Bro. Very Rev. Archdeacon Mant, P.G.M. Belfast and North Down J. Maskell, P.M. 340, P. Dep. G. Sec. Madras J. Middleton, P.M. 374, P.G. Sec. Lincolnshire The Baron von Nettlebladt, P.G.M. Rostock, N. Germany Rev. C. Nairne, P.M. 374, D.P.G.M. Lincolnshire W. A. Nicholson, Esq. P.M. 374, P.P.G. Sup. W. Lincolnshire G. Oliver, Esq. P.P.G. Stew. Lincolnshire E. G. Papell, Esq. W.M. 326, P.G.J.W. Madras J. W. Pashley, Esq. P.M. 611, P.P.G. Trea. Lincolnshire .. Rev. T. Pedley, 646, Peterborough, P.G. Chap. Northampton shire and Hunts. G. W. K. Potter, Esq. P.M. 109, London, G.J.D. J. Price, Esq. 69, P.G. Sec. B. Derry and Donegal S. Rawson, Esq. P.G.M. China W. Roden, Esq. M.D., P.M. 523 and 730, Kidderminster, D.P. G.M. Worcestershire S. Rankin, Esq. 196, P.G. Stew. Derry Rev. J. C. Ridley, P.G.M. Oxfordshire H. Ridley, Esq. 69, P.G. Trea. Derry W. Stuart, Esq. P.G.M. Hertfordshire, (3 copies) R. J. Spiers, Esq. P.M. 425, Grand Sword Bearer Augustus Tilden, P.G. Sup. Works, Worcestershire R. Turner, Esq. P.M. 466, Grantham, P.P.G.J.W. Lincolnshire Henry C. Vernon, Esq. P.G.M. Worcestershire J. Wyld, Esq. M.P. Representative from the G.L. of Texas .. TO THE FOLLOWING Subscribing Officers and Members of Private Lodges. Bro. W. T. Adrian, P.M. Manchester Lodge, 209, Lambeth Marcus Attwood, Universal Lodge, 212, London J. N. Bainbridge, M.D., P.M. Bank of England Lodge, 329, T. Baker, I.G. Hope and Charity Lodge, 523, Kidderminster .. W. Boyd, P.S.W. and Sec. Social Friendship Lodge, 326, G. F. Brady, M.D. Light of the North Lodge, 69, Londonderry S. Brizzi, P.M. Bank of England Lodge, 329, London William Brooks, St. Thomas' Lodge, 166, London C. F. Brown, J.W. Social Friendship Lodge, 326, Madras Bro. J. Bull, Bank of England Lodge, 329, London .. .. .. C. Cameron, Calcutta J. E. Carpenter, W.M. Shakspere Lodge, 356, Warwick L. Chandler, P.M. St. Paul's Lodge, 229, Past Grand Steward, W. Clarke, P.M. Social Friendship Lodge, 326, Madras R. Cobbet, Bank of England Lodge, 329, London C. H. Cornwall, J.W. Yarborough Lodge, 812, London .. J. T. Darvill, P.M. St. John's Lodge, 107, London .. S. Dillet, P.M. Royal Victoria Lodge, 649, Nassau, Bahamas A. Dimoline, W.M. Royal Clarence Lodge, 81, Bristol W. W. Douglas, M.A. 730, Oxford E. Dorling, P.M. Perfect Friendship Lodge, 552, Ipswich .. Lieut. Connolly Dysart, Madras Army, First Lodge of Light, 69, Londonderry .. F. Elkington, S. W. First Lodge of Light, 689, Birmingham .. C. W. Elkington, P.M. & Sec. First Lodge of Light, 689, Birm ingham .. Capt. T. E. Ethersey, P.M. Universal Charity Lodge, 340, Madras Lieut. Ethersey, P.M. Perfect Friendship Lodge, 522, Ipswich .. Rev. T. B. Ferris, Chap. Bank of England Lodge, 329, London .. W. H. Fletcher, S.W. Hope and Charity Lodge, 523, Kidder minster J. W. Foulkes, I.G. Bank of England Lodge, 329, London .. E. Castellan Giampietro, Bank of England Lodge, 329, London .. W. Gillman, D.C. First Lodge of Light, 689, Birmingham Alfred Glover, S.D. 803, Longton, Staffordshire .. R. Graves, P.M. Bank of England Lodge, 329, London Wm. Green, J.D. 803, Longton, Staffordshire W. B. A. Greenlaw, W.M. Lodge of Sincerity, 224, Plymouth B. Hall, Trea. First Lodge of Light, 689, Birmingham J. Hamilton, Esq. High Sheriff, Donegal, Light of the North John Harris, P.M. Albion Lodge, 9, London .. S. Harrison, Witham Lodge, 374, Lincoln T. Heffernan, Witham Lodge, 374, Lincoln .. N. Highmore, P.M. Lodge of Benevolence, 459, Sherborne .. Frederick Heisch, P.S.W. Shakspere Lodge, 116, 324, 388, London J. Hodgson, Belfast, (3 copies) J. Hodgkinson, Burlington Lodge, 113, London .. W. Hodgkinson, Royal Standard Lodge, 730, Kidderminster Bro. H. F. Holt, P.M. Cadogan Lodge, 188, London .. T. Horne, J.G. First Lodge of Light, 689, Birmingham Jer. Howes, P.M. Lodge of Perseverance, 258, Norwich R. P. Hunt, W.M. Hope and Charity Lodge, 523, Kidderminster C. Johnson, Light of the North Lodge, 69, Londonderry H. Kennet, P. M.and Trea. Social Friendship Lodge, 326, Madras G. E. Lane, I.G. Social Friendship Lodge, 326, Madras Capt. G. A. Leach, Royal Engineers, Light of the North Lodge, 69, Londonderry .. S. H. Lee, W.M. Fitzroy Lodge, 830, London T. Lemale, P.M. Burlington Lodge, 113, London .. Rev. T. Lindsay, Light of the North Lodge, 69, Londonderry Ignazio Marini, Bank of England Lodge, 329, London .. F. Crew, Grand