Masonic Notes And Queries.

can understand thoso passages as he affects to understand them . The G-od named in those passages can never be made to mean the God of Pantheism ; and the soul ' s immortality mentioned in those passages can never be made to mean the soul's transmigration . —C . P . COOPEE . 1 IASOSIC CREDENTIALS .

What a corresponent calls my Masonic credentials , carried with me in a tour on the Continent , summer and autumn of 1822 , were , first , a parchment certificate in English and Latin , signed by the two Grand Secretaries , Bros . Harper and White , shelving me to be a Master Mason ; nexta passport in French

, , signed and sealed by our Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , stating me to be a Master of Arts of the University of Oxford aud a barrister of Lincoln ' s Inn , and affording means of identification . C _ P . COOPEE .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

The Editor is not responsible for the opinion ., expressed by Correspondent .. A . 'PERPETUAL MENTAL CALENDAR . ( TO THE EDITOI 1 OE THE 1-I ! EP . 1 CAS 0 XS' JIAGAZIXE AXD MASOKIC MlliliOK . Dear Sir and Brother , —Alloiv me a very few lines more on what you have headed "A Perpetual Mental

Calendar . " In my previous remarks I desired to be as brief as possible , and , therefore , did not perhaps state with sufficient clearness that the merit of Mr . T . W . Hill ' s method consisted " miming so arranged the elements as to make the calculation as brief and as easily remembered as possible" in factso that

, , two or three seconds suffice for any one ivho is in fair practice to effect it . I distinctl y disclaimed the origination of the method , having merely published it , with the name of its author , in a book for instruction in mental arithmetic , still extensively used in schools , which may bo procured through any

bookseller , and thus Bro . Younghnsband will be able to compare the plan with his own . Tours fraternally , II . H .

Quality, Not Quantity.

QUALITY , NOT QUANTITY .

TO THE IDITOI ! Or THE ri . r . El . ASOIfS' . IAGAZI-E A _ -: D M . isornc Hi ; : i : oa . Dear Sir and Brother , — In tho report of the meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Wiltshire , which appeared in your issue of tho 19 th . ult ., you drew attention to Bro . Sir Daniel Gooch ' s remarks on " quality" rather than " quantity" being ono of '

the essentials in the stability ofa lodge ? Thoso j remarks , I feel sure , "every good Mason and true " will cordially endorse . It was only this week I observed a bill posted , or rather pasted , on our wails embellished ivith the well-knoivn square , compasses , stars , & c , announcing that a Mr . II . Box Brown

would give his entertainment of "Mesmerism , " ; : nd "A tea party in an American barber ' s shop , " for the respectable sum of threepence and upwards admission . Seeing our emblems so thoroughly disgraced by such a handbill , it has led mo to make some inquiry as to who this individual mi ght be , and the story told me of him is this ( but , of course , I cannot vouch for its authenticit y)—that ho ivas formerl y a

Quality, Not Quantity.

slave in South America , and was conveyed out of the States in-a box , and thus effected his escape . Having no name of his oivn , and being a man of colour , he assumed the cognomen ot Box Brown , aud , on his arrival in England , as a means of support , started this entertainment for a livelihood , in the course of wliich he paid a visit to Jerseywas proposed in a

, lodge there , and actually initiated . If this bo true , ivhat does it say for the Jersey lodge ? I hope some energetic brother in that province , for their oivn credit , will give us the name and number of the lodge AA'here this ivas done . What were the Provincial Officers doing not to have inquired into the matter ?

In what name was his certificate signed ? If what I hear is correct , what could his proposer and seconder know ol him ? Is it not disgraceful that "quantity " should thus be the inducement for tho initiation of au unknown man , merely because he could pay their fees , which , I believe , are less than those in our

lodges ? An inquiry by Grand Lodge ought , in fairness to tho high standing of the Craft , to be instituted into this matter , to ascertain IIOAV that lodge is governed , and the proposer and seconder summoned to give evidence as to ivhat they knew of him , in accordance with our charge , lest the symbols of our Order be again pandered to such base purposes . Tours fraternally , ___ .

Hint To The Working Supporters Of The Masonic Charities.

HINT TO THE WORKING SUPPORTERS OF THE MASONIC CHARITIES .

TO THE EDITOR 0 ? THE E ] . EE _ rASO _ . S JIAGAZIi . E AND HASO . riC 1 IISK 0 E . Dear Sir and Brother , —It struck me all at once , as I was wending my way across Lincoln ' s-inn-iields the other day ( homewards ) , ivhat ; a small sum would provide tea , bread ancl butter , sad cold meat to the mothers- and friends of the candidates attending on the days of election for tho Girls' and Boys '

School , also the old annuitants , many of thorn coming a long distance , after anxiously awaiting the hour Avhen the chairman declares the result of the poll , some of them ivith heavy bearis going empty away . What I Avant to assist . iu carrying out is , that these Masons' wives , widows , and friends , during ; the

interval ' of closing at three o ' clock and tho declaration of tho poll , should be provided v . r __ i tho refreshments named . This might bo arranged by a few of the Avorking subscribers on tho days of each election . The funds would he readily Oxlieerecl by the subscriber interested iu the candidates iv . id t > ii . _ r friends

and connections , by asking the nexk . urs for , say a shilling all round , at the mec-ting of his OIVJI lodgo previona to each election , yhould yon think this worthy of insertion , I shall be pleased in joining a ibw working brethren iii carrying out this oby _; . Yours fraternally , It . S . [ Wo heartily concur in the kind aud benevolent sentiments of tho Avriter of the aoovo letter . — En . E . M . l

MASONIC LIFEUOAT . TO THE Elinor , OF THE r ? . _ n .- _ A _; o ? . y' : i \<_ . _ : _ : ; . y A : * > : > a .-c .:. - ic :: u _ : oi .. Dear Sir and Brother , — I have noticed iu the MAGAZIXK several letters on the above subject , huthave not heard that any initiatory stq . s hi . ve been taken in tho matter . It may , therefore , interest the