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phrases . It is not necessary in English , I mean , to use violent gesticulation in order to give emphasis . This is an important point in the Masonic delivery of lectures . The advice of Hamlet is most apposite in this connection , " Speak the speech , " he says , "I pray you , as I pronounced it to you , trippingly on the tongue : but if you mouth it , as many of your players do , I had as lief the
town crier had spoke my lines . " Bro . " Lindley Murray" can no doubt pursue the remainder of the passage . He appeals to many dictionaries about " exceptional , " " exceptionable , " and " stickler . " He does not , however , mention a work which I fraternally commend to his notice . Dr . Peter Mark Roget , unhappily passed frorh among us , wrote a work without which no
lover of the English language ought to be , the " Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases . " In this book Bros . Dron and " Lindley Murray " will find all that can settle their amicable controversy about " exceptional , " " excep - tionable , " and " stickler . " It seems difficult to me to realise ( here you have an Anglo-American word ) how brethren can fall out , and
refer their several letters to the waste paper basket , when with a little aforethought ( a Saxon word ) they might have agreeably met and referred to John Home Tookt ' s " Epea Pteroenta , " commonly known as the Diversions of Purley . The two books I have named are " reliable " ( Anglo-American ) and " trustworthy " ( Anglo-Saxon ) authorities . Our greatest writers , such as Shakespeare , Massinger ,
Ford , Dekker , Spencer , and others , ma ntained the indissolubility of Ihe English tongue . Milton , whose influence has been great and enduring , perpetuated the traditional love for pure speech ; and the " noblest Roman of them all , " whose chaste and charming diction is a monument of English philology , was Walter Savage Landor , every one of whose works would by any appreciative prince , if he
had tolerated them , have been written in letters of gold . By referring to Roget , my Bro . " Lindley Murray " will find that this is an " exceptional , " not an " exceptionable " letter . 1 remain , dear Sir and Biother , yours sincerely and fraternally , KENNETH R . II . MACKENZIE , IX . Hounslow , 7 th June , 1879 .
To the Editor of the " Fretmason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — With reference to a letter in last week ' s Freemason , signed " Lindley Murray , " I find the word " exceptional " in th . e large edition of Webster ( 1859 ) . It is also in Dr . Ogilvie ' s Imperial Dictionary , and in the more recent
Dictionary by Dr . Latham . The definition in the latter is " constituting an exception to a rule , " and illustrations of Us use are given from Erskine May ' s " Constitutional History of England , " and Herbert Spencer ' s " Inductions of Biology . " The word is in very common use . Yours fraternally , THOS . FKNN .
THE BOYS' SCHOOL FESTIVAL . To the Editor of Ihe " [ Freemasonjf Dear Sir and Brother , — I am pleased to sec that the Alexandra Palace has been again chosen for the Festival of the Boys ' School , and I have no doubt that this time Bro . Binekes
with his characteristic forethought has arranged that his visitors shall not be mulcted in the additional shilling entrance fee . As they do not go there to see the palace 1 see no reason why the dinner ticket should not include the entrance fee . Yours fraternally , P . M .
OLD MASONS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — 1 In your paper of the 17 th May , I see there is a letter from Bro . John Coombe upon the ages of Masons , and names Bro . Norris as the oldest Mason .
I now hold in my hand a certificate of baptism of Bro . R . Knight , born Aug . Sth , 1790 , Dover . I have also before me his certificate of Masonry of the Lodge of St . John , No . 15 , in Dublin , dated the nth January , 1811 . Bro . Knight was many years Tyler of lodge here , 119 , Peace and Harmony , the lodge in which I am a member . Yours faithfully and fraternally , C . BEECHING .
