Our Archaological Corner.

Brother S . B . ELLIS' Transcript of an " Ancient '' Prov . Grand Lodge Warrant . AVE are much obliged to our friend and Bro . Ellis for the transcript of the Provincial Grand Lodge "Wan-ant , No . 217 , issued by the " Ancients " on the fifth day of September 1781 .

, It is the first of the kind Ave have seen published for any part of England , but similar documents have been made public of late years Avhich were issued by the same authority for different parts of the United States , & c .

The number 217 placed the document on the le \ el of an ordinary Lodge Warrant ; and on its being no longer required for the purposes mentioned therein , the number was transferred to the Lodge meeting at the

" Masons' Arms , Whitehaven , " which is given in the List of the "Ancient " Lodges , printed in 1813 , and Avhich Lodge became 273 at the '' Union , " soon after which it ceased to exist , as our List of the Lodges at the Union of A . D . 1813 testifies .

, There appears to have been very feAv such Provincial Warrants issued in this country . WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN ,

Ar03601

ERRATA . —In Bro . Hughan ' s fraternal reply to Bro . Holmes respecting the " Notes on the Old Minutes of British Union Lodge , Ipswich , " by the latter , a line of the type unfortunately was misplaced , The first line , second column , page

72—" fact , Ave are open to prove that there are , " should have preceded the last line of the first column , page 73 ; and should read" We cannot agree Avith the statement by Bro . Holmes that ' in the United States a great parade is made of Masonry ; iiot so

, however , in England ] as it is contrary to fact . AVe are open to prove that there are more public Masonic Processions in England in a year than in all the Grand Lodges of the United States in the same time . " The pagination of the Book of

Constitution , 1767-76 , was omitted by Bro . Hughan , and has since been kindl y supplied by him . First part , 1767 , has 3 G 6 pages , and the second part ( appendix ) contains Ixxv pages in quarto .

Israel And England.

ISRAEL AND ENGLAND .

To the Editor of the" MASONIC MAGAZINE . " Dear Sir and Brother , As the author of "Links in the Chain of Evidence connecting Israel and England , " permit me to thank you for the revieAv of it Avhich appeared in the last

number of your Magazine . I am much gratified by the truly Masonic spirit it eA'inces , although it is adverse to the theories and opinions I have endeavoured to set forth . You hit hard , certainly , or yon think you do ; but at the

same time you administer your criticism in as ]) alatable a mode as the case will admit . I esteem and honour my adversary , and only wish that I may be able to convert an open foe into a staunch friend aud true believer in our Israelitish oriin .

g You kindly give me credit for sincerity , and a through belief in the vieAvs I endeavour to pourtray . You are ri ght in this , hoAvever inadequately I have expressed myself . I do most conscientiousl y believe in the truth of the general theory ,

although I frankly admit that the conclusions I have drawn may be Avrong . I have therefore endeavoured , in my little book , to give all my authorities , so that any—I trust , the many—interested in this most important subject may be able to search and Avei gh the matter , each for himself .

As this may be seen by others than brethren of the Mystic tie , I may at times have some difficulty in expressing myself clearly . To you I need scarcely say that I view the question in a Masonic li ght , in the belief that Masonry Avas instituted by T . G . A . 0 . T . U , as one of the means

and chief Avitnesses of His glorious and wonderful Avorkings , and that , with His blessing , it will bring us to the light we require in our research . What is the subject of that research ? It is this . Are we—the British nation— the lineal descendants of Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob ?

Regarding the subject Masonically , we want light . What does the Supreme Grand Master , T . G . A ., say 1 " Thus saith the Lord God : 1 will yet for this be enquired of by the house of