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such as the wants and resources of other countries , are required both to stimulate enterprise and energy , if not to check the self-complacency peculiar to thc possession of prestige and capital . "
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
JACHIN AND BOAZ , 1750 or 1762 . I differ from my learned Bro . Walter Spencer , F . R . G . S ., only because my researches have led me to set no value on the statement of the Rev . Dr . Oliver ' s as to the J . and B . of 1750 . Bro . Spencer has had , and still has , exceptional opportunities as to Masonic bibliography ; but , withal , 1 am still confident that the work in question is prc-datcd by
him , and by the Rev . Bros . Oliver and Woodford , by some twelve years . Doubtless , some brethren will reply , " What matter ? " Now , it would not matter much as to some works , but as to this one it does matter very considerably on esoteric grounds , about which I intend to write thc Rev . Bro . Woodford ; but , first of all , let me state why I do not accept thc year 1750 for its first publication on
bibliographical grounds : 1 . No catalogue that I know of , published cither in the old or the new world , of Masonic works actually in existence , gives any edition of " jachin anil Boaz " before 1762 . 2 . None of the valuable catalogues issued by thclamcntcd Bro . Richard Spencer contains any copies of the work of the sixth decade of the last century .
3 . In the great sale of Masonic works in 1 S 75 , offered to the public by our good friend and Bro . Walter Spencer , the same statement has been made . 4 . Neither in the library of thc Grand Lodge of England , nor the "Supreme Council , " nor any other library of which I have any information , is there an edition before the year stated by me ( viz . 17 G 2 ) .
5 . None such have occurred for sale in any catalogue of "second-band books" to my knowledge for the last twenty years or so . 6 . The noted Masonic bibliographers , Bros . E . T . Carson ( of Cincinnati , Ohio ) and R . F . Bower ( of Keokuk , Iowa ) , have copies of "Jachin and Boaz" of 17 62 , which appear taha first editions , there being no notice thereon as
to their being second , or any subsequent issues ; both these brethren , who have the largest private Masonic libraries in the world , consider their copies of A . D . 1762 to be first editions , and thc former carefully makes note of the error of Drs . Oliver and Mackay , in stating there were earlier editions , in his " Masonic Bibliography . " VV . J- HUGHAN .
THE CEREMONY AT TRURO . I notice one error in your excellent account of tbe Special Grand Lodge held at Truro on the 20 th ult . As , however , it is one into which all the special correspondents have fallen , and from its nature so easily explained when the solution is given , that 1 am pleased to be able to furnish the correct statement sent to me by an esteemed correspondent .
In laying the second , or memorial stone , the maul used by H . R . H . thc Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., was not the one in the possession of the Lodge of Antiquity , but one having-tu-o silver shields thereon , and encircled with a silver band , with the following inscription engraved : "This maul and square , used b y His Royal Highness the Prince Consort in laying the foundation stone of tbe
Orphan Asylum , at Wanstead , r . pping l'orest , on the 24 th day of July , 1 S 41 , was presented to St . Andrew's Lodge , No . 1151 , by the Rev . George Ross , M . A ., P . M ., and P . G . Chaplain , Vicar of Tywardreath , and founder of St . Andrew ' s Lodge , on thc 25 th January , 1 S 72 , A . ! .. 5 S 72 . "
J he iact ol the maul being thus used in iSji by H . R . H . thc Prince Consort , and some thirty-nine years later by his son , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , is surely worth chronicling . The St . Andrew's Lodge intend having another shield added to the maul , with a suitable inscription in commemoration of the event .
RES NON VERBA
BRO . WHYTEHEAD'S " NOTES ON THE MASONIC DEGREE . " Bro . Whytchead has done well in his notes on the Mark Degree , and I hope that the example thus set so ably by him will be followed by several brethren who have the means at their disposal to furnish evidence of the customs and laws respecting Mart Masonry , or Freemasonry
generally . In the review of these " notes " by the Editor of the Freemason , friendl y and appreciative withal , the statement is made that " neither south or north , in London or in York , is there any proof of marks being known to Masons in these English limits until late in the 1 SU 1 century . " In the Freemason of January 21 st , 1 S 71 , in an article by mc on the " Records of the Alnwicke : Lodge , " will be found
particulars of marks in the minute book of that lodge early last century , and doubtless we shall be correct in accepting the paucity of Marl : books in England as due to the few operative lodges working in the first half of the lSth century as compared with Scotland . However , these records commence in the year 1701 . One hundred years i . s considered a pretty gooel age for some Masonic Degrees now-a-days other than those recognised , and , certainly , by
that test Mark Masonry and customs can liejld their own , and have a large margin to spare , even if another century be added , or more . As a Masonic Degree , however , it must be placed after "the three first , " though , as a custom for the Apprentices and Fellow Crafts to select their marks , it appears to me to pre-date all Masonic Degrees . In connection also with operative Masonry , and especially as illustrated and symbolised in our Masonic lodges , the selection of marks is surely well retained .
