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Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
imaginative correspondent must , like some of his friends , remember that a Speculative Masonic Lodge is not a School for " instructions in the art of architecture , " no Speculative Masonry is a spstem of morality , & c , which has other objects in view than the teaching of architecture . XV . P . BUCHAN .
In my Note-Book I find the following , taken , I believe , from an Masonic magazine of the last century . VIATOR . Wm . Fredk . Duke of Gloucester , initiated in Britannic Lo ., then No . 27 , April 1796 . Past Gd . Master , rank of , April 13 , 1796 , in Gd . Lo .
Exalted , 7 Jany . 1797 , F . M . Tavern . K . Temp ., 11 Jany . 1797 . Wm . White , G . Sec , initiated 1770 , Old Horn Lo ., No . 2 , Westminster . G . Steward , 1 May 1775 . Rd . Hy . Hutchinson , Lord Visct . Donouqhmore , G . M . of Ireland .
An Alderman . Hon . Sir , - Have sent you a small present who humbly begs may prove worthy acceptance , which is is a hare who is vour very humble servt .
Alderman N G . fohn Wilkes . —The members of the lodge held at the Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s Gate , attended at the King ' s Bench Prison and made Wilkes a Mason , 3 March 1769 .
The following copy of a curious manuscript in my possession may prove interesting to your readers . I do not know from what work it is extracted . ANTIQUARIUS .
"KING ' S COLLEGE CHAPEL , CAMBRIDGE . " It appears that the Roof is so Geometrically contrived that it would stand firm without either the Walls or the key Stones . The Mystery of constructing Roofs of this kind , was the Original Secret of Free Masons , of whom John Wastell
the Master Mason , contracted to employ not less than Forty , for carrying on the Works of this Chapel . "Of Free Masons as they were the Builders of this famous peice of Gothic Architecture I shall beg leave to give the following account : —
"A Set of Foreigners who called themselves Free Masons ( because none were acquainted with the Secrets of their trade , except such as were Free and Accepted Masons , Members of their Society ) are said to have Introduced the Art of Building with Stone into England about
the middle of the Seventh Century , these were formerly divided into parties or companies , Each company was subject to A Master , A Warden , and other Inferior Officers ( Names to this day retained I am told among Free Masons ) they Assembled in One common room ( called a
Lodge ) where they consulted about carrying on the Works which their Master and Warden had undertaken , for they were chiefly employed in Cathedrals , Chapels , and other buildings of the like kind , A company of Free Masons ( as I am Justly led to conclude from the second and
third Indenture of agreement for building the Chapel ) to their Immortal honour , contracted for building different parts ofthe Chapel . They have left I am told , in the course of their work , certain Marks very well known to all adepts of their Society . What these Monuments of
Masonry are I am unable to declare , but refer my reader , If he is learned in the Secrets of the Fraternity , to an Inspection of every Mysterious token about the Building . One thing , however , I shall mention , which has often been observed , That in the South Porch or entrance of the
Chapel are Three steps , at the West door Fire , and at the North Porch Seven , these are the numbers with the Mystery , or at least witli tlie sound of which Free Masons are said to be so particularly and well acquainted with . " It is observable that notwithstanding the
encouragement Free Masons received from Henry the 6 th by being employed in erecting his Magnificent Chapel , An Act passed in the 3 rd year of his reign , for suppressing their Assembling , or holding Chapters in any part of
his dominions , but a favourable report being made to his Majesty by some of the Nobility , who had been admitted into the Brother-hood , he afterwards received them into his favor , and shewed them marks of a particular respect . " The Names also of two Artists who bore a
Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
share in the Works , are preserved in the Archives of Caius College , viz . "' To all Christen people this prsnt writyng endented , seeng , redyng , or herying , John
