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dDantettts . PAGE . F REEMASONS' MAGAZINE : — Masonic Bed Cross Order—By R . 33 ° 21 History of Freemasonry in Worcestershire 25 Masonic Jottings—No . 27 , 27 Masonic Notes and Queries 27 Correspondence 28

MASONIC MIRROR .- — Masonic Mems 32 CRAPT LODOE M EETINGS : — Metropolitan 32 Provincial 32 Ireland 37 India 37 Royal Avcb 38

Mark Masonry 33 Ancient and Accepted Rite 3 S Roval Order of Scotland 33 Poetry 39 Obituary 39 List of Lodge , & c , Meetings for ensuing week 10 To Correspondents ' 10

Masonic Red Cross Order.

MASONIC RED CROSS ORDER .

LONDON , SATURDAY , J ULTO , 1870 .

, By E ., 33 ° . My attention having- been directed to a protracted discussion on the subject of the Imperial Constantinian Order of St . George , and its surreptitiously appropriated insignia , I now feel it

incumbent on me , to vindicate the integrity of that Order , and to point out its true history , and the legitimate destination of its Grand Mastership . Ih \ t before proceeding to do so , it will be necessary to revieAV the various statements and

arguments employed , by the promoters of this attempted imposture ; and their refutation by its opponents . Among the former , liOAvever , we must excuse those , Avho through carelessness , or an inaptitude for historical inquiry , have alloAved

themselves to be exposed to a certain responsibility , by lending the AVeight of their honourable names , to support so umvorthy a scheme , but AVIIO nevertheless , I feel assured , Avill ultimately repudiate the injurious connection , cast aside these usurped

insignia , and leave the original author of the attempted deception , to the well merited contempt of honest men . In the year 1868 , appeared a small work * entitled " General Statutes of the Imperial ,

Ecclesiastical , and Military Order of Knights of the Red Cross of Rome and Constantine , " to which is added a " Sketch of the History of the Red Cross Order" and engravings of its "jeAvels and regalia . " This remarkable production , as stated on the

title page , is " published under the authority of the Grand Imperial Council , by Sir . Knight Robert WentAvorth Little , Grand Recorder ; " and on the next page appears a list ol the members of the " Grand Imperial Council" headed b y "The

Right Hon . the Lord Kenlis , Most Illustrious Grand Sovereign . " In the FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE ASD MASONIC MIEBOE , of the 10 th January , 1869 , a correspondent writes with reference to the above Statutes ,

aud designation of the Order— "I * had thought that a similarity of titles , Avas probably their only claim and relationship , with the public Order of the same name , in the Grand Duchy of Parma , the Sicilies and Turkey . But in the Appendix of

the Statutes , I find that the decorations of the present public Orders . . . are given as those of the Masonic Order to Avhich these Statutes relate . "

A reference to " The Historical Sketch , " - * - informs us that the history of the Order , is carried from its original foundation " to the resignation " of the Grandmastei'ship , "by Andrew Angelas Flavins Comnenus , " AVIIO "pretended to assign his

hereditary rights , to Francis Farnese , the then ( 1699 ) reigning Duke of Parma . . . and Ave are in all probability indebted to the learned Abbe ( Giuistiniani ) who Avas long attached to the Venetian embassy in London for the existence of

the Order in England . . . though Ave are unable to say positively Avhen the Order Avas | restricted to Freemasons . " Briefly alluding to the extinction of the male line , of the Farnese family , in 1713 , the transfer

of the Order to Naples , and the subsequent claim of Marie-Louise , in the present century , Avhich led to the establishment of the Order likeAvise in Her Imperial Highness' principality . " Some information , " justly observes " Lupus , " " would be

desirable , as to the existence in England , of any chapter of the original Order of Constantine , " and he adds , " I feel that something is due to the public Orders which they ( the Masonic ) improperly imitate . "

This moderate requirement , is met by R . W . L . J Avho on the gratuitous assumption , as a fundamental axiom , that the Abbe Giustiniani , really did remove the seat of the Order to England , and had any power to do so , seems to divert atten-

