Masonic Notes And Queries.

THE BLUE BLANKET . It would be-conferring a great honour on the Craft if the brother having charge of that very interesting Masonic relic , the " Blue Blanket , " referred to in your last number , would send a description of it as to size , nature , adornment , preservation , & c , with any facts or traditions respecting it , with which he may be acquainted , for insertion amongst the Masonic Notes in your Magazine . —fa J . D . M .

ROBERT BRUCE ( page 170 ) . Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! Ho ! Ho ! Ho ! laugh and grow fat ; but I must tell you all about it . " King Theodore was a great Mason , or patron of Masonry , as shown by his order in the Illustrated JS ews—a double triangle . This , perhaps , was owing to his descent from Solomon

and the Queen of Sheba . " O Solomon ! Solomon what have you not to answer for ? You must have been " sowing your wild oats . " Had Theodore claimed to have been descended from either Adam or Noah , we might well have asked for proof substantial 5 but the " double triangle" clearly shows

Theodore ' s connection with the visit of the Queen of Sheba to hear the wisdom of Solomon . 0 Solomon ! ' tis as clear as day that L , S . D . has found you out . I had foolishl y imagined that King Robert Bruce had something more important to atteud to than either to preside , or lead off the dance , at the "Grand

Masonic assemblies at Kilwinning . " I even considered that both Robert Bruce and Theodore would have found some difficult y in gracing with their royal presence " the Grand Lodge of Kilwinning , " seeing there was no such Grand Lodge co-existant with either of them ; but , doubtless , the same " double triangle " which proves the doubly royal descent of Theodore could easily solve that problem . —B .

CHRONOLOGICAL EXCERPTS . Tenth century . An Anglo-Saxon Prince planted a tree in the north of England . Twelfth century . Monks planted a similar tree in Scotland .

Seventeenth century . A Rosicrucian philosopher planted a tree iu the south of England . The branches and leaves of this tree resemble those of the two former trees . Its fruit is altogether different . The first and second trees may still be seen iu a state of extreme decay . The last is a tree than which no country in the world possesses one of its kind so vigorous and flourishing . — From BRO . PURTON COOPER ' Manuscript Collections upon Masonry .

CHARTERS OP SCOTCH ICINGS . If Scotch kings were so busy in the year 1100 , giving charters to Scotch lodges of Freemasons , what were the English kings about " ? For tho honour of England they must have given more , for they built more abbeys and cathedrals . What has become of our charters ? Who will find our charters ? They cannot be all lost , are any in Grand Lodge ? Tncro are chestfuhi of documents . —W . HARRIS , P . M .

D . G . M . MANXINQHAM ' s LETTER . A critical brother , having this letter in his view , asks * in what year " G . M . Payne , who succeeded Sir Christopher Wren " died ? I regret my inability to answer the question . —CHARLES PURTON COOPER .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

HUNGARX . In tho loth century the operative lodges of Hungary were subject to the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Vieima . —From one of Bro . PURTON COOPER ' Masonic Memorandum

Books-LORD w •• - " My Dear Friend , " M . D . F ., " —It is a mistake . Lord * * * was not a sceptic . He professed pure Christianity , which he described as the development of Natural Reli gion . There are , he used to say , in pure Christianity two elements , the ethical and the

dogmatical ; the former vastly preponderating , and unlike the latter , occasioning neither doubt nor controversy . Touching our noble brother ' s creed , this is all that the recollection of tbe conversations to which you allude , ( Paris , 1831 ) , enables me to communicate . In number aud amount his charitable gifts were , it is said , very considerable . —From Bro . PURTON COOPER ' Masonic Letter-Book , December , 1865 .

ROSE OROIX DEGREE . The Grand Orient of France has hit upon the expedient of giving " Delegations" for the Rose Croix degree . It charges 32 s . for each delegation . —N . G . O . CALENDAR . The sale of this in 1867-8 only amounted to 201

copies , producing as many shillings . —N . ERENCH C 0 NSTITIONS . The Grand Orient of France sold in 1867-8 , 1 , 588 copies of its statutes or constitutions , producing £ 95 . MJISONIC LIBRARY .

The G . O . of France spent last year £ 12 in the purchase of books . How much for the Grand Lodge of England , was it twelve pence ? The librarian ' s salary is £ 80 per annum . —N .

CHRISTIANITY AND ENGLISH EREEMASONRY . In my communication , " Christianity and English Freemasonry , " Freemasons' Magazine , vol . xiv ., page 391 , and errata ibid page , it is said that Christianity and English Freemasonry have hitherto walked hand in hand iu those countries of which

a correspondent there speaks . A brother now inquires which are the countries to which allusion is made . Tho countries are , South India , North India , Burmah , China , east coast of Africa , and the Cape of Good Hope . —From Bro . PURTON COOPER ' Masonic Letter and Memorandum Books , June , 1866 .

WHAT A YOUNG CORRESPONDENT SUGGESTS . A young correspondent who draws attention to a note annexed to Bro . Murray Lyou ' s communication , " Ears of Wheat from a Cornucopia , " page 21 of the present volume , suggests that , for the future , in a narrative of Craft occurrences prior to the introduction of the expression " Grand " into Scotch Masonry , Mother Kilwinning should be called " Head Lodge " and not " Grand Lodge . "—0 . P . COOPER .

DEFINITION OE THE TRUE FREEMASONRY . The definition , Freemasons' Magazine , vol . xvii ., page 168 , is a definition of the true Freemasony . —0 . P . COOPER .