Old Warrants.

Old Warrants .

No . 22 . No . 276 , "Ancients ; " No . 348 at the Union of A . D . 1813 ( list of 1814 ) ; No . 245 in A . D . 1832 , and No . 203 from A . D . 1863 . D D D D D Seal .

ATIIOLL GRAND MASTER . WAT & IN LEWIS S . G . W . JAS . A CAK D . G . M . JOHN BANN J . G . W Eo nil foljom it man rotutrn WE the GRAND LODGE of the moat ANCIKNT and HONOURABLE FRA TERNITY of FREE and ACCEPTED MASONS ( according to the old Con

stitutions granted by His ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE EDWIN at York , Anno Domini Nine hundred twenty and six , and in tho year of Masonry Fonr thousand Nine hundred twenty and six ) in ample Form assembled , viz ., The RIGHT WORSHIPFUL AND MOST NOBLE AND PUISSANT PRINCE JonN , Marquis , Duke and Earl of A'rnoLL , Marquis

and Earl of Tullibarcline , Earl of Strathtay and Strathardle , Viscount Balquhidar , Glenalmond and Glenlyon , Lord Murray , Belvenie and Gask , Constable of Kinclaven , Lord of Man and the Isles , Earl Strange and Baron Murray of Stanley in Gloucester , GRAND MASTER of MASONS , the RIGHT WORSHIPFUL JAMES AGAR , Esquire , DEPUTY

GRAND MASTER , the RIGHT WORSHIPFUL SIR WATKIN LEWIS , Knt ., & c , & c , SENIOR GRAND WARDEN , and the RIGHT WORSHIPFUL JOHN BANN , Esquire , JUNIOR GRAND WARDEN , with the approbation and consent of the WARRANTED LODGES held within the Cities and Suburbs of LONDON and WESTMINSTER , do hereby authorise

No . 276 and impower our Trusty and Well . beloved brethren , viz ., The WORSHIPFUL JAMES CHALMERS one of our MASTER MASONS . THE WORSHIPFUL THOMAS APPLETON his SENIOR WARDEN , and the WORSHIPFUL JOHN DOUGLASS his JUNIOR WARDEN to Form and Hold a LODGE of FREE and ACCEPTED MASONS aforesaid

at the Freemasons Tavern , Sir Thomas Buildings , Liverpool , or elsewhere in the said Town of Liverpool upon the First Wednesday in every month , on all seasonable Times and lawful Occasions . And in the said Lodge ( when duly congregratod ) to admit and make Free Masons according to tho most Ancient and Honourable Custom

of the Royal Craft in all Ages aud Nation throughout the known World , and we do hereby further authorise and impower our said Trusty and Well-beloved Brethren JAMES CHALMERS , THOMAS APPLETON and JonN DOUGLASS , with the consent of the Members of their LODGE , to nominate , chuse and install their Successors , to

whom they shall deliver this WARRANT and invest them with their Powers and Dignities as FREE MASONS . And such 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 dne 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 Tenth Day of August , in the year of our Lord , Ono Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety and Two , and in the year of Masonry Five Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety and Two . i—i i i i—i i t i—i f i

Seal . ROBERT LESLIE Grand Secretary . NOTE . —This Warrant is registered in the Grand Lodge , Vol . 8 ., Letter H . We have had again to refer to onv friend and Bro . Hughan , for an

explanation , and , as usual , have been favoured wuh an explicit answer to our queries . The transcript sent us bore three numbers , viz ., 203 , 270 and 245 , which puzzled us not a little , but the follow , ing interesting communication , from Bro . Hughan , will fully unravel all the difficulties : —

MY DEAR CONSTABLE , —Tho No . 270 on tho transcript , duly received from , you , should be 276 , and i 3 doubtless an error of the copyist , it being extremely difficult , sometimes , to decipher the old caligraphy . The Nos . 245 and 203 , have been added of late years , and represent the numerical position of the " Ancient Union Lodge "

from 1832 to 1862 , and from 1863 to the present time , its location now being tho Masonic Temple , Hope-street , Liverpool , aud its number 203 , as you know . We have , accordingly , altered the number on the copy before us from 270 to 276 , and erased the other two numbers , as tho latter only tend to mislead .

The series of " Ancient" Warrants , now being published through your exertions , is a valuable one , and , iu several instances , the information given has enabled us to add the years of constitution to Lodges , of which , previously , wc had no account . Had it not been for the mistake in the number of the Warrant under consideration ,

and the insertion , by some modem scribe , of two other numbers , the Lodge could easily have been traced by reference to our " List of Lodges , " attached to our " Memorials of the Masonic Union of 1813 , " as the " Ancient Uuion Lodge , " Liverpool , still works by its original Warrant , and never appears to have purchased a higher position on the Roll , as many did prior to 1814 .

With best wishes , Fraternally youra , WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN , Truro , 23 rd August 1876 . P . G . D .

