Archæclogy .

they represented to him that such extreme measures as he contemplated would be sure to bring a like fate upon his OAVII soldiers under similar circumstances . They counselled him to spare the lives of thc governor and thc better sort of thc prisoners , and to put them to ransom for their lives and liberty . The King , therefore , gave them their lives , but he sent them to Corfe Castle , Nottingham Castle , aud other secure prisons , until they should

agree AA'ith him for payment of such hea . vy fines as he thought fit to require of them . " An account here folloiA-ed of the various persons so imprisoned by lunar John , and of what became of them , "

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

MASO"STC TOASTS . TOASTS and health drinking are both of them going out of fashion in private society ; nevertheless the toast still lingers among us at public dinners , city companies , and more especially among our Craft . May I venture to inquire if , beyond the usual Masonic toasts ive hear in every Lodge , there are any others specially devoted J to Masonic subjects?—Bino . —[ If Bibo will look into ofthe old

any pocket books , calendars , song books , and early works , even among the catchpennies , he will find many such toasts . And as these works may nofc he within his reach ive will make a selection of a few , from Stephen Jones ' s Masonic Miscellanies , for his information-. — "To all the kings , princes , and potentates that propagate or protect the royal art . " " To the mother of all Masons . " " All the female friends of Freemasons "

. " The secret and silent . " " All that live within compass and square . " " The absent brethren of this Lodge . " " May Masonry flourish till nature expire . " "The memory of the distinguished Three . " "May every brother have a heart to feel and a hand to give . " "May we never condemn that in a brother which we would pardon in ourselves . " " May AVC be more ready to correct our OAVII faults than to publish the errors of the brethren" These

. are a few that were in general use during the last , and part of the present , century . To quote further would be to fill pages of our space . Still we will add one or two couplets to shoiv thc rliymins ; kind .

" To each charming , fair , and faithful she . Who loves the Craft of Masonry . " ' * ' To Masons and to Masons' bairns , And women , ivifch both ivit and charms , That love to lig iu Masons' arms . " ] SIR CHRISTOPHER WREX . AA 7 as Sir Christopher AA rcn buried ivith Masonic rites—or is there of his interment

any engraving , so that AVC might be enabled to see if any of the mourners wore Masonic clothing?—Doatus . — [ Tins question should hai-c been replied to before ; but we hope " Domus" will not think it too late now , for we have , to oblige hnn , instituted a laborious and minute search , the result of which is now before him . In the Daily . Post , of AVednesday , February 27 th . i 72 ' 3 , there is the following paragraph : ' — " On Monday last died Sir

, Christopher Wren , aged OS . lie was formerly . Surveyor General of thc King ' s ' AVorks ; he rebuilt St . Paul ' s Church , and all thc rest of the Churches that were burned down m the great conflagration . Ifc was deservedly reckoned one of thc best and greatest Architects in Europe ; but as Ins Character is universally known , it is Needless to enlarge upon that Head . " The Post No 5215 from SaturdayMarch 2 nd

Boy , . , . , to Tuesday , March 5 th , . 172 ;! , states : — "This Evening the corpse of that Worth y FIM-I-. AIASO . Y , Sir Christopher Wren , Kni'dit is to be interred under the Dome of St . Paul ' s Cathedral . " Anel m The Post Man and thc JFishirical Account , No . til 00 from Tuesday , March 5 th , to 'Thursday , March 7 th , 172 ;! , AVC read- — " Last Tuesday Night thc corpse of Sir Christopher AVren was earned from his late Dwelling Houseto bo interred in the Vault

, under the Dome of St . Paul ' s ; the llcar . se ivas preceded by a handsome cavalcade bearing torches , arid followed by fifteen Mourning Coaches and Six , as ivell as by i-cvcral gentlemen's Coaches . "

