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BACON'S CENTRAL HOTEL , ADJOINING FREEMASONS' H ALL , GREAT OUEEN STREET , LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS , LONDON , W . C . BRO . THOMAS BACON begs to solicit the kind patronage of Brethren visiting London . The Craft is aware that it was supposed that the Grand Lodge would purchase the lease of his hotel , a statement to which effect was inserted in all the leading newspapers . He is sorry to say the report is operating much against his business , as many of his friends and the public , thinking his hotel closed , have gone elsewhere . He therefore trusts that his Brother Freemasons in the country will support him , and the more so as he has been a tenant of Grand Lodge for half-a-century .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications have been received , but are not inserted in this issue owing to want of space : — Translation of the Pope ' s Encyclical letter— " De Sccta Massonum . " CORRESPONDENCE—I . P . M . 731 . CRAFT LODGES—Mariners , IOS ; St . John ' s , 2 S 0 ( S . C . );

fattison , 913 ; Amnurst , 1223 ; oavilc , 1231 ; t'rincc Leopold , 1445 ; Sir Charles Bright , 1793 ; Mozart , 1929 ; Raymond Thrupp , 2024 . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION—Faith , 141 ; Wcslbournc , 733 .

HOOKS RECEIVED , & c . ''Canadian Craftsman , " " New York Daily News , " " New York Dispatch , " "Natal Mercury , " "Court Circular , " •¦ City Press , " " Droad Arrow , " " CHi / en , " " Voice of Masonry , " " Hull Packet , " " Masonic Chronicle , " " Jewish Chronicle , " " Time , " " Tricycling lournal , " " Die llauhiitte , " " Forbes' Directory ; and Bulletin " ' ( Rome ! , " Washington Chronicle , " "La Cliainc d'Union , " " El Taller , " " Kneph , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "Victorian Masonic Journal , " " Keystone , " " Melbourne Argus , "" Northampton Mercury . "

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j S ^^^^ B ^ Sa SATURDAY , MAY IO , 1884 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinionsexpressed by ourcorrcspondents , hut we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ] ——

RE-NUMBERING OF LODGES . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Allow me space to say how grateful 1 feel for Bro . VV . J . Hughan ' s answer to a letter by Bro . J . VV . Turner ,

ot Huddershcld . Had I answered that letter , I fear it would scarcely have been in the same courteous and suitable manner ; it seems to me so exceedingly absurd any one going out of his way to cause trouble and annoyance . Those who remember , as I do , the years it took us to

become accustomed to the new numbers of lodges , will agree with Bro . Hughan it requires some stronger reason than the advocate has given for such a disturbance of our Masonic memories . It is positively mischievious unless necessary . I cannot quote figures , but I am ready to admit that in 1 SG 3 it had become desirable , and I am prepared to say at present there is not the slightest necessity for renumbering lodges . —Yours fraternally , HENRY SMITH , Prov . G . Sec . West Yorks .

THE BOYS' SCHOOL ELECTION . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Sir , —I should be g lad to avail myself of your columns as the medium by which to convey my sincere thanks to all those members of the Masonic Order , and others , who by their votes or personal efforts have helped the candidature of my son , Edward , in the late election for the Boy ' s School , and thereby contributed to bring to a successful

issue a cause which at hrst , on account of the shortness of time in which to work it , did not promise so satisfactory a result . Such a result , indeed , could not have been obtained save by the most untiring exertions of those who so kindly and so warml y interested themselves for me . Many of those kind friends , being personally unknown to me , I cannot thank individually ; to them then , especially , I would offer these few lines , in the hope that they may be

accepted as the expression of deep gratitude for the services so readily rendered me . —I am , Sir , yours obediently , M . A . GREEN . Portsmouth , May 1 .

THE LATE BRO . GEORGE BUCKLAND . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Sir , —I am requested by the Committee to inform you that the entertainment given at St . George ' s Hall , on

20 th March last , proved most successful , the gross receipts being £ 343 14 s . 6 d ., which , after deducting the cost of advertising , & c , viz ., £ 37 10 s . 4 d ., leaves a sum of £ 306 4 s . 2 d . for the benefit of the widow . —I am , Sir , yours obediently , JOSEPH D . LANGTON , Hon . Sec .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

335 ] THE CESTRIAN LODGE . Can anyone move the VV . M . and brethren of the Ccstrian Lodge to have a search made amid their papers , as it is just possible something may still be there about the " Wren MS . " ? Can Bro . Whytehead help us ? I know he will if he can . MASONIC STUDENT .