Woolrich , Maister Mason , of the Werks of Kyngcs College Roial of our Lady and Seynt Nicholas of Cambrigge , John Bell , Mason Wardeyn in the same Werks & c written at Cambr . 17 th August 1476—16 th of Edward the fourth . '
" Extracted by Thaos . F . Tutt , P . J . Grand Warden . "
EARL OF ROSLYN . "Alexander "Wedderbiirn , y ?; -. r / Earl of Rosslyn , a distinguished lawyer and politician , was born in 1733 , at Chesterhall , in East Lothian . . . . A few months later ( after the Gordon riots in
1780 , ) he was promoted to the office of Lord Chief Justice ofthe Common Pleas , and was elevated to the peerage by the title of Lord Loughborough , & c . On his retirement from public life , he was ( in 1801 ) created Earl of Rosslyn , with remainder
to his nephew . He died suddenly of an attack of gout in the stomach , on 2 nd January , 1805 , in the seventy-second year of his age . —J . T . " The nephew was Sir James Clair-Erskine , who becamesecondEarkanddiedin 1 S 37 . Succeeded
by Sir James Alexander St . Clair-Erskine , third Earl . " William St . Clair , or Sinclair , third Earl of Orkney , and Lord Sinclair . In 1455 ne S grant of Earldom of Caithness . In 1471 , he
was obliged to resign his Earldom of Orkney to James III ., which was annexed to the Crown by Act of Parliament . At his death in 1480 , he was Earl of Caithness and Lord Sinclair . By his second wife he had Oliver , to whom he assigned the estate of Roslyn . He was ancestor
of the family of St . Clair of Roslyn , now extinct in the male line . " James St . Clair , ninth Lord Sinclair , or his brother John , in 1735 , purchased the ancient ancestral castle of Roslyn from the last heir of that cadet branch . XV . P . B .
Royal Ark Mariners
ROYAL ARK MARINERS
This degree received some additional members on Tuesday evening , at a floating ofthe vessel at Bro . Gosden's , Masons' Hall Tavern , Basinghall-street . A Grand Ark was first held , when the Grand Commander was installed , after the minutes of former Arks of 24 th May and 14 th June had been read and
confirmed . The G . Com . then returned thanks for the honour conferred on him , and assured the Commanders present that he would endeavour to do all in his power to sustain the interest which had been felt in this degree . Grand Ark was thereupon moored temporarily and an ordinary Ark floated ,
and the candidates for promotion were afterwards introduced and elevated to the rank of Ark Mariners ; and subsequently , by dispensation , the rank of the Commander was conferred upon the brethren . The Grand Commander , assisted by the Deputy Grand Commander , performed the ceremony .
The GRAND COMMANDER having resumed Grand Ark , announced that the degree was making considerable progress . Applications had been received for warrants launching vessels in Essex , Dover , Middlesex , Bristol , Hampshire , Warwickshire and Exeter , and in London there would be vessels launched in the central , west , east and south
districts . The Grand Commander appointed the Deputy Grand Commander the Prov . G . C . for Middlesex , after which the special vessel was resumed and both were safely moored .
The brethren then partook of an exquisite banquet provided by Bro . C . Gosden , and the Grand Commander deputed Bro . to preside over them , which he did with his usual good taste , and
proposed the various toasts with great felicity . In giving the first toast , '' The Ouccn , " said Her Majesty ' s father , and two of her uncles , were Royal Ark Mariners—the Duke of Kent , the Duke of Clarence , and the Duke of Sussex .
next gave "The health of the Supreme Grand Commander , " and was quite sure from the number who had gathered round him , that they all had confidence in the work he had so ably commenced , lie ( ) had taken the degree before that evening , but joined this vessel because
he wanted to see ils working . He was its principal opponent in Grand Mark Lodge , where it was introduced in a somewhat questionable form towards the end of the proceedings ; but having seen the degree as practised at this Ark he should withdraw his opposition . He had to speak in praise of the
Royal Ark Mariners
Supreme Grand Commander , who he found was in earnest in his work , and did not intend to make the degree exclusive . There was no objection to its being attached to the Mark , and the Grand Commander deserved the thanks of all the brethren for having brought this degree forward .
