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Correspondence.

MR . GAYLOR TO THE EDITOR OF THE F . M . MAGAZINE . 1 th May , 1855 . I HAVE seen your reply to my note on the subject of the London Bon Accorel Lodge of Mark Masons , and cannot help thinking you have either far misunderstood the nature of my several communications , or are unwilling to believe what I represent . I had hoped different things from a party occupying the position of editor of a public journal , anel feel induced once more to trouble yon in case that , upon reconsideration ,

you may have any wish of putting yourself right . I need not have troubled you , except for explanation , with any notice regarding the Mark warrants which were at one time granted by this supreme body and afterwards recalled . None of these were ever granted to the Bon Accord Chapter of Aberdeen , or to any party in connection with it . They were granted between the years 1845 and 1840 , while the Chapter in question did not receive its constitution till December , 1850 a period long subsequent to their rocal . It is evidentthereforethat

, , , any power which that Chapter possessed could only bo exercised subsequent to December , 1850 , and is not to be affected by anything clone in reference to proceedings enacted long previous to their existence , and to which they were no parties , even had the warrants to which I refer stood unrecalled . The question then comes to be , what powers do they possess under their present Charter 1 Assuredly none for granting warrants of the nature of that now called in question . Independently of being limited by their charter to tho exercise of the Mark Degree within Iheir own body , no

intelligent Mason will , I think , assent to the principle of Lodges or Chapters , when once constituted , being at liberty to multiply ad infinitum , and become totally independent of the authority whence they derive their existence . I cannot make the matter plainer , and if you shall still fail to see it , I do not ask you to give yourself any further trouble . It is enough for me that I have your authority for fixing the irregularity complained of on Chapter of Aberdeen ( No . 70 ) and the necessary inquiry shall forthwith be instituted . I am , & c .

Bon Accord Lodge Of Mark Masons.

BON ACCORD LODGE OF MARK MASONS .

To the Editor of the Masonic Mirror . Sir , —The attention of several Royal Arch Masons in Scotland has been called to an advertisement in the "Freemasons' Magazine , " for April last , wherein Br . Spencer advertises the Jewel for the Bon Accorel Lodge of Mark Masters of London . I perceive also by the last number of that publication , that the Grand Scribe N . ( Comp . Gaylor ) has officially written to the Eclitor , explaining that there is no such Lodge , but that the Editor declines to publish his communication . I trust you will

have more candour , and thus prevent individuals countenancing a surreptitious body of Masons . Only three Mark Lodge warrants , unconnected with Royal Arch Chapters , were ever granted by the Supreme Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland . The two first numbers , 1 and 2 , were to Scotland , and were expired on 21 st December , 1842 . No . 3 , to Manchester , was made out on 21 st March , 1845 . The last was , a few years after , recalled . The law permitting warrants of that kind has been since rescindedand the

, power to grant the degrees of Mark or Past Master refused , unless the parties take out an ordinary Charter for all the degrees of Royal Arch Masonry . There is no Mark Lodge , holding of the Supreme Chapter of Scotland , called "Bon Accord , " except the Mark Lodge attached to the Bon Accord Royal Arch Chapter , Aberdeen , and which was instituted since 21 st March , 1850 . In your Notice to Correspondents , p . 352 , you intimate that the Bon Accord Mark Lodge of London does not- hold its charter directlfrom the Supreme Chapter of

y Scotland , but from the Bon Accord Chapter of Aberdeen . This , if correct , makes matters worse , and would render that Chapter liable to suspension or deprivation of its charter , for it had no right whatever to grant such a warrant ; or , as you very properly say , the Aberdeen Masons had no more power to grant it " than has any

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THE GIRLS' SCHOOL FESTIVAL. Article 1
AGED MASONS' ASYLUM. Article 2
THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES. Article 3
MASONIC STANZAS. Article 3
FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND. Article 4
MASONIC REMINISCENCES. Article 9
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 14
PROVINCIAL LODGES. Article 26
IRELAND. Article 45
ROYAL ARCH. Article 46
KNIGHT TEMPLARS. Article 48
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 48
BON ACCORD LODGE OF MARK MASONS. Article 50
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR MAY. Article 51
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 55
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Correspondence.

