Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

GUIDE BOOK FOR THE HIGH GRADES , & C . Some time since there was a movement towards furnishing a Guide-book for the degrees not included in the calendar , bufc , like all other Masonic projects , ifc seems to have died a natural death . To such , however , as think it would be beneficial , our Bro . Leon Hyneman of tho Now York Masonic Mirror , issued the following prospectus ,

which may be worthy of preservation in "Notes and Queries . " Whether the same has yet appeared I know not , but it ought not to sink for want of encouragement , at least so thinks—P . L . A .

Will be pnblisdecl during- the year 1 SG 0 , The World's Masonic Megisler . Published for subscribers only , and confined to members of the Masonic Fraternity in good standing . In this work will be published the complete lists of all the Masonic Lodges in the world , the name , number ancl location of each Lotlge , the times of meeting ' , so far as known , with the name and address of the Master or Secretary , of each Lodge in the United States and Canada . Also , tlie location and time of meeting of every Grand Lodge , Grand

Chapter , Grand Council , Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , and Grand Coimnandery . And location and time of meeting of every Chapter , Council , anil Coimnandery in the United States . The name , profession , and residence of subscribers . Also , the name of the Lodge , Chapter , Council , and Commandery to whicli each one is attached , and the rank and position he has attained in the Order ; will be published in the book . The ivhole of the above will be arranged in alhabetical and numerical orderThe book ivill

p . contain the most perfect , valuable , and extended Masonic Statistics ever published . It will be a complete guide to Freemasons travelling in every part of the world . Also containing a Synopsis of the returns of the various Grand Lodges anil other Masonic Bodies , incidents of interesting Masonic events , the whole of the Ancient Charges , besides much useful ancl important Masonic information fhe book will bo printed on good paper , ancl bound in cloth , in

uniform style . The subscriber promises nothing that he cannot perform , and pledges himself to perform all that lie promises . Brefchren wishing to subscribe for tlie " World's Masonic Register , " must send in their names , legibly written , their business , residence , the name and number of the Lodge , Chapter , Council , kc , of which they are members , and the office they hold in each , with their Masonic titles j all of which will be printed in its appropriate place in the book . Every Freemason ought to subscribe for the " World's Masonic Register . " Leon Hyneman , publisher ( Office of "Masonic Mirror and Keystone , " ) Philadelphia , Pa .

LIST OS LODGE MASTERS . A brother informs mo thafc in a lodge in tho south of England there is a slab of marble inscribed with the names of all ifcs W . M . ' s ., and the dates when they held that office appended . What lodge is ifc , and are there any others thafc adopt such an excellent plan ?—X . Y . Z . CURIOUS JEWELS .

I scud you a description of an old jewel I have . JNbbody j hero seems to know what it belongs to , while everybody agrees that it is Masonic . Can you fell mo what degree it refers to ?—* * * * * * L * * * * * . —[ The description is so obscure , ifc is impossible to understand what our correspondent means ; and , as he covers three sides of paper with it , no easy task to decipher . Send the jewel , or a cast of it . ]

ENCAMPMENTS AND HIOV . G . COMMANDERS . How many Encampments and Prov . G . Commanders arc there in England , holding under the G . Conclave of K . T . ?—ISIOVICE . —[ There arc 50 Encampments , and 17 Prov . G . Commanders in England , for 1800 . ] OLD PAIX TING . At p . 173 , Vol . v ., of THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE , attention

was called to a Masonic j > orfcraifc , exposed for sale iu Ship Yard , Fleet Street ; did ifc ever meet with attention from any of the brethren , or ivas it known who ifc represented ?—E . C . L .

KNIGHTS OE THE REN 01 ATI 0 X . Sometimes wc find ourselves in strange company . Such is my case just now . A friend has pointed out to me a book by Pro . Seippel , in which the latter is designated "M . W . S . of the Chapter of Kni g hts of the Ecnovation ! " What renovation , when or where renovated , and who were so treated ?—G . A .

