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seventh provincial Lodge is tho R . Kent Lodgo of Antiquity , at Chatham . It will be seen that Bro . Hughan traces this to No . 13 in Pino's list , tho sign of the house where it was held being described as "Coat of Arms , " Motto " Che Sara Sara , " and the locality " Covent-garden . " In Rawlinson's list the same is described as having been hold at tho " Duke of Bedford Arms , Covent-garden , "

and as tho motto of tho Bedford family is " Cho Sara Sara , " these two descriptiona agree substantially , but wo should liko to hoar tho grounds on which Bro . Hughan oonnocts our present No . 20 , held at Chatham , with tho No . 13 of Pine aud Rawlinson , hold at a tavern in Covent-garden . Tho two localities aro far removed from oach other , and , thoreforo , the migration from tho latter to tho former is moro

noticeable than a mero change of quarters in the metropolis , lhere must be strong evidence to fix the connection between tho two Lodges , and we shall esteem it a favour if Bro . Hughan will oblige ua with the reasons for connecting them . Of the sixteen London Lodges , wo note that our present No . 6 , Friendship , is traced to No . 4 at tho Swan , Hampstead , dated 27 th

January 1722 in Pine ' s list , but 1721 in Rawlinson ' s list , as published in Voice of Masonry . In Bro . Piatt ' s address , when tho Lodgo celebrated its hundredth anniversary in 1867 , the Lodgo is stated to have been constituted in 1721 , and to have migrated from Holborn to the Thatched House Tavern , St . James ' s , in 1767 , when it received the name of Friendship , at tho Lodgo meeting held 10 th March of

that year . Assuming Bro . Piatt ' s statement and Bro . Hughan ' s surmise to bo correct , the Lodgo must havo migrated from Hampstead to tho city , and thence to St . James's . It should be possible to trace this migration by tho aid of such lists—1723 , 1725 , 1736 , 7 and 8 , 1746 , 1750 and following—as have been preserved . So again our Lodge , No . 26 , constituted 1724 , is held to correspond ivith

Pine ' s No . 38 , " A Head , & c , in Cheapsido , Jan . 22 , 1725 . " In Rawlinson ' s list , No . 38 it is held at " Tho Swan , Tottenham High Cross , " and dated 1725 . Here , again , is a migration from Tottenham to Cheapside , and thence by way of Doctors' Commons , where it was held in 1813 , to Willis ' s Hooms , St . James ' s . But the most important instance of all is that of No . 128 , held at the " Dnko of Marlborough ,

Petticoate Lane , White Chapell , " and constituted "Novem . ye 5 th , 1734 , " which Bro . Hughan sets down as our present Strong Man , No . 45 . We lay the chief stress on this , not because wo lovo the " Strong Man " more , but because Bro . Hughan ' s supposition is at variance with a statement of Dr . Oliver ' s , in the well-known Revelations of a Square . At p . 44 , Dr . Oliver says , in the body

of his narrative , "The Strong Man Lodge , which owed its origin to Dr . Desaguliers , and was founded and so named by him in honour of the celebrated Thomas Topham , " was numbered 68 in tho lists of 1738 , 1764 , and 1767 , and was established , according to tho former authorities , 2 nd Feburary 1733 , and by the latter , February 17 th , 1734 . " A footnote to this statement reads thus : —

"It appears by the Records of Grand Lodge , that a warrant , bearing dato the 2 nd day of February 1734 , was issued under tho seal of Masonry , enabling certain Brethren theroin named to open and hold a Lodge of Freemasons at tho Ship Coffee House , Hermitage Bridge , London , to be called ' The Strong Man Lodge , ' which was numbered 110 ; but by the general closing np of tho list of Lodges in tho year 1710 , it became 98 . By the closing np of the list of Lodges

in the year 1756 , it became No . 68 . In the year 1770 tho said Lodge became 57 . By the closing up of the list of Lodges in the year 1781 , it became No . 44 ; and by tho same process in the year 1792 it became No . 41 . In consequence of the union of the two Fraternities of Freemasons on tho 27 th December 1 S 13 , it became , and is now registered in the books of the United Grand Lodge , No . 61 ; and meets at tho Swan Tavern , Mansel Street , Goodman ' s Fields , London . "

