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subject to the laws of the realm as settled in Parliament is simply absurd . There is a wide difference between imperial and municipal government ; as to his suggestions that a P . G . W . of Middlesex becoming through a change of residence a P . G . W . of Yorkshire , this is expressly provided against in the Book of Constitutions , page 51 . Agnin , Bro . Speth says if a brother is a Past Master of Lodge 1000 and leaves it and joins lodge No . 500 , he still
is a P . M . of the former lodge . Let me ask Bro . Speth how he would gain admittance to Grand Lodge after he had left Lodge 1000 , as that lodge would not return his name to Grand Lodge after he had ceased to subscribe thereto ? How , therefore , could the Grand Pursuivants pass him ? I now come to the argument of " P . M . of a Country Lodge , " whose analogy , although intended as evidence
against the amendment , is the strongest which can be adduced in its favour . Hi first says that after a brother his served the office of Immediate fast Master he ought to go back amongst the ordinary members of the lodge , and then goes on to say that an ex-Lord Chancellor will always command the respect due to one who has served so high and important an office , and that he ranks among his peers according to the date of his patent . This is exactly what
the supporters of the amendment want to arrive at for a joining Past Master . They want him to rank among the Masonic peers according to the date of his obtaining his patent , which is created when he is installed as Master of a lodge . If , as our friend at first argues , a Past Master ought to be sent back amongst the rank and file , then , by the same reasoning , an ex-Lord Chancellor ought to return to his friends at the Bar , leaving his title and pension behind
him . Our Bro . " T . M . M . C . O . " as well as Bro . Gould speaks of a Past Master ' s degree . For some time past several lodges in Lancashire have tried to establish such a degree , but they have been severely called to account by the higher authorities and told that there is no such degreethat by installing a brother as W . M . you confer rank only , not a degree , and if the supporters of the Emulation
working are to be taken as an authority the Board of Installed Masters never goes out of the Third Degree . How then do your correspondents make out the rank of Past Master to be a degree ? Possibly the best solution of the prob'em would be the adoption of the amendment proposed by Bro . the - < ev . J . otudholme Urownrigg , and yet that would prevent many good men from becoming joining members of a lodge with such a retrograde position only offered him . —Yours faithfully , MANENNIENSIS .
. To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — No law can make a brother a Past Master of a lodge if he has not passed the chair of that lodge ; he can only be a Past Master in the lodge he joins until he passes the chair . I myself am an old Past Master of 33 and
452 , and had to work through 1601 and 1719 to be a Past Master of those lodges , and so it must always be . Past Masters are members of the " Standing Committee , " but Past Masters in a lodge are not . Bro . Turner should know that any Past Master is eligible for the chair of a Principal in a Royal Arch Chapter . 30 th August , 18 S 3 . MAGNUS OHREN .
To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Why the present controversy should have arisen seems to me a mystery . How can a brother be a Past Master of a lodge when he has never occupied , or , better said , been installed in the chair of that lodge ? Was he ever the master of that lodge , if not , how can he be a Past Master of it , and is it comm jnsense to call him such ?
Again , is it not customary for most lodges to grant a Past Master ' s jewel to the retiring Mister ? Is a joining Past Master of another lodge entitled to such jewel ? would his new brethren vote him such ? If he is to be known as a Past Master of the lodge , why should he have to appear in lodge without the jewel , which all the other legitimate Past Masters of the lodge , by reason of their having been duly installed therein , and having carrie 1 out its duties creditably
during their year oi office , have the satisfaction of wearing ? What must visiting brethren think of a Past Master of a lodge who , apart from his fellows , cannot show on his breast the token o < esteem the hrethren are in the habit of exhibiting towards their Past Misters . In common sense , a Past Master of a lodge must mean
a Past O ficerof it , and how can a joining member be such until he has past through his year of office in it ? Is a Past Warden of one lodge to be considered a Past Warden of any other which he joins ? If a Past Master is to be entitled to such privileges , may not we , who are Wardens , equally well aspire to them . '—Yours fraternally , ¦ J . W .
