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Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .
—?—BRO . " j . A . H ., " AND BRO . THE PRINCE RHODOCANAKIS . As I before stated , my remarks were made to
express regret at the animus exhibited by some of the writers on each side of the controversy now being waged respecting the claims of the above distinguished Mason . Bro . " T . A .
H . " " sees no analogy between Charles II . and Bro . ( I have taken the liberty to place the prefix * Bro . ' instead of' Mr . ' adopted by Bro . 'J- A . H ., ' ) Rhodocanakis , " in the comparison I made . All I can say is , that if he does not it is nofault of
mine , but his misfortune , as the statement is clearly made . " Sp . " in the last number of THE FREEMASON , quite expresses my views on the question ,
although entirely unknown to me , and to them I beg to refer Bro . " J . A . H ., " not wishing to say more on the subject . W . T . HUGHAN .
MASONIC SOPHISTRY . Because steam existed thousands of years ago does it therefore follow that it was used to work steam-engines thousands of years ago ? Because certain doctrines , & c , were taught , and certain
words existed , thousands of years ago , does it therefore follow that these doctrines and words were then applied to the purposes , or employed in the ceremonies , of Speculative Freemasonry ? Certainly not .: W . P . BUCHAN .
Can any of your readers say when the Festival of St . John the Evangelist was first celebrated by Freemasons ? W . G . D .
Can you inform the Craft what a "Good Templar" is , and the meaning ofthe word ? I observe the following in The Scotsman , of the 14 th inst . AN INQUIRER .
" GOOD TEMPLARS . —On Saturday afternoon a party of Good Templars , numbering 275 , from tbe various lodges in Edinburgh , visited Kirkcaldy . They were marshalled on the east pier of the harbour , where they were landed from the steamer
Powerful , of Leith . They then marched to the Music Hall , in Linktown of Abbotshall , when Mr . Sutherland , district deputy , delivered a lecture on the principles of the Society . After the lecture a local lodge was formed . "
[ The " Good Templars are a society for the promotion of total abstinence . They are very numerous in the United States . ]—ED . F .
THE 1717 THEORY . In THE FREEMASON , at page 3 67 , some one who signs himself " Leo " interferes in the controversy between W . P . Buchan and myself respecting the 1717 theory . Of course , every
one is entitled to express his opinions and bring forward his arguments on such a subject , yet , I think , in consideration of the challenge given and accepted as to the discussionof this question by Bro . W . P . Buchan and myself , it might have
been well for a third party to have waited till we had concluded it , when , if he had anything new to say , he might have appeared on tlie field with more advantage . " Leo , " however , lias nothing new to say , except that he finds fault with me
for doubting if Bro . W . P . Buchan can be called the " champion " of the 1717 theory , when he has not yet got the victory . " Leo " goes on to say : " Bro . Paton also mentions the word ' proof . ' Now , although lie
takes up the affirmative , and should therefore be prepared to lead proof as yet he has proved himself quite unable to do so . " Thisisacomplete misstatement of the case . As to the 1717 theory , I maintain , not tlie affirmative , but tlie negative
and I therefore demand positive and sufficient proof of tlie truth of that theory , which , surely , its supporters are bound to produce , and which , I unhesitatingly assert , they have yet failed to
produce . I may be said , indeed , to maintain the affirmative as to the greater antiquity of Freemasonry , but this is not the form which the question at present assumes . To show that
Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
Freemasonry did not originate in 1717 , and was not an invention of Desaguliers , Anderson , and others , tlieir contemporaries and coadjutors , is enough for me . I have looked back into the
records and documents of the previous century , and have quoted from some of them evidence which seems to me to be perfectly conclusive that Freemasonry then existed . The theorywhich some recent writers have advocated—that
it was invented by Elias Ashmole and some of his friends , is supported by evidence more probable than has ever been produced in favour of the 1717 theory . I have quoted from Ashmole's diary the sentences in which he records the fact
of his being made a Mason some half century or thereby before 1717 . This of itself ought to be enough to settle the point , as far as the question of the origin or invention of Freemasonry in 1717 is concerned , and I know not what further
proof can be desired . It does not follow that Ashmole was the inventor , or one of tlie inventors , of Freemasonry . I think the very opposite inference may safely and certainly be drawn from his own statement of the circumstances in
which he was made a Mason . I believe the system of Freemasonry has gradually sprung up and attained its present development . I am willing to ascribe something to Ashmole ,
something to Desaguliers and Anderson , but I believe there was something—and that of no little importance—at a much earlier date than even the middle of the seventeenth century , when Ashmole lived .
