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THE COSMOPOLITAN MASONIC CALENDAR , DIARY , AND POCKET BOOK FOR 1885 . This Masonic annual is now preparing for its 15 th issue , the publication of which will take place on or about the ist November next . Forms asking for particulars as to place and date of meeting of lodges and chapters have been despatched to the respective Secretaries and Scribes E ., and in the event of their not having reached tlieir destination , a memo , advising the publisher of any alteration in date or place of meeting will be esteemed a favour . G . KENNING , iC , GT . QUEEN ST ., LONDON , W . C .

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To Correspondents .

E . G . —The difference in the Chronology is based , we apprehend , on the margin existing between Archbishop Usher ' s Chronology and the Rabbinical computation of time . —ED . F . M . BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " The Auckland Evening Star , " "Jewish Chronicle , " "Sundav Times , " " Royal Cornwall Gazette , " " Broad Arrow , Citizen , ' Freemasons' Chronicle , " " Hull Packet , " " Family Churchman . " Freimaurer Zcitung , " " The Freemason " ( Christchurch ., ' The Tricycling Journal , " " Phonographic , " "Court Circular , Craftsman , " " Montreal Daily Star , " " Allen ' s Indian Mail . '

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Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving ot the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion , ] ——THE PRESTONIAN LECTURE . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I find it stated in the " Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket-book for 1884 , " under the heading " Remarkable Occurrences in Masonry , " that in 1 S 19 Bto . Wm . Preston , of the Lodge of Antiquity , bequeathed £ Soo Consols for the Prestonian Lecture . May I ask if this lecture is now ever delivered ? If so , where and when ? If not , what is done

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with the lecturer ' s fee ? With whom does the appointment of a lecturer rest ? There is a letter in the " Freemasons' Magazine " for April 28 th , 1 S 5 S , complaining of the inefficiency of the lecturer for that year . Has any one ever held the post , or discharged its duties , since . —Yours fraternally , E . L . H .

EMERGENCY INITIATIONS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , A candidate was recently proposed in a lodge to which I belong in writing , in accordance with No . 1 S 5 of the new Constitutions , save that the proposition omitted to state the circumstances causing the emergency , and , in fact , the only reason for proposing him was that his proposer had

inadvertently neglected to submit his name at the previous lodge . The candidate was an old inhabitant of the town , and not at all likely to be leaving it . I should be obliged if you would give your opinion—1 . Whether the omission from the proposition would invalidate it ? 2 . Whether the reason I have stated would be sufficiently exigient to bring it within the scope of the regulation referred to?—Yours faithfully and fraternally , LAW AND ORDER .

[ 1 . If the circumstances were known to the Master , the omission would , we think , be immaterial ; the object of the law being that the Master should be made acquainted with the circumstances , in order to form his opinion as to the emergency . —2 . It is left to the discretion of the Master to

determine what is , and what is not , an emergency ; but should the matter be brought before the authorities , the Master , no doubt , would be expected to give a good reason for his opinion . In our opinion , the circumstances as stated do not constitute an emergency within the meaning of the law . —ED . F . M . }

THE COMING ELECTIONS . Dear Bro . Kenning , I am very anxious to beg for some help from your readers for J . H . Brown , 51 on the Boys' list , son of the late Sergeant Brown , Grenadier Guards , and of the Wanderers Lodge , and for Augusta Gilbert on the Girls ' list , daughter of a schoolmaster attached to one of Her Majesty ' s Regiments , who died in Burmah , and who has very few friends , and a last chance . —Yours very fraternally .

A . F . A . WOODFORD .

A CAUTION . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Allow me , through the medium of the Freemason , to place the brethren on their guard against a person who appears to be going about levying contributions on Lodges of Instruction , Sic He represents himself as belonging to a military lodge under the Irish Constitution , and states

that he held the office of sergeant in his regiment , from which he was invalided on a pension of two shillings per day . Timely notice from a brother , who , having met him before , and seeing him in the neighbourhood , guessed his errand , saved our Lodge of Instruction from being victimised . I enclose his application , together with our brother's warning for your perusal . —Yours faithfully and fraternally , P . M . 1237 .