1777-A QUEER CASE . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — A case has recently come under my notice which appears to me 10 be in direct opposition to the Constitutions , and a gross breach of faith between the brethren of the lod ge concerned . I therefore deem it my duty to lay the facts before you , so that you and your numerous readers
may be able to express an opinion thereon . At a recent meeting of the lodge in question , a gentleman was proposed for initiation , and on being balloted for two Mils were found against the proposition , which under the bye-laws of the lodge are sufficient to veto it . A suggestion was then made that the bollot box may not have been Properl y examined and that the balls may have been left in the box by mistake , and a second ballot was ordered , with
'he same result ; again it was suggested that another ballot should be taken , and accordingly after a diatribe as > ° the excellence of the character of the gentleman pro-Posed for membership , and an elaborate explanation of how to vote , " the box was for the third time passed round , and again two balls appeared against the proposition , nothing further could now be done , and the gentleman was declared not elected . A few days after , I understand every Member
present in the lodge that evening was waited upon j ? y the W . M . of the lodge , and asked to sigh a paper certi-¦ ymf that he "did not place a BLACK ball against the Proposition . " As , 1 believe , each member signed this Paper , the advice of the P . G . M . has been taken , and the h ! 1 " ' '' ' s stlted , that the candidate ' s name will again •\ w ? belore t , le lod « for election . fW l ' am an * i , ius to know is this—wis the W . M . justiieo - in allowing the ballot box to go round th . ee times ?
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Was he afterwards acting within the laws of the Constitutions in requesting members to sign a paper showing which way they had voted ? And is it constitutional to again place before the lodge for election the mine of a gentleman who was rejected at a recent meeting on three successive ballots?—I am , sir , yours faithfully and fraternally , MELIORA .
August 3 'st , 1 SS 3 . L We are of opinion decidedly that though a W . M . may in buna fides , for fear of a mistake , send the ballot box round twice , as is often done , he cannot and ought not to do it a third time , and certainly not advocate the claims of the candidate , thus rendering the idea and object of the ballot nugatory . The VV . M . acted very illegally in calling on the brethren to sign such a paper , and we recommend the brethren
agneved to appeal to the Board of Geneial Purposes . A recent decision againt disclosure of the ballot is quite to the point . Some bye-laws say a candidate rejected cannot come up for a certain time ; but if there is nj limit of time in the bye-laws , we apprehend , however much against " good form , " there is nothing illegal in theactkm of those who wish to secure the election of the rejected candidate . — ED . F . M . I
A FRIENDLY QUERY . To the EdUor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I wonder much who inspired a recent article in the Standard in respect ot the bogus Grand Lodge of Victoria .
The audacious statement therein made tnat 95 lodges determined to form a Grand Lodge is indeed a vivid contrast to the fact , that 75 English lodges held aloof , and even of the 25 Scottish and Irish lodges , it is not yet clear that a majority has consented . —Yours fraternally , ANTIPODES .
THE VICTORIAN GKAND LODGE . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I have been watching and studying the correspondance Respecting P . M . I now wish to make a few remarks . 1 quite agree with " Alancunium " for every one knows the rank a brother must hold before he can attend Grand Lodge ,
he bein a P . M . says to other P . Ms , we will pass this and have all the honours to ourselves ( quite the reverse , to his obligation ) . Now there is a lot to say about the Victorian Grand Lodge , does our Brother Antipodes bear any animosity towards Mr . G . Coppin , M . L . A . Perhaps he was one ot the Bill Posters & c , Sic . I must defend those who are to far away to defend theirselves for a part of my
obligation in the 3 rd degree demands I should doo so , rememoer he his a member of one of the home constitutions though he has lapsed in arears of subscription , but here is a man tnat has been nearly ruined by Hoods , fires , & c , to which colonials aic so subject , let me now tell you it was his brother Masons that started him a iresh tor we have no tvi' ) workings in the Colonies one for rich and one for poor .
