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such are to be found fin all thc Pyramids ; on some more fully and clearly than on others . Wefeel bou nd also to object to the "Dedication , " which . strikes us as alike irreverent and unusual , and wc should be led to fear that we have in this abnormal view of things and this unwonted peculiarity of dedication a key to much of the haze , distrust , and

hesitatation , and wildness , which , wc feel bound to add , _ surround the otherwise ably expressed opinions ot the writer . "We speak , of course , merely now from a reasonable and scientific point of view , and express no opinion as to the special views of the writer religiously , prophetically , cxcgctically , or astronomically .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

MASONIC MS . BY BRO . WHYTEHEAD . I am always pleased to sec a contribution from thc spirit of "Eboracum , " Bro . Whytehead , to the Notes and Queries department , and particularly so when Masonic MSS . are referred to . The tracing found by Bro . the Rev . W . C . Lukis was made either from-what is known as " Matthew

Cooke ' s MS ., " in the British Museum ( second oldest known ) , or from one of thc transcripts made early last century , two of which are still preserved , one by Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , and the other in the Grand Library of the " Sit / rremc Council , " London . Both are caligraphic gems . The portions noted by Bro . Whytehead consist of the first fourteen lines of the original MS ., and

the last seven . 1 shall be glad to know if the records of the "Grand Lodge of all England " furnish any clue to the Bro . Gale to whom Dr . Anderson wrote . The latter was a member of the "Horn Lodge " ( original No . 4 ) , and those interested

in the early history of the second of the lime Immemorial " lodges should consult Bro . Gould's remarkable work "The Four Old Lodges , and their Descendants . " I hope Bro . Woodford will soon see his way clear lo thc publication of the " lmgojones's" and Wood " 'sMSS . W . J . HUGHAN .

MASONIC MEDALS—ENGLISH . I have copied the following from my last work ( "Masonic Register of Lodges , " & c . ) in order to interest my brethren in thc collection and publication of a complete lisl of all thc Masonic medals worn in Kngland according- to

the Constitutions . " I shall be exceedingly glad of . sketches , or the loan of the medals marked * , so as to enable me to add to my collection ot sketches , and also shall be thankful if any omissions are detected . 1 shall follow shortly with a list of all thc ordinary centenary lodges . W . I . HUGHAN .

ROVAI . MEDALS , 17 S 7-1 S 12 . 2 Lodge of Antiquity , Freemasons' Hall , London ( 1 S 12 ) . 259 Princcof Wales' Lodge , Willis' Rooms , London ( 17 S 7 ) . SPECIAL MEDALS . ( Prior to Registration ) . Grand Stewards' Lodge , Freemasons' Hall , London . 1 Grand Master's Lodge , Freemasons' Hall , London . *

4 Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge , London , g Albion Lodge , Freemasons' Hnll , London . 10 WeO minster and Keystone Lodge , F . M . H ., London . * n Enoch Lodge , Freemasons' Hall , Loudon . * I 5 Old Kent Lodge , Freemasons' Hall , London . iG Royal Alpha Lodge , Willis' Rooms , London . 29 Lodge of St . Alban , Aldersgate-street , London . 41 Royal Cumberland Lodge , Masonic Hall , Bath .

46 Old Union Lodge , Hull-urn , London , f O 3 St . Mary's Lodge , Freemasons' Hall , London . G 7 Star in { he East Lodge , Masonic Hall , Calcutta . 76 Lodge of Economy , Freemasons' Hall , IVincliestcr . * 94 Phcenix Lodge , Freemasons' Hall , Sunderland . * y 0 Burlington Lodge , Aldersgate-street , London . * i > 9 Shakspeare Lodge , Aldersgate-street , London . 23 S Pilgrim Lodge , Freemasons' Hall , London . 534 Polish National Lodge , Freemasons' Hall , London .

JuiiiLEE MEDALS 1 S 0 S-7 S . * 3 j fi Harmonic Lodge , Island of St . Thomas , Jamaica . * 390 Australian Lodge , F . M . H ., Sydney , New South Wales . LODGE J EWELS OS * GOLD OR SILVER GILT . 2 Lodgeof Antiquity , Freemasons' Hall , London . S British I . odge , F . M . I I ., Great Queen-street , London .

