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Masonic Chit Chat.
masonry , especially in its higher degrees , has been fostered and protected there , with great veneration . Until within these few years , the Crown Tavern , which in its accommodations was peculiarly suitable , was the hostelry of Brethren , Companions , Knights , Marks , and Mariners ; one by one these various parties have left for other quarters , and at last , the Lodge of Fidelity , the A . 1 . of the Ancient or Athol Masons , has removed to Freemasons' Tavern . The classic ground has been deserted
, and the Masonic harp sounds no longer in the hall of our forefathers ; where we have so oft met in bonds of sacred influence and social amity , it is now actually converted into a sixpenny theatre , and devoted to far different recreation . Brother Goldsworthy , the patriarch of his circle , will not look on the change with satisfaction ; we certainly do not announce the change as for the better , for Freemasonry has now no longer a home in one of the most extensive districts of the metropolis .
CURIOUS TO FREEMASONS . —On Saturday last , at Edinburgh , the Court of Session ( second division ) pronounced judgment in the actions which have been for some time in dependence between the Master and other Office-bearers of the Canongate Kilwinning , and several other Lodges in Edinburgh , holding of the Grand Lodge , and some persons who hacl formerly been themselves of these Lodges , but had been expelled by a sentence of the Grand Lodge . As the applications were
made by the Office-bearers , for themselves and the other legal members , the court considered that Mason Lodges , not being corporate bodies , could not sue by their Office-bearers : and , therefore , pronounced a judgment which , in respect of the suspenders insisting in the character of Office-bearers of a self-constituted society , not entitled to the privileges of a corporation , repelled the reasons of suspension , ancl refused an interdict . But , at the same time , the court did not seem to doubt ,
that if actions were brought by the individuals of the above Lodges , who adhered to the Grand Lodge , they would be entitled to the exclusive possession of the Charters , Lodge-rooms , ancl other property belonging to the several Lodges . —July 7 , 1810 .
LINCOLN TOPOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY . —Dr . Oliver opened the second session of the Topographical Society with a talented and exceedingly interesting paper on Temple Bruer , and its knights . Commencing with the institution of this military Fraternity in 1118 , Dr . Oliver detailed the severe austerities , and gave instances of the bravery , of the Order in its expedition to the Holy Land , and traced its history down to the period of its destruction by Philip of France , in 1342 , when it
had degenerated from its primitive purity , and forsaking its vows of poverty , had accumulated vast possessions , inducing the reigning monarch , in the language of a quaint author of the period , to " burn the bees that he might get at the honey . " Many interesting particulars relative to Temple Bruer were given in the course of the narrative . The site is the property of Chas . Chaplin , Esq ., and the remains were excavated in 1 S 33 , under the superintendence of Dr . Oliver , who is one of the members of the yet existing order of Templars .
THE ORDER OF ST . JOHN OF JERUSALEM , — " Pope Gregory XVI ., ( says the Diario di Roma , ) who has re established the Order of St . John of Jerusalem within his states , has formed the idea of calling it back to the primitive object of its institution , whence it derived its name of Hospitallers of St . John , and has conferred on it the direction of the pontifical military hospital , into whicli are received soldiers of every class .
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Masonic Chit Chat.
masonry , especially in its higher degrees , has been fostered and protected there , with great veneration . Until within these few years , the Crown Tavern , which in its accommodations was peculiarly suitable , was the hostelry of Brethren , Companions , Knights , Marks , and Mariners ; one by one these various parties have left for other quarters , and at last , the Lodge of Fidelity , the A . 1 . of the Ancient or Athol Masons , has removed to Freemasons' Tavern . The classic ground has been deserted
, and the Masonic harp sounds no longer in the hall of our forefathers ; where we have so oft met in bonds of sacred influence and social amity , it is now actually converted into a sixpenny theatre , and devoted to far different recreation . Brother Goldsworthy , the patriarch of his circle , will not look on the change with satisfaction ; we certainly do not announce the change as for the better , for Freemasonry has now no longer a home in one of the most extensive districts of the metropolis .
CURIOUS TO FREEMASONS . —On Saturday last , at Edinburgh , the Court of Session ( second division ) pronounced judgment in the actions which have been for some time in dependence between the Master and other Office-bearers of the Canongate Kilwinning , and several other Lodges in Edinburgh , holding of the Grand Lodge , and some persons who hacl formerly been themselves of these Lodges , but had been expelled by a sentence of the Grand Lodge . As the applications were
made by the Office-bearers , for themselves and the other legal members , the court considered that Mason Lodges , not being corporate bodies , could not sue by their Office-bearers : and , therefore , pronounced a judgment which , in respect of the suspenders insisting in the character of Office-bearers of a self-constituted society , not entitled to the privileges of a corporation , repelled the reasons of suspension , ancl refused an interdict . But , at the same time , the court did not seem to doubt ,
that if actions were brought by the individuals of the above Lodges , who adhered to the Grand Lodge , they would be entitled to the exclusive possession of the Charters , Lodge-rooms , ancl other property belonging to the several Lodges . —July 7 , 1810 .
LINCOLN TOPOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY . —Dr . Oliver opened the second session of the Topographical Society with a talented and exceedingly interesting paper on Temple Bruer , and its knights . Commencing with the institution of this military Fraternity in 1118 , Dr . Oliver detailed the severe austerities , and gave instances of the bravery , of the Order in its expedition to the Holy Land , and traced its history down to the period of its destruction by Philip of France , in 1342 , when it
had degenerated from its primitive purity , and forsaking its vows of poverty , had accumulated vast possessions , inducing the reigning monarch , in the language of a quaint author of the period , to " burn the bees that he might get at the honey . " Many interesting particulars relative to Temple Bruer were given in the course of the narrative . The site is the property of Chas . Chaplin , Esq ., and the remains were excavated in 1 S 33 , under the superintendence of Dr . Oliver , who is one of the members of the yet existing order of Templars .
THE ORDER OF ST . JOHN OF JERUSALEM , — " Pope Gregory XVI ., ( says the Diario di Roma , ) who has re established the Order of St . John of Jerusalem within his states , has formed the idea of calling it back to the primitive object of its institution , whence it derived its name of Hospitallers of St . John , and has conferred on it the direction of the pontifical military hospital , into whicli are received soldiers of every class .