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making known to him that in proof of their approval of kis benevolent protection of the Order within his dominions , and of his services in accepting the office of Worshipful Master of the lodge No . 124 , styled " La Progres de l'Oceanie" to which he had been raised by the free votes of its members , the said Supreme Council had been pleased to elevate His Majesty to the 30 ° of the

rite—namely the rank of Grand EL Chev . K . D . S ., and that the patents , rituals , and insignia of the new rank would be conveyed to his Majesty by some safe conveyance . The King has commanded me to reply that all his sensibilities are moved by this great and unexpected honour conferred upon him by the Supreme Council of France

, under which he governs the lodge of which he is the Worshipful Master , and that , while proudly and gratefully receiving the honour , ho will consider it more as an incentive to future exertions in the propagation of the humane , moral , and benevolent principles of Freemasonry , than as a reward deserved by any services he has as yet been able to render to the ancient and venerable order .

His Majesty added that I was to wait his further orders , after the receipt of the patents , rituals , and insignia referred to in your letter . I pray you to deign to acccept the assurance of the exalted respect and most distinguished consideration with which I have the honour to be , Sir , your most obedient and humble servant , ( Signed ) B . C . WYLIE , E . A . & K . T . March . 17 th , 1862 . Department of Foreign Affairs , City of Honolulu ,

In writing to M . Vidal , H . H . M's . Charge d ' Affaires at Paris , through whom the above reply was presented to the Viscount de Lajonquiere , Brother Wylie remarks : — . . . . "I assure you that the King , my sovereign ,

places a very high value upon the distinction conferred upon him , in his Masonic character , by the Supreme Council of the Order in France . I feel it to be my duty to explain to you that while his Majesty is proud of the honour , it has been conferred upon him with much justice and discrimination by the said Supreme Grand Council . They seem to know well the fact that

His Majesty had been raised to the high position of Worshipful Master by working up through all the different grades , just like any ordinary member , but they may not know that his rapid promotion , ending in his election twice to rule the lodge , was not owing to his royal rank , of which in lodge he divests himself entirely , but to his singular expertnoss in all the working details , symbols , mysteries , and speculative principles of the Order .

"Neither is it likely that the Supreme Council , when they agreed to honour the king , knew the fact that to his Majesty is due the merit of having extinguished an ancient jealousy between the Lodge No . 124 , depending on the Supreme Council of France , and its sister Lodge No . 21 , depending upon the Grand Lodge of the United States , which jealousy was not a little increased by the

king ' s initiation in the former . One of his first cares when he was elected to the high rank of Worshipful Master , was to abolish that feeling of jealousy , and impress upon the brethren of both lodges , that the principles of the Order abjured all petty distinctions of nation , race , class , or creed , and embraced the whole brotherhood of manwho acknowledged one God as the

, Creator , the preserver , and the judge of all men . fe ' You will best judge of His Majesty ' s success in inspiring that harmony of feeling in the Masonic and other philanthrophic societies within his kingdom , from the addresses presented to him on the occasion of the birth of an heir to his throne But reverting to the king in his Masonic capacity ; as a member of the

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Craft myself since the 29 th October , 1 S 26 , and in 1839 , an officer of the Grand Lodge of England , when presided over by his late Eoyal Highness the Duke of Sussex , as Grand Master , I can without one grain of exaggeration , assure you that not even His Eoyal Highness , expert , urbane , and accomplished though he was , exceeded the courtesyeasedignity without assumptionaud even

, , , ready eloquence , on any emergency , with which my young Sovereign presides over his assembled brethren . " The Order , it will be seen from the above catlings , occupies an important place among the philanthropic institution of Polynesia ; and there

can be little doubt that to Brother W y lie ' s enli ghtened admiration of , and enthusiastic devotion to , Freemasonry are the Hawaiian Craftsmen mainl y indebted for the possession of a brother in the person of their young Sovereign . Let

them improve ari g ht their opportunit y ; for " The more of this light that a Freemason knows , In virtue more eminently always he grows , Like a square he'll be just on every occasion , Conform , like the compass , to true moderation ; Like the level be humble , like plumb-line upright , Like the chisel will

computate what ' s indiscreet , Like the trowel the symbol of benevolence , Will the cement of friendship to brethren dispense . " No . III . will finish , for the present , our notes on the Sandwich Islands , in connection with our distinguished Brother Wylie .

The Supreme Grand Council 0f France And Marshal Magnan.

THE SUPREME GRAND COUNCIL 0 F FRANCE AND MARSHAL MAGNAN .

( Continued from page 67 ., ) We concluded that portion of the above subject which was included in Marshal Magnan ' s letter to the Supreme Grand Council , at page 67 , and now resume the M . P . Sov . G . Com . Bro . Yiezmet ' s narrative . He stated that he hesitated how to replto the

y Grand Master , owing to the character of the eonmvunication being so flattering on the one hand , and imperious on the other ; nevertheless he well discerned the undercurrent of the same , which had for its object the incorporation of the lodges holding under the Supreme Grand Councilwith those of the Grand

, Orient , and not having it in his power to be a party to any such plan , as well as having had a second audience with the Prefect of police , who reiterated what he had before said , Bro . Viennet , on the 3 rd of February , answered the Graud Master hi nearly the . following terms : —

" M . le Marshal , —Since Ze Moniteur has informed me of your nomination as Grand Master of the Grand Orient of France , I have consulted the Prefect of police as to what will be the lot of the lodges of the Kite Eeossais , the Supreme Grand Council , and of their Graud Master . I was received bhim with

y great kindness , and he announced to me that the lodges in question , would be protected as formerly , he only required of me not to engage with , or accept under my rule , any of the lodges of the Grand Orient . This I undertook to do , and it was the more easy of