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Masonic Notes And Queries.

OCCULT BRETHREN . A small society , composed of a few literary men , was formed in London some years ago , and they employed themselves in examining and testing Freemasonry , Rosicrueianism , alchemy , astrology , & c . Among- other operations was to cast the horoscope of Louis Napoleon . This was published about 1861 , and predicted his loss of empire in 1 S 70 . —J . M .

THE STORY OF NIOBE . An explanation of the story of Niobe is given in a contemporary , which , even if not the true one , merits repetition . The legend , as our readers will remember , is that Apollo by his dart slays the children of Niobe for insulting Latonaand Niobe is turned into a stone .

, This myth , ifc is said , describes the overflow of the Nile . Niobe means the " sojourn of the enemy . " that is the overflow of the river , and her fourteen children are the fourteen cubits that mark the increase of the river . Latona literally signifies "the amphibious lizard . " She is insulted by the E tiansbeiug

gyp , compelled to seek high ground . Apollo slays the children by drying up the river . The petrification of Niobe is explained by the Play on the words Shelar aud Shelaw . The sojour of the enemy becomes the salvation of the country , Shelar—and this word slightly altered is Shelaw , a stone . The people did

not understand what the change of the mother of fourteen children into salvation meant , so they altered it to a " stone . " Tantalus , fche father of Niobe , signifies " high ground . " He was always thirsty , though up to his chin in water . This exactly describes the Ethiopian plateaux from which the Nile pours down into Egypt . The explanation is certainly ingenious .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed b-j Correspondent THE LODGE OF FIXSBUEY . 10 THE union or THIS I-NEEJIASOXS' MAGAZINE AND JIASOS-IC jmtnon . Dear Sir and Brother , —Feeling satisfied that you

are a lover of fair play , and that your columns are always open for a true and faithful statement of the proceedings of the Craft , may I beg your insertion of tlie following explanation of the treatment received by myself at the Lodge of Finsbury , No . 861 . Tlie installation of the W . Mof the lodge took lace

, p on Friday , May 26 th , when such alteration took place as warrant me in offering some explanation . A feeling of discord crept into the lodge which has arisen from a display of dominant tyranny on the part of some who should have shewn an example more congenial with the ancient landmarks of Masonry , and any

dissentient from their views met with most rancourous opposition , and unfortunately I have been made a victim . The bone of contention has been the removal of the lodge to a more convenient place than the present , and I very much doubt if the Grand Lodge knew the particulars it would allow the meetings to be held there . The true account is that a brother proposed

that the lodge should be removed , and requested the vote to be taken ^ by ballot ; this the W . M . refused and ordered it to be taken by show of hands , when the brother who proposed it recommended his supporters not to vote . It was put to the show of hands , and there were sixteen against tho removal out of a

meeting of thirty-seven there ; no hands were shown on the contrary . Trusting you will publish this letter in justice to myself , aud to show how Freemasonry is understood and turned out in the Lodge of Finsbury . Yours respectfully ,

E . Bi'y . TAAIIN , late J . W . of the Lodge . THE HIDDEN MYSTEEIES OF NATFEE AND SCIENCE . TO TIIK EDITOR OF THE rilEKlCASOS'S MAGAZINE _ . _ Ta jrASOlflC srriiEOK .

Dear Sir aud Brother , —During the last few years great changes have taken place in regard to Freemasonry , not , indeed , as to its princip les and objects , but as to the extent and manner iu which they are carried out . Our numbers have vastl y increased ; our past history has been , and still continues to be ,

investigated ; our charitable institutions have been enlarged and rendered more efficient ; Masonic Temples have arisen for the practice of our rites apart from houses of entertainment ; and something , though not very much , has been done , by mean *! of lectures in . lodgesaud writings in Masonic journalstowards

