Massachusetts And The Rite Of Memphis.

present Grand Secretary of England being a Past Grand Mark Warden , and jnst lately H . R . H . Prince Leopold has been enrolled as a Past Grand Mark Master . Other degrees are included in a " Grand Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees , " under the wing of the Mark Grand Lodge , snch as the Royal and Select Masters , and other still more modern arrange , ments .

( b ) The Supreme Council of the A . and A . Rite , 33 , ° & o . Of this Body the Grand Master of England ( H . R . H . the Prince of Wales ) is a Grand Patron , and his two Royal and Masonic Brothers are Honorary Members . The Earl of Carnarvon Pro Grand Master is a Past Grand Commander , the present chief being the Dep . G . M . the Earl of Lathom , and I believe all the members of the Supreme Council are Past or Present Officers of the Grand Lodge .

( c ) The United Orders of the Temple and Malta . H . R . H . the Grand Master of England is the Grand Master of this Body for England , Ireland and Canada . The subordinate Bodies , as you are aware , are called " Great Priories , " that for England having the

Earl of Lathom for its Great Prior , and Grand Secretary fche next in rank as Great Sub-Prior . Many Grand Lodge Officers ( Colonel S . H . Gierke is one of its Provincial Priors ) are connected officially with it , as in a and b .

( d ) Grand Imperial Council of the Knights of Rome and Red Cross of Constantine . This Society has Sir Francis Burdett , Prov . G . M . of Middlesex and Past G . Warden of England , as its Grand Sovereign , and the Earl of Lathom Dep . G . M ., and other Provincial G . Masters , are among its members and Officers .

2 . Scotland . —The Grand Lodge does not recognise any degrees bnt the three first and the Mark , thongh many of its chief members are connected with Bodies similar to the foregoing . Past Grand Master Sir M . R . Shaw-Stewart is First G . Principal of fche R . A , and the Grand Master the Earl of Mar is Second G . Principal . Past

Grand Master J . Whyte Melville is Grand Commander of the Supreme Council 33 ° , Governor of the Royal Order , and Grand Master of the Temple ; the Earl of Kintore a Provincial Grand Master , being at the head of the Red Cross . The recognition of the Mark degree is a late affair , but chiefly owing to so many old Craft Lodges working the ceremony .

3 . Ireland . —This Grand Lodge differs from the other two , in actually recognising the Royal Arch , the Temple , the Rose Croix ( which is a separate Body ) and the Supreme Council 33 ° , and allows of no other organisation save its own .

" 28 . The Grand Lodge strictly prohibits , as unlawful , all assemblies of Freemasons in Ireland , under any title whatever , purporting to be Masonic , nofc held by virtue of a warrant or constifcion from the Grand Lodge , or from one of the other Masonic Grand Bodies recognised by and acting in Masonic union with ifc . "—Laws

1875 , page 11 . Ifc also provides that any Brother under its jurisdiction who shall take part in such illegal assemblies " shall be liable to suspension , or such other penalty as Grand Lodge may think fit . Although it thus admits the legality , so to speak , of the R . A .,

K . T . and A . and A . Rite , it enacts that " no member of fche Grand Lodge , or visitor thereto , shall be permitted to wear any jewel , medal , or device , belonging to any Order or Degree beyond that of Master Mason , in which , however , the jewel of a Past Mnster is considered to be included " ( page 6 ) , just as , I may say , it is in

England and Scotland . Now surely these Bodies are enough , and in fact too much in many respects , as the Supreme Council 33 ° might fairly be worked to include them all . As to the " Swedenborgian Rite , " the "Rite of Memphis , " and the ancient and Primitive Rile , " and other absurd and pernicious organisations , I wish they were all decently buried .

Yours fraternally , Wm . J . Hughan . -From the Keystone .

We understand that Bro . Sir John "Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., Lord Mayor , and Grand Junior Warden of England , has consented to preside at the festival of Te Rahere Almoners , to be held at the Cannon-street Hotel , on the 20 fch October

on which occasion it is expected his lordship will be accompanied by the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex , Bros . Sir Reginald Hanson , and Sir W . A . Ogg . A very attractive programme is being arranged , and a large attendance is anticipated .

It is gratifying to note that a testimonial of esteem and regard has been presented to Bro . Inspector Foulger by officers and men of the First , or Moor-lane Division of Police , with whom he has been connected for upwards of forty years . This expression of kindly feeling on the part

of his comrades in the force will be heartily reciprocated by many members of the Craft , to which Bro . Foulger bas lent so much valuable instrnction and assistance . He was the first W . M . of the Cripplegate Lodge , which is known

as one of the most successful m the metropolis , and to which Bro . Foulger contributed substantia ] aid as Preceptor and in other ways . We trust he may be spared many years io retain the love and confidence of the brethren , and all who have appreciated his true worth and sterling character .

Diary For The Week.

DIARY FOR THE WEEK .

