Summer Outing Of The John Hervey Lodge, No. 1260.

SUMMER OUTING OF THE JOHN HERVEY LODGE , No . 1260 .

The summer outing of the above lodge took place on Thursday , the 9 th inst ., and proved an unqualified success . The business ol the August meeting vvas gone through on the previous day , vvhen the W . M , Bro . H . F . Frost , assisted by an efficient staff of officers , performed the three ceremonies with every degree of accuracy and impressiveness This year's excursion took the form of a sea trip ,

. which , thanks to the members of a well-chosen committee 0 f members of the lodge , supplemented by the kind cooperation of the " clerk of the weather , " proved far more enjoyable than any of the previous successful gatherings . Starling from Fenchurch-street at a quarter to ir in a train provided vvith reserved accommodation , the brethren reached Tilbury in an hour ' s time , and proceeded at

once on board the Sussex steam yacht ( Captain Hayward ) for a six hours' trip to sea . On the return , dinner was served atthe Clarendon Hotel in a manner that elicited the heartiest expressions of satisfaction from all present , and proves that this old and favourite hotel will lose nothing of its past renown under the direction of Mr . Belli , the present manager . After the

banquet , the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were ably and eloquently put to the brethren by the Master , and heartily responded to . The return journey vvas made to London by the 9 . 40 train , and the brethren separated at the terminus vvith the very pleasant sensation of having enjoyed each other's society and the trip as much as it was possible to do . The

following brethren vvere present : Bros . H . F . Frost , VV . M . ; 0 . L . Latreille , P . M . ; H . Evvans , P . M . ; J , Heaton , P . M . ; F . Dangerfield , J . VV . ; Walter Potter , S . D . ; Rev . R . C . Lewis , J . R . Reep , J . Evans , Bigwood , Dr . Taylor , Varley Hughes , Cox , Fox , and Matthews , Visitors : Bros . Bustard , Scott , Vernon , Dorman , Dodd , Wise , Hayward , Langley , and Barlow .

Colonel Macleod Moore.

COLONEL MACLEOD MOORE .

The name of Col . William James Bury MacLeod Moore , G . C . T ., Supreme Grand Master of the Sovereign Great Priory of Knights Templar of Canada , is one that will live when its possessor shall have passed to the Great Beyond . Freemasonry , that has existed for ages , that flourishes now ,

and that , hand-in-hand with time , will journey to the brink of eternity , has inscribed upon his roll of honour in letters of imperishable gold the name of him vvho , as a student or teacher , learner or leader , has been first among his peers , and vvho , now that well nigh four score winters have left their impress on the page of history since he vvas born ,

may be regarded as the father of the Craft in Canada . To detail accurately the incidents in the Masonic career of our venerable brother vvould be an undertaking calculated to tax our limited space , but as a brief biographical sketch of so distinguished a Mason would , doubtless , be welcomed by the readers of the Freemason , all of whom know him

by repute , and many personally , vve gladly comply vvith the expressed desire to that effect . Col . Moore ' s great grandfather , Col . William Moore , a Dorsetshire gentleman , for his services in Ireland vvas granted by Cromwell the lands of Saleston , in the Co . Meath and contiguous to Carton , the seat of the Duke of

Leinster . The same Col . Moore was for some time Governor ot Jamaica , where he commanded the British troops , and by a wise administration vvas instrumental in firmly establishing that colony . His grandson , the father of the present Colonel , vvas also a military commander , and served under Wellington in India during the Mysore and Mahratta

campaigns . He vvas one of the heroes of the siege of Seringapatam and at the memorable battle of Assaye was so severel y wounded that he was compelled to retire from active service . The subject of this sketch vvas born in , r ^ and , but received his early education in the city of Aberdeen , Scotland , and vvas a student at the Mareschal

College in 1825 , when he passed for and vvas admitted to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst , England . He graduated vvith the commission of an Ensign to the 69 th regiment , vvith vvhich he served for over 20 years , when he was selected by the War Office as first-class staff officer in Canada . His duties on arrival in 1 S 52 vvere manifold

, mainl y consisting of forming and supervising the pension districts . He vvas stationed at Bytown , now Ottawa , until lS 57 . when retiring from service in the regu ' ar army he vvas appointed by Lord Elgin , then Governor-General , to the command of the active force of Ottawa . On the 17 th August 1827 and when only 17 of

