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The Knights Templars.
Now , the statement made by Mills , and by the Order at Paris , in their official " Manuel des Chevaliers de l'Ordre du Temple , " is this , that there exists in their possession a charter , not by De Molay , but by his successor , John Larmenius , containing his signature , of course , and those of his successors in the Mastership , up to the present day . Thus the critic has been combating shadows of his oivn creation . He is a learned and able writer ; but whether he believes the charter to be
genuine , or feels disposed to reject it , must depend upon the evidence he may have possessed . It would certainly be desirable to convince the public , that the proofs of its authenticity should be carefully laid before them ; that thus the Order may take its place as the acknowledged representative of a great historic association . I am yours fraternally , PILGRIM .
Renovation Of The Knights Of Malta In England.
RENOVATION OF THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA IN ENGLAND .
FROM the cruel circumstances which attended their tragical fate , the Order of the Templars has been , perhaps , more popular , and the name more cherished , among the Masonic fraternities , than those of the other religious and military orders , which have , somehow or other , been amalgamated , in name at least , with Masonry . Frequent notices and memorials respecting the former , have appeared in the Freemasons' Review , to the exclusioncomparativelyof either the Ancient Hospitallers or
, , modern Masonic Knights of Malta . The history of the Ancient Knights of the Hospital , Rhodes , or Malta , has , indeed , been so fully treated by Vertot , Boisgelin , and Sutherland , and is so well known , that little newcan be looked for regarding it , unless its archives were again ransacked by some literary antiquarian , less bent on matters of fact in history , than the extraction of curiosities and minute remains , which illustrate the character of its actors in a degree greater than many perhaps imagine .
Of the use to which these may be applied , the historical novels of Sir Walter Scott ( making every allowance for the licentia poetica ) will afford an example ; and it is probable that , had that great scenic painter lived , his researches among the libraries and antiquities of the island of Malta , might have given birth to a more perfect and vivid portraiture of the kni ghts than any which has yet appeared . But the object of the present communication is not to enter into any
details connected with the internal or external constitution of the ancient chivalry of St . John , but to lay before the reader a distinct plan , at this day proposed , to revive the Order of the Hospital in the British dominions . The authority upon which this announcement is made , although anonymous , bears internal marks of authentic and official origin , and is contained in a small and neat publication of 1837 , entitled " Hospitallaria ; or a Synopsis of the Rise , Exploits , Privileges ,
Insignia , & c , of the venerable and sovereign Order of Kni ghts Hospitallers of St . John of Jerusalem ; with a brief Account of the Sixth , or British Branch . " Confining attention to the latter subject of the title page contents , it is hoped that the following extract from this work will not be unacceptable , as putting forth propositions prompted by high feelings . While the altered state of European society renders it unnecessary
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The Knights Templars.
Now , the statement made by Mills , and by the Order at Paris , in their official " Manuel des Chevaliers de l'Ordre du Temple , " is this , that there exists in their possession a charter , not by De Molay , but by his successor , John Larmenius , containing his signature , of course , and those of his successors in the Mastership , up to the present day . Thus the critic has been combating shadows of his oivn creation . He is a learned and able writer ; but whether he believes the charter to be
genuine , or feels disposed to reject it , must depend upon the evidence he may have possessed . It would certainly be desirable to convince the public , that the proofs of its authenticity should be carefully laid before them ; that thus the Order may take its place as the acknowledged representative of a great historic association . I am yours fraternally , PILGRIM .
Renovation Of The Knights Of Malta In England.
RENOVATION OF THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA IN ENGLAND .
FROM the cruel circumstances which attended their tragical fate , the Order of the Templars has been , perhaps , more popular , and the name more cherished , among the Masonic fraternities , than those of the other religious and military orders , which have , somehow or other , been amalgamated , in name at least , with Masonry . Frequent notices and memorials respecting the former , have appeared in the Freemasons' Review , to the exclusioncomparativelyof either the Ancient Hospitallers or
, , modern Masonic Knights of Malta . The history of the Ancient Knights of the Hospital , Rhodes , or Malta , has , indeed , been so fully treated by Vertot , Boisgelin , and Sutherland , and is so well known , that little newcan be looked for regarding it , unless its archives were again ransacked by some literary antiquarian , less bent on matters of fact in history , than the extraction of curiosities and minute remains , which illustrate the character of its actors in a degree greater than many perhaps imagine .
Of the use to which these may be applied , the historical novels of Sir Walter Scott ( making every allowance for the licentia poetica ) will afford an example ; and it is probable that , had that great scenic painter lived , his researches among the libraries and antiquities of the island of Malta , might have given birth to a more perfect and vivid portraiture of the kni ghts than any which has yet appeared . But the object of the present communication is not to enter into any
details connected with the internal or external constitution of the ancient chivalry of St . John , but to lay before the reader a distinct plan , at this day proposed , to revive the Order of the Hospital in the British dominions . The authority upon which this announcement is made , although anonymous , bears internal marks of authentic and official origin , and is contained in a small and neat publication of 1837 , entitled " Hospitallaria ; or a Synopsis of the Rise , Exploits , Privileges ,
Insignia , & c , of the venerable and sovereign Order of Kni ghts Hospitallers of St . John of Jerusalem ; with a brief Account of the Sixth , or British Branch . " Confining attention to the latter subject of the title page contents , it is hoped that the following extract from this work will not be unacceptable , as putting forth propositions prompted by high feelings . While the altered state of European society renders it unnecessary