A CAUTION . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother * , — Will you kindly give space to the following for the information of charitable brethren . A man , giving the name of J . E . Wharton , was relieved on Whit-Monday by St . David's , 3 84 . He stated
that he was a member of St . Matthew , No . 1447 , Barton-011-Humber , and that his certificate was in custody of a Jew in London along with a life policy , in consideration of which he had £ 5 more on the policy ; that he was a landscape painter on his way to Aberystwyth . He was a man of about 35 years of age , and 5 ft . Qin ., and appeared as if he had ' been in training by the red ' s or the invisible
greens . He was very shabbily dressed—a small-brimmed round hat , short coat , trowsers with a large patch on . ( Should he see this paragraph I hope he will amend his ways and consider his 1—c— , as much as he did the part of his
trowsers . ) I wrote for information to one of the officers of St . Matthew , No . 1447 , giving a desciiption cf the man , and received the following reply : —* * * * " There is no person of the name of Wharton , a member of our lodge , or any person answering the description of the " Landscape
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Painter , " whom you have relieved , neither has there ever been a person of that name a member . Me is evidently an impostor , and the sooner he is treated as a common vagrant the better . " There was a caution sent to us from a neighbouring lodge about nine days previous of a " cadging Mason giving the name of S—x—n , dressed superior sailor fashion ;
had been abroad . " Our old frkiul Watson , from Perth , made an appearance in his usual vagabondish style with that prominent part of the face being patched up with diachylum . He was this time minus his illuminated parchmcr . t . It seems that there arc many who don't deserve the name of brethren " abroad " just now . I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , ONE THAT RELIEVED .
A CORRECTION . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I venture to correct an error in your impression of last week with regard to the music performed at the
Grand Mark Lodge banquet . The four choirister boys are members of Bro . Stcdman ' s choir , and not of Westminster Abbey . I am , Sir , yours fraternally , EDWIN M . LOTT , Grand Organist .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
CAGLIOSTRO . In a book of the well-known Bonneville , published in French , at London , in 17 S 8 , called "Memete , " & c , at page 94 , appears the following advertisement by Cagliostro , which Bonneville professes to have taken in its " ipsissima virba , " from the Morning Herald , for Tuesday ,
November the 2 nd , 1786 : — "To all true Masons in the name of o . 5 . 8 . 14 . 20 . 1 . 8 . 9 . 3 . 18 . 20 . iS . J . E . H . 0 . V . A . H . J . E . S . U . S . The time is at hand when the building of the new temple , or new Jerusalem
8 . 20 . 17 . 8 . C . II . U . R . H . must begin ; this is to invite all true Masons in London to join in the name of 5 . 18 . 20 . 18 . J . E . S . U . S . the only one in whom is a divine 19 . 17 . 9 . 13 . 9- 19 2 . 1-
T . H . I . N . I . T . Y . to meet lu-morrovv evening , the 3 rd instant , 1786 , or 1590 , at nine o ' clock , at Rcilly ' s , Great Queen-strict , to lay a place for the laying of the first stone of the true 3 . 18 . 20 . 17 . 8 . C . II . U . R . II . in this visible world , being the national representative temple of the spritual 9 . 5 . 17 . 20 . 18 . 1 . 11 . 3 . 12 .
J . E . H . U . S . A . L . E . M . A Mason and member of the new 3 . 8 . 30 . 17 . 1 . C . H . U . H . H . " I wish to know whether any other brother has met with this cypher , and can corroborate this decypheting , and also can explain this apparent cunncction of Cagliostro with Swcdenborgiarism . MASONIC STUDENT .
THE POLISH NATIONAL LODGE , No . 534 , ( London . ) No . j 34 was warranted on 28 th August , 18 4 6 ( then 778 ) , with permission from the M . W . G . M . for its members to wear the Polish White Eagle at all Masonic meetings , and for the Master and the Immediate P . M . to be distinguished by the " Commanders' white Eagle . " •The jewel of the snow white Eagle , with wings spread
heavenward , represents the national bird of Poland , which is understood to be " The token of honour and of steady resistance unto death to oppressors of liberty ; " its wings symbolically reminding the brethren of the undying spirit of freedom and of love and charity to all men , irrespective of their nationality or creed . The Eagle as the kinglybird , while it is a symbol of power , is intended to incite
all who wear the decoration to soar superior to low passions or selfish motives . The distinctive ribbon is of blue and black ; the " Commander ' s white Eagle" being a similar jewel , only worn attached to a neck ribbon by a " Royal Crown" of gold . The Master on his installation is invested with one of
the latter decorations , on which are engraved the names of the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M ., and the Rig ht Hon . the Earl of Yarborough , D . G . M ., in appreciation of the favours conferred on the lodge by the former , who granted the warrant , and the latter , who presided at its consecration . —From W . J . HUUIIAS ' S Masonic Register .
