The Knights Templars.

the Tme Cross and the Christian prisoners in the Kingdoms of Babylon and Damascus . We therefore , in company with other messengers , deputed by the army in common , went to Damietta , and told the people of the city the terms which were

imposed on us , which greatly displeased the Bishop of Acre , * the Chancellor , and Henry , Count of Malta , whom we found there ; for they wished to defend the city , which we should also have much approved of , if it could have been done

with any advantage , for we had rather been consigned to perpetual imprisonment than that the city should be given up by us to the infidels to the disgrace of Christianity . We therefore made a personal search throughout the city of all

persons and effects , but found neither money nor people wherewith it could be defended . We therefore acquiesced in this agreement , and bound ourselves by oath and by giving hostages , and agreed to a confirmed truce for eight years . The

Sultan , till the arrangement was made , strictl y abided by what he had promised , and supplied our famished army with loaves and flour for about fifteen days . Do you , therefore , compassionating our suffering , assist us as far as you are able . Farewell . "t ( To he continued . )

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

IMPEEIAL MASONRY . Bro . the Emperor jSTapoleon III . has so far departed from his attitude of inattention , and the Empress co far infringed the edicts of bigotry , as to give a prize in silver to the Masonic Benevolent Lottery , got up hy the Lodge Themis , at Caen , in

France . — -O . E . ITASONEY IN COESICA . Masonry does not flourish in Ajaccio , the birthplace of Napoleon the Great . It is a deadly-lively with a vengeanceand recommended to invalid

Eng-, lish . With a population of 15 , 000 , there is one public carriage for hire , and more than enough for the amusements of the place . When I was there no meat was to be got in the city but pork . Since 1821 the Lodge the Reunion has heen disunited three times and to sleep . It has now been started again . —

gone VIATOE . ITALY . To add to the confusion of the divided jurisdictions , the Grand Orient of France has a lodge at Leghorn called Araici Veri dei Virtuosi . —O . E .

Habits Desirable Por Masons' Sons.

HABITS DESIRABLE POR MASONS' SONS .

My answer to the inquiry of a " A Mason having seven sons , " is that , in my opinion , the habits desirable for Masons' sons are those specified by the Eev . John Todd , D . D ., of North America , as desirable for young men generally . They are described in a work entitled "The Student's Guide . " The subjoined list is taken

from one of my memorandum hooks . 1 . Have a plan laid beforehand for every day . 2 . A cquire the habit of untiring industry . 3 . Cultivate perseverance . 4 . Cultivate the habit of punctuality- 5 . Be an early riser . 6 . Be in the habit of learning something from every man you meet . 7 . Form fixed principles

on which you can think and act . 8 . Be simple and neat in your personal habits . 9 . Acquire the habit of doing everything well . 10 . Make constant efforts to be master of your temper . 11 . Cultivate soundness of judgment . 12 . Make the proper treatment of parents , friends , and companions a habit . —C . P , COOPEE .

GEAND OEIENT 0 ! PEANCE . The following is a note of some of their foreign lodges in activity : —Turkey- —Alexandria . The Pyramids ; Galatz , Disciples of Pythagoras ; Constantinople , Union of the East ; Ibrail , The Hospitable Pharos . America—Guadaloupe , Elus d'Oceident ; Buenos Ayres , The Friend of the Shipwrecked ; Montevideo , Friends of the Fatherland ; Yalparaiso , Star of the Pacific—0 . E .

ABYSSINIAN KNI & HTLY OEDEE . Jn the Illustrated London Neios some few week back the insignia of an Abyssinian knightly Order , which was conferred upon Mr . _ Rassain , is briefly noticed . Can any of your readers give us any account of it , as there is a Masonic character about the jewel which courts inquiry as to the antiquity of the Order ?—> fa M 30 ° .

LITEEAEY MASONEX . Oppert , of the Institute , one of the most distinguished cuneiform scholars , is an active member of the Grand Orient of France . For that matter , the Grand Orient and Supreme Council are much more distinguished for their literary and scientific

members than our Grand Lodge . Would it do any harm if some of those men among ourselves received the purple as well as nobodies . —O . E .