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Original Correspondence.
stead of « M . M . ' ) No . 392 , S . C ., " which is the nom de plume adopted by me . In reference to the question in hand , permit me to add that I have been carefully perusing the Book of Constitutions , and it appears to me that where it is intended that the action of one meeting should be subject to the
ratification of a subsequent one , the fact is clearly laid down , and 1 draw the iifference that , in matters for which such a course is not prescribed , a decision of Grand Lodge is final if arrived at by resolution , after due notice given , and can at once be acted upon . Yours fraternally , M . M . 392 , S . C .
Reviews.
Reviews .
THE CANADIAN CRAFTSMAN . A very well edited Masonic magazine . We always peruse it with pleasure . THE MASONIC AGE . BEN CIIACE , Editor . Louisville , Kentucky , U . S . No . 2 maintains the promise of No . 1 .
LE MONDE MACONNIQUE . This French Masonic magazine , edited by Bro . Caubet , and contributed to by Adrian Grimaux ( Bro . Le Pie ) , and others , is always ably conducted and worth reading . Though we do not always agree with it , yet it is well always
to remember that Masonically and positively there are " two sides to a question , " and the " Monde Maconnique " has this merit , that it is always " plain sailing , " and always shows its " colours . " Wc feel bound to do justice to its literary merits , though wc cannot always endorse its opinions .
L'ORDRE SOCIALE . AUGISTE GIIIO , Editor . Palais Royal , Paris "; We have read this new " social monthly , " and we are not , we feel bound to say at the outset , favourably impressed either with its special arguments , or its avowed aims . Indeed the whole " terrain " of foreign socialistic literature
is happily probably a " terra incognita" for us , and our readers generally . We cannot realize a state of society , either safe or satisfactory , to which such theories could apply and we prefer to remain in the " very retrogression of reactionary barbarism , " rather than contemplate the possibility of such a hopeless " regime" of advanced socialism .
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOVEREIGN GRAND COUNCIL OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . Philadelphia , U . S .: Shirman and Co .
I his is an interesting and important publication , interesting because it is very full of matter , and important because it lays down the English view of the lawfulness of the jurisdiction of the above body , and the illegality of the organization presided over by Bro . Goodal . It is very well printed .
CATALOGUE OF OCCULT LITERATURE . John Wilson , 12 , King William-street , Charing Cross , W . This is cne of the most curious and interesting catalogues we have for some time seen . We commend it especially to the notice of Masonic collectors , and Hermetic students
THE ANTIQUARY , No . 2 . Elliott Stock . No . 2 is now before us , and continues to hold out great promise of ability and value . It will , we trust , be largely appreciated by antiquarian and archaeological students .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
BRO . GOULD'S ATHOLL LODGES . Si-xoNij NOTICE . The notice at page 42 of Bro , Gould ' s handsome little book on the " Ancients " has caused not a little wonder in the minds of many of our brethren situated in the province referred to , and I have , therefore , promised my friends , in answer to their , request , to give proof , ot Bro . Gould ' s accuracy . The register is as follows : " 2 i 7 , Prov . Grand Lodgeof Vork , Chester , and Lancashire ,
5 th September , 1781 . " One of my most esteemed correspondents , and about the best informed as to matters Masonic in Lancashire , never heard of such a Prov . Grand Lodge , and as to that there need be no surprise , for few knew of its existence in 1781 , until lately , added to which it being the only Provincial Grand Lodge warrant issued by the " Ancients " in this
country , the charter is quite unique . 1 he document itself , the original , is in the possession of the Britannia Lodge , No 139 , Sheffield , and an exact copy is to be found in the "Masonic Magazine " for August , 1876 . It appears from an examination that Bro . Hugh Cheney was the Prov . G . M . ; Bro . Daniel Plowmann , the Prov , S . G . W . ; and Bro . William Thickctt , the Prov . J . G . W . of the province ,
nominated by the Grand Master , the Duke of AthoII , the two first being " gentlemen , " and the third a butler , all of the town of Sheffield . It is curious that the printed form used , a small portion being written for the local names , & c , was used during the period of the Grand Mastership of
the 1 hud Duke of Atholl , and was made to do duty as a warrant in 1781 , when the Fourth Duke was in the chair , the third being deceased , though the latter is declared , in print , to be the Grand Master when the Prov . G . L . warrant wasgranted and signed , just as we have already noted in the instance of No . 219 , New York ( vide Freemason , 7 th
Masonic Notes And Queries.
