Table Of Contents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS .

TAGE FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND 83 FREEMASONRY IN IRELAND S 3 & 84 MASONIC ORDER OF MIZRAIM 84 ANCIENT AND PRIMITIVE RITE OF MISRAIM ... 8 4

THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE 84 RED CROSS OF ROME AND CONSTANTINE ... 84 THE FREEMASONS' LIFE BOAT 85 GALLANT LIFE BOAT SERVICES 85 MASONIC FESTIVITIES

Bro . T . A . Adams' Annual Ball 85 Masonic Ball at Pendleton S 5 Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction ... 85 & 86 THE CRAFT — Metropolitan ... 86 & 87

Provincial 87 ROYAL ARCHMetropolitan 87 Provincial 87 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS SS

BOOKS RECEIVED 88 A MODERN GRUMBLER SS & So MULTUM IN PARVO 89 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCEThe " Rectangular Review ' go

The Robert Wentworth Little Testimonial ... 90 Qualifications of Visitors to Lodges 90 SCOTLANDSocial Meeting of Lodge S ; . Davids , No . 78 , Dundee 90

MASONIC MISCELLANEA 90 ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION ... 91 Festival 91 , 92 , & 93 ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS ... 93 MASONIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK . ... 93 & 94 ADVERTISEMENTS 81 , 82 , 94 , 95 , & 96

Freemasonry In England

FREEMASONRY iii ENGLAND

BY THE SON OF SALATHIEL . THE "ANCIENTS . " ( Continued from page 635 , vol . 3 . ) "On St . John ' s Day , June 24 th , iy 66 , the Grand Lodge was not opened , but the

brethren met , by permission of the Grand Officers , at the Angel Inn , Whitechapel , and from thence walked in procession to Stepney Church , where an excellent sermon , founded on the General Regulations

of the Craft , and upon a suitable text , was preached by the Rev . Mr . Parker Rowlands , our most worthy brother . After the ceremony , the fraternity , amounting to a vast

number , with three bands of music , walked in like manner to the Angel aforesaid , where they separated , and each lodge went to dine at the house where held . "

At the meeting held at the Bell ' s Tavern , on the 3 rd December following , Bro . Dermott explained to the brethren that Lord Kelly , the Grand Master , wished to retire from his high office , as he was not likely to

return to town for a considerable period ; but the Grand Secretary stated that he would soon be prepared to submit the name of a "very eminent brother" for the position thus vacated . Bro . Derrnott somewhat

slyly added that the brother alluded to was a gentleman of fortune , having an " estate of sixteen thousand pounds per annum ;" and it may be fairly assumed that this latter announcement was not received as

an evidence of the " very eminent" brother ' s disqualification for the post of Grand Master . In conformity with Bro . Dermott ' s suggestion , the customary election of a Masonic chief was postponed ; but after a smart contest . Bros . William Clarke

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and Peter Duffy were chosen as Grand Wardens , Bro . Dermott being unanimously continued in the office of Grand Secretary . At this meeting a suitable piece of plate was ordered to be presented to the Rev .

Bro . Rowlands "for his great love for the Craft , " especially in preaching sermons befoite the fraternity . On the 27 th December , the candidate for the Grand Mastership was announced in favour of the " Honourable Thomas Mathew of Thomas

Town in the Kingdom of Ireland , Esquire . It was mentioned as one of the proofs of this gentleman ' s zeal for Freemasonry that , wherever he resided , " whether in Ireland , Great Britain , or France , he held a

regular (?) lodge amongst his own domestics . It is somewhat singular that livery servants have been for many years , and are now , expressly excluded from the privileges of

the Order by the laws of the Irish Grand Lodge , and yet one hundred years ago a "Provincial Grand Master of Munster" ( for such was Bro . Mathew ' s rank in his native

country ) not only admitted them , but courted their society in his own house . Bro . Mathew was unanimously chosen to succeed the Earl of Kelly , and the thanks of the Grand Lodge were voted to the

outgoing Grand Master for " the honour and service he had done to the Craft , " although he does not appear to have attended the meetings of the brethren once even during his six years tenure of the Grand

Mastership . The new ruler was evidently a man of a different stamp , as the followcopy of his reply to the Deputy Grand Master ' s letter , notifying the action of Grand Lodge , will sufficiently indicate : —

Fisher ' s Lodge , Jan . 5 th , 1767 . To Mr . Dickey , in Bow-street , Covent Garden . Dear Brother , —I am extremely sensible of the great honour done me by the Fraternity , and shall always do my utmost to promote it . I shall come

to town on purpose to be installed , of which I shall give proper notice to our worthy Grand Secretary , Mr . Dermott . I am , with great esteem , dear Sir , Your sincere friend and humble servant , ( Signed ) THOMAS MATHEW , G . M .