We shall be obliged if the Secretaries of the various Lodges throughout the Kingdom will favour us with a list of their Days of Meetings , & c , as we have decided to insert only those that are verified by the Officers of the several Lodges .

SATUBDAY , 16 th SEFTEMBEB

198—Fei'cv . Jollv Farmers' Tavern , Southgate-road , N ., at 8 ( Instrnction ) 1275—Star , ' Five Bells , 155 New Cross-road , S . E ., at 7 . ( Instruction ) 127 S—Krmlett fVutts , Lamb Tavern , opposite Bethnal G . Junct ., at 8 . ( Inst . ) 1329— Sphinx . Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell , S . E . 1361—Karl of Zetland , Royal Edward , Triangle , Hackney , at 7 ( Instruction ) Ki 2 t—Eccleston , Grosvenor Club , Eburv-sqnare , Pimlico , at 7 ( Instruction ) 1767—Kensington , Conrtfleld Hotel , Earl's Court , S . W . Sinni Chapter o ' Improvement , Union , Air-street , Rogent-st ., W ., at 8

MONDAY , 18 th SEPTEMBER

45—Strong Man , George Hotel , Australian Avenue , Barbican , at 7 ( Instruc . ) 174—Sincerity , Three Nuns Hotel , Aldgate , at 7 . ( Instruction ) 180—St . James ' s Union , Union Tavern , Air-street , W ., at 8 ( Instruction ) 5-18—Wellington , White Swan , High-street , Deptford , at 8 ( Instruction ) 720—Panmure , Balham Hotel , Balham . 901—City ofLondon , Gresham-street , B . C . 1425—Hyde Park , The Westbourne , Craven-rd ., Paddington . at 8 ( Instruction ) 1489—Marquess of Ripon , Pembury Tavern , Amhurst-rd ., Hackney , at 7 . 30 ( In ) 1507—Metropolitan , The Moorgate , Finsbury Pavement , E . G ., at 7 . 30 ( Inst . )

1 R 08—Kilburn , 46 South Molton Street , Oxford Street , W „ at 7 . ( Inst . ) 1623—West Smithfield , Champion Hotel , Aldersgate-street , E . O . at 8 ( Inst . ) 1625—Tredegar , Royal Hotel , Mile End-road , corner of Burdett-road . ( Inst . ) 1693—Kingsland , Canonbury Tavern , Canonbury , N ., at 8 . 30 ( Instruction ) 1789—Ubique , Guardsman Army Coffee Tavern , Buckingham Palace-road , S . W ., at 7 . 30 . ( Instruction ) 1891—St . Ambrose , Baron ' s Court Hotel . West Kensington . ( Instruction ) 1910—Shadwell Gierke , Ladbroke Hall , Netting Hill R . A . 933—Doric , 79 Whitechapel-road , at 7 . ( Instruction )

77—Freedom . Clarendon Hotel , Uravesond 236—York , Masonic Hall , York 331—Phoenix Public Room Truro 359—Peace and Harmony , Freemasons' Hall , Southampton 382—Royal Union , Chequers Hotel , Uxbridge 382—Royal Union , Chequers Hotel , Uxbridge . ( Instruction ) 424—Borough , Half Moon Hotel , Gateshead 466—Merit , George Hotel , Stamford Baron , Northampton

822—St . Cuthberga , Masonic Hall , Wimborne 823—Everton , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 7 . 30 . ( Instruction ) 925—Bedford Masonic Hall . New-street , Birmingham 934—Merit , Derby Hotel , Whitefield . 985—Alexandra , Masonic Hall , Holbeach . 1030—Egerton , George Hotel , Wellington Road , Heaton Norris , near Stockport 1037—Portland , Portland Hall , Portland 1141—Mid Sussex , Assembly Rooms , Horsham . 1170—St . George , Freemasons' Hall , Manchester .

1199—Agriculture , Honey Hall , Congresbury . 1208—Corinthian , Royal Hotel , Pier , Dover . 1449—Royal Military , Masonio Hall , Canterbury , at 8 . ( Instruction ) 1502—Israel , Masonic Hall , Liverpool R . A . 139—Paradise , Freemasons' Hall , Surrey-street , Sheffield . R . A . 345—Perseverance , Old Bull Hotel . Blackburn . R . A . 482—St . James , New Inn , Hands-worth R . A . 779—St . Augustine , Town Hall , Ashby-do-la-Zouch M . M . 141—Skelmersdale , Pitt and Nelson Hotel , Ashton-under-Lyne

TUESDAY , 19 th SEPTEMBER

Board of General Purposes ; Freemasons' Hall , at 4 . 55—Constitutional , Bedford Hotel , Southampton-bldgs ., Holborn , at 7 ( Inst 65—Prosperity , Hercules Tavern , Leadenhall-street , E . G ., at 7 . ( Instruction ) Ml—Faith , 2 Westminster Chambers , Victoria-street , S . W ., at 8 . ( Instruction ) 177—Domatic , Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell , at 7 . 30 ( Instruction ) 188—Joppa , Champion Hotel , Aldersgate-street , at 7 . 30 . ( Instruction ) 551—Yarborongh . Green Dragon , Stepney ( Instruction ) 704—Camden , Guildhall Tavern . Gresham-street , E . C .

