Masonic Notes And Queries.

„ tp but I should be glad if anyone could supply me with n exact Eno * lish equivalent for " herbergage . " _ I cannot find the worrl in any old French dictionary to which I have access , thoug h I understand it to mean " general maintenance j ¦ MASONS' COMPANY .

The following is taken from a little book on the " Trades" of the City of London , published byiWaller , rrown and Mitre , Fleet-street , London , 1747 : "Alasons , fhe NXXth , or , as called by some , Stonemasons , or Stonecutters whose business is the stonework in buildings , tombs broad pavements , & c , a most curious art taken in all its parts , and not hard work ( for they have labourers drud and lad

under them , who saw and do the' ging part ); a , to be properly qualified for learning this trade ought to have an insig ht into geometry and architecture . 1 hey take with an apprentice £ 10 , whose working hours arc from six to six ; a journeyman ' s wages 15 s . or iSs . a week and to set up a master £ 200 will be sufficient , though some employ o-ood deal more . They were a society so long ago as the

a vear 1410 , m the reign of King Henry IV ., and with whom the Marblers , or Statuaries joined ; but not incorporated into a company till 1 G 77 , by King Charles II . Livery fine fs Their hall is in Alason ' s-alley , in Basinghall-street , and the ' * court-day onjjthe first Thursday after [ Quarter

Day . They have also a stand in St . Paul ' s Churchyard , in which they sit to attend the Lord Alayor on the day of his installation . Awns—Azure , on a chevron argent , between three castles argent , a pair of compasses , somewhat extended of the first . Motto—In the Lord is all our trust . " M * s *

MASONIC HISTORY AND HISTORIANS . Our brother , the " Masonic Student , " has been ' . directing the attention of Alasonic students generally , under the above heading , to various suggestive points in relation to the critical examination of the early records of the Alasons and Freemasons , and he has done well thus to refer so frequently and carefullto the important subject , especially as to the

y care that should be exercised in the treatment of the facts elucidated from time to time . The advice is good , and certainly applies with force to those who go in for the antiquity of almost every thing that is dubbed Masonic , as well as to other brethren who are laudably anxious toaccept as facts , what arc clearly proved to be such , and to relegate to the legendary | and doubtful departments all other kinds

of statements and fancies . Those who desire "to read the whole of the references by Dr . Plot , A . D . 1 CS 6 , if unable to consult the original work , will find the extract in full in my " Masonic Register " lately issued , which is | an exact transcript . The importance of such an allusion to the Craft , with those also of Elias Ashmole of the seventeenth century , cannot well . be overestimated , and we quite think

with the " Masonic Student" and Bro . Gould , as we have always felt , that what is known as the " 1717 Theory , " i . e ., limiting Speculative Freemasonry to that period or since , is absurd . We do not remember , however , that the lodge at Warrington of 1 G 4 G was ever claimed to be mainly

operative as the " Alasonic Student" states , and if it ever were so , it was clearly an assumption , and nothing more . Never was there a time in the history of the [ Craft so fruitful of suggestive and important facts ! as the present , and I anticipate much "from [ the researches of so many students . W . J . HUGHAN .

Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of Cumberland And Westmorland.

PROVINCIAL GRAND MARK LODGE OF CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND .

A special communication of this Provincial Grand Lodge was held on Friday , the 7 th inst ., at the Green Dragon Hotel , Workington , under the banner of the Derwent

Lodge , No . 2 S 2 . Thc following signed their names in thc Prov . Grand Tyler ' s book : Bros , the Earl of Bective , AI . P ., R . W . Prov . G . M . ; G . J . McKay , P . AI . 195 , P . P . G . S . W ., P . G . D . of England , as Deputy Prov . G . M . ; ] . Gardiner , P . M . 151 , P . G . S . W . ; XV . Court , P . AI . Go ,

