At this moment, the M. C. puts the insignia of a Rosicrucian on him and conducts him into the chapter. The members appear sorrowful. He presents him by acquainting the Most wise, that a worthy Knight of the Red Cross requests the honour of obtaining the favour of being admitted to the sublime degree of a Rosicrucian,

M. W. Worthy Knight, who are you?

Noodle. I am born of noble parents and of the tribe of Judah. M. W. What art do you possess?

N. Masonry.

M. W. Worthy Knight, you inspire us with esteem; but you perceive, that sorrow abides with us. All is changed. The ground support of the Temple is no more. The veil is torn. The columns are broken. The most precious ornaments are taken and the word is in danger of being lost. It may be recovered. by your courage, and we shall certainly employ you in that pursuit. But you must assure us by an obligation, that if you obtain the knowledge of our mysteries, you will never communicate them to others, unless they are qualified to receive them. If you are willing, approach the altar, bend your knee to the ground, and place your right hand on the Holy Law, repeating the obligation after me,

The penalty of this obligation is to be dishonoured and banished from all lodges, as being unworthy to form a companionship. with virtuous masons.

M. W. Worthy Knight of the Red Cross; This is the last time I salute you as such. Henceforward you will be dignified with greater power.

The Master of the ceremonies will conduct you where you are to obtain it. The columns before you are emblematical of the theological virtues. Imprint them on your mind and let them be the foundation of your future welfare. Proceed now on your pilgrimage; but remember, that we await your return.. May it be happy and may you bring with you peace and felicity.

Noodle is led to the dark chamber. Chains are rattled to intimidate him during which he traverses it seven times. In the interim, the columns are taken away and the black cloths removed, in the sovereign chapter, which makes it a transition to the apartment for

The second Point.

Noodle is brought into the chapter and the subsequent answers are dictated to him by the master of the ceremonies.

Q. Worthy Knight from whence came you?

A. Judah.

M. W, It is the same as the inscription over the cross. It is the word which your zeal will render invincible, and which will be by you perpetuated till time shall be no more. Advance and receive the reward due to your merit. (Noodle advances and kneels.) In virtue of the power that I have received from the metropolitan lodge of Harodim, and in the presence of this august assembly of Knights, my brothers and my equals, I admit, receive and constitute you, at present and for ever, a Knight Prince of the eagle and of the Pelican, Perfect Mason, Free of Harodim, under the title of sovereign of the Rosy Cross; by which you enjoy the titles and prerogatives of prince perfect mason, unto the sixth degree of Knight of the Rosy Cross, without being in need of our particular authority; our only reservation being that of the degree you have now received.

Noodle rises, is invested with the crimson sash and jewel, and is entrusted with the sign word and grip.

Catechism.

Begins with the form of finding the word already repeated.
Q. What is the word among us.

A. The sacred word of the Knight of the Rosy Cross.

Q. How did you come to the knowledge of this degree.

A. By the three theological virtues..

Q. Name them.

A. Faith, hope and charity.

Q. In what were you farther instructed.

A. A sign and grip.

Q. Give the sign and grip.

A. Cross hands and arms and look to the east. The grip is made by mutually placing the hands on each shoulder, that the arms may cross each other. The one says pax vobis the other holy ends.

Q. Have you any knowledge of the Pelican.

A. I have, most wise.

Q. What does it import.

A. A symbol of the redeemer of the world and of perfect humility Q. Why does the Pelican pierce its breast with its bill.

A. To nourish its young with its blood and thereby to shew, that Christ our redeemer so loved his young and old people, as to save them from death, by the shedding of his blood for your

sins and mine.

Q. What is the aim of the Roscrucians.

A. To respect the decrees of the most high, to render homage to the deity.

M. W. It is our duty. as men, to be so, more particularly as masons, to bend the knee before him who gave us being. Master of the Ceremonies, what is the hour of the day?

M. C. The last hour of the day.

M. W. Since it is so, recollect our situations as Knights of the Rosy Cross and retire in peace.

The M. W. strikes seven and the whole chapter give the sign and say oyer, the sovereign chapter is closed.

Third Point.

This point is never held, except after the second, and then only four times a year. When it is held, the preceeding point is not closed for it. A side board is prepared. This is covered with a table cloth, and on it are placed as many pieces of bread as there are Knights, and a goblet of wine. The paper with the sacred initials upon it is deposited upon the altar. Every Knight has a white wand in his hand. The M. W. strikes his upon the earth thrice and declares, that the chapter is resumed. Then he leads seven times round the apartment and is followed by all present. Each stopping in the front of the transparency, to make the sign. At the last round, each Knight partakes of the bread; and still preserving the form of a circle, the M. W. takes the Goblet drinks out of it and passes it round. When it comes to him again, he paces it upon the altar, and the Knights give each other the Grip. The paper, with the sacred word upon it, is put into the empty goblet and burnt. The Knights make the sign and the most wise says

CONSUMMATUM EST.

