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many astray , and Grand Lodge should at once commence an expurgation of the dormant bodies . The dormant Lodges coming under my immediate notice arc Nos . 509 , Cumberland , Harmon } - , Amherst , Nova Scotia ( not working for fifteen years or more ) ; No . 9 : 12 , Queen ' s Lodge , Queen ' s County , New Brunswick ( never opened ); No . 570 , Albion Chapter , St . John . New Brunswick ( never opened ) : besides these Lodges , I . notice , in a communication in the
Freemasons Magazine , that Lodge No . ( II , Howard ol Brotherly Love , Arundel , having a Chapter attached , has not made a return for twenty-one years or over . I have no doubt , if brethren from tho several counties in England would send a list of their non-working Lodges to you for publication , such a formidable array would be exhibited as would cause the heads of the institution to order the warrants of such as are in arrears , either
to be returned , or payment of back dues made . This would cause such a shaking among the dry bones , that out of nearly eleven hundred Lodges under England , so many would be struck off the roll as to astonish the readers of the Calendar . Hoping this communication may have the effect of arousing the apathy of the Grand Lodge officials , I remain , yours fraternally , RonEiiT STUBS , P . Prov . G-. Sec , and "WM .. No . 301 , Irish , Register . St . John . N . B ,. Aug . 1 st , 1859 .
The Story Of Chichester Cross.
THE STORY OF CHICHESTER CROSS .
ONCE upon a time—that is to say , three centuries and a half ago—there lived in this quaint , quiet , old town of ours , this dear old Chichester , a certain bishop whose name was Edward Story . And the people loved him . not because he ivas their bishop , but because he was such a kind hearted , good , old man . Good cause had they to love him ; for he was their staunch friend . " Friends of the people" are plentiful as gooseberries nowadays (
particularly at election times ) ; but they were "few- and far between " indeed in these old times of which we speak—in the year of grace 1500 . As the bishop passed along the street children stopped in their play and knelt to receive his ready blessing ; the merchants laid aside their dealings , paused in their chalferings for higher prices , out of respect to their ecclesiastical father , and uncovered as he passed along ; all harsh words or angry looks faded away ; in fact , the bishop seemed to be surrounded by an atmosphere ' of calm and happy religion , ivhich influenced all who came into his
presence . He had passed the prime of life when he first came to the town , full twenty years before ; he had laboured all that time in doinggood to all around him—in proving that true religion lives in our deeds far more than in our words ; they had seen his hair grow whiter year b } - year , till now 'twas as the driven snow ; and they had seen those manly shoulders bending more and more with age
and infirmity . All . knew he could not last much longer : but a gloom spread over the whole town when the news passed from mouth to mouth that the good bishop had given orders for his tomb to be prepared , and with heavy hearts they soon heard the sculptor ' s chisel chipping away the marble to form a plain but solid monument . That table tomb still exists ; but how few among 11 s think of the mouldering remains beneath—of the mere handful
of dust which now represents all that was mortal of him who ivas one of the best christians the town ever knew . But the old man did not die yet . He had clone much already for the good of the townspeople . The founding of the grammarschool in West-street was one of these good works ; but there ivas one other which he wished to see completed—one upon which he had ponderedand which had filled his large heart for
, years . Often had it sorely grieved him to see the poor peasantry come wearily trudging into the town from the village of Boshenha ' m with fish , or with vegetables from those hamlets among the forest covered lulls , ' and obliged to offer their wares in the open streets , exposed to the glaring sun in summer , to the drenching rains of autumn , or shivering amid the ice and snow- of winter . He determined to build them a market house ; some
sayhe drew the design with his own hand , and I believe it , for bishop ' s were often their own architects in those days , lie bought a piece of ground of the corporation for £ 10—amuch larger sum then than now . Buskin tells us , and ive ail know it to be true , that men worked ivith their whole heart in those times ; whatever they found to do , they did thoroughly . A barn would have served ' the purposes intended ; but they could not do things in that style . If they had a building to erect , they made such a one as future ages might look upon with pride and pleasure—they made it a " thing of beauty . " which should be " a joy for ever ;" ' aud in spite of the
The Story Of Chichester Cross.
