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Answers To Correspondents.

Answers to Correspondents .

RF . MITTAN ' CKS UKC 1 ICVKO . CAI > T . T . C . I ' ltici-, W . / i . —( Gibraltar by l ' . O . O . 7 s . od .

Births ,Marriages And Deaths.

Births , Marriages and Deaths .

BIKTII . MACKENZIE . —June < J , at 20 , Church-road , Stanley , near Liverpool , the wife of liro . J . 13 . MaeKen / ie , of a son .

MARKIAG 1 ' . lU . uso . v—BOOK . —June 4 , at St . Saviour ' s Church , Falkncr-stiuare , Liverpool , by Bro . the Rev . G . II . Hobson , M . A ., Vicar of Gu ' nden , Sutton , l' . l ' . G . Chaplain of Cheshire , brother-in-law of the bride , Bro . Edward Hamson , of the Mariners' Lodge , Xo . 341 ) , to Lucy , youngest daughter of Bro . Dr . Book , of the Ancient Union Lodge , Xo . 20 . 5 , Liverpool . At the conclusion of the ceremony , Bro . . ) . Skcaf , I' . G . Organist of West Lancashire , played . Mendelssohn ' s " Wcdding Marcli .

DEATHS . GAHHOD . —On the jth inst ., after ten weeks' illness , at Wyndham House , Carlton Hill , N . W ., Hro . Joseph Nicholas Garrod , Kstp , of r- ' alcon-sijare . t ' . C . oft he ward of Aldersgate , aged 62 . IIEAMKC :. —June S , at 12 , Great George-square , Liverpool , aged 10 yeats , Martha Lynn , daughter of Bro . Wm . Healing , of Lodge 1094 .

Liverpool Theatres. &C.

LIVERPOOL THEATRES . & c .

Week ending June 21 . ROYAL Al . RXA . NDKA THKATRK , Lime-street . — I . esse Bra . l ' .. Sukcr . Millie Wilton's t ' tnvipaiiv in "Man ami Wife . " ROYA L AMI'lIITIIKATIvl-:, Creat t li . Ml . iltc-st 1 ect . — Lessee tiro .. II . Leslie . Ml .-eell . incoii .- Dramatic I'v-rl ' m in . nice-.. P ~ d < rNCIi ' bT " \ VALt : s " 'llll- ; A'l'KI-:, Cl ; ulort-M | u . ue .- Lessee . Mr . Sclton Parrv . Mr . P . vroii '? . new drama , " Chained lo the O . ir . "

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The Order Of The Temple.

THE ORDER OF THE TEMPLE .

Thc recent changes which have revolutionised the entire character and constitution of Masonic Knight Teniplaiism in this country have evoked , as our readers are aware , a considerable amount of chagrin and bitterness amongst those mem-

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bers of the Order who believe , -whether rightly or wrongly , that tho revolutionists , in their pursuit of a chimera , have sacriiiced thc substance to the shadow . Neither has adverse

criticism , we regret to say , been confined to the limited circle of Templars who happen to disapprove of the Colquhoun regime , inasmuch as the publicity given by the daily press to the installation of the Prince of Wales as chief of the

non-Masonic Templars has brought down showers of sarcasm not only upon the devoted head of His Royal Highness , but upon the new Order in general . Nevertheless , although we

entertain a strong opinion as to the gross impolicy of dssociating modern Templary from its foster mother Freemasonry , we should , in all probability , have refrained from comment upon the subject ,

in thc charitable belief that , however mistaken in their views , the Colquhoun party were actuated to some extent by lonii fide , feelings , and by an

excusable , although preposterous , idea of placing the Order in a better position before the public .