We havo italicised that portion of tho abovo note , to which we would specially direct Bro . Hughan ' s attention . That statement agrees with the Lodgo iu Pine ' s list numbered " 110 , " which was held at the " Ship Coffee House , Near the Hermitage Bridge , " but the date of constitution is set down as " 2 Feb . 1732-3 . " It also agrees in two particulars with Bro . Hughan's owu list at the Union , in which

the " Strong Man " is described as having being No . 41 , " Moderns , ' in 1813 , and No . 61 in 1814 , after tho union had taken place . The No . 110 , in what wo havo described throughout as Rawlinson ' s list , iB set down as having been held at " the Rummer and Mitre , on Labor-in-Vain Hill , iu Old Fish Street , " and tho constitution is given , we believe , by Bro . Hughan himself , as " 1733 . " The date of Pine ' s

No . 128 , is " Novem . ye 5 th 1734 , " and , of course , if " 1734 , " which is the date affixed to " Strong Man" in Grand Lodge Calendar , is really tho date of constitution , it is manifest that no such Lodge could have figured in a 1733 list . Any how there are discrepancies enough in tho various statements we have quoted to justify further inquiry . The only point of agreement between our present No . 45

and Pino ' s No . 128 is in the year of constitution . Iu all other respects it seems better to accord with tho latter ' s No . 110 . It should be that , both iu Pine's and Rawlinson ' s Lists , No . 79 is left vacant . This , however , according to Bro . Hughan , " in the Companion issued , in 1735 , at Dublin , is ascribed to ' tho Hoop in Wales-street' in Philadelphia , " ( without date ) and comes after , not

before , Lodges in England of 1731 , the latter having thus to do with a still earlier copy of these Engraved Lists , not at present discovered , but which we do not despair yet of tracing . Iu closing our remarks wo venture to offer two suggestions . May thero not be a connection between the present " Medina , " No . 35 , at Cowes , and Pine ' s No . 35 , held at tho " East India Arms , Gosport , Hampshire p" No date of constitution is affixed , though it figures both

in Pino and Rawlinson among Lodges founded in 1724 . The proximity of tho two towns is onr sole reason for suggesting the connection . Our other notion , which we also put forward suggestively , is , that the No . 25 , both of Pine aud Rawlinson , held at Greenwich , in Kent , and founded , according to tho former , on Dec . 24 , 1723—in tho latter only tho year 1723 has been added—may hare something to do with the present " R . Kent Lodge of Antiquity , " No . 20 , at Chatham , True , tho migration would havo been almost as

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great from Greenwich to Chatham as from Covent Gardon , but there are direct and perfectly natural associations between Greonwich with its Naval Hospital and lying betweeu tho two dockyards of Doptford and Woolwioh , aud Chatham , with its dockyard , & a . Moreover , tho two towus aro both in Kent , and tho yoar of constitution tho same for both Lodges . We aro sensible of tho slightuess ,

we may even say the ilimsiness , of the suggestion ; yet there ia no great violence in imagiuing tho migration of a Kentish Lodgo from one Kentish town to another , especially when their associations havo always been as intimate as those existing betweon Greenwich and Chatham . However , Bro . Hughau has doubtless sufficient reasons for connecting Pino ' s No . 13 with the present No . 20 , not tho

least momontcus of thom being doubtless tho fact that the dissolution of Pine ' s Lodges , 2 , 5 , and 12 , raised No . 13 to bo No . 10 , as tho Kentish Lodgo of Antiquity was at tho timo of tho Union . No doubt , oxisting lists , which unfortunately aro inaccessible at tho moment of writing , havo already settled tho connection to Bro . Hughan ' s satisfaction .

Province Of West Yorkshire. Laying The Foundation Stone Of A New Hospital.

PROVINCE OF WEST YORKSHIRE . LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A NEW HOSPITAL .

