Knights New And Old.

KNIGHTS NEW AND OLD .

Differences letween the Templars of the Eleventh and Nine teenth Centuries . f piIE funny man of tho New York Times indulges in the following J- spirt at tho Knights Templar . To show that wo aro not afraid of his fun , and oven enjoy it this hot weather , we reproduce it below .

There have boon in Chicago dnring the present week somo 20 , 000 Knights of tho Templar variety . The modern Knight Templar has never yet been ablo to ascertain whether , when two or moro of them aro gathered together , thoy should be called Knight Templars , Knights Templar , or Knights Templars , and in order to spare his feelings , a sympathizing press ought clearly to shirk tho question , and to

describe tho Chicago Knights in terms that cannot come in conflict with any possible grammatical rule . Wo all know who the original Templars were , for the biography of Eminent Sir Wilfred Ivanhoe , of York Commandery , New York , is a mine of information on tho snbject . Tho Templar was a person who wore a variegated night-gown ( whence , perhaps , tho word Knight )

in the day-time , and took a series of iron-clad oaths . Ho bound himself never to marry , a vow that did not put him to much inconvenience , hut which must have signally failed to meet the views of his wife and children . Ho also swore to live in a state of poverty , a vow which he liberally interpreted to mean that he shonld earn nothing , but should live on the confiscated property of other people . Ho took an oath of

obedience to his Grancl Master , and undertook to go to the Holy Land to deliver Jerusalem from the Saracens . Tho latter obligation had its manifest advantages . Occasionally the Knight Templar did go to the Holy Land and fight , but to a much greater extent ho stayed at home . He was , however , always on the point of taking the 8 . 30 p . m . express for Joppa , and consequently always had an exense for

declining to do anything that did not please him . If his children wanted shoes he always remarked that he expected to depart immediately for tho Holy Land , and ho really needed all his available money wherewith to pay his passage , and could not possibly buy shoes nntil his return . If his rent was due and the landlord notified him that he mnst pay at once , he immediately wrote him a note saying that he

had just received orders to start for Jerusalem , and that as it was qnite out of the question for him to call on his bankers before leaving , he would bo compelled to postpone that littlo matter of tho rent nntil his return . Thus the Templar who was always going to the Holy Land , but who never went , was the envy of less fortunate men who had no ready-made excuses to meet every difficulty . It appears from

the life of Eminent Sir Wilfred Ivanhoe that the Knight Templar frequently took part in free circus entertainments , most of which woro doubtless designed for the benefit of Sunday Schools . In these entertainments tho Knights were often badly hurt , and there is good reason to believe that they were occasionally happily killed . In the absence of any steady employment , the Knights die ! a good deal of

miscellaneous fighting with any available neighbour , and Most Eminent Sir Brian de Bois-Gnilbert , of Jackson Commandery , No . 27 , was in this respect a fair specimen of the fighting Knight . The modern American Knight Templar is not at all like his illustrious precedessor . Instead of a white night-gown with a red cross , he wears a black frock-coat , a cocked hat , and shoulder-straps—a uniform

that makes him resemble a chaplain in tho Navy who has pawned his regulation bine coat and been compelled to transfer his shoulderstraps to a borrowed black coat . He does not take vows of chastity , poverty aud obedience , and rarely—if we may credit the reports of the recent Chicago Conclave—takes even the total abstinence pledge . For Jerusalem he cares nothing , and never makes the slightest

pretence of going there . His holy places are Chicago , St . Lonts , or San Francisco , in one of which cities he gathers himself together once every three years , and marches in a solemn procession , sweltering in a close bnttoned . coat and cocked hat , and exciting tbe wonder of the beholding foreigner . At these Triennial Conclaves he always gives a public exhibition of Templar tactics , which consist in a series of

semimilitary evolutions of great intricacy and total lack of purpose . To the small boy he is an object of mingled amazement and mirth , and the public , which regards him as a sort of hybrid between the militia soldier and the circus performer , fails to comprehend why he exists and fatigues himself in the tiresome and expensive Triennial Conclave . * tf * * #

