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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
All Letters must bear the name an I address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Cor . respondents . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .
ALLEGED DISCOVERY OE MORGAN'S REMAINS
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAE SIE ANT > BROTHER , —Till some further and definite information is received as to the alleged discovery of the remains of the late William Morgan who was said to have been murdered by some American Masons , it will be as well to bear in mind that these remains
have been once already discovered—in the days of the Anti . masonic Agitation in the United States . It is needless to say they were made the most of for political pnrposes , but in time they turned out to be the remains of some ono else , and on this being told to Mr . Thurlow Weed , the Anti-Masonic candidate , he is said to have remarked , Well he was a good enough Morgan for election pnrposes ,
or words to that effect . Again , a few years since , there was a rumour that William Morgan had been seen in the flesh at some city or town in Asia Minor , if I remember rightly . It would be rather amusing if a monument Bhould be erected to the memory of a man still living . At all events one must be chary about accepting any rumours about this Morgan without trustworthy circumstantial evidence . Fraternally yours , ANTI-HUMBUG .
The Precedence Question.
THE PRECEDENCE QUESTION .
To the Editor of the FEEEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIK AND BROTHER , —The views you have expressed in your article , entitled " G . Officers and Prov . Grand Officers , " in my humble judgment , are in the main correct . With all possible deference to the opinion of the Rev . C . W . Arnold , a Past Grand Chaplain of England , and the Deputy Prov . Grand Master of Surrey , the case is
very far from being as clearly in favour of the Grand Registrar s views as our Rev . Brother would like us to believe . In his letter which appeared in the Freemason of last week , he says that " Grand Officers , " in the passage quoted by Bro . Newmarch from the Book of Constitutions means " Provincial Grand Officers , " which is tanta . mount to saying that Provincial Grand Officers are Provincial Grand
Officers . It strikes me the framers of our Constitutions would hardly have been at the pains of enunciating in solemn terms so self-evident a proposition . I allow the object of the Constitutions in the part referred to is to define the status of Prov . Grand Officers " in and out of the Province : " this they do clearly enough . Within the limits of their respectives Provinces Prov . Grand Officers enjoy the rank and
privileges of Grand Officers , outside those limits they have no rank or privileges whatever , though by courtesy they are allowed to wear their Prov . G . clothing in all Masonic assemblies , and are described by their respective Prov . G . titles . " YORK , " in his able letter to your contemporary of the same date , puts the matter very clearly " when he argues that the Book of Constitutions lays it down that
Provincial Grand Officers in their district shall have the rank and privileges of Grand Officers , whatever that rank , or whatever those privileges may be , and therefore in any Province Grand Officers cannot have further or greater privileges than its own Provincial Grand Officers . " A 3 to G . Registrar's argument , that if Bro . Newmarch's idea were
carried to its logical conclusion , a Prov . G . Master would in his own Province take precedence of the G . Master himself , " YORK , " it seems to me , bestows upon it a degree of attention far beyond its merits . I grant that through lack of something sufficiently definite there may be reasons to urge in opposition to Bro . Newmarch ' s opinion , but the Constitutions are explicit enough , as yon have pointed out , as to the rank of Grand Master , who is the supreme head of the Craft ,
—with full power to preside in any Lodge , and Prov . € t . Masters , who are officially members of Grand Lodge , with precedence next after Past Deputy Grand Masters , and before Grand Wardens . It must strike any one as an absurdity that Grand Pursuivant of England should take precedence of Deputy District Grand Master in his own Province . Faithfully and fraternally yours , NOT A LAWYER .
The Lodge Of Benevolence.
THE LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE .
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I am glad Bro . Perceval has drawn attention to the unnecessary and inexcusable delay in administering tbe relief voted by the Lodge of Benevolence to distressed brethren in those cases in which the sum is in excess of £ 50 . The very natural inference is , that the larger the amount of the grant
recommended by the Lodge , the greater mu 3 t be the necessities of the petitioner for help . Yet it is in the case of these especially distressed brethren that the longest delay occurs in giving the much-needed assistance . That the Lodge of Benevolence is most careful in the examination of the petitions submitted for its
consideration is proved by the rarity with which a grant once recommended is revoked or reduced . But where the grant exceeds £ 50 , a delay varying from close on four to close on six months must OCCUT before he can receive the money . For instance , a petition is submitted to the Lodge of Benevolence next Wednesday . The allegations are verified , and the Lodge agrees to recommend a grant ( say }
The Lodge Of Benevolence.
