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Correspondence.
if Bro . Jacob Norton will concur in Mackey ' s Landmarks . Aa regards the Lodges in 1717 , 1 fancy we shall have before long a good deal of evidence to show that many Lodges existed and met besides the Lodges which formed the meeting of 1717 , and any argument as to whether Lodges were legal or not , outside the organisation of 1717 ,
is practically set aside by thafc simple fact . Suppose , for instance , some Scottish Brethren landed in America , and met together as a Lodge , Mackey is quite right in saying they were not establiihed by any previous rules or regulations . If you take fche "New Articles" of 1663 as the law , they and
were only binding on the Lodges which accepted them , fche visiting " St . John ' s Masons " of later English Lodge meetings in the three first decades of the eighteenth century are only proofs of fche existence of independent and unwarranted bodies , meeting under common consent , or by the fiat perhaps of a Master
Mason . I therefore go with Bro . Gould fully when he says the Freemasons in Philadelphia who met together in the early part of the eighteenth century had just as good right to meet as the brethren who mefc in 1716-17 . Yours fraternally , A STUDENT OF BRO . GOULD ' S HISTORT .
Notes For Masonic Students.
Notes For Masonic Students .
THE LVIGO JONES MS . A SEARCH in fche British Museum Library has resulted in the discovery of no copy of Lodge ' s edition of Josephus Englished of 1602 , but one of 1655 , in whioh the Letter of King Hiram to Solomon , & o ., is the same identically in form and setting out as that
in the edfcion of 1670 . Watts sets oafc Editions of 1602 , 1609 , 1655 , 1670 . I am now searching elsewhere for fche first two editions . SPEED .
We stall esteem it a favour if any of our readers who may have unpledged votes for the Girls' School or Boys ' School Elections will forward them to us , addressed the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE , Belvidere Works , Hermes HiU , Pentonville , London , N .
Gleanings.
GLEANINGS .
AN INTERESTING MASONIC RELIC . —Recently Mr . Thomas Thistle of Whitby , whileatfcending a sale by auction in that town , had knocked down to him , for a nominal sum , a miscellaneous lot of old manuscripts , account books , apparently of little value . Upon examination , there was discovered among the collection fche original minutes of fche
Britannia Lodge , constituted in 1772 , and held in the Plough Inn , Church Street , Whitby . This Lodge was the first Masonio fraternity established in Whitby , and was the predecessor of the Lion Lodge , No . 312 , to which Mr . Thistle has kindly presented these curious and interesting minntes , which will be preserved in the archives of the Lodge as a relic of Masonry in Whitby , England , in the olden times .
THE Two PILLARS . —In the famous pillars placed at the entrance to King Solomon's Temple , ifc is supposed thafc Solomon had reference to the Pillars of Fire and of Cloud , and was the token of the Divine Providence which was ever over his people . The pillar on the left representad the Pillar of Fire , and on the right the Pillar of Cloud .
Ihe name of fche former signifies " herein is strength , " alluding either to the Divine promise of succour , or to the Ark , which was in the Temple , and called the " Strength of the Lord " ; aud the name of the latter signifies " He will Establish , " intimating God's promise to establish the Throne of David and His people Israel . —QalcotVs Candid Disquisition .
A curious relic in the shape of a glass bowl , has just been unearthed near the " Foro Traiano , " in Rome . On one side can be seen the " Square , " over which is a " blazing sun , " and letters " J . N . " "Underneath the Square are two pillars on a Mosaic pavement . The bowl is in a good state of preservation . Was it a loving cup from whioh our ancient Brethren pledged each other P
MASONIC RELICS IN INDEPENDENCE HALL . —Independence Hall , Philadel phia , contains many articles of Masonic as well as patriotic interest , which are well worthy of the attention of Brethren . For example : There is Washington ' s Masonic Apron , which was presented b 7 Bro . Jos . T . Thomas P . M . of Montgomery Lodge , No . 19 , of this t
01 y ; the silver ink-stand from which the Declaration of Independence Was si gned—which ink-stand was purchased for the Speaker ' s table , 22 nd August 1757 , from Bro . Philip Syng ( Grand Master of Pennsylvania in 174 * 1 ) , -who was a noted silversmith , and whose workmanshi p it was ; and a handsome portrait of Chief Justice Bro . William Allen ( GrandMaster of Pennsylvania in 1731-32 ) .
