Table Of Contents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS .

PAQE FOREIGN NOTES BY THE EDITOR 157 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR JOTTINGS 157 THE CRAFTMetropolitan 158

Provincial ... ... ... loo Scotland 158 MABK MASONRYMetropolitan ... ... ... 158

Provincial ... ... ... ICS FREEMASONRY IN WILTSHIRE 159 ROMANISM AND MASONRY—NOW AND THEN ... 159 MASONIC ODE 159

THE WIFE 1 » 9 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 160 THE ( ECUMENICAL COUNCIL AND F REEMASONRY ... 160

OBITUARYl ! ro . David Bingham Daly IPO Bro . Win . Spoiig 160 ¦ REVTR-WS ... ... 161

MOLTUJI IN PARVO ... 161 THE METROPOLITAN LODGE OF INSTRUCTION ... 161 ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS 161 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE 161 FREEMASONRY AND IHE "NEW SYKAGOGUE AT QUINCY 161 ST . ANDREW 162

PAPEHS ON MASONRYNo . X 5 VI . —Masonry and Secularism 163 MASONIC ORPHAN BOYS' SCHOOL , IRELAND ... 163 THE LESSON OF PYTHAGORAS 164 MASONIC EXHORTATIONS ... 164 MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK ... 164

Foreign Notes By The Editor.

FOREIGN NOTES BY THE EDITOR .

To the "Monde Maconnique" we are indebted for much valuable information . Its September number is replete with interesting articles which we will briefly notice : —

The work of revising tho regulations of the " Rito Ecossais " in France is being activel y pursued , and with one contemplated reform we heartily concur , namely , the modification of the

plenary authority at present possessed b y the members of the Supreme Council 33 ° : powers which are described b y Bro . D . Bagnaux as "dogmatic , administrative , and juridical , " Thc

wave of this reform will doubtless reach England , where , if the statements of our correspondent " Templo Crucis" may be relied on , it is essentially required . The advanced spirits of

Ecossismc ( we uso the word for want of a better ) have resolved to support the princi ple of universal suffrage in this respect , and to claim for every member of the Rito u voice in the election of

its rulers . This is a fair solution of the difficulty , and will tend to the advantage of Rose Croix Masonry on the Continent . The knell of exclusiveness is thus sounded , aud the vicious

policy of isolation has received its " crowning mercy , " the cotyj de yrdce . The Grand Orient has published its calendar for 1869 . The total number of Masonic bodies ,

on its roll is 372 , of which 272 are lodges , 62 chapters , and 1 ( J councils , the other two bein " styled a " Consistory " and a " Grand College . " There is an increase during the past year of

eight lodges , against which there is a decrease of five chapters and two councils . Tho Grand Orient possesses 39 Ateliers in foreign countries , and has accredited representatives to mo . st of tho

Grand Lodges in the world . Let us hope that the two great bodies of Freemasons iu Franco will soon become ono , and that tho " Mother " Grand Lodge of England will before long be

added to the list of tho ? c with whom our French brethren interchange orthodox Masonic relations . The Lodgo "Jerusalem des "V allocs Egyptiennes" held a meeting on the 24 th ulto ., to

Foreign Notes By The Editor.

present a medal to Bro . Boubee , honorary officer of the Grand Orient , in recompense of his long and valuable services . Bro . Boubee has attained the patriarchal age of 97 , and has been

a Mason since 1794 ! A great number of visitors attended to do honor to this remarkable veteran , who was one of the founders of the lodge .

Bro . Boubee is the author of a "Mar . uel du Franc ; maeon , " of a poem called " Misraim , " and of an historical notice on the establishment of

Freemasonry in France . The Lodge of " United , inseparable Brothers " at Paris , is doing a noble act b y taking charge of orphan children who have lost both parents or

the father only . The lodge provides for their maintenance and instruction , and finally apprentices its proteges to useful trades . May God speed their labour of love .

A Brother Alavoine writes to our esteemed Frere Favre , the editor of the Monde Maconnique ^ complaining that the members of a spurious lodge at Jersey , called the " Friends of the

Future , " were uot invited to a recent reunion of lodges at Rennes , although the lodges under the " biblical" Grand Lodge of England in the Channel Islands received invitations . We were

well aware , and reiterate our conviction , that the authorities of the Grand Orient would never countenance such a Lodge , which was erected by

the French Supreme Council of the 33 in direct violation of thc rig ht of Masonic jurisdiction which governs all well-regulated bodies in the Craft universal

An interesting Masonic fete took p lace at the Camp of Chalons on the 30 th July . It was organized by four sub-officers , Bros . Fabre , Horry , Farcy , and Villeneuve , assisted by Bro .

Perrine . Lieutenant Riu presided , assisted by Lieut . Godefroy , and Serjeant-Major Poinsot as Wardens . Amon" the toasts wove "Fraternity , "

" Progress , " The Abolition of War , " ami " Pence universal . " The last toast was saluted with unanimous bravos , and a collection for the poor terminated this truly Masonic , meeting .

