History Of A Military Lodge.

after incurring heavy debts , was expelled from the Order , and his name was reported to the Grand Lodge of Ireland . In 1847 the regiment sailed for Halifax , Nova Scotia , where several meetings were held . The regiment was soon after removed to Kingston , in Canada , and the lodge entered upon the second centenary of

its warrant . On the 28 th July , 1848 , a centenary medal was struck for each member , bearing the naaies of the Master and Wardens , to whom the warrant had originally been granted , as well as the names of the members of 1 S 4 S . On St . John ' s Day , the same year , Bro . Southhaving returned from Irelandwas

, , installed into the Eastern Chair . The lodge then walked to St . George ' s Church , with Lodge St . John ( No . 491 ) of England , aud the Leinster Lodge ( No . 283 ) of Ireland ; 150 Masons in all , headed hy the band of the 20 th Regiment . In the evening , about ninety brethren sat downin full Masonic

cos-, tume , to a banquet at Bamford ' s Hotel . Several toasts were proposed , and a very good speech was made by Captain South , with the following extract , from which we will bring our historical sketch to a close : —

"I consider the centenary of a military warrant more peculiarly interesting than that of a civil one , which reposes quietly in the archives of a resident lodge . This precious relic has followed the fortunes of the regiment through every clime . Thrice has it crossed the Atlantic to the shores of this important

continent . It has been the sanction under which men have been made Masons in Europe , Asia , Africa , ancl America , and has laid bare to them a conception of the beauties and excellencies of our Order . It has

been everywhere with the regiment , sharing in all its dangers , and having , for one hundred years , braved the battle and the breeze . It stands there unscathed , except by the hand of Time , an interesting record of the fidelity , fidelity , fidelity of Masons !"—Indian Freemasons' Friend .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

~ S . 35 . U . T . [ At the last Grand Conclave the majority present were much puzzled to know what a Maltese banner , bearing the enigmatical letters E . E . R . T ., could mean . Various conjectures were hazarded , some amusing , others transcendentalbut all agreedat

, , last , that it was another mystery the solution of which was desirable but improbable . The subject has been , privately , discussed over and over again , but the querists have always come to the conclusion that "it was no use , they couldn't explain it . " We are happy to have the most satisfactory elucidation

to place before our readers . A high Knt . Templar , who will be easily recognised by his initials , sends us the following , setting all conjectures and guesses at rest for ever ] . Description of a Brass Gun from Malta , formerly the property of tlie Kniglits of Maltanote in the Boyal

, Military Repository , Woolwich . " No . 128 . A brass gun from Malta , very much ornamented . On the chase , the Maltese cross , letters K K , and symbols . On the reinforce are the letters K K , and cypher , E . E . R . T . ' These letters

Masonic Notes And Queries.

E . E . R . T . are the initials of the words , " Eortitudo ejus Rhodum tenuit '— 'His bravery hath held Rhodes . ' This was the motto adopted by the successors of the Duke of Savoy , after his successful defence of the Island of Rhodes against an army of Saracens , A . D . 1311 . On the rentfield are the

letters" [ M . A . combined in one , followed by a P . — As we have no letter which will convey an adequate representation of the original , we have been obliged to substitute this explanation instead of the monogram . ]— "The breech and cascabel are much ornamented ; the end of the button resembles an animal ' s face . There is no date . "—Extracted from' the Catalogue of the lioyal Military ^ Repository , Woolwich by—H . 0 .

THE FREEMASONS' ARMS . I have a copy of Lawrence Dermot's Ahiman Bezon , printed for the Author , aud sold by Bro . Robert Black , Bookbinder and Stationer , in George-yard , Tower-hill , London , 1761 . It appears hy the frontispiece the arms of the most

Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Eree and Accepted Masons are , quarterly , a Lion , an Ox , a Man , and an Eagle . Supporters , Cherubim . Crest , the Ark of the Covenant . Beneath the shield , square , level , aud compasses . Motto , "Holiness to the Lord . " The Arms of the Operative or Stone Masons , are ,

on a cheveron , between three towers , a pair of compasses extended . Supporters , otters . Crest , a hand wielding a trowel . At p . xxxiv . Bro . Dermot says : — The Ereemasons Arms in the upper part of the frontispiece of this book was found in the collection

of tlie famous and learned Hebrew Architect , Brother Rahi Jacob Jelindah Leon . This gentleman , at the request of the States of Holland , built a model of Solomon ' s temple . The design of this undertaking was to build a temple in Holland , but upon surveying the model , it was adjudged that the United Powers were not rich enough to pay for itwhereupon the

, States generously bestowed the model upon the builder , notwithstanding they had already paid him his demand , which was very great . This model was exhibited to public view , by authority , at Paris , and Vienna , and in London , by a patent under the Great Seal of England to Leon and Killigrew in the reign

of Charles II . At the same time Leon published a description , of the tabernacle and the temple , and dedicated it to his Majesty . In the years 1759 and 1760 I had the pleasure of perusing and examining both these curiosities .

I see no explanation of the operative hearings ; on the blank side is written : —This book belongs to Mr . William Moss , Comedian , now of the Theatre Royal , Edinburgh , under the management of AVest Digges , Esq ., 1773 , and likewise of the Theatre Royal , Haymarket , London , under the management

of Samuel Eoote , Esq ., Oct . 26 , 1773 . —W . Moss . This book was bought of William Moss by Thos . Kennedy , Shrewsbury , 1775 . —J . How .

BItO . W . WILIJIAMS ' S " BOOK OE CONSTITUTIONS . " The second part , both in quarto and octavo , of The Booh of Constitutions , edited by Bro . W . Williams , contains the annexed notice : — " At the particular request of many members of the Craft this Second Part of the Book of Constitutions is pub-