bad taste ofthe Goths ofthe last century , who added that lantern at the top , aud put that hideous , iron fencing round it , the cross is still one of the greatest ornaments of the city . Here the poor people could sell their goods exempt from tolls , and protected from the weather . One of our city chroniclers tells us also , that the bishop left tin estate worth , 225 at Amber ! cy , to keep the cross in repair . He further tells us that the corporation sold this estate a
few years afterwards , in order to buy one nearer home . Can any one tell us , where the estate is winch they bought , or ought to have bought ? Some one fond of searching among dusty old records mig ht do good service to the town by ascertaining what amount of truth there is in this statement . So much then for the previous history of our city cross . Its present state we all know . And now I have a hint to throw out
as to its future use—a hint which there are many good men and true who are ready to act upon at once . Its only use at present is to record the flight of time , aud even this simple duty it very imperfectly performs ; for one has to find the mean between the four dials before he can satisfy himself as to " What ' s o ' clock . " What I would beg to propose is , that it should bo converted into a drinking fountain . Let there be a seat where
the wayfarer could rest himself , protected from the rain or from the fierce rays of the summer sun , and let there be a- constant supply of filtered water . All who have seen how greatly those drinking fountains are appreciated by the working classes of the metropolis , and the large towns of the north , will , I am sure , gladly come forward to support such a plan . Let us not be left behind in this of but unite at once in doing so good
age progress , a deed . A comparatively small amount will make this the most perfect thing of the kind in the kingdom . Its position too , is just adapted to such a purpose . Let us not refuse the healthful and refreshing draught to the tired and thirsty wayfarer , but come forward at once and convert this beautiful structure into a drinkimr fountain , and so , in the spirit of its good founder , finish " The Story of Chichester Cross . " - —Builder , "
Archeology.
ARCHEOLOGY .
CAMBRIAN ARCH / EOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION . THE society has just held its thirteenth annual meeting in the town of Cardigan , under the presidenc 3- of the Lord Bishop of St . Davids . The members assembled on Monday week , and were actively engaged in visiting the antiquarian remains of a highly interesting district every day throughout the past week . Each evening they assembled in the town hall to read memoirs and
discuss various archaeological points connected with them and the excursions . There was a large attendance of members , ancl the principal gentry and clcrgj- of the neighbourhood took an active part in the proceedings . On three of the excursion days the members ivere most hospitabl } ' received at mansions situated on their line of route ; and everything was done by a local committeepresided over bthe Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshireto
, y , make their visit highly agreeable . On the first day the country north of Cardigan was explored , and several British camps were visited : on the second day the society explored the south-west side , visiting Nevern with its finely sculptured cross of the ninth century ; Newport , with its ancient castle of the Lords' Marches , its cromlech , its church , & c , the magnificent cromlech of Pcntrc If ' an , placed on . the skirts of Preselcu range , some ancient
mansions , and the bridge where Archbishop Baldwin preached the crusade , accompanied hy Giraldus Cambrensis . On the third excursion day the eastern end of the Preseleu mountain range was thoroughly examined , and a large party remained on this remarkably beautiful mountain till a late hour , visiting the camps , graves , circles , and ancient British roads for which it is well known to antiquarians . Before getting tothe mountain , however , the party
hacl digressed to Cilgerran Castle , where G . T , Clark , Esq ., delivered a valuable lecture in the presence of the association on that ancient building of the thirteenth century , and on Norman castles in Wales generally . The fourth day's excursion included the Priory of St . Dogmacl ' s , Cardigan Priory Church , Ccnarth Falls , anil the Castle of Newcastle-Emlyn . The weather was fine throughoutand the excursions were very numerouslattended .
