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Knights Templar.
last meeting of the committee , in consequence of the discussion that had taken place about the Provincial Grand Commander for Devonshire acting as the head of a chapter of Rose Croix , and in whicli proposal Sir Knt . Huyshe quite concurred . Sir Knt . Huyshe had no objection to second the proposal to add the statute . He desired that the two orders should be kept separate and distinct from all degrees of Freemasonry , and he Avas quite satisfied with the result of the discussion in the
committee . Sir Knts . AA ' . A . Powell and the Earl of Limerick both desired a slight amendment to this statute . Their chapter , the Baldwyn of Rose Croix , and some others , did not range under the authority of the Supreme Grand Council . They had no objection to the statute if the proposer would omit the word _ v " sueli degrees being now under the jurisdiction of the Ancient and Accepted Rite . " After some discussion the statute , as amended , Avas allowed
to be added . The G . Chancellor then stated tbe next business—the election of a Grand Master of the Order for the ensuing three years . The D . G . MASTER at once rose , and begged the M . E . and S . G . Master not to exercise his prerogative , aud act as , perhaps , his usual kind sympathies would induce him to do , namely , to leave the hall , so that their opinion and votes might be left unfettered by his presence . He then made some most felicitous and touching remarks , alluding mysteriously to the hidden secret
behind yonder crimson silk curtain , and begged to move the re-election of the M . E . and S . G . Master for the ensuing three years . Almost every one present at once rose from his seat , and held aloft his sword ; no , one , in fact , could be heard for the hearty cheer . Sir Knt . HUYSHE formally seconded the proposal , whicli Avas put and carriednot only unanimouslbut clamorousl .
, y , y The G . MASTER spoke very feelingly , and said , how he had quite wished to retire—how he had prepared to leave behind him a speaking momento of himself—how he had been overruled and over-persuaded—and how he had reluctantly , and yet somehow Avillingly , consented to continue his seat and his rule , and then he begged the acceptance by Grand Conclave of his portrait , painted by Sir Knt . Rosenthal .
At a signal from the Dir . of Cers . a crimson silk curtain was withdrawn , and a life-like portrait of the M . E . and S . G . M . was exposed to view . The G . Chancellor , Sir P . CoLtjunouN then advanced , and asked if the G . Conclave would allow him , as its mouth-piece , to express the feeling of the members present . He then read an address written on a roll of vellum , made a most feeling address , and concluded by moving a resolution of thanks , and that it should be emblazoned on vellum and framed , and presented to the G . Master .
ADDRESS TO THE GRAND MASTER . Most Eminent and Supreme Sir , —The Grand Conclave has deputed to me the agreeable duty of offering to you the thanks of that body for the portrait of yourself which you have been pleased to present to Grand Conclave . I am also charged to congratulate you on your re-election for the third time to the high and honourable post you have so long and so worthily filled . I have it in charge to assure you of the devotion and
deep esteem in whicli you are held by the Grand Conclave , Avhich has endeavoured , by the unanimity of its choice , to testify its appreciation of those eminent qualities by which you have endeared yourself , individually as well as collectively , to the members of tho Order . Yon have been pleased to present your portrait to the Grand Conclave , and I am also desired to assure you that it will ever be a cherished memorial of your presence amongst us—ahsens a nohis ut sies—though it needs
prcesens not this tangible materiality , this outward and visible sign , to reveal you to our recollection , AA e trust you will be long spared to wield your baton of office , and that , as a true and faithful Knight , you will not desert us while health and strength is your own , but , true to the last , liko the blind monarch , who , with his bridle interlaced between that of his knights on either sidedied fightingwill abide us so long as the Most Hih
, , among g will permit , and quit us only at His stern command . To multiply Avords would be but to adulterate the sentiments which we Avish to convey . Your presidency over the Order will be marked by many salient facts . You assumed the conduct of the Order as an infant struggling into life ; you have brought it to stalwart manhood . The Convention with Scotland will be remembered your work , and the effect of this measure will unite us in
