Music In Lodges.

harmonium , at present usually employed as a substitute for the more expensive organ , we have still more sanguine hopes of the rapid development of the introduction of Music into the ceremonial portion of our gatherings ; and as the instruments are as

low in price , if not lower , than the imperfect substitutes now in use , we have no hesitation in recommending the brethren of any Lodge , who intend either the introduction of music , or the improvement of that already in use , to pay a visit to the establishments of the agents , in Bond Street and Regent Street , London .

English Gilds. *

ENGLISH GILDS . *

( Concluded from page 324 . ) THE GILD OF THE RINGEKS OF BRISTOL . It is agreed and determined that every one that is or shall be of the Company or Society of

Saint Stephen ' s Ringers , shall keep all Articles and Decrees that are or shall be specified in this Ordinary concerning the good government and peaceable society of the said Company ; and that none shall be of the said Society but those that

shall be of honest , peaceable , and good conversation , and such that shall be at all time and times ready to defend whatsoever shall be alleged against the said Company , as well in regard of any challenge as of any other Avrong or injury that shall

be offered and done by any one , of what estate or condition soever he be ; so that Ave may not only stop the mouths of those that would or shall exasperate themselves against us , but also gain credit and reputation by our Musical exercise ; that

others of our rich nei ghbours , hearing these loud Cymbals with their ears , may , by the sweet harmony thereof , be enlarged in their hearts to pull one string to make it more sweet . And for these and other like causes , We have procured this Ordinary , and do confine and oblige ourselves to these articles following : —

1 . Imprimis . For the choosing of every Master , you shall put three honest men into the Election ; and he that hath most voices to pass on his side , shall be Master of the Company of Ringers for the year ensuing . 2 . Item . For the choosing of Wardens , you

shall put four honest men into the Election ; and that those two of the four that have most voices shall be Wardens of the said Company for the year ensuing . 3 . Item . Ton shall have four quarter days every

year : ( that is to say ) , the 1 st , Saint Stephen the Martyr ; the 2 nd , the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary ; the 3 rd , Saint John the Baptist ; and the 4 th , Saint Michael the Archangel . 4 . Item . Upon every one of the said quarter

days , every one that is a Freeman of the said Company shall pay to the Master for the time being , for his quarteridge , one penny . And if he doth or shall deny or neglect to pay the same , he shall pay , for such his offence , three pence : one

penny thereof to the Sexton , and the other two pence to the Company . 5 . Item . Every Master for the time being shall give up his account upon the seventeenth day of November , of all quarteridges and fines as he shall

receive in his year . And if he shall deny or neglect , he shall pay , for his offence , the sum of twenty shillings to the Company , of his own proper

money . 6 . Item . Every Master shall be chosen on Michaelmas day , betAveen five and eight of the clock in the morning . If the Master shall neglect to send the Wardens to warn the Company , so

that by that means the day be deferred , he shall pay for his offence the sum of six shillings to the Company . 7 . Item . There shall be none znade free of the said Company , unless he give the Company a

breakfast , or pay the sum of three shillings and fourpence in money . 8 . Item . If the Master for the time being shall send to the Wardens to warn the Company , and if they neglect the same , they shall pay for their

offence fourpence a piece ; one penny thereof to the Sexton , and the other threepence to the Company . 9 . Item . If the Master for the time being shall

neglect or forget to warn the Company , once within every fourteen days , for to ring a bisett sett peale , he shall pay for his offence one shilling , to be divided among the Company . 10 . Item . If the Master for the time being shall

send to the Sexton concerning a peale that shall be rung , either at night or in the morning , or at any other time that the Master shall p lease to ring , if he shall deny or neglect to come at the very hour