SPECIAL CENTENARY J EWELS . ( 1 SO 1-1 SG 0 . ) 7 Royal York Lodge of Perseverance , F . M . 11 ., London . ' * !¦ } Albion Lodge , Quebec ( now under G . L . of Quebec ) . I . S Old Dundee Lodge , Cannon-street , London . 32 Lodge of Neptune , Gresham-street , London . 23 Globe Lodge , Freemasons' Hall , London .

* 30 United Mariners' Lodge , Gresham-street , London . 35 Medina Lodge , Freemasons' I hill , Cowes , Isleof Wight . 39 Lodge of St . John the Baptist , F . M . I 1 ., Kxeter . 43 St . Paul ' s Lodge , Masonic Hall , Birmingham . * 47 jVewslend Lodge , Masonic Hall , Nottingham . 70 Lor / go nl ' St . ' John , Huyshe Masonic Temple , I'lymouth .

S 2 Foundation Lodge , Mnsonic Hall , Cheltenham . S 6 Lodge of Loyalty , Prescot , Lancashire . * 97 Palatine I . odge , Masonic I fa / I , . Sundc' -fam ! . . 105 Lodge of Fortitude , Masonic Temple , Plymouth , ? log Industry and Perseverance , F . M . H ., Calcutta ( 1 S . 72 ) . 111 Restoration Lodge , Freemasons' Hall , Darlington . 112 St . George's Lodge , Freemasons'Hall , Kxeter . * I 20 Palladian Lodge , Masonic Rooms , Hereford .

* I 24 Marquis of Granby , Masonic Hall , Durham . * I 27 Lodge of Union , Freemasons' Hall , Margate . * I 34 Caledonian Lodge , Lcadenhall-stieet , London . 137 Lodge of Amity , Freemasons' Hall , Poole , Dorset . 139 Britannia Lodge , Freemasons' Hall , Sheffield . * I 40 St . George's Lodge , Masonic Rooms , Greenwich . 14 S Lodgeof Lights , Masonic Rooms , Warrington . * I 53 /;;/// j // i 7 »» A '> ' / . « ' // , ' i . Annslroiig ' sBuildiiigSj ( iibraUni * . J

Can any brother give a clue to the residuary legatees of Anderson or Sayer , Desagulier or Dunckerley ? We may perhaps come upon a " lind " of Masonic papers . There must be many . Masonic MSS . either in the possession of lodges or private persons . MASONIC STlini- ' . XT .

~ Throughout italics ave used lo distinguish the " Ancient" Lodges . •(¦ Warrant ol * (' "Ulirmnlian grand . ! lo . Sp , ci . ll Medal '" - *; 77-: f Granted in leoe . Cancelled in 1 K 7 . S lot an ordinary Centenary Warrant .

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As we arc opening out all Masonic questions , can anyone get access either to the Latin Ritual or any papers in Latin which belonged to the late Dr . Brown , of Edinburgh , and the Roman Eagle Lodge ? Can Bro . D . Murray Lyon help us in the matter , though I know his time is fully occupied ? MASONIC STUDENT .

1 have myself always held that thc Constitutions p \ i" \ ilis \ icci by Krausc represent a " form " of some kind . What the value of it may be if found remains to be seen . Names'have been jumbled up together which seem to make one feel as if there was a " substratum" of truth in the matter , though used by those who did not understand thc real bearing of thc case , ignorantly and uncritically , but not with a design to deceive . Such too was the opinion of Mr . Wallbran , of Ripon , who many years ago looked into the matter with

me . MASONIC STUDENT .

