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United Grand Lodge.
ham on the IStli of August last , is correct in substance , as to the Costume in which you appeared , and the Address you delivered to the Brethren . " Aud I am to request that you will favour me with a reply as early as possible , for the Grand Master ' s information , —I have the honour to be , with fraternal respect , E . AV . Prov . Grand Master , your obedient servant and Brother , To the E . W . Bro . Willliam Tucker , Esq ., WILLIAM H . WHITE , G . S . Prov . G . M . of Dorsetshire .
COEYTOJ * PAEK , AXMINSTEK , M . W . Grand Master , — 2 ith October , 1853 . My Lord , —I have received a letter from the G . S ., written at your command , requesting to know whether a charge , printed in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , was delivered by me at Wareham , as it there appears , and whether I wore on that occasion certain robes , there described . —The substance of the charge iu the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , I did deliver ; and if your Lordship wishes it , I can send you the orig inal draft . The Kobe also I did wear , hut with and in
addition to my full clothing as Prov . G . M . I wish in this matter to he open and honest , and therefore as a Brother County Magistrate , as well as Brother Mason , I throw myself entirely on you . If I have done anything annoying to you , or that can be magnified into the most minute scintilla of an attack on you , or your dignity as Grand Master , I regret it ; I never intended it ; I never for one moment had such a thought . My endeavour has ever been to uphold Ereemasonry in every way , and to endeavour to take away the reproach which it once had of being Antichristian , and a mere convivial club : in this I have
eminently succeeded ; the ladies are with us , and the clergy , if they do not absolutely support us , are not against us , in my Province . You have no Prov . G . M . ivho would support you in the hour of trial more than I would : did I not do so to * * * * * when I had personal reasons to go the other way ? Erom you I hold my appointment as Prov . G . M ., my allegiance is due to you , aud you have it . I have myself , before receiving the G . S . ' s letter , well considered the matter over , and I had determined never more to mis anything with Craft and Eoyal Arch Masonry , than what was sanctioned by G . Lodge and G . Chapter . —I have the honour to remain , M . W . Grand Master , your Lordship ' s most obedient servant and Brother , Eight Hon . Earl Zetland , WILLIAM TUCKER , Prov . G . M ., Dorset . Aske Hall , Eichmond , Yorkshire . *
TJPLEATHAAI , Oct . 30 , 1853 . Dear Sir and Brother , —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24 th inst . As that letter relates entirely to a matter of business concerning the interests of the Craft , the official reply will be made hy the G . S ., to whom the letter has been , sent , and who will have to consult the G . E . —I have the honour to be , dear Sir , yours fraternally , Wm . Tucker , Esq . ZETLANU .
EHEEMASONS' HALL , E . W . Brother , — London , lOtli November , 1853 . I have the commands of the M . W . Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , to acknowledge the receipt by his Lordship of your letter dated the 24 th October last , in answer to the official inquiry , " whether the report given iu the Free-
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United Grand Lodge.
ham on the IStli of August last , is correct in substance , as to the Costume in which you appeared , and the Address you delivered to the Brethren . " Aud I am to request that you will favour me with a reply as early as possible , for the Grand Master ' s information , —I have the honour to be , with fraternal respect , E . AV . Prov . Grand Master , your obedient servant and Brother , To the E . W . Bro . Willliam Tucker , Esq ., WILLIAM H . WHITE , G . S . Prov . G . M . of Dorsetshire .
COEYTOJ * PAEK , AXMINSTEK , M . W . Grand Master , — 2 ith October , 1853 . My Lord , —I have received a letter from the G . S ., written at your command , requesting to know whether a charge , printed in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , was delivered by me at Wareham , as it there appears , and whether I wore on that occasion certain robes , there described . —The substance of the charge iu the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , I did deliver ; and if your Lordship wishes it , I can send you the orig inal draft . The Kobe also I did wear , hut with and in
addition to my full clothing as Prov . G . M . I wish in this matter to he open and honest , and therefore as a Brother County Magistrate , as well as Brother Mason , I throw myself entirely on you . If I have done anything annoying to you , or that can be magnified into the most minute scintilla of an attack on you , or your dignity as Grand Master , I regret it ; I never intended it ; I never for one moment had such a thought . My endeavour has ever been to uphold Ereemasonry in every way , and to endeavour to take away the reproach which it once had of being Antichristian , and a mere convivial club : in this I have
eminently succeeded ; the ladies are with us , and the clergy , if they do not absolutely support us , are not against us , in my Province . You have no Prov . G . M . ivho would support you in the hour of trial more than I would : did I not do so to * * * * * when I had personal reasons to go the other way ? Erom you I hold my appointment as Prov . G . M ., my allegiance is due to you , aud you have it . I have myself , before receiving the G . S . ' s letter , well considered the matter over , and I had determined never more to mis anything with Craft and Eoyal Arch Masonry , than what was sanctioned by G . Lodge and G . Chapter . —I have the honour to remain , M . W . Grand Master , your Lordship ' s most obedient servant and Brother , Eight Hon . Earl Zetland , WILLIAM TUCKER , Prov . G . M ., Dorset . Aske Hall , Eichmond , Yorkshire . *
TJPLEATHAAI , Oct . 30 , 1853 . Dear Sir and Brother , —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24 th inst . As that letter relates entirely to a matter of business concerning the interests of the Craft , the official reply will be made hy the G . S ., to whom the letter has been , sent , and who will have to consult the G . E . —I have the honour to be , dear Sir , yours fraternally , Wm . Tucker , Esq . ZETLANU .
EHEEMASONS' HALL , E . W . Brother , — London , lOtli November , 1853 . I have the commands of the M . W . Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , to acknowledge the receipt by his Lordship of your letter dated the 24 th October last , in answer to the official inquiry , " whether the report given iu the Free-