Our sentiments of benevolent neutrality have , however , now received a rude and startling shock . Not content with stamping out— -as if he were dealing with the rinderpest—every trace

of a Masonic origin , every evidence of a Masonic development in his revised Order of the Temple ; Not satisfied with having torn from tlie history of the Order its very title-page to

respect-Uneasy until he had deprived Templary of its ruistm d ' etre , the life , the spirit of Masonry which animated aud sustained the whole body—not content , we repeat , with the success of his

unholy and lamentable efforts in one direction , Sir Patrick Cuh-uhoun deliberately steps out of his way to attack another Order—long akin to the Masonic Confraternity of Knights

Templarand one which is supported not onl y in England , but throughout the world by the best and noblest sons of the AIasonic Craft . Out of his own lips this Arch Chancellor stands condemned , and we

scarcely know which excites our greater astonishment in the following epistle , namely , the grandiloquent egotism which pervades its every line , or the marvellous folly that could allow such an

anti-Masonic production to see the li ght . Fain would we hope that tlie subjoined letter is a clever hoax upon the Chancellor , but unfortunately it bears too much internal evidence to permit many doubts as to its authenticity .

Nothing but a solemn retractation of this libellous'and uncalled for attack upon the Supreme Grand Council , ] . f , of which ( we may remark en / iiissaijl our popular Deputy Grand Master ,

Lord Carnarvon is a member ) , will ever set Sir Patrick Colquhoun right again in the minds of all honest Masons , and we trust he will speedily disown the letter as a crude , hasty , and ill-conditioned enunciation oi his recent policy .

Premising that we copy the communication from the IFasliington Siindui / Herald , we now leave our readers to judge Ior themselves , believing that at the present state of the question further comment is superfluous .

" The letter from London , which we publish to-day , gives an authoritative history of the negociations that brought to a consummation , on the 7 th of April , the great change in thc recon-

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struction of the Order ol the Temple , which was celebrated by one of the grandest and most interesting Masonic festivals that has occurred for many years in England , 011 the occasion of thc union of the Grand Conclave of Masonic

Knights Templar of England and the Grand Conclave of High Knights Templar of Ireland , together with the installation of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales as Grand Master of the United Orders .

The writer of the letter is Sir Patrick Colquhoun , Knight Commander ofthe Bath , ( sic" ) Queen ' s Counsellor , LL . D ., & c , and Grand Chancellor of the Order . Sir Patrick , with all

his diplomatic ability , could not prevail upon the Scotch Masons to join this great movementhence the '' " pitching into" that sturdy crew of militants . It was at the suggestion of Sir

Patrick that the new Order of the Cross was conferred upon J . Q . A . Fellows , of New Orleans , as Grand Master of the American Kni ghts Templar , on the same occasion that the Cross

was given to the Emperor of Germany and thc King of Sweden , who are active Masons : " 2 , King ' s Bench-walk , Temple , "London , 13 April , 1873 .

" To John Scott Cunningham , U . S . Navy . " Langham Hotel , London . " My Dear Sir ; The questions you put to

me require a somewhat lengthy reply , in making which I trust you will excuse inevitable prolixity .

" When the Ionian Islands ( where I had been Chief Justice ) were surrendered by Mr . Gladstone to the Crown of Greece , I returned to England , anil found the Order of the Temple

more or Jess in a state of disorder . The Grand Chancellor , Mr . John Halsey Law , a barrister and Fellow of King ' s , was anxious to resign his ollice , and the Grand Master Stuart , desirous to

lind some lawyer of standing to succeed him , the ollice was proposed to me and I accepted it . I , however soon found that there was everything to be done in the way of administrative recon

strttction ; ollicial order and routine had been neglected , and the whole bod y in danger of lapsing into anarchy . 1 , however , applied myself seriously to the work , and by slow steps

restored order and discipline , for the materials were for the most part good . The lirst step was to decentralise and render the provinces responsible to the governing body ; in other words to make

the Provincial Commanders responsible for their provinces , on a constitutional basis . Thus the Grand Master ' s authority penetrated to the youngest knight in a legitimate manner .

" Honours and dignities were no longer distributed by favour , but by merit , and the Provincial Ollicers became real entities instead of ornamental and unmeaning dignitaries . This

system was followed out in all its consequences order began to revive , and the body was purged of many abuses . " Convinced that the Prince of Wales must

some day become a Mason and join thc body , I conceived the idea of His Royal Highness being constituted its head , and directed my efforts to that end .

"The lirst step was to combine the three Kingdoms by a solemn compact of reciprocity . 1 'his done , soon after , His Royal Highness , as J