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WORKS RELATING TO FREEMASONRY . Wigan Free Library . Second Edition . By H . T . FOLKARD , Wigan , 1 SS 2 . On a former occasion wc called attention to this useful work of reference , and finding in our contemporary ' , "The Bibliographer , " a further notice of this same little publication , we deem it well to reproduce its very words here for several reasons . Among them , because the remarks which

follow , both sound and seasonable in themselves , deserve attention and consideration from all who value Masonic literature , and come better , naturally , from our contemporary than ourselves , who might be thought coming it a little too strong if we repeated to our readers such trite truths , or pounded them with such gentle insinuations . Sn , let us all note and perpend : " To the outside public Masonic literature does not greatly commend itself , whether

because , like the mysterious records of Alchemy , it neels the interpretation of the initiated mind , or whether it is that the matters which get into print are no fair specimens of the traditional lore which is handed down through successive generations of entered apprentices , it is not for us to guess . ( pwavTa crvvtroimv to the uninformed , they are but the voice of one crying in the wilderness . Nor , if we are rightly informed , do the generality of the brethren

greatly care for the somewhat dreary moral disquisitions which form the great bulk of Masonic writings . ' 1 here are few students of Masonic archaeology , few collections of Masonic books . The best library of the sort is believed to belong to the Council of the Higher Degrees , in Goldensquare ; the English Grand Lodge is by no means rich in books dealing with Freemasonry . Probably few public libraries are so well supplied as that of Wigan , whose

Masonic collection is , we believe , due to the liberality of Lord Crawford . To him , a member of the Wigan Library Committee , and a prominent Mason , the catalogue is dedicated by its able and energetic compiler , Mr . Folkard . The collection itself appears tolerably extensive and varied , though if Mr . Folkard intends to carry it on and increase

it he will , we fancy , find no difficulty in doing so . The value of the catalogue is considerably increased by the insertion of references to articles dealing with Freemasonry in periodicals , & c , in the library ; and , indeed , this part of the work will be found useful to Alasonic students generally , without reference to the Wigan Library . "

HANDWERKS BRAUCH DER ALTEN STEINHAUER MAURER , AND ZIMMERLEUTE . By CARI HEIMSCH . Bau and Werlimeistef , Stuttgart , Germany . Published by Conrad Wittwer , Stuttgardt , lS 72-Bro . Breitling , who kindly sends us this work , probably in answer to some disquisition on Masonic history and German Freemasons , which have appeared in our pages ,

says in his courteous opening letter , that this work is a "description of the customs and builders and stone masons in the olden times , which , may be taken as the connecting link of Operative and Speculative Masonry . You will find they had their work , signs , tokens , grips , steps , knocks , & c , some of the latter we are still using as Speculative Masons . " The writer in his preface onl y refers us to " Verlepsch , " and for the " facts " he mentions as regards

the customs , & c ., of the Operative Masons , he does not , unfortunately , tell us , or even hint at his authority for such remarkable regulations in respect of the normal life of the German stone-hewers . And , therefore , the "Crux " remains , and is not removed . If there was this link between Operative and Speculative . Masonry in Germany , as his arguments would imply , early in the eighteenth century , why the new departure of German Speculative

Masonry , then ? Why not , as in England , the continuation and regular perpetuation of an Operative Grand Assembly , or a special body calling itself the Society of Freemasons ? But of this there is no trace in Germany , though Carl Heimsch gives us certain regulations for stone hewers and mason handworkers in Stuttgart in 15 S 0 , and we wish much he had distinctly said where these "ordnungen" are preserved , or if they are still extant .

