Masonic Notes And Queries.

statements , and of the true Masonic feeling which actuated these brethren , on the 20 th of June I granted the Dispensation asked for , and issued a Special Commission to Bro . Thomas H . Lewis , authorizing him to heal such worthy members of the irregular body as had received their degrees whilst working under the forged Dispensation , and to organize and set the lodge regularly at work . " We copy the above from the address of tbe Grand

Master Samuel M . Todd , delivered before the Grand Lodge of Louisiana , at its last annual communication . This is the first time , we believe , in the history of Masonry , that legitimate Freemasons , and in good standing , were imposed upon by a bogus Dispensation in the jurisdiction of a legally established Grand Lodge , and were it not that the fact was officially communicated , we could scarcely have believed it possible . —Ex . Ex .

BREAKING A TYLER S SWOBD . I am told that at a Tyler ' s funeral some years ago , the sword of the lodge was broken at the grave , was it so ?—A TYLER . —[ You have been correctly informed . The Taunton Lodge in 1850 , buried Bro . Davey , their Tyler , and at the conclusion of the Church Burial Service , the Provincial Grand Secretary broke his wand , and the " Worshipful Master broke the sword of the deceased Tyler , casting the same into the grave with the customary exclamation on such occasions , 'Alas , our brother . '"!

GLEANINGS PROM THE "AMERICAN MASONIC RECORD AND ALBANY LITERARY JOURNAL , " 1828-9-30-31 . Anti-Masonic from the Beginning . —In one of the counties of Ohio , a man whose surname was Mason , had bis son christened by the name of Anti . We are told that there is but one Anti-Mason iu Dover , H . H . The only objection be professses to have against

Freemasonry is , that it is too much like the Christian religion . —Boston Palladium . Anti-Masons in this country are about as useful to society , aud about as well calculated to preserve harmony and peace among neighbours , as weasels are useful and peaceable among poultry . —Troy Budget .

Anti-Masonic Anecdote . —A few seceders of the Masonic Institution in some of the Western towns of this State , are getting their tavern and other signs re-painted , and supplying the place of their old Masonic emblems with other devices of their feeble imagination . Not long since two gentlemen rode up to the door of a public house in one of our western towns , and after alighting , one of them

( and a Mason , too ) , casting his eye . up to the sign ( which was a , key-stone , with a mallet , and chisel , & c ) , observed to his companion , " I don ' t known as it will do for us to call here , for this appears to be a Mason ' s tavern . " " Oh , " said the landlady , who then stood in the door , " that is Mr . D ' s old sign . We ain't Masons here , uor don ' t like them no better than anybody does . " - — - ' ! fact .

Money Found . —A man ivhile digging clams near Great Point , ono day , discovered an iron chest , containing a large sum of money . On attempting to open it , the most frightful sights were seen and horrid sounds beard , which were so appaling that the jsrize would have remained on tbe beach for over , had not an old lady who is gifted at conjuring , burnt an Anti-Masonic Almanac on the lid of tbe chest , upon which it flew open and was found to contain—Nothing !! . ' —Nantucket Enquirer .

More Revelations . —We understand , says the Baiavia Times , that Solomon . Soufckwick , in his sermon of three hours' length , delivered at the Leroy Show , stated most unequivocally , that Bonaparte was murdered by tho Masons , ancl that Masonry was the sole cause of introducing sin into our world in the Garden of Eden . This is a thumper . If the Masons have got to father all the sins that have been committed since the days of Adam and Eve , they will have a dreadful account to render at the last day . —Ex . Ex .

The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

MASONIC MEMS . At the meeting of the Board of Benevolence , on the 19 th inst ., Bro . S . E . Nntt , Asst . G . D . C ., in the chair , ten petitionerswere relieved with various sums , amounting in the aggregate to £ 141 . We have received a statement from the Lodge of Harmony

( No . 600 ) , Bradford , showing that from 1858 ( the sixth year of the lodge's existence ) , to 1863 , the number of members has increased from 53 to 81 ; and the amount expended in charity , from £ 67 14 s . Id . to £ 277 6 s . Id . How the charitable grantsare increasing , from year to year , is shown by tbe following : — 1858 , £ 2 19 s . 3 d . ; 1859 , £ < t 8 s . 9 cZ . ; 1860 , £ 7 2 s . Id . ; 1861 , £ 10 7 s . lid . ; 1862 , £ 22 las . 6 d . ; 1863 , £ 30 13 s . 2 d . ; and . for 1864 , the grants are £ 35 2 s . id .

Grand Lodge.

GRAND LODGE .

The following is the official agenda of business to be transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday next , the 2 nd Sept .: — 1 . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the Srd June to be read and put for confirmation . 2 . The minutes of an Especial Grand Lodge , holden at Lordship Lane , Wood Green , Tottenham , on Sth day of August , to

be read and put for confirmation . Business not disposed of in June last , viz .: — 3 . The annual report of the Royal Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and their Widows , dated loth Kay , 1863 , will be laid before the Grand Lodge . 4 . Appeal o £ Bro . James Dunbar , of St . John ' s Lodge , ( So

1 S 2 , late 214 , ) Quebec , against a decision of the Provincial Grand Master of Quebec and the Three Kivers . 5 . Appeal of Bro . the llev . A . Wallace , of Newport , Isle of Wight , against the decision of the Prov . Grand Master of the Isle of Wight , in the matter of a complaint laid before him on the 19 th February , 1803 .

G . A letter from the Deputy Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , with extracts from letters written by the Provincial Grand Secretary of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Victoria under the Irish Constitution , and a resolution passed by tho Grand Lodge of Ireland thereon . 7 . The report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter . S . THE EEPOBT OP THE BOARD OP GENERAL PURPOSES .

To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . 1 . The Board of General Purposes beg to report that pursuant to the directions of Grand Lodge they have caused the Boole of Constitutions to he reprinted , both 8 vo . and 32 mo ., and that both editions will be shortly ready for issue at the same price as

heretofore , viz ., Is . Gd . per copy . 2 . A complaint having been preferred against the Apollo Lodge ( No . 301 late No . 378 ) , Alcester , for having neglected to pay registration fees for two brothers admitted as members many years ago , the W . M ., pursuant to summons , attended tbe board , when , on investigation , it appeared that both cases

occurred prior to his having become a member . The board ordered the arrears to be paid up , and cautioned the W . M . to be careful in future that all Grand Lodge dues be from time to time regularly transmitted . The arrears in question have been duly paid .