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Original Correspondence.
Now , a Steward ' s collar , we all know , is never received as an honour by the Master or Past Masters of a lodge , and but for their dread of creating a scene in Prov . Grand Lodge they would almost invariably refuse to accept it , as its possession subjects them to continual annoyance from the jests of their brethren . We all freely acknowledge the difficulty of dividing the honours equally , but fail to see how this desideratum can be
obtained by nearly always giving the honours that are worth having to the- same set of lodges , the others getting only Stewardships—or nothing . I will not presume to say that the fact of what may be called the permanent officers of P . G . Lodge being members of these lodges has anything to do with this , but many brethren have this belief , and reference to the accompanying table , showing the distribution of honours
since 1868 , will shew that tbey have some excuse for their opinion . There being some twenty-nine working lodges in the province , it follows that each lodge can only expect one Wardenship in about fifteen years , but these fortunate lodges average about one in three years . It is abundantly evident that some alteration is necessary , and if the province is so large that justice cannot be done
to the lodges comprising it , let it be divided into two—say the five Isle of Wight lodge ? , the nine lodges of Portsmouth and Gosport , together with Fareham and Havant , in all sixteen , under the title of East Hants ; and the remaining fifteen lodges as West Hants . This or some similar division would clear the way for provincial honours and give satisfaction to all parties . Yours faithfully and fraternally , AN OLD P . M .
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DISTRIBUTION OF PROVINCIAL OFFICES from 1868 ( inclusive ) to the present time . Not including D . P . G . Master ; P . G . Treasurer ; P . G . Secretary ; P : G . Chaplain ; P . G . Organist ; or P . G . Stewards . £ £ " P d £ ° ° -a ~ LODGE . No . tj , j « rj Q 10 B O " » fc | en < - \ 6 c / 5 ^ 6 O " < 5 6 6 H Medina , Cowes , Isle of Wight ... 35 ... ... 1 1 1 ... 3 Economy , Winchester 76 1 ... 3 ... 1 1 ... 1 7 Royal Gloucester , Southampton ... 130 2 2 ... 2 ... 1 1 8 B . Unity , Ringwood ... ... .,, 132 1 ... 1 2 Albany , Newport , Isle of Wight ... 151 , 1 1 ... 2 E . Medina , Ryde , Isle of Wight . „ 17 s 2 2 4 Hengist , Bournemouth 195 1 ... 1 ... 1 1 1 1 6 Phcenix , Portsmouth 257 ... 2 1 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 Harmony , Fareham 309 1 ... 2 1 1 ... 1 1 7 New Forest , Lymington 319 , 211 ... 1 1 ... 6 Royal Sussex , Portsea 342 1 ... ... 1 ... 2 1 2 7 Peace and Harmony , Southampton ... 359 2 1 ... 4 , ... 7 Southampton , Southampton 394 2 ... ... 2 2 ... 0 Portsmouth , Portsmouth ... ... 487 ... 3 ... ... ... 1 1 2 2 1 10 C , Yaiborough , Ventnor , Isle of Wight ... 551 .., 1 1 ... 2 Oakley , Basingstoke 694 2 1 ... 1 1 1 6 A . Ryde , Isle of Wight 698 1 ... 1 ... 2 4 Panmure , Aldershot 723 1 2 115 Twelve Brothers , Southampton ... 785 , Not working . Carnarvon , Havant ... 804 1 3 ... 1 ... 16 Gosport , Gosport ... , 903 ... 1 ... 1 1 ... 1 1 1 1 7 [ work . Friendship , Petersfield ... ... ... 928 , Not in active United Brothers , Southsea 106 9 ... 1 r 2 D . Vale . of Avon , Fordingbridgc ... n 12 , 1 1 Aldershot Camp , Aldershot .,, ... 1331 ,. 1 ... ... ... 3 4 St . Hubert , Andover 1373 1 ... , ... ... 1 ... ... ... 2 United Service , Portsmouth 1428 112 Clausentum , Woolston ... ... 1461 Prince of Wales , Gosport 1701 ; Constituted in 1877 Landporr , Landport 177 6 „ 1878 . ... , Connaught , Portsea ... 18 34 „ 1879 A . The R . W . P . G . Master is a member of this lodge . B . The D . P . G . Master and P . G . Sec . are members of this lodge . C . & D . The P . G . Treasurer is a member of this lodge .
