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The Canadas.
THE CAN AD AS . .
It is with sincere gratification we are enabled to announce that the disputes amongst the Canadian Brethren have been brought to a close ^ and that they are now united under one Grand Lodge—the Antient having , after a short reign of power , renounced their pretensions , and cordially joined the Independent Grand Lodge , as at first
established—past rank being secured to those who have held grand office . Much credit is due to Bro * Harington for the manner in which the union has been brought about ; and we trust that the Canadian difficulty is now finally disposed of , even though not in the manner Ave could have wished . We should have preferred that the
English Lodges should have remained true to their allegiance to the Grand Lodge of the mother country ; but the Canadian Brethren having thought otherwise , it is now no longer of any use , or wise , to recur to the past . All that noAv can be done is to accept matters as we find them , and as the Canadian Grand Lodge has been
acknowledged almost uniA ^ ersally throughout America , by the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and , we believe , by that of Scotland , it will only remain for us to consider how the friendly relations between the English Masons and their Canadian Brethren may be restored , and with the least violence to the dignity of either . That such relatione
will eventually be established , we have no doubt , and in . the mean time we can only wish the Canadian Brethren a prosperous future under Grand Masters of their own choosing . At present , the details
ofthe proceedings ofthe 14 th July—the eventful day ofthe unionwhich have reached us are but meagre , and we shall therefore abstain from any further comments until fuller accounts come to hand , vol . v . o
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Canadas.
THE CAN AD AS . .
It is with sincere gratification we are enabled to announce that the disputes amongst the Canadian Brethren have been brought to a close ^ and that they are now united under one Grand Lodge—the Antient having , after a short reign of power , renounced their pretensions , and cordially joined the Independent Grand Lodge , as at first
established—past rank being secured to those who have held grand office . Much credit is due to Bro * Harington for the manner in which the union has been brought about ; and we trust that the Canadian difficulty is now finally disposed of , even though not in the manner Ave could have wished . We should have preferred that the
English Lodges should have remained true to their allegiance to the Grand Lodge of the mother country ; but the Canadian Brethren having thought otherwise , it is now no longer of any use , or wise , to recur to the past . All that noAv can be done is to accept matters as we find them , and as the Canadian Grand Lodge has been
acknowledged almost uniA ^ ersally throughout America , by the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and , we believe , by that of Scotland , it will only remain for us to consider how the friendly relations between the English Masons and their Canadian Brethren may be restored , and with the least violence to the dignity of either . That such relatione
will eventually be established , we have no doubt , and in . the mean time we can only wish the Canadian Brethren a prosperous future under Grand Masters of their own choosing . At present , the details
ofthe proceedings ofthe 14 th July—the eventful day ofthe unionwhich have reached us are but meagre , and we shall therefore abstain from any further comments until fuller accounts come to hand , vol . v . o