February , 1880 ) . Several Prov . Grand Lodge warrants were granted for places and countries abroad , full particulars of which are supplied by Bro . Gould in his "Atholl " vade mecum , and often many interesting details are appended . The first of this kind was issued for Prov . Grand Lodge , Nova Scotia , 27 th December , 1757 , and another issued , according to Bro . John Constable , 2 nd June , 1784 .
Two private lodges were also granted for the same dependency , with the same date . The next private lodge was for Philadelphia , U . S . A ., the first warranted hy the " Ancients" in the United States , this date being 7 th June , 1758 . Bro . C . E . Meyer , in the Grand Memorial volume of the " Masonic Temple , " Philadelphia , furnishes all needful details as to this lodge , as also of later warrants
under the same authority , many being of a most interesting character . It is curious that these provincial warrants were numbered just as private lodges , by the " Atholl Masons , " that for Nova Scotia being 65 , and the two lodges in that country taking the next two consecutive nnmbers . The first warrant granted for a country lodge in England was for No . 24 , constituted at Bristol . This
number is now occupied by No . 31 , Canterbury , which obtained the revived warrant , according to Bro , Gould , in 1806 , and to which we have referred in a previous notice of the work . Another curious fact is that the provincial warrant for York , Chester , and Lancaster having lapsed , it was revived under the auspices of a private lodge held at Whitehaven , 6 th January , 1813 , which has also
disappeared from the roll of active lodges . The reissues of lapsed warrants by the " Ancients , " and often their rereissue , always with the number in each and every instance the same as the original charter , are among the most puzzling of the many customs of the " Atholl" Masons ,
and hence all the original and revived warrants being all placed under the same lodge numbers , in order as granted , renders Bro . Gould ' s work simply invaluable to the Masonic student of our old lodges , and makes the work of tracing the numerous changes to be now comparatively easy . CTa be continued . )
CURIOUS OLD BOOKS . Two " sermons " have fallen into my hands recently which deserve notice . The one is " Stella Nova , a New Starre , & c . A Sermon preached before the Learned Society of Astrologers , August 1 , 1649 , in the Church of St . Mary Aldermary , London . By Robert Gel ) , D . D ., Minister of the Word there . Printed for Samuel Suttethwaite , and 10 be sold at his shop , at the signe of the Sun , on Garlick-hill ,
London . " The second is a sermon , written by Richard Carpenter , to prove " astrology harmless , useful , pious , " and printed by Jos . Cottrell for John Allen , at the Rising Sun , and Joseph Barber , at the Lamb , in Paul's Churchyard , 1687 . The last sermon is dedicated to Elias Ashmole , as well as to the Honourable Society of Astrologers . He terms Ashmole the " Atlas " of " Letters and Astrology . " In 1646 Elias Ashmole was initiated into Freemasonry at Warrington . MASONIC STUDENT .
EMANUEL SWEDENBORG . If the Rev . Mr . Gorman or Bro . K . Mackenzie be interested in respect to Swcdenborg , 1 think it right to say that I have a work , printed at Boston , U . S ., 18 53 , called the " Compendium and Life of Emanuel Swedenborg , " which is interesting for many reasons . I wish we could settle the point whether Swedenborg was admitted into
Freemasonry . He was a great traveller , and was in Holland , Paris , London , and many other places ? It is not at all impossible , but I can find no trace of it in his life . Does any biographer mention it ? A . F . A . WOODFORD . 25 a , Norfolk Crescent , Hyde Park , W .
ELIAS ASHMOLE . It seems to mc that we should make an attempt to try and find out where the MSS . of Elias Ashmole are . They are not at Oxford . But it has been said they are at Lichfield . Can any brother verify the fact ? In Colcy ' s
rare and curious work on astrology— " Clavis Astronomia Elimata , " 2 nd edition , 1676 , — 'reference is made to a certain Jo , Southworth , of Warrington , " Astro , Philo , Medicus . " Can any Warrington brother trace him . It mny illustrate Elias Ashmole ' s connection with Warrington . Mf \ SOfcUC STUDENT .
