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To The Editor.
are entered upon a new reign . Let the Augean stable be cleansed . The sooner all abuses , anomalies , and irregularities are swept away the better . There is much in tlie provinces calling for the early attention of the M . W . G . M . Many of the P . G . Chairs are vacant , and the sooner they are filled , if filled by active and EXPERIENCED men , the Letter . If our noble head is a true anel zealous Mason at heart , he will set about tire work immediately ; and follow it up , by superseding every P . G . M .
who does not hold , or cause to be holden , at least one Provincial Grand Lodge in every year , in his province . I am , Sir , yours fraternally , A SEN .-WARDEN . [[ We insert the above as the most clearly defined of a number on the same subject ; and , without , however , pledging our opinion on any given point , we may hint that a faithful servant on retiring from office merits ample provision for old age—first , as an act of justice , and , still mere so , as an act of gratitude . —En . " ]
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
THE MASONIC PROVINCE OF SUMATRA . F . ' -eerpla c- ' -tr-.- ' e- 'H—*< : < ** Itisum tencatis . " FORT MARLBOROUGH , or BENCOOLEN—ceded to the Dutch on the Sth April , 1825—a most useless and unprofitable colony . "—Hamilton ' s India Gazetteer . Previous to the cession—the late Colonel Macdonald was Provincial
Grand Master . The name of the party stated to be P . G . M . of the colony ceded to the Dutch , ( who had at the time , and still have a Grancl Lodge of Freemasons , ) first appears in the circulars issued by the . Grancl Lodge of England , on the Soth April , 1827 , two years after this " cessio bono-Tiim , " as Provincial Grand Master of Sumatra , et cetera . What was comj-rrised in the " et cetera ? " If the " et cetera " were correctwhy were the words dropped in the
, circular of 5 th December , 1 S 27 , and since discontinued ? No Provincial Grand Lodge has been held since the assumption of title . The fees of honour remain to this day unpaid . Are the cases of Col . Hamilton , and Bro . Goff analogous ? Under theie circumstances , does the office now exist—could it exist after the cess on of the colony on the 5 th April , 1825 ? I think not . QUID NUNC .
EWe agree with Quid Nunc—for the following reasons : — ot a single article of the constitution has been complied with , not even tbe first—no installation took place—for no P . G . L . was ever held . Because the fees of honour have not been paid . Because we question the legality of any appointment by the Grand Master of England in colonies belonging to , or ceded to a kingdom , in which a Grand Lodge existed . Tlie cases of the late Col . Hamilton and the late Bro . Goff are not analogous—there did not exist at the time a Grand Lodge either in Columbia or Hayti , when those brethren were appointed .. — ED . ]
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To The Editor.
are entered upon a new reign . Let the Augean stable be cleansed . The sooner all abuses , anomalies , and irregularities are swept away the better . There is much in tlie provinces calling for the early attention of the M . W . G . M . Many of the P . G . Chairs are vacant , and the sooner they are filled , if filled by active and EXPERIENCED men , the Letter . If our noble head is a true anel zealous Mason at heart , he will set about tire work immediately ; and follow it up , by superseding every P . G . M .
who does not hold , or cause to be holden , at least one Provincial Grand Lodge in every year , in his province . I am , Sir , yours fraternally , A SEN .-WARDEN . [[ We insert the above as the most clearly defined of a number on the same subject ; and , without , however , pledging our opinion on any given point , we may hint that a faithful servant on retiring from office merits ample provision for old age—first , as an act of justice , and , still mere so , as an act of gratitude . —En . " ]
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
THE MASONIC PROVINCE OF SUMATRA . F . ' -eerpla c- ' -tr-.- ' e- 'H—*< : < ** Itisum tencatis . " FORT MARLBOROUGH , or BENCOOLEN—ceded to the Dutch on the Sth April , 1825—a most useless and unprofitable colony . "—Hamilton ' s India Gazetteer . Previous to the cession—the late Colonel Macdonald was Provincial
Grand Master . The name of the party stated to be P . G . M . of the colony ceded to the Dutch , ( who had at the time , and still have a Grancl Lodge of Freemasons , ) first appears in the circulars issued by the . Grancl Lodge of England , on the Soth April , 1827 , two years after this " cessio bono-Tiim , " as Provincial Grand Master of Sumatra , et cetera . What was comj-rrised in the " et cetera ? " If the " et cetera " were correctwhy were the words dropped in the
, circular of 5 th December , 1 S 27 , and since discontinued ? No Provincial Grand Lodge has been held since the assumption of title . The fees of honour remain to this day unpaid . Are the cases of Col . Hamilton , and Bro . Goff analogous ? Under theie circumstances , does the office now exist—could it exist after the cess on of the colony on the 5 th April , 1825 ? I think not . QUID NUNC .
EWe agree with Quid Nunc—for the following reasons : — ot a single article of the constitution has been complied with , not even tbe first—no installation took place—for no P . G . L . was ever held . Because the fees of honour have not been paid . Because we question the legality of any appointment by the Grand Master of England in colonies belonging to , or ceded to a kingdom , in which a Grand Lodge existed . Tlie cases of the late Col . Hamilton and the late Bro . Goff are not analogous—there did not exist at the time a Grand Lodge either in Columbia or Hayti , when those brethren were appointed .. — ED . ]