Old Warrants.

Old Warrants .

No . 41 . No . 809 , " Ancients ; " No . 393 at tho Union A . D . 1813 , No . 272 A . D . 1832 , and No . 225 from A . D . 18 G 3 . ATHOL Grand Master . JOSEPH BROWNE S . G . W . W - DICKEY D . G . M . GEORGE BOWES J . G . W .

To all whom it may Concern . WE the Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient ancl Honourable Fraternity of Free ancl Accepted Masons , according to tho old Constitutions granted by his Eoyal Hig hness Prince EDWIN at York Anno Domini Nine hundred twenty and six , and in tho year of Masonry , Four

thou-Band nine hundred twenty and six , in ample form assembled , viz . The Eight Worshipful the most noble Prince John Duke Marquis and Earl of Athol , Marquis and Earl of Tnllibardine , Earl Strathtay and Strathardle , Yiscount Balquider , Glenalmond and Glenlyon , Lord Mnrray Belveny and Gask Heritable Constable of the

No . 309 Castle of Kinclaven , Lord of Man and the Isles , Earl of Strange and Baron Murray of Stanley in the County of Gloucester , & c , & c , & c . Grand Master of Masons , The Eight Worshipful William Dickey Esq - D . G . M . The Eight Worshipful Joseph Browne Esq - S . G . W . and the Eight Worshipful George Bowen Esq -

J . G . W ., with the approbation and consent of the Warranted Lodges held within the Cities and Suburbs of London and Westminster , Do hereby authorize and impower our Trusty and Well beloved Brethren , viz . The Worship ful Edwin Hicken ono of onr Master Masons , The Worshipful Master , and the Worshipful W - Lewis his Senior Warden ,

and the Worshipful Isaac Bibby his Junior Warden , to Form and to Hold a Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons aforesaid at Dantery or elsewhere in His Majesty's Second Eegiment E Lancashire Militia , on the First and Third Tuesday in every Calendar month , and on all seasonable times and lawful occasions , and in the said Lodge when

duly congregated to admit and make Free Masons , According to the most Ancient and Honourable Custom of the Eoyal Craft in all Ages and Nations throughout the known World , and . we do further authorize and impower onr said Trusty and Well beloved Brethren , Edw - Hicken , W - Lewis and Isaac Bibby with the consent of the

Members of their Lodge , to nominate , chuse , and instal their Successors , to whom they shall deliver this Warrant and invest them & c . & o . & o . Such Installments to be upon or near every * Sr . JOHN ' DAY

during tho continuance of this Lodge for ever . Providing the above named Brethren and all their Successors always pay due respect to the Eight Worshipful Grand Lodge , Otherwise this Warrant to be of no Force nor Virtue .

Given under our Hands and tho Seal of onr Grand Lodge in London this [ ] day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and three , and in tho year of Masonry Five

thousand Eight hundred aud three . NOTE . —This Warrant is registered in the Grand Lodge , Vol . II ,, Letter L .

This Warrant was first installed ( sic ) in tho Eighty Eegiment of Foot , the tenth clay of October in the year of onr Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Ninety-seven , and transferred from the Grand Lodge to the 2 nd Eegiment of E Lancashire Militia this present twenty clay of October Oue thousand Eight hundred aud Three , aud of Masonry One thousand Eight hundred and Three .

E . LESLIE , Grand Secretary . The present No ., title , & c . aro , No . 225 , St . Luke ' s Lodge , Ipswich

NOTE . —Ihe Lodge of " Perfect Friendship , " Ipswich , Wa rranted A . D . 1785 , ( "Moderns , " ) joined the above Lodge ou 11 th June 1820 . At that time the ( " Ancient" ) Lodge was No , 393 . The numbers of tho " Perfect Friendship " were 389 A . D . 17 92 , and 480 at the " Union . " It was omitted from tho Register before tho alterations of A . D . 1832 . JOHN CONSTABLE .

Along The Highway Of Masonry.

ALONG THE HIGHWAY OF MASONRY .

( From the Masonic Advocate . ) A MONO the many organizations in tho world that have boon - £ * - instituted among men , there is not one in which the line ol conduct of iho memher i . s more clearly de / lned than in the Friiternit }' of Free and Accepted Masons . There ia none iu which the mombei is bound by stringer obligations to pursue a steady course in the

discharge of his duties as such , nnd to piactise the precepts so prominently set up to teach him the way wherein ho should walk . The highway t f Masonry is no obscure path with devious windings , a trail that can be followed only by carefully watching the murks left bj those who have gone that way before , but a broad open road , through

Along The Highway Of Masonry.

au open country , which may bo easily followed by any ono when onco fairly started on his mystic journey . At every turn and cross-road has been placed a finger-post , upon which , in language intelligible to every well-informed Mason , ho finds all needed instructions to onablo him to travel in confidence , and in the full enjoyment of all his rights and privileges among his fellow travellers .

