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Archæological And Natural Society Of Somerset.
The ReA . F . Warre read a paper on the word "Pig , " as applied to a cross in BridgAvater , & c , by H . N . Seal y , Esq . The Rev . Mr . Jones and Mr . Serel also read intevesting papers on " The reputed discovery of King Arthur ' s remains at Glastonbury , " and " St . J olin ' s Priory . " Under the guidance of the Rev . F . Warre , the company then proceeded to visit the Abbey kitchen , almshouses , barns , & c .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
IfliEEHASOXS' MANUAL IS EltEXCH . A BKOTIIEE has advised me to look at the French Manuals on Freemasonry as I wish to see all I can bearing on the subject . What Manuals are they that I am referred to V—F . II . R—x . — [ There are hosts of French Manuals extant but , perhaps , the most popular is that b y Bazot ( Etienne Francois ) , entitled , —Manuel des Franc Macons : there have been three editions printed in Paris ;
the first , in 1809 ; second , 1812 ; and third , 1817 . And they were followed by Le TuU . tr Expert * * * Outrage poucanl * * * servir de Comjileiuei / l ou Manuel du . Fritiw Macon , 12 mo ., Paris , 1828 . 1
LAToarirs . The seal of the neiv Grand Lodge of Canada , given in the last number of the Freemasons'' Magazine , bears the word " Latomorum " iu its inscription . I am also aware there is a work called Acta Lalomorum , and I know that we accept it as Latin for Freemason ; but from whence is it derived ? Aaro / iof ( Latomus ) is , according to Littleton ' s Lutine Dictionary , 4 to ., London , 1 G 78 , "A Quarryer ,
one that getteth stones out of the quarry , an liOAA-cr of stones , a Mason , " _ but I do not find even this in any Of the modern classical dictionaries , and I want to know IIOAV AA'C arrive at "Latomorum' ?" —LAPICIDA . ROYAL AX !) SELECT SLASTKll . [ Iii Masonic "Notes and Queries , " p . 92 , "REX" asks if the degree of "Royal and Select Master" alluded to bBro . Elisha
, y D . Cooke , "is part of pure and ancient JIasonry ? AVhat degree is it V" and " To what rite docs it belong ? " AVe are enabled to add a scrap of information for " Rex . " It is no part of pine and ancient Masonry , and we strongly suspect its transatlantic origin , for AA-e have seen the title of a book , written by one Cornelius Moore , called ' Flic Craftsman ! s ami Freemason ' s Guide , containing a Delineation of the JlUuals if Freemasonryv-ith the Jimblems and
, Explanations so arranged as greatly to Facilitate in Acquiring a Knoidedge of the Files and Ceremonies of Ihe Setxral Degrees , from Enteral Apprentice lo that of Select 3 faster of the Order of Priesthood , 12 mo . ( 317 pp . ) published at Cincinnati , Ohio , J 838 . ]
MASOXIC 1 H 0 GI 1 AI ] 1 Y . Have any extended series of Masonic . Biographies appeared either here or abroad ? of course those in the old scries of the Freemasons' Magazine , Quarterly Alasonic Magazine , aud the present Freemasons' Magazine excepted . — -A . D T !—[ There arc several such foreign works ; one by Basset is popular in France , it isciititlcd / liographiedesPraucs-Maijons et iptch / ues attires Elrangers , Utefs des Secies , Cre ' ttteurs des Fates , ; Vc . . yc ., and gives an liitro-. -liiction to Masonry in France from 1 . 725 to 1828 . ] '
till-, J . CCK OF KDEXILALL . I read in a new work , viz ., White ' s Northumberland , as follows : — ' - Conic , - ' said Sir George Musgravo , on my return to the hall , - 'let me show you the Luck at once f and opening a leathern case which he brought from his muniment room , he took out an ancient drinking glass and placed it ou the table . Curiously did I scan tho precious relic—the famous Luck of Edonhall—fearing to touch it until assured that its
owner had no superstitious dread of seeing it in a stranger ' s hand . Imagine a tall tumbler , of old-fashioned glass , green aud specky , expanding in easy curve from the bottom upAvards , and terminating in a graceful lip , and enamelled with a . geometrical design in crimson , blue , and yellow , and you see the Luck ivhich has been in the possession of the aiusgraves for many generations . It has a threefold value : in the mysterious tradition ivhich associates it with the fairies ; in the sacred use to which in
all probability it was once applied : and as a specimen of ancient art . The leathern case is with good reason believed to bo workmanship ofthe fifteenth century ; it bears the monogram LH . S ., ivhich identities it ivith the church , and AVC may believe the Luck to have been a chalice used for sacramental purposes , made at A enice , perhaps in the tenth century . I ivas permitted to complete my examination of the Luck by drinking a draught of sherry from it ; then restored to the case , it was locked up once more in its receptacle in the muniment room .- '
< i - . r U ^ > . ' K 01 ne of your antiquarian correspondents to the " Masonic Notes and Queries , " give mc any idea of what the geometrical design in crimson , blue , and yellow , is like ? I am