I have written as if supposing "Leo " to be a third party , who has interfered in this discussion without due cause and with very little to say . But I doubt very much if " Leo " is a third party . I would fain know if Bro . AY . P .
Buchan is not here supported and encouraged by himself . Is " Leo " any other person than Bro . W . P . Buchan ? I can hardly imagine that any one else with so little to say would have plunged into the midst of this discussion ,
showing a strong feeling where he had no argument to adduce . But is it fair for a brother , in the same publication , thus to write under two signatures in the same controversy ? Perhaps the nam de plume " Leo" has been adopted because the
crest of the Buchanans is a lion . But what is the relation of the Buchans to the Buchanans ? That ancient and once great Highland clan had many subordinate branches . Perhaps the Buchans were one of them . The Yuilles were certainly one , and the Spittals another .
However , without discussing the possible relation of "Leo" to the Yuilles , the Spittals , or the Buchanans , I would be glad to know " Leo's " relation to the Buchans , and to find "Leo " come forward and declare himself not to be Bro . W . P . Buchan under another name . I hope that he will do so . CHALMERS I . PATON .
DUPLICATION . The duplication of a cube is the finding the side of a cube that shall be double in solidity to a given cube , which is a famous problem cultivated by the geometricians two thousand years
ago . It was first proposed by the oracle of Apollo at Delphos ; which being consulted about the manner of stopping the plague then raging at Athens , returned for answer that the plague should cease when Apollo's altar , which was
cubical , should be doubled . Upon this they applied themselves in good earnest to seek the duplication of the cube , which was afterwards called the Delian problem . The problem is only to be solved by finding two mean
proportionals between the side of the cube , and double that side ; the first whereof will be the side of tlie cube double , as was observed by Hippocrates Chrus . Leaving the consideration ofthe various methods which have been employed to accomplish the solution of this very important problem ,
it remains for me to add , that the solution ofthe cube's duplication constitutes the apex of the Temple ; anti renders a parallelipipidon , containing 16 linear units , equal to 15 linear units ; thus bringing the number 16 , orj-plZttD Messiah ; thc great name Jah , comprising the first two letters ofthe Tetragrammaton , or ineffable name of Deity mnX— Tytler .
The Rhodocanakis Controversy.
THE RHODOCANAKIS CONTROVERSY .
We have received so many letters on this subject that we find it impossible to give insertion to further communications , unless they are very brief and to the point . " A Barrister " writes to say that he gave
no opinion as to the particular claims of Prince Rhodocanakis , but laid down a thesis upon which arguments , pro and con ., might be founded . Further inquiry , however , he states , leads him to the belief that
the direct male line of the Comnem is now extinct , and that Oriental custom and law are alike opposed to the authenticity of collateral succession through female descendants of the family . " A Barrister" agrees
with Bro . Julius A . Pearson , that , in any case , the title of "Imperial Highness" does not appertain to the alleged claimant ; and in order to prove that the term " scandalous libel , " which he applied to one of
" Philalethes '" letters , was justified by its tone , he requests us ( the editor ) to send a printed copy of the letter to Bro . Pearson , who , as a man of honour , he believes , will agree that the definition was deserved .
" S . J . T . deprecates the discussion ofthe subject at all in our columns , and says : " Masons should view the assumption of a
royal title by Prince Rhodocanakis as the navvy regarded the thrashing he received from his wife , viz ., 'It pleases him , and doesn ' t hurt us ! "
" A Manchester Brother " says our correspondent " Incredulous " must be one not used to respectable company , as the " Sultan " Divan at Manchester is the resort of low "anonymas" and fast characters .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
Tlie Genera ! Committee of the Girls' School met on Thursday , at Freemasons' Hall , when there were present , Bros . Geo . Cox , ( in thc chair , ) John Udall , Thos . W . White , J . A . Rucker , Joshua Nunn , J . R . Sheen , H . Massey , and E . H . Patten , Secretary . Bro . PATTEN read tlie minutes of tlie General
Committee of the 28 th ult ., and of the House Committee ofthe 18 th inst . Bro . UDALL moved , Bro . NUNN seconded , and it was carried unanimously , that ^ 10 be given to a late pupil named Armstrong , who has been stricken with blindness since she left the school .