A circular has been issued by Bros . Colfavru and Massol respecting a proposed Masonic Council at Paris on tho Sth December , in opposition , we presume , to tlie Papal Council at

Rome . A declaration of the principles ot I < reemasonry is appended to this document . As thc Craft havo nothing to gain from such an assembly , we are tempted to repeat with reference to these Masonic congrescs , cui bono ?

Bro . Caubct writes a masterly article on the action taken b y the Grand Orient of France respecting tho p . seudo - Supreme Council of Louisiana , but all his arguments , clover as thcy

ivrc , fail to convince us of the right of M . Chassaignac to erect symbolic lodge .-- in a State where a recognised Grand Lodge exists . That is tho

real question after all , and it has not been satisfactorily answered b y any of the partisans of Ohassaittnac either in Europe or America .

This number of Le Monde Maconnique is very interesting , and we commend it to the attention of our readers .

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balance its circulation , regulate the liver , stimulate the kidneys , and strengthen the stomach and intestines , on which they nently Imt elleetually operate as aperients . Illness of the most alarmingcharacter which have withstood all other treatment , have gradually yielded to n emirse . of Holioway's Pills , which will ever prove the invalid's safest friend .

Knight Templar Jottings.

KNIGHT TEMPLAR JOTTINGS .

( Continued from page 103 . J Bro Yarker states in " Notes on the Temple , " ( page 12 ) , that the " Knight of the Tabernacle , . or Temple Priest , " is a degree of 1686 . We

should bo g lad to hear on what grounds this statement is made , not for the purpose of mere curiosity , but as one anxious to know and accept the truth , and the truth alone , whatever that

may be . We are quite read y to admit the existence of Masonic Kni g hts Templar in the seventeenth century when the proof is forthcoming , but no such evidence occurs in the admirable notes by Bro . Yarker , neither have we

been able to discover any elsewhere . No Encampment possesses records anterior to the latter part of the last century , and certainly none have documentary proof of the existence of the Templar Priest degree before that of the Templar

degree itself . At least none have been offered , and we speak onl y of what is known . The subject of the ori gin of Masonic Templars is involved in mystery , and so much is this a fact , that one of the most accomplished historians of

the Ancient Order , ( Bro . Richard Woof , F . S . A ., & c ) , expressly observes in his valuable " Sketch , of the Kni ghts Templar , " that those who read the work " must draw their own inferences , as no opinions have been offered . " This learned writer

seems to favour the idea , that the present Masonic Templars " are not entitled to be considered Knights by succession from the early Order . " This is quite our opinion , althongh we believe the modern society is destined ultimatel y to

become almost as powerful as its predecessors , and may achieve no end of good , under competent leadershi p and carefully-selected Knight Companions , who would unite ( as Bro . Woof well remarks ) , " to perpetuate in its full integrity that

grand princi ple which has ever been , and we trust may ever continue , the shining li g ht and watchword of these time-honoured Orders—thc great virtue of Charity . " Without doubt , it is the chief of all

Masonic chivalric degrees beyond the Craft , and lias progressed as Masonry has progressed in connection with tlie grand key-stone of our Order , Tlie Royal Arch . The history of the "Jerusalem Encampment , " Manchester ,

commences in 178 C . Tlie •' Baldwyn , " Bristol , about 1780 , and the "Ancient York Conclave , " ' Hull , also about 17 ? 0 . Tlie . se three Encampments have so far the distinction of proving their ri ght to assume the first rank as respects antiquity in

England . Should others possess earlier evidence of constitution they have only to produce them to secure a read y acknowledgment , hut until such is done , whatever may be tlie present numerical arrangement , these three will still

remain virtually ahead of all others as respects priority of existence . While wo mention the " Ancient York Conclave , " it is scarcel y necessary to do more to express our meaning . To prevent error , however , it mav be well to state , that it is

not the " Ancient Ebor ' at York , which is most inappropriately termed " Ancient" all hough only just constituted ! Why such a title has been selected we / mow not , but it is clearly a most absurd one . It tends still fitithe- to complicate

the history ot the Order when Enc iinpments of to-day arc permitted by the untl . orit es to unfurl their new banner , as if it had U-eu carried in many a campaign and seen extensive service in defence of the Order .

11 tho " Ebor must have a prefix , let it bo Modem , but surel y not Ancient .. Wo mention thisfacvilso , because we understand this Kncampment is one of the last constituted , and to take this opportunity to advise more suitable titles for subsequent l-rauchcs . No other modern L ' ncampment is similarly designated .

Bro . Yarker s notes to the "Notes of tho Temple " are most valuable , and most suggestive . Those at page II , respecting Operative and Speculative Freemasonry , especiall y aro well

worth y of" reproduction , and we hope to see a more exhaustive review of thc work in these pages before long . W . J . IIUOIIAU . ( To be continued . )