P . G . J . W . ; G . G . Hayward , P . M . Co , P . G . l . G . oLEng . j P . de E . Collin , P . M . 151 , P . P . G . S . W ., P . G . Std . ; ] . A . Wheatley , P . M . Go , P . P . G . S . W . ; Alajor E . R . Sewell , P . AI . 220 , P . G . AI . O . ; J . H . Banks , W . AI . 151 , P . G . S . O . ; E . Tyson , J . W . 213 , P . G . J . O . ; G . Potter , P . M . Go , P . P . G . M . O . ; T . Alandle , P . M . 151 , P . P . G , M . O . ; Rev . E . AI . Rice , M . A ., S . W . 2 S 2 , P . G . Chap . ; G . DalrvmpleP . M , 21 G , P . G . Treas . ; T . Dixon , W . M .

, 2 S 2 , P . G . K . M . ; G . W . Kenworthy , 213 , P . P . G . R . M . ; W . F . Lamonby , P . M . 223 , P . G . Sec ; | . Harper , P . AI , 21 G , P . G . S . D . ; J . F . Kirkconel , I . G . 21 G , P . G . I . Wks . ; K . Baxter , W . AI . 21 G , P . G . A . D . C . ; J . C . Alason , S . W . and Sec . Go , P . P . G . A . D . C ; I . Barr , S . W . 213 , P . P . G , A . D . C ; E . G . Mitchell , 151 , P . G . Swd . Br . ; F . Whittle-S . W . 21 G , P . G . Std . Br . ; J . Cooper , Org . 213 , P . G ,

Org . ; W . H . Lewthwaite , W . AI . 229 , P . P . G . Org . ; H , Peacock , ALO . 229 , P . G . l . G . ; J . Hewson , Tyler 229 , P . P . G . Tyler ; B . Craig , Sec , P . G . Std . ; G . W . Thomp , son . 'Sec . 151 , P . G . Std . ; J . | . Coverdale , J . W . 2 S 2 , P . G . Std . ; W . Blaylock , J . W . Go ; IT . Bewes and W . Murray , Go ; A . Walter , S . W . 151 ; T . Weatherslon , J . O . 151 ; W , Stoddart , Sec . I = n ; I . C . Nicholson , R . M . 151 ; ] . Robert .

son , S . D . 213 ; G . Sparrow , I . G . 213 ; 1 . Atkinson and XV . Hewlay , 213 ; LAI . Salisbury , Tyler , 213 ; W . Alartin , I . M . 21 G ; R . Wilson , S . W . 21 G ; Dr . Lace , J . W . 21 G ; E . Clarke , G . Lowden , ] . Banks , J . Ashworth . and Rev . W . Thwaites , 216 ; W . Shilton , S . O . 22 9 ; T . Alason , J . O . 229 ; T . C . Robinson , Sec . 229 ; W . Paisley , S . D . 229 ; J . Towers , J . D . 229 ; II .

Carruthers , I . G . 229 ; 1 . Evening , 229 ; I . A . Salkeld , M -O . 2 S 2 ; D . B . Winston , S . O . 2 S 2 ; E . G . Burrows , J-0 . 2 S 2 ; W . Carlyle , Treas . 2 S 2 ; J . Harding , R . M . ; pl J . Thompson , Sec . 2 S 2 ; J . Jenkinson , S . D . 2 S 2 ; ' *• Paul , J . D . 2 S 2 ; J . J . Little , I . G . 2 S 2 ; J . Lewthwaite , Std . 2 S 2 ; W . Wagg , Tyler 2 S 2 ; and others . Bro . E . P' -Tgle , P . AI . - ; G and 1 S 0 . P . P . G . LO . Lancashire , P . G .

