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brethren . On the march , the Beauseaut * was carried behind him by an esquire , or on a wain ; and when the battle commenced , he unfurled a banner on the point of a spear , and drew the esquires up in a martial order . He , like the

Sub-Marshal , was under the order of the Marshal . The Treasurer , who Avas always the Prior of Jerusalem , had the charge of the money department of the Order , of which he accounted to the Master ancl chapter . The Draper was assigned

him as a companion ; and the few ships belonging to the Order were placed under his charge , by reason of which he may be esteemed the Grand Admiral . His allowances were the same as the

Seneschal ' s . The Draper had charge of the clothing of the Order , which he distributed to the brethren as directed by the Treasurer . He was allowed four horses , two esquires , and a pack-servant . The

office seems to have been of importance . He was enjoined by the Eule ( cap . 26 , 27 ) to distribute garments free from the suspicion of arroyance and superfluity to all the brethren , and was directed to take especial care that the garments were neither

too long nor too short , but properly measured for the wearer , with equal measure , and with brotherly regard , that the eye of the whisperer or the accuser might not presume to notice anything .

under the Priors were the Preceptors , who were divided into two classes , House Preceptors ancl Knight Preceptors , and corresponded with the commanders of the Hospital , as the preceptories did with their commanderies . The House

Preceptors were often priests , and had charge of one or two houses ; while the Knight Preceptors were always Knights , and each led ten Kni ghts in battle . The Grand Priors and Preceptors were again all under the visitors , who were Knights

sent by the Grand Master to examine the different houses of the Order , and correct abuses . Thenpowers , however , ceased when their business was performed . There were various other officers of the Order ,

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such as the Grand Priors of Jerusalem , Tripolis , and Antioch , but there was nothing in their offices calling for particular notice , except the Prior of Jerusalem , whose duty it was to convey pilgrims to and from the Jordan , one of the principal objects

of the Institution of the Order . When the True Cross was brought forth on any expedition , it was his duty to guard it , with ten Knights , night aud day . He was to encamp close by it , and two brethren were constantly to keep guard over it .

All the secular Knights were under his command . In the absence of the Marshal , he was General ; and half the booty captured beyond the Jordan fell to his share , the other half to the kingdom . ( To be continued . )

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

THE CHEYALIEE EAMSAT . —HIGH GEADE 8 . — EEPEOACHES AND LAMENTATIONS OE AN OLD MASTER MASON . PAET I . " 0 ! Ramsay , si comme j ' aime a le penser , vos vues etaient droites et vos intentions combien

pures , vous gemiriez en voyant les maux que vous avez faits a , 1 ' ordre respectable qui vous compta jadis au norubre de ses enf ' ans . Ramsay , vous seul y avez introduit le desordre ; vous seul avez defcruit son principe fondaineutal , l'heureuse egalitd . Avant vous le Maoou parvenu au troisieme gradene voyait autour de ' lui

, que des egaux . Aujourd'hui ce lui qui porte le titre honorable de miiitre compte vingt classes de stiperieurs . "—Prom a large carton of extracts from foreign works upon Freemasonry in the possession of Bro . Charles P . Cooper .

SPECULATIVE ACASONBX . The Scotch got Speculative Masonry from the English ; but from whom did the English get ifc?—Question taken from one of Bro . Burton Cooper's Masonic Note-Books . OLD ENGLISH EKEEltASONEY .

The history of old English Freemasonry lies hid in the Record Office , Fetter-lane . —From a manuscript volume in Bro . Purton Cooper ' s collections called " Freemasons' Table Talk . " TILING THE LODGE . A correspondentcurious respecting this hrase

, p , may look at Mr . "W yatt Papworfch ' s paper , " Masons of England and their Works , " Freemason ' s Magazine , vol . vii ., p . 1 GG . —C . P . COOPEE . INCONSISTENCY . Bro . " J . D . H . " answer to letter is this

, my your . Tou rightly advocate the propagation of the Gospel . Now true Freemasonry is the assistant of the Gospel ; and if you do not advocate the propagation of true Freemasonry , you must plead guilty to a charge of inconsistency . —C . P . COOPEE .