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^DflrriHl Journal of ifa} gwM ami |tit^ of Jjtamtrg. 

Published under the Authority of the Sovereign Sanctuary for Great Britain and Ireland. 

Edited by the GRAND SECRETARY-GENERAL. 

Vol. I., No. 8.] AUGUST ist, 1881. [Monthly. 


the OLD ENGLISH OR YORK RITE. 

Since the establishment of the United Grand 
Lodge, by the union of the “ Antients ” with the 
Modems, the name of York Mason or York 
Rite has gradually fallen into disuse. It will, 
t lerefore, be news to many of our readers to 
earn that there are still in existence several 
Chapters working the Antient York Rite of 
seven degrees, as practised in England from 
time immemorial. At any rate, when Grand 
Lodge was established in 1717* the Moderns 
repudiated the degrees above 3°, the An- 
tients retaining them as an integral part of the 
Antient York Rite (and were thence called 
York Masons). The arrangement and number 
of the degrees of the York Rite appear to be as 
follows: — Symbolic, 3 0 ; Master Architect (P.M.), 

1 i Royal Arch, 18; Rosae Crucis, or Triple Cross, 
i 9 ,* H.R.O.M. or T.P. i° (Kadosh). On the union, 
the Moderns, as a sort of compromise, consented 
to admit the P.M. and Royal Arch, without, 
however, giving them any status beyond that of 
the completion of 3°, which the Royal Arch 
clearly is not. Why English Masonry should be 
different to that of every other system under the 
sun, or why the Venerable Templar system 
should have been disassociated with the Craft 
degrees after possibly centuries of companion- 
ship, will probably never be known. The most 
curious thing is, that even the Royal Arch, as 
worked under the Supreme Chapter of England, 
is totally unlike that of the Supreme Chapter of 
Ireland or that of Scotland. There is abundant 
evidence to prove that between 1721 and 1782 
the old Templar Rite of seven degrees was 
regularly practised in England ; and that emi- 
nent Mason, Bro. Dunckerly, states that the 
following Chapters of the Rite had existed ti; 


out of mind : — Observance , London ; Redemp- 
tion, York (whence Jerusalem Conclave, Man- 
chester, 1786); Baldwyn , Bristol; Antiquity , 
Bath. 

The official reports of Bro. Dunckerly, between 
1790 and 1795, place the Rosae Crucis degree 
before or after the Templar degree indifferently. 
In 1811 the Duke of Sussex became Grand 
Commander, and in 1817 ceased all interest in, 
and called no meeting of Grand Conclave. This 
want of government led the Antient Premier 
Conclaves to range themselves under a Royal 
Grand Council of Antient Rites, time immemo- 
rial ; and under this body was, and we believe 
still is, practised all the degrees ; and at Bath, as 
far back as 1822, the 90° of the Order ofMizraim. 

This was the state of affairs when, in 1846, 
Drs. Goss (Crucifex), Leeson, Nash, and Oliver 
applied to the irregular Bro. Gourgas to establish 
his Rite in this country (how it became a Rite 
and how it became his to sell are matters which 
the curious may leam of the authorities of the A. 
and A. Rite) ; but certain it is that all these four 
learned doctors had received the Templar degree 
from Antient Conclaves — Goss and Leeson from 
the Cross of Christ Conclave, . London ; Oliver 
from th z Redemption, Hull ; and Nash from the 
Baldwyn, Bristol ; and we are afraid we cannot 
get over the fact that in the introduction of the 
spurious Rite of Gourgas they committed a 
breach of their O.B. as Templars ; and when we 
remember what that O.B. is, we can have but 
little respect for men who, for ambitious ends, 
could plot such base treason. Dr. Nash, how- 
ever, who appears to have had compunctions, 
clung fondly to the Antient Baldwyn Chapter 
(which, with some other Premier Conclaves, still 
turned a deaf ear to the voice of the charmer, 
nd refused to be absorbed into the brand new 


58 


THE KNEPH. 


Rite), and was expelled by his new confreres of 
the 33 0 . It was some years after that the Antient 
Premier Conclaves united themselves with the 
newly revived Grand Conclave, and then with 
the express reservation of all their antient rights 
and privileges. The Jerusalem Chapter of 
Antiquity joined its fortunes with the Palatine 
Chapter of the Antient and Primitive Rite some 
years ago, some of its officers now holding high 
rank in the Sov. Sanctuary. 

That any of these Chapters, possessing a time- 
honoured history and an exalted position in Old 
English Masonry, should have ever consented to 
merge their autonomy in the body resuscitated 
under the auspices of Gourgas, Crucifex, and Co. 
can never sufficiently be regretted. • And we 
should welcome any endeavour on the part of 
the still existing Chapters under the Royal 
Grand Council of Antient Rites to resume the 
position to which they are clearly entitled as the 
only legitimate Templar bodies in existence in 
England. In Ireland the York Rite is still 
worked as a Templar body ; and the Antiquity 
of Bath and Baldwyn of Bristol, to their honour, 
retain independence, but we should be glad to 
see a little more life thrown into their proceedings. 


THE ANTIENT AND PRIMITIVE RITE. 


SOVEREIGN SANCTUARY. 

A Convocation under summons, addressed to all P.P. Grand 
Conservators, 33°, Grand Officers, &c., was held at the office of 
the Grand Chancellor General, Manchester, by 111. Bros. John 
Yarfcer, 33 — 96°; S. P. Leather, 33—95°; B. B. Labrey, 
33 — 95°, on the twenty-fifth day of July, 000,000,881. A 
Sovereign Sanctuary having been opened, the minutes and 
proceedings of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
The Grand Master read a report of the present state of the 
Order, and congratulated the Rite on the exchange of repre- 
sentatives recently made with- the Antient and Primitive Rite 
of Memphis in Egypt. The financial statement of June 30th 
having been passed, the other business of the meeting 
was proceeded with. 

The following Illustrious Brethren were passed as candi- 
dates for the 33° — 95°, at the fee of £5 5s., these to be the last 
admitted at that fee except ex officio, in accordance with the 
Constitutions of the Rite. 

Thomas Mackell Campbell, 32 — 94° — Past M.W. — Recom- 
mended by the Sphynx Chapter, No. 8, Glasgow, with the 
office of Grand Inspector General, if the same is vacant on his 
reception as 33°. J. H. Southwood, 32 — 94°, of Chapter No. 

