Masonic Notes And Queries.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF JERUSALEM . We pitched our tents in an olive ground outside the Jaffa gate , and took our first look at Jerusalem before sunset—an hour to be noted by all visitors to the holy city , for then the gates are shut , and no one can come out or in till morning ; and unless you are provided with a consul's order , you may be separated

from your bed and baggage . So much has been written about Jerusalem , that it is quite unnecessary to enter into details as to its wonders , but two features which we noticed may be worth recording . 1 st . This city , for a city which has such a history , seems strangely destitute of antiquities . Saving the Temple area and the Holy Sepulchre , there is no relic of the

past . As you lose yourself in the labyrinths of the city , you may now and then come across a pillar built into a wall , or a capita ] used as a stop gap ; but as a rule , the only traces which successive conquerors have left behind them are the monnds of rubbish beneath which all traces of Jerusalem as it was in old times are buried . 2 nd . The large amount of vacant snace within the walls . There is a pleasant

walk round the top of the walls of some part of the city . As you look down hence , you cannot see the narrow , deep-out streets , hut you come from time to time on fields of corn and open weed-grown spaces . And this same superfluity of ground is noticeable in the Temple area . In wandering about the city—aud in a city so wanting in landmarks , wandering is an

apt word , for you must lose your way—again and again you come suddenly upon an archway which gives a view of an open space beyond , on which you can see trees . But as you try to explore , a dark -figure comes out from the shade of the archway and warns you back with the word 'Haram' (" sacred enclosure ) . When , provided with the consul's order ,

you enter this Haram , you are surprised to find so little space covered with buildings—how much ground is left unoccupied . There are the two large mosques and some smaller buildings : the greater part of the area is entirely waste , or is only saved from desolation by a tree planted here and there . Jerusalem is too small for its clothes—a true ' sign that the glory is departed from it . —People ' s Magazine .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

The Editor is not responsible for ihe opinions expressed by Correspondent THE EARL OF DALHOUSIE AND THE " BUBBLY-JOCK . " 10 TUB BDIIOE OP IHE FBBEITASOHS' MAGAZIlfE AND MASOWIO MIBEOH . Dear Sir and Brother , —That our highly esteemed

Past Grand Master can appreciate the humorous , as well as know how to turn it to good advantage the following—which it would be too bad to lose—will admirably testify : — _ " We had all heard the old story of the character given to the farmer ' s bairn when a gentleman was admiring it— ' It is a fine promising bairn , ' said he , ' Oh ! ' said the mother , 'he would be a fine bairn but he is sair hauden doon by the bubbly-jock . ' He

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merely wanted to warn his Highland brethren to read well , think and listen well for themselves , but avoid by all means being ' hauden doon by any bubbly-jock , " I may explain to such of your readers as do not understand what a ' bubbly-jock' is , thatit is that bully of the farm-yard called the turkey-cock .

I am , Yonrs fraternally , ANTI-HAIBSPHTTEE . Glasgow , May 24 th .

Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.

MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD .

" The Masonic Trowel , " the office of which , at Spring field , Illinois , was recently destroyed by lire , wherein the Editor , Bro . H . G . Reynolds , Past Grand Master , lost the whole of his Masonic Library , and other property , has been resuscitated . "We have before us JSTO . 1 , New Series . Bro . Reynolds has the sympathy of the

whole Masonic Press of the United States , who unite as with one voice , to wish him success in the renewal of Ms undertaking .

The Craft at Logansporfc , Indiana > are about to erect a spacious and elegant Masonic edifice . R . W . Bro . Aug . C . L . Arnold , one of the most brilliant Masonic writers of the day , died February 1 , at Maiden , Massachusetts , United States .

Earl de Grey and Ripon , one of the English Commis sioners afc Washington , has the blood of Oliver Cromwell in his veins . The statement comes to us from a trustworthy informant—a staunch admirer of the Lord Pro teotor , as " protection " was then understood — who ,

having occasion to call at the house of Earl De Grey , saw a handsome picture of Oliver Cromwell in a conspicuous position . The visitor having expressed his surprise at what he saw , his lordship explained the relationship . The fact is suggestive . Little more than two centuries

ago , at a distance of time less than the connected links of the lives of three successive octogenarians , the people of England , persecuted , fined , and trampled under foo by the authorities of those days , were leaving , first for Holland , and then for the land which is now our own , in such crowds and with so much wealth that the courts

became alarmed , and on the first of May , 1637 , passed an ordinance forbidding emigration . At that time eight ships , designed to sail with passengers who intended to cross the Atlantic , were lying ill the Thames . It is said in the biographies of Oliver Cromwell that he and three others — Pym , Hampden , Hazolrig — who afterwards

became his coadjutors and made their names memorable , were on one or more of these vessels . Some members of Cromwell ' s family did emigrate , and their descendants are to be found in various parts of the Union .