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lodge , constituted in 1738 , meeting at " Cameron ' s Coffee House , Burystreet , " which lapsed during that same year . I was not aware of this fact until consulting Bro . Lane ' s " Masonic Records 1717-1886 , " for another purpose , and came across that entry . The present warrant , or at least the transcript thereof in my possession , states that the number of the lodge in 1772 was 63 . This is an error , and

should be No . 83 . The several places of Meeting can be found in the noble volume aforesaid , as also all its numbers from 1744 to 1863 .

COPY OF WARRANT OF LODGE OF FORTITUDE , No . 64 . To Al L & every our Right Worshipful , Worshipful and Loving Brethren . I , John Mien of Clements Inn in the County of Middlesex , Gentleman , Provincial Grand Master of the Most Antient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons in and for the County Palatine of Lancaster by virtue of and under the Patent of His Grace the Most Noble Henry Somerset , Duke of Beaufort Grand Master of the said Order , & c ,

Sic ., SEND G REETING . __ WHEREAS Edward Entwistle , Gentleman deceased , formerly Provincial Grand Master of the said County of Lancaster , did on the 9 th day of January 1739 duly constitute a Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at the Golden Lyon in Salford in the said County to be held on the First Monday in every month & thereby appointed our late Brethren , Richard Goodwin , Master , Edward Mullineux Senior Warden & John Magill , Junior Warden . As it appears by the Register of the said County Palatine . And Whereas the Members of the said Lodge have ever since its Constitution regularly assembled & conformed to the Laws of Masonry and the same hath been duly removed to & several years held at the Fox near St . Anne's Square in the town of Manchester in the said County on the First and Third Mondays in every month .

AND W HEREAS the W ARRANT or CERTIFICATE of Constitution of the said Lodge hath been lost or mislaid . WHEREFORE our Right Trusty and WELL-BELOVED BRETHREN , Joseph Smith the present Master and the rest of the Members of the said Lodge have besought me to grant to them my Certificate of Constitution , which 1 have readily agreed to do . Now KNOW YE that 1 the said John Allen , Provincial Grand Master do Certify that the said Lodge formerly held at the Golden Lyon in Salford &

now at the Fox in Manchester in the said County is legally constituted . And I do allow or ratify and confirm the same to be a regular Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons by the name of the Lodge of Fortitude being number No . 6 3 [? S 3 ] in the List of Lodges , to be continued & held at the Fox aforesaid and Third Mondays in every month , until the p lace or time of Meeting shall with the concurrence of me or my successors be altered our said Brother Joseph Smith being the present Master , our Brother Benjamin

Wild Smith Senior Warden & our Brother John Upton , Junior Warden , thereof . With such powers , privileges and advantages of Right belonging to regularly established Lodges , thereby warning & requiring them and their successors to take up and care that they and the rest of the Members of the said Lodge do at all times observe petform & keep all and every the Rules , Orders and Regulations contained in the Book of Constitutions except such as h ave or shall hereafter be repealed at any Quarterly or General

Communication together with such other Rules Orders , Regulations and Instructions , as shali from time to time be , by me or my Deputy or by my successors , Provincial Grand Masters for the time being transmitted to them or their successors . AND that they & their successors omit not once in every year to send to me or my Deputy or my successors Copy of all such Rules , Orders & Regulations as shall be made for the good government

of the said Lodge ( the same not being repugnant to the General Laws & Constitutions of the said Society ) together with a List of the Members of the Lodge , And such sum or sums of money as they may think proper and consistent with the circumstances of their said Lodge towards appointing the Fund of Charity and the Grand Fund . Recommending to them the cultivation of the Royal Craft and their keeping in view the three Grand Principles , Brotherly Love , Relief , & Truth . Given at London under my hand & Seal this First Day of May A . D . 1772 A . L . 5772 . ( Signed ) JOHN ALLEN .

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THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS

FROM ITS OBIGTN , 1788 , TO ITS CENTENARY , 1888 . ( Continued from page 654 , vol . xx ) . But pending the arrangements found necessary on the Union of the two Societies of English Freemasons , and when once these had been completed , the proceedings of the Courts and Committees -were for the most part of an ordinary character . A motion by the Rev .

L . Coglilan , D . D ., G . Chap ., relating to proxies , to the effect " That every such proxy shall be dated , written , and given specifically for every Election or Meeting , and shall not be used for any other purpose , or on any other occasion than the one for which it shall be expressed to be originally given ; it being the intention of the

Governors not to permit any person to retain in bis possession or make use of any General Proxies Avhatever . " when it came on for bearing at the Quarterly Court on the 14 th July , 1814 , was negatived without a ballot . In January , 1815 , the Treasurer announced the receipt of a cheque for £ 105 from the Moira Lodge of Freedom and

Fidelity , Calcutta , and a vote of thanks was passed to the Lodge , and also to Major Forssteen , A . D . C . to the Governor-General of India , through wliose instrumentality the donation had been remitted . At

a Special General Committee on the 27 th July following , at which H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , G . M ., presided , a series of important additions to and alterations in the rules was adopted , the following being the new Regulations agreed to , namely : —

1 . —That this Institution shall consist of a Patron and Vice-Patrons ; a Patroness and a Vice-Patroness ; a President and Vice-Presidents ; Pour Trustees a Treasurer , a General Court , a General Committee , a House Comrnittee , an '

Audit Committee , and a Secretary , together with Physicians , Surgeons , and other Medical Gentlemen , a Collector , a Writing Master , one or more Matrons , and such other officers and servants as may bo necessary for conducting tho business of the charity .