\ V . J . HUGHAN
"THE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM . "IMPORTANT MASONIC MANUSCRIPT ROM .. " The first manuscript purchased by the Board of General Purposes , to be deposited ^ in the libra ry and museum , is very curious and interesting . It bears dale 25 th December , 11 S 3 , in thc twenty-ninth year of Henry II . ; and that this date is nearly correct may be inferred from the writing .
which is the court hand of that time . _ " This document consists of a short prayer , six sections , historical and explanatory , the ancient charges of the Order , as agreed on at the Grand Lodge held at York , A . D . ( about ) 92 ( 1 , and a final exhortation to the brethren to abide b y and strictly enforce and obey them . "This M . S . is probably a copy of the records and rules 6 f the aforesaid Grand Lodge , possibly made by authority ' )
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for the use of some subordinate lodge . The style of writing and its general appearance would induce a belief that it was an official document . * * * * * " Dr . Oliver , tei whom thc document was shown by Dr . Crucclix , is of opinion that the court character of thc writing is as late as the time of Elizabeth , in this respect differinrjr with tbe writer of this article ; the doctor is
probably correct , as his intimate acquaintance with the character of different eras is unquestionable . "The document is most important to the Order , and the occasion of its having reached tbe Vu ? ad-quartcrs of Freemasonry may not be eitit of place . Miss Siddall , an elderly spinster , granddaughter to the second wife of the late Bro . Dunckcrlv , having mentioned to Bro . the Rev . H . R .
Slade that she possessed an interesting - Masonic relic , which she wished te > dispose of , he offered to place it in the hands of Dr . Crucefix , for examination . The doctor , after perusal , considering that it ought not to fall into other hands than thc Grand Lodge , entered into an arrangement with the Board of General Purposes , in 1 S 39 , for twentyfive pounds , which sum was a very acceptable relief for
Miss Siddall . <<* * * * " 1 TDUS . " ¦ — "Freemasons' Quarterly Review , vol ix ., 1 S 42 , pp . 149-50 . This is an old " extract" in my friend Bro . W . J . Hughan ' s handwriting . Can any one ; throw light upon it ? Perhaps l ? ro . Gould can ?
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Will T . F . kindly communicate with me at igS , Fleetstreet , E . C , with respect to Palsen ' s work , and oblige much , EDITOR " FREEMASON . "
JACHIN AND BOAZ . In a late edition of Jachin and Boaz which 1 possess I see that allusion is made to an edition of Nichol ' s , but date not given . I shall he obliged by any brother who possesses an early copy of Jachin and Boaz communicating with mc at the office , as 1 am inclined to think that Oliver is right , and , like Bro . Walter Spencer , feel sure that he saw the books he mentions .
