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COSMOPOLITAN MASONICCALENDAR, 1873 , Information , wanted of the Names , Numbers , Place and , Dat / s of Meeting of all . New Lodges and Chapters consecrated during the-Years 1 S 71 and 18 7 2 . Secretaries and others will oblige by forwarding the above lo the Publisher , 198 , Fleet Street . London , E . C .

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Answers To Correspondents.

Answers to Correspondents .

W . J . —A W . M . elect is presented and obligated as such in thc second dcirrci-, und all below lie rank of Installed . Master arc ict'tic-sted to ictire . A Hoard of Installed Masters , cemMstinir nl llmv or more , is then lormeil , and thv W . M . elect is installed in their presence nccoriliner lo ancient custom . SI : OTI .. \ SI > . —The Peji-oit of lire ii-. ; t oi the Prov . ii . M of RoxburLjhsihhc to l . oileres ill and 420 will appear next week .

Births, Marriages And Deaths.

Births , Marriages and Deaths .

DEATH . DONMN . —On thc ijth inst , _; , Thorburn-sipiarc , l- ' oitro . ul , Herninndscv , Bro . John Donkin , P . M . and Secietarv , . Mount Lebanon f . oderc , 7 . : ; aereil 4 . 1 J years , respected by all .

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Canterbury Cathedral.

CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL .

A serious fire took place in Cirilerbiiry Cathedral on Tuesday , the ; rtl inst . It appears that at about half pasl leu in the

morning , so we gather from our contemporary the Dail y News , a plumber was at work on the roof at the east end , when from some cause his coke fire got upset and set light to the dry

timbers of the rool . When assistance could be procured , the fire had got such hold as to defy all efforts to get al it . Bell 1 larry was rung , and smoke and flames were soon seen issuine in

volumes from that part of the east end of the roof , nearest to Becket ' s Crown , and at one time the total destruction ofthe glorions old cathedral was seriously threatened .

It appears that two or ; . h ;* ev yea : ' .-: ago soiin some very excellent ventcre . o .-ks u ere established in Canterbury , computi-d to supply tire citizens with about io ' 0 , 000 gallons per- dkm from a

reservoir on St . Thomas ' s 1 iiii . and from which the service is continuous at a pressure of 70 ! bs . tothe square inch . Our readers will scarcely credit it , but it is nevertheless a fact , thai though this safeguard has been within the reach of the

Canterbury Cathedral.

cathedral authorities for rather more than two years , it was onl y at the last June audit that they gave their surveyor instructions to have the h y drants of the company fixed around the

building . The question is , who is to blame ? We learn that the Dean and Chapter have had for centuries a water suppl y of their own , which , though quite sufficient for domestic purposes ,

was , as the Daily Aeirs , says , utterly useless when it had to cope with such a fire as took place on Tuesday week , and which ordinary common sense must have seen mig ht at any

time have taken place . "As it was , " our contemporary observes , "even th . e tardy * order of the Dean and Chapter has not , for some inexplicable reason , been carried

out b y their surveyor up to the present moment . Had the h y drants been in the cathedral yard ' with a proper supply- of hose at hand , the fire might have been extinguished in half an hour , as

it was , it was some hours before the conflagration was got under , and all danger was over , but not until damage to the * extent or J CJGOO had been sustained . Again we ask , who is to

blame ? Thanks to ihe local Volunteer Fire Brigade , and ils brave member Air . George Delas . rux , who at considerable personal risk , broke Iris way

through one of the small windows of the clerestory , and dragging his hose after him , brought a strong stream to play upon the flames ; thanks , also , tothe active exertions of

ihe military and others , as well as to the Phoenix oilice , whose hose was the first brought to play upon the burning pile , the lire was at length got under ;—and the magnificent edifice reared b y the piety of our ancestors was saved .

As Freemasons , we have a special interest in our g lorious Cathedrals , —those monuments of the skill of the old Craftsmen , and especiall y this one of Canterbury . When Henry V . succeeded

to the throne , I lenry Chichelev , Archbishop of Canterbury , obtained the direction ofthe fraternity of Freemasons and under his auspices , co Preston informs ns , I . odue-s and communications

were * frequent . As many ol our readers are aware in the reign of Henry VI . * an act was passed , forbidding the assemblages of Freemasons , and this Act curiously enough has never

been expressly repealed , we believe , although Coke gave it as his opinion that all the statutes concerning labourers were- repealed by the

Act Khz ., trap 4 . 1 lowever that may be . Preston says , the Act was never pul in force , nor were the fraternity deterred from a-scmblinj' as usual under