of £ 80 . This recommendation is approved at the Quarterly Com . mnnication of 7 th September , but until it has been again confirmed at the December Communication , he is only allowed to receive £ 10 on account . What , I ask , is £ 10 for a period of five months to a distressed brother whom the Lodge has adjudged worthy of relief to the extent of £ S 0 ? If greater precautions are thought necessary .
let them be adopted , though I believe the general opinion is that the Lodge of Benevolence discharges its extremely delicate functions with tact and judgment , as well as with a due regard for the in . terests of the Fnnd it has been called upon to administer . But it it is the veriest mockery of benevolence to say to a petitioner—Wo have made diligent inquiries into the circumstances , and we find
your case is a most deserving one . We deeply sympathise with ycrar misfortune , and by way of showing onr sense of your merits , we shall recommend to Grand Lodge that a sum of £ 80 , £ 100 , or £ 150 be granted to you from the Fund . We can all imagine to ourselves the sense of thankfulness with which the poor brother must hear this announcement , and we can likewise imagine to ourselves the con .
sternation he must experience when , on learning that Grand Lod ge has approved the recommendation , he goes down to receive his money , and is told he must wait a further period of three mouths until the approval has been confirmed . As a rule , I dislike quoting from foreign languages , but in
English we have nothing so expressive of the immense benefits of the assistance which is promptly rendered as the Latin maxim , " Bis dat qui cito dat . " I trust Bro . Perceval will abide by his determina . tiou to propose the substitution of some more immediate plan for tbe relief of the more serious oases of distress .
I remain , Dear Sir and Brother , Fraternally yours , " S . E . V . "
The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Bro . Perceval's suggestion that the highest unsuccessful candidates at the eleotion of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution should be chosen to fill np , in the order , of their priority on the Poll , all vacancies occurring in the two Funds
between May and November has much to recommend it , but in spite of the slight additional trouble and expense , I think the plan of having two elections per annum preferable for the reason I have seen stated in your columns , that candidates when they find they have no chance of succeeding at a particular election do not always poll
their full strength , but reserve a portion of it till the next ballot , when the additional votes their supporters will have become en . titled to will secure their eleotion almost as a matter of course . More , over , why shonld a governor or subscriber be allowed only one contingent of votes for the R . M . B . I . when he receives two for the same subscription to the Girls' or Boys' Sohool P Yours fraternally , WELL WISHER .
" A Day In The Country."
" A DAY IN THE COUNTRY . "
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . Earlswood House , King Edward ' s-road , Haokney , £ . SIR , —Last year some of your readers were generously led to help us provide a day ' s excursion into the country for 500 poor girls and
boys who attend the Hackney Juvenile Mission . The Manager hopes to bo able to take at least as many children this summer , and I should be glad if your readers will assist him practically by sending donations towards this the Tenth Annual Excursion to either the Hon . Manager , Mr . J . Newman , 17 Cheapside , S . E . ; Mr . C . B . Lowe , 10 St . Thomas ' s-square ; Mr . H . M . Heath , 4 St . Thomas ' s -road , or to Yours faithfully , ATHRO A . KNIGHT .
Singular Horticultural Phenomenon.
SINGULAR HORTICULTURAL PHENOMENON .
The following 'whimsical letter , according to Hood ' s Annual , was addressed to the Secretary of the Horticultural Society : — SIE , —I partickly wish the Satiety to be called to consider the Case what follows , as I think mite be maid Transaxtionable in the next
Reports . My wif had a Tomb Cat that dyd . Being a torture shell and a Grate faverit , we had Him berried in the Guardian , and for the sake of inrichment of the Mould I had the carks deposited under tho roots of
a Gosberry Bush . The Frute being up till then of the smooth kind . But the next Seson ' s Frute after the Cat was berried , the Gosberris was all hairy—and more Remarkable the Catpilers of the same bush was all of the same hairy description . I am , Sir , your humble servant , THOMAS F ROST .
The Grand Lodge of Sweden has had two lithograp hic views of the Masonic Temple—exterior and interior—a * Stockholm , printed , and copies of them , and also of a chromo-lithographic portrait of His Majesty Oscar II ., Grand Master of Sweden , preseuted to the Grand Lodge of Scotland and other Graud Lodges with which it is in fraternal intercourse .