JUBILEE MEDALS ( 1868-7 S ) . The medal for No . 35 6 was issued in 1868 to the Harmonic Lodge , St . Thomas' Island , Jamaica , it having been warranted in 1818 as No . 708 . In 1832 the number was altered to 458 , and from 1863 it has been 35 6 . The second jubilee medal was granted in 1878 to the Australian Lodge , No . 390 , and held at Sydney , New South Wales , the loclsre havinir been chartered in 1828 ,
and was known as No . 820 , until in 1832 it was changed to 548 , and in 186 3 to its present number . These are the only two of the kind , and so far such jubilee commemorations have been confined to lodges assembling abroad . — from W . J . HUUHAN ' S Masonic Register .
Lodge Jewels Of Gold.
LODGE JEWELS OF GOLD .
There are but two lodges permitted to have gold ( or silver gilt ) jewels of office , viz ., the Lodge of Antiquity , No . 2 , alluded to at page 42 , and the British Lodge , No . 8 , Freemasons' Hall , London . The latter was chartered 19 th January , 1721 . 2 , and was changed from 6 to 5 in 1740 , to 4 in 175 6 , and to 8 after the union of December , its number
1813 , present . We are not aware why such a distinction was conferred upon the lodge , and though dating from so early a period it does not appear to have any other special privileges ; it being absent from any of the foregoing lists , and is not represented in the roll of twenty-six special centenary jewel warrants granted from 1861 to 1866 . —From W . J . HUUHAN ' S Masonic Register .
PHESTON , WILLIAM . —Was born 1742 , and died in 1818 . He was originally a printer . When he was initiated is not clear ; it has been said , at a lodge which met at the White Hart , in the Strand , in 1760 , under an Athol warrant . He seems to have belonged to several lodges under the moderns , and at last joined the famous Antiquity Lodge . He was Deputy Grand Secretary under Bro . Hescltine , and
is said to have prepared the " History of Remarkable Occurrences . " He resigned this office probably in 1779 , when an unfortunate difpute arose between Grand Lodge and the Antiquity Lodge . During the next ten years he remained out of the Grand Lodge , and applied to the Grand Lodge of Yoik for a warrant to form a Grand Lodge south of the Trent . Such a warrant was granted ,
though , of course , " extra vires , " and officers were appointed . In 1787 , however , a reconciliation was happily made , and Wm . Preston , who had been expelled from Grand Lodge , hastily and unjustly , as we think now , was restored to his former honours , and the Grand Lodge south of the Trent came to an end . In 1787 he founded the Order of Harodim—a somewhat doubtful proceeding . His
famous " Illustrations of Masonry" were first published in a modest volume in 1772 . The second edition was issued in 1775 ; and before his death he had seen no less than nine editions , and some say twelve . Several editions of his famous work have been published in America and Germany . He may be fairly called the father of Masonic history , and his work will always be a standard work for
Masons . He was a painstaking and accurate writer ; and though we have access to MSS . which he never saw , yet on the whole his original view of Masonic history remains correct . It is , in fact , essentially the guild theory of Anderson , He died in 1818 , as wc said before , and is buried in St . Paul ' s . The name of Wm . Preston will always be greatly honoured among Freemasons . —Kenning ' s Cyclopivdia .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Cornwall.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF CORNWALL .
The annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall , and General Communication of the Freemasons of that province , was held on the loth inst ., at Fowcy . The attendance of brethren was very numerous . Among the officers present were R . W . Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbc , P . G . M . ;
W . Bros . Colonel Peard , P . P . G . S . W ., D . P . G . M ., pro tern . ; J . F . Penrose , P . G . S . W . ; Sir Charles B . G . Sawlc , Bart ., P . P . G . S . W ., P . G . J . W ., pro tern . ; the Rev . F . J . Winllc , rector of Seer Ferris , and the 1 Ion . and Rev . J . T . Boscawen , rector of Lamorran , P . G . Chaps . ; W . Tweedy , P . G . Treas . ; T . B . Williams , P . G . Reg . ; E . T . Carlyon , P . G . Sec ; John Crang , P . G . S . D . ; E . M . Cock , P . G . J . D . ; W .
