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All Books intended for Review should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason's Chronicle , 07 Barbican , E . C . Early History and Transactions of the Grand Lodge of Free and
Accepted Masons of the State of New York , 1781-1815 . Part IX . Published by authority of the Grand Lodge . Granted to Kane Lodge , No . 454 , Juno 1874 . New York : Masonic and Miscellaneous Publishers , No . 2 Bleecker-street : D . Sickels and Co ., Managers . 1876 . PURSUING our analysis of tho Proceedings , wo find that on the 5 th December 1810 . the Committo appointed on the previous March to visit the different Lodges in New York city and regulate their work with a view to produce uniformity , reported that , after repeated meetings and discussions , they had come to the persuasion that there was no likelihood whatever of their delivering a satisfactory report ,
and accordingly thoy begged to be discharged . It was therefore agreed that the Committee he discharged , but , at the same time , it was arranged that the snbjeot bo referred to the Grand Officers , with full power to prescribe and enforce such regulations as they may think desirable . The Committee on unpublished resolutions likewise delivered a report , which was accepted and ordered to be
filed . At the meeting on the 11 th March 1811 , we note the case of a brother who was restored to his rights as a Mason , though not to his seat in the Lodge of which he was a member . On the same occasion an application by the proprietors and editor of the Masons ' Magazine and General Miscellany , about to be published in Phila . delphia , requesting Grand Lodgo to furnish to them such charges ,
addresses odes , songs , « c , as might be deemed worthy of publi . cation , was referred to the Grand Secretary , with instructions to comply with the reqnest . At the Grand Stewards' Lodge , on the 29 th May of the same year , the petition of an insolvent debtor confined in prison for assistance " to enable him to get the benefit , of the Insolvent Act" was referred to a committee , with
power to afford him such relief as they might think fi . On the 5 th June the M . W . G . M . the Hon . De Witt Clinton and other Grand Officers were re-elected . A report on the funds of the Grand Lodgo was likewise presented . There was also read a communication from the Grand Lodge r > f Pennsylvania " requesting the honour of the company of the Grand Officers at the consecration of the r ew ball , and at their Grand Masonic banquet on the 20 th June instant , " to
which a respectful answer was directed to be sent . We note , further , that " a circular letter from a committee of correspondence of the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of North Carolina and Tennessee , on the subject of a National Grand Lodge , " was read , and referred to certain brethren . Disapprobation was also expressed at a sum of money being handed over " for the payment of a lecturer" l > v a Lodge when it was in arrear as to its dues . The
Grj'nd Seciefc ry having expressed doubts ,: whether he ought to grant certificates to brethren who wero made by dispensations , and were not members of tne Lodge in which they were made , " the subject was referred to a committee . Other business having been discharged , and communications from the Grand Lodges of England and New Hampshire having been rend , the Lodge was closed . The finances of
Grand Lodge occupied its attention on the 4 th September , after which the Comm'fctee a'pointed to o > nsi ' er ihe question of certificates granted to peisuns under dispensation reportpd that they saw no reason why any alteration shonld be made . Afc this meeting , also , the Grand Lndgo School Committee delivered a report as to the progress of the children under their superintendence . On the 16 th
October it was resolved that everyone , with the exception of Grand Officers and Proxies , who claimed a seat in Grand Lodge , shonld produce to the Grand Secretary a certificate exhibiting the nature of bis claim . The ConvmHteeon the subject of a National Grand Lodge reported that , as they had not had submitted to them any advantages that would result from such a proposition , and as they saw none
likely to result , they thought that Grand Lodge shonld not appoint delegates , and the report was accepted . A very silly question was then determined , namely , that a person with a stiff knee was not ineligible to be received into the ranks of Masonry . A resolution of thanks to Bro . William Cocks , Grand Treasurer , and a jewel , not to exceed in cost one hundred dollars , having been voted , the Lodgo ivag
closed . On the 4 th December , Bro . Sampson Simson was elected Grand Tvta nrer , n si ccefs ' on to Bro . William Cocks , resigned . A communication from a Naples Lodge was not entertained till it had been first ascertained that the Lodge in question had been duly confiti'U'ed " under the anih-rity of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Masons . " Vacancies were also reported by the School
Committee , and that the children were making satisfactory progress . The Committee on fiscal concerns made a report , and also another , at an Emergency Meeting of Grand Lodge , held on the 11 th of the same month . Ou the 4 th March , 1812 , in the School Committee Report , it was announced that there were forty-five pupils in the school , and four vacancies , and , further , that the children had
