Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

MYTHS AND THE " IEEEMASON ' S MAGAZINE . " Bro . J . H . M ., my answer to your inquiry upon this subject is as follows : —Editors of the present series of our periodical hare hitherto looked upon our myths in the light in which our craft ancestors were accustomed to view themand occasonally they have

, selected myths related by the best American writers , and inserted them in our columns , whence I have known them transferred to works not Masonic , for myths well told are popular and instructive reading . * * * If you meet with a myth in a new and fitting dresswhether coming from a British or an

Ame-, rican loom , fail not to send it to Salisbury-street , duly directed . —0 . P . COOPEB . TAN EXHIBITIONS . In the exhibition of fans at South Kensington , there is a " mount'' of about 1740 in a handsomely

, gilt frame , decorated in two corners with emblems of the arts and sciences . The group to the right deserves attention , as suspiciously like the work of a Mason „—W . W .

PROCESSIONS . Will any brother oblige me with the correct form of procedure in a Masonic procession . I was present at one at Manchester the other day , when , to my Surprise , the Wardens' columns were borne before them by two young lads , sons of Masons . Is this usual , or is it an innovation . —QUEEIST .

LODGES AT SrEASBUEG , VIENNA , COLOGNE , AND BEENE , A . D . 1459 . Dear Brother * * * , the EXTRACT of the Constitution of the German Masons of Strasburg , A . D . 1459 , in the appendix to Bro . Findel ' s History , does not contain the passage respecting the lodges at

Strasburg , Yienna , Cologne , and Berne after which you inquire ; you must turn to our invaluable periodical . You will find in the Freemason's Mar / azine , May 1 G , 1863 , "The Constitutions of the Masons of Strasburg " — " From the German in Bro . Findel ' s History of Freemasonrytranslatedwith permission of the

au-, , thor , by G . M . " * Bro . Findel ' s Avork did not appear amongst us in its English dress until 1866 . In C . M . ' s translation of the Constitutions you will find the passage touching the four lodges . In one of my Masonic cartons there is an abstract of the passage in the handwriting of a Brothernow a missionary in India .

, It contains some curious remarks upon the districts belonging to Strasburg , Yienna , Cologne , and Berne . See my communication , " Grand Lodges of Germany in the 15 th Century , " page 349 of the present volume . —C . P . COOPER .

EEEEMASONRT AND FOUNDATION STONES . At the laying of a foundation stone near Manchester on the 4 th inst ., the presiding officer , Bro . W . E . Callender , jun ., D . Prov . G . M- of East Lancashire and S . G . D . of England , among other remarks ured the following : — " They Avere met there that day , so far as the Masons were concerned , as a body , not as members of tbe Church of England , though many of them

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were members of that Church , but because they recognised the necessity for supporting , beyond any sect or creed , that Christian religion which was scattered over the whole world . " ( Vide Manchester Courier , 6 th June . ) Will any better informed brother tell me if this is in accordance Avith tbe teachings of

Freemasonry as generally understood , as I am ignorant enough to have been always under the impression that our Order was sufficiently liberal and comprehensive to embrace and include every creed and belief . If I have been mistaken , I , as a member of the Hebrew faith , must object , as I cannot conscientiously recognise the tbe necessity above mentioned by Bro . Oalleader . — ALEPH .

BBO . JOHN YABKER . To a London Correspondent I say , do as Bro . John Yarker does , " Write to elicit truth , utterly regardless of popularity . "—0 . P . COOPER . A C 0 NTE 0 VEETER . The veterans of the readildiscover and

carepress y fully avoid a controverter , with whom it will not be possible to engage in literary discussion , Avithout experiencing some breach of what society deems the decorous . Such a controverter , therefore , as respects the veterans of the press , goes unanswered . —A PAST PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER .

TOIIEEANOE AND INTOLEBANCE . "We learn from the Greek newspaper Loc / os , printed at Athens on the 16 fch ( 28 th ) May last , that the Eoman Catholics of the Island of Syra have been much exasperated against the Archbishop of Syra , Tenos , and Melos Lycurgus ( whose visit to England has given

so much satisfaction to all concerned ) , together Avith his clergy , on account of their having officiated at the burial of Bro . Botzaris Cras , a Royal Arch Mason , who died on the 8 th ( 20 th ) May last , aged 27 years , at Syra , and was interred , with the Masonic insignia of his rank exposed on his coffin , This is another instance , if any were needed , of the superior liberality of the Greek Church to that of the Latin . —J . X .

l . VEING FOUNDATION STONES . How can non-operative English lodges of Freemasons support their pretensions so as to lay foundation stones of neAVbuildings?—COMMON SENSE .

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CORRESPONDENCE .

The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents ROYAL ARK MARINERS ASfD GRAND MARK LODGE .

10 THE EDlIOll OF THE IBEEMASOMs' MAGAZINE AITD HiSOUIC 3 IIM 10 B . Dear Sir and Brother , —As I have not seen any notice of meeting of Eoyal Ark Mariners , and as you state that you will give the meeting of Grand Mark Lodge next week , and as a long discussion ensued as to the propriety of working the degrees of Ark , Link ,

and Wrestle , being present myself on the occasion , I think it right that it should be known that in answer to a question by Bro . Joshua Nunn , P . G . D ., the M . W . G . M . stated that he did not propose to interfere with the jurisdiction of the Eoyal Ark Mariners , and that there was no objection to anyone who liked taking that degree . I mention this , as I believe souAe doubts