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Successors , when in regular Grand Lodge formed , to hear , adjust , and impartially determine all and singular Matters of Complaint , Dispute , Debate , or Controversy , relative to the Craft within the Jurisdiction aforesaid ; strictly requiring all and every of our Worthy and Loving

Brethren within the Jurisdiction aforesaid to be Conformable to all and every of the good Rules , Orders , Issues and Decrees , which shall from Time to Time be ordered , issued or decreed by the said Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Lodge ; herein

reserving to ourselves our ancient Prerogative of hearing Appeals ; and Administration of such Things as shall ( bond fide *) appear absolutely necessary for the Honour and Benefit of the Craft in general . And , lastly , We do hereby authorize and

impower our said Trusty and Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master , and Grand Wardens , together with their lawful Associates being the installed Masters , Wardens and Past Masters of the Regular Lodges within the Jurisdiction aforesaid , in Grand Lodge assembled to nominate , chuse and instal their successors to whom they

shall deliver this Warrant , and invest them with their particular Jewels and Masonical Powers and Dignities as Provincial Grand Officers , & c , & c ., & c . And such Successors shall in like Manner nominate , chuse and instal , & c . their successors , & c , & c ,

such Installation to be upon or near every Saint John ' s Day , the Twenty fourth of June , during the continuance of the said Provincial Grand Lodge for ever . Providing the said Right Worshipful Hugh Clieney , Daniel PlowmannWilliam

, Irickitt and all the successors , Grand Officers of the said Provincial Grand Lodge do continually pay due respect to the Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , by whom this Warrant

is granted , otherwise this Warrant and Constitution to be of no Force , nor Virtue . Given under our Hands and Seal of the Grancl Lodge in London , the Fifth day of September in the year of our Lord , One Thousand Seven Hundred Ei ghty and One , in the Year of Masonry Five Thousand Seven Hundred Ei ghty and One , and in the Seventh year of the Grand Mastership

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of His Grace the Duke of Atholl , ( fee . & e . & c . Cliarles BeaMock , Grand Secretary This Warrant is on parchment , measuring 20 in . b 16 in . I have indicated

y by italics the actual signatures and other portions written , all the rest of the Warrant being printed . There is a broad margin on the left hand , wherein appears " No . 217 , " under this number is a red seal , to which is attached a ribbon 1 £ in . wide of

two colours , viz . lig ht blue and light yellow , in equal proportions . At the foot of the margin is written as follows : "Note—This " Warrant is registered in the Grand Lodge " Vol . 8 , Letter II . " Another bit of ribbon of same colours , but only f in . wide , is thread through the parchment at the bottom of the margin , and another piece

is in the top righ-hand corner ot the Warrant . The fact of this Warrant being printed suggests that if others were not actually issued , they were contemplated , and it is just possible the publication of this one may lead to others being discovered .

N . B . —Bro . Cheney ' s and Bro . Trickitt ' s names are in the list of members of the Royal Arch Chapter ( Paradise ) prior to 1783 . I hope to be able to resume the publication of those extracts next month . S . B . ELLIS . Sheffield , 1 st July , 1876 .

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MASONIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL NOTES AND QUERIES .

SIR AND BROTHER , —In looking through Dr . Birch ' s interesting Court and Times of Charles I ., I noted the following references to the Rosicrueians , which I think will prove of interest to your readers . I venture to suggest that if all our reading brethren would jot down the stray notes

they come across , respecting this interesting body , it would prove a valuable addition to our knowledge of the brethren of the Rosy Cross . Yours fraternally , EMRA HOLMES . P . S . —The brethren of the Rosy Cross degree ( which many think an emanation from the Alchemical Secret Society ) , the