THE EARLY GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF ENGLAND AND CONCLAVE OF FAITH AND FIDELITY.

April 7.-The most eminent and supreme Grand Master, Sir Knight Col. C. K. K. TYNTE, having signified his intention of honouring the encampment with his presence on this occasion, the attendance was very numerous on the part of the members and their friends; there were also several Grand Officers present, among whom we noticed the Deputy Grand Master (Stuart), the Grand Prior (B. B. Cabbell), the P. G. C. for Kent (Crucefix), the Grand Captain (Alston), &c. &c.

There were seven installations, which were most impressively conducted by Sir Knight J. A. D. Cox, the E. Com. of the Encampment, assisted by Sir Kuight Spiers.

At the banquet Sir Knight Cox sustained the office of chairman with admirable precision, and gratified his numerous friends as much by his courteous attention as by his happy remarks on each toast and sentiment.

The arrangements were perfect; the vocal choir, under the charge of Sir Knight Blewitt, left nothing to be wished for; and, taken as a whole, the meeting was as worthy the approbation of the Grand Master and his friends, as it was creditable to the liberality of the encampment.

THE FREDERICK ENCAMPMENT,

PROVINCE OF SURREY.

May 30.-This encampment, the warrant of which has only been granted a few months, met at the Greyhound Hotel, Croydon, and the newly appointed Grand Chaplain of the United Grand Lodge, the Rev. J. E. Cox, M. A., was installed a Knight Templar. The encampment was beautifully furnished and set out in the assembly room, which from its size and proportions is peculiarly well adapted for the purpose. The ceremonies of the installation were performed without any curtailment, and in a most impressive manner, by the M. E. C. Sir Knight R. Lea Wilson, ably assisted by Sir Davyd W. Nash, who we believe is shortly to succeed to the commandership of the encampment.

The officers of the encampment to whom the warrant was originally granted are:-Sir Knights R. Lea Wilson, M. E. C.; Davyd W. Nash, First Captain; the Rev. S. Lea Wilson, Second Captain; the Rev. F. Orme, Grand Marshal, &c. &c.

SUPREME GRAND COUNCIL FOR ENGLAND AND

CIL XXXII

COUNCIL

WALES.

THE Supreme Council for England and Wales, and the dependencies of the British crown, of Sov. Gr. Insp. General of the 33d degree of the Ancient and Accepted Rite, held a solemn Convocation on Monday the 12th of June, at four o'clock. A communication from the Supreme Grand Council for the northern district of the United States of America, sitting at New York, dated 1st day of May, 1848, was read.

It purported to be a manifesto, denouncing the false statements of F. T. B. Clavel, in his Almanack of 1847. A declaration of the expulsion of Joseph Cerneau, his abettors and followers, and an exposure of the spurious council of Elias Hicks and others, together with the pretensions of evil disposed persons.

Candidates for the 32nd degree were proposed and accepted, and the Supreme Grand Council closed its deliberations.

Bros. John Udall and J. A. D. Cox were then admitted to the rank of S. P. of the Royal Secret, and had all the rights and privileges thereof conferred on them. The meeting then adjourned.

Bros. R. J. Spiers and Stephen Henry Lee were afterwards admitted to the 31st degree, and were duly installed in the rank and privileges of Grand Inquisitor Commander.

A Grand College of G. E. Knights, K. H. of the 30th degree was then holden, when several Knights of St. Andrew 29th, of the Sun 28th, and others presented themselves for admission, among them Sir Knight Waller, and were installed accordingly.

SOVEREIGN CHAPTERS OF ROSE CROIX of H. R. D. M. of the 18th degree, under the warrant of the Supreme Grand Council was then held.

METROPOLITAN CHAPTER.-Several candidates were installed as S. P. R. C. of the 18th degree, and became members of this distinguished chapter.

MOUNT CALVARY CHAPTER.-This Sovereign Chapter, to whom a warrant has been granted by the Supreme Grand Council, was opened under the auspices of Bro. Thomas Pryer, S. G. J. G., when several distinguished brethren were advanced to the rank and privileges of S. P. R. C.

