TABLE OF CONTENTS. great light, Brother John Fowler, on the throne, & ISRAELITIS M. PAGE opened a sacred conclave. The following com- munication from the Orginal Chapter of Prince BY BRO. WILLIAM CARPENTER, P.M. & P.Z. 177. FREEMASONRY IN IRELAND 323 Masons being read, viz.:— FREE:>IASONRY AND ISRAELITISM 323 September the 6th, 1806. I cannot tell whether it has ever struck others THE HIGH GRADES IN IRELAND 324 Resolved,—That our M.W.S. be requested to as anything remarkable, that so large a number MASONRY IN SCOTLAND 325 write to our respected Brother Doctor Frederick of professing Christians in the United Kingdom, THE PARIS FREEMASONS 325 & 326 Dalcho, of Charleston , for 50 copies of his most CONSECRATION OF THE BLACKHEATH LODGE, excellent Oration, to be paid for by draft on Messrs. the British Colonies, France, Germany, America, No. 1320 326 Latouche and Co., bankers, in this city, or request- and other parts of the world should have his permission to reprint the same. THE CRAFT 326 & 327 ing adopted a system and united themselves in a ROYAL ARCH 327 The illustrious members then resolved unani- mously—That we do most heartily approve of the body, the foundation of which is obviously and MARK MASONRY 327 same, and authorize our Register and Keeper of the indisputably laid in UDAISM —using this word O RDERS OF CHIVALRY 327 Seals to present our Grand Commander with a J I NSTRUCTION 327 sealed copy of this our determination , to be used as in its widest sense as equivalent to ISRAELITISM . THE SOI-DISANT MASONS OF PARIS 32S he shall think expedient. To me there is in the circumstance something (13y order of Fowler Grand Commander) M ULTUM IN PARVO 328 & 329 John , very extraordinary. Without alluding to the A FEW I DEAS ON MASONIC ORGANISATION 329 & 330 PETER H EAPHY, Register. moot question of the origin of Freemasonry, ROYAL MASONIC SCHOOLS 330 JOHN BOYCE, sen., Keeper ofthe Seals. LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE 330 To this letter Bro. Dr. Dalcho replied further then to say that I presume no person, ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION ... 330 fro m Charleston, South Carolina, 25th now, how far back soever he may be disposed -MASONIC M ISCELLANEA 33° February, 1808, and expressed himself to carry the origin of the Craft, is prepared to COTLAND 331 S highly gratified at the request, and stated carr}- it back to a period anterior to the MASONIC BALL AT DEMERARA 331 it would be his ambition to prove worthy Christian era, much less to actually believe that ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE — Observance of the Baptist's Day 332 of the honour. On the ninth day of the a lodge was held in the wilderness of Sinai, soon * Our Ancient Brethren once more ...... 332 month called Nisavi, A.F. 493, it was resolved after the exodus of Israel from the land of their Subordination in the Higher Degrees ... 332 & 333 by the " 111. College " at Dublin : Knight Templarism and Masonry ...... 333 bondage. Much labour has been thrown away The Grand Conclave of Knights Templar ... 333 " That our Grand Commander be requested to in attempts to identify ancient peoples with Qualification for the Mark Chair 333 reprint the oration of our Illustrious Brother Frede- Freemasonry, upon no better proofs than those The 1717 Theory & 334 333 rick Dalcho, M.D., Knight of K.H. and Sovereign afforded by the fact, that they inculcated those POETRY—The Wife's Farewell Grand Inspector-General in the United States of 334 obligations of morality and beneficence which MASONIC M EETINGS FOR N EXT W EEK 334 America, together with his very polite answer to an are characteristics of the Craft. Our knowledge THEATRICAL 334 extract from the minutes of our transactions of the fifth day of the month called Tisvi, A.F. of Freemasonry, as a system or institution, ADVERTISEMENTS 321, 322, 335, & 336 492. (Signed) " PETER H EAPEY, Register." carries us back to no very remote times, but plainly fixes its origin in Christian times and As mi ht have been expected from the FREEMASONRY in IRELAND. g amongst Christian people. How comes it to lax state of Masonic history early in this pass, then, that the foundation and framework century, the author is in error frequentl BY BRO. W ILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN. y of Freemasonry should be of a purely Jewish when writing about ancient Masonry ; but, character ? Its traditions, its ceremonies, its (Concludedfrom page 307J on the whole, the lectures are well worthy ritual all bear the impress of, and are, in fact, In 1825 " a special grant to Bros. Fowler, of being printed. rooted in Judaism. Christianity is unknown in Bryant, and McGill was issued by tlie A note of a remarkable character is our lodges—as lodges—but Judaism is recog- Supreme Council for the Southern Juris- appended to page 64 of Dr. Dalcho's nised and accepted , and important lessons of faith and morality are deduced fro m it. The diction, United States, for the establish- orations from the pen of the learned doctor Teutonic race—especially the Saxon branch of ment of a Supreme Council ° in Dublin " himself. The report sent by "theSupreme 33 it—is characterised by great tenacity of will in (0. T. M'Cleitachan's Book of the Ancient Grand Council for 33° S.J. to all the Governing Lod ges throughout the two the maintenance of opinions and principles that and Accepted Rite*) This is believed by have been deliberatel formed and adopted and Hemispheres," 4th of December, 1802, says y , some to have been the origin of the 'Rose especiall in the maintenance of reli nothing of Alasonry in Ireland. In conse- y gious Croix and other degrees in Ireland, but opinions and convictions ; and no revolution or quence of which the author of the orations nothing could be further from the facts. reformation has ever been effected amongst observes " In this part of the report the Long before this warrant from the Supreme , them , in either civil or religious affairs, until Grand Council S.J. was sent to Dublin, the inspectors omitted to insert that, on the after long conflicts and much suffering. How- Hose Croix and degrees 20th of February, 5792 (A.D. 1788), the ever loosely many amongst us hold both political had been worked in Ireland. When they Royal Arch Chapter in this city (Charles- and religious opinions, there are comparatively wtrcfirst worked in that country we can- ton, U.S.), working under a warrant fro m few amongst those who may be thought to not determine, neither can we tell from Dublin , formed a junction with the Sublime exercise any influence on public opinion who whence the authority was derived to work (i.e., of Ancient and Accepted would voluntaril y and deliberately deny or them. We have not been able to trace Rite), and their members were received repudiate their political or their religious con- victions especially the latter. Tlie question these degrees so early in Ireland as in into our degrees fre e of expense, and were , then presses itself—In what way are we to England. At Bristol, wc believe, are pre- acknowledged as high as the 13th inclusive." The 13th degree in the foregoing report is account for the striking fact, that multitudes of served the earliest records of the R.C. in Christians have united themselves together in a styled the " Royal Arch." and the K.H. connection with the Knights Templar. solemn bond , the basis of which is laid in the 29th ; and Dr. Dalcho likewise declares Jewish Brethren were only permitted to take the history and traditions ? Can it be accounted for " His Royal Hi Rose Croix and K.H. after being dubbed ghness Prince Edward, upon the mere presumption , that Christians in Duke of Kent is at as Knights of the Temple, and tlie chapter , &c, present the common with Jews revere and hold sacred the has continued independent and is still in presiding officer of the degree of K.H. in Jewish Scri ptures ? I think not ; for Christians working order. In 1808 was published at England." In another part of the work do not, of course, revere and regard as less Dublin the " Orations of the Illustrious Bro. Bro. John Fowler is stated to be the chief sacred the Christian Scriptures ; and though r roderick Dalcho, Esq., M.D., reprinted officer for Ireland. they might and ought to do much to live in harmony and to co-operate in all good works by permission of the author, under the Here our investigations end. We have with their Jewish brethren , the motive and dis- sanction of the 111. the College Knights of done our best to a ffo rd li ht where mostl g y position to unite with them must he very strong K.H., and the Original Chapter of Prince darkness has prevailed for some years. Masons of Ireland." The following corres- to induce them to put their own religious attach- The Craft have now before them extracts ments and usages aside and to adopt those pondence ou the subject may prove of from authorized documents relating to the jews. We hear, too, occasionall that there interesting, and serve to prove the fact that y, ' freemasonry in Ireland," and should arc in the Craft brethren who do not attach the Rose Croix and Kni ht Kadosh degrees g other MSS. or printed papers present them- any sacrcdncss to either the Jewish or the were worked sometime before the warrant. selves to our notice in continuing our Christian Scriptures, but who regard what we Was sent from the United States as men- examination of the records and transactions receive as authentic history as only so manv tioned by that learned Mason Bro. C. T. of old Grand Lodges, wc promise again to myths, or, at best, exaggerated or magnified M'CIenachan :— refer to the subject. In conclusion , wc traditions. Yet these, like the Christian brethren , Copy of an Extract transmitted to the Illustrious desire to express a hope that the writer of make no scruple in accepting obligations which Urolher Frederick Dalcho. Esq., M.D. tlie interesting articles on " Freemasonry in mainly rest upon a Jewish foundation. I do The fifth day of the month called Tisvi A.F. England " will soon resume the " gavel " not pretend to bc able to solve this problem , , which seems to me to he full of interest 492—The members of the Illustrious College of and complete the valuable and uni , and to Heredom , Kni ghts of K.H. of Ireland , assembled que point, possibly, to a conclusion of hi h information which g import in ample form. The Grand Commander, and he has evidently at his and importance ; but this must be left for future Grand disposal Conservator of the Archives of the third , and which wc have so far, in consideration , should the subject bc deemed fc common with Masonic students London : Geo. Kennim.'