(No. Ii.)—Les Ateliers Du Grandorient.

in Scotland , where the candidate is initiated , passed , and raised on the same evening . The officers of the French chapters have titles very different to the alphabetical designations . adopted by the Royal Arch in England . The following are the names : —

1 . Un President or Anglice , Principal Z . 2 . Un Premier Surveillant or Principal H . 3 . Un Deuxieme Surveillant or Principal J . 4 . Un Orateur or E . ¦ 5 . Un Secretaire or N .

-6 . Un Grand Expert , or Principal Soj . 7 . Un Tresonier . 8 . Un Hospitalier . 9 and 10 . Deux Maitues des Ceremonies . 11 . Un Garde des Sceaux et Timbres et des archives .

12 . Un Architecte Controleur . 13 and 14 . Deux Experts , or Ass . Soj . 15 . Un Maitre des Reflections . In the Conseils the titles of the President , 'Surveillant , Orateur , Secretaire , Tresonier ,

Hospitalier , Experts , Garde du timbre et des archives , Maitres des Ceremonies , are preserved "whilst there is also an officer styled Ordannateur des Agapes . In all lodges , chapters , and councils there is also an officer called Le Frere Servant who has to perform the humbler duties and has no voice in the deliberations .

In the lodges and chapters which are worked sunder Le Supreme Conseil du rite Eccossais Ancien et Accepte the pass-word is changed every three months , so that a member must keep up his ¦ attendances at the meetings in order to be a good

Mason . At the ordinary meeting of the lodge a -sealed pocket received from the Supreme Conseil is opened by the Venerable whereon Les freres form a chaine d ' union round the lodge . The Venerable then whispers the word to the nearest

-brother , who in turn passes it on to his nei ghbour , and so it goes round the circle in a whisper , after which the paper containing the word is burnt at a torch held by the Venerable . There are some persons who held that this system might be

advantageously adopted in England , but we confess that we are not of that opinion . We do aot see that it serves any purpose of zeal and utility , whilst its diaadvantages in the case of travelling brethren are very great . The signs and symbols of the Craft should be unchanged and unchangeable . J . A . H .

The Knights Templars.

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS .

By ANTHONY ONEAL HAYE . ( Continued from page 226 . ) BOOK II . —CHAPTER VII . —( contd . ) ( Chapter 10 . ) A repast of flesh was allowed

them three times a-week , excepting Christmas , Easter , the Feast of the Virgin , and All Saints , when flesh was allowed . On Sundays , two messes of flesh were served up for the knights and chaplains , but the esquires and retainers were to

be satisfied with one , and to be thankful therefor , ( Chapter 12 . ) On Mondays , Wednesday , and Saturdays they were to have two or three dishes of pulse , or other vegetables , and , if anyone could not eat the one , they were to feed off the other .

( Chapter 13 . ) On Friday they were to partake of a Lenten food , iu reverence of the Passion , except the sick . From the Feast of All Saints until Easter , they were to eat of it but once a day * except upon Christmas Day or the Feasts of the

Virgin and Apostles , if they should fall on a Friday , when they were allowed to eat twice a day . ( Chapter 14 . ) After dinner and supper they were peremptorily ordered to return thanks to Christ , the Great Provider of all things , with a humble

heart as became them , in the church if it was near at hand , and , if not , then in the refectory . The fragments , the whole loaves being preserved , were to be given with brotherly charity to the domestics or the poor . ( Chapter 15 . ) " Although the

reward of poverty , which is the Kingdom of Heaven , be doubtless due unto the poor , yet we command you to give daily unto the almoner the tenth of your bread for distribution , a thing which the Christian relig ion assuredly recommends

as regards the poor . " ( Chapter 16 . ) When the sun left the eastern region and descended into the west , at the ringing of the bell , or other customary signal , they were all to go to compline , or the evening prayer , before which , however , they were

to take a general repast . This repast was left to the regulation and judgment of the Master , and when he pleased they were to have water , or water tempered with wine . But the wine was to be taken sparingly , seeing that even wise men fell away through wine .

( Chapter 17 . ) Compline being ended , they were to go to bed , but , after so retiring , no one was permitted to speak , except upon urgent necessity Whatever passed between knight and esquire was