Bro . UDALL moved , Bro . SHEEN seconded , and it was carried nem . con ., that , £ 10 be given to Elizabeth Gear , who left thc institution last Christmas in robust health , but is now dying of consumption . After the disposal of some other business , the committee separated .
Mark Masonry.
MARK MASONRY .
On Wednesday , the 1 st instant , a meeting of the Freeman Lodge , No . 105 , was held at the Fox Hotel , Stowmarket , Suffolk , when the were present : Bros . Frederick Long , P . P . G . D . of Suffolk , W . M . ; C . S . Golding , S . W . and Sec . ; Spencer Freeman , Treas ., J . W . ; Sheridan , Sutton , V . W . Rev . R . N . Sanderson , 30 ° , P . M . M ., Grand Chaplain Grand Lodge of Mark
Alasons ; Kmra Holmes , 31 " , Keg . of Marks Albert Victor Lodge , Acting J . W . ; Westgate , S . W . Albert Victor Lodge , Acting S . W . ; Oliver , Acting S . O . ; Woods , Acting J . O . : G . Cresswcll , Acting I . G . ; Spalding , Acting Tyler . The lodge having been opened in ancient form , the W . M . took the ballot for Bros . J . Davies , J . D . Phrenix Lodge , No . 516 ; D . T . R .
Pearson , I . G . Phoenix Lodge , N 0 . 516 ; C . Davy , P . P . S . G . D . Herts , P . M . St . Luke ' s Lodge , No . 225 ; Philip Cornell , S . W . British Union Lodge , No . 114 ; C . S . Pedgrift , P . P . G . Keg . Suffolk ; and K . Bridges , Phcenix Lodge , No . S 16 . The result being favourable , and the whole of the brethren being within hail , except Bros . Davis and Pearson , they were severally introduced , obligated , and
advanced to the honourable degree of Mark Master , the intcrestintr ceremony being performed ( with the skill for which h _ ; . i furious ) by the V . W . Bro . Sanderson . The ballot was also taken for Iiro . A . J . Barber , P . G . Org . of Suffolk and W . M . British Union Lodge , who was unanimously elected a joining member . The ordinary
business of the lodge having been completed , it was closed in solemn form , and the brethren retired to an elegant banquet . After the removal of the cloth , the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given and responded to , and a very harmonious evening was brought to a close at a late hour . •. . .
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Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .
—?—BRO . " j . A . H ., " AND BRO . THE PRINCE RHODOCANAKIS . As I before stated , my remarks were made to
express regret at the animus exhibited by some of the writers on each side of the controversy now being waged respecting the claims of the above distinguished Mason . Bro . " T . A .
H . " " sees no analogy between Charles II . and Bro . ( I have taken the liberty to place the prefix * Bro . ' instead of' Mr . ' adopted by Bro . 'J- A . H ., ' ) Rhodocanakis , " in the comparison I made . All I can say is , that if he does not it is nofault of
mine , but his misfortune , as the statement is clearly made . " Sp . " in the last number of THE FREEMASON , quite expresses my views on the question ,
although entirely unknown to me , and to them I beg to refer Bro . " J . A . H ., " not wishing to say more on the subject . W . T . HUGHAN .
MASONIC SOPHISTRY . Because steam existed thousands of years ago does it therefore follow that it was used to work steam-engines thousands of years ago ? Because certain doctrines , & c , were taught , and certain
words existed , thousands of years ago , does it therefore follow that these doctrines and words were then applied to the purposes , or employed in the ceremonies , of Speculative Freemasonry ? Certainly not .: W . P . BUCHAN .
Can any of your readers say when the Festival of St . John the Evangelist was first celebrated by Freemasons ? W . G . D .
Can you inform the Craft what a "Good Templar" is , and the meaning ofthe word ? I observe the following in The Scotsman , of the 14 th inst . AN INQUIRER .
" GOOD TEMPLARS . —On Saturday afternoon a party of Good Templars , numbering 275 , from tbe various lodges in Edinburgh , visited Kirkcaldy . They were marshalled on the east pier of the harbour , where they were landed from the steamer
Powerful , of Leith . They then marched to the Music Hall , in Linktown of Abbotshall , when Mr . Sutherland , district deputy , delivered a lecture on the principles of the Society . After the lecture a local lodge was formed . "
[ The " Good Templars are a society for the promotion of total abstinence . They are very numerous in the United States . ]—ED . F .
