Old Records Of The Lodge Of Peebles.

present , and appointed William Sanderson and William Kadie wrigbts to execute the same according to tbe plan pointed out to them by tbe oommitie , betwixt and St . John ' s Day next , Likewise recomauded to their Treasurer to furnish as much stenclull Iron as wold make a grate and employ James Stephen smith to make the same and have it put in betwixt and St . John ' s Day . ARCHD . ROBERTSON .

Peebles , 2 nd Novr ., 1786 . At a meeting of tbe Peebles Kittwimring Lodge No . 25 * tbe master presented a memorandum from Mr . John Robertson merchant in Newcastle mentioning some things which Avere necessary for the use of said Lodge , and the meeting having taken it into considerationrecometids it to the master to write to the

, said Mr . John Robertson , to send for the use of the Lodge three decent candle sticks , two per of snuffers and a Brass Seat with the number of the Lodge upon it , to be sent betwixt and St . John ' s Day next . ARCHD . ROBERTSON Mr .

The Suppression Of The Templars In England.

THE SUPPRESSION OF THE TEMPLARS IN ENGLAND .

[ Ave give trom an American paper , The Church Court Review , as quoted in the Voice of Masonry , one of the best accounts of this eveut we have ever reach—ED . _ U \ 1 _ . ] THE under-currents of history are often more strange and striking than the main events which seem to determine the fate of nations . The deeper we dig down into the historic mine the more precious jewels do we Iind . And the

mine is by no means exhausted . There ivas a vast amount of influences at work in mediajA'al England , for instance , which , even Avith the fuller light now being rapidly poured in , are yet obscure and unapprehended by historians . Some of tbe chief : factors in this history were tbe reli gious orders , with their intrigues and counter-intrigues . Tbe history of the religious orders lias never yet been ivritten , and probably never can be written fully . Encomists have

constructed ideal glorifications of them . Satirists have coloured all their doings with a senseless invective . But the historian proper , tbe man who seeks for truth at any price , has not dealt Avith them . Who , for instance , has explained tht rapid degeneracy of tbe Franciscans , or the strange ferocit y of the papal crusade against the observant section of them ? Who has given any sufficient or exhaustive account of that most marvellous episode of history , the

fall of the Templars ? At the beginning of the fourteenth century the Templars were the most famous , the most powerful , the most wealthy , ancl the most popular of all the religious orders . The ivhole of Christendom regarded the Order with admiration and reverence . Its services to the Church bad been signal , its devotion to its duties remarkable . Theniu a momentit felland fell amidst the

deep-, , , est disgrace , assailed with the foulest accusations , with the finger of scorn and loathing pointed at it . Has this ever been fully accounted for and explained ? Why Avas it—even if there were a savage and unscrupulous King of France ancl a timid and compliant Pope—why was it that there was no semblance of