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Scotland.
" 8 th May , 1849 . —The Freemasons' Quarterly Review was again repudiated by the Grand Lodge of Scotland . " This is rich ! Sim says in the play , " Kill him again , feyther . " Our friend the woodman prowls about , hatchet in hand , seeking whom he may repudiate . We shall have some fun with him yet , for really the uncannie chiel is only worth a laugh , mischievous though he be , and innocent of the practical workings of Masonry as he is of its charitable construction . He is a masonic lusus naturce . We now present some extracts from correspondence on the " puddle
in a storm . No . 1 . — " In May there was , on the notice-paper , a motion that the Grand Lodge of Scotland should again take in the ' Freemasons' Quarterly Review . ' The debate in favour was characterized by good temper , good feeling , and a very gentlemanly advocacy—but it failed . The woodman ' s hatchet gleamed in the air , and with gesture and spleen he seemed to threaten all with the operation of scalping who dared oppose him . What Dr . Burnes will say , who so eloquently introduced the ' Freemasons' Quarterly Review' to the Grand Lodge of Scotland , remains to be seen . We know that the Editor cares but little for these
puny tricks , but we should like to know why a post mortem has not been held on the remains of the Masonic Infant School , which is supposed to have been most inhumanly suffocated or strangled . Defunct or not , let the perpetrator look out for squalls ! " No . 2 . — " The party who was made the cat ' s-paw in the ridiculous attack on the Review , found out his mistake , although too late ; he
made the most strenuous efforts to have the vote rescinded ; he was gallantly supported by the admirers of that publication , but the' officials ' were deaf adders . The letters that appeared in the Review were most ably argued . The circular of the Grand Lodge of England was read , which went to show that our Grand Lodge objected to it ; not more than half a dozen present in the Grand Lodge ever saw the '
Freemasons' Quarterly Review . ' The Ayes and Noes were pretty equally divided ; in fact it was thought the Ayes had it , when that rich blessing of meanness , apostacy , and misrule—the proxies—were put in and floored us ; but the motion was simply negatived—there was no repudiationthe word was never mentioned . The surprise at the printed circular was great ; it was felt to be an insult , and this must and shall be resented .
"The Grand Clerk is a multifarious as well as a ubiquitous personage . He is convener and chairman , secretary and collector of funds ! " We submit the following queries : — " 1 . Where are the funds for the education of Masons' children—and their amount ? " 2 . Where is the cash balance of the Fund of Benevolence ? '' 3 . The like as to the funds of Grand Lodge ?
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Scotland.
" 8 th May , 1849 . —The Freemasons' Quarterly Review was again repudiated by the Grand Lodge of Scotland . " This is rich ! Sim says in the play , " Kill him again , feyther . " Our friend the woodman prowls about , hatchet in hand , seeking whom he may repudiate . We shall have some fun with him yet , for really the uncannie chiel is only worth a laugh , mischievous though he be , and innocent of the practical workings of Masonry as he is of its charitable construction . He is a masonic lusus naturce . We now present some extracts from correspondence on the " puddle
in a storm . No . 1 . — " In May there was , on the notice-paper , a motion that the Grand Lodge of Scotland should again take in the ' Freemasons' Quarterly Review . ' The debate in favour was characterized by good temper , good feeling , and a very gentlemanly advocacy—but it failed . The woodman ' s hatchet gleamed in the air , and with gesture and spleen he seemed to threaten all with the operation of scalping who dared oppose him . What Dr . Burnes will say , who so eloquently introduced the ' Freemasons' Quarterly Review' to the Grand Lodge of Scotland , remains to be seen . We know that the Editor cares but little for these
puny tricks , but we should like to know why a post mortem has not been held on the remains of the Masonic Infant School , which is supposed to have been most inhumanly suffocated or strangled . Defunct or not , let the perpetrator look out for squalls ! " No . 2 . — " The party who was made the cat ' s-paw in the ridiculous attack on the Review , found out his mistake , although too late ; he
made the most strenuous efforts to have the vote rescinded ; he was gallantly supported by the admirers of that publication , but the' officials ' were deaf adders . The letters that appeared in the Review were most ably argued . The circular of the Grand Lodge of England was read , which went to show that our Grand Lodge objected to it ; not more than half a dozen present in the Grand Lodge ever saw the '
Freemasons' Quarterly Review . ' The Ayes and Noes were pretty equally divided ; in fact it was thought the Ayes had it , when that rich blessing of meanness , apostacy , and misrule—the proxies—were put in and floored us ; but the motion was simply negatived—there was no repudiationthe word was never mentioned . The surprise at the printed circular was great ; it was felt to be an insult , and this must and shall be resented .
"The Grand Clerk is a multifarious as well as a ubiquitous personage . He is convener and chairman , secretary and collector of funds ! " We submit the following queries : — " 1 . Where are the funds for the education of Masons' children—and their amount ? " 2 . Where is the cash balance of the Fund of Benevolence ? '' 3 . The like as to the funds of Grand Lodge ?