Letter Of Bro. W. J. Hughan, Of England, To The Grand Lodge Uf Ohio.

where six members were admitted on the 19 th inst ., N . S . " November G , 1735 . —They write from fhe Hague "That on Monday , 24 th October , N . S ., there Avas opened a Dutch Lodge , at the now Doole , of the Noble and

Ancient Order of Freemasons , Avith all the order , regularity , and magnificence due to that Illustrious Society . The solemnity was honoured by the presence of their Grand Master , William Cornelius RudemakerTreasurer to his Highness the

, Prince of Orange , etc . " Then again ; Lisbon , of date June 3 , 1736 , They write from Lisbon " that by authority of the Right Honourable the Earl of Weymouth , the then Grand Blaster of all Mason ' s lodgesMr . George Gordon ,

, Mathematician , has constituted a lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in that city ; and that a great many merchants of the Factory ancl other people of distinction

have been received ancl regularly made Freemasons . That Lord George Graham , Lord Forrester , and a great many gentlemen belonging to the English fleet , being brethren , were present at constitAiting the lodge , and it is expected that in a short

time it will be one of the greatest abroad . " Florence , Leghorn , Smyrna , Aleppo . Letter from Florence , dated May 24 , 1738 . —The Freemasons' lodges , Avhich had been interdicted here during the life of the Great Dukeare noAv held again with all the

, libert y and freedom imaginable , and Avithout any dread of the Inquisition , which has no right to attack a society of Avhich the new sovereign is a member . The Freemasons of Leghorn have also reopened their lodgesand Ave hear from Constantinople

, that the lodges of Smyrna and Aleppo are greatl y increased , and that several Turks ° f distinction have been admitted into them . "

The Constitutions of 1738 say but little of all these Masonic interdictions and deputations . It appears therefrom that discount Weymouth granted a -depvAtation to "Bro . George Gordon for constituting a lod ge at Lisbon , in Portugal , " which Avas

numbered 135 on the list of 1736 , in which the lod ge at Boston appears as 126 . Under the Earl of Strathmore a deputation was granted " to eleven German gentlemen , good brothers , for constituting a lodge at ¦ Hamburg , " numbered 124 , another for

Letter Of Bro. W. J. Hughan, Of England, To The Grand Lodge Uf Ohio.

" Valenciennes , in French Flanders , " being No . 127 , and for the Hague , No . 131 ; also one for the Duke of Richmond , at his Castle d'Aubigny , in Fiance , Avas No . 133 . There must have been many more lodges constituted than appears on the regular

list of lodges to account for the rapid increase of Freemasonry throughout the habitable globe , and Ave know that in several instances lodges Avere constituted Avhose names have not been found , on the roll of the Grand Lodge of England in early

days . In many cases Provincial Grand Masters issued Avarrants without the signatures of any of the Grand Lodge officers , and Ai'ere allowed to do so , not only hi England , but also abroad . Apparently at

times the Provincial Grand Masters neglected to report such constitutions , for which reason at the present time we are in ignorance as to what lodges ( if any ) Avere formed in NeAV Jersey and NOAV York by virtue of Coxe ' s Deputation , though Ave

knoAV one Avas instituted at Philadelphia ( if not more ) in 1730 . We might multiply ' instances of this kind , but forbear ; for year by year Ave are accumulating facts instead of theories , and erelong shall knoAV more as to Freemasonry during the last century . ( To be Continued . )

The Ancient Mysteries And Modern Freemasonry; Their Analogies Considered.

THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES AND MODERN FREEMASONRY ; THEIR ANALOGIES CONSIDERED .

BY ALBEKT G . MACKEY , M . D , From the " Voice of Masonry , " for November . THE " Ancient Mysteries" have been a

very fertile topic of misconception among those Avho have treated of them in connection Avith their influence on modern Freemasonry . The earliest school , instituted by Drs . Anderson ancl Desaguliers , followed to some extent by Hutchinson ,

ancl diligently ancl thoroughly cultivated by Dr . Oliver , taught that they Avere the legitimate predecessors of our present