close bonds with that country , from whose royal line you derive your origin ns they were first politically united under James VI . The appropriate hall in which we now meet we owe principally to your munificence , though we , at the same time , must deplore the circumstance whicli necessitated its establishment . Your gifts to this Conclave have been multifarious , and over-well selected ; the more appreciated as emanating from yourself . Your ' liberality has been extended to all in want , nor has your
left hand known what your right hand did . In conclusion , allow me to convey to you , most Eminent and Supreme Sir , the sincere hope of this Grand Conclave , that although , iempora labunlur tacilis que senes cunv . s annis , you will be long spared to those who are near ancl dear to you , and to those Orders whose affection you have so justly deserved . " After the reading of this address , which was received with long continued acclamationthe Grand Chancellor concluded
, with the following motion : — "That the sincere cordial and heartfelt thanks of the Grand Conclave be presented to the Most Eminent and Supreme Grand Master for his kind aud courteous gift of a portrait of himself in his full robes as Grand Master of the Order , presented this day to Grand Conclave . " " That this resolution be not only entered on the minutes of
Grand Conclave , but that a properly illuminated exemplification of it be executed on vellum and presented to the Grand Master , signed by the Deputy Grand Master and the Grand Chancellor . " These motions having been put by the D . G . M ., and adopted , by acclamation , the Cr . M . acknowledged tbe compliment as follows : —Sir Knights , —Being now considerably advanced in life it Avas my intention to have declined re-election to this important and honourable office , and but for the urgent wish
expressed by its leading members , on whose sincerity I could rely as representing the feelings of the Order at large , I should have adhered to that determination . It was with this vieAV that I directed my portrait to be painted as a remembrance of the past . As it is , you have chosen to retain the substance as well as the shadow . I sincerely thank the Grand Conclave for the flattering sentiments that that body has conveyed to me in so public a mannerand alloAV me to assure you that if my gifts
, have been acceptable to the Order , they have conferred far more pleasure on the giver than they can have done on the recipients . Sir Knt . Wilson , Comp . of Antiquity Bath , brought under the notice of the Sir Knights assembled the case of Sir Knt . Firman , afflicted with a softening of the brain , with a view of inducing individuals to assist in getting a son into the Boy's School . The G . Almoner then collected the alms , which Avas announced : —
Balance in hand 26 10 5 Received this day 11 8 6 Total £ 37 18 11 The Grand Conclave was then closed . The G . Master stated that in about ten minutes the meeting
would be constituted into a meeting of a Priory of the Order of Malta , under the auspices of the Observance Priory . The G . D . C . asked those ivho desired to be admitted to the Order of Malta , and had previously submitted their names , to retire to the room prepared for the purpose . The great and splendidly decorated hall was in about a quarter of an hour quite transformed as it now was into a Priory of the
Order of Malta , at least a third of the Knights changed their dress into the proper and appropriate dress of a Knight of Malta . Ou the admission of the candidates—who underwent the preliminary stage of the administration of the Mediterranean Pass , given to them in the large ante-room , now fitted up as a chapel , & c , we found the Grand Priors all arranged at the east table . Sir Knts . J . Huyshe the E . Prior ; Cap . Philips , Captain General ; Col . Clerk , Lieutenant-General ; Earl of Limerick ,
2 nd Lieutenant ; Col . Derring , 3 rd Lieutenant ; at the Avesfc table , Sir P . C'olquhoun , G . Chancellor ; C . Goddon , G . Treasurer ; J . Lavender , G . Hospitaller ; Capt . Boyle , G Marshal ; R . J . Spiers , G . Admiral ; Rev . C . R . Davey , G . Conservator ; C . Chandos Pole , G . Baillic ; L . Newall , and others ; at the altar , J . Binckes , G . Cap . of Outposts ; M . H . Shuttieworth , G . Vice-Chancellor . Sir Knts . Captain Sanderman , Guard of the Banner of B . ; S . Rosenthal , Guard of the Banner of L . ; AA . H . AVright ,
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Knights Templar.
