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PAGE . FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND 337 OBITUARYR . W . Bro . Stephen Blair , P . G . M ., E . Lancashire 33 S
M . W . Bro . Jacob Christian Cosmos Brtistrup , Grand Master of Denmark ... 33 S PROV . GRAND LODGE OF SUFFOLK 33 S SUMMER FESTIVAL OF THE DOMATIC LODGE No . 177 339 THE
CRAFTMetropolitan ... ... ... ... ... 339 Provincial ... ... ... ... ... 339 Scotland ... ... ... ... ... ... 339 ROYAL ARCH 339 MARK MASONRY 339 ORDERS OF CHIVALRY 339 FUNERAL OF R . W . BRO . STEPHEN BLAIR , P . G . M .
E . LANCASHIRE . ... 340 Is FREEMASONRY SECTARIAN ? 341 CONSECRATION OF THE FERMOR LODGE , NO . 1313 341 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 342 A GLANCE AROUND 342 MULTUM IN PARVO ... 343 PROV . GRAND K . T . CONCLAVE OF
LANCASHIRE 343 & 344 FASHIONABLE WEDDING IN SHEFFIELD 344 POETRYStorm-beaten ... ... ... ... ... 344 Oh ! Ye who are bound by our Mystical Tie 344 THE FREEMASONS' LIFE BOAT 344 GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTERS 344 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCEBro . Buchan Again ... ... ... ... 344
Letter from a Brother in London to an Edinburgh Brother 344 & 345 ANTIQUITY OF FREEMASONRY 345 & 34 6 CONSECRATION OF A MASONIC HALL IN AUSTRALIA 34 6 & 347 J OTTINGS FROM MASONIC J OURNALS 347 MASONIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK 347
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FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND .
BY THE SON OF SALATHIEL . { Continued from page 301 . ) BEFORE THE SCHISM . The Earl of Crawford succeeded Lord Strathmore as Grand Master , and his
administration is remarkable for two eventsin the first place , for the enactment of resolutions forbidding illegal assemblies of Masons , which foreshadowed the ultimate schism ; and secondly , for certain unwise
encroachments on the jurisdiction of the ancient York Grand Lodge by the establishment of lodges in the North of England . On the 17 th April , 1735 , Lord Weymouth was installed Grand Master at the Mercers '
Hall , the ceremony being attended by the Dukes of Richmond and Athol , the Earls of Crawford , Winchelsea , Balcarres , Wemys , and Loudon , Lords Cathcart and Verc , Bertie , and many other distinguished brethren .
The Grand Stewards Lodge was constituted under Lord Weymouth ' s presidency , and warrants were also issued for Portugal , South America and West Africa . As the most remarkable circumstances recorded in the annals of the Grand Lodge of England
were faithfully transcribed by the celebrated brother , William Preston , during the time he was an assistant in the Grand Secretary ' s office , the history of the English Craft at this period is best given by quotations from his " Illustrations of Masonry " : —
One circumstance occurred while Lord Weymouth was Grand Master , of which it may be necessary to take notice . The twelve Stewards , with Sir Robert Lawley , Master of the Stewards' Lodge , at their head , appeared ( for the first time ) in their new
badges at a Grand Lodge held at the Devil Tavern on the 111 )\ of December , 1735 . On ibis occasion they were not permitted to vote as individuals ; but it being afterwards proposed that they should enjoy this privilege , and that the Stewards' Lodge should
in future be represented in Grand Lodge by twelve members , many lodges objected to the measure as an encroachment on the privilege of every other lodge which had been previously constituted . When the motion was for confirmation , such a disturbance ensued , that the Grand Lodge was
obliged to be closed before the sentiments of the brethren could be collected on the subject . Of late years the punctilio , has been waved , and the twelve Stewards are now permitted to vote in every communication as individuals ( a ) . The Earl of Loudon succeeded Lord Weymouth ,
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and was installed Grand Master at Fishmongers Hall , on the 15 th of April , 173 6 . The Duke of Richmond , the Earls of Albemarle and Crawford , Lords Harcourt , Erskine , and Southwell , Mr . Anstis , gaiter ktng-at-arms , Mr . Brady , lion kingat-arms , and a numerous company of other
brethren , were present on this occasion . His lordship canstituted several lodges , and granted three provincial deputations during his presidency—viz ., one for New England , another for South Carolina , and a third for Cape Coast Castle , in Africa . The Earl of Darnley was elected Grand Master ,
