Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

CHARGES OP HIE ORDER OF THE TEMELE . Wbat are the charges made for joining the Order of the Temple ?—Ex . Ex . —[ In Lucas ' s Manual , p . 239 , is a " Tariff of the fees of admission , of Chancery , of the Secretary's Office , & c . —Extract from the Edict of the Statutary . —Committees of the C Nisan , 703 ( 9 th April , 1821 ) , approved by Decree of the 14 Tab . following ( 16 th May , 1 S 21 ) . —Fees of admission . In the Magisterial-City and Toions of the first class ; Francs . Entrance into the House of Initiation 120 Admission to the Postulantia SO Novitiate 120

In the Towns of the Second Class . Entrance into the House of Initiation 100 Admission to the Postulantia ... 50 Novitiate , , 100 In Towns of the Third \ Class . Entrance into the House of Initiation ... ... ... 60 Admission to the Postulantia .... ... ... ... 30 ¦ Novitiate ... 60

General Disposition . The donation to be given hy knights , at the time of their profession , is voluntary . But they ought to pay an oblation ( Art . 96 of the edict on the Finances ) , which cannot be less than ... ... ... ... 40 The expenses of diploma are deducted from this oblation ( Art . 95 ) The diplomas of all other degrees are delivered gratuitously their cost is included in the expenses of reception .

Fees of Chancery and of the Secretary s Office . Francs . Cents . Letters of Investiture for the Beneficial Offices for life ... ... .,. 50 Brevets for removable offices , nominations , and dispensations of all kinds ... 5 „ Certificates , extracts , and Acts of the Magisterial-Secretary for each roll 2 „

Stamped paper for each sheet ... ... ... „ 50 The 6 Sivan , 707 ( 23 d May , 1825 ) . Having seen the edict rendered by the Statutary-Committees in their sitting of the 7 Tab , 707 ( 24 th April , 1825 ) , and of which the tenor is as follows : — Art . 1 . —A knight cannot be named Commander until two years after having obtained the honours of knighthood . Art . 2 . —A Commander cannot be named to a Bailiwick until he

shall have possessed a Commandevy for two full years . Art . 3 . —A Bailiff cannot be named Grand-Prior until he shall have possessed a Bailiwick during two full years . Art . 4 . —Nevertheless , if serious and unexpected circumstances place a knight , provided or not with a Benefice , in the case of soliciting a more elevated situation than that to which he could pretend , by reason of his seniority , he shall address the demand of it to the Grand-Master , who shall grant , if he see fit , dispensations for time . Art . 5 . ' —The fees of Chancery for the expedition and delivery of Letters of Investiture , are fixed at fifty francs for each benefice .

Art . 6 , — -In the case forseen by Art . 4 ., these fees are doubled for each of the intermediate benefices that the patentee ought to have previously possessed , as well as for that which shall be granted to him . Art . 7 . —Any demand tending to obtain modifications on the Fees established by the present edict , shall not be admissible unless it shall be occasioned by services rendered to the Order . In this case , the Council-General of Finances , after the

competent authority shall have pronounced on the reality and merit of the alleged services , shall declare on the financial question , conformably to the edict of the 4 th December , 1820 , unless , in the Decree of Nomination , the Grand Master have himself granted the dispensation of tho fees , established by Art . 5 . Art . 8 . —There is granted to those knights at present provided with benefices , and who have not applied for their Letters of Investiturea delay of six months from the day of the publication of

, the present . They will only have to pay , during this time , the Fees of the ancient tariff . Art . 9 . —After the expiration of this delay , they shall have still the faculty of reclaiming their Letters of Investiture ,- but they shall not be delivered to them , unless at the charge of their paying half the fees regulated by Art . 5 . Art . 10 . —Articles S and 9 are applicable to knihts whonow

, g , provided with a benefice of the first or second class , have not withdrawn their Letters of Investiture of Benefices inferior to that which they at present possess . Art . 11 . —One ' year after the promulgation of the present , all possessors of Benefices who shall have neglected to conform to the

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measures above prescribed , shall be deprived of full right of the Benefice of their Nomination , and the Grand Master shall re-entev into the free disposal of the Titles that he may have granted to them . ~ " *" Art . 12 . —The edict of the 17 Aab , 695 , is maintained in what is not contrary to the present . Having heard our Privy-Council , we have decreed , and do decree as follows : —

Only Article . —The above edict , rendered by the Statutary-Committees in their sitting of the 7 Tab , 707 ( 24 th April , 1825 ) , is approved , to be executed according to its form and tenor . Let tho present be , & c , etc . " ]

GUGOM 0 S . Who was Gugomos p—A . M . A . —[ An impostor who pretended to be a connden tial messenger from thc Eite of Strict Observance , about 1775 . ] JESUITS , FREEMASONS , AND ROSE CROIX . What is the title of a book which treats of Jesuits , Freemasons , and Eoso Croix ? I was shown it some years ago , but forget all about it , except the very curious combination it purported to treat of . —F . M .

THE GREEN HON OF THE ROSICRTJCIANS . Will some Eosicrucian tell what is meant by the Green Lion , and is it now used in that degree ?—LANGTON . —[ The Green lion is the mercury of the occult philosophers so called "for three respects . In respect of his attractive power , for this central Sun is like the heavenly Son which renders the world flourishing and green . 2 ndly . he is called ye green Lion for because yet ye gold is incompleatnot fixed in

, any body and therefore called quick-gold . 3 rdly . by reason of his great strength he is called Lion , so all metalline bodies give place to this quick-gold . " Do not confuse the occult and mystic philosophy . As Eosicrucians , vidgo Alchemists , the higher degrees do not know of such a title . The Eqse Croix , the 18 ° , has no such symbol as a Green lion in its mysteries . ]

HISTORY OP THE HIGH GRADES . Where shall I find a History of tho High Grades ?—• D . B .- —[ Bead M . Pyroris Abret / c Uistoriqne da Vorganisation en France jusques a , Vepoque da 1 cr Mars 1814 des 33 Degrcs du Rite Ecossais Ancien et Accepted JOHN I'ENN . Who was the John Fenn who signed his name on one of the original pages of the book which Bro . M . Cooke has just

published?—Jl F . GAMMER GURTON . ho has a copy of Mother Gammer Gurton ' s Masonic Alphabet ?—CHARLES .

Literature.

Literature .

EEVIEWS . The History and Articles of Masonry ( now first published from a MS . in the British Museum ) , edited by Bro . MATTHEW COOKE . Eichard Spencer , Great Queen Street . Bro . Cooke deserves the thanks of the brethren for having reproduced a facsimile of this Manuscript , so far as type will

allow him to do so , as it , to a great extent , proves not only the antiquity of the Order , but—though much is now obsolete- —how closely the system of several hundred years since is still adhered to amongst us . The Manuscript is supposed to have been written about the fifteenth century , but only came into the possession of tho trustees of tho British Museum by purchase from Mrs . Caroline Baker , in

1859 , and is believed to be the identical work alluded to by Dr . Eawlinson , upwards of 120 years since , when he says : —¦ " One of these rolls I have seen in tho possession of Mr . Baker , a carpenter of Moorfields . " The work is printed so as to give line for line , a facsimile of tho Manuscript , in red and black , on the one page , and on the opposite the same matter reproduced in modern type and spoiling , the arrangement of the lines being however retained . Appended to thc work aro various explanatory notes of portions of the text , which do great credit to Bro . Cooke as an editor , and cannot fail to