal from the Grand Commanderies of the U . S . A ., arc doubtless much appreciated by the fratres of Canada .

The Grand Master of 1892-3 is not satisfied with the progress of the Order in the Dominion , for out of a total population ol five millions of people , there arc only 1100 active Knight Templars ; whereas in the I I . S . A . there are over 95 , 000 knights . In Canada there are full y 35 , 000 Master Masons in good standing , but about 700 , 000 in the rest of America . Bro .

Malone has been appointed Representative from the Great Priory of Ireland , and I only wish another such eminent frater had conferred on him a similar honour from England . Surely in a Christian Order , with branches throughout the civilised world , there ought to be no difficulty in settling differences , and then to unite in one solid and compact bidy as Knights Templars with H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as Grand Master of the British Langue .

The Reports from the United States Repr sentative , the veteran T . S . Parvin , and the Provincial Priors are all most business-like and fraternal documents , and do much to secure that uniformity and general efficiency so long characteristic of the Canadian Organisation . The Report of the Grand Council was in favour of confirming M . E . Frater Spry in the rank of Past Grand Master , a recommendation , needless to state ,

which was unanimously and heartily agreed to by the Fratres . M . E . Frater E . E . Sheppard was elected Supreme Grand Master , as Bro . Malone declined to serve again . I consider , however , that once in three years quite often enough to change sue 1 a good presid- nt , and it does not appear wise to multiply the Roll of Past Grand Masters unduly fast .

There arc two of the Knights Grand Cross appointed by the Prince of Wales in Canada , viz ., Fratres Daniel Spry and James K . Kerr , CJ . C , and eight of the Knights Commander of the Order . There arc nine Honorary Members of this Great Priory , four being from England , viz ., H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , G . M ., and Fratres Emra Holmes , K . C . T ., Thomas B . Whytehead , and myself , . all of whom , 1 hope , value the compliment so much as I do .

The Roll of Preceptories , Officers , & c , involving much labour , is a most welcome compilation , but especially the alphabetically-arranged Register ol all the Knights Templars in Canada , and another of the Past Officers and present members of the Great Priory . The Proceedings for 1893 are , to my mind , the most attractive , useful , and comprehensive ever published by the Great Priory of Canada . W . J . HUGIIAN , P . E . P . No . _ '( i , Toronto , lion . P . Prov . G . Prior of Canada .

Cii'iiiiK Wmiixo . —Some like to call it cryptography . It is the art of 1 : 011 cealing the meaning of writirg from all but a limited number who . [ . obsess the k ^ ys It is of very early use in the history of the world , and serins to have been practised by the teachers and priists of various religions , the Egyptians and Druid . " , etc . ; for example , it is still used in diplomacy . In Freemasonry it has been in use , though it is now going out , and never , as far as we knoiv , has had any authority from Freemasonry itself . Some writers aver that what is calico lh- square

Masonic cipher may still be seen and read on the walls of Herriilaneum , and tnat it was very early in us-e by the operative Guilds . Some say that the Runic alphabet was also early employed by the Christian operative Masonic Guilds . All present known systems of cipher are comparatively modern . It is true that Cornelius Agrippa mentions a cabalistic ciphir , and there is an old niayical or Hermetic cipher . But all the so-called Masonic ciphers have no official authority , and several have been invented by charlatans like Finch . A very common cipher

is that which substitutes <• or < r , and commencing from e , as the initial letter of the alphabit , makes s terminate in (/ . Then there is also the common form , especially abroad , ; . mi oi , i : e used in the United Stales , of drawing two horizjnlal parallel linis , intersected by two parallel and icrtical lines , as Mackey puis it . This system makes up nine illusions , and each division contains iluec letters ; the second letter is distingu sin d from the first by one dot , the thinl by two . By abbreviating the lines the alphabet assumes the appearance of a square alphabet .

and some say this form ( . 1 ci pher is very old indeed . This is the one , perhaps , most in use with some modification , in so far as the cipher is now used at all , any . where , though each grade professes to have a cipher of its own , and many are very peculiar , and not a I , tile intricate , especially among the hijjh grades . There is also a cipher which coi . sisis of reading words from right to left instead of left to right , or rather , pi rhaps , from the reverse , which is , however , nearly obsolete . V \ e repr at that thi-re is , after all , no authorised Masonic cipher for Cralt Masonry . —Kenning ' * Cre / d / n / U . ii of Freemasonry .