With a line of conduct so clearly defined , with obligations so strong to discharge every known duty , and with an open road before them so plain that none need go astray , it might bo expected that there would bo unanimity of thought ancl action among all Masons in theit intercourse with each other , and especially that all would unite in preserving the land-marks , aud iu upholding tho principles and

teachings of Masonry . It is , however , a fact , much to bo regretted , that such is not the case . Instead of being thus united as ono man , wo find Masons often divided in opinions aud iu their course of action . If all were actuated by an earnest desire to promote the best interests of the Order , such would not bo tho case , for then wo would find them acting more in harmony with each other .

While we believe that a very largo proportion of Masons aro honest in all that they say and do , it is evident that somo aro not , and that they aro only seeking to promote their own individual interests in remaining members of tho Order . They travel along in the good company of their more worthy brethren , with a feigned zeal well calculated to mislead them in regard to their true character j and for

a time , perhaps , succeed in pulling the wool over their eyes to tho extent of securing for themselves the advantages of high official positions , which place them before tho world as recognised , honoured leaders , enjoying the full confidence of the whole Fraternity . Not having the true spirit of Masonry in them , wo often find them opposed to measures that would'be of undoubted benefit to the Craft ,

or advocating ethers that would work to its injury ; when tho ono would interfere with somo pet scheme jof their own , or the other gratify the longings of a selfish ambition . They remain obedient to Masonic law so far as to protect themselves from charges for nn-Masonic conduct , but where there is no fear of a penalty to restrain them , they set it at defiance upon the slightest provocation . Thus

they travel on , until their cupidity is discovered , and they are mado to fall back to the rear , where they generally follow in forced snbmission until all hope of regaining their lost position has passed away , when , at tho first cross-road , they desert from tho ranks , strike out for tho camp of non-affiliates , and enlist under their banner , upon which is inscribed ono significant word—Deserters .

There is another class of Masons , often found upon the highway of Masonry , who aro active and officious , apparently well-meaning , and would do what is right if they only knew how ; but who never make an effort to gain the information to qualify themselves to act until the very moment when action becomes necessary . They pass tho finger-posts without observing tho instructions upon them , and then

halt tho procession while they discuss tho question whether they are on tho right voad or not . Without tho means at hand to arrive at a correct conclusion , such discussions aro worse than useless , for they consume valuable time , and still do not devolopo tho desired information . Finally they move on , and , to their mortification , find at last that they made a great mistake . Ono bright Mason is worth more to

a Lodge than a score of such members . Another class of Masons , aud we are sorry to say that they are exceedingly numerous , are no better informed than those we have last described , and nre this much worse , that they don ' t seem to caro whether they aro right or wrong . Thcv vote " hit or miss " on all

questions , with a sangfroid that would hare astonished King Solomon himself . Now we do really believe that they desiro to bo right , but are too indolent to make even an effort to find out whether they are or not . Perhaps they are not as much to blame as those who made them Masons .

There are several other classes of Masons that we might mention in this connection , but wc will let them rest until some future time . Wo do not expect much benefit from an article like this , for those for whom it is designed are seldom among those who read a Masonic journal . It is , however , the duty of all good Masons to make an

effort to correct existing evils , ancl wo have called the attention of our readers to a few such , hoping that they will endeavour , so far as lies iu their power , to aid iu bringing' about a reformation among the classes we have named . By so doing they will not only benefit the parties themselves , but add to the happiness of tho whole Fraternity .

Brighton has had the honour of showing to tho country what an Aquarium really might be made , not only as a place of attraction , but as a source of instruction , and no opposition has ever damped the energy of its managers in making it the most complete of any which has yet been established . Tho result is that it has become a permanent a ' traction , not only to tho inhabitants of the town aud

neh'hhourhood , but to tho . se of Loudon , and even of our distant provinces , few persons visiting London without devoting at least one day to a run tu Brighton to visit the Aquarium , and none come away feelino ' that they have not , been fully repaid for the time and expenditure so employed . From the first it has been admirably managed , and every , thing attempted , whether it be in the way of amusement beyond what

; s to be found in the Aquarium proper , or in tho providing for the refreshment of the visitors , has been in the best of taste , aud consequently folly appreciated . The Company was established in 1868 , arid has a capital of £ < i 2 , 500 , in £ 10 shnres ; £ 21 , 000 in Five per Cent . Preference Shares of £ 10 each ; £ 10 , 000 Fivc-aud-a-Haif per Cent . Debentures , redeemable in 1879 ; and £ 7 , o' 50 Fire per Cent . Debenture

stock , lor the last tnrce years the Company has paid dividends of 10 per cent , on the ordinary capita ' , tbe reserve and balance carried forward from the last account amounting to close upon £ 5 , 500 . At the present price of Mi , with nearly five months' dividend accrued , the shares will give the purchaser a return of 7 percent , per annum , so that we can fairly recommend them for invc stment , and , being carce , they are likely to increase in value . — Money ,