Tonkin , P . G . S . Works ; | . Hugill , P . G . D . C ; J . C . R . Crewes , P . G . A . D . C ; R . II . Rodd , P . P . G . S . W . ; T . Chirgwin , P . P . G . S . W . ; J . C . Stephens , P . P . G . J . W . ; T . Geach , P . P . G . I . W . j E . D . Anderton , P . P . G . J . W . ; Geo . Kerswill , P . P . G . J . W . ; A . A . Davis , P . P . G . J . W . ; the Rev . W . H . Bloxsome , rector of Mawgan , P . P . G . Chap . ; Dr . E . J . Treffry , P . P . G . Chap . ; the Rev . A . H . Ferris , vicar of
Charlestown , P . P . G . Chap . ; the Rev . E . S . T . Daunt , vicar of St . Stephcns-by-Launceston ; Emra Holmes , P . P . G . Reg . Suffolk ; J . P . Smith , P . P . G . S . D . •, W . F , Newman , P . P . G . S . D . ; W . Bickfortl , P . P . G . S . D . ; J . Car dew , P . P . G . S . D . ; J . II . Levin , P . P . G . S . D . ; H . Bale , P . P . G . S . VVks . ; E . Ai ' . kcn-Davies , P . P . G . S . Wks . ( Devon ) 1 R . A . Courtney , P . P . G . D . C ; W . Guy , P . P . G . D . C ; It ,
fohn , P . P . G . D . C ; C . Cooper , P . P . G . A . D . C . Devon ; ' r . W . Chegwidden , P . P . G . D . C ; J . B . Kerswill , P . P . G . D . S . B . ; W . E . Michell , P . P . G . S . B . ; C . Truscott , jun ., P . P . G . S . B . ; R . H . Heath , P . P . G . O . ; A . J . White , P . P . G . O . ; George Barnes , P . P . G . Purs . ; W . Rooks , P . G . A . Purs . ; T . Hawken , P . G . St . ; John Stephens , P . P . G . St . ; W . N . Abbott , P . P . G . St . ; R . Coath , P . G . St . ; John Dennis , P . P . G . St . ;
P . Giles , P . P . G . St . ; J . Q . lames , P . G . St . ; W . Lean , P . P . G . Tyler ; C Thore , P . M . 1151 ; W . Loye , P . M . 49 6 < H . S . Hill , W . M . 22 ?; f . leffery , P . M . 31 S ; W . Rowc , [ . P . M . 330 ; T . Hea ' th , W . M . 1136 ; J . W . Collins , P . M-1136 ; George Darke , P . M . 1136 ; J . H . Sampson , W . M . 131 ; J . Beaglehole , I . P . M . 510 ; W . Nettle , W . M . 5 ' ° ' E . S . Angove , P . M . 5 89 ; H . Tilly , P . M . 75 ; J . R . Bishop ,
P . M . 970 ; F . Parkyn , P . M . 8 5 6 ; T . Hicks , P . M . 1529 ; . !• Crtber , P . M . 1164 ; j . Crossman , P . M . 970 ; I . Da we , P . M-970 ; A . R . Lethbridge , P . M . 159 ; E . Scantlebury , P . M . 8 . V'i J . Burt , P . M . 856 ; T . Michell ! P . M . | ioo 6 ; J . Hooper , P . M . 699 ; N . H . Laneb , P . M . 977 ; C . Parsons , W . M . 7 $ 9 ' W . Mason , P . M . 49 6 ; J . Olver , P . M . 1138 ; C . Stevens , W . M . 1138 ; W . Harris , P . M . 1138 ; W . ILL . Clark , W . M . 10 * 71 ; W . F . Sharp , P . M . ¦? 11 ; R . Adams , W . M '
S } 0 ; A . C . Sandoc , P . M . 330 ; W . H . Kinsman , M ' - M-* i 2 i ; W . Giles , P . M . 49 6 ; A . B . Cheves , W . M . 893 ; ^ Cawse , P . M . 89 ? ; J . Tregaskis , W . M . 1 I ; I ; W . Uartlett , P . M . 8 5 6 ; W . " ) . Harris , P . M . 8 93 ; J . T . * Brooking , P-M-1071 ; F . S . Hawke , W . M . 1164 ; J . II . Feiris , W . M . 33 ' ' A . F . McMath , P . M . 152 , Ireland ; A . Percy Davis , W . M-917 ; W . F . Crebcr , P . M . 1164 ; R . II . Shapcott , P . M-970 ; H , De Legh , M . 856 ; . ] . G . Hcnwood , W . M . 97 °
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phrases . It is not necessary in English , I mean , to use violent gesticulation in order to give emphasis . This is an important point in the Masonic delivery of lectures . The advice of Hamlet is most apposite in this connection , " Speak the speech , " he says , "I pray you , as I pronounced it to you , trippingly on the tongue : but if you mouth it , as many of your players do , I had as lief the
