private Lodges in the City, laid the Foundation Stone of the New Freemasons' Hall Building to be erected in Dalhousie Square, by Bro: Moses Judah Hays. An Oration was delivered by the Depty. Prov. G: M: which was directed to be published. A collection amounting to £30 was made in aid of the Building Fund of the Montreal Orphan Asylum. About one hundred Brethren dined together at Bro. Daley's Hotel, in honor of the occasion.

Dec. 14, 1846.-At a Quarterly Communication held at the Lodge Room, Tétu's Hotel, a communication was received from England approving of the Proceedings at the organization of the Prov. G: L:, disallowing any authority heretofore supposed to have been vested in R: W: Bro: Turton Penn (Depty. Prov. G: M :), and stating that the Degree of Mark Master is not recognized by the G: L: of England. The Prov. G: M: nominated the Officers of Prov. G: L: for the ensuing year, and announced that they would be installed at an Especial Grand Lodge, on Monday the 28th instant, at noon.

A Resolution was passed, affirming "that this Prov. G: L: views with admiration and feelings of deep respect the truly Masonic conduct pursued by the M: W: the Earl of Zetland, Grand Master of England, in relation to the exclusion of Jewish Freemasons from the Lodges in Prussia."

Dec. 28, 1846.-The half-yearly Returns and Dues received from Lodges were:-St. Paul's Lodge, £8 1s. 4d.; St Andrew's (or Murray), £6 5s. od.; St. George's, £22 Is. 6d. ; Dorchester, £2 3s. 9d.; Zetland, £9 145. od.; Prevost, £24 35. 9d. In the next succeeding list Nelson' appears, but no sum is placed to its credit; and in the next is Golden Rule, £5 10s. od. In the accounts of Mar. 6, 1847, the following receipts are credited:" From Officers and Members, for Dues and Fees on appointment to office, £45 15s. od. From the several Lodges, and for Prov. G: L: and Grand Lodge of England Dues, £72 9s. 6d.

In 1847, the Earl of Zetland appointed R. E. the Hon. Peter McGill, Grand Supt. of Royal Arch Masonry in "the Province of Canada"!

1847-49.-Elgin and Antiquity Lodges. May 3, 1847, the Grand Lodge of Scotland granted Warrant, No. 348, for the establishment of Elgin Lodge, Montreal. Some of the petitioners for this Warrant had been members of the military Lodge, "Unity, Peace and Concord," No. 316, E. R., attached. to the 1st Regt. Foot, and warranted in 1798; and for a time (1808) attached to the 2d. Batt. Royal Scots, then serving in India.

May 10, 1847. The Lodge of "Social and Military Virtues," No. 227, I. R., and attached to the 46th Regt. of Foot, and warranted in 1752, was established in Montreal.

The following is nearly the complete list of Officers, 1847-49, under the Hon. Peter McGill, Prov. G: M: of the "District of Montreal and William Henry, and its dependencies," till his resignation on account of ill health, Oct., 1849:

"R: W: J. S. McCord, D: Prov. G: M:, V: W: D. L. Macpherson, S: G: W:, V: W: D. Gorrie, J: G: W:, the Rev. W. T. Leach, G: Chaplain, the Rev. W. A. Adamson, Past G: Chaplain, V: W: F. Griffin, G: Treas., V: W: T. D. Harington, G: Sec., W: J. Glass, S: G: D, W: J. McNider, J: G: D:, W: R. S. Tylee, G: D: of C, Bro: G. Moffatt, Jr., Asst. G: D: of C:, Bro: T. A. Cary, Pur.; Bro. H. H. Whitney, Past Pur.; J. Thompson, G: Tyler; and Brothers Townsend, Chalmers and Claremont, G: Stewards."

Dec., 1848, the Prov. G: M: appointed R: W: Thos. D. Harington, Depty. Prov. G: M: in the place of R: W: J. S. McCord, resigned. Oct., 1849, the Hon. P. McGill resigned his office of Prov. G: M: "on account of ill-health." At this time, V: W: Benj. Burland, W: M: of Dorchester Lodge, was appointed Prov. G: S: W:

1848.-The following is the list of Lodges at this period, with their numbers as on the Prov. list, 1824, their then present English numbers, and the numbers assigned them at this date on the Prov. Registry!

