Great Priory Of Canada.

least are , the correct denomination , nomenclature , and costume . DESIGNATION OF THE EARLY TEMPLAR ORDER . In my circular of the loth of March ( see Appendix 2 ) I quoted from Addison ' s "Reliable History ofthe Kni ghts Templar" ( English edition , 18 5 . - 1 ) , pages 19 , 46 , and 61 , that the proper designation of the officer presiding over the Order of the Temple for each nation is that of Grand or

Great Prior , and by natural consequence the body so presided over is Grand or Great Priory ; and also shewing the organisation of the earl y Order in England to prove that the lowest organised body of Knights Templar is Preceptory , and as these Preceptories in Scotland and Ireland were dependent on the Temple in London , hence the precedent for our " Convent General . "

ORGANISATION OF THE ORDER . The Order being spiritual , the candidates for admission •were required to have already been kni ghted by a Secular Knight , when they were receit / ed into the Order in a chapter assembled in the Chapel of the Order , for as members they could not deign to accept honour from a layman . The only exception was in the case of an Ecclesiastic , a Bishop , who was permitted to

join the Order without being a Secular Knight . There were no Bishops , that is , Prelates of the Order . The Order consisted only of three distinct classes , not degrees , Knights , Chaplains , and serving Bicthren , including the men-at-arms ; besides the numerous retinue attached to the Order . The number of Chaplains was small , and admitted as a body after the Order had arrived at maturity . To be continued . )

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , September 21 , 1877 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secrearies of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , I ' rcceptories , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place 01 time of meeting .

SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 15 . Lodge 1 . 129 , Sphinx ; Bridge House Hot ., London Bdge . „ 136 4 , Earl of Zetland , Old Town Hall , Hackney . „ 1597 , Musgrave , Angel and Crown Hot ., Staines . R . C . C ., g , Villiers , Northumberland Arms Hot ., Isleworth ,

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzrny-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , Gr . osvenor Club , Ebuiy-square , S . W .

MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 17 . Lodge 920 , Panmure , Horns Tav ., Kennington . „ ¦ 801 , City of London , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st , LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Jerusalem Tav ., St . John's Gate .

Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camden , Stanhope Arms , Up . James-st ., Camden IWn . Eastern , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James's Union , Union Tav ., Air-st . Wellington , White Swan , Deptford . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lowcr-rd ., Rotherhithe .

Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amhcrst-rd ., Hackney . Loughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . London Masonic Club , 101 , Queen Victoria-st . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . Leopold , Woolpack Tavern , Bermondsey-st .

TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 18 . Board of General Purposes , at 3 . Lodge 704 , Camden , Bull and Gate , Kentish Town . „ 857 , St . Marks , S . M . H ., Cambeiwell New-rd . Chap . () 33 , Doric , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonville-rd . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord's Hot ., St . John's Wood . Dalhousie , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney . Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st .

Constitutional , Wheatsheaf Hot ., Hand-court , Holborn . sracl , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince's Head , York-road , Battersea . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping . slingtnn , Coopers' Arms , Silver-st ., Falcon-sq . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill .

WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 19 . Lodge of Benevolence . „ 141 , Faith , Anderton's Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 700 , Nelson , M . H . WiUiam-st ., Woolwich . „ 1044 , Wandswofh , Spread Eagle Ho , Wandsworth . „ 1382 , Corinthian , George Inn , Cubitt Town . „ 1624 , Eccleston , Grosvenor Hall , Ebury-pl ., S . W .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Whittington , Moor-lane , Fore-street . Mt . Lebanon , Windsor Castle Tav ., Southwark-bdg .-rd . Pythagorean , Prince of Orange , Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . La Tolerance , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st . Mount Edgcumbe , ig , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' s .

Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham . Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., Seven Sisters ' -rd . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park . Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston , N . United Strength , Grafton Arms , Kentish-town . Whittington , Black Bull Tav ., Holborn . Lewis , King ' s Arms Hot ., Wood Green ,

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford .

THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 20 . House Com ., Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge 1227 . Upton , Spotted Dog Tav ., Upton . „ 1278 , Burdett Coutts , Approach Tav ., Approach-rd . „ 1320 , Blackheath , Crown Hot ., Blackheath . „ 136 5 , Clapton , White Hart Tav ., Clapton . „ 1623 , W . Smithfield , Market Hot ., W . Smithfield .

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . Fii . sbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-road . Temperance in the East , Catherine-st ., Poplar , libury , is , Ponsonhy-st ., Milbank .

Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town . The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . Hig-h Cross , Coach & Horses , Hi gh-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John's Wood . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st ., Oxford-st .

FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 21 . House Com ., Boys' School , at 4 . I odge 975 , Rose of Denmark , White Hart Hot ., Barnes . Encampment 6 , St . Georges , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Stability , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . Onion Waterloo , Thomas-st ., Woolwich .

Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Constitution , Bedford-st ., Covent Garden . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . 's ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-road , Deptford . Clapton , White Hart , Clapton . Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st . St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John's Wood .