last meeting of the committee , in consequence of the discussion that had taken place about the Provincial Grand Commander for Devonshire acting as the head of a chapter of Rose Croix , and in whicli proposal Sir Knt . Huyshe quite concurred . Sir Knt . Huyshe had no objection to second the proposal to add the statute . He desired that the two orders should be kept separate and distinct from all degrees of Freemasonry , and he Avas quite satisfied with the result of the discussion in the
committee . Sir Knts . AA ' . A . Powell and the Earl of Limerick both desired a slight amendment to this statute . Their chapter , the Baldwyn of Rose Croix , and some others , did not range under the authority of the Supreme Grand Council . They had no objection to the statute if the proposer would omit the word _ v " sueli degrees being now under the jurisdiction of the Ancient and Accepted Rite . " After some discussion the statute , as amended , Avas allowed
to be added . The G . Chancellor then stated tbe next business—the election of a Grand Master of the Order for the ensuing three years . The D . G . MASTER at once rose , and begged the M . E . and S . G . Master not to exercise his prerogative , aud act as , perhaps , his usual kind sympathies would induce him to do , namely , to leave the hall , so that their opinion and votes might be left unfettered by his presence . He then made some most felicitous and touching remarks , alluding mysteriously to the hidden secret
behind yonder crimson silk curtain , and begged to move the re-election of the M . E . and S . G . Master for the ensuing three years . Almost every one present at once rose from his seat , and held aloft his sword ; no , one , in fact , could be heard for the hearty cheer . Sir Knt . HUYSHE formally seconded the proposal , whicli Avas put and carriednot only unanimouslbut clamorousl .
, y , y The G . MASTER spoke very feelingly , and said , how he had quite wished to retire—how he had prepared to leave behind him a speaking momento of himself—how he had been overruled and over-persuaded—and how he had reluctantly , and yet somehow Avillingly , consented to continue his seat and his rule , and then he begged the acceptance by Grand Conclave of his portrait , painted by Sir Knt . Rosenthal .
At a signal from the Dir . of Cers . a crimson silk curtain was withdrawn , and a life-like portrait of the M . E . and S . G . M . was exposed to view . The G . Chancellor , Sir P . CoLtjunouN then advanced , and asked if the G . Conclave would allow him , as its mouth-piece , to express the feeling of the members present . He then read an address written on a roll of vellum , made a most feeling address , and concluded by moving a resolution of thanks , and that it should be emblazoned on vellum and framed , and presented to the G . Master .
ADDRESS TO THE GRAND MASTER . Most Eminent and Supreme Sir , —The Grand Conclave has deputed to me the agreeable duty of offering to you the thanks of that body for the portrait of yourself which you have been pleased to present to Grand Conclave . I am also charged to congratulate you on your re-election for the third time to the high and honourable post you have so long and so worthily filled . I have it in charge to assure you of the devotion and
deep esteem in whicli you are held by the Grand Conclave , Avhich has endeavoured , by the unanimity of its choice , to testify its appreciation of those eminent qualities by which you have endeared yourself , individually as well as collectively , to the members of tho Order . Yon have been pleased to present your portrait to the Grand Conclave , and I am also desired to assure you that it will ever be a cherished memorial of your presence amongst us—ahsens a nohis ut sies—though it needs
prcesens not this tangible materiality , this outward and visible sign , to reveal you to our recollection , AA e trust you will be long spared to wield your baton of office , and that , as a true and faithful Knight , you will not desert us while health and strength is your own , but , true to the last , liko the blind monarch , who , with his bridle interlaced between that of his knights on either sidedied fightingwill abide us so long as the Most Hih
, , among g will permit , and quit us only at His stern command . To multiply Avords would be but to adulterate the sentiments which we Avish to convey . Your presidency over the Order will be marked by many salient facts . You assumed the conduct of the Order as an infant struggling into life ; you have brought it to stalwart manhood . The Convention with Scotland will be remembered your work , and the effect of this measure will unite us in
