Masonic Knights Of Constantinople.

MASONIC KNIGHTS OF CONSTANTINOPLE .

F ' ' A special meeting of the St . Aubyn Grand Council of this illustrious order was held on the afternoon of Saturday , January SStli , 1 S 71 , afc Morice Town , Devonport , Sir Knights Paull as 111 . Sov ., Brown as C . A ., Purse as M . A ., Ryder as Prelate . The business of the Council was to ballot for Bros . Gordon and Bannerman , whose election being unanimous were admitted , ancl having signed the obligation of allegiance , were elevated to the rank of Knights of the orderand proclaimed according to

, antient usage the ceremonies of the degree were worked by Bro . S . Chappie , Past 111 . Sov . with his accustomed zeal and ability . Congratulations were exchanged as to the steady quiet progress of the order . After a social moderate repast in the Refectory tlie Sir Knights separated in peace and harmony , at 9 p . m .

Masonic Jottings.—No. 57.

MASONIC JOTTINGS . —No . 57 .

Br A PAST PEOTOTCIAL GUANO MASTEE . THE FOUR OLD LONDON LODGES—TRADITION . My answer to a Correspondent at Brighton , is that lie may , if lie pleases , call all that is said , all

that is written , of the four old London Lodges , Tradition . Rut he must bear in mind that the Tradition is more than a century and a half old , and that hitherto no attempt has been made to disprove its truth .

THE CHARGES OF 1723 . As respects Christianity , the Charges of 1723 have ever held their ground . The advance thereby made has afc no time been lost ; nevertheless the Craft Prayers have often been of a kind that some Christian Sects cannot employ .

THE SLUM 13 E 11 S OF SPECULATIVE MASONRY . A learned brother writes that in the old Lodges the slumbers of Speculative Masonry were occasionally very long ; yet , on awaking , she always found tbe lodge prepared for her reception , and that new or additional organization wasnot required .

BEFORE THE REVIVAL . Before the Revival , the privilege of assembling as Masons was unlimited . DR . PLOT—THE EDWIN LEGEND—HENRY VI . Dr . Plot seems co have been the first to attack the Edwin Legend , and the assertion that Henry

VI . approved ofthe laws and usages of the Masons . LOCKE'S LETTER TO LORD PEMBROKE 160 G . An " Entered Apprentice" will find all the information upon this subject which he is desirous of obtaining , in Bro . Findel ' s History , page 107 , First Edition .

FREEMASONRY . The idea of Freemasonry is rooted and grounded iu the very being of man , —FINDEL .

Athelstane—Edwin.

ATHELSTANE—EDWIN .

' A Correspondent" will find that Athelstane is sometimes called the father , sometimes the brother and sometimes the nephew of Edwin .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

THE MASONIC FESTAL DAY—24 TH JUNE . " To the few who participate in our Order , this day is possessed of peculiar significance . It is strictly a Masonic Festal-Day , and as such calls our attention to the points of difference whieh distinguish us from this world , that is , to the tenets of Masonry ; as well as commemorates the life and character of one of

our ancient brothers , distinguished for virtue , piety , and those peculiar charaefceritsics which have had a mouldinginfluence in the moral world from that day to this . The career of Sfc . John marks an era in the world , the inauguration of a moral empire that since then has steadily widened its border , and increased

in its power . As a pebble dropped in a still ocean will drive a ripple to the most distant lands , so the ripple evoked in tlie then still ocean of thought by the doctrine of Sfc . John has constantly spread , gaining power from the breath of the S pirit of God , untill a billow , crested with the flashing pearls of truth , it has east its treasure upon every shore , and the continents have quivered with its force . " —From a bundle of Masonic Excerpts , CHAELES PTJETOH - COOPEE .

ABSOLUTISM AND BIGOTRY . History bears broadly stamped in every age the basefulness of Absolutism and Bigotry , which is without honest root in the consciences of many govoernments . —Bro . Bollaert in his "Wars of Succession of Portugal and Spain . ' '

THE LATE MARSHAL PRIM ON RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE . Shortly after the depositions of Queen Isabella of Spain , fifteen thousand Spnnish ladies , instigated by the Priests , addressed Prim , begging him not to permit religious toleration in Spain ; he replied in the negative .

" And I'll send your priests to Hades Dare they such sweet eyes to dim . Fifteen thousand Spanish ladies Smiled , and left Don Juan Prim . " From Bro . Bollaert " Wars of Succession of Portugal and Spain . "

PARSEE CHARITY . The old Parsees or fire-worshippers , still in Parsee are suffering in the fearful famine , so a fund is being raised in Bombay for their relief . To this fund two materiel indetections , the Parsee Masonic Lodges of Bombay have contributed . These lodges write in English and not in Guzaratee . —M . M .

THE M . W . G . M . The M . W . G . M ., the Earl de Grey and Ripon , has left the country on what may be called a truly Masonic mission , He has been chosen as our chief commissioner on the joint commission of England and the United States , for the regulation of their differences . His absence may for a time take hiin from his Masonic duties which will be performed by the