We work on the 5 points of fellowship and we have the old Irish saying of one man is as good as another in fact better if any brother has visited the colonial Lodges he will not be able to say he has herd the obligations and lectures lore to peices and stuck togather by prompting by k a dozen officers . 1 think my few remarks will remind some of my brethren that they should not say things behind a brothers
back unmasonic and snould ask himself if he has any faults then instead of nucklerapping he would remember the duties of a mason , —1 Remain , Sir and Bro ., A NliWZriAL- \ NU & AUSTRALIAN F . & A . MASON . Sept . 4 th , 18 S 3 . [ We print the above " verbatim et literatim " as a Masonic curiosity . —ED . F . M . J
Reviews
REVIEWS
THE MAGAZINES . We do not know how it is , but we think a sort of " gentle dulness " has fallen over our September serial literature . It may be the weather ; it may be the cholera ; it may the " ist of September and the partridges ; " it may be countless other good reasons and shrewd causes j but so it is undoubtedly . ' Longman's " continues with its staple story , which is
coming to a denouement . Bret Harte " In the Carquinez Woods" poses and propounds " more suo ; " the story is a little too sentimental and wild for us . Mr . Proctor writes learned on the "Gambling Game of Poker , " in much vogue in the United States ; and lo and behold I we have given you the "cream " of the magazine .
" The Century " is this month not quite up to its level . "Cape Cod , " "Indian War in the Colonies , " " Professor Agassiz ' s Lab iratory , " the " Musk Ox , " " A Burns ' Pilgrimage , " and "Love in Old Clothes" are all interesting , readable , and " edifying . " It has also its staple imaginative contributions .
" Temple Bar " greets us with " Belinda " and "lone Stewart . " " The Captain ' s Story " is a sad commentary on Irish life and manners . " "A Cleft Stick" is a little farfetched , is it not ? For the rest we refer our readers to " Temple Bar . "
"All the Year Round" contains "Jenifer , " "Along the Silver Streak , " " An Alibi and its Price . " " ' Twixt Cup and Lip , " is well written , and several other leaflets deserve perusal . " The Antiquary and Bibliographer " pursue the " even tenour of their way . " Caxton ' s " Game of Chess" with illustrations claims consideration . The remaining articles
are purely Dryasdustian and perhaps are most relished by a select order of readers . We hear of a new magazine called the " Illustrated , '' shortly to appear . Some of our great writers have promised to help . " La Chaine D'Union " for August is before is , and
contains much that is interesting to French Freemasons . The annual meeting of the Grand Orient is at hand , and Bro . Hubert , the editor and proprietor of the "Chaine D'Union , " seems to anticipate fresh changes . We shall keep our readers " au courant " There is one remarkable letter in this number , which if space and other claims permit , we shall translate for next week ' s Freemason .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
223 J ST . MARY'S LODGE , No . 63 , LONDON . bro . VV . Hollingvorth desires lo know if any other lodge than No . C 3 has twice held the same number at different epochs . I presume it is thought a most unusal occurrence for lodges to be so numbered , but as a matter of fact it is not so . Of existing lodges Nos . 2 to 20 have
enjoyed the same numerical position from 1814 to 1832 , and then to 1 S 63 ( the last change ) , ana No . 1 has been so distinguished from its origin ( apparently in 1759 ) . Then again of the " Moderns " ( so-called ) , 33 , London , was the same number in 1770 , and 46 , London ; 4 S , Gateshead ; 51 , Colchester ; and 52 , Norwich , were so numbered respectively in ' 7 S 1 ; 55 > London , was 70 in 1 S 14 to 1 S 32 , and 1770 to
17 S 0 ; 5 ° , London , had the same number given it in 17 S 1 to 179 ! . Of the "Ancients , " No . 79 , Greenwich , was g 3 at constitution , and also in 1 S 32 to iSSj , and No . 81 , Woodbndge , was 9 G on being warranted , and so at the change in 1 S 32 to 1 SG 3 . Brethren will find these numbers by consulting Bro . Gould ' s two grand volumes ( " Four Old
Lodges" and "Atholl Lodges , " ) and my "Masonic Register . " I am much interested in lodge histories , and have done my best to induce brethren to become historians of their own lodges by assisting them , when desired , as far as possible . I should much like a copy of the work eJited by Bros . G . Kelly and Hollingworth , if they would oblige me . I should not ask , of course , if monev could procure one .
