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Notice.
NOTICE .
The Editor requests that all communications may be sent to him , at 74-5 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-Inn Fields , by the 20 th of each month at latest , to insure their insertion .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
The large amount of Masonic intelligence which has pressed upon us this month has compelled us to increase the size of our publication by nearly one-half ; but we have done so ungrudgingly and without extra charge to our readers , being determined to redeem the pledge we gave at the commencement of the year , that it should be made consonant with the requirements of the Craft .
" Alfred —We consider it at all times advisable for the W . M . to instal his successor in the chair , but there is no absolute necessity for his doing it . If he is capable of performing the ceremony , it is unquestionably his duty to do so * a P . M . " asks , —" Did Bro . Patten act correctly by giving up the chair , which he had been unanimously appointed to fill , at the General Meeting of the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund , on the arrival of the Earl of Zetland , who came half an hour after the appointed time for the chair to be taken . "—[ We think he acted courteously , though not altogether correctly . ]
cc C . W ., Brighton , is thanked for his communications , A notice of the Lodge he alludes to appears in the Magazine for February . cc O . B . " asks us the following questions : —1 st , " When a Lodge is closed for a time or during the Masters pleasure , are the members thereof liable for Lodge dues during the period it remains so closed ? " 2 nd , " At the appointed time , by the bye-laws of a Lodge , for the election of a W . M ., a heavy list of members for Lodge dues is handed in by the Treasurer , the W . M ., in conformity with the
byelaws , has the names of all such defaulters struck off the roll of the Lodge , by the result of which there is no one eligible for the chair , and the W . M . then presiding ceases in power , he having been already two years in office ; the Lodge is therefore closed for a time , and at another period the Lodge is reopened , such time being a few months previous to the regular time laid down by the laws for election of a W . M ., and which opening is brought about by the immediate P . M . ' s summoning
a Lodge t what is to be done under such circumstances as regards the chair and officers to carry out the working of the Lodge ? " 3 rd , (< There being no officers at the re-opening , has the Immediate P . M . the authority to appoint or instal officers until the next election ? " 4 th , " If Wardens and other officers so appointed or installed , would Wardens be eligible for the Master ' s chair at the next election V
[ To the first question we reply , " Certainly ; " to the second , we should think the Master acted most improperly in closing the Lodge in the manner stated , and when a Lodge was called , any of the Brethren might be put in office for that evening j to the third , he could not make such appointments ; and , to
the fourth , they would not be eligible for the chair , having been illegally appointed—indeed , we much doubt if the course pursued would not subject the Lodge to the loss of its Charter . Under the circumstances , if no other Brother is eligible to take the Master ' s chair , a dispensation should be obtained to enable the Master to continue in it . ]
" J . C . '~ We do not wish to enter into personal questions ; but we certainly do not understand the opposition by certain Grand Officers to Bro . Barrett , after the testimony just borne to his services as V . P . of the Board of General Purposes . < c S . S . "—We regret that the Grand Lodge of Ireland finds reason to complain
of the neglect by the Grand Lodge of England of its communications . We do not wonder at it , but no cure can be expected until the Masonic Reform Society gets to work . As to the Irish Freemasons , they are the worst correspondents we have , and if they expect us to fight their battles , they must Jet us hear of their proceedings more regularly .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Notice.
NOTICE .
The Editor requests that all communications may be sent to him , at 74-5 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-Inn Fields , by the 20 th of each month at latest , to insure their insertion .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
The large amount of Masonic intelligence which has pressed upon us this month has compelled us to increase the size of our publication by nearly one-half ; but we have done so ungrudgingly and without extra charge to our readers , being determined to redeem the pledge we gave at the commencement of the year , that it should be made consonant with the requirements of the Craft .
" Alfred —We consider it at all times advisable for the W . M . to instal his successor in the chair , but there is no absolute necessity for his doing it . If he is capable of performing the ceremony , it is unquestionably his duty to do so * a P . M . " asks , —" Did Bro . Patten act correctly by giving up the chair , which he had been unanimously appointed to fill , at the General Meeting of the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund , on the arrival of the Earl of Zetland , who came half an hour after the appointed time for the chair to be taken . "—[ We think he acted courteously , though not altogether correctly . ]
cc C . W ., Brighton , is thanked for his communications , A notice of the Lodge he alludes to appears in the Magazine for February . cc O . B . " asks us the following questions : —1 st , " When a Lodge is closed for a time or during the Masters pleasure , are the members thereof liable for Lodge dues during the period it remains so closed ? " 2 nd , " At the appointed time , by the bye-laws of a Lodge , for the election of a W . M ., a heavy list of members for Lodge dues is handed in by the Treasurer , the W . M ., in conformity with the
byelaws , has the names of all such defaulters struck off the roll of the Lodge , by the result of which there is no one eligible for the chair , and the W . M . then presiding ceases in power , he having been already two years in office ; the Lodge is therefore closed for a time , and at another period the Lodge is reopened , such time being a few months previous to the regular time laid down by the laws for election of a W . M ., and which opening is brought about by the immediate P . M . ' s summoning
a Lodge t what is to be done under such circumstances as regards the chair and officers to carry out the working of the Lodge ? " 3 rd , (< There being no officers at the re-opening , has the Immediate P . M . the authority to appoint or instal officers until the next election ? " 4 th , " If Wardens and other officers so appointed or installed , would Wardens be eligible for the Master ' s chair at the next election V
[ To the first question we reply , " Certainly ; " to the second , we should think the Master acted most improperly in closing the Lodge in the manner stated , and when a Lodge was called , any of the Brethren might be put in office for that evening j to the third , he could not make such appointments ; and , to
the fourth , they would not be eligible for the chair , having been illegally appointed—indeed , we much doubt if the course pursued would not subject the Lodge to the loss of its Charter . Under the circumstances , if no other Brother is eligible to take the Master ' s chair , a dispensation should be obtained to enable the Master to continue in it . ]
" J . C . '~ We do not wish to enter into personal questions ; but we certainly do not understand the opposition by certain Grand Officers to Bro . Barrett , after the testimony just borne to his services as V . P . of the Board of General Purposes . < c S . S . "—We regret that the Grand Lodge of Ireland finds reason to complain
of the neglect by the Grand Lodge of England of its communications . We do not wonder at it , but no cure can be expected until the Masonic Reform Society gets to work . As to the Irish Freemasons , they are the worst correspondents we have , and if they expect us to fight their battles , they must Jet us hear of their proceedings more regularly .