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THE ORDER OF THE TEMPLE AND THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE .
As a loyal member of both bodies 1 cannot but express my great regret at the tone of Sir Patrick Colquhoun ' s letter , published recently in your columns . I have the very highest regard for the English Chancellor of the Order of the Temple , and a full appreciation of his great
abilities ; I believe , as I have before stated in another place , that the Order is greatly indebted to him for its present unexampled pitch of prosperity ; and yet , nevertheless , I am constrained to say that I believe most of the members of our chivalric Order will share with me in
expressing our profound regret that Sir Patrick should have penned the letter to our American brother , which appeared in your leader of the 14 th June . At the same time , I deprecate the caustic remarks you make on thc said letter , inasmuch as I fully believe it wasne \* er intended to be published .
Sir Patrick , like myself , is a member of the Ancient and Accepted Rite ; and I had the honour of receiving the 31 at the hands of our venerable and esteemed Illustrious Bro . Vigne , the Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander 33 Ancient and Accepted Rite , on the same day with the Chancellor .
He , however , was afterwards distinguished by being elected to the 32 ° , and I rejoiced , with many others , doubtless , in the selection , made with their usual wisdom , by the members ofthe Supreme Council . I therefore was quite unprepared to see an
attack made by him upon the Supreme Council , which is in my opinion a perfectly legitimate body , and bound to us as Templars , together with the Grand Lodge of Mark Masters nnder the tripartite treaty . It is just possible that some of the leaders of the Ancient and Accepted Rite
may have been secretly antagonistic , if not openly hostile , to the late changes in the government and constitution of the Order of the Temple and so brought down upon themselves the righteous indignation of the English Chancellor of the Order .
I do not say that this is so , as I do not profess to be behind the scenes , but I do say that it would be better if all the high degrees and Chivalric Orders could work harmoniousl y together . A policy of conciliation and mutual forbearance is the true policy , I am sure , and al
all events it has the merit ol being thoroughly Masonic ; and should therefore recommend itself to all those who , like myself , are enthusiastic Freemasons ( whether of hi gh or low degree ) , who thoroughly believe in the " Hautes Grades" and yet confess themselves . ' as good Craft Masons .
I do not like to impute motives , howcY'er , and I am sure that Sir Patrick Colquhoun has been singlehearted and unselfish in promoting the interests of the Order of the Temple . I know that when the Convent General was formed he refused a very high oilice , and declined to be be made a Knight Grand Cross , so that men could not say he had worked for his own ends .
'I'he Supreme Council , in my humble opinion , took a very ivise step in forming themselves into a company , and I like your correspondent " J . K . C , " object to the idea that there , is necessarily any trading in degrees , as suggested by Sir Patrick .
The formation of the Company no doubt established the legality of the A . and A- Rite , Yvhich might possibly h ; i \ e been objected to liefore , as of foreign orig in , resting its claims upon
n Charter from the Supreme Council ofthe S . J . United States ; but whilst giving every credit to "J . E . C' for his able letter , I must protest against his attempt to prove the I ' nited Orders an illegal organization .
The fact is a great deal of nonsense has been talked of late rihout the Templars , and many brethren who know no more about the Order than I do of Chinese , have kindly constituted themselves ecnsois and critics where thev should
have been content to observe the motto of the Craft "Audi , Vide , 'face . " Bro . Hodges , lor example , in your issue of May 24 . knows so little of the high degrees that lie speaks of Bro . Yarker as a member of the A ,
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whereas that erratic gentleman is an ostracised member of the 1 S , and no more entitled to the affix 33 than I am . It is a pity brethren should rush into print only to betray their ignorance . As I have said before , the Order of Constantine occupied yesterday the position the Order of the
Temple does to-day , so far as change of title is concerned , and it is simply nonsense [ to say that ' the mcreabolition ofthe title "Masonic" makes us an illegal body . Some errors occurred in my letter of the 3 rst May , but I dare say your readers YY'ould follow my meaning . I there reminded
them that our learned and distinguished Bro . Hughan once utterly repudiated Bro . Yarker ' s assertions that there were documents in existence showing that the Grand Lodge of all England at York recognised the . Knight Templar degree prior to r 7 So , but Bro . H . has since admitted
that he was wrong , and [ merely mention this to show that the best of us arc mistaken sometimes , and the dictum of such good Masonic students as Bro . Hughan cannot always be accepted as conclusive . In The Freemason of June 7 , Bro . Woodworth asks mc to prove my statement that Masonry is still the vital essence
of the United Orders . He says that under the the old working the connecting link was " extremely slight . " He signs himself P . K ., ( whatever that may mean ) , and , no doubt , is well instructed in Craft Masonry ; but he certainl y knows very little of Templar history or the Templar degree , or he would not have made that statement .