induced to put this query , because I have occasionally seen Masonic emblems and monograms on early glass vessels . —T . T . S H . North Shields . AA'AS THE LATE DUKE 01 ' AVELLIXGTON A FKEEMASOX ? The Duke of Wellington was a Freemason ; and I am in possession of tiA'o notes from his grace to myself , one stating that he was not a Freemasonand one acknowledging that lie was . In the
, latter he says , "I do not consider myself a Freemason , never liaving been in a Lodge but once , and that many years ago , " or words to that effect . The notes are carefully put away , and I cannot find them at this moment , but , when I do , you shall have copies . I am probably the only person holding proofs on this interesting subject , together with the illustrious duke's OAVU reasons for saying he was not a Freemasonmistaken though he was in
, that opinion , not knOAving fully the nature of om- institution . — J . RAXKLX Si'Ei 3 i ! ixi > , W . M ., No . 1087 , St . Andrew's Lodge , Southampton . —[ From Bro . Stcbhing ' s communication , it would seem that the great duke had been initiated , but never made sufficient progress in the royal art to comprehend its principles and practice . ]
AliP . IDG . MHN' ! ' Oil" THE BOOK 01 ' COXSTITUTIOXS . Have any of the various editions of Anderson ' s Book of Constiliilioits ever been abridged , or published in a smaller form' ?—T . A . C . — [ There have been some abridgments of Anderson , several Pocket Companions and others , but the most curious is an 8 vo ., entitled 27 ie Complete Freemason , or Alalia Faucis for Lovers of Secrets , published about 170 ! -and having an engraved title page designed
, by Bro . Powers and engraved by Bro . Larken . ] AXCIEXT MS ., AVJIEliE DEPOSITED ? I saiv in an imperfect copy of The Use and Abuse of Free-Masonry , by Captain George Smith , Inspector of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich , Provincial Grand Master for the County of Kent ; and R . A .., Svo ., London , 1783 , at p . o ! 3 , the
following note iu reference to the existence of an ancient MS . "Also MS . in the possession of Mr . AVilson of Broomhead , in Yorkshire , written in the reign of King Henry Alii . " Can any one tell mc what the SIS . was about;—in whose possession it is ;—or who ivas Mr . AVilson?—E . E . D . OUIGIX OF THE HOYS SCHOOL . AVho was the first promoter of the Boys School ? I have not
any of the reports at hand , and should be glad to knoiv through your columns . —P . G . —[ The Boys School was established 1798 , and sanctioned by the Duke of Athol , ( the Grand Master of the then termed Ahiient Masons ) and was originated in the following manner : —
" The United Mariners' Lodge , JSfo . 23 , observing with concern the distressed circumstances of several of their brethren , and the exposed situation of their children , at the same time viewing with pleasure tho daily progress making in the Freemasons' charity in St . George ' s Fields , for female children , induced them at a meeting held on the 3 rd day of July , 170 S , to consider the means to establish a Masonic charity for clothing and educating the sons of indigent Freemasons ; and for that purpose thoy immediately opened a subscription , ivhich , at their second
meeting , increased beyond their most sanguine expectations , that enabled them to receive six children to tho benefit of this charity . But as it is their intention to extend the same , the Fraternity at large , the luimiinc and benevolent in general , are therefore most earnestly solicited to contribute toAvards accomplishing this laudable undertaking , whoso object is to clothe and instruct the sons of indigent Freemasons , and to train them up in the knoivledge of virtue aud religion , and to inculcate strongly on their minds , obedience to their superiors . "
The foregoing extract is taken from the Eev . John . Cole's Illustrations of Alasonry , 8 vo ., London , 1801 , and ivc hope will prove acceptable to the querist . ] MASOXIiY AND 'THE DJtAMA , Iii most of the song books , Pocket Companions , and other ivorks of the same kind , bearing on Masonry , there arc numerous prologues and epilogues spoken by the principal actors anil
actresses , in most instances before certain Lodges that had , in theatrical language , " given the company a bespeak . " NOAV what I want to know is , if these public displays of Masonry were usual in the early part of the last century' ?—C . BEACHE . —[ Until the public processions were prohibited , owing to the Scald Miserables burlesque in 1747 , seldom trace Lod ges going to theatres ; but after these processions were abolishedthen the "bespeaks" were
, very numerous . The earliest we know of is important , as it was attended by a Grand Master , and the Masons sang T 7 ie Entered Apprentice , for which a scene of Shakespeare had been altered . But as we deem it a curiosity AVC will give the extract entire . At the end of The Antient Constitution of the Free and Accepted Masvns
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Archæological And Natural Society Of Somerset.