JACHIN AND BOAZ . Replying to "P . M . No . 6 99 " ( p . 427 , ante ) , thc twentieth edition of thc pamphlet , to which he calls attention , was published in 1 S 02 . Airs . Blake , in "Realities of Freemasonry , " appears to treat the work as a recent revelation , and to credit Bro . Samuel Prichard with the authorship . Prichard's "Masonry Dissected" was , however , originally

published in 1730 , so wc may not unreasonably infer that , at all events , his active participation in any crusade against the Society of Freemasons ceased with the last century . The publication of " Masonry Dissected " was , indeed , so far valuable as to have evoked an excellent reply from Dr . James Anderson , which was bound up with thc Constitution

Book , 173 S , and has been since reprinted in Golden Remains of the Early Masonic Writers , " vol . 1 , and , doubtless , the host of imitators who have followed Prichard would have been similarly dealt with by later Masonic worthies had there been anything siers in thc countless ( so-called ) exposures of thc Craft which have seen thc light since A . D . 1730 . " R . F . G .

MOLASH , WM . '—Was Prior of Christchurch , Canterbury ; and a MS . register , answering to Preston's description , is to be found among the Tanner MSS . in the Bodleian Library , Oxford . This is the account which the sub-librarian , the Rev . A . Hackmaii , writing in 1 S 61 , gives of the book , lt had been seen liy Preston , and of which an account had been < riven to him . It contains no account

of any lodge of Freemasons being held at Canterbury ; but on the list of thc various persons receiving livery of the Priory in the year 1429 , the names of various Masons arc given . Masons are mentioned in othei years also , but not so largely as in this particular year . 'lhe following is a correct extract of the names : Magister Thomas Mapylton , Magi . ster I . athumorum ; Johannes Morys , Custos de la

Loygge Lathomorum ; Lathami de la Lovgge ; Thomas Stanley , Robertus Celt , Edwardus Adam , Willelmus Morys , Ric . Clerk , Robertus Boyland , Willelmus Dulynton , Robertus Clynton , Johannes Sandysdale , Thomas Mayplton , Willelmus Sandigge , Hans Hy / brantl , Johannes Smyth , lleniicus Talo , Thomas Castle , Johannes Albert , Apprenticii ibidem , Thomas Tenhain , Rogerus Symth ,

Georgius Pucaunt . In the year 1431 " ccementarii" are given immediately after the apprentices , seven in number , and then "laboratores , " four in number . No reference is made to the Lathami beyond tbe mention of their names . The account of this register is merely the giving of cloth to those connected wilh the Convent , the Prior , according to the conventual usage , providing the various members

with clothing . I he accounts of Wm . Molash are kept in this way . Nomina Clericorum ( here follow the names ot such clergy as " ( received livery ) , Nomina Annigeroriim : Lathami , Apprenticii , Valettii , cic . Archbishop Chicheley ' s name is the first under the head Armigeri—and hence we have the explanation of the lodge said to be held under him at Canterbury in 1429 . Mapylton and Morys ranked as

armigeri or genorisi . Under the name of Apprenticii is written— " Pro istis ray de murreys , et color de Vallettis . In all probability this means coarse cloth , the same as that worn by the grooms , and of thc colour of that worn by the servants . " In an account of another year the armigcr received "one pannus de murrey of 7 ells , and nl ells of marbelyn . The Lalhomus , ccementarius , and laboralor received one pannus , il ell , and de Marbelyn nl ells .

Each pannus cost £ 2 3 s . 4 c ! ., a large amount of our money . What Marbelyn i . s is not quite clear . Murrey is dark red , and ray is also probably a coloured cloth , though Dueange gives " Kay : lananalivi coloris , nondum tinctus . " Thus the evidence of Molash ' s Register amounts to this , that a lodge of " Lathami " in 1429 was attached to Christ Church , Canterbury . Further it does not go ; neither is Chicbeley , wo feel bound to repeat , in any way connected wilh it , —Kenning ' s Cyelofiieilin of Freemasonry ,

Obituary.