What the American Knight Templar does in the secrecy of his Lodge room is , of course , a mystery to tbe outside world . People who are immediately below a room in which the Knights are accustomed to gather , hear noises which lead them to believe that the Knights make a practice of falling over a large amount of furniture , a theory which is apparently confirmed by the fact that they issue

from their meetings in a very heated and extremely thirsty state . Still , it seems intrinsically improbable that men shonld go to large expense in point of uniforms and horse-collars merely to meet together and fall over furniture , and we must assume that a meeting of Templars has some other and worthier object . There was a time when many intelligent men , including John

Quincy Adams acdThurlow Weed , believed that the Knights Templar Society was a dangerous thing , chiefly becanse it takes its members exclusively from the Masonic Fraternity . In these days no one views the Templars with alarm . A more innocuous gathering never took place than that which has just delighted the Chicago hotel keepers .

The Knights are not as pictnresqno as the old Templars , bnt they behave themselves much better , and as between the ancient Knight in the act of torturing a Jew and the modern Knight peacefully nodding through a long sermon in a Methodist meeting house , it is very easy to make a choice . —Keystone .

DUES . —Dues do not run against members suspended for non-payment of same , and Lodges are not liable to Grand Lodge for dues on such during tho time of their suspension . —James 21 , Mobley .

Installation Meetings, &C.

INSTALLATION MEETINGS , & c .

LODGE OF LOYALTY , No . 1607 .

THIS Lodgo held its annnal installation meeting at tho Alexandra Palace , Mnswell Hill , on Saturday , 11 th inst . Like others that used to meet there , it has suffered from the unfortunate closing of that celebrated place of entertainment in May last , when it sought refuge under the hospitable roof of Bro . Oddy , of the Seven Sisters ' Tavern , Tottenham , where , though everything was done for their comfort , tho brethren did not muster as was their wont under the a > gis of

thoir alma mater . If rumour speaks true , Bro . Willing will , at the end of tho season , retire from the management of tho Alexandra Palace . It is to be hoped , for the good of the pleasure-seeking crowds of London and its suburbs , as well as for tho Masonio Lodges held there , such will not be tho case , and that he will continue the new system of management he haa so successfully inaugurated , with the

profit he so worthily deserves , so that , in this instance , the proverb may stand good , fama mendax non vera ® . To return to the Loyalty the following Brethren and Officers assisted in opening the Lodge , viz ., Father of tho Lodgo Bro . John Newton P . M . and Sec . Nos . 174 and 1607 , Bros . F . Brown P . M . 1607 and S . W . 174 , C . H . Webb I . P . M . 1607 ancl W . M . 174 , C . J . Perceval W . M . 1607 , E . Legge S . W . and W . M .

elect 1007 , P . M . Urban Lodge 1196 , W . Bedell J . W ., J . Jones S . D ., Carr J . D ., Roberts I . G ., Giller , Garden , Harrison , & c . 1607 . Visitors—J . Kench P . G . P ., Hogard P . G . S . W . Horts , and J . Terry P . P . G . J . W . Herts ; P . M . 's Bros . Tickle , Blatchford , Hnnt , Quitman , Wallblanche , North , Seddon , & c . Tho usual Lodgo business was transacted , after which the ceremony of installation was ably performed by tho outgoing W . M ., Bro . C . J . Perceval , assisted by Bros . Terry Sec . R . M . B . I . as D . C , and

the I . P . M . C . H . Webb . All Masonic business being ended , the Lodge was closed in nsnal form , when the . brethren sat clown to an elegant banquet , provided by Mr . Barber , tho able manager of the purveying department at the Alexandra Palace . Having enjoyed the same , the brethren , after tho usual toasts , songs , & c , separated , at the early hour of ten , highly delighted with the few social hours spent in such perfect Masonic harmony .