The ReA . F . Warre read a paper on the word "Pig , " as applied to a cross in BridgAvater , & c , by H . N . Seal y , Esq . The Rev . Mr . Jones and Mr . Serel also read intevesting papers on " The reputed discovery of King Arthur ' s remains at Glastonbury , " and " St . J olin ' s Priory . " Under the guidance of the Rev . F . Warre , the company then proceeded to visit the Abbey kitchen , almshouses , barns , & c .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
IfliEEHASOXS' MANUAL IS EltEXCH . A BKOTIIEE has advised me to look at the French Manuals on Freemasonry as I wish to see all I can bearing on the subject . What Manuals are they that I am referred to V—F . II . R—x . — [ There are hosts of French Manuals extant but , perhaps , the most popular is that b y Bazot ( Etienne Francois ) , entitled , —Manuel des Franc Macons : there have been three editions printed in Paris ;
the first , in 1809 ; second , 1812 ; and third , 1817 . And they were followed by Le TuU . tr Expert * * * Outrage poucanl * * * servir de Comjileiuei / l ou Manuel du . Fritiw Macon , 12 mo ., Paris , 1828 . 1
LAToarirs . The seal of the neiv Grand Lodge of Canada , given in the last number of the Freemasons'' Magazine , bears the word " Latomorum " iu its inscription . I am also aware there is a work called Acta Lalomorum , and I know that we accept it as Latin for Freemason ; but from whence is it derived ? Aaro / iof ( Latomus ) is , according to Littleton ' s Lutine Dictionary , 4 to ., London , 1 G 78 , "A Quarryer ,
one that getteth stones out of the quarry , an liOAA-cr of stones , a Mason , " _ but I do not find even this in any Of the modern classical dictionaries , and I want to know IIOAV AA'C arrive at "Latomorum' ?" —LAPICIDA . ROYAL AX !) SELECT SLASTKll . [ Iii Masonic "Notes and Queries , " p . 92 , "REX" asks if the degree of "Royal and Select Master" alluded to bBro . Elisha
, y D . Cooke , "is part of pure and ancient JIasonry ? AVhat degree is it V" and " To what rite docs it belong ? " AVe are enabled to add a scrap of information for " Rex . " It is no part of pine and ancient Masonry , and we strongly suspect its transatlantic origin , for AA-e have seen the title of a book , written by one Cornelius Moore , called ' Flic Craftsman ! s ami Freemason ' s Guide , containing a Delineation of the JlUuals if Freemasonryv-ith the Jimblems and
, Explanations so arranged as greatly to Facilitate in Acquiring a Knoidedge of the Files and Ceremonies of Ihe Setxral Degrees , from Enteral Apprentice lo that of Select 3 faster of the Order of Priesthood , 12 mo . ( 317 pp . ) published at Cincinnati , Ohio , J 838 . ]
MASOXIC 1 H 0 GI 1 AI ] 1 Y . Have any extended series of Masonic . Biographies appeared either here or abroad ? of course those in the old scries of the Freemasons' Magazine , Quarterly Alasonic Magazine , aud the present Freemasons' Magazine excepted . — -A . D T !—[ There arc several such foreign works ; one by Basset is popular in France , it isciititlcd / liographiedesPraucs-Maijons et iptch / ues attires Elrangers , Utefs des Secies , Cre ' ttteurs des Fates , ; Vc . . yc ., and gives an liitro-. -liiction to Masonry in France from 1 . 725 to 1828 . ] '
till-, J . CCK OF KDEXILALL . I read in a new work , viz ., White ' s Northumberland , as follows : — ' - Conic , - ' said Sir George Musgravo , on my return to the hall , - 'let me show you the Luck at once f and opening a leathern case which he brought from his muniment room , he took out an ancient drinking glass and placed it ou the table . Curiously did I scan tho precious relic—the famous Luck of Edonhall—fearing to touch it until assured that its
owner had no superstitious dread of seeing it in a stranger ' s hand . Imagine a tall tumbler , of old-fashioned glass , green aud specky , expanding in easy curve from the bottom upAvards , and terminating in a graceful lip , and enamelled with a . geometrical design in crimson , blue , and yellow , and you see the Luck ivhich has been in the possession of the aiusgraves for many generations . It has a threefold value : in the mysterious tradition ivhich associates it with the fairies ; in the sacred use to which in
all probability it was once applied : and as a specimen of ancient art . The leathern case is with good reason believed to bo workmanship ofthe fifteenth century ; it bears the monogram LH . S ., ivhich identities it ivith the church , and AVC may believe the Luck to have been a chalice used for sacramental purposes , made at A enice , perhaps in the tenth century . I ivas permitted to complete my examination of the Luck by drinking a draught of sherry from it ; then restored to the case , it was locked up once more in its receptacle in the muniment room .- '
< i - . r U ^ > . ' K 01 ne of your antiquarian correspondents to the " Masonic Notes and Queries , " give mc any idea of what the geometrical design in crimson , blue , and yellow , is like ? I am