Old Warrants.

No . 23 . COPY OF ORIGINAL CHARTER OF THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK .

No . 219 . ATHOLL , Grand Master . [ SEAL . ] JAS . JONES , S . G . W . WM . DICKEY , D . G . M . JAS . READ , J . G . W . To all whom it may Concern . WE , GRAND LODGE of tho 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 am , sw > , and in the year of Masonry four thousand nine hundred twenty and six ) , in ample fo'tn assembled , viz .: The Right Worshipful and Most Noble Prince Johu the Third , Duke , Marquis and Earl of Atholl , Marquis and Earl of Tullibardine , Earl of Strathtay and Strathardle , Viscount of Balqnider , Glenalmond and Glenlyon , Lord Murray , Belveny and Gask ,

Heretable Captain and Constable of the Castle and Constabulary of Kincleaven , Hereditary Keeper of the Palace of Falkland , one of the Sixteon Peers of Scotland , and in that part of Great Britain called England , and Masonical Jurisdiction thereunto belouging , Grand Master of Masons ; the Right Worshipful William Dickey , Esquire , Deputy Grand Master ; the Right Worshipful James Jones ,

Esquire , Senior Grand Warden ; and the Right Worshipful James Read , Esquire , Junior Grand Warden ; with the approbation and consent of the Warranted Lodges held within the cities and suburbs of London and Westminster ; do , by theso Presents , authorise and impower our Trusty and Well-beloved brethren , Free and Accepted Ancient Masons , who , at the Time of this present Writing , are , or

hereafter shall become , inhabitants of the Province of New York in North America , to congregate , form and hold a Provincial Grand Lodge in the City of New York and Province of New York aforesaid , independent of any former Dispensation , Warrant , or Constitution , ordered , given , or granted by Us , or any of our Predecessors , Grand Masters of England , to any Mason or Masons residing within the

Masonical Jurisdiction aforesaid ; such Provincial Grand Lodge , when duly constituted , to be held Annually , Half-yearly , Quarterly , Monthly , or at any seasonable time or times as occasion shall require . And We do hereby nominate , constitute and appoint Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Brother , the Reverend William Walter , Master of Arts , to be Our Provincial Grand Master ; Our Right Trusty

and Well-beloved Brother , John Stedholmo Browning , Esquire , to be Our Provincial Senior Grand Warden ; and our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Brother the Reverend John Beardsley , Master of Arts , to be our Provincial Junior Grand Warden , within the Masonical Jurisdiction aforesaid ; who , together with the aforesaid Provincial Grand Master , and his Deputy , when appointed and installed , and

Provincial Grand Wardens , shall be addressed by the stile and title of tho Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master , Grand Wardens , & c . And We do hereby further authorise and impower our said Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master , William Walter , his Deputy and Grand Wardens , John Stedholme Browning , Esq ., and John Beardsley , with the approbation and advice of their Grand Lodge , to

grant Dispensations , Warrants aud Constitutions , for the congregating and making Free and Accepted Masons , forming and holding of Lodges within the Jurisdiction aforesaid , according to the most Ancient and Honourable Custom of the Royal Craft , in all ages and nations throughout the known world . And We do , by these Presents , further authorise and impower our said Trusty and Right Worshipful

Brethren , the Provincial Grand Master , Grand Wardens , and their legal 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 tho Craft within the Jurisdiction aforesaid ; strictly requiring all and every of onr Worthy and Loving Brethren within the Jurisdiction aforesaid , to be

comformablo 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 5 herein reserving to ourselves onr antient Prerogative of hearing Appeals , and Administration of such Things as shall ( bona fide ) appear absolutely necessary for tho Honour and Benefit of the Craft in general . And

lastly , We do hereby authorise 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 Graud Lodge assembled , to nominate , chuse and install , 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 iustall , & c , their Successors , & c , & c , such Installation to be upon or near overy Saint John ' s Day , the Twenty-fourth of June , during the Continuance of tho said Provincial Grand Lodge for ever . Providing the said Right

Worshipful William Walter , John Stedholme Browning , Esq ., John Beardsley , aud all the Successors , Grand Officers of the said Provincial Grand Lodge , do continually pay dno respect to the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable 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 Grand Lodge in London , the Fifth Day of September , in tho year of our Lord , One Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty and One , in tho year of Masonry , Five Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty and One , and in the Seventh Year of the Graud Mastership of His Grace tho Duke of Atholl , & c , & c , & c . CHAR ' S BEARBLOCK ,

[ SEAL . ] Grand Secretary . NOTE . —This Wan-ant is registered iu the Grand Lodge , Vol . 8 , letter H . P . S . —This Provincial Grand Lodge was struck off the roll of the " Ancients , " with very many other American Lodges , at the "Union " of A . D . 1813 , and is a valuable relic of " ye oldon tyme . "—JOHN C 0 SSTABI . E ,