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The Freemason , SATURDAY , MARCH 5 , 1870 .
A Retrospect.
A RETROSPECT .
THIS is the fifty-second number of THE FREEMASON . A year has swiftly passed away since we first assumed the editorial chair , and essayed the duties of a Masonic
journalist . Gloomy were the vaticinations in which many of our friends indulged , terrible their prophecies of failure . To what extent those forebodings have been
realised may be judged by the fact that we have now ten times the circulation ever attained by any Masonic paper in England . THE . FREEMASON is a great success , and
this gratifying result has been achieved , we are proud to say , by no sacrifice of principle to secure an ephemeral popularity . We have boldly proclaimed our own views
upon all Masonic matters , without fear , favour , or affection , and we are pleased to say that our opinions are in accordance with those of the vast majority of the Craft .
The columns of THE FREEMASON have been opened to the supporters of every degree and every rite connected with Freemasonry , and we are determined to
persevere in this impartial course ; excluding nothing from our pages , but those anti-Masonic articles to which undue prominence has been given of late by our
misguided contemporary . The influence which THE FREEMASON now wields is essentially a legitimate one , and it derives its strength from the conviction , which has gradually
grown up in the minds of the Craft , that we have the true interests of Freemasonry at heart , and that our labours are directed to the attainment of just and laudable objects .
In the past year ' s work we have been powerfully aided by many of the best men in the Order , and our warmest thanks are due to them for the encouragement and
the support which they have ever been ready to extend to our efforts . Wc are also greatly indebted to the Masonic Press in all parts of thc globe for thc good
wishes and kindly interest they evinced in THE FREEMASON when its success was by no means assured . Wc reciprocate their truly fraternal sentiments , and shall always
deem it a pleasure to testify to thc good which is being effected through thc medium of our fellow-workmen in thc fields of Masonic literature . We need only add that
the success of the past year shall be an incentive to our exertions in the future , and we confidently rely upon thc English Masonic public for a continuance of their
support and recognition , which has placed us in so brief a period at the head of the Masonic Press in Europe . It shall be our constant aim to foster a
rational and wholesome enquiry in every branch of Freemasonry , but at the same time , we shall unflinchingly denounce those
revelations which , under the guise of fair discussion , tend to unveil the arcana of the Craft or of those degrees which have long been allied to the Masonic Institution .
A Retrospect.
There is , as we have said before , some good to be found in all the appendant Orders , and as a rule , the attacks which are levelled against them , proceed from men
either incapable of comprehending the beauty of the whole Masonic system , or jealousofthosewho surpass them in Masonic and general information .
The subject of a " Council of Rites " for all the degrees in England at present outside the pale of the Craft , is one which will demand our early and earnest attention ,
and in the meantime we commend it to the impartial consideration of our readers By mutual concessions much maybe effected
towards the establishment of a thorough understanding between the several Orders , and we believe that the time has nowarrived
for the venttlationof the subject , with a view to so desirable a result . Let us consolidate the scattered fragments of the edifice , and weld all the degrees of Freemasonry into one grand harmonious union .
Grand Lodge Notes.
GRAND LODGE NOTES .
THE meeting of the Grand Lodge on Wednesday was most numerously attended , and presented a very brilliant appearance . Earl de Grey and Ripon , the popular Deputy
Grand Master , presided , supported by Lord de Tabley , Eari Percy , Lord Sherborne , Colonel Burdett , Sir Albert W . Woods , W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., F . M . Williams , M . P .
Colonel Whitwcll , M . P ., Le Gendre N . Starkie , and a host of eminent members of the Craft . The election of Lord de Grey to the Grand Mastership was , as wc
anticipated last week , carried with enthusiastic unanimity , and his lordship expressed his thanks for the honour in a speech remarkably felicitous in diction , and evidently
characterised by feelings of strong emotion . Thc noble earl then brought forward thc resolution of which he had given notice , " expressive of thc regret of Grand Lodge
at the retirement of the Earl of Zetland from thc office of Most Worshipful Grand Master , " and a hearty concurrence in thc motion gracefully terminated the long
connection which has existed between the retiring Grand Master and thc Grand Lodge of England , which he has so well and worthily ruled . We may briefly add , that
all we prognosticated in our article last week with reference to the other business on thc agenda paper , was fulfilled almost to the letter .
