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under a Royal Arch Warrant , in the City of Cork , Ireland , and I may further state , that that ceremony was almost similar to the anointing of tho third principal J . in an English R . A . Chapter . Before I conclude , please also to permit me to point your attention to an article in one of your numbers for January , which appears in page 77 , under the head ofIRELAND — CORK — The Third Lodge of

, Ireland . The article states , that Comp . J . T . Archer , P . Z ., No . 25 , Chap . England , proceeded to open a Lodge in the V . P ., M . E . M . ancl S . E . M . Degrees ; after which , the Chap , was duly opened , said Archer as 1 st P . & c . & c . Will you , Mr . Editor , be so kind as to inform your subscribers in this locality under what authority are the degrees alluded to conferred . When I was in London I

never even heard of them . I remain , yours very obedient , P . Z . P . S . —I expected to have seen remarks on the communication , which prevented my forwarding this to you before now .

Old Kent Lodge Of Mark Masters.

OLD KENT LODGE OF MARK MASTERS .

TO THE EDITOE OF THE FllEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC 3 IIKH 01 ! . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER ,. —The Old Kent Lodge confers the Mark Degree under the authority of the Grand Lodgo of Mark Masters of England — whose Grand Secretary , Bro . Binckes , px-esided as W . M . on tho occasion alluded to—and "Anti-Spurious Mark" ought to know that the jurisdiction of the Grand Loclge of

Scotland ceased in England , by all Masonic laws , when the Grand Lodge of Mark Masters was established in this country . I never saw the ceremony of passing the veils in any English Royal Arch Chapter , and it is , I believe , irregular , if worked in the North . I am , however , too recently advanced a Marie Master to feel qualified to enter into any discussion on the subject , and

should not have replied at all to the allegations of A S . M ., bad he not so pointedly alluded to me as an Officer of Grand Conclave . As to his attack upon the Grand Lodge of Mark Masters , I shall leave abler ancl more experienced pens to answer . The question of the Baldwyn is not at all a parallel case , but holding the position I have the honour to do , I should , in my opinion ,

be acting most unjustifiably , and be wanting in Masonic and Knightly courtesy towards my Bro . Kni g hts of the Baldwyn by entering into a discussion in a public journal , whilst negotiations are still pending . I remain , dear Sir ancl Brother , yours most fraternally , M . H . SHUTTLEWORTH , 30 ° . [ The passing the veils has no connection with the Mark degree , and is never worked with it excepting upon the Mark Master being at once exalted into the Royal Arch as in Scotland . —Ed . F . M . and M . M . ]

Masonic Charity.

MASONIC CHARITY .

TO THE EDITOK OS THE EltEEMASONs' MAGAZIXE AND MASONIC MIlUiOK . SIR AND BROTHER , —I have read , with mingled feelings of surprise and amusement , the extraordinary effusion of your worthy correspondent , " A P . M . in ' Three Provinces . " In the absence of our excellent Bro . B iggs , who is in a distant part of the country , I think it duo ' to him and to your readers that I should correct an error iu the

report of his speech—an error so self-evident , that until I read your correspondent ' s epistle , it ( never occurred to me to rectify it . Bro . Biggs said that , in our groat foundation schools , the scholarships were not filled by the poor and indigent ( as , in many cases , it was expressly provided ) , but by the sons of the prosperous middle classesand often bthe sons of the wealthiest classes

, y . The fact that the report was forwarded to you an hour after the lodge was closed , accounts at once for the obvious error it contained . In making a statement , the truth of which is so perfectly notorious , and so universally regretted , and which is recorded in numerous official docu-

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ments , I take the liberty to assert that our brother was neither " mistaken in his facts , " nor " indiscreet in his expressions" —Past Masters in any number of provinces to the contrary , notwithstanding . As for your worthy correspondent's passing allusion to myself , and his serio-comic inference of some unknown offenceor the misprision of some unknown offence against

, the laws ofthe land or the Ancient Charges , it is too delectable to do more than provoke a smile . I am , Sir and Brother , yours faithfully and fraternallv , W . M . OF NO . 90 . "

South Saxon Lodge.

SOUTH SAXON LODGE .

TO THE EDITOll Oi . ' THE EUF . EMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIREOE . DEAR SIR ASD BROTHER .- —In reply to your correspondent , P . H . B ., in "Notes ancl Queries , " allow me to state the South Saxon Lodge ( No . 390 ) hold their meetings in the hall which was designed and built for them at the first formation . The N . E . corner-stone was laid with Masonic honours by

Gen . Sir Samuel Hulse , the then Prov . G . M ., and nearly sixty other brethren afterwards went in procession to Southover Church , where our late Bro . the Rev . W . Fearon delivered an excellent discourse , a copy of which we have in our care . In 1821 the lodge was re-organised , and assembled at the Gateway of Lewes Castlewhich was granted on a lease for the use

, of the South Saxon Lodge by our late Bro . T . R . Kemp , M . P . for Lewes . In 184-3 the members had notice to quit the Castle , but held possession until 1852 , since which time the Castle Gateway has been used by the Archasological Society as a library and warders' apartment . We must observe that our lod is in the

Hihge g street , and has over the door a stone bearing the inscription , Freeemasons' Hall , MDCCXCYI . The north portion of the ancient west gate had to be removed to make room for the present building . AN OLD P . M . 390 .

Hele, Heal.

HELE , HEAL .

TO THE EDI . TO ? . 01 ' THE i'itEEMASONs' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC atlEROR . It may appear a ridiculous presumption in a foreigner to give his opinion concerning tho mode of pronouncing an . English word ; but still I do flatter myself that some knowledge of my own language , and some acquaintance with the English sister tongue may enable me to throw some light upon the question discussed by your

correspondents ( page 248 ) and perhaps to decide it . The English and Dutch languages having the same origin , do possess some thousands words in common , only with a slight variety in the mode either of spelling or of pronouncing them . Now it is to be observed that amongst those words such as are written in Dutch with ea ( to be pronounced as the a in the French word etc ) ,

are written in English either with o , as tcait . cn , token , nicer , more ; ( but with these we have nothing to do here ) or with ea . Of these I will give some examples : —¦ lit brash Ibreah . lech lealc . spreeh speak . prcck , preach .

deal deal . steel steal . Now it appears to me that in spelling and pronouncing the word hole , which is exactly the same as heel , still in uso with us , and bearing the signification of " hide , conceal , " an Englishman has only to follow the same rule as adopted in the precited wordschanging elc or

, eel into eat , and pronouncing tho ea just as it is pronounced in deal ancl steal , the more so , as only in that case the rhyme with conceal and reveal is preserved . A DUTCH BROTHER , Amsterdam , April 7 , 1862 .