By a footnote it seems they belong to the Operative body there , and therefore we assume that they are still extant . He also gives an Ordnung of Johann Friederich Markgrave , of Brandenburg , concerning mason and carpenter work in the town of Cregglingen , and the six main villages , in 1 GS 2 , which still belongs to Herr Johann H . Brunswald , architect in Stuttgart . We find a " Mason's mark" at Zurich in 1 S 2 S , which is late ; and the writer

tells us that at Strasburgh the meetings of apprentices were called " quartal , " or quarterly , and held four times a year . But that the " hohe morgen sprache , "—the " high morning speech , " —like as if the early English Gild was the most important . He tells us that at Nurnberg there is a picture of the Quatuor Coronati , though only three there , Claudius , as disciple ; Simplicius ( fellow ) , and Castorius , oversees the work , as Master . Biit Carl Heimsch has made a mistake , for these are not the four crowned

martyrs at all , who were Severus , Severianus , Carporphorus , and Victorinus , but the five martyr sculptors , who were Claudius , Nichostratus , Symphorianus , Castorius , and Simplicius , who are equally said to be interred in the Church of the Crowned Marytrs at Rome . Hence the confusion . We commend this work to Bro . Gould ' s attention , as it touches upon a point to which we know he has paid great heed . It probabl y would be well to have it translated for the "Masonic Magazine . "

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY FOR THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF CORNWALL . Edited by Bro . W . J . HUGHAN , P . G . D ., P . M ., P . Z ., & c . We have received , in its eleventh year of publication , No . 4 , Vol . II ., of this vcry useful work , and we thank Brci . llughan for kindly calling our attention to it . It is full of interesting statistics , not only for Cornwall Masons , but

for all who like to know the position , and realize the progress , of the Craft universal . In Cornwall , under an active Provincial Grand Lodge and a respected Provincial Grand Master , there are , it seems , now 2 S lodges in activity , and one not yet consecrated . In 1 S 73 there were 1141 subscribing members of lodges , and to the close of ISSI , 1522 . In 1 S 73 there were 1 G 1 initiations , in 1 SS 1 , 97 . The province has

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now by its own votes and those of its members 126 girls ' votes , 166 boys , 21 S men , and 270 widows—in all 7 S 0 . Will , our good friends in Cornwall find fault with us if we say there is fair room for increase ? We wish , as wc think we once said before , we had now before us the last Provincial Grand Lodge balance-sheet , as we could then gain a good idea of what the provinces are doing for charity . As

it is now , they loo often hide their light carefully under a bushel . There are also 13 chapters , 210 members , though 2 chapters have sent no returns . The disproportion as between the Craft and the Arch is very striking , though probably not more so than in other provinces , and , as you may say , 'in England universally . We thank Bro . Hughan , once again , for a vcry interesting " resume" of the " Craft statistics of Cornwall and his ably edited little vade meciiiu .

THE MAGAZINES . " Temple Bar " comes before us with great effect this month . "The Freres" end on the whole satisfactorily . "Robin" progresses , and "A I 3 a . ll Room Repentance " hurries on to a denouement . " Personal Reminiscences of I . ord Stratford " strike us as too personal and rather forced . " The old stories of a weary Raconteur . " " The Jews in

German Literature" is a striking article , and ' •George Sand in Berry " is full of force . We refer our readers to " Elk Hunting in Norway , " and " Madame Malibrans ' Marriage . " " The Century " is again before us in vivid illustration and much power of text . Amid many attractions , its "cheval de bataille" is " Carlyle in Ireland in 1 S 49 , "

which will , we think , be read by many , but be agreeable , after all , to few , particularly to Irish Nationalists . It is simply the expression of unchecked and uncontrolled opinions , by one of the most powerful and peculiar of writers , and the honest and downrightest " Dunstable" of thinkers . It will create somewhat of a sensation , as he speaks out and spares none . And now comes in the inevitable query " a

quoi bon all this uncomplimentary harshness of thinking aloud ? We can also call attention to " Francis Russell Lowell , " "George Inness , " "The Canadian Mecca , " " The Hellenic Art of Sculpture , " " Lecturing in the two Hemispheres , " "The Street of the Hyacinth . "The Transferred Ghost" is very amusing . "The Antiquary" abounds in Dryasdustic offerings and

archaic memories . " Devon and Cornwall Notes , " "Oak Apple Day , " " May Day , " " The Clopton Monuments , " & c , all deserve notice , and will repay perusal . Under the heading of " Antiquarian Societies , " much interesting information is given to all who care for such things , and are not ashamed to own their abiding pleasures , their loving sympathy in all that relates to , developes , illustrates a long .

