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well suited for such an office , and xve , the watermen and lightermen , beg to record this small tribute , knowing the kindly interest he has taken in our welfare in endeavouring to uphold the rights and privileges of the Waterman's Company , and in them the interests of the Corporation of the City of London . ' " I am , Sir , yours , & c , " F . WICUNOTON , President . " Whitechapel , E ., May 23 rd , 1 SS 2 . "
"Tothe Editor of the Morning Advertiser . " "Sir , —It may interest some of your readers to know that the following resolution was passed unanimously at an ordinary meeting of the Britsh Seamen ' s Protection Society , held at the Trafalgar Hotel , Lcman-street , K ., on May 17 th : " Resolved , — ' That this society views with the utmost
pleasure the candidature of its honorary counsel , Captain Bedford Pim , R . N ., for the honourable position of City Remembrancer , and knowing him as an honest and fearless gentleman , ever ready to uphold the traditional glory of Old England , xve feel that the time-honoured Corporation of the City of London would find in Captain Pim a gentleman belox'ed by his countrymen , of all
classes , for his gallantry and urbanity of manners , and one who would leave no stone unturned to preserve and improve upon those rights and privileges so essential to thc working of the great and noble charities and institutions which have made the City of London so famous . We , therefore , sincerely trust that he may prove the successful
candidate , in xvhich the great bulk of our British sailors , for xvhom he has xvorked hard during the xvhole of his life , xvould rejoice . ' " I am , Sir , yours , & c , "WILLIAM PATERSON LIND , " Hon . General Secretary . "Trafalgar Hotel , Lenian-strcet , Ii ., May 22 . " a ^!^^^ aO ^^^
Reviews
REVIEWS
MARION FAY . By ANTHONY TROLLOPE . Mr . Trollope's fame as a novel writer , one , in truth , of the masters of modem fiction , xvill in some respects be elevated , but in some not increased by this his latest production , xvhich , as some of our readers xvell know , has filled the pleasant pages of the Graph ic week by xveek for some time past . Amid much that is touching and striking , we notice the increase of that tendency to caricature
which has from the first been the temptation of this able and agreeable xvriter . He admits himself , in one of his earlier xvorks , that he has been accused of ridiculing the clergy , a very useful , important , inoffensive " caste " in our social system ; but though xve delight in Mr . Robarles , can drink a glass of ivine xvith Archdeacon Grantley , and sympathize xvith Mr . Craxvley and the good vicar of Bullhampton , and while xve have mournful
memories of Mrs . Proudie , xx * e do protest "ex animo " against such an unseemly representation of an English clergyman and gentleman as " Mr . Greenivood , " in Marion Fay . In himself , he is indeed a creature of the dust , " a tilius terra : " in a most odious aspect ; and fexv more unhealthy or unxvholesome delineations have ever been given us , than the "domesticchaplain" of a " great house . " " Absitomen !" Crocker , too , in our vieiv , is a lamentable exaggeration ;
vulgar , " gemein in the highest degree , except as a contrast or a " foil" xve hardly see his use , or realize his position among the "dramatis persona ; . " He is altogether too ridiculous and contemptible , ( though he may be true to nature , and we think xve havc seen Crocker ourselves ) , tojnotice or comment upon . The other characters make up an animated and effective tale , though xvithout much intellectual point or sound tendency , as far
as xve can perceive . If Mr . Trollope xvishes to paint young men and young xvomen ignoring their proper rank in society , depreciating their oxvn position in the xvorld , ridiculing their oxvn rank and prestige as the descendants of a long line of ancestors , xve must ourselves honestly express , much as xve admire the xvriter in many things , our humble opinion , that such views are very injurious to society and antagonistic to common sense ,
especially at the present hour . I hat young men and young xvomen xvill sometimes hastil y fall in love xvith those of other ranks and other conditions is the history of all ages ; and as there are exceptions to every rule , so every noxv and then in the common story of our little life there crops up an episode | of xvhich the elders and betters are xvise and foreseeing if they xvill accede to and condone . But as a general rule of happiness and progress , domestic peace ,
and the comfort of society , like must " mate " xvith like j and though unloving marriages are base things and degrading facts , uncongenial and ill-assorted unions , above all flighty matrimony and insufficient means , usually end in tears and heartaches , in misery and separation . Marion Fay , her father , and her noble lover are the main characters of the tale . For Marion herself we shall all feel respect and admiration ; her character is
charmingly draxvn . And as it is the first time Mr . Trollope has ventured to ascend to such ethereal regions , we recommend him to ' continue to xving his flight thitherward ; better than the painful lucubration of " He knew he xvas right , " more improving than the harder features of " Catherine Carmichael . " Some persons may deem Marion Fay too sublimated alike in the actions of duty and her determination of self-sacrifice . We do not ; on
the contrary , xve thank Mr . Trollope for such a very skilful and touching representation of the inherent grace and truth and nobility of woman . The old Quaker is a xvell conceived character . If a little self-seeking and xvorldly xvise in some points , as Quakers , ( male Quakers especially ) , are sometimes said to be , yet he redeems it all by the honest intensity of his affection , and the staid simplicity of his
unpretending but earnest life . " Lord Hampton" is a striking representation . Wc hardly know xvhether xve like him or xvhether xve do not like him . -Bui both in his weakness and his strength , his normal life and his abnormal views , his straightforwardness and his idiosyncrasies , there is an element of strength in his portraiture which commands attention and enforces respect . " Roden " and his xvife are nothing very particular ; and though " Lord Persiflage " is xvell draxvn , ( docs Lord Persiflage really exist ?) , and the
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other noble characters seem to pass over the scene as if to the manner born , wc havc no time to linger among them , but must leave " Lady Kingsbury , " above all , to a suffering husband and her good-looking , but uproarious children . VVe recommend some of our younger readers , especially our young ladies , to peruse Marion Fay , it may do them a great deal of good .