5, Dublin, with the office of Grand Treasurer General, in place 
of 111. Bro. S. P. Leather, 33 — 95°, promoted to the office of 
Gd. Administrator General. Henry Meyer, 32 — 94° — Past 
Most Wise — Recommended by Rose of Sharon Chapter, No. 

6, London ; and to have the office of Grand Master of Cere- 
monies in place of 111. Bro. 0. N. Hillman, promoted to the 
office of Grand Keeper General of the Golden Book, vacated 
by the late HI. Bro. J. P. Graham, 33—95° — M.A., LL.D. 

The decoration for the year, the Grand Star of Sirius, was 
conferred on 111. Bro. James Hill, Gd. Sec., 33 — 95° — he having 
earned the same as the most energetic Member of the Sov. 
Sane, in promoting the Rite. 

A proposal having been received from the Illustrious Brother, 


Giambattista Pessina, 33— 96°— Chevalier Commander, Naples, 
to confederate our Rite throughout the world by Treaty, 
under the Hlustrious Brother General Guiseppe Garibaldi, 
Premier Mason of the Grand Lodge of Italy, 33 — 97 ft , as 
Honorary Supreme Grand Master and Hierophant, the same 
was approved for this Sovereign Sanctuary, and for proposi- 
tion to other friendly powers ; and the following Illustrious 
Brethren gave in their assent to the same, viz. : — John Yarker, 
33 — 96° ; S. P. Leather, 33—95°; B. B. Labrey, 33— 95*; 
M. L. Davies, 33—95°; James Hill, 33—95°; J. N. Hillman, 
33 _ 95 o. j x Loewenstark, 33°— 95°; also Charles James, 

33° Elect ; T. M. Campbell, 33° Elect, &c., &c. 

The question of our official publication, the Kneph, was 
then brought under consideration. The greater part of the 
present members of the Sovereign Sanctuary considered that 
its issue as a quarterly publication was quite sufficient for the 
needs of the Order. But Illustrious Brother J ames Hill, Gd. 
Secretary Genl., having stated that the newly elected members 
(as also HI. Bro. M. L. Davies, 33° Grand Export), were much 
in favour of a monthly publication, and undertaking that if a 
committee was appointed that the charge or cost to the 
Sovereign Sanctuary should not exceed 250 copies at Id. each, 
and having given this undertaking in writing to limit the 
liability of the Sovereign Sanctuary on account of the Kneph 
to £12 10s. per annum, the following committee for the 
management of the paper was appointed, viz. : — 111. Bros. 
James Hill, 33°, M. L. Davies, 33°, J. H. Southwood, Hy. 
Meyer (both 33° Elect), K. R. H. Mackenzie, 32°, J. H. Peach, 
30°, Greenhill, 30°. 

The only remaining printing of a Ritualistic nature being 
the “ Lectures ” of the Rite, the same was ordered to be pro- 
ceeded with. 

The Convocation then closed. 


REPORT OF THE GRAND MASTER. 
Illustrious Brethren, 

I have the pleasure to inform you that our Antient and 
Primitive Rite of Masonry is in a healthy and satisfactory 
condition, and since we last met has made good progress in 
its development ; at peace within itself and with all consti- 
tutional Masonic bodies; the aim of our Rite, as an educational 
system, is to provide the most ample Masonic instruction to 
our Neophytes. It is, therefore, hoped that all our members 
will redouble their exertions to extend the Rite on these 
lines. 

W e have this year exchanged Representatives with Roumania 
and Egypt ; this last Masonic power has preserved faithfully 
the old Rite of Memphis in 96 degrees, and our friendly 
arrangement is a good reason that our Chapters, Senates, and 
Councils should extend the communication of the grades of 
Memphis and Mizraim conjointly. We are also on the point 
of a satisfactory confederation of our Rite throughout the 
world. 

The five Chapters (Nos. 5 to 9) constituted last year are all 
working in a satisfactory manner ; some of them have gone to 
great expense in furnishing for the due and complete celebra- 
tion of our Rites and Ceremonies, as No. 6, London, and the 
two Glasgow Chapters have maintained their leading position. 
We should be glad to see No. 1, London, No. 2, Manchester, 
No. 3, Havant, and No. 4, Burnley, in more energetic hands, 
and are willing to give all available aid to provide an impetus 
to these lethargic bodies. 

W e have still to print the c< Lectures ” of the Rite, which 
are a system of question and answer omitted from the Ritual 
in order to give the Presiding Officer a discretionary power for 
a more or less extended examination of Neophytes. The cash in 
hand for this purpose has been absorbed in the publication of 
the Kneph, which has also to be provided for in the future. 
Our members have sent in their subscriptions freely for the 
Kneph , but as a large quantity are distributed gratuitously 
amongst Lodges and brethren, the first six numbers leaves us 
with a nett loss of about £17 ; and this state of things will 
be similar for the remaining six months of this year. The 
future management of the paper will rest with a Committee, who 
will limit the risk of the Sovereign Sanctuary, trusting that as the 
Rite exacts no dues from Chapters, they will cheerfully con- 


the kneph. 


59 


Wbute subscriptions for a liberal quantity for their own 
Members and for gratuitous circulation. 

, am J} a PPy to say that the Sovereign Sanctuary is out of 

Members* 8 *' wisheS ‘ for ihe Prosperity of the Eite ana all its 
I remain, 

Faithfully and fraternally, 

WUT . , ^ r JOHN YARKER, 33-96°. 

Withington, Manchester, 

July 21st, 1881. 


REPORT OF ACTING GRAND TREASURER-GENERAL 

^ Cash Receipts. 

Dec. 30. Balance in hand . . 

1881. 

Jan. 1 . HI. Bro. Brown, Sale of Constitutions, &c. 

, Davies, Registration Fees, &c., 

No. 5. 

, Campbell ditto No. 8. 

, Longley, Sale of Rituals, <fec. . . 

Colin Mackenzie, Fees, &c., No. 9. 


1 . 

May 12. 

,, 17. 
June 8. 


£ s. d 
30 6 9 

0 8 0 

0 13 0 
4 3 G 
4 2 3 
8 7 8 


June 30. 
„ 30 . 
„ 30. 


Hill, No. 7, Fees . . £45 
„ Kneph Subs. . . 8 

„ One 33° fee (111. 

Bro. Meyer) 5 


Total Income . 
Cash Payments. 

1881. 

Jan. 6. New Chancellor and Secre- 
tary’s Seals, Carriage to 
London, &c. 

