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lodge was then raised to the Third Degree , and lowered to the Fellow Craft , for the purpose of passing three candidates into that Degree , which Masonic work was performed in a very efficient manner . The books of the lodge were examined and found correctly kept , all accounts paid and properly vouched , and a minute certifying the same was read by the P . G . Sec and

signed . The D . P . G . M . complimented Bro . Currie on the highly efficient state of the lodge funds , and made some excellent remarks on the advantages to be gained by visiting deputations seeing the lodges at their proper work when making annual visits . The deputation left by train at g . 30 p . m .

with the lodge , and wished him every happinessandsuccess in life . The lodge having been closed , the orethren adjourned to the Black Swan , Bro . Rodger ' s , the Senior Steward ' s house , and enjoyed a social hour together , the toast of the evening , "The Health of Bro . Thomson , " being proposed in eloquent terms by Bro . Vernon . A number of excellent speeches and songs were given during the evening , and the company separated before eleven o ' clock .

having , m a very neat speech , alluded to the services Bro . Thomson had rendered the lodge , presented him , in the name of thirty subscribing brethren , with a handsome gold Secretary's jewel , which he affixed amidst the applause of the members , wishing him at the same time long life to wear it . Bro . Thomson feelingly replied . Bros . James Steel , P . M ., and Vernon , P . M ., added their testimony to what had been said concernine ; Bro . Thomson's connection

KELSO LODGE ( No . 58 ) . —On Thursday , the iSth inst ., the brethren of this ancient lodge met in their hall for the purpose of bidding " good-bye" to their esteemed and worthy Bro . H . W . Thomson , Secretary to the lodge and P . G . Sec . of Berwick and Roxburghshire , who was leaving Kelso for the South . Between twenty and thirty brethren assembled , and the R . W . M ., Bro . Bulman ,

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . COLONEL PEARD . After a lengthened illness "Garibaldi ' s Englishman" has passed away . The news will revive in the minds of the middle-aged recollections which had faded of the brilliant exploits by which Italian Unity became a real thing instead of a mere byword of political badinage , and of the part which Englishmen took , emulating the heroism and selfsacrifice which , in a fiercer struggle , inseparably associated

with the liberties of Greece the names of Byron , Trelawney , and Church . Bro . John Whitehead Peard , of Trcnython , was the second son of the late Vice-Admiral Shuldham Peard , and a descendant on the maternal side from the Cornish branch of the Fortescues , his maternal grandfather being Mr . William Fortescue , of Pcnwarn . Born in 1 S 11 , his years verged closely on the allotted span of man ' s life . The career which his death terminates has been varied as

well as Jong , though its most exciting chapters were comprised in its concluding decades . The first fifty years of Bro . Colonel Pcard ' s biograph y are marked by no events outside the range of ordinary English life . At two-and-twenty he graduared at Oxford , his college being Exeter , and four years after proceeded M . A . In 1 S 37 he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple . If he ever practised his professional career was brief and

by no means eventful . He married in 1 S 3 S a daughter of a then resident of Teignmouth , the Rev . Dr . Richards . For some time he resided at Exeter before taking up his residence in Cornwall . Though he formerly held a commission in the Cornwall Rangers Militia , and rose to the rank of captain , Colonel Peard had not served in the English army , and his military rank was that he held in Italy during the marvellous campaign of 1 SC 0 ,

which drove " Bomba" into exile , and brought the States of the Church , Naples and Sicily , into the kingdom which the French and Austrians and the Pope had conspired to limit to Northern Italy . It would seem that when hostilities broke out in 1 S 59 on the declaration of war by Austria against Sardinia , and the intervention of France "in the cause of liberty " ( and glory ) , Mr . Peard was travelling in the Peninsula , and was attracted to Garibaldi's standard

almost as _ soon as the Condottien as an organised force began their operations . Skill as a marksman and indomitable sang froid as well as physical powers appear to have brought the English volunteer into general notice , and before his friends in England knew anything of his deeds , Mr . Peard ' s courageous bearing in the field had won for him the cross of the newly-created Order of Valour from the hand of Victor Emmanuel . The Times correspondent in

