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Correspondence.
Correspondence .
To the Editor . Dear Sir and Brother , —I shall be obliged by your informing , through the columns of your journal , the members of Grand Lodge , that I had the misfortune to miss the train from Hampshire on Wednesday evening last , and was thus prevented from attending to my duties in Grand Lodge . I telegraphed immediately to the Grand Secretary informing him of thisbut it appears that he did not read the until after
, message Grand Lodge was closed , and the Brethren therefore were not informed of the cause of my absence . —I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully and fraternally , - WYNDHAM S . PORTAL , J . G . W . 3 , Wiltou Crescent , Belgrave Square ; 4 th June .
To the Editor . VERACITY OF THE EXECUTIVE . Sir and Brother , —I see in the published correspondence between the authorities and Bro . Harington , P . P . G . M ., of Quebec ., that the Grand Secretary writes as follows , by the G M . ' s command : "In reference to your quotations from the Freemasons' Magazine , I am to statethat that
, , publication appears to be held in much higher estimation in the Colonies than it has been here : that it possesses no authority beyond the permission to publish ( on the responsibility of its editor for accuracy ) an account of the proceedings of Grand Lodge . " So far is this from being true , that I distinctly affirm tha . t I have seen the proof sheets of the Magazine lying for correction and alteration on the table in the Grand Secretary ' s room , and I know that the said proof sheets have been there altered and corrected . — I am Sir , yours fraternally , A DETECTIVE .
The Provinces.
The Provinces .
WEST lonKsmnu . —A P G . L . was held at Huddersfield on the 14 th of April , when a code of regulations for a Provincial Board of General Purposes was read , and after some alteration , adopted . LEICESTERSHIRE—A P . G . L . was held at Leicester on the 29 th of April , and was presided over by Bro . Kelly , D . P . G . M . NORTH WALES . —An address of sympathy was presented to Sir W . W . Wyim , P . G . M ., by Lodge , No . 540 , at ' Bangor . OXFORDSHIRE . —A PGLwas held at the Masonic Hall the
... on 21 st May , under the Presidency of Bro . Bowyer , P . G . M ., who congratulated the Apollo Lodge , No . 460 , upon the flourishing state of their funds after their entertainment to the M . W . G . M ., and other expences . Masonry continues , as usual , in a very flourishing condition in this well governed province . NORTHAMPTONSHIRE . —The Marquis of Huntley , P . GM ., ' presided over his P . G . L ., at Kettering , on the 24 th of May . CAMBRIDGESHIRE . —V . W . Bro ., the Rev . A . R . Ward , D . P . G . M ., held the 4 th
a P . G . L . on of May . KENT . —Bro . Purton Cooper held a meeting preparatory to the P . Grand Festival , at Windmill Hill , on the J Oth May , when he announced his appointments for the ensuing Masonic year .
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THE LATE SIR WILLIAM FOLLETT ' OPIXIOS OF THE CKAFT . —The future attorney-general had been for many months called to the bar when we again met . This was early in IrfG . He then spoke calmly but feelingly of the professional jealousy which existed amongst those to whom he was now affiliated . " ' Players' rivalry , " said he , "is a joke to it . You can have no conception of its extent or strength unless you yourself belong to the profession . " He then reverted to past scenes and mutual friendsandin of
; , course conversation , 1 inferred , from a passing remark that ho had become a Mason . I asked him if my conclusion were correct . "It is , " was his reply . "I was initiated at Cambridge . " Light had not then beamed upon myself ; and I expressed in scoffing terms my astonishment , "In your early struggles at the bar , " remarked he , with quiet earnestness , " you require something to reconcile you to your
kind . You see so much of bitterness , and rivalry , and jealousy and hatred , that you are thankful to call into active agency a system which creates in all its varieties kindly sympathy , cordial and widespread benevolence , and brotherly love . " "But surely , " says I " yon don't go the length of asserting that Masonry does all this ? " ' "And morel . The true Mason thinks no evil of his brother , and cherishes no designs against him . The system itself annihilates parties ; and as to censoriousness and calumny , most salutary and stringent is the curb which Masonic princi dulcarried out