As to the new Ritual , I can only say that , as one of the Ritual Commissioners , I believe lam betraying no confidence when I state that the aim of the Commissioners will be to abide by the ancient landmarks as much as possible , and to return to the old chivalric secreta recebtiu
giving up only Yvhnt is manifestl y modern and incongruous . As to the " grand old Order" ( by the way , Craft Masonry YY \* IS never called an order , but a society ) and its religious toleration , surely Bro . Woodworth knows that its toleration dates from 1717 , and that in the old days
Masons were Roman Catholics , ar . d consequentl y Trinitarians . The history of the Templars and the high degrees generally has yet to be written . I published , last year , a poem which indicated that the Templar degree was known in England about 1720 .
Ihe late Dr . Leeson , had documents in his possession , 1 believe which proved ' the existence of the Kadosh ] degree at that date . Preston says that the Duke of Cumberland was made a Mason in 1 j 6 S , whereas I have seen documents in the possession of my learned Uro .
W . H . Bowden , of Bristol showing that the Dnke was at the head of certain hi gh degrees in 1763 . So much for Masonic history . The Baldwin Encampment or Preceptory of Bristol is in possession of certain degrees more or less intimately connected with those given by the
Ancient and Accepted Rile—Knights Rosa ? Crueis , Knights ofthe Ninth Arch , Kilwinning , \ e ., but which the Templars of lirislol got from the Grand Orient of France , so late only ns 1 S 36 , nine or ten years prior to the establishment ol the Ancient and Accepted Rite in this
countryrmd no doubt oilier encampments formerl y had possession of some of these degrees . This being so I do think that now lire Ancient and Accepted Kite is firmly established in this country , and under a legal basis , il would be wc 11 il the Templars would restrict themselves
entirely to the Templar and Knight of Malta degrees , and leave the others to the inure legitimate authority of the Si . pierue Council . 1 hope the day may he far distant however when to be thoroughly loyal to the Order of tiie Temple one must be necessarily antagonistic to the Ancient and Accepted Rile .
EMILY HOLM irs , 3 1 ' P . G . Provost , Member of Council , Great Prion of Kmiland .
tJJJAKJTY JEWEL . To the Editor of The Freemason . Dear Sir anil Urother , — Bro . 'ferry , the Secretary of the
Masonic Benevolent Institution , has reminded mc that , in J une , iS 6 y , the Hoard of General Purposes recommended to the M . W . the Grand Master that the privilege of . Yvearing the Charity
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Jewel bs granted to any brother serving any two of the three charities , and that the recommendation was approved and has been acted upon since that date ; and , as Bro . Terry is of opinion that my previous statement—that the Charit y
Jewel was only presented to those brethren who had served the Stewardship of the Boys' and Girls' Institutions—may do his Institution harm , I have very great pleasure , if you will allow me , in correcting my former statement , and thus
making it known that any brother on serving thu Stewardship of any two ot these charities , has the privilege of wearing the Charity jewel , with , of course , a clasp for the third and for any further Stewardship . I am , yours fraternally , MA ox us On RUN , l ' . M .
ROYAL ARK MARINERS . To the Editor of the Freemason .-Dear Sir and Brother , On the 14 th June you published a letter from Bro . Morton Edwards , P . G . C . Royal Ark Mariners , stating that the affairs of that
degree were to be in future superintended by a council , under the authority of the Mark Grand Lodge . Can you now inform mc who the members of that Ark Council are , and what status they aro to havc under the Grand Mark Lodge r
Is it now competent for thc officers of the defunct Ark Grand Lodge , to wear the badges of their Past Offices in Grand Mark Lodge or not , and are the members of the Ark Council to
have any distinctive badge ? Yours fraternally , A PAST Oii'itriiR 01 * Tin ; LATI ; GRAND ARK LOIR ;* :.
CRYSTAL PALACE . —On Saturday last the prizes awarded to the succesful competitors in the musical contests which have been taking place in the Crystal Palace during the early part of the week were distributed . I'he attendance was very numerous for a half-crown day , and
amongst those present on the platform were several musicians of celebrity . Mr . T . Hughes , . 1 / . /' ., who presided , said that was the second year on which the prizes of the company Yvere distributed to the successful competitors in music and song . On the last occasion His Royal
Highness the Duke of Edinburgh kindly undertook to distribute the prizes but he was just now looking out for a prize for himself —( laughter)—and therefore more agreeably engaged than if he presided over the second distribution of musical prizes in the Crystal Palace . He was sure they
would all rejoice in the circumstance that the Welsh choir again carried oil' the chief prize , and no one would grudge that honour to the smallest principality in the kingdom . The men of Liverpool had also proved themselves worthy on this occasion , and the Hags and banners
around showed that they need not be ashamed of the musical talents of the population of the metropolis . lie believed these contests were calculated to do much good , rmd hoped that the result of each year that passed by would be still more satisfactory .
