Masonic Notes And Queries.

PBINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART A KNIGHT TE 3 IPLAR . In last Saturday ' s number of our quaint little contemporary , Notes and Queries , appears the following : —¦ "M . Michel , in his work Les . Ecossais en France , les Francais en Fcossc , mentions thafc the Scottish guard having come to an end , Prince Charles Edward Stuart being ivishful to distinguish the Masons of Artois for

many kindnesses he had received from them , founded in the city of Arras a ' Primatial Sovereign Chapter of Eose-Croix , under the distinctive title of Jacobite Scotland . ' Did he bestoAA any jeAvel on that body of Freemasons ? There is preserved by the Masonic Lodge of the city of Stockholm a jewel , which once belonged to Prince Charles Edward . The prince belongedI believe , to tho Order

, of Knights Templar , and a curious account of his proceeding's ivith regard to that Order , is given in an account of ' the Prince ' s Court , ' at Hclyrood House , in 1746 , in Memoirs of Sir Mdbcrt Strange , Sye ., by James Dennistoun , of Dennistoun , vol . i ., p . 81 . There is a relic which the Prince Avore , connected with this Order , in the Abbofcsford edition of fche Waverly Novels . —M . M . "

[ Having consulted M . Michel personally , on the above , we doubt M . M . ' s translation of the name of the Chapter to be " Jacobite Scotland . " M . Michel does not recognise it , but cannot say from lvhence he derived his information . "We suggested to him that it Avas most likely the Chapter of the Sacred Vault of JaniBS VI ., in which he concurs . The passage in . the Memoirs alluded to above , is as follows , under the date 1746 : — " A word as to the Shadowy Court which once again brightened tho

longneglected saloons of the Abbey , On the 30 th September , the Duke of Perth AA * rote to Lord Ogilvie— ' It is truly a proud thing to see our Prince in the palace of his fathers , wifch all the best blood of Scotland around him . He is much beloved of all sorts , and we cannot fail to make that pestilent England smoke for it . Upon Monday last , there was a great ball afc tho palace ; and on Tuesday ,

by appointment , there Avas a solemn Chapter of the ancient chivalry of the Temple of Jerusalem , held in the audience room . . . . Our noble Prince looked most gallantl y in the Avhite robe of the Order , took his profession like a Avorfchy knight ; and after receiving congratulations of all present , did VOAV that he -would restore the Temple higher than ifc was in the days of William

the Lion . '" The illustration referred to in M . M . ' s letter , occurs at p . 229 of the Abbofcsford edition of Waverley . It is described in the index of illustrations , prefixed to that novel , as " The Prince ' s Sporran ; the " belt of the time of the Knights Templar ^ Gluny Castle . Drawn by Dickes , and engaved by Keck . " To us it shows no more than any other belt , nor do " Ai'e remember to have seen

it in . tho contents of Chiny , published , by Du Sommerai * d , the proprietor of that storehouse of mediaival arfc , in his sumptuous Les Arts an , Moyen Age . If it is a girdle or belt of the time asserted , we do not see hoAv it is " a relic connected Avith the Order , " as put forth by M . M . His allusion to the Memoirs of Sir J 2-. Strange , which extract we have appended , is of great importance , as it gives the time and place Avhen Prince Charles Edivard Stuart AA'as made a "Knight Templar . ]

KNIGHT TEltrXAl * . ALPHABET . I have been informed thafc there is a secret alphabet in use by Knight Templars . Is it sop—f * f . —[ Yes . The Chivalric Oreler of tho Temple has one . As that Order is chiefly French , of course Ave do not find a letter W . in it ; but there arc all the others , as ivell as the figures , for arithmetical purposes . The forms employed are very beautiful and simple , and the key is an eight-pointed

star , or Knight of Malta jewel . We have sent a copy of of the alphabet of your toivn address . ] SMELL 01 ' THE ROUGH ASHLAR . What does the rough Ashlar smell of ?—D . A . THE ANGLES AND CARDINAL VIRTUES . How do the angles represent the four Cardinal virtues F —D . A .

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THE MASONIC Mffi-BM .

Metropolitan.