EDITOR " FREEMASON . "
HERMETIC FREEMASONRY . Will any brother who possesses a copy of" Long Livers , " a very early Hermetic work , kindly put himself in communication with me . The whole question of Hermetic Masonry deserves great consideration . EDITOR "FREEMASON . "
THE CALENDARS OF 17 S 1-2 . 8 ( re "FOUR OLD LODGES . " ) A slight correction may be needful as ' to thc above , in what relates to them by Bro . R . F . Gould , S . G . D ., in his "FourOld Lodges and their Descendants . " Thc notice therein is as follows : —'" The lists for 17 S 1-2 are to a considerable extent just erne number behind the edition for !? S . S . The
discrepancy first appears after No . S 5 ( Maul ' s Head , Norwich ) , which is thc same in all editions . No . S 6 is shown as the Bear and Ragged Staff , Norwich , in 17 S 1 , and as the Prince George Lodge , Plymouth , in 17 SS . 432 ( St . George ' s , Doncaster ) , the last on the 17 S 1 list , appears as No . 433 in 17 SS . " The foregoing applies only to thc list of A . D . 1781 , that
for 17 S 2 having the alterations of the numbers from S 6 ( Prince George ' s Lodge , Plymouth ) down to 433 ( St . George ' s Lodge , Doncaster ) . I have compared the Calendar of 17 S 2 with the list of 17 SS , as given in the " Four Old Lodges , " and find they agree mainly throughout ; the latter , however , having several imini's of lodges absent in thc earlier edition , which has simply the places of meeting ,
& c . For all practical purposes then , it is better to describe the numeration as that of 1782-1 ) 1 , leaving out of the question the erroneous one of A . D . 17 S 1 . All changes from SO to 432 in tbe 17 S 1 were necessary , in consequence of the omission of the " Prince George Lodge , " from the revised Roll . This lodge oweel much of its prominence in Devon
to the fact that H . R . H . the Duke of Clarence ( afterwards His Majesty King William IV . ) was initiated therein . The lodge succumbed . My claim , briefly stated , is , that the change Bro . Gould speaks eif as taking place in 17 SS or after 17 S 2 , is in reality to be found in the 17 S 2 Calendar . VV . I . HUGHAN .
The Charge Against Bro. Walter Gompertz.
THE CHARGE AGAINST BRO . WALTER GOMPERTZ .
We have no doubt many of our readers have noticed in thc Daily Press reports of a case in which Bro . Walter Gompertz was at first a witness , and subsequently a defendant , in an action for perjury . We have refrained hitherto from noticing or commenting on the case , feeling sure that
the result would prove that our belief in his emtirc innocence would not be unfounded . We are happy to say that such is tire case , and we are sure that his many good friends will be rejoiced at the { act of his freeing himself from such a serious and unfounded charge . We take the following report from thc Daily Press , which fully records thc evidence in the case , and which may be briefly summarised .
A dealer in sewing machines named Alfred Stafford Wright was summoned to tbe Worship-street Police Court for having obtained a sum of £ 6 ios . by false pretences , by pretending that a certain sewing machine was a "Wheeler and Wilson" machine . Bro . Gompertz gave evidence on that occasion that thc machine was not manufactured by the company he represented , and further that it was " not usual
te > .. ell such machines as Wheeler and Wilson , " the words quoted being the particular portion of his evidence upon which thc charge of perjury was preferred . On this evidence the defendant Wright was committed , but acquitted on the trial on evidence being submitted to the Court that there was a sewing machine known in the trade as Wheeler anel Wilson ' s , and sold as such , which was not manufactured by
the Wheeler anil Wilson Company . It was explained in the cemrse of the hearing that the patents which originally protected the manufacture of the Wheeler anel Wilson Company had expired , elapsing in itSoO , and that certain machines made on their plan were called " Wheeler anel Wilson , " but not " made by Wheclci and Wilson . "
The machine in question bore the letters "W . W . 's , " but it was said that the "s . " was intended to represent the word " system , " . the initials standing for the description " Wheeler and Wilson System . " At the adjourned trial
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Mr . Bushby , in dismissing thc summons against Bro . Gompertz , said that the evidence of Gompertz , both at the court and at the sessions , was reconcilable , and that what he said at the trial was not an alteration of his previous testimony , but a disqualification . Had he made that qualification at first Wright would not have been committed .
The Sewing Machine Gazette , in commenting on the case , says : — "The whole of the proceedings both against Mr . Wright and Mr . Gompertz have arisen from the reprehensible practice of attempting to pass off the goods manufactured by A under thc name of B , who has by long patience and enterprise obtained in the market a good reputation for his manufactures . If Mr . Wright had been content to sell his machine to Mrs . Oliver for what it really
was , namely , a German made spool machine , and not a . Wheeler Wilson at all , his customers would have had nocause of complaint against him on the score of representation ; he would not have had to endure the- pain and annoyance of standing in thc dock at the Sessions House ; Mr . Gompertz would never have been called awayfrorri his peaceful avocations in Queen Victoria-street , and he would , consequently , never have run the risk of figuring as a defendant in a perjury case . "
The Grand Lodge Library.
THE GRAND LODGE LIBRARY .
