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be a lofty bell-tower or spire , 100 ft . high , with a lead or zinc roof . It is also proposed to erect a library in the Italian style , 50 ft , long by 28 ft . wide , which will project 50 ft . in front of the college , so as to break the long straight line of building . The estimated cost of the chapel , which will hold upwards of 300 persons , is £ 3500 ; and of the library , £ 2800 .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

CIIIVALHIC AND MASONIC TEMELAES . The title of the Order of English Knight Templars , according to the authority of Grand Conclave , is "The iftoyal , Exalted , ' Religious , aud Military Order of Masonic Kni ghts Templar in England and Wales . " The French Order is a spurious Chivalric body and has no connection whatever , I believe , with Masonry . It is quite unnecessary

that I should disclaim any idea which brother % appears to wish to fasten upon me of making invidious remarks upon an Order in which I have the honour to be a Grand 'Officer , —M . H . SHUTT . LEWOB . TII .

THE SECOND TEMELE . Although a diligent bible student , I have great difficulty in tracing the historical facts connected with the Jews and the rebuilding of the second temple . I want something : iuore than Josephus ' s Works . Can you direct me to any source of information ?—A SOJOURNER . —[ Consult chapters ¦ 4 , 5 , and 6 of a History oftheJeivish Nation after the destruction of Jerusalem under Titus , by the Rev . Alfred Edersheim , I 2 mo . Constable & Co . Edinburgh , 1856 . ]

EEIVATE SOLDIEE CANDIDATES . In your last number I find a note from R . E . X ., headed as above . I beg to call his attention to the Booh of Constitutions clause 8 , page 84 , where he will find the following : — "Nor shall any lodge initiate any military person below the rank of a corporal , except as a serving brother , or by dispensation from the Grand Master or Provincial Grand Master . " This I consider is a little at variance with his statement , perhaps he will be good enough to reconsider the matter , and make known the result . —VEEITAS .

THE OLDEST LODGE MINUTE-BOOK . I think I am entitled to claim for the MS . now before me , the distinguished position of the oldest lodge minutebook in existence . The manner in which I first became acquainted with it was thus;—I was looking over the catalogue of the additional MSS . in the British Museum , searching for some old music , when I saw an entry ,

"Philo-Musica 3 et Architectural Societas ; minute-book of proceedings , 1724-26 . " I presumed it related to some exclusively art society , which I had never heard of , and I accordingly sent for it , when to my surprise and astonishment , it turned out to be the minute-book of a lodge , which had a peculiar formation . I immediately thought it worth while to give some account of it in these columns , as I believe it may

interest many . The volume is a folio , numbered 23 , 202 amongst the additional MSS ., and was " presented by John Henderson , Esq ., of 3 , Montague-street , Russell-square , 6 th December , 1859 . "—It has an emblazoned frontispiece with thirteen coats of arms painted , and they belonged to William Gulston , C . Knevit , W . Jones , E . Squire , C . Cotton , P . Ball , T . MarshallT . ShuttleworthT . HarbinTMurrayA

, , , . , . Corville , and I . Draper : —there are two shields blank , one not appropriated , the other being assigned to Francesco Haverio Geminiani , the Dictator . —The MS . is beautifully written and decorated , and commences with the followingvery curious introduction : — "Geometry , parent of all arts and sciences , very deservedly has been , and is reputed excellent , a great honour to those nations , who have most

encouraged and cultivated it ; not only adding to their reputation and glory , bnt the knowledge and use of many estraor . dinary benefits has by its study been explored . . "Musicand architecture , the happy produce of Geometry , have such affinit y , they justly may be styled twin-sisters , and inseparable ; constituting a perfect harmony by just rules , due proportions , and exact symmetry , without which neither can arrive to any degree of perfection . "A structure formed according to the nice rules of architecture , having all its parts disposed in a perfect and pleasing harmony ,

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surprises the eye at every different view , elates our fancies to sublime thoughts , and imprints on our imaginations vast ideas . "So music in its effect divine charms every sense , transportsou thoughts , and captivates the soul , and buries all misfortunes im harmony . " If harmony gain such an ascendant over our passions to cViarm our senses , let it preside over our actions , and produce in us those social virtues , friendship and loyalty .