The GRAND COMMANDER rose with feelings of pride and humility to respond . Although a great deal of the work of establishing this Ark had fallen on his shoulders , he was ably seconded in his endeavours . As he was one of the committee appointed to enquire into the degree , he was not at liberty
to say much as to the position of the degree with regard to the Mark ; but the Grand Master of the Mark Degree had been elevated a Royal Ark Mariner , and Past Grand Master Beach with several other distinguished Masons had also taken the degree . He was glad to have secured the services of such
able brethren , and many others were in communication with him as to joining . Seven or eight vessels were about to be launched , and throughout the country there was a desire to adopt this rank . One vessel had been already working under the old York Rite tor the past fifty years , anel this Grand Ark was in hopes to affiliate it very soon .
The GRAND COMMANDER , 111 proposing "The health of and the Past G . Commanders , " apologised for not presiding at the banquet himself , statingthat the work in the Ark had been very heavy . , also , was better able to preside , and by his experience as a chairman , had added lustre to the proceedings of the day .
, in reply , referred to the eminence of of Bro . Dorrington , the Past Grand Commander , in all the degrees of Freemasonry , and in bringing his name before the brethren , the Grand Commander had paid him a well-deserved compliment . The Deputy Grand Commander , also , was an
eminent and distinguished Mason ; he was one it was always a pleasure to meet . , too , was au eminent Mason , who would lend his aid and assistance in bringing forward this degree . For himself he could only thank the Grand Commander for introducing his name to the notice of
the brethren , and for having appointed him to office that evening . , who had not been included by in his speech , said he felt bound to say something for himself as a Grand Officer . They had met to resuscitate an old Order , and they might
congratulate themselves on the event . To the G . Com . great thanks were due for the course he had taken , and for the energy he had shown in reviving the R . A . Mariners degree in conjunction with with others . It was certainly at present in a
somewhat imperfect state on account of the officers not being thoroughly up to their duties ; but that would soon be overcome . The degree was very old , and it ought to be worked . He would use his best exertions to make himself master of his duties , and studiously to assist in the working of the Ark .
said he thought every degree in Freemasonry was calculated to cement the brethren together while they met in unity and brotherly love and observed the great principle and tenet of Masonry , to do good to one mother and carry out charity . This order was not antagonistic to this chief principle , and he was glad to have an opportunity of becoming a member of it .
gave " The Health of the Provincial Brethren , " and thanked them for their valuable assistance . The provinces had been well represented in this Ark , and he trusted the brethren would extend the knowledge ofthe degrees in their respective localities .
responded , and in the courseof his remarks said he was anxious to establish the degree Hampshire , and hoped the Grand Commander would assist him . He was pleased that the Provincial Grand M ister for Hampshire had become a
member , and this fact should encourage the brethren of that district to follow his example . replied for the county of Warwick , and hoped to see the degree established there . The brethren shortly afterwards separated .
THE BLOOD IN OLD AGE . —As age advances the blood becomes fliin nnd cloudy—or , in a full habit , thick and cloudy . The failing of the powers of life requires extra nutrition and support , and the blood yielding the excess required is soon overcharged with carbon , which gives to it the cloudy appearance . Being then impure , ( lay hy day the vitiated mailer increases , and the body suffers from a thousand ailments . "The Blood Purifier ,
oil Dr . Jacob 1 ownsend s Sarsaparilla , supplies the extra nutrition to the blood and restores to it its florid hue , and then the progress of decay is arrested ami the ailment disappear—man lives out his days , and the sitnuct of life is unattended with siifrciinjj . ' Testimonials wilh each bottle from the Hon . the Dean of I . ismore . General Wm .
Gilbert , of the Indian Army ; and Rev . Francis Monck , of "The Gospel Evangelist . " Ordered also for Apothecaries' Hall , London . Sold hy all druggists , in bottles 2 s . 6 d ., 4 s ., 4 s . 6 d ., 7 s . 6 d ., ns . Pills and Ointment , each in boxes is . i # d ,, 2 s . gel ., 4 s . 6 d . —Caution : Get thercd and blue wrappers , with the old Doctor ' s head in the centre . No other genuine . —[ Advt . ]
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Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
imaginative correspondent must , like some of his friends , remember that a Speculative Masonic Lodge is not a School for " instructions in the art of architecture , " no Speculative Masonry is a spstem of morality , & c , which has other objects in view than the teaching of architecture . XV . P . BUCHAN .