( COMMUNIQUE . ) " A Catalogue of Books in the Library at Freemasons ' Hall , London , arranged by Bro . H . VV . Hemsworth , " is now lying before us . It seems to have been put together in iS 6 g , but "many books arc omitted , and many added , since , " we are
informed . Indeed , when we come to look at it with the eye of an expert accustomed to books , we arc struck with this fact , which must be patent to all who understand booksthat the well-intentioned and zealous compiler of this catalogue was not an "expert" in "bibliography . " But still , as " half a loaf is better than none , " wc hail this catalogue as an omen of better days for Masonic
literature in England , as pointing to a Masonic library , and as the precursor of a truly scientific catalogue . We may add we do not profess to understand why the existence of this catalogue has been so far "kept in the dark . " It is very creditable to Grand Lodge to possess such a catalogue , and it is this reticence , with all deference we say it , a most mistaken policy , which has kept back Masonic studies in
England . And one further remark we would make—if this library is to be used , it must have a proper room . It is hopeless to put the library in a room which is not set apart for that special object . Surely , in thc re-arrangement now going on , a library might be squeezed out , which would be a library , and a library alone . But , to resume . The library now , at
a rough guess , probably will contain ( with its latest addition ) over 1000 volumes . It possesses , as we said before , most of the works of Taylor , the " Platonist , " and Godfrey Higgin's Anacalypsis . It has the Constitutions of 1723 , 173 S , 1756 , 17 G 7 , and 1784 . There is mention also of an old copy of the Constitutions , first part only ; no author or date . This , perhaps , ought
to be looked into . 1 he library contains a good many foreign and other printed works . Among them may be noted "Thc Hebraische Mysterien , " of Decius , 17 SS ; "Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries , " Amsterdam , no date ; "Voile levepour les Curieux , " 1792 ; "Order of the Freemasons , History of , l . eipsic , no date ; "Orations of the Emperor Julian ;"" History of the Reign of Queen Anne , 1705 ;
" The Philosophy of Masons , " 1790 ; *•' EJoyer ' s S y billine Oracles , " 1713 ; Bacon ' s Advancement of Learning-, 1674 ; " Histoirc Critique du Manecheisme , " 1734 ; "Laws and Constitutions of the Friendly Brethren of St . Patrick , " 1 S 0 S ; / Egypti Symbola , " 1 G 31 ; "Cosmologia Sacra , " 1701 ; " Critical ! ebr .-ea , " 17 ( 17 ; " Cudsworth ' s True Intellectual System , " ifaS ; "Chishull Antiquitates Asiatica ;
' 7 . - ? - . I he library is very deficient \\\ MSS ., though among the Sew may be mentioned the " Fountain of Regeneration , " an old MS ., probabl y Hermetic ; the Grand I-odge minutes of I 7 / G , and the minutes of the Lodge of St . George , of which , it may lie observed , .- ; copy , in whole or in part , also exists in the British Museum .
I he library is also gravely deficient in all that relates to the arch . x-oleigy of Masonic ceremonies , and it possesses , apparently , few Hermetic works . But , still , there it is , and it only remains for us to utilize it , to augment it , and to make it known .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . HENRY M 1 SKIN . We regret to have to announce the death of Bro . Henry Miskin , who was suddenly called away on Saturday morning last at a few minutes before eight . The melancholy cvemt liastakst quite a gloom over Canterbury , and particularly amnag his brethren in the Craft . At the time of his decease he held the offices of Worshipful Master and Charity Representative of the Royal Military Lodge , No .
1 449 , as well as 11111101- Warden in St . Augustine Lodge , 972 , the last named being his mother lodge . He was , in addition tei the foregoing , a Royal Arch Mason , and was elected Scribe E . at the last meetingof the Bertha Chapter , No . 31 . He was also a Mark Mason . Deceased took a good deal of interest in public affairs generally , and was a member of thc Town Council as well as of the Board of
Guardians . In 1 S 77 he was unanimously chosen sheriff for the city and borough of Canterbury , all of which offices he carried emt with creelit tei himself and to the welfare of the city- He ; was buried in the ; new cemetery 011 VVednesday afternoon , the funeral obsequies being attended by a large number of his brother Masons , several members of the Town Council , and many of bis private friends .