ENTWICKELUNC- 'S GESCHICHTE DER FREIMAUREREI . Second Notice . By DR . KUHN . Heuser , Neuwied and Leipsic . VVe called attention to this work some time back , xvhich , despite numerous hasty and uncritical errors of detail , is not xvithout merit , but xve were not prepared for a discovery xve have made recently respecting it . Such as it is ,
published by J . H . Heuser , Neuwied , in 1 SO 4 , under the name of Dr . Kuhn , such it is also as published by the same booksellers as a second edition in 1 SG 2 , as the "Handbuch von Freimaurerei , " by Major Bro . Biegon von Csudnochoii'ski , Major of thc Royal Prussian . Artillery . Who , therefore , is the real writer of thc book , Bro . Major Von . Czudnochowski , or Bro . Dr . Kuhn ? Is there sonic little
trick or misapprehension in the matter ? Is Bro . the Major , or our Bro . thc Dr . ( xvhether of law or medicine is not stated ) the " Verfasser " of the Second Edition of 1 SO 4 ? The preface to the First Edition is dated , xve note , December 30 , 1 SO 1 . Perhaps Bio . Findel or Bro . Breitling
can enlighten us , as xve think they will agree xvith us , in the just honour due to Masonic xvriters , xve . have a right to claim to know the exact truth and the fitting explanation of what seems to us at first sight so odd and so inexplicable . Perhaps the explanation after all , as we have before suggested , is both facile and simple .
BOOK CATALOGUES . Pickering and Co ., 00 , Haymarket , St . James's , have issued an interesting catalogue of rare , curious , and valuable books , in xvhich is to be found a remarkable collection of old Bibles . The catalogue is xvorth studying .
THE MAGAZINES . " The Antiquarian , " edited by Rev . E . Walford , has a most interesting number this month , and xvill most truly repay careful perusal . It is marked alike by varied interest and recondite subjects , and is very ably and carefully edited .
