Masonic Notes And Queries.

behaviour judicious and unexceptionable , so that there cannot be the least hinge to hang a doubt on , but that they arc most excellent Alasons . ' " The foregoing extract , though lengthy , was necessary to show the sense ofthe context , and although it reveals that some one was dealing iu Arch Masonry , aud that the same order was known in 174 . 4—a very early date for its mention—yet I pass by these matters to inquire , first , who was tiie worship fid brother Doctor Fifield D'Assigny ; and secondly , where was tfie extract taken from , ivhich Bro . Dennett says he , the object of my query , penned in 1744- ' ?—AV . BITP . DOX .

DEACOX' ,-5 . BADGES AND 1 VAXDS . In visiting Lodges , I am frequently struck with the want of uniformity displayed in the Deacon ' s jewels ; some wear a dove attached to tliei ' r collar ; others a figure of Mercury . Some use a collar without an emblem , but carry wands , with a dove on the top ; while others carry wands with thc name of tho Lodge painted on a scroll at their top ; and I have also seen wands plain ,

ornamented with a ball , and one or two like the batons of undertaker ' s assistants . Which are correct?—J . 1 ) . of No . . [ This is a knotty question , and as wc decline to give an opinion of our own , we beg to refer ' ' ¦ J . D . " to the Rev . Dr . Margofiouth's Gcmdnc Freemasonry Indissolublg Connected -with Ilevelalion , where , at p . 21 , our Reverend Bro . says , ' '• Thc Lodge was also complete for the time being ; " ( fie is speaking of the ark ) "Noah , AV . AI . ; Shem and hetthc

Jap , AVardens ; the raven and the dove , the Deacons . There was no necessity cither for an Inner or an Outer Guard ; for neither were brethren expected nor cowans ancLintruders feared . " In a note to this passage the learned writer adds , " AVe find the raven and dove frequently mentioned as messengers of mercy . It must lie more grateful to the eyes of good Alasons to see the dove and olive branch on our Deacons' aprons , than old Mercurv . " ]

PlIYSIUIAX-GENEIiAL . AVas some one " pokingftm at me " when I was told Bro . Blank was a Physician-general ?—DUBIOUS . [ No ;[ he is one of the officers in a Consistory ofthe S . P . R . S ., or 32 ° . ] TlfE MAKJC JEWEL . The Mark jeivel is sometimes called a Tessera . AVhat is a Tessera?—C . C . —[ Tessera , a cube , die ; broad square paving tile ; a square tally , ticket , watchword , & c , from rinntga , the Ionic form of rkuaapa , four . ] —

EWSJIEXTS OF CO-N'SECKATIOX " . A brother , whom I will call Z ., ivas present , ivith myself , at a recent consecration of a Lodge in , when the corn , wine , and oil were exhibited , they were all three iu silver vessels , and Z . remarked to me , "I don't think that's right , for the corn should be in a gilt vessel , while the nine and oil are properly m silver . " I inquired Z's reason for thisHe said" Corn

. . , was of more importance , as it was the basis of bread , the ' staff of life , ' and therefore should be more honoured than the other two , which are only the comforts . " 1 " inquired Z . ' s authority , for this statement , but he said he could not tell , he had heard it somewhere . Can any one else tell ?—F . J . B .

KITE OF THE BKAZEN SEJU'EXT . AVhat is the rite of thc Brazen Serpent , and where is it practised ?—J . JOXES , —[ It is not a rite , but a side degree , very much in use in the East Indies . 'The natives' attach great importance to it , and say it is derived from the spurious Freemasonry of old , or serpeiU worshi p ; whilst the Europeans who have been admitted to it base it on the typical lifting up of the serpent by Aloses , and with them it becomes a hi ghly Christian ceremonial . ]

NAJ 1 ES OK LODGES . AVhat is the earliest date at ivhich the various Lodges assumed their names , and with _ what Lodges didjthe practice ori ginate ?—THE PJlESTOXIAX LECT UKE . Stephen Jones , Preston's executor , ivas the first Prestoiiian lecturer , and Lawrence Thompson , ' who succeeded him , held the appointment till his death