and duly installed at Fishmongers Hall on the 28 th of April , 1757 , in presence of the Duke of Richmond , the Earls of Crawford and Wemys , Lord Gray , and many other respectable brethren . The most remarkable event of his lordship's administration was the initiation of the late Frederic ,
Prince of Wales , his late Majesty's father , at an occasional lodge convened for the purpose at the Palace at Kew , over which Dr . Desaguliers presided as Master . Lord Baltimore , Col . Lumley , the Hon . Major Madden , and several other brethren were present . His Royal Highness was advanced
to the second degree at the same lodge ; and at another lodge , convened at the same place soon after , was raised to the degree of Master Mason . There cannot be a better proof of the flourishing state of the society at this time , than by adverting to the respectable appearance of the brethren in Grand Lodge , at which the Grand Master never
failed to attend . Upwards of sixty lodges were represented at every communication during Lord Darnley ' s administration ; and more provincial patents were issued by him than by any of his predecessors . Deputations were granted , for Montserrat , Geneva , the Circle of Upper Saxony , the Coast of Africa , New York , and the Islands of America ( b ) .
The Marquis of Carnarvon , afterwards Duke of Chandos , succeeded Lord Darnley in the office of Grand Master , and was duly invested and installed at an assembly and feast held at Fishmongers ' Hall on the 27 th of April , 173 S . At this assembly , the Duke of Richmond , the Earls of Inchiquin ,
Loudon , and Kintore , Lords Coleraneand Gray , and a numcrons company of other brethren were present . The Marquis showed every attention to the society during his presidency , and , in testimony of his esteem , presented to the Grand Lodge a gold jewel for the use of the Secretary ; the device , two cross
pens in a knot—the knot and points of the pens being curiously enamelled . Two deputations for the office of Provincial Grand Master were granted by his lordship—one for the Carribbee Islands , and the other for the West Riding of Yorkshire . This latter appointment was considered as a third
encroachment on the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge at York , and so widened the original breach between the brethren in the North and the South of England , that from henceforward all correspondence between the Grand Lodges totally ceased . On the 15 th of August , 1738 , Frederic the Great ,
afterwards King of Prussia , was initiated into Masonry in a lodge at Brunswick , under the Scots ' Constitution , being at that time Prince Royal . So highly did he approve of the Institution that , on his accession to the throne , he commanded a Grand Lodge to be formed at Berlin ( c ) , and for that
purpose obtained a patent from Edinburgh . In this lodge many of the German princes were initiated , who afterwards filled the office of Grand Master with much honour to themselves and advantage to the Craft . Thus was Masonry regularly established in Prussia , and under that sanction it has
flourished ever since . No other remarkable occurrence is recorded to have happened during the administration of the Marquis of Carnarvon , except a proposition for establishing a plan to appropriate a portion of the charity to place out the sons of Masons apprentices ,
which , after a long debate in Grand Lodge , was rejected . Some disagreeable altercations arose in the Society about this period . A number of dissatisfied brethren , having separated themselves from the regular lodges , held meetings in different places for
the purpose of initiating persons into Masonry , contrary to the laws of the Grand Lodge . These seceding brethren , taking advantage of the breach which had been made in the friendly intercourse between the Grand Lotlges of London and York , on being censured for their conduct , immediatelv
assumed at their irregular meetings , without authority , the character of York Masons . Measures were atloptetl to check them , which stopped their progress for some time ; but , taking advantage of the general murmur spread abroad on account of soirn < innovations that had been introduced , and which
seemed to authorise an omission of , and variation in , the ancient ceremonies , they rose again into notice . This imprudent measure of the regular lodges offended many old Masons ; but . through the mediation of John Ward , Esq ., afterwards Lord Viscount Dudley and Ward , matters were accommodated , and the brethren seemingly reconciled .
