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consequence of the loss of the charter and of the want of a second and a third Principal . This committee elected two companions to fill the chairs of H . and J ., and resolved to petition for a warrant of confirmation , and to send the petition to the Grand Superintendant . with a request that he would forward it with his recommendation that tho prayer should be granted by the Supreme Grand Chapter . " The Grand Superintendant refuses to support the petition with his recommendation , and your committee entirely concur with him in the view he has taken of the matter .

" The loss of the charter and the want of qualified companions to act as Principals practically prevents the working of the Morning Star Chapter , and from the irregular proceedings and the un-Masonic and outrageous behaviour of some of the companions , your committee are of opinion that there is no course open to the Supreme Grand Chapter but to suppress tho chapter entirely . And seeing that there is another chapter ( the Royal Burmah Chapter , No . 832 ) under the English Constitution working at Rangoon , this step would not inflict any punishment on those companions of the Morning Star Chapter , No . 614 , against whom there is no imputation . "

On the motion of B . Comp . M'Intyre , G . Reg ., seconded by Comp . G . Cox , this was referred back to the committee with instructions to communicate with tiie Grand Superintendent on the subject . The following appointments were made by the M . E . Z . : — M . E . Comps . tho Earl de Grey and Ripon , H . ( ox-oflicio ); the Rev . J . HuysheG . Supt . for DevonshireJ . ; E . Comps . W .

, , Gray Clarke , E . ( ex-officio ); Le Gendre N . Starkie , N . ; Rev . Charles R . Davy , P . S . ; Henry Grissell , 1 st Assist . Soj . ; Bentley Shaw , 2 nd Assist . Soj . -, Samuel Tomkins , Treas . ( ex-officio ); M . J . Mclntyre , Reg . ( ex-officio ); Henry Browse , Sword Bearer ; Henry Muggeridge , Standard Bearer ; John Thomas , Dir . of Cers . ; Comp . Chas . P . Payne , Janitor .

The ceremony of installing the Rev . John Huyshe as 3 rd Grand Principal was efficiently performed by Comp . J . Hervey . The M . E . Z . then appointed as members of the Grand Chapter Committee—Comps . W . P . Scott , President , B . Head and E . J . Eraser ; and the Grand Chapter elected Comps . J . Savage , P . Z . 7 ; J . Smith , P . Z . 19 ; H . Browse , P . Z . 12 ; J . Brett , P . Z . 177 ; F . Adlard , P . Z . 214 ; and F . Walters , P . Z . 73 , as the remaining members . Grand Chapter was then closed . The Eight Hon . the Earl of Zetland on entering and retiring from the hall was much cheered by the Comps .

Obituary.

Obituary .

DEATH OF BRO . CAPT . SAMUEL STANDIDGE WALTON , OP HULL .

This esteemed brother died on Sunday last , at the age of seventy-four . He was a member of the Minerva Lodge , JSTO . 250 , of which on three several occasions he was elected Master . The deceased was a burgess of Hull , and for six years represented East Sculcoates "Ward in the Hull Town

Council . Eor forty-five years he held a commission as captain in the East Yorkshire Regiment of Militia , and upon his retirement was , by special permission of the Queen , allowed to retain his rank and wear the uniform of his corps . This was in consequence of his long service , and being the oldest militia captain in England .

Masonic Lifeboat Fund.

MASONIC LIFEBOAT FUND .

The Grey Friars Lodge , No . 1 , 101 , Reading , at its last meeting unanimously voted the sum of £ ' 5 5 s . to the fund .

Meetings Of The Learned Societies For The Week Ending May 16th, 1868.

MEETINGS OF THE LEARNED SOCIETIES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 16 TH , 1868 .

MONDAY , 11 th . —Geographical Society , at 8 | . TUESDAY , 12 th . —Institution of Civil Engineers , at 8 . "WEDNESDAY , 13 th . —Society of Arts , at 8 .

Metropolitan Lodge Meetings, Etc., For The Week Ending May 16th, 1868.

METROPOLITAN LODGE MEETINGS , ETC ., FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 16 TH , 1868 .

MONDAY , May llfch . —Lodges : — St . George ' s and Corner Stone , 5 , Ereemasons' Hall . Fortitude aud Old Cumberland , 12 , Ship and Turtle Tavern , Leadenhallstreet . St . Alban ' s , 29 , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . Confidence . 193 , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . Peckham , 879 , Edinboro' Castle , Peckham-rye . Chapter : — Panmure , 720 , Loughborough Hotel ,

Loughboroughpark , Brixton . TUESDAY , May 12 th . —Lodges : —Old Union , 46 , Radley ' s Hotel , Bridge-street , Blackfriars . Burlington , 96 , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . St . Michael ' s , 211 , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . Nine Muses , 235 , Clarendon Hotel , Bond-street . "Wellington , 548 , White Swan Tavern , Deptford .

WEDNESDAY , May 13 th . —Festival of the Royal Freemasons' School for Female Children . Com . Royal . Mas . Benevolent Inst , at 3 . Lodges : —Fidelity , 3 , Freemasons ' Hall . Union "Waterloo , 13 , Masonic Hall , William-street , Woolwich . Kent , 15 , Three Tuns Tavern , Southwark . Vitruvian , 87 , White Hart Tavern , College-street , Lambeth . Justice , 147 , White Swan Tavern , High-street ,

Deptford . Euphrates , 212 , George Hotel , Aldermanbury . Merchant Navy , 781 , Silver Tavern , Burdett-road , Limehouse . Doric , 933 , Masons' Hall , Basinghall-streefc . Montefiore , 1 , 017 , Freemasons' Hall .

THURSDAY , May 14 th . —Lodges : — Regularity , 91 , Freemasons' Hall . Friendship , 206 , Ship and Turtle Tavern , Leadenhall-street . Bank of England , 263 , Radley ' s Hotel , Bridge-street , Blackfriars . Canonbury , 657 , Haxell ' s Hotel , West Strand . Lily Lodge of Richmond , 820 , Greyhound Hotel , Richmond , Surrey . Capper , 1 , 076 , Marine Hotel , Yietoria-doek , West Ham .

FRIDAY , May 15 th—Annual Gen . Meeting of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , at Freemasons' Hall , at 12 . Lodges : —Friendship , 6 , Willis ' s Rooms , Kingstreet , St . James ' s . Middlesex , 143 , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . New Concord , 813 , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Hoxton . Chapter : —St . George ' s , 5 , Freemasons' Hall . SATURDAY , May 16 th . —Lodge : —Lewis , 1 , 185 , Nightingale Tavern , Wood-green .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

* V * All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , W . C . ERRATA . —In Grand Lodge report last week among the list of Stewards for Hollingwork , read Hollingsworth . SEVERAL lodge meetings and other matters stand over until our

next issue , consequent upon the very crowded state of our pages . Q . —We are not aware of the present address of the brother in question . We heard from him about three months ago , he was then proposing to visit America .