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ANCIENT AND HONOURABLE FRATERNITY OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS . PROVINCE OP NORTHS AND HUNTS . THE Special Meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge for the Installation of BRO . the EARL OF EUSTON as RT . WOR . P ROV . GRAND MASTER , Will take place at the Town Hall , Northampton , ON MONDAY , 17 TH OCTOBER 1887 . The ceremony will he performed by Bro . the Right Worshipful General J . S . BROWNRIGG , C . B ., Prov . Grand Master of Surrey ; assisted by several Grand Lodge Offioers . Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened at Two o'clock .
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Victoria(MansionsRestaurant, VICTORIA STREET , WESTMINSTER , S . W . A SUITE OP ROOMS , MOST CONVENIENTLY ARRANGED FOR MASONIC MEETINGS . EIGHT LODGES ALREADY MEET HERE ; AMPLE ACCOMMODATION FOR OTHERS . Separate Entrance—apart from the Bestaurant—from Victoria Street . The Lodge Room , Ante Room , & c , on one Floor , Quite Private . THE BANQUET ROOM WILL SEAT UPWARDS OF 100 GUESTS . [ CHOICE STOCK OF WINES , SPIRITS , dc . "Wedding Breakfasts , Soirees , Concerts , Parties , G-lee duos , < fec , Sec , accommodated . Particulars on Application to H . CLOOTS , Proprietor , Victoria Mansions Restaurant , "Victoria St .. Westminster , S . W .
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The Irish Daughter Lodge Of Mother Kilwinning.
THE IRISH DAUGHTER LODGE OF MOTHER KILWINNING .
A CENTRE OP THE HIGH DEGREES IN IRELAND .
From unpublished Notes on Mother Kilwinning , by B . Murray Lyon , Grand Secretary Grand Lodge of Scotland . ( Continued from page 218 ) .
"Thursday , May 22 d , 1800 . Present : J . Fowler , M ., G . Darling , Br . Tighe , Br . Damonlin , Br . Waters , Jones , Richrd . M'Cowan , John M'Cowan , Br . D . Hoffmann , KilvvinniuK Lodge open'd in due form as " . HITL , John Fowler , Sublime Commander , in the chair , when Br . Jones , Br . Waters , Br . Richard M'Cowan of this Lodge , and Bro .
Edward Harvey of No . 2 , were raised to the Sublime Degree of H K T . . . and duly admitted into Council . Lodge closed in the usual peace , love , & harmony . J . Fowler ; John M'Cowan , Secy . " " Saturday June 26 , 1802 . Lodge open'd in due form a Master
Masons Lodge , when Brs Hawksworth and Markby having passed the chair , the Lodge called up to the degree of Excellent Masonry , to which the aforesaid Brs were admitted in all due form . The lodo-e then called up to the degree of Super-excellent , to which they were admitted , —and then called up to Royal Arch Masonry , when said Brothers Hawksworth and Markby royally descended and ascnndpd
the Arch . Called up to an Encampment of High Knight Tempi irs when Br Molesworth of Lodge 198 aud Br Maxwell of this lodge having been duly prepared were admitted to that degree . J Damonlin Jno Fowler , pro Sec . " '
There can be no doubt of the fact that this body , which from its connection with Kilwinning had come to be regarded as a centre and source of the High Grades , issued Knight Templar Warrants . That eranted in 1805 . to P ; no !
in the county of Westmeath , being No . 1 , is preserved in the repositories of the Grand Conclave of Ireland . No . 4 Warrant was in possession of brethren in the Westmeath Militia in 1813 . The original transaction book of thp
liod ge itself bears traces of its having granted written authorit y to Lodges to work the Royal Arch and Templar degrees . The first excerpt is illustrative of a custom Whereb y brethren joining the militia or the volunteers
wero permitted to form branch Lodges and make Masons during their temporary absence from the seat of their mother Lodge . The two other minutes refer still more pointedl y to the assumption by the Irish Kilwinning Lodge ot the prerogatives of a head court of Masonic Templars :
The Irish Daughter Lodge Of Mother Kilwinning.