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This , however , proved only a temporary suspension of hostilities , for the flame soon broke out anew , and gave rise to commotions , which afterwards materially interrupted the peace of the Society . Lord Raymond succeeded the Marquis of Carnarvon in May , 1739 , and under his lordship ' s
auspices the lodges were numerous and respectable . Notwithstanding the flourishing state of the Society , however , irregularities continued to prevail ; and several worthy brethren , still adverse to the encroachments on the established system of the institution , seemed to be highly disgusted at the
proceedings of the regular lodges . Complaints were preferred at every succeeding committee , and the communications were fully employed in adjusting differences and reconciling animosities . More secessions taking place , it became necessary to pass votes of censure on the most refractory , and enact
laws to discourage irregular associations of the Fraternity . This brought the power of the Grand Lodge in question ; and , in opposition to the laws which had been established in that assembly , lodges were formed without any legal warrant , and persons initiated into Masonry for small and unworthy
considerations . To disappoint the views of these deluded brethren , and to distinguish the persons initiated by them , the Grand Lodge readily acquiesced in the imprudent measures which the regular Masons had adopted , measures which even the urgency of the case could not warrant . Though
this had the desired effect , it gave rise to a new subterfuge . The brethren who had seceded from the regular lodges immediately announced independency , and assumed the appellation of ancient Masons . They propagated an opinion that the ancient tenets and practices of Masons were
preserved by them , and that the regular lodges , being composed of modern Masons , had adopted new plans , and were not to be considered as acting under the old establishment . To counteract the regulations of the Grand Lodge , they instituted a new Grand Lodge in London professedly on the
ancient system ; and , contrary to their duty as Masons , under that assumed banner constituted several new lodges , in opposition to the regular established authority . These irregular proceedings they pretended to justifyunder the feigned sanction of the Ancient York Constitution ; and many gentlemen of reputation , being deceived by this artifice ,
were introduced amongst them , so that their lodges daily increased . Without authority from the Grand Lodge at York , or from any other established power in Masonry , these refractory brethren persevered in the measures they had adopted , formed committees , held communications , and even appointed annual feasts .
( a ) It was not lill the year 1770 that this privilege was strictly warranted , when , at a Grand Lodge , on the 7 th of February , at the Crown antl AnchorTavern in the Strand , the following resolution passed : "As the right of the Members of the Stewards' Lotlge in general to attend the Committee of Charity appears doubtful , no mention of such right being made in the laws of the Society , the
Grantl Lotlge are of opinion , that they have no general right to attend ; hut it is hereby resolved : That the Stewards' Lodge be allowed the privilege of sending a number of brethren , equal to any other four lotlges , to every future Committee of Charity ; and that , as the Master of each private lotlge only has a right to attend , to make a proper distinction between the Stewards'Lodge
antl the other lodges , thai the Master antl three other members of that lodge he permitted lo attend at every succeeding committee on behalf of the saitl lotlge . " This resolution , however , was declared not lo be intended to deprive any lodge , which had been previously constituted , of ils regular rank and precedence . Notwithstanding this express provision , a privilege has been lately granted
to the Stewards Lodge , of taking precedence of all the other lodges , the two oldest not excepted . (/>) At this time the authority granted by patent to a Provincial Grand Master was limited to one year from his first public appearance in that character within his province ; and if , at the expiration of that period , a new election by the lotlges under his jurisdiction did not take
place , subject to the approbation of the Grand Master , the patent was no longer valid . Hence we find , within the course of a few years , different appointments to the same station ; but the office is now permanent , and the sole appointment of the Grand Master . ( c ) I lis Majesty ' s attachment to the Society soon induced him to establish several new regulations for the
ail vantage of the Fraternity ; and , among others , he ordained : 1 . That no pcrs-m should be made a Mason , unless his character was unimpeachable ami his manner of living antl profession respectable . 2 . That every member should pay 25 rix-dollars ( or £ . \ 3 s . ) for ihe first degree ; 50 rix-dollars ( or £ S 6 s . ) on his being passed ittlo the second degree ; an 1 100 rix-tlullars on his being raised a
Master-Mason . 3 . I hat he should remain at least three months in each degree ; and lhat every s . nii received should be divided by the Grand Treasurer into three pans—one to defray the expenses of the lodge , another to lie applied to the relief of the distressed brethren , anil the third to beallottetl to the poor in general . ( To lie continued ) .
