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Knights Templar.
Swansea , in the county of Glamorgan ; and one for holding encampments in the colonies , the Ceylon , in Colombo , in the island of Ceylon . On the other hand , five have become extinct , viz ., the Holy Trinity , in Whitehaven ; the Alount Carmel , of Middlesex ; the Observance , in Madras ; the Eastern Conclave of Redemption ; and the King Baldwin , of Canada AA'est ; and four are in abeyance , viz ., the Ascalon , of Birmingham ; the
Geoffrey de St . Aldemsr , of Toronto ; and the Jacques cle Molai , and Plains of Kama , in Australia . The Grand Master has been pleased to appoint Sir Knight Philips Prov . G . Commander for Suffolk . Sir Knight Huyshe having been raised to the dignity of Deputy Grand Master at the Grand Conclave in Slay last ( vice Sir Kni g ht Colonel Vernon , resigned ) , suggested , on assuming that high office , that the provinces of Devon and
Cornwall , heretofore united , should be severed , and recommended that the vacancy thus created should be supplied by Sir Knight Eliot , M . P . for Devonport . The Grand Master has been graciousl y pleased to accede to the suggestion , and to appoint Sir Knight Lord Eliot Provincial Grand Commander for the Duchy of Cornwall . The severe illness of Sir Knight Cruttenden has created a vacancy in the province of Cheshire .
Sir Knight Major George Cornwall Legh , M . P . for North Cheshire , lias been selected by the Grand Master to supply the vacancy thus created . The Grand Chancellor , in the execution of his office , proceeded to these provinces , mid duly enthroned these distinguished members of tbe Order , and installed them into the offices for which their social position , zeal , and judgment so eminently fits them . They are present here to-day to perform homage for their provinces , and take the oath of fealty , as of ancient rite accustomed .
Your Committee cannot but congratulate the Order on the selection made by the Grand Aiaster . The elevation of Sir Knights Philips and Lord Eliot creates two vacancies in the Committee , the one is the gift of the Grand Aiaster , the other elective hy the Grand Conclave . Tbe vacant command of the united provinces of Stafford and Warwickshire is still , according to statute , provisionally in the hands of the Grand Chancellor .
The convention with Scotland has been concluded by tbe plenipotentiary appointed b y the Grand Aiaster in that behalf , who was , however , obliged to take a second journey to Edinburgh this autumn for that purpose . This convention has been ratified b y the Grand Aiaster , and , in obedience to his commands , is laid on the table of the Grand Conclave .
The Deputy Grand Aiaster for Ireland , Dr . Townsend , Judge ofthe Hi gh Court of Admiralty in that kingdom , has been in communication with the Grand Chancellor with the view of effecting a similar object in that country . The negotiations are in progress with every , prospect of a satisfactory issue . AVhen this is effected the Order will , by combined action , be greatly increased in power and importance . The Grand Chancellor begs to represent that , for carrying out the convention
with Scotland , and ultimately with Ireland , it will be indispensable to entrust the Committee with powers to make such changes in the existing laws aud regulations not of a fundamental character ,, as may be necessary to that end . It will also be necessary for the sake as well of the regulation of the Grand Chancery , as for that of uniformity , that the Committee should approve of such forms forthwith . The Grand Chancellor , therefore , recommends that the Grand Conclave
should entrust to tho Committee such powers as m .-iy be necessary to accomplish these desirable objects , and to carry out the recommendation of sub-committee ? , where the powers of the Committee of Grand Conclave may be at present deemed insufficient .
Ill order to diminish in some degree the labour thrown on the Grand Chancery of the Order b y its rapid extension , which would otherwise necessitate ere long addition to the Staff , your Committee recommends that the dues payable to Grand Conclave be collected in each province , except Middlesex , by the Provincial Grand Registrar of such province , who shall ' also distribute the forms and collect the returns which may he required at head-quarters from encampments within his
province , and remit such dues in bulk , ancl such returns , when collected , ' to the Grand Chancery ; anil that power be given to the Committee to make such verbal alterations in the Statutes as shall be necessary to carry out the objects .