33 C ] SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN . With reference to * ' P . S . W . 302 's" note , I looked in at Mr . E . VV . Stibbs's , 30 , Museum-street , on Saturday , and found that in " Knight ' s London " the passage referred to occurs . A Mr . Weir writes therein an account ot the Building of St . Paul ' s , and mentions that Herder ( not Heider ) in

one of his "fugitive pieces" states that Sir Christopher Wren was member of a convivial society , with forms of secresy and initiation , and rules of regulation , and hence the true origin of " St . John ' s Masonry . " This meeting is said to have taken place at a tavern in St . Paul ' s Churchyard . Is not this a " find " for our worthy Bro . Gould ?

337 ] ANTIOU 1 TY . CAGLIOSTRO'S HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY . In the " Maconnerie Egyptienne du Grand Cophte " the following legend of Masonic history occurs , which I hope Masonic students will note : " Freemasonry has for its fathers Enoch and Elias ( Elijah ) . After having been invested with sublime power , which was granted them by the

Divinity , they implored His goodness and His mercy in favour of their neighbours , and that they might be permitted to make known to other men His greatness and the power He has accorded to men over all the beings who surround His throne . Having obtained this , they formed 12 subjects , whom they termed Elect of God , one of whom , known to you , was called Solomon . This king philosopher ,

himself inspired , sought to imitate and to walk in the steps of his two masters by forming a society of men proper to preserve and propagate that sublime knowledge which they had acquired . He succeeded by conciliating the other Elect , and agreeing to select each two subjects , of whom they formed 24 companions , the first being Boaz . These 24 companions had afterwards the liberty ol each electing

three , whom they named apprentices , which made two Supreme Chiefs , 12 Masters or Elect of God , 24 Companions , and 72 Apprentices . From these last the Templars arc descended , and from one of these Templars , a fugitive in Scotland , the Freemasons , who were in the beginning of the number of 13 , afterwards became 33 . Such

arc the origin and affiliation of Masonry . Wc may some of us smile at this extraordinary mixture of anachronism and absurdity ; but 1 quote it mainly to prove to others the radical audacity and knavery of Joseph Balsamo , and the trash which was positively once accepted by educated men , and still apparently finds dupes and believers . MASONIC STUDENT .

Gould's History Of Freemasonry. Vol. Iii.

GOULD'S HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY . VOL . III .

FOURTH NOTICE . Uv MASONIC STUDENT . Before I go on , I wish to call attention to an admitted duty of recognition and gratitude , namely , in respect of the illustrations of Bro . Gould ' s work . They are very effective indeed ; and as 1 notice the name of Bro . W . II . Rylands , 1 am giad to call attention to this , among other proofs of

the great promise of this rising young archaeologist , as well in Freemasonry as in Egyptology . One of the most important chapters in Bro . Gould ' s third volume is that which deals with the Guild Legends . We owe to a non-Mason , llalliwcll Phillips , in 1 S 40 , the introduction to a scientific and critical treatment of the Masonic Poem , and from that time to the present the enquiry and study have

gone on , beginning with the additional MS . ( Bro . Matthew Cooke ) , continued with Bro . Uughan ' s invaluable "Old Charges , " and ending for the present with that now long list which appears in Bro . Gould's history . Bro . Gould has quoted certain " canons " of textual criticism , bearing mainly on Scriptural MSS ., and has sought to apply them to our now lengthened collection of Guild Legends .

It is here where I lirst diverge and dissent respectfully from Bro . Gould ' s method of classification and treatment of this most important subject . In the abstract the idea seems very good and sound ; in the concrete we soon discover that we cannot fully , perfectly , or safely apply such canons to our Guild Legends without soon lindinc ourselves in a happy state of doubt and difficulty .

If Bro . Gould ' s tests of historical value and textual soundness are accepted , wc shall lose perforce some of our most characteristic legends . "Lodge possession" is an clement no doubt in testing the value of a MS ., but it is not the only one , and is probably a very deceptive one at the best . For , at this moment , with the exception of a certain and select number , we know not of most of the lodge MSS . how they came into the possession of the lodge or when ;

and _ in the case of some , the lodge or Grand Lodge possession is quite modern , and previously the history of the MS . becomes again that of private possession . Though the " canon " be good as a rule , it must have its exceptions , as all rules have , and must not be pressed too closely , or used too dogmatically . We may assume that from 1 GS 6 at any rate , MSS . legends , as Anderson pointed out , have been known to

Freemasons , and probably our own Grand Lodge has always had one or two , but we must not even rely on this fact too much , as the argument may be turned both ways . I say this , because the " private possession " view is held to tell so strongly against the Harlcian 1942 , for instance ; whereas with very few exceptions all the present known MSS . go back to "private possession , " and the time when any

became the property of a Grand Lodge or a private lodge , if uncertain , as is really the case , proves nothing . I may observe now that the " roll" form would seem the oldest form of the Constitutions and probably used at the admission of members . It is the " Pergamentum Mcmbranaceum" doubtless of Ashmole and Plot . But yet , strange to say , the oldest known forms are not rolls , but books . Of the 31 legends to which it is necessary now to