Impostors.
IMPOSTORS .
The following seasonable and amusing letter in our contemporary last week we republish for the information and warning of our readers , —ED . F . M . To the Editor of the " Times . " Sir , —During the past year it would seem that impostors , who trade upon the kind-bcarlcd and rob the really poor , have been than active and in l
more usually ingenious py . ing their tiades . The following , which have all come under my own notice and have been proved to be impositions , may be taken as specimens of the modus operandi , and may serve to put your readers on their guard . First , there is the neatly-dressed young lady , the niece of a clergyman in the country , who has brought a girl up to a blind
institution and finds that a few pounds more are required for clothes . Then there is the relieving officei , who has come up from the country with some people about to emigrate , and who has not enough to get certain necessaries . There is the military-looking , middle-aged man , who is interested in getting a blind child into a school . There is a smartly-dressed man , calling himself a
relieving officer of a We st-end union , who asks help for a man whom the guardians cannot legally assist . There is a lady who finds herself in South Kensington , and , baying lost her purse , does not know how to get home to Islington . This is occasionally varied by a poor woman , in a great flurry , in Grosvenor-square , who has been summoned to see her daughter , who is dying at Norwood , and
who has had her pocket picked—purse and telegram and all are gone . There is the old sergeant who claims to have served with officers in every branch of the service . There is the old woman with the basket of fresh (?) eggs who has been sent by the master of the house all the way from the City to far Tyburnia . There is the young woman who is selling scissors in order to provide for her
husband , who is waiting to be admitted to the hospital . There is the smartly-dressed , fashionablc-looking man , who is collecting subscriptions for a song about to be published in aid of some charitable object . There are the two ladies who are collecting orders for a book in course of publication , the proceeds to be given to an aged governess . And last , but most heartless of all , there is the scoundrel calling himself the agent for a widows' gift
charity , who , after getting all particulars from an unfortunate widow , finds he has not got the nrcessary 2 d . for his omnibus fare , and promises repayment when he brings the gift . Now , 1 think you will agree with me that all these not only directly rob the poor , for we none of us possess the purse of Fortunatus , but they tend to steel our hearts against genuine appeals , unless , in order to discriminate between the false and true , we avail ourselves of the services freely
offered by the Charity Organisation Society , of which I may claim to be " A WORKING HONORARY SECRETARY . Army and Navy Club , August 18 th .
FREEMASONRY IN SUFFOLK . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Having been away from town at the time Bro . Neilson ' s letter on the above article appeared in your columns , I have only just read it . Permit me , therefore , to inform him , through the medium of your esteemed
journal , that this is the second of a series of articles I am writing , and that in the first , which described the rise and progress of " Freemasonry in Essex , " I acknowledged Bros . Gould and Hughan ' s books as the principal sources from which I got my information . I do net think it necessary I should go on stating and re-stating this in
each fresh article , but if it will be any satisfaction to Bro . Neilson , I will state now , and once for all , that in every similar article I may write for the Freemason , my information will be derived principally from Bro . Gould ' s " Four Old Lodges , " and Bro . Hughan ' s " Register , " & c . I remain , fraternally yours , THE WRITER OF THE ARTICLE . London , August 31 st , 1879 ^
DEATH 01 ' SIR ROWLAND HILL . —We regret to announce that Sir Rowland Hill died at his residence at Hampstead , where he had lived many years , at half-past four on Wednesday morning last . He had been for rrany hours unconscious , and seemed to die without pain . It had been feared , owing to the painful character of the malady from which he suffered , that there might be a
return of the paroxysms , but , happily , this was not the case . Sir Rowland was the son of Mr . Thomas W . Hill , a schoolmaster , near Birmingham , and was born in 1795 . He was consequently in his eighty-fourth year . He is best known as the author of the penny-postal system . A public testimonial of the value of £ 13 , 360 was presented to him in 1846 . From 1845 to 184 ; Sir Rowland Hill was
engaged in the management of the London and Brighton Railway , and in 1846 he was appointed Secretary to the Postmaster-General , becoming Chief Secretary in 1854 . He was made a K . C . B . in i 860 , and retired in 1864 on account of failing health . The Treasury issued a minute acknowledging the full success of his plans , and awarded him for life his full salary of £ 2000 a year . He also received a Pariiammtary grant ot £ 20 , 000 .
