Original Correspondence.

BRO . " QUOTATION "—ANEW GRAND OFUCER . " To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I have waited for a week in thc hope some brother

of more recent experience than mine , which dates of 1 S 10 and subsequently , might take up his parable in behalf of Dr . Person ; but finding no other notice taken than your editorial remark , I venture to address you . Keeping in mind the idea and the alliteration of

"Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat , " I would say ( pace Doctor Porson ) " Who quotes quotations should correctly quote . " In 1 S 10 I was either a good or bad little boy , one of 120 pupils of the celebrated Dr . Crombie , of Greenwich ; we

had to make nonsense Latin verses , and were somewhat proficient in the practice . Alany a youngest has obtained the " verbera multa" of those other Porsonian lines beginning with " Hos ego versiculos , " and would back me up as furnishing the orthodox Porsonian verbiage as follows : —

" Trumpeter unus erat , qui coatum scarlet habebat , Et habuit periwig , tied up with the tail of a dead pig . " To a discerning scholarly mind the ring of my version of Dr . Porson is , I fancy , obvious . Yours faithfully and fraternally , A P . AL OF A . D . 1 S 3 G ( Nos . 2 , 1 S 3 , 201 , 3 S 4 , 755 , and 1113 ) .

THF PUNJAB AIASONIC INSTITUTION . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In answer to the request of your correspondent in the Freemason of the week before last , I beg to say that the last published accounts of this Institution are to the

following effect : - During the year under review the Institution has had iS children under education , 11 boys and 7 girls , including 1 boy and 2 girls whose school fees were contributed by the District Fund of Benevolence . At the annual meeting 4 more children" were elected ,

bringing the number up to 15 boys and 7 girls . The receipts for the year were 92 S 7 12-0 rupees , and though this amount is less by 433 rupees than 1879 , the number of new subscribers and donors has increased by 135 , and the list of Vice-Presidents and Life Governors , as at the close of 1 SS 0 , 23 and 10 C respectively , as against 20 and 91 at the close of 1 S 79 . The amount expended was

5582 , 0 rupees . 2000 rupees were invested , making 30 , 000 rupees invested , viz ., 18 , 500 at 4 per cent ., 10 , 000 at 4 } per cent ., and 1 S 00 at 5 per cent ., making the income from dividends , 12 S 0 rupees per annum . Since the formation of the Society to iSCothe amount paid in school fees has been 30 , 107 14-7 rupees . T hope these items will satisfy your correspondent . YOUR REVIEWER .

A VAGRANT . To thc Editor of the " . Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — There was in Havant , on Saturday and Alonday last , a vagrant who professed to be a Freemason . He went eastward , and is probably at Brighton by this time .

He obtained board and lodgings from Saturday to Monday and then went off without payment . He told two different stories here—one that he was a church decorator , had been working at Horsham , and had come to Portsmouth to decorate a new Roman Catholic church , but as it was not ready he had come to Havant to lodge ; that he had taken

too much to drink and had been robbed of two pounds , & c , Sic The other was that he was owner of a ship lying at Portsmouth , of which his son was master , and he had a daughter who he wished to come into the country to lodge . This latter story he told to thc people he stopped with .

He is a foreigner , vcry well dressed' ; with a straw hat , and , I think , umbrella ; no whiskers , but a dark , heavy moustache , and wears an albert watch chain ; stands about 5 ft . ioin ., dark complexion , and is over fifty ycars of age . It is not known exactly whether he is a Freemason or has a certificate , neither did he get any relief . Thc police should be put on the look out for him . THE SECRETARY S 04 .

Reviews.

Reviews .

