Masonic Notes And Queries.

Mr . William Gulston Merchant near the New Markethouse in Oxford Road—Saturday noon—Mr . Censor Primus and Registarius—Pursuant to the Resolution of our Right Worshipful & c . Society I did yesterday purchase a Ticket in the Government Lottery which is No : 85302 which I shall be accountable for till otherwise ordered . Please to inform those brothers of it j'on shall

see as I shall do . I heartily wish the Society success . The Ticket cost me nine pounds eight shillings . Pay my Respects to Madam President Brother Knevit . " I am yours in all affection " No . 8-5302 . " " W . Jones , Prases . " And after the above the Registrar makes a solemn entry of the number in words . September 29 th 1726

Bro . Joseph Murden was invested with the dignities and tokens of distinction . Bro . T . Shuttleworth resigned his token of distinction and desired that the bearer might have the violin and bow , to briug back , which belonged to' bis father . Bro . "William Jones was reelected President , Coort Kuevit , S . and Papillon Ball Jim . Censors—the balance of cash in hand amounted to 11 4 6 i . Oct . 6 th . It was ordered that John Cock mid

voisin Humphreys , who had been made Masons in order to be admitted members of the Society , be called upon to pay their arrears and ; quarterage . Oct . lSth . Resolved that if the Directors shall be summoned earlier , on a public night , to transact the business of the societj ' , no members shall claim to be present but , at the public hour of meeting , no member shall be refused admittance

and the Directors shall either continue their labours before them or appoint a private meeting in which to do so . Ordered that Edmund Squire be summoned to attend and pay his arrears and quarterage . Oct . 27 th . A motion being made by Brother James Parmentier , senior shewing the multitude of difficulties iu carrying on the design of painting the PresidentCensorsand Directors

, , , in one canvas it was resolved and ordered that he paint them separately in three quarters , cloth , for 5 guineas each and the money he had already received be taken as part payment . He was also paid 61 10 move at that meeting . Visitor ,- from the lodge at the Half Moon iu Cheapside , Wm . Grant . November 3 rd . Edmund Squire attended and prayed time to his arrears which was

pay granted . At the next meeting he did not appear or send his money and the Registrar was again " ordered to summon him and request him to resign ' his token of distinction . Nov . 17 th . Bro . Nathaniel Galpine being about to visit foreign parts took leave of the Society in a letter ordered to be entered on the minutes . 24 th .

November . The Directors were to be fined one shilling if not present at 7 o ' clock on public nights , unless they had appointed some one to act for them . 1 st . December . Bro . Edmund Squire having delivered up his token , resolved that further indulgence be granted and the penalty of expulsion be suspended until the 22 nd inst . The president gave notice that the Lottery Ticket , No .

85 , 302 had been drawn a blank , and he was authorised " to sell the said blank and credit the public Treasury for the same . " Dec . 8 th . John Cock and Voisin Humphreys were again summoned . The President " did sell the Societies Ticket , No . 85 , 302 , being a blank , for £ 5 10 s . "—December 15 th . John Cock and Voisin Humphreys being found guilty of scandalous and unbrotherl

y actions were expelled with the utmost contempt . December 22 nd . " Bro . William Grant humbly entreated to be admitted a member , was duly elected by ballot and with Bro . Ellam was chosen a Director of the Society . — "A motion being made in relation to Bro . Ed . Squire , representing , contrary to his obligation , his flagrant abuses of the fundamental constitutions and orders

, his evasive answers , his scandalous misbehaviour to this Right Worshipful and highly esteemed Society likewise enumerating the many repeated Indulgences of said society in their proceedings against him regretting to pass the sentence appointed by the fundamental Constitutions and Orders due to his crimes , " it was debated

and balloted that he be deprived of bis distinction and " expelled with the utmost contempt for his crimes before recorded . " The Registrar was ordered to be paid £ 5 5 s . his half years salary . Mr . Charles Paradini , Mr . Gaetano Scarpettini and Mr . David Boswillibald were ordered to be paid Twelve guineas for their musical services up to this date . December 29 th . 1726 , Bro . Anthony Corville

was deemed guilty of misbehaviour " in detaining the token of distinction , belonging to the Junior Censor , two hours beyond the public hour of meeting " to the detriment of the society , and he was summoned to attend and make such satisfaction as the President should judge proper . Bro . Wm . Grant was "inducted and invested" with the dignities and token of

distinction of a Director . The President and his Censors were re-elected . Balance in hand £ 4 13 s . Id . Jan . 5 th . 1726 , Bro . John Ellam was invested as a Director . Bro . John Corville was again summoned to make satisfaction for detaining his token . Bro . Charles Cotton , Esq . summoned to next meeting , to return the token bearing his arms . Bro . Thos . Harbin to be summoned to

pay his quarteridge . Jan 12 th . 1726 . Bro . Charles Cotton did not appear but was again summoned for Feb . 23 , under the penalty of a misbehaviour . Feb . 16 th , 1726 , a letter of resignation from Bro . Joshua Draper , Esq . ordered to be entered on the minutes . Bros . Geo . Mai'kham , Richard Mason , Richard Cock , Joseph Samson , and John Thomas , were petitioners for membership , and duly

elected by Ballot . —The anniversary was resolved to be held on the 23 rd instant , instead of the 18 th , the President to be privileged to bring two gentlemen and four ladies and the Directors and members

two laches each . The Registrar to have the sole charge of the entertainment and to be sure to provide a complete concert for the entertainment of the ladies and the honor of the Society . Feb . 23 , 1726 . The Society met and celebrated its anniversary , " at which meeting was a very splendid appearance of ladies . " March 23 rd , 1726 . A letter from Bro- Joshua Draper ,

to the effect finding that there was a law for country members , he recalled his resignation , and he was admitted to his place and dignity of a Director . Bro . Isaac Thuret was elected as a Director aud was to be invested on the 30 th . Bro . Gulston to be paid as Registrar £ 2 . 12 . 6 'd . his quarters salary . Mi-. Charles ParcliniMr . Gaetano ScarpettiniMr . David Boswillibald

, , and Mr . Smith were to be paid for their musical services to this day £ 16 . I have now completed a precis of one of the most amusing MS . I ever read . It is made up of Masonry , Music , A 2 * chitectnre , painting , ship-building , and r . o end of expulsions with "the utmost contempt , as well as a defiance to the M . W . G . M . when he cited them as an

irregular lodge . To go through the events and summarise the whole would require more time than I can , at present , devote to it but , I believe , much interesting . matter for the brethren may be extracted from this record . What became of the Society I am at a loss to account for ; but whilst there . were Masons amongst it , whose names are yet known in the annals of the Craft

, I cannot suppose it died out , but hope it became merged into a regular lodge . It may be objected that I have given the extracts by piecemeal , but it has been done so as not to exclude many other enquiries of gs-eater importance . —MATTHEW COOKS .

SVI JANTEA , XOTUS , AND SMUG OF ACACIA . Referring to E . W . S . 's important communication—May not the lotus flower , the emblematical Eoyal Arch pedestal of the Brahmins , be the sprig of acacia of the third degree ? ( see Oliver ' s Dictionary of Symbolical Masonry ) "They took a sprig of acacia in their hands . — Old Legend . —A . IAT 03 IIA SOCIETY , NEW-YOU K . What it the object of the Latomia Society of New York ? Any one kindly affording information on this point will oblige—Ex . Ex .