Freemasonry In The 17th Century.

those generally entertained , but if my little myth should give as much pleasure to any reader as it has to the writer I shall be more than satisfied .

Masonic Worthies Of Jersey.

MASONIC WORTHIES OF JERSEY .

No . 10 .

PART I . The Masonic Temple contains portraits in oil which aro well worth attention . There we see beaming upon us the benevolent features of our dear Bro . A . Schmitt , the founder of La Cesaree

Royal Arch Chapter , and late Provincial Grand Secretary , an indefatigable Mason , whose reputation has extended to England , France , Germany , and other countries . Bro . Schmitt is a native of Poland , and has the honour of the friendship of

General Garibaldi , "the first Mason of Italy , " Joseph Mazzini , and other celebrated friends of liberty , while at the same time Bro . Schmitt , if he will pardon our saying so , is much more

" English" in his ideas of liberty than some of his friends . Bro . Schmitt is honorary secretary to the company which erected the Masonic Temple , and he was one of the leading promoters of the movement which resulted in its being built .

During our visit we experienced innumerable acts of kindness from Bro . S ., for which we feel personally obliged , and we shall always remember with pleasure our acquaintance with him . Bro . Albert Schmitt is in possession of a Masonic

certificate given under the Grand Lodge of Lithuania , in Poland , in 1819 , and which was subsequently suppressed in 1821 by the Russian Government . The following is a translation of this interesting document : —

"To the Glory of the Great Architect of the Universe . " Under the auspices of the Most Noble and and Powerful Grand Master of the Great National Lodge of Lithuania , Bro . the Count Stanislaus

Ivostka Potocki , Grand Master . " The Lodge of Saint John , under the name of Paiemon , meeting in the East at Rosieyn . "To all the Regular Lodges of the Grand Duchof Lithuaniagreetingstrengthand union

y , , , . " ' Bro . having laid before us , that during ins travels he mi ght be in a position to visit various towns in tho Grand Duchy of Lithuania , where regular lodges are working , and in the labours of

which he would wish to participate , and in consequence of which he has desired to obtain a certificate testifying * to his Masonic qualifications ; we , therefore , now accede to his request and hereby grant him this token of our esteem and

friendship , and request all regular lodges and Master Masons in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , to receive him fraternally and to admit him to their labours . Bro . possessing the degree of Fellow Craft Mason , and having been initiated

in our regular and respectable lodge in the year of Masonry 5818 . Done in the East at Rosieyn on the 16 th February , 1819 . " ( Signed ) " OENIKRY SVLKIEWICZ , W . M . of the Lodge ,

and Rose Croix Mason . "THOMAS STERNBOUCH , S . W ., and Rose Croix Mason .

"EUSTACE STANKOWICZ , J . W . " KAIJXT DOWIATT , Treasurer . " NICHOLAS STANKOWICZ , Orator . " ANTHONY OSTROVSKI , Architect . " JOSEPH Roszc ZBWSKI , Secretary .

" FRANCIS PISTVOWICZ , Registrar . " It will be noted that this certificate was issued by the Lodge Paiemon , and not by the Grand Lodge of Lithuania , it having until recently been the custom on the Continent for Grand Lodg-es to

forward blank certificates to private lodges , leaving them to issue the same as required . The brother who owned this certificate appears to have travelled extensively , as it bears several endorsements of the lodges he visited . On the 2 nd March , 1819 , he visited the Lodge Ardent Lithuanian , at Wiina ; on the 5 th March , the Lodsje Iris , at Warsaw ;

and on the 24 th of the same month and year , the Lodge School—rather a singular appellation—at Wilna ; on the 27 th October , 1833 , the Lodge Les Amis Re-unis , at Poitiers , in France ; on the 22 nd December , 1835 , the Lodge of Harmony , at

Poitiers ; and on the 10 th February , 1848 , the National Polish Lodge in London , founded by our late Bro . Lord Dudley Stuart . He also visited a lodge in Russia , the particulars of which we could not get translated . Bro . Schmitt informs us that

he intends to present this certificate to the Jersey Masonic Temple , and , as a relic of a Masonic body which has been violently suppressed , and the records of which have been scattered or destroyed , it is exceedingly valuable . Bro . Albert Schmitt was educated at the University of Warsaw , and subsequently served with