town crier had spoke my lines . " Bro . " Lindley Murray" can no doubt pursue the remainder of the passage . He appeals to many dictionaries about " exceptional , " " exceptionable , " and " stickler . " He does not , however , mention a work which I fraternally commend to his notice . Dr . Peter Mark Roget , unhappily passed frorh among us , wrote a work without which no
lover of the English language ought to be , the " Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases . " In this book Bros . Dron and " Lindley Murray " will find all that can settle their amicable controversy about " exceptional , " " excep - tionable , " and " stickler . " It seems difficult to me to realise ( here you have an Anglo-American word ) how brethren can fall out , and
refer their several letters to the waste paper basket , when with a little aforethought ( a Saxon word ) they might have agreeably met and referred to John Home Tookt ' s " Epea Pteroenta , " commonly known as the Diversions of Purley . The two books I have named are " reliable " ( Anglo-American ) and " trustworthy " ( Anglo-Saxon ) authorities . Our greatest writers , such as Shakespeare , Massinger ,
Ford , Dekker , Spencer , and others , ma ntained the indissolubility of Ihe English tongue . Milton , whose influence has been great and enduring , perpetuated the traditional love for pure speech ; and the " noblest Roman of them all , " whose chaste and charming diction is a monument of English philology , was Walter Savage Landor , every one of whose works would by any appreciative prince , if he
had tolerated them , have been written in letters of gold . By referring to Roget , my Bro . " Lindley Murray " will find that this is an " exceptional , " not an " exceptionable " letter . 1 remain , dear Sir and Biother , yours sincerely and fraternally , KENNETH R . II . MACKENZIE , IX . Hounslow , 7 th June , 1879 .
To the Editor of the " Fretmason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — With reference to a letter in last week ' s Freemason , signed " Lindley Murray , " I find the word " exceptional " in th . e large edition of Webster ( 1859 ) . It is also in Dr . Ogilvie ' s Imperial Dictionary , and in the more recent
Dictionary by Dr . Latham . The definition in the latter is " constituting an exception to a rule , " and illustrations of Us use are given from Erskine May ' s " Constitutional History of England , " and Herbert Spencer ' s " Inductions of Biology . " The word is in very common use . Yours fraternally , THOS . FKNN .
THE BOYS' SCHOOL FESTIVAL . To the Editor of Ihe " [ Freemasonjf Dear Sir and Brother , — I am pleased to sec that the Alexandra Palace has been again chosen for the Festival of the Boys ' School , and I have no doubt that this time Bro . Binekes
with his characteristic forethought has arranged that his visitors shall not be mulcted in the additional shilling entrance fee . As they do not go there to see the palace 1 see no reason why the dinner ticket should not include the entrance fee . Yours fraternally , P . M .
OLD MASONS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — 1 In your paper of the 17 th May , I see there is a letter from Bro . John Coombe upon the ages of Masons , and names Bro . Norris as the oldest Mason .
I now hold in my hand a certificate of baptism of Bro . R . Knight , born Aug . Sth , 1790 , Dover . I have also before me his certificate of Masonry of the Lodge of St . John , No . 15 , in Dublin , dated the nth January , 1811 . Bro . Knight was many years Tyler of lodge here , 119 , Peace and Harmony , the lodge in which I am a member . Yours faithfully and fraternally , C . BEECHING .
