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our Lodge , I have made inquiries ni' several reputed wise Masons to know what is meant hy thc Reformed Rite of Memphis , hut without avail . Being a country Mason , in a rather isolated neighbourhood , perhaps some one having access to a larger circle of well informed brethren will kindly resolve ray doubt . 'The question is not put as a sympathising one , but merely to he informed as to the origin of a spurious Lodge ; for thc rulers of

the Craft having decided it to be illegal , is quite conclusiA'C with mc that it is so . — - [ -. ( . ] -. —[ The Rite of Memphis is a modified otl ' shoot from thc Rite of Misraim or Egyptian Rite , thc history of the Pile of Misraim may be thus briefly given . It ivas established in 180 ;"> by a ICAV ' Masons , at Milan , who had been refused admission into the supreme council of the Scotch Rite , ivhich latter had heen formed at the time and place before

mentioned . In 1814 it was carried into Erance , and the Lodge of Arc-en-ciel constituted iu Paris . From France its members sought to propagate it in Bel gium , Sweden , ancl Switzerland , but ineffectually , as it only found a few supporters in the former kingdom . J . n JS 20 it was introduced into Ireland , ancl , it is said , languishes there still . . It consists of ninety degrees , clii-ided into four series , and subdivided into seventeen classes . It is

unrecognized hy any of the Grand Lodges of Europe . The Reformed Rite of Memphis ivas founded upon this by tivo brethren , J . A . Marconi ? , ami E . N . Mouttett , in Paris ' in 1839 , and Lodges under it have appeared at Marseilles ancl in Belgium . It lays claim to having jurisdiction over ninety-one degrees , but is considered spurious throughout the world ; and is not onl y spurious , but a positively illegal assembly in the British dominions . ]

WiO . IIEX . IAMB . G 11 EEX . Wanted private , as wc-il as Masonic , information respecting Bro . Benjamin Green , who delivered an Oration before the Philanthropic Lodge on June i 4 th , 1797 . — -ANOTITKI . GRKKN . MASONIC soxes . I send the accompanying extract which I hare cut out of the newspaper called the Builder- can any one give us the oriinal

, g entire' ?—Q . t'iz . TH . I- LADS WITH THHP . AI'ROXS OX . ' ¦ ' A reverend correspondent sends us a version of this 'Mason ' s Song , ' differing suineivlmt from that ive printed . We can find room only for the lust verse : — ' ¦ '' Now you Masons bright , take great delight , In ivb-. it is called sound masonry :

Make plain your signs , with squares and line .. . And ivell maintain your mystery . lint mind , though you may tramp and shift , And seek for jobs both here aud there , No scamping work should e ' er be done By the lads ivho build with their aprons on '' -The Builder .

cr ; A _ T . _ l _> . "What is the meaning of Bro . having been crafted ? I heard the term used in reference to a brother with whom I was unacquainted . —T . D . —[ Crafted is frequently used in America to denote a brother being passed . The term speaks for itself , and is akin to the old English in whicli we find , when speaking of a deacon being admitted to priest ' s orders that he was said ' to be

" pricsted " on a certain day . So also in Trinity College , Dublin , when ,-i fellow- lias been elected , served his probation , and is inducted to the full enjoyment ofhis felloAvship , he is said to be " cooptcd , " i . _> ., he is invested with a cope : hence the corruption "cooptcd" ] . i

EIECTED COIIEXS . What are Elected Cohens ?—L . A . COUHTESAY . —[ We believe there are no Elected Cohens noiv . The rite of Elected Cohens , or Priests , ivas a French invention of one Martinez Pasehalis , who introduced it into the Lodges of Marseilles , Toulouse , Boiirdeaux , ami Paris , the latter about 1707 . It ivas divided ' into tivo classes , and consisted of nine degreesarranged thus : —1 .

Apprentice—, . 2 . Fellow Craft . — :: ) . Master . —! .. Grand Elect . — f > . Apprentice Cohen . —fl . Fellow Craft Cohen . —7 . Alaster Cohen . —S . Grand Architect . —!) . Knight Commander . Shiny ofthe French authors ofthe eighteenth century ivere among the Elected Cohens . ] U . Al . OX l . TKLIOFIE-. I ) . Who Avas Baron Lielefieid , ivho made that splendid exordium when

initiating his own son ?—ALE . YAXDEI ; . —[ Tiie first Grand Master of the Gram ] Lodge at Berlin , founded by Frederick the Great , in 17-10 . His majesty having been previously initiated , when prince royal , on the loth August . 17 . 18 . 1 AIODKI . Of Sl . T . OMOX ' .-. TF . MPI . i :. I , for one , am ' much pleased with the Masonic Notes and Cilleries in lhe Fireniusnn . S Mayo-hie , and think we should all

