Masonic Antiquities, Documents, &C. Jerusalem Encampment, Manchester.

ment at Hull , as the minutes of 1802 of the Minerva Lodge mentions the Templar Order and the " Old English Herodim or Ora ? ige Masonry . " The Ark , Link , and Mark were given , Sir Knt . Dunckerley having been also elected Grand Master of these Orders . It is not probable that any very serious alteration was made in the working of the ceremonies of the order by Sir Thomas Dunckerley ,

though alterations in the title , officers of the order , & c , as will be seen , becomes apparent from this time . His Templar warrants also included the Rose Croix , & c , —and he seems also to have altered the title to "Masonic Knight Templar of St . John of Jerusalem ;"whilst the York masons , owing to the difference in their constitution as a parental authority , granted separate warrants for every degree

or order they recognized . With this long digression , by way of preface , I now return to the minutes of the Jerusalem Encampment : —

" March 19 th . 1792 . — -The Eoyal Encampment met at two o ' clock this " afternoon when Sir Thomas Taylor was installed R . G . C . of the Royal " Enc . at Holinwood , Sir John Booth S . G . C . and Sir William Garlic J . G . C . " May 13 th . 1792 . —Sir John Watson chosen E . G . C . An emergency or " yearly meeting called on Trinity Sunday . " Here two leaves have been torn out of the minute-book .

" April 14 th . 1793 . —The business affixed was that five nominated were " to see Mr . Singelair ( Sinclair ?) the week following . The ahove business " causes a meeting of emergency , " which is not minuted here , and in July the expenses of a brother was paid to York . Perhaps all this referred to the warrants applied for in 1791 .

" May 10 th . 1793 . —A dinner ordered on Trinity Sunday at two o ' clock . " Sir Thos . Lithgoc chosen E . G . C . July 13 th . 1794 . —The following " brethren elected on May llth . was this night installed in proper form"Sir J . Hewett R . G . C , S . Moses Fry S . G . C , S . B . Eonchetti J . G . C " Oct . 12 th . 1794 . —It was unanimously agreed this night that this E . E . " sliall come under the Royal Grand ^ Encampment of London , held under " his Eoyal Hihness Prince EdwardBrother Dunckerley Acting Grand

g , " Master , and Bro . Torr was ordered to consult Bro . Barlow on the action , " and if he thinks proper to order a warrant as soon as possible . Jany . " 4 th . 1795 . —Bro . S . Torr and Bro . Lithgoe having- given in their report , " it was ordered that Bro . Torr should write to Brother Dunckerley on . the " subject . March loth . 1795 . —Bro . Sir David Torr having received a " letter from our R . W . Grand Commander , which was very satisfactory to

" the Encampment , it was unanimously agreed , that Bro . Torr should write " by the next post to Bro . Dunckerley for a warrant of constitution . " April 12 th . 1795 . —It being election night Bro . Moses Fry was chosen " E . G . C , Sir Baptist Eonchetti S . G . C , and S . Wm . Morris J . G . C , ordered " that all the Sir Knights dine on Trinity Sunday , July 12 th . 1795 . " The warrant , which is still in possession of the Encampment , and

of which the following is a copy , received by Sir David Torr ; and from this period , it is presumed , the old one was considered of too little value to merit preservation , so it strayed to Warrington