Masonic Notes And Queries.

ANTJIENT MASOXS . It is not known when tho first ancient York Lodge was founded in Philadelphia on account of the loss of archives during the revolutionary war , but in the year 17 G 1 , William Ball , of Philadelphia , obtained from the Royal York Grand Lodge in London , a charter for a Prov . Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania . The Prov . Grand Lodge of the modern Masons was

of older date , ranking from 1732 . The Royal York Grand Lodge was in 1809 No . 1 on the Pennsylvanian Royal York register , and No . 89 on the register of the Eoyal York Grand Lodge in London , " vol . iii ., letter 0 , " and bearing date July 14 th , 1761 . At the end of the year 1810 , the Eoyal York Grand Lodge had under it one hundred and thirty-one Lodges in several of the states of the union , in the West Indies , and in Florida . The first Prov , Grand Master was William Ball . The Grand Master , in 1810 , was James Milner , with the title of B . W . The hall , already described in the Freemasons' Magazine , belonged to the Royal York Masons , —SCIUBA , 857 .

ANTITONY SAYER . It is but due to Anthony Sayer , who had such a material part in restoring the Order in 1717 , that some memorial of his labour should he preserved . Are any particulars of Anthony Sayer known ?—LODGE 39 . TRESPASS ON A LODGE . On the 16 th Feb . 1768 a trial took lace before Lord Mansfieldin

, , p , Westminster-hall , about a quarrel that had happened on a stranger attempting to get into a Lodge of Freemasons . What is the name of the case , and where are there any further particulars ? Something will very likely be found in the journals of the time , say 17 th and 18 th Feb ., 17 OS . It is very probable that the names of some brethren of the day will be . there recorded , and the name of the Lodge . —HYDE CLARKE .

E . A . SONG . —MATTHEW BIRKHEAD . Pro . Matthew Birkhcad is supposed to have written the E . A . Song about 1720 ( Freemasons' Magazine , vol . iv ., page 870 ) . This song was printed in 1723 , in the Constitutions . Now Bro . Birkhcad was a member of what is now No . 6 , and a Blue Apron Lodge , the Lodge of Friendship . He must have belonged to some Lodge before this , as it was only founded in 1721 . it would be interesting to learn whether there arc books of No , 0 which describe his Masonic career . —P . D . G . M .

raOVIA'CML GEA 3 JD LODGE , WARWICKSHIRE , In 1794 , Bro . B . S . Heaton was P . G . S . W . ; Bro . C . Downs , P . G . J . W . ; Bro . Parker , P . G . Treas ., and Bro . Sketchley , P . G . Sec , WM . MEYRIOK . Wm . Mcyrick , afterwards presiding officer of the Metropolitan Pose Croix Chapter , was in 1784 J . G . W . of England .

EMPEROR OF GERMANY . On the 25 th , Nov ., 1731 , the Duke of Lorraine visited the Koyal Society . Hail he then been already initiated into the Craft ? According to one account , the Emperor was initiated by the Earl of Chesterfield , at the Hague , in 1731 , and according to another , in London ,