The Bishop of London and the Romish Archbishop of Westminster are said to have met al the Guildhall entertainment , and were seen conversing for some time . Bishop Jackson remarked to Dr . Maiming : — " According to tin rules of our respective Churches , neither yiiui
Urace nor I ought to be here to-night . " " I have dispensed myself , and all my Catholic col leagues , " was the Archbishop ' s prompt reply . "Jf not too late , I will at once follow yonr Grace ' s example , " retorted the Bishop ol London . And then they both enjoyed a hearty laugh .
Si . iniiKM-. —[ in * only fnunanteed enve for I ( mthaclu-. — 'I Ins ex * t a . Hiliniivy apphiMthm , mavveJhmH in its elleels , t ' . ives inimedut * - iijlicf , without inimin ; :. the louth , and fuvm-. a tempovavv stopi-hr :. is . 1 Ail .: pn .-i IMC is . ; , d . Tlic ( 01-.. U . 1 n . Too in l' . \ si K . ' lnr < . k-an--iiii ^ and ii ] i | t ; - * m in ;; I lie teeth , iinpai l ., , T natural redness ID the iinnr-, aid : ; t \ es biilli . inev to the en .-iniel , i iue is , Od . The Kov . M-
' Jr .:. t li nu v ., prepared from a recipe as u * -ed hy hev M ; i ; e > ty , f ^ ved the teeth a pcail-HUe whitener-s , and imparts a th-liei * . "* ' :- , hav ; r ; nit ^ in the breath , l- ' iite is . ( nl . Sold In all ehenii-ts and perfumers , and by lhc proprietors , i \ I KSSKS . ( IAHKIEL , tlie old-i . stabli . died Dentists , 72 , UidyaUMiill , and cO , llarley-slreeljCuvemlbh-sqnarc , Luudun .
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THE ORDER OF THE TEMPLE AND THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE .
As a loyal member of both bodies 1 cannot but express my great regret at the tone of Sir Patrick Colquhoun ' s letter , published recently in your columns . I have the very highest regard for the English Chancellor of the Order of the Temple , and a full appreciation of his great
abilities ; I believe , as I have before stated in another place , that the Order is greatly indebted to him for its present unexampled pitch of prosperity ; and yet , nevertheless , I am constrained to say that I believe most of the members of our chivalric Order will share with me in
expressing our profound regret that Sir Patrick should have penned the letter to our American brother , which appeared in your leader of the 14 th June . At the same time , I deprecate the caustic remarks you make on thc said letter , inasmuch as I fully believe it wasne \* er intended to be published .
Sir Patrick , like myself , is a member of the Ancient and Accepted Rite ; and I had the honour of receiving the 31 at the hands of our venerable and esteemed Illustrious Bro . Vigne , the Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander 33 Ancient and Accepted Rite , on the same day with the Chancellor .
He , however , was afterwards distinguished by being elected to the 32 ° , and I rejoiced , with many others , doubtless , in the selection , made with their usual wisdom , by the members ofthe Supreme Council . I therefore was quite unprepared to see an
attack made by him upon the Supreme Council , which is in my opinion a perfectly legitimate body , and bound to us as Templars , together with the Grand Lodge of Mark Masters nnder the tripartite treaty . It is just possible that some of the leaders of the Ancient and Accepted Rite
may have been secretly antagonistic , if not openly hostile , to the late changes in the government and constitution of the Order of the Temple and so brought down upon themselves the righteous indignation of the English Chancellor of the Order .
I do not say that this is so , as I do not profess to be behind the scenes , but I do say that it would be better if all the high degrees and Chivalric Orders could work harmoniousl y together . A policy of conciliation and mutual forbearance is the true policy , I am sure , and al
all events it has the merit ol being thoroughly Masonic ; and should therefore recommend itself to all those who , like myself , are enthusiastic Freemasons ( whether of hi gh or low degree ) , who thoroughly believe in the " Hautes Grades" and yet confess themselves . ' as good Craft Masons .