The Masonic Fraternity at Clarion , Clarion county , Pa ., has Purchased a lot , and will erect a fine Lodge room in the near future . Laland , the great astronomer , was a Freemason , and the author of
. e article on Freemasonry in the Encyclopedic Methodique , which S es information concerning the introduction of the Fraternity into ¦ ja-ace , from England in 1725 , and his account haa been generally acknowled ged to be authentic .
Gleanings.
WELL DONE . —From the Freemason , Toronto , for August , we learn that Bro . J . Rosa Robertson , D . D . G . M . of the Eleventh District of the Grand Lodge of Canada , has dnring the past Masonio year visited thirty . five Lodges twice ; to six he paid three visits , and to two he made four visits . Total seventy-eight visits ; travelling 2 , 160 miles . Bro . Robertson is a model District Deputy .
AN ALLEGED FEMALE MASON . — The death has lately been announced of the Countess Helen von Hadik , to whom , as the representative of the ancient Hungarian family of Barkoozy von Soala ,
tie Emperor of Austria , as King of Hungary , had accorded all the ri ^ hts and prerogatives of a man , and who was aaid to have been itiitiated in the Cassoria Lodge of Freemasons , though her initiation waa nofc recognised by the authorities .
The establishment of another Royal Aroh Chapter in Egypt shows that English Freemasonry is progressing there . The new Chapter is at taohed to Bulwer Lodge , of Cairo , No . 1068 on the rolls of the TJ uited Grand Lodge of England , and was consecrated on Friday , 29 : h April , with all the pomp and ceremony connected with the
Royal Arch , after which the Officers of the new Chapter were duly in stalled . On the conclusion of the business of the evening , tho members and Yisifcors adjourned to the Hotel d'Angleterre , where thoy were entertained at dinner . A meeting of the Chapter waa
held fche following day , when the degree was conferred on several br . thren , and the members and Visitors were again entertained at dinner by one of the hospitable members of th © new Chapter , •when a vory pleasant evening was again spent . —Egyptian Gazette .
COMMENDED BY AN EMPEROR . —The Emperor Francis Joseph , of Austria , has a minister , M . Etienne Rakorszky , who is a Mason , Recently a cardinal , well known for his excessive intolerance ,
protested to the king against his employment . The Emperor replied : " I well know thafc M . Rakorszky is a Mason , bufc I recognise in him a man of high capacities , great loyalty and sincere patriotism ; Freomasonry has a good right to be proud of him . —Sunday Times .
General Albert Pike says : "There is no work in the world , outside the United States , between whioh and ours there are not very great differences , the work in Pennsylvania alone agreeing in fche main wifch thafc in England , and widely differing from that of every other State . "
The Past Masters' Association of San Francisco is fifteen years old , and has one hundred and forty members , all of whom have been W . M . ' s of Lodges . AETRITION . —In these stirring and progressive days , Masons cannot afford to be exclusive . Ifc will nofc do to assume that our way is
always fche best way , and thafc ifc matters not what others think or do . Such a spirit is unwise , and unworthy the enlightened character of fche institution . As fche representatives annually assembled in Grand Lodge , by consultation and interchange of thought and experience became more enlightened Masons and more worthy citizens ; and by
the attrition , so to speak , of personal contact remove blemishes and imperfections , so that all are more polished material for fche noble edifice ; so should Grand Lodges , by close observation of each other ' s proceedings , difficulties , achievements and mistakes , be led to
emulation of all that is worthy , and , perchance , avoid many an unfortunate blunder . This can only be done by a patient ; study of the printed Proceedings of nearly sixty Grand Lodges , amounting to nearly fifteen thousand pages of printed matter .