HISTOIRE DU TRIBUNAL REVOLUTIONNAIRE . Vol . IV . Par IT . VVAI . I . ON . Hachctte ct Cie ., 79 , Boulevard St . Germain , Paris . Wc open this fourth volume of Air . Walton's great work with hesitation , and we put it down with absolute jiain , for it is even more terrible than the previous ones , in its long , dreary , dreadful catalogue of blood , inj ' ustice , iniquity ,

cruelty , and shame . On the trial of l'ouquicr Tinville , as we shall see later , " Wolff , " one of the " clerks of the court , " or " grcfliers , " as they are called in France , deposes , that it was his " painful lot to witness , day by day , innocent people condemned to death , almost without the pretence of a trial , and all but unheard . "

In one case of forty-eight innocent and guiltless " cons lrators" from the " prisons" two minutes apiece aas sufficient for the hearing , interrogatory , sentence , nd condemnation of them all . Let us mark this , we who love the old-fashioned , normal usage of our English law , so patient to all , so chary of the life of man . One or two facts are simply appalling . On theioth June , 1794 , Robespierre himself drafted and had passed the so-called law of

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the " 22 nd Prairial , " whicii was practically for the purjiose of facilitating thc work of the " Tribunal , " but was really to hasten its operation , and , above all , to " let none escape . " Under the previous action of the "Tribunal " a few had escaped from " extenuating " considerations or " non-intentional grounds , " but now all was to be changed . And henceforth went on a combination of shameless , cruel

judicial murders , for no reason , and on no grounds , without a parallel in the history of civilization and the world . One illustration will clearly demonstrate the truth of these words and the meaning of Robespierre's law . The " Carrousel " and the " Place of the Revolution" had witnessed 1220 murders in thirteen months and . eight days —that is to sav from the 2 nd Alay , 1793 , to gth June , 1794 .

When the guillotine was removed near the ruins of the Bastile , in the " Place St . Antoine" and the " Barriere du Trone , " 137 6 executions took place in forty-nine days . They were decapitated in batches of 157 , 6 o , _ 50 , 4 6 , 22 , 21 , and the like , and there is nothing truer in the world than to say , as " Wolff" said , that this was a deliberate " shedding of innocent blood . " And as we turn over the

pages we see this awful crowd of high and humble victims , of all classes and conditions , going calmly to an ignominious and unmerited death , without a murmur , or fear , or a sigh . Noble old men , and noble old women , young men and maidens in thc freshness of youth and beauty , women about to be confined , soldiers , sailors , magistrates , judges , lawyers , " Bourgeois" and their wives , the meanest of the

operative classes , washerwomen and workmen ' s apprentices , lads from the regiment , and boys from the ships , all condemned unheard , all pitilessly executed . What for ? Nothing . This was , indeed , Robespierre ' s " Reign of Terror . " Before long , as the roll of horror unfolds , we

shall hear of Robespierre and Fouquicr Tinville at that very birr where so many of thc best and noblest have silently and calmly stood to be butchered before them , and where among unjust judges , honest indignation still recalls the degraded names of a Dumas , a Coflinhal , a Foucault , and a Renaudin 1

TRANSACTIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND ANTIQUARIAN AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY . "" For members only . Vol . V . Part I . This well printed and beautifully illustrated volume contains , among other contributions most interesting to the

arch .-cologist , one paper deeply interesting to the Freemason . It is the paper by Mr . Creed , Clerk of the Works , Carlisle Cathedral , with a large number of Alasons' marks from Carlisle , and some remarks by Air . R . S . Ferguson , F . S . A ., the able editor . It is well worthy of study ' by all who interest themselves in " Alasons ' marks . "

AAIERICAN GRAND LODGE AND OTHER REPORTS . CONNECTICUT NINETY - THIRD ANNUAL REPORT , 1 SS 1 . PROCEEDINGS OF

THE GRAND COUNCIL OF TENNESSEE , iS / g-So . GRAND LODGE OF TENNESSEE , 1 SS 0-S 1 . GRAND CHAPTER OF TENNESSEE , 1 SS 0-S 1 . These reports from America are all interesting to note as records of much active Alasonic work in various directions , and proofs of that great American Alasonic life which is so

vast , and to our minds so wonderful . In England , with all our regular proceedings and easy routine , wc hardly ever make allowance for the great difiicultics which have to be encountered and got over in younger G . Lodges . Considering what are thc actual and prevailing hindrances and drawbacks American Alasons have to contend with , we do feel , and feel strong !}* , that they deserve the greatest sympathy