[ WORDSWORTH ' "COCA PILLS" the successful remedy for sleeple * sness > neuralgia , and Hay fever , as . per box , Homccpathic Chemist , 6 , Sloanc-strcet , London ,
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
WILLIAM PRESTON'S INITIATION . I think there are few Masons who have not heard of the name of William Preston , author of the "Illustrations " ( which , from A . D . 1772 to the present day lias commanded an extensive circulation ) , an , i yet , with all that has been , known or said about this enthusiastic member , his early career as a Freemason has never been fully explained . In
the " Freemasons' Magazine" of A . D . 1794-5 , as also in the " European Magazine" for 1811 , are recorded particulars of our zealous brother , but there is a lack of preciseness in the details afforded , and subsequent historians appear generally to have been contented with accepting the . sketches in these papers by Bro . Stephen Jones ( his old and valued friend ) without further enquiry , sometimes
acknowledging their indebtedness , and at others simply presenting the materials without a word as to their origin . Bro . Robert Freke . Gould , in his " Four Old Lodges , " has contributed to the subject , and , as usual with him , credits the magazines named accordingly , but since the issue of his unique work he has succeeded in tracing the entry of Bro . William Preston ' s initiation in the " Ancient" Records
( Seccdcrs ) . Knowing the importance of this , and that hitherto the matter has been left in obscurity , I at once communicated with the author of the " Four Old Lodges , " who has kindly obliged me with all the particulars . It appears that on Preston ' s arrival in London , A . D . 1760 ( vide " F . Mag ., " & c ) , a number of other gentlemes . from Edinburgh were desirous of forming a lodge in the
City under Scottish auspices , but , on the recommendation of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , applied to the " Grand Lodge , according to the Old Institutions , or " Ancients " ( London ) , for assistance , and by that body a dispensation was granted to form a lodge and make Masons . " They accordingly met at the White Hart , in the Strand , and Mr . Preston was the second person initiated . " *
According to the evidence Bro . Gould has submitted to me , the authority was granted as follows : " Bro . Robt . Lochhead petitioned for dispensation to make Masons at the sign of the White Hart , in the Strand , & c , and a dispensation was granted to him to continue in force for the space of thirty days" ( G . L . minutes , March 2 nd , 1763 , vol . 4 ., letter D . ) At this period there was no lodge really
formed , but the dispensation ( usual at that time ) answered every purpose . On the 20 th April , 1763 , the Lodge No . in was duly conslituted , twentj-ninc names in all being recorded under date 1 st June , 1763 ( respecting fees ) , the heel fill ( not . the second ) being our Bro . William Preston . The second was William Leslie It is quite clear that No . in was the mother lodge ( so to speak ) of Bro . Preston ' s
under the " Ancients . " Bro . Lochhead was a member of No . 81 ( now 73 , Mount Lebanon , London ) , and was the first Master ( so Bro . Gould has found ) of No . 159 ( 1769 ) , which , in 1792 , bought the vacant number 10 , and is now No . 19 , Royal Athelslan , London f No . 111 was left UL' surrendered ¦ in the following year by Preston and his friends , as they preferred the regular
Grand Lodge ( " Moderns" ) , and so he and others received a warrant from the rival Grand Lodge ( the Grand' Lodge , in fact ) , dated NQY . 5 th , 1764 , to assemble at the Halt Moon , Cbe-apside , from which period to the present day it has been aptly known by the name of the Caledonian
Lodge ( now 134 ) . The warrant , evidently surrendered by Preston and the other members , was dormant until Nov ., 1805 , when it was re-issued to some brethren at Colchester , receiving the No . 135 after the union of the two Grand Lodges in Dec , 1813 , but on March 5 th , 1828 , ' it was erased , with some sixty others . W . J . HUGHAN .