' G , of England , was also present as a visitor . lhe Provincial Grand Lodge having been solemnly opened , the R . W . PKOV . G . M . said that the business which hael brought them together was the installation of a J Jc-put y Provincial Grand Alaster , in the room of the late lamented Bro . Colonel Whitwell , ALP . After full

consideration , he had came to the determination to appoint ' - Major Sewell , and he thought the interests of the "' ark province could not be entrusted to a more able or '" lure diligent brother . Bro . Sewell , he might add , pose ^ sed Alasonic antecedents of a most distinguished order , or "is grandfather , as far back as the year 1 S 17 , was

Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of Cumberland And Westmorland.

Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Cumberland , whilst his late father , in conjunction with the veteran Bro . Jos . Nicholson , were the means of the now flourishing Lodge of Perseverance , at Maryport , being preserved from extinction nearly thirty years ago . He , therefore , had every confidence ia placing the onerous duties of Deputy in the hands of Bro . Sewell , and wished him long life to enjoy the honour .

Bro . Sewell was then presented , obligated , invested , and saluted as W . Deputy Provincial Grand Alark Master Alason . In returning thanks for the honour conferred on him , he promised that his best efforts should be devoted to follow in the footsteps of that grand old Alason who had preceded him . . He also intimated his intention shortly to visit the various lodges in the province , in order to witness

their working . Bro . AICKAY moved , Bro . KENWORTHY seconded , and it was resolved , to vote the sum of ten guineas , as a donation , to thc Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . This being all the business , the Provincial Grand Lodge was solemnly closed . The gathering was certainly the largest since the constitution of the province , and testified to the popularity of the appointment made by Lord Bective .

Ancient And Accepted Rite.

ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE .

Thc following statement of account has been issued : Dr . RECEIPTS . ist . July , 1 SS 1 . £ s . d . Balance hi Bank ... ... ... ... 5 S 5 15 10 Receipts to 30 th June , 1 SS 1 ... ... ... 2159 15 2 Donation for Charity 10 o o

£ 2755 11 o EXPENDITURE . Cr , £ s * d-By Charity Donations 230 o o Purchase of Stock 506 17 6

„ Books 12 S 14 9 „ Furniture 10 o 0 Payments for Rent , Establishment , Printing , & c . ... ... ... ... 1207 15 0 Balance in Hand ... ... ... ... 672 3 o

£ 2755 11 0 Audited and found correct . Sicrned $ * RAWSON * , 33 ° - Signed . ^ -, . RICIIARDSON , 32 . II . CLERK , 33 , Grand Treasurer-General . 33 , Golden-square , London , W ., 4 th July , 1 SS 1 .

BALANCE-SHEET , rsr J , 1 SS 1 . ASSETS . £ 5 . d . To Cash in London and Westminster Bank ... G 72 3 9 £ i ) 0 o Madras Railway Stock 5 p . c . ( cost ") 1007 5 0 Aladras Railway Debenture Stock 4 p . c . ... Soo o o £ 1200 Russian Bonds , 5 p . c , 1 S 71 ( cost ) 11 S 9 * o o

£ 1000 3 p . c . Consols ( cost ) 9 G 2 10 o £ 5 °° Queensland 4 ^ p . c . Bonds 506 17 G £ iGoo Cape of Good Hope Stock 4 * 5 - p . c . ( cost ) 1 G 01 o 0 Furniture and Appointmenns ( valued at ) ... 1 S 77 13 7 Library ( estimated ) ... ... ... ... 2306 1 7

Plate ( valued at ) 393 5 o Organ ( cost ) 300 o o Leases : —33 , Golden-square 772 o o 2 , Upper John-street ... ... 925 o o Masonic HaU 120 S o o Cellarage 500 o o

£ 15 , 021 G 5 LIABILITIES . £ s . d . By Compounders , 31 , 32 , and 33 ° —1 G 7 Alembers ... ... ... ... ... G 91 19 6 Compounders , 30 ° —352 Alembers ... ... 974 13 o Unappropriated 1 iS G

1 GG 8 11 o Balance , being Capital ' 3 , 352 15 5 £ 15 , 021 6 5 Examined with the Books and found correct , Signed . THOS . AIEGGV , Public Accountant . 7 th July , 1 SS 1 . 22 , Bedford-place , Russell-square , W . C .