dead , and buried past . Such thoughts and such studies are , we venture to think , slightly more improving and elevating than the Newmarket meeting and the last state of the betting . But "tout les gouts , " & c . " The Bibliographer , " from which we have quoted above , contains several suitable contributions , — "inter alia , " " Browne's Religio Medici , " " A Dinner of French

Bibliophiles , " "The Stationers' Registers , " "Old Scotch Pasquils , " "The Boke of St . Alban ' s . " We might go on at much further length , and indicate this merit or spot this defect , but "Iectoribus nostris reverentia major debetur ; " and we simply confine ourselves to the patent common-place remark , that as the magazine is for experts , it must be " caviare" to the unknowing many .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL . Maiden ' s account of King ' s College Chapel , the curious , if somewhat unscientific work to which Bro . Whytehead alludes in last Freemason , is a work well known to Masonic students , and is not without its value , especially in respect of its reference to the Masonic Gilds , and the indentures and facts its preserves . Soma time back , attention was

called to this passage and some of the indentures , in the "Masonic Magazine , " and , above all , to the statement that in 147 G , 16 Edw . IV ., John Wiilrich ( apparently a German ) was Master Mason of the workes , and John Bell , Mason Warden , same workes , and

that about 1513 John Wastell was Master Mason . In one of his indentures with Robert Hacomblyn , Provost of Kings , Harry Semcrk is said to be " oun of the Wardens of the same ; " and Wastell undertakes in two of the indentures to keep sixty Fremasons at work . The glazing indenture is also very interesting . EDITOR "MASONIC MAGAZINE . "

LAMBERT DE LINTOT . I quite agree with Bro . Whytehead that it is most important to ascertain who this brother really was . I am in possession of six curious prints bound up . The first of which is headed Grand Lodge of England , and has these two inscriptions , " P . Lambert , R . A . Rouen , Inven . and Sculpsit . " It is dedicated , in French and English , to the

Dukeof Cumberland , G . M . " By P . Lambert de Lmtot , Mr . of Ihe Lodge No . 53 , No . 5 , Cobham-row , Coldbathficlds , London , 17 S 7 . According to Act of Parliament . " The second plate is headed Chapter and Grand Lodge , and has this inscription , "Published as the Act directs , London , 17 S 9 . Lambert , Sculp . " The third is headed Foundation of the Royal Order , with this inscription , " P .

Lambert , Sculp ., as the Act directs , 17 S 9 , London . Engraved after the Masonic stone . " The fourth is headed Fourth and Last Stone . " P . Lambert , R . A ., Inven . and Sculpt ., London . According to Act of Parliament . Five , Old and New Jerusalem Building . " P . Lambert , R . A ., Rouen , Sculp ., P . Sublime Mr ., London . The date is obliterated . The sixth , and last , plate is dedicated to the

benevolent Bro . Ruspini , and termed Night . " P . Lambert fecit , as the act directs . London , 17 S 9 . " The prints are in themselves of no value , but arc mystical , if not nonsensical compositions , which Finch seems afterwards in some way to have appropriated . The question I ask is , Was not P . Lambert and Lambert de Lintot one and the same person , or are they different individuals ? MASONIC STUDENT .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

Ihe first meeting of the Board of Stewards for the coming festival , on June 29 next , was held on Wednesday inst at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . C . XV . Thompson was elected Chairman , and there were present Bros . J . L . Mather , 1743 ; C . Mill'oourn , 571 ; R . P . Spice , Grand

