Provincial Grand Chapter Of Monmouthshire.

G . Homfray as the Presiding Officer , and the chapter was closed in harmony . The companions afterwards dined together at the King ' s Head , numbering over 30 . The following were appointed officers of Provincial Grand Chapter for the ensuing year :

Comps- Colonel Charles Lyne , P . G . S . ; S . G . Homfray , P . G . H . ; L . A . Homfray , P . G . J . ; Edward Wells , P . G . S . E . ; Wm . Pickford , p G . S . N . ; R . B . Evans , P . G ., Treasurer ; John Middleton , P . G . P . S . ; C . Holmes , P . G . ; H . Hellyer , Asst . ditto ; D . Brown P . G . Sword

Bearer ; W . J . Gratte , P . G . Standard Bearer ; Thomas Williams , P . G . D . C . ; H . J . Groves , P . G . O . ; W . Williams , jun ., P . G . Janitor . These were present at ' the banquet : Comps . Charles Lyne , P . G . S . ; S . G . Homfray , P . G . H . 3 L . A . Homfray , P . G . J . ; Major Shadwell Clerke ,

P . Z . ; R . S . Roper ; H . J . Gratte , P . G . S . B . ; R . B . Evans , P . G . T . ; Edwin Hibbard , 471 ; William Evans , 471 ; H . Hellyer , P . G . A . S . ; D . James , 471 ; Israel Williams , 1258 ; Jabez Jacob , 1258 ; Alfred Jacob , 471 ; f . Homer , 471 and 1429 ; E . Whitehall , 1429 ; W . Randall ,

W . M ., 1429 ; W . Watkms , 471 , 610 , and 1429 ; J- G . Huxtable , 471 and 1429 ; John Campbell , 471 ; H . J . Groves , 683 ; Thomas Williams , 683 , P . D . C . ; W . Fletcher , 471 ; Walter West , 683 ; H . Sanders , 683 ; T . W . Duckworth , 345 ; W . Williams , jun ., 818 ; W . Pickford , l ' . G . S . N . ; E . J . Thomas , P . Z ., 36 , kc , ike .

Consecration Of The Albert Edward Lodge, Newport.

CONSECRATION OF THE ALBERT EDWARD LODGE , NEWPORT .

On Friday , the ist inst , a new lodge of Craft Masons , designated "The Albert Edward , " was consecrated at the Masonic Hall . The gathering was very large , including not fewer than some fifty visitors from " foreign " provinces . It was a very imposing ceremony .

Multum In Parbo,Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .

THK ELEUSIXIAN .. MYSTERIES . In the Eleusinian Mysteries the following hymn was sung or chanted : — " I will declare a secret to the initiated ;

But let the doors be shut against the profane . But thou O Musanis , offspring the bright of Selene , Attend carefully to my song . For I shall deliver the Truth without disguise ,

Suffer not , therefore , thy former prejudices To debar thee of that happy life , Which the knowledge of these sublime truths Will procure unto thee ; But carefull y contemplate this divine oracle , And preserve it in purity of mind and heart .

Go on in the right way , and see The sole Governor of the World ; He is one , and of Himself alone ; And to that one all things one their being . He operates through all , Was never seen by mortal eyes , But does himself see every one . "

AN HISTORIC BIBLE . R . W . Bro . Charles H . Titus furnishes Moore ' s Freemasons' Magazine , for April , with the follow"ig interesting historical item : " In St . John ' s Lodge , No . 1 . A . F . and A . M .

° f Newark , N . J ., there is an old black letter Bible , printed in 1594 . This Bible is of Thomas ^• atthew ' s translation , a folio , in the Gothic letter , and was printed by 'Ihon Daye , and William Seres . ' The title-page to the Bible is gone , but

the title-page to the New Testament is there and perfect , with the date 1 . 549 , aiu ' ' otherwise in good condition , having the last leaf with the colophon and printers' names . It was presented to the lodge in the last century by an emigrant

'TOin the mother country , the emigrant having previousl y affiliated with the lodge . In the year ^ 2 . 5 it was stolen from the lodge , and remained Hvay for 25 years , and in 18 50 it was traced to

' hiladel phia , and finally recovered and returned * ° the lodge in 18 . 57 . During the wanderings of these , 32 years it iost its first title-page , but also gained something , it having pasted on the inside 01 the cover a rare engraved portrait , of

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Washington , one which the writer , although having seen many collections of Washington portraits , never remembers seeing before . " At the time Washington had his headquarters in Morristown , N . J ., a part of the jewels and

furniture of St . John ' s Lodge was loaned to the travelling lodge , ' formed in the part of the ' colonial army then wintering at Morristown . Among the things so loaned was the Bible , and during the winter , General the Marquis of

Lafayette , then with the army , was entered , passed , and raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason . This Bible was u ? ed in the ceremonies , and Lafayette took his obligations upon it . It is known that Washington officiated

as ' Master , ' on these occasions . The associations connected with this Bible makes it an interesting object to all Masons , while its age and antiquity give its value to the book lover and antiquarian . Lowndes gives its first title thus :

• The Byble Nowe lately with greate industry and diligence recognised ( by Edm . liecke ) . Lond . by Ihon Daye and William Seres . 17 Aug . 1 . 549 ,

" And further says that there are copies of this impression in the Lambeth , British Museum , Bodleian , and other libraries . A copy with one leaf wanting , sold at auction for ' . UL' 6 IOS ; other copies sold for various sums , one as high as . £ 40 .

