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A Stroll In Barbican And Its Vicinity.
" Milo the Cretonian , An ox slew with his fist , And ate it np at ono meal , To Godrf , what a glorious twist !" At No . 134 , on the west side of tho street , a board over tho two shops comprised in it announces " This was Shakespeare ' s House , "
but there is , says Mr . Walter Thornbury , no evidence whatever , documentary or traditional , of tho truth of tho assertion . On the sn-nv side is tho well-known " Albion Hotel , " so famous for its recherche dinners , and frequented by many Masonic Lodges . whilo in 1830 , thei-p stood the Half Moon Tavern , tho resort of wits iu Charles II . 's time . Among tho streets leading out of Aldersgate-street , must be
mentioned Little Britain , presumed to have been so named from the Earls of Brittany having lodged there . Here was published Milton's great work Paradise Lost . Ifc lay unnoticed on the stalls for a length of time , till the Earl of Dorset , chancing upon it , took ifc np , and having read some passages here and thero , sent ittoDryden , who returned it , saying , "This man cuts ns all ont , and the ancients too . "
The thoroughfare was famous for its old booksellers , and as the hannt of learned book-hunters . In Noble-street , in tho days of Shakespeare , lived Serjeant Fleet , Recorder of London , and subsequently in the samo honso , Robert Tiehborne , Lord Mayor 1657 , one of those who signed Charles the First ' s death warrant , and who was executed with Harrison and others at tlie Restoration . Tho Old Castle
and Falcon Inn stood near tho old Gate . Jewin-street , another of the Aldersgate-street tributaries , anciently called Leyresfowe , was granted by Edward I . to William de Montoforte , Dean of St . Paul ' s . For many centuries , this was tho one place of interment allowed to tho Jews of London , till in the reign of Henry II . they obtained leave to buy local graveyards . Stow describes this street as being in his day ,
full of " fair garden plots and summer-houses for pleasure . " Of other streets in the neghbourhood , what is now Miiton-sfcreefc was the once famous Grub-street , whore so many poetasters and literary hacks eked out a living as best they could . In Monkwell-streefc stood Barber-Surgeons' Hall , the first building is said to have dated from Edward IV ., aud the second was erected by Inigo Jones in 1 G 36 .
Afc tho npper end of this street stood Lambo's Almshouses , the founder being a clothworker who was a gentleman of Henry VIII . ' s chapel , whoso benefactions were vary considerable . As in the course of our fanciful perambulations wo havo traversed parts of tho Ward of Cripplegate , a brief mention of St . Giles's , Cripplegate , will not be amiss . Ifc is tho successor of ono built
twenty-four years after tho Norman conquest . Matilda , Queen of Henry I ., had founded a brotherhood there , dedicated to St . Mary and St . Giles . The church suffered greatly by lire in 1515 , after which it was repaired and partially rebuilt . It has also since undergone repairs at other times—1623 , 1621 , 1629 , and again in 170 L Ifc escaped the ravages of tho Great Fire and contains many old
monuments , though tho couflagationof 1515 , already mentioned , destroyed mosfc of the ancient ones . It has a peal of twelve bells , besides one in tho turret , and is one of tho few London churches which can boast a set of chimes , said to have been constructed by a poor working man . Among those whoso remains lie interred in this church must be enumerated John Speed the learned topographical writer ,
who died 1629 ; Foxe , tlie inartrrologist , who died 1587 ; a granddaughter of Sir Thomas Lucy , Shakespeare ' s persecutor , whom the great poet has immortalised as Justice Shallow , and a daughter of the same ignoble knight . ; Sir Martin Frobishcr , one of our earliest Arctic explorers , and also one of Elizabeth ' s captain ' s who fought so gallantly against tho Armada ; the great John Milton , who died 1674 ,
and his father John Milton deceased 1616 ; and Dr . William Bnlleyn , a noted herbalist aud physician , temp . Elizabeth . In the parish register of St . Giles ' s will bo found tlie record of the marriage of Oliver Cromwell afterwards Lord High Protector with Mistress Ann Bourchier , on 22 nd August 1620 , Oliver being then iu his twentyfirst year .
