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of that event . Certain fees are payable for this leave , which is rarely , if ever , withheld , and every member of the lodge , at tho time the leave is granted , is entitled to provide himself ivith a medal of the approved pattern , at his own proper expense , and to wear the same at all times . The Grand Lodge has nothing whatever to do with the matter . ]

BRO . PRESTON AND THE LODGE OP ANTIQUITY . AVhat was the difference that caused Bro . Preston to leave the Lodge of Antiquity ? No one that I havo met seems to know so I hope that some of your readers will be able to satisfy , —AN INQUIRER .

LODGE OP PERFECTION . AVhat is the meaning of a Lodge of Perfection ; is it but a title , or name , that tho members have given it , or is it a title given by the Grand Lodge , as a mark of distinciion for perfection in working ; ancl why is their jurisdiction so extensive?—AVALTER Joss , J . D . 15 , Montrose , Kilwinning . — [ The Grand Lodge has nothing to do with Lodges of Perfection . They are under the SS . GG . II . SS . G ., aud is in the 14 ° in the Ancient and Accepted Rite . ]

THE DOORS OP TUB TEMPLE . Were the doors of the Temple situated due East , AVest , and South , and why ?— -WALTER Joss , J . D . 15 , Montrose , Kilwinning . SERMON AGAINST MASONRY . In the last century some one published a violent sermon against Masonry , This was answered by the following

persons : —John Jackson issued "An Answer to a certain Pamipliet lately published under the solemn Title of a Sermon ; or , Masonry the Way to Hell . Svo . London , 1768 . " John Thomson also replied in "Remarks on a Sermon , lately published , entitled , 'Masonry the Way to Hell , ' being a Defence of that ancient and honourable Order against the Jesuitical Sophistry and fake Calumny of the Author . Svo . London , 1768 . "

Another advocate in favour of the Craft published "Masonry , the Turnpike Road to Happiness in this Life , and Eternal Happiness hereafter . Svo . London , 1768 . " It would seem the orig inal was reprinted four years after , for there appeared , in 1772 , "Masonry a Way to Hell ; a Sermon on Bev . xvii . 5 . " The questions I would ask about the above are : —Is it known who was the author of the sermon that gave rise to the

controversy ? I have searched Cooke ' s Preacher ' s Assistant , and Darling ' s Cyclopaedia , without obtaining any clue . —• Secondly , I should like to know who John Jackson and John Thomson were . —Thirdly , the author of the exact contrary production ; and lastly , was the 1772 sermon a reprint of the 1768 attack ? Perhaps it would bo only right to state that I have not seen any of the above , but met with tho titles as given . —M . O .

MASONIC MONUMENT OP LODGE LA CESAREE . Some time since an inquiry was made in your columns for a design for a Masonic tombstone , and 1 now send you that erected here , alluded to in one of my former communications . — H . II — References . —A , tessellated border ,

7 in . wide , in black andwkitc stone , with a white cube of 7 in . at each corner , the ] whole surrounded by granite border , Sin . wide . B , a cubical block of granite , 3 ft . each way . 0 , a cylindricalblock of granite , 2 ft . 6 in . in diameter , and 1 ft .

high . , D , „ a triangular block of Caen stone , 4 ft . high , besides the triangular termination at the top . On one of tho trianglesat the top is engraved the All-seeing eye ; on the second , the double triangle ; and on the third , tho triple tan . On

the three sides of the triangular upright stone are inscriptions to the memory of tho brethren interred beneath , the Master Masons being on tbo side surrounded by the eye , and Arch Masons on ' tho other two sides . On the cylindrical block towards the east are the five points . Around it , from south-east to south-west is inscribed , "A Ia Gloirc du Grand Architccte do l'Univors , " and from north-east to

north-west , " Loge la Cesaree . " On the eastern side of tho cube is inscribed the square ; on the south , the plumb-rule ;

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on the west ; the level the north side being left blank . It is presumed that every Ereemason will readily understand the forms of the component parts of the monument , the meanings and appropriateness of the emblems , and the allusions they bear . LODGE NO . 11 , 1735 . In an old Freemasons' Calendar of 17 S 8 we find No . 11

, omitted from the list of lodges then in existence ; and being referred to the next page , we find that No . 11 had formerly met at the King ' s Arms , Wandsworth , but had been erased from the books of the Grand Lodge , for not conforming to the laws of the society . I do not know whether this is the same lodge your correspondent refers to , as having met at the Queen ' s Head in Knaves' Acre . The second query is

more easilyanswered , as Mr . Stow , in his Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster , published in 1720 says "Knaves ' Acre , or Poultney-street , falls into Brewer-street , by Windmill-street end , and so runs westward as far as Marybonestreet , and AVarwick-streefc end , ancl crossing the same and Swallow-street falls into Glasshouse-street , which leadeth unto the fields on the back side of Burlington Garden , and thence to Albormarle Buildings . This Knaves' Acre is but narrow , and chiefly inhabited by those who deal in old goods ancl glass bottles . "—E . M . HAYLEY .

HIGH TWELVE AND LOW TWELVE . What is High Twelve ? Some Masons use the expression for " tho noon of night , " ivhich I call Low Twelve . Is it not High Twelve " when the sun is at its meridian ? " Am I right or wrong in my interpretation ; for as Masons we ought at least to understand the phraseology we choose to adopt , BROTHER PETER .

Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE , AND ART .

An adventurous Yankee , J . H . Yan Evrie , M . D . ( who is most likely descended from somo cold-blooded Dutch boor ) , has just insulted common sense and common decency by publishing , at New York , a book , entitled " Negroes and Negro ' Slavery .- ' the first , an inferior Pace , [ the latter , its Normal Condition . " Dr . Van Evrie ivithout advancing a single original idea , maintains that the Negro

is not of the same human species as the white man , and even regards the sensitiveness of the Negro back as being specially adapted by Providence for tbe planter ' s lash ! And yet the writer has the audacity to call himself a Christian , ancl ( as Sbakspere says of the devil ) can quote Scripture for bis purpose . Dr . Van Evrie , however , is evidently not of tbe sublime religion taught by St . Paul , on

Mars' Hill , at Athens ; for he repudiates the doctrine that God 'bath made of one blood all nations of men , for to dwell on all the face of the earth , " ancl terms it " an imposture the most disgusting , the most impious , most irrational , and yet , strange indeed , the

most extensive and powerful ; that has ever stultified the reason , or perverted the moral instincts of the race . " Such is the philosophy , morality , and religion of tbe friends of Negro slavery . Examinations for matriculation , ancl for the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science , are to be held in the hall of Owen ' s College , Manchester , in July , by authority of the Senate of

University College , London . A Northumbrian sportsman , iu the Newcastle Daily Chronicle , offers to " shoot any man in England ! " We hope he will respect " the gentlemen of the press . " We shall feel a great deal safer if lie does . The second of the Tracts for Priests and People is by the Eev .

I \ D . Maurice , and will bo out in a few clays . It is to be entitled The Mole and the Learn : a Clergyman ' s Lessons from the Present Panic . The first of the series , by Mr . Thomas Hughes , author of Tom Brown ' s School Lays , has been well received . In his recent book- on the Development [ of Christian Art in Italy Mr . W . Sebastian Okely , M . A . remarks : — " As the principle of Gothic lias not yet been completely carried out , and as in England this is the style most generally adopted , something should be