April 27. Petty’s Bill for Binding . . 

June 4. A. Thomson, Printing 

„ 4. Wooden Packing Box . ^ 

» 4. Six Months’ Postage, Letters, 

Knephs and Rituals 
„ 30. Cash remitted Bro. Hill for 

Kneph &c., & c 

„ 30. Petty, Binding 3,000 Rituals 
„ 30. „ Stereo for Kneph (two 

blocks), &c. 

Aug. 17. Hill, No. 8 Kneph (three 
months’ subscription) . . 

i, 17. HI. Bro. Hill, for 

Little . . £52 14 6 
Less J. Y. 12 0 0 


£ s. d. 

2 13 4 
12 1G 0 

0 10 0 
0 1 10 

1 16 2 

17 0 1 
S 6 G 

15 0 

3 2 G 


£48 0 

7 

6 


1 


0 


- 58 12 

7 

£106 13 

2 

l. £ s. 

d. 


47 11 5 


17. 

17. 


for Meek 
Rent, No. 6 
Kneph and 
Postage .. £12 11 1 
Less J. Y. 5 0 0 


40 4 6 
10 17 0 


7 11 1 


58 12 7 


Total Disbursements 

Balance in the hands of 111. Bro. Yarker 


£106 4 0 
0 9 2 

£106 13 2 


ROSE OF SHARON SENATE K.H. No. 6. 

An Emergency Meeting of this Senate was held at the 
Moorgate, Finsbury Pavement, on Wednesday, 27th July, 
principally to consider a proposal to remove the future 
meetings to the Moorgate, and the rooms being found suitable 
it was agreed to uem. con. 


DERVISH LODGES IN EGYPT. 

The correspondent of the Heut York Herald sends 
the following statement, on the authority of 111. Bro. 
Ralph Borg, 3 3-9 5 0 . We know that such secret as- 
sociations do exist in all Eastern countries, and con- 
firm the traditions of our Rite, but we cannot pledge 
ourselves to the truth of the following, and we should 
feel obliged if our Egyptian brethren would report to 
us on this interesting subject. 

Bro. Ralph Borg is reported to say : — “In 1864 I 
was present in Cairo at a working Masonic Lodge 
composed of Egyptian Dervishes, whose traditions 
purport to emanate from the most remote period of 
Egyptian antiquity. The traditions are, however, 
unfortunately oral — they have been handed down by 
word of mouth from generation to generation — for 
Dervishes know of no other form of record or tradition. 
I obtained admission to this Lodge in the following 
manner : — One of these Dervishes was an intimate 
friend of an English Freemason, resident at the time 
in Alexandria. The Dervish one day, much to the 
Englishman’s surprise, invited him to visit his Lodge. 
The Englishman, who was perfectly familiar with the 
Arabic language, made three visits to the Lodge, but 
solemnly pledged himself never to reveal anything 
about it to anybody, because the other Dervishes were 
not at all pleased that one of their number had spoken 
upon the subject to the Englishman. Subsequently 
the Englishman asked permission to bring one of his 
countrymen to the Lodge. This permission was at 
length granted most reluctantly, and upon condition 
that the new comer should be blindfolded coming and 
going. The Englishman invited me to accompany 
him. I was most carefully blindfolded. After pro- 
ceeding on foot for over an hour and a half, the 
Lodge was reached. It seemed to be in a sort of 
stone cave or underground temple. From the nature 
of the ground passed over, I should judge that it was 
situated in the desert near Mount Mokattom. The 
rites employed were similar to those employed in 
European -Lodges. The Dervishes said that this was 
only a branch of their Grand Lodge, and that their 
traditions related back to time beyond memory. 
Upon my suggestion that they might have originated 
from some one of the numerous Masonic Lodges estab- 
lished in Egypt by the French in 1798, the Dervishes 
said that they were entirely independent of those 
Lodges, and that we were the first Europeans who 
had ever been admitted to their Lodge.” 


to Correspondents. 

Communications for the Editor and all information respect- 
ing the degrees of the Rite, and applications for Charters for 
New Chapters, Senates, and Councils, should be addressed to 
the Grand Secretary General, 77£, Bishopgate-street Within 
E.C. 


6o 


THE KNEPH. 



LONDON, AUGUST i, 1881. 


THE STATUS OF CRAFT PROVINCIAL 
GRAND OFFICERS. 

We are induced to allude to this subject in 
consequence of an agitation which is in progress 
amongst Provincials to extend their preroga- 
tives. We take it that the aim of the theory is 
gradually to usurp the functions of Officers of 
Grand Lodge, and bring about a state of things 
similar to that in America, where each Province 
has its State Grand Lodge. The desirability of 
the change is a subject upon which much may 
be said on both sides. Bro. Newmarch’s con- 
tention is that a Provincial Grand Officer of any 
rank is a Grand Officer, whose precedence would 
be secondary only to an officer of Grand Lodge. 
It is needless to say that this proposition cannot 
for a moment be sustained by the Book of Con- 
stitutions, indeed we could name some hard- 
working Provincial Masons who have invariably 
declined Provincial Grand Office, on the ground 
that a Provincial Grand Lodge is a sham to 
which they would not lend themselves, and the 
rank of one of its officers a hollow pretence, not 
worth the cost of the apron. This was so pre- 
vious to the time when His Royal Highness the 
Prince of Wales accepted the Grand Mastership, 
since which English Masonry has made gigantic 
strides. But this only makes the matter worse 
for Provincial Brethren, for there is far less 
chance of obtaining Grand Office than before, 
• and often the selections for the Purple elicit 
very decided and unfavourable criticism, and 
with good and valid reasons. Under these 
circumstances it becomes worth while for Grand 
Lodge to consider whether the just aspirations 
of the provinces may not be granted. A very 
easy mode of doing this would be by giving 
Provincial Officers a recognised official status as 
Grand Officers, and by making the Provincial 
Grand Master a matter of election every three 
years,, in the same way that the Grand Master 
of Light of our Ancient and Primitive Rite 
is elected to rule over his Mystic Temple or 
Provincial Grand Lodge of the 32° The present 
dissatisfaction in the Provinces is more keen 
than the Grand Lodge wots of, and unless it 


takes the initiative the brethren may hap to do 
so themselves, by forming independent Grand 
Lodges. In making these remarks we write 
only in the interests of Masonry in general, and 
without feeling either one way or the other. It 
is a question worth consideration. 