MASONIC MEDALS . Bro . W . T . R . Niarvin ' s work on " Masonic Medals " is now being published , and will shortly be ready for issue , by the publisher , W . Elliott Woodward , of Roxbury , Mass . ( U . S . A . ) . 125 copies only for Bale , ten dollars complete , in four parts . Two parts are now ready . About 600 medals
are to be described in the work , and it will be the most exhaustive and complete account of the medals of the Masonic Fraternity ever issued , and much fuller than the works of Zacharias and Merzdorf . I hope that some brethren in this country will be able to secure copies of this magnificent illustrated edition . W . J . HUGHAN .
ATHOLL LODGE . The interesting communicatio . i from " P . F . " supplies another instance of the same set of brethren working under both " Modern" and " Ancient " warrants of Constitution . 1 am unable to answer your correspondent ' s query respecting Thomas Macklin . Me was at no ti . Tie
an officer of the "Atholl" Grand Lodge , nor does his name appear amongst the members of No . 217 ( Ancients ) . The expression "Royal Archman" appended to Macklin ' s name in the dispensation referred to is one I have never met with in similar warrants for the constitution of new lodges . R . F , G .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MILITARY LODGES . Can any brother inform me how the undermentioned regiments were numbered or otherwise designated in the " Army Lists" of the last century -. —Colonel Pool ' s Regiment , 1748 ; Queen's R . I . Regiment , 1762 ; 1 st
Ulster Regiment , 178 3 ; Duke of York ' s Regiment , 1761 ; Majoribank ' s Regiment , 1764 . The three first named regiments were warranted by the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and the two last by the Grand Lodge of Scotland . As yet , however , I have not succeeded in identifying them with any known corps . R . F . G .
Canadian Freemasonry.
CANADIAN FREEMASONRY .
BY R . W . BRO . ROBERT RAMSAY , P . G . J . W ., ORILUA , ONTARIO . The progress of the Craft in Canada has during the past few years been decidedly prosperous . At the present time there are Grand Lodges in the following provinces , each exercising exclusive sovereignty over its own
jurisdiction : Ontario , Quebec , Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , Manitoba , and British Columbia . The most influential of these is of course the Grand Lodge of Canada , properly speaking , Ontario , as all are located in that province , with the exception of two lodges , one in North-West Territories , five hundred miles west of Winnipeg , Manitoba , and the other , Royal Solomon Mother , No .
3 93 > at Jerusalem . In Capitular Masonry there are three independent Grand Chapters , viz ., the Grand Chapter of Canada , exercising jurisdiction over Ontario and all provinces west of the same , and also having three chapters under a Grand
District Superintendent in the Province of New Brunswickthe number of chapters on her roll are seventy-five , with a membership of over three thousand ; the Grand Chapter of Nova Scotia ; and the young Grand Chapter of Quebec , with nine chapters on her roll and a membership of about five hundred .
Cryptic Masonry in the Dominion is not flourishing ; the Mother Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters is that of New Brunswick , from which sprang the Grand Council of Ontario , exercising jurisdiction over that province . The Constantinian Order is not in a prosperous state , although there are a number of conclaves on the roll of the Grand Conclave of Canada ; the majority of these are
not , however , working . The same may be said of the Royal Ark Mariners , for , although there is a Grand Lodge for the Dominion of Canada , there is little interest taken in the same . We now turn with great satisfaction to the Templar body . The National Great Priory is presided over by the venerable Col . W . J . B . MacLeod Moore , G . C . T ., 33 the
, beloved Great Prior of Canada , and really the founder of Templary in the Dominion ; he is ably supported by his officers , and especial / y by the Great Chancellor , that energetic Mason , V . Em . Frater Daniel Spry , 32 ° , who is also Grand Z . of the Grand Chapter of Canada . There are nineteen preceptories on the roll , although three or four are not at present working . All but three are in the
Province of Ontario . The Templar body in this country is exclusive , and acknowledges His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , the Heir Apparent to the Throne , as its Sovereign Grand Master , and , differing from the American Sir Knights , it icisists upon the acknowledgment on the part of its aspirants to a belief in the doctrine of the Holy and Indivisible
T nnity . I here are two encampments on the registry of Scotland working in New Brunswick , to the detriment of Templary in that province , they receiving candidates at nominal fees in comparison with the Canadian . The Ancient and Accepted Rite is now firmly established in Canada , 111 . Bro . T . D . Harington , 33 , being Grand Commander of the Rite . There is a consistory in the cities
of Hamilton , Prov . Ontario , Montreal , Prov . Quebec , and St . John ' s New Brunswick , six Rose Croix chapters and four lodges of perfection , membership over three hundred . In addition to these bodies there is the Supreme Grand Lodge and Temple of the Swedenborgian Rite of Freemasonry of Canada . Col . MacLeod Moore is Grand Master ; T . D . Harington , Dep . G . Master ; Geo . C .
