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ward Entwizle , Esq ., for Lancashire ; Joseph Laycock , Esq ., for Durham ; Mathew Ridley , Esq ., for Northumberland . In 17 . 1 6 , by thc Earl of Loudoun , Grand Master , to Robert Tomlinson , Esq ., for New England ; John Hammcrton , Esq ., for South Carolina -, David Crcigton , Doctor of Physic , for Cape Coast in Africa .

J" * v" 7 » by the Earl of Darnley , Grand Master , to James Watson , Esq ., for the Island of Montserrat ; George Hamilton , Esq ., for the State of Geneva ; Henry William Mareschalch , Esq ., Hereditary Mareschal of Thuringia , for Upper Saxony ; William Douglas , Esq ., for the Coasts of Africa and Islands of America , where no particular deputation has been granted ; Richard Riggs , Esq ., for New

York . y In 173 8 , by the Marquis of Carnarvon , now Duke of Chandos , Grand Master , to Will . Horton , Esq ., for the West Riding of thc county of York ; His Excellency Governor Mathew , for the Leeward Islands . In 1739 , by Lord Raymond , Grand Master , to the Marquis Des Marches , for Saxony and Piedmont .

In 1740 , by the Earl of Kintore , Grand Master , to His Excellency James Keith , for all the Russias ; Matthias Albert Luttman , Esq ., for Hamburgh and the Circle of Lower Saxony ; Edward Rooke , Esq ., for the West Riding in the county of York , in the room of Horton , deceased ; 'Ihomas Baxter , Esq ., His Majesty's Attorney-General , for the Island of Barbadoes , and of all thc is ' ands to the windward

of Guadaloupe . *•¦ - In 1741 , Earl Morton , Grand Master , to William Vaughan , Esq ., for North Wales . In 1742 , by Lord Ward , Grand Master , to William Ratchdale , for the county of Lancaster ; Ballard Beckford , George Hynde , and Alexander Crawford , Esqs ., for the Island of Jamaica ; to Thomas Oxnard , Esq ., for North "

America . In 1 744 , by the Earl of Strathmore , Grand Master , to Alurcd Popple , Esq ., for Bermudas . In 1746 , by Lord Cranstoun , Grand Master , to Captain Robert Commins , for Cape Breton and Louisbourg . In 1747 , 1748 , 1 749 , 1750 , 1751 , by Lord Byron , Grand Master , to William Allen , Esq ., Recorder of Philadelphia ,

for Pennsylvania in America -, Count Denneskiold Laur . wig , for Denmark and Norway ; Lieut . Col . James Adolphus Oughton , forthe Island of Minorca ; Francis Coelet , Esq ., for the Province of New York . In 1752 , 1753 , by Lord Carysfort , Grand Master , to William Pye , Esq ., for the county of Cornwall ; James Montisor , Esq ., for Gibraltar ,- His Excellency Governor Tinker ,

for Bahama Islands ; Sir Robert de Cornwall , Bart ., for the counties of Worcester , Gloucester , Salop , Monmouth , and Hereford ; George Harrison , Esq ., for the Province of New York ; Thomas Dobrcer , Esq ., for Guernsey , Jersey , Alderney , Sark , and Arme in the British Channel . In 1754 , 1755 , by the Marquis of Carnarvon , Grand Master , to Peter Leigh , Esq ., Chief Justice of South

Carolina , for South Carolina ; David Jones Gwynnc , Esq ., of Talliazies , for South Wales , in the room of Sir Edward Mansell ; the Rev . and Hon . Francis Byam , D . D . for Antigua ; tlie Hon . Roger Drake , Esq ., at Bengal , for East Indies j Jeremiah Gridley , Esq ., fcr all North America where no Provincial is appointed ; William Maynard , ' Esq ., for Barbadoes and all other His Majesty ' s islands to the

windward of Guadaloupe ; Edward Galdiard , Esq ., for St . F . ustatius , Saba , and St . Martin , Dutch Caribbee Islands in America ; John Head , Gent ., Collector of the Customs at Scilly , for Scilly and the adjacent islands ; Jobsh Anthony Hinuhcr , for all His Majesty ' s dominions in Germany , with a power to choose their successors ; John Page , Esq ., of Hawthorn , for the County Palatine of Chester and

