The language of Anderson does not, however, admit of a shadow of a doubt.

"The Brethren," he says, "by a majority of hands, elected," &c.
[8] Opinion of Chancellor Walworth upon the questions connected with the late masonic difficulties in the State of New York, p.37.There is much historical learning displayed in this little pamphlet.
[9] Preston, p.

131, n., Oliver's Edit.

(U.M.L., vol.iii.,p.

109).
[10] Of the thirty-six Grand Masters who have presided over the craft in England since the revival of Masonry in 1717, thirty have been noblemen, and three princes of the reigning family.
[11] Article xxxiv.
[12] His most important prerogatives are inherent or derived from ancient usage.
[13] Proceedings G.L.Maryland, 1849, p.