Ancient Lodges.

232 White Hart , Old Town , Plymouth , second and fourth Monday , March 1 , 1758 . 233 Bell , Broad-street , Bristol , second and fourth Monday , March 8 , 1758 . 234 Lodge at Bombay , in East Indies , March 24 , 1758 235 Green Man , Berwick-street , St . James ' s , first and

third Friday , Aug . 6 , 1758 . 236 Swan , at Yarmouth , Norfolk , the Sea Captains Lodge , Jan . 1 , 1759 . 237 Three Crowns at Plymouth , the second division of Marines , Jan . 2 , 1759 . 238 St . James's Lodge at Barbadoes , May 20 , 1758 . 239 New Inn at Exeter , first and third Wednesday . 240 Sun at Newton Abbot , Devonshire , first and third Thursday , March 1759 .

241 Mildmay ' s Wine vaults , in the west town of Drediton , Devon , first Monday , April 21 , 1759 . 242 Royal Oak , Portsmouth-common , second and fourth Friday , April 24 , 1759 . 243 Compass and Square , Bernard Castle , Durham , first Monday , April 21 , 1759 . 244 Mermaid , at Windsor , third Thursday , June 6 ,

1759 . 245 Temple Lodge at Bristol , first and third Monday , July 2 , 1759 . 2 < t 6 Vine , King ' s Arms Passage , Poultry , London , third Wednesday , Aug . 24 , 1759 . 247 Prince George Lodge , in George Town Wingan , South Carolina , once a Month , 1743 . 248 Union Lodge , Charles Town , South Carolina , second and fourth Thursday , May 3 , 1755 .

249 A Master ' s Lodge , Charles Town , South Carolina , first Monday , March 22 , 1756 . 250 Port Royal , at Beaufort , Port Royal Carolina , every other Wednesday , Sept . 15 , 1756 . 251 Solomon ' s Lodge , in Charles Town , South Carolina , first and third Thursday . 1735 . 252 Cock at Hull , Yorkshire , second and last

Thursday , Aug . 20 , 1759 . 253 King ' s Head , Canterbury , first and third Wednesday , Jan . 14 , 1760 . 254 A Lodge ou board the Vanguard , Jan . 10 , 1760 . 255 St . Andrew ' s Cross , near the Hermitage , first and third Friday . 256 Three Crowns at Guernsey .

257 Globe , Hatton-garden , first and third Friday , Nov . 27 , 1760 . 258 Talbot , Leeds , Yorkshire , second and fourth Wednesday , a Master ' s Lodge , Jan . 8 , 1761 . 259 Punch Bowl , Stonegate , York , first and third Monday , Jan . 12 , 1761 .

260 Feathers , Cheapside , London , first and third Thursday , March 9 , 1761 . 261 Square and Compass , Whitehaven , Cumberland , second Monday , May 4 , 1761 . 262 Lord Granby's Head , Dover , first and third Friday , May 8 , 1761 . 263 Sun , at Darlington , Yorkshire .

264 Spread Eagle , Wisbeach , in the Isle of Ely , first and third Tuesday , Aug . 20 , 1761 . 265 Three Coughs , Portsmouth Common , first and third Wednesday , Aug . 20 , 1761 . 266 Union Lodge , Crow-lane , Barbadoes , first Wednesday , Sept . 17 , 1761 . 267 A Lodge at Kingston-upon-Hull , second and fourth

Thursday , Oct . 27 , 1761 . 268 All Saints Lodge , at Wooler , Northumberland , Jan . 1 . 1762 . 269 St . George ' s Lodge , at the Half Moon . Exeter , first and third Tuesday , Jan . 20 , 1762 . 270 Green Man , Ipswich , Suffolk , Jan . 21 , 1762 . 271 Royal Frederick , at Rotterdam , Jan . 25 , 1762 . ( To be Continued . )

Masonic Notes And Qjjeries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QJJERIES .

MASONIC MSS . IIS" THE BRITISH MUSEUM . In reference to the subject of the age of the Masonic MSS . in the British Museum , I asked Professor lnnes if he could give me the name of any acquaintance in London , upon whom he could rely , who would be likely to give a trustworthy opinion thereupon , when

he said , yes , and very kindly gave me a letter of introduction to Mr . Bond , the keeper of the MSS . in the British Museum ; and I am very happy to be able to state that Mr . Bond in the most courteous manner responded to my inquiries , and I believe that I cannot do better than give his answer exactly as I received it : —

" British Museum , 8 th June , 1869 . " Dear Sir , —I am happy to be able to assist you in your doubts as to the antiquity of some of the MSS . on the Society of the Masons—as far as those are concerned of which you have given me the numbers in our collection , I can speak without any

hesitation as to the general period of their date : — "Bibl . Beg , 17 a . I . is of the middle of the 15 th century . " Harl . 2 , 054 , is probably of the middle of the 17 th century . " Harl . 1942 , is of the beginning of the 17 th century . " Sloane 3 , 848 , f . 213 ( 179 present pagination ) is dated 1646 .

" Sloane 3 , 323 , f . 195 , is of the latter part of the 17 th century . " Sloane 3329 , f . 102 , is probably of the beginning the 18 th century . " Lansdown 98 , art . 48 , is of about the year 1600 . " Sloane 3023 is not a Masonic MS .

" I have confined myself simply to the consideration of the dates of the MSS ., and trust the object of your inquiry will be served by the answers I have been able to g ive you . " Believe me , " Very faithfull

y yours , " "W . P . Buchan , Esq . " " EDWD . A . BOND . " There is also another MS ., published recently by Matthew Cooke , entitled— " Add MS ., No . 23 , 198 , ' " whose age Mr . Bond kindl y informs me is " of the middle or latter part of the loth century . '

The Bibl . Beg . 17 A . I . ff 32 ; which is published by Mr . Halliwell in "History of Ereemasonry in England , " seems , therefore , not to be so old as the 14 th century , upon reading it over carefully , before I wrote Mr . Bond , I judged from certain passages in it that it seemed to me " written not later than the

Intter part of the 14 th century , " was surely a mistake , ¦ end I said so . In reference to Harl 1942 , or Lansdown 98 , Art . 48 , 1 consider we are fairly entitled to ask the gentleman who was Editor of the Magazine in July 16 th , 1859 , for an explanation of the assertions which he

then made at page 28 of that date , when he affirmed that , — "the MS . in question , so far from being of the year 1600 , is not more than 130 years old ? " Regarding Sloane 3 , 329 , f . 102 , which Bro . Eindel places in the 17 th century , it seems to belong to the ISth . Sloane 3 , 848 and 3 , 323 , also Harl 2 , 054 , Bro .