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A List Of Regular Lodges According To Their Seniority And Constitution.

30 Swan in the City of Chichester , 3 rd Friday . 31 Py'd Bull in Norfhgato Street , in the City of Chester . 32 Castle and Falcon in Watergate Street , in the City of Chester , 1 st Tuesday . 38 Nag's Head in Camarthen , in South Wales . 34 East India Arms at Gosport in Hampshire , 2 nd Thursday at 3 o'clock .

35 Angel at Congleton , in Cheshire . 36 Three Tuns in Wood Street , 1 st and 3 rd Thursday . July , 1724 . 37 Swan at Tottenham High Cross , 2 nd and 4 th Saturday . Jannary 22 nd , 1725 . 38 Swan at Eummer in Finch Lane , 2 nd and last Wednesday . February , 1725 . 39 Paul ' s Head in Ludgate Street , 2 nd and 4 th Monday . April , 1725 .

40 Tine in Holborn , 1 st Monday . May 10 th , 1725 . 41 Henry VIII ' s Head in St . Andrew Street , near the Seven Dials , 4 th Monday . 42 Kose at Mary-le bone , 1 st Monday in Winter , and 1 st and 3 rd in Summer . May 25 th 1725 43 Swan in Grafton Street , St . Ann ' s , Soho , 1 st and last Wednesday . September , 1725 . 44 White Hart in Without , Bishopsgate Street , 1 st

Tuesday . January 19 th , 1726 . 45 Mount ' s Coffee House in Grosvenor Street , near Hanover Square , 1 st Wednesday . Jan . 12 th , 1727 . 46 Three Crowns in Stoke Newington , 1 st Saturday , August 9 th , 1727 . 47 King's Head at Salford , near Manchester . 48 Castle in Holborn , 2 nd and last Wednesday . January 81 st . 1727-8 .

• 19 Thi \ . e Flower-de-luces in St . Bernard Street , in Madrid . 1 st Sunday . 50 Woolpack in Warwick , 1 st and 3 rd Friday . April 22 nd , 1728 . 51 Bishopsgale Coffee House , 1 st and 3 rd Wednesday . 1728 . 52 Eose and Crown in Greek Street , Soho , 1 st and 3 rd Friday . 1728 .

53 White Lion at Eichmond , 1 st and ^ Jrd Saturday at 12 at noon . 54 Crown and Anchor in Short's Gardens , 1 st and 3 rd Thursday . 55 Queen Elizabeth ' s Head in Pitfield Street , in Hoxton , 1 st and 3 rd Monday . 56 Crown in the Corn Market in Oxford , every Thursday . August 8 th , 1729 . 57 Three Tuns iu Scarborough , 1 st Wednesday . August 27 th , 1729 . 58 Three Tuns at Billingsgate , 2 nd and 4 th

Thursday . January 22 nd , 1730 . 59 King's Arms iiijj Caelton Street , 1 st and 3 rd Friday . January 24 th , 1730 . 01 Prince William at Charing Cross , 2 nd and 4 th Monday . February 26 th , 1730 . 62 Bear in Butcher ' s How , 1 st and 3 rd Friday March 6 th , 1730 . 03 St . Rook's Hill , near Chichester in Sussex , once

a year , every Tuesday in Easter week . In the reign of Julius Csesar . 04 Bed Lion in the City of Canterbury , 1 st and 3 rd Tuesday . 'April 3 rd , 1730 . 65 Dick's Coffee House in Gravel Street , in Hatton Garden , last Thursday . April 16 th , 1730 . CO Golden Spikes at Hamstead , 2 nd and 4 th Saturday . April 28 th , 1730 . 67 King ' s Head in Fleet Street , 2 nd & 4 th Friday . . ¦ May 22 nd , 1730 .

A List Of Regular Lodges According To Their Seniority And Constitution.

As we have copied the foregoing from a printed list of 1730 , which was not an authorized publication , the dates of constitution ascribed to Nos . 1 and 2 must ha received as an approximation only , no particulars being obtainable of the origin

of either lodge . Some of the other dates are also doubtful . The following will exhibit at a glance , the few of the 67 in existence in 1730 , which have continued their meetings down to the year 1874 , ( viz . 15 ) and the changes which have been made in their respective

numbers . 1883 . 1832 . 1813 . 1792 . 1750 . 1730 . Antiquity , London 2 2 2 1 . 1 1 Eoyal Somerset , do . 4 4 4 2 2 3 Friendship , do . 6 6 6 3 3 4 British , do . 8 8 8 4 4 6 Westmnstr . & K . S . do . 10 10 10 5 5 7 Fortitude , do . 12 12 12 6 * 8 * 11

Tuscan , do . 14 14 14 7 * 7 " 10 Eoyal Alpha , do . 16 16 16 8 ' * 6 * 8 Old Dundee , do . 18 18 18 9 9 9 B . Kent of Antiquity , Chatham 20 20 20 10 10 13 Emulation , London 21 21 -22 12 13 19 Globe , do . 23 23 25 14 16 23 Castle L . of H ., do . 26 27 29 18 22 37 Old King ' s Arms , do . 30 33 36 21 25 42 St Alban ' s , do . 32 35 38 22 26 46 . 5 ic a apparently .