'Domus- ' will gather , from the above extracts , all that wc have been able to find on tire subject—that Sir Christopher i nr illnc }' al W ! l 3 " different to thc usual burials of his time ; and althoug h journalism ivas not in such efficiency as it is now , tie above being good examples of the date in question , yet had there been anything so Iim ; SIial as a Masonic interment wc are inclined to think some comment would have appeared in one , if not more , of the papers extant . To thc second query , respecting any plate being _ m existence , we can only add that ive have searched the print room of the British Museum , and every

account of engravings aboufc the year 1728 , and cannot find any trace , nor do ive believe there is any such representation . As our correspondent has started such an inquiry , which ought to interest every member of the Craft , perhaps it may not be deemed out of place , here , to allude to another matter in connexion ivith the memory of our former Grand Master . Bro . James Elmes , a distinguished architect , published a work , her

entitled Memoirs of die Life and Works of Sir Christop Wren , with a brief View ofthe Progress of Architecture in England , from the Beginning of the Feign of Charles I . to the End of the XVII th Century ; and an-Appendix of Authentic Documents ( 4 to . London , 1823)—and we wish that any representation we could make to Bro . Elmes would induce him , in these days of cheap reprints , to issue a less expensive edition of so valuable a book—in which he tells us

, after deploring the unmerited neglect of Sir Christopher in his latter years , " He and native talent were out of fashion ; and when ingratitude , and the injustice of intriguing foreigners robbed him of his rights , his honours , and his well earned rewards , the wits , the poets of the day , suffered this unequalled man to sink into the silent grave unnoticed but by his beloved son , Christopher , who erected the small mural monument in the crypt of St . Paul ' s ,

and began his work ( Parentalia : or Memoirs of the Family of thc Wrens , folio , London , 1750 ) , illustrative of ' his honoured ancestors . " Notwithstanding this neglect in the lifetime of our once great and distinguished Grand '" Master , it remained for the boasted enlightenment of the nineteenth century to add a yet deeper insult to his talentsand this through the authorities of that very

, cathedral church which spread his name and fame through every part of the civilized world—for the dean and chapter of St . Paul's , and their architect , to their undying shame , removed the slab that bore the

inscription" SUETUS COXDITUB HUICS ECCLESHI ET VRBIS CONDITOE CHRIST 0 PHORUS WHEN , QUI VISIT ANNOS ULTRA SOXAGINTA , NON SIBI SED BOXO PUBLICO . MOTOR SI MONUMENTUM UEQtJUtlS CTRCIJ . AISPICE . Obijt xxv Feb . Aii ° . smcoxxin . JET . XCI . "

to make room for a back-front set of manuals to the organ , on the occasion of the funeral of the Duke of AVellington ; and it is still absent from its place , standing , in three pieces , in the second recess of the south side aisle , the letters faded , and the whole at the mercy of any Goth ^ who may choose to deface it ; Avhile thc A'ery reverend the dean , and the cathedral architect , are reported to be decidedly against its being replaced , giving , as a pretext

unworthy the name of a reason , " that Wren ivas so humble minded that he would have been shocked to see his name placed so conspicuously before the ivorld . " ! Well might Mr . Godwin , in the discussion that followed Mr . Penrose ' s ( thc capitular architect ' s ) paper on Various Matters connected with St .. Pant ' s Cathedral , read before thc Royal Institute of British Architectsand reported in the Transactions of that

, learned body ( page 68 )—well might Mr . Godwin , say ive—beg "to express thc hope that the ivell known epitaph or inscription to Wren should be speedily restored . It had become part of the history ofthe Cathedral and of London ; and thc numerous letters he had received on thc subject convinced him that it was a very unfortunate thing it should have remained so long out of its place . "

If the rumour which wc have heard is correct , viz ., that the lean and chapter are about to have the excellent old organ by father Smith replaced by a modern " music mill , " with hydraulic iressure bellows to extend down into the vaults , and to be placed m both sides the choir so as to do away with the screen , it iccomcs every Freemason to be up and doing and never to cease igitating the subject until the memorial ( and it is the onlone

y i grateful city has erected to thc memory of AVren after he had ¦ esuscitritcd it from tbe flames ) , be again in its place . And if tbe h-aft really venerate the name and fume of one who is so bright in ornament to their fraternity , they will not cease their exertions rntil successful . ] MATTIIKAV UIKKU 1 CAT ) .

Can any one tell me what Matthew Birkhead , the author of our "Entered Apprentice" song , was ? AA as he connected ivith the stage ? The Daily Courant , of Thursday , 17 th of May , 1717 , contains the folloAving advertisement : — " At the elesire of several Ladies of Quality , " For the benefit of Mr . Birkhead , " By His Majesty's company of Comedians , at the Theatre P . oyal , in ¦ " Drury Lane , this present Thursday . "