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pursued no less than thirty-five P . M . ' s would be actually excluded from the honour to which they had by service in the chair a right to aspire , merely that it might be monopolised by two brethren , possibly not
a whit better qualified than themselves . It is not surprising that jealousies and quarrels among the brethren were of no unfrequent occurrence in the province . I sincerely trust that that is now all changed , and that a better state of things exists .
Whilst every province must doubtless be conducted more or less according to local circumstances , the arrangements now in force in the province of which-1 am an old officer ( that of Leicestershire and Rutland ) ,
as gradually modified and improved by the experience of the past , might , I think , be advantageously adopted in such provinces as West Lancashire , both to the pleasure of the ruler and the profit of the brethren
under his sway . Formerly , when this province consisted of three lodges only , one of which ( No . 50 , Hinckley ) was in abeyance , the appointments in the Prov . Grand Lodge remained unchanged , occasionally , for three
years , and it was customary for those appointed to go from the lowest to the higher offices in rotation . When , however , the lodges became more numerous and prosperous ( there are now ei ght flourishing
lodges ) , it became the practice to make fresh appointments to all the offices ( except , of course , those of Treasurer , Secretary , and occasionally Director of Ceremonies ) every year , in some instances ( where P . M . ' s )
the brethren being promoted to higher offices , in others retiring for a year or two to make way for other brethren equally qualified with themselves . At the same time , as a rule , the office of Registrar was
restricted to brethren of one of the legal professions , being P . M . ' s , that of Supt of Works to architects or builders , and that of Sword-bearer to naval or military brethren . When the present P . G . M . was appointed ,
after having previously had the management of the province , for some fourteen or fifteen years , as Deputy G . Master , he expressed his desire , without relinquishing any part of the prerogatives of his office , to make the Prov .
Grand Lodge a more thoroughly representative body than it had previously been ; and for this purpose he adopted the custom of allowing , each year , six of the lodges , in rotation , the privilege of nominating for his
approval one of their members to represent their Lodge as a Grand Steward , and from them , as a rule , arc subsequently taken all those appointed to the purple . So that , indirectly , all the officers of the Provincial
Grand'Lodge arc originally selected by the brethren of the various private lodges . In addition , each year a certain number of appointments , ranging from one to four , according to the number of its members ,
are appropriated to each lodge in the province , so that no lodge is ever unrepresented among the officers .
As the system in force in this province has been found to work very satisfactorily and harmoniously , I have been led ( at greater length than I had intended ) to
trespass upon your space with this communication , in the hope that the adoption of it , or a modification of it , might be useful in some other provinces , and especially that it might , if adopted , be the means of
allaying those heartburnings and personal animosities now unhappily existing in West Lancashire , and which , if not removed ,
must be destructive of the best interests of Masonry in the province . I am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , A PAST PROV . G . SECRETARY .
Testimonial To The Right Hon. The Earl Of Zetland.
TESTIMONIAL TO THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF ZETLAND .
( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) SIR AND BROTHER , —I have waited most patiently for a long time to hear the result of the application to lodges and individual brethren , to subscribe towards a Fund for decayed Masons , as a fitting and deserved testimonial
of our esteemed Past Grand Master . Surely the subscribers should be informed of the amount contributed , and are entitled to receive a printed statement of accounts , and the list of subscribers ? It would be pleasant for all connected with so excellent a movement to have
a memorial of the event , just as when a similar testimony of the appreciation of the Craft was presented to H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex . I hope , Bro . Editor , that ere long we shall have such a list of subscribers sent to all the
subscribing lodges and brethren , and beg to subscribe myself , Your occasional Correspondent , 333
PEACE ! PEACE ! ( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) SIR , —In the interests of true Freemasonry , allow me to claim your influence , in bringing about an " Act of Oblivion , " and a General Amnesty .
