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Masonic Anecdote.
" To describe the mysteries—to touch upon the interior of a Mason ' s sanctum—of course is not my intention : suffice it to say our labours were followed by the most splendid banquet I ever beheld , and every one seemed happy and elate . As a stranger , I had not supposed it necessary to tell the news I had heard ; I naturally imagined they had also learnt the afflicting tidings . In this , however , I was wrong ; for , in the evening , a chit ( a note ) was brought to the Presidentwhowith
, , unaffected emotion , read it out loud . It told in a few words what I had already learnt , avid confirmed the suspicion I had , that poor Robinson was now pennyless , compelled to remain in India at the risk of his life , again to toil for the uncertain chance of living to amass a sufficient competency to return to Europe . A general gloom was evident on every countenance , and many a sigh spontaneously burst forth on hearing the dreadful tale . Presently the countenance of one whom I dare
not name suddenly brightened up ; a proposition was made , which instantly diffused general pleasure , and called forth long and unanimous applause . In Europe the fact will seem almost incredible—yet it is strictly true , that within one month from the circumstance I have just mentioned , Robinson sailed with his daughter for England , bearing ivith him a fortune of twelve thousand pounds , the amount of a voluntary subscription created by his warmly-attached Brother Masons in Bengal . " —Hours in I-Iindoostan , by II . R . Addison . Bentley ' s Miscellany , May 1 st , 1843 .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
SIR AND BROTHER , —Having heard that , on a recent occasion , in a certain assembly , arguments were advanced against a motion , ivhich were not founded on fact , I beg to offer the following observations , which , should they reach the attention of the party in question , may probably lead him , on a future occasion , to pause ere he shall again commit himself . He is said to have stated that there was no precedent for disposing of the funds of the Grand Lodgein the manner required
, by the motion ; and , when reminded of the case of a public testimony to the late Marquis of Hastings , he observed that , if the Grand Lodge had once done a wrong , it would be monstrous to repeat it . He was again reminded that a similar mark of respect was shown to the memory of the late Duke of Kent . But these facts only served to fix his determination to oppose the motion ; for he then changed his tactics , and in a very lengthy address he declared that , to vote money in such
a manner , would be the sure way to bring our funds to bankruptcy and ruin . But it is not necessary to report his illogical address , which had no other effect than to occupy time . Had he but looked around him , and observed the various busts of the members of the Royal Family , he ivould have been self-convicted of error . Had he for an instant remembered the portraits in the hall , many of which cost several hundred pounds each , he would not surely have hazarded the
deliverance of so much inconsistency . I am not a member of the Board of General Purposes , but I may take the liberty of telling him who is , that the Grand Lodge have the power to dispose of every farthing of the fund of General Purposes , and in any manner it shall think fit ; and , by way of information , tiie following circumstances may be worth remembering .
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Masonic Anecdote.
" To describe the mysteries—to touch upon the interior of a Mason ' s sanctum—of course is not my intention : suffice it to say our labours were followed by the most splendid banquet I ever beheld , and every one seemed happy and elate . As a stranger , I had not supposed it necessary to tell the news I had heard ; I naturally imagined they had also learnt the afflicting tidings . In this , however , I was wrong ; for , in the evening , a chit ( a note ) was brought to the Presidentwhowith
, , unaffected emotion , read it out loud . It told in a few words what I had already learnt , avid confirmed the suspicion I had , that poor Robinson was now pennyless , compelled to remain in India at the risk of his life , again to toil for the uncertain chance of living to amass a sufficient competency to return to Europe . A general gloom was evident on every countenance , and many a sigh spontaneously burst forth on hearing the dreadful tale . Presently the countenance of one whom I dare
not name suddenly brightened up ; a proposition was made , which instantly diffused general pleasure , and called forth long and unanimous applause . In Europe the fact will seem almost incredible—yet it is strictly true , that within one month from the circumstance I have just mentioned , Robinson sailed with his daughter for England , bearing ivith him a fortune of twelve thousand pounds , the amount of a voluntary subscription created by his warmly-attached Brother Masons in Bengal . " —Hours in I-Iindoostan , by II . R . Addison . Bentley ' s Miscellany , May 1 st , 1843 .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
SIR AND BROTHER , —Having heard that , on a recent occasion , in a certain assembly , arguments were advanced against a motion , ivhich were not founded on fact , I beg to offer the following observations , which , should they reach the attention of the party in question , may probably lead him , on a future occasion , to pause ere he shall again commit himself . He is said to have stated that there was no precedent for disposing of the funds of the Grand Lodgein the manner required
, by the motion ; and , when reminded of the case of a public testimony to the late Marquis of Hastings , he observed that , if the Grand Lodge had once done a wrong , it would be monstrous to repeat it . He was again reminded that a similar mark of respect was shown to the memory of the late Duke of Kent . But these facts only served to fix his determination to oppose the motion ; for he then changed his tactics , and in a very lengthy address he declared that , to vote money in such
a manner , would be the sure way to bring our funds to bankruptcy and ruin . But it is not necessary to report his illogical address , which had no other effect than to occupy time . Had he but looked around him , and observed the various busts of the members of the Royal Family , he ivould have been self-convicted of error . Had he for an instant remembered the portraits in the hall , many of which cost several hundred pounds each , he would not surely have hazarded the
deliverance of so much inconsistency . I am not a member of the Board of General Purposes , but I may take the liberty of telling him who is , that the Grand Lodge have the power to dispose of every farthing of the fund of General Purposes , and in any manner it shall think fit ; and , by way of information , tiie following circumstances may be worth remembering .