the City and County of Chester . In 1758 , 1759 , 1760 , 1761 , 1762 , by Lord Aberdour , Grand Master , to William Jarvis , Esq ., for Antigua and the Leeward Caribbee Islands , in tlie room of Dr . Byam , deceased ; Edward Bacon , Esq ., Recorder of Norwich , for Norwich and the county of Norfolk ; James Bradford , Esq ., one of thc Council in Bahama Islands , for the same ,

in the room of Governor Tinker , deceased ; GottfrielJacob Jenisch , M . D . for Hamburgh and Lower Saxony , in the room of Albert Luttman , resigned ; the lion . Robert Melville , Esq ., lieutenant-colonel of His Majesty ' s 3 8 th Regiment of Foot , and Lieutenant-Governor of Fort Royal , in the Island of Guadaloupe ; John Smith , Gent ., of Manchester , for the county of Lancaster , instead of

Ratchdale , dismissed ; Grey Elliot , for thc Province of Georgia ; the Hon . Colonel Simon Frazer , for Canada ; John Lewis , Esq ., for Andalusia and jdaces adjacent , in the room of James Montrisor , Esq ., gone to Carolina ; William Pepple , Esq ., for Bermuda ; Benjamin Smilh , Esq ., Speaker of the House of Assembly at Carolina , for Carolina ; Thomas Harriot Perkins , for the Mosquito Shore ; Culling Smith ,

Esq ., for East India . I" ' 763 , 1764 , Earl Ferrers , Grand Master , to Thomas Harriot Perkins , for Jamaica , as well as the Mosquito Shore ; John Pluvit , Commander of the Admiral Watson , Indiaman , for East India , where no other Provincial is to be found ; George Bell , Esq ., his Majesty ' s agent for the Paquets at Falmouth , for Cornwall ; Dr . Dionysius Manassc , for

all Armenia in the East Indies ; George Agustus , Baron of I lammerstein , for Westphalia ; James Todd , for Bombay ; Ernest Siegmond de Leswitz , for the Dukedom of Brunswick ; His Excellency Robert Melville , Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of his Majesty ' s Caribbee Islands , thc Greater and Lesser Grenadines , St . Vincent , Bominico , Tobago , etc ., Brigadier-General of His Majesty ' s

Forces in America ; Milborne West , Esq ., of all Canada . *¦* " ** 7 <> 5 , 1766 , 17 G 7 , Lord Blancy , Grand Master , to John Stone , Esq ., His Majesty ' s Solicitor-General for the island of Barbadoes , for Barbadoes ; John George Henry , Count de Wertbern , Lord Steward of the Household to the u "ke of Saxe-Gotha , for all Upper Saxony ; Charles Fullnian , Esq ., Secretary to Sir John Goodrich , Ambassador to Stockholm , for Stockholm ; the Hon . Prestley Thorton ,

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one of His Majesty ' s Council in the colony of Virginia , and His Majesty ' s Lieutenant for thc county of Northumberland ; Samuel Middleton , Esq ., for Bengal , in the absence of Culling Smith , Esq ., should he be removed , then Thomas Burdell may act until a new one is appointed ; Don Nicholas de Manuzzi , for Italy ; John Peter Gogle , of Frankfort , for thc Upper and Lower Rhine , and the Circle

of Franccm ' ca ,- Capt . Joseph Dunbar , for Antigua , 111 the absence of William Jarvis , Esq . ; Major Agdollo , in the service of His Hig hness the Elector of Saxony , for the Electorate of Saxony ; Capt . Edmond Pascal , for Madras and its Dependencies ; in case of his absence the lodge to have power to choose another till application can be had for another ; Thomas Duncherley , for Hampshire ; Edward

Danial , for Montserrat . " The office of Prov . G . M . was instituted and the first deputation granted by Earl Inchiquin , on the 10 th May , 1727 , to Hugh Warburton , Esq ., for North Wales , and on the 24 th of June following to Sir Edward Mansell , Bart ., for South Wales . "—Preston , p . 225 , ed . 1788 . At the Grand Lodge held at Devil Tavern , Temple Bar ,

on the 29 th March , 1762 . " The lodges in the East Indies having no Provincial Grand Master , sent a petition to the Grand Master , praying his worship would grant them one , and recommending Culling Smith , Esq ., of Calcutta , to be the Provincial Grand Master for India , and sent the sum of fifty guineas to be paid into the Publick Fund of Charity . " " Ordered that a deputation bc made out in the neatest mannSr , appointing Culling Smith , Esq ., to be Provincial

Grand Master of India , and the expense be defrayed out of the fund of the Grand Lodge . " Copied from " The Constitutions of the Antient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , containing the History of Masonry from the Creation throughout the known world , with their charges , regulations , & c . " Collected and digested by order of the Grand Lodge , from their old records , faithful traditions , and lodge books . R . W . G .