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PAGE . FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND 337 OBITUARYR . W . Bro . Stephen Blair , P . G . M ., E . Lancashire 33 S
M . W . Bro . Jacob Christian Cosmos Brtistrup , Grand Master of Denmark ... 33 S PROV . GRAND LODGE OF SUFFOLK 33 S SUMMER FESTIVAL OF THE DOMATIC LODGE No . 177 339 THE
CRAFTMetropolitan ... ... ... ... ... 339 Provincial ... ... ... ... ... 339 Scotland ... ... ... ... ... ... 339 ROYAL ARCH 339 MARK MASONRY 339 ORDERS OF CHIVALRY 339 FUNERAL OF R . W . BRO . STEPHEN BLAIR , P . G . M .
E . LANCASHIRE . ... 340 Is FREEMASONRY SECTARIAN ? 341 CONSECRATION OF THE FERMOR LODGE , NO . 1313 341 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 342 A GLANCE AROUND 342 MULTUM IN PARVO ... 343 PROV . GRAND K . T . CONCLAVE OF
LANCASHIRE 343 & 344 FASHIONABLE WEDDING IN SHEFFIELD 344 POETRYStorm-beaten ... ... ... ... ... 344 Oh ! Ye who are bound by our Mystical Tie 344 THE FREEMASONS' LIFE BOAT 344 GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTERS 344 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCEBro . Buchan Again ... ... ... ... 344
Letter from a Brother in London to an Edinburgh Brother 344 & 345 ANTIQUITY OF FREEMASONRY 345 & 34 6 CONSECRATION OF A MASONIC HALL IN AUSTRALIA 34 6 & 347 J OTTINGS FROM MASONIC J OURNALS 347 MASONIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK 347
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FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND .
BY THE SON OF SALATHIEL . { Continued from page 301 . ) BEFORE THE SCHISM . The Earl of Crawford succeeded Lord Strathmore as Grand Master , and his
administration is remarkable for two eventsin the first place , for the enactment of resolutions forbidding illegal assemblies of Masons , which foreshadowed the ultimate schism ; and secondly , for certain unwise
encroachments on the jurisdiction of the ancient York Grand Lodge by the establishment of lodges in the North of England . On the 17 th April , 1735 , Lord Weymouth was installed Grand Master at the Mercers '
Hall , the ceremony being attended by the Dukes of Richmond and Athol , the Earls of Crawford , Winchelsea , Balcarres , Wemys , and Loudon , Lords Cathcart and Verc , Bertie , and many other distinguished brethren .
The Grand Stewards Lodge was constituted under Lord Weymouth ' s presidency , and warrants were also issued for Portugal , South America and West Africa . As the most remarkable circumstances recorded in the annals of the Grand Lodge of England
were faithfully transcribed by the celebrated brother , William Preston , during the time he was an assistant in the Grand Secretary ' s office , the history of the English Craft at this period is best given by quotations from his " Illustrations of Masonry " : —
One circumstance occurred while Lord Weymouth was Grand Master , of which it may be necessary to take notice . The twelve Stewards , with Sir Robert Lawley , Master of the Stewards' Lodge , at their head , appeared ( for the first time ) in their new
badges at a Grand Lodge held at the Devil Tavern on the 111 )\ of December , 1735 . On ibis occasion they were not permitted to vote as individuals ; but it being afterwards proposed that they should enjoy this privilege , and that the Stewards' Lodge should
in future be represented in Grand Lodge by twelve members , many lodges objected to the measure as an encroachment on the privilege of every other lodge which had been previously constituted . When the motion was for confirmation , such a disturbance ensued , that the Grand Lodge was
obliged to be closed before the sentiments of the brethren could be collected on the subject . Of late years the punctilio , has been waved , and the twelve Stewards are now permitted to vote in every communication as individuals ( a ) . The Earl of Loudon succeeded Lord Weymouth ,
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and was installed Grand Master at Fishmongers Hall , on the 15 th of April , 173 6 . The Duke of Richmond , the Earls of Albemarle and Crawford , Lords Harcourt , Erskine , and Southwell , Mr . Anstis , gaiter ktng-at-arms , Mr . Brady , lion kingat-arms , and a numerous company of other
brethren , were present on this occasion . His lordship canstituted several lodges , and granted three provincial deputations during his presidency—viz ., one for New England , another for South Carolina , and a third for Cape Coast Castle , in Africa . The Earl of Darnley was elected Grand Master ,