THE MORGAN MYSTERY. 

The American papers have been lately much exer- 
cised by the alleged discovery of the remains of one 
William Morgan, who is said to have been kidnapped 
by Masons and murdered in Canada in 1826. Mor- 
gan, it would seem, never was a Mason, but was refused 
admission to the Masonic body on the evil report 
concerning him, which was heard on all sides. In 
revenge, or in the hope of making money, he published 
a pretended exposure of Masonry, which led some 
zealous Brethren to take the rather strong measure of 
carrying him off bodily into Canada from New York, 
and, it is said, threw him into the falls of Niagara at 
dead of night. 

At any rate he was never heard of afterwards, 
except by rumour, one story being that he accepted 
a purse of money and settled in Australia on the 
condition that he never returned to America on peril 
of his life. 

The venerable Thurlow Weed is said to have 
received the particulars of the murder from one of the 
murderers, not to be published until after his death, 
and a year afterwards a body supposed to be Morgan’s 
was found and identified, but unfortunately it was 
identified by more than one bereaved widow as the 
remains of her long-lost husband, although ultimately 
buried as the remains of Morgan. If this last story of 
the discovery of Morgan’s remains in a stone quarry 
near Batavia, New York, is correct — as the alleged 
evidence of a ring bearing Morgan’s initials, a tobacco 
box, and paper would seem to imply — it is evident 
that the story of the midnight trial in a hastily sum- 
moned Templar encampment near Fort Niagara, and 
subsequent murder by drowning at the point where 
Niagara River empties itself into Lake Ontario, may 
be relegated to the land of myths. And it would seem 
equally unlikely that one of the murderers should take 
the precaution to leave a paper with the body of such 
an incriminatory character as that said to be now dis- 
covered, and that man a lawyer ! 

We notice in connection with the foregoing a state- 
ment to the effect that this year a monument had 
been proposed to be erected to Morgan at Batavia, 
It is just possible that the alleged discovery of the 
body may be in the relation of effect to cause. Pos- 
sibly subscriptions did not come in very quickly, and 
the expectant participators in a good “ job ” were 
afraid the thing might not come off. Our American 
brethren have been long credited with especial smart- 
ness in business matters, and w r e cannot help suspect- 
ing that this long-delayed discovery may not have been 
quite so fortuitous as set forth. 


YE LEGENDE OF YE ANTIENTE 
FRATERNITIE OF RAHERE ALMONERS. 

A black letter pamphlet with this quaint heading 
was recently placed in our hands by our energetic 
Bro. James Stevens, who, with his usual good nature, 
appears to have thrown himself heart and soul into 
the scheme for the resuscitation of this truly antient 
and praiseworthy fraternity. 

“ Ye Legende ” relates how one Rahere, minstrel 
and jester to King Henry the First, having sickened 
of the gaieties and frivolities of the Court, by way of 
penance undertook a journey to Rome, and there 
received absolution. Before, however, he could return 
home he fell sick, and in his extremity vowed that if 
he recovered he would build an Hospital for poor 
men. In pursuance of this vow, we find it recorded 
that he founded the Church and Hospital dedicated 
to St. Bartholomew in Smithfield, on a piece of land 
granted by the King for that purpose. The Church 
and Priory were consecrated by Richard de Belmfeese, 
Bishop of London, A.D. 1123, in which year also 
the priory alms were instituted. Prior Rahere died 
in the odour of Sanctity, and was buried in the 
North Chancel of his own Church, where his monu- 
ment may still be seen. He left thirteen Canons to 
carry on the beneficent work he had initiated, and 
these, with their successors, continued to distribute 
the alms to all sick and needy persons who laid claim 
thereto down to the reign ot King Henry the Eighth, 
when this pious son of the Church thought fit to confis- 
cate the revenues of the Priory, leaving little more than 
the buildings to testify to the piety and charity of Prior 
Rahere. 

The unusually inclement winter of 1 880-1 seems 
to have awakened in the breasts of some benevo- 
lent parishioners of St. Bartholomew’s the urgent need 
of a fund wherefrom, as in olden time, distressed folk 
could at once find relief without suffering the indignity 
of going on the parish, or submitting to the circum- 
locutory process adopted by the Charity Organization 
Society — the sole principle adopted being that 
“ Necessity commands relief.” One of the church- 
wardens, Mr. Thomas Sangster, who had, in former 
years, made himself well acquainted with the antient 
records of the Priory, detennined then to appeal to 
his friends to revive the relief fund, formerly existing 
as the right of the poor, but which royal rapacity 
had not spared. This praiseworthy intention was 
accordingly carried into effect at a meeting held under 
the presidency of Mr. Churchwarden Hollinghurst, in 
February of this year, and this is the reason to be of 
“ Ye Rahere Almoners,” their object, the carrying out 
in its entirety the will of the founder ; their means, the 
enrolment fees of the members (drawn from the 
charitable public at large), fixed at 10s., beyond which 
no further subscription is required, but the member is 
entitled to the full privilege of attending Chapter 
meetings and voting 111 all matters concerning Ye 
fraternitie.” Although it commences operations in 
the parish with which its history is associated, it is, 
we believe, intended to extend it to other parts of the 
Great Metropolis, where as abject misery and hopeless 
suffering is to be met in close proximity to the homes 


of the wealthy, as well as in less favoured districts. 
Now, brethren of the mystic chain, here is a good 
work doing. Can you do better than to help it ? It is 
true, as Masons, we have noble charities for Masons, 
and nobly they are supported But here is something 
which we can do in concert with the outer world, to 
aid by small gifts of money, or clothing, or provisions, 
in the most^inclement season of the year, those whose 
unhappy fate renders them fit objects of our compas- 
sion ; we need not stay to enquire if the afflicted or 
distressed person has claims on our charity as Masons 
— it is sufficient if he appeals to us on the ground of a 
common humanity, and we hope, therefore, that 
although “ Ye fraternitie ” make no claim to be con- 
sidered a Masonic Society, Masons will be found 
in abundance to swell its ranks ; remembering that to 
tend the sick, to feed the hungry, and to clothe the 
naked, is peculiarly Masons’ work. 


EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 

Mr. Emile Brugsch, the learned and indefatigable assis- 
tant curator of the Boulak Museum, has just returned from 
an expedition to Thebes, bringing with him an immense 
number of objects of the highest archeological importance, 
which, when properly classified, will raise this museum quite to 
the foremost rank among collections of Egyptian antiquities. 