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BRO . MICHAEL IIAYDON . Um . I layilun , who for upwards of forly years has been one ol * lhe best-known members of the City detective force , died on the i . -jlli inst ., at his residence , 64 , Devonshire-road , Hackney , alter only one week ' s illness . Bro . Michael Hay don was born on Michaelmas Day , 1 S 19 , and in consequence , was named alter that Saint , he was introduced by Bro . I . lirelt into the Domatic Lodge in 1 S 55 , and installed

by him into the chair of the same lodge in 1859 ; the same vear he served the office of Steward to the Aged Masons , lie was a great supporter of the Charities by annual subscriptions on the different Stewards' lists , he was also for many years greatly interested as a teacher of Craft Masonry in the Confidence , Jubilee , Industry , Faith , Domatic , and many other lodges of instruction , where he was held in the highest esteem as a generous and warm hearted friend and

brother . I It ; conlimicd to take a warm inleresl in his own lodge up lo the day ol" hisdealli , where his loss will be deeply regretted and felt . Uro . Haydon lias been nclively cmployed as a detective of the C'ily ot London since 1 S 4 J , where he had the conduct of , nnd brought to a successfull sane , many of the must iiiinortant cases of fraud and

forgery , which have happened in the present age , viz ., lhe lobhery of gold bars , value £ 1 . 1 , 0011 , between London and Paris , on the South Eastern Railway , in which Lester , /' eairi ' , Burgess , and Agar were convicted , . 'iml sentenced to long li'i-ii ' is of liansporUilions . Also the great gold dust robbery between Panama and Waterloo , on the South Wastern Railway , lie also succeeded in tracing , arresting ,

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and bringing to England from Havana , Austin Brilwell , for the great Bank of England forgeries , as well as scores of other most important cases , and in thc discharge of which duties he travelled half over the globe . Sergeants Haydon and Brett arc prominent figures in Mr . Frith's picture ,

"The Railway Station . " His loss is deeply regretted by his late colleagues , by whom hc was always looked up to as a most , honourable ancl consciev . cious man , and a warm friend . The funeral took place on the 21 st inst ., at Highgate Cemctary , where a large number of his friends attended to pay the last tribute of respect .

Royal Arch.

Royal Arch .

ST . THOMAS'S CHAPTER ( No . 142 ) . —A convocation of this chapter was held on Saturday last at thc Cannon-street Hotel , the following officers Vicing present : Comps . G . A . Rooks , M . E . Z . ; J . ' W . Lambert , H . ; C . F . Hogard , J . H . C . Levander , P . Z . ; W . Beattie , E . ; F . W . Levander , N . ; Rev . S . Moses , A . S . Comps . F . J . 'Macaulay , P . S . ; and Hobson , ist Asst ., were unavoidably

absent . There were two candidates present for exaltation , viz ., Bro . John Nicholls , 475 ,, and Bvo . James Boyes , 2 ( 14 . The chapter being opened , ( he two candidates were balloted for separately , and the ballot being unanimous in their favour , they were entrusted . The ceremony of exaltation was then proceeded with , and the M . E . Z . received at its conclusion

the well deserved and hearty applause of the companions for the admirable manner in which he had done his work . Being also the meeting for electing officers for thc ensuing year , Comps . Lambert , Hogard , and Beattie were elected to the Three Principal chairs , ancl the other offices filled up , and on the motion of the 1 . P . Z ., seconded by II ., a jewel , not exceeding in value ten guineas , was uanimonsly voted

tothe outgoing M . E . Z . The chapter being closed , the companions adjourned to an excellent dinner . After dinner the toasts were restricted to those of "Her Majesty the Queen" as patron ofthe Order , " The Prince of Wales , " as the head of thc Order , " The M . K . Z ., " and " The M . E . Z . Elect . " Subsequently

a pleasing incident occured in the P . Z . inadvertently letting out that thc day was the anniversary of his birthday , and the M . E . Z . accordingly proposed his health in warm terms , drunk by thc companions with equally warm feeling , and heartily acknowledged by the P . Z . in a genial speech , The companions separated later on , after having spent a most enjoyable evening .