The facts in reference to the Bible having been used during the ' making' of Lafayette , were to obtained from several old members of the lodge , one of these members being now eighty years of uore . He , with the others , had . the circumstances

related to him by other earlier members who assisted at , or were known to those who did so assist , at the ceremonies above related . It is unnecessary to tell any member of the Craft that information derived from thorough Masons in

regard to matters of this kind are likely to be very correct . The Master ' s chair used on the occasion , though much worn , is looked on with veneration because it . once sustained the form of the father of his country . "

THE SYMBOL 01 THE STONE . The stone , on account of its hardness , has been from the most ancient times a symbol of strength , fortitude , and a firm foundation . The word EBEN , which signifies a stone , is derived by

Gesenius from an obsolete root , ABAN , to build , whence aban , an architect ; and he refers it to AMAN AH , which means a column , a covenant , and truth . The stone , therefore , says Portal ( Symb . ties Egypt . ) , may be considered as

the symbol of faith and truth ; hence Christ taught the very principle of symbology , when he called Peter , who represented faith , the rock or stone on which he would build his Church . But in Hebrew , as well as in Egyptian symbology ,

the stone was also sometimes the symbol of false-hood . Thus the name of Typhon , the principle ofjt'vil in the Egyptian theogony , was always written in the hieroglyp hic characters with Ihe dclci initiative sign for a stone . But the stone of

lyphon was a hewn stone , which had the same evil signification in Hebrew . Hence Jehovah says in Exodus , "Thoushalt not build me an altar of hewn stone ; " and Joshua built Mount Ebab , " an altar of whole stones , over which no

man hath lift up any iron . Ihe hewn stone was there a symbol of evil and falsehood ; the unhewn stone of good and truth . This must satisfy us that the Masonic symbolism of the stone , which is the converse of Uiis , has not been

derived from either the Hebrew or the Egyptian symbology , but sprang from the architectural ideas of the Operative Masons ; for in Masonry the ashlar , or unhewn stone " , is the symbol of

man ' s evil and corrupt condition ; while the perfect ashlar , or the hewn stone , is the symbol of his improved and perfected natuiv . — National Freemason .

CONSERVATISM O !• ' 1- 'RliUMASOXRV . The Ne . v Orleans Bulletin remarks concerning the Fraternity of the United States .

'' Mere is a body of men composed of all t'L . ss . 's and professions , entertaining every kind of opinion upon relig ion and poliik-s , and existinfr in every state of the union , who cjine

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together and exhibit amongthemselves the utmost harmony of freedom and action . No word of opprobium escapes from the lips of anyone to insult and wound the feelings of another . No fierce anathema of sections is heard . No

extravagance is indulged in . Everything is quiet , gentlemanly , respectful , dignified . The bitterest political enemies meet face to face , and you shall never know b y their actions or words that they do not belong to the same party . Religionists the most opposite embrace each other in

the arms of an exalted charity . Fanaticism finds no entrance into the society of the brotherhood . Not a wave of discoid disturbs the waters of the inner temple , no plunge into the abyss of atheism , rant , or lawlessness , shocks the moral senses of mankind . No revolutionary hydra comes up from beneath to break up the

foundation of order and send the tornado over the fair face of society . But what is the secret of their unanimity—of their harmony , of their brotherl y love—of the conservative front , which without a tremor , they maintain , amid the general commotion , hatred , and fanaticism existing around them ? It is found , it seems to strike us , in one word—Toleration . "

GOOD MASON . —The good Mason is an example to his neighbors , and his name and character proverbial . Those who are younger venerate him ; his companions love him . In his family he his high without severity , and condescending without meanness ; his commands are

gentle ; indeed , his wishes are his commands , for all are equally ready to answer his desires . To his wife he is the tender husband , not the usurping lord ; to his children he is the kind providential father , not the domineering tyrant ; to his servant lie is equally the friend as the

superior . Thus ruling , he is obeyed with cheerfulness ; and thus his home is , whether a cottage or a palace , while he is present , the habitation of peace . When he leaves , it is with reluctance , and when absent his returning is expected with pleasing avidity . —Inu-ood .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

JACII 1 NANDBOAZ .

To the . Editor of The Freemason Dear Sir and Brother , Dr . Mackey , in his Lexicon ( page 235 ) , says that these pillars were set up , Jacliin on the right or south side of the porch , and Boaz on the loft or north .

A correspondent of The Freemason some time since alluded to this , and in confirmation of this opinion referred to a passage in scripture , in which it was said that Boaz was set up next the north wind . 1 have mislaid my note of the

reference ; cotiltl you oblige me with it , or perhaps some of your readers would . 2 nd Chronicles , Chapter 3 , verse ij , wont help me . Yours truly , II .

Egyptian Hall.

EGYPTIAN HALL .

If any thing could settle the pretensions of the soi-di ., ; mt spiritualists , and make them exclaim , " Othello ' s occupation ' s gone ! " we should say that it would be the marvellous entertainment of Maskelyne and Cook , tlic " Roval

Illusionists , " who not onl y imitate , but emulate the- hitherto unexplained mysteries of the Davenport Brothers . The feats hitherto professedl y accomplished by spiritual agency , Messrs . Maskelyne and Cook perform by simple dexterity and sleight of hand . This part of the entertainment

is supplemented by astounding feats of plate dancing , an illusion , entitled " Decapitation Extraordinary , " concluding with a transformation sketch , entitled , " Will , the Witch , and the Watch , " in which some extraordinary effects are accomplished that no pen can describe , and which must be teen to he lie appreciated .

A memorial of the late Field-Marshal Sir George Pollock , constable 1 of the Tower , has been p laced in Westminster Abbey .