" The liberal arts and sciences will ever flourish and improve in a nation where liberty and property are best secured and maintained ; and as now we enjoy a peculiar happiness by living in the auspicious reign of a most gracious king , who is so eminent and remarkable a lover and encourager of them , we are assured an attempt to fix and establish such a mutual society of true lovers of music and architecture ( sciences which have ever been distinguished and held in the greatest veneration b of the hihest rank and

y personages g dignity ) on a foundation which will be permanent , must be esteemed a design happy and noble in its institution , aud truly laudable in itself , and deservedly meet a just and universal applause . "On these motives a society entitled , Philo-Musica ; et Architecture ; Societas . Apollini Georgio Imperante , A . D . MDCCXXIV . " On the eighteenth day of February this society was founded and began at tbe Queen ' s Headnear Temple Barby ustbe eight

, , , underwritten , seven of which did belong to the lodge at the Queen ' s Head , in Hollis-street , and were made Masons there in a just and perfect lodge , viz ., Mr . William Gulston , merchant , and Mr . William Squire , gent ., were made Masons the 15 th December , 1724 , by Mr . Thomas Bradbury , Master of the said lodge ; Coort

Knevit , Esq ., and Mr . William , Jones , gent ., were made Masons the 22 nd December , by his Grace the Duke of Bichmond , Grand Master , who then constituted the lodge , immediately after which , Charles Cotton , Esq ., was made a Mason by the same Grand Master . Mr . Papillon Ball , merchant , and Seigr . Francesco Xaverio Geminiani were made Masons 1 st February , 1724 . Mr . Thomas Marshall , gent ., was made a Mason at tbe George , in Long Acre , some time before . The said Mr . William

Gulston , Coort- Knevit , Esq ., Mr . William Jones , and Mr . Edmund Squire , were regular passed Masters in the beforementioned lodge in Hollis-street , and before wo founded this society a lodge was held , consisting of Masters sufficient for that purpose , in order to pass Charles Cotton , Esq ., Mr . Papillon Ball , and Mr . Thomas Marshall , fellow-crafts , in the performance of which Mr . William Gulston acted as Senior Warden . Immediately after which , viz ., the 18 th day of February , A . D . 172-1 , the said Mr .

William Gulston was chosen . President of the said Society , and to continue in that office to the 24 th day of June , 1725 , who chose Coort Knevit , Esq ., and Mr . William Jones his Censors ; the former for his Senior , and tbe latter for his Junior Censor . At the same time Seignr . Francesco Xaverie Geminianawas chosen sole and perpetual dictator and director of all our musical performances , and all the orders following were first founded and approved of by the eight subscribers , and which are to remain as the fundamental constitution and orders for ever , and not to be altered or amended by any . part or the whole body of this society at any time hereafter : — Willliam Gulston I Chas . Cotton

Coort Knevit Papillon Ball William Jones Thos . Marshall Edmund Squire Francesco X . Geminiana . " After this foflow the fundamental constitution and orders of the society , which I shall reserve to a future paper , and . then condense them into a general view , quoting only such portions as are of Masonic interest . — -MATTHEW COOKE .

Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE , AND ART .

Mr . Horace Marryat , " own brother to Snarley You , " as he facetiously expresses his relationship to Captain Marryat , relates the following anecdote in his Residence in Zetland , the Danislt Isles , and Copenhagen : — "We were talking over the English names , of which so many are to be met with iu Denmark , when a lady ,

who devotes herself to teaching in the poor schools of Copenhagen , told us of the intense interest taken by the school children during the Indian war in the fortunes of Sir ilenry Havelock , our British general . The morning the news of his death arrived she found the whole of her school dissolved in tears , weeping their very hearts out , for they looked upon him as their own countryman—the very Havelock the Dane of the popular ballad—the lapse of nine or ten centuries being nothing to an infant mind . Sir Henry was more grieved over by the children of Denmark , from this early nursery association , than by those of the British Empire . "