Masonic Notes And Queries.

of the Sun ; "Philosophical Masons ; Prince Masons of Ireland ; aud that the Grand Lodge of Ireland , on Oct . 4 , 1838 , " Resolved , that the Grand Lodge recognize the constitution of the Supreme Grancl Council of Rites for Ireland , and act in unison with it , as with the Supreme Royal Arch Chapter and the Supreme Grand Encampment of Hi gh Knights Templars . " And on February 1 st 18-. fiit was also " Resolvedthat this

( , , , Grand Lodge strictly prohibits , as unlawful , all assemblies of Freemasons in Ireland , under any title ivhatsocvcr purporting to he Masonic , not held by virtue of a warrant or constitution from this Grancl Lodge , or from the other Masonic bodies recognized by and acting in unison ivith the Grand Lodge of Ireland . "— "Wit . BN .

TWO MASO . XIC VT 01 . THIE . S . Seeing , in the last " Masonic Notes and Queries , " an account of Bro . Brice , of Exeter , it struck me that I had some recollection of the name , ancl , on reference , found the following particulars ; also a few lines respecting John Holt , of Birmingham . —W . Li , ovi > j Birmingham . . " In Memory of AXDEEIV BRICK , of Exeter . Printer , who departed this

transitory lifo in hope of an eternal one , on Sunday , tho 7 th November , 1773 , and whose earthly remains wore . interred in Saint Bartholomew Yard , on Sunday , th « 14 th , following , attended by upwards of 200 Free and Accepted Masons , who testified their sincere regard for him by a procession from the New Inn Apollo , to his grave , amid a numerous concourse of spectators . " The following elegy on his death was written for ancl performed on the

occasion" J . rom this vain world of noise and strife , T' enjoy a new-born heavenly life , Our dearest Brother fled ! His body ive commit to earth , His soul to God , who gave him birth , To raise him from the dead . " Chorus , —To the powers divine all glory lie given , By men upon earth , and by angels in heaven .

" The sweet remembrance of the just Shall flourish while he sleeps in dust , Our hope in heaven secure . The wicked ' s mem'ry shall decay , And vanish , like a shade , away , Nor thought of any more . " C / tonis . —To the powers divine , & c . " Iu the grand awful Lodge above

Dwell concord , harmony , and love , Eternal peace and rest . Our God is merciful aud kind ; Then seek in time , and you will find A blessing ' mongst the blest . " Chorus . —To the powers divine , & e . " " fn memory of Joux How . of Birmingham , brush maker , who died March 12 th

, 17 G 9 , aged 3 S years . " A " o flattering titles dock this humble stono , This verso is sacred to the truth alone . Hero lies ( exceed the character who can ) An upright Mason and an honest man . " The body was attended by a great number of brethren , properly clothed with the formalities of the Order , and interred in St . Bartholomew Yard , amid a multitude of spectators . "

PATES OF ROYAL Al . CH CUAPTEl ' . S . It is a pity that the Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Boot docs not give the dates of the constitution of Royal Arch Chapters , in the same way that it does those of Lodges . Having stumbled over a record that states the Royal Arch Chapter of Concord , at Durham ( being No . 140 in the list inserted in this year's pocket hook ) constituted by the Grand and Royal Arch Chajiter of

was England , Aug . 6 , 1787 , Comps . Finch , A . ; Sample , II . ; Bright , J . ; Pennington , Castle , Stott , C . Sojourners ; and Nicholson , Janitor—I send , hoping this may induce others to furnish you with similar information , —NOII-HIEEX LIGHT .

31 EXIGX ISlfJ . UEXCE OF lvKEEMASOXEY . Under the above heading ( page 494 , A'ol . ( J 2 , of The European Ma / jazine , Svo ., London , 1812 , ) is the following narration : — " On the evening of the Gth ult ., ( November ) , as the sloop , Three Friends , of Youghall , J . Campbell , master , ivas comingout of Southampton , she was captured at the Start-point by a French privateerthe JurelLouis Marencourtof St . Malo