. New York : Masonic , been worthy of occupying a place in the columns of Publishing Co. delighted to peruse. THE FREEMASON , THE HIGH GRADES IN IRELAND bers of the Craft) have been heretofore too easily being duly qualified ; a willingness which was the seduced. more necessary, because, except the Grand Chapter, BY HISTORICUS. " The obscurity in which the origin of primaeval there was at the time no other authorised or legal Masonry is involved has extended itself to the society of Prince Masons which met in Dublin or (Continued from page 308..) several causes and occasions of most ofthe Masonic its vicinity, which circumstance was the cause of the above application in the year 1809. We shall see from the following pamphlet all orders which fro m time to time have sprung up during the lapse of ages, and the original source of " In the year 1800, a foreigner, named Emanuel that we have been able to glean in regard to the the transcendant degree of the Prince Mason is Zimmerman, who had been previously admitted Irish Council of Rites. We are inclined, how- now lost in the darkness of remote antiquity. into the Grand Chapter, was expelled for having ever, to consider even a constitution of this " But the grand revival of this Order, fro m which committed several acts inconsistent with the nature as more regular than such a body claim- all chapters now in existence have arisen, took principles of the Order ; this being the only instance ing powers from a foreign source : for it would place about the commencement of the fourteenth of an expulsion from the chapter since its formation. century, immediately previous to the period when "In 1802, this Zimmerman, being so expelled, appear from the Grand Lodge Constitutions that and thereby under a legal disability to communicate the Irish Masons afterwards obtained a 0 the splendid qualities of Robert Bruce, displayed in 33 the assertion of his claim to the Kingdom of Scot- the honours of Prince Masonry, affected to elevate warrant from America, and the authenticity of land , vindicated the honour of his country and Bro. John Fowler, the present D.G.S. of the G.C, the spurious Ancient and Accepted Rite is restored its national independence. to the rank of a Sovereign Prince Mason. assumed in these Constitutions. The Charleston " By that distinguished patriot this illustrious "It is altogether unnecessary, and would be beside patents are probabl y the most valuable, inas- Christian Order was revived in Scotland about the the present purpose to consider, or enquire, whether much as they augmented the rite. About the year 1302 , and was by him placed upon that solid or not Emanuel Zimmerman ever received the mysteries of the chair, or whether he received them year 1808, one, Bro. Abraham Jacobs, after foundation upon which it has continued down to the present time. surreptitiousl y or in a regular manner. Not a travelling over America, settled at New York. " At what period this Order, which had been for semblance of proof, however ; not a vestige of pre- He had given the first 18 degrees to Bro. J. J. ages buried in oblivion, was first revived in Ireland sumption, or of probability, has ever been adduced Gourgas, clerk to a Dr. de la Motta. Bro. is not certainly known. Some suppose that Bruce to show that he had, by any means, regular or Gourgas afterwards showed a patent in his own himself re-established the mystery during his resi- irregular, obtained any higher degree than that handwriting, signed, however, by Dr. de la dence at Rathlin, or Rachrin, a small island off the which is conferred upon all the brethren in a Motta,, of the remaining fifteen degrees, and Irish coast, where, with some of his faithful Prince's Chapter ; but whether he was or was not possessed of the degree of a Sovereign his expul- upon this the, no doubt, worthy Bro. Gourgas followers, he was for some time reduced to seek a , refuge from the pursuit of his enemies. This sion— which was for the most base and scandalous founded an authorised and schimatic S.G. opinion, however, is much shaken by the circum- offences—totall y deprived him of any previous right Council in New York, he being then a clerk stance that the island had been totally uninhabited to confer, or assist in conferring, any of the honours upon a boat trading with England. To this until it afforded to King Robert a place of safety or privileges of the Princely Order. body applied Drs. Nash, Goss, Oliver, and and concealment ; nor does it clearly appear that " In the year 1804, Bro. Fowler, after having in Leeson in 1845, and Bro. Gourgas was glad to Bruce ever approached nearer to the Irish shores. this manner obtained an insight into the mysteries, oblige them with a warrant and patents of °. But, however this may be, it is well known that unceremoniously proceeded to the formation of a 33 chapter Immediately thereupon these brethren abrogated when Edward, the brother of Robert Bruce, having , and began to make Prince Masons, pro- been invited by the men of Ulster to aid them in ducing as his authority for so doing a piece of paper the Templar qualification , and gave the degrees their resistance to the English, landed at Carrick- or parchment, which he called an authorisation to any M.M.; but Bro. Nash received his degrees fergus, A.D. 1315, with a considerable army, that from the before-mentioned Emanuel Zimmerman, in the Templar Camp at Bristol (and was after- enterprising leader initiated a number the degraded Mason, whose sentence was never 0 gallant and wards expelled by his friends of the 33 ), Bro. of his Irish allies into this sublime degree, and afterwards rescinded. Oliver in the Templar Conclave of Hull, and formed a chapter in that ancient town , where traces " Now, of what use or validity was this paltry Bros. Goss and Leeson, as has been stated, at ofthe existence of a great Lodge of Prince Masons document ? Zimmerman had not, at any time, the authority to communicate even in the body of a London ; so that, as a learned brother remarks may even now be found. , , " By these means the art of Prince Masonry was lawful chapter, the degree of a Sovereign Prince, the origin of the English Council, " was a introduced into Ireland, where it is still cultivated, and, if even he had once been qualified to do so, his schism, emanating from a schismatic body, and where, for upwards of 50c years, its pure light expulsion must have divested him of all such rights. through a schism." But to the Irish pamphlet : has been preserved. Could he thus—could this wretched man (after his " It is true, indeed, that upon one solitary occa- " Among the Irish chapters which derive their expulsion, too)—not only admit persons to honours sion the Grand Chapter allowed itself to be dragged descent in direct succession from this distinguished which he had never himself received, but also from the usual tenor of its unobtrusive course. Its source one is that which has been long known and communicatej to a party so admitted, a personal claims were openly denounced in the public news- recognised under the style and title of' The Grand authority to elevate others, clandestinely, whenso- papers. It publicly asserted its independence and Chapter of Ireland,' which chapter has held its ever he pleased, without the assistance and sanction long recognized rights. But upon that occasion alone, meetings in Dublin for a great number of years,and of any chapter or even of any third person. and then only when it became a necessary measure still continues to hold them in that city. This "It has been stated in some of the vague rumours of self-defence against an act of public and unpro- chapter, until the last few years, used to meet only that have been put into circulation on behalf of voked aggression, and a public appeal to the at intervals for the purpose of transacting important this Chapter of Zimmerman, that its title is, or may Masonic community, ever resorted to by the Grand business, such as the granting of warrants, enacting be, derived from some other less disreputable Chapter. And since that period , while its enemies laws, and conferring its pre-eminent degrees upon source ; and it has also been reported that, within have been, during the last two years, unremitting the most distinguished members of the Masonic the last two years, and long after the assumption and indefatigable in their exertions to promulgate Order. by that chapter of its modern title of a Council of unfairly their ex parte statements, and to assail the " In the exercise of these functions it appears Rites, it became ashamed of its origin, and that it Grand Chapter by secret communications and from its records that, on the 7th March , 1796 (in has lately procured , from a Continental chapter, a whispered charges, which they have never ven- which year several noblemen and other eminent warrant or authority to legalise its meetings. For tured to bring to the test of open and impartial persons were added to the Grand Chapter), the late the first of these reports the members of the Grand investigation, the Grand Chapter, in proud