In my Note-Book I find the following , taken , I believe , from an Masonic magazine of the last century . VIATOR . Wm . Fredk . Duke of Gloucester , initiated in Britannic Lo ., then No . 27 , April 1796 . Past Gd . Master , rank of , April 13 , 1796 , in Gd . Lo .
Exalted , 7 Jany . 1797 , F . M . Tavern . K . Temp ., 11 Jany . 1797 . Wm . White , G . Sec , initiated 1770 , Old Horn Lo ., No . 2 , Westminster . G . Steward , 1 May 1775 . Rd . Hy . Hutchinson , Lord Visct . Donouqhmore , G . M . of Ireland .
An Alderman . Hon . Sir , - Have sent you a small present who humbly begs may prove worthy acceptance , which is is a hare who is vour very humble servt .
Alderman N G . fohn Wilkes . —The members of the lodge held at the Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s Gate , attended at the King ' s Bench Prison and made Wilkes a Mason , 3 March 1769 .
The following copy of a curious manuscript in my possession may prove interesting to your readers . I do not know from what work it is extracted . ANTIQUARIUS .
"KING ' S COLLEGE CHAPEL , CAMBRIDGE . " It appears that the Roof is so Geometrically contrived that it would stand firm without either the Walls or the key Stones . The Mystery of constructing Roofs of this kind , was the Original Secret of Free Masons , of whom John Wastell
the Master Mason , contracted to employ not less than Forty , for carrying on the Works of this Chapel . "Of Free Masons as they were the Builders of this famous peice of Gothic Architecture I shall beg leave to give the following account : —
"A Set of Foreigners who called themselves Free Masons ( because none were acquainted with the Secrets of their trade , except such as were Free and Accepted Masons , Members of their Society ) are said to have Introduced the Art of Building with Stone into England about
the middle of the Seventh Century , these were formerly divided into parties or companies , Each company was subject to A Master , A Warden , and other Inferior Officers ( Names to this day retained I am told among Free Masons ) they Assembled in One common room ( called a
Lodge ) where they consulted about carrying on the Works which their Master and Warden had undertaken , for they were chiefly employed in Cathedrals , Chapels , and other buildings of the like kind , A company of Free Masons ( as I am Justly led to conclude from the second and
third Indenture of agreement for building the Chapel ) to their Immortal honour , contracted for building different parts ofthe Chapel . They have left I am told , in the course of their work , certain Marks very well known to all adepts of their Society . What these Monuments of
Masonry are I am unable to declare , but refer my reader , If he is learned in the Secrets of the Fraternity , to an Inspection of every Mysterious token about the Building . One thing , however , I shall mention , which has often been observed , That in the South Porch or entrance of the
Chapel are Three steps , at the West door Fire , and at the North Porch Seven , these are the numbers with the Mystery , or at least witli tlie sound of which Free Masons are said to be so particularly and well acquainted with . " It is observable that notwithstanding the
encouragement Free Masons received from Henry the 6 th by being employed in erecting his Magnificent Chapel , An Act passed in the 3 rd year of his reign , for suppressing their Assembling , or holding Chapters in any part of
his dominions , but a favourable report being made to his Majesty by some of the Nobility , who had been admitted into the Brother-hood , he afterwards received them into his favor , and shewed them marks of a particular respect . " The Names also of two Artists who bore a
Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
share in the Works , are preserved in the Archives of Caius College , viz . "' To all Christen people this prsnt writyng endented , seeng , redyng , or herying , John
Woolrich , Maister Mason , of the Werks of Kyngcs College Roial of our Lady and Seynt Nicholas of Cambrigge , John Bell , Mason Wardeyn in the same Werks & c written at Cambr . 17 th August 1476—16 th of Edward the fourth . '
