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of the Craft in his province , which numbers thirty-one Lodges , and throughout which , he is , as he deseryes to be , respected and beloved . Bro . Walton was the Prov . Grand Organist of West Yorkshire , and a worthy Member of the Alfred Lodge , No . 384 , Leeds ; but he , alas is now no more , having died about twelve months ago . He was much respected by his Brethren generally , a numerous body of whom attended his remains to the grave . A well executed bust of him has been placed
in the Alfred Lodge , and an epitaph on marble has been erected in the church where he is interred , by his Brethren , to his memory . I am , Sir , yours fraternally , A BROTHER .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
SIR AND BROTHER , —Will you inform me what are the duties of a representative from a sister Grand Lodge to the Grand Lodge of England ? as provided for by art . 3 , page 30 ( New Const . ) , and also , —if the Grand jjodge of England is compelled to receive such representative , —whether the laws of sister Grand Lodges do or do not provide , constitutionally , for deputed representatives to our Grand Lodge ? It is stated ( page 30 ) , that the Grand Master may , hy warrant ,
appoint any Brother of eminence and skill to represent him in a sister Grand Lodge ; and that he ( the Grand Master ) may also constitute any distinguished Brother , who may be regularly deputed from a sister Grand Lodge , a member of the Grand Lodge of England , with such rank as may be appropriate . 1 admit that courteous and Masonic bearing would satisfy us that appropriate rank may have beeii gracefully conferred ; but I also consider that we ought in all cases to have such proofs of eminence and skill , as would make their appropriate rank respected . March 17 , 1842 . HOMUNCULUS .
[ Theduties are , we presume , ambassadorial . A representative probably receives directions from his executive , to be carried out as effectively as his knowledge of Masonry may permit ; he should attend to the wants of the Brethren of that country from which the sister Grand Lodge has delegated him , and , as far as his means fairly admit , relieve them ; if those wants exceed his means to relieve , he should communicate with his executive , in order to prevent , as far as possible , any claims on the
exchequer of the Grand Lodge to which he is delegated . He should be enabled to give advice and instruction to all inquiries on Masonic policy and statistics ; solve questions of importance ; promote peace ; eschew special pleading , avoid meddling ; and , as the representative of a Grand Lodge , he should at least assume the character of—the gentleman . The actual position of a representative from our Grand Master is , it will be
seen , to represent him ( the Grand Master ) , not the Grand Lodge ; our laws do not provide for the position of a representative to the English Grand Lodge , neither do our laws give us the alternative of rejection , from the probable conviction that it is scarcely possible to send us any Brother that would be objected to . . The power of appropriate appointment is vested in the Grand Master and the propriety , therefore , of the act cannot be debated . En . F . Q . R . " ]
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To The Editor.
of the Craft in his province , which numbers thirty-one Lodges , and throughout which , he is , as he deseryes to be , respected and beloved . Bro . Walton was the Prov . Grand Organist of West Yorkshire , and a worthy Member of the Alfred Lodge , No . 384 , Leeds ; but he , alas is now no more , having died about twelve months ago . He was much respected by his Brethren generally , a numerous body of whom attended his remains to the grave . A well executed bust of him has been placed
in the Alfred Lodge , and an epitaph on marble has been erected in the church where he is interred , by his Brethren , to his memory . I am , Sir , yours fraternally , A BROTHER .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
SIR AND BROTHER , —Will you inform me what are the duties of a representative from a sister Grand Lodge to the Grand Lodge of England ? as provided for by art . 3 , page 30 ( New Const . ) , and also , —if the Grand jjodge of England is compelled to receive such representative , —whether the laws of sister Grand Lodges do or do not provide , constitutionally , for deputed representatives to our Grand Lodge ? It is stated ( page 30 ) , that the Grand Master may , hy warrant ,
appoint any Brother of eminence and skill to represent him in a sister Grand Lodge ; and that he ( the Grand Master ) may also constitute any distinguished Brother , who may be regularly deputed from a sister Grand Lodge , a member of the Grand Lodge of England , with such rank as may be appropriate . 1 admit that courteous and Masonic bearing would satisfy us that appropriate rank may have beeii gracefully conferred ; but I also consider that we ought in all cases to have such proofs of eminence and skill , as would make their appropriate rank respected . March 17 , 1842 . HOMUNCULUS .
[ Theduties are , we presume , ambassadorial . A representative probably receives directions from his executive , to be carried out as effectively as his knowledge of Masonry may permit ; he should attend to the wants of the Brethren of that country from which the sister Grand Lodge has delegated him , and , as far as his means fairly admit , relieve them ; if those wants exceed his means to relieve , he should communicate with his executive , in order to prevent , as far as possible , any claims on the
exchequer of the Grand Lodge to which he is delegated . He should be enabled to give advice and instruction to all inquiries on Masonic policy and statistics ; solve questions of importance ; promote peace ; eschew special pleading , avoid meddling ; and , as the representative of a Grand Lodge , he should at least assume the character of—the gentleman . The actual position of a representative from our Grand Master is , it will be
seen , to represent him ( the Grand Master ) , not the Grand Lodge ; our laws do not provide for the position of a representative to the English Grand Lodge , neither do our laws give us the alternative of rejection , from the probable conviction that it is scarcely possible to send us any Brother that would be objected to . . The power of appropriate appointment is vested in the Grand Master and the propriety , therefore , of the act cannot be debated . En . F . Q . R . " ]