MOI . KMV . IY s I'n . i . s . —In nil sore- 's , wniinils , hael lens , anel sprains e > f anykinel , this Ointment is the most ellieient application . It at once gives ease b y nlhvintr inilamation anil moderating the ; flow of blood to llie part . Whenever the- malaeli- lias fiecti of' Joni ; stand . ins ; the Ointment should lie assisted by llollo-. vay ' s purifying ; Pills , which act upem -lie Klomacli ami liver , guarding digestion from inlei that
falling disordered slate which the pain , restlessness , anel fever atlenelin . ; these ailments is apt to jiroeluce , anil which much retarels recovery , and sometimes even makes serious the slightest case . No mother or nurse should be without these noble remedies ; they are equally applicable to all ages and constitutions . Thry purify the blood , regulate its circulation , renews diseased structures * and invigorate the system , —f ADVT , ]
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such as the wants and resources of other countries , are required both to stimulate enterprise and energy , if not to check the self-complacency peculiar to thc possession of prestige and capital . "
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
JACHIN AND BOAZ , 1750 or 1762 . I differ from my learned Bro . Walter Spencer , F . R . G . S ., only because my researches have led me to set no value on the statement of the Rev . Dr . Oliver ' s as to the J . and B . of 1750 . Bro . Spencer has had , and still has , exceptional opportunities as to Masonic bibliography ; but , withal , 1 am still confident that the work in question is prc-datcd by
him , and by the Rev . Bros . Oliver and Woodford , by some twelve years . Doubtless , some brethren will reply , " What matter ? " Now , it would not matter much as to some works , but as to this one it does matter very considerably on esoteric grounds , about which I intend to write thc Rev . Bro . Woodford ; but , first of all , let me state why I do not accept thc year 1750 for its first publication on
bibliographical grounds : 1 . No catalogue that I know of , published cither in the old or the new world , of Masonic works actually in existence , gives any edition of " jachin anil Boaz " before 1762 . 2 . None of the valuable catalogues issued by thclamcntcd Bro . Richard Spencer contains any copies of the work of the sixth decade of the last century .
3 . In the great sale of Masonic works in 1 S 75 , offered to the public by our good friend and Bro . Walter Spencer , the same statement has been made . 4 . Neither in the library of thc Grand Lodge of England , nor the "Supreme Council , " nor any other library of which I have any information , is there an edition before the year stated by me ( viz . 17 G 2 ) .
5 . None such have occurred for sale in any catalogue of "second-band books" to my knowledge for the last twenty years or so . 6 . The noted Masonic bibliographers , Bros . E . T . Carson ( of Cincinnati , Ohio ) and R . F . Bower ( of Keokuk , Iowa ) , have copies of "Jachin and Boaz" of 17 62 , which appear taha first editions , there being no notice thereon as
to their being second , or any subsequent issues ; both these brethren , who have the largest private Masonic libraries in the world , consider their copies of A . D . 1762 to be first editions , and thc former carefully makes note of the error of Drs . Oliver and Mackay , in stating there were earlier editions , in his " Masonic Bibliography . " VV . J- HUGHAN .
THE CEREMONY AT TRURO . I notice one error in your excellent account of tbe Special Grand Lodge held at Truro on the 20 th ult . As , however , it is one into which all the special correspondents have fallen , and from its nature so easily explained when the solution is given , that 1 am pleased to be able to furnish the correct statement sent to me by an esteemed correspondent .
In laying the second , or memorial stone , the maul used by H . R . H . thc Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., was not the one in the possession of the Lodge of Antiquity , but one having-tu-o silver shields thereon , and encircled with a silver band , with the following inscription engraved : "This maul and square , used b y His Royal Highness the Prince Consort in laying the foundation stone of tbe
Orphan Asylum , at Wanstead , r . pping l'orest , on the 24 th day of July , 1 S 41 , was presented to St . Andrew's Lodge , No . 1151 , by the Rev . George Ross , M . A ., P . M ., and P . G . Chaplain , Vicar of Tywardreath , and founder of St . Andrew ' s Lodge , on thc 25 th January , 1 S 72 , A . ! .. 5 S 72 . "
J he iact ol the maul being thus used in iSji by H . R . H . thc Prince Consort , and some thirty-nine years later by his son , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , is surely worth chronicling . The St . Andrew's Lodge intend having another shield added to the maul , with a suitable inscription in commemoration of the event .
