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Freemasonry In England.

" brethren , honored by the presence of above 120 ladies . This hall was festroyed by fire , on the 19 th of November , 1782 , and many valuable feooks and papers were burnt . Such , however , was the zeal of the brethren , that in the following year , they commenced another hall , named Phoenix Hall , the foundation of which was laid , with great pomp , on the 5 th of April , 1784 , and in the following year finished and dedicated in solemn

& nn . Lord Petre granted deputations for Provincial Grand Lodges at Madras aad Virginia ; also for Hants , Sussex and Surrey . During this administration , several Lodges were erased for nonconformity , but many new ones were added to the register , and under the Grand Master ' s fostering care , many improvements in the government of the Society were introduced .

Lord Petre , was succeeded by the Duke of Manchester , as Grand Master , 1 st May , 1777 ; during his term of office the tranquility of the Society was somewhat disturbed . An unfortunate dispute occurred between ihe Grand Lodge and the Lodge of Antiquity , which first arose in consequence of a complaint that the members of that Lodge had attended divine service at St , Dunstan ' s Church , Fleet-street , in the clothing of the

Order , and walked back to the Mitre Tavern , in their Begaiia , without having previously obtained a dispensation for that purpose . This , after bag and repeated consideration , the Grand Lodge considered to be a violation of the general regulations respecting public processions , upon ¦ which several opinions were formed . The misunderstanding was still more increased by the interference of the Grand Lodge in the ease of three

brethren who were expelled from the Lodge of Antiquity by its members , and whom the Grand Lodge ( it was thought by some , without , due consideration , ) ordered to be re-instated . With this the Lodge refused to

sarnply , and contended that acting upon their privileges according to immemorial constitution , the Grand Lodge had no control over their proceedings , so long as they kept within the landmarks of the Order . This unfortunate dispute continued over a space of ten years , during which , the Lodge of Antiquity separated itself from the Grand Lodge in London , and united with the Old Lodge at York . To understand the principle

on which they objected to the authority of the Grand Lodge as constituted by themselves in 1714 , we must refer our readers to a former number of the " Masonic Mirror , " where it explains that , according to ancient usage , the Fraternity met by the permission of the Master of the work at convenient places during its progress , and initiated brothers and fellows , and practised the rites of Masonry without any other control than that of

their ancient charges . To the award of the Fraternity , when in general meeting assembled , all the brethren were subject , and the authority of the Grand Master never extended beyond those bounds . This unfortunate misunderstanding , which appears to have arisen by inadvertence in the first place , and to have existed only in consequence of the precipitancy of one partyand the unyielding conduct of the otherwas happdy brought

, , to an end by the kind exertions of Br . Birch , P . M . of the Lodge of Antiquity ; the Master and Wardens of that truly ancient Lodge , took their seats in Grand Lodge as formerly , and perfect unanimity was restored .

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THE EDITOR TO THE CRAFT. Article 1
THE EDITOR OF THE "MONTHLY MAGAZINE" TO THE CRAFT. Article 3
BON ACCORD MARK MASONS. Article 4
"THE WINK OF INVITATION." Article 6
FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND. Article 7
MASONIC REMINISCENCES. Article 17
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 26
PROVINCIAL LODGES. Article 32
INSTRUCTION. Article 37
ROYAL ARCH. Article 37
THE COLONIES. Article 40
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 42
LITERATURE. Article 44
MUSIC. Article 45
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR NOVEMBER. Article 45
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Freemasonry In England.

" brethren , honored by the presence of above 120 ladies . This hall was festroyed by fire , on the 19 th of November , 1782 , and many valuable feooks and papers were burnt . Such , however , was the zeal of the brethren , that in the following year , they commenced another hall , named Phoenix Hall , the foundation of which was laid , with great pomp , on the 5 th of April , 1784 , and in the following year finished and dedicated in solemn

& nn . Lord Petre granted deputations for Provincial Grand Lodges at Madras aad Virginia ; also for Hants , Sussex and Surrey . During this administration , several Lodges were erased for nonconformity , but many new ones were added to the register , and under the Grand Master ' s fostering care , many improvements in the government of the Society were introduced .

Lord Petre , was succeeded by the Duke of Manchester , as Grand Master , 1 st May , 1777 ; during his term of office the tranquility of the Society was somewhat disturbed . An unfortunate dispute occurred between ihe Grand Lodge and the Lodge of Antiquity , which first arose in consequence of a complaint that the members of that Lodge had attended divine service at St , Dunstan ' s Church , Fleet-street , in the clothing of the

Order , and walked back to the Mitre Tavern , in their Begaiia , without having previously obtained a dispensation for that purpose . This , after bag and repeated consideration , the Grand Lodge considered to be a violation of the general regulations respecting public processions , upon ¦ which several opinions were formed . The misunderstanding was still more increased by the interference of the Grand Lodge in the ease of three

brethren who were expelled from the Lodge of Antiquity by its members , and whom the Grand Lodge ( it was thought by some , without , due consideration , ) ordered to be re-instated . With this the Lodge refused to

sarnply , and contended that acting upon their privileges according to immemorial constitution , the Grand Lodge had no control over their proceedings , so long as they kept within the landmarks of the Order . This unfortunate dispute continued over a space of ten years , during which , the Lodge of Antiquity separated itself from the Grand Lodge in London , and united with the Old Lodge at York . To understand the principle

on which they objected to the authority of the Grand Lodge as constituted by themselves in 1714 , we must refer our readers to a former number of the " Masonic Mirror , " where it explains that , according to ancient usage , the Fraternity met by the permission of the Master of the work at convenient places during its progress , and initiated brothers and fellows , and practised the rites of Masonry without any other control than that of

their ancient charges . To the award of the Fraternity , when in general meeting assembled , all the brethren were subject , and the authority of the Grand Master never extended beyond those bounds . This unfortunate misunderstanding , which appears to have arisen by inadvertence in the first place , and to have existed only in consequence of the precipitancy of one partyand the unyielding conduct of the otherwas happdy brought

, , to an end by the kind exertions of Br . Birch , P . M . of the Lodge of Antiquity ; the Master and Wardens of that truly ancient Lodge , took their seats in Grand Lodge as formerly , and perfect unanimity was restored .

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