Of course , it were quite possible for us to go ou wandering about in a region so rich in historic memories ; but we have gone far enough already , and having trotted " promiscuously" along fcho streets in the immediate neighbourhood , under the guidance of such learned persons as Stowe , Strype , Walter Thornbury , & c ., & c , we are becoming sensible thafc tho demands of our " inner man" may not , with
due regard to health and comfort , bo much longer resisted . We therefore hasten our steps towards Australian Avetine , in order that we may secure at Bro . Harrison ' s excellent restaurant one of his juiciest of steaks , and wash it down with a tankard of his best October , or if tho taste suit us better , with a glass or two of that particular " seal " which he knows on occasion to produce from tho
inmost depths of his well-stored cellar . Hunger apart , we go to this particular hostelry for many reasons . We know from experience thafc we shall have all wo can possibly desire in tho way of food and good liquor to wash it down with . Wo know ifc will bo well and speedily served ; that Bro . It . T . Barrett , who is the directing genius of the establishment , and well known to Crippletoniaus , will exert
himself to minister to our wants ; that the room iu which we shall be accommodated is suitably furnished , with an air of real comfort abont it , and but little show ; that the attendants will be civil and obliging ; thafc the plate , glass , and linen will be clean and of excellent quality ; and lastly , that the charges of our host will be moderate . Comfort , good victnals , and civility are to be bad afc the
George Restaurant . Those who want more than this , or other than this , must go elsewhere . All we can add to these few words of praise , worthily bestowed , is the hope that host Harrison will find his untiring efforts to oblige his customers and meet their every wish will have the reward " they merit , in the shape of good custom and plenty of it .
Brave hearts do not p . oss through a conflict nnaicled , and often a passing shelter is provided into which they may creep until the worst ia over .
Quarterly Communication Of Grand Lodge.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION OF GRAND LODGE .
r pHE Quarterly Communication of Graud Lodgo was held ou Wed-L nesday . General Brownrigg , in the absence of the Grand Master , Pro Grand Master , and Depufcv Grand Mnstov , took tho Grand Master ' s throne , having Bro . Richard Giddv as Deputy Grand Master , Bro . Samuel Rawson as Past Grand Master , Captain Piatt as Senior Grand Warden , and Sir Hareourfc Johnstone , M . P ., as Junior Grand Warden . The attendance of brethren was
' arge . On tho motion of tho acting Grand Master the following resolutions wore carried : — 1 st . To repeal Articles 2 ancl 3 , page 35 of the Book of Consfcitufcions . 2 nd . To substitute for them the following , v ' z .: — " All monies belonging to tho Grnml Lodgo shall bo depisffoi in tho Bank of
England in tho names of the Grand or Pro Grand Master , tho Deputy Grand Master , and tho Grand Treasurer . Tho duties of the Grand Treasurer shall bo to keep a general supervision of thr » accounts , to sign cheques , which must bo countersigned by the Grand Secretary for all monies duly voted by fche Grand Lodge , and generally to assist and advise fche trustees and executive Officers
in the duo and faithful administration of tho funds of tho Fraternity . The accounts shall be annually audited by the professional auditor to he appointed by fcho Grand Master pursuant to a resolution passed in Grand Lodge on the 23 rd June 1859 . " Bro . Havers P . G . W . iu moving " thafc this Grand Lodge approves of and confirms the proceedings of the Grand Master in ordering
a revision of the returns made by tho scrutineers of members returned as elected to serve on the Board of General Purposes in June last , and in acting ou such amended return , thus unseating throo brethren who had been declared to have been duly elected , and who wero nofc so elected , and restoring to their rightful seats three brethren who bad been duly elected and were deprived of their
seats by tho falsification of the returns , " said tho brethren would permit him for a moment to take a brief retrospect of this very unheard of proceeding . Nofc within tho memory of tho oldest man present had any scandal so grave , so outrageous , been known . One wonld hardly have imagined thafc a man bold in good repnfco should , after taking a solemn obligation before the G . Master and assembled
brethren to make an honest , true and faithful return , for the purpose of serving a friend , so havo falsified the return as to oust three mosfc respectable members of G . Lodge aud return others who held tho lowest number of votes as having the highest . Tho G . Lodge would agree thab ifc was the duty of the Grand Master to act ; for his Grand Lodgo in such an emergency , and save ifc from tho consequences of so grave an
