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To Correspondents.
Committee should be obtained from the Secretary of the Institution . The child is eli gible , notwithstanding the Lodge does not subscribe . The lute Duke of Sussex succeeded his Br . the Prince Begent , afterwards George IV ., as the Most Worshipful Grand Master . The Earl of Zetland has held the post of Most Worshipful Grand Master about ticelve years . The accounts of the late Secretary to the Girls' School , William Fletcher Hope , were never satisfactorily cleared up ; we believe there was a defalcation to some amount . Write a tetter to Br . Lee Stevensor BrLewis—the latter must directBoulonge Sur Mer
, . you , . A COLONIAL Con RESPONDENT ash the following questions : — " When a member is called to order by the IF . il / ., for making iise of unbecoming language towards the il . JW ., or any member of the Lodge , and also behaves in an unruly manner , refuses to obey the mallet of ihe W . M . , and continues in his conduct , what ought the Master to do on such occasion 1 In case the harmony of a Lodge is disturbed by unbecoming conduct on the part of a member m- members , is jiic Masterjusiifiedin closing the Lodge ' himselfeitherfor a time or during hispleasure ? " [ To the first question we lthe WMshou'd interdict
repy , .. the Br . from re-entering ihe Lodge until he lu , s made a tufficieut apology for his conduct . If the Br . feels aggrieved , he can appeal , to the Board of General Purposes . To theseca ? : d , Ihe IV . M . has the power and is fully justified in exercising it . ] x . B . R . Carniai't / ien , iroii / d do well to change his bookseller or forward a P . 0 . order to our Office for a stamped edition . The " Masonic Mirror" is , as a rule , issued to the trade on the last day a } ' the month . We have never been later than ihe 1 st , A CORRESPONDENT FROM PLVJIOUIII says—I noticed that the W . M . of No . 224 , and a
visitor to that Lodge , from . lhe Lodge of St . Andrew , Madras , wore medals on their left breast ; the former , a silver square and Compass , the tatter ditto , within a circle , with the words , " St . Andrews . " Both brothers stale they are Mast v Mason ' sjeire / s . Will you . kindly inform vie if such is the fact , as I am very incredulous i » i the subject , believing
that only a P . or D . G . M . is entitled lo the emblem-, and then in gold . ( Tliejewelsrejeired to are not recognized unless indeed they arejenels allowed by the G . M . to be worn by Members of special Lodges . We are ourselves Members of two Lodges having such permission . } . PLYMOUTH . —We should be glad if our Correspondent would send us one of the summor . ses of the Lodge to which he alludes . The returns to the Grand Lodge S / IOUI ecery-/\ thing to be conducted according to the Constitutions . Ifthereforethe alleged
, , \ f \/ irregularities exist , ihe returns , if not ihe books of the Lodge , must be falsified A A We trust , for the lienor of the Craft , that if some irregularities have crept in in V 7 the coi . duct of ihe Lodge , members will be found of sufficient firmness-to correct them . Indeed , we are informed by another correspondent , Ethee , that new blond has been lately introduced into the Ledge , determined to set everything right and thai the majority of the old members are good , zealous , and sincere Masons , who , if they hare erred , have dune so unintentionally , and only wanted to be reminded of their irregularities to
determine to correct them . ETHEE . —The authorities of St . Helena are not justified in giving the three degrees in one night ; but under the Book of Constitutions the Colonial Lodges have the power af granting the various degrees at intervals of seven days each . This concession in favour of the Colonial Lodges teas made in consequence of many representations to the G . L . ofEng-£ hind that they stood in an unfavourable position , vnder the law applicable to the mother country , in comparison with Lodges wider Irish and Scotch Charters , in the same Colonies —in which facilities were given far passing through the various degrees in less time than
would be allowed wider the English- Constitution . It is to be regretted that entire uniformity of action cannot be obtained throughout ihe th-te ( masonically speaking ) kingdoms , which , by a little arrangement , might easily be clone , without interfering with the independent power of the G . L . of either . For his observations on other subjects , Ethee is thanked .
The Fieemasons' Girls' School was founded by the Chevalier Ruspini . The letter respecting the late matron , Mrs . Crook , shall be attended to , and an answer given in the next number of the "Mirror . " THE BON ACCORD MARK MASONS . —Dr . Wm . Jones is the Founder of the London Mark Masons Lodge , the illegality of which is so clearly proved hy the Correspondence we publish in another page . Dr . Jones is said to have obtained the Charter , if it has a right to bedesignuted by such a title , through a Br . llitchie . The crowded slate of our pages has alone prevented us drawing more marked attention lo the subject in our present number .
A BOY ' S MOTHER sftouh ! apply to ihe Secretary , Brother Augustus Thhsellon , at ihe Ofices , 34 , Great Queen Street , apposite the Freemason ' s Taiern , any Saturday between 10 and 4 . DR . CRUCIFIX must certainly bear the credit of being the Founder . I ' m . Letter o / S . P . G . M . T ., on the Banjj ' ihire Lodges , shall appear next month .