ple , y , applies to an unbridled tongue . ' " Well , well , you cannot connect it with religion—you cannot , say or do so as you will , affirm of it that Masonry is a religious system . " "By and by you will know better , " was his reply Now 1 will only say this—that the Bible is never closed in a Mason ' s Lodge ; that Masons habitually use prayer in their Lod ° -es and in point of fact , never assemble for any purpose without " performing acts of religion . 1 gave you credit , " continued he with a smile "for being more thoroughly emancipated from nursery trammels and slavish prejudice . "—Stray Leaves from a Freemason ' s Note Book
Ad02003
^ frbirtistnuiifg . MASONIC QUARTERLY PAPER . rVEE MASONIC OBSERVER AND GRAND " LODGE . u CHR 9 NICLE ^ published on the 20 th of March , June , September , and December ; and contains a full Report of the proceedings in the previous GaAND LOUGE , as well as Articles upon the various subjects affecting the welfare of the Craft . It is intended to meet a rapidly increasing demand for fuller information upon matters of general , as distinguished from local , interest . I he actual condition of Masonry at home and in the Colonies , its policy , the measures required for its progress and efficiency , as well as the state of its Chanties , are the . subjects principally noticed . The great success that has attended the establishment of this Paper , leads the Proprietors to hope that it will be recognised as a useful medium of information , as well as of mutual communication , by the Craft at large . P HnlffW ° " ' by SimPkin - Marshall , and Co ., Stationers ' Hall Court , EC ; R Spencer , Great Queen Street , W . C .: ™ L ^ ' ?!'' d ? e S reet ' Bath » y whom' Subscriptions are oll tfr '" f »* nce J ; and Sold b y all Booksellers in London and the Country .-Pr . ce , Two Shillings per Annum .
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ri'HE "CANADIAN MASONIC PIONEER" is published eT-,,- „ first of evel'J' raonth . at Montreal , C . E . Terms- Five Shillings Cy ., per annum , payable invariably in advance PHTfL S mUni - CatL ° - mus P re-Paid > and addressed to the editors , Masonic Pioneer , Montrea .
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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTERS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND THE COLONIES AND POSSESSIONS OF THE „ m , BRITISH CROWN . Bro . The LORD LEIGH , Grand Master . Bro . The EARL OF CARNARVON , Deputy Grand Master . T ODGES desirous of Uniting under the English Constitution , and Brethren wishing to obtain New Warrants to work the Mai k degree are requested to communicate with Bro . W . L . COLLINS he Grand Secretary , at the Office of the Grand Lodge No 40 , ' Leicester Square , London . ^ o > - > "u . io ,
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NOTICE . NOTICE TO . SUBSCRIBERS . —We have to romicst m , r < : „ i ,. „ ,., v „ .. » , , the amounts for which application hasVeen S & toSSS or byM Office Order , at their earliest convenience . sumps , oi 0 } l osl The Masonic Observer and Grand Lodge Ohronkh is published on the " nth of March , June , September , and December ; and may bVobt incd fromtheon don Publishers , through all local booksellers . "" i' ™ co . nom the Lon-SOBSCRIBKRS may be supplied direct from the Office , by sending tapir Subscriptions ( 2 s . per Annum ) in advance , to Mr . Peach BrideK SS , ADVERTISEMENTS may bo sent to Mr . Peach Mte Strnrf ' n ^ f , „ , „ Mr . J . Clements , Little Pultenoy Street , London i > v thon ? $ \ £ ? ' ? „„ Sept ., and Dec , and not later tlL , one \ rcT &^ To ? F ^! r '
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Bath : Printed and Published by ROBERT EDWARD PEACH NO 8 Co "Oners' v ' vT ^ I ^ * ^ MI-KI ^ ™ A ^ LL ^ n i Co ., Stationers Hall Court , E . C ; and Sold bvJ Oriniirvii oi Little Pulteney Street , W . ; R . fipraonB , Great § , een Stre t W C and all Booksellers in London and the Country . '
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Correspondence.
Correspondence .
