Melrose Abbey And Lodge.

Cording to this Article , when desired by the master , shall he fined . 28 . —In case any member comes into the meetingintoxicated with liquor , proposes gaming , quarrels , swears by the name of God , or does anything of the like nature

such offending member shall be fined 3 d . for the first offence ; 6 d . for the second ; 9 d . for the third ; Is . for the fourth ; and if he offend a fifth time he shall be excluded . 29 . —No member shall carry anything * out of the society to the prejudice of any member , neither shall any

member npbraid another for receiving out of the funds . Whosoever shall be convicted of breaking this article , shall be fined . 30 . —The society shall never be broken up , while there are five members willing to contiuue it , —whoever shall promote the breaking up of the society , or obstinately

break any of the articles , shall be excluded . 31 . —No member of the society shall be admitted as cautioner for any member who may borrow money out of the fund . 32 . —Every new member at his admission shall receive a printed copy of these regulations , for which he shall pay 6 d .

Masonic Celestial Mysteries.

MASONIC CELESTIAL MYSTERIES .

By Bro . HENRY MELVILLE . PAPER 1 . —SECOND SERIES . —LABOR OMNIA VINCIT . George the Third King of Great Britain , informs us on his coins , thathe was King of France . George was much more entitled to the dominions

of the Sun-King , than he was to that portion of the earth possessed by Napolean the Great . The said George sacrificed hundreds of thousands of human beings , and expended hundreds of millions of pounds in order to remove Napolean from the

French throne ; and perhaps reasonably so if France belonged to England , and he George represented the English . But what an unjust and silly mortal must that King have been , when he wasted so many lives and so much money

belonging to his subjects merely to reinstate on his own throne of France an individual whose race had been condemned by the French people . What mattered it to Englishmen whether Louis the obnoxious , or Napolean the adoredreigned as

, King of France ? it mattered thus much eventually , that the foolery of George entailed a grevous debt for the English people , Avhich debt never can be liquidated , but by some state convulsion * If

George the Third was King of France , he had no right nor could he relinquish the national property to any one , more especially not to a frenchmanto a ruler distasteful to the french nation . Supposing England had the right to possess France ,

that rig ht has never been ceded , although George the Third about the year 1800 thought it prudent not to urge any longer his claim on his coins—the demand being considered a mere joke by his majesty ' s loyal subjects , and an insult to the

french nation . The salique law bars Victories claim to France , but surely Albert Edward , as presumptive heir of his great grandpapa George , has a better hereditary title than the mere possessional title of Napolean the third ! Albert then ought to push forth his claim which in equity Napoleon

will of course at once admit , so that when in possession of France our Prince of Whales ( with more reason than his great grandpapa did ) may have superscribed on his coins " Albertus Edwardus Dei gratia Brit Franc and Hib Rex F . D . " which

" F . D . " was formerly understood by learned Masons to mean Fiddle-de-d . Seriously ! if people must believe the records of an astrological age as facts , and that Charles the 1 st did have his head cut off in 1649 , surely they cannot possibly

disbelieve all the public records , Acts of Parliament and so forth , besides the numerous gold , silver ancl copper coins which make George the Third the King of France ! and yet there are many English and french men now alive who actually assert that these documents and these metallic

witnesses give evidence of gross falsehood , for that King George the Third never Avas King of France , nor Avas George ' s great grandpapa more than a trumpery Elector of Hanover , & c . And now it may be as Avell to observe that there

are not any coins bearing the date of Anno Mundi , and that the oldest genuine English coin with the date of Anno Domini is one of 1552 ! All coins prior thereto if dated at all , carry the year they were minted , according to years reckoned from

the accession of the reigning monarch . All the symbolical effigies on ancient coins are of celestialderivation , and can be " accurately pointed out by the system of laws " alluded to by the Grand Treasurer—but on refering to celestial matters it becomes questionable Avhether some Masons are