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The Reporter.
ritual with his accustomed zeal ; and although the attendance was very numerous , our only surprise was , that the Provincial Masters did not muster in greater strength . Arch Masonry is decidedly progressing ; Templar Masonry is probably on the advance ; the " Cross of Christ" and the '' Faith and Fidelity " Encampments are regular in their meetings , but of the others we have no report . It is yet too early to notice the appointments of new Masters , otherwise than that Brother Atkins has been installed AV . M . of the Moira , No . 109 .
LODGE OF HARMONY , 317 , ( RICHMOND ) . —AVe should , with much pleasure , give at length the report of the very social meeting of October , in compliance with the wishes of an esteemed correspondent , but that the arrangements not being otherwise important , the AV . M . and Brethren might not he desirous of its publication . It is due to this excellent Lodge to observe , that for a liberal construction of the laws and regulations of the Craft—for generous and hospitable kindness to visitorsand for courteous demeanour to each other , they are not surpassed . Such members as Bros . Sir Felix Booth , Rev . T . Haverfield , Clarke , and Day , are alone sufficient to rank the Lodge as " nulli secundus . ''
Chit-Chat.
CHIT-CHAT .
A LESSON , IN FREEMASONRY . —( From Capt . Maryatt ' s New Novel " Pereival ICeene . " )—The second day after our return to Spithead , I was sent on shore in the cutter to bring off a youngster who was to join the ship ; he had never been to sea before ; his name was Green , and he was as green as a gooseberry . I took a dislike to him the moment that I saw him , because he had a hooked nose and very small ferrety eyes . As we were pulling on board , he asked me a great many
questions of all kinds , particularly about the captain and officers , and to amuse myself and the boat ' s crew , who were on the full titter , I exercised my peculiar genius for invention At last , after I had given a character of the first lieutenant , which made him appear a sort of marine ogre , he asked how it was I got on with him : " O , very well , " replied I ; " but I ' m a Freemason , and so is he ; and he ' s never severe with a Brother Mason . " " But how did he know you were a Mason ? " "I made the sign to him the very first time that he began to scold me , and he left off almost irnmediateiy ; that is , when I made the second sign ; he did not
when I made the first . " " I should like to know these signs . AVon ' t you tell them to me ? " " Tell them to you ! oh no , that won ' t do , " replied 1 ; " I don ' t know you . Here we are on board , —in bow , —rowed of all , men . Now , Mr . Green , I'll show you the way up . " Mr . Green was presented and ushered into the service much in the same way as I was ; hut he had not forgotten what I said to him , relative to the first lieutenant ; and it so happened that , on the third dayhe witnessed a
, jobation , delivered by the first lieutenant to one of the midshipmen , who , venturing to reply , was ordered to the mast-head for the remainder of the day , added to which , a few minutes afterwards , the first lieutenant ordered two men to be put both legs in irons . Mr . Green trembled as he saw the men led away by the master-at-arms , and he came to me . — " I do wish , Keene , you would tell me those signs , " said he " can ' t
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The Reporter.
ritual with his accustomed zeal ; and although the attendance was very numerous , our only surprise was , that the Provincial Masters did not muster in greater strength . Arch Masonry is decidedly progressing ; Templar Masonry is probably on the advance ; the " Cross of Christ" and the '' Faith and Fidelity " Encampments are regular in their meetings , but of the others we have no report . It is yet too early to notice the appointments of new Masters , otherwise than that Brother Atkins has been installed AV . M . of the Moira , No . 109 .
LODGE OF HARMONY , 317 , ( RICHMOND ) . —AVe should , with much pleasure , give at length the report of the very social meeting of October , in compliance with the wishes of an esteemed correspondent , but that the arrangements not being otherwise important , the AV . M . and Brethren might not he desirous of its publication . It is due to this excellent Lodge to observe , that for a liberal construction of the laws and regulations of the Craft—for generous and hospitable kindness to visitorsand for courteous demeanour to each other , they are not surpassed . Such members as Bros . Sir Felix Booth , Rev . T . Haverfield , Clarke , and Day , are alone sufficient to rank the Lodge as " nulli secundus . ''
Chit-Chat.
CHIT-CHAT .
A LESSON , IN FREEMASONRY . —( From Capt . Maryatt ' s New Novel " Pereival ICeene . " )—The second day after our return to Spithead , I was sent on shore in the cutter to bring off a youngster who was to join the ship ; he had never been to sea before ; his name was Green , and he was as green as a gooseberry . I took a dislike to him the moment that I saw him , because he had a hooked nose and very small ferrety eyes . As we were pulling on board , he asked me a great many
questions of all kinds , particularly about the captain and officers , and to amuse myself and the boat ' s crew , who were on the full titter , I exercised my peculiar genius for invention At last , after I had given a character of the first lieutenant , which made him appear a sort of marine ogre , he asked how it was I got on with him : " O , very well , " replied I ; " but I ' m a Freemason , and so is he ; and he ' s never severe with a Brother Mason . " " But how did he know you were a Mason ? " "I made the sign to him the very first time that he began to scold me , and he left off almost irnmediateiy ; that is , when I made the second sign ; he did not
when I made the first . " " I should like to know these signs . AVon ' t you tell them to me ? " " Tell them to you ! oh no , that won ' t do , " replied 1 ; " I don ' t know you . Here we are on board , —in bow , —rowed of all , men . Now , Mr . Green , I'll show you the way up . " Mr . Green was presented and ushered into the service much in the same way as I was ; hut he had not forgotten what I said to him , relative to the first lieutenant ; and it so happened that , on the third dayhe witnessed a
, jobation , delivered by the first lieutenant to one of the midshipmen , who , venturing to reply , was ordered to the mast-head for the remainder of the day , added to which , a few minutes afterwards , the first lieutenant ordered two men to be put both legs in irons . Mr . Green trembled as he saw the men led away by the master-at-arms , and he came to me . — " I do wish , Keene , you would tell me those signs , " said he " can ' t