Archbishop c'hiohol .-y , who .-li'l continued to preside over them . Preston , in a foot noie , quotes tire Latin

Register of William Alolart , Prior of Canterbury , in mrmusci-i pt , page « SS , entitled Libr . Tal . io generalis Domini Gu ' . ielmi i ' rioris Eeeier-ia Christi

CauluanVriA , crga Ivstrmi iV . italis , Doinini . 1 . 129 , which informs us that in rl * . * year 1421 , 1 , during the minority of this Prince , a reap . childe | . odg ¦ was held at

Canterbury under the patronage of 1 lenry Chichelev the i . Archbishop , at which were present Thomas ' 1 A . i Slapyhon , the . Master : John Alorris , "" ' cusrosde In lodge iathomorum " ( sic ) or Warden ofthe ¦ - ' ' 1

Canterbury Cathedral.

Lodge of Freemasons with fifteen Fellow-Crafts and three Entered Apprentices , all of whom are particularly named . Henn * Chicheley built the

Western lower ot Canterbury Cathedral at his own expense , so A launder , in his Biograhical Treasury , informs us .

There arc , however , two Western Towers , but we may conclude that the older of the . two is Archbishop Chicheley ' s noble work . Chicheley * was not however the first great

Freemason whose name is connected with Canterbury cathedral , for it is said that it was founded by St . Augustine , first Archbishop , " under whom Alasonry nourished , and many foreigners

crime into England , who introduced the Gothic style of building . " Preston says "Austin seems to have been a zealous encourager of architecture , and appeared at thc head of tli 3 Fraternity in

founding the old cathedra lof Canfe bury in 600 . " This structure of St . Augustine ' s was not the building of to-day , we need hardly remind our

readers , for it was merely commenced , not completed , in his lifetime , and it was burnt h y the Danes , and afterwards restored in 102 . 3 b y Canute .

It was again burnt , and rebuilt shortl y after the Norman conquest b y . Archbishop Lanfranc and his successor , Anslem , partly under the direction of Prior Conrad . It was afterwards

considerabl y enlarged , and frequentl y improved , and enriched b y succeeding Archbishops . At the east end is Becket ' s Crown , the scene of the recent conflagration , which was completed in

the lifetime ot Thomas A' Becket , who was murdered here . Trinity chapel formerly contained the splendid shrine of St . Thomas . There are no less than ten tombs of Archbishops , most

of them patrons of the Freemasons , and one of them is the ori ginal tomb of St . Thomas , to which Henry II . came barefoot to do penance , and where Louis VII . of France , afterwards

canonised as St . Louis , watched a whole ni g ht . Amongt the most splendid and interesting memorials of the past are the tombs of Edward the Black Prince , ( whose armour and helmet ,

which had hung over il for centuries , had to be removed the oilier elay during the fire ) . Henry IV . and his ^ Oueen , _ Archbishop Chicheley , Archbishops Bourchier and Courtenay , Cardinal Pole ,

the Earl of Somerset , and the Duke of Clarence . A building so full of memorials of the past must be very dear to antiquarians , to FVcemasons , to Englishmen , and its safety ought

to be the first consideration of its custodians . AW trust that the Dean and Chapter will take immediate steps to prevent a recurrence ofthe sad catastrophe of the jrd . A loss such as mi g ht have been sustained throiAi the

carelessnessanil neglect of those to whom the custod y of this grand and venerable- pile was entrusted would be simpl y irremediable . AW * are told the edifice is only insured for - £ . ' 20 , 000 , and again we are forced to inquire , in the interests oi ' the Craft , and ihe public , Who is to blame ?

"A VIMT 1 . 1 K : v ,, h C ' . ) io . \ M . tst 'i' . u roie . .--Thioug ' i hie ! . indue-:- ni ' . lea ¦ - ! a . lipps , I levenliy hail an upp .-utun- ' ily 1 if seeini ; the many complicated and vaiiisl processes r . ' -. e Cacti h . an pa-sc- iaro'a ; i'ii ere it is so / if for public u : _ e , and leaner h-alii ban-rested anil hierhly pleased wirii what 1 sa \ , aaih .-. - my -. i . il la lire manufactory , ! thought a brief .-.. vaunt ni the- Cocoa ana the- way it is manufactured by . Messrs . l-ipp .-, la fit it fur a v .-hole . same and a nutritious l ) c \ cr . ae , c , mia / hi Iviif inteicsi Iodic readers of / . unit unit II nice . —See Ai tide in hunt end D ' IIIIT , October 14 .