from us all in the " old country , " and that wc should , instead of being ready to find fault and deal out animadversion because their proceedings are not , naturally , on " all fours , " as thc lawyers say , with ours , give them the credit whicii is their just due , for real love of Freemasonry , and a true appreciation both of its professions and its practice . We do not say that the American system is perfect or even

withoutblots , —they would despise us if we used thelanguage of mere ( lattery or " daubed the wall" as unskilful Alasons " with untempered mortar ; " but we always-rejoice to hear of their progress and their triumphs , remembering how many unjust accusations and how much and bitter open opposition they have calmly , and loyally , and grandly , and Alasonically " lived down . "

THE CHAPLAIN OF THE FLEET . By Alessrs . RICE and BEZANT . This " Romance" of the past , which has jilcasantl y filled the pages of the Graphic , is now concluded , and is likel y to be a great favourite , wc think , with the reading public , and those especially who affect novels . It would have been a hazardous task , in less experienced hands , perhaps , to have taken our material , antl indifferent , and

uninterested society to-day to the life , manners , phraseology , and habits of over 150 years ago . But in thc hands of these practised writers the experiment has been a great success , and no one can fail to have been touched with the difiicultics , and dangers , and fears of the heroine , and the portrature of the principal character , both skilfully arranged , and "well limned , "

even though scene and speech , and words and ways , belong to that old past which , if it concerns the domain of history , hardly , ns it seems to some , can affect us amid our modern tastes and sympathies to-day . But still wc fancy that if any of our readers will turn over the pages of this now completed story , they will learn to sympathize with " Kittv , " and

admire the " skill" which transports us from this gootl year of grace , and all its tumultous notions , and petty ideas , to the dress , the vanities , the busy mode of life of a generation which seems to us now almost a" old as the Norman invaders , thc Wars of the Roses , the days of good Queen Bess , or the happy restoration of King Charles the Second !

CATALOGUES . \ Ve have been much pleased with the 102 nd catalogue of " Pickering and Co ., " who are no longer in Piccadilly , but at GG , Haymarket , S . VV ., as it contains some very curious and valuable books , worthy the notice of the

book collector and the Alasonic and Hermetic student . B . and T . F . Alecham , n , Pulteney Bridge , Bath , also submit a very interesting catalogue , No . 5 , 1 SS 1 , which contains some scarce and desirable books , some of whicii it is not easy to find , and may not occur again for some timo in the market .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

PAPAL BULLS TO FREEAIASONS . Hcideloff mentions two Bulls , or Charters , or Allocutions ( I forget which ) , of Popes to Freemasons , according to my note book . One is said to be given by Pope Alexander VI ., dated Rome , iGth September , 1 5 02 , and the other by

Pope Leo X ., 31 st December , 1516 . He does not set them out , but only mentions the fact . Is it a fact ? Can any one give me the " text" of such Bulls , or show me Heideloff ' s authority for such a statement ? Or is it only " sheepwalking , " based on "Dugdale" and " Wren ' s Parentalia ? " ATASONIC STUDENT .

" Bullarium . " The needful "i"in this expressive Latin _ word was " slipped" out by an ingenuous and ingenious printer . M . S . QUEEN ELIZABETH AND THE FREEAIASONS .

Alasonic Student asks if the statement that Queen Elizabeth " sent an armed party to break up the Grand Lodge assembled at York " is a reality or a myth ? This question has exercised the minds of York brethren , and our late Bro . VV . Cowling , who aided our Bro . Hughan in the ' transcription of some of the York Constitutions , made some special efforts to

investigate the question . As a member of the Town Council of York and the Alaster of the Ancient Guild of ATerchant Adventurers at York , Bro . Cowling had certain facilities for the investigation of old records , and years ago he told me that he had made diligent search through the city

records extending back for many centuries , and had failed to find any allusion to the Elizabethan episode , or even any allusion to matters Alasonic of any kind . If any proof of the Queen's hostile mission to York is to be found it will be in London , where a copy of the Royal Warrant or Alandate would probably be filed amongst the archives . T . B . WHYTEHEAD .

