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LODGE DECORATIONS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FBEEMASpSsr- '' MAaAZINll AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir , —I am directed by the W . M . and members of the Anchor and Hope Lodge , No . 44 , Bolton-le-Moors , to request that you . will favour them with inserting in your publication of the Masonic Magazine for the month of June next the following letter , a copy of which has been forwarded to the various
Lodges in this town , pursuant to a resolution passed at a regular meeting' of the above Lodge , held at the Swan Hotel , on the 7 th May instaht . — -I am , Sir and Brother , Yours f aithfully and fraternally , Thomas Dawson , Secretary .
<( At a regular meeting of the Anchor and Hope Lodge , No . 44 , held at the Swan Hotel , Bolton , on Thursday , the 7 th May instant , the attention of the Brethren present was called to a paragraph , inserted at page 311 , in the Freemasons' Magazine for ' the month of April last , wherein , after referring to the business transactions of the above Lodge , the following words are recorded , namely :-
—<( The whole of the furniture of this nrst-class Lodge is now in course of being re-decorated and many improvements effected , and by the next meeting , without copying any of the tinsel decorations adopted by any recently disinterred Lodges , will present a really brilliant appearance . ^ " After the above observations had been read , it was moved and seconded , and unanimously resolved , 6 That the W . M ., Officers , and Members of this Lodge entirely repudiate and disclaim any connection with the said paragraph , and deeply regret its appearance , being calculated to cause discord between
themselves and the Brethren of other Lodges . The members of this Lodge have therefore deemed it to be their imperative duty publicly to state to their Brethren in Bolton , that they are not in way responsible for the appearance of the said paragraph , and were unaware of its existence until it was pointed out to them in the said Monthly Masonic Magazine . ' And the Secretary of the Lodge was instructed to communicate the foregoing resolution to the respective Lodges within the borough of Bolton . —I beg to be believed , on behalf of the W . M . and Members of Lodge No . 44 ,
" Your sincere and faithful Brother , " Thomas Dawson , Secretary . " [ We are sorry that the paragraph , which came from a Bolton correspondent , should have been construed as likely to give offence to any one ; and if there are any Lodges in the neighbourhood of Bolton or elsewhere who consider it was directly pointed at them , we must be allowed to express our sincere regret at its publication . ]
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sin and Brother , —Your correspondent " Prater James " is completely in error as to the period and circumstances of the establishment of the Supreme Council
for England and Wales , & c . in this country . It is extremely probable , and was no doubt the case , that the Degrees he refers to were " successfully worked in the time of Sir Christopher Wren , " as at that time the Grand Master of Masons in England had full power and authority over those Degrees , and continued to possess that power until the Stuarts left England , and carried that authority with them . The History of the Ancient and Accepted Bite has been so fully entered into in your pages that it is unnecessary for me to occupy your space by repeating any
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Coeeespooence
LODGE DECORATIONS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FBEEMASpSsr- '' MAaAZINll AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir , —I am directed by the W . M . and members of the Anchor and Hope Lodge , No . 44 , Bolton-le-Moors , to request that you . will favour them with inserting in your publication of the Masonic Magazine for the month of June next the following letter , a copy of which has been forwarded to the various
Lodges in this town , pursuant to a resolution passed at a regular meeting' of the above Lodge , held at the Swan Hotel , on the 7 th May instaht . — -I am , Sir and Brother , Yours f aithfully and fraternally , Thomas Dawson , Secretary .
<( At a regular meeting of the Anchor and Hope Lodge , No . 44 , held at the Swan Hotel , Bolton , on Thursday , the 7 th May instant , the attention of the Brethren present was called to a paragraph , inserted at page 311 , in the Freemasons' Magazine for ' the month of April last , wherein , after referring to the business transactions of the above Lodge , the following words are recorded , namely :-
—<( The whole of the furniture of this nrst-class Lodge is now in course of being re-decorated and many improvements effected , and by the next meeting , without copying any of the tinsel decorations adopted by any recently disinterred Lodges , will present a really brilliant appearance . ^ " After the above observations had been read , it was moved and seconded , and unanimously resolved , 6 That the W . M ., Officers , and Members of this Lodge entirely repudiate and disclaim any connection with the said paragraph , and deeply regret its appearance , being calculated to cause discord between
themselves and the Brethren of other Lodges . The members of this Lodge have therefore deemed it to be their imperative duty publicly to state to their Brethren in Bolton , that they are not in way responsible for the appearance of the said paragraph , and were unaware of its existence until it was pointed out to them in the said Monthly Masonic Magazine . ' And the Secretary of the Lodge was instructed to communicate the foregoing resolution to the respective Lodges within the borough of Bolton . —I beg to be believed , on behalf of the W . M . and Members of Lodge No . 44 ,
" Your sincere and faithful Brother , " Thomas Dawson , Secretary . " [ We are sorry that the paragraph , which came from a Bolton correspondent , should have been construed as likely to give offence to any one ; and if there are any Lodges in the neighbourhood of Bolton or elsewhere who consider it was directly pointed at them , we must be allowed to express our sincere regret at its publication . ]
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sin and Brother , —Your correspondent " Prater James " is completely in error as to the period and circumstances of the establishment of the Supreme Council
for England and Wales , & c . in this country . It is extremely probable , and was no doubt the case , that the Degrees he refers to were " successfully worked in the time of Sir Christopher Wren , " as at that time the Grand Master of Masons in England had full power and authority over those Degrees , and continued to possess that power until the Stuarts left England , and carried that authority with them . The History of the Ancient and Accepted Bite has been so fully entered into in your pages that it is unnecessary for me to occupy your space by repeating any