Masonic Notes And Queries.

possession a Bible presented to it by its illustrious founder , General James Oglethorpe , with the following inscription : — ' Presented hy General James Oglethorpe to King Solomon ' s Loclge ( No . 510 ) , province of Georgia , ' and printed at Oxford , hy John Baskett , printer to the University , MDCCXXXIII . " The oldest minutes of this lodge to he found ( those previous liaving heen destroyed ) , are those of February , 1785 , and at a

meeting held on the 5 th of October , it was proposed hy Bro . Jackson , that the brethren form themselves into an ancient lodge , under ancl by authority given hy the Grand Lodge of the State . A committee was appointed to consult together and report to the loclge their sentiments as to the propriety of remaldng ancl constituting Solomon ' s Lodge on an ancient established form for the future . Bro . Beecroft seconded the motion , which was unanimously carried . Five ancient Masons being presentconstituted themselves

accord-, ingly . Bro . Beecroft , acting as W . M ., reported that tliey had a full right and power to make ancl constitute an ancient loclge , for the reasons given in the motion ; also , as it appears the original was ancient as well on account of the authority of the Grand Loclge ; and that Solomon's Loclge he ancl it is hereby constituted an ancient loclge hy the name of Solomon's Lodge , which report was agreed to hy the loclge , ordered hy the ancient Masons , and agreed to by the wholethat theyBro . R . W . Junior G . W . and the other officers

, , , , of Solomon's Lodge , meet to-morrow * at eight o'clock in the morning for the purpose of Remaldng . "At a particular loclge held on the 27 th of October , 1785 , at the house of John Lowrey , the following officers were present , to wit .-Samuel Beecroft , W . M . ; B . Green , S . W . ; T . Anderson , J . W . ; T . Mills , S . D . ; IV Lloyd , J . D . ; Leonard Cecil , Treas . No Secretary or Tler . Brethren present—Sir G . HoustownJStrong

y , . , J . Story , I ) . McGason anil E . Whiting . From the foundation of the lodge to the date of the first extracts given from the minutes , is a period of about fifty-two years . " In the minutes of 1785 , I find the ^ following item . —Making , £ 2 3 s . Qd . ; Passing , 15 .. ; Raising , 15 * . ; Admitting a member , £ 1 Is . 6 cJ . ; Annual clues paid Grand Loclge , £ 24 . ' 5 cJ . " In 1788 , initiation £ 10 6 s ., ancl in 1790 was changed to £ 4 , 8 _ .

COPY OF CIIAETEE . "W . Stephens , Grand Master . " James Jackson , Deputy Grand Master . " Geo . Houstown , Senior Grand Warden . " Thomas Fife , Junior Grand Warden . " Georgia .- —To all Worshipful , Right Worshipful , Noblemen and other brethren of light wherever dispersed , greeting .

"We , the Grand Loclge of the Most Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , according to the old institution of the State of Georgia , hy virtue of , ancl in pursuance of the right and succession legally derived from the most noble and Bight Worshipful Thomas Thyne , Lord Viscount Weymouth , Grand Master of Enghmdforthey ear of Masonry fivethousandseven hundred and thirty-five , by his warrant directed to the Bight Worshipful Roger Laceyand hthe renewal of the said bSholto

, y power y Charles Douglass , Lord Aberdour , Grand Master of Scotland for the years five thousand seven hundred and fifty-five ancl five thousand seven hundred ancl fifty-six , and Grand Master of England for the years five thousand seven hundred ancl fifty-seven , ancl five thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight , did , by his warrant directed to the Right Worshipful Grey Elliot , and by virtue of and in pursuance of a convention of the different lodges of the said State , met in Savannah on the sixteenth day of December instant , when

the permanent charter was voluntarily relinquished hy the Right Worshipful Samuel Elbert , Grand Master , ancl the other officers of the Grand Loclge , ancl annual appointments concluded on ; in consequence of which the Grand Officers giving this authority were elected for the following year . Now know ye , that we , the said Bight Worshipful William Stephens , Grand Master of all Masons in the State of Georgia , ancl of all lodges therein of tho most ancient and sublime degreeand the Riht Worshiful James

Jack-, g p son , Deputy Grand Master , and the Worshipful Sir George Houstown ancl Thomas Elfe , Senior and Junior Grand Wardens of the Grand Lodge of the said State , hy virtue of the power and authority in us vested , clo hereby duly appoint and constitute our trusty and well belovecl brethren , Samuel Beecroft , Master , Leonard Cecil , Senior Warden , and John Wallace , Junior AVarden of Solomon's Lodge ( No . 1 ) in the town of Savannahas farther bthe minute

