Table Of Contents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS .

SAGE " KNIGHT TEMPLAR JOTTINGS ... •» 185 FRATRES E OSICBUCIAN ^ : S OCIETAWS IN A NQLIA ... 185 STANZAS ... *^ 5 THE CRAFT—Metropolitan and Provincial 186 ROYAL ARCH—Metropolitan and Scotland 187 GRAND Cnoss of ROME AND C ONSTANTINK ... 187

LODGE OF B ENEVOLENCE 187 PRESENTATION TO BRO . CAPT . H . NEWMAN , lstL . E . V . 187 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 188 FREEMASONRY A POWER IN THE U NIVERSB ... 188 MULTOM IN PARVO 189 EOYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS 189 OBITUARY—Bro . Thomas JoneB , Q . C . 189 ORDER OF MEMPHIS 189

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCECipes and a " Temperance Society . " 190 A Query 190 Masonic Lifeboat Fund ... . . . 190 Centenary Sermon 190

Masonic Banquets 190 "Masonic version of the National Anthem : ... 190 Ineligibility of Bastards as Freemasons ... 190 The Antiquity of Freemasonry 190 THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY 191 INELIGIBILITY OF BASTARDS AND THE MAIMED AS

FREEMASONS 191 ST . ANDHKW , THE PATRON SAINT OF SCOTLAND ... 192 MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK 192

Knight Templar Jottings.

KNIGHT TEMPLAR JOTTINGS .

( Continued from page 157 . ) We left off at ; page 157 of THE FREEMASON , by directing attention to Bro . Yarker ' s views of Operative and Speculative Freemasonry . At page 13 there is a note respecting the " Longnor "

Lodge , which we have endeavoured to verily in vain , owing to a wrong reference being given . At least , we have searched " Notes and Queries " of Jul y 17 th , 1869 , without finding anything on the subject .

We hope , however , to find it elsewhere soon , as it is doubtless a typographical error . A code of By-laws of the Jerusalem Encampment , Manchester , is given at page 15 of " Notes of the Temple , " and is a valuable record of the character of t he Order at that period . Then follows a Petition for a warrant to hold

a K . JD . Encampment in the town of Manchester , addressed to the Grand Master of all England , at York , which is a curiosity in its way , as likewise the letter accompanying it , requesting a Brother "to attend at the Grand Lodge in York , and lay the petition before them . " The

warrant was granted , anil the Encampment dul y constituted on the 17 th day of October , ] 7 fc > 6 , and the warrant was written orsigned by William Blanchard , G . Secretary , and numberd 15 . We question if any more interesting records of this Masouic chivalric degree has ever been

submitted for the perusal of the fraternity , than are to be found in the "Notes of the Temple , " and although we have taken exception to a few of the statements therein contained , we none the less appreciate tho manner in which Bro . Yarker has treated the subject . Wo find that there is

an article from tho same able pen in THE FJIEEMASON of the ICth October , as a friendly reply to a few of our well-meant criticisms . It will benecesttiryfor our readers to refer to our remarks contained in THE FREEMASON for Augu . » t 26 th and October 2 nd , 18 G 9 , in order to clearly

understand the various points at issue , and when they have dime so , it will be comparativel y easy to draw their own opinions as to the accuracy of our statements . Wo will not go so far as to say there are no documents that mention tho Knight Templar Priest ' s degree , written or printed , A . D .

