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PAGE REVIEWS"Furness : Past and Present" 99 " Phemie Keller " and " The Rich Husband " 99 FREEMASONRY IN IRELAND 9 THE CRAFTMetropolitan 100
Provincial 100 , 101 , & 102 ROYAL ARCHProvincial ... ... ... 102 MARK MASONRY — Metropolitan 102 Provincial 102 & 103 ORDERS OF CHIVALRY
Red Cross of Rome and Constantine ... ... 103 INSTRUCTION 103 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 104 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 104 ENGLAND AND AMERICA 104 MULTUM IN PARVO I 05 & 106 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE
The ** Little " Testimonial 106 Qualifications of Visitors to Lodges 10 S " Lady Masonry" 106 Constitutions of Grand Lodge of England ... 106 KING WILLIAM CITED FOR TRIAL 107 THE ROBERT WENTWORTH LITTLE TESTIMONIAL 107
MASONIC MISCELLANEA 107 GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND ... 108 CONSECRATION OF THE STOCKWELL LODGE , No . 1339 108 THE FREEMASONS' LIFE BOAT 108 ROYAL ARK MASONRY
Grand Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners ... 10 S & 109 THE " CAPTAIN " RELIEF FUND 109 CAPTAIN PETERSEN ' STEAM LIFE BOAT ... 109 LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE no A MASONIC TOUR no THEATRICAL no MASONIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK ... iio & m ADVERTISEMENTS 97 , 98 , in , & 112
Reviews.
Reviews .
? Furness ; Past & Present . By F . LEACH . Part IV . of this work has reached us , and is fully equal to any of the preceding parts . Bro . Tweddell ' s connection with the
publication appears to have ceased , but his mantle has fallen upon a worthy successor . Part IV . is embellished with a splendid coloured drawing of the famous Furness Abbey window , now in the Parish Church .
Bowness , Windermere , and views of Holker Hall and Springfield , Ulverston , mansions of more than local fame . The work will be a complete record of the flourishing district to which its pages are devoted .
Phemie Keller , and Tlie Rich Husband . By the Author of " George Geith , " & c With feelings of pleasure we resume our pen to record our impressions of Mrs . Riddell ' s powerful delineations of character .
In " Phemie Keller , " we are somewhat reminded of passages in " Too Much Alone , " a work which we are now engaged in reading , and the same quaint stream of thought may be said to pervade all the author ' s
novels . Various slight but natural touches , however , impart originality to each figure in the dramatis persona , and the interest of the several stories are fully maintained to the end . The " Rich Husband " is rathei
a painful tale , although doubtless true to life . Many of the scenes are most graphically depicted , and the versatile talent of the author seems to shine as much in the pathetic as in the descriptive or didactic .
Quite a harvest of choice sayings—and wise as choice—may be gathered from Mrs . Riddell ' s writings , and while lively incident and sparkling dialogue abound , there i . s an utter absence of that straining after effect ,
and that hungering after startling catastrophe , which are , unhappily , so conspicuous in the sensational productions of the day . We can , therefore , heartily commend these
works to our readers , not only as specimens of a high order of intellect , but as narratives of modern life and manners , faithfully reflected in the mirror of a pure and cultivated mind .
Freemasonry In Ireland.
FREEMASONRY in IRELAND .
BY BRO . WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN . ( Continuedfrom page 83 ., ) [ The sentence , " On application to the authorities at Dublin the work is preserved in their archives , " should read is not preserved . The author of this article cannot procure or trace it anywhere . ]
The following laws were compiled and arranged by a Special Committee of Grand Lodge appointed soon after A . D . 1810 , and they were printed for general remarks and suggested alterations about 1815 . We have never met with them before , and beg to present the " communication " inits entirety to our readers : —
The folio-wing report of a Committee appointed to revise and give a more practical adaptation to the Laws of Freemasonry , is submitted , to you for perusal before the same shall be taken into consideration by the GRAND LODGE ; any remarks
or suggestions transmitted ( post paid ) to the Grand Secretary , No . 35 , Capet-street , on or before the first Thursday in February shall be laid before the GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND , when the rules are under Discussion .
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE . His Grace the Duke of Leinster , Grand Master . Hon . A . Hutchinson , D . G . Alderman M . West , G . M . Master . Lodq-e .
Henry Townshend , Esq ., William Campbell , P . M . G . Treasurer 207 . Revd . Robert Handcock , John Sharkey , M . 189 . D . D . & G . Sec . John Campbell , M . 4 S 9 . John Fowler , P . M . 620 . | John Norman , P . M . 620 .