A CAUTION . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother * , — Will you kindly give space to the following for the information of charitable brethren . A man , giving the name of J . E . Wharton , was relieved on Whit-Monday by St . David's , 3 84 . He stated
that he was a member of St . Matthew , No . 1447 , Barton-011-Humber , and that his certificate was in custody of a Jew in London along with a life policy , in consideration of which he had £ 5 more on the policy ; that he was a landscape painter on his way to Aberystwyth . He was a man of about 35 years of age , and 5 ft . Qin ., and appeared as if he had ' been in training by the red ' s or the invisible
greens . He was very shabbily dressed—a small-brimmed round hat , short coat , trowsers with a large patch on . ( Should he see this paragraph I hope he will amend his ways and consider his 1—c— , as much as he did the part of his
trowsers . ) I wrote for information to one of the officers of St . Matthew , No . 1447 , giving a desciiption cf the man , and received the following reply : —* * * * " There is no person of the name of Wharton , a member of our lodge , or any person answering the description of the " Landscape
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Painter , " whom you have relieved , neither has there ever been a person of that name a member . Me is evidently an impostor , and the sooner he is treated as a common vagrant the better . " There was a caution sent to us from a neighbouring lodge about nine days previous of a " cadging Mason giving the name of S—x—n , dressed superior sailor fashion ;
had been abroad . " Our old frkiul Watson , from Perth , made an appearance in his usual vagabondish style with that prominent part of the face being patched up with diachylum . He was this time minus his illuminated parchmcr . t . It seems that there arc many who don't deserve the name of brethren " abroad " just now . I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , ONE THAT RELIEVED .
A CORRECTION . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I venture to correct an error in your impression of last week with regard to the music performed at the
Grand Mark Lodge banquet . The four choirister boys are members of Bro . Stcdman ' s choir , and not of Westminster Abbey . I am , Sir , yours fraternally , EDWIN M . LOTT , Grand Organist .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
CAGLIOSTRO . In a book of the well-known Bonneville , published in French , at London , in 17 S 8 , called "Memete , " & c , at page 94 , appears the following advertisement by Cagliostro , which Bonneville professes to have taken in its " ipsissima virba , " from the Morning Herald , for Tuesday ,
November the 2 nd , 1786 : — "To all true Masons in the name of o . 5 . 8 . 14 . 20 . 1 . 8 . 9 . 3 . 18 . 20 . iS . J . E . H . 0 . V . A . H . J . E . S . U . S . The time is at hand when the building of the new temple , or new Jerusalem
8 . 20 . 17 . 8 . C . II . U . R . H . must begin ; this is to invite all true Masons in London to join in the name of 5 . 18 . 20 . 18 . J . E . S . U . S . the only one in whom is a divine 19 . 17 . 9 . 13 . 9- 19 2 . 1-
T . H . I . N . I . T . Y . to meet lu-morrovv evening , the 3 rd instant , 1786 , or 1590 , at nine o ' clock , at Rcilly ' s , Great Queen-strict , to lay a place for the laying of the first stone of the true 3 . 18 . 20 . 17 . 8 . C . II . U . R . II . in this visible world , being the national representative temple of the spritual 9 . 5 . 17 . 20 . 18 . 1 . 11 . 3 . 12 .
J . E . H . U . S . A . L . E . M . A Mason and member of the new 3 . 8 . 30 . 17 . 1 . C . H . U . H . H . " I wish to know whether any other brother has met with this cypher , and can corroborate this decypheting , and also can explain this apparent cunncction of Cagliostro with Swcdenborgiarism . MASONIC STUDENT .
THE POLISH NATIONAL LODGE , No . 534 , ( London . ) No . j 34 was warranted on 28 th August , 18 4 6 ( then 778 ) , with permission from the M . W . G . M . for its members to wear the Polish White Eagle at all Masonic meetings , and for the Master and the Immediate P . M . to be distinguished by the " Commanders' white Eagle . " •The jewel of the snow white Eagle , with wings spread
heavenward , represents the national bird of Poland , which is understood to be " The token of honour and of steady resistance unto death to oppressors of liberty ; " its wings symbolically reminding the brethren of the undying spirit of freedom and of love and charity to all men , irrespective of their nationality or creed . The Eagle as the kinglybird , while it is a symbol of power , is intended to incite
all who wear the decoration to soar superior to low passions or selfish motives . The distinctive ribbon is of blue and black ; the " Commander ' s white Eagle" being a similar jewel , only worn attached to a neck ribbon by a " Royal Crown" of gold . The Master on his installation is invested with one of
the latter decorations , on which are engraved the names of the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M ., and the Rig ht Hon . the Earl of Yarborough , D . G . M ., in appreciation of the favours conferred on the lodge by the former , who granted the warrant , and the latter , who presided at its consecration . —From W . J . HUUIIAS ' S Masonic Register .
