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and Hold a LODGE of FREE and ACCEPTED MASONS aforesaid at tho sign of the Marquis of Granby iu the Town of Sheorness and County of Kent , upon the 1 st aud 4 th Monday in each Kalender Month , and on all seasonable Times aud Lawful Occasions , and in tho said LODGE ( when duly congregated ) to admit and make FREE MASONS according ;
to the most Ancient and Honourable Custom of the ROYAL CRAFT in all Ages and Nations throughout tho known World . Aud , WE do hereby farther authorise and impower our said Trusty aud Well beloved Brethren , John Harrald , Georgo Allen , and Jonathan West ( with the Conscut of the Members of their LODGE ) to nominate ,
chuse , aud install their Successors , to whom thoy shall deliver this WARRANT , and invest them with their Powers aud Dignities as FREE MASONS , & Q . And such Successors shall in liko manner nomiuato and chuse and install their Successors , & e . & e . & e . Snch Installations to be upon ( or near ) every ST . JOHN ' S DAY during the
Continuance of this LODGE for Ever , Providing tho above named 1 brethren aud all their Successors always pay duo Respect to this Right Worshipful GUAND LODGE , otherwise this WARRANT to bo of no Force nor Virtue . Given under our Hands aud tho SEAL of our G RAND LODGE in
LONDON this Twenty Fifth day of September in the year of our Lord , One Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy aud Eight , and in tho year of MASONRI Five Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy and Eight . JAS . JONES , Grand Secretary .
NOTE . —Along tho margin , at tho left hand of the Warrant , is inscribed : — No . 207 Received and delivered to Brothers Springfield , Watts and Missin , by order of the Rt . W . Deputy Grand Master .
ROBT . LESLIE G . S . 4 th Deo . 1797 . NOTE . —This Warrant is registered in tho Grand Lodge , Vol . 8 , Letter II . Tho present title , No ., & c . are , The Adams Lodgo , No . 158 , Freemasons' Hall , Sheerness .
No . 48 .
No . 266 , " Ancients ; " No . 336 at tho "Union of 1813 , " No . 235 from A . D . 1832 , and No . 109 from A . D . 1863 .
GRAND MASTER ANTRIM . WATKIN LEWIS S . G . W . JAIIES AGAR D . G . M . JOHN BUNN J . G . W . To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN . —Wc the Grand Lodgo of tho most Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Freo and Accepted Masons ( according to tho old Constitutions granted by His Royal Highness Princo Edwin , at York , Anno Domini 1 ) 26 , aud in the year of Masonry 4926 ) , in ample form assembled , viz ., Tliu Right Worshipful the
Most . Noble and Puissant Princo Randall William McDonnel Marquis and Earl of Antrim , Viscount Dtinluoo and Baron of Antrim , Knight of tho Alost Honorable Military Order of the Bath , Lord Lieutenant of tho Connty of Antrim , one of His Majesty's most Honorable Privy Council , Grand Master of Masons , — Tho Right Worshipful James Agar Esq . Depntv Grand Master , The Right Worshipful Sir
Watkin Lewis Kn' - Senior Grand Warden and The Rijrht Worship , ful John Bunn Esq . Junior Grand Warden ( with the approbation and consent of the Warranted Lodges held within the Cities and Suburbs of London and Westminster ) , Do hereby authorise and impower our Trusty and Well beloved Brethren , viz ., Tho Worshipful Thomas Stubbersncld one of our Muster Masons , Tho Worshipful John Hills
his Senior Warden , and Tho Worshipful William Elclen his Junior Warden , to Form and Hold a Lodgo of Free and Accepted Masons aforesaid , at the Castle Inn or elsewhere in tho Town of Maidstone in the County of Kent upon the first Monday iu every G ' ah ' ender Month , on all seasonable Times aud lawful Occasions , And in the said Lodgo ( when duly congregated ) to admit aud make Free Masons
according to tho most Ancient and Honourable Custom of the Royal Craft iu all nges and nations throughout tho known World . And We do hereby farther authorise and impower our said Trusty and Well beloved Brethren , Thomas Stubberslield , John Hills , aud William Eldeu ( with tho consent of the Members of their Lodge ) to nominate , chuse aud install their Successors , to whom they shall deliver this Warrant , and invest them with their Powers and Dignities as Free
Masons , & c , and such Successors shall in like manner nominate , chuse and install thoir Successors , etc ., & c , Sec . Sack installatiou to bo npon ( or near ) every St . John ' s Day during the continuance of this Lodgo for ever , Providing the above named Brethren , aud all their Successors always pay duo Respect to this Right Worshipful Grand Lodge , otherwise this Warrant to bo of no Force nor Virtue .