LION AND LAMB CHAPTER ( No . 192 ) . — The April meeting of the above chapter was held on Wednesday last at the City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-street , and the companions present were Comps . II . Birdseye , Z . ; F . D . R . Copestick-, H . : Chas . Arkell , J . ; George Kenning , P . Z ., Treas . ; E . F . Storr , S . E . ; J . Lorkin , P . S . ; Cohu , A . S . ; Benard , Page , Holland , Chas . Lorkin , Taylor ,

Kent , Cheese , and Cairn . Visitor : Comp . Gompertz . The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . A ballot was taken for Bri ) . Henry Alfred Carter , Lion and Lamb Lodge , No . 192 , which was unanimous in his favour . At thc conclusion of thc business the companions dined together , under the presidency of thc M . E . Z ., Comp . Birdseye , when the usual loyal and Alasonic toasts were proposed and duly honoured .

WHITEHAVEN . —Sun , Square , and Compasses Chapter ( No . 119 ) . —The quarterly convocation of this chapter was held in the Freemasons' Hall , College-street , on Friday evening , the loth inst . The hour of seven p . m . was the time announced , but il was fully half-an-hour later ere business began . Thc members present were as follow : Comps . W . F .

Lamonbv , M . E . Z . ( Freemason ); W . B . Gibson , P . Z . ; J . Barr , P . Z . ; W . Sandwith , P . Z . * . E . Tyson , IL ; T . Atkinson , J . ; J . Rothery , S . E . ; J . T . Ray , ns S . N . ; G . Dalrymple , P . S . ; F . Hodgson , ist A . S . j ) . Cooper , Org . ; W . lackson , Steward ; G . Fitzgerald , Janitor ; J . Milligan , Rowland Baxter , J . Blenkhorn , G . Sparrow , J . W . Miles , E . Clark , J . Spittal , and C . Mossop , jun .

After reading and confirming the minutes , a ballot was taken for Bro . J . Batt . of Curwen Lodge , No . 1400 , which proved unanimous . This made a total of three candidates for exaltation , the others being Bros . J . F . Kirkcnnncl , of Kenlis Lodge , No . 126 7 , and J . Townson , of Lewis Lodge , No . S 72 . Bro . Kirkconnel , however , was the only one present , and he was duly exalted to the Supreme Degree . At

the conclusion of the second part of the ceremony the M . E . Z . had to leave , in order to catch the last train home , and his place was kindly taken by Comp . Barr , P . / .., who subsequently delivered the Mystical Lecture with all his old verve . The other two lectures were given by lhe respective Principals in due form . Al : the conclusion of business the companions adjourned In the banqueting room , and spent the usual hour happily together .

PLUMSTEAD . —Pattison Chapter ( No . 913 ) . — The usual quarterly meeting of ( he above chapter took place on Thursday , the 15 th inst ., at Comp . Tucker's house , the Lord Raglan , liurrage-road , Ex . Comp . A . Penfold in the chair of / .. ; supported by Comps . H . J . Butter , as H ., and T . D . Hayes , as J . Upon the admission of the companions the ballot was

taken for Bro . W , Canty , 913 , but that brother not attending , his exaltation was deferred . Tlie election of oflicers for the ensuing year then took place , and the following companions were unanimously elected ; Ex . Comps . Butter as Z . ; Hayes as H . ; Lloyd ( who during the past year , in the unavoidable absence of Bro . Croisdale , whose militarv duties confined him to Aldershot , had filled thc office

of G . S . ) as ] . ; Price as Scribe E . ; Sweny as Scribe N . ; Jessop as Treasurer ; and Mabbelt as Janitor . The M . E . Z . Ih' * n rose and said that as their esteemed M . E . Comp . Hayes had been chosen lo represent the , mother lodge as Steward at the festival of fhe Girls' School , which was to be celebrate d the next : day , the principal officers of the chapter had met privately , and determined to

contribute ( en guineas out of the funds of the chapter to his list . This had , of comae , been done without the consent of the companions , but he had such faith in their charitable and Masonic feelings that lie would propose that ( lie gift so made be now sanctioned . The proposition was carried with lhe utmost unanimity and with applause . Comp . I layes returned thanks , and said he trusted lo make his list up to £ 200 before be left the room that night .