Italy at that time honoured "the fighting Englishman , " as the unknown marksman was called , with frequent notices more or less complimentary . Peard remained in Italy during the disturbed winter which followed the Peace of Villafranca , and after the Garibaldians took the field in May , 1 S 60 , and kindled a new revolt in Southern Italy , he was one of the leaders of the English Legion in which Plymouth and other towns in the West of England contributed

volunteers . The services which he rendered Garibaldi acknowledged four years afterwards by paying him a visit in his Cornish home . The enthusiasm of the Liberator ' s reception in England , and the vexation which was caused by his abrupt departure , it was said at the instance of the Government , will be generally remembered more distinctly than the visit to Bencniite , except by those western gentle--men who had the satisfaction of meetincr Garibaldi there

It was only a day or two before he set sail homeward , and when he bade Colonel Peard farewell before embarking it was noticed that " Garibaldi was affected to tears . " Colonel Peard ' s later life in Cornwall is well known . He was a magistrate , and in 1 S 6 9 sheriff . Itis not in the nature of things that a man of his temperament should escape occasional unpopularity , and , as other justices of the peace have done , he incurred public censure on one

occasion by an arbitrary exercise of power , the comi . iittal of some Sunday-school children to prison for a trespass which was generally regarded as innocent . But the memory of that act will not seriously affect the posthumous reputation of one who has earned an honourable soubriquet among two nations . Colonel Peard was a Freemason and a member of the Thirty-first Degree , one of the highest grades in the Order . He held the offices of Deputy Provincial Grand Master of

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Cornwall , Provincial Grand Mark Master , and Provincial Prior , having attained the latter office within a comparatively recent time . It has been said that Colonel Peard ' s association with the Italian patriots began at the meetings of the Carbonari or other secret societies with which Freemasonry in Italy was associated during the struggle for independence , and that he became acquainted with Garibaldi in a lodge of which they and Mazzini were members . The

story , if true , corrects the impression of the Times correspondent that Colonel Pcard ' s presence at the fighting in 1 S 59 was " impassionate , " or , in other words , cold-blooded and murderous . Though " the fighting Englishman " chose to conceal his reason , alliance with the secret societies in the Peninsula was an ample explanation of his presence with Garibaldi's army . About six months since Colonel Peard was struck down

by paralysis , and from that time he has lain in a precarious state at his residence near Par . Two months ago his life was despaired of , but he still lingered , and a week ago another paralytic stroke shattered the little remnant of life that remained . From that time he gradually sunk , notwithstanding- the care of his medical attendant , Dr . Davis ,

and on Sunday morning , at eight o'clock , his life ended . — Western Morning News . The funeral took place at Fowey Cemetery on Wednesday , and was largely attended . We hope to give an account of Bro . Colonel Peard's Masonic career in our next .

BRO . J . E . GARSIDE . A highly-esteemed brother was consigned to the grave on Wednesday , the 17 th inst ., in the burial place adjoining the beautiful old parish church of Astbury , Cheshire . Bro . Garside was the representative of an old and respected family in Congleton , of which borough , about a century ago , his grandfather filled the office of mayor . Bro . Garside served his articles as a solicitor with Messrs . Wilson and

Moorhouse ; and on the departure of the latter gentleman for Liverpool , thirteen years ago , he was appointed to succeed him as clerk to the county magistrates for the Congleton district , and also to the Local Board of Buglawton . In April , iS ^ S , he was unanimously elected coroner for the No . 2 Division of Cheshire . Bro . Garside ' s singular popularity and favour with all classes was the result of his genial disposition , ever cheerful temperament , and

genuine benevolence of heart . He had suffered from failing health for nearly twelve months past , but the news of his decease , though so long expected , threw a gloom over Congleton and the neighbourhood ; and his funeral on Wednesday , the 17 th inst ., was the occasion of a display of universal sympathy and respect . Although it was the desire both of himself , while yet living , and of his family , that the funeral should be as private and simple as possible , yet

Bro . Garside's immediate connections were so numerous that the cortege was necessarily large . There were no mourning coaches , the private carriages of friends conveying the attendants from Congleton to Astbury , while the streets along the route of procession were lined by sympathising spectators , and every blind was drawn down . 'The brethren of Eaton Lodge , No . 533 , of which Bro . Garside was Junior Warden , attended with the W . M ., Bro . T . A .