For the rest of thc magazines , xve can only say , that as each reader has his or her vanity , they represent a very serious portion of the literature of the day , and constitute a great factor in respect of the tastes , and fads , and proclivities of the passing hour . Whether so much serial and ephemeral literature is good for us in its present plethorA is a matter xve must leave an open question .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
CURIOUS OLD BOOK . An old mystical xvork , ( without any allusion to the Rose Croix , ) has iust come before me , entitled "Dialogusde Templo Salamonis sive de Tribus Sanctorum Gradibus Nempc Incipientium , Proficientium and Adultorum , " by Bathhasar Kopke , Pastor . Amsterdam , Henry Wetstein ,
1 O 9 S . There is no trace of Fieemasonry or Rosecrucianism in it , though it has a symbolical frontispiece . The three sacred grades of Beginners , Proficients , and Adults , are based on the three Courts of the Temple , xvhich are said to be symbolisms of the three grades of advancement to religious perfection and mystical xvisdom . It is in Latin . EDITOR " FREEMASON . "
AN OLD ROSICRUCIAN WORK . This , perhaps , is a misnomer , for the xvork is xvritten in answer to , and in deprecation of thu commonly called " Fama Fraternitatis , " but it expressly bears xvitness to the reality of the existence of the Rose Croix Fraternity , xvhich has , as it is knoxvn , been doubted and denied by some writers . It is found in a collection of
alchemical trestises by Andreas Libavius , M . D ., printed at Frankfort , 1615 . It is termed "Exercitatio Paracelscia Nova de Notandis ex scripto Fraternitatis de Rosea Cruce , " and in it the xvriter proceeds to animadvert on the claims and pretensions of the Rose Croix Fraternity , but he seems to have no doubt that such a society actually existed . As is known , the " Fama Fraternitatis , " as it is termed , xvas
published at Cassel in 1614 . It is said that a mathematical teacher , of Hamburgh , named Jung , xvas the author of it . Its original title , as published at Cassel , xvas " Communis et Generalis Reformatio totius mundi et Fama Fraternitatis Ordinis dc Rosea Cruce . " Kioss gives the title in German , as published in 1614 , Libavius , in Latin , though in 1 G 15 , Kioss mentions an edition of the xvork in Latin , as
" Fama Fraternitatis , " & c , together with a Latin " Confessio " by Philomago , and by the same publisher , William VVesell , in the same place ( Cassel ) . The proper name ot Libavius ' s work is "Appendix Necessaria Syntagmatis Arcanorum Chemicorum , " & c . It is in folio and Latin . Can any reader of the Freemason favour the xvriter xvith a glimpse of a very scarce Rosicrucian xvork"Judicia Clarissima , " Src , Frankfort , Bringer , iGiy .
Mentioning Rosicrucian books , there are txvo specially , xvhich , as far as I know , have not been seen in England yet , though copies may be at 33 , Golden-square , " Breve et semplice Risposta , " & c , 7 th March , 1 G 1 O , probably published at Rome , and " Epistola trium Hberalium et honestum Rartium ( Artium ) , " & c , Rostock , 11 June , 1 G 1 G . In all these xvorks the actuality of the Fraternity is assumed . MASONIC STUDENT .
ARMS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND . 1 xvas surprised to find in the " Masonic Calendar and Pocket Book" for 1 S 52 , compiled by the Clerk of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , that the supporters to the arms of that Grand Lodge are a Unicorn and a Beaver . It will be remembered that Beavers xvcre the supporters of the
arms of the Operative Masons ; as also of the Grand Lodge of England ( " Moderns " ) of last century . 1 have not been able to find any reference to the supporters to the arms of the Grand Lodge of Scotland of late years , the arms generally being exhibited within a shield only . In the fine edition of the Constitutions , published in 1 S 4 S by that Grand Lodge , no supporters arc given in either ' of the
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coloured plates . I do not remember ever seeing before a calendar issued officially in Scotland . Evidently 1 S 52 witnessed its advent , and another was published in 1 S 53 . I should like to know how long it continued as the predecessor of the "British and ' Irish Masonic Calendar " series , xvhich on collapsing , was replaced by thc " Cosmopolitan . " W . I . HUGHAN .
Ireland.
Ireland .
MASONIC FEMALE ORPHAN SCHOOL . The General Half-Yearl v Meeting of the Board of Governors of this Institution was held at the Schoolhousc , Burlington-road , on Tuesday mornins ; , the Gth inst ., and was very largely attended . Thc result of the scrutiny of the recent ballot for the election of nine children for the list of candidates for admission xvas announced as follows :
1 . - •cr , Votes * l ' . rma I ' -. Cochrane 234 ( 1 Florence Pierce ... ... ... ... 220 / Georgina M . Hope ... ... ... ... 2224 Constance Barnes ... ... ... ... ... 2145 Mona McAllister j .. A * Alice
M . M . Ryall , 7 . 4 Sarah G . E . Phair _ ' _ , ^ j Ada C . Rapson , j 0 ? Eveline M . Bronte- ,.. I- ( , T Mary Stewart ' . , j < $ e Alice M . C . Tandy ... ... ... ... 11 ( 12 Jane Black ... _ ' .. ' . " \ I 07 s Davis
Margaret fyj Erina E . Cochrane , Florence Pierce , Georgina M . Hope , Constance Barnes , Mona McAllister , Alice M . M . Ryall , Sarah G . E . Phair , Ada C . Rapson , and Eveline M . Bronte , xvere accordingly declared duly elected . The Bazaar Committee presented their report , from xvhich it appeared that the receipts from the Masonic Bazaar amounted £ 7520 iGs . 7 d . the expenditure to
, £ () 6 G 2 S . id ., and the net profit realised for the benefit of the School to £ 0554 14 s . Od . The stalls realised £ 5 < 3 oo 2 s . iod . The Dublin Lodge , No . 25 , and Victoria Lodge , No . 4 , headed the list with £ 505 and £ 501 17 s . 2 d . ; and xvere followed by the Provinces of South Munster ( Cork ) and Antrim and Donn ( Belfast ) with £ 420 and £ 355 . Hiram Lodge was next with £ 312 iSs ., of which £ 212 ' iSs . xvas produced by the outside car presented by Bros .
