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Freemasonry Abroad.
amongst them—the Grand Lodge of South Australia—is presided ' over by Bro . Chief Justice WAY , and from a report we o * ave of a large gathering in Adelaide on the occasion o ( thc " installation of the Worship ful Masters elect of seven lodges , it is
evident that the greatest interest is taken by the . brethren in the duties devolving upon them . The reports that reach us coneernino- the other jurisdictions are also of the . usual character , and as our M . W . G . Master is Patron of the four independent
Australasian Grand Lodges , the brethren may rely upon our hearty " ood wishes for a continuance of their prosperity . Occasionally a rumour comes to us lhat all is not proceeding as smoothly as could be wished in one ol" the Colonics , but we shall g ive neither credence nor currency l 0 l ' u' rumour until thev assume a
more real and tangible form . In the United States of North America , where there are some . 50 Grand Lodges , each with sovereign jurisdiction over its own tcrritorv , we can only speak in general terms , but thc terms
arc those of hearlv congratulation on the good work-which , on thc whole , is being done by them all . The older Grand Lodges , such as those of New York , Pennsylvania , Massachusetts , & c , are not only very strong numerically , but their influence is
proportionately even in excess of their strength , and our chief regret is lhat wc are unable to give more , than occasional and brief glimpses at their doings . We cannot , however , allow this opportunity to pass without condoling , as we do most sincerely ,
with our brethren of New York on the death , during the year , of Bro . ROBERT MACOY , whose fame as a literary Mason , and also as the Grand Recorder of Knights Templar , is what may , without exaggeration , be described as world-wide ; and also with those
of Pennsylvania on the loss they have sustained by the death of Past Grand Master thc Hon . RICHARD V . \ UX , one of thc ablest of the many able brethren who have presided over their Grand Lodge . Manv good men and true in the United States have
passed away , but these appear to us to have been their greatest losses . Let us hope that in future years the short but encouraging account we arc able to give of Masonry in the United States mav be without such painful additions .
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It is impossible to say more in the way of commendation than has already been said in our columns and elsewhere of this valuable series of Masonic Reprints or of the important services which Lodge Quatuor Coronati is rendering tothe Craft by
thenpublication . Many a roll of Old Charges which had never previously—not in modern times , at all events—seen the li ght of day , has become familiar to ihe brethren through the medium of these reprints , and it is sincerely to be hoped that encouragement
enough will be given to them to secure a continuation of the series until all that is valuable and therefore necessary to a just appreciation of the laws of Freemasonry in the pne-Speculative period has been issued . The reproduction in facsimile of these
ancient documents is an expensive process , and it will be a slur on the fair fame of English Masons , if at any lime , through lack of support on their part , Lodge Quatuor Coronati should find it necessary in its own interests lo bring the series prematurely to a close .
Volume VI ., receipt of which we had the pleasure of acknowledging last week , contains , as we then said , three more of these MSS ., namely , the "Inigo Jones , " the "Wood , " and the " Lechmere , " and to each is appended an introduction , in which
in a few concisely-written paragraphs , tin ; editor , without entering into the merits oi any rival theories that may have been hazarded by different experts as to dates and other matters of interest , s ales what is known or has been conjectured about it . The "Inigo
Jones" MS . which is so named from its supposed association with the great English architect of the lirst hall" of the 17 II 1 Century , is , from a typographical point of view , a work of art . Jt was published
for the lirst time in full in the " Masonic Magazine" of July , 1881 , by the late Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . WOODKOKD , while one page of it will be found in photographic reduced facsimile in the second edition of Bro . HUGHAN ' " Old Charges , " where there is also
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given such a description pf the distinguishing points in this as compared with other MSS . as its importance undoubtedly calls for . Bro . Sl'ETH does not take upon himself to decide in favour of any one of the opinions expressed by the experts iti reference