THE AA 1 ERICAN P . AL DEGREE . Bro . Hughan thinks my information must have been wrong in respect to the Board of G . P . having given permission for an American P . AL ( Arch ) to be present at a Board of Installed Alasters . Of course this may be so . The occasion was some three or four years ago . 1 was present at an installation in the North of Englandat

, which a military brother was a visitor , and on enquiring of what lodge he had been a Master , was told that he bad never presided over any lodge , but had taken the American Past Alaster's Degree . Expressing my surprise at his being allowed to be present , I was then told by the Installing Alaster ( I believe ) that communications on the subject had passed with London , and that the brother in

question was declared to have a right to be present . It was not until I noticed the status of these " Past Masters " laid down in the American work on Masonic jurisprudence , to which I alluded on a former occasion , that the matter recurred to my memory . As 1 said before , it is just one of those instances in which a digest of decisions of the Board of General Purposes would be of general service . T . B . WHYTEHEAD .

Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

Qn Wednesday afternoon the Institution at Croydon was gay with visitors on the occasion of the usual summer entertainment to the old folks whicii was then given , somewhat earlier than usual in thc season , on account of tho

intended enlargement of the large room , or hall , which is to be doubled in size by an addition in the rear , and for that reason will be invaded by workmen on Alonday next . A fine afternoon added considerably to the pleasure of those who on Wednesday paid a visit to their old friends at thc Institution . Of course Bro . James Terry was there—in

fact he was here , there , and everywhere , attending to everybody's comfort with his ordinary indefatigable energy . Genial at all times , he is never more genial than when at the Institution to which he h as devoted his life . Also , as a matter of course , ' Airs . Terry was there , together with Aliss Terry and Air . J . E . Terry , all doing their best to

make everybody happy . Bro . Raynham VV . Stewart was also present , Bro . Hedges , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ; andamongothers the following : Bros . J . Michael , 1107 , P . G . P . Kent , and Airs . Michael ; Bro . A . Murlis and Airs . Murlis ; Bro . Ed gar Bowyer ; Bro . J . Newton and Airs . Newton ; Capt . IT . A . Bennett , P . AL 4

Sic ; Airs . Jones and Aliss AL Jones ; Bro . James Batting and Airs . Batting ; Bro . Joseph Driscoll and Airs . Driscoll "" ; Bro . A . D . Loewenstark and Mrs . Loewenstark ; Bro . E . C . Massey and Airs . Alassey ; Bro . J . VV . Simmonds and Aliss K . Windsor ; Bro . VVm . Stephens and Airs . Stephens ; Bro . VV . VV . Alorgan , jun . ; Bro . R . II .

Halford and Mrs . Halford ; Bro . A . J . Berry , 1 C 95 ; Bro . E . Winter and Airs . Winter ; Bro . G . Bolton and Airs . Bolton ; Bro . Richd . Pearcy and Mrs . Pearcy ; Bro . Thomas Goode ; Bro . Alarston and Airs . Marston ; Airs . Cussans and Aliss ALE . Cussans ; Aliss Brasier and Aliss Lottie Brasier-Bro . Thos . Cubitt , P . G . Purst . ; Bro . Alason and Airs

Alason ; Bro . Pyne ; Bro . Constable and Airs , and Aliss Constable ; Bro . Daniels , and Bro . Seymour Smith . After a cordial greeting from Bro . Terry the companv dispersed to visit the inmates of the Institution in their homes—previously known or altogether strangers made no difference , the old folk appearing equally pleased with

a call from any visitors who looked in upon them ; or stroll through the pleasure grounds , as trim and neat as gardener ' s constant care can make them , or to visit thc greenhouse , with its grape and cucumber vines full of fruit , and , not least , to the kitchen gardens , where each inmate of the Institute has his own particular patch of ground , and where the flourishing