Notwithstanding this note , however , the Grand Master-elect was privately installed , a circumstance which gave rise to some unpleasant feeling at a subsequent

meeting . On the 12 th June , 1767 , Bro . Mathew presided over the Grand Lodge in person , when the representatives of 33 lodges , besides the Grand Officers , were present . Four Grand Stewards were chosen at this

meeting , and the Rev . Bro . Rowlands was requested to preach a sermon at St . Clement ' s Church * on St . John ' s Day following . The next entry is so characteristic of Dermott that it would be high treason to his

memory were it to pass unnoticed : —'' The Grand Secretary humbly desired that his Worship the Grand Master would be pleased to nominate the text on which the sermon was to be preached . " To which

the Right Worshipful answered in Latin : " In principo erat sermo ille , ct scrmo ille erat apud Deum , erat que ille scrmo Deus , ' to which the Grand Secretary made a bow , and said , " Fungor officio meo . " And the

said sermon was duly preached by Bro . Rowlands on the 24 th June , 1767—the new Grand Master being deprived of the pleasure of attending in consequence of a

" severe touch of the gout . " On this pleasing occasion the ringers at St . Clement ' s were awarded one guinea for their services , the poor of the parish five guineas , and the beadles ten shillings and sixpence .

Freemasonry In Ireland.

FREEMASONRY in IRELAND .

- BY BRO . WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN . ( Continuedfrom page 6 j . ) We believe the Constitutions published , printed at Dublin , 1744 , to be the second edition of the Constitutions under the

authority of the Grand Lodge . The only copy we have seen is appended to the " Serious and Impartial Enquiry , " by Fifield Dassigny , M . D ., Dublin , 1 744 , in our library . The following is the title page of the laws :

" The General Regulations of the Freeand Accepted Masons in the Kingdom of Ireland , Pursuant to the English Constitutions . Approved of and agreed upon by the Grand Lodge in Dublin , on the 24 th

June , 1741 . Tullamore , Grand Master . Dublin : Printed by Edward Bate for the Authe . MDCCXLIV . " The author was " Edward Spratt , " the Grand Secretary , who dedicated the volume " To the Right

Worshipful and Right Honourable John Lord Viscount Allen , Grand Master , A . D . 1 744 , A . L . S 744 . " Unfortunately , our copy wants some seven pages , and in consequence of this misfortune , we have delayed

the reprint of Dr . Dassigny ' s work , hoping a perfect copy of the laws will be found . On application to the authorities at Dublin , the work is preserved in their archives , so we shall continue our researches for a time .

A list of regular lodges in the city of Dublin is inserted at the end of the work . The next edition was issued A . D . 1751 , and is entitled the " Book of Constitutions ; by Edward Spratt , Sec . J . Butler , Dublin "

( 172 pages and 40 pages of songs ) . Both these copies are very like the regulations of Grand Lodge of England , and indeed the

latter were generally accepted by Grand Lodges for many years after the Revival . In Scotland , we believe the first independent Book of Constitutions was not issued

until A . D . 1 S 04 , < ls an appendix to Bro . Lawrie ' s " History of Freemasonry . " Bro . Spratt , the Grand Secretary , speaks favourably of the progress of the Craft up to A . D . 175 1 , and since its revival from its low

state in 1745 . On the 26 th April , 1 779 , some brethren in Dublin sent a petition for a charter to the Mother Lodge Kilwinning , Scotland , which was supported by Bro . G . A .

Cunningham , a Past Warden of this old lodge . The petition read thus : " Brethren studious to follow Freemasonry on the justest principles of the ancient Craft , and willing to

derive an authority from the first source , a Regular Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons , held in Dublin , have been long desirous to obtain a charter from the esteemed

brethren , the ancient lodge of Kilwinning , as they are fully satisfied with the title of Primogeniture . Anxiously soliciting after the attainment of this much-desired object , but at a loss to whom to turn

for advice , or where to apply , they count it a fortunate sera their meeting with their beloved Brother George Cunningham , Esq ., whose friendship pointed out a clue to lead them out of their labyrinth and

doubt . Under his auspices , therefore , they apply for a charter from you to hold a lodge , to be called the High Knight Templars ' Lodge of Ireland , and hope ever to walk worthy of their , vocation , and the

high favour you will confer on them by granting it . " The petition was granted , and thus was originated the High Knight Templars of Ireland . Although Mother

Lodge Kilwinning only authorised the three Craft degrees ( and has in fact never worked any others ) , these brethren , or their successors actually started the degree