168 G , but we do say that none have yet been produced . Certificates may bear the date of 168 G , but surely that does not prove the degree to be of that antiquity , any moro than that Freemasonry has existed as a secret society for about tiOOO years because its certificates are dated , A . L . 58 GD . " I must heartily agree with

Bvo . Yarker that "we are fast aniving at that uncomfor able state in all degrees , that those who arc withholding the documentary proof they say the y have— after making certain representations for years—incur a grave responsibility" ( THE FIIEKMASON , " Vol . II , No . 32 , p . 177 ) . We hope this emphatic and correct statement of tho iwesent state of some departments of Free-

Knight Templar Jottings.

masonry may result in the silence being broken , and the existence , of certain documents , be firmly established , otlierume tltere will naturally be grave doubts of tlieir existence at all . With respect to Dr . Dassigny ' s work- —which is the earliest printed work known that alludvs

to the Royal Arch degree—we intend to have it carefully reprinted before long , so as to enable all Masonic students to know exactly what it does , and does not , say . The author does not say that the Royal Arch , degree was worked at York , A . D . 1744 , but only that he was told so .

However , there is no improbability of the story being quite correct , and certainly before that date it was worked in England . We cannot stay now to consider a few of the questions propounded by Bro . Yarker as to the orig in of several of the "hig h degrees , " so called . We think that their elucidation would surely clear

up many points just now apparently far from settlement , but the great difficulty is to discuss such subjects with the patience and care required , when there is such a lamentable dearth of documentary evidence in support of the statements made by the upholders of certain degrees . A few more such works as " Notes on the

Temple" would result in the publication of many valuable documents for the History of the Fraternity . At page 20 , Bro . Yarker again alludes to the statement by the esteemed Mason , Dr . H . B . Leeson , respecting the " 37 th clause

of the Constitutions approved by the English Grand Lodge on St . Johns Day , 1720 , and printed at Brussels in 1722 , " which is said to contain an enactment in reference to Knig hts elected Kadosh and others of the " Hautes

Grades . We have before shown this to be an erroneous statement . No such work has ever existed , and on the very face of it carries its condemnation , as the Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of Kngland were not printed until A . D . 1723 : and most positively we declare they

contain nothing about such degrees whatever , and moreover we maintain that no such resolution was ever passed by the Grand Lodge of England at any time , neither has it ever sanctioned more than three degrees , including the Holy Royal Arch ( the latter clause , not until A . D . 1 S 13 ) .

We think that m consequence of our previous flat denial of the existence of any such work , the quotation , mig ht ac least have been spoken of as doubtful . Brethren not versed in the subject would accept it as literally a fact , and as the work in which it appears is so trustworthy

generally , would therefore not think of questioning it . At page 23 of the Notes , the Warrant from I 5 ro . Thomas Dunckeiloy is introduced , and ( like all others of about that date , and for mauy years since ) , contains abundant evidence to establish the fact of the degrees entitled H . R . D . M . and K . O . D . S . II . were under tho

authority of tho Kni g hts Templar in this country . "The Admissiuii Pass" of the Templar degree Ritual of 1801 , in the possession of Bro . T . L . Bold , is said to be " that of the present Order of Constantine . " Bro . Yarker is very sever © on tho changes effected of iate years in

the character of tho Order , alter " Sir Knight Tynto received tho Grand Mastershi p of the Order , then ho surrendered all control over the Roso Croix and other degrees , and a system of repression was adopted in Kncampmcuts heretofore unheard of in its annals . " . . . '

Consequent upon this were prepared new statutes , new customs , and uu entirely new ritual , orig inating probabl y in same Loudon Encampment , in which everything that had the appearance of antiquity in the old Order of St . John and tho Temple , was thrown overboard .

llus revised Order has tho bastard title given it of " Masonic Kni ght Templar . " ( I'ago 30 ) . In concluding our notice of Bro . Yarker ' s work , we cannot do better than indorse his recommendation of Bro . Richard Woof ' s admirable sketch of tho Order . W . J . HUCJUAN . ( To be continued . )

PRESENTATION . —At the last Isca Lodge . C 83 , Newport , Monmouthshire , a magnificent gold P . M . ' s jewel was presented by its members to Bro . H . Bond , P . D . A . G . D . C . of Monmouthshire , and P . M . ( 581 ) and 1098 , as a token of fraternal regard in recognition of past services to the Isca Lodge .

Fratres Rosicrucianæ Societatis In Anglia.

