Masonic Notes And Queries.

XI'AIEEE OP THE GEAXD rlilNCIPLES . HOAV many Grand Principles docs Masonry recognise ?—ELTON . —[ Masonry recognises three Grand Priucip / es , A'iz ., brotherly love , relief and truth . Thc Order of the Holy Royal Arch recognises three Grand Principal ' s , Avho are at its head . For the definition of principal ! and principle see any dictionary , and don't send such obscure questions for tho future ]

ZEBUBBABEL . What is the exact meaning of this Scripture name , made use of in the Royaf Arch ?—[ See Jones ' s Proper Names of the Old Testament Scriptures Mxjpov / ndeA and , Illustrated , 4 to . London , 1856 . ] KNIGHTS OT CONSTAXTINOPLE . What is the correct jeAvel for a Knight of Constantinople ?

—S . S . —[ We are obliged to print this query Avithout its proper reply , because we had , hoped long ere this to have suppled " S . S . " Avith the information , but the brother on whom we relied is still absent from toAA'n . It ivill not be A'ery long before a council of these knights will be established in London under distinguished auspices . If " S . S . " will send his address , and Ave know anything of him , AA-e shall haA'e great pleasure in appointing a meeting , to exchange such matters as AVO are in possession of ]

CONCLAA'E OE 1 'AITII AND FIDELITY . [ The copy of tho statutes , Avhich AVO haA'e , of tho Conclave of Faith and Fidelity , makes no allusion to Avhat you ask ? You know our motto— "Audi , vide , tace . " ] TUB ILLUMINATI . What popular works treat of the IUuminati , or Secret Tribunals of Germany?—X . A . X . —[ The Illuminati and the Secret Tribunals of Germany are two entirely distinct

societies . For the former consult Luckefc's Essai sur la Secte lies Hh . mnw . es ; for the latter , Professor Kramer ' s Hermann of Unna , and the Marquis Grosso ' s Secret Mysteries !] BBO . G . BVEE . Who , and -what , AA-as Bro . O . Dyci ; of the Somerset House Lod in the last ? I induced to ask this he

ge , century am , as AA-as ' the author of the Avords of a glee , "Lightly o ' er the Yillage Green , " set to music by Bro . Reginald , Spofforth , and they are someAvhat above the average of glee poetry . — Musicus .

SERAION 03 S' Or-EXING AATLAIUIOUTII BRIDGE . Wearmouth Bridge Avas opened , Avith Masonic honours , in 1796 , by his Royal Highness Prince William of Gloucester , and the ReA ' . Bro . BreAVSter preached a sermon from 1 Chron ., chap . 29 , A'crse 13 . Was the sermon ever published ? —AN OLD DURHAM P . M . —[ It Avas , and is to be found at p . 375 of vol . A'ii . of THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE for 1796 . Bro . John BreAvster , A . M . Avas Chaplain to the Lodge of

, Philanthropy , Stockport , then No . 19 . J KNIGHTS TEMPLAR . I am not a Knight Templar , but I Avish to know something about the Order . Where shall I look for it?—HENIUCUS , '—[ Read the legend of the " Red Cross Knight " in Sjjenser ' s Faery Queen . ' ] LODGE OP SYMBOLIC MASONS .

Where was the Lodge of Symbolic Masons formerly held . —C . E . T . BRO . ALEXANDER SHEDDUN . Of AA'hat family Avas Bro . Alexander Shedden , W . M . of the Union Lodge , held at the Union Punch House , Princesstreet , Bristol , in 1767?—A . SHEDDEN . POENDATION-STONE .

It is customary at the erection of aif superb and statel y edifices to lay the foundation-stone at tho north-cast corner of the building . Why is it customary ? For Avhat reason is the north-east corner chosen in preference to any other ? MASONIC CONVENTION . It is the age of conventions . We have trade conventions and scientific conventions . When may AVC expect to have a

Masonic convention ? Gibraltar , 2 % th-November , 1860 . THE TOAIBSTONES IN THE CRIMEA . A "MilitaryBrother"inquires , in "Notes and Queries , " for some information about tombstones in the British Cemetery in thc Crimeaoinvhich are foundMasonic emblems . I enclose sketches of jive , copied from a AA'ork entitled

Memorials of the Brave , or Resting-places of our fallen Heroes , by Capt . the Hon . John Colbonrne , 60 th Rifles , and Fred . Brine , R . E . —O'B . 178 . In the Burial-ground of the Third DiA'ision , near the Land Transport Camp : —

IN MEMORY os QE . MB . SAME . SPENCE

, 28 TH EEGT . DIED 7 TH NOTE ., 18 S 4 . In the Sailors' Burial-ground , Kazatch : — io THE . ^

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OS BENJAMIN PUEDT , MASTER OF THE TRANSPOBT NO . 173 , " MACK BOY , " OS STJNDERIiAND , WHO DEPARTED THIS LIEE

IS KAZATCH BAT ON THE 27 TH JUNE , 1855 , AGED 52 YEABS .

SAOBED

TO THE MEMOBY OS W . P . HOOPEE , MASTEE MAEINEE , HIED JHNE 1 ST ., 1855 , AGED 36 YEAES . In the Sailors' Burial-ground , above Cossack Bay ,

Balaklava Harbour : — HIEB EA 5 HETINGOTT ,

CAPTAIN J . E . PACKS , vs . siaAisAJim , JHK » ms & s > w & t GIST -. DEX 21 APBIL , 1856 . SACEED

TO THE 3 IEMOEY OF . Tons THOMPSON , LATE MASTEE OP THE BEIO- " PEACE , WHO DIED JUNE 6 TJ 1 , 1855 , AGED 39 YEARS .