, , carrying out the purposes of the second degree , namely search into the " hidden mysteries of nature and science . " Under the latter head may he included every thing which has reference to distinguished promoters of such studies , and this being the case , I beg

to ormg to your notice , and that of your readers , two works bv an excellent and esteemed brother , Captain Thomas ' Lidstone , P . M ., T . Z ., P . Prov . G . S . W . for Devon , who resides at Dartmouth , and is much interested in archaeological pursuits , for the cultivation of which the frequent changes in so old a town afford much scope . The first workentitled" Some Account

, , of the Inventor of the Steam Engine , " ( price 3 s . ) , was published by Longmans and Co ., in 18 ( 59 . Of the other , issued only one month ago , by J . C . Hot-ten , 75 Piccadilly , London , entitled , " Notes and Queries about Newcomen , and Something about his Kettle , his Monument , & c" ( price 8 d . ) I send you a }' b

, , cop , y request of the author , in full confidence that your reviewer will do ample justice to its contents , and in the hope that some of your readers , who may be led to purchase and perusal , will be able to furnish afc least a portion of the information required . Yours faithfully and fraternally ,

H . H . Totnes , June Gth , 1871 . THE TEEATY AND THE OEDEE OF CONSTANTINE .

TO inn EDiToit or TIIE imEEiiAsoirs' MAGAZINE AND JIASOJTIC MIEBOR . Dear Sir and Brother , —I mentioned in my letter to you on Grand Conclave the fact that a Sir Kni ght had distinctly challenged the statement made by the D . G . M ., Sir Knight Huyshe , thafc the Duke of Sussex

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THE BALLOT IN THE LODGE. Article 1
PROXY MASTERS. Article 2
THE ORDERS OF CHIVALRY IN CANADA. Article 2
THE DEFECTIVE STONE. Article 5
MASONIC JOTTINGS, No. 73. Article 6
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 6
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 8
GRAND LODGE. Article 9
GRAND LODGE—MOTIONS, &c. Article 9
MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD. Article 10
MASONIC MEMS. Article 10
UNITED GRAND LODGE. Article 10
Craft Masonry. Article 13
PROVINCIAL. Article 13
ROYAL ARCH. Article 15
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 15
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE. Article 16
SCOTLAND. Article 16
LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE WEYMOUTH ROYAL HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY. Article 16
Obituary. Article 19
Poetry. Article 19
LIST OF LODGE MEETINGS &c., FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 17TH, 1871. Article 20
METROPOLITAN LODGES AND CHAPTERS OF INSTRUCTION. Article 20
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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Masonic Notes And Queries.

OCCULT BRETHREN . A small society , composed of a few literary men , was formed in London some years ago , and they employed themselves in examining and testing Freemasonry , Rosicrueianism , alchemy , astrology , & c . Among- other operations was to cast the horoscope of Louis Napoleon . This was published about 1861 , and predicted his loss of empire in 1 S 70 . —J . M .

THE STORY OF NIOBE . An explanation of the story of Niobe is given in a contemporary , which , even if not the true one , merits repetition . The legend , as our readers will remember , is that Apollo by his dart slays the children of Niobe for insulting Latonaand Niobe is turned into a stone .

, This myth , ifc is said , describes the overflow of the Nile . Niobe means the " sojourn of the enemy . " that is the overflow of the river , and her fourteen children are the fourteen cubits that mark the increase of the river . Latona literally signifies "the amphibious lizard . " She is insulted by the E tiansbeiug

gyp , compelled to seek high ground . Apollo slays the children by drying up the river . The petrification of Niobe is explained by the Play on the words Shelar aud Shelaw . The sojour of the enemy becomes the salvation of the country , Shelar—and this word slightly altered is Shelaw , a stone . The people did

not understand what the change of the mother of fourteen children into salvation meant , so they altered it to a " stone . " Tantalus , fche father of Niobe , signifies " high ground . " He was always thirsty , though up to his chin in water . This exactly describes the Ethiopian plateaux from which the Nile pours down into Egypt . The explanation is certainly ingenious .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed b-j Correspondent THE LODGE OF FIXSBUEY . 10 THE union or THIS I-NEEJIASOXS' MAGAZINE AND JIASOS-IC jmtnon . Dear Sir and Brother , —Feeling satisfied that you

are a lover of fair play , and that your columns are always open for a true and faithful statement of the proceedings of the Craft , may I beg your insertion of tlie following explanation of the treatment received by myself at the Lodge of Finsbury , No . 861 . Tlie installation of the W . Mof the lodge took lace

