Diary For The Week.

1066—Metropolitan , Portugal Hotel , Fleet Street , B . C ., at 7 . ( Instruction ) 1186—Lewis , Fishmongers' Arms Hotel , Wood Green , at 7 . 30 . ( Instructiou ) 1228—Beacontree , Green Man , Leytonstone . ( Instruotion ) 1293—Royal Standard , Builders Arms , St . Paul's Road , Cauonbury , at 8 . ( In ) 1366—Clapton , White Hart , Lower Clapton , at 7 . 30 . ( Instruction ) 1381—Kennington , The Horns , Kennington . ( Instruction ) 1642—E . Carnarvon , Ladbroke Hall , Netting Hill , at 8 . ( Instruction ) 203 *—The Abbey Westminster , King ' s Arms , Buckingham Palace Road , S . W .,

at 7 . 30 . ( Instruotion ) R . A . 79—Pythagorean , Portland Hotel , London Street , Greenwich . ( Inst ) . R . A . 820—Lily of Richmond , Greyhound , Richmond , at 8 . ( Instruction ) R . A . 890—Hornsey , Porchester Hotel , Leinster Place , Cleveland Square , Paddington , W . ( Instruotion ) R . A . 1276—Star , Stirling Castle , Church St ., Camberwell , at 8 . ( Instruction ) M . M . —Old Kent , Crown and Cushion , London Wall , E . O . ( Instruction ) M . M 365—Royal Savoy , The Moorgate , Finsbury Pavement , E . O ., at 7 . 30 . ( In ) K . T . 74—Harcourt , Greyhound Hotel , Richmond

483—Chigwell , Public Hall , Station Road , Loughton , at 7 . 30 . ( Instruotion ) | 810—Craven , Devonshire Hotel , Skipton 1386—Gladsmuir , Red Lion , Barnet 1391—Commercial , Freemasons' HaU , Leicester General Lodge of Instruction . Masonio HaU . New Street . Birmingham , nt a

R . A . 242—Magdalen , Guildhall , Doncaster R . A . 897—Loyalty , Masonio Buildings , Hall Street , St . Helens R . A . I 486—Hova Villa , Old Ship Hotel , Brighton SATURDAY . 1 st JUNE .

General Committee Boys' School , Freemasons' HaU , at 4 179—Manchester , Yorkshire Grey , London St ., Tottenham Court Rd ., at 8 . ( In ) 198—Percy , Jolly Farmers ' , Southgate Road , N ., 8 . ( Instruotion ) 1275—Star , Dover Castle , Deptford Causeway , S . E ., at 7 , ( Instruction ) 1288—Finsbury Park , Cock Tavern , Highbury , at 8 . ( Instruotion )

1364—Earl of Zetland , Royal Edward , Triangle , Hackney , at 7 . ( Instruotion ) 1624—Eccleston , Crown and Anchor , 79 Ebury Street , 3 . W ., at 7 . ( Inat ) 2012—Chiswick , Windsor Castle Hotel , King Street , Hammersmith , at 7 . 30 . ( In ) R . A . —Sinai , Union , Air Street , Regent Street , W ., at 8 . ( Instruction ) R . A . 173—Phcenix , Freemasons' HaU , W . O . R . A . 975—Rose of Denmark , Star and Garter , Kew Bridge

1223—Amherst , Amherst Arms Hotel , Riverhead , near Sevenoaks 1362—Royal Albert Edward , Market Hall , Redhill 1468—Truth , Private Rooms . Conservative Club , Newton Heath , Manoheste ! 1488—Hova Ecclesia , Old Ship Hotel , Brighton 1667—Elliot , Railway Hotel . Feltham 1929—Mozart , Greyhound Hotel , Croydon 1148—Walsingham , Masonio Hall , Walsingham , Kent 3206—Pegasus , Clarendon Hotel , Gravesend , Kent

Royal Masons.

ROYAL MASONS .

CAPTAIN H . F . Beecher , Deputy Grand Representative-at-Large of the Sovereign Sanctuary , Royal Masonio Rite of the United States of America , ia establishing , with the aid of assistance , Chapters , Senates and Councils in Francisco , Santa Cruz , Stockton , Fresno and other places throughout the State . They communicate from the fourth to the ninetieth degrees inclusive of the Rites of

Mizraim , Rites of Memphis or Egyptian Rites , and the Ancient and Primitive Rite , all included in the Royal Masonio Rite . Already Chapters , Senates aud Councils have beeu established in Washington

Territory and Oregon , while the Order has now 550 Chapters , with a membership of 16 , 000 , composed of Masons of all degrees , Knights Templar , Scottish Rite Masons , and York Rite Masons iu the United States .

Said Captain Beecher , in talking over the matter with a Daily Report reporter : " This Rite is in no sense the Scottish Rite , nor is it the so-called York Rite . These bodies , being of the lesser degrees , oan have and know nothing of the Royal Masonio Rite except by receiving the same in a constitutional manner . The larger

proportion of Royal Masonic Rite membership is composed of Knights Templar and thirty-second degree members of the Northern and Southern jurisdictions of the Ancient and Accepted , or Scottish Rite . The organisation is recognised by all the Sovereign Sanctuaries of Egyptian Rite Masonry of the world , including the Sovereign

Sanctuaries of Canada , France , Scotland , Italy , India , and the Argentine Confederation ; also by the Imperial Confederation of Rites of the World at Naples , Italy , of whioh Count Giamb de Pessiua is tbe Grand Master . " I will now give you a brief sketch of the history of the Royal Masonio Rite .