T . G . A . O . T . U . ( From " Diderot . " By Jon . v MOHI . EV , Vol . 1 , p . 100 . Chapman & Hall , 1 S 78 . ) Diderot refers ( Letter on the Blind ) to " the ingenious expression of an English geometer that God gcometrixes . " He is unaware apparently of the tradition which attributes the expression to Plato , though it is not found in Plato ' s
writings . Plutarch , I believe , is the first person who mentions the saying , and discusses what Plato exactly meant by it . In truth , it is one of that large class of dicta which look more ingenious than they are true . There is a fine Latin passage by Barrow on the mighty geometry of the universe , and the reader of the Keligio Medici may remember that Sir Thomas Browne pronounces God to be " like a skilful geometrician . "
" 3 > S < 7 i ° UT OF MASONRY . ( From "Rousseau . " By JOHN MOHI . EY . Vol . 2 , pp . . 1 ' 4- 'S- ) " The best of the musings are masterpieces in the style of contemplative prose . The 3 rd , the jtb , the 7 th especially , abound in that even , full , mellow gravity ot tone which is so rare in literature , because the deep absorption of spirit which is its source is so rare in life . "
ANCIENT MASONIC DIPLOMA . It is with great pleasure wc publish the following lettci from Lodge 45 , of Pittsburg , to Dr . Alfred Creigh , of this place . The letter speaks for itself in unmistakable language , which we commend to every one who takes an interest in ancient relics .
In connection with this subject , wc may state that Allegheny County was not organised until 1788 , seven years after Washington County , and before its organisation Pittsburgh was in Westmoreland County . Lodge 45 was organised in Pittsburgh in 17 S 5 , and is the ole ' est lodge west of the Allegheny Mountains . Lodge 54 was chartered in 1791 , and established in
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* "F . Mag ., " 1795 , p . g . f Vide Hughan ' s " Masonic Register of Old Lodges ( George Kenning ) .
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Original Correspondence.
Now , a Steward ' s collar , we all know , is never received as an honour by the Master or Past Masters of a lodge , and but for their dread of creating a scene in Prov . Grand Lodge they would almost invariably refuse to accept it , as its possession subjects them to continual annoyance from the jests of their brethren . We all freely acknowledge the difficulty of dividing the honours equally , but fail to see how this desideratum can be
obtained by nearly always giving the honours that are worth having to the- same set of lodges , the others getting only Stewardships—or nothing . I will not presume to say that the fact of what may be called the permanent officers of P . G . Lodge being members of these lodges has anything to do with this , but many brethren have this belief , and reference to the accompanying table , showing the distribution of honours
since 1868 , will shew that tbey have some excuse for their opinion . There being some twenty-nine working lodges in the province , it follows that each lodge can only expect one Wardenship in about fifteen years , but these fortunate lodges average about one in three years . It is abundantly evident that some alteration is necessary , and if the province is so large that justice cannot be done
to the lodges comprising it , let it be divided into two—say the five Isle of Wight lodge ? , the nine lodges of Portsmouth and Gosport , together with Fareham and Havant , in all sixteen , under the title of East Hants ; and the remaining fifteen lodges as West Hants . This or some similar division would clear the way for provincial honours and give satisfaction to all parties . Yours faithfully and fraternally , AN OLD P . M .
