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son , also a sculptor , was buried in tho same grave , September 17 th , and his wife tho following 19 th November 1647 . Nicholas Stone was born at Wandbury , near Exeter , in 1586 , and , coming to London , lived for some time with Isaac James . He then went to Holland , and married the daughter of Peter do Keyser , for whom he worked at his profession as carver in stone . Ho returned

to England , and was engaged in tho building of the Banqueting House , Whitehall . No doubt the sculpture , scrolls , and other ornaments in stone were of his work . In tho reign of Charles I . he obtained the patent appointment of Master Mason and Architect of the King's Works at Windsor Castle , & c , for which , saith tho document , " we do give him tho wages and fee of twelve pence by the

clay . " Nicholas Stone had threo sons , —Henry , Nicholas , and John . Henry , the eldest son , erected the monument for his father , mother and brother , and carried on , in conjunction with John , the business of statuary after his father ' s death , though Henry addicted himself chiefly to painting , and was an excellent copyist of Vandyke and the

Italian masters . Henry wrote a book , " Tho Third Part of the Art of Painting . " This artist continued to reside on the premises which had been his father ' s , namely , a house , garden , and workyard , situate in Long Acre , which was rented from tho crown at £ 10 per annum . Henry Stone died in 1653 , and was buried near his father , whore a monument was erected , and this epitaph written for him by his brother John : —

" To tho Memory of Henry Stone , of Long Acre , Painter and Statuary , who , having passed the greater part of thirty-seven years in Holland , France , and Italy , achieved a fair renown for his excellence in arts and languages , and departed this life on the 24 th of August , A . D . 1653 , and lyeth buried near the pulpit of this church . "

[ Hero follow some complimentary verses . ] " John Stone , to perfect his fraternal affection , erected this monument . " The last member of this family of artists was laid in the same church , and , to perpetuate their memory , their near kinsman added to the monumental inscription in the quaint style of the time—June ,

1699—Four rare Stones are gone , The father and three sons , "In memory of whom their near kinsman , Charles Stoakey , repaired this monument . "—Builder , 1859 .

THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL ON FREEMASONRY . THE atrocities of the "Liberals" of Liege on tho occasion of the Jubilee procession iu that city , have been more than rivalled by their " copatriots" in the old city of Ghent . Wo

learn that , as a body of Catholic citizens wero peacefully and solemnly performing the church visitations prescribed as portion of the conditions to bo fulfilled in order to gain the indulgence of tho Jubilee , they were brutally assailed by an impious mob , who saluted them , as

they passed along , with filthy jeers and the vilest of blasphemies , When they found that the processionists gave but little at ton . tiou to their curses and their insults , the ruffianly gang tried other and ruder means to break iu upon the holy proceedings . Stones were Hung at the Catholics , women were jostled out of tho ranks , mud was thrown at the banners , the priests were

insulted , and little children were heartlessly beaten and trampled under foot . Tho longings of the infidels and the secret society members in Belgium have at last been gratified , for blood has been shed aud a life has been lost iu testimony of their chivalrous doings . Tho record is , in truth , a painful one , but it is a boast and a glory to the " Liberals " of Belgium . Beyond all question , it is to the Masonic organization on

the Continent that the fearful responsibility of theoccurrences in Ghent must bo charged . That organisation reeks with hatred of Catholicity , and wherever it can , it shows it without stint and without concealment . Its agencies in Belgium are wide-spread and energetic . Ever since the promulgation of the Jubilee , its organs in tho Press have been ceaseless in their efforts to stir up tho popular passions

against the Catholics or the kingdom , and , unhappily , as the result has proved , they have not laboured at their iniquitous toil in vain . Hence the scenes the other day at Liege ; hence the blood at Ghent more recently still . It is useless to seek elsewhere than iu this secret , oath-bound , anathematised institution the origin of these infamous excesses . The Belgian Masons claim them as glories for the

Order , and point to them ns evidences of the zeal with which they carry out the ordinances of "the Brotherhood . " Whilst this is so , Catholics will not cease to look with abhorrence on tho organization in all its branches , and to recognise the wisdom of their Sovereign Pontiff in his fervent repetition of the denunciations with which , from the verv foundation of Masonrv , the Catholic Church never failed to visit it .

It makes no diftereuce to them that Emperors and Kings and Princes and Viceroys yield themselves captive to the fascination ( whatevei it be ) that has lured so many millions within the mystic enclosure . Tho presence of even such as these cannot elevate into a commendable organization an institution that has given birth to and has nurtured so many anti-Christian and anti-social revolutions and

excesses , aud Catholics will prefer to follow the teaching of their guides , rather than accepb the delusive persuasions of those whose most prominent characteristic is certainly not love of Catholicity . In the trials and persecutions which the Catholics of Belgium aro now so heroically and so patiently enduring from the Masonic Lodges of their brave and beautiful country , they may be assured that they

have the sympathy of the Catholics of Ireland , and that they have it none the less strongly because that the Catholics of Ireland have themselves suffered ; if not in the same way or to the same degree , at least quite as effectively in other ways and with very injurious results , from the operation of the same causes in their own Catholic ]& u <\ . —rFreeman ' s Journal , MthMay 1875 ,

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

AU Books intended for Eeview should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , 67 Barbican , E . C .

Bye-Laics of the Lodge of Industry , No . 48 ; held at Freemasons' Hall , West Street , Gateshead-on-Tyno . Newcastle-ou-Tyne : Smith and Son , Printers , & c , 43 Side .