, y Some of the most remarkable objects of antiquity visited were several early inscribed stones bearing " oghams" on their edges ; one of them in particular , at St . Dcgmael ' s Prior } -, is of great interest , the Latin inscription and the "ogham" inscription being the exact rendering one ofthe other , and commemorating " Sagramnvs , son of Cviicdda , '' a British prince known to have lived in the sixth century . Few parts of Wales arc so rich as iu early inscriptions
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many astray , and Grand Lodge should at once commence an expurgation of the dormant bodies . The dormant Lodges coming under my immediate notice arc Nos . 509 , Cumberland , Harmon } - , Amherst , Nova Scotia ( not working for fifteen years or more ) ; No . 9 : 12 , Queen ' s Lodge , Queen ' s County , New Brunswick ( never opened ); No . 570 , Albion Chapter , St . John . New Brunswick ( never opened ) : besides these Lodges , I . notice , in a communication in the
Freemasons Magazine , that Lodge No . ( II , Howard ol Brotherly Love , Arundel , having a Chapter attached , has not made a return for twenty-one years or over . I have no doubt , if brethren from tho several counties in England would send a list of their non-working Lodges to you for publication , such a formidable array would be exhibited as would cause the heads of the institution to order the warrants of such as are in arrears , either
to be returned , or payment of back dues made . This would cause such a shaking among the dry bones , that out of nearly eleven hundred Lodges under England , so many would be struck off the roll as to astonish the readers of the Calendar . Hoping this communication may have the effect of arousing the apathy of the Grand Lodge officials , I remain , yours fraternally , RonEiiT STUBS , P . Prov . G-. Sec , and "WM .. No . 301 , Irish , Register . St . John . N . B ,. Aug . 1 st , 1859 .
The Story Of Chichester Cross.
THE STORY OF CHICHESTER CROSS .
ONCE upon a time—that is to say , three centuries and a half ago—there lived in this quaint , quiet , old town of ours , this dear old Chichester , a certain bishop whose name was Edward Story . And the people loved him . not because he ivas their bishop , but because he was such a kind hearted , good , old man . Good cause had they to love him ; for he was their staunch friend . " Friends of the people" are plentiful as gooseberries nowadays (
particularly at election times ) ; but they were "few- and far between " indeed in these old times of which we speak—in the year of grace 1500 . As the bishop passed along the street children stopped in their play and knelt to receive his ready blessing ; the merchants laid aside their dealings , paused in their chalferings for higher prices , out of respect to their ecclesiastical father , and uncovered as he passed along ; all harsh words or angry looks faded away ; in fact , the bishop seemed to be surrounded by an atmosphere ' of calm and happy religion , ivhich influenced all who came into his
presence . He had passed the prime of life when he first came to the town , full twenty years before ; he had laboured all that time in doinggood to all around him—in proving that true religion lives in our deeds far more than in our words ; they had seen his hair grow whiter year b } - year , till now 'twas as the driven snow ; and they had seen those manly shoulders bending more and more with age
and infirmity . All . knew he could not last much longer : but a gloom spread over the whole town when the news passed from mouth to mouth that the good bishop had given orders for his tomb to be prepared , and with heavy hearts they soon heard the sculptor ' s chisel chipping away the marble to form a plain but solid monument . That table tomb still exists ; but how few among 11 s think of the mouldering remains beneath—of the mere handful
of dust which now represents all that was mortal of him who ivas one of the best christians the town ever knew . But the old man did not die yet . He had clone much already for the good of the townspeople . The founding of the grammarschool in West-street was one of these good works ; but there ivas one other which he wished to see completed—one upon which he had ponderedand which had filled his large heart for
, years . Often had it sorely grieved him to see the poor peasantry come wearily trudging into the town from the village of Boshenha ' m with fish , or with vegetables from those hamlets among the forest covered lulls , ' and obliged to offer their wares in the open streets , exposed to the glaring sun in summer , to the drenching rains of autumn , or shivering amid the ice and snow- of winter . He determined to build them a market house ; some
sayhe drew the design with his own hand , and I believe it , for bishop ' s were often their own architects in those days , lie bought a piece of ground of the corporation for £ 10—amuch larger sum then than now . Buskin tells us , and ive ail know it to be true , that men worked ivith their whole heart in those times ; whatever they found to do , they did thoroughly . A barn would have served ' the purposes intended ; but they could not do things in that style . If they had a building to erect , they made such a one as future ages might look upon with pride and pleasure—they made it a " thing of beauty . " which should be " a joy for ever ;" ' aud in spite of the
The Story Of Chichester Cross.