Stewards ; R . Bcrridge , Grand Steward ; H . S . Andrews , 1 G 15 ; Edgar Bowyer , 19 G 4 ; Dr . Surgeon-General T . Ringer , 1533 ; Charles Godtschalk , 70 ; E . Kidman , 76 G ; R . L . Loveland , 1 S 69 ; E . C . Davies , 23 ; \ V . Vance , 1472 ; George A . Cundy , 901 ; T . Barrett Lennard , 1724 ; A Hill , and 21 ; A . W . Stead , 25 ; L . C . Haslip , S 13 ; XV . IT . Hooper , 435 ; L . C Barratt Kidder 12 ; Henry

, F . Dale , 2 S 0 ; Max Blume , 1001 ; E . M . Money , 1707 ; and D . Truster , 720 . V . W . Bro . Capt . John Wordsworth , P . P . G . W . West Yorkshire , P . G . Stwd ' ., and W . M . Go , V . Pat . and Trustee of the Institution , was appointed President of the Board of Stewards ; and V . W . Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , P . G . Chap .,- V . W . Bro . George LambertP . G . S . B .

, , V . Pat ., and Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall , C . C ., V . Pat ., Acting Presidents ; Bro . C . W . Thompson , P . M ., Hon . Treas . ; and Bro . Fredk . Binckes , Sec . It was proposed and carried unanimousl y that the Festival be again held at Brighton , and that the tickets should be 21 s . and 15 s . respectively , for brethren and ladies , to include railway fare . The sum of two iruineas was fixed as

the Stewards' deposit fee . " The following brethren were appointed a Sub-Committee for musical arrangements : Bros . R . P . Spice , J . L . Mather , Edgar Bowyer , and Carter Millbourn . It was announced that the number of Stewards up to the time of the meeting was 215 . The next meeting of the Board of Stewards will be held on the 15 th inst .

Freemasonry In Portsmouth.

FREEMASONRY IN PORTSMOUTH .

PRESENTATION TO THE PRINCE EDWARD OF SAXE-WEIMAR LODGE . Not quite a year ago the ever-memorable constitution of this lodge was held at the Lecture Hall , Soldiers ' Institute , on which occasion Bro . H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , Lord Tenterden , and several other Grand

Officers attended . On Wednesday , the 3 rd inst ., the installation of the W . M . for the ensuing year took place at the Masonic Hall , Highbury . strect , which was very tastefully decorated . The whole of the walls leading from the entrance to the lodge-room were covered with flags and the passages and staircases lined with red baize . On the right of the entrance is an ante-room , which was decorated with

flags and shields , whilst over the door was a shield bearing the arms—in gold on blue—of the , P . G . M . of Hants and the Isle of Wight . This room was used only by the P . G . M . and his officers . The old banqueting-room was likewise prettily festooned with bunting and shields , and the whole interior of the building had a very pleasing effect . The Provincial Grand Master , Bro . W . " W . B . Beach and officers

honoured the proceedings with their presence . The following members of the lodge signed the attendance book : Bros . H . Townsend , acting W . M . ; T . Page , S . W . ; S . H . Cardcn , R . N ., J . W . ; Rev . P . H . Good , M . A ., Chaplain ; A . L . Emanuel , Hon . Sec . ; J . R . Martyr , S . D . ; Latham Cox , J . D . ; John Lind , D . C . ; J . McLeod , I . G . ; Sam Knight and H . Long , Stewards ; J . E . Parker ; IL Lane ; S . G . Bourke R . N . ; T . W .

