Engraved Lists Of Lodges.

Sometimes a number , which is vacant in one year , was filled in for the following year by the insertion of a lodge warranted abroad , the particulars of which , from the Provincial Grand Master , came too lato for its being placed in its proper position . When it was impossible to have such a , lodge put at its fair

number , according to the date of its charter issued by the authority of the Provincial Grand Master , its name , & c . ; would be retained under a later number until a suitable vacancy occurred by the erasure of a lodge , when in the subsequent edition of the List , it would bc found duly raised to a higher

position , becoming its dignity and age . Particularly was this so with American and Continental lodges , even during the same numeration . The changes in the numbers of tho lodges during the last century were as follows , and are so noted in the Calendars for the years immediately following , or for the same

year as named—1740 , 1750 , 1770 , 1780 , 1781 , 1792 . Tho alterations in this century have been in 1814 ( at the Union ) , 1832 and 180 "J . I hope there will not be another , at all events ,

until twenty years or more have elapsed . The " Atholl " Grand Lodge officially published Lists in 1804 , 1807 and 1 . 81 : 3 , and issued Calendars , as did the elder Grand Lodge , but none can be traced at the present time .

So far as we know , the numbering of the lodges was first exhibited iu the engraved list of 1729 , " but there is ' no certainty on this point , as there arc no editions preserved from 1720 to 17 * 28 , inclusive . The first of the engraved series began in 172 * 3 , and was

dedicated to the " Earl of Dalkeith , Grand Master , 1723 . Printed for and sold by Email . Bowen , engraver in Aldersgatestreet . " Fifty-one lodges arc inserted ( not numbered ) on five pages of engraved plates . It is remarkable that the loelge held at the " Horn " is fifth on the register , fonr lodges being noted

before that famous lodge , which is declared to be one of the four which established the premier Grand Lodge . In "Multa Paucis " of 170 : 3-4 , the author says sir took part m that eventful

period . Colour is lent to this declaration from the fact that the lodge known as " original No . 4 , " is inserted in tho fifth square , which has been No . 4 on the Roll , from the year 1814 ; but for many years before then it ranked as No . 2 .

The names of the curious signs I must reserve for another article . No list is known for 1724 , but there are two for 1725 , one being in the library of the Grand Lodge ( hereafter noted as "G . L . " ) as is the 172 * 3 edition , and the other is owned bv the gifted Bro . Albert Pike , of Washington , D . C . There being ( iii

squares devoted to lodges ( including tho six erasures ) in the G . L . issue * , and 77 squares ( with seven vacancies , leaving 70 net ) in that of General Pike ' s . The titles , & c , run as follows : ( a ) Engraved Dedication Page . Fine design , probably representing Hiram A hi IT , with plan , explaining its parts ('' Temple ) to

King Solomon . "Frater J . Thornhill Eq . inv . * * * J . Pine Sculp . " ( b ) Appropriate arms below , for the following dedication , ( c ) " The Most High , Puissant and Noble Prince , Charles Lenox , Duke of Richmond and Lenox , Earl of March and Darnley , Baron of Setteringfon , Methuin and Tarbolton ,

Grand Master A . D . 1725 , A . L . o 72 o . " ( General Pike ' s later copy has " Knt . of ye most / honorable Order of ye Bath , " the arms being encircled with the motto Tria Juncta in IJno , accordingly . ) The second page bears the heading , "A . List of the

Regular Lodges as constituted'tiIlMarch 2 . " Jth , ] . 72 o ( which is also on General Pike ' s copy , though later lodges are added ) . * * " * Printed for and sole ! b y I . Pine , Engraver , over against Little Brittain end in Aldersgate Street . " Then follow the lodges on seven pages , the arrangement of the first page being given according to the annexed plan . It is a singular coincidence

Engraved Lists Of Lodges.

that the engraver of these lists and the publisher of the present article ( with a facsimile of 1725 edition ) , a , re both described as of Little Britain , and of Aldersgate Street .

These Lists of 1725 aro remarkable for containing the first references to lodges outside of London and Westminster , viz .,

( 28 ) Bath , ( 29 ) Bristol , ( 30 ) Norwich , ( 31 ) Chichester ( 32 and 33 *) Chester , etc ., all of which

have been removed from the Roll for disobedience , in one form or the other ,

of the regulations . The third year of those preserved is for 1729 , and is a most valuable

souvenir of the " clays of yore . " I copied the whole of its pages for publication in the Freemason some years since , when it was kindly let me by the R . W . Bro . E . T . Leith ,

Dist , G . M . of' Bombay , who ( on hearing from me that it was unique ) in the handsomest manner

presented it to the Grand Loclgo of England . The dedication is to " the Rt . Hon . James Lord King ,

Baron of Kingston , in the Kingdom of Ireland , Grand Master , " who was Grand Master of Ireland in 1730 , and of the "Grand

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meeting days . In this Roll of lodges the "Horn" occurs as No . 3 , without date ; No . 1 ( now Lodge of Antiquity , No . 2 ) is dated 1091 , and No . 2 is credited to 1712 . Its special feature is tho register of-a lodge out of England , the first of its kind , viz ,., " St . Bernard ' s-street , Madrid . "

The fourth of existing Lists is for 1734 , and is owned by my friend , Bro . . lames Newton , of Bolton . The dedication is to " the Most Noble and Puissant Lord , John Lindsay , Earl of Crauford and Lindsay , Viscount Kilbemey (< xc ) , Premier . Karl of Scotland , Grand ' Master . " Its value is considerable , so

much so , that 1 transcribed it all for publication inthe "Masonic Magazine , " November , 1870 , a separate edition of fifty copies boil ? " * presented to friends . This is the first engraved List so far traced which contains a lodge in America , viz ., " 120 , Boston , in New England . "

It is a great misfortune that we cannot trace any'of theso engraved fists between 1729 and 1734 , especially as in the latter edition No . 79 is racuut , the only one so situated out of 128 lodges . In the " Masonic Magazine" for February , 1874 , I

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