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To The Editor.
of the Edinburgh Lodges , which I visited early in the last month . A member of that Lodge proposed the affiliation of a Brother , then present , as an honorary member , chiefly on the ground that the gentleman in question had been the means of introducing several candidates . In other respects , I believe him to have been unexceptionable ; although , as a foreign Mason , I think his certificate should have been produced . This being secondedthe W . M . after observing that the intended
, , proposition ought to have been previousl y intimated to him , said , he would add to it a proposal , that the Brother who sat at his left hand—whose standing in the Craft , and whose Masonic acquirements and honours were scarcel y exceeded by any member of the Lod ge—should also be received as ail honorary member , which was seconded ' by the S . W . The first was dul y elected ; the second , after several ballottings , was declared to be rejected , by two black ballsout of twenty-two or threewhilst it was not ht
, ; soug to be concealed , that this gratuitous and undeserved offence was perpetrated as a punishment on the W . M ., for his introductory observation ! And afterwards it was discovered that , according to the by-laws , no such propositions could be legally entertained on that evening , and that two black balls were not sufficient to constitute a negative on the admission of an honorary member . Had there been an English esprit de corps in the Lodge , no such violation of good feeling , in the person
of either stranger or Presiding Officer , no such dishonour to the Lodge itself could have possibly occurred . Let us hope that , among the other benefits conferred on the Craft generally by the Freemasons' Quarterly , the completion and adoption of a plan may be achieved , effecting a perfect unity of system in the working of Freemasonry in the sister countries . Yours , dear Sir and Brother , very faithfully , S . Dundee , March 12 , 1838 .
Collectanea.
COLLECTANEA .
Authentic Narration concerning the Family of the first Viscounts Taaffe * of Corren , Barons of Ballymote , and of a most interesting Ring presented by the Count Sigismond Bethlchen , then Grand Master ofthe High Lodge in Transylvania in the year 1648 , to Sir Theobald Richard Taaffe , afterwards second Viscount Taaffe of Corren , Baron of Ballymote , created the 27 th June , 1628 . Sm JOHN TAAFFE , son of Sir AYilliam Taaffe , of Harlestone , of
Ballymote , of Smarmore , and Ballybragan , was knighted in his father ' s lifetime , and King Charles I ., as he expressed himself in his Privy Seal , t dated at Westminster , 27 th June , 1628 , having received special commendations of his virtues and abilities , of his father ' s long services in the wars of Ireland with much valour and reputation , and that he was a principal gentleman of an ancient English family , and well affected to his Majesty ' s interests , was pleased to advance him to the dignities of Baron of Ballymote , and Viscount Taaffe of Corren , by patent bearing
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To The Editor.
of the Edinburgh Lodges , which I visited early in the last month . A member of that Lodge proposed the affiliation of a Brother , then present , as an honorary member , chiefly on the ground that the gentleman in question had been the means of introducing several candidates . In other respects , I believe him to have been unexceptionable ; although , as a foreign Mason , I think his certificate should have been produced . This being secondedthe W . M . after observing that the intended
, , proposition ought to have been previousl y intimated to him , said , he would add to it a proposal , that the Brother who sat at his left hand—whose standing in the Craft , and whose Masonic acquirements and honours were scarcel y exceeded by any member of the Lod ge—should also be received as ail honorary member , which was seconded ' by the S . W . The first was dul y elected ; the second , after several ballottings , was declared to be rejected , by two black ballsout of twenty-two or threewhilst it was not ht
, ; soug to be concealed , that this gratuitous and undeserved offence was perpetrated as a punishment on the W . M ., for his introductory observation ! And afterwards it was discovered that , according to the by-laws , no such propositions could be legally entertained on that evening , and that two black balls were not sufficient to constitute a negative on the admission of an honorary member . Had there been an English esprit de corps in the Lodge , no such violation of good feeling , in the person
of either stranger or Presiding Officer , no such dishonour to the Lodge itself could have possibly occurred . Let us hope that , among the other benefits conferred on the Craft generally by the Freemasons' Quarterly , the completion and adoption of a plan may be achieved , effecting a perfect unity of system in the working of Freemasonry in the sister countries . Yours , dear Sir and Brother , very faithfully , S . Dundee , March 12 , 1838 .
Collectanea.
COLLECTANEA .
Authentic Narration concerning the Family of the first Viscounts Taaffe * of Corren , Barons of Ballymote , and of a most interesting Ring presented by the Count Sigismond Bethlchen , then Grand Master ofthe High Lodge in Transylvania in the year 1648 , to Sir Theobald Richard Taaffe , afterwards second Viscount Taaffe of Corren , Baron of Ballymote , created the 27 th June , 1628 . Sm JOHN TAAFFE , son of Sir AYilliam Taaffe , of Harlestone , of
Ballymote , of Smarmore , and Ballybragan , was knighted in his father ' s lifetime , and King Charles I ., as he expressed himself in his Privy Seal , t dated at Westminster , 27 th June , 1628 , having received special commendations of his virtues and abilities , of his father ' s long services in the wars of Ireland with much valour and reputation , and that he was a principal gentleman of an ancient English family , and well affected to his Majesty ' s interests , was pleased to advance him to the dignities of Baron of Ballymote , and Viscount Taaffe of Corren , by patent bearing