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3 . H . R . H . Henry Frederick Duke of Cumberland , Grand Master 1782 to 1790 . By Peters . 4 . H . R . H . George Augustus Prince of Wales , Grand Master 1790 to 1 S 13 . By Peters . 5 . Francis , second Earl Moira , acting Grand Master 1790 to 1 S 13 .

6 . John , fourth Duke of Athol , Grand Master ( Ancients ) 179 1 to 1 S 13 . By Thos . Phillips , R . A . 7 , H . R . H . Edward Duke of Kent , Grand Master ( Ancients ) 1813 . By Sir Wm . Beechy , R . A . S . H . R . H . Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex ( in Highland costume ) , Grand Master 1 S 13 to 1 S 43 . By Sir Wm . Beechy , R . A .

REBUILDING THE TEMPLE . To the Editor ofthe "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In common with many of your readers I consider that valuable time has been lost . I certainly left Grand Lodge after the June meeting with the impression that designs would be invited in competition , and was surprised to

find that the Committee took no step except to put forward a design by Bro . H . Jones , a proceeding which Grand Lodge soon stopped , and we have now to wait until December before the motion of Bro . James Stevens can be put . An experienced architect will find many different ways of arranging the various rooms required , probably without

removing Bacon s Hotel at all . I am chiefly anxious that the competition should be limited to the Craft ; it always annoys me to see " Mr . " before the name of one of the architects atthe Boys' School at Wood Green . Surely there are quite enough Masonic architects , and able ones too , without bringing in cowans and intruders . —Yours & c , OBSERVER .

A HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY IN WILTSHIRE , To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and'Brother , — 1 read over with interest Bro . Speth's review oi this valuable work , as I had already previously travelled over the same ground in the Freemason . I am a little

amused to note that Bro . Speth , like many other good commentators , passes over the one real " crux , " and fails to elucidate the pointof the " Scots Masons , " who and what they were . " 1746 , October 19 th , at this lodge were made Scotts Masons five brethren of the lodge , including the VV . M . " I asked for an explanation of this entry in my review ; I await it still . YOUR REVIEWER .

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR DEGREE . To the Editor of thc " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — How is it that this beautiful degree is not making progress ? it has everything to recommend it — a good ritual , a handsome regalia , and pleasing accessories . It is

flourishing fairly well in the provinces , but in London every year seems to reduce the number of members taking part in it , and it behoves those in authority to enquire into the causes . Are the fees and subscriptions too high ? Correspondence in your columns on the subject would probably throw light on the matter . —Yours fraternally , K . T .. iS ° .

THE "ANTIENT AND PRIMITIVE RITE , " SOCALLED . To thc Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I have read Bro . Whytehead ' s . Ietter in your last , and I think we shall all concur in his condemnation of such public incriminations , such printing of resolutions

attacking a Craft Grand Lodge in a non-Masonic journal . It is , to say the least of it , very "bad form , " and I , for one , quite agree with Bro . Whytehead that such "bodies , " and all . "bodies , " ought to " wash their dirty linen at home , " and not promulgate to the world difficulties and debates which it does not in the least interest the world to hear about . But the best

remedy is probably to leave all such matters to find "their own level . " If good , they will hold their own ; if worthless , they will sooner or later " come to grief . " It is always the wisest and best course for Freemasons to look at matters of the kind philosophically , without heat and without fidgettiness . To this , as to many other subjects ot querulous lamentation or abnormal excitement , " the gods in good

time bring an end , and there let them rest . But it is impossible not . to see that this last manifestation is after all but the " outcome" of a combat which has been going on for some time , and has recently been felt in America . There one or two Craft Grand Bodies have unwisely meddled in the matter , and left "confusion worse confounded " and have even added intensity to the struggle ,

and bitterness to the warfare . (( As we survey the growth of "high , " " chivalric , " ' mystical , " " exalted , " "hermetic " grades to-day , we see now that since 1754 , at any rate , they have increased a hundredfold , and all apparently the result of Ramsay ' s fanciful oration in 1736-37 . The " Rite de Bouillon , " Rit Ecossais , the Strict Observancethe Lax Observancethe Council of

