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Masonic Chit Chat.
you have expressed for my success in the object of that visit , togethei with certain statements which have appeared in your public papers ; and the impossibility of making those numerous personal calls which these circumstances , and the kind attentions I have received , claim from me , alike urge me to adopt some general mode of addressing to you such a brief explanation of the events by which I am induced to retire into Lincolnshireas shall suffice to save friends in Wolverhampton from
, my the disappointment of supposing that my absence will be lasting , or that my design of resuming a permanent residence amongst them is either frustrated or abandoned . The question , whether I shall not resume such residence , depends solely on the decision which the bishop of the diocese may pronounce , on an application which I have found it necessary to address to his Lordship . An unforeseen circumstance having interposed to postpone the
required decision , I am led ti prefer abiding the issue in Lincolnshire , rather than to await it in this parish , by an earnest desire to prevent any repetition of the indecency arising from certain collisions to which the exercise of my official functions here , in the present state of the question , has been found to expose me . I cannot take this temporary leave of you without declaring my unfeigned sorrow at having found the painful convictionunder which I
, act , confirmed , in the unanimous declaration of my friends , that an attachment to my person and ministry is not the onl y foundation of their desire to see me exclusivel y in charge of the congregation and properties of the Collegiate Church . Believe me to be , your faithful Pastor , GEO . OLIVER , D . D . Wolverhampton , Jan . 23 , 1840 .
MASONIC RELIC . —In digging the foundation of the new bank in Castle Street , Aberdeen , on the 26 th ult ., there was found , on the northeast corner of what was formerly the Mason Hall or New Inn , a slab of freestone , bearing the following inscription : — G . M . Cons , MDCCLV . Solertia , Potentia , Formaque Positum . Hon . J . F . Arch . Max . A . O . Arch , VMDCCLV . On referring to the records of the Aberdeen Lod it that
ge , appears this stone was , above ei ghty-four years ago , laid on the 26 th of May , 1755 , by the honourable James Master , of Forbes , father of the present venerable Lord Forbes , then Grand Master of Scotland—Alexander Osborn , one of the Baillies of Aberdeen , being Master of the Lodge" with skill , strength , ancl due form . "
THE CORPORAL . — " During the American Revolution , an officer , not habited in his military costume , was passing by where a small company of soldiers were at work , making some repairs upon a small redoubt . The commander of this little squad was giving orders to those who were under him , relative to a stick of timber . The timber went up hard ; on this account the voice of the little great man was often heard in his regular vociferation of " Heave away ! There she goes ! Heave ho I" etc . The officer before spoken of stopped his horse when arrived
at the place , and seeing the timber scarcely move , asked the commander why he did not take hold and render a little aid . The latter , appearing to be somewhat astonished , turning to the officer with the pomp of an Emperor , said , "Sir , I am a corporal ! ' "You are not though are you , " said the officer ; " I was not aware of it . " And taking off his
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Masonic Chit Chat.
you have expressed for my success in the object of that visit , togethei with certain statements which have appeared in your public papers ; and the impossibility of making those numerous personal calls which these circumstances , and the kind attentions I have received , claim from me , alike urge me to adopt some general mode of addressing to you such a brief explanation of the events by which I am induced to retire into Lincolnshireas shall suffice to save friends in Wolverhampton from
, my the disappointment of supposing that my absence will be lasting , or that my design of resuming a permanent residence amongst them is either frustrated or abandoned . The question , whether I shall not resume such residence , depends solely on the decision which the bishop of the diocese may pronounce , on an application which I have found it necessary to address to his Lordship . An unforeseen circumstance having interposed to postpone the
required decision , I am led ti prefer abiding the issue in Lincolnshire , rather than to await it in this parish , by an earnest desire to prevent any repetition of the indecency arising from certain collisions to which the exercise of my official functions here , in the present state of the question , has been found to expose me . I cannot take this temporary leave of you without declaring my unfeigned sorrow at having found the painful convictionunder which I
, act , confirmed , in the unanimous declaration of my friends , that an attachment to my person and ministry is not the onl y foundation of their desire to see me exclusivel y in charge of the congregation and properties of the Collegiate Church . Believe me to be , your faithful Pastor , GEO . OLIVER , D . D . Wolverhampton , Jan . 23 , 1840 .
MASONIC RELIC . —In digging the foundation of the new bank in Castle Street , Aberdeen , on the 26 th ult ., there was found , on the northeast corner of what was formerly the Mason Hall or New Inn , a slab of freestone , bearing the following inscription : — G . M . Cons , MDCCLV . Solertia , Potentia , Formaque Positum . Hon . J . F . Arch . Max . A . O . Arch , VMDCCLV . On referring to the records of the Aberdeen Lod it that
ge , appears this stone was , above ei ghty-four years ago , laid on the 26 th of May , 1755 , by the honourable James Master , of Forbes , father of the present venerable Lord Forbes , then Grand Master of Scotland—Alexander Osborn , one of the Baillies of Aberdeen , being Master of the Lodge" with skill , strength , ancl due form . "
THE CORPORAL . — " During the American Revolution , an officer , not habited in his military costume , was passing by where a small company of soldiers were at work , making some repairs upon a small redoubt . The commander of this little squad was giving orders to those who were under him , relative to a stick of timber . The timber went up hard ; on this account the voice of the little great man was often heard in his regular vociferation of " Heave away ! There she goes ! Heave ho I" etc . The officer before spoken of stopped his horse when arrived
at the place , and seeing the timber scarcely move , asked the commander why he did not take hold and render a little aid . The latter , appearing to be somewhat astonished , turning to the officer with the pomp of an Emperor , said , "Sir , I am a corporal ! ' "You are not though are you , " said the officer ; " I was not aware of it . " And taking off his