, , years age , Bro . Moore received the Three Degrees of Craft Masonry in one evening , at a special meeting of Glenkindil k odge . No . 333 , held in the house of the W . M ., R . W . Bro . Major-General Sir Alex . Leith , K . C . B . On the same occasion John Hill Burton , known to literary fame in later

years as the " Historian of Scotland , " and then the school-D ° y friend of young Moore , vvas also admitted . In 1 S 31 he nMjl } ed in St - Machers Chapter , No . 37 , held in the city i „ - jn een - In lS 43- when with his regiment in Dublin , he \ , . . - Patrick ' s Lodge and Chanter , No . so . as also

inci , " , Mai"k Lodge , No . 4 , and in the year following vvas •"Stalled a High Knight Templar and Knight of Malta in the ^ ncampment attached to Lodge 242 , held in the old town of t ^ j County Roscommon , in which lodge he vvas elected him •!erved as Senior Warden . Three years later found m with his regiment in the historic island of Malta , in the the - ' and here ! t may be said that he founded reputation as a Temolar that is neriiUarlv his nmn Ho

Unde ti affi r- ated W'th the St > J ° hn and St- Paul Lod * > iRi „ the . English register , in the city of Lavaletta , and in islani lnsta "ed W . M . This lodge-the oldest in the Wnot , 7 r lnstitu ' ed 'n 1 S 15 by Judge Waller Rodwell and re I a f 5 rmer Grand Master of Templars in England , the „ . •one which in the last century existed under Pressedt Ctl 0 n of the Kn * g hts of MaIta . but which wassup-D _ .. Oy Order nf the Pnnp . nnrl its mf > m ) i . rc cralforo ^ l

Lod ' ap °° . was a , so a member of the Union of Malta P « nci pal ^ ° Arch Cha P > of which he was Th - by ^ ; . * j ° journ in Malta was made specially memorable but jj , ! , ' which not only becomes an event in history as Kri J , -r 'low " * e el * thus , ' with vvhich Bro . Moore , te * anean / f P » was imbued . Here in this Medithere on ll d > a P , ace teeming with historic reminiscences , Knia-hfc 1 % sp . ot sacred as being the last refuge of the •>us ot - at . J hn , he established the first Knights Tem-

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plar encampment in connection with Freemasonry ever held in Malta , and named it the Melita . The Grand Conclave of England and Wales granted the lvarrant of confirmation on the ioth March , 1 S 50 , and two years subsequently Bro . Monre ' s efforts were fittingly recognised when at ihe annual meeting of the Grand Conclave held at London , the Grand Master in person installed him as Second Grand Captain of

the Grand Conclave . On arrival in Canada Bro . Moore lost no time in identifyinghimselfwith Masonry , and in Kingston with the Ancient St . John ' s Lodge and Ancient Frontenac R . A . Chapter . His love for Templary , however , kept him active in its interests , and his enquiries elicited the fact that a Masonic Knights Templar Encampment had in the misty past been

attached in some way to the lodge and chapter . He hunted up the aged and dormant charter vvhich was named St . John , and vvhich appeared to have been issued in 1 S 24 by the self-constituted authority of the Royal Arch Superintendent for Upper Canada at that time , Bro . Tibba M . Phillips , and having secured the signatures of a number of companions to a petition for a new charter , forwarded it

with the old document to England , where the Grand Conclave favourably considered it , and in due course the vvarrant | for " Hugh de Payens" Encampment was received , with Sir Knight Captain MacLeod Moore nominated as its first Commander . For the second time the indefatigable brother had succeeded in planting the Templar standard on a

constitutional basis , and once more vvas he to witness the success of his efforts . The date of the original charter , 1 S 24 , vvas by resolution of Grand Conclave transferred to Hugh de Payens , and the Encampment took rank accordingly . To commemorate the event the late Sir Knight Major-General Alex . Gordon , R . E ., instituted for the members of the encampment an order of merit to be called the Gordon Order

consisting of 12 crosses , 11 of silver and one of gold , the latter to be held by Bro . MacLeod Moore for life . From the establishment of this encampment has sprung the Sovereign Great Priory of Canada , over which Col . Moore so worthily presides , and over vvhich may he long live to exercise his exalted functions . The Grand Master of the English Templars , Col . Tynte ,

in recognition of the event above recorded , appointed Bro . Moore Provincial Grand Commander of Knights Templar in Canada , and his representative , vvhich position he retained until 1 S 6 S , vvhen , owing to the change in the political geography of the country , he became Grand Prior of the Provincial Grand Priory of the Dominion . The then Grand Master of England , Col . Stuart , presented him on the

occasion with a beautiful star and enamelled badge of office . On the formation of Convent General in 1 S 73 , with H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as Grand Master of the whole Order , the latter , on his installation , announced that her Majesty the Queen had consented to become Patron of the Order , and he therewith instituted the honorary ranks of Grand Cross of the Temple and Knight Commander of the