, , the Emperors of the East and the West , the Heredom Kilwinning , and numerous other formations of curious nomenclature , have all in turns flourished and passed away , and are almost forgotten except by the Masonic Antiquary or Masonic student . At the beginning of this century few existed , except the " Rit Ecossais , " which m . ay justly claim to be the "Patriarch" of all existing

t-hivalric Rites . Indeed it may be questioned if its true ° ate has yet been correctly ascertained . All the nonsense ot Cagliostro and other impostors had long since Jiappil y ended ; very few comparatively had survived decay ' s effacing fingers . " Before the second decade of mis century the Rites of Mizraim and Memphis appeared , some think a revival of Cagliostro ' s Egyptian Masonry , some contend " pure nonsense , " some assert ancient and Hermetic .

America has witnessed of recent years "Cryptic asonry , " and within a generation we have seen ourselves the " revival" of the Mark , the Red Cross of onT « c"j ' Rosicrucian Confraternity , and morejthan " * - bide Degree . " It seems to me , then , that in this injense multiplication of grades there is nothing for us all but will if ™' " " w ' ' ' n due bounds and proper limits . People affer-1 fi ? 0 lem ' t , * em' We mav not , ike " -em nor ' " . "lem , but our " vanities" are not other people's View " ' " doxies" do not suit our neighbours '

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Surely the "world is wide enough for us all , " and though I naturally adhere to the superior claims of Craft Masonry on the one hand and the A . & A . Scottish Rite on the other , I yet for one do not feel inclined to condemn those who for good and valid reasons of their own cling to some chivalric or mystic form of quasi Masonic association which

touches theiridiosyncrasies or accords with theirsympathies . I entirely reprobate , as properly does Bro . Whytehead , the publication of "childish censures" and " ultra vires " " excerpta " from minute books , as always a reprehensible course , but I equally think it but right to remind your readers that Toleration of others is a great Masonic virtue , and ought always to be the "badgeof all our tribe . " — Vours fraternally , A STUDENT OF MASONIC HISTORY .

A LITTLE MISTAKE . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — By an unfortunate typical transposition the concluding " par" of the third leaderette is made to read nonsensically . It ought to be "Is it not to be feared , " instead of " It is not to be found . "—Yours fraternally , THE WRITER OF THE LEADERETTE .

Reviews

REVIEWS

REGISTER OF MERCHANT TAYLORS' SCHOOL . Vol . II . By Rev . C . J . ROBINSON . Farncombe and Co ., Lewes . This second volume contains the names of the pupils from 16 99 to 1875 . ln this long roll how many names appear of worthies well known in " Church and State , " of those who played some notable part on the " stage of life , "

ot those whose memories still survive in national records or parochial histories . We mote for instance Peter Moteiu , and Henry Woodward , the actor , and Chas . Townley , Garter King-at-Arms , General Shirley , of 1755 , and Joseph Highmore , the painter ; John Thomas , Bishop of Salisbury ; Peter Burrell , M . P ., and D . Govenor of the Bank of England ; and Edward Yardley

, the Antiquary ; John Byrom and Nicholas Amherst , Philip Rashleigh and Charles Beckenham , Charles Phillips , William Watson , and Paul Duffin . From 1728 to 1 S 00 many well known names occur , such as Thomas Major and Peter Whalley , Peter Burrell and the great Lord Clive , Nathaniel Dance , Holland Burt , and John Moore , John Lathom , Sir John Sylvester , Francis

Newberg and Henry Clive , M . General Horsford and Lieut .-General Skinner , Charles Townley Bluemantle , and Vicesimus Knox , Prinkstan James , Anker Smith , and Joshua Brookes , Walter Shirley , and the famous Van Mildert , last Prince Palatine of Durham . And as this bring us to 1779 , though we have only skimmed through the long list of names , for fear of being tedious and prosy we stop here to-day .