Langley , G . S . W ., and John Moore , G . Secretary . The Rites of Memphis and Mizraim , together with the Ancient and Primitive Rite , are also established in Canada , and ruled by the Sovereign Sanctuary of the Dominion , III . Bro . Geo . C . Langlcy , 33 ° being Senior Grand Master , and III . Bro . ^ Robert Ramsay , 33 ° , Grand Secretary . The Rosicrucian Society has a council , its authority
being received direct from H . I . H . Prince Rhodocanakis IX ., 33 , Supreme Majus for that kingdom . Bros . Col . Moore , IX ., T . D . Harington , IX ., and Geo . C . Langley , IX ., are respectively Supreme Majus , Senior Substitute , and Junior Substitute Majus , with rank as President , Vice-President and Secretary , and Treasurer . There is one college under its authority , with , including
the Chiefs or Past Chiefs of every Masonic body , Rite , and Order in the Dominion , a membership of thirteen . The Society is peculiarly exclusive , none but prominent brethren being admitted . The Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine , the pre-requisites to membership in which are the possession of the grade of Knight Templar or the Thirty-second Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , has recently
been introduced into Canada by the appointment of V . Em . Frater Robert Ramsay , 33 , as Grand Representative and Dcputy-at-Large for the Dominion by the Imperial Grand Council of the United States , in which country it is making very rapid progress . The Royal Order of Scotland was established in Ontario some years ago , and HI . Bro . 11 . A . Mackay , 33 , of Hamilton , is Provincial Grand Master . The Royal Order like the last two mentioned , is decidedly exclusive .
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Original Correspondence.
stead of « M . M . ' ) No . 392 , S . C ., " which is the nom de plume adopted by me . In reference to the question in hand , permit me to add that I have been carefully perusing the Book of Constitutions , and it appears to me that where it is intended that the action of one meeting should be subject to the
ratification of a subsequent one , the fact is clearly laid down , and 1 draw the iifference that , in matters for which such a course is not prescribed , a decision of Grand Lodge is final if arrived at by resolution , after due notice given , and can at once be acted upon . Yours fraternally , M . M . 392 , S . C .
Reviews.
Reviews .
THE CANADIAN CRAFTSMAN . A very well edited Masonic magazine . We always peruse it with pleasure . THE MASONIC AGE . BEN CIIACE , Editor . Louisville , Kentucky , U . S . No . 2 maintains the promise of No . 1 .
LE MONDE MACONNIQUE . This French Masonic magazine , edited by Bro . Caubet , and contributed to by Adrian Grimaux ( Bro . Le Pie ) , and others , is always ably conducted and worth reading . Though we do not always agree with it , yet it is well always
to remember that Masonically and positively there are " two sides to a question , " and the " Monde Maconnique " has this merit , that it is always " plain sailing , " and always shows its " colours . " Wc feel bound to do justice to its literary merits , though wc cannot always endorse its opinions .
L'ORDRE SOCIALE . AUGISTE GIIIO , Editor . Palais Royal , Paris "; We have read this new " social monthly , " and we are not , we feel bound to say at the outset , favourably impressed either with its special arguments , or its avowed aims . Indeed the whole " terrain " of foreign socialistic literature
is happily probably a " terra incognita" for us , and our readers generally . We cannot realize a state of society , either safe or satisfactory , to which such theories could apply and we prefer to remain in the " very retrogression of reactionary barbarism , " rather than contemplate the possibility of such a hopeless " regime" of advanced socialism .
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOVEREIGN GRAND COUNCIL OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . Philadelphia , U . S .: Shirman and Co .
I his is an interesting and important publication , interesting because it is very full of matter , and important because it lays down the English view of the lawfulness of the jurisdiction of the above body , and the illegality of the organization presided over by Bro . Goodal . It is very well printed .
