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Freemasonry In Kent.
I have thus endeavoured to lay before you some materials that will help you to arrive at some idea of what Freemasonry is in the P . G . Lodge , I will not say in Kent , because I know I should be deceiving you . There are some Lodges who sympathize with me on the unpleasing aspect of Masonry in the high places ; but we indulge in the hope of a brighter day . We hope that our Brethren may see that these proceedings are at variance with the principles they profess ; they cannot
be insensible to the expressions that fell from the lips of Br . Key ; they cannot controvert his positions , nor cast a shade of unreasonableness over them ; let them remember that there are those in the province who deserve promotion as well as themselves . Do they imagine the offices they hold are their birth-rights } Why cannot they resign after serving twelve months , and thus spare the delicacy of the D . P . G . M ? I hope these remarks will rouse the P . G . L . to a sense of their apathy
and neglect of Masonic principles- I trust they will discard all these glaring abuses , and by consistent conduct , place Masonry on the eminence its benign and benevolent principles so imperiousl y demand . 184
Female Freemasons.
FEMALE FREEMASONS .
WITH A PORTRAIT OF THE HON . MRS . ALDWORTH . We re-publish from the Cork Standard , of 29 th May last , the following curious circumstance , professing to be no less than the initiation into Masonry of a most amiable woman . The case sufficiently proves , that when a woman ' s mind and heart are set upon the accomplishment of an action , it is not a slight difficulty that will deter her . Several correspondents have so earnestly requested us to insert the articlethat we
, cannot refuse ; but it is fair to state , that the circumstance has been particularly alluded to at page 201 , vol . 2 , and partially at page 194 , vol . 3 , at least we presume the remarks allude to the same lady . Desirous of presenting to our fair readers in particular , at all times , whatever is worthy of preservation , we have embellished the present number with a portrait of this singular lady . It is taken from a rare plate , lately presented by Brother Grimstone to the Royal York Lodge ,
No . 7 . That excellent Mason received it on the 18 th of June last , as a compliment from Brothers Cotter and Grose , of No . 71 , Cork , their own mother-Lodge , and in which the initiation of Mrs . Aldworth took place . Those Brethren at the same time , bore testimony to the facts stated . _ STORY OF THE HON . MRS . ALOWORTIl ' s INITIATION INTO THE SUBLIME MYSTERIES OF FREEMASONRY .
( From Tales of my Grandmother . ) ( FOR THE CORK STANDARD . ) Ln the city of Cork many years ago , a Mr . Maberly kept a house of entertainment , and in it was held a Freemasons' Lodge . The Hon . Mrs . Aldworth , a lady of rank ancl fortune resided in the neighbourhood of the city , and hearing much of the mysteries of the Craft , had
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Freemasonry In Kent.
I have thus endeavoured to lay before you some materials that will help you to arrive at some idea of what Freemasonry is in the P . G . Lodge , I will not say in Kent , because I know I should be deceiving you . There are some Lodges who sympathize with me on the unpleasing aspect of Masonry in the high places ; but we indulge in the hope of a brighter day . We hope that our Brethren may see that these proceedings are at variance with the principles they profess ; they cannot
be insensible to the expressions that fell from the lips of Br . Key ; they cannot controvert his positions , nor cast a shade of unreasonableness over them ; let them remember that there are those in the province who deserve promotion as well as themselves . Do they imagine the offices they hold are their birth-rights } Why cannot they resign after serving twelve months , and thus spare the delicacy of the D . P . G . M ? I hope these remarks will rouse the P . G . L . to a sense of their apathy
and neglect of Masonic principles- I trust they will discard all these glaring abuses , and by consistent conduct , place Masonry on the eminence its benign and benevolent principles so imperiousl y demand . 184
Female Freemasons.
FEMALE FREEMASONS .
WITH A PORTRAIT OF THE HON . MRS . ALDWORTH . We re-publish from the Cork Standard , of 29 th May last , the following curious circumstance , professing to be no less than the initiation into Masonry of a most amiable woman . The case sufficiently proves , that when a woman ' s mind and heart are set upon the accomplishment of an action , it is not a slight difficulty that will deter her . Several correspondents have so earnestly requested us to insert the articlethat we
, cannot refuse ; but it is fair to state , that the circumstance has been particularly alluded to at page 201 , vol . 2 , and partially at page 194 , vol . 3 , at least we presume the remarks allude to the same lady . Desirous of presenting to our fair readers in particular , at all times , whatever is worthy of preservation , we have embellished the present number with a portrait of this singular lady . It is taken from a rare plate , lately presented by Brother Grimstone to the Royal York Lodge ,
No . 7 . That excellent Mason received it on the 18 th of June last , as a compliment from Brothers Cotter and Grose , of No . 71 , Cork , their own mother-Lodge , and in which the initiation of Mrs . Aldworth took place . Those Brethren at the same time , bore testimony to the facts stated . _ STORY OF THE HON . MRS . ALOWORTIl ' s INITIATION INTO THE SUBLIME MYSTERIES OF FREEMASONRY .
( From Tales of my Grandmother . ) ( FOR THE CORK STANDARD . ) Ln the city of Cork many years ago , a Mr . Maberly kept a house of entertainment , and in it was held a Freemasons' Lodge . The Hon . Mrs . Aldworth , a lady of rank ancl fortune resided in the neighbourhood of the city , and hearing much of the mysteries of the Craft , had