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find ? Rituals at 2 s . Gd . apiece . The brethren of the Rosy Cross did not want to betray the alphabet of the Order to Bro . Haye , even if he knew the pass word , which he did not . The Knights of St . John and the Disci p les of Ignatius Loyola knew better than to trust their secrets to such shalloAV Masons as Bro . Hayeindeed ,

, I very much doubt if he understands the esoteric teaching of the Craft degrees . Tours fraternally , ROSA CETTSIS .

TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS * 3 IAGA 2 INE AND MASONIC 3 IIRROJ ! . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER . —Nearly five centuries have elapsed . That tongue which spoke 3 , 000 proverbs is silent ! That sovereign to hear whoso wisdom the Queen of the South came from the uttermost parts of the earth ! That monarch whose court was croAvded with the wisest sagesthe greatest

states-, men , the most renowned scholars , the men of science , to Avhom knowledge that in the present day is ignorance , is no more ! The dynasty whose power and wealth was all but fabulous , is fallen ! Jerusalem the Golden knows no more ! Deaf to the warnings of her holy prophetswhich had been since the world

, began , fallen from their high estate ! The daughters of Jerusalem are asked to sing one of the sougs of Zion in a strange land ! By the waters of Bab ylon we sat down ancl wept when we remembered there was a Zion . The very hook of the law is lost , but the God of Abraham is faithful

to his promise- The God of Isaac and of Jacob remembers his holy covenant . In vain does Haman seek the destruction of the royal Esther . In vain does ^ Nebuchadnezzar cast Shadrach , Meshach , ancl Abednego into the midst of the burning furnace . In vain does he cast Daniel into the den of lions . God forsook not ultimately his chosen people , and in the days of Cyrus , king of Persia , the remnant that

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remained returned to their own land , and 53 D before Christ , Zerubbabel was the founder of the second Temple ; that Temple whose courts were afterwards made holy hy the footprints of the Son of God . Amidst the ruins of this Temple is laid the scene of that beautiful Jewish drama , " The Holy Royal Arch . " Beautiful it still isthough shorn of its fair

, proportions . Here ends and worthily ends Craft , or Universal Masonry , the foundation of the noblest edifice that has ever been raised by the mind of man , a foundation upon which the Master Mason must hereafter try to raise an edifice perfect in all its parts ancl honourable

to the builder . The historical portion of this degree is tolerahly accurate , the discovery of the lost secrets dramatically contrived , the interest is well sustained throughout , but unless we call them four degrees , the Christian interpretation stands confessed .

The three scrip tural offices of our SaA'iour—Prophet , Priest , ancl King—are represented by tho three Principals , the three magi or wise men , the three kings of Cologne who followed the Star in the East till it rested over the manger in Bethlehem , and the two St . John ' s by the two scribes . Tours fraternally , ROSA CELTTS .

Masonic Mems.

MASONIC MEMS .

THEMASONICMIRROR. * g * All communications to be addressed to 19 , Srtlisljv . vy lii-s ^ fr . Strand , London , AY . C .

Inrsn 3 IASOSTC HOTS' SCHOOL—Want of space prevents ES this week from giving a report of tho meeting for the institution of a Boys' School in connection with the Irish Afasoinc Charities . Ifc shall appear in our next . APPOIXMESTTS . —The annual meeting- of the Provincial Grand ' . Lodge of AVorccstorsiiii'c has "been fixed by tho Prov . G-. Master-,

Bro . Royds , to he held at Kidderminster , on Tuesday , the 18 C 5 J inst . After the transaction of business a procession will be formed to the parish church , of which the Bishop of Rochester elect is the vicar , and a sermon will be preached by I ! ro . Sir Frederic Gore Ouseley , Bart . Tho banquet in the evening will be hold at the JIusic Hall .

The Provincial Grand Lodge of Devon will be held afc Newtca Abbot iu the early part of August , when we hear it is likely that Bro . tho Rev . John Huyshe , M . A ., Prov . G . 1 I ., will lay the memorial stone of tho Freemasons' Hall , now already commenced in Devon-square , for the use of the new lodge , which ., although but lately consecrated , has hacl a very prosperous

existence . The Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall is to be held at the Neiv Public Booms , Redruth , on Tuesday , ISth June , at 10 a . m . The brethren will form in procession and walk to church , when a sermon will be preached by Bro . tho Rev . Dr . John Bannister , Prov . G . Chap . The Provincial Grand Lodgo will bo opened , on the return of the members , and be presided over by Bro .

Augustus Smith , Prov . G . M ., of Truro Abbey , Isle of Seilly-Tho banquet will be served at Tubb ' s Hotel . Tho lodges at Sfc . Germans and Tywardreath will bo consecrated on the 12 & and 13 th Juno respectively . RED Citoss KSIGIITS AKD K . H . S . —A meeting of the Grand Council of these Orders will bo hold at the Freemasons' Tavern ..

Great Queen-street , on the 15 th inst ., under the presidency of Lovd ICowlU , the 1 I . I . G . Sovereign , for the transaction of general business . The 111 . Knts . Hyde Clarke , A ictoi * Albert , Earl of Jersey , and AVm . E . Gumbleton aro proposed for election to office in the Council , and other Eminent Caa > panions will doubtless be selected as members of the Senate ,

which , when completely organised , will consist of thirty-three members , including the Council . From tho report of the Executive Committee , wo learn that forty-nine Knights were installed during the past year in the three conclaves of th-3 Red Cross Order , of whom a considerable proportion ' . vers afterwards elevated to the superior grades of Priest and Prince

Masons . Bro . Anthony Oneal Haye , upon the solicitation of the editors of the Masonic " Record of Western . India , Bombay , and tha Masonic lieview , of Baltimore , has granted pcrinssiou to theirre-publication of his novel "The Nemesis , " lately completed : c columns of tho FEEEHASOXS' JIAGAZIXE .

Grand Lodge.

GRAND LODGE .

Tho Quarterly Communication of tho L'nitcd Grand Lodge of England , of which the agenda was given in the lass number of the FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , took p lace on Wednesday last , la . Freemasons' Hall , but was hardly so numerously attended as usual . The Bight Hon . the Earl of Zetland , 31 . AV . Graui Haste " , occupied the throne , supported by the Bight Hon . to