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DISTRIBUTION OF PROVINCIAL OFFICES from 1868 ( inclusive ) to the present time . Not including D . P . G . Master ; P . G . Treasurer ; P . G . Secretary ; P : G . Chaplain ; P . G . Organist ; or P . G . Stewards . £ £ " P d £ ° ° -a ~ LODGE . No . tj , j « rj Q 10 B O " » fc | en < - \ 6 c / 5 ^ 6 O " < 5 6 6 H Medina , Cowes , Isle of Wight ... 35 ... ... 1 1 1 ... 3 Economy , Winchester 76 1 ... 3 ... 1 1 ... 1 7 Royal Gloucester , Southampton ... 130 2 2 ... 2 ... 1 1 8 B . Unity , Ringwood ... ... .,, 132 1 ... 1 2 Albany , Newport , Isle of Wight ... 151 , 1 1 ... 2 E . Medina , Ryde , Isle of Wight . „ 17 s 2 2 4 Hengist , Bournemouth 195 1 ... 1 ... 1 1 1 1 6 Phcenix , Portsmouth 257 ... 2 1 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 Harmony , Fareham 309 1 ... 2 1 1 ... 1 1 7 New Forest , Lymington 319 , 211 ... 1 1 ... 6 Royal Sussex , Portsea 342 1 ... ... 1 ... 2 1 2 7 Peace and Harmony , Southampton ... 359 2 1 ... 4 , ... 7 Southampton , Southampton 394 2 ... ... 2 2 ... 0 Portsmouth , Portsmouth ... ... 487 ... 3 ... ... ... 1 1 2 2 1 10 C , Yaiborough , Ventnor , Isle of Wight ... 551 .., 1 1 ... 2 Oakley , Basingstoke 694 2 1 ... 1 1 1 6 A . Ryde , Isle of Wight 698 1 ... 1 ... 2 4 Panmure , Aldershot 723 1 2 115 Twelve Brothers , Southampton ... 785 , Not working . Carnarvon , Havant ... 804 1 3 ... 1 ... 16 Gosport , Gosport ... , 903 ... 1 ... 1 1 ... 1 1 1 1 7 [ work . Friendship , Petersfield ... ... ... 928 , Not in active United Brothers , Southsea 106 9 ... 1 r 2 D . Vale . of Avon , Fordingbridgc ... n 12 , 1 1 Aldershot Camp , Aldershot .,, ... 1331 ,. 1 ... ... ... 3 4 St . Hubert , Andover 1373 1 ... , ... ... 1 ... ... ... 2 United Service , Portsmouth 1428 112 Clausentum , Woolston ... ... 1461 Prince of Wales , Gosport 1701 ; Constituted in 1877 Landporr , Landport 177 6 „ 1878 . ... , Connaught , Portsea ... 18 34 „ 1879 A . The R . W . P . G . Master is a member of this lodge . B . The D . P . G . Master and P . G . Sec . are members of this lodge . C . & D . The P . G . Treasurer is a member of this lodge .
Impostors.
IMPOSTORS .
The following seasonable and amusing letter in our contemporary last week we republish for the information and warning of our readers , —ED . F . M . To the Editor of the " Times . " Sir , —During the past year it would seem that impostors , who trade upon the kind-bcarlcd and rob the really poor , have been than active and in l
more usually ingenious py . ing their tiades . The following , which have all come under my own notice and have been proved to be impositions , may be taken as specimens of the modus operandi , and may serve to put your readers on their guard . First , there is the neatly-dressed young lady , the niece of a clergyman in the country , who has brought a girl up to a blind
institution and finds that a few pounds more are required for clothes . Then there is the relieving officei , who has come up from the country with some people about to emigrate , and who has not enough to get certain necessaries . There is the military-looking , middle-aged man , who is interested in getting a blind child into a school . There is a smartly-dressed man , calling himself a
relieving officer of a We st-end union , who asks help for a man whom the guardians cannot legally assist . There is a lady who finds herself in South Kensington , and , baying lost her purse , does not know how to get home to Islington . This is occasionally varied by a poor woman , in a great flurry , in Grosvenor-square , who has been summoned to see her daughter , who is dying at Norwood , and
who has had her pocket picked—purse and telegram and all are gone . There is the old sergeant who claims to have served with officers in every branch of the service . There is the old woman with the basket of fresh (?) eggs who has been sent by the master of the house all the way from the City to far Tyburnia . There is the young woman who is selling scissors in order to provide for her
husband , who is waiting to be admitted to the hospital . There is the smartly-dressed , fashionablc-looking man , who is collecting subscriptions for a song about to be published in aid of some charitable object . There are the two ladies who are collecting orders for a book in course of publication , the proceeds to be given to an aged governess . And last , but most heartless of all , there is the scoundrel calling himself the agent for a widows' gift
charity , who , after getting all particulars from an unfortunate widow , finds he has not got the nrcessary 2 d . for his omnibus fare , and promises repayment when he brings the gift . Now , 1 think you will agree with me that all these not only directly rob the poor , for we none of us possess the purse of Fortunatus , but they tend to steel our hearts against genuine appeals , unless , in order to discriminate between the false and true , we avail ourselves of the services freely
offered by the Charity Organisation Society , of which I may claim to be " A WORKING HONORARY SECRETARY . Army and Navy Club , August 18 th .