No matter how great the provocation—how irritating the insult—it is not too late to suppress personal feelings , and to consider only the benefit of the Craft in general . Napoleon—with all his faults , a keen
observer of human nature , said , " Build a golden bridge for a beaten foe . " Let us not press each other too hard , on this or that point , or claim , too rigidly , redress of wrongs , or apology for insult . These are the
result of personal feeling , and I wish that nothing but the good of the Craft , and its harmony , may be uppermost in our thoughts . All other considerations are petty , when we
consider discord and scandal increasing amongst us . I say , earnestly , make peace before it is too late , otherwise the fabric of Masonry may be undermined , by extraneous influences , taking advantage of our disunion . OLIVE BRANCH .
( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , — There was a " great cry and little wool'' in last Grand Lodge respecting the alleged desecration of the Coffee Room at Freemasons' Hall , because two or three
brethren , members of an old chivalric Order , met therein as private gentlemen , for a few minutes , on one occasion , a long time ago ; while , on the Friday following , the Grand Conclave of Knights Templar actually met in the
" Zetland " Room at the Hall—one of the very rooms set apart especially for the Craft—with all their banners , trumpets , red crosses , and arches of steel , notwithstanding the oft-preached "sanctity •' of the premises ! Knowing , as I do , that
the Templars are as good , if not better , Craft Masons than many who denounce their Masonic status . 1 merely mention this to show that , in certain quarters , there is a manifest lack of that much-lo-he-prized virtue , •CONSISTENCY .
[ We are pleased to be enabled to state that not one of the officials in the Grand Secretary's department has ever been connected with the spurious Rite of Memphis , or with any other
rite or degree which has been at any time authoritatively denounced by the Grand Lodge of England . This contradiction is rendered
necessary , in order to remove the erroneous impressions which were conveyed in the remarks of a certain speaker at the last Quarterly Communication .- —F . i > . /'' . I
( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) SIR AND BROTHER , —Bro . Matthew Cooke , in a paper he endeavoured to distribute within the precincts of Grand Lodge on AVednesday week ,
Testimonial To The Right Hon. The Earl Of Zetland.
refers to one of his patrons , whom he styles " an ignoramus , " because , in a letter of sixty-seven words , he made thirteen " child-like" errors of authography . Pray , let me ask Bro . Cooke by what term he qualifies his own blunders ? He
writes about " veniality and corruption , does he ( the teacher ) not know that venial means excusable , pardonable , but that venal means mercenary ? This is not a typographical error ,
for , in the same article , he again writes " venial transgressions . " Let Bro . Cooke learn English himself ! Yours fraternally , AA'OOLAVICH .
Presentation To Bro.Dr. Lory Marsh.
PRESENTATION TO BRO . DR . LORY MARSH .
The annual dinner of the Lodge of Instruction , of the Masonic . Fraternity of Nottingham , took place on the 30 th till ., at the Black Boy Hotel , the proceedings deriving their highest interest from the presentation of an address to Bro . Dr . Lory Marsh , the founder of the lodge , on his
resignation of the office of President . S . R . P . Shilton , Esq ., who is distinguished by his zeal in all movements affecting the Order , occupied the chair , and there were also present : Bros . J . Comyn ( vice-chairman ) , T . Danks , J . C . Nixon , H . A ' . Attenborough , J . Hack , R . Fitzhugh , M .