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243 ] EARLY MASTER MASONS AND ARCHITECTS . Assier , in his interesting pamphlets " Les arts ct les artistes , " & c , gives us a list of the Master Masons and architects of the famous Troyes Cathedral , from 1270 to 1692 ! The master masons and architects were very often one and the same , though not always , and as several very interesting facts are mentioned

respecting this long succession of working masons , 1 have thought it well to give a short account of them in this useful column . Jacques , the first known architect and mason of the cathedral , died in 1270 probably , for the register of the latter year contains this entry " De defuncto magistro Jacobo Latliomo . " Henri is mentioned next , and then Richard , and then Geoffrey de Mussor . Jean de Tyrvoye

or des Trevois worked before 1362 and i 3 S 4 , lwhen he died , leaving 20 shillings to the building . After 1362 , a certain Pierre Faisant , "Maitre Macon , " inspected the work at the cathedral . Thomas , " Masson de l'euvre de l ' eglise de Troyes , " seems to have died in 1367 . He received every year a robe at Christmas . He was gratuitously lodged and apparently fed . He swore on the four

Evangelists " well loyally and diligently to devote himself ( vacqner ) to the said work as long as needful , and not to undertake any other work , whether in the town or elsewhere , without the sanction of the chapter . " Lacroix tells us that at Rouen Jean Salvart was not admitted mason of the Cathedral by the senior of the chapter until he had heard the words which follow -.

" Thou wilt make the workmen labour well and faithfully , and thou wilt perform all other things which a good and faithful mason ought to do in such matters , putting aside favour , fear , love , and hate in all thatconcerns the saidoffice . " Michelin de Jonchery , Jean Thierry , and Michclin Hardoin worked as " maitres macons" under Thomas . Drost de Dampmartin , " masson , demorant a Paris , " with two

other masons of the same city , in 1379 and 13 S 0 , inspected the " Maconnerie de la Rose " and all the rest of the cathedrals . Henri de Bruxelles brought the architect Henri Soudan from Paris to assist in the works in construction . They entered into a contract October 28 th , 13 S 2 , to construct the space between the choir and nave to this effect . "I The said masons are to work continually summer

and winter untilithe completion ofthe work , excepting atthe sculptures , which the canons will have executed by Denizot and Drion de Mantes . " Henri Soudan et Henri de Bruxelles ( Brussels ) shall havea " monton d'or , " a gold mouton , or 25 sous weekly , and promise to give good security up to 400 francs to the canons . " This compact is sealed with the seal of the Chatelet of Paris . Henri Soudan , Henri de

Bruxelles , and Margaret , mother-in-law of the first-mentioned , engage mutually to give security . The Bishop Pierre D'Arcis laid the first stone on the 22 nd April , 13 S 5 . Henri de Bruxelles et Henri Soudan are still workingin 13 S 6 wit . l 1 several "vallets" and the mason Jacot Mignart . Among these " vallets" we notice the names of Jean de Cologne , Henri de Metz , Jean de Bruxelles , Gerard et Jean de Mons , Philipot

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de Bruxelles , Jean dc Ramera , Colin de Pont , Henneqin de Bruxelles , Thiebaut de Malines , Colccon de Keims , et Jean Dare . When Henry of Bruxelles married at Iroyes , which he did , he lost his day ' s work , for which he was fined ; but this " rigor" is " compensated , " we are told of

, by a present eight pintsof wine and 12 loaves , which he received b y order of the chaptre . Jacques de Pouan , " macon duRoi" ( " King's mason " ) in the town of Troyes , made an offering for the pavement of the Church in 1302-03 . And here I stop to-day . I think some of my readeis will find an interest in these records 500 years old . MASONIC STUDENT .

( lo be continued . ) 244 ] THE TERM " FREEMASON . " . T' * . " Bradford Antiquary , " the journal of thc Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society , says of Thornton Old S- , ! ' -n nown as the 01 d I ) e " Chapel , standing in theslope of the hill near to 1 hornton Hall , in the parish of Bradford : " I he founder of this chapel is described as a Freemason , but his name is unfortunately obliterated . The inscription on the wall-plate is as follows :

THIS CHAPPELL WAS BUILDED BY . . . . E FREEMASON IN THE YEARE OF OUR LORDE . 1612 . "

In the parish accounts of St . Edmund ' s , Salisbury , are the following entries : " 163 S . To Thos . Fort , freemason , for building the 3 new buttresses against the north side of the church lx " - " " 1641 . Pd . to Thomas Fort , freemason , for finishing the heads of the three new buttresses against the north side of the church , in pursuance of an oider of the vestry iij" - " T . B . WHYTEHEAD .

