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Otte Architegtural Chapter,
the Conservative , at its beginning , a large building to provide , for the building is already provided ; but the building is so disposed of thatin this year , 1858 , we are gravely discussing whether we are to have a library and reading room for our members—whether we can have our own refreshments aiid our own servants in our own house—ajidwhether , havdng conceded to us as a body the privilege of taking part in the noblest and most solemn rites , we shall devote to it , not a further portion of our substance , but thatstructure which has been acquired for such celebrations , and which we have suffered to be diverted from its hallowed purpose .
Again we say—and the more because we have dwelt on the secular aspect , on financial considerations , and on our own comforts and enj oyments ^ -that if we value th e trust reposed in us , our character before the world , and the propagation of the truth by means of the confidence reposed in us , that we must in Grand Lodge come to the solemn determination to free the Grand Lodge of England and the Craft of
England from the reproach of making a tavern of the temple of the 6 . A . O . T . IJ ., that we must free ourselves in the eyes of the Grand Lodges of the old world and of the new , and of our colonies , from the stigma of sacrificing conscience to mammon . Hitherto this has been a matter of smaller moment , because the question has not been raised , and no decision has been given ; but if on the votes of the Grand Lodge of England being called for on this occasion , it should , contrary
to all reasonable expectation , be found that the Grand Lodge has refused the propositions , and is content to wallow in the mire and subject the mysteries to desecration and contempt ; then the disgrace will be great , and the whole Craft will be exposed to lasting reproach . Momentous as are the subjects brought before Grand Lodge , and greatly as the interests of the Order are dependent on its decisions , seldom have the honour and dignity of the body been more concerned than on this occasion .
Dkivjhu at Ma : diias >—One of the greatest nuisances about Madras ia the native chiver—from the coachman in a glazed hat , cockade , frock coat , and top boots , down to the diminutive naked Bamsammy who . squats across the poll of a crazy pony hackery . A native never thinks of getting out of the way . That job ho leaves to the European driver ; and the'fewness of accidents in comparison to the carelessness displayed Is quite remarkable . It is indeed surprising that natives are not run over by the hundred . It is not sufficient to clear them with your horse : after that is done , a native with his eyes starting open will , unless shouted
to ( ai ^ l , often then ) , walk deliberately under your wheel , They seem , all classes of them , to have a dull , stupid , brutal , indifference to danger until they arc pinched ; but when that occurs , no race in the world will howl out more despicably or pitifully . It is not uncommon to see a child of ten or twelve months old set down by its mother in front of a horse going at full trot . This occurred before a gentleman ' s buggy the other day . The horse was suddenly and violently pulled up , but not before it had stepped over the child , whose preservation wate a miracle . Then , and not till then , did the egregiously stupid and careless mother wake out of her apathy , to scream and blubber as if the little black monkey had been trampled to death , ~>~ -ilf & tfras Athenwim *
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Otte Architegtural Chapter,
the Conservative , at its beginning , a large building to provide , for the building is already provided ; but the building is so disposed of thatin this year , 1858 , we are gravely discussing whether we are to have a library and reading room for our members—whether we can have our own refreshments aiid our own servants in our own house—ajidwhether , havdng conceded to us as a body the privilege of taking part in the noblest and most solemn rites , we shall devote to it , not a further portion of our substance , but thatstructure which has been acquired for such celebrations , and which we have suffered to be diverted from its hallowed purpose .
Again we say—and the more because we have dwelt on the secular aspect , on financial considerations , and on our own comforts and enj oyments ^ -that if we value th e trust reposed in us , our character before the world , and the propagation of the truth by means of the confidence reposed in us , that we must in Grand Lodge come to the solemn determination to free the Grand Lodge of England and the Craft of
England from the reproach of making a tavern of the temple of the 6 . A . O . T . IJ ., that we must free ourselves in the eyes of the Grand Lodges of the old world and of the new , and of our colonies , from the stigma of sacrificing conscience to mammon . Hitherto this has been a matter of smaller moment , because the question has not been raised , and no decision has been given ; but if on the votes of the Grand Lodge of England being called for on this occasion , it should , contrary
to all reasonable expectation , be found that the Grand Lodge has refused the propositions , and is content to wallow in the mire and subject the mysteries to desecration and contempt ; then the disgrace will be great , and the whole Craft will be exposed to lasting reproach . Momentous as are the subjects brought before Grand Lodge , and greatly as the interests of the Order are dependent on its decisions , seldom have the honour and dignity of the body been more concerned than on this occasion .
Dkivjhu at Ma : diias >—One of the greatest nuisances about Madras ia the native chiver—from the coachman in a glazed hat , cockade , frock coat , and top boots , down to the diminutive naked Bamsammy who . squats across the poll of a crazy pony hackery . A native never thinks of getting out of the way . That job ho leaves to the European driver ; and the'fewness of accidents in comparison to the carelessness displayed Is quite remarkable . It is indeed surprising that natives are not run over by the hundred . It is not sufficient to clear them with your horse : after that is done , a native with his eyes starting open will , unless shouted
to ( ai ^ l , often then ) , walk deliberately under your wheel , They seem , all classes of them , to have a dull , stupid , brutal , indifference to danger until they arc pinched ; but when that occurs , no race in the world will howl out more despicably or pitifully . It is not uncommon to see a child of ten or twelve months old set down by its mother in front of a horse going at full trot . This occurred before a gentleman ' s buggy the other day . The horse was suddenly and violently pulled up , but not before it had stepped over the child , whose preservation wate a miracle . Then , and not till then , did the egregiously stupid and careless mother wake out of her apathy , to scream and blubber as if the little black monkey had been trampled to death , ~>~ -ilf & tfras Athenwim *