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The Can Ad As. .
Since the foregoing was- in type , the following characteristic letter lias reached us from an old and respected correspondent : —
Kingston , Canada West ^ 19 th Julyy 1858 . " Consummatum est , " the Masons of Canada are one united body , hailing under the " Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Canada . " This great and important event took place in Toronto last week ; both the Grand Lodges existing for some time past met on the 14 th , and a basis of union having been previously draAvn up by the Right Worshipful
Brother Harington , on the part of the Antient Grand Lodge , and the Right Worshipful Brother Stevens on the part of the Grand Lodge of Canada , it AA as submitted to both Grand Lodges , and , after considerable discussion , unanimously adopted . It Avas eleA ^ en o ' clock p . m ., before all Avas arranged , and at that hour the Antient Grand Lodge , led by the Most Worshipful the Grand Master Sir Allan MacNab , and the Right Worshipful Brother T . D . Harington ,
Past Grand Master , went in procession , to the Lodge Room , Avhere the Grand Lodge of Canada were waiting to receive us ; but the enthusiasm of that reception beggars all description ; it Avas such a scene as could only be expected once in a long lifetime ; and dead , indeed , must that soul be \ vho , having witnessed . it , can ever hear it mentioned without a deep thrill of emotion and an exclamation of pride—I was there , and assisted in bringing about this
glorious ivork . The Most Worshipful the Grand Master of Vermont , Brother Tucker , and the Deputy Grand Master of Kentucky , Brother Rob Morris , Avere Avith us , and visited both Grand Lodges before the union ; they had came expressly on a mission of peace , and representatives of thirty-five to forty United States Lodges , but as Bro . Morris jocosely observed after the union , It Avas really too bad that , after his Most Worshipful Brother and himself had come so many hundred miles to assist at the union and give
their good offices in bringing it about , they should not be required , but that the Canadians had done it all themselves . " I doubt much whether any report ofthe speeches , & c , Avas made—if there appear any , I Avill send it ; that of the Grand Master Wilson , and the resolutions agreed to by both bodies , I Avill endeavour to forward by to-day ' s mail . Never shall pass from my mind the entrance of the Antient Grand Lodge into the Grand Lodge of Canada . Each alternate chair Avas vacant , to be ' filled by the Brothers
entering , thus thoroughly mingling the Avhole . After the grand honours were given , three cheers each Avere given for the Queen , the Union , the Grand Masters , the Right Worshipful Brothers who had done so much to bring it about , Most Worshipful Brother Tucker , Right Worshipful Brother Norris , and various others , in such a Avay as must at that late , or rather , early , hour ( for it Avaspast midnight ) have rather astonished the nerves of such as were within a mile of us . My heart is so full of my subject that I can give no connected account of it ; and having only just returned home , I have not had time to settle doAvn to sober thought ; but as tlie mail closes this forenoon , I give you this sketch to relieve myself a little ., I hope I am the first to communicate this information . " Canadian . '
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Can Ad As. .
Since the foregoing was- in type , the following characteristic letter lias reached us from an old and respected correspondent : —
Kingston , Canada West ^ 19 th Julyy 1858 . " Consummatum est , " the Masons of Canada are one united body , hailing under the " Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Canada . " This great and important event took place in Toronto last week ; both the Grand Lodges existing for some time past met on the 14 th , and a basis of union having been previously draAvn up by the Right Worshipful
Brother Harington , on the part of the Antient Grand Lodge , and the Right Worshipful Brother Stevens on the part of the Grand Lodge of Canada , it AA as submitted to both Grand Lodges , and , after considerable discussion , unanimously adopted . It Avas eleA ^ en o ' clock p . m ., before all Avas arranged , and at that hour the Antient Grand Lodge , led by the Most Worshipful the Grand Master Sir Allan MacNab , and the Right Worshipful Brother T . D . Harington ,
Past Grand Master , went in procession , to the Lodge Room , Avhere the Grand Lodge of Canada were waiting to receive us ; but the enthusiasm of that reception beggars all description ; it Avas such a scene as could only be expected once in a long lifetime ; and dead , indeed , must that soul be \ vho , having witnessed . it , can ever hear it mentioned without a deep thrill of emotion and an exclamation of pride—I was there , and assisted in bringing about this
glorious ivork . The Most Worshipful the Grand Master of Vermont , Brother Tucker , and the Deputy Grand Master of Kentucky , Brother Rob Morris , Avere Avith us , and visited both Grand Lodges before the union ; they had came expressly on a mission of peace , and representatives of thirty-five to forty United States Lodges , but as Bro . Morris jocosely observed after the union , It Avas really too bad that , after his Most Worshipful Brother and himself had come so many hundred miles to assist at the union and give
their good offices in bringing it about , they should not be required , but that the Canadians had done it all themselves . " I doubt much whether any report ofthe speeches , & c , Avas made—if there appear any , I Avill send it ; that of the Grand Master Wilson , and the resolutions agreed to by both bodies , I Avill endeavour to forward by to-day ' s mail . Never shall pass from my mind the entrance of the Antient Grand Lodge into the Grand Lodge of Canada . Each alternate chair Avas vacant , to be ' filled by the Brothers
entering , thus thoroughly mingling the Avhole . After the grand honours were given , three cheers each Avere given for the Queen , the Union , the Grand Masters , the Right Worshipful Brothers who had done so much to bring it about , Most Worshipful Brother Tucker , Right Worshipful Brother Norris , and various others , in such a Avay as must at that late , or rather , early , hour ( for it Avaspast midnight ) have rather astonished the nerves of such as were within a mile of us . My heart is so full of my subject that I can give no connected account of it ; and having only just returned home , I have not had time to settle doAvn to sober thought ; but as tlie mail closes this forenoon , I give you this sketch to relieve myself a little ., I hope I am the first to communicate this information . " Canadian . '