" 1783 . July 22 d . Kilwinning Lodge open'd in due form—the Worshipful Bro . S- P . Darling iu the chair . . . Took into consideration several communications from our Bror . Lient .-Col . Heath relative to a Warrant or Dispensation from us to hold a Lodge in the 1 st or Royal Regt . Resolved that a Dispensation be granted by us to
Broi . Lient .-Col . Heath , Capts . Trail and O'Brien , to convene a Lodge and act as Masons while absent from Dublin , —they to make returns to us of such members as they admit , and a return also of all future officers they shall elect . They to pay for said Dispensation 1 guinea and a crown to the Lodge . . . S . Darling E . G . Mr ; W . Rainsford , Secv . "
" 1785 . May 2 . Kilwinning Lodge open'd—the Worshipful in the chair . 6 members present . A proposal made that liberty be given to tl e members of this Lodge to assist in oommnnioatiog the Higher Degi ees to the First Volunteer Lodge , and to grant a Dispensation for that purpose , which after some debate was referred to next meet ng . . . J . G . O'Brien , E . G . M ; W . Rainsford . "
" 1785 . May 30 . Kilwinning Lodge open'd in ample form—the Wor . hipful in the chair . 11 members present . A Knight Templars Lodfr > open'd . Took into consideration the motion of last night of meet iag , which after a most candid discussion was unanimously
agreed to , on the condition that the Volunteer Lodge taking out a Dispensation from this Lodge for the Degrees of Excellent , Superexcellent , Royal Arch and Knight Templars ... J . G . O'Brien . EGM ; W . Rainsford , EGS . "
That the Warant or Dispensation above referred to was acce n ted , may be inferred from the fact that the Degree of Knight Templar waa conferred on the brethren of the First Volu nteer Lodge in circumstances of a somewhat
ostentatious character . A Sunday was selected for the , ceremony , and the Lodge having been opened under canvass on sin open plain in the vicinity of Dublin , and encircled by a uhain of armed sentinels , the work was proceeded with . The event is thus recorded :
" 1785 . Sunday , Aug . 14 . Kilwinning Lodge open'd in ample form—the Worshipful on his Throne . 7 members present . A High Knight Templars Lodge open'd by speoial summons and appointment in an aucampment on the plains of Sandymount . Iu order to confer the Degrees of Knight Templar on our brethren of the First Volunteer
Lodge , agreeable to transaction of May 30 . . . when Brs Osborne , Moloi y , Boyer , Kildahl , Hughes , Lambert , Rigby , Geston , Draper , Killen , Byrn , P . Moore , Purcell , Dougherty , and Hifferman of the First Volunteer Lodge ; Bro . Keath of oar own Lodge ; Br . Bacon of No . 4 ; P . North of No . 4 ; Ward of No . 9 ; O'Brien , No . 4 ;
Bedford , No . 4 ; O'Farrell of No . 9 , were all severally and duly admitted to the Degree of High Knight Templar with all the accustomed trials of Bkill and valour , which they sustained with becoming fortitude . 1 resolved that the thanks of this Lodge be by our Worshipful communicated in the most respectful manner to the
several Volunteer Masons of different lodges and corps who this day so politely attended to keep guard while the Lodge was at labour , and conducted themselves with such masonic propriety . 2 Resolved that any brother Royal Arch Mason who has assisted this day under arms shall be entitled to receive the Degree of High Knight Templar
in either this or the First Volunteers . 3 Resolved nemine oontradicente that we will annually keep the 2 nd Sunday in August as an anniversary of this meeting , by Knight Templars coming properly clothed to hold a lodge in an encampment of the Volunteer Free Masons under arms , and thus add to the splendour of the day .
Resolved that the thanks of this meeting be presented to Bro . Buckton for his obliging accommodation of a pieoe of ground for our encampment , and for his promise of the same annually , —and that after business was over it was discovered that he was a Royal Arch Mason ,
that he be entitled to receive the Degree of Knight Templar at any time he chooses in either this or the Volunteer Lodge . And the whole ended in peace , love , and unanimity . Geo . D . Sherry , EGM ; S . Darling , EGSW ; . . . EGJVV ; W . Rainsford , EGS . "
There is no evideuce in the Kilwinning records of any intercourse having been held between the Mother Lodge and its Irish daughter during the six-and-twenty years succeeding the issuing of the charter of 1779 . The spirit of jealousy which in the beginning of the present century
existed between rival bodies of Irish Knight Templars led them to charge each other with the usurpation of a position in the Order to which they had no legitimate title . In the course of these recriminations the validity of the Warrant
upon which the Kilwinning Chapter of High Knights Templars of Ireland based their claims was denied . In these circumstances this body asked to be furnished by the Mother Lodere with " such documents as will establish
beyond doubt the authority and regularity of their warrant as High Knight Templars " : "Suffolk Street , Dublin , Oct . 25 th , 1806 . " Most Worshipful Sir & Brother , —I have the honour to iuform you that I am instrneted by the Kilwinning Chapter of High Knights
Templars of Ireland , meeting under a Warrant from the Antient Mother Lodge of Kilwinning granted to certain Brethren of this city , dated the eighth day of Octr . 1779 , aud to which the name of Eglintoune is sign'd as Grand Master , to open a correspondence , which , tho' long delay'd , they trust will be establish'd to the honour
of the Mother Lodge and the satisfaction of the Chapter holding under it . " The existence of the Mother Lodge haviug been denied by some in this city , and of course the authority under which they act held to be void and even tiotitiouu , the Brethren consider it a principal objeot
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ANCIENT AND HONOURABLE FRATERNITY OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS . PROVINCE OP NORTHS AND HUNTS . THE Special Meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge for the Installation of BRO . the EARL OF EUSTON as RT . WOR . P ROV . GRAND MASTER , Will take place at the Town Hall , Northampton , ON MONDAY , 17 TH OCTOBER 1887 . The ceremony will he performed by Bro . the Right Worshipful General J . S . BROWNRIGG , C . B ., Prov . Grand Master of Surrey ; assisted by several Grand Lodge Offioers . Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened at Two o'clock .