Temple , appointing a limited number of each . Col . Moore had the honour to be nominated one of the Grand Crosses , of vvhich there were altogether 21 , six of them being Royal personages , including the Emperor of Germany , King of Sweden , Crown Prince of Germany , Crown Prince of Denmark , Duke of Connaught , and others . About this time the Canadian Templars had proved

numerous enough to be desirous of being constituted a National Great Priory under Convent General , but it was not until 1875 that the wish was consummated , and Col . Moore installed Great Prior of the United Orders of the Temple and Malta for the Dominion . In 1 SS 4 the complete independence of the body in Canada vvas effected , the Prince of Wales acceding to

the request and releasing it from its old-time allegiance . It thus became the Sovereign Great Priory of Canada , and Col . Moore vvas elected Supreme Grand Master ad vitam . Three years later the issue of warrants for the institution of three Preceptories in the Colony of Victoria , Australia , led to a rupture of friendly relations vvith England , vvhich disputed Canada's right to interfere with a territory claimed

by the parent body , and a severance of the fraternal tie resulted . This unlooked-for and unhappy circumstance is the great cloud that has darkened the Templar life of the Grand Master . It was , of curse , the action of the Great Priory , not his doing . His loyalty to the Prince of Wales and the English system vvas proverbial , and he never tired of impressing his views in this respect upon the fratres of

Great Priory . But although his great devotion to his Prince and the affection he bore to the parent body were unshaken , his fealty to the Sovereign Great Priory over which he ruled was equally strong , and , painful as was the position in vvhich its action had placed him , and reluctant as he was to accede to the request in vvhich he could not in himself ( ind a responsive echo , he submitted to the dictates

of duty , and the fratres vvho sympathised vvith and understood his feelings in the matter honoured him for the course he had taken . Bro . Moore ' s untiring devotion to the Templar Order is manifested not alone in his official standing . His writings exhibit a vast store of industry and research , and the Masonic student of the future will be indebted to him for

much light shed in dark places . Some years ago , he suffered an irreparable loss in the destruction by fire of his home at Laprairie , which included a library that may be said to have been the collection of a lifetime . This misfortune told heavily on the Grand Master , who , indeed , had lost his companions in his books , many of which it was impossible lo duplicate and vvould be prized beyond

telling . Although Bro . Moore regarded the Templar Order with such esteem , he did not neglect the Craft working by any means . We find that in 1 S 54 he was elected S . G . W . of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Canada , and in that year he founded Corinthian Lodge at Ottawa , and was its first VV . Master . In 1859 he organised Carleton Royal Arch

chapter , in the same city , and was elected its first Presiding Officer , and at the convocation of Grand Chapter , in 1863 , he was nominated to the chair of G . H . The establishment of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in Canada is to be attributed to Bro . Moore's zeal , vvho , vvhile on a visit to the United States to witness the operations of the Northern army during the war journeyed

to New York , and there obtained all the Degrees of the Rite , and received a patent empowering him to institute it in Canada . To him also may be traced the establishment of the Order of the Red Cross of Rome and Constantine , the Degree of Royal Ark | Mariner , and the Swedenborgian Rite . He is a Past Grand Master of the Grand Council of Royal

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and Select Masters , and a member of the Royal Order or Scotland . In 1 S 75 he founded in Canada a College of the Rosicrucian Society , deriving his authority from H . I . Highness , Prince Rliodocanakis , Grand Master of Masons of Greece . He is also an Associate Honorary Chevalier of the non-Masonic Order of St . John of Jerusalem in England .

ln all these he has taken deep interest and , to use the words of a biographer , " he worked zealously and faithfully , especially during the early days of Masonry in Canada , to overcome difficulties that would have daunted a less determined , less enthusiastic brother . Ambition vvith him meant a determined desire to spread the true principles of Masonry abroad in all his journeyings , and it honours in

plenty have been conferred upon him , they have been honourably won , and have been used commendably as ends to promote still further the best interests of the Masonic Fraternity . "Our distinguished brother liaving from a laudable curiosity in search of light , made himself conversant with nearly all the various rites and degrees attached to Ancient

