Masonic Notes And Queries.

last will and testament of his paternal uncle , John Pudsey ( formerly John Aston ) , late of Seisdon aforesaid , Esquire , deceased , take and henceforth use , the surname of Pudsey , in addition to , and after that of Aston , and that he and they may hear the arms of Pudsey , such arms being first duly exemplified according to the Laws of Arms , and recorded in the Herald ' s Office , otherwise the said Royal license and permission to he void ancl of none effect ; and also to command that the said Eoyal concession and declaration he recorded in Her Majesty's College of Arms . "

Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE , AND ART .

We ( Daily News ) are informed that Mr . Charles Wycliffe Goodwin , late fellow of St . Catherine's Hall , Cambridge , has undertaken the editorship of the Literary Gazette . Mr . Goodwin is well known to the puhlic as one of the authors of " Essays and Reviews , " to which he contributed the sixth article in the series , namely , that on the Mosaic Cosmogony .

Goldsmith ' s statue , hy Mr . Foley , will be ready in about three months . Mr . AV . C . Kyle , the hon . Secretary , states in a letter to Mr . AVhiteside that £ 1100 will pay for it , and cover all other expenses . The sculptor has contributed £ 100 , by reducing his charge from £ 1000 to £ 900 . An order hasheen issued by the Turkish Government ,

according to which all the libraries connected with the mosques and other religious institutions are to be revised and systematically catalogued . Much of interest may he expected should this order he carried out by able hands . There are about fifty libraries at Constantinople , all founded during the most glorious period of the Turkish empire ; these conceal manuscripts by the

hundred thousand , gathered and heaped up there by the Ottoman sovereigns from Asia , and embracing the mediaeval science of the whole Islamitic Orient . These treasures have never been properly appreciated nor their value recognised ; it may he justly conjectured that many a monument of Mussulman culture has perished a prey to the moths . Many Greek and Latin codices

are to be found among the books . " Mr . Mart Lemon about London" continues to attract very numerous audiences , and the first and second parts have been considerably increased in interest by being now compressed into one lecture , and liberally interspersed with lighter anecdotal

matter . " About London" is now delivered every Monday and Friday , and "About Westminster" every Wednesday and Saturday , with all the beautiful and original illustrations . We ( London Review ) have received a prospectus announcing the projected publication of a new journal , on a plan which will be novel in the present day , although it is an extension of the

old system of " news-letters , " which once circulated in various parts of the country . The paper is to he called the London Correspondent , and every article in it will be written in the form of a letter , similar to the letters of " London Correspondents" in provincial jfpapers , only that these will embrace almost every topic ) and he written by men of established reputation . The

idea is a promising one , and Mr . Cotman Boroughs , the editor , is competent to carry it out with success . The new journal will be looked for with some little curiosity by the public . An arrangement has been concluded between Her Majesty ' s Commissioners and Mr . Robert Hunt , by which that gentleman binds himself to produce hy the 1 st of May , a Synopsis

of the Contents of the International Exhibition , and to publish by the 1 st of June a' Handbook , which shall be descriptive of every class of the industrial department . It will be remembered that Mr . Robert Hunt produced similar works in 1851 , which were found to he exceedingly useful .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

The Editor is not responsible for the opmions expressed by Correspondents . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASOXIC MIRROR . DEAH SIR AND BROTHER . —In your MAGAZINE of Saturday last I enquired whether a P . G . M . had power ta appoint Master Masons who were not Masters or P . M ' s , of lodges , or Wardens or Past Wardens , to Provincial .

Grand Lodge appointments , but tbe reply was scarcelyto the point . In the edition of the Booh of Constitutions published in 1861 , page 52 , it is laid down that " The actual and Past Provincial Grand Officers , whilst they remain subscribing members to a lodge in the province , ivith tbe actual Provincial Grand Stewards and the Masters , Past Mastersand Wardens of all lodges

, Avitbin the province , are members of the Provincial Grand Lodge , and the Masters and Wardens shall attend the same when duly summoned . " The construction to be put upon this regulation , must , as it appears to me , exclude all Masons who do not or have not held one of the above offices , from being members of the Provincial Grand Lodge , and consequently from

Provincial Grand Lodge appointments . The rule , like manyothers in the Boole of Constitutions , is loosely drawn out I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , Feb . 19 th , 1862 . A BROTHER .

The Channel Islands

THE CHANNEL ISLANDS

TO THE EDTIOK OE THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIORRH . , DEAR SIR AND BROTHER . —Some months ago you commenced a series of reviews of the proceedings of ProA'incial Grand Lodges , and commented freely on the manner in which they Avore conducted , no doubt to their benefit . In these islands we seem to be almost beyond your ken , and nothing is knoAvn of our doings , except through the reports of individual members of the Craftwhowhere

, , there is not that union and harmony which ought to characterize it , of course make such representations as aredictated by their own ideas , and thus in your columnsmay be found accounts of various lodges , containing very different opinions on occurrences amongst us . To give an instance : —If you turn to page 395 in your number of . November 16 , 1861 , ou which is a report of a meeting of

Lodge La Cesaree , you will find that one higb in authority here is spoken of in very depreciatory terms . Look , again at a report of tbe Royal Alfred Lodge on pages 76 and 77 of the number for January 25 th ; a lodge recently formed , and Avhose members being in great part very young Masons , can hardly be depended upon for judgment , authority , and experience . Forming an estimate from this , Avithout a perusal of the previous observations , you may suppose that tbe same individual

stands pre-eminent as a model Masonic officer , and as entitled to the highest respect and esteem . These matters depend on the influences which . are brought to bear in each case , but tbe conflicting sentiments ought topoint out to an impartial observer , that there is something Avrong , either in tbe constitutions by which we are governed , or in tbe manner in which those constitutions

are interpreted and carried out . Allow me to enter a little into particulars . In thistown ( St . Holier , Jersey ) , with a population of 30 , 000 , we had until recently five lodges under English , and one under Irish warrants , a proportion far greater than is usual in England . Provincial Grand Lodge ought , according to tbe by-laws , to meet twice in each year . The lodges are

on the whole very fairly worked and well conducted , one of them making use of the French language , which is spoken by almost every one here , and as we are so near to France , this is often a great convenience to brethren from the opposite shores . This being a sea-port , a considerable number of the members of the lodges rarely attend , owing to their absence on voyages , and this of course much affects the regular meetings . There is no very great sympathy or union between the various lodges , nor do they take any very great interest in the