Given under onr Hands and the Seal of our Grand Lodge in London , this Twenty second day of February , in the Year of our Lord 1791 , and in tho Year of Masonry 5791 . ROBERT LESLIE , Grand Secretary , NOTE . —This Warrant is registered in tho Grand Lodge , Vol . 8 , Letter E , No . 266 .
Transferred and Granted to bo held at Dover in tho within County of Kent ( being first duly Registered pursuant to tho Statute in that case made and provided ) .
By order of the Rt . Worshi pful Deputy Grand Master . lion " ' - LESLIE , Grand Secretary . This Warrant transferred from Maidstone to Dover ia 1801 , the
Old Warrants.
number continuing 266 . When the two Grand Lodges were united in December 1813 , the number became 336 , and in the year 1832 , when the numbers were closed up ( many Lodges having ceased to
meet ) , it became No . 235 . See letter from Wn . GRAY CLARKE , Esq ., G . Sec , 1 st March 1860 HENRY S . BOYTON , W . M . No . 199 . The present title , No ., & c . are , The Lodge of Peace & Harmony No . 199 , Dover .
Criticism And Dramatic Critics.
CRITICISM AND DRAMATIC CRITICS .
WITHOUT laying ourselves open to the charge of being laudators temporis acti , wo think we may safely express our conviction that fho dramatic criticism of tho present day is not what it has been iu times past . We do not merely refer to tho period when Hazlitt , Leigh Hunt , Charles Lamb , and Wainwright were tho principal writers of this species of literature , but even a generation later than this we contend a sounder and healthier criticism prevailed than is to be found at the present time .
Oxenford and Tom Taylor in their younger days , Henry Morley , Slingsby Lawrence , and Frederick Guest Tomlius formed certainly a stronger phalanx than the Morris ' s , Scott ' s , Broughton ' s , and Thomas ' s of tho present day . The mere fact of the verdicts of dramatic critics being so frequently questioned by theatrical managers , and so often disproved by the logic of events , speaks volumes as to the quality of the criticism , and the respect in which its judgments are hold . Nor is this a matter for surprise . Pope tells us
that" A man must serve his time to every trade , Save criticism ; critics all are ready made , " and the conductors of newspapers certainly seem to act upon this conviction . To commence with the deity of Printing House Sqnare , has any man yet been able to discover in its present dramatic critic one single qualification for the post he holds beyond the fact that ho
is tho son of his father ? Without fear of contradiction , wo assert that in the case of four critics out of every five at present ou the London press , the experience and knowledge which they possess has been acquired since they were installed in their posts . Thus it happens that when women with the stature of a giantess , and the manners of a fish fag , purchase an appearance in a leading character ,
a chorus of admiration is raised by the press critics at their magnificent presence and commanding talents ; thus it is that shameless creatures , swept from the streets on to tho stage , are permitted to essay impersonation consecrated by the memories of England ' s most delightful actresses . These reflections havo been forced upon us by the appearance iu
the columns of a contemporary of aa extraordinary criticism upon tho littlo one-act comedy entitled " Toto chez Tata , " in which tha charming actress Madame Chaumont so recently appeared . The following is the description of the plot , as given by our contemporary : — " Toto is a youthful student , who becomes fascinated with a Parisian coeotte , and puts asido his lessons , iu order to take lessons
in love , bnt his parents and guardians , thinking a schoolboy might be bettor employed , shut him up , with his book , in a garret , feeding him upon bread and water . The indignant youth tolls his story to tho audience , and as tho curtain falls we find him making merry over a bottle of Malaga , sent from this young lady , who sympathises with him in his imprisonment . " Now , wo havo had the pleasure of wit .