con- Grand Master of the I- recmasons of Ireland , Lord Chapter are not, in any manner, responsible. They sciousness of the unimpeachable integrity of its Donoughmore, the predecessor of his Grace the can neither vouch for its correctness, nor, on the pretensions and rights, has invariably acted by tlie Duke of Leinster, was advanced in this chapter to other hand, are they anxious to enquire whether or conciliating rule of uniform forbearance and the honours of Prince Masonry j and on the 10th not the Chapter of Zimmerman is entitled to the patience of injuries ; content with the complete June, 1809, a warrant to form a subordinate chapter benefit of the fact averred. They only protest victory which it had achieved in respect of truth in Dublin was granted upon the memorial of several against that circumstance (if, indeed , it bc a fact) and argument, although outwitted by manceuvrc respectable brethren ofthe degree of H.K.T. being taken for more than it is worth j its true and and finesse ; and satisfied (more only value being merely to prove that the previous , perhaps, than a "'Dublin AprU selfish prudence would have dictated) with reflec- , , 1809. title was bad ; while it remains to be proved—not- tion that so long as those who had ventured '" To the Officers and Brethren composing the withstanding the aversion ofthe Zimmcrananiacs to to im- held at the Eagle iu peach its title, still shrank from its public, recorded Chapter of Prince Masons, , all and every process of inductive reasoning—that an abiding challenge it would best preserve its own Eustace-street. it was at all within the compass ofthe authority of dignity, and most effectively advance the harmony "' Gentlemen and Brethre n, It having been inti- a Mason, or Masons, in a foreign country, to the undersigned Past Masters of Blue of the Craft in general by gently turning a deaf car mated to us, establish a Masonic supremacy in Ireland , any to misrepresentations breathed only in secret Masonic Lodges and High Knights lemplav, that more than it lies within the compass or authority of , and it is your intention to establish another Chapter of calmly suffering to pass unnoticed each repeated , the said Mason, or Masons, to elect members to weak exhibition of those unenviable feelings and Prince Masons in this city, under your immediate sit in the Imperial Parliament, to place a member each impotent sally of those inglorious tactics protection , to bc composed of such members as you of the Council of Rites upon the woolsack, or, by which and who shall bc bound to adhere love to injure, but are afraid to abide the conse- shall approve of, means of a few worthless words upon a scrap of quences of an evil conflict. to the laws you shall prescribe, for the general paper, to delegate to Bro. John Fowler the right to regulation of that sublime degree, we beg to offer fill the throne of the United Kingdom."' " But, as in matters of less vital consequence ourselves as candidates. than the arbitrary assumption of supreme power "' Should we meet your approbation , we pled ge (To bc continued.) by the Council of Rites, the Grand Chapter has ourselves to act in strict conformity to such instruc- ever been manifest in its desire to tolerate the tions as we may receive. claims of that irregular society ; so it is deter- ' ' We remain, Gentlemen and Brethren , R EPORT of Dr. Arthur Hill Hassall, Analyst of mined never to bow its neck beneath the yoke ot the " Lancet " Sanitary Commission , Author of " Food illegal and unconstitutional usurpation. It never "' Yours most fraternall y, Straban P.M. Sharkey, nml its Adulterations ," &c, Sc , on Mayar's Semolina : will submit to surrender up its indefeasible rights Henry , 155 ; John " I have carefully tested , chemicall y and microscopically, to the imperious demands of a chapter , whose onl y P.M. 189 ; Thomas Grubb, P.M. 207 ; the samples of Semolina sent by Messrs. L. Mayar & Co., title must be derived through an irregular descent James Frederick Adamson , 620 ; Michael 36, Mark Lane, London, K.C. I find them to be per- from the Grand Chapter itself. O'Brien, 54 ; William P. Graham, 6 ; fectly genuine, of excellent quality, and eminently nutri- " In the spirit of this resolution , the following Andrew Cosgrave, 1 89.' tious. They contain a very lan;c percentage of nitro- statement has been compiled , at the request of " The above memorial having been presented to genous matter, chiclly gluten , and arc far more nutritious several distinguished friends ofthe Grand than any other food , such as Arrowroot , Tapioca, Sago, Chapter, the Grand Chapter about two months previously, Corn Flour, Farinaceous Food , ordinary Wheat Flour, or in order that every present or future member of it. was, on the 10th June, 1809, taken into considera- and every Mason who may at any any of the Cereals in use as food in this country. — time feel an tion , whereupon it was resolved, ' that the request (Signed) A RTHUR H IM . II ASSAI .L, M.D. , London. "- - interest in the subject may bc prepared to repel of said memorial bc complied with.' Highl y recommended by the Faculty for Infants, Invalids , misrepresentation wherever met with, and may be " By giving this warrant the Grand Chapter &c. Makes delicious Pudding, Custards, Wane Mange, preserved from the fatal errors into which some showed its willingness to communicate the know- &c. After a trial no family will be without Mayar'a (even amongst the intelligent and respectable mem- ledge of its high degrees to all respectable Masons, Semolina, MASONR Y IN SCOTLAND. rood was prepared for their reception. Exten- has been printed from the original, bearing sive alterations had evidently been made at William Schaw's signature, contained in the Since my last communication I have been this time at Holyrood as a warrant was issued records of the Lodge, of Edinburgh, . now called engaged looking over the Grand Lodge Laws of by the Provost and Council of Edinburgh to the Lodge of Edinburgh Mary's Chapel. I am Scotland for the years 1836 and 1848, copies of deliver to William Schaw, Maister of Wark, the not aware that it has ever been given at length which, I believe, are rather scarce. The one of sum of ;£i ,ooo, " rest and of the last taxation of before ; if such should be the case, perhaps some 1836 gives the laws and regulations pretty much ^20,000 " granted by the lloyal Buroughs in brother will kindly inform, for although a good as they are at present ; that of 1848 not only Scotland, the sum to be expended " in biggin story cannot be too often told, still it is not gives a lengthy introduction, but a copious and repairing of his Hienes Palice of Halyrud- necessary when the space can be better filled in appendix, containing, among others, copies of house," 14th March, 158 9-90. Subsequent pay- the pages of THE FREEMASON. charters granted to Sir William St. Clair, of ments to Schaw occur in the Treasurer's accounts C. J. FORSYTH. Roslin, by the Masons of Scotland about 1628, for broad scarlet cloth and other stuff, for " burde Dunoon, May 12th, 1871. and by William Schaw, Master of Works to claythes and coverings to forms and windows King James VI., from 1584 to 1602. As I do layth in the Kirk and Palace of Halyrudhouse." not remember ever to have seen any detailed On this occasion various sums were also paid by THE PARIS FREEMASONS. account of him in THE FREEMASON , and as his a precept from the King for dresses, &c, to the name is so intimately connected with the Free- ministers and others connected with the royal The following letter recently appeared in the masonry of Scotland, a few particulars regarding household " to buy thame cleithing the tyme of columns of the Gloucester journal;— him may not be out of place, taking it as I do his darrest bed-fellowis marrage and coronation." Journal!) without any comment from Appendix 2, No. 2. On this occasion we find William Schaw Maister (To the Editor of the Gloucester William Schaw was born in the year 1550, and of Wark, received ^133 6s. 8d. The Queen " Dear Sir,—I enjoyed the friendshi p of the late was probably a son of Schaw of Sauchie, in the was crowned on the 17th of May, and two days Rev. Canon Calderbank, of this city, and had a long shire of Clackmannon. following she made her first public entrance into evening with him on the night of his lamented de- He appears from an cease. Some of the more pleasant hours of my early period of life to have been connected with Edinburgh. The inscription on Schaw's monu- life have been spent in the society of Catholic the Royal household. In proof of this we may ment states that he was, in addition to his office priests, and six years ago, when on a holiday visit refer to his signature attached to the original of Master of the Works, " Sacris ceremoniis to Paris, I saw and conversed with ecclesiastics of parchment deed of the National Covenant, which propositus " and " Reginse Quaestor," which that church. A facetious Catholic invariably intro- was signed by King James VI. and his household Monteith has translated " Sacrist and Queen's duced me as ' a heretic and a Freemason.' Avoid- at the Palace of Holyrood, 28th of January, Chamberlain." This appointment of Chamber- ing religious discussion, and indeed, which was i£8o-i. In lain evinces the hi h regard in which the Queen never courted on either side, I found other and 1584 Schaw became successor to g congenial subjects on which to agree. My Arminian Sir Robert Drummond, of Carnock, as Master held him ; but there can be no doubt that the belief was never in danger from such intercourse, of Works. This high appointment placed former words relate to his holding the distin- nor do I give credence to that oft-repeated allega- under his superintendence all the royal buildings guished office of General Warden of the cere- tion against Catholics that they ' will compass land and palaces in Scotland ; and in the Treasurer's monies of the Masonic Craft, an office analogous and sea to make one proselyte.' I had to submit accounts of a subsequent period various sums to that of Substitute Grand Master as now certainly to some very hard hits against Free- are entered as having been paid to existing. It may also be proper to state that we masonry, and to quotations from the famous Allo- him in con- cution of the present Pope that the Craft is 'leagued nection with these buildings for improvements, must not confound him with his namesake, ion and of repairs, and additions. William Schaw his Majesty ' together for the common ruin of relig Thus, in September, , s Master Stabler, human society.' In France it was said that the 1585, the sum of ^315 was paid "to William who, along with his brother, Mr. Peter Schaw, Catholic priesthood had not greater enemies than Schaw, his Mafastie's Maister of Wark, for the was slain in the tumult, in the Palace of Holy- were to be found in the ranks of Freemasons. I reparation and mending of the Castell of Stiner- rood, occasioned by Francis, Earl of Bothwell, could only reply that whatever the Craft might be ling," and in May, 1590, 400, by his Majesty on the 27th of December, 1591. The King, we in other countries, in England we knew naught of .