Table Of Contents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS .

PAGE FREEMASONRY IN IRELAND 307 THE HIGH GRADES IN IRELAND 30 S A NTICIPATED VISIT OF AMERICAN KNIGHTS * TEMPLAR 308 THE FAIR SEX AND ADOPTIVE MASONRY 30 S & 309

THE CRAFT 309 & 310 ROYAL ARCH 311 MARK MASONRY 311 ORDERS OF CHIVALRY 311 MASONIC MISCELLANEA 311 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 312

ROYAL ARCH MASONRY ... 312 OBITUARY—Bro . George AV . IC Potter 312 MULTUM IN PARVO 313 THE GRAND LODGE OF QUEBEC 313 THE RECTANGULAR REVIEW V . F REEMASONRY ... 313 A CANADIAN MASONIC VILLAGE 314

"THAT GREAT , AWFUL , TREMENDOUS , AND - INCOMPREHENSIBLE NAME" 3 ' 4 & 3 iS GRAND CONCLAVE OF KNIGHTS T EMPLAR ... 315 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCEThe Mark Degree and the Mark Chair ... 316

The 1717 Theory 316 THE ROBERT AVENTWORTII LITTLE TESTIMONIAL 316 SCOTLAND 317 & 31 S MASONIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT AVEEK 31 S ADVERTISEMENTS 305 , 306 , 318 , 319 , & 320

Freemasonry In Ireland.

FREEMASONRY in IRELAND .

BY BRO . WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN . ( Continuedfrom page 291 . ) We cannot do better than conclude the Craft portion of our sketch by giving in extenso the resolutions , & c , appended to the official report of of the Grand Lodsre

of Ireland , dated 24 th June , 1853 , anc * for more modern information , we must refer our readers to the calendar published by that Grand Lodge , and die excellent " Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar , " issued by Bro . George Kenning , of Little Britain , London : —

Laws and Regulations to which particular attention is directed : — Thc several lodges and members of the Society of Freemasons in Ireland arc most particularl y requested to take notice that all Masonic processions arc , by Order of the Grand Lodge , expressly

prohibited , unless by permission first obtained from thc Grand Lodge . A lodge shall not ballot for , admit , or initiate into Freemasonry any person who is not a resident in the town , village , or neighbourhood in which the lodge meets into which he seeks to be admitted

until due inquiry shall have been made of such lodge or lodges as may exist in thc neighbourhood of his residence , respecting the character of thc applicant for admission , under penalty of forfeiting , for thc first offence , tbe admission fee , and if repeated , the warrant to be suspended during the

pleasure ofthe Grand Lodge ; and if thc candidate for admission into a country lodge be a resident of Dublin , his name shall be submitted to the Committee of Inspection through the Deputy Grand Secretary , to whom shall be paid the same fees as if he were initiated in Dubin .

Notwithstanding that unanimity is required in the ballot for the admission of candidates for initiation , yet in thc case of ballot for members already belonging to the Order , the candidate shall be admitted according to the by-laws of each lotlge . If a lodge has no by-law on the subject , unanimity

is required . Every brother initiated in any lodge holding a warrant from thc Grand Lodge of Ireland , or transferred thereto from any foreign lodge , shall , in addition to the usual admission fees to the lodge , pay the sum of . five shillings to the funds of the

Grand Lodge . A person already belonging to thc Order cannot be admitted a member of any other lodge until he shall have produced a Grand Lodge certificate . A candidate shall not be initiated in any country lodge for a less admission fee than otic pound fifteen shillings , under a penalty of one pound

fifteen shillings for each offence ; nor in the city or county of Dublin for less than four pounds five shillings , under a penalty of being fined four pounds five shillings for each offence ; all which payments , respectively , shall include thc cost of registry and thc initiation fee of live shillings , payable as above to the Grand Lodge . Thc Grand Lodge strictly prohibits as unlawful all assemblies of Freemasons in Ireland under any

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title whatever , purporting to be Masonic , not held by virtue of a warrant or constitution from this Grand Lodge , or from one of the other Masonic bodies recognised by , or acting in unison with the Grand Lodge of Ireland . igg" ( The lodges are therefore desired to take notice that the Grand Lodge having granted its

warrants for Blue Masonry alone , cannot allow or permit them to be used for any other purpose whatsoever ; and lodges wishing to work the higher degrees must have separate warrants to authorise their proceedings , regularly signed by His Grace the Duke of Leinster , as head of all the grades of Masonry . )

The Secretary of every lodge shall make yearly a true and accurate return , to thc Deputy Grand Secretary of the members actually subscribing to the lodge during the past year , and if it shall appear that he has omitted thc name or names of any such subscribing Members , thc lodge shall pay a fine of

Ten shillings to the funds of the Grand Lodge ; this return to be forwarded to the Deputy Grand Secretary ' s office on or before the 27 th of December in each year . No memorial or other application can be received from any lodge which has not made the regular

return of officers and members conformably with the rule above-mentioned , or which is three years in arrear of dues . All lodges , the warrants of which were issued after the 27 th December , 1 S 45 , and every other lodge having more than thirty subscribing members

shall pay annually to the general funds ofthe Order the sum of one pound as Grand Lodge dues . All dispensations obtained from the Grand Master , his Deputy , or the Grand Lodge , are chargeable with the sum of one pound each . No person shall be initiated as a Mason who

cannot read and write . Every subscribing member is entitled to retire from bis lodge , and if a Master Mason , to obtain his Grand Lodge certificate , on making a regular application for that purpose , provided the lodge to which he belongs has no just grounds for refusing

such certificate ; and in all such cases of retirement from the lodge , the name ofthe brother so retiring shall be sent to the Grand Secretary with the next returns ; otherwise , if the lodge should at any time afterwards be suspended or cancelled , such member having so retired will become suspended and

deprived of his rights until restored by the Grand Lodge , according to thc provision of the 19 th law , section iv . If a candidate proposed for admission is in any manner maimed , lame , or defective , he shall not be initiated without a dispensation from the Grand

Master , his Deputy , or tbe Grand Lodge , to be applied for by memorial , wherein thc defect shall be clearly specified , under a penalty of three pounds to be paid by the offending lodge . AVith all cases of suspension or expulsion sent for confirmation , thc cause of such sentence must

be fully stated , and thc report signed by the Master , both A \ ardens , and Secretary , with thc lodge seal affixed ; and no brother shall be suspended or excluded by his lotlge until he shall have been first summoned to attend and answer thc charges brought against him .