and duly installed at Fishmongers Hall on the 28 th of April , 1757 , in presence of the Duke of Richmond , the Earls of Crawford and Wemys , Lord Gray , and many other respectable brethren . The most remarkable event of his lordship's administration was the initiation of the late Frederic ,
Prince of Wales , his late Majesty's father , at an occasional lodge convened for the purpose at the Palace at Kew , over which Dr . Desaguliers presided as Master . Lord Baltimore , Col . Lumley , the Hon . Major Madden , and several other brethren were present . His Royal Highness was advanced
to the second degree at the same lodge ; and at another lodge , convened at the same place soon after , was raised to the degree of Master Mason . There cannot be a better proof of the flourishing state of the society at this time , than by adverting to the respectable appearance of the brethren in Grand Lodge , at which the Grand Master never
failed to attend . Upwards of sixty lodges were represented at every communication during Lord Darnley ' s administration ; and more provincial patents were issued by him than by any of his predecessors . Deputations were granted , for Montserrat , Geneva , the Circle of Upper Saxony , the Coast of Africa , New York , and the Islands of America ( b ) .
The Marquis of Carnarvon , afterwards Duke of Chandos , succeeded Lord Darnley in the office of Grand Master , and was duly invested and installed at an assembly and feast held at Fishmongers ' Hall on the 27 th of April , 173 S . At this assembly , the Duke of Richmond , the Earls of Inchiquin ,
Loudon , and Kintore , Lords Coleraneand Gray , and a numcrons company of other brethren were present . The Marquis showed every attention to the society during his presidency , and , in testimony of his esteem , presented to the Grand Lodge a gold jewel for the use of the Secretary ; the device , two cross
pens in a knot—the knot and points of the pens being curiously enamelled . Two deputations for the office of Provincial Grand Master were granted by his lordship—one for the Carribbee Islands , and the other for the West Riding of Yorkshire . This latter appointment was considered as a third
encroachment on the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge at York , and so widened the original breach between the brethren in the North and the South of England , that from henceforward all correspondence between the Grand Lodges totally ceased . On the 15 th of August , 1738 , Frederic the Great ,
afterwards King of Prussia , was initiated into Masonry in a lodge at Brunswick , under the Scots ' Constitution , being at that time Prince Royal . So highly did he approve of the Institution that , on his accession to the throne , he commanded a Grand Lodge to be formed at Berlin ( c ) , and for that
purpose obtained a patent from Edinburgh . In this lodge many of the German princes were initiated , who afterwards filled the office of Grand Master with much honour to themselves and advantage to the Craft . Thus was Masonry regularly established in Prussia , and under that sanction it has
flourished ever since . No other remarkable occurrence is recorded to have happened during the administration of the Marquis of Carnarvon , except a proposition for establishing a plan to appropriate a portion of the charity to place out the sons of Masons apprentices ,
which , after a long debate in Grand Lodge , was rejected . Some disagreeable altercations arose in the Society about this period . A number of dissatisfied brethren , having separated themselves from the regular lodges , held meetings in different places for
the purpose of initiating persons into Masonry , contrary to the laws of the Grand Lodge . These seceding brethren , taking advantage of the breach which had been made in the friendly intercourse between the Grand Lotlges of London and York , on being censured for their conduct , immediatelv
assumed at their irregular meetings , without authority , the character of York Masons . Measures were atloptetl to check them , which stopped their progress for some time ; but , taking advantage of the general murmur spread abroad on account of soirn < innovations that had been introduced , and which
seemed to authorise an omission of , and variation in , the ancient ceremonies , they rose again into notice . This imprudent measure of the regular lodges offended many old Masons ; but . through the mediation of John Ward , Esq ., afterwards Lord Viscount Dudley and Ward , matters were accommodated , and the brethren seemingly reconciled .