error . He thought Graud Lodge might go further . Tho Grand Master had acted with tho greatest promptitude , so that there had been no delay , and when the timo for the meeting of tho Board of General Purposes came , tho proper members were summoned to attend . ITo would , therefore , venture with tho approval of . Grand Lodgo to add to his motion , "Thafc this Grand Lodsre
expresses its thanks to the Grand Master for his prompt aud energetic action , by which speedy justice has been dono and a grave scandal corrected . " He could nofc help condoling with Grand Lodgo on this very groat scandal . Ho took ifc to bo a public calamity . Ho regretted exceedingly tho severe punishment that had been inflicted on a man who had been held in considerable
reptxto among the brethren for many years , who was an old Grand Officer , and who had been a member of tho Board of General Purposes for twenty years . He thought the punishment mosfc severe , bnt he felt bound to say he thought ifc most just . Ho was not sure that a man guilty of such conduct onghfc to be longer tolerated among them ; but ho thought ifc well to temper justice
with mercy . He pitied tho man , bnfc at the samo time ho was glad an example had been made of him . The Board of General Purposes deserved credit for tho manly and upright way in wbich they had performed a most painful duty . Thero was reason to fear that this was not tho first time such an occurrence as the brother punished had been guilty of had happened ; but ho trusted
that steps would bo taken to prevent such a thing happening again . Bro . Mclntyre , Q . C ., in seconding tho motion , heartily concurred in everything that Bro . Havers had said , and felt confident that while fche brethren woro sorry for the punishment awarded , they were still more sorry the punishment should have been deserved . The motion was carried , and Grand Lodge shortly afterwards was closed in form .
The s . s . Devoma , ou board which vessel were Bros . Meyer , Sutter , and others of the Mary Commandery Pilgrimage , arrived at Kew York on 1 st September , all well .
The arrangements which are being made by the brethren of Northampton for successfully carrying out the consecration of the Eleanor Cross Lodge , on the 17 th inst ., are of the most complete character . They have secured the assistance of two important members of the Craft to
perform the ceremonies . Bro . Terry J . G . Warden of Herts , and Secretary of the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Institution , having undertaken that of Consecration , and
Bro . Butler Wilkins , the Deputy Grand Master of the province of Norths and Hunts , that oF Installation . We can only repeat our good wishes of last month , and hope it will be our pleasure to record for many years the doings of this new Lodge ,
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A Stroll In Barbican And Its Vicinity.
" Milo the Cretonian , An ox slew with his fist , And ate it np at ono meal , To Godrf , what a glorious twist !" At No . 134 , on the west side of tho street , a board over tho two shops comprised in it announces " This was Shakespeare ' s House , "
but there is , says Mr . Walter Thornbury , no evidence whatever , documentary or traditional , of tho truth of tho assertion . On the sn-nv side is tho well-known " Albion Hotel , " so famous for its recherche dinners , and frequented by many Masonic Lodges . whilo in 1830 , thei-p stood the Half Moon Tavern , tho resort of wits iu Charles II . 's time . Among tho streets leading out of Aldersgate-street , must be
mentioned Little Britain , presumed to have been so named from the Earls of Brittany having lodged there . Here was published Milton's great work Paradise Lost . Ifc lay unnoticed on the stalls for a length of time , till the Earl of Dorset , chancing upon it , took ifc np , and having read some passages here and thero , sent ittoDryden , who returned it , saying , "This man cuts ns all ont , and the ancients too . "
The thoroughfare was famous for its old booksellers , and as the hannt of learned book-hunters . In Noble-street , in tho days of Shakespeare , lived Serjeant Fleet , Recorder of London , and subsequently in the samo honso , Robert Tiehborne , Lord Mayor 1657 , one of those who signed Charles the First ' s death warrant , and who was executed with Harrison and others at tlie Restoration . Tho Old Castle
and Falcon Inn stood near tho old Gate . Jewin-street , another of the Aldersgate-street tributaries , anciently called Leyresfowe , was granted by Edward I . to William de Montoforte , Dean of St . Paul ' s . For many centuries , this was tho one place of interment allowed to tho Jews of London , till in the reign of Henry II . they obtained leave to buy local graveyards . Stow describes this street as being in his day ,
full of " fair garden plots and summer-houses for pleasure . " Of other streets in the neghbourhood , what is now Miiton-sfcreefc was the once famous Grub-street , whore so many poetasters and literary hacks eked out a living as best they could . In Monkwell-streefc stood Barber-Surgeons' Hall , the first building is said to have dated from Edward IV ., aud the second was erected by Inigo Jones in 1 G 36 .