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contribute such information as we have ; accordingly T send yon a very curious advertisement from thc . ' Daily jldrcr / iser of Aug . 1 ( ith , 1 : 7 . 'U , Avhich , although not strictly Masonic , yet must have sonic interest for the Craft considering the p lace described , and the builder :

"To be seen at the . lloyal Exchange , every day , tho Model of tho Temple of Solomon , ivith all its porches , walls , gales , chambers , and holy Vessels ; tho Groat Altar . if the Burnt Olfei-ing ; the Moulton Sea ; the Lavevs : the Sanctum Sanctorum ; with the Ark of the Covenant , the Mercy Sent and Golden Chcruhims ; the . Altai'of Incense ; the Candlesticks ; Tables of Show Bread , with the two famous Pillar . , called Joachim and Boas . Within the model aro two thousand chambers and windowsand illars seven thousandThe model is thirteen foot hih ,

, p . g and eighty foot round . Likewise the Model of the Tabernacle of Moses , with the Ark of the . Covenant ; wherein hi the Law of Moises , the Pot , of Manna , and tho Hod of Aaron ; the Prim and Tlmmmiiu , with ah _ the other vessels . The printed description of it , ivith twelve line cuts , is to be had at the same place at fis . a book . "The publick is desir'd to take notice that the Sanctum , Sanctorum , with all the holy vessels , are neiv gilt , and appear much finer and richer

than before . " N . B . —It is surprizing to consider that a piece of this nature should Ai'ant encouragement , in the compiling of which , notAi'ithstandiiig a most constant application , fifteen whole years have been spent . A model of the greatest pieces of architecture since the creation , and itself no less than its original . If any reason can be given why a work so perfect should want admirers , it must needs lie . on account , and cannot be otherwise , but that so vast a scene of beauty is wrapt up in so narrow a compass , which it seems is too full for the imagination to frame an idea of , is thrown by and neglected , whilst others of larger capacities are delighted . It being , then , matter of admiration only to the curious , it shall for the future be shewn for their entertainment , however , that

ei'ery body may haA'e lus fill . "Notice is hereby given that the Model of the said Temple shall be sheivn from ten in the morning till seven a clock at night , -at the hack side of the Royal Exchange ; as you go upstairs , the first door ou the right hand over against the East India Company ' s Tea -Warehouse , at the ordinary price of one shilling till Michaelmas next , aud thenceforth for half a guinea each person . " —MATTIIKAV . TKNOUH . — [ We are much obliged to our

correspondent for his good opinion , and also for the extract sent , which is so Very interesting that it may he safely admitted among our curiosities of Masonic literature , biography , and art , in these columns ] .

Notes On Litrrature, Science, And Art.

NOTES ON LITRRATURE , SCIENCE , AND ART .

LOUD Bnoecii . 'AJi is said to be engaged upon a history of the British Constitution , and Lord St . Leonard ' s to be at his farm iu Surrey , hard at work on another handy book of laiv . The articles contributed by Lord Macaulay to the Encgclopcedkc Brilannied are to be republished in a separate form , with , it is said , a preface by Mr . Adam Black , explaining the circumstances under whioh they were contributed .

Messrs . Blackwood , of Edinburgh , have in the press a work on the Conquest and Colonization of North Africa , by Mr . Wingrove Cooke , the able and graphic correspondent of the Times in China . Mr . Anthony Trollope ' s Work ou the West Indies is looked upon as dangerous in the Free States of the United States , The American correspondent of the Publishers' Circular says— ' ¦ ' Notwithstanding the great popularity of ' The Bertrams' and ' Doctor Thorne' in the United

States , no American publisher has yet printed the same author's late work ou the West Indies , although the Harpers , I know , paid for the early sheets . The subject is interesting to us , and the book is eminently instructive ancl readable ; but it takes a view of slavery that would make it objectionable to many in the . present state of tho public mind in this , country , and for that reason , I presume , it has been passed over . Tho same accomplished author has contributed some original papers to Harper ' s Magazine lor February , and is announced l . y that publication as a regular contributor for the future . "

A gentleman named Fontanels has been delivering lectures at Berlin , on English literature , & c . One of them ivas devoted to the press and the Times . To judge , from the report of the lecture iu the Berlin papers , the news of the discovery ( made by Mr . Thomas Watts , of the British Museum , many years ago ) that tho " English Mercury" was a forgery has not , yet reached the lecture rooms o £ Berlin . ' The Stationers' Company , " says a correspondent of the City . Press ,

"have ao almshouses . The Court of Assistants lately endeavoured to divert a large sum of money that had aeeimmlutod in their hands for benevolent purposes to the erecting of almshouses for lhe poor members of the company . 'The Court of Chancery would not sanction such application of the fluids , but direct . - -. I that ¦ ¦ ¦ chnols for the sons of free-