Ad01104
THEFREEiASQfSCHRONICLE, A Weekly Record of Masonic Intelligence . Reports of United Grand Lodge are published with the Special Sanction of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales the M . W . the Grand Master of England . mSB FREEMASON'S CHRONICLE will be forwarded direct JL from , the Office , Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville , N ., on receipt of Post Office Order for the amount . Intending Subscribers should forward their fall Addresses , fco prevent mistakes . Post Oflice Orders to be made payable to W . W . MORGAN , at Penton Street Office . Cheques crossed " London and County . " Tha Terms of Subscription ( payable in advance ) to THB FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE are—Twelve Months , post free - - £ 0 13 6 Six Months , difcto •0 7 0 Three Months ditto - 0 3 6 SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS Per Page £ 8 8 0 Back Page £ 10 10 0 Births , Marriages and Deaths , la per line . General Advertisements , Trade Announcements , & o ., single column , 5 s per inch . Doable colnmn Advertisement Is per line . Special terms for a series of insertions on application . Advertisers will find THK FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE an exceptionally good medium for Advertisements of every class . Agents , from whom copies can always be had : — Messrs . CURTICE and Co ., 13 Catherine Street , Strand . Messrs . KENT and Co ., Paternoster Row , E . C . Mr . RITCHIE , 6 Red Lion Court , E . C . Messrs . SIMPSON 8 ros ., Shoe Lane . Mr . H . SIMPSON , 7 Red Lion Court , E . C . Messrs . W . H . SMITH and Son , 183 Strand . Jtessrs . SPENCER and Co , 23 A Great Queen Street , W . C . Messrs . STEEL ancl JONES , 4 Spring Gardens , Charing Cross , Mr . G . VICHERS , Angel Court , Strand . Mr . H . TICKERS , 317 Strand .
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Correspondence.
if Bro . Jacob Norton will concur in Mackey ' s Landmarks . Aa regards the Lodges in 1717 , 1 fancy we shall have before long a good deal of evidence to show that many Lodges existed and met besides the Lodges which formed the meeting of 1717 , and any argument as to whether Lodges were legal or not , outside the organisation of 1717 ,
is practically set aside by thafc simple fact . Suppose , for instance , some Scottish Brethren landed in America , and met together as a Lodge , Mackey is quite right in saying they were not establiihed by any previous rules or regulations . If you take fche "New Articles" of 1663 as the law , they and
were only binding on the Lodges which accepted them , fche visiting " St . John ' s Masons " of later English Lodge meetings in the three first decades of the eighteenth century are only proofs of fche existence of independent and unwarranted bodies , meeting under common consent , or by the fiat perhaps of a Master
Mason . I therefore go with Bro . Gould fully when he says the Freemasons in Philadelphia who met together in the early part of the eighteenth century had just as good right to meet as the brethren who mefc in 1716-17 . Yours fraternally , A STUDENT OF BRO . GOULD ' S HISTORT .
Notes For Masonic Students.
Notes For Masonic Students .
THE LVIGO JONES MS . A SEARCH in fche British Museum Library has resulted in the discovery of no copy of Lodge ' s edition of Josephus Englished of 1602 , but one of 1655 , in whioh the Letter of King Hiram to Solomon , & o ., is the same identically in form and setting out as that
in the edfcion of 1670 . Watts sets oafc Editions of 1602 , 1609 , 1655 , 1670 . I am now searching elsewhere for fche first two editions . SPEED .
We stall esteem it a favour if any of our readers who may have unpledged votes for the Girls' School or Boys ' School Elections will forward them to us , addressed the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE , Belvidere Works , Hermes HiU , Pentonville , London , N .
Gleanings.
GLEANINGS .