Westbournc , Lord ' s Hotel , St . John ' s Wood . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . St . James's , New Tanners'Arms , Granee-rd ., Berrnondsey . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Linn , Penny-fields , Poplar . Deiric , Earl Grey Tav ., Mile-end-road . Burgoyne , Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales ' s-St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea .

Chigwell , Prince's Hall , Buckhurst-hill . Burdett Coutts , Approach Tav ., Victoria Park . Royal Standard , The Castle , Holloway-rd . Ranelagh , Bell and Anchor , Hammersmith-rd . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Greenwich . Pythagorean Chapter , Prince of Orange , Greenwirh-rd . William Preston , Feathers Tav ., Up . George-st ., Edgware-rd .

Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .

For the Week ending Saturday , September 22 , 1877 MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 17 . Lodge fii . * j , Unity , Palatine-bgs ., Southport . „ 70 , ** , Clifton , Clifton Arms , Blackpool . ,, 1502 , Israel , M . H . Liverpool . Everton L . of I ., M . H . Liverpool .

TUESDAY , SEPTEMER 18 . Lodge 667 , Alliance , M . H . Liverpool . „ 8 97 , St . Helen ' s Lo > alty , Fleece Inn , St . Helen ' s . „ 986 , Hesketh , Grapes Inn , Croxteth . „ 1225 , Hindpool , Haitington Hot ., Barrow .

„ i 256 , Fidelity , Bull Hot . Poulton , C . Fylde . „ 1276 , Warren , Stanley Arms , Seacombe . „ 1325 , Stanley , M . H . Liverpool . „ 1570 , Prince Arthur , M . R ., N . Hill-st-, Liverpool . Merchant ' s L . of I . ; M . H . Liverpool . Bootle L . of I ., 146 , Berry-st ., Bootle .

WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 19 . Lodge 86 , Loyalty , Prescot . „ 484 , Faith , Gerard ' s Arms , Aston-in-Makeifielil . „ 537 , Zetland , M . R . Birkenhead . „ 580 , Harmony , Wheat Sheaf , Ormskiik . „ 75 8 , Ellesmcre , M . H . Runcorn . „ 823 , Everton , M . H . Liverpool .

„ 2086 , Walton , St Lawrence's School , Kirkdale . 1 , 1345- Victoria , Cross Keys Hot . Eccles . 11 1 SS 3 ' Duke of Lancaster , Athenajum , Lancaster . Mark Lodge 31 , Fidelity , Norfolk Arms , Hyde . Chap . 5 80 , Unity , Wheat Sheaf , Ormskirk . De Grey and Ripon L . of I ., 80 , N . Hill-st ., Liverpool . Downshire L . of I ., M . H . Liverpool .

THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 20 . Lodge 203 , Ancient Union , M . H . Liverpool . „ 343 , Concord Militia Rooms , Preston . „ 425 , Cestrian , Eastgate-row , Chester . „ O 05 , Combermere , seacombe Hot ., Seacombe . 11 953 * Hesketh , Royal Hot ., Fleetwood . , 1032 , Townley Parker , Howard ' s Arms , Whittle .

„ 1070 , Starkie , Black Horse Hoi ., Kirkham . „ 1299 , Pembroke , Rawlinson ' s Hot ., W . Derby . „ 157 6 , Dee , Union Hot ., Parkgate . Chap . 249 , Mar-ncrs , M . H . Liverpool . William de la More Enct ., AR . Bootle . St . John's L . of I ., M . H . Liverpool . Harmonic L . of I ., Adelphi Hot ., Liverpool . Duke of Edinburgh L . of I ., M . H . Liverpool .

FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 21 . Jacques de Molay Encpt ., M . H . Liverpool . Hamer L . of I . M . H . Liverpool .

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MASONICJOINTING. The increased matter of the Freemason having necessi tated the occupation of enlarged premises and extended appliances , the proprietor is now prepared to undertake the printing of everything requisite for Craft Lod ges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Knights Templar Encamp , ment , & c , & c . Lowest prices will be quoted , on application , for BYE-LAWS , SUMMONSES , CONSECRATION PROGRAMMES , MENU CARDS . BOOKS NOTE-PAPER , ( all degrees ) ENVELOPES , ditto . "FREEMASON" OFFICE . 198 , Fleet-street . London .

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MASONICCANDLES. For Craft Lodges , Ionic , Doric and Corinthian , Emblematically arranged for tne Worshipful Master Senior and Junior Wardens . 6 s . 6 d . PER SET OF 3 ONE POUND CAND LES . Packing Cases 6 d . each . DITTO FOR ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS , 10 s . 6 d . per set of 6 Candles . Packing Cases is . Wholesale and Retail at Bro . GBOHGB KENNIHO Masonic Depots , London , Liverpool , and Glasgow .

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DRO . FRANK ELMORE begs to announce - that he still continues to provide his well-known Musical Entertainments at the Banquets of the City Companies , Masonic Lodges , Concerts , Private Parties , and Charitable Institutions . The best available talent engaged . Books of Words printed , and all arrangements comp leted at a few hours' notice . —For Terms , Adrlress to his residence , 16 , Fcrnhcad-road St . Peter ' s Park , W .

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