Amherst Lodge , No . 1223 , Biverhead . —Freemasonry is making somo progress in this province , judging from what wo saw at Wosterham , on Saturday the 5 th inst ., on which occasion a goodly gathering of tho brethren , locally and from a distance , indicated that an nnusnal quantity of work was on hand . The Lodge having been opened in due form by tho W . M . Bro . Charles Dodd , he vacated the

chair in favont- of Bro . A . W . Duret P . M ., who performed the first business , viz ., the raising of two brethren to the third degree . The W . M . then resnmed the chair , advancing three of the brethren to the 2 nd degree , and then initiating five gentlemen into the mysteries and privileges of ancient Freemasonry . After some ordinary business a vcwo of thanks was awarded with acclamation to Bro . John Webb

S . W ., for his very handsome present to the Lodgo of a beautiful set of working tools . The Lodge was then closed and the brethren adjourned to the banquet room , where a very excellent repast was served by Host Waller . The W . M . Bro Dodd presided , giving in his usual concise and terse manner the appropriate introductions to the various Masonic toasts . Bro . J . H . Jewell responded for the Provincial Grand Officers Past and Present : Bros . E . J . Dodd , A . W . Duret ,

and R . Dnrtnell , for the P . M . 's ; Bros . E . W . Allen P . M . 173 , Walker Cooper W . M . 538 , Stephen Cooper W . M . elect 1637 , W . E . Kentish J . W . 1293 , F . D . Vine S . D . 173 , and Henry Hoare 1744 , responding to the toast of the visitors . The harmony of the evening was enhanced by tho admirable recitation of Bro . E . J . Dodd P . M ., and the singing of Bros . J . T . Baker S . D ., William Harmer , and others . A most enjoyable evening was concluded about nine o ' clock , many of the brethren having to return to town .

Wandsworth Lodge , No , 1044 . —On Wednesday evening tha first meeting for the season was held at the East Hill Hotel , Wandsworth . The majority of the brethren were in their places at the time appointed . Tho attendance was rather numerous , and comprised Bros . Henry Green 1087 , A . J . Riddle 1787 , J . Mason 1067 , J . R . Gallant 172 , P . H . Harnett . 813 , and Dr . Oakman . The W . M .

elect , Bro . J . B . Walker , was duly installed by Bro . Boddy P . M ., who was assisted by Bro . H . E . Frances P . M ., both of whom were accorded votes of thanks , which were entered upon the minutes . The following Officers wore appointed : —Bros . W . J . Huntley S . W ., J . J . Holland J . W ., W . F . Wardroper S . D ., F . Reed J . D ., and A . A . Denham I . G . The other brethren present were Bros . J . G . Kewney , F . H . Newens ,

J . G . Carter , H . ' R . Jones , George Hinck , W . A . Morgan , and A . N . Newens P . M . ' s , and A . Brownlow , W . Bell , F . Tucker , W . Springett , ancl Thomas Arnison . The ordinary business having been disposed of , the fourth degree was worked , and tho toasts were heartily given , and cordially responded to . In every respect a very pleasant evening was spent .

The Great City Lodge of Instruction , No . 1426 . — At a meeting held at Masons' Hall Tavern , E . G ., on Thursday , 16 th Sept ., at 6 . 30 p . m ., Present : —Bros . BissettW . M ., Harper S . W ., Goodenotigh J . W ., Whale S . D ., W . Baber J . D ., Thomasson I . G ., Saul P . M . Preceptor , Blackie Hon . Sec , G . Taylor , Bain , E . A . Baber ,

Wright , Kibble . - The Lodge was opened in tbe first degree , and minutes of previous meeting wero read and confirmed . Lodge was opened in second degree ; Bro . Kibble offered himself as candidate , was examined and entrusted . Lodge was opened in the third degree , and tho ceremony of raising was very ably rehearsed . Lodge was closed to firsfc degree . Intimation was given thafc ou