Masonic Notes And Queries.

immediately ' on receipt of which , I shall have great pleasure in forwarding ' ib to you . —R . BURTON , Dublin , —[ We cannot say how gratified we shall feel if the promised photograph should come to hand , and , —but perhaps it would be counting our chickens too soon to say what we should do with it , for wc have a lively remembrance of being promised other memoranda on this subject , but alas ! thoy never came . Still Bro . Burton has our warmest thanks for his present com-• Eiunication , and if he should be enabled to send—why then we shall be able to say more . ]

THE Alien IN" THE TEMPLE . Was not the Arch for the first time constructed in Solomon ' s Temple ?—T . L . —[ No . It was known in the carl 3 ' days of the Egyptians and Thebans . Sir Gardner Wilkinson traced an arch at Thebes , which had an inscription on it , written 1540 years B . C ., or 460 before the 'building of King Solomon ' s Temple . ]

I'RENCII 3 IASOXIC CALENDAR . Iii a recent number of your "Notes and Queries , " C . ' expresses a wish to see a French Masonic Calendar . If he will put himself hi communication with me , I can oblige "him , as I have one for the present year . —Jxo . A . D . Cox .

THE MASOXIC CYPHER . In answer to "Paleographia " ( p . 48 ) , I can accommodate him with the key of the Masonic Cypher . In the book that ¦ contains it , it is said to belong to the Royal Arch degree . Can j'ou inform me , through the medium of your paper , if such be the case ? and if not , I shall bo most happy to give him a copy . —T . M . FIIAXCES . W ., ( 221 ) , PeelIsle of Man . —

, , [ We know of several Masonic C 3 'phers , those of the Craft , R . A ., Super-excellent Mason , Knights Templar , 18 ° , 30 ° , 33 ° . We believe our correspondent , "Paleographia , " intended that ajiplicable to the Craft . Give the name of tho work . you borrow it from—authorities are the gems of information ] .

PARTICULABS OP FESSLEB , AVAXTED . Your querist who " wants particulars of Fessler , the originator of a rite that bears his name , " ( p . 65 ) , will find a long and interesting account of Ignaz Aurclius Fessler , and liis doctrines , in tho Encgclopaxlie der Frcimaurerei , by C . Lamning , published at Leipzig , by F . A . Brockhaus , in 3 vols ., 8 vo ., 1822 . —O . P . H . ( No . 64 ) .

D 0 UBLIXG THE CUBE . There was a query ( p . 28 ) on the above subject , to which I am able to give a full answer , in case no better should turn up . Three great insoluble problems occupied the attention of all the most eminent geometers of ancient times , viz ., the squaring of the circle , the trisection of an angle , and the ¦ doubling of a cube , or , which is the same thing , the finding

of two mean proportionals between two given lines . These problems aro , however , only impossible where we confine ourselves , as did the ancients , to the use of the straight , line and circle . They have all been solved by the help of transcendental curves . The most satisfactory solution of the " doubling of the cube " was invented in the sixth century by Diodes , who used for the purpose a beautiful curve

called the Cissoid . The method of obtaining the side of the side of the double cube , and its demonstration , are too long and difficult to introduce here . —CHAS . J . E . SMITH ( 645 ) , LoMriston- Castle , Edinburgh . —[ Our correspondent kindl y subjoined the generation of the Cissoid , though he considered it unsuitable to our pages ] . i-J ^ SIi "

ADOPTIVE MASOXHT . "Notes and Queries" seems to be a truly Masonic omnium , gatherum ; and as we all should send our scrap of information , I am induced to forward you an extract from tho last number of the American Masonie Mirror and Key-Stone , which will show what spurious and suicidical means some _ of our transatlantic cousins use to bring the Ro 3 'al Art

into contempt . Its truth and ri ght-mindedness , I presume , will bo unquestioned by every genuine Mason . Iho editor writes the following : — "WHAT WILL BE THE FXD ?—Baptism—Masonic Baptism , — tsisters' Lodge . — 'She Ball is rolling—slowly , steadily—and the day is not fur in the future when Freemasonry in the United States will have aU the European Kites , the French , German , and Scotch , with all their Political tendencies and Religious forms ami ceremonies . intermingled with , associated and blended into the York mte . It appears abnost a useless task to attempt to prevent the