nessing this play on two occasions , and we have the book of it now before us . Wo aro , therefore , iu a position to assure our readers that almost every word of this description is incorrect . Toto does not become fascinated by a Parisian coeotte ; on tho contrary , he is selected by his fellow-students to go and tell the woman that they despise her . Ho does not put aside his lessons to take lessons in
love , lor the idea ol love , save of love for his parents and guardians , never suggests itself to his mind . His parents and guardians do not shut him up iu a garret , for tho lad is living at a boarding school , and it is tho master of the school who shuts him up . Last , though not least , of this chain of blunders , it is not the young lady
who sends him the bottle of Malaga , but his guardian , the Marquise do Chntoau-Lansac . After this , may wo not ask , what respect or consideration is duo to such criticism ? Or , need we feel surprised that Mr . Hollingshead , Mr . Chatterton , Mr . Emery , and so many other theatrical managers and actors , should challenge the verdict of such critics ?
Eoyal Chapter , Kingston , Jamaica , Uo . 207 . —Tho quarterly convocation of this Chapter was held at Freemasons' Hall , ou 26 th October . Present—M . E . Comps . Langley Z ., Gassia H ., Davis J . The electiou of officers then took place , when tho following
were elected : —M . E . Gassia 25 ., Davis II ., Sherlock J ., Comps . Sindo S . E ., Ward S . N ., Burned Treasurer , Albeya P . S ., Magnus Janitor . This is the oldest Chapter io the lsland , havin » been resuscitated during the last twelve months alter an abeyance of fifteen years . Tho Installation takes place in January .
Glenlyon Lodge , Jamaica , No . 346 ( S . C . )—Won Bro . II . Dias has been re-elected as Master of the Glenlyon Lodge . Sussex Lodge , Jamaica , Ko . 854 . —The members of this Lodge , having sold thoir premises to the Government , have purchased , for £ 1 , 200 , huge and extensive premises , situated in Upper Hanoverstreat , These will shortly bo enlarged and consecrated ,
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Old Warrants.
and Hold a LODGE of FREE and ACCEPTED MASONS aforesaid at tho sign of the Marquis of Granby iu the Town of Sheorness and County of Kent , upon the 1 st aud 4 th Monday in each Kalender Month , and on all seasonable Times aud Lawful Occasions , and in tho said LODGE ( when duly congregated ) to admit and make FREE MASONS according ;
to the most Ancient and Honourable Custom of the ROYAL CRAFT in all Ages and Nations throughout tho known World . Aud , WE do hereby farther authorise and impower our said Trusty aud Well beloved Brethren , John Harrald , Georgo Allen , and Jonathan West ( with the Conscut of the Members of their LODGE ) to nominate ,
chuse , aud install their Successors , to whom thoy shall deliver this WARRANT , and invest them with their Powers aud Dignities as FREE MASONS , & Q . And such Successors shall in liko manner nomiuato and chuse and install their Successors , & e . & e . & e . Snch Installations to be upon ( or near ) every ST . JOHN ' S DAY during the
Continuance of this LODGE for Ever , Providing tho above named 1 brethren aud all their Successors always pay duo Respect to this Right Worshipful GUAND LODGE , otherwise this WARRANT to bo of no Force nor Virtue . Given under our Hands aud tho SEAL of our G RAND LODGE in
LONDON this Twenty Fifth day of September in the year of our Lord , One Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy aud Eight , and in tho year of MASONRI Five Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy and Eight . JAS . JONES , Grand Secretary .
NOTE . —Along tho margin , at tho left hand of the Warrant , is inscribed : — No . 207 Received and delivered to Brothers Springfield , Watts and Missin , by order of the Rt . W . Deputy Grand Master .
ROBT . LESLIE G . S . 4 th Deo . 1797 . NOTE . —This Warrant is registered in tho Grand Lodge , Vol . 8 , Letter II . Tho present title , No ., & c . are , The Adams Lodgo , No . 158 , Freemasons' Hall , Sheerness .
No . 48 .