7 "> 3—Pnnce Frederick William , Cord ' s Hotel , St . John ' s Wood , at 8 ( Inst . ) 857—St . Mark , Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell , S . E . 3 < i 0—Dalhousie , Sisters' Tavern , Pownall-road , Dalston at , 8 ( Instruction ) 1041—Wandsworth , Star and Garter Hotel , St . Ann ' s-hill , Wandsworth ( Inst . ) 1349—Friars , Liverpool Arms , Canning Town , at 7 . 30 ( Instruction ) 1360 -Roval Arthur , D . of Cambridge , 316 Bridge-rd ., Battersea Park , at 8 ( In . ) 1381—Kennington , The Horns , Kennington . ( Instruction ) 1420—Earl Spencer , Swan Hotel , Battersea Old Bridge

1 + 16— Mount Edgcumbe , 19 Jermvn-street , S . W ., at 8 ( Instruction ) 1471—Islington , Crown and Cushion , London Wall , at 7 ( Instruction ) 1472—Henley , Three Crowns , North Woolwich ( Instruction ) 1558—D . Connaught , Palmerston Anns , Grosvenor Park , Camberwell , at 8 ( In . ) 1602—Sir Hugh Myddelton , Crown and Woolpack , St . John ' s-st .-rd ., at 8 ( In . ) 1695—New Finsbury Park , Hornsey Wood Tavern , Finsbury Parkat 8 ( Inst . )

, 170 /—Eleanor , Trocadero , Broad-streot-birildings , Liverpool-street , 6 . 30 ( Inst . ) 1949—Brixton , Prince Regent , Dulwich-road , East Brixton , at 8 . ( Instruction ) R . A . 933—Doric , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , E . C . R . A . 1365—Clapton , White Hart Tavern , Clapton , at 8 . ( Instruction ) R . A . 1604—Wanderers , Freemasons' Hall , W . O . M . M . 238—Prince Leopold , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , E . O .

213—Perseverance , Masonic Hall , Theatre-street , Norwich . 241—Merchants , Masonic Hall , Liverpool ( Instruction ) 248—True Love and Unity , Freemasons' Hall , Brixham , Devoi , 384—St . David , Masonic Rooms , Bangor . 418—Mcnturia , Mechanics' Institute , Hanley . 452—Frederick of Unity , Freemason ' s Hall , 105 High Street , Croydon 651—Brecknock , Castlo Hotel , Brecon . 667—Alliance , Masonic Hall , Liverpool .

960—Bute , Masonic Hall , n Working-street , Cardiff . 1006-Tregullow , Masonic Rooms , St . Day , Scorrier , Cornwall 1052—Callentler , Freemasons' Hall , Manchester . 1089—De Shurland , Fountain Hotel , Sheerness . 1325—Stanley , Masonic Hall , Liverpool . 1427—Percy , Masonic Hall , Maplc-strect , Newcastle . 1470 Chiltern

— , Town Hall , Dunstable . } ll . ~? ontl 0 ' J 0 Berry-street , Bootle , at 0 . ( Instruction . ) lodl -Concord , George Hotel , Frestwich . ?^~ £ harit . V . Masonic Hall , New-street , Birmingham . U 70-Prince Arthur , 140 North Hill Street , Liverpool , ' . i—Eleanor Cross , Masonic Hall , Abington-strect , Northampton , K . A . 419—St . Peter , Star and Gartor . Hotcl . Wolverhampton .

WEDNESDAY , 20 th SEPTEMBER

Lodge of Benevolence , Freemasons' Hall , W . C , at G ?? , ¦*—F 11 It ' 1 st" > ngt » , Princo Alfred , 13 Crowndalo-rd ., Camden-town , 8 ( Iu . ) o . 3 H-La "tolerance , Morland ' s Hotel , Dean Street , Oxford St . at 8 ( Inst . ) ' 20—Panmure , L'alham Hotel , Balham , at 7 ( Instruction ) 781—Merchant Navy , Silver Tavern , Burdett-road E

Qn ^ ~ 0 J . ^ oncor' 1 ' JoUy * ! lrmers , Southgate-road , N . ( Instruction ) „" . whittington , Red f , ion , Poppin's-court , Fleet-street , at 8 ( Instruction ) 80 o—Dalhousie , Town Hall , Hounslow 1014—Wandsworth , East Hill Hotel , Wandsworth ts ?? -Sin 2 Vury Pm'k > Cook Tavern , Highbury , at 8 ( Instruction ) i- « i—i . mblemati'j , Goat and Star , Swallow Street , W ., at 8 ( Inst . )