The Grand Treasurer ' s accounts show a balance in favour of tbe Order of £ 49 14 s . 5 cl ., exclusive of an exchequer bill fos £ 100 . The Grand Almoner ' s Benevolent Fund amounts to £ 71 lls . 56 Your committee recommends that , £ 5 be paid by the Grand Almoner to the widow of the late William George King , a serving brother , ofthe Alount Zion Encampment , Bombay ; ,
ancl £ 20 to Sir Knight George W ., who has fallen into distress , aud whose necessities are vouched by the Past Grand Treasurer , Sir Knight Tomkins . Tlie Grand Treasurer begs to call the attention of the Grand Conclave to the gradually decreasing balance of Grand Conclave , arising from revenue not keeping pace with the extension of the Order , and to recommend that means be taken to increaseits income . Your committee is of opinion that the expenses ot
all solemn and indispensable ceremonies be borne b y those in whose behalf they aro especially performed . The committee thinks it urgently necessary to invite the attention of Grand Conclave to the state of the revenue , which has , from unforeseen circumstances been heavily trenched upon , first , by the loss-£ 100 paid to the Alasonic Union Company , Limited , and secondly , by the acts which were referred to at the last Grand Conclave . It is sincerely to bo hoped that such
contingenciesmay not occur again : they have , however , reduced the reserve of the Grand Conclave by £ 200 . The current expenses have also increased in a greater proportion than the revenue produced ,. , which is barely sufficient for its requirements , even with the strictest economy . In conclusion , the committee has to report favourably on the ; state of tho Order , which now numbers 2 , 090 , ancl strongly to impress on tbe Eminent Commanders of private encampments ,,
the cave and judgment they avo bound to exercise in the admission of new members ancl to intimate a strong opinion that too much facility has been shown in some cases in this respect ,, and that some encampments clo not appear to be fully alive to the importance of this Order . By order of the Committee of Grand Conclave , J P . MAC C . DE COLQTJHOTJ > -,. Grand Chancellor .
A motion to receive the report will be made . Motions duly notified will be proposed . The Grand Conclave will be closed in ample form . A Priory of tbe Order of Malta will then be holden . Those members who have kindly promised to assist the Grand ' Director of Ceremonies , are requested to comply promptly and accurately with their written instructions . Those members who are about to be admitted into the Order will adjourn to the dining room , and enlov names on the list b y Sir Knight A . Brunton , who will officiate as the Guard in
thepriory . Those members of the Grand Conclave who are not members of the Order of Malta will retire . The rest of the knights will retain their stalls , and those who possess the mantle of the Order should wear it . A priory of the Order of Malta will be opened hy the Rev . John Huyshe , the A ' ery High ancl Eminent Deputy Grand Aiasterthe Grand Prior of the Order . Each officer , on his .
, being called , will lake his place in the priory . Those knights whose names have been submitted and accepted will be admitted to the Order . The priory being closed a . Grand Priory of the Order of Malta will be opened in ample form by the Grand Aiaster of the Order of Malta . Tho report of the Committee will be read as follows : —
Report of the Committee of the Grand Prior of Malta . The success which attended tho Grand Priory of the Order of Malta , in May last , has induced your Committee to recommend you to direct summonses to issue for a Grand Priory this December , preceded as , on the last occasion , by a meeting of the Observance Priory for the reception of candidates , so as to afford those Templars an opportunity of taking this degree at bead-quarters , and who have hitherto been prevented from
doing so in the provinces from a deficiency in the number requisite to tonn a . priory . The Deputy Grand Aiaster having again , and notwithstanding the severe illness from which he has but recently recovered , consented to preside in the Observance , the recommendation was adopted , ancl the result has been successful . The present strength of the Order may be set down at 800 ,. which is , however ^ however , rapidly increasing .
