The Albion Lodge, Quebec.

ceased to work there cannot be the slig htest doubt , as also of its having been a London lodge up to then . Of the last warrant ( the fourth in order ) there are several dates given , that of G . L . of 6 th June , 1787 , being the earliest ; but Bro . Gould has traced two others , viz ., in the " Grand Lodge Register H , " folio 49 , of 20 th December , 1787 , and "F , " of 20 th December , 1788 , but g ives a preference to the first-named . Through the kind attentions and enquiries of the learned Grand Master of Quebec , Dr . J . H . Graham , I have been furnished with a transcript of the warrant of 1787 , which bears date 20 th December , and is signed b y the Grand Master , the Earl of Antrim .

Grand Master ( Signed ) Antrim . ( Signed ) Thomas Harper , S . G . W . ( Signed ) Law . Dermott , D . G . M . ( Signed ) Ja . Perry , J . G . W . To all AA'hom it may concern . We , the Grand Lodge of the most Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons ( according to the old Constitutions granted by his Royal Highness Prince Edwin at York , Anno Domini Nine hundred twenty ancl six , and in the Year of Masonry Four thousand nine hundred twenty and six ) in ample Form assembled , viz . ; The Bight Worshipful Most

Potent and Puissant Lord the Bight Honourable Randal William McDonnell , Earl and Baron of Antrim , Lord Viscount Dunhice , Lord Lieutenant of the County of Antrim , in the Province of Ulster and Kingdom of Ireland , Knight of the Most honorable Military Order of the Bath , & one of his Majesty ' s Most Honorable Privy Counsel , and in that part of Great Britain called England , and Masonical jurisdiction thereunto belonging , Grand Master of Masons ; The Bight Worshipful LaAvrence Dermott , Esq ., Deputy Grand Master j The Eight Worshipful Thomas Harper , Esq ., Senior Grand Warden ; and the Bight Worshipful James Perry , Esq ., Junior Grand Warden ( with the approbation ancl Consent of the Warranted Lodges held Avithin the Cities and Suburbs of London and Westminster ) Do hereby authorise and impoAA'er our Trusty and Well-beloved Brethren , viz ' .: The Worshipful Eobert Moorhead , one of our Master Masons ; The Worshipful Peter Geddes , his Senior Warden ; and the

No . IX . Worshiped David Darling ; his Junior Warden ; to ]? orm and Hold a Lodge oi Free and Accepted Masons aforesaid , at or in the fourth Battn . Royal Regt . of Artillery , on all seasonable Times and lawful Occasions ; And in the said Lodge ( when duly congregated ) to admit and make Free Masons according to the most Ancient and Honourable Custom of the Royal Craft in all Ages and nations throughout the knoAvn World . And We do hereby further authorise and impower our said Trusty and Well-beloved Brethren Robert Moorhead , Peter Geddes , & David Darling ( Avith the consent of the Members of their Lodge ) to nominate , chuse , and install their Successors , to Avhom they shall deliver this Warrant and

invest them ivith their PoAA'ers and Dignities as Freemasons , & c . Ancl which Successors shall in like manner nominate , chuse , and install their Successors , & c , & c , & c . Such Installations to be upon ( or near ) every St . John's Day during the Continuance of this Lodge for ever . Providing the above-named Brethren and all their Successors always pay due Respect to this Right Worshipful Grand Lodge , otherwise this Warrant to be of no Force nor Virtue . Given under our Hands and the Seal of our Grand Lodge in London , this Twentieth day of December , in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred Eighty and seven , and in the Year of Masonry Five theusand seven hundred Eighty and seven .

NOTE . This Warrant is Registered in ibe ^ A Grand Lodge , Vol . 1 & 2 , & c . Letter A . B ., f n g \ ( Signed ) John McCormick , & c ., and bears date June 12 , 1752 . ( ( ¦ ¦ ) Grand Secretary , Renewed Deer . 20 , 5787 , Vide Vol . 8 , Letter A . J

The difference is easily accounted for in the dates of 6 th June and 20 th December , 1787 , being the periods when the warrant was agreed to and when signed by the Grand Master respectively . On examining the Records of the " Ancients " sometime since , there was a note therein to the effect that No . 241 was constituted at Quebec , October 22 nd , 1787 . This is the present St . John ' s Lodge of Quebec . It subsequentl y was arranged under the numbers 302 ( 1814 ) , 214 ( 1832 ) , and 182 ( 1863 ) . It dates

from 1787 , but the Albion we shall see takes precedence from 1781 . The Register of 1788 is of course an error as to No . 9 . The transfer to the 4 th Battalion Royal Artillery was agreed to for the sum of five guineas to the Charity , and apparently was obtained by No . 213 so . as to have a higher number . No , 213 was granted to that battalion on the 3 rd Jul y , 1781 , whilst at New York . Bro . Gould tells me that it was duly constituted in that city by the Rev . W . Walter , Prov . G . M . elect on the 18 th October , 1781 , in the pres-