[ introduction of these corrupting innovations , especially as the Craft are encouraged and directed hy one who takes a special interest , as a leader , in introducing every imaginable novelty . AA e have for the last nine years condemned the efforts of Bro . Morris , ivho has used the most extraordinary means to establish in this country the Female Freemasonry which originated with a profligate nobility in Paris , and ivhieh even among that corrupt and depraved class , onlsurvived a few yearsand ivhieh has never been revived by

y , them , notwithstanding the innovations and additions they have engrafted upon the Masonic Order . It would he more consistent , and the end , if legitimate and proper , could be more readily gained , if Rob Morris would send lm private circulars to the several Grand Masters of Grand Lodges and particularly to the editors of the Masonic press . Why does he not do so ? "Why send these circulars only to certain Brethren and request them to consider the subject

as private and confidential , and if they do not feel disposed to establish the Female Orders , to return to him tho circulars ? There can he no question that Bro . Morris is responsible for many of the curious transactions that take place in our Lodges as Masonie , and we think particularly for the following referred to by M . AA . Bro . Luther M . Tracy , Grand Master of AA'isconsin , in his address to tho Grand Lodge at its recent annual communication . In the month of September I received a complaint from three

Brethren in high position in the Fraternity , setting forth the fact that Concordia Lodge ( So . S 3 ) held at Madison , called a special meeting on the Sabbath , opened a Master's Lodge , then called from labour to refreshment , and opened what iheg called a SISTERS ' LODGE , to which were admitted the wives and children of the members of Concordia Lodge . After some ceremony peculiar'to themselves , they proceeded to baptize the -male childrenpresent , after which the Sisters' Lodge was closed , and the Master's Lodge called from refreshment to labour , and the bogs baptised reported , as having duly received that ordinance , and were joined to the mystic body of

Masonry . I directed B . AV . M . L . Youngs to inquire mto the matter , and report the result to me . He reported thafche found the principal fads , as set forth in the complaint , true ; the officers of Concordia Lodge churning that the ceremony was practised in Germany , mid that Masonry was universal , therefore they had the right to practise it in this jurisdiction . Conceiving the whole transaction contrary to any provision in our constitution , either expressed or implied , and that the continuance of the practice in this

jurisdiction would be at least censurable , and lay us open to criticism of the world , I issued my edict suspending Concordia Lodge , directing them ¦ to appear at this session of the Grand Lodgo and show cause why their charter should not be forfeited . ' We ask , 'AVhat will be the end ? ' Some time ago the Freemasons of Now Orleans practised a similar ceremony , and , strange to say , although it was done publicly and noticed at the time with decided disapproval in our columns , yet the matter was not referred

to by a single ono of the leading members of the Order , excepting M . AV . Bro . Win . P . Mellen , who , in his address to the Grand Lodgo , brought it to the notice of that M . AV . Body , for the purpose of recording their condemnation against any such practices ; and which the Grand Lodge , as we informed our readers , did condemn , in accordance with his suggestion . AVe have not the leisure to pursue the subject at this time , but ire will most assuredly refer to it again , and give our views decidedly and

unequivocally . AVe do not war with Hob Morris , nor with any Urother , we fight against innovations and the introduction of foreign matter into our time-honoured Order . Let all enlightened true Freemasons seriously consider in view of the ceremonies practised by the Brethren in 2 s " cw Orleans and Concordia Lodge ( So . S 3 ) Wisconsin , and contemplate what will be the end 1 Will some Brother in AVisconsin oblige us by giving us tho particulars of the action of the Grand Lodge , in relation to the above-mentioned proceedings of Concordia Lodge . " — EST IL POSSIBLE ?

NAPOLEOX- I . AT A MIEEMASOXS LODOE . The folloiviiig , relative to a visit incognito of Napoleon to a Freemasons' Lodge , may not bo without interest to 3 > -our readers . —Ax IXQUIHER . —[ The Duke of Rovigo , minister of police , was perhaps the only imperial agent not a Mason . Ho is said to have been a man of undoubted cunning and skill , ivith manners the most gross and brutal .

Suddenly conceiving doubts of the fidelity of Masonic Lodges , in consequence of information that several were intriguing in favour of the return of the Bourbons , he ordered before him several presidents of the Grand Orient , and demanded to knoiv what Freemasonry was , what Avas done in Lodges , and whether their members conspired against the Government . The presidents replied , that their Masonic engagements did not permit them to lift tho veil from their 1113 'steries ; but if he wished to know them , nothing was more easy than to be initiated , ivhen he would