Architecture Of Palestine From The Earliest Times To The Crusades.

JMehk Merwau , in the year 68 of the Hegira , and that its columns of precious marbles , and various origin , have been taken by the Mussulmans from the Basilica erected by Constantine over the Sepulchre of Jesus Christ . Constantino alone is well known to have enriched tho religious edifices of the Christians with marbles ; and history reproduces but too many examples of the spoliation of these buildings by the Mussulmans to decorate their mosques .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

ST . PAUL AXD SEXECA . There are certain books not included in the Canon of Scripture , but of undoubted antiquityt which have been printed under the title of The ApochryhalNetu Testament . Amongst those are " The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to Seneca , with Seneca ' s to Paul . " In one from Seneca to St . Paul occurs this passage , " and I

must own , my brother , that I may not at once dishonestly conceal anything from you , and be unfaithful to my own conscience , that the Emperor is extremely pleased with the sentiments of your epistles . " Now , in what sense is the term brother , above quoted , used ? It cannot be the christian bond of brotherhood because Seneca was a heathen philosopher . In another , from St .

Paul to Seneca , the Apostle ends it "Farewell , most respected Master . "—why this style of salutation . In what was Seneca St . Paul ' s respected Master ? In the first "Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians , " Chap , xii ., v . 1—9 the resurrection is compared to its type the Phoenix . Every 18 ° brother should read it as it thoroughly explains the signification of the jewel he wears . —iU MATTHEW COOKE , 33 °

BOYAL AKCH ENSIGNS . From whence do we derive the peculiar emblems which are paintedou the Eoyal Arch Ensigns ?— "W . T . [ From Holy Scripfcureand the Talmud . ] MADE A MASON . When did the term of being " made a Mason" first

originate ? I should bo much obliged to any brother who can point out early use of the phrase . —Ex . Ex . BB . O . GENEBAI , KAEfSFOED . In a former number some extracts were given from the papers of Bro . General Eainsford . Who was he and what was his Masonic rank ?—GABAEL . —[ General Eainsford

drew up a short memoir of himself in 1794 , and at the end affixed the following : — " Singular avocations of General Eainsford , 1794 . 1 . C . E . Lieut .-General of Her Majesty ' s forces upon the British Staff . 2 . Colonel of the 44 th " Regt . of Foot , or East Essex Eegfc . 3 . Governor of the Town and Castle of Chester . 4 . " Commander-in-Chief of the Garrison of Gibraltar . 5 . Member of the

British Parliament . 6 . Fellow of the Eoyal Society . 7 . Ditto of the Anti quarian . 8 . Member of tho Society for making discoveries in Africa . 9 . Member of the Society for helping the Poor . 10 . Member of tho Energetic Society of Stockholm—Duke of Sudermania , President . 11 . B . C ., or Eose Crucian Order . 12 . Of the Orient Order of Paris . 13 . Of the A . E . of ditto . 14 . Of the

Order of E . B . at ditto . 15 . Of the Order of E . at Lyons 16 . Ditto of A . at Avi gnon . 17 . Ditto of S . at Strasbourg . 18 . Ditto of P . at Philadelphia . 19 . Inspector of all Lodges universally , and . member of 32 elevations to 7 th degree exclusive . 20 . Grand Lodge at London . 21 . Of the mixed Order of Moses ; Noah ' s Ark , and Adoption . " THE rilGHIM ' S IODGE . Which lodge is now the Pilgrim ' s Lodge that met at Freemasons' Tavern , in 1783 , or is it extinct ?—S . F .

Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE , AND ART .

Peeton ' s Universal Dictionary , lately reviewed in the the Times , is about to lie issued in weekly numbers , under the title of Peeton ' s Penny Dictionary . Mr . Mark Kapler has nearly ready the second and third volumes of Ills Life and Times of Graham of Claverhov . se , completing the work . Mr . Ivapicr , it is said , has succeeded in

disinterring a , large number of forgotten letters and documents , which will help to justify his reverence for " the muchmaligned Yiscount ot Dundee . " It is announced that Dr . Latham's edition of Johnson's Dictionary , originally promised for January last , is now rapidly advancing . The first part will be published as soon as

Sufficient progress has been made to ensure the publication of the succeeding parts monthly without interruption . Baron Kervyn de Lettenhove , author of the LListoire des Elandres , has discovered the autobiography of Charles Y . In one of the volumes of manuscripts in the Paris Library he met with this autobiography of the Emperor , translated from the

French into Portuguese , coiifirming , it is said , in every detail , the suppositions and suggestions made by former historians . The new volume of Once a Week will commence with a new story hy Mrs . Wood , the authoress of East Lynne , with illustrations by Charles Keane ; and a new Historette , by Harriet Martineau , is in type , ancl will appear very shortly , illustrated hy J . E . Millais .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

Ike Editor is i \ ot responsihlefor the opinio'is expresses , ly Correspondents . THE GRAND LODGE PEOPEETY . TO THE EDITOa OJff THE JEKJEJEMJASOjrs' KAGAZIlfE ASD MASOXIC JKIKHOE . DEAE SIE AXB BBOTHEB . —The preliminary business of the proposed alterations of our property in Great Queen-street should surely emanate from the Board of

General Purposes . Eule 19 , page 107 , says " the Board has the direction of everything relating to the buildings and furniture of the Grand Lodge , and may suggest any alterations and improvements . " The Board is not called on or expected " to lay lines and draw plans , " but to suggest ; having done so let them advertise for plans and specifications—doubtless many architects will answer

the call ; then 1 , 3 , 5 , 7 , or more plans may be selected " by them and presented for the discussion and approval of Grand Lodge . By this proceeding no alteration of the laws would be requiz-ed , the Craft would havo a voice in the selection of the plan , and time , precious time , saved . Believe rne to be yours faithfully , GEORGE HAECOUET , ilf . D . P . A . G . D . O . and D . Prov . G . M . Surrey . Chertsey , June 9 th , 1862 .

TO IHE JEDITOB OF IHE IltEJEJMASOJHS' ITAGAZIJTE AHJD SIASOJSTC miRSOIt . DEAE SIE AXD BKOTHEE , —Although a copy of the report of the Board of General Purposes has been forwarded to all WM . ' s , it cannot be supposed , as we are not all operative Masons , that we are able to comprehend the alterations set forth in that particular report without

assistance , which I venture to suggest might be given in your pages by diagram from a scale of parts , showing the ground plan of the present buildings , dotted lines showing thelately acquired property * , county lines showing the position of the surrounding chapel , school , aud other property , with a short reference thereto , and so by each story of the present Masonic property ; and by another