Any Freemason assisting at the works of a lodge not warranted by the Grand Lotlge , or whose warrant has been suspended or cancelled , shall be liable to exclusion from thc rights of Masonry . If a warrant be suspended or cancelled , no member thereof at thc time of its having incurred such

penalty is entitled to visit or join any other lodge without special permission of the Grand Lodge , obtained on memorial ; and a warrant when cancelled for any cause whatsocvci , cannot be restored or revived for less than thc cost of a new warrant , which is seven pounds sterling .

A new and revised edition of lhc Ahiman Rezon , or Book of the Constitution of Freemasonry , has been published , and may be had from the Deputy Grand Secretary , price live shillings , or sent to the country by post for five shillings and sixpence . The Grand Lodge laws only , published separate

price one shilling . The regular quarterly meetings of t ^ e Grand Royal Arch Chapter are held at thc Freemasons ' Hall , in Dublin , on the third AA'ednesday in February , May , August , and November in every jear ; at which meetings countrv chapters may be

represented by proxies appointed under the seal of their respective chapters , when their regular officers cannot attend . All applications for warrants are to be addressed to John Fowler , Esq ., Grand Scribe to the Order , the charge for which is two pounds , and two shillings each for the registry of old

members . All Royal Arch dispensations arc charged one pound each . Mark Masons arc under the protection of the G . R . Arch Chapter , and now to be registered in its books . Lodges holding K , Arch warrants arc alone qualified to give the Marl ; Mason's degree , certifi-

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cates for which may be had separately at two shillings and sixpence each , or included in the Royal Arch certificates without extra charge . The regular quarterly meetings of the Grand Encampment of High Knights Templar are held at the Freemasons' Hall , in Dublin , on the third

AVednesday in January , April , July , and October in every year , at which meetings country encampments may be represented by proxies , regularly appointed , when their officers cannot attend ; and all applications for warrants arc to be addressed to John Fowler , Esq ., Registrar and Secretary to

the Order . All Knights Templar dispensations are charged one pound each . The regular quarterly meetings of the Supreme Grand Council of Rites arc held at the Freemasons ' Hall , in Dublin , on thc third AVednesday in March ,

June , September , and December in every year , at which meetings country chapters , & c , may be represented by proxies , when tbeir officers cannot attend . Applications for warrants to be addressed to John Fowler , Esq . A compact has been entered into between the

Grand Lodge of Ireland , thc Grand Royal Arch Chapter , the Grand Encampment of High Knights Templar , and thc Supreme Grand Council of Rites for Ireland , by which it is agreed that any brother excluded , suspended , or restored to the rights of

Masonry by one ofthe contracting parties , shall , on the case being officially communicated to the others , be by them severally excluded , suspended , or restored , as the case may be , without any further inquiry or investigation .

Since commencing " Freemasonry in Ireland , " we have had a copy of thc Constitutions sent us for perusal , dated 1839 ( 108 pp . ) . Its title is as follows : — "Constitutions of Freemasonry , or Ahiman Rezon ; to which arc added certain Lectures ,

Charges , and a Masonic Ritual . Dublin Printed by Bro . William Underwood . " The ceremony of dedication of Freemasons ' Hall is likewise inserted . The Masonic Ritual referred to was compiled by Bro . the the Venerable Archdeacon Walter Bishop

Maut , Prov . G . Master of Cane , & c . In THE FREEMASON for April 22 nd , page 249 , we notice an interesting communication from " Veritas , " entitled " The Order of Misraim , " in which that voluminous rite

is shown to have been recognised by the authorities in Ireland in 1848 , and of which Order His Grace the Duke of Leinster is a member . The Constitutions of 1 S 39 provide for thc working and recognition of the " Order of Misraim , " as follows : —

The Supreme Grand Council of Rites shall consist ofthe officers ofthe several high degrees of Masonry in Ireland , or three representatives from each , duly accredited , who shall be summoned to assist at all its met ting and deliberations , that is to

say , thc officers of representatives of The Grand Inspectors-General , The Sublime Princes of thc Royal Secret , The Order of Misraim , The Grand Council of the Knights of thc Sun , The Illustrious College of Philosophical Masons

& c . & c . & c . Wc have before us now a copy of a certificate issued by thc Grand Master of the Knight Templars of Scotland in 1 S 23 , which is signed "Alex . Deuchar , G . M ., G . Com . of Scot , and 90 Mis . " These

quotations serve to show the recognition by well-known bodies of the " Rite of Misraim , " and prove its position to be more than simply a rite without authority . Wc do not , however , desire by these remarks to be considered as believing in the boasted

antiquity of this or any other rite . So far as these rites arc concerned , all arc comparatively of yesterday , as the first Grand Lodge was not instituted until the 18 th century , and therefore all additions arc proportionately later . Before the 18 th century , undoubtedly , speculative Masonry

existed , and minutes exist , dating before the " Revival , " of lodges mainly supported hy gentlemen . We have yet , however , to learn that "degrees " were worked anything approaching the grandeur and extent of subsequent creations . ( 7 o be continued . )