Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-01-11

II was, we sac, the AtGQl Grand Lodge
/ (DermotGs) that acknowledged the Tenn.
p G Knights as s Masonic Degrees. If ths
reader reco}lect5 that soon after that
Grand Lodge WIS formed, as early, per.
haps, as l751, some brethren who had
I btel In France had brought over to Eng.
land the Ella, Ecossais and Royal Arch
{ Degrees, and these were worked in Lodge
( 81 thaJ mo- at the Ben Jonson's Head
Spitalfe.ds, "every third Lodge night,
under tie designation of Ancient Ma
sonry :" and that the Elu Degree, we are
! told by al the Wriiprs, tecame the KA-
! DOsH, or the oath Of the Rite Of Perfection
1 sad 30lh Of the Ancient aud Aocep,eI
Z Scottish Ri:e; We shall soc the meaning
ana importance Of the statement that
! james III granted Warrant from Arras
/ in 1921 twhere Charles Edward Stuart
I established Chapter Of Rose CroiE Ia
/ l747 authorizing certain London knights
I 10 cOufer the Rose CrOix snd RddOsI
Z I6JHptd'" Degiees; and that in 1886,
I the "Templar ne p,lts ultra y was the
/ 25th (24.h, DaEee Of the Continental
Rite. The hUdOsh I0oS called in the
Rituals The " re Plus ,atrG Of Masonry"
This is Jglty the CerneGu Sup. C0lsnea
33G exercised the right to creale q Grand
Edcampment Of 1emplars.
That 10 precisely where Templarism
came from. 1t and the Rose. .Croix came
to England from France together; and
bcta were borrowed, as the Royal Arch
was, and as the Red Cross degree long
after was, from the Rite of Heredom or
Perfection.
Il seems, toe, that Bro. Yarker did
not Igo1g Of any o}der records Of any
EncampEleat than those or the one
whereof he was Trif ng
How Eucampments were chartered,
will appear by the following documents,
published in the same article by Bro.
Ya1ker:
"The next document, on loose sheet
Of foolscap. is a copy of the petition for
the wRrIEnr, nd is as follows:
ITO the Right WoEshipful, the Grand
Master Of ali England, the Grand Var
dens and the rest Of the Brethren of the
Grand Lodge the humble petition OF
John Hes,aI, Joseph Carter aud John
Watson, Knight Templars, most humbly
showeth LE..E'
That your petitioners being inhubit-
aut3 OF the town OF Manchester in the
county Palatine of Lancaster, aud
there being no Royal Encamp.
ment OF knight Templas in this
town aud neighborhood, and your
petitioners having q great desire Of
assem- bling and holding one in due aud
legal form, and having connected them
selves with q sufficient number OF Knight
Templars to hold the same, but having
no authority TO assemble and form, we
therefore your petitioners, most humbly
beg that gOu would be pleased to grant
Us such authority, Fewer, warrant or
constitution so to assemble, forsz2 and
sit, and also to give sanction 10 our other
proceedings under the same according to
the ancient usages peculiar to such
Order, sEd chat such warrant may be-
obtained With gll cCaveBig2t speed in
doing which you win confer The greaIrst
Obligation, gentlemen and Brethren, on
us who are, with Ell due Difference, your
Right WOrshipfurs most ckedieut and
humble servants and Brethren,
JOHN HASSALL,
JOSEPH CARTER
JOHN WATSON,
~, Ere, hTC.
MAEcHE,TEs, June u, iis5. so. 2s
The following letter accompanied the
petition, and is copied on the second leaf
Of the sheet OF foolscap before mem
toned:
AAScHEsTEB, June n, I7Ss.
Sir: n you please to attend at the |
Grand Lodge in York, and lay the
petition before them, and desire |
TO know II X. T. warrant may be OBJ /
tslnec IL 1t may, let 1t be done with all /
speed, aud send US q letter as |
soon as you can, to let us know when we |
may expect H.; and II Mr.. Sinclair could |
bring the warrant down with him, when
be comes to Manchester Sessions, ID
would do well, and be should be satisfied |
for his trouble; or If it could be sent by
the Manchester coach, well secured, be-
fore that time-and IL the Grand Lodge
could tell us how 10 send the money for
the warrant, or who to pay it to
here, that they might receive it at York,
or if Mr.. Sinclair's taking it with him
when be returns from Manchester Ses-
sious would be acceptable, or any of
these ways, or any other that the Grand
Lodge thinks best, would be complied
with, and YOU would much oblige
Your humble servants ard Brethren,
JOHN HAS$ALL
JO-EpH CARRIER.
JOHN WATSON.
Direct for John HasEa'i, Boodle street, Aan-