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the AVest India Islands , a Brother who , for true Masonic knowledge , accompanied by other acquirements , stands high . AVhat we mean of sections is this : divide the AVest India Islands into so many sections , care being observed as to their geographical position , and to each of these appoint a Provincial Grand Master . The self-same plan has been already brought under the notice of our excellent Grand Master by the Brother above alluded to . These Provincial Grand
Masters will naturally open Provincial Grand Lodges , and will no doubt adopt measures for a proper supervision over the working of each Lodge appertaining to its section , whilst a stream of correspondence will flow from one Provincial Grand Lodge to another , and which cannot otherwise than tend to diffuse knowledge , perfect masters and members , aud establish one uniform manner of working , which at present is not the case .
The plan proposed to the Grand Master , as we understand , by our respected friend and Brother , is to divide the AVest India Islands into four sections , in manner following . *—Trinidad District . —Trinidad , 3 ; Grenada , 1 ; St . Lucia , 1 ; St . Vincent , 1 Venezuela , 2 . —Seven Lodges in this section . Barbadoes District . —Barbadoes , 3 ; Demerara , 2 * Berbice , 1 ; Tobago , 0 ; Dominica , 1 . —Seven Lodges in this section .
Antigua District . —Antigua , 1 ; Montserrat , 0 ; Nevis , 0 ; St . Kitts , 2 * Tortola , 0 St . Thomas , 1 . —Four Lodges in this section at present . Jamaica District . —Jamaica , 11 ! Honduras , 1 ; New ^ Providence , 1 Curracoa , 1 . —Fourteen Lodges in this section . The plan deserves , in our opinion , immediate attention on the part of the Board of General Purposes , who , we trust , will view the expediency of the case as we do . Complaints are loud and heavy on the part of
our AVest India Brethren , and we candidly confess , from all we have learned , that they are not without just cause . AVe shall , on a future occasion , return to the subject . AVe are , dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , "Wv . TiiiiEK . "
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
Uriitol , November 22 nd , 1850 . Sm , —In the remarkably interesting papers in the "Freemasons ' Quarterly Magazine , " Nos . 1 and 2 , on the connection of Mediaeval heraldry with Freemasonry , the ingenious writer asks , " Is not a chevron between three roses the acknowledged emblem of a Master Mason ? If any M . M . doubt it , let him reverse his badge , and he will find that he bears on the clothing of his calling , in blue and white , a chevron
between roses , two and one . " The necessity for inverting the apron in order to produce the chevron , is a sufficient argument against the ingenious theory above cited ; and the answer is , that the blue border to the fall of a Mason ' s apron is not a chevron ; that the practice of ornamenting the original badge of the " skin of the lamb pure and undefiled , " with a border of blue ribbon and the three rosettes of the same colour , is undoubtedly modern ; that the original Mason ' s apron bears no
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To The Editor.
the AVest India Islands , a Brother who , for true Masonic knowledge , accompanied by other acquirements , stands high . AVhat we mean of sections is this : divide the AVest India Islands into so many sections , care being observed as to their geographical position , and to each of these appoint a Provincial Grand Master . The self-same plan has been already brought under the notice of our excellent Grand Master by the Brother above alluded to . These Provincial Grand
Masters will naturally open Provincial Grand Lodges , and will no doubt adopt measures for a proper supervision over the working of each Lodge appertaining to its section , whilst a stream of correspondence will flow from one Provincial Grand Lodge to another , and which cannot otherwise than tend to diffuse knowledge , perfect masters and members , aud establish one uniform manner of working , which at present is not the case .
The plan proposed to the Grand Master , as we understand , by our respected friend and Brother , is to divide the AVest India Islands into four sections , in manner following . *—Trinidad District . —Trinidad , 3 ; Grenada , 1 ; St . Lucia , 1 ; St . Vincent , 1 Venezuela , 2 . —Seven Lodges in this section . Barbadoes District . —Barbadoes , 3 ; Demerara , 2 * Berbice , 1 ; Tobago , 0 ; Dominica , 1 . —Seven Lodges in this section .
Antigua District . —Antigua , 1 ; Montserrat , 0 ; Nevis , 0 ; St . Kitts , 2 * Tortola , 0 St . Thomas , 1 . —Four Lodges in this section at present . Jamaica District . —Jamaica , 11 ! Honduras , 1 ; New ^ Providence , 1 Curracoa , 1 . —Fourteen Lodges in this section . The plan deserves , in our opinion , immediate attention on the part of the Board of General Purposes , who , we trust , will view the expediency of the case as we do . Complaints are loud and heavy on the part of
our AVest India Brethren , and we candidly confess , from all we have learned , that they are not without just cause . AVe shall , on a future occasion , return to the subject . AVe are , dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , "Wv . TiiiiEK . "
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
Uriitol , November 22 nd , 1850 . Sm , —In the remarkably interesting papers in the "Freemasons ' Quarterly Magazine , " Nos . 1 and 2 , on the connection of Mediaeval heraldry with Freemasonry , the ingenious writer asks , " Is not a chevron between three roses the acknowledged emblem of a Master Mason ? If any M . M . doubt it , let him reverse his badge , and he will find that he bears on the clothing of his calling , in blue and white , a chevron
between roses , two and one . " The necessity for inverting the apron in order to produce the chevron , is a sufficient argument against the ingenious theory above cited ; and the answer is , that the blue border to the fall of a Mason ' s apron is not a chevron ; that the practice of ornamenting the original badge of the " skin of the lamb pure and undefiled , " with a border of blue ribbon and the three rosettes of the same colour , is undoubtedly modern ; that the original Mason ' s apron bears no