Table Of Contents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS .

PAG FREEMASONRY IN IRELAND 131 & 132 THE DUTY OF FREEMASONS TO CORRECT THE ERRORS OF THEIR BRETHREN 132 UNITED GRAND LODGE 133 , 134 , & 135 UNVEILING THE BUILDING COMMITTEE '

MEMORIAL AT FREEMASONS'HALL 135 BOOKS RECEIVED 13 6 A WORD IN SEASON 13 6 MULTUM IN PARVO 137 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCEBiblical Account of the Creation 138 Four Grand Lodges for the Dominion of

Canada 138 MASONIC MISCELLANEA 138 THE CRAFTMetropolitan 139 ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE

Invicta Chapter 139 MASONIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK 139 THEATRICAL 139 SCOTLANDAnniversary of the Union Lodge , No . 332 ... 140

IRELANDPresentation to Bro . J . H . North ... 140 & 141 THE ROBERT WENTWORTH LITTLE TESTIMONIALList of Subscriptions ... ... ... ... 141 MARK MASONRY

Consecration of a M . M . Lodge at Bournemouth 141 CENTENARY CELEBRATION OF J ERUSALEM LODGE , No . 197 141 & 142 ADVERTISEMENTS 129 , 130 , 142 , 143 , & 144

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FREEMASONRY in IRELAND .

BY BRO WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN . ( Continued from page 11 $ . ) 10 . The Grand Master or his Deputy has full authority and right , not only to be present , but to preside in every lodge with the Master of the Lodge , on his left hand , and to order his Grand Wardens

to attend him , who if present are to fill the Wardens' Chairs in that Lodge , or he may send his Grand Officers to visit the Lodges ; in which case Deputy presides as Grand Master , or if the Deputy be not present , the Senior Grand Warden presides , the Junior Grand Warden fills the Senior ' s Chair ,

and the vacant situation is filled , pro tempore , by the appointment of him who presides as Grand Master . 11 . The Grand Master should not receive any private intimation of business , concerning Masons or Masonry , but from his Deputy first , except in

such cases as he may himself think fit to inquire into , and even the Grand Wardens , or any others , are first to consult with the Deputy , and not to apply to the Grand Master without his knowledge , unless he refuse his concurrence ; and if the application to the Grand Master be irregular , he mav

direct the applicants to wait upon the Deputy , who is speedily to prepare the business , and lay it before the Grand Master . 12 . The Grand Master , by his prerogative , is entitled to appoint Provincial Grand Masters ; or in his absence the Deputy Grand Master may

grant a Dispensation for that purpose , to such brethren of eminence and ability in the Order as the Grand Master himself shall approve of and direct ; such dispensation to be during pleasure . 13 . The Provincial Grand Master is invested with the power and dignity of a Grand Master

within the limits of the district for which he has been appointed , and is entitled to the costume of a Grand Officer on all occasions , he may appoint a Provincial Deputy Grand Master , who with his Provincial Grand Wardens may also wear the clothing of Grand Officers during the period of their

respective Dignities , but only within their own District ; and the Provincial Grand Masters , with their Deputies and Wardens , rank according to the dates of their respective Dispensations or appointments , immediately after the Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge , and before the Deputy Grand

Treasurer and Secretary . 14 . The Provincial Grand Master must correspond with the Grand Lodge , and transmit by his •Jccretai-y a circumstantial account of his proceedings , at least once in every year ; to him belongs

the right of recommending to the Grand Lodge all applications for new Warrants , or for the restoration of old ones within his jurisdiction , without which recommendation the memorial will not be taken into consideration by the Grand Lodge ; by