THE 1717 THEORY . In THE FREEMASON , at page 3 67 , some one who signs himself " Leo " interferes in the controversy between W . P . Buchan and myself respecting the 1717 theory . Of course , every
one is entitled to express his opinions and bring forward his arguments on such a subject , yet , I think , in consideration of the challenge given and accepted as to the discussionof this question by Bro . W . P . Buchan and myself , it might have
been well for a third party to have waited till we had concluded it , when , if he had anything new to say , he might have appeared on tlie field with more advantage . " Leo , " however , lias nothing new to say , except that he finds fault with me
for doubting if Bro . W . P . Buchan can be called the " champion " of the 1717 theory , when he has not yet got the victory . " Leo " goes on to say : " Bro . Paton also mentions the word ' proof . ' Now , although lie
takes up the affirmative , and should therefore be prepared to lead proof as yet he has proved himself quite unable to do so . " Thisisacomplete misstatement of the case . As to the 1717 theory , I maintain , not tlie affirmative , but tlie negative
and I therefore demand positive and sufficient proof of tlie truth of that theory , which , surely , its supporters are bound to produce , and which , I unhesitatingly assert , they have yet failed to
produce . I may be said , indeed , to maintain the affirmative as to the greater antiquity of Freemasonry , but this is not the form which the question at present assumes . To show that
Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
Freemasonry did not originate in 1717 , and was not an invention of Desaguliers , Anderson , and others , tlieir contemporaries and coadjutors , is enough for me . I have looked back into the
records and documents of the previous century , and have quoted from some of them evidence which seems to me to be perfectly conclusive that Freemasonry then existed . The theorywhich some recent writers have advocated—that
it was invented by Elias Ashmole and some of his friends , is supported by evidence more probable than has ever been produced in favour of the 1717 theory . I have quoted from Ashmole's diary the sentences in which he records the fact
of his being made a Mason some half century or thereby before 1717 . This of itself ought to be enough to settle the point , as far as the question of the origin or invention of Freemasonry in 1717 is concerned , and I know not what further
proof can be desired . It does not follow that Ashmole was the inventor , or one of tlie inventors , of Freemasonry . I think the very opposite inference may safely and certainly be drawn from his own statement of the circumstances in
which he was made a Mason . I believe the system of Freemasonry has gradually sprung up and attained its present development . I am willing to ascribe something to Ashmole ,
something to Desaguliers and Anderson , but I believe there was something—and that of no little importance—at a much earlier date than even the middle of the seventeenth century , when Ashmole lived .
I have written as if supposing "Leo " to be a third party , who has interfered in this discussion without due cause and with very little to say . But I doubt very much if " Leo " is a third party . I would fain know if Bro . AY . P .
Buchan is not here supported and encouraged by himself . Is " Leo " any other person than Bro . W . P . Buchan ? I can hardly imagine that any one else with so little to say would have plunged into the midst of this discussion ,
showing a strong feeling where he had no argument to adduce . But is it fair for a brother , in the same publication , thus to write under two signatures in the same controversy ? Perhaps the nam de plume " Leo" has been adopted because the
crest of the Buchanans is a lion . But what is the relation of the Buchans to the Buchanans ? That ancient and once great Highland clan had many subordinate branches . Perhaps the Buchans were one of them . The Yuilles were certainly one , and the Spittals another .
However , without discussing the possible relation of "Leo" to the Yuilles , the Spittals , or the Buchanans , I would be glad to know " Leo's " relation to the Buchans , and to find "Leo " come forward and declare himself not to be Bro . W . P . Buchan under another name . I hope that he will do so . CHALMERS I . PATON .
DUPLICATION . The duplication of a cube is the finding the side of a cube that shall be double in solidity to a given cube , which is a famous problem cultivated by the geometricians two thousand years
ago . It was first proposed by the oracle of Apollo at Delphos ; which being consulted about the manner of stopping the plague then raging at Athens , returned for answer that the plague should cease when Apollo's altar , which was
cubical , should be doubled . Upon this they applied themselves in good earnest to seek the duplication of the cube , which was afterwards called the Delian problem . The problem is only to be solved by finding two mean
proportionals between the side of the cube , and double that side ; the first whereof will be the side of tlie cube double , as was observed by Hippocrates Chrus . Leaving the consideration ofthe various methods which have been employed to accomplish the solution of this very important problem ,
it remains for me to add , that the solution ofthe cube's duplication constitutes the apex of the Temple ; anti renders a parallelipipidon , containing 16 linear units , equal to 15 linear units ; thus bringing the number 16 , orj-plZttD Messiah ; thc great name Jah , comprising the first two letters ofthe Tetragrammaton , or ineffable name of Deity mnX— Tytler .