CATALOGUE OF OCCULT LITERATURE . John Wilson , 12 , King William-street , Charing Cross , W . This is cne of the most curious and interesting catalogues we have for some time seen . We commend it especially to the notice of Masonic collectors , and Hermetic students
THE ANTIQUARY , No . 2 . Elliott Stock . No . 2 is now before us , and continues to hold out great promise of ability and value . It will , we trust , be largely appreciated by antiquarian and archaeological students .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
BRO . GOULD'S ATHOLL LODGES . Si-xoNij NOTICE . The notice at page 42 of Bro , Gould ' s handsome little book on the " Ancients " has caused not a little wonder in the minds of many of our brethren situated in the province referred to , and I have , therefore , promised my friends , in answer to their , request , to give proof , ot Bro . Gould ' s accuracy . The register is as follows : " 2 i 7 , Prov . Grand Lodgeof Vork , Chester , and Lancashire ,
5 th September , 1781 . " One of my most esteemed correspondents , and about the best informed as to matters Masonic in Lancashire , never heard of such a Prov . Grand Lodge , and as to that there need be no surprise , for few knew of its existence in 1781 , until lately , added to which it being the only Provincial Grand Lodge warrant issued by the " Ancients " in this
country , the charter is quite unique . 1 he document itself , the original , is in the possession of the Britannia Lodge , No 139 , Sheffield , and an exact copy is to be found in the "Masonic Magazine " for August , 1876 . It appears from an examination that Bro . Hugh Cheney was the Prov . G . M . ; Bro . Daniel Plowmann , the Prov , S . G . W . ; and Bro . William Thickctt , the Prov . J . G . W . of the province ,
nominated by the Grand Master , the Duke of AthoII , the two first being " gentlemen , " and the third a butler , all of the town of Sheffield . It is curious that the printed form used , a small portion being written for the local names , & c , was used during the period of the Grand Mastership of
the 1 hud Duke of Atholl , and was made to do duty as a warrant in 1781 , when the Fourth Duke was in the chair , the third being deceased , though the latter is declared , in print , to be the Grand Master when the Prov . G . L . warrant wasgranted and signed , just as we have already noted in the instance of No . 219 , New York ( vide Freemason , 7 th
Masonic Notes And Queries.
February , 1880 ) . Several Prov . Grand Lodge warrants were granted for places and countries abroad , full particulars of which are supplied by Bro . Gould in his "Atholl " vade mecum , and often many interesting details are appended . The first of this kind was issued for Prov . Grand Lodge , Nova Scotia , 27 th December , 1757 , and another issued , according to Bro . John Constable , 2 nd June , 1784 .
Two private lodges were also granted for the same dependency , with the same date . The next private lodge was for Philadelphia , U . S . A ., the first warranted hy the " Ancients" in the United States , this date being 7 th June , 1758 . Bro . C . E . Meyer , in the Grand Memorial volume of the " Masonic Temple , " Philadelphia , furnishes all needful details as to this lodge , as also of later warrants
under the same authority , many being of a most interesting character . It is curious that these provincial warrants were numbered just as private lodges , by the " Atholl Masons , " that for Nova Scotia being 65 , and the two lodges in that country taking the next two consecutive nnmbers . The first warrant granted for a country lodge in England was for No . 24 , constituted at Bristol . This
number is now occupied by No . 31 , Canterbury , which obtained the revived warrant , according to Bro , Gould , in 1806 , and to which we have referred in a previous notice of the work . Another curious fact is that the provincial warrant for York , Chester , and Lancaster having lapsed , it was revived under the auspices of a private lodge held at Whitehaven , 6 th January , 1813 , which has also
disappeared from the roll of active lodges . The reissues of lapsed warrants by the " Ancients , " and often their rereissue , always with the number in each and every instance the same as the original charter , are among the most puzzling of the many customs of the " Atholl" Masons ,
and hence all the original and revived warrants being all placed under the same lodge numbers , in order as granted , renders Bro . Gould ' s work simply invaluable to the Masonic student of our old lodges , and makes the work of tracing the numerous changes to be now comparatively easy . CTa be continued . )
CURIOUS OLD BOOKS . Two " sermons " have fallen into my hands recently which deserve notice . The one is " Stella Nova , a New Starre , & c . A Sermon preached before the Learned Society of Astrologers , August 1 , 1649 , in the Church of St . Mary Aldermary , London . By Robert Gel ) , D . D ., Minister of the Word there . Printed for Samuel Suttethwaite , and 10 be sold at his shop , at the signe of the Sun , on Garlick-hill ,
London . " The second is a sermon , written by Richard Carpenter , to prove " astrology harmless , useful , pious , " and printed by Jos . Cottrell for John Allen , at the Rising Sun , and Joseph Barber , at the Lamb , in Paul's Churchyard , 1687 . The last sermon is dedicated to Elias Ashmole , as well as to the Honourable Society of Astrologers . He terms Ashmole the " Atlas " of " Letters and Astrology . " In 1646 Elias Ashmole was initiated into Freemasonry at Warrington . MASONIC STUDENT .