Afc tho npper end of this street stood Lambo's Almshouses , the founder being a clothworker who was a gentleman of Henry VIII . ' s chapel , whoso benefactions were vary considerable . As in the course of our fanciful perambulations wo havo traversed parts of tho Ward of Cripplegate , a brief mention of St . Giles's , Cripplegate , will not be amiss . Ifc is tho successor of ono built
twenty-four years after tho Norman conquest . Matilda , Queen of Henry I ., had founded a brotherhood there , dedicated to St . Mary and St . Giles . The church suffered greatly by lire in 1515 , after which it was repaired and partially rebuilt . It has also since undergone repairs at other times—1623 , 1621 , 1629 , and again in 170 L Ifc escaped the ravages of tho Great Fire and contains many old
monuments , though tho couflagationof 1515 , already mentioned , destroyed mosfc of the ancient ones . It has a peal of twelve bells , besides one in tho turret , and is one of tho few London churches which can boast a set of chimes , said to have been constructed by a poor working man . Among those whoso remains lie interred in this church must be enumerated John Speed the learned topographical writer ,
who died 1629 ; Foxe , tlie inartrrologist , who died 1587 ; a granddaughter of Sir Thomas Lucy , Shakespeare ' s persecutor , whom the great poet has immortalised as Justice Shallow , and a daughter of the same ignoble knight . ; Sir Martin Frobishcr , one of our earliest Arctic explorers , and also one of Elizabeth ' s captain ' s who fought so gallantly against tho Armada ; the great John Milton , who died 1674 ,
and his father John Milton deceased 1616 ; and Dr . William Bnlleyn , a noted herbalist aud physician , temp . Elizabeth . In the parish register of St . Giles ' s will bo found tlie record of the marriage of Oliver Cromwell afterwards Lord High Protector with Mistress Ann Bourchier , on 22 nd August 1620 , Oliver being then iu his twentyfirst year .
Of course , it were quite possible for us to go ou wandering about in a region so rich in historic memories ; but we have gone far enough already , and having trotted " promiscuously" along fcho streets in the immediate neighbourhood , under the guidance of such learned persons as Stowe , Strype , Walter Thornbury , & c ., & c , we are becoming sensible thafc tho demands of our " inner man" may not , with
due regard to health and comfort , bo much longer resisted . We therefore hasten our steps towards Australian Avetine , in order that we may secure at Bro . Harrison ' s excellent restaurant one of his juiciest of steaks , and wash it down with a tankard of his best October , or if tho taste suit us better , with a glass or two of that particular " seal " which he knows on occasion to produce from tho
inmost depths of his well-stored cellar . Hunger apart , we go to this particular hostelry for many reasons . We know from experience thafc we shall have all wo can possibly desire in tho way of food and good liquor to wash it down with . Wo know ifc will bo well and speedily served ; that Bro . It . T . Barrett , who is the directing genius of the establishment , and well known to Crippletoniaus , will exert
himself to minister to our wants ; that the room iu which we shall be accommodated is suitably furnished , with an air of real comfort abont it , and but little show ; that the attendants will be civil and obliging ; thafc the plate , glass , and linen will be clean and of excellent quality ; and lastly , that the charges of our host will be moderate . Comfort , good victnals , and civility are to be bad afc the
George Restaurant . Those who want more than this , or other than this , must go elsewhere . All we can add to these few words of praise , worthily bestowed , is the hope that host Harrison will find his untiring efforts to oblige his customers and meet their every wish will have the reward " they merit , in the shape of good custom and plenty of it .
Brave hearts do not p . oss through a conflict nnaicled , and often a passing shelter is provided into which they may creep until the worst ia over .