Daniel , and preceded the funeral cortege . Bro . Harry Froggatt , of the Lodge of Unity , No . 267 ( Macclesfield ) , was also present . Bro . Froggatt is a candidate for the office which his friend ' s death has left vacant , and for which he was also a candidate when Bro . Garside was apjioi . ited , on which occasion he generously gave way to his older friend . The services in the church and at the grave were

read by the Rev . T . Spencer , of Preston , brother-in-law of the deceased , and the Rev . G . A . E . Kempson , vicar of St . James ' s . Fourteen years ago Uro . Garside married Emily , youngest daughterof thelate Dr . Spencer , of Preston , twice mayor of that borough , and a much-respectedniagistrateof the county . He leaves that estimable lady with a son and four daughters to lament their irreparable loss .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

ROYAL ARCH ABSTRACT OF LAWS . It struck me as odd , on reading Bro . Hughan ' s note , if I had made a mistake , and on looking over the work I find the following curious fact . On the title page is printed , "London , A . L . MDCCLXXXVI . " ' At the end this is altered to the " 10 th day of May , A . I .. 57 S 6 , A . D . S 2 . " So that , as usual , both my worthy friend , ' Bro . Hughan , and myself are right , though I had omitted , it seems , the actual date , 17 S 2 , which I ought not to have done .

CURIOUS OLD BOOK . "Le Macon Deniasque" is published at London , ( a Londres ) , without a date or printer's name . It would seem from some expressions to be after 1745 , and it mentions in the history that the writer who signs himself " T . W . " was initiated at the " Swan in the Strand , " by the intermediation of his friend , " Monsieur Cowens , " "Mr . Fielding "

being the " Venerable / or Master . I bis work is written in French . It has mixed up " Adoiihirain " as is usual in similar French works , but preserves in one portion a true account of Masonic traditions , more clearly than I haze ever seen , though equally clearly an " aftei thought , " and utterly incorrect ritualistically . Kloss says the first edition was published in London , 1751 , and a

second at Berlin , in 1757 , the writer being a Thomas Wolson , or Wilson . He is the Editor also of "Solomon in all his Glory , " that work being a translation of the former , of which the first edition , says Kloss , was published in 17 G 6 . —1 have the second edition , with three copper plates , of 17 GS . Curiously enough the English translation also alludes to" Adonhiram . " He calls himself Thomas Wilson , in " Solomon in all his Glory . " MASONIC STUDENT .

LISTS OF LODGES . Let me call Bro . Gould ' s attention , " if he has not seen it , to the List of Lodges appended to an edition of " Solomon in all his Glory , " 17 GS , lately mentioned in this column . By this list it seems that the lodge at Madrid , at the Three Fleur de Luces , founded in 1727 , had become No . 27 , that 32

and 33 , though each founded January 22 nd and 24 th , 1729 , are not named , that 35 is vacant , and also 3 S , founded September 7 th , 1730 ; likewise 40 , founded in r 730 ; but the dates are given to 32 , 33 , 3 S , and 40 , and the names are given in the 1756 list , as Bro . Gould will remember . 45 is out , though at the Half Moon , Cheap-

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side , in 1756 ; 59 is the lodge at Pans , founded in 1732 ; < S $ is the lodge at Boston , Royal Exchange , founded in 1733 ; G 6 the lodge at Valenciennes ; 71 is one in Holland , ' 735 ; 7 i is at Aubigny , in France ; 74 , Solomon Lodge , Charleston , 1725 , not Fountain , at Bristol , as in 1756 ; 75 at Savannah , 1735 .

As I think it may interest Bro . Gould to note the changes of twelve years—according to a list by " order of the Grand Master , brought down to February , 17 GS , " I give the first ten lodges , observing solely , that many too are the changes later on , and that if it will please Bro . Gould to see the list it is heartily at his service . Is it , however , a correct list ?

1756 . 1 . King's Arms , St . Paul ' s Churchyard . 2 . Horn , Westminster . 3 . George & Dragon , Grafton-st ., St . Ann's

4 . Braund's Head , Ncw-Bond-st . 5 . Castle , Seven Dials . G . Fish & Bell , Charles-st ., Soho . 7 . King ' s Arms , New Bondstreet .

S . Crown , Lcadenhall-st . 9 . Dundee Arms , Wapping New Stairs . 10 . The Mitre , in Globe-Lane , Chatham .

17 GS . 1 . Queen ' s Arms , St . Paul ' s Churchyard . 2 . The Golden Fleece , Tothill-st ., Westminster . 3 . Thatched House , St . James's-st .

4 . Crown & Rolls , Chancerylane . 5 . Talbot , Tottenham Courtroad . 6 . Salmon & Bell , Charlesst ., Soho . 7 . King ' s Arms , New Bondstreet .