To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Will you kindly insert in your next issue , "for the benefit of the Craft , " the following account of a person who appears to be trading on the charity of various lodges : It is now about 18 months since he first came under my

notice at theTemperance-in-the-East Lodgeof Instruction . Stating that he belonged to , and was a P . M . of , a lodge held in New York—where he had been carrying on the business of an architect and surveyor , which he had left in the charge of his brother whilst he came to London to consult some of the best physicians respecting his sight—but on nearing the English coast he was shipwrecked , and lost all

he had belonging to him , including his Grand Lodge certificate . He was picked up and landed at Falmouth , where he was kept in the hospital for three weeks . He then applied to the lodge held there for assistance ; they gave him £ 2 , and sent him on to Penzance , where he stayed two weeks , when the lodge held there gave him £ 2 , and sent him to London . He now comes under my notice at

Temperancein-the-East Lodge , No . S 9 S , of which I have the honour to be W . M ., at our last meeting , September 24 th , stating that he is nearly blind , and has been invalided home from Egypt , having been a sergeant in the ist Royal Regiment . His lodge being ordered to the front , cannot bring his case under the notice of the Board of Benevolence . He was also in possession of a printed note-paper heading from

Lodge Unity , Peace , and Concord ( 316 ) , which is the lodge of the ist Royal , which regiment , I am informed by the Grand Secretary , has not , neither is it going to be sent to Egypt , being at present quartered in Edinburgh . I could enumerate several other tales told by him , but think this sufficient to show the Craft in general that there is an impostor going about . The paper I speak of showed that he had been relieved

by lodges of sums of one guinea each in July and August . He also said the Corinthian Lodge had relieved him to the extent of one guinea . Before I found out who he was the brethren voted him one guinea also ; but , fortunately for us , he had not received it when my attention was called to him as being the same as we saw at the time before mentioned . I need hardly say he did not get the money or his

papers , which he seemed very much to want . They are now with the Grand Secretary , who would be pleased , I am sure , to learn anything further respecting such an imposition . Trusting 1 have not taken up too much of your valuable space , and thanking- you in anticipation , —Fraternally yours , F . \ y . PULSFORD , September 29 th . W . M . SoS .

At the annual meeting of the "Masonic Veterans' Association of Pennsylvania" Bros . R . F . Gould and W . J . Hughan were elected as honorary members . We believe it is the first compliment of the kind that has been paid any brethren in Europe , and will doubtless be highly appreciated by these two well-known Masonic authors . All the members must have been initiated 21 years or more on their election , hence the title of the Association .

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THE AIM AND SPIRIT OF FREEMASONRY : A SERMON . By Bro . A . P . PUREY-CUST , D . D ., P . G . C , Dean of York . Simpkin , Marshall , and Co ., London ; John Sampson , York ; Deighton and Co ., Worcester .

This very seasonable and reflective sermon was preached at the annual festival of the Provincial Grand Lodg . ? of Worcestershire , and in connexion with the recent exhibition under the warm and kindly patronage of Sir E . I-echmere , Prov . G . Master , at Worcester . The sermon has many merits . It is not too long , and it is clear , calm , and concise . Certain leading truths are put before us in a very lucid and graceful manner , and we are led on by the

preacher s thoroughly tolerant and yet straightforward words to follow him to the close of his well-sustained and thoughtful argument . We think the sermon will do good for many reasons . The name and high character of the Dean , the thoroughly manly and independent position he has assumed at York , will induce many persons to weigh well his positions , who might perhaps pass over the utterances of less well-known preachers .

