Masonic Notes And Queries.

3 IAS 0 KIC UAl'TISJI . Where is the ceremony of Masonic Baptism performed , and am I eligible to be present at one , being a P . M . of two lodges ?—EUCLID . —[ It is done on the continent and in America—not in England . We believe every Master Mason can be present if known to the Venerable of ihe lodge , who undertakes the duty . Eor further particulars

see Ciaveh ] OEATOK ' S JEWEL . Some lodges have an officer named tho Orator . AVhat is his distinctive jewel?—C OSMOS . J EMBLEMATICAL SUMMONSES . What lodges use emblematical borders , & c , to their summonses ?—Gr . S .

BEO . CIIArilAX IVES . Who ivas Bro . Chapman Ives , living about 1801 ? I havo seen a letter of his containing- Masonic gossip of that date . —t-rt-THE DEGEEES OP 3 IAS 0 XKY . We aro so repeatedly asked to what jurisdiction thc various degrees of Masonry belong that , at a very large sacrifice of time , we have determined on drawing out a table which , necessarily imperfect as it must be , is wc believe , the first of its kind . It is published in tho hope

that our brethren , who seo inaccuracies or omissions in it , will kindly supplement our labours by corrections and additions , always ( jiving its the authority or exact reference for their statements , each of which should be as full and accurate as possible , it being an endless task to verif y every item . It must bo distinctly understood that , for this , our present purpose , we take Masonry to bo , in the

most comprehensive sense of the word , all orders , rites , and degrees , practised throughout the world ; but we are not to bo held responsible , because they are here inserted , for their validity . Oar plan is to assist , by an alphabetical arrangement , tho enquirer after any degree and to show under what authority it is administered . In the present instance we commence jwith giving a

list of all tho known orders , rites & c , and showing from whence they derive their jurisdiction . By order , or rite , must bo understood any series of degrees that are administered by a distinct body of Masons . To save space wo shall , after the first time of mention , contract frequently recurring words , such as G-. Lo . for Grand Lodge ; G . 0 . for Grand Orient ; S . G . G . for Supreme Grand Council ; K . T . for Knight Templar , and many others which will be equally obvious to the brethren .

j Name of Eite , Ofdei-, & c . Alliens Practised . Under what Authority . General Remarks . I Adonhiramite Masonry France Grand Orient Established about 1750—70 . j ( "Founded in France about 1730 , for the adj CI . France ; 2 . Scot- } fl . Grand Orient ; 2 ^ } mission of Females info Lodges , in order J Adoptive Masonry £ laud 3 America ) (_ and 3 Unknown . j 1 to repel the most scandalous aspersions

; . . , I L on Masonic morality . 1 . „ . , ¦ ., , .- > ¦ is ,. „ . TT f Founded hy Bauclierren , in 1767 , princi-African Architects Prussia ...... Frederick II £ pally for Masonic historical research . fin every Country 1 *• 1 ' | where " Masonry is j <¦« p ,. „ nr , p ™ ,,,. ;! -- ) f Derived from the Egyptians . Arranged in Ancient aud Accepted Kite ¦{ tolerated , and in J- frffc ¦? ] its P ™ sent form under Frederick II ., 1 others where it is | <• o * 1110 ^ > ( . about 1788 [_ not J f Formerl l ! md

yinEng " I Ancient Masonry ] hut now the sys- > Another name for the York Ilite , q . i > . infra . { . torn in America ... 3 __ „ . ,,., Tr „ , , > i f A Supreme Grand" ) ( "Slightly varied from the Ancient and Ac-Ancient Reformed Kite Holland and Belgium ... | CovmcW of the 33 ° 5 I Sptcd , or Scotch Bite . . , _ , ( Another name for Adoptive Masonry , q . ti . Androgynous Masonry I above . Athol Masons The same as Ancient Masons .

__ , , .,. -,., Tr „ Clh-ince of Anlialdt , ) ( Extinct . His lodge was called the German Bahrdts llite Halle | Bcrnburg \\ \ Union . Blue Masonry Everywhere Grand Lodges Thc three degrees of E . A ., F . C , and M . M . /• rni T- j , q i -j fOnly 27 Knights admitted , all of whom are Charles XII ., Order of Sweden -. ) A » e- ^ "SOt sweeten , I \ tll 0 g ,, c , lt ajgnitaries of the kingdom , hut <•¦ ltst , - i (_ rmust he Freemasons . ( The Order of the Templeor Knihts

Tem-, g Christ , Order of Portugal The King , G . M < plar , who , ou their dissolution , were in-( . corporated under tin ' s title in Portugal . ¦ Council of Eoyal and Select Masters ... America Unknown Council of thc Trinity America Unknown ( "Founded 1770 . Supposed to ho extinct , as Crown , Princesses of tho Saxony Unknown < separate from Adoptive Masonry , of which ( . it was a branch .

T . -.- . _ . i-r v _ . _ .. x- -ii TT i ( Practised about 1781 , and was similar to Dove , Iunghts and Maes of the A ersadles Unknown j the Adoptive Masonry . It is now extinct . Druids Britain The Egyptians See Bro . Godfrey Higgius ' s Celtic Druids . __ ,,,.,. ,. , . . „ . ( Formed 17 S 3 . A few lodges exist , hut are Eclectic Masonry Frankfort Baron Kiugge J dyiii"out . ( There aro some of these lodges yet existing Egyptian Masonry Marseilles Cagliostro •] in various parts of Europe , but they are all deemed

( . spurious . Egyptian Mysteries Egypt Osiris and Isis See Faher ' s works . Eleusinian Mysteries Greece , Italy , & c See Faher ' s works . -n ... „ , ,, „ . _ . _ ,,.. .,.. __ . (" Sow incorporated in the Ancient and Ac-Bmperors of the East and AA' est Paris , Berlin , & c Frederick It X C 0 Pted . liite Essenes Judea Sec Josophus ' s History of the Jews . ( To be continued . )