Masonic Notes And Queries.

cihously of the Duke of Argyle : — - " She'll speak her mind and fear naebody—she doesna value a CaAvmil mair as a coAvan , and ye may tell Mac Galium More that Allan Inverach said sae . " Rob Roy Avas Avritten in 1817 , — Sir AV alter Scott was made a Freemason in 1801 , and to his acquaintance with Masonic technicalities his use of CoAA * an as an epithet of contempt

may be ascribed . —D . MIJEHAY LXON . THE MANNINGHAM DOCUMENT AND THE HIGH DEGREES . A letter to the Editor , signed "R . Y ., " Freemasons' Magazine , vol . xix ., pane 172 , gives a statement of the points requiring investigation and

examination in this document . —CHARLES PUETON COOPEE . THE MOST WORTHLESS COMMUNICATIONS . The most Avorthless communications are those containing persistent assertions uuacompanied bj' evidence of any kind , but nevertheless designed to displace valued and long established theroies . —A PAST PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTEK .

Correspondence.

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HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE F'tEESfASOIf ' S MAGAZINE AXD 3 IASOXIC MIIIIiOR . Dear Sir and Brother , —Under the above heading , I have receii'ed a slip , or cutting from a newspaper , and as it refersno doubt , to the English Craft and

, the Grand Secretary's office , in London , I think it important to the whole Order of Craft Masons in England , that the allegations therein contained should be as widely spread abroad as possible , that the subject be thoroughly ventilated , and if the statements therein madeshould prove to be truethe Grand

, , Lodge should take the matter into its own bauds , and do what the chief of the Executive ought evidently to haA'e done before things had come to the pass they have . If the Notice of Motion , mentioned in the print 1 send you , has really been giA'en , it is to be hoped that

the subject will be fully discussed , the various complainants have their say , and once for all , the verdict of Grand Lodge be given upon the course of proceedings of the individual iu question , and his sentence be pronounced by the Grand Master , so as to put an end to the many attacks upon the individual that have recently appeared in the Masonic prints .

Tours , AN ENGLISH CBAFT MASON IN SCOTLAND . July llth , 1871 . [ We have during the last fortni ght , received several copies of the same article , and a copy of the newspaper containing itbut we have hithertorefrained

, , from giving publicity to it . —Ed . F . M . & M . M . J The following is the extract referred to : — " There ' s high jinks in the kitchen of the Craft . An ex-militiaman , from Uxbridge , has got in among the domestics , and half turned their heade . Even the

demure , stately housekeeper ot the establishment plays second fiddle to the charming youth , and he is doing his best to turn the house out of the ivindows Like all pampered menials , many of whom are often better off than their masters , this militiaman , that was , finds his good , wholesome bread too well buttered , and aspires to be parlour company . Plain food no longer

suits his palate , and unthankful for the bread we give him , he is turning the knowledge gained in our service to his oivn private ends , by carrying off the scraps and refuse to a deluded set of followers , who hail him at once as their master-mind . For his dupes there is pity , for himself reprobation and admonition .

If it Avas not that this servant may be laying the foundation of future complications , we might pass over his puerilities Avith a smile , and after having seriously reprimanded him , permit him to resume his domestic duties , But , as he sets himself up to be greater than his employers , the matter must be brought to a definite issue , and every brother is bound

to decide whether the Grand Secretary's Office is to be used as a place of organisation for the sale of degrees and rites not contemplated by Grand Lodge , as Avell as that the matters there transacted should be made the subject of private pecuniary advantage to the domestic in question , and a tradesman who has admitted he pays him a heavy commission for such information .

To lest these matters and expose the nefarious traffic , notice of motion for Grand Lodge , and Grand Chapter , has been given , in the following terms : — " That whilst this Grand ,-,, ° jf I recognises

the private right of every j to belong ' 1 . ° J I companion I 5 to any extraneous organisation he may choose , it as firmly forbids . — noiv , and at any future time , — a 11 I companions j ' while en £ S ed as salaried oflicials under this Grand ru „ tpr , to mix themselves up ,

—in any way , —with such bodies as The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite ¦ the Rites of Misraim and Memphis ; the Spurious Orders of Rome and Constantine ; the schismatic body styling itself the Mark Grand Lodge of England ; or any other exterior

organisation whatever ( even that of the Order of Knights Templar , which is , alone , recognised by the articles of Union ) , under pain of immediate dismissal from employment by this Grand p ? ^ There is no hardship in this course . Au employee cannot be serving several distinctand—in

some-, , cases . —antagonistic interests at one and the same time , and therefore , so long as these men eat our bread , they must be restrained from dabbling in matters above their position . If they do not like the sendee , all they haA'e to do is to go about their businessthe Craft can do without themand then

, , they will be able to indulge their plebeian aspirations for high jinks to auy extent they may choose , At present they are our servants , and if they value the service must not attempt to play the masters . — Masonic JExaminer .