Analysis Of The Returns.

inch ' s list as Steward for the South Devon Lodge , No . 1791 , Hurstpierjnt , amounting to £ 31 ios . is not large , it may be taken , as the straw ^ hich indicates the direction of the wind , to show that in 1888 as in past N - ears under the Duke of Connaught as under his respected predecessor , fhis admirable Province will do its duty towards our Institutions with its wonted loyalty . Last year it gave £ 317 2 s . ; in 1886 , £ 542 ios . ; and in

188 £ 3 *> that being the year in which its late ruler , Bro . Sir W . W . Burrell , acted as Chairman'for the Girls' School . Consequently , as the total for the last three years amounted to £ ' 278 3 , we shall have faith in Sussex maintaining , if not exceeding its average . A brace of Stewards for as many lodges entered an appearance for

WORCESTERSHIRE 0 n this occasion , the sum of their lists being £ 94 10 s . But no doubt the Province will maintain , and , it may be , even exceed , its average , which Ior some years past has been an excellent one . In 1 S 87 , for instance . it raised over £ , 280 , al ! three Institutions receiving a share ; but the Girls ' School the major portion . In 1886 the total was over £ 413 , in 1885 nearly £ 397 , and the preceding year upwards of £ 426 , the four years—from 1884 to 1887 , both inclusive—yielding over £ 1517 , or upwards of £ 379 per Bro . Col . Smith ' s list of 30 guineas ( £ 31 ios . ) is the only return from

NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIRE . gut as it raised , in round figures , £ 296 for the Boys' School in June last , and was represented at the two previous anniversaries in 188 7 , we are not seriously exercised at the smallness of Wednesday ' s figure . A Province with 29 lodges , which has averaged something like £ 532 per year for the last five years , needs no encouragement to perform its duty . It will do it in its own fashion , but we may be certain it vvill do it well and thoroughly .

It is something to find that , after the tremendous efforts of the Jubilee year , so strong a Province as WEST YORKSHIRE , with close on 70 lodges , can compile a total of £ 400 . The returns at the Benevolent Festival in February , 1887 , amounted to £ 750 , at that of the Girls' School in the May following to £ " 350 , and at that of the Boys' School in June last , when Bro . Tew , the G . M . of the Province , generously helped Bro . Binckes out of a grave difficulty by giving his services as Chairman at

a few days' notice , to £ 600 . Thus the total for the year in respect of ordinary subscriptions was £ 1700 , which is possibly somewhat below the average . But then , by way of commemorating the Queen ' s Jubilee , the Province purchased two Perpetual Presentations to the Widow ' s Fund of the Benevolent Institution , and the purchase money , amounting to £ 2100 , has already been paid over , so that West Yorkshire raised the immense sum of £ 3800 in

1887 , and still follows up its beneficent work by finding a further £ 400 for this present Festival . It is clear that Bro . Tew ' s Masonic subjects have a will and a way in these matters , and we shall not be surprised if the two remaining Festivals of the year are not at least as successful as vve have known them in the past . Guernsey is included in the

CHANNEL ISLANDS , as grouped together in our Calendar , but without any provincial organisation such as Jersey , vvhich is geographically a Channel Island , has ; and Bro . Quick , by his useful list of £ 68 5 s ., has shown , as other Stewards from the same quarter have shown before him , that our Channel Islands brethren are by no means oblivious of the claims of our Institutions to their support . In 1886 , Bro . Hedges received contributions amounting to £ 63

from the same quarter towards the aid of the Girls' School , while Bro . Binckes vvas more fortunate still , as the Guernsey list at the Boys' Stewards ' Festival was £ ' 110 5 s . In 1885 , Bro . Terry had help from both Jersey and Guernsey , and vve believe we are right in saying that the Boys' School will be favoured in June next with such aid as Jersey may be able to afford . Thus , whether vve group them geographically or Masonically , vve find the Channel Islands ready lo fulfil their duty .

Old Lists Of Lodges.

OLD LISTS OF LODGES .

Bv BRO . JNO . LANE . It is , I think , generally understood that for information in relation to tlie Old Lodges and their places of meeting reliance must be placed , to a very large extent , on the Engraved Lists issued under the sanction of the Grand Lodge , from 1723 to 1778 , when these invaluable records were

superseded by the printed Calendars commenced in 1775 . Unfortunatel y for several years during the earlier part of this long period ( more than half-a-century ) , there do not appear to be any Lists now existing , although it is evident that frequently two and sometimes three different editions were issued in a single year .