The place where these precious relics were found is an almost 
inaccessible cave in the face of the perpendicular mountain, 
in another part of which the royal cemetery, known as Bab-el- 
Melouk, is excavated, and not far from Deir-el-Bahn. Ine 
most remarkable of the 4,000 objects are 36 royal sarcophagi, 
with their inner cases and mummies intact, belonging to 
Pharaohs, queens, princes, princesses, and high priests of the 
17th, 18th, 19th, and 21st dynasties, so that we are actually 
in possession of the lifeless bodies of many heroes, who, up- 
wards of 3,000 years ago, ruled over this country and adorned 
it with temples and obelisks which arc the wonder and ad- 
miration of the whole civilised world. Among them is that ot 
Seti I. whose tomb in the Bab-el-Melouk was discovered by 
Belzoni, but that explorer found neither coffin nor mummy, 
only the large alabaster sarcophagus now in the boane 
Museum, which was made to contain and preserve them. 
Next in importance we have the plain but highly polished 
wooden coffin of Ramses II., the Sesostris of the Greeks with 
the mummy intact, the royal cartouche distinctly legible on 
the coffin lid and on the mummy cloths enveloping the body. 
The mummy cases of Amosis, of his son Amousa, of Totmes I., 
IL, and III., of Queen Ra-ma-ka, and her daughter Mout-em- 
hat, of King Ras-ken-en, of Ahmes-nofert-ari, of Aah Hotep, 
of Ramses I., and of Amenonphis are also m the collection, 
with the mummies in perfect preservation. The majority of 
these mummies are enclosed in two coffins, both elaboiately 
ornamented with paintings and gilding, some of ^m ^aying 
also certain ornaments inlaid with coloured glass, and many 
of the faces have glass eyes, which give them a moat . hfelike 
appearance. Another remarkable object is a royal tent made 
of coloured leather in a chequered pattern of red and green 
The inner side of the dome is of blue leather with yellow ’stars 
and the hieroglyphic inscriptions are perforated in the coloured 
leather with a backing of yellow. Fifteen royal wigs for state 
occasions are also in the collection. Besides the human 
mummies we find one of a gazelle, which was probably a 
favourite playmate of one of the Egyptian princes or prin- 
cesses We have also four scrolls of papyrus of great size, 
on which is inscribed the ritual of the . dead ela horately 
illuminated, and containing the cartouches of the Rojal 
nersons for whom they were written, one of whom is Queen 
Hateon sister of Totmes HI. Moreover we have several 
fet of canonic vases in alabaster, with royal names engraved 
on the outer P surface, 3,700 funeral statuettes, and many other 
objecte°of interest. The petition of “ 

inaccessible part of the mountain, the well 36ft. deep, com 
mSing by a gallery of 250ft, long, with a rough heum 


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chamber, and the confused state in which all these objects of 
veneration were found, heaped one on another, and strewn 
about on the ground, lead Mr. Brugsch to the very plausible 
inference that they had been by friendly hands collected from 
the various tombs, and concealed in this place of safety at the 
time of some threatened foreign invasion. We thus give only 
a meagre account of this wonderful addition to the Boulak 
collection, but have no doubt that ere long either M. Maspero, 
the learned director of the museum, or Mr. Brugsch, his 
coadjutor, will publish a detailed and descriptive catalogue. 


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CRAFT MASONRY. 

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF KENT. 

Tins body met on the 13th of July, at Rochester. A piece 
of plate of the value of 500 guineas was presented to Viscount 
Holmesdale, who has filled the chair twenty-one years, and a 
valuable gold bracelet was presented to Lady Holmesdale. 
Several hundred pounds were voted to the Charities. 

ALDERSGATE LODGE, No. 1657. 

Bno. Geo. Kenning gave an entertainment to the brethren, 
wives, and friends of this Lodge, at the Royal Crown Hotel, 
Sevenoaks, on the 13th July. We think these instances of 
brotherly hospitality are worthy of note. 

MARK MASONRY. 

A VERY imposing ceremony in connection with the consecra- 
tion of The High Cross Lodge, No. 284, took place at the 
Seven Sisters Hotel, Tottenham, on the 18th ult., Bro. W. J. 
Meek, P.M.M., G.S., W.M., designate. The consecrating 
officers were V.W. Bro. D. M. Dewar, P.G.M.O. ; V.W. Bro. 
F. Davison, D.P.G.M.M. ; V.W. Bro. Poore, P.G.I.G. ; and 
V.W. Bro. James Stevens, P.G.J.O. ; who took the entire 
direction of the proceedings, which, it is needless to state, in 
such able hands passed without a hitch. The ceremonial, 
which was of a very elaborate character, was rendered more 
than usually effective by the lavish employment of choral 
effects, anthems, <fcc., Bro. Greenhill, of 199 Lodge, kindly 
presiding at the harmonium. At the close of the ceremony. 
Lodge was opened and four Brethren received their Mark at 
the hands of the W.M. Lodge being closed the Brethren 
assembled at the hospitable board of Bro. Oddy, and after 
passing a very enjoyable evening separated at an early hour. 
Bro. T. Farquarson is the Hon. Sec. 

PROVINCIAL GRAND MARK LODGE OF MIDDLESEX 
AND SURREY. 

A Meeting of this body was held at the Star and Garter 
Hotel, Richmond, on the 2nd July. In the absence of the 
Prov. Gnd. Master, Sir Francis Burdett, the chair was 
occupied by Bro. Davison, the Deputy, and the usual appoint- 
ment of officers took place. 

ROYAL ARCH. 

PANMURE CHAPTER, No. 720. 

A regular convocation of this Chapter was held at the Horns 
Tavern, Kennington, on the 8th inst. Chapter was opened by 
the M.E.Z., R. N. Field ; S. Poynter, H. ; J. Terry, Acting J. ; 
James Stevens, P.Z., Scribe E. ; and Henry Smith, PZ. and 
Treasurer ; and amongst others present during business were 
Comps. B. R. Bryant, N. ; J. W. Watts, P.S. ; H. Baldwin, A.S. ; 
M. S. Larlham, P.Z. ; W. Wilkins, J. Gilbert, &c. , and visitors 
Comps. J. Keith Grosjean, P.Z., and G. Archer, P.H., of Zetland 
Chapter, 1157; Geo. Wale, Dobie, 857; and T.S. Watts, P.Z., 916. 
The members of the Chapter appeared in deep Masonic mourn- 
ing, and the furniture was draped with crape, in token of sad 
respect for the late Ex-Companion Thomas Meggy, the 
recently installed J. of the Chapter, whose loss was 
greatly deplored by the members generally. In the course of 
the evening Ex-Companion James Stevens addressed the Com- 
panions on the subject, and bore testimony to the many good 
qualities of the departed Companion, as well in the 
relation of friendship outside Freemasonry as in connection 
with Lodges and Chapter, and proposed a vote of sympathy 
and condolence with the widow and family, which was 
unanimously recorded. Four candidates for exaltation were 
approved of, and two being in attendance— viz., Bros. F. C. 