AN INTERESTING MASONIC RELIC . —Recently Mr . Thomas Thistle of Whitby , whileatfcending a sale by auction in that town , had knocked down to him , for a nominal sum , a miscellaneous lot of old manuscripts , account books , apparently of little value . Upon examination , there was discovered among the collection fche original minutes of fche
Britannia Lodge , constituted in 1772 , and held in the Plough Inn , Church Street , Whitby . This Lodge was the first Masonio fraternity established in Whitby , and was the predecessor of the Lion Lodge , No . 312 , to which Mr . Thistle has kindly presented these curious and interesting minntes , which will be preserved in the archives of the Lodge as a relic of Masonry in Whitby , England , in the olden times .
THE Two PILLARS . —In the famous pillars placed at the entrance to King Solomon's Temple , ifc is supposed thafc Solomon had reference to the Pillars of Fire and of Cloud , and was the token of the Divine Providence which was ever over his people . The pillar on the left representad the Pillar of Fire , and on the right the Pillar of Cloud .
Ihe name of fche former signifies " herein is strength , " alluding either to the Divine promise of succour , or to the Ark , which was in the Temple , and called the " Strength of the Lord " ; aud the name of the latter signifies " He will Establish , " intimating God's promise to establish the Throne of David and His people Israel . —QalcotVs Candid Disquisition .
A curious relic in the shape of a glass bowl , has just been unearthed near the " Foro Traiano , " in Rome . On one side can be seen the " Square , " over which is a " blazing sun , " and letters " J . N . " "Underneath the Square are two pillars on a Mosaic pavement . The bowl is in a good state of preservation . Was it a loving cup from whioh our ancient Brethren pledged each other P
MASONIC RELICS IN INDEPENDENCE HALL . —Independence Hall , Philadel phia , contains many articles of Masonic as well as patriotic interest , which are well worthy of the attention of Brethren . For example : There is Washington ' s Masonic Apron , which was presented b 7 Bro . Jos . T . Thomas P . M . of Montgomery Lodge , No . 19 , of this t
01 y ; the silver ink-stand from which the Declaration of Independence Was si gned—which ink-stand was purchased for the Speaker ' s table , 22 nd August 1757 , from Bro . Philip Syng ( Grand Master of Pennsylvania in 174 * 1 ) , -who was a noted silversmith , and whose workmanshi p it was ; and a handsome portrait of Chief Justice Bro . William Allen ( GrandMaster of Pennsylvania in 1731-32 ) .
The Masonic Fraternity at Clarion , Clarion county , Pa ., has Purchased a lot , and will erect a fine Lodge room in the near future . Laland , the great astronomer , was a Freemason , and the author of
. e article on Freemasonry in the Encyclopedic Methodique , which S es information concerning the introduction of the Fraternity into ¦ ja-ace , from England in 1725 , and his account haa been generally acknowled ged to be authentic .
Gleanings.
WELL DONE . —From the Freemason , Toronto , for August , we learn that Bro . J . Rosa Robertson , D . D . G . M . of the Eleventh District of the Grand Lodge of Canada , has dnring the past Masonio year visited thirty . five Lodges twice ; to six he paid three visits , and to two he made four visits . Total seventy-eight visits ; travelling 2 , 160 miles . Bro . Robertson is a model District Deputy .
AN ALLEGED FEMALE MASON . — The death has lately been announced of the Countess Helen von Hadik , to whom , as the representative of the ancient Hungarian family of Barkoozy von Soala ,
tie Emperor of Austria , as King of Hungary , had accorded all the ri ^ hts and prerogatives of a man , and who was aaid to have been itiitiated in the Cassoria Lodge of Freemasons , though her initiation waa nofc recognised by the authorities .