Comparing the above Montreal District enumeration' of 1848, with the numbers of these Lodges of Ancient' L. C. origin, and with their relative numbers on the Registry of the District of Montreal, as awarded in 1824, it does not seem possible to justify the committee and the District G : L: in their new enumeration' of 1824! It very clearly appears that serious injustice was done, at least to the two oldest Lodges, Nos. 1 and 2, by the placing of the 1824, No. 3, at the head of the list in 1848 !

The Dist. G: L: interregnum, the loss of Warrants by fire, the unhappy delays in correspondence with England, the unavoidable suspension of 'work' during the Morgan 'frenzy,' and other causes of temporary inactivity, were well known to the revived' District G: L:, and hence there appears to have been no rightful justification for the thus placing of three Lodges above the former No 1 (Dorchester), and five Lodges above the former No. 2 (Prevost).

January, 1850.-The Honorable William Badgley was appointed Prov. G M of the District of Montreal and William Henry, by the Earl of Zetland, G: M: of the United Grand Lodge of England. He re-constituted the Prov. G: L:, which, with varying fortunes, continued till 185-, when he resigned. He died 1888, much lamented. No successor was appointed by England.

April 29, 1854.-The St. Lawrence Lodge, Montreal, was established by Dispensation from the Prov. G: M:, and was numbered 9 on the Prov.

Registry. Sep. 5, 1854, it was warranted by the U: G: L: of England, and numbered 923.

May 11, 1854.-The Prov. G: L:, assisted by the various Lodges in the City, laid, with Masonic honors, the Foundation Stone of the Mechanics' Institute Building at the corner of Great St. James and St. Peter Streets, Montreal.

Shefford Lodge, Waterloo, was established by Warrant from England, No. 934, of date April 23, 1855, and LaColle Lodge, at LaColle, by Warrant, No. 938, of date June 28, of the same year.

1855. The Grand Lodge of Canada ("the Province of Canada ") was formed at a Convention held at the City of Hamilton, Canada West, Oct. 10, 1855, in which various Lodges situated in the District of Montreal and William Henry and elsewhere in Canada East participated. The G: Officers were not installed until Nov. 2, 1855! This important Masonic event will be more fully referred to on subsequent pages.

CHAPTER VII.

QUEBEC AND THREE RIVERS.

1823-69.-Coincident with the disseverance of the Province of Lower Canada into the two separate Masonic Districts herein before noted, H. R. H. the Duke of Sussex, G: M: of the U: G: L: of England, by Patent of date April 23, 1823, appointed the Honorable Claude Dénéchau to be the "Prov. G: M: for the City and District of Quebec and Three Rivers, and the Dependencies!" Honoris causa, this Patent was antedated 1797. (?) 1822. The eight following Lodges existed in the above-mentioned District at this period, viz.: No. 17 (late No. 9), E. R. (named 'Albion,' in 1814), in the 4th Batt. Royal Artillery, at Quebec (now No. 2, Q. R.); No. 77 (late No. 40), E. R., ' Merchants,' Quebec; No. 302 (late No. 241), E. R., St. John's Lodge, Quebec (now No. 3, Q. R.); Richelieu Lodge, No. 6, L. C., at William Henry (Sorel); St. George's Lodge, No. 16, L. C., at Three Rivers; Sussex Lodge, No. 22, L.C., at Quebec (now No. 6, Q. R.); Loge les Frères du Canada, No. 23, L. C., at Quebec ; and Waterloo Lodge, No. 24, L. C., at Three Rivers.

