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a dangerous oligarchy that , as we shall presently relate , led to the division that unfortunately shook the structure of the society to its foundation . That which was at first permitted to be done without creating any notice , was , on thel 4 th June , 1753 , mentioned as the usual practice , and on the 3 rd February , 1779 , was declared to be the invariable usage of the society . The Grand Lodge of England was the first to put in practice the axiomthat in Masonry the brother who the largest
, pays sums , has the title to the most honours , ancl has most to say . The other Grancl Lodges that have introduced the office of Steward , as New York , for instance , select them by ballot from among all the lodges . This plan was originally mentioned by Dermott , in 'Ahiman Rezon , ' DYIIEN .
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Cork , December 1 , 1340 . Sir , —In reading over the Masonic Memoir of our departed Brother the late G . Aarons , I was surprised to find omitted the names of Irish brethren whom I know to have been instructed and enli ghtened bv him . I myself have been , at intervals , for nearly nine months under his instruction , and accompanied him , through the kindness of our respected Bro . Crucefix , to the installation of the Grand Master of England , ancl to
many other installations . I also acted as P . S . in the Chapter of Joppa , at the exaltation of Comps . L . Abrahams and G . Saltmarsh , in June , 1844 , and on that occasion was complimented by the grand officers present for my efficiency . I must ' now say , that though I passed through all the Craft degrees , recognised and unrecognised , as well as the chivalrous degrees , up to the P . G . R . C , yet I candidly confess that I comparatively knew nothing till after I became the pupil of that
very competent Master . The brethren whom I know to have been instructed by him also are Bros . Robinson , Hamilton , and Hewitt ; the first two were at that time students in Cambridge , and the last-named attended with myself . I remain , Sir , Your most obedient RICHAIW MEARA , P . Z .
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SIR AND BROTHER , —As one who admires the noble and ancient Order of Freemasons , it pleases me much to see the progress it is making , of late years , in the Isle of Wight . The fraternity is not onl y increasing in numbers but in respectability , and amply are the brethren testif ying their zeal and attachment to the Craft , in the masonic halls which they have erected in the towns of Newport , Cowes , ancl Ryde , buildings not only calculated for their convenience as laces of meetingbut hihl
p , gy ornamental to the towns from the chasteness of their architectural designs . The two former are completed , the latter nearly so ; ancl as a further exemplification of the spread of Masonry in ' this isle , a : new lodge , called the Yarborough Lodge , is now being opened in the town
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To The Editor.
a dangerous oligarchy that , as we shall presently relate , led to the division that unfortunately shook the structure of the society to its foundation . That which was at first permitted to be done without creating any notice , was , on thel 4 th June , 1753 , mentioned as the usual practice , and on the 3 rd February , 1779 , was declared to be the invariable usage of the society . The Grand Lodge of England was the first to put in practice the axiomthat in Masonry the brother who the largest
, pays sums , has the title to the most honours , ancl has most to say . The other Grancl Lodges that have introduced the office of Steward , as New York , for instance , select them by ballot from among all the lodges . This plan was originally mentioned by Dermott , in 'Ahiman Rezon , ' DYIIEN .
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TO THE EDITOR .
Cork , December 1 , 1340 . Sir , —In reading over the Masonic Memoir of our departed Brother the late G . Aarons , I was surprised to find omitted the names of Irish brethren whom I know to have been instructed and enli ghtened bv him . I myself have been , at intervals , for nearly nine months under his instruction , and accompanied him , through the kindness of our respected Bro . Crucefix , to the installation of the Grand Master of England , ancl to
many other installations . I also acted as P . S . in the Chapter of Joppa , at the exaltation of Comps . L . Abrahams and G . Saltmarsh , in June , 1844 , and on that occasion was complimented by the grand officers present for my efficiency . I must ' now say , that though I passed through all the Craft degrees , recognised and unrecognised , as well as the chivalrous degrees , up to the P . G . R . C , yet I candidly confess that I comparatively knew nothing till after I became the pupil of that
very competent Master . The brethren whom I know to have been instructed by him also are Bros . Robinson , Hamilton , and Hewitt ; the first two were at that time students in Cambridge , and the last-named attended with myself . I remain , Sir , Your most obedient RICHAIW MEARA , P . Z .
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TO THE EDITOR .
SIR AND BROTHER , —As one who admires the noble and ancient Order of Freemasons , it pleases me much to see the progress it is making , of late years , in the Isle of Wight . The fraternity is not onl y increasing in numbers but in respectability , and amply are the brethren testif ying their zeal and attachment to the Craft , in the masonic halls which they have erected in the towns of Newport , Cowes , ancl Ryde , buildings not only calculated for their convenience as laces of meetingbut hihl
p , gy ornamental to the towns from the chasteness of their architectural designs . The two former are completed , the latter nearly so ; ancl as a further exemplification of the spread of Masonry in ' this isle , a : new lodge , called the Yarborough Lodge , is now being opened in the town