Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Cor . respondents . All Letters must hear the name and address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , hut as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING .

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DKAU SIR AND BBOTHEK , —IG is an " open secret " that at the ensniiur Quarterly Communication a question of very grave importanco will be submitted to Grand Lodge on an appeal against tho exclusion of a member from a private Lodyo , and the confirmation of such exclusion by the Right Worship ful Grand Master of the

Province iu which such Lodge is holdon . With the merits of the case , in so far as the vote of exclusion is concerned , it would bo most improper to interfere until after our respected Grand Registrar shall have given his opinion to the members

of Grand Lodge assembled . But the " question of grave importance ' which will arise out of certain proceedings connected therewith is already known to a largo number of Masons ; and is , so far , public information , in no wise affecting a matter which is " sub judice , '' and can therefore be discussed without impropriety .

There has already appeared in the pages of both Mnsomc journals correspondence which leads up to the question , which not I alone , but many others , de-ire to have answered , viz ., "Can any Masonic authority whatever sanction that which in tlie ordinary course of legal practice would be deemed libellous , and claim privilege ? " The

printing and publishing a . man ' s name without his consent , and to his certain prejudice is , without doubt , and notwithstanding the dictum which has been referred to , a libel or slander for which tho law of the land provides a remedy . This remedy is more or less forcible according to the nature of circumstances which constitute

privilege , and therefore it is most important to ascertain iu what manner any and what privilege not given by " lawfully constituted authority" to any individual " peaceable subject" can be claimed by Freemasons as a body . I cannot believe that any privilege is accorded to Freemasons to the exclusion of nil other men , or societies

of men , nor that the protecting " sogis or tho Masonic Order can be thrown over direct violation of the " laws of the country in which we reside . " In tho instance which will come before Grand Lodge ( I write advisedly ) a brother ' s name and full Masonic rank has been printed

in connection with a motion for exclusion in an ordinary Lodge summons which has circulated beyond tho "limits " of the Lodge . The W . M . had been cautioned that such publication would be considered objectionable , and if persisted in would be resented . Whether or not the brother named had committed a Masonic offence meriting

exclusion , or capable of explanation , has nothing to do with the present question . Ho maybe " white as snow , " or " black as soot , " that has yet to be determined ; but even if proved the latter in respect of "Masonic lino and rule" there is , to my mind , no justification

whatever for doing that which , known to the outer world , would most emphatically injure his repute . If a justilication or privilege—call it which you please—exists , then let it be known under what rule or regulation of our Constitutions , setting aside , for tho present , the " ordinances of the realm , " it is expressed . I can find no such thing .

Yours faithfully and fraternally , JAMES STEVENS P . M . P . Z Clapham , Whit Monday 1885 .

To the Editor of the FHEEMASOJJ ' CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —A movement is on foot here for the formation of a " Northern Counties " Lodge , and the promoters would be much obliged to yon if yon would kindly make it known through

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your widely-read columns that a meeting to consider the matter would be held on Wednesday , 24 fch June . Any brother willing to take part in this meeting is invited to send his name to you , when he will be dul y informed of tho hour and place .

Yours fraternally , London , 28 th May 1885 . A LANCASHIRE FREEMASON

Bro , James Stevens P . M . P Z . has accepted the invitation of the Prior j Lod ^ e of Instruction , No . 1000 , to deliver his " Lecture on Freemasonry , " explanatory of the ritual and ceremonial of tho , first degree , at the animal

meeting of the Lodge , on Friday next , the 5 th June , at tho Middletori Hotel , Southend , Essex , Bro , F . Dorrel Grayson W . M . of the Mother Lodge will preside . A largo gathering of members from surrounding Lodges is expected . Lod ^ o -will be opened at G" 30 p . m ., and fall Craft clothing will be ¦ w orn .

The following dinners were held at the Freemasons ' Tavern during the week ending Saturday , 80 th May : — Tuesday—St . James ' s "UYi > n Chapter . Wednesday—Smeatoninn

Society of Civil Engineers , Lodge of Antiquity , uootmakers' Benevolent Institution , Evening Star Lodge . Thursday—St . George ' s Chapter , Mi nut Moriuh Lodge , Bedford Chapter , Liverpool Victoria Legal Frieudly Society .

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