The singularly absurd list of names proposed as thc Committee , to revise thc Ritual of thc Craft , was at once scouted by the
collective intelligence of Grand Lodge , and thc whole subject is now relegated to Hades , thanks to the bad generalship displayed by our would-be Masters .
However , one great work was achieved when Bro . Clabon ' s comprehensive reforms respecting thc administration of the Fund of Benevolence received thc deliberate
sanction of Grand Lodge , and wc heartily congratulate that worthy brother , as well as the Order at large , upon thc successful result of his Masonic labours .
Grand Lodge Notes.
The less we say about the motion for restricting the Grand Master ' s term of office the better ; but after the warning we gave last week nothing but a crushing defeat could have been expected by the
promoters of the measure . We ourself , and at least thirty of our friends preferred leaving Grand Lodge when the debate came on , rather than lend the sanction of our presence to a proposition which , under
present circumstances , had all the appearance of a vote of want of confidence in the newly-elected Chief of the Order , whom it is now our duty to support freely and loyally .
A withdrawal of the motion even on Wednesday would have commanded the sympathy and approval of Grand Lodge ; but , as it is , the proposal is now practically
done to death by those whose past experience and services led us to anticipate that , under their leadership ,- the question would have been decided in the affirmative .
However , we are now quite satisfied to rely upon the judgment and good taste of our Most Worshipful Grand Master-Elect , whose reign wc sincerely hope will be long , prosperous , and happy .
Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .
4 DATE OF . MOTHER KILWINNING LODGE , OR NO . O ON THE ROLL OF THE GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND . Some say this lodge dates from the building
of Kilwinning Abbey in Scotland in the year 1140 . Others say it is not so old . Again others say it is older . Would some member of this lodge kindly communicate to THE FREEMASON the date adopted by the lodge ? ONE WHO WISHES FACTS .
OLD MASONIC WORKS . If time will allow I intend writing an early " History of Royal Arch Masonry , " to be issued if possible before this year ends . Any brethren in possession of works of value relating to the
subject , or can afford me any information respecting the working of the Royal Arch Degree during the last century , and especially from A . D . 1740 to A . D . 1780 , will confer a favour ,
and , I trust , also promote the interests of Freemasonry by communicating ( direct ) with WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN , P . M . No . 131 , Prov . G . Sec . Cornwall . The High Cross , Truro , Cornwall .
MASONIC REVIVAL . Allow me to express my sympathy with the able remarks of Bro . Carpenter at page 105 . We must think more of our principles and less of our pretensions ; we must support the truth in defiance
of all old notions , for truth alone will stand to the end . As Masons let us let us be honest at heart , then may we fearlessly stand by our principles , whether our age be 150 or 1050 . We must have more true light amongst us than we
have for long past had ; we want something that will bring in , and keep in , men of the highest intelligence in the scientific and literary worlds amongst us . f LEO . In No . 26 of The Taller , for 9 th June , 1709 , I find this passage , which seems to dispose of
some of Bro . Leo s ill-considered theories as to " 1717 " Freemasonry . The allusion made is to certain fops known then as " Pretty Fellows " : — " You sec them accost each other with effeminate airs—they have their signs and tokens like Freemasons . "
In my humble opinion the writings of " Leo " are to be classed with those of one Pinkerton , whose anti-masonic lucubrations have been recently published , to the disgust of many brethren , in the columns of your contemporary , the P . M . M . HOMO .
Wc are sorry that through pressure of matter wc are again obliged to leave over several important communications .
