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Article PARLIAMENT. Page 1 of 1 Article TO CORRESPONDENTS. Page 1 of 3 →
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Parliament.
PARLIAMENT .
HOUSE OF COMMONS ^ 2-5 TH FEBRUARY 1 S 36 . « WILLIAM REX . et 1 willingly assent to the prayer of my faithful Commons , that I ¦ will be pleased to take such measures as shall seem advisable for the effectual discouragement of Orange Lodges , and generally , of all political societies excluding persons of a different religious persuasion , using
signs and symbols , and acting by means of associated lodges . It is my firm intention to discourage all such societies , and I rely with confidence upon the fidelity of my loyal subjects to support me in my determination . "
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
The Grand Lodge will in future be opened at eight o ' clock precisely . ASYLUM . ALPHA may safely insert twelve friends at Id . each in the pass book , and curry it out as \ . t . He may do more , and in such Avay , receive 240 at Jrf ., and carry out il . This will answer in reply to our friends in the west—Pilgrim , and to various other enquirers , as , although the penny is an object , it would be silly to refuse the contributions of many friends who collect without a book .
A GRAND STEWARD . —We are grateful for the association of our esteemed correspondenthis views are noble ; may he not want moral courage at the proper moment ! 324 . Read our remarks on the subject in general . No . 1 . Although noi in office , the expression of a candid opinion must be serviceable . W . M . —J . D . —A PROVINCIAL MASON . —A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL , PURPOSES . —The request cannot be complied with ; it would be disrespectful to the Noble Brother to urge it . A . B . —The proposition Avould he attended with too much expense . A PAST MASTER ' S suggestion is premature .
No . 2 . Ere long . A NEW MASTER . —The case of the aged Brother relieved on the 25 th of February , for the second time , ' with 201 ., is a case in point ; it is one of the many which prove incontestibly the necessity of " an Asylum" —such cases occur monthly . H . ( P . M . J—The Editor acknowledges the communication , and will enter into the subject when he shall be in possession of the name and address . ONE OF THE LAST QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION 1 . —The same answer .
CALENDAR HINTS . W . E . should address the Board of General Purposes , stating his remarks . A BROTHER complains Avithout reason . The Grand Lodge recommend the Calendar for what it does contain ; the omissions rest not with that body , but with all thoso who can supply information , and who neglect to do so . A COMMERCIAL BROTHER . —We see no objection ; and if an increased sale Avere thereby effected , no loss would result . For our own part , we should not care if the Calendar should leave a loss of 5 o / ., provided it were more effectually got up . A PAST MASTER . —Sins of omission are bad enough—those of commission equally so : but why not clearly state both ? It is too much the custom to find fault , and too little the practice to prove the error .
A GRAND STEWARD . —We have always held it , and at some trouble , that Grand SteAvards are Grand Officers of the year . The question is now set at rest by the public communication from the Grand Master on the subject of their regalia .
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Parliament.
PARLIAMENT .
HOUSE OF COMMONS ^ 2-5 TH FEBRUARY 1 S 36 . « WILLIAM REX . et 1 willingly assent to the prayer of my faithful Commons , that I ¦ will be pleased to take such measures as shall seem advisable for the effectual discouragement of Orange Lodges , and generally , of all political societies excluding persons of a different religious persuasion , using
signs and symbols , and acting by means of associated lodges . It is my firm intention to discourage all such societies , and I rely with confidence upon the fidelity of my loyal subjects to support me in my determination . "
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
The Grand Lodge will in future be opened at eight o ' clock precisely . ASYLUM . ALPHA may safely insert twelve friends at Id . each in the pass book , and curry it out as \ . t . He may do more , and in such Avay , receive 240 at Jrf ., and carry out il . This will answer in reply to our friends in the west—Pilgrim , and to various other enquirers , as , although the penny is an object , it would be silly to refuse the contributions of many friends who collect without a book .
A GRAND STEWARD . —We are grateful for the association of our esteemed correspondenthis views are noble ; may he not want moral courage at the proper moment ! 324 . Read our remarks on the subject in general . No . 1 . Although noi in office , the expression of a candid opinion must be serviceable . W . M . —J . D . —A PROVINCIAL MASON . —A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL , PURPOSES . —The request cannot be complied with ; it would be disrespectful to the Noble Brother to urge it . A . B . —The proposition Avould he attended with too much expense . A PAST MASTER ' S suggestion is premature .
No . 2 . Ere long . A NEW MASTER . —The case of the aged Brother relieved on the 25 th of February , for the second time , ' with 201 ., is a case in point ; it is one of the many which prove incontestibly the necessity of " an Asylum" —such cases occur monthly . H . ( P . M . J—The Editor acknowledges the communication , and will enter into the subject when he shall be in possession of the name and address . ONE OF THE LAST QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION 1 . —The same answer .
CALENDAR HINTS . W . E . should address the Board of General Purposes , stating his remarks . A BROTHER complains Avithout reason . The Grand Lodge recommend the Calendar for what it does contain ; the omissions rest not with that body , but with all thoso who can supply information , and who neglect to do so . A COMMERCIAL BROTHER . —We see no objection ; and if an increased sale Avere thereby effected , no loss would result . For our own part , we should not care if the Calendar should leave a loss of 5 o / ., provided it were more effectually got up . A PAST MASTER . —Sins of omission are bad enough—those of commission equally so : but why not clearly state both ? It is too much the custom to find fault , and too little the practice to prove the error .
A GRAND STEWARD . —We have always held it , and at some trouble , that Grand SteAvards are Grand Officers of the year . The question is now set at rest by the public communication from the Grand Master on the subject of their regalia .