RES NON VERBA
BRO . WHYTEHEAD'S " NOTES ON THE MASONIC DEGREE . " Bro . Whytchead has done well in his notes on the Mark Degree , and I hope that the example thus set so ably by him will be followed by several brethren who have the means at their disposal to furnish evidence of the customs and laws respecting Mart Masonry , or Freemasonry
generally . In the review of these " notes " by the Editor of the Freemason , friendl y and appreciative withal , the statement is made that " neither south or north , in London or in York , is there any proof of marks being known to Masons in these English limits until late in the 1 SU 1 century . " In the Freemason of January 21 st , 1 S 71 , in an article by mc on the " Records of the Alnwicke : Lodge , " will be found
particulars of marks in the minute book of that lodge early last century , and doubtless we shall be correct in accepting the paucity of Marl : books in England as due to the few operative lodges working in the first half of the lSth century as compared with Scotland . However , these records commence in the year 1701 . One hundred years i . s considered a pretty gooel age for some Masonic Degrees now-a-days other than those recognised , and , certainly , by
that test Mark Masonry and customs can liejld their own , and have a large margin to spare , even if another century be added , or more . As a Masonic Degree , however , it must be placed after "the three first , " though , as a custom for the Apprentices and Fellow Crafts to select their marks , it appears to me to pre-date all Masonic Degrees . In connection also with operative Masonry , and especially as illustrated and symbolised in our Masonic lodges , the selection of marks is surely well retained .
\ V . J . HUGHAN
"THE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM . "IMPORTANT MASONIC MANUSCRIPT ROM .. " The first manuscript purchased by the Board of General Purposes , to be deposited ^ in the libra ry and museum , is very curious and interesting . It bears dale 25 th December , 11 S 3 , in thc twenty-ninth year of Henry II . ; and that this date is nearly correct may be inferred from the writing .
which is the court hand of that time . _ " This document consists of a short prayer , six sections , historical and explanatory , the ancient charges of the Order , as agreed on at the Grand Lodge held at York , A . D . ( about ) 92 ( 1 , and a final exhortation to the brethren to abide b y and strictly enforce and obey them . "This M . S . is probably a copy of the records and rules 6 f the aforesaid Grand Lodge , possibly made by authority ' )
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for the use of some subordinate lodge . The style of writing and its general appearance would induce a belief that it was an official document . * * * * * " Dr . Oliver , tei whom thc document was shown by Dr . Crucclix , is of opinion that the court character of thc writing is as late as the time of Elizabeth , in this respect differinrjr with tbe writer of this article ; the doctor is
probably correct , as his intimate acquaintance with the character of different eras is unquestionable . "The document is most important to the Order , and the occasion of its having reached tbe Vu ? ad-quartcrs of Freemasonry may not be eitit of place . Miss Siddall , an elderly spinster , granddaughter to the second wife of the late Bro . Dunckcrlv , having mentioned to Bro . the Rev . H . R .
Slade that she possessed an interesting - Masonic relic , which she wished te > dispose of , he offered to place it in the hands of Dr . Crucefix , for examination . The doctor , after perusal , considering that it ought not to fall into other hands than thc Grand Lodge , entered into an arrangement with the Board of General Purposes , in 1 S 39 , for twentyfive pounds , which sum was a very acceptable relief for
Miss Siddall . <<* * * * " 1 TDUS . " ¦ — "Freemasons' Quarterly Review , vol ix ., 1 S 42 , pp . 149-50 . This is an old " extract" in my friend Bro . W . J . Hughan ' s handwriting . Can any one ; throw light upon it ? Perhaps l ? ro . Gould can ?
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Will T . F . kindly communicate with me at igS , Fleetstreet , E . C , with respect to Palsen ' s work , and oblige much , EDITOR " FREEMASON . "
JACHIN AND BOAZ . In a late edition of Jachin and Boaz which 1 possess I see that allusion is made to an edition of Nichol ' s , but date not given . I shall he obliged by any brother who possesses an early copy of Jachin and Boaz communicating with mc at the office , as 1 am inclined to think that Oliver is right , and , like Bro . Walter Spencer , feel sure that he saw the books he mentions .