Sander-. son . A detailed balance sheet accompanied the report . The entertainments , & c , produced £ 323 1 is . Sd ., and thc sum of £ 1597 2 s . was paid for tickets and at the doors , representing upxvards of 43 , 000 admissions to the Exhibition during the Bazaar . It was reported that no accident or misadventure of any kind occurred during the xvhole progress of the undertaking , which was carried through xvith such unexampled success .
Funeral Of Bro. Major Savory.
FUNERAL OF BRO . MAJOR SAVORY .
^ ^^ Bro . Major Savory , xvhose death xvas announced in our obituary column last xveek , xvas buried on Thursday , the ist inst ., at Kensal Green Cemetery , in the family catacomb . The funeral xvas attended by , amongst others , Bro . Major Sexvell and Bro . Colonel Dundas , both of the same regiment—the 4 th Battalion , Royal Fusiliers , late Citv of
London Militia . Our deceased brother xvas only forty-five years of age . He died suddenly , and xvas carried to thc grave xvith military honours ; a gun carriage and six horses being lent by thc Colonel of the Honourable Artillery Company to bear the coffin , upon xvhich it xvas covered by thc Union Jack—the soldier's pall . The pall-bearers xvere Lieut .-Col . Borthwick , Bro . Major Sewell , Capt . Latham ,
and Capt . Kennedy ; the horse of the deceased , carrying his master's boots and spurs , xvas led in rear of the gun carriage by the groom . A company of the 93 rd Highlanders , from Aldershot , and 150 of the rank and file of tbe regiment followed , besides the immediate members of thc family , xvho xvere in coaches . The band played the " Dead March in Saul . " After the clergyman had read the xvords
, " Ashes to ashes , " a volley of three rounds xvas fired by the firing party , under Major Burton . The coffin bore the inscription , " Major H . B . Savory , 4 th Battalion Royal Fusiliers ( late 78 th Highlanders ) . Died 26 th May , 1882 . A « ed 45- " A card attached to a xvreath bore the folloivinir
inscription : " From a loving mother , Mrs . Savory , Little Oak Hall , Burgess-hill , Sussex . " Our deceased brother xvas in the seige of Lucknoiv xvith the 90 th regiment . Ho afterxvards joined the 78 th Highlanders . Wc have met him several times , and always found him a most genial , pleasant companion . His death will be a great loss to the regiment .
Great Paul.
GREAT PAUL .
The ceremony of dedicating Great Paul xvas performed on Saturday afternoon , after the usual evening service . The cathedral xvas as full under the dome as on the ordinary Sunday afternoon , about 3000 persons being there , probabl y in the hope of hearing or seeing something of the special service , but if so they xvere disappointed . Theclercv
and choir , preceded by the vergers , left the choir stalls and ascended up the xvinding staircase leading to the VVhispering Gallery , but branched off to the south-xvest toxver , in xvhich the bell ishung . Arrived under the huge monster , the choir , in their robes , stood along one side of the wall , Canon Gregory standing in front , and the other clergy forming round him . Amongst these xvere thc Rev . Dr . Simpson , Minor-Canons Russell , Kelly , Hall , and
Shuttlcxvorth , and Prebendaries Tucker , and Whittington . After thc Psalms "De Profundis , " " Deus Miser ' eatur , " and Laudate Dominum " had been chanted by the choristers , Canon Gregory said some very appropriate prayers . A hymn xvas then sung and the blessing given . In dead silence of a fexv moments xve xvaited for the tirst stroke of Great Paul ox-cr head . After a few sounds , the txvelve bells in the opposite toxver struck a merry peal to
xvelcomc thc nexv comer . Oxving to thc limited space only the cathedral officials , their families and immediate friends could be accommodated . Besides those already mentioned , xve noticed the Rev . C . E . Pi ior , Bro . Reynolds , Mr . H . C . Richards ( Temple ) , Bro . de Lacey , Bro . Henry Wright , Mr . Pymm , Mr . Fairchild , Lady Cysham , Mr . Martin , Dr . Stainer , Mr . Penrose , F . S . A ., and Rev . N . Daxvcs . It is estimated that not less than 5000 people gathered in thc churchyard to judge the tone of Great Paul . About £ 2000 is still required to defray the cost .
