Curious Old Attack On Freemasonry.

Youth writ in it , signifies the member must bo Avalking behind the Banquetting house , in " Whitehall , at four of tho clock in tho afternoon . Zaehary . —To send a letter with only the word Zaehary , writ in it , signifies the member must be at tho Sun Tavern , in King ' s Street , in Westminster , at eight of the clock at night . I'lNlS .

Address

ADDRESS

Of the V . R Sir Kniejht Colonel W . J . B . MeLeod Moore , Grand Cross of the Temple , Grand Prior of the Dominion of Canada , delivered to the Sir Knights assembled in Grand Priory at the Masonic Temple , Kinr / ston , on the lith August , A . D . 1873 .

Officers and Members of tlie Grand Priory : —Some tAventy years ago , when on an official military visit to this city , I had the pleasure of forming the acquaintance of a Masonic brother well known to you all , the present preceptor

of fchepremier Knights Templar Encampment in Canada , the "Hugh dePayens " of Kingston , who on learning that I Avas one of the grand officers of the "Grand Conclave of England" suggested to me the idea of establishing the Order here on a constitutional basis . To Sir

Knight James Alexander Henderson , l . i . C . L ., Q . C , & c , the first Templar installed by me in Canada , and IIOAV the Senior Past Provincial Deputy Grand Commander of the former Provincial Grand Conclave all honour is due as

your earliest pioneer . It is both a pleasing aud a curious coincidence that here iu the good city of Kingston , Avhere the order was first founded in Canada , Ave should again meet to mark a HBAV era in our history , one Avhich prognosticates a

great and brill iant future . To me Avhile it is a gratifying reminiscence to look back at our early history , it is at the same time necessarily a painful one Avhen I think IIOAV many of the old familiar forms Avho then assisted me have passed from amongst us , never to return . The memory of two of them |

Avill long be remembered with kindly and fraternal feelings , Sir Knights Col . Alex . Gordon , Eoyal Engineers , and Doctor Richard Dowse , Inspector General of Army Hospitals . The former has left behind him a lasting

memento to the Templars of Kingston in having instituted the "Gordon Order of Merit" for members of the " Hugh de Payens" to coimnemorate the

re-A'ival ol the order upon an old Tempilar organization Avhich was formerly attached to the St . John ' s Craft Lodge in the city ; to this circumstance the motto " Eesurgam" on the Gordon Cross alludes , and the ante-dating of

the Avarrant to 12 th February , 1824 . Our old and esteemed frater Doctor Dowse AVIIO I had known intimately years before in one of the garrisons of tlie West Indies , diedlatelyin Plymouth , Englandhonoured and respectedat

, , the good old age of 83 . And now another true Templar has gone to his final rest full of years and honour ; Sir Knight Captain Thompson Wilson , of

London , Out ., is no longer here to assist in our councils and cheer us Avith his kind and genial greeting . The Queen has lost a stout old soldier , the Craft a zealous and Avarm-hearted brother , who Avith open hand and generous heart

Avas ever ready to assist the unfortunate and distressed . Captain Wilson who ' died at London , Out ., on the 20 th October last , Avas born at Penrith , Cumberland , 12 th April , 1791 , a scion of a family long known in the parish of NeAV

Abbey , near Dumfries , Scotland . His great uncle being the noted William Patterson who conducted the Darien Expedition in 1700 , and who , on his

return to England , projected the first plan of the Rank of England . Our late Brother Kni ght served in the Eoyal Artillery throughout the whole Peninsular War , Avas present at the ever memorable battle of Waterloo and Avas

stationed some years in the West Indies . On leaving the Army in 1837 , he settled near London , Western Canada , when he rendered during the troubles of that period , from his old military experience ,