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IMPORTANT NOTICE .

We have great pleasure in announcing that we have decided to - publish THE FREEMASON —commencing xoith Volume III ., January 1 st ,

1870—on toned paper , and with old-faced type , similar to that used b y the Pall Mall Gazette and other hi g h-class publications .

The size will also be permanentl y enlarged to Sixteen Pages , and , with other improvements contemplated , THE FREEMASON will then be the leading weekl y organ of the Craft throughout the globe .

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Birth, Marriges, And Deaths.

Birth , Marriges , and Deaths .

BlttTllS . HiWDKnso . v . —On the 7 th inst ., at Nelson-street , the wife nf Bro , James Boyes Henderson , K . A ., Lodge fl 73 , Tralcc of a sun . ' ' IAA * . -On Ihe 1 -1 th In * , at Pccknm Bye , S . E ., the wife of Bro . Walter Lean , P . M . 1087 , of a daughter . DEATHS . Tni . sr . LTox—On Saturday the 13 th inst . aged C 9 rear ? Bro . Augustus Union Tldseltmi , I'M , l . „ dg 0 of Anti ' - U . % ... , *'» ' Se"et '" y of the Boyal Masonic liutitutiuu for Boys . ^ V inr " ' I ! , , ' ' " - 3 «' . ^ ' -crossroad , in tuJCth year , Bro Henry Whittle , S . W ., 817 , and Mem-*> i the btut Lodge , No . 1 ^ 75 , deeply regretted .

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C|cJreemaann, SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 20 , 1869 .

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The Earl Of Zetland.

THE EARL OF ZETLAND .

THE announcement that the Most Worshipful Grand Master of England intends to retire from the high office ho now fills in the Craft is one which , though not unexpected , Avill excite the most sincere sentiments of regret throughout the

vast Masonic Jurisdiction over which he has presided for so many years . We simply echo the feelings of every English Mason Avhen we say that Lord Zetland has endeared himself to all our hearts , not only by his unswerving

devotion to the hig h and holy principles of Freemasonry , but by the courtesy , the urbanity , and the dignity Avith which he has jierformed his duties as Grand Master of England . The post that his lordship occupies is one of the most

lofty and honourable positions to which a man can aspire during his earthly career . Wc would rather be the ruler of a glorious fraternity of good and true men , than the monarch of many a European realm . We would

rather reign , as the Earl of Zetland has reigned , in the " hearts and affections" of his brother Masons than exercise command over their "lives and fortunes . " AVe would rather have the epitaph p laced over our tomb that AVC had served our

fellow-men , and advanced tho interests of truth and virtue , than to have recorded there those titles of majesty and dominion which sit so sadly on the cold brow of death . Give us the affectionate remembrance of those whom we loved

and cherished , give us a name like that of Bro . Thomas Dundas , a Nobleman in every sense of the word , a Mason in every signification of the name , a Man in the most exalted acceptation of the term . It is true that we have a right to

expect in tbe Grand Master of the Mother Grand Lodgo of the world , a knight like Bayard sans rcprochc ; it is true that we rely implicitly on the honor , the integrity , and thc zeal of the Brother who rules the Freemasons of England ; and it is

equally true that in our present Grand Master we have had one to whom wo could point with pride , one whose consistency as a gentleman and a Freemason has never been questioned , and who will hand thc sceptre of his office to his

successor untarnished h y a single stain . Tlie Earl of Zetland comes of a good Masonio stock , as wc . shall prove in a few words . His grandfather , the first Lord Dundas , was Deputy Grand Master under tho Duke of Sussex in 1813 ,

and his father , tlio first Earl of Zetland , afterwards filled the . same post , and died , in 1839 , Pro . Grand Master of England . Our Most

Worshi pful Hrother was born on the 5 th of February , 17 D-3 , and is consequently now in his seventy-fifth year . His Masonio career dates from tho ISth Juno , 1830 , when , as the " Honor-

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able Thomas Dundas , " he Avas initiated m the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 259 , in Avhich lodge he eventually occupied the chair of Worship ful Master . His lordship Avas appointed Senior Grand Warden on the 25 th of April .

1832 ; he succeeded the late Earl of Durham , as Deputy Grand Master , on the 24 th of April ,. 1839 , and followed the same lamented nobleman in the office of Pro . Grand Master in 1840 ; this hig h post he held at the death of H . R . H .

the Duke of Sussex , in April 1843 , whon by the Constitutions of the Order , the Earl became the ruler of the English Craft until the next period of election , at which time , namely on the Gth of March , 1844 , his lordship was elected Most

Worship ful Grand Master , and was installed as such on the 24 th of April following . In Royal Arch Masonry , Lord Zetland's career has been , equally brilliant ; ho was exalted on the 1 st June 1832 , i * i the Princo of Wales Chapter , Wo . 259 ,

ancl duly served iu each of the principal chairs ; he was appointed one of the Grand Sojourners in 1832 ; as Deputy Grand Master he became , ex officio , Second Grand Principal , aud of course as Grand Master he was elevated to tho dignity

of Supreme Grand Z ., in accordance with the Regulations of the Order . His lordallip has also been Provincial Grand Master for tho North and East Ridings of Yorkshire since 183 5 . It now only remains to trace the progress of

English Freemasonry under his benign sway . From seven hundred and sixteen lodges at the time of Lord Zetland's installation as Grand Master , wc have increased to nearly thirteen hundred ! From au estimated membership of

twenty-seven thousand , AVC have increased , in England alone , to eighty-four thousand five hundred , and tho increase in our Foreign and Colonial lodges is far greater in proportion . The immense Masouic constellation thafc now

shines in the far Pacific Seas , lias arisen in light and beauty during tho period of our present Grand Master ' s rule . Remote and almost mythical corners of the globo have received the benefits of Freemasonry under his auspices . From

Japan to Gibraltar , from the Gold Coast to the Himalayan mountains , thr . mgh the ancient empire of Cathay , and the bleak regions of Newfoundland the blessings of our Friendly Craft have been ( spread through the fostering

care of the Earl of Zetland . This is a result of which any man might be justly proud , and like his great predecessor Sir Christopher Wren , posterity will be able to say of our nuble chief , "if you seek his monument , look around . " Tho

universe of civilization will bear his name , and the hearts of men will hymn his praises , it is therefore with pain that wo shall witness the retirement of olio who has for such a lengthened period filled the foremost place in the regard of

his brethren ; wc shall miss the stately presence , and tho suave dignity , which so fitly represented the innate nobility of the Masonic Institution . in this brief notice , we shall say not one word of the future—it is all too feeble a tribute ) to ft

loved and venerated name—but as tho accepted organ of the great English Craft , as thu voice of in my thousands of the household of faith , AVC tender to tho Most Worshipful Grand Master , our unfeigned gratitude for his lilb lung devotion

to the interests of the Order ; lor his recognition and suppoit of those principles which aie dear to the hearts of all Masons , and no cordially wish

him , on his retirement from the active duties of Freemasonry , that repose nnd happiness which are ever the , accompaniment- of a conscience void of offence to all mankind .