To the Editor . Dear Sir and Brother , —I shall be obliged by your informing , through the columns of your journal , the members of Grand Lodge , that I had the misfortune to miss the train from Hampshire on Wednesday evening last , and was thus prevented from attending to my duties in Grand Lodge . I telegraphed immediately to the Grand Secretary informing him of thisbut it appears that he did not read the until after
, message Grand Lodge was closed , and the Brethren therefore were not informed of the cause of my absence . —I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully and fraternally , - WYNDHAM S . PORTAL , J . G . W . 3 , Wiltou Crescent , Belgrave Square ; 4 th June .
To the Editor . VERACITY OF THE EXECUTIVE . Sir and Brother , —I see in the published correspondence between the authorities and Bro . Harington , P . P . G . M ., of Quebec ., that the Grand Secretary writes as follows , by the G M . ' s command : "In reference to your quotations from the Freemasons' Magazine , I am to statethat that
, , publication appears to be held in much higher estimation in the Colonies than it has been here : that it possesses no authority beyond the permission to publish ( on the responsibility of its editor for accuracy ) an account of the proceedings of Grand Lodge . " So far is this from being true , that I distinctly affirm tha . t I have seen the proof sheets of the Magazine lying for correction and alteration on the table in the Grand Secretary ' s room , and I know that the said proof sheets have been there altered and corrected . — I am Sir , yours fraternally , A DETECTIVE .
The Provinces.
The Provinces .
WEST lonKsmnu . —A P G . L . was held at Huddersfield on the 14 th of April , when a code of regulations for a Provincial Board of General Purposes was read , and after some alteration , adopted . LEICESTERSHIRE—A P . G . L . was held at Leicester on the 29 th of April , and was presided over by Bro . Kelly , D . P . G . M . NORTH WALES . —An address of sympathy was presented to Sir W . W . Wyim , P . G . M ., by Lodge , No . 540 , at ' Bangor . OXFORDSHIRE . —A PGLwas held at the Masonic Hall the
... on 21 st May , under the Presidency of Bro . Bowyer , P . G . M ., who congratulated the Apollo Lodge , No . 460 , upon the flourishing state of their funds after their entertainment to the M . W . G . M ., and other expences . Masonry continues , as usual , in a very flourishing condition in this well governed province . NORTHAMPTONSHIRE . —The Marquis of Huntley , P . GM ., ' presided over his P . G . L ., at Kettering , on the 24 th of May . CAMBRIDGESHIRE . —V . W . Bro ., the Rev . A . R . Ward , D . P . G . M ., held the 4 th
a P . G . L . on of May . KENT . —Bro . Purton Cooper held a meeting preparatory to the P . Grand Festival , at Windmill Hill , on the J Oth May , when he announced his appointments for the ensuing Masonic year .
Ar02002
THE LATE SIR WILLIAM FOLLETT ' OPIXIOS OF THE CKAFT . —The future attorney-general had been for many months called to the bar when we again met . This was early in IrfG . He then spoke calmly but feelingly of the professional jealousy which existed amongst those to whom he was now affiliated . " ' Players' rivalry , " said he , "is a joke to it . You can have no conception of its extent or strength unless you yourself belong to the profession . " He then reverted to past scenes and mutual friendsandin of
; , course conversation , 1 inferred , from a passing remark that ho had become a Mason . I asked him if my conclusion were correct . "It is , " was his reply . "I was initiated at Cambridge . " Light had not then beamed upon myself ; and I expressed in scoffing terms my astonishment , "In your early struggles at the bar , " remarked he , with quiet earnestness , " you require something to reconcile you to your