induced to put this query , because I have occasionally seen Masonic emblems and monograms on early glass vessels . —T . T . S H . North Shields . AA'AS THE LATE DUKE 01 ' AVELLIXGTON A FKEEMASOX ? The Duke of Wellington was a Freemason ; and I am in possession of tiA'o notes from his grace to myself , one stating that he was not a Freemasonand one acknowledging that lie was . In the
, latter he says , "I do not consider myself a Freemason , never liaving been in a Lodge but once , and that many years ago , " or words to that effect . The notes are carefully put away , and I cannot find them at this moment , but , when I do , you shall have copies . I am probably the only person holding proofs on this interesting subject , together with the illustrious duke's OAVU reasons for saying he was not a Freemasonmistaken though he was in
, that opinion , not knOAving fully the nature of om- institution . — J . RAXKLX Si'Ei 3 i ! ixi > , W . M ., No . 1087 , St . Andrew's Lodge , Southampton . —[ From Bro . Stcbhing ' s communication , it would seem that the great duke had been initiated , but never made sufficient progress in the royal art to comprehend its principles and practice . ]
AliP . IDG . MHN' ! ' Oil" THE BOOK 01 ' COXSTITUTIOXS . Have any of the various editions of Anderson ' s Book of Constiliilioits ever been abridged , or published in a smaller form' ?—T . A . C . — [ There have been some abridgments of Anderson , several Pocket Companions and others , but the most curious is an 8 vo ., entitled 27 ie Complete Freemason , or Alalia Faucis for Lovers of Secrets , published about 170 ! -and having an engraved title page designed
, by Bro . Powers and engraved by Bro . Larken . ] AXCIEXT MS ., AVJIEliE DEPOSITED ? I saiv in an imperfect copy of The Use and Abuse of Free-Masonry , by Captain George Smith , Inspector of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich , Provincial Grand Master for the County of Kent ; and R . A .., Svo ., London , 1783 , at p . o ! 3 , the
following note iu reference to the existence of an ancient MS . "Also MS . in the possession of Mr . AVilson of Broomhead , in Yorkshire , written in the reign of King Henry Alii . " Can any one tell mc what the SIS . was about;—in whose possession it is ;—or who ivas Mr . AVilson?—E . E . D . OUIGIX OF THE HOYS SCHOOL . AVho was the first promoter of the Boys School ? I have not
any of the reports at hand , and should be glad to knoiv through your columns . —P . G . —[ The Boys School was established 1798 , and sanctioned by the Duke of Athol , ( the Grand Master of the then termed Ahiient Masons ) and was originated in the following manner : —
" The United Mariners' Lodge , JSfo . 23 , observing with concern the distressed circumstances of several of their brethren , and the exposed situation of their children , at the same time viewing with pleasure tho daily progress making in the Freemasons' charity in St . George ' s Fields , for female children , induced them at a meeting held on the 3 rd day of July , 170 S , to consider the means to establish a Masonic charity for clothing and educating the sons of indigent Freemasons ; and for that purpose thoy immediately opened a subscription , ivhich , at their second
meeting , increased beyond their most sanguine expectations , that enabled them to receive six children to tho benefit of this charity . But as it is their intention to extend the same , the Fraternity at large , the luimiinc and benevolent in general , are therefore most earnestly solicited to contribute toAvards accomplishing this laudable undertaking , whoso object is to clothe and instruct the sons of indigent Freemasons , and to train them up in the knoivledge of virtue aud religion , and to inculcate strongly on their minds , obedience to their superiors . "
The foregoing extract is taken from the Eev . John . Cole's Illustrations of Alasonry , 8 vo ., London , 1801 , and ivc hope will prove acceptable to the querist . ] MASOXIiY AND 'THE DJtAMA , Iii most of the song books , Pocket Companions , and other ivorks of the same kind , bearing on Masonry , there arc numerous prologues and epilogues spoken by the principal actors anil
actresses , in most instances before certain Lodges that had , in theatrical language , " given the company a bespeak . " NOAV what I want to know is , if these public displays of Masonry were usual in the early part of the last century' ?—C . BEACHE . —[ Until the public processions were prohibited , owing to the Scald Miserables burlesque in 1747 , seldom trace Lod ges going to theatres ; but after these processions were abolishedthen the "bespeaks" were
, very numerous . The earliest we know of is important , as it was attended by a Grand Master , and the Masons sang T 7 ie Entered Apprentice , for which a scene of Shakespeare had been altered . But as we deem it a curiosity AVC will give the extract entire . At the end of The Antient Constitution of the Free and Accepted Masvns