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To Correspondents.
Committee should be obtained from the Secretary of the Institution . The child is eli gible , notwithstanding the Lodge does not subscribe . The lute Duke of Sussex succeeded his Br . the Prince Begent , afterwards George IV ., as the Most Worshipful Grand Master . The Earl of Zetland has held the post of Most Worshipful Grand Master about ticelve years . The accounts of the late Secretary to the Girls' School , William Fletcher Hope , were never satisfactorily cleared up ; we believe there was a defalcation to some amount . Write a tetter to Br . Lee Stevensor BrLewis—the latter must directBoulonge Sur Mer
, . you , . A COLONIAL Con RESPONDENT ash the following questions : — " When a member is called to order by the IF . il / ., for making iise of unbecoming language towards the il . JW ., or any member of the Lodge , and also behaves in an unruly manner , refuses to obey the mallet of ihe W . M . , and continues in his conduct , what ought the Master to do on such occasion 1 In case the harmony of a Lodge is disturbed by unbecoming conduct on the part of a member m- members , is jiic Masterjusiifiedin closing the Lodge ' himselfeitherfor a time or during hispleasure ? " [ To the first question we lthe WMshou'd interdict
repy , .. the Br . from re-entering ihe Lodge until he lu , s made a tufficieut apology for his conduct . If the Br . feels aggrieved , he can appeal , to the Board of General Purposes . To theseca ? : d , Ihe IV . M . has the power and is fully justified in exercising it . ] x . B . R . Carniai't / ien , iroii / d do well to change his bookseller or forward a P . 0 . order to our Office for a stamped edition . The " Masonic Mirror" is , as a rule , issued to the trade on the last day a } ' the month . We have never been later than ihe 1 st , A CORRESPONDENT FROM PLVJIOUIII says—I noticed that the W . M . of No . 224 , and a
visitor to that Lodge , from . lhe Lodge of St . Andrew , Madras , wore medals on their left breast ; the former , a silver square and Compass , the tatter ditto , within a circle , with the words , " St . Andrews . " Both brothers stale they are Mast v Mason ' sjeire / s . Will you . kindly inform vie if such is the fact , as I am very incredulous i » i the subject , believing
that only a P . or D . G . M . is entitled lo the emblem-, and then in gold . ( Tliejewelsrejeired to are not recognized unless indeed they arejenels allowed by the G . M . to be worn by Members of special Lodges . We are ourselves Members of two Lodges having such permission . } . PLYMOUTH . —We should be glad if our Correspondent would send us one of the summor . ses of the Lodge to which he alludes . The returns to the Grand Lodge S / IOUI ecery-/\ thing to be conducted according to the Constitutions . Ifthereforethe alleged
, , \ f \/ irregularities exist , ihe returns , if not ihe books of the Lodge , must be falsified A A We trust , for the lienor of the Craft , that if some irregularities have crept in in V 7 the coi . duct of ihe Lodge , members will be found of sufficient firmness-to correct them . Indeed , we are informed by another correspondent , Ethee , that new blond has been lately introduced into the Ledge , determined to set everything right and thai the majority of the old members are good , zealous , and sincere Masons , who , if they hare erred , have dune so unintentionally , and only wanted to be reminded of their irregularities to
determine to correct them . ETHEE . —The authorities of St . Helena are not justified in giving the three degrees in one night ; but under the Book of Constitutions the Colonial Lodges have the power af granting the various degrees at intervals of seven days each . This concession in favour of the Colonial Lodges teas made in consequence of many representations to the G . L . ofEng-£ hind that they stood in an unfavourable position , vnder the law applicable to the mother country , in comparison with Lodges wider Irish and Scotch Charters , in the same Colonies —in which facilities were given far passing through the various degrees in less time than
would be allowed wider the English- Constitution . It is to be regretted that entire uniformity of action cannot be obtained throughout ihe th-te ( masonically speaking ) kingdoms , which , by a little arrangement , might easily be clone , without interfering with the independent power of the G . L . of either . For his observations on other subjects , Ethee is thanked .
The Fieemasons' Girls' School was founded by the Chevalier Ruspini . The letter respecting the late matron , Mrs . Crook , shall be attended to , and an answer given in the next number of the "Mirror . " THE BON ACCORD MARK MASONS . —Dr . Wm . Jones is the Founder of the London Mark Masons Lodge , the illegality of which is so clearly proved hy the Correspondence we publish in another page . Dr . Jones is said to have obtained the Charter , if it has a right to bedesignuted by such a title , through a Br . llitchie . The crowded slate of our pages has alone prevented us drawing more marked attention lo the subject in our present number .
A BOY ' S MOTHER sftouh ! apply to ihe Secretary , Brother Augustus Thhsellon , at ihe Ofices , 34 , Great Queen Street , apposite the Freemason ' s Taiern , any Saturday between 10 and 4 . DR . CRUCIFIX must certainly bear the credit of being the Founder . I ' m . Letter o / S . P . G . M . T ., on the Banjj ' ihire Lodges , shall appear next month .