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Correspondence.
COEEES ^
TO THE EDITOR OF THH FIIEEMASONS MA . aAZINE AND MxlSONIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —Your correspondent " A West Yorkshire Mason , "
[ The Editor does not TioldMmself r . espo ^ opinions entertained by Correspondents . ^
PROVINCE OF WEST YORKSHIRE
at "page 982 of your last number , refers to the report of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge for West Y orkshire , on April 14 th , which states that the code of regulations then submitted was passed with slight alterations ;* ' He then states that ei these alterations were found to be so important as to cause a letter to t > e written by the Prov . G . M .,
threatening to resign , '' & c . This may be so , out it does not , so far as I can see , impugn the accuracy of the report , because a very slight alteration in some particular matter may have led the Prov . G . M . to take such a step . I am , however , v / illing to admit that the short account ( not a report ) which I sent to you of that meeting might have been more correct had I stated some ' -. alterationsinstead of using the word " -. slight . "
Your correspondent next states thai " the said report estimates the number of Brethren present at a very different figure to that stated by the D . Prov . G . M . " On reference I find that the report states that between seventy and eighty were present , whereas the D . Prov . G . M ., in his subsequent letter to you , gives the number present at one hundred and fifty .. Your reporter judged only by the number present in the Grand Lodge at
one time ; and as the proceedings were of a somewhat tedious character , very many Brethren left the Lodge at different times , so that it was impossible to make anything like an accurate calculation . The D . Prov . G . M .
would have the benefit of the Tyler s book , and is therefore the most likely to be correct . I merely wish , by this letter , to vindicate myself from any suspicion of a desire to mislead , and I leave it for you to insert or not , as you judge best . And I am , Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , The Reporter .
TO THE EDITOR OE . THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —The opening of a Provincial Grand Lodge within a private Lodge which has been previously opened in the three degrees , appears from your own statement not peculiar to this province ; indeed , I apprehend such to be the custom in most provinces , nor can I see any constitutional objection thereto . The disrobing I before alluded to , did appear to me unseemly and unpleasant , as the Brethren were in immediate confusion before the Grand Officers' procession left the room , We
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Correspondence.
COEEES ^
TO THE EDITOR OF THH FIIEEMASONS MA . aAZINE AND MxlSONIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —Your correspondent " A West Yorkshire Mason , "
[ The Editor does not TioldMmself r . espo ^ opinions entertained by Correspondents . ^
PROVINCE OF WEST YORKSHIRE
at "page 982 of your last number , refers to the report of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge for West Y orkshire , on April 14 th , which states that the code of regulations then submitted was passed with slight alterations ;* ' He then states that ei these alterations were found to be so important as to cause a letter to t > e written by the Prov . G . M .,
threatening to resign , '' & c . This may be so , out it does not , so far as I can see , impugn the accuracy of the report , because a very slight alteration in some particular matter may have led the Prov . G . M . to take such a step . I am , however , v / illing to admit that the short account ( not a report ) which I sent to you of that meeting might have been more correct had I stated some ' -. alterationsinstead of using the word " -. slight . "
Your correspondent next states thai " the said report estimates the number of Brethren present at a very different figure to that stated by the D . Prov . G . M . " On reference I find that the report states that between seventy and eighty were present , whereas the D . Prov . G . M ., in his subsequent letter to you , gives the number present at one hundred and fifty .. Your reporter judged only by the number present in the Grand Lodge at
one time ; and as the proceedings were of a somewhat tedious character , very many Brethren left the Lodge at different times , so that it was impossible to make anything like an accurate calculation . The D . Prov . G . M .
would have the benefit of the Tyler s book , and is therefore the most likely to be correct . I merely wish , by this letter , to vindicate myself from any suspicion of a desire to mislead , and I leave it for you to insert or not , as you judge best . And I am , Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , The Reporter .
TO THE EDITOR OE . THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —The opening of a Provincial Grand Lodge within a private Lodge which has been previously opened in the three degrees , appears from your own statement not peculiar to this province ; indeed , I apprehend such to be the custom in most provinces , nor can I see any constitutional objection thereto . The disrobing I before alluded to , did appear to me unseemly and unpleasant , as the Brethren were in immediate confusion before the Grand Officers' procession left the room , We