Tayler and Alfred Boon, both of the Burgoyne Lodge, No, 
902 — were introduced and exalted with full ceremony and 
lectures. The work was very ably carried out, and gave great 
satisfaction to the visitors and newly exalted Companions. 


Meetings op Bodies under A. and P. Rite. — As we 
have received no notices of meetings for this month, we 
presume our brethren are taking holiday, and therewith we 
wish them a happy season. 

SCOTLAND. 

Sir George Cathcart Lodge (No. 617), at the ordinary 
Monthly Meeting in June, voted a fraternal address to Bro. 
the Rt. Rev. Dr. James Smith Cathcart, on the attainment by 
him of his jubilee as a member of the Craft. 

The mother Lodge Kilwinning has issued a circular invit- 
ing the co-operation of the Brethren in the work of raising 
a fund for the rebuilding of their hall, which, having stood 
for upwards of a century, is now not only dilapidated but too 
small for their requirements. The sum required being but 
.£2,000, we trust it will be forthcoming Kilwinning has too 
long been venerated as the cradle of Scottish Masonry to be 
suffered to appeal to the Craft in vain. 

ROUMANIA. 

We are pleased to report that the Sovereign Sanctuary have 
effected an exchange of Representatives with the “ Suprem 
Consiliual Masoneri Romane,” practising the Scotch, French, 
and Egyptian Rite. Our Grand Master has appointed the 
Most 111. Bro. Capt. Constantin Moroiu, 33 — 96°, Gd. Master, 
whilst the latter has appointed our JUL Bro. Maurice L. 
Davies 33 — 95°. This extension of amicable relations is very 
pleasing and encouraging. 

Wc gather the following information from the Triunghiul , 
the Official Journal of Roumanian Masonry, edited by 111. 
Bro. C. Moroiu, 33°, Grand Master : — 

At a meeting of the Grand Lodge, held 2/14 July, the 
following Brethren were elected Honorary Members of the 
Grand Lodge : — General Albert Pike, 33°, A and A. Supreme 
Council of the United States; W. M. Ireland; H.M. King 
Kalakua, of Hawai ; Giambattista Pessina, 33°, G. M. of the 
A. and P. Egyptian Rite Italy; John Yarker, 33 — 96°, A. and 
P., Withington, Manchester; Juliu Messina, of Belgium; 
Juan Utor v. Fernandez, Spain; Hunyady, S.C. of Hungary; 
Edward della Barra, Chili. On the same date our Illustrious 
and Worthy Grand Representative Chev. Com. Giamb. Pessina, 
33 — 96°, was invested with the Cross of Merit of the Rouma- 
nian Grand Lodge. We tender our own fraternal thanks for 
the honour conferred upon our Sovereign Sanctuary. 
Officers of the Roumanian National Grand Lodge. 
Grand Master, Hon. Sov., Antoine Costiesco, 33°, Colonel 
d’Artilerie. 

Do. Sov. Gd. Com., Constantin Moroiu, 33°, Capi- 
taine d’ Infanterie. 

Do. Adjunct. Demetre Radulesco, 33°. Advocat. 
1st Gr. Surv. P. Michaesco, 31°, Pharmacien — Chimisfce. 
2nd do. Trajan Ciozan, 31°, Ancien Major, C.R.F. 
Grand Orator. G. Michaesco, 31°, Captain d’ Infanterie. 
Do. Adj. P. Paltineano, C.R.C., Homme de lettres. 
Grand Secretary, N. Theodoresco, 31°, Docteur en M6dGcine. 
Do. Adj. Chr. Vassiesco, Officer d’Artilerie. 

Grand Treasurer, J. Moesco, 33°, Major Chef du depot. 

Do. Adj. D. Pleasia, Fonctionaire. 

Grand Hosp., P. Christesco, C.R.C., Grand Propri6taire. 

1st Grand Expert, C. Georgesco, 31°, Docteur en M6d6cine. 
2nd do. R. Demetresco, 30°, Officier. 

do. Adj. Periel Paltinenu, C.R.C., Joumalisfce. 
1st Master of Ceremonies, A. Barsescu, C.R.C., Telegraphiste 
Superieur. 

2nd do. A. Stancesco, 30°, Docteur en M6d6cine. 

Grand Archivist, W. Jeremia, 18°, Major de Dorobanzes. 
Grand Or. des Agapes, M. Protopopescn Cantacuzin, 30°, 
Medecin Militaire. 

Gr. Gard. Int., Theodor Yeleano, 22°, Officier de Chasseurs. 
Representatives. 

From onr Sov. Sane., Most HI. Bro. Constantin Moroiu, 33°, 
G.M., Morfeu strada, 27, Bucharest. 

To do. do. Maurice L. Davies, 33— 95°, Gd. Ex., 10, 
Lower Sackville-street, Dublin. 


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To the Glory or the Sublime Architect or the Universe. 

ANTIENT & PRIMITIVE RITE OF MASONRY, 

IN AND POE THE 

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

and its Dependencies. 

SOVEREIGN SANCTUARY, 33°. 

To all Illustrious and Enlightened Masons throughout the World , 
Union % Prosperity y Friendship , Fraternity. 

The Antient and Primitive Rite of Masonry, Disciples of 
Memphis, was founded as a Grand Lodge at Montauban, 
France, in the year 1814, by the Illustrious Brothers Gabriel 
Mathieu Marconis de Negre ; Samuel lionis, of Cairo ; Baron 
Dumas, Hypolite Labrunie ; Marquis de Laroque; J. Pettitt, 
and others, and is an incorporation of the various Primitive 
Rites worked in the preceding century, and notably the Primitive 
Rite of Philadelphes of Narbonne, to which the Antient and 
Primitive Rite refers for the origin of its principles and form of 
government. The seven classes into which its degrees are divided 
are really schools for the study of Masonic knowledge, physics 
and philosophy, and possessed originally ninety- five rituals, 
the production of more than a quarter of a century of assiduous 
labour and research, concerning all known Masonic Rites. 