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The Freemason , SATURDAY , MARCH 5 , 1870 .
A Retrospect.
A RETROSPECT .
THIS is the fifty-second number of THE FREEMASON . A year has swiftly passed away since we first assumed the editorial chair , and essayed the duties of a Masonic
journalist . Gloomy were the vaticinations in which many of our friends indulged , terrible their prophecies of failure . To what extent those forebodings have been
realised may be judged by the fact that we have now ten times the circulation ever attained by any Masonic paper in England . THE . FREEMASON is a great success , and
this gratifying result has been achieved , we are proud to say , by no sacrifice of principle to secure an ephemeral popularity . We have boldly proclaimed our own views
upon all Masonic matters , without fear , favour , or affection , and we are pleased to say that our opinions are in accordance with those of the vast majority of the Craft .
The columns of THE FREEMASON have been opened to the supporters of every degree and every rite connected with Freemasonry , and we are determined to
persevere in this impartial course ; excluding nothing from our pages , but those anti-Masonic articles to which undue prominence has been given of late by our
misguided contemporary . The influence which THE FREEMASON now wields is essentially a legitimate one , and it derives its strength from the conviction , which has gradually
grown up in the minds of the Craft , that we have the true interests of Freemasonry at heart , and that our labours are directed to the attainment of just and laudable objects .
In the past year ' s work we have been powerfully aided by many of the best men in the Order , and our warmest thanks are due to them for the encouragement and
the support which they have ever been ready to extend to our efforts . Wc are also greatly indebted to the Masonic Press in all parts of thc globe for thc good
wishes and kindly interest they evinced in THE FREEMASON when its success was by no means assured . Wc reciprocate their truly fraternal sentiments , and shall always
deem it a pleasure to testify to thc good which is being effected through thc medium of our fellow-workmen in thc fields of Masonic literature . We need only add that
the success of the past year shall be an incentive to our exertions in the future , and we confidently rely upon thc English Masonic public for a continuance of their
support and recognition , which has placed us in so brief a period at the head of the Masonic Press in Europe . It shall be our constant aim to foster a
rational and wholesome enquiry in every branch of Freemasonry , but at the same time , we shall unflinchingly denounce those
revelations which , under the guise of fair discussion , tend to unveil the arcana of the Craft or of those degrees which have long been allied to the Masonic Institution .
A Retrospect.
There is , as we have said before , some good to be found in all the appendant Orders , and as a rule , the attacks which are levelled against them , proceed from men
either incapable of comprehending the beauty of the whole Masonic system , or jealousofthosewho surpass them in Masonic and general information .
The subject of a " Council of Rites " for all the degrees in England at present outside the pale of the Craft , is one which will demand our early and earnest attention ,
and in the meantime we commend it to the impartial consideration of our readers By mutual concessions much maybe effected
towards the establishment of a thorough understanding between the several Orders , and we believe that the time has nowarrived
for the venttlationof the subject , with a view to so desirable a result . Let us consolidate the scattered fragments of the edifice , and weld all the degrees of Freemasonry into one grand harmonious union .
Grand Lodge Notes.
GRAND LODGE NOTES .
THE meeting of the Grand Lodge on Wednesday was most numerously attended , and presented a very brilliant appearance . Earl de Grey and Ripon , the popular Deputy
Grand Master , presided , supported by Lord de Tabley , Eari Percy , Lord Sherborne , Colonel Burdett , Sir Albert W . Woods , W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., F . M . Williams , M . P .
Colonel Whitwcll , M . P ., Le Gendre N . Starkie , and a host of eminent members of the Craft . The election of Lord de Grey to the Grand Mastership was , as wc
anticipated last week , carried with enthusiastic unanimity , and his lordship expressed his thanks for the honour in a speech remarkably felicitous in diction , and evidently
characterised by feelings of strong emotion . Thc noble earl then brought forward thc resolution of which he had given notice , " expressive of thc regret of Grand Lodge
at the retirement of the Earl of Zetland from thc office of Most Worshipful Grand Master , " and a hearty concurrence in thc motion gracefully terminated the long
connection which has existed between the retiring Grand Master and thc Grand Lodge of England , which he has so well and worthily ruled . We may briefly add , that
all we prognosticated in our article last week with reference to the other business on thc agenda paper , was fulfilled almost to the letter .