to the leading points in dispute amongst them . There is , however , an appearance of general agreement between his views and those of Bro . HuGHAN , more especially as regards the year 1607 , which appears on the title page and frontispiece of the
MS . Botli agree in rejecting ( his as the actual date of producduction , aud both , for similar reasons , decline to believe that LviGO J ONES had anything to do with the drawing of the Frontispiece . However , on these and other matters , we cannot do
better than , in thc first place , refer our readers to Bro . Sl'ETu ' s Introduction , and then , following his example , to the several articles in the freemason , and the passages in Bro . HUGHAN ' work , and in the Transactions of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , to
which hc has thought it desirable to make reference . It will interest our readers to know that this MS . was purchased at the sale of the late Bro . WOODFORD ' library , by Bro . GEORGE KE . VNI . VG who , in his turn , sold it to Bro . GEORGE TAYLOR , and that the latter made it over to the Worcester Alasonic
Library , in whose custody it now remains . The " Wood MS ., " the reproduction of which in facsimile is also a very beautiful specimen of the typographer ' s art , is thus
named from the fact that it was the property for some 20 years of a Mr . WOOD , from whose hands it passed into thc possession of our late Bro . WOODFORD . On the latter ' s death it was sold
to Bro . GEORGE KENNING , and by him disposed of to Bro . GEORGE T . W LOR , who handed it over to the Worcester Masonic Library . This MS . was reproduced in the " Masonic Magazine" for June , i 88 i , by Bro . WOODFORD , and there is one
page of it introduced in facsimile in Bro . HUGHAN ' S " Old Charges" ( 2 nd edition ) . It has a title-page , the date on which —1610—does not appear to have been ever called in question ,
while , what is still more rare , it has a very elaborate index , respecting which Bro . HUGHAN says " it is the only one I have ever met with of the kind . " In his introductory notice , Bro . SPETH tells us that " the whole form of the document is
calculated to raise a doubt as to its intended purpose , " the title page recording that it was " Newlye Translated "—i . e . copied"by J . Whylestone for John Sargensonne , 1610 , " but tin
conclusion which Bro . SPETH considers it safe to adopt is thai " John Sargensonne was a collector or antiquary , " about whom , however , lie has been unable to obtain any particulars .
The " Lechmere . M . S ., " so called because it was purchased some vears since in London by the late Bro . Sir E . A . IL LECHMERE , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . M . Worcestershire , and by him presented to the Worcester Masonic Library , was reproduced in
the ' Masonic Magazine for December , 1882 , by Bro . WOODFORD , but no portion of it has ever before been reproduced in facsimile . It is composed of three slips of parchment stitched together . Of these , thc first is incomplete , all that portion
which precedes the concluding ** lause of the Nimrod Charges having been cut off , while the lop of the second strip has been damaged by damp , a few of the words being thus rendered illegible . According to the editor in his Introduction , the date
" is supposed to be the latter half of the 17 II 1 century , " whi ' Bro . Ht'GllAN says that the late Bro . WOODFORD assigned il l " " not later than 164 O , presumably because it is so much like tl" '
'Sloane MS ., No . 3 848 , ' of that year . In this case the e < m ><\ has very wisely added a " transcript" forthe benefit of th ''* -1 ' who are not expert in deciphering MSS . of two or three < vn *
tunes ago . There is nothing to add to the foregoing description of ll" ' valuable contents of this Volume VI . of the Quatuor Coron . 'i " Reprints beyond a most cordial expression of our thanks to d ***
lodge which is doing such service to Masonic literature , and t <> liro . Sl'ETH , the editor , on the exceeding care he has bestow < l on the work of reproduction , and the clear and concise form in which thc information he furnishes is presented .
THK DUKE OF LKKDS died at Horn ' iy Castle , his cjuntry seat , in the North-V * " * j Riding < f Yorkshire , on Tuesday . His Grace was born on the nth August , 1 S 2 S , a ™ had tt us attained the age of 67 yeirs . Through his death the title and estates devJ . " upon his eldest son , Br < j . the Marquis of Carmarthen , M . P . for Brixton , who was l iurn in 1862 . We offer our respectful condolence to the family of the deceased duke .