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him also , or by his appointment , are to be consti tuted all Warrants granted by the Grand Lodge for the District over which he presides ; and he is to have the annual dues and contributions for Charity collected within his District and forwarded to the Funds of the Grand Lodge ; and to the utmost of

his power to cause the regulations of the Order to be enforced within his province . 15 . The Grand Lodge elects the Grand Wardens . Every Member has a right to put a Brother in nomination for each of the Grand Wardens' Chairs , and the person having the majority of votes , always

preserving due harmony , to be declared duly elected ; but they are not , if absent , to receive the honors of their situation by proxy . 16 . The Grand Lodge elects the Grand Treasurer , who - hall be a Member of the Grand Lodge by virtue c ; his Office , and shall always be present

at its Meeting ; to him shall be committed all the money received for the general fund of Charity , or for any other use of the Grand Lodge , and he shall •e . not expend or disburse the same , unless 799 1- according to the orders of the Grand Lodge , or its Committee of Charity and Inspection , before whom he shall lay his Books half yearly for

their examination . 17 . The Grand Lodge elects the Grand Secretary , who shall likewise be a Member of the Grand Lodge ; to him shall be committed the care of the OA Books of the Grand Lodge , wherein J / 99 P shan be recorded all the Lodges with the usual times and places of their Meeting , and

the names of all the Members of each Lodge , also the minutes of the Grand Lodge Transactions , and all the affairs of the Grand Lodge that are proper to be written . 18 . The Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary may each have a Clerk or assistant , if they think

fit , who must be Master Masons , but not Members of the Grand Lodge , nor speak therein , without being allowed or commanded ; but the appointments of Deputy Grand Treasurer and Deputy Grand Secretary must be approved of by the Grand Lodge , and these Officers shall be at all times

responsible to the Grand Lodge as well as to their Principals . 19 . The Deputy Grand Secretary receives as the Emoluments of his Office £ 2 5 s . 6 d . out of every Warrant granted or restored by the Grand Lodge ; 8 s . i }< d . for the registry of its three Officers ;

2 s . 8 / id . for the registry of every Master Mason ; is . id . for the transfer of the name of any Brother from one Lodge to another ; and £ \ o sterling out of every Masonic Play for the benefit of the funds of the Order , for his care , service , and trouble on that occasion .

N . I 3 . The duties of Deputy Grand Treasurer and Deputy Grand Secretary having for some years past been performed by the same Brother , he has declined receiving any compensation for the discharge of the duties of the former Office since the year 1803 .

20 . The Deputy Grand Secretary shall be fined 5 Guineas for every Warrant he shall hereafter issue to any Brother , to whom the same may have been granted by the Grand Lodge , before he is paid the full amount thereof . 21 . The Deputy Grand Secretary shall report to

the Grand Lodge on the regular Meetings prior to each each St . John ' s Days , the state of such Lodges as shall have incurred the penalties of Censure , Suspension , or Cancelling tlicirWarranis according to the 23 d Regulation for particular Lodges , in order that the same mavbeconfirmed by the Grand

Lodge , from which confirmation no lodge indcfault shall be exempted , unless by special motion regularly put and carried in the Grand Lodge for that purpose , the Deputy Grand Secretary neglecting this duty to be fined one Guinea . 22 . The Grand Iodide elects the Grand Chaplain

who shall be a Member of the Grand Lodge by Virtue of his Office . 23 . Two Master Masons shall be appointed by the Grand Lodge to fill the situation of Pursuivant ancl Tiler , but they cannot at the same time be Members of the Grand Lodge .

24 . The Pursuivant shall receive for his attendance on the Grand Lodge , and service of Summonses , , £ 30 sterling per annum , payable half yearly ; £ 2 5 s . 6 d . out of each Benefit Play performed in aid of the funds of the Order ; and 6 s . 8 cl . out of every Warrant granted or restored by the (» rand Lodge .

25 . The Tiler shall receive . £ 10 sterling per Annum for his attendance on the Grand Lodge ; 2 Guineas out of each Benefit Play performed in aid of the Funds of the Order ; is ! T / . A . for each attendance on the Committee of Charity and Inspection ; 2 s . 2 d out of each Warrant granted or

restored by the Grand Lodge ; and is . id . for each candidate reported to the Grand Lodge Committee , if approved of . 26 . The Pursuivant shall be fined a British halfi"S 7 D 8- > crown * ° -idrnitting in the Grand Lodge /< , / ' " any member thereof not uniformly

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clothed according to the instructions he shall receive ; and the same for every Brother he shall permit to go out of the Grand Lodge when sitting , without leave of the Master in the Chair .