2 . —That the Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Masons of England , for the time being , shall always be the President , and tho Ri ght Worshipful the Deputy Grand Master , for the time being , shall be the first Vice-President . 3 - —That all the Noblemen who have been benefactors to this Charit y , and arc now livine , shall ho "Vice-Presidents .

. 4- —That from and after the 10 th August , 1815 , every Benefactor of Fifty Umneas shall be thereby constituted a Vice-President . It was also agreed at the Special General Court on the 10 th August , when the above were confirmed , that " all new Subscribers

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shall be entitled to vote immediately on payment of their Subscriptions , " and a committee , consisting of Bros . W . Williams , Pix , and Hucklebridge was appointed for the purpose of revising and correcting the Laws and having them printed forthwith . On the 24 th August the House Committee passed a resolution

That to prevent the too frequent visits of the Parents and Friends of the Children in the School the Law for their Admission by Order of the Souse Committee only shall be strictly enforced and that in future every Order for that purpose shall bo filled up entirely in tho handwriting of the Gentleman who gives it . "

. In "August , 1816 , on the recommendation of the House Com = riiittee , it was resolved to increase the number of girls in the Institution from 62 , as arranged in 1808 , to 65 , and a resolution of Grand Lodge having been brought before a Special Court in

September respecting to the votes to be allotted to the Grand Master in consideration , of the money annually contributed b y Grand Lodge , the question was referred to a Special Committee , and at their instance the number of votes to be assigned to the Grand Master was fixed at 20 .

In 1817 the Writing Master was dismissed from his post for having sent his sou to act as his substitute , it being fully recognised , however , that the conduct of the latter had been most proper , and that the children had made ' progress under his tuition ; and Mrs . Elizabeth Clarke ( nee Jack ) , formerly Assistant Matron , was

appointed to the vacancy . In December , the General Committeo recommended that a clay should be set apart for the public examination of the children , and . at the following Quarterly Court in January , 1818 , it was arranged that the examination should be held , as proposed , a week before the annual Festival . The greater prominence

thus to be given to the girls' education had the further beneficial effect of inducing the House Committee to suggest that silverl medas should be awarded to the children who were placed first and second in each of the four branches in which they were examined , and that a silver medal should also be awarded to the child whose conduct had

been the most satisfactory . These arrangements having been adopted , the first public examination was held on the 30 th March , 1818 , before a special General Committee , and the several prizes were awarded . At the Quarterly Court immediately following , certain resolutions for the better conduct of the business were agreed to , the principal bein ° ' that

the Secretary should act in accordance with the orders of the chair and not on his own responsibilit y , and that every notice of motion should be handed to the chair in writing and copied verbatim into the minute book , the Secretary himself being the author of the latter proposal . Other changes were made about the same time relating

to the candidature of children ; and due notice having been o-iven it Avas resolved at the July Court , ( 1 ) on the motion of Bro . Williams , ' that the limits of age for candidates should be six years and nine years respectively , no child , however , to be admitted into the School under the age ; ( 2 ) on Bro . Dean ' s motion , " That the children before

election should be carefully examined as to the condition of their health by the Matron and Medical Officer ; " and ( 3 ) on the motion of Bro , White " That candidates who would become superanuated—that is ] ineligible in the future in the event of their not being successful at

a particular election—should have their names entered on the list at the top , in order of priority as regards the acceptance of their petitions , and that the rest of the candidates' names should follow in the same order .

In April of the same year a Special House Committee was held for the purpose of directing that the children should " attend the funeral of the late Wm . Preston , Esq ., as a mark of respect for his memory , and of gratitude for his kind and liberal remembrance of this Institution in his will . " Bro . Preston , the author of "

Illustrations of Freemasonry , " had , as we have pointed out alread y , taken a great interest in the School ; he had served upon its Committees in the earlier days of its existence , and by his will he bequeathed the sum of £ 500 towards its support . Only a few months later Bro . Forssteen , who had also been an earnest friend of the Charity , and its Treasurer

for many years , tendered his resignation of the latter office and his Trusteeship . The resignation was accepted with regret so far as the office of Treasurer was concerned , and Bro . W . Williams , M . P . Prov . G . M . Dorsetshire , was appointed his successor ; but Bro ! Forssteen was requested to retain the Trusteeshi p , a handsome vote

of thanks Avas passed to him for his invaluable services , and ordered to be engrossed on vellum and formally presented to him , and he Avas made a perpetual member of all the Committees of the Institution , Such recognition must have been very gratif ying to Bro . Forssteen , and there can be no doubt that under his auspices the School had prospered

, both as a Scholastic Institution and financially . Three months later another benefactor , though in this case the word is used in quite a different sense , appears on the scene for the first time , the person being none other than the Miss Jarwood AVIIO presided as Matron for so many years over the School , and Avhose death , occurred as recently

as 1886 . In the minutes of the General Committee of December , 1818 , we read that a petition on behalf of Eliza Waterman JarAvood ' from her mother was accepted , there being , however , some difficulty 111 accepting it in the first instance in consequence of the nonproduction of the marriage certificate , Mrs . JarAvood having been

married in America , and it was ordered that the said certificate sbould be produced prior to her being elected . We presume this difficulty must have been surmounted , as the name of E . W . Jarwood occurs as one of the five children who were elected into the Institution in October , 1819 . ( To le continued , )