¦ W . J . HUGHAN . 224 ] THE "CHARLES SACKVILLE" MEDAL . 'The friendly discussion which hasbeen waged for sometime in the Freemason respecting the year when the medal was struck which is knjwn by the title as above has proved both interesting and instructive , but has not been finally disposed of , for " Dryasdust" has out himself in
communication with Bro . Mndel , so as to discover if such a medal exists in the Minerva Lodge collection . Bro . "G . B . A . " has stuck to his colours most manfully , and has spared no pains to verify his statements . It is singular that the authority of Bro . W . T . T . Marvin , M . A ., the author ol " The Medalsof the Masonic Fraternity " ( Boston , U . S . A ., ISSJ ) , has not been quoted thereon . It is No . I in his
invaluable work , and Bro . Marvin states correctly that it is No . 1 in Bode ' s "Almanack , & c ., " of A . D . 1777 , an engraving of obverse and reverse being given . It is desirable to note that it was engraved in 1733 according to inscription on medal { obverse "I . N . 1733 , " reverse " L . Natter , F . Flurent ) . " Merzdorf says but one specimen is known , which which was in the " Hammerstein collection . " It is said to
have been struck in silver , and several casts have been taken in lead . It is number one in work by Zacharias ( Dresden , 1840-6 ) , as also in Dr . Merzdorf ' s volume ( Oldenburgh , t 3 st ) , under Italy . Marvin says an impression in silver " formerly existed in the valuable collection of Masonic Medals in possession of the lodge Minerva of the Three Palms at Leipsic , but is said to have disappeared . "
W . J . HUGHAN
22 s ] SONGS OF THE COLLEGIA . Lilk our Masonic fraternity , songs or hymns seem to have formed part of the Roman Collegiate customs . Meril , in his "Poesies Populaires Latines , " before the twelfth century , gives us a form of the hymns belonging to the "Fratres Arvales . " MAiOSIC tiTUDENT .
226 ] LES FRERES PJNTIFES . Mange Agricol , in his " Histoire de St . Benezet , " Aix , 1707 , tells us that inthe twelfth century religious oiderswere formed under the patronage of the Bishops to build bridges , keep them in order , and protect passengers . They also built hospitals to receive poor travellers , and hence they were called " Freres Hospitaliers , " ' Freres du
Pont , " and sometimes" Freres Pontifes , " from " Pons " or " Pont , " a bridge . The superiors of these orders took indifferently for titles the names of "Priors" or "Commanders . " These Sodalities seem first to have sprung up in Provence . In 1176 , the Hospital of Bjnpas , on the banksof the Durance , an institution to help passengers , had a head who was reputed to be a holy man .
Benezet , or Benoit , as he was termed , who seeing how well his establishment did , went to Avignon to form another , the Bishop , who was then called " Pons , " assisting him with all his influence . In 1187 the bridge was nearly finished , and though Benezet had died , he was succeeded by a Jean Benoit , who obtained permission to build a church , to have
a chaplain , and a cemetery for his little fraternity . Agricol mentions a Bull of Incorporation of Pope Clement , ot 1189 . These fraternities were ultimately connected with the Templars and Hospitalliers , and had a white dress given them by Leo X . They seem soon after to have become mixed with the "Freres or Pretres Blancs . " lean find no trace in regard of the badge of " arches " said to have been worn on their dresses , though it may be so . Raynouard and the Monk
of St . Denis , as well as Gregoire , have written about them , and perhaps other works are extanl ; but I am not quite sure in which work the Bulls are preserved . Agricol cites them . The result of his work is , in his own words , " The existence of an Order , which existed for several centuries , whose object was to build bridges , or to keep boats at the rivers , and hospitals , to protect passengers from the robbers and dangers and cruelties of those tunes . MASONIC STUDENT . 227 J
M \ KING MASONS FOR TWELVE SHILLINGS . Who are the historians who relate " that previous to 1717 so low had Masonry fallen that it was a common thing in passing along the streets of London and Liverpool , particularly by the river-side , to observe large printed signs placed
over doors of alehouses and sailors' boarding houses with the words , ' Masons made here for Twelve Shillings ? '" I will be glad of the titles and dates of the histories referred to , with the extracts bearing on the subject . GEORGE AURKHA . V 1 TVVEDDELL .