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Freemasonry Abroad.
amongst them—the Grand Lodge of South Australia—is presided ' over by Bro . Chief Justice WAY , and from a report we o * ave of a large gathering in Adelaide on the occasion o ( thc " installation of the Worship ful Masters elect of seven lodges , it is
evident that the greatest interest is taken by the . brethren in the duties devolving upon them . The reports that reach us coneernino- the other jurisdictions are also of the . usual character , and as our M . W . G . Master is Patron of the four independent
Australasian Grand Lodges , the brethren may rely upon our hearty " ood wishes for a continuance of their prosperity . Occasionally a rumour comes to us lhat all is not proceeding as smoothly as could be wished in one ol" the Colonics , but we shall g ive neither credence nor currency l 0 l ' u' rumour until thev assume a
more real and tangible form . In the United States of North America , where there are some . 50 Grand Lodges , each with sovereign jurisdiction over its own tcrritorv , we can only speak in general terms , but thc terms
arc those of hearlv congratulation on the good work-which , on thc whole , is being done by them all . The older Grand Lodges , such as those of New York , Pennsylvania , Massachusetts , & c , are not only very strong numerically , but their influence is
proportionately even in excess of their strength , and our chief regret is lhat wc are unable to give more , than occasional and brief glimpses at their doings . We cannot , however , allow this opportunity to pass without condoling , as we do most sincerely ,
with our brethren of New York on the death , during the year , of Bro . ROBERT MACOY , whose fame as a literary Mason , and also as the Grand Recorder of Knights Templar , is what may , without exaggeration , be described as world-wide ; and also with those
of Pennsylvania on the loss they have sustained by the death of Past Grand Master thc Hon . RICHARD V . \ UX , one of thc ablest of the many able brethren who have presided over their Grand Lodge . Manv good men and true in the United States have
passed away , but these appear to us to have been their greatest losses . Let us hope that in future years the short but encouraging account we arc able to give of Masonry in the United States mav be without such painful additions .
Quatuor Coronatorum Antigraphia*
QUATUOR CORONATORUM ANTIGRAPHIA *
It is impossible to say more in the way of commendation than has already been said in our columns and elsewhere of this valuable series of Masonic Reprints or of the important services which Lodge Quatuor Coronati is rendering tothe Craft by
thenpublication . Many a roll of Old Charges which had never previously—not in modern times , at all events—seen the li ght of day , has become familiar to ihe brethren through the medium of these reprints , and it is sincerely to be hoped that encouragement
enough will be given to them to secure a continuation of the series until all that is valuable and therefore necessary to a just appreciation of the laws of Freemasonry in the pne-Speculative period has been issued . The reproduction in facsimile of these
ancient documents is an expensive process , and it will be a slur on the fair fame of English Masons , if at any lime , through lack of support on their part , Lodge Quatuor Coronati should find it necessary in its own interests lo bring the series prematurely to a close .
Volume VI ., receipt of which we had the pleasure of acknowledging last week , contains , as we then said , three more of these MSS ., namely , the "Inigo Jones , " the "Wood , " and the " Lechmere , " and to each is appended an introduction , in which
in a few concisely-written paragraphs , tin ; editor , without entering into the merits oi any rival theories that may have been hazarded by different experts as to dates and other matters of interest , s ales what is known or has been conjectured about it . The "Inigo
Jones" MS . which is so named from its supposed association with the great English architect of the lirst hall" of the 17 II 1 Century , is , from a typographical point of view , a work of art . Jt was published
for the lirst time in full in the " Masonic Magazine" of July , 1881 , by the late Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . WOODKOKD , while one page of it will be found in photographic reduced facsimile in the second edition of Bro . HUGHAN ' " Old Charges , " where there is also
Quatuor Coronatorum Antigraphia*
given such a description pf the distinguishing points in this as compared with other MSS . as its importance undoubtedly calls for . Bro . Sl'ETH does not take upon himself to decide in favour of any one of the opinions expressed by the experts iti reference