KNIGHTS OP MALTA , AND IHE RED CROSS . When I was installed a K . T . I did nofc receive cither of tho degrees of the Knights of the Ecd Cross , or Knights of Malta . In somo Encampments , I am told , they confer both , as well as that of St . John of Jerusalem . Am I eligible for either ?—PERU DU BERTRAND .

COUNCIL OF THE TRINITY . Is there a council of tho Trinity in England ; * if so , where , and when does it meet , and who can attend it ?—E . G . T . SECRET MONITOR . Who are the Secret Monitors beyond a man ' s own conscience?—* *—[ This is what the Americans term a , " side degree . " Ifc is an invention for the purpose of

exclusive dealing , so that if one of these Secret Monitors is present ivhen a bargain is being struck , he can communicate advice as to its being completed or rejected . We have no Secret Monitors bore except that which , our correspondent properly observes , is always ready to teach us to do to others , as iVe would be done by . ]

OLD LODGES . Wanted to know , where the lodges mentioned below wci-e held , and what has become of their records . The Durnoverian Lodge , the Lodge of Moral Eeformation , the Well Disposed Lodge , and the Fraternal Lodge . —E . KING . QUOTATION VERIFIED . I am anxious to discover where the following is to be

found . " When order shall produce confusion , when harmony shall give rise to discord , and proportion shall bo the source of irregularity , then , and not till then , will Freemasonry bo unworthy the patronage of the great , tho wise , and good . "—ELTHAM . —[ It is an extract from a charge delivered in St . George ' s Lodge , Taunton , on Sfc . John ' s Day , 1765 , by the W . Bro . John Whitmash , on his resigning the chair , and is printed in Wellins Calcofcfc ' s " Candid . Disquisition . " Svo ., London , 1769 , page 14-5 . ]

BRO . THE REV . MR . CHALMERS . Who was the Eev . Henry Chalmers , P . M . of the Lodge of Perfect Friendship , at Chelmsford , and what preferments did he hold ?—DIACOXUS . ICXIGIIT OP THE LILIES OF THE VALLEY . To what does this French degree allude ; and are there any Knights of the Lilies of the Valley now ?—P . A . P .

PARTICULARS OF SEVERAL BRETHREN WANTED . Among the subscribers to the Eev . Jcthro Inwood ' s" Sermons , " published in 1799 , occur the following names of brethren : —James Aspean , W . M ., and Father of ' St . Peter ' s Lodge , Walworth ; George Downing Esq .,, P . G . M ., Essex ; Matfchciv Garland , W . M ., and Father of tho Perfect Loclge , P . G . O . * for Kent ; George Masters , W . M . and Father ' of Jacob ' s LodgCjEamsgate ; ancl Clement Taylor , Esq ., D . P . G . M ., Kent . What moro is known of any or all of them ?—A MASOX OF KEXT .

RELIGIOUS BEGEBENIIEITEN . Eobison , in his " Proofs of a Conspiracy , " states ho was much induced to pursue his work from reading a book called "Eeli gious Begebenheiten ; or , Religious Occurrences , " in which there was an account of the various schisms in the Fraternity of Freemasons . Now this title is neither pure English nor German , so I shall be obliged to any one

thafc will give mc the name of tho author , and the real designation of his book ?—II . B . ENTERED APPRENTICE CHARGE . When did the custom arise of printing the charge to an Entered Apprentice ?—TITOCKAI ' IIIA . —[ It first appeared in 1709 , and was dedicated to the Hon . Charles Dillon . ] PHILOSOPHIC LODGE .

What is a Philosophic Loclge , and are they common ?—X . V . Q . LESLIE ' S MUSICAL MASON . Several announcements were made about tho beginning of tho present centuiy , that Bro . Leslie ivould issue a work entitled " The Musical Mason . " Has any brother ever seen it ? —SEMIQUAVER .