Craft Masonry , he has found much to commend , and to those vvho have leisure to devote to their history and symbolism , consider valuable information to be gained , but outside from this , of no particular utility whatever . Believing Craft Masonry , including the Royal Arch , the only true and genuine Freemasonry , all other Degrees and rites are mere modern parasites on the Craft ; in fact , all

innovations , equally legitimate , and equally spurious—but all legitimate—so far that it is lawful for a Master Mason to acquire any or all of them . All spurious , as true Masonic Degrees , from the fact that none of them are required or acknowledged by the Craft Grand Lodge , the only really supreme governing body . He looks upon the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in its modern reform

work , as of a stately and refined character , calculated to interest the Masonic student , but like all others possessing no practical useful knowledge or having any authority beyond itself . " Col . Moore vvas for many years stationed in the West Indies and Mediterranean , and filled important offices both

on the regimental and general staff ot the army . He is the author of several works on military subjects . A treatise on the practical use of the broadsword and bayonet fencing earned for him a widespread reputation . Col . Moore was early noted for his skill in all athletic exercises , and as an expert swordsman he was famous not alone in the army , but in the " salles d'armes" of his time both at home and

abroad . He takes the name of MacLeod from his paternal grandmother . His grandfather , Captain Gustavus Moore , of Saleston House , County Meath , married Amelia , only daughter of Norman John MacLeod of Dunvegan Castle ,

Isle of Syke , Chief of the MacLeods of MacLeod by his first marriage with Janet , daughter of Sir Donald Macdonald , Bart ., of Slate , the ancient Lords of the Isles , and now Barons Macdonald in the Peerage of Ireland . —Toronto Freemason .

Southern Counties Cyclist's Camp.

SOUTHERN COUNTIES CYCLIST'S CAMP .

After a seven days' meet the fifth annual gathering of Southern cyclists under canvas came to a close last Thursday amid general regret that the pleasant outing vvas but of a week's duration . By the generous invitation of E . D . Gosling , Esq ., the Camp vvas this year , for the first time , located in tiusbridge Park , Godalming , Surrey , and it vvould be difficult to find any spot more suitable for the

purpose . At an elevation of over 300 feet above the sea , and surrounded for miles by charming scenery and sylvan glades , a plateau vvas chosen on vvhich to pitch the numerous tents required for accommodating the 300 and odd sleepers at night , and the many reception and official marquees used for pleasure and business during the day . This high ground removed all danger of swamping and undue moisture

from the recent heavy rains , and good health and appetites vvere universally felt . The majority ot campers joined on Saturday preceding Bank Holiday , and received a hearty welcome from Bro . T . C . Seary , Hon . Sec . of the camp , and found their tents ready for them , and in most cases tas r . efu ! ly decorated , the arranging and pitching having been personally supervised throughout the previous week by Bro . F .

Jackson , of the Holborn C . C . Saturday afternoon was devoted to various sports in camp , and after a seven o'clock dinner , a capital concert vvas given , Bro . Vernon Smith being in the chair . On Sunday , a service vvas held in the large marquee , or mess tent , attended by over 400 cyclists and friends , and a very appropriate sermon was preached by the Rev . H . L .

Burrows , vicar of Godalming . The surpliced choirs of tiusbridge and Godalming led the singing , asiisted by Mr . Coates , Organist to Busuridge Church . Bank Holiday opened with fine weather but in the afternoon a persistent drizzle set in until late at nighr , but did not deter a large number from watching with keen interest the excellent cycle races held on the Godalming recreation

ground . On Tuesday the visitors received defeat in a cricket match against Busbridge , and the remaining days were devoted to swimming and fishing in Mr . Gosling ' s extensive lakes , and excursions to the many beautiful neighbourhoods .

Many ladies graced the camp by their presence and lent invaluible aid in tastefully decorating the tents and adding much to the success of the concerts and al fresco dances , and thanks are due to Bro . Wheedon , of the Angel Hotel , Godalming , and numerous inhabitants who endeavoured to make comfortable the ladies and other visitors .

Godalming is the fortunate possessor of a very handsome Masonic Temple , of solid build and detached . No lodges are , vve believe , held there during the summer months , but an informal visit was made by several breihien from the Camp , and " Hearty good wishes" left in writing on the Secretary ' s table .

Amongst others whom vve met at camp occur the names of Bros . G . Reynolds , R . Fairclough , J . Rowe , W . S . Lincoln , F . Jackson , and G . H , Reynolds , of the Anglo-American Lodge ; Vernon Smith , 1 ' . C . Seary , and E . L . Campbell , of the Strand Lodge ; Cogliati , L . Smeed , VV . ¦ Smeed , C . H . Fox , Short , Chapman , and others .

The Marquis of Hartington , after a brief visit to the Duke of Devonshire , at Holkar Hall , Lancashire , proceeded vvith a numerous party to Yorkshire on Tuesday , for some grouse shooting , and ii expected back in town on the 28 th inst .