245 J THOMAS DUNCKERLEY . I believe it is not generally known when or where Bro . Dunckerley was made a Royal Arch Mason . 1 find in a letter dated from Hampton Court , 14 th January , 1792 , to his friend B . Craven , of the Royal Navy , he appoints him S . G . W . for Essex , D . G . M . of Royal Arch Masons , and Most Eminent of the Knights Templar of the same

province . He then complains of the action of thc members of lodge 51 at Colchester in making Royal Arch Masons , as they had no Constitution for so doing ; and he then goes on to say "I was exalted at Portsmouth in 1 754 , and was twice G . Z . of the Grand and Royal Chapters , viz ., in 1767 and 1776 . " I also find from another source the first province he was appointed over was Hampshire in 1767 , as Prov . Grand Master . T . F .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

The General Committee of this Institution met on Saturday last , at Freemasons' Hall , when there were present Bros . John L . Mather ( in the chair ) , Chas . F . Hogard , Richard Tyrrell , E . B . Harding , Donald M . Dewar , Arthur E . Gladwell , Jehanzie H . Kothari , Alfred Williams , Robt . Berridge , Geo . P . Gillard , H . Whitlcv . lovce Murrav .

C . F . Matier , Edgar Bowyer , W . Mann , VV . Paas , Thos . Cubitt , C . H . Webb , George Cooper , G . P . Britten , Geo . Motion , VV . VV . Morgan , VV . H . Saunders , F . Binckes , Secretary , and H . Massey ( Freemason ) . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes , Bro . BINCKES announced that in accordance with the resolution come to at last meeting , £ 1000 had been invested in India 4 per cent , with dividend , and that the purchase price was

103 J per cent . Two deferred cases were considered , and the difficulties being got over , the boys were placed on the list for thc April election . There were three new candidates for being placed on the list—Moore , of Lyme , Dorset ; Haigh , of Huddersfield ; and Milsham , of Sunderland . The cases were all in order , and were therefore placed on the list .

Bro . MATIER , on the question being asked whether there were any notices of motion for the Quarterly Court of next Monday , suggested that as the Koyal Masonic Benevolent Institution had lately passed a rule by which subscribers who had given as much as £ 200 to the Institution should thereby be constituted Patrons , the Boys ' School might have a similar rule . Being asked whether he would give notice of motion to that effecthe replied that

, he would ; whereupon several brethren objected , and Bro . Matier stated that at present it could only affect four old supporters of the Institution . Bro . BINCKES did not see any reason why this Institution should not adopt the rule . Bro . C . H . WEBB stated that he was present when the discussion on the proposal took place on the Benevolent Institution , for he objected then to it . His idea was that

where subscribers has given large sums to the Institutions they should be credited with a certain number of votes in aid of themselves if they should at any time themselves require the assistance of the Institution . Bro . G . P . BRITTEN did not entirely agree with Bro . Webb , but still thought that instead of a patronship being granted for money subscribed a subscriber of a large

amount should have the benefit of it in case . of his own candidature . Other brethren objected to the proposal of Bro . Matier , but in the end the notice of motion was put in form and given . The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman .

Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

The Committee of Management of this Institution met on VVednesday afternoon at Freemasons' Hall , when there were present Bros . Raynham VV . Stewart ( in the chair ) , G . Bolton , Louis Stean , C . A . Cottebrune , A . II . Tattershall , VV . H . Goodall , Horace B . Marshall , VV . Stephens , W . I .

Murhs , John Bulmer , C . II . Webb , T . VV . C Bush , Robt . P . Tate , Charles John Perceval , Henry Moore , Jas . Brett , and James Terry ( Secretary ) . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes , the SECRETARY reported the death or three annuitants—two male and and one female . One of the annuitants was the oldest on the books , he having been elected 32 years ago .