METROPOLITAN .

SEW CONCORD LODGE ( Ko . 1115 ) . —The opening meeting of this lodge Avas held on Friday evening , September 19 , at tho Bosemary Branch Tavern , Hoston . Ero . SAvinnock , AV . M ., presided . The lodge having been duly opened , a ballot Avas taken for Mr . William Batey , Mr . James How , and Mr . John Kind , and being unanimous in their favour , they were severally introduced and initiated into the mysteries of ancient Free-. A petition for a new lodge having been signed b

masonry y several members , the Lodge Avas closed , and the brethren adjourned for refreshment , which ivas amply provided hy Bro . Stannard , the worthy host . After the cloth ivas drawn , the routine , loyal , and masonic toasts were given and duly honoured . —The W . M . said that tlie next toast he had to propose ivas most pleasing to him as the . Master of the lodge , for it was that of their three initiates who had just . entered their first degree

in Freemasonry , and , as a member of some years standing , he could assure them that the further they went in the science the more they would he delighted . They had joined a lodge second to none in the Craft , and he trusted they ivould ever be proud of the selection they had made . As they had selected that lodge , tliebrethrenwere of course most happy to receive them , and would endeavour to make them as happy as lay in their power . —Bro . Hoiv returned thanks on behalf of the initiatesfor the kind

, way in which they had been received . —Bro . JOHN BERTRAM , P . M ., said he had been for a short time entrusted with the master ' s gavel , and the brethren knew well what use he ivould make of ifc . Ifc was his duty , as immediate P . M ., to propose the health of the AV . M ., and it gave him peculiar pleasure and gratification to do so when he saAv the manner in Avhich . he had

initiated three gentlemen that evening , and he Avas very happy to find that on the next occasion they ivould have five initiates . Therefore , it was with great pleasure he proposed the health of the W . M . ( drunk ivith great cordiality ) . —The W . M . returned thanks , and said that Bro . Bertram had expressed himself of him more kindly that he deserved , but could he only repeat that the more he saAV of Freemasonry , the more he liked it . Ho thanked them sincerely for the kindness and respect he had

received both in and out of the lodge , and he Avished them all long life and prosperity . — " The Health of the Visitors" having been given , Bro . H . TH 03 H > SON , J . AV . 206 , in responding , said the Sew Concord Lodge ivas not less distinguished for its hospitality than for the excellence of its working , for , he said , having had the privilege of visiting the lodge soon after its formation , he Avas really surprised to see the excellent Avorking of the Avhole ofiicersfor ev one seemed perfect in his dutiesand

, ery , had he not known to the contrary , he should have thought the lodge had been in existence almost as many years as it had been but days . He believed that early impressions ivere the most durable , and he doubted not that thoso who ivere aspirants for office at some future time in it , then received an early impression that to arrive at that honour they must diligently apply

themselves , so that the same excellence of working might bo maintained which had distinguished their predecessors , and continue to make the Neiv Concord Lodge worthy of the parent from Avhich it sprang . Long might the NBAV Concord Lodge flourish- —long might it continue an important link in that adamantine chain of universal brotherhood which bound man to man—ivhich inculcated feelings of charity and goodwill to _ all mankind—Avhich led them to nobler thoughts and holier

iraasp tions , and ! ivhich he trusted and believed ivould , after their earthly probation , obtain for them an admission into the Grand Lodge above , where the World ' s Great Architect lives and reigns for ever . "—Some other visitors responded . —The AV . M . next proposed / 'The Health ofthe P . M . ' s of the lodge , Bros . Bertram and Emmens , " and alluded in flattering terms to the value of their services . —Bro . BERTRAM , P . M ., in responding to the toasfc ,

said ifc was a great pleasure to him at all times to come amongst his brethren of fche Sew Concord Lodge , for with them he always felt at home . On behalf of himself and Bro . Emmens he returned their thanks for the Avay in which the AV . M . had been pleased to speak of them , aud it Avas their earnest desire to promote the Avelfare of the lodge , and to he amongst them as often as they could . He had not ; returned thanks in full for the toast , as he kneiv that another Avould he proposed AA'hich ivould include