EDITOR " FREEMASON . "
HERMETIC FREEMASONRY . Will any brother who possesses a copy of" Long Livers , " a very early Hermetic work , kindly put himself in communication with me . The whole question of Hermetic Masonry deserves great consideration . EDITOR "FREEMASON . "
THE CALENDARS OF 17 S 1-2 . 8 ( re "FOUR OLD LODGES . " ) A slight correction may be needful as ' to thc above , in what relates to them by Bro . R . F . Gould , S . G . D ., in his "FourOld Lodges and their Descendants . " Thc notice therein is as follows : —'" The lists for 17 S 1-2 are to a considerable extent just erne number behind the edition for !? S . S . The
discrepancy first appears after No . S 5 ( Maul ' s Head , Norwich ) , which is thc same in all editions . No . S 6 is shown as the Bear and Ragged Staff , Norwich , in 17 S 1 , and as the Prince George Lodge , Plymouth , in 17 SS . 432 ( St . George ' s , Doncaster ) , the last on the 17 S 1 list , appears as No . 433 in 17 SS . " The foregoing applies only to thc list of A . D . 1781 , that
for 17 S 2 having the alterations of the numbers from S 6 ( Prince George ' s Lodge , Plymouth ) down to 433 ( St . George ' s Lodge , Doncaster ) . I have compared the Calendar of 17 S 2 with the list of 17 SS , as given in the " Four Old Lodges , " and find they agree mainly throughout ; the latter , however , having several imini's of lodges absent in thc earlier edition , which has simply the places of meeting ,
& c . For all practical purposes then , it is better to describe the numeration as that of 1782-1 ) 1 , leaving out of the question the erroneous one of A . D . 17 S 1 . All changes from SO to 432 in tbe 17 S 1 were necessary , in consequence of the omission of the " Prince George Lodge , " from the revised Roll . This lodge oweel much of its prominence in Devon
to the fact that H . R . H . the Duke of Clarence ( afterwards His Majesty King William IV . ) was initiated therein . The lodge succumbed . My claim , briefly stated , is , that the change Bro . Gould speaks eif as taking place in 17 SS or after 17 S 2 , is in reality to be found in the 17 S 2 Calendar . VV . I . HUGHAN .
The Charge Against Bro. Walter Gompertz.
THE CHARGE AGAINST BRO . WALTER GOMPERTZ .
We have no doubt many of our readers have noticed in thc Daily Press reports of a case in which Bro . Walter Gompertz was at first a witness , and subsequently a defendant , in an action for perjury . We have refrained hitherto from noticing or commenting on the case , feeling sure that
the result would prove that our belief in his emtirc innocence would not be unfounded . We are happy to say that such is tire case , and we are sure that his many good friends will be rejoiced at the { act of his freeing himself from such a serious and unfounded charge . We take the following report from thc Daily Press , which fully records thc evidence in the case , and which may be briefly summarised .
A dealer in sewing machines named Alfred Stafford Wright was summoned to tbe Worship-street Police Court for having obtained a sum of £ 6 ios . by false pretences , by pretending that a certain sewing machine was a "Wheeler and Wilson" machine . Bro . Gompertz gave evidence on that occasion that thc machine was not manufactured by the company he represented , and further that it was " not usual
te > .. ell such machines as Wheeler and Wilson , " the words quoted being the particular portion of his evidence upon which thc charge of perjury was preferred . On this evidence the defendant Wright was committed , but acquitted on the trial on evidence being submitted to the Court that there was a sewing machine known in the trade as Wheeler anel Wilson ' s , and sold as such , which was not manufactured by
the Wheeler anil Wilson Company . It was explained in the cemrse of the hearing that the patents which originally protected the manufacture of the Wheeler anel Wilson Company had expired , elapsing in itSoO , and that certain machines made on their plan were called " Wheeler anel Wilson , " but not " made by Wheclci and Wilson . "
The machine in question bore the letters "W . W . 's , " but it was said that the "s . " was intended to represent the word " system , " . the initials standing for the description " Wheeler and Wilson System . " At the adjourned trial
The Charge Against Bro. Walter Gompertz.
Mr . Bushby , in dismissing thc summons against Bro . Gompertz , said that the evidence of Gompertz , both at the court and at the sessions , was reconcilable , and that what he said at the trial was not an alteration of his previous testimony , but a disqualification . Had he made that qualification at first Wright would not have been committed .
The Sewing Machine Gazette , in commenting on the case , says : — "The whole of the proceedings both against Mr . Wright and Mr . Gompertz have arisen from the reprehensible practice of attempting to pass off the goods manufactured by A under thc name of B , who has by long patience and enterprise obtained in the market a good reputation for his manufactures . If Mr . Wright had been content to sell his machine to Mrs . Oliver for what it really
was , namely , a German made spool machine , and not a . Wheeler Wilson at all , his customers would have had nocause of complaint against him on the score of representation ; he would not have had to endure the- pain and annoyance of standing in thc dock at the Sessions House ; Mr . Gompertz would never have been called awayfrorri his peaceful avocations in Queen Victoria-street , and he would , consequently , never have run the risk of figuring as a defendant in a perjury case . "
The Grand Lodge Library.