£ 's and precept, was " delyverit to William Schaw, the are told, made an oration the following day in disaffection to legally constituted authority, Maister of Wark St. Giles' Kirk " that the Catholics had not greater friends than were , for reparation of the hous of anent the fray and William to be found amongst English Freemasons, who Dumfemling, befoir the Queen's Majestic Schaw's slaughter." Neither is he to be indenti- taught and practised toleration to the fullest extent passing thairto." Sir James Melville, in his fied with another person of the same name who for all religious denominations so long as they did memoirs, mentions that, being appointed to was struck through the body with a rapier by not run counter to the law of the realm. receive the three Danish Ambassadors who Francis Mowbray, son of the Lord of Barnbough, " That it was upon record that when, but a few came to the country in 1585 (with overtures for in April, 159 6. William Schaw died at the age years ago, a nobleman, at a Masonic assembly in an alliance with one of the daughters of of 52 in 1602, and was buried in the Abbey Ireland, took advantage of his position as president Frederick IL), of the meeting to speak against the Catholic he requested the king that two Church of Dumfermline, where a handsome hierarchy, Masonic law and usage were pleaded other persons might be joined with him, and for monument was erected to his memory by Queen against him, and the Grand Lodge in which he this purpose he named Schaw and James Anna with the following inscription (his name heldofficerequircdhim to make a public retractation. Meldrum of Seggie, one of the Lords of Session. and monogram cut in a marble slab, which, tradi- " It was alike honourable to the Craft and to his It further appears that Schaw had been employed tion says, was executed by his own hand, and Order that the noble delinquent candidly acknow- in various missions to France. We know also containing his mason's mark, is shown on the ledged the error of his ways, and promised not to that he accompanied James VI. to Denmark in work this is taken from) in Latin, by Alexander repeat the offence. In my interviews with Catholic the winter of priests, it was known that I originated the' me- 158 9, previous to the King's mar- Seton, afterwards Earl of Dumfermling and Lord morial to Bishop Hooper in this city, who suffered riage with the Princess Anna of Denmark. The Chancellor of Scotland, who died in April, 1627, martyrdom at the hands of the , and marriage was celebrated by David Lyndesay, aged 67. A translation by Robert Monteith, that I was instrumental in the Freemasons laying Minister of , at Upslo in Norway, on the Edinburgh, in " The Theatre of Mortality," in the foundation-stone of the monument. I could 23rd of November, and on the following morning 1713, is as follows :— but affirm that the Freemasons did not do this the King, as from any hostile feeling to the Roman Catholics, " a morrowing gift ," granted to the To His Most Intimate Friend Queen's Grace the Lordship of Dumfermline and " , but as a protest against the cruelties of bygone ' WILLIAM SCHAW. times, and to testify in these days of toleration, in other lands in Scotland. The King and his " Live with the Gods, thou worthy, live for ever, the words of Goethe, that ' kindness is the golden attendants remained during the winter season in From this laborious life death now doth thee deliver. chain by which the world is held together ;' directing Denmark. Schaw returned to this country on ALEXANDER SETON, D.F. to persecute and condemn no one, but to love, the 16th of March, 158 9-90, for the purpose of succour, console and improve all. " This small structure of stone covers a man of Protestants have their Book of Martyrs, but making the necessary arrangements for the excellent skill " ' ' reception , notable probity, singular integrity of if the history of nations were impartially written, of the wedding party. This we learn life, adorned with greatest virtues, William Schaw, from David Moysic all religions would be found blamcable. ' Let him , one of the clerks of Privy Master of the King's Works, Sacrist, and the that is without offence cast the first stone.' Mary Council, whose memoirs furnish some minute Queen's Chamberlain. He died as above. Among persecuted and put to death Protestants. Elizabeth and interesting particulars of occurrences at that the living he dwelt 52 years ; he had travelled was an intolerant bigot, and as a learned historian time. He says : " About the 16th day of March France and many other kingdoms for improvement with no Catholic leanings, says, ' malignant ' in her William Schaw, Maister of Wark came from the of his mind. He wanted no liberal art or science j persecution of her Catholic and Protestant subjects. , was most skilful in architecture. He was early King out of Denmark with direction to cause the The barbarities practised during the reign of the recommended to great persons for the singular gifts Virgin Queen were a dishonour to our common schippis the Burrowis had appoynted mak out of his mind. He was not only unwearied with for bring humanity. But I have been very recently reminded ing his majestic homeward to outred labours and business, and insuperable, but daily of old arguments adduced by me in defence of the (prepare) the Abbey (of Holyroodhouse), and strenuous and strong. He was most dear to every Craft to which I belong, and I have been good- to have all thingis in readiness for his majestie's good man who knew him ; he was born to do good humouredl y taunted with the action taken by the hame-cumming quhilk sulci be in Apryle nixt, offices, and thereby to gain the hearts of men, now Freemasons in Paris, and of the assertion of schewing also that he lives etern ally with God. Citoyen Allix, a member of the Commune, that the Queue was with bairne, " Queen Anna caused this monument to be and that the King and his company had been Weill ' the Commune of Paris puts in practice that which erected to the memory of this most excellent and Freemasonry has long since affirmed , that the re- entertained." Schaw brought with him a paper most upright man, lest his virtues, which deserve subscribed b construction of the Temple was certainly of this y the King, containing the " Ordour eternal commendation , should fail or decay by the epoch—the re-organisation of labour.' To this set down be his Majestic to be effectual be his death or mortality of his body." bathos I appeal to Masonic law, which inculcates, Hienes Secreit Counsall, and preparit agane his I intend, as soon as time permits, to give a ' A Mason is a peaceable subject to the civil powers Majestie's retume in Scotland ," dated in verb, et lit. copy of " The Statutis and Ord i- wherever he resides or works, and is never to be February, 1589-90. The King and his royal concerned in plots and conspiracies against the nances to obseruit by all Maister Massounis peace and welfare of the nation. He is cheerfully bride arrived in Leith on the 1st of May, and within this Realme," as prepared by William remained there six days in a building to conform to every lawful authority, to uphold on called Schaw in the year 1598, Master of the Works to every occasion the interests of the community, and " The King's Work," until the Palace of Holy- King Tames the VI., which curious document zealously promoter the prosperity of his own country. Masonry has ever flourished in times of peace, and perous lodge took place at the head quarters of 'the 1st been always injured by war, bloodshed, and con- \%tyaxt% at M,v&nmt StecthTfpj Surrey Rifles, Camberwell-road, on Wednesday, the loth fusion.' —$— inst. Bro. James Stevens, W.M., opened the lod ge at " The Paris Freemasons have covered themselves THE CRAFT. the appointed hour, and was ably supported by his officers. with obloquy and ridicule, and are without the pale This being the installation night, Bro. S. H. Wagstaff was of the Order. But the murky cloud which has presented, and received the benefit of that ceremony, which METROPOLITAN. Bro. Stevens. settled upon Freemasonry in Pans is not without was worked in an admirable manner by J. Egyptian Lodge, No. 27.