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Here is a startling fact for the Telegraph ! but what is more , it diffuses itself throughout the entire army , from the general to the non-commissioned officer , and , * shocking to relate / whole regiments go out on foreign service , with their ' warrants' and Masonic insignia to hold military Lodges when settled at any particular station , whether in India , in Canada , or the Levant ; but is her Most Gracious Majesty in danger from this formidable organisation ? Is her throne encompassed by secret enemies—Ms the social edifice convulsed by the widespread influence ' of the Order ? ' No ; her Majesty ' s father , the late Duke of
Kent , was at the head of the Order as a general in the army , and her royal uncle , the late Duke of Sussex , continued in his office as ' Grand Master' of England and its dependencies until the day of his death . We presume , if treason lurked beneath its folds , some royal eye , jealous of the prerogative of the monarchy , and anxious for its safety , would detect it . "Let ns now , by way of advice , suggest to the Telegraph the expediency of concealing its animus when it dwells upon subiects of which it is ignorant . It
should be ever grateful for the services rendered the Head of the Church . ^_ J ) oes the writer forget that Pius IX . owes , through Providence , his life to a Freemason , who communicated to the Grand Lodge at Paris the intention of a party to administer poison to him through his cook ? If he will refer to the columns of the public journals , some few years ago , he will there find a public acknowledgment of this service in frustrating the designs of the assassin . "
America.
AMERICA .
BOSTON . Masonic Knights Templar . —The annual meeting of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar and Appendant Orders of Massachusetts and Rhode Island was held at the Masonic Temple in Boston , on Wednesday , the 2 nd November . The following persons were elected Officers for the ensuing year : —Daniel
Harwood , of Boston , G . M . ; John McClennan , of Boston , D . G . M . ; Cyrus Fisher , of Providence , G . Generalissimo ; James W . Crooks , of Springfield , G . Capt .-Gen . ; Rev . Wm . R . Alger , of Boston , G . Prelate ; John B . Bead , of Pawtucket , G . S . W . ; J . A . D . Joslin , of Providence , G . J . W . ; Wm . Parkman , of Boston , G . Treas . ; Calvin Whiting , of Boston , G . Recorder ; Asa Walker , of Worcester , G . Swordbearer ; G . B . Farnsworth , of Pawtucket , G . Standard-bearer ; N . IL Gould , of
Newport , G . W . NEW YORK . New Benevolent Fund . —The first quarterly meeting of a newly-organized association , terming itself the Masonic Board of Relief , was held on the last Monday in November , at Odd Fellows' Hall , New York . The Board is constituted of delegates from the different Masonic Lodges in the city , and has for its object the relief of destitute widows and children of deceased members of tho Fraternity . This is a new arrangement , and it is thought will prove much more efficient to accomplish the end aimed at than the old system , of having each Lodge make provision for the impoverished widows and children of their respective members . —American Masonic Journal .
Waked up at last . —We learn with pleasure that a . considerable cargo of Grand Lodge certificates from England have recently arrived in this city for Brethren in Canada . Some of these had been ordered and paid for a long time since . One for our old friend W . Bro . Noxon , now of New York , eighteen years ago . It is gratifying to find that the somnambulists of the Grand Secretary ' s office , are being aroused from their slumbers . A few more such movements as that which has taken place hi Canada , might perhaps keep them awake . —Canadian Masonic Pioneer .
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Ire La Vs.
Here is a startling fact for the Telegraph ! but what is more , it diffuses itself throughout the entire army , from the general to the non-commissioned officer , and , * shocking to relate / whole regiments go out on foreign service , with their ' warrants' and Masonic insignia to hold military Lodges when settled at any particular station , whether in India , in Canada , or the Levant ; but is her Most Gracious Majesty in danger from this formidable organisation ? Is her throne encompassed by secret enemies—Ms the social edifice convulsed by the widespread influence ' of the Order ? ' No ; her Majesty ' s father , the late Duke of
Kent , was at the head of the Order as a general in the army , and her royal uncle , the late Duke of Sussex , continued in his office as ' Grand Master' of England and its dependencies until the day of his death . We presume , if treason lurked beneath its folds , some royal eye , jealous of the prerogative of the monarchy , and anxious for its safety , would detect it . "Let ns now , by way of advice , suggest to the Telegraph the expediency of concealing its animus when it dwells upon subiects of which it is ignorant . It
should be ever grateful for the services rendered the Head of the Church . ^_ J ) oes the writer forget that Pius IX . owes , through Providence , his life to a Freemason , who communicated to the Grand Lodge at Paris the intention of a party to administer poison to him through his cook ? If he will refer to the columns of the public journals , some few years ago , he will there find a public acknowledgment of this service in frustrating the designs of the assassin . "
America.
AMERICA .
BOSTON . Masonic Knights Templar . —The annual meeting of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar and Appendant Orders of Massachusetts and Rhode Island was held at the Masonic Temple in Boston , on Wednesday , the 2 nd November . The following persons were elected Officers for the ensuing year : —Daniel
Harwood , of Boston , G . M . ; John McClennan , of Boston , D . G . M . ; Cyrus Fisher , of Providence , G . Generalissimo ; James W . Crooks , of Springfield , G . Capt .-Gen . ; Rev . Wm . R . Alger , of Boston , G . Prelate ; John B . Bead , of Pawtucket , G . S . W . ; J . A . D . Joslin , of Providence , G . J . W . ; Wm . Parkman , of Boston , G . Treas . ; Calvin Whiting , of Boston , G . Recorder ; Asa Walker , of Worcester , G . Swordbearer ; G . B . Farnsworth , of Pawtucket , G . Standard-bearer ; N . IL Gould , of
Newport , G . W . NEW YORK . New Benevolent Fund . —The first quarterly meeting of a newly-organized association , terming itself the Masonic Board of Relief , was held on the last Monday in November , at Odd Fellows' Hall , New York . The Board is constituted of delegates from the different Masonic Lodges in the city , and has for its object the relief of destitute widows and children of deceased members of tho Fraternity . This is a new arrangement , and it is thought will prove much more efficient to accomplish the end aimed at than the old system , of having each Lodge make provision for the impoverished widows and children of their respective members . —American Masonic Journal .
Waked up at last . —We learn with pleasure that a . considerable cargo of Grand Lodge certificates from England have recently arrived in this city for Brethren in Canada . Some of these had been ordered and paid for a long time since . One for our old friend W . Bro . Noxon , now of New York , eighteen years ago . It is gratifying to find that the somnambulists of the Grand Secretary ' s office , are being aroused from their slumbers . A few more such movements as that which has taken place hi Canada , might perhaps keep them awake . —Canadian Masonic Pioneer .