JUBILEE MEDALS ( 1868-7 S ) . The medal for No . 35 6 was issued in 1868 to the Harmonic Lodge , St . Thomas' Island , Jamaica , it having been warranted in 1818 as No . 708 . In 1832 the number was altered to 458 , and from 1863 it has been 35 6 . The second jubilee medal was granted in 1878 to the Australian Lodge , No . 390 , and held at Sydney , New South Wales , the loclsre havinir been chartered in 1828 ,
and was known as No . 820 , until in 1832 it was changed to 548 , and in 186 3 to its present number . These are the only two of the kind , and so far such jubilee commemorations have been confined to lodges assembling abroad . — from W . J . HUUHAN ' S Masonic Register .
Lodge Jewels Of Gold.
LODGE JEWELS OF GOLD .
There are but two lodges permitted to have gold ( or silver gilt ) jewels of office , viz ., the Lodge of Antiquity , No . 2 , alluded to at page 42 , and the British Lodge , No . 8 , Freemasons' Hall , London . The latter was chartered 19 th January , 1721 . 2 , and was changed from 6 to 5 in 1740 , to 4 in 175 6 , and to 8 after the union of December , its number
1813 , present . We are not aware why such a distinction was conferred upon the lodge , and though dating from so early a period it does not appear to have any other special privileges ; it being absent from any of the foregoing lists , and is not represented in the roll of twenty-six special centenary jewel warrants granted from 1861 to 1866 . —From W . J . HUUHAN ' S Masonic Register .
PHESTON , WILLIAM . —Was born 1742 , and died in 1818 . He was originally a printer . When he was initiated is not clear ; it has been said , at a lodge which met at the White Hart , in the Strand , in 1760 , under an Athol warrant . He seems to have belonged to several lodges under the moderns , and at last joined the famous Antiquity Lodge . He was Deputy Grand Secretary under Bro . Hescltine , and
is said to have prepared the " History of Remarkable Occurrences . " He resigned this office probably in 1779 , when an unfortunate difpute arose between Grand Lodge and the Antiquity Lodge . During the next ten years he remained out of the Grand Lodge , and applied to the Grand Lodge of Yoik for a warrant to form a Grand Lodge south of the Trent . Such a warrant was granted ,
though , of course , " extra vires , " and officers were appointed . In 1787 , however , a reconciliation was happily made , and Wm . Preston , who had been expelled from Grand Lodge , hastily and unjustly , as we think now , was restored to his former honours , and the Grand Lodge south of the Trent came to an end . In 1787 he founded the Order of Harodim—a somewhat doubtful proceeding . His
famous " Illustrations of Masonry" were first published in a modest volume in 1772 . The second edition was issued in 1775 ; and before his death he had seen no less than nine editions , and some say twelve . Several editions of his famous work have been published in America and Germany . He may be fairly called the father of Masonic history , and his work will always be a standard work for
Masons . He was a painstaking and accurate writer ; and though we have access to MSS . which he never saw , yet on the whole his original view of Masonic history remains correct . It is , in fact , essentially the guild theory of Anderson , He died in 1818 , as wc said before , and is buried in St . Paul ' s . The name of Wm . Preston will always be greatly honoured among Freemasons . —Kenning ' s Cyclopivdia .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Cornwall.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF CORNWALL .
The annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall , and General Communication of the Freemasons of that province , was held on the loth inst ., at Fowcy . The attendance of brethren was very numerous . Among the officers present were R . W . Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbc , P . G . M . ;
W . Bros . Colonel Peard , P . P . G . S . W ., D . P . G . M ., pro tern . ; J . F . Penrose , P . G . S . W . ; Sir Charles B . G . Sawlc , Bart ., P . P . G . S . W ., P . G . J . W ., pro tern . ; the Rev . F . J . Winllc , rector of Seer Ferris , and the 1 Ion . and Rev . J . T . Boscawen , rector of Lamorran , P . G . Chaps . ; W . Tweedy , P . G . Treas . ; T . B . Williams , P . G . Reg . ; E . T . Carlyon , P . G . Sec ; John Crang , P . G . S . D . ; E . M . Cock , P . G . J . D . ; W .
