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Provincial.
RYDE . —East Medina Lodge , No . 201 , Jan . 1 ( 3 . —Bro . Helby was duly installed by Bro . Forbes , P . M ., 387 , anel appointed Bros . Chase , S . AV ., I iillier , J ' . AV ., Basket , S . D ., Stokes , J . D ., Roach , I . G ., Dashwood , Treasurer , Pullen , Secretary , Day , Tyler . Feb . 20 . —The AA ' orshipful Master , Officers , and Brethren gave a farewell dinner to Bro . Fardell , previous to his leaving Ryde for SprotboroughYorkshire . After the usual Masonic toasts had been iven
, g , the health of the guest was proposed by Bro . Past Master Hearn in a very excellent speech . Bro . Fardell returned thanks , and bid them farewell . In the course of the evening , a poetical effusion , written for the occasion by a Brother , was recited by him , and received with unbounded applause .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN . —AVe received by post , on or about the first of December last , a printed circular ; the same was enveloped , and addressed to us at our publishers , Messrs . Sherwood & Co . Being a printed circular , and bearing so respectable a signature , we felt no hesitation in giving it insertion , little imagining that we were thereby committing a most heinous offence!—ex . gra . On the Sth January we received a written letter from the same party ,
stating that his attention has been drawn to our December number , that such circular was purely of a private nature , intended for distribution among the Members ofthe Order only for their information ; and that he was surprised and dissatisfied at finding it copied adlongum , and therehy puhlished to the world at large . The same party inferentially observes , that of course a copy of the circular must have been transmitted to us by a Member of Conclave
, which was indiscretion the first ; ordering its publication was indiscretion the second ; and consequently he required the name of the Knight who ordered the insertion to be communicated to him , to enable him to state the matter to Council or Conclave , that instructions might be taken thereon , intimating that we should not hesitate to convey at once the required particulars . Our correspondent then graciouslremarks that what appears in the
y newspapers is public property ! but requires that before any private orders of Council or Conclave be published by us , his sanction must be first had and obtained thereto ; and the letter concludes by observing , that he cannot corroborate the accuracy of our correspondent O ., viz ., that the Order of the Temple is being completely remodelled in Edinburgh . Before we coulcl recover the shock which this missive had inflicted
on our nerves , we received on the 17 th of January a reminder of the grievance , apprising us that a reply to the former letter was expected forthwith , as a meeting of the G . Council of the Order would be helcl on the following week . Our complaint now became decidedly nervous , and while in a state of unenviable agitation , on the first of February ( so , we presume , having VOL . II . N
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Provincial.
RYDE . —East Medina Lodge , No . 201 , Jan . 1 ( 3 . —Bro . Helby was duly installed by Bro . Forbes , P . M ., 387 , anel appointed Bros . Chase , S . AV ., I iillier , J ' . AV ., Basket , S . D ., Stokes , J . D ., Roach , I . G ., Dashwood , Treasurer , Pullen , Secretary , Day , Tyler . Feb . 20 . —The AA ' orshipful Master , Officers , and Brethren gave a farewell dinner to Bro . Fardell , previous to his leaving Ryde for SprotboroughYorkshire . After the usual Masonic toasts had been iven
, g , the health of the guest was proposed by Bro . Past Master Hearn in a very excellent speech . Bro . Fardell returned thanks , and bid them farewell . In the course of the evening , a poetical effusion , written for the occasion by a Brother , was recited by him , and received with unbounded applause .
Scotland.
SCOTLAND .
To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN . —AVe received by post , on or about the first of December last , a printed circular ; the same was enveloped , and addressed to us at our publishers , Messrs . Sherwood & Co . Being a printed circular , and bearing so respectable a signature , we felt no hesitation in giving it insertion , little imagining that we were thereby committing a most heinous offence!—ex . gra . On the Sth January we received a written letter from the same party ,
stating that his attention has been drawn to our December number , that such circular was purely of a private nature , intended for distribution among the Members ofthe Order only for their information ; and that he was surprised and dissatisfied at finding it copied adlongum , and therehy puhlished to the world at large . The same party inferentially observes , that of course a copy of the circular must have been transmitted to us by a Member of Conclave
, which was indiscretion the first ; ordering its publication was indiscretion the second ; and consequently he required the name of the Knight who ordered the insertion to be communicated to him , to enable him to state the matter to Council or Conclave , that instructions might be taken thereon , intimating that we should not hesitate to convey at once the required particulars . Our correspondent then graciouslremarks that what appears in the
y newspapers is public property ! but requires that before any private orders of Council or Conclave be published by us , his sanction must be first had and obtained thereto ; and the letter concludes by observing , that he cannot corroborate the accuracy of our correspondent O ., viz ., that the Order of the Temple is being completely remodelled in Edinburgh . Before we coulcl recover the shock which this missive had inflicted
on our nerves , we received on the 17 th of January a reminder of the grievance , apprising us that a reply to the former letter was expected forthwith , as a meeting of the G . Council of the Order would be helcl on the following week . Our complaint now became decidedly nervous , and while in a state of unenviable agitation , on the first of February ( so , we presume , having VOL . II . N