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tend to raise English Masonry in the estimation of foreigners to see the organ of the Craft half filled with letters or articles from brethren satiring and " taking off" other brethren . Our motto should ever be , " Union is strength , " and

Freemasonry cannot afford to lose the support of any of its members , whether they belong to Orders of Chivalry or not . As a rule , a brother is quite as earnest in support of Craft lodges when he becomes a Sovereign Prince Grand Rose Croix ,

a Kni g ht Templar , or a Kni g ht of the Red Cross of Rome and Constantine , as he was before he was made a Prince or Kni ght Mason , and when such talented ancl active brethren as Bros . H y de Pullen , W . J . Hughan , and R . Wentworth Little

are found ranging themselves under the banners of Chivalric Masonry , certainly their efforts—even if misapplied—are worthy of better consideration than to be made objects for the shafts of satire and ridicule . It is easy to pull down but difficult

to build up , and possibly some of those who have harshly and hyper-criticall y condemned the Chivalric Orders would not be able to accomplish what members of those Orders have done .

Bro . Charles Purton Cooper is a mystery to the Intelligent Foreigner . The I . F . cannot understand why Bro . Cooper publishes replies to letters without furnishing copies of what his correspondents have written . The I . F . remarked to us

that when Bro . Cooper writes , " in reply to a young brother at Blank , " the said " young brother" ought , at any rate , to " have his say , " and at the same time the readers of the MAGAZINE have a ri ght to " see both sides . " We are

inclined to think the I . F . was justified in these comments , ancl we suggest them for the consideration of our venerable and excellent Bro . Cooper , for whom we wish a still longer life to honour and instruct the Craft .

The Intelligent Foreigner complained to us of the proceedings of certain English loclges he had visited , the members of which had declined to subscribe to certain charitable objects because they had " no funds , " and at the same time had

sat down to sumptuous banquets at the common expense . We have ourselves seen something of these practices and cannot too strongly condemn them . J . A . H .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

HEEALDIC BADGES . Can any of your correspondents inform me what steps have been taken to obtain correct heraldic badges of the united orders of the " Temple and Hospital" as an addition to the private arms of members of the Order . The Grand Chancellor in his report of May last alluded to the subject . In

Scotland tho cross palee is borne in chief by ali knights with the full-faced helmet ; and , in addition , for a commander the cross palee behind the shield with the arms projecting . Any information from our Heraldic Fratres will oblige—A CANADIAN TEMFLAK .

INSPECTOES-GENEEAL . Can a Sir Knig ht and Grand Cross and Prince Mason be cobbed by order of an Inspector-General under his prerogative according to the statutes which are not printed , for laughing ( vulgularly—chaffing ) a Janitor while engaged in the important duties of his office ? Being a member of some standing and

middle-aged , I should like to resign if possible , even with the loss of my decorations at half-price ; or would not mind paying a fine of five bob . Can King Richard Cceur de Lion have given Inspectors-General this authority during the Crusades or when he returned home . —ANXIOUS INQTJIEEE .

KNIGHTS OTT THE BOJtAN EAGLE . In answer to " A Rusty M . M ., " I am not aware that I ever mot in a classical authority , either poetical or historical , any mention of such a body of Knights . —A . O . HATE .

WILLIAM THE LION ' S CHAETEK ( p . 470 ) . " Wills Dei gratia Rex Scottorum omnibus prohis hominibus tocius terre sue , clericis et laicis , salutem ; necessitati Glasguensis ecelesie , pietate debita compacientes et earn summi regis , et Sanctissimi Kentegerni confessoris intuitudevocione non modica

dili-, gentes , desolacioni ipsius curam volumus consolationis adhibere ; et earn quoad possumus regie protectionis munimine confovere . Quum autem mater mulfcarum gentium , exilis antehac et angusta ad honorem Dei ampliri desiderat ; et preterea in Mis diebus nostris igne consumpta , ad sui reparationem ,

amplissimis expensis indigons , et nostrum efc plurium proborum hominum subsidium expostulat . Fraternitafcem quam ad ejus coustructionem venerabilis Jocelinus ejusdem ecelesie Episcopus , de consilio Abbatum , Priorum , et alterius cleri Episcopatus sui constituifcdevote recipimuset regie concessionis

, , munimine usque ad ipsius ecelesie perfectiouem confirmam us : Et omnes ejusdem fraternitatis collectorcs ; et ad ejus fabricam auctoritate Episcopi efc Capital ! ipsius ecelesie auxilium postulantes , in nostra firma pace et jirotectione suscepimus : Omnibus Ballivis nostris et ministris firmiter precipientes , ufc eos ubique

in regno nostra protegant et manuteneant . Efc districte prohibentes , ne quis eis injuriam , violenciam , aut contumeliam aliquam inferat , super meam plenariam forisfacturam ; Testibus Hugone Cancellario nostro , Archembaldo Abbate de Dumfermline , "Wil-Iielmo de Lindeseia Jusfciciario , Philippo de Vafonus , Apud Eokesburgh . " A translation of the above is given at p . G 9 , vol . xix . of