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well suited for such an office , and xve , the watermen and lightermen , beg to record this small tribute , knowing the kindly interest he has taken in our welfare in endeavouring to uphold the rights and privileges of the Waterman's Company , and in them the interests of the Corporation of the City of London . ' " I am , Sir , yours , & c , " F . WICUNOTON , President . " Whitechapel , E ., May 23 rd , 1 SS 2 . "
"Tothe Editor of the Morning Advertiser . " "Sir , —It may interest some of your readers to know that the following resolution was passed unanimously at an ordinary meeting of the Britsh Seamen ' s Protection Society , held at the Trafalgar Hotel , Lcman-street , K ., on May 17 th : " Resolved , — ' That this society views with the utmost
pleasure the candidature of its honorary counsel , Captain Bedford Pim , R . N ., for the honourable position of City Remembrancer , and knowing him as an honest and fearless gentleman , ever ready to uphold the traditional glory of Old England , xve feel that the time-honoured Corporation of the City of London would find in Captain Pim a gentleman belox'ed by his countrymen , of all
classes , for his gallantry and urbanity of manners , and one who would leave no stone unturned to preserve and improve upon those rights and privileges so essential to thc working of the great and noble charities and institutions which have made the City of London so famous . We , therefore , sincerely trust that he may prove the successful
candidate , in xvhich the great bulk of our British sailors , for xvhom he has xvorked hard during the xvhole of his life , xvould rejoice . ' " I am , Sir , yours , & c , "WILLIAM PATERSON LIND , " Hon . General Secretary . "Trafalgar Hotel , Lenian-strcet , Ii ., May 22 . " a ^!^^^ aO ^^^
Reviews
REVIEWS
MARION FAY . By ANTHONY TROLLOPE . Mr . Trollope's fame as a novel writer , one , in truth , of the masters of modem fiction , xvill in some respects be elevated , but in some not increased by this his latest production , xvhich , as some of our readers xvell know , has filled the pleasant pages of the Graph ic week by xveek for some time past . Amid much that is touching and striking , we notice the increase of that tendency to caricature
which has from the first been the temptation of this able and agreeable xvriter . He admits himself , in one of his earlier xvorks , that he has been accused of ridiculing the clergy , a very useful , important , inoffensive " caste " in our social system ; but though xve delight in Mr . Robarles , can drink a glass of ivine xvith Archdeacon Grantley , and sympathize xvith Mr . Craxvley and the good vicar of Bullhampton , and while xve have mournful
memories of Mrs . Proudie , xx * e do protest "ex animo " against such an unseemly representation of an English clergyman and gentleman as " Mr . Greenivood , " in Marion Fay . In himself , he is indeed a creature of the dust , " a tilius terra : " in a most odious aspect ; and fexv more unhealthy or unxvholesome delineations have ever been given us , than the "domesticchaplain" of a " great house . " " Absitomen !" Crocker , too , in our vieiv , is a lamentable exaggeration ;
vulgar , " gemein in the highest degree , except as a contrast or a " foil" xve hardly see his use , or realize his position among the "dramatis persona ; . " He is altogether too ridiculous and contemptible , ( though he may be true to nature , and we think xve havc seen Crocker ourselves ) , tojnotice or comment upon . The other characters make up an animated and effective tale , though xvithout much intellectual point or sound tendency , as far
as xve can perceive . If Mr . Trollope xvishes to paint young men and young xvomen ignoring their proper rank in society , depreciating their oxvn position in the xvorld , ridiculing their oxvn rank and prestige as the descendants of a long line of ancestors , xve must ourselves honestly express , much as xve admire the xvriter in many things , our humble opinion , that such views are very injurious to society and antagonistic to common sense ,
especially at the present hour . I hat young men and young xvomen xvill sometimes hastil y fall in love xvith those of other ranks and other conditions is the history of all ages ; and as there are exceptions to every rule , so every noxv and then in the common story of our little life there crops up an episode | of xvhich the elders and betters are xvise and foreseeing if they xvill accede to and condone . But as a general rule of happiness and progress , domestic peace ,
and the comfort of society , like must " mate " xvith like j and though unloving marriages are base things and degrading facts , uncongenial and ill-assorted unions , above all flighty matrimony and insufficient means , usually end in tears and heartaches , in misery and separation . Marion Fay , her father , and her noble lover are the main characters of the tale . For Marion herself we shall all feel respect and admiration ; her character is
charmingly draxvn . And as it is the first time Mr . Trollope has ventured to ascend to such ethereal regions , we recommend him to ' continue to xving his flight thitherward ; better than the painful lucubration of " He knew he xvas right , " more improving than the harder features of " Catherine Carmichael . " Some persons may deem Marion Fay too sublimated alike in the actions of duty and her determination of self-sacrifice . We do not ; on
the contrary , xve thank Mr . Trollope for such a very skilful and touching representation of the inherent grace and truth and nobility of woman . The old Quaker is a xvell conceived character . If a little self-seeking and xvorldly xvise in some points , as Quakers , ( male Quakers especially ) , are sometimes said to be , yet he redeems it all by the honest intensity of his affection , and the staid simplicity of his
unpretending but earnest life . " Lord Hampton" is a striking representation . Wc hardly know xvhether xve like him or xvhether xve do not like him . -Bui both in his weakness and his strength , his normal life and his abnormal views , his straightforwardness and his idiosyncrasies , there is an element of strength in his portraiture which commands attention and enforces respect . " Roden " and his xvife are nothing very particular ; and though " Lord Persiflage " is xvell draxvn , ( docs Lord Persiflage really exist ?) , and the
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other noble characters seem to pass over the scene as if to the manner born , wc havc no time to linger among them , but must leave " Lady Kingsbury , " above all , to a suffering husband and her good-looking , but uproarious children . VVe recommend some of our younger readers , especially our young ladies , to peruse Marion Fay , it may do them a great deal of good .
