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TIIE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW, " LIGHT." 1839. LONDON: SHERWOOD, GILBERT, AND PIPE R, PATERNOSTER-ROW; MADDEN AND CO., 8, LEADENHALL-STREET; STEVENSON CAMBRIGDE ; THOMPSON, OXFORD ; SUTHERLAND, CAL- TON -STREET, EDINBURGH : AND J. PORTE R, GRAFTON- STREET , DUBLIN. INDIA; A. PITTA JR , LATTEY AND CO., GOVERNMENT PLACE LIBRARY, CALCUTTA. TO ®6e d&xwtiisKJCotrgc of Iwlatrtf ,' AS THE HUMBLE BUT SINCERE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THAT GREAT MORAL AID, WHICH , AT AN EARLY PERIOD OF OUR LABOURS, FOSTERED AND INSPIRITED US BY ITS PATRONAGE ; AND TO THOSE GENEROUS BRETHREN OF THE SISTER ISLE, WHO CAN APPRECIATE THE MOTIVE-CAUSE OF TRUTH, HONOUR, AND VIRTUE, THIS. OUR SIXTH VOLUME , IS MOST FRATERNALLY DEDICATED. CONTENTS. THE GRAND MASTER - 1 DEATH OF THE EARL OF ZETLAND 2 ON FREEMASONRY (REV. G. OLIVER, D.D.) 9 A NEIV SYSTEM EXPLANATOR Y OF TERRESTRIAL FHffiNOM ENA - - - - - 19 MASONIC DIDACTICS - - - - - 23 " THE TEMPLARS " (HUSENBETH) - - -25 JEPTHAH 'S vow ( KEDDELL) - - - - 29 THE EARLY DISCIPLINE OF THE ISRAELITES - - 33 ORDER OF CHRIST - - - - - - 34 THE GRAND MASTERS - - - - - 35 LEGENDARY-ANA - - - - - - 44 DAS VHEME GERICHT - - - - - 4j LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - - " - 49 POETRY -------J/ MASONIC INTELLIGENCE : BOARDS OF STEWARDS - - - - €2 THE BIRTH-DAY FESTIVAL - - - 63 QUARTERLY CONVOCATION - - -66 COMMUNICATION - -67 BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES - - - 67 THE CHARITIES --- -- 68 BALL IN AID OF THE CHARITIES - - - 77 THE REPORTER -----77 CHIT CHAT ------83 OBITUARY ------84 PROVINCIAL -----86 SCOTLAND ------97 IRELAND - " - - - - 100 FOREIGN - ----- 109 REVIEW OF LITERATURE - - - - - 111 TO CORRESPONDENTS - - ' " - 114 Extract from the Printed Circular of the December Communication. " A communication from the M. W. Grand Master was read in reply to one addressed to His Royal Highness by the W. Brother Thomas Moore, Treasurer of tbe Masonic Institution for Boys, in which it was stated that an application had been made by the Committee of the proposed .Asylum for Decayed Masons, suggesting ' a Ball as affording the means of profitable advantage to Masonic Charity,' and inviting the co-operation of the Com- mittees of the Girls and Boys' Schools, and Broth er Moore, on the part of the Masonic Institution for Boys, requested to know His Royal Highness's opinion on the subject. The W.M. Grand Master in his rep ly, stated that tor reasons which he had already assigned he had not given his sanction to the proposed Asylum, besides which each establishment is managed by a separate Committee, and consequently the mixing up together the concerns of the different charities would create con fusion, give rise to jealousies, and instead of doing good would be productive of much evil. His Royal Highness therefore desired not to be further pressed upon the subject." The other points of the communication have been already observed in the last No. of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review. CIRCULAR. " THE lamented Death of the M. W. Pro-Grand Master, the EARL OF ZETLAND, has shed a gloom and melancholy over the whole Craft. " The M. W. Grand Master deeply participating in this universal grief, and anxious that every, mark of respect and attachment be paid to the me- mory of the deceased Nobleman and exalted Brother, is pleased to order that the Grand Lodge and all subordinate Lodges shall be placed in Mourn- ing for the space of Six Months from this date. " Tiie Mourning to be worn by Brethren individually to be as follows :— " Grand Officers , present and past.—Three Rosettes of Black Crape on the Badges, the Collar suspending the Jewel to be completely covered with Crape, but the Jewel to be uncovered. " Masters, Past Masters, Wardens, and other Officers of Lodges Three Crape Rosettes on the Badge, and one at the poin t of the Collar just above the Jewel. " All other Muster Masons.—Three Black Crape Rosettes on the Badge. " Fellow Crafts and Entered Apprentices. —Two Black Crape Rosettes at (lie lower part of the Badge. By Command of the M. W. Grand Master, H.R.H. The DUKE OF SUSSEX, WILLIAM H. WHITE, G.S." Freemasons' Hall, 26th February, 1839. The Grand Secretary, Brother W. H. White, has been very seriously indisposed, and we regret to state that he is not yet convalescent. March 25, Monday afternoon. —We have just received by hand a very detailed account from some obliging correspondent, (without name or ad- dress) of some interesting proceedings at Chudleigh, in November last, some particulars of which appeared in our last, p. 515. We regret that we have not room for any notice of the meeting at De- vonport, on tbe 27th of December, by which some excellent addresses, especially those of Brother Cook, are lost to our readers. In future we hope our correspondent will " come on in time," and with name and address. THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. MARCH 30, 1839. THE GRAND MASTER. FOR the twenty-sixth time