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Literary Notices.
Proceedings ofthe Grand Lodge of North Carolina . Closely observing the example of the Sister Grancl Lodge of New York , the State of North Carolina has also fearlessly published its transactions of the 7 th and following days in December 1846 , which are highly interesting . We observe that the Grand Master and the Grand Lodge agree on one point in which they stand alone , viz ., they do not join in the condemnation of the Prussian Grand Lodge for having
excluded Jewish Freemasons , on the ground that Masonry requires of its votaries obedience to the laws of the land in which they live , and consequently that our offending Brethren of Prussia , instead of being held up to scorn , should call forth our sympathies . The Grand Master is here visibly in error , for the Prussian State recognizes the Jew , which the Masonic body does not . How will the Grand Master of North Carolina reconcile the fact of the Prussian Grand Lodge having since determined to admit visiting Brethren of all denominations , with his own previous opinion of the propriety of their former refusal ? Rather curious this .
Freemasons' Calendar , 1848 , for Ireland . Grant & Bolton , Dublin . R . Spencer , London . The compiler of this valuable Almanac is Bro . MICHAEL FURNELL , Prov . Grancl Master for North Munster : who , determined to rescue , if possible , the Order of Irish Freemasonry from the comparative oblivion to which apathy had nearly consigned it , has thrown himself into the arena , and iven good token of what an enthusiastic admirer of the
g Royal Art can do—Ol si sic omnes . The Calendar is announced as under the sanction and authority of the Duke of Leinster . The Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Furnell , has evidently taken the English Masonic Calendar as his model , and on this he has improved ( no difficult task , perhaps ) , by giving many valuable details of continental and trans-Atlantic Alasonry . As a first effort it is highly creditable to Bro . Furnell , and we cordially wish it every success , more especially as the profits are
to be appropriated to the Female Masonic Orphan School , Dublin . There are so many extracts from the English calendar , that it may be almost preferred to that edited by the Grand Secretary of England and his junta , containing as it does so much other general information . It has , however , one inconsistency , for it gives to Scotland what it does not possess , viz ., a Council of the 33 rd ; unless , indeed , that be one which is assumed to be created by a soi-disant , who will find it not less
difficult to prove himself a 33 rd , than that he has any authority whatever for the violation of a sacred duty . Bro . Furnell can afford to be told tbe truth , for he is too generous to take offence , and too sensitive not to repair a fault . We had nearly omitted to state that the traditional and recorded history of the Irish constitution , selected from the ancient authors , and from the archives of the Grand Lodge , is well arranged , and will repay examination . AVe should advise that a second edition , revised and corrected , be forthwith issued , having heard that the present edition is nearly out of print .
Digest ofthe Conduct adopted by the Bishop of It is scarcely possible to trust the pen in the task of describing the apparently impossible conduct of the Right Honourable and Reverend Father in God towards his humble brother in Christ ; nor will we
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Literary Notices.
Proceedings ofthe Grand Lodge of North Carolina . Closely observing the example of the Sister Grancl Lodge of New York , the State of North Carolina has also fearlessly published its transactions of the 7 th and following days in December 1846 , which are highly interesting . We observe that the Grand Master and the Grand Lodge agree on one point in which they stand alone , viz ., they do not join in the condemnation of the Prussian Grand Lodge for having
excluded Jewish Freemasons , on the ground that Masonry requires of its votaries obedience to the laws of the land in which they live , and consequently that our offending Brethren of Prussia , instead of being held up to scorn , should call forth our sympathies . The Grand Master is here visibly in error , for the Prussian State recognizes the Jew , which the Masonic body does not . How will the Grand Master of North Carolina reconcile the fact of the Prussian Grand Lodge having since determined to admit visiting Brethren of all denominations , with his own previous opinion of the propriety of their former refusal ? Rather curious this .
Freemasons' Calendar , 1848 , for Ireland . Grant & Bolton , Dublin . R . Spencer , London . The compiler of this valuable Almanac is Bro . MICHAEL FURNELL , Prov . Grancl Master for North Munster : who , determined to rescue , if possible , the Order of Irish Freemasonry from the comparative oblivion to which apathy had nearly consigned it , has thrown himself into the arena , and iven good token of what an enthusiastic admirer of the
g Royal Art can do—Ol si sic omnes . The Calendar is announced as under the sanction and authority of the Duke of Leinster . The Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Furnell , has evidently taken the English Masonic Calendar as his model , and on this he has improved ( no difficult task , perhaps ) , by giving many valuable details of continental and trans-Atlantic Alasonry . As a first effort it is highly creditable to Bro . Furnell , and we cordially wish it every success , more especially as the profits are
to be appropriated to the Female Masonic Orphan School , Dublin . There are so many extracts from the English calendar , that it may be almost preferred to that edited by the Grand Secretary of England and his junta , containing as it does so much other general information . It has , however , one inconsistency , for it gives to Scotland what it does not possess , viz ., a Council of the 33 rd ; unless , indeed , that be one which is assumed to be created by a soi-disant , who will find it not less
difficult to prove himself a 33 rd , than that he has any authority whatever for the violation of a sacred duty . Bro . Furnell can afford to be told tbe truth , for he is too generous to take offence , and too sensitive not to repair a fault . We had nearly omitted to state that the traditional and recorded history of the Irish constitution , selected from the ancient authors , and from the archives of the Grand Lodge , is well arranged , and will repay examination . AVe should advise that a second edition , revised and corrected , be forthwith issued , having heard that the present edition is nearly out of print .
Digest ofthe Conduct adopted by the Bishop of It is scarcely possible to trust the pen in the task of describing the apparently impossible conduct of the Right Honourable and Reverend Father in God towards his humble brother in Christ ; nor will we