Tonkin , P . G . S . Works ; | . Hugill , P . G . D . C ; J . C . R . Crewes , P . G . A . D . C ; R . II . Rodd , P . P . G . S . W . ; T . Chirgwin , P . P . G . S . W . ; J . C . Stephens , P . P . G . J . W . ; T . Geach , P . P . G . I . W . j E . D . Anderton , P . P . G . J . W . ; Geo . Kerswill , P . P . G . J . W . ; A . A . Davis , P . P . G . J . W . ; the Rev . W . H . Bloxsome , rector of Mawgan , P . P . G . Chap . ; Dr . E . J . Treffry , P . P . G . Chap . ; the Rev . A . H . Ferris , vicar of
Charlestown , P . P . G . Chap . ; the Rev . E . S . T . Daunt , vicar of St . Stephcns-by-Launceston ; Emra Holmes , P . P . G . Reg . Suffolk ; J . P . Smith , P . P . G . S . D . •, W . F , Newman , P . P . G . S . D . ; W . Bickfortl , P . P . G . S . D . ; J . Car dew , P . P . G . S . D . ; J . II . Levin , P . P . G . S . D . ; H . Bale , P . P . G . S . VVks . ; E . Ai ' . kcn-Davies , P . P . G . S . Wks . ( Devon ) 1 R . A . Courtney , P . P . G . D . C ; W . Guy , P . P . G . D . C ; It ,
fohn , P . P . G . D . C ; C . Cooper , P . P . G . A . D . C . Devon ; ' r . W . Chegwidden , P . P . G . D . C ; J . B . Kerswill , P . P . G . D . S . B . ; W . E . Michell , P . P . G . S . B . ; C . Truscott , jun ., P . P . G . S . B . ; R . H . Heath , P . P . G . O . ; A . J . White , P . P . G . O . ; George Barnes , P . P . G . Purs . ; W . Rooks , P . G . A . Purs . ; T . Hawken , P . G . St . ; John Stephens , P . P . G . St . ; W . N . Abbott , P . P . G . St . ; R . Coath , P . G . St . ; John Dennis , P . P . G . St . ;
P . Giles , P . P . G . St . ; J . Q . lames , P . G . St . ; W . Lean , P . P . G . Tyler ; C Thore , P . M . 1151 ; W . Loye , P . M . 49 6 < H . S . Hill , W . M . 22 ?; f . leffery , P . M . 31 S ; W . Rowc , [ . P . M . 330 ; T . Hea ' th , W . M . 1136 ; J . W . Collins , P . M-1136 ; George Darke , P . M . 1136 ; J . H . Sampson , W . M . 131 ; J . Beaglehole , I . P . M . 510 ; W . Nettle , W . M . 5 ' ° ' E . S . Angove , P . M . 5 89 ; H . Tilly , P . M . 75 ; J . R . Bishop ,
P . M . 970 ; F . Parkyn , P . M . 8 5 6 ; T . Hicks , P . M . 1529 ; . !• Crtber , P . M . 1164 ; j . Crossman , P . M . 970 ; I . Da we , P . M-970 ; A . R . Lethbridge , P . M . 159 ; E . Scantlebury , P . M . 8 . V'i J . Burt , P . M . 856 ; T . Michell ! P . M . | ioo 6 ; J . Hooper , P . M . 699 ; N . H . Laneb , P . M . 977 ; C . Parsons , W . M . 7 $ 9 ' W . Mason , P . M . 49 6 ; J . Olver , P . M . 1138 ; C . Stevens , W . M . 1138 ; W . Harris , P . M . 1138 ; W . ILL . Clark , W . M . 10 * 71 ; W . F . Sharp , P . M . ¦? 11 ; R . Adams , W . M '
S } 0 ; A . C . Sandoc , P . M . 330 ; W . H . Kinsman , M ' - M-* i 2 i ; W . Giles , P . M . 49 6 ; A . B . Cheves , W . M . 893 ; ^ Cawse , P . M . 89 ? ; J . Tregaskis , W . M . 1 I ; I ; W . Uartlett , P . M . 8 5 6 ; W . " ) . Harris , P . M . 8 93 ; J . T . * Brooking , P-M-1071 ; F . S . Hawke , W . M . 1164 ; J . II . Feiris , W . M . 33 ' ' A . F . McMath , P . M . 152 , Ireland ; A . Percy Davis , W . M-917 ; W . F . Crebcr , P . M . 1164 ; R . II . Shapcott , P . M-970 ; H , De Legh , M . 856 ; . ] . G . Hcnwood , W . M . 97 °