Multum In Parbo ; Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

Multum in Parbo ; or Masonic Notes and Queries .

OLD LONDON LODGES . —No . III . In 1736 No . 61 was King ' s Arms , Cateaton-street ; No . 62 , a lodge at Northampton ; No . 63 , Bear and Clarion , Butcher Row ; No . 64 , Rose , without Temple Bar ; 65 , St . John ' s Hill , Chichester , ( said to be constituted in the reign ot Julius Crcsar ) ; 66 , Red Lion , Canterbury ; 67 , Castle , St . Giles ' s ; 68 , Vine , Long Acre ; 6 9 ,

Boy and Grapes , Bloomsbury Market - , 70 , a lodge at Lyme Regis ; 71 , Rose , in Cheapside ; 72 , a lodge in Bengal ; 73 , another at Lincoln ; 74 , University Lodge , Bear and Arrow , Butcher Row ; 75 , Rainbow Coffee House , York Buildings ; 76 , Queen's Head , Old Bailey ; 77 , Black Lion . 'Jockey Fields , 78 , a lodge at Bury St . Edmund's ; 79 , vacant ; 80 , a lotlge at Macclesfield 81 ,

another at Bury St . Edmund s ; 82 , Three Tuns , in Newgate-street ; 83 , Three Tuns , in Smithfield . ; 84 , Freeman ' s Coffee House , Cheapside ; 85 , King ' s Arms , Russell-street , Covent-garden ; 86 , King ' s Arms , Southwark ; 87 , a lodge at Leigh ; 88 , another at Wolverhampton ; 89 , Rummer and Horse Shoe , Drury-lane ; 90 , Au Tours el'Argent , Paris ; 91 , the Sun , Fleet-street ; 92 , Antwerp

City , Threadneedle-street ; 93 , Goose and Gridiron , St . Paul's Churchyard ; 94 , Oxford Arms , Ludgate-street ; 95 , 1 lorn and Feathers , Wood-street ; 9 6 , White Horse , Ipswich ; 97 , a lodge at Exeter ; 9 8 , Duke of Lorraine , Suffolk-street ; 99 , Leg , Fleet-street ; 100 , George , in Butcherrow ; 101 , Crown , in Upper Moorfields ; 102 , Royal Vinevard , St . James ' s Park ; 103 , Ship , without Temple

Bar ; 104 , a lodge at Derby ; 105 , a lodge at Bolton-Ie-Moors . In 1738 the following is the list of the London Lodges : 41 , Fountain Tavern , Snow-hill ; 42 , Bacchus , in Grevillestreet ; 43 , Vine Tavern , Long Acre ; 44 , Bacchus , Bloomsbury Market ; 45 , Globe Tavern , Old Jewry ; 46 , Puncheon Coffee House , York-buildings ; 47 , Queen ' s

I lead , Old Bailey ; 48 , Black Lion , in Jockey Fields ; 49 , Two Angels and Crown , in Little St . Martin ' s Lane ; 50 , Three Tuns , Newgate-street ; 51 , Three Tuns , in Smithfield ; e . 2 , Old Antwerp Tavern , Threadneedle-street ; 53 , Fountain Tavern , Southwark ; 54 , King's Arms , Southwark ; 55 , Horse Shoe and Rummer , Drury-lane ; 5 6 , Sun Tavern , Fleet-street ; 57 , King's Head , Tower-street ;

, i ( 8 , King and Queen , in Rosemary-lane ; 59 , Oxford Arms , Luduate-street ; 60 , King ' s Arms -Tavern , Dorset-street ; 61 , King's < Vrms Tavern , Piccadilly ; 62 , I loop and Griffin , Leadenhall-street ; 63 , Crown , Upper Moorfields ; 64 , Royal Vineyard , St . James's Park ; 65 , Royal Standard , in Leices ... 1 , , iare . Thus it wdi ue noted that No . 61 in 1736 . has become

42 in 17 * 18 , and 63 in 1736 has been changed into 41 , though I do not profess to explain the metamorphosis . No . 6 4 in 173 6 seems to have disappeared in 1738 , while 6 7 in 173 6 has become 44 in 1738 , and 68 in 173 6 43 in 1738 . No . 71 in 1756 , and 74 in 1736 , seem to be " Non Sunt" in 1 738—a curious evidence of the shortness of lodge life in those days ; 75 and 7 6 in 173 8 are

respectively 46 and 47 in 1738 . It may be that 45 in 1738 , Globe Tavern , is identical with the 71 of 1736 , and that there is a mistake in the alleged date of consecration , and I think it is very likely to be the case . No . 77 in 173 6 is 48 in 1738 , while 49 in 173 S cannot be traced , curiously enough , in 1736 . No . 82 in 173 6 is the same as 50 in 1738 , and 8- ; iii 173 6 answers to 51 in 173 8 . No . 84 in