Quarterly Communication Of Grand Lodge.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION OF GRAND LODGE .
r pHE Quarterly Communication of Graud Lodgo was held ou Wed-L nesday . General Brownrigg , in the absence of the Grand Master , Pro Grand Master , and Depufcv Grand Mnstov , took tho Grand Master ' s throne , having Bro . Richard Giddv as Deputy Grand Master , Bro . Samuel Rawson as Past Grand Master , Captain Piatt as Senior Grand Warden , and Sir Hareourfc Johnstone , M . P ., as Junior Grand Warden . The attendance of brethren was
' arge . On tho motion of tho acting Grand Master the following resolutions wore carried : — 1 st . To repeal Articles 2 ancl 3 , page 35 of the Book of Consfcitufcions . 2 nd . To substitute for them the following , v ' z .: — " All monies belonging to tho Grnml Lodgo shall bo depisffoi in tho Bank of
England in tho names of the Grand or Pro Grand Master , tho Deputy Grand Master , and tho Grand Treasurer . Tho duties of the Grand Treasurer shall bo to keep a general supervision of thr » accounts , to sign cheques , which must bo countersigned by the Grand Secretary for all monies duly voted by fche Grand Lodge , and generally to assist and advise fche trustees and executive Officers
in the duo and faithful administration of tho funds of tho Fraternity . The accounts shall be annually audited by the professional auditor to he appointed by fcho Grand Master pursuant to a resolution passed in Grand Lodge on the 23 rd June 1859 . " Bro . Havers P . G . W . iu moving " thafc this Grand Lodge approves of and confirms the proceedings of the Grand Master in ordering
a revision of the returns made by tho scrutineers of members returned as elected to serve on the Board of General Purposes in June last , and in acting ou such amended return , thus unseating throo brethren who had been declared to have been duly elected , and who wero nofc so elected , and restoring to their rightful seats three brethren who bad been duly elected and were deprived of their
seats by tho falsification of the returns , " said tho brethren would permit him for a moment to take a brief retrospect of this very unheard of proceeding . Nofc within tho memory of tho oldest man present had any scandal so grave , so outrageous , been known . One wonld hardly have imagined thafc a man bold in good repnfco should , after taking a solemn obligation before the G . Master and assembled
brethren to make an honest , true and faithful return , for the purpose of serving a friend , so havo falsified the return as to oust three mosfc respectable members of G . Lodge aud return others who held tho lowest number of votes as having the highest . Tho G . Lodge would agree thab ifc was the duty of the Grand Master to act ; for his Grand Lodgo in such an emergency , and save ifc from tho consequences of so grave an
error . He thought Graud Lodge might go further . Tho Grand Master had acted with tho greatest promptitude , so that there had been no delay , and when the timo for the meeting of tho Board of General Purposes came , tho proper members were summoned to attend . ITo would , therefore , venture with tho approval of . Grand Lodgo to add to his motion , "Thafc this Grand Lodsre
expresses its thanks to the Grand Master for his prompt aud energetic action , by which speedy justice has been dono and a grave scandal corrected . " He could nofc help condoling with Grand Lodgo on this very groat scandal . Ho took ifc to bo a public calamity . Ho regretted exceedingly tho severe punishment that had been inflicted on a man who had been held in considerable
reptxto among the brethren for many years , who was an old Grand Officer , and who had been a member of tho Board of General Purposes for twenty years . He thought the punishment mosfc severe , bnt he felt bound to say he thought ifc most just . Ho was not sure that a man guilty of such conduct onghfc to be longer tolerated among them ; but ho thought ifc well to temper justice
with mercy . He pitied tho man , bnfc at the samo time ho was glad an example had been made of him . The Board of General Purposes deserved credit for tho manly and upright way in wbich they had performed a most painful duty . Thero was reason to fear that this was not tho first time such an occurrence as the brother punished had been guilty of had happened ; but ho trusted
that steps would bo taken to prevent such a thing happening again . Bro . Mclntyre , Q . C ., in seconding tho motion , heartily concurred in everything that Bro . Havers had said , and felt confident that while fche brethren woro sorry for the punishment awarded , they were still more sorry the punishment should have been deserved . The motion was carried , and Grand Lodge shortly afterwards was closed in form .
The s . s . Devoma , ou board which vessel were Bros . Meyer , Sutter , and others of the Mary Commandery Pilgrimage , arrived at Kew York on 1 st September , all well .
The arrangements which are being made by the brethren of Northampton for successfully carrying out the consecration of the Eleanor Cross Lodge , on the 17 th inst ., are of the most complete character . They have secured the assistance of two important members of the Craft to
perform the ceremonies . Bro . Terry J . G . Warden of Herts , and Secretary of the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Institution , having undertaken that of Consecration , and
Bro . Butler Wilkins , the Deputy Grand Master of the province of Norths and Hunts , that oF Installation . We can only repeat our good wishes of last month , and hope it will be our pleasure to record for many years the doings of this new Lodge ,