THE PROVINCE OF WEST YORKSHIRE AND THE BOYS' SCHOOL . To the Editor ofthe Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — If proof were needed of the " personal feelings " by which certain of the brethren of the Province of West Yorkshire are actuated , it will be found abundantly in the

brochure just issued , entitled " The Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . —Reply to the Secretary . " To characterise this production as it deserves—to speak , or write , of the authors ( it is signed " T . W . Tew—O . G . D . Perrott" ) , in the terms they merit , would bc to incur a risk , which in thc present unsatisfactory condition of thc law , I decline . All I can do , at present at all events , is to request

the friends of the institution to refrain from giving a ready credence to the specious charges and exaggerated statements with which the pamphlet abounds . I must , however , ask at your hands the favour of sufficient space for two or three corrections , which will prove how easily the whole mass of vindictive accusations may be confuted . On opinions as to conduct , & c , I shall not now dwell . Angry words , strong expressions , manner and demeanour ,

will be judged of very differently when associated with an intimate knowledge of the circumstances which cause or produce them , or when described in print with the aid of partial gloss or personal bias , and before venturing on censure , all the surrounding facts and events should be thoroughly known . My object now is to repel charges —direct or implied—with reference to monetary payments and statistical information .

As a specimen of the first , refer to p . 29 , where attention is prominently directed to a " most serious and unaccountable blunder in giving the name of ' James Gasson , ' whose name appears on p . 39 with a £ 5 grant . Whilst reckoning a second time , the grant under thc same date is set down at £ 10 , on p . 40 ! ( the italics are the twin authors' ) . How does this terrible charge fade away , when it is

explained that thc grant was £ 1 $ , £ 5 paid for outfit in May , 1872 , £ -, at commencement of apprenticeship , and £ _ on expiration of twelve months therefrom . The insinuation is palpable , and what I complain of is that Mr . Tew , in commencing his crusade , did not first write to the office for explanations of what might appear to be " unaccountable , "—forming his own opinion of such

explanationsinstead of uncharitably assuming that what he could not quite understand , must be dishonest . For errors in details—when information has been wished to be conveyed—as distinguished from accounts and balance sheets certified by proper authorities , I am willing to accept responsibility , and to bow to reproof . There is , however , a wide difference between error and fraud , and it is from

the balance sheet , examined by the Audit Committee , that the actual amounts expended in any given year for " grants and outfits , " or for any other item , must bc taken , and the figures there will be found to bc correct . As regards statistics , the average number of boys is computed from the total number actually in the institution as per " Weekly Expenditure Book , " and ' will bear

the strictest examination . In opposition to the views of Messrs . Telv and Perrott , 1 submit that the actual cost at which the boys in our institution are maintained is accurately shewn by classing under the head " Ordinary Expenditure " all that is absolutely essential for thc purpose , without the addition of special outlay , every detail of which is susceptible of explanation , which , I repeat , in common fairness , ought to have

preceded complaint . Thc style and value of the criticism to which I am exposed is shown in the manner in which assumptions are treated throughout , as if they wire facts . Numerous instances will present themselves to any one perusing the pamphlet . Again , with respect to the discrepancy in the total number of boys in the institution , The number for which pro-

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vision is made is 177 , including 155 elected boys , and 22 admitted on " purchase " or " presentation , " as regulated by the laws of the institution , or by resolutions of the General Court . Here the explanation is exceedingly simple , though these astute critics writing in ignorance cannot perceive it . In thc Report published in Tune , for instance , would

appear the names of the boys elected in April , who would not be admitted until August , while boys leave monthly as they attain the age of 16 years , thus preventing the possibility of the total number b eing absolutely in the building at thc same time . For the " Class Lists " etc' I am in no way responsible . It is , further , rarely that there are not absentees , varying in number from time

to time , from causes over which we have not always control . The question of salary— " extravagant" or not—can be discussed fully elsewhere , but is it fair to describe me as " drawing ^ 5 81 9 s . 6 d . per annum , besides commissions and other remuneration ? " The £ 81 9 s . 6 d . is money spent out of pocket in the service of the institution .