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MASONIC RED CROSS ORDER. Article 1
HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY IN WORCESTERSHIRE. Article 5
MASONIC JOTTINGS.—No. 27. Article 7
SPECULATIVE MASONRY OF ANCIENT NATIONS VARIED. Article 7
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 7
"FANO NE PROFANO." Article 8
" GLASGOW FREEMEN OPERATIVE ST. JOHN'S LODGE. Article 9
GLASGOW ST. JOHN'S AND THE MASONIC PROCESSIOS. Article 9
MASONIC DEMONSTRATION IN GLASGOW AND THE GLASGOW ST. JOHN'S LODGE. Article 10
Untitled Article 12
MASONIC MEMS. Article 12
Craft Masonry. Article 12
PROVINCIAL. Article 12
IRELAND. Article 17
INDIA. Article 17
ROYAL ARCH. Article 18
MARK MASONRY. Article 18
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE. Article 18
THE ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND. Article 18
Poetry. Article 19
Obituary. Article 19
BRO. CAPT. GEORGE FEAL LAMERT. Article 20
LIST OF LODGE, MEETINGS, &c., FOR WEEK ENDING 16TH, JULY 1870. Article 20
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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dDantettts . PAGE . F REEMASONS' MAGAZINE : — Masonic Bed Cross Order—By R . 33 ° 21 History of Freemasonry in Worcestershire 25 Masonic Jottings—No . 27 , 27 Masonic Notes and Queries 27 Correspondence 28

MASONIC MIRROR .- — Masonic Mems 32 CRAPT LODOE M EETINGS : — Metropolitan 32 Provincial 32 Ireland 37 India 37 Royal Avcb 38

Mark Masonry 33 Ancient and Accepted Rite 3 S Roval Order of Scotland 33 Poetry 39 Obituary 39 List of Lodge , & c , Meetings for ensuing week 10 To Correspondents ' 10

Masonic Red Cross Order.

MASONIC RED CROSS ORDER .

LONDON , SATURDAY , J ULTO , 1870 .

, By E ., 33 ° . My attention having- been directed to a protracted discussion on the subject of the Imperial Constantinian Order of St . George , and its surreptitiously appropriated insignia , I now feel it

incumbent on me , to vindicate the integrity of that Order , and to point out its true history , and the legitimate destination of its Grand Mastership . Ih \ t before proceeding to do so , it will be necessary to revieAV the various statements and

arguments employed , by the promoters of this attempted imposture ; and their refutation by its opponents . Among the former , liOAvever , we must excuse those , Avho through carelessness , or an inaptitude for historical inquiry , have alloAved

themselves to be exposed to a certain responsibility , by lending the AVeight of their honourable names , to support so umvorthy a scheme , but AVIIO nevertheless , I feel assured , Avill ultimately repudiate the injurious connection , cast aside these usurped

insignia , and leave the original author of the attempted deception , to the well merited contempt of honest men . In the year 1868 , appeared a small work * entitled " General Statutes of the Imperial ,

Ecclesiastical , and Military Order of Knights of the Red Cross of Rome and Constantine , " to which is added a " Sketch of the History of the Red Cross Order" and engravings of its "jeAvels and regalia . " This remarkable production , as stated on the

title page , is " published under the authority of the Grand Imperial Council , by Sir . Knight Robert WentAvorth Little , Grand Recorder ; " and on the next page appears a list ol the members of the " Grand Imperial Council" headed b y "The

Right Hon . the Lord Kenlis , Most Illustrious Grand Sovereign . " In the FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE ASD MASONIC MIEBOE , of the 10 th January , 1869 , a correspondent writes with reference to the above Statutes ,

aud designation of the Order— "I * had thought that a similarity of titles , Avas probably their only claim and relationship , with the public Order of the same name , in the Grand Duchy of Parma , the Sicilies and Turkey . But in the Appendix of

the Statutes , I find that the decorations of the present public Orders . . . are given as those of the Masonic Order to Avhich these Statutes relate . "

A reference to " The Historical Sketch , " - * - informs us that the history of the Order , is carried from its original foundation " to the resignation " of the Grandmastei'ship , "by Andrew Angelas Flavins Comnenus , " AVIIO "pretended to assign his

hereditary rights , to Francis Farnese , the then ( 1699 ) reigning Duke of Parma . . . and Ave are in all probability indebted to the learned Abbe ( Giuistiniani ) who Avas long attached to the Venetian embassy in London for the existence of

the Order in England . . . though Ave are unable to say positively Avhen the Order Avas | restricted to Freemasons . " Briefly alluding to the extinction of the male line , of the Farnese family , in 1713 , the transfer

of the Order to Naples , and the subsequent claim of Marie-Louise , in the present century , Avhich led to the establishment of the Order likeAvise in Her Imperial Highness' principality . " Some information , " justly observes " Lupus , " " would be

desirable , as to the existence in England , of any chapter of the original Order of Constantine , " and he adds , " I feel that something is due to the public Orders which they ( the Masonic ) improperly imitate . "

This moderate requirement , is met by R . W . L . J Avho on the gratuitous assumption , as a fundamental axiom , that the Abbe Giustiniani , really did remove the seat of the Order to England , and had any power to do so , seems to divert atten-

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