made excellent progress , and great praise was due to the teacher for the order and regularity he maintained . On the 3 rd June , 1812 , Bro . De Witt Clinton and his Principal Grand Officers were re-elected , after which the Deputy G . M . presented Bro . W . Cocks , Past Grand Treasurer , with the jewel previously voted to him . A petition for a Warrant for a new Lodge having been refused , on the ground that the recommending Lodges had not paid np their dues , the Committee of
Grand Stewards' Lodge , appointed to consider the financial condition of Grand Lodge having delivered their report , and communications from the Grand Lodges of Vermont and Ohio having been read and ordered to be filed , Grand Lodge was closed with the customary formalities . On the 2 nd September , sundry petitions for new warrants were disposed of , and communications from the Grand Lodges of Maryland and England and were read and ordered to be filed . A Grand Lodge of Emergency was , held on the 13 th November , ia
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order thr . fc tlio intelligence of the death of Past Grand Treasurer W . Cocks , might be formally communicated . In order to testify to tho respect duo to that worthy brother , it was determined to bury him with full Masonio honours , and a Committee was thereupon appointed to make the needful arrangements . At the meeting on the 2 nd December letters from the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania and
New Jersey on the snbjeot of initiating sojourners by virtue of a dispensation , " wore referred to a Committee . " Subsequently , at the name meeting , an informal report from the Grand Lodge Free School Committee having been handed in , ifc was resolved to continue the Committee appointed to report a plan for the extension of the school . On tho 3 rd of March 3813 , after considering the state .
ment of accounts of tho School Fund , Grand Lodgo on receipt of report as to the initiation of sojourners resolved that no candidates should be initiated till they had satisfied the Lodgo as to the propriety of thoir antecedents . The question of increasing or reducing the nnmber of Grand Deacons and Grand Stewards was referred for consideration , and the report was to be
brought up at the next meeting of Grand Lodge . On the 2 nd June occurred the annnal elections , the majority of the Grand Officers , including the Grand Master , being reelected . Petitions for warrants were referred , and communications from the Grand Lodges of Pennsylvania and Virginia , were read and ordered to filed . It is noteworthy that at the meeting of the 1 st September , Lodge La Sincerite
No . 122 , finding it impossible , owing to the absence of many of its members to hold its regular meetings , prayed it mighfc discontinue tho same till it could collect a sufficient number , and the prayer was granted . Ifc was likewise resolved thafc , in the event of the honour of a public funeral being accorded to the gallant Captain Laurence , measures should bo taken for tho Masonio Lodges to join in the pro .
cession . It is doubtless in tho recollection of our readers , that Capt . Laurence died gallantly fighting for his country in a certain memorable action at sea . Tho last minute of any importance will be found amongst those relating to tho Grand Lodge held on the 1 st December , and describes very circumstantially , the appearance of a Masonio impostor who is , of courso , very properly denounced . We havo omitted to draw attention to ono record . Three brethren , passengers on board
the British brig Peacock , wore found to be in snch a destitute condi . tion , fcbnt twenty dollars were nt once disbursed on their account , and further forty-eight dollars were promised to be paid . The Grand Steward ' s Lodgo unanimously endorsed this liberal action of the Committee of Charity , and ordered tho draft for the latter amount to he at once honoured by the Grand Treasurer . This concludes our notice of the 9 th part , which terminates somewhat abruptly in the middle of a statement of accounts .
IN Cafsell ' s Family Magazine the two serial stories " Paul Knox Pitman , " and " My Guardian , " progress most favourably . Paul is bping fashioned into a splendid character , and May is simply delight , fill . Then there are directions , " How to become an Engineer in the Eoyal Navy " and hints bv Phillis Browne , " How we made both ends meet . " A Chat about Coffee " is in the highest degree interesting ,
while " A story about Twonty Pounds " is capitally told , though ifc is n pity Staining is not , spared to make amends for his misdeed . "A Kaffir Sham-fight" takes us back to the visit to South Africa iu 1860 of the Duke of Edinburgh , then Prince Alfred , aud there is a very good review by Mr . Arthur Arnold of "Mr . Mackenzie Wallace ' s sojourn in Russia . " Tho notes on "Gardening in March" are
excellent , as nsual ; indeed , we do not know where better information more lucidly compiled is to be found . The ladies will , as a matter of course , be pleased with the paper on " Art Needlework for Ladiei , " and " Chit . Chat on Dress , " and they will likewise find much to interest them among the notes culled by " the Gatherer . " A Family Doctor pursues his plan of tendering profitable advice , and in the current nnmber gives " Seasonable Advice for the Spring Months . "
Mr . RiVhard Proctor explains in a clear and comprehensive manner , " How Great Storms Arise , " and as the weather during the last few months has been of a stormier character than usual , it will probably be a consolation to our readers to know why this has been the case . We have enumerated nearly all the contents of the March number , but bare enumeration conveys only a very indifferent idea of its merits .