The Committee appointed by the Grand Lodge of Ireland on Thursday the ist day of June 1815 , " to revise and adapt to practical purposes the Laws ofthe AHIMAN REZON , " and by a subsequent order ofthe Grand Lodge , on the 3 rd of August being authorised to consult the MS . Books of the Order ,
having met and considered the same , are of opinion , that the Draft of the Laws hereunto annexed , is such as is consistent with the " ancient Landmarks , " founded on the Basis of the former Code , and appropriate to the present state of the
Order in this Country , and as such , they trust it may meet with the approbation of the Grand Lodge . Your Committee have laid down for the outline of its plan ,
1 General Classification . 2 Particular Arrangement . 3 Brevity and Simplicity . They have therefore taken thc liberty of altering the wording and arrangement ofthe old Code of Laws , when-ever it seemed necessary , either for
elucidating the subject , or producing greater simplicity in the new One ; often combining in one regulation , the purport of two , three , or even more of the old ones , for which Reason they have annexed to their Report , Marginal Notes , containing , for the Satisfaction ofthe Brethren , a reference to the Number
ofthe Law , as well as thc Page of the AHIMAN REZON ( Brother Downe ' s last Edition ) , where thc original matter of each of the Regulations in the annexed Report is to be found ; and in all cases , where they have taken the liberty of suggesting any new matter for thc approval of the Grand
Lodge , they have particularly marked it as such , by Printing it in Italics . All which in most respectfully submitted , J . FOWLER , Acting Chairman to the Committee . WM . FRANCIS GRAHAM , D . G . Sec . To the Right Worshipful
I he Grand Lodge of Ireland . SECTION THE IST OF THE GRAND LODGE . 1 . The Grand Lodge , the Supreme Authority , consists ofthe Grand Master , thc Deputy ( . rand Master , the Grand Wardens , all former Grand
Masters , Deputy Grand Masters and Grand Wardens , the Grand Treasurer , the Grand . Secretary , the Grand Chaplain , the Members of the ( . rand . Master ' s . Lodge , and the Masters and Wardens of all the particular Lodges on the Registry of Ireland .
2 . Thc Grand Lodge shall meet for the dispatch of business on the first Thursday in every Month , at 7 o ' clock in the Evening , and at all times when summoned by thc Grand Master ; but shall not at any time be closed for a longer period than one Month ; nor adjourned on any Night of its Meeting without thc consent of the Majority of the Brethren present .
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3 If at any Meeting of the Grand Lodge , the Grand Master and his Deputy , as well as all former Grand Masters and Deputy Grand Masters , be absent , the present Senior Grand Warden fills the Chair , and in his absence the Junior Grand Warden , and in his absence the Past Grand Wardens
and Members of the Grand Master's Lodge , who have filled the Chair in any Lodge , according to Seniority , and in case , no brother of the above description be present , the Chair shall be filled by the Majority of Voices present , and the Grand Wardens' Chairs in like manner .
4 . In the Grand Lodge none can act as Wardens but the present Grand Wardens , if in Company , unless they are called upon to fill a more elevated station in the Grand Lodge , pro tempore ,
but in their absence the oldest former Grand Wardens are to be called upon to fill the Wardens ' Chairs , but if no former Grand Wardens are present , their places are to be filled according to the foregaing Regulation .
5 . No Brother shall sit in the Grand Lodge but the present and pastGrand Officers , the Members of the Grand Master ' s Lodge , and the Masters and Wardens of all particular Lodges , without a dispensation from the Chair for that purpose , but if a Master or Warden be sick or necessarily absent a proxy shall be admitted in his place , provided he
be a past Officer of the Station he represents , and a Member of the same Lodge , and in like manner a Grand Officer being at the same time the Officer of a Private Lodge , may appoint a past Officer of his particular Lodge to act , pro tempore , as its representative in the Grand Lodge , although he be present in his situation of Grand Officer .
6 . Every Master and Warden at his first attendance at the Grand Lodge , shall stand such examination as the Grand Master or the Right Worshipful in the chair shall appoint , and if found incapable of his office , he shall not be received as a Member of Grand Lodge .