, p on Friday , May 26 th , when such alteration took place as warrant me in offering some explanation . A feeling of discord crept into the lodge which has arisen from a display of dominant tyranny on the part of some who should have shewn an example more congenial with the ancient landmarks of Masonry , and any

dissentient from their views met with most rancourous opposition , and unfortunately I have been made a victim . The bone of contention has been the removal of the lodge to a more convenient place than the present , and I very much doubt if the Grand Lodge knew the particulars it would allow the meetings to be held there . The true account is that a brother proposed

that the lodge should be removed , and requested the vote to be taken ^ by ballot ; this the W . M . refused and ordered it to be taken by show of hands , when the brother who proposed it recommended his supporters not to vote . It was put to the show of hands , and there were sixteen against tho removal out of a

meeting of thirty-seven there ; no hands were shown on the contrary . Trusting you will publish this letter in justice to myself , aud to show how Freemasonry is understood and turned out in the Lodge of Finsbury . Yours respectfully ,

E . Bi'y . TAAIIN , late J . W . of the Lodge . THE HIDDEN MYSTEEIES OF NATFEE AND SCIENCE . TO TIIK EDITOR OF THE rilEKlCASOS'S MAGAZINE _ . _ Ta jrASOlflC srriiEOK .

Dear Sir aud Brother , —During the last few years great changes have taken place in regard to Freemasonry , not , indeed , as to its princip les and objects , but as to the extent and manner iu which they are carried out . Our numbers have vastl y increased ; our past history has been , and still continues to be ,

investigated ; our charitable institutions have been enlarged and rendered more efficient ; Masonic Temples have arisen for the practice of our rites apart from houses of entertainment ; and something , though not very much , has been done , by mean *! of lectures in . lodgesaud writings in Masonic journalstowards

, , carrying out the purposes of the second degree , namely search into the " hidden mysteries of nature and science . " Under the latter head may he included every thing which has reference to distinguished promoters of such studies , and this being the case , I beg

to ormg to your notice , and that of your readers , two works bv an excellent and esteemed brother , Captain Thomas ' Lidstone , P . M ., T . Z ., P . Prov . G . S . W . for Devon , who resides at Dartmouth , and is much interested in archaeological pursuits , for the cultivation of which the frequent changes in so old a town afford much scope . The first workentitled" Some Account

, , of the Inventor of the Steam Engine , " ( price 3 s . ) , was published by Longmans and Co ., in 18 ( 59 . Of the other , issued only one month ago , by J . C . Hot-ten , 75 Piccadilly , London , entitled , " Notes and Queries about Newcomen , and Something about his Kettle , his Monument , & c" ( price 8 d . ) I send you a }' b

, , cop , y request of the author , in full confidence that your reviewer will do ample justice to its contents , and in the hope that some of your readers , who may be led to purchase and perusal , will be able to furnish afc least a portion of the information required . Yours faithfully and fraternally ,

H . H . Totnes , June Gth , 1871 . THE TEEATY AND THE OEDEE OF CONSTANTINE .

TO inn EDiToit or TIIE imEEiiAsoirs' MAGAZINE AND JIASOJTIC MIEBOR . Dear Sir and Brother , —I mentioned in my letter to you on Grand Conclave the fact that a Sir Kni ght had distinctly challenged the statement made by the D . G . M ., Sir Knight Huyshe , thafc the Duke of Sussex

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