The establishment of another Royal Aroh Chapter in Egypt shows that English Freemasonry is progressing there . The new Chapter is at taohed to Bulwer Lodge , of Cairo , No . 1068 on the rolls of the TJ uited Grand Lodge of England , and was consecrated on Friday , 29 : h April , with all the pomp and ceremony connected with the
Royal Arch , after which the Officers of the new Chapter were duly in stalled . On the conclusion of the business of the evening , tho members and Yisifcors adjourned to the Hotel d'Angleterre , where thoy were entertained at dinner . A meeting of the Chapter waa
held fche following day , when the degree was conferred on several br . thren , and the members and Visitors were again entertained at dinner by one of the hospitable members of th © new Chapter , •when a vory pleasant evening was again spent . —Egyptian Gazette .
COMMENDED BY AN EMPEROR . —The Emperor Francis Joseph , of Austria , has a minister , M . Etienne Rakorszky , who is a Mason , Recently a cardinal , well known for his excessive intolerance ,
protested to the king against his employment . The Emperor replied : " I well know thafc M . Rakorszky is a Mason , bufc I recognise in him a man of high capacities , great loyalty and sincere patriotism ; Freomasonry has a good right to be proud of him . —Sunday Times .
General Albert Pike says : "There is no work in the world , outside the United States , between whioh and ours there are not very great differences , the work in Pennsylvania alone agreeing in fche main wifch thafc in England , and widely differing from that of every other State . "
The Past Masters' Association of San Francisco is fifteen years old , and has one hundred and forty members , all of whom have been W . M . ' s of Lodges . AETRITION . —In these stirring and progressive days , Masons cannot afford to be exclusive . Ifc will nofc do to assume that our way is
always fche best way , and thafc ifc matters not what others think or do . Such a spirit is unwise , and unworthy the enlightened character of fche institution . As fche representatives annually assembled in Grand Lodge , by consultation and interchange of thought and experience became more enlightened Masons and more worthy citizens ; and by
the attrition , so to speak , of personal contact remove blemishes and imperfections , so that all are more polished material for fche noble edifice ; so should Grand Lodges , by close observation of each other ' s proceedings , difficulties , achievements and mistakes , be led to
emulation of all that is worthy , and , perchance , avoid many an unfortunate blunder . This can only be done by a patient ; study of the printed Proceedings of nearly sixty Grand Lodges , amounting to nearly fifteen thousand pages of printed matter .
Ad01104
THEFREEiASQfSCHRONICLE, A Weekly Record of Masonic Intelligence . Reports of United Grand Lodge are published with the Special Sanction of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales the M . W . the Grand Master of England . mSB FREEMASON'S CHRONICLE will be forwarded direct JL from , the Office , Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville , N ., on receipt of Post Office Order for the amount . Intending Subscribers should forward their fall Addresses , fco prevent mistakes . Post Oflice Orders to be made payable to W . W . MORGAN , at Penton Street Office . Cheques crossed " London and County . " Tha Terms of Subscription ( payable in advance ) to THB FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE are—Twelve Months , post free - - £ 0 13 6 Six Months , difcto •0 7 0 Three Months ditto - 0 3 6 SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS Per Page £ 8 8 0 Back Page £ 10 10 0 Births , Marriages and Deaths , la per line . General Advertisements , Trade Announcements , & o ., single column , 5 s per inch . Doable colnmn Advertisement Is per line . Special terms for a series of insertions on application . Advertisers will find THK FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE an exceptionally good medium for Advertisements of every class . Agents , from whom copies can always be had : — Messrs . CURTICE and Co ., 13 Catherine Street , Strand . Messrs . KENT and Co ., Paternoster Row , E . C . Mr . RITCHIE , 6 Red Lion Court , E . C . Messrs . SIMPSON 8 ros ., Shoe Lane . Mr . H . SIMPSON , 7 Red Lion Court , E . C . Messrs . W . H . SMITH and Son , 183 Strand . Jtessrs . SPENCER and Co , 23 A Great Queen Street , W . C . Messrs . STEEL ancl JONES , 4 Spring Gardens , Charing Cross , Mr . G . VICHERS , Angel Court , Strand . Mr . H . TICKERS , 317 Strand .