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Hamilton , instead of throwing in his influence with Atlantic Phcenix , as would be expected of a brother Master , applied for , and obtained , a charter to " erect " a Scotch lodge in a room not too yards from Atlantic Phtcnix . The applitation itself , 1 should think , was irregular , for there was but one Scotch Mason in it , and among the others one , at least , was in arrears in another lodge , who is styled in the new

lodge as Depute Master . There was only one Scotch lodge in Bermuda ( nearly 100 years old ) , which would not recommend thc application , and the Scotch Provincial Grand Master ( for one lodge !) would not recommend it either . The dispensation to open the lodge was , however , received by the return post from the Grand Lodge . One is here naturally tempted to ask , " Can any person obtain a Scotch

charter merely on the payment of the needful ^ . 5 5 s . ? I'he consequence to Masonry is for the time disastrous , for it tends to disgust the very sort of men we should have in our ranks . A candidate is rejected in an English lodge , he immediately goes to a Scotch lodge , and is received . Boys of iS , who would not be received in an English lodge for various reason ? , are admitted .

There are four English lodges in Bermuda which have had a steady and prosperous existence , other lodges spring up to-day and are gone to-morrow ; but during their short existence much harm is done , which lives after them . This is not as it should be , and the only remedy appears to be in giving our Grand Lodge exclusive control of a territory , as in England , Scotland , and Ireland .

Hoping some older Mason may express himself on this subject , and thanking you for your courtesy , Mr . Editor . — I remain , fraternally yours , Bermuda . P . M . P . S . —Since writing the above , I have heard of a little " sell " a lodge received a few nights since . The lodge

was kept waiting for some time for a candidate to appear for his First Degree ( an Army officer ) , and finally was closed without his having put in an appearance . The next morning they were coolly informed that he was initiated the night before in the new Scotch lodge ( No . 72 G ) without being proposed or balloted for , on the pretext that they were doing it for them . —Yours , P . M .

I'HE QUEEN AND THE CRAFT . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I would beg to suggest that a petition be presented to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , the Most Worshipful the Grand Master , praying that a jewel be struck to commemorate the jubilee of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen .

I shall be pleased to assist any brethien 111 forming a committee to take such steps as may bc necessary to mark the auspicious occasion . *—I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully and fraternallv , W . MACI-. TK , W . M . 17 th March .

OLD WARRANTS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " D ; ar Sir and Brother , I have recently had sent mc a photograph of a Warrant of an Extinct "Athol " Lodge , a transcript of which I annex for publication . It is evidently printed from un engraved plali * , the -written portions being indicated by italics .

1 hc name and number , " I uncord , , " , 4 . -,, at lhc font of the warrant has liven added at a recent date , inasmuch as they refer to a " Modern " lodge that ownsthi ** . old "Athol " warrant , viz ., the Lodge uf Concord , warranted in 1 S 14 , at Preston , as No . 6 , 54 , becoming No . 429 in 1 S 32 , and 343 in 1 SC 3 .

May I take this opportunity to urge any brethren who have old Athol documents of any kind , prior to 1792 , to let me know about them without delay , for my " Masonic Records" will shortly be in the printer's hands . —Yours fraternally , JNO . LANE , P . M . 140 J , Torquay .

No . iSS Ancients . Atholl . i Seal . 'l GRAND MASTER . Lan . Dermott , D . G . M . John Christian , S . G . W . Peter Shat-xell , J . G . W . To AU . WHOM IT MAY CONCERN * . We the Grand Lodjje of the Most Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted

Masons , according to the old Constitutions granted by His Royal Highness Prince Edwin , at York , Anno Domini , Nine hundred twenty and six , and in the Year of Masonry Four thousand nine hundred twenty and six in ample Form assembled , viz . The Right Worshipful and most noble prince ' John , Duke and Martinis of Atholl , Martinis

and Earl of Tullibardine , Earl of Strathtay and Striithardlc , Viscount of Balqnider , Glenalmond , and Glenlyon , Lord Murray , Bclvcny and Gust ' , Heritable Captain and Constable of the Castle and Constabulary of Kinclcagcti , one of the Sixteen Peers of Scotland , Knight of the Most Noble and Most Ancient Order of the