THE foundation stone of a new hospital was laid at Wakefield , on Saturday , 25 th November 1 $ 76 . The stone was laid by Colonel J . C . D . Charlesworth M . A . D . L . J . P ., with full Masonio ceremonial . Tho rain fell in torrents most of tho day , and marred what would otherwise havo been au imposing spectacle . The new hospital is intended to take tho place of an hospital which has existed several years . The hospital was founded in 1854 , by the

lato Mr . Thomas Clayton . Ho purchased tho original buildings at his own cost ; and soon afterwards in his honour the namo wa 3 changed , the addition of Clayton Hospital beitig mado to tho title Wakefield General Dispensary . Since then several extensions havo been made , not the least being tho addition of a wing as a memorial to tho lato Prince Consort .

A procession was formed in front of tho Corn Exohange , at two o ' clock . The mombors of the various orders wore their full insignia . Beforo the start , a Freemasons' Lodgo was formed at the Church Institution , at which the Right Worshipful the Provincial Grand Master , Sir Henry Edwards , Bart ., who , along with tho provincial officers and many Masons from . a distance , was present , and

temporarily invested Colonel Charlesworth with tho office of Deputy Provincial Grand Master , for tho purpose of enabling him to lay tho stone in accordance with tho customs of tho Craft . The procession , which was of great length , proceeded through a deep and continuous line of spectators , by way of Littlo Westgate , the Bull Ring , Woodstreet , and Bond-street , to St . John ' s . Upon the site of the hospital

stood a covered stand , commanding a full view of tho stone , which formed a welcome sholtcr for the ladies who graced the ceremony . Upon arriving on the ground , Colonel Charlesworth ., the Mayor , tho member for the borough , Sir Henry Edwards , Bait ., the committee of the Clayton Hospital , aud tho heads of other representative bodies took their stand upon a raised platform built round the stone . The

Old Hundredth Psalm having been sung by tho band , the Vicar of Wakefield ( tho Rev . Norman D . J . Straton ) offered up prayer . At the close of the prayer , Mr . John Binks , the Secretary of the Clayton Hospital , stepped forward , aud , on behalf of the committee and subscribers , presented a silver trowel to Mr . Charlesworth , accompanying the gift with a request that the recipient would duly

lay the stone . The stono was then raised , and the secretary read aloud the contents of the bottle and tho inscription contained on a brass plate , which were placed beueath it . The inscription set forth tho fact that the stone was laid on the 25 th of November 1876 , by Colonel J . C . D . Charlesworth , Master of Arts , Cambridge , deputylieutenant for the West Riding , and justice of tho peace for the West

Riding . It also contained a list of tho house and general committees , medical and other staffs . The Treasurer having deposited tho phial in the receptacle , and the Secretary having placed the plate in position , cement was placed on tho faco of tho lower stone , Colonel Charlesworth spread it with his trowel . Tho upper stone was lowered with three distinct stops . Mr . Charlesworth then proved the

just position of the stone by the plumb line , level and square ; and , on being satisfied of these particulars , he gavo the stone three knocks with a mallet . The cornucopia containing the corn and the ewers with the wine and oil were then handed to him . As ho strewed corn over the stone , he said , " I scatter corn upon this stone . May plenty bo showered down upon this building ; " as ho poured

wine over it , ho said , " I pour wine upon this stone , as a symbol of cheerfulness aud joy ; " and as ho poured oil , he said , " I pour oil upon this stone , the symbol of prosperity aud happiness ; " and each time he spoke a ringing cheer was sent up from the crowd . The Rov . J . S . Eastmead having offered up prayer , tho architect presented

the plans of tho iuteuded building to Colonel Charlesworth , who examined them , and pronounced them very good , aud desired tho architect tixcarry them out in tho most expeditious manner . At tho conclusion of the ceremony , Colonel Charlesworth delivered a short address .

After a pause , Mr . Charlesworth said Mr . Binks had just placed in his hands a letter which would bo most gratifying to every ono , unci he called upon Mr . Binks to read it . Mr . Binks then read the following letter : —

" Crofton Hall , Wakefield , Nov . 23 , 1876 . To the Secretary o £ tho Clayton Hospital . My Dear Sir , —I beg you will convey to tho committee of tho Clayton Hospital my grateful thanks for their vote of condolenco ou the death of my father . Mr , Tow , of Crofton Hall , and you . will