The Rhodocanakis Controversy.
THE RHODOCANAKIS CONTROVERSY .
We have received so many letters on this subject that we find it impossible to give insertion to further communications , unless they are very brief and to the point . " A Barrister " writes to say that he gave
no opinion as to the particular claims of Prince Rhodocanakis , but laid down a thesis upon which arguments , pro and con ., might be founded . Further inquiry , however , he states , leads him to the belief that
the direct male line of the Comnem is now extinct , and that Oriental custom and law are alike opposed to the authenticity of collateral succession through female descendants of the family . " A Barrister" agrees
with Bro . Julius A . Pearson , that , in any case , the title of "Imperial Highness" does not appertain to the alleged claimant ; and in order to prove that the term " scandalous libel , " which he applied to one of
" Philalethes '" letters , was justified by its tone , he requests us ( the editor ) to send a printed copy of the letter to Bro . Pearson , who , as a man of honour , he believes , will agree that the definition was deserved .
" S . J . T . deprecates the discussion ofthe subject at all in our columns , and says : " Masons should view the assumption of a
royal title by Prince Rhodocanakis as the navvy regarded the thrashing he received from his wife , viz ., 'It pleases him , and doesn ' t hurt us ! "
" A Manchester Brother " says our correspondent " Incredulous " must be one not used to respectable company , as the " Sultan " Divan at Manchester is the resort of low "anonymas" and fast characters .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
Tlie Genera ! Committee of the Girls' School met on Thursday , at Freemasons' Hall , when there were present , Bros . Geo . Cox , ( in thc chair , ) John Udall , Thos . W . White , J . A . Rucker , Joshua Nunn , J . R . Sheen , H . Massey , and E . H . Patten , Secretary . Bro . PATTEN read tlie minutes of tlie General
Committee of the 28 th ult ., and of the House Committee ofthe 18 th inst . Bro . UDALL moved , Bro . NUNN seconded , and it was carried unanimously , that ^ 10 be given to a late pupil named Armstrong , who has been stricken with blindness since she left the school .
Bro . UDALL moved , Bro . SHEEN seconded , and it was carried nem . con ., that , £ 10 be given to Elizabeth Gear , who left thc institution last Christmas in robust health , but is now dying of consumption . After the disposal of some other business , the committee separated .
Mark Masonry.
MARK MASONRY .
On Wednesday , the 1 st instant , a meeting of the Freeman Lodge , No . 105 , was held at the Fox Hotel , Stowmarket , Suffolk , when the were present : Bros . Frederick Long , P . P . G . D . of Suffolk , W . M . ; C . S . Golding , S . W . and Sec . ; Spencer Freeman , Treas ., J . W . ; Sheridan , Sutton , V . W . Rev . R . N . Sanderson , 30 ° , P . M . M ., Grand Chaplain Grand Lodge of Mark
Alasons ; Kmra Holmes , 31 " , Keg . of Marks Albert Victor Lodge , Acting J . W . ; Westgate , S . W . Albert Victor Lodge , Acting S . W . ; Oliver , Acting S . O . ; Woods , Acting J . O . : G . Cresswcll , Acting I . G . ; Spalding , Acting Tyler . The lodge having been opened in ancient form , the W . M . took the ballot for Bros . J . Davies , J . D . Phrenix Lodge , No . 516 ; D . T . R .
Pearson , I . G . Phoenix Lodge , N 0 . 516 ; C . Davy , P . P . S . G . D . Herts , P . M . St . Luke ' s Lodge , No . 225 ; Philip Cornell , S . W . British Union Lodge , No . 114 ; C . S . Pedgrift , P . P . G . Keg . Suffolk ; and K . Bridges , Phcenix Lodge , No . S 16 . The result being favourable , and the whole of the brethren being within hail , except Bros . Davis and Pearson , they were severally introduced , obligated , and
advanced to the honourable degree of Mark Master , the intcrestintr ceremony being performed ( with the skill for which h _ ; . i furious ) by the V . W . Bro . Sanderson . The ballot was also taken for Iiro . A . J . Barber , P . G . Org . of Suffolk and W . M . British Union Lodge , who was unanimously elected a joining member . The ordinary
business of the lodge having been completed , it was closed in solemn form , and the brethren retired to an elegant banquet . After the removal of the cloth , the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given and responded to , and a very harmonious evening was brought to a close at a late hour . •. . .