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subject to the laws of the realm as settled in Parliament is simply absurd . There is a wide difference between imperial and municipal government ; as to his suggestions that a P . G . W . of Middlesex becoming through a change of residence a P . G . W . of Yorkshire , this is expressly provided against in the Book of Constitutions , page 51 . Agnin , Bro . Speth says if a brother is a Past Master of Lodge 1000 and leaves it and joins lodge No . 500 , he still
is a P . M . of the former lodge . Let me ask Bro . Speth how he would gain admittance to Grand Lodge after he had left Lodge 1000 , as that lodge would not return his name to Grand Lodge after he had ceased to subscribe thereto ? How , therefore , could the Grand Pursuivants pass him ? I now come to the argument of " P . M . of a Country Lodge , " whose analogy , although intended as evidence
against the amendment , is the strongest which can be adduced in its favour . Hi first says that after a brother his served the office of Immediate fast Master he ought to go back amongst the ordinary members of the lodge , and then goes on to say that an ex-Lord Chancellor will always command the respect due to one who has served so high and important an office , and that he ranks among his peers according to the date of his patent . This is exactly what
the supporters of the amendment want to arrive at for a joining Past Master . They want him to rank among the Masonic peers according to the date of his obtaining his patent , which is created when he is installed as Master of a lodge . If , as our friend at first argues , a Past Master ought to be sent back amongst the rank and file , then , by the same reasoning , an ex-Lord Chancellor ought to return to his friends at the Bar , leaving his title and pension behind
him . Our Bro . " T . M . M . C . O . " as well as Bro . Gould speaks of a Past Master ' s degree . For some time past several lodges in Lancashire have tried to establish such a degree , but they have been severely called to account by the higher authorities and told that there is no such degreethat by installing a brother as W . M . you confer rank only , not a degree , and if the supporters of the Emulation
working are to be taken as an authority the Board of Installed Masters never goes out of the Third Degree . How then do your correspondents make out the rank of Past Master to be a degree ? Possibly the best solution of the prob'em would be the adoption of the amendment proposed by Bro . the - < ev . J . otudholme Urownrigg , and yet that would prevent many good men from becoming joining members of a lodge with such a retrograde position only offered him . —Yours faithfully , MANENNIENSIS .
. To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — No law can make a brother a Past Master of a lodge if he has not passed the chair of that lodge ; he can only be a Past Master in the lodge he joins until he passes the chair . I myself am an old Past Master of 33 and
452 , and had to work through 1601 and 1719 to be a Past Master of those lodges , and so it must always be . Past Masters are members of the " Standing Committee , " but Past Masters in a lodge are not . Bro . Turner should know that any Past Master is eligible for the chair of a Principal in a Royal Arch Chapter . 30 th August , 18 S 3 . MAGNUS OHREN .
To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Why the present controversy should have arisen seems to me a mystery . How can a brother be a Past Master of a lodge when he has never occupied , or , better said , been installed in the chair of that lodge ? Was he ever the master of that lodge , if not , how can he be a Past Master of it , and is it comm jnsense to call him such ?
Again , is it not customary for most lodges to grant a Past Master ' s jewel to the retiring Mister ? Is a joining Past Master of another lodge entitled to such jewel ? would his new brethren vote him such ? If he is to be known as a Past Master of the lodge , why should he have to appear in lodge without the jewel , which all the other legitimate Past Masters of the lodge , by reason of their having been duly installed therein , and having carrie 1 out its duties creditably
during their year oi office , have the satisfaction of wearing ? What must visiting brethren think of a Past Master of a lodge who , apart from his fellows , cannot show on his breast the token o < esteem the hrethren are in the habit of exhibiting towards their Past Misters . In common sense , a Past Master of a lodge must mean
a Past O ficerof it , and how can a joining member be such until he has past through his year of office in it ? Is a Past Warden of one lodge to be considered a Past Warden of any other which he joins ? If a Past Master is to be entitled to such privileges , may not we , who are Wardens , equally well aspire to them . '—Yours fraternally , ¦ J . W .