FRATRES ROSICRUCIAN ? SOCIETATIS IN ANGLIA .

A quarterly meeting of the Rosicrucians was held on Thursday , the 14 th inst ., at the Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queeia-street . The chair of M . G . was filled by Frater R . Wentworth Little , Past M . G . and S . M . of the Fraternity , in the deeply-regretted , though unavoidable , absence of the M . G . Frater W . J . Hnghan , of Truro .

The Deputy M . G . Frater Hubbard was in his place , and the Ancients were in charge of their respective gates . The- M . C . having been duly formed , and the minutes read , the presiding officer proceeded 1 to confer the grade of Adeptus Minor upon several approved fraires .

A Council Of the Second Order was then held for the induction of the following Adepti Minores into the grade of Adeptus Major : \ V . R . Woodman , M . D . ; Angelo J . Lewis , M . A ., S . H . Rawley , W . Carpenter , J . Weaver , E , Stanton Jones , W . J . Ferguson , W . A . Tharp , W . Bird ,

and G . W . Butler . After the usual satisfactory proofs had been , given b y the minor adepts to the Inductor ,, ' thfe fratres were admitted and renewed the c jvenant into which they had entered in the previottB grade . The Chief Adept then delivered thte

address to the candidates , in which they were informed that "the occult Sciences reveal to men the mysteries of his nature , the secrets of his organization , and the means of obtaining perfeatiou and happiness . " They were reminded that from chaos , order arose , and from darkness , li ght ;

and were encouraged to persevere hopefullyj through the trials and vicissitudes of life , sustained by the prescience of a g lorious future . The necessity of a moral lustration—a spiritual purir fication—before man can become a partaker of celestial joys was forcibly inculcated . The

candidates were further enjoined to study tha symbolism of the Order , and to shape their actions by the precepts therein revealed ; and , in fine , to regard this mortal life as but the vestibular to the temple of immortality . With the impressive words known only to

true adepts , the Inductor closed the ceremony ,, and the proceedings of tho M . C . were resumed ^ when tho ritual of the grade of Zelator was rehearsed at the request of many fratres present .. We may remark that owing to unavoidable circumstances , the various ceremonials of the Fraternit y have hitherto been but imperfectly

worked , but at this meeting nothing could surpass the solemnity of the scene—the transition ' from li g ht to g loom , the sombre accompaniments ; and the awe inspiring music during the inductions produced an effect on the candidates 1 which has vastl y increased their respect and . admiration for the Order .

Frater Weaver officiated with his customary ability at the harmonium , and tho talented . Secretary-General , Dr . Woodman , was , as usual , most etlicieut aud obli ging . Tho M . C was then closed .

Stanzas.

STANZAS .

And hast thou come , Great spir . t of Love , to haunt this lonely heart With thy most sacred presence ? 1 am dumb Before thee—yet a thousand visions start Like loosened waters tliro' my brain—I feel Their influence divine , and thus reveal

Their mystic utterances . Oh desert Earth , What thou dost yield is evil , and our youth Is vainly spout seeking the light of truth . Then let us tiiru unto tho sunnier birth Of Love uprising from the foaming sea

Of Life , with his celestial wings uufuiTd Above the clouds and darkness of * the world , Beckoning to Hope find Immortality I For , like a sunbeam smiling on a rose , The kindling rays of Love can avery heart unclose . COSMOS .

ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE . — The Supreme Grand Council 33 ° , at their meeting on Wednesday , 13 th inst ., upon the recommendation of the Sov . Grand Inspector-General , Cant . Alexander W . Adair .

resolved to grant a warrant for tho purpose of opening a Hose Croix Chapter at Wc'ston-supiT-Mare , to be named the " William-ile-Irwin" Chapter of S . P . Ii . + . Capt . F . G . Irwin , 311 ° , will be the first M . W . 8 Bro . Capt . Adair is a mem bur of the Craft Lodge , No . 1222 , Weston- super-Mare .