7 . The Roll shall be called each Monthly Meeting of the Grand Lodge , and every absent Member , being the Representative of a Lodge in the City of Dublinorits Vicinity ,. who does not send a proxy shall be fined is . id ., and the Lodge not represented by any of its Officers or their Proxies shall be fined
5 s . 11 J _ d . 8 . The Accounts ofthe Grand Lodge are to be examined and settled half-yearly , and printed , and all Dues , Fines , and Forfeitures to be paid off on or before the first Thursdays in June and December ; and the Masters and Wardens of Lodges or
their Proxies shall not be permitted to take their places in the Grand Lodge if there be any Arrears due from their respective Lodges until such Arrears be first paid off , nor shall any of the Brethren belonging to Lodges in default be entitled to Grand Lodge Certificate .
9 . Thc Masters or Wardens or their Proxies representing particular Lodges shall not be permitted to take their places in the Grand Lodge without their Jewels , which must be of Silver , and
pendant to blue Ribbons , the Grand Officers alone being entitled to wear them of Gold , but all Members of the Grand Lodge must appear in White Aprons , bordered with Sky Blue Silk , and no other colour .
10 . The Grand Lodge alone is competent to elect its Grand Officers , with thc exception of the Deputy Grand Master , but , the Grand Master ' s Lodge is vested with the privilege of recommending candidates for that purpose to the Grand Lodge ; and none but the Members of the Grand Lodge
shall be admitted within thc Doors during the Election of the Grand Officers : thc Election to be held at the Grand Lodge Meeting in May . 11 . At the Grand Lodge Meeting ; all matters that concern thc Fraternity in general , particular Lodges , or individual Brethren , arc to be gravely ,
maturely , and sedately considered of ; here also all differences that cannot be acccommodated privately , nor by a particular Lodge , arc to be decided , and if any brother think himself aggrieved by the Decision , he may appeal to a subsequent Meeting of the Grand Lodge , he leaving his appeal in writing
with the Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master , the Grand Wardens , or the Grand Secretary , provided there is an interval of one Month between the time of leaving his appeal and its being read in the Grand Lodge , that the Pursuivant may give timely notice to all parties concerned , unless in
cases of necessity , 01 when the parties are all present . 12 . All matters in the Grand Lodge are determined by a majority of votes , each Member having one , and the Grand Master , or the person representing him in thc Chair , two , and the Grand
Lodge has an inherent power and authority , for tlie benefit of the Fraternity , to make new regulations , or to alter those already formed , always preserving the old Land Marks , the Members of the Grand Lodge being the Representatives of the whole Order . ( To be continued )
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Table Of Contents.
TABLE OF CONTENTS .
PAGE REVIEWS"Furness : Past and Present" 99 " Phemie Keller " and " The Rich Husband " 99 FREEMASONRY IN IRELAND 9 THE CRAFTMetropolitan 100
Provincial 100 , 101 , & 102 ROYAL ARCHProvincial ... ... ... 102 MARK MASONRY — Metropolitan 102 Provincial 102 & 103 ORDERS OF CHIVALRY
Red Cross of Rome and Constantine ... ... 103 INSTRUCTION 103 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 104 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 104 ENGLAND AND AMERICA 104 MULTUM IN PARVO I 05 & 106 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE
The ** Little " Testimonial 106 Qualifications of Visitors to Lodges 10 S " Lady Masonry" 106 Constitutions of Grand Lodge of England ... 106 KING WILLIAM CITED FOR TRIAL 107 THE ROBERT WENTWORTH LITTLE TESTIMONIAL 107
MASONIC MISCELLANEA 107 GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND ... 108 CONSECRATION OF THE STOCKWELL LODGE , No . 1339 108 THE FREEMASONS' LIFE BOAT 108 ROYAL ARK MASONRY
Grand Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners ... 10 S & 109 THE " CAPTAIN " RELIEF FUND 109 CAPTAIN PETERSEN ' STEAM LIFE BOAT ... 109 LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE no A MASONIC TOUR no THEATRICAL no MASONIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK ... iio & m ADVERTISEMENTS 97 , 98 , in , & 112
Reviews.
Reviews .
? Furness ; Past & Present . By F . LEACH . Part IV . of this work has reached us , and is fully equal to any of the preceding parts . Bro . Tweddell ' s connection with the
publication appears to have ceased , but his mantle has fallen upon a worthy successor . Part IV . is embellished with a splendid coloured drawing of the famous Furness Abbey window , now in the Parish Church .
Bowness , Windermere , and views of Holker Hall and Springfield , Ulverston , mansions of more than local fame . The work will be a complete record of the flourishing district to which its pages are devoted .
Phemie Keller , and Tlie Rich Husband . By the Author of " George Geith , " & c With feelings of pleasure we resume our pen to record our impressions of Mrs . Riddell ' s powerful delineations of character .
