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Supreme Council 33nn Degree For England And Wales.
SUPREME COUNCIL 33 nn DEGREE FOR ENGLAND AND WALES .
DEUS MEUMQUE JUS .
The Supreme Council for Engla i . d and Wales , and the Dependencies of the British Crown , of Sov . Gr . Insp . Gen . of the 33 rd Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , held a Solemn Convocation , at their Grand East , on Tuesday , the 1 st day of December 1846 at the Freemasons *
, , Hall , London , at three o ' clock precisely , which being closed , all S . P . of the R . S . of the 32 nd Degree , and all G . I C . of the 31 st Degree , were admitted to their respective ceremonials .
A Grand College of G . E . Kts . K . H . of the 30 th Degree was holden on Thursday , the 3 rd December , as above , for the reception of candidates . All Kts . of St . Andrew of the 29 th Degree , and all Kts . of the Sun of the 28 th Degree , were invited to present themselves at four o ' clock precisely . A Sov . Chapter of Rose Croix of H . R . D . M : of the 18 th Degree was holden at the place and on the day above-mentioned , at six o ' clock prer
cisely , when all S . P . Rose Croix were invited to attend , and all others from the 18 th to the 27 th Degree inclusive . The Banquet took place at eight o ' clock . The above meetings may be termed the inaugural celebrations of the high degrees of Freemasonry ever held in the British empire ; and whether we announce them as remarkable for the magnificent exposition of their glorious tenetsor as Classic delineations of sign and symbolwe
, , are correct in stating that nothing was wanting to elevate tlie mind or to gratify the eye . At the first meeting , the grand ceremony of the 33 rd Degree was fully conducted by the Grand Commander , Dr .: Cfucefixj on which occasion Bro . William Tucker , Prov . G . M . for Dorset , & c . was received into the Order . The Doctor was most ably assisted bv
Brothers H . Udall , Dr . Leeson , and all the members of the Supreme Council—Dr . Oliver excepted , who was not able to attend by reason of indisposition . _ .. . " After the ceremony , several members of the K . H . were inducted into the higher degrees of dignity . ' .. ' . ' . ;; At the second meeting , the 32 nd , 31 st , 30 th , 29 th , and 28 th Degrees were respectively conferred on those entitled to examination and reception .
After other ceremonials , the 18 th , or Sov . Chapter of Rose Croix , of H . R . D . M ., was held , in which degree the transactions of this most auspicious day were concluded . '¦' .... ' . ' . ''' ¦ .. ' .:.. " . . ' ,... The powers by which the Supreme Council has been created '; we ' re placed before the meeting , and the official declaration of their full and ample authority and organization publicly rriade known ; but as these have already appeared in our pages * it is not necessary to repeat fherii . We have already observed that nothing was wanting to renderintellec-
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Supreme Council 33nn Degree For England And Wales.
SUPREME COUNCIL 33 nn DEGREE FOR ENGLAND AND WALES .
DEUS MEUMQUE JUS .
The Supreme Council for Engla i . d and Wales , and the Dependencies of the British Crown , of Sov . Gr . Insp . Gen . of the 33 rd Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , held a Solemn Convocation , at their Grand East , on Tuesday , the 1 st day of December 1846 at the Freemasons *
, , Hall , London , at three o ' clock precisely , which being closed , all S . P . of the R . S . of the 32 nd Degree , and all G . I C . of the 31 st Degree , were admitted to their respective ceremonials .
A Grand College of G . E . Kts . K . H . of the 30 th Degree was holden on Thursday , the 3 rd December , as above , for the reception of candidates . All Kts . of St . Andrew of the 29 th Degree , and all Kts . of the Sun of the 28 th Degree , were invited to present themselves at four o ' clock precisely . A Sov . Chapter of Rose Croix of H . R . D . M : of the 18 th Degree was holden at the place and on the day above-mentioned , at six o ' clock prer
cisely , when all S . P . Rose Croix were invited to attend , and all others from the 18 th to the 27 th Degree inclusive . The Banquet took place at eight o ' clock . The above meetings may be termed the inaugural celebrations of the high degrees of Freemasonry ever held in the British empire ; and whether we announce them as remarkable for the magnificent exposition of their glorious tenetsor as Classic delineations of sign and symbolwe
, , are correct in stating that nothing was wanting to elevate tlie mind or to gratify the eye . At the first meeting , the grand ceremony of the 33 rd Degree was fully conducted by the Grand Commander , Dr .: Cfucefixj on which occasion Bro . William Tucker , Prov . G . M . for Dorset , & c . was received into the Order . The Doctor was most ably assisted bv
Brothers H . Udall , Dr . Leeson , and all the members of the Supreme Council—Dr . Oliver excepted , who was not able to attend by reason of indisposition . _ .. . " After the ceremony , several members of the K . H . were inducted into the higher degrees of dignity . ' .. ' . ' . ;; At the second meeting , the 32 nd , 31 st , 30 th , 29 th , and 28 th Degrees were respectively conferred on those entitled to examination and reception .
After other ceremonials , the 18 th , or Sov . Chapter of Rose Croix , of H . R . D . M ., was held , in which degree the transactions of this most auspicious day were concluded . '¦' .... ' . ' . ''' ¦ .. ' .:.. " . . ' ,... The powers by which the Supreme Council has been created '; we ' re placed before the meeting , and the official declaration of their full and ample authority and organization publicly rriade known ; but as these have already appeared in our pages * it is not necessary to repeat fherii . We have already observed that nothing was wanting to renderintellec-