1777-A QUEER CASE . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — A case has recently come under my notice which appears to me 10 be in direct opposition to the Constitutions , and a gross breach of faith between the brethren of the lod ge concerned . I therefore deem it my duty to lay the facts before you , so that you and your numerous readers
may be able to express an opinion thereon . At a recent meeting of the lodge in question , a gentleman was proposed for initiation , and on being balloted for two Mils were found against the proposition , which under the bye-laws of the lodge are sufficient to veto it . A suggestion was then made that the bollot box may not have been Properl y examined and that the balls may have been left in the box by mistake , and a second ballot was ordered , with
'he same result ; again it was suggested that another ballot should be taken , and accordingly after a diatribe as > ° the excellence of the character of the gentleman pro-Posed for membership , and an elaborate explanation of how to vote , " the box was for the third time passed round , and again two balls appeared against the proposition , nothing further could now be done , and the gentleman was declared not elected . A few days after , I understand every Member
present in the lodge that evening was waited upon j ? y the W . M . of the lodge , and asked to sigh a paper certi-¦ ymf that he "did not place a BLACK ball against the Proposition . " As , 1 believe , each member signed this Paper , the advice of the P . G . M . has been taken , and the h ! 1 " ' '' ' s stlted , that the candidate ' s name will again •\ w ? belore t , le lod « for election . fW l ' am an * i , ius to know is this—wis the W . M . justiieo - in allowing the ballot box to go round th . ee times ?
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Was he afterwards acting within the laws of the Constitutions in requesting members to sign a paper showing which way they had voted ? And is it constitutional to again place before the lodge for election the mine of a gentleman who was rejected at a recent meeting on three successive ballots?—I am , sir , yours faithfully and fraternally , MELIORA .
August 3 'st , 1 SS 3 . L We are of opinion decidedly that though a W . M . may in buna fides , for fear of a mistake , send the ballot box round twice , as is often done , he cannot and ought not to do it a third time , and certainly not advocate the claims of the candidate , thus rendering the idea and object of the ballot nugatory . The VV . M . acted very illegally in calling on the brethren to sign such a paper , and we recommend the brethren
agneved to appeal to the Board of Geneial Purposes . A recent decision againt disclosure of the ballot is quite to the point . Some bye-laws say a candidate rejected cannot come up for a certain time ; but if there is nj limit of time in the bye-laws , we apprehend , however much against " good form , " there is nothing illegal in theactkm of those who wish to secure the election of the rejected candidate . — ED . F . M . I
A FRIENDLY QUERY . To the EdUor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I wonder much who inspired a recent article in the Standard in respect ot the bogus Grand Lodge of Victoria .
The audacious statement therein made tnat 95 lodges determined to form a Grand Lodge is indeed a vivid contrast to the fact , that 75 English lodges held aloof , and even of the 25 Scottish and Irish lodges , it is not yet clear that a majority has consented . —Yours fraternally , ANTIPODES .
THE VICTORIAN GKAND LODGE . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I have been watching and studying the correspondance Respecting P . M . I now wish to make a few remarks . 1 quite agree with " Alancunium " for every one knows the rank a brother must hold before he can attend Grand Lodge ,
he bein a P . M . says to other P . Ms , we will pass this and have all the honours to ourselves ( quite the reverse , to his obligation ) . Now there is a lot to say about the Victorian Grand Lodge , does our Brother Antipodes bear any animosity towards Mr . G . Coppin , M . L . A . Perhaps he was one ot the Bill Posters & c , Sic . I must defend those who are to far away to defend theirselves for a part of my
obligation in the 3 rd degree demands I should doo so , rememoer he his a member of one of the home constitutions though he has lapsed in arears of subscription , but here is a man tnat has been nearly ruined by Hoods , fires , & c , to which colonials aic so subject , let me now tell you it was his brother Masons that started him a iresh tor we have no tvi' ) workings in the Colonies one for rich and one for poor .
