Notes And Queries For Freemasons.

" efforts for which their sluggish souls have no inclination . Manv are the outward " worshippers in the masonic temple . They make the profession and bear the " name , and when mere display is all , are found foremost in the ranks . For them " the hours of labour are wearisome and painful , but the announcement of " refreshment is a sound ever welcome , filling them with delight . " To such as are not determined fully to work out a masonic character , the " gates of the temple should for ever bo closed . Over them should bo inscribed ,

" 'There is no royal road to Masonry , ' and to all such as are not willing to work " their way through all the rough and difficult passages , the frowning sentence , " in letters of fire , ' proeu-l , 0 procul , esle profani , " should , like the flaming " sword at the gate of Eden , for ever forbid their approach . Every step should " be characterized by true deliberation , and the whole progress marked by a pro" ficiency worthy of the great work in which they are engaged . As no stone " could go into the holy temple until it was wrought to the inflexible require" ments of the plumb , the level , and the square , so no one should bo allowed " to take a position in the masonic temple until he came up to all the require " ments of the masonic code . "

Thomas Grinsell.

THOMAS GRINSELL .

g |® N '" ' Notes and Queries" of the 3 rd . of February , 1866 , is the SffL following : — % M & " Wanted to know , particularly , the time of the death , and place '" ' of burial , of Thomas Grinsell , a native of Dublin . He was the " uterine brother of James Quin , the witty comedian . The latter left , by " his willthe sum of 500 / . to William Grinsell' one of the Arts Masters

, , '" ' of Bridewell Hospital in London . ' Was he another brother ? Quin ' s " mother unfortunately had two husbands at once . The first married was " named Grinsell , consequently the actor was nullus films , so the Whit" sheds of Dublin , being" heirs-at-law , and sharp lawyers by profession as " well , managed to secure all the property loft by Quin ' s father , leaving " the actor to bis own resources , who quitted college , where he was being

'" ' educated for a learned profession , and made his first appearance on the '" ' stage in the character of Abel in The Committee , at Smock Alley '" ' Theatre , 1714 . Numerous lampoons on the Whitsbeds were circulated in " Dublin about the time , it being generally considered that they had used " sharp practice against young Quin . The motto on his carriage formed " the well-known and often-quoted satirical lines by Swift , commencing—•

' Libertas et natatc solum ; Fine words ' . I wonder where you stole ' em . ' " Thomas Grinsell founded modern or accepted Masonry in England . His " figure appears in the cart with Jachin and Boaz—Jamaica and Barbadoes " rum—in the well-known engraving of the . Procession of Scald and " Miserable Accepted Masons , passing old Somerset House , the date 1742 . " Brother Lawrence Dcrmott , the author of Ahiman JBezon , gives an " account of Grinsell in the second edition of that work . But Dermott

" afterwards joining the Modern Masons , and becoming Deputy Grand " Master in 17 S 7 , suppressed the second edition almost entirely -. it is '" ' exceedingly rare now . The two bodies did not unite till 1813 , when " both the Free and Accepted Masons met King Solomon in the Temple " of Jerusalem , of course ; mourned for Hiram ; found the cassia and the '" ' dead body on Mount Moriah ; duty executed the vile murderers , saw the '" ' lightand parted on the square .

, " '" ' What is meant by TVilliam Grinsell being described as an ' Arts " Master' in Quin ' s will ? Was Thomas Grinsell a bricklayer ? The "' tradition in Dublin is , that he was a weaver . " JUBELA . "