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Knights Templar.
Swansea , in the county of Glamorgan ; and one for holding encampments in the colonies , the Ceylon , in Colombo , in the island of Ceylon . On the other hand , five have become extinct , viz ., the Holy Trinity , in Whitehaven ; the Alount Carmel , of Middlesex ; the Observance , in Madras ; the Eastern Conclave of Redemption ; and the King Baldwin , of Canada AA'est ; and four are in abeyance , viz ., the Ascalon , of Birmingham ; the
Geoffrey de St . Aldemsr , of Toronto ; and the Jacques cle Molai , and Plains of Kama , in Australia . The Grand Master has been pleased to appoint Sir Knight Philips Prov . G . Commander for Suffolk . Sir Knight Huyshe having been raised to the dignity of Deputy Grand Master at the Grand Conclave in Slay last ( vice Sir Kni g ht Colonel Vernon , resigned ) , suggested , on assuming that high office , that the provinces of Devon and
Cornwall , heretofore united , should be severed , and recommended that the vacancy thus created should be supplied by Sir Knight Eliot , M . P . for Devonport . The Grand Master has been graciousl y pleased to accede to the suggestion , and to appoint Sir Knight Lord Eliot Provincial Grand Commander for the Duchy of Cornwall . The severe illness of Sir Knight Cruttenden has created a vacancy in the province of Cheshire .
Sir Knight Major George Cornwall Legh , M . P . for North Cheshire , lias been selected by the Grand Master to supply the vacancy thus created . The Grand Chancellor , in the execution of his office , proceeded to these provinces , mid duly enthroned these distinguished members of tbe Order , and installed them into the offices for which their social position , zeal , and judgment so eminently fits them . They are present here to-day to perform homage for their provinces , and take the oath of fealty , as of ancient rite accustomed .
Your Committee cannot but congratulate the Order on the selection made by the Grand Aiaster . The elevation of Sir Knights Philips and Lord Eliot creates two vacancies in the Committee , the one is the gift of the Grand Aiaster , the other elective hy the Grand Conclave . Tbe vacant command of the united provinces of Stafford and Warwickshire is still , according to statute , provisionally in the hands of the Grand Chancellor .
The convention with Scotland has been concluded by tbe plenipotentiary appointed b y the Grand Aiaster in that behalf , who was , however , obliged to take a second journey to Edinburgh this autumn for that purpose . This convention has been ratified b y the Grand Aiaster , and , in obedience to his commands , is laid on the table of the Grand Conclave .
The Deputy Grand Aiaster for Ireland , Dr . Townsend , Judge ofthe Hi gh Court of Admiralty in that kingdom , has been in communication with the Grand Chancellor with the view of effecting a similar object in that country . The negotiations are in progress with every , prospect of a satisfactory issue . AVhen this is effected the Order will , by combined action , be greatly increased in power and importance . The Grand Chancellor begs to represent that , for carrying out the convention
with Scotland , and ultimately with Ireland , it will be indispensable to entrust the Committee with powers to make such changes in the existing laws aud regulations not of a fundamental character ,, as may be necessary to that end . It will also be necessary for the sake as well of the regulation of the Grand Chancery , as for that of uniformity , that the Committee should approve of such forms forthwith . The Grand Chancellor , therefore , recommends that the Grand Conclave
should entrust to tho Committee such powers as m .-iy be necessary to accomplish these desirable objects , and to carry out the recommendation of sub-committee ? , where the powers of the Committee of Grand Conclave may be at present deemed insufficient .
Ill order to diminish in some degree the labour thrown on the Grand Chancery of the Order b y its rapid extension , which would otherwise necessitate ere long addition to the Staff , your Committee recommends that the dues payable to Grand Conclave be collected in each province , except Middlesex , by the Provincial Grand Registrar of such province , who shall ' also distribute the forms and collect the returns which may he required at head-quarters from encampments within his
province , and remit such dues in bulk , ancl such returns , when collected , ' to the Grand Chancery ; anil that power be given to the Committee to make such verbal alterations in the Statutes as shall be necessary to carry out the objects .