I do not like to impute motives , howcY'er , and I am sure that Sir Patrick Colquhoun has been singlehearted and unselfish in promoting the interests of the Order of the Temple . I know that when the Convent General was formed he refused a very high oilice , and declined to be be made a Knight Grand Cross , so that men could not say he had worked for his own ends .
'I'he Supreme Council , in my humble opinion , took a very ivise step in forming themselves into a company , and I like your correspondent " J . K . C , " object to the idea that there , is necessarily any trading in degrees , as suggested by Sir Patrick .
The formation of the Company no doubt established the legality of the A . and A- Rite , Yvhich might possibly h ; i \ e been objected to liefore , as of foreign orig in , resting its claims upon
n Charter from the Supreme Council ofthe S . J . United States ; but whilst giving every credit to "J . E . C' for his able letter , I must protest against his attempt to prove the I ' nited Orders an illegal organization .
The fact is a great deal of nonsense has been talked of late rihout the Templars , and many brethren who know no more about the Order than I do of Chinese , have kindly constituted themselves ecnsois and critics where thev should
have been content to observe the motto of the Craft "Audi , Vide , 'face . " Bro . Hodges , lor example , in your issue of May 24 . knows so little of the high degrees that lie speaks of Bro . Yarker as a member of the A ,
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whereas that erratic gentleman is an ostracised member of the 1 S , and no more entitled to the affix 33 than I am . It is a pity brethren should rush into print only to betray their ignorance . As I have said before , the Order of Constantine occupied yesterday the position the Order of the
Temple does to-day , so far as change of title is concerned , and it is simply nonsense [ to say that ' the mcreabolition ofthe title "Masonic" makes us an illegal body . Some errors occurred in my letter of the 3 rst May , but I dare say your readers YY'ould follow my meaning . I there reminded
them that our learned and distinguished Bro . Hughan once utterly repudiated Bro . Yarker ' s assertions that there were documents in existence showing that the Grand Lodge of all England at York recognised the . Knight Templar degree prior to r 7 So , but Bro . H . has since admitted
that he was wrong , and [ merely mention this to show that the best of us arc mistaken sometimes , and the dictum of such good Masonic students as Bro . Hughan cannot always be accepted as conclusive . In The Freemason of June 7 , Bro . Woodworth asks mc to prove my statement that Masonry is still the vital essence
of the United Orders . He says that under the the old working the connecting link was " extremely slight . " He signs himself P . K ., ( whatever that may mean ) , and , no doubt , is well instructed in Craft Masonry ; but he certainl y knows very little of Templar history or the Templar degree , or he would not have made that statement .
As to the new Ritual , I can only say that , as one of the Ritual Commissioners , I believe lam betraying no confidence when I state that the aim of the Commissioners will be to abide by the ancient landmarks as much as possible , and to return to the old chivalric secreta recebtiu
giving up only Yvhnt is manifestl y modern and incongruous . As to the " grand old Order" ( by the way , Craft Masonry YY \* IS never called an order , but a society ) and its religious toleration , surely Bro . Woodworth knows that its toleration dates from 1717 , and that in the old days
Masons were Roman Catholics , ar . d consequentl y Trinitarians . The history of the Templars and the high degrees generally has yet to be written . I published , last year , a poem which indicated that the Templar degree was known in England about 1720 .
Ihe late Dr . Leeson , had documents in his possession , 1 believe which proved ' the existence of the Kadosh ] degree at that date . Preston says that the Duke of Cumberland was made a Mason in 1 j 6 S , whereas I have seen documents in the possession of my learned Uro .
W . H . Bowden , of Bristol showing that the Dnke was at the head of certain hi gh degrees in 1763 . So much for Masonic history . The Baldwin Encampment or Preceptory of Bristol is in possession of certain degrees more or less intimately connected with those given by the
Ancient and Accepted Rile—Knights Rosa ? Crueis , Knights ofthe Ninth Arch , Kilwinning , \ e ., but which the Templars of lirislol got from the Grand Orient of France , so late only ns 1 S 36 , nine or ten years prior to the establishment ol the Ancient and Accepted Rite in this
countryrmd no doubt oilier encampments formerl y had possession of some of these degrees . This being so I do think that now lire Ancient and Accepted Kite is firmly established in this country , and under a legal basis , il would be wc 11 il the Templars would restrict themselves
entirely to the Templar and Knight of Malta degrees , and leave the others to the inure legitimate authority of the Si . pierue Council . 1 hope the day may he far distant however when to be thoroughly loyal to the Order of tiie Temple one must be necessarily antagonistic to the Ancient and Accepted Rile .