Ihe years for which no Engraved Lists are novv known are as follows ; 1723 [ the list in the Grand Lodge dated 1723 , being one of 1724 ] , l T & , 1727 , i 728 , 1730 , 1731 , 1732 , 1733 , 1735 , 1742 , 1743 , 1 746 , 1747 , 1 748 , and 1749 . From 1750 to the end of the series there is no year without one

or more lists novv existing , although in some of these years vve have evidence of an edition of the List not at present available . I yuite recently there has come into my possession a printed List of ' ges published in Prichard ' s "Masonry Dissected , " 12 th edition . It ontains lodges down to 25 th October , 174 =., numbered therein consecutively

. P * the real number , however , of the last Iodge being 197 , the discrepancy 'sing on account of the omission of all the lodges that had been erased down to the 3 rd April , 1747 . dar I . L'st has hitherto been considered to be of the year 1 745 , from the the E * llS ' ast recor ^ ^ lodge . A careful comparison of it , however , with e engraved List of 1 745 , anc * also vvith an analysis of the lodges made y me from the Grand Lodge minutes some vears since . Droves without a

of s ' ' *¦ ' Sa transcr 'P ° f an Engraved List of I 747 , and is consequently f-ao * . ! 1116 - "teresr , as being the only one so far known for that year , or in 'act between 1745 and 1750 . ^ " Proof of the importance of some of these printed Lists , I may cite the Eagle r ° 'd Iodge at Chester ' - 32 , of 1724 , originally at the " Spread [ ° ' Castle-street , Chester . " It removed in 1740 to a new place of meeth _ S . as evidenced by the Engraved List of that year , but its place of meeting cn „ J ^" ? ^ or less a puzzle . Of all former interpretations of the sign as o ved in the List , none appeared to me to be altogether satisfactory .

Old Lists Of Lodges.

In one it vvas designated "Crown , Clasped Hands / and Rose , Bridges-street , Chester , " but this was obviously too long and cumbersome for general use to designate a tavern . The sign itself , as engraved , is curious , consisting of two hands clasping each other , surmounted by a Crown , and supported , or partly encircled , by a Rose and Thistle growing on one stem . These emblems seemed to me to indicate some kind of " union , " and , after considerable

research ( in vvhich I received valuable assistance from Bro . J . C . Robinson , of Chester ) , it was found in one of the views of " Ancient Chester , " published in 1880 , but taken 60 years previously , that on the east side of Bridge-street was a quaint old structure , having the inscription on the front " UNION ARMS . " This vvas my authority for so designating the place of meeting of this early Iodge in "Masonic Records" ( p . 20 ) . Novv , it is satisfactory to note that in the printed list in this 12 th edition of "Masonry Dissected " my interpretation of the sign representing the place of meeting of the lodge was substantially correct , for it is therein described as meeting at " The UNION , Bridges-street , Chester . " There are lists of lodges printed in many of the editions of " Masonry Dissected , " as well as in other works of a similar nature . These lists are

in some case , as in that noted above , of more than ordinary value , and I am very desirous of obtaining as complete an account of them as possible . I , therefore , subjoin a catalogue of all the works , of which at present I have knowledge , containing lodge lists , and shall be very glad to have , or to hear of , any additions thereto . Those marked * I have in my possession , and am desirous of either borrowing or purchasing the others . I shall esteem it a personal favour if any brother will kindly assist me in obtaining either of them , or vvill inform me where they may be seen .