The Grand Lodge of the Disciples of Memphis, after an 
interval of sleep, recommenced work at Brussells, in 1838, and 
at Paris in 1839, when it published its statutes ; but, in 1841, 
the Grand Master, Hierophant, the Illustrious and Enlightened 
Brother Jacques Etienne Marconis, 33-97 0 , was forced by an 
illiberal government to put all the Lodges in France asleep — 
first, however, establishing a Council, or Regency, of seven 
members, for the preservation of the Archives, and the revival 
of the Rite under a more liberal regime. In 1848 our Order 
revived its work at the Orient of Paris, and continued to 
prosper, establishing itself in America, Egypt, Roumania, and 
various other countries. America received it joyfully in 1856, 
and in i860 the N’ew York Council of the Rite included the 
number of 100 Past Masters, under the rule of the Illustrious 
Brother David MacClellan ; Egypt accepted it in i860. 

In 1862 the Illustrious Grand Master, Hierophant, united our 
Antient andi Primitive Rite with the Grand Orient of France, 
and the High Grades continued to be conferred by the recog- 
nized Grand Council of Rites of the Grand Orient, and a formal 
Concordat was promulgated by the said Grand Orient, and the 
Illustrious Grand Master, J. E. Marconis. 33-97°, which arranged 
the relative values of the degrees of our Rite with those of 
Mizraim, the Ancient and Accepted, and other Rites, recognized 
by the said Grand Council of Rites. 

Upon this, in the same year, 1862, the Illustrious Grand 
Master, J. E. Marconis, 33-97°, acting in conjunction with 
Marshal Magnan, 33 0 , the Grand Master of the Grand Orient 
formally constituted the Sovereign Sanctuary of America^ 
33-95 0 . Shortly after the degrees of the Rite were reduced 
from 95 0 to 33°, by simply eliminating those which were con- 
ferred only by name, but retaining all ceremonial grades. The 
Grand Orient of France continued to exchange Representatives 
w th the Sovereign Sanctuary of America, and lists thereof will 
be found in the French Official Calendar, until 1869, when, in 
consequence of the invasion of American territory by the recog- 
nition of a spurious Council of the Ancient and Accepted 
Scottish Rite, the Americans withdrew from Representation. 

In the year 1872 several Illustrious Brethren who had 
previously received the 33 °- 95 °> obtained a Charter for the 
establishment of a Sovereign Sanctuary, in and for Great Britain 
and Ireland, with Illustrious Brother John Yarker as Grand 
Master General, 33-96°, and in the same year received many 
Brethren, members of the Royal Grand Council of Antient 
Rites, time immemorial, meeting since last century, an 1 mo e 
recently. under H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex, Grand Master, 
and in -1S74 the Jerusalem Chapter of Antiquity, 

K.D.S.H., was formally amalgamated with the Palatine 
Chapter, No. 2, and Senate No. 2, of the Antient and Primitive 
Rite of Masonry, thus giving the Rite the prestige of a time 
immemorial association in England. - • 

One of the earliest resolutions passed by the new S ° ve !? lgn , 
Sanctuary was for the establishment of an Order of Mer t, of 
three classes, 1st, for Saving Life; 2nd, Presence of Mind , 


3rd, Literary and General Merit. The decoration is a bronze 
star, the three classes being distinguished by ribbons of different 
colours. Besides this, the Rite possesses five Decorations, 1st, 
the Grand Star of Sirius, or Hope ; 2nd, the Cross of Alidee, or 
Truth ; 3rd, the Cross of the Third Series ; 4th, the Lybic Chain ; 

5th, the Golden Branch of Eleusis, or Charity. These decora- 
tions are exclusively the reward of Merit, and are conferred 
in a Grand Chancery, one in consecutive order every year. 

A full history of the Rite, with the narrative of its early 
struggles, on its introduction to England, may be obtained 
from the Grand Secretary General, and as a contribu- 
tion to Masonic history is well worth perusal. Few, 
indeed, could rise from the study of its straightforward 
narrative of events, easily proved by the references given, with- 
out the conviction that our Rite has not only a legitimate 
Masonic standing, second to none in the world, but that it has 
also the far higher claim to universal Masonic recognition. It 
is almost the only Rite which has had the courage to face for 
previous years, the privations and trials inseparable from the 
poverty attendant upon spending every penny of its limited 
funds in the completion of its Rituals, and the world wide ex- 
tension of the Truth, resting content with the conviction that, 
sooner or later, its value must be recognised by every thoughtful 
Mason, as a means whereby Masonry may be restored to its 
pristine purity, and man to his intellectual birthright. To those 
who linger fondly over [the attractions of a sumptuous banquet 
and grudge the time spent in labour as a theft from the precious 
hours given to indulgence of the senses, we offer nothing that 
will be prized, but to the intellectual Mason, the earnest searcher 
after truth, we offer a banquet that never satiates, a feast from 
which comes no repletion, a feast of reason, leaving an unfailing 
appetite, and no sad remembrances for the morrow. 

In conclusion, a few words as to the practical principles of 
the Antient and Primitive Rite of Masonry : — 

It is universal, and open to every Master Mason •who is in 
good standing under some constitutional Grand Lodge, and 
believes in the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man. 

The only other qualification which it requires from its Neo- 
phyte is probity and honour, and it esteems Masonic worth, 
ability, and learning, above social and personal distinctions, 
seeking by means of its comprehensive ceremonials to extend 
Masonic Knowledge, Morality, and Justice, and enforce all 
those great principles which distinguish true Masons of all time. 

Its Rituals are thirty in number, and are based upon those of 
the craft universal; they explain its symbols, develope its mystic 
philosophy, exemplify its morality, examine its legends, tracing 
them to their primitive source, and dealing fairly and truthfully 
with the historical features of symbolical Masonry. They contain 
nothing in their teaching but what Mahommedan, Christian, Jew', 
Buddhist, Brahmin, or Parsee may alike acknowledge. 

The government of the Rite is elective in its character, and 
it extends the hand of brotherhood to all legitimate Rites. It is 
in cordial union with a number of grand bodies of its own or 
similar Rites, with whom it has representatives established, and 
its influence is silently extending over the face of the whole globe. 