In " Phemie Keller , " we are somewhat reminded of passages in " Too Much Alone , " a work which we are now engaged in reading , and the same quaint stream of thought may be said to pervade all the author ' s
novels . Various slight but natural touches , however , impart originality to each figure in the dramatis persona , and the interest of the several stories are fully maintained to the end . The " Rich Husband " is rathei
a painful tale , although doubtless true to life . Many of the scenes are most graphically depicted , and the versatile talent of the author seems to shine as much in the pathetic as in the descriptive or didactic .
Quite a harvest of choice sayings—and wise as choice—may be gathered from Mrs . Riddell ' s writings , and while lively incident and sparkling dialogue abound , there i . s an utter absence of that straining after effect ,
and that hungering after startling catastrophe , which are , unhappily , so conspicuous in the sensational productions of the day . We can , therefore , heartily commend these
works to our readers , not only as specimens of a high order of intellect , but as narratives of modern life and manners , faithfully reflected in the mirror of a pure and cultivated mind .
Freemasonry In Ireland.
FREEMASONRY in IRELAND .
BY BRO . WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN . ( Continuedfrom page 83 ., ) [ The sentence , " On application to the authorities at Dublin the work is preserved in their archives , " should read is not preserved . The author of this article cannot procure or trace it anywhere . ]
The following laws were compiled and arranged by a Special Committee of Grand Lodge appointed soon after A . D . 1810 , and they were printed for general remarks and suggested alterations about 1815 . We have never met with them before , and beg to present the " communication " inits entirety to our readers : —
The folio-wing report of a Committee appointed to revise and give a more practical adaptation to the Laws of Freemasonry , is submitted , to you for perusal before the same shall be taken into consideration by the GRAND LODGE ; any remarks
or suggestions transmitted ( post paid ) to the Grand Secretary , No . 35 , Capet-street , on or before the first Thursday in February shall be laid before the GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND , when the rules are under Discussion .
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE . His Grace the Duke of Leinster , Grand Master . Hon . A . Hutchinson , D . G . Alderman M . West , G . M . Master . Lodq-e .
Henry Townshend , Esq ., William Campbell , P . M . G . Treasurer 207 . Revd . Robert Handcock , John Sharkey , M . 189 . D . D . & G . Sec . John Campbell , M . 4 S 9 . John Fowler , P . M . 620 . | John Norman , P . M . 620 .
The Committee appointed by the Grand Lodge of Ireland on Thursday the ist day of June 1815 , " to revise and adapt to practical purposes the Laws ofthe AHIMAN REZON , " and by a subsequent order ofthe Grand Lodge , on the 3 rd of August being authorised to consult the MS . Books of the Order ,
having met and considered the same , are of opinion , that the Draft of the Laws hereunto annexed , is such as is consistent with the " ancient Landmarks , " founded on the Basis of the former Code , and appropriate to the present state of the
Order in this Country , and as such , they trust it may meet with the approbation of the Grand Lodge . Your Committee have laid down for the outline of its plan ,
1 General Classification . 2 Particular Arrangement . 3 Brevity and Simplicity . They have therefore taken thc liberty of altering the wording and arrangement ofthe old Code of Laws , when-ever it seemed necessary , either for
elucidating the subject , or producing greater simplicity in the new One ; often combining in one regulation , the purport of two , three , or even more of the old ones , for which Reason they have annexed to their Report , Marginal Notes , containing , for the Satisfaction ofthe Brethren , a reference to the Number
ofthe Law , as well as thc Page of the AHIMAN REZON ( Brother Downe ' s last Edition ) , where thc original matter of each of the Regulations in the annexed Report is to be found ; and in all cases , where they have taken the liberty of suggesting any new matter for thc approval of the Grand
Lodge , they have particularly marked it as such , by Printing it in Italics . All which in most respectfully submitted , J . FOWLER , Acting Chairman to the Committee . WM . FRANCIS GRAHAM , D . G . Sec . To the Right Worshipful
I he Grand Lodge of Ireland . SECTION THE IST OF THE GRAND LODGE . 1 . The Grand Lodge , the Supreme Authority , consists ofthe Grand Master , thc Deputy ( . rand Master , the Grand Wardens , all former Grand
Masters , Deputy Grand Masters and Grand Wardens , the Grand Treasurer , the Grand . Secretary , the Grand Chaplain , the Members of the ( . rand . Master ' s . Lodge , and the Masters and Wardens of all the particular Lodges on the Registry of Ireland .