S . Running Horse , David-st . Grosvenor-sq . 9 . Dundee Arms , Private Rooms , Red Lion-st ., Wapping . 10 . Bunch or Grapes , Chatham .

All the dates of foundation are the same in each case . MASONIC STUDENT .

GREGORIANS . —The statement commonly made that this was a society formed in opposition to and ridicule of Freemasonry cannot be sustained . We have the original rules before us , in Bro . Munkhouse's writing , and nothing of the kind is discernible . Bro . Munkhouse was a welfknown clergyman at Wakefield , and a distinguished West Yorkshire Mason , and appears , if not to have founded ,

to have revised , remodelled , and re-enacted the constitutional laws of Gregorian . This would be late in the last century . Theobjects of " our Order" are stated to be "the establishment and permanent continuance of unity in society and Christian charity . " They were in fact , a loyal and social and Christian Order , one of their principal officers being "the Prelate . " Though we find mention ofT : he

Regalia , we cannot trace any specific description of their emblems ; but we find that they met in a Chapter , and had anniversary and quarterly meetings . Their first toast was always "The King , Family , and Friends , " and they had certain constitutional and Gregorian songs . Most of the rules resemble those of a contemporary Lodge of

Freemasons , and from Freemasonry they borrowed evidently both their outward and inner organization . The society had its origin at Wakefield . Political subjects were not to be debated after dinner or supper , nor " any subject thought likely to produce unseemly warmth of argument , or occasion dissension among the brethren . " A good rule still . —Kenning ' s Masonic Cyclopedia .

ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE . This rite is fortunate in having found such a distinguished champion as " Masonic Student , " and the Antient and Primitive unfortunate , in the same ratio , in not meeting his smiles . Still with a little trouble , which I am not disposed to give to it , and fair play , the Antient and Accepted Rite may exclaim , "Save us from our friends . " "Masonic Student

says , at page 522 , " Without being too pointed , I would say that I make my starting point with Stephen Morin's patent in i 7 Gi , underwhich , eventuall y , in 1 S 01 , a Supreme Council was established in Charleston . " The first check to " Masonic Student ' s" position is the following resolution , which rendered all Motin ' s doings irregular and spurious . Extracl from the minute book of the G . Lodge of France , "Session

of the 17 th August , 1766 . Brethren entitled to ^ the gavel : Moet , President ; Gerbici , S . W . ; Lettie , J . W . ; Baron von Ischondy , Master of the Lodge St . Etienne , at Metzj Gallart , Master of the Lodge St . Julien , in Argental ; Martin , Leroy , _ Lexcombart , Ledain , de Lorraine , Duplcssis , Liegeois , Joubert de la Bondinierc , Baillot , Duhoussy , Bandson , Uobinson , Poupart , Borcl and Richard .

The worthy Master Bro . Martin read a tracing to the very Worshijiful Grand Lodge of France , in reference to his intended journey to America , in which Jie thanked the G . L . for the post of Secretary for Paris assigned to him . It was resolved that the various copies of the different rites should be verified and then signed , sealed and stamped , whereupon they should be handed to the Master , Bro .

Martin . It was further resolved that in acknowledgment of the zeal of the worthy Bro . Martin in the various offices he has held in our Grand Lodge , that a patent as Inspector of the Lodges of America shall be prepared foi him , in which it shall be fundamentally declared that in consequence of the little care of Master Bro . Morin , and the many alterations the latter had introduced into the Royal

Art , his previously granted patent as Inspector is annulled by Grand Lodge , and also that it is thought best foi the interests of the Royal Art to substitute for him the said worthy ^ Master , Bro . Martin , Master of the Lodge of Saint Frederick , and that his letter of constitution for America be ratified . " "Masonic Student" next says , " Bro . Gourgas took an active part . It is from this body that

the Supreme Council , at 33 , Golden-square , derives its vital and legitimate honours . " This second position of your distinguished contributor will shortly be met by the publication of the minuted history of the Supreme Council of America , commonly called the Cerneau Council , who havc undertaken to prove that the Gourgas Council was a the

spurious offshoot of their body . This bod y did me honour to appoint me their Grand Representative , and if any brother is eager to obtain information of this little known history in advance , they may write our Grand Representative , Bro . William Youngblood , 424 , 426 , Broadwa >> New York . JOHN

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