I also say consummatum est, my Royal Grand Master and encourager of all this folly, and heartily do I rejoice, that my task of exposing free masonry is ended. I have positively sickened over some of the last degrees, fancied myself indisposed, and have debated with myself as to the propriety of making short work of it. But the organ of perseverance has triumphed, denounced the dishonesty of a shuffle, and proclaimed irresistibly REDEEM YOUR fledge. I have redeemed my pledge. I have published every atom of knowledge, that I could get about Freemasonry; and, to do this well, I have had the assistance of some first rate masons. I am of opinion, by what I can see of such documents, as have before been written or printed upon the subject, that such a chain of revelation, as has been linked together in "The Republican," never before existed. To me, it has been a most disagreeable task; for I have gone through it under a passion of disgust, at the idea that men should so waste their time and their means. I have also

been assured, that it would be disgusting to all my old readers; and I hardly know as yet, what sacrifice I have made upon this head; for, though it has brought me a vast number of new readers, it must have thrown off some of the old ones. If I expose the other private associations, I shall do it in a very brief manner and not detail all their nonsense; for any thing but folly and nonsense is not carried on in secret. My old readers, I would call back and wish them to see the importance of this exposure of folly and nonsense. It must have masonified hundreds of young masons; and the old ones are known to follow the trick for the gain of guzzle, suppers, &c. Great good has arisen and will arise from the exposure. In the ensuing session of parliament, 1 shall condense the penal parts of the oaths and call upon the legislature to put down such associations, as others less immoral have been legislatively put down. It is nothing, that you and your royal brothers are its patrons; the disgrace and mischief is the greater, and the legislature will be vile indeed, that shrinks from the task, after what has been done. with other associations.

In taking my leave of your knighthood, I have but little to do in the way of summing up. It is my purpose to write a general charge to freemasons, and to dedicate this volume to their Grand Patron; but I shall wait a few weeks until I see what is the real character of the other private associations. I have a description of Druidism and of the Odd Fellows Association neither of which have I yet found time to read. A worthy female has made her husband divulge the last for the public information. What I mostly desire now is, the private ceremony among the orangemen. I must not ask the Deputy Grand Master, Colonel Fairman for this; though he is shewing me a great deal of fair play, in his sunday paper "The Palladium ;" and is the only editor of a paper who has said-" HERE YOU SHALL FIND A VEHICLE FOR YOUR DEFENCE." If he perseveres in the spirit of free discussion, as he has begun, I shall call upon all my friends to support and encourage even this avowed Orangeman's Newspaper. The principles of the Editor of a paper are as nothing, if he will but support free discussion on all subjects. The Palladium has so far done this better than any paper that I have before seen. Good bye, my Royal Grand Master of Freemasons and remember the revelation of

RICHARD CARLILE.

TO MR. R. CARLILE, DORCHESTER GAOL.

SIR,

Bristol, Sept. 26th, 1825.

I HOPE, Sir, it will not be long, before you turn your attention to its immorality, and expose the wiles and crafts of dealers in Promises to pay," on whom, any one calls for cash, he is informed, that the key of the till is lost, and, gathering strength from their numbers, boldly say, they do not pretend to pay in Gold.

The case of the Young Ladies who have just emerged from the King's Bench Prison ought to be made as public as the Sun at noon-day; and the name of the Bank-shop which was the cause of it. No Father of a Family or Guardian ought for a moment to lose sight of it. Any Father or Guardian, who hereafter trusts any property in the hands of such Fellows, as Companies of Bankers, ought not, I say, to receive the smallest commiseration public or private.

When was it, that whole Families were ruined by taking bad sovereigns or guineas? When was it that the people,, for miles round a place, even where coiners had been at work, were in such a distressed state, that it was like unto having a dead body in every third house?

Where are those brawlers for religion and humanity, that they do not raise their voices against a system, so vile, that it stands without parallel in the annals of history? a system which causes so much slaughtering of human beings for forgery; a system which has filled our Towns with women of easy virtue, our Goals with criminals of every description, and our poor-houses with men of a less courageous stamp, who have sunk into poverty and contempt, by means not of their own creating.

Again, I ask, why is it that those Brawlers do not attempt to arrest the progress of such a shocking state of things? I can only account for it by supposing them to be the hidden instruments of a system which engenders such alarming