2 . Thc Grand Lodge shall meet for the dispatch of business on the first Thursday in every Month , at 7 o ' clock in the Evening , and at all times when summoned by thc Grand Master ; but shall not at any time be closed for a longer period than one Month ; nor adjourned on any Night of its Meeting without thc consent of the Majority of the Brethren present .
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3 If at any Meeting of the Grand Lodge , the Grand Master and his Deputy , as well as all former Grand Masters and Deputy Grand Masters , be absent , the present Senior Grand Warden fills the Chair , and in his absence the Junior Grand Warden , and in his absence the Past Grand Wardens
and Members of the Grand Master's Lodge , who have filled the Chair in any Lodge , according to Seniority , and in case , no brother of the above description be present , the Chair shall be filled by the Majority of Voices present , and the Grand Wardens' Chairs in like manner .
4 . In the Grand Lodge none can act as Wardens but the present Grand Wardens , if in Company , unless they are called upon to fill a more elevated station in the Grand Lodge , pro tempore ,
but in their absence the oldest former Grand Wardens are to be called upon to fill the Wardens ' Chairs , but if no former Grand Wardens are present , their places are to be filled according to the foregaing Regulation .
5 . No Brother shall sit in the Grand Lodge but the present and pastGrand Officers , the Members of the Grand Master ' s Lodge , and the Masters and Wardens of all particular Lodges , without a dispensation from the Chair for that purpose , but if a Master or Warden be sick or necessarily absent a proxy shall be admitted in his place , provided he
be a past Officer of the Station he represents , and a Member of the same Lodge , and in like manner a Grand Officer being at the same time the Officer of a Private Lodge , may appoint a past Officer of his particular Lodge to act , pro tempore , as its representative in the Grand Lodge , although he be present in his situation of Grand Officer .
6 . Every Master and Warden at his first attendance at the Grand Lodge , shall stand such examination as the Grand Master or the Right Worshipful in the chair shall appoint , and if found incapable of his office , he shall not be received as a Member of Grand Lodge .
7 . The Roll shall be called each Monthly Meeting of the Grand Lodge , and every absent Member , being the Representative of a Lodge in the City of Dublinorits Vicinity ,. who does not send a proxy shall be fined is . id ., and the Lodge not represented by any of its Officers or their Proxies shall be fined
5 s . 11 J _ d . 8 . The Accounts ofthe Grand Lodge are to be examined and settled half-yearly , and printed , and all Dues , Fines , and Forfeitures to be paid off on or before the first Thursdays in June and December ; and the Masters and Wardens of Lodges or
their Proxies shall not be permitted to take their places in the Grand Lodge if there be any Arrears due from their respective Lodges until such Arrears be first paid off , nor shall any of the Brethren belonging to Lodges in default be entitled to Grand Lodge Certificate .
9 . Thc Masters or Wardens or their Proxies representing particular Lodges shall not be permitted to take their places in the Grand Lodge without their Jewels , which must be of Silver , and
pendant to blue Ribbons , the Grand Officers alone being entitled to wear them of Gold , but all Members of the Grand Lodge must appear in White Aprons , bordered with Sky Blue Silk , and no other colour .
10 . The Grand Lodge alone is competent to elect its Grand Officers , with thc exception of the Deputy Grand Master , but , the Grand Master ' s Lodge is vested with the privilege of recommending candidates for that purpose to the Grand Lodge ; and none but the Members of the Grand Lodge
shall be admitted within thc Doors during the Election of the Grand Officers : thc Election to be held at the Grand Lodge Meeting in May . 11 . At the Grand Lodge Meeting ; all matters that concern thc Fraternity in general , particular Lodges , or individual Brethren , arc to be gravely ,
maturely , and sedately considered of ; here also all differences that cannot be acccommodated privately , nor by a particular Lodge , arc to be decided , and if any brother think himself aggrieved by the Decision , he may appeal to a subsequent Meeting of the Grand Lodge , he leaving his appeal in writing
with the Grand Master , the Deputy Grand Master , the Grand Wardens , or the Grand Secretary , provided there is an interval of one Month between the time of leaving his appeal and its being read in the Grand Lodge , that the Pursuivant may give timely notice to all parties concerned , unless in
cases of necessity , 01 when the parties are all present . 12 . All matters in the Grand Lodge are determined by a majority of votes , each Member having one , and the Grand Master , or the person representing him in thc Chair , two , and the Grand
Lodge has an inherent power and authority , for tlie benefit of the Fraternity , to make new regulations , or to alter those already formed , always preserving the old Land Marks , the Members of the Grand Lodge being the Representatives of the whole Order . ( To be continued )