The Warrant of No. 17 (late No. 9).-The attentive reader will. peruse with unusual interest the following transcript of the 'original' (G : L: of England) Ancient' Warrant of "dear old Albion :"

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"Antrim, G: M: Lau. Dermott, D: G: M:

"Thomas Harper, S: G: W: Ja. Perry, J: G: W: "To all whom it may concern:

"We, the Grand Lodge of the most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons (according to the old Constitutions granted by His Royal Highness Prince Edwin at York, Anno Domini Nine hundred twenty and six, and in the year of Masonry Four thousand nine hundred twenty and six) in ample Form assembled, viz.: The Right Worshipful most Potent and Puissant Lord, the Right Honorable Randal William McDonnell, Earl and Baron of Antrim, Lord Viscount Dunluce, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Antrim, in the Province of Ulster and Kingdom of Ireland, Knight of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, and one of His Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Counsel, and in that part of Great Britain called England and Masonical Jurisdiction thereunto belonging, Grand Master of Masons, the Right Worshipful Laurence Dermott, Esq., Deputy Grand Master, the Right Worshipful Thomas Harper, Esq., Senior Grand Warden, and the Right Worshipful James Perry, Esq., Junior Grand Warden (with the approbation. and consent of the Warranted Lodges held within the Cities and Suburbs of London and Westminster), Do hereby authorize and impower our Trusty and Well beloved Brethren, viz.: The Worshipful Robert Moorhead, one of our Master Masons, the Worshipful Peter Geddes, his Senior Warden, and the Worshipful David Darling, his Junior Warden, to Form and Hold a Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, aforesaid, at or in

the Fourth Battalion Royal Regiment of Artillery, on all seasonable Times and lawful Occasions; And in the said Lodge (when duly congregated), to admit and make Free Masons according to the most Ancient and Honorable Custom of the Royal Craft in all Ages and Nations throughout the the known World. And We do hereby further authorize and impower our said Trusty and Well beloved Brethren, Robert Moorhead, Peter Geddes and David Darling (with the consent of the Members of their Lodge), to nominate, chuse and install their Successors, to whom they shall deliver this Warrant, and invest them with their Powers and Dignities as Freemasons, etc. And which Successors shall in like Manner, nominate, chuse and install their Successors, etc., etc., etc., such Installations to be upon (or near) every St. John's Day, during the continuance of this Lodge for ever. Providing the above-named Brethren, and all their Successors, always pay due Respect to this Right Worshipful Grand Lodge, otherwise this Warrant to be of no Force nor Virtue."

"Given under our hands and the Seal of our Grand Lodge in London, this twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred eighty and seven, in the year of Masonry Five thousand seven hundred eighty and seven."

"Note. This Warrant is Registered in the G: L:, Vol. 1 and 2, etc., Letter A, B, etc., and bears date June 12, 1752. Renewed Dec. 20, 5787. Vide Vol. 8, Letter A."

"No. IX" is written on the left hand margin of the Warrant.

York. It does not appear that the Ancients' made any reference to the City of York, in the Warrants issued by them, 1751-55. In 1757, the phrase, "Free and Accepted York Masons," is used; next follows the formula in the first parenthetic clause in the above Warrant of No. 9, with an occasional use of the word 'original' for the word 'old;' and of the word "institutions" instead of "constitutions."

1827.-Laying the Corner Stone of the Wolfe and Montcalm Monument. Nov. 15, 1827 (by invitation of the Governor General, the Earl of Dalhousie), the Provincial Grand Master, the Hon. Claude Dénéchau, assisted by the Officers of the Prov. G: L: and by the following Lodges, viz. the Albion, the Merchants, the St. John's, the Sussex, the St. Andrew's and Les Frères du Canada, laid the Corner Stone of the Monument, to be erected in honor of Generals Wolfe and Montcalm, with imposing Masonic ceremonies, in the presence of an immense concourse of the Military and Civilians.

"It was an affecting incident of this interesting occasion, that by the request of the Governor, R: W: James Thompson, Overseer for sixty-nine years, Public Works, and the last survivor of Wolfe's army, being then in the 95th year of his age, gave the three Mystic taps' with the Mallet, upon the Corner Stone! Bro: Thompson died in 1830, aged 98 years. The Band of the 66th Regiment led in the Masonic procession, and played at the laying of the Corner Stone."

1833. At the celebration of the Festival of St. John the Evangelist, by the Prov. G: L: and the several private Lodges in the City of Quebec, on