Bro. Henry Udall conducted the ceremonies of the day in the most impressive manner, assisted by Bros. D. W. Nash, Pryer, J. A. D. Cox, and Spiers. The Supreme G. Commander, 33°, Bro. Crucefix, presiding.

The banquet was served up at seven o'clock, and was numerously attended; Bro. Crucefix in the chair.

The addresses were apposite and appropriate. After her Majesty's health had been warmly greeted, the memory of Frederic the Great was drunk in solemn silence, and a brief explanation of the 33rd was given. Bro. Udall was eloquent in returning thanks for a deserved compliment. Gen. Cooke responded on behalf of a toast dedicated to Bro. Gourgas and the Supreme Grand Council in the United States; and Bro. Pryer, in proposing the health of the Chairman, and afterwards that of Dr. Oliver, was especially impressive. Bro. Spiers also acknowledged the compliment paid to him in a very happy manner; as did Bros. De Carpo, of the Sup. Co. 33rd degree Brazils, and Villa of the 30th, who as visitors were hospitably entertained.

The evening passed off with the usual satisfaction, and the brethren separated happy in the hope of meeting again.

RE-UNION OF THE BURLINGTON AND BANK OF
ENGLAND LODGES.

We were among the guests bidden to the hospitalities of these consort lodges, and surely never was hospitality more efficiently displayed in the best sense of the word, as was happily observed by that distinguished Mason, Bro. Pryer; the meeting was of a superior character it was as happy as it was intellectual-there was nothing wanting.

The meeting took place at the Crown and Sceptre, Greenwich, on the 31st of May. The brethren had invited their ladies and friends, and, we believe, the number of either sex was equal; the number present was sixty. The two Masters requested Bro. Crucefix to assume the chair, and we were pleased to observe. the Doctor in good health and spirits, supported on either side by the wife of the Master of the Bank of England Lodge and the wife of a Past Master of the Burlington, the Master of the latter lodge being unmarried. At either bend of the upper table the two Masters presided, and Bros. Faudel and Whitmore sat as croupiers at the bottom of the tables. Among the company were Madame Castellan and another lady from the Italian Opera; and among the gentlemen were Signors Colletti, Costa, Brizzi, and other musical brethren. The CHAIRMAN prefaced the loyal toasts with appropriate remarks. The health of the Earl of Zetland was received with true masonic respect. Bro. MULLINS proposed the health of the visiting brethren in a very neat address.

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Bro. PRYER acknowledged the compliment, and congratulated the company on the happy and brilliant addition made to the masonic ranks by the presence of the ladies.

Bro. BRIZZI proposed the health of the Chairman, on whose position in the Order and his occupancy of the chair, he descanted with much fervour.

The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and in doing so congratulated himself on the proud position he had that day been advanced to, by being permitted the honour of presiding over such a meeting, where beauty and sincerity were united to all the graces of kindness and harmony.

Bro. WRIGHT proposed the health of the Stewards, Bros. Faudel and Whitmore, whose attentions were so manifest, and which ensured the comfort of the meeting.

Bro. WHITMORE, in a very humourous address, gave an account of the severe duties the Stewards had to sustain, in travelling from London to Greenwich, tasting the white bait, and satisfying themselves that the wines were sufficiently recherché for the ladies.

The CHAIRMAN proposed the "Ladies," and certainly in so doing he availed himself of his privilege, in commenting on the general circumstances of the meeting, to the evident pleasure of the company.

The ladies then retired, and after two or three toasts the brethren joined them.

The musical arrangement was spontaneous; Bros. Colletti, Brizzi, and R. Costa were assisted by Bros. Whitmore and Spencer in the diningroom, and in the drawing-room Madame Castellan and her friend indulged the company with several airs. The song was alternated by a carpet dance, and at high twelve the meeting adjourned amid hearty good wishes for the re-union of 1849.