Thistle , and iu that part of Great Britain called England and Masonical Jurisdiction thereunto belonging . Grand Master of Masons . The Right Worshiped Z . < ut . Dermott , Esquire Deputy Grand Master . The Right Worshipful John Christian , Esquire Senior Grand Warden , ' and The Right Worshipful Peter Shatreell , Esquire Junior Grand

Warden ( with the approbation and Consent of the Warranted Lodges held within the Cities and No . iSS suburbs of London and Westminster ) Do hereby authorise and impower our Trusty and Wellbeloved Brethren , viz ., The Worshipful Mr . James Blcckey , one of our Master Masons , The Worshipful Mr . William Moore , his Senior Warden , and

The Worshipful Mr . ' James Jlar / o-v , his Junior Wardell , to Form and Hold a Lodgeof Free nnd Accepted Masons aforesaid at the Black Bull { or elsewhere ] in the town of Settle iu Ihe County of York upon the First Monday after every Full

Moon and on all seasonable Times and lawful Occasions : And in the said Lodge ( when duly cong . cgaled ) to admit and make Free Masons according to the Most Ancient and Honourable Custom of the Royal Craft in all Ages and Nations throughout thc known World . And Wc do hereby

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farther authorise and impower our said Trusty and Well-beloved Brethren James Blaekey , William Moore , and James Barl ' otv ( with thc Consent of the Members of ' their Lodge ) to nominate , chuse , and install their successors , to whom they shall deliver ( . his Warrant , and invest them with llieir powers nnd Dignities as Free . Masons firc . _ And such Successors shall in like Manner nominate , chuse ,

nnd install their successors , Sic , & c ., & c . Such Installations to be upon ( or near ) every St . John ' s Day during the continuance of this Lodge forever . Providing ' the above named Brethren and all their Successors always pay due Respect to this Right Worshipful Grand Lodge otherwise this Warrant to be of no Force nor Virtue .

Given under our Hands , and the Seal of our Grand Lodge in London , this Seventh day of June in the Year of out * Lord One thousand seven hundred seventy and four , and in the Year of Masonry Five Thousand seven hundred seventy and four . Wm . Dickey , Grand Secretary . NOTE . —This Warrant ||| j ] fjj | j | is registered in thc Grand Lodge Vol . 7 Letter G . COSCORD fflhAj ' 343 iliini 1

-Seal , j tJiiiiiiiTA MASONIC WEEK AT KIDDERMINSTER . lo the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Bro . Taylor ' s description of his magnificent collection at Worcester , includes the 1735 Dublin Pocket Companion . This he says mentions the lodge at

Philadelphia , No . 79 . Is he correct in this ? as my copy of the same book gives the No . 116 to the lodge . It is remarkable that Bro . Kenning ' s catalogue also gives the No . 79 , and it would appear that an important mistake is being perpectuated for want of verification , or that there are two editions of 1 735 in existence . Alay I take this

opportunity of pointing out that I have duplicates of the following , and would gladly exchange for works not in my collection : Constitutions 1723 , 17 S 4 , 1 S 14 , 1 S 27 , 1 S 41 ; Freemasons' Magazine , vols . I ., II ., III ., and VI ., 1793 , 1794 , and 179 O , 1856 , 1 S 57 , and 1 S 5 S ; Preston ' s 11 , 12 , 13 ,

and 17 , editions 1 S 04 , 1 S 12 , 1 S 21 , 1 S 61 ; Oliver's Antiquities 1 S 23 ; Oliver ' s Institutes 1 S 47 ; Robison's Proofs 179 S . — Yours fraternally , J . E . LEFEUVRE . Southampton . March 14 th .