We work on the 5 points of fellowship and we have the old Irish saying of one man is as good as another in fact better if any brother has visited the colonial Lodges he will not be able to say he has herd the obligations and lectures lore to peices and stuck togather by prompting by k a dozen officers . 1 think my few remarks will remind some of my brethren that they should not say things behind a brothers
back unmasonic and snould ask himself if he has any faults then instead of nucklerapping he would remember the duties of a mason , —1 Remain , Sir and Bro ., A NliWZriAL- \ NU & AUSTRALIAN F . & A . MASON . Sept . 4 th , 18 S 3 . [ We print the above " verbatim et literatim " as a Masonic curiosity . —ED . F . M . J
Reviews
REVIEWS
THE MAGAZINES . We do not know how it is , but we think a sort of " gentle dulness " has fallen over our September serial literature . It may be the weather ; it may be the cholera ; it may the " ist of September and the partridges ; " it may be countless other good reasons and shrewd causes j but so it is undoubtedly . ' Longman's " continues with its staple story , which is
coming to a denouement . Bret Harte " In the Carquinez Woods" poses and propounds " more suo ; " the story is a little too sentimental and wild for us . Mr . Proctor writes learned on the "Gambling Game of Poker , " in much vogue in the United States ; and lo and behold I we have given you the "cream " of the magazine .
" The Century " is this month not quite up to its level . "Cape Cod , " "Indian War in the Colonies , " " Professor Agassiz ' s Lab iratory , " the " Musk Ox , " " A Burns ' Pilgrimage , " and "Love in Old Clothes" are all interesting , readable , and " edifying . " It has also its staple imaginative contributions .
" Temple Bar " greets us with " Belinda " and "lone Stewart . " " The Captain ' s Story " is a sad commentary on Irish life and manners . " "A Cleft Stick" is a little farfetched , is it not ? For the rest we refer our readers to " Temple Bar . "
"All the Year Round" contains "Jenifer , " "Along the Silver Streak , " " An Alibi and its Price . " " ' Twixt Cup and Lip , " is well written , and several other leaflets deserve perusal . " The Antiquary and Bibliographer " pursue the " even tenour of their way . " Caxton ' s " Game of Chess" with illustrations claims consideration . The remaining articles
are purely Dryasdustian and perhaps are most relished by a select order of readers . We hear of a new magazine called the " Illustrated , '' shortly to appear . Some of our great writers have promised to help . " La Chaine D'Union " for August is before is , and
contains much that is interesting to French Freemasons . The annual meeting of the Grand Orient is at hand , and Bro . Hubert , the editor and proprietor of the "Chaine D'Union , " seems to anticipate fresh changes . We shall keep our readers " au courant " There is one remarkable letter in this number , which if space and other claims permit , we shall translate for next week ' s Freemason .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
223 J ST . MARY'S LODGE , No . 63 , LONDON . bro . VV . Hollingvorth desires lo know if any other lodge than No . C 3 has twice held the same number at different epochs . I presume it is thought a most unusal occurrence for lodges to be so numbered , but as a matter of fact it is not so . Of existing lodges Nos . 2 to 20 have
enjoyed the same numerical position from 1814 to 1832 , and then to 1 S 63 ( the last change ) , ana No . 1 has been so distinguished from its origin ( apparently in 1759 ) . Then again of the " Moderns " ( so-called ) , 33 , London , was the same number in 1770 , and 46 , London ; 4 S , Gateshead ; 51 , Colchester ; and 52 , Norwich , were so numbered respectively in ' 7 S 1 ; 55 > London , was 70 in 1 S 14 to 1 S 32 , and 1770 to
17 S 0 ; 5 ° , London , had the same number given it in 17 S 1 to 179 ! . Of the "Ancients , " No . 79 , Greenwich , was g 3 at constitution , and also in 1 S 32 to iSSj , and No . 81 , Woodbndge , was 9 G on being warranted , and so at the change in 1 S 32 to 1 SG 3 . Brethren will find these numbers by consulting Bro . Gould ' s two grand volumes ( " Four Old
Lodges" and "Atholl Lodges , " ) and my "Masonic Register . " I am much interested in lodge histories , and have done my best to induce brethren to become historians of their own lodges by assisting them , when desired , as far as possible . I should much like a copy of the work eJited by Bros . G . Kelly and Hollingworth , if they would oblige me . I should not ask , of course , if monev could procure one .