Title . Publisher , Ice . D . ate of D ?' . ° 1 Issue . List . * * Pocket Companion E . Rider , Dublin 1751 1 733

* „ ,, E- Rider , London 1735 1734 „ „ E . Rider , London 1736 1734 „ „ J- Torbuck , London 1736 1734 „ „ £ R'der , London 1735 1734 „ „ J- and P . Wilson , Ayr 1793 1737

.. » » «' , £ u "AAv U 17 ? l I 7 Z 7 * „ „ W . Cheyne , Edinburgh ... ... 1752 1737 „ „ Smith , London 1738 1737 „ „ J- Re'd , Leith ... ... ... 1 754 — „ „ ... Ruddiman , Auld & Co ., Edinb ' gh 1761 1759 * ,, „ Scotts—2 nd Edition 1759 x 759

" » JJ JJ -J " JI * 7 U 4 » 7 U 3 „ „ ... A . Donaldson , London , & c . ... 176 3 — „ „ Thomson 176 4 — ,, „ Newcastle 1777 ~~ F . M . Pocket Book , & c . „ . ... Vernon and Hood 1798

—Browne ' s Master Key 179 S — * Jones ' s Masonic Miscellanies ... 1797 ' 797 * „ „ „ ... _ iSn 1 S 10 * Masonry Dissected 3 rd Edition 1730 1730 JJ JJ 7 th „ 1739 — . j JJ 8 th „ 1742 — * JJ JJ "th JJ ND fi 747 ] " 747

* JJ JJ „ „ ,.. N . D . 1759 * „ , New Edition 1774 ' 759 ( Different from preceding . ) Secrets of Freemasonry Revealed 2 nd _ „ 1759 1759 Tubal-Kain W . Nicoll , London circa 1760 1759

* Hiram , or the Grand Master Key N . D . 176 3 „ „ „ „ and Edition 1766 — Jachin and Boaz 1764 — „ „ 6 th Edition 176 7 1765 JJ J . 176 9 — JJ JJ 1776

—" JJ J . 1779 1779 , „ „ , . *< 7 S 8 — * ,, „ A New Edition N . D . 17 S 9 JJ JJ , „ . 1800 1799 „ „ 20 th Edition 1809 — * „ „ 1812 1 S 11 Mahhabone 2 nd Edition 1766 1765

Solomon in all his Glory ist „ 1766 1766 , j » JJ — 17 * 53 The Three Distinct Knocks ... — 176 7 Introduction to Freemasonry ... W . Meeson .., ... ... 1775 1774 ^ Vindication of Masonry A , Niel 1 S 10 1799 Principles of F . M . Delineated ... R . Trewman , Exeter 1767 — I

* „ JJ . J , . J ' 777 1766 Multa Paucis circa 1764 176 3 Book M 5 or Masonry Triumphant — 1735 Masonic Union J . Imvood—2 nd Edition .,, 1 S 04 — * Principles & Practices of F . & A . Ms . N . D . 1793 Country Lodges only , Constitutionem Buch ( German ) 1743 1740

[ Bro , John Lane { Bannercross , Torquay ) , deserves the aid of all competent brethren in his valuable researches , and vve hope , therefore , that this appeal of his—interesting and instructive as it is—will induce many Craftsmen to communicate to him any information they may possess , as well as send their lists of lodges for his examination and due collation . The sooner the better . —EDITOR Freemason . ' ]

CLARE , MARTIN . —An English Mason of the last century , and a Fellow of the Royal Society . He is understood to have revised the old lectures in 1732 , which , however , we are told were superseded by those of Dunckerley in 1770 , and vvhich , modified in some respects by Preston , were finally settled in 1813 , as we have them now , by Dr . Hemming . The Athol Masons probably cling to the older forms of Anderson and Desaguliers .

who , according to some Masonic traditions , had arranged the lectures before Clare . Martin Clare vvas J . G . W . of England in 1735 , and D . G . M . in 1741 . He translated into English , it is averred by Mackey , the " Relation Apologdtique et Historique de la Societe des Francs Macons , " which appeared in Dublin in 173 8 , " par J . G . D . M ., F . M ., chez Patrice O'Donoko , " and which is most probably by Ramsay .

It is said to have been burnt at Rome in 1739 . Kioss mentions an edition published at " Londres , " 1749 . Martin Clare ' s translation of Ramsay ' s work , if it be the same , appears in the " Pocket Companion , " 1754 , printed it is said , at Frankfort , 1748 . In 1735 he delivered an address before Grand Lodge , which was much read in England , and translated into more than

one foreign language . This also appears in the "Pocket Companion' of 1754 , and is annexed , it is stated , to the foregoing " Apology lor the Free and Accepted Masons , " etc ., and translated into French and German , Lenning , and the " Handbuck , " curiously enough , do not mention Martin Clare . So much for Masonic fame I—Kenning ' s Cyclopedia of Freemasonry