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Victoria(MansionsRestaurant, VICTORIA STREET , WESTMINSTER , S . W . A SUITE OP ROOMS , MOST CONVENIENTLY ARRANGED FOR MASONIC MEETINGS . EIGHT LODGES ALREADY MEET HERE ; AMPLE ACCOMMODATION FOR OTHERS . Separate Entrance—apart from the Bestaurant—from Victoria Street . The Lodge Room , Ante Room , & c , on one Floor , Quite Private . THE BANQUET ROOM WILL SEAT UPWARDS OF 100 GUESTS . [ CHOICE STOCK OF WINES , SPIRITS , dc . "Wedding Breakfasts , Soirees , Concerts , Parties , G-lee duos , < fec , Sec , accommodated . Particulars on Application to H . CLOOTS , Proprietor , Victoria Mansions Restaurant , "Victoria St .. Westminster , S . W .
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The Irish Daughter Lodge Of Mother Kilwinning.
THE IRISH DAUGHTER LODGE OF MOTHER KILWINNING .
A CENTRE OP THE HIGH DEGREES IN IRELAND .
From unpublished Notes on Mother Kilwinning , by B . Murray Lyon , Grand Secretary Grand Lodge of Scotland . ( Continued from page 218 ) .
"Thursday , May 22 d , 1800 . Present : J . Fowler , M ., G . Darling , Br . Tighe , Br . Damonlin , Br . Waters , Jones , Richrd . M'Cowan , John M'Cowan , Br . D . Hoffmann , KilvvinniuK Lodge open'd in due form as " . HITL , John Fowler , Sublime Commander , in the chair , when Br . Jones , Br . Waters , Br . Richard M'Cowan of this Lodge , and Bro .
Edward Harvey of No . 2 , were raised to the Sublime Degree of H K T . . . and duly admitted into Council . Lodge closed in the usual peace , love , & harmony . J . Fowler ; John M'Cowan , Secy . " " Saturday June 26 , 1802 . Lodge open'd in due form a Master
Masons Lodge , when Brs Hawksworth and Markby having passed the chair , the Lodge called up to the degree of Excellent Masonry , to which the aforesaid Brs were admitted in all due form . The lodo-e then called up to the degree of Super-excellent , to which they were admitted , —and then called up to Royal Arch Masonry , when said Brothers Hawksworth and Markby royally descended and ascnndpd
the Arch . Called up to an Encampment of High Knight Tempi irs when Br Molesworth of Lodge 198 aud Br Maxwell of this lodge having been duly prepared were admitted to that degree . J Damonlin Jno Fowler , pro Sec . " '
There can be no doubt of the fact that this body , which from its connection with Kilwinning had come to be regarded as a centre and source of the High Grades , issued Knight Templar Warrants . That eranted in 1805 . to P ; no !
in the county of Westmeath , being No . 1 , is preserved in the repositories of the Grand Conclave of Ireland . No . 4 Warrant was in possession of brethren in the Westmeath Militia in 1813 . The original transaction book of thp
liod ge itself bears traces of its having granted written authorit y to Lodges to work the Royal Arch and Templar degrees . The first excerpt is illustrative of a custom Whereb y brethren joining the militia or the volunteers
wero permitted to form branch Lodges and make Masons during their temporary absence from the seat of their mother Lodge . The two other minutes refer still more pointedl y to the assumption by the Irish Kilwinning Lodge ot the prerogatives of a head court of Masonic Templars :
The Irish Daughter Lodge Of Mother Kilwinning.