MR . GAYLOR TO THE EDITOR OF THE F . M . MAGAZINE . 1 th May , 1855 . I HAVE seen your reply to my note on the subject of the London Bon Accorel Lodge of Mark Masons , and cannot help thinking you have either far misunderstood the nature of my several communications , or are unwilling to believe what I represent . I had hoped different things from a party occupying the position of editor of a public journal , anel feel induced once more to trouble yon in case that , upon reconsideration ,

you may have any wish of putting yourself right . I need not have troubled you , except for explanation , with any notice regarding the Mark warrants which were at one time granted by this supreme body and afterwards recalled . None of these were ever granted to the Bon Accord Chapter of Aberdeen , or to any party in connection with it . They were granted between the years 1845 and 1840 , while the Chapter in question did not receive its constitution till December , 1850 a period long subsequent to their rocal . It is evidentthereforethat

, , , any power which that Chapter possessed could only bo exercised subsequent to December , 1850 , and is not to be affected by anything clone in reference to proceedings enacted long previous to their existence , and to which they were no parties , even had the warrants to which I refer stood unrecalled . The question then comes to be , what powers do they possess under their present Charter 1 Assuredly none for granting warrants of the nature of that now called in question . Independently of being limited by their charter to tho exercise of the Mark Degree within Iheir own body , no

intelligent Mason will , I think , assent to the principle of Lodges or Chapters , when once constituted , being at liberty to multiply ad infinitum , and become totally independent of the authority whence they derive their existence . I cannot make the matter plainer , and if you shall still fail to see it , I do not ask you to give yourself any further trouble . It is enough for me that I have your authority for fixing the irregularity complained of on Chapter of Aberdeen ( No . 70 ) and the necessary inquiry shall forthwith be instituted . I am , & c .

Bon Accord Lodge Of Mark Masons.

BON ACCORD LODGE OF MARK MASONS .

To the Editor of the Masonic Mirror . Sir , —The attention of several Royal Arch Masons in Scotland has been called to an advertisement in the "Freemasons' Magazine , " for April last , wherein Br . Spencer advertises the Jewel for the Bon Accorel Lodge of Mark Masters of London . I perceive also by the last number of that publication , that the Grand Scribe N . ( Comp . Gaylor ) has officially written to the Eclitor , explaining that there is no such Lodge , but that the Editor declines to publish his communication . I trust you will

have more candour , and thus prevent individuals countenancing a surreptitious body of Masons . Only three Mark Lodge warrants , unconnected with Royal Arch Chapters , were ever granted by the Supreme Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland . The two first numbers , 1 and 2 , were to Scotland , and were expired on 21 st December , 1842 . No . 3 , to Manchester , was made out on 21 st March , 1845 . The last was , a few years after , recalled . The law permitting warrants of that kind has been since rescindedand the

, power to grant the degrees of Mark or Past Master refused , unless the parties take out an ordinary Charter for all the degrees of Royal Arch Masonry . There is no Mark Lodge , holding of the Supreme Chapter of Scotland , called "Bon Accord , " except the Mark Lodge attached to the Bon Accord Royal Arch Chapter , Aberdeen , and which was instituted since 21 st March , 1850 . In your Notice to Correspondents , p . 352 , you intimate that the Bon Accord Mark Lodge of London does not- hold its charter directlfrom the Supreme Chapter of

y Scotland , but from the Bon Accord Chapter of Aberdeen . This , if correct , makes matters worse , and would render that Chapter liable to suspension or deprivation of its charter , for it had no right whatever to grant such a warrant ; or , as you very properly say , the Aberdeen Masons had no more power to grant it " than has any

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