FREEMASONRY IN SUFFOLK . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Having been away from town at the time Bro . Neilson ' s letter on the above article appeared in your columns , I have only just read it . Permit me , therefore , to inform him , through the medium of your esteemed
journal , that this is the second of a series of articles I am writing , and that in the first , which described the rise and progress of " Freemasonry in Essex , " I acknowledged Bros . Gould and Hughan ' s books as the principal sources from which I got my information . I do net think it necessary I should go on stating and re-stating this in
each fresh article , but if it will be any satisfaction to Bro . Neilson , I will state now , and once for all , that in every similar article I may write for the Freemason , my information will be derived principally from Bro . Gould ' s " Four Old Lodges , " and Bro . Hughan ' s " Register , " & c . I remain , fraternally yours , THE WRITER OF THE ARTICLE . London , August 31 st , 1879 ^
DEATH 01 ' SIR ROWLAND HILL . —We regret to announce that Sir Rowland Hill died at his residence at Hampstead , where he had lived many years , at half-past four on Wednesday morning last . He had been for rrany hours unconscious , and seemed to die without pain . It had been feared , owing to the painful character of the malady from which he suffered , that there might be a
return of the paroxysms , but , happily , this was not the case . Sir Rowland was the son of Mr . Thomas W . Hill , a schoolmaster , near Birmingham , and was born in 1795 . He was consequently in his eighty-fourth year . He is best known as the author of the penny-postal system . A public testimonial of the value of £ 13 , 360 was presented to him in 1846 . From 1845 to 184 ; Sir Rowland Hill was
engaged in the management of the London and Brighton Railway , and in 1846 he was appointed Secretary to the Postmaster-General , becoming Chief Secretary in 1854 . He was made a K . C . B . in i 860 , and retired in 1864 on account of failing health . The Treasury issued a minute acknowledging the full success of his plans , and awarded him for life his full salary of £ 2000 a year . He also received a Pariiammtary grant ot £ 20 , 000 .
[ WORDSWORTH ' "COCA PILLS" the successful remedy for sleeple * sness > neuralgia , and Hay fever , as . per box , Homccpathic Chemist , 6 , Sloanc-strcet , London ,
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
WILLIAM PRESTON'S INITIATION . I think there are few Masons who have not heard of the name of William Preston , author of the "Illustrations " ( which , from A . D . 1772 to the present day lias commanded an extensive circulation ) , an , i yet , with all that has been , known or said about this enthusiastic member , his early career as a Freemason has never been fully explained . In
the " Freemasons' Magazine" of A . D . 1794-5 , as also in the " European Magazine" for 1811 , are recorded particulars of our zealous brother , but there is a lack of preciseness in the details afforded , and subsequent historians appear generally to have been contented with accepting the . sketches in these papers by Bro . Stephen Jones ( his old and valued friend ) without further enquiry , sometimes
acknowledging their indebtedness , and at others simply presenting the materials without a word as to their origin . Bro . Robert Freke . Gould , in his " Four Old Lodges , " has contributed to the subject , and , as usual with him , credits the magazines named accordingly , but since the issue of his unique work he has succeeded in tracing the entry of Bro . William Preston ' s initiation in the " Ancient" Records
( Seccdcrs ) . Knowing the importance of this , and that hitherto the matter has been left in obscurity , I at once communicated with the author of the " Four Old Lodges , " who has kindly obliged me with all the particulars . It appears that on Preston ' s arrival in London , A . D . 1760 ( vide " F . Mag ., " & c ) , a number of other gentlemes . from Edinburgh were desirous of forming a lodge in the