Vowles , J . Hall , J . Maxwell , B . H . Cockayne , C . B . Truman , C . C . AVragg , J . Wills , J . AViddowson , Dr . Varley , Gilbert , Maltby , J . T . Mayfield , A . Fletcher , R . Morris , AA ' atson , S . Collinson , J . Simpson , Dr . J . Thompson , jun ., J . Elmore , and others . The dinner was followed by the usual loyal and Masonic toasts , proposed
in felicitous language from the chair ; These were followed by the presentation , and in the course of a singularly able speech the chairman reviewed the history of the lodge , and dwelt with much force upon the indebtedness of the brotherhood to Bro . Dr . Lory Marsh for his fidelity and attachment to their interests . In the midst of
busy and responsible professional duties , said the chairman , he had always done his utmost ' to advance the well-being of the Craft , and his example in that respect could not be too widely imitated or too gratefully remembered . In conclusion , he presented the address , which was superbly illustrated by Bro . S . Collinson , and which was couched in the following terms : —
To Bro . J . C . Lory Marsh . P . M ., P . Z ., P . P . S . G . IV . Dear Sir and Brother , —AVe cannot allow you to relinquish your active connection with the Masonic body of Nottingham without expressing in some permanent , if unostentatious form , our deep appreciation of your claims upon our esteem . To your
zealous attachment to the noble principles of the brotherhood , and to your increasing anxiety to carry those principles into practical effect , we owe the establishment of the Lodge of Instruction , which has more than realized even your hopes in its usefulness and success . AA e are happy in knowing that
the fidelity and love for the brotherhood which you have ever shown are not exceptional , but we think it right to testify in this manner to an unaffected recognition on our part of your worth and devotion as a Mason , your attainments as a scholar , your public spirit as a citizen , and your accomplishments asagentleman , whilst livingand workingamongst us .
AA'e are , Sir and Brother , Yours sincerely and fraternally , EDWARD PEAT , A \ . M . 47 . E . H . H . VERNON . AA ' . M . 402 . 15 . H . COCKAVNE , W . M . 411 . J MAXWELL , P . M . 506 . J OSEPH TIIOMI'S UN , jun ., Hon . Sec . November 30 , 1871 .
liro . Dr . Lory Marsh , on rising , was received with cordial cheers , which were sustained for some time . He said that he was so far overcome with conflicting emotions that he feared he should but imperfectly express the sentiments with which he received that beautiful address .
He could assure them that an undertone of genuine sorrow entered into the feeling of pleasure that so largely occupied his mind—sorrow that possibly many faces which at that moment gladdened his heart might in the course of things
greet him no more ; pleasure , that it had been given to him to attract so much of kindness and regard , of warm approval during his connection with them . For nearly twenty years he had been the recipient of countless proofs of attach-
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pursued no less than thirty-five P . M . ' s would be actually excluded from the honour to which they had by service in the chair a right to aspire , merely that it might be monopolised by two brethren , possibly not
a whit better qualified than themselves . It is not surprising that jealousies and quarrels among the brethren were of no unfrequent occurrence in the province . I sincerely trust that that is now all changed , and that a better state of things exists .
Whilst every province must doubtless be conducted more or less according to local circumstances , the arrangements now in force in the province of which-1 am an old officer ( that of Leicestershire and Rutland ) ,
as gradually modified and improved by the experience of the past , might , I think , be advantageously adopted in such provinces as West Lancashire , both to the pleasure of the ruler and the profit of the brethren
under his sway . Formerly , when this province consisted of three lodges only , one of which ( No . 50 , Hinckley ) was in abeyance , the appointments in the Prov . Grand Lodge remained unchanged , occasionally , for three
years , and it was customary for those appointed to go from the lowest to the higher offices in rotation . When , however , the lodges became more numerous and prosperous ( there are now ei ght flourishing
lodges ) , it became the practice to make fresh appointments to all the offices ( except , of course , those of Treasurer , Secretary , and occasionally Director of Ceremonies ) every year , in some instances ( where P . M . ' s )
the brethren being promoted to higher offices , in others retiring for a year or two to make way for other brethren equally qualified with themselves . At the same time , as a rule , the office of Registrar was
restricted to brethren of one of the legal professions , being P . M . ' s , that of Supt of Works to architects or builders , and that of Sword-bearer to naval or military brethren . When the present P . G . M . was appointed ,
after having previously had the management of the province , for some fourteen or fifteen years , as Deputy G . Master , he expressed his desire , without relinquishing any part of the prerogatives of his office , to make the Prov .