Of The Committee Of Charity And Inspection.

OF THE COMMITTEE OF CHARITY AND INSPECTION .

SECTION the 3 d .

1 . The Committee consists of the Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master , the Grand Wardens , and all former Grand Officers , the Grand Treasurer , and Grand Secretary , with the Master of every regular Lodge in the City of Dublin for the fimebeinp-.

2 . The Grand Treasurer is not to disburse or expend the Funds of the Order , or any part thereof , on any account whatsoever without an order from the Committee of Charity , which order shall be signed by the Grand Secretary or the Grand Officer or Master then presiding in the Chair of

said Committee , unless in such cases as the Grand Lodge itself may please to make an order for the issue or disbursement of money , and the Committee is to examine the Grand Treasurer's accounts half yearly . 3 . Neither the Secretary , nor any other person

whatsoever , shall give or sign any order on the Treasurer for any sum of money until the same be first approved of by the majority of the Committee then present , and entered into their transaction Book , together with the name or names of the person or persons to whom the same is to be given .

4 . No anonymous letter , petition , or recommendation , by or from any person , or on any account or pretence whatsoever , shall be introduced or read to this Committee . 5 . Every person who shall petition for Charity must have been one whole year registered on the

Books of the Grand Lodge , unless in cases of such urgent and unforeseen calamity as may induce the Committee to feel themselves warranted in dispensing with the strict Letter of this \ Rcgulation , and no petition shall be received from a Mason in the Country unless signed and sealed by the Masters of

three several lodges in his neighbourhood , nor from one in Dublin , unless signed lay three Members of the Grand Lodge , and presented at the Grand Master ' s Chair , as in the 20 th regulation . Section the ist . 6 . It shall be the inherent power of this

Committee to dispose of the fund laid in for Charity , to Charitable uses and no other , and that only to persons who shall appear by thciv petitions as aforesaid to be deserving , and in real want of Charitable and Brotherly Assistance , not exceeding the sum of five pounds to any one person , or otherwise to supply

thum with weekly support as they shall judge most necessary . 7 . No petition from a Brother , or Widow of a Brother , who has already received assistance from the Charitable Fund of the Order , shall be received by the Committee , unless some new and

wellattested allegation appear to authorise a second application , and all certificates of deceased Brethren in the hands of their Widows , applying for Charity to the Grand Lodge , shall be destroyed before any money ordered them by the Committee ts issued .

8 . It is the Indefeasible right of the Grand Lodge to order the Committee of Charity aud Inspection to meet when they shall judge necessary , who shall then resolve themselves into a Committee of the Grand Lodge , and have power to adjourn themselves from time to time as business

may require , at any time between the monthly Meetings of the Grand Lodge , when all \\\ cproceedings of the Committee since last Grand Lod ge , shall be read over , in order to inform them of the Charity expenses , and to receive their concurrence in any other matter , that may have been referred

to thcni . 9 . When the Committee is ordered to be assembled and thereto duly summoned , any seven of them then meeting shall be a quorum , elect their Chairman , and proceed upon business , and if any debate shall happen to arise , the majority of voices

then present shall be decisive , always allowing the Grand Officer or him who shall then preside in the Chair , two votes , if occasion requires . 10 . The Masters of all Lodges resident in the City of Dublin , composing the Committee of Charity and Inspection , are to pay a subscription of

,, o £ 2 16 s . 4 d . to defray the expence of u ' r ' ii , | - , * h c sa ' ^ Committee foreach half year , K-Vii . uions for w | lich t | leir ,. CSpCCtive Lodges are responsible , the payments to be made at the rate of lis . 8 d . on the first day of meeting in each Month .

11 . The Regular Meetings of the Committee arc to be held on two Fridays in every month , the first .. ¦ , being the day following the meeting of the " )'' i Grand Lodge , and the other a fortnight afler . 12 . There shall be paid to tlie Committee for