His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex was re-elected Grand Master of Masons in a very numerous assembly of the Grand Lodge, on the 6th of this month—one general burst of feeling proclaimed the happy event. The Birth day Festival, held in honour of His Royal Highness, passed off with all the usual demonstration of loyalty and affectionate regard for his person, and, consi- dering that the Stewards were limited in number, the attendance was highly creditable to their exertions. The Chairman, the Hon. Colonel Anson, acquitted him- self with the greatest honour—his addresses were all deli- vered with peculiar tact and felicity, and not one but told well—especially his observations upon the honoured object of the meeting, and his remarks in reference to the Earl of Durham, his immediate predecessor as Chairman of the Birth-day Festival. It is due to the Stewards generally to state, that they maintained most excellent order ; that upon no former occasion had better spirit, liberality, and attention been displayed ; in particular Mr. Steuart, M.P., the Vice Presiden t of the Board, seconded the efforts of the Chairman by his assiduous courtesy. The Boards of General Purposes and Finance present no novel features ; their reports have been confirmed by the Grand Lodge, and the various recommendations have now become law. The Board of Grand Stewards are making spirited effor ts to render their Festival approach as nearly as possible to the splendour of the last; it will take place on the 24th of April. VOL. VI. B DEATH OF THE EARL OF ZETLAND, PRO-GRAND MASTER. This amiable nobleman, on the Sth of last month, obeyed the stern summons of death, when peacefully slumbering, after a few hours' illness. His lordship's constitution , how- ever, had gradually been sinking, and when in London, Dr. Chambers was in frequen t attendance. The loss of his lady about three years since, to whom he was most affec- tionately attached , had greatly contributed to enervate him. His lordship was born on the 10th of April, 1766, and was, consequently in his 73d year. As the Hon. Laurence Dundas he sat in parliament for several sessions as member for the City of York ; was an alderman and lord mayor of that city, and only terminated his civic connection with it on his elevation to the peerage, on the 14th June, 1820, by the death of his father, the first Baron Dundas. His lord- ship was also a Baronet and Lord Lieutenant and Vice Admiral of Orkney and Shetland. He married, April 21, 1794, Harriet, third daughter of General Hale, by whom he had issue Thomas Dundas, born on the Sth of April, 1795, now Earl of Zetland, the title to which his late amiable parent was promoted at the coronation of her pre- sent Majesty. The funeral of this beloved and venerated nobleman was attended with all the outward marks of heraldic pomp, but the melancholy train was hallowed in its pro- gress to the place of sepulture by those indications of be- reavement that betokened real sorrow and sincere regard for his memory. The inhabitants of York closed their houses and shops on the day of interment, as a mark of respect for their once distinguished member, alderman, and lord mayor. Lord Zetland, al though an active politician, was, when living, one whose character soared above party strife, and in death all men pressed forward to offer the tribute of sympathy. At Falkirk and Grangemouth the shipping hoisted their colours half mast high; the expres- sions of sorrow were as deep as at Aske. Scarcely a week before had the benevolence of the deceased warmed the cold and fed the hungry here, and his latest act—his last words were to transmit a sum of money to purchase some necessaries for the poor. We have now to record the character of this distinguished Brother in the Craft, - and there is this difficulty in doing justice to one whose princi ple was unswerving, whose hu- manities were of such peculiar amiability as to present to mortal eye a perfect smoothness of surface. His compla- cency of manners was del ightful—aided by a most perfect sweetness of temper—perhaps constitutional—for his father and grandfather wer_e of the same disposition which he inherited, and has left as an inheritance to the present Earl, in all respects his worthy successor. There was in Lord Zetland little vanity, but an inherent desire of pleasing; no one could address him without feeling an assurance that politeness was the precursor of attention , and that the nobleman was in reality a gentleman. We have had opportunities to consult with his late lordship upon Masonic affairs, and can conscientiously avow that whatever difference of opinion existed, we always left him impressed with feelings of the deepest veneration—we would almost write—regard ; nor did he lack in his earlier years the power or inclination to enjoy social conviviality ; on the contrary, there are many jovial spirits still existing who can talk of the " olden time," when the chairman of the quarter sessions, after labour, was among the foremost to enjoy " the feast of reason and the flow of soul." He was of a merry and cheerful heart.