Grand Lodge a more thoroughly representative body than it had previously been ; and for this purpose he adopted the custom of allowing , each year , six of the lodges , in rotation , the privilege of nominating for his
approval one of their members to represent their Lodge as a Grand Steward , and from them , as a rule , arc subsequently taken all those appointed to the purple . So that , indirectly , all the officers of the Provincial
Grand'Lodge arc originally selected by the brethren of the various private lodges . In addition , each year a certain number of appointments , ranging from one to four , according to the number of its members ,
are appropriated to each lodge in the province , so that no lodge is ever unrepresented among the officers .
As the system in force in this province has been found to work very satisfactorily and harmoniously , I have been led ( at greater length than I had intended ) to
trespass upon your space with this communication , in the hope that the adoption of it , or a modification of it , might be useful in some other provinces , and especially that it might , if adopted , be the means of
allaying those heartburnings and personal animosities now unhappily existing in West Lancashire , and which , if not removed ,
must be destructive of the best interests of Masonry in the province . I am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , A PAST PROV . G . SECRETARY .
Testimonial To The Right Hon. The Earl Of Zetland.
TESTIMONIAL TO THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF ZETLAND .
( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) SIR AND BROTHER , —I have waited most patiently for a long time to hear the result of the application to lodges and individual brethren , to subscribe towards a Fund for decayed Masons , as a fitting and deserved testimonial
of our esteemed Past Grand Master . Surely the subscribers should be informed of the amount contributed , and are entitled to receive a printed statement of accounts , and the list of subscribers ? It would be pleasant for all connected with so excellent a movement to have
a memorial of the event , just as when a similar testimony of the appreciation of the Craft was presented to H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex . I hope , Bro . Editor , that ere long we shall have such a list of subscribers sent to all the
subscribing lodges and brethren , and beg to subscribe myself , Your occasional Correspondent , 333
PEACE ! PEACE ! ( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) SIR , —In the interests of true Freemasonry , allow me to claim your influence , in bringing about an " Act of Oblivion , " and a General Amnesty .
No matter how great the provocation—how irritating the insult—it is not too late to suppress personal feelings , and to consider only the benefit of the Craft in general . Napoleon—with all his faults , a keen
observer of human nature , said , " Build a golden bridge for a beaten foe . " Let us not press each other too hard , on this or that point , or claim , too rigidly , redress of wrongs , or apology for insult . These are the
result of personal feeling , and I wish that nothing but the good of the Craft , and its harmony , may be uppermost in our thoughts . All other considerations are petty , when we
consider discord and scandal increasing amongst us . I say , earnestly , make peace before it is too late , otherwise the fabric of Masonry may be undermined , by extraneous influences , taking advantage of our disunion . OLIVE BRANCH .
( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , — There was a " great cry and little wool'' in last Grand Lodge respecting the alleged desecration of the Coffee Room at Freemasons' Hall , because two or three
brethren , members of an old chivalric Order , met therein as private gentlemen , for a few minutes , on one occasion , a long time ago ; while , on the Friday following , the Grand Conclave of Knights Templar actually met in the
" Zetland " Room at the Hall—one of the very rooms set apart especially for the Craft—with all their banners , trumpets , red crosses , and arches of steel , notwithstanding the oft-preached "sanctity •' of the premises ! Knowing , as I do , that
the Templars are as good , if not better , Craft Masons than many who denounce their Masonic status . 1 merely mention this to show that , in certain quarters , there is a manifest lack of that much-lo-he-prized virtue , •CONSISTENCY .
[ We are pleased to be enabled to state that not one of the officials in the Grand Secretary's department has ever been connected with the spurious Rite of Memphis , or with any other
rite or degree which has been at any time authoritatively denounced by the Grand Lodge of England . This contradiction is rendered
necessary , in order to remove the erroneous impressions which were conveyed in the remarks of a certain speaker at the last Quarterly Communication .- —F . i > . /'' . I
( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) SIR AND BROTHER , —Bro . Matthew Cooke , in a paper he endeavoured to distribute within the precincts of Grand Lodge on AVednesday week ,
Testimonial To The Right Hon. The Earl Of Zetland.
refers to one of his patrons , whom he styles " an ignoramus , " because , in a letter of sixty-seven words , he made thirteen " child-like" errors of authography . Pray , let me ask Bro . Cooke by what term he qualifies his own blunders ? He
writes about " veniality and corruption , does he ( the teacher ) not know that venial means excusable , pardonable , but that venal means mercenary ? This is not a typographical error ,
for , in the same article , he again writes " venial transgressions . " Let Bro . Cooke learn English himself ! Yours fraternally , AA'OOLAVICH .