¦ W . J . HUGHAN . 224 ] THE "CHARLES SACKVILLE" MEDAL . 'The friendly discussion which hasbeen waged for sometime in the Freemason respecting the year when the medal was struck which is knjwn by the title as above has proved both interesting and instructive , but has not been finally disposed of , for " Dryasdust" has out himself in
communication with Bro . Mndel , so as to discover if such a medal exists in the Minerva Lodge collection . Bro . "G . B . A . " has stuck to his colours most manfully , and has spared no pains to verify his statements . It is singular that the authority of Bro . W . T . T . Marvin , M . A ., the author ol " The Medalsof the Masonic Fraternity " ( Boston , U . S . A ., ISSJ ) , has not been quoted thereon . It is No . I in his
invaluable work , and Bro . Marvin states correctly that it is No . 1 in Bode ' s "Almanack , & c ., " of A . D . 1777 , an engraving of obverse and reverse being given . It is desirable to note that it was engraved in 1733 according to inscription on medal { obverse "I . N . 1733 , " reverse " L . Natter , F . Flurent ) . " Merzdorf says but one specimen is known , which which was in the " Hammerstein collection . " It is said to
have been struck in silver , and several casts have been taken in lead . It is number one in work by Zacharias ( Dresden , 1840-6 ) , as also in Dr . Merzdorf ' s volume ( Oldenburgh , t 3 st ) , under Italy . Marvin says an impression in silver " formerly existed in the valuable collection of Masonic Medals in possession of the lodge Minerva of the Three Palms at Leipsic , but is said to have disappeared . "
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22 s ] SONGS OF THE COLLEGIA . Lilk our Masonic fraternity , songs or hymns seem to have formed part of the Roman Collegiate customs . Meril , in his "Poesies Populaires Latines , " before the twelfth century , gives us a form of the hymns belonging to the "Fratres Arvales . " MAiOSIC tiTUDENT .
226 ] LES FRERES PJNTIFES . Mange Agricol , in his " Histoire de St . Benezet , " Aix , 1707 , tells us that inthe twelfth century religious oiderswere formed under the patronage of the Bishops to build bridges , keep them in order , and protect passengers . They also built hospitals to receive poor travellers , and hence they were called " Freres Hospitaliers , " ' Freres du
Pont , " and sometimes" Freres Pontifes , " from " Pons " or " Pont , " a bridge . The superiors of these orders took indifferently for titles the names of "Priors" or "Commanders . " These Sodalities seem first to have sprung up in Provence . In 1176 , the Hospital of Bjnpas , on the banksof the Durance , an institution to help passengers , had a head who was reputed to be a holy man .
Benezet , or Benoit , as he was termed , who seeing how well his establishment did , went to Avignon to form another , the Bishop , who was then called " Pons , " assisting him with all his influence . In 1187 the bridge was nearly finished , and though Benezet had died , he was succeeded by a Jean Benoit , who obtained permission to build a church , to have
a chaplain , and a cemetery for his little fraternity . Agricol mentions a Bull of Incorporation of Pope Clement , ot 1189 . These fraternities were ultimately connected with the Templars and Hospitalliers , and had a white dress given them by Leo X . They seem soon after to have become mixed with the "Freres or Pretres Blancs . " lean find no trace in regard of the badge of " arches " said to have been worn on their dresses , though it may be so . Raynouard and the Monk
of St . Denis , as well as Gregoire , have written about them , and perhaps other works are extanl ; but I am not quite sure in which work the Bulls are preserved . Agricol cites them . The result of his work is , in his own words , " The existence of an Order , which existed for several centuries , whose object was to build bridges , or to keep boats at the rivers , and hospitals , to protect passengers from the robbers and dangers and cruelties of those tunes . MASONIC STUDENT . 227 J
M \ KING MASONS FOR TWELVE SHILLINGS . Who are the historians who relate " that previous to 1717 so low had Masonry fallen that it was a common thing in passing along the streets of London and Liverpool , particularly by the river-side , to observe large printed signs placed
over doors of alehouses and sailors' boarding houses with the words , ' Masons made here for Twelve Shillings ? '" I will be glad of the titles and dates of the histories referred to , with the extracts bearing on the subject . GEORGE AURKHA . V 1 TVVEDDELL .
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