, Carey ; W . E . Primmer ; Capt . Haldane , P . M . ; H . Woodward ; W . Mayborn ; A . E . Elms ; J . Leggett . P . M . ; W . Royston Pike ; J . G . Livesay ; J . Johns , P . M . J . R . Wilson , P . M . ; E . Davis ; G . AL Nelder ; Col . Geo . Bray ; iMajortl . M . E . Brunker , P . M . ; T . D . Askew ; G . Sylvester ; J . Gieve , P . G . S . ; G . L . Green ; J . H . Elverston , W . M . S 04 ; J . Knowlton ; J . Strick ; W . Marshallsay ; Colonel Hay , P . M . ; G . Backler , & c , & c .

Ihe following brethren were present as visitors : Bros . XV . XV . Beach , M . P ., Prov . G . M . ; A . J . Miller , Prov . G . Sec . ; II . Cawte , P . M ., P . P . G . W . ; ( J . P . Arnold , P . G . A . D . C . ; M . E . Frost , P . G . 'Treas . ; A . Wendover , W . M . 1609 ; E . Groves , P . M . ; R . W . Downing , P . G . Stwd . V . Brown , P . M ., P . G . Purst . ; J . W . Willmott , P . M ., P . G . S . B . ; J . O'Connor , P . G . J . W . ; Jno . Biggs , P . G Tyler ; J . Exell , Asst . P . G . Tyler ; J . Hill , R ? King , J . Knowlton , E . Goble , P . G . Reg . ; J . S . EdwardsC .

, Neill , J . W . G 9 S ; J . Ogburn , P . M ., P . P . G . W . ; F . G . Loader ; J . Simpson , K . Bastable , W . Cunnell , G . Payne , W . M . 15 G 4 ; G . Wellstead , G . Mason , W . M . 1 S 34 ; J . Brickwood , W . M . 347 ; F . Powell , W . M . 90 ?; T . H . Williams , W . M . 177 G ; W . Tuohy , P . P . G . D . C ; W . Bates , Capt . R . F . Dawall , IL Wright , R . Kirk , W . St . Clair , W . M . 257 ; W . E . Atkins , S . W . ioGg ; H . J . Grey , P . P . G . D . C ; G . Grant , I . P . M . 1705 ; C B . Whitcomb

P . G . S . D . ; J . Wallingford , P . P . G . W . ; E . Moody , P . M . 142 G ; R . Taylor , J . Kennedy , Major A . M . Creagh , Abrams , J . Foster , W . Mills , R . W . Mitchell , P . M . go \ ; R . Beale , T . C ., W . M . 4 S 7 ; G . Sherman , T . C . ; F Woodland , R . Causey , P . M . 230 ; J . Leonard , G . Anton , G . Pidgeon , R . Kettlewell , XV . S . Buck , and P . H . Emanuel ( Freemason ) . The lodge having been opened b y Bro . Townsend , the Provincial Grand Master and his officers were admirtpd

and saluted in due form . The ceremony of installation was then ably performed by Bro . Townsend , in the presence of no less than forty-five P . M . ' s . The W . M . afterwards appointed the following brethren as his officers for the ensuing year : W . Bro . Townsend , I . P . M . ; Bros . Col . Bray , S . W . ; J . Martvr . J . W . ; Rev . P . H . Good , M . A ., Chap . ; H . Threading .

ham , P . M ., Treas . ; A . L . Emanuel , P . M ., Hon . Sec ; Latham Cox , S . D . ; J . McLeod , J . D . ; Major IT . M . E . Brunker , D . of C . ; J . Johns , P . M ., A . D . of C ; II . Long , I . G . ; Geo . Sylvester , Org . ; Sam . Knight and G . Backler , Stewards ; and Carter and Mansell , Tylers . The HON . SECRETARY read the following telegram from

Bro . Lord Charles Beresford , dated Malta , 3 rd May : "Congratulate W . M . and brethren on this happy day . " ( Loud applause . ) Bro . TOWNSEND said that before closing the lodge it devolved upon him the pleasurable duty of asking the brethren to accept a painting of the first ollicers of the lodee from the I . P . M . fe The W . M . said it was highly gratifying to receive such a