Presentation To Bro.Dr. Lory Marsh.
PRESENTATION TO BRO . DR . LORY MARSH .
The annual dinner of the Lodge of Instruction , of the Masonic . Fraternity of Nottingham , took place on the 30 th till ., at the Black Boy Hotel , the proceedings deriving their highest interest from the presentation of an address to Bro . Dr . Lory Marsh , the founder of the lodge , on his
resignation of the office of President . S . R . P . Shilton , Esq ., who is distinguished by his zeal in all movements affecting the Order , occupied the chair , and there were also present : Bros . J . Comyn ( vice-chairman ) , T . Danks , J . C . Nixon , H . A ' . Attenborough , J . Hack , R . Fitzhugh , M .
Vowles , J . Hall , J . Maxwell , B . H . Cockayne , C . B . Truman , C . C . AVragg , J . Wills , J . AViddowson , Dr . Varley , Gilbert , Maltby , J . T . Mayfield , A . Fletcher , R . Morris , AA ' atson , S . Collinson , J . Simpson , Dr . J . Thompson , jun ., J . Elmore , and others . The dinner was followed by the usual loyal and Masonic toasts , proposed
in felicitous language from the chair ; These were followed by the presentation , and in the course of a singularly able speech the chairman reviewed the history of the lodge , and dwelt with much force upon the indebtedness of the brotherhood to Bro . Dr . Lory Marsh for his fidelity and attachment to their interests . In the midst of
busy and responsible professional duties , said the chairman , he had always done his utmost ' to advance the well-being of the Craft , and his example in that respect could not be too widely imitated or too gratefully remembered . In conclusion , he presented the address , which was superbly illustrated by Bro . S . Collinson , and which was couched in the following terms : —
To Bro . J . C . Lory Marsh . P . M ., P . Z ., P . P . S . G . IV . Dear Sir and Brother , —AVe cannot allow you to relinquish your active connection with the Masonic body of Nottingham without expressing in some permanent , if unostentatious form , our deep appreciation of your claims upon our esteem . To your
zealous attachment to the noble principles of the brotherhood , and to your increasing anxiety to carry those principles into practical effect , we owe the establishment of the Lodge of Instruction , which has more than realized even your hopes in its usefulness and success . AA e are happy in knowing that
the fidelity and love for the brotherhood which you have ever shown are not exceptional , but we think it right to testify in this manner to an unaffected recognition on our part of your worth and devotion as a Mason , your attainments as a scholar , your public spirit as a citizen , and your accomplishments asagentleman , whilst livingand workingamongst us .
AA'e are , Sir and Brother , Yours sincerely and fraternally , EDWARD PEAT , A \ . M . 47 . E . H . H . VERNON . AA ' . M . 402 . 15 . H . COCKAVNE , W . M . 411 . J MAXWELL , P . M . 506 . J OSEPH TIIOMI'S UN , jun ., Hon . Sec . November 30 , 1871 .
liro . Dr . Lory Marsh , on rising , was received with cordial cheers , which were sustained for some time . He said that he was so far overcome with conflicting emotions that he feared he should but imperfectly express the sentiments with which he received that beautiful address .
He could assure them that an undertone of genuine sorrow entered into the feeling of pleasure that so largely occupied his mind—sorrow that possibly many faces which at that moment gladdened his heart might in the course of things
greet him no more ; pleasure , that it had been given to him to attract so much of kindness and regard , of warm approval during his connection with them . For nearly twenty years he had been the recipient of countless proofs of attach-