We notice m the Leisure Hour the continuation of several previous papers . The serial , "A Young Wife ' s Story , " is , of course , among the number , and in addition we have noted Nos . III . and IV . of Miss Isabella Bird ' s "Australia Felix : Impressions of Victoria , " and Mr . E . Paxton Hood's " The Great Smith Family . Lineal and Collateral . " " Cable-Laying in tho Tropica " is interesting , and so , too , is the
account of a " Sale of Rare Books in New York . " Those who have read tho account of Mr . Margary's Journey through China to the Burmese Frontier will fully appreciate the brief biographical sketch of him contained in these pages . It is necessarily brief , bufc opportunity has been taken to bring prominently forward tho excel , lent qualities by which Mr . Margary was distinguished . Immediately
following this is a sketch of "The Rainbow Coffee House , Fleet , street , " which has recently disappeared , and of "A Winter's Night on a Locomotive j" and considering the prominence that has been given during the last four years to the subject of window gardening , we have read with as much pleasure as profit tho article on " Window and Balcony Gardens . " "Cyclones and Cyclone-Waves" is another
instrnctive paper , while in the way of art contribution , we have remarked a notice of the " Winter Exhibition at the Royal Academy . " The illustrations are numerous , and to be highly cominendedj especially "Anxious Mothers , " which serves as the "Frontispiece . " The illustrations in Part 7 of the Countries of the World are well
executed . Among the most interesting are those of " The First House erected in Quebec , " the " View of Quebec , " and " The Monu . ment to Wolfe afc Quebec . " That of " An Old Squaw pounding wild Cherries" is capital . Of Dr . Brown ' s narrative we need say little beyond what we have laid already . Let those read ifc who would gauge its merits .
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All Books intended for Review should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason's Chronicle , 07 Barbican , E . C . Early History and Transactions of the Grand Lodge of Free and
Accepted Masons of the State of New York , 1781-1815 . Part IX . Published by authority of the Grand Lodge . Granted to Kane Lodge , No . 454 , Juno 1874 . New York : Masonic and Miscellaneous Publishers , No . 2 Bleecker-street : D . Sickels and Co ., Managers . 1876 . PURSUING our analysis of tho Proceedings , wo find that on the 5 th December 1810 . the Committo appointed on the previous March to visit the different Lodges in New York city and regulate their work with a view to produce uniformity , reported that , after repeated meetings and discussions , they had come to the persuasion that there was no likelihood whatever of their delivering a satisfactory report ,
and accordingly thoy begged to be discharged . It was therefore agreed that the Committee he discharged , but , at the same time , it was arranged that the snbjeot bo referred to the Grand Officers , with full power to prescribe and enforce such regulations as they may think desirable . The Committee on unpublished resolutions likewise delivered a report , which was accepted and ordered to be
filed . At the meeting on the 11 th March 1811 , we note the case of a brother who was restored to his rights as a Mason , though not to his seat in the Lodge of which he was a member . On the same occasion an application by the proprietors and editor of the Masons ' Magazine and General Miscellany , about to be published in Phila . delphia , requesting Grand Lodgo to furnish to them such charges ,
addresses odes , songs , « c , as might be deemed worthy of publi . cation , was referred to the Grand Secretary , with instructions to comply with the reqnest . At the Grand Stewards' Lodge , on the 29 th May of the same year , the petition of an insolvent debtor confined in prison for assistance " to enable him to get the benefit , of the Insolvent Act" was referred to a committee , with
power to afford him such relief as they might think fi . On the 5 th June the M . W . G . M . the Hon . De Witt Clinton and other Grand Officers were re-elected . A report on the funds of the Grand Lodgo was likewise presented . There was also read a communication from the Grand Lodge r > f Pennsylvania " requesting the honour of the company of the Grand Officers at the consecration of the r ew ball , and at their Grand Masonic banquet on the 20 th June instant , " to
which a respectful answer was directed to be sent . We note , further , that " a circular letter from a committee of correspondence of the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of North Carolina and Tennessee , on the subject of a National Grand Lodge , " was read , and referred to certain brethren . Disapprobation was also expressed at a sum of money being handed over " for the payment of a lecturer" l > v a Lodge when it was in arrear as to its dues . The
Grj'nd Seciefc ry having expressed doubts ,: whether he ought to grant certificates to brethren who wero made by dispensations , and were not members of tne Lodge in which they were made , " the subject was referred to a committee . Other business having been discharged , and communications from the Grand Lodges of England and New Hampshire having been rend , the Lodge was closed . The finances of