No . 266 , " Ancients ; " No . 336 at tho "Union of 1813 , " No . 235 from A . D . 1832 , and No . 109 from A . D . 1863 .
GRAND MASTER ANTRIM . WATKIN LEWIS S . G . W . JAIIES AGAR D . G . M . JOHN BUNN J . G . W . To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN . —Wc the Grand Lodgo of tho most Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Freo and Accepted Masons ( according to tho old Constitutions granted by His Royal Highness Princo Edwin , at York , Anno Domini 1 ) 26 , aud in the year of Masonry 4926 ) , in ample form assembled , viz ., Tliu Right Worshipful the
Most . Noble and Puissant Princo Randall William McDonnel Marquis and Earl of Antrim , Viscount Dtinluoo and Baron of Antrim , Knight of tho Alost Honorable Military Order of the Bath , Lord Lieutenant of tho Connty of Antrim , one of His Majesty's most Honorable Privy Council , Grand Master of Masons , — Tho Right Worshipful James Agar Esq . Depntv Grand Master , The Right Worshipful Sir
Watkin Lewis Kn' - Senior Grand Warden and The Rijrht Worship , ful John Bunn Esq . Junior Grand Warden ( with the approbation and consent of the Warranted Lodges held within the Cities and Suburbs of London and Westminster ) , Do hereby authorise and impower our Trusty and Well beloved Brethren , viz ., Tho Worshipful Thomas Stubbersncld one of our Muster Masons , Tho Worshipful John Hills
his Senior Warden , and Tho Worshipful William Elclen his Junior Warden , to Form and Hold a Lodgo of Free and Accepted Masons aforesaid , at the Castle Inn or elsewhere in tho Town of Maidstone in the County of Kent upon the first Monday iu every G ' ah ' ender Month , on all seasonable Times aud lawful Occasions , And in the said Lodgo ( when duly congregated ) to admit aud make Free Masons
according to tho most Ancient and Honourable Custom of the Royal Craft iu all nges and nations throughout tho known World . And We do hereby farther authorise and impower our said Trusty and Well beloved Brethren , Thomas Stubberslield , John Hills , aud William Eldeu ( with tho consent of the Members of their Lodge ) to nominate , chuse aud install their Successors , to whom they shall deliver this Warrant , and invest them with their Powers and Dignities as Free
Masons , & c , and such Successors shall in like manner nominate , chuse and install thoir Successors , etc ., & c , Sec . Sack installatiou to bo npon ( or near ) every St . John ' s Day during the continuance of this Lodgo for ever , Providing the above named Brethren , aud all their Successors always pay duo Respect to this Right Worshipful Grand Lodge , otherwise this Warrant to bo of no Force nor Virtue .
Given under onr Hands and the Seal of our Grand Lodge in London , this Twenty second day of February , in the Year of our Lord 1791 , and in tho Year of Masonry 5791 . ROBERT LESLIE , Grand Secretary , NOTE . —This Warrant is registered in tho Grand Lodge , Vol . 8 , Letter E , No . 266 .
Transferred and Granted to bo held at Dover in tho within County of Kent ( being first duly Registered pursuant to tho Statute in that case made and provided ) .
By order of the Rt . Worshi pful Deputy Grand Master . lion " ' - LESLIE , Grand Secretary . This Warrant transferred from Maidstone to Dover ia 1801 , the
Old Warrants.
number continuing 266 . When the two Grand Lodges were united in December 1813 , the number became 336 , and in the year 1832 , when the numbers were closed up ( many Lodges having ceased to
meet ) , it became No . 235 . See letter from Wn . GRAY CLARKE , Esq ., G . Sec , 1 st March 1860 HENRY S . BOYTON , W . M . No . 199 . The present title , No ., & c . are , The Lodge of Peace & Harmony No . 199 , Dover .
Criticism And Dramatic Critics.
CRITICISM AND DRAMATIC CRITICS .
WITHOUT laying ourselves open to the charge of being laudators temporis acti , wo think we may safely express our conviction that fho dramatic criticism of tho present day is not what it has been iu times past . We do not merely refer to tho period when Hazlitt , Leigh Hunt , Charles Lamb , and Wainwright were tho principal writers of this species of literature , but even a generation later than this we contend a sounder and healthier criticism prevailed than is to be found at the present time .