Half-Crowns And Florins.

HALF-CROWNS AND FLORINS .

To the Editor of The Times . Sir , —I learn from your columns that the Deputy-Master of the Mint invites information as to the respective merits of florins and half-crowns . As an employer disbursing each day a very considerable amount of wages , I most earnestly deprecate the withdrawal from circulation of the half-crown .

If this useful coin be withdrawn I shall require for the daily payment of wages a far larger number of sixpenny bits than I am now ever able to obtain . But even if the number of sixpenny bits in circulation were increased to the fullest extent , I should still infinitely prefer the use , wherever practicable , of tho half-crown , as being more rapidly counted in bulkand more readily handled by the chilly fingers

, of pay clerks and the horny hands of labourers than corresponding amounts iu florins and sixpenny pieces . In fact , for every half-crown withdrawn from circulation public convenience will necessitate the issue of a sixpenny bit , and the question therefore appears to be not between the half-crown and the florin so much as between the sixpenny bit and the half crown .

1 ours obediently , Southwark , Jan . 3 . A . C . S . TUB Eev . Isaac Taylor claims to have discovered the key to the Etruscan language , and , in a paper read before tho Philological Society , has given some account of his researches . The language , he believes is of the Tatar , or Finnish , or Altaic family , and the theory of its grammar and orthography which he has formed agrees marvellously with know facts .

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Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 1
THE AGE OF EREEMASONRY AND MASONIC HISTORIOGRAPHY. Article 2
THE POOR MASON'S JEWELS. Article 6
A MASONIC CURTAIN LECTURE. Article 6
OLD WARRANTED LODGES. Article 8
A LIST OF REGULAR LODGES ACCORDING TO THEIR SENIORITY AND CONSTITUTION. Article 8
HALF-CROWNS AND FLORINS. Article 9
LEANING TOWARDS EACH OTHER. Article 10
A CURIOUS PAMPHLET. Article 10
THOUGHTS ON MASONRY AND THE ADMISSION OF PERSONS Article 10
TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS GEORGE PRINCE OF WALES. Article 10
THOUGHTS ON MASONRY. Article 11
MS. MASONIC CONSTITUTIONS (OR CHARGES) No. 5. Article 15
A POINT OF MASONIC HISTORY. Article 17
Reviews. Article 19
THE NEW MASONIC HALL AT PHILADELPHIA. Article 22
OUR LOST PET. Article 27
ON THE OPERATIVE APPLICATIONS OF THE WORKING TOOLS OF CRAFT MASONRY. Article 28
THE GREAT CELTIC DEITIES STILL EXISTING IN GREAT BRITAIN. Article 30
Monthly Odds and Ends. Article 32
AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE "GERMAN MASONIC SONG," Article 33
MASONIC SONG. Article 33
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A List Of Regular Lodges According To Their Seniority And Constitution.

30 Swan in the City of Chichester , 3 rd Friday . 31 Py'd Bull in Norfhgato Street , in the City of Chester . 32 Castle and Falcon in Watergate Street , in the City of Chester , 1 st Tuesday . 38 Nag's Head in Camarthen , in South Wales . 34 East India Arms at Gosport in Hampshire , 2 nd Thursday at 3 o'clock .

35 Angel at Congleton , in Cheshire . 36 Three Tuns in Wood Street , 1 st and 3 rd Thursday . July , 1724 . 37 Swan at Tottenham High Cross , 2 nd and 4 th Saturday . Jannary 22 nd , 1725 . 38 Swan at Eummer in Finch Lane , 2 nd and last Wednesday . February , 1725 . 39 Paul ' s Head in Ludgate Street , 2 nd and 4 th Monday . April , 1725 .

40 Tine in Holborn , 1 st Monday . May 10 th , 1725 . 41 Henry VIII ' s Head in St . Andrew Street , near the Seven Dials , 4 th Monday . 42 Kose at Mary-le bone , 1 st Monday in Winter , and 1 st and 3 rd in Summer . May 25 th 1725 43 Swan in Grafton Street , St . Ann ' s , Soho , 1 st and last Wednesday . September , 1725 . 44 White Hart in Without , Bishopsgate Street , 1 st

Tuesday . January 19 th , 1726 . 45 Mount ' s Coffee House in Grosvenor Street , near Hanover Square , 1 st Wednesday . Jan . 12 th , 1727 . 46 Three Crowns in Stoke Newington , 1 st Saturday , August 9 th , 1727 . 47 King's Head at Salford , near Manchester . 48 Castle in Holborn , 2 nd and last Wednesday . January 81 st . 1727-8 .