City under Scottish auspices , but , on the recommendation of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , applied to the " Grand Lodge , according to the Old Institutions , or " Ancients " ( London ) , for assistance , and by that body a dispensation was granted to form a lodge and make Masons . " They accordingly met at the White Hart , in the Strand , and Mr . Preston was the second person initiated . " *
According to the evidence Bro . Gould has submitted to me , the authority was granted as follows : " Bro . Robt . Lochhead petitioned for dispensation to make Masons at the sign of the White Hart , in the Strand , & c , and a dispensation was granted to him to continue in force for the space of thirty days" ( G . L . minutes , March 2 nd , 1763 , vol . 4 ., letter D . ) At this period there was no lodge really
formed , but the dispensation ( usual at that time ) answered every purpose . On the 20 th April , 1763 , the Lodge No . in was duly conslituted , twentj-ninc names in all being recorded under date 1 st June , 1763 ( respecting fees ) , the heel fill ( not . the second ) being our Bro . William Preston . The second was William Leslie It is quite clear that No . in was the mother lodge ( so to speak ) of Bro . Preston ' s
under the " Ancients . " Bro . Lochhead was a member of No . 81 ( now 73 , Mount Lebanon , London ) , and was the first Master ( so Bro . Gould has found ) of No . 159 ( 1769 ) , which , in 1792 , bought the vacant number 10 , and is now No . 19 , Royal Athelslan , London f No . 111 was left UL' surrendered ¦ in the following year by Preston and his friends , as they preferred the regular
Grand Lodge ( " Moderns" ) , and so he and others received a warrant from the rival Grand Lodge ( the Grand' Lodge , in fact ) , dated NQY . 5 th , 1764 , to assemble at the Halt Moon , Cbe-apside , from which period to the present day it has been aptly known by the name of the Caledonian
Lodge ( now 134 ) . The warrant , evidently surrendered by Preston and the other members , was dormant until Nov ., 1805 , when it was re-issued to some brethren at Colchester , receiving the No . 135 after the union of the two Grand Lodges in Dec , 1813 , but on March 5 th , 1828 , ' it was erased , with some sixty others . W . J . HUGHAN .
T . G . A . O . T . U . ( From " Diderot . " By Jon . v MOHI . EV , Vol . 1 , p . 100 . Chapman & Hall , 1 S 78 . ) Diderot refers ( Letter on the Blind ) to " the ingenious expression of an English geometer that God gcometrixes . " He is unaware apparently of the tradition which attributes the expression to Plato , though it is not found in Plato ' s
writings . Plutarch , I believe , is the first person who mentions the saying , and discusses what Plato exactly meant by it . In truth , it is one of that large class of dicta which look more ingenious than they are true . There is a fine Latin passage by Barrow on the mighty geometry of the universe , and the reader of the Keligio Medici may remember that Sir Thomas Browne pronounces God to be " like a skilful geometrician . "
" 3 > S < 7 i ° UT OF MASONRY . ( From "Rousseau . " By JOHN MOHI . EY . Vol . 2 , pp . . 1 ' 4- 'S- ) " The best of the musings are masterpieces in the style of contemplative prose . The 3 rd , the jtb , the 7 th especially , abound in that even , full , mellow gravity ot tone which is so rare in literature , because the deep absorption of spirit which is its source is so rare in life . "
ANCIENT MASONIC DIPLOMA . It is with great pleasure wc publish the following lettci from Lodge 45 , of Pittsburg , to Dr . Alfred Creigh , of this place . The letter speaks for itself in unmistakable language , which we commend to every one who takes an interest in ancient relics .
In connection with this subject , wc may state that Allegheny County was not organised until 1788 , seven years after Washington County , and before its organisation Pittsburgh was in Westmoreland County . Lodge 45 was organised in Pittsburgh in 17 S 5 , and is the ole ' est lodge west of the Allegheny Mountains . Lodge 54 was chartered in 1791 , and established in
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* "F . Mag ., " 1795 , p . g . f Vide Hughan ' s " Masonic Register of Old Lodges ( George Kenning ) .