WALES . — lhe Principality of Wales has the honour of having been first constituted intoProvincial Grand Lodges . In the first year of Grand Alastership of the Earl of Inchiquin , A . D . 1727 , and as a special novelty , the Provinces of North Wales and South Wales were formed , with Bros . Warburton and Sir Edward Alasel , Bart ., respectively , as Prov . Grand Alasters—their several seat , or

head-quarters being stated as at Chester ancl Cermarthen . It is singular , however , to note that in another part of the Constitutions of 1756 and 176 7 it is stated that the deputations were granted in 172 G under Lord Paisley . It is probable that the important decision was made in 172 G to group the lodges in the country into Prov . Grand Lodges , but it was not until the successor to Lord Paisley had been

installed that any provinces were formally constituted . The two first lodges in Wales were warranted at Chester A . D . 1724 . Since then , Freemasonry has made rapid strides , and at the present time there are three Provincial Grand Lodges in Wales—( a ) North Wales and Shropshire , with

Sir Watkin W . Wynn , Bart , M . P ., as Prov . G . M ., and twenty-five Lodges ; ( b ) South Wales Eastern Division ) , with Sir George Elliot , Bart ., AI . P ., as Prov . G . AL , and eleven Lodges ; and (<) South Wales ( Western Division ) , with Colonel Phillips as Prov . G . AL , with eight lodgesmaking a total of forty-five lodges .

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Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS .

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ST . JOHNS LODGE ( No . 167 ) . —The annua installation meeting of this lodge was held on Tuesday , the nth inst ., at the Holly Bush Tavern , Hampstead . Bro . George Davis , the W . AI . of the past year , opened the lodge , supporte-1 by thelfollowir . g brethren : Bros . Edmund A . Dutton , S . W ., W . AI . elect ; S . Dowling , J . W . ; J . R . Thompson , P . AI . Sec ; J . G . HumphreysS . D . ; W .

, Wilkinson , J . D . ; H . Hollis , P . M ., D . C . ; E . Storr , I . G . ; J . Yeomans , J . Ware , and J . Eldridge , P . AI . ' s ; F . Adlard , P . AI . 7 , Hon . member . The following visitors were also present : Bros . E . E . Barratt-Kidder , S . W . 12 ; S . Elborn , P . AI . 511 ; W . W . Alorgan , jun ., J . W . 1107 ; R . Davis , P . AI . 12 SS ; W . Gorwill , 13 GG ; John Osborn , W . M . 1 C 02 , W . AI . Stiles , P . AI . 1732 ; and others .

The usual preliminaries having been observed , the lodge was advanced , and thc W . AI . elect having been presented , was obligated and then regularly installed . He appointed the following as his officers : Bros . Dowling , S . W . ; Humphreys , J . W . ; Rowe , P . AI . Treas . ( in his absence Bro . Eldridge was invested with the collar on his behalf ); Thompson , Sec ; Wilkinson , S . D . ; Storr , T . D .: I . Potter .

I . G . ; Hollis , D . C . ; Wallis , Steward . Three brethren were elected to act as Trustees of the Benevolent Fund and the lodge was closed . Bro . P . M . Adlard desired to express on this , his first visit to the lodge since the members had so kindly elected him as honorary member , his

sense of the compliment conferred on him . He was gratified to say that during the fifty years he had 'been a Mason he had had several honours conferred upon him , but he felt that the action of the members of thc St . John ' s Lodge , in which he had spent so many happy ] hours , was the one he should most prize for the remainder of his lifetime .

