Masonic Notes And Queries.

THE LETTER OP BRO . ANDREW COX . I think it must bo taken for granted that those who write in cypher know what they are writing about , and only use such characters as are necessary for their purpose . This being so , are Bros . Hughan and TIaye sure they have used the right key ?—P B . A E I A rj E TPEOBIG .

A MASONIC LIBRARY . DEAR BROTHER * * * Ton write that you elesire a Masonic library which shall comprise all the books that can in any way elucidate the various theories respecting * the origin of Freemasonry ; and you consult me as to the probable cost . How , I have just read one of the notes on Bro . Thory ' s " Histoire de la Feneration du

'Grand Orient de France . " It contains a notice of some of these theories . I will set them down briefly in the > order in which they occur . "Adain was the depository of Masonic science , having received ifc from God . Freemasonry came into existence when the Tower of Babel was building . Freemasonry with the architect and workmen

arose employed upon Strasburg Cathedral , A . D . 1277 . Sir Christopher Wren , architect of St . Paul ' s , invented Freemasonry . The Masonic doctrines come from the Jews . The mysteries ofthe Freemasons are entirel y founded on the Christian Religion and Church . The Essenians invented Freemasonry . The Therapeutes invented Freemasonry

, The Druses of Syria invented Freemasonry . The Cabalists invented Freemasonry . The Ascetic Jews invented Freemasonry . The cradle of Freemasonry was in Grecas . The cradle of Freemasonry was in Tartary .

The cradle of Freemasonry was in . Egypt . The mysteries of the Freemasons are the same as the mysteries of the Egyptians . The first lodge was founded by Eonmlus . The Emperor Augustus was initiated at Athens after the battle of Actium . Zoroaster was the inventor of Freemasonry . Freemasonry comes from the Northern Nations . Freemasonry owes its origin to

the Crusaders . Freemasonry was an emination of the Divinity . The origin of the world and the origin of Freemasonry were simultaneous . Jacques Molay , Grand Master of the Templars , created four mother lodges , — one for the East , one for the "West , one for the North , and one for the South . Freemasonry existed at Herculaueum . Freemasonry arose exclusively with the

Druids . Freemasonry is clue to the genius and policy of Oliver Cromwell . " At the end of the note then is this passage " rJous passons sous silenu un grand nombro d ' autres opinions plus ou moins vrais emblables , emises sur 1 ' origene de la Francho-Maconneri . Certun Ocean immense , sur lequil chacun s ' embarque et revient toujours a son port sans

efcre plus instruit . " . . . My utter inability to give you information as to thc probable cost of the Masonic library you desire must now , dear brother , be sufficiently apparent . " —CHARLES PLTRION COOPER .

ANCIENT GERMAN FREEMASONRY . Bro . * * * The ancient German Freemasonry was , I imagine , not unlike the ancient English Freemasonry . Some future communication to tho FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE will explain my notions on this subject . —CHARLES PURION COOPER .

MUSTARD SEED ORDER . A Correspondent inquires whether the Order of the Mustard Seed ( Senf-korn Orden ) was connected with Freemasonry . My answer is that it was not . It was the creation of the Count Zinzandorf when he was very young . That the Count was a Freemason has not , I believe , been ascertained . See my communication"Couut Zinzandorf , " FRUEMASONS' MAGAZINE , vol . xii ., p . 356 . —CHARLES PURTON COOPER .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed hy Correspondents . ROYAL ARCH CEREMONY . TO THE EDITOIt OF THE rHEEHASOUS' MAGAZIJTE AND 31 ASOHT . C JIXHHOI ! . DEAR . SIR AND BROTHER , —As we have sometimes great difficulty in obtaining the proper number to

open a chapter here , would you have the kindness to inform me what the practice is in England—whether a chapter can be opened with loss than nine companions being present ? Yours fraternally , STADACOSA . Quebec , March 1 st , 1867 .

[ Our companion puts rather an extraordinary question , inasmuch as in England every Royal Arch chapter is opened by not less than three installed Principals only , and three must he present . Those below that degree cannot he there at the opening . — En . P . M . ]

An Impostor.

AN IMPOSTOR .

TO THE EDITOn OF THE 1 'IiEEMASOJfS JIAGAZISE AND MASOIflO HIKEOE . DEAR SIR AXD BROTHER . —The last number of your valuable paper contains a useful , though painful warning to the Craft , cautioning them against an impostor pretending to he a Pole , who has been swindling and imposing upon the benevolent Masons , under the plea of distresshaving lost everything for

, the good of his country in the late insurrection . The visits of such swindlers become quite a pest to the body Masonic , and do us Poles an incalculable injury and disgrace . Sincerely thanking your worthy correspondent , Bro . T . P . Halsey , W . M . elect " No . 10 for his

, denouncing this impostor , I Avould feel as a grateful and personal favour conferred upon me for his disclosing the name of the beggar under false pretences , that the Craft in general , and the Poles in particular , might know the individual in question of such infamous propensities , devoid of all moral worth ,

dishonouring and sullying so ignommously the name of my deeply beloved and sore oppressed fatherland , for the purpose of ascertaining Avhether he is really a political Polish exile , or a self-styled Pole . I have learned by experience that many Germans , . Tews , aud Polish vagrants are in the habit of carrying on a regular trade out of the public sympathy for the undeserved

misfortunes of Poland , in victimising the noble , benevolent , though credulous persons . In cases where a Polish chevalier d'industrie should try to fleece the pockets of my English brethren , I . believe the best means for confounding such gentry and their plundering propensitiesshould be by applying to the

, Secretary of the Literary Association of the Eriends of Poland , at 10 , Duke-street , St . James ' s-garden , London , for information in reference to the position and moral character of my countrymen . Yours fraternally , P . M ., A POIE .

The Red Cross.

THE RED CROSS .

TO THE EDITOR OE TEE rriEEltASOMs' MAGAZINE AJTD MASOUIC 3 IIEEOE . DEAR SIR ASD BROTHER . —In your publication of the 13 th inst ., you favour us with the address of Bro . Little . I was pleased and delighted with the principles referred to therein , and I shall be further