—The last meeting of the The new W.M. gave a specimen of his ability by working its silver lining. H. Hamel, of the Lodge L'Avenir, season of this celebrated old lodge was held on Thursday, the ceremony of initiation. It was proposed by Bro. protests in the Steele against ' individuals arro- the 4th instant, at Anderton 's Hotel, Fleet-street. Bro. Dubois, and resolved , that an inscription on vellum be gating to themselves the right of committing a T. Sheppard , W.M. , opened the lodge. There were presented to Bro. J. Stevens as a testimony of respect and corporation which numbers adherents in both also present : Bros. J. Palmer, S.W. ; Atkins, J.W. ; esteem , and as an acknowledgment of the manner in which camps to acts which, not being purely those of B. P. Todd , P.M., Treas. ; H. G. Buss, P.G.T. of he had exerted himself for the welfare of the lodge. A fraternal conciliation, are unfaithful to the pri- Middlesex, P.M , Sec ; F. Harrison , S.D, ; Lambel l , magnificent banquet, served a la Russe, followed, and mordial law of Masonry.' T.D. ; Donald M'Ree, I.G. ; T- B. Poole, I.P.M. ; J. after the cloth was drawn, the usual toasts were given and " But what concerns me is the averment that Coutts, G.P. , P.M. ; H. Jacobs, D. G. Berri, W. H. duly honoured. The W.M., in proposing the health of the Paris Freemasons who threw in their lot with Libbis, P. M.'s; and a large number of the brethren. the I. P.M., eulogised Bro. Stevens for the manner in the insurgents have been influenced by a latent After the lodge was opened , and the minutes of the which he had carried out the duties of W.M. for the past feeling of opposition to the Roman Catholic priest- preceding meeting had been unanimously confirmed, the year, and presented him with a splendid iS-carat gold W.M., Bro. T. Sheppard , in a correct, impressive and in- am afraid this can be verified. Still they , diamond mounted P.M. jewel It bears the following hood. I superior manner, raised Bros. Gheek and G. F. Payne scription :— Presented to Bro. James Stevens, as H. Hamel testifies. J. " 1871. stand condemned, to the third degree, passed Bros. L. Benjamin and J. P.M., by lhe brethren of the Macd onald Lodge, No. 1216, " The great element in Freemasonry, and which Bangs to the second degree, and initiated Mr. J. Soldini in earnest appreciation of his valuable services as principal has ever recommended it to my warmest sym- into Masonry. The officers, as usual in this lodge, were founder of the lodge, and as W.M. during the past year." pathies, is (Communistic let it be) that we labour to perfect in their work. It was then unanimously agiecd —Bro. Stevens returned thanks, and said that he looked bring together upon a common platform of social to hold a summer banquet at Kew in July, and the lod ge upon the Macdonald Lod ge as he did on his own children ; intercourse men of all religious creeds, and of was duly closed. There was no banquet, and the brethren he felt a father's feelings towards the lodge in general, and varied shades of political opinion, to work in the separated. as a brother to every individual member. He hoped they cause of charity and for the alleviation of human Lodge of Unity, No. 1S3. —This old lodge held its last should go on and prosper, and allow no dissensions to suffering. ' Thus Masonry is the centre of union meeting of the session on Monday, the 22nd inst., at the disturb their harmony.—Among the visitors were Bros. between good men and true, and the happy means London Tavern , City. Iiro. Wad ling, W. M., opened Brid ges, P.G. S. B. ; Parsons, P.S.G.W. Surrey ; Jordan, of conciliating friendship amongst those who must the lodge, and there were present Bros. Garrett , S.W. ; P.M. of an Indian Lodge; and Jesse Owens, Finsbury, Bros. otherwise have remained at a perpetual distance.' Broombrid ge, J.W. ; Moore, S.D.; Collins, J.D. ; Spen- S61. Several members were present, including Rev. Shaboe Meggy, John Thomas, Curtis, Sec, &c.—Bro. Stevens " I am, dear sir, yours truly, cer, I.G. ; , P.M., Chaplain ; G. Thompson, I.P.M. ; Spelh , P.M. , Treas. ; Taylor P.M. ; Vascy, sang his celebrated song " What belter theme than "HEN RY EFFS , J P.M. ; and others. The much respected Secretary, Masonry ?" and olher brethren contributed to the harmony " Bro. "Gloucester, May 4, 1871. Doggett, P.M., was absent through ill-health , greatly to of a most cnjovable evening. lhe regret of the brethren. The minutes of the previous CONSECRATION of the BLACKHEATH meeting having been confirmed , the newly-inslallcd W.M. PROVINCIAL. made his maiden effort at work by raising Bro. Dixie to R INGWOOD, HANTS.— Unity Lodge, No. 132—The LODGE, No. 1320. the third degree, and was highly complimented on the usual meeting of this ancient lodge took place on the 9th After a long time, as the number will indicate, has correct and highly impressive manner in which he went inst., W. Bro. Budden , W.M. 622, officiating as W.M. elapsed since the warrant of this lod ge has been through the ceremony, the othtr officers adding to its The only ceremony worked was the passing of Bro. granted (througha combination of unforeseen events, beauty by the perfect style in which each performed his Lawrence, which was done by the W.M. in his usual which unavoidably caused the lodge to remain un- part. The W. M. , on behalf of the lodge presented to correct and impressive manner. The charge was delivered notabl y among them being the alteration the I.P.M., Bro. Thompson , with a massive gold P. M. 's by W. Bro. Edsall, W. M. Amity, 137, and the lecture opened, 1 the consecration of this lod jewel, bearing a suitable inscription. In so doing, the on the t racing board given by Bio. Reade, S.W., 32. of place of meeting), ge some length Several members of the lodge were absent, but all who May 10th at the Crown W.M. expatiated at on the services rendered took place on Wednesday, , by that brother during his Mastershi p of the lod ge. were present were much impressed by the correct working Hotel, Blackheath Village, Blackheath. Bro.Thompson acknowledged the gift in very appropriate ofthe W.M. After the lodge was closed, a banquet fol- The lodge was opened by that veteran consecra- terms. A vote of thanks was ordered to be recorded on lowed with the usual toasts. The health of "The W.M. ting officer Bro. H. Muggeridge, P.M. 192 , the the minutes to Bro. Todd, P.M., for his efficient services and Lodge 622 " (St. Cuthberga , \Vimborne) was proposed officer appointed for the purpose by the M.W. as Installing Master at the previous meeting. Some formal by Bro. Reade.—Bro. Budden , in responding, expressed Grand Master,the Earl de Grey and Ripon (and who business having been disposed of, lhe lod ge was closed. his willingness to assist 132 in every way, and his pleasure has so frequently done this all-important ceremony, A superior banquet followed, the usual toast were duly al seeing so old and good a lodge resuscitated.—Bro Low, and we are pleased to note him again resuming his honoured , and with the good singing of some of the the Treasurer, announced a good balance in hand, a state labours in that capacity), who appointed as his brethren , a few hours were most agreeabl y spent. Bros. of things to which 132 for some years has been a stranger. officers Bros. J. Hamilton Townend, W.M. 715, as F. Walters, M. H. Winder, and T. W. Rogers were Bro. Reade alluded to this, and hoped that the lodge Henry Birdseye, S.D. as J.W.; James present as visitors. would subscribe to all the charities— it at present possess- S.W. ; 715, ' School—a suggestion Clemmans S.D. 1 as Organist. The Beadon Lodge, No. 619.—This lodge met on Wednes- ing only a life vote for the Boys , 715, 309, which met with unanimous approval . ceremony of the consecration was most beautifull y day, at the Greyhound , Dulwich. Bro. Saul Wells, W.M., Dal T EICESTER No. —A rendered, and the entire long programme was occupied the chair. Bro. J. y, yler, having died L .— John of Gaunt Lodge, 523. meeting, and lhe Treasurer having resigned meeting of this lodge was held at Freemasons' Hall, on regularly carried out. Bro. Muggeridge then in- since the last , the brethren elected Bro. W. Y. Laing to the former, Thursday, the iSth inst., the W. M., Bro. T. H. Buzzard , stalled Bro. Henry Collington, P.M. 140, P.M. and and Bro. Charles Totter, P.M., to the latter office. On in the chair, and lhe following brethren also being Treasurer S7i , as the first W.M., who appointed lhe transfer of the duties from the late to the present present : W. Kelly, P.M. and R.W.P.G.M. ; George as his officers Bros. E. M. Hubbuck. P.G.S., P.M. Trcasurer. an Audit Committee was, at the late Treasurer's Toller, jun., I. P.M. and P.G. Sec ; W. B. Smith, P.M. 58, P.M. 140. S.W.; Walter Noak, P.M. 140, request, appointed ; and Bro. Lccuw then proposed , and and P. P. G.J.W., Treasurer ; C. Tohnson , P.M. and J.W.; E. W. Pook, P.M. 140 , S.D.; Webster, Sec. Bro. Captain Smith seconded, the names of Messrs. P.P.G.S.W. Jersey, Org. ; W, Sculthorpe, S.W. ; Rev. The usual charges were then given by Bro. Edward Wright, W. Lockett, and William Angus for Dr. Haycroft , P.G.C, j.W. ; F. J. Baines, Sec. : S. S. H. Muggeridge in his well-known and superior initiation at next meeting. An excellent dinner was Partrid ge, P.G. R eg., S D. ; J. G. F. Richardson, J.D.; style. At the conclusion of the ceremonies the afterwards partaken of, and the brethren spent a most G. B. Atkins and A. Sergeant , Stewards ; K. Mace, I.G.; usual vote of thanks and other compliments were happy evening together. C. Bembridge, ; C. S. Thomson, A. Ross, W. T. given to Bro. H. Muggeridge for his kind assist- Panmure Lodge, No. 720. —This lod ge held its installa- Rowlett , F. Parsons, C. A. Spencer, Dr. Clifton , and C. ance as the consecrating officer, and we are pleased tion meeting on Monday the 15th inst., at the Balham Whitaker. Visitors : Bros. C. Stretton , P. P.G. R eg., to bear cur testimony that he never rendered the Hotel , when were present Bros. James M. Young, W.M. ; W.M., and W. Weare, P.P.G.S.D. , P.M. and Treas., better than what he did on this Henry F. Huntley, S.W. ; II. F. Hodges, J.W. ; J. No. 279 ; and Dr. Loughnan , No. 724. On the minutes ceremonies any of the