" Extracted by Thaos . F . Tutt , P . J . Grand Warden . "
EARL OF ROSLYN . "Alexander "Wedderbiirn , y ?; -. r / Earl of Rosslyn , a distinguished lawyer and politician , was born in 1733 , at Chesterhall , in East Lothian . . . . A few months later ( after the Gordon riots in
1780 , ) he was promoted to the office of Lord Chief Justice ofthe Common Pleas , and was elevated to the peerage by the title of Lord Loughborough , & c . On his retirement from public life , he was ( in 1801 ) created Earl of Rosslyn , with remainder
to his nephew . He died suddenly of an attack of gout in the stomach , on 2 nd January , 1805 , in the seventy-second year of his age . —J . T . " The nephew was Sir James Clair-Erskine , who becamesecondEarkanddiedin 1 S 37 . Succeeded
by Sir James Alexander St . Clair-Erskine , third Earl . " William St . Clair , or Sinclair , third Earl of Orkney , and Lord Sinclair . In 1455 ne S grant of Earldom of Caithness . In 1471 , he
was obliged to resign his Earldom of Orkney to James III ., which was annexed to the Crown by Act of Parliament . At his death in 1480 , he was Earl of Caithness and Lord Sinclair . By his second wife he had Oliver , to whom he assigned the estate of Roslyn . He was ancestor
of the family of St . Clair of Roslyn , now extinct in the male line . " James St . Clair , ninth Lord Sinclair , or his brother John , in 1735 , purchased the ancient ancestral castle of Roslyn from the last heir of that cadet branch . XV . P . B .
Royal Ark Mariners
ROYAL ARK MARINERS
This degree received some additional members on Tuesday evening , at a floating ofthe vessel at Bro . Gosden's , Masons' Hall Tavern , Basinghall-street . A Grand Ark was first held , when the Grand Commander was installed , after the minutes of former Arks of 24 th May and 14 th June had been read and
confirmed . The G . Com . then returned thanks for the honour conferred on him , and assured the Commanders present that he would endeavour to do all in his power to sustain the interest which had been felt in this degree . Grand Ark was thereupon moored temporarily and an ordinary Ark floated ,
and the candidates for promotion were afterwards introduced and elevated to the rank of Ark Mariners ; and subsequently , by dispensation , the rank of the Commander was conferred upon the brethren . The Grand Commander , assisted by the Deputy Grand Commander , performed the ceremony .
The GRAND COMMANDER having resumed Grand Ark , announced that the degree was making considerable progress . Applications had been received for warrants launching vessels in Essex , Dover , Middlesex , Bristol , Hampshire , Warwickshire and Exeter , and in London there would be vessels launched in the central , west , east and south
districts . The Grand Commander appointed the Deputy Grand Commander the Prov . G . C . for Middlesex , after which the special vessel was resumed and both were safely moored .
The brethren then partook of an exquisite banquet provided by Bro . C . Gosden , and the Grand Commander deputed Bro . to preside over them , which he did with his usual good taste , and
proposed the various toasts with great felicity . In giving the first toast , '' The Ouccn , " said Her Majesty ' s father , and two of her uncles , were Royal Ark Mariners—the Duke of Kent , the Duke of Clarence , and the Duke of Sussex .
next gave "The health of the Supreme Grand Commander , " and was quite sure from the number who had gathered round him , that they all had confidence in the work he had so ably commenced , lie ( ) had taken the degree before that evening , but joined this vessel because
he wanted to see ils working . He was its principal opponent in Grand Mark Lodge , where it was introduced in a somewhat questionable form towards the end of the proceedings ; but having seen the degree as practised at this Ark he should withdraw his opposition . He had to speak in praise of the
Royal Ark Mariners
Supreme Grand Commander , who he found was in earnest in his work , and did not intend to make the degree exclusive . There was no objection to its being attached to the Mark , and the Grand Commander deserved the thanks of all the brethren for having brought this degree forward .