EMILY HOLM irs , 3 1 ' P . G . Provost , Member of Council , Great Prion of Kmiland .
tJJJAKJTY JEWEL . To the Editor of The Freemason . Dear Sir anil Urother , — Bro . 'ferry , the Secretary of the
Masonic Benevolent Institution , has reminded mc that , in J une , iS 6 y , the Hoard of General Purposes recommended to the M . W . the Grand Master that the privilege of . Yvearing the Charity
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Jewel bs granted to any brother serving any two of the three charities , and that the recommendation was approved and has been acted upon since that date ; and , as Bro . Terry is of opinion that my previous statement—that the Charit y
Jewel was only presented to those brethren who had served the Stewardship of the Boys' and Girls' Institutions—may do his Institution harm , I have very great pleasure , if you will allow me , in correcting my former statement , and thus
making it known that any brother on serving thu Stewardship of any two ot these charities , has the privilege of wearing the Charity jewel , with , of course , a clasp for the third and for any further Stewardship . I am , yours fraternally , MA ox us On RUN , l ' . M .
ROYAL ARK MARINERS . To the Editor of the Freemason .-Dear Sir and Brother , On the 14 th June you published a letter from Bro . Morton Edwards , P . G . C . Royal Ark Mariners , stating that the affairs of that
degree were to be in future superintended by a council , under the authority of the Mark Grand Lodge . Can you now inform mc who the members of that Ark Council are , and what status they aro to havc under the Grand Mark Lodge r
Is it now competent for thc officers of the defunct Ark Grand Lodge , to wear the badges of their Past Offices in Grand Mark Lodge or not , and are the members of the Ark Council to
have any distinctive badge ? Yours fraternally , A PAST Oii'itriiR 01 * Tin ; LATI ; GRAND ARK LOIR ;* :.
CRYSTAL PALACE . —On Saturday last the prizes awarded to the succesful competitors in the musical contests which have been taking place in the Crystal Palace during the early part of the week were distributed . I'he attendance was very numerous for a half-crown day , and
amongst those present on the platform were several musicians of celebrity . Mr . T . Hughes , . 1 / . /' ., who presided , said that was the second year on which the prizes of the company Yvere distributed to the successful competitors in music and song . On the last occasion His Royal
Highness the Duke of Edinburgh kindly undertook to distribute the prizes but he was just now looking out for a prize for himself —( laughter)—and therefore more agreeably engaged than if he presided over the second distribution of musical prizes in the Crystal Palace . He was sure they
would all rejoice in the circumstance that the Welsh choir again carried oil' the chief prize , and no one would grudge that honour to the smallest principality in the kingdom . The men of Liverpool had also proved themselves worthy on this occasion , and the Hags and banners
around showed that they need not be ashamed of the musical talents of the population of the metropolis . lie believed these contests were calculated to do much good , rmd hoped that the result of each year that passed by would be still more satisfactory .
The Bishop of London and the Romish Archbishop of Westminster are said to have met al the Guildhall entertainment , and were seen conversing for some time . Bishop Jackson remarked to Dr . Maiming : — " According to tin rules of our respective Churches , neither yiiui
Urace nor I ought to be here to-night . " " I have dispensed myself , and all my Catholic col leagues , " was the Archbishop ' s prompt reply . "Jf not too late , I will at once follow yonr Grace ' s example , " retorted the Bishop ol London . And then they both enjoyed a hearty laugh .
Si . iniiKM-. —[ in * only fnunanteed enve for I ( mthaclu-. — 'I Ins ex * t a . Hiliniivy apphiMthm , mavveJhmH in its elleels , t ' . ives inimedut * - iijlicf , without inimin ; :. the louth , and fuvm-. a tempovavv stopi-hr :. is . 1 Ail .: pn .-i IMC is . ; , d . Tlic ( 01-.. U . 1 n . Too in l' . \ si K . ' lnr < . k-an--iiii ^ and ii ] i | t ; - * m in ;; I lie teeth , iinpai l ., , T natural redness ID the iinnr-, aid : ; t \ es biilli . inev to the en .-iniel , i iue is , Od . The Kov . M-
' Jr .:. t li nu v ., prepared from a recipe as u * -ed hy hev M ; i ; e > ty , f ^ ved the teeth a pcail-HUe whitener-s , and imparts a th-liei * . "* ' :- , hav ; r ; nit ^ in the breath , l- ' iite is . ( nl . Sold In all ehenii-ts and perfumers , and by lhc proprietors , i \ I KSSKS . ( IAHKIEL , tlie old-i . stabli . died Dentists , 72 , UidyaUMiill , and cO , llarley-slreeljCuvemlbh-sqnarc , Luudun .