last meeting being read and confirmed , a ballot occasion. It was most pleasing to all who were Poore, S.D. ; Paine, J.D. ; li. Pulman, I.G. ; John Treas. ; B. Wolpert , P.M. ; R. W. was taken for the W.M. for the ensuing year, which fortunate enough to be present to listen to him Thomas, P.M., J. Huntley, Lilley, Maddern , Duck , Lane, and Withall. resulted in the unanimous election of the S.AV., Bro. W. doing his work so well. The visitors were Bros. James Stevens, P.M. 121G, and Sculthorpe, who returned thanks to the brethren for the Several joining members and candidates for P.M. of Ibis lod ge; Edward Worthington , P.M. 507 ; honour conferred upon him. It was arranged that the initiation were proposed. The lodge was closed. W. Simmons and lid ward Bye. The loilge having been annual festival should take place on Friday, June 23rd , in We congratulate the brethren who have under- duly opened , Bro. Lane was examined, entrusted , and lieu of Saturd ay, St. John's Day. A vote of thanks for taken with such success the formation of this new subsequently raised to the sublime degree of M.M. Bro. past services was unanimously accorded to Bro. Thomas lodge. Several residents of Blackheath and its John Thomas, P.M., then occupied the chair of K.S., and Cooper, P.P.G.S.W., a retired P.M. of the lodge, and he vicinity have from time to time made attempts at in his usual effective and impressive manner, installed was nominated as an honorary member. Two gentlemen doing so. Meetings have been held for such a Bro. II. F. Huntley as W. M. for the ensuing year, and having been proposed as candidates for Masonry, it was purpose but nothing has been carried out. Now, completed the full ceremony by delivering the addresses resolved to take their initiation at an emergency meeting. , on behalf of Bro. W. we have a body of energetic brethren well-known to officers and brethren. The newly-installed Master at The Prov. G.M., J. Hughan, of , Truro, presented to the library of the hall four curious and we have no doubt they will once commenced his work by initiating in very perfect in the locality, photo-lithograp hic Masonic plates, a tracing-board , and ge a great success. They have carried sty le Mr. W. Truslcr, and then closed his lodge. The make this lod lodge are : Bros the " Report of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of , and no new officers of the . II. F. Huntley, into effect what they have undertaken W.M.; James M. Young, I.P.M. ; II. F. Hod ges, S.W.; Columbia " for the past year, for which the thanks of the doubt amongst the large number of brethren who J. Poore, J.W. ; John Thomas, P.M., Treas. ; James M. lodge were voted lo the W. Bro. Hughan for these addi- reside at Blackheath, very many will avail them- Young, P.M., Sec. ; Paine, S.D. ; C. Pulman , J.D. ; tions to his former donations. There being no further selves ofthe opportunity of joining the local lod ge, Withall , I.G. ; Maddern , D.C. ; and Duck, W.S. The business, the lodge was closed, and the brethren adjourned which has the speciality of being a summer lodge. usual installation banquet followed labour, the provision to refreshment. The brethren adjourned to a good banquet. f or which and the attention given throughout to the com- LIVERPOOL.— Temple Lodge, No. 1094.—This lodge Amongst the large number of brethren present fort of the brethren , amply merited the oft-repeated ac- held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, the 101I1 inst., we noticed Bros. Col. Perkins, W .M. 5 : T. H. knowled gment accorded to Bro. Lilley, at whose hotel being opened in due form by Bros. David Watt Win- Brankston, P.G.S., 46 I W. E. Jackson, P.G.S.; C. the lolge holds ils meetings. The usual loyal and stanley, W.M. ; William Crane, P.M. ; Smith, P.M. ; J. Hogg, P.G.S.; W. Kibble, P.M. 715 ; H. Masonic toasts were g iven and responded to; that of Dawson, S. W. ; Gilbert , J. W. ; Jos. Wood , Treas, ; " calling up Bio. James Young, who ex- Pook, late 766 ; and several other brethren. " The I.P.M. Marsh. Sec, P.M., P.G.A.D.C. ; Sweeting, S.D. ; pressed his thanks both for lhe handsome jewel with which Martin. J.D. ; Washington , M .C; J. Deacon , Organist; the lodge had presented him , and lhe enthusiastic recep- and Pickup and Yelland , Stewards. Visitors : Bros. " M ORE than a year ago one of my children tion of his name. The initiate and the visitors respectively General Dines, New York ; Vines, W.M. 1299 ; &c. was attacked with bronchitis, and , after a long replied when called upon, and Bio. Worthington sang, Minutes of installation , &c, having been read, and the illness, was given up by my physician as 'past in good style, Bro. Stevens' Masonic song, " What better ballot taken for Mr. William Lupton , barrister-at-law, cure. ' I was then induced to try your Vegetable theme than Masonry ?" Song followed song, and harmony he was declared duly elected for initiation. The lodge Pain Killer, and from the time 1 began the use prevailed until the " time for trains " arrived , when the was then opened in the second degree, when Bros. Duff of it the child rapidly got better, and is now brethren separated well satisfied with their successful and Walters were duly passed to the degree of F.C. by strong and healthy. — J OHN W INSTANLEY, 10, meeting. the W.M., which ceremony he performed in admirable Whittli-st., L'pool, Jan. 1869.—To P. D. & Son.'' Macdonald Lodge, No. 1216. — A meeting of this pros- style, the working tools being given by Bro. Dawson, S.W. There being no other business, the lodge was members so as to present the W.M., in addition to his advanced to this interesting degree. The .W. Prro. T. closed in due form. jewel, with something of more value and use in his own Meggy, P.G.M.O., then proceeded to the installation of ¦3> home, so that his wife and family may see and know how the W.M.-elect, Bro. W. Stone, who was in due form WEST DERBY. — Pembroke Lodge, No. 1299. —The deservedl y he is respected by the brethren of this lodge. invested and inducted into the chair. The brethren members of this lodge held their usual monthl y meeting A ballot was taken for Bro. Charles Bayley, of No. having been re-admitted , the W. M. then proceeded to on the 20th ult. ' 9, , at Rawlinson s Hotel, West Derby, near and he was declared to be unanimously elected a jo ining appoint his officers as follows : Bros. S. Rosenthal , S.W.; Liverpool. Owing to the inclemency of the weather member. Bro. F. Ridley, of No. 1S6, was proposed as a Ii. W . Chadwick , J.W. ; H. Marfleet , M.O. ; J. Gower, there was not quite such a large muster of the brethren as joining member. Bro. T. Knott W. and W. M.-elect, S.O. ; S. C. Hadley, J.O. ; W. Roebuck S.D. ; Wm. has hitherto distinguish , J. , ed this young lodge. Bro. Vines, was able, in the course ofthe evening, to announce what a Dewar, J.D. ; J. H. Wynne, Treas. ; Ii. W. Binckes, W.M., presided , and was ably supported in his duties by large sum he had collected as their Steward when repre- Sec. ; L. Spiebnan , I.G. ; and Gilchrist, T ler. The the following y officers : Bros. Wm. Crane, P.M. ; Sellars, senting them at the Girls' School Festival, The lodge W.M. then re-appointed Bro. Rev. D. Shaboe as Chap. S.W. ; Thos. Marsh , P.G.D.C. West Lancash i re, and was closed, and the installation will be held on Tuesday, Nothing further offering for ths good of Mark Masonry, P.P. G.S B., , Treas. ; P. Macmuldrow asJ.W. ; Clayton , July nth. Being an off-night, instead of banquet a the lodge was then closed in due form until the second Sec ; Wm. Jones, S.D. ; Wm. Wilson, J.D. ; Cotter, superior supper was served (which in the majority of Wednesday in August. The brethren then adjourned to I. G. ; Cook J. , D.C; Kelly, S.S.; &c , &c. After the lodges would have passed for a banquet), and after the an excellent banquet , prov ided by Bro. C. Gosden, which minutes of the last meeting had been read and confirmed , cloth was cleared, the usual loya l and Masonic toasts were gave universal satisfaction, and after .1 f ew hours of har- Mr. Adam Roberts Murthwaite was initiated , two joining given, Bro. F. Walters responding for "The Visitors. " mony and brotherl y love, a must pleasant evening was members elected , and another was proposed for election . Some excellent songs were sung—-Bro. Manley singing brough t to a close. The W.M. then rose, and addressing the I.P.M., Bro. " Thou art so near and ;" Bro. Ridley, " Tlie Crane yet so far , in a neat speech presented him with the following Minute Gun at Sea ;" Manger, " The Man at the Nore," address, which had been engrossed upon vellum ORDERS OF CHI VALRY. , illumi- and some others. The Tyler's toast brought a most nated in a high style of art, and enclosed in a handsome agreeable evening to a pleasant termination. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. gilt frame :— T HAMPTON M IDDLESEX. Ao. 1326. — "To Bro. William Crane, P.M. Pembroke Lodge, No. , —Lebanon Lodge, IrswiCII. — Royal Phinta ^e.nct Encampment. — The 1299, of Free and Accepted Masons. The first meeting of the season of this prosperous lod ge members of this conclave met at their field of encamp- "We, the undersigned , on behalf of the members of was held on Wednesday, 17th inst., at the Red Lion ment at lhe Masonic Hall , on the evening of Ascension the Pembroke Lodge, avail ourselves, upon the occasion Hotel, Hampton. Punctuall y at five o'clock the W.M., Day. The minutes of the last conclave having been con- Bro. Thomas Moss The minutes of your retirement from lhe chair, to testify our deep John , opened the lod ge. finned , Sir Kt. J. II. Townsend , Captain of Lines of the sense of the uniform courtesy and able manner in which of the last regular ar.d several emergency meetings were province of Suffolk and Cambrid ge, was installed Eminent you have during your term of office discharged the duties read and confirmed , after which a letter was read from Commander fur the ensuing vear, the ceremony liavinsr W. Harvey, ]. W., resigning his membershi which of W.M. We heartily congratulate you upon the hon- Bro. p, been performed by Sir Kt. Rev. Ii. N. Sanderson, 30°, ourable position to which the Pembroke Lodge has attained was received with regret. The W.M. then appointed the Prov. D.G. Commander ofthe united provinces of Suffolk following officers, viz. , Bros. Ii. Bowman, j.W. ; T. F. under your care and guidance as the first Worshipful " and Cambrid ge. The Sir Kni ghts were honoured on this Master, and sincerely trust your life may be spared to see Woodley, S.D. ; G. Banks, J.D. ; and J. Thomas, I.G. occasion by the presence ofthe hi ghl y-respected Prov. G. it second to none in the province. Bros. H. A. Dubois and Scott were elected joining mem- Commander Captain N. G. Phili ps, °. The newly- and a ballot proved favourable to several candidates 33 [W M, S. VINES, W.M. bers, installed E. C. havirg appointed his officers , the encamp- OHN S ELLARS, S.W. for initiation , who through ill-health and other causes ment was closed in ancient form. J were absent. The presiding officer, in an able manner, JOSEI'II CLEG G, J. W. H ENRY CLAYTON, Treas. then raised Bro. Arthur Overton , 1309, to the third de- isignecij/Qionorii J gree. Other joining members and candidates for initiation INSTRUCTION. pETER MACMU U)ROW > SeCi W M. ONES, S.D. were proposed, and the lodge was closed. Refreshment J The fifteen sections were worked on Wednesday, the AMES COOK , D.C. followed labour. Present, besides those named : Bros. J Wickens, S.W. ; Hammond and Poller, P. M. 's; and 17th inst. , at the Confidence Lodge of Instruction , held v EDWIN H UGHES. at Bro. Forstcr's, Railway Tavern , London-street , E. C. "West Derby, 1871." others. Visitors : Bros. J. T. H. Moss and A. Devcreux, 169, W. Haines, 1S4, A. Overton , 1309, &c. We have never yet had the pleasure of recording a more Bro. Crane acknowled ged the testimonial in suitable terms, T successful mceliii'.r . Bro. Verry occup ied the chair ; Bros. expressing the gratification it gave him to find that his MARKET HARIIOROUGIL —St. Peter' s Lodge, Ao. 1330. ' —The last regular meeting of this young and flourishing Gottheil , P.M. ; Barnes, S.W. ; Hogard , J.W. ; Atkins, efforts for the welfare and success of lhe young lodge had I.G. ; C. C. Tay lor, Treas. ; Felton , Hon. Sec ; Austin lodge before the summer recess was held at the Assembly , met with the approval of his brethren and fellow-helpers, Saunders, Clarke,' Yche, Salmonese, Batl y, Ilarficld, and assured them lhat they would always have his heart- Rooms, Three Swans' Ilolel, on Friday, the 5th instan t , , in the chair. Constable Berry, Ross, Ricnardson , Goldberg, Benjamin , felt sympathies and best wishes. The lod ge was then the W.M. , Bro. Kelly, R. W. Prov. G.l\l., Hollington Radford , Halford Soldini , , Murp h y, Partington , John- closed , and the brethren sat down to a substantial supper There were also present : Bros. Rev. J. F. , son yers , Snelling, ; Ii. Waite Treas. ; W. II. Manis , M Clayton , Pinnell , Lazarus, Ducas, provided by Iiro. Rawlinson, afier which the usual toasts P.G.C , J.W. , P.M., , Genese, Bradbrook and M'. Davies Sec. ; F. Kemp, Dixon , Org. ; Lewin as , . Afler the usual were drunk, and many excellent songs enlivened the pro- P.M., S.D. ; preliminaries , ihe sections were carefull I.G. ; Freestone, Fuller, lleggate (MR.C.S.), F. Grant y and correctly ceedings. The visitors present were Bros. Capt. Allan worked as follows :—1st lecture : 1st section , Bro. Berry ; Morison (263), Joseph Slade (1219), John Evans (220), (M.D.), Laurence, Shovelbottom , Harrison , Platford , Bro. M Rev. F Healey, Martin , Gibbs and 2nd , . Davies ; 3rd , Bro. Snelling; 4th , Bro. Cookson (W.M. 11S2), and Leighton (594), who each and . M. Beaumont, , Bro. Barnes ; 6th Clarke, Visitors : Bros. S. Jacob P. M. and Berry ; Sth , , Bro. Gottheil; 7th , Bro. all expressed themselves much gratified with the pleasure Tyler. , 445 Saunders. 2nd Lecture : 1st section . Bro. Ilavfield they had experienced in visiting the Pembroke on this P.G.S.W. Northamptonshire and Hunts ; Charles John- Baines " 2nd , Bro. Austin ; 3rd , l>ro. Hogard ; 4th , Bio. Barnes ; occasion. son, P.M. and P.P.G.S.W. Jersey ; F. J. , Sec. Bro. S.D 5th , Saunders. 3rd Lecture : 1st section, Bro. 523 and P.G. Steward ; and A. Palmer, . 279. Gottheil ; 2nd Bro. lingard ; A pologies were received for the unavoidable absence on , 3rd , Bro. Berry. The B ROMLEY, K ENT. —Acacia Lodge, A'o. 1314.—This lod ge was then resumed to the 1st degree, and the follow- most flourishing lodge held its regular meetingon Tuesday, military duty of Bio. Col. Sir Henry St. John Halford , Bart., S las, and also of Bro. ing brethren elect -.1 members : Bros. Partington (147), the 9th instant , at the Bell Hotel. Bro. Alfred Avery, .W., and Lieut. Doug J.D., T. Johnson (lor_o), W. II. Mvers (820), T I.G., by a professional engage- G. Clavton (1259), P.G.D.C. Middlesex, W.M. , opened the lodge, and was . Macaulay, M.R.C.S., W. Snelling (iSo), I.. Pimicll 6)' ment. On the lodge being opened in the first degree and (107 . I.. Lazarus (lisS), supported by Bros. Ii. H. Williams, S.W. and Treas. ; Soldini (2;). M. Benjamin (27), B. Ducas T the minutes read and confirmed , certificates were delivered J. (95), G. . Knott, J.W. ; E. Coste, P.M. and Sec. ; Saul Wells, Hollington (933), S. Genese (iSS), Bradbrook and ; W. Seaman G to such as were present out of between twenty and thirty (1259), S.D. ; Manger, J.D. , I. . ; C. Warwick Berry (554). A vote of thanks to the W. M. for the ad- Jordan, Org. ; T. W. Av-ry, P.M. ; W. II. Baylis, W. brethren raised in the lodge since its opening in Septem- 's lod and Bro. mirable manner in which he had carried out lhe duties of Holland , J. Wyer, J. Savill , J. Bell , Mauley, II. A. ber last. A F.C. ge was then opened , the chair, also thai he should be elected a Gibbs went through a hi hl y-satisfactory examination in honora ry mem- Lovett, Ii. Myatt, W. Sutton , J. J. Laskey, J. Barrett , g ber, was unanimou sly carried . Bro. Hogard was also and others. The visitors were : Bros. F that degree, after which he was duly raised to the decree . Wallers, P. M. unanimousl y elected W.M. for the ensuing week.—The 73, W. M. 1309 ; Pettit (95), S. Groves (95), F. Ridley of M.M. Bro. Dixon , Organist, presided at the har- W.M. having, monium and wilh the assistanccof Bros. , Palmer, in an able speech , thanked the brethren (186), J. K. Brook (975), &c. The minutes of the , Johnson for their attendance, more especiall Freestone, and others, gave the musical chants. The y those who had come previous meeting were read and unanimously confirmed. miles to support him , the lod ge was closed ; and this The W.M., in his well-known superior style and with his ceremony being concluded with the traditional narrative, brought the evening to a very harmonious close. — Upon customary ability, raised Bro. James Bell , passed Bros. &c , the lod ge was regularl y closed down to the first the above proceedings it would be entire l degree, after which a gentleman having been proposed y superfluous to Sutton, Chubb, and Ellis (of Albion Lodge, No. 9) lo the make any comment—it speaks for itself—unless it be that second degree, and then initiated Messrs. William Pratt for initiation, the lod ge was closed and adjourned to Michaelmas Day. The brethren then assembled at the we consider thai Iiro. Yerry has almost arrived at the Barrett, Ami Jaccard, and George Norris Kingstonc into summit of his (Masonic) profession. lie was banquet, after which the usual loyal and Masonic toasts perfect Freemasonry. Each candidate in the several degrees was master of the fifteen sections , as also lhe duties appertain- introduced separately, and the* ceremonies were accom- were duly honoured , interspersed with songs by Br.j . Johnson , Palmer, and Healey, and the brethren finall ing to the position of W.M. His urbanity in the chair, panied with music, Bro. C. W. Jordan , the well-known y as well as in his private capacity, gains for him separated after a very pleasant reunion. many organist, presiding at the harmonium in amannciscarcel y friends , to which the fullness of the room (not a seat to bo equalled by any one. All the officers were well-up vacant) full y testifies. in their work, and none more so than the W. M. , to whom ROYAL ARCH. all praise must be given for the admirable manner in which, as the first W. M., he has succeeded in establishing LANCASTER.—Rowley Chapter , No. 1051.—The regular FREEMASONRY IN CORNWALL.— Bro. W. J. such a good lodge in the province of Kent, and one that meeting of this chapter was held on Monday, the 15th Hughan, the Prov. Grand Sec. of Cornwall, who any one may be justly proud of. Never were ceremonies Athenaaim. There were instant , at the Masonic Rooms, has done so much for the literature better worked anywhere, and each candidate must have were present : Comps. Daniel Moore, M.D., P Z., as of Freemasonry, been full impressed with thedegrec he had passed throug J. y h. M.E.Z. ; William Hall , L.R.C.P , II. ; N. G. Mercer, has just issued a valuable little Directory for the It was a great treat to all who were present to witness M.D., L. Whhnpray, li. ; W. Hall, as N. ; the ceremonies of the Order so beautifull y carried out. J.; J. Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall. It contains a Edmund Simpson , P.S.; W. lleald , R. Taylor, and J. list ofthe lod The by-laws were read, afler which the brethren balloted , minutes 24 ges of the province, the days on , Watson. 