Master's Lodge; Sec. Girls' School F. H. M'Causland, Light of the North Lodge, 69, Londonderry .. M. M'Dowell, P.M. Universal Charity Lodge, 340, Madras Hon. R. Garraway M'Hugh, P.M. Albion Lodge, 762, Castries St. Lucia. .. J. Melton, S.D. Universal Charity Lodge, 326, Madras .. T. R. Moore, M.D. Salisbury . R. C. Moore, P.J.D. Witham Lodge, 374, Lincoln Thomas B. Morrell, M.A. 730, Oxford T. Morris, S.W. Universal Charity Lodge, 326, Madras .. J. Motherwell, M.D. Light of the North Lodge, 69, Londonderry E. Mullins, P.M. Bank of England Lodge, 329, London Rev. Erskine Neale, Kirton Rectory, Suffolk J. S. Newton, Stew. First Lodge of Light, 689, Birmingham .. S. Noble, P.M. Pythagorean Lodge, 93, Greenwich .. Patrick O'Leary, P.M. Hope and Charity Lodge, 523, Kidder minster .. Capt. W. O'Neil, Light of the North Lodge, 69, Londonderry S. Ormsby, Light of the North Lodge, 69, & S.D. 640, Lon donderry Wm. Palmer, Royal Standard Lodge, 730, Kidderminster Osmond G. Phipps, Ramsgate, P. M. 149, and 621, Provincial E. Preston, Light of the North Lodge, 69, Londonderry T. Pryer, P.M. Oak Lodge, 225, London W. H. Read, P.M. Zetland in the East Lodge, 748, Singapore C. Rice, P.M. 339, Boston J. Y. Robins, S.D. First Lodge of Light, 689, Birmingham J. K. Sanford, P.M. St. John's Lodge, 703, Rio de Janeiro J. Sharp, P.M. Shakspere Lodge, 356, Warwick G. T. W. Sibthorpe, S. W. Witham Lodge, 374, Lincoln Bro. J. Sims, J.D. First Lodge of Light, 689, Birmingham H. S. Skipton, M.D., S. W. Light of the North Lodge, 69, Londonderry E. D. Smith, W.M. Bank of England Lodge, 329, London J. Colson Smith, P.M. Zetland in the East Lodge, 748, Singapore H. S. Smith, Bristol, (4 copies) George Southall, P.M. Hope and Charity Lodge, 523, Kidderminster R. Spencer, P.M. Bank of England Lodge, 329, London, (50 copies) C. Stroughill, S.D. Bank of England Lodge, 329, London W. M. Tayler, W.M. First Lodge of Light, 689, Birmingham J. F. Taylor, Stew. First Lodge of Light, 689, Birmingham W. Trimble, Light of the North Lodge, 69, Londonderry F. G. Warrick, S.D. Bank of England Lodge, 329, London W. Foster White, P.M. St. Paul's Lodge, 229, London J. Whitmore, P.M. Bank of England Lodge, 329, London E. G. Willoughby, P.M. 701, 782, Birkenhead M. C. Wilmot, Tyler, Social Friendship Lodge, 326, Madras M. Woodcock, Witham Lodge, 374, Lincoln W. L. Wright, P.M. and Trea. Bank of England Lodge, 329, London TO THE BRETHREN OF THE FOLLOWING Subscribing Lodges. Light of the North, 69, Londonderry Universal Charity, 340, Madras Zetland in the East, 748, Singapore Social Friendship, 326, Madras Lodge of Instruction, Bristol Lodge of Instruction, Norwich Lodge of Instruction, Liverpool AND TO THE OFFICERS AND BRETHREN OF EVERY LODGE THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE. DEAR BROTHERS AND FRIENDS, HAVING arrived at the age of nearly threescore years and ten, my labours in behalf of the beloved institution of Freemasonry must be considered as drawing to a close; and I have therefore thought it a duty to open the present volume with an Address to you, as a grateful return for the uniform courtesy which the Craft have testified towards me. These labours have not been actuated by motives of a pecuniary nature, for I have derived very little profit from my masonic publications; and my chief reward has been in the kindness and attention which I have received from the fraternity at large. I have never been troubled with an ambition to accumulate riches; nor have I ever been overburdened with wealth, or greatly inconvenienced by its absence. Man wants but little here below, To secure your approbation has been my chief aim, and the possession of it constitutes the utmost limit of my ambition. The elements of a general address are so diversified, that the canon proposed by Churchill, however it might fail in a formal treatise, will apply excellently well here. This I hold, A secret worth its weight in gold, Not to mind where they go, or how, Through ditch, through bog, o'er hedge and stile, Make it but worth the reader's while; And keep a passage fair and plain Always to bring him back again. Some authors construct their prefatory introduction as a programme of the book; some to conciliate the reviewers; and others, more venturesome, hurl at the critics their unmitigated defiance; like the sailor, who, |