" According to traditional and documentary evidence in possession of the Union Sovereign Sanctuary of the Royal Masonio Rite , Masonry had its origin in Egypt . All ancient Masonry ia entirely Egyptian . All who take the higher degrees have convincing proof

that many centuries before Christ Egypt practised Masonio work . Men of Tyre received their education by initiation into Egyytian Masonry . . Hiram of Tyre gave Solomon King of Israel authority to establish and work the lower degrees .

" Masonio degrees were worked by the Colleges of Builders of Rome 715 B . C ., and Masonry in Great Britain was derived from these Colleges . In A .D .926 , King Atholstan gave to British Masons a Constitution , now called the Charter of York , authorising the working and conferring of the lower or symbolic degrees . Edward III . revised

this Constitution in A . D .1350 . In A .D .1314 , Robert Bruce King of Scotland gave Masons the right to work certain degrees , and in 1685 the Knights of St . Andrew were worked by anthority claiming to have been 'derived from James , III .- King of Scotland . In 1754 twenty . five degrees under the name of the Rite of Strict Observance

were worked ab Paris , France , by Jesuit priests . In 1758 twenty-five degrees , under the name of the Emperors of the East and West , were worked at Lyons , France , by Jesuit priests . In 1789 , twenty-five degrees under the title of a Consistory of Princes of the Royal Secret

Rite of Perfection , were worked at Bordeaux , France , by questionable authority . It is claimed that from these twenty-five degrees the socalled Scottish Rite of thirty-three degrees was arranged at Charleston , S . C , in 1801 , but by what authority no one has ever been able to ascertain .

" It is a well-known fact that philosophers , kings and priests , prior to 1750 , were generally instructed in Egyptian Masonry ( Egyptian Mysteries ) ; therefore it will be seen how easy it was for this class of men to establish new rites from the old mysteries ,

Royal Masons.

" But all Masonio degrees came , directly or indirectly , from Egypt , and the Ninety-sixth degree of the Royal Masonio Rite includes all an . oient Masonio work . The most direct transmission of the entire Ninety , sixth degree of Masonry from Egypt to Europe occurred about 1766 , after which , for several years , a portion of the degrees were worked under different names in various countries . The first recorded work

by Egyptian Rite Masons of high degrees in the United States was the establishment of Providence Royal Arch Chapter , No . 1 , at Providence , R . I ., in 1798 , Thomas W . Morse , Twenty-eighth degree , Peleg Clarke , Twenty-eighth Degree , and Moses Seixa * Forty-fifth Degree , Deputy Inspector General of all Masonry in Rhode Island

officiating . These facts are now to be seen on the records of Providence Chapter . Ninety-degrees , nnder the name of the Rite of Mizraim , were established , under a self-constituted Grand Body , at Milan , Italy , iu 1806 . The degrees of this so-called rite were introduced into the United States in 1862 . Ninety-six degrees , under the

name of the " Egyptian Masonio Rite of Memphis , were established at Montanban , France , under a self-constituted Grand Body , in 1814 . This Sovereign Sanctuary was transferred to Paris in 1888 , and established the first body of the rite in the United States in 1856 . In 1865 a few of the members in New York claimed to have reduced

the degrees of the Rite of Memphis to Thirty-third Degree , under the name of the Ancient and Primitive Rite , in consequence of whioh differences arose , and , in addition , three Sovereign Sanctuaries of the Ninety-sixth Degree were finally organized in the "United States—two of these united iu 1883 .

"In 1884 a careful and thorough investigation was made concerning the origin of the charters of these different sanctuaries , and it was thought best to organise anew , by a convention which was held in Boston 8 th December 1884 , in response to a summons , pro . perly prepared and mailed to every person known to have received

the Thirtieth , Thirty-third , Ninetieth , Ninety . fifth , or Ninety-sixth Degrees of these respective rites or bodies . " At this convention all working bodies in the United States , yretfi represented ; 1007 members were present , representing twenty-four States of the Union , and since ; the convention nearly all the . wor ^ ng

bodies have ratified its action . It was unanimously , voted that the proposed union was very desirable ; that the first three degrees ( Craffc Masonry ) be left to the control of the Craft Lodges and Craffc Grand Lodges , aud that , as representatives of all the working bodies in the United States of the three rites , they ignore all former

charters and constitute , and proclaim themselves the Union Sovereign Sanctuary of the Royal Masonio Rite , controlling all degrees above fche third , heretofore known as Egyptian Masonry , viz ., fourth to

the thirty-third , fourth to ninetieth ; and fourth to ninety-sixth . A Constitution was unanimously adopted and officers elected . Nearly all the officers are Knights Templar , and a large majority are members of the A . and A ., or Scottish Rite .

"Of the entire membership ( 16 , 000 ) nearly all are Knights Templar . Charters have already been granted to Sovereign Sanctuaries in Turkey , India , France , Scotland , and , the Argentine Confederation , and other applications are pending , while the Sovereign Sanctuary of Canada has entered into a treaty of alliance

and friendship with this Sovereign Sanctuary . The Royal Masonio Rite haa no fight with any other Rite of Masonry . It does , not in any way interfere with or confer the degrees of any other rite of Masonry , but adheres strictly to its motto— ' Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you , do ye even so to them '—and so far as is known , there ia now no opposition to this rite from any respectable source .

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