Freemasonry In England.

death , and the compliance of his executor , Mr . Eevison . The transfer was in consequence legally made ; tiie Grand Master constituted several new Lodges , and granted the following provincial deputations , namelyfor South Carolina , Jamaica , Barbadoes , Naples , and Sicily , the empire of Bnssia , and the Austrian Netherlands . The increase of foreign Lodges induced the Grand Master to appoint a Provisional Grand Master for

foreign Lodges in general . Another new appointment also took place , namely , a General Inspector of Lodges within the bills of mortality ; the appointment—which being disapproved by the majority of the London Lodges—was withdrawn . At a Grand Lodge , held in April , 1770 , the Provincial Grand Master for foreign Lodge reported to the brethren that he had received a communication from Charles Baron de Boetzelaer

, Grand Master of the National Grand Lodge of the United Provinces of Holland and their dependencies , requesting to be acknowledged as such by the Grand Lodge cf England , whose superiority lie admitted ; and promising that if the Grand Lodge would agree for the future not to constitute any new Lodge within his jurisdiction , that the Grand Lodge of Holland would observe the same restriction with respect to all parts of

the -world where Lodges were already established under the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of England . Upon these terms , he requested that an alliance might be established between the two Grand Lodges , and an annual correspondence kept up , in which each Grand Lodge was to be made regularly acquainted with the most material proceedings of the other . On the Report being made , it was resolved that an alliance

should be entered into agreeably to the request of the Grand Master of Holland . In 1771 , the Hon . Charles Dillon , D . G . M ., introduced a bill into parliament for the incorporation o'f the Society ; but being opposed on the second reading by Mr . Onslow , on the behalf of a number of brethren who had petitioned the House against it , Mr . Dillon moved to postpone the consideration of it sine die , and the design of Incorporation

consequently fell to the ground . The Duke of Beaufort was succeeded by Lord Petre , who was invested and installed Grand Master on the 4 th of May , 1773 . At this period several regulations were made for the better security of the property belonging to the Society . A Committee was appointed to manage the application of the funds subscribed for building the hall ,

by whom every exertion was made to enforce the laws for carrying the designs of the Society into execution . By their report to the Grand Lodge , on the 27 th April , 1774 , it was shown that they had contracted for the purchase of a jilot of ground and premises , consisting of two large commodious dwelling-houses , and a large garden , situated in Great Queen StreetLincohi ' s-Inn-Fieldslate in the possession of Philli

, , p Cartaret Webb , Esq ., deceased , the particulars of which were specified in a plan then delivered . The real value appeared to be £ 3 , 205 , but £ B , 180 was the sum contracted to be paid for the premises . It was stated the front house might be let for J 390 per annum , and the back house would afford commodious committee rooms , offices , kitchens , & c ., while the garden was sufficientl y large to allow of the building of a com-