The Grand Treasurer ' s accounts show a balance in favour of tbe Order of £ 49 14 s . 5 cl ., exclusive of an exchequer bill fos £ 100 . The Grand Almoner ' s Benevolent Fund amounts to £ 71 lls . 56 Your committee recommends that , £ 5 be paid by the Grand Almoner to the widow of the late William George King , a serving brother , ofthe Alount Zion Encampment , Bombay ; ,
ancl £ 20 to Sir Knight George W ., who has fallen into distress , aud whose necessities are vouched by the Past Grand Treasurer , Sir Knight Tomkins . Tlie Grand Treasurer begs to call the attention of the Grand Conclave to the gradually decreasing balance of Grand Conclave , arising from revenue not keeping pace with the extension of the Order , and to recommend that means be taken to increaseits income . Your committee is of opinion that the expenses ot
all solemn and indispensable ceremonies be borne b y those in whose behalf they aro especially performed . The committee thinks it urgently necessary to invite the attention of Grand Conclave to the state of the revenue , which has , from unforeseen circumstances been heavily trenched upon , first , by the loss-£ 100 paid to the Alasonic Union Company , Limited , and secondly , by the acts which were referred to at the last Grand Conclave . It is sincerely to bo hoped that such
contingenciesmay not occur again : they have , however , reduced the reserve of the Grand Conclave by £ 200 . The current expenses have also increased in a greater proportion than the revenue produced ,. , which is barely sufficient for its requirements , even with the strictest economy . In conclusion , the committee has to report favourably on the ; state of tho Order , which now numbers 2 , 090 , ancl strongly to impress on tbe Eminent Commanders of private encampments ,,
the cave and judgment they avo bound to exercise in the admission of new members ancl to intimate a strong opinion that too much facility has been shown in some cases in this respect ,, and that some encampments clo not appear to be fully alive to the importance of this Order . By order of the Committee of Grand Conclave , J P . MAC C . DE COLQTJHOTJ > -,. Grand Chancellor .
A motion to receive the report will be made . Motions duly notified will be proposed . The Grand Conclave will be closed in ample form . A Priory of tbe Order of Malta will then be holden . Those members who have kindly promised to assist the Grand ' Director of Ceremonies , are requested to comply promptly and accurately with their written instructions . Those members who are about to be admitted into the Order will adjourn to the dining room , and enlov names on the list b y Sir Knight A . Brunton , who will officiate as the Guard in
thepriory . Those members of the Grand Conclave who are not members of the Order of Malta will retire . The rest of the knights will retain their stalls , and those who possess the mantle of the Order should wear it . A priory of the Order of Malta will be opened hy the Rev . John Huyshe , the A ' ery High ancl Eminent Deputy Grand Aiasterthe Grand Prior of the Order . Each officer , on his .
, being called , will lake his place in the priory . Those knights whose names have been submitted and accepted will be admitted to the Order . The priory being closed a . Grand Priory of the Order of Malta will be opened in ample form by the Grand Aiaster of the Order of Malta . Tho report of the Committee will be read as follows : —
Report of the Committee of the Grand Prior of Malta . The success which attended tho Grand Priory of the Order of Malta , in May last , has induced your Committee to recommend you to direct summonses to issue for a Grand Priory this December , preceded as , on the last occasion , by a meeting of the Observance Priory for the reception of candidates , so as to afford those Templars an opportunity of taking this degree at bead-quarters , and who have hitherto been prevented from
doing so in the provinces from a deficiency in the number requisite to tonn a . priory . The Deputy Grand Aiaster having again , and notwithstanding the severe illness from which he has but recently recovered , consented to preside in the Observance , the recommendation was adopted , ancl the result has been successful . The present strength of the Order may be set down at 800 ,. which is , however ^ however , rapidly increasing .