ENTWICKELUNC- 'S GESCHICHTE DER FREIMAUREREI . Second Notice . By DR . KUHN . Heuser , Neuwied and Leipsic . VVe called attention to this work some time back , xvhich , despite numerous hasty and uncritical errors of detail , is not xvithout merit , but xve were not prepared for a discovery xve have made recently respecting it . Such as it is ,
published by J . H . Heuser , Neuwied , in 1 SO 4 , under the name of Dr . Kuhn , such it is also as published by the same booksellers as a second edition in 1 SG 2 , as the "Handbuch von Freimaurerei , " by Major Bro . Biegon von Csudnochoii'ski , Major of thc Royal Prussian . Artillery . Who , therefore , is the real writer of thc book , Bro . Major Von . Czudnochowski , or Bro . Dr . Kuhn ? Is there sonic little
trick or misapprehension in the matter ? Is Bro . the Major , or our Bro . thc Dr . ( xvhether of law or medicine is not stated ) the " Verfasser " of the Second Edition of 1 SO 4 ? The preface to the First Edition is dated , xve note , December 30 , 1 SO 1 . Perhaps Bio . Findel or Bro . Breitling
can enlighten us , as xve think they will agree xvith us , in the just honour due to Masonic xvriters , xve . have a right to claim to know the exact truth and the fitting explanation of what seems to us at first sight so odd and so inexplicable . Perhaps the explanation after all , as we have before suggested , is both facile and simple .
BOOK CATALOGUES . Pickering and Co ., 00 , Haymarket , St . James's , have issued an interesting catalogue of rare , curious , and valuable books , in xvhich is to be found a remarkable collection of old Bibles . The catalogue is xvorth studying .
THE MAGAZINES . " The Antiquarian , " edited by Rev . E . Walford , has a most interesting number this month , and xvill most truly repay careful perusal . It is marked alike by varied interest and recondite subjects , and is very ably and carefully edited .
