Scientific Discoveries.

In reference to Mr . Melville I may state that I have known him upwards of ei ght years , in Victoria , and so recently as last February , he kindly afforded me various facilities for examining bis discoveries , and I , therefore , do not hesitate to say that they are of a very extraordinary character . I may further state that it is by means of certain he-ys and laws , applied to the corelative

sciences , that Mr . Melville has succeeded in effecting those discoveries . The keys are the triple-iau , and the double-triangle , silent , yet mystic symbols of the Royal Arch . The laws are the Median and Persian , known for generations past only for their immutability . As an instance , among many , of Mr . Melville ' s peculiar erudition , I may mention , that I am in possession of a

paper of his on " Chronology , " which he views through the medium of Astronomy and Freemasonry , and thence arrives at some curious and highly valuable data in respect to past , and future , time . I shall , if you desire it , with pleasure , hand you the paper for publication in your next issue . I remain , Sir , yours fraternally , M . M .

VICTORIAN DISCOVERIES . ( From the Australian and New Zealand Gazette , Nov . 29 , 1 S 62 . ) In 1851 Mr . Hargreaves discovered the gold fields of Alctoria , for which the Colonial Legislature rewarded him Avith £ 5000 . Having previously resided in New South AVales , he found on visiting the California gold fields that the character of the

country resembled that of New South Wales , and soon after his return thither proclaimed it , as well as Victoria , to be auriferous . In 1 S 61 Burke and Wills , and in 1862 Landsborough , discovered , while traversing the Australian continent , that its interior was not , as had been supposed , an arid desert , but in all respects a good depasturing country . In 1862 also Henry Melville , of Victoria , perfected his discoveries in the theoretical sciences of Astronomy , Mythology , ancl Freemasonry , showing that those

sciences are correlative , that thereby the truths of ancient history are evolved , mythological plates and sculpture of all nations translated , ancient dates of cities and events reduced to astronomical time , and ancient coins interpreted . Mr . Melville has , ive understand , been engaged during some seven aud twenty years in the stndy of those speculative sciences , but whether his discoveries therein will be hereafter corroborated ive do not venture to-predict ; suffice it for the present that they furnish

intellectual treats to , and matters for deep reflection on the part of , educated and enlightened men of all nations , who , it is believed , are too much imbued with the spirit of research and inquiry not to rejoice at an opportunity of testing the accuracy of Mr . Melville ' s remarkable scientific discoveries ; and if our brief notice of them lead to such result , it will not have heen written in vain . [ We shall be happy to receive the paper alluded to—ED . F . M . and M . M . l

The Rose Croix Degree.

THE ROSE CROIX DEGREE .

TO THE EDITOR OP THE FftEESrASOJfS MAGAZIXE AND MASONIC MIBKOI-. DEAR SIR AND BROTHER ,- —It is a great pity some personal friend cannot tell Bro . Findell the real force aud meaning of the coarse English epithets he is so fond of applying to those Masons—blind wanderers , no doubt —who presume to differ from him . He has before called , hy imputationall high grade Masons impostors ; and

, he now distinguishes them as bastards . No English gentleman can condescend to enter into an argument with a brother who so forgets himself , or I might ask him , since stonemasons , with the assistance of blacksmiths and carpenters , built houses aud temples centuries before the principle of the arch was discovered , why he does not use the same elegant and brotherly expression ,

to designate the Companions of the Royal Arch degree ? Is all progress to be stopped to please our self-opiniated friend ? ROSM CRUCIS . Dec . 1 st , 1862 .