close bonds with that country , from whose royal line you derive your origin ns they were first politically united under James VI . The appropriate hall in which we now meet we owe principally to your munificence , though we , at the same time , must deplore the circumstance whicli necessitated its establishment . Your gifts to this Conclave have been multifarious , and over-well selected ; the more appreciated as emanating from yourself . Your ' liberality has been extended to all in want , nor has your
left hand known what your right hand did . In conclusion , allow me to convey to you , most Eminent and Supreme Sir , the sincere hope of this Grand Conclave , that although , iempora labunlur tacilis que senes cunv . s annis , you will be long spared to those who are near ancl dear to you , and to those Orders whose affection you have so justly deserved . " After the reading of this address , which was received with long continued acclamationthe Grand Chancellor concluded
, with the following motion : — "That the sincere cordial and heartfelt thanks of the Grand Conclave be presented to the Most Eminent and Supreme Grand Master for his kind aud courteous gift of a portrait of himself in his full robes as Grand Master of the Order , presented this day to Grand Conclave . " " That this resolution be not only entered on the minutes of
Grand Conclave , but that a properly illuminated exemplification of it be executed on vellum and presented to the Grand Master , signed by the Deputy Grand Master and the Grand Chancellor . " These motions having been put by the D . G . M ., and adopted , by acclamation , the Cr . M . acknowledged tbe compliment as follows : —Sir Knights , —Being now considerably advanced in life it Avas my intention to have declined re-election to this important and honourable office , and but for the urgent wish
expressed by its leading members , on whose sincerity I could rely as representing the feelings of the Order at large , I should have adhered to that determination . It was with this vieAV that I directed my portrait to be painted as a remembrance of the past . As it is , you have chosen to retain the substance as well as the shadow . I sincerely thank the Grand Conclave for the flattering sentiments that that body has conveyed to me in so public a mannerand alloAV me to assure you that if my gifts
, have been acceptable to the Order , they have conferred far more pleasure on the giver than they can have done on the recipients . Sir Knt . Wilson , Comp . of Antiquity Bath , brought under the notice of the Sir Knights assembled the case of Sir Knt . Firman , afflicted with a softening of the brain , with a view of inducing individuals to assist in getting a son into the Boy's School . The G . Almoner then collected the alms , which Avas announced : —
Balance in hand 26 10 5 Received this day 11 8 6 Total £ 37 18 11 The Grand Conclave was then closed . The G . Master stated that in about ten minutes the meeting
would be constituted into a meeting of a Priory of the Order of Malta , under the auspices of the Observance Priory . The G . D . C . asked those ivho desired to be admitted to the Order of Malta , and had previously submitted their names , to retire to the room prepared for the purpose . The great and splendidly decorated hall was in about a quarter of an hour quite transformed as it now was into a Priory of the
Order of Malta , at least a third of the Knights changed their dress into the proper and appropriate dress of a Knight of Malta . Ou the admission of the candidates—who underwent the preliminary stage of the administration of the Mediterranean Pass , given to them in the large ante-room , now fitted up as a chapel , & c , we found the Grand Priors all arranged at the east table . Sir Knts . J . Huyshe the E . Prior ; Cap . Philips , Captain General ; Col . Clerk , Lieutenant-General ; Earl of Limerick ,
2 nd Lieutenant ; Col . Derring , 3 rd Lieutenant ; at the Avesfc table , Sir P . C'olquhoun , G . Chancellor ; C . Goddon , G . Treasurer ; J . Lavender , G . Hospitaller ; Capt . Boyle , G Marshal ; R . J . Spiers , G . Admiral ; Rev . C . R . Davey , G . Conservator ; C . Chandos Pole , G . Baillic ; L . Newall , and others ; at the altar , J . Binckes , G . Cap . of Outposts ; M . H . Shuttieworth , G . Vice-Chancellor . Sir Knts . Captain Sanderman , Guard of the Banner of B . ; S . Rosenthal , Guard of the Banner of L . ; AA . H . AVright ,