The Knights Templars.

in the Christian camp , could not give Saladin the assurance he required without doing violence to his conscience . * Saladin in consequence , would not fulfil the terms of the treaty for surrender , . and Richard ordered out all his prisoners to the

number of two thousand , and caused them to be beheaded on the plain of Acre , in sight of the Sultan ' s camp . f Once more the forelock of success was within the grasp of the Crusaders , and once more they

allowed it to slip . Dissensions again broke out among the leaders , and the rivalry between Richard and Philip brought matters to a standstill . Philip could never overlook the insult offered by Richard to his sister Alice to whom he had been

• engaged , and on whose account he had made war against his own father . The pretty face of Berengaria of Navarre however , had taken the Lion Heart ' s fancy , and -Alice was ignominiously abandoned . ^ In disgust , shortly after the fall of

Acre , Philip abandoned the Crusade and returned to Europe , leaving a large number of French troops under the command of the Duke of Bargundy . By his departure Richard found himself < chief of the Crusaders , and resolved to signalise

his leadership by some brilliant and daring feats of arms . He in the first place thoroughly repaired the walls of Acre and put it in a state of complete defence , making at the same time great preparations for attacking the cities held by the Saracens .

Although no great friendship existed betwixt him and the Templars , the Knights enrolled themselves under his banner , and led by their valiant Grand Master , accompanied Richard on his march against Cassarea . The army was divided into three

parts . The Templars commanded the van , Richard the main body , and the Hospitallers the rear . The baggage was conveyed between the sea and the right of the army , the fleet keeping pace with the march , and supplied the troops daily with provisions . ( To be continued . )

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

BBO . MABQITESS 03 ? SALISBUET . The reason assigned in your memoir does not account for the Marquess abandoning Masonry altogether after a life ' s demotion , for the P . G . Mastership of Herts could not have drawn heavily on his time . —E .

GBAND MASTEE , GEAND LODGE . Bro . Hughan asserts that in our English Masonry the " terms Grand Master and Grand Lodge " are of the 18 th century . A correspondent , who disputes this , must show that in books printed , or manuscripts writtenbefore that timesuch terms are used in

, , reference to our institution . —0 . P . COOPEE . METAPHYSICAL PASSAGES OE MASONIC WEITEES . A brother , writing from the reading-room of the British Museum Library , will more easily understand certain metaphysical of some Masonic

passages writers , both English and American , if he bears in mind that the moral law is immutable and everlasting . —C . P . COOPEE . CHALLENGE . Can the M . W . G . M ., when a visitor at a lodge ,

challenge the W . M . of a lodge to' take wine with him ? Further , can the M . W . G . M .. as a member of the Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , challenge the W . M . to take wine with him ? I have always understood that the prerogative of the W . M . is supreme in the right of challenging . —T . T .

THE LATE M . PEOUDHON . Bro . "E . G . C , " your incredulity on the subject of the late M . Proudhon does not surprise me . As M . Poitou says ( Les Philosophes Erancais Contemporains , page 57 ) : — " II faut citer ; car on ne saurait croire a moius de le lire de ses yeuxque le

, sophisme en delire ait dicte de pareilles imprecations . '' I will , however , transcribe two passages only . " De quel droit Dieu me dirait il encore ; sois saint , parceque je suis saint ? Esprit menteur , lui repondrai je , Dieu imbecile , ton regne est fini ; eherche parmi les betes d ' autres victimes

Pere eternel , Jupiter ou Jehovah , nous avons appris a , te connoitre : tu es , tu fus , tu seras a jamais le jaloux d'Adam , le tyran de Promethee Les fautes dont nous te demandons la remise , c ' est toi qui nous les fais commettre ; les pieges dont nous te conjurons de nous delivrere ' est toi qui les

, as tendus ; et le Satan qui nous assiege , ce Satan , c ' est toi . " These passages , and many others of the same kind , may be found in a book of which M . Proudhon is the author , "Systcme des Contradictions Economiques , ou Philosophic de la Misere . " This book was published in 18-16 and in

, 1847 the writer ofthe appalling and disgusting curses contained in it was received into Ereemasonry . And this is not all . He died in 1865 , and at his funeral we are told " The Craft was represented by a large number of Masons of both rites , amongst whom were four members of the Councilone of whom delivered

, an address on behalf of the Order of Masons . " See Freemasons' Magazine , vol . xii ., p . 174 . Brother , I repeat my words , your incredulity does not surprise me . —0 . P . COOPEE .

COWAN AND TYLEE . It does not follow , because Iko . Carroll ( p . SS-1 ) has found out the word tuilier in a Erench dictionary , that tiler is formed from tuilier , as it may be a natural development from tile ; aud yet tile itself may be derived from tuile , instead of from tegula . Cowan cannot be etymologically derived from ecoutant , the thing is simply impossible . —L . D .