Masonic Facts.

Mr . Scott is of opinion that the outlay upon the Abbey during the first fifteen years of the work , would , if translated into our money value , considerably exceed £ 500 , 000 . There are many Eolls of Expenses of the Abbey in existence , interesting extracts from Avhich will he giA'en iii due courserelating to the Master Masonstheir

, , wages , & c . Previously to the commencement of the works , Henry III . is said to have had consultations with many Master Masons , " convocati sunt artifices Eranci et Angli . "—T . Walsinaham , x . Script .

104 . The foundation-stone of the beautiful Abbey of St . Mary , York , was laid by the King in 1088 , but the church Avas destroyed by fire in 1137 . In 1270 , the Abbot Simon de Warwick undertook to build a new church , and sitting in his chair , troAvel in hand , the Avhole Convent standing about him , he laid the first stone , and hved to see the work

completed in tAventy-two years . —Grainc / e ' s Yorkshire Alleys , p . 120 . ( Eigs . 25 , 26 . ) ( To he continued- ) ' '" ¦

ST . MAEA"S ATIB 13 A' , YORK .

. „ .,.. * . * .,,,,., llyr ... -, * - .,. ,.,,... ........ ...... -.... FIG . 25 . —Inside of AVall of North Aisle of Kayo , A . D . 1270 .

KG . 20 . —Vestibule of Chapter-bouse , A . D . 1033 .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

SOUTH SAXON LODGE , SO . 396 . By tho Calendar the South Saxon Lodgo ( No . 396 ) is stated to moot at the Freemasons Hall , Lewes , Sussex . Will some one inform me ivkore that hall is situated , or if it is a portion of the gateway of Lewes Castle as stated in an old memoranda to this effect : — " within this southern gateway is a fliht of steps leading to a room

g over the arch , Avhich has for some time been occupied as a lodgo for the Freemasons . This apartment has been recently fitted up with a splendour befitting the Elcusinian occupations of the Masonic body . "—If tho lodge does not meet there now , how long since lias it been discontinued as a lodge room ?—P . II . B .

THE AMERICAN SECEDEKS . "Who were the principal men who seceeded from Masonry in America , published their disclosures , and what rank did thoy hold in the order ? ANGLO SAXON . —[ The names attached to one of the "Reports of Seceding Masons" were "Henry Dana " Ware ! , Master Mason , American Union Lodge No . l , "Marietta , Ohio . Delegate

from New York . " ( This man is stated to have been a dissenting parson ) . " Lebbens Armstrong , Grand Elect , Perfect and Sublime Mason , North Star Lodge " So . 162 ; Sacondaga Boyal Arch Chapter ; Lodge of Perfection held by the Grand Princes of Jerusalem , in Mayfield , Montgomery county . Delegate from NOAV York . " " Moses Thacker * Eoyal Arch Alason , 8 b . John's Lodge

" No . 2 , and Providence Boyal Arch Chapter , Providence , Bhode Island . Delegate from Massachusetts . " "Aimer Morse , Master Mason , Delgate from New Jersey . " " Ezra Slifer , Eoyal Arch . Mason ; Delgate from Maryland . " " Calvin Barber , Mark Master Mason ; Delegate from Connecticut . " "David Bernard , Grand Elect , Perfect and Sublime Mason . Delegate from N " ew York . " ( This

is tho author of an infamous book entitled Light upon Masonry . ) " Martin Mint , Master Mason , Delegate from Vermont . " " Noble D . Strong , Eoyal Arch Mason , King Davids' Eoyal Arch Chapter , Auburn , New York . Delegate from Connecticut . " " Pliny Merrick , Eoyal Arch Mason . Delegate from Massachusetts . " " Herbert A . Eead , Knight Templar , Knight of the Council of the

Trinity , Grand Elect , Perfect and Sublime Mason . Delegate from New York . " We should like to know what became of the above worthies ?] FREDERICK THE GREAT AND THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE . I am one of those Avho don't believe Frederick the Great had anything to do with it . Some very few words

Avill show the origin of several degrees . Chevalier Eamasy invented the Kadosh in 1743 . The Eite Eccossais is derived from La mere loge de S . Jean d'Ecosse , instituted at Marseilles , in 175 L In 1758 , the first Council of Emperors of tho East and West , and Sovereign Princes , was formed at Paris , and numbered amongst its founders Lacorne , a dancing master , and Pirlet , a tailor . These

sovereigns sent Stephen Morin , a Jew , their warrant dated Aug . 27 , 1761 , and he planted it in the West Indies , and at a council held at Kingston , Jamaica , gave the same power to one H . A . Eranken . He , by patent dated 6 th Dec . 1778 , gavoit to Moses Michael Hayes , a Jew , afterwards Grand Master of Massachusetts , and Hayes gave it to Spitzer of Charleston , from Avhence , so they say , the English 33 ° derives its power . —A . O . P .

THE 3 IASONIC DINNER , AT HIGHBURY BARS" IN 1808 . Is there any plate representing the dinner of Ancient Freemasons Avhich took place at Highbury Barn in 1808 ? Nelson ' s History of St . Mary , Islington , states , "the Society having been in procession to Islington church in their Masonic dresses , to the number of 12 or 1400 , attended with several bands of music & cand about 500

, , of them dined at Highbury Tavern ; the lodge of Jews Avere entertained at the Pied Bull , after- their own manner , and the remainder Avere distributed among the other public houses in the village . A similar procession and feasting were repeated here on the 25 th of June , 1810 . " What was the reason of these two meetings . — CANONBURY .

LATIN 170 R 3 I OE AGREEMENT . Dear Bro . Woodford asks ( MAGAZINE , p . 48 ) whether I know anything of a Latin form of agreement made use of by representatives from various lodges at Cologne , in 1535 , and signed , among others , by Ph . Melancthon . Yes , I know tho so-called Charter of Cologne , in 1816 found in Holland . It is one of the many falsified and