Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

I' . AIUIUEL OX FREEMASOXIIY . I SEJ 5 in Laurie ' s neiv edition of the History of Masonry , thc work of the Abbe Barruel frequently mentioned , and I should very much like to read it , but I believe it is in French , a language with which I am , unhappily , not acquainted . Has it ever been translated ?—TIA ' EKTOX . —[ Yes , by the Hon . Rob . Clifford , and published in . 1 vols . 8 i'o ., Lond ., 1798 , under thc title of The Memoirs of Jacobinism in . France . ' }

ESTABLISHMENT OE TIIE ROYAL AIIC 1 I . I have long wished to knoiv when thc Eoyal Arch degree came into use ; perhaps some of your readers will favour me with a reply?— C . C . J . — [ Tlie ltoyal Arch was first worked by the Ancient Masons in 1710 , and by the modems in 1782 , in the latter year it was adopted by Bro . Thomas Duukerlcy , ivho was deservedly held in great repute , and from whose time ifc has steadily , but slowl y progressed ] .

EXOOJIIllJXK'A'l-IOX OF FRHUJIAKOXS . Being in company with a learned llomanist , I ivas told that no longer ago than in the year 1851 , a Koman Catholic archbishop in Ireland had publicly excommunicated every individual Irishman knoivn to be a member of the Masonic body . Is this so ; and , if so , who ivas the prelate in question ?—A CATIIOI . ICMASOX . —[ Our correspondent will see AVC havo altered one or two of the

terms in his communication , in order to elicit the information . desired . ] lMCTURKS OF CUfAND JIASTEJIK . There are two full length portraits of former Grand Masters , both noblemen , in Freemasons' Hall , London , which were painted by the Rev . Bro . AVilliam Peters , E . A ., Grand Portrait Painter , about 1785 . AAliose portraits are they?—TERRA VERT .

GEOMETRICAL MASONIC FLOORCLOTH . Bro . James Pitt , of Manchester , presented to his Lodge a floorcloth of geometrical device which had taken him eleven years to paint . _ This ivas about the year 1851 . Has any pictorial representation of thc same ever been made ?—Bito . SCOTT .

UNIFORMITY OF IVOU K IXC ,. As I see in other parts of the Magazine thc question of uniformity of working is being ventilated , some being for Peter Gilkes , others for Peter Thomson , whilst the juniors are crying up Wilson , Muggeridge , and a host of others , please tell me Avhere I shall find an account of who Peter Thomson was?—No FRIEND -ro QUACKERY IN MASONRY . [ The very best account

of Bro . Peter Thomson ivith which ive are acquainted is that of the President of the Board of General , Purposes , Bro . Havers , who brought the subject of Bro . Thomson ' s decease before Grand Lodge in 1851 . The date of Bro . Havers ' s masterly address is March Oth , of that year . No doubt it appeared in the Freemasons' Quarterly of the 3 'ear in question , but not having a copy at hand ive are unable to speak positively on the point . ]

TIIE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA AXD FREEMASONRY . AAliat is the relation bctAvcen the Governor General of India and the Masonic boity?—Ax OLT > INDIAN " . —[ The Governor General of India , as the representative of the sovereign of Great Britain , is patron of the Masonic fraternity in India . ] MASONIC PERIODICALS . In reply to the brother inquiring for the titles of foreign or

colonial periodicals , I beg to state that a paper with the title of The Masonic Signet , was published at St . Louis , U . S ., but whether it has been continued or not to the present time I cannot undertake to say . —J . E . A . T .

LODGE LECTURES REVISED . AVhen were thc Lodge lectures revised for the first time , and by whom ?—GXIPIIO . —[ The first revision is said to have taken place about 1730 , and to have been the work of Martin Clare . ] MASONIC PERIODICALS . In France there are several Masonic journals , of one called Le Franc-Macon I have a few copies ofthe 3 'ear 1853 . —NODIEI :.

