Freemasonry.—A (Hamburg) paper, Der Freischütz, brings in its No. 27. the following:
"The great English Lodge of this town will initiate in a few days two deaf and dumb persons; a very rare occurrence."
And says farther in No. 31.:
"With reference to our notice in No. 27., we farther learned that on the 4th of March, two brethren, one of them deaf and dumb, have been initiated in the great English Lodge; the knowledge of the language, without its pronunciation, has been cultivated by them to a remarkable degree, so that with noting the motion of the lips they do not miss a single word. The ceremony of initiation was the most affecting for all present."
Query 1. Would deaf and dumb persons in England be eligible as members of the order? 2. Have similar cases to the above ever occurred in this country?
J. W. S. D. 874.
Minor Queries with Answers.
Lewis's "Memoirs of the Duke of Gloucester."—Can you inform me who was the editor of
"Memoirs of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, from his birth, July the 24th, 1689, to October 1697: from an original Tract written by Jenkin Lewis. Printed for the Editor, and sold by Messrs. Payne, &c., London: and Messrs. Prince & Cooke, and J. Fletcher, Oxford, 1789."