1 he chapter was opened 111 due form for W. M. for the ensuing year and Bro. Thomas Knott, read , confirmed , and signed by the Princi pals, and other which , and the towns in which , they meet, an J.W., was unanimously elected to that high position. business transacted. There being a vacancy for an Assis- account of the annual meetings and festivals of the Bro. R. II. Williams was re-elected Treasurer,, and Bro. tant Sojourner, Comp. E. Simpson , P.S., nominated Bavin P. M., re-elected Tyler. The Audit Committee P. G. Lodge of Cornwall a list of the officcts J. Comp. lleald for that office , and he was duly invested by , of the was elected, and agiecd to meet at the Queen's Arms the M.E.Z. The chapter was then resolved into a precep- P.G. Lodge, and a list of the past and present Tavern, Weston-slreet , Bermondsey, which is famous for tory of instruction , under the direction of Comp. Dr. the large number of audit meetings held there every officers and members of the P.G. Lodge. Appended season—it being one of the most suitable houses in the Moore, after which it was closed in due form. to this useful little work is an analysis of returns for metropolis for such a purpose. The Treasurer, Bro. Ii. 1S69-70, from which it appears that there were 89 H. Williams, in a feeling speech alluded to the efficient MARK MASONRY. services of the W.M. who was about to vacate the chair, initiations in 1S69 nnd 107 in 1S70 ; 24 joining and proposed " That a six-guinea Past Master's jewel be Kent Lodge.—This old time-immemorial lodge held its members in 1S69 and 27 in 1S70 ; total, S34 in 1S69 presented from the lodge funds to Bro. Alfred Avery, quarterly meeting on Tuesday, May gth., at Masons' Hall , and S69 in 1879. In 1S69 there were 173 Past P.G. D.C. Middlesex , their W.M., for the good suit and Masons'-avenue, Basinghall-street , E.G., when were service rendered to the lodge, and great ability and talent present : Bros. F. J. Cox, W.M. ; W. Stone, S.W. ; S. Masters, and in 1S70, 1S9. To those who want lie had displayed in rendering all the ceremonies in such a Rosenthal , J.W. ; D. Shaboe, Chap. ; J. II. W ynn , information of the personnel of the different; lodges, painstaking and efficient manner." This was carried by Treas. ; Marfleet , Dewar, Tustin, and II. W. Binckes. this will be a valuable text book. acclamation , and Bro. A. Avery acknowledged the high The lod ge was then duly opened , and Bro. C. I. Paton , a comp liment which had been paid him. It is understood Scotch Mark Master, was then obligated under the English "The Fair Sex and Adoptive Masonry " (Art. 7), that this sum voted for the jewel is but a nucleus of the Constitution. Iiro. L. Spiebnan , of Craft Lodge No. and " The Number Seven," were received too late fund which will be raised by voluntary contributions of the 435, being in attendance, was balloted for, and regularly for insertion this week. To A DVERTISERS. was bewailed by a contemporary writer, upon the glorious inspiration of the flag, who further alludes to the "shameless deceit which Terifocq shook' wildly in the air as THE Circulation of THE FREEMASON being now at the rate of nearly Haifa-millionper annum, of hermaphodite and secondary Masonry, he concluded his speech. The Masonic it offers peculiar facilities to all who advertise. which will soon be made the assembling cortege, numbering ten thousand mem- It is well known that the Fraternity of Freemasons is a place of vice," a prediction only too fatally bers, then defiled before the Hotel de large and constantly increasing hody, mainly composed of fulfilled in the guilt-stained conclaves over Ville, each man wearing the insignia of his the influential and educated classes of society ; and as which Egalit6 and his satellites presided. grade—blue, red, and black—the officers of The Freemason Who so ready to receive and welcome the the Rose Croix with their red collars, the is now the accepted organ ofthe Brotherhood in the United "Quack of Quacks," as Carlyle calls him Knights Kadosh with their black scarves, Kingdom, and also enjoys an extensive sale in the colonies , and foreign parts, its advantages as an advertising medium the " Grand Cophta " Cagliostro ? Who so fringed with silver and worn crosswise, all can scarcely be overrated. ready to adopt his rhapsodies as the volatile other officers being distinguished by a blue For terms apply to French ? Verily, throughout the whole sash edged with gold. The three rites of GEORGE KENNING, chronicle of the Craft in France the same France were represented : the Grand 2, 3, & 4, LITTLE BRITAIN, LONDON, E.C. sad record may be traced ; and not the least Orient, the Scottish Ancient and Accepted NOTICE. melancholy episode is the most recent, Rite, and the Rite of Misraim. In solemn magniloquently styled by the now im- march they then advanced through immense The Subscription to THE FREEMASON prisoned Rochefort, the " grand Masonic crowds of spectators—each banner in the is nom 10s. per annum, post-free, p ayable manifestation " in. favour of the rights of procession being lowered before the column in advance. the collapsed Commune. of July—until they reached the vicinity of Vol. I,, bound in cloth 4s. 6d. We are told by this worthy, in his Mot the Arc de Triomphe, amid cries of " Long Vol. II., ditto 7s. 6d. d'Ordre, dated " 12th Floreal, year 79," in live the Commune," " Long live the Vol. III., ditto 15s. od. silly affectation of the revolutionaries in Republic," to which foolish cries the Ver- Heading Cases to hold numbers... 2s. 6d. 52 1792 , that the " manifestation " commenced saillaise cannon made sinister response. A United States of America. at half-past nine in the morning, a vast delegate from each lodge, followed by his THE FREEMASON is delivered free in any part of the crowd having previously taken possession standard-bearer, then left the main body, United States for las. per annum, payable in advance. of the Rue de Rivoli, the Place de la Con- and to the number of one hundred and corde, and the neighbourhood of the Hotel twenty-five men they proceeded under the All communications for THE FREEMASON should be written legibly on one side of the paper only, and , if intended lor insertion in the de Vale. At the hour named , a deputation of Arc de Triomphe, preceded by a venerable current number, must be received not later than 10 o'clock a.m. on Thursdays, unless in very special cases, 'the name and address of the Commune left the Hotel de Villc, with of the Order and a flag of truce. In the every writer must be sent to us in confidence. a band of music at their head , and pro- meantime shells flew fast around them, but, ceeded towards the Louvre, where they nothing daunted, they marched gravely but The Freemason , met the Masons, fraternised with them, steadily on. Heroism like this alone and retraced their steps to the Hotel de SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1S71. redeems the drama from the ridicule other- Ville, accompanied by the members of wise its due ; but we have yet to learn that T HE FREEMASON is published on Saturday Moraines in time for the Fraternity, who were admitted into the the French, however badly they may have the early trains. The price of THE FKBHMASON is Twopence per week; annual Court of Honour. Our readers can now fought of late, are not essentially a brave subscription , 10s. (payable ih advance). AH communications, letters, &o, to be addressed to the EDITOR fancy the scene. A statue of the Re- people. At this juncture a Mason of the », 3, nnd 4, Little Uritain , E.C. The Editor will pay careful attention to all MSS. entrusted to him public, bearing a red scarf—a ladder placed was struck by one of the but cuaat undertake to return them unless accompanied by postage uainps. before it, the Masonic banners are then projectiles, and had to be conveyed to the placed successively on the steps of the Beaujon hospital. The delegates still THE SOI-DISANT MASONS ladder, and exhibited before the eyes of pressed forward , and eventually succeeded OF PARIS. all as proofs that the programme of Free- under a heavy fire, in accomp lishing their masonry and the Commune are one and aim , and the banners of the Fraternity THE tragi-comedy recently enacted by the same. A white banner borne by an floated over the ramparts of Lutetia ! the pseudo-Masons of the French capital, artilleryman attracts particular attention, Such was the great Masonic demonstra- while it disgusted, must have also as- and amidst loud shouts of " Vive la Com- tion, with the futility of which all our tonished many minds. English Masons mune!" " Vive la Franc-Maconnerie!" readers are acquainted. It is a lamentable are so accustomed to look at the teach- Felix Pyat addresses the meeting in a instance of that prostitution of Masonic ings of Freemasonry through English spec- " powerfu l voice." influence to political purposes which has tacles, that the astounding vagaries of the In this oration we recognise all the ever been rife in France ; and if we have French frfires wear to most of us the aspect flowers of speech of the practised French dwelt upon the details, it is not from any of vague unrealities. We cannot imagine demagogue, " grande patne, " patrie pleasure we descry in the scene, but rather a master of a lodge, as such, transformed universelle," "drapeau d' humanity," words as a warning to the Brotherhood in every into a mountebank ; still less can we con- which fall like flame upon the hearts of an land to refrain from similar acts, and never ceive a multitude of mad Masons flaunting excitable people. An old Republican , to stain the white escutcheon of the Order their ribbons and sashes and standards in called Beslay, succeeded to the " stump,"as by entering into ignoble alliance with the light of day, and glorying in the shame our American cousins would say, and anarchists and men of blood. and scandal of their unmasonic acts. A echoed the sentiments of Felix, winding little insight, however, into the history of up, by way of emphatic peroration , with Kjfaltom in @ixxbo, ox ££Tas