Knights-Templar.

KNIGHTS-TEMPLAR .

MOUNT CALVARY ENCAMPMENT . —A meeting of this Encampment was held at the Ship and Turtle , Leadenhan-street , on Friday , August the 10 th , when Sir Kt . Lemanski presided as E . C . ; there being present Sir Kts . Thomas A esper , as Prelate ; H . J . Thompson , 1 st , Capt . ; Joseph Braithwaite , 2 nd Capt . ; JohnPurdy , Registrar ; Newall , Simmons , and Swan . A Ballot was taken for Comp . Reginald Hay AAllkins , of the Mount Sion Chapter , which proving unanimous in his favour , he was received into the Order ,

and duly proclaimed according to ancient form . The Encampment was then closed , and the Brethren adjourned to the banquet . After the cloth was removed , the customary loyal and Templar toasts were duly honoured . Bro . Lemanski the nsaid it afforded him great pleasure to propose the health of their visitor , Bro . How , who was well known to all . He had never before presided at any meeting where Bro . How was present , he should , therefore , make much of the occasion ; andin iving him a cordial welcomehe was

, g , sui-o they all united in the wish to again meet him at a future time . Bro . How , in reply , said , it afforded him much happiness to be so warmly greeted , and expressed his gratitude to the E . C . and members of the Encampment for the ready admittance of his friend Comp . AAllkins into the Order . " Their new Companion in Arms" was the next toast , and in Bro . AVilkins , Bro . Lemanski said they bad a Brother who it gave them great pleasure to receive . The Mount Calvary was not desirous of merely adding numbers to

the Encampment , it was respectability of social position and intellectual attainments they sought to unite with , and in Bro . Wilkins these qualifications were conspicuous , and hence the satisfaction they had in receiving him . He again thanked Bro .

How for the choice he had made in selecting the Mount Cavalry Encampment , for introducing his friend into the Order . Bro . AVilkins made a brief reply , and expressed the gratification he felt on being admitted to the Order , and at the beautiful ceremony he had witnessed . Bro . Purdy r-ext rose , and after mentioning that he was the senior member of the Encampment , and as such enabled to judge of the merits of its members , referred to the manner in which Bro .

Lemanski , had discharged all the duties of the year in consequence of the absence of the actual E . C , and ( as the next officer in rank was also an absentee , ) he ( Bro . Purdy ) felt no hesitation in suggesting the propriety of electing their excellent friend into the chair for the ensuing year : such was the only way in which they could discharge the debt of gratitude due to Bro . Lemanski , whose health as acting E . G . he called upon the Brethren to honour . Bro . Lemanski was not desirous of checking the advancement

of others , but if it was the unanimous wish of tho members that he should undertake the duties of the chair a second time , he should not shrink from the charge , but continue as before to give his best attention to the interests of the Encampment . The healths of the Past E . C ' s . was then proposed from the chair , and attention particularly drawn to the great merits and services of Bro . Purdy . That Bro . briefly replied . "The Officers , " was next proposed to which Bro . Thompson replied and observed that as Captain it gave him

much satisfaction to hear the proposal to place Bro . Lemanski in the chair at the ensuing- election . 'The absent members were remembered , as were also all the poor and distressed ; the party separating , mutually pleased with the evening ' s proceedings .

Ancient And Accepted Rite.

ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE .

PORTSMOUTH . — Royal Naval Chapter Rose Croix . — This flourishing Chapter met on Thursday at the Phoenix Lodge rooms . Present , R . AA . Bradley , M . AV . S- ; J . Rankin Stebbing , H . P . ; AVilliam Minehin , P . P . ; Henry AVood , 1 st Gen . ; H . Hollingsworth , R . ; J . P . Murary , G . M . ; Alfred Heather ; P . AV . Osborne ; T . Bell , Organist ; Capt . Minehin , Dublin , visitor , & c , when Capt . Bourke and Lieut . Armstrong , of the 11 th Regiment , were advanced to the Sovereign degree of Rose Croix , and two candidates were

proposed to be advanced at a meeting to bo specially convened fo . i the ' purpose during the present month . The M . AA . S ., Bradley , presided with great ability ; and the spacious Lodge-room of the Phoenix was divided and fitted up with much accuracy and beauty , consequently the ceremony was most imposing and unexceptionable . The illustrious Bro . Hyde Pullen was proposed by Bro . AV . Minehin , and seconded by Bro . J . Rankin Stebbing , as an Honorary Member : and it was arranged to hold a special Chapter at an ' J day , to give iu ezlenso all the degrees from the 4 th to the 18 th . The Chapter now consists of forty members , and is gradually m creasing in numbers .

America.

AMERICA .

THE FESTIA AL OF ST . JOHN . ( Abridged from the Foice of Masonry . J OHIO . —At Cincinnati , June . 27 , the corner stone was planted , by the Craft , of the Orphan Asylum at Mount Auburn . The procession formed at four o'clock , and marched to the ground , where , after singing by the children , an address was delivered by Bro . Rev . William A . Snivelywhich was shortelegantforcible and

appropri-, , , ate . At the conclusion of the exercises another hymn was sung by the orphans , and the procession again formed and marched to the city . The ceremony was largely attended , and was quite impressive . The following autograph letter of Bro . Col . Johnson , was deposited in the crypt : —

Inperpctva rei memori Ad majoram Supremi Arcliitecti Gloria . The corner-stone of this house , dedicated and for ever set- apart to the cause of humanity , universal benevolence , and charity , the Asylum for Orphans , was this day , June 27 , 1850 , by request of the Lady Directors , laid in ample form by the most ancient and honourable fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons . Being the oldest Freemason present , and cotemporary in the Royal Craft with the great Washington

originallybelonging to the same masonic jurisdiction , the Commonwealth of Virginia , I here record the fact , and pray that God may bless and prosper this undertaking , and that in all time to come this house , which we here dedicate to his honour and glory , may prove an asylum and home to the children of destitution and want . So mote it be . Jonx JOHNSTON . In his eighty-sixth year ; sixty-five years a Freemason , and at this time a member of Mc MiUan Lod ( NoI'll ) CincinnatiOhio

ge . , , . Cincinnati , June 27 , 1860 . At Marietta , June 23 , the anniversary of that good old patron ; of Masonry , John the Baptist , was celebrated by the craft by a little impromptu festival at Masonic Hall . A number of the members of the Order , with their wives , daughters , sisters , and ' sweethearts , were present—over one hundred in all . Refreshmentswere in abundance ; whilst the toasts , responses , songs , sentiments ,

and social conversation rendered the whole affair one of the pleasantest reunions . All felt that the evening was well and profitably spent , and returned to their homes under a happy influence . The members of the Saint Clairsville Lodge ( No . 16 ) , together with Morio Lodge ( No . 105 ) , Mount Pleasant Lodge ( No . 216 ) , and St . Clairsville Chapter ( No . 17 ) , as also a fair sprinkling of the members of AVheeling Commandery ( No . 1 , Va ., ) Wheeling

Union Chapter ( No . 19 ) , AVheeling Blue Lodge ( No . 101 ) , and No . 128 ) , accompanied by the instrumental baud from Wheeling , which , with the excellent band of St . Clairsville , tended much to the enjoyment of the day , held a celebration of St John ' s day at St .

Clairsville , O ., June 23 . The Court house bell called the craft to their respective Lodge-Rooms about one o ' clock , when a procession was formed of the above Lodges , which , after perambulating the concerted route , proceeded to the Fair Ground , where a convenient place , well sheltered by the green foliage of large spreading trees , and comfortably seated for the occasion , formed a retreat not often met with on the 24 th of June . A rude pulpit had been constructed , the back of which was supported by a large spreading oak ,

that , like Masonry , hud stood the storms of ages , and was still green and flourishing , aud as ready to put forth buds as ever . Comfortably seated with and around the Craft were many of the ladies of Ohio , with a sprinkling of the fair sex from Virginia , and a crowd of spectators , altogether making up a scene of splendid grandeur . The rich black costume of the Knights-Templar , with their armour glittering in the sun , reminded one of days that are gone . The deep red sash of the Royal Arch pronounced them to

be workmen most rare ; while the blue insignia of the Master Masons contrasted well with the everlasting green grass on which we sat , and the foliage over head reminding the Red Cross Mason of his insignia and truth . The oration was delivered by- that excellent Bro . Rev . Jas . E . AAllson , of Indiana , whose Christian walk and conversation is an honour to the church and the Craft . His splendid delivery , the depth of his argument , the sally of his wit , his untiring zeal in the cause of Christand his unbounded love for

, the Order pronounced him the man and the Mason . Bro . Wilson having concluded , the procession was re-formed , and returned to their respective Lodge-rooms and separated—after spending a day satisfactory to themselves , and , as far as the writer was able to judge , not lost to outsiders . VIRGINIA . —The anniversary of the birth of St . John the Baptist was celebrated at Clarksburgon the 25 th June . The Brethen were

, addressed b y Rov . Mr . Gibson , of the Southern M . E . Church , and it was truly a masterly effort , manifesting the most profound knowledge ofthe subject , and delivered with remarkable eloquence . The Caldwell Masonic Female Institute is situated at Blacksburg , Montgomery County . According to a previous arrangement of the