EMANUEL SWEDENBORG . If the Rev . Mr . Gorman or Bro . K . Mackenzie be interested in respect to Swcdenborg , 1 think it right to say that I have a work , printed at Boston , U . S ., 18 53 , called the " Compendium and Life of Emanuel Swedenborg , " which is interesting for many reasons . I wish we could settle the point whether Swedenborg was admitted into
Freemasonry . He was a great traveller , and was in Holland , Paris , London , and many other places ? It is not at all impossible , but I can find no trace of it in his life . Does any biographer mention it ? A . F . A . WOODFORD . 25 a , Norfolk Crescent , Hyde Park , W .
ELIAS ASHMOLE . It seems to mc that we should make an attempt to try and find out where the MSS . of Elias Ashmole are . They are not at Oxford . But it has been said they are at Lichfield . Can any brother verify the fact ? In Colcy ' s
rare and curious work on astrology— " Clavis Astronomia Elimata , " 2 nd edition , 1676 , — 'reference is made to a certain Jo , Southworth , of Warrington , " Astro , Philo , Medicus . " Can any Warrington brother trace him . It mny illustrate Elias Ashmole ' s connection with Warrington . Mf \ SOfcUC STUDENT .
MASONIC MEDALS . Bro . W . T . R . Niarvin ' s work on " Masonic Medals " is now being published , and will shortly be ready for issue , by the publisher , W . Elliott Woodward , of Roxbury , Mass . ( U . S . A . ) . 125 copies only for Bale , ten dollars complete , in four parts . Two parts are now ready . About 600 medals
are to be described in the work , and it will be the most exhaustive and complete account of the medals of the Masonic Fraternity ever issued , and much fuller than the works of Zacharias and Merzdorf . I hope that some brethren in this country will be able to secure copies of this magnificent illustrated edition . W . J . HUGHAN .
ATHOLL LODGE . The interesting communicatio . i from " P . F . " supplies another instance of the same set of brethren working under both " Modern" and " Ancient " warrants of Constitution . 1 am unable to answer your correspondent ' s query respecting Thomas Macklin . Me was at no ti . Tie
an officer of the "Atholl" Grand Lodge , nor does his name appear amongst the members of No . 217 ( Ancients ) . The expression "Royal Archman" appended to Macklin ' s name in the dispensation referred to is one I have never met with in similar warrants for the constitution of new lodges . R . F , G .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MILITARY LODGES . Can any brother inform me how the undermentioned regiments were numbered or otherwise designated in the " Army Lists" of the last century -. —Colonel Pool ' s Regiment , 1748 ; Queen's R . I . Regiment , 1762 ; 1 st
Ulster Regiment , 178 3 ; Duke of York ' s Regiment , 1761 ; Majoribank ' s Regiment , 1764 . The three first named regiments were warranted by the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and the two last by the Grand Lodge of Scotland . As yet , however , I have not succeeded in identifying them with any known corps . R . F . G .
Canadian Freemasonry.
CANADIAN FREEMASONRY .
BY R . W . BRO . ROBERT RAMSAY , P . G . J . W ., ORILUA , ONTARIO . The progress of the Craft in Canada has during the past few years been decidedly prosperous . At the present time there are Grand Lodges in the following provinces , each exercising exclusive sovereignty over its own
jurisdiction : Ontario , Quebec , Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , Manitoba , and British Columbia . The most influential of these is of course the Grand Lodge of Canada , properly speaking , Ontario , as all are located in that province , with the exception of two lodges , one in North-West Territories , five hundred miles west of Winnipeg , Manitoba , and the other , Royal Solomon Mother , No .