, which occurred in 1855 . —J . IL THE AlfTXCXES OE JSOAH , ¦ ^ 10 se articles are seven in number : —1 . Renounce all idols ; - Worship the onl y true God ; 3 . Commit no murder ; 4 . Be not defiled ; 5 . Do not steal ; 0 . Be just to all ; 7 . Eat not flesh with the blood in it , AVhat authority there is for these precepts 1 cannot discover . —J . II .

rfr XAAIE OE A l'EKSJAX IJKOTlIEi : IVATSTEP . nW t the abovC llcadin S > at V- 485 of the department of : -wotes and Queries" in the last yol . of the Freemasons' Magazine

"T . . . . W . . ., " of Newcastle , Staffordshire , inquired respecting the initiation of a Persian Nawab , and his physician , or interpreter , which our querist had witnessed take place in the Globe Lodge ( No . 23 ) in 1851 . In our reply we stated that no record appeared on the Lodge returns of any ono holding cither of thc above mentioned appointments haling been made . AVe aro now enabled to state , by the kindness of our well known Bro .

AVilliam AVatson , of thc Globe Lodge , that II . II . II . Ekbalooddowla ivas accompanied [ 13 ' Bro . Barker , sou of a former Persian consul , who was his interpreter . That Bro . Barker was first introduced and initiated , aud then our Persian Bro . Ekbafooddowla who , although having a good knowledge of colloquial English , wished his interpreter , Bro . Barker , to render the whole ceremony to him in his vernacular , which was done . " T . . . .

IV . . . 's" remaining portion ofthe query is 3 'Ct unanswered , so we put it again here : — " Was this Bro . Ekbalooddowla an ' exking of Oude , ' or was ho the same person we had to keep under surveillance during thc late rebellion ? " ]

_ UA . S 0 __ S . 11 Y .. AXCTIOXKl ) 1 JY GOVEIIXAIEXTS . In what countries in the world is Freemasonry practised under thc sanction of their respective governments , / . e . where is it lawful?—CosruoronTA ! .. [ "Cosmopolitan" has adopted a true nom deplume , for his query is ono ofthe most conqirehensive ive hai'c had at present , but we are willing to oblige him to the best of our ability , premising that if we omit any countries that our readers

know of , where Alasonry is practised under the sanction of the State , they will kindly add the same ' to the list we append . Those places we know of are the folloiving : — Algeria . Alalta . Aiihalt-Bei'iiburg . Martinique . Anhalt-Dessau . Mauritius ( The ) . Antigua . - Mecklenburgh .

Barbadoes . Mozambique . Bavaria . New Brunswick . Belgium . New South Wales . Bermudas . ( The ) Norway . Bourbon . ( Isle of ) Nova Scotia . Brazil . Panama . Bremen . Persia .

Brunswick . Peru . Canada . Portugal . Canary Islands . Posen ( Duchy of ) . Canton . Prussia , Cape of Good Hope . Prussian Poland . Ceylon . Pondicherry .

Columbia . Rio de la Plata . Curacoa . St . Bartholomew ' s , 'Denmark . ' — Christopher ' s . England . — Croix . France . — Helena . Frankfort-on-fhc-A . aine . — Eustace . Goa . — Thomas .

Guadaloupe . ¦ — Vincent . Guernsey . Saxe-Coburg . Guianas . ( The Three ) Gotha . Guinea , Hilberghausen . Grenada . Mcningen . Ilambro ' . AVeimar . Hanover . Saxony .

Hiiyti . Sandwich Islands . Hesse-Darmstadt . Sch wartzenberg-I _ udolstadt . Holland , Scotland . Holstein . Senegambia . India . Sumatra , Ionian Islands , Sweden . Ireland . Switzerland

, Jamaica . Trinidad . Jersey . United States . Labrador . Venezuela . Lubeck . Wurtemburg . ] Luxemburg . MAJOli- GENERA * . COOKE .

This brother some years since paid a visit to London , and was a guest at St . Paul ' s Lodge , where he met a Grand Officer , and made known his intention of giving a donation of fifty pounds to each of the Alasonic Schools , whicli he carried out . For these liberal gifts , and in consideration of his rank ( represented to be that of a Major-Gcncral in the army of the United States ) , he ivas honoured by the brevet rank of Past Grand AVarden . Some short time afterwards it ivas currently reported that the individual was not what he represented himself , and that but a few years before , he