THE GRAND LODGE LIBRARY .
( COMMUNIQUE . ) " A Catalogue of Books in the Library at Freemasons ' Hall , London , arranged by Bro . H . VV . Hemsworth , " is now lying before us . It seems to have been put together in iS 6 g , but "many books arc omitted , and many added , since , " we are
informed . Indeed , when we come to look at it with the eye of an expert accustomed to books , we arc struck with this fact , which must be patent to all who understand booksthat the well-intentioned and zealous compiler of this catalogue was not an "expert" in "bibliography . " But still , as " half a loaf is better than none , " wc hail this catalogue as an omen of better days for Masonic
literature in England , as pointing to a Masonic library , and as the precursor of a truly scientific catalogue . We may add we do not profess to understand why the existence of this catalogue has been so far "kept in the dark . " It is very creditable to Grand Lodge to possess such a catalogue , and it is this reticence , with all deference we say it , a most mistaken policy , which has kept back Masonic studies in
England . And one further remark we would make—if this library is to be used , it must have a proper room . It is hopeless to put the library in a room which is not set apart for that special object . Surely , in thc re-arrangement now going on , a library might be squeezed out , which would be a library , and a library alone . But , to resume . The library now , at
a rough guess , probably will contain ( with its latest addition ) over 1000 volumes . It possesses , as we said before , most of the works of Taylor , the " Platonist , " and Godfrey Higgin's Anacalypsis . It has the Constitutions of 1723 , 173 S , 1756 , 17 G 7 , and 1784 . There is mention also of an old copy of the Constitutions , first part only ; no author or date . This , perhaps , ought
to be looked into . 1 he library contains a good many foreign and other printed works . Among them may be noted "Thc Hebraische Mysterien , " of Decius , 17 SS ; "Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries , " Amsterdam , no date ; "Voile levepour les Curieux , " 1792 ; "Order of the Freemasons , History of , l . eipsic , no date ; "Orations of the Emperor Julian ;"" History of the Reign of Queen Anne , 1705 ;
" The Philosophy of Masons , " 1790 ; *•' EJoyer ' s S y billine Oracles , " 1713 ; Bacon ' s Advancement of Learning-, 1674 ; " Histoirc Critique du Manecheisme , " 1734 ; "Laws and Constitutions of the Friendly Brethren of St . Patrick , " 1 S 0 S ; / Egypti Symbola , " 1 G 31 ; "Cosmologia Sacra , " 1701 ; " Critical ! ebr .-ea , " 17 ( 17 ; " Cudsworth ' s True Intellectual System , " ifaS ; "Chishull Antiquitates Asiatica ;
' 7 . - ? - . I he library is very deficient \\\ MSS ., though among the Sew may be mentioned the " Fountain of Regeneration , " an old MS ., probabl y Hermetic ; the Grand I-odge minutes of I 7 / G , and the minutes of the Lodge of St . George , of which , it may lie observed , .- ; copy , in whole or in part , also exists in the British Museum .
I he library is also gravely deficient in all that relates to the arch . x-oleigy of Masonic ceremonies , and it possesses , apparently , few Hermetic works . But , still , there it is , and it only remains for us to utilize it , to augment it , and to make it known .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . HENRY M 1 SKIN . We regret to have to announce the death of Bro . Henry Miskin , who was suddenly called away on Saturday morning last at a few minutes before eight . The melancholy cvemt liastakst quite a gloom over Canterbury , and particularly amnag his brethren in the Craft . At the time of his decease he held the offices of Worshipful Master and Charity Representative of the Royal Military Lodge , No .
1 449 , as well as 11111101- Warden in St . Augustine Lodge , 972 , the last named being his mother lodge . He was , in addition tei the foregoing , a Royal Arch Mason , and was elected Scribe E . at the last meetingof the Bertha Chapter , No . 31 . He was also a Mark Mason . Deceased took a good deal of interest in public affairs generally , and was a member of thc Town Council as well as of the Board of
Guardians . In 1 S 77 he was unanimously chosen sheriff for the city and borough of Canterbury , all of which offices he carried emt with creelit tei himself and to the welfare of the city- He ; was buried in the ; new cemetery 011 VVednesday afternoon , the funeral obsequies being attended by a large number of his brother Masons , several members of the Town Council , and many of bis private friends .
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