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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
All Letters must bear the name an I address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Cor . respondents . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .
ALLEGED DISCOVERY OE MORGAN'S REMAINS
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAE SIE ANT > BROTHER , —Till some further and definite information is received as to the alleged discovery of the remains of the late William Morgan who was said to have been murdered by some American Masons , it will be as well to bear in mind that these remains
have been once already discovered—in the days of the Anti . masonic Agitation in the United States . It is needless to say they were made the most of for political pnrposes , but in time they turned out to be the remains of some ono else , and on this being told to Mr . Thurlow Weed , the Anti-Masonic candidate , he is said to have remarked , Well he was a good enough Morgan for election pnrposes ,
or words to that effect . Again , a few years since , there was a rumour that William Morgan had been seen in the flesh at some city or town in Asia Minor , if I remember rightly . It would be rather amusing if a monument Bhould be erected to the memory of a man still living . At all events one must be chary about accepting any rumours about this Morgan without trustworthy circumstantial evidence . Fraternally yours , ANTI-HUMBUG .
The Precedence Question.
THE PRECEDENCE QUESTION .
To the Editor of the FEEEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIK AND BROTHER , —The views you have expressed in your article , entitled " G . Officers and Prov . Grand Officers , " in my humble judgment , are in the main correct . With all possible deference to the opinion of the Rev . C . W . Arnold , a Past Grand Chaplain of England , and the Deputy Prov . Grand Master of Surrey , the case is
very far from being as clearly in favour of the Grand Registrar s views as our Rev . Brother would like us to believe . In his letter which appeared in the Freemason of last week , he says that " Grand Officers , " in the passage quoted by Bro . Newmarch from the Book of Constitutions means " Provincial Grand Officers , " which is tanta . mount to saying that Provincial Grand Officers are Provincial Grand
Officers . It strikes me the framers of our Constitutions would hardly have been at the pains of enunciating in solemn terms so self-evident a proposition . I allow the object of the Constitutions in the part referred to is to define the status of Prov . Grand Officers " in and out of the Province : " this they do clearly enough . Within the limits of their respectives Provinces Prov . Grand Officers enjoy the rank and
privileges of Grand Officers , outside those limits they have no rank or privileges whatever , though by courtesy they are allowed to wear their Prov . G . clothing in all Masonic assemblies , and are described by their respective Prov . G . titles . " YORK , " in his able letter to your contemporary of the same date , puts the matter very clearly " when he argues that the Book of Constitutions lays it down that
Provincial Grand Officers in their district shall have the rank and privileges of Grand Officers , whatever that rank , or whatever those privileges may be , and therefore in any Province Grand Officers cannot have further or greater privileges than its own Provincial Grand Officers . " A 3 to G . Registrar's argument , that if Bro . Newmarch's idea were
carried to its logical conclusion , a Prov . G . Master would in his own Province take precedence of the G . Master himself , " YORK , " it seems to me , bestows upon it a degree of attention far beyond its merits . I grant that through lack of something sufficiently definite there may be reasons to urge in opposition to Bro . Newmarch ' s opinion , but the Constitutions are explicit enough , as yon have pointed out , as to the rank of Grand Master , who is the supreme head of the Craft ,
—with full power to preside in any Lodge , and Prov . € t . Masters , who are officially members of Grand Lodge , with precedence next after Past Deputy Grand Masters , and before Grand Wardens . It must strike any one as an absurdity that Grand Pursuivant of England should take precedence of Deputy District Grand Master in his own Province . Faithfully and fraternally yours , NOT A LAWYER .
The Lodge Of Benevolence.
THE LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE .
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I am glad Bro . Perceval has drawn attention to the unnecessary and inexcusable delay in administering tbe relief voted by the Lodge of Benevolence to distressed brethren in those cases in which the sum is in excess of £ 50 . The very natural inference is , that the larger the amount of the grant
recommended by the Lodge , the greater mu 3 t be the necessities of the petitioner for help . Yet it is in the case of these especially distressed brethren that the longest delay occurs in giving the much-needed assistance . That the Lodge of Benevolence is most careful in the examination of the petitions submitted for its
consideration is proved by the rarity with which a grant once recommended is revoked or reduced . But where the grant exceeds £ 50 , a delay varying from close on four to close on six months must OCCUT before he can receive the money . For instance , a petition is submitted to the Lodge of Benevolence next Wednesday . The allegations are verified , and the Lodge agrees to recommend a grant ( say }
The Lodge Of Benevolence.
