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Masonic Chit Chat.
I am aware , from * * * '* ' f , who has hacl the good fortune to obtain some special ( Masonic ) marks of the Grand Master ' s favour , ancl is even mentioned as likely to succeed to the office of legal adviser to the royal Duke—an office at present vacant in consequence of the death ofthe late Mr . Harrison , Q . C ., the well-known parliamentary lawyer . ^ My statement is derived from the following facts : — " 1 st . Prince Albert is about to be initiated in Masonry .
" 2 nd . The Duke of Sussex has for the last three years rendered himself extremely unpopular amongst the independent portion of the Masonic body , by his—I will not call it selfish , but by his—unreasoning opposition to the principle of cteating an Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons ; and
" 3 rd . tor the first time since the royal Duke became Grand Master , an opposition to his re-election has latel y been made , ancl another candidate , the Marquis of Salisbury , put up against him . The Duke has expressed himself very warmly , not to say internperately , on this subject , ancl declared his desire to resign his office ; and it is understood he consents to hold it only until his royal nephew shall be qualified to fill the distinguished , and ,-let me add , not uninfluential station . "— From the London Correspondent of the Hampshire ( Southampton J Independent , 111841
Dec . , . We have no authority either to confirm or contradict these statements . It is true that the nomination of His Royal Highness as Grand Master for the ensuing year was received nem . con . ; but , as is generally understood , at present there exists a necessity for clearing away every point of discussion before a successor to His Royal Highness should be appointed ; as also , that the present Grand Master takes a deep personal interest in a measure about to come before the Grand Lodge in March next .
THE contemplated project for the purpose of erecting a Masonic Hall , or Halls , in the metropolis , for the purpose of discipline and practice , as well as for lectures , scientific meetings , & c ., has been agitated , and may meet timely success . Such a project is highly desirable , but requires very mature consideration . A CORRESPONDENT asks us— " Is it true that Bros . Benjamin Bond Cabbell and John Easthope have been elected to the Supreme Degree
of the Bloody Hand ? " We know of no such Order in Masonry ; but Brother Easthope is certainly entitled to sport that pretty addition to his escutcheon . " Lauv dheary aboo ! " which means " the red hand for ever , " was the motto of the great O'Neill , king of Ulster , subdued in the time of our first James ; to commemorate ivhich event , and the subsequent " settlement of Ireland , " the order of the baronetcy was instituted , and the bloody hand of O'Neill added to each baronet ' s
coat-ofarms . The Earl O'Neill still has the " bloody hand" in the chief of his escutcheon . A reporter at a public meeting , at which the R . W . Brother B . B . Cabbell presided , described that gentleman as a baronet , we presume by mistake , as Mr . Cabbell is the most unlikel y man to have sanctioned such a liberty to be taken with his name . TEMPORA MUTANTUR . —Some Masonic sages have , for upwards of fifty years , looked on Clerkenwell as classic ground . Certainly Free-
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Masonic Chit Chat.
I am aware , from * * * '* ' f , who has hacl the good fortune to obtain some special ( Masonic ) marks of the Grand Master ' s favour , ancl is even mentioned as likely to succeed to the office of legal adviser to the royal Duke—an office at present vacant in consequence of the death ofthe late Mr . Harrison , Q . C ., the well-known parliamentary lawyer . ^ My statement is derived from the following facts : — " 1 st . Prince Albert is about to be initiated in Masonry .
" 2 nd . The Duke of Sussex has for the last three years rendered himself extremely unpopular amongst the independent portion of the Masonic body , by his—I will not call it selfish , but by his—unreasoning opposition to the principle of cteating an Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons ; and
" 3 rd . tor the first time since the royal Duke became Grand Master , an opposition to his re-election has latel y been made , ancl another candidate , the Marquis of Salisbury , put up against him . The Duke has expressed himself very warmly , not to say internperately , on this subject , ancl declared his desire to resign his office ; and it is understood he consents to hold it only until his royal nephew shall be qualified to fill the distinguished , and ,-let me add , not uninfluential station . "— From the London Correspondent of the Hampshire ( Southampton J Independent , 111841
Dec . , . We have no authority either to confirm or contradict these statements . It is true that the nomination of His Royal Highness as Grand Master for the ensuing year was received nem . con . ; but , as is generally understood , at present there exists a necessity for clearing away every point of discussion before a successor to His Royal Highness should be appointed ; as also , that the present Grand Master takes a deep personal interest in a measure about to come before the Grand Lodge in March next .
THE contemplated project for the purpose of erecting a Masonic Hall , or Halls , in the metropolis , for the purpose of discipline and practice , as well as for lectures , scientific meetings , & c ., has been agitated , and may meet timely success . Such a project is highly desirable , but requires very mature consideration . A CORRESPONDENT asks us— " Is it true that Bros . Benjamin Bond Cabbell and John Easthope have been elected to the Supreme Degree
of the Bloody Hand ? " We know of no such Order in Masonry ; but Brother Easthope is certainly entitled to sport that pretty addition to his escutcheon . " Lauv dheary aboo ! " which means " the red hand for ever , " was the motto of the great O'Neill , king of Ulster , subdued in the time of our first James ; to commemorate ivhich event , and the subsequent " settlement of Ireland , " the order of the baronetcy was instituted , and the bloody hand of O'Neill added to each baronet ' s
coat-ofarms . The Earl O'Neill still has the " bloody hand" in the chief of his escutcheon . A reporter at a public meeting , at which the R . W . Brother B . B . Cabbell presided , described that gentleman as a baronet , we presume by mistake , as Mr . Cabbell is the most unlikel y man to have sanctioned such a liberty to be taken with his name . TEMPORA MUTANTUR . —Some Masonic sages have , for upwards of fifty years , looked on Clerkenwell as classic ground . Certainly Free-