to the leading points in dispute amongst them . There is , however , an appearance of general agreement between his views and those of Bro . HuGHAN , more especially as regards the year 1607 , which appears on the title page and frontispiece of the
MS . Botli agree in rejecting ( his as the actual date of producduction , aud both , for similar reasons , decline to believe that LviGO J ONES had anything to do with the drawing of the Frontispiece . However , on these and other matters , we cannot do
better than , in thc first place , refer our readers to Bro . Sl'ETu ' s Introduction , and then , following his example , to the several articles in the freemason , and the passages in Bro . HUGHAN ' work , and in the Transactions of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , to
which hc has thought it desirable to make reference . It will interest our readers to know that this MS . was purchased at the sale of the late Bro . WOODFORD ' library , by Bro . GEORGE KE . VNI . VG who , in his turn , sold it to Bro . GEORGE TAYLOR , and that the latter made it over to the Worcester Alasonic
Library , in whose custody it now remains . The " Wood MS ., " the reproduction of which in facsimile is also a very beautiful specimen of the typographer ' s art , is thus
named from the fact that it was the property for some 20 years of a Mr . WOOD , from whose hands it passed into thc possession of our late Bro . WOODFORD . On the latter ' s death it was sold
to Bro . GEORGE KENNING , and by him disposed of to Bro . GEORGE T . W LOR , who handed it over to the Worcester Masonic Library . This MS . was reproduced in the " Masonic Magazine" for June , i 88 i , by Bro . WOODFORD , and there is one
page of it introduced in facsimile in Bro . HUGHAN ' S " Old Charges" ( 2 nd edition ) . It has a title-page , the date on which —1610—does not appear to have been ever called in question ,
while , what is still more rare , it has a very elaborate index , respecting which Bro . HUGHAN says " it is the only one I have ever met with of the kind . " In his introductory notice , Bro . SPETH tells us that " the whole form of the document is
calculated to raise a doubt as to its intended purpose , " the title page recording that it was " Newlye Translated "—i . e . copied"by J . Whylestone for John Sargensonne , 1610 , " but tin
conclusion which Bro . SPETH considers it safe to adopt is thai " John Sargensonne was a collector or antiquary , " about whom , however , lie has been unable to obtain any particulars .
The " Lechmere . M . S ., " so called because it was purchased some vears since in London by the late Bro . Sir E . A . IL LECHMERE , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . M . Worcestershire , and by him presented to the Worcester Masonic Library , was reproduced in
the ' Masonic Magazine for December , 1882 , by Bro . WOODFORD , but no portion of it has ever before been reproduced in facsimile . It is composed of three slips of parchment stitched together . Of these , thc first is incomplete , all that portion
which precedes the concluding ** lause of the Nimrod Charges having been cut off , while the lop of the second strip has been damaged by damp , a few of the words being thus rendered illegible . According to the editor in his Introduction , the date
" is supposed to be the latter half of the 17 II 1 century , " whi ' Bro . Ht'GllAN says that the late Bro . WOODFORD assigned il l " " not later than 164 O , presumably because it is so much like tl" '
'Sloane MS ., No . 3 848 , ' of that year . In this case the e < m ><\ has very wisely added a " transcript" forthe benefit of th ''* -1 ' who are not expert in deciphering MSS . of two or three < vn *
tunes ago . There is nothing to add to the foregoing description of ll" ' valuable contents of this Volume VI . of the Quatuor Coron . 'i " Reprints beyond a most cordial expression of our thanks to d ***
lodge which is doing such service to Masonic literature , and t <> liro . Sl'ETH , the editor , on the exceeding care he has bestow < l on the work of reproduction , and the clear and concise form in which thc information he furnishes is presented .
THK DUKE OF LKKDS died at Horn ' iy Castle , his cjuntry seat , in the North-V * " * j Riding < f Yorkshire , on Tuesday . His Grace was born on the nth August , 1 S 2 S , a ™ had tt us attained the age of 67 yeirs . Through his death the title and estates devJ . " upon his eldest son , Br < j . the Marquis of Carmarthen , M . P . for Brixton , who was l iurn in 1862 . We offer our respectful condolence to the family of the deceased duke .