kind . You see so much of bitterness , and rivalry , and jealousy and hatred , that you are thankful to call into active agency a system which creates in all its varieties kindly sympathy , cordial and widespread benevolence , and brotherly love . " "But surely , " says I " yon don't go the length of asserting that Masonry does all this ? " ' "And morel . The true Mason thinks no evil of his brother , and cherishes no designs against him . The system itself annihilates parties ; and as to censoriousness and calumny , most salutary and stringent is the curb which Masonic princi dulcarried out
ple , y , applies to an unbridled tongue . ' " Well , well , you cannot connect it with religion—you cannot , say or do so as you will , affirm of it that Masonry is a religious system . " "By and by you will know better , " was his reply Now 1 will only say this—that the Bible is never closed in a Mason ' s Lodge ; that Masons habitually use prayer in their Lod ° -es and in point of fact , never assemble for any purpose without " performing acts of religion . 1 gave you credit , " continued he with a smile "for being more thoroughly emancipated from nursery trammels and slavish prejudice . "—Stray Leaves from a Freemason ' s Note Book
Ad02003
^ frbirtistnuiifg . MASONIC QUARTERLY PAPER . rVEE MASONIC OBSERVER AND GRAND " LODGE . u CHR 9 NICLE ^ published on the 20 th of March , June , September , and December ; and contains a full Report of the proceedings in the previous GaAND LOUGE , as well as Articles upon the various subjects affecting the welfare of the Craft . It is intended to meet a rapidly increasing demand for fuller information upon matters of general , as distinguished from local , interest . I he actual condition of Masonry at home and in the Colonies , its policy , the measures required for its progress and efficiency , as well as the state of its Chanties , are the . subjects principally noticed . The great success that has attended the establishment of this Paper , leads the Proprietors to hope that it will be recognised as a useful medium of information , as well as of mutual communication , by the Craft at large . P HnlffW ° " ' by SimPkin - Marshall , and Co ., Stationers ' Hall Court , EC ; R Spencer , Great Queen Street , W . C .: ™ L ^ ' ?!'' d ? e S reet ' Bath » y whom' Subscriptions are oll tfr '" f »* nce J ; and Sold b y all Booksellers in London and the Country .-Pr . ce , Two Shillings per Annum .
Ad02007
ri'HE "CANADIAN MASONIC PIONEER" is published eT-,,- „ first of evel'J' raonth . at Montreal , C . E . Terms- Five Shillings Cy ., per annum , payable invariably in advance PHTfL S mUni - CatL ° - mus P re-Paid > and addressed to the editors , Masonic Pioneer , Montrea .
Ad02005
GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTERS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND THE COLONIES AND POSSESSIONS OF THE „ m , BRITISH CROWN . Bro . The LORD LEIGH , Grand Master . Bro . The EARL OF CARNARVON , Deputy Grand Master . T ODGES desirous of Uniting under the English Constitution , and Brethren wishing to obtain New Warrants to work the Mai k degree are requested to communicate with Bro . W . L . COLLINS he Grand Secretary , at the Office of the Grand Lodge No 40 , ' Leicester Square , London . ^ o > - > "u . io ,
Ar02004
NOTICE . NOTICE TO . SUBSCRIBERS . —We have to romicst m , r < : „ i ,. „ ,., v „ .. » , , the amounts for which application hasVeen S & toSSS or byM Office Order , at their earliest convenience . sumps , oi 0 } l osl The Masonic Observer and Grand Lodge Ohronkh is published on the " nth of March , June , September , and December ; and may bVobt incd fromtheon don Publishers , through all local booksellers . "" i' ™ co . nom the Lon-SOBSCRIBKRS may be supplied direct from the Office , by sending tapir Subscriptions ( 2 s . per Annum ) in advance , to Mr . Peach BrideK SS , ADVERTISEMENTS may bo sent to Mr . Peach Mte Strnrf ' n ^ f , „ , „ Mr . J . Clements , Little Pultenoy Street , London i > v thon ? $ \ £ ? ' ? „„ Sept ., and Dec , and not later tlL , one \ rcT &^ To ? F ^! r '
Ar02006
Bath : Printed and Published by ROBERT EDWARD PEACH NO 8 Co "Oners' v ' vT ^ I ^ * ^ MI-KI ^ ™ A ^ LL ^ n i Co ., Stationers Hall Court , E . C ; and Sold bvJ Oriniirvii oi Little Pulteney Street , W . ; R . fipraonB , Great § , een Stre t W C and all Booksellers in London and the Country . '