173 6 seems to have been changed into 32 in 1738 , and 83 in 173 6 to 53 in 173 8 . No . 86 in 1736 is the same as 54 in 173 8 , just as 89 in 1736 is identical with 55 in 173 8 . No . 91 in 173 6 is the same as 5 6 in 173 8 , while 92 in 173 6 is the same as 56 in 1738 , and 93 in 173 6 is the same as 38 in 17 * 18 . ; No . 94 in 173 6 is the 39 in 173 8

and the 95 of 173 6 has become the 60 of 173 K . The 9 8 of 173 6 has become the 61 of 173 8 . The 99 of 173 6 is apparently the 62 of 1738 , while 100 to 173 6 seems to be wanting in 173 8 . The 101 of 173 6 is the 63 of 173 8 , and the 102 of 173 6 is the 64 of 173 8 . The 103 of 1736 has become 6 5 in 1738 . MASONIC STUDENT .

OLD LONDON LODGES Like the " Masonic Student , " I have been a diligent investigator of old Masonic Lodges for many ycars , and have accumulated a large number of notes , which time alone will enable me to utilize and arrange in order . The early lists are very confusing indeed , for evidently much latitude was permitted to the engravers from 1723 ,

and it is not until 1770 that order reigns supreme , though even from that period , perfection was but slowly attained . The changes in thc numeration was the chief cause of thc confusion as the relative positions of the lodges were frequently considerably altered , and quite a fanciful series of arrangements prevailed from time to time . Tlie periods of change were 1740 , 1756 , 1770 , 1781 , and 179 " ! ,

during the last century under the " Moderns " ; those ( or the " Ancients " being at all times and seasons . In the list of Cole's of 1763 ( Masonic Magazine ) No . 239 Was held at Exeter , in that of 1774 it is numbered 48 ; 247 , South Carolina , became 101 ; while 246 , London , became 200 , antl with several other lodges we find the numbers radically altered . There weie sometimes reasons for this '

doubtless , but the difficulties attending the study are none tl'e less real . In the older lodges the differences are occasionall y still more strange , and it is only by the discovery of a few of the missing lists that of late years some liave been adj usted .

" Masonic Student " alludes to several of the numerical alterations in the first twenty lodges of A . D . 1736 register . With all our care we were once caught " napping" by Bro . " F . Gould , P . M . 92 , as we had failed to notice thc fact that the relative numerical positions of 8 , 9 , and 10 of Constitutions 1738 were reversed a few years later , 8 re-

Multum In Parbo ; Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

maining at 8 , 9 becoming 7 and io , being altered to 6 . These were respectively the 9 , 10 and n of the lists of 1730—4 of Pine . The original number one and number four having remained in 173 8 , and became in fact one and two . Original number two was the first to succumb , and

number three did not wait long in following such a poor example . Original No . 4 was once struck off , bnt out of compliment to Bro . Payne , P . G . M . was reinstated , and strange to say , though from 173 S Constitutions it was ranked as second until the " Union of 1813 " it afterwards had to assume its original number of four , at which it still

remains ; No . 1 having to take rank as number two , the present numbers one and three having their position from 1813 because of belonging to the " Athol " Constitution—I give a few of the changes of the first twenty lodges from an early date , as a matter for curious study . Pine . Cons . Cole . Cole . Calendars . Cal . Cals . I 734 i 73 8 r ? 6 .- ? ' 774 1781-92 1814 1832-6 3

111 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 43222244 5 4 3 3 3 3 6 6 0 5 4 7 ~ <» 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 6 s 5 s 10 10 9 8 7 10 9 8 8 8 8 16 16

11 10 9 7 7 7 14 14 12 11 10 6 6 6 12 12 13 12 11 9 9 9 18 18 14 13 12 10 10 10 20 20 15 14 13 'I 11

16 13 14 12 12 11 21 17 16 18 17 19 18 16 20 1 9 17 13 13 12 22 21 WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN .

THE CONSTITUTIONS OF 1746 . I am anxious to know if any brother has a copy of this issue , which was printed and sold by J . Robinson , at the Golden Lion , in Ludgate-street , in the vulgar year of

Masonry 1746 . It is in fact , as Bro . Hughan has pointed out , a " replica" of the edition of 1738 , in another size , being on large paper , with the reproduction of the frontispiece of 1723 . -MASONIC STUDENT .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

Foi the Week ending Friday , August 30 , 1878 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Encampments , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place or day of meeting .