For the rest of thc magazines , xve can only say , that as each reader has his or her vanity , they represent a very serious portion of the literature of the day , and constitute a great factor in respect of the tastes , and fads , and proclivities of the passing hour . Whether so much serial and ephemeral literature is good for us in its present plethorA is a matter xve must leave an open question .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
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CURIOUS OLD BOOK . An old mystical xvork , ( without any allusion to the Rose Croix , ) has iust come before me , entitled "Dialogusde Templo Salamonis sive de Tribus Sanctorum Gradibus Nempc Incipientium , Proficientium and Adultorum , " by Bathhasar Kopke , Pastor . Amsterdam , Henry Wetstein ,
1 O 9 S . There is no trace of Fieemasonry or Rosecrucianism in it , though it has a symbolical frontispiece . The three sacred grades of Beginners , Proficients , and Adults , are based on the three Courts of the Temple , xvhich are said to be symbolisms of the three grades of advancement to religious perfection and mystical xvisdom . It is in Latin . EDITOR " FREEMASON . "
AN OLD ROSICRUCIAN WORK . This , perhaps , is a misnomer , for the xvork is xvritten in answer to , and in deprecation of thu commonly called " Fama Fraternitatis , " but it expressly bears xvitness to the reality of the existence of the Rose Croix Fraternity , xvhich has , as it is knoxvn , been doubted and denied by some writers . It is found in a collection of
alchemical trestises by Andreas Libavius , M . D ., printed at Frankfort , 1615 . It is termed "Exercitatio Paracelscia Nova de Notandis ex scripto Fraternitatis de Rosea Cruce , " and in it the xvriter proceeds to animadvert on the claims and pretensions of the Rose Croix Fraternity , but he seems to have no doubt that such a society actually existed . As is known , the " Fama Fraternitatis , " as it is termed , xvas
published at Cassel in 1614 . It is said that a mathematical teacher , of Hamburgh , named Jung , xvas the author of it . Its original title , as published at Cassel , xvas " Communis et Generalis Reformatio totius mundi et Fama Fraternitatis Ordinis dc Rosea Cruce . " Kioss gives the title in German , as published in 1614 , Libavius , in Latin , though in 1 G 15 , Kioss mentions an edition of the xvork in Latin , as
" Fama Fraternitatis , " & c , together with a Latin " Confessio " by Philomago , and by the same publisher , William VVesell , in the same place ( Cassel ) . The proper name ot Libavius ' s work is "Appendix Necessaria Syntagmatis Arcanorum Chemicorum , " & c . It is in folio and Latin . Can any reader of the Freemason favour the xvriter xvith a glimpse of a very scarce Rosicrucian xvork"Judicia Clarissima , " Src , Frankfort , Bringer , iGiy .
Mentioning Rosicrucian books , there are txvo specially , xvhich , as far as I know , have not been seen in England yet , though copies may be at 33 , Golden-square , " Breve et semplice Risposta , " & c , 7 th March , 1 G 1 O , probably published at Rome , and " Epistola trium Hberalium et honestum Rartium ( Artium ) , " & c , Rostock , 11 June , 1 G 1 G . In all these xvorks the actuality of the Fraternity is assumed . MASONIC STUDENT .
ARMS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND . 1 xvas surprised to find in the " Masonic Calendar and Pocket Book" for 1 S 52 , compiled by the Clerk of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , that the supporters to the arms of that Grand Lodge are a Unicorn and a Beaver . It will be remembered that Beavers xvcre the supporters of the
arms of the Operative Masons ; as also of the Grand Lodge of England ( " Moderns " ) of last century . 1 have not been able to find any reference to the supporters to the arms of the Grand Lodge of Scotland of late years , the arms generally being exhibited within a shield only . In the fine edition of the Constitutions , published in 1 S 4 S by that Grand Lodge , no supporters arc given in either ' of the
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coloured plates . I do not remember ever seeing before a calendar issued officially in Scotland . Evidently 1 S 52 witnessed its advent , and another was published in 1 S 53 . I should like to know how long it continued as the predecessor of the "British and ' Irish Masonic Calendar " series , xvhich on collapsing , was replaced by thc " Cosmopolitan . " W . I . HUGHAN .
Ireland.
Ireland .
MASONIC FEMALE ORPHAN SCHOOL . The General Half-Yearl v Meeting of the Board of Governors of this Institution was held at the Schoolhousc , Burlington-road , on Tuesday mornins ; , the Gth inst ., and was very largely attended . Thc result of the scrutiny of the recent ballot for the election of nine children for the list of candidates for admission xvas announced as follows :
1 . - •cr , Votes * l ' . rma I ' -. Cochrane 234 ( 1 Florence Pierce ... ... ... ... 220 / Georgina M . Hope ... ... ... ... 2224 Constance Barnes ... ... ... ... ... 2145 Mona McAllister j .. A * Alice
M . M . Ryall , 7 . 4 Sarah G . E . Phair _ ' _ , ^ j Ada C . Rapson , j 0 ? Eveline M . Bronte- ,.. I- ( , T Mary Stewart ' . , j < $ e Alice M . C . Tandy ... ... ... ... 11 ( 12 Jane Black ... _ ' .. ' . " \ I 07 s Davis
Margaret fyj Erina E . Cochrane , Florence Pierce , Georgina M . Hope , Constance Barnes , Mona McAllister , Alice M . M . Ryall , Sarah G . E . Phair , Ada C . Rapson , and Eveline M . Bronte , xvere accordingly declared duly elected . The Bazaar Committee presented their report , from xvhich it appeared that the receipts from the Masonic Bazaar amounted £ 7520 iGs . 7 d . the expenditure to
, £ () 6 G 2 S . id ., and the net profit realised for the benefit of the School to £ 0554 14 s . Od . The stalls realised £ 5 < 3 oo 2 s . iod . The Dublin Lodge , No . 25 , and Victoria Lodge , No . 4 , headed the list with £ 505 and £ 501 17 s . 2 d . ; and xvere followed by the Provinces of South Munster ( Cork ) and Antrim and Donn ( Belfast ) with £ 420 and £ 355 . Hiram Lodge was next with £ 312 iSs ., of which £ 212 ' iSs . xvas produced by the outside car presented by Bros .