Oxenford and Tom Taylor in their younger days , Henry Morley , Slingsby Lawrence , and Frederick Guest Tomlius formed certainly a stronger phalanx than the Morris ' s , Scott ' s , Broughton ' s , and Thomas ' s of tho present day . The mere fact of the verdicts of dramatic critics being so frequently questioned by theatrical managers , and so often disproved by the logic of events , speaks volumes as to the quality of the criticism , and the respect in which its judgments are hold . Nor is this a matter for surprise . Pope tells us
that" A man must serve his time to every trade , Save criticism ; critics all are ready made , " and the conductors of newspapers certainly seem to act upon this conviction . To commence with the deity of Printing House Sqnare , has any man yet been able to discover in its present dramatic critic one single qualification for the post he holds beyond the fact that ho
is tho son of his father ? Without fear of contradiction , wo assert that in the case of four critics out of every five at present ou the London press , the experience and knowledge which they possess has been acquired since they were installed in their posts . Thus it happens that when women with the stature of a giantess , and the manners of a fish fag , purchase an appearance in a leading character ,
a chorus of admiration is raised by the press critics at their magnificent presence and commanding talents ; thus it is that shameless creatures , swept from the streets on to tho stage , are permitted to essay impersonation consecrated by the memories of England ' s most delightful actresses . These reflections havo been forced upon us by the appearance iu
the columns of a contemporary of aa extraordinary criticism upon tho littlo one-act comedy entitled " Toto chez Tata , " in which tha charming actress Madame Chaumont so recently appeared . The following is the description of the plot , as given by our contemporary : — " Toto is a youthful student , who becomes fascinated with a Parisian coeotte , and puts asido his lessons , iu order to take lessons
in love , bnt his parents and guardians , thinking a schoolboy might be bettor employed , shut him up , with his book , in a garret , feeding him upon bread and water . The indignant youth tolls his story to tho audience , and as tho curtain falls we find him making merry over a bottle of Malaga , sent from this young lady , who sympathises with him in his imprisonment . " Now , wo havo had the pleasure of wit .
nessing this play on two occasions , and we have the book of it now before us . Wo aro , therefore , iu a position to assure our readers that almost every word of this description is incorrect . Toto does not become fascinated by a Parisian coeotte ; on tho contrary , he is selected by his fellow-students to go and tell the woman that they despise her . Ho does not put aside his lessons to take lessons in
love , lor the idea ol love , save of love for his parents and guardians , never suggests itself to his mind . His parents and guardians do not shut him up iu a garret , for tho lad is living at a boarding school , and it is tho master of the school who shuts him up . Last , though not least , of this chain of blunders , it is not the young lady
who sends him the bottle of Malaga , but his guardian , the Marquise do Chntoau-Lansac . After this , may wo not ask , what respect or consideration is duo to such criticism ? Or , need we feel surprised that Mr . Hollingshead , Mr . Chatterton , Mr . Emery , and so many other theatrical managers and actors , should challenge the verdict of such critics ?
Eoyal Chapter , Kingston , Jamaica , Uo . 207 . —Tho quarterly convocation of this Chapter was held at Freemasons' Hall , ou 26 th October . Present—M . E . Comps . Langley Z ., Gassia H ., Davis J . The electiou of officers then took place , when tho following
were elected : —M . E . Gassia 25 ., Davis II ., Sherlock J ., Comps . Sindo S . E ., Ward S . N ., Burned Treasurer , Albeya P . S ., Magnus Janitor . This is the oldest Chapter io the lsland , havin » been resuscitated during the last twelve months alter an abeyance of fifteen years . Tho Installation takes place in January .
Glenlyon Lodge , Jamaica , No . 346 ( S . C . )—Won Bro . II . Dias has been re-elected as Master of the Glenlyon Lodge . Sussex Lodge , Jamaica , Ko . 854 . —The members of this Lodge , having sold thoir premises to the Government , have purchased , for £ 1 , 200 , huge and extensive premises , situated in Upper Hanoverstreat , These will shortly bo enlarged and consecrated ,