The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

MASONIC MEM . FREEMASOKHY AND LANCASHIRE DISTRESS . —Bro . Haig has addressed the following letter to Lord Zetland : — " Union Club , Loudon , Nov . 27 th , 1862 . —To the Earl of Zetland , Right AVorshipful Grand Master of Masons . Right Worshipful , —I beg to enclose , for the benefit of our Masonic brethren in

Lancashire who are poor and distressed Masons , a cheque for £ 50 ; but I wish this to be applied merely to the relief of distressed Masons , not to the outer world who are not Masons . I think that if you were to appeal to the Masons of England , you would obtain many subscriptions to a Masonic Fund , to he distributed by the Masonic body in the distressed counties , from those who , like myself , ivould otherwise decline to give to an ordinary fund . —I am , Right AVorshipful Grand Master , yours fraternally , J . R . HAIG , P . M . 23 . " ,.

Grand Lodge.

GRAND LODGE .

The Quarterly Communication was held in Freemason's Hall on AVednesday last , the R . W . D . Grand Master the Earl de-Grey and Ripon presiding as G . M ., supported by Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis , Prov . G . M ., as D . G . M . ; Colonel Erownrigg , as S . G . AA . ; Bro . Havers , J . G . W . ; Revs . AV . K . R . Bedford and Jno . Huyshe , G . Chaps . ; Bros . S . Tomkins , G . Treas . ; Mclntyre ,.

G . Reg . ; AV . G . Clarke , G . Sec . ; J . LI . Evans , S . G . D ., ancl President of the Board of General Purposes ; Creaton and Blake , J . G . D . ' s ; Daukes , G . Supt . of AVorks ; Woods , G . D . C . - Bmpson , G . S . B , ; Farnfield , Assist . G-. Sec . ; Stimpson , G . Org . ; Farmer , G . Purst . ; Dickie , Assist . G . Purst . There were also present , Bros . Hall , Prov . G . M . Cambridge ; Dobie , Prov . G . M-

Surrey ; Bagshaw , Prov . G . M . Essex ; Bros . Perkins and Pattison , P . G . W . ' s ; Rev . E . Cox , P . G . Chap . ; Bro . Roxburgh , P . G . Reg . ; Bros . Udall , Gregory , Potter , Lloyd , Hopwood , Savage , Patten , Giraud , Nelson , Scott , J . R . AVhite , I . N . Tomkins , S . B . AVilson , AVheeler , Phillips , P . G . D . 's ; Bro . Jennings , P . G . D . C . ; Bros . Gooch , Chas . Elkington , Hyde

Pullen , Pocock , Le Veau , Bridges , aud Spiers , P . G . S . B . 's ; Bros . Adams and Smith , P . G . Pursts . ; Bro . Huguenin . reoresentative from Switzerland ; Bro . Banister , Prov . G . D . C . AVest Lancashire ; Rev . A . F . A . AVoodford , P . Prov . G . W . AVest Yorkshire - Greenwood , Prov . G . Sec . Surrey ; Fabian , Prov . G . S . AV . Sussex ; Copeman , P . Prov . G . S . B . Sussex ; Andrews , P . Prov . G . D .

Surrey ; Gibbs , D . Prov . G . Master Bombay , the Masters , & c , of the Grand Stewards' and other lodges , in all about three hundred , of whom upwards of sixty came from the provinces . Grand Lodge having been opened in ample form and with solemn prayer , The GRAXD SEC read the minutes of the quarterly communition , which were put hy the D . Grand Master and confirmed .

TIIE COMMITTEE ON THE GEAUD LODGE PBOBEKTV . The R . AV . D . GEASD MASTER said hefore jiroceeding to the business ivhich they had before them , that evening , there was one subject ivhich in accordance with the wish of the G . M . ( who greatly regretted he was not able to be present on that occasion ) , which it became his duty to bring under the notice of Grand Lodge . By the confirmation of the minutes of the last quarterly communication , they had determined that a Committee should

he appointed to consider and report on certain questions connected with the property of Grand Lodge , and he observed on the paper of business for that evening , that there ivas a notice of motion in reference to the appointment of that Committee , but he thought at that stage of their proceedings , that it would be better to draw their attention to the question of the appointment of that Committe and the order of their proceedings . It was of the greatest interest to the Craft , and therefore , most