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that the M . W . the Grand Master had given him instructions , that if he should receive official intimation of the union of the two Canadian Grand Lodges in time to lay it before the Board of Masters , he ( the Grand Miaster ) would himself move a resolution to the effect that such united body should be recognized ? The official intimation not having so arrived the Grand Secretary made the statement in question at the Board , and many will think that , under such circumstances , it would have bee better taste if Bro . Portal ' s notice of motion had been withdrawn . I am . Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , 22 nd Nov ., 1858 . ¦ . * Jtjstitja ,
THE GRANB SECEETABY'S ; OFFICE . TO THS EDITOR 01 ? THE FREEMASONS' HAGAZIIsE A ^ D MASONIC MIRB 0 J */ Siu aki > Beotheu , — In your uumber of the 3 rd inst ., which I have only just seen , are these words : — u as regards one of the officers specified , justice compels us to say that the duties of llie Grand Secretary ' s departo of office of the present ineunibeM urbanity and attention which must win for hum the regard of Ms Breto but with a punctuality and dispatch to which that office had long been a stranger . "
I have reason to doubt this view oi the ease ; and as facts are of more importance than words , I send you the accompanying correspondence , relying on your impartiality to insert it , and leaving the Brethren to form their own opinion of the Grand Secretary ' s urbanity and attention , and whether such letters as that of the 24 th May , are calculated to win for him the regard of the Brethren . " My second and ' more explanatory letter was disregarded also ; and I had to call at the Grand Secretary ' s office and get the certificate barely in time to save the last uracticable post to Liverpool , to enable a worthy Brother to
take Ids certificate with him when finally leaving his native land . It . may be right , as a rule , to have fees paid before issuing certificates ; but I think I might have been in such a case trusted for two or three days , especially as I had just before paid the returns for Lodge No . 555 , of which 1 was W . M ., and of Lodge No . 462 , of which I was Treasurer ; and also because I was well known at the Grand Secretary ' s office as an active Mason , of upwards of twenty years' standing . The late Grand Secretary may not have been the most punctual in correspondence , but was always courteous and kind . I am , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally ,
' J * Rankin Stebbik g , ' W . M ., No . 555 ; P . M ., No . 152 , and No . 402 . Southampton . Nov . 18 ? 7 i , 1858 . tioutltamptoU ' , May % ld , 1858 . Podge of Peace and JIannony , No . 462 . Very WoRaniPtfUfc Sir and Biiothick , — Frederic Adolphus Somerset was initiated in this Lodge on 28 th April , and iu going abroad in two or three days , you will greatly oblige me if you will send a certificate by return of pout , and t will call on Tueadaya and sign any neceBBary return and pay the fees . I ani , Very Worshipful Sir and Brother , J . $ , Stebbiwo . P , M ^ and Treasiirer . W « Q , Clarke , I < H »
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Eomlsp'o Kdekel
that the M . W . the Grand Master had given him instructions , that if he should receive official intimation of the union of the two Canadian Grand Lodges in time to lay it before the Board of Masters , he ( the Grand Miaster ) would himself move a resolution to the effect that such united body should be recognized ? The official intimation not having so arrived the Grand Secretary made the statement in question at the Board , and many will think that , under such circumstances , it would have bee better taste if Bro . Portal ' s notice of motion had been withdrawn . I am . Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , 22 nd Nov ., 1858 . ¦ . * Jtjstitja ,
THE GRANB SECEETABY'S ; OFFICE . TO THS EDITOR 01 ? THE FREEMASONS' HAGAZIIsE A ^ D MASONIC MIRB 0 J */ Siu aki > Beotheu , — In your uumber of the 3 rd inst ., which I have only just seen , are these words : — u as regards one of the officers specified , justice compels us to say that the duties of llie Grand Secretary ' s departo of office of the present ineunibeM urbanity and attention which must win for hum the regard of Ms Breto but with a punctuality and dispatch to which that office had long been a stranger . "
I have reason to doubt this view oi the ease ; and as facts are of more importance than words , I send you the accompanying correspondence , relying on your impartiality to insert it , and leaving the Brethren to form their own opinion of the Grand Secretary ' s urbanity and attention , and whether such letters as that of the 24 th May , are calculated to win for him the regard of the Brethren . " My second and ' more explanatory letter was disregarded also ; and I had to call at the Grand Secretary ' s office and get the certificate barely in time to save the last uracticable post to Liverpool , to enable a worthy Brother to
take Ids certificate with him when finally leaving his native land . It . may be right , as a rule , to have fees paid before issuing certificates ; but I think I might have been in such a case trusted for two or three days , especially as I had just before paid the returns for Lodge No . 555 , of which 1 was W . M ., and of Lodge No . 462 , of which I was Treasurer ; and also because I was well known at the Grand Secretary ' s office as an active Mason , of upwards of twenty years' standing . The late Grand Secretary may not have been the most punctual in correspondence , but was always courteous and kind . I am , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally ,
' J * Rankin Stebbik g , ' W . M ., No . 555 ; P . M ., No . 152 , and No . 402 . Southampton . Nov . 18 ? 7 i , 1858 . tioutltamptoU ' , May % ld , 1858 . Podge of Peace and JIannony , No . 462 . Very WoRaniPtfUfc Sir and Biiothick , — Frederic Adolphus Somerset was initiated in this Lodge on 28 th April , and iu going abroad in two or three days , you will greatly oblige me if you will send a certificate by return of pout , and t will call on Tueadaya and sign any neceBBary return and pay the fees . I ani , Very Worshipful Sir and Brother , J . $ , Stebbiwo . P , M ^ and Treasiirer . W « Q , Clarke , I < H »