Indelibility Of Freemasonry.

being non-subscribing Masons , such a law being totally unknown elsewhere than in England and Wales , all other countries and nationalities , excepting perhaps the one or two insignificant German eclectic lodges , freely admitting the leading principle that we contend for when advocating the indelibility of

Ereeinasonry . We hold that this important object should fnever be lost sight of , and that every endeavour should be made to induce those who have retired from the active duties of Ereeinasonry to return to them , for which

which purpose we would even go so as far as to recommend the holding of special lodges either half-yearly or quarterly , to which retired Masons should be specially invited , by advertisement , and so congregate together , in love and harmony , hundreds of those who , unknown to many of us , have received the indelible character of Eree and Accepted Masons .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

BRO . LINECAR . Your correspondent " Triangle " wishes to know something of Bro . Richard Linecar , of "Wakefield , whose portrait he possesses . I cannot give him much information on the subject , nor say why his portrait was engraved . The only point on which I can enlighten "Triangle" is that Bro . Linecar , in 1789 , published a

volume entitled The Miscellaneous Worl-s of Richard Linecar , of Wakefield . The contents are three plays , viz ., " The Lucky Escape , " a comedy ; " The Generous Moor , " a tragedy ; " The Plotting Wives , " a comedy ; some songs , chiefly on Masonry , and " strictures on Ereemasom-y . " The comedy of the " Plotting Wives " is in two acts , and is stated , in the introduction , to have been

performed at the York Theatre , for the benefit of Mr . Oram . The prologue was spoken hy the famous Tate Wilkinson . The writer says , " it was not dainn'd ; but the author was in purgatory all the time of the performance , " And , surely , well he might , for it is but a poor and meagre production . Indeed the entire volume , regarded in a literary senseis anything but tolerableand

, ; is only valuable as a local production . The worthy brother must , however , have been pretty well known , and his talents iu some way appreciated ; as may be judged when it is stated that at the conclusion of the work there aro thirty-two pages filled with the names of subscribers , iu number nearly eleven-hundred . —GEORGE BROOKE , P . M .

THE SPHINX . A Count Cabillia , who was exploring the antiquities of Egypt , shortly before our Bro . Bckoni engaged himself in that research , is said to have succeeded , after much labour and difficulty , in uncovei-ing the head of the Sphinx , and found a small temple between its fore-paws , and a large tablet on its breast , inscribed with figures and

hieroglyphics . Does a copy of this inscription remain , and are any portion of the figures or hieroglyphics , emblems , marks , or forms made use of by Freemasons ? —Ex . Ex . THE SIX MECHANICAL POWERS . Are the six mechanical powers , viz ., tho lever , the pulleythe wheel and axisthe inclined planethe wed

, , , ge , and the screw , adopted in any degree of Ereeinasonry ? —LYSICRATES . THE PIEST ENGLISH MEDAL . Medallists generally consider the first English medal to be in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire . It is

of a large size , and executed after the plan of the early Italian medals . It has on the reverse the arms oi Kendal , with the inscription , "Tempore Obsidionis Turcorum , MCCCLXXX . " On the obverse is a portrait , surrounded by the words , " X . Kendal Rhodi Turcopellerius . " Has this anything to do with the Turcopolier of the Order of the Temple . —Ex . Ex .

IS Mil . SEWARD A MASON ? I should be very glad if any one can inform me if Mr . Seward , the American Minister , is a Mason . —T . P . In an old number of The Mirror and Keystone , is the followincr : —

" the funeral of the late Hon . Thomas Y . How , formerly a member of Congress from the Cayuga district , in New York , was attended by a large concourse of the fraternity at Auburn , on the 18 th inst . Among the noticeable features of the occasion was that of Gov . Seward and Bro . P . M . King , the Dep . G . M . of that State , riding side by side in the same carriage , the latter wearing his masonic apron ancl the collar and jewel appertaining to his office . One of two things is evidenteither

, that the New York Senator has changed the legacy which he proposed several years ago to leave to his children , of ' the name of being an anti-Mason , ' or his urbanity forbade objection to this proximity on a public occasion with the Dep . G . M . It is thought , however , that his feelings of hostility to the institution have of late years become essentially modified , if not entirely removed . "

MASONIC COLLEGES . Some time since , enquiries were made in " Masonic Notes and Queries " about tho American Masonic colleges . Two cuttings on this subject , from my collection , will perhaps be acceptable to tho querist . —Ex . Ex . "MASONIC COLLEGE , LANGUAGE , KY . " The ensuing session of this Institution will on Monday

open , Sept . 5 th . "The President congratulates the friends of the Colllege on the fact of the Trustees having secured the services of Prof . II . B . Parsons for tlie Department of Mathematics ; and Bob , Morris , Esq ., for that of Ancient and Modern History . "The charges are 175 , dols . per session of ten months . AA here boys go home every Friday evening and reurn on

Monday , a proper reduction is made . "Early application is necessary to secure admission , as boarders , in the family of the President . " For further information , apply to "JOHN THIMBLE , Jnn ., A . M ., "Lagrange , Ky ., July 20 , 1 S 59 . President . " Another shows tho failure of the system as follows : —

" AA e perceive the Missouri Masonic College has met its death blow . A committee reported that ( they can see no encouragement to proceed , but on the contrary everything appears disheartening . The college does not prosper , and the weight of debt does not diminish . All of the funds of the Grand Lodge are swallowed up , tlie charity fund is diverted from its legitimate objectsand we have no contingent fund to meet

con-, any tingencies except those of the college . ' They offered a resolution , which was adopted by the Grand Lodge , that at the close of tlie present collegiate year , the college be closed sine die , and that no more funds of the Grand Lodge be appropriated for its sustenance , further than to meet its present liabilities . "

MASONIC PUBLICATIONS . There are some brethren who are still opposed to Masonic publications , as tending to reveal that which , they think , should be concealed . To such , it would be well to place before them the following extract from an American Grand Loclge report . —Ex . Ex . " Under the head of Pennsylvaniain commenting on a

re-, mark of the chairman of the committee on foreign , correspondence of that Grand Lodge , condemning Masonic publications , Bro . O'Sullivan says : — " Now , with all clue respect to our distinguished brother , and all others of a similar character , your committee will respectfully state he has been a constant reader for several years , of most , if not all , the Masonic publications which have been

and are now issued in this country , ancl while there appears occasionally some things which had better be omitted , he is constrained to say , as a whole , such publications have been of vast benefit , especially to the present race of Masons .