, , , , captain . On finding the cargo to consist of brick and hoops , orders ivere given to scuttle and sink the ship ; but on Captain Marencourt pcrcpiving among Mr . Campbell's papers a certificate from his Masonic Lodge , the Frenchman countermanded his orders for sinking the vessel , entertained him with great hospitality , gave

him a paper by ivhich the sloop and cargo were to bo his ; and made him promise , under his baud , that he ivould endeavour to procure the release of a certain French captain , now in Dartmouth prison , which Mr . Campbell is resolved on taking the necessary steps to obtain . "—f * f . —[ We shall bo obliged to our correspondent , " -j- * j ' , " to furnish us ivith any more anecdotes of tho above kind that he may meet with in the course of his reading . — Eo . l

Illl , MILLER OF DOXC . V-TEU . I was looking over some old files of Yorkshire papers latety , and my attention was arrested by one of the pieces in the " Poet ' s Corner , " being entitled "The Queen of France's Lamentation before her Execution ; written hy Br . Miller , Master oF St . George ' s Lodge of Freemasons , Doncaster . " I presume the lines to refer to the unfortunate Marie Antoinette , but who was Dr .

Miller , the author ?—No YOEKSIIII . E . AIAX . —[ Our correspondent is ri ght as to his conjecture ; ancl if he has the old series ofthe Freemasons ' Mar / azine ( vol . i ., p . 433 ) of the year 1793 , he Avill see the same production inserted there . It scarcely needed the happy signature our querist has adopted to convince the Avorld that he is "No Yorkshireman , " or else he would have known something of Dr . Miller ; but as it is our duty to give as much

information as possible , we will help him to a few particulars . Dr . Edward Miller was the son of a paviour of Norwich , and was apprenticed to his father , but his dislike of the occupation became so great that he absconded , and came to London , Avhere he contrived to place himself under the celebrated Dr . Burney , the musical historian . He was elected organist of Doncaster parish church in 1756 , and held that post for fifty-one years . In 171 G ,

he took his degree of Mus . Doc . in the University of Cambridge , and ultimately died in the year 1807 . His theoretical knowledge of music was very extensiA'e , ancl he published many musical works , but his fame rests chiefly on a very valuable ivork , entitled The History and Antiquities of Doncaster and , its Vicinity , ivhich he published in 4-to ., in 1804 . He also wrote a poem , entitled , The ' dears of Yorkshire on the Death of the Most Noble the Marquis of llocl-intiham . l

siorSES . There is a French work , L'Ordre des Franc-Macons Iraki , et le . secret des Mopses revile , 12 mo ., Amsterdam , 1771 . What , and who were the Mopses referred to in this work ?•—A LEYESQUE . — - [ When Clement the Twelfth hacl issued his papal bull , in 1738 , condemning , forbidding , aud excommunicating all the rites of Freemasonry , and calling upon all the Roman Catholic brethren

to renounce their obligations , many Freemasons in the Romanist states of Germany , unwilling to leave the Order , ancl yet anxious to conform to ecclesiastical authority , formed , in the year 1740 , what they called a new association , under the name of "Mopses , " and this ivas put forward as more particularly devoted to the papacy , but , in fact , ivas nothing else but Freemasonry under a more mild name . It was

very successful , and many of the princes of Germany were its Grand Masters . The society derived its title from the Teutonic Mops , a young mastiff , which was intended to be a symbol of the mutual fidelity and attachment ofthe brethren , in the same manner that these virtues arc held to be characteristic of that faithful animal . This subject was latelj' referred to in an elaborate article in our last series on the continental rites , and on some pscudo Masonic orders ] .

MASOXIC TOrOGHAPIIICAI , XOIIEXCLATUKE . Why arc many books and letters of Masons in the last century dated from fictitious localities ? I have seen two French works dated "Jerusalem" ! and J . Cuistos appends to a letter his address , as " Valley of Jehosophat , year of the foundation of Temple of Solomon , si . MDCCCIH . " !—G . A . PEKIIY , BRO . ELISHA D . COOKE .

At p . 15 , line 03 , col . 1 , of the Freemasons Maya-hie arc the following words , " ancl also the degree of Royal and Select Master . " Is that part of pure and antient Alasonry' ? What degree is it ? To what rite clocs it belong?—RF . X . rjSEEMASOXISY IX SJIY 1 . XA . In our last numberpage 70 wc make Alexander Drummond

, , say he " waltzed seven minuets during the course of the evening . " Waltzing did not come into fashion for many years afterwards , ancl all who understand dancing know the term should be " walked a minuet . " 'This was an error of the corrector of the press , ami printers' readers should be men of common sense .