Grand Lodge occupied its attention on the 4 th September , after which the Comm'fctee a'pointed to o > nsi ' er ihe question of certificates granted to peisuns under dispensation reportpd that they saw no reason why any alteration shonld be made . Afc this meeting , also , the Grand Lndgo School Committee delivered a report as to the progress of the children under their superintendence . On the 16 th
October it was resolved that everyone , with the exception of Grand Officers and Proxies , who claimed a seat in Grand Lodge , shonld produce to the Grand Secretary a certificate exhibiting the nature of bis claim . The ConvmHteeon the subject of a National Grand Lodge reported that , as they had not had submitted to them any advantages that would result from such a proposition , and as they saw none
likely to result , they thought that Grand Lodge shonld not appoint delegates , and the report was accepted . A very silly question was then determined , namely , that a person with a stiff knee was not ineligible to be received into the ranks of Masonry . A resolution of thanks to Bro . William Cocks , Grand Treasurer , and a jewel , not to exceed in cost one hundred dollars , having been voted , the Lodgo ivag
closed . On the 4 th December , Bro . Sampson Simson was elected Grand Tvta nrer , n si ccefs ' on to Bro . William Cocks , resigned . A communication from a Naples Lodge was not entertained till it had been first ascertained that the Lodge in question had been duly confiti'U'ed " under the anih-rity of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Masons . " Vacancies were also reported by the School
Committee , and that the children were making satisfactory progress . The Committee on fiscal concerns made a report , and also another , at an Emergency Meeting of Grand Lodge , held on the 11 th of the same month . Ou the 4 th March , 1812 , in the School Committee Report , it was announced that there were forty-five pupils in the school , and four vacancies , and , further , that the children had
made excellent progress , and great praise was due to the teacher for the order and regularity he maintained . On the 3 rd June , 1812 , Bro . De Witt Clinton and his Principal Grand Officers were re-elected , after which the Deputy G . M . presented Bro . W . Cocks , Past Grand Treasurer , with the jewel previously voted to him . A petition for a Warrant for a new Lodge having been refused , on the ground that the recommending Lodges had not paid np their dues , the Committee of
Grand Stewards' Lodge , appointed to consider the financial condition of Grand Lodge having delivered their report , and communications from the Grand Lodges of Vermont and Ohio having been read and ordered to be filed , Grand Lodge was closed with the customary formalities . On the 2 nd September , sundry petitions for new warrants were disposed of , and communications from the Grand Lodges of Maryland and England and were read and ordered to be filed . A Grand Lodge of Emergency was , held on the 13 th November , ia
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order thr . fc tlio intelligence of the death of Past Grand Treasurer W . Cocks , might be formally communicated . In order to testify to tho respect duo to that worthy brother , it was determined to bury him with full Masonio honours , and a Committee was thereupon appointed to make the needful arrangements . At the meeting on the 2 nd December letters from the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania and
New Jersey on the snbjeot of initiating sojourners by virtue of a dispensation , " wore referred to a Committee . " Subsequently , at the name meeting , an informal report from the Grand Lodge Free School Committee having been handed in , ifc was resolved to continue the Committee appointed to report a plan for the extension of the school . On tho 3 rd of March 3813 , after considering the state .
ment of accounts of tho School Fund , Grand Lodgo on receipt of report as to the initiation of sojourners resolved that no candidates should be initiated till they had satisfied the Lodgo as to the propriety of thoir antecedents . The question of increasing or reducing the nnmber of Grand Deacons and Grand Stewards was referred for consideration , and the report was to be
brought up at the next meeting of Grand Lodge . On the 2 nd June occurred the annnal elections , the majority of the Grand Officers , including the Grand Master , being reelected . Petitions for warrants were referred , and communications from the Grand Lodges of Pennsylvania and Virginia , were read and ordered to filed . It is noteworthy that at the meeting of the 1 st September , Lodge La Sincerite
No . 122 , finding it impossible , owing to the absence of many of its members to hold its regular meetings , prayed it mighfc discontinue tho same till it could collect a sufficient number , and the prayer was granted . Ifc was likewise resolved thafc , in the event of the honour of a public funeral being accorded to the gallant Captain Laurence , measures should bo taken for tho Masonio Lodges to join in the pro .