, THE LATE Sill WILLIAM MOLESAA'ORTII , KA 11 T . AA ' as the late Sir AVilliam Molcsu-orth , formerly M . P . for Southwark-, one of Her Majesty ' s Secretaries of State ( Colonial ) , and editor of an edition of If obbes , a Mason ? Some Cornish brethren intimated that they believed he was , but they were but young Masons , and did not know for certain . —CAMIJO . —[ See the Freemasons' Monl . li . ly Magazine for March , 1850 , p . 2 : 50 , ivhcre there is an obituary notice of thc late Bro . Sir AVilliam Molesworth ,

who was a P . Prov . Grand Officer for Cornwall , and a member of the " One and all Lodge , " No . 413 , Bodmin . ] RELIC OF THE J ? RETENDER . Before the system of "Masonic Notes and Queries , " I had made a collection of cuttings from newspapers , pamphlets , & c , & c , on Masonry ; these , hoivever , having been but loosely preserved ,

have fallen aivay in number , still , such as I have are at 3 'our service , and I send j-ou one as a specimen . " Count du Hamcl , prefect of this department , has just found an authentic copy in parchment of a charter emanating from Charles Edward , the pretender , and bearing date the 15 th of February , 1745 , establishing at Arras a Sovereign , Primatial , and Metropolitan Chapter of Ilosicrnciaii Freemasons . The count has presented the document to the

general archives of the department . It declares that ' Charles Edward , king-pretender of England , France , Scotland , and Ireland , ' wishing to testify his gratitude to the Artesian Masons of Arras for the numerous marks of kindness which they , iu conjunction ivith thc officers of the garrison of Arras had shewn him during a residence of six months Avhich he had made in that toivn , has thought fit to create the said Chapter of Freemasons , under

the distinctive title of Jacobite—Scotland , to be governed by the Kni ghts Lagncau anel Robespierre , advocates ; Hazard and his tivo sons , physicians ; Luce ! , upholsterer ; and Cellier , clock maker , giving them authority not only to make knights , but even to create a Chapter in whatever town they may think fit . Thc document is signed 'Charles Edward Stewart , ' aud countersigned " Lord Dcbcrkelcy , Secretary . " The Robespierre mentioned in

the charter ivas grandfather of the infamous member ofthe Committee of Public Safety during the reign of terror . " ALF . JE .. . R . —[ We are obliged , to our correspondent , whose future favours will be very acceptable . Thc extract scut is a cutting from the neiv scries of the Freemasons' Quarterly , in ivhich it professes to have been taken from thc Counter da Pas de . Calais . ' ] MARTINEZ PA SCIIA US .

I At p . 208 of the present vol . of the Freemasons ' Magazine there : is an answer attributing the rite of Elected Cohens to be "the French invention of ono Martinez Paschalis . " Thinking every scrap of information may be useful , and remembering that Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton had introduced the name in his Zanoni , I send the following extract from one of the notes to that work . Sir Edward says : —

. "Of Martinez Paschalis little is known , - even tho country to which , ho belonged is matter of conjecture . Equally so tho rites , ceremonies , anel nature of the cabalistic order he established . St . Martin ivas a disciple of the school , and that , at least , is in its favour ; for , in spite of his mysticism , no man more beneficent , generous , pure and virtuous than St . Martin , adorned the last century . Above alf , no man more distinguished himself from the herd of sceptical philosophers by the gallantry

and the fervour ivith Avliich he eombattcd materialism and vindicated the necessity of faith amidst a chaos of unbelief . It may also be observed that Cazotte , whatever else he learned of the brotherhood of Martinez , learned nothing that diminished the excellence of his life and the sincerity of his religion . At once gentle and bravo , lie never ceased to oppose the excesses of the revolution . To the last , unlike the liberals of his time , he was a devout and sincere Christian . Before his execution ho demanded a pen and paper to write these words : — 'Ma femme , mes

enfiins , ne me pleurez pas , ne m ' oubliez pas , niais souvenez vous surtout cle ne jamais offenser Dion . '" May I ask a question in turn , Is the gifted author of Zanoni a brother Mason ?—A . B . C .

GEAND STEWARDS . AVill you tell me what Lodges arc permitted to send the Grand Stewards for the grand festival , and why that distinction is allowed to them onl y ?—BLUE APRON . MASONIC CONFECTIONERY . AVhat work is it that tells us it was usual in the last century to

produce the working tools in sugar ?—P ATTY-PAX . —[ AA e presume Kloss's Gescldchte der Freimaurerci in Frankreich , is intended , in ivhich we are told that some of the old French newspapers , recording a Masonic festival , held at Lunevillc , on thc 1 . 2 th of Feb ., 1738 , it is stated , "The company were arrayed in white satin , but no aprons were ivorn ( an interdict having come down from the court ) , and no trowels , compassesor other Masonic

, insignia in confectionery were permitted to be served at flic dessert . ] THE DUKE OF KENT . AVe often hear her Majesty the Queen spoken of as the daughter of a Mason . AVhat was the Masonic rank of the Duke of Kent ? —rlRfuiwi . —[ His Eoyal Highness was M . AV . G-. M . ]