The singularly absurd list of names proposed as thc Committee , to revise thc Ritual of thc Craft , was at once scouted by the
collective intelligence of Grand Lodge , and thc whole subject is now relegated to Hades , thanks to the bad generalship displayed by our would-be Masters .
However , one great work was achieved when Bro . Clabon ' s comprehensive reforms respecting thc administration of the Fund of Benevolence received thc deliberate
sanction of Grand Lodge , and wc heartily congratulate that worthy brother , as well as the Order at large , upon thc successful result of his Masonic labours .
Grand Lodge Notes.
The less we say about the motion for restricting the Grand Master ' s term of office the better ; but after the warning we gave last week nothing but a crushing defeat could have been expected by the
promoters of the measure . We ourself , and at least thirty of our friends preferred leaving Grand Lodge when the debate came on , rather than lend the sanction of our presence to a proposition which , under
present circumstances , had all the appearance of a vote of want of confidence in the newly-elected Chief of the Order , whom it is now our duty to support freely and loyally .
A withdrawal of the motion even on Wednesday would have commanded the sympathy and approval of Grand Lodge ; but , as it is , the proposal is now practically
done to death by those whose past experience and services led us to anticipate that , under their leadership ,- the question would have been decided in the affirmative .
However , we are now quite satisfied to rely upon the judgment and good taste of our Most Worshipful Grand Master-Elect , whose reign wc sincerely hope will be long , prosperous , and happy .
Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .
4 DATE OF . MOTHER KILWINNING LODGE , OR NO . O ON THE ROLL OF THE GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND . Some say this lodge dates from the building
of Kilwinning Abbey in Scotland in the year 1140 . Others say it is not so old . Again others say it is older . Would some member of this lodge kindly communicate to THE FREEMASON the date adopted by the lodge ? ONE WHO WISHES FACTS .
OLD MASONIC WORKS . If time will allow I intend writing an early " History of Royal Arch Masonry , " to be issued if possible before this year ends . Any brethren in possession of works of value relating to the
subject , or can afford me any information respecting the working of the Royal Arch Degree during the last century , and especially from A . D . 1740 to A . D . 1780 , will confer a favour ,
and , I trust , also promote the interests of Freemasonry by communicating ( direct ) with WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN , P . M . No . 131 , Prov . G . Sec . Cornwall . The High Cross , Truro , Cornwall .
MASONIC REVIVAL . Allow me to express my sympathy with the able remarks of Bro . Carpenter at page 105 . We must think more of our principles and less of our pretensions ; we must support the truth in defiance
of all old notions , for truth alone will stand to the end . As Masons let us let us be honest at heart , then may we fearlessly stand by our principles , whether our age be 150 or 1050 . We must have more true light amongst us than we
have for long past had ; we want something that will bring in , and keep in , men of the highest intelligence in the scientific and literary worlds amongst us . f LEO . In No . 26 of The Taller , for 9 th June , 1709 , I find this passage , which seems to dispose of
some of Bro . Leo s ill-considered theories as to " 1717 " Freemasonry . The allusion made is to certain fops known then as " Pretty Fellows " : — " You sec them accost each other with effeminate airs—they have their signs and tokens like Freemasons . "
In my humble opinion the writings of " Leo " are to be classed with those of one Pinkerton , whose anti-masonic lucubrations have been recently published , to the disgust of many brethren , in the columns of your contemporary , the P . M . M . HOMO .
Wc are sorry that through pressure of matter wc are again obliged to leave over several important communications .