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THE FREEMASON . SATURDAY , AUG . 21 , 1 SS 0 . ?—

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WE think it well to call attention to a report from a contemporary of what he terms a " Quarrel " amongst Freemasons , " and invite all our readers to peruse it for special reasons . — " At " thc Leeds Assizes vestcrdav , before Mr . Justice

" BOWES , an action was brought by HRSRIK KMII " VOIGT , a foreigner b y birth but a naturalized " Englishman , carrying on business at Hull as a " shi p broker , against TUDOR GHORGKT KEVOR , VV . " CARR , and C OOK I . AKIXO , residing in the same

" town , or in the district , for a malicious libel upon " him . Air . C . DODD and Mr . L . WVRKXCK GAKI : " were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr . CAVE , O . C ., " appeared for Mr . I . AKINT . ; and Mr . LOCKWOOD " for Mr . T REVOR ; Mr . CARR was not represented

" by counsel . Mr . DODD , in opening his case , " said the plaintiff had been a Freemason during " the last thirteen years , that he belonged to not " less than ten different bodies , and lhat he had " attained to very high Degrees . In 1875 he ,

" with some other Hull gentlemen , founded the " Alexandra Lodge at Hornsea , near Hull , and " the action arose out of a dispute that occurred " at one of the lodge meetings . On Jan . " 20 th , 1875 , the vicar of Hornsea , the Rev . K . I ..

" H . TEW , was proposed as a member of thc lodge " and elected , but , for some reason or other , he " changed his mind , did not take up his membcr" ship , and was never initiated . On Jan . 10 th , " 1877 , what was termed a ' lodge of emergency '

" was held , and Mr . TEW was again proposed , and " also the Rev . H . C . CASSON , curate in charge , " North Ferriby . Mr . VOIGT , with other gcntle" men , went over to Hornsea for the purpose of " attending the meeting , arrived there by the rt . 30

" p . m . train , and went straight to the lodge , which ' * was opposite the railway station . On entering "he found the lodge 'tiled , ' or , in other words , " business had been commenced . Mr . VOIGT was 'admitted . Itwas the practice to wait until the

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" arrival of the train ; he was a little annoyed at " what had taken place . There had been besides " two or three little irregularities , and the result was " that when Mr . TEW and Mr . CASSOX came on for " election Mr . VOIGT put in his black ball , and the

" vicar and curate were blackballed . The defend" ant , Mr . TREVOR , seemed to have been very " anxious that they should be elected , and when " he was disappointed he became very angry , and " wrote the libel complained of , got it printed , took

" it to Mr . COOK LAKIN ' G , the Secretary , and Mr " W . C ARR , the Worshipful Master . The jury " found a verdict for plaintiff , damages one far" thing . A nonsuit was entered as against Mr . "L AKING . " WC heartily agree with the verdict

which would not carry " costs . To all Freemasons the reason here alleged for blackballing two irreproachable candidates will appear grotesque and un-Masonic in the highest degree , and lhat such a case should have come before the Law Courts is still more painful and inexplicable .

* * * LT .-COL . BUTLER , in Good Words , a professedl y relig ious periodical , by the way , thus "elegantl y discourses " on Freemasons and Freemasonry , according to another contemporary : " Five miles

" from Valetta , and a short distance to the ri ght " of the road which leads to Citta Vccchia , a large "domeof yellowish white colour attracts thc eye . " It is the dome of Mousta Church . We will go "to it . As wc approach we become conscious

" that il is very large . A friend who is acquainted " with statistics informs us lhat it is either thc sc" cond or third largest dome in the world , he is " not sure which . ' But it is unknown to thc outer " ' world , ' we reply . ' Mousta , Mousta , ! whoever

"' heard of Mousta ? Very few , probablj' ; but " thatdocs not matter , it isa bi g dome all the same . " It is Sunday afternoon , and many people are " throngingthe piazza in front of thc church . Three " great doors lead from a portico of columns into

"the interior . We go in . The first step across " the threshold is enough to tell us that the dome " is indeed a large one . It is something more ; "it is magnificent ! Thc church is , in fact , one " vast circle , 440 feet in circumference , above

" wliosc marble pavement a colossal dome is sole " arid solid roof , all built by peasant labour freel y " given ' for the love of GOD . ' Architect , mason , " stone cutters , common labourers reared this " glorious temple , painted , carved , and gilded it ,

" and charged no man anything for the value of " one hour ' s work . These be Freemasons , indeed ! "Ah ! you poor , aproned , gaiiutleted , pinchbech" jewelled humbugs , who go about destroying your "digestive organs , and spending a pound in

toni" foolery for every shilling you spend iu charity , " here issomething lor you to copy . Go to Mousta " and look at this church , 'built for thc love of "' GOD . ' Look up at its vast height . Mark these " massive walls slowly closing in ever so far above .

