Box Brown.

I sincerely trust the letters that have been published lately on this case , as well as those headed "Looseness in Masonry" —all bearing on the same point—will not not have heen written in vain , that some means will be devised to alter the present system , that proposers and seconders , or even the

lodge itself , in the person of the W . M ., should be amenable to Grand Lodge for the introduction of such " free born" men as Box Brown into the Order is quite evident , and which I intend when next in London to still pursue the inquiry of , as suggested by " H . H . " and with regard to begging impostorsI

, , think it would be a very good plau if the amount of the relief given , together with the date and number of the lodge was written on the back of each of the certificates of these mendicants ; it would soon put a stop to it , as no true Mason would like his diploma thus defaced .

Hoping some of our brethren will take the subject to heart , and suggest a remedy for the disease , Believe me , Tours fraternally , Z .

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MASONIC RESEARCHES .

10 THE EDITOE OE THE EREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —On a visit some few months since to a friend of mine in Paris , I had the opportunity of looking over some portfolios in his library , one contained drawings , engravings , and MSS . all referring to Michael Angelo .

In the MSS . Avas a description of a banquet of a society of which he was a member , and called the Brotherhood of the TroAvel , which met in Eome and Florence , and had festivals on the anniversaries of St . Andrew and St . John .

It seems that this society consisted of the most eminent architects , sculptors , and painters of the period 1540 to 1560 . It had as patrons , Copino de Medici , Cardinal Farnese , Alfonso , Duke of Ferrara . Amongst the artists we find Georgi Vasari , architect and painter ; Giovanni Eusticia painterGuglielmo

, ; , architect ; and many other Italian , French , and Flemish , but no English . I also think that Titian , as well as Zuccheri , were also members , if Titian could be described as of Bologna , he being a Venetian .

The Brotherhood consisted of degrees of members —The Masters , Assistants , and Labourers . The Master Masons , so-called in the text , had a trowel in their hand and a hammer in their girdle ; the assistant had a level and perfect ashlar in their hand , and a trowel in their girdle ; the labourer Avith pails , or

hods of mortar , or pails of water , and the windlass to raise or lower the same , some with the chisel and mallet , others with the rough ashlar . The banquet on an anniversary of St . Andrew seems to be a curious mixture . The pails or hods contained boiled sausage and Eicotta , that is the same as Italian paste soup ; this

represented the lime ; the pails contained wine ; the sand was grated cheese and spices to mix with the soup ; the bricks , tiles , and stones were all represented by eatables . In the centre was a base of a column or pedestal , called iu modern cookery a socle , which was composed

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of meat of various kinds . Next to it was a column , ornamented on the outside from the top to the base by a fillet of tripe ; this being removed , the column was opened , and found to contain fat boiled fowls and other boiled meats ; next the capital , composed of roast fowls , veal , & c , the moulding being made of

tongues , & c . After this came a car , on Avhicli was a portion of an architrave , with the frieze , cornice , & c , all made of sweetmeats and confectionary . When all Avas finished , a shower of scented water fell on the Masons , obliging them to leave their Avork and seek shelter .

This supper convinces me that the society must have some relation to Freemasonry , and more especially as I find that two of its members had been , living with a Niccolo Yespuici , a Knight of Ehodes , who was also a friend of Michael Angelo . Can brother throw liht on this society

any any g , which must have been in a flourishing condition during the extraordinary period of science , arts , literature , religion , and gastronomy ? If it was Freemasonry , might it not have assisted the Eeformation ? Michael Angelo was an intimate friend of Victoria Colonnahe had heard

Savona-; rola , and studied his works ; he had fought in the cause of the Eeformation at the siege of Florence , and was the cause of the restoration of Aldus and his printing press to Eome . None but a Mason iu reading the Avorks of that period would detect the fact of its being Freemasonry . Where was Wren made a

P . M . ? Was it at Eome ? Tours fraternally , A P . M . OE 30 TEAES .

Father Suffield And Freemasonry.

FATHER SUFFIELD AND FREEMASONRY .

TO THE EDITOR OE THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIEEOR . Dear Sir and Brother , —The folloAving additional correspondence to that given in your last issue has taken place in our local papers anent Father Suffield ' s wholesale charge against our beloved Craft . I have some knowledge of Professor Eobinson ' s false

alarm , as will be seen from some of my contributions to your columns a few years ago ; but as I have no means at present of referring to the book , perhaps some brother Avill kindly lend me a copy for a week or two . I remaindear Sir and Brother

, , Tours fraternally , G . M . TWEDDELL . Stokesley , Torkshire , Feb . 10 . Sir—I am grateful to Mr . Markham Tweddell for

, his kind approval of my lecture . In obedience to his desire , I beg to state that he will find proofs that Freemasonry is essentially anti-Christian and anti-Social , if he ' will consult , amongst other authorities , " La Frauc Maconnerie par Gyr" ( price 4 s . 6 d . ) , also " Professor Eobertson ' s Lectures on Modern

History , " or more briefly on "Freemasonry , by Bobertson " ( price Is . ) - These Avorks can be obtained of Burns and Gates , Portman-street , London . He will find in the former information regarding some English lodges ; he will also find Avhy it is that