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Literary Notices.
Historical Landmarks of Freemasonry . By Dr . Oliver . Spencer . This invaluable work is complete , but some delay occurs in issuing the concluding number , in consequence of the great care required in engraving on steel ( in Masonic costume ) , the portrait of the learned author . AVe have so frequently had the gratification of noticing this herculean labour of Dr . Oliver in its progress , that nothing remains but to congratulate the Fraternity on the result . Already it has wended its
way to the remotest parts of the world , testing its utility by instructing the mind . As we before observed , the " Landmarks" are to be dedicated by permission to the Earl of Zetland , the M . AV . Grand Master , who will probably never receive a higher compliment than that paid to him by the historian of our Order .
Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of New York . 1845 . Joseph M . Marsh , New York . Our transatlantic Brethren commence by proving their descent from the Grand Lodge of England , by publishing the old charges as extracted from the ( revised ) editions of the English constitutions of 1738 and 1746 . To this follows the "Compact made on the 7 th day of June , 1827 , agreed to by the representatives of two hundred and twenty-eight Lodgesdeclaring the general regulations for the Grand Lodofthe State
, ge of Neiv York , to have been revised , approved , and ordered to be printed . " It is not in our power to give even extracts from these constitutions , and must , therefore , be content with a general notice . The first forty articles relate to the government of the Grand Lodge . In the Grand Stewards' Lodge appear to be vested the working materiel as to charity , finance , & c . ; the remainder of the one hundred and seven articles will be found to correspond with what is generally received as the governing
principle of the several constitutions of the British islands . There are some few points to which exception may be taken—among them the following : — "The men made Masons must be free-bom ( or no bondmen ) of mature age and of good report , hale and sound , not deformed or dismembered at the time of their making . But no woman , no
eunuch . " In England we have seen many estimable men made Masons , who were deformed—wanting an arm or a leg—and some even blind !—Aye , and they proved to be most deserving . In these days , MIND supplies every want ; and the leading virtue , CHARITY , the moral . Anothei objection is , to the permission to confer the first and second degrees on the same day—although the recommendation is urged that only one degree be conferred . Address ofthe Literary Association of the Friends of Poland to the people of Great Britain and Ireland . Detkens , Davis-street , Grosvenor-square .
If our Masonic Brother , Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart , possessed no other qualification , his perseverance in the cause of insulted Poland and her oppressed sons , will hand down his name to posterity as the champion of a nation before whom he stands as a bright moral beacon . His address is manly—energetic ; he does not urge the Poles to rebellionon the contrary , he directs them to rely on the justice of the Almighty , and first to fit themselves for the struggle , next , for the proper useof
success . Lord Dudley Stuart is hopeful—such efforts deserve to succeed . The Herald of Peace . Ward and Co . This indefatigable organ of peace continues its holy mission with steady but sure efforts . The recent events of ruthless war afford it
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Literary Notices.
Historical Landmarks of Freemasonry . By Dr . Oliver . Spencer . This invaluable work is complete , but some delay occurs in issuing the concluding number , in consequence of the great care required in engraving on steel ( in Masonic costume ) , the portrait of the learned author . AVe have so frequently had the gratification of noticing this herculean labour of Dr . Oliver in its progress , that nothing remains but to congratulate the Fraternity on the result . Already it has wended its
way to the remotest parts of the world , testing its utility by instructing the mind . As we before observed , the " Landmarks" are to be dedicated by permission to the Earl of Zetland , the M . AV . Grand Master , who will probably never receive a higher compliment than that paid to him by the historian of our Order .
Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of New York . 1845 . Joseph M . Marsh , New York . Our transatlantic Brethren commence by proving their descent from the Grand Lodge of England , by publishing the old charges as extracted from the ( revised ) editions of the English constitutions of 1738 and 1746 . To this follows the "Compact made on the 7 th day of June , 1827 , agreed to by the representatives of two hundred and twenty-eight Lodgesdeclaring the general regulations for the Grand Lodofthe State
, ge of Neiv York , to have been revised , approved , and ordered to be printed . " It is not in our power to give even extracts from these constitutions , and must , therefore , be content with a general notice . The first forty articles relate to the government of the Grand Lodge . In the Grand Stewards' Lodge appear to be vested the working materiel as to charity , finance , & c . ; the remainder of the one hundred and seven articles will be found to correspond with what is generally received as the governing
principle of the several constitutions of the British islands . There are some few points to which exception may be taken—among them the following : — "The men made Masons must be free-bom ( or no bondmen ) of mature age and of good report , hale and sound , not deformed or dismembered at the time of their making . But no woman , no
eunuch . " In England we have seen many estimable men made Masons , who were deformed—wanting an arm or a leg—and some even blind !—Aye , and they proved to be most deserving . In these days , MIND supplies every want ; and the leading virtue , CHARITY , the moral . Anothei objection is , to the permission to confer the first and second degrees on the same day—although the recommendation is urged that only one degree be conferred . Address ofthe Literary Association of the Friends of Poland to the people of Great Britain and Ireland . Detkens , Davis-street , Grosvenor-square .
If our Masonic Brother , Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart , possessed no other qualification , his perseverance in the cause of insulted Poland and her oppressed sons , will hand down his name to posterity as the champion of a nation before whom he stands as a bright moral beacon . His address is manly—energetic ; he does not urge the Poles to rebellionon the contrary , he directs them to rely on the justice of the Almighty , and first to fit themselves for the struggle , next , for the proper useof
success . Lord Dudley Stuart is hopeful—such efforts deserve to succeed . The Herald of Peace . Ward and Co . This indefatigable organ of peace continues its holy mission with steady but sure efforts . The recent events of ruthless war afford it