Sander-. son . A detailed balance sheet accompanied the report . The entertainments , & c , produced £ 323 1 is . Sd ., and thc sum of £ 1597 2 s . was paid for tickets and at the doors , representing upxvards of 43 , 000 admissions to the Exhibition during the Bazaar . It was reported that no accident or misadventure of any kind occurred during the xvhole progress of the undertaking , which was carried through xvith such unexampled success .
Funeral Of Bro. Major Savory.
FUNERAL OF BRO . MAJOR SAVORY .
^ ^^ Bro . Major Savory , xvhose death xvas announced in our obituary column last xveek , xvas buried on Thursday , the ist inst ., at Kensal Green Cemetery , in the family catacomb . The funeral xvas attended by , amongst others , Bro . Major Sexvell and Bro . Colonel Dundas , both of the same regiment—the 4 th Battalion , Royal Fusiliers , late Citv of
London Militia . Our deceased brother xvas only forty-five years of age . He died suddenly , and xvas carried to thc grave xvith military honours ; a gun carriage and six horses being lent by thc Colonel of the Honourable Artillery Company to bear the coffin , upon xvhich it xvas covered by thc Union Jack—the soldier's pall . The pall-bearers xvere Lieut .-Col . Borthwick , Bro . Major Sewell , Capt . Latham ,
and Capt . Kennedy ; the horse of the deceased , carrying his master's boots and spurs , xvas led in rear of the gun carriage by the groom . A company of the 93 rd Highlanders , from Aldershot , and 150 of the rank and file of tbe regiment followed , besides the immediate members of thc family , xvho xvere in coaches . The band played the " Dead March in Saul . " After the clergyman had read the xvords
, " Ashes to ashes , " a volley of three rounds xvas fired by the firing party , under Major Burton . The coffin bore the inscription , " Major H . B . Savory , 4 th Battalion Royal Fusiliers ( late 78 th Highlanders ) . Died 26 th May , 1882 . A « ed 45- " A card attached to a xvreath bore the folloivinir
inscription : " From a loving mother , Mrs . Savory , Little Oak Hall , Burgess-hill , Sussex . " Our deceased brother xvas in the seige of Lucknoiv xvith the 90 th regiment . Ho afterxvards joined the 78 th Highlanders . Wc have met him several times , and always found him a most genial , pleasant companion . His death will be a great loss to the regiment .
Great Paul.
GREAT PAUL .
The ceremony of dedicating Great Paul xvas performed on Saturday afternoon , after the usual evening service . The cathedral xvas as full under the dome as on the ordinary Sunday afternoon , about 3000 persons being there , probabl y in the hope of hearing or seeing something of the special service , but if so they xvere disappointed . Theclercv
and choir , preceded by the vergers , left the choir stalls and ascended up the xvinding staircase leading to the VVhispering Gallery , but branched off to the south-xvest toxver , in xvhich the bell ishung . Arrived under the huge monster , the choir , in their robes , stood along one side of the wall , Canon Gregory standing in front , and the other clergy forming round him . Amongst these xvere thc Rev . Dr . Simpson , Minor-Canons Russell , Kelly , Hall , and
Shuttlcxvorth , and Prebendaries Tucker , and Whittington . After thc Psalms "De Profundis , " " Deus Miser ' eatur , " and Laudate Dominum " had been chanted by the choristers , Canon Gregory said some very appropriate prayers . A hymn xvas then sung and the blessing given . In dead silence of a fexv moments xve xvaited for the tirst stroke of Great Paul ox-cr head . After a few sounds , the txvelve bells in the opposite toxver struck a merry peal to
xvelcomc thc nexv comer . Oxving to thc limited space only the cathedral officials , their families and immediate friends could be accommodated . Besides those already mentioned , xve noticed the Rev . C . E . Pi ior , Bro . Reynolds , Mr . H . C . Richards ( Temple ) , Bro . de Lacey , Bro . Henry Wright , Mr . Pymm , Mr . Fairchild , Lady Cysham , Mr . Martin , Dr . Stainer , Mr . Penrose , F . S . A ., and Rev . N . Daxvcs . It is estimated that not less than 5000 people gathered in thc churchyard to judge the tone of Great Paul . About £ 2000 is still required to defray the cost .