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To The Editor.
some range of parliamentary offices now building , and ask , in a parenthesis , " ( is he a Brother ?)" To this proper question I answer—that he is not , although he well deserves to be enrolled in our Mystic Craft . ... . -. As I was among the select number who were invited to meet the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs , and other distinguished guests , at the sub-I take leave to ive a few more particulars .
sequent banquet , g you The buildings are designed by , and are erecting under the supermtendance of Brother James Elmes , ofthe Lodge of Unity , No . 215 , the biographer of that great and illustrious Master-Mason , Sir Christopher Wren The contractor is Brother Riches ; and among the company who surrounded the festive board , with Mr . Pearson in the chair , supported hv the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs , and Brother Elmes as deputy chairman
were Brothers David Pollock , P . S . G . W . ; Martin Sangster , W . M . ot the Lodge of Unity , No . 215 ; Thomas Francis , of the Somerset House Lodge and of the Westminster Abbey Choir , who sang some splendid songs ; James Walker , President of the Institution of Civil Engineers ; D M Hill , King ' s Counsel ; E . R . Moran ; William Jerdan ; John Shaw , Architect to Christ ' s Hospital ; James Howell , Architect ; H . Lonsdale ElmesArchitectJohn PinkArchitectHenry
BoneEna-, ; , ; , mel Painter ; C . Turner , Mezzotinto Engraver , and many other eminent , scientific , and literary characters , who kept up the " feast of reason , and the flow of soul" in a most decorous manner , and broke up at an early hour , as wise and merry men should always do . I am , dear Sir and Brother , HIRAM , Jun .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
SIR AND BROTHER . —It having heen carefully reported that the Grand Officer ' s Dinner Mess , or Club , is not a Masonic meeting , I respectfully ben to enquire how it happens , that , at the Mess , the documents not only from the Committee of General Purposes , but all other papers intended for the Grand Chapter are laid before the members . If they are not a Masonic meeting , surely good manners should prevent their asht to the course to he adopted in Grand Chapter .
suming a rig arrange The fact in proof of its being a Masonic meeting—is clear from the act of the very members signing the entry-book at the dinner tableand be it observed further , that many of them after hearing the business likely to come on , either do or do not enter Grand Chapter , as the subjects may appear to be interesting or otherwise . On an average onethird , at least , of the Dinner Mess , or Club , who sign the book , do not take their seat in convocation . mat
I am desirous of trying a question at an early moment may puzzle the ingenuity of some , and discover the qualification of others . At the last convocation 1 was much amused at the tact and management exhibited by the drawing out of some evidence , and the keeping hack of other until it became suitable for effect . This was unnecessary , and not vera Masonic—five addresses too from one party is an infliction seldom endurable—and , as in this instance an erring Companion could kindlier mode ot disposing of it ivould have been
not support his case-a more congenial in spirit , however it might have lacked in legal argu-„ , „„< . ° I am Sir , yours fraternally , ment- A SOJOURNER .
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To The Editor.
some range of parliamentary offices now building , and ask , in a parenthesis , " ( is he a Brother ?)" To this proper question I answer—that he is not , although he well deserves to be enrolled in our Mystic Craft . ... . -. As I was among the select number who were invited to meet the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs , and other distinguished guests , at the sub-I take leave to ive a few more particulars .
sequent banquet , g you The buildings are designed by , and are erecting under the supermtendance of Brother James Elmes , ofthe Lodge of Unity , No . 215 , the biographer of that great and illustrious Master-Mason , Sir Christopher Wren The contractor is Brother Riches ; and among the company who surrounded the festive board , with Mr . Pearson in the chair , supported hv the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs , and Brother Elmes as deputy chairman
were Brothers David Pollock , P . S . G . W . ; Martin Sangster , W . M . ot the Lodge of Unity , No . 215 ; Thomas Francis , of the Somerset House Lodge and of the Westminster Abbey Choir , who sang some splendid songs ; James Walker , President of the Institution of Civil Engineers ; D M Hill , King ' s Counsel ; E . R . Moran ; William Jerdan ; John Shaw , Architect to Christ ' s Hospital ; James Howell , Architect ; H . Lonsdale ElmesArchitectJohn PinkArchitectHenry
BoneEna-, ; , ; , mel Painter ; C . Turner , Mezzotinto Engraver , and many other eminent , scientific , and literary characters , who kept up the " feast of reason , and the flow of soul" in a most decorous manner , and broke up at an early hour , as wise and merry men should always do . I am , dear Sir and Brother , HIRAM , Jun .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
SIR AND BROTHER . —It having heen carefully reported that the Grand Officer ' s Dinner Mess , or Club , is not a Masonic meeting , I respectfully ben to enquire how it happens , that , at the Mess , the documents not only from the Committee of General Purposes , but all other papers intended for the Grand Chapter are laid before the members . If they are not a Masonic meeting , surely good manners should prevent their asht to the course to he adopted in Grand Chapter .
suming a rig arrange The fact in proof of its being a Masonic meeting—is clear from the act of the very members signing the entry-book at the dinner tableand be it observed further , that many of them after hearing the business likely to come on , either do or do not enter Grand Chapter , as the subjects may appear to be interesting or otherwise . On an average onethird , at least , of the Dinner Mess , or Club , who sign the book , do not take their seat in convocation . mat
I am desirous of trying a question at an early moment may puzzle the ingenuity of some , and discover the qualification of others . At the last convocation 1 was much amused at the tact and management exhibited by the drawing out of some evidence , and the keeping hack of other until it became suitable for effect . This was unnecessary , and not vera Masonic—five addresses too from one party is an infliction seldom endurable—and , as in this instance an erring Companion could kindlier mode ot disposing of it ivould have been
not support his case-a more congenial in spirit , however it might have lacked in legal argu-„ , „„< . ° I am Sir , yours fraternally , ment- A SOJOURNER .