of £ 80 . This recommendation is approved at the Quarterly Com . mnnication of 7 th September , but until it has been again confirmed at the December Communication , he is only allowed to receive £ 10 on account . What , I ask , is £ 10 for a period of five months to a distressed brother whom the Lodge has adjudged worthy of relief to the extent of £ S 0 ? If greater precautions are thought necessary .
let them be adopted , though I believe the general opinion is that the Lodge of Benevolence discharges its extremely delicate functions with tact and judgment , as well as with a due regard for the in . terests of the Fnnd it has been called upon to administer . But it it is the veriest mockery of benevolence to say to a petitioner—Wo have made diligent inquiries into the circumstances , and we find
your case is a most deserving one . We deeply sympathise with ycrar misfortune , and by way of showing onr sense of your merits , we shall recommend to Grand Lodge that a sum of £ 80 , £ 100 , or £ 150 be granted to you from the Fund . We can all imagine to ourselves the sense of thankfulness with which the poor brother must hear this announcement , and we can likewise imagine to ourselves the con .
sternation he must experience when , on learning that Grand Lod ge has approved the recommendation , he goes down to receive his money , and is told he must wait a further period of three mouths until the approval has been confirmed . As a rule , I dislike quoting from foreign languages , but in
English we have nothing so expressive of the immense benefits of the assistance which is promptly rendered as the Latin maxim , " Bis dat qui cito dat . " I trust Bro . Perceval will abide by his determina . tiou to propose the substitution of some more immediate plan for tbe relief of the more serious oases of distress .
I remain , Dear Sir and Brother , Fraternally yours , " S . E . V . "
The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Bro . Perceval's suggestion that the highest unsuccessful candidates at the eleotion of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution should be chosen to fill np , in the order , of their priority on the Poll , all vacancies occurring in the two Funds
between May and November has much to recommend it , but in spite of the slight additional trouble and expense , I think the plan of having two elections per annum preferable for the reason I have seen stated in your columns , that candidates when they find they have no chance of succeeding at a particular election do not always poll
their full strength , but reserve a portion of it till the next ballot , when the additional votes their supporters will have become en . titled to will secure their eleotion almost as a matter of course . More , over , why shonld a governor or subscriber be allowed only one contingent of votes for the R . M . B . I . when he receives two for the same subscription to the Girls' or Boys' Sohool P Yours fraternally , WELL WISHER .
" A Day In The Country."
" A DAY IN THE COUNTRY . "
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . Earlswood House , King Edward ' s-road , Haokney , £ . SIR , —Last year some of your readers were generously led to help us provide a day ' s excursion into the country for 500 poor girls and
boys who attend the Hackney Juvenile Mission . The Manager hopes to bo able to take at least as many children this summer , and I should be glad if your readers will assist him practically by sending donations towards this the Tenth Annual Excursion to either the Hon . Manager , Mr . J . Newman , 17 Cheapside , S . E . ; Mr . C . B . Lowe , 10 St . Thomas ' s-square ; Mr . H . M . Heath , 4 St . Thomas ' s -road , or to Yours faithfully , ATHRO A . KNIGHT .
Singular Horticultural Phenomenon.
SINGULAR HORTICULTURAL PHENOMENON .
The following 'whimsical letter , according to Hood ' s Annual , was addressed to the Secretary of the Horticultural Society : — SIE , —I partickly wish the Satiety to be called to consider the Case what follows , as I think mite be maid Transaxtionable in the next
Reports . My wif had a Tomb Cat that dyd . Being a torture shell and a Grate faverit , we had Him berried in the Guardian , and for the sake of inrichment of the Mould I had the carks deposited under tho roots of
a Gosberry Bush . The Frute being up till then of the smooth kind . But the next Seson ' s Frute after the Cat was berried , the Gosberris was all hairy—and more Remarkable the Catpilers of the same bush was all of the same hairy description . I am , Sir , your humble servant , THOMAS F ROST .
The Grand Lodge of Sweden has had two lithograp hic views of the Masonic Temple—exterior and interior—a * Stockholm , printed , and copies of them , and also of a chromo-lithographic portrait of His Majesty Oscar II ., Grand Master of Sweden , preseuted to the Grand Lodge of Scotland and other Graud Lodges with which it is in fraternal intercourse .