" No wood here , all solid stone . VV alk round it , " measure it , and then come into the centre and go "down on your knees , if you are able , and pray " that you may bc permitted to give up your folly , " to become a ' Freemason ' such as these builders ,

" and do to something in thc world ' for the love of " ' GOD . ' " Did it ever occur to this animated and relig ious ))' minded " Didaskulos " of others , that he was " bearing false witness against his neighbour ? " Or has he ever realized the fact that these

" aproned , gauntleted , pinchbeck-jewelled humbugs , " as he so courteously terms " Freemasons , " raise alone in the metropolis £ 40 , 000 annually to sustain their Three Great Metropolitan Charities ? Or could he b y any means understand when he

said they spent a " pound in tomfoolery for every shilling you spend on charity , " thai , he was asserting what was deliberately and distinctly untrue ? VVe fancy not , we hope not . So the next time Lieut .-

Col . BUTLER affects to write about I'icemasonry , about which he clearl y knows nothing , wc would recommend him both to " amend his vocabulary , " and to learn both a little common sense and a little common Christianity .

* * * IT will have been seen b y a letter in our last , that "O LD M UG " commences his " season" with the

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Stability Lodge of Instruction , at Masons' Hall Tavern , Masons' Avenue , Coleman-street , on September the 3 rd . There are many reasons which just now , as it appears to us , render the

maintenance of the Lodge of Stability of much importance , and we hope that there will be a good rally round our old Preceptor for the season of 1880-1 S 81 . VVe shall recur to the subject .

* * WE lately called the attention of our many readers to the " holiday tours " of us poor over-worked Freemasons . Wc have since seen in the " Monthl y Packet , " a very excellent periodical

for the young , edited by that pleasant writer Miss YOXGE , a little siory in rhyme , " Up and Down in Foreign Parts , " which , though good in morale , is , wc feel bound to say , weak , " very weak , sir , " in poetic " vis . " What shall wc say , for instance , of these two stanzas ?

" A chequered life we Britons lead In travels Continental With struggles , through the word to wend , Both physical and mental . " VVe care not greatly whether France

Have President or Emperor , So the Express by Lyons runs Without too red an uproar . " Wc gave last week an example of American , we feel bound honestly to complain this week of English poetic "bathos . "

* * VVE trust that just now it is faring well with our numerous friends , whether on "heather , " fell , or on their travels . May all of good go with them , and when wc next' meet in our good old lodge

may we have a mutually pleasant tale to tell of happy hours and a refreshing holiday . Sir DAVID WEDDERBURN , in his " Iceland , " gives us an amusing account of an Icelandish bed , which we transcribe for thc benefit of cur readers , trusting

that their experience maj' be not quite so personally trying in their " outlandish ventures . "— " The " guest-chamber contained onl y one bed , which " thc good woman at once proceeded to arrange " for us all three to sleep in , heads and tails , like

" herrings in a barrel . Two of us being tall and " one stout , while the bed was both short and nar" row , it was clear that this arrangement would not * ' be suitable ; but politeness sealed our mouths ,

" and we solemnly watched her operations , as she " spread thc couch with pillows at both ends , and " removed from its interior a great variety of " household articles , for which it was used as a " general receptacle . "

* * WHAT is it that Freemasonr ) ' has done , is doing , or may do , which , renders so-called " religious " people" often so hitler against it ? For the " anathema " and the " denunciations " of

Freemasonry do not alone proceed from Ultramontancs . . To a certain extent , wc think , we understand the position of the Roman Catholic Church

in the matter . To it , as of old , the adage is good and true" Roma loctita est , Causa linita est . "

" Rome has uttered her cry , The cause is finished for aye . " The Romish authorities do not stop to enquire or consider , they simply endorse in their generation and hand on to another the condemnations of

the" Bulls" of 1738 and 1756 , and the later allocutions of Pius VII . and Pius IX . But what shall we say of so-called Protestant bodies like Presbyterian Synods , Baptist Conferences , and the like , which , admitting the principle of

private judgment and the right of free discussion , are more " Royalist than the King , " more intolerant in their measure and on their own principles than the Inquisition itself ? We , as Freemasons ,

care little for such things ; they do us no harm , but the ) ' must make the screncr philosopher smile at the emptiness of magnificent professions , and the vagaries of human intolerance .

* * WK call attention elsewhere to a full report of the " Masonic trial , in extenso , " to which we have already adverted , as the subject is of such great importance to the entire brotherhood . We deepl y