SATURDAY , AUGUST 24 . Lodge 1541 , Alexandra Palace , A . P ., Muswell Hill . LODGES OP INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , St . George ' s Club , Victoria Station . Percy , 113 , Southgate-road , N .

MONDAY , AUGUST 26 . LODGES or INSTRUCTIOU . Wellington , White Swan Hot ., High-st ., Deptford . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Old Rodney's Head , Old-st ., E . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camden Town , at 8 .

Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney . Loughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Greenwich .

TUESDAY , AUGUST 27 . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonville-rd . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st .

Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood . Dalhousie , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney . Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Florence Nightingale , F . M . H ., William-st ., Woolwich . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-road , Battersea .

Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping . Islington , 23 , Gresham-st . Leopold , Woolpack Tavern , Bermondsey-st . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jcrmyn-st ., St . James ' s . Sir Hugh Myddelton , 162 , St . John ' s-st .-rd .

WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 28 . Lodge 754 , High Cross , Seven Sisters' Tav ., Tottenham . „ 778 , Bard of Avon , Greyhound H ., Hampton Ct „ 898 , Temperance-in-the-East , 6 , Newby-pl ., Poplar . „ i-Uo , Chaucer , Bridge House Hot ., London Bridge

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Stones-End , E . Pythagorean , Portland Hot ., London-st ., Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . La Tolerance , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham . Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., Seven Sisters' -rd .

Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park . Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston , E . United Strength , Hope and Anchor , Crowndale-rd , N . W . Whittington , Red Lion , Poppin's-court , Fleet-st ., at 8 . Lewis , King ' s Arms Hot ., Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 8 r , Long Acre . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford . Temperance in theEast . George the 4 th , Ida-st ., Poplar , 7 . 30 . THURSDAY , AUGUST 29 .

Gen . Com . Girls' School , at 4 . LODGES or INSTRUCTION . Onion Waterloo , Chatham Arms , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Egyptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-road . Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Milbank .

Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town . The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st ., Oxford-st . Rose , Walmer Castle Hot ., Peckham-road , at 8 . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood .

FRIDAY , AUGUST 30 . Chap . 134 , Caledonian , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Harp Tav ., Jermyn-st ., W . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . 's ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-road , Deptford .

Clapton , White Hart , Clapton . Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st ., at 7 . St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John's Wood . Westbourne , Lord ' s Hotel , St . John's Wood . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . St . James's , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-road , S . E . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar . Doric , 79 , Whitechapel-road , at 8 .

Burgoyne , The Red Cap , Camden Town , N . W . St . Luke's , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Prince ' s Hall , Buckhurst-hill . Royal Standard , The Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-rd ., N . Ranelagh , Bell and Anchor , Hammersmith-id . William Preston , Feathers Tav ., Up . George-st ., Edgware-rd Hervey , 99 , Fleet-street , at 8 . Earl of Carnarvon , Mitre Hot ., Goulborne-rd ., Notting-hill . Pythagorean Chapter , Portland Hot . London-st ., Greenwich .

Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .

For the Week ending Saturtlay , August 31 , 1878 . MONDAY , AUGUST 26 . Lodge 148 , Lights , M . R ., Warrington . Derby L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .

TUESDAY , AUGUST 27 . Lodge 1609 , Dramatic , M . IL , Liverpool . „ 1675 , Antient Briton , M . IL , Liverpool . „ 721 , Grosvenor , M . R ., Chester . Chap . 823 , Everton , M . H ., Liverpool . Merchants L . of I ., M . H . Liverpool . Prince Arthur L . of I ., 80 , N . Hill-st ., Liverpool . WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 28 .

Lodge 220 , Harmony , Wellington Hot ., Garston . „ 724 , Derby , M . H ., Liverpoal . „ 730 , EUesmere , Royal Oak , Chorley . Chap . 1052 , Callender , Public II ., Rusholme . Neptune L . of I ., M . H ,, Liverpool .

THURSDAY , AUGUST 31 . Lodge 1313 , Fermor , M . H ., Southport . Mariners L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool . SATURDAY , AUGUST 30 . Chap . 178 , Harmony , Royal Hot ., Wigan .

For Masonic Meetings throughout Scotland see Scottt Freemason , which can be obtained at : he Office of paper , 198 , Fleet-street , London .

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