The Prov. G. Lodge Of Meath.

Rose Croix , in the Furnell Chapter—then held at Limerickand obtained their other degrees in England ? Does it not strike even your bucolic minds , that Vigne and Philips are both " Irish registry " men , who worked the oracle upon their own hook and now would prevent any one else doing the same ? To your view are not the degrees they have taken above the l 8 ° those of a foreign jurisdiction and have not both these worthies

violated the respect due to your " Irish registry " fetish ? Why then did you cry out so eagerly for judgment on the recent converts—or perverts—and leave the ringleaders go scot free ? Was it not , most unsavory Provincial Grand Lodge of Meath , that you knew nothing of the matter except that the " Irish registry " was somehow or other—you didn ' t know how—seeming to lose its hold ? Well ; your nationality sits strongly on you

but in real Free-Masonry there is only impartiality . Where partiality exists there is no Free-Masonry . Now try , most sapient thistle chewing Provincial Grand Lodge of Meath , to know how many ways a blade cuts before you use it , for depend upon it " what ' s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander . " Alas ! that we should have to make the humiliating admission that Bro . J YARKER is connected with that concatenation

of Masonic unrest , the nondescripts calling themselves the Grand Mark Lodge of England . But so it is and deeply as we deplore it the truth must not be concealed . However , there is a gleam of comfort even behind this , for Capt , PHILIPS if he is not a member of that body is yet acting with it by constituting himself one of the parties to the

absurd Triangulalion commented on in our first issue . And there is this poor consolation that neither can taunt the other with his wrong-doing in this matter . To cite a multitude of other degrees would be simply to magnify Bro . YARKER and decry Capt . PHILIPS , therefore we prefer leaving the matter as it stands , feeling assured that no Free-Mason who has followed us thus far can possibly fail in

seeing that Bro . J YARKER is in much better masonic standing than CAPTAIN PHILIPS . And now , Provincial Grand Lodge of Meath , having gently wiped the mud from your costume let us warn you not to be so foolish , again , nor to soil the pretty clothing the good Grand Lodge of Ireland permits you to wear . With a tenderness for your health , which you ought not to he slow to appreciate , we

are very anxious no nausea should arise in your system , considering how recklessly you have been wallowing in the foulest dirt therefore , we counsel—and most strongly urge—the necessity of your taking a pill , without any wry faces or grimaces , but like men , and apologising to Bro . Yarker as publicly as you have accused him . This done you may wash your hands and faces , say your prayers and , in addition include that portion of the

131 st Psalm which says : "I am not high minded : I have no proud looks . I do not exercise myself in great matters : which are too high for me . " Then you may betake yourselves again to your favorite grazing ground , undisturbed by fear of THE MASONIC EXAMINER , where you may revel in thistles until your next period of assembly shall come round , when it maybe hoped , from our careful wiping and the airing your clothing will receive in

the meantime , all traces of the stains and noxious effluvia will have disappeared and you will meet again , as you were wont to do , a Provincial Grand Lodge of Meath clean and wholesome in

mind and body .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

\ The Editor does not hold himself responsible for the facts , or opinions , expressed by any correspondent . Lie reserves to himself the right of deciding ; when any subject shall be discontinued , and 0 / rejecting such matter as he deems jtusuitattte to THE MASONIC EXAMINER . Every communication must be accompanied by the full names , masonic rank , and address of the ivriter , not necessarily for publication , unless desired , but as a guarantee of good faith . These particulars will always be treated as a confidential trust , close tyled . ]

The Pedigree Of The English Sup. G. Council, Xxxiii.

THE PEDIGREE OF THE ENGLISH SUP . G . COUNCIL , XXXIII .

To the Editor of THE MASONIC EXAMINER . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER : —Having in my former letter discussed the matter of the alleged Frederick the Great Statutes and proved them , — from unimpeachable testimony , —• A FORGERY and A FRAUD , I proceed to show , very briefly , how the palpable absurdity has given rise , and been transmitted ,

to the English S . G . C . of the 33 ° . In 175 S one Pirlet , a tailor , and Lacorne , a dancing master , invented a rite under which they conferred degrees of knights , princes , sovereigns , and , even , emperors , and called the pompous manufacture the "Empire of the East and West . " The Sovereign , Emperor , or whatever else you may please to call him who then ruled this company , Chaillon de Joinville , gave a patent , in 1761 ,

to a wandering Jewish merchant , Stephen Morin by name , who commenced , in the same year , to propagate this Rite in the West Indies . In 1767 Bro . Morin had reached America and Bro . Francken . obtained a patent from the promulgator upon which he , Bro . Francken , started the rite at Albany , New York , and from whence it found its way to Charlestown , where it was manipulated into a full blown series of thirty-three degrees by Dr . Frederick

Dalcho , about the beginning of the year 1802 . Subsequent to 1802 another edition of " The wandering jew " turned up , in America , in the person of a Bro . Abraham Jacobs , who settled at New York about the year 1808 . He conferred the first sixteen degrees , —by certificate only , —upon Bro . J . J . J .

Gourgas , clerk to the . notorious Dr . de la Motta , and this Bro . Gourgas afterwards exhibited a patent , —in his own handwriting , but signed by de la Motta , —professing to bear witness that Bro . Gourgas had received the other seventeen degrees from de la Motta , and this patent Bro . Gourgas used to enable him to establish AN IRREGULAR and SCHISMATIC Sup . G . Council in New York . To this worthy the English Sup . G .

Council were indebted , in October 18 45 , and have been ever since , for their establishment ; the said Illustrious Sovereign Grand Inspector General being then clerk on board a vessel trading between Liverpool and New York . It is under the Sovereign powers derived from , and by the Constitution of , this Imperial stevedore , that nine English lunatics clothe themselves in robes , and wear a crown , made in imitation of those presumed to have

been worn by Frederick the Great , the warlike Prussian King . In such borrowed trappings the nine assume all kingly rights and vigilantly exercise that , not the least important , royal prerogative , the collection and appropriation of the entire revenues of the Rite , without asking advice , leave , or approval , and this only at their own sweet wills and pleasure because they are Sovereigns deriving their kingly powers , in the first instance from

Bro . J . J . J . Gourgas , the ship ' s clerk , and secondly from each other . Such , in a few words , is fhe'history of the origin of this precious organisation of which thepompous and irresponsible Sup . G . C . of England is so vain . . Is it not ridiculous ? But in order that itstruth may not be doubted , by reason of the preposterous folly , I am ready to defend my position , and challenge the Golden Square Council , singly or collectively , or any one , or more , of its dupes > to controvert one single word of this statement .