, , y in our books , a reference being to them had will more fully and at large appear . Ancl we clo further authorize aucl empower our said trusty and well-beloved brethren , Samuel Beecroft , Master , Leonard Cecil , Senior Warden , and John Wallace , Junior Warden , to admit and make Freemasons agreeably to the most ancient and honourable custom of the Eoyal Craft in all ages and nations throughout the world , and not contrariwise . And we clo authorize and appoint the

said Samuel Beecroft , Leonard Cecil , and John Wallace , and their successors , to hear and determine all and singular matters and

things relating to the Craft within the jurisdiction of the said Lodge ( No . 1 ) . And lastly , we do hereby authorize and empower our trusty and well-beloved brethren , Samuel Beecroft , Master , Leonard Cecil , Senior Warden , and Jolm Wallace , Junior Warden , to nominate , choose , and install their successors , to whom they will deliver this warrant , and invest them with all their powers and dignities as Freemasons ; and such successors shall in like manner

nominate , choose , and install their successors , & c , such installation to be upon ( or near ) every St . John ' s Day , during the continuance of the lodge for . ever . Provided that the above-named brethren and their successors pay due respect to the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge , from whom they have this authority , otherwise this warrant shall be of no force or virtue . " Given under our bands and seal of tbe Grand Lodge , at

Savannah , this twenty-seventh day of December , in the year of our Lord , 17 « 6 , and of Masonry 5786 . " SAMUEL STIBE , Grand Secretary . " JAS . HABEESHAM , Grand Treasurer . "

ICNT . TEMPLAR STATUTES . How many editions have there been of the statutes for thegovernance of the Order of Knts . Templar in England , and . where can they be seen ?—G . CAPT . MORGAN ' S WIFE . Morgan , whose fate was never cleared up , left a wife behind him ; what became of her ?—T . A . C . —[ She was

afterwards married to one George W . Harris , and ran away from him , and he advertised her in the American papers , stating ; that he should sue for a divorce in the District Court of Council Bluffs , State of Iowa , in April , 1856 . Whether-Mrs . Lucinda Harris , nee Morgan , put in an appearance or not we are unable to state . ] BEO . THE MARQUIS DALHOUSIE .

In what lodge was the late Marquis of Dalhousie initiated?— -0 . P . TEMPLAR RING OE PROFESSION . What is the proper cross ( as used in other countries ) with which this should be charged ? I presume it ought to be the cross , to which the wearer is entitled , betiveen the letters P . D . E . P . ( pro Deo et patria ) , but is this so ?—A .

TEMPLAR APPOINTMENTS . What are the duties of the Chamberlain and Provost ?' our Grand Conclave appoint a Marshal between these officers ; why is this ? He was the third Officer-General of the Order , and led the brethren to battle . Perhaps he isconsidered to be superseded in his higher duties by the-Captains . —A .

SIR KNIGI 1 T . The conjunction of a title of rank , and the style of address due to its possessor , has been made strictly correct by long usage , if it is not really so otherwise . "My Lord Bishop " or " My Lord Marquis " are common modesof address , and " Sir Knight" was formerly the usual , manner of addressing persons of that rank , and is constantly

to be met with in old authors . An instance of its use also by a ' modern author , and no mean authority on such matters ,, has just occurred to me , and if " AAA " -will refer to Moore ' s Irish Melodies , he will find it twice used in the verses " Rich and rare were the gems she wore . " Sir Knight ! I feel not the least alarm , No son of Erin will offer me harm : For though they love woman and golden store , Sir Knight ! they love honour and virtue more ! S . TUCKEE .

PROCEEDINGS , EIGHTY VEAIIS SINCE , OE A TRENCH LODGE AFTER SUSPENSION 01 LABOUR , The ensuing is copied from a cotemporaneous manuscript fragment , giving an account of the proceedings ot a lodge held in some one of the principal towns of , Languedoc , February 7 th , 1781 . There are many brethren , your readers , to whom I am pursuaded it will be not uninteresting : —

" Apres divers discours" ( some pronounced by brothers , two by sisters , a Marchioness and a Viscountess , both belonging to families ivhich happily survived the great Revolution , and are still flourishing ) "les travaux de la Loge out etc suspendus , et tous les Ereres et Sontrs ont passe dans la salle du banquet , pendan . lequel on a porte avec