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SOLOMON'S TEMPLE AND CAPITOL , THE ARK , AND TABERNACLE , & c . By DR . T . O . PAINE . ( SAMPSON * LOW , MARSTON * , SEARI . E & RIVI . VGTON * . ) 1 his massive folio has occupied the mind of Professor Timothy Otis Paine , LL . D ., for a very long period , having been commenced in 1 S 52 , and completed in 1 SS 5 , thus extending over thirty-three years . The author has been

thoroughly conscientious and painstaking" * in all his elaborate and extensive researches , calculations , plans , diagrams , and sketches . In brief , he has described the " Holy Houses" ol the Hebrew , Chaldee , Syriac , Samaritan , Septuagint , Coptic , and Itala Scriptures ; Josephus , Talmud , and Rabbis . The forty-two full-page plates , besides very many cuts ( duly numbered consecutively ) which adorn the text ,

and are line aids to the student , are from photographic reproductions of the original drawings by the author . From first to last , the gigantic volume is virtually the work of one man , whose qualifications for the task may be gathered from the fact tiiat he is a Professor of Hebrew and member of several learned Institutions . The " Bodleian " is the lirst that is gratefully referred to for " old and rare texts "

consulted by Dr . Paine , and thc "Astor ( New \ oik ) , Athcna : uin ( Boston ) , Harvard University , Cambridge and Massachusetts Libraries are also warmly acknowledged in like manner , as they should be . The aim set before the author ( in which he has been successful beyond measure ) is to put the reader , as nenrly as possible , in possession of all thc means of understanding the holy forms enjoyed by thc

ancient writers all thc way back to more than three thousand years , " and though it is true , as the Professor warns us , that some portions " arc difficult reading , " requiring ( or at all events , the more easil y understood thereby ) a knowlcdgeof the technicalitiesof architecture and geometry , yet we are bound to admit that , with or without such advantages , thc descriptions are so precise , and the drawings so helpful , that any

ordinary reader may soon comprehend their intricate details , so graphically interpreted by a master mind . We are told that " the form of the Tabernacle had been lost to the world about 3000 years ; " because the exact meaning of a single Hebrew word remained a mystery all that time . This startling statement , with the key thereto , should be carefully consulted , side by side with the drawings of that

ancient _ structure , of which so many , from various standpoints , are given . For Solomon's Temple ( BETH JAHVAH ) the means are provided for a complete restoration of the original design , traced from the 1 and 2 Kings , Jeremiah and Ezckial , " and from no other sources ;" which is not stated on one Book beine found in another , so

that the four are mutually supplemental and complete , of which we might furnish examples , if time and space permitted . Of the two Pillars , the Doctor thus summarises : " The plain shafts are eighteen cubits high ( 27 ft . ) , four cubits ( fi ft . ) in diameter , and four finger breadths ( 3 inches ) thick ; they arc hollow and made of bronze . The first chapiter is five cubits high ( 7 i ft . ) The lily chapiter is four cubits high ( Cft . ) Thc net is three cubits high ( jj ft . ) .

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Thus the shaft is two nines high , and the two chapitres together are one nine high , whole height of pillar twentyseven cubits ( 4 o _ . ft . ) . There are two hundred pomegranates —net-knots—on each net , in eight rows , twenty-five in a row , twelve in each row now being seen , making 96 seen , as said by Jeremiah ( Iii ., 23 . ) " Hiram , of Tyre , is justly termed the " Architect and Master YVorkman , "

Dr . Paine objecting to the word " cast , " as applied to these Pillars , preferring the term "fashioned , " which we find is adopted in the Revised Version of the Old Testament . The Porch , Winding Staircase , and Middle Chamber , easily recognised by Freemasons , are sketched so minutely as almost to bring them visibly before the ardent Craftsman , hence for those who adopt the Solomonic origin of

the Masonic Society , the work is indeed a rare treasure , and a mine of wealth ; for the symbolism of the Order is so intimately connected with the Temple , and has been so long identified therewith , that Dr . Paine is to all such a trustworthy guide and most invaluable companion . It is a work that would have delighted such a man as Laurence Dermott beyond description , and one in which many

Freemasons of the present day cannot fail to take deep interest , when once they realize the character , extent , and value of Dr . Paine's researches . How far wc should be justified in reproducing some portions of the volume ( either text or plates ) , we are not quite sure , but as the price of the work is necessarily beyond the reach of some of our subscribers , we shall be glad if the publishers

will permit of short extracts appearing in the brcemason , especially those which elucidate in a remarkable manner certain allusions to the Temple , so familiar to members of the " mystic tie , " and which differ in some respects from popular notions on the subject . We feel assured such quotations would not detract in an } - way from the sale of thc book , but rather tend otherwise . However , we leave the matter in

their hands . 'I'he Tabernacle , Ark of the Covenant , and other Temples and Holy Houses , we must leave unnoticed , as we must content ourselves with reiterating our admiration of the zealous and important labours of Dr . Paine , and congratulate the learned author and enterprising publishers most sincerely on thc production of such a ' magnificent volume .