cession . It is doubtless in tho recollection of our readers , that Capt . Laurence died gallantly fighting for his country in a certain memorable action at sea . Tho last minute of any importance will be found amongst those relating to tho Grand Lodge held on the 1 st December , and describes very circumstantially , the appearance of a Masonio impostor who is , of courso , very properly denounced . We havo omitted to draw attention to ono record . Three brethren , passengers on board
the British brig Peacock , wore found to be in snch a destitute condi . tion , fcbnt twenty dollars were nt once disbursed on their account , and further forty-eight dollars were promised to be paid . The Grand Steward ' s Lodgo unanimously endorsed this liberal action of the Committee of Charity , and ordered tho draft for the latter amount to he at once honoured by the Grand Treasurer . This concludes our notice of the 9 th part , which terminates somewhat abruptly in the middle of a statement of accounts .
IN Cafsell ' s Family Magazine the two serial stories " Paul Knox Pitman , " and " My Guardian , " progress most favourably . Paul is bping fashioned into a splendid character , and May is simply delight , fill . Then there are directions , " How to become an Engineer in the Eoyal Navy " and hints bv Phillis Browne , " How we made both ends meet . " A Chat about Coffee " is in the highest degree interesting ,
while " A story about Twonty Pounds " is capitally told , though ifc is n pity Staining is not , spared to make amends for his misdeed . "A Kaffir Sham-fight" takes us back to the visit to South Africa iu 1860 of the Duke of Edinburgh , then Prince Alfred , aud there is a very good review by Mr . Arthur Arnold of "Mr . Mackenzie Wallace ' s sojourn in Russia . " Tho notes on "Gardening in March" are
excellent , as nsual ; indeed , we do not know where better information more lucidly compiled is to be found . The ladies will , as a matter of course , be pleased with the paper on " Art Needlework for Ladiei , " and " Chit . Chat on Dress , " and they will likewise find much to interest them among the notes culled by " the Gatherer . " A Family Doctor pursues his plan of tendering profitable advice , and in the current nnmber gives " Seasonable Advice for the Spring Months . "
Mr . RiVhard Proctor explains in a clear and comprehensive manner , " How Great Storms Arise , " and as the weather during the last few months has been of a stormier character than usual , it will probably be a consolation to our readers to know why this has been the case . We have enumerated nearly all the contents of the March number , but bare enumeration conveys only a very indifferent idea of its merits .
We notice m the Leisure Hour the continuation of several previous papers . The serial , "A Young Wife ' s Story , " is , of course , among the number , and in addition we have noted Nos . III . and IV . of Miss Isabella Bird ' s "Australia Felix : Impressions of Victoria , " and Mr . E . Paxton Hood's " The Great Smith Family . Lineal and Collateral . " " Cable-Laying in tho Tropica " is interesting , and so , too , is the
account of a " Sale of Rare Books in New York . " Those who have read tho account of Mr . Margary's Journey through China to the Burmese Frontier will fully appreciate the brief biographical sketch of him contained in these pages . It is necessarily brief , bufc opportunity has been taken to bring prominently forward tho excel , lent qualities by which Mr . Margary was distinguished . Immediately
following this is a sketch of "The Rainbow Coffee House , Fleet , street , " which has recently disappeared , and of "A Winter's Night on a Locomotive j" and considering the prominence that has been given during the last four years to the subject of window gardening , we have read with as much pleasure as profit tho article on " Window and Balcony Gardens . " "Cyclones and Cyclone-Waves" is another
instrnctive paper , while in the way of art contribution , we have remarked a notice of the " Winter Exhibition at the Royal Academy . " The illustrations are numerous , and to be highly cominendedj especially "Anxious Mothers , " which serves as the "Frontispiece . " The illustrations in Part 7 of the Countries of the World are well
executed . Among the most interesting are those of " The First House erected in Quebec , " the " View of Quebec , " and " The Monu . ment to Wolfe afc Quebec . " That of " An Old Squaw pounding wild Cherries" is capital . Of Dr . Brown ' s narrative we need say little beyond what we have laid already . Let those read ifc who would gauge its merits .