The charge contained in the words " besides commissions " I indignantly denounce as false and unjust . While as to " other remuneration " I can only associate this with the impertinent remarks on the manner in which the festival stewards , in the exercise of their discretion , think proper to dispose of the surplus of their own fund . Why do not the writers inform those whom they address that in the 14

years to present date the sum of 4510 17 s . has been presented to the funds of the institution from this source . It is impossible to compress a reply to the voluminous mass of malicious exaggeration within limits suitable for your paper , and I must suffer the consequences of delay , unless I can trust to the good feeling and strong commonsense of those whose confidence I am not conscious of

having abused . To one whose mission it evidently was , by the exercise of unparalleled tyranny and persecution , to goad into resistance all who declined to cringe subserviently to his arbitrary rule , I can easily understand how unpalatable was my determination to maintain my own position , and this accounts for all the vituperation to which I have been subjected . The matron and myself are the

only persons ( non-residents excepted ) now officially , connected with the institution whom Mr . Perrott found in office on his unfortunate advent as head-master , and nothing will be left untried to distort truth , so that our action and conduct generally may be held up to reprobation . One word as to " letters one , two , and three . " What will bc thought of a head-master , within fourteen days of

his appointment , extorting from his assistants written testimony in favour of a system the result of which had yet to be ascertained . I have never denied that I did dictate the reply of the matron to Mr . Penot ' s insidious letter . I unreservedly deny any knowledge whatever of the letters of the assistant masters in reply to the same .

I pledge myself to the accuracy of the accounts given in my " Reply , " of the interview between Mr . Perrott and myself , and positively asserting that Mr . Perrett did express to me his thanks for such influence as I exerted in his favour ( to me a lasting cause of regret ) , and that his remark in connection with the pianos was literally , " for instance , I didn't purchase the pianos , " no allusion having

been made verbally to " commission , " which never entered my mind , though in his it evidently had a place . Apologising for thus trespassing upon you , and leaving the refutation of the remaining accusations to another opportunity . I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully and fraternally , FREDERICK BINCKES ,

London , Oct . 16 , 1875 . Secretary . P . S . —A second edition of the pamphlet by " T . W Tew and O . G . D . Perrott " has reached me since writing to you . In this , paragraph 6 , page 3 , reads— " We demand thc appointment of a new committee , the dismissal of the Secretary and of thc Matron , and a thorough

investigation . " Truly our two censors are worthy imitators of the "Tailors of Tooley-street , " with little idea of the value or importance of any one save themselves . This , too , from those who charge others with being " arrogant" and " autocratic . " 20 th October .

Multum In Parbo; Or Masonic Notes And Quries.

Multum in Parbo ; or Masonic Notes and Quries .

DANIEL O'CONNKLL . "La Gazctta d'ltalia" states , that "O'Connell was a Freemason . " Is the fact so ? It states that he was received in 1799 , in a lodge at Dublin , No . 189 . Is this correct ?

It also adds , though that is clearly an error , that he was Grand Master , which post he resigned in 1839 . Probably , if he was a Freemason , he was Master of a lodge , which , is the explanation of the mistake of thc "Gayzi-tta il'halia . "

Not knowing thc fact myself , I shall be glad if some Irish brethren can kindly enlighten me in your pages . ENQUIRER . CURIOUS SILVER J EWEL . I have lately had placed in my hands a very curious jewel , evidently intended to be suspended from a collar , and probably used at times as a Tracing Board .

It is a solid silver oval plate with a number of emblems and figures engraved on both sides . The late owner of the jewel is the great grandson of the brother , who was , ( it is believed ) , the first to wear it . In fact , the probability is that the great grandfather in question had it presented to him on the revival of his lodge in 1784 . It was formerly suspended from a light blue , red , and black ribbon , representing jlikcly the Craft , Royal Arch , Knights