THE GIRLS' SCHOOL-Quarterly General Court, April 13.-A vote to increase the salary of the Secretary from 50 to 1007. was all but unanimous. In this grant public opinion will fully concur; it is a just tribute to a truly zealous and meritorious officer, and we trust the confirmation will be as creditable as the vote is honourable.

The new Committees were appointed.

Bro. Baumer resigned as member of both.

Six children were received, including a very interesting child, one of the orphans of the late Bro. Robert Field, Secretary to the Aged Masons Asylum

The children were all reported to be in good health.

ANNUAL FESTIVAL, May 17.-Present, the Right Hon. the Earl of Zetland, M.W. G. M., in the chair, and about two hundred brethren. After the removal of the cloth the usual loyal toasts were proposed, and enthusiastically received; other arranged toasts followed, and were equally welcomed.

The proceedings gave great satisfaction. The Grand Master remarked on the paucity of Grand Officers, and thought they would have added to their own happiness as well as to the funds of the institution had they been present. His lordship entered into a statement of the affairs of the charity, especially remarking on the mutability of human affairs, and observing that in the school were the children of parents who had sat in that hall partaking of the same happiness afforded to themselves. His lordship eulogized the conduct of all connected with the arrangements of the charity and last, though not least, the collector, Bro. Nichols, came in for a kind word. The Secretary introduced Mary Eyre as the successful candidate for the medal, on a ballot taken by the children themselves.

The amount subscribed exceeded 9007!

A hymn and chorus, composed (we believe by Bro. Crew) was sung by the children. Among the two hundred brethren present was Bro. General Geo. Cooke, who came especially from America, and gave his third donation of fifty guineas. Bro. Beadon of the Bedford also completed his subscription of fifty guineas.

The musical arrangements were most perfect, and the ladies bore ample testimony to the kind attention of all the Stewards, who vied with each other in rendering the entertainment so delightful.

BOYS' SCHOOL.-At the ensuing Quarterly General Court, to be held on the 3rd of July, six candidates will be declared elected.

Notices of Motion.-1. No petition to be received where the father has ceased to be a subscribing member to the Grand Lodge of England for three years previous to the presentation of such petition.

2. For the appointment of a Special Committee to report on the expediency of establishing or renting a School-house for maintenance, clothing, and educating the boys, &c.

ASYLUM FOR WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS.

The thirteenth annual festival in aid of the funds of this benevolent and praiseworthy object took place at Freemasons' Tavern on Wednesday the 2nd of June, when a numerous assembly of the brethren of the Order, and a great number of those who, not Masons, take an interest in the works of charity, gathered together to show their concurrence in the objects of the promoters of the Asylum, and to swell the funds destined for its foundation and support. Nor was the manifestation confined to the sterner sex; the ladies, whose hands and hearts are always open to aid the cause of benevolence, and to whose warm sympathies and active co-operation every charitable institution in the land owes so much, were not slack in testifying their approbation of the projected Asylum for aged and decayed brothers of the Craft; and though the laws of public etiquette forbade their mingling at the social board, they graced the gallery of the magnificent hall in which the banquet was held with a galaxy of beauty and grace, fit ornament to the holy cause of charity. The tables in the hall presented every luxury of the season, and did great credit both by the abundance of their burden and the taste with which it was displayed, to the catering talent of the brothers Bacon, who took care, that however numerous the assemblage, and it was far more numerous than at any former festival in aid of the Asylum, there should be enough, and to spare. The hour fixed for the commencement of the feast was six o'clock, but some short delay occurred in consequence of the absence of Bro. the Hon. Colonel Anson, M.P., Prov. Grand Master, a warm and constant supporter of the Asylum, who had consented to take the chair upon the occasion; and after a short delay, which the company present bore with great patience and good humour, Bro. Bigg was inducted to the chair pro tem., and, after grace by the Rev. Bro. Carver, began that indulgence in the pleasures of taste so proverbially dear to Englishmen, and the