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CORRESPONDENCE .

Wo do not hold ourselves responsible for tho opinions ot our Correspondents . ,-. » .,. . All Letters must bear the namo and address of the \\ riter , not necessarily tor publication , but as a guarantee ot good faith . . , . ¦ . We cannot undertake to rosurn rejected communications .

ARTICLE 213 . " Whenever a member of any Lodgo shall resign , or shall be excluded , or whenever , at a subsequent time , he may require it , he shall be furnished with a certificate stating tho circumstances under whioh he left the Lodge , and such certificate is to be required by , and to be produced to , any other Lodge of which he is proposed to be admitted a member previously to fche ballot being taken . "

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —For acting in what many Past Masters consider to bo strict conformity with tho intent and moaning of the above rule in the book of Constitutions , which all Freemasons nnder the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of England are pledged to obey , Lodge La Ceaaroe , No . 259 , Jersey , has been suspended from

its functions , in the first placo by the Provincial Grand Master of Jersey , and in the lecosd , on appeal , by the Graud Lodge of England itself . The circumstances Which gave rise to this lamentable result are such as to justify tho earnest consideration of the Masters , Officers , and members of all Lodges nnder the English Constitution , and make

them panse before they act npon their own interpretation of the numerous Rules and Regnlations laid down for their guidance and observance in that manual of whioh ifc is so frequently reiterated , that " scarcely a case can occur in the Lodge bnt this book will set yon right . " Let ns see what it has done , or , rather , what it has not done , in

this instance . Bro . A ., having been a member of the Lodge in question for threo years only , leaves it voluntarily , and has no direct communication with its members for the space of ten years . Daring this lapse of time , ho having gone abroad , his former connection with the Lodge , except that he had been known by some senior members as the son of Bro . B ., a Past Master , Treasurer , and

continuing member thereof , is nofc remembered , and no record relating to him appears in the minutes of proceedings dnring that period . It is said that "his name was printed in the list of members , " but it is not stated np to what year subsequent to his departure . Any way , that does not affect the question at issue , whioh challenges the propriety of any Lodge assuming that an application

for a certificate made by a third party , no matter in what connection that party may stand to the presumed applicant , is a sufficient requisition in compliance with the terms of Article 213 . Bro . B ., the father of the absent ex-member , himself a Past Master of twenty years' standing and therefore presumably able to interpret fche regulations he is bound to " accept , abide by , and enforce , as Masters

have done in all ages , " considers thafc the expression of a desire on A . ' s part contained in a private letter to himself , which he declines to produce to the Lodge or its Worshipful Master , even after au arrange , ment , at the suggestion of the Provincial Grand Master , that such production should be made by him , is a sufficient requirement in the terms of the Article , No . 213 . Ho totally ignores tho fact that

Bro . A . might easily have applied in a direct manner , if only by the enclosure of a memorandum addressed to the proper Lodge official and signed by himself for comparison of his sign-manual with that preserved in the Lodge declaration book . Here is the crux ! Was ifc ever contemplated by tho fiamera of Article 213—fche Grand Lodge itself—that any other thau a direct

application for a certificate of clearance should suffice for tho obtainance thereof by tho person chieily interested and entitled thereto ? If so , it is not " nominated in tbe bond , " and it is more than questionable that if such certificates , even though thoy " could do no harm , aro of no money value , aud could not bo nse-l as bills of exchange , " vverj given by our Lodges to third parties , except for

transmission after direct application , the want of can twit exhibited would iuvolve the grantors in penalties for breach of a Constiiutional edict . Divested of all side issues , technicalities , personalities , and what were stated in Grand Lodge to be " quibbles , " the logical

interpretation of Article 213 demands direct application for the particular document required . If that is not intended the sooner the law is amended the better , and the moro certain that Musters , Wardens and Brethren will avoid the pitfall into which La Coaaree , despite its best intentions , has fallen .

Yours fraternally , JAMES STEVENS P . M . P . Z . Catford , Sth September 1891 .

Tho memorial stone of the Bishop Jolly Memorial Church was recently laid at Fraserburgh with considerable Masonic ceremony by Lord Saltoun , Senior Warden of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . Bishop Douglas , Aberdeen , conducted the religious service , and , besides a large gathering of the general public , most of the clergy in the diocese were present . The new church is of Norman stylo of architecture , and is to be built of red corennie granite . The chnrch will seat abont 500 , and is to cost £ 4000 odds .

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On Saturday , 22 nd ult ., tho musical brethren of the Masonio Order had an outing to Disley , and spent a very pleasant afternoon . The company included members of the Tudor , Unity , aud Clemency Lodges . Tho train left Clegg Street Station at 1 / 40 , and arrived at Disley shortly alter three o ' clock . Tea was partaken of at tho Ram's Head , and afterwards the company adjourned to tho lawn , where the

following programme was gone through : —Glee , " Strike the Lyre '> ( Cook ) : song , "Oh , ho , Hear tho Wild Winds Blow , " Bro . Seel , duet , "While Old Time , " Bros . Roberts and Broadbentj reoit . * " Owd Thnstou" ( Brim-ley ) , Bro . Chadderton ; glee , " Queen of the Valley " ( Callcotl ); sons ? , " Clara Nolan ' s Ball , " Bro . Mayall ; glee , "Child of tho Snn" ( Batty ); song , "In Cellar Cool" ( old German

drinking song ) , Bro . Wood ; duet , " Excelsior" ( Balfe ) , Bros . Whittaker and Seel ; glee , "Banish , O Maiden ; " song , " Life is a Biver" ( Nelson ) , Brother Broadbenfc ; trio , " Willie Brewed ; " glee , "Comrades" ( Adams ) . The return journey was commenced at nine o ' clock p . m . Much satisfaction was expressed by those present

at the efficient arrangements that had been made by the trip Committee and the officials : —Messrs . A . Broadbenfc chairman , S . Roberts Hon . Sec , and J . Wilkinson Organist . During the afternoon a photographic group , whioh has turned out an excellent picture , waa taken by Bro . J . Wrigley , Union Street .

On the 4 th inst . the remains of the late Bro . Henry Brown , builder , of Malton , who died on the 31 st nit ., at the age of 71 years , were intoned at Malton Cemetery , in the presence of a goodly number of relatives , friends , and townspeople . Deceased was one of the oldest remaining members of fche Camalodunum Lodge , No . 660 , he having been initiated in 1860—four years after the formation of the Lodge . He was also one of tbe first to join the Volunteer

movement in Malton , and some years ago retired from the Volunteer service , after attaining the rank of sergeant . For some time past he had suffered from paralysis , and was nnable to attend to business . The fnneral was attended by the W . M . and several of the Past Masters and Brethren of the Camalodunum Lodge , and the W . M . and seven of the Past Masters were pall-bearers . The Rev . B . W . Elliot , Vicar of St . Leonard ' s , Malton , read the funeral service .

Messrs . Cassell and Company will publish , on the 24 th inst ., the first part of their new work " the World of Romance . " This will bo profusely illustrated with new engravings from original drawings by leading artists . The aim of " The World of Romance " is to present the reader with a representative collection from the romance of aU ages and all countries—to give him specimens of the pleasant art of

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