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This , however , proved only a temporary suspension of hostilities , for the flame soon broke out anew , and gave rise to commotions , which afterwards materially interrupted the peace of the Society . Lord Raymond succeeded the Marquis of Carnarvon in May , 1739 , and under his lordship ' s
auspices the lodges were numerous and respectable . Notwithstanding the flourishing state of the Society , however , irregularities continued to prevail ; and several worthy brethren , still adverse to the encroachments on the established system of the institution , seemed to be highly disgusted at the
proceedings of the regular lodges . Complaints were preferred at every succeeding committee , and the communications were fully employed in adjusting differences and reconciling animosities . More secessions taking place , it became necessary to pass votes of censure on the most refractory , and enact
laws to discourage irregular associations of the Fraternity . This brought the power of the Grand Lodge in question ; and , in opposition to the laws which had been established in that assembly , lodges were formed without any legal warrant , and persons initiated into Masonry for small and unworthy
considerations . To disappoint the views of these deluded brethren , and to distinguish the persons initiated by them , the Grand Lodge readily acquiesced in the imprudent measures which the regular Masons had adopted , measures which even the urgency of the case could not warrant . Though
this had the desired effect , it gave rise to a new subterfuge . The brethren who had seceded from the regular lodges immediately announced independency , and assumed the appellation of ancient Masons . They propagated an opinion that the ancient tenets and practices of Masons were
preserved by them , and that the regular lodges , being composed of modern Masons , had adopted new plans , and were not to be considered as acting under the old establishment . To counteract the regulations of the Grand Lodge , they instituted a new Grand Lodge in London professedly on the
ancient system ; and , contrary to their duty as Masons , under that assumed banner constituted several new lodges , in opposition to the regular established authority . These irregular proceedings they pretended to justifyunder the feigned sanction of the Ancient York Constitution ; and many gentlemen of reputation , being deceived by this artifice ,
were introduced amongst them , so that their lodges daily increased . Without authority from the Grand Lodge at York , or from any other established power in Masonry , these refractory brethren persevered in the measures they had adopted , formed committees , held communications , and even appointed annual feasts .
( a ) It was not lill the year 1770 that this privilege was strictly warranted , when , at a Grand Lodge , on the 7 th of February , at the Crown antl AnchorTavern in the Strand , the following resolution passed : "As the right of the Members of the Stewards' Lotlge in general to attend the Committee of Charity appears doubtful , no mention of such right being made in the laws of the Society , the
Grantl Lotlge are of opinion , that they have no general right to attend ; hut it is hereby resolved : That the Stewards' Lodge be allowed the privilege of sending a number of brethren , equal to any other four lotlges , to every future Committee of Charity ; and that , as the Master of each private lotlge only has a right to attend , to make a proper distinction between the Stewards'Lodge
antl the other lodges , thai the Master antl three other members of that lodge he permitted lo attend at every succeeding committee on behalf of the saitl lotlge . " This resolution , however , was declared not lo be intended to deprive any lodge , which had been previously constituted , of ils regular rank and precedence . Notwithstanding this express provision , a privilege has been lately granted
to the Stewards Lodge , of taking precedence of all the other lodges , the two oldest not excepted . (/>) At this time the authority granted by patent to a Provincial Grand Master was limited to one year from his first public appearance in that character within his province ; and if , at the expiration of that period , a new election by the lotlges under his jurisdiction did not take
place , subject to the approbation of the Grand Master , the patent was no longer valid . Hence we find , within the course of a few years , different appointments to the same station ; but the office is now permanent , and the sole appointment of the Grand Master . ( c ) I lis Majesty ' s attachment to the Society soon induced him to establish several new regulations for the
ail vantage of the Fraternity ; and , among others , he ordained : 1 . That no pcrs-m should be made a Mason , unless his character was unimpeachable ami his manner of living antl profession respectable . 2 . That every member should pay 25 rix-dollars ( or £ . \ 3 s . ) for ihe first degree ; 50 rix-dollars ( or £ S 6 s . ) on his being passed ittlo the second degree ; an 1 100 rix-tlullars on his being raised a
Master-Mason . 3 . I hat he should remain at least three months in each degree ; and lhat every s . nii received should be divided by the Grand Treasurer into three pans—one to defray the expenses of the lodge , another to lie applied to the relief of the distressed brethren , anil the third to beallottetl to the poor in general . ( To lie continued ) .
THE Old Testament "Company" have met again , and continued their labours on Genesis i .