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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications stand over—The Inverness Charter . REPORTS : —Beaumont Lodge , No . 2035 ; Friendly , R . A . Chanter , No . i . *? i . t ; Eboracum Lodge , No . 1 G 11 .

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. KlAA ^^^ tjft ^ A ^ A . A- ^^ SS 5 am ^ M A . A , A AAj ^ AJp SATURDAY , MAY 30 , 1885 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ Wcdo not hold ourselves responsible tor , or even approving ot theopinionsexpressedby ourcorreBpondents . but . wewish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . 1 NORTHERN COUNTIES LODGE . To the Editor of the " Freemason . "

Dear Sir and Brother , In your last Saturday ' s issue I noticed a letter signed "ALancashire Mason , " re above , hinting that a

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meeting to forward thc movement would be held on Wednesday , the 24 th June . Now , as the Bo 3 's' Festival is held atthe Crystal Palace on that day—as is also the Handel Festival—I fear it would not be convenient for country brethren to attend . I , therefore , propose to call a meeting for the following day , Thursday , the 25 th , at the Masonic Rooms , 16 a , Great Oueen-strcet , W . C , at 3 p . m . prompt ,

then and there to take the matter into consideration and to decide what shall be done ; and I cordially and fraternally invite all Northern Counties Masons ( say Yorkshire , Lancashire , Lincolnshire , Cheshire , Durham , Northumberland , Cumberland , and Westmorland ) who are resident in or near , or who may be in London on that day , to attend , so that their opinions and advice may be given on the

subject . I will not attempt to lay down any rule as to the qualifications of thc members of the proposed new lodge , as I think all matters of that kind should be settled by the majority of the brethren who take an interest in the matter , and who may be able to attend the meeting ; but I would first say that my idea is that all brethren belonging to any

lodge in the counties I have named , either by initiation or joining , as well as gentlemen belonging to these counties , desirous of j ' oining the Order , should be eligible , and I would also propose that the meetings be quarterly , say the Tuesday night before Grand Lodge , that thc initiation fee be little more than the sum required by Grand Lodge , and the annual subscription be moderate . I would further

suggest that a small yearly sum from each be placed to ' a "Special Fund " for "Masonic , " or other charitable purposes . B ^ this means every brother in the lodge would do his share , instead of the few as , I am sorry to say , often happens in some lodges . By this means there would always Un n C .: _ . — , , _ Oi _ - tl _ I- . ... -i be fair to head Stewardlist to in

a sum a ' s , or dispense other ways , as the brethren might deem fit . In conclusion , I would ask a brother who may be able to attend the meeting to bring with him any brother Mason qualified , as I have before mentioned , who might care to further the movement . —Yours very fraternally ,

J . S . CUMBERLAND , P . M ., P . P . G . J . W . N . and E . Yorks . 110 , Cannon-street , E . C , May 27 th .

THE PRINCIPLE OF THE BALLOT . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , If I could have found time before to reply to your remarks on the above subject I should have closely followed the line of comment adopted by "Lex Scripta , " and I need not therefore repeat what he has put forward so clearly .

I admit , of course , that it is quite possible for a blackballing faction to be formed in a lodge , and for the members of that party to preserve the secret of their identity for a time . In such a case there is nothing left apparently for the injured majority but to grin and bear it . Such a state of things occurred some years ago in a Yorkshire lodge , and for a long time every candidate was blackballed , and

nothing could be discovered that would form sufficient ground for an inquiry , although it was noticed that the number of blackballs was always the same and that a certain cluster of dissatisfied brethren , tallying with the number of blackballs , were always present on occasions of balloting . At length it was arranged that on the next occasion of a ballot only the W . M . should vote , and that

if these suspected brethren also voted the rest of the members should keep their seats and not exercise their rights . This revealed the identity of the black sheep , who all voted black , the Master ' s being the only white ball in the box . Accordingly , the mischief makers were unanimously sent to Coventry , and soon found it decidedly more agreeable to resign their membership of the lodge , after

which the normal condition of happiness was resumed . Unless some such step had been taken the lodge must have been broken up . A Masonic lodge is in point of fact only a species of club , and just as in a club it would become the absolute duty of its loyal members to discover the authors of any wholesale and ruinous system of blackballing , so , 1 take it , that

it would be quite proper for the loyal members of a lodge under similar circumstances to unearth those who aim at the destruction of the lodge and thereby of the prosperity of the Order . Nothing is held more inviolable than the political ballot box , but this principle by no means prevents an investigation and the punishment of the offenders when any illegal or improper use has been made of its machinery .

I did not say that threats of wholesale blackballing were " openly talkedof in lodges , " but I said that blackballed were as a rule , in my short experience , not given to keeping their own counsel , and that usually the secret leaked out , the very operation of forming their cabal , indeed , rendering it difficult for them to avoid letting the cat out of the bag . —Yours fraternally , T . B . WHYTEHEAD . York , May 25 th .

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , It is an "open secret" that at the ensuing Quarterly Communication a question ot very grave importance will be submitted to Grand Lodge on an appeal against the exclusion of a member from a private lodgeand the

con-, firmation of such exclusion by the R . VV . Grand Master of the province in which such lodge is holden . With the merits of the case , in so far as the vote of exclusion is concerned , it would be most improper to interfere until after our respected Grand Registrar shall have given his opinion to the members of Grand Lodge assembled . But the " question of grave importance " which will arise

out of certain proceedings connected therewith is already known to a large number of Masons , is , so far , public information in no wise affecting a matter which is " sub judice , " and can , therefore , be discussed without impropriety . "Can any Masonic authority whatever sanction that

which , in the ordinary course of legal practice , would be deemed libellous , and claim privilege ? " The printing and publishing a man ' s name without his consent , and to his certain prejudice , is , without doubt , and notwithstanding the dictum which has been referred to , a libel or slander for which the law of the land provides a remed y . This remedy is , more or less , forcible according to the nature of