Chapter Xii.

they could save them , regarded them as the givers of wealth to the Order , ancl of fertility to the earth . They touched them with cords , which they afterwards tied round their own bodies . Those who , at the time of their reception , would not

comply with these practices , were J 3 ut to death or imprisoned . All these , " it was stated , " took place according to the Statutes of the Order . They were general and ancient customs , and there was no other mode of reception . " The Act of

Accusation stated further , that the Templars stopped at no means of enriching the Order . ( To be continued . )

Chips Of Foreign Ashler.

CHIPS OF FOREIGN ASHLER .

No . 10 . —THE INTELLIGENT FOREIGNER . The " Intelligent Foreigner " is one of the most important personages of the present clay . He is feared and respected by men of all shades of opinion . His influence is acknowledged by

Members of Parliament , newspapers , editors , quarterly reviewers , public orators , and private citizens . When Jones the Merchant at length succeeds in adding the coveted M . P . to his name , the opposition paper asks in a vein of the most crushing

satire— " what will the Intelligent Foreigner think of the Borough for sending such a man as this to the House of Commons ? " When Tomkius the

grocer attains the great object of his ambition , and becomes the Right Worshi pful Mayor of Blank he is warmed on all sides that " the eyes of the Intelligent Foreigner are upon him . " When the highly-respected Mr . William S ykes , playfully

seeks to obtain a cheap divorce , without the aid of Sir James Wildo by the sale of his wife at public auction , it is curious to see that the papers denounce this conduct , not so much for its inherent wickedness , as for the discredit brought upon

England "in the estimation of the Intelligent Foreigner . " So on ad 'infinitum we mi ght multiply illustrations of the way in which this celebrated individual is flattered , cajoled and feared . May we not then appropriately consider what the

Intelligent Foreigner thinks of English Freemasonry ? We met the Intelligent Foreigner in Copenhagen , at the table d'hote of our excellent Brother Kruger . He had been initiated in a lodge at

Birmingham , and had resided several years in England . Consequently he spoke with an intimate knowledge of our working , and ritual while he

was not less familiar with the lodges of the continent . He lived in Rhineland , and had a ready wit as sparkling as the wine of his native Moselle . "You in England" said he " carefully preserve the letter of Freemasonry— -we in Germany care

not for the letter , but we love the spirit of the brotherhood . " We have often thought of this remark , but we are constrained to say we think itonly partly true . No doubt there ought to be more of brotherly feeling among the Craft , in

England as elsewhere ; but still the genuine fraternity of sentiment which does exist , has accomplished no small amount of good . Notwithstanding , the words of the Intelligent Foreigner are worth consideration— " a knowledge of the disease is half its

cure . In Hamburgh , the Intelligent Foreigner was very severe on English or rather Scotch Masons . He thought the Order must be strongly misgoverned in Great Britain , judging by the numbers of mendicant brethren who had sought his

contributions , some of whom had manifested a decided preference for Freemasonry in the form of strong liquors . We assured the Intelligent Foreigner that the facts were not as bad as they seemed , and we quoted Brother W . J . Hughan to prove that

a man may be a good Mason , and a clever writer without the aid of any stimulant whatever . At the Hotel du Grand Orient in Paris , and also elsewhere the Intelligent Foreigner having , read the FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , questioned us

very closely respecting the writers therein . Particularly he wished to know whether Brother Harris ,. P . M ., was the husband of the Mrs . Harris , celebrated in association with Mrs . Gamp . He had read Brother Harris ' s account of the " Order of

the Garter" as a piece of serious composition ,, and gravely assured us that he " did not think the Order would do much good . " We are half-inclined to think that if Brother Hanis had " thought twice before he wrote once" he would have

hesitated to publish his caricature sketches , which however clever , and witty , are nevertheless open to much misconception , and to say the least , cannot be expected to generate fraternal feelings in the minds of those brethren—possibly as worthy as himself—who have formed the subjects of his satire . There is an island in the British Channel

where Sark-asm is not only justifiable but praiseworthy , and amid the congenial solitudes of Sark , Bro . Harris might laudably e xercise his peculiar and undoubted talents ; but it certainly does not