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CONTENTS . PAGE . LEADERSCjementaria Hibernica ... ... ... ... 49 The Grand Lodge of Wyoming ... ... ... ... ... 49 Supreme Grand Chapter of England ( Agenda ) ... ... ... ... 5 ° Consecration of the Commercial Travellers' Lodge , No . 2631 ... ... 50 Consecration of the Military Chapter , No . 2621 ... ... ... 51

Ladies'Night of the Strong Man Lodge , No . 45 ... ... ... 5 ' Ladies * Night of the Wycombe Lodge , No . 1501 ... ... ... 52 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 2 Cha | ter of Instruction ... ... ... ... ... ... 53 MASONIC NOTESAgenda Paper of Grand Chapter ... ... _ ... ... 55 Approaching Festival q ! the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... 55 Chairmanship of the 109 th Anniversiry Festival of the Royal Masonic

Institution for Girls ... ... ... ... ... 55 Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Maryland ... ... ... 55 Quarterly Communication of the D ' s ' . rict Grand Lodge of Maryland ... 55 Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter of Massachusetts ... ... 55 Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 56 Masonic Noles and Queries ... ... ... ... ... 5 6

Reviews ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 56 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 56 Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 59 Mark Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 59 Scotland ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 60 The Craft Abroad ... ... ... ... ... ... 60 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 62

Cæmentaria Hibernica.

C ? MENTARIA HIBERNICA .

Our readers , and especially those among them who devote any serious amount of attention to the study of Masonic History , will be gratified to hear that Fasciculus II . of Bro . Dr . CHETWODE CRAWLEY ' S " Caementaria Hibernica" is on the

eve of being issued from the press . We have been favoured with an advance copy of the Preface , and , judging from what Bro . CRAWLEY therein sets forth , we can say no more than that if the Fasciculus itself fulfils the promise of the Preface , more

than one venerable theory as to the establishment of the Grand Lodge ol Ireland will receive its quietus . Thus , as regards the hitherto accepted statement that the Grand Lodge of Ireland was founded in 1729-30 , Bro . CRAWLEY has discovered evidence in " contemporary ephemeral literature" that " the

full-grown Grand Lodge of Ireland , in Dublin , was in existence in 1725 . Further elucidation is also given " of the theory that the practice of issuing Warrants or Charters

to subordinate lodges is due to the GRAND LODGE OK IRELAND . " Again , as regards the Royal Arch , in treating of the regulations to which Dr . FiFIELD DASSIGNY ' S pamphlet served as introduction , the opportunity has been taken to sketch in

some detail the hitherto unknown story of Dr . DASSIGNV and his family . But above all Bro . CRAWLEY would appear to have succeeded in establishing an unbroken chain of connection between the ritual of the Grand Lodges of England and Ireland

of to-day with that of the Grand Lodges of Ireland and the "Ancient" or "Atholl " Masons of England of the middle of last century . The chain is thus established . Bro . CRAWLEY is himself , as Secretary of the Grand Lodge of' Instruction of Ireland , " the

accredited exponent of our Irish Ritual . " Among those from whom he has obtained his knowledge is Bro . E . DRUI'T THORP , P . G . I . G . Ireland , with whom he has been in fraternal intercourse on points of ritual , during the whole of his Masonic career .

This Bro . THORP , who was initiated in No . 6 in 18 4 S , and installed its W . M . in 1852 , " was literally the pupil" of Bro . J OHN FOWLER , who was initiated in Lodge No . 620 , " in 1 792 , only a few months after LAURENCE DERMOTT ' S death . " " By his

great natural gifts , " Bro . CRAWLEY tells us , this Bro . FOWLER " became almost at once a prominent Master of Ritual amongst us . " He became Dep . G . Master in 1814 , and during his U years ' tenure of that office carried into effect the International compact of 1814 , which once more brought the work of the Grand Lodge of England inharmony with that oftheGrand Lodgeof

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Ireland . Moreover , the work taught by this Bro . FOWLER , " and no othei " was by solemn enactment declared by the Grand Lodge of Ireland to be "the standard Irish work . " In addition , we are told there is evidence to show that Bro . FOWLER " as far

back as the close of last century discussed questions of Ritual and discipline with Bros . BOARDMAN and ALEX . JAFFREY , the guiding spirits of our Grand Lodge , and through them with Bros . THOMAS and EDWARDS HARPER , the Deputv Grand Master

and Dep . Grand Secretary respectively , of tlie Grand Lodge of ' Ancients , ' " which was recognised by the Grand Lodge of Ireland and with which the latter carried on a regular intercourse . Thus , through Bro . THORP , the author of " Caementaria

Hibernica , is , as it were , in direct communication with Bro . FOWLER , the great light of Irish Ritual , at the close of last century , who himself through Bros . BOARDMAN and JAFFREY , had been in the habit of discussing " questions of Ritual and discipline , "

with Bros . THOMAS HARPER and EDWARDS HARPER , of our English " Ancient" Grand Lodge . Indeed , thisconnectingchain may be carried back to the very beginningof Speculative Freemasonry . Bro . THOMAS HARPER , Dep . G . M . "Ancients , " may be said to have

been the literary executor of DERMOTT , seeing that in 1807 and 1813 he brought out editions of "Ahiman Rezon , " the copyright of which Bro . DERMOTT , shortly before his retirement from the office of Deputy Grand Master in 1787 , presented to his Grand

Lodge . Add to this , that in one of his earliest minutes as Grand Secretary , the virtual founder of "Ancient" Masonry in England records how he " repeated the whole ceremony of Installing Grand , & c , in the manner which he had learned from Brother EDWARD

SPRAT r , Esq ., the . celebrated Grand Secretary of Ireland , " while in another minute of much later date , whsn he was Deputy Grand Master , DERMOTT is recorded as having enumerated his Ahiman Rezon , EDWARD SPRATT ' Constitutions ( 1751 ) ,

DASSIGNY ' S Inquiry ( 1744 ) , and ANDERSON ' S Constitutions ( 1738 ) as the authorities to be relied upon for the laws and customs of "Ancient" Masonry . However , we need not pursue the interesting theme further . It is enough that the second Part of Bro . CRAWLEY ' S " Caementaria Hibernica" will

be before the Masonic world in a few days , and then we shall know with certainty what further light our learned brother is able to throw on that part of Masonic History which he has made

peculiarly his own , and which , both from his official position and his recognised status as a writer , he is able to treat so competently .

The Grand Lodge Of Wyoming.

THE GRAND LODGE OF WYOMING .

This is one of the American Grand Lodges of recent constitution , and held its 22 nd annual Communication in September last . It follows , therefore , that it was established in the year 18 73 , since when it has increased its roll of lodges to 15 and its

aggregate membership to 10 . 23 , g ' ^ ng an average per lodge of close on 70 members . It is , therefore , not much stronger in point of numbers than one of our moderate-sized English Provinces , and the chances are greatly in favour of its not being by

any means so well informed generally as to the laws , usages , and customs of Freemasonry as the latter . Yet it is a sovereign and independent body , and as such on a footing of equality with the powerful and influential Grand Lodges of New York and

Pennsylvania , Massachusetts and Illinois ; its Grand Master makes decisions which , when , and until they are endorsed by his Grand Lodge , have the force of law , while the Grand Lodge enacts laws , which may or may not be wise and in accordance