3 93 > at Jerusalem . In Capitular Masonry there are three independent Grand Chapters , viz ., the Grand Chapter of Canada , exercising jurisdiction over Ontario and all provinces west of the same , and also having three chapters under a Grand
District Superintendent in the Province of New Brunswickthe number of chapters on her roll are seventy-five , with a membership of over three thousand ; the Grand Chapter of Nova Scotia ; and the young Grand Chapter of Quebec , with nine chapters on her roll and a membership of about five hundred .
Cryptic Masonry in the Dominion is not flourishing ; the Mother Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters is that of New Brunswick , from which sprang the Grand Council of Ontario , exercising jurisdiction over that province . The Constantinian Order is not in a prosperous state , although there are a number of conclaves on the roll of the Grand Conclave of Canada ; the majority of these are
not , however , working . The same may be said of the Royal Ark Mariners , for , although there is a Grand Lodge for the Dominion of Canada , there is little interest taken in the same . We now turn with great satisfaction to the Templar body . The National Great Priory is presided over by the venerable Col . W . J . B . MacLeod Moore , G . C . T ., 33 the
, beloved Great Prior of Canada , and really the founder of Templary in the Dominion ; he is ably supported by his officers , and especial / y by the Great Chancellor , that energetic Mason , V . Em . Frater Daniel Spry , 32 ° , who is also Grand Z . of the Grand Chapter of Canada . There are nineteen preceptories on the roll , although three or four are not at present working . All but three are in the
Province of Ontario . The Templar body in this country is exclusive , and acknowledges His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , the Heir Apparent to the Throne , as its Sovereign Grand Master , and , differing from the American Sir Knights , it icisists upon the acknowledgment on the part of its aspirants to a belief in the doctrine of the Holy and Indivisible
T nnity . I here are two encampments on the registry of Scotland working in New Brunswick , to the detriment of Templary in that province , they receiving candidates at nominal fees in comparison with the Canadian . The Ancient and Accepted Rite is now firmly established in Canada , 111 . Bro . T . D . Harington , 33 , being Grand Commander of the Rite . There is a consistory in the cities
of Hamilton , Prov . Ontario , Montreal , Prov . Quebec , and St . John ' s New Brunswick , six Rose Croix chapters and four lodges of perfection , membership over three hundred . In addition to these bodies there is the Supreme Grand Lodge and Temple of the Swedenborgian Rite of Freemasonry of Canada . Col . MacLeod Moore is Grand Master ; T . D . Harington , Dep . G . Master ; Geo . C .
Langley , G . S . W ., and John Moore , G . Secretary . The Rites of Memphis and Mizraim , together with the Ancient and Primitive Rite , are also established in Canada , and ruled by the Sovereign Sanctuary of the Dominion , III . Bro . Geo . C . Langlcy , 33 ° being Senior Grand Master , and III . Bro . ^ Robert Ramsay , 33 ° , Grand Secretary . The Rosicrucian Society has a council , its authority
being received direct from H . I . H . Prince Rhodocanakis IX ., 33 , Supreme Majus for that kingdom . Bros . Col . Moore , IX ., T . D . Harington , IX ., and Geo . C . Langley , IX ., are respectively Supreme Majus , Senior Substitute , and Junior Substitute Majus , with rank as President , Vice-President and Secretary , and Treasurer . There is one college under its authority , with , including
the Chiefs or Past Chiefs of every Masonic body , Rite , and Order in the Dominion , a membership of thirteen . The Society is peculiarly exclusive , none but prominent brethren being admitted . The Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine , the pre-requisites to membership in which are the possession of the grade of Knight Templar or the Thirty-second Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , has recently
been introduced into Canada by the appointment of V . Em . Frater Robert Ramsay , 33 , as Grand Representative and Dcputy-at-Large for the Dominion by the Imperial Grand Council of the United States , in which country it is making very rapid progress . The Royal Order of Scotland was established in Ontario some years ago , and HI . Bro . 11 . A . Mackay , 33 , of Hamilton , is Provincial Grand Master . The Royal Order like the last two mentioned , is decidedly exclusive .