WE shall always be happy to notice these little issues , especially when , as in this case , they combine a short history of the Lodge . It is evidence of Masonic interest when a Lodge has its archives , be they few or many , thoroughly ransacked , and a brief sketch compiled therefrom . Thecareerof Lodge No . 48 , though nota very eventful one , possesses much interest , as well for members of other Lodges as for

its own , and whoever has prepared the sketch now before us has done his work very modestly , but also very efficiently . " The precise date when this Lodge was founded "—we are quoting the writer ' s own words— " cannot now bo accurately ascertained , but there is good reason for believing that it existed as an operative Lodge , and in perfect working order , about tho time when the Grand

Lodge of England was resuscitated in 1717 . " Its meeting house was Swallwell , in Durham , about four miles from Gateshead , whither ib emigrated in 1845 . A tradition exists that the Lodge was founded by tho operative Masons , " who wero brought from tho south by Sir Abraham Crowley , who established his celebrated Foundry at Winlaton about A . D . 1690 . " But there is no evidence to support this

theory . Bo this as it may , however , the Lodge is an early one , as its rank betokens . The oldest minutes were bound up with a copy of the Constitutions , published in 1723 . These , with the war-rant and other valuable documents , were unfortunately lost before 1770 ; but the Minute Book was accidoiitly recovered by Bro . John Etridgo Wilkinson , who found it exhibited for sale ou a bookstall , and

forthwith purchased it , and presented it to the Lodge . This book contained a record of all the minutes , appointments of officers , & c , & c , the first entry , nnder date 29 th September 1725 , being to tho following effect : — "Then Matthew Armstrong and Bro . Douglass had their names registered as entered apprentices , " paying the sum of Is 6 d . The original warrant , we are told , was dated 24 th June 1735 ,

tho number of the Lodge being then 132 ; bnt this having been lost , a Charter of Confirmation was granted in October 1771 , by the G . W . the Duke of Beaufort , and this is still extant . From No . 132 in 1735 it rose to be No . 117 in 1740 , 72 iu 1756 , 61 in 1770 , 48 iu 1781 , 44 in 1792 , 64 in 1813 , iu consequence of the Union , when it was laid down that the modern and ancient Lodges should rank

alternately , according to their order on tho respective Grand Lodge Rolls —No . 56 in 1832 , and 48 in 1863 , which last rank it still retains . Iu 1867 , application was made to M . W . G . M . tho late Earl of Zetland , for permission to wear a centenary medal , and permission was unhesitatingly accorded . Among tho minutes it is recorded that , from 1743 to 1763 , tho brethren

annually elected a Prov . Grand Master , claiming tho privilege from a Charter granted iu 1734 by G . M . the Earl of Cr . iwford . It is doubtful , however , whether these powers were justly exercised , at all events they were superseded by tho revised constitutions of 1767 , when Lord Blayney was G . M . In 1815 tho Lodge had dwindled to

but a small number of members , and it was therefore resolved to remove the Lodge to Gateshead , since when it has remained in a most flourishing state . In 1867 steps were taken to erect a Masonic Hall , the building being completed in 1869 , ou tho 22 nd March , in which year tho first meeting was held , when Bro . John Stokoo P . M . was elected W . M . The Lodge room is handsome and well-appointi'd , and contains some beautiful Scngliola Pillars , presented by tho End of

Durham . After this sketch follows a List of W . M . ' n , tho present occupant of the throne being Bro . Rd . Gregory . Then comes the bye-laws which do not differ materially from those of other Lodges . We cordially wish the Lodge of Industry all prosperity , and we repeat the hope expressed at tho outset of this noiice that other of our older Ledges may follow the good example presented by this Lodge , and also by Bro . Constable of tho Lodge of Tranquillity No . 185 .

Magazines Of The Month.

MAGAZINES OF THE MONTH .

Blade wood is , if possible , richer than usual this month iu tho excellence of its contents . Tho relations between labour and capital aro hardly a question into which it is competent for us to enter , but no one who reads carefully , as they des < TVO to be , ' the " Thoughts about British Workmen , Past and Present , " will fail to appreciate the

value of this paper . Part of " the mlemma , contains au admirable scene of a Steeple-cha < - 'o , iu which the young subaltern Yorko distinguishes himself , though he ' docs not win . The feelings ui' Yorke towards Miss Cunningham are daily becoming more pronounced , and ho is risiiiL' into notice anion '' the snnorior officers on the station . The

inspection , too , of a N " . I . Regiment , is well described , the unfortunate major getting himself moss wofuliy befogged , aud his regiment into inextricable confusion , when endeavouring to form square . The remarks on " Bits and Bearing-reins , " and the insanity , not to say cruelly of nsing them , are marked by gi oat judgment-. The relations between" Franco and Gevmany , " form the subject oi iho political article , aud there is a dry , but to fiiusn . i r .=-, no doubt , a most interesting

contribution on " Banking , < £ c ., and Mr . ( Josche : i ' s Hill . " About the best aiticle , however—at all events the one , we fancy , which will liud most readers—is that , on " Polar M \ - |> iorntiou . " We refer elsewhere to the Expedition which left Portsmouth en Saturday last , and as now-adaya it is the fashion to know every thin . :, ' , every one for the next two or three years will aim at being an authority uu Arctic Voyaging . Any of our readers who may have the feeling cannot do better than begin their course of preparation , by studying this