Freemasonry In Cardiff.

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T 11 K MASONIC T ' - 'lII'Ll' ( WHIST VII- 'W ) , CA 1 ( 1 ) 1 I'l- ' . ( I'holn . Diykhiu , Canli / fJ .

Much of the increase in Masonry follows the same principle as the extraordinary recent increase in the population of the town , caused b , " an influx of people from both England and Wales , besides a large continental contingent , who have rushed to join in the prolits of the mining and

transit of the mineral from the great coal-basin situate hut a few miles to the North of Cardiff . The proportions of this inllux may be judged from the fact that while in 1814 the population was only 3 , , it is now probably over 180 , 000 . But although called the "Chicago of Wales , " the town has a very ancient history ; Roman remains of good preservation

stand in the town , and the succeeding British period has left many traces in the neighbourhood especially interesting to learned Masons in that sculptured monuments bearing date from the sixth to the ninth century are richly decorated with Masonic symbols , most revered of old and cherished

to-daythe T , the fylfot , and the sun . These monuments will , it may be hoped , be fully elucidated from the Masonic point of view b y local members of the " Quatuor Coronati . " Of a later period also , the numerous Norman and succeeding ruins furnish many mementoes of the operative Masons of those periods .

The Cardiff lodges include the Glamorgan , 3 6 ; the Bute , 9 60 ; the Tennant , 1992 ; the Duke cf York , 2453 ; the Llangattock , 2547 ; the Prince Llewelyn , 2570 ; and the Loval Commercial , 2720 .

( To he continual . )