bad taste ofthe Goths ofthe last century , who added that lantern at the top , aud put that hideous , iron fencing round it , the cross is still one of the greatest ornaments of the city . Here the poor people could sell their goods exempt from tolls , and protected from the weather . One of our city chroniclers tells us also , that the bishop left tin estate worth , 225 at Amber ! cy , to keep the cross in repair . He further tells us that the corporation sold this estate a
few years afterwards , in order to buy one nearer home . Can any one tell us , where the estate is winch they bought , or ought to have bought ? Some one fond of searching among dusty old records mig ht do good service to the town by ascertaining what amount of truth there is in this statement . So much then for the previous history of our city cross . Its present state we all know . And now I have a hint to throw out
as to its future use—a hint which there are many good men and true who are ready to act upon at once . Its only use at present is to record the flight of time , aud even this simple duty it very imperfectly performs ; for one has to find the mean between the four dials before he can satisfy himself as to " What ' s o ' clock . " What I would beg to propose is , that it should bo converted into a drinking fountain . Let there be a seat where
the wayfarer could rest himself , protected from the rain or from the fierce rays of the summer sun , and let there be a- constant supply of filtered water . All who have seen how greatly those drinking fountains are appreciated by the working classes of the metropolis , and the large towns of the north , will , I am sure , gladly come forward to support such a plan . Let us not be left behind in this of but unite at once in doing so good
age progress , a deed . A comparatively small amount will make this the most perfect thing of the kind in the kingdom . Its position too , is just adapted to such a purpose . Let us not refuse the healthful and refreshing draught to the tired and thirsty wayfarer , but come forward at once and convert this beautiful structure into a drinkimr fountain , and so , in the spirit of its good founder , finish " The Story of Chichester Cross . " - —Builder , "
Archeology.
ARCHEOLOGY .
CAMBRIAN ARCH / EOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION . THE society has just held its thirteenth annual meeting in the town of Cardigan , under the presidenc 3- of the Lord Bishop of St . Davids . The members assembled on Monday week , and were actively engaged in visiting the antiquarian remains of a highly interesting district every day throughout the past week . Each evening they assembled in the town hall to read memoirs and
discuss various archaeological points connected with them and the excursions . There was a large attendance of members , ancl the principal gentry and clcrgj- of the neighbourhood took an active part in the proceedings . On three of the excursion days the members ivere most hospitabl } ' received at mansions situated on their line of route ; and everything was done by a local committeepresided over bthe Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshireto
, y , make their visit highly agreeable . On the first day the country north of Cardigan was explored , and several British camps were visited : on the second day the society explored the south-west side , visiting Nevern with its finely sculptured cross of the ninth century ; Newport , with its ancient castle of the Lords' Marches , its cromlech , its church , & c , the magnificent cromlech of Pcntrc If ' an , placed on . the skirts of Preselcu range , some ancient
mansions , and the bridge where Archbishop Baldwin preached the crusade , accompanied hy Giraldus Cambrensis . On the third excursion day the eastern end of the Preseleu mountain range was thoroughly examined , and a large party remained on this remarkably beautiful mountain till a late hour , visiting the camps , graves , circles , and ancient British roads for which it is well known to antiquarians . Before getting tothe mountain , however , the party
hacl digressed to Cilgerran Castle , where G . T , Clark , Esq ., delivered a valuable lecture in the presence of the association on that ancient building of the thirteenth century , and on Norman castles in Wales generally . The fourth day's excursion included the Priory of St . Dogmacl ' s , Cardigan Priory Church , Ccnarth Falls , anil the Castle of Newcastle-Emlyn . The weather was fine throughoutand the excursions were very numerouslattended .
, y Some of the most remarkable objects of antiquity visited were several early inscribed stones bearing " oghams" on their edges ; one of them in particular , at St . Dcgmael ' s Prior } -, is of great interest , the Latin inscription and the "ogham" inscription being the exact rendering one ofthe other , and commemorating " Sagramnvs , son of Cviicdda , '' a British prince known to have lived in the sixth century . Few parts of Wales arc so rich as iu early inscriptions