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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY REVIEW .
NEAV SERIES—MARCH 31 , 1845 .
WE had intended to have entered into many subjects at some length , but the interest excited by the leading articles in our three last numbers has led to the transmission of so many papers and reports , that we have been obliged , not only to extend the letter-press very considerably , and to encroach on our own space , but also to vary the type from the larger to the smaller size , in order to give room for several papers . Our present
leader , therefore , will necessarily be limited accordingly . Shall the " Freemasons' Quarterly" be changed to a " Monthly Review ? " The arguments in favour of such a change , have been warmly advocated by our readers in Edinburgh , Dublin , Oxford , Birmingham , Manchester and other places , but as no plan has been suggested to meet the consequent increased expenses , we must abide the
event of the current year , when , if the prospect is sufficiently encouraging , the propriety of a change shall be duly considered . The Additional Contributions to Grand Lodge . —After two years ' " talking against time , " this motion was carried by a considerable majority . There may be some who consider that the provinces should only be amerced in half contributions—but as it is proved that they fully
share in the benefit , it is surely but right that they should share equally in the honour . It was a rare circumstance , that for the first time in our recollection it was thought necessary to direct an especial notice to be served on the provinces , notifying the motion , that they might not be taken by surprise . "We , who work for the provinces , have a better opinion of them than to anticipate their objection to some
provision for the widows of Freemasons , and look forward with confidence to a confirmation of the minutes of the last Grand Loclge . ..The Library and Museum . —The late report of the Board of General Purposes on this subject , intimates pretty broadly that it has proved a failure . If so , on whom does the blame of failure rest—not surely upon VOLHI B
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY REVIEW .
NEAV SERIES—MARCH 31 , 1845 .
WE had intended to have entered into many subjects at some length , but the interest excited by the leading articles in our three last numbers has led to the transmission of so many papers and reports , that we have been obliged , not only to extend the letter-press very considerably , and to encroach on our own space , but also to vary the type from the larger to the smaller size , in order to give room for several papers . Our present
leader , therefore , will necessarily be limited accordingly . Shall the " Freemasons' Quarterly" be changed to a " Monthly Review ? " The arguments in favour of such a change , have been warmly advocated by our readers in Edinburgh , Dublin , Oxford , Birmingham , Manchester and other places , but as no plan has been suggested to meet the consequent increased expenses , we must abide the
event of the current year , when , if the prospect is sufficiently encouraging , the propriety of a change shall be duly considered . The Additional Contributions to Grand Lodge . —After two years ' " talking against time , " this motion was carried by a considerable majority . There may be some who consider that the provinces should only be amerced in half contributions—but as it is proved that they fully
share in the benefit , it is surely but right that they should share equally in the honour . It was a rare circumstance , that for the first time in our recollection it was thought necessary to direct an especial notice to be served on the provinces , notifying the motion , that they might not be taken by surprise . "We , who work for the provinces , have a better opinion of them than to anticipate their objection to some
provision for the widows of Freemasons , and look forward with confidence to a confirmation of the minutes of the last Grand Loclge . ..The Library and Museum . —The late report of the Board of General Purposes on this subject , intimates pretty broadly that it has proved a failure . If so , on whom does the blame of failure rest—not surely upon VOLHI B