Masonic Notes And Queries.

or any other worthy Mason from a lodge , under the Grand Lodge of England , in the manner referred to by your correspondent for Guernsey . "We should like much to be favoured with a copy of the Loyalty Lodge by-laws , and , on procuring a copy , we intend referring to the subject again . — " W . J- HHGHAN .

CHARLES PHRTON COOPER AND " MUSTARD SEED . " I am not quite sure that history warrants the positive denial of Bro . C . P . Cooper ( P . Prov , G . M . for Kent ) as to the Order of the Mustard Seed being connected with Masonry . According to Bro . Jeremiah How ' s " Masonic Manual" Bro . Dr . Mackay ' s

, " Lexicon , " & c , this Order was also known by the name of " The Fraternity of Moravian Brothers of the Order Religious Freemasons , " and was instituted in Germany in 1739 , and is said to have been one of the earliest innovations introduced into German Freemasonry . According to some parts of its

ceremonial , there is evidently a Masonic character about them , and strongly suggestive of the origin of the Order . Believing in one of its mottos , viz ., " INTo one lives for himself , " I have recorded this opinion for the benefitof yournumerous readers . — "W . J . HUGHAN .

ORIGIN OP TnE THIRD DEGREE . "We await with anxiety , the production of evidence in favour of a greater antiquity to the Master Mason and Royal Arch degrees than Bro . "W . J . Hughan admits in his "History of the Craft in Cornwall , " and hope some learned brother will come forward to prove the truth of what we have been dogmatically taught in our lodge and chapter . —BOTAL ARCH .

LORD BROUGHAM . "When practising at the Scotch bar , Lord Brougham joined a vacation yachting party to the "Western Isles . Except himself , the party were Masonic . The Masons having been invited by the brethren of the Lodge Fortrose Stornaway to pay them a visit , Brougham entered

was , passed , and raised on the occasion . On the party ' s return to Edinburgh his lordship affiliated into the Lodge Canongate Kilwinning , and was a frequent attender , till he settled in London . He seems then to have given up Masonry , and , doubtless , the part he has layed in the historical and political

p world' rendered this necessary . No trace can be found of his holding any office in the Craft , and his Masonic career is unmarked by any event of importance . —A . 0 . HATE .

ERO . COX S LETTER , My name has been , by some mistake , drawn into this question . I have written nothing relative to the matter , and do not know the cypher . —A . 0 . HAVE . LEADEN PIPE AT KILWINNING E 0 R COLOURING

WATER . In a dean , west of the village of Coklingham , is a spring of water of excellent quality , called St . Andrew's Well , from which the monastery there used to he suppled by leaden conduits , portions of which are occasionally exposed . Are there any other religious buildings known to have possessed lead pipes in connection with a distant well ? Two streams run through Coldingham . —A . 0 . HATE .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents , THE POLISH IMPOSTOR ,

TO THE EDITOn OF TnE FltEEHASOXs' MAGAZINE AXD MASONIC ITIRfiOH , DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —In answer to your : orrespondent " P . M ., a Pole , " I beg to say that the aame given to me by the impostor I wrote to you ibout has escaped my memory . Could I remember . t , I would gladly communicate it to him and you ; in actI should have mentioned it in my former letter .

, It is possible that some of my fellow-victims in the leighbourhood of Watford or Berkhampstead might je able to supply the desired information . Yours fraternallv . T . F . HALSEY , "W . M . 20 .

MASONIC PEESEJTIATION . —Many of our readers will have noticed in the shop window of Messrs . Flavelle , Brothers , jewellers , of George-street , a massive silyer tea and coffee service and salver , together with an address artistically painted on vellum , and framed . This handsome service and address , the intrinsic value of which is something over 120 guineas , was presented on Friday last , at a meeting of the Masonic body in the Masonic HallYork-streetto the Eiht Worshipful Bro .

, , g John Williams , on his retirement from the office of Provincial Grand Master under tho English Constitution—an office which he has held during the last 20 years . The presentation was made by the Very Worshipful Bro . A . T- Holroyd , Master in Equity . The silver service is richly chased and beautifully embossed . On one of the shields of each article are Masonic emblemsand on the other the initials of the recipient . The

, design of the service is very handsome , and is fitted into a beautiful morocco case . The salver bears the following inscription -. — " Presented by the Masonic brethren in . Kew South . Wales , under the English Constitution , to Eight Worshipful Brother John Williams , Esq ., J . P ., on bis resigning the office of Provincial Grand Master , as a token of their esteem and respect . February , 1867 . " The following is a

copy of the address : — "To the Eight Worshipful Brother John Williams , Provincial Grand Master of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons , under the English Constitution , in the Province of New South " Wales . Right Worshipful Sir and Brother , — Upon receiving tho announcement of your resignation of tho office of Provincial Grand Master of the province of JTew South Wales , we , the members of the Provincial Grand Lodge , in P-G . L . assembled , desire to express the regret , we feel upon heaving that ill-health

is the cause of your retirement from tho high position which you have occupied in tho Craft for a period of upwards of twenty years . We are aware , right worshipful sir and brother , that your liberal charity and kindness has been most extensive , and we doubt not that in the knowledge you possess of the uprightness of your endeavours to foster aad advance the best interests of Freemasonry in this province , you will find the highest and best reward of your labours in feeling that you

resign the direction of Freemasonry , after having for so many years , to the utmost of your' power and ability , successfully striven to advance the Craft under tho English Constitution to the eminent position which it now holds in this coloiy . Although , right worshipful sir and brother , you have retired from the presidency of the Order , we confidently trust to your assurance that at all times you will give your countenance , support , and

advice to servo the interests of Freemasonry in this province-We hope , right worshipful brother , that your retirement from office may ve-establish . your varpaircd . health , and that you may bo spared to enjoy every domestic happiness , and to witness the results of your long , careful , and anxious labours for tho welfare of Freemasonry by its permanent and rapid advancement ; and , finally , when your earthly course is run , that it may please the

Great Architect of the Universe to summon you to the Grand Lodge above . Signed on behalf of the Provincial Grand Lodge , JST . S . W ., B . C , Richard Coley , D . P . Grand Master ; John Matthews , Provincial Grand Secretary . " The address is painted on vellum—a material peculiarly suited for such work—has a tesselated border , representing emblems of the Order , and is exceedingly chaste . It will , no doubt , in after years serve to recal to memory many happy reminiscences of the past . —» Sydney Homing Herald ,