An Earnest Proposition Forthe Further Propagation Of Tomfool Ery Among Masons.

certificate to that effect , authenticated by the Grand Referendeney , and Grand Prothonotary . No Sir Knight of this Order shall touch the garter or garters of any Sir Knightess , the wife of another Sir Knight , above or below her knees , without her or his permission previously obtained , on the pain of expulsion and having his banner taken down if he have one , and he shall not be restored until after a

period of three months and on the payment of five shillings , besides what he may put in the charity box , but if he is in arrears of his subscriptions and banquet fees and does not pay up , he shall be finally expelled for his offence . On his submission of the monev at

any future time the College of Grand Sovereigns may have authority to readmit him at his request . The Sovereigns shall pay no subscriptions unless they feel fit . The Grand Sovereigns for the time being shall be allowed to entertain the Sovereigns at a banquet . No individual member shall be called to

upon pay more than tivo shillings and sixpence for a banquet at his own expense , but banquets given out of the chapter funds , or treats to the Sir Knights , may be unlimited , and should be of the best quality . In case H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , or H . E . H . the Duke of Edinburgh shall be elevated to the dignit

y of this Order , he may be created Chief High Sovereign , and shall enjoy all the prerogatives attaining to the office . German Princes of the Royal Family may be admitted in form gratis . A state fire engine shall be kept for the Prince of Wales .

As the Knights Templars were once connected with this order , all members shall be entitled to be created Knights of St . John of Jerusalem on payment of five shillings , so that his Order may be under no disadvantage iu comparison . There shall be colleges or Orders of Bishops of

Oxford , Prelates of the Order , Kings at Arms , Ushers of the Black Bod , Lord Chancellors , & c . Any young gentleman of Oxford or Cambridge under age may receive a dispensation to be created a Bishop of Oxford on payment of half a crown .

The Bishops of Ox-ford shall wear a black apron with shovels in their hats . As it is necessary in order to maintain the respectability of this ancient Order to draw the line somewhere , the line will be drawn at those who can't or won't pay , and consequently no reflection shall be

allowed on the handicrafts of those who constitute the majority " of the members . If it be necessary to allude to the occupation of a Sir Knight of the Garter he shall be referred to by his ancient or chivalrous designation as Sir Knight of the Needle , of St . Crispin , & c . That Anstis ' s History of the Order of the Garter be adopted as the standard history of the Order , and that it be reprinted with suitable alterations .

The vital distinction between the legitimate Order and the Windsor Chapter , is that the Knights of the latter forgetting even the legend of their restoration , are initiated with a dead garter , while the legitimate and genuine Knights are invested as King Edward the First was with a real live Garter from a living Countess of Salisbury , so that the vaccine matter is always fresh ; and there are also other distinctions , and a Masonic translation of the mottos communicated by

the Knights Templars , who escaped from France to Scotland . There shall be yearly celebrated at the Crystal Palace at some suitable epoch in the beginning of tbe year , the annual festival of the Order , when the Sir Knights and Sir Knightesses shall attend in their

robes and aprons with the banners of the Order . There shall likewise be balls of the Order in clothing , in order that members may show their paraphernalia . Any member in distress may be created a Poor Knight of Windsor , but the relief to be given to a distressed Sir Knight shall not be more than two and

sixpence at any one time , nor at more than one time , and five shillings to a Sir Knightess from the Board of Benevolence of the Order . The Poor Knights have a claim on the vacant houses at Windsor . Xours fraternally , WM . HARRIS

The A. And A. Rite In England.

THE A . AND A . RITE IN ENGLAND .

TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —The present state of the-A . and A . Rite in England has long excited dissatisfaction among its members , and there is a growing feeling that some change is required . It is not necessary to go into the individual details of complaint ; but it is quite sufficient to compare the

A . and A . Rite here Avith its condition in other countries to see that our organisation is not favourable . It is possible that as such a state of aifairs has been alloAved to go on for years , discussion upon it produce no practical resultsand I content

may , myself , therefore , with the suggestion of one practical measure . We have a learned and zealous M . P . S ., and we have a learned and zealous Secretary . Now cannot the M . P . S . so use his influence and prerogative with his colleagues as to enable the

Secretary to be of some use to us r Cannot a room be taken in London , and cannot the Secretary be guaranteed a modest salary out of the funds of the Order ? Funds , it is supposed , there are , though the S . C . of England is the only Masonic body in the world that does not render a yearly account to its constituents . Let these funds be thus appliedand they

, will be reproductive . There will be some plaie and some person to be found , and a member may get that information and instruction the Avant of which is now so much matter of complaint . There Avill be the nucleus of a library and reading-room ; and there will be some vitality . A member who goes to the

G . Secretary ' s offices in Great Queen-street , Rue dela Victoire , or Rue Cadet , can have a record found for him at once in Avell-kept registers . Let it be the same for the A . and A . Rite . We have the man ,- let us be alloAved to profit by him . Xours fraternally , A MEMBER OF THE A . AND A RITE .

Father Suffield And Freemasonry.

FATHER SUFFIELD AND FREEMASONRY .

TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —I have read the correspondence rejmblished in your pages concerning Free-