• 19 Thi \ . e Flower-de-luces in St . Bernard Street , in Madrid . 1 st Sunday . 50 Woolpack in Warwick , 1 st and 3 rd Friday . April 22 nd , 1728 . 51 Bishopsgale Coffee House , 1 st and 3 rd Wednesday . 1728 . 52 Eose and Crown in Greek Street , Soho , 1 st and 3 rd Friday . 1728 .

53 White Lion at Eichmond , 1 st and ^ Jrd Saturday at 12 at noon . 54 Crown and Anchor in Short's Gardens , 1 st and 3 rd Thursday . 55 Queen Elizabeth ' s Head in Pitfield Street , in Hoxton , 1 st and 3 rd Monday . 56 Crown in the Corn Market in Oxford , every Thursday . August 8 th , 1729 . 57 Three Tuns iu Scarborough , 1 st Wednesday . August 27 th , 1729 . 58 Three Tuns at Billingsgate , 2 nd and 4 th

Thursday . January 22 nd , 1730 . 59 King's Arms iiijj Caelton Street , 1 st and 3 rd Friday . January 24 th , 1730 . 01 Prince William at Charing Cross , 2 nd and 4 th Monday . February 26 th , 1730 . 62 Bear in Butcher ' s How , 1 st and 3 rd Friday March 6 th , 1730 . 03 St . Rook's Hill , near Chichester in Sussex , once

a year , every Tuesday in Easter week . In the reign of Julius Csesar . 04 Bed Lion in the City of Canterbury , 1 st and 3 rd Tuesday . 'April 3 rd , 1730 . 65 Dick's Coffee House in Gravel Street , in Hatton Garden , last Thursday . April 16 th , 1730 . CO Golden Spikes at Hamstead , 2 nd and 4 th Saturday . April 28 th , 1730 . 67 King ' s Head in Fleet Street , 2 nd & 4 th Friday . . ¦ May 22 nd , 1730 .

A List Of Regular Lodges According To Their Seniority And Constitution.

As we have copied the foregoing from a printed list of 1730 , which was not an authorized publication , the dates of constitution ascribed to Nos . 1 and 2 must ha received as an approximation only , no particulars being obtainable of the origin

of either lodge . Some of the other dates are also doubtful . The following will exhibit at a glance , the few of the 67 in existence in 1730 , which have continued their meetings down to the year 1874 , ( viz . 15 ) and the changes which have been made in their respective

numbers . 1883 . 1832 . 1813 . 1792 . 1750 . 1730 . Antiquity , London 2 2 2 1 . 1 1 Eoyal Somerset , do . 4 4 4 2 2 3 Friendship , do . 6 6 6 3 3 4 British , do . 8 8 8 4 4 6 Westmnstr . & K . S . do . 10 10 10 5 5 7 Fortitude , do . 12 12 12 6 * 8 * 11

Tuscan , do . 14 14 14 7 * 7 " 10 Eoyal Alpha , do . 16 16 16 8 ' * 6 * 8 Old Dundee , do . 18 18 18 9 9 9 B . Kent of Antiquity , Chatham 20 20 20 10 10 13 Emulation , London 21 21 -22 12 13 19 Globe , do . 23 23 25 14 16 23 Castle L . of H ., do . 26 27 29 18 22 37 Old King ' s Arms , do . 30 33 36 21 25 42 St Alban ' s , do . 32 35 38 22 26 46 . 5 ic a apparently .

Half-Crowns And Florins.

HALF-CROWNS AND FLORINS .

To the Editor of The Times . Sir , —I learn from your columns that the Deputy-Master of the Mint invites information as to the respective merits of florins and half-crowns . As an employer disbursing each day a very considerable amount of wages , I most earnestly deprecate the withdrawal from circulation of the half-crown .

If this useful coin be withdrawn I shall require for the daily payment of wages a far larger number of sixpenny bits than I am now ever able to obtain . But even if the number of sixpenny bits in circulation were increased to the fullest extent , I should still infinitely prefer the use , wherever practicable , of tho half-crown , as being more rapidly counted in bulkand more readily handled by the chilly fingers

, of pay clerks and the horny hands of labourers than corresponding amounts iu florins and sixpenny pieces . In fact , for every half-crown withdrawn from circulation public convenience will necessitate the issue of a sixpenny bit , and the question therefore appears to be not between the half-crown and the florin so much as between the sixpenny bit and the half crown .

1 ours obediently , Southwark , Jan . 3 . A . C . S . TUB Eev . Isaac Taylor claims to have discovered the key to the Etruscan language , and , in a paper read before tho Philological Society , has given some account of his researches . The language , he believes is of the Tatar , or Finnish , or Altaic family , and the theory of its grammar and orthography which he has formed agrees marvellously with know facts .

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