The brethren , at the conclusion of the business , sat down to banquet , under the presidency of Bro . Dutton , and the usual toasts followed . Bro . Davis , LP . AL , gave that of "The W . AI . of the Lodge . " The brethren would require to look back many years to find so young a W . AI . as the one who now presided over them ; still , he felt and hoped that he would prove himself as efficient as most of those

who had preceded him . Bro . Davis hoped he might during his year of office have plenty of work * , in order that he could show his ability , and that at the termination of his Mastership the brethren would be able to say lie had performed all the work required of him creditably . The W . AI . thanked the brethren . If there was anything distasteful to him on such occasions it was to reply when his health

was proposed . He could only say hc thanked them all from the bottom of his heart ; -and , although he felt Bro . Davis had said more than he really deserved , hc should endeavour to show that such was not thc case . He hoped he should have the assistance of the P . AI . 's , as hc considered the lodge was greatly indebted to them for what they had done in thc past . He could but feel that he

laboured under one very great disadvantage , following , as he did , so able a worker as Bro . Davis ; and while he felt it would be useless trying to eclipse that brother , hc should still try his best , though he was aware it would prove to be far short of what Bro . Davis had accomplished . He next proposed "The Health of the I . P . M . " He was sure all who had heard the ceremony of installation could but feel

gratified at the way in which it had been worked . Bro . Davis was well known as a Alasonic Preceptor , and naturally they expected something good from him ; but he thought he had that evening really excelled himself . As regarded his working during the past year , it could be said that he had carried out the duties of thc chair most satisfactorily . At thelast meetingit had been decided to nresenthim

with a jewel , and that jewel he had now the infinite pleasure of placing on the breast of Bro . Davis , and in the name of the St . John ' s Lodge , to wish him long life and health to wear it . The jewel bore the following inscription : " Presented by the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 1 G 7 , to Bro . Geo . Davis , in acknowledgment of his services as W . Master during thc year 1 SS 1 . " Bro . Davis tendered

his thanks . He little thought a few years since when , at the time of his initiation , Bro . Adlard had said that he then knew but little of what Freemasonry really was , that he should so soon be called upon to reply as a Past Alaster of the lodge . He could lookback upon thc past few years with great pleasure . He hoped his labours in Freemasonry had not been entirely in vain ; they had certainly been

labours of love . He trusted he might be spared for many years to be present in the St . John's Lodge , and hoped he might always be looked upon with the ' same amount of gratitude as had been the case that ni ght . He could but refer with pride to the handsome present thc members had thought fit to make him , and he trusted that they would never have cause to regret the action they had taken as

regarded him . The W . AI . then proposed " The Health of the Visitors , " to whom he tendered a most fraternal greeting . He hoped the work they had witnessed that night had not been detrimental to them , but , or . the contrary , that they had been interested in it . Bro . Osborn replied , specially referring to the ability shown by the I . P . M . in the ceremony he had performed . The W . Alaster , in giving the toast of "The P . AI . ' s , Treasurer ,

and Secretary , " again hoped he might have their co-operation during his term of ollice . He felt the members one and all wished them long life , and looked forward to seeing them on many future occasions . Each of the P . M . 's having replied , the W . Alaster gave the toast of " ( The Officers , " which was also acknowledged by each of those present . The Tyler then gave the concluding toast , and the brethren separated .

ROTHESAY LODGE ( No . 16 S 7 ) . —Tho annual nstallation meeting of this | lodge was held on Wednesday at the Inns of Court Hotel , Lincoln ' s Inn-licMs , on which occasion Bro . James Crossland was installed as W . M . The meeting was well attended , both by members of the lodge and visitors , among the latter being Bros . C . A .

Cottebrune , P . G . P ., ; G . P . Festa , S . W . MOO ; I-:. Farwig , P . AI . 1 S 0 , J . E . Shand , W .. M . i-G- ; W . Maxsted , 1 S 0 ; C . R . Ellis . S . W . Soo j F . Foss , 26 ; K . J . Scott , P . M . 749 ; F . Hill , 15 G 3 ; De Leliva , 1426 , and others . 'The business before the lodge consisted of tin : election of Bro . Austin , who offered himself as a candidate for joining , and the installation of the W . AL , a lodge of einer "