The GRAND COMMANDER rose with feelings of pride and humility to respond . Although a great deal of the work of establishing this Ark had fallen on his shoulders , he was ably seconded in his endeavours . As he was one of the committee appointed to enquire into the degree , he was not at liberty
to say much as to the position of the degree with regard to the Mark ; but the Grand Master of the Mark Degree had been elevated a Royal Ark Mariner , and Past Grand Master Beach with several other distinguished Masons had also taken the degree . He was glad to have secured the services of such
able brethren , and many others were in communication with him as to joining . Seven or eight vessels were about to be launched , and throughout the country there was a desire to adopt this rank . One vessel had been already working under the old York Rite tor the past fifty years , anel this Grand Ark was in hopes to affiliate it very soon .
The GRAND COMMANDER , 111 proposing "The health of and the Past G . Commanders , " apologised for not presiding at the banquet himself , statingthat the work in the Ark had been very heavy . , also , was better able to preside , and by his experience as a chairman , had added lustre to the proceedings of the day .
, in reply , referred to the eminence of of Bro . Dorrington , the Past Grand Commander , in all the degrees of Freemasonry , and in bringing his name before the brethren , the Grand Commander had paid him a well-deserved compliment . The Deputy Grand Commander , also , was an
eminent and distinguished Mason ; he was one it was always a pleasure to meet . , too , was au eminent Mason , who would lend his aid and assistance in bringing forward this degree . For himself he could only thank the Grand Commander for introducing his name to the notice of
the brethren , and for having appointed him to office that evening . , who had not been included by in his speech , said he felt bound to say something for himself as a Grand Officer . They had met to resuscitate an old Order , and they might
congratulate themselves on the event . To the G . Com . great thanks were due for the course he had taken , and for the energy he had shown in reviving the R . A . Mariners degree in conjunction with with others . It was certainly at present in a
somewhat imperfect state on account of the officers not being thoroughly up to their duties ; but that would soon be overcome . The degree was very old , and it ought to be worked . He would use his best exertions to make himself master of his duties , and studiously to assist in the working of the Ark .
said he thought every degree in Freemasonry was calculated to cement the brethren together while they met in unity and brotherly love and observed the great principle and tenet of Masonry , to do good to one mother and carry out charity . This order was not antagonistic to this chief principle , and he was glad to have an opportunity of becoming a member of it .
gave " The Health of the Provincial Brethren , " and thanked them for their valuable assistance . The provinces had been well represented in this Ark , and he trusted the brethren would extend the knowledge ofthe degrees in their respective localities .
responded , and in the courseof his remarks said he was anxious to establish the degree Hampshire , and hoped the Grand Commander would assist him . He was pleased that the Provincial Grand M ister for Hampshire had become a
member , and this fact should encourage the brethren of that district to follow his example . replied for the county of Warwick , and hoped to see the degree established there . The brethren shortly afterwards separated .
THE BLOOD IN OLD AGE . —As age advances the blood becomes fliin nnd cloudy—or , in a full habit , thick and cloudy . The failing of the powers of life requires extra nutrition and support , and the blood yielding the excess required is soon overcharged with carbon , which gives to it the cloudy appearance . Being then impure , ( lay hy day the vitiated mailer increases , and the body suffers from a thousand ailments . "The Blood Purifier ,
oil Dr . Jacob 1 ownsend s Sarsaparilla , supplies the extra nutrition to the blood and restores to it its florid hue , and then the progress of decay is arrested ami the ailment disappear—man lives out his days , and the sitnuct of life is unattended with siifrciinjj . ' Testimonials wilh each bottle from the Hon . the Dean of I . ismore . General Wm .
Gilbert , of the Indian Army ; and Rev . Francis Monck , of "The Gospel Evangelist . " Ordered also for Apothecaries' Hall , London . Sold hy all druggists , in bottles 2 s . 6 d ., 4 s ., 4 s . 6 d ., 7 s . 6 d ., ns . Pills and Ointment , each in boxes is . i # d ,, 2 s . gel ., 4 s . 6 d . —Caution : Get thercd and blue wrappers , with the old Doctor ' s head in the centre . No other genuine . —[ Advt . ]