The ceremonials of the Rite are divided into three series, and 
the Masters of each section receive the 31 and 32 0 , and consti- 
tute the Judicial Tribunal, 31 0 , and the Mystic Temple, 32% of 
which the Presiding Officer, or Grand Master of Light, receives 
the 33°, to enable him to represent his Province in the Sovereign 
Sanctuary, 33-95° 

It is ordered by the Sovereign Sanctuary 

1. That Dispensations may be given to any individual Mem- 
ber of the Rite in any town, where no subordinate body exists, 
to receive a sufficient number of Brethren to form a Chapter, 
Senate, or Council. 

2. That Chapters of the Rose Croix, (11-18 0 ) ; Senates 
of Hermetic Philosophers, (20-33°) ; Councils of Sublime 
Masters of the Great Work, (30-90°) ; and Mystic Temples, 
(32-94°), may be Chartered throughout our jurisdiction, in ac- 
cordance with the General Statutes. 

3. That Grand Mystic Temples— Councils General, may be 
constituted in any of the Colonies and possessions of the United 
Kingdom, subject to the General Statutes of the Order, with 
privileges similar to the Grand Mystic Temples — Councils 
General, of England, Ireland, and Scotland. 

4. Applications to be made to the Grand Secretary General, (or 
to the Grand Chancellor General, or Grand Master General), who 
will furnish all information as to fees or the mode of proceeding. 


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|’n ||lcmoi[iam, 


By the death of Dean Stanley not only has the Church lost 
a devoted champion, but tolerant Christianity also its most 
shining light. If anything could reconcile a State-endowed 
Church, 'with its lordly hierarchy, its palatial livings, and its 
uncompromising creeds, to the tolerance of our modern 
Iconoclasts, it is the presence within its fold of men of 
such broad human sympathies as the late Dean of Westminster. 
We think we may fairly describe him to have been one of the 
most earnest, most thorough workers in the service of religion 
that it has been our lot to meet with. Religion, Literature, 
and Science, alike mourn the loss of a most zealous and 
accomplished friend. 


FROM THE GERMAN OF SALLET. 

Aye, let the torturers e’en blind me, 

Will the sun therefore lose its light ? 

In deepest dungeon let them bind me, 
Freedom will triumph in my night. 

And if my hand’s asunder smitten 
Because it wielded pen as sword, 

Blows will be struck and songs be written 
While hearts still worship Freedom’s lord. 

What tho’ my voice the tyrants stifle, 

And still the echoes of my lyre ; 

One tone the less — ’tis but' a trifle 
When myriad voices swell the quire. 

Think ye to stay the springtide’s glory 
In budding grove and ringing dale, 

Because with impious hands and gory 
Ye murder one poor nightingale?- 


AD DEI GLORIAM ET MORTAMIIM >, 
BENEFICIUM. 


X6A-T 


YE ANTIENTE FRATERNITIE O 
RAHERE ALMONERS, 


Resuscitation of the Ancient Priory Alms of St. Bartholomew 
the Great, London (Founded A.D. mcxxiii.), for the assist- 
ance and relief of deserving necessitous residents in the City 
of London. 


Particulars relating to this Charitable Institution, with 
Lists of Founders and present Members, may be obtained of 
Mr. Thomas Sangster, 62, Long-lane, Smithfield, E.C. 


Rituals for the A. & P. Rite.— The Grand Secretary 
General will be happy to receive applications for copies of the 
Ritual from Members of the A. & P. Rite. The price is 5s. 
for each section. Mizraim 2s. each. Sets of Chants and 
Odes for use in Chapter degrees, 6d. each. The under- 
mentioned are also in stock --History of the Rite, Is., Con- 
stitutions, 2s. 6d., Public Ceremonials, 3s. 6d., or the 3 
together 5s. 6d., in all cases post free. — Grand Secretary 
General’s Office, 77£, Bishopsgate-street Within, E.C. 


To Advertisers. — The Kneph, having now a good and 
increasing circulation in the United Kingdom, the Colonies, 
United States of America, Italy, Greece, Tunis, Egypt, &c., &e., 
affords an excellent media for advertisements ; but as every 
inch of space is required for matter which cannot stand over, 
we propose, as soon as the necessary arrangements can be 
made, to issue it in a neat grey cover, for which we shall be 
glad to receive Masonic and general trade advertisements. 
Column wide, 2s. 6d. per inch; across page, 5s. per inch. 
— Address the Publisher. 


Jewels for the A. & P. Rite. — Members who may desire 
the Jewels of the various degrees are informed that they are 
to be had of the Grand Secretary General, on application, at 
the following scale of prices : Rose Croix 11°, Metal gilt, 21s. 
and 25s., Senate 20°, 21s., Council 30°, 25s., Eagles, 21s. and 
25s. In silver, 10s. 6d. extra. — Grand Secretary General’s 
Office, 77i, Bishopsgate-street Within, E.C. 


CONSTITUTION, 

General Statutes and Ordinances, 
of the Sovereign Sanctuary of the 

Patient anti primitive Hite of 3^a^onn;, 

IN AND FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM OF 

Great Britain and Ireland, 

And its Dependencies. 

With the Public Ceremonials, 
and a Sketch of the History of the Bite. 

Printed by authority of the Sovereign Sanctuary, in- and for Great 
Britain and Ireland ; and derived through the Charter of the Sovereign 
Sanctuary of America, from the Sovereign Sanctuary and Grand 
Lodge of France. 

1875. 

History , 63 pp. 1/-. Constitution . Cloth, 60 pp. S/6. Public Ceremo- 
nials, Cloth , 102 pp. 3/- Or, complete in 1 vol., 230 pp. 6/6, post free. 


OPINIONS. 

The learned, universal, charitable, and unsectarian Antient and 
Primitive Rite, to the 33° of which every worthy Master Mason is eli- 
gible, is so entirely in accord with Craft Masonry, that every Lodge 
ought to be acquainted with its Constitution, History , and Ceremo- 
nials. Outside the Master Mason it is emphatically the only system 
worthy of support, or to which craft recognition can legitimately be 

given. 

Bro. John Hogg, Paternoster Row , London, 
or of Bro. James Hill, the Grand Secretary General of th Rite. 


Masonic Appointments, Clothing, &c. 


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Masonic Fittings, Clothing, Jewels, Swords, &c., and 
every requirement for all degrees. 


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City of London, and Published by Bro. Jas. Hill at 77£, Bishops- 
gate-street Within, London. — August 1st, 1881.