Bankers' Or Masons' Marks.

TENTH DECADE OF MASONIC PRECEPTS . ( From Bro . PIUITOX COOI > ' S Manuscript Collections . ) XOI . —COXIBAKIETIES . Brother , when thou risesfc in the morning consider the contrarieties which thou mayest , not improbably ,

encounter in the course of the day , both within and without thy house ; and resolve to bear them , not indeed with the indifference of an ancient Stoic , but with tbe equanimity of a good Freemason .

XCIL—FAITH . Brother , let not thy faith vary with every fresh doctrine that aviscth , like the vane on the spire , moved , by every new wind that bloweth . XCIII . —IXTELLIGEXCE .

Brother , tho greater the intelligence , the greater the sin . XCIV . —TJIE POOK MAX ' S SOEEOW . Brother , let not the poor man have reason to regard thee as the wilful cause of his sorrow .

XOV . —THE MISER . Brother , for receiving the miser ' s hand is ever open ; but for ' giving it is ever shut . XOVI . —TEDIOUS DISCOURSE . Brother , if thou must hear a tedious discourse , it is

better that thou should ' st listen with patience and good humour . XCV 1 L— CALAMITY . DUTY . Brother , in a calamity do as conscicnc and piety dictate that thon ouglifccsfc to do ; and the mental

suffering occasioned by the calamity will , in general , be compensated by the satisfaction arising from the sense of having performed thy duty .

XCVIII . —LICEXTIOUSXESS . Brother , licentiousness in youth briugcth tribulation in old ago . XCIX . —ELEYAIIOX . HCMLIIY . Brother , is thy elevation great ? Then let thy humility

also be great . C . —llETAiaiy . sics . The Great First Cause ; its incomprehensibility ; man's intuitive knowledge of the Moral Law ; tho immutability of the laws of nature ; the freedom of the human will :

—thou hast here , brother , the contents of two stanzas of Alexander Pope ' s Universal Prayer . In these contents thou may' . st find as much as metaphysics shall ever teach thec .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

. TiHO . I'AIOX S TKACT . My clear young friend , the three parts of the recently-published little tract of Bro . Paton are thus entitled : —1 . The responsibilities and duties of a Mason as a subject ancl a citizen to civil government .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

2 . The duties ancl responsibilities of a Mason to his own Order in the loclge and out of it . 3 . Tiie responsibilities aud duties of a Mason to his fainiiy ancl friends , and to society at large . Hasten to procure aud to read the tract , ancl read it not cue 3 only , but frequently . Read it until every pastcgo

has become familiar to your mind . All true Frsemasons will join in the expression of hope and tr . -s ; - with which ' Bro . Paton concludes what lie h ; -s written— " that so much of the good seed that he has endeavoured honestly and faithfully to sow will sooner or later ripen into a harvest abundant in

quantity , delig htful in quality , and refreshing , stimulating and strengthening to the world , as it now is , and to generations still unborn . ' '—C . P . COOPEE , BEXJAJII > FKAJ'KI-G . It is not known in what loclge Franklin was initiated . The date of his initiation must be as enx-ly

as 1732 , for , in that year , he was " Senior Warden under Grand Master William Allen . " See FEEF .-IIASOXS' MAGAZINE , No . 372 , page 121 . A correspondent sadly misapprehends the object of a " very enthusiastic American Freemason " in desiring that a copy of the extract from " Caillot Annales Maconnique" should he sent to the FEEEJIASOXS' MAO-AZIXE . See vol . xvi ., page 167 . —G . P . COOPEK .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

I Tlie Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed by Cum ' jponjenh . A BEGGING IMPOSTOR .

XO TIIE EDITOR OE THE n .-EEUASOXS ITAG . IZIXE J . XD 3 Li 502 .-IC ITIF . ROit , ' DEAR Sin A 3 i > BEOTIIEU , —As I think it the duty of every Mason to try to put a stop to imposition , may I ask your insertion of the following facts ? A few days ago a man called on me soliciting

charity . His name is James Black . He told me ho was initiated in the St . Stephen ' s Lodge , . "Edinburgh , in 1 S 5 S . On production of his certificate , however , I found it bore date August 15 th , 1 SG 7 . I felt suspicious that all was not exactly " on the square , '' but , as the man was undoubtedly a Mason , and stai . fd

that his wife and family were at the point of starvation , 1 relieved his immediate want . By the same clay ' s post I wrote to the W . M . of St . Stephen ' s Lodge , and received an answer , of whicli tha follo-viug is an extract : — "Ton , unfortunately , forget to state the name of the man , but I have a notion that it is

Black , for , iu August last , he wrote me , stating ho was going to Paris , ancl would like his diploma , and , as he did not know the cost , he would remit the OE . SII by return of post . Finding his name all right in the books , I sent his certificate , but he forgot to send the cash , ancl , on my writing to him for it , my letter was

returned . I have since heard sufficient to induce ma to think he obtained the diploma under what appears , I fear , like false pretences , ancl for begging purposes , and I think the diploma should bo detained until he remits the fee . " NowI trust this letter will meet the eye of some

, brother who will be called upon by this man , and that he will act up to the suggestion of the W . M . of St . Stephen ' s Lodge . At the same time , I cannot help thinking that it is very unadvisable to supply