The Dean speaks earnestly , simply , and yet , as we said before , clearly and home to all our understandings . He points out how absolutely untrue are those rabid allegations , by whomsoever made , that Freemasonry is a Godless , lawless , revolutionary Society , and points out , with just pride and great force , its unchanged and unchanging tenets of religious reverence and secular obedience , its loyalty , its charity , its harmony , and its toleration . Well and frankly

does he urge the consideration that in these disjointed days , in these times of party cries and angry shibboleths , in this epoch of Materialism , Comtism , Positivism , independent morality , and abject unbelief , the way in which Freemasons treasure God ' s Word is both an answer to ceaseless , if childish , calumnies , and an omen of much good for society and mankind . We have read our distinguished brother ' s sermon with very great pleasure , and , thinking it as truly worthy of

the place , the meeting , and the great end aimed at by the goodly gathering at Worcester , we beg to commend it to the immediate patronage and perusal of all our readers , old and young . A recent Roman Catholic assailant of Freemasonry in "The Month "—Professor Smith is , we believe , his name—might do himself a great deal of good by reading calmly and carefully the sound , thoughtful , kindly , well-reasoned sermon of our good Brother the Dean of York .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

415 ] A QUERY . Can any of your Royal Arch students explain these items in a list of Royal Arch paraphernalia of a chapter in the North of England : "Seven surplices of white calico for the Principal Sojourners ; seven black velvet caps for do . ; three light-blue collars with metal plated gilt squares ; three light-blue aprons . " The last two items are not difficult perhaps to understand . The inventory was taken February 2 , 1 S 35 . R . A .

416 ] PROPERTY OF CHAPTERS . I possess a list of members and the laws in MS . of the De Swinburne Chapter , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . The list of members dates from December 14 , 1 S 15 , to March 14 , 1 S 34 . A companion , E . Pitt , J ., summons the members , November 16 , 1 S 36 , to "determine the best mode of disposing of the property of the chapter . " I shall be happy to return this MS . to the chapter , if it cares to possess it . Address , " Masonic Student , " care of the Editor of the Fi _ - _ . i _ . isoi ! . MASONIC STUDENT .

417 J BISHOP WARBURTON . Bishop William Warburton was born at Newark-on-Trent , being son of a solicitor of that town ; he died 7 th June , 1779 . John Warburton , antiquary and herald , was born in 16 S 1 ; died 1759 . The possible relationship between the

two might be ascertained by reference to the preface to the Bishop ' s life and works , London , 17 SS , by Dr . Hurd , Bishop of Worcester . The published letters from W . Warburton to Dr . Hurd , 1 S 0 S , might also give a clue to the information sought for . P . G . SEC .

4 iSl THE NINE WORTHIES . It has often struck me as odd why the antients took up this idea , and this nomenclature . " The Nine Worthies " are well known in thc old romantic poetry , and are alluded to by Thomas Middleton and others . They wero originally Joshua , Judas Maccabasus , and David , Hector , Alexander

the Great , and Julius Ciesar , Charlemagne , Godfrey De Bouillon , and King Arthur . In the Harleian MS . 220 Guy of Warwick is substituted for Godfrey De Bouillon or " Boulogne . " According to Chaucer there were also " ' Nine Worthies " among the ladies . BOOKWORM .

419 ] DR . KN 1 PE . Bro . Gould , in his " History of Freemasonry , " while quoting from the life of Ashmole in the " Biographia Britannica , " says ( vol . S , p . 171 , note 2 ) : "It has not yet been satisfactorily determined who this Dr . Knipe was ; " and he gives references to the " Freemasons' Magazine " tor 1 S 63 on the point . Now , I find on reference to the

" Catalogue of Oxford Graduates , " that the only Dr . Knipe therein given is : "Knipe ( Tho . ) , Ch . Ch . B . A . Feb . 22 , 1660 ; M . A ., Dec . 1 , 16 C 3 ; B . and D . D ., July 3 , 1 G 95 . " This Dr . Knipe was made Head Master of Westminster School in 1 C 95 , became Prebendary of Westminster in 1707 , and died in 1711 . Why should there be any doubt

as to his being the person referred to by the author of Ashmole ' s life in the " Biographia Britannica ? " The writer of the life says : " What is hinted above is taken from a book of letters communicated to the author of his life by Dr . Knipe , of Christ Church , " Sic Why should Bro . Gould assume , as he does in note 5 , that Dr . Knipe \ TOt