FREEMASONS' CALENDAR FOR SUFFOLK , 1 S 86 " Bro . N . Tracy , Prov . G . Sec . of Suffolk , has issued his Calendar for rSSC , being the second year of publication , and we are very pleased to note a very long list of the " Votes in the three Masonic Charities , " exhibiting a total ? f 2 375 > although there are not 900 subscribing members in the province . Great care is taken to credit those lodges

and individual subscribers who duly forwarded their votes to the " Suffolk Masonic Charity Association , " and it says much for the excellent management of Bro . A , J . Grimwade ( of Hadleigh ) , as well as " speaking volumes" in favour of the Masonic spirit of the brethren , when an analysis of the two tables shows 20 SS were received by the Secretary for the purposes of the province . There are 21

lodges in Suffolk , but not more than six chapters ; these are all provided for most carefully by Bro . Tracy , for in two capital tables , the whole of the nights of meeting of all these bodies , as well as those of three Mark lodges , two preceptories , and a Rose Croix chapter , are all clearly

stated , involving more work to prepare than appears on the surface , and a great boon to the brethren . The rules of the " Suffolk Life Subscribership Association for the Royal Masonic Charities " are inserted , but their utility is unfortunately confined to lodges , chapters , Src , brethren not being provided for .

WILTS MASONIC CALENDAR , iSSG . Rro . William Nott , the Provincial Charity Secretary for Wilts , is now in the sixth year of his apprenticeship as a . Masonic Calendar Editor , so that he will soon be " out of his time , " and enrolled amongst the veterans of that useful Craft . In the 18 S 6 issue , the main features are preserved of previous editions , the work being carefully compiled , and

the whole arranged in a most orderly fashion . An excellent calendar accompanies the handy little volume , though whether it is really worth so much labour ' as must necessarily be bestowed upon it is a matter of question , many editors now entirely omitting that laborious compilation . The roll of officers of Prov . Grand Lodge is continued from 1880 , supplemental to Bro . F . H . Goldnev ' s Historv of the

Province , so that at a glance the names of the officers of 1880-84 are exhibited according to rank and precedence . There are 10 lodges in the province , tanging from 1 S 12 to 1 S 75 , as respects constitution , and the membership is 442 , being virtually the same as in 1 S 85 , the five R . A . chapters mustering 112 subscribing members . Bro . Nott , as may be expected from thc honourable position held by him , and

which he has done so much to maintain , devotes much attention to the subject of Masonic Charity ; all the Stewards being given from 1 S 70 , and the amounts obtained by each brother , making a grand total of about £ 3500 in a comparatively small province . The " Benevolent Fund " of the province is also in a healthy state , and nearly all the

votes for the Central Institutions are now placed in the hands of Bro . Nott to use for the province , numbering about 1000 . Well done , Wilts , we say , and well done , Bro . Nott , for " behind the scenes " there must have been a deal of work to obtain such liberal support and splendid efficiency .

CVSSEM . ' . S NATIONAL LIBRARV . Edited by Professor HENRY MORI . EY . London : Cassell and Co ., La Belle Sauvage-yard , Ludgate-hill . In these days of cheap literature one is scarcely surprised at anything , even at Dickens ' s Nicholas Nickleby for one penny , but these productions are , invariably , either unreadable from smallness of type , or bad paper and

printing . It has been reserved for the enterprising firm of Cassell and Co ., to give us in the National Library a series of the choicest linglish Classics in a form as perfect in respect of paper and printing as anything possible at a much higher price , they are in truth gems of typography , handy , readable , and attractive . It seems hardly credible

that it can be issued at such a low price as threepence , and bear a profit , but so it must be , as we feel Messrs . Cassell would not . with all their desire to promote the circulation of healthy literature , do so on philanthropic grounds alone . When wc say that the editor is Professor Henry Morley , we have a guarantee that the literary department is equal to the typographical , which is as much praise as wc can bestow ,