" 1783 . July 22 d . Kilwinning Lodge open'd in due form—the Worshipful Bro . S- P . Darling iu the chair . . . Took into consideration several communications from our Bror . Lient .-Col . Heath relative to a Warrant or Dispensation from us to hold a Lodge in the 1 st or Royal Regt . Resolved that a Dispensation be granted by us to
Broi . Lient .-Col . Heath , Capts . Trail and O'Brien , to convene a Lodge and act as Masons while absent from Dublin , —they to make returns to us of such members as they admit , and a return also of all future officers they shall elect . They to pay for said Dispensation 1 guinea and a crown to the Lodge . . . S . Darling E . G . Mr ; W . Rainsford , Secv . "
" 1785 . May 2 . Kilwinning Lodge open'd—the Worshipful in the chair . 6 members present . A proposal made that liberty be given to tl e members of this Lodge to assist in oommnnioatiog the Higher Degi ees to the First Volunteer Lodge , and to grant a Dispensation for that purpose , which after some debate was referred to next meet ng . . . J . G . O'Brien , E . G . M ; W . Rainsford . "
" 1785 . May 30 . Kilwinning Lodge open'd in ample form—the Wor . hipful in the chair . 11 members present . A Knight Templars Lodfr > open'd . Took into consideration the motion of last night of meet iag , which after a most candid discussion was unanimously
agreed to , on the condition that the Volunteer Lodge taking out a Dispensation from this Lodge for the Degrees of Excellent , Superexcellent , Royal Arch and Knight Templars ... J . G . O'Brien . EGM ; W . Rainsford , EGS . "
That the Warant or Dispensation above referred to was acce n ted , may be inferred from the fact that the Degree of Knight Templar waa conferred on the brethren of the First Volu nteer Lodge in circumstances of a somewhat
ostentatious character . A Sunday was selected for the , ceremony , and the Lodge having been opened under canvass on sin open plain in the vicinity of Dublin , and encircled by a uhain of armed sentinels , the work was proceeded with . The event is thus recorded :
" 1785 . Sunday , Aug . 14 . Kilwinning Lodge open'd in ample form—the Worshipful on his Throne . 7 members present . A High Knight Templars Lodge open'd by speoial summons and appointment in an aucampment on the plains of Sandymount . Iu order to confer the Degrees of Knight Templar on our brethren of the First Volunteer
Lodge , agreeable to transaction of May 30 . . . when Brs Osborne , Moloi y , Boyer , Kildahl , Hughes , Lambert , Rigby , Geston , Draper , Killen , Byrn , P . Moore , Purcell , Dougherty , and Hifferman of the First Volunteer Lodge ; Bro . Keath of oar own Lodge ; Br . Bacon of No . 4 ; P . North of No . 4 ; Ward of No . 9 ; O'Brien , No . 4 ;
Bedford , No . 4 ; O'Farrell of No . 9 , were all severally and duly admitted to the Degree of High Knight Templar with all the accustomed trials of Bkill and valour , which they sustained with becoming fortitude . 1 resolved that the thanks of this Lodge be by our Worshipful communicated in the most respectful manner to the
several Volunteer Masons of different lodges and corps who this day so politely attended to keep guard while the Lodge was at labour , and conducted themselves with such masonic propriety . 2 Resolved that any brother Royal Arch Mason who has assisted this day under arms shall be entitled to receive the Degree of High Knight Templar
in either this or the First Volunteers . 3 Resolved nemine oontradicente that we will annually keep the 2 nd Sunday in August as an anniversary of this meeting , by Knight Templars coming properly clothed to hold a lodge in an encampment of the Volunteer Free Masons under arms , and thus add to the splendour of the day .
Resolved that the thanks of this meeting be presented to Bro . Buckton for his obliging accommodation of a pieoe of ground for our encampment , and for his promise of the same annually , —and that after business was over it was discovered that he was a Royal Arch Mason ,
that he be entitled to receive the Degree of Knight Templar at any time he chooses in either this or the Volunteer Lodge . And the whole ended in peace , love , and unanimity . Geo . D . Sherry , EGM ; S . Darling , EGSW ; . . . EGJVV ; W . Rainsford , EGS . "
There is no evideuce in the Kilwinning records of any intercourse having been held between the Mother Lodge and its Irish daughter during the six-and-twenty years succeeding the issuing of the charter of 1779 . The spirit of jealousy which in the beginning of the present century
existed between rival bodies of Irish Knight Templars led them to charge each other with the usurpation of a position in the Order to which they had no legitimate title . In the course of these recriminations the validity of the Warrant
upon which the Kilwinning Chapter of High Knights Templars of Ireland based their claims was denied . In these circumstances this body asked to be furnished by the Mother Lodere with " such documents as will establish
beyond doubt the authority and regularity of their warrant as High Knight Templars " : "Suffolk Street , Dublin , Oct . 25 th , 1806 . " Most Worshipful Sir & Brother , —I have the honour to iuform you that I am instrneted by the Kilwinning Chapter of High Knights
Templars of Ireland , meeting under a Warrant from the Antient Mother Lodge of Kilwinning granted to certain Brethren of this city , dated the eighth day of Octr . 1779 , aud to which the name of Eglintoune is sign'd as Grand Master , to open a correspondence , which , tho' long delay'